GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  28,1899.

Number  823

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Volume XVI.

SPICES

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE 28,  1899.

Number 823

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

PAGE
2.  The  Dry Goods Market.
4.  Around  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  W oman’s  World.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Editorial.
10.  Shoes and Leather.
11.  Clerhs’ Corner.
13.  Double-Yolked Eggs.
13.  Fresno  Raisins.
14.  Egg Item s from  Various Sources.
15.  G etting th e  People.
IO.  Sad Story of Ikey  Brown, the  Grocer.
17.  Commercial Travelers.
18.  Drngs and  Chemicals.
19.  Drug Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price Current.
31.  Grocery Price Current.
23.  To  Combat  Catalogue  Houses.
33.  H ardw are M arket.
H ardw are Price  Current.
34.  Gotham  Gossip.
Business  Wants.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars— Raw  sugars  have  not  been 
very  active  during  the  past  week,  only 
a  small  number  of  sales  having  been 
made  at  the  basis  of 
for 96 deg. 
centrifugals  and  4>£c  for  89 deg.  test 
muscovadoes. 
The  consumptive  de­
mand 
is  very  heavy  and  some  grades 
are  oversold  a  week  to  ten  days.  The 
lower grades  from  No.  10 down  were  re­
duced  Wednesday  i - i6@>£c.

Canned  Goods—Advices  from  Balti­
more state that  everything  in  the  canned 
goads  line  is  on  the  boom,  with  ad­
vances  so  rapid  that  it  is  difficult  to 
keep  pace  with  the  market.  Ou  the 
other band,  it  is  said  that  trade 
in  fu­
tures 
is  rather  quiet  just  at  present. 
Packers are  fearful  of  making  contracts 
which  they  may  be  unable  to  fill  and 
buyers  are  rather  cautious about  taking 
further  supplies  until  they  see  what  the 
probable  output  of  the  various  crops 
will  be.  Baltimore  packers  are  said  to 
be  searching  for  peas  in New York State 
to  help  fill  contracts  booked  before  they 
knew  what  the  crop  would  be.  Owing 
to  the  short  pack  of  peas,  there  is an 
unprecedented  demand  for string  beans 
and  higher  prices  are  expected.  The 
demand  for  pineapples  is  larger  than 
the  supply  and  canners have scoured  the 
markets  to  find  fresh  fra it  to  fill  orders 
already  booked,  but  have  found  it  al­
most  impossible  to get  sufficient  quanti­
ties  and  prices  have  advanced  15c  per 
dozen.  There  is  much  uneasiness among 
tomato  packers,  because  of  the  unfavor­
able  prospects  of  the  growing  crop. 
The  Middlle  West,  according  to  present 
reports,  promises  abundant  yield ;  but, 
so  far as  known,  the  Eastern  part  of  the 
country  is  likely  to  yield  comparatively 
small,  even  with  the  most  favorable 
weather  conditions  from  now  on.  The 
jlry  weather  of  the  past  five  weeks 
stopped  all  growth  on  newly  set  vines, 
and  those  which  were  growing  have 
been  so  retarded  that the  fruit  will  not 
mature  for  two  or  three  weeks  later 
than  usual.  Packers  are  refusing  or- 
deis,  and  say  that  they  are  most  prob­
ably  sold  short  already,  and  some have 
advanced  their  prices  on  futures  2#c 
per  dozen.  Meanwhile  spot trading  is 
small.  As  a  rule,  quotations  are  firm 
and  holders  refuse  to  make  any  conces­
sions.  Reports  from  the  corn  growing

sections  are  so  far distinctly  favorable. 
Corn appears to be about the  only prod­
uct for canning  which  has  escaped  the 
effects  of  the  hot  weather,  the  ravages 
of  insects  or  early  injury  from  the  cold. 
It  seems  that  a  large  crop  has  been 
planted  and  that  the  pack  promises  to 
be  larger  than  that  of  any  previous  year 
for  some time.  Stocks  are  very  small 
and  prices  on  spot goods are  firm  aDd 
is  upward.  The  Balti­
the  tendency 
more  market  for gallon  apples 
is  very 
strong  and  packers  there  have  advanced 
their  price  for  futures  25c  per  dozen. 
It  is  stated  that  there  have  not  been 
enough  fish  taken 
in  the  weirs  on  the 
Maine  coast  this  season  to  keep  five  out 
of  the  fifty  sardine  factories 
in  opera­
tion,  but  the  run  is  improving  a  little 
now.  The demand  for  spot goods  is  ex­
cellent  at  unchanged  prices.  Stocks  of 
oysters  are  very 
light.  The  prices, 
however,  are  high  enough  to  keep  them 
from  going 
into  consumption  too  rap­
idly.  They  will  all  be  sold  out,  how­
ever,  before  the  fall  packing  and  there 
may  be a  further advance  over  to-day’s 
prices.  The  salmon  market  remains 
firm,  with  a  good  demand.  Latest  ad­
vices  from  the  Colombia  River  confirm 
the  previous  reports  of  the  Small  run  of 
fish,  but  no anxiety  is  expressed  regaid- 
ing  supplies  as  yet,  for a  better  run  is 
expected  a  little  later.

Dried  Fruits—The  demand  for all  va­
rieties  of  dried  fruits  at  this  season  is 
naturally  limited,  but,  so  far as  can  be 
learned, is  up  to  the  average  of  previous 
years.  According  to  the California Fruit 
Grower,  old  stocks  were  never  so  close­
ly  cleaned  up  as  at  present.  There  are 
only  about  475  carloads  of  raisins  on 
in  California,  as  against  in  all 
band 
probability  about  1,200 
last  season. 
There  is  no  doubt  but  what  these  goods 
will  all  be cleaned  up  before  the  arrival 
on  the  market  of  the  new  crop,  and 
new  crop  goods  will  have  a  cleaner 
market  to  enter  upon  than  at  any period 
since  California  has  become  a  factor  in 
the  raisin  producing  industry.  At  the 
present  time,  as  is  generally  the  case, 
there  are  not  many  raisins  being  sold, 
bat a  brisk  tiade  is  expected  during  the 
latter  part  of  Jnly  and  the  month  of 
August,  as  markets 
throughout  the 
United  States  are  then  almost  bare  and 
in  good  position  to  take  the  balance  of 
last  year’s  crop, to  furnish  the  early  fall 
trade.  Just  at  present  trade 
is quiet 
and  orders  for  every variety  are limited. 
A  firm  feeling  continues,  however,  aDd 
there 
is  no  disposition  to  shade  prices. 
It  is  estimated  that  the  total  crop  of 
apricots  this  year  will  be  about  700 
cars,  twice  what  it  was  last  year,but  not 
more  than  half  what  it  was  the  previous 
year.  Drying  has  already  begun  in 
California  and  the  new  crop  will  be  in 
the  market  inside  of  two  weeks,  unless 
something  unforeseen  prevents.  This 
year’s  prune  crop 
in  France  will  be 
comparatively  light.  The  shortage,  ap­
pears  by  late  advices  to  be  more  serious 
than  was  anticipated  earlier  in  the  sea­
son.  The  effect 
in 
stronger  enquiry  for  prunes  from  the 
other  side  and  unquestionably  the  re­
sult  will  be a  better demand  for  export 
than  for  several  years.  There  is  very

is  already  seen 

little  demand  for  prunes at  present  and 
prices  are  the  same  as  previously 
quoted. 
In  sympathy  with  the  Grecian 
market,  currants  are  stronger and  prices 
have  advanced  %c.  Figs  and  dates 
move  out  slowly  at  unchanged prices.  It 
is  reported  that  the  quality  of 
the 
Smyrna  figs  this  year  will  be better  than 
usual.

Molasses  and  Syrups—The  molasses 
market 
is  firm  but  quiet,  with  only 
small  sales.  Owing  to  the  starting  up 
of  the  can  factory  at  Maywood,  111., and 
the  consequent 
in  the  supply 
of  tin  cans,  a  slight  reduction  on  corn 
syrup 
in  cans  has  been  made,  which 
brings  them  more  in  proportion with the 
price  of  barrels,  upon  which  there  is 
no  change.

increase 

Tea— The  tea  market  is a little firmer, 

with  a  slightly  improved  demand.

Fish— Late  advices  from  Gloucester 
state  that,  contrary  to  the  report  given 
last  week  regarding the  mackerel  catch, 
it  has  proved  almost  a  failure  and  that 
prices  have  advanced  considerably  and 
will  undoubtedly  go  still  higher.  The 
demand  for  codfish  is  very  good.  Stocks 
in  first  hands  in  Gloucester  are  from  50 
@75  per  cent,  smaller  than  at  the  cor­
responding  date  in  1898,  and  it  is  con­
sidered  highly  probable  that  there  will 
be  a  rapid  advance  in  quotations  on  all 
descriptions  of  cured  cod,  hake  and 
haddock  before  the  fall  buying  season 
opens  in  August.

Green  Fruits— Bananas  are  dull  and 
the  market 
inclines  to  weakness,  al­
though  there  has  been  no  change  in 
prices.  Receipts  have  been  very  lib­
eral  for  some  time  past  and  it  is  very 
likely  that  they  will  continue  so.  Large 
sales  of  lemons  have  been  made  during 
the  past  week 
in  anticipation  of  the 
large  Fourth  of  July  trade.  There  is  no 
quotable  change  in  prices,  although  the 
market  is  slightly  easier.

Nuts— Peanuts  are  easier,  with  a  re­

duction  of  %c  in  price.
in  rice 

Rice—Trade 

is  small,  but 
prices  remain  firm  and  stocks  are  be­
ing  well  cleaned  up.

Bank  Notes.

. Alpena  Pioneer :  George J.  Robinson, 
of  this  city,  and  C.  H.  Osgood,  of  Rog­
ers  City,  are  arranging  to  establish  a 
banking  business  at  Onaway.  There  is 
only  one  bank  in  Presque  Isle  county, 
at  Rogers  City,  of  which  Mr.  Osgood  is 
at  the  head,  but  the  rapid  development 
of  business  at  Onaway  demands 
im­
mediate  banking 
facilities,  and  the 
above  named  gentlemen  will  supply 
them  as  soon  as  the  necessary  arrange­
ments  can  be  made.

Noble  &  Benedict,  who  conducted  the 
banking  business  at  Brown  City,  under 
the  style  of  the  Brown  City  Bank,  are 
succeeded  by  the  Brown  City  Savings 
Bank.

The  matter  of  establishing  a  bank  at 
Marion 
is being  considered  by  E.  Bar­
ber  and  E.  I.  VanLuan,  of  Mt.  Pleas­
ant,  who  visited  Marion 
last  week  to 
look  up  the  prospects  for  a  profitable 
business  in  that  line  there.

France 

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Prints  and  Ginghams— There  has 
been  a  good  business  during  the  past 
week 
in  printed  calicoes,  covering  al­
most  the  entire  field.  Spot  business 
has  been  supplemented  by  good  sized 
mail  and  wire  orders,  and  orders  by  the 
last  named  mediums  have  been 
in 
greater  volume  than  during  previous 
weeks,  but 
is  now  thought  that  the 
first  ordering  has  been  finished  by  the 
largest  buyers,  and they  will  do no  more 
until  deliveries  are  made  and  they  re­
assort  their  stocks.  There 
is  a  little 
business still coming  to hand  in  the  way 
of orders  for  light  fancies  to  piece  out 
the  season,  but  the  volume  is  too  small 
to  be  considered  of  much 
importance, 
and  furthermore  there  is  very  little  in 
the  way  of  stocks  at  first  hands  to  draw 
from.  There  were  a  few  new  styles  put 
on  the  market  late,  in  the  light  goods, 
that  have  found  good  business.  These 
we  have  described 
in  earlier  issues. 
They  were  designed  and  put  on  the 
market  to  meet  a  demand  for a  large 
assortment  of  styles  aud,  coming  at a 
time  when  the  original  offerings  were 
pretty  well  sold  up,  were  very  welcome 
to  the  trade. 
Indigo  blues,  turkey  reds 
and  such  lines  are  securing  a  moderate 
business  at  previously  reported  prices. 
Staples and  dress  styles of ginghams are 
in  moderate  demand.

Underwear—This  is  the  jobbers’  sea­
son,  and  the  jobbers  are  in  full  swing 
in  the trade,  furnishing  lots  to  make  up 
depleted  lines.  Gauze,  lisle and  meri­
nos  are  in  the  greatest  demand.  Bal- 
briggans  are  very  scarce,  and  are  sold 
up  for  some  time  to  come,  both 
in 
staples  and  fancies. 
It  remains  for  the 
knit  goods  people  to  keep  the  upper 
hand 
in  the  trade  now  that  they  have 
got  it,  and  not  allow  it  to  fall  back  into 
its  old  rut.  The  demand  has  caught  up 
to  the  supply,  and  the  business  is  in  a 
good  condition.  Naturally,  with  this 
the  case,  we  shall  see  new  mills  start 
up,  and  perhaps assist  in  demoralizing 
the  trade  again,  but  this  can  be  over­
come 
if  all  will  work  to  some  extent 
together,  and  not  try  to  cut  each  other’s 
throats.

Hosiery—The  end  of  the 

season’s 
hosiery  business  is  here,  and  with  one 
or  two  exceptions the  only  business  be­
ing  done  is 
in  clearing  out  odds  and 
ends.  This  has  been  going  on  for  about 
a  week,  but,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  there 
is  really  very  little  of  this  “ odds and 
ends’ ’  business  to  do.  Stocks  both  with 
the  importers  and  domestic  agents  have 
been  reduced  to  a  very  small  compass, 
and  this  business 
is  correspondingly 
small.  There are  some  moderate  stocks 
of  certain  staple  lines  that  are to  be 
found, but  these  are barely  large  enough 
to  take  care  of the  “ sizing  up”   trade 
throughout  the  season;  not,  in  fact,  as 
much  as  have been  seen  almost  every 
other  year.  Fine  grades  of  half hose 
for  fall  have  excited  considerable  in­
terest,  particularly  some  of  the  cash­
mere  lines.  The  fancies  that  are  shown 
are  superb,  if  such  a  term  can  be  used 
for  them.  The  colors  and  patterns  are 
handsome  and  neat;  very  little  that  is 
over  flashy  is  to be  found. 
In  the  do­
mestic  lines  of  these  goods  the  same 
nice  taste  is  displayed,  but  the  variety 
is  not  as  large.  There  is  still  a  good 
business  doing 
in  both  domestic and 
imported  golf  hosiery.  Desirable  styles 
are  light  in  stock,  and  advices  from  the 
foreign  mills  show  that  supplies  are 
«ell  taken  care  of.  For this season a

number  of  styles  that  were  placed  on 
this  market  as  “ bargain  sales”   have 
been  withdrawn,  and  regular  or  even 
slightly  advanced  prices  put  on  them.

Carpets—The  carpet  mills  are  now 
beginning  to  assume  their old-time  ac­
tivity.  As  the  season  more  fully  de­
velops,  with  the  prospect  of  higher 
prices,  buyers  have been  quick  to  avail 
themselves  of  present  opportunities  to 
place  orders before the  more general ad­
vance  on  tapestries,  velvets  and  other 
lines July  i.  From  this  fact  it  will  be 
seen  that  many  mills  will  be  quite  well 
supplied  with  orders  before  the  advance 
takes  effect,  and 
it  will  be  mainly  on 
any  duplicates 
later  on  that  the  ad­
vance  will  benefit  the  manufacturer. 
Ingrains,  while  active,  have been forced 
one  side  by  velvets  and  tapestries,  and 
if  any  advance  is  obtained  this  season 
on  extra  supers,  it  will  have  to  come 
after the  buyers  have  taken  all  the  tap­
estries  and  velvets  they  want,  and  when 
the  full  advance  on  the  goods  is  in 
force.  With  the  price  of  wool  yarn 
firmer,  the  spinners are  not so willing  to 
make  concessions  this  season,  although 
they  realize that  the  increased  demand 
from  the goods  market  is the  best  help 
towards  higher  prices  they  can  have, 
and  later  on  anticipate  such  a  large  de­
mand  for  yarn  that  they  can  then  afford 
to  refuse  low  offers,  discriminating  in 
favor of  the weavers  who  will pay higher 
prices.

The  Dry  Goods  Clerk.

Written for the T r a d e sm a n.

I 

chanced  to  read  in  a  trade paper the 

other  day  an  article  entitled,  “ La  Con­
versation,”  
in  which  was  given  a  de­
tailed  account of  a  conversation  carried 
on  by  a  couple of  salespeople  while  the 
writer  of  “ La  Conversation”   was  kept 
waiting. 
It  may  have  been  provoking 
enough  to  the  writer of  the  article  to  be 
obliged  to  wait and  at the  same  time to 
listen  to  talk 
in  which  be  was  not  in­
terested ;  yet in  his  article  he  makes the 
broad  statement  that  these  two  people 
are  a  fair sample of  dry  goods  clerks  in 
general.

I  have  no  fault  to  find  with  him  for 
being  provoked  nor  yet  with his account 
of the  conversation ; but  I take strenuous 
exception  to  his  statement  that  these 
people  are  a  fair  sample  of  the  dry 
goods  clerk.  He  depicts  their  speech 
as  that  of 
ignorant,  uneducated  vulgar 
'people.  These  two  persons  may  have 
been  such;  but  that  dry  goods people  in 
ignorant,  uneducated,  and 
general  are 
vulgar  is  not  true. 
I have  the  good  for­
tune  to have  many  friends and acquaint­
ances  who  earn  their  living  by  selling 
dry  goods,  and,  if  the  writer  of  “ La 
Conversation”  
could  meet  some  of 
them,  I  have  not  the  least  doubt  he 
would  find  them  equally  cultured  and 
refined  as  himself.

Such  articles  as  “ La  Conversation”  
should  not  be  passed  by  without  a  pro­
test.  They  are  read  by  the  public  in 
general  and  they  create  an  entirely 
erroneous  impression.  Life  to  the  peo­
ple behind  the  counter  is  by  no  means  a 
bed  of  roses,  and  such  statements  as  are 
contained 
in  “ La  Conversation”   are 
only  added  thorns.

That  there  are  many  people  behind 
the counter  who  are  in  no  way  qualified 
to be there  I  do  not  deny;  but  there  are 
thousands  upon  thousands  of  young 
men  and  young  women  all  over  the 
country  who  work  in  stores  who are  an 
honor  to  their chosen  calling.  Many  of 
them  are  high  school  graduates and  not 
a  few  have  had  the  advantage  of a  col­
legiate  education. 
They  come  from 
Christian  homes  where  they  have been 
taught  to  fear  God  and  keep  his  com­
mandments;  where  Christian  love  and 
purity  of life  have  been  their daily  ex­
ample.  That  these  people  should  be 
represented  to  the  public  in  the  light  of 
the ‘'La Conversation'’  idea  is not only 
wrong,  it is unjust 

M a cD o n a l d .

A  Few  Simple  Recipes.

The  Small  Boy— Take  equal  parts  of 
noise,  dirt,  and  four-horse  power steam- 
engine;  mix  with  bread  and  butter to 
the  taste  (the  boy’s  taste),  and  set the 
mixture  to  cool  in  the  middle  of  a  io- 
acre  lot. 
If  you  find  you  have  put  in 
too  much  noise  (which  you  undoubtedly 
have) turn over and knead  with  the hand 
or  split  shingle.

The  Saleslady—This  is  a  very  easy 
dish.  All  that 
is  a  little 
giggle,  brass  to  season,  and  a  garnish­
ing  of  frizzes,  bangs  and  cheap  jewelry. 
Mix  in  an  empty  skull  and  serve.

is  required 

The  Politician—Tact,  one  part;  two 
eyes  for  the  main  chance;  one  tongue, 
well  oiled,  and  as  much  cheek  as  pos­
sible. 
If  you  have  a  little  brain  handy, 
it  may  be added  sparingly;  but  it  does 
not  matter  much,  and most housekeepers 
consider  any  use  of  brain  in  this  con­
nection  as  extravagant.  Bake  in  a  slow 
oven,  so  that  it  need  not be done brown. 
If  it  be  more  than  half  baked 
it  is 
ruined.

The  Poet—To  make  a  poet, 

take 
liberally  of  shimmering  sunshine,  strain 
through  a  rhyming  dictionary,  ^nd  add 
equal  parts  of 
love-sick  adjectives, 
archaic  adverbs,  and  such  other  words 
as  you  may  never  have  beard  of.  Set 
in  a  warm  place,  where  the  whole  may 
become intimately  mingled,  and garnish 
with 
long  hair,  seedy  clothing  and  an 
empty  stomach.

A  Kiss—This 

is  composed  of  equal 
parts  of  honey,  sugar,  ice cream,  soda 
with  four  kinds of  syrup,  love  in  a  cot­
tage  and  supernal  bliss. 
It  can  be 
made  in  the  dark  just  as  well  as  in  the 
light.  Bake  in  an  elliptical  dish  and 
serve  warm.

Charity—This  is  usually  served  cold. 
When  warm  it  is  very  apt  to  spoil,  and 
must therefore be  used  at  home.  Take 
one  part  heart  and  ioo  parts  talk,  and 
stir together until  the  heart is dissolved, 
and  add  sufficient  policy  and  worldly 
wisdom  to  give 
it  a  flavor.  Charity 
made  by  this  recipe  will  keep  a  long 
time  in  any  climate.

to retail from one to twenty-five 
cents.  We  have  the  Folding, 
Japanese and Palm Leafs.

If your stock  is low send  us a postal card stating  quantity  and  price. 
The goods will reach you on the next express.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer & Co.,

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Hot  Weather  Goods

Light weight underwear  is still  in good demand.  Our  line  of  Gents’ 
Balbriggan  Underwear  is  complete;  also  Ladies’  Jersey  Ribbed 
Vests we have in all styles and prices.  We have just received a new 
assortment of  Ladies’  Shirt Waists to sell for  50  and  75  cents.  And 
as for Gents’ Negligee  Shirts,  our  line  can’t  be  beat  as  to  quality, 
style and price;  we have  them  in  all  grades  You  may  need  some 
decorations ¿or the Fourth;  we can supply you with Bunting and Flags.

P. Steketee & Sons,

W holesale  Dry  Goods, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Eesley’s  Sunshine 

Self-Rising  Pastry  Flour

Prepared on an entirely new formula.  Makes the 
best  Biscuits,  Cjikes  and  Pastry  of  all  kinds, by 
the  addition  of  milk  or  water.  Put  up  in  2 lb. 
cartons and 6 and 9 lb. sacks.  Sold direct or can 
be supplied  by  any  wholesale  grocer.  W e  also 
put  up  Self-Rising  Entire  Wheat  and  Graham 
Flours  in  2  lb.  cartons,  two  dozen  in case.  We 
are  sole  manufacturers  of  Sunshine  Flour  for 
general household use.

Eesley  M illing Co.
Mills at Plainwell and Constantine, Mich.

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Around the State

Movements  o f  Merchants.

Maple  City—Johnson  &  Young  have 

opened  a  new  meat  market.

Gilford—John  W.  Cragg  has  sold  his 

general  stock  to  Edwin  Parrish.

East  LeRoy— Henry  Knox,  general 

dealer,  has  sold  ont  to Hall  &  Co.

Bay  City— Mrs.  L.  A.  Wood  has  sold 

her  jewelry  stock  to  C.  S.  Graves.

Girard— Myron  Bidwell  has  engaged 

in  the  drug  business  at  this  place.

Falmouth— Lucas  Smith  has  engaged 

in  the  grocery  business  at  this  place.

West  Bay  City— Amedee  J.  Jean  suc­

ceeds V.  Jean  in  the  jewelry  business.

Alpena—Jos.  L.  Reinke 

Luther— F.  G.  Swanson  has purchased 
the  Crandall  &  Gregg  dry  goods  stock.
succeeds 
Reinke  &  Lyon  in  the  grocery business.
Kalamizoo—Hosea  Henika  succeeds 
in  the  undertaking 

Carder  &  Henika 
business.

Ann  Arbor—C.  Homer  Cady  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  John  H. 
Maynard.

Algodon— Milton Lambert has engaged 
in  the  general  merchandise  business  at 
this  place.

Ann  Arbor— Blaitch  &  Gates  continue 
the  grocery  and  crockery  business  of 
Geo.  Blaitch.

Galesburg— Little  &  Mack,  grocers 
and  meat  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Jas. 
Little  succeeding.

Bay  City— F.  B.  Phillips  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  hardware  and  paint  stock 
of  D.  B.  Martin  &  Co.

Quincy—Frank  H.  VanDorsten,  of 
Litchfield,  will  open  a  department  store 
at  this  place  on  Sept.  i.

Escanaba—J.  T.  Wixon,  dealer 

in 
photographers’  supplies  and  picture 
frames,  has  removed  to  Petoskey.

Barryton— Samuel  Rosenberg,  of  Cas- 
novia,  has  opened  a  dry  goods  and 
men’s  furnishing  goods  store  here.

Millbrook— T.  W.  Preston has  shipped 
his  drug  and  grocery  stock  to  Elk  Rap­
ids,  where be  will  re-engage in business.
Shelby— L.  D.  Allen  has sold bis stock 
of  shoes  to  L.  P.  Hyde,  who  has  re­
moved  the  same  to  his  Hart  establish­
ment.

Hemlock— C.  F.  Shulte has purchased 
the 
interest  of  his  partner,  Wm.  Pohl, 
in  the  drug  and  grocery  business  at  this 
place.

Hastings— Frank  Kurtz  has  sold  bis 
meat  market  to  Andrews  &  Besemer, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

LeRoy— Frank Smith has discontinued 
the  general  merchandise  business  at 
Manton  and  shipped  the  remainder  of 
the  stock  to  this  place.

Owosso—Goodspeed  Bros.,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  will  shortly  open  a  boot and 
shoe  store  here,  with  Fred  Conklin  and 
Roy  Oldfield  in  charge.

Cassopolis— The  grocery  firm  former­
ly  known  as  Thomas  &  Nysewander 
has  been  reorganized  under  the  style  of 
J.  L,  Thomas  &  Co.,  Mr.  Nysewander 
retiring.

Port  Huron—The  machinery  supply 
depot  of  Carleton  &  Cole  was  closed 
Monday,  and  the  stock  taken  charge  of 
by  H.  G.  Barnum  and  F.  D.  Carleton, 
mortgage  trustees.  The  firm  has  been 
unable  to  meet  its  obligations,  and  the 
business  will 
likely  be  closed  out  at 
once.  April  28  last  the  firm  executed  a 
chattel  mortgage 
in  favor  of  Messrs. 
Barnum  and  Carleton  in  trust  for  their 
creditors.  The  liabilities  are  placed  at 
$5,000,  while  the  assets  inventory  at  a 
higher figure.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

St.  Joseph— B.  Josephs,  representing 
a  Chicago  concern,  has  leased  a  store 
building  and  will  open  a  general  mer­
chandise  and  clothing  store July  4.

Manton— R.  C.  Ballard,  the  hardware 
merchant,  who  has  been 
ill  for a  long 
time,  is again  able  to  give  his  business 
personal  attention,  having  nearly  re­
covered.

Manton— Lambert  DeVries,  the  for­
mer  manager  of  the  Smith  store,  has  se­
cured  the  Ballard  warehouse  and  will 
put 
in  a  stock  of  feed,  hay,  and  grain 
this  fall.

Union  City—Will  Snyder  has  pur­
chased  the  stock  of  dry  goods  sold 
last 
week  to  bis  former  partner,  M.  J.  Row- 
ley,  and  will  continue  the  business  in 
his  own  name.

East  Jordan—A.  Poustie  has  leased 
the  store  building  recently  occupied  by 
the  dry  goods  stock  of  Mrs.  S.  Cohen, 
and  will  fill  the building  with  a  stock 
of  general  merchandise.

Bauer— L.  Cook,  who  has  been  en­
gaged  in  general  trade  here  for  fourteen 
years,  has  sold  his  stock  to  bis  son, 
Chas.  W.  Cook,  who  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.

Ithaca—The general  merchandise firm 
of  A.  S.  Barber  &  Co.  has  been  dis­
solved.  Mr.  Barber  will  continue  the 
mercantile  business  under 
the  same 
style,  and  Wilbur  Nelson  will  continue 
the  elevator business  under the  style  of 
the  Nelson  Grain  Co.

Menominee—Ramsey  &  Jones  will 
build  a  $15,000  business  block  for  the 
Northern  Hardware  and  Supply  Co. 
The  block  will  be  erected  opposite  the 
big  Leisen  &  Henes  building  near  the 
National  Hotel.  The  store  is  expected 
to be  ready  for  occupancy  by  winter.

Dollarville-----C.  D.  Danaher  has
merged  bis  general  store  business 
into 
a  stock  company  under the style  of  the 
Dollarville  Grocery  Co.  The  corpora­
tion  has  a  capital  stock  of $6,00a  The 
incorporators  ate  Cornelius  D.  Dan­
aher,  Wm.  H.  Krempel  and  Bert  Bell.
Sylvester—J.  H.  Loucks,  who  has 
conducted  a  general  store here  for  fif­
teen  years,  has  sold  his  stock  to John 
Streeter  and  Henry  Winter,  who  will 
continue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Streeter  &  Winter.  Mr.  Loucks  will 
remove  to  Mecosta,  where  he  will  re­
engage  in  general  trade.

Cadillac—Stone  &  Nilsen  have  leased 
a  new  store  building  now  in  process  of 
erection  and  will  engage  in  the  dry 
goods  business  Sept.  1.  Both  gentle­
men  have  had  years  of experience  in 
the  dry  goods  business,  Mr.  Stone com­
ing  from  Bay  City  and  Mr.  Nilsen  be­
ing  a  resident of  Big  Rapids.

Kalamazoo— E.  A.  Welch,  of  the  gro­
cery  firm  of  Welch  &  Russell,  has about 
fa m ily 
decided,  upon  advice  of  his 
physician,  to  remove  to  California  for 
the  benefit  of  Mrs.  Welch’s  health. 
It 
is  expected  that  his  interest  in  the  gro­
cery  store  will  be  purchased  by  Mr. 
Russell.  Mrs.  Welch 
is  at  present  in 
Minneapolis  and  late  reports  regarding 
her  health  were  more  encouraging.  The 
family  will  probably  start  West  in about 
a  month.

Stanton—John  Hansen,  proprietor  of 
the  Stanton  House and  a  member  of the 
grocerv  firm  of  Hansen  &  Jorgensen  in 
this  city,  and  Miss Emma  Ek were mar­
ried  at  the  home  of  the  bride’s  parents, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nels  Ek,  in  Sidney  town­
ship  Wednesday  afternoon.  The  cere­
mony was performed by Rev.  Ole Amble, 
of  Gowen,  in  the  presence of about  fifty 
relatives  and  friends.  A  reception  was 
given  the  young  couple  in  the  evening 
by  a  large  company of  friends.

Kalamazoo—J.  Fisher has  severed  bis 
connection  with  the  Kalamazoo  Retail 
Grocers’  Association.  He  states that  at 
present  there  are  no  hucksters  doing 
business  without  a  license,  with  one  ex­
ception,  and  in  that  case  the  man  is an 
invalid  and  Mr.  Fisher declines  to  press 
the  case against  him.  The  license  has 
done  its  work 
thoroughly,  says  Mr. 
Fisher,  in  keeping  out  peddlers  from 
out  of  town,  who  formerly  proved  such 
an  annoyance to the  regular  traders.
Dowagiac-----Business  circles 

are
wrought  up  over  the  adoption  of  a  reso­
lution  by  the  Common  Council  author­
izing  the  City  Attorney  to  draft an  ordi­
nance  enforcing 
the  closing  of  all 
places  of  business  in  the  city  on  Sun­
day.  The  proposition  went  through  the 
Council  unanimously  and  is the outcome 
of  a  recent  organization  of  a  clerks' 
society  for  the  purpose  of getting  the 
business  men  to  sign  a  petition  to  close 
on  Sundays.  The  petition  provided  that 
drug  stores  and  soda  fountains  might 
remain  open,  but  the  city  legislators 
went  even  further  and  decreed  that all 
places  of  business  should  remain  closed 
on  the  Lord’s  Day.  City  Attorney  C. 
W.  Hendryx  states  that  he  will  enforce 
the  new  ordinance to  the  letter and  im­
pose  the  extent  of  the  penalty.  The 
business  men  do  not  propose  to  be 
forced  and  many  of  them  declare  that 
their 'stores will  remain  open  on  Sunday 
hereafter and  that  if  molested  they  will 
require that  livery  stables  and  other  in­
stitutions of  the kind  shall  betaken into 
account  under  a  State  provision  regu­
lating  the  keeping  open  of the  same.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Big  Rapids—The  Big  Rapids  Furni­
its  retail  furniture 

ture  Co.  has  sold 
stock  to  Joseph  Falardeau.

Thompsonville—J.  B.  Trowbridge has 
removed  to  Breedsville,  where  be  will 
take charge of the  flouring  mill  recently 
purchased  by  Geo.  Hawley.

St.  Clair—The  St.  Clair Creamery  Co. 
has  been  organized  by  J.  F.  Ruff,  C. 
H.  Otter,  A.  M.  Ruff and  T.  S.  Otter 
with  a  capital  stock  of $10,000.

Battle  Creek— The  Knox  Chemical 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $30,000,  to  engage  in  the  man­
ufacture and  sale  of drugs and  chemic­
als.

Onaway—The  Barry  &  Finan  Lumber 
Co.  has  begun  the  erection  of a  store 
building  at  Tower,  22x60 feet  in  dimen­
sions,  which  will  serve  as  the  base  of 
supplies  for  its  mill  and  camps  on 
Ocqueoc  River,  as  well  as 
its  timber 
camps  in  Forest township.

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

The  hide  market  does  not  change 
values,  but  has  settled  down  to a  solid 
little  strife  to  disturb  it. 
basis,  with 
The  supply 
is  not  what  is  wanted,  yet 
it  answers  the  demand.  There  is no 
inducement  from  any  point  to  advance 
prices to obtain  more goods.

More  pelts  are  wanted  than  are 
offered.  Prices  remain  strong,  with  a 
slight advance.

Tallow  is a  weak  commodity.  Water 
is  plenty at  resorts  now  and  people  do 
not  require  much  soap.

Wool  seems  to  catch  the  push,  as  it 
is  so  far  behind  in  value  of  other  arti­
cles  of  commerce  that  money  seeks  it 
for  investment.  Quite  a  speculative 
feeling  has  developed  East  and  West, 
which  creates  a  new  value,  and handlers 
are  ready  to  push  it  higher,  where  they 
know  it  must go. 
It  is a  good  purchase 
that  was  made  during  the  past  month, 
as  grades  that  sold  at  18c are now bring­
ing  20c,  with  21c or above asked.

W m.  T.  Hess.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Allegan—Frank  B.  Mix,  of  Marcellus, 
has  been  engaged  to  take C.  B.  Thomas’ 
place  as  pharmacist  in  the  drug  store  of 
L.  L.  Thompson  &  Co.  He  is  a  grad­
uate  of  the  Chicago  school  of  pharmacy 
and  has  had  thirteen  years'  experience 
as  a  pharmacist  and  manufacturing 
chemist.

Manton— W.  Elivier  has  a  new  clerk 
in  the  person  of 

in  his  general  store 
Lissie  Truman.

Reading—Chas.  Stone  has  transferred 
from  Cook’s  shoe  store  to 
himself 
Branch’s  drug  store,  where  be  was  for­
merly  employed.

Montague---- Melvin  Chapman,  of
Whitehall,  has  taken  a  position  as  clerk 
in  the  general  store  of  Walter  Nelson 
&  Co.

in  a  store 

Sterling—This  place  can  boast  of  the 
oldest  clerk 
in  the  world. 
Mrs.  Russle,  who  is  104  years  old,  looks 
after  her  bouse  and  still  has  time  to  sell 
goods  in  her  son’s  store.

Ypsilanti—Arthur  Cluff  has  entered 
the  employment  of  H.  G.  H.  Gilmore  & 
Co.  for  the  summer.  Clarence  Knisley 
has  taken  the  place  of  Cleveland  Ste­
venson  with  C.  W.  Rogers  &  Co.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Arthur  Bailey,  pre­
scription  clerk 
in  F.  R.  Price’s  drug 
store,  has  resigned  bis  position  in  that 
pharmacy  to accept  a  similar  one  in the 
Hall  &  Munson  drug  store  at Bay Mills. 
His  place  will  be  taken  by  Joseph 
Maltas,  of  Pickford,  a  former  clerk  for 
Mr.  Price.

Owosso—Charles  Graham, 

for  five 
years a  clerk  for  H.  W.  Mann,  has  re­
signed  bis  position  and  will  leave  in  a 
few  days  for a  trip  West  for  bis  health.
Nashville—Fred  White  has  entered 
the  employ  of  J.  C.  Furniss  at  the  Cen­
tral  drug  store.

Bronson— W.  H.  McKinney  has  taken 
a  position  as  clerk  in  A.  J.  Ashbreck’s 
drug  store.

Petoskey— David  H.  Tennent,  of  Oli­
vet,  will  clerk  in  the  Central  drug  store 
this  summer.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—John  E.  Krafft  has 
taken  a  position  with  Burnham,  Stoepel 
&  Co.,  wholesale  dry  goods  dealers  of 
Detroit.

Hancock—The  early  closing  move­
ment  has  reached  Portage Lake’s  places 
of  business and  after  July  4  clerks  will 
have  some  time  for  recreation  or  to 
spend  with  their  families  in  the  even­
ings.  The  move  in  favor of the  earlier 
closing  of  stores  meets  with  what  might 
be  said  to  be  the  unanimous  endorse­
ment  of  the  business  element.  The  pe­
tition  was  signed  by  all  the  merchants 
but  one  at  Houghton  and  his  sympathy 
has  always  been 
in  favor  of  the  new 
movement,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  fact 
that  no  store  is  closed  at  an  earlier  hour 
than  his  and  that  he  will  conform  with 
the  new  custom  even  to  closing  every 
evening  at  6 o’clock  should  the  rule  be­
come  general.  After  July  4  the  stores 
of  Hancock  and Houghton will be closed 
Mondays,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays  at 
6 o’clock.  Tuesdays and  Thursdays the 
closing  hour  will  be 8  o’clock  and  Sat­
urday  evening  each  merchant  will  close 
whenever  he  may  see  fit.  The  change 
will  work  no  hardship  on  customers, 
once  the  arrangement  becomes familiar, 
and  that  the  clerks  will  appreciate  the 
change  and  show 
it  by  giving  better 
service  goes  without  saying.

For  Gillies  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades and  prices,  phone  Visner.  80a

A  politician  will  shake  your  hand  one 

minute and  pull  your  leg  the  next.

Grand  Rapids  Qossip

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Southern  stock 

in  l/3  bu. 
crates  commands  5o@75c  according  to 
quality.

Beans— Mediums  are  firm  and  the 

market  is  strong,

Beet  Greens—35c  per  bu.
Beets— 15c  per  doz.
Butter— The  receipts  are  decreasing 
and  the quality  is  running  much  poorer 
than  was  the  case  a  couple  of  weeks 
ago.  The  lessening  of  receipts  is  due 
to  the  curtailment  of  the  milk  supply 
and  the  fact  that  many  farmers  have 
ceased  making  butter and are  now  send­
ing  their  milk  to  the  cheese  factory. 
Dealers  find  no  difficulty  in  obtaining 
13c  for  fancy  dairy  and  creamery  has 
begun  to  move  more  freely  on  the  basis 
of  17c.

Cabbage—4o@6oc  per  doz.,  according 

to  size.

Carrots— 15c  per  doz.
Celery—20c  per  doz.
Cherries—Sour  fruit  commands  $1.50 
@1.60.  The  high  price  is due  primarily 
to  the action  of  the  canners  in  entering 
the  market. 
It  was  supposed  that  can­
ners  had  to  have  their  supplies  at  low 
values,  without  much  regard  to quality, 
but  the  experience  of  the  past  two 
weeks  has  demonstrated that the canners 
want  quality,  price  being  a  secondary 
consideration.

finding  no  difficulty 

Cucumbers—25@3Sc  per  doz.
Currants—60c  for  16 qt.  crate.
Eggs—Dealers  still  pay  11c  on  track, 
case count,  but  are  compelled  to  candle 
all  receipts, 
in 
marketing  the  stock  on  the  basis  of 
I2^c.  The  proportion  of  loss  has  in­
creased  to  a  dozen  and  a  half  per case.
Gooseberries—It  is  the  unexpected 
that  is always  happening,  and  such  has 
proved  to  be  the  case  this  year with 
gooseberries,  which  have  been  a  drug 
on  the  market  for  several  years— so 
much  so  that  many  growers  have  pulled 
up  their bushes  altogether.  This  year 
the  canners  are  entering 
into  active 
competition  for  the  berry,  paying  $i@ 
1.20  per  bu.  in  bulk, which  price affords 
the grower  a  handsome margin  of  profit, 
especially  in  a  year  like  this  when  the 
size of  the berry  is  large.  The  action  of 
the  canners 
is  likely  to  stimulate the 
replanting  of  gooseberry  bushes  to  a 
considerable  extent  in  this  part  of  the 
country.

Green  Onions— io@ 15c 

for  Silver 

Skins.

Honey—Amber  stock 

is  in  fair  sup­
ply  and  demand  at  10c.  Dark  honey  is 
in  rather  limited  demand  at  8c.

Lettuce—35 @4oc  per bu.
Musk  Melons—$1.25  per  doz.  for  Lit­

tle  Gems.

Onions—Californias,  $2.50  per  sack. 
Louisiana,  $2  per  sack.  Bermudas, 
$1.25  per  crate.

Peas— Marrowfats  command  75c  per 
bu.  The  crop  is  large and  the  quality 
fine.

Pieplant—$1  per  100  lbs.
Pineapples—On  their  last  legs.  There 
are a  few  Floridas  still  in  market,  com­
manding  $1.50© 1.75  per  doz.

Potatoes—Triumphs 

from  Arkansas 
command  60c  and  are  fairly  firm  at  that 
figure.  Home  grown  are  beginning  to 
come  in,  but  Southern  stock  is  generally 
preferred,  on  'account  of  being  larger 
and  riper.  Early  Ohios  are  expected 
in  next  week.

Poultry—The  resort  demand  for broil­
ers  is  now  at  hand  and  local  dealers  are 
unable  to  secure  enough  stock  to fill  all 
their  orders,  although  they  offer  i 6@ i 8c 
per  lb.  Chickens  are  in  good  demand 
at  8c  and  fowls are  in  fair demand  at 
7c.  Spring  ducks  are  active  at  8@ioc. 
Old  ducks  are  dull  and  slow  sale  at 
5@6c.  Geese  are  not  wanted  at  any 
price. 
Turkeys  are  scarce  and  are 
grabbed  up  as  fast  as  they  arrive  at  10 
@ 12c.  Squabs  are  in  good  demand  at 
$1.25  per  doz.  Pigeons  are  in  fair  de­
mand  at  5o@6oc  per  doz.
'Radishes—7@ioc  per  doz.  bunches.
Raspberries—Black  are  coming 

in 
freely,  commanding  about $1  per  16  qt. 
case.  Red  are  also  coming  in  rapidly 
and  finding  a  market  on  the  basis  of 
about  $1  per  12  qt.  case.  Of  course,

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

extra  lots  command  fancy  prices,  while 
arrivals  which  are  off 
in  quality  are 
compelled  to  seek  a  lower  level.  All 
reports  indicate a  large  crop,  but  not  so 
large  as  last  year.

Spinach—40c  per  bu.
Squash—90c  per  bu.  box.
Tomatoes—$1 @1.25  per  4  basket 

crate.

Watermelons—Georgia continue  to de­
cline,  22s  and  24s  commanding  2o@25c 
in  packages.  Dealers 
when  shipped 
are  quoting 
lower  prices  where  the 
melons  are  shipped  loose,  but  in  sucb 
cases 
companies 
charge  \%  first  class  rate,  instead  of 
first  class.

transportation 

Wax  Beans—$1.25© 1.50 per  bu.  The 

crop  is  large and  the  quality  is fine.

the 

The  Grain Market.

Wheat  has  been  somewhat  depressed 
during  the  past week.  Receipts  have 
been  enormous  in  the  Northwest,  while 
shipments  have  been  of only  ordinary 
amount,  but  with  the  large  amount  re­
ceived  the  visible  only  showed  an  in­
crease  of 920,000 bushels,  where  2,000,- 
000  bushels  was  expected.  Cash  as 
well  as  futures  suffered  a  sharp  decline 
in  wheat centers,  while at  initial  points 
in  the  winter  wheat  belt this decline has 
not  followed,  because  the  farmers  are 
not  selling  their  wheat  and  elevator 
men,  getting  no  fresh  receipts,  are 
holding  for  higher  prices,  which  they 
expect  to  get,  and  the  outlook  seems  to 
favor them.  There  is no  use  in  reiter­
ating  at  this  time  that  the  bull  news 
which 
is  received  daily  at  the great 
wheat  mart  of  the  world—Chicago— is 
the  controlling  factor  in  prices  and  that 
the bears  control  the  market.  Were  it 
not  for  them,  prices  would  not  have 
slumped,  but  we  presume  they  would 
rather have  the  farmer  receive  10c  less 
and  give  it  to  the  foreign  grain  buyer 
than  have  the  difference  in price remain 
at  home,  which  fact  can  not  be  gain- j 
said,  as  Liverpool  follows  Chicago.

In  corn  things  seem  changed,  as  the 
It 
price  is  stronger  than  last  report. 
looks  now  as  if,  with  the  large acreage 
of  over  82,000,000  acres,  the  crop  will 
only  reach,  according  to  present  esti­
mates,  about 200,000,000 bdshels,  which 
seems a  very  small  amount.

Oats  have  been  very  strong,  as  the 
visible  showed  a  decrease  of  1,344,000 
bushels  and  prices  will  remain  about 
stationary,  especially  as  the  wet  weather 
is  hurting  oats  where  most  are  raised.

No  change 

in  cash  rye yet.  How­
ever,  as  the  rye  crop  is  fine all  over  the 
rye  growing  districts,  except  in  Russia, 
prices  will  drop  as  soon  as  new  rye 
moves.

The  first  car  of  pew  wheat  was  re­
ceived  in  Chicago June  27,  which  only 
graded  No.  3  red  soft.

Receipts  during  the  week  were  60 
cars of  wheat,  6 cars of  corn,  9  cars  of 
oats  and  3  cars of  bay.  Rather  small 
receipt  of  corn.

Millers  are  paying  70c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

interest 

John  W.  Simmons,  who  recently  sold 
his 
in  the  Globe  Knitting  Co. 
to  bis  partners  in  the  business,  has  un­
dertaken  the  organization  of  another 
corporation  to  embark  in  the  same  line 
of  business.

L.  A.  Scoville  has  arranged  to  open 
a  drug  store  in  the  building  at  Clarks­
ville  recently  vacated  by  R.  C.  French. 
The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  has 
the  order  for the  stock.

J.  A.  Goldman  has opened  a  grocery 
store  at  59  East  Leonard  street.  The 
Musselman  Grocer  Co. 
furnished  the 
stock.

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  Tuesday  evening,  June  27, 
President  Dyk  presided.
Nooiman  &  Huizenga,  grocers  at  36 
for  mem­
Grandville  avenue,  applied 
bership  in  the  Association  and  were  ac­
cepted.

Chairman  Dyk  announced  the  follow­

ing  Picnic  Committees:

General  Arrangement  and  Finance- 
Homer  Klap,  Peter  Braun,  Cbas.  W. 
Payne.

Programme— B  S.  Harris,  F.  W. 

Fuller,  John  Witters.

Badges—John  Smyth,  Jas.  E.  Camp­

bell,  C.  W.  Mulholland.

Sports-Fred  W.  Fuller,  Peter  Braun, 
John  Witters,  F.  L.  Merrill,  Cbas.  W. 
Pavne,  Homer  Klap.

Judges—Julius  J.  Wagner,  E.  C.  Jen­
kins,  H.  C.  Wendorff,  D.  S  Gray,  John 
Braun,  J.  Frauk  Gaskill.

Reception— Carl  Voigt,  Arthur  Plum, 
Louis  Kusterer,  S.  P.  Cooper,  Floyd 
Payne,  Peter  Lankester,  J.  Geo.  Leb 
man,  M.  H.  Barber,  L.  D.  Blackford, 
J.  C.  Coade,  Wm.  Pettit,  Richard  Rin- 
evelt,  John  Roessink,  Richard  Rade- 
macker,  Cbas.  H.  Sack,  David  E. 
Keyes,  M.  C.  Viergever,  L.  M.  Van 
Heulen,  Cornelius  Seven,  C.  C.  Shay, 
Richard  Warner,  Jr.

The  Vice-Presidents  for  the  various 

outside  towns  will  be announced later.

The  Secretary  reported  that  the  senti­
ment  in  favor of  closing  all  day  July  4 
was  very  general,  the  only  objection be­
ing  from  those  grocers  who  keep  open 
Sundays  and  evenings.

the  question 

President  Dyk  gave  his  reasons  why 
he  would 
like  to  see  the  half  holiday 
movement  adopted,  at  least  during  the 
summer  months.  He  preferred  closing 
his  store  on  Saturday  afternoons,  but 
would  be  willing  to  join  in  any  action 
looking  toward  the  curtailment  of  the 
hours of  labor at  any  time  of  the  week.
J.  Geo.  Lehman  thought  the  subject 
under  discussion  a  very  interesting  one, 
but 
in  his  mind  was 
whether  unanimous  support  could  be 
secured.  The  dry  goods  dealers  were 
successful 
in  closing  their  stores  last 
year,  but  he  thought  it  would  be  more 
difficult  to  get  toe  grocers  in  line,  on 
account  of  the  larger  number.  He 
would 
it  adopted,  and 
thought  it  would  be  more  apt  to  be 
brought  about 
in  the  middle  of  the 
week,  but 
it  would  be  difficult  to  ac­
complish  such  a  result  unless  the  butch­
ers  would  close  at  the  same  time,  as  a 
great  many  grocers  handle  meats 
in 
connection  with  groceries.

like  to  see 

Peter  Braun  stated  that  the  butchers 
were  also agitating  the  matter  of  a  half 
holiday  on  Thursday  afternoon.

Mr.  Lehman  stated 

changes 
woald  have  to  be  made  and  sacrifices 
undertaken,  all  of  which  he  thought 
could  be  overcome. 
In  bis  opinion, 
there  is not  a  city  anywhere  the  size  of 
Grand  Rapids  which  has  so  good a class 
of  dry  goods  merchants,  but,  of  course, 
their attempts  in  the  matter  of  closing 
are  more  successful  on  account  of  the 
smaller  number as  compared  with  gro­
cery  merchants.

that 

Mr.  Wendorff  thought  the  only trouble 
would  be that  the  grocers  would  not  all 
fall  in  line.  He  was  more  in  favor  of 
closing  early  Saturday  evening than half 
a  day  during  the  week.  He  advocated 
closing  at  8  o’clock  on  Saturday  even­
ing, instead  of at  midnight.  He  voiced 
the  sentiment  of  Mr.  Lehman  that  the 
grocers  and  meat  dealers  should  co­
operate 
It  should 
also  be  remembered  that  many  poor 
people  have  no  refrigerators  and  that 
meat  purchased  Saturday  morning  will 
not always keep  fresh  until  Sunday dur­
ing  the  warm  weather.

in  this  movement. 

Mr.  Fuller  preferred  Thursday  after­
noon.  Some  of  the  stores  now  keep 
open  UDtil  9  o’clock  Wednesday  even­
ing,  on  account  of  Wednesday  being 
pay  day  with  a  great  many  factories. 
He  thought  the  butchers  would  fall  in 
line on  Thursday  afternoons,  and  would 
like to  make  a  test  of  the  matter for two 
months,  during  July  and  August,  the 
is  done  by  the  dry  goods
same  as 

stores.  He  thought  closing  at  8  o’clock 
Saturday  p.  m.  wouid  prove  a  fizzle. 
If 
a  grocer  has  a  case  of  berries  on  hand 
Saturday  there 
is  a  strong  temptation 
to  keep  open  a  few  minutes  longer  in 
order  to  dispose  of  it. 
In  bis  opinion, 
the  grocery  clerks  would  strongly  advo­
cate  the  Thursday  closing  scheme.

Mr.  Lehman  was  of  the  opinion  that 
if  the  stores  were  to  close,  those  who 
remained  open  would  get  so  little  trade 
that  they  would  soon  fall  into  line.

Mr.  Klap  suggested  that 

it  be  tried 
for  one  month,  during  August,  and,  if 
it  proved  a  success,  increase  the  closing 
period  next  season.

Mr.  Wendorff  thought  four  weeks  too 

short a  trial.

that, 

Mr.  Lehman  was  of  the  opinion  that 
four  weeks  was  sufficient  time  to  test 
the  matter.

Mr.  Fuller  suggested 

in  bis 
opinion,  three  Thursdays  to  experiment 
on  was  quite  time  enough  to  demon­
strate  the  success  or  failure  of the move­
ment.

Mr.  Witters  approved  Thursday,  in­
stead  of  Saturday,  and  suggested  the 
idea  of  closing  at  12  o’clock.  He 
moved  that  a  committee  of  three  be  ap­
pointed  by  the  chairman  to  attend  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Retail  Meat  Deal­
ers’  Association  and  solicit  their  co­
operation. 
The  motion  was  adopted 
and  Messrs.  Witters,  Klap  and  Lehman 
were  appointed  as  such  committee.

Mr.  Wendorff  moved  that,  inasmuch 
as  the  next  meeting  of  the  Association 
falls  on  the  evening  of  July  4  and  the 
following meeting  would  therefore  occur 
on  July  18,  a  special  meeting  be  held 
on  July  11,  which  was  adopted.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers 

Association.

At  a  meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Meat  Dealers’  Association,held  June 22, 
President  Wilson  presided.  All  of  the 
officers  were  present  and  there  was  a 
large  attendance.

Applications 

for  membership  were 
the  first  order  of  business,  and  John 
Snyder  and  L.  Veyer  &  Son  were  ac­
cepted,  making  a  total  membership 
of  67.

The  Committee  on  Wholesale  Meat 
Boxes  reported  the  result  of  an  inter­
view  with  the 
local  representatives  of 
Swift  &  Company  and  Nelson  Morris  & 
Co.,  terminating  in  a  proposition  from 
the  wholesalers  to  cut  off  all  consumers 
except  the  Morton,  Livingston,  Eagle 
and  Kent  hotels,  Peninsular  Club  and 
Chapin’s  restaurant.  The  report  was 
discussed  at  some  length,  culminating 
in 
its  adoption  and  the  Secretary  was 
instructed  to  notify  the  wholesalers  that 
the  proposition  was  accepted  and  that  a 
vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  them  for 
their  courtesy  to  the  Committee.

The  next 

in  order  was  to  suspend 
Rule  4,  Sec.  11,  of  the  by-laws,  so  that 
drinks  and  cigars  might  be  ordered. 
The  Sargeant  ordered  the  beverages 
and  the  members  did  the  rest.

A  bill  was  presented  for  $5  to  settle 
incorporation  fees,  which  was  or­

for 
dered  paid.

A motion  was  made  that  the  Secretary 
invite  the  Bay  City 
to  our  picnic,  which  was 

be  instructed  to 
butchers 
adopted.

The  President appointed  the  follow­

ing  picnic  committees:

Arrangements— F. 

J.  Dettentbaler, 
Phil.  Hilber,  C.  B.  Dressier,  John 
Rottier,  P.  D.  Mohrhard,  G.  Waltz,  S. 
J.  Hufford,  John  Rauser,  John  Elbe,  A. 
Schuchardt.

Programme— L.  J.  Katz,  S.  J.  Huf­
ford,  H.  Schlichtig,  W.  Thomasma,  F. 
J.  Dettentbaler.

The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  in­
sert  in  the  city  papers  during  the  week 
notice  of  closing  all  day  July  4.

A  motion  was  made  by  S.  J.  Hufford 
that  the  Treasurer  give  bonds.  The 
motion was  adopted  and  the  amount  was 
fixed  at  $1,000.

The  Treasurer  reported  $67  87  on 

P.  H il b e r ,  Sec’y.

hand. 

Wanted—Cigarmakers,  rollers,  bunch 
breakers,  strippers  and 
lady  packers. 
G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar Co.,  Grand Rapids.

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W om an’s W orld

Sensible  Suggestions  to  the  Summer 

Girl.

Your graduating  day  is  happily  over, 
my  dear  little  girl.  You  have  coaxed 
the  last of  your  organdies  and  pineap­
ple  tissues  into  your  overfull  trunk,  and 
you  are  about  to  start  forth  on  your  first 
summer  campaign.  To  the  ordinary 
observer,  it  seems  a  matter of  no  conse­
quence  at  all  that  another girl  is  off  for 
Charlevoix  or  Mackinac  Island,  but to 
you 
is  one  of  the  important  events 
it 
In  a  way  you  are  to  try  your 
of  life. 
in  a  placid  pool  before  you 
strength 
venture 
into  the  swim  of  society,  and 
you  are  wondering  whether  you will be a 
success or  failure— whether  you  will  re­
turn  laden  with  hat  bands,  and  walking 
sticks,  and  stick  pins,  and  photographs, 
and  other  summer-girl spoils,  or whether 
you  will  have  nothing  but  a  lot  of  limp 
and  bedraggled  finery  to  show  for  your 
trouble.

It 

she 

it  to  herself. 

Now,  just  what  makes  a  girl  popular 
is  one  of  the  Dundreary  things  that  no 
fellow  has  found  out,  and  if any  wom­
takes  precious  good 
an  knows 
care  to  keep 
It  isn’t  a 
question  of  money,  for  we  have  all  ob­
served  the  daughter  of  wealth  sitting 
disconsolate  against the  walls  of  a  sum­
mer  hotel  ball-room,  while  her 
im­
pecunious  sister  danced  the  soles  off her 
slippers. 
is  not  expensive  clothes, 
for  we  have  known  girls  with  cartloads 
of  finery  from  Worth  passed  over  for a 
country  maiden 
in  a  io-cent  muslin. 
Neither  is  it  altogether  a matter of good 
looks,  for  the  commonest  observation  is 
that 
is  seldom  the  beauty  who  mar­
ries the best or even gets the most  invi­
tations  to  the  fish  fry. 
It  is  some  girl 
who,  so  far  as  you  can  see,  isn't  re­
markable  in  any  way,  but  who  possesses 
that  mysterious,  subtile,  potent  charm 
that  draws  people  to  her.

it 

No  one  can  teach  you  this.  Popular­
ity 
is  a  thing  where  every  girl  must 
work  out  her  own  salvation  with  fear 
and  trembling,  but  I  would,  at  least, 
like  to  call  your  attention  to  a  few  car­
dinal  points  in  the  game.

In  the  first  place,  and  the  second,  and 
the  third,  don't  be  selfish.  On  this 
hang  all  the  law  and  the  prophets. 
I 
know  that 
it  is  the  custom  to  consider 
women  as  holding  a  monopoly  of  the 
virtue  of  unselfishness.  Later  on  you 
will  find  out  that  for absolute,  utter dis­
regard  for  everybody’s  rights  but  her 
own,  lovely  woman  takes  the  cake  in 
the  world’s  competition.  A  woman  will 
do  with 
impunity  things  that  a  man 
would  be  pounded  into  a  jelly  for  con­
templating.  Why,  I  have  seen  a  gen­
tle,  angel-faced  woman  monopolize  the 
dressing-room  on  a  sleeping  car  for  an 
hour  and  a  half  at  a  stretch,  while a 
corridor  full  of  dishevelled  sisters  in 
dressing  sacks  and  curl  papers  pounded 
on  the  door and  besought  her  to let them 
in  because  they  were  only  ten  minutes 
from  the  breakfast  station.  But did  she 
do  it?  Not  much.  She  put  all  the  clean 
car  towels  down  on  the  floor and  stood 
on  them  while  she  shampooed  her  bead 
and  curled  each 
individual  hair,  and 
then  when  she  was  good  and  ready  she 
opened  the  door  and  not  before. 
If a 
man  should  treat  other  men  that  way, 
when  the  offender  came  out  be  would  be 
received  in  the  open  arms  of  a  lynch­
ing  party  and  there  would  be  riot  and 
bloodshed. 
is  only  women  who  dare 
defy  and  trample  on  public  rights.

It 

Somehow  summer  resorts  seem  to  be 
a  place  where  we  see  human  nature

with  the veneer  rubbed  off, and  you  will 
have  plenty  of  opportunity  of  observing 
this  endearing  trait  of  your sex.  There 
is  always  the  girl  who  pre-empts  the 
best  chair  on  the  shady  end  of  the  gal­
lery  for  herself  and  her  beau  and  who 
glares  at  everyone  who  approaches  her 
as 
if  she  had  struck  a  gold  mine and 
they  were  trying  to,  jump  her  claim. 
Then  there  is  the  girl  who  bates  chil­
dren  and  snubs  old  ladies who  try to talk 
to her.  There 
is  the  girl  who doesn’t 
hesitate  to  wake  up  all  the  nervous  peo­
ple and  all  the  sick  people  by  pounding 
on  the  piano  after  midnight  and  shriek­
ing  out  that  her  love 
is  a  bigb-born 
lady,  and  there  ic  she  who,  having  met 
the  agreeable  new  man,would die  rather 
than  introduce  him  to another girl.

is  so  repulsive 

Be  not  like  one  of  these.  No other 
fault 
in  a  woman  as 
selfishness.  No  other  virtue  shines  so 
refulgently  as  unselfishness.  We  may 
grow  tired  of  the  wit  and  the  beauty, 
but  we  never  get  half  enough  of  the 
sunny-tempered  girl  who 
is  willing  to 
share her  chocolate  and  her  beaux,  who 
is  interested  in  old  ladies and whom  the 
children  buzz  about  like  bees  above  the 
clover.  That’s  the  kind  of  girl  we  think 
of  when  we  make  up  special parties and 
whom  we  want  our brothers  and  sons  to 
marry.

Another  point  to  which  I  would  call 
your  attention  is  the burning  subject  of 
progressive  euchre.  As  it  is  played  at 
the  general  summer hotel  subscription 
game  it 
is  progressive  iniquity  in  the 
way  of  false  scores,  revokes,  acrimo­
nious  recriminations and accusations.  I 
have  seen  fair,  young,  innocent-looking 
girls  lie  and  cheat  for  the  sake  of  get­
ting  an  imitation  cut glass  pomade  jar 
and  get  red-faced  and  shrewish when 
is  a  spectacle  to make 
they  lost. 
angels  weep  and  men 
look  elsewhere 
for  a  wife.  Unless  you  are  absolutely 
sure that  you  can  play  an  honest  game, 
that  you  can  see  your  partner  trump 
your  aces  without  a  quiver,  and  that 
you  can  bear  defeat  with  good  grace, 
for  pity’s  sake  never touch  a  card. 
In 
every  game  emulate  the  virtues  of a 
sport,  which  an  eminent  authority has 
declared  to  be  “ to brag  little,  to  show 
well,  to  crow  gently  if  in  luck,  to  pay 
up,  own  up  and  shut  up  if  beaten.’ ’

It 

One  thing  that  I  would  impress  upon 
every  girl  beyond  everything  else 
is 
the  difference  between  the  bright  girl 
and  the  smart  girl.  The  bright  girl 
is 
the  cheery,  good-natured  girl  whose 
smile  is  like  sunshine  in  a  shady place. 
The  smart  girl 
is  she  whose  tongue  is 
like  forked  summer  lightning,  blasting 
everything  it touches.  No  friend  is  safe 
from  her  gibes.  No  affection  is  too  ten­
der  for  her  ridicule.  No  affliction  is so 
piteous  it  escapes  her  mocking.  Peo­
ple  laugh  at  her  and  repeat  her  sharp 
speeches,  and  you  think 
it  must  be a 
fine  thing  to  be  that  clever  Believe 
me,  my  dear,  wit  is  the greatest  curse a 
woman  ever  falls  heir  to,  unless,  as only 
happens  about  once  in  a  million  times, 
she  has  sense  enough  and  heart  enough 
to  balance  it.  We  may  laugh  at  her,  but 
we  fear her.  We  call  her a  wit  to  her 
face  and  a  cat  behind  her  back.  A 
is  a  high  price to  pay  for  a  lost 
laugh 
friend. 
If  people  on  the  hotel  gallery 
suggest  humorous  remarks  to  you,  go 
out and  strangle  yourself  before  you  ut­
ter  them,  so  shall  you  escape  heart­
burnings  and  regrets  when  you  find  out 
that  the  shabby  woman  in  the  ill-fitting 
gown,  about  whom  you  were  so  excru­
ciatingly  funny,  is  the  Mrs.  Croesus 
whose  parties  you  are dying  to  be  in­
vited  to.  Things are  seldom  what  they

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

seem.  At a  summer  resort  they  never 
are,  and  you  never  know  to  whom  you 
are  talking.  Another  point  I  would 
emphasize  is the  folly  that  so many girls 
indulge  in  of  making  cutting  remarks 
to  men,  under the  impression  that  they 
are  being  witty.  As  long  as  we have a 
code  of  gentlemanliness  that  no  man 
can  traverse  in  his  speech,  surely  we 
are  in  honor bound  to  maintain an equal 
code of  ladylikeness.

Avoid  the  amateur  photographer  as 
you  would  the  plague.  My  dear  child, 
I  have been  all  along  there,  and  I  know 
all  about  it. 
I  know  how  free and  easy 
one  gets  at  summer  resorts  and  how  you 
didn’t  mean  a  single thing  when you  let 
Tom  get  a  snapshot  of  you  in  a  senti­
mental  pose  with  Billy,  and  that  the 
other view  where  Freddy appears to  be 
kissing  you  was  only  a  make-believe. 
Stop  and  think  how  these  pictures are 
going  to  look  in  cold  blood  next  winter 
when  they  are  tacked  up 
in  Tom’s 
room,  without  any  explanation,  and 
Tom’s  friends  come  in  and  say,  “ Gee 
whiz,  but 
that  summer  girl  was  a 
daisy."  Of  course,  you  think  that  Tom 
indignant  denial, 
will  rush  in  with  an 
but  he  won’t.  He  will 
light  another 
cigarette and  smile and  look  as  if  he 
could  say  more  if  be  would.  The  man 
who doesn’t  boast  of  a  woman’s  favors 
doesn’t  live.  Remember  that.  After 
all,  the  pleasure  of  making  a  fool  of 
ourselves  is  so  momentary  we  ought  to 
be  able to  resist  it.

With  men  let  “ Welcome  the  coming, 
speed  the  parting  guest" be  your motto, 
and  this  holds good  whether he  be  son, 
husband,  father  or  sweetheart.  Let  a 
man  be  free and  welcome  to  go,  and  he 
wiil  stay.  Try  to bold  him,  make him 
feel  he has got to stay,  and  he  will  go 
if he  perishes  in  the attempt.  Don’t run 
after a  man. 
It  is  vulgar,  undignified, 
and  unladylike,  and  besides,  it  will  do 
you  no good.  Women were not equipped, 
mentally  or physically,  for  running.

Do  you  remember  that  enigmatical 
sentence  in  the  poem  where  the  man 
is 
conjured  to  “ be  bold,  be bold,  be not 
too bold?”   That  is a  good  motto for the 
girl  of to-day,  and  let  me  tell  you,  my 
dear,  that  it  is  no small  achievement, 
and  the  very quintessence of tact  to  be 
able  to  strike the  happy  mean  between 
prudery  and  boldness.  Don’t  be finicky, 
but don’t be too knowing,  or  too  much 
of  a  good  fellow.  The  old-fashioned 
code of  womanly  reserve has  never been 
improved  upon  for a  platform  for  girls, 
and  if  you  take  your stand  on  that  you 
will  not be  far  wrong.  Men  are  incon­
sistent  creatures,  and 
in  nothing  more 
than  this,  that  they  amuse  themselves 
with  one  type  of  girls and  marry an­
other.  The  jolly  good  fellow  who  knows 
all  the  slang,  who  doesn’t  mind 
laugh­
ing  at  an  off-color  story,  and  smokes 
cigarettes  with  the  boys,  has the  most 
beaux,  but  it  is the  demure  damsel  who 
gets the  engagement  ring.

To  the  giving  of advice  there  is  no 
end,  and  after all  the  sum  of the  whole 
thing  can  be  put  in  one  word:  Don’t 
think  yourself  the  center  of  the  uni­
verse.  Remember  other people’s whims, 
respect  their  prejudices.  Do  as  you 
would  be done  by.  So shall  your neigh­
bors  rise  up  and  bless  you.

D o r o th y  D ix .

The  Modern  Method.

" I t ’s  an  awful  thing  not  to  know 
where one’s  next  meal  is coming from. ”  
"Y es,  and  a  good many  of  us  married 
men  are  experiencing  it  since  the  gro­
cery  stores  got  to  advertising  bargain 
sales. ’ ’

The  Aggressive  Woman.

No  woman  can  make  a  greater  mis­
take  in  life than  to  adopt  an  aggressive 
attitude  towards  the  world.  The  man 
who  goes  about  with  a  chip  on  his 
shoulder  is  bad  enough  and  disagree­
able  enough,  heaven  knows,  but  he  is 
as  nothing  compared  to  the  woman  who 
is  always  on  the  lookout  for  causes  of 
offense  and  who  makes  a  kind  of  hu­
man  porcupine  of  herself.

Unhappily  for  the  peace  and  comfort 
of the  rest  of  us,  the  aggressive  woman 
is only  too  numerous  and  too  familiar  a 
figure.  We  meet her  in  the  clubs,  where 
she  makes  a  personal  question  of  every­
thing,  and  grows  vindictive  and  spite­
ful  towards  all  who  dare  oppose  her. 
She  is  the  bane  of  churches,  where  her 
determination to run things has fomented 
more quarrels  and  broken  up  more  con - 
gregations  and  been  the  cause of  more 
hard  feelings  and  malice  and  general 
uncharitableness  than  all  other causes 
combined.  As  a  friend,  she  is  a  ran­
kling  affliction,  and as a wife and mother 
she 
is  scarcely  better,  for  she  possesses 
above  all  other  creatures  that  peculiar 
talent  for  creating  discord  that  we  call 
“ setting  a  house  by  the  ears."

Naturally  the  aggressive  woman 

is 
strong  on  what  she  c:.lls  her  rights,  and 
imagines  that  nothing  but  her  determi­
nation  not  to  give  way  to  anybody  or 
anything  keeps her  from  being  trodden 
under  foot.  Never  was  there a  greater 
fallacy.  The  world  is a  good-humored 
giant  that  can  be  cajoled  out  of  almost 
anything,  but  it  can  never be  bulldozed 
into  anything.  The  very  reason  that  so 
many  of  the  causes  championed  by 
women  have failed  is  because they  have 
had  the  misfortune  to  have  as  their 
leaders  and  exponents  the  rabid  and  ag­
gressive  type  of  women— women 
the 
very  tones  of  whose  harsh  voices,  the 
very  cock  of  whose  bonnets,  converted 
you  into an  instinctive  opponent  before 
you  had  heard  a  single  word  they  had 
to say.

There 

is  a  curious  quality  in  human 
nature  that  prompts  us  to  refuse  the 
thing  demanded  of  us as  a  right  that  we 
are  glad  to  bestow  as  a  gift.  Those 
who  insist  on  having  what  they  call 
their  dues,  even  down  to  the  smallest 
fraction,  may  appear at  first  to  succeed, 
but  there soon  rises  up  a  spirit  of  revolt 
that  finds a  rare  sport  in  circumventing 
them.  Many  an  aggressive  woman, 
so  sure  that  she gets  what  she  wants  by 
fighting  for  it  and  demanding  it,  would 
be amazed  to  find  bow  often  she  is  out-’ 
done  by  her  servants and  tradespeople, 
to say  nothirg  of  her  family.

is  worth  while 

There  is  a  homely  old  proverb  that 
sets  forth  that  vinegar  never  catches 
flies,  and just  from  a  worldly  and  selfish 
standpoint  it 
to  be 
amiable and  to cultivate  tbe gentle  vii- 
tues  of  kindness  and  consideration  for 
is  nothing  but  a  mirror 
others.  Life 
that gives back  our own  face  to  us. 
If 
we  smile  upon  it,  it  comes  back  to  us 
in  warmth  and  sunshine.  But  if we  turn 
a  dark  and  sullen  face  upon  it,  be  sure 
we  get  back  nothing  but  cold  avoidance 
and  bitter dislike.  The  world 
is  will­
ing  to  laugh  with  us,  and  dance  with 
us,  and  make  merry  with  us;  but,  like 
an  Irishman  at a  fair,  it  is also  equally 
willing  to fight  with  us. 
If  we  put  the 
chip  on  our  shoulder and  dare  it  to  the 
conflict,  we  must take the consequences; 
and  to  a  woman  they  are  invariably 
disastrous.  Women  were  not  meant  to 
fight.  They  were  intended  for  some­
thing  sweeter and  better  than  that,  and 
the  aggressive  woman  is a  libel  on  her 
sex* 

Co r a  St o w e l l.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fine Granulated Sugar

S4.98

W ith   the  purchase  of  two  one-half  chests  Japan  T eas  at  34,  35,  36,  37  or 
38c  purchaser  is  entitled  to  five  barrels  H.  &   E .  Fine  Granulated  Su gar  at 
$4.98  f.  o.  b.  Saginaw .  T eas  are  guaranteed  equal  to  any  sold,  at  prices 
quoted,  in  M ichigan.  Sam ples  mailed  if  desired,  and  offer  will  remain 
good  until  July  30th.  D o  we  cail  our  T ea  deal  a  sly  one?  No,  decidedly 
not. 
It  will  prove  a  Sam pson  in  drawing  trade,  and  is  made  open  and 
above  board  in  good  faith.

W e   have  had  scores  of  letters  inquiring  after our “ drop” shipment on 

P lu g T obacco;  it  comprises:

One  15  pound  butt  Ice  Cream .
One  28  pound  butt  Three  B lack  Crows. 
One  24  pound  butt  Out  of  Sight.

79 pounds at 25c per pound— $19.75.

Option  expires June  30th,  as  all  Continental  T obacco  C o .’s  goods  take  full 
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N ew   Potatoes,  E arly Triumphs,  fine  stock,  55c  per  bushel.
Lem ons,  E xtra  Choice 300’s,  $4 per box.
Strictly  F an cy 300’s,  $4.50  per  box;  elegant  M essina  stock  and  very 

desirable  for  Fourth  of July  trade.

Rolled  Oats,  American  Cereal  Co.  and  Yankee  brands, $3.25 per  brl.
W e   are  headquarters  on  Candies:

Grocers’  Mixed,  pails,  4?6c  per pound.
Golden  Diadem,  sm all  fine  mixture,  7c  per  pound.
Peerless  Mixture, 6c  per pound.
Cream   Mixture,  7 ^ c   per pound.
Penny  Goods,  10  box  lots,  45c  per box.
Penny  Goods,  25-box  lots,  42%c per box.

Fine  G eorgia  W aterm elons  $14.00 per  100;  16c  in  less  quantities.
Our terms  are  strictly  cash  with  orders in current exchange.  Parties 

rem itting  local  checks  will  please  add  15c  for exchange.

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BUSINESS  CONDITIONS.
indicated  by  the  volume  of  bank 
clearings  for  the  country  and  reports  of 
railway  tonnage,  the  tide  of  domestic 
exchange  and  industrial  activity  is  still 
on  the  rise.  Clearings  for  the  month 
than 
averaged  36.3  per  cent,  more 
those  of  the  same  period 
last  year, 
which  were  considered  very  heavy  and 
over  50  per  cent,  more  than  the  banner 
ante-panic  year,  1892.  Railway  earn­
ings  have  continued  the  upward  move­
ment  of  the  average  of  transportation 
stocks  in  spite  of  speculative  manipula­
tions,  which  carried  the  average of  in­
dustrials  slightly  downwards.  It  is  com­
ing  to be  realized  that  the  introduction 
of  secret  methods  in  trust  management 
and  the  opportunities  for  speculative 
increasing 
manipulation  are  factors  of 
importance  in  some  of  the  leading 
in­
dustries.  Conversely,  those  which  are 
conducted  by 
frank,  open  methods 
steadily  advance  in  unison with the gen­
eral  conditions.

The  movement  of  wheat  has  been 
characterized  by  much  greater  activity 
in  primary  markets  than  was  expected. 
It  has  been  generally  supposed 
that 
supplies  were  pretty  well  depleted  and 
that  the 
idea  of  a  short  crop  would 
make  farmers  conservative  in  selling, 
but  movement  has  been  so  active  that 
it  has  caused  a  decline  in  cash  wheat 
Exports  for  the  year  exceed  those  of 
last,  which  were  considered  phenome­
nal,  by  over  a  million  bushels,  with  a 
week  still  lacking  in  the  report.

The  reported  contract  of  Russia  with 
the  Carnegie  Company  for  180,000  tons 
of  rails,  to  be  delivered  in  two  and  a 
half  years,  if officially  confirmed  would 
mean  steady  occupation  of  6.000 tons’ 
monthly  capacity  at  terms  probably  sat­
isfactory  in  the  future,  although  it  may 
be  doubted  whether  any  such  contract 
has  been  made  at  prices  now  current. 
Prices  of  Bessemer  pig  held  last  week, 
but  Grey  Forge 
slightly  weakened, 
while  at  Chicago and  Philadelphia  quo­
tations  were  stronger.  The demand  for 
manufactured  products  lifted  the  aver­
age  slightly  further  last  week,  but  with 
so  great  a  share  of  the  capacity  tied  up 
for  months  by  previous  contracts  that 
the  quotations  represent 
in  part  pre­
miums  for  early  delivery  of  small  quan­
tities.  The  scarcity  of  Bessemer  pig 
and  of  steel 
is  not  relieved,  nor  is  it 
clear  that  furnaces to  relieve  it  can soon 
be  added,  but  production  of  other  iron 
is  more  rapidly  increased.  The  coming 
month  will  prove  somewhat  critical, 
however,  as  part  of  the  wage  settle­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

it 

ments  for  the  next  year  have  to  be 
made,  and 
is  not  yet  known  how 
many  of  the  works  will  be able  to avoid 
the  shutdown  customary  in  summer  for 
In  the  present  state  of  the 
repairs. 
markets 
it 
is  probable  that  few  which 
can  avoid  it  will  stop  production  at  all.
The  textile  situation  continues  the 
favorable  features  of  last  week  except 
that  the  price  of  cotton  shows  a  sharp 
decline of  #c.  This 
is  owing  to  more 
favorable crop  conditions and to the  fact 
that  the  current  receipts  from  planta­
tions  are  much 
in  excess  of  expecta­
tions.  Demand for  manufactured  goods 
continues  good  and  while  the  tendency 
df  cotton  retards  the  advance  the  gen­
eral  feeling  is  encouraging.  Wool  sales 
have  been  heavy,  with  an  advance  in 
prices, 
largely  speculative,  however. 
Demand  for  fabrics  continues  the  im­
provement  reported 
The 
shipments of  boots and  shoes  last week, 
106,734  cases,  have  rarely  been  equalled 
at any  season,  and  in  three  weeks  ship­
ments  were  the  largest  ever known  in 
in  1895,  when  they  were 
June  except 
The  demand 
not  2,000  cases  more. 
covers  production 
for  some  months 
ahead. 

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last  week. 

According  to  Brassey’s  Naval  Annual 
for  the  current  year  the  relative  posi­
tion  of  the  great  naval  powers  towards 
each  other  has  not  materially  changed, 
except 
in  the  case  of  Spain,  which  has 
really  dropped  out  of  the  list  of  im­
portant  naval  powers,  and  her  place  has 
been  supplied  by  Japan,  which  country 
for the  first  time  is  classed  among  the 
first-class  naval  powers.  The  list  now 
stands  in  the  following  order,  according 
to  the  strength  of  the  various  fleets: 
First,  Great  Britain;  second,  France; 
third,  Russia;  fourth,  Italy;  fifth,  Ger­
many;  sixth,  the  United  States;  sev­
enth,  Japan.

recently  ordered  a 

C.  A.  Dewey,  a  Kenosha  hardware 
merchant, 
ladder 
from  a  Chicago  bouse,  and,  after  wait­
ing  a  reasonable  length  of  time,  he 
wrote  to  enquire  why  be  had  not  re­
ceived  it.  He  was 
informed  that  the 
ladder  had  been  shipped  by  mistake  to 
Admiral  Dewey,  at  Manila.  A  tracer 
was  sent  after  it,  and  it  was  overtaken 
just  as 
it  was  about  to  be  placed  on 
board  a  steamer  at  San  Francisco. 
When  that  order  was  given,  Chicago 
merchants  were  thinking  of  a  subscrip­
tion  dinner  with  “ Cousin  George,”   the 
admiral,  and  they  could  think  of  no  one 
else. 

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The  man  who  pretends  to be  a  phi­
lanthropist  without 
exhibiting  some 
tangible  evidence  of  philanthropy  is  a 
good  man  to  avoid.  Arguing  along  the 
same  lines,  a  corporation  which  claims 
to  be  organized  solely  for  doing  good  in 
the  world,and  which  disclaims  that  it  is 
actuated  by  mercenary  motives, 
is  a 
good  corporation  to  let  alone.  These  re­
marks  are  suggested  by  the  letter  re­
in  this  week’s 
produced  elsewhere 
paper,  soliciting  $10  memberships 
in 
the  Retail  Merchants’  Syndicate.

Whenever  New  York  wants  to  boom 
herself  and  a  distinguished  man,  she 
gives  him  a  dinner.  She  sets  herself 
up  as  the  stomach  of  the  universe. 
Other  cities  may  elect  to  be  the  head  or 
the  legs  or the  strong  arms  of the world ; 
but  they  can  not  live  and  get  on  with­
out  the  stomach.

A  nutmeg  grater has  been  named  for 
Dewey. 
The  Government,  nor  the 
house-and-lot  buyers,  nor  the  dinner 
subscribers,  can  do  him  grater  honor.

Although  beet  sugar,  of  which 

THE  WORLD’S  SUGAR  EATERS.
im­
mense quantities are  produced  in  Ger­
many,  is  so cheap  when  exported  that 
it  is  sent  to  all  countries  in  competition 
with  the  cane  sugar  of  the  East  and 
West  Indies,  it  is  so  high-priced 
in 
Germany  that  the  people  there  consume 
comparatively  little  of  it.

The  reason  for  the  cheapness  of  Ger­
man  sugar  to  foreigners  and  its  high 
price  to  the  German  people  is  that a 
heavy  tax 
is  paid  on  the  sugar  con­
sumed  at  home,  while  that  which  is  ex­
ported  is  relieved  of  the  tax.  The  ob­
ject  of  this  measure  is  to  encourage  the 
exportation  of  the  product ;  but  it  has 
to  be  done at the  expense  of  the  home 
consumption.

Statistics  show  that  the  English  are 
the  leading  sugar  eaters  of  the  world, 
consuming  to  each  head  of  population 
in  a  year  about 91  pounds.  The  peo­
ple  of  the  United  States  come  next, 
with  a  consumption  of  $9 pounds.  Swit­
zerland  shows  up  with  52,  Denmark 
with  49,  Sweden  and  Norway  with  41, 
Holland  with  34,  France  with  31  and 
Germany  with  30  pounds  per head,about 
half  of  that  of  the  people  of the  United 
States,  and  one-third  that  of  England.
It  is  proposed  to  increase  the  home 
consumption,  and  that  can  only  be  done 
by  taking  off the  tax.  That  would  be  a 
great  thing  for  the  German  people  at 
large,  for  it  would  greatly  reduce  the 
price  paid  by  them.

The  consumption  of  sugar  seems  to 
be  a  sort  of  test  of  the  wealth  of  the 
people  of  a  country,  the  English  and 
Americans being  at  the head  of  the  list, 
and  the  Turks  and  Greeks  at  the  bot­
tom,  with  a  yearly  consumption  to  each 
person  of 6 or 7  pounds.

A  new 

law  which  goes  into  effect  in 
Nebraska  on  July  1  not  only  regulates 
and 
limits  the  hours  of  employment  of 
women  in  manufacturing  and  mercan­
tile  establishments,  but  requires  every 
employer  to  provide  suitable  seats  for 
them  to  occupy  during  working  hours. 
Heavy  penalties  are  provided  for  viola­
tion  of  the  law.  The  new  statute  was 
doubtless 
intended  to  afford  relief  to 
overworked  factory  and  store  girls,  and 
in  this  respect  is  commendable  enough. 
But,  like  many  other  laws  of  a  similar 
character,  its  operation  is  not  likely  to 
be  what  was  expected.  Proprietors  of 
big  mercantile  establishments 
in  Ne­
braska  declare  their  inability  to  comply 
with 
its  provisions,  and  {hat  therefore 
they  will  be  obliged  to  displace  their 
women  employes  with  men.  Even  al­
though  the  women  protest their  indiffer­
ence  to  the  law  and  their  willingness  to 
work  under  former  conditions,  thé  em­
ployers  can  not  afford  to  take  the  risk 
of  being  continually  arrested  and  sub­
jected  to  heavy  fines.  There  is  danger, 
therefore,  that  the 
law,  instead  of  im­
proving  the  conditions  of  female  labor, 
will  throw  thousands  of  women  out  of 
employment.

Proof  accumulates  daily  that  com­
bines,  organized  to  destroy  competition 
in  the field  of tiansportation,  production 
or  manufacture,  are  as  surely  placing 
their  tools 
in  the  seats  of  legislative 
and  judiciary  power  as  they  are  using 
the 
leverage  of  vast  wealth  to  crush 
trade  rivals  and  competitors.  When­
ever an  election  occurs  whose  outcome 
may  affect  the 
interests  of  these  com­
bines  their  instruments  and their  money 
are  in  evidence,  working  to  place  in 
power  men  friendly  to  their  plans  and 
purposes.  Herein 
lies  the  menace of 
trusts and  their assistant corporations.

A  year  ago  last  May  Miss  Natbalia 
Schenck,  of  Babylon,  L.  I.,  hit  upon 
the  endless  chain  scheme  in  order to 
raise  $4,000  for  an 
ice  plant  for  the 
American 
soldiers  who  bad  gone  to 
Cuba  to  fight the  Spaniards.  On  May 
18  she  sent  four  letters  to  four  friends, 
asking  each  to  send  her  a  dime and  to 
write  to  four  friends to  send  dimes  and 
write  similar  letters. 
In a  few  days  let­
ters  came  pouring  into  Babylon  in  such 
numbers  that  the  postmaster  had  to  get 
extra  help.  Soon  Miss  Schenck’s  mail 
was  going  to  her  house by  the  wagon 
load.  On  one  day  in  July  12,000 letters 
were  received  by  her.  The  $4,000  was 
raised,  the  soldiers got  their  ice  plant, 
they  whipped  the  Spaniards,  the  war 
ended  and  peace  was  declared.  But  the 
endless  chain  continued  to  move  on 
Babylon.  Efforts to  break  it  were  made 
a  few  weeks  after 
it  was  started,  but 
they  were  unavailing.  Miss  Schenck 
made  appeals  through  the  papers  to 
people to  cease  sending  dimes,  but  they 
were  useless.  By  November  last  there 
was  a  falling  off  in  remittances;  since 
then  the  number  of  letters  has  stead­
ily  diminished.  Many  of  the  more  re­
cent  replies  came  from  distant  states. 
Last  Friday  not a  single  letter  was  re­
ceived,  and  it  is  thought  that  the  end­
less chain  has  finally  been  broken.  The 
total  received  by  Miss  Schenck  was 
$25,000,  all  of  which  has  been  turned 
over to  the  Ice  Plant  Auxiliary  of  the 
Red  Cross  Society.  All  the  expenses 
have been  paid  by  selling  the  addresses 
of  the 
letter  writers  to  publication 
bouses. 

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“ Money 

is  not  the  only  thing  in  the 
world,”   is  the  explanation  of  Brigadier 
General  Leonard  Wood  of  his  declining 
an  offer  of  $30,000  a  year to  become 
president  of  a  Washington  street  rail­
way  company.  He  retains  his  com­
mission  as  Brigadier  General  of  Vol­
unteers  and  Military  Governor  of  the 
Province of  Santiago.  More  people will 
understand  his  explanation  and  applaud 
his  decision  than  would  do as he  has 
done.  Money  is  not  everything!  Pa­
triotism,  love  of  the flag,  the  service  of 
one’s  country,  the  opportunity  to  do 
good  for  one’s  fellow  men  and  win 
honor  in  the  present  and  a  secure  place 
in  history,  are  more.  General  Wood  is 
not  a  rich  man,  save  in  those  qualities 
that  are  above  purchase. 
In  these  he 
is  a  multi-millionaire.  All  honor  to 
him !  He  prefers  the  place  which  he 
has  proved  himself  fitted  for.  He  will 
return  to  Santiago and  its  severe duties, 
keeping  his  face  firmly  to  the  future 
that  awaits  him.

Considering  the  rapid  strides  Muske­
gon  has  made  in  a  material  way  during 
the  past  dozen  years,  it  is  unfortunate 
that  her  banking  interests  should  seek 
to  throw  stumbling  blocks  in  the  path­
way  of  progress by  combining  to  charge 
exchange  on  the  checks of  their custom­
ers.  Such  a  position  is  possibly justified 
in  the  case  of  a  country  bank  doing 
business  in  an 
impoverished  commu­
nity,  but  Jt  is  not  in  harmony  with  the 
progressive  spirit  which  has  character­
ized  the  manufacturing  and  mercantile 
interests  of  Muskegon. 
If  persisted  in 
it  will  bring  discredit  on  the  city,  be­
cause the  checks  issued  by  her  business 
men  will  come to  be  regarded  as  worth 
less  than  their  par value.  For the  sake 
of  Muskegon’s  reputation,  which  ought 
to be  jealously  guarded  by  every  bank­
ing  house 
in  the city,  the  Tradesman 
hopes  to  see  the  Muskegon  banks  re­
cede  from  the  arbitrary  position  they 
have agreed to assume on  July  1.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

o

WAR  WITH  THE  MICROBES.

The  development  and  elaboration  of 
the  microscope  have  resulted  in  reveal­
ing  to  human  vision  the  existence  of 
countless  myriads  of  living  creatures 
which  are  entirely  invisible  to  the  un­
assisted  eye  and  have  been  hitherto 
utterly  unknown.

These  creatures  are 

in  some  cases 
vegetables  and 
in  others animals,  and 
they  are  in  the  air,  the  water,  the  soil 
and 
in  the  bodies  of  all  larger  living 
creatures.  Some  are  held  to  be  malev­
olent  and  harmful  to  human  health, 
and  e#en  destructive  of  human 
life, 
while  others,  and  by  far  the  greatest 
numbers,  are  either  harmless  or  posi­
tively  beneficial,  for  they  seize on  the 
malevolent  microbes,  or  bacteria,  and 
devour  them.  From  this  it  is  seen  that 
the  same  practices  pursued  among  the 
larger  living  creatures  of  slaughtering 
and  feeding,  the  one on  the  other,  are 
carried  on  in  the  microscopic  world  as 
well.

The  increase  of  information  concern­
ing  bacterial 
life  has  been  valuable  in 
the  devising  of  new  remedies  in  dis­
eases  that  are  caused by  malevolent  mi­
crobes.  The  remedy  consists  in  provid­
ing  specially  cultured  microbes  to  neu­
tralize or  destroy  the  bad  fellows.  This 
is  the  principle  adopted 
in  various 
forms  of  serum  treatment  in  which  the 
bacteria  of  special  diseases  are  met 
and  overcome  by  those 
in 
the  serum.

introduced 

The  statement  that  the  food  we  eat, 
the  air  we  breathe,  and all  the  surround­
ings 
in  which  human  beings  live,  are 
swarming  with  bacteria,  some  of  which 
at  least  are  of  the  wicked  and  danger­
ous  sort,  is  very  disquieting,  not  to  say 
alarming,  and  is  well  calculated  to  dis­
gust  and  horrify  nervous  people.  All 
such  should  carefully  refrain  from  look­
ing  through  microscopes,  so  that,  not 
seeing  the  little  monsters  that  feed  on 
us,  they  will  not  know  how  ugly  and  re­
pulsive  they  all  are.

Most  of  the  malevolent  and dangerous 
bacteria  thrive  in  decaying  and  dead 
matter  and  filth,  and  thorough  cleanli­
ness  does  more  than  anything  else to 
kill  them  off.  Cleanliness 
is  the  best 
sort  of  sanitation,  and  while  microbes 
can  be  killed  by  treating  filth  with  cer­
tain  sorts  of  chemicals  or by  fire,  the 
most  perfect  system  of disinfection  is to 
remove  all  filth  before  it  can  breed  the 
enemies  of  health.  This is the  meaning 
of  sewerage  for  a  city. 
It  carries  off 
promptly  all  refuse  that  can  harbor  and 
propagate 
This 
done,  and  the  streets  and  all  public  and 
private  premises  kept  clean,  there  is 
nothing  left  to breed  dangerous  bacteria 
and  to  promote their  diffusion 
into  the 
air,  water and  food  which  the  people  of 
a  city  are  compelled  to  use.

injurious  bacteria. 

Fevers,  leprosy,  diphtheria,  tubercu­
losis,  cholera  and  many  of  the  most 
dangerous  diseases  are 
the  work  of 
microbes bred  and  fostered  in  filth,  and 
if  the  filth  be  thoroughly  removed,  and 
kept  so,  by  the  use  of  sanitary  appli­
ances,  then  there  will  be  no  opportuni­
ty  or  means  for  the  survival  of  these 
deadly  little  foes  to human  health.

AMERICAN  SHIPBUILDING.

Without  any  Government  bounty  or 
subsidy  to  American  shipbuilders  and 
ship  owners,  the  construction  of 
iron 
and  steel  ships  in  the  United  States  is 
going  on  with  great activity.

According  to  the  Cleveland  (Ohio) 
Marine  Review,  there are  now  in  proc­
ess  of  construction  in  American  ship­
yards,  for the United  States and  foreign

countries,  more  than  50  naval  vessels, 
valued  at  upward  of  $40,000,000,  exclu­
sive  of  armor and  armament,  and  more 
than  200  merchant  vessels,  no  small 
craft  of  any  kind  included,  the  aggre­
gate  value  of  which exceeds $30,000,000.
The  same  authority  states  that  there 
has  been  turned  out  in  this  single  year 
an  Atlantic  coast  fleet  of  respectable 
size,  in  which  the  Cromwell,  Morgan, 
Ward,  Merchants  and  Miners,  Old  Do­
minion,  Plant,  Old  Bay  and  almost  all 
other  principal  coast 
lines  have  been 
represented.  For  Pacific  coast  service 
there  are  building  more  modern  steel 
freight  and  passenger  steamers  than 
have  been  constructed 
in  any  three 
previous  years  together.

On  the  Western  rivers  steel  hulls  have 
made  their  appearance,  with  promise 
of  the  river fleet  being  gradually  rebuilt 
along  steel  lines.  Shipyards  of  the  en­
tire  country  have,  in  fact,  orders  suffi­
cient  on  hand  to  keep  them  in  opera­
tion  for  periods  ranging  from  one  to 
three  years.

The  largest  merchant  vessels  and  ves­
sels  of  war  ever  constructed  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic  are  now  on  the 
stocks  in  American  yards.  The  princi­
pal  steamship  company  of  the  country 
has  been  compelled  to  place  orders 
abroad  by  reason  of  inability  to  secure 
from  any  American  builder  a  promise 
of  delivery 
in  anything  like the  time 
required.

The  Spanish  war  and  the  commercial 
and  other  transportational  requirements 
that  have  followed 
it  have  been  the 
chief  stimulant  to  the  domestic  ship­
building  industry,  and  the  necessity  for 
an  adequate  naval  establishment  for  the 
United  States,  and  for  American  ships 
to  carry  the  trade  between  home  ports 
and  the  colonies,  will  continue  to  main­
tain  a  great  deal  of  activity  for  some 
time  to  come  in  the  shipbuilding  indus­
try.  All  the  shipyards  and  construction 
plants  on  the  Great  Lakes, in  the  Atlan­
tic  ports  of  the  Northern  States  and 
in 
California  are filled  up  with  work,  and 
with  orders ahead.

The  remark  that  “ there  are  no  good 
Indians  but  dead  Indians,”   attributed 
to  General  Sheridan, was  denied by him. 
Anyway, 
it  seems  applicable  to  the 
Tagalogs  of  Luzon.  Their  conduct  in 
the  attacks  on  Major  Bubb’s  reconnoi- 
tering  parry 
in  Cavite  province  con­
firms  all  that  has  been  said  of  their 
treacherous  nature.  The  amigos,  na­
tives  professing  friendship,  clothed  in 
white  and  bearing  white  flags  in  token 
of  peaceful  ways  and  friendly  intent, 
no  sooner  see  an  opportunity  to  strike 
than  they  are  ready,  with  gun  and 
knife,  to  war  upon  the  Americans  who 
spared  them.  The  experiences  of  the 
kind  told  of 
in  the  desperate  fight  of 
Major  Bubb’s  command  emphasize  the 
view  that  General  Otis  should  have 
troops  enough  to  garrison  the  places 
taken. 
In  the  Soudan  the  British  were 
charged  with  ordering  no  quarter,  be­
cause  “ Fuzzywuzzy"  was  like  the  Tag­
alogs.  Wounded  and  dying,  he  would 
stab  the  trooper  who  held  a  cup  of 
water to his  parched  lips.  The  United 
States  would  pacify  Luzon  without  ex­
terminating  the  insurgents,  and  to  that 
end  it  must  have  men  enough  in  the  is­
land  to  hold  every  point  of  vantage 
gained.

The  thousands  of  lives that  have  been 
in  Alaska—where  dupes  hoped  to 
lost 
become  rich 
instead  of  freezing  and 
starving—are. not  charged  against  the 
United States Government.

The  Insular  Commission 

AMERICANIZING  THE  COLONIES.
is  a  com­
mittee  appointed  by  the  President  to 
visit  Puerto  Rico  and,  after  investi­
gating,  report  upon  the  best  means  of 
Americanizing  the  island.

It  is  stated,  in  advance  of  the  Com­
mission’s  formal  report, 
it  will 
recommend  radical  measures  to  change 
all  the  existing  public  institutions  to 
conform  to  those  common  in  the  States 
of  the  Union.

that 

A  complete  code  for  the  government 
of  the  island  has  been  prepared  by  the 
Commissioners,  and 
it  involves  tearing 
up  the  Spanish  governmental  system, 
root  and  branch.  The  Commissioners 
proposed  to  extend  the  Federal  laws  en­
tire  to  the  island,  make the  common  law 
of  the  United  States  immediately  ap­
plicable  and  supplement  these  with  a 
criminal  and  civil  code  borrowed  from 
some  state.

It 

is  given  out  that  it  is  proposed  to 
make  English  the  language  of  the  coun­
try  and  to  send  out  teachers  to  the  pub­
lic  schools  to  instruct  the  children.

Commercial  necessity,  it  is  said,  will 
It  is 
force  English  upon  the  adults. 
proposed 
to  establish  an  American 
public  school  ssytem  absolutely  unsec­
tarian,  and  then  enforce  compulsory 
education,  either 
in  public  or  church 
schools,  with  English  as  the  language. 
Church  and  state  are  to  be  divorced  at 
once  and  the  antiquated  judicial  system 
will  be  completely  wiped  out.

it 

government, 

Spanish  will  be  the  language  of  the 
lower  courts  temporarily,  but  all  courts 
of  appeal  will  do  business 
in  English, 
with  interpreters  for those  who  can  not 
understand.  All  this  is  to  be  done  un­
der the  military  control,  and 
is  be­
lieved  the  President  will  approve  the 
code  prepared  by  the  Commission,  so 
that 
it  may  be  put  in  operation  before 
Congress  can  take  up  the  matter.
All  this  shows  that  the  purpose 

is  to 
set  up  the  new  possessions  under  terri­
the  only  system 
torial 
known  to  the  American  people. 
It  is 
not  the  rule  with  nations  that  own  and 
control  colonies. 
in­
language  of  the  people 
stitutions  and 
are  maintained  as  much  as  possible 
consistent  with  the  change  of  national 
ownership.  Recently  a  great  outcry  was 
made  because  Russia  has  commenced 
to  make  changes  in  the  public 
institu­
tions  of  Finland,  and  although  Finland 
has  been  a  Russian  province  for  a  long 
time,  the  proposed  changes  were  de­
clared  to  be  despotic  and  tyrannous. 
But 
is  all  right  when  the  Great  Re­
public  undertakes  violent  and  radical 
changes  in  the  institutions of  the  Span­
ish-speaking  people  that  have  come  un­
der  its  control,  because  these  acts  are 
done  in  the  name  of  liberty.

In  such  cases  the 

it 

It  is  curious  how  different  things  ap­
pear  when  the  American  people  perpe­
trate  acts  which  they condemn  in others.

A  Pennsylvania  woman  who  left  con­
siderable  sums  of  money  to  charitable 
institutions  is  having  her  will  attacked 
by  dear  relatives.  They  will  endeavor 
to  show  she was insane ;  that she thought 
witches  were  in  her  bouse  and  went  to 
bed  with  rubber  boots  on.  She  would 
have  been  all  right  if  she  had  left  her 
money  to  dear  relatives.

The  next  call  for  soldiers  should  be  a 
call  for  men  to  enter  the  regiments  of 
the  regular  army.  Raising  regiments 
of  green  men  to  give  inexperienced 
officers  a  chance  to  wear  shoulder  straps 
is  not  the  thing  to  do  at  this  stage  of 
the  game.

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Corn  and  Oats  |

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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.  We 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 
let  up.  We  don’t 
want  it  to  “ let  up,”   and 
your order will help along. 
Send  it  in.  W e’ll  give 
you  good  feed  at  close 
prices.

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Sole Manufacturers of  “LILY WHITE,” 

“The flour the best cooks use.”

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Shoes and Leather

Sales.

An  Old  Dealer’s  Ideas  Regarding  Fake 

Written for the Tbadksxan.
I  sat  down  in  a  country  shoe  stoie,the 
other  day,  to  wait  for  a  train. 
It  was 
a  little bit  of  a  place,  with a few  shelves 
of  ready-made  goods  on  one  side  and  a 
cobbler’s  outtit  on  the  other. 
I  was 
quite  well  acquainted  with  the  dealer, 
who  was  also  the  cobbler,  and  bad  al­
ways  admired  him,  not  only 
lor  bis 
sturdy  independence,  but  for  bis  sharp 
tongue.

“ H ow ’s 

trad e?”   I  asked,  by  way  of 

opening  the  conversation.

“ Rotten,”  was  the  quick  rejoinder.
“ Little  demand  for  shoes,  eh?”   I 

asked.

' ‘ Oh,  they  want  shoes, ’ ’  was  the  re­
ply,  “ but they  don’t  want  to  pay  decent 
prices  for  them.  When  they  get  a  little 
money  they  go  off  on  some  cheap  ex­
cursion  and  come back here,  big  as  life, 
fitted out  with  pasteboard  shoes.  I  think 
I ’ll  buy  a  few  boxes  of  composition 
leather,  a 
lot  of  pasteboard,  and  some 
glue and  blacking  and  go  into  the  man­
ufacturing  business.”

it,”   was  the  reply. 

on  the  market?”   I  asked.

“ Is  there  much  of that  style  of  stuff 
“ Lots  of 
“ I 
won’t  sell  it,  but  fake  dealers  do,  and 
make  money,  too,  by  selling  about  a 
month 
jumping 
out. ’ ’
“ Well,”   I  said,  “ that  ought  to  make 
business  good 
line. 
Such  shoes  must  be  in  constant  need  of 
repair. ”

in  a  town  and  then 

the  cobbling 

in 

“ That’s 

just  where  you  are  mis­
taken,”   was  the  reply. 
“ Such  shoes 
are  not  worth  repairing.  When  they  be­
gin  to  give  out  they  give  out  all  over, 
and  the  day  of  their  collapse  is  not  far 
from  the  day  of  their  purchase.  The 
first  wetting  fixes  a  good  many  of  them. 
If  the  makers  would  use  waterproof 
paste,  it  would  be  a  little  better,  but  I 
guess  that  is  too  expensive.”

The  old  fellow  grumbled  a  few  mo­
ments  over  a  shoe  be  was repairing,  and 
then  cast  bis  eyes  in  my  direction.

“ And  people  go  on  buying such goods 
“ It  is  not 
year  after  year,”   he  said. 
is  everything,  clothing, 
only  shoes,  it 
furniture,  and  even  jewelry.  You  can 
buy  a  $30  suit  of  clothes  ’ marked  down’ 
to $3.27,  a  solid  gold  watch  worth  {45 
‘ marked  down’  to  eighty-eight  cents. 
Oh,  the  sharks  are  reaping  a  harvest 
and  the  suckers  are  biting  in fine shape! 
If  I  should  advertise  genuine  silver  dol­
lars  marked  down  to twenty-seveD cents, 
people  would  believe  I  bad  the  real 
thing  until  some  United  States  official 
came  along  and  locked  me  up  for  deal­
ing  in  counterfeit  coin.”

Just  then  a  country  youth,  awkward, 
homely  and  poorly  dressed,  but  with  a 
laughable  air  of  impudent  self-assertion 
about  him,  entered  the  little  store  and 
threw  a  pair  of  shoes  on  the  counter.

“ I  want  some  patches  put  on,”   be 
“ Hurry  up,  old  man,  for  I  want 

said. 
to  see  my  best  girl  to-night.”

The  dealer,  beyond  one  quick  glance, 
paid  no  attention  to  the  presence  of  bis 
rather  fresh  customer.

“ Understand?”   said the youth,  rolling 

a  cigarette.

The  merchant  kept  at  his  work,  but 
as  the  youth  was  about  to  apply  a 
lighted  match  to  the  roll  of  tobacco(?) 
be  bad  fashioned,  be  looked  up  angrily 
and  half  arose  from  his  work  bench.

“ If  you  light  that  thing  in  here,”   he 
said,  “ I ’ll  empty  the  shop  pail  over 
you.’ ’

“ Oh,  don't  allow  it,  eh?”   asked  the 
“ I ’ll  smoke  outside 
look 

fix  my  shoes.  And 

unabashed  youth. 
while  you 
sharp,  too.”

The  youth  passed  out,  bolding  the 
lighted  match  in  his  hand.  The  dealer 
did  not  even  look  at  the  shoes,  still 
ly­
ing  on  the  counter.

“ There’s  a  fresh  product  for  you,”  
he  said. 
“ I  think  he  needs  a  lesson  in 
manners.  And  he’s  been  up  against 
some  fake  store.' ’

After  five  minutes  the  youth looked  in 
at  the  store  door and  saw  that  his  shoes 
remained  untouched.
“ Ain’t  you  going  to  fix  ’em?’\h e

asked, 
bench.

hour ago. ”

“ Fix  what?”
“ My  shoes.  Left 
’em  here  half an 
“ L eft  them  w here?”  asked  the  dealer.
“ Right  there  on  the  counter.  Said  I 
wanted  ’em  in  a  hurry,  too.”
“ H and  them   here,  p le a se .”
W ith  a  stare  of  surprise  the  youth 
the  old  m an  slowly  ex­
"Where  did  you  get these?”  he asked.
“ Oh,”   said  the  youth,  with  a  toss  of 
the  head,  “ I  bought  ’em  in  Chicago  on 
my  last  trip. ”

com plied  and 
am ined  them .

You  would  have  thought  from  the  airs 
the  cheap  youth  assumed  that  he  had  a 
in  Chicago,  and  that 
winter  residence 
he  hadn’t  worked  bard 
for  a  month 
shoveling  fertilizer  to  earn  the  money 
for a  cheap  excursion  ticket.  The  deal­
er  laid  the  shoes  down  and  went  on with 
his  work.

“ Did  they  give  you  a  gold  watch  and 
chain  as  a  premium  with  the  shoes?”  
he asked.
open  mouth.

The  youth  stared  for a  moment  with 

finally 

“ What  do  you  want  for  five  cents?”  
“ They  were 
he 
marked  down  to  Si. 39  from  $5. 
It  was 
a  fire  sale,  you  see,”   be  finally  deigned 
to  explain.

snickered. 

“ Yes,”   said  the  merchant,  “ I  see. 
A  fire  sale  on  State  street,  south  of  Van 
Buren.  Did  the  merchant 
invite  you 
out  to  his  summer cottage  to  pass  a  few 
days  with  him?”
“ Whal’re  you  givin’  me?”   grinned 

the  youth.

“ I  didn't  know  but  he  might,”   said 
the  merchant,  with  a  sly  wink  in  my 
direction. 
“ Did  he  say  anything  about 
not  getting  the  shoes  wet and  not  wear­
ing  them  except  on  Sundays?”

“ No,  he  didn’t .”
The  youth  was becoming embarrassed. 
He  shuffled  his  feet  uneasily  and  looked 
as  if  be  would rather be out of doors than 
in  the  store.

“ Because,”   continued  the  merchant, 
“ these  shoes  were  not  made  to  wear 
near  the  water or  on  week  days. 
I  can 
see  by  the  kind  of  paste  the  brown 
pasteboard  and  the  composition 
leather 
are  glued  together  with  that  they  were 
designed  to  be  treated  as  pets.  Do  they 
ever  stick  to  your  feet  when  you  get 
near  the  fire?”

The  youth  made  no  reply.
“ Because 

if  they  do,”   resumed  the 
merchant,  “ that’s  the  glue  pining  for 
the  rich  atmosphere  of  the  stockyards. 
They  don’t  usually  go  to the  expense  of 
using  glue  on  these  five  dollar  shoes, 
but  they  perhaps  made  an  exception 
in 
your  favor.  The  cows  don't  act  un­
friendly  to  you  when  you  wear  these 
shoes,  do  they?”

" I f   you  ain’t  goin’  to  mend  ’em,  you 

just  give  'em  back,”   said  the  youth.

“ I  should  think,”   continued  the  mer­
chant,  “ that  the  cows  and  steers  would 
hail  you  as  a  friend.  Don’t  they  smile 
encouragingly  at  you?  No?  Well,  you 
see,  there’s  no  leather  in  these  shoes, 
not  enough 
leather  to  choke  an  ant  to 
death,  and  I  thought  perhaps  the  cattle 
would  appreciate  your consideration  for 
their  feelings  in  not  thrusting  relics  oi 
their  departed 
friends  under  their 
noses. ’ '

“ You  give  them  shoes  here,”   de­

manded  the  youth.

“ I’m  afraid  I'll  have  to,”   was  the 
reply,  “ because  the  only  way  they  can 
be  fixed  is  to grind  them  over again and 
mould them  anew.  They  weren’t  made 
to  wear,  but  to  sit  in  a  show  window 
and  look  pretty.  When  you  go  to  Chi­
cago  again  you  might  call  on  the  man 
who  sold  them  to  you  and  ask him about 
them.  You  probably  won’t  find  him  at 
the  old  store,  but  he’s there  somewhere, 
running  a  fire  sale,  or  a  water  sale,  or 
a  sheriff’s  sale,  or a closing  out  sale.”
The.  youth  grabbed  the  shoes  and 

made for  the  door.

“ If  he  had  bought  those  shoes  of  any 
regular  dealer,’ 
said  the  merchant, 
after  the  fellow  had  disappeared,  “ the 
loss  would  have  been  made  good,  but 
be  went  to  a  fake  concern,  ana  he  must 
abide  the  result.”

I  went  away  glad  to  have  met  the 

merchant  and  the  country  youth.

A l f r e d   B.  T o z e r .

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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Our agents will call on you soon with rubber samples;  also a  line  of 
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and  we think  much superior  to  anything we  have  ever  shown  before. 
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Clerks’  Corner.

One  o f  the  Clerks  Who  Went  to  the 

Front.

Tom  Delaney  had  the  war  fever.  The 
Maine had  been blown  up  and  the  na­
tion  was  waiting  with  bated  breath  for 
the  report  of  the  Investigating  Com­
mission.  War  was  the  principal  topic 
of  conversation.  The  national  guards­
men,  all  over  the  country,  were  drilling 
every  night  in  their armories.  Tom  was 
a  member  of  the  Chaffee  Light  Artil­
lery ;  but  he  was  not  satisfied.  He  came 
down  to  the  store the  morning  after  war 
had  been  declared  and  announced  to the 
boys  that  he  was  going  to  enlist  in  the 
Seventh  Regiment  of  the  regular  army, 
then  stationed  at  Fort  Logan,  a  few 
miles  out  of  the  city.  Several  of  the 
boys  who  were  members  of  the  State 
militia  tried  to  dissuade  him ;  but  his 
mind  was  made  up  and  that afternoon 
he  took  the  train  for  Fort  Logan,  and 
passed  the  physical  examination  and 
was  regularly  enlisted  as  a  soldier in the 
gallant  Seventh.

As  Tom  emphatically  declared,  to  all 
arguments  against  his going,  “ There’s 
not a  thing  to  prevent  my  going. 
I’m 
physically  perfect,  I ’m  5  feet  10  inches 
in  my  socks,  I  weigh  165  pounds  and  I 
was  21  on  my  last birthday.  What  more 
do  you  want,  I’d  like  to  know?  Oh, 
yes^ father  11  kick,  I  know;  but  he  went 
•n  *61,  and  fought  for  four  years,  and 
I  guess  I  can  win  him  over all  right 
enough.  Have  I  thought  about  my 
mother?  What  do  you  want  to  bring 
that  up  for?  Of  course  I have.  Mother’ll 
— well—oh,  pshaw! 
talk  about 
something  else.’ ’

let’s 

Tom  came  into  the  store  to  see  us a 
few  days  after  he  had  enlisted.  His 
new  uniform  set  off his  handsome  figure 
to  perfection  and  he  looked  every 
inch 
a  soldier.  He  was  quieter,  though,  and 
I  thought  from  the  gentle  expression 
in  his  eyes  that  he  bad  just  been  talk­
ing  with  his  folks.  Mr.  Jarvis,  our em­
ployer,  came along  while  Tom  was  talk­
ing  with  us  and 
in  a  hearty,  cordial 
way  shook  bands  with  him  and  told 
him  again  that  his  place  would  be  open 
for  him  when  he came  back.

" I   suppose,”   said  Tom,  after  Mr. 
Jarvis  had  gone,  “ you’ve  heard  that 
the  Seventh  has  been  ordered  to  the 
front.  We  leave  to-morrow  morning. 
I ’ll  say  good-bye  now,  for  I  sha’n't  get 
a chance  again.  You'll  see  us  to-mor­
row as  we  march  down  Sixteenth  street. 
Give  us  a  yell  as  we  go by. ”

The  sidewalks  on  Sixteenth 

street 
were alive  with  people,  upon  the  follow­
ing  day,  as  the  Seventh  Regiment  of 
the  regular  army  marched  down  on  its 
way  to the  depot.  Tom  Delaney  was at 
the  end  of  the  second  rank  and  beside 
him  walked  an  old  man 
in  a  Grand 
Army  uniform  with  his hand  on  Tom’s 
It  wasn’t  much,  except that 
shoulder. 
it  was  one of  those tender,  pathetic 
in­
cidents  that  speak  at  once  to  the  heart. 
At  sight  of  those two, women  sobbed and 
strong  men  found  tears  in  their eyes.

The  Seventh  went  to  one  of  the  big 
camps 
in  the  South,  and  then  followed 
the  period  of  waiting  when  the  army 
for the  invasion  of Cuba was mobilizing. 
We  heard  from  Tom  every  week  or two. 
He  was  in  great  spirits and  anxious  to 
get  a  crack  at  the  “ greasy  Spaniards,”  
as  he  called  them.  Then  we  heard  that 
the  Seventh,  among  others,  was embark­
ing  for  Cuba,  of  its  landing  and  of  the 
hot  work  that  soon 
followed  at  El 
Caney,  where so  many  of  our brave  boys 
gave  up  their lives.

A  few  months  ago  all  that  was  mortal 
of  twenty  of  the  Seventh’s  gallant  lads 
was  brought  back  to  Denver  and  laid 
away  to  rest.  There  was  military  pomp, 
there  were  flags  at  half-mast  and  the 
usual  salute  was  fired  above  the  graves. 
There  are  twenty  brass  plates  on  the 
flagpole in  the  center  of  the  State House 
grounds.  On  one  of  them  is 
inscribed 
&e  name,  “ Thomas  Delaney;”   and 
Ircry  evening  as  the  sunset  gun  is  fired 
at  Fort  Logan  and  its boom  reverberates 
across  the  plains  an  old  man 
in  Grand 
Army  uniform  and  hat  in  hand  may  be 
seen  standing 
in  front  of  the  flagpole 
with  bis  eyes  fixed  on  this  brass  tablet.

M ac  A ll a n .

Experience  o f  a  Man  Who  Tried  To 

From the New York Sun.

Sell  a  Safe.

“ When  I  fitted  up  my  office  in  the 
Blank  building,”   said  the  man  on  one 
of  the  end  seats  of  the  car,  ‘ ‘ I  bought 
everything  new  and  of  the  best.  This 
included  desk,  chairs, 
letter  press,  a 
rug,  a  clock,  a  stand  or  two  and  a  few 
other  articles.  One  of  the  newest  things 
I  bad  was a  fire  and  burglar  proof  safe. 
It  had  a  landscape  on  the  door  and  my 
name  in  gilt 
letters,  and  although  I 
hadn’t  much  to  put  into  the  box  it  bad 
a  look  of  prosperity  to  make  me  smile. 
It  wasn’t  a  bargain,  but  I  had  to  come 
down  with  a  good 
lot  of  cash,  and  it 
was  a  week  before  I  got  it  just  where  it 
would  show  off  to  the  best  advantage.

“ I  had  the  office  five  months  and then 
changed  mv  business  and  wanted  to  sell 
the  furniture. 
It  was  as  good  as  new, 
and  I  fondly  believed  that  it  would  be 
snapped  up  at  a 
loss  of  about  15  per 
cent. 
I  trotted  out  to  a  second-hand 
dealer,  and  he  took  his  time about  com­
ing  up.  When  he  finally  appeared  he 
offered  me  about  one-fifth  of  what  I  had 
paid,  and  he  wasn’t anxious  at  that. 
I 
tried  four  or  five  others,  but  the  first 
figures  were  the  best. 
I  was  knocked 
out,  but  I  made  the  sale,  all  except  the 
safe. 
I  went  to  a  safe  man  to  dispose 
of  that.  He  came  and  looked  it  over, 
found  fault  with  the  make,  and  offered 
me  just  one-fourth of its  cost.  I  bounced 
him  out  and  brought  in  another,  but  he 
offered  less. 
I  had  every  dealer  up  be­
fore  I  got  through,  and  each  and  every 
one  found  fault  and  insulted  me  with 
I  finally  got  mad  and 
his  low  price. 
determined  to  beat  the  gang. 
I  went 
all  through  the  building,  but  no  one 
wanted  a  safe,  or  the  two  or  three  who 
did  had  no  cash  to  pay  for  it.  Then  I 
spent  $10  in  advertising,  and  bad  two 
dozen  callers.  No  one  would  offer  me  a 
third  of  what  I  bad  paid,  although  there 
wasn’t  a  scratch  or  mar  on  the  safe.

“ You  see,”   continued  the  man  as  he 
gritted  his  teeth  and  scowled,  “ I  had 
long 
to  keep  the  office  and  pay  rent  as 
as  that  safe  remained. 
In  trying  to  get 
a  decent  figure  for 
it  I  paid  out  $60 
rent.  The  $10  for  advertising  made  $70, 
and  telegrams  and  postage  amounted  to 
two  or three  more.  I  hung  on  like  a  dog 
to  a  root,  bound to see the thing through, 
and  at  last  a  customer  came.  He  was 
from  Virginia,  and  after  talking  for two 
hours  he  offered  me  one-fourth  of  first 
cost  Realizing  that 
it  was  the  best  I 
could  do,  I  closed  with  the  offer  and 
walked  off.  In  moving  the  safe  it  broke 
through  the  floor  and  cost  him  $10,  and 
in 
it  from  the  window  it  fell 
and  busted  the  sidewalk  and  the  door 
was  broken  off.  By  the  time  be  got 
it 
it  had  cost  him  mere than  a  new 
home 
one,  while  I  was  out  over $2co. 
If  he 
hadn’t  turned  up  I  should  probably  be 
It  was  a 
paying  rent  on  that  office  yet. 
lesson  I  sba’n’t  soon  forget. 
I  feel  sure 
that  I  could  work  off  a  second-hand 
piano,  bike,  sewing  machine  or coal 
stove,  but  when  it  comes  to  selling  off 
a  safe  I  throw  up  my  bands.  They  give 
an  air  of  business  and  opulence  to  an 
office and  are  good  things  to  hold  bills 
payable  and  paste-pots,  but 
if  I  start 
again  a  market  basket  will  be  good 
enough  for  me. ”

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t a
Fruits and Produce.

Double-Yolked  Eggs.

“ A  French  scientist  has  been  making 
observations 
recently  upon  double- 
yolked  eggs,  a  number  of  which  were 
incubated  for  a  certain  time  and  then 
examined,’ '  says  Knowledge. 
‘ ‘ In  20 
per  cent,  neither  of  the yolks developed, 
but  were  found  to  be  joined  to  one  an­
other  by  a  considerable  surface. 
In  the 
rest,  the  yolks  were  free  or  but  slightly 
In  a  third  of  the  eggs  one  yoik 
joined. 
only  developed,  and 
it  was  sometimes 
that  at  the  ‘ big  end,’  sometimes  that 
at  the 
‘ little  end,'w hich  failed;  but 
the  most  remarakble  feature  was  that 
one  of  the  yolks  had  produced  a  double 
monstrosity.  The  remainder  of 
the 
specimens  showed  more  or  less develop­
ment  in  both  yolks,  and  in  a  case where 
both  embryos  were  normal,  although  the 
former  were  joined, 
the  cicatriculae 
in  their  proper  positfon  at  the 
were 
north  pole,  as 
it  were,  of  the  yolk. 
Other  examples  showed  one  normal 
chick  and  one 
incompletely  grown; 
in  one  case,  and  this  in  an  egg 
while 
laid  by  the  same  fowl  as  in  the pievious 
case  of  a  similar  character,  there  were 
one  normal  chick  and  a  double  mon­
strosity.  The  usual 
is  that  the 
chickens  we  occasionally  see  preserved 
in  spirits  with  four  wings,  and  as  many 
legs,  and  perhaps  two  beads,  are formed 
from  two  yolks  in  a  single  egg,  which 
have  produced  a  double  monstrosity, 
owing  to  pressure.  But  pressure  wouid 
hardly  account  for  such  merging  of  two 
component  chicks  as  often  takes  place. 
The  researches  referred  to  show  th2t 
in 
it  was  a  single  yolk  or cell 
two  cases 
which,  irrespective  of  the  second,  pro­
duced  the  double  embryo.  These  par­
ticular  eggs,  then,  show  in  one  and  the 
same  example  two  kinds  of  twins,  two 
young  ones  produced  together,  and  one 
egg  ceil  producing  two  young  ones. ’ ’

idea 

Eggs  in  Klondike.

that 

Word  from  Tacoma  brings  the  intei 
ligence 
apples  are  selling  at 
twenty-five  cents  apiece  and  eggs  at 
$1.50 a  dozen  at  Lake  Le  Barge,  on  the 
Dawson  trail,  and  oranges  and 
lemons 
bring  much  more.  That 
is  the  word 
sent  out  by  Frank  Killen,  an  enterpris­
ing  Dawsonite,  who  had  nerve  enough 
to  risk  the  taking  of  twenty  tons of  fruit 
into  the  heart  of  the 
and  vegetables 
frozen  North 
in  midwinter.  Killen  is 
located  at  the  foot  of  Lake  Le 
now 
Barge,  and  has  a  regular  bonanza  in  the 
form  of  fruit,  vegetables,  eggs,  etc.

The  big  shipment  left  the  coast  in 
February  and  reached  the  foot  of  Le 
Barge  with  the  thermometer  more  than 
twenty  degrees  below  zero,  yet  with  the 
loss  of  only  a  few  potatoes,  which  got 
nipped  on  the  long  sled  journey  over 
the  ice  and  snow  from  Skagway  to  the 
lake.  The  success  attending  the  en­
terprise  was  wholly  dependent  upon  the 
extraordinary  care  exercised  by  Killen 
in packing  and  handling  his  highly per­
ishable  freight.  Every  apple,  egg,  or­
ange,  etc.,  was  carefully  wrapped,  first 
in  cotton  batting  and  then  in  alternate 
layers  of  paper and  woolen  cloth.  This 
method  proved  wholly  successful  The 
potatoes  were  not  quite  so  well  pro­
tected,  which  accounts  for  their  freez­
ing. 

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The  “ Egg  Service.”

The  “ Egg  Service”   was  instituted  in 
1894  by  the  Rev.  S.  Allred  Johnston,  of 
St.  John’s,  Streatbam. 
It  was  thought 
that  one  of  the  most  beautiful  ways  of 
observing  hospital  Sunday  would  be  to 
send  a  consignment  of  eggs  to  some  of 
the  patients 
in  the  great  London  hos­
pitals,  and  accordingly  the  congrega­
tion  was  requested  to  make  their  offer­
ings  of  eggs  on  the  day  when  the  vari­
ous  churches  unite  in  rendering  finan­
cial  aid  to  the  institutions  in  question.
The  “ Egg  Service,”   like  most  other 
things,  had  a  small  beginning,  for  only 
220 eggs  were  contributed  tbe  first  year. 
In  1895  the  number  of  eggs  rose  to  446, 
while  the  year  following  no  less  than 
1,618  eggs  were  given.  It  was  felt,  how­
ever,  that  in  jubilee  year  a special effort 
ought  to  be  made  in  view  of  the general

assistance  then  being  offered  to  the  hos­
pitals  by  tbe  scheme  of  the  Prince  of 
Wales,  and  so  a  jubilee  offering  was  ar­
ranged.  The  service  succeeded  beyond 
all  anticipations.  Over  five  thousand 
eggs  were  to  be  seen 
in  St.  John’s 
church  on  hospital  Sunday,  and  the  ar­
rival  of  the  various  members  of  the con­
gregation,  carrying  baskets  of  new-laid 
eggs,  excited  a  great  deal  of  local  in­
terest. 
By  some  means  Her  Royal 
Highness,  tbe  Duchess  of  York,  heard 
of  tbe  service  that  year  and  sent  a  sov­
ereign  to  be  spent  on  eggs  For  this 
sum  two  hundred  were  obtained,  tbe 
difficulties  of  transit  also  preventing 
tbe  Duchess  from  personally sending the 
eggs. 
It  is  only  right  to  add  that  the 
giving  of  delicacies  referred  to  in  no 
way 
interferes  with  tbe  financial  offer­
tory  at  tbe  service,  which  is  forwarded 
to  the  hospital  Sunday  fund.

Chauncey  Depew's  Eggs.

Nothing  is  more  incomprehensible  to 
European  writers  than  the  American 
custom  of  breaking  eggs 
in  a  glass. 
Chauncey  M.  Depew  likes  to  follow  the 
American  custom,  and  one  day  the 
waiter  at  the  Hotel  de  Russie,  in  Paris, 
told  him  he  mustn’t  do  it.  There  was 
a  dispute,  and 
the  head  waiter  was 
“ The  glasses  can  not  be  prop­
called. 
erly  washed  afterward,”  
it  was  ex­
plained. 

"T hey  are  ruined.”

Then  Mr.  Depew  broke  bis  eggs 

“ Nonsense,”   said  Mr.  Depew,  “ my 
servants  at  home  do  it  every  day  in  tbe 
year.  Use  a  little  more  elbow  grease."
into 
the  glass,  as  usual,  and 
the  waiter 
watched  him.  When  the  glass  was  set 
aside,  he  came  with  a  dustpan,  cracked 
tbe  glass  on  bis  boot  heel,  and  disap­
peared  with  the  fragments.  The charge 
for  the  glass  was  on  Mr.  Depew’s  bill 
and  be  refused  to  pay  it.  He  was  too 
good  a  customer  to  make  angry,  so  tbe 
hotel  people  smiled.  They  knew  that 
Mrs.  Depew  was  going  to  remain  a 
week  longer.  A  broken  egg  glass  was 
ingeniously  worked  into  her  bill and she 
paid  for  it,  but  Mr.  Depew  didn’t  know 
it  for  many  months  afterward,  when  he 
was  telling  the  story  as  an  instance  of 
bis  success  in  counteracting  the  extor­
tions  of  European  hotel-keepets.

A  Hen  That’s  Gone  Daft.

Sioux  City,  Iowa,  June  26—A  rathei 
unique  affection  of  fowls  for animals  is 
to  be  seen 
in  Sioux  City.  A.  W. 
Giebm,  of  this  city,  has  a  number  of 
fancy  breeds  of  poultry.  He  recently 
purchased  a  setting  of  eggs  and  placed 
them  under  an  old  hen  in  bis hen house. 
In  the  hen  house 
lives  a  bull  terrier. 
A  few  days  ago  the  animal  gave  birth 
to  eight  white  puppies,  and  tbev  were 
placed  in  a  box  in  tbe  corner.  To  tbe 
astonishment  of  the  owner,  his  hen 
left 
her  thiiteen  eggs  and  placed  herself 
in 
full  charge  of  tbe  puppies.  For  three 
days  she  has  been  cuddling  the  tiny 
pups  under  her  wings,  and  will  allow 
no  one  to  take  them  away  without  a 
great  fight.  The  mother  of  tbe  pups 
is 
on  friendly  relations  with  the  hen,  it 
would  seem,  for  she  lies  on  tbe  floor 
and  seems  to  have  no  objection  to  the 
foster  mother. 
the  meantime  tbe 
expensive  setting  of  eggs  spoiled.

In 

Recognized  the  Resemblance.

He  was  the  son  of  a  worthy  citizen 
and  had  just  rtturned  from  college.  His 
father  was  a  brusque,  matter-of-fact 
man  who  had  no 
liking  for anything 
pronounced,  and  be  noticed  with  sorrow 
that  his  son  returned  with  the  latest
thing 
in  collars  and  various  other  in­
signia  of  fashion.  Tbe  old  gentleman 
surveyed  him  critically  when  be  ap­
peared 
in  bis  office  and  then  blurted 
out:

“ Young  man,  you  look like an idiot!”
Just  at  that  moment,  and  before  the 
young  man  had  time  to  make  a  fitting 
reply,  a  friend  walked  in.
"Why,  hello,  B illy!  Have  you  re­
turned?”   he  asked. 
“ Dear  me,  bow 
much  you  resemble  your  father!”
"S o   be  has  been  telling  m e,”   replied 
Billy.

And  from  that  day  to  this  the  old 
gentleman  has  had  no  fault  to  find  with 
his  son.

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FRESNO  RAISINS.

How  They  Are  Grown  and  Prepared 

for  Market.

Chas. E. Jenney In New England Grocer.

Fresno,  Calif.,  June 

10—Through
June,  July  and  August  orders  begin  to 
come 
into  Fresno  thick  and  fast  for 
new  crop  raisins,  and  this  year  they 
started  early 
in  May,  to  be  filled  in 
September  or  October,  when  the  crop  is 
ready,  at  prices  to  be  made  just  before 
the  crop  is  ready.  It  may  be  of  interest 
to  many,  both  handlers  and  consumers 
of  raisins,  to  know  something  about 
their production,  curing,  and marketing.
The bulk  of  the  American  raisins  are 
raised  in  the  Valley  of  the  San Joaquin, 
in  California,  and  this  limited  territory 
supplies  not  only  the  whole  United 
States  (with  the  exception  of  the  very 
few  imported  from  Spain),  but  also  ex­
ports  to  foreign  countries,  Germany, 
England,  China  and  Australia,  large 
quantities.

The  vines,  which  are  pruned  back  to 
a  stump  each  January,  begin  in  April 
to  put  out  leaves  and  to  blossom  the  lat­
ter  part  of  the  month.  A  frost  the  last 
of  April  this year did considerable  dam­
age  to  the  tender  vines,  and,  it  is  esti­
mated,  destroyed  from  an  eighth  to  a 
quarter  of  the  anticipated  crop.  A  frost 
so 
late  as  this  is  very  unusual  in  this 
section,  and  it  had  the  more  effect  from 
coming  after  some  very  warm  weather 
which  had  hurried  the  vines  forward.

in 

the  grapes  grow,  and 

Through  the  hot  days  of  June  and 
July 
late 
August  begin  to  ripen.  At  this  time  of 
the  year  the  thermometer here  goes  up 
around  n o  degrees 
in  the  shade,  and 
even  higher,  and  the  ordinary  ther­
mometers  burst  if  left  in  the  sun,  for  it 
ranges  from  130  to  140 at  times.  The 
grapes  used  for  making  raisins  are  the 
white  Muscat  grapes,  or 
sometimes 
Malagas,  although  the  latter  are  not  in 
very 
large  quantities.  There  are  also 
the  small  sultana  grapes  and  Thomp­
son’s  seedless,  both  of  the  latter  seed­
less  grapes  and  also  white,  or  rather 
amber,  when  ripe.

The  picking  begins  about  the  first  of 
August,  although  some  years  it  is  later. 
Chinamen  and  whites  do  the  picking  in 
about  equal  proportions.  The  bunches 
of  grapes  are  cut  off  and  spread  on  2  by 
3  feet  board  trays  and  left  right  there 
on  the  vineyard  where  they  are  picked 
to  dry.  Under  the  fierce heat  of the  sun 
they  begin  to  wrinkle  and  turn  brown 
and  at  the  end  of  seven  or  eight  days 
are  turned,  by  placing  a  tray  over  the 
full  one  and  reversing  it  by  a quick  mo­
tion.  About  20  pounds  of  the  grapes 
are  placed  on  a  tray,  and  these  make 
about  five  pounds  of  raisins  when  dry. 
At  the  end  of  twelve  or  fourteen  days 
the  grapes  are  thoroughly  cured  and 
have  become  raisins.  During  all  this 
time  they  have  not  been  stacked  at 
nights,  for  there  is  no  dew,  unless  an 
early  rain  should  come  up,  which  is  not 
every  year.  The  raisins  are  now  slid 
off  from  the  trays  into  boxes  of the same 
dimensions as  the  trays  and  ten 
inches 
deep,  holding  about  130  pounds  of  rai­
sins,  and  are  hauled  to  the  packing­
houses  to  be  packed  for  the  market.

Through  Fresno,  the  county  seat of 
Fresno  county,  the  great  bulk  of  the 
raisins  go  to  the  market.  All  along  the 
railroad  are 
large  packing  houses  and 
raisin  seeding  plarts  which  handle  the 
enormous  output  with  a  rush in  the  fall. 
The  raisins  have  been  sorted  into  two 
grades  on  the  vineyaids,  the  layers  or 
large  full  bunches  being  put  in  one  box 
and  the  loose  raisins  or  broken  bunches 
into  another.  Ac  the  packing-houses 
they  are  unloaded  and  the  layers  taken 
to  the  packing  tables,  where  women  and 
girls  pack  them  nimbly  into  five  pound 
forms,  which  are  transferred  into  5-lb.. 
10-lb.,  or  20-lb.  boxes.  The  larger  and 
nicer  bunches  are  neatly  ribboned,  and 
fancy  labels  and  trade  marks  are  placed 
in  the  boxes.  The  very  best  dusters 
are  known  as  Imperial  Clusters,  then 
come  Dehesa  clusters,  4-crown  fancy 
clusters,  3-crown 
layers  and  2-crown 
layers,  the  latter  being  the  very  lowest 
grade  of  layers  and  the  smallest  raisins. 
The  terms  used  in  the  raisin  trade  have 
been  mostly  adopted  from  the  English

trade,  and  the  number  of  crowns  denote 
the  size  of  the  raisins.  Layer  raisins 
run  from  two  to  six  crowns,  which  is 
the  largest  size,  and  the  loose  raisins 
run  from  two  to  four  crowns.  The  loose 
raisins  are  dumped  from 
the  sweat- 
boxes 
into  the  hopper  of  a  great  ma­
chine  known  as  the  stemmer.  They are 
shoveled  or  pitch-forked  against  a  rap­
idly 
revolving  cylinder,  passing  be­
tween  two  meshed  wire  surfaces,  which 
effectually  takes  off  all  the  stems,  then 
they  pass  upward  and  fall  through  a 
current  of  air  which  blows  out  all  the 
stems  and  dirt  and  the  raisins  fall  onto 
sloping  screens  with  graded  holes  over 
which  they  roll  and  issue  from  the  ma­
chine  directly  into  the  boxes 
in  which 
they  are  shipped,  all  separated  into  four 
grades,  2-crown,  3-crown,  4-crown,  and 
the  little  ones  known  as  seedless  mus­
catels.  They  are  shipped  in  boxes  hold­
ing  fifty  pounds  net.  These  boxes  are 
trucked  from  the  stemmer  right  onto 
the  cars,  which  are  run  upon 
spur 
tracks  to  the packing-houses.  The  seed­
less  raisins,  being  of  equal  sizes,  of 
course are  not  graded,  simply  stemmed. 
From  20  to  30  tons  of  raisins  per  day 
are  run  through  each  one  of  these  big 
stemmers  and  placed  on  the  cars  ready 
for  shipment. 
In  the  days  before  ship­
in  boxes  became  the  custom,  the 
ping 
raisins  were  dumped 
into  great  heaps 
on  the  floors  of  the  packing-house  and 
into  sacks. 
shoveled  with  coal-scoops 
The  present  method  is  vastly 
improved 
in  every  particular  and  the raisins  carry 
and  keep  so  much better  in  boxes.

The  raisins  are  sold  to  commission 
merchants  and  brokers  in  the  East  and 
elsewhere,  acting  for  wholesale  houses. 
In  former  years  they  sold  for  almost any 
price  the  East  would  offer,  and 
the 
vineyardist  who  received  a  cent  and  a 
half  a  pound  for  his  raisins  felt  himself 
more  fortunate  than  the  average.  Last 
year  (1898)  was  established  the  Califor­
nia  Raisin  Growers’  Association,  which 
held  control  over  90  per  cent,  or  more 
of  the  raisins  produced,  and  which  gov­
erned  the  prices,  methods  of  packing 
and  selling.  The  same  Association  is 
in  force  this  year,  and  will  be  for  the 
next  two  years,  so  that  it  is  assured  that 
prices  will  be  maintained,  and  grades 
also.  It  is  this  firm  establishment  of  the 
industry  which  has  led  to  an  unprece­
dented  number  of  very  early  advance 
orders  coming  in.  Prices  will  probably 
not  be  made  on  the  new  crop  until  July 
or  August,  just  before  it  is  ready for the 
market,  and  when  it  can  be  determined 
just  what  the  output  will  be.  Over  90 
per  cent,  of  the  raisin  acreage  is  under 
the  control  of  the  Raisin  Association. 
They  fix  the  prices  to  be  paid  the  pack­
ers  for  packing,  and  the  prices  at  which 
the  raisins  may  be  sold.  The  packers 
act  as  the  selling  agents  of  the  Associa­
tion,  and  are  paid  a  commission  there­
for.  Before  the  raisins  are  shipped, 
the  packer  buys  them  of  the  Associa­
tion  at  their  price  and  pays  the  Asso­
ciation  for  them,  but  even  although  the 
packer  thus  purchases  the  goods,  he 
can  only  re-sell  them  at  the  prices  the 
Association  dictate.  The  Association 
keep  the  accounts  with  the  different 
growers 
the  proceeds 
among  them.  The  prices  for the  com­
ing  season,  it 
is  thought,  will  not  be 
far  different  from  what  they  were  last 
season.  The  old  crop  (1898)  is  getting 
pretty  well  sold  out,  for  it  was  an  un­
usually  short  one.  Perhaps  the  price 
of  sultanas  will  be  lower,  but  there  is 
no  reason  why  the  other  grades  should 
be  any  lower.

and  prorate 

Many  people  who  use  raisins  have 
noticed  the  sugar  that  collects  on  them 
when  they  gft  old  and  bave  supposed 
that  sugar  is  used  in  the  curing.  This 
is  not  so,  and  as  stated  above,  the 
grapes are  simply  dried  in  the sun with 
out  any  manipulation  whatever.  When 
the  raisins  get  old,  say  a  year or  more 
old,  they  begin  to  ’ ’ sugar,”   that  is,  the 
juice  exudes  and crystallizes  on  the  out­
side.  Raisins  in  this  condition  neces­
sarily  have  a  less  market  value.
T he  growing  and  handling  of  raisins 
em inently  healthy  one,  with 
is 
scarcely  any  drawbacks  as  long  as  the 
grower  receives  a 
living  price  for  his 
product.  Out  here  raisins  are  eaten  like 
apples,  eaten  by  horses,  fed  to the hogs,

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to  the  turkeys,  and even  dogs  will  some­
times  eat  them.  They  are  as  healthy as 
any  other  kind  of  dried  fruit,  and  more 
so  than  any  artificially  dried  or  evapo­
rated  fruits.

Egg 

Items  Gleaned  From  Various 

Sources.

in  producing  a 

They  say  a  New  Jersey  man  has  suc­
four-legged 
ceeded 
chicken  from  a  double-yolked  egg. 
If 
he  can  now  propagate  the  breed  bis for­
is  made,  for  New  Jersey  has  a 
tune 
trust  on  everything  but 
four-legged 
chickens,  and  that  little  matter can  be 
easily  arranged.

A  hungry  traveler,  a  stranger  in  Red 
Bank,  N.  J.,  entered  a  restaurant  in 
that  town  and  ordered  bam  and  eggs, 
as  that  seemed  to  be  the  only  available 
dish.  After he  had  waited  a  half-hour, 
staring 
impatiently  at  the  verdigris- 
covered  bottles  in  the  caster,  he  sum­
moned  the  proprietor  and  questioned 
him  regarding  the  delay.  “ The ham  is 
all  cooked,’ ’  was  the  reply,  “ but  my 
little  girl  is  still  out  in  the  yard  wait­
ing  for  the  hen  to  lay  another  egg.”

Canadian  picklers  are  resting on  their 
oars.  Foreign  advices  state  that  there 
will  be  no  profit-paying  market 
for 
pickled  eggs  at  the  price  at  which  they 
are being  put  down,  and  most  operators 
are  waiting  until eggs  can be  bought  for 
nine  cents  or  less,  the  highest  price at 
which  they  can  be  put  down  with  assur­
ance  of  a  profit  from  sales  in  foreign 
markets,  the  only  probable  outlet  for 
the  goods.

A  man  with  a  valise  and  tin  pail  has 
been  traveling  afoot  through  a  certain 
Iowa  locality,  stopping  at  every  house 
and  begging  a  few  eggs.  He  tells  the 
good  farmers’  wives  that  he has  an  oil 
stove  and  a  few  potatoes  and  he  wants 
the  eggs  to  make  out a  meal.  Of course, 
the  requests  for a  few  eggs  are  not  re­
fused.  The  man  stores  them  away  in 
his  valise  until  be gets a  load  and  by 
that  time  he  generally  reaches  some 
town,  where  the  fruit  of  the  hen  is  dis­
posed  of  at  market  price.

A  Nebraska  authority  is  responsible 
for  the  statement  that  the  chicken  and 
egg  crop  of  the  present  year  in  that 
State  will  be  at  least  40  per  cent,  short 
of the  average  twelve  months’  produc­
tion. 
If  a  few  more  of  the  states  can 
be  induced  to  figure  out  a  like  shortage 
and  then  see  that  their figures  do  not 
lie,  the  men  who  are  bolding  high- 
priced  storage  eggs  may  not  be  as  sick 
this  fall  as  some  of  the  prophets  had  or­
dained  they  should  be.

The  buying  of  eggs  for  storage,  a 
business  which  has  assumed  enormous 
proportions  with  recent  years,  has  bad  a 
tendency  to  give  to  the  market  the  year 
through  more  of  evenness  and  stability 
than  was  before  maintained.  The  de­
mand  for  eggs  for  storage  during  the 
warm  producing  season  has  restrained 
the  price  from  becoming  ridiculously 
low,  while the  supply  of  storage  stock 
in  cold  weather  and  in  the  season  of 
light  production  has  prevented  the mar­
ket  from  going  extremely  high—bar­
ring,  of  course,  the  effect  of  very  se­
vere  weather.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Methods o f Utilizing Eggs.

All  waste,  heated  and  spotted  eggs 
can  and  should  be  made  into  salted  egg 
yolk  for  tanning  purposes.  Very  large 
quantities  of  this  are  used  by  the  tan­
ners  of  soft  and  glove  leather  in  this 
country  and  abroad. 
To  make  this 
preparation,  break  everything  but  black 
rotten  eggs 
into  a  chum  and  revolve 
rapidly  for  twenty  minutes,  allow  it  to 
settle,  and  skim  off  the  foam,  which  in 
reality  is  the  albumen.  This  is  worth­
less.  After  skimming  add  30  per  cent, 
by  weight  of  salt  and  1  per  cent,  of 
powdered  boracic  acid.  Churn  again 
until  salt 
is  thoroughly  mixed,  skim 
again  and  put  in  a  barrel  that  has  been 
used  for  any  oil  except  coaloil.  Store 
in  a  cool  place. 
It  is  not  absolutely 
necessary  to  place  in  cold  storage,  but 
still  it  is  better  to  hold  at  about  thirty- 
six  degrees  Fahrenheit.  This  product 
has  a  marketable  value  of  from  five  to 
six 
Skim  very 
thoroughly  after  each  churning.  This  is 
important,  as  it gets  rid  of the  white.

cents  per  pound. 

in  a 

At  times  through  the  hot  weather,  if 
you  find  it  impossible  to  get  rid  of  your 
leaky  eggs,  stock  good 
cracked  and 
enough  to  use  for  food  purposes, 
it 
would  be  well  to  freeze  them  if  you  are 
in  the  vicinity  of  a  modern  cold  storage 
plant.  A  low  temperature  is  absolutely 
required  for  this  purpose,  and  while 
it 
can  be  accomplished  at  twenty  degrees, 
it  is  much  better  to  store  them  at  ten 
degrees  or  lower.  Break  your  eggs  into 
a  small  churn  and  revolve  long  enough 
to  break  the  yolk  and 
incorporate  it 
with  the  white 
liquid  about  the 
consistency  of  sweet  cream.  Don’t  re­
move  the  foam.  If eggs  are not churned, 
the  yolk  becomes  hard  and  will  remain 
so  when  thawed  out,  and  can  not be 
used  to  advantage  by  bakers.  To  each 
fifty  pounds  of  eggs  add  one  pint  of 
water;  this  will  aid  in  the  freezing.  A 
desirable  package  to  store 
in  is  the 
jacketed  tin  butter  tub.  Fill  only  to 
within  two  or  three  inches  of  the  top. 
When  eggs  begin  to thicken  from  the 
frost,  let  the  gas  escape by  running  a 
small  stick  through  the  eggs  to  the  bot­
tom  of  the  can.  Some  large  packers 
use  an  extractor  or  separator  to  break 
the  shells  and  mix  the  albumen  and 
yolk.  These  are  of  doubtful  value,  as 
more  or  less  dirt  gets  mixed  in  with  the 
liquid.

There 

inch,  making  a 

is  quite  a  demand  for  the  al­
bumen  separated  from  the  yolk.  This 
can  be  miickly  done  in  the  following 
manner:  Procure  a  strip  of  tin  eighteen 
inches  long  by  five  wide,  bend  the 
sides  up  one 
long 
trough  three 
inches  wide.  Make  a 
straight  cut  across  the  center  of  the 
bottom  to  the  sides,  and  press  sides  of 
the  cut apart.  Now  place  this  machine 
on  a  slight  angle  and  break  an  egg  and 
drop  it  in  at  the  top  without  breaking 
the  yolk—the  egg  will  slide  down  the 
channel  until  it strikes  the  cut,  then  the 
yolk  will  roll  over  the  obstruction, 
while  the  white  will  drop  through  the 
cut

Another  measure  of  economy  which 
will  probably  be 
introduced  more  ex­
tensively  than  at  present  is  the  crystal­

lization  of  eggs.  This  method  of  pre­
serving  eggs  demands  considerable  out­
lay  for  fixtures  and  machinery.  The 
following  method 
is  used:  Eggs  are 
broken  and  churned,  thoroughly  mixing 
whites and  yolks.  The  liquid is dropped 
on  slowly  revolving  stone  cylinders from 
which  arms  of  the  same  material  ex­
tend.  Over  these  cylinders  is  passed  a 
strong  current  of  warm,  dry  air,  evap­
orating  the  moisture  from  the  eggs. 
When  thoroughly  dry  a  stone  table,  fit­
ting  close  to  the  cylinders,  with  chan­
nels  cut  for the  arms  to  pass  through,  is 
pushed  against  the  cylinder,  scraping 
off  the  eggs  and  depositing  them  in 
crystals  on  the  table.  They  are  then 
packed 
in  air-tight,  moisture-proof 
packages,  and  are  known  as  crystallized 
eggs.  They  are  in  demand  principally 
for  use  on  ships,  but  bakers  are  using 
them  quite  freely.  To  prepare  them

for  use  they  are  soaked  in  enough  water 
to  correspond  with  the  egg  in  its  orig­
inal  state.  Quite  a  few  shipments  have 
gone  into  the  Klondike  country.

Rev.  Dr.  Collyer  said  the  other  day, 
in  an  address  to  the  Horace  Mann grad­
uating  class:  “ When  you  rise  from 
your  seats  you  will  have  your  whole 
lives  before  you.  No  matter  what  you 
do,  whether  blacksmithing 
for  many 
years as  I  did,  or  something  finer,  give 
your  whole  selves  to  it.  Now  you  young 
men  and  women  have  a  lot  of  work  to 
do;  just  let  me  tell  you  one  thing:  Be 
sure  of  the  rivets.  Keep  right  down  to 
your  work, and  see  that  your  day's  work 
is  well  done  by  sundown,  and  don’t  try 
to  get  rich  at a  stroke. ”

The  man  with  the  alcohol  tinted  nose 

seldom  deserts  bis  colors.

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J.  W.  LANSING,

W H O LESA LE  DEALER   IN

BUTTER  AND  EGGS

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

A  good many egg buyers want your eggs only during April and  May  for  storage,  but 
I have got to have them every day during the year. 
I have a good many  orders  yet to  be 
filled 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.

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Some  More  Samples  of  Advertising 

Gone  Wrong.

it. 

One  of  the  most  irresistibly  funny  ad­
vertisements  I  have  seen  lately  is  the 
one  reproduced  below.  The  genius  of 
the  inept  must  have possessed the  writer 
of 
Think  of  “ staiting  the  day 
right"  witn  a  breakfast  of  coffee,  gin­
ger  snaps  and  pineapple!  And  the  ad­
vertisement  has  been  running  for  two 
weeks  to  my  own  personal  knowledge, 
and  goodness  knows  how  much  longer. 
Tne  opening  sentence,  ‘ ‘ Stait  the  day 
right,  e tc.," 
it 
should  be  followed  by  a  description  of 
one  brand  of  coffee,  naming  a  price, 
and  then  some  breakfast  food  or  other 
should  be  spoken  of.  These  changes 
would  redeem  the  advertisement  from 
its  present  absurdity.

is  well  worded,  but 

S ta rt  the 
D ay  R ight

and  everything  will  go 
smoothly.

The proper way is to  start with 
a  steaming  cup  of  our  coffee, 
which cannot be equalled in the 
city.  Then try our
Ginger  Snaps

at 5  cents per pound, and if you 
like grated
Pineapple
it 

I  have 
in  2  pound  cans 
for  10 cents per  can  Did  you 
ever hear the like of  these  bar­
gains?

D.  S.  SEAMAN.

The  effective  advertisement  talks 
business  first,  last  and  all  the  time. 
It 
does  not  waste  space  by  talking  about 
some  foreign  subject  first.  The  bead­
ing  should  tell  the  story  contained  in 
the  advertisement. 
It  has  no  other 
purpose, 
ft  occupies  the  place  of  the 
heading  of  a  newspaper  article  and 
should  be  used  in  the  same  way.

is  for  these  reasons  that  I  quarrel 
with  the  advertisement  of  the  Manistee 
Building  and  Loan  Association,  which 
runs  as  follows :

It 

The  D ay  of  Rest

Strict  people  won't  talk  business 
on Sunday— say  it’s  a  day  of  rest. 
So it  is;  ought to be a  day  of  rest, 
home comfort and  improving  con­
versation  or reading.
Now  men  have  no  opportunity  to 
get acquainted with wife or children 
during  the  week.  Sunday’s  the 
only  home  day.  What  are  you 
going to do with it?
it 
Look  about  your  home? 
yours or  the  landlord’s? 
Is  it  the 
kind of home  that  is  good?  Why 
not  have  it? 
It’s  very  simple. 
Stop  paying  rent.  There’s  a  leak 
in your  pocket  and  the  landlord’s 
hat is under it.  Be your own land­
lord.  Let us tell you how.

Is 

M sie e   l u l l   and  Loon  iw iuiion.

LOUIS  E.  MORRIS,  Secretary.

You  have  to  wade  halfway  through 
this  advertisement  before  you  get  to  the 
point.  Every  word 
it  up  to  the 
sentence,  "Look  about  your  home,"   is 
superfluous.  After  that  point,  the  ad­

in 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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vertisement  talks  business and  talks  it 
well. 
It  sets  a  man  thinking—-and  that 
is  all  that  an  advertisement  of  such  a 
business  can  be  expected  to  do. 
If  the 
upper  half  had  been  left  out  and  the ad­
vertisement  headed  with  the  words,
Own  your  home,’ ’  the  advertisement 
would  have  been  several  times  stronger.
There  is  a  big  field for the advertising 
of  building  and 
loan  associations.  A 
series  of  practical  talks  on  the  subject, 
covering  one  advantageous  point  at  a 
time,  could  be  used  in  the  newspapers, 
while  a  booklet  going  into  details  and 
clinching,  so  to  speak,  all  the  argu­
ments,  should  be  sent  out  to  every 
householder  who  is  not  already  a  mem­
ber  of  the  association.  This  plan  has 
been  tried  with  remarkable  success  in 
Eastern  cities  and  there  is  no  reason 
why  it  could  not  be  duplicated  in  every 
town 
in  the  country  with  a  correspond­
ing  measure  of  success.
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There  seems  to  be  a  superstition— I 
scarcely  know  what  else  to  call 
it—that 
advertising  does  not  pay  in  the  summer 
season.  The  merchant  who  believes 
this,  and  reduces  his  advertising  ac­
cordingly,  is  making  a  grave  mistake. 
People  keep  right  on  eating  and  drink­
ing  in  summer  time.  They  wear  clothes 
—not 
so  many,  perhaps,  but  more 
changes—in  summer;  in  fact,  except 
for  necessary  changes  owing  to 
the 
higher  temperature,  they  do  practically 
the  same  things  in  summer that  they  do 
in  winter.  They  also  buy  goods.  The 
merchant  who  will  keep  his  advertise­
ments  as  interesting  and  readable  as  he 
possibly  can—who  will  advertise  sea­
sonable  goods  at  right  prices—finds  bis 
trade  holding  on  remarkably  well. 
If 
every  advertiser  would  impress  on  his 
mind  the  fact  that  his advertising  space 
is  for  the  purpose  of  telling  the  public 
the  news  of  bis  store,  be  would  realize 
the  absurdity  of  allowing  his  summer 
advertising  to  lapse.  Suppose  the  news­
papers  were  to  cease  publication 
in 
summer  on  the  ground that nobody  reads 
in  hrt  weather—wouldn’t  there  be  a 
howl!  Human  nature 
is  the  same  the 
year  around—its  needs  are  just  as  great 
at  one  time  as  another,  and  the  mer­
chant  who 
is  shrewd  enough  to  appre­
ciate  this  fact  is  the  one  who  will  ad­
vertise  steadily  and  persistently,  wher­
ever  the  mercury  may  be.

is  a  significant 

The writer  of  the  advertisement repro­
duced  below  has,  apparently,  made  as 
many  mistakes  as  could  possibly  be 
crowded  into  the  space at  his command. 
It 
illustration  of  the 
kind  of  advertising  that  could  not  pos­
sibly  be  made  to  pay. 
It  does  not  tell 
what  kind  of  goods  Spencer  &  Lloyd 
sell. 
It  does  not  quote  a  single  price 
nor  describe  a  single  article.

The Heated Term 
Is Here____

And we propose  that  the  peo­
ple shall  have  an  opportunity 
to purchase seasonable  goods. 
Our  stock  will  be  kept  well 
assorted  with  the  right  stuffs 
at  the  right  prices.  Resp’y,

SPENCER  &  LLOYD

"W e  propose  that  the  people  shall 
have  an  opportunity  to  purchase  sea­
sonable  goods.”   Of  course  you  do! 
You  don’t  expect  them  to  buy  buffalo 
robes  and  fur  mittens,  do  you?  "Our 
stock  will  be  kept  well  assorted  with 
the  right  stuffs  at  the  right  prices."  
Naturally.  That’s  what  you  are  in  busi­
ness  for.  But  what  stuffs?  And  what 
prices?  How  do  we  know  that  either of 
them  are  right,  unless  we  know  what 
they  are?  Do  Spencer  &  Lloyd  expect 
the  people  to  rush  right  off  to  their store 
to  find  out?  As  an  effort  to  say  very 
little  in  lots  of  space,  this  production  is 
a  success.  As  an  advertisement,  it  is 
a  failure  of  the  most  decided  kind.

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*

The  local  advertiser  who  allows  his 
advertisement  to  run  without  change  is 
making  a  grave  mistake.  An  advertise­

If 

in  a 

local  newspaper  is  seldom 
ment 
it  pulls,  it 
read  more  than  once. 
will  do  so  on  the  first  insertion. 
If  it 
does  not  pull  on  the  first  insertion,  its 
chances  grow  steadily 
less.  Change 
your  advertisements  every  issue  of  the 
paper;  keep.them  bright,  newsy and  in­
teresting.  Quote  prices  on  some  definite 
article  in  every  advertisement—there’s 
nothing  so 
interesting  to  the  majority 
of  people as  prices.  Treat  your  adver­
tising  space  as  an 
investment  and  it 
will  pay  you—treat  it  as  an  expense and 
it  will  prove  an  expense.  The  man  who 
says  that  advertising  doesn’t  pay  is  the 
one  who  uses  advertising  matter  that 
could  not  possibiy  sell  any  goods  under 
the  most  favorable  circumstances  and 
who  leaves  the  same  advertisement  in 
the  same  old  place  until 
it  becomes 
mouldy  with  age.

W.  S.  H a m b u r g er.

[Readers  of  the  Michigan  Tradesman 
are  invited  to  send  to  this  department 
samples  of  their  advertising  matter,  de­
tails  of  their  plans  for  advertising,  and 
enquiries  regarding  same,  for  criticism 
and  comment.  Names and  places  will 
be  omitted  when  desired.  Criticism 
and  advice  will  be  given  without fear  or 
favor  and  entirely  free  of  charge.  The 
expense 
is  borne  by  the  Tradesman. 
Address  all  communications  to  W.  S. 
Hamburger, 
care  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman,  Grand  Rapids.]

Has  Done  His  Duty  in  the  Premises.
" A in ’t  you worried  about  the  trusts?”  

asked  the  nervous  man.

" N o ,"   answered  the  easy-going  citi-- 
zen.  " I f   they  make  trouble  they’ll  have 
to  stand  their  share  of  it.  I’ve  done  my 
duty.  I  wrote  and  published  a card  call­
ing  attention  to  whither  they  are  drift­
ing,  and  asking  them  please  not  to  do 
so,  and  now,  if  they  persist,  it’s  their 
own  fault.  My  conscience  is  clear.”

WORLD’S   B E S T

SO.  CIG AR .  A L L   J O B B E R S   AND

G   J .  J O H N S O N  C I G A R  C O .

©RAND  RAPIDS.  MIOH.

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Perfect in every respect.

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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Sad  Story  o f  Ikey  Brown,  Grocer and 

Philanthropist.

Stroller in Grocery  World.

I 

am  going  to  tell  you  a  story  this 

it 

like  a  made-up 
week  that  will  seem 
one. 
It  sounds  almost  too  much  like 
the  conventional  ready-made  fiction— 
where  retribution  follows  wrong-doing, 
where  the  heroine  marries  the  hero,  and 
where  the  villain  goes  out  and  bangs 
himself—to  be  true,  but 
is  true, 
nevertheless.  At  least  it  was  told  to  me 
as  true  by  a  man  in  whom  I  have  per 
feet  confidence.

There 

is  an  old  theory  that  the  man 
who  frankly  trusts  even 
thieves  and 
pickpockets  will  never  be  betrayed  by 
them.  According  to  this  theory,  the 
trouble 
is  that  the average  man  shows 
the  thief  too  plainly  that  he  distrusts 
him. 
is  only  human  nature  for  the 
thief  in  consequence  to  revenge  himself 
and  to  do  his  suspicious  friend  to  the 
Queen’s  taste.

The  story  I  am  beginning  to  unwind 
shows  that  this  theory  is  all  wrong. 
It 
proves  that  he  of  the  frankly  trusting 
disposition  will  be  pushed  along  as  a 
good  thing  every  time.

The  other  day,  on  one  of  my  periodi­
cal  trips 
into  the  country,  I  visited  an 
old  county  poorbouse,  whose  steward  I 
have  known  for  years.  He  offered  to 
show  me  over  the  place,  and  I accepted, 
for to  me  the  desolate  old  age  that  peo­
ples  the  almshouses 
is  a  very  pitiful 
thing.

It 

“ See  here,”   I  said,  as  we  walked 
through  the  long  corridor,  “ as  a  mat­
ter  of  curiosity,  have  you  got  any  oid 
grocers  here? 
I  occasionally  do  some 
work  for a  grocer’s  paper,  and  I ’d  be 
interested  in  knowing.”
“ We’ve  got  one,”   said  the  steward, 
“ old  Ikey  Brown.  Bright  old  chap, 
too. ”
“ Let  me  see  Ikey,  will  you?”  
I 
asked.
In  the  course  of  the  tour  we  came 
upon  Ikey.  He  was  one  of  the  quick, 
bright-eyed 
little  old  fellows  who  re­
mind  you  of  a  chirping  little  sparrow. 
He  was  as  clean  and  neat  as  a  pin,  and 
had  snowy  hair  and smooth-shaven face. 
He  responded  with  old-school  courtesy 
to  the  salutations  of  the  steward,  and  to 
mine  when  I  was  introduced.  But  when 
I  tried  to  get  him  to  talk  of  himself  be 
shrewdly  refused.

“ I  guess  I  ain't  so  unpolite  as  to 
force  my  private  concerns  onto  a 
stranger, ”  be  said,  with  ungrammatical 
politeness.

for 

lighted  one  of 

And  that  was  all  I  could  get  out  of 
him.  When  we  were  back  in  the  stew­
ard’s office,  however,  and  that  function­
those  clear 
ary  bad 
Sumatra  cigars  that  I  keep 
for  my 
friends— I  smoke  something  different 
myself—he  told  me  about  old  Ikey.
“ I’ve  known  old  Ikey  Brown,”   he 
said,  “ man  and  boy, 
fifty-five 
years.  He's  a  clean-hearted,  good  old 
I  suppose  he's  about  68  years 
fellow. 
old  now,  and  he  bad  only  one  chance 
all  his 
life.  When 
that  came,  he 
smashed 
it  all  to  flinders,  Up  to  the 
time  he  was  55  years  old  be  did  odd 
jobs  around  the  town—worked  in  stores, 
did  a  little  carpentering,  and  a  lot  more 
of  such  chores.  When  Ikey  was  a  little 
past  55,  an  old  aunt  died  and  left  him 
$2,000  in  cash. 
I  don’t  suppose  the  old 
fellow  had  ever earned  more  than  $3  or 
$4  a  week,  and  to  a  man  like  that  a 
couple' of  thousand  dollars  seems  a  lot 
of  money.

“ Well,  Ikey  had  always  had  a  lean­
ing  for the  grocery  business,  and  after 
spending  about  $5  in ‘ seeing the  world,’ 
as  he  called  going  up  to  the  city  a 
couple  of  times,  he  made  up  his  mind 
to  open  a  grocery  store. 
I’m  a  sort  of 
forty-second  cousin  to  Ikey,  and  he 
talked 
I  remember 
how  excited  be  was. 
Ikey’s  no  fool; 
he’s  pretty  well  read,  and  he’s  a  good 
deal  of  a  country  philosopher.

it  over  with  me. 

“   ‘ I’m  a-going  to  run  my  store on  a 
leetle  different  plan  from  the  rest  of 
these  stores,’  he  said. 
‘ All  these  other 
grocers  call  a  man  a  thief  till  he’s 
proved  himself  honest 
They  think 
everybody 
is  waiting  his  chance  to 
cheat  ’em.  Why,  lots  of  people  that  I 
believe are hone6t  enough  can’t get any 
goods  at any  grocery  store  in  this  town

without  the  cash.  And  that  just  makes 
’em  dishonest  out  of  spite.

“   ‘ I’m  a-going  to  believe  everybody 
honest  till  they  prove  that  they  ain’t, ’ 
‘ I’m  a-going  to  sell  goods  to 
he  said. 
everybody. 
’em, 
and  I’m  a-going  to  tell  ’em  that  I  con 
sider  they're  just  as  honest  as  l  am 
myself. 
I’ll  bet  not  one  of  'em  goes 
back  on  Ikey. ’

I ’m  a-going  to  trust 

it.  His  funny 

“ Ikey  opened  his  store,”   went  on  the 
steward. 
“ It  was  a  pretty  nice  store, 
and  be  spent  pretty  near  all  his  money 
on  it.  Had  everything  of  the  best,  and 
lots  of 
ideas  bad  got 
pretty  well  known  arcund  by  the  time 
he  opened,  and every professional sucker 
in  the  town  was  simply  laying  low  with 
a  broad  grin  on. 
Ikey  carried  out  bis 
ideas  just  as  he  said  he  would.  Every­
’em,  with­
body  who  wanted  goods  get 
out  money  and  without  price. 
Ikey, 
poor  honest  old  devil,  told  'em  that  be 
thought  they  were  honest,  and  that  he 
depended  on  ’em  to  do  the  right  thing. 
That’ll  go  all  right  with  some 
that 
aren’t  too  thick-skinned,  you  know,  but 
great  Scott!  there  was  a  class  of  loafers 
in  this  place  that  had  bides  as  thick  as 
elephants.  When  Ikey  got  off his  little 
story,  they’d  stare  him  straight  in  the 
look  as  honest  as  a  baby,  but 
eye  and 
they  had  no  more 
idea  of  paying  the 
old  man  than  they  bad  of  flying  to  the 
moon.  And  they  didn't  pay  him  either.
“ Ikey  did  a  big  trade  right  from  the 
start.  His  stock  melted  right  away. 
There  were  a  few  good  people  who 
bought  there  because  they 
liked  the 
old  fellow  and  wanted  to  see  him  suc­
ceed.  The  most  of  his  trade,  though, 
was  with  the  shady  people—the  people 
that  the  other  grocers  didn’t  want.”
The  steward  paused. 
I  was  exceed­
ingly  interested.  After a moment I  said :
“ Well,  bow  did  the  scheme  work?’ ’
“ Poor  old  Ikey’s  in  the  po  rhouse,”  
that  shows  pretty  well 
he  answered 
bow  it  worked,  doesn't  it?”
Then  after  another  pause  he  said,  “ Jt 
didn’t  work  at  all.  They  pushed  the 
poor  old  man to  death.  Simply  cheated 
him  out  of  bis  eyes!  He  wasn’t  fit  to 
deal  with  ’em— why  he  was  like a child! 
He  believed  every  lie  they  told.  They 
milked  him  again  and again.  The poor 
old  fellow  got 
lower,  and 
finally  bad  to  shut  up.  He  was  sorry  to 
lose  bis  $2,000,  of  course,  but  not  half 
as  sorry  as  he  was  to have  that  pet  idea 
proven  bad.  The  poor  old  fellow  got  so 
melancholy  over  it  that  be  soon  got  on 
the  town.  He  hasn't  got  any  family, 
and  so  he  came  here.  He’s  a  little 
touched 
in  the  bead  sometimes,  but  as 
a  rule  he’s  just  as you  saw  him  to-day— 
bright  and  chipper.  He  doesn’t  like  to 
talk  much 
bis  experience, 
though. ’ ’

lower  and 

about 

This 

is  the  story  of  one  man  who 
started  out  to  do  business  on  the  basis 
that  his  fellow-men  were  honest.  He 
sought  to  reform  base  human  nature, 
and  as  a  result  the  town  poorbouse  is 
his  home.

Had  Everything  for  Supper.

The  two  young  men  were  living  at 

rival  boarding  houses.

“ What  did  you  have  for  supper?”   en­

quired  one.

“ Oh,  everything,”   replied  the  other.
“ That  so?  We  had  hash  at  our  place, 

too. ’ ’

Prohibition  will  never become  popu­
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lar  as 
lemonade  will  buy  two  beers.

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Com m ercialTravelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip.

President,  Chas.  8.  Stevens,  Ypsilantl; Secre- 
tary, J. C. Saunders, Lansing;  Treasurer,  O.  C. 
Gould. Saginaw,
Michigan  Comaercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  Jambs  E.  Dat,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W. Ail ih   Detroit.

United  Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 

Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans, Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary, G. S. Valmore, Detroit;  Orand 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’ Mataal  Acci­
President,  J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Geo.  F.  Owen,  Grand 
Rapids.

dent Association.

Lake Saperlor Commercial Travelers’ Clab. 
President, F. G. Tbuscott,Marquette; Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F. Wixson, Marquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Frank  H.  Grier  has  taken  a  position 
as  salesman  with  the  Dolson  Implement 
Co.,  Charlotte.

Allan  D.  Grant  is  again  among  bis 
Michigan  friends,  having  recently  re­
turned  from  bis  California  trip,  and 
reports  business  good  all  along  the line. 
“ Allan”   expects  to  visit the  Far  West 
again  this  fall.

£.  C.  Tubbs registered at the Bancroft 
at  Saginaw  last  week.  Mr.  Tubbs  is 
now  a  malt  salesman,  representing  a 
Southern  corporation  and  covers 
the 
Eastern  States.  He  is now  a  blushing 
youth  weighing  nearly  300  pounds.

Hillsdale  Council,  No.  116,  United 
Commercial  Travelers,  will give a  dance 
for  themselves  and  friends  at Baw Beese 
park  Friday  evening,  June 3a  Boos’ 
full  orchestra  will  be  in  attendance  and 
the  pleasantest  kind  of a  time  is  an  as­
sured  fact

Marquette  Mining  Journal: 

Fred 
Sears  has  gone  on  the  road  selling 
men's  furnishings.  He  is  traveling  for 
Akeley,  Kline  &  Craig,  of  Chicago,and 
will  make  the  entire  Upper  Peninsula. 
At  the  same  time  he  will  continue  to 
take  orders  for shirts.

Manley  Jones  is  “ home  again,”   hav­
ing  returned  the  sample  cases of  W.  J. 
Quan  &  Co.  and  grabbed  the  old  grips 
he  carried  so  long  for  the  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company.  Manley  insists  that 
be  is  “ home to stay”   this time and  that 
nothing  will  ever  again  be  permitted  to 
interfere with his  present  pleasant  re­
lations.

John  M.  Marz,  formerly  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  at  Saginaw,  but 
more  recently  employed  by  the  Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman  Co.  as  traveling sales­
man,  has  disgraced  himself  and  the 
fraternity  of which  he  was  a  member by 
leaving  for parts unknown, accompanied 
by  a  Kalamazoo  woman,  leaving  his 
family  in  straitened  circumstances.

Arthur  B.  Clark,  traveling represent­
ative for the  Tappan  Shoe  Manufactur­
ing  Co. 
(Coldwater), 
is  spending  a 
well-earned  month’s 
vacation  with 
friends  at  Lawton.  Mr.  Clark  has 
made  an  enviable  record  daring  the 
past  year— in  more  ways  than  one—and 
the  Tradesman 
joins  with  his  many 
friends 
in  congratulating  him  over  bis 
success.

W.  H.  Drehmer,  who  has  covered 
Northern  Michigan  for  the  past  three 
years  for the  L.  Perrigo  Co.  (Allegan), 
has  been  compelled  to  retire  on  account 
of  ill  health.  He  is  succeeded  by  Chas. 
H.  Adams,  formerly of  the  firm  of  Sher­
wood* &_Adams.“  Mr.  Adams  is a  conr-

teous  gentleman  and  genial  companion 
and  will  undoubtedly  achieve  a  large 
measure of  success  in  his  new  connec­
tion.

Will  Pipp  has  undertaken  to  accept 
the  challenge  recently  published  in  the 
Tradesman, 
inviting  the  Grand  Rap­
ids boys  to cross  bats  with  their  Kala­
mazoo  fraters,  and  the first  game of  the 
series  will  occur at  Alger  Park  (Reed's 
Lake)  next  Saturday  afternoon.  The 
Kalamazoo  boys  will  arrive  in  a  special 
car attached  to  the  regular  train  which 
reaches here at  1 30 o’clock.  They will 
be  met at the depot  by  a brass band  and 
tallyho  coaches  and  driven  through  the 
principal  business  streets  and  out  to  the 
ball  ground  at  Alger  Park,  where the 
conflict  will  occur.  On  the  completion 
of  the  same,  the  entire  party  will  board 
one  of  the  palatial  steamers  plying  the 
Lake,  where a  seven  coarse  dinner,  in­
cluding 
champagne  and  creme  de 
menthe,  will  be  served.  At  the  con­
clusion  of  the  repast all  will  adjourn  to 
Ramona  theater,  where  private  boxes 
will  be  in  readiness.  A  special  electric 
car  will  convey  the  entire  party  fo  the 
city,  reaching  the  union  depot  in  time 
to  enable 
visitors— or 
crestfallen,  whichever  the  case  may  be 
—to  leave  fot  their  homes on  the  11  :15 
train.  P.  S.—All  Grand  Rapids travel­
ing  men  are  expected  to  grace  the  oc­
casion,  accompanied  by  a  double  dose 
of 
refreshments—enough  for  himself 
and  family  and  also  enough  for  the 
family  of  one of  the  visitors.

the  victorious 

From  a  Celery  City  Standpoint.
Kalamazoo,  June  26—The  Kalamazoo 
aggregation  of  base  ball  cranks  and 
otherwise  expect  to  arrive  in  Grand 
Rapids  Saturday,  July  1,  at  1 30 p.  m., 
to  do  battle  with  the  Grand  Rapids 
hustlers  and,  with  the  assistance  of  the 
umpire,  we expect to  win.  Grand  Rap­
ids  people should  turn  out  in  force  and 
I  don’t  donbt  but  that  they  will  when 
they  know  that John  Hoffman  and  Sig. 
Folz  will  both  wear bloomers.  That  fact 
alone  ought  to  draw  a  crowd.  To  see 
Lawrence  Verdon  catching  flys  in  cen­
ter  field  is  also  worth  twice  the  price of 
admission.  We  feel  very  thankful  that 
no  Grand  Rapids  people  saw  the  work 
of oar nine  in  practice Saturday.  They 
certainly  would  have  conceded  the game 
to  us. 
The 
efforts  of  the  men 
in  trying  to  throw 
from  one  base to the  next  was more than 
any  manager  could  expect,  and  if  the 
ball 
is  not  too  small  we  expect a  few 
runs. 

It  was  simply  perfect. 

E .  F.  Z a n d e r .

There  is nothing  like  standing  up  un­
successful  men  as  orators and  loading 
school  graduates  down  with  advice. 
The graduates  are given  an 
impression 
that  the  duties  to be  met  are  away  off 
and  great  and  carry  honor  and  fame 
with  them.  The  duties  which  will  face 
the  bunch  of  white-dressed  girls  and 
trembling  young  men  are dishwashing 
and  mowing  the  lawn  and  bringing  in 
wood.  No  orator can  grow  eloquent  in 
talking  of  the  glory  in  wiping  dishes 
clean  and  keeping  the  lawn  mowed, 
and  for  that  reason  they  talk  of  a  Paul 
Revere  sort  of  future, which  is  the  worst 
kind  of  silliness.  History  will  show 
that  the  men  who  have  come  to their 
country’s  aid 
in  an  hour of  peril  were 
never graduated  at ail  and  received  no 
inspiration  regarding  their  duty  from 
a  man  who  addressod  the graduates.

* Spain  has bad  thirty-one  wars  in  the 
last  100 years.  She  should  join  a  peace 
congress  and  permanently  retire  from 
the  war business.  •

Russia  can  disarm  herself  for  peace 
by  selling  her  guns  at cost to nations 
that  do not believe  ip  the  scheme.

SOUNDS  FISHY.

Chicago  Company  Organized  Solely 

To  Benefit  Others.

Michigan merchants  are being  flooded 
with  the  following  invitation  to  join  an 
eleemosynary  institution:

Recognizing  the  fact  that  the  country 
retail  merchant  is  losing  bis  local  trade 
through  the  enticing  mail-order  bouses 
of  the  larger cities  on  one  side  and  un­
reliable  and  large  profit-demanding  job­
bing  houses  on  the  other  side,  a  few 
merchants  have  established  the  Retail 
Merchants'  Syndicate,  with  the  one  ob­
ject  in  view—to  further  the  interests  of 
the  out-of-the-market  dealer.  The  many 
large  combinations  and  trusts  formed 
daily  are  no  sign  of  improvement  of  the 
situation  and  the  country  merchant  has 
to  rely  solely  on  himself,  his  own  re­
sources,  and  is  fighting  the  battle  sin­
gle-handed.  Every  mail  from  the  coun­
try  is  laden  with  mail  orders  and  every 
is  bringing  more  of  the  country 
day 
into  the  great 
trade  (your  business) 
Stop  this  great 
mail-order  houses. 
influx  that  is  gradually  but  surely 
leav­
ing  you—keep  it  at  home.  Our  object 
will  be  to  assist,  you  and  if  you  are  not 
quite  satisfied  as  to  the  integrity  of  oar 
assertion,  we  shall  be  pleased  to  have 
you  give  us  a  chance  to  demonstrate 
our  ability  to  beck  up  our statement. 
Our  annual  fee  is  $10—less  than  $1  per 
month.  This  amount  will  assure  you  a 
local representation  in this market.  Con­
sider  the  service  you  are  abie  to  derive 
from  this  association  for  the  small  out-, 
lay  of  money.  One  transaction  may 
more than  repay  you.

If  you  will  give  us  your  co-operation 
we  will  assist  you  in  protecting  yourself 
against  the  retail  mail-order  bouses  and 
large  profit-demanding  jobbers who con­
sider  the  country  merchant  their  milk- 
cow.

the 

You  ask,  How  can  we  do  it?  We  will 
try  to  explain.  The  great  drawback 
with  the  out-of-the-market  retailer  is 
that he  can  not  afford  to  carry  in  stock 
the  same  extensive  assortments  of  the 
lines  of  merchandise  that  are 
different 
catalogued  by 
large  mail-order 
houses,  and  that  be  is  not  as  well posted 
as  to  prices  and  the  right  sources  where 
to  obtain  the  goods.  Our  method  will 
overcome  these  defects  and  will  place 
the  country  merchant  on  an  equal  foot­
ing  with  any  mail-order  bouse.  The 
plan  is very  simple:  You  secure  a  cat­
alogue  from  any  retail  mail-order  bouse 
(which  will  be  sent  to  you  for  the  ask­
ing),  place  same  on  your  counter,  where 
your  customer  can  see 
it,  and  if  be 
wants  any  articles  listed  therein,  no 
matter  what 
it  is,  furniture,  crockery, 
glassware,  dry  goods,  shoes  and  boots, 
hardware  or  machinery,  etc.,  that  you 
can  not  supply  out  of  your own  stock 
take  bis  order  and  forward  same  to  us. 
We  will  secure  any  and  all  articles  you 
may  order  at  the 
regular  wholesale 
price,  which  will 
leave  you  from  20 to 
50  per  cent,  profit,  and  forward  same  to 
you  for  you  to  deliver to  your  customer. 
In  this  way  you  will  retain  your  home 
trade  and  cut  off  this  stampede  of  busi­
ness  which  rightfully  belongs  to  you, 
but  which  is  now  going  as  mail  orders 
to  the  large cities.

The managers  of  this  organization  are 
experienced  business  men  and  have  for 
years  held  responsible  positions  with 
large  retail  mail-order  houses;  know 
their  methods  of  doing  business,  and 
know  what  service  they  can  render to 
you. 
It  is  the  energy  and  knowledge  oi 
such  men  that  made these  houses,  and 
these  are  the  men  you  are  associating 
yourself  with  by  joining  this  syndicate.
We  submit  the  foregoing  as  a  plain, 
simple  business  proposition,  the merits 
of  which  any  business  man  can  see  fori 
himself  without  argument. 
It  is  pro­
posed  not  as  a method of making money, 
but  as  a  practical,  common-sense  plan 
of  joining  together  to  checkmate  the 
mail  order  houses,  who  are  supplying 
your  customers  from  a  distant  city  with 
the  many  things  you  ought  to  supply 
over  your  own  counter,  by  establishing 
a  buying  and  supplying  center,  and  in 
this capacity  we  will  act  for  you.

It 

is  barely  possible  that  this  com­

pany,  which  claims  to  have  a  capital  of 
S5o,ooo,  was  organized  solely  in  the  in­
terest  of  humanity  and  that  the  promot­
ers  are  not  actuated  by  a  desire  to 
make  money,  but  if  this  is  the  case,  it 
will  be  the  first  time  that  such  senti­
ments  have  found 
lodgment  in  a  Chi­
cago  corporation.  This  feature 
is  so 
entirely  foreign  to  the  atmosphere  of 
Chicago  and  environs  that  the  Trades­
man  feels  no  hesitation  in  advising 
its 
readers  to  hang  onto  their  810 until  they 
receive  a  more  plausible  prospectus 
than  the  one  herewith  reproduced.

No  Longer  a  Par  Point.

The  four  banks 

in  Muskegon  have 
entered  into  an  agreement  to  charge  for 
the  collection  of  their customers’ checks 
unless  they  are  cleared  through  the  reg­
ular  correspondence  of  the banks.  This 
agreement  goes  into  effect  July  1.

Muskegon  aims  to  be  a  jobbing  mar­
ket  and  a  manufacturing  center and  has 
made  rapid  strides 
in  both  directions 
during  the  past  half  dozen  years.  The 
action  of  her  banks,  in  thus  discrimi­
nating  against  the  checks  of  their  own 
customers,  tends  to  take  Muskegon  out 
of  the  list  of  par p o in ts  and  relegate  her 
to  the  rank  of  villages 
like  Fre­
mont,  Howard  City  and  Newaygo, 
where  the  local  banks 
insist  they  are 
compelled  to  charge  exchange  on  the 
checks  of  their  customers  in  order to 
make  both  ends  meet.

One  result  of  this  attitude of the banks 
will  be  to  compel  the  large 
institutions 
of  the  city  to  keep  additional  bank  ac­
counts  at  Grand  Rapids,  Detroit,  Chi­
cago  or some  other  par  point,  in  order 
to  be  able  to  pay  their  outside  bills  at 
par  with  their own  checks,  while  small 
merchants  will  pay  their  bills  in  cur­
rency  direct  to  the  traveling  men,  in­
stead  of  depositing  their  cash  and  re­
mitting  by  check  direct  to  the  house.

From  the  standpoint  of  good  business 
and  modem  methods,  the  action  of  the 
Muskegon  banks  is  to  be  deplored,  be­
cause 
it  will  tend  to  make  the  sawdust 
city  a  laughing  stock  and  byword  in  the 
banking  and  mercantile  world.

On  account  of  the  Fourth  of July  com­
ing  on  Tuesday,  it  has  been  thought 
best  to  defer  the  publication  of  the 
Tradesman  next  week  until  Thursday, 
instead  of  Wednesday,  the  usual  publi­
cation  day.

Frank  B.  Spurrier  succeeds  Visner 
Bros,  in  the  meat  business at  694 Cherry 
street.

Many  statesmen  look  upon  a  morning 
cocktail  as  a  constitutional  amendment.

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D rugs—Chem  icals

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.

— .............  
A. C. Schumachkb, Ann  Arbor 
G*o. GmxDBim,  Ionia  • 
L. S. Bxtholdb, St.  Joseph  - 
H xm r H im , Saginaw  • 
Wirt P. Dott, Detroit 

• 
- 

Term expires

-  Deo. a , 1800 
Deo. a ,  1900
-  Dec. a ,  1901
Dec. 31,1908
Dec. a ,  1803

President, Gao.  Gitkdbum, Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Schukachib, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, H i m  H im , Saginaw.
Examination Sessions.
Houghton—Ang. 29 and 30.
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

STATE PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. Souswnrs, Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chas. F. Mark, Detroit. 
Treasurer—J ohk D. Muib, Grand Rapids.

Rely  Upon  Purity  o f  Goods  Rather 

Than  Cheapness.

From  practical  experience  I  answer 
this  important  question  positively  in 
the affirmative.  Quality  with  the  phar­
macist  should  at  all  times  be  of first 
consideration.  The  cost  of  pure drags 
and  chemicals  is a  little  greater  than of 
those  of  inferior  quality,  but,  when  re­
sults  are  considered,  the  difference  in 
the  outlay  seems  to  me to  be the  best 
investment,  from  an  advertising  stand­
point  alone, 
can 
make.

that  a  pharmacist 

To  be  sure  the  returns  may  seem 
slow  and  yonr  competitor,  whom  yon 
have  reason  to  believe  is  not  practicing 
yonr  policy,  may  seem  to  prosper  even 
better than  yon;  but  returns from legiti­
mate  advertising  and  from  honest deal­
ing  are,  as  a  rale,  slow,  yet  when  once 
gained  are  permanent. 
In  the  end  the 
man  who  keeps  nothing  bat  the  purest 
and  best goods,  the  man  whose  motto  is 
honesty  everywhere and  with  everybody 
—that  man  will  win,  and  the  other  will 
begin  to  lose.  Water  will  find  its  true 
level!

In  purchasing  goods,  buy  from  houses 
of  unquestionable  reputation,  for  they 
have  earned  their  reputation 
in  the 
manner  in  which  yon  should  earn yonrs; 
bat  if  yon  parchase  in  the  open  mar­
ket,  do not then  fail  to  apply  the  tests 
reqnisite to  establish  the  purity  of  yonr 
purchases.  Many  products,  especially 
pharmaceuticals,  are  qnite  beyond  the 
successful  application  of  any  tests  other 
than  physiological  action,  and  thus  with 
these  the  only  safeguard 
is  either to 
manufacture  yonr  own  products,  or bay 
them  from  reputable  houses. 
Yonr 
prices  sbonld  be  moderate,  of  coarse, 
bat  such  as  will  afford  a  good  profit; 
prices  should  also be  as  nearly  uniform 
as  possible.  Uniformity  can  be  easily 
regulated  by  means  of  proper  system. 
Yonr cnstomers  will  occasionally  com­
plain  that  yonr  prices  are high,  bat  yon 
should  advance the argument of quality; 
yon  should  say  that  the  best in medicine 
is  none  too  good,  and  that  quality, 
conpled  with  the  necessary  skill  and 
knowledge  in  compounding, 
is  cer­
tainly  commensurate  with  the  price 
charged.  This  will  not  always  satisfy 
the  customer,  and  yonr  cheap  or cut- 
rate  competitor  will  secure  a  portion  of 
snch  trade;  bat  stand  firm  to  your  con­
victions,  never  losing  an  opportunity  to 
clinch  yonr  argument,  and  you  will 
eventually  succeed,  even  while  yonr 
competitor, 
reason, 
will  fail.

for  the  opposite 

Every  day  we  see  people  demanding 
the  services  of  well-paid  physicians 
when  there  are  others glad  to  serve  the 
public  for  half  price.  Snrely,  to  the 
patient  this  is  a  question  of  superior 
service,  or  greater  confidence,  which 
amounts  to  the  same  thing.  Why  can 
not the pharmacist emulate  this  exam­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ple,  and  not  only  secure the  confidence 
of  the laity bat of the physicians as well? 
It  seems  to  me  that  the  pharmacist  has 
an  easier  task  than  the  physician,  for, 
being 
in  close  touch  with  the  medical 
man,  he  can  very  easily  convince  him 
of the  troth  of his  statements,  and,  hav­
ing  gained  his  confidence,  he  has 
gained  the  assistance  of one  who  will 
heip  him  materially 
in  securing  the 
patronage  of  the  observing  and  suspi­
cious  laity.

leads  not 

In  this  connection  a  few  remarks 
might  be  appropriate  concerning  sub­
stitution.  No  one  can  deny that  sub­
stitution 
infrequently  to  the 
use  of  inferior goods—at  least  it  is  dan­
gerous  ground  upon  which  to  tread. 
It 
is absolutely  necessary,  in  order to gain 
the  confidence  of the  physician,  and  the 
laity  as  well,  to  permit  no  snch  prac­
tice  in  yonr  store.  For certainly  if  yon 
are  a  snbstitntor  you  could  hardly  ex­
pect  the  physician  and  your  cnstomers 
to  believe  you  are  honest 
in  other 
methods.  True,  substitution  is  unques­
tionably  to  be  condemned  on  the  double 
ground  of honesty  and  policy.  True,  a 
substitution  may  answer  in  many  in­
stances  equally  as  well,  but  this  is  no 
business  of  the  pharmacist;  it  is  his 
business  to  dispense  what is  prescribed. 
If  yon  have  not  the  article,  communi­
cate  with  the  physician,  as he  is  in  this 
case the  only  person  of  authority.  With 
a 
little  diplomacy  yon  can  easily  ex­
plain  to  the  customer,  and  even  should 
he  know  the  circumstances  it  will  serve 
to  elevate  you  in  his  confidence.  At  any 
rate,  do not  substitute.

In  observing  these  principles  many 
obstacles  may  arise,  vonr cheap compet­
itor  may  seem  to  prosper,  bat  yon  will 
also  prosper;  for  each  customer he  may 
turn  from  you,  you  will,  in  the  end,  re­
ceive two  from  him.  Did yon ever think 
that  people  ofttimes  divide  their  trade, 
that  they  buy  their “ patent”   medicines 
and 
similar  articles  of  the  cat-rate 
dealer,  bat  come  to yon  with  their  pre­
scriptions,  thus  giving  you  their  more 
profitable and  the  really  pharmaceutical 
business?  Quality  and  honesty  inspire 
confidence, and confidence paves the way 
to  better  prices.  Thus  it  is  commer­
cially  advantageous  to  rely  upon  stand­
ard  of  quality  rather than  upon  price! 
The  pharmacist  who  places  his  depend­
ence  upon  quality,  upon  honesty,  upon 
skilled  service,  will  find  his  business 
too  securely  anchored  to be  swept  away 
by  such  opposing  forces as cheap  goods, 
cheap  prices,  and  poor  service!— C.  L. 
Thnsler  in  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy.

Blackmailing  Game  Nipped  In 

Bud.

the 

A  pair  of  shrewd  rogues  have  been 
playing  a  bold  blackmailing  game  with 
considerable  success  upon  the  druggists 
of  New  York  City.  They  would  present 
a  prescription  calling  for  ammoninm 
chloride,  sodium  bicarbonate,  and  cal­
omel.  When  this  was  duly  dispensed 
and  banded  forth  tbe dispenser  would 
be told  that  be  bad  violated  tbe  law  by 
preparing  a  deadly  powder  which  would, 
be  converted 
into  corrosive  sublimate 
in  tbe  stomach.  The  rogues  would  then 
declare  themselves  inspectors  of 
the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  and  threaten  prose- 
cation.  When  they  bad  produced  a 
scared  feeling  of  tbe  proper  intensity 
they  would  suggest  that,  for a considera­
tion,  ranging  anywhere  from 
five  to 
twenty-five dollars,  they  would  not  press 
the  charge.  One  druggist,  however, 
was  not  deceived  by  so  transparent  a 
immediately  reported  the 
sham.  He 
rognes  to tbe  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
In 
default  of  bail  they  are  now  in  tbe 
Tombs  awaiting  trial 
in  the  Court  of 
General  Sessions.

Opportunity  for  Profit  Had  by  Every 

Pharmacist.

It  was  not  so  very  many  years ago 
that  every  druggist  manufactured  all 
the galenical  preparations  be dispensed, 
bat  now  I  think  I  may  safely  say  that 
less  than  one-balf  are  of  bis  own  manu­
facture. 
Indeed,  in  many  stores at  the 
present  time,  evaporating  dishes,  infu­
sion  jars,  and  snch  useful  utensils  are 
total  strangers  to tbe back-room shelves. 
It  would  not  be  surprising  if,  in  this 
march  of  progress(?),  even  our  much­
loved  mortar and  pestle  should  become 
alienated  from  our  affections  and  be 
obliged  to  fall  behind  tbe  procession, 
being  preserved  only  as  relics  of  antiq­
uity  or  symbols  of an  obsolete  profes­
sion.

And  who  are  responsible  for  this  state 

of  affairs?

As  in  all  snch  cases,  we  who  are  most 
directly  concerned  are  the  ones  upon 
whom  the  principal  share  of tbe bur­
den  of  responsibility  rests.  Wben  I was 
purchasing  my  first  stock  of  goods  a 
few  years  ago,  preparatory  to  embark­
ing  in  business,  one  of  tbe  members  of 
tbe  firm  with  whom  I  was  dealing  was 
very  mncb  surprised  to  see  me  ordering 
metallic  mercury,  lard  oil,  and  nitric 
acid,  with  which  to  make  citrine  oint­
ment,  instead  of  purchasing  the  oint­
ment  ready  made.

“ Why,”   said  he,  “ you  are  not  going 
to  give  oar  chemist,  to  whom  we  are 
paying  a  large  salary,  an  opportunity  to 
earn  anything  for  ns.”

“ And  why  should  I  pay  him  for  do­
ing  that  which  I  have  learned  to  do my­
self  at  an  expense  of  four  years'  time 
and  several  hundred  dollars?”   I  an­
swered.

This  is  just  the  question :  Are  we  go­
ing  to  allow  oar profession  to  decline  to 
the  level  of  ordinary  mercantile  pur­
suits,  or  are  we,  by  tbe  application  of 
oar  knowledge  and  training,  to  elevate 
it  at  the  level  its  im­
and  maintain 
portance  demands? 
If  tbe  former,  then 
let  ns  do  away  with  onr  colleges  of 
pharmacy,  born  onr  dispensatories,  and 
prepare  to  deal  only  in  sundries,  “ pat­
ents,"  and  medicines  put  up  by  large 
manufacturers 
in  packages  ready  for 
dispensing  in  tbeir original  containers.
To  tbe  manufacture  of  one  class  of 
preparations in  particular  we  should  de­
vote  onr  greatest  energies,  talents,  and 
ingenuity:  I refer  to that  very  necessary 
adjunct 
to  every  well-equipped  and 
paying  pharmacy—the  line  of  domestic 
specialties.  These are a  source of  good 
profit,  are  something  within  our  re­
sources,  and  something  tbe  public  ex­
pect  us  to  provide.  Tbe  manufacturers 
are  in  evidence  even  more  in  this  class 
of  goods  than  in  tbe  pharmacopoeial 
products,  much  to  our discredit.  While 
they  can  perhaps  make  a  neater and 
more attractive  package  than  we,  yet  it 
does  not  follow  that  we  should  divide 
profits  with  them  merely  on  that  ac­
count.  We  can  provide  tbe  same  kind 
of  containers  and  tbe  same  style  of  la­
bels  and  wrappers  that  they  use,  and  a 
little  practice  will  develop  tbe  same 
deftness  in  ourselves  and  our clerks  that 
tbeir  employes  possess.

I  plead  guilty  to the  charge  of  allow­
ing  well-known  and  reliable  manufac­
turers  to  make  my  pills  and  plaster, 
but  my  sarsaparilla,  cough  syrup,  corn 
care,  tooth  powder,  cholera  cure,  tooth­
ache drops,  headache  powders  and other 
similar  preparations are  the  product  of 
my  own  hands. 
I  take  great  pride and 
exercise  particular  care  in  tbe  prepara­
tion  of  these  goods,  and  endeavor  to 
make  every  article  as  perfect  as  my

ability  and  facilities  will  enable  me  to, 
and  thus  give  my  customers  “ value  re­
ceived"  in  every  instance.

From  the  experience  gathered  at  col­
lege  and  in  tbe  different  stores  where  I 
have  been  employed,  I  have  deduced 
tbe  following  rales  as  essential  to  the 
proper  and  profitable  management  of  a 
retail  drug  store :

Purchase  small  quantities  of  the  best 
drags and  chemicals  obtainable ;  avoid 
cheap  and  inferior  grades ;  if  in  donbt 
as  to  quality,  resort  to  tests.

Set  apart  a  certain  portion  of  each 
day,  or  of as  many  days  in  the  week  as 
necessary,  selecting  that  portion  of  the 
day in  which  there  is  least  business,  for 
the  replenishing  of  depleted  stocks of 
galenicals.

Exercise  great  care  and  precision  in 
yonr  processes,  that  your finished  prod­
ucts  may  be  fully  up  to the  standard.

Employ  your  ingeuity  constantly  that 
waste  of  material  and  unnecessary  ex- 
penitures  may  be avoided ;  and,  last but 
not  least,  parchase  nothing  that  yon 
can  make  yourself.

S a m u e l   R .  C r a b t r e e .

The  Drug  Market.

Opium— Has  advanced,  on  account  of 
in  tbe  primary  market. 
is  at  present  tbe  lowest  mar­

higher  prices 
America 
ket  in  the  world.

Morphine— Is  firm but without change,
Qninine—Manufacturers'  prices  are 
unchanged.  Outside  holders  sell  2@3c 
below.

Cinchonidia— Is  the  most  important 
article  in  tbe  drug  market  and  has  ad­
vanced  three  times  during  the  past 
week. 
Is  now  nearly  up  to  tbe  price  of 
quinine.

Essential  Oils—Cassia is very  low  and 
is  being  sold  at  less  than  cost of  im­
portation.  Citronella  is  lower.  Cloves 
is  lower,  on  account  of  reduced  price 
for  spice. 
Lemon  and  orange  have 
been  advanced  5@ioc  per  lb.,  on  ac­
count  of  higher  prices  in  primary  mar­
ket.  Peppermint  is  firm,  on  account  of 
'
light  crop. 
Roots— Ipecac  continues  scarce  and  is 
again  advanced.  Spring  dug  golden­
seal 
lower  than  tbe  old  crop 
fall  dug,  but  is  not  as  good  quality.

is  quoted 

Spices— Are all  dull  and  lower.
Naphthaline  Balls—Are  in  better  sup­

ply  and  have  declined.

Seeds—Smyrna  canary  continues  to 
advance,  on  account  of  poor crop.  Cori­
ander  and  hemp  are  also 
slightly 
higher.

Linseed  Oil— Is  firm  at  tbe  advance 

noted  last  week.

V a r n a l l   I n s t i t u t e

NORTH VILLE,  MICH.

POR THE 
CURB  OP

Established  over  seven  years. 
Permanent  and  reliable.  Rem­
edies positively harmless.  Cures 
positive  and  permanent. 
Send 
for pamphlet and terms to

DR.  W.  H.  YARNALL,  Manager

NORTHVILLE,  MICH.

A lum inum   M oney

Will Increase Yonr Business.

Cheap and Effective.

Send for samples and prices.
C.  H.  H ANSON,

44  S .  Clark  S t.,  Chicago,  III.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

19

W HOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advnced-
Decllned—

Add am
Acetlcum.................11  6@l
8
70® 75
Benzolcum, German
Boraclc....................
® 16
29® 41
Carbolicum............
48® 50
Citricum.................
3® 5
Hvdrochlor.............
8® 10
Nltrocum................
12® 14
Oxallcnm................
@ 15
Phosphorium,  dll...
50® 6
Salicylicum.............
IX® 5
Sulpnuricum...........
Tañnlcum.............. 1  25®  1  40
38® 40
Tartarlcum.............
Ammonia
Aqna, 16 deg...........
Aqua, 20 deg...........
Carbonas.................
Chlorldum.............. 
Aniline

4® 6
6® 8
13® 14
12@  14

Black.......................   2 00® 2 25
Brown.....................  
  80® 
R ed...........................   45®  50
Tellow.................... 2 50® 3 00

Btccc.
Cube see...........po. 18  13®  15
JuniperuR................ 
8
Xantnoxylum.........   25®  30
Bulsamum

6® 

Copaiba...................   50®  55
Peru.........................  @275
Terabin, Canada....  45®  50
Tolutan............... ....  50®  55

Cortex 
Abies, Canadian....
C assia....................
Cinchona Flava......
Enonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Vlrgini........
Quill ala,  gr’d .........
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus.. .po. 15,  gr’d 
Bxtractnm
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.  24®  25
Glycyrrhlza. po......  
28®  30
Hamatox, Id lb box. 
11®  12
Hamatox, I s ........... 
13®  14
Hamatox, Ms.........  
14®  15
16®  17
Hamatox, M>.........
Perru
15 
Carbonate Precip...
2 25 
Citrate and Quinla..
75 
Citrate Soluble........
40 
Ferrocyanldum Sol.
15 
Solut.  Chloride......
2
Sulphate, com’l ......
Sulphate,  cam’l,  by
50 
bbl, per cwt.........
7
Sulphate, p u re ......
Flora

Arnica....................  
12®  14
22®  25
Anthemis................ 
Matricaria..............   30®  35

Folia

Barosma..................   25®  30
Cassia Aoutifol, Tin-
nevelly.................  
18®  25
Cassia Acutifol.Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis, X*
and Ms.................  
12®  20
UraUrsi................... 
8®  10
Cnmml
Aoacla,  1st picked..  @  65
Acacia, 2d  picked.. 
@  45
Acacia, 3d  picked.. 
@  35
Acacia, sifted sorts.  @  28
Acacia, p a ..............  60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape__po. 15 
@  12
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40  @  30
Ammoniac..............  56®  60
Assafcetlda__ po. 30 
28®  30
Bensolnum............  
50®  55
Catechu, Is..............  @  13
Catechu, Ms............   @  14
Catechu, 14s............  @  16
CamphortB..............  55®  60
® 1 00
Bnphorblum..po. 35  @ 1 0
Galbanum.
Gamboge  po........... 
66®  70
Gualacum......po. 25  @ 3 0
Kino...........po. 83.nO 
© 3 00
M astic....................   @  60
Myrrh............ po.  45  @ 4 0
Opli...po. 1.60®14.80 3 10® 3 20
Shellac....................   25®  35
Shellac, bleached... 
40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80
Herba
Absinthium, .ox. pkg 
Eupa tori urn .oz. pkg
Lobelia........oz. pkg
Majorum.... oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg
Rue.............. oz. pkg
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
riagnesia.
Calcined, Pat..........  
Carbonate, Pat........ 
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings 
Oleum

55®  60
20®  22
20®  25
35®  36

Absinthium............   4  50® 
Amygdala, Dulc__   30®  50
Amygdala, Amara .  8 00®  8 25
Anisl........................  1  85® 
Auranti  Cortex......   2  40® 2 50
Bergamii.................  2  80® 
75®  80
CaJfpuU................... 
Caryophylli............  
70®  80
cedar....................... 
35®  65
Chenopadll..............  @2 75
rinnamonli.............  1  25® 
Citronella.  ............. 
35®  40

_

4 75

2 00
2 90

1 35

@ 75
50® 60

1 00

Conlum Mac...........  35®  50
Copaiba.................. 1  15® 1  25
Cnbeba......................   go® 
Bxechthitos..........   l 00®  1  10
Erigeron.................  1 00® 1  10
Gaultheria..............1  40® l 45
Geranium,  ounce... 
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
Hedeoma.................  1 25®  1  35
Junlpera................   1 50® 2 00
Lavendula..............  90®  2 00
Llmonis..................   1 35®  1  45
Mentha Piper.........  1 60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1 50®  1  60
Morrhua,  gal.........   1 oo®  1  15
Jfyrcia.....................4  00® 4 50
Olive.... 
..............  75® 3 00
io@ 
Plcis  Liquida......... 
12
Plcis Liquida, gal...  @  35
« icln a.................... 
92® 1  00
Rosmarini...............   @  1  00
Rosa,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succini..................   40®  45
fhWna..................  
90®  1  00
Santal......................2  50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  56®  60
Slnapls, ess., ounce.  @  65
Tiglfl.......................  1 70®  1 80
Thyme....................  40®  50
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
BiCarb...,.............. 
lg
15® 
13® 
Bichromate............  
15
Bromide....T..........   51®  57
£arb. 
.................  
i2®  J5
Chlorate., po. 17@19c  16®  18
Cyanide..................   35®  40
Iodide....................  2 40® 2 50
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
.
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10®
Potass Nitras........... 
io@
Prussiate.................  20®
Sulphate p o ........... 
15®
Radix

15®

Aconitvm...............   20®
A ltha...............  
as»»
10®
Anchusa 
Arum po.
CalamuB.................  20®
Gentiana........po. 15
12®
Glychrrhiza.. .pv. 15 
16®
Hydrastis Canaden.
Hydrastis Can., po..
Hellebore, Alba, po..
Inula, po................. 
Ipecac, po...............   5 00® 6 25
Iris plox— po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
®  35
Maranta,  Ms........... 
Podophyllum, po....  22®  25
gBe|  .. 
75®  100
................. 
Rhei, cut.................  @125
Rhei.pv..................  
75®  1  35
Spigelia..................  35®  38
Sanguinaria... po. 15  @ 
18
Serpentaria............   40®
Senega....................  40®
Simllax,officinalis H  @
Smilax, M.............. 
@
Scilla............ . po.35 
10®
Symplocarpus, Posti-
®
dus,  po................. 
Valeriana,Eng.po.30  @
Valeriana,  German. 
15®
Zingiber a ...............  
12®
Zingiber]...............  
25®
5emen
Anisnm......... no.  15
@
Apium  (graveleons)
10®
J H   _
Carui...... ....ipo.'is 
Cardamon...............   1 25®  1  75
Coriandrum............ 
8® 
10
Cannabis  Satlva....  4K@  5
Cydonium...............  
75®  1  00
Chenopodium........ 
io@ 
12
Dlpterix  Odorate...  1 40®  1 50
Fceniculum............   @ 
10
Pcenugreek, po........ 
7® 
9
L inl.........................  314®  4M
Llni,  grd....bbl. 3m 
4®  414
Lobelia................ 
  35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian.  SU@  4
Rapa.......................  414® 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
9®  10
Slnapls Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spiritus

........—

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti............  
.  1 25® 1  50 
Juniperls Co. O. T
.  1  65® 2 00 
Juniperis Co........
.  1  75® 3 50 
Saacharum N. E ..
.  1  90® 2  10 
Spt. Vini GaUi....
.  1 75® 6 50 
Vini Oporto.........
.  1 25® 2 00 
Vini Alba............
.  1 25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage................  2 00® 2 25
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......
@  1  50 
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__
®  1 25
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................
®  1 00 
Hard, for slate use..
@  75
Tellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............
@  1 40
Syrups

Acacia....................  @  50
Auranti Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber..................  @  50
Ipecac..., 
@  60
Ferri Iod.................  @  50
Rhei Arom..............  @  50
Smilax Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega..................  @  50
Seilla....................... 
O  50

 

 

1 00

miscellaneous

Scillse Co................. 
©  50
Tolutan...................  @  50
Prunus vlrg............   @  50
Tinctures
Aoonltum N apellls R 
60
50
AconitumNapelllsF 
Aloes.......................  
60
60
Aloes and Myrrh.... 
Arnica.................... 
50
Assafcetlda............  
50
60
At rope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex...... 
50
Benzoin................... 
60
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma................. 
50
Cautharides........... 
75
Capsicum.............. 
50
Cardamon............... 
75
Cardamon  Co.........  
75
1 00
Castor...................... 
Catechu................... 
50
Cinchona................. 
50
Cinchona Co........... 
60
so
Columba  .  ............. 
Cubeba.................... 
50
50
Cassia Acutlfol......  
50
Cassia Acutlfol Co.. 
so
Digitalis........... 
Ergot......................  
SO
Ferri Chlorldum 
36
Gentian..................  
50
Gentian Co.............. 
60
so
Gulaca.................... 
Guiacaammon........ 
60
so
Hyoscyamus........... 
Iodine...................... 
75
Iodine, colorless... 
75
Kino........................  
50
Lobelia.................. 
50
Myrrh......................  
50
Nux Vomica........... 
50
Op}}......................... 
75
50
Opii, camphorated. 
I  50
Opii, deodorized.  .. 
Quassia................... 
50
Rhatany..................  
so
Rhei........................  
50
50
Sanguinarla........... 
Serpentaria............  
50
Stramonium........... 
60
Tolutan...................  
60
Valerian................. 
50
Veratrum Verlde... 
50
20
Zingiber.................. 
_  
.¡Ether, Spts. Nit. 3F  30® 
35 
.¡Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
38
Alumen...................  2M@
3
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
3®
4 
Annatto...................  40®
50
Antlmonl,  po.........  
4®
5 
Antlmonl et PotassT
40®
50 
Antipyrin.............
35 
@
Antifebrin...........
2U 
@
Argent! Nitras, oz.
50 
@
10®
Arsenicum.............
12 
Balm Gilead  Bud..
40
Bismuth  8. N........
1  40®  1 50 
Calcium Chlor.,  Is.
9@  10 
® 
Calcium Chlor., Ms 
@ 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms. 
12 
Cantharldes, Rus.po 
@  75
Capsici Fructus, af 
@  15
Capsid Fructus, po.
@  15
Capsici FructusB,po
@  15
Caryophyllus.. po. 15
12®  14
Carmine, No. _ 
_
"  
“ .4ÍT....
@ 3 00
Cera Alba............  
50®  56
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  33
Centraria.................  @ 1 0
Cetaceum................   @  45
Chloroform.............  50®  53
Chloroform, Bqulbbs  @  1  10 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  66®  1  90
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Cinchonidine, P. A W  3-@  43
Cinchonldine, Germ  35®  45
Cocaine..................   3 80®  4 00
Corks, list, dl8.pr.ct
70 
Creosotum........ 
@
35 
Creta.............bbi.75  @
2
Creta, prep..............  @
5 
Creta, precip........... 
9®
11
Creta, Rubra...........  @
8
Crocus.................... 
18®
20
Cudbear.................  @
24 
CupriSulph............   6M@
812 
Dextrine.................. 
10®
Ether Sulph............  
75®
90 
Emery, all  numbers  @
8
Emery, po................  @
6 
Ergota............ po. 40  30®
35 
Flake  White........... 
12®
15 
Galla.................
23
@
Gambler..........
9 
_
Gelatin, Cooper...... 
60 
Gelatin, French...... 
85®
60 
“
Glassware, flint, box 
75 &  10 
Less  than  box__
70 
9®
Glue,  brown........... 
12
Glue, white............  
13®
25 20 
Glyeerina................ 
14®
Grana  Paradis!___  @
25 
25®
Humulus................. 
55 
90 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
@
Hydraag Chlor Cor.
80
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
@  1  00 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
@  1  15 
45®  56
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
®  75
65®  75
Ichthyobolla, Am...
Indigo.  ...................  75®  1 00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @420
Lupulin...................  @ 2 25
Lycopodium...........  45®  50
............  
Macis 
&  75
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod.............
@  25
@  1« 
LiquorPotassArslnit  1 
Magnesia, Snlph....
@ 
8 
a  11«O  60 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Manilla, S. F ........  6
® 3 00
Menthol,..

61

Morphia, S.P. A W ...  2 20® 2 45 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.A
C. Co....................  2 10® 2 35
Mo8Chus Canton__   @  40
Myristica, No. 1......  
66®  80
Nux Vomica...po.20  @  10
Os  Sepia................. 
18®  20
Pepsin Saac, H. A P.
D. Co....................  @  1 00
Plcis Llq. N.N.M gal.
doz........................  @ 200
Plcis Liq., quarts.... 
@ 1  00
Plcis Liq., pints......  @  85
Pil Hydrarg  .  po.  80  @  50
Piper Nigra... po.  22  @ 1 8
®  30
Piper Alba....po.  35 
Plix Burgun...........   @ 
7
Plumbl  Acet........... 
10®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10®  1  20
Pyre thrum, boxes H.
AP. D. Co., doz...  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv........  25®  30
Qnassla..................  
8®  10
43®  48
Quinla, S. P. A W.. 
38®  48
Quinla, S. German.. 
Quinla, N.T............  
3®  48
Rubia Tlnctorum... 
12®  14
18®  20
SaccharumLactls pv 
Saladn....................  3 00® 3 10
Sanguis Draconls... 
40®  50
12®  14
Sapo,  W................... 
Sapo, M.................... 
10®  12
Sapo, G.................... 
®  15
Siedlltz  Mixture__  20  @  22

Slnapls....................   @  18
Sinapis, opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes.....................   @  84
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’8  @  34
Soda Boras..............  9  @
Soda Boras, po........  9  @  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1M@ 
2
Soda, Bl-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3M@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether Co........ 
50®  55
Spt.  Myrcia Dom... 
© « 00
Spts. Vini Beet. bbl.  @
Spts. Vini Beet Mbbl  @
Spts. Vini RectlOgal  @
Spts. Vini Beet.  5gal  @
Strychnia,Crystal...  1 fl@l  35
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2M@  4
Sulphur,  Roll........  2M@3M
Tamarinds.............. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobroma.........   .  46®  48
Vanilla....................  9 06@16 00
Zinci  Snlph............  
8

7® 

Oils

Whale, winter.........   70 
Lard,  extra.............  50 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
35 

B B L .  SA L .
70
60
40

Linseed, pure  raw..  40 
Linseed,  boiled......   41 
Neatafeot, winter str  66 
Spirits Turpentine..  44 

43
44
70
50

Paints  B B L . 

L B
Red Venetian.........  
ix   2  ®8
Ochre, yeuow Mars.  IX 2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  1X2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2M 2M@3 
Putty, strictly pure.  2M 2X03 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13® 
15
70®  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, P aris...........  13M®  1?M
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13®  16
Lead, Red...............   6X@  6m
Lead, white............   5X0  6m
Whiting, white Span  @  TO 
Whiting,  gilders’... 
6   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 Furn....  1  00®  1  10 
Extra Turk Damar..  1 56®  I  60 
Jap. Dryer, No. lTurp  76®  75

WAIT
FOR
THE
WINNER

W e take pleasure in in­
forming the  Michigan 
trade that our  Mr.  M cKay 
has  started  out with  our 
full  and  complete line of 
druggists’  sundries  and 
holiday goods.  Mer­
chants are respectfully 
requested to defer making 
their purchases until  they 
have  inspected  our line, 
which  is the finest we 
have ever displayed.

HAZELTINE 
&  PERKINS 
DRUG CO.,

G R A N D
R A P ID S,

20

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

G R O C E R Y  PRIG© C U R R E N T .

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade only,  in  such  quantities  as  are usually  purchased  by retail 
dealers.  They  are  prepared  just  before  eoingf 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.

AXUB  OREASE
Aurora................. ......55
Castor Oil........... ......60
Diamond............. ...... 50
Fraser’s .............. ...... 75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
nica, tin boxes... ......75
Paragon.............. .  ...56

dot. gross
6 00
7 00
4 00
9 00
9 00
9 00
6 00

BAKING  POWDER.

M 'b cans doi.......  .......  45
yt lb cans do*................... 
85
1 
lb can  dot............—   1 50
w lb cana 8 dos.................  «5
M lb cans 8 dos.................  75
1 
lb oana 1 do*................  1 00
Bulk..
10
Arctic.
6 os. Bng. También.

Absolute.

B1 Parity.

6 oz. cans, 4 doz case......... 
80
9 oz. cans, 4 doz case.........   1  20
lb. cans, 2 doz case......2  00
1 
214 lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 4  75
5 
lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 9  00
ii lb cans per dos............. 
75
£  lb cans per dos............   1 20
lb cana per dos............ 2  00
1 
M lb cans 4 dos case........ 
85
K lb cans 4 dos case........ 
55
1 
lb cans 2 dos case........ 
90

Heme.

Peerless.

Oar Leader.

Queen Flake.

Jersey Cream.

BATH  BRICK.

CANNED GOODS.

45
w lb eans, 4 doz case........ 
lb cans, 4 doz case........  85
1 
lb cans, 2 doz case........1 60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 os. cans, per dos.............  1  25
6 os. eans, per dos............. 
85
M lb eons.......................... 
46
II lb cans..........................  75
lb cans..........................  1  50
1 lb. c an a......................... 
85
8 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............................... TV
English...................................80
Tomatoes...................  80®  90
Com............................  80@1  00
Hominy......................  80
Beans, Limas..............  70® 1  30
Beans, Wax................  90
Beans, String..............  85
Beans,  Baked............   75@1 00
Beans. Bed  Kidney...  75®  85
Succotash...................  95®i  20
Peas............................  50®  85
Peas, French.............. 2 25
Pumpkin  ...................  75
Mushroom.................  15®  22
Peaches, P ie...............1  00
Peaches, Fancy..........1  40
Apples,  gallons.........   ©3  25
Cherries....................   90
Pears..........................   70
Pineapple, grated...... 1  75  2 40
Pineapple, sliced....... l 35  2 25
Pineapple,  Farren__ 1  70
Strawberries...............1  10
Blackberries..............  80
Raspberries...............   85
Oysters, 1-lb................  85
Oysters, 2-lb................1 50
Salmon, flats, key......1  70
Salmon, <4 lb. flats....  90 
Salmon, Red Alaska.. 1  25 
Salmon, Pink Alaska.  90 
Lobsters, 1-lb. Star....3 20
Lobsters, 2-lb. Star__3 90
Mackerel,1 lb Mustard  10 
Mackerel, 1-lb. Soused.1 75 
Mackerel,1-lb Tomato.l  75
Shrimps...................... 2 00
Sardines, Ms, domes tic  354® 
Sardines, mstrd, dom. 554®  754 
Sardines,  French......jt  @a22

BLUING.

BROOriS.

& L u i t f G
40
Small, 3 doz....................  
Large, 2 doz....................  
75
So. 1 Carpet.......................  2 31
No. 2 Carpet... . ................. 2  1?
No. 8 Carpet.....................  1  85
No. 4 Carpet.......................   1 45
Parlor Gem.......................   2 50
95
Common Whisk.................  
Fancy Whisk......................  1(0
z 70
Warehouse.................. . 
CANDLES.
..7
8s  ..........................
.  8
16s 
............................
Paraffine.....................
.8
.20
Wickln g......................
CATSUP.
2 00
pints —
Colombia, 
Colombia  Vi pint*
1  25
CHEESE
Acme......................
Amboy...................
Butternut...............
Carson City............
Elsie.....................
Emblem................
Gem.........................
Gold Medal............
Ideal....................
Jersey  ....................
Riverside.................
Brick.......................
Edam.......................
Leiden....................
Limburger..............
Pineapple................ 50
Sap  Sago.................
Chicory
Bulk  ............................. 
Red 

© 0
@ 9
© 8
8
«6
it
9
© 9
it
9V4
©
© 9

5
7

®

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker A Co.’s.

. .28
German Sweet................ 
Premium..............................  35
46
Srmlrfwt  Coone 

COFFEE.
Roasted.

H e.

Java.

Madia.

Santas.

Roasted.

Maracalbe.

F a ir.......................................... 9
Good....................................... 10
Prim e......................................12
Golden  ...................................13
Peaberry  ................................14
F a ir ................-»................... 14
Good  ......................................15
Prim e......................................16
Peaberry  ................................18
Prim e....................................  15
Milled......................................17
Interior...................................26
Private  Growth...................... 30
Mandehllng............................ 35
Im itation..................  
22
Arabian  .................................28
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenne......................29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__29
Wells’ Mocha and Java___ 24
Wells’ Perfection  Java.......24
Sancalbo............................. 21
Breakfast Blend..............  18
Valley City Maracaibo  — 1854
Ideal  Blend.........................14
Leader Blend.......................1254
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  yonr  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
Invoice  for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market in which he  purchases 
to his shipping point, Including 
weight  of  package,  also |£c  a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbuckle.......................  10 50
Jersey.............................   10 50
ncLaaghlln’s  XXXX.
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail  all orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  A 
Co., Chicago.
Volley City 54 gross  ..
Felix 54 gross..............
Hummel’s foil 54 gross. 
Hummel’s tin 54  gross 
CLOTHES PINS 
6 gross boxes................

Package.

Extract.

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  dos...........1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dos...........1 20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  dos...........I 40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  dos...........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft. per  d o t...........1 80
Jute, 60 ft  per  doz.............  80
Jr-te  B  ft  !Wr rto«.......... .  *

COCOA.

James Epps & Co.’s-

Boxes, 7 lbs............................. 40
Cases, 16 boxes........................38
COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags.......................  
254
Less quantity................. 
8
Pound  packages............  
4
CRBA11 TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk in sacks..........................29

CONDENSED  MILK.

4 dos In case.
Gall Borden  Eagle...........  6 75
6 25
Crown......  ...........  
Daisy 
............................  5 75
Champion 
4 50
Magnolia 
4 25
Challenge 
...........- ........   8 35
8 85
Dime 

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

......  

 

 

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Qrade.

Credit Checks.

Superior Orade.

Universal Grade.

Economic Orade.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from 810 down.

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 60 
100 books, any denom—   2 50 
500 books  any denom.... 11  50
1.000 books, any denom... .20 00
50 books, any denom—   1  50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books, any denom— 11 50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
50 books, any denom—   1  50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books, any denom— 11  50
1.000 books, any denom... .20 00
500, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 6 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel punch.......................   75
Can be made to represent any 
20book8  .......................   1 00
50 books...........................  2 00
100 books  .........................  8 00
250 books...........................  C 25
500 books............................10 00
1000 books...........................'7 60
DRIED  FRUITS—DOrtBSTIC 
Sundrled......................  © 7V4
Evaporated SO lb boxes.  ©10M 
Apricots.....................  
015
Blackberries...............
Nectarines................   _  ©  .
Peaches......................10  QU
Pears..........................   O __
Pitted Cherries..........   * 
7*
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries....... .
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   0  4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   © 5
80-90 25 lb boxes.........  © 5V4
70-80 26 lb boxes.  ......   ©654
60-70 25 lb boxes.........   © 6*
50 -60 25 lb boxes.........   © 8
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........   ©10
©
30-4025 lb boxes.... 
M cent less In 60 lb cases 

California Prases.

California Pratts.

Apples.

Rslstaw.

150
London Layers 2 Crown. 
1 65
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............ 
2 00
5
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
6
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, choice......   8
L. M , Seeded, fancy........  914

FOREIGN.
Citron.

Peel.

Currants.

Leghorn.......................... O il
Corsican..........................@12
Patras bbls....................... © 5M
Cleaned, bulk  ................. © 6
Cleaned, packages...........©  6H
Citron American 101b bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx @.0M 
Orange American 10 lb bx  @1014 
Ondura 28 lb boxes.....  ©
Sultana  1 Crown..........  ©
Sultana 2 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 8 Crown..........  ©
Sultana 4 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 5 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 6 Crown.........   ©
Sultana package.........   ©

Raisin#.

Farina.

FARINACEOUS OOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages..............1  25
Bulk, per 100 lbs..............3 00
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Ortts.

PLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
. 
60
.  2 50
..  1  75
..  2  '0
.  2 50

24 2 lb. packages........
.1  80
..2 70
100 lb. kegs...................
200 lb. barrels............... ...5  10
..2 50
Barrels  .......................
Flake, 50 lb.  drums— ..1  00
Dried L im a..............
Medium Hand Picked 1  20@t  25
Domestic,  101b. box.  .
Imported.  25 lb. box..
Pearl Barley.
Common......................
Chester.......................
Empire 
....................
Green. Wisconsin, bn .. ..1  00
Green. Scotch, bn.  __ .  1  10
.  2 50
Spilt, bn.......................
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl__ ...4 00
.3 75
Monarch,  bbl..............
..2 UO
Monarch.  M  bbl.........
.1   80
Monarch, 90 lb sacks...
8 20
Quaker, cases............
.  8 00
Huron, cases................
4
German.......................
3*
East 
Eesley’s Sell Rising Flours 
2 
6 lb. sacks, 1 dz. in case....  2 40 
9 lb. sacks, 1 dz. in jute....  3 35 
2 
2 
Flake.............................. 
5
m
pear]..................  
Pearl, 24 1 lb. pkges........ 
6li
Cracked, bulk...................  3)4
24 2 lb packages................2 50

Oraham.
Tapioca.

Entire Wheat.

lb. cartODs. 2 dz. in  case..  1 80 
lb. cartons, 2 <*z. In case..  1  80 

lb. cartons, 2 dz. In case..  1  80 

Pastry.

Wheat.

Sago.

.

Cod.

Herring.

riackeral.

© 5 
© 5V4 
© 6 
© 9

SALT FISH.
Georges cured............
Georges genuine........
Georges selected........
Strips or bricks.........   6
9 25 
Holland white hoops, bbl. 
5 25 
Holland white hoop 14 bbl 
70 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
80
Holland white hoop mens
Norwegian.......................
Bound 100 lba...................  3 10
Round  40 lba...................  1  40
Scaled...............................  
14
Mess 100 lbs........:............  15 00
Mess  40 lbs...................   6 30
Mess  10 lbs....................  1  65
8 lbs...................   1  35
Mem 
No. 1  WOlDs...................   13 25
No. 1 
40 lbs...................   5  6u
No. I  10 lb s..................... 
!  48
No. 1  8 lbs......................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  H  50
NO. 2  40 lbs......................  4  91
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  30
No. 2  8 lbs......................  107
No. 1100 lbs......................
5 25 
No. 1  40 lbs......................
2 40 
No. 1  iO lbs....................
68 
57
No. 1  8 l b s ....................
H i.  i  N?  *
100 lbs...........7 CO  6 50
40 lbs...........  3  10  2 90
10 lbs........... 
80
8 lbs 
66
FLAVORING  EXTRACT5. 

2 75 
I  0 
43 
87

Whltsfisa.

Treat.

85 
7i 

Perrigo’s.

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

Lem.
doz.
75 
1  25

2 25
1  75
2 25
Van. 
1  20 
1 «0 
2 00 
2 25

Jennings*.

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

D.C. Vanilla 
2 os.......1  20
3oz....... 1  50
4 oz....... 2 00
60s........3 00
No.  8  4 00
No. 10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No  4 T.2 40
FLY  PAPER.
Tanglefoot,  per box...........  36
Tanglefoot, per case 
........3 20
Holders, per box of E0......   75
Pei-rigo’s Lightning, gro----2 50
Petrolatum, per d> >z............  75

ttERBS.

spge.................................... 
Rope 
..  . 

INDIOO.

dadraa, 6  ID  boxes........... 
F ..  2  S «nrt 5 lh   b o x es  .. 

16
15

56
50

OUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs 
............................4 00
Half Kegs............................2 25
Quarter Kegs......................1  25
1 lb. cabs..............................  30
M lb. cans............................   18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

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

 
Eagle Dock—Dupont’s

K egs.................................. 8 00
Half Kegs............................4 8
Quarter Kegs 
..................2 26
lib. cans.  .........................  
45
161b  palls............................  85
801b palls....  ..................  
65

JELLY.

LYB.
Condensed, t  dos 
Condensed. 4 dos

.1  20 
2 26

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................   *
Calabria.............................   26
Sicily....................................  }4
Root.....................................   10

HATCHES.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur...................... 1 ©
Anchor Parlor.....................1 70
No. 2  Home......................... 1  10
Kxnort  Parlor.....................4 00
Wolverine............................1 05
No Brand...........................  95

nOLA^SBS.
New Orleans.

Black...................... 
 
F a ir..................................  
Good................................. 
Fancy  .............................  
Open Kettle.............  

11
(4
20
24
25@35

 

Half-barrels So extra.
MUSTARD.

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

PIPES.

Clay, No. 216......................  1  7b
.. 
Clay, T. D. fullcou^i 
65
Cob, No. 8..........................  
85

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s............................  1  OO
Penna Salt  Co.’s ............ 
8  03

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  4  00
Half bbls, 600 connt...........  2 50

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   5  O'*
Half bbls  1,200 connt  —   3 00

PICKLES.
rtedlam.

Small.

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................   cm
Carolina  No. 1  .................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................   SR

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1............   6M@ 6
Japan,  No. 2..........    4fc@ 5
Java, fancy  head........5  © 5M
Java,  No. 1.................. 5  @
Table............................   ©
Packed 80 lbs  fn  box. 

SALBRATUS.

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 1  15
Deland’s 
....................3 00
Dwight’s Cow......................8  15
Emblem  ..............................3 50
L. P...................................... 3 00
Sodio................................... 3  15
Wyandotte, ICO Ms............. 3 00
Granulated, bbls..............  ?0
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  8>
Lump, bbls 
......................  70
Lump. 1451b kegs 
...........  fo
SALT

SAL SODA.

Diamond  Crystal.

Worcester.

Common Orados.

Table, cases, a* 3-lb  boxes.. 1  50 
Table, barrels. 100 3 lb bagá.2 75 
Table, barrels.  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk  2 25 
Butter, barrels.2014 lbbagt-.S 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs..............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs..............  55
100 3 lb sacks 
1  95
60 5-lb sacks..................... .1   80
28 10-lbsackB..............  ...  1  66
50  4 
lb. cartons...............8  25
115  2Mlb. sacks................... 4  0C
lb. sacks.................. 3  75
60  5 
22 14 
lb. sacks.................  3 50
3010 
lb. sacks.................. 3  50
28 lb. linen sacks..................   32
56 lb. linen sacks...................  6«
Balk In barrels.................... 2 50
56-lb dairy In drill bags......   80
28-lb dairy In drill bags......  15
56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60
60
56-lb dairy In Unen sacks. 
56-lb  sacks 
... 
n
Granulated Fine...................  60
Medium  Fine........................  7u
Per doz.

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.
Common.

SCALES.

Warsaw.

SBBDS.

Weighs 24 lbs. bj moms. 
A nise...............................  
9
Canary, Smyrna.....................3K
Caraway..........................  
8
Cardamon,  M alabar......   60
Celery.................................  11
Hemp,  Rnmian................ 
4%
Mixed  Bird...................... 
4n
Mustard,  white................  5
Poppy  ..............................  10
Rape................................. 
4M
Cattle Bone........................  20
Scotch, In bladders..............   87
Maeoaboy, In ]ars..................  8-
French Rappee. In Jars....  48

SNUFP.

SOAP.

Single box........................... 2 °5
5  box lots, delivered.....2  0
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 75

m . 8.  KIRK  8 CO.’S BRANDS.

American Family, wrp’d... .2 66
Dome...................................2 75
Cabinet............................... 2 80
Savon.................................. 2 50
White Russian....................2 35
White Clond,  laundry.......6 25
White Cloud,  toilet............3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz__2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__3 00
Blue India, 100 £  lb............3 00
Klrkoline  ........................... 3 50
E os.....................................2 50
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o s......2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz.......... 2 40
Boxes  ...............................  5H
4%
<T«g*. Kns',’“l» 

Scon ring.

SODA.

SYRUPS
Cara.

Barrels................................   17
Waif  bbls......   ................. 
18
1 doz. 1 gallon cans............2 75
1  doz. M gallon cans.......1 65
8  doz. M gallon  ex n s ......1  ©
Fair  ..................................   16
Good..................................   20
Choice.............................   25

Pore Cane.

S P IC E S .
'Vnole Sifted.
.il dtt ill jllttUi,...

^  
........10
Cassia, B a ta v ia b u n d   ...2i
cassia, saigon in rolls........81
Cloves,  Amooyua................14
Cloves, Zau* iuar................. 12
Mace,  Batavia  ................... 55
Nutmegs, fancy...................60
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, m acs... i3 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .16
Pepper,  shot........................15
Allspice 
14
Cassia, Batav.a  ................. 3u
Cassia,  Saigon.................... 40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  A frican................ la
Ginger,  C'occln..................18
Ginger,  Jamaica 
......... 23
Mace,  Batavia.................... 65
Mustard  ........................12@18
Nutmegs,...................... 40@o0
Pepper, Sing , black 
.........1»
Pepper, Sing., white........... 22
Pepper, Cayenne  ................2u
Sage......................................15

Pore Oround la Bulk.
 

.  .. 

 

 

STARCH.

Klngsford’«  Corn.

Diamond.

10  1-lb packages................  6
20 1 lb packages...................614
Klngsford’« Silver Qloss
101-lb packages...................6H
6-lb boxes.........................
64 10c  packages  ............... 5 00
128  5c  packages.................5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages...5 00 
201 lb. packages................  5
401 lb. packages 
...............444
1-lb  packages......................  444
3-lb  packages.....................  4 >4
6-lb  packages.....................   5
40 and 50 lb boxes.  ............   3
Barrels 
3

Common  Corn.

Common Gloss

STOVE POLISH.

Cigars.

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

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brands

Fortune Teller........................35 oj
Our Manager..................... 35  00
Quintette...............................% uu
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

8. C.  W
35 00
Phelps, Brace & Co.'s Brands. 
Vincente Portuondo..35® 7j 01
Ruhe Bros.  Co  ........  25®  0 00
The HilsonCo........... 3i@U0  00
T. J. Dunn & Co.......35® 70 00
McCoy A Co..............35® 70 00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10® 35 00
Brown Bros...............15@ 70 00
Banner Cigar Co.......30® 70 00
Bernard Stahl  Co. 
35®  90 00
Banner Cigar Co.......1 ® 35 00
Seidenberg & Co.......55@125 00
G. P. SpragueCigarCo.10® 35 0J 
The Fulton Cigar Co..10® 35 00 
A. B  Ballard A Co....»-@1-5 00 
E. M. achwarz A Co 
,3f@110 00
san  Telm j................35© 70 0J
Havana Cigar Co...... 18® 35 00

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40grain..  8 
Malt White Wine,80 grain..II
Pure Cider, Red Star..........12
Pure Cider. Robinson........ 13
Pure Cider, Silver.............. 1  h

W1CKING.

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

WOODENWARE.

Palls.

2-  hoop Standard................. 1 35
3-  hoop Standard................. 1 50
2-wire, Cable............................ 1 35
3  wire. Cable.................... 1  6J
Cedar, all red, brass bound. 1  25
Paper, Eureka.........................2 25
FiDre.........   ....................... 2 25

Tabs«

2 '-inch, Standard, No. 1__5 80
18-inch, Standard, No. 2__4 85
16-inch,  Standard,  No. 3__3 85
20-inch, Dowell, No  1.........6 25
18-ini.h, Dowell, No. 2.........5 25
16-inch, Dowell, No. 3. 
..  4 25
No.  • Fibre..........................9 00
No.2 Fibre.........................7 50
No. 3 Fibre..........................6 75

SUOAR.

......................... 5 63

iiurchases to his shipping point, 

No. 4, 3-doz in case, gross..  4  50 
No  6. 3 dot in case, gross..  7 20 
Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer pays 
from  the  market  in  which he
ncludlng  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino....................................5 75
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 88
Crushed....................................6 00
Powdered 
XXXX  Powdered.................... 5 75
Cubes.......................................5 63
Granulated in bbls...................5 -1
Granulated in  bags................. 5 50
Fine Granulated......................5 50
Bxtra Fine Granulated  __ 5  63
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5  63
Mould  A...................................F 75
Diamond Confec.  A........... 5 50
Confec. standard A...........  5 38
1........ .....................  5 00
No. 
2..............................  5 00
No 
8..............................  6 CO
No. 
4...............................4 9
No. 
No. 
5...............................4 88
No. 
6...............................4  81
No.  7..........................  ...  4  75
NO. 
8...............................4*9
»...............................4  63
No. 
N«.  *0...............................4 50
No.  i............ 
...4  38
No.  12............  
....4 3 1
.4  81
No.  13................. 
.4  25
No.  14  ...................... 
No.  15 
. . . . -------  . 
’  «
Vo -  '  
«.o

TABLE  SAUCBS.
LEA & 
PER R IN S’ 
SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine 
Worces tersh ire. 
Lea A Perrin’s,  large...  3 75 
Lea A Perrin’s, small...  210
Halford,  large............... 3 75
Halford small...................2 25
Salad Dressing, large...... 4 56
Salad Dressing, small......2 75

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Butter.
Seymour XXX.........  
.  .  5H
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6
Family XXX  ....................  5*
Salted XXX  ......................   5(4
New York XXX.................  54
Wolverine.........................  6
Boston.............. 
7(4
Soda  x x x .........................  6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton....  6H
Soda,  City.........................  8
Long Island Wafers.........   11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12 
Zephyrette...........................10

Soda.

 

 

Oyster.

Saltine Wafer....................  514
SaltiueWafer, 1 lb  carton.  614
Farina Oyster....................  5 >4
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.

 

 

Animals.............  
  10H
Bent’s Water....  ..............   15
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   to
Coffee Cake, Iced..............  10
Craeknells...........................1514
Cubans  .............................   1144
Frosted  Cream..................   8
Ginger Gems.....................   8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  7(4
Graham Crackers  ............   8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   8
JumDles,  Honey...............   1214
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......  16
Marshmallow  Walnuts...  16
Mich.  Frosted Honey__  1214
Molasses Cakes.................  8
Newton.............................   12
Nic  Nacs................. ..........   8
Orange Gems.....................  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  814
Pretsel8,  hand m ad e......  714
Sears’Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sugar  Squares.................  9
Vanilla  Wafers...... ........   14
Sultanas............................  12H

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Candies.
Stick Candy.

Mixed Candy.

bbls.  pails
■‘tandard................. 
7  ©  ;n
7  0 714
Standard H. H____ 
Standard Twist...... 
714® 8
© £14
Cut Loaf................. 
C&S68
Jumbo, 32 l b .......... 
©614
Extra H.H.............. 
O 814
®io
Boston  Cream........ 
® g
Grocers.................... 
Competition............ 
© 6(4
Standard................. 
© 7
Conserve................. 
® 714
© 714
...................... 
Broken..................  
© 7M
Cut Loaf................. 
© 8V4
English Rock.........  
© 814
© 814
Kindergarten.........  
French  Cream........ 
© 9
Dandy Pan.............  
©10
Hand Made Cream mxd  @13
Nobby.................... 
® 814
San Bias Goodies__ 
@11
© 814
Loienges, plain......  
© 8(4
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Choc.  Drops........... 
©11
©1214
Choc.  Monumentals 
© 5
Gum  Drops............ 
Moss  Drops............  
© 8-4
Sour Drops.............. 
© 814
Imperials.............. 
© 9 *
Ital. Cream Bnbns, 35 lb pis  11 
Molas-es Chews,  15 lb. pails  13 
Jelly Date Squares..  @10
Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Fancy—In Balk.

©50
©50
©eu
©65
®75
@90
®an
©75
®50
©56
©55
©to
©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  Want............ 
@65
String Rock............  
®60
Burnt Almonds...... 125  @
Wintergreen Berries 
©55
CanuoaU.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes..................  
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
bOX68  ...............

©36
©50

Medium tranches... 1  00  @]  25
Large bunches........1  75  @2 25

Foreign Dried  Fruit«. 

Fruits.
Oranges.
Seedlings................  
Medt Sweet.............  
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 303s  ............ 
Ex.Fancy  300s........ 
Ex. Fancy  360s........ 
Bananas.

Figs.

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

Fards In 10 lb  boxes 
Fards in  60 lb cases 
Persians, P H Y ......  
lb cases, new........ 
Salrs,  GO lb cases__ 
Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivaca........
Almonds,  California
soft shelled...........
Brazils new..............
Filberts  ...................
Walnuts, Granobles. 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1 
Walnuts,  soft sbellei
Calif......................
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table Nnts,  choice..
Pecans, Med............
Pecans, Ex. Large..
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory  Nuts per bn
Ohio, new.............
Cocoannts,  full  sacks 
Chestnuts per bn...
Peanuts. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Boasted.................
Choice, EL P., Extras 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras 
...........

Boasted 

@4 55
©5 to

©  00
©4  25
©5 03
©5 50
@

@13
©12
@18
©22
©
©
© 7

©10
® 6
© 6
© 6
© 6

@16
©14
©15 
© 7 
©10 
©13
©n
©11
®ii
©10 
© 7*4 
© 9 
©12
©1  60 
©3 50 
©
© 7
© 7
0 5

Tomato Jugs.

Common

top,
top,
top,

No. 
No. 
No. 

Sealing Wax.
FRUIT JARS.

H gal., per doz.................   50
1 gal., each.....................   8*
Corks for Hgal., perdos.. 20
Corks for  1 gal., per dos..  80
Preserva Jars and Covers.
H gal., stone cover, doz... 75
1 gal., stone cover, dos. ..1  00 
5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
P in ts.................................4 00
Quarts................................  4 25
Half Gallons.................... .  6 00
Covers...............................   2 00
Rubbers...........................  
¡¡5
LAMP  BURNERS.
No.  0 8un..........................   31
No.  1  Sun..........................   35
No.  2  Sun..........................  
50
No. 3 Sun...........................   1 00
Tubular.............................   45
Security, No. 1.................! 
60
Security, No. 2................... 
80
Nutmeg  ............................ 
go
LAMP CHIMNBY5—Seconds. 
_  
Per box of 6 do«.
No.  0 Sun.......................... 1  28
No.  1  Sun..........................  1 42
No.  2 Sun..........................  2  12
No. 0 Sun...........................  1  50
No. 1 Sun...........................  1  60
No. 2 Snn...........................   245
No. 
No. 
No. 

wrapped and  labeled__  2  10
wrapped and  labeled....  2  15 
wrapped and  labeled....  3  16 

First  Quality.
0 Snn,  crimp 
1  Snn,  crimp 
2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Pilot.
0 Sun,  crimp 
1  Snn,  crimp 
2 Snn,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and labeled__ 2 55
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled....  3 75 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Tan.
No. 1  Snn,  wrapped  ana
labeled............................3 70
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled............................4  88
No. 2  Snn,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lam os............  
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   90
No. 2 Sun,  plain bulb,  per
doz  ................................   1  15
No. 1 Crimp, per dos......... 1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per dos......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70o dos)........4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  dos)........4 70
No. 2, Lime  (70c dos)  ...... 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (800 dos)........4 46
Dos. 
1 gal tin cans with  spont..  1  42
1 gal galv Iron with spout.  1  52
2 gal galv Iron with  spont.  2 55
3 gal galv Iron with spont.  3 45 
5 gal galv iron with  spont.  4 58 
3 gal galv iron with faucet 4 50 
5 gal galv Iron with  faucet 4  85
5 gal Tilting cans.............. 7 25
5 gal galv Iron Naoefas....  9 00
5 gal Bapid steady stream.  7  80 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3  gal Home Role............10 50
5 gal Home Role............... 12 00
5 gal Pirate  King.............   9 50
No.  0 Tubular side lift....  4 00
No.  1 B  Tabular..............6  25
No. 13 Tubnlar Dash......... 6 50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount....  7 00 
No. 12 Tabular, side lamp.14  OC 
No.  3 Street  Lamp, each..  8 75 
LANTERN dLOBBS.
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 1 dos.
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 2 dos.
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 dos.
No. 0 Tabular,  boll’s  eye, 

each, box 10 cents...........  46
each, box 15  cents..........  45
each,  per bbl, bbl. 00....  1  78 
cases t d*»«  each 
’  25

Pomp  Cana.

LANTERNS.

OIL CANS. 

La  Bootle.

Rochester.

Blectric.

Grains and Feedstuffs

Provisions.

70

Wheat.

_  
Wheat................................ 
Winter  Wheat  Floar. 

Local Brands.

Spring  Wheat Flour. 

Patents............................. 4  00
Second  Patent.................  3 50
Straight  ..........................   3 25
Clear..................................   3 00
Graham  ............................3 50
Buckwheat.......................
B ye..................................   3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.  .
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Daisy, 14s............................ 3 85
Daisy, 14s............................ 3 85
Daisy, 14s.............................3 85
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  %a........................  3 65
Quaker, 14s ........................  3 65
Quaker, (4s........................   3  65
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Ptll8bury’s Best Hs...........  4 45
Pillsbury’s Best Ms...........  4 35
Pill8bury’s Best (4s...........4  ¡A
Pillsbury’s Best 14s paper..  4  25 
Pillsbury’s Best 14s paper..  4  i5 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman's Brand.
Duluth Imperial, 14s.........4 50
Duluth Imperial, 14s.........4 40
Duluth Imperial, 14s.........  4 30
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s Brand.
Gold Medal 14s..................  4  50
Gold Medal j^s.................. 4  40
Gold Medal Hs.................. 4 30
Parisian, Hs......................   4 50
Parisian, Qs......................   4 40
Parisian, Hs.......................  4 30
Ceresota, Hs......................  4 50
Ceresota, Hs......................  4 40
Ceresota, (4s.....................‘  4  33
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, Hs..............................  4 40
Laurel, H s.............................   4 30
Laurel, Hs..............................  4 20
Bolted...............................  190
Grannl&ted......................’  2  10
St. Car Feed, screened__ 16 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats..........15 50
Unbolted Com Meal..........14 to
Winter Wheat  Bran..........14  00
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 15 00
Screenings.............................. 14 00
New com, car lots............ 36H
Less than  car lots............   38h
Car  lots............................... 30H
Carlots, clipped................   32H
Less than  car lots.  ......... 34
No. 1 Timothy car lots....  10 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots  ... 12 01
Pish and  Oysters

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Feed and Mlllstaffs.

Meal.

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

Presh Fish.

Whiteflsh................
T rout......................
Black Bass..............  8
Halibut...................
Ciscoes or Herring..
Blnefish...................
Live Lobster.........
Boiled Lobster........
Cod 
......................
Haddock.................
No.  1  Pickerel........
Pike.........................
Perch.......................
Smoked White.......
Bed Snapper......•..
Col  Biver Salmon 
Mackerel 
............
Shell Qoods.
Oysters, per  100......... 1
^•«1« 

Per lb. 
©  6H 
©  8 ©  10 
©  16 
©  4
©  11 
©  18 
©  20 ©  10

©  8 
©  12 
©  18
25©1  50
«1  r-o

mn
Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene.......................  ©11H
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt.  ©10
W W Michigan...........  © 9H
Diamond White.........  © 8H
D .,8. Gas....................  ©13
Deo. N aptha..............  ©12H
Cylinder....................29  ©34
Engine.......................11  ©21
n   a
B ’ - n V   — i 

@6

Hldee.

Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:
Green No. l ................  © ?H
Green No. 2...............  
  © 6(4
Bulls....................... 
Cured No. 1................  © 8H
Cured No. 2................  © 7H
Calfskins,  green No. 1  ©  9
Calfskins, green No. 2  @7(4
Calfskins, cured No. 1  ©10
Calfskins, cured No. 3  ©  8H
Pelts,  each.................  50® 1  00
NO*.......................   @ 3H
No. 2...........................  @ 2)4
Washed, fin e............   ©16
Washed, medium.......  ©20
Unwashed, fine..........  9  ©12
Unwashed, medium ..14  ©16

Pelts.
Tallow.

Wool.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.

8H

5H
6(4

Lords, 

Smoked neats.

in Tierces. 
4h

Jfese  ..............................  10  00
Back  ......................10 50©
Clear back.............. 
©10  2~
Shorten!.............................   9 75
8..................................   1« 00
Bean  .............................   9
Family  ..........................  11  OJ
Dry Salt Meat«.
Bellies............................ 
5h
Briskets  ......................... 
5h
Bxtra  shorts................... 
5h
„  
Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
I0H
Hams, 14 lb average 
... 
¡0
Hams, 161b  average. 
9H
9(4
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
Ham dried beef  ..............  
14
5*
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
Bacon,  clear................. 7  ®7H
California hams............  
6
Boneless hams.........  
Cooked  ham................. 10® 12(4
Compound................  
55 lb T u b s a d v a n c e  
%
80 lb Tubs...........advance 
u
50 lb T ins...........advance  %
20 lb Palls...........advance  %
10 lb Palls........... advance  %
lb Palls.......advance 
5 
1
I %
31b Palls......... advance 
„ 
Sausages.
Bologna..................  
Liver.........................  
Frankfort.............. 
nL
P o rk .......................... I;; 
6(4
Blood  ............................ 
6
Tongue..........................  
9
Head  cheese........... 
6H
Extra  Mess......................... 10 25
Boneless  ..................  
12 50
Rump............................ :120c
Pigs’ Peet.
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
H  bbls, 40 lbs.................  1  35
H  bbls, 80 lbs................   2 50
Kits. 15 lbs..................  
70
H  bbls, 40 lbs......................  1 25
H  bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 25
Casings.
P ork...............................  20
Beef  rounds...........3
Beef  middles................ 
10
Sheep.......................  
Butte vine.
Bolls,  dairy................... 
Solid, dairy.................... 
Bolls,  creamery............  
Solid,  creamery............  
Corned  beef,  2 i b ........2  15
Corned  beef, 14 lb..........14  75
Boast  beef,  2  lb........... 2  15
Potted  ham,  Hs.........  
50
Potted  ham,  Hs.........   90
Deviled ham,  h &.........   50
Deviled ham,  Hs.........   90
Potted  tongue Hs.........   50
Potted  tongue hb.........  
90

60
11
ion
ish
14H

Canned Meats.

Tripe.

Beef.

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass......................7  @  8H
Fore quarters............   6  ©  6H
Hind  quarters...........  7H@  9H
Loins  No.  3.................12  @14
Bibs...............................9  ®i4
Bounds......................  ®  8
Chucks.......................  6  @ 6(4
Plates  .......................  4  ®  5
Pork.
Dressed............... 
4h©  5
Loins.........................  ©  7
Shoulders...................  ©  5H
Leaf Lard...................  6H©
Carcass.....................   8H@10
Spring Lambs.,...........14  ©16

Mutton

Veal.

Carcass  ..........  
Crockery  and

7H©  8

Glassware.

Batten.

AKRON  STONBWARB. 
H gal, perdos.................  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
5
8 gal., each......................  48
10 gal., each.....................   60
12 gal.,  each.....................   72
15 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 1  05
20gal. meat-tubs,each. . . .1  40 
25 gal. meat-tubB, each  ...2 00 
gal. meat-tnbs, each.... 2 40 
2 to 6 gaL, per gal............  
5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  84 
H gal- fiat or rd. bot., doz.  40 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  4K

Milkpana.

Chorus.

Fine Qlazed Mifkpans.

Stewpone.

H gal. flat or rd. bot., aoz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot, each  5H 
H gal. fireproof  '-all, doz.  85 
1 gal. flreproox, ball, dos.l  10 
H gal., per doz...............   40
Hgal.. per do«..................  50
1 to 5 gaL, per gal............. 
6

Jugs.

22

One  Way  to  Combat  the  Catalogue* 

Houses.
Written for the Tradesman.

Catalogue  competition  seems  to  be  a 
vexed  and  vexing  question,  and  the 
one  of  all  others  most  worthy  of  atten­
tion,  not  only  of  the small  retailers  of 
our  country  towns,  but  of  the  people 
themselves,  who  must  sooner  or  later 
awaken  to  the  fact  that  it  is  their own 
life-blood  this  gigantic  octopus 
lives 
on.

Why  do  the  catalogue  houses  menace 
the  people?  Because  they  build  up  one 
at  the  expense  of  many,  a  theory  false 
as  it  is  flattering  and  a  business  propo­
sition  never  yet  verified.  Were  there 
even  the  qualifying  clause  of  “ greatest 
good  to greatest  number*'  attachable  to 
this  theme 
in  any  manner there  would 
be  reason  for  its  long-continued  exist­
ence;  but  it 
is  the  opinion  of  the  ma­
jority  that  no  one  receives  any  benefit, 
direct  or  indirect,  from catalogue bouses 
except 
thereof,  and 
whether  this  accumulated  wealth  bene­
fits  the  offspring  of  the  originators  of 
this  leeching  system  remains  to be seen,- 
but  probably,  as  in  many  other  matters 
of  wealth  secured  by  unfair  means,  it 
will  become  dispersed  by  the  second 
generation,  usually  more  speedily  than 
accumulated  by  this.

the  promoters 

But  this  condition  is  now  with  us to 
solve:  Shall  the  few  catalogue  houses • 
succeed  while  thousands  of  respectable 
merchants  perish  in  more  than  a  physi­
cal  sense,  or shall  the  men  who  consti­
tute  the  highest civilization of  our coun­
try,  its  merchants,  prosper  while  these 
enemies  to  general  prosperity 
come 
down  to  the  level  of  ordinary  business 
men,  receiving  no  more  than  an  equit­
able  share  of  the  oil  which  moves  the 
business  universe,  local  trade?

I  am  inclined  to believe  the  time  will 
come,  and  that  speedily,  when catalogue 
houses  will  have  become  dreams  of  the. 
past,  and  may  they  be  of  such  a  night­
mare  nature  as  to  preclude  the  desire 
from  any  one that  they  be  repeated.

But  is  this time coming?  If  so,  when 
I  answer,  yes,  soon  and 
and  whence? 
Its  ap­
from  the  action  of  the  people. 
invisible  to  our  eyes, 
proach  may  be 
owing  to 
its  slow  movement  our  way, 
but  I  believe  it  is coming  as  surely  as 
time  moves. 
I  recall  a  little girl  hav­
ing  permission  to  go  and  play  with 
some neighboring  children  as  soon  as 
the  hour  band  reached  I.  She  stood  and 
eagerly watched this hand for some min­
utes, then  said,  “ It will never get there, 
for  I  can *t  see  it  move. ’ *  But 
it  was 
moving,  moving  by  an  unseen  yet 
known  force,  which  would  in  due  sea­
son  produce  certain  results.  The  child 
could  not  see  the  hour  hand  move,  yet 
beyond  question  every  effort  of  the 
mechanism  within  was  aiding  towards 
the  result  watched  for.

Even  so  may  it  be  with  this question. 
Its solution  may  now  be  silently,  stead­
ily,  but  surely,  approaching.  We, 
through  the  eyes  of  the  child,  may think 
it  will  never  get  here,  we  can't see  it 
move,  yet  time  will  tell,  and  then  we 
will  wonder  why  the  obstacle  even  so 
much  as  gained  our  attention.

But  how  will  the  people  have a  band 
in  this  moving,  the desired  result?  They 
are  the  moving  force,  the  wheels  that 
make  the  hands  go  round;  the  main­
spring  their  personal  interests,  the  key 
to  wind  this and  make  its force effective 
their  purses,  the  power  that  turns this 
key  the  local  merchants. 
In  this  com­
bination  lies  the  similitude  we  would 
draw.  Before  the  hands  of a clock  can 
move the key must wind the mainspring,

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

REFRIGERATORS

Y U K O N   A N D   C H IL K O O T

which  again  requires  the  human  hand. 
Therefore  must  the 
local  merchants 
grasp  the  situatjon  and  with  the  proper 
turns  in  a  proper  way  give  force  to  the 
mainspring  of  business,  the  personal  in­
terests  of  the  people,  through  the  lever­
age  of  the  proper  key,  the  people’s 
purse.

But  how  shall  this  key  be  found  and 
properly  applied?  Ah,  my  friend,  the 
answer  to  that  question  would  be  of 
worth  equal  to  the  entire  combined 
wealth  of  business  represented  by  the 
merchants  scattered  all  over  the  face  of 
our  national  home,  because  on  the  solv­
ing  of  this  problem  undoubtedly  rests 
their  future. 
I  have a  plan  and,  while 
I  can  not  assure  you  that  it  is  the  per­
fect  one,  or  even  among  the  best,  to 
reach  this  desired  end,  I  am  honest 
in 
the  belief  that  it  would  accomplish  the 
result  hoped  for,  viz.,  the  betterment  of 
small  local  lines  of  business  at  the  ex­
pense of  the  catalogue  houses.

it 

foreign  ones. 

And  what  is  this  plan?  Simply  com­
bination  of  local  dealers  for the  best  in­
terests  of  themselves  and  their  patrons. 
This  combination  calls  for  the  sinking 
of  self  out  of  sight  for  the  general  good 
of  all, and  yet  the  individual  self  would 
be  of  greater  worth  there  than  in  its at­
tempt  to  stand  alone,  for  here  it  shines 
with  reflected 
light  as  well  as  its own, 
but  the 
lines  on  which  this  combine 
would  be  formed  would  govern  the  re­
sult,  therefore  must  they be  right,  and 
laid 
in  the  right  direction,  with  the 
right  spirit.  Those  lines are best  shown 
by  the  old  axiom,  “ Fight fire with fire." 
in  competition 
Issue a  local  catalogue 
with  the 
Study  their 
make-up,  style,  terms  and  prices,  then 
go  them  one  better.  Get  up  the  best 
thing  your  local  printer  can  turn  out, 
then  get  it  into  the  hands  of  the  people. 
And  keep  getting 
there.  Right 
here  is  where  combination will  show  the 
most  strength. 
I  said,  “ a  local  cata­
logue"— not  several,  not  one  for  each, 
but  one  for  all. 
In  this  list  your  most 
tempting  wares;  and  make them  an 
ir­
resistible  temptation.  Let  each  local 
dealer furnish  some  special  thing,  then 
have  two  or  more  offer a  combination 
and  divide  the  profits.  Say  your  furni­
ture dealer makes  offer  of  a  tufted  sofa 
in  combination  with  a  list  of  indispen­
sable spices and  table  supplies by a  gro­
cer.  Have  your  milliner offer a  partic­
ular  retail  value  of hat  in  combination 
with  shoes  and  flavoring«extracts.  Your ] 
implement  dealer  could  combine  with 
the  editor  in  furnishing  neatly  engraved 
or  printed  stationery. 
Your harness- 
maker  might  get  up  a  strong  combina­
tion  with  the  clothier,  your  meat  market 
man  with  any  or all  of  the  others,  while 
your  local  stationer  might  furnish  good 
in  books  or  magazine  sub­
premiums 
scriptions 
for  a  general  sweepstake 
combination-offer  from  every  dealer  in 
town.  Besides  these,  and  dozens  of 
other  combinations,  one  especially  to 
newly-marired  couples  might  include  a 
whole  “ setting  o u t”

But  enough  have  bees  suggested  for 
guidance.  TbeB  comes  the  delivery  of 
these.  Hire  men  with  horses  to  deliver 
direct  into the  hands  of  the  people,  and 
of  all  the  people  in  the  territory  tribu­
tary  to  your  town.  At  the  same  time 
have him  advertise  your town  by  signs 
wherever  they  can  be  shown.  Talk  to 
the  people 
trees, 
fences,  posts,  and  occasionally  give 
them  the  entire  broadside  of  a  barn; 
but  give  it artistically  even  if  in  large 
doses.  And  keep  everlastingly  at  it  
Don’t allow a  day  to  pass  without  giv­
ing  this key a  turn.  Don’t stop  adver-

from  housetops, 

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Its  simplicity,  entire  labor  saving, 
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23

tising,  in  all  possible  ways;  but  com­
bine 
in  this  for  the  good  of  your  town. 
Then  each  will  receive  more  than  bis 
anticipated  share  and  the  people,  the 
only  ones  who  can  regulate  these  mat­
ters,  will  see  to 
it  that  money  is  left 
with  the  home  merchants  whenever 
their best  interests  are  made  paramount 
in  the  arguments  used  to  change  pres­
ent  conditions  to  better.

the  people’s 

Thus we find  the similitude has worked 
itself  out.  The  local  merchant  grasps 
the  key  to  the  situation  (and  he  would 
have  a  much  more  secure  hold  thereon, 
and  oftener  than  he  now  has  were  this 
line  of  action  adopted)  and,  with  his 
hand  on  the  people’s  purse,  would  give 
impetus  to  the  mainspring  of 
such  an 
business, 
interests,  as 
would  force  the  bands  to  move.  Yes, 
these  indicators  would  surely  move  to­
wards  the  wished-for  point,  denoting 
that  now  we  can  go  and  with  our  neigh­
bors  spend  hours  of  pleasure;  and  even 
although  we  can  not  see  the  bands move 
they  are  moving,  and  I  believe  all  too 
fast  to  suit  the  grasping  monopolistic 
catalogue  houses.  Applied  as  outlined 
in  this  paper,  that  unseen  force  would 
bring  about  the  desired  result  with  the 
irresistible  power  of  fate.

Will  the  merchants  grasp  this  key  to 
the  situation? 
I  believe  they  will,  and, 
if  it  be  universally  bandied  in  the  right 
spirit,  the  people  will  forsake  their now 
pernicious  habit  of  purchasing  away 
from  home  and,  band in hand  with  those 
who  would  save  them  from  themselves, 
push  this  question  to a  speedy  solution.

L.  A .  E l y .

Industrial  Stocks  Less  Favored.
Trusts  have  not  been as  much  favored 
of  late,  for  the  public  has  not  shown  the 
baste  to  subscribe  for  their  stocks  that 
was  expected,  and there  is a general  dis­
position  to  insist  on  a  publication  of  all 
the  facts  connected  with  these  various 
corporations  before  they  should  be  con­
sidered  desirable  investments.  On  the 
other  band,  the  officers  seem  to  think 
that  the  knowledge  of  the  actual  work­
ings  and  conditions  of  the  corporations 
which  they  control 
is  a  perquisite  of 
their  own,  which  they  are  not  disposed 
to  share  with  the  general  public.  Of 
course,  the  mere  fact  that  a  concern 
does  business  under  a  high-sounding 
name,  and  is  capitalized  for a  sum  far 
in  excess of  its  visible  assets,  does  not 
necessarily  mean  that  an  investment 
in 
its  securities  would  be  a  bad  one ;  but 
at  the  same  time  the  general  public 
will  do  well  to  fight  shy  of  any  corpora­
tion  which  does  not  inform  its  stock­
holders  as  to  the  exact  condition  of  its 
affairs and give this  information in such 
shape  that  there  can  be  no  question  as 
to  its  veracity.

Misnomers.

Mrs.  Brown—Our  language  is  full  of 
misnomers.  For  instance,  I  met  a  man 
once  who  was  a  perfect  bear,  and  they 
called  him  a  “ civil  engineer.“ *
Mrs.  Smith—Yes,  but  that’s  not  so 
ridiculous  as  the  man  they  call “ teller”  
in  a  bank.  He  won’t  tell  you anything. 
I  asked  one  the  other  day  bow  much 
money  my  husband  had  on  deposit  and 
he  just  laughed  at  me.

A  Scheme  Worth  Trying.

“ Yes,”   said  the florid  lady,  “ I  made 
my  will  several  years  ago,  and  it  was 
one of  the  wisest  things  I  ever  did.”

“ Why?”  

the  meek-looking  woman 
asked.  “ Do  you  expect  to  drop  off  sud­
denly?”

"N o,  but 

go  and  change 
at  any  of  my  heirs. ”

it’s  such  a  satisfaction  to 
it  whenever  I  get  mad 

The  business  connections  of  a  family 
in  Kirwin,  Kan.,  are  rather  suggestive. 
One  son 
is  a  doctor,  another  is  an  un­
dertaker,  a  third  makes  tombstones  and 
the  wife  of  the  latter  is a  druggist.

The  Hardware  Market.

At  the  present  time,  owing  to  the  be­
ginning  of  the  warm  season,  trade  is 
falling  off  a  little,  but  in  staple  goods 
and  articles  that  are  needed  for 
imme­
diate  consumption,  there  is  an  active 
jobbers  are  finding  great 
demand  and 
in  getting  their  orders  filled 
difficulty 
with  any  degree  of  promptness. 
In 
steel  goods,  scythes  and  snaths,  it  is  al­
most  impossible  to  find* goods  anywhere 
in  the  country,  as  manufacturers  are  far 
behind  their  orders  and  jobbers’  stocks 
are  almost  depleted.

Wire  and  Nails—There  has been  no 
change 
in  the  price  of  wire  and  nails 
since  June  i,  although  it  is  believed  by 
those  who  are  conversant  with  the  mar­
ket  that  another advance  will  be  made 
on  or about  July  i,  to  conform  to  the  re­
cent  advance  in  raw  material  as  well  as 
increased  wages  which  have been  made 
to  all  workmen.

Tin  Plate—The  prospects  of  an  ad­
vance  of  wages  among  tin  plate  work­
men,  as  well  as  a  probability that  a  dis­
agreement  may  occur,  causing  a  stop­
page  of  all tin  plate  mills,  have  resulted 
in  a  much  firmer tone  in  the  market,  as 
well  as  the  prospect  of  an  immediate 
advance  in  all  grades  of  tin  plate.

Sheet  Iron—While  this  is  not  the time 
of  the  year  that  much  sheet  iron is used, 
a  heavy  demand  already  exists  and 
prices  are  very  strong.  Sheet  mills  are 
crowded  with  orders  and  very  few  are 
entering  any  additional  orders,  even  for 
shipment  during  the  latter  part  of  the 
year.  Galvanized  iron  is  firm  at  65  per 
cent.  off.

Miscellaneous—Recent  advances have 
been  made  in  the  following  goods  and 
we  note  a  few  of  the  prices  now  ruling, 
which  are asked  quite  generally  by  job­
bers :  Stove pipe  dampers,  50 to  50 and 
10  per  cent.  ;  Gautier  toe  calks,  5#  to 
6c  per  lb.  ;  Star  apple  parers,  $4.50  per 
dozen;  rocking 
table,  $5.50  per  doz.  ; 
bar  iron,  $2.15;  gas  pipe,  50 and  10 per 
cent.  ;  well  points,  70 and  10 per  cent.  ; 
scythe  snaths,  50  per  cent.;  Manila 
rope,  12c;  Sisal  rope,  g%c.

Exploiting  Seasonable  Goods  During 

Warm  Weather.

consideration 

Every  zealous  and  enterprising  mer­
chant  is  desirous  of  making  all  he  pos­
sibly  can  during  the  summer,  as  well 
as  other  months.  And  while 
it  is  in­
evitable  that  business  should  decrease 
in  volume  during  the  heated  term,  it 
must  also  be  remembered  that  a  great 
deal  of  business  is  made  necessary  sim­
ply  by  the  hot  weather.  Goods  which 
are  to  be  specially  used  at  that  time 
find  a  demand  then,  and  do  not  sell  at 
other  periods.  Thus  it  must  be  taken 
into 
that  hot  weather 
makes  some  trade  which  will  take  the 
place  of  what  it  destroys.  No  especial 
iine  of  procedure  can  be  mapped  out 
which  each  merchant  can  follow  and 
which  will  bring  the  most  satisfactory 
it  is  enough  to  say  that 
results,  but 
energy  and  perseverance 
should  be 
maintained 
in  hot  as  well  as 
cold 
weather,  although  it  is  but  natural  that 
some  desire  should  be  felt  to 
relax 
strenuous  efforts  when  the  mercury  be­
gins  to  creep  up  toward  a  hundred  de­
grees  in  the  shade.  But  this  is  where  a 
great  mistake  is  made,  for the  merchant 
who  allows  his  store  to deteriorate at 
this  time  develops  habits  of  slothful­
ness and  negligence  in  bis  clerks,  and 
himself,  too,  for that  matter,  which  will 
be  very  hard  to  break  away  from  when 
the  busier  season  does  come  on.  The 
writer has  often  seen  stores  in  the  sum­
mer  months  where  the  windows  were 
covered  with  fly  specks,  the  window 
displays  dusty  and  begrimed,  as  if  they 
baa  net  been  changed  for  an  indefinite 
length  of  time,  and  altogether  there 
was  a  general  air  of  desolation  and  neg­
lect about  the  store.  People  naturally 
i form  a  bad  opinion  of  the  store  from

seeing  these  evidences  of  sbiftlessness 
and  they  are  not  likely  to  change  their 
opinion  very  soon.  You  know  the  old 
saying  about giving  a  dog  a  bad  name. 
It  would  be  advisable  for the  store  to 
assume  as  neat  and  spruce an  appear­
ance  during  the  duller  as  during  the 
busier  season.  The  next  step 
is  to 
divine  as  nearly  as  possible  the  needs 
of  the  people and  to  supply  those  needs 
at  the  most  popular  prices.  Each  mer­
chant  knows  best  himself  what these are 
and  how  the  disposal  of  them  can  best 
be  managed.  Methods  differ  in  indi­
vidual  cases,  because  customers  in  va­
rious  communities  have  different  needs 
and  peculiarities.  However,  it  would 
be  well  for the  merchant  who  has  seen 
fit  to 
introduce  a  line  of  leather goods 
into  his  regular  stock  of  seasonable 
goods  to  exploit  them  as  much  as  pos­
sible  for  the  next  few  weeks,  because 
this 
line  of  goods  is  in  great  demand 
during  the  exodus  which  takes  place  in 
the  summer.  There are  trunks,  valises, 
traveling  bags  and  outfits  which  are ab­
solutely 
indispensable  to  travelers  or 
others  who  are  going  upon  even  a  short 
trip.  Trunks  and  valises  wear  out,  get 
shabby  or are  inadequate  in  size  for  the 
things  which  they  are  intended  to  bold. 
It  would  be  a  good  plan  to  have  some 
such  goods 
in  a  window  display,  with 
price  tickets  prominently  shown  upon 
them.  Many  things  will  thus be  sug­
gested  to  people  which  they  bad  not 
thought  before  of  purchasing.  People 
are  thus  gotten 
into the  store  in  order 
to  make  more  thorough  investigation 
and 
inspection  of  the  stock  in  the  in­
terior.  The  latter  should  be  arranged 
in  an  inviting  manner so  that  the  sug­
gestions  made  by  the  window  may  be 
borne out  within.

Liquor  has  a  peculiar  way  of getting 
the  best  of  a  fellow  after  be  gets  it 
down.

CAPS

AXES

BOLTS

BLOCKS

BUCKBTS

CROW  BARS

BUTTS, CAST

Hardware  Price  Current.
....................................................... 

▲UaURS AND BITS

Snell’s. 
70
Jennlng.  genuine......................................26*10
Jennings  Imitation................................... 90*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.........................  6  00
First Quality, D. B. Bronze.........................  10 00
First Quality, S. B. S. Steel.........................  6 50
First Quality, D. B. Steel............................  11  50
Stove........... ........................................... 
60610
Carriage new list.................................... 
65
Plow........................................................ 
50
Well, plain...............................   ................. • 8 50
Cast Loose Pin, figured................................70&10
Wrought Barrow................................ 
70*10
Ordinary Tackle...........................................  
70
Cast Steel............................................nerlb 
5
Ely!"  t-W;............................................. per m 
65
55
Hick s C. F ...... .................................. per m 
G-®-.;................................................perm 
16
Musket............................................... per m 
75
Steel and Ire?.............................................  70A10
«0
Try and Bevels...........................................  
fin
M itre............................................................ 
Socket Firmer............................................. 
to
Socket Framing........................................... 
70
Socket Comer..............................................  
70
Socket Slicks................................................ 
70
Morse’s Bit Stocks....................................... 
60
Taper and Straight Shank........................... 50* 5
Morse’s Taper Shank................................... 50*  5
Com. 4 piece, 6 In............................doe. net 
66
Corrugated..............................................  
1 25
Adjustable.............................................. dls 40*10
Clark’s small, S18;  large, S26.......................80*10
Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824; 3, 830.............................  
86
New American............................................. 70*10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
79
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................60610
28
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.  ... 
List  12 
10........  
17

OALVAN1ZBD  IRON

EXPANSIVE BITS

PILES—New  List

SQUARBS

ELBOWS

CHISELS

DRILLS

14 

18 

Discount,  65

15 
OAUOBS

MATTOCKS

KNOBS—New List

Stanley Rule and Level  Ca’s...................... 60*10
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................  
70
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  
80
Adze Bye.....................................817 00, dls 60*10
Hunt Eye.................................... 815 00, dls 60*10
Hunt’s.........................................818 50, dls 20610
40
Coffbe, Parkers Co.’s.................................... 
40
Coffee, P. S. 6  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables... 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry 6  Clark’s................. 
40
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 
80
Stebbin’s Pattern.......................................... 60610
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................60610
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
80

MOLASSBS  OATES

MILLS

NAILS

BARROWS

14 00

CARTRIDGES

Railroad..................................................  
Garden................................................  net  30 00
.................................................... 40610
20
60610610
70*  5
go
45

Central Fire...............................................  
Pry. Acme . 
Common, polished....................................  
Iron and T inned........................................ 
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 

RIVETS

PANS

 

 

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.
Steel nails, base................................................  2 65
Wire nails, base................................... ” *  275
30 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
06
8 advance................................................... 
10
6 advance.................................................... 
20
4 advance................................. 
30
3 advance......................................................... 45
2 advance................................................... 
70
Fine 3 advance..................................... 
go
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
jg
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
3g
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
Finish 10 advance......................................  
gg
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel % advance....................................  
gg
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   «ago
Sdota Bench................................................
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  ago
Bench, firstquallty.......................................  £ 5
Stanley Rnle and Level Co.’s wood..........  
60
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 20 

PATBNT PLANISHED IRON 

PLANES

Broken packages He per ponnd  extra. 

 

HAMMERS

3HEBT IRON

HOLLOW  WARE

HOUSE  FURNISHING  OOODS

Maydole 6  Co.’s, new  list................................dls 83Vt
Kip’s  ...................................................... dls 
26
Yerkes 6 Plumb’s............................................. di« 40610
70
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 80c list 
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 50&10 
Stamped Tin Ware.........   .............new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 20610
..............................................................6061
K ettles..........................................................60610
Spiders......................................................... 60610
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 8.......................................... dls 60610
State......................................... per dos. net  2 68
Sisal, V( Inch and larger.............................  
914
Manilla......................................................... 
12
so
Bright........................................................... 
80
Screw Byes................................................... 
Hook’s..........................................................  
80
Gate Hooks and Byes..................................  
80
Stanley Bnle and Level Co.’s...........................dls 70

WIRE  OOODS

LEVELS

HINOES

ROPB8

 

 

WIRE

TRAPS

com. smooth,  com.
 

83 00
3 00
8 20
3 30
3 40

SAND  PAPBR
SASH WEIGHTS

3 50
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  80  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14......................................13 20 
Nos. 16 to 17.................. 
3 20 
Nos. 18 to 21......................................  3 30 
NOS. 22to24......................................  8 40 
Nos. 26 to 26.....................................   8 50 
No.  27 ..........................................  8 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  sect. 19, ’86................................................ dls 50
Solid Byes........................................ per ton 20 00
Steel, Gama...........................................  
75610
Oneida Community, Newhonse’s .........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley 6  Norton’s 70610
15
Mouse, choker............................per dos 
Mouse, delusion........................per dos 
1  26
Bright Market............................................  
65
Annealed  Market........................................  
66
Coppered Market..........................................60610
Tinned Market............................................   60
Coppered Spring Steel................  
45
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..........................  3 30
Barbed Fence,  painted...............................  2 so
An Sable............................................................dls 4061C
Putnam............................................................. dls 5
Capwell.................................................... net list
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled....................  
so
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
40
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought...................  75
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
75
Bird  Cages............................................. 
40
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
70
Screws, New List...................................  
86
Casters, Bed and Plate........................... 50610610
Dampers, American............................... 
50
900 pound casks...........................................   9
Per ponnd....................................................   944
D rop............................................................   1 46
B B and Buck.............................................  1  70
VtOVi.^........................................................  17
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market Indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.........................................3 7 55
14x20 IC, Charcoal.......................................   7 go
20x14 IX, Charcoal.......................................   8 50

MISCELLANEOUS

TIN—Melyn Grade

METALS—Zinc

HORSB NAILS

WRENCHES

SOLDER

SHOT

Bach additional X on this grade, 81.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................   6 25
14x2010, Charcoal.......................................   6 25
10x14 EX, Charcoal.......................................   7 so
14x20 IX, Charcoal.......................................   7 go

Bach additional X on this grade, 81.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............................  5 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean..............................  0 50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............................  11 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............   5 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............   0 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............   10 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............   12 00
14x50 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x66 EX, for No.  0 Boilers, f P®r pound-• • 

BOULBR SIZE TIN PLATE 
„„„„„

10

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

24

GOTHAM  G O SSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

little  time. 

New  York,  June  24— The  coffee  mar­
ket  during  the  past  three  days  has 
gained  considerable  strength  and 
job­
bers  report  quite  a  good  deal  of  invoice 
trading. 
Reports  from  abroad  haver 
been  to  the  effect  that  a  good  deal  of 
loss  has  been  occasioned  to  the  growing 
crops  in  Brazil  by  frosts.  Orders  from 
country  buyers  have  come in  in satisfac-' 
tory  manner  and  altogether the  situation 
is  one  rather  more  favorable  than  for 
some 
In  store  and  afloat 
the  amount  aggregates  1,190,978  bags, 
against  866,806  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  The  market  closes  firm  with 
No.  7  quotable  at 6@ 6}4c .  Good  Cucuta 
coffee  is  woitb  8c  and  the  market  gen­
erally  for  the  mild  grades  is  in  better 
condition  than  for  a  month past.  On  the 
27th  15  000  bags  of  Maracaibo  are  due, 
which are taken  care  of.  There  seems  to 
be  quite  a  general 
impression  that  a 
retaliatory  duty  will  be  placed  by  this 
Government  on  Brazilian  coffee  if  the 
latter  nation 
present 
course.  Perhaps  this  feeling  may  have 
something  to  do  with  the recent  increase 
in  orders  from  out-of  town  parties.
H.  O.  Havemever’s  remarks  regard­
ing  the  tariff  as  the  Father  and  Mother 
of  Trusts  have  excited  a  good  deal  of 
interest;  and  Oxnard, 
the  great  beet 
sugar  man,  has  come  to  the  rescue  of 
the  tariff.  Perhaps  this  straw  needs 
threshing  out  again.  The  raw  sugar 
market 
is  quiet  and  during  the  latter 
half  of  the  week  a  somewhat  weaker 
feeling  has  set  in.  Refined  sugars  are 
quiet,  but  there  has  been  a  fairly  steady 
run  of  orders  and,  while  prices  remain 
unchanged, 
of 
strength  rather  than  of  weakness.

continues 

is  one 

feeling 

the 

its 

The  movement  in  teas  is  only for sup­
plies  sufficient  to  sort  up.  The  market 
as  a  whole 
is  exceedingly  duil  and 
everybody 
is  waiting  to  see  what  the 
auction  sale  will  have  in  stole.  Quota­
tions  are  nominal.
Most  of  the  existing  demand  for  rice 
is  for  Japan  grades,  the  enquiry 
for 
which  has  been  steady,  although  no 
large  amounts  have  changed  hands. 
Domestic  grades  languish  and prices  re­
main  without  change.  Prime to choice, 
5 # @ 6 ^ c. 

Singapore  pepper  is  firm  at  u @ n % c .  
The  general  line  of  spices  is exceeding­
ly  quiet,  although  not  duller  than  usual 
at  this  season.  Amboyna  cloves,  10X 
@ io ^ c .

Molasses 

is  dull  and  dragging  for 
grocery  grades.  Orders  are  for  only  the 
smallest  amounts  and  there  seems  to  be 
no  relief  in  sight  for  some time to come. 
Holders  do  not  seem  especially  anxious 
to  make  sales  and  the  situation  is  a 
waiting  one.  Syrups  are  so  quiet  as  to 
call  for  no  comment  and  prices  are  un­
changed.

it  works 

New  canned  goods  will  find  this  mar­
ket  more  closely  sold  up  than  at  any 
time  for  twenty-two  years  it  is  said  by 
those  who  know  what  they  are  talking 
about.  The  demand  has  coveted  every - 
think  and  the  outlook  for  the  coming 
year  is  very  satisfactory  so  far  as  the 
canned  goods  man  is  concerned.  Your 
correspondent  has  examined  some  pea 
pods  showing  the  work  of  the  newest 
insect  in  the  great  pea  growing districts 
of  Maryland.  A  little  hole  at  each  end 
marks  the  entrance  and  exit  of  the 
“ critter”   but  as 
its  way 
through  the  p«d  it  consumes  every  ves­
tige  of  the  growing  peas  and leaves only 
the  empty  pod. 
is  must  dishearten­
ing.  Orders  for  thousands  of  cases  of 
New  York  fruits  must  be  turned  down. 
Tomatoes,  peas,  corn—everything, 
in 
fact—are  wanted  and  will  be 
in  still 
greater  request  as  the  season  advances.
Lemons  and  oranges  are  fairly  active 
and 
jobbers  report  quite  a  good  trade. 
Sicily  oranges  are  worth  $4.5o@4.75  per 
box;R odis  from  $5.5o@6;  California 
navels,  $4@5«5o  for  extra  fancy.  Bana­
nas  are  quiet  within  the  range  of  $1.10 
@1.20  per  bunch  for  firsts.  Light  re­
ceipts  of  pines  have  caused  the  market 
to  take on  additional  strength  and  quo­
tations  are higher.  Extra  Havanas  are 
worth  $!5@i6  per  hundred.

It 

Dried  fruits  are  well  sustained  and, 
while  perhaps  the  demand  is  not  espe­
cially  active,  the  situation  is  rather  en­
couraging.  Apricots are held too high for 
buyers  to  be  interested,  but  the  supply 
is  net  overabundant  as  yet,  if  indeed, 
it  is  likely  to  be  so  at  all,  so  the  seller 
seems  to  be  in  no  hurry  to  make  a  dis­
position  of  stock  on  band.  Domestic 
dried  are  steady.  Evaporated  apples 
are  selling  at  full  rates.

Butter  jobbers  generally  seem  to  be 
taking  only  sufficient  for  present  needs, 
but  others  are  making  some  extensive 
purchases  for  storage,  hoping  to  see a 
market 
in  a  “ happier  frame  of  mind" 
later on. 
It  is  hard  to  buy  extra  West­
ern  creamery  for  less than  i8^c.  Thirds 
to  firsts,  I5@i8X c. 
Imitation  cream­
ery  will  sell  well  if  it  will  stand  close 
inspection  within  the  range  of  I5@i6c. 
Western  factory,  I2 @ i4 c .

Cheese  is  dull.  Exporters  have taken 
a 
few 
lots,  but  as  a  rule  the  market 
lacks  animation  and  8Xc  seems  to  be 
the  very  top  rate  for  desirable  stock  of 
large  size.  Small  size  X c  more.

E ggs— Steady. 

Best  Western, 

14®
15c.  Possibly  repacked  stock  will  bring 
slightly  more.  Arriving  stock  shows 
the  effects  of  summer weather and prices 
descend  very  suddenly.

Marrow  beans  show  an 

increasing 
strength  and  with  comparatively  light 
is  encouraging. 
stocks  the  outlook 
Choice,  $i.45@ i.47X>  Choice  medium, 
$1.30,  and  the  same  for  choice  pea.
Potatoes  are  plentiful  and  market  is 
lower.  Best  quality  Rose,  Southern, 
per  bbl.,  $2@2.50.  Old  stock  selling 
with  some  freedom  at  $¡@1.75  per  bbl.

Old  Scheme  in  a  New  Form. 

From the Benton Harbor Palladium.

Benton  Harbor  merchants 

in  various 
lines  are  much  wrought  up  over  a  new 
project 
in  the  way  of  premiums  that 
threatens  our  community  and  can  only 
do  barm  to  those  who  go  into  it  as  well 
as  those  who  stay  out.  Every little while 
one  of  the  class  who  are  continually 
studying  up  new  schemes  to  get  some­
thing  for  nothing,  or  to  make  money 
without 
labor,  comes  along  with  a 
brand-new  plan  and  the  merchant  has 
to  be  very  shrewd  and  watchful  if  he 
escapes  the  clutches  of  all  these  travel­
ing  gentry.

The  latest  plan  is to  form  a trust com­
posed  of  one  dealer  each  of several lines 
1
who  will  give  stamps  or  coupons  to 
patrons  redeemable  at  a  general  store 
containing  nothing  but  premiums  and 
everything  under  the  sun  that  one  could 
wish  for.  These  goods  are  not  to  be 
sold  to  the  general  public  (that  is,  the 
managers  say  the  goods  are  not  to  be 
sold),  but  delivered 
in  exchange  for 
coupons  which  show  that  the  holder  has 
traded  out  so  much  at  some  store  in  the 
trust.  For  instance,  the  buyer  may  go 
around  making  such  purchases  as  he 
needs  until  he  gets  a  sufficient  number 
of  coupons  at  a  certain  fixed  percentage 
to  entitle  him  to  a  clock,  or  a  rocking 
chair,  or  a  dollar’s  worth  of  sugar,  or a 
coat,  which  he  secures  free  at  the  pre­
mium  store. 
It  looks  like a shrewd plan 
to  have  our  merchants  help  sell  off  a 
stranger's  goods.

The  proposition may  look  tempting  at 
first  glance,  but  those  who  bite  would 
doubtless  soon  find  to  their  sorrow  that 
it  is  only  a  scheme  after  all.  Like  all 
premiums,  somebody  must  pay  for 
them,  and  the  purchasers  must  give 
more  for  their  goods  than if they  bought 
straight  for  cash.  The  dealers  outside 
the  trust  would  not  submit  tamely  to 
lose  custom  and  would  adopt  retaliatory 
tactics  and  the  fad  would  soon  degener­
ate  into  a  bitter  and  unprofitable  con­
test. 
It  would  only  add  a  general  store 
to  our  already  well  filled  mercantile 
lines.

If  the  merchants  of  Benton  Harbor 
would  band  themselves  together  to resist 
all  coupon,  trading stamp  and  premium 
schemes  they  would  save  lots  of expense 
and  ill  feeling  and  be  better  off 
in  the 
long  run.

Just  as  Good.

Visitor—Did  you  go  to  the  circus  test 

summer,  Bobby?

Bobby— Nope,  but  I  watched  pop 

paper the  parlor ceilin'.

No  Hope  For  Suiter’s  Unsecured 

Creditors.

Cleveland,  Ohio,  June  26—The  state- 
meat  of  Suiter’s  assignee,  filed  some 
time  ago,  shows assets  of  $97,098.92 and 
liabilities  of  $137,363.  Since  then  the 
assets  have  shrunk  and  it  is  said  that 
the  liabilities  now  reach  over  $160,000. 
A  suit  was  commenced  about six months 
ago  to  remove  the  assignee  and  appoint 
a  receiver,  but  the  case  has  been  post­
poned  from  time  to  time  and  its  final 
bearing 
is  a  'matter  of  uncertainty. 
Litigation  continues  and  the  prospects 
for  a  speedy  settlement  are  not  very 
bright.  Unsecured  creditors  will  get 
very  little  in  any  event.

No  more  encouraging  reports  reach 
the  Tradesman  regarding  the  Noonday 
Yeast  Co.,  which  was  organized 
last 
March  by  Suiter’s  sons  and  their  attor­
ney—apparently  for  the  purpose of pick­
ing  up  the  claims  against  the  Suiter 
estate  in  exchange  for  yeast.  Consider­
ing the unreliable character oi  the  men 
and 
information 
which  reaches  the  Tradesman  regard­
ing  their  methods,  dealers  who  have 
claims  against  the  Suiter  estate  might 
as  well  permit  them to lie  dormant  for a 
time  as  to  accept  one-third  of 
the 
amount 
in  yeast  on  which  no  demand 
has  been  created.

the  unsatisfactory 

Are  Coming  to  Grand  Rapids. 

From  Grand  Haven  Tribune.

The  merchants  of  Grand  Haven  have 
accepted  the 
invitation  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association  to 
hold  their  picnic  at  Reed's  Lake  on 
Aug.  3  this  year,  in  connection  with  the 
merchants  of  Grand  Rapids  and  Mus­
kegon.  The  following  committee  was 
appointed 
last  night  to  look  after  the 
transpoitation :  Jurrien  Ball,  John  Cook, 
Peter  Van Lop ik.

The  Tables  Turned.

Mrs.  Amsterdam— How  Willie  has 

grown!

ful?
than  his  father.

Mrs.  Columbus—Y e s;  isn’t it  wonder­

Mrs.  Amsterdam—Why,  he’s  larger 

Mrs.  Columbus—Yes,  indeed;  I  have 
to  make  over  Willie's  clothes  for  his 
father  now.

When 

liquor  goes  to a  man’s  head  it 
usually  finds  itself  in  a  lonesome  place.

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 
ag cents.  Advance payment.___________

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

Fo r  s a l e—saw  a n d   g r is t   m il l  in
Rose  City;  ideal water  power;  no  ice,  no 
floods;  both  mills working  full  capacity;  must 
be sold on account  of  health  of  owner;  price, 
36,000;  10 per cent, off  for  cash.  Address  Ray 
Beach, Rose City. Ogemaw Co., Mich. 
1
W a n t e d —by a p r a c t ic a l m il l m a n .a
good location for a small sawmill to do cus­
tom sawing, and where logs can  be  bought  by 
the  thousand,  or would  rent a  small  mill  in 
good  location.  Address  E.  J.  Gordon,  Green­
ville, Micb.  P.  O.  box  417. 
2
TO  PHYSICIAN  OR  DRUGGIST—IF  YOU 
desire  a good location  and  residence,  cor­
respond Immediately wltb  Dr.  Lynch,  of  Man­
999
chester, Mich. 
I TOR  SALE—CLEAN  STOCK  OF  HEAVY 
1  aud shelf hardware and  groceries.  B. Han­
cock, Cedar Springs, Mich. 
998
Ba r g a in —n e w   335  s p r in g -b a l a n c e, 
automatic,  self-computing  butcher’s scale 
and two show cases.  S. M. Vinton, 1163 S. Divi­
998
sion St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
FOR SALE—PAYING  DRUG  STORE;  GOOD 
Invoices  {1,500.  Address  No. 
995
995, care Michigan Tradesman. 
Bu sin e ss  o h a n ce—on  a c co u n t  o f
advanced age I offer my  bean elevator, ma­
chinery and  fixtures,  grain  and  produce  busi­
ness cheap;  one of the best  plants  in  the  State 
and small investment;  time granted if desired. 
Address I. N. Reynolds, Baton Rapids, Mich. 994
tween Front and Court;  steam heat;  hand­
somely decorated;  counters and shelving.  Wes­
ley W. Hyde, 617  Michigan  Trust  Bldg.,  Grand 
Rapids. 
Fo r  sa le—good  b a za a r  stock,  e n -
quire  of  Hollon  &  Hungerford,  Albion, 
925
Mich. 

■ O  RENT—STORE  34  WEST  BRIDGE,  BE- 

location. 

990

9S6

F o r sa l e—d e p a r t m e n t  st o r e  d o in g
nice cash business.  Must sell at once; have 
other business;  town of 4,500.  Address  Box  M, 
985
Three Rivers. Mich. 
W ANTED—GENERAL  STOCK  IN  THKIV- 
ing  town  in  exchange  for  50 acre  farm, 
with crops, three miles from city of Grand  Rap­
ids.  Good  buildings.  Good  soil  for fruit  and 
gardening.  Write  for  particulars  to  986,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

Mo d e r n   c ity  r e s id e n c e   a n d  la r g e 

lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms, 
or will exchange for tract of hardwood  timber. 
Big  bargain  for  some  one.  Possession  given 
any time.  Investigation solicited.  E. A. Stowe, 
24 Kellogg street. Grand Rapids. 
993
W a n t e d —lu m b e r y a r d,  l a r g e p a t-
ronage here and  around  us.  Good  open­
ing for  somebody.  Address  President  of  Law­
9T9
rence,  Mich. 
IjtOR SALE—NATIONAL  CASH  REGISTER, 

1  very latest style with  all  improvements,  at 
less  than  half  price;  terms  to  suit.  Address 
Albert E. Docherty, 34 Sibley St.,  Detroit,  Mich.
991

I7K)R  SALE—THE  GRANDEST,  MOST  P1C- 

1  turesque, and  greatest  money-making  sum­
mer resort in Michigan.  Owing to failing health 
the owner has been obliged to place the famous 
Seven Islands resort  on  the  market,  including 
furniture, 75 new row boats, fine steamer carrying 
150 passengers and making a 3-mile trip through 
the most lovely  scenery  beautifully  shaded  by 
forest trees  growing  upon  the ledges  of  rocks 
70 and 80 feet above the water.  Must be seen  to
be appreciated.  The  grounds  are  well  lighted 
by  electricity;  hotel  and all  buildings  are  of 
modern style;  bowling alley 30 by  116 feet;  ar­
tesian  wells,  city  water,  and  everything  nice. 
For particulars,  address  Townsend  &  Johnson 
or J. D. Derby, Lansing, Mich. 

981

983

ITIOR  SALE—LUMBER  AND  COAL  YARD.

1  desirably located on  State  street,  Marshall, 
Mich.  Well  established  business  and  good, 
clean stock that will invoice (yard and material) 
at about $5,000.  Reasons  for  selling  given  on 
application to C.  S.  Hamilton,  Marshall,  Mich.
____________________________________ 983
T HE SHAFTING. HANGERS AND PULLEYS 
formerly used to  drive  the  Presses  of  the 
Tradesman  are  for  sale  at  a  nominal  price. 
Power users making  additions  or  changes  will 
do  well  to  investigate.  Tradesman  Company, 
Grand Rapids,  Mich. 

I?OK  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  CLEAN 

.  Stock  of  Groceries  or  General  Merchan­
dise—58 acres best land in  Emmet county;  part 
timber, part improved.  Address  Box  28,  Good 
Hart, Mich. 
dbQ  A A A  CASH:  10  ACRES,  31,01)0;  FIVE 
q p i i v v U  lots,  3600  each;  modern  home, 
$¿,800,  for stock  of  merchandise.  Address  No. 
975, care Michigan Tradesman. 

I TOR  SALE OR EXCHANGE-A 50 BARREL 

full  roller  mill  with  sawmill  attached. 
Best  water  power in  Southern  Michigan.  Ad­
dress Miller, care Michigan Tradesman. 
ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A  RUBBER 
stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J.  Weller,  Muskegon, 
Mich. 
958
A NY  ONE  WISHING  TO  ENGAGE  IN  THE 
grain and produce and  otber  lines  of busi­
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  by  communi­
cating  with  H.  H.  Howe,  Land  and  Industrial 
Agent C. & W. M. and D., G. R.  &  W.  Railways, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 

961 

976

975

919

ITIOR  SALE —A  RARE  OPPORTUNITY—A 

"  flourishing  business;  clean stock  of shoes 
and furnishing goods;  established  casb  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  freq,  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.  Falling  health  reason 
for  selling.  Address  P.  O.  Box  904,  Negau- 
nee, Mich. 
913
IT«OR  SALE —CLEAN  HARDWARE  STOCK 
’  located at one of the best trading  points  in 
Michigan.  Stock  will  Inventory  about  35,(00. 
Store and warehouse will be rented  for  330 per 
month.  Will sell on  easy terms.  Address  No. 
868, care Michigan Tradesman.__________868
Fo r  SALE—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

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

Wa n te d—b u t t e r ,  eg g s  a n d  po u l-
trv;  any  quantities.  Write  me.  Orrln J. 
810
Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

W ANTED—SITUATION  AS  TRAVELING 
salesman, commission or salary,  clothing, 
boots and shoes, men’s furnishing goods or gro­
ceries.  Good  references  given.  Address  998, 
998
care Michigan Tradesman. 
W ANTED—POSITION 
IN  A  GENERAL 
store;  twenty years’experience;  good ref­
erences.  Address  No,  997,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
gift
W ANTED —A  FIRST-CLASS  TINSMITH.
Must  be  capable  of  clerking  in  store. 
Single  man  preferred.  Mast give  good  refer­
ences.  No drinkers  need  apply.  Address  No. 
992, care Michigan Tradesman.__________ 992
WANTED — CIGARMAKERS,  ROLLERS, 
bunch breakers,  strippers  and  lady  pack- 
era.  Q. J, Johnson Cigar Co., Grand Rapids.  989
W ANTED—POSITION  BY  COMPETENT 
grocery  clerk.  A1  references.  Corres­
pondence solicited.  A.  T.  Cooper,  Hart,  Mich. 
984
__________________  
WANTED — REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
who  Is  familiar  wltb  lines  carried  in  a 
general  store.  State  wages.  E.  E.  Less!ter, 
980
Grattan, Mich. 

Travelers’  Time  Tables.

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Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey. 

C H I C A G O '* “
,   _  _ 
Chicago.
Ly.  G. Rapids..7:10am  12:00nn  5:05pm *2:15am 
A-r-Chicago— 1:30pm 5:00pm 11:15pm *7:25am 
Ly.Chicago...  7:15am  12:00nn  4:15pm *8:45pm 
At.G’dRapids  1:25pm 5:05pm  10:15pm  *l:50am
hy. G’d  Rapids.  7:30am 2:15am  1:45pm  5:30pm 
Ar. Trav  City.. 12:40pm 6:10am  5:35pm  10:55pm
Ar. Charlevoix..  3:15pm 7:53am  7:38pm.............
Ar. Petoskey....  3:45pm 8:15am 8:15pm..............
Ar. Bay View...  3:55pm  8:20am  8:20pm.............
Lv. G. Rapids..A:C0am  12:00nn  5:30pm..............
Ar. G. Rapids  .8:COam  1:25pm  5:05pm  10:15pm
Extra train on Saturday  leaves  at 2:15pm  for 
Ottawa Beach.
Sunday  train  leaves  Bridge  street  8:40am, 
Union  depot  9:00am; 
leaves  Ottawa  Beach 
7:00pm.
Trains  arrive  from  north at 2:00am, 11:15am, 
4:45pm, and 10:05pm.
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars on 
night trains to and from Chicago.
Parlor cars for Bay View.
♦Every  day.____ Others week days only.

Ottawa Beach.

Detroit..

June 26,1899.

n P T P H I T   Grand Rapids & Western, 
i r «  i   i \ v  1 1 9 
Ly. Grand  Rapids........7:00am  12 05pm  5:25pir>
Ar. Detroit...................11:40am  4:05pm  10:06pm
Ly. Detroit...........  ......8:40am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids......   1:30pm  5:11pm  10:56pm
Ly. G R 7:00am 5:10pm  Ar. G R 11:45am  9:40pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw-  Trains run week days only. 
_______ Geo.  D e H a v e n .  General Pass. Agent.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

GRAND Trank Railway System

Detroit and Milwaukee Dtv

(In effect May  1,  1899.)

going  BAST

Leave  Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit & N Y........t 6:45am  t  9:55pm
Detroit  and  East.......   ........tl0:16am t  5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit &  East........t 3:27pm  tl2:50pm
Buffalo,  N  Y,  Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, L’t’d Ex....* 7:20pm *10:16am 
some  w est
Gd. Haven and Int Pts__  
.  * 8:30am *10:00pm
Gd.  Haven  Express...............*10:2lam * 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
Eastbound 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car 
to Detroit, eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car 
to Detroit.

*Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

C. A.  Justin,  City Pass.  Ticket Agent, 

______________ 97 Monroe St.,  Morton House.

GRAND Rapida  &  ¡nolana  Railway

June i8,  1899.

Northern Ulv.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey &Mack...* 4; 10am *10:C0pm 
Tray.C’y,Petoskey & Mack. ..t 7:45am t  5:15pm
Trav. City A Petoskey............t   1:40pm t   1:10pm
Cadillac accommodation........+ 5:25pm tl0:55am
Petoskey A Mackinaw City__til :00pm t  6:30am
4:10am train. The Northland Express, sleeping 
and  dining  cars;  7:45am  and  1:40pm  trains, 
parlor cars;  11:00pm train sleeping car.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati...............................t  7:10am t  9:45pm
Ft. Wayne 
.............. 7 2:00pm t   1:30pm
Kalamazoo and Vicksburg...  * 7:00pm  * 7:20md
Chicago and Cincinnati.........*10:15pm  * 3:55am
-7:10  am  train  has  parlor  oar  to  Cincinnati 
and  parlor  car  to  Chicago;  2:00pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Ft. Wayne;  10:15pm  train  has 
sleeping  cars  to  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Indian­
apolis, Lonisville and St. Louis.
Chicago Trains.

...... 

TO CHICAGO.

E BO N  CHICAGO.

Lv. Grand Rapids...  7  10am  2 0.)pm 
*10 15pm 
Ar. Chicago............   2 30pm  8 45pm
6 25am
Lv. Chicago............   3 02pm  * 8.15pm
*11  32pm 
Ar. Grand Rapids...  9 45pm  3:55pm 
6 30am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
car;  10:15pm, coach and sleeping car.
Train  leaving  Chicago 3:02pm  has  Pullman 
parlor  car;  8:15pm sleeping car;  11:32pm sleep­
ing car for Grand Rapids.

Muskegon Trains.

QQIKQ W IS T i

GOING B A S T.

LvG'd Rapids............ t7:35am tl:15pm t5:40pu
Ar Muskegon............... 9:00am  2:25om  7:05mn
Snnday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon 10:40am.
Lv Muskegon.........   ,.t8:10am  til :45am  t4:00pm
Ar G’d Rapids.............9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Muskegon  7:15pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 8:40pm. 
tExcept Sunday.  * Daily.

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

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

DULUTH,

W EST  BOU N D.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. A I.)tll :10pm
t7:45am 
Lv. Mackinaw City.................   7:35am
4:20pm 
At. St. Ignace.........................   9:00am
5:20pm 
9:50pm 
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie................  19:20pm
Ar. Marquette.........................  2:50pm
10:40pm 
Ar. Nestoria............................   5:20pm
12:45am 
Ar. Duluth.............................................
8:30am
t6:30pm
Lv. Duluth........................................... . 
2:45am
Ar. Nestoria...........................til :15am 
Ar. Marquette.......................  
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sanli Ste. Marie..............   3:30pm 
.....
Ar. Mackinaw City................  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. Hibbabd, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
E. C. Ovlatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids

B A S T   BOUND.

M A N K T FF  4 N#rtkttiteni **■
l * l f x l  ”  I A j  1   M  k-rf  Best route to Manistee.

Via  C. A  W . M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapids............................ 7:00am 
............
A r  Manistee.....................................12:05pm  ............
Lv  Manistee....................................  8:30am  4:10pm
A r Grand  R a p id s..........................  1:00pm  0:55pm

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

l^he Day  We  Celebrate!!

W e  offer  a  complete  line  of  F IR E W O R K S   at  rock  bottom  prices  for  the 
best quality goods,  Firecrackers, etc.  We  make  a  specialty of City Displays.

HA N S E L M A N   C A N D Y   CO.,

Kalamazoo,  Michigan.

Michigan  Business Men’s Association

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

retary, È  A. S t o w e ,  Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J.W isleb, Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  C.  G.  Jewett,  Howell;  Secretary 

Henby C. Minnie, Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J oseph Knight;  Secretary, B. Marks, 

221 Greenwood ave:  Treasurer, U.H. F rink.

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association 
Klap;  Treasurer, J.  Gxo.  Lehman.

President,  Frank  J.  Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

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

President, P .  F .  T b e a n o r ;  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 .  F e l t o n .

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  A. C. Clark ;  Secretary, E. F.  Cleve­

land:  Treasurer, Wm. C. Koehn.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  M.  L.  DeBats ;  Sec’y, S. W. Waters.

Traverse City Business Men’s Association 

President,  Thob.  T.  Bates;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Holly;  Treasurer, C. A. Hammond.

Owosso  Business  Men’s   Association 

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

bell;  Treasurer, W. E. Collins.

Alpena Business Men’s  Association

President,  F.  W.  G i l c h r i s t ;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

P a r t r i d g e .

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

Treasurer, S. J. Huppobd.

St. Johns Business  Men’s   Association. 

President, Thos. Bbomlby;  Secretary, Frank A. 

Percy ;  Treasurer, Clark A. Putt.

Perry Business Men’s Association

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

Yale  Business Men’s Association

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

The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Box  Co.

Manufacture

Solid  Boxes for Shoes, Gloves,  Shirts and  Caps,  Pigeon  Hole  Files  for 
Desks, plain and  fancy  Candy  Boxes,  and  Shelf  Boxes  of  every  de- 
sc  iption  We  also  make  Folding  Box^s  for  Patent  Medicine,  Cigar 
Clippings,  Powders, etc., etc.  Gold and  Silver Leaf work  and  Special 
Die Cutting done  to suit  Write for prices  Work guaranteed.

GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO, Grand  Rapids, Mich. 

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U n e e d a   B i s c u i t -  
the only biscuit of which 
this  can  be  truly  said.
It’s the  package,  a new 
5  cent  air  tight,  dust 
proof,  moisture  proof 
package, that keeps these 
wonderful new  biscuit up 
grade 

the  highest 

to 
through  all  weathers.

Uneeda 
Biscuit

Are made from  the best wheat flour, so 
they’re  body building  food.  They’re 
skillfully  baked  so  as  to  be  palatable.
They’re  never  heavy  or  soggy,  so  they 
are  never 
them 
from  your  grocer.

indigestible. 

Order 

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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.

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

WATER  WHITE  HEADLIGHT  OIL  IS  THE 

STANDARD  THE  WORLD  OVER

MONEY IN IT

It  pays any  dealer  to  have  the  reputation  of 
It  pays  any  dealer  to  keep 

keeping pure goods. 
the  Seymour Cracker.

There’s  a  large  and  growing  section  of  the 
public  who will  have the  best,  and with whom the 
matter of a cent or so a pound makes no impression. 
It’s not  “How cheap” with them;  it’s “ How good.” 
For this  class  of  people  the  Seymour  Cracker  is 
made.  Discriminating  housewives  recognize  its 
superior  Flavor,  Purity,  Deliciousness,  and  will 
have it.

If you,  Mr.  Dealer, want the trade of  particu­
lar people,  keep the  Seymour  Cracker.  Made by

H IG H ES T   P R IC E   PAID  FO R   EM PTY  CARBO N   AND  G A SO LIN E  B A R R ELS  

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G R A N D   R A PID S*  M ICH .

60.000 money 
Weight Seales

In  use  in  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The  Money 
Weight  System  embodied  in  our  scales  insures  the  mer­
chant  who  will  use  them  and  abandon  the  old  pound 
and  ounce  method  of  handling  goods  a  sure  and  just 
profit  on  every  ounce*  of  goods  sold  by  weight.  The 
profit  on  groceries is  small enough,  and  if you are  going 
to  lose it,  how do  you  hope  to  hold  out?

W e  are  a good-sized insurance company  all  by  our­
selves.  Your  insurance  begins  when  you  begin  to  use 
our  Money  Weight  Computing  Scales,  and  your  policy 
matures  immediately,  in  commencing to  save losses.

For full  information  write  to

The Computing scale go..

Dayton, Ohio, U. S. fl.

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