Volume XVI.

MICA AXLE

has become known on account of its  good  qualities.  Merchants  handle 
Mica because their customers want the best  axle grease they can get for 
their money.  Mica is the best because  it  is  made  especially  to  reduce 
friction,  and friction  is  the  greatest  destroyer  of  axles  and  axle  boxes. 
It is becoming a  common  saying  that  "Only  one-half  as  much  Mica  is 
required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle  grease,” so  that 
Mica is not only the best  axle  grease  on  the  market  but  the  most  eco­
nomical as well.  Ask  your  dealer  to  show you  Mica  in  the  new white 
and blue tin packages.

ILLU M IN ATIN G   AND 
LU B R IC A TIN G   O ILS

W ATER  WHITE  H EADLIGHT  OIL  IS  TH E 

STAN DARD  TH E  W ORLD  O V ER

HIQHBST  PRICE  PAID  FOR  EMPTY OARBON AND  QA80LINE  BARRELS

STAN DARD OIL  CO .

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17,1899.

Number 817

can we  Number You?

Give us a chance to  deal  with  you  and  see  how 
quickly  we can  number  you  among*  our  large  list 
of customers.  W e have gained an enviable reputa­
tion  for fair  dealing  and  invite  you  earnestly  to 
test it.  W e can supply you  with  anything  in  the  X  
drug line.

Have you  given  our  Headache  Powders  a  trial ?
They are sellers.  Our Mandrake  Bitters  are  right 
in season,  and  they are good.  Drop  us  a  card  for 
prices.

L. PERRIGO  CO.,

Manufacturing Chemists, 
Allegan, Mich.

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Our  Specialties:

L.  P. Brand Soda.
Perrigo’s  Headache  Pwds. 
Mandrake  Bitters.
Perrigo’s Quinine  Cathartic 

Tablets.

Perrigo’s  Dyspepsia Tbits. 
Perrigo’s Catarrh  Cure. 
Perrigo’s Cough Cure. 
Perrigo’s  Magic  Relief. 
Perrigo’s  Sarsaparilla. 
Perrigo’s Sure  Liniment. 
Perrigo’s  E x. of Blackberry 

Root.

Perrigo’s  Insect  Powder. 
Perrigo’s Poison F ly Paper. 
Perrigo’s  Poultry  Powder. 
Perrigo’s Stock  Powder. 
Perrigo’s  Hog  Powder. 
Marshmallow Cream. 
Bartram’s  Liver Pills. 
Bartram’s Veterinary Elixir 
Sennara for ChUdren. 
Porous  Plasters.
Cough  Drops.
Flavoring  Extracts. 
Druggists’ Sundries.

W O R L D ’ S   B E S T

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S O .   C I G A R .  

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G R A N D   R A P I D S .   M I C H .

STICKY FLY PAPER

A SK  YOUR  JO B B ER   FO R  IT

LARGEST  CIGAR  DEALERS

IN  T H E   M ID D LE  W E S T

DETROIT,  MICH.,  U.  S.  A.

VIN CEN TE  PORTUONDO,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
RUHE  BROS.  CO., Allentown,  Pa.
TH E  HILSON  CO.,  New York.
T.  J.  DUNN  &  CO.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.
McCOY  &  CO.,  New York.
TH E COLLINS CIGAR CO.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.

W E  ARE  DISTRIBUTORS  FOR

BROWN  BROS.,  Detroit,  Mich.
TH E  BANNER CIGAR CO., Detroit,  Mich. 
BERNARD STAHL CO.,  New York. 
BANNER  CIGAR CO.,  Lancaster,  Pa. 
SEIDENBERG  &  CO., New York.
G.  P.  SPRAGUE CIGAR CO., Columbus, 0 .

TH E  FULTON  CIGAR CO., Lancaster,  Pa.
A. B.  BALLARD  &  CO., Tampa,  Florida.
E.  M.  SCHW ARZ  &  CO.,  N*w York.
WHITE  BEAU TY  CIGAR  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
TH E  HAVANA CIGAR  CO., Coshocton, Ohio. 
And several other well known  manufacturers.

F.  E.  BUSH M AN,  M anager  C igar  Departm ent.

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Specially  Grateful  and 

Comforting  to the 

Nervous  and  Dyspeptic.

Sold  in  Half-Pound  Tins  Only. 

Prepared  by

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Homoeopathic  Chemists,  London, 

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Packed in attractive two and four pound moisture 
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Case of 48 two-pound cartons, $1.50.
Case of 24 four-pound cartons, 81.40.

In  live case  lots, SI.45.
In  live case  lots, $1.35.

DIAMOND  CRYSTAL  SALT  CO., S I  Clair,  Mich.

SMOKE

Banquet flail  Little Cigars

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.

MUSSELMAN  GROCER  GO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Midi.

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FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

U n d e r   T h e i r   YELLOW LABEL  O f f e r   t h e   BEST!

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of our lime  from  Petoskey  Standard  to 
Bay Shore Standard.  No other  change  in 
any way. 

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Bay  Shore  Lime  Co., 

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Volume XVI,

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17,1899.

O f every kind and style 
for Men’s and  Youth:  ' 
wear, manufactured by 
the oldest firm in U. S., 
KOLB &  SON, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Closing out  balance of 
our spring goods cheap. 
Write  our  represent­
ative, William Connor,
P.  O.  Box  346,  M ar­
shall,  Mich.,  to  call  on 
you  or  meet  him  May 
25th,  26th and  27th,  at 
Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.  Pur­
chaser’s  expenses  are 
allowed.  Mail orders 
have quick attention. 

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PERSONAL  ATTENTION 
of  our  attorneys  to  the  ad­
justment of claims  through­
out  Michigan.

The  Preferred  Bankers 
Life Assurance  Com pany 

of Detroit, Mich. 

Annual Statement, Dec. 31, 1898.

Commenced  Business Sept.  I,  1893.
Insurance in Force......................... $3,299,000 
Ledger A sse ts...................................  
45,734 
Ledger L ia b ilitie s ...........................  
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Losses Adjusted and U npaid................. 
T otal Death Losses Paid to D ate......... 
T otal Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­

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51,061  00

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Death Losses Paid During the Y e a r ... 
Death Rate for the Y e a r ............... 

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F R A N K  E .  R O B S O N ,  President. 

T R U M A N   B . G O O D S P E E D , Secretary.

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Don’t write to

BARLOW  BROS.

ORAND RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN 

for sample sheet of their  “ P E R F E C T IO N  
T IM E  B O O K  A N D  P A Y   R O L L .”

Their  W A G E   T A B L E ,  however,  fits 
(and pleases) firms  w ho  hire  from  one  to  a 
million hands.  So do  their  P A T .  M A N I- 
IF O L D   S H IP P IN G   B L A N K S .

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established  1841.

R. G.  DUN & CO.

Wlddicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

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Save  Trouble. 
Save  Money. 
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IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

PAGE2.  The  Dry  Goods  M arket.
3.  Gotham   Gossip.
4.  Around  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  W oman’s  World.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Editorial.
10.  Observations by a  Gotham   Egg  Man.
11.  Olio Adds  to  the  Value  of Every Cow.
12.  Commission  Business  Gossip. '
13.  Achieving  Success  Along  One  Line.
16.  Shoes  and L eather.
17.  Commercial Travelers.
18.  Drags and  Chemicals.
19.  D rag  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price Current.
21.  Grocery Price Current.
22.  H ardw are,
23.  H ardw are Price  Carrent.
24.  Never  Worries.
Business W ants.

Death  o f John  McConnell.

It  is  the  sad  duty  of  the  Tradesman to 
chronicle  the  death  of  another  of  the 
early  pioneers  of  trade 
in  this  city— 
John  McConnell—who  passed  away  at 
bis  home  in  this  city  Thursday,  May  11. 
Since  the  death  of  Mrs.  McConnell, 
about  two  years  ago,  his  health  declined 
until,  in  March  last,  he suffered a  stroke 
of  paralysis.  Since  that  time  until  a 
few  weeks before  his  death  he was cared 
for  at  Butterwortb  Hospital,  where  he 
sufficiently  recovered  to  return  to  his

home.  His  recovery,  however,  proved 
transient.

in  trade 

Mr.  McConnell  was  born  in  Berk­
shire,  England,  in  1821,  of  Irish  parent­
age.  He  came  to  this  country  with  his 
father's  family  in  1833,  locating  in  the 
then  village  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  served  his  first  apprenticeship  at  the 
mercantile  business.  After  a  few  years 
spent 
in 
Western  New  York,  he  came  to  Michi­
gan  in  1847  and  soon  opened  a hardware 
store  on  Monroe  street,  afterward  re­
moving  to  Canal  street,  where  the  busi­
ness  was  continued  until  his  retirement 
about  twenty-five  years  ago.  Mr.  Mc­
Connell  early  made  considerable  invest­
ments  in  real  estate  in  and  around  the

in  smaller  towns 

city,  as  well  as  in  the  northern  part  of 
the  State,  which  have  yielded  him  a 
competency  for  many  years.  He  was  a 
man  of  public  spirit  and  of  great  activ­
ity  in  the  early  development  of the  city, 
especially 
in  the  way  of  securing  and 
aiding  in  the.building  of  railways,  etc. 
In  middle  life  be  took  marked 
interest 
in  the  affairs  of the city government,and 
was  active  in  society  and  church  work, 
for  many  years  having  served  as  vestry­
man  of  St.  Mark’s Episcopal  church,  in 
whose  organization  be  was  actively 
in­
terested.  ____  
Twenty  Schemes  for  Drawing  Money 

____

From  Business  Men.

From the Port Huron Times.

The  merchants  of  Port  Huron  will 
soon  have  an  opportunity  to  invest  a 
little  of  their  surplus  cash  in  a  philan­
thropic  scheme.  For  the  past  two  weeks 
a  young  man  from  Chicago  has  been 
canvassing  the  city  soliciting  advertise­
ments,  at  from  $1  to $3,  to  be  placed  on 
the  roster  of  a  certain  fraternal  organi­
zation  of  the  city. 
It is  understood  that 
as  soon  as  collections  can  be  made  for 
this  work  be  will  spring something orig­
inal  upon  the  public.  He  has  in  his 
possession  a  large  number  of certificates 
of  the  Merchants’  Protective  Associa­
tion,  with  headquarters  in  Chicago.  He 
will  endeavor  to 
induce  all  the  mer­
chants  in  Port  Huron  to  become  mem­
bers  of  the  association,  with  the  under­
standing  that  before  advertising  in  any 
of  the  thousand  and  one schemes present 
to  the  public  they  will  confer  with  the 
head  officers  of  the  protective  associa­
tion.  This  association  guarantees,  for 
$1  or $2  a  year,  to keep the  poor deluded 
merchants  posted  and  to  direct  them  in 
the  matter  of  advertising,  and  the  mer­
chant  will  be  expected  not  to  pay  out 
any  money  for  advertising  on  hotel  reg­
isters  and  other  “ cheap  John’ ’  schemes 
until  they  have  permission  of  the  offi­
cers  of  the  Chicago concern.  The Times 
understands  that  the  young  man  who 
is 
operating 
in  Port  Huron  is  the  Presi­
dent  of  the  Association  and  that  the 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  are  at  work  in 
other  towns  securing  contributions.  The 
representative  in  Port  Huron  makes  his 
boast 
twenty  different 
schemes  for  drawing  money  out  of busi­
ness  men  and  expects  this  certificate 
racket  to  clean  up  at  least  $150.  Of 
course,  the  Times  has  no  particular  in­
terest 
in  the  matter,  except  to  give  its 
patrons  a  little  advance  informat  on  on 
the  subject.

that  be  has 

Practice  and  Preaching  at  Variance. 
From the Grocery  World.

One  of  the  humors  of  pure  food  inves­
tigation  developed  in Chicago last week, 
at  a  session  of  the  Senatorial  Pure  Food 
Committee.  The  first  witness  was  one 
Graeme  Stuart,  of  the  W.  M.  Hoyt  Co., 
wholesale  grocers  of  Chicago,  and  he 
made  a  stirring  appeal  for  a  National 
pure  food  law,  which  would  “ protect 
honest  merchants  as  well  as  the  con­
sumer  from  the adulterated  foods  of  for­
eign  countries.”   The  only  statement 
necessary  to  reveal  the  humor  of  this 
seemingly  unbumorous  fact  is  that  only 
a  few  months  ago  the  W.  M.  Hoyt  Co. 
was  detected  in  shipping  adulterated 
food  products  into  neighboring  states 
whose  laws  could  not  reach  the  house.

Bell  Exchange  with  Two  Phones. 

From the Allegan  Gazette.

Representatives  of  the  Michigan  Tel­
ephone  Co.,  using  the  Bell  system,  have 
been  trying  to  establish  an  exchange  in 
Allegan,  and  may  succeed,  as  they  have 
two 
’phones  here  besides  the  public 
telephone  station.

Number 817

The  Grain  Market.

in 

its  true 

Wheat  has  not  shown  much  activity 
during  the  past  week,  hardy  bolding  its 
own 
in  the  large  markets.  The  Gov­
ernment  crop  report  was  looked  upon  as 
bearish,  but  when  we  consider  the  mat­
ter 
light,  it  looks  to  us  as 
bullish.  For  instance,  they  gave  Mich­
igan  about  a  17,000,000  bushel  crop, 
when  we  had  34,500,000 bushels  in  1898. 
Besides,reports  coming  in  from the win­
ter  wheat  belt  do  not  improve  any,  but 
seem to  grow  worse.  To  be  sure,  exports 
have  not  been  as 
large  as  they  might 
have  been,  but  owing  to  the  Buffalo 
grain  shovelers’  strike,  the  exporters 
took  all  that  they  could  easily  get  hold 
of.

The  visible  decreased  a  fair  amount, 
being  1,438,000 bushels.  Had the Buffalo 
strike  been  out  of  the  way  the  decrease 
would  have  been  as  much  again.  Re­
ceipts  in  the  Northwest  are merely nom­
inal,  being  only  about  one-third  of  what 
they  were  last  year,  while  in  the  winter 
wheat  section  there  is  no  wheat  offered 
to  amount  to  anything,  as  farmers  want 
to  see  what  the  harvest  will  be,  and  in 
the  Red  River  Valley  seeding  is  not 
finished  yet.  I  do  not  want  to  appear  as 
a  calamity  bowler,  but  these  are  facts, 
just  tht  same.

Corn  has  shown  more  stability  and 
prices  are  about  ic  higher,  all  owing  to 
the  large  decrease  of  2,885,000  bushels, 
in  the  visible, 
which  begins  to  count 
is  not  as  much  in 
especially  as  there 
first  hands  as  has  been  counted  on. 
It 
is  also  time  to  have  more  seasonable 
weather  than  we  have  had  of  late.

Oats,  as  was  expected,  owing  to the 
large  amount  being  pul  in,  took  a  drop 
of  fully  ij£@2c. 
It  now  looks  as  if oats 
would  be  considerably  cheaper.

Rye,  as  usual,  held  very  firm,  owing 
to  the  starting  up  of  distilleries  and 
foreign  demand.

Flour  trade  has  been  rather  quiet  for 
a  few  days,  but,  as  the  mills  have  old 
orders  to  run  on  for  a  while,  it  does  not 
effect  the  running.

Mill  feed  keeps  well  up  and  the 

mills  are  sold  ahead.

Receipts  of  grain  were  of  a  diminu­
tive  order  all  around  this  week,  being 
50  cars  of  wheat,  9  cars  of  corn,  9  cars 
of  oats,  and  9  cars  of  bay.

Millers  are  paying  68c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A .  VoiG T.

Side  Lights  on  Home  Life.

A  woman 

is  never  afraid  to  marry  a 

man  who  likes  cats.

Mediocrity  can  talk,  but 

it  takes  a 

genius  to  get  listened  to.

He  who  reads  can't  always  run;  the 

book  frequently  puts  him  to  sleep.

When  a  woman  can  make  pretty  ges­
tures,  she  knows  she  doesn't  need  to 
have  much  sense.

When  a  man  has  a  tooth  pulled,  he 
feels  lonesome  until  his  wife  has coaxed 
him  to  say  that  it  really  did  hurt.

A  woman’s  idea  of  making  home  at­
tractive 
is  to  fill  it  full  of  crazy  little 
tables  which  fall  over  when  a  man looks 
at  them.

A.  E.  Hass  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Tolcott,  Charlevoix 
county.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.

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W E  A R E   F U L L

of business but can attend to your orders.
Send  them  in.  The  Latest  in  Stripes, 
Squares and  Checks.

OUR
NECKWEAR 
PRODUCTIONS • •

are unexcelled  in Style,  Pattern or  Finish.
90c  to  $2.00  per  doz.;  $2.00  to  $4.50  per 
doz.  No traveling men.  Write for  sam­
ple  assortment  and  make  selection  at 
your leisure.

LEY  B R O TH E R S,

Manufacturers of Stynsh 

Neckwear tor lien and Women. 

1818 Milwaukee Ave.,

CHICAOO,  ILL.

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D r y   G o o d s
The  Dry  Goods  Market.

It 

forward. 

Staple  Cottons—The tone  of  the  vari­
ous  lines  of  staple  g o o d s   ¡s  very  firm, 
although  only  a  moderate  amount  of 
business 
is  coming 
is 
enough,  however,  to 
lend  a  sustaining 
strength  that  will  bold  the  less  known 
grades  on  a  par  with  the  prominent 
tickets.  Some  of  the  lines  of  browns 
which  we  recently  reported  as  irregular 
have  been  advanced  during  the  past 
week  from 
Per  yard.  Bleached
cottons  are  doing  fairly  well,  with  some 
preference  given  to lower grades.  Prices 
are  without  actual  change.  Denims, 
ticks,  checks,  and  plaids  are  all  firm 
but  show  a  quiet  business.

Prints  and  Ginghams— Printed  cali­
coes,  in  both  fancy  and  staple  lines,  are 
showing  a  good  reorder  business,  and 
sellers  are  feeling  well  satisfied with  the 
attitude of  the  trade.  While  there  have 
been  no actual advances beyond what  we 
have  already  chronicled,  the  tendency 
of  all  lines is decidedly upward.  Printed 
flannel  goods  are  showing  a  somewhat 
smaller  business  this  week  than  last, 
but  this  makes  little  difference,  for  they 
are  all  of  them  pretty  well  sold  for  the 
fall.

Woolens—The  clothier  who  does  not 
anticipate  a  good  fall  business  is  the 
exception.  The  clothier  acknowledges 
that  he  expects  to  have need  of a  large 
amount  of  goods,  but  the  experience  of 
late  years has  made  him  an  exception­
ally  cautious  creature,  and  he  does  not 
into  any  “ cat  in  the 
propose  to  enter 
bag”   arrangements;  that 
is,  he  does 
not  propose  to  commit  himself  until  he 
can  gauge  the  course  and  volume  of  the 
demand.  This 
likewise  applies  to  the 
dress  goods  jobber,  and  the  suitmaker, 
although  as  a  rule  the  purchases  of  the 
dress  goods  buyer  have  been  made  on 
a  more  liberal  basis  than  have  those  of 
the  clothier.

Hosiery— Golf  hosiery, 

in  domestic 
makes,  is  showing  a  good  business,  par­
ticularly  in  styles  showing'a  solid  color 
for  the  leg and a fancy welt;  the latter in 
very  bright  colors,  contrasting  with  the 
leg,  have  done  very  well.  Other fancy 
lines  of  half  hose are also  showing  an 
improved  demand  over  last  week.  The 
importers  are  finding  a  decided 
im­
provement  in  the  reorder business  from 
the  retail  trade.  This 
is  true  of  both 
blacks  and  fancy  goods,  and  also  in  one 
or  two  plain  solid  colors,  particularly 
garnets  and  military  blues.  The  im­
ported  stock  on  hand  is  now  quite  light 
in  the  majority  of desirable  styles,  par­
ticularly  the  medium  grades.  It  is to  be 
regretted,  however,  that  this  has  been 
accomplished  through  slight  reductions 
in  prices,  which  would  have  been  un­
necessary if  the  importers  bad  held  on  a 
little  longer  and  kept  up  their  courage. 
Sizes  are  reported  as  badly  broken. 
This,  however,  has  had  the  effect  of 
strengthening  the  market,  and  to-day 
little  or  nothing  can  be  found  in  the 
way  of  concessions.  Fancy  half  hose 
are 
in  much  better condition  with  the 
importers  than  a  week  or  so ago,  al­
though  prices  are  not yet  what  could  be 
desired.  Golf hose  are  becoming  much 
more 
in  the  cashmere 
and  other  high  grade  lines.  Heavy 
ribbed  effects  are  doing  fairly  well,  but 
fine  cotton  goods  are  in  the  best  condi­
tion,  at  prices  ranging  from  $4  to $9 per 
dozen.  The  retailers are  now  finding  an 
excellent  trade and  the  reorder  demand 
sb  uld  be  very good.

important,  even 

confined 

Carpets—The  carpet  mills  are  well 
employed  on  hurried  orders  and  the 
coming  season 
is  likely  to  see  a  larger 
initial  order  business,  as  delays 
in  or­
dering  will  cause  trouble  in  deliveries 
later  on.  The  time  has  passed  when  the 
jobber  and  retailer  can  wait  until  they 
actually  need  the goods  and obtain  them 
promptly,  as  manufacturers  for  some 
time  past  have 
themselves 
closely  to  actual  orders,  and  as  a  result 
there  is  no  stock  of  any  account  carried 
over. 
is  exceptional  where 
a  mill  is  found  with  any  goods  on hand. 
This  indicates  a  very  healthy  condition 
for  business  for  the  fall  While  the  dis 
position  of  some  mills  that  have  al­
ready  opened  their  fall  lines  is  to  ask 
only  moderate  advances,  the  1  te  buyers 
may  find  a  marked  change  in  the  goods 
market 
In 
fact,  some  large  mills  have  Already  no­
tified  the trade  that  goads  with  Septem­
ber  dating  will  he  further advanced.

in  an  upward  direction. 

In  fact,  it 

Lace  Curtains— Continue  in  popular 
is  constantly  on 
favor.  The  demand 
in  the  Notting­
the  increase,  not  only 
ham 
lines,  but  also  in  the  fish  net  and 
bobbinet  curtains.  With  a  larger  im­
provement 
in  general  business,  there 
will  come  an  increased  demand  for  the 
very  fine  lines  which  are  so  attractive.

A  Sensible  Shopper.

From  the  Philadelphia  Record.

It  is  a  common  happening  for  women 
shoppers  to  be  taken  for  saleswomen 
in 
the  big  department  stores,  and  it  is  in­
teresting  to  note  the  effect  of  some  of 
the  mistakes.  The  “ breaks”   are  es 
pecially  numerous 
in  the  bat  depart­
ments,  where  the  customers  take  off 
their hats  in  order to  try  on  new  ones. 
In  many  cases  choppers  who  are  ad­
dressed  by  other  shoppers  with 
the 
query,  “ Will  you  please  show  me  some 
of  the  bats?”   become 
indignant  and 
sharply  reply  that  they  are  net  sales­
women ;  but  a  prominent,  wealthy  worn 
an  of  West  Walnut  street  proved  an 
exception  to this  rule  in  one  of  the most 
popular  stores  the  other day.  The  sales­
girl  who  was  waiting  on  her,  and  who 
has  been  doing  so  for  years,  bad left  her 
to  go  after  another hat  for  her  to  try  or, 
when  a  woman  stepped  up  to  the  cus­
tomer and  expressed  a  desire  to  look  at 
some  specimens  of  headwear.  The 
Walnut  street  woman  promptly  took  the 
newcomer  in  tow  and  gave  her  the  ben­
efit  of  her  knowledge  about a  number  of 
bats  which  she  bad  examined  in  her 
own search.  When the salesgirl appeared 
she  turned  the  woman  over  to  her  and 
excused  herself,  while  the  girl,  sizing 
up  the  situation,  went  ahead  and  made 
a  good  sale  of  a  hat  that  her  customer 
had  praised.  Then  the  other  customer, 
who  bad  patiently  waited,  congratulated 
herself  on  having  made  a  sale  for  the 
girl,  made  her  choice  of  a  bat  and  de­
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but  you  will  miss  it  if  you  do  not  place 
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News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  May  13— During  the  week 
we  have  had  daily  reports  from  job­
bers.  showing  a  satisfactory  condition 
of  affairs,  and  there  is  every  reason  to 
believe  that  for  the  remainder  of  the 
year  the  same  reports  will  be  given  to 
enquiries.

Coffee  remains  quiet.  The  market 
lacks  animation  and  buyers  seem  to 
have  lost  their  nerve.  At  any  rate  they 
are  not  disposed  to  buy  ahead  of  cur­
rent  wants,  and  no  argument  suffices  to 
make  them  "hurry.”  
Lower  prices 
were  strongly  hinted  at,  but  the  close 
shows  no  change,  Rio  No.  7 being  quot­
able  at  6%c  in  jobbing  parcels.  Hardly 
anything  wa%  done  in  an  invoice  way. 
The  future  market  was  uninteresting 
and  few  transactions  were  reported.

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In  teas, 

little  more 

Raw  sugars  are  firm  and  refiners seem 
ready 
take  offerings  without  any 
haggling.  The  general  market  for  re­
fined  is  rather  neglected,  although  some 
report  a  fair  volume  of  business.  Most 
of  the  sugar  called  for  has  been  for  de­
liveries  on  contracts.  Granulated is  firm 
at  5>£c.
than  ordinary 
business  has  been  done.  Prices  show 
no  special  change,  although  for  very 
extra  qualities  some  little  advance  was 
made.  Buyers  from  out  of  town  took 
only  enough  to  sort  up  broken  stocks, 
and  seemed 
inclined  to  shop  around, 
trying  to  find 
job  lots  here  and  there. 
Holders,  however,  are quite firm  in  their 
views  and  seldom  will  make  any  con­
cession.

The  rice  outlook 

in  fireworks.  Good  crops, 

is  encouraging  for 
holders,  who  profess  great  confidence 
in  the  future,  although  they  are not boil­
ing  over  with  enthusiasm,  as  are  deal­
ers 
is 
thought,  are  pretty  sure  this  year,  but 
prices  here  to-day  are  not  made  on  the 
crop  prospects.  Foreign  rice  is  rela­
tively  cheaper  than  domestic,  so  a  large 
part  of  the  business  going  forward  is  of 
that  kind.

it 

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Spices  remain  practically  the  same 
and,  while  there  is  some  little  move­
ment  in  pepper,  the  general  line  moves 
from  day  to  day  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
cause  no  special  comment.
Prime  grocery  grades  of  molasses 
meet  with  quite  ready  sale  and,  as  the 
offering 
is  not  large,  prices  generally 
are  firmly  adhered  to.  Lower  grades 
have  sold  to  some  extent,  about  as  well 
for  export  as  for  home  consumption. 
Prices  are  shaky  and  tend,  possibly, 
lower.  Prime  grades  of  molasses  are 
worth  32@34c.  Syrups  are  moving  in  a 
somewhat  listless  manner.  Prices  are 
practically  unchanged.
little  lull  in  the  canned 
goods  situation  at  this  time,  owing, 
possibly,  to  the  fact  that  it  is  just  be­
is  a  good  con­
tween  seasons.  There 
sumptive  demand  reported 
from  all 
large  manufacturing centers,  and canned 
goods  are  cheaper  for  the  consume! 
than  fresh  stock,  much  of  which  is  not 
so  very  fresh  after  all  when  it  reaches 
the  table.  Evidence  continues  to  ac­
cumulate  that  we  shall  have a large pack 
of  everything,  if  all  proposed  canneries 
are  established.

Lemons  and  oranges  both  show  im­
provement,  and  at  the  auctions  more 
interest  was  displayed  than  for  several 
weeks.  Sicily 
lemons,  $2.7534,  as  to 
size;  California  oranges,  navels,  $3.75 
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prices  showing  little  if  any  change.

The  dried  fruit  market  is  quiet,  with 

I7@ i7^c;  seconds, 

Western  creamery  butter  is  held at  18c 
for  fancy  stock.  There  has  been  a 
pretty  fair  demand  for butter  that  will 
stand  the  test,  although  there  is  no  spe­
in  quotations.  Western 
cial  change 
firsts. 
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imitation  creamery,  I2^@ i4^c.
In  cheese,  only  the  usual  trading  has 
taken  place.  New  cheese  begins  to 
show  fair  quality,  but,  as  s  rule,  old 
stock  goes better.  Quite a good trade was 
done  by  exporters.  Old, 
full  cream, 
iij^ c ;  new,  g%c.

Receipts  of  eggs  have been quite suffi­
cient  to  keep  this  market  well  stocked, 
and  we  have  rather a  low  range  of  quo­

tations.  Quite  a 
good  many  eggs 
reached  here  that  were  not  as  fresh  as 
when  they  were  purchased,  by  several 
points,  and  the  decline  in  such  goods  is 
rapid  and  decided.

Always  One  Wanting.

It  is  the  way 

There  are  a  great  many  questions 
with  which  the  world  has  been wrestling 
a  long  time  and  which  are,  apparently, 
just  as  far  from  being  settled  to-day  as 
they  ever  were.  Among  these  is  the 
epitaph,  and  inasmuch  as  in  the  course 
of  nature  it  is  appointed  unto  all  men 
once  to  die and  have  an  epitaph  thrust 
upon  them,  the  subject becomes  a  per­
sonal  one.  To  walk  through  any  ceme­
tery  and  read  the  inscriptions  on  the 
tombs  is  to  have  the poverty of resources 
in  this  matter  brought  so  forcibly  home 
to  me  that  the  only  thing  seems  to  be 
not  to  die  and  give  your 
friends  a 
chance  at  your  epitaph.  On  one  band 
is  fulsome  eulogy,  oftener  celebrating 
what  virtues  a  man  ought  to  have  had, 
and  what  he  should  have  done  than 
what  be  really  did  do,  and  on  the  other 
poetry  whose  good  intentions  are  not  a 
sufficient  excuse  for  its  lack  of  rhyme 
and  reason.  Sometimes,  too,  it  seems 
that  no  other  place  under  the  sun 
is  so 
full  of  biting  sarcasms  and  bitter  irony. 
Men  who  trod  every  holy  precept  under 
foot  lying  under  ponderous  Scriptural 
texts;  women,  deserted  and  neglected, 
"lamented”   only  on  their  tombstones; 
black  sheep  of  fine  families  with  noth­
ing  but  their  virtues  remembered  on 
their  monuments. 
in 
which  we  try  to atone  to  the  unknowing 
dead  for  all  our  sins  against  them  while 
they  lived.  We  pile  costly  marble  upon 
the  heart  that,  living,  wearied  in  vain 
for  some  token  of  our  regard,  and  we 
carve  upon 
it  words  of  deathless  love, 
any  one  of  which  would  have made their 
lives  a  summer  full  of  sunshine  and 
beauty.  About  their  graves  we  plant 
the  rarest  and  sweetest  flowers,  yet  in 
all  the  long  years  when  they  might  have 
known  and  enjoyed  we  never  brought 
them  a  single  rose.  "A h,  Robbie,  Rob­
bie,  ye  asked  for  bread  and  they  gaed 
ye  a  stane, ”   cried  the  old  mother  of 
Robert  Burns  when  they  took  her  to  see 
the  splendid  mausoleum  a grateful coun­
try  had  built,  too  late,  for toe man whom 
they 
let  eat  bis  heart  out  and  die  for 
lack  of  a  little  money. 
In  a  lonely  part 
of  the  Scotch  Highlands  there  is  a  little 
grave  where  is  buried  a  dog,  and  on  the 
stone,  roughly  carved,  is  an  epitaph 
that  any  man  dying,  might  envy  him. 
The  dog  was  a  collie  belonging  to  one 
of  the  shepherds  who  herd  sheep  in  the 
glens  that  run  like  green  rifts  off  from 
the  brown,  heather-covered  mountains. 
At  night,  when  the  sheep  were  brought 
into  the 
fold  the  shepherd,  courting 
them,  would  say,  "T here’s three  want­
ing,”   or  "four  wanting,"  and  the  dog, 
sagacious,  loyal  and  true,  watching  the 
wave  of  bis  master’s  hand,  would  go  off 
again  among  the  glens  and  search  and 
search,  until  the  wanderers  were  found 
and  the  flock  completed.  At  last  the 
faithful  animal  died  and  bis  master  put 
these  wordsabove  his  grave:  “ There’s 
aye  ane  wanting.”   Could  anything  ex­
press  more  tenderly  the  great  univer­
sal  sense  of  bereavement  of all who have 
ever  loved  and  lost?  When  death  robs 
us  of  those  near  and  dear  to  us,  time 
mercifully  softens  the  blow  and  makes 
it 
less  bard  to  bear.  The  wound  does 
not  always  ache;  but  it  is  always  there, 
and  life  can  never  be  quite  the  same  to 
us—there’s  always  one  wanting.  No 
pleasure 
is  quite  complete.  The  soft 
touch  of  a  mother’s  hand,  the  bright 
boyish  face  that  used  to  smile  into ours, 
the  tender  lips  that  we  shall  kiss  no 
more  on  earth,  the  patter  of  a  baby’s 
feet  down  the  old  stairway—there’s  al­
ways  one  wanting,  that  we  shall  miss  as 
long  as  we  have  sense  and 
intelligence 
to  know  the  things  of  earth.  And  when 
we  are  dead,  the  best  of  us  may  hope 
that  some  loving  heart  may  carve  that 
epitaph  above  our  graves,  and  that  to 
some  one  there  will  be  "aye  ane  want­
ing. ”

The  Chicago  plow  trust  has  made  a 
big  advance  on  the  price  of plows.  This 
may  go  too  far.  Even  a  furrow  will 
turn.

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What  do  you  give  the  people  who  want  the  best 
spices  and  baking  powder  for  their  money? 
If 
you  give  them  mediocre  brands you  get  the  rep­
utation  of running  a  poor  store— a place to shun. 
If  you  give  them  NORTHROP  SPICES  and 
QUEEN  FLAKE  BAKING  POWDER  you  give 
them  the  best  and  most  widely  known  brands 
on  the  market. 
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W e  Guarantee

Our brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY  PURE  APPLE- 
JUICE  VINEGAR.  To any person who will analyze it and find 
any deleterious acids or anything that is  not  produced  from  the 
apple, we will forfeit

ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS

We also guarantee it to be  of  not  less  than  40  grains strength. 
We will prosecute any person found using our packages for cider 
or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom.

Robinson Cider and  Vinegar Co.,  Benton Harbor, Mich.

J  ROBINSON,  nanager.

This is the guarantee we give with every barrel of our  vinegar.  Do  you  know  of any  other 
manufacturer  who has  sufficient confidence in  his output to stand  back  of  his  product  with  a 
similar guarantee? 

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Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Jackson— Bossong  &  Webber  succeed 

W.  F.  Bossong  in  the  meat  business.

Ottawa  Beach— F.  K.  Colby  has 
opened  his  grocery  store  for the  season.
Fowler—Jesse  Sullivan  continues  the 
clothing  business  of  Sullivan  &  Koons.
Schaffer—C.  H.  Schaffer  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  general  stock  to  H.  W.  Co­
burn.

Jackson— Michael  F.  Murray  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Patrick 
Murray.

Belding— M.  Foreman,  of  Howard 
City,  will  open  a  shoe  store  here  about 
May  20.

Detroit—The  Standard  Can  Co.  suc­
ceeds  the  Detroit  Tinware  Manufactur­
ing  Co.

Poit  Huron— E.  J.  Hardy,  of  London, 
has  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  H. 
E.  Dorland.

Lansing— Moross Bros,  succeed  Mitch­
in  the  cigar  and  news 

ell  Sternfield 
stand  business.

Saginaw—Seth  Davis  &  Sons  succeed 
McCormick.  Davis  &  Co.  in  the  coal 
and  wood  business.

Manistee—John  Decker  has  leased  a 
store  building  on  Fifth  avenue  and 
opened  a  grocery  store.

Gaylord—VVolveiton  &  Co.  have  pur­
chased  the  meat  business  of  Z.  J.  Town­
send  &  Co.  at  this  place  and  at  Van­
derbilt.

Port  Huron—The  dry  goods 

stock 
operated  by  Cohn  Bros,  under  the  style 
of  the  Boston  store  has  been  removed 
to  Detroit.

Olive  Center—John  Redder,  who  has 
clerked  for  Nienhuis  Bros.,  at  Crisp, 
for  eight  years,  has  engaged  in  general 
trade  at  this  place.

Benton  Harbor—Charles  A.  Jackson, 
who  conducts  a  bazaar  store  on  Water 
street,  was  married 
last  week  to  Ida 
Belle  Dew,  of  Virginia.

Muir—John  Scott  has  purchased  an 
interest 
in  the  grain  and  produce  firm 
of  Hawley  &  West.  The  new  firm  will 
be  known  as  Hawley,  West  &  Co.

Allegan—W.  J.  Pollard  and  F.  L. 
Kent,comprising  the  flour and  feed  firm 
of  F.  L.  Kent  &  Co.,  have  dissolved 
partnership,  Mr.  Kent  succeeding.

Belding— Hoyt and  Lewis  Pierce  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  C.  M. 
Kingsley  &  Co.  and  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style  of  Pierce  Bros.
Muskegon—J.  E.  Kraai,  for  several 
years 
in  the  employ  of  G.  C.  Yonker, 
the  boot  and  shoe  merchant,  expects 
soon  to  open  a  shoe  store  at  122  Pine 
street.

Kalamazoo---- Henry  Prehn,  Chas.
Leech  and  T.  J,  Miller have  formed  a 
copartnership  for  the  purpose  of  enga­
ging 
in  the  bazaar  business  here  about 
June  1.

Ann  Arbor—James  E.  Harkins  has 
sold  bis  hardware  stock  on  Huron  street 
to  John  C.  Fischer,  for  twelve  years 
with  the  Eberbach  Hardware  Co.,  of 
this  city.

Coldwater—C.  H.  Carpenter  and  E. 
Metzger  have  formed  a  copartnership 
and  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business, 
having  purchased  the  stock  of  E.  L. 
Carpenter.

Amasa— H.  F.  Christenson  &  Co. 
have  merged  their  general  stock  into  a 
corporation  under  the  same  style.  The 
company  has  an  authorized capital stock 
of  $10,000,  of  which  $6,000  is  paid 
in. 
incorporators  are  C.  M.  Christen­
The 
son,  W.  H.  Jobe and Wm. McBurney.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Elk  Rapids—S.  H.  Beach  will  have 
charge  of  the  branch  hardware  store  of 
Meyer,  Beach  &  Flannelly,  of  Luding- 
ton.

interest 

Lowell—Lyman  A.  Taft  has  sold  a 
half 
in  the  Hunter drug  stock 
to  Wm.  Crofoot  and  the  two  will  con­
tinue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Taft  &  Crofoot.

Kalamazoo—The  Geo.  H.  Raynor 
book  and  stationery  stock  has  been  pur­
chased  by  H.  W.  Beecher  and  J.  Leo 
Kymer,  who  will  continue the  business 
under  the  stjle  of  Beecher  &  Kymer.

Bay  City—The  grocers  who  were 
charged  with  keeping  their  stores  open 
on  Sunday  all  pleaded  guilty  and  were 
assessed  $1  each,  which  was  paid.  The 
defendants  promised  to  obey  the  law  in 
future.

Onaway— Parrott,  Holbrook  &  Co.  is 
the  name  of  a  new  general  merchandise 
firm  which  has  begun  the  erection  of  a 
two-story  store  building.  Mr.  Parrott 
v&s  formerly  engaged  in  general  trade 
at  Wheeler  and  Mr.  Holbrook  comes 
from  Wolverine.

Rockland—The  Ontonagon  County 
National  bank  will  be  the  name  of 
Rockland's  new  financial 
institution. 
It  will  be  located  on  the  corner  lot  di­
rectly  north  of  Jeff’s  general  store. 
Across  the  street  from  the  bank  will  be 
the  new  hotel,  which  is  now  in  course 
of  construction,  while‘ to  the  rear  will 
be  a  large  new  meat  market  and  also  a 
branch  office  of  the  Pabst  Brewing  Co.
Bay  City—The  grocers  and  butchers 
of  this  city  will  give  a  carnival  in  Sep­
tember.  The  affair  will  include  horse 
foot  ball  games, 
races,  baseball  and 
Caledonian  sports, 
fireworks,  singing 
and  band  concerts,  a  market  scene  by 
Bay county gardeners,  etc.  The proceeds 
of  the  carnival  are  to  be  divided  be­
tween  the  hospital.  Old  Ladies’  Home, 
Children’s  Home,  the  Peninsulars  and 
the  Y.  W.  C.  A.

Saginaw—The  Wells-Stone  Mercan­
tile  Co  has  filed  notice  of  a  reduction 
of  capital  stock from $500,000 to $70,000, 
in  accordance  with  action  taken  at  a 
meeting  of  the  stockholders  April  19, 
when  all  the  stock  was represented.  The 
company 
in  process  of  liquidation, 
having  gone  out  of  active  business,  and 
has  no  debts.  The  notice  is  signed  by 
A.  W.  Wright,  as  President,  and  A.  W. 
Wright,  W.  C.  Phipps,  W.  T.  Knowl- 
ton,  Edwin  P.  Stone  and  Charles  H. 
Davis,  stockholders.

is 

Manufacturing  Matters.

Detroit—The  Lagore  Feed  Co.  suc­
ceeds  the  Roemer-Fee  Co.  in  the  cigar 
manufacturing  business.

Camden—The  Camden  creamery  has 
discontinued  the  manufacture  of  butter 
and  begun  the  manufacture  of  cheese 
instead.

Monroe  Center— The  Creamery  Pack­
age  Manufacturing  Co.  has  contracted 
to  have  a  creamery  in  operation  here  by 
June  10.

Adrian—The  Adrian 

creamery  has 
been  leased  by  Ira  Z.  Mason. 
It  is  his 
intention  to  manufacture  both  butter 
and  cheese  this  season.

Saginaw— It  is  expected  that the  fac­
tory  of  the  Palmerton  Woodenware  Co. 
will  be  in  running  order  again  in  forty- 
five  days.  The  walls  will  be  up  and 
the  building  under  cover  in  thirty  days.
Detroit—The  Olds  Motor  Works  has 
been 
incorporated  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $500,000,  of  which  $200,000  is  paid 
in.  The  incorporators  are  E.  W.  Spar­
row,  Lansing;  J.  H.  Seager,  Hancock ; 
R.  E.  Olds,  Lansing;  S.  L.  Smith,  F. 
L.  Smith,  both of Detroit

Plainwell—S.  D.  Wilkes,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  has  purchased  the 
interest  of
C.  F.  Gilkey  in  the  Michigan  Suspen­
der  Co.  The  business,  which  includes 
the  manufacture  of  ladies’  skirts,  will 
be  enlarged  and  new  machinery  added.
Stockbridge—J.  E.  Durand,  who  re­
cently  organized  a  company  at  Boyce 
Corners  to  engage  in  the  manufacture 
of  cheese, 
is  endeavoring  to  interest 
the  people  of  this  place  in  the  organi­
zation  of  a  company  for a  similar  pur­
pose.

Detroit—The  Lake  Salt  Co.  has  been 
incorporated,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$100,000,  of  which  $10,000 has been paid 
in.  The  stockholders  are  as  follows: 
Willis  L.  Moore,  3,998  shares;  J.  Ed­
ward  O’Connor and  John A.  McKay,  one 
share  each.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Tinware  Manu­
facturing  Co.  has  sold  to  the  Standard 
Can  Co.,  of  this  city,  all  its  property  at 
161 to 165 Trombley ave.,and  1 to 13 Crys­
tal  street,  for $10,170.10,  and  filed  no­
tice  of  the  dissolution  of  the corporation 
with  the  County  Clerk.

Vassar—Balbian  Bros.,  of  Cleveland, 
are  now  the  sole  owners  of  the  Vassar 
woolen  mills  here  and  they  will  put  the 
plant  in  full  operation  at  once.  The 
industry  has  been  languishing  and  it  is 
expected  that 
its  re-establishment  will 
give  a  decided  impetas  to  the  business 
interests  of  the  village.

Neaseville—Frank  Perry’s 

sawmill 
will  be  put  into  operation  Monday,  and 
will  be  run  daily  throughout  the  re­
mainder  of  the  season.  A  force  of  from 
forty  to  fifty  men  will  be  given  employ­
ment  in  and  around  the  mill,  and  the 
season's  output  of  the  establishment 
will  amount  to  about  12,000,000  feet.

Muskegon—The  Michigan 

Iron  & 
Steel  Co.,  of  this  city,  has  increased  its 
capital  stock  to $500,000,  the  stock  be­
ing  subscribed  by  Chicago  capitalists. 
E.  W.  Gillett,  a  millionaire of that city, 
it 
is  understood,  is  the  leading  share­
holder. 
is  said  the  company  will 
manufacture  iron  and  steel  bars  and  tin 
plate.  D.  M.  Hillis  is  the  President.

It 

White  Cloud— H.  S.  Rauch  has  sold 
the  White  Cloud  roller  mills  to  Dewitt 
Willbur,  of  this  place,  and  Mr.  Miller, 
of  Newaygo,  who will  continue  the  busi 
ness  under  the  style of Willbur &  Miiler. 
Mr.  Rauch  has  purchased  the  flouring 
mills  at  Vermontville,  but  will  continue 
operations  here  until  the  new  manage­
ment 
is  ready  to  take  charge  of  the 
business.

Adrian— An  order  has  been  taken  at 
the  Lake  Shore  car  shops  here for build­
ing  8oo  refrigeiator  cars  for the  Swift 
Cold  Storage  Co.  Much  apprehension 
has  been  felt  here  lest  the  company 
should  abandon  the  shops  here  entirely, 
as  men  have  been  gradually  taken  off 
and  sent  to  other  points.  A  committee 
visited  the  officials  at  Cleveland  to  see 
if  they  could  find  out  the  purposes  of 
the  company,  but  got  no  definite  an­
swer.  The  mavor  then  laid  the  matter 
before  its  board  of  directors,  pointing 
out  the  financial  advantages, accruing  to 
the  company  by  retaining  the  shops 
here,  urging  that  it  be  the  headquarters 
for  making  new  cars.  Adrian  people 
hope  that  the  company  will  decide  to 
retain  the  shops  here. 
It  will  require 
several  months, with  a  full  force,to  com­
plete  this  new  order.

Chicago  has  a  club  whose  members 
are  pledged  to  marry  none  but  widows. 
An  organization  whose  aim  it  is  to  offer 
first aid  to  the bereaved,  as  it  were.

For  Gillies  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades and prices,  phone Visner,  80a

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.  *

Dowagiac— Warren  Hockstadt 

has 
gone  to  Benton  Harbor  to  take  a  posi­
tion  in  the  dry  goods  store  of  Enders  & 
Young.

Ishpeming— H.  D.  McKivitt,  who has 
acted  as  prescription  clerk  for  F.  P. 
TiJlson  for  the  past  three  years,  has 
gone  to  Menominee  to  take a  similar 
position  with  R.  J.  Sawyer.

Battle  Creek—J.  G.  Davenport  has 
retired  from  his  position  with  C.  C. 
Thomas  to  accept  a  similar  position  in 
the  hardware  store  of  G.  A.  DuBois.

Kalamazoo- Geo.  H.  Raynor,  former­
ly  engaged 
in  the  book  and  stationery 
business  here,  has  gone  to  Terre  Haute 
to  take  the  management.of  a  5  and  10 
cent  store  for  Seibert,  Good  &  Co.

Traverse  City—George  Thirlby  has 
resumed  his  place  in  J.  J.  Brezina’s gro­
cery  store.  He  was  one  of  the^Hannah 
Rifles  who  went  to Cuba.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— Robt.  Jamison, 
salesman  for  the  Soo  Hardware  Co., 
bad  his  right  shoulder  blade  broken 
while  helping  to  unload  a  huge  box  of 
plate  glass,  in front  of  the  Boston  Cloth­
ing  House.  The  accident  was  caused 
by  the  box  slipping 
from  the  dray, 
while  being  removed  to  the  ground,  and 
falling  upon  Mr.  Jamison.
*  Lansing— P.  O.  Goodhue  has  taken  a 
position  as  manager  of 
the  Hudson 
block  drug  store.

DeWitt—Eddy  J.  Gunnison  has  se­
cured  a  position  in  the  drug  house  of 
Bennett  &  Brake,  of  Lansing.

Kalamazoo—Garrett  Degraff has  taken 

a  position  at  Schaberg’s  grocery.

Charlotte— L.  A.  Newark  has resumed 
his  former  position  with  the  drug  de­
partment  at  Foote’s.

St.  Johns—John  Hicks  has  engaged 
Robert  S.  Gregory,  of  Detroit,  an  ex­
perienced  dry  goods  salesman.

Saginaw— Miss  Alma  Swanton,  who 
has  been  employed  as  a  pharmacist  by 
Loranger  &  Culver,  has  resigned  her 
position  and  returned  to  her  home at 
Clifford.

Hillsdale—Chas.  E.  Gier 

is  now 
clerking  at  Geo.  F.  Gardner's hardware 
store  and  Fred  Hagerman  has taken  a 
position  in  H.  L.  Lawrence’s  grocery.

is 

Middleville— W. 

in 
charge  of  Cornelius  Crawford’s  drug 
store  here.

J.  Remus 

Kalamazoo—A.  Henry  Prehn,  who  has 
retired  from  the  position  he  has  held  in 
the  Rosenbaum  &  Speyers  store  for 
nearly  twenty-nine  years,  to  engage  in 
business  for  himself,  was  given  a  com­
plete  surprise  when  the  store  was  closed 
last  night.  He 
intended  to  go  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Leech’s  silver  wedding,  but 
was  escorted  to  Richmond’s  restaurant, 
where  an  informal  spread  was  enjoyed 
by  the  employes  of  the  store 
in  bis 
honor.

Newsy  Notes  From  a  Live  Town.
East  Jordan,  May  16— Frank Martinek 
moved  his  stock  of  jewelry  this  week 
into  the  building 
lately  purchased  by 
him  on  Main  street  and  will  add  a  bi­
cycle  repair  shop.

J.  J.  Votruba  has commenced the erec­
tion  of  a  two-story  brick  block  adjoin­
ing  the  East  Jordan  Lumber  Co. ’s  new 
block,  and  when  completed  will  occupy 
the  first  story  with  his  stock  of  harness 
and  groceries.

N.  Minna  is  getting  materials  on  the 
ground  for  a  brick  building  to  be  used 
by  him  as  a  restaurant.

The  Barker  Cedar  Co.  has  removed 
its  stock  of  groceries  to  its  mill  a  few 
miles  south  of  town.
The  output  of  the  Barker  Cedar  Co. ’s 
sawmill  will  be  hauled  into  East Jordan 
over the  East Jordan  Lumber  Co. ’s rail­
road  and  transferred 
to  vessels,  two 
cargoes  having  already  been  shipped 
his  way.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­

tion.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  the  office  of 
the  Michigan 
Tradesman  on  Tuesday  evening,  May 
16,  President  Dyk  presided.

Secretary  Klap  reported  that  he  had 
telegraphed  the  Secretary  of  the  New 
York  Retail  Grocers’  Association,  en­
quiring  as  to  whether  the  hucksters  of 
the  metropolis  are  permitted  to  cry  out 
their  goods  on  the  street,  receiving  the 
following  reply:
“ Ordinances forbid peddlers crying  out. 
Peddlers  violate  it  constantly.

The  special  Committee  on  Picnic  Lo­
cation  reported that the sentiment among 
the  caterers  at  Reed’s  Lake  is  strong­
ly  in  favor of bolding  the  picnic  at  that 
resort  this  season  and  that  the  manager 
of  the  Consolidated  Street  Railway  Co. 
has  also  expressed  himself as  favorable 
to  the  project.
I   On  motion  of  J.  Geo.  Lehman, the  re­
port  of  the  Committee  was  accepted and 
the  Committee  was  instructed  to  inform 
the gentlemen  interested  that  the  pic­
nic  would  be  so  held,  providing  they 
subscribed  the  amounts  set  forth  in  the 
schedule  prepared  by  the  Committee.

The action  of  the  Common  Council  in 
receding  from  its  position  on  the  ped­
dling  question  was  discussed  at  some 
length,  resulting  in  a  conclusion  to  per­
mit  the  matter  to  remain  as  it  is  this 
year.
“  John  Witters  enquired  if  city peddlers 
were  allowed  to  handle  canned  fruits 
and  pickles  in  glass. 
Inasmuch  as  the 
answer  to  the  question  is  a  very  close 
one,  Julius  J.  Wagner  moved  that  the 
Secretary be  instructed  to  interview  the 
City  Attorney  and  ascertain  whether 
such  an  enlargement  of  the  regular  and 
usual  line  of  the  peddler  is permissible.
Mr.  Wagner  stated  that  he  noted  that 
the  patrons  of  grocery  stores  are  run­
ning  heavier  accounts  than  usual. 
In 
bis  opinion,  the  grocer  is  imposed  upon 
more  than  any  other class  of  traders.  A 
new  carpet  or a  new  piece  of  furniture 
is  paid  for 
in  cash—and  the  grocer 
waits.  If  sickness  ensues,  as is  too often 
the  case,  the  grocer  gets  left. 
In  line 
with  this suggestion,  Mr.  Wagner offered 
the  following  resolution:

at 

Whereas—The  revival  of business  has 
brought  about  an  era  of  prosperity  for 
the  working  classes,  who  now  have 
steady  employment 
remunerative 
wages;  and
“Whereas—We believe  that  it  is for the 
best  interest  of  our  customers  that  they 
be 
influenced  to  live  within  their  in­
come,  instead  of  discounting  the  future 
by  running  store  accounts,thus spending 
their  money  before  it is actually earned ; 
therefore

Resolved—That  we  urge  our members 
to  adhere  to  the  cash  basis,  so  far  as 
possible,  to  the  end  that they  may  edu­
cate their  customers to the advantages  of 
the  cash  system  and  put  us  in  a position 
to  meet  our obligations  promptly;

it 

Resolved—That  this  matter  be  made 
the  special  subject  of  discussion  at  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Association,  with 
a  view  to  inaugurating  the  cash  system 
altogether.

In  supporting  the  motion,  a  member 
stated  that 
is  necessary  now  for  a 
grocer to have  two  separate  capitals— 
one  for the  stock  and  one  for  the  book 
accounts.  There  was  never  a  time  when 
the  jobbers  and  commission  merchants 
were  hewing  closer  to  the  cash line  than 
now,  and  there  is  no  reason  why  the  re­
tail  dealers  should  not  join  the  proces­
sion.  The  resolution  was  adopted.
The  next  meeting  of  the  Association 
will  be held  on Tuesday evening,  June 6. 
“TThere being  no  further  business,  the 
meeting  adjourned.

Receded  From  Its  Position.

After  increasing  the annual license fee 
for  peddlers  of  fruits  and  vegetables 
from  $25  to  $30  on  May  8,  the  Common 
Council  receded  from  that  position  May 
15  by  reducing  the  fee  to  the  former 
figure—$25^per  year.  The  motion  to

would 

amend  was  made  by  Alderman  Forbes, 
whose  fervent  plea 
in  behalf  of  the 
downtrodden  peddler 
have 
melted  the  heart  of  a  stone  image.  His 
remarks  were  based  on  a  petition  pur­
porting  to  be  numerously  signed  by 
peddlers,  setting  forth  the  disadvan­
tages  under  which  the  peddler  labors 
while  in  the  pursuit  of  his  occupation. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  most  of  the  names 
were  signed  by  proxy,  inasmuch  as  the 
owners  of  the  names  can  neither  read 
nor  write;  most  of  the  peddlers  whose 
names  appear  on  the  petition reside out­
side  of  the  city,  and  a  large  proportion 
of  them  are  not  American  citizens.

Yet  fourteen  aldermen  stood  up  and 
recorded  themselves  in  favor of granting 
special  favors  to  this  class  of  people,  in 
opposition  to  300  reputable  retail  gro­
cers,  95  per  cent,  of  whom  are  citizens 
and  taxpayers!

In  order  that  the  trade  may  know 
what  aldermen  arrayed  themselves  on 
the  side  of  this  alien  class,  the  Trades­
man  publishes  herewith  a  list  of  the 
worthies  who  voted 
in  the  affirmative 
on  the  motion  of  Alderman  Forbes:

Damskey.
DePagter.
Doran.
Forbes.
Hodges.
Lozier.
.  MacLachlan.
Muir.
Sch river.
Seymour.
Slocum.
Stewart.
Tibbetts.
White.
The  aldermen  who 

insisted  that  the 
peddler  should  bear  a  proportionate 
share  of  the  public  burden  are  as  fol­
lows :

Bisseil,  Gbysels,  Johnson,  Kinney, 
McCool,  Muebling,  Phillips,  Rennihan, 
Shinkman,  Whalen.

The  Produce  Market.

Asparagus—30@35c  per  doz.  bunches.
Beans—Wax,  $i.75@2  per  %  bu.  box.
Butter—The  market  is  very  well  sup­
plied  with  all  grades  of  dairy,  each 
ranging 
in  price  from  iq@i5c  per  lb., 
according  to quality  Factory  creamery 
is  in  large  supply  and  in  good  demand 
at  i6^c.
is  a  little 
weaker,  having  declined  to $6.5o@7  per 
crate. 
Florida  stock  fetches  $3.75® 
4.25  per  crate.

Cabbage—California  stock 

Cucumbers— Home  grown, 6o@75c per 
doz.  ;  Southern,  5o@6oc.
Eggs—The  market  is  in  better  shape 
than 
it  has  been  and  all  receipts  are 
taken  in  on  the  basis  of  12c  as  fast  as 
they  arrive.  The  quality  of  stock 
is 
lateness  of  the 
good,  considering  the 
season,  due  to  the  fact  that  we  have  had 
no  protracted  warm  weather.

Green Onions—Common command  8@ 
gc  per  doz.  bunches.  Silver Skins  com­
mand  I2@I5C.
to  10c 
per  lb.  Receipts  of  forcing  are  small 
and  tbe  price  is  well  maintained  at  12
@I4C.

Lettuce— Head  has  declined 

Maple  Sugar—i i @I2c  per  lb.
Majple  Syrup—90c  per gal.

is 

1  Onions— Bermudas  have  advanced  to 
$2@2.25  per  crate.  Egyptians  are  also 
a  little  higher,  commanding  $3@3  25 
per  sack.

Pieplant— In  large  supply  and  active 

Peas—Green,  Southern  stock, 

demand  at  ic  per  lb.
in 
active  demand  at  $i@i.25  per  bu. 
Home grown  will  be  in  market  in  about 
two  weeks.
Pineapples—Bahamas  and  Havanas 
command  $i.2g@i.60 for small and  $1.75 
@2  for  large.  This  is  a  good  time  to 
buy.

Radishes— Round,  10c;  long,  15c.
Spinach—70c  per  bu.
Strawberries— Illinois  stock  is  now  in 
market,  commanding  $i.5o@2 per 24-qt. 
case,  according  to  quality  of  stock,  size 
and  condition  of  the  market.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar— The  market  for  raw  sugar  is 
somewhat  weaker,  sales  of  96 deg.  test 
centrifugals  bavin  g  been  made  at  4^c 
and  89  deg.  test  mnscovadoes  at  4psC. 
The  break 
in  prices  of  raw  sugar  has 
not  materially  influenced  the  market  for 
refined  and  prices  are  held  at  tbe  old 
list  basis,  although  the  usual  conces­
sions  are  made  on  certain  grades  of 
softs.  Some  brokers  express  the  belief 
that  refined  sugars  will  not  be  lower  for 
some  time  to  come.  On  the  other  hand, 
recent  events  have  shown  that  it  is  only 
when  the  difference between centrifugals 
i - i6@ 
and  granulated  sugar  is  reduced 
V%c  below  40c  per  too  pounds  that  an 
advance  in  refined  becomes  imperative. 
Considering  tbe  greater  ease  of  the  raw 
market,  there  need  be  no  expectation 
of  any  further  rise 
in  refined  for  the 
present,  at  least.  Some  brokers  believe 
that  the business  in  refined  sugar  has 
not  been  what  it  should  be  at  this  sea­
son  of  the  year,  but  refiners  claim  that 
they  have  moved  out  a  great  deal  of 
sugar.

in  that  section,  there 

Canned  Goods— While  there  is  com­
paratively  no  change  from  last  week, 
tbe  outlook  is  considered  encouraging. 
Orders  are  not  large,  but  are  numerous 
and 
indicate  a  healthful  activity  to 
come.  No boom  in  prices  is  probable, 
but  a  steady  advance  as  supplies  de­
crease 
is  not  an  unreasonable  supposi­
tion.  Baltimore  canners  are  making 
preparations  for  tbe  most  active  can­
ning  season  ever  known.  The  tomato 
is  somewhat  firmer  and  there 
market 
is 
likelihood  of  an  advance  shortly. 
Tbe  statistical  position  of  the  market  is 
strong  and.  according  to  some  members 
of  the  trade,  everything  warrants  a  sub­
stantial  advance.  The  West 
is  said 
to be  short  and  must  go  East  for its sup­
plies.  When  that  buying  begins,  prices 
are  likely  to advance.  Recent  advices 
from  Northern  Indiana  are  to  the  effect 
that  of  the  twenty  or  more  vegetable 
canneries 
is  at 
present  not  one  which  has  a  case  of  last 
season’s  tomato  pack  unsold. 
It  is  also 
said  that  all  the  canneries  in  that  local­
ity  have  tbe  entire  output  of  the coming 
season  disposed  of  at  good  prices.  The 
pack  of  tomatoes  this  year  is 
likely  to 
be  the  largest  ever  put  up.  The  acre­
age  planted 
is  tbe  largest  ever  known. 
Much  depends  on  the  weather  during 
tbe  next  few  weeks  and,  if  it 
is  favor­
able,  the  yield  will  be  the  greatest  in 
tbe  history  of  the  industry.  There  is  a 
fair  demand  for  New  York  State  corn  at 
unchanged  prices,  but  no  large  sales 
are  reported.  The  packing  of  pineap­
ples  commenced  on  May  13  and  Balti­
more  canners  state  that,  so  far,  the  de­
mand  for  pineapples  for  future  delivery 
exceeds that  of  any  previous year  in  the 
history  of  the  business.  Prices  are 
firm  and  tbe  opening  quotations  are 
higher  than  they  were  last  year.  Re­
ports  from  all  peach  growing  sections 
are  more  or  less  discouraging.  Mary­
land  growers  say  that  while  tbe  crop 
is 
not  entirely  ruined,  the  destruction  has 
been  so  great  that  tbe  product  of  tbe 
entire  State  will  hardly  supply home  de­
mands. 
In  Missouri  some  of the largest 
growers  have  found  that  every  tree  was 
killed.  Last  year  Georgia  shipped  2,000 
cars  of  Elbeitas.  This  year  not  a  car­
load  will  be  sent  from  tbe State and  it  is 
said  that  Georgia  consumers  will  have 
to  buy  for  their  own  use this  season. 
Pennsylvania  and  Delaware  crops  will 
be  a  total  failure.  The  latest  reports 
from  Eastport,  Me.,  state that,  although 
according  to  law  the  fish  packing  sea­
son  on  the  Maine  coast  opened  May  10,

none  of  the  factories  have  begun  opera­
tions,  for  the  reason  that  the  sardine 
fish  have  not  started  to  run.  While  a 
few  of  the  small  herring  have  been 
caught,  the  impression  prevails  among 
the  packers  and  fishermen  that  there 
will  be  few  fish  available  for  packing 
purposes  before  the  July  run  begins. 
Notwithstanding 
the  poor  outlook  at 
present,  active  preparations  have  been 
made  for  taking  the  fish  on  a  large 
scale  and  the  Continental  Packing  Co. 
is actively  engaged  in  getting  its  vari­
ous  plants  into  shape.  At  present  most 
dealers  report  a  fairly  active  demand 
for  canned  sardines  with  prices  firm 
and  unchanged.  Oysters  are  scarce  and 
high.  The  packing  season  is  over  and 
it  has  been  the  shortest  on  record.  The 
demand  for  salmon  continues  very  good 
indeed,  especially 
for 
cheaper 
grades  of  Alaska  salmon.

the 

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
is  very  quiet.  What  sales  are  made  are 
for  small  quantities.  Tbe  raisin  situa­
tion  appears  to be  well  controlled.  The 
Association  and  packers  have  come  to­
gether  at  last,  and  the agreement,  which 
will  be  binding  during  1899,  practically 
forces  every  grower  and  packer  into  the 
combine.  The  prune  situation  presents 
no  new  features. 
It  is  difficult  to  de- 
cic^f  regarding  the  coming  crop,  re­
ports  from  the  coast  are  so  conflicting. 
The  drop  mentioned 
in  our  last  issue 
has  proved  ti  be  somewhat  serious,  but 
it 
is  said  that  the  new  orchards  which 
come 
into  bearing  this  vear  will  make 
good  tbe  deficiency.  Prunes  are  prac­
tically  unchanged  and  trade  is  limited 
to  small  orders  to  fill  consumptive 
le- 
quirements.  Peaches  on  tbe  coast  are 
practically  cleaned  up.  Supplies  in  sec­
ond  hands  are  reduced  and  trade  is lim­
ited  to  the  actual  requirements  of  the 
trade.  Reports  from  the  apple  produc­
ing  states  indicate  that  there  will  prob­
ably  be  a  large  yield.  Letters  received 
from  Northern  New  York  report  indica­
tions  of  the  largest  crop  of  the  decade. 
Kansas  report  indications  of  the  largest 
yield  ever  known  and  other  Western 
States  are  scarcely  less  enthusiastic  in 
their  statements.  Apricots  are  steady 
at  about  previous  prices.  Trade  is  lim­
ited  to  small  orders  and  there  is  no 
business  from  first  bands.  No  sales  for 
export  of  early  crop  have  been reported, 
but  enquiries  from  the  other  side 
indi­
cate  that  tbe  demand 
is  likely  to  be 
large,  owing  to  the  short  crops  of  many 
foreign  fruits.  Currants  are  reported  a 
trifle  firmer,  although  no change in price 
has  as  yet  taken  place.  Holders  are 
not  anxious  sellers,  because  of  tbe  fact 
that  present  prices  leave  scarcely  any 
margin  of  profit.  The  demand  is  fair, 
chiefly  for  small  quantities  for  immedi­
ate  consumption.  Prices  on  dates  are 
unchanged.  Consuming  demand  is  light 
and  the  market  generally  is  dull.  Figs 
are  quiet.  Foreign  goods  are  in  small 
supply  and prices  are generally firm. 
It 
is  said  that  tbe  foreign  crop  will  be 
short  this  year  and  that  most  of  our  figs 
will  come  from  California,  where  a 
large  crop  is  expected.

Rice—Reports  from  Japan  state  that 
this  year’s  rice  crop  is  the  largest  on 
record,  being  20  per  cent,  above  the 
average  crop,  and  exceeds 
last  year's 
crop  by  40  per  cent.

Tea— Foreign  tea  markets  are  ruling 
high.  The  quality  of  tbe  Japan  tea 
crop  is  understood  to  be  no  better,  if  as 
good  as  that  of  last  year.

Cereals—Owing  to  the  weaker  grain 
market,  roiled  cats  have  declined  20c 
per  barrel  and  10c  per  case.
Syrups—The  market  for  corn  syrup  is 
a  littlae  weaker  and prices  have  declined 
%c  per  gallon,  with  a corresponding  de­
cline  in  cases.

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W om an’s World
Doing  our  Duty to the  Other Woman’s 

Daughter.

There  is no other topic  in  the  world 
upon  which  Mrs.  Blank 
is  so  fond  of 
holding  forth,  upon  occasion,  as  the 
subject  of  woman.  She belongs  to  nu­
merous  clubs  designed  to  emancipate 
women  from  all  the  troubles  of  this  life 
and 
is  pledged  to  a  dozen  Utopian 
schemes  for  the  advancement  of  her 
sex  along  every  line.  All  of  this  is by 
way  of  theory.  What  is  real  and  prac­
tical  is  that  she  has  two  sons  whom  she 
is  raising  up  to  be  as  selfish,  overbear­
ing  and  disagreeable a  pair of  cubs  as 
you  could  find  in  a  Sabbath  day’s  jour­
ney.

Not 

long  ago  I  was  one  of a  little 
group  of  women  who  were  witnesses  to 
one  of  those  little  contretemps  that  will 
occur  to  the  best  regulated  theorists. 
We  were  at  Mrs.  Blank’s,  and  in  the 
midst  of  one  of  her  most eloquent flights 
upon  the  downtrodden 
condition  of 
women  and  their  duty  to  stand  by  one 
another,  one of her sons came  into  the 
room.  He  rudely  walked  over one  of 
the  ladies'  feet,  and  without  so  much  as 
a  nod  of  greeting,  he  whispered  some 
request  to  bis  mother.  She  evidAtly 
refused,  for he flung  himself  out  of  the 
room  with  a  scowl  and  a  sneer,  saying 
in  the  most contemptuous tones,  “ That’s 
just  like  a  woman.  Never  knows  her 
mind  two  minutes  at a  tim e.’ ’  After 
he  was  gone  we  all 
little 
blankly  at  each  other,  and  his  mother 
murmured  some  indistinct  excuse  about 
his  not  meaning  it  and  a  mother  know­
ing  how  to  make  allowances,  and  so  on. 
The  rest  of  us  said,  “ Oh,  of  course,”  
hypocritically  enough,  but  Mrs.  A.,  who 
has  the  courage  of  her 
convictions, 
turned  to  our hostess:

looked  a 

“ That  is  very  true,  as  you  say,  Mrs. 
Blank,"  she  said,  “ mothers don’t mind, 
and  they  do know  how  to  make  excuses 
for their  children’s  shortcomings.  But 
what  about the  other  woman’s daughter? 
Don’t  you  ever think  about  her?”

“ The  other  woman’s daughter?  What 

do  you  mean?”   cried  Mrs.  Blank.

“ I  mean,”   replied  Mrs.  A.,  “ the 
woman  that  some  time  your  son  is  go­
ing  to  marry,  whose  future  lies  entirely 
in  your hands,  and  who  is  going  t3  be 
happy  or  miserable  all  the  days  of  her 
married  life  just  exactly 
in  proportion 
as  you  bring  up  your  son  to  be  thought­
ful,  gentle  and  considerate  or  selfish 
and  overbearing  and  tyrannical.”

“ I  never 

thought— ”   began  Mrs. 

Blank.

A.,  cheerfully.

"O f  course  you  didn’t,”   agreed  Mrs. 

“ That’s  the  trouble.  We  never  do. 
We  get  together  in  conventions  and  we 
pass  beautiful  resolutions,  saying  that 
women  ought  to  stand  by  each  other and 
all  that,  and  we  present  each  other  with 
engrossed  and 
illuminated  copies,  but 
we  never  take  the  trouble  to  look  out for 
the 
individual  woman  to  see  what  we 
can  do towards  making  her  life  pleas­
anter and  happier  and  easier.  Least  of 
all  do  we  look  out  for  that  other  wom­
an's  daughter  for  whom  we  are  raising 
a  husband.

I 

love 

“ Now,  I  am  not  saying a word against 
the  men. 
’em,  God  bless  ’em, 
but  the  average  man  is  a  long  way  off 
from  realizing  the 
ideal  he  ought  to 
come  up  to  as  a  husband.  And  as  a 
general  thing,  his  sins  are  more  of 
omission  than  commission.  More homes 
are  broken  up  through  bad  temper  than 
through  drink.  More  love  is_killed  by

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

it 

is 

than 

“ I  believe  that 

coldness  and  neglect 
through 
treachery.  A  man  oftener  wounds  bis 
wife’s feelings through  carelessness than 
through  brutality.  The  dear,  blunder­
ing  fellow  goes  along,  trampling  down 
the  finest  flowers that bloom  in a wom­
an's  soul,  just  through  sheer  stupidity, 
and 
in  nine  times  out  of ten  it  is  bis 
mother’s  fault,  because  she didn’t teach 
him  the  things  be  ought  to  have known.
just  as  much 
every  woman’s  duty  to  train  her  sons  to 
be  good  husbands  as  it  is  their  father’s 
to  teach  them  some honest business,  and 
it  seems  to  me  that  nowhere  else  in  our 
whole  lives  do  we  fail  as  sigrally  in  our 
obligations  to  other  women  as 
right 
here.  We  know,  as  certainly  as  we  can 
know  anything  in  this  world,  that  when 
our  children  are  grown  tbev  are going 
to  get  married,  yet  we treat  it  as  if  it 
were  such  a  remote  contingency  there 
was  no  use  in  preparing  for  it  The  re­
is  a  boomerang  that  comes  back 
sult 
and  slays  us 
I  foist  my  daughter, 
whom  1  haven’t  taught  a  single  thing 
on  earth  about  housekeeping  or  domes­
tic  science  or  anything  that  goes  to  the 
ordering  and  upbuilding  of  a  happy 
and  prosperous  home,  on  your  son,  who 
is  just  as  ignorant  and  untaught and  un­
disciplined 
in  everything  that  goes  to 
his  part  of  the  contract,  and  then  we 
mothers,  who  would  give  our  heart’s 
blood  to  save  them  a  single  pang,  must 
stand  aside and  look  helplessly  on  while 
they  flounder  and  sometimes  perish  in 
the quicksands  of  married 
life.  And, 
oh!  the  pitv  of 
it,  all  the  time  there 
was  a  safe  way  around  the  danger,  if 
only  we  who  have  been  over  the  road 
before  them  had  taken  the  trouble  to 
show  them  the  path.

“ The  mistake  we  make  in  married 
inspiration,  in­
life  is  in  depending  on 
stead  of  preparation. 
It  is  undoubtedly 
true  that  every  now  and  then  we  are  in­
spired  to  do  the  right  thing,  the  kind 
thing,  the  loving  thing,  just  as  every 
now  and  then  we  feel  particularly  in 
the humor  for  doing  a  big  day’s  work; 
but  if  we  only  labored  on  the  occasions 
when  we  felt  a  special  inspiration  we 
should  starve  to  death  in  the  between 
times,  and  it  is  even  so  in  married  life. 
Many  and  many  a  woman’s heart starves 
to  death  between  the  spasmodic  exhibi­
tions  of  her  husband’s  affection.  What 
makes  for  prosperity  and  happiness 
is 
the  even,  sustained,  everyday  attention 
to  business  in  iove  as  well  as  in  work.

“ I  suppose  there  has  always  got  to  be 
a  different  point  of  view  in  the  way  a 
man  looks  at  his  duty  to  his  wife  and 
the  wiy  she  looks  at  it. 
If  a  man  pro 
vides  his  wife  with  a  good  home and 
pays  her b  lls  with  a  reasonable  amount 
of  grumbling,  he  considers  that  he  has 
done  bis  full  duty  by  her  and  that  she 
is  an  unreasonable  crank  if  she  wants 
anything  else.  Moreover,  he  considers, 
as a  general  thing,  that  that  gives  him 
liberty  to  do  as  he  pleases  at  home  and 
to dump  on  bis  family  all  the  bad  tem­
per  and  bad  manners  that  the  rest  of 
the  world  would  send  him  to  Coventry 
for 
in  public. 
What  the  woman  wants  is  love—not love 
that 
is  taken  for  granted,  but  that  as­
sures her  daily  and  hourly  of  its  exist­
ence 
in  words  and  caresses,  she  wants 
sympathy  and  understanding,  and  if  a 
man  will  give  her  these  she  will  let  him 
starve  her  and  beat  her  and  mistreat 
her,  and  yet  follow  him  through  the 
world  as  humbly  and  loyally  as  a  dog 
follows  bis  master.

if  he  displayed  them 

“ I  can  tell  you  one  thing,  and  that  is 
if  the  women  ever have a  hand  in  mak­
ing  the  laws  there  will  be  a  mighty

shaking  up  of  the  things  for  which  d i­
vorces  are  granted,  and  about  the  chief 
indictment  on  the  docket  will  be  for 
glumness  and  sullenness.  Personally— 
and  I  believe  ninety-nine  women  out  of 
a hundred  will agree  with  me—I  would 
rather  be  married  to  a  man  who  came 
home  raving  drunk  once  a  month  and 
gave  me  a  good  beating  and  Was  pleas­
ant  and  agreeable  the  rest  of the  time, 
than  to  one  of  the  impeccable  saints  we 
all  know,  who  sit  up  in  the  amen  cor­
ner at  church  and  lead  the  temperance 
rally,  and  who,  365  days 
in  the  year, 
show  their  families  nothing  but  a  face 
so  sour and  glum  it  curdles  every  parti­
cle  of  the  milk  of  human  kindness  in 
the  neighborhood.

“ I  used  to  visit at  a  place  where  such 
a  man  was  at  the  head  of  the  family. 
He  would  come to breakfast in the morn­
ing  with  a  face  that  was  enough  to  stop 
the  clock.  The  children  would  hush 
their  gay  prattle  as 
if  they  bad  been 
smitten  dumb,  and  his  wife’s  hand 
would  tremble  on  the  tablecloth,  but 
she  was  a  woman  of  invincible  courage 
and  she  tried  to  make  the  best  of  it. 
She  would  greet  him  with  a  smile: 
‘ The  paper  is  right by  your  plate, ’  she 
would 
say.  *Um,  bum,’  he  would 
grunt. 
‘ Will  you  have  your  coffee  now 
or  wait  until  you  have  looked  over  the 
headlines?’  she  would  go  on. 
‘ Um, 
hum,’  he would  scowl. 
‘ I  think  I  will 
go  down  town  this  morning.  Would  you 
like  me  to  look  for  that  book  you 
wanted?’  she  would  pursue with angelic 
sweetness. 
‘ Uh,  hub,’  be  would  snarl, 
and  that  was  all  she  ever  got  out  of 
him.  That  woman  lived  with  that  mm 
for  twenty-five  years  and  stood 
that 
every  day  without  once  throwing  the 
coffee  pot  at  his  head  or otherwise  re­
venging  herself.  History  may  have 
records  of  greater  heroism  or  more  sus­
tained  self-control,  but  I  never  heard 
of  them,  and  wouldn’t  believe  them  if  I 
bad.

“ Now  when  that  man  died  the  papers 
printed  eulogies  of  him  and  the  preach­
er  referred  to  him  as  a  model  husband 
and  father;  but  be  wasn’t.  He  might 
have  smashed  evety  law of God and  man 
into  smithereens  and  have  been  a  better 
one.  In  all  the  years  that  they  were 
married  I  doubt  if  be  ever  gave his wife 
a  single  loving  word  or  a  kiss  that 
wasn’t  a  kind  of  dry  duty  peck  on  the 
cheek  that 
is  ten  times  more  offensive 
than  none  at  all.  He  never  showed  her 
any  sympathy  or  tenderness,  and  the 
mere  fact  that  be  provided  her  with 
clothes  and  a  place  to  sleep  and  eat 
didn’t  make  him  a  good  husband ;  and 
it  doesn’t  make  any  other  man  a  good 
husband.  The  things  of  the  spirit  are 
eternally  more  than  meat  and  raiment 
to  every  woman.

“ I  dare  say  in  that  man’s  case,  as  in 
nearly  every  other  one,  he  was  utterly 
and  entirely  ignorant  that  he  wasn’t  do 
ing  his  whole  duty,  and  that  is  just 
where  my  contention  comes  in  that 
it 
was  his  mother’s  fault,  and  she  was  the 
one  who  really  sinned  against  the  other 
woman’s  daughter.  For  she  knew.  She 
knew  how  a  woman  feels  and  she  was 
morally  bound  to  protect  that  sensitive­
ness against  being  unduly  trampled  up­
on.  Say  what  you will, we  all  know  that 
in  the  end  what  influences  our  every­
day  life  is  not  the  abstract  theories  of 
right  and  wrong  we  think  out,  but  it  is 
the  way  we  have  been  raised',  the  man­
ners  that  were  ground  into  us  as  chil­
dren,  the  beliefs,  the  faiths,  the  ideals 
that  were  held  unfalteringly  before  us 
from  the  very  time  we  were  conscious 
of  anything.  And  you  may  depend  up­

on 
it  that  the  boy  who  is  taught  a  deli­
cate  chivalry  towards  the  women  of  his 
own  family  is  not going to bulldoze some 
woman  who  has  the  luck  to  marry  him ; 
the  boy  who 
is  taught  respect  for  bis 
mother  is not going  to  insult  and  sneer 
at  the  woman  who  is  bis  w ife;  the  boy 
who  is  taught  that  bis  sisters  have  just 
as  much  right  to  the  family finances and 
to  be  independent  in money  as he has  is 
not going  to  make  bis  wife  come  to him 
like  a  beggar  every  time  she  wants  a 
dollar.

“ It  is  entirely  within  the  possible  for 
us  to  provide  the  next  generation  of 
women  with  such  husbands,  and  that  is 
what  I  mean  by  doing  our  duty  to  the 
other  woman’s  daughter. ”

D o r o t h y   D i x .

Too  Personal.

The  Philadelphia  Record  tells  of  an 
old  Pennsylvania  farmer  who  recently 
into  possession  of  a  check  for 
came 
It  caused  him  a  great  deal  of 
$200. 
anxiety,  and  for  a 
long  time  he  could 
not  muster  up  the  courage  to  have  it 
cashed.  Finally,  while  on a trip to town, 
be  summoned  up  nerve  enough,  and, 
into  the  bank,  he  presented 
strolling 
the  check.  The  teller  glanced  at 
it 
hastily,  and  then,  after  the  fashion  of 
bis  kind,  brusquely  asked,  “ What  de­
nomination?”  
“ Lutheran,  gol  durn  it! 
But  what’s  tbet  got  tew  do  with  it?”   as 
brusquely  replied  the  old  farmer,  to  the 
great  astonishment  of  the  bank  official. 
It  required  several  minutes’  explana­
tion  before  the  teller  could  get  the  old 
man  to  understand  his  question,  and 
then  the  latter  took  bis  money  and  de­
parted,  with  sundry  growls  derogatory 
to  banks  in  general.

The  Price  o f  Peace.

The  Bride— I  don't  want  to  have any 

trouble  with  you,  Bridget.

The  Cook— Then,  bedad,  ma’am,  let 

me  bear no  complaints.

Dwight’s 
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 olverine Spice Co.,

Grand Rapids.

Dealers  of  Western,  Central  and 
Northern  Michigan  should  write 
for our catalogue  of  Sundries  and 
Fittings.
W e are selling agents  in  Michigan 
for  W O R L D ,  A R IE L ,  A D M I ­
R A L  and S O U D A N   bicycles.
Write  us  and  we can  probably in­
terest you.

ADAMS &  HART,

12 W. Bridge St., 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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and  observe  the  results  when 
they  demonstrate  the  merits 
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WEDNESDAY,-----MAY 17, 1899.

RADICAL  LEGISLATION.

The  recently  enacted  anti-trust  law  of 
Arkansas  and  the  legislation  which  is 
now  about  to  be  finally  enacted  by  the 
Texas  Legislature  are  being  denounced 
by  the  friends  of  the  trusts  as  radical 
and  shortsighted.  That such  legislation 
is  radical  is  no  doubt  true;  but who  can 
blame  the  people  for  having,  in  their 
indignation  at the  spoilation  system  of 
the  trusts,  taken  the  bit  in  their teeth 
and  adopted  repressive  measures  as 
drastic  as  are  the  evils  which  they  are 
meant  to  cure?  The  fault  lies  with  the 
trusts,  and  not  with  the  people.

The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record, 
an  ably  conducted  journal,  with  whose 
views  on  many  subjects  the  Tradesman 
is  fully  in  accord,  makes  the  mistake of 
blaming  the  people  for  what  the  trusts 
themselves  are  solely to be blamed.  Says 
the  Record :

Advocates  of  drastic  and  shortsighted 
anti-trust  legislation  in  some  Southern 
States  are  not  having  an  absolutely  un­
impeded  career.  The  extremes  perpe­
trated  by  the  Arkansas  Legislature  and 
under  consideration  by  that  of  Texas 
have  set  men  to  thinking  not  only  about 
trusts,  but  about  the  necessity  for  care 
in  the  choice  of  lawmakers.

Admitting,  as  already  stated,  that  the 
measures  adopted  against  the  trusts  are 
drastic  and  even  radical,  is  not  such 
legislation  better  than  a  complete  and 
servile  surrender  to  the  monopolies? 
Ordinary  methods,  as  has  been  proven 
by  bitter  experience,  fail  to  reach  the 
trusts;  hence  the  people 
in  their  des­
peration  are  now  prepared  to  resort  to 
extraordinary  methods,  and  who  can 
consistently  blame  them?

is  felt 

influence 

Hostility  to  the  trusts  is  not  peculiar 
to  the  South,  but 
in  an  even 
greater  degree  in  the  North.  There  is, 
in  fact,  a  national  demand  for  anti-trust 
legislation  which  is  sure  to  figure  in  the 
next  presidential  campaign  and  before 
the  next  Congress.  The  arraignment 
of  the  trusts  is  universal  because  their 
baneful 
is  felt  all  over  the 
country.  The  small  merchant,  the  small 
manufacturer, 
the  laboring  man,  and 
even  the  farmer,  are  the  victims  of  the 
trust's  system  of  obliterating  competi 
tion  in  trade.  The  merchant  and  man­
ufacturer  are  crushed ;  the 
laborer  is 
forced  to  accept  lower  wages,  because 
there  is  no  longer  the  same  competition 
for  his  services,  and  the  farmer  finds 
that  he  has  for  his  product  but  a  single 
buyer,  who  dictates  the  price  to  suit 
himself.  The  entire  mass  of  the  popu­
lation 
is  oppressed  because  forced  to 
pay  higher  prices  for the  necessaries  of

life.  Such  being  the  case,  the  wonder 
is  not  that  legislation 
is  radical  for  the 
regulation  of  trusts,  but  that  it  is  not 
even  more  radical.

SPECIAL SESSION  OF CON GRESS.
There  have  been  many  signs  recently 
that  the  President  has  about  made  up 
bis  mind  to  call  an  extra  session  of 
Congress  in  the  fall,  a  couple  of  months 
at  least  in  advance  of  the  regular  ses­
sion. 
is  repotted  that  he  has  inti­
mated  to  members  of  Congress  about  to 
go  abroad  the  advisability  of  arranging 
to  return  home  early,  doubtless  with  a 
view  to  securing  their  attendance  at  the 
proposed  extra  session.

It 

It  is  believed  that  the  outlook  for  an 
early  collapse  of  the  rebellion 
in  the 
Philippines  has  determined  the  admin­
istration  to  make  preparation for calling 
Congress  together 
in  special  session, 
so  as  to  formulate  some  scheme  of  gov­
ernment  for  the  Eastern  archipelago,  as 
well  as  for  the  other  Spanish  islands 
which  have  come  into  our  possession  as 
a  result  of  the  war  with  Spain.

It  is  realized  that  the  administration 
will  have  a  hard  time  carrying  its  plans 
through  Congress,  owing  to  the  growing 
opposition  of  the  anti-annexationists, 
and  that,  consequently,  it  is advisable to 
get  to  work  as  soon  as  possible  The 
preparation  of  separate  and  distinct 
schemes  of  government  for  the  differ­
ent  captured  possessions  is  a  great  task 
which can not be accomplished,  even un­
der  most  favorable  circumstances,  in  a 
short  time.

The  withdrawal  of  Mr.  Reed  from  the 
speakership  has  added  another  reason 
why  the  politicians  want  a  special  ses­
sion.  The  selection  of  a  new  Speaker 
will  cause  some  delay,  and  a  new  man 
would  not  be  able  to  arrange the  com­
mittees,  without  which  no  practical 
work  by  Congress  is  possible,  without 
more  or  less  delay.

For  these  many  reasons,  the  rumors 
as  to  the  probability  of  an  extra  session 
of  Congress  in  the  early  fall  have  prob­
ably  some  basis  of  truth.  There  is  cer­
tainly  no  lack  of  work  to  be  done,  and, 
if  Congress  could  be  counted  on to make 
good  use  of  its  time,  the  popular  senti­
ment  would  favor  an  extra  session. 
It 
is  the  uncertainty  attending  congress­
ional  action  which  makes  extra  sessions 
unpopular.

for 

A  unique  banking  institution,  to  be 
known  as  the  Retailers'  National  Bank 
of  Pittsburg,  is  about  to  open  its  doors 
with  $200,000  capital.  The  banking  au­
thorities  at  Washington  have  approved 
the  application 
its  organization. 
The  principal  feature  of  the  bank  will 
be  collecting  outstanding  accounts of re­
tail  merchants  and  the  discounting  of 
their  notes  on  such  outstanding  ac­
counts.  Retail  accounts  have  always 
proved  an  annoyance  to  merchants,  and 
many  of  the  bills  have  proved  uncol­
lectible.  The  new  bank  is  to  collect 
the  money,  and  in  some  cases  appraise 
the  value  of  the  accounts  and  assume 
the  risk.  The  bank  will  also  give  the 
merchants  accommodations  on  accounts 
left  with 
it  for  collection,  having  the 
accounts  assigned  to  it  and  being  given 
a  note  This  will  be  discounted,  and 
the  commission  for  collection  also  de­
ducted.  Tb?  bank  will endeavor to  have 
the  accounts  of  a  patron  collected before 
a  note  reaches  maturity.

The  New  York  Appellate  Court  has 
declared  unreasonable  and  void  a  city 
ordinance  of  Buffalo  prohibiting  the 
offering  for  sale  of  any  loaf  of bread  not 
weighing  at  least one  pound  and  a half.

THE  PANAMA  CANAL.  «

The  powerful 

interests  which  have 
prevented  the  construction  of  the  Ni­
caragua  Interoceanic  Canal  may  not,  in 
the  next  Congress,  have  Speaker  Reed 
for  their  champion;  but 
in  all  prob­
ability  they  will  be  able  to  exert  suffi­
cient  influence  to  maintain  their  antag­
onism  to  that  great  enterprise.

In  the  North  American  Review  for 
May,  Ex-Speaker  Reed  has  an  article 
in  which  he  loads  the  project  of  a  canal 
with  so  many  physical  difficulties  in 
the  way  of 
its  construction,  such  im­
mense  possibilities  of  cost,  such  ob­
stacles  in  the  way  of  possible  political 
complications,  and  such  doubts  of  its 
ever  being  able to  do  any  considerable 
share  of  business,  that  it  is  easily  seen 
how  actively  he  is  opposing  the  scheme 
while  professing  in  a  feeble  sort  of  way 
to  approve  it.

The  opposition  to  the  canal  scheme, 
although  it  was  earnestly  favored  by  the 
President,  was  so  powerful  in  the Fifty- 
fifth  Congress  that 
it  was  utterly  de­
feated,  and  although  Speaker  Reed, 
who  was  one  of  the  most  pronounced 
opponents  of  the  project,  will  not,  ac­
cording  to  reports,  be 
in  the  next 
Congress,  it 
is  not  to be  doubted  that, 
if  the  canal  scheme  be brought  up  in 
the  Fifty-sixth  Congress,  it  will  just  as 
certainly  fail  there.

A  canal  to  connect  the  two  great 
oceans  through  the  American  isthmus, 
and  that  at  no  distant  day,  is  so  ob­
viously  one  of  the  most  urgent  demands 
of  commerce 
in  this  commercial  age 
its  early  realization  can  not  well 
that 
be  doubted.  But  it looks  as 
if  one  of 
the  great  canal-building  nations  will 
have  to be  looked  to  for 
its  construc­
tion.  This,  from  all 
indications,  will 
be  France.

If  the  Panama  Canal  had  bpen  hon­
estly  and  capably  managed,  the  canal 
would  in  all  probability  be  a  reality  to­
day.  But  the  most  shameful  dishonesty 
and  bad  management  succeeded  in mak­
ing  away  with  $156,000,000,  leaving  the 
company  bankrupt  and  the  work  not 
half  completed.  After  years  of  aban­
donment,  in  1884  a  new  company  was 
formed,  and,  after  careful  surveys  had 
been  made,  work  was  resumed.

The  route  of  the  Panama  Canal  lies 
wholly  within  the  United  States  of  Co­
lombia,  and  the  concessions  for  its  con­
struction  have  been  confirmed  up  to  the 
year  1910.  It  is  estimated  that  the  work 
already  done  on  the  canal,  together  with 
the  machinery  and  material  on  hand, 
was  worth  fully  $90,000,000,  and  the 
new  company  started  out  with 
this 
equipment  and  a  cash  capital  of  $13,- 
the 
000,000,  subscribed  by  some  of 
strongest  financial  houses 
in  France. 
The  new  company  is  said  to be  entirely 
free  from  any  financial  complications 
with  the  old  De  Lesseps  organization; 
but,  after  the  completion  of  the  canal, 
the bondholders  of  the  latter  company 
are  to  receive 60  per  cent,  of  the  profits 
of  operation.  After careful  surveys  by 
an 
international  commission  of  en­
gineers,  the  route  has been  so  changed 
as  to  avoid  some  of  the  most  serious 
obstacles  that  bad  been  encountered.

The  total  length  of  the Panama Canal, 
when  completed,  will  be  46^  miles,  of 
which  about  three  miles  lie  in  the  Bay 
of  Panama,  leaving  43^  miles 
inland. 
The  depth  is  to be  29^  feet  throughout. 
From  Colon  to  Bohio,  it  is  said,  the 
canal  runs  through  a  low  country  and 
its  surface  is  at  sea  level.  This  is  a 
distance of  nearly  15  miles,  and  on  the 
Pacific  side  there  is  a  short stretch  of 
about  4K   miles  also  at  sea  level.  Of

this  total,  ig%  miles  of  sea-level  canal, 
about  15^  miles  have  already  been  ex­
cavated,  and,  for  that  matter,  a  very 
considerable  amount  of  work 
in  the 
mountain  cuts  has  aiso been  completed. 
Surveys  have  been  made 
for  three 
different  summit  levels,  and  of  these  the 
one  which  seems  most  feasible  and 
likely  to  be  adopted  provides  that  the 
bottom  of  the  canal  at  its  highest  por­
tion  shall  be  68  feet  above  mean  sea 
level.

Then,  too,  the  construction  plant 

The  Panama  route  has  several  deci­
sive  advantages  over  the  Nicaragua. 
General  Henry  L.  Abbott,  of  the  United 
States  Army  Engineers,  a  member  of 
the  international  engineer  commission 
which  has  examined  the  situation,  in 
comparing  the  two  routes  in the columns 
of  the Engineering News,  calls attention 
to  the  fact  that  the  harbors  at  both  ex­
tremities  of the  Panama  Canal are good, 
while  that  at  Greytown,  at  the  eastern 
end  of  the  Nicaragua  route,  can  be  kept 
free  from  sand  only  by  extensive and 
costly 
jetties.  Also  about  40  per  cent, 
of  the  Panama  Canal  has  been  actually 
excavated  and  considerable  work  done 
on  the  remaining  portions.  The  exca­
vations  yet  to be  made  on  the  Panama 
line  will  be  chiefly  in  rock,  so  that  the 
danger  of  sickness  due  to  opening  up 
fever-soaked  lowlands  no  longer  exists.
is 
already  on  the  line  and  thoroughly  in­
stalled,  and  accommodations  for  keep­
ing 
laborers  and  continuing  the  work 
are  fully  provided.  A  railroad  has  been 
built  and  is  in  operation  along  the  en­
tire  Panama  route,  while  more  than  100 
miles  of  railroad  must  be  built  along 
the  Nicaragua  line  preliminary  to  be- 
gining  work  on  the  canal.  The  Panama 
Canal 
is  less  than  one-third  the  length 
of the  Nicaragua.  For  the  most  part, 
the  Panama  Canal 
is  to  be  somewhat 
deeper and  wider  than  anything  called 
for  in  the  plans  of  the  Nicaragua  route.
It  is  estimated  that  $100,000,000  more 
will  be  required  to  complete the  Pan­
ama  Canal;  but  this  estimate 
is  based 
on  a  much  fuller  knowledge  of  the  con­
ditions  to  be  met  than  can  possibly  be 
said  of  the  Nicaragua  route. 
If  the 
United  States  can  not  own  and  control 
the  canal,  then  it  makes  little  difference 
who  builds  it.  The  Atlantic  terminus 
of  each  canal  would  be  in the Caribbean 
Sea ;  but  Colon,  the entrance to  the  Pan­
ama  Canal,  would  be  some  three  hun­
dred miles  farther  off than  Greytown,the 
gateway  of  the  other.  The  opposition  in 
the  United  States  Congress  to  the  N i­
caragua Canal seems to preclude the like­
lihood  of 
its  construction,  so  that  the 
French  canal  is  likely  to  be  the  one  on 
which  the  United  States  will  have  to 
depend.  _____________

The  employment  of  aluminium 

is 
steadily  extending  in  three  directions. 
The  first  is  that  of  copper and  alumin­
ium  alloys,  which  are  found  to  be 
possessed  of  extremely  valuable  proper­
ties ;  the  second,  its  use  for  electrical 
conductors;  and  the  third,  as  a  substi­
tute  for  existing  stone 
lithographic 
plates. 
In  this  latter  direction  alumin­
ium  has  already  been  largely  utilized 
in  this  country,  and  a  very  fair  start  has 
been  given  to  it  in  other countries.  It  is 
not  often  that  an 
industrial  name  is 
brought  into  existence  within  so  short  a 
space of time.  Yet the printing  indus­
try  are  now  familiar  with  “ algrapby, ”  
as  opposed  to  “ lithography,”   although 
the  innovation 
is  little  more  than  two 
years  old.  _____________

A  cook  can  make odds and ends meat; 

all  but  the  bones.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

PHILOLOGY  AND  TRADE.

While  it 

is  not  the  intention  of  the 
Tradesman  to  mix 
scholarship  with 
business,  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  call 
the  attention  of  the  manufacturing  and 
trading  fraternity  of  the  country  to  the 
study  of  a  single  word.  That  word  is 
sterling.  It  is  the  contraction of  Easter­
ling,  a  name given  in  England  so  far 
back  as  the  time  of  Richard  the  Lion 
Hearted  to  a  race  living  east  of  Eng­
land—hence  the  name— whose  money 
was  noted  for  its  purity.  That race  was 
the  German,  known  then,  as  it  is  now— 
as  it has  been  during  all the intervening 
time—for  its  sterling  honesty,  not  only 
in  money,  but  generally  in  whatever 
comes  from  them.  England  thought  so 
much  of  the  word  as  to  apply  it  to  the 
standard  coin  of  the  realm;  and  it  is 
getting  to  be  a  question  of  some  mo­
ment  whether  the  American  branch  of 
the  Anglo-Saxon  family  are  not  needing 
the  word  to 
indicate  the  absence  of 
fraud  in  food.

We  have  not  as  a  nation,  for  a  year or 
two,been  satisfied  with  Germany’s treat­
ment  of  the  United  States.  She  has 
found  fault  with  our  meat.  She  has  re­
fused  our dried  apples.  She  has said,  in 
her  straightforward  way,  that  we  are too 
fond  of  sending  her  filled  cheese.  She 
has  got tired  of  being  cheated,  and  the 
only  way  to  prevent 
it  is  to  keep  the 
goods  out of the country.  That’s the ster­
ling  German  honesty  of  it,handed  down 
from  generation  to  generation,  and  as 
applicable  now  to  the  German character 
and  the  goods  it  makes,  and  exports,  as 
it  was  to  the  Get man-coined  money  of 
the  Twelfth  Century.

The  old  adage  of  quarreling  with 
one's  bread  and  butter  has  lost  its force. 
There 
isn’t  any  bread  and  there  isn’t 
any  butter.  Given  a  certain  commercial 
article  called  flour,  with  certain  other 
articles  sold  for  what  they  are  not,  and 
in  due  time  the  consumer  is  furnished 
with  another  composition  called  bread. 
Upon  this he  spreads  a  mixture  bought 
for  butter.  Christian  science  fails  to 
convince  him  that  he  isn’t  hungry  and 
the  waiter brings  him  an  egg  which  no 
truthful  and  self-respecting  hen  ever 
did  or  ever  would  cackle  over.  He 
seasons  it  with  a  powder  palmed  off  up­
on  an  unsuspecting  public  for  salt  and 
with  a  dust  supposed  to be  pepper.  He 
calls  for  coffee and  receives  an  extract 
of  beans  and  chicory.  He  sweetens 
it 
with  glucose 
in  the  belief  that  it  is 
sugar.  The  “ cream”   is  a  mineral  de­
posit.  He  stirs  it  in  with  a  silver  spoon 
which  cost  three  cents.  He  folds  bis 
linen  napkin  made  of  cotton,  thrusts  it 
into  a  ring  of  ivory  which  no  elephant's 
tusk  ever knew,  and  goes  down  town  to 
business  wondering  what  measures  the 
Government  will  resort  to  to  bring  Ger­
many  to  time.  Question:  Does  the 
American  manufacturer  make  sterling 
food  stuffs  and  does  the American trader 
sell  them?

In  other  lines of  commercial  profit 

is 
there  a  sterling  standard  of  all-wool- 
and-a-yard-wide  honesty?  Ninety  per 
cent,  of  the  food  we  eat  is  adulterated ; 
how  about  the  clothes  we  wear?  The 
hatter assures  us  that  the  Derby  we  pay 
him  for  is the  choicest  felt.  Nine  times 
out  of  ten  he  lies.  Are the  cuffs  and 
the  collars  and  the  shirt  bosoms  linen? 
The haberdasher  says  so.  He  tells  us 
that  the necktie  we  are almost persuaded 
to buy  is  silk—every  thread  of 
it ;  that 
underwear,  “ made  in  Germany,”   is  the 
sterling  stuff;  those  stockings  are  the 
only  “ real  lisle,”   and  the  goods  we  pay 
for  are  nine-tenths  fraud.  Nine  men 
out of ten  believe  they  are  wearing 
im­

ported  cloth.  One out  of  ten  is  wearing 
it.  One  tailor  out  of  ten  understands 
his  business,  and  nine  men  out  of  ten 
are  wondering  why  they  never  can  ge 
the  fit  and  the  style  and  the  goods  they 
pay  for.  The  shoe  that  is  warranted  to 
last  a  year  is  out  at  the  toes before three 
months  are  over,  and  the  extra  price 
paid  willingly  for  an  extra  article  is 
only  a  buttressing  proof,  nine  times  in 
ten,  that  the  ten-to-one  fraud  has  again 
been  perpetrated.

is  the  reader’s  duty. 

Were  the  Tradesman  given  to  moral­
izing,  it  would  be  pertinent  to  ask  what 
must  be  the  inevitable  end  of  such busi­
ness.  That 
If 
he  be  true  to  himself  he  must  admit 
that  financial  business  based  upon  fraud 
will  end  as  the  house  did  that  was  built 
upon  the  sand.  He  must  admit  that  a 
people  fed  upon  fraud  will  think  fraud, 
live  fraud  and  practice  fraud.  Hateful 
is,  he  must  admit 
as  the  conclusion 
that  that 
is  the  condition  of  things  in 
the  commercial  world  to-day. 
It  is a 
fact  that  go*  per  cent,  of  the  men  who 
go  into  business 
in  the  United  States 
fail.  It  is a  fact  that  90  per  cent,  of  the 
prepared  food  stuffs  manufactured  in 
this  country  are  adulterated. 
Is  it  true 
or  false  that  90  per  cent,  of  American 
manufacturers  and  tradesmen  are  cheats 
and  that  the  failures  keep  pace with  the 
dishonesty?  The  reader  may  settle  the 
question  as 
it  seems  best;  but,  be the 
decision  pro  or  con,  the  study  of  the 
word  sterling  by  the  trade  in  general 
will  not  be  valueless  either  as  a  matter 
of  historical 
interest  or one  worthy  of 
practical  application  in  modern  every­
day  life.  _____________

Secretary  Wilson,  of  the  Agricultural 
Department,  is  about  to  start  a  tea  cru­
sade.  He  insists  tea  can  be  grown  suc­
cessfully 
in  the  United  States,  and  he 
will  lend  his  energies  to  the  erection  of 
a  new  industry  along  that  line.  He  has 
just  returned  from  a  visit  to  the tea 
farm  of  Dr.  Charles  U.  Shepard,  at 
Summerville,  S.  C.,  and  he  has  been 
convinced  by  the  success  of  that  exper­
iment  that  the  United  States  can  grow 
its  own  tea.  These  plants  were  intro­
duced  by  the  Agricultural  Department 
under  Commissioner  Le  Due,  but  no 
effort has  been  made  by  the  Government 
to  spread  the 
industry.  Dr.  Shepard 
has  about  fifty  acres  in  tea  plants,  from 
which  be  secured  3,500  pounds  of  su­
perior  black  tea  last  year.  He  does  not 
attempt  to  compete  with 
the  cheap 
products  of  the  Orient,  but  produces  a 
tea  that  sells  readily  for$i  a  pound.  He 
utilizes  negro 
incidentally 
maintains  a  school  for  the  black  chil­
dren.  Secretary Wilson's  investigations 
convince  him  there  is  a  zone  of territory 
through  the  South  well  adapted  to  the 
culture  of  tea.

labor  and 

Dewey  happened  to  be  born  in  Ver­
mont— when 
it  was  necessary  that  he 
should  be  born  somewhere—but  be  be­
longs  to  the  country  at  large;  bis  coun­
try  and  our  country,  which  he  has  loyal­
ly  served,  every  day  of  his  life,  from 
cadet  to  admiral.

Lecturers are  now  obliged  to illustrate 
their subjects  with  photographic  views. 
Preachers  would  make  the  bit  of  their 
lives 
if  they  could  supplement  their 
talks  of  eternal  punishment  with  stere- 
optic  views  of  the  place.

Turn  the  country  over  to  college  pro­
fessors  and  we  should  arrive at  a  con­
dition  of  theories,  with  no  government.
The  leather trust  has  assumed  strap­

ping  proportions.

The  family 

STATE SUPPLANTING  THE  HOME.
is  the  beginning  of  the 
state.  The  order  and  discipline  of  the 
family  are  the  foundations  of  order  and 
discipline  in  the  body  politic.

The  family  as  originally  organized 
was  under  a  patriarchal  government. 
The  head  of  the  family  exercised  an 
authority  which  the  children  did  not 
dare  to  dispute,  and  it  was  enforced,  in 
case  of  disobedience,  with  the  rod  or 
other  means  of  punishment.  The  fam­
ily  authority  was  sometimes  provision­
ally  delegated  to  the  old-time  school­
master  during  school  hours,  so  that  the 
children  of  a  family  were  constantly 
under  a  firm  and  proper  discipline. 
In 
the  period  described,  respect  for  those 
in  authority  and  reverence  for  seniors 
were  constantly  inculcated.  Times  have 
changed  most  radically.  The  head  of 
the  family 
is  largely  stripped  of  his 
ancient  functions  and  authority,  which 
have  to  a  considerable  extent  been 
usurped  by  the  state. 
Save  where 
parents  persist 
in  patronizing  private 
schools,  the  state  has  taken  charge  of 
the  education  of  children  from  baby­
hood  up  to  maturity.  There  are  now 
public  kindergartens  for  the  education 
of 
infants  that  are  beginning  to  learn 
their  letters,  and  thus  it  is  that  Ameri­
can  children  are  taught  from  their earli­
est  moments  to  depend  on  the  state  and 
to  recognize  alone 
its  authority  in  all 
that  pertains  to them.

Under 

these  conditions,  American 
children  are  coming,  year  by  year,  to 
regard  the  home  as  a  mere  place  for 
obtaining  free  board  and  lodging,  with­
out  giving  or  expecting  to  give any­
thing 
in  return  therefor,  while  the  en­
tire  foundation  of  home  life  and  home 
affection  is  being  sapped. 
In  many  of 
the  states  where  public  education  is  in 
its  most  advanced condition the assump­
tion  by  the  state  of  the  power  and  au­
thority  that  were  once  confined  to the 
home  and  family 
is  recognized  to  the 
extent  of  compelling  children  to  attend 
school,  and  “ truant  officers”   are  em­
powered  to  hunt  up  delinquents.

into  hoodlums. 

The  child,  being  no  longer  required 
to  account  for  his  whereabouts  for  an 
absence  from  home  that  is  supposed  to 
be  spent  at  school,  comes  finally  to 
evade  all  discipline  and  escape  all  con­
trol,  and,  as  a  result,  the  boys,  to  a 
large  extent,  grow  up 
in  idleness  and 
develop 
is  only  in 
the  United  States  that this extraordinary 
criminal  political  class  exists,  and  the 
remedy  proposed  is  compulsory  attend­
ance  at  school  during  all  the  hours  in 
which  the  state  provides  educational 
facilities,  so  that  the  children  deprived 
of the  restraints  of  home  life  will  still 
be  under discipline  and  control.  Sev­
eral  states  have  already  enacted  com­
pulsory  attendance  at  school,  and  this 
seems  absolutely  necessary,  in  view  of 
the  fact  that  the  state  has  to  so  large  an 
extent  assumed  the  functions  of  the 
family.

It 

What  effect  the  decline and  decay  of 
home  life  will  have  upon  the  state  can 
not  yet  be  determined ;  but  since,  from 
the  very  beginnings  of  human  society, 
the  commonwealth  was  founded  on  the 
family  and  took  much  of  its  color  and 
quality  from  family  life,  it  must  follow 
that  the  change  will  be  very  great,  and 
doubtless  for  the  worse.  Nevertheless, 
as  the  present 
is  an  age  of  optimism, 
and  it  is  conceded  on  all  sides  that  hu­
man  progress  is  carrying  human  beings 
rapidly  on  to  millenial  perfection,  it 
will  be  proper  at  least  to  hope  for  the 
best.

The  effect  of  home  life  and  patri­

archal,  parental  authority  was  to  de­
velop  individuality  and  train  each child 
for  what  bis  mental  and  bodily  quali­
ties  seemed  best  to adapt  him.  When, 
however,  the  state  takes  control  of  chil­
dren,  it  deals  with  such  vast  numbers 
that  it  can  give  no  particular  care  to 
any 
individual  or his  capabilities,  but 
it  grinds  them  all  through  the  same  ed­
ucational  mill,  seeking  to  make  them 
all  as  nearly  alike  as  possible.  This  is 
one  of  the  necessities  enforced  by  a 
political  system  which  teaches  human 
equality  and  aims  at  leveling  the  entire 
population  down  to  the  same  social  and 
political  standard.

Whether  it  will  be  better for  the  coun­
try  and  for  the  people  to  have  them  all 
precisely  alike  in  body  and  mind,  in 
physical  and  intellectual  development, 
remains  to  be  found  out  some  time  in 
the  future.  According  to  the  laws  of 
evolution,  a  system  of  leveling  in  bod­
ily,  mental  and  political  training  and 
control,  operating  through  a  great  num­
ber of  generations,  must  eventually  pro­
duce  a  people  each  individual  of  whom 
will  very  closely  resemble  every  other. 
Of  course,  there  never  has  been  a  coun­
try  in  which  all  the  people  were as alike 
as  peas,  because  never 
in  any  other 
age  has  the  doctrine  of  human  equality 
been  prominently  put  forward.

The  destruction  of all  human  individ­
uality  and  personal  peculiarities  would 
have  the  effect  to  make  the  social life of 
mankind 
insufferably  monotonous  and 
to  destroy  all  physical  energy  and  in­
tellectual  activity  so  far as  they  might 
be  inspired  by  hope  or  ambition.  Hu­
man  beings  would  come  to  be  mere 
mentalized  animal  mechanisms,  each 
like  all  the  others,  incapable  of  an 
im­
pulse,  an  emotion,  an  aspiration  or a 
hope  not  common  to  every  other  such 
creature,  and  all  operating  in  the  same 
formal  routine.  Life  under  such  con­
ditions  would  be  devoid  of  the  variety 
now  even  enjoyed  by  beasts  which  in 
certain  limits  possess  absolute  freedom 
of  action  and  varied  development  that 
urge  them  to  competition  among  them­
selves.  There  can  be  no  competition 
among  creatures  precisely  alike  in  all 
respects,  and  life  among  them  would  be 
a  dead  level  of  utter  monotony,  unbear­
able  to  man  constituted  as  he  now  is.

The  result  of  the  ancient  system  of 
family 
life  and  government,  and  indi­
vidual  development,  was  to  produce  the 
hosts of  great  men  and  women  who,  in 
every  age,  arose  above  their  fellows, 
illuminated  the  whole  of  human 
and 
history  by  their grand  achievements 
in 
every  department  of  endeavor.  Whether 
the human  race  will  be  better  off  when 
every  human  being  shall  be  brought 
down  to  the  same  standard  or  level  in 
morals,  mind,  body  and  estate  is  some­
thing  yet  to  be  realized,  if  realization 
be  possible.  At  any  rate,  all  equaliza­
tion,  all  leveling,  must  be  downwards.
In  order  to  make all  the  people  of  a 
country  precisely  alike,  the highest must 
be  brought  down  to  the  level  of  the low­
est,  since 
is  impossible  to  raise  the 
weakest-minded  and  the  most  depraved 
to  the  eminence  occupied  by  the  high­
est.  But  any  such 
leveling  evolution 
will  not  show  its  complete  fruition  for 
many  ages  to  come,  if  ever,  and  society 
will  go  on  pretty  much  as  it has  done  in 
ail  the  ages  past.  There  will  be  periods 
of  great  intellectual  and  moral progress, 
to  be  followed  by  revolutions  that  will 
institutions  and  plunge  hu­
uproot  all 
man  society 
into  chaos  and  darkness. 
Then  there  will  be gradual  growth  and 
more  progress  until  again  the  summit 
is  reached,  to  be  followed  by  another 
social  and  political  and  possibly telluric 
cataclysm,  with  other  successive  oscil­
lations,  upward  and  downward,  of  hu­
man  endeavor.

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10
Fruits and Produce.

Observations  by  a  Gotham  Egg  Man.
“ I  wish  you  would  mention  a  defect 
in  egg  cases  which  is  not  at  all  uncom­
mon,"  said  a  prominent  receiver  to  the 
egg  man  one  day  last  week.  Pointing 
to  a  case  from  which  the 
lower  half  of 
one  side  had  been  split  off  about a  third 
of  the  way  up,  he  called  my  attention to 
a  serious  fault  in  construction. 
"You 
see,"  said  he,  "the  sides  of  this  case 
were  nailed  on  a  little  too  low  down  so 
that  the  lower  edges  projected below  the 
bottom  of  the  case  about  an  eighth  of 
an  inch.  When  cases  are  built  that way 
this  projecting;  edge  catches  on  the  top 
of  the  next  case  when  piling,  and  is 
pretty  sure  to  cause  a  split.  Then  in 
handling  a  pile  of  cases  with  a  hand 
truck  the 
iron  of  the  truck  catches  on 
this  overlapping  edge  and  tears  off  a 
part  of  the  side  of  the  case." 
It  is  one 
of  the 
little  things  which  casemakers 
should 
look  after  to  produce  a  proper 
article.  The  edges  of  the  side  boards 
may  be  % 
inch  above  the  bottom  and 
below  the  top  of  the  case, but  never  pro­
ject below  or  above  the  case.

*  *  *

Flirtation  by  means  of  eggs  is  an  old 
dodge,  of  which  I  saw  a  specimen  the 
other  day.  One  of  our  egg  receivers 
showed  me  an  egg  taken  from  an  Ohio 
shipment  on  which  was  written:  "T h e 
girl  that  has  the  pleasure  of  breaking 
this  egg  in  a  frying  pan  will  do  well  to
write to  J.  W.  D a y ,-----,  O hio."  What
a  chain  of  interesting  events  may  have 
been  broken  by  the  interception  of  this 
egg  by  the  cruel  commission  man !  The 
whole  history  of  the  nation  might  have 
been  changed  bad  it  gone  to  its  desti­
nation.

*  *  *

is  great  activity 

I  bad  the  pleasure  of  meeting  Mr.  B. 
W.  Redfern  on  ’Change  recently.  Mr. 
Redfern  represents  one  of  the  largest 
firms  of  egg  packers  in  the  country  and 
gives  his  persona]  attention  chiefly  to 
the Missouri  points of collection.  Speak­
ing  of  the  unusually  high  prices  ruling 
in  the  egg  markets  this  spring,  he said : 
‘ ‘ Yes,  there 
in  the 
Western  egg  trade,  largely  for  storage 
purposes,  and  yet  the  storage  people 
have  been  unable  to  secure  as  many 
eggs  as  they  bad  at  this  time  last  year. 
Up  to  about  three  weeks  ago  I  did  not 
think  there  was  any  actual  shortage  in 
the  production,  but  since  then  I  have 
changed  my  mind,  and  judging  from 
our  own  collections  there  appears  to  be 
considerable  decrease  compared  with 
last  year." 
I  suggested  that  this  might 
arise  from  a  greater  competition  in  his 
territory  owing  to  the  late  beginning 
of  free  production 
in  the  Northwest, 
but  Mr.  Redfern said,  "N o,  for at points 
where  we  get  practically  the  entire  pro­
duction  the  same  falling  off  is  notice­
able."   Speaking  of  the  cause  of  the 
decrease  Mr.  Redfern  continued:  "Our 
farmers  have  had  fine  crops  for  the  past 
two  years and  are  now  in  much  better 
financial  condition  than  formerly;  you 
will  find  that  when  general  farming  is 
prosperous  and  the  farmers  are  in  com­
fortable  circumstances  the  women  folks 
don’t  do  so  much  outside  work  and  the 
poultry  and  egg  department  suffers. 
When  1  am  looking  for a  place  to  start 
an  egg  station  I  would  rather  pick  out a 
section  where the  land  is  poor  and  the 
conditions  are  unfavorable  for  raising 
crops  than  any  other;  poultry will thrive 
most  anywhere  and  is  more  iikely  to  be 
made  the  most  of  where  other  farming 
operations  are  the  most  difficult  and 
unprofitable."

My  attention  was  called  the  other  day 
to  a  report  of  a  big  egg  sale  made  by 
Lepman  &  Heggie,  of  Chicago,  re­
cently ;  it  was  a  block  of  51  carloads 
sold  to  one  buyer  and  was  said  to  be 
the  largest  egg  sale  on  record. 
I  hap­
pened  to  know  of  some  big  deals having 
been 
inade  this  year  by  New  York 
parties  and  when  I  met  G.  W.  Martin 
afterward  I  asked  him  whether that  was 
largest  sale  he  knew  of.
really  the 
"W e ll,"  said  Mr.  Martin,  " I  am glad 
to  note  that  our  Chicago  friends  are 
doing  big  things 
in  the  way  of  egg 
sales,  but  you  may  say  that  in  the 
last 
week  of  April  our  house  sold  two  sepa­
rate  bills  of  eggs,  one  of 66  straight car­
loads,  400  cases  each,  and  one  of  50 
carloads;  we  sold  a  third 
line  in  the 
second  week  of  April  of 60 carloads, 
and  these  sales  aggregated  were  only  a 
portion  of  our  April  contracts."

Talk  about  big things in egg business! 
It  looks  as  though  New  York  was  still 
in  the  ring  a  little  bit.
*  *  *

is 

if  the  yolk 

is  simply  a  weak,  addled 

A  Western paper  received  at our  office 
recently  spoke  of  considerable  trouble 
with  what  was  called  "white  rot"  in 
eggs  and  stated  that  very  few  people 
knew  what 
it  was,  and  few  candlers 
could  detect 
it.  As  there  are  mighty 
few  things  that  Inspector  J.  K.  Borland 
does  not  know  about  eggs  I  asked  him 
if  he  knew  what  "white  rot"  was. 
"W e ll,"  said  Mr.  Borland,  "that name 
is  not  commonly  used  here,  but  I  guess 
I  know  what  kind  of  eggs  they  refer  to. 
There are  different  stages  of  rot  in  eggs 
and  all  of  them  become  practically  rot­
ten  before  they  get  actually  black  or 
dark  colored.  When  eggs  become  very 
weak  from  wide  changes  in  temperature 
or  from  heat  the  yolk  is  easily  broken 
and 
light  colored  it  is 
rather hard  to  detect  it  before  the  can­
dle.  When  eggs  are  in  that  condition 
they  spoil  quickly  and  I  suppose  what 
the  Western  man  meant  by  a'w h ite 
rot’ 
egg 
which  has  begun  to  rot,  but  which  has 
not  yet become  dark  colored.  Probably 
they  would  all  become  black  rots  if kept 
longer."  All  of  this  was  quite interest­
ing  and  I  thought  some  other  points 
might  interest  our  egg  readers also,  so  I 
asked  Mr.  Borland  about  "sou r"  eggs. 
"W ell,”   he  answered,  “ sour  eggs  are 
about  as  hard  to  detect  before the candle 
as  any  that  I  know  of.  We  find  them 
mostly  in  limed  and  refrigerator  stock, 
and  I  think  the  sourness  comes  mostly 
from  a  heated  and  weak  condition of the 
eggs  before  putting them away, although 
in 
it  may  be caused  by  a 
bad  condition  of  the  pickle.  They  show 
weak  before  the  candle  and  have a  pe­
culiar appearance  which  enables  an  ex­
pert  to  detect  them  as  sour. ’ ’  As  eggs 
are  now  beginning  to  show  hot  weather 
defects  and  losses  are  increasing  there­
by  I  asked  Mr.  Borland  whether  there 
was  a  clearly  defined  line  between badly 
heated  eggs  and  those  which were  so  far 
batched  as  to  be  total  loss.  " Y e s ,”   he 
is  pretty  easily 
answered,  “ the  line 
drawn,  although  some  candlers  draw 
it 
a  little  finer  than  others.  Hatched  eggs 
are  shown  by  blood  veins  in  the  yolk 
and  where  these  appear  the  egg  is  con­
sidered  worthless."— New  York Produce 
Review.

limed  eggs 

An  Unsuccessful  Operation.

"Y ou  told  me  you  expected  to  per­
form  an  operation  for appendicitis on 
old  Beasley.  How  did  you  come  out?”

* * Badly. ’ *
" I s   Beasley  dead?"
"N o.  As  soon  as  I  suggested 

the
operation  he  sent  for another doctor. ’ ’

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Seed 6orn 
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Our  stocks  are  still  complete.  All  seeds 
tested before sent  out,  quality  the  best  and 
prices  as  low  as  any  responsible  house  in 
the trade.
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Oraad Rapids, Mich.

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Added  to  the  Value  o f  Every  Cow  by 

Olio.

New  York,  May  15—While  in  a  gen­
eral  way  it  is  true  the  butter  trade  of 
this  city  is  up  in  arms  against  the  sale 
of  oleomargarine  and  other  butter  sub­
stitutes,  there  is  a  sentiment  among  a 
number  of  the  prominent  butter  men 
that  the  hue  and  cry  recently  raised 
against  it 
is  an  unfair demonstration, 
unwarranted  by  the  facts  in  the  case.

“ There are  in  this  country  to-day,”  
said  a  prominent  butter dealer  yester­
day,  “ about  seventeen  manufacturers  of 
oleomargarine.  These  carry  on  a  legit­
imate business,  and  so  well  protected 
are  consumers  at  large,  chiefly  through 
the  efforts of buttermakers  and  dealers, 
that  any  attempt  to  produce  an  un­
wholesome  product  on  their  part 
is 
visited  by  the  confiscation  of  their  en­
tire  output. 
In  addition  to  this  rigor­
ous  treatment  the  farmer  legislation  of 
the  country  has  further  hampered  the 
production  of  this  butter substitute  by 
imposing  a  tax  of  2c  per  pound.  Now, 
not  satisfied  with  this,  the  opponents  of 
oleomargarine 
in  the  West,  and  this 
State as  well,  are  working  with  all  their 
strength  to  have  this  tax  increased  to 
ioc  per  pound,  and  providing  a  further 
restriction  to  its  sale  by  compelling  the 
producers  to  color  the  product‘ pink,’ 
so  as  to  distinguish  it  from  genuine 
butter.

“ As  a  butter  dealer  of  long  years’ 
experience  I  think  these attempts  to  in­
jure ' a 
legitimate  business  decidedly 
unfair and  unjust.  They  are  a  menace 
to the  personal  liberty  of  men  engaged 
in  a  private  enterprise,  and are inimical 
to the  welfare  of a  very  large  portion  of 
the  laboring  classes,  who  are  unable  to 
pay  the  high  prices asked  for genuine 
butter  of a  quality  equal  to  oleomarga­
rine. 
I  am  as  strongly  opposed  to  the 
sale  of  oleomargarine  under  the guise of 
genuine  butter  as  any  member  of  the 
trade,  and  have  worked  in thorough har­
mony  with  every  movement  having  for 
its  object a  stoppage  of  the  illegal  sale 
of  any  butter  substitute. 
I  consider  the 
precautions already  taken  with  this  end 
in  view,  namely,  the  marking  of  pack­
ages  containing oleomargarine  with  let­
ters  one  inch  high,  as  being  just  to  the 
butter trade,  and  the  consuming public; 
but  I  do not  see  justice  in  the  attempts 
to  put  an  end  to  the  sale  of  butterine 
entirely,  as  indicated  by  the suggestions 
from  Chicago  relative  to  the adoption  of 
a  different color  for  ‘ oleo*  than that used 
by  genuine  buttermakers.

“ A  ‘ pink’  color  for  oleomargarine  if 
adopted  would 
immediately  force  the 
produce  from  the  market.  Why?  Sim­
ply because  it  is  an  unusual  color,  and 
one  which  consumers  would  immediate­
ly  reject,  as  being  the  stamp  of  a  sub­
stitute,  and  not because  it  represented  a 
product  inferior to  that  which  they  bad 
become  accustomed  to.

“ Every  pound  of  oleomargarine that 
is  sold  of  course  reduces  the  sale  of
?;enuine  butter  just  so  much,  and  the 
act  that 
it  ranges  in  price  from  10 to 
14c  per  pound,  while  genuine  butter 
sells  for  from  11  to  18c  per  pound, 
makes  the  demand  for  it from the poorer 
class  of  consumers  very  large.  There is 
less  likelihood  of  consumers  getting  a 
poor  article 
in  oleomargarine  than  in 
regular  butter,  and  while there has  been 
and  always  will  be  perhaps considerable 
prejudice  against  the  substitute  among 
the  better classes,  the  poorer  people  find 
it  cheaper  and  better  in  quality toan  the 
lower grades  of  butter.  While  I  advo­
cate  its  sale as  ‘ oleo’  I  am  in  favor  of 
the  most  stringent  laws  to  prevent  its 
being  sold  under  the  price  of  butter. 
The  law  regarding  this  should  be  made 
so  strong  that  it  will  prevent  imposition 
on  consumers,  but  the  substitute  should 
not  be  legislated  against  to the  extent 
that  its  manufacture  is  jeopardized.

“ Some  years  ago  there  was  a  good 
export  trade  done 
in  oleomargarine. 
It  was  shipped  to  the  West  Indies  and 
South  America  in  large  quantities,  and 
sold  there  on 
its  merits.  There  is  no 
tax  on  the article  when  used  for  export, 
and  consequently 
it  could  be  sold  in 
competition  with  the  low-grade butter 
sent  from  here  to  those  markets.  The

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

il

‘ oleo,’  as 

it  be­
poor people down  there  bought 
cause 
it  was  not  inferior  to  the  stuff 
called  genuine butter,  and  being  sold  at 
a  smaller  price  it gave  promise  of  dis­
placing  the  oftentimes  rancid  butter. 
As  soon  as  this  was discovered exporters 
of  renovated  and  process  mixtures be­
gan  a  crusade  against  it,  and  circulated 
pamphlets  and  other  literature among 
the  dealers  there  denouncing  the  substi­
tute.  This  was  carried  on  to  such  an 
extent that eventually the ‘ oleo’ trade be­
gan  to decline,  and  our  exports  do  not 
now  amount  to half their former volume.
“ In  the  manufacture  of oleomargarine 
the  oil  from  the  fat  secreted  around  the 
udder  of  cows  is  used.  Oil  made  from 
the  fat  of any  other  part  of the  animal 
will  not  make 
it  lacks  the
?[ualities  possessed  by the genuine  ‘ oleo’ 
at.  Under  Government  inspection  the 
utmost  cleanliness  is  required  about the 
premises  where  the  oleomargarine 
is 
made,  and  the  product  turned  out  is  not 
only  as  pure  as  genuine  butter,  but  it 
contains  cbemic. 1  attributes  peculiarly 
wholesome not found in  the  real product.
“ Before  being  colored  it  resembles  in 
every  particular  the  genuine butter  pro­
duced  from  cattle  in  the  winter and fall. 
It 
is  only  during  the  spring  and  sum­
mer,  when  cattle  are  grass  fed,  that 
their  butter  is  yellow  in  color.  Butter 
made  from  cattle  in  other  seasons has to 
be  colored  the  same  as  ‘ oleo. ’ 
If  this 
were  not  done 
it  would  be  extremely 
difficult  to  sell  it  at  all.  The  manufac­
ture  of oleomargarine has  benefited  the 
farmer to the  extent that  it has added  $3 
to the  price  of  every  cow sold,  the‘ oleo’ 
fat  enhancing  the  value  that  much.’ ’

Chicago  Storage  Eggs.

The  following  set  of  rules  have  been 
adopted  by  the  Chicago  Butter  and  Egg 
Board  with  reference  to  eggs  for  stor­
age:

Article  1.  All  eggs  offered  must be 
packed  in  No.  2  new  whitewood  cases, 
either  poplar  or  cottonwood,  sawed  or 
veneered,  well  nailed.

Article  2.  Fillers  must  be good  me­

dium— No.  2  strawboard,  or  odorless.

Article  3.  The padding must be  kiln- 
dried  excelsior  or  cork  shavings,  top 
and  bottom  of  each  case;  no  pine  or 
basswood  excelsior  to  be  used.  There 
must  be  dividing  boards  used  on  bot­
tom,  with  dividing  boards  or  heavy 
straw  paper on  the  top  of  each  case.

Article 4.  A  car  shall  contain  380  to 
400  cases  of  thirty  dozen  eggs  to  each 
case.
Article 5.  The eggs shall  be  closely 
sorted,  all  dirties,  checks  and  small 
eggs thrown out.
Article 6.  A  stained  egg  shall  not be 
deemed  a  dirty  egg,  but  there  must  not 
be  an  average of over fifteen (15)  in each 
case,  nor  an  average  of  over twelve  (12) 
blind  checks,  nor  an  average  of  more 
than  one  broken  or  leaky  egg,  nor an 
average  of  more  than  four rotten  eggs  to 
the  case.

Article  7.  Twenty  half  cases  shall 

constitute an  inspection.

Article  8.  Whoever  offers  any  eggs 
if 
under  these  rules  shall  designate, 
requested,  the  state  where  they  were 
packed  and  where  the  delivery  is  to  be 
made,  free  on  board  cars  Chicago,  or  at 
any  cold  storage  bouse 
in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  or  at  their  place  of  business 
in  the  city  of  Chicago.

These  rules  can  not be changed except 
by  a  two-thirds  vote,  after  being  posted 
for  five  days  on  the board.

W.  R.  BRICE

E S T A B L IS H E D   IN 
PHILADELPHIA  1852

C.  M.  DRAKE

W.  R.  Brice  &  Co.

Produce Commission Merchants

Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry

500 Cars  of  Fine  Fresh 

Eggs  Wanted

W e are in  the  market for five  hundred 
(500)  cars  of  fine  eggs  suitable  for 
cold  storage.  Write  for  prices  either 
to  our branch  house  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  or  Manchester,  Mich.  W e  will 
take  your  eggs  f.  o.  b.  cars  your  sta­
tion,  and  pay  you  all  we  can  afford 
consistent with  Eastern  markets.

Our Main House in Philadelphia  wants  all  the  Creamery  and  Dairy 
Butter you can ship.  We have an  unlimited outlet, can  realize  you  outside 
prices  and  make  you  prompt  satisfactory  sales.  Let  your  shipments 
come freely. 

Yours very truly,

W.  R.  BRICE’ &  CO.

Ready  for  Business 1

We  take  pleasure  in  announcing  to  the  shippers  and  retail  »  
merchants  of  Michigan  that  our  new cold  storage  warehouse  Si 
is  now  fully  completed  and  ready  for  business.  We  espe-  «  
5?
cially call attention  to  our facilities  for  storing 
H
which  are  unsurpassed  by  any  cold  storage  establishment  in  Sr 
the  country.  We  also  store  seeds,  beans  and  all  kinds  of 
produce 
Correspondence  solicited. 

EGOS, BUTTER AND POULTRY 

in  dry  storage.  Warehouse  receipts 

Inspection invited. 

furnished.  S  

«

Grand Rapids Cold Storage Co.  |

Sure  Indication  o f  Immortality.

“ I  bear  that  Bullion  has  given  up  the 
idea  of  building  a  $500,000  monument 
to  himself.’ ’

“ He  decided  that  it  would  be a  waste 
of  money.  A  five-cent  cigar  has ¡just 
been  named  after  him,  so be  feels  that 
there  can  be  no  doubt about  his being 
remembered.”

Where to  Find  a  Paragon.

“ The  man  I  marry,"  she  said,  “ must 
have  no  bad  habits;  he  must  be  hand­
some,  manly,  loving,  generous,  liberal, 
thoughtful— ”

“ Miss  Frieze,”  he interrupted  coldly,
‘ * you  should  marry a department store. ’ ’

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

News  and  Gossip  Pertaining  to  the 

Commission  Business.

Eggs to-day are better  than  chickens 

to-morrow.
Buffalo 

*  *  *

commission  merchants  are 
about  to  organize  an  egg  exchange. 
The  egg  question  has  been  a  bone  of 
contention  for  many  moons and  it  is be­
lieved  that  the  proposed  egg  board, 
operated  in  conjunction  with  the  Prod­
uce  Exchange,  will  bring  the  desired 
relief  and  regulate  prices.
*  *  *

Owing  to  the  fact  that  there  is  now, 
and  probably  will  be  for  some  months, 
a  great  scarcity  in  butter  tubs,  the  wise 
commission  man  will  keep  a  sharp  out­
look 
for  mouldy  and  unclean  tubs. 
There  are  many  creamery  managers 
who  will  be  tempted  to  sort  over their 
pile  of  cast-off  tubs,  and once  more  ship 
them  to  market. *  *  *
Now  that  the cold  weather has  passed, 
buyers  will  begin  to  raise  their standard 
of  required  excellence 
in  butter,  for 
they  well  understand  that,  with  the  ap­
proach  of  summer,  the  conditions  for 
manufacturing  gilt  edge  butter at  the 
creamery  and  home  dairy  are  the  very 
best.  Every  shipment  received  from 
the  factory  should  now  approach  the 
perfection  stage,  and  the  buttermaker 
who  is  unable  to  supply  a uniform grade 
of  butter  at  this  season  of  the  year  must 
be  considered  as  incompetent.

*  *  *

Considerable  trouble  and  annoyance 
could be saved  the  dealer,  if  shippers, 
when  obliged  to  forward  two  qualities 
of  butter  in  one  lot,  would  be  particular 
to  mark,  in  some  manner,  the  tubs  con­
taining  the  inferior  goods. 
It  is  not  an 
uncommon  occurrence  for  a  retailer  to 
upbraid  the  commission  man  for  at­
tempting  to  palm  off  upon  him  a  tub 
that  is  not  up  in  quality.  The  seller, 
of  course,  resents  the  insinuation  that 
is  dishonest,  but  upon  examination 
be 
of  the  tub 
in  question  soon  discovers 
his  error.  The  reputation  of  the  cream­
ery  and  of  the  commission  man  is  thus 
made  to  suffer  through  a  little  lack  of 
business  foresight  on  the  part  of  the 
buttermaker.

*  *  *

The 

The  Batz  bill,  in  the  Minnesota  Leg­
islature,  providing  for  a  State  inspector 
of  Minnesota  creamery  butter  in  New 
York  City,  was  defeated  by  a  vote  of  31 
to  14. 
legislators  were  of  the 
opinion  that  the  office  was  unnecessary, 
and  some  thought  they  saw  a  wood­
chuck,  believing  that  the  office  was  be­
ing  created  for  some  particular  person, 
and 
inspection  fees  would 
amount  to  some $20,000  per year.  Rob­

that 

the 

ert  Crickmore,  Secretary  of  the  Minne­
sota  State  Dairymen’s  Association,  pro­
tested  against  the  passage  of  the  bill 
and,  as  the  farmers  did  not  urge  the 
matter,  it  fell  with  a  dull,  sickening 
thud.

sfc 

*  

3|e

interested 

The  country  shippers  and  commission 
men  in  the  East  are  just  now  consider­
ably 
in  the  question  of  egg 
cases.  As  freight  charges are  not  now 
figured  on  number  of  packages  but  by 
weight,  the  30  dozen  cases  may  be 
shipped 
just  as  cheaply  as  the  36 dozen 
cases.  Thje  latter  are  much  harder  to 
handle  and  the  loss  from  breakage  is 
generally  greater. 
Large  buyers  are 
showing  a  preference  for  the  smaller 
package,  and  there  seems  to  be a  de­
mand  for  its  more  general  use  through­
out  the  trade  marts  of  the  country.

♦  *  *

It  is  true  that 

Business  tact,  along  the  lines  of  neat­
ness  and  attractivenes  in  the  display  of 
goods  in  the  store  room and on the sales­
room  floor,  has  a  great  deal  to  do  with 
the  total  sales  column  at  the  end  of  the 
day's  business. 
in  the 
midst  of  the  business  rush,  one  can  not 
be  particular  in  these  little  details,  but 
little  things  count 
in  the  commission 
business  as  well  as  in  any  other.  There 
is  no  excuse  for  piling  egg  cases,  but­
ter  tubs,  barrels  and  general  produce  in 
a  heterogeneous  mass,  or  of  allowing 
barrel  staves  and  refuse  to  lie  on  the 
floor  until  the  janitor gets  time to  earn 
his  salary. 
It  may  not  make  any  differ­
ence  to  some  buyers  who  expect  that 
these  conditions  must be encountered, 
but  it  is certainly a pleasure to step  in­
to  the  salesroom  of  the  merchant  whose 
employes  take  time  to arrange the  but­
ter  tubs  neatly 
in  one  corner,  the  egg 
cases  in  another,  and  so  on  through  the 
whole  category  of  goods.  Equally  sat­
isfying,  it  is,  to be  able  to  wend  your 
way  to  the  business  office  without  tack­
ing  like  a  sailboat  in  a  gale.

Mysteries  o f  Trade.

“ These  are  this  year’s  pecans,  are 

they?”

“ Yes,  sir."
“ How  do  you  sell  them?”
“ Six  cents  a  pound.”
“ How  much  are  these 

in  the  next 

barrel?”

pound."

“ Sell  you  those  for  fifteen  cents a 

“ They  look  just  like  the others.  What 
“ They're—-they’re next year’s pecans, 

makes  them  so  much  higher?”
sir.” 

____

The  Result  Was  the  Same.

baths?”

“ Did  you  ever take any  of  those  mud 
“ Well,  1  ran  for  office  once.”

HEE SMinf TO llil BIEWIIfn

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

Gem  Fibre Package Co.,  Detroit.

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W H O L E S A L E   F R U IT   AND  P R O D U C E

C LE V E LA N D , OHIO.

NOTE: 

If you  have  a  car  Strawberries  or  other  early  fruit  that  you  want  to 
ship, write us.

MEMBERS:  NATIONAL LEAGUE  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 

NATIONAL  APPLE  SHIPPERS’  ASSOCIATION

E im n m n n n n n m n n m m

J.  W.  LA N SIN G ,

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN

B U T T E R   AND  E G G S

BUFFALO .  N.  Y.

A  good  many eg g   buyers  want your e g g s only during April and  M ay  for  storage,  but 
I  have got to have them every  day during the year. 
I  have a good  many  orders  Yet  to  be 
hi led  for storage,  besides  my regular trade,  so I can use  your  receipts  to  good  advantage. 
Write me,  before  shipping elsewhere,  how  many you will have.  I  will  buy either on track 
there or delivered  in  Buffalo.

Buffalo Cold Storage Co.,  Buffalo,  N ,  Y . 
Peoples  Bank,  Buffalo,  N .  Y . 

Dun  or  Bradstreet.
Michigan  Tradesman.

R E F E R E N C E S :

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tatoes, Pears and all kinds of Produce.

Because the contents  will  be  properly  ventilated, 
which prevents over-heating and consequent de­
cay and loss.  T h e “ Hercules* can  be  shipped 
knock  down in bundles,  thus  making  a  saving 
in freight.

To set up the  “ Hercules”  no skill is required.  You 
can be your own  cooper  and  save  money.  300 
“ Hercules”   barrels  can  be  hauled  on  a  farm 
wagon.  The  “ Hercules”  is strong in the  bilge 
and has no inside lining hoops.

For catalogue and prices write

Hercules Woodenware Co.,

290 W. 20th Place, CMcafo, III.

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Achieving  Success  Along  One  Line. 
W ritten lor the Tbadbsman.

How  many  of  us  are  there  who  have 
not  been 
in  bodily  presence at a  point 
where  we  were  undecided  as to which  of 
two  or  more diverging  roads  would  best 
and  most  speedily  lead  us  to  our  jour­
ney’s  end,  and  how  much  more  than  in 
a  majority  of  cases  must  we  admit  our 
selection  to have been  the  very worst,  to 
aid  us towards the  zenith  of  our  hopes, 
or at best  less  desirable  than  one  of  the 
others.  Of course,  the  chances  are even 
for  the  right  road  to be  chosen ;  but,  in­
asmuch  as  failure  makes a  deeper  im­
print  on  the  mind  than  success,  we  re­
member  the  failures  and  forget  the  suc­
cesses,  or,  taking  them  as  our natural 
allotment,  balance  the  account  with  a 
preponderance  of  failures  to  take the 
right  turning.

This  being  admittedly  true 

in  the 
physical  sense,  with what  greater  degree 
of  intensity  does  it  apply  to  business  or 
life  failures  of  our  times,  where  the 
records  relating  entirely 
to  business 
show  less  than  5  per cent,  of  successes.
let  us 
create  a  Character  and  accompany  it 
into  and  through  a  series  of  failures and 
successes as  they  follow  in  natural  or­
der  through  life.

illustrate  this  position, 

To 

In  order not  to  handicap  this  creature 
of  our  brain,  we  will  have  him  born 
under  the  most  favorable  of  all  circum­
stances, 
in  a  hard-working,  honest, 
healthy  farmer’s  fam ily;  blessed  with  a 
good  constitution;  made  constantly  bet­
ter through  his  mode  of living  an  active 
outdoor 
life,  well  calculated  to  bring 
forth,  as a  natural  development,  the best 
material 
in  man ;  imagination  vivid ; 
with  a  will  to  do  and  dare,  for  con­
science’s  sake,  the  right,  according  to 
his 
ideas  of  right;  a  mind  more  than 
ordinarily  susceptible  to  the  reception 
of 
inventive  faculties  well  de­
veloped,  and  a  power  of  concentration 
beyond  the  ordinary  allotment.

ideas; 

termed 

success, 

This  embodiment  of  mental  force in  a 
strong  physique  shows  to your  mind  our 
created  Character,  which  would 
look 
straight  into  the  future  through  expect­
ant  eyes  and  see  a  point  of  dazzling 
brightness 
towards 
which  his  efforts  would  naturally  lead 
him  until  majority  was  reached,  when 
each 
individual  comes  to  the  place 
where  the  single  road  heretofore  fol­
lowed  separates  into  two  slightly  diver­
ging  ways,  at  the  end  of  each  of  which 
appears  a  point  of  equal 
intensity, 
scarcely  distinguishable from that bright 
spot  beheld  in  the  firmament  of  bis  fu­
ture  towards  which  he  strove,  success.

Here  it  becomes the  duty  of  each  one 
to  ask  himself  these  questions:  Can 
any  individual  life have  before  it  more 
than  one best  course over which an equal 
degree  of  success  may  be  reached?  Can 
there  be one  who  would  succeed  equally 
well  at  following  either  of  two  or  more 
lines,  or  is  the  individual supplemented 
in  nature  with  a  calling  only  by  follow­
ing  which  can  highest  success  be at­
tained.  Can  there  be  a  point  where,  to 
swerve  from  our  straight  course  ever  so 
slightly,  we  do  not,  partially  at  least, 
Is  there  a 
turn  our  backs  on  success? 
point  of  equal  brilliancy 
to  guide 
man  down  either  path,  or  is  this  appar­
ent  fact  but  a  mirage,  a  delusion  by 
which  one  sees  double?  Is  this  but  a 
compensation  of  Nature,  providing  for 
the  first  slight  turning,  doing  little  or 
no  harm,  so  that  either  straightly  fol­
lowed  from  this  first  forks  of  the  road 
would  ultimately  reach  the  same  end?

We  can  not answer,  but  incline  to  the 
belief that  neither  of  these  first  diver­

ging  ways,  if  singly  and  straightly  fol­
lowed,  would lead man  very  far  from  the 
highest  attainments;  but  woe  to  him 
who,  with  one  foot  on  either  path,  seeks 
to  follow  both  ways  at  one  and  the  same 
time,  forgetting  that  there  is  a  wedge- 
shaped  obstacle  causing  the  divergence, 
which  is  the  mightiest  force  to  Nature 
known,  in  this  case  absolutely  prevent­
ing  the  one  just  starting life from  reach­
ing  a  seemingly  double success by tread­
ing  both  ways  at  once,  illustrating  that 
each 
individual  success  is  an  atom  in 
the  universal  scheme,  which  may  not  be 
divided,  but  must  be  applied  to  a  sin­
gle  line 
in  order  to  fulfill  its  foreor­
dained  destiny.

It  not  being  our  province  to  thus  de­
stroy this  Character  of  our  creation,  we 
will  take  our  way  with  him  into  the 
road  which  has  a  slight  turning  towards 
the  left.  And  why  the  left?  Because 
the  right  fork  of  the  road  from  here  al­
ways 
leads  to  that  success  seen  by  the 
eye  of  hope;  formulated  in  the  brain 
while  yet  growing  towards  its  highest 
power;  foreseen  at  a  stage  of  life  when 
the  future  has  a  brighter aspect  than the 
present, 
from  where  the  past  holds 
record  of  no  failures.

For a  time  these  roads  from  the  first 
fork  follow  the  same  direction  so  close­
ly  that  their  divergence  is  scarce  seen, 
and  never  felt  by  one  following  either 
single branch.  But  physical  laws  pre­
sent  the  impossibility  of  two  diverging 
straight  lines  ever  meeting  save  at  the 
starting  point,  hence  in  following  the 
left  hand  branch  each  step  takes  us 
farther  away  from  the  right.  As  we 
press  on  a  separation  of  the  star  of  our 
success  into  two  points  of  equal  luster 
and  brilliancy  beckons  us  on,  the  one 
straight  ahead,  the  other  ever  calling 
towards  the  right.  But  our  Character, 
pushing  on 
in  all  his  youthful  ardor, 
soon  reaches  other  forks  of  the  road, 
each presenting  the  same  illusions  as  at 
first,  although  the  right  hand  branch 
is 
yet  pointing  towards  that  star  which 
our  footsteps  first  followed ;  but  he  once 
more  selects  the  left  fork,  passing  along 
which  the  star  followed  still  retains 
its 
undiminished  splendor.  The  divergence 
now  has  become  more  sharp,  so  that  he 
sees  the  point  to  which  he  started  first 
slightly  over  his  right  shoulder,  it  in 
fact  appearing  to  recede  towards  the 
point  where  the  roads  first  forked,  while 
that  towards  which  he  worked  appears 
no nearer than  when,  at  the first forks  of 
the  road  be  chose  the  left  band  turning.
irresistible 
impulse,  be  pushes  along ;  and  yet  suc­
cess  would  be  nearer  him  were  he  to  re­
trace  his  steps  to  the  first  forks  of  the 
road,  entering  again  the  race  from  there 
straight  towards  the  star  point  of  suc­
cess  he  first  saw.

Impelled  by  a  seemingly 

There  is  a  similarity  in the recurrence 
of  these  diverging  ways,  although  so  far 
he  has  always  taken  the  turn  to  the  left, 
until  shortly  our  Character  is  given  a 
new  condition of  personal  choice:  Now 
three 
instead  of  two  ways  are  open.

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I S

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Do you want a machine that  will not clog the burn­
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gas?  Do  you  want  a  machine  that  is  not  expen­
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W hat J.  D.  Price, of Jackson, says:

Jackso n,  M ich., M ay 3.

I  have used one of your machines  now for  eleven 
weeks and  have used only  65  pounds  of  carbide  in 
that  time.  There  are  seventeen  burners 
in  the 
house attached to the  machine,  but.  of  course,  we 
do not use all the burners at  the same  time,  but we 
have  had  more  light  at  less  expense  than  we  got 
from coal  gas.  The  machine  is  very  easy  to  take 
care of.  I  have  only  filled  it  three  times  myself, 
my wife taking care of  it  the  balance  of  the  time. 
She says she would rather take care of this machine 
than one Rochester burner. 

J .  D.  P r ic e .

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Cooler and a  Perfect Purifying Apparatus.  We 
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Write for Catalogue and particulars to

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GRAND  R A P ID S ,  MICH.

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Profiting by  the  e xperience  of 
the numerous generators  which 
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during  the  past  two  years,  we 
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If  you  want  the  newest, most 
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121  OTTAWA ST., 
GRAND RAPIDS.

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'Household''Scale

Acknowledged lo be the B E S T  on the market
ONLY  $12.00  PER   DOZ. 

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Large white  enameled  dial,  very  ser­

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Enameled  steel  top  plate, absolutely 

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Occupies less space than other scales. 
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One,  more alluring  than the  others, tarns 
quite  sharply  off  towards the  left. 
In 
front, 
immediately  beneath  his  feet, 
darkly  yawns  a  chasm  of  unknown 
depths.  The  third  is  for  retracing  the 
way  where  the  wrong,  or  left  hand, 
turning  was  first  taken.  But  one  hesi­
tates  to  return,  fearing  what friends will 
say  of  the  retrogression,  and  few  there 
be  who  at this  point  of  life  choose  the 
correct  course  — retreat.  As  our  Char­
acter  looks  into  the  depths  of  the  cav­
ern  yawning  at  his  feet  he  becomes 
fearful  of  its  power to  swallow  him  up 
and  once  again  takes  the  left  hand turn, 
noticing  that  as  he  does  so  the  bright 
is  now  behind 
light  he  first  followed 
its  original 
him,  still  glowing  with  all 
intensity  and  fervor.  On  the  course 
in 
front,while  the guiding  point  retains  its 
brilliancy,  it  has  become  more cold  and 
somewhat  repelling;  but  no obstacle can 
be  seen 
in  the  way  of  reaching  it,  so 
our Character  blindly  follows  on  where 
its  dazzling  brilliancy  lures  with  prom­
ises  of  seeming  worth.

Let  us  imagine  that  had  he  made  the 
plunge 
into  those  dark  depths  instead 
of  that  last turning  to the  left  the  dis­
aster had  not  been  as  bad  in  reality  as 
in 
imagination,  and  even  although  in 
the  fall  his business  enterprise  had  met 
a  complete  collapse  there  was  or  might 
have  been  a  way, a ladder  if  you  please, 
leading  up  out  of  darkness  onto  the 
right  hand  bank,  perchance  emerging 
at  or  very  near  the  first  forks  of  the 
road,  where again  he  was  invested  with 
the  power to  choose  the right,  and,  look­
ing  straight  ahead,  he  sees  that  point 
just  as  near,  although somewhat  dimmer 
than  when  it  was  first  the  star of hoped- 
for  success.

But,  being  followers  of  a  created 
Character  who  chose the  turning  to  the 
left,  we  must  follow  him  until  be  comes 
again  to  where  this  road  forks,  down 
each  of  which  ways  a  point  of 
light, 
like  that  be  first  followed  in  hopes  of 
great  success,  gleams,  although  some­
what 
less  brightly  than  when  the  first 
turning  to  the  left  showed  them  in  the 
advance,  while  the  brightness  of  the 
first-planned-for  success  remains  un­
dimmed  behind  the  back.

Many  of  us  stop  here  and  consider 
our  course;  but  do  we  weigh  the  evi­
dences  of  past  failures or  wrong  turning 
in  our choice?  No.  Do  we  allow  the 
undiminished  splendor  of  our  first  con­
ception  of  success  to  draw  us  back  to 
the  original  forks  of  the  road  and  start 
from  there  towards  it?  We  do  not,  and 
few  there be that  do.  But  few,  woefully 
few,  would  choose  this  course.  Most, 
like  our  created  Character,  would  turn 
into  the  seemingly  easy 
left  road;  and 
there  we  follow  him.  Now,  for the  first 
time,  he  stops  to  explore and  investi­
gate  the  numerous  shady 
side-paths 
branching  off  to  right and  left  at  right 
angles to  his  course.  But  all  these  end 
in  disappointment,  so  he  perforce  re­
turns  to  and  follows  the  chosen  way, 
finding  it  getting  worse and  worse;  but 
follow 
it  he  must,  impelled  by  Fate. 
Yet  even  Fate  is  kind,  and  many  stages 
of  this  route  are  found  which,  if  taken 
as  they  are  without  subjecting  them  to 
the  light  from  first-conceived  ideals  of 
success,  still  shining  to  the  mind  with 
undiminished brilliancy,  had  been  suffi­
cient for all  earthly  need,  but  when 
in­
spected  by  this  unreal  light  they  seem 
to  have  little  or  no  worth,  being  defect­
ive  and  entirely  unsatisfying  to  our 
minds.  Hence  our Character  advances 
along  this  route,  soon  reaching-  other 
forks of  the  road,  where  it  seems  of  no 
import  towards  which  hand  he turns,  as

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

the  road  to  the  right  has  a  seemingly 
greater  divergence  from  the  great  light 
than  has  the  left  hand  turning,  although 
neither  leads  far  towards  the  cherished 
ideals,  as  by  this time be has reached the 
decline  of  life.  Yet  where  choice  is 
granted  him  he  still  persists  in  choos­
ing  the  left  hand  road,  and  although  his 
feet  are  often  on  the  verge  of  yawning 
chasms,  into  which  to  fall  bad  been 
seeming  annihilation,  yet  these  he  man­
ages  to  escape  by  selecting  that  shady 
left  hand  way  of  sliding  out  or  around 
them,  never  once  taking  into  consider­
ation  complete  rout  and  return.

This  custom,  or  habit,  of  always 
turning  to  the  left  where  the  roads 
forked 
leads  him  to  a  place  where  the 
first  point  of  success  seems  straight 
ahead ;  but  how  dimmed 
its  brilliancy, 
as  now  seen  through  eyes  that  have 
gazed  upon  its  splendor  for  three-score 
years.

But  why  was  it  seemingly  in  front  of 
him  once  more?  Because,  always  turn­
ing  towards  the  left,  he  had  completed 
the  circle,  which  made  him  face  the 
point  towards  which  he  started.  Then 
why  not  still  undimmed?  For  the  rea­
son  that  the  constantly-cooling  point 
towards  which  he  always  pushed  was 
now  between  his  eyes  and  that  brighter 
one,  both  being  in  the  same  line  of  vis­
ion,  the  one  in  the  foreground  naturally 
giving  color  to  that  more  distant,  and in 
a  manner throwing  its  mantle  of  life  or 
death  over  the  one  behind;  besides 
which,  the  eyes  of  men  at 60  see  less 
clearly  than  they  saw  at  20,  hence  gone 
is  the  very  essence  of  that  brightness 
which  at  first  seemed  almost  dazzling.

Who  would  wish  to  follow  the  Charac­
ter  farther than  once  completely  around 
this  circle?  Surely  not  I ;  and  there 
are  doubts  if any  one  would  desire to see 
the  disappointing  struggles  of  one  to 
begin  again  at 60  where  he  was  at  20. 
His  prejudices  would  outweigh personal 
experiences,  and 
in  all  probability 
carry  him  again  into  the  left  hand  way 
when  the  forks  in  the road were reached, 
thus  leading  those  who  followed  him  in­
to  disappointments,  if  nothing  worse. 
So here  we  will  dismiss  our  Character, 
leaving  him  to  gaze  at  the  diminished 
glory  of  his  first  foreseen  success.

this  single  line,  but  one  realization  to 
the  dream  of  him  who  is  thus carried  on 
by  this  Unseen  Force—that  result,  that 
end,  that  realization  success.

Shall  the  measure  of  our  approval  of 
this achievement  be  greater  than  that 
we  extend  to  him  who  made  his  mis­
take  at  the  first  forks  of  the  road?  The 
world 
looks  placidly  on  and  says  Yes. 
But  do  you?  Do  I?  Do those  men  who 
have  struggled 
long  and  hard  to  reach 
unfound  success  confirm  this  verdict  of 
the  world?  Personally  answering,  I  say 
No.  You  would  say  the  same,  and  so 
would  they  who  have  met  similar  re­
verses.

Should  we  condemn  the  one for failure 
to  reach  his  idealized  pinnacle  of  suc­
cess through  not  making  a proper choice 
when  two  ways  presented  themselves 
in 
which  was  scarce  a  shade  of  difference, 
and  heap  praise  on  him  who  stumbled 
into  the  right  branch  when the roads first 
forked,  rather  than  chose  that  way  by 
reason?  Many  times  we  do,  but  never 
ought,  as  the  success  of  man,  company, 
corporation,  community,  or  of  a  nation, 
stands  for  naught  when  confronted  with 
Time,  that  grim  destroyer  of  all  earthly 
things;  and  yet  the  personal  success  of 
him  who  saw  his  way  straight  ahead 
and  unswervingly  followed  it  must  find 
an  answering  sentiment  in  our  hearts, 
which  says:  The  straight  course towards 
anything  is  shortest,  and  he  who  turns 
to  neither  right  nor  left  takes  fewest 
steps  to  reach,  and  most  deserves,  suc­
cess. 

L.  A.  E l y .

Painful  Memories.

“ You  don’t  catch  me  riding my wheel 

on  that  cinder  path.”

*  Why  not?”
“ It  is  too  sad  a  reminder  of  the  good 
money  I  paid  out  for  coal  this  winter.”

.Feed  ;

| 

Corn and  Oats |

Our  feed  is  all  made  at 
one mill. 
It is all ground 
by  the  same  man.  He 
thinks  he  knows  how  to 
do 
it  right  because  he 
has  been  doing  it  for  a 
dozen years.  W e believe 
he  does  it  right  or  we 
would  get  another  man. 
Our  customers  evidently 
think  he  does  it right be­
cause  they  keep  on  or­
dering, and our feed trade 
has  been  enormous  this
winter  and  doesn’t  seem 
to 
want  it  to  “ let  up,”   and 
your order will help along. 
Send  it  in.  W e’ll  give 
you  good  feed  at  close 
prices.

let  up.  W e  don 

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t  Valley  City 
|  Milling Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Sole Manufacturers of  «LILY WHITE,’' 

“The flour the best cooks use.”

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imagined  success 

Now  let  us,  on  the  other  hand,  follow 
that  occasional  one  who  keeps  to  the 
right  at  the  first  forks of  the  road.  His 
star  of 
is  always 
straight  ahead,  and  while  he  follows  a 
previously-mapped-out  course  that  first 
left  hand  diverging  way  would  be 
scarcely  seen,  if seen at  a ll;  nor  would 
consideration  be  given  it  while  the  eye 
was  on  that  bright  point,  towards  which 
he  keeps  ever  moving  in  a  straight line. 
To  be  sure,  roads  branch  off  to  the 
left 
from  this  unbending  right  hand  w ay; 
but,  as  the  goal  of  success  is more near­
ly  reached,  these  break  off  at  sharper 
angles,  hence  are  less  easily  mistaken 
for  the  right  path,  and  so  exert  less 
power over  the  will  of  him  who  pushes 
on  towards  the  light seen  when  first  he 
started  out.  This  man  neither  sees 
double  nor  yet  two  points  of  equal 
brightness at  any  place  along  his  route. 
Only  one  success 
in  sight  ahead,  and 
that  his  own.  Never  does  it  shine  to 
right  or  left  of  the  straight  path  ahead 
where  its  beckoning  light leads  on. 
In­
stead  of  such  an  one  having  to surmount 
or  pass  around,  obstacles between  him 
and 
success  are  apparently  brushed 
aside by  an  unseen  Force,  leaving  the 
path  free  for  his  Star  of  Hope  to  light 
his  way.  Only  one  result  is  possible 
where  this  course  is  followed,  but  one 
end  to a  career'pushed  forward  along

sumer  for  25c.  Made  only  by 

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LYON  BROTHERS

The  line  of  Wringers  and  Ice  Cream  Freezers  offered  herewith  are  the  most  representative  popular  price  goods  that  the  market  affords. 
W e  have  made  satisfactory  contracts  for  this  season,  and  are,  therefore,  in  a position to offer these  extremely low  prices  on  such  high  grade 
standard  makes.  The  well-known  brands  that  these  two  lines  represent  are  sufficient  evidence  that  we  are  in  a  position  to  sell  the  trade  re­
liable,  satisfaction-giving  Wringers  and  Ice  Cream  Freezers  at  prices lower  than  have  been  offered  heretofore  by  any  other jobbing  house.

W e  handle  a  complete line  of  Tinware,  Hardware  and  general  household  goods.  For illustrations  and  descriptions  we  refer  the  trade  to 

our  Spring  and  Summer  Catalogue  (No.  238),  containing  608  pages.  We  mail  this  Catalogue  free  to  merchants  upon  application  only.

WRINGERS

CHICAGO  WOOD  WRINGER.

CHICAGO  IRON  WRINGER.

ELMO  WRINGER.

No.  no.

Positively  the  best  automatic  friction  wringer  ever 
sold  at  the  price.  Serviceable  quality,  the  best  of 
its  kind,  being  finished with  a  view  to  durability. 
The frame is made of kiln-dried seasoned  stock,  the 
rolls are guaranteed “new stock” rubber, vulcanized, 
size  10x1# 
to  the  shafts,  double  cog  wheels. 
Hold Fast tub  clamps,  a  thing  never  offered  on  a 
low-priced wringer.  All  iron  parts  are  warranted 
malleable  galvanized  iron  stock,  and  all  fittings 
combine  to  make  these  wringers  superior  to  any­
thing ever offered  at the price.  #   dozen to the case.

DOZEN...............................$11.50.

and  most  durable 

The  simplest  operated 
in 
use;  the  rolls  are  made  of  solid  white  rub­
ber,  “ new  stock,”  size  10x1#,  vulcanized 
to 
iron  shafts;  the 
iron  parts  are  all  galvanized. 
Hold  Fast  tub  clamps.  The  construction  enables 
it to be fitted on any shape tub, including galvanized 
or  fiber.  The  japanned  steel  springs  guarantee 
durability,  and  supply  sufficient  pressure  to  enable 
this wringer to be used  for  the  finest  muslin as well 
as the heaviest  woolens. 
It  has  apron  attachment, 
which prevents the water from running  into  the dry 
tub.  #   dozen to the case.

DOZEN............ 

........$10.50.

Supplied  with  the  improved  Hold  Fast tub clamp, 
suitable  for  galvanized  iron,  fiber  or  wood  tub. 
The  special  features  of  this  wringer  are  the  wheel 
pressure screw,  tempered  steel  springs,  metal  bear­
ings and extra  large folding  apron,  representing,  in 
fact,  every  possible  improvement  that  goes to make 
up a durable and serviceable  wringer.  Size  of rolls 
10x1#  inches.  #   dozen in a case.

DOZEN...............................$16.50.

LIBERTY  WRINGER.

ICE  CREAM  FREEZERS

MANCHESTER  WRINGER.

Supplied  with  the 
improved  Hold 
Fast tub clamp,  which enables it to be 
fitted to galvanized iron, fiber or wood 
tubs.  The  most  noteworthy  features 
of  this  wringer  are  the  solid  walnut 
topbar  and  apron,  wheel  pressure 
screw,  tempered  steel  spring,  metal 
bearings and extra large folding apron. 
It is the aim  of  the  manufacturers  of 
this wringer to include in  its  make  all 
points of improvement that will render 
it  serviceable  and  durable.  Size  of 
rolls 10x1#  inches.  #  dozen in case.

DOZEN................ $19.00.

LIGHTNING  FREEZERS

Are  the  only  kind  that  meet  every 
demand  for  high  quality  and  low 
price.  They have an  established rep­
utation  and  are  in  demand.  Made 
with the automatic twin scrapers; cedar 
pails with electric  welded wire  hoops, 
guaranteed  not  to  break  or  fall  oft. 
Cans are heavy  tin  plate  with  drawn 
steel  bottoms.  All  inside  parts  are 
thoroughly  tinned,  outside parts  heav­
ily  galvanized, 
the 
smallest  possible  amount  of  ice  and 
salt, and are economic and convenient. 
We handle  this line in five  sizes:

therefore  use 

Each
2 Quart...........................................$1  15
3 Quart......................................... 1 3 5
4 Quart......................................... 1  60
6 Quart......................................... 2  00
8 Quart......................................... 2  60

BLlZZARii  FREEZERS.
The  best  low-price  freezer  in  the 
market.  The low price  on  this brand 
of  freezers  is  due  only  to  its  simple 
construction,  being  single  action. 
It 
is  positively  the  best  single  action 
freezer in  the  world. 
In  addition  to 
this  feature  it  contains  many  of  the 
details mentioned  in our  line  of light­
ning freezers.  We handle  this line in 
five sizes:
Each
2 Quart.......................................   f l   00
3 Quart..........................................   1  15
4 Quart..........................................  1  35
6 Quart  „................. 
1  85
8 Quart..........................................  2 80

 

 

Regular  grade,  Ball  Bearings,  maple 
top  bar  and  apron,  black  japanned 
steel  springs,  wheel  pressure  screws, 
extra 
large  folding  apron,  regular 
grade roller.  This wringer is supplied 
with the  improved  Hold  Fast  galvan­
ized  iron  swing-tub  clamp  that  will 
take  two  inches;  size  of  roll  10x1# 
inches.  #   dozen in case.

DOZEN................$25.50.

LYON  BROTHERS,

Importers  and Jobbers  in

GENERAL  MERCHANDISE.

246-252  E a st  Madison  Street,  Chicago,  Hi.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

le

Shoes  and  Leather
Should  the  Trade  Encourage  Manu­

facturers  Who  Retail ?

In  my  opinion,  it  is business  suicide 
for  a  retail  merchant  to  handle goods 
that  are  sold  by  the  manufacturer  direct 
to  the  consumer,  or,  in  fact,  to  handle 
any  shoe  that  has  a  trademark  where­
from  the  consumer  can  obtain  the  name 
and  be  led  to  ask  for  such  and  such  a 
shoe.  Every  pair  of  shoes  of  this  kind 
the  dealer  sells  advertises  the  manufac­
turer,  and  the  dealer  in  selling  them  is 
acting  as  an  advertising  agent  for  the 
manufacturer and  just  so  far  is  not ben­
efiting  himself.

Let  us  imagine  an  instance:  A  man 
secures  a  pair  of  shoes  bearing a certain 
trademark.  He  wears  them,  and  being 
satisfied  with  the  wearing  qualities  and 
the  price,  he  tells  a  friend  about  the 
good  shoes So-and-So keeps,  and advises 
him  to  ask  for  the trademark  when  he 
comes  to  get  a  pair,  to  which  the  friend 
replies:  “ Why,  I can  get  that  shoe  next 
door to  where  I  live;  there  is  no  use  in 
going  away  down  there.”   Whose  pocket 
suffers?

If  the  dealer  had  sold  goods  bearing 
only  his  own  name,  or  no  name  at  all, 
he  would  have,  in  this  case,  sold  a  pair 
of  shoes  and  probably  made a  customer.
It  sometimes  happens  that  when  a 
dealer  has  the  exclusive  right  to  sell  a 
shoe  with  the  trademark,  people get  to 
know  him  as  the  sole  agent  for  that 
particular  shoe,  and  couple  his  name 
and  the  manufacturer’s  together  when­
ever  either  one  or the  other is spoken of.
Now,  all  shoes  made  in  a  first-class 
factory  are  not  first  class;  so  that  it 
sometimes  happens  that occasional pairs 
will  come  out  that  are  weak  in  some 
particular,  and a  break  may  come  either 
in  uppers  or  soles.  That  will  cause  the 
customer  to  return  them  to  you  and  you 
will  return  them  to  the  manufacturer; 
perhaps  the  manufacturer says  that  the 
claim  is  not  a  just  one;  you  maintain 
that 
is,  and  a  breach  is  started  that 
ends  only  when  the  relations  between 
the  dealer  and  manufacturer,  which  had 
hitherto  been  amicable,  are entirely  sev­
ered.  The  dealer  seeks  another  line, 
and,  I  might  almost  say,  is  forced  to 
start  business  all  over  again.

it 

If  he  had  had  a  shoe  with  his  own 
name  on 
it  every  pair  be  sold  would 
have been  an  advertisement  for himself.
How  about  the  manufacturer?  He 
looks  around  for another  dealer as  near 
to  number  one’s  store  as  possible,  and 
probably  offers  to  the  other  dealer  the 
line  number  one  has  given  up,  at  a  lit­
tle  lower  price,  so  that  he  can  sell  them 
to the  consumer at  a  little  less. 
It  does 
not  take  long  for  the  public,  especially 
that  part  of  it  that  has  traded with  num­
ber  one,  to  find  out  the  difference  in 
price,  and  number  one’s  name  is  re­
membered  ever  after as  having  cheated 
them  for  years.

Number  two  works  away  diligently, 
endeavoring  to  do  the  best  he  can  for 
the  manufacturer,  and 
in  his  turn 
comes,  possibly,  through  the  same  ex­
perience.

If  number  one  had  been  selling  un­
named  shoes,  and  had  fallen  out  with 
the  manufacturer,  he could have changed 
to  a  new  line  without  the  public  know­
ing  anything  about 
it,  and,  conse­
quently,  without  in  the  least  degree  in­
juring  his  trade.

The  remedy,  it  seems  to  me,  lies  in 
the  retailers coming  together  and agree­
ing  to  steadfastly  refuse  any  shoes  with 
a  trademark.  This  would  save a  great

deal  of  anxiety,  and  would  render  the 
selling  of  shoes  a  pleasure  instead  of  a 
task;  but 
is  too  much  to  ever  hope 
for.— Boots and  Shoes  Weekly.

it 

The  Farmer’s  Boy.

that 

“ I’d  like  to  be  a  boy  again,  without 
a  woe  or  care,  with  freckles  scattered 
on  my  face  and  hayseed  in  my hair.  I’d 
like  to  rise  at  4  o’clock  and  do a  hun­
dred  chores,  and  saw  the  wood  and  feed 
the  hogs  and  lock  the  stable  doors.  And 
herd  the  hens  and  watch  the  bees  and 
take  the  mules  to  drink,  and  teach  the 
turkeys  how  to  swim,  so 
they 
wouldn’t  sink;  and  milk  about  a  hun­
dred  cows  and  bring  the  wood  to  burn. 
And  stand  out 
in  the  sun  all  day  and 
churn  and  churn  and  churn,  and  wear 
my  brother’s  cast-off  clothes,  and  walk 
four  miles  to  school,  and  get  a  licking 
every  day  for  breaking  some  old  rule. 
And  then  get  home  again  at  night  and 
do  the  chores  some  more,  and  milk  the 
cows  and  feed  the  bogs  and  curry  mules 
galore,  and  then  crawl  wearily  upstairs 
and  in  my  little  bed,  and  hear dad  say, 
‘ That  worthless  boy—he  isn’t  worth  his 
bread !’ 
like  to  be  a  boy  again—a 
boy  has  so  much  fun!—his  life  is  just  a 
round  of  mirth  from  rise  to  set  of  sun. 
I  guess  there  is  nothing  pleasanter  than 
closing  stable  doors  and  herding  bens 
and  chasing  bees  and  doing  evening 
chores. ’ ’

I ’d 

Some  Encouragement.

Mrs.  Darlington—John, 

I  spoke  to 
papa  about  having  him  take  you 
into 
business,  but  he  couldn’t  do  it,  because 
you  have  too  many  vague  ideas.

Mr.  Darlington-----Hurrah! 

That’s
clever of  the  old  boy.  My  first  wife’s 
father  used  to  say  I  had  no  ideas  at  all.

Geo.  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.  R u b b e r   C o .  C o m b i n a ­
Send  us  your  orders 
t i o n s . 
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.

NOW  YOU 
SEE  IT

all  about  you  and 
everywhere that 
the  merchant 

who has  the  best  system  of  doing  business  and 
sticks  to one pre-arranged  plan,  succeeds  in  doing 
a profitable trade,  while  he  who  has  no  plan,  try­
ing to  run  without  system,  will  see  his  business 
get away from and final ruin swamp him.

THB  EORY  AUTOGRAPHIC  REGISTER 

shown at  top, used with  our  system  of  business, 
will  insure success,  as it stops all leaks, keeps ones 
business standing prominently in  mind,  saves  time, 
labor and  money,  thus  continually  piling  up  the 
ingredients of all  fortunes.

NOW  YOU  DONT

think for a minute  that  our  entire working  force, 
planning  for years  a  perfect  system,  can  fail  in 
showing advantages  to  you,  by which  your  busi­
ness would be  benefited.  We  have  practical  sys­
tems adapted to nearly all kinds of  retail  merchan­
dising,  and would be pleased  to aid  you  in  placing 
your business on a profitable basis.  The  merchant 
without  system stands no show against  his  neigh­
bor who has  the best.  Address orders  or inquiries 

L. A. ELY, Sales Agent, Alma, Mich.

G . R . salesman, S. K . Bolles, 39 Monroe St. 3d'fioor.

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can  be  purchased at  25  and  5  off  from 
new  price list.  Write

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from Gross Price List on Rubber Boots and Shoes for 
’99 will be as follows: 

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Until October 31st:

After October 31st:

Federal Brand, 25,  10 and  5  per cent.
Woonsocket Brand, 25, 5 and  5 per cent. 
Candee Brand, 25 and 5 per cent.

Federal Brand, 25 and  10 per cent.
Woonsocket Brand, 25 and 5 per cent.
Candee Brand, 25 per cent

Terms  November  ist, net 30 days 

If paid prior to  November  10th

7  par cent  per annum and  1  per cent,  extra  discount  ^ 9  
allowed.  Goods shipped and billed after November 
ist are net 30 days.

Our stock  of Tennis Shoes is very complete.

We solicit correspondence.

S T U D L E Y   &   B A R C L A Y ,  Grand  Rapids.  j |

W e  are  in  the  market  with  the  best 

Rubbers  on  earth  and  in  water.

Wales=Goodyear

i   Terms  Nov  ist,  30  days, 
i   Wales-Goodyear,  25  and  5  per cent.
1  Connecticuts,  25,  10 and  5  per cent, 
i   Woonsocket  Boots,  25,  5  and  5  per cent.
I   We  also carry  a  full  line of findings, shoe store  supplies,
%  fixtures,  etc  Write  for catalogue.
I  Herold=Bertsch  Shoe  Co.,  Qraod Rapids.
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Rubber Goods  1899=1900

We are selling Agents for Boston and Bay State Rubbers.

Discounts for This Season.  From May  ist to October 31st,  1899,  in­
clusive,  Boston  Rubber Shoe Co. ’s goods, 25 and 5  per cent.  Bay State 
Rubber Co.’s goods, 25,  10 and 5  per cent.  November ist, 1809, to March 
31st,  1900, Boston  Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods, 25 per cent.,  and  Bay  State 
goods, 25 and  10 per cent
1  per  cent, 
Terms.  Bills to date November 1st, due December ist 
off cash in  10 days.  For prepayment, 7 per cent,  per annum to Novem­
ber  10th, and above mentioned  1  per cent  will be allowed.

Freight.  Actual railroad and steamboat freight will be allowed.
On account of advance in crude gum and lining fabrics  it  has  become 
necessaiy to advance the  price  list.  New  lists  will  be  mailed  you  on 
application.  We hope to receive your  valuable  orders  for  the  best  line 
of Rubber Goods made. 

Yours respectfully,

RINDOE, KALMBACH, LOGIE & CO.,

OIAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

few  months.  His  next  move  was  to 
South  Haven,  where  he  purchased  a 
farm  and  dealt  in  produce  summers  and 
taught  school  winters.  After  three  years 
of  farm 
life,  he  sold  out  and,  in  the 
spring  of  1879,  came  to  Grand  Rapids. 
In  August  of  the  same  year,  he  removed 
to  Rockford,  where  he  engaged  in  tbe 
gorcery  business,  which  he  continued 
eight  years,  during  which  he  spent 
about  half  his  time  on  the  road  selling 
fruits  and  produce.  He  then  closed  out 
his  grocery  business  and  traveled  one 
year  in  Michigan  for  D.  H.  McAlpin  & 
Co.,  of  New  York,  and  seven  years 
in 
Western  Michigan 
for  Morris  H. 
Treusch  &  Bro.,  of  Grand  Rapids.  He 
then  engaged  with  Bennett,  Sloan  & 
Co.,  of  New  Yoik,  and  a  year  later 
formed  an  alliance  with  the  Standard 
Tobacco  &  Cigar  Co.,  of  Cleveland,  to 
cover  the  entire  State  of  Michigan, 
handling  both  lines  of  goods.

Mr.  Gates  was  married 

in  1873  to 
Miss  Irene  Hurlbut,  daughter  of  W.  H. 
Hurlbut,  of  South  Haven,  by  whom  he 
had  three children—Manly C.,  ErnestO.

Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip.

President,  Chab.  S.  Stb v en s,  Ypsilanti; Secre­
tary, J. C. Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer,  O.  C. 
G ou ld. Saginaw,
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  J am es  E.  Da y ,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C . W.  A llen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 

Grand Connselor, J. J. E v a n s, Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary, G. S. V a l m o s e, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, W. S. West, Jackson.

Grand Rapids Connell  No. 131.

Senior Counselor. D. E. K e y e s ;  Secretary-Treas­
urer,  L.  P.  B a k e r .  Regular  meetings—First 
Saturday of each month in Council  Chamber  in 
McMullen block.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mntual  Acci­
President,  J.  B oyd  P a n t lin d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, G eo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand 
Rapids.

dent Association.

Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President, F. G. T r usco tt, Marquette ; Secretary 
and Treasurer, A . F. W ixson,  Marquette.

SU C C E SS FU L   SALESMEN.

A.  B.  Gates.  Michigan  Representative 

Standard  Cigar  Co.

Aaron  6.  Gates  was  born  on  a  farm 
near  Pieasantviile,Venango  county,  Pa., 
Feb.  20,  1853.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev. 
Aaron  Gates,  a  Baptist  minister,  and 
Amanda  M.  Cross,  grandniece  of  Sam­
uel  Payne and Elisha Payne,  the founder 
of  Madison  University.  Mr.  Gates’ 
father was  educated  in  that 
institution 
and  married  Miss  Cross  during  bis  col­
lege  course.  His  paternal  grandfather, 
Aaron  Gates,  was  a  volunteer  soldier  in 
tbe  war of  1812  and  commanded  a.com ­
pany  at  Sackett’s  Harbor.  Tbe  ances­
tors  of  his  mother  were  French  and 
emigrated  from  France  (where the name 
was  La  Crosse)  to  New  England  in  the 
early  part  of  the  Eighteenth  Century. 
At  the  opening  of  the  revolution 
in 
1775,  his  greatgrandfather,  Uriah  Cross, 
was  living  near  Buckland,  Vt.  He  was 
a  patriot,  inspired  by  the  love  of  free­
dom,  and,  with  his  six  brothers,  en­
tered  tbe  Colonial  army  and 
served 
throughout  the  war.  As  an  officer  under 
Col.  Eatban  Allen,  he  took  part  in  the 
capture  of  Ticonderoga,  Skenesborough 
and  Crown  Point.  He  was  with  Allen 
when  that  officer  was  captured,  but  with 
a  few  comrades  made  his  escape  by 
breaking  through  the  British 
lines. 
Later he  served  in  a  Connecticut  regi­
ment.  His  grandfather,  Calvin  Cross, 
was  born  Jan.  21,  1781,  and about  twenty 
years  later  removed  to  Payne’s  settle­
ment  (now  Hamilton),  New  York.  At 
this  place  he  married  Polly  Hosmer, 
eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  Ashbel  Hosmer, 
who  was  then  pastor  of  tbe  Baptist 
church  at  Hamilton,  and  also  one  of  the 
earliest  officers  of  the  Hamilton  Baptist 
Missionary  Society,  which  preceded  tbe 
New  York  Baptist  convention.  He  was 
one  of  tbe  founders  of  the  denomination 
in  that  region,  Calvin  Cross  was  also 
an  officer  in  the  war  of  1812.

Mr.  Gates  waS  educated  at  Waterford 
Academy,  Pa.,  and  at  Jamestown  Colle­
giate  Institute  in  New  York.  He  taught 
school  near  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  one 
term.  He  then  entered  Union  College, 
Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  in  company  with 
his  brother,  Hon.  Jasper  C.  Gates,  now 
of  Detroit.  He  afterward  removed  to 
Morrisville,  N.  Y.,  where  he  secured  a 
position  as  clerk 
In 
1873,  he  came  to  Grand  Rapids  and 
clerked  a  few  months  for  S.  D.  Jack- 
son,  who  then  conducted  a  dry  goods 
store  on  Monroe  street.  The  same  year 
be  went  to  Jackson  and  engaged  with 
the  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  house 
of  N.  G.  Davis,  where  he  remained  a

in  a  drug  store. 

goes,  because  he  has  the  happy  faculty 
of  handling  his  customer  without  fric­
tion  and  takes  defeat  as  gracefully  as 
success—a  quality,  by  the  way,  which 
few  traveling  men  possess.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Carson  City  Gazette:  Walter  Mosher 
is  traveling  for  the  Michigan  Anchor, 
Fence  Co.,  of  South  Haven.

Sault  Ste.  Marie  News:  W.  F.  Mitch­
ell  has  returned  to  the city from Detroit, 
where  be  recently  went  to  take  a  posi­
tion  with  the  Fletcher  Hardware  Co. 
After  his  arrival  there,  however,  he  ac­
cepted  an  offer  from  Standart  Bros., 
wholesale  hardware  dealers,  to  act  as 
their traveling representative,  with bead- 
quarters  at  Marquette.  Mr.  Mitchell 
will  not,  however,  move  his  family  to 
Marquette  until  after the  close of school.
is  claimed  that  an  oyster  can  will 
hold  sufficient  compressed  air  to  propel 
a  buggy  one  hundred  miles. 
In  talking’ 
on  this  subject  W.  P.  Townsend,  the 
cracker  salesman,  became  “ Windy,”  
and  said:  “ If  the  wasted  force  from 
Windy  Hawkins  could  be  used  on  that 
too  often  late  G.  R.  &  I.  morning  train 
from  Cadillac  to  Lake  City,  that  train 
might  be  on  time  once  and  get  half  way 
back  from  one  charge of the spontaneous 
supply. ’ ’

It 

Kalamazoo  Telegraph :  Archie  Camp­
bell,  who  has  been  shipping  clerk at  the 
Upjohn  Pill  and  Granule  Co.  for  the 
past  three  years,  will 
leave  for  New 
York 
in  two  weeks  to  accept  a  position 
with  tbe  Sidney  Ross  Drug  Co.  He 
will  start  about  tbe  middle  of  June  on 
tn  eight  months’  trip  as their represent­
ative 
in  South  Africa.  Mr.  Campbell 
is  well  known  in  the  young  society  cir­
cles  of  the  city  and  bis  splendid  oppor­
tunity  to  combine  business  and  a  trip to 
Africa  is occasion  for  much  congratula­
tion.

Geo.  W.  McWilliams,  formerly  with 
the  Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.,  has  engaged 
to  travel  for  the  J.  F.  Eesley  Milling 
Co.,  of  Plainwell  and  Constantine,  cov­
ering  the  trade  of  Western  Michigan. 
Mr.  McWilliams  comes  from  a  family 
of  salesmen  and 
certainly  ought  to 
achieve  unusual  success, 
if  environ­
ment  and  exampie  count  for anything 
in  this  world.  Tbe  specialties 
in  self 
rising  flour  recently  brought  out  by  the 
Eesley  Co.  offered  him  a  pleasing  va­
riety  from  the  proverbial  dryness  and 
sameness  of  the  flour  line.

1 7

Three  New  Members  Taken  Into  the 

Fold.

Grand  Rapids,  May  15— At  the  last 
regular  meeting  of  Grand  Rapids  Coun­
cil  No.  131,  U.  C.  T .,  Clarence  Golds- 
borough,  of  Flint  Council,  No.  29,  and 
Geo.  A.  Simmonds,  of  Columbus  Coun­
cil,  No  1,  were  present  as  visitors.

Wm.  H.  Sigel,  representing  Clark- 
Jewell-Wells  Co.  ;  Govert  Vander  Wey­
den,  representing  Herold-Bertscb  Shoe 
Co.,  and  Harry  C.  Wagner,  representing 
the  Milwaukee  Bay  Co.,  were 
initiated 
into  full  membership.

Half  rate  round  trip  tickets  to  the 
Grand  Council  meeting  to  be  held  in 
Detroit,  May  19 and  20,  were  received 
from  the committee  and  distributed.

Badges  will  be  provided  for  all  by 
special  committee  at  the  train  on  tbe 
morning  of  tbe  19th.  All  members  and 
their  friends  are  urged  to  go.  The  De­
troit  Council  has  assured  us  a  good 
time.  The  banquet  and  ball  will  be 
given  Friday  evening  and  the  parade 
Saturday  afternoon.
*  Senior  Counselor  Keyes  appointed 
Messrs.  Emery,  Kolk  and  Baker  a  com­
mittee  to  make  arrangements  for  a  ball 
to  be  given  in  the  near  future.
Each  meeting  grows  more  interesting 
and  the  initiation  more  novel.  Did  all 
the  members  know  of  the good  times 
we  have  they  would  surely  attend  every 
meeting.

Three  new  members  at  a  time  is  not 
bad,  is  it,  boys?  Let  the  noble  work 
proceed.

Let’s  all  go  to  Detroit.  We  shall 
have  the  Grand  Council  meeting  here 
in  a  year  or  two,  and  now  is  the  oppor­
tunity  to  create  a  favorable  impression, 
so  that  we  may  also  draw  a  crowd.

It  is  reported  that  Harry  Wagner,  our 
newest  member, was  at  the  Burke  Hotel, 
in  Cadillac,  when  it  burned  and  that  be 
lost  bis  grip  and  personal  effects— in 
fact,  everything  but  his  reputation.

A dam  D ubb.

Senate  amendments  to  tbe  Missouri 
department-store  tax  bill  have  been  ac­
cepted  by  the  house.  This  is  the  meas­
ure  which  seeks,  by  the  severity  of  the 
taxes  imposed,  to  drive  such  stores  out 
of  existence.

It 

is  not  well  to  love  a  child  for  his 
meanness  that  gets  the  best  of  other 
people’s  children.

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H O T E L  W H IT C O M B

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT. Prop.

and  Olo  Veil.  Manly  C.  is  now  at Ham­
mond,  Ind.,  employed  by  Hammond, 
Standish  &  Co.  ;  Ernest  O.  is at Fresno, 
Cali.,  a  book-keeper,  and  Olo  V.  is  at 
Bangor,  in  her  last  year  in  the  high 
school.  Mr.  Gates  was  married  in  1888 
to  Miss  Anna  Bell,  daughter  of  John 
Bell,  of  Charlevoix,  by  whom  he  bad 
one  son,  Ivan  R.,  and  a  daughter  who 
died,  with her mother,during  childbirth. 
In  1892  Mr.  Gates  married  Miss  Elsie 
Blanchard,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Carrie 
Blanchard,  of  Detroit,  in whom he found 
a  kind  and  loving  mother  for  his  son, 
Ivan  R.,  who  is  a  bright  and  promising 
youth  now  attending  the  Rockford  pub­
lic  school.

Mr.  Gates  is  a  member  of  Rockford 
Lodge  No.  247,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  is 
affiliated  with  the  Michigan  Knights  of 
tbe  Grip,  the  Cleveland  Commercial 
Travelers’  Association  and  the  Michi­
gan  Commercial  Travelers’  Mutual  Ac­
cident  Association.  He is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church  of  Rockford,  having 
been  affiliated  with  that  denomination 
for  over  thirty  years.

Mr.  Gates  attributes  his  success  to 
hard  work,  fidelity to  the  interests  of  his 
employer  and  the  regularity  with  which 
be  has  invariably  kept  all  of  bis  ap­
pointments.  He  has  an  unusually  wide 
acquaintance  with  the  trade by reason of 
his geniality  and  perpetual  good  nature 
and  is a  welcome.lvisitor  wherever  Jbe

The  Supreme  Court  of  Minnesota  has 
just  given  a decision making a telegraph 
company  liable  for transmitting libelous 
messages  by  telegraph.  The telegram  in 
question  was  anonymous,  and  a  verdict 
of  $1,000  was  given 
in  favor  of  the 
plaintiff.

Railroad 

collisions,  which 

should 
never  happen,  do  happen,  and  more 
Americans  are  killed  than  are  killed  in 
all  the  battles  of  Manila,  and  yet  no 
one  is  blamed,  and  no  peace  commis­
sioners  try  to  stop  tbe  railroads.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Drugs—Chemicals
MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
•  Deo. 31,1899 
Dec. 31,1900
-  Dec. 31,1901 
-  Dec. 31,1902
Dec. 31,1803

A. C. Sch u m ach er,  Ann Arbor 
Geo. Gu n d r u m ,  Ionia  - 
L. B.  R e y n o l d s,  St.  Joseph 
He n r y  Hs u ,  Saginaw  - 
- 
Wir t  P. D orr, Detroit 
- 

------- 

President, Gao.  G u r -d r u m ,  lonla.
Secretary, A. C. Schumachxr, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, He n r y   H eim , Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.
Star Island—June 26 and 27.
Houghton—Aug. 29 and 30.
LanBlng—Nov. 7 and 8.

STATE PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. Sou r win e,  Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chab. F.  Man n, Detroit. 
Treasurer—J ohn D. Mu ir , Grand Rapids.

in 

illustration  of  this. 

How  the  Druggists  Made  a  Mistake.
Said  a  proprietary  medicine  man  to 
an  American  Druggist  reporter:  “ A 
lifelong  experience  with  retail  drug­
gists has  convinced  me  that  what  they 
chiefly  lack  is  judgment.  I  will  tell  you 
a  story 
In  a 
certain  town,  which  mnst  be  nameless, 
there  was  a  strong  demand  for  one  of 
our  preparations—an  extract  of  malt. 
We  bad  created  this  demand  by  detail 
work  amongst  the  physicians. 
In  spite 
of  all  we  could  do,  the  extract  got  into 
the  hands  of  the  department  stores,  and 
the  price  was  cut.  Nevertheless,  there 
was  still  a  good  margin  of  profit  for 
everyone.  Just  at  this  time,  along  came 
a  brewer concern  with  promises  to  the 
druggists that  their  malt  extract  would 
be  sold  only  to  retail  druggists,  and  the 
price  rigidly  maintained.  The  drug­
gists  at  once  filled  their  windows  with 
the  stuff  and  refused  to  supply  our 
goods. 
In  a  day  or two,  while  we  were 
pondering  the  matter  and  wondering 
just  what  we  ought  to  do  for  our own 
preservation,  we  got  a  telephone  order 
from  a  grocer  for  a  gross  of  our  malt 
extract.  Up  to  this  time  we  had  con­
fined  our  sales  exclusively  to  the  whole­
sale  drug  trade.  Now  we  determined  to 
supply  anyone  who  ordered.  From  that 
time  on,  we  received  no  orders  what­
ever  from  the  drug  trade,  and  the  gro­
cers  became  our  regular  customers.  Our 
sales 
in  the  past  six  months,  without 
the  expenditure  of  one  penny  in  adver­
tising,  have  increased  over  the  previous 
six  months  by  about  25  per  cent. 
I 
think  the  retail  druggists  showed  very 
poor  business  judgment 
in  what  they 
did.  No  business  man 
in  his  senses 
should  ignore  the  wishes  of the public. ”

Grocers  Support  Druggists.

Pittsburg,  May  15— The  fight  between 
the  retail  druggists  of  Pittsburg  and  A l­
legheny  and  the  manufacturers  of  Cuti- 
in  ear­
cura  and  Ripans  Tabules  is  on 
nest,  and  will  be  to  a  finish  as  far as 
the  retail  druggists  are 
concerned. 
They  are  asking  for  goods  at  a  reason­
able  price  and  protesting  against  per­
sistent  cutters  and  especially  depart­
ment  stores.  Neither  of  these  manu­
facturers  have  shown  any  disposition  to 
meet  the  views  of the  retailers,  but sim­
ply  said  no  with  a  big  N.  The  Cuticura 
people  are  now  advertising  wholesale 
and  retail  grocers,  without  any  author­
ity  from  them,  and  some  of  those  ad­
vertised  do  not  carry  a  penny’s worth  of 
Cuticura  goods  in  stock.  Two-thirds  of 
the  grocers  so  advertised  have  com­
pelled  the  manufacturers  to  take  their 
names  out  of the  advertisement  and  the 
balance,  it  is  said,  will  soon  follow  suit 
—the  wholesale  and  retail  grocers  have 
no  more  love  for  department  stores  than 
have the  druggists.  At  a  meeting  of  the 
Retail  Grocers’  Association  yesterday  a 
resolution  was  passed  commending  the 
action  of the  Retail  Drug  Association, 
and  offering  the  sympathy  and  support 
of  the  Grocers’  Association.

The  Ripans  people  have  resorted  to

almost  the  same  methods  except  that 
they  advertise  the  goods  for  sale  by  cer­
tain  retail  druggists  who  have  none  in 
stock  and  say  will  not  buy  them.  The 
Ripans  Chemical  Co.  make  figures  and 
say  some  very  funny  things.  The  retail 
druggist  who  could  buy  enough  goods  to 
get  their  46  per cent,  is a  very  scarce 
article  in  this  part of  the  country.

The  Drug  Market.

Opium— Continues  to  decline  under 
favorable  crop  reports  from growing dis­
trict.

Morphine— Is  as  yet  unchanged,  al­

though  a  decline  is  expected.

Quinine— Is  weak.  Manufacturers' 

prices  are  unchanged.

Napthaline  Balls—Are very scarce and 

have  advanced.

Citric  Acid— Has  been  again  ad­
vanced  by  manufacturers  ic  per  pound.
Gum  Camphor— Refiners  have  ad­
vanced  price  >£c  per  pound,  with  an 
upward  tendency.

is  easier  and 

Essential  Oils— Bottom  seems  to  have 
been  reached  on  anise  and  is  more firm. 
Cassia 
lower.  Cloves, 
after a  sharp  decline,  have  reacted  and 
are  higher.  Wormwood  is  in  very small 
supply  and  high  prices  will  probably 
rule  during  the  coming  year.  The  pep­
permint  crop  will  be  much  smaller  than 
last  year,  but  large  stocks  in  the  hands 
of 
jobbers  will  probably  bold  the  low 
price  now  ruling.
Roots—Golden 

seal  continues  very 
is  very 

scarce  and  high.  Serpentaria 
scarce  and  has been  advanced.

Spices—Cloves  are  very  firm.-Pepper 
has  advanced,  but  the  remainder  of  the 
list 

is  unchanged.

Linseed  O il—Is  weak,  with  prospects 

of  lower  prices.

it 

lies 

Composition  o f Tobacco  Cures- 
While 

is  true  that  a  few  of  the 
widely  advertised  specifics  for  the  cure 
of  the  tobacco  habit  rank slightly higher 
than  the  faith  cure,  Christian  Science, 
etc.,  in  their  therapeutic  virtue,  it  is 
probable  that  most  of  the  efficacy  of 
these  remedies 
in  the  advertising 
circulars  surrounding  the  package  and 
in  the  effect  which  these  have  on  the 
individual  using  the  “ specifics”   and 
“ cures.”  
If  you  are  determined t i  em­
bark  in  the  business  of  manufacturing 
tobacco  cures,  a  compressed  tablet  of 
some  bitter  extract  or  combination  of 
bitter  tonic  extracts  might be as service­
able  as  the  next  thing  A  combination 
of  gentian  and  chamomile  could  be  put 
up  and  sold  in tablet form,  accompanied 
by  directions  to  take  one  tablet  three 
times  daily,  a  half  an  hour  after  meals.

The  Indiana  Board.

The  following  gentlemen  have  been 
appointed  members  of  the  Ihvtrd  of 
Pharmacy,  provided  for  by  the  phar­
macy 
law  enacted  at  the  recent  session 
of  the  Indiana  Legislature:  George  W.
Sloan, 
of  Indianapolis;  Charles  B. 
Woodworth,  of  Fort  Wayne;  Harry  E. 
Glick,  of  La  Fayette;  Charles  E.  Cre- 
celius,  of  New  Albany,  and  Theo.  E. 
Otto,  of  Columbus.

limited,  by 

The  members  will  receive  their  com­
missions as  soon  as  the  new  laws go into 
effect,  sometime 
in  May.  The  Board 
will  organize  within  ten  days  after  the 
members  receive  their  commissions. 
The  sessions  are 
law,  to 
three  days,  so  the  Board  will  have a 
very,  very  busy  first  session  and  will 
no  doubt  have  to  serve a few days gratis.
It  takes  four things  to  make  a  gentle­
man :  You  must  be  a  gentleman  in  your 
principles,  a  gentleman  in  your  tastes, 
a  gentleman 
in  your  manners,  and  a 
gentleman  in  your  person.

AGREED  TO   DISAGREE.

Perpetual  Feud  Between  the  Druggist 

and  His  Customer.

M.  Quad in American Druggist.

I  don’t  exactly  like the house in which 
I 
live  and  the  neighborhood  is  by  no 
means  what  I  would  have  it,  but  I  have 
continued  to  stick  for  the  last  two  or 
three  years  simply  to  see the  thing  out 
between  Mr.  Bowser  and  his  family 
druggist.  The  “ affair”   began  three  or 
four  years  ago,  when  the  corner drug 
store  changed  hands  and  a  stranger  took 
possession.  Mr.  Bowser  was  one  of  the 
first  to  call.  He 
looked  the  new  man 
over  and  then  observed :

“ You  are  supposed  to know your busi­
ness  as  a  druggist  and  I  hope  you  do. 
This  is  no  neighborhood  for a  man  who 
puts  up  arsenic  for  quinine.  You’d 
better  turn a hundred prescriptions  away 
than  make  one  blunder.”

“ I  think  I  can  run  this  business,”  
replied  the  druggist,  with  all  proper 
dignity.

“ Well,  perhaps  you  can,  but  it  will 
be  well  to  keep  your  eyes  open. 
I  shall 
trade  with  you  more  or  less,  and  if  you 
make  a  blunder  with  me  you’ll  find  a 1 
man  who’ll  follow  you  to  your  grave!”  
“ You  might  take  your  custom  else­

where. ’ ’

“ But  I  don't  propose  to.  This 

is  a 
drug  store and  you  are  supposed  to  be 
in 
a  druggist. 
the  drug  line  right  here.  Only,  as  I 
remarked  before,  don’t  try  to  put  up 
prescriptions  and  watch  a  dog-fight  at 
the  same  time. ”

I  shall  get  what  I  want 

That  was  the  beginning.  The  drug­
gist  decided  that  Mr.  Bowser  was an 
old  craDk  and  that  the  less  he  saw  of 
him  the  better,  and  Mr.  Bowser decided 
that  the  druggist  was  too  mighty 
inde­
pendent  and  needed  to  be  taken  down 
a  few  pegs.  There  was  another drug 
store  only  a  block  away,  but  he  wouid 
do  all  his  buying  at  this  one  out  of 
spite. 
It  wasn’t  three  days  before  be 
felt  agueisb  and  wanted  some quinine, 
and  be  dropped  in  to  say:
“ If  you  think  you  can  put  up  a  quar­
ter’s  worth  of  two-grain  quinine  cap­
sules  go  ahead  and  do 
it,  but  don’t 
ring  in  morphine  or  strychnine on me.”  
“ For  fear  of  mistakes  you’d  better go 
elsewhere,”   replied  the  druggist.

I’ll  be  hanged 

if  I  do!”   shouted 
Mr.  Bowser  as  he  pounded  on  the  coun­
ter. 
“ You  are  either a  druggist  or  not 
a  druggist.  You  either  know  enongb  to 
pnt  up  quinine  capsules  or  you  don’t.  I 
stand  on  my  rights.”

The  druggist  took  the  bluff  and  put 
up  the  quinine,  but  as  he  closed  the 
deal  he  couldn’t  help  saying:

“ There  are  folks  in this  neighborhood 

who  seem  to  go  with  a  crank.”

“ And  there  are  druggists  around  here 
who  want  to  haul  in  their horns  if  they 
expect  to  keep  out  of bankruptcy!”   re­
plied  Mr.  Bowser as  he  walked  out.

In  time  the  two  men  came  to  respect 
and  like  each  other,  singular  as  it  may 
seem,  although  Mr.  Bowser  never  en- 
tered  the  drug  store  that  a  row  didn’t 
result  He  was  determined  to  humble 
that  druggist  or  perish,  and  the  drug­
gist  was  determined  to  maintain  his 
independence  if  his  weekly  sales  didn’t 
go  above  a  cake  of  camphor-ice.  There 
were  times  when  we,  who  were  lookers* 
on,  decided  that  Mr.  Bowser  had  the 
best  of  it.  He’d  drop  in  about  8  o'clock 
of an  evening  after castor  oil  or  squills 
for  young  Bowser,  and  as  be  received 
the  bottle  he  would  shake  his  head  and 
soberly  remark :

“ May  possibly  be  all 

right,  but  I 
dunno— I  dunno.  You  were  gawping 
all  around  the  store  as  you  put  it  up, 
it’s  a  chance  that  you  haven’t 
and 
worked  something  else  in.”
“ Then  you’d  better  leave  it,”   the 
druggist  would  reply.
“ I’ll  do  nothing  of  the  kind! 
If  this 
turns  out  to be  a  blunder  up  you  go  to a 
lamp-post!”

“ Bowser,  you’re  a  crank !”
“ And  you  ought  to  be  running  a  car­

penter  shop!”

As  near  midnight  as  possible  the 
druggist,  who lived over  the  store,  would 
be  jumped  out  of  bed  by  the  furious 
ringing  of  his  night  bell,  and  upon

rushing  down  stairs  would  find  Mr. 
Bowser and  be  greeted  with :

that  castor o il!”

“ I  told  you  you’d  mixed  poison  with 
“ But  I  didn’t 1”
“ But  you  did ! 

I gave  the  boy  a  dose 
at 9 o’clock and he’s now in convulsions ! 
If  I  don’t  have  you  dangling  from  a 
lamp-post  before  you  are  an  hour  older 
then  my  name  isn’t  Bowser 1”

Then  Bowser  would  rush  off and leave 
the  druggist  to  sweat  and  swear  through 
the  rest  of  the  night,  and  he’d  bear  no 
more  of  the  case  for  two  or  three  days. 
It  was  at  such  times  that  Mr.  Bowser 
had  the  best  of  it, but the druggist never 
failed  to  come  back  at  him. 
If  Bowser 
dropped 
in  when  there  were  three  or 
four  other  people  present  he’d  be  pub­
licly  saluted  with:

“ Good  evening,  Mr.  Bowser—good 
evening.  Just  wait a  minute and  I ’ll get 
that  hair-dye  for  you. 
I’ve  also  got  a 
new  supply  of  your  complexion-powder. 
If  you  were  only  a  widower,  now,  you 
wouldn’t look  a  day  over sixty!"

Then  Mr.  Bowser  would  turn  forty 
kinds  of  red  and  white,  and  swear  in 
the  whispered  language  of  every  nation 
on  earth,  and  one  bad  only  to  observe 
him  to  decide  that  the  druggist  bad  the 
best  of  it.  Fifty  different  times  when 
I’ve  been 
in  the  store  Mr.  Bowser  has 
come  in  for  no other object  than  to pick 
a  fuss.  His  custom  on  such  occasions 
is  to  walk  up  and  down  the  store  for 
three  or  four  minutes,  and  then  sudden­
ly  turn  on  the  druggist  with :

“ Well,  bow  many  men,  women  and 
children  have  you poisoned  off  to-day?”  

“ None  of  your  business!"
“ Perhaps  not,  but  if  you  ever  poison 
one  of  my  family  it’ll  be  some  of  my 
business,  and  don’t  you  forget  it!”
“ If  the  family  numbered  one  less  it 
would  be a  good  thing  for  this  neigh­
borhood!”

“ And  there  will  be  one  less  druggist 
above  ground 
if  you  don’t  learn  the 
difference between  paregoric  and laudar 
num!’ ’

The  affair  is  still  on,  and  as  I  said,  I 
stick  to  the  neighborhood  because  I 
want  to  see  how  it  will end.  Mr.  Bowser 
is  a  man  who  never gives  up,  and  the 
druggist  has  ao  iron  jaw.  In  most  wars 
there  is  a  truce  or a  rest  now  and  then, 
bnt  there  is  no  let-up  in  this.  Neither 
of  the  men  ever go  into  winter quarters. 
A  week  ago  the  thought  struck  me  to 
offer  my  services  as  mediator,  and  I 
went  to  Mr.  Bowser first. 
I  had  scarce­
ly  begun  my  story  when he drew  himself 
up  and  puffed  out  his  chest  and 
inter­
rupted :

“ Say  no  more—not  another  word. 
That  man 
is  too  independent  and  has 
got  to  be  humbled.  I ’ll  make  him  come 
to  time  if  it takes  me  ten  years.  A y e ! 
I’ll  bring  him  low  or  perish 
in  the  at­
tempt!”

I  hoped  to  find  the  druggist  more 
reasonable,  but  was  disappointed. 
I 
bad  just  reminded  him  that  it  was  di­
vine  to  forget  and  forgive  when  he 
waved  his  arms  in  the  air  and  shouted: 
“ Never!  Never!  That  Bowser  is  an 
old  crank  and  a  durned  mean  man,  and 
I’ll  make  him  get  down  and  chew  gum 
if  it  takes  a  hundred  years  to  do  it!”

Walnut  Dye  for  the  Hair.

This  is  prepared  by  taking  the  skins 
of  fresb  walnuts, beating them  to  a  pulp
and  preserving 
in  alcohol;  about  4 
ounces  of  walnut  skin  pulp  are  added 
to  a  pint  of  alcohol.  '  The  solution  is 
applied  directly  to  the  hair.  Darken­
ing  of the  hair  from  the  application  of 
a  solution  of  walnut  juice  thus  prepared 
appears after a  few  hours’  exposure  to 
air and  light.

Sewing  Machine  Oil.

The  best  oil  for  lubricating  sewing 
machines,  typewriters  and  fine  machin­
ery  generally 
is  the  purest  grade  of 
sperm.  A  water-white liquid  petrolatum 
is  also  serviceable.  The  vegetable  oils 
are  to  be  avoided,  since  many  of  them 
become gummy  and  through  decompo­
sition  and  the  liberation  of  acids  att  ck 
the  delicate  bearings of  the  machinery.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Morphia,S.P.AW...  2 20® 2 45 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.A
C.  Co....................  2 10® 2 35
Moschus Canton__  @  40
65®  80
Myristica, No. 1...... 
Nux Vomica... po.20 
®  10
Os  Sepia................. 
15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P.
D. Co.................... 
®  1  00
Piéis Liq. N.N.H gal.
doz........................  @ 2 00
Plcls Liq., quarts__ 
® 1  00
®  85
Plcls Liq., pints...... 
®  50
Pll Hydrarg...po.  80 
®  18
Piper Nigra... po.  22 
Piper Alba__po.35 
®  30
Piix  Burgun........... 
® 
7
Plumb!  Acet........... 
10®  12
PulviB Ipecac et Opli  1  10®  1  20 
Py rethrum, boxes H.
®  1 25
A P. D. Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum,  pv........  25®  30
8®  10
Quassia................. 
43®  43
Quinla, S. P. A W.. 
38®  48
Quinta, 8.German.. 
Quinla, N.Y...... —  
43®  48
Rubia Tinctorum... 
12®  14
SaccharumLactis pv  18®  20
Salacln....................  3 00® 3 10
Sanguis Draconls... 
40®  50
Sapo,  W................... 
12®  14
Sapo, M.................... 
10®  12
Sapo, G.................... 
®  15
Siedlitz  Mixture__  20  ®  22

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

Slnapis........................ 
® 18
Slnapis, opt............  
®  30
Snuff, Maccaboy.De
® 34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s 
®  34
Soda Boras..............  9  ®  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  ®  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1)4® 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3)4® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........  
® 
2
® 2 60
Spts. Cologne........... 
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  55
® *■ 00
Spt-.  Myrda Dom... 
®
Spts. Vlni Rect. bbl. 
®
Spts. Vlni Rect )4bbl 
Spts. Vlni Rect. lOgal 
®
Spts. Vlni Rect.  5gal 
®
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  30® 1  35
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2V@  4
Sulphur,  Roll........  2)2@3)4
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobrom®.........   .  46®  48
Vanilla....................  9 00®16 00
Zlnd Sulph................ 
7®  8

Oils

Whale, winter.........  70 
Lard,  extra.............  55 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
40 

BBL.  OAL.
70
60
45

19

Linseed, pure raw.. 
47 
Linseed,  Dolled......   48 
Neatsfoot, winter str  66 
Spirits Turpentine..  48 

50
51
70
55
Paints  BBL.  LB
Red Venetian.........   134  2  @a
Ochre, yeiiow Mars.  134  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  134  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  234 2)4@3 
Putty, strictly pure.  2)4  2M@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13®  15
70®  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  13)4®  17)4
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13®  16
Lead, Red...............   5)4®  6)4
Lead, white............   5)4®  6)4
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gildersT..  @  10
White, Paris Amer..  @  1  00 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................  @140
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

Varnishes

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

SALE  P R IC E   CU R R EN T.

00® 4 50

15®  1 25

00®  1 10
50®  1 60

20®  1 30
50® 2 00
25®  1 35

35®  50

75
50®  60

Contain Mac........... 
Copaiba...................  1 
Cubebe......................  go® 
Exechthitos...........  1  00®  1  10
Erlgeron.................  1 
Qaultherla..............  1 
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
Gossippil, Sem. gal.. 
Hedeoma......   ........  1 
Junlpera..................  l 
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonl8...................  1 
Mentha Piper.........   1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhuae,  gal.........   1  00®  1  15
Myrcla,....................  4 
Olive.......................  
75® 3 00
10®  12
Plcls  Liquida.........  
Plcls Liquida, gal...  @  35
R id n a .................... 
92® 1 00
Rosmarini...............  
® 10 0
Roste,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
S ucdni...................  40®  45
Sabina................... 
go®  l  00
Santal......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  55®  60
®  65
Slnapis, ess., ounce. 
Tiglli.......................  1 70®  1  80
Thyme.................... 
40®  50
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................  . 
15® 
18
13® 
Bichromate............  
15
Bromide..................   52®  57
Garb....................... 
12® 
15
Chlorate..po. 17®19c  16®  18
Cyanide.................   35®  40
Iodide........................2 40® 2 50
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
j5 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10®  12
Potass Nitras........... 
10®  11
Prussiate.................  20®  25
Sulphate po  ........... 
15®  18

® 

Radix

20®  25
Aconltvm............... 
22®  25
Althse...................... 
Anchusa................. 
io® 
12
Arum po..................  
®  25
Calamus.................  20®  40
12®  15
Gentiana....... po.  15 
Glychrrhiza...pv. 15 
16® 
18 
®  85
Hydrastis Canaden . 
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  90 
Hellebore,Alba,po.. 
18®  20
Inula, po................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po...............   4 50® 4  75
Iris plox.... po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  54s...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po.... 
22®  25
75®  1 00
g h e l.......................  
Rhei, cut.................  @  1  25
  75®  1  35
Rhei.pv............... 
Spigena...................  
35®  38
Sanguinarla... po. 15 
®  18
Serpentaria............  
40®  45
Senega.................... 
40®  45
®  40
Similax,officinalis H 
Smilax, M...............   @  25
10®  12
Sclllse.............po.35 
Symplocarpus, Fceti- 
dus,  po................. 
®  26
®  25
Valeriana,Rng.po.30 
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
12®  16
Zingiber j ...............  
25®  27
Semen
Anlsum.........po.  15 
®  12
13®  15
Aplum  (graveleons) 
Bird, Is.................... 
4® 
6
Carol..............po. 18 
10®  12
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum............  
8® 
10
Cannabis  Sativa....  4)4®  5
Cvdonlum...............    75®  1  00
Chenopodium  ........ 
10®  12
Diptenx  Odorate...  1 40®  1  50
Foenlculum............  
® 
10
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
9
L ini...........T . ........   3)4®  4)4
4®  4)4
Lini,  grd— bbl. 3m 
Lobelia..................  
35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
3®  4
gap» ........................  4M® 
5
Slnapis Albu........... 
9®  10
Slnapis Nigra.........  
li®  12
Spiritus 

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti.....  
....  l 25@ 1 50
Juniperis Co. 0. T..  1  66® 2 00
Junlperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacharum N. E ....  1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli........  1  75® 6 50
Vini Oporto............   l  25® 2 00
Vini  Alba...............   1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................. 2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage...............   2 00® 2 25
Velvet extra sheeps’
■ wool, carriage...... 
®  1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__ 
®  1  00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............   @  1 00
®  75
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R e ef,  for 
slate  use.............. 
®  1  40
Syrups
Acacia...... ............. 
®  50
®  50
Auranti Cortes........ 
Zingiber..................  
®  50
®  60
.............. 
Ipecac. 
Ferri Iod.................  @  50
Rhei Arom.............. 
®  50
50®  60
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega....................  
®  50
S   60
8ollla......................  

 

 

50

50

1  00

nisccllaneous

®  50
Sclllse Co.................  
®  50
Tolutan................... 
®  50
Prunus vlrg............  
Tinctures
60
Aconitum NapelllsR 
50
Aconitum NapellisF 
Aloes.......................  
60
60
Aloes and Myrrh__  
Arnica.................... 
50
50
Assafcetida............  
60
At rope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex...... 
50
60
Benzoin................... 
50
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma................. 
50
Cantharides............ 
75
Capsicum..... 
Cardamon............... 
75
Cardamon  Co.........  
75
1  00
Castor...................... 
Catechu................... 
50
Cinchona................. 
50
60
Cinchona Co........... 
Columba  ................ 
50
Cubeba....................  
50
Cassia  Acutlfol......  
50
50
Cassia Acutifol Co  . 
Digitalis..... 
Ergot....................... 
50
35
Ferrl Chloridum 
Gentian................... 
50
Gentian Co.............. 
60
Guiaca.............  
50
Guiacaammon........ 
60
Hyoscyamus........... 
50
Iodine...................... 
75
75
Iodine, colorless.... 
Kino......................... 
50
Lobelia...................  
50
Myrrh......................  
50
50
Nux Vomica........... 
Opli..................... 
75
50
Opli, camphorated. 
1  50
Opli,  deodorized.  .. 
Quassia................... 
50
Khatany.................. 
50
Rhei......................... 
50
Sanguinarla .  ........ 
50
50
Serpentaria..........  
60
Stramonium........... 
Tolutan...................  
60
Valerian................. 
50
50
Veratrum Verlde... 
Zingiber.................. 
20
Either, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30®  35
•dither, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen...................  gu® 
3
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
3® 
4
Annatto...................  40®  50
Antimoni,  po.........  
4® 
5
Antimon! et PotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
®  35
Antirebrln.............. 
®  20
Argent! Nitras, oz .. 
®  50
Arsenicum..............  
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Bud...  38®  40
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  Is. 
9
® 
@  10
Calcium Chlor., 14s 
®  12
Calcium Chlor.,  34s 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
®  75
®  15
Capsicl Fructus, af. 
Capsici Fructus, po.  @  15 
®  15 
Capsid FructusB,po 
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......  
® 3 00
Cera Alba...............   50®  55
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
®  33
Cassia Fructus........ 
Centrarla................. 
® 
10
Cetaceum................  
®  45
Chloroform............. 
50®  53
®  1  10 
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Clnchonldlne.P. A w  28®  38 
Cinchonldine, Germ  23®  38
Cocaine..................   3 80®  4 00
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct 
70
®  35
Creosotum........ 
®  2
Creta.............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep.............. 
® 
5
Creta, preclp.........  
9®  11
Creta, Rubra........... 
® 
8
Crocus.................... 
18®  20
Cudbear.................  @  24
CupriSulph............   6)4® 
8
Dextrine.................. 
10®  12
Ether Sulph............ 
75®  90
Emery, all  numbers 
® 
8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
Ergota...........po. 40  30®  35
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla........................  @  23
Gambier.  ...............  
8® 
9
®  60
Gelatin, Cooper......  
Gelatin, French........  35®  60
75 &  10
Glassware, flint, box 
Less  than  box__ 
70
£@  12
Glue,  brown........... 
Glue, white............ 
13®  25
Glycerins...............  
14®  20
Grana  Paradisl  __ 
®  25
25®  55
Hamulus................. 
®  90
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
®  80
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
®  1 00 
®  1  15 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
HydraagUnguentum  45®  56
Hydrargyrum.........  
®  75
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
65®  75
Indigo.....................  
75®  1 00
Iodine, Resubi.......   3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @ 4  20
Lupulin.  ................ 
® 2 25
Lycopodium..........  
45®  50
65®  75
Macls.................. 
 
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
drarglod.............  
®  25
LiquorPotas8Arsinlt  10®  12
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
2® 
3
Magnesia, Snlph,bbl 
®  1)4
Mannla, S. F ........... 
50®  60
Menthol 
.......... 
O 3 25

s75
16
41
50
5
1014
15
80
5
40
40

6
8
14
14

25
00
50
00

15
8
30
55
75
50
55

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
12
15

25
30
1214
15
17

15
25
75
40
15
2
50
7

14
25
35

SO
25
30
20
10
65
45
35
28
80
14
12
30
60
28
55
13
14
16
59
10
00
70
30
: 00
60
40
: 20
35
45
80
25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25
60
2225
36

1 75
50
I 25
!  00! 50
! 90
80
80
65
! 75
1  60
50

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  W all  bound  in  rubber, 

brass  and  leather 

Oval  Paint  Round  Paint 

Oval  Chisel  Varnish

Oval  Chisel  Sash

Round  Sash 

White W ash  Heads 

Kalsotnine

Flat Varnish 

Square  and  Chisel

All  qualities  at  satisfactory  prices.
Camel  Hair Varnish

Mottlers 

Color
Badger  Flowing,

Flowing

single  or double 

C.  H.  Pencils, etc.

HAZELTINE  &  PERKINS 

DRUG  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

2 0

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

AXLE QRBA5B-
A aron.........................55 
Castor Oil....................00 
Diamond.....................50 
Fraser’s ..................... .75 
IXli Golden, tin boxes 75 
nica, tin boxes............75 
Paragon.......................66 

dos.  gross
0 00
7 00
4 00
0 00
9 00
9 00
0 00

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
m 'b cans dos...................  45
£  lb cans doz...................  85
lb can  dos...................t 60
46
M lb oana 8 dos................. 
H lb cans 3 dos.................  75
lb cans 1 dos................. 1  00
Bulk...................................  
10
os. Eng. Tumblers......   85
0 

Arctic.

Acme.

El Purity.

6 oz. cans, 4 doz case......... 
80
9 oz. cans, 4 doz case.........   1  20
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz case.....2  00
2H lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 4  75
5 
lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 9  00
u  lb cans per dos............   75
2  
ib cans per dos  .......1 20
1 
lb cans per dos.............2  00
w lb cans 4 dos case........  35
K lb cans 4 dos case........ 
55
lb cans 2 dos case........  90

Heme.

Peerless.

Our Leader

Queen Plake.

Jersey Cream.

i s s a

BATH BRICK.

N
n
u  lb cans, 4 doz ease........ 
45
K lb cans, 4 dos case....'..  85
lb cans, 2 dos case........1 60
1 lb. cans, per dos.............   2 00
9os. oans, per dos..........  125
6 os. cans, per dos....... . 
85
u  lb cans..........................  45
K lb cans..........................  75
lb oans..........................  1  50
85
1 lb. o an s......................... 
3 os., 6 doz. case................   2 70
6 os., 4 dos. case 
...........3 20
9 os., 4 dos. case.................4 80
1 lb., 2 dos. case.................4 00
5 lb., 1 dos. case.................9 00
American.............................   79
English.................................  80
CANNED GOODS.
Tomatoes...............  80® 
90
Corn.......................  80@1 
00
Hominy...................   80
Beans, Limas.........  70@l 
30
Beans, Wax.............   90
Beans, String...........  85
00
Beans,  Baked........  75@l 
Beans, Red  Kidney...  75®  85
Succotash..................   95@1  20
Peas........................  50®
Peas, French...... .......2 25
Pumpkin.....................  75
Mushroom.............  15®
Peaches, P ie...............1  00
Peaches, Fancy......... 1  40
Apples,  gallons.........   ®3 00
Cherries.................   90
Pears.......................   70
Pineapple, grated...... 2 4O
Pineapple, sliced.......2 25
Pineapple,  Farren— 1  70
Strawberries.............. 1  10
Blackberries...........  80
Raspberries.............  85
Oysters, 1-lb.............  85
Oysters, 2-lb................1 50
Salmon, Warren’s __1  40®1  60
Salmon,  Alaska......... 1  25
Salmon, Klondike...  90
Lobsters, 1-lb. Star....3 20
Lobsters, 2-lb. Star_3 90
Mackerel,! lb Mustard  10
Mackerel, 1-lb. Soused. 1 75 
Mackerel,1-lb Tomato.l 75
Shrimps.......................2 00
Sardines, 
domestic  3K@ 
Sardines, mstrd.dom.5K®  7K 
Sardines, French...... 8c@o22

Portala.

FARINACEOUS GOODS. 
24 1 lb.  packages..............1  50
Bulk, per lOOlbs..............3 50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Grits.

Pens.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages.............. 1  80
1001b. kegs.......................2  70
200 lb. barrels...................5  10
Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drams.........1 00
Dried L im a..................
Medium Hand Picked 1  20® l  25 
Maccaronl and VermlceUI.
Domestic,  10 lb. box------  60
Imported. 25 lb. box........2 50
Common...........................  2 00
Chester..............................  2 25
Empire 
..........................   2 75
Green, Wisconsin, ba...... 1  00
Green, Scotch, bn.  ........  1  10
Split, bn.......................... 2 50
Rolled Avena,  bbl........ 4 00
Monarch,  bbl...................3 75
Monarch,  K bbl..............2 00
Monarch, 90 lb sacks.......1 80
Snaker. oases.................8 20
uron, cases....................2 00
German............................ 
4
East  India.......................  
84
Tapioca.
Flake......................
Pearl
Pearl. 24 1 lb. pkges.
.  eat.
Wh«  ‘
Cracked, balk................... 
24 2 lb packages............... 2  50

Rolled  Oats.

flage.

3j<

Cod.

Herring.

nackerel.

SALT FISH.
Georges cured............ 
0  5
Georges genuine.......   ® 5K
Georges selected........  ® 6
Strips or bricks.........   6  Q 9
Holland white hoops, bbl.  9 25 
Holland white hoop Kbbl  5 25 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
70 
Holland white hoop mens 
80
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  3  10
Round  40 lbs...................  1  40
Scaled...............................  
14
Mem 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbs......................  6 30
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  65
Mem  8 lbs......................  1 36
No. 1100 lbs......................  13 25
No.1  40 lbs......................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1  48
N o.l  8 lbs......................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  11  50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  4 90
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  80
No. 2  8 lbs......................  107
No. 1100 lbs.  .  ...............   6 26
40 lbs............... ......  2 40
No. 1 
10 lb l..........
No. 1 
8 lbs............
No.1
WhIUtUh

No.1 No. 2 Fam
2 7!
1  G
4Î
37

100 lbs__ ....  7 CO 6 50
2 90
40 lbe.... ....  3  10
80
10 lbs.... .... 
86
66
8 lbs__ ....  71
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Trent.

S

BLUING.

B

BROOriS.

B l u i N G
40
Small, 3doz.......................  
Large, 2 dos.......................  
75
.4o. 1 Carpet.....................   2 3
No. 2 Carpet................... 
2  t
No. 8 Carpet....................   18'
No. 4 Carpet......................  14'
Parlor Gem....................   2 50
9 >
Common Whisk...............  
Fancr Whisk..................... 
95
2 70
Warehouse.   
.7
88................................
8
16s  ...............................
8
Paraffine.....................
20
Wicking.......................
CATSUP
Columbia, 
¡..into
2 0«'
Colombia, K pints
1  25

CANDLES

 

 

C H E E S E
Acme......................
Amboy...................
Elsie........................
Emblem..................
Gem.........................
Gold Medal.............
Ideal.......................
Jersey  ....................
Riverside.................
Brick.....................
Edam.......................
Leiden....................
Llmburger..............
Pineapple................ 50
Sap  Sago.................
Chicory
B alk ............................
Red
CHOCOLATE.
Walter Baker A Co.’s
German Sweet...............
Premium.____________
Breakfast  rvw«*-«

® UK
® UK
® UK
® 11
® UK
®
® 11
® 11K
® 11
® 12
© 70
© 17
© 13
© 75
© 17
5
7

COFFEE.
Roasted.

Rle.

Jura.

Sautes

Maracaibo.

F a ir...................................
Good.......................................10
Prim e..................................... 12
Golden  .................................. 13
Peaberry  ............................... 14
Fair  .......................................14
Good  ..................................... 15
Prim e..................................... 16
Peaberry  ...............................18
Prim e...................................   15
Milled..................................... 17
Interior.................................. *6
Private  Growth......................33
Mandenllng...........
Mocha.
Im itation...............................22
Arabian  .................
Routed.
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth Avenue.....................29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha— 29
Wells’ Mocha and Java---- 24
Wells’ Perfection  Java..... 24
Sanoalbo.............................21
Breakfast Blend................  18
Valley City Maracaibo.......18K
Ideal  Blend........................14
Leader Blend.....................12 K

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
Invoice  for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market in which he purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also lie  a 
pound.  In  601b.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 bo
Jersey............   — ........  10 50
ricLanghUn’t   XXXX 
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mall all orders 
direct to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  A 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City K gross......  
75
Felix H gross.................  
1  15
Hummel’s foil K gross... 
86 
Hummel's tin K  gross... 
1  48
CLOTHES PINS 
Igroesboxee...........................40

Extract.

CLOTHES LINBS.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  dos......... 1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dos.........1 20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  d o s ........1  40
Cotton. 70 ft. per  dot 
...  . 1  00
Cotton, 80 ft. per  doz......... 1  80
Jnte. 60 ft  per  doz.........   .  80
Inis, n  '1  per dos....  .....  »> 

COCOA.

James Bpps & Co.’s.

Boxes, 7 lbs............................. 40
Cases, 16 boxes........................38
COCUA SHELLS.
201b  bags...................... 
2K
Less quantity. 
packages........... 
4
Pound
CRBAT1 TARTAR.
and 10 lb. wooden boxes.....30
Bulk in sacks.........................29

CONDENSED  MILK

4 dos in case.

Gall Borden  Eagle..................6 75
Crown......................................6 25
D a is y ................  
Champion 
........... 
Magnolia 
• ■ 
Challenge  — - —  
Dime 

6 75
4 50
4 26
8 35
8 35

... 

 

COUPON  BOOKS.
Tradesman Grade.

Credit Checks.

Superior Grade.

Universal Grade.

Coupon Pose Books,

denomination from 110 down.

50 books, any denom —   1  50 
100 books, any denom  ...  2 50 
500 books, any denom.... 11  50 
,000 books, any denom 
. 20 00 
Economic  Grade.
50 books, any denom —   1  60 
100 books, any denom....  2 60 
500 books  any denom— 11  50 
,000 books, any denom...  20 00 
50 books, any denom—   1  50 
100 books, any denom—   2 50 
500 books, any denom... .11  50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
50 books, any denom—   1 50 
100 books, any denom—   2 50 
500 books, any denom— 11 50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
500, any one denom’n ........ 8 00
1000, any one denom’n ........ 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......   8 00
Steel punch.  ....................  76
Can be made to represent any 
20 books  ........................  1  00
50 books...............................  2 00
100 books.............................   8 00
250 books.................................C 26
500 books................................10 00
17 60
1000 books................... 
DRIED FRUITS—DOnBSTIC 
Snndrled........................   ®7}4
Evaporated 50 lb boxes  ©9K
®15
Apricots...............
Blackberries.........
Nectarines.................  _  ©. .
Peaches...................... 10  O il
Pears..........................   O
Pitted Cherries..........  
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries....... .
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   0  4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........  0  5
80 -90 25 lb boxes.........   ® 5V4
70-80 25 lb boxes.........   O 6M
60-7025 lb boxes.........   ® 6*
50-60 25 lb boxes.........  ®  8
40-50 251b boxes.........  ®10
80-40 25 lb boxes.........   ©
M cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Prunes.

California Pratts.

Apples.

7X

Roteine.

London Layers 2 Clown.  150
1 65
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............  
2 00
5 
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
6 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, choice......  
8
L. M , Seeded, fancy........  9K

FOREIGN.
Citron.

Peel.

Currants.

Leghorn...........................OH
Corsican...........................®12
Patras bbls..............................@ 5*4
Cleaned, bulk  ..................® 6
Cleaned, packages........... ® 6K
Citron American 101b bx 018 
Lemon American 10 lb bx ©10K 
Orange American 101b bx ©10K 
Ondnra281b boxee.....  ®
Sultana  1 Crown.........   Q
Sultana 2 Crow n........  ®
Sultana 8 Crown..........  ®
Sultana 4 Crown..........  ®
Sultana 5 Crown.........   O
Saltana 6 Crown.........   ®
Sultana package.........   ®

Raisins.

Perrlgo’s.

2 25

Van.  Lem. 
doz.
dos. 
XXX, 2 oz. obert......1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. toper.. ...2 25 
1  25
XX, 2 oz. obert......  1 00
No. 2,2oz. obert  ....  75 
XXX D D ptebr. 6 oz 
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 os... 
Pure Brand.
oz. Taper Panel..  75 
oz. Oval..............  75 
oz. Taper Panel.  1  35 
oz. Taper Panel..1 60 
FLY  PAPER.

Lem.  Van. 

Tanglefoot,  per box...........  36
Tanglefoot, per case  ......... 3 20
Holders, per box of E0  .v. ..  75 
Perrlgo’s Lightning, gro— 2 50
Petrolatum, per doz............  75

2 25
1 75

1 20
1 *0
2 00
2 25

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1............... 5K® 6
Japan,  No. 2 ............ 4w@ 5
Java, fancy  head........5 ©  5K
Java,  No. Í ...................5 ©
Table............. 

..........
SALBRATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

Church’s Arm and Hammer.3  15
................... ...3 00
Deland’s 
Dwight’s Cow................ ...8  15
Emblem  ......................... ...3 50
L. P...............................
...3 00
...3 15
Sodio.............................
Wyandotte, ICO 3£s......... ...3 00
SAL SODA.

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

BALT.

Sage.....................................   16
Hops 
16

 

 

HERBS.

INDIGO.

Madras, 5  lb  boxes........
S. F., 2. 3 and 5 lb boxes
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
 

Kegs  .................  
Half Kegs................................. 2 25
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 25
1 lb. cah8...  .
K lb. cans............................   18

4 00

Choke Bore—Dupont’e.

K egs........................................ 6 26
Half Kegs................................. 2 49
Quarter Kegs....................... 1
1 lb. cans..............................  34

Bogie Dock—Dupont's

quarter Kegs........................... 2 26
11b. c a n s ............................  45

JBLLY
16 lb palls..............
80 lb palls............................  65

LYE.

Condensed, 2 dos  .............. 1  80
Condensed. 4 dot  .............. 2 25

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................   JO
Calabria  .............................   ■
S icily.......................................
R o o t....................................  W

MINCE MEAT.

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

nATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands,

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

nOLASSBS.
New Prisen«.

 

Black.................. 
JJ
F a ir..................................   M
Good................................. 
55
Fancy  .............  
J4
 
Jpen A 
Open Kettle.
Half-ibarrels 2c extra. 

MU5TARD.

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

P1PB5.

Clay, No. 216...........................  1 70
Clay, T. D. full oount........ 
Cob, Ne. 8..........................  

6F
“

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s .................................. 4 ®
Penns Salt  Co.’a......................3 03

Barrels. 1,800 count...........  4  f0
Half bbls, 600 oount...........  2 50

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   5 00
Half bbls  1,200 count..........8 00

PICKLES, 
nedlnm.

Small.

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................   6K
Carolina  No. 1...................  5
Carolina  N a t ...................  4
Broken...............................   8X

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 
Bntter. barrels, 2801b. btuk.2 25 
Bntter, barrels, 2014 lbbags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs............   56

Common Grades.

100 8 lb sacks.........................1 95
005-lb sacks.........................1 80
2810-lb sacks...............  
1  65

Worcester.

lb. cartons...................3 25
50  4 
115  2Klb. sacks.......................4 00
lb. sacks.......................3 75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks...............  .8 50
SO 10 
lb. sacks....................... 3 50
!8 lb. linen sacks.................  82
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Balk in barrels.................... 2 50

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

66-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 

66-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Hlggine.

Solar Reck.

Common.

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

21

Granulated Fine.................  60
Medium  Fine......................  70

SCALES.

Per doz.

12
Weight 24 lbi.  bj otocei. 

SEEDS.

A nise...............................   9
Canary, Smyrna................  3K
Caraway...........................  8
Cardamon,  M alabar......   60
Celery.................................  11
Hemp,  Russian................ 
4%
Mixed  Bird......................  4*
Mustard,  white..........  ...  5
Poppy  ..............................  10
Rape.................................  4K
Cuttle Bone........................  20

SNUFF.

Scotch, in bladders.............  87
Macoaboy, in Jars................  8*
French Rappee, In jars......   48
JA X O N
Single box...................  
2 °5
5 box lots, delivered...........2  0
10 box lots, delivered...........2 75
MS.  S.  KIRK  l CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome.........................................2 75
Cabinet  ...............................2 20
Savon........................................2 50
White Russian......................... 2 35
White Cloud,  laundry........ 6 25
White Cloud,  toilet..................3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 os....2  10 
Dnsky Diamond, 50 8 oz— 3 00
Blue India, 100 % lb................. 3 00
Kirkollne..................................3 50
Boa.......................................... .2 50

Scouring.

Sapollo, kitchen, 3 d o s...... 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 8 doz........... 2 40

SODA.

Boxes  .............................6K
Kegs, English......................*M

Jennings'

D.C. Vanilla 
2 os.......1 20
Sos........1 50
4 os..  ...2 00
60s........3 00
NO.  8  4 00
No. 10.  .6 00 
No.  2T.126 
No.  3T.2 00 
No  4T.2 40

D. C. Lemon
2 os.......  75
5 os........1 00
4 oz........1 40
6 oz.......2 00
No.  8...2 40 
No. 10...4 00 
No.  2T.  80 
No.  8T.1 26 
No.  4T.150

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs
(

C a n d i e s .  

Provisions.

SPICES.
Whole Silted.
...............  

 

Allspice 
14
Cassia, China In mats......... 12
Cassia, Batavia in  bond— 25
Cassia, Saigon in roils  .......8~
Cloves, Amboyna................14
Cloves, ZansiDar  ................12
Mace,  B atavia...................55
Nutmegs, fancy................  ,6u
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2...................45
Pepper, Singapore, black... .3 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .16 
Pepper,  shot........................15

Pare Oround la Balk.

Allspice  ..............................17
Cassia, Batavia  ................. 30
Cassia,  Saigon.................... 40
Cloves, Zanzibar  ................14
Ginger,  African  ................15
Ginger,  Cochin..................18
Ginger, Jamaica  ................23
Mace,  Batavia.................... 65
M ustard........................12@18
Nutmegs,......................40©o0
Pepper, Sing , black 
........In
Pepper, Sing., white...... ...22
Pepper, Cayenne  ........... ...20
Sage......... ....................... ...15

SYRUPS
Cora.

f  Shi»

B sr.els.......................... ...16
..  17
1 doz  1 gallon cans........ ...2  90
1  doz. 44 gallon cans... ...1  70
2  doz. 44 gallon  cans  .. ...1 75

Pure Cane.

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

Fair 
Choice....................
STARCH.

16
.  20
»

Klngsford’s  Corn.

401-lb packages...................6
201 lb packages...................6 m
Klngsford’s Stiver Gloss.
401-lb packages.....................6ft
6-lb boxes.......................... 7

Diamond.

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

Common Corn.

201 lb. packages. -...............5
401 lb. packages 

...............4M

Common Gloss.

l-lb  packages......................  4M
3-lb  packages....................  4 ii
6-lb  packages....................  5
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3
Barrel» 
............................  3

STOVE POLISH.

TABLB  SAUCES.

Lea A Perrin’s, large...  3 75 
Lea A Perrin’s, small...  2 10
Halford,  large............... 3 75
Halford small...................2 25
Salad Dressing, large...... 4 55
Salad Dressing, small...... 2 75

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brands.

Fortune Teller........................% 0J
Our Manager...................   35 00
Quintette............................... 86 U0
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

S. C. W
35 00
Phelps. Brace & Co.’s Brands. 
Vincente Portuondo. .35® 70 09
Bube B-os.  C o ......... 25® TO 00
The HilsonCo.............35®U0 00
T. J. Dunn &  Co.......35 ®  70 00
McCoy A Co..............35® 
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10® 35 00
Brown Bros...............15®  70 00
Bdnner Cigar Co.......30®  70 00
Bernard Stahl  Co.....35®  90 00
Banner Cigar Co.......1®   35 00
Seidenberg & Co........55®125 00
G. P.Bprague Cigar Co.10® 35 03 
The Fulton Cigar Co. -10® 35 00 
A. B  Ballard & Co...,35@ir5 00 
E. M. schwarz & Co 
.%®110 00
San  Telm.................35® 
70 01
Havana Cigar Co......18®  35 00

70 00

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain....  6 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. ..11
Pure Cider, Red Star..............12
Pure Cider, Robinson.............11
Pure Cider, Silver.................. 11

WICKING.

No. 0, per gross....................  20
No. 1, pergros8....................  25

WOODBNWARB.

Palls.

Tabs.

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Batter.
Seymour XXX...................  5S
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6

Stick Candy.

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

bbls palls  ^

7 @  744
7 €5
744@ 8

@ 844  1
cases
@ 644
@ 844
@10

Mixed Candy.

Grocers...................
@6
Competition............
@ 644
Standard.................
@ 7
Conserve.................
@ 744
Royal......................
@ 744 
i
Ribbon....................
@ 844  i
Broken...................
@ 7*  ]
Cut Loaf.................
@844
English Rock.........
@ 844
Kindergarten.........
@844
French  Cream........
@ 9
Dandy Pan.............
@10
Hand Made Cream mxd @13
San Bias Goodies__
@11
lozenges, plain......
@844
Lozenges,  printed..
@844
Choc.  Drops...........
@11
Choc.  Monumentale
@1244
Gam  Drops............
@5
Moss  Drops............
@844
Sour Drops..............
@ 844
Imperials...............
© 9 m
Ital. Cream Bnbns, 35 lb pis  11
Molasses Chews,  15 lb. nails  13
Jelly Date Squares..

Fancy—In Balk.

@10

Fancy—In  s  lb.  Boxes.

@55
@55
@60
@65
@75
@90
@30
@75
@55
@55
@55
@60
@55
@55

Lemon Drops.........
Sour  Drops............
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops..
H. M.  Choc.  Lt.and
Dk. No. 12............
Gum  Drops............
Licorice Drops........
A. B. Licorice Drops
Lozenges,  plain__
Lozenges,  printed..
Imperials...............
Mottoes..................
Cream Bar..............
Molasses B a r.........
Hand Made Creams.  80 @  90
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  W ant...........
@65
String Rock............
@60
Burnt Almonds...... 1  25 @
Wintergreen Berries
@55
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes...................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes...................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes...................

@35
@50

Fruits.
Oranges.
Seedlings................
@3 50
Medt Sweet............. 3 75 @4 00
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 300s.............
Ex.Fan cy  300s........
Ex. Fancy 360s........
Bananas.

@3 25
@3 50
@3 75
@4  00
@

Medium bunches... 1 25 @1  60
Large bunches........1  75 @2 25

Foreign Dried Pro Its.

No. 4, 3-dos in cose, gross..  4  50 
No  6,3 dos in case, gross..  7 20

SUGAR.

......................... 5 38

Below,  are given  New  Tork 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which he
iturchases to his shipping point, 
ncludlng  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino....................................5 50
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 75
Crushed....................................5 75
Powdered 
XXXX Powdered.................... 5 50
Cubes.......................................5 38
Granulated in bbls...................5 25
Granulated In bags.............5 25
Fine Granulated......................5 25
Bxtra Fine Granulated.......5 38
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 38
Mould  A...................................F 59
Diamond Confec.  A........... 5 z5
Confec. Standard A................. 5 13
No.  1.................................4  75
No 
2................................ 4 75
No.  3.................................4 75
No.  4.................................4f9
No.  5.................................4 63
No.  6.................................4 56
No.  7.................................4 50
No.  8 .................. ............4 44
No.  9.................................4 88
NO.  10................................... 4 SI
NO.  11................................... 4 2$
NO.  12................................... 4 19
No.  18................................... 4 13
No.  14................................... 4 13
No.  16................................... 4 13
NO.  16................................... 4 18

Soda.

Wolverine...........................  6
Boston.............   ...............   75-
Soda  XXX.........................  6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton__  65-
Soda,  City.........................  8
Long Island Wafers.........   11
L. 1. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12
Zephyrette...-.....................10

Oyster.

Saltine Wafer....................  5fc
SaltineWafer, 1 lb. carton.  65-
Farina Oyster....................   55-
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  105-
Bent’s Water......................  15
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Coffee Cake, Java..............  10
Coffee Cake, Iced..............  10
Cracknells..........................  155-4
Cubans  ..............................   1144
Frosted Cream...................  8
Ginger Gems......................  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  7%
Graham Crackers  ............   8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   8
JumDles,  Honey.................  1144
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnuts....  16 
Mich. Frosted Honey—   1244
Molasses Cakes.................  8
Newton.............. 
12
Nlc Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems.....................   8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  844
Pretzels,  hand m ad e......   744
Sears’ Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sugar  Squares...................  9
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Sultanas............................   1244

 

Figs.

Californias  Fancy..
Choice, 101b boxes..
Extra  choice,  10  lb
boxes new............
Fancy, 12 lb boxes..
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............
Pulled, 6 lb boxes...
Naturals,  in bags...
Dates.
Fards In 10 lb  boxes
Fards  in 60 lb cases
Persians, P H V......
lb cases, new........
Salrs,  601b cases....

N uts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca.........
Almonds,  California,
■oft shelled............
Brazils new................
Filberts  ....................
Walnuts, Granobles.. 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
Walnuts,  soft shelled
Calif.......................
Table Nuts,  fancy.... 
Table Nats,  choice...
Pecans, Med...............
Pecans, Ex. Large....
Pecans, Jumbos........
Hickory Nuts per bn.,
Ohio, new................
Cocoanuts,  fu ll  Backs
Chestnuts per bu.......
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted...................
Choice, H. P., Extras. 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras, 

Boasted...........

@13
@12
@18
@22
@
@
@ 7

@10
@ 6
@ 6
@ 6
@ 5

@16
@14
015@7
@ 10
@13
@ 11
@11 
@11 
@10 
@744 @ 9 
@12
@1  60 
@9 50 
&

@7
0444
644

2 1

Tomato Jugs.

44 gal., per dos.................  50
1 gal., each...................... 
Corks for 44 gal., per dos..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per dos..  80
Preserve Jars and Covers.
44 gal., stone cover, dos...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, dos...l  00

64%

Sealing Wax.

2

> lbs. in package, per lb... 
LAMP  BURNBRS.
No.  0 Sun........................ 
  S3
No.  1  Sun..........................  
34
46
No. 2 S un........................  
No. 3 Sun...........................   1 00
Tubular.............................  
go
Security, No. 1...................  60
Security, No. 2...................  80
Nutmeg  ............................   go
LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds.
Per box of 6 dos.
No. 0 Sun..........................  1  32
No.  1  Sun..........................   1  48
No.  2 Sun..........................2  18
No. 0 Sun...........................   l  go
No. 1 Sun...........................  1  60
No. 2 Son...........................   2 46

Common

top,
top,
top,

First  Quality.
No.  0  Son,  crimp 
wrapped and  labeled__ 2  10
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
wrapped and  labeled....  2  15 
No.  2  Son,  crimp 
wrapped and  labeled__s 15
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

wrapped and labeled__ 2 55
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
6
wrapped and  labeled....  8 75
CHIMNEYS—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 Lamps............. 
80

top,
top,
top,

La  Bastla.

No. 1 Son. plain  bulb,  per
dos  ................................  
9
No. 2 Son,  plain  bulb,  per
dos  ................................   1  15
No. 1 Crimp, per dos........... 1  85
No. 2 Crimp, per dos........... 1  60

Rochester.

No. 1, Lime  (66c dos)..........8 50
No. 2, Lime  (70o dos)..........4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c dos)..........4  70

Electric.

OIL CANS. 

Pump  Cano.

No. 2, Lime  (70c dos)  ...... 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80o dos)........4 40
Dos.
1 gal tin oans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv Iron with spout.  1  48
2 gal galv Iron with spont.  2 48
3 gal galv Iron with spont.  3 32
5 gal galv Iron with  spont.  4 28 
3 gal galv Iron with faucet 4  17
6 gal galv Iron with faucet 4 67
5 gal Tilting cans..............7 25
5 gal galv Iron Naoefas....  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7 80 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10 50
5 gal Home Rule................12 00
5 gal Pirate  King..............  9 58
No.  OTubularslde lift....  4 00
No.  1B  Tubular......... .  6 25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6  50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__ 7 00
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14 0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........8 75
LANTERN OLOBBS.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 dos.
each, box 10 cents...........  46
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 2 dos.
each, box 15 cents.........  
45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 5 dos.
each, bbl 85>...~.............  8
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye, 
casn« 1 dos. each.. 

LANTERNS.

1

Wheat.

Win tar Whaat Floor. 

Local Brands.

ty e..................................   3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis- 
ount.
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad-

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Spring Wheat Flour. 
rk-Jewell-Wells Co.’s B«

4 35

..............4  15

Olney A Judson ’s Brand.

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Meal.

Feed and MUIstaffs.

r Wheat  Bran..........14 00
r Wheat Middlings. .15 00

Oats.

Corn.

Screenings..............................14 00
New corn, car lots............ 37
Less than  car lots............   3844
Car  lots.............................   3244
Carlots, clipped.................  35
Less than car lots............ 36
No. 1 Timothy carlots......   10 00
No. 1 Timothy, tonlots__ 11  01
Fish  and  Oysters

Hay.

Fresh Fish.
Whxteflsh................
T rout......................
Black Bass..............  8
H alibut...................
Ciscoes or Herring..
Blueflsh..................
Live Lobster.........
Boiled Lobster........
Cod 
......................
Haddock.................
No.  1  Pickerel........
Pike.........................
Perch.......................
Smoked White........
Red Snapper...........
Col  River Salmon..
Mackerel 
..............
Shell Goods.
Oysters, per  100......... 1
Clams. 

Per lb. 
@  9
@  8 
@  10 
@  15 
@  6 
@  11 
@  18 @  20 
@  10

@  12 
@  16
25@1  50 
»51  N)

inn
Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene.......................  @1144
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @10
W W Michigan...........  @ 944
Diamond White.........  @844
D., S. Gas....................  @1244
Deo. N aptha..............  @1244
Cylinder................... 29  @34
E ngine.....................tl  021

Hides.

Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:
Green No. 1................
Green No. 2................
Bulls.......................
Cored No. 1................
Cored No. 2................
Calfskins,  green No. 1 
Calfskins, green No. 2 
Calfskins, cured No. 1 
Calfskins, cured No. 2
Pelts, each
No. 1.........
No. 2.........
Washed, fine  ............   @16
Washed, medium.......  @19
Unwashed,fine....  ...  9  @11 
Unwashed, medium ..14  @16

@744 
@ 644 
@
@ 844 
@ 744 
@ 944 
@ 8 
@1044 @  9
50© 1  00
@ 344
@ 244

Pelts.
Tallow.

Wool.

Lords, 

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

Barreled Pork.

Smoked fleats.

follows:
Mess  .............................   10 00
Back  ......................10 50©
Clear back..............  @10 60
Shortcut.........................   10 25
Pig...................................  14 00
Bean  .............................   9  10
Family  ..........................  11  03
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies............................ 
5J£
Briskets  ......................... 
544
5M
Extra shorts................... 
Hams, 12 lb average...... 
8%
Hams, 14 lb average 
... 
844
Hams, 161b  average...... 
854
Hams, 201b average......  
844
Ham dried beef  ............  
1244
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
554
Bacon,  clear................. 7  @744
California hams............  
554
Boneless hams................ 
844
Cooked  ham..................10@1244
in Tierces.
Compound......................  
454
Kettle.............................. 
644
55 lb Tubs.........advance 
44
80 lb Tubs.........advance 
44
501b T ins... advance 
44
20 lb Palls.........advance 
44
10 lb Palls.........advance 
%
5 lb Palls.........advance 
1
144
3 lb Palls.........advance 
Sausages.
Bologna......................... 
544
fi4(
Liver......................... 
Frankfort................. 
744
P o rk ............................... 
Blood  ........................ 
 
Tongue.............................. 
Head  cheese............  
644
Extra  Mess.........................10 25
Boneless  ........................12 50
Bump......   .....................12 00
Kits. 15 lbs........................  
70
44  bbls, 40 lbs......................  1 35
44  bbls, 80 lbs....................   2 50
Kits. 15 lbs........................  
70
54  bbls, 40 lbs......................  1 25
44  bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 25
P ork.................................   20
Beef  rounds......................  
3
Beef  middles.................... 
io
Sheep......................  
60
Bntterlne.
Rolls,  dairy................... 
Solid, dairy.................... 
Rolls,  creamery............  
Solid,  creamery............  
Corned beef,  2  l b ....... 2 15
Corned beef, 14  lb.........14 75
Roast  beef,  2  lb..........2  15
Potted  ham,  44s..........  50
Potted  ham,  44s.........   90
Deviled ham,  44s.........   50
Deviled ham,  44s.........   go
Potted  tongue 44s.........   50
Potted  tongue 44s .........   90

Conned Meats.

Pigs’ Feet.

11
1044
1544
1444

Casings.

. Tripe.

644
 
9

Beef.

Fresh  M eats.

Beef.

Carcass.........................7 @_
Forequarters..............  6 @ 644
Hind  quarters...........  754@  944
Loins  No.  3................. 12 @14
Ribs.............................  9 @14
Rounds......................  ®  8
Chucks........................   6 @ 6
Plates  .......................  4  @5
Dressed......................5  @544
L oins.........................  @744
Shoulders...................  @544
Leaf Lard...................  644®
Carcass.......................  8 @844
Spring Lambs..............10 @14

Mutton

Pork.

Veal.

Carcass  .........   ........  744®  8
Crockery  and

Glassware.

544

Batters.

AKRON STONBWARB. 
<4 gal., per dca.............  45
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
8 gal., each..................  52
10 gal., each...............  65J)
12 gal.,  each..................  78
15 gal. meat-tubs, each___1 05
20 gal. meat-tabs, each___1 40
25 gal. meat-tuba, each  ... 2 00
30 gal. meat-tnbs, each__ 2 40
2 to 6 gal., per gal............  
6
Churn Dashers, per dos...  86 
44 gal. flat or rd. bot., dos.  45 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  5;

Mllkpons.

Chums.

Fine Glazed Mllkpons.

Stowpnns.

44 gal. fiat or rd. bot., aos.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot, each  544 
44 gal. fireproof  t ill, dos.  86 
1 gal. flreproor, ball, dos.l  10 
54 gal., per dos..................  40
44 gal., per dos..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal.............  644

Jags.

22

Hardware

The  Art  o f  Selling  Stoves  on  the 

Road.

The  selling  of  stoves  is  an  art  with 
features  peculiar to  itself.  Sugar,  nails 
and  a  great  many  staples  are  sold  ex­
clusively  with  price  as  a  governing  fac­
tor.  Stoves  have  an  individuality  and 
the  questions  of  reputations  and  merito­
rious  features,  either  of  a  structural  or 
ornamental  character,  are  potent  agents 
in  their  sale.  For  the  same  reasons, 
the  selling  of  stoves  is  necessarily  an 
agency  business  and  as  a  result  it 
is 
rarely  the  case  that  a  certain  brand  of 
stoves  is  sold  or  handled  by  more  than 
one  merchant  in  each  town.

The  object  of the  stove  salesman  is  to 
dispose  of  as  many  stoves  as  possible 
and  get  back their equivalent in the form 
of  money.  Being 
limited  to  but  one 
customer  in  a  town,  the  stove  salesman 
is  confronted  with  conditions  which  are 
not  met  with  by  salesmen  whose  wares 
may  be  sold  to  an  unlimited  number  of 
therefore,  be 
merchants.  He  must, 
possessed  of  sound 
judgment  and  use 
care 
in  the  selection  of  his  agent,  not 
only  from  a  credit  standpoint,  but  also 
with  a  view  to  selecting  an agent who  is 
in  a  position  to  handle  the  greatest 
quantity  of  his  particular  brand  of 
stoves.

To  attain  this  end  the  stove  salesman 
must  be  possessed  of  the qualities which 
will  enable him  to  command  the  atten­
tion,  respect  and  confidence  of  the  mer­
chant  whom  he  wishes  to 
interest,  and 
having  placed  his  goods  he  must  deport 
himself  in  such  a  manner  that  he  will 
retain  the  respect,  confidence  and  good 
will  of  bis  customer.  To this  end  he 
should  never  make  a  statement  which 
can  not  be borne  out  by  facts and should 
be  careful 
in  all  his  transactions  to 
have  everything  so  clear  that a  misun­
derstanding  can  not  possibly  occur.  He 
must be particularly careful  in  making 
out  orders  to  have  every 
item,  price 
and  condition  clearly  and  specifically 
stated,  and  have  no  agreements  or  un­
derstandings  that  are  not  so  stated.

The  ideal  stove  salesman  must  have  a 
thorough knowledge of his own goods and 
be  familiar  with  the  goods  which  he 
meets 
in  competition,  that  he  may  be 
able to  make  necessary  explanations  in 
presenting  his  stoves;  at  the  same  time 
he  will  never  refer  to  a  competitor’s 
goods  unless  obliged  to  do  so,  and  then 
will  do  so 
in  a  fair  and  considerate 
manner.  Under  no  circumstances  will 
he  speak  of  competitors’  goods  dis­
paragingly,  particularly 
if  such  stoves 
are  on  the  floor  of  the  merchant  with 
whom  he  is  in  conversation,  as  to do  so 
would  be  a  direct  insult  to  the 
intelli­
gence  of  the  merchant  who  purchased 
them.

The  observant  salesman, through  com­
in  contact  with  a  large  number  of 
ing 
merchants,  will  pick  up 
ideas  which 
will  assist  in  the  sale  of  goods,  and  will 
gain  the  good  will  and  friendship of  his 
customers  by  imparting  knowledge  thus 
acquired,  besides  taking  pains  to  ex­
plain  fully  the  selling  features  of  his 
particular  goods.

In  my  opinion  the  salesman,  like  the 
artist  and  financier,  is  born,  although  I 
believe  a  certain  amount  of  education, 
experience and  proper training  is  nec­
essary  to  develop  the  latent  faculties 
which  he  may  possess,  to  bring  out  his 
full  force  and  efficiency. 
I do not  mean 
to  say  that  a  man  who  is  not a  born 
salesman  can  not attain  a  certain  meas­
ure  of  success  in  selling  goods,  as  I

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

have  known  cases  where  men  who  did 
not  possess  the  natural  requisites  of 
salesmen  have,  by  persistent  and  con­
scientious  bard  work,  succeeded  to  a 
certain  extent. 
I  have  also  known  men 
whose  education  was  limited  and  who 
had  received  little  or  no  training  to  ac­
quit  themselves  as  salesmen  in  a  rea­
sonably  satisfactory  manner,  but  I  con­
tend  that  bad  these  same  men  possessed 
these qualities  in  which  they  were  de­
ficient they  would  have  made exception­
ally  valuable  men  in  their  vocation.

I  do not  believe a  classical  education 
is  necessary  to  a  salesman’s  success, 
and,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  it  is  usually 
the .case  that  a  college-bred  man  does 
not have the opportunity to acquire  the 
practical  education, training and  knowl­
edge  of  minor  details which  would  be 
valuable assistance to him  in after  life, 
that can  only be obtained  through  prac­
tical  experience 
in  filling the  less  im­
portant  positions  which  are  assigned 
to  boys and  youths  in  a  business  bouse. 
A  good  common  school  education,  With 
a  thorough  familiarity  with  the three 
R ’s,  “ reading,  riting  and  ’rithmatic,” 
is  desirable.

salesman’s 

A  certain  amount  of  experience  is 
necessary,  in  my opinion,  before a sales­
man  can  be  expected  to  show  his  full 
worth;  it 
is  unreasonable  to  expect  a 
young,  inexperienced  man  to  go  forth 
and  make  a  pronounced  success  begin­
ning  with  the  first  town  he  makes;  no 
matter  bow  bright  he  may  be,  how  well 
be  may  be acquainted  with  your  goods, 
how  well  you  have  instructed  him  or 
how  hopeful  and  determined  be  may  be 
to  achieve  success,  he has  much  to  le;>rn 
that  can  only  be 
learned  in  the  haru 
school  of  experience;  he  will  meet  con­
ditions  such  as  he  never dreamed  <1, 
and  disappointments  which  will  try  h.s 
soul,  his  nerve  and  bis  “ staying”   qual 
ities.  This  is  the  critical  point  in  tt« 
young 
career,  and  m;iy 
make  or  mar  his  whole  future;  at  tb.s 
point  I bespeak  for  him  your kind  con­
If  there  is  any  of  the  milk 
sideration. 
of  human  kindness 
in  your  composi­
is  a  first-class  opportunity  to 
tion,  this 
show 
it;  write  him  kind,  encouraging 
letters;  even  if  he  is not  getting  many 
orders,  compliment  him  upon  what  he 
is  doing,  “ pat  him  on  the  back"  and 
tell  him  that  “ the  darkest  hour of morn­
ing  just  precedes  the  dawning." 
It  is 
a  good  plan  to  assist  a  young  salesman 
in  making  out  his  first  route  list,  and 
be  sure  that  bis  first  efforts  are  made  in 
towns  in  which  you  are  reasonably  cer­
tain  he  will  get  some good  orders. 
If 
he  is  successful  in  taking  orders  in  bis 
first  few  towns,  be  will  feel  confidence 
in  himself  and  his  goods,  and  will  be 
fortified  against  disappointments  which 
await  him  later  on,  which,  if  met  at  the 
outset,  might  result 
in  his  utter  dis­
couragement.

I  say  proper  training  is  essential  to  a 
salesman’s  success. 
I  believe  be  can 
be  best  trained  in  your  own office.  Take 
a  boy,  preferably  a  graduate  of  a  gram­
mar  school, 
into  your  employ  as  an 
office boy;  give  him  to  understand  that 
his  future  depends  upon  him self;  if  he 
is  ambitious  and  shows  aptitude,  ad­
vance  him  along  the  several  clerkships, 
giving  him  every  opportunity  to  post 
himself  in  your business. 
In  the  course 
of  a  few  years  he  will  have  mastered 
every  detail  of  your business and  will 
be  an  embryo  ideal  stove  salesman,  as 
his  natural  aptitude,  bis  education  and 
his  training  will  be  what  are  desired. 
Probably  two  years’  experience  “ on  the 
road”   will  be  necessary  to  broaden  him 
out,  teach  him  the  ways  of the  world,

REFRIGERATORS"

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YUKON  AND  CH ILKO O T

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T h e  verdict  o f  those  w ho  have  used  them :  “ That  they are the  best 
ever  offered  in  this  market.”   Write  for  Price  List.

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO., 

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We make the best  Sprayers  on  earth.  Get  our  circular  and  prices  before 

buying elsewhere.

Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons, SSSSSPSSL
ROOFINGSaSH5 HSHSE5 H S H S ^

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.

As manufacturers we can supply goods in our  line  at  extremely  low 
prices.  We  make  Roofing  Pitch,  Tarred  Pelt,  Tarred  Bdard, 
2 and 3 ply Roofing, Gravel Roofing,  Asphalt Paints.

f

H.  f l .   R E Y N O L D S   &   SO N ,

DETROIT, MICH. 

Established 1868. 

Jl
V (Please mention  where you saw this advt.)

Office:  82 Campau  St.
Factory: 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
ist A v . and  M.  C.  Ry.is J
B row n & S e h l e r

W E S T   B R ID G E   S T .
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

« * * *

Manufacture a full line of

LKiHT AND  HEAVY  HARNESS 
FOR THE TRADE.

Jobbers  in

SADDLERY  HARDWARB,  ROBES, 
BLANKETS, COLLARS, WHIPS, ETC.

Also a full line of

CARRIAQES AND FARM IMPLEflENTS.

Tradesman  Company 

Grand  Rapids.

P R O M P T   A T T E N T IO N .

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

23

Hardware  Price Current.

AUGURS AND BITS

 

 

CAPS

AXBS

BOLTS

BLOCKS

BARROWS

CROW  BARS

BUTTS, CAST

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

nell's................................... 
70
Jennlng.  genuine.................................. ...25*10
Jennings  Imitation....................................60*10
First quality,  S. B. Bronze.........................   5 50
First Quality,  D. B. Bronze........................  
o so
First Quality.  S. B. 8. Steel...................  
First Quality,  D. B. Steel...........................   io 50
Railroad..... 
14 00
Garden.................................................  net  30 00
Stove......................................................  
60*10
Carriage new list..................................  
65
Plow.......................................  
 
go
„   „ 
BUCKETS
Well, plain.................................................. • 3 50
Cast Loose  Pin, figured............................... 70*10
Wrought Narrow.......................................... 70*10
Ordinary Tackle........................................... 
70
Cast Steel............................................per lb 
5
66
Ely’s l-W............................................per m 
55
Hick’sC. F ..........................................perm 
Q. D - ;................................................ perm 
45
Musket................................................per m 
75
Rim Fire....................................................... ..
Central  Fire.................................................  
Socket Firmer............................................. 
70
Socket Framing....................... .'.................  
70
Socket Corner............................................. 
70
  70
Socket Slicks......................................... 
 
 
go
Morse’s Bit Stocks....................................... 
Taper and Straight Shank........................... 50*  5
Morse’s Taper Shank................................... 50*   5
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
65
Corrugated..............................................  
1 25
Adjustable..............................................dls 40*10
Clark’s small, 318;  large, 326........................30*10
Ives’, 1, 318; 2, 324; 3, 330.............................  
25
New American............................................. 70*10
Nicholson’s  ................................................. 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps................................... 60*10
28
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.......... 
List  12 
16........ 
17

GALVANIZED  IRON

EXPANSIVE BITS

PILBS—New  List

CARTRIDGES

ELBOWS

CHISELS

DRILLS

13 

20

14 
Discount,  '5—10

15 
GAUGES

MATTOCKS

KNOBS-New List

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...................... 60*10
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
70
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
80
Adze Rye.....................................317 00, dls  60*10
Hunt Eye.....................................315 00, dls 60*10
Hunt’s........................................  318 50, dls 20*10
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s...................................  
40
40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.. 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry *  Clark’s................ 
40
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 
30
Stebbln’s Pattern.......................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30

MOLASSES  GATBS

MILLS

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and Wire.
 

Steel nails, base.............................................  2 40
Wire nails, base.............................. 
20 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
05
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
8 advance.................................................... 
10
6 advance.................................................... 
20
4 advance.................................................... 
30
3 
advance............................................... 
45
2 
advance..............................................  
70
50
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
25
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
35
25
Finish 10 advance..................................... 
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel % advance.......................................... 
85
Ohio Tool Co.’8,  fancy................................   @50
Sclota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandnsky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........................   @50
Bench, firstquality.......................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
70* 5
Common, polished..................................... 
60
Iron and T inned........................................ 
Copper Rivets and Burs...........................  
45

PLANBS

RIVETS

PANS

school  him  io  diplomacy  and  give  him 
a  general  knowledge  of  what  his  com­
petition 
is  and  how  it  should  be  met. 
In  the  meantime,  his  training  should 
not  be  neglected.  It is too  frequently the 
case  that  a  young  man  in  starting  out 
“ on  the  road”   does  so  with  the  idea 
that  a  salesman’s  life  is  “ one  continual 
round  of  pleasure. “   This 
is  the  snag 
which  many  a  young  man  who  gave 
promise  of  becoming  a  successful  sales­
man  has  run  against,  sometimes  result­
ing 
in  his  utter  ruin,  and  many  times 
engaging  so  much  of  his  attention  that 
his  efficiency 
is  impaired,  to  bis  own 
detriment  as  well  as  that  of  his  employ­
er. 
It  should  be  made  clear to  him that 
in  sending  him  “ on  the  road”   a  trust 
and  confidence are reposed  in  him  that 
are not accorded other employes;  you not 
only  place  in  his  keeping  the  amount 
of  money  represented  by  his  salary  and 
traveling  expenses,  but  a greater amount 
represented  by  the  money  which  will  be 
put  into the  goods  manufactured  ahead, 
which  you  have  the  right  to  anticipate 
will  be  sold  in  his  territory,  the  propor­
tion  of  the  fixed  charges  in jour  manu­
facturing  and  commercial  expense  ac­
counts,  to  cover  which  you  are  obliged 
to  dispose  of a  certain  amount  of  goods 
to  save  your business  from  loss,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  profits  to  which  you  are 
legitimacy  entitled  from  the  amount  of 
business  which  should  come to  you from 
the  territory  which  he covers.  Depend­
ing  upon  his  honor,  you  place these  in­
terests  absolutely  in  his bands,and  as  an 
honorable  man  he  should  guard  them 
more  zealously  than  were  he  under  your 
eyes  each  day or  subject  to the same dis­
cipline as  your  book  keeper  or  cashier. 
This  is  a  point  which  perhaps  many 
traveling  salesmen  overlook.  Were  it 
laid  before  them  properly  no  doubt 
much  good  would  result,  as  I  believe 
the  great  majority  of  salesmen  are  hon­
orable  men.

We  are  all  human  and  liable  to  err, 
the  traveling  salesman  among  others. 
When  errors  occur,  even 
if  they  are 
trivial,  it 
is  best  to  point  them  out,  as 
at  times  a  man  will  do  wrong  when  be 
thinks  he  is  doing  right,  and  the  only 
way  to  guard  against  and  prevent  a  re­
currence  of  such  errors  is  to  call  the 
offender’s  attention  to  them.

I  wish  to  say  a  few  words  in  defense 
of  traveling  salesmen.  They  are  fre­
quently  accused  of  shortcomings  which 
should  be  properly  laid  to  the  doors  of 
the  ’ managers  of  the  houses  by  whom 
they  are  employed.  As  a  class  they 
intelligence, 
represent  a  high  order  of 
sagacity  and  energy,  and  were 
they 
instructed,  instead  of  being 
properly 
given  a  catalogue  and  “ thrown  over­
board,’ ’  as 
it  were,  to  sink  or  swim, 
and 
left  to  work  out  their  salvation,  as 
frequently  happens,  I  believe  we  would 
have  a  greater  number  of  ideal  stove 
salesmen. 

E. C.  H a n ra h a n.

Genuine  Philanthropy.

Andrew  Carnegie,  who  has  accumu­
lated  some  $100,000,000 or  so out  of  bis 
vast  manufactures  of  iron  and  steel,  has 
given  out  that  he  intends  to disburse the 
greatest  part  of  bis  wealth  in  public 
benefactions.

This  is  a  very 

important  announce­
ment,  since  it  is  a  declaration that great 
wealth,  over  and  above  what  is  required 
to  maintain  a  man  and  his  family  in  a 
state  of  comfort  and  dignity  befitting 
their  condition,  should  not  be  hoarded 
up  to  increase  the power and importance 
of  any  individual.

The  possession  of  vast  wealth  enables 
its  possessor  to gratify  his  ambitions  or

to  revenge  himself  upon  those  who  op-1 
pose  or  obstruct  him 
in  his  designs. 
Many  a  man  of  moderate  means  will 
think  twice before  he  will  place  himself 
in  a  position of such  opposition  and  few 
can  afford  to  run  the  risk  of  being  ob­
jects  of  such  revenge.  Thus  it  is  that 
the  man  of  vast  wealth  is  apt  to  exert 
more 
influence  and  wield  more  power 
than  he  deserves,  simply  because  bis 
immense  riches  operate  to 
intimidate 
those  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.

Mr.  Carnegie  has  been  accused  of 
having  exercised  the  harshest  cruelty 
and  oppression  upon  the  workpeople 
who  assisted  to  create  his  great  fortune, 
but  the  careful  student  of  events  has 
long  ago  concluded  that  the  Homestead 
affair  was  the 
logical  sequence  of  a 
diabolical  conspiracy  of  walking  dele­
gates,  conceived  and  encouraged  by  a 
great  political  party  to  assist  it  in  win­
ning  a  victory  in  the  campaign  then 
in 
progress.  Mr.  Carnegie  has  also  been 
charged  with  practicing  extortions  upon 
the  Federal  Government 
in  the  armor 
plate for battleships and other munitions 
of  war  manufactured  by  him.

If  these  accusations  be  true,  all  the 
more  will  he  deserve  praise if  he  should 
now  start  out  in  the  role  of  public  ben­
efactor,  for  it  would  be  an  evidence  of 
contrition  and  repentance  for  the  hard­
ships  he  has  imposed  upon  those  who 
were 
in  his  power.  Many  rich  men 
never  repent  at  all,  but  keep  for  per­
sonal  aggrandizement all  their  pelf,  and 
when  they  die they  continue,  so  far  as 
they  can,  possession  of  it  in  their  fam­
ilies.  Others  repent  only  at  the  last 
moment and  leave  more  or  less  of  their 
substance to  worthy  public  charities  or 
other  benefactions.

In  this  way  the  hard  taskmasfer,  the 
inexorable  creditor,  the  skinflint,  the 
miser,  are able  to  make  some  reparation 
for the  evils they  have  done,  and  if  the 
actual  sufferers  are  not  benefited,  other 
equally  needy  and  deserving  people 
may  be.  But  it  is a  poor satisfaction 
to  any  man  who,  in  one  way  or another 
has  secured  vast  wealth  to  wait  until 
his  deathbed  moments  to  give  charity. 
By  so  doing  he  will  have  deprived  him­
self  of 
If  he  shall 
have  founded  or  endowed  universities 
and  colleges,  libraries  and  asylums  in 
bis  lifetime,  he  will  have  been  able  to 
receive  and  enjoy  the  applause, 
the 
thanks  and  the  blessings  of  those  whom 
his  wisely-dispensed  bounty  shall  have 
benefited.

intense  pleasure. 

The  happiest  and  most  beneficent 
state  of  society 
is  that  in  which  there 
are  no  vast  private  fortunes  and  no  ex­
treme  poverty,  but  where wealth  is fair­
ly  distributed  among  those  who  do  the 
brain  work  and  the  hand  work  of a com­
munity.  Here  there  is  no  multi-million- 
aire  class to grind  the  poor  or  to  regard 
with  contempt  those  of  lesser  means, 
and  there 
is  no  such  thing  as  individ­
uals  or a  class  driven to  desperation and 
revenge by  the  infamous  leadership  of 
venal  and  unscrupulous  walking  dele­
gates  who  prate  of  the  apparent unequal 
division  of  wealth  as  though  it were  due 
to  faulty  laws  and  unjust  exactions 
in­
stead  of  inequality  of  intellect  and  op­
portunity.

Charity  covers  a  multitude  of  sins, 
and 
if  Mr.  Carnegie,  or  any  other 
multi-millionaire,  no  matter  what  may 
have been the extortions  or the injustices 
by  which  he  gained  his  wealth,  shall  in 
his  lifetime  honestly  and  faithfully  de­
vote  the bulk  of  bis  fortune  to  benefac­
tions,  he  will  earn  from  his  fellows  full 
forgiveness  for  all  his  transgressions 
against  them,  and  deserve  their  grati­
tude  and  admiration.

F r a n k   S t o w h l l .

PATENT PLANISHBD IRON 

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

Broken packages He per pound  extra. 

HAMMBRS

Mavdole *  Co.’s, new  list............................... dls 33*
25
KlP’s  ......................................................dls 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s......  ...........................dl« 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............ 
an<* n»i 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 50*10 
6 25
Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware................  

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

20*10

HOLLOW  WARE

32 50
2 50
2 60
2 70
2 80

 

ROPBS

HINOBS

Pot«•............... ............................................. 60*1
K ettles......................................................... go&io
Spiders.........................................  
60*10
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2,8................................dls 60410
State.........................................perdoa.net  2 53
Sisal, H inch and  larger.............................  
gu
u jJ
Manilla.......................................................  
80
Bright..........................................................  
80
Screw Eyes................................................... 
Hook’s..........................................................  
80
Gate Hooks and Byes.................................. 
so
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’a.................dls 
70
Steel and I r r r ...............................................70*10
Try and Bevels........................................... 
60
M itre...........................................................  
50
com. smooth,  com.

LEVELS
SQUARBS

WIRE  GOODS

5HBBT  IRON

SAND  PAPBR
SASH  WEIGHTS

2 00
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14.................................... 12 70 
Nos.  15 to 17....................................   2 70 
Nos. 18 to 21..............................*...2 80 
Nos. 22 to 24 ..................................   3 00 
Nos. 25 to 26....................................   8 10 
No.  27..........................................  320 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  aect. 19,’86......................................dls 
50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game............................................. 
75*10
50
Oneida Community, Newhonse’s .........  
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
1
Bright Market......................................   ... 
70
Annealed  Market........................................  
70
Coppered Market..........................................60*10
Tinned Market..............................................   60
Coppered Spring Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ..........................   3 (0
Barbed  Fence,  painted.................................  2 60
An Sable.................................................dls 40*1C
Putnam.................................................. dls 
5
Capwell..................................................... net list
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
40
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought  .........  
75
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
75

HORSB NAILS

WRBNCHBS

TRAPS

WIRB

MISCELLANEOUS

40
Bird  Cages................................................. 
Pumps, Cistern.......................................... 
70
Screws, New L ist..................................  
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American............... 
50
600 pound casks...........................................  
9
Per pound...........................................  
  9Vi
D rop............................................................  1 45
B B and Buck.............................................  1  70

METALS—Zinc

SHOT

 

 

 

2 45

SOLDER

The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................S 7 55
14x20 IC, C harcoal..........................................  7  50
20x14 IX, Charcoal..........................................  8 50

TIN—Melyn Grade

Each additional X on this grade, 11.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal.................  ...................
10x14 EE, Charcoal......................................
14x20 IX, Charcoal......................................
Each additional X on this grade, 91.50. 

ROOFINa  PLATES

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............
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, 1 
14x56 IX. for  No  9  Boilers. ( P®* P°nna-  ■

BOILER SIZB TIN PLATE 

6 25
6 25
7 50 
7 50

5 50
6 56
11  03

5  00
6  00 
12  00
10  00

10

Pans,  black,  Vi g a l........3 Vic each
Pans,  black,  %   gal........ 4¿íc each
Pans,  black,  i  to a gal.........5c gal
Pans,  Peoria or  white,

Jars,  Vi  g a l.................... 3X C each
Jars,  1  to 6 g a l.....................5c gal
Jars,  S,  10 and  12 g a l.........   6c gal
Jars,  15 and  20 g a l...........*j%c gal
Churns,  2 to 6 g a l........... 5y2c gal
Jugs,  K  g a l.......................4c each
Jugs,  1  to s g a l..............  . ..6c gal

Vi  g a l............. ac  each
Pans,  P ’a or w., 
gal..4V%c each 
Pans,  P ’a-w.,  1  to  a g a l.. 5 J4c gal
F .  O.  B.  factory at Akron.  N o charge  for  crates  If  you  enclose  this 
advertisement.  Car  loads  to  one  or  more  merchants  in  one  town 
a specialty.

( H I M   POITIRY  co.,  Clark  and  n o   sis..  Chicago,  in.

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NEVER  WORRIES.

Happy  Condition  of  the  Crossroads 

Stroller in Grocery  World.

Storekeeper.

The  city  grocer  laughs  at  the  general 

storekeeper  of  the  rural  districts.

He  is  apt  to  poke  fun  at  him  as  be­

ing  a  back  number.

The  professional  humorist  has  waxed 
sleek  and  fat  at  the  expense  of  the  fel­
low  who  sells  sugar  and  suspenders.

But  let  your  uncle  tell  you  something. 
The  crossroads  general  storekeeper 
is 
the  man  who  is  making  the  money  to­
day.  He  alone  of  all  merchants  is  the 
one  who  is  resting  comfoitably  on a  bed 
of  clover.  He 
is  the  man  who  never 
worries.  Mention  the  cutter  to  him  and 
after  you  are  gone  he  will  look  in  the 
dictionary  to  see  what  it  means.

The 

let  of  the  general  storekeeper  is 
in  pleasant  places  and  don’t  you 

cast 
forget  it.

in 

into 

Last  Saturday  I  found  myself  away 
the  country,  about  fifteen  miles 
out 
from  Philadelphia. 
I  walked  along  un­
til  I  came  to  a  little  hamlet,  practically 
a  crossroads  settlement.  There  were  a 
blacksmith  shop,  a dozen  houses  and  the 
general  store.  You  can  find  such  places 
all  over  the  United  States  if  you  will 
hunt  for  them  away  from  the  large  cit­
ies.

I  strolled 

the  general 

store, 
bought  a  pound  of  cakes— 15  cents  a 
pound—and  sat  down  in the  loafers’ cor­
ner. 
It  was  a  typical  country  store— 
dry  goods  on  one  side,  groceries  on  the 
other,  paints  and  oils  anywhere  they 
would  go,  straw  hats  on  top  of  a  box  on 
the  counter,  a  cabinet  of  homeopathic 
“ cures”   on  the  other counter,  and so on.
It  occurred  to  me  as I  sat  and  ate  that 
one  reason  why  the  general  storekeeper 
in  such  a  place  is  in  such  great  luck 
is 
that  he  can  violate  every  dictate of  good 
storekeeping  with  perfect 
I 
looked  at  this  store’s  window.  I  needn’t 
even  describe 
it. 
It  was  small  paned 
and  about  twelve 
inches  deep,  not  a 
bulk  window  at  all,  and  a  miscellaneous 
assortment  of  dust-covered  goods  filled 
it.  It  hadn’t  been  trimmed—simply was 
a  waste  basket,  and  looked  it.

impunity. 

If  a  big  city  grocer,  or  even  one  in  a 
good  sized 
town,  left  his  window  that, 
way 
it  would  react  on  his  business  at 
once,  unless  the  window  standard  for 
the  town  was  extremely  low;  but  here 
is a  man  at  a  crossroads  who never looks 
at  bis  window,  and  still  his  business 
goes  on  perfectly  independent  of  it.

Another  “ rule"  that  some  of the trade 
journals  are  fond  of  laying  down  is  to 
keep  your  store  clean.  They  prophesy 
all  sorts  of  dire  things  for  the  grocer; 
who  doesn't.

This  store  was  filthy. 

It  evidently 
hadn’t  been  swept  or  dusted  for  weeks. 
But  I  didn’t  see  any  of  the  farmers  who 
came  in  noticing  it  much.  They  bought 
just  as  much  goods,  maybe  more.

You’ve  read  the  strictures  in  this  col­
umn  about  dirty  clerks  as  factors  in 
sending  customers  to  other  stores.  Yet 
the  one  clerk  in  this  general  store  while 
I  was  there  bad  just  measured  out  some 
ultramarine blue for whitewash.  It sticks 
to  everything  it  touches,  and  as  bis  lily- 
white  hands  were  somewhat  sweaty, 
they  got  the  blues  at  once.  Think  he 
washed 
I  was  the 
next  customer,  and  be  lifted  my  15 
cents'  worth  of  cakes  out  of  the box  just 
as  airily  as  if  bis  paws  weren’t  all  over 
blue.

'em?  Not  much. 

I  felt  a 

little  blue  myself  over  that, 
but  several  other  customers  came  in and 
be  served  them  the  same  way,  so  I  took 
my  cue  and  ate  the  cakes.
Would  that  sort  of  thing  go  anywhere 
else?  I  don’t  think  it  would.

Blessed  is  the  man  who  can  break  all 
of  the  trade-journai  rules  and  still  sell 
goods!

I  had  a  good  chance  to  listen  to  the 
prices  quoted  by  the  clerk,  and  they 
were  all  right.  No  cutting  there!  Take 
my  pound  of  cakes  as an example.  They 
were  vanilla  wafers  and  they  cost  me 
15  cents  a  pound.  A  retailer,  whom  I 
asked,  said  they  cost at  wholesale  about 
8  cents.  Eignty  per  cent,  profit 
is 
pretty  fair  in  a  war  year,  isn’t  it?

The  store  sold  cheese  at  20 cents  a 
pound.  You  fellows know  what  you  get

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

for  it,  and  you  can  compare  your  posi­
tion  with  his.

A  farmer’s  wife  came  in  and  bought 
five  yards  of  muslin— 12  cents  a  yard. 
I  don’t  know  much  about  muslin,  so  I 
asked  my  wife  what  a  fair  price  was. 
She  said  9  cents  a  yard.

Potatoes  sold  for  a  dollar  a  bushel. 

I 
find  on  enquiry  that  the  price  for  old 
potatoes,  as  I  write  this,  is  65  cents  per 
bushel,  which  is  a  profit  of  50  per  cent, 
about.

Think  of  that,  you  fellows  who  look 
down  on  the  crossroads 
storekeeper. 
Let's  see  if  you  can  laugh  at that.  Filty 
per  cent,  profit  is  a  good  joke,  isn’t  it?
I  talked  a  little  with  the  proprietor— 
a  comfortable  looking  fellow  about  60 
years  old,  who 
looked  as  if  the  world 
had  used  him  well.  Everybody  who 
came 
in  the  place  called  him  “ A be,’ ’ 
and  he  was  equally  familiar  with  them. 
I  found,  in  conversation,  that  this  store 
had  done  what  most  of  these  general 
stores  do—come  down  from  grandfather 
to 
son. 
“ A be"  was  the  son.

father,  and  from  father 

It  grows  up  with  the  country. 
It  is 

A  store  like  this  is  a  valuable  prop­
It 
erty. 
is  a  neighborhood  landmark. 
in­
dissolubly  associated  with  every  de­
velopment  in  the  countryside  for  three- 
quarters  of  a.  century.  The  people  of 
the  hamlet  turn  to  it  naturally.  They 
would  no  more  think  of  going  anywhere 
else  than  they  would  think  of  flying. 
They  regard  Wanamaker's  and  such 
places  as  developments  of  the  shell 
game.  And so  each  succeeding  genera­
tion  comes  into  possession  of  the  store, 
and  each  waxeth  fat  and  comfortably 
prosperous.

Cutters?  What  cutter  would  think  of 
If 
establishing  a  store  at  a  crossroads? 
be  did,  the  righteously  indignant  peo­
ple  would  tar  and  feather  him.  So  be 
stays  away,  and  the  country  storekeeper 
lives  out  his  50-per-cent.-profit 
life 
in  peace  and  quietness.

to 

Contributory  Negligence.

“ De  trouble  wif  dis  hyab  church,’ ’ 
said  the  deacon,  “ is  de  contributory 
negligence  ob  de  congregation. ’ ’

“ De  contributory  negligence  ob  de 
the  pastor; 

congregation?”   repeated 
“ what  yo  mean  by  dat?”

“ I  mean  jes’  what  I  sez,”   replied  the 
deacon. 
“ W’en  de  plate  am  passed 
around,  nearly  all  ob  dem  neglecks  ter 
contribute. ”

Simultaneously  with 

its  removal  to 
more  commodious  quarters  in  the  New 
Houseman  building,  the  Dean  Printing 
Co.  has  changed  its  name  to  the  Dean- 
Hicks  Printing  Co.,  a  merited  recogni­
long-time  Secretary  of  the 
tion  of  the 
company,  but  which 
involves  no  other 
change  in  the  organization.  The  steady 
growth  of  the  Dean  company,  which  has 
attended 
its  uniformly  successful  ca­
reer,  made  the  addition  of  machinery 
necessary  beyond  the  capacity  of  its  old 
quarters. 
Its  new  location  gives  it  the 
first  floor  and  basement,  which 
it  oc­
cupies  with  one  of  the  best  equipped 
in 
printing  and  binding  establishments 
the  State.  The  Tradesman 
is  glad  to 
note  these  evidences  of  the  legitimate 
results  of  building  up  a  business  in  the 
generous  policy  of  “ live  and 
let  live”  
and  hopes  that  its  growth  may  continue 
until  its  present  quarters  shall  also  be­
come  too  straitened.

Martin  Steenman  has  embarked 

in 
the  grocery  business  at  213  West  Leon­
ard  street.  The  Oiney  &  Judson  Grocer 
Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Kalamazoo  Grocers  to  Inaugurate  an 

Annual  Holiday.

It 

the  report  of 

Kalamazoo,  May  15— At  the  second 
meeting  of  the  Kalamazoo  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association, 
the 
Executive  Committee  showed  a  mem­
bership  of  forty  in  the Association,  with 
all  the  grocers  not  yet  seen. 
is  be­
lieved  that  the  membership  will  be at 
least  sixty.  Mr.  Fisher  was  engaged  by 
the  committee  at  $10 a  week.

Some  fine  points  were  brought  up  as 
to  whether  retail  oil  wagons  were  in­
cluded  under  the  peddling  ordinance. 
A  committee  was  appointed by the  chair 
to  look  up  and  report  all  about  the  mat­
ter  in  dispute.

The  following  committee  was  ap­
pointed 
draft  by-laws  for  the  Asso­
ciation :  Messrs.  Hyman,  Wells,  Pratt 
and  John  M.  Lucasse.

The  wholesale  dealers  got  several  se­
vere  rubs  on the ground that  they  sold  to 
hotels  what  they  bad  left  after  supply­
ing  the  merchants,  at  a  cheaper  rate 
than  they  did  to  retail  merchants. 
It 
was  the  sense  of  the  meeting  that  they 
had  the  right  to  sell  stuff  that they could 
not  sell  to  the  grocers.

The  grocers,  not  wishing  to  spend  all 
their  time 
in  the  pursuit  of  business, 
decided  that  they  should  have  a  day  off 
to  go  on  a  picnic.  The  following  com­
mittee  was  appointed  to  arrange  for 
Grocers’  day:  H.  R.  Van  Bochove, 
W.  L.  Brownell,  I.  M  Van  Kersen.

The  question  ot  closing  the  stores  at 
7 o’clock,  except  on  Saturdays,  was  dis­
cussed,  and  it  seemed  to  be  the  general 
sense  of  the  Association  that  the  stores 
should  be  closed  at  that  hour.  No 
definite  action  was taken  until more gro­
cers  could  be  seen.

Christian  Science  Lecture.

The  third  lecture  under  the  auspices 
of  First  Church  of  Christ  Scientist,  in 
Grand  Rapids,  will  be  given  by  Mr. 
Edward  A.  Kimball,  C.  S.  D.,  of  Chi­
cago,  a  member  of  the  International 
Board  6f  Lectureship,  at  Powers  Opera 
House,  Friday  evening,  May  19  Ad­
mission  free.  All  are  cordially invited.

Ch r is t ia n   Sc ie n c e 
Bo a r d o f  D ir e c t o r s.

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 
35 cents.  Advance  payment.

9<j3

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

WILL PAY SPOT CASH FOR A DRY GOODS 

or  department  store  stock  from  $8.000  to 
$25,000,  situated  in  Lower  Michigan  or nearby 
state.  Communications held strictly confiiden- 
tisl.  Address, stating lowest cash  price,  E.  P., 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

WANTED—GENERAL  STOCK  IN  THRIV- 

ing town  in  exchange  for  50  acre  farm, 
with crops, three miles from city of Grand  Rap­
ids.  Good bui'dings  Good  soil  for  fruit  and 
gardening.  Write  for  particulars  to  952,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

good  business.  Good  reasons  for  selling. 

t TOR  SALE-STEAM  LAUNDRY,  DOING  A 
Address Laundry, care Michigan Tradesman.
___________ 951
Fo r   s a l e — h a v i n g   p u r c h a s e d   a n -
other  house,  I  offer  for  sale  my  residence 
property at 24 Kellogg  street,  at  $1»J0  less  than 
cost.  Large  lot;  in  excellent  neighborhood; 
12 room house,  all  modern  conveniences;  barn 
on rear of  lot.  Only  one  block  from  Cherry 
street cars.  Terms  to  suit  purchaser.  E.  A. 
Stowe. 
SNAP FOR THE RIGHT MAN;  ONE OF THE 
finest stocks  of  hardware in  Michigan  city 
of 20,000;  goods all new year  ago;  will  sell  for 
cash only ;  no  traders  need  apply ;  have  other 
important business to attend to.  Answer quick 
if  you  mean  business. 
.Lock  box  1030,  Port 
Huron, Mich.____________  

95$

949

954

936

913

950

D r u g  st o r e  f o r   s a l e,  cash  sa l e s
average  $20  daily.  Address  Ed.  Beebe, 
Ovid, Mich. 
W ANTED—30 CARS EACH  TIMOTHY HA Y 
and graded white corn.  Richard J.  Biggs 
Co.. Baltimore.  Md. 
TOR  SALE—A  SELF-ADDING  NATIONAL 
1  cash register, good as new.  Cost $„25.  Will 
Jas.  A. 

sell less thau half cost on  easy  terms. 
Campbell, 252 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 

W ANTED—HARDWARE, GROCERY,  JEW- 

elry and bazaar trade.  A  new  side  line 
for  the  above.  Do  you  wish  to  handle  it? 
Write us.  J. D. McFarlin Co., Northville, Mich.

91a

941

934

937

$1,000—one-third 

WANTED—BY  OWNER  OF  A  CLOTHING 
stock,  one  side  of  dry  goods,  shoe  or 
grocery store in town near Grand  Rapids.  Ad­
dress  No  942, care Michigan Tradesman.  942
Dru g sto ck—w il l in v e n t o r y  a bou t
fixtures,  balance  drugs 
and sundries.  For cash, will sell for 50 per cent, 
of amount it inventories.  R. E. Hardy, LanBing, 
944
Mich. 
WANTED—WILL  BUY  YOUR  STORE  OR 
become your partner.  O. M. Bucklin, 6933 
947
Yale Ave., Chicago, 111. 
I  TOR SALE—CHOICE AND CAREFULLY  SE- 
lected stock of drugs  and  groceries  in  best 
business  town  in  Michigan.  Rent  of  brick 
store,  reasonable.  Business  well  established 
and  always  profitable.  Reason  for  selling,  ill 
health of owner.  Address  No.  941,  care  Mich-
igan Tradesman. 

I  TOR  SALE---- STORE  BUILDING  AND
1  dwelling combined at Levering, Mich.  The 
best place in the State for  general store.  A. M. 
LeBaron, Grand Rapids, Mich,__________ 940
I TOR SALE  FOR  SPOT CASH—A twelve light 

’  Kopf  acetylene  gas  plant.  Brand  new. 
Used only four months.  Price  $50.  Reason  for 
selling, going out of trade.  Address  Lock  Box 
S3, McBride’s, Mich. 

CHARGING AND CREDITING ON COUNTER 

checks  (slips)  and  filing  them  in  Shaw’s 
Counter  Check  File  does  away  with  slavish 
book-keeping.  Mr. Emmet T. O’Hara, boot  and 
shoe dealer at 71 Cana)  street, will  explain how 
easy it is.  Call on him. 

quire  of  Hollon  &  Hungerford,  Albion, 

17TOR  SALE—OLD-ESTABLISHED,  FIRST- 
.  class meat market;  best  location  in  city  of 
’’0,000;  doing good business;  have  best  class  of 
trade in  city;  bargain  for  some  one.  Address 
No. 928, care Michigan Tradesman. 
928
F OR  SALE—GOOD  BAZAAR  .STOCK.  EN- 
■ NY  ONE  WISHING  TO  ENGAGE  IN  THE 
grain and produce and other lines  of busi­
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  bv  communi­
cating  with  H.  H.  Howe,  Land  and  Industrial 
Agent C. & W. M. and D., G. R.  &  W.  Railways. 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
919
Fo r  s a l e —a  r a r e  o p p o r t u n it y —a
flourishing  business;  clean  stock  of shoes 
and furnishing goods;  established  cash  trade; 
best store and  location  in  city;  located  among 
the best iron mines in the country.  The coming 
spring will open  up with  a  boom  for  this  city 
and prosperous  times  for  years  to  come  a  cer­
tainty.  Rent  free  for  six  months,  also  a  dis­
count on stock;  use of fixtures free.  Store and 
location  admirably  adapted  for  any  line  of 
business and conducted  at small  expense.  Get 
in line  before  too late.  Failing  health  reason 
for  selling.  Address  P.  O.  Box  304,  Negau- 
nee, Mich. 

Mon ey to pa t e n t y o u r id e a s may  b e

obtained through our aid.  Patent Record, 
Baltimore, Md. 
liTOK  SALE —CLEAN  HARDWARE  STOCK 
JU  located at one of the best trading  points  in 
Michigan.  Stock  will  inventory  about  $5,(00. 
Store and warehouse will be rented  for  $30 per 
month.  Will sell on  easy terms.  Address  No. 
868, care Michigan Tradesman. 
868
Fo r  sa l e—n e w   g e n e r a l  stock,  a
splendid farming country.  No trades.  Ad­
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman.  680
WANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 

try:  any  quantities  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich._______________ 810

Mich. 

913

885

925

MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED—A  FIRST-CLASS  REGISTERED 
pharmacist.  Good  fair  wages  to  right 
party.  Steady  employment.  J.  L.  Congdon & 
Co., Pentwater, Mich. 
955
MERCHANTS  AND  ALL  HANDLERS  OE  MONEY:

Destroy that obsolete Old  Coin  Book  and  send 
for our new vest pocket edition  “ /lurket  Value  of 
U. S.  Coins and Stamps.”   Gives  values  of  Co­
lumbian  and  Omaha  stamps.  Price  10c;  leather 
bound  50c.  Coin or stamps.  The  Henry  Carroll 
Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Reference— Peoples 
Savings Bank.

BATTERSON  & CO.

PRODUCE
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS

B U F F A L O ,   N .   Y .

W e are  in the market for E g g s  and 
can give you  good  returns.  Write 
us how  many you  have and  we will 
buy  them  either on  track,  your  sta­
tion,  or delivered  in  Buffalo.

Very  full  quotations in  our prod­
uce exchange  price  current  on  de­
mand.  Satisfactory references any­
where.

E. 

L.  Nestell,  flour  and  feed  dealer 

at  Mecosta,  has  added  a  line  of  gro­
ceries.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.

John  Higbstreet  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  263  South  Division  street.  The 
Oiney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the  stock.

Gr o c e r y  sto ck  fo r  sa l e— on  A c ­

count of the ill health  of  owner,  he  offers 
for sale his stock of groceries in one of  the  best 
towns in Michigan.  Trade well-established and 
increasing.  Address Box 87, Carson City, Mich. 
____________________________  
948
FDR SALE AT A VERY LIBERAL DISCOUNT 
—a new staple stock of dry goods;  location 
tile very  best  in  town;  rent  very  reasonable. 
Reason  for selling,  I  wish  to  go West.  Good 
indneements  will  be  given  to  the  person  who 
means  business  and  will  come  to  look  at  the 
stock, as I will  pay  no  attention  to  inquisitive 
enquirers.  Address  L.  A.,  Postoffice  Box  84, 
Lowell, Mich. 

946

Travelers*  Tim e  Tables.
CHICAGO

Chicago.

Lt.  G. Rapids............   7:30am  12:00nn  «11:45pm
Ar.  Chicago................ 2:10pm  5:15pm  7:20un
Lt.Chicago...11:45am 6:50am  4:15pm *ll:50pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids 5:00pm 1:25pm  10:15pm * 6:20am 
Traverse  C ity,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids.............7:30am  ...........   5:30pm
Parlor cars^n day trains and sleeping cars on 
night trains to and from Chicago

A pr. io ,  1899.  -

«Rvery  day. 

Others week days only.
DETROIT,Grand Rapids k Western.
Lv. Grand  Rapids.........7:00am  1:35pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit....................11:40am  5:45pm 10:06pm
Lt. Detroit.................... 8:15am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids.......   1:10pm  5:20pm 10:56pm
Lv. GR7:00am 5:10pm  Ar. G.Rll:45am  0:30pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains ran week days only.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Gno.  D e Ha v e n ,  General Pass. Agent.

Detroit.

f i n   A  A JT I  Trank Railway System 
VI I v A l l  U   Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect May  1, 1899.)

GOING  EAST

Leave  Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit & N Y.........t 6:45am t  9:55pm
Detroit  and  Bast.................. tlO: 16am 15:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit & Bast........t 3:27pm tl2:50pm
Buffalo,  N  Y,  Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, L’t’d E x ... .* 7:20pm *10:16am
GOING  WEST
Gd. Haven and Int Pts......... * 8:30am *10:00pm
Gd.  Haven Express.............. *10:21 am • 7:15pm
Gd. Haven  and Int  Pts........ tl2:58pm t 3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee...t 5:12pm tl0:llam  
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee.. .tl0:00pm  t  6:40am
Gd. Haven and Chicago...... .* 7:30pm  *  8:05am
Eastbonnd 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car 
to Detroit, eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car 
to Detroit.

*Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

C.  A.  J u stin,  City Pass.  Ticket Agent,

Feb. 8,1899.

97 Monroe St.,  Morton House.
GRAND Rapids  k  indiana Railway
Northern Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & M ack...t 7:45am t  5:15pm
Trav. City <fc Petoskey............t   1:50pm tl0:45pm
Cadillac accommodation........t  5:25pm tlO :55am
Petoskey <& Mackinaw City... .tit :00pm  t  6:35am 
7:45am train, parlor  car;  11:00pm train, sleep­
ing car.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati..............................t  7:10am t  9:45pm
F t Wayne 
............................* 2:03pm t   1:30pm
Cincinnati............................. * 7:00pm * 6:30am
Vicksburg  and Chicago........*11:30pm * 9:00am
7:10  am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati 
and  parlor  car  to  Chicago;  2:00pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Ft. Wayne:  7:00pm  train  has 
sleeping car  to  Cincinnati:  11:30pm  train  has 
coach and sleeping car to Chicago.

Chicago Trains.

8 45pm 

FROM CHICAGO.

TO CHICAGO.
Lv. Grand Rapids... 7  10am  2 00pm  *11 30pm
Ar. Chicago............   2 30pm 
6 25am
Lv. Chicago............................   3 02pm  *11 32pm
Ar. GranaRapids...................  9 45pm 
6 30am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
car;  11:00pm, coach and sleeping car.
Train  leaving  Chicago 3:02pm  has  Pullman 
parlor car;  11:32pm sleeping car.
Mnskegon Trains.

GOING WEST.

Lv G’d Baplds............ t7:35am tl :00pm to :40pm
Ar Muskegon............... 9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Mnskegon 10:40am.
Lv Mnskegon.........   ..t8:10am  til :45am f4:00pn>
Ar G’d Rapids............ 0:30am  12:55pm  5:20pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Mnskegon  5:30pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 6:50pm. 
tBxeept Sunday. 
'Daily.

GOIHCI BAST.

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

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

DULUTH, 

T t I T I   I T T H   Senth Shore and Atlantic

Railway.

WEST  BOUND.

■AST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)tU:10pm  t7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City...................  7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace...........................  0:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie..............   12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette  .......................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................   5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Duluth.............................................  
8:30am
Lv. Duluth.............................................  +6:30pm
Ar. Nestoria............................ tll:15am  2:45am
Ar. Marquette.......................  
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie........ . 
.........
3:30pm 
Ar. Mackinaw City...............  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. Hibbard, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette.
E. C. Oviatt Trav. Pass. Agt., GrandRapids
MANKTFF * Northeastern Ry.
I T l i T l l  I O  1  L 4L 4  Best route to Manistee.

Via C. *   W. M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapids............................7:00am  ...........
At  Manistee.................................12:05pm ...........
L v  M anistee.....................................  8:30am 4:10pm
At Grand  Rapids  ..........................  1 :00pm  0:55pm

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Business Men's Association HEMLOCK  BARK

President,  C.  L.  W h it n e y,  Traverse  City;  Sec­

retary, B. A.  Sto w e, Grand Rapids.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J .W is l e b ,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A .  Sto w s, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Aasodatioa

President,  C.  G.  J ew ett,  Howell;  Secretary 

He n r y C.  Min n ie,  Eaton Rapids.

Detroit  Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

221 Greenwood ave:  Treasurer, <_). H.  F r in k .

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

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G e o.  L ehm an.

Saginaw Mercantile  Association
Mc B r a t n ie ;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L e w is.

President, P. F. T r e a n o b;  Vice-President, J ohn 

Jackson Retail Grocers' Association 

President, J. F r a n k  H e l m e r ;  Secretary, W .  H. 

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

W

We  measure 
and pay casn 
for  Bark  as 
fast  as  it  is 
loaded.  Now 
is  the  time 
to  call on  or 
write  us.

*

MICHIGAN BARK & LUMBER CO.,

o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

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

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  M.  L.  D e B a t s ;  Sec’y, S. W .  W ate r s.

Traverse City  Business Men’s  Association 
H o l l y ;  Treasurer, C. A .  Hammond.

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

Owosbo  Business  Men’s   Association 

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

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

Alpena Business Men’s  Association

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

P a r t r id g e.

Grand  Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association 
President, L. J. K ate ;  Secretary, P h il ip Hil b e r  : 

Treasurer, S. J. Hu fpo r d.

We  Pay  HIGHEST  MARKET  PRICES  In  SPOT  CASH  and  Measure  Bark  When  Loaded. 

Correspondence  Solicited.

St. Johna Business  Men’s  Association. 

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

Pe r c y ;  Treasurer, C l a r k  A. Pu t t.

Perry Business Men’s Association

President, H. W . W a l l a c e ;  Sec’y, T . E . He d d l e.
Grand  Haven Retail Merchants’ Association
President, F. D. Vos ; Secretary, J. W. VebHoeks.

Yale Bnsiaess Men’s Association

President, C h a s. R o u n d s;  Sec’y, F r a n k  P u t n e y.

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AND  STEA M SH IP   LINUS 

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Simple 
Account  Pile
Simplest and 
Most Economical 
Method of Keeping 
Petit Accounts
File and  1,000 printed blank

billheads.......................  $2  75

File and  1,000 specially

printed bill heads.........   3  25

Printed blank bill heads,

per thousand.................. 
Specially printed bill heads,

1  25

per thousand.............. 
Tradesman Company,

  1  75

Grand Rapids. 

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EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS 
IN CALENDARS

For several years  the  Tradesman  Company has  done  an  annually  increasing  business 
in  colored  and  engraved  calendars.  This  season  preparations have  been  made  to  embark 
in  the  business  on  an  extensive  scale,  necessitating  the  addition of new machinery  and  the 
employment  of  expert  workmen  skilled  in  that particular branch  of the business.  Arrange­
ments  have  been  made  for a  large  number of special and  exclusive designs reproduced from 
oil and  water colors  paintings,  and  our  representatives  will  soon  be  on  the  road  with  a 
large line  of finished  calendars in
DUOGRAVURE  AND  TNREE  COLOR  PROCESS
which  will  eclipse,  in  point  of  originality,  variety  and  artistic  excellence, any  line  ever 
shown  in  the  country.  W e  shall  be  prepared  to  offer  those  who  make  early  application 
exclusive  rights  to  certain  designs,  which rights we  can  protect  because  we  own  the  orig­
inals  by  purchase  from  first  hands.  All  our calendars  will  be  Qiade on  extra heavy card­
board,  double  coated  on  both  sides,  which  we  warrant  not  to  curl  or  twist  on  the w all  W e 
use  pad  paper of good  weight  which  will not  fade,  and  have  arranged for special inks which 
we  guarantee will  retain  their strength  and  brilliancy.

W e  trust  the  calendar buyers of the country will  not  place their orders  until they  have 

had  an  opportunity  to  inspect  the leading  line  of  the  season.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

!IBeti)PI5  YOIII6an lraKe  lriin et01minK!

Our  Automatic  Money  Weight  Scale  Has  the  Result 

Figured  Out  for You.

This  Automatic  Spring  Balance  Scale referred to  is
the  finest  thing of  the  kind  upon  the  A m erican  market.
It  shows  automatically  the  value  of  any  article 
placed  upon it within the range of prices provided  for it. 
The scale here shown  has a  range  of  prices  from  3c  to 
30c per pound, thus providing for  all  the  prices  usually 
prevailing in  meat markets and  in  butchers’  stalls.

Several  different  style  pans  can  be  furnished  with 
the  Money Weight  Spring  Balance  Scales  referred  to.
Write  for  full  particulars  and  remember  that  we 

sell on long time and easy payments without  interest.

The  Computing  Scale  Co.,

Dayton, Ohio.

