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and
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An  Everyday 

Necessity 

In  the  Kitchen

We sell to

dealers only

Warranted
Absolutely
Fireproof

Bright
Attractive
Enamel
Decorations

A  Sample 

Package  will 

More than  Please  You

42-44  Lake Street, 

Chicago.

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OUR  POPULAR  ASSORTMENT
1-12 doz.  K o  
i— i %  pint..................................................................$4  00 
450 
1-12 doz.  No.  5—2  pint...............................    
1-12 doz.  No.  9—2% pint..................................................................  s  00 
1-12 doz.  No.  2— iy2 pint.................................................................... 450 
1-12 doz.  No.  6—2  pint..................................................................  500 
1-12 doz.  No.  10—2% pint.................................................................. 6 00 
1-12 doz.  No.  3— 1 %  pint 
............  500 
M 2 doz.  No.  7—2  pint...................................................'............  S  S° 
1-12 doz.  No.  11—2%  pint............. 
..............................................  6  00 
i-tzdoz.  No.  4— 1 %  pint.....  ........................................................   500 
i-i2doz. No.  S— 2 
pint................................................................ 600 
1-12 doz.  No.  ¡2— 2%  pint......................  .......................................   6  50 

.................'.............. 

 

One dozen in package. 

Less  10 per cent....................................... 
Package extra 25 cents...........................  

On  account of the rush  in  our  Cigar  De­
partment,  we  have  had  no  time  to  write  a 
change of advertisement  for  this  issue.

Watch this space next week.

Phelps,  Brace  &   Co.

The largest cigar dealers in the  Middle West.

F.  E.  BUSHM AN,  Manager.

MICAAXLEGREASE

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.

I L L U M I N A T I N G   A N D  
L U B R I C A T I N G   O I L S

W A T E R   W H IT E   H E A D L IG H T   O IL   IS   T H E  

S T A N D A R D   T H E   W O R L D   O V E R

HIQHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR  EMPTY  CARBON  AND  GASOLINE  BARRELS

S T A N D A R D   O IL   C O .

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

N A T IO N A L   B IS C U IT   C O M P A N Y ,

GRAND  RA PID S.  MICH.

Epps’
Cocoa

E c o n o m y

Epps’
Cocoa

G R A T E F U L  

CO M FO RTIN G

Distinguished  Everywhere 

for

Delicacy of  Flavor, 
Superior  Quality 

and

Nutritive  Properties. 
Specially  Grateful  and 

Comforting  to  the 

Nervous  and  Dyspeptic.

Sold  in  Half-Pound  Tins  Only. 

Prepared  by

JAM ES  E P P S  &  CO.,  Ltd., 

Homoeopathic  Chemists,  London, 

England.

B R E A K FA S T  

SU P PE R

Epps’
Cocoa

Epps’
Cocoa

5 ystero

What you  charge  fills  big  books;  but  what  you 
forget to charge represents a constant loss  and can 
* >ss  and can 
Therefore,
we ask you to investigate

er  fill  one hook,  your  pocketbook.

T b *   E g ry   Autographic 

R egister  S y ste m s,

by which,  through a  manifolding  system,  you  can 
not  forget  to  charge  things  sold.  Satisfactory 
More  and  Time-saving  Systems  for  store  checks, 
factory orders,  requisitions,  shipping  bills,  or  any 
business  requiring  a  copy.  Enquiries  and  orders 
attended to by 

L-.  A»  E L Y *

Local Salesman:

Sales Ag*Dtf /Un>a, A\icb*
S. K .  BOLLES, 39 Monroe Street,  3rd Floor.

Dw ight’s
Cleaned
Currants

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

Wolverine Spice Co.,

Grand Rapids.

Those of you who have been 
doing  business  with  us  for 
years have probably  noticed 
that  we  fill  your  orders  a 
great  deal  more  promptly 
than we used to.  Those who 
are  new 
are 
pleased  to  find  that  we  are 
so prompt.

customers 

less  business 

This is not because we are 
doing 
than 
formerly-  we are doing more 
and  more  every  year—but 
because we realize that when 
people  order  goods 
they 
want  them  and  want  them 
quickly.

Therefore we  are  making 
a special effort to give every 
order, small  or  large,  imme­
diate  attention  and  prompt 
shipment.

Let us have yours.

Valley  City 
Milling Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
  Sole Manufacturers of  “LILY WHITE,’ 

"The flour the best cooks use.”

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§  

Volume XVI,

T he  Mercantile  A gency

Established  1841.

R. O.  DUN & CO.

Wlddicomb Bid's, Grand Rapid*, Midi.

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

L. P. W1TZLEBEN,  flanager.

IN S . ?  
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2
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r.W Champlw, Pres.  W. Feed McBain, Sec. i

Pr°*npt. Conservative,3afe. 

The Preferred Bankers 
Life Assurance Company
of Detroit, Mich.

Annual Statement, Dec. 31,1898.

Commenced Business 8ept.  I, 1893.

Insurance in Force.......................................$3,399,000 00
Ledger Assets.............................................  
43,734 7q
Ledger Liabilities...................................... 
ai 68
Losses Adjusted and Unpaid...............  
None
Total Death Losses Paid to Date......... 
51,061  00
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­
eficiaries  ........................................ 
1,030  00
Death Losses Paid During the Year... 
11,00000
Death Rate for the Y  ear............................ 

3 64

F R A N K  E. ROBSON, President. 

TRU M A N   B. GOODSPEED, Secretary.

Is Take a  Receipt for 

Everything

It may save you a  thousand  dol­

lars, or a lawsuit, or a customer.

|n  We  make  City  Package  Re- 
¡jj  ceipts  to  order;  also  keep  plain 
ill  ones in stock.  Send for samples.

BARLOW  BROS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.
^ S H S H 5 H5 2 5 HSE,5EL5 HSH5 H5 i

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O L D E S T

M O S T   R E L I A B L E  

A L W A Y S   O N E   P R I C E

Wholesale  Clothing  Manufacturers  in  the 
city of ROCHESTER, N. Y. are K O LB & 
SON.  Only house making strictly all wool 
Kersey Overcoats, guaranteed, at $5.
Mail orders will receive prompt attention. 
Write  our  Michigan  representative,  Wm. 
Connor,  Box 346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  to  call 
upon  you,  or  meet  him  at  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
Grand Rapids, July 26 to 31 inclusive.  Cus-

Btomers’ expenses allowed.  Prices, quality  ^  

and fit guaranted. 

X

Save  Trouble. 
Save  Money 
Save Thae.

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  12,1899.

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

PAGE
2.  The Dry Good*  M arket.
3.  Representative  Retailer.
4.  Around th e  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids Gossip.
6.  W oman’s W orld.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Acetylene  Lighting.
IO.  Getting th e People.
12.  Shoes and Leather.
14.  Observations by a  Gotham   Egg Man.
15.  Gotham  Gossip.
18.  Clerk’s Corner.
17.  Commercial Travelers.
18.  Drugs and  Chemicals.
19.  D rag Price Current.
20.  Grocery  Price Current.
21.  Grocery Price Current.
22.  H ardw are.
23.  Modern  Business  Men.
24.  Business Conditions.

H ardw are  Price  Current.
Business  Wants.

May  5,  1898,  $2,994,083,74  and  July  23, 
1897.  $3.570,259 62.

The  surplus  and  undivided  profits 
the  dividends 
accounts,  deducting 
declared,  show  National  banks  $521,- 
065.93,  State  banks  $161,018.85  and 
trust  companies  $120,555.04,  a  total  of 
$868,639.82;  February  4,  $792,132.87; 
May  5,  1898,  before  dividends  had  been 
paid,  $849.975  13  and  July  23.  1897, 
$762,530.85.  Since  July  23.  1897,  the 
National  banks  have  increased  approx­
imately $43,000,  the  State  banks  $27,000 
and  the  trust  companies $3,000.  The 
highest  point  ever  reached  by  the  un­
divided  profits  account  was $883.338.39. 
May  4,  1893,  before  the  dividends  of 
that  year  had  been  taken  out.  They 
are  higher  now  than 
in  any  previous 
July.

Comparative Condition o f Local  Banks
A  consolidated  statement of  the  con­
dition  of  the  banks,  as  shown  by  the 
statements  published  under  the  call  of 
June  30,  makes  the  loans  and  discounts 
carried  by  the  National  banks $6,766,-
627.71,  as  against  $6,200,996.77  July  14, 
1898.  The  State  banks  carried  $2,584,- 
792.25  and  the  trust  companies $284,-
683.52.  The State banks  and  trust  com­
panies  were  passed  July  14,  1898,  but 
the  statistics  obtained  from  the  banks 
direct  at  the  time  made  the  loans  and 
discounts  $2,190,450.18 
in  the  State 
banks  and  $268.450.45  in  the  trust  com­
panies.  The  total  loans  and  discounts 
June  30  were  $9,636,103  48,  against 
$9,019,469.22  on  February  4,  $8,659,- 
897.40  July  14,  1898,  and  $7,366,433.10 
July  23,  1897.

The  stocks,  bonds  and  mortgages 
were $417,864.62  by  the  National  banks, 
$2,253,887.66  by  the  State  banks  and 
$418,731.63  by  the  trust  companies,  a 
total  of  $3,090,483.91,  compared  with 
$366,336.54.  $2.073,552.43  and  $429,-
765.17,  a  total  of  $2.869.654  14  on  July 
14,  1898,  $3,244,632  58  February  4 
last 
and  $2,321,470.17 July  23,  1897.

The  National  banks  carry  $397,705  in 
Government  bonds  and  have $244,770  in 
circulation,  compared  with $462,870 and 
$239,240  on  February  4,  $356,930  and 
$200,280 July  14,  1898,  and  $387,080 and 
$200,100 July  23,  1897,

The  real  estate  and  furniture  holdings 
of  the  National  banks  aggregate  $291,- 
657 92,  State  banks  $126,324.25  and  trust 
companies  $86,519.35,  a  total  of  $504,-
501.52.  The  total  December  1  last  was 
$520,057.25,  May  5,  1898,  $405,971.93 
and  July  23,  1897,  $379.683  34.

Due  from  banks  the  National  banks 
had  $1,201,901.41,  State $636,447.24  and 
trust  companies  $184,570  47,  a  total  of 
$2,022,919  12.  The  total  February  4  was 
$2,819952.77,  which  included  a  special 
deposit  of  about $600,000  in  one  of  the 
institution;  May  5,  1898,  $2,030,124.23, 
and  July  23,  1897,  $2,614,478.91.

The  cash  and  cash  items  in  the  Na­
tional  banks  were  $620,992  39,  State 
banks  $328,055.66, 
companies 
$14,554.46,  a  total  of  $963,602.11;  Feb­
ruary  4  $1,083,541.33.  May  5. 
1898. 
$993959.51  and  July  23,  1897,  $955,-
780.71.

trust 

Total  quick  assets  June  30  were 
$2,986,521.23,  February  4  $3,902,494.10,

The  commercial  deposits  in  the  Na­
tional  banks  June  30  were $2.138,109.77 
and  State  banks  $1,498,79662.  a  total 
of  $3,636,906.39;  February  4  $3,820,- 
798.84;  May  5,  1898,  $3,510,414.14;  July 
23.  1897,  $2,653,602.51.

The  certificates  of  deposits  in  the Na­
tional  banks  June  30  were  $3,268,669.16, 
savings  deposits  in  State  banks  $3,782,- 
084  28,  a  total  of  $7.050,853  44;  Febru­
ary  4  $6,898,882.79;  May  5, 
1898,
$6.360,782.64;  July  23,  1897,  $5,504,- 
994.78.

in  bank  balances 

The  National  banks  carry  $1,151,- 
039.10 
in  outside 
banks,  and  the  State  banks  $10,154  81, 
a  total  of  $1,161,793.91;  February  4, 
$1.237,562.64;  May  5,  1898,  $1,083,- 
264.57;  July  23,  1897,  $1,140,223.88.

The  total  deposits  June  30  were  Na­
tional  banks $6,688,216.65,  State $5,303, - 
532.54,  trust  companies  $602,501.84,  a 
total  of  $12,594,251.03;  February  4 
$13.286,722.93;  July  14,  1898,  as  ascer­
tained  by  private  canvass,  the  State 
banks  not  being  called,  $11,825,620.06; 
July  23,  1897,  $10,140,931.02.

The  bank  statements  speak  very  well 
for  themselves  as 
indicating  an  im­
proved  condition  of  affairs  in  the  com­
mercial  world.  The  loans  and  discounts 
show  a  gain  of $619.000 and since Febru­
ary 4,  and at the present  time,surpass  all 
previous  records  There  has  been  a  de­
crease  of  nearly  $700,000  in  the  total de­
posits 
large 
amounts  of  money  have  been  withdrawn 
for  use 
in  business  and  to  move  the 
crops.

since  February  4,  but 

The  election  of  Amos  S.  Mussel man 
to  the  presidency  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Board  of  Trade 
is  a  worthy  honor, 
woithily  bestowed.  While  Mr.  Mussel- 
man  has  never aspired  to  political  office 
or  public  recognition,  he  has  invariably 
thrown  the  weight  of  bis 
influence  and 
cast  the  power  of  his  example  with 
every  movement  having  for  its  object 
the 
improvement  of  the  city—socially, 
morally  and  materially.  Fertile  in  re­
sources,  persistent 
in  urging  the  adop­
tion  of  his  plans  and  successful  in mak­
ing  others  see  things  as  he  sees  them, 
Mr.  Musselman’s  administration  can 
not  fail  to  redound  to  his  credit  and 
to  the  permanent  benefit  and  advance­
ment  of  every  interest  which  the  Board 
espouses  during  the  Urm  of  his general­
ship.

Number 825

The  Grain  Market.

Wheat  has  been  rather  dull  and 

life­
less  the  last  few  days.  The  speculators 
were  holding  off  ior  the  Government 
crop  report,  which  came  in  yesterday 
and  was  65.6  against 67.3  for  June  for 
winter  wheat,  and  91.7  against 91.4  in 
June  for  spring  wheat,  which  is  consid­
ered  about  an  even  set-off.  As  the  re­
ceipts  in  the  Northwest  are  still  of large 
dimensions,  our  visible  showed  an  in­
crease  of  422,000,  against  a  decrease  of
2.185.000  bushels 
the  corresponding 
last  year,  and  the  visible  to-day 
week 
is  21,500,000  bushels 
larger  than  one 
year  ago.  These  are  all  bear  factors.

Wheat harvest is  now  in  full  force  and 
the  threshing  will  soon  show  what  the 
harvest  will  be.  The  Secretary  of  State 
reports  about  a  15  000,000 bushel  yield. 
Think  be  bas  it  too  high,  as  be  claims 
an  average  of  8  bushels  per  acre.  Of
1.906.000  acres  of  wheat  sowed  18  per 
cent,  was  plowed  up,  which  would  leave 
the  actual  acreage  cut  about  1,565,200 
acres,which would give us  about  12,500,- 
000  bushels  to harvest.  We hear farmers 
complain  about the wet  weather  we  have 
had  doing  damage  to  wheat,  as  some 
began  spreading  in  the  ear.  Had  this 
kind  of  weather  continued  for  another 
day  wheat  in  this  section  would  have 
been  rained.

Exports  from  the  coast  have  not  been 
as  large  as  expected  and  probably  will 
not  be  in  the  near  future.  It  might  also 
be  mentioned  that  the  present  wheat 
crop  will  not  be  in  condition for milling 
purposes  for at  least three to  four weeks, 
while  last  year 
it  could  be  used  as  it 
came  from  the  thresher,  so  the  millers 
will  have  to  get  old  wheat  yet  to run  on.
Corn  has  receded  some  in  price,  ow­
ing  to  the  notion  of  the  speculators  in 
that  article,  and  the  weather  seems  to 
be  more  favorable  to  corn,  which  also 
has  effect  on  prices.

Oats  have  been  steady,  owing  to  the 
rather  poor  condition  of  the  growing 
crop.

Rye  keeps  up  exceedingly  well  under 
the  conditions,  as  our  crop  and  also  the 
foreign  rye  crops  are  in  first-class  con­
dition.

No  change 

in  the  milling  condition. 
The  demand  for old  wheat  flour  is  very 
strong  and  prices  are  steady.  Mill  feed 
bas  advanced  $1  per  ton  all  around  and 
the  mills  not  only  here  but  all  over  the 
State  are  behind  in  their  orders.

Wheat  and  other  grain  receipts  were 
rather  small,  being  43  cars  of  wheat,  3 
cars  of  corn  and  7  cars  of  oats.

Millers  are  paying  70c  for  old  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

A  minute  piece  of  steel  was  drawn 
from  the  eye  of  a  man  in  New  York  the 
other  day  by  the  use  of  a  powerful  mag­
net,  the  newly-invented  device  for  per­
forming  such  operations.  Dr.  Partcer, 
who  used  the  instrument,  says  the  piece 
of  steel  was 
in  such  a  way 
its  removal by  other  means  would 
that 
have  been 
impossible.  The  sight  of 
the  eye  will  probably  be saved,  although 
the  patient  will  be  in  the  hospital  some 
time,  owing  to  the  strain  on  the  eye­
ball  before  the  steel  began  to  yield  to 
the  magnet’s  attraction.

imbedded 

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Dry Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  CotloDS—There  have  been  a 
number  of  bids  recorded  for  goods  at 
prices  a  trifle  lower  tban  regular  quota­
tions,  but these have  been  rejected  with­
out  ceremony.  The  mills  are  not  in  a 
condition  to  be  obliged  to  accept  any­
thing  lower  tban  the  market  prices.  On 
the  other  hand 
it  is  often  difficult  for 
the  exporters  to  secure  the  goods wanted 
at  any  price  on  account  of the well-sold- 
up  condition  of  the market.  Even where 
there  has  been  a  sixteenth  of  a  cent 
more  offered,  it  has  not  always  brought 
about  the  desired  results.  There  is  no 
likelihood  of  any  change  in  the  condi­
tions 
in  the  staple  cotton  market  until 
the  last  of  the  month.  Ducks are steady, 
with  a  moderate  demand.  Bleached  cot­
tons  continue  to  be  ordered 
in  small 
quantities  for  immediate  or  nearby  con­
sumption,  with  the  market  still  firm 
for  medium  and  fine  grades,  but  low 
grades  are  slightly  unsteady.  The  cause 
of  the  unsteadiness  noticed 
in  some 
cottons  is  the  prospect  of  a  large  cotton 
crop,  which  promises  to  be  as  large  or 
larger  than 
’98, 
largest  ever  known. 
which  was  the 
Lower  prices  on  this  account  would  not 
be  a  sign  of  weakening  of  the  market, 
but  merely  that  it  costs  less  to manufac­
ture  cotton  goods.  Denims  are  rather 
irregular,  with  the demand  small.  Busi­
ness 
in  other  coarse  colored  cottons  is 
quiet.

the  famous  crop  of 

Prints— Printed  fabrics  have  shown  a 
light  business  this  week,  in  common 
with other  textiles,  both in  spot  business 
and  mail  orders.  Dark  fancy  calicoes 
have  eased  up  considerably,  the  largest 
buyers  having  finished  their  purchases. 
Staple  lines  are  suffering  a  reaction  for 
the  same  cause.  Next  week  should  see 
a  much  better  business  than  that  of  the 
past  two  weeks.  Prices are firm through­
out  and  there  are  a  good many enquirers 
for  staple  and  fancy  prints  for  their 
business.  The  business 
in  prints  for 
fall  shows  larger  sales  for  the  large  and 
bold  patterns,  wide  stripes  and  figures.
light  weights  are 
now  sold  up  completely,  and  there  are 
no  more  to be  had  for  this  season.  Mills 
will  go  upon  heavy-weights  very  soon 
and  many  of  them  are  very  well  sup­
plied  with  orders 
these  heavy­
weights  now,  enough  in  several  cases  to 
keep  them  running,  they  say,  for a  long 
time,  and  in  one  or  two  cases  enough  to 
keep  them  busy  for  the  entire  season. 
Whether 
these  are  orders  that  will 
“ stick”   or  not  remains  to  be  seen.

Underwear—The 

for 

Carpets—The general  condition  of  the 
carpet  trade  thus  far  this  season  has 
shown  a  decided 
improvement  in  the 
volume  of  business  over  the  year  pre­
ceding  for  the  corresponding  period. 
Some 
large  mills  last  year  sold  a  very 
large  amount  of  goods  on  which  there 
was  uo  profit,  as  they  were  obliged  to 
meet  the  slaughter  prices  of  the  South 
auctions. 
This  year,  however,  with 
prices  higher,  some  of  the  mills  report 
larger  sales  than  last  year.  This  shows 
that  the  situation  has  very  materially 
improved,  especially  in  tapestry  and 
velvet  carpets.  The  outlook  for  the  fu­
ture  from  all  standpoints  is  good.  The 
retailers  to-day  are  more  cheerful  and 
have  placed  orders  earlier  and  in  larger 
amounts,  as  the  general  prosperity  has 
warranted  them  in  anticipating  require­
ments.  In  tapestries  lots  of  patterns  are 
out.  Some  patterns  are  sold  so  far 
it  will  take  some  time  to 
ahead  that 
catch  up. 
It  usually  takes  four  weeks

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

to  turn  out  a  print  of  tapestry,  as  this 
includes  eighty  rolls.  The  most  active 
sellers  are  the  different  shades  of  reds, 
greens,  Persians  and  Delft  effects,  in 
both  velvets  and  tapestries. 
Ingrains 
are  selling  more  freely.  Some  agents 
who  are  still  on  the  road  are  sending  in 
some  nice  orders,  which,  with  the  ad­
vance  on  tapestries  and  velvets,  will 
place  iDgrains  in  a  stronger position  for 
both  initial  and  duplicate  orders.  The 
advance  applies  on  the  duplicate  orders 
mainly,  as  the  trade  have  placed  orders 
early  this  season  to  insure  themselves 
very  largely.  Some  mills  have  already 
enough  orders  to  last  them  for  some 
time,  and  are  not  urging  customers  to 
place  orders,  as  they  believe  that  each 
week  strengthens  the  situation  on  all 
lines.

Goods  for  Fall!

Now  that  the  sale  of  summer  goods  is 
about over, it would be well to look  up  your 
stock  of  Fall  and  Winter  goods.  We  have 
our sample line  open  and  are  in  a  position 
to  take  your  orders  for  fall  delivery.  We 
have a  complete  line  of  Underwear  in  La­
dies’,  Gents’  and  Children’s.  Our  prices 
are right.  Give us your orders  and  we  will 
guarantee satisfaction.

P  S T E K E T E E   &  SONS,

G R A N D   RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Sunlight  at  Night!

Queer, isn’t it?

The  Sunlight 

Gas  Lamp

Does the work at all times and all the time.
One quart of gasoline makes a  100 candle- 
power light bum from  15 to 20 hours.  Wind 
will not blow it out nor make it smoke.

No  torches  to  hold  in  lighting.  Turn  it 
down  and  it  bums  all  day,  consuming  one 
tablespoonful  of  oil;  turn  it  up  and  your 
room is flooded with light.

No  escaping  gas  to  scent  the  room  and 
make you sick.  No flicker.  No smoke.  A 
pure, white light like

Sunlight

One burner equals  four  kero­
sene lamps at one-fifth the cost.

We guarantee what we say or no sale.  Maybe you’ve seen 
the other kind—the cheap kind.
Remember,  PRICE ALW AYS  INDICATES  QUALITY.

This Lamp Has Been Approved by the Board of Underwriters.

Specially  adapted  for  Stores,  Churches  and  Residences.
Local agents  wanted  in  every  City,  Town  and  Village  in 
the State.

MICHIGAN  LIGHT  CO.,  23 Pearl Street,  Grand  Rapids. 

»

I  will be  at  Sweet’s Hotel Thurs­
day  and  Friday,  July  13  and  14, 
with  John G.  Miller  &  Co.’s  full 
sample  line  of

Men’s  and 
Boys’
Clothing

including  all  the  latest  things  in 
Overcoatings,  Suitings,  Etc.  All 
expenses  allowed  customers.

S.  T.  BOWEN.

Before 
You  Buy

Get our prices on 
Muslin  Flags 
Bunting Flags 
Flag Poles 
Seat Shades 
Large  Umbrellas 
Lawn Swings
Chas. A.  Coye,

11  Pearl Street, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

received  my  money,  with  which  I  was 
able  to 
increase  my  lines  of  merchan­
dise,  enlarge  my  entire  stock  and  do 
business  on  a  larger  scale.”

Mr.  White 

is  an  all-around  worker. 
He  asks  no  employe  to  do  what  he  him­
self  would  not  attempt.  He 
is  in  all 
things  one  of  the  most  generous  of  men 
—too  much  so  for his  own  interest.  He 
is  slow  to  anger  or  to  seem  to  take 
offense,  but  when  once  aroused  is  invin­
cible.  He  will  coolly  reach  for  an  ax- 
handle  to  quell  a  drunken  or  angry 
crowd,  and  those  of  them  who  know 
him  best  will  soon  quiet  the  rest  while 
a  few  of  the  more  timid  retire.  For 
years,  at  Alanson,  he  opened  accounts 
with  many  of  his  customers,  allowing 
them  actually  to  supply  their  families 
with  his  goods,  having  no  security  ex­
cept  good  promises,  only  to  find,  too 
late,  “ man’s  inhumanity  to  man.”   To 
the  writer’s  actual  knowledge  he  has 
thus  donated  a  small  fortune.

In  1895  Mr.  White  erected  a  store  for 
himself  in  Alanson.  It  is  built  of  wood, 
25x70  feet  on  the  ground,  two  stories  in 
height,  with a  one-story  addition,  20x36, 
on  one  side,  which  is  now  used  as  the 
postoffice,  Mr.  White  being  the  post­
master.  The  second  story  of  the  store 
is a  well-finished  public  hall,  which  has 
a  fine  stage  with  movable  wings  and 
drop  curtains  for  theaters,  exhibitions, 
etc.  His  store 
is  fitted  up  with  every 
modern  convenience,  and  has  basement 
cellars  and 
large  store  rooms  attached 
in  the  rear.  Store,  dwelling  and  post- 
office  are  all  connected  by  telephone 
with  each  other,  and  with  Grand  Rap­
ids  and  the  outside  world.  Mr.  White 
has  held  the  office  of  postmaster  twice 
at  least—once  under  President  Harrison 
and  now  under  President  McKinley. 
As  may  be  inferred,  he is  a  staunch  Re­
publican.  He 
is  also  Justice  of  the 
Peace  and  bolds  several  other  minor 
town  offices.  He  owns  two  good  farms, 
both  within  sight  of  his  stole,  and  a 
steamboat landing,  which is  within sight 
of  his  dwelling.  He  is  a  man  univer­
sally 
liked  and  has  few,  if  any,  ene­
mies. 

Frank  A.  Howig.

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New  Prices

on  Blcucle 
Sundries

Dealers of  Michigan are  requested  to  drop 
us a card asking for  our July  ist  discount 
sheet  on  Bicycle  Sundries,  Supplies,  etc. 
Right  Goods,  Low  Prices  and  Prompt 
Shipments will continue  to  be  our  motto. 
Dealers who are not next  to  us  on wheels 
and sundries are invited to correspond.

ADAMS &  HART,

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

Wholesale Bicycles and  Sundries.

V a r n a l l  

I n s t i t u t e

NORTHVILLE,  MICH.

FOR THE 
CURE  OF

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.

MUSKEGON

AND RETURN
Every  Sunday
VIA

cents G.  R.  &   1.

Train leaves Union 
Station at 9.15 a.  m. 
Bridge Street 9.33 a. m. 
Returning leaves 
Muskegon 7.15  p.  m.

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

Emmet  R.  White,  General  Dealer  at 

Alanson.

Foity-five  years  ago  a  farmer’s  boy 
was  born  in  the  State  of  New York.  His 
parents  were  above  the  ordinary  class 
by  birth and  education.  They  were  far 
from  wealthy,  but,  with  a  heritage  of 
good  health  and  strength  to  battle  with 
life,  they  pressed  forward,  confident of 
success.  With  this  prenatal  heritage, 
this  example  of  energy  saw  the  first 
light  of  life.

At  the  proper  age  he  was given  the 
education  which  could  be  obtained  in 
the  common  district  schools.  At  the 
age  of  24  he  began  teaching  school. 
From  this  time  forward,  with  what  lit­
tle  assistance  his  model  parents  could 
give  him,  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own 
illus­
resources;  but,  like  many  of  his 
trious  countrymen  since,  as  he  grew 
in 
years 
if  not  in  stature,  he  believed  in 
“ expansion,”   with  all  its  synonyms, 
and,  accepting  Horace  Greeley’s  advice 
to  "G o  West,  young  man!”   early  in  the 
seventies  was  earning  fair  wages  on  a 
farm  in  Illinois.  Soon  after  tfais  date, 
his  parents  having  removed  to  Northern 
Michigan,  he  paid  them  a  visit,  and 
there  secured  a  position  as  clerk  in  a 
general  store  at  Paris,  then  a  thriving 
village.  His  parents  having  settled  in 
Reed  City,  where  also  his  eldest  broth­
er,  a  physician  and  druggist,  resided, 
he  drifted  northward  with  the  family, 
where  we  find  him  about  1884,  and, 
with  the  U.  S.  Dispensatory  for  his text 
book,  determined  to  become  a  druggist 
himself—01  die  trying.  The  writer  was 
with  him  for  a  time  in  that  village,  and 
found  him  an  earnest  young  man,  a 
promising  student.

During  the  winter  of  1886-87  there 
was  much  excitement  about  some  of  the 
Government  lands  north  of  Big  Rapids 
claimed  by  the  G.  R.  &  I.  Railroad  as 
grants  from  the  State in consideration  of 
constructing  and  operating  this  railroad 
to  the  Straits  of  Mackinaw.  The  lands 
in  question  included  some—supposed— 
pine  lands  and  were  therefore  outside 
of  the  grant  to  the  Railway  Co.  These 
lands  were,  however,  offered  as  home­
steads  to actual  settlers,  subject possibly 
to  litigation  with  the  company,  at  the 
Reed  City  Land  Office;  and  those  who 
wished  to  do  so  made  application  there, 
receiving their certificate fora homestead 
of  160  acres  or 
less  at  Government 
price,  and  took  their  chances  for  a 
perfect  title.  My  friend  White  was 
promptly  on  hand  with  the  crowd  of 
others  who  desired  a  homestead.  He 
had  previously  walked  from  Petoskey, 
the  then  terminus  of  the  railroad,  and 
selected  bis  160  acres  adjoining  the  vil­

lage  of  Alanson,  then  a  mere  settlement 
in  the  woods,  but  on  the  west  shore  of  a 
navigable  stream  and  in  a  fairly  good 
agricultural  district.  Having 
some 
knowledge  of  surveying,  Mr.  White 
knew  exactly  the  metes  and  bounds  of 
the  land  he  had  selected.  As  he  entered 
the  Reed  City  Land  Office  on 
that 
eventful  morning,  be  found 
it  well 
packed  with  claimants,  many  of  whom 
had  never  seen  the  lands  in  question, 
nor  had  they  any  idea  of  their  location; 
but,  being  anxious for a  homestead,  they 
were  taking  the  first  which  came  to 
hand.  Pushing  his  way  to  the  table  and 
raising  himself  as  high  as possible,  Mr. 
White  reached  his  arm  over  the  heads 
of  several  others  and,  placing  his  finger 
upon  a  quarter  section  around  which  all 
others  seemed  to  be  taken,  said  to  the 
receiver,  “ That  piece 
is  mine!”   and, 
notwithstanding  the  objections  offered, 
would  not  remove  his  finger,  but  waited 
for  bis  certificate.  At  that  time  many 
thought  he  bad  purchased  blindly,  but 
later  on  they  changed  their opinion.

April,  1887,  saw  Mr.  White  on  bis 
farm  in  Alanson,  with  ax  in  hand clear­
ing  away  a  piece  of  ground  for a  small 
house  and  garden  He found himself the 
possessor  of  a  good  hard-timbered  farm 
with  perhaps  one  hundred  large  white 
pines  scattered 
like  sentries  over  it. 
These  “ sentries”   be  thought  might 
sometime  furnish  him  lumber  for  better 
buildings;  but,  being  still  a  bachelor, 
he  was  content  in  his  lonely  hut.  He 
saw  that  the few settlers were  obliged  to 
go  ten  or  twelve  miles  to  Petoskey  for 
nearly  all  their  supplies,  and  that  medi­
cines  were  an  urgent  necessity;  so  he 
at  once  rented  a small  building  near  the 
ground  already  selected  for the  future 
railroad  depot,  invested  about  $200  in 
drugs  and  fixtures  and  commenced busi­
ness. 
little  acorns 
grow.”   During  the  second  year  of  bis 
hermitage  he  constructed  a  larger and 
better  residence,  and  his  faithful  old 
mother  made  that  residence  look  like 
home  indeed.

“ Tall  oaks  from 

It  was  not  long  before  two  timber 
dealers  visited  him ;  wandered  careless­
ly  over his  claim,  then  asked  him  to  set 
a  price  on  his  pine  trees,  they  to  cut 
and  remove  them  from  his  land.  Yan­
kee-like,  instead  of  answering  them,  he 
replied,  “ Make  me  an  offer.”   After 
some  delay  they  did  so,  and  he  said  to 
me  afterward,  “ Their  generous  offer 
fairly  took  my  breath  away,  but  I  soon 
framed  a  reply,  and  said  I  would  think 
about  it  and  give  them  an  answer  the 
next  day. 
I  was  afraid  to  accept  their, 
to  me,  princely  offer too  suddenly,  fear­
ing  they would  change  their  minds.  Of 
course,  I  accepted  their  offer,  and  soon

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Beat  the  world  in  the  two  greatest  essentials  to  the 
retailer— Q U A LITY   and  PRO FIT.  Grocers  who  use 
them  say  that  with  our  brands  it’s  once  bought— always 
used.  And  we  can  sell  them  to  pay  you  a  handsome 
profit. 
It  will  pay you  to  get  our  samples  and  prices—  
that  is,  if  you  are  in  the  business  to  make  money.
Some exceptional  bargains  in  Teas  just  now.  Write  or 
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Around  the State
Movements  o f  Merchants.

Coldwater— A.  Y.  Dalby,  meat  dealer, 

has  discontinued  business.

Marine  City— Smith  &  Co.  have  sold 

their grocery  stock  to  Geo.  Chon.

Hartford—Samuel  Avery  has  removed 

his  jewelry  stock  to  South  Haven.

Kinde—S.  6.  Rice  has  removed  his 

dry  goods  and  grocery  stock  to  Lum.

Moscow— Harold Moore has  purchased 

the  harness  stock  of  Lafayette  Si gel.

Fowlervilie— Straws  &  Vaughn  con­
tinue the  cigar  business of Cbas.  Straws.
Gaylord—W.  J.  Russell  has  purchased 
the  drug  and  grocery  stock  of  Jas.  P. 
Fox.

Ann  Arbor—J.  B.  Gamble  succeeds  J. 
A.  Herrick  in  the  confectionery  busi­
ness.

Central  Lake— Mrs.  Laura  Hall  has 
purchased  the  millinery  stock  of  Miss 
Covey.

Menominee-----Felix  Vincent 

has
opened  a  grocery  store  at  420 Grand 
avenue.

Howell—Edwin  P.  Randall,  produce 
dealer,  has  removed  from  Fowlervilie  to 
this  place.

Manistique—Gustafson  &  Larson have 
the  meat  business  of  E. 

purchased 
Thompson.

Big  Rapids—John  Wiseman  has  sold 
an  interest  in  bis  undertaking  business 
to  Frank  Merrill

Flushing—A.  P.  Davis  &  Co.  have 
implement 

sold  their  hardware  and 
stock  to  James  B.  French.

Vermontville— Leroy  Snell  has opened 
a  store  tor  the  sale  of  baked  goods,  veg­
etables  and  confectionery.

Fowlervilie—S.  Thurlow  Blackmer 
the 

succeeds  Blackmer  &  Minto 
clothing,  hat  and  cap  business.

in 

Olivet—E.  V.  Abell  &  Co.,  formerly 
engaged  in  the  bazaar  business  at Three 
Rivers,  have  moved  to  this  place.

St.  Joseph—L.  Lurie  has  established 
a  branch  of  his  Boston  store  at  Bridg­
man,  with  David  Jones  in  charge.

Charlotte—The  grocery  firm  of  Mike- 
sell  &  Hageman  has  been  dissolved  by 
mutual  consent,  Mr.  Hageman  retring 
from  the  business.

Detroit—W.  C.  Clark,  A.  E.  Johnson 
and  G.  H.  Harrington  have 
incorpo­
rated  the  W.  E.  Clark  Coal  Co.  The 
capital  stock  is $5,000.

Saline—S.  H.  Maher  has  sold  bis 
hardware  stock  to  John  McKinnon  and 
Mr.  Jerry,  who'will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

Imlay  City— Swan  &  Bohm,  dealers 
in  groceries  and  notions,  have  dissolved 
partnership.  Each  will  continue  in  the 
same  line  of  trade  in  bis  own  name.
Negaunee—The  store  building 

for­
merly  occupied  by  M.  E.  Joyce  will  be 
refitted  by  Steel  &  Mills,  of  Niles,  who 
intend  to  put  in  a  stock  of  dry  goods.

Zeeland— Mrs.  J.  Pruim  has  taken 
charge  of  the  restaurant  and  confection­
ery  business  formerly  conductd  by  her 
son,  E.  J.  Pruim, and will conduct same 
in  her  own  name.

Kalamazoo—A.  M.  Starr,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  has  purchased  the  bazaar  stock 
of  O.  A.  Fanckboner,  at  128  East  Main 
street,  and  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.
2  Menominee--- John  Peterson,  shoe
dealer  at  2311  Broadway,  and  August 
Larson,  of  this  city,  have  formed  a  co­
partnership  under  the  style  of  J.  Peter­
son  &  Co.  and  opened  a  men’s  furnish­
ing  goods  store at 2315 Broadway,  known 
as  the  Golden  Rule  store.  S.  G.  Swan­
son  is  manager  of  the  business.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Hillsdale—The 

store  building 

in 
which  was  formerly 
located  the  drug 
stock  of  C.  S.  French  is  being  refitted 
and  will  be  occupied  by  the  dry  goods 
stock  of  A.  J.  Dingman.

Ann  Arbor—The  grocery  firm  of  Mil­
ler  &  Smith  has  been  dissolved.  Mr. 
Miller has  formed  a  copartnership  with 
Clarimon  L.  Pray  and  the  business  will 
be  continued  under  the  style  of  Miller 
&  Pray.

Cadillac— H.  N.  Nilson,  of  Big  Rap­
ids,  and  E.  E.  Slone,  of  Bav  City, 
have  formed  a  copartnership  and  will 
engage  in  the  dry  goods  business at this 
place  Sept.  1 
in  a  new  brick  now  in 
process  of  construction.

Muskegon— Paul  Ostholm,  who 

for 
some  time  has  conducted  a gioceiy store 
at  84  Third  street,  is  closing  out his 
stock,  having  accepted  the  position  of 
State  agent  of  the Commonwealth Provi­
dent  Association,  of  Philadelphia.

Wayland—Geo.  H.  Henika,  who  has 
been  engaged  in  the  furniture  trade  at 
this  place  since  1861,  has  sold  his  stock 
and  store  building  to  G.  A.  Truax  & 
Son,  who  will  remove  their  stock  to the 
building 
just  purchased  -and  combine 
the  two.

Mesick— L.  J.  Tripp  has  completed 
his  new  store  building  and  has  removed 
bis  stock  of  general  merchandise  into 
same.  He 
is  erecting  an  addition  at 
the  rear  of  the  building  to be  used  as  a 
store  room,  making  the  total  length  of 
the  building  120  feet.

Fremont—W.  W.  Pearson  has  retired 
from  the  firm  of  Pearson  Bros.  &  Co. 
and  engaged  in  the  clothing  and  men’s 
furnishing  goods  business 
in  the  new 
block  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street. 
The  older  establishment  will  be  con­
tinued  by  Chas.  Pearson  and  Walter 
Reber  under  the  style  of  Pearson  & 
Reber.

Copemish—C.  R.  Bunker,  who  has 
been  engaged  in  general  trade  here  for 
nearly  ten  years,  has  sold  his  stock  to 
the  Case  Mercantile  Co.,  which  has  re­
moved  it  to  Benzonia  and  consolidated 
it  with 
its  general  stock  at  that  place. 
Mr.  Bunker  is  compelled  to  retire  from 
business  on  account  of a  threatened  at­
tack  of  tuberculosis  and  will  seek  a  new 
location  somewhere  on  the  Pacific coast.
Lansing— Sarah  M.  Dayton  has  com­
menced suit by declaration against Jacob 
Stahl  and  W.  S.  Holmes  for $30,000 
damages  growing  out  of  the  seizure  and 
sale of  a  wholesale  stock  of  millinery 
goods.  The  disposition  of  this  stock 
has  kept  the  Ingham  Circuit  Court  busy 
for  the  past  three  years,  and  the  Su­
preme  Court  has  also  taken  a  hand 
in 
it.  Mrs.  Dayton  alleges  that  no  account­
ing  was  made.

Kalamazoo— A new clothing and men’s 
furnishing  goods  firm  has  been  formed 
to  engage  in  business  at  133  South  Bur­
dick  street,  composed  of  John  Gauw, 
who  has  had  ten  years’  experience  as  a 
clothing  clerk 
in  this  city,  Wm.  Van 
Peenan,  who  has  been  engaged  about 
the  same  length  of  time by  a  leading 
dry  goods  house,  and  Marinus  Schrier, 
who  has  occupied  the  position  of  book­
keeper  for  the  lumber  firm  of  Dewing & 
Sons.

Ishpeming— The  general 

store  of 
Mowick  &  Hendrickson  was  closed  last 
Monday  and  will  continue  closed  until 
the  proprietors  can  get  an  order  from 
the  United  States  Court  relieving  them 
from  an  order commanding  them  to  re­
frain  from  selling  goods.  The  order 
was  obtained  by  the  creditors  of  the 
firm  and  the  proprietors  are  given  a 
certain  time  to  appear  and  show  why 
the  goods  of  the  store  should  not  be dis­

posed  of to  liquidate  their  debts.  A l­
fred  Hendrickson  has  a  bill  of  sale  for 
the  stock.  While  the  claims  against 
the  stock  may  be  settled  so  that  it  may 
be  re-opened,  it 
is  most  probable  that 
the  firm  will  cease  to  do  business  at  the 
old  stand.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Belding—The  Belding  Shoe  Co.  has 
declared  a  semi-annual  dividend  of  3 
per  cent.

Hartland—The  Hartland  Milling  Co. 
succeeds  V.  Parsball  &  Son  in  the  flour 
and  sawmill  business.

Woodland—Harter  &  Rounds,  recently 
from  Ohio,  have  purchased  the  grain 
elevator  of  Miner  &  Houfstater.

North  Lansing—The  Hart  Milling 
Co.,  capitalized  at  $25,000,  was  organ­
ized  Tuesday  to  operate  the  Hart  Flour 
mills.

Ithaca—W.  Nelson,  Mary  H.  Nelson 
and  J.  M.  Everden  have  organized  the 
Nelson  Grain  Co.,  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $5,000.

Kalamazoo—The  capital  stock  of  the 
Star  Brass  Works  has  been  increased 
from  $18,000  to  $20,000.  The  capacity 
of  the  factory  has  also  been  doubled.

Detroit—The  capital  stock  of 

the 
Ideal  Manufacturing  Co.  has  been  in­
creased  to  $400,000.  Of  the  new  stock 
$50,000  is  common  and  $100,000  pre­
ferred.

Albion—The  Albion  Wind  Mill  Co. 
has  been  organized  with  a 
capital 
stock  of  $10,000  by  W.  O  Donangbue, 
T.  L.  Sibley,  W.  W.  Austin,  A.  J. 
Howell, O.  H.  Gale,  H.  M.  Dearing  and 
M.  D.  Weeks.

Detroit—The  Rider  Heater  Co.  has 
been  organized  to  engage  in  the  manu­
facture  of  stoves,  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $60,000.  The  incorporators  are  J.  B. 
Horning,  Mary  B.  Miller,  of  Detroit, 
and  E.  W.  Rider,  of  Bay  City.

Detroit— The  Standard  Leather  Wash­
er  &  Valve  Co.  has  filed  articles  of 
in­
corporation  with  the  County  Clerk.  The 
capital  stock  is $5,000,  equally  divided 
between  David  D.  Wessels,  Richard 
C.  Major  and  Donald  McDonald.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  Woodenware 
Co.  has  been  organized  for the  purchase 
and  sale of  woodenware,  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $28,000.  The  incorporators  are 
Josephine  Tennant,  F.  C.  Simon,  J.  S. 
Tennant,  F.  A.  Tennant  and  G.  F. 
Dice.

West  Branch—The  West  Branch Flour 
Manufacturing  Co.  has been  formed  for 
the  purpose  of  operating  a  flour  mill 
and  grain  elevator,  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $5,000,  the  incorporators  being  B. 
Bennett,  J.  B.  Rayner,  N.  A.  Richards 
and  Kittie  MacBennett.

Port  Huron—The  Gutta  Percha  Rub­
ber  &  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  New 
York,  has  petitioned  to  have  Ezra  C. 
Carleton  and  Asa  R.  Cole  adjudicated 
bankrupts.  They  claim  that  an  indebt­
edness  of  $500  is  due  them  and  that 
Carleton  &  Col* have  given  their  prop­
erty  over  to  trustees  to avoid  payment 
of  creditors.  They  specify  an  item  of 
$2,000  in  this  regard.

just  as  soon  as  possible. 

Ludington—The work of clearing away 
the  debris  of  the  elevator  fire 
is  going 
on  rapidly.  A  new  elevator  will  be 
erected 
It 
will  be  larger than  the  old  one,  with  a 
capacity  of  about  150,000  bushels  of 
grain. 
It  will  be  equipped  with  a  leg 
that  will  unload  about 18,000 bushels per 
hour.  The company’s  loss,  not  covered 
by  insurance,  it  is  stated  will  be  about 
$20,000.

A  man  may  be  as  honest  as  the  day  is 
long and  still  do  a  lot  of  mischief  dur­
ing  the  night.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Manton— E.  C.  Marsh  has  taken  the 
position  of  prescription  clerk  for  Chas. 
H.  Bostick.

Traverse  City—James O’ Neil  has  sev­
ered  his  connection  with  the  clothing 
establishment  of  S.  Benda  &  Co.  to 
take  a  clerkship 
in  the  shoe  store  of 
Frank  Friedrich.

Ironwood—Bay  &  Norlding  have  a 
new  drug  clerk  in  the  person  of Gustave 
A.  Jabn.

Owosso— J.  L.  Curtis  has  taken  a  po­

sition  in  C.  C.  Duff’s  grocery.

Homer— Ford Kirby has returned from 
Newaygo  and  taken  a  position  in'An­
drews,  Wells  &  Co. ’s  grocery  store.

Newberry— Earl  Ryan  has  taken  a 
in  Dr.  F.  W.  Neal’s  drug 

clerkship 
store.

Marshall—Arthur  Wilson,  who  has 
been  with  Geo.  Perrett  &  Sons’  for  the 
past  year,  has  taken  a  position  with 
Grace  Bros.  He  takes  the  place  of 
Wendel  Morse,  who  leaves  their  employ 
soon  to  engage  in  the  clothing  business 
with  Francis  Deuel.

Lake  City—W.  J.  Roche  has  a  new 
in  the  person  of  Mr.  Cap, 

drug  clerk 
of  Hart

The  association 

Ironwood,  July  8— At  a  meeting 

last 
evening 
in  Nelson’s  ball  of  the  local 
and  Hurley  merchants  an  organization 
was  formed  and  the  members  thereof 
agreed  to  close  their  stores  on  Tuesday, 
Wednesday,  Thursday and Friday,  every 
week,  commencing  July  11,  at  6  o’clock 
in  the  evening. 
is 
known  as  The  Twin  City  Business 
Men’s  Association.  Each  member  de­
posits $10,  and  for  each  violation  of  the 
agreement  forfeits  $5,  if  found  guilty 
after  a  bearing  before an adjusting com­
mittee.  The  President  of  the  Associa­
tion  is  Joe  Davis;  Adolph  Skud,  Vice- 
President;  J.  A.  Tederstrom,  Treasurer; 
F.  B.  Warner,  Secretary.  The adjusting 
committee  is  composed  of  L.  Davis,  M. 
L.  Downs  and  W.  H.  Kitto.  The  regu­
lar  meeting  is  the  first  Tuesday  of  each 
month. 
Invitation  is  extended  to  mer­
chants  of  other  lines  of  trade  not  now 
represented  in  the  Association  to attend 
the  meetings.

Ann  Arbor—Oscar  Haarer  has  taken 
a  clerkship  in  the  store  of  the  Eberbach 
Drug  Co.

Ishpeming— The  agreement  between 
the  clerks’  union  and  the  merchants 
is 
being  observed  strictly  by  ^oth  parties 
to  it  and  no  complaint  can  be  made  on 
that  score.  The  union  has  one  more 
fight  to  m ake:  It 
is  going  after the 
business  men  who  make  a  practice  of 
keeping  their  stores  open  Sunday  morn­
ings  and  will  endeavor  to  make  their 
proprietors  keep  their  doors  shut  all 
Sunday.  A  few  men  keep  open  Sunday 
mornings,  and  as  the  clerks  think  that 
the  practice  works  harm  to those dealers 
who  keep  their  places  closed  they  will 
endeavor  to  stop  it.
Hastings  Banner: 

It  will  be  some 
time  before  Albert  Carveth  sets  up  the 
cigars  again  to  every  man  who  settles 
up  his  account.  Albert  clerks  for  Fred 
Heath.  A  few  days  ago  a  certain  busi­
ness  man  went  in  to  pay  up bis account, 
remarking  that  it  was  customary  for  the 
house  to  set  up  the  cigars  when  a  man 
paid  up  his  account.  As  the  business 
man  bad  been  a  good  customer,  Albert 
complied,  treated  him  to  a  good  cigar 
and  then  commenced  to  delve  through 
the  books.  After  a  thorough  search, 
Albert  returned  and  said,  “ Why,  all  I 
can 
is  six  cents.’ ’ 
“ Well,  that’s  all  I  owe  you,”   said  the 
business  man,  with  a  quiet  smile,  and 
Web  said  he  never  enjoyed  a  smoke 
more.
Ironwood  and  Hurley  Merchants  Join 

find  against  you 

Hands.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  Market.

is 

Sugars—The  raw  sugar  market 

is 
i - i 6 c  lower,making  the  price  of  96 deg. 
test  centrifugals  4  7-16C  and  89  test 
muscovadoes  3  15-16C. 
The  refined 
sugar  market 
in  a  state  of  remark­
able  contrast  to  the  raw  market.  A 
steady  decline  in  the  raw  sugar  market 
for  several  weeks  has  not  been  followed 
by  any  material  change  in  refined,  so 
that  what  was  not  brought  about  by  a 
rise 
in  refined  has been  done  by  a  fall 
in  raws.  The  two  grades  are  now  at  a 
difference  of  71c  per hundred  pounds, 
the  old  difference  of  values  before  the 
“ sugar  war”   began.  This  may  or  may 
not  be  a  certain  indication  that  the  war 
It probably  depends  on  the  in­
is  over. 
dependent  refiners  to  decide. 
If  they 
maintain  the  quotations  as  posted  by 
the  American  Sugar  Refining  Co.  with­
out  starting  a  new  cutting  contest,  there 
may  be  no  further  war,  but  it  is  always 
in  the  trade  after the 
a  critical  time 
season  of 
largest  demand  comes  to  an 
end,  as  it  will  in  the  fall,  and  a  compe­
tition  for  the  smaller  business  sets 
in. 
The  Mollenbauer  refinery,  which  has 
been  running  a  few  weeks,  is  now  shut 
down,  while  the  National,  which  has 
been  closed  a  long  time,  will  be  started 
this  week.  The  demand  for  refined 
is 
enormous  and  refiners  are  heavily  over­
sold  on  some  grades  of  softs  and  ship­
ments  are  delayed.  The  sugar  business 
in  New  York  for  the  past  week  is  esti­
mated  at  2,000,000  barrels.  This,  it  is 
said,  will  keep  the  refineries  running 
full  time  for  the  next  three  months. 
This  volume  of  business  is  stated  to  be 
the  largest  for  a  like  period  within  the 
history  of  the  trade.

from  California 

Canned  Goods—The  canned  goods 
trade  continues  very  strong  and  packers 
are  wondering  where  they  will  get  sup­
plies  to  fill  their orders.  Apparently, 
there  is  no  limit  to  the  demand  for  fu­
tures.  News 
is  no 
different  from  what  has  been  stated 
heretofore. 
It  appears  certain  that  the 
combine  is  assured,  but  it  is  also  equal­
ly  certain  that  it  wili  have  no 
influence 
on  the  market  this  season.  The  packers 
say  that  they  will  make  a  change  in 
prices  next  year.  Peas  are  firm  and 
high. 
It  would  be  unsafe  to  attempt  an 
accurate  prediction  of  the  final  output, 
but  everything  points  to  an  unusually 
short  crop,  even 
in  the  most  favored 
growing  sections,  and  all  dealers  ex­
pect  prices  to  rule  high.  The  unusual 
price  has  made  no  difference  in  sales, 
which  are  heavy,  and  bid  fair  to  con­
tinue  so  until  the  output 
is  exhausted. 
Spot  goods  move  out  on  small  orders  to 
supply  the  retail trade  at  about  previous 
prices.  The  market  bids  fair  to  be 
strong  throughout  the  season. 
Indiana 
pea  packers  find  that  they  have  sold 
more  than  they  will  pack  and  a  great 
many  are  availing  themselves  of  the 
clause  in  their  contracts  allowing  them 
to  ship  80  per  cent,  of  the  contracts 
in 
full  completion  of  the  orders  taken. 
Corn  continues  firm  and  high,  with 
prices  showing  an  advancing  tendency. 
Futures  are  firm  and  prices  tend  up­
ward.  The  crop  outlook  is  encouraging, 
and  the  yield  seems  likely  to  be  fully 
as  large  as  last  year;  but  the  sales  have 
been  so  large  that  packers are  now  cau­
tious  about  making  further  sales.  The 
conditions  are favorable  for a good busi­
ness,  but  it  is  impossible  to  make  any 
accurate  predictions  at  present.  Spot 
stocks  are  almost  entirely  cleaned  up 
and  it  is  very  difficult  to find  any  good

trades.  Tomatoes  are  firm.  There  have 
been  small  advances  on  some  varieties 
and  a  further  increase  is  expected as the 
market  cleans  up.  The  outlook  for  this 
season’s  pack 
is  quite  encouraging  in 
most  growing  sections  since  the  rains 
began.  Packers  refuse  orders,  prefer- 
ing  to  see  what  the  output  is  likely  to 
be  before  they  sell  any  more  goods. 
The  shortage  in  pineapples  promises  to 
be  serious.  Packers  have  been  scour­
ing  all  markets  without  success  to  se­
cure  supplies  for  the  closing  of  the  sea­
son.  The  shortage  has  caused  some 
advance,  and  a  further  advance  is  like­
ly  to  follow  the  present  strong  position 
of  the  market.  Gallon  apples  rule  high 
and  spot  stocks  are  well  cleaned  up. 
Little  trade  is  likely  to  occur  until  the 
crop  results  are  more  definitely  known. 
It  is  known  that  the  carry-over  of  gal­
is  small,  and  the  trade  expect  a 
lons 
further  advance 
if  the  present  demand 
continues.  The  demand  for  salmon  is 
very  large  and  appears  to  be  constantly 
increasing.  Pink  Alaska  is  all  cleaned 
up  on  the  coast.  Large  sales  have  been 
made  this  week  from  vessels  now  due 
in  New  York.  Prices  are  very  firm 
and  an  advance  will  probably take place 
in  a  few  days.  Advices  from  the  Col­
umbia  River  are  to  the  effect that  the 
condition  of  the  fishery  is  far  from  be­
ing  as  satisfactory  as  it  was  last  year  at 
this  time.  So  far  the  fishing  has  been 
extremely 
The 
cannery  men  are making  great  efforts  to 
secure  supplies,  and  as  many  of  them 
have  sold  their  prospective  packs,  there 
is  likely  to  be  considerable  loss,  owing 
to  the  higher  price  asked  for  raw  ma­
terial.

irregular  and  small. 

Dried  Fruits—With  the  competition 
of  berries  declining,  the  outlook  for 
better  business  is  promising.  The  Cal­
ifornia  Fruit  Grower  has  the  following 
to  say  about  prunes  and  apricots: 
‘ ‘ The  export  movement  of  prunes  dur­
ing  the  past  ten  months  has  been  very 
light  as  compared  with  the  same  period 
in  1897-1898,  the  shortage  amounting  to 
some  436 carloads.  This  quantitv  would 
have  cleared  the  stock  held  on the coast, 
besides  making  quite  a  bole 
in  the 
stocks  carried  by  Eastern  dealers.  The 
situation  will,  no  doubt,  be  changed 
this  season,  as  the  crop  prospects  in 
Oregon  and  Washington  are  poor,  while 
last  season  these States contributed some 
700  or  800  cars  for  Eastern  shipment. 
From  France  comes  the  report  of a short 
crop,  it  being  estimated  at  about  one- 
third  of  last  year.  The  Turkish  crop  is 
also  short.  Reports  from  the  producing 
districts 
in  this  State  show  a  decided 
change  in  the  outlook,  owing  to  the 
heavy  ‘ drop’  that  has  been  going  on  for 
some  days  past.  Just bow much  the  drop 
will  cut  down  early  estimates  it  is  bard 
to  say,  but  holders  of  spot  stocks  are 
extracting  consolation  from  the  change 
the  situation.  The  statistical  posi­
in 
tion  of  apricots 
in 
years.  There  were  no  old  ’cots  on  the 
coast  at  the  opening  of  this  season. 
The  cutting  and curing  have been  very 
light  thus  far,  only  six  or  seven  cars  at 
most  from  California  and  five  cars  of 
early  fruit  from  Arizona.  The  apricot 
crop 
in  this  State  is  a  very  short  one, 
and  prices  paid  for  the  fresh  fruit by 
canners  have  ruled  high,  and  the  quan­
tity  purchased,  added  to  Eastern  ship­
ments, will  cut  down  the  available quan­
tity  for  cutting  and  drying  to  compara­
tively  small  proportions.  The month  of 
July  will  develop  quite  fully  the  apri­
cot  situation."  There 
is  a  good  en­
quiry  for  evaporated  apples  for  October 
and  November delivery,  but  no  prices

is  the  strongest 

it 

is  a 

have  been  made  as  yet.  There  is  no 
stock  whatever  of  low  grade  evaporated 
and  none  of  sun-dried,  neither  is  there 
much  of  good  stock  evaporated  left  and 
there  will  be  nothing  to  carry  over  ex­
cept  perhaps  a  few  cars  of  prime.  R e­
ports  concerning  the  new  crop  are  con­
flicting,  and  most  of  them  appear  unfa­
vorable,  but 
little  too  early  to 
make any  accurate  estimates  as  to  the 
coming  crop.  Drought  has  injured  the 
Smyrna  fig  crop  and  estimates  are  re­
duced  to  30,000  camel  loads,  a  failing 
off as  compared  with  previous  estimates 
of  5.000  to  8.000  camel 
loads.  The
30,000 
loads  wili  be  about  half  an  aver­
age  crop,  but  will  be  much  better  than 
last  year.  Prices are  likely  to  rule  high 
and  steady  all  during  the  seasou.  Prices 
have  just  been  made  on  California  figs 
a  little  less  than  last  year.  The  quality 
promises  to  be  better  than  last  season 
as  they  are  better  graded  and  packed. 
The  trade  are  taking  hold  very  freely. 
Currants  show 
little  change  compared 
with  previous  reports. 
It  is  expected 
that  the  new  retention  law  will  create  a 
firmer  feeling  and  wili 
lead  eventually 
to  an  improvement  in  prices.  Dates  are 
steady,  but  business 
light  and  con­
fined  to  small  orders  for  immediate  use. 
No  late  reports  concerning  the  probable 
crop  have  been  received,  but  the  pros­
pect 
is  believed  to  be  good.  No  new 
developments  are  noted  in  other  lines, 
and  trade  is  confined  to  the  smallest 
possible  quantities,  to  fill  present  re­
quirements.

is 

Rice—The  demand  for  rice  is  very 
good,  trade  being  mostly  on  Japans, 
which  are getting  cleaned  up  and  are  a 
little  firmer  in  consequence.

Teas— The  tea  market  continues  dull, 
with  only  a  fair amount  of  business  be­
ing  done.  Despite  the  dull  market 
in 
this  country,  the  foreign  markets  con­
tinue  active  and  strong,  and  the  holders 
in  Japan  seem  to  have  confidence  in 
better  conditions  on  this  side  as  the 
season  advances.

Nuts—The  peanut  market 

is  very 
firm,  with  an  advance  of  % c  on  the 
better  grades.  The  California  almond 
crop,  it  is  now  figured,  will  be 
in  ex­
cess  of  300  cars.  Advices  from  Europe 
are  to  the  effect  that  the  yield  there will 
be  much  less  than  last  year,  in  view  of 
which  fact  dealers  here  incline  to  the 
belief  that  prices  will  be  higher,  al­
though  the 
large  California  crop  will 
keep  them  below  the  average  of  ordi­
nary  seasons.

Fish—Salt  mackerel  continues  firm, 

owing  to  extremely  light  receipts.

Green  Fruits— Lemons  are  about  25c 
per box  lower  on  all  grades  because  of 
quality.  General  conditions  are  un­
changed,  but  there  seems  to  be  some 
weakness  because  of  unsatisfactory  re­
ceipts.  Shipments  thus  far  this  year 
have  been  heavy  and  the  tendency  of 
prices  has  been  downward. 
Lemons 
will  net  keep  well  this  year  and  are  not 
very  satisfactory  to  ship  any  distance. 
It  needs  a  hot  wave  to  brace  up demand 
and  put  lemons  on  a  satisfactory  foun­
dation  again.  The  general  tendency  of 
supplies now  coming  forward  is  toward 
it  may  reason­
the  smaller  sizes,  and 
ably  be  expected  that  the  difference 
in 
price  between  300s  and  360s  will  grad­
ually  widen  until  the  300s  show  some 
advances  as  compared  with  the  smaller 
size.

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

For  Gillies  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  prices,  phone Visner,  800.

5

The  Drug  Market.

Opium— Is  firm  at  the  advance.
Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine— Is  steady,  full  prices  being 
maintained  by  manufacturers,  while 
outside  holders  sell  2@3c  below  their 
price.

Quicksilver---- Has  advanced.  All
i@2c  per 

mercurials  have  advanced 
pound  in  sympathy.

Cinchonidia—Continues 

firm.

scarce  and 

Cocoa  Butter—On  account  of  higher 

prices  abroad,  has  again  advanced.

Cuttle  Fish  Bone— Is  very  firm  at  the 

advanced  prices.

Glycerine— Is  in  a  very  firm  position. 
One  leading  manufacturer  has advanced 
price  and  othe  s  will,  no  doubt,  follow, 
on  account  of  high  price  for  crude.

Arnica  Flowers— On  account  of  short 
crop,  have  advanced  and  are  tending 
higher.

Goldenseal  Root— Is  lower,  orraccount 

of  new  crop  coming  in.

Linseed  Oil— Is  steady  at  our  quota­

tions.

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

Hides  are  strong  at  the  price.  Scar­
city  makes  it,  and  the  scarcity  comes 
from 
little  beef  being  consumed,  the 
small  number  of  cattle  fit  for  the  mar­
ket  and  the  fact  that  tanners  wish  to 
keep  their  vats  full.

Pelts  are  few  and  wanted at full value. 

There  is  no  accumulation.

is 

in 

Tallow 

light  demand  and  ex­
tremely  quiet,  with  nominal  prices. 
There  is  little  being  offered.

It 

Wool 

remains 

strong  and  active. 
There  is  a  demand  for  export  and  from 
manufacturers  and  speculators. 
is 
low 
in  value,  although  much  higher 
than  has  ruled  for  the  past  year,  which 
causes  dealers  to  think  that  it  will  be 
wanted  by  spinners  sometime.  The 
demand 
is  more  for  fine,  as  there  is  so 
little  offered.  The  outlook  is  good,  but 
not  for an  excessive  price  for  some time 
to  come.  The 
is 
bought  up  and  has  largely gone forward, 
although  many 
lots  are  held  above  the 
market. 

clip  of  Michigan 

Wsi.  T.  Hess.

New  Book  in  Press.

The  annual  publication  of  the  Com­
mercial  Credit  Co.  is  now  in  the  bands 
of  the  printers  and will  be  ready for dis­
tribution  in  the  course  of  a  week.  Any 
changes  or  suggestions  for  the  book 
should  be  reported  to  the  office 
imme­
diately.

Martin  Van  Prooyen,  who  has  been 
engaged  in  the  tea  and  coffee  business 
at  255  Travis  avenue  for  the  past  four 
years  under  the  style  of  the Independent 
Tea  Co.,  left  town  last  Thursday  morn­
ing  with  bis  horse  and  buggy,  leaving 
no  word  as  to  bis  destination  or  the  rea­
son  for  his  departure.  His  wife  was 
left  with  34  cents  in  her  possession  and 
the  rent  in  arrears.  The  supposition  is 
that  he  was  accompanied  by  a  woman 
not  his  wife,  although 
information  on 
is  not  sufficiently  definite  to 
this  point 
warrant  a  positive  statement.  The  01- 
ney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.,  which  is  the 
largest  creditor  of  the  establishment, 
seized  the  stock  and  fixtures  on  attach­
ment  Saturday  and  removed  them  to  its 
store  on  Ottawa  street,  where  the  sale 
will  occur  30  days  hence.  Van  Prooyen 
was  formerly  a  solicitor  for  the  Grand 
Union  Tea  Co.  and  was  regarded  as  a 
successful  salesman  in  his  line.  Subse­
quent  to  his  engaging  in  business  here 
he  established  a  branch  store  at  Kala­
mazoo  in  charge  of  his  father.

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Woman’s World

Neqessity  o f  Reform  In  Our  Home 

Life.

The  most  beautiful  and tender thought 
the  world  has  ever  had  has  been  of 
home—a  place  whose  only 
law  is  the 
law  of  love,  and  whose  inmates,  bound 
together  by  the  closest  ties  of  interest 
and  blood,  are 
in  perfect  accord  and 
sympathy  with  each  other.  The  sad­
dest  fact  on  earth  is  that  this  ideal  is 
generally  a  dream  and  that  oftener  than 
not  the  real  home  is  a  place  of  bicker­
ing  and  strife,  whose  inmates,  as  soon 
as  they  cross  the  threshold,  drop  the 
mask  of  agreeability  they  have  worn  in 
public  and  only  show  to  each other their 
unloveliness  of  temper,  surliness  and 
bad  manners.

No  one  whose affair  takes  him  much 
into  other  people's  homes  can  deny  the 
truth  of  this  statement.  When  you  find 
one  happy  and  harmonious  home,  you 
find  twenty  that  are  perpetual  storm 
centers  and  where  the  domestic  atmos­
phere  is  always  charged  with  lightning. 
The  husband  and  wife "spat”  with each 
other;  the  children  are  insolent  to  their 
mother and  glum  with  their  father;  the 
brothers  and  sisters  quarrel 
among 
themselves.  The  bouse  is  in  no  sense  a 
home. 
is  nothing  but  a  boarding 
place  filled  with  kicking  guests,  whose 
sole 
idea  of  happiness  is  to  escape  at 
the  earliest  possible  moment  and  enjoy 
themselves  somewhere  else.

It 

In  all  the  unreason  and  quirkiness 
and  crankiness  of  humanity  there  is 
nothing  else  so  strange  as  the  way  we 
deal  with  the  members  of  our  own  fam­
ily.  Why  is  it  that people who are  pleas­
ant  and  agreeable  to  everyone  else  so 
seldom  take  the  trouble  to  be  even  civil 
to  those  of  their  own  household?  Why 
is  it  they  so  often  drop  even  the  decen­
cies  of  social  intercourse in dealing with 
their  own families?  Does  a  woman  for­
feit  the  right  to  be  treated  like  a  lady 
because  she  becomes  a  man’s  wife? 
Why  does  she  consider  she  has  the 
right,  the  moment  she 
is  married,  to 
drop  every  charm  she  used  to  win  him? 
Why  should  daughters  and  sons  who  go 
into  ecstasies  of  gratitude  over 
the 
bunch  of  violets  or 
two-bit  walking 
stick  a  stranger  gives  them  be  base 
enough  never  to  show  by  word  or  look 
that  they  appreciate  the  life-long  sac­
rifices  of  their  parents?

It 

itself 

is  a  curiously  involved  domestic 
problem,  for  these  people  who  frankly 
insult  and  wound  each  other  every  day 
of  their  lives  are  not  actuated  by  active 
dislike,  as  one  might  suppose.  On  the 
contrary,  under  the  brutality  of  treat­
ment  there  generally  exists  a  genuine 
affection  that  manifests 
in  un­
availing  tears  and  costly  monuments 
when  those 
it  might  have  cheered  and 
made  happy  have  passed  beyond  their 
reach.  For  my  own  part, 
I  always 
cherish  the fond  hope  that  the  spirits  of 
the  departed  are  permitted to come  back- 
and  read  on  their tombstones  that  they 
were  the  “ beloved  wife  and  mother”  
of  somebody. 
It  is  about  the  only  inti­
mation  many  a  woman  gets  of  the  es­
teem  in  which  she  was  held  by  her fam­
ily.

The  pathos  of  the  thing  does  not  al­
ways  strike  us  because  we  are  so  famil­
iar  with 
it.  We  should  think  a  man  a 
fool 
if  he  starved  for  bread  with  his 
pocket  full  of  money.  We  should  think 
him  crazy  if,  going  into  a beautiful  rose 
garden,  he  trampled  the  flowers  under 
foot  and  only  plucked  the  thorns,  so  he 
could  prod  them  into  bis  flesh.  Yet  in

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

effect  that  is  what  so  many  families  are 
doing.  With  all  the  materials  for  hap­
piness  in  their  hands  they  still  go  hun­
gry  for  it.  They  throw  aside  the  bloom­
ing  roses  of  companionship  and  love 
and  loyalty  and  devotion  and  only pluck 
the  thorns  of  some  little  peculiarity  of 
disposition  or  taste.  And  then,  long, 
long  afterward, when  the  frost  has  killed 
the  roses,  when  the  summer  of  child­
hood  is  gone  and  there  is  nothing  but  a 
row  of  graves  in  the  cemetery,  how  the 
drifted  sweetness  of  the  old  days  comes 
back  and  one  reproaches one’s  self  that 
he  did  not  enjoy 
it  while  be  might. 
Ah  me,  the  joys  that  might  have  been 
ours,  and  that  we  missed !

It 

is  idle  to  ask  whose  fault  it  is 
when  a  home  is  a  failure. 
It  is  every­
body’s,  because a home is a  co-operative 
institution.  No  woman  can  make  a 
happy  home  if  a  man  sits  and  scowls  at 
her  across  the  table  or  if  his  idea  of  a 
home  is  a  place  where  be  can  luxuriate 
in  bad  temper  and  bad  manners.  No 
man  can  make  a  happy  borne  if  he  is 
married  to  a  woman  who  is  more  in­
terested  in  Browning  than  she  is  in  the 
cook  book  and  who  thinks  that  any  old 
thing  will  do  for  her  husband  and  chil­
dren,  or  who 
is  slatternly,  wasteful, 
querulous  or  fretful.

Generally  speaking,  however,  the ma­
jority  of  the  blame  for the  failure of  a 
home  deservedly  rests  on  the  woman. 
When  a  man  marries,  the  wife’s  part  of 
the  contract 
is  a  tacit  agreement  to 
make  a  comfortable,  well-managed  and 
well-ordered  home,  and  if  she  fails 
in 
that  she  has  failed 
in  the  first  duty. 
More  than  that,  it  is  equally  a  woman’s 
duty  to  give  the  tone  to  the  home—to 
formulate 
its  policy—and  it  rests  with 
her  to  determine  whether  it  is  to  be  one 
of  quiet  peace  and  dignity  or as  full  of 
brawls  and  riots  as  a  common  pothouse. 
As  to  the  way  a woman  is  treated  by  her 
husband  and  children,  that,  also,  is  her 
own  affair.  She  was  a  lady  before  she 
was  a  wife,  and 
if  she  forgets  it and 
permits  her  husband  to  ignore  it  and 
her  children  to  be  impertinent  to  her, 
she  deserves  everything  she  gets. 
It  is 
a  common  saying  among  women  that  a 
woman 
is  accorded  the  measure  of  re­
spect  she  deserves  and  that  a  lady  may 
go  from  one  end  of  the  country  to  the 
other  without  even  hearing  a  word  or 
receiving  a  look  to  annoy  her.  This  is 
just  as  true  of  one's  family  as  it  is of 
the  street  masher.  The  woman  of  self- 
controled  dignity,who  demands  respect­
ful  treatment  and  consideration  from 
those  of  her  own  house,  never  fails to 
receive  it,  and  perhaps  the  real  reason 
why  so  many  homes  are  failures 
is  be­
cause  the  women  at  the  bead  of  them 
lack  backbone.  They  haven't  the  firm­
ness  to  instill  discipline  and  order,  and 
the  family  gets  to be  like a  weakly  offi­
cial’s  regiment  when  the  soldiers  are 
fighting  among  themselves  and  in  open 
mutiny  against  their  commander.

Sometimes  the  cause  of  discord  is  a 
discontented  son  or  daughter. 
They 
scorn  homely  duties,  the  simple  way  of 
living,  they  turn  up  their  noses  at 
father's  opinion  and  sneer  at  mother’s 
views  and  are  sure  the  world  is  wait­
ing  ready  to  bestow  on  them  fame and 
fortune.  The  parents,  who  know  life 
better  and  who  know  that  nothing  but 
struggle  and  failure  await  them,  fool­
ishly  try  to  keep  these  young  malcon­
tents  safe  in  the  home  nest.  It  is a great 
mistake.  Far  better  to 
let  them  go, 
and  after one  round  with  a  cruel  world 
that  will  not  care  one  rap  whether  their 
precious  feelings  are  hurt  or  not  they 
will  be  glad  enough  to  come back  to

in  it. 

three  good  meals  a  day  and  mother. 
It 
is not  likely  that  any  woman  is  going  to 
have  the  courage  to  do  i t ;  but  if  she 
would  only  say  to her  children:  "T his 
is  your  home  only  so  long  as  you  are 
pleasant  and  agreeable 
If  you 
don’t  like 
it,  you  are  perfectly  free  to 
go  somewhere  else, ’ ’  she  would  see  a 
vast  improvement  in  their  manner,  and 
have  to  listen  to  far  fewer  criticisms  on 
the  table.  The  least  return  one  can 
make  for  free board  is  good  company.
Another  thing  that  would  make  enor­
mously  towards  the  augmented  happi­
ness  of  family  life  would  be  the  aban­
donment  once  and  forever  of  the  over­
worked  forgive-and-forget  theory.  We 
forgive—or  we  say  we  do—but  nobody 
on  earth  ever  forgot,  and  there’s  no  use 
in  going  on  the  presumption  that  they 
do.  Every  bitter  word,  every unjust  sus­
is  a  rankling 
picion  and  accusation 
wound  that  never  entirely  heals. 
is 
always  there  in  the  heart,  ready to  bleed 
afresh  at  a  chance  touch  of  memory. 
There  are  terrible  blows  that  love  may 
survive.  It  is  the  little  pin  prick  stabs, 
day  after day, that torture  it  to death.  It 
is  a  mistake  to believe  that  we  forgive 
and  forget  the  unkindness  of  those  of 
our  own  family  quicker  than  those  of 
strangers.  Rather,  they  are  the  deadli­
est  and  the  most  unforgetable,  because 
it 
is  a  Brutus-thrust  from  the  band  we 
love  and  trust.  Surely  we  should  be 
more  careful  of  what  we  say  and  do  if 
we  realized  that  there  is  no  more  any 
such  thing  as  "forgiving  and  forget­
ting”   in  entirety  than  there  is  making 
a  broken  flower  live  again.  The  im­
patient  speeches,  the  cruel  gibes  and 
criticisms  that  we  unthoughtedly bestow 
upon  our  own  families  may  not  land  us 
in  the  divorce  courts  or  lead  to  open 
rupture  with  brothers  or  sisters,  but 
there are those  who,  living  side  by  side, 
year  after  year,  are  more  widely  sun­
dered  than 
if  oceans  and  continents 
stretched  between  them.

It 

Finally, there is the  lack  of  congenial- 
i ity  that  we  attribute to temperament and 
every  other  possible  thing  but  the  true 
thing,  which 
is  politeness.  There  is 
absolutely  nothing  else  on  earth  so ap­
palling  as the  cruel  candor of  our  near 
relations.  They  don’t  feel  called  upon 
to gloss  things  over—to  smile  sweetly  at 
our 
jokes  and  twice-told 
stories  and  at  least  to  keep  civilly  si­
lent  over  our  mistakes.

threadbare 

On  the  contrary,  they  see  our  faults 
and  remind  us  of  them  and  keep  our 
defects  ever before  us,  and  we  cordial­
ly  detest  them  for  doing  it.

“ Just  make  yourself  perfectly 

at 
home, ”   says  the  hospitable  hostess to 
her  guest,  but  nobody  has  ever  been 
rash  enough  to  attempt 
it.  We  know 
very  well  that  if  we  reminded  this  one 
that  she  was  too old  to  wear  bats  with 
do-funnies all over it and another that her 
house  was  ill-kept  and  her  children  un­
bearable  and  another  that  she  couldn’t 
sing  any  more  than  a  frog  we  should 
leave  a  train  of  enemies  behind  us.  Po­
is  the  oil  that  keep  the  wheels 
liteness 
of  society  from  creaking. 
It  is  worth 
too cents  on  the  dollar  everywhere,  and 
in  home  intercourse—with  people  with 
whom  we  must  live  and  from  whom  we 
can  not  get  away— it  is  always  above 
par.  Every 
living  thing  turns  to  the 
sun.  We  must  have  warmth  and  light 
and  approbation 
in  which  to  expand, 
and 
if  we  do  not  find  it at  home  we 
seek  it  elsewhere.  Tradition  bolds  that 
we  must  not  express to those  near and 
dear  to  us  the  affection 
in  which  we 
hold  them  and  the  admiration  we  feel 
is  the  reason  the
for  them,  and  that 

poor,  hungry  human  heart,  longing  for 
love  and  praise,  so  often  turns  from  its 
own  family  to  lavish 
its  treasures  on 
strangers.

After  all,  it  seems  a  simple  thing  to 
suggest  that  a  practical  application  of 
the  amenities  of  civilized  society 
is 
all  that  we  need  to  reform  home  life. 
If 
it  is  well,  upon  occasion,  to  treat 
strangers  as  if  they  were members of our 
family,  it 
is  equally  as  desirable  to 
treat  our  families  with  the  politeness, 
the  civility  we 
the  forbearance  and 
Dorothy  Dix.
show  to  strangers. 

The  Folly  o f Affectation.

One  of  the  most  amusing  as  well  as 
the  most  annoying  of  feminine  vagaries 
is  affectation.  It  is  a  weakness  to  which 
women  seem  peculiarly  addicted,  and 
so  universal  is  the  affliction  that  if  one 
wished  to  call  special  attention  to  her­
self 
is  probable  she  could  hit  on  no 
other  more effective or distinctive device 
than  being  perfectly  natural.

it 

Nothing 

is  more  amusing  than  the 
ways  in  which  the  poor  pretense  of  be­
ing  what  she  is  not  often  manifests  it­
The  story  of  the  ostrich,  that 
self. 
its  head  and  fancies  itself 
covers  up 
concealed,  finds  a  human  parallel 
in 
the  woman  who  believes  that  the  world 
can  not  see  through  the  transparent  airs 
and  graces  with  which  she  decks  her­
self,  or  is  taken 
in  by  affectations  of 
culture,  or  wealth,  or  position.

It  seems  as  if  one’s  sense  of  humor 
ought  to  be  sufficient  safeguard  against 
this  kind  of  thing,  seeing that we can all 
appreciate  how  absurd  others  look  in  a 
false  position,  but 
it  isn't.  We  go  on 
pretending  to  like  things  we  bate,  and 
to  enjoy  things  that  bore  us  to  death, 
secure  that  we  are  deceiving  the  world 
into  thinking  us  wise  or  learned.  Do 
you  suppose  that  half  the  women  who 
rave  over  music  understand  or  care  for 
it?  Not  a  bit.  Plenty  of  the  women 
who  sit  in  boxes  at  the  opera  and  mur­
mur  "bow  divine”   are  stifling  a  yawn, 
and  would  a  thousand  times  rather  be 
laughing  over  the  minstrel  jokes  if  they 
dared  be  honest  and  natural. 
It  is  the 
same  way  with  books.  The great  run 
is  always  a  pre­
on  a  particular  book 
tense and  affectation.  We  read 
it  be­
cause  others  do.  The ranks of  the  Ibsen- 
ites  and  the  Browningites  and  the  fad- 
ites  generally  would  be  decimated  if 
only  those  staid 
in  who  really  under­
stand  and  enjoy  metaphysical problems. 
The  literary  and  artistic  crazes  of  the 
day  are  supported  by  the  affectations  of 
women  who  don’t  really  care  two  but­
tons  for  them,  but  who  are  not  brave 
enough  to  come  out  and  say  what  they 
think.
it,  it  is 
more  and  more  wonderful  that  there 
should  be  so  much  affectation,  because 
in  reality  nothing  is  so  delightful  and 
refreshing  as  naturalness. 
It  is  like  a 
breath  of  fresh  air  let  into  an  overbot 
and  crowded  room.  How  we  rejoice  in 
the  woman  who  has  the  courage  of  her 
convictions;  who  says  frankly  that  she 
wasn’t 
invited  to  the  Croesus  ball  in­
stead  of  telling  a  fib  about  the  head­
ache ;  who  comes  out  with  the  plump 
statement  that  she  thiuks  such  and  such 
a  book  a  bore,  and  who  owns  that  the 
reason  she  doesn’t  refurnish  the  house 
is  because  she  can’t  afford  it,  instead 
of  telling  us  some  tarradiddle  about  be­
ing 
so  attached  to  old  things  she 
can’t  bear to  part  with  them.

Really,  when  one  thinks  of 

There  is  an  old  story  about  a  cele­
brated  diplomat  whose  cunning  was 
such  it  was  the  marvel  of  all  who  came 
in  contact  with  him.  No  one  could  an­
ticipate  or  explain  it,  and  finally,  when 
he  was  called  upon  for  an  explanation, 
he  said  he  "sim ply  told  the  truth. ” •

in  favor  of  simplicity. 

Pretty  much  the  same  thing  might  be 
said 
the 
shams  by  which  we  are surrounded noth­
ing  else  seems  at  once  so  interesting 
and  chic  as  naturalness. 
It  has  all  the 
charm  of  the  unusual.

In 

Co r a  St o w e l l.

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Dr.  L.  W.  Bliss,  President 

Janies  B.  Peter,  Secretary 

Hon.  A.  T.  Bliss,  Treasurer

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WEDNESDAY,------JULY  12,1899.

Even 

the  commercial  optimist 

A  FINANCIAL  RECORD-BREAKER.
is 
opening  bis  eyes  with  wonder.  He 
finds,  upon  looking  over  the  account  of 
the  manufacturing  exports  for  tbe  fiscal 
year,  not  yet  complete,  that  the  books 
alieady  show  an  increase  over  last  year 
which  will  be  at  least  $50,000,000  over 
1898,  which  was  itself  a  record-breaker. 
Enough,  at  all  events,  appears  to  war­
rant  the  estimate  of  last  year’s  exports 
of  manufactured  products  at  $335,000,- 
000,  an  amount  averaging  something 
more  than  $1,000,000  a  day  for 
tbe 
business  days  of  the  year.

increased 

in  1889  to  $32,180,872 

When  the  price  of  iron  and  steel  went 
up  a  few  months  ago,  it  was  expected 
that  there  would  be  a  decrease  in  the 
exports  of  manufacturea  products 
in 
It  appears,  on  tbe  con­
those  lines. 
trary,  that  the  exports  have 
increased 
to  a  remarkable  degree  even  at  tbe  ad­
vanced  figures.  The  reports  show  an 
increase  of  trade  for  the  past  few  years. 
The 
iron  and  steel  exports  increased 
from  $21,156,077  in  1898  to $70,406,885 
in  1899,  an  increase  of  something  more 
than  three  times.  Exports  of  manufac­
tured  copper 
in  value  from 
$2,348,954 
in 
1898.  or  more  than  thirteen  times.  Dur­
ing  tbe  same  period  leather  manufac­
turers  exported  nearly double values and 
cotton-manufactured  exports  show  an 
increase  of  almost  70  per  cent.  Agri­
cultural  implements  more  than  doubled 
its  manufactures 
in  value;  paper  and 
more  than  quadrupled;  wood  and 
its 
manufactures  show  a  gain  of  nearly  50 
per  cent.  ;  exports  of  paraffin  and  par­
affin  wax  almost  tripled  m  value,  and 
the  exports  of  chemicals,  drugs and dyes 
exhibit  a  gain  in  value  of  more  than  80 
per  cent  There  are  other accounts  of 
the  same  purport,  but  enough  have  been 
given  to  show  that  in  one  line  of  Na­
tional  prosperity,  as  a  record-breaker, 
the  United  States  holds  no  mean  place.
The  feature  in  which  the  Tradesman 
is especially  interested  lies  in  the  fact 
that  the  American  manufacturer 
is 
studying  the  wants,  as well as  tbe  needs, 
of  tbe  earth  and 
is  trying  to  supply 
both.  The  figures  show  that  he  is ap­
plying  to  bis  business  the  everlasting 
gospel  truths  of  “ Get  there!”   They 
show,  what  this  periodical  has  always 
insisted  on,  that  the  American  manu­
facturer  and  the  American  merchant 
have  only  to  bestir  themselves  to be­
come  the  commercial  masters  of  the 
world.  This  country  has  long  been  the 
acknowledged  home of inventive genius. 
Its  industry  has  become  proverbial  and

is 

its  courage 
indomitable,  and  as  a 
driver of  sharp  bargains the  Yankee 
is 
fairly  well  known. 
It  is  true  that  self­
appreciation  has  at  times been a marked 
American  characteristic;  but  the  time 
has  yet  to  be  stated  when  tbe  American 
has  not  made  his  vaunting  true.  These 
are  qualities  that  tell;  especially 
in 
commercial  lines.  The  manufacturing 
world  has  so  far  been  carried  on  too 
much  upon  general  principles. 
Tbe 
peoples  of  the  earth  have been  taken  as 
a  whole,  and  as  a  whole  their  wants 
have  been  supplied. 
It  has  remained 
for  the  American  to  break  up  the  old 
order of things and as a specialist to cater 
to  individual  National want.  He was the 
first  to  show  that  a  shoe  comely  and 
comfortable  upon  the  German  foot  was 
a  torture  and  an  eyesore  to  the  French­
man,  and  made  for  each  nationality 
what  each  needed ;  and  this  marvelous 
increase 
in  tbe  exports  of  the  United 
States  is  due  largely  to  this.

record-breaker 

The  conclusion  of  the  whole  matter  is 
inevitable. 
in 
American  exports  is  not  a  matter  of 
chance.  There  are  push  and 
intelli­
gence and  industry  and  abundant  means 
behind  them;  and  they  have  come  to 
stay.  The  tidal  wave  will  ebb  back  in­
to  tbe  ocean  bed— it  is  the  inevitable 
law ;  but 
it  will  flow  again,  and  the 
same  forces  which  have  made  tbe  ex­
ports  of  1899 a  record-breaker  will  ac­
cording  to  tbe  same  law  furnish  a  like 
success  in  the  years  to  come.

The 

immense 

In  the  manufacturing  towns 

in  the 
Indiana  gas  belt  the  prospective  failure 
within  a  few  years  of the  supply  of  nat­
ural  gas 
is  a  serious  question.  Tbe 
existence  of  this  cheap  fuel, has  given 
an 
impulse  to  manufacturing 
in  Indiana,  has  attracted a  large  amount 
of  capital  to  tbe  State,  and  has  been  an 
important  factor 
in  tbe  building  up  of 
some  of  tbe  most  prosperous  manufac­
turing  towns.  Between  1880  and  1890 
tbe  value  of  manufactured  products  in 
the  State  increased  from  $48,000,000 to 
over  $226,000,000,  and the increase  since 
1890  has  been  still  greater.  The  effect 
on  these  industries  of  the  failure  of  nat­
ural  gas 
is  being  seriously  discussed. 
Fortunately  for  Indiana,  it  has  a  supply 
of  good  coal  near  tbe  center  of  popula­
tion,  and  sufficient  in  quantity,  accord­
ing  to  tbe  State  geologist,  to  serve  all 
expected  needs  of  the  State  for  1,600 
years.  New 
industries  may  of  course 
be  tempted  to  other  gas  fields,  but  In­
diana  hopes  to  retain  all  the  established 
plants, for  the  reason  that  moving  is  ex­
pensive,  and  because  of  the  doubt,  re­
sulting  from  experience,  of  tbe  long 
continuance  anvwhere  of  natural  gas.

If  some  one  in  no  way  connected  with 
tbe  shoe  business  should  call  a  conven­
tion  of  gentlemen  to  arbitrate  tbe differ­
ences  between  Governor  Pingree and the 
employes  of  his  shoe  factory,  Mr.  Pin­
gree  would  very  properly 
inform  the 
gentlemen  that  he  was  capable  of  con­
ducting  bis  own  business.  Yet  Pingree 
put  himself  in  the  position  of  an  inter­
loper  when  he  undertook  to arbitrate tbe 
differences 
in  the  Pullman 
strike,  five  years  ago.  He  was  then  en­
tering  upon  a  political  career and  was 
making  grand  stand  plays  for  the  sup­
port  of  the  fool  union  men  who  rush 
blindly  after  every  demagogue  who 
knows  how  to  prate about  unionism  be­
fore  election  and  then  stab  tbe  animal 
in  the  back  as  soon  as  bis  term  of  office 
has  expired.____________

involved 

Some  people  prefer  tbe  rising  sun; 
others  like  the  setting  sun  best;  but  it 
is all  the  same  sun.

UNION  LABEL  A  DAMAGE.

The  present  strike  in  the  factory  of 
Pingree  &  Smith  furnishes  a  whole 
chapter  of  commentary  on  the  value of 
modern  unionism  as a  factor  in  the shoe 
industry,  and,  by 
inference,  in  other 
lines  of  productive  trade.  The  fact  that 
tbe  principal  in  that  corporation  during 
his ten  years of  political  life has  posed 
as  a  general  philanthropist,  giving  es­
pecial  attention  to  the  needs and  tbe 
grievances  of  the  working  man,  gives 
his  personal  and  business  relations  a 
peculiar  significance.  It will be  recalled 
that  bis 
interest  in  these  questions  led 
to  his  first  entrance  into  public  life. 
Then  a  notable  instance  of  his 
interest 
in  such  matters  was  indicated  by  bis is­
suing  a  call  to  tbe  mayors of  other cities 
to  meet  in  conference  with  him  in  Chi­
cago  to  undertake  the  settlement  of  tbe 
Pullman  strike,  a  move  which,  while  it 
seemed  only  to  meet  with  ridicule, 
served  to  show  his  interest  in  the  cause 
of  the  oppressed  working  man,  and 
really  served  in  no  small  degree  to  en­
hance  bis  popularity  and  further  bis 
political  ambitions.  Acting  along  the 
same  lines,  his  whole  career  has  been 
such  as  to  make  him  pre  eminently  the 
apostle  of  the  working  man  and  his 
success  in  filling  tbe  popular  mind  with 
that  idea  has  been  repeatedly  demon­
strated  by  the  phenomenal  majorities 
with which  he  has  carried  his  elections. 
Naturally  it  is  to be  expected  that  in­
dustrial  enterprises  under  his  control 
would furnish models of excellence in tbe 
relations  of  employer  and  employe,  and 
certainly  the  merits  of  unionism  would 
receive  tbe  fullest  recognition.

Yet 

it  has  been  patent  for a  number 
of  years  that all  was  not  peace  and  har­
mony.  Presuming,  doubtless,  upon  the 
vulnerability  of  tbe  management  on  ac­
count  of  political  relations,  it has  been 
a  difficult  matter  to  keep  up  even  a 
semblance  of  harmony  and  a  strike  was 
inaugurated  several  years  ago.  A  peace 
was  soon  arranged  by  making  such  con­
cessions  as  seemed  possible  and  keep 
the  business  running.  Of  course,  none 
were to  be  employed  except  union  oper­
atives  and  the  union 
label  was  to  be 
borne by  all  products.

The  later  experience  of  tbe  enterprise 
has  demonstrated  that  a  model  union 
shop  in  which  the  employes  have all  the 
power  which  unionism  demands  is 
in­
compatible  with  business  success,  even 
under  the  most  favorable circumstances. 
The  immense  popularity  of  the  senior 
name  in  tbe  corporation  afforded  an 
unique  opportunity  for advertising  the 
product  and  it  was  improved  on  a  large 
scale;  but 
it  soon  became  evident  that 
even  this  advantage  was  more  than  neu­
tralized  by  the  artificially  high  cost  of 
making  tbe goods.  Political  needs  and 
ambitions  carried  tbe  experiment as  far 
as  was  possible and  when  occasion  was 
taken  for  another  strike  it  was  deter­
mined  to  put  an  end  to  the  intolerable 
conditions,  and,  to  the consternation  of 
tbe  union  managers,  notice  was  given 
that  their  rule  was  over, 
that  their 
stamp,  which  bad  proven  a  damage  to 
tbe  trade,  was  to  be discontinued  and 
the  factories  were  to be  opened  to  non­
union labor.

It  would  be difficult  to  make  a  more 
thorough  test  of  the  merits  and 
limita­
tions  of  unionism  than  has  thus been 
afforded.  With  every  possible  incentive 
to  meet  all  their  requirements, and  with 
tbe  most  exceptional  advantages  for  ad­
vancing  the  business  interests  through 
personal  prestige  and  popularity,  the 
trial  has beeu  carried  to  the  utmost. 
If 
under  such  conditions it is demonstrated

that  unionism  can  not  be  maintained, 
what  must  be  the  experience  of  those 
manufacturers  who  undertake  the  use  of 
the  label  solely  on business grounds,  un­
influenced  by  political  expediency.

A  writer  in  the  Century,  who  has 
made  a  study  of  the  tramp,  has  come  to 
the  conclusion  that  tbe  free  riding  on 
freight  trains  has  not  been  the  least  in 
centive  to  trampism.  The  custom  grew 
up  after  the  war,  and  it  was  tolerated 
so  long  that  tramps  came  to  regard  it as 
a  right  and  fought  to  retain  it.  Thou­
sands  pass  from  one  section of  the coun­
try  to  another,  thus  spreading  tbe  evil. 
Furthermore,  traveling 
is  so  attractive 
to  many  men  that  it  induces  them to be­
come  tramps.  The  writer  holds  that  if 
tramps  were  kept  off 
trains 
tramping  would  not  be  so  attractive, 
and  that  if  railroad officials  would  make 
a  concerted  and  energetic  effort  they 
might cut  off the  privilege  of free trans­
portation,  which  would  confine  the  wan­
derers 
to  limited  areas,  where  they 
would  soon  become  known  to  tbe  offi­
cials and  the  custom  be  suppressed.

freight 

In  Morocco  at  this  time  entire  wagon 
loads  of  locusts  are  brought  to  tbe  mar­
ket  in  Fez,  because  they  form  a  regular 
article  of  food  for  the  Moors  who  in­
habit  this  part  of  North  Africa.  The 
locusts  are  eaten  in every style,  pickled, 
salted,  simply  dried,  smoked,  or  in  any 
other  possible  way,  except  raw.  The 
negroes  on  tbe  northern  coast  of  Africa 
prefer  locusts  to  pigeons,  and  they  eat 
from  200  to  300 at  a  sitting.  They  re­
move  head,  wings  and  legs,  boil  them 
for half  an  hour  in  water,  then  add  salt 
and  pepper,  and  fry  them  in  vinegar. 
In  a  similar  way  locusts  are prepared  at 
other  points  in  Africa  and  Asia.  Pre­
served  in  salt  pickle  they  form  a  staple 
article of  commerce.  Locusts in  Africa 
are  also  compressed,  when  fresh, 
in 
barrels,  and  are  then  dished  out  like 
butter  at  meal  times.

Tbe  model  town  of  Pullman  has  lost 
its  identity  and  will  henceforth  have  no 
individual  existence.  The  city  of  Chi­
cago  took  possession  of  it  July  1,  when 
it  became  part  of  tbe  Thirty-fourth 
ward.  Pullman  ceased  to  have  a  sepa­
rate  legal  existence  some time ago, when 
the  Supreme  Court  declared  that  the 
Pullman  Palace  Car  Company  exceeded 
its  charter  rights  in  tbe  holding  of lands 
and  bouses  for tbe purposes of maintain­
ing  a  town.  Tbe  company  has,  how­
ever,  continued  to  clean  the  streets,  look 
after  the  sewers,  and  supply  water  for 
the  residents.

In  tbe  United  States  Circuit  Court  at 
Boston  tbe  other  day  Judge  Colt  de­
cided  that  “ Wheeling  stogies”   could 
only  be  made  in  Wheeling,,  W.  Va. 
It 
is claimed  that  this  decision  can  be  ap­
plied  to  “ Key  West”   cigars not actually 
made  in  Key  West, and  that  it also  may 
affect  other  manufactured  articles  sold 
on  the  representation  that  they  come 
from  a  certain  city  which  has  attained 
prominence  in  the  manufacture  of  such 
articles.  _____________

The  territory  of  Alaska  has  yielded 
its  purchase  more  than  twenty 
its  purchase  price.  Yet  there 
its 

since 
times 
were  many  people  who  claimed  that 
acquirement  was  unconstitutional.

Give  a  boy  good  manners  and  he 

is 
guarded  from  half  tbe  immoralities  that 
vulgar young  men  indulge  in.

Talk  is  cheap  over a  backyard  fence; 
it  costs  like  tbe  mischief  over a 

but 
long-distance  telephone.

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is  necessary  to  modify  the  composition 
of  the  mantles  because  of  the  intense 
heat  of  the  acetylene  Bunsen 
flame, 
which  gives  a  temperature  of  3812  to 
4397  degrees  Fahrenheit.

It  would  extend  this  article  to  undue 
length  to  speak  of  the  various  uses  of 
acetylene  as  an  enricher  of  other  gases, 
but  a  mixture  of  acetylene  and  Pintscb 
oil  gas  now  in  use  on  all  the  Prussian 
state  railways  deserves  mention,  as  it 
is  a  success,  and  ten  thousand  tons  of 
carbide  will  be  used  this  year  for  light­
ing  cars  by  this  system.  Lewes’  new 
invention  of  a  very  cheap  methane 
water  gas  which  is  enriched  by  acety­
lene,  carried  to  the  consumer through 
mains  and  burned  in  ordinary  burners, 
is  also  promising.

Insurance  and  police  regulations  vary 
for  every  country.  As  a  rule,  restric­
tions  are  put  on  the  use  of  liquid  acety­
lene,  and  on  the  amount  of  carbide  to 
be  kept  in  storage.  Generators  must 
stand 
in  separate  buildings,  which,  in 
towns,  must  be  fireproof.

in 

The  Willson  patents  cover  the  manu­
facture  of  crystalline  carbide 
the 
United  States,  Canada  and  the  South 
American  States;  and,  as  all  carbide 
made  by  the  electric  furnace  is  crystal­
line,  no  carbide  can  be  made  independ­
ently  of  these  patents  in these countries.
In  conclusion,  it  may  be  predicted 
that  within  the  next  few  years  acetylene 
will  prove  a  factor  in  givine  us  an 
im­
proved  and  cheaper  light  Whether  this 
will  be  an  acetylene-Welsbach  light  or 
whether  the  acetylene  will  be  chiefly 
used  as  an  enricher  of  cheaper  gases 
the  future  will  show.— Edward  Renouf 
in  Popular  Science  Monthly.

Acetylene  Lighting
Relative  Strength  of  Light  From 

Acetylene  Gas.

When  acetylene  is  burned  in air under 
such  conditions  that  the flame  does  not 
smoke,  it  has  been  proved  by  Grebant 
that  there  is  no  carbon  monoxide among 
the  combustion  products;  the  acetylene 
combines  with  the  oxygen  of  the  air  to 
form  carbon  dioxide  and  water.  One 
cubic  foot  of  acetylene  requires  two  and 
a  half  cubic  feet  of oxygen.  Supposing 
a  room  to  have  an  illumination  equal  to 
sixty-four  standard candles;  this amount 
of  light  from  candles  would  use  up  38.5 
cubic  feet  of  oxygen  from  the  air  and 
would  give  off  forty-three  cubic  feet  of 
carbon  dioxide;  petroleum  requires,  in 
cubic  feet,  twenty-five  of  oxygen  and 
gives  off  foity  of  carbon  dioxide;  gas 
burned  with  a  flat  flame  requires  about 
twenty-five  oxygen  and  gives  nineteen 
carbon  dioxide— with  an  Argandflamea 
little  less,  while  with  the  Welsbach 
burner  gas  requires  only  three  oxygen, 
and  gives  off  1.8  carbon dioxide;  acety­
lene  requires  five  oxygen  and  yields 
four  carbon  dioxide.  So  that,  light  for 
light,  acetylene  fouls  the  aii  less  than 
any  ordinary 
illuminant  excepting  the 
Welsbach  gas  burner. 
incan­
descent  electric 
light  there  is  no  com­
bustion  and  no  fouling  of  the  air.)

(With 

Under  the  best  conditions  five  cubic 
feet  of  acetylene  give  a 
light  of  two 
hundred  and  forty  candles  for  one  hour, 
or  we  may  speak  of  acetylene  as  a  two- 
hundred-and-forty-candle  gas.  Yet this 
statement,  although  strictly  true,  may 
be  misleading.  When  ordinary  illumi­
nating gas  is  tested with the photometer, 
it  is  burned  from  a  standard  fiat-flame 
burner,  burning  five  cubic  feet  per 
hour.  Now  the  amount  of  light  given 
by  such  a  gas  flame  is  no  greater  than 
is  pleasant  to  the  eye;  it  is  true  that,  if 
we  burn  five  cubic  feet  of  acetylene 
from  a  suitable  flat-flame  burner,  a light 
of  two  hundred  and  forty  candles  is 
given,  but  it  is  unfair  to  take  this  ratio 
as  representing  the  actual  relative  illu­
minating  value  of  the  two  lights,  be­
cause  we  neither  need  a  light  of  two 
hundred  and  forty  candles,  nor  is  such 
an  amount  of  light 
issuing  from  one 
burner  endurable  to  the  eye.  One-foot 
or  one  half  foot  acetylene  burners  are 
used  for  [domestic  lighting;  light  from 
the  best  one-foot  burners  average 
thirty-two 
thirty-five  candles  per 
cubic  foot.  With  acetylene,  as  with 
every  other illuminating gas,  the  smaller 
the  burner  and  consumption,  the  less 
light  per  cubic  foot  of  gas  is  obtained. 
Another  important  point  is  that  while 
these  figures  represent  the best practical 
illumination  obtained  from  acetylene 
by  the  burners hitherto in use,  the stand­
ard  flat-flame  burner  does  not  give  the 
best  gaslight;  with  a  good  Welsbach 
burner  a  cubic  foot  of  illuminating  gas 
will  give  a  seventeen  candle  light  as  an 
average.  The  comparison,  to  be  fair, 
should  be  between  acetylene  and  the 
Welsbach  light.

to 

Successful 

The  reader  will  ask  whether  it  is  not 
possible  to  burn  acetylene  with  other 
forms  of  burner,  or  to  use  it  with  Wels­
bach  mantles. 
acetylene 
burners  of  the  Argand  or  of  the  regen: 
erative  type  have  not  yet  been  intro­
duced ;  but in  Germany  a  new  acetylene 
burner  witb  Welsbach  mantle  promises 
good  results.  Experiments  in  England 
with  an  acetylene  Bunsen  burner  and 
Welsbach  mantle  gave  a  light  of  ninety 
candles  per  cubic  foot  of  acetylene 
It  remains  to be  seen  whether  it
used. 

9

Acetylene 
Gas—

Makes the BRIGHTEST, 

PUREST, 
CHEAPEST,
SAF EST and most 
CONVENIENT 

Light when made by the

Crown  Acetylene  Gas  Machine

Write us for Catalogue and full 
particulars.  Agents wanted.

Crown Acetylene Gas Machine Co.,

Detroit, Mich.

THE

THE  MOST SIMPLE  AND 

COMPLETE  DEVICE  FOR  GENERATING 

ACETYLENE GAS  IN  THE  MARKET. 

A B S O L U T E L Y   A U TO M A TIC .

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

Write for Catalogue and particulars to
GEO.  F. OWEN  &  CO.,

COR.  LOUI8 AND  CAMPAU  ST S..

GRAN D  R A P ID S ,  M ICH.

The  Price  o f  “A  Good  Liar.”

Also Jobbers of  Carbide, Gas  Fixtures,  Pipe and Fittings.

“ If  I  hire you,”   said  a  grocer  to  a 
boy  who  had  applied  for  work,  “ I  sup­
pose  you  will  do  as  I  tell  you?”

“ Yes,  sir.”
“ If  I  told  you  to  say  the  sugar  was 
high  grade  when  it  was  low,  what  would 
you  say?”

The  boy  did  not  hesitate  a  moment.
“ I’d  say  it,”   he  responded  promptly.
* ‘ If  I  told  you  to  say  the  coffee  was 
pure  when  you  knew  that  it  bad  beans 
in  it,  what  would  you  say?”

“ I’d  say  it.”
“ If  I  told  you  to  say  that  the  butter 
was  fresh  when  you  knew 
it  had  been 
in  the  store  for  a  month, what  would you 
say?”

“ I’d  say  it."
The  merchant  was  nonplussed.
“ How  much  will  you  work  for?”   he 

enquired,  very  seriously.

“ One  hundred  dollars  a  week,”   an­
swered  the  boy,  in  a  business-like  tone.
The  grocer  came  near  falling  from 

his  stool.

“ One  hundred  dollars  a  week?”   he 

repeated,  in  astonishment.

“ Witb  a  percenatge after  the  first  two 
weeks,”   said  the  boy,  coolly. 
“ You 
see,”   he  went  on,“ first-class  liars  come 
high;  and,  if  you  need  them 
in  your 
business  you’ve  got  to  pay  them  the 
price.  Otherwise  I’ll  work  for $3  per 
week ;”   and  the  boy  caught  the grocer 
at  his  own  game,  and  got  the  job  at  $3 
per  week.

Succesion  to  the  Michigan &  Ohio Acetylene  Gas  Co.’» 

Carbide  Bnsiness.
Jobbers of

Calcium

Carbide

and all kinds of

Acetylene Gas Burners

Orders promptly filled.

Jackson, Michigan.

Here  It  Is!

The  Holmes Generator

Just what you  have  been  looking  for.  The  latest, 
the best,  the safest,  the most durable and most sav­
ing of carbide on the market.  It  has  the  improve­
ments  long  sought  for  by  all  generator  manu­
facturers.  No  more wasted  gas,  no  over  heating, 
no smoke, no coals on  burners.  Only  one-tenth as 
much  gas  escapes  when  charging  as  in  former 
machines and you  cannot  blow  it  up.  It's  safe, 
it's simple.  It is sold under a guarantee.  You put 
the carbide in and the machine does the  rest.  It is 
perfectly automatic.  A   perfect and steady light at 
all  times.  No  flickering  or  going  out  when 
charged.  Do not  buy  a  Generator  until  you  have 
seen this.  You  want  a  good  one  and  we  have 
it.  It's  made  for  business.  Fully  approved  by 
Board  of  Underwriters.  Catalogue  and  prices 
cheerfully sent on application.  Experienced acety­
lene gas agents wanted.  Limited territory for sale. 
Also dealers in Carbide,  Fixtures,  Fittings,  Pipe.

Holmes-Bailey Acetylene Gas £0.

Maoton, Michigan.

W E   A R E   T H E

P E O P L E
Profiting by  the experience  of 
the numerous generators  which 
have been  put  on  the  market 
during  the  past  two  years,  we 
have succeeded  in  creating  an 
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lines, which we have designated 
as the

TURNER
GENERATOR

If  you  want  the  newest, most 
economical  and  most  easily 
operated  machine,  write  for 
quotations  and  full  particulars.

TURNER &  HAUSER,

121  OTTAWA ST., 
GRAND RAPIDS.

State rights for sale.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

10

Petting the  People

Good  and  Bad  Advertising  and  Ex­

amples  o f  Both.

Saginaw,  July 

i— As  I  am  a  diligent 
reader  of  the  Tradesman,  I  take  delight 
in  reading  your  page  on  “ Getting  the 
People”   and  send  yon  one  of  a  few  ad­
vertisements  we  were  running 
in  the 
paper  here.  This  is  jnst  one  of  half  a 
dozen  we  have  used,  and  it  might  aid 
other  grocers  throughout  the  State.

George  B.  Sexlinger.

Mr.  Sexlinger'sadvertisement  runs  as 

follows:

It’s  Easy 
to  Quess

why  our  business  grows  as 
continuously and as substan­
tially as  it does.  The  stock 
we carry, the prices we quote, 
the complete service we give. 
We never  lose  a  customer, 
and the old ones  bring  new 
ones.  Seems to us  that  we 
are keeping the sort of  store 
you  ought  to  trade  in. 
If 
you  knew  all  about  it  you 
would.
We don't claim  to  have  the 
best store, but we try to make 
a better one impossible.

Yours for trade.

S e x lin g e r   &   W in te rste in , 

t927 IV. Mkhigaa Are. 

!
|

Mr.  Sexlinger has  written  the  begin­
ning  oi  a  very  goed  advertisement—bet 
only  the  beginning.  His  style  is  clear 
and  forcible,  and 
the  adverttsemeat 
leaves  a  good  impression.  Tbe  las:  sen­
tence  is  particularly  well  worded.  Ext 
—to  go  hack  to  first  principles— adver­
tising  is  meant  tc  sel.  goods.  Ar  ar-
vertisement  w ::ci  does  ret  r r   so «if,. 
some  particular  article  ce  ameles is like 
a  fishing-line  arc  brot w jtBesa any feart 
It  may  catch  something. Swat tie  cr3_>rs 
are  that  it  w  11  cos.  Another point—cbe 
advertisement  does  set  sell  ¿be  k-rc 
of  gooes  that  Sexlinger  Ac  W  rterscesr 
sell. 
It  I  had  not  tbeir  letter-fee»!  be­
fore  me.  Í  would  net  be able tc  ssate 
that tbev  sell  groceries,  fruits and prod- 
uce.  For  a;i  the  advertisement  ha« to 
say  about 
it,  they  ccuid  sell  shoes  or 
hardware  or  anything  else  that  is  sold 
under  the  sue.

Now.  what 

If  I  had  been 

in  Mr.  Sexlinger's 
place,  1  should  have  said  to  myself, 
after  writing  the  upper  portion  of  tbe 
advertisement, 
lines  of 
goods  are  most  is  demand  at  this  sea­
son  of  the  year?”   And  after  mentally 
deciding  on  seme  popular  lines  of  gro­
ceries,  I  would  have  marked  them  down 
to  a  specially  tempting  price and adver­
tised  that  fact.  There  is no doubt  at  ail 
that  if  Mr.  Sexlinger  had  written  them | 
up 
in  the  same  style  which  he  displays! 
in  the  body  of  his  advertisement  he 
would  have sold  goods.

The  beauty  of  making  a  definite  offer i 
in  each  advertisement 
is that  you  can ] 
figure out  the  results  with  almost  abso- i 
lute  accuracy. 
If  you  advertise potted I 
ham  at 9 cents a  can  you  can  figure  cat ¡ 
from  your  sates  of  potted  ham  bow  your 
advertising  is  pulling.  And  even  if you I 
make  no profit  at  ail  on  the  ham,  or 
even  lose a  little  money,  the  people  who j 
come 
in  to buy  the  ham  will  doubtless 
see  something  else that  they  want,  and

cover  your  loss  in  that  way. 
If  the  ad­
vertising  brings  in  new  customers,  and 
you  treat  them  ptoperly,  they  will  stick 
to  you.  So  even  if  you  lose  a  few  dol­
lars  on  a  special  offer,  the  net  results 
will  show  a  balance on  the  credit side of 
the  ledger.

And  these  remarks  apply  not  only  to 
the  grocery  business,  but to almost  every 
other  business  as  well.

*  *  *

in 

I  assume  it 

it  appeared 

Here  is a  building  association  adver­
tisement 
that  would  make  angels 
weep. 
is  an  advertise­
ment,  because 
the 
advertising  columns  of  a  newspaper, 
it  contains  display  type, 
and  because 
otherwise 
it  might  easily  be  taken 
for  a  missing-word  or  a  job  printer’s 
sample  sheet:

IKE Y80 OUT IF DEBT?

W H Y ?
A  • 

w 

*1! *t .w  trim»

W E  W I L L   L O A N  

Y O U   T H E   M O N E Y

To par tost debts, iwr <w icftoti i  HOME

E A SILY AND SU RELY  PAY 

tt hack and he FREE!

W £  H A V E   T H E   M O N E Y .
Few Teros Apoij- at O Sce ar Address
m m  8L-crc.  im  tc

BIG RAPIDS, MICH.

It 

is  tbe  weirdest  cctnbitsatict  of

«S5S0C. EBS2KSE "

O w n  
Y o u r 
H om e

K vr__  cam  ¡put  rut  m:r»  tts.-t
the next was  ar» 
Sim­
ply pay as, ssc-sic  ec  xte  W ir- 
kxrá.  ax»$  n   a  fear  years  your 
beexe  will  fee  your  :«n*  wirf 
nctruxg  te-  pay 
x   feun  ~iw-
taxes.

It  WÜI  pay  you  as  <oamie  in,

drop  os  a pcscal ñor oust bodküec.

Loua  Assaciatiaa.

■®  Security  BiMiu( aai 
V

tfetiM.  Jfcgfc.

The  best  summary  of  the  principles 
underlying  display 
is  advertising  was 
given  by  Manly  M.  Giliam,  who  was 
for  years advertising  manager  of  John 
Wanamaker’s  Philadelphia  stove.  Mr. 
Giilam  said  in  substance:

Display 

is  emphasis.  The  effect of 
black  tvpe  upon  the  reader  is die  same 
as  the  raising  of  the  voice would  be  up­
on  a listener.  The  effective speaker  is 
tbe  one  who  places  emphasis  at  die 
proper  points.  The effective advertiser 
is the  coe who places display  lines  and

black  type  only  where  they  are  neces­
sary.  What  would  you  think  of  a  speak­
er  who broke  into a  shout every  three  or 
four  words?

is  hard  to  read. 

A  great  many  men  who  write  adver­
tisements  have  just  this  fault.  They 
write an  advertisement,  and  when  they 
are  finished  they  underscore  words  here 
and  there and  tell  the  printer  to  make 
the  underscored  words  black.  And when 
is  set  up  it  looks 
the  advertisement 
spotted  and 
If  the 
composition  of  an  advertisement  is  left 
to 
the  average  compositor,  be  will 
usually  try  to  see  bow  many  kinds  of 
type  be  can  work 
into  it.  This  is  a 
mistake.  Two.  or  at  most  three,  styles 
of  type  are  sufficient  for any  advertise­
ment,  and  these  styles  should  be  chosen 
with  reference  to  the  ease  with  which 
they  can  be  read.  The easier an  adver­
is  to  read,  the  more  people 
tisement 
its  ar­
will  read  it   The  more  simple 
rangement  and  the  fewer  styles 
it  con­
tains,  the  easier  it  will  be  to  read.  The 
moral  is  obvious.

*  *  *

The  accompanying  advertisement, 
(dipped  from  a  New  Orleans  paper,
I  shows  that  big  biack  type  is  not  neces­
sary  to  the  attractiveness of an  adver- 
j tisement 
It  is  neat  in  appearance and

The best 1 hop /it town.

0 io d e h a u x '§

<cf)tope

P\eve$

Tuesday, July 4.

What  are  you  going  to  do  with 

your legs this summer?

Wear  old  trousers  or  have  your 

legs recovered?

It'll have  to  be  a  queer  kind  of 
legs and a queer  sort  of  taste  that 
we can't satisfy—$2 to $8.

Of course,  we  cover  all  the  rest 

of the body—boys’ bodies, too.

Gothes that fit

T e r   Leox  Godchaux Clothing 

Co.,  L imited.

E.-ntesrgg Corner Canal and Chartres.

nas tfeaa  air of  "differentness”   which  is 
sc  essential  ic  ax  advertisement.  The 
jjeatLxig  s a n e r   is  bright  and  crisp  and 
grrts  the  -csp7es:oc  that  the  advertiser 
inns:  keep 2  pretty  good  sort  of  cloth­
ing  sirme. 
In  its  way  I  would  consider 

||® *  m ’jon.  tc  good  advertising.

a  a   a

rrf  advertising. 

|  2  wrotic 
like  mere  of the  readers  of 
afrit  Trafessctx  tc  send  in  samples  of 
afresar  adhpestisnag  for  criticism. 
I  be- 
¡Sfewe  chat  if  they  will  do this  it  will 
max*  a ss d ep v tn cst of  direct personal 
:'l2it5i«s to tfeem.  I  would  like  to  receive 
«KOTiries  abc«   advertising  plans and 
auy  et&er  matters  connected  with  the 
I  am  paid  by 
the  Tradesman  to  do just  this. 
I  can 
act  promise to approve of  every  adver­
tisement  that  comes  in  to  me and  I  may 
j at times  hurt  someone’s  feelings  by  the 
I frankness  of  my  remarks;  but  my  criti­
cism  will  at  alt  times  be as  fair and un­
biased  as  human  criticisms  can  be. 
It 
is  not  the  people  who  pat  us  on  the 
I back  that  do  us  tbe  most  good. 
In  my 
¡own  experience, 
tbe  men  who  have 
[helped  me  most  to  tbe  understanding  of 
good  advertising  and  to  the  production
I  of good  advertising  matter are  the  men

who  tore  my  advertisements  to  pieces 
and  showed  me  where  they  were  wrong 
and  why  they  were  wrong.

If  I  had  listened  only  to  the  friends 
who  had  nothing  but  applause  for  my 
early  efforts,  I would not  be  in  charge  of 
this  department  to-day.

Tbe  doctor  who  cuts  off  our  leg  may 
hurt  us  more  than  tbe  one  who  gives  us 
sugar  pills,  but  he  also  does  us  more 
good  in  the  end.

W.  S.  Hamburger.

The  Evil  in  the  Trust.

From the Outlook.

In  disease  sound  diagnosis  is  half  the 
battle.  The  doctor  who  has  discovered 
what  is  the  disease  has  made  long  prog­
ress  toward  discovering  tbe  remedy. 
Dr.  Washington  Gladden,  in  an  article 
ou  “ The  Spread  of  Socialism,”   points 
out  very  clearly  tbe  evil 
inherent  in 
trusts.  That  evil  is  not  combination;  it 
is  overcapitalization.

Combination  brings  with  it  great  ad­
It  prevents  ruinous  competi­
vantages. 
lowering  of  wages, 
tion,  compulsoiy 
extravagantly 
low  prices,  temptation  to 
adulteration  due  to  the  pressure  of  com­
petition. 
It  adjusts  the  supply  to  the 
need,  pervents  oversupply,  economizes 
in  production,  and,  rightly  directed, 
should  secure  fair  prices  from  the  con­
sumer and  fair  prices  for  tbe  producer. 
The  attempt  to  prevent  combination, 
whether of  labor  or  of  capital,  is  a  vain 
attempt. 
It  is  working  against  tbe  law 
of  progress,  which  is  in  the  direction  of 
co-operation  and  combination.

The  tvil  of  the  trust 

is  overcapitali­
zation,  which puts  an  extravagant  value 
on  property,  represents  that  value  in 
stock  and  bonds,  attempts  to  pay  the 
interest  on  that  stock  and  bonds  to  the 
holders,  and,  as  a  necessary 
result, 
takes  the  unearned  interest  out  of either 
the  wages  of  the  laborer  or  the  prices 
paid  by  the  consumer,  or  both.  This  is 
not 
robbery  takes 
property  from  another  man’s  pocket  by 
violence;  it 
is  not  theft,  because  theft 
takes  it  from  bis  pocket  by  stealth;  but 
it  takes  the  property  of another  without 
giving  anv  equivalent  tbeiefor,  and  has 
this  in  common  with  both  robbery  and 
theft.

robbery,  because 

Tbe  remedy  is  not  in  legislation made 
to  prevent  combination;  it is  in  legisla­
tion  made  to  prevent  overcapitalization. 
We  do  not  here  propose  a  specific  for 
the  disease  which  Dr.  Gladden  has  so 
well  described;  we  only  suggest  cer­
tain  remedies.

foreign  competition 

Wherever  a  trust  gives  a  domestic 
monopoly,  the  tariff  should  be  taken  off 
and 
introduced. 
This  will  not  be  a  remedy;  it  may  only 
produce  a  larger  trust,  including foreign 
as  well  as  domestic  producers;  but  it 
wili  make  monopoly  more  difficult.
No  corporation  should  be  allowed  to 
put  its  own  valuation  on  its  own  prop­
erty,  and  then  sell  its  stocks  and  bonds 
in  the  market.  As  a  conditio.)  of  in­
corporation,  an  official  valuation  of  the 
property  might  well  be  required.

Tlie  law  also  might  require  that  the 
books  of  all  corporations  or  of certain 
classes  of  corporations  should  be  open 
to  inspection.  Corporations  which  are 
distinctly  servants  of  tbe  public,  like 
railroads,  might  well  be  subject  to  offi­
cial  examination,  as  are  the  banks.

It  would  be  possible  to  levy  a  tax  on 
all  corporations,  based,  not  upon  tbe 
actual  value  of  their  property,  real  or 
personal,  but  upon  the  apparent  value, 
as  represented by their stocks and bonds. 
This  would  discourage,  although 
it 
would  not  prevent,  overcapitalization. 
If  every  corporation  had  to  pay  taxes 
on  its  water,  water  would  be  less  freely 
used  than  now.

These  are  simply  suggestions  of  tbe 
direction 
in  which  the  public  might 
look  tor  relief  from  the  real or  supposed 
operation  of  trusts.  That  lelief  is  not 
to  be  found 
in  prohibiting  or  making 
difficult  combination ;  it  is  to  be  found 
in  prohibiting  or  making  difficult  over­
capitalization.

When  a  man  divides  all  bis  property 
among  his  relatives,  he should  sit  down 
and  send  for  tbe  fool  killer.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

l l

Ü

Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &  Co.,

10,  12,  14,  16,18,  20  &  22  N.  Ionia  St.,  Qrand  Rapids

Now  Doing  Business  in  Our  New  Home

«

Nearly  Entire Square Devoted to  Manufacture

and  Sale of

Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers

1 2

Shoes  and  Leather
Fashion’s  Irksome  Requirements 

the  Shoe  Business.

in 

“ There is much to learn yet, ”   says  the 

furrowed,  grizzled  retailer.

“ Our  realm  borders  so  closely  upon 
that  of  indispensable  clothes,  of  civili­
zation,  society,  morality  and  personal 
propriety,  that  it  merges  into  all  these 
and  becomes  inseparable from them. ”

So,  then,  in  studying  shoes,  we  can 
not  leave  out  the  man  who  wears  them, 
nor  ignore  his  attributes  and  peculiari­
ties ;  nor  can  we  confine  our  researches 
exclusively  to  his  footwear.

This  would  be  to  leave  him,  as  it 
were,  in  the  minds  of  general  readers, 
a  forlorn  biped,  meagerly  clothed  at  the 
foot;  a  veritable  sans-cullotte,  clad  only 
in  a  pair  of  shoes.

In 

that  admirable  and  exhaustive 
work,  4 4 Sartor  Resartus,' 4  Carlyle  has 
sarcastically  given  us the  origin  and  in­
fluence  of  clothes.

What  shoe  man  will  resolutely  turn  a 
deaf  ear  to  any  scrap  of  past  or  present 
information  on  subjects  directly,  or 
even 
indirectly,  affecting  his  chosen 
calling?

The  origin  and  influence  of  shoes fur­
nishes a wide field for investigation ; and 
at  the  most,  it  is  only  possible  to gather 
from  it  in  a  desultory  sort  of  wav  some 
scattering  sheaves,  and  to  offer  them  to 
the  busy  shoe  man  without  much  regard 
for  chronological  sequence.

It  will  not  be  expected  that  random, 
limited  papers  shall  preserve  that  dry 
order  of  progression  which usually char­
the  historian’s  work;  nor 
acterizes 
would  the  fitful 
leader,  who  snatches 
bits  of  time  from  capricious  custom­
ers,  care for more than  fragments  thrown 
loosely  together.

Gut  as  the  shoe  wearer  is  so  intimate 

with  shoes,  he  must  be  considered.

We  can  scarcely  think  of  clothes  or 
shoes  without  associating  them  with 
their  omnipresent  taskmaster  and  regu­
lator,  almost  from  time  immemorial— 
Fashion.

And  yet  Fashion  had  but  little  to  do 
with  the  original  shoe,  save  to  so  fash­
ion 
it  to  the  foot  that  it  would  protect 
it  from  injury  or  cold.  But  it  was  not 
long  before  fashion  crept  into  the  shoe, 
and  rose  paramount  to  comfort  and 
shelter  of  the  foot. 

.

It  has  been  said  that,  “ Among  all  the 
various  forms  of  human  slavery  that  en­
thrall  us,  there 
is  none,  perhaps,  that 
binds  us  more  firmly  and  arbitrarily 
than  that  of  Fashion.”

Certainly  there 

is  no  slavery  whose 
chains  are  worn  more gracefully,  or with 
less  discomfort  and  murmuring.

She  is  the  one  taskmaster  whose  yoke 
fits  easily,  and  who  supplies  so  sooth­
ing  a  salve  for  the  slight  galls  which 
she  produces.

She  brings  to  us,  to  placate  any  re­
bellious  manifestations  on  our  part, 
that  winning  art  of 
improving  upon 
nature.

This  is  so  irresistible  that  it  can  ease 

the  pain  of  a  tight  shoe.

No  matter bow  much  physical  beauty 
of  face  or  form  Nature has conferred up­
on  us,  we  think  it  may  be  improved  by 
art.

Occasionally  we  utter  a  feeble  protest 
against Fashion’s irksome requirements, 
and  even  try  to  divest  ourselves  of  her 
mild  tyranny;  but  she  holds  out  to  us 
such  allurements  in  the  way of dress and 
shoes,  and  all  those  fascinating  littie 
accessories  of  the toilet,  that  we  return, 
captivated,  to  our  first  allegiance.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

The  innate  desire to be  au  fait,  in  all 
matters  of  dress,  is  so  strongly  rooted 
and  grounded  in  human  nature that  it  is 
part  of  itself.
And  there 

is  really  little  difference, 
in  this  respect,  between  the  man  who 
wears  his  homespun  and  thick  brogans 
with  as  much  grace  as  he  can  com­
mand  and  the  veritable  fop  in  broad­
cloth  and  the  latest  russet  shoes.

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The  difference  is  only  in  degree,  not 

in  quality.

The  love  of  self-adornment  pervades 
the  whole  human  race,  displaying  itself 
variously,  according  to  the  tastes  and 
civilization  of  the  people.

The  limit  is  fixed  only  by  the  possi­
bilities  of  art  and the depth  and fullness 
of  the  purse.

Thanks  to  the  modern  shoe,  the  man 
with  little  means  can  be  quite  fashion­
able  in  shoes.

Of  course,  our aspirations,  in  the  di­
rection  of  fashion,  are  graded  chiefly  bv 
circumstances,  such  as  the  kind  of  so­
ciety  in  which  we  mingle  and  our  indi­
vidual  tastes and  preferences;  and these 
are 
largely  by  our  status  in 
the  great  social  scale.

influenced 

The  man 

in  the  homespun  suit and 
coarse  brogans  might deem  it  the  very 
summit  of  earthly  ambition  in the realm 
of  clothes  to  possess  a  nobby  suit  of 
good  store  clothes  and  toothpick  shoes; 
while  the  man  of  fashion  might  find  it 
difficult  for  his  pampered  taste  to  find 
anything  sufficiently  novel  and  rich  to 
gratify  him.

In  shoes,  as  in  other articles  of  dress, 
we  must  bow,  more  or  less,  to  the  man­
dates  of  this  little  tyrant,  Fashion.

The  prevailing  style  of  costume and 
shoes,  that  which  conventional  usage 
sanctions  or  demands,  has  an  obligation 
as  well  as  a  charm  for  most  of  us,  the 
observance  of  which  can  no  more  be 
violated  with 
impunity  than  can  the 
code  of  etiquette  which  regulates  other 
forms  and  proprieties  of  life.

And  the  retailer of  shoes  realizes  how 
strong  this  trait  is 
in  human  nature, 
and  upon  this  obligation,  or  weakness, 
he  rests  his  hopes  for  the  profitable  de­
mand  of  the  very  latest  styles  in  foot­
wear.

wear of  the  latest  sort  is 

It  is his  faith  in  the  punctilious  ob­
servance  of  Fashion’s  behests  by  his 
patrons  that  leads  him  to  assume  what 
would  otherwise  be  great  risks 
in 
meddling  with  novelties  to  any  extent.
He  has  come  to realize that  fresh  foot­
indispensable.
Dress  has  always  been  regarded  as  a 
legitimate  object  of  criticism ;  but  not 
until  recently  have  shoes  drawn  upon 
them,  alternately,  admiration  and  ridi­
cule to a  degree  which  seems  to  place 
them  within  the  category  of  quite  im­
portant  matters  as  affecting  the physical 
and  moral  welfare  of  our  race.

it 

While 

is  true  that  in  the  past  oc­
casional  outbursts  of  ridicule,  and  even 
edicts  against  certain  extremes  in  fash­
ion,  were  indulged,  it  is  only  quite  re­
cently  that  the  shoe  has  been  the  inno­
cent  cause  of  general  solicitude,  and 
has  given  rise  to  a  general  fire  of  witty 
or  malevolent  assault.

There  is,  perhaps,  no temporal  affair, 
if  we  except  the  bicycle,  that  is  more 
warmly  discussed 
in  the  pulpit,  the 
forum,  the  gay  drawing-room  and  even 
in  the  humble  homes of  unpretentious 
mortals  than  that  of  fashion and clothes.
And  in  these  discussions  we  now  find 
that  the  shoe  has  emerged  from  its  for­
mer obscurity  and  shares 
in  the  great 
clothes  problem.

The  modern  shoe  is  debated  pro  and 

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wearing  army 
enly-sbod  person  to-day.

it  is  rare  to  find  a  slov- 

It  does  not  need  the  command  of 

Fashion  to bring  them  into line.

The  modern  shoe  appeals  to  their  in­
born  love  of  the  beautiful  irresistibly.
There  is  little  need  of  the  foot  evan­
gelist  nowadays  to  go  about  trying  to 
convert  indifferent  shoe  wearers  and 
derelicts  to  a  due  observance  of  the  re­
quirements  of  modern  civilization  as  to 
their  shoes.

And  the  feet  now  are  all  clothed,  and 
‘ in  their  right  mind.” —E.  A.  Boyden 
in  Boots  and  Shoes  Weekly.

The  Almighty  Dollar.

Suggested  by  an  imaginary  want. 
Created  by  an  act  of  law.
Exists by  the  power  of  precedent. 
Regulated  by  accident  of  circum­

stance.

Accepted  by  an  act of consent.
Earned  by  an  act of  utility. 
Accumulated  by  an  act  of  frugality. 
Hoarded  by  an  act  of  greed.
Circulated  by  an  act  of  confidence. 
Expended  by  an  act  of  necessity. 
Dispensed  by  an  act  of  charity.
Lost  by  an  act  of  inattention.
Wasted  by  an  act  of  prodigality. 
Filched  by  an  act of  dishonesty. 
Coveted  by  the  prompting  of jealousy. 
Counterfeited  by  an  act  of  evasion. 
Loaned  through  temptation  of  usury. 
Invested  by  an  act of  speculation. 
Manipulated  by  an  act  of  chicanery. 
Worshipped  by  an  act  of  idolatry. 
Utilized  only  by  an  act  of  exchange. 
Redeemed  by  an  act  of  valueless  con­

sideration.

Retired  by an act of financial jugglery. 
Willfully  mutilated or destroyed  by  an 

act  of  vandalism.

Depreciated  by  an  act  of  speculative 

treason.

of  power.

seen.

Appreciated  by  an  intemperate  love 

Buys  everything  in  sight.
Suborns  the  evidence  of  things  not 

Gregarious  in  its  habits.
Timid  in disposition.
Cowardly 
in  aspect.
Treacherous  in  its  relations.
Elusive  in  its  attachments.
Evil  in  its  affections.
Usurps  the  prerogative  of  charity  and 

bides  a  multitude  of  sins.

The  red  corpuscle 

commerce.

in  the  blood  of 

The  deadly  microbe 

in  the  milk  of 

human  kindness.

The  fetich  of  the  civilized  world. 
Worthless  in  itself,  yet  valued  above 

everything. 

J.  M.  Banker.

Its  shape  and  size,  its  inconvenient 
length  and  formidable  toe  are  defended 
by  its  zealous  votaries  and  deprecated 
by  its  foes.

It 

is  annihilated  by  the  latter  meta­
phorically,  and  yet  comes  serenely  to 
looking  pleasant  in 
the  front  again, 
new 
is  tri­
umphantly  welcomed  by  the  litt.e  and 
the  great disciples  of  shoe  fashions.

touches  of  beauty,  and 

Since  the  uneventful  days of Adam,  in 
his  scanty  garb  of fig leaves,  constructed 
by  the  deft  fingers  of  that  first  tailoress, 
Eve,  down  to  the  present  time,  the  cry 
has  been  raised  against  the  frivolity  of 
self-adornment;  and  for  six  thousand 
years  the crusade has been waged against 
primitive,  medieval  and  modern  fash­
ions  in  dress.

And,  although  shoes  proper  did  not 
start  in  the  early  race,  they  soon  joined 
it,  handicapped  by  the  low  place  they 
held;  and  despite  the  hue  and  cry 
against  broad  toes  and  sharp  toes,  long 
toes,  high  heels,  and  notwithstanding 
the  rigor  of 
laws  aimed 
against  elegance  in  footwear,  shoemak­
ing  has  progressed  slowly  but  steadily.
In  these  modern  times  it  seems  to  be 
making 
in  order  to 
make  up  for  lost  time  in  antediluvian 
days.

immense  strides 

sumptuary 

in 

Not  that  modern  protests 

against 
forms  and  splendor 
footwear  are 
effectually  silenced ;  but  then,  the  man­
ufacturer  has  felt  the  pulse  of  the  peo­
ple,  and  has 
it  throbs 
high  with  expectations  of  oft-recurring 
changes,  and  that  fashion 
is  at  fever 
heat  with  shoe  wearers;  so  he  presses 
the  magic  button,  and  the  people  do  the 
rest.

found  that 

of 

And  the  wise  retailer  would  no  more 
think 
speaking  disrespectfully 
against  Fashion  than  he  would  of  pray­
ing  for  rain  on  a  Saturday  afternoon  or 
evening  to  kill  trade.

The  shoe  man  is  a  devotee of  fashion 

He  vicariously  promotes  style 

in 

—for  others.

shoes.

Whatever  mental  reservation  he  may 
hold  about  general  fashions  in  dress,  he 
gives  changing  styles 
in  footwear  bis 
unqualified  approbation.
These  changes  tend 

to  keep  trade 
moving,  because  most  people  are  so  in­
fluenced  by  fashion  that  they  will  not 
fall  very  far  behind  the latest prevailing 
style;  and  new  shoes,  not  absolutely 
needed,  are  the  result,  in  the  dealer’s 
favor.

We  can  no  more  evade  Fashion  than 

we  can  dispense  with  shoes.

Like  the  laws  of  the  Medes  and  Per­
sians,  the  fiat  of  Fashion  is  inexorable 
irrevocable,  and  shoe  wearers  are 
and 
under  this 
law,  although  some  may 
affect  to  despise  her  demands.

It  has  been  shrewdly  asserted  that 
tailors  and  shoemakers,  although  scru­
pulously  exact  in  “ making  up’ *  a  client 
to  the  regulation  standard  of  each  sea­
son’s  demands,  are  sometimes  guilty  of 
lax  compliance  with  Fashion’s  require 
ments  in  their  own  personal  adornment.
This  may  be  the  result  of  necessity  in 
some 
instances,  and  yet  it  is  a  sort  of 
breach  of  professional  decorum,  and  a 
standing  menace  against  their  own 
in 
terests  and  fatal  to  the  progress of trade
If  the  apostle  of  high  art,  either  in 
clothing  or  shoes,  proves  derelict  to  bis 
creed,  what  can  be  expected of neophyte 
and  heathen?

But  such  cases are  happily rare  nowa­
days,  even  among  the  humblest  dis­
ciples  of  the  shoemaking  art;  and 
among  the  rank  and  file  of  the  shoe

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in  New  York  at  this  season. 

Fruits  and  Produce.
Observations  by  a  Gotham  Egg  Man.
A  Cuban  exporter  asked  me  the  other 
day  to  suggest  a  reason  why  it  was  so 
difficult  to  procure  strictly  choice  fresh 
eggs 
I 
if  he  found  it  to be  a  fact 
asked  him 
that  there  was  any  unusual  difficulty 
in 
this  respect  other  than  could  be  ac­
counted  for  by  the  season  and  the  nat­
ural  difficulty  of  laying  stock  down  in 
fine 
condition  during  hot  summer 
weather.  He  answered  that  it  certainly 
was  so;  that  for  export  to  Havana  only 
strong  meated  and  fresh  eggs  were  de­
sirable,  owing to  the  severe  test  of  qual­
ity  given  by  shipment  to  tropical  coun­
tries,  and  that  he  found  considerable 
difficulty  in  obtaining  such  eggs  except 
as  they  might  be  culled  out  of  lines  of 
eggs  containing  a  considerable  propor­
tion  of  defective  stock.  He was  of  opin­
ion  himself  that  the  reason  why  uni­
formly  fancy  eggs  are  so  bard  to  get 
is 
because  there  is  not  sufficient  discrimi­
nation 
in  the  value  of  the  different 
grades  and  qualities,  and  that  for that 
reason  shippers  find 
it  unprofitable  to 
candle  their  shipments  and  pack  the 
finest  goods  separately.
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It  has  been  hoped  by  a  good  many  of 
the  egg  trade  that  official  recognition  of 
a  superlative  quality  of  eggs  in  the  E x­
change  grading,  such  as  was  made  in 
the  late  revision  of  the  egg  rules  in  es­
tablishing  a  grade  of  “ extras,”   might 
tend  to  encourage  a  closer  selection  of 
eggs  from  shippers  who  have  facilities 
for  candling  their  stock  and  that  the 
bids  for  this  high  grade  might  be  high 
enough  in  relation  to  ungraded  eggs  to 
warrant  the  shipment  of  such  quality. 
So  far there  has  not  been  sufficient  ex­
perience  to  enable  one  to  say  positively 
whether  or  not  this  will  be  the  case,  but 
a  few  lots  of  eggs  arriving  have  passed 
as  “ extras”   and  their  selling  value  has 
been  fairly 
It  is  therefore 
possible  to  compare  this  value  with  an 
estimate  of  the  relative  cost  of  laying 
such  goods  down  in  our  market.

indicated. 

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In  making  such  an  estimate  it  will  of 
course  not  apply  exactly  to  various  sec­
tions  because  of  the  various  conditions 
under  which  eggs  are  received  at differ­
ent  points  and  the  wide  difference  in 
average quality.  Judging  from  the  qual­
ity  of  the  better  class  of  ungraded  eggs 
now  arriving  here,  however,  we  may 
estimate  the  probable  results  of close 
grading  and  egg  packers  can  vary  the 
figures  according  to  their  own  local con­
ditions.  There  are  some  sections 
in 
which  it  would  appear  to  be  impossible 
to  put  up  a  grade  which  would  pass  as 
extra  at  present,  judging  from  the  gen­
erally  heated  condition  of  the  goods  ar­
riving,  unless 
improvements  could  be 
made  in  the  method  of  collecting.  But 
taking  the  better qualities  of  ungraded 
eggs,  those  which  show  a  fair  propor­
tion  of  really  fine  quality,  as  a  basis, 
we  may  figure  about  as  follows:  One 
hundred  cases  of  fresh  gathered  firsts  of 
this  character  would  probably 
lose  3 
doz.  to  the  case  and  if  sold  on  the  pres­
ent  market  (July  5)  would  be  worth 15c 
loss  off  or  say  $405  net. 
If  these  goods 
were 
candled  before  shipment  and 
graded  closely  the  result  would  be prob­
ably  about  as  follows,  varying  more or 
less 
in  different  sections:  Perhaps 60 
per  cent.,  or  60  cases,  of  “ extras”  
would  be obtainable.  Of the 10 per cent,, 
or  10 cases, which  would  probably repre­
sent  about  the  loss  here  if  the  goods

were  shipped  ungraded,  we  may  esti­
mate  that  two-thirds  would  be  rots,  say 
about  7  cases,  and  one-third  checks 
(which  are  accounted  Y  loss),  say  about 
6 cases.  This  would  leave  27  cases  of  a 
high  grade  No.  2,  including  dirty  and 
small  clean  eggs  and  stock  which  was 
too  weak  or  shrunken  too  much  to  go  in 
the  extra  grade but  which  would  show 
very 
loss;  such  quality  on  the 
present  market  would  be  worth  about 
$3.45  per  case.

light 

Now  if  the goods  were  thus  candled 
and  graded  at  the  shipping  point  the 
result  would  be  about  as  follows:
Say six cases checks at $2.70........................... $16  20
Say twenty-seven cases seconds at $3.45.....  93  15 
Saving of freight  on  about  seven  cases  rots,
s a y .............................................................  4 00
*113  35
Deducting  this  from  the  value  of  the 
stock  shipped  ungraded 
leaves  $292, 
which  with  the  cost  of  candling,  say 
$10,  gives $302  as  the  price  which  must 
be  obtained  for  the  60  cases of “ extras”  
to  equal  the  results  on  the  ungraded 
shipment;  this  would  be  about  $5  per 
case,  or 
i6j£c  per  doz.  at  mark.  On 
this  basis  it  would  not  pay  at  present  to 
grade  in  this  way  because  i6^catm ark 
couid  not  be  obtained  for  the  “ extras," 
although  the  grade  would  seem  to be 
worth  the  price  to  buyers  who could turn 
it  out  to  the  trade  without  candling 
here,  and 
if  there  were  a  continuous 
supply  of  such  quality  we  believe  its 
full  value  would  soon  be  recognized  and 
paid.  But the  figures  above  given  would 
be  varied  in  different  sections  and  un­
der  different  weather  conditions,  and 
some  shippers  may  be  able to  modify 
them  from  their  own  experience  so  as 
to  show  a  profit  in  the  grading.

*  *  *

My  attention  was  called  to  a  lot  of 
eggs  which  showed  heavy  loss  in  break­
age;  the  cases  were  good  looking  and 
the  packing  all  right,  but  the  sides  of 
the  cases  were  not  nailed  to  the  middle 
partition  and  this  permitted  so  much 
spring  of  the  contents  as  to  result  in  se­
rious  damage.  It  is  noticeable also  that 
light 
loaded  cars  generally  show  more 
breakage  than  heavy  loaded  and  when 
small 
lots  are  shipped  especial  pains 
should  be  taken  in  the  packing.— N.  Y. 
Produce  Review.

Vinkemulder  Company

Jobbers of

Fruits  and  Vegetables

This represents a small comer of our establishment, as it appears twice 
a day— morning and afternoon—after receiving our fresh supplies  from  the 
market gardeners and fruit growers, to meet the requirements of our numer­
ous customers. 
If you are not on our  list  of  patrons, and wish  to  do  busi­
ness with the leading house in the fruit  and  produce  line,  we  invite  you 
to write for our weekly price list and give us  your  standing  order  for  daily 
or weekly shipments.

P O T T L I T Z E R   B R O S .   F R U I T   C O ,

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

IN  FRUITS OF ALL DESCRIPTION 

Also  POTATOES,  CABBAGE,  ONIONS  AND  APPLES 

In Carload  Lots.

Our motto:  Quick sales and prompt remittance.

L A F A Y E T T E ,  IND. 

F T .  W AYNE,  IND.

Eggs  Better  Than  Ever  Before. 

Prom the New York  Sun.

Eggs  were  probably  never  before  put 
into  the  market  at  retail  in  such  good 
shape  as  they  are  nowadays.  Moie  and 
more  producers  are  discovering  that 
eggs uniformly  handsome  in  appearance 
bring  more  than  eggs  of all  sizes and 
clean  and  dirty  mixed  together,  and  are 
packing  eggs  accordingly;  and  quick,, 
modern  transportation  brings  eggs  here 
fresh  even  from 
far  distant  points. 
While eggs,  however,come better packed 
and  fresher  than  ever  they  are  more 
carefully  than  ever  inspected  here,  the 
separately 
highest  grade  eggs  being 
candled,  or  inspected,  every  one 
in  a 
shipment.  The  eggs are gathered  from 
many  points,  and  the  only  way  to  know 
about  them  all  with  certainty  is  to  ex­
amine  them.  A  nest  egg  may  have  got 
in  by  accident.  There  may  be  in  the 
lot  some  eggs  that  are  dirty;  these  may 
be  just  as  good  as  any,  the  dirt  marks 
having  been  made  perhaps  by  a  wet 
wing  trailed  over  the  egg;  but  one  such 
egg  would  spoil  the  appearance  of  a 
whole  layer  in  a  box.  Sometimes soiled 
eggs  are  washed,  sometimes  they  are 
sold  by  themselves at  a  less  price.  The 
cracked  eggs  may  be  repacked  in  solid 
packages;  they are sold  for  considerably 
less  than  the  whole  eggs,  perhaps  at 
half  price. 
is  some  sale  for 
cracked  eggs  to  retail  buyers,  but  they 
are  mostly  sold  to  bakers.

There 

A  man  may  be  both  a  success  and  a 
failure;  he  may  be a  success  as a  fail­
ure and  a  failure  as  a  success.

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CRIMSON  C LO V E R

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Best  Grades  and  Lowest  Prices.

ALFRED J.  BROWN SEED CO.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

Seed Merchants, Growers and Importers.

MILLER & TEASDALE
POTATOES

CAR LOTS ONLY.  ST. LOUIS, MO.

Ship  your BUTTER AND EGOS to

R.  HIRT, Jr.,  Detroit,  Mich.

34 and 36 Market Street,

435-437-439 Winder Street.
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15

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  July  8—The  week  has 
been  rather  quiet  in  grocery  jobbing 
circles  here,  but  there 
is  not  so  very 
much  to  complain  of,  after all.  The 
coffee  market  has  ruled  about  the  same 
as  last  week  and,  while  more  business 
might  have  been  done,  there  is a  fair 
degree  of activity prevailing.  On Thurs­
day  a  cable  from  Europe  reported  that 
a  well-known  authority  estimated  the 
coming 
crop  of  Rio  (1899-1900)  at 
3.000.000  bags  and  that  of  Santos  at
6,750,000  bags. 
Invoice quotations  here 
are  worth  6% c  for  Rio  No.  7,  with  the 
stock  on  band— in  store  and  afloat—ag­
gregating 1,155  343 bags,  against 857,153 
bags  at  the  same  time  last  year.  The 
world’s 
supply”   decreased 
about 61,000 bags  during  the  month  of 
June  and  on  July  1  stood  at 6,200,000 
bags.  For  mild  grades  enquiry  is  light, 
but  holders  seem  unwilling  to  make  any 
concession  if  asked  to  do  so  in  order  to 
make  sales.  Good  Cucuta  is  still  held 
at  8c.  East  India  growths  are  dull  and 
are  attracting  only  the  most  ordinary at­
tention.

"visible 

Invoice  trading  in  teas  is  almost  at  a 
standstill  and,  while  there  is  perhaps 
rather  more  stability  to  the  market  for 
lines  than  noted  a  week  ago,  there  is 
yet  room  for  improvement.  Would-be 
buyers  seem  to  be  in  need  of  only  suffi­
cient  to 
last  "over  Sunday.”   Quota­
tions  are  practically  unchanged.

Refined  sugar  has  taken  on  a  new 
lease  of  life  and  a  large amount  of busi­
ness  has  been  done  The 90 days’  guar­
antee  has  not  only  been  extended,  but 
the  refiners  also  announce  that  sugar 
"purchased  under  this  agreement  or 
guarantee  of  90  days  could  be  with­
drawn  as  wanted  and  unshipped  sugar 
delivered  at  the 
lowest  rate.”   Many 
buyers  are  said  to  have  placed  orders 
sufficient  to  meet  requirements  through 
until  Oct.  1.  Save  for  a  couple  of  the 
softer  grades,  list  prices  were  firmly 
maintained  and  are  unchanged,  granu­
lated  remaining  at  5^c.

Orders  for  rice  have  been  of  the  few­
est  and  for  the  smallest  amounts.  Or­
ders  coming  have  chiefly  called 
for 
Japan.  Foreign  grades  are 
in  rather 
light  supply,  except Japan,  and  although 
little business  has  been  done  prices  are 
pretty  well  sustained.  Domestic  rice 
is  quiet  within  the  range  of  5^@6^c.
Singapore  pepper  is quotable  at  n@  
i i ^ c,  and this  perhaps  has  been  shaded 
in  some 
instances.  Trading  has  been 
dull  during  the  week  and  quotations  are 
nominal.

Grocery  grades  of  New  Orleans  mo­
lasses  have  been  very  quiet  and,  while 
quotations  remain  the  same,  the  general 
tone  of  the  market  is  hardly  satisfactory 
to  holders.  Syrups  continue  dull  and 
sluggish,  but  as  stocks  have  become 
somewhat  depleted, 
there  may  be  a 
change  for  the  better  before  many  days. 
Prime  to  fancy  sugar  syrup  is  quotable 
at  2o@23c.
Canned  goods  are  active.  The  mar­
ket  for  canned  goods 
is  the  most  in­
teresting  one  to  be  considered.  The 
demand,  which  began  almost  a  year 
ago,  has  been 
increasing  almost  daily 
and  new  goods  coming  in are taken with 
avidity.  The  pack  of  peaches,  corn 
and  tomatoes  in  the  East  is  still  uncer­
tain  and  the outlook  is  for  higher prices 
right  along.  About  5,000  cases  of  New 
Jersey  standards.  No.  3,  delivered  here, 
sold  at  72>^c,  although  75c  is  the  pre­
vailing  rate  among  leading brokers,  and 
even  10c  more 
is  not  extremely  rare. 
Spot  New  York  corn  is  firm  at  70@75c.
Lemons  have been  in  active  demand 
from  out  of  town  and  the  market  is 
firm,  although  prices  are  not  materially 
changed.  Sicily  lemons  range  from  $3 
@4  per  box,  as  to  size.  Oranges  are  in 
fair  demand,  but  orders  are  mostly  for 
small  amounts.  Prices  are  within  a 
range  of  from  $4.5o@5  per  box 
for 
Rodis.  Bananas  are  in  slow  movement, 
as  people  prefer  domestic  fruits.  Port 
Limon,  firsts,  are  worth  $i<30@i.35  per 
bunch.  Other  grades,  $i.io@i.2o. 
Dried  fruits  are  dull,  but  as  stocks  are 
light the  quotations  made are  well  sus­

Fancy  Western  creamery  butter 

tained.  Orders  are  for  small  quantities. 
Little  is  doing  for  future  business.
is 
firm  and  the  mark  is  now  i8^c.  This, 
however,  is  probably  the  top,  and  some 
jobbers  claim  that  it  is  too  high,  as  a 
general  rule.  Still,  this  price 
is  ob­
tained  for  the  best  stock,  and  for  firsts 
i7J£@i8c;  seconds,  i6j^@i7c.  A  large 
part  of  butter  coming  to  hand  wili  not 
grade  strictly  up  to  mark and go as  firsts 
or  even  seconds. 
Imitation  creamery 
is  steady,  but  the  demand  is  not  as  ac­
tive  as  hoped  for.  Extras,  i5K@ i6c ; 
firsts,  I4@i5c;  finest  Western  dairy, 
I4^@ i5c;  extra  factory  sells  with  some 
freedom  at  I4@i4>£c.
is  dull  and  without  interest. 
For the  best  make  of  State  cheese,  large 
size,  8c  seems  to  be  top  rate.  Small size 
colored  will  bring  % c  more.
Receipts  of  eggs  have  been more  than 
sufficient  to  meet consumptive demands, 
and  we  have  a  market  lacking  anima­
tion.  Fancy  Western  are  worth  from 
I4^@i5c,  with  some  lots  fetching  % c 
more.
Marrow,  medium  and  pea  beans  all 
seem  to  have  rather  more  call this week, 
the  former,  if  choice,  bringing  $1.52^ 
@1.55;  medium,  $i4o@ i.42ji;  pea, 
choice,  $1.40.  Exporters  have  taken 
some  Red  Kidneys  this  week.  Choice 
are quotable  at $1.70

Cheese 

In cre ase 

in  T raffic  R ate  on  Live

Poultry.

New  York,  July  10—The  Trunk  Line 
Association,  which  is  composed  of  fifty- 
four  railroads  or  thereabout,  recently 
voted  to  change  the  traffic  rates  on 
live 
poultry 
in  carlots  to  the  actual  weight 
contained  by  the  car  instead  of  the 
present  system  of  charging  so  much  per 
carload.  The  carload  rate  for  live  poul­
try  has  been  16,000 pounds  second  class, 
or  16,000  pounds  at  65  cents,  which  is 
equal  to $104  per  carload  from  Chicago 
to  New  York.  This  rate  has  been  in 
operation  for  some  time  and  has  been 
perfectly  satisfactory  to  both  shippers 
and  commission  men. 
In  making  this 
change  it  is  proposed  to  weigh  the cars, 
including  poultry,  coops,  feed,  water, 
refuse  and  other  items.  The  cars  now 
in  use  carry  as  an  average  load  less 
than  the  minimum  weight  of  poultry 
alone,  but  with  the  added  weight  of 
coops  and  other  items  mentioned,  there 
is  usually  an  excess  of  several  thousand 
pounds,  which  are  now to be charged  for 
and  collected  by  the  raihoads  under  the 
new  rule.

The  commission  receivers  here  are 
considerably  exercised  over  this  addi­
tional  burden  on  the  business  and  claim 
it  will  have  a tendency to make  shippers 
kill  or  dress  their  stock  and  send  it  in 
that  way  or  seek  ether  markets  than 
New  York.  The  receivers  say  that  the 
change is  a  clear  discrimination  against 
New  York  City  and  will  tend  to damage 
the  live  poultry  business,  especially  as 
it  is a  well  known  fact  that  the  charges 
on  dressed  poultry  as  now  manipulated 
by  the  different  dairy  lines  favor  ship­
ments  of  dressed  as  against live poultry.
live  poultry  carrying  roads  say 
that  they  do  not  approve  of  the  new 
move  of  the  Trunk  Line  Association  to 
re-weigh 
charge  actual  gross 
weights,  but  as  they  are  in  the  minority 
it seems that  they  have been  out  voted. 
It 
is  hardly  thought  that  this  move  of 
the  railroads  will  continue  long  in prac­
tice,  however,  as  it  is  believed  some  of 
the  roads  most 
interested  will  break 
away;  in  fact,  there  is already some talk 
of  that  as  likely  to  happen  in  at  least 
one or  two directions.

The  receivers of  New  York  claim  that 
the  Western  classification,  which 
is 
20 000  pounds  third  class,  is  the  proper 
one  and  if  the  Trunk  Line  Association 
would  adopt 
it  and  make  it  the  same 
east  of  tne  Mississippi  as  west  of  the 
River  no  fault  could  be  found.  This 
would  make  the  freight  from Chicago  to 
New  York,  at  the  present  third  class 
rate  of  fifty  cents  per  hundred,  $100,  or 
a  net  reduction  of  $4  over  the  rate  pre­
vailing.  As  railroads  are  generally  slow 
to  take  any  move calculated  to  reduce 
their  revenue  it 
is  suggested  that  the 
change  be  made  from  20,000 to  21,000 
or  22,000  pounds,  which  at  50c  would 
make  the  rate  $105  or $110  per car  from

The 

and 

Chicago  to  New  York.  This would  seem 
to  exactly  fit  the  case,  and  we  feel  war­
ranted 
in  stating  that  this  would  be 
most  satisfactory  to  both  shippers  and 
receivers.

One  way  to  prevent  hiccough  is  to ab­
stain  from  going  out  between  the  acts.

I  have  a steady local  demand  for  fancy  Eggs  and 
good  table  Butter and  am prepared to  pay  the  highest 
market price  for same.  Quotations  on  application.

I  solicit  consignments  of  Honey,  Veal  and  Live 

Poultry and  pay top  prices  for  best  stock.
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Clerks’  Corner.

How  to  Teach  a  Clerk  the  Grocery 

Business.

Of  the  numerous  conditions  desirable 
for  the  successful  training  of  a  clerk, 
three  things  are  absolutely  necessary:  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  business  to 
be  taught  by  the  one who  does  the  train­
ing,  while a  decided  inclination  for  the 
business,  together  with  a  good  charac­
ter,  is  equally  essential  for  the  young 
man  who  is  to be  trained. 
I  would  say 
to  all  grocers:  never  bother  with  a 
young  man  who 
is  without  these  most 
necessary  qualifications.  The  clerk  as 
an  employe  represents  you  and  your 
business;  you  can  not  afford  to  have 
anyone  acting  in  this  capacity  without 
character.

From  his  first  day  in  the  store  teach 
the  new  clerk  the  importance  of  abso­
lute  cleanliness  in  the  store  and  of  his 
own  person,  particularly  his  hands. 
The  best  method  of  teaching  him  bow 
to  keep  the  store  and  cellar clean  is  to 
make  him  do  the  work  of  keeping  them 
that  way.  This  work,  or  any  other 
work,  is  never  done  unless  it  is  done 
right. 
If  he  fails  to  do  his  work  right, 
show  him  his  mistakes  and  make  him 
do  it  over  again ;  be  kind  to  him,  but 
firm.  Let  him  see  you  mean  what  you 
say;  he  will  respect you  for  it.

Insist  upon  bis  wearing  an  apron  ail 
the  time  he  is  working  in  the  store. 
I 
prefer  black silesia  aprons,  as  they  do 
not  show  the  dirt  like  a  soiled  white 
apron.  Teach  him  how  to  clean  and 
keep  clean  the  ice  box,  that  everything 
in 
it  may  be  kept  sweet.  Explain  to 
him  the  necessity  for  keeping  butter 
separate  from  everything  else  in  a  re­
frigerator,  and  the  necessity  of  keeping 
it  and  everything  else  in  the  store  that 
will  absorb  the  taste  or  odor  of  things 
around  them  away  from  those  things 
that  would  injure  or taint  their flavor.

Teach  him  to  never  dare  touch  tea, 
coffee,  butter,  etc.,  with  hands  soiled 
with  oil,  grease,  mackerel  brine,  etc., 
because  the  taste  of what is on  his  hands 
will  taint  what  he  touches.  He  should 
never be  allowed  to  touch  anything  with 
his  hands  unless  absolutely  necessary. 
Tea,  coffee,  dried  fruits,  rice,  spices, 
etc.,  can  all  be  bandied  with  a  scoop 
without  being  touched  with  the  hands.
When  be  handles  butter  other  than 
wrapped  print  be  should  be  taught  to 
first  put  paper on  the  scales, and  if n ec- 
essary  to  hold  the  butter  while  cutting 
it,  cover  it  first  with  a  piece  of  clean 
paper,  so  that  his  bands  will  not touch 
it.  Customers  appreciate  these  and 
similar  acts  of cleanliness.  If  a  custom­
er has  a  basket  he  should  be  taught  to 
pack  her  purchases  in  the  same  and  to 
keep  soap,  soap  powder,  matches  and 
spices  away  from  tea,  coffee  or  butter 
in  the  basket. 
If  the  customer  has  no 
basket  he  must  be  taught  how  to  make 
a  neat  package  with  strong  twine,  tak­
ing  even  more  care to  separate as  far as 
possible  goods  that  would  taint  other 
goods.  The  best  way  to  do  this  is  to 
wrap  an  extra  paper  around those things 
which  are  likely  to  become  tainted  be­
fore putting them  together in the bundle.
Teach  him  to  wait  on  trade  by  letting
im  fill  orders  or  weigh  up  goods  that 
are  kept  weighed  ahead,  such  as  sugar, 
rice,  barley,  etc.,  under  your  own  di­
rection  or  that  of  a  clerk  competent  to 
see  he  does  his  work  right.  By  this 
means  he  will  learn  where  the  different 
articles 
in  the  store  are  kept,  their 
price,  and  bow  to  wrap  and  tie  them. 
In  a  short  time,  with  such  training,  he 
will  be  able  to  go  to  the  counter  aud 
wait  on  trade. 
Instruct  him  to  listen  to 
you  and  the  older  clerks,  if  there  be 
any  such  in  the  store,  as  to  the  manner 
in  which  a  customer should be addressed 
when  coming  in  the  store.  Never allow 
him  to  ask  a  customer,  "What  will  you 
have?"—a  bartender  asks  the  same. 
Customers  of  a  grocery  store  will  be 
better  pleased  with  a  polite,  “ Good
morning,  what  do  you  wish?"  or "Can 
I  wait  on  you,  please?"
Instruct  him  also  to  pay  particular at­
tention  to  the  line  of  talk  you  and  the 
older clerks  use  in  selling  goods  to  cus­
tomers.  This 
is  about  the  most  im­
it  will
portant  part  of  his  training,  as 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

help  him  materially  to  be  what  so few 
clerks are,  but  what  every  clerk  should 
be—a  salesman.

In  addition  to this,  from  time  to time 
give  him 
in  as  few  words  as  possible 
die  strong  points about  any  article  you 
want  to  push.  Occasionally  come  to 
him 
just  the  same  as  a  customer  and 
ask  for  some article  in  the  questions  a 
customer  would  ask  about  it,  and  other 
articles  of  its  class.  You  will  be  able 
to  find  out  by  this  what  he does  know 
and  to  supply  what  he  does  not  know  to 
help  him  sell  goods.

After  he  can  wait  on  trade  inside  let 
him  go  out  on  the  order  route two  days 
each  week.  Encourage  him  to  sell  in 
addition  to  what  is asked  for  still  other 
goods 
if  he  can,  but  in  a  manner  that 
will  not  savor  of  offensiveness  to the 
customer.  This  can  generally  be  done 
by  simply  suggesting  the goods,  with  a 
few  words  in  their favor.  When  he  has 
sufficient  general  knowledge  to  warrant 
it,  he  can  be  taught  the  more  particular 
knowledge  about  such  things  as  tea, 
coffee,  etc.,  explaining the actual differ­
ence  between  the  different  kinds,  where 
grown,  their  different  properties 
for 
blending,  etc.,  bow  to care  for  them  as 
stock  to  prevent  their loss  of body  and 
flavor,  and  bow  to  distinguish  not  only 
one  kind  from  another,  but  also  how  to 
distinguish  different grades  of  the  same 
kind  of  either  tea  or  coffee.  Explain 
the  difference  between  a  wet  and  dry- 
roast  coffee,  and  why  the  latter  is  pref­
erable.  Give  him  such  information  in 
a  practical  manner gradually,  so  he  can 
absorb  and  use  it.

When  he  has  sufficient  knowledge  of 
the  goods  give him  charge  of  the  stock 
of  teas  and  coffees,  holding  him  respon­
sible  for  the  proper  keeping  of  such 
stock  and  the  keeping  of  the  bins  and 
caddies  well  filled  with their proper con­
tents.  If  fruits  and  vegetables  are kept, 
teach  him  how  to  care  for  such  things, 
especially 
in  very  warm  or  very  cold 
weather,  and  when  he  has  been  well 
enough 
instructed,  give  him  exclusive 
charge  of  such  goods  and  see  that  they 
are  properly  cared  for.  The giving  in­
to  his  care at different times  of  special 
portions  of  the  store's  stock  encourages 
him  by  the  confidence  you  thus  place  in 
him,  and  it teaches him  as  well  one  of 
the  most 
important  things an  employe 
can  ever  be  taught—to 
look  after  bis 
employer’s  interests  the  same  as  if  such 
interests  were  his  own.

it 

In 

like  manner  teach  him  how  to  do 
all  that  is to  be  done  about  the  store  by 
first  explaining  not  only  how  to  do  it, 
but  why 
is  done  in  that  particular 
way,  and  then  make  him  do 
it  as  it 
should  be done. 
If  at  any  time  in  the 
excess  of  his  zeal  to  sell  goods be should 
make  statements  that  are  untruthful, 
correct  him  and  explain  the  importance 
of  absolute  truthfulness  and  honesty  to 
the  customers.  He  owes  that  to  them 
as  well  as  to  yourself.  Never  reprimand 
him  publicly,  always  do  it  in  the  pres­
ence  of  no one  but  yourself  and  him.  It 
will  have a  better  effect  with  him,  and 
as  a  man  and  a  master  you  can  not 
afford  to act  otherwise.

If  the  business  be  one  where  credit  is 
given,  when  be  has sufficient familiarity 
with  the  business 
let  him  assist  the 
book-keeper  an  hour or  two  each day for 
two  days 
in  the  week.  He  will  thus 
be  able  without  inconvenience  to  any­
one  to  make himself  familiar  with  an­
other  important branch  of  the  business. 
Teaching  him  the  business 
involves 
teaching  him  market  values  or  cost 
prices. 
This  knowledge  should  be 
given  as  a  reward  for  his  faithful  serv­
ice  when  he  has  shown  himself  com­
petent  to  keep  bis  mouth  shut  about 
such  things  outside  the  store.  Begin 
with  the  less  important  things  in  this, 
and  gradually  let  him  know  prices  as 
his  knowledge  of  and  skill  in  the  busi­
ness  warrant.  In  an  experience covering 
a  number of  years,  I  bave  never  known 
a  clerk  trained  on  these  lines  to  be 
otherwise  than  a  credit  to himself  and 
his  proprietor.  Perfection  in  the  gro­
cery  business  is  like perfection in every­
thing  else. 
It  consists  in  knowing  per­
fectly  not  only the  important  things  of 
the  business,  but  the  many  little  things 
as  well,  and  then  doing  them  perfect­
ly.—John  J.  Quinn  in  Grocery  World.

The  Hercules 
Ventilated Barrels

Just the  barrels  in which  to  ship  apples,  potatoes, 
onions, vegetables or anything that  requires venti­
lation.  We furnish the "barrels to you knock-down 
in  bundles,  thereby  making  a  great  saving  in 
freight.  Fourth-class  freight  rates  apply  in  less 
than car lots.  One boy can set  up  from  75  to  100 
barrels per  day, and  with  your  first  order  for  500 
barrels we furnish free our  setting-up  outfit, or we 
charge you  $3  for  it  and  refund  the  $3 when  you 
have  purchased  500  barrels.  The  Hercules  has 
been endorced  by  all  prominent  fruit  and  produce 
commission men in Chicago  and  is  considered  the 
very best barrel for shipping any produce requiring 
ventilation.  Our prices f. o. b. Chicago are:
100,  heads  and  hoops  complete,  knock - down,  22c. 
300,  heads  and  hoops  complete,  knock-down,  21c. 
500,  heads  and  hoops  complete,  knock-down,  20c. 
Setting  up outfit  included.  W e  can  make  prompt 
shipments.  For  further  particulars  and  sample 
barrel  address

Hercules Woodenware Co.,

293 W. 20th Place, Chicago, III.

Eesley’s  Sunshine 

Self = Rising  Pastry  Flour

Prepared on an  entirely new formula.  Makes the 
best  Biscuits,  Cakes  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.  We  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.

F. Eesley Milling Co.

Mills at  Plainwell  and  Constantine,  Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the drip.

President,  Chab.  S.  Stevens,  Ypsilantl;  Secre­
tary, J. C. Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer,  O.  C. 

^  Gould. Saginaw,

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  Jakes  E.  Day,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W. Allen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans. Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary, G. S. V a l k o r e, Detroit;  Grand Treas 
urer, W. S. West, Jackson.

Grand Rapids Council No. 131.

Senior Counselor, D  E. Keyes:  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’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Geo.  F.  Owen,  Grand 
Rapids.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President, F. G. Truscott, Marquette ; Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F.  Wixson,  Marquette.

dent Association.

How  the  Shoe  Dealer  Flim  Flammed 

the  Salesman.

“ This  business  ain’t  what  it  used  to 
be, ’ ’ sighed the  shoe  salesman,  who  was 
tall  and  thin  and  solemn  looking,  and 
might  have  been  taken  for either  a  min­
ister  or  an  undertaker. 
“ It’s  going  to 
the  dogs. ”

‘ 'Wbat’s  the  matter  with 

quired  his  sympathizing  friend.

it?”   en­

“ The  matter  with  it?”   echoed  the 
shoe  salesman.  “  Matter  enough.  Look 
at  me.”

“ I  could  look  at  you  with  better effect 

were  we  to  adjourn  to  the  cafe.”

“ Ob,  hang 

it  all,  man,  I’m  not  jok­

ing.”

“ No  more  am  I.  This  weather  does 

not  admit  of  jokes.  Spiel  on.”

"What  I  was  going  to  say,’ ’  contin­
ued  the  shoe  salesman,  “ is  that  no  one 
would  take  me  for  the traditional knight 
of  the  gripsack,  a  representative  of  the 
great  commercial  interests  of  this  coun­
try.”

“ Possibly  not,”   agreed  the  sympa­
“ But  why  wouldn’t 

“ I’m  too  thin,”   answered  the  sales­

thizing  friend. 
they?”
man  in  a  doleful  voice.
the 

“ Thin?”  

said 

sympathizing 
friend, 
“ What 
in  the  name  of  the  three  witches  has 
that  got to  do  with  it?”

lifting  bis  eyebrows. 

“ Everything,”   groaned 

house  salesman. 
a  commercial  traveler?”

shoe 
“ Wbat’s your  ideal  oi 

the 

" A  

rubicund,  cheery-faced 

fellow 
with  an  engaging  smile,  an  infectious 
good  humor,  an  explosive  joy,  a  capac­
ity  for  various  vinous,  malt  and  spirit­
uous  liquors,  controlled  only  by  the 
limits  of  the  expense  account,  and  a 
fondness  for  Rabelaisian  anecdote.”  

“ Exactlv, ”  commented  the  salesman. 

“ Do  I  fill  the  bill?”

“ Well,  to be frank,  old  man,”  laughed 
the  sympathizing 
friend,  “ you  bear 
about  as  much  resemblance  to  the  ideal 
salesman  as  Don  Quixote  does  to  Jack 
Falstaff. ”
“ Now  that  you're  talking,”   said  the 
shoe salesman,lighting  a  mulatto  stogie, 
“ how  many  of  the  fellows  you  know 
in 
this  business  are  fat?”

“ Not  one  that  I  know  o f,”   answered 
the  sympathizing  friend,  after  he  had 
reflected  for  a  few  moments.
shoe 
salesman,  with  a  melancholy  smile. 
“ Fat  salesmen  are as  rare  as  flamingoes 
in  Florida.”

“ Right  again,”   asserted  the 

“ Wbat’s  the  cause  of  this  sudden 
melting  of  all  too  solid  flesh?”   asked 
the  sympathizing  friend.

“ Oh,  the  revolution 

in  the  methods 
it.  The 
of  the  trade  is  responsible  for 
boys  of  the  old  school  aren’t  in  it  now­
adays. 
It  used  to  be  that  a  salesman 
worth  bis  salt bad  to  be  an  alcohol  im­
mune.  He  had  to  be  able  to  drink  an 
intending  purchaser  under  the  table. 
No  wonder  he got  fat.  But  times  have 
changed.  A  fellow  who  makes  any 
money 
in  these  degenerate  days can’t 
afford  to  cultivate  an  artistic  thirst;

and  wbat’s  more,  he’s  got  to  be  a 
blooming  parlor  entertainer.”
friend.

“ A  what?”   gasped  the  sympathizing 

“ A  parlor  entertainer—a  prestidigita- 

toi—a  conjuring  chump—savvy?”

“ I  think  I  do, ’ ’ said the sympathizing 

friend,  faintly.

“ Weli,  that’s  why  the  business  is  go­
ing  to  the  dogs, ”   continued  the  shoe 
salesman,  in  a  bitter  voice. 
“ A  fellow 
isn't  able  to  sell  a  bill  of  goods  in  the 
country  now  without  hypnotizing  the 
merchant and  reeling  off  a  dozen  tricks. 
Oh,  I’ve  been  at  it  a  year  now,  and  I’m 
a  Houdin,  Ke.lar  and  Herrmann  all 
into  one. 
rolled 
I  make  dollar  bills 
change 
into  tens,  I  change a  queen  of 
clubs  into an  ace  of  hearts,  and  every­
where  I  go  I  give  gratis  exhibitions  of 
my  skill.”

“ I  should  think  that  there’d  be  lots 
it, ”   said  the  sympathizing 

in 

of  fun 
friend.

“ Ob,  yes,  there’s  no  end  of  fun  in 
it,”   replied  the  shoe  salesman,  wearily. 
“ That’s  wbat  I  thought  at  first.  All  the 
boys  who  were  going  in  for  sleight  of 
hand 
in  order  to attract  customers  told 
me  that  there  was  more  fun  in  taking 
half  dollars  from  a  man’s  nose  than 
in 
.taking  that  same  man  out  for a  high 
ball.  But  I’ve  changed  my  mind.  You 
don’t  want to  believe  those  boys.  They 
are  willies 
if  they  spring  that  gag  on 
you. 
I’ve got  enough  prestidigitation 
in  mine. ”

“ How  so?”
“ I  was  doing 

the 

’ king-pin-of- 
necromancy’  act,  and  thought  I  had  the 
proprietor  of  one  of  the  big  shoe  stores 
dead  to  rights.  He  was  dead  easy,  and 
I  just  put  the  cold  clappers  on  him  for 
good.  Never  saw  a  man  so astonished 
in  all  my  life. 
I  juggled  away  cards, 
coins,  handkerchiefs  and  pencils  as 
easily  as  an  alligator  swallows  dough­
nuts.  He  just  goggled  his  eyes  on  me 
and  gasped  whenever I  made  anything 
disappear  or  reappear,  and  I  bad  him 
put  down 
in  my  little  book  for  half  a 
thousand  plunks.  But  I  didn't  rush 
in 
and  uppercut  him  and  take  chances  of 
being  accidentally  put  out.  No,  sir. 
I 
fiddled  around  in  good  old  Jim  Jeffries 
style  and  kept  him  guessing.  Finally  I 
saw  my  opening  and  I  sailed 
in. 
’ Here,’  says  I,  producing  a  silver  dol­
lar,  ‘ is a  genuine  specimen  of  the  cur­
rent  coin  of  the  realm,  vintage  of 
’92,’ 
and  I  tossed  it  on  the  counter  to  prove 
that 
it  was  all  wool  and  a  yard  wide. 
The  proprietor  looked  at  it  closely  and 
‘ Right  you  are,’ 
said  it  was  all  right. 
says  I,  and  I  put 
it  on  the  tips  of  my 
fingers.

“ ‘ You’re  certain  this 

is a  genuine 

spondulix, ’  says  1.

"   ‘ I  am,’  says  b e ;  ‘ do  your  worst. ’
“   ‘ Now  watch  me  close,'  says  I.
“   'I ’m  all  eyes,’  says  he.
* *  * Then  put  out  your  band, ’  says  I, 
as  solemn  as  a  man  who  reads the comic 
supplements  of  a  yellow  journal.

“ He  held  out  his  paw,  and  I  tossed 
the  dollar 
into  his  palm,  and  the  old 
fellow  clutched  it  like  a  lobster  clawing 
gravel.  1  smiled  like  I  fancied  Kellar 
would 
in  a  similar  situation. 
‘ You’ve  got  the  dollar  in  your  band?’  I 
‘ I  have,’  said  he,  ‘and  I  never 
asked. 
let  go  of  a  dollar  once  I  get  my  hand  on 
it.’ 
‘ Open  your  fist!’  I  commanded. 
The  old  curmudgeon  spread  bis  fingers 
open  slowly,  and,  presto!  there  on  bis 
palm  was a  twenty-dollar  gold  piece.

“   ‘ A  capital  trick,’  he  exclaimed;  ‘ a 

smile 

capital  trick.’
placently.

he  asked.

transmuted 
my  art. ’

“   ‘ I  think  so  myself,'  I  said  com­

“   'But  wbat’s  become  of  the dollar?’ 

“   ‘ Oh,*  I  answered jauntily,  'that  was 
into  gold  by  the  power  of 

“   ‘ So?’  said  he,  slipping  the  gold 
‘ that  beats 
iece 
ryan’s  game  for  making  money. 
It’s 

into  his  pocket, 

a  sort  of  20  to  1  scheme. ’

“   ‘ Here,  give  me  back  my  money,'  I 

gasped.

"   ‘ Your  money?’  he  said  with  an  air 
of  astonishment. 
'Oh.  yes,  to  be  sure, 
to  be  sure.'  And  the  old  guy  took  a 
silver dollar  from  the  till  and  banded  it 
to  me.
“ I 

like  a  fellow  with  the

laughed 

cramps,  but  I  thought  the  old fellow was 
playing  a  little  joke  on  me,  so  I  didn’t 
say  anything. 
I  hung  around  trying  to 
sell  him  some  goods,  but  be  told  me 
just  stocked  up  from  an­
that  he  had 
other  concern. 
I  stayed  around,  how­
ever,  but  never  a  word  did  Mr.  Shoe- 
man  say.  After  a  while  he  put  on  his 
hat  and  said: 
‘ Well,  old  man,  I  must 
I  enjoyed  your  little 
be  going  borne. 
entertainment 
immensely.  Drop 
in 
when  you’re  around  this  way  again.’

“ And  blank  me,”  said  the  shoe  sales­
man,  “ but  I  was  so  completely  dashed 
that  I  couldn’t  say  a  word.”

‘ ‘ You  couldn’t  say  a  word?”   ex­

claimed  the  sympathizing  friend.

“ Not  a  blank  word.”
The  sympathizing  friend 

looked  re­
proachfully  at  the  shoe  salesman  and 
sighed.
Why  They  Discarded the Union  Label.
Pingree  &  Smith  have  issued  the  fol­
lowing  statement  regarding  their  aban­
donment  of  the  union 
label  on  their 
shoes:

The  agreement  under  which  we  used 
the  union  stamp  was  subject  to  cancel­
lation  by  either  side  at  will. 
In  adopt­
it,  we  agreed  to  employ  during  its 
ing 
use  none  but  union  workmen. 
The 
members  of  the  union,  on  their  side, 
agreed  to  promote the  sale  of  our  goods 
wherever  possible.  We  gave  it  a  fair 
trial  for  three  years,  and  have  found 
that  it  is of very little benefit,  while  pro­
ductive  of  considerable  annoyance  and 
inconvenience.  Dealers  who  have  writ­
ten  to  us  for  prices  on  union goods  have 
in  almost  every  instance  been  irrespon­
sible  as  to  credit and  have  invariably 
asked  for  lower  priced shoes than we can 
make  with  union 
labor,  while  a  large 
number  of  our  best  customers  doing 
business  on  an  independent  basis  have 
criticised  our  action  in  adopting  the 
stamp.
The  present  stand  of  our employes 
against  the  introduction  of  labor-saving 
devices  and  methods  would, 
if  we 
yielded,  prevent  us  from  meeting  com­
petition,  and  would  result  in  driving  us 
out of  the  shoe  manufacturing  business.
Diabolical  Scheme  to  Kill  an  Editor.
Kalamazoo,  July  10—We  wish  through 
the  medium  of  your  valuable  paper  to 
extend  to  the  Grand  Rapids  traveling 
men  and  their  friends  a  cordial  invita­
tion  to  be  with  us  on  Saturday,  July  15, 
including  the  ladies.  We will  endeavor 
to  give  them  a  good  time  and  a  good 
game,  providing  our boys  get  in  shape; 
and  by  the  way  they  have  been purchas­
ing 
liniment  1  guess  there  will  be  no 
doubt  on  that  point  Editors  are  not 
barred  and  if  Mr.  Stowe  will  favor  us 
with  his  presence  we  will  let  him  um 
pire  the game  and  guarantee him ail  the 
police  protection  necessary  while 
in 
performance  of  that  duty.

E.  F.  Z a n d e r .

The  return  game  of  the  Grand  Rap­
ids  vs. 
the  Kalamazoo  traveling  men 
will  be  played  at  Kalamazoo  Saturday 
afternoon.  The  Grand  Rapids  delega­
tion  will 
leave  on  the  regular  train  at 
7:10  a.  m.,  arriving  ip  Kalamazoo  at 
8 -.50  o’clock,  when  a  special  train  will 
take the  delegations  from  both  cities  to 
Long  Lake,  where  the  game  will  be 
played  and  the  day  spent 
in  social 
pleasures.  Returning,  the  Grand  Rap­
ids  delegation  will  leave  Kalamazoo  at 
8:10  p.  m  ,  arriving  home  at  g:45p.  m. 
Messrs.  Pipp  and  Rysdale,  who  have 
charge  of  the  transportation  arrange­
ments,  have  secured  a  $2  rate  if  less 
than  fifty  go  and  a  $1.45  rate  if  the 
party  comprises  fifty  or  over.  They 
therefore  request  that  every  one  intend­
ing  to  go  be  on  band  at the Union de­
pot  by  6:45  Saturday  morning,  so  that 
it  may  then  be  decided  whether  the 
is  entitled  to  the  $2  or  the  $1.45 
party 
rate. 

____

^ 

If  you  look  at  the  records  you  will 
discover  that  most  men  who  die  young 
are  hustlers.

17

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­

tion.

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  the  office  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  Tuesday  evening,  July  11, 
President  Dyk  presided.

The  various  picnic  committees  pre­
sented  their  reports,  all  of  which  were 
accepted.

The  Committee  on  Sports 

recom­
mended  that  the  special  features  of  the 
day  be  observed  in  the  following  order:

Visiting  Grocers

Visiting  Grocers.

12:30— Bicycle  Race.
1 :oo— Balloon  Ascension.
1 ‘.30-Baseball  between  Local  and 
1  :45— Boys’  Race  Under  16.
2:00—Girls’  Race  Under  16.
2:15—Sack  Race.
2 130—Three-Legged  Race.
2:45—Banana  Race.
3 :oo— Pie  Eating  Contest.
3 :15—Tug  of  War  between  Local  and 
4 :oo—Grt-ased  Pig  Contest.
5 :oo—Boat  Race.
5 :3o—Balloon  Ascension.
8:00—Grand  Display  of  Fireworks.
The  report  was  adopted.
The  Committee  on  Oil  reported  that 
it  had  been  unable  to  secure  any  agree­
ment  with  the  local  managers of  the  two 
oil  companies  and  recommended  that 
the  managers  be  requested  to  attend  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Association,  which 
recommendation  was  adopted  by  the 
Association

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Establishing  a  Trade.

Some  retailers  run  away  with  the  idea 
that  all  they  have  to  do  to  be  successful 
is  to  lay  in  a  stock  and  advertise.  By 
bright  advertising  methods  comparative 
success  may  be  reaped  for  a  while,  but 
if  the  advertising is  not  backed  up  with 
fair 
honest  goods,  right  prices  and 
dealing,  it  will  soon  be  found 
that 
money  spent  in  advertising was so  much 
money  wasted.  Anyone  desirous  of  es­
tablishing  a  trade  must  never  forget 
these essentials,  as by no other means can 
trade  be  held.  Printers’  ink,  judicious­
ly  used,  is  a  powerful  factor  to  draw 
trade  and 
is  supplemented  by 
new  and  attractive  displays  in  the  win­
dows  and  store,  custom  will  assuredly 
come,  but  nobody’s  custom  will  ever  be 
retained  that  has  been  fooled  once  or 
possibly  twice.

if  that 

Good  at  Heart.

Clerk— I  am  only  waiting  for  you  to 

raise  my  salary,  sir,  to  get  married.
Employer—Then  don’t  expect  it. 

I 

think  too  much  of  you.

a 

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traveling  man 
claiming  Milford,  Mich.,  as  his  home, 
took  an  overdose  of  laudanum  at  a  hotel 
at  Laporte,  Ind.,  Monday  night  and 
he is  in  a precarious condition.  Whether 
the  taking  of  the  drug was  accidental  or 
intentional  is  not  known.

Mrs.  E.  S.  Miller  has  embarked  in 
the grocery  business  at  Petoskey.  The 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the  stock.

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Drugs—Chemicals

——  

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
-  Deo. 31,1899 
A. C. Schtjmacheb, Ann  Arbor 
Dec. 31,1900
Geo. Gukbbum,  Ionia  - 
- 
L. E. Reynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1901
Henby Heim, Saginaw  - 
Dec. 31,1902
-  Dec. 31,1803
Wibt P. Doty, Detroit 
- 

President, Gbo.  Gcndbum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Sch u m ach eb, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Henby  Heim, Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.
Houghton—Aug. 29 and 30.
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

STATB  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. So u b w in e,  Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chas. F.  Mann, Detroit.
Treasurer  John D.  M u i r . Grand Rapids.

Som e  of the  Things  Druggists  Com* 
plain  Of.
W ritten for the Tradesman.

When  I  went  into  a  city  drug  store, 
the  other  day,  I  noticed  the  proprietor 
of  a  suburban  pharmacy  waiting  at  the 
prescription  case  while  the  clerk  busied 
himself  with  an  order.

“ What’s  the  cost?”   asked  the  rural- 
ist,  as  the  clerk  finally  banded  him  a 
two  ounce  prescription.

"Twenty  cents,  to  the  trade,”   was 

the  reply.

The  customer  sat  down  on  the  edge 

of  the  counter  and  laughed  heartily.

“ That’s  a  good  one,”   he  said.
“ Anything 

the 
price?”   asked  the  clerk,  with  a  sur­
prised  look  on  his  face.

the  matter  with 

“ The  price  is  all  right,”   replied  the 
“ It  would  cost  forty  cents  at 

other. 
my  place. ”

“ We  expect  you  to  make  a  profit  on 

it,”   said  the  clerk.

“ But  I’ll  lose  money  on  it,”   said  the 
druggist,  "and  all  through  a  fool  doc­
tor. ’ ’

“ It  strikes  me,”   said  the clerk,  “ that! 
the  difference  between  twenty  cents 
and  forty  cents  is  hardly  a  loss.”

“ But 

I’ve  got  to  sell 

it  for  five 
cents,”   said  the  owner of  the  suburban 
store.

“ For  five  cents!”
“ Exactly. 

It’s  just  this  way:  This 
into 
morning  a  regular  customer  came 
my  store  with 
that  prescription  and 
asked  how  much  I  would  charge  to  put 
it  up. 
I  answered  that  the  price  would 
be  forty  cents,  and  he  nearly  fainted 
away.

‘ Why,’  he  said,  ‘ Dr.  New  told  me 
that  I  could  get  it  at  Bknk  &  Blank’s, 
down  town,  for  five  cents. ’

Well,  as  I  said  before,  the  man  is  a 
regular  customer,  and  I  didn’t  want  to 
offend  him,  so  I  told  him  that  the 
in­
gredients  would  cost  about  five  times 
the  sum  named  by  the  doctor.

But, 

I  added, 

‘ I ’ve  got  to  go 
down  town  this  morning  anyway and 
I’ll  take  the  prescription  to  Blank  & 
Blank’s  and  let  them  put  it  up. 
It  will 
save  me  some  money  and  help  you  out, 
too. ’  ”

“ That  doctor  must  be  crazy,”   said 

the  clerk.

“ Oh,  he  just  wanted  to  air his  knowl­
edge  or  lack  of  knowledge, ”   said  the 
other. 
“ He  was  trying  to  make  him­
self  solid  with  bis  patient  by  pretend­
ing  to  protect  him  from  overcharges.”
"A re  you  really  going  to  sell  that 
prescription  for  five  cents?”   asked  the 
clerk,  as he  handed  back  the  change.

“ Of  course,”   was  the  reply. 

“ I ’ve 
spent  an  hour’s  time,  paid  ten  cents  car 
fare,  and  will 
lose  fifteen  cents  on  the 
deal.  But don’t  you  think  the  customer 
won’t  pay  for  it all  in  tim e.”

“ People  have  great  ideas  regarding 
the  drug  business,”   said  the 
clerk, 
walking  out  from  behind  the  case and 
passing  over  a  cigar. 
“ The  other  day

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

lady  came 

a 
in  here  and  wanted  five 
cents’  worth  of  jockey  club,  white  rose 
and  musk,  m ixed.”

“ Five  cents’  worth  of  each?”
“ No,  she  wanted  the  three  perfumes 
and  a  bottle all  for  five  cents.  And  she 
didn't  like  it  because  I  wouldn’t  fill  the 
order! 
It  was  no  use  trying  to  explain 
that  musk 
is  worth  about  a  dollar an 
ounce,  and  that  she  wouldn't get  enough 
of  it  for  the  whole  five  cents  to  put  in  a 
fly’s  eye. ”

“ If  you  imagine  you  have  troubles,”  
said  the  rural  dealer,  “ you  come  out 
and  ran  my  place  a  spell.  I  don’t think 
you’d  last  more  than  a  week.  And  the 
beauty  of  it  all  is  that  the  customers  in­
variably  declare  that they can  come here 
and  get  their  orders  filled  as  they  want 
them.  Not  long  ago  a  lady  came 
into 
the  store  and  asked  for  a  cent’s worth of 
Paris  green  and  a  cent’s  worth  of  mor­
phine  and  wanted  them  delivered. 
How's  that  for an  order?"

‘ ‘That’s  a  queer  combination,”   said 
“ Of  course,  you  delivered 

the  clerk. 
the  order. ’ ’

‘ ‘ In  a  pig’s  wrist,”   was  the reply.  “ I 
suppose  she  wanted  to  destroy  an  acre 
or  two  of  potato  bugs  with  the  Paris 
green  and  she  might  have  had  a  notion 
of  mercifully  putting  them  to  sleep  be­
fore  administering  the  poison.  You  can 
never  guess  the  notions  customers  have 
in  their  heads.  For  instance,  wbat  can 
any  human  being  want  of a combination 
of  flax  seed  and  sugar  of  lead,  mixed? 
I  received  such  an  order,  not long  ago— 
an  order  for  two  cents’  worth  of  each. ”  
“ The  customer  probably  made  a  mis­

take,”   said  the  clerk.

‘ * Of  course, it was a m ¡stake, ”  said the 
it  was  when  a 
rural  dealer,  “ just  as 
man  wanted  compound  fluid  extract of 
buchu  and  tincture  of  arnica  mixed. 
That  would  be  a  healing  remedy  for  the 
kidneys,  I  don’t  think.”

Both  men 

lauebed  at  the  novelty  of 
the  thing,  and  then  the  rural  dealer 
went  on:

“ Another  nuisance 

in  the  suburban 
drug  store, 
he  said,  “  is the  change 
nuisance.  Unless  you  refuse  to  change 
notes  of  large  denomination,  the  people 
come 
in  with  ten  and  twenty  dollar 
notes  and  buy  two  cent  stamps.  I’d  like 
to  run  the  old  notion  of  curing  smallpox 
in  on  such  people.”

“ I  guess  that’s  new,”   said  the  clerk. 

“ What  is  it?”

‘ ‘ Oh,  they  used  to 

immerse  the  pa­
tient 
in  the  river  up  to  bis  neck  and 
duck  bis  head  under  seven  times an 
hour  for  seven  days—that  is,  if the  sick 
man  lasted  seven  days. ’ ’
‘ ‘ Which  he  never did?”
“ I  have  never come  across  any record 
of  such  a  cure,”   laughed  the  suburban­
ite,  “ and  that 
is  why  I’d  like  to have 
some  of  my  customers  submitted  to  the 
operation.  I  can  stand  pulling  fly-paper 
apart  at  a  cent  a  pull,  and  having  peo­
ple  ask  for  ramples  in  order to  get  the 
remedy  they  want  free  of charge,  for 
this  all  means  economy,  but this postage 
stamp  business  means  pure gall.”  
t  There  s  another  class  of  customers 
I  d 
like  you  to  include  in  your  list,”  
said  the  clerk,  “ and  that  is  the  bashful 
young  girl  who  wants  rubber goods  of 
some  kind  and  is  afraid  to  ask  for  what 
she  wants.  Sbe’ll  come  into  the  store, 
take  half  an  hour  of  my  time,  look  over 
everything 
in  the  showcases  until  she 
sees  what  she  wants  and  will  then  ask 
for  that.’  They  make  me  weary.”
_ The  clerk  went  back  to  his  prescrip­
tions  and  the  suburbanite  went  back  to 
bis  store  to  sell  a  forty  cent prescription 
for  five  cents. 

A l f r e d ^B ,  T o z e r ,

Your  fountain 

How  to  Make  a  Soda  Fountain  Pay.
Keep  in  mind  that  the  dispensing  of 
is  a  business—a  'business 
soda  water 
that  rightly  conducted  will  return 
large 
profits  and  give  your  store  an  extended 
reputation. 
in  place, 
have  every  workiug  part  of  it  of  service 
to  you  at  all  times.  Empty  mineral 
and  soda  draft  tubes  are  as  dead  stock, 
and  empty  syrup  cans  plain  detractors 
of  your  ability  to  make  the  most of 
money 
invested.  Have  the  draft  tubes 
give  out  their  contents  in  a  way  to  do 
credit  to the name of  fountain— in  clear, 
sparkling,  full  streams.  Care  in  charg­
ing  fountains  and  in  keeping  the  soda 
cold  will 
insure  this  result.  Keep  the 
coolers  packed  with ice,  clean ice;  dirty 
ice  leaves  a  refuse  banked  against  cool­
ers  and  syrup  cans  that  keeps  the  cold 
out.  Count  ice half  your  stock  in  trade 
and  you  scarcely  exaggerate  the  neces­
sity  of  having  plenty  of  it.  Your  foun­
tain 
itself  advertises  cold  drinks— 
therefore  serve  cold  drinks.

in 

In  making  syrups,  have them  as  per­
fect  as  possible 
in  color,  consistency, 
and  flavor;  and  in  using  them  exercise 
a  judgment  as  to  quantity  that  shall 
supplement  the  care  and  expense  of 
making  them.  A  chance  for  true  econ­
omy  occurs  in  the  use  of syrups.  Don’t 
use  too  much—but  just  as  emphatically, 
don’t  use  too  little.  Make  your  choco­
late  as  good  as  you  can. 
It  is one  of 
the  most  expensive  syrups,  but  good 
chocolate  is  a  good advertisement.  That 
is an  object to  attain—make  each  drink 
to  advertise  itself.  The  palate  has  a 
good  memory.  A  good  specialty  syrup 
-something  that  you  make  yourself and 
that  no one  else  has— is a  fine  drawing
card.  Try  it.

Serve  yonrsoda  in  thin,  clean  glasses, 
and  have  clean  holders  for them.  Have 
mineral  glasses  for  mineral  water.  The 
man  that  wants  a  long  drink  generally 
finds  the  twelve-or-fourteen-ounce  glass 
too  long.  Have  a  ten-ounce  glass  for 
him 
if  he  wants  a  solid  drink.  Catch 
the  fancy  of  the  man  who  ‘ ‘ doesn’t
care. ”   He  is  a  good  soda  buyer,  as a 
rule,  and  his  “ don’t  care"  comes  from 
a  satiated  taste.  Make  him  care,  and 
he  will  remember  your  location.  Cream 
will  add  to  the  permanency,  flavor,  and 
appearance  of  soda;  milk  adds  nothing. 
It  is  economy  to  use  cream.

The  patron  at  your  fountain  is  your 
guest.  The  price  of a  glass  of  soda  is 
nothing 
if  the  drink  is  satisfying,  and 
a  pleased  patron  of  your  fountain  feels 
cordial  towards  you.  Treat him  as  your 
guest,  then.  Give  him  good  service, 
be  courteous,  please his  fancy. 
“ Serve 
a  smile  with  every  drink”   is  a  good 
rule.  The  question  of  what  drinks  to 
serve comes  here.  Serve all  drinks  that 
your  trade  requires,  and  that  your facil­
ities afford  opportunity  to serve.  As an 
entertainer,  in  which light  you  certainly 
stand,  strive to  have something  to  please 
each  fancy.  You  must  serve  ice  cream 
it  right,  it  is  easier;  and 
soda.  Serve 
a  good 
ice  cream  soda  appeals  to the 
ladies.  Clean,  quick,  courteous  dis­
pensers  are  remembered.

Cleanliness  everywhere— in  yourfoun 
tain,  about  your  fountain,  in  your  serv­
ice;  have  cleanliness  conspicuous,  but 
have  its agents absent—no  soiled 
linen 
or  polishing  cloths,  no  smear-fingered

boy.  Advertise  your  soda  by  display 
cards  that  are attractively  neat.  Change 
them  often.  Depend  on  volume  of  busi­
ness,  not  on  the  minimizing  of  cost  of 
essentials.

Thousands  of  soda  fountains  are  fur­
nishing  practical  answers  to  the  ques­
tion,  ‘ ‘ How  to  make  a  soda  fountain 
pay,”   by  turning  into the coffers of their 
owners  large  returns  for money invested. 
Start  right,  observe  and  answer  the  de­
mands  that  arise,  and your  fountain  will 
pay. 
Code  o f  Ethics  Adopted  by  Connecti­

Ja m e s   B e r r y .

cut  Pharmacists.

the 

The  members  of 

the  Connecticut 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  consider­
ing  it  necessary that some mutual  under­
standing  should  exist 
in  regard  to  the 
moral  principles  which  should  guide 
them 
in  their  profession,  do  hereby 
agree  upon 
following  Code  of 
Ethics:

1.  We  accept  tbe  U.  S.  Pharmaco­
poeia  as  our  standard  and  guide  for  all 
official  preparations,  and  recognize  a 
variance  from 
its  rules only  in  excep­
tional  cases,  where  sufficient  authority 
has  proved  some  other  process  more 
reliable  to  attain  the  same  end.  We 
would,  however,  recognize  tbe authority 
to  dispense  medicines  where  they  are 
especially  ordered  to  be  compounded  in 
accordance  with 
foreign  Pharmaco­
poeias.

2.  We  discountenance  all  secret  for­
mulas  between  physician  and  pharma­
cist,  and  consider  it  our  duty  to  com­
municate  such  to  each  other  when  re­
quested,  unless  otherwise  directed  by 
the  physician  who  originated  the  same.
3.  We  distinctly  repudiate  the  prac­
tice  of allowing physicians a percentage, 
in  any  form,  on  their  prescriptions  01 
patronage,  as  being  derogatory  to  both 
professions.

4.  We  will  endeavor,  as  far as  pos­
sible,  to  refrain  from  compromising  tbe 
professional  reputation  of  any  physi­
cian,  and  expect, 
in  return,  the  same 
courtesy  from  him.

5.  Believing 

that  the  professional 
training  of  the  pharmacist  does  not 
in­
clude  those  branches  which  enable  tbe 
physician  to  diagnose  and  treat disease, 
we  should,  in  all  practical  cases,  de­
cline  to  give  medical  advice,  and  refer 
the  applicant  to  an  educated  physician.
6.  The  growing  demands  ot  the  age 
require  that  those  who  follow  tbe  pro­
fession  of  pharmacy  should  be  educated 
up  to  a  higher  standard;  therefore  we 
consider  it  our  duty,  individually  and 
collectively,  to  encourage  tbe  advance­
ment  of  knowledge 
in  our  profession 
generally,  and  more  particularly  by 
stimulating  our  assistants  in  every  way 
possible  to  become  proficient 
in  their 
business.

7.  While we  duly  recognize  the  value 
of  alcohol,  and  such  liquors  of  which  it 
is  an  active  ingredient,  as  a  therapeutic 
agent,  and  believe  it  proper  to  be  dis­
pensed  or  sold  as  such  by  pharmacists, 
we  would  deplore  tbe  wide-spread  evil 
resulting  from  its  intemperate  use,  and 
we  condemn  any  attempt  to  make  it  a 
prominent  feature  of  our business,  or  its 
sale 
in  any  form  to  be  drunk  on  our 
premises,  as  unprofessional  and  con­
trary  to  public  policy and  good  morals.
8.  Believing  that  some  means  should 
be  adopted  to  enforce the  provisions  of 
this  code,  a  member  may  report  to  any 
annual  meeting  of this  Association  any 
member  whom  be  finds  violating  tbe 
same;  at  which  time  the  accused  may 
be  heard  in  his  own  defense,  and  if  the 
member  accused  should be found  guilty, 
be  may  be  expelled  by a  vote  of  two- 
thirds  present.

It  takes an  artist  to  mix  a  cocktail— 
and  a  few  cocktails  will  sometimes  mix 
an  artist.

I  P P P D in n   C f i  M,g*  Chemists,

r   C l v i v i V J U   v U . j  

ALLEOAN,  MICH.

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Quinta, S.German.. 
Qulnla, N.Y............  
-3®  48
Ruble Tinctorom... 
12®  14
18®  20
SaccharumLactis pv 
Salacin....................  3 00® 3 10
Sanguis Draconl8... 
40®  50
Sapo,  W..................  
12®  14
Sapo, M.................... 
10®  12
Sapo, G....................  @  15
Siedlitz  Mixture....  20  @  22

a   18
a   30
Voes......................  @  34

Slnapis.................... 
Slnapis, opt............  
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s 
@  34
SodaBoras..............  9 @ 
11
Soda Boras, po........  9 @ 
11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1K@ 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
5
3® 
Soda, Ash...............   3K@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @  2 60
Spts. Ether Co........ 
50®  55
Spt.  Myrcia Dom... 
@ 0 00
Spts. V ui Rect. bbl.  @
Spts. Vini Beet. Kbbl  @
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgai  @
Spts. Vini Rect. ggal  @
Strychnia, Crystal... 
Sulphur,  Snbl.........   2V@  4
Sulphur,  Roll........  2K®3K
Terebenth Venice..
Theobrom®.........
Vanilla..................
Zlnci  Sulph...........
Oils
Whale, winter........
Lard,  extra...........
Lard, No. 1............

30
2m
46® 48
9 00® 16 00
7® 8

BBL. GAL.
70
70
60
50
35
40

1  30® 1 35

10

42
Linseed, pure  raw.. 
39 
40 
Linseed,  Dolled......  
43
70
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
43K  60
Spirits Turpentine.. 
Paints  BBL.  LB
Bed Venetian.........  
IK 2  @3
Ochre, yeuow Mars. 
IK  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
IK  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2M  2K@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2K  2K@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13®  15
Vermilion, English.  70®  75
Green, P aris...........  13K®  I'M
Green,  Peninsular.. 
i3®  16
Lead, Red...............   5K®  6m
Lead, white............  5K@  OM
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders’. . .  @  X)
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 Fum __  1 00®  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1 55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer, No.lTurp  70®  75

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced
Declined—

Acidum

Acetlcum.................I  6@$
6@l 8
Benzolcum, Ger
70® 75
Boraclc.............
@ 16
C a rb o llc u m ,
29® 41
48® 50
Cltricum..........
3® 5
Hvdrochlor.....
Nltrocum.........
8® 10
12® 14
Oxallcum.........
Phosphorium,  d
® 15
60© 6
Salley Ileum.......
5
Sulphuricum.  ........  IX®
IK®
Tannlcum..............  1  25@  1  40
38® 40
Tartaricum..............
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg...........
Aqua, 20 deg...........
Carbonas.................
Chloridum..............
Aniline

4® 6
6®
8
12® 14
12® 14

Blaok.......................  2 00® 2 25
Brown....................  80®  1 00
B ed.........................  45®  50
Yellow....................  2 50® 3 00
13® 15
6®
8
25® 30

Baccae.
Cubene...........po. 18
Juniperus...............
Xanthoxylum.........
BaUamum
50® 55
Copaiba...................
@ 2 'ib
Peru.........................
Terabin, Canada— 45® 50
50® 55
Tolutan....................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian—  
Cassi®....................  
Cinchona Flava...... 
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerlfera, po. 
Primus Virginl........ 
Quillaia,  gr’d .........  
Sassafras........po. 18 
Ulmus...po. 15,  gr’d 
Bxtractnm
Glyeyrrhlsa Glabra.  24®  25
Glycyrrhlza, po...... 
28®  30
Hsematox, 15 lb box. 
11®  12
Hsematox, I s ........... 
13®  14
Hsmatox, Ms.........  
14®  15
Hsematox, Ms......... 
18®  17

18
18
18
30
20
12
12
i'-‘
15

Perm

Carbonate Preclp... 
Citrate and Quinia.. 
Citrate SoluDle........ 
Ferrocyanidum Sol. 
Solut.  Chloride...... 
Sulphate, com’l ......  
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........  
Sulphate, p u re ......  

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
80
7

Flora

Folia

Arnica....................  
12®  14
°2@  25
Anthemls................ 
Matricaria..............  30®  35

Barosma..................   25®  30
Cassia Acutifol, Ttn-
nevelly................. 
18®  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis, Ms
and Ks................. 
12®  20
Ura Ural................... 
8®  10
Gumml

Aoacla,  1st  picked..  ®  65
Acacia,  2d  picked..  ®  45
picked..  ®  35
Acacia, 3d 
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
®  28
Acacia, po...............  
60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape ....po. 15 
®  12
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 
®  30
Ammoniac.............. 
55®  60
AssafCBtlda__po. 30  28®  30
Benioinum............  
50®  55
@  13
Catechu, Is......
@  14
Catechu, Ms----
®  16 
Catechu, Ms......
55®  60
Camphor»  .
®  10
Buphorblum.. po.  35 
Gafbanum. 
® 100
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  70
Guaiacum....... po. 25 
Kino...........po. 83.U0 
® 3 00
M astic.................... 
®  60
Myrrh............. po.  45  @ 4 0
Opii...po. 4.60®14.80 3 25®  3 31
Shellac.................... 
25®  35
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80
Herbn

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

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

Oleum

Absinthium............   4 50® 4  75
Amygdal®, Dulc....  30®  50
Amygdal», Amarse .  8 00®  8 25
Anisi.......................  1 85® 2 00
Auranti  Cortex......   2 40® 2 50
Bergamii.................  2 80®  2 90
75®  80
Callputi................... 
Caryophylli............   70®  80
Cedar....................... 
35®  65
Chenopadli.  @ 275
f'lnnamonii.............  1  25®  1  85
Cttronella...............  
35®  40

00® 4 50

00®  1 10
40®  1 45

50® 2 00
31®  1 43

Conium Mac........... 
35®  50
Copaiba..................   1  15®  1  25
Cubeb®....................  90®  1  00
Exechthitos...........  1  00®  1  10
Erigeron.................  1 
Gaultheria..............  l 
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal..  50®  60
Hedeoma................  1  25®  1  35
Junlpera..................  1 
Lavendula.............. 
go® 2 00
Limonis..................   l 
Mentha Piper.........  1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verld.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhu»,  gal.........   1  00®  1  15
Myrcia,....................  4 
Olive.......................  
75® 3 00
10®  12
Plcis  Llquida.  ...... 
Plcis Liquids, gal...  @  35
R icina.................... 
92®  1 00
Rosmarini...............   @  1 00
Ros®,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succinl...................  40®  45
Sabina................... 
go®  1 00
Santal....................... 2 
Sassafras.................  55®  80
Slnr.pls, ess.,  ounce.  @  65
Tlglfi.......................  1 
40®  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............   @ 1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
is
15® 
Bl-Carb.................... 
Bichromate............  
13®  15
Bromide..................  
5>@  57
Carb....................... 
12® 
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16®  18
Cyanide..................  
35®  40
Iodide....................... 2 40® 2 50
Potaasa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @ 
i5 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10®  12
Potass Nitras........... 
io@ 
11
Prussiate.................  2u@  25
Sulphate po  ........... 
15®  18

50® 7 00

70®  1 80

Radix

20®  25
Aconitvm...............  
22®  25
Alth®.....................  
Anchusa................. 
10® 
12
®  25
Arum po..................  
Calamus.................  20®  40
Gentiana......... po.  15  12®  15
Glychrrhiza.. .pv.  15  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden.  @  70
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  75 
18®  20
Hellebore,Alba,po.. 
Inula, po................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po................. 4 
60® 4 75
Iris plox— po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  Ms...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po....  22®  25
R ? e i....................... 
75®  1 00
Rhel. cut.................  @  1  25
Rhei.pv..................  
75®  1  35
Spigelia...................  35®  38
Sanguinarla... po. 15  @  18
Serpentaria............   40®  45
Senega....................  40®  45
Similax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............  
®  25
Scillse............ . po.35  10®  12
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po................. 
®  25
Valeriana, Eng.po. 30  @  25
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingibers...............  
12®  16
Zingiber]...............  
25®  27
Semen

8® 

Anisum........... po.  15  @ 
12
Apium  (graveleons) 
13®  15
Bird, Is.................... 
4® 
6
Carol...............po.  18  10®  12
Cardamon...............   1  25® 1  75
Corlandrum............  
10
4K®  5
Cannabis  Sativa.. 
Cvdonium............   .  ?5@  1  00
Chenopodium........ 
10® 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  1  40®  1 50
Foeniculum............   @ 
10
Fcenngreek, po........ 
7® 
9
Llui.........................  3H@  4K
Llnl,  grd....bbl. 3M 
4®  4M
Lobelia..................   35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian.  3K@  4
Rapa.......................  4M® 
5
Slnapis Albu........... 
9®  10
Slnapis  Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Splrltus

Fromenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
From enti..................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 Galli........  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® 3 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
Yellow  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®  80
Senega................. 
@  50
50
8C11I » ........... 

 

 

 

go

10® 

niscellaneous

ScillnCo.................  @  50
Tolutan................... 
®  50
Prunus vlrg............   @  50
Tinctures
60
Aconitum NapelllsB 
Aconitum Napellis 7 
50
Aloes....................... 
60
60
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
Arnica.................... 
50
Assafoetlda............  
50
60
At rope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex......  
50
60
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma................. 
go
Cantha rides............ 
75
Capsicum..... 
7g
Cardamon............... 
Cardamon  Co.........  
75
1 00
Castor...................... 
Catechu................... 
50
Cinchona................. 
so
Cinchona Co........... 
30
Columba.................  
go
Cubeba....................  
go
Cassia Acutifol......  
50
50
Cassia Acutifol Co.. 
Digitalis........... 
50
Ergot......................  
go
Ferri Chloridum 
35
Gentian........... 
go
.. 
Gentian Co.............. 
60
Guiaca...................  
go
Guiaca ammon........ 
60
Hyoscyamus........... 
go
Iodine...................... 
78
Iodine, colorless__ 
75
go
Kino........................  
go
Lobelia.................. 
go
Myrrh...................... 
Nux Vomica........... 
go
Opil......................... 
7g
Opli, camphorated. 
50
1  50
Opil,  deodorized.  .. 
go
Quassia................... 
Rhatany..................  
go
go
Rhei........................  
Sanguinarla........... 
go
Serpentaria............  
50
Stramonium........... 
80
Tolutan...................  
60
Valerian................. 
go
50
Veratrom Veride... 
Zingiber..................  
20
Aäther, Spts. Nit. 3F  30®  35
.(Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2M@ 
3
4
3® 
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
Annatto..................   40®  50
Antimonl,  po.........  
4® 
5
Antlmoni et PotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
@  35
Antifebrin..............  @  20
Argenti Nitras, oz ..  @  50
Arsenicum..............  
12
Balm Gilead  Bud...  38®  40
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  1b..  @ 
9
Calcium Chlor., Ms. 
® 
10
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.  @ 
12
Cantharldes, Rus.po  @ 
75
15
Capsici  Fructu8, af.  @ 
Capsici Fructus, po.  @ 1 5
Capsici FructusB.po  @ 
15
12®  14
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba...............  
50®  55
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........ 
®  33
Centraria................. 
® 
10
Cetaceum................  
®  45
Chloroform............ 
50®  63
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  10 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondros............... 
20®  25
Cinchonidine,P.& W  3 ®   43 
Cinchonldine, Germ  8i@  45
Cocaine.................  3 80® 4 CO
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct. 
70
Creosotum........  
@ 3 5
Creta.............bbl. 76  @  2
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
9® 
Creta, preclp........... 
ll
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
8
Crocus.................... 
18®  20
Cudbear.................  @  24
Cupri Sulph............   6M@ 
8
10®  12
Dextrine.................. 
Ether Sulph............ 
75®  90
Emery, all  numbers  @ 
8
Emery, po................  @ 
6
Ergota.......... po. 40  30®  35
Flake  White........... 
12® 
15
Galla........................  @  23
Gambler.................. 
8® 
9
Gelatin, Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......   35®  60
75 &  10
Glassware, flint, box 
Less  than  box__ 
70
Glue,  brown........... 
9®  12
Glue, white............  
13®  25
Glycerine................  14®  20
Grana  Paradisl......  @  25
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @  90
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @  80
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @  1  00 
Hydraag Ammonlatl  @  1  15 
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........   @  75
Ichthyobolla, Am...  65®  75
Indigo...................... 
75®  1 00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @420
Lupulin.  ................  @2 25
Lycopodium........... 
45®  50
65®  75
Macis.................... 
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod.............  
@  25
LiquorPotassArslnit  10®  12
Magnesia, Sulph__  
2® 
3
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
®  IK
Mannla, S. F ...........   £0®  60
@ 3 00
Menthol. 

® 30

W AIT
FOR
TH E
W INNER

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,
M ICH.

20

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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

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

AXLE OREASE- 
doz. gross
Aurora....................
..55
6 00
Castor Oil............... ..no
7 00
Diamond.................
4 00
.50
Fraser’s ...................
9 00
.75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
9 00
nica, tin boxes........ ..75
9 00
Paragon...................
.55
6 00

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.
Vi  b cans dos........
Vi lb ¿ans dos........
1 
lb can  dos........
Acme.
Vi lb oans8 doa.....
4 lb oans8 dos.....
1 
lb cans 1 dos......
balk.........................
Arctic.
oz. Eng. Tumblers.

45
. 
85
.  1 50
45
75
.  1 00
10
85

. 

Horn.

Peerless.

Bl Parity.

Oar Leader.

Queen Flake.

Jersey Cream.

BATH  BRICK.

6 oz. cans, 4 doz case.........  
80
9 oz. cans, 4 doz case.........   1  20
lb. cans, 2 doz case...... 2 00
1 
2% lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 4 75
5 
lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 9 00
14 lb cans per doi.............  75
Vi lb cans per d o t ........... 1 20
lb cans per dos............ 2  00
1 
14 lb oans 4  dos case......  
85
V{ lb cans 4  dos case......  
55
lb cans 2  doz case  ..... 
1 
90
O S E 3 3 S M
14 lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
45
Vi lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
85
1 
lb cans, 2 doz case........1 60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............   l  25
6 oz. cans, per dos.............  
85
14 lb cans..........................  45
H lb oans..........................  75
lb oans..........................  l  50
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
3  os., 6 doz. case.............   2 70
6 oz., 4 dos. case 
...........S  20
9os., 4 dos. case................... 4 80
1 lb., 2 dos. case................... 4 00
61b., 1 dos. case................... 9 00
American............................... 75
English.........  
80
Tomatoes...................  80®  90
Com  ..........................   80@i  00
Hominy......................  80
Beans, Limas..............  70@1 30
Beans, Wax................  90
Beans, String..............  85
Beans,  Baked............   75® 1  00
Beans, Red  Kidney...  75®  85
Succotash...................  95@1  20
Peas............................  50®  85
Peas, Prench.............. 2 25
Pumpkin  ...................  75
Mushroom.................  15®  22
Peaches, P ie...............1  00
Peaches, Fancy.......... l  40
Apples,  gallons.........   @3 25
Cherries....................   90
Pears..........................  70
Pineapple, grated...... 1  75  2 4O
Pineapple, sliced........1 3S  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, Vi lb. flats....  95 
Salmon, Red  Alaska..1  25 
Salmon, Pink Alaska..  95
Lobsters, 1-lb. Star__ 3 20
Lobsters, 2-lb. Star__ 3 90
Mackerel.l lb Mustard  10 
Mackerel, 1-lb. Soused. 1  75 
Mackerel,1-lb Tomato.l  75
Sbrimps...................... 2 00
Sardines, 14s domestic  3 Vi® 
Sardines, mstrd, dom.5Vi®  7Vi 
Sardines,  French.......8  @ 22

 
CANNED OOODS.

BLUING.

m

c o m

s S e

 

40
75

CANDLES.

spoons.

pints................... 2 00

Small, 3 dos.......................  
Large, 2 doz.......................  
4o. 1 Carpet............................. 2 31
*0.2 Carpet............................. 2 is
No. 8 Carpet............... 
  1  85
No. 4 Carpet............................  i 45
Parlor Gem..............................2 50
Common Whisk...... ..........  95
................  1 f 0
Fancy Whisk.. 
Warehouse............................... 2 70
8 s........................................ 7
16s.........................................8
Paraffine................................ 8
Wicking...............................20
CATSUP.
Columbia, 
..........1  25
Columbia. Vi pints 
CHEESE
Acme......................
® 9H
Amboy....................
© 9Vi
Butternut................ @ 9
Carson City.............
© 9
Elsie........................ @ 10
Emblem.................. © 10
G em ....................... © 10
Gold Medal.............
©
Ideal.......................
© 10
Jersey  ....................
© 10
Riverside.................
© 9V4
Brick.......................
© 12
Edam.......................
© 70
Leiden....................
© 17
Limburger..............
© 18
Pineapple................ 50 © 75
Sap  Sago.................
© 17
Bulk  ............................. 
5
Red 
7

CHOCOLATE.

Wetter Beker A Co.'s.
 

German Sweet........................28
Premium......... 
35
46
Breakfast  none» 

 

COFFEE.
Roasted.

Rle.

Java.

Mocha.

Bentos.

Routed.

Maracalke.

F air.......................................... 9
Good....................................... 10
Prim e......................................12
Golden  ...................................18
Peaberry  ................................14
Fair  ........................................14
Good  ....................................  15
Prim e......................................16
Peaberry  ................................18
Prim e....................................  15
Milled......................................17
Interior...................................26
Private  Growth...................... 30
Mandehllng............................ 36
Im itation............................... 22
Arabian  ................................. 28
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......................29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__29
Wells’ Mocha and Jays___ 24
Wells’ Perfection  Jaya...... 24
Sanoalbo............................. 21
Breakfast Blend................  18
Valley City Maracaibo........18V4
Ideal  Blend.........................14
Leader Blend...............  
12V4
Below  are  glyen  New  Vork 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  yonr  shipping 
point, glying 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 Rc  a 
pound.  In  601b.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In frill cases.
Arbnckle.......................   10  50
Jersey.............................   10 50
ncLaaghlla’s  XXXX.
McLaughlin’s XXX X  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  A 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City Vi gross...... 
Felix Vi groes................. 
Hummel’s foil Vi gross*... 
Hummel’s tin Vi  gross 
CLOTHES  PINS, 
i  gross boxes..............

75
1  15
86 
1 48
40

Package.

Bxtract.

CLOTHBS LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  dos.........1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dos.........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  dos.........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  dos.........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  dos.........1  80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  dos.............  80
Jnte. 72 ft  per  •'os.............   95

COCOA.

James Epps & Co.’s.

Boxes, 7 lbs............................. 40
Cases, 16 boxes........................38
COCOA SHBLLS.
201b  bags.......................  
2 Vi
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound  packages............. 
4
CRB An  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
29
Bnlk In sacks............... 

 

 

CO N D EN SED   M ILK .

4 doa In ease.
Gall Borden  Eagle.............6 75
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy...................................5 75
Champion  ...........................4 GO
Magnolia 
.......................   4 25
Challenge.............- ........... 3 35
Dime 
8 85

COUPON  BOOKS.

 
Tradesman Grade.

.... 

Credit Cbacks.

Superior Grade.

Universal Grade.

Economic Grade.

Caapoa Pass Books.

denomination from 210 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
60 books, any denom....  1  50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500books  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....  150
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom.... 11 50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
500, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel punch.......................   75
Can be made to represent any 
20books  ........................  1  00
SObooks..........................   2 00
100 books................................8 00
250 books...............................   6 25
500 books................................10 00
toon books............................... 17 GO
DRIED FRUITS—DOrtBSTlC 
Sundrled......................  Q 7V4
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ®10Vi 
Apricots.....................   ® 15
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.........  
O
Peaches.......................10  OH
Pearl...........................  O
Pitted Cherries........... 
Prannelles..................
Raspberries.................
1jO-12U ea 10 uoxe«. 
...  0 4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   O 5
80-90 25 lb boxes.........  ®  5V4
70-80 26 lb boxes.........   ® 654
60-70 26 lb boxes........   @ 6*
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   0  8
40-50 25 lb boxes  ........  ©10
30-40 25 lb boxes.........   ©
*4 cent less in 50 lb cases 

California Pranas.

California Pratts.

Apples.

7*

Raisins.

1  45 
London Layers 2 Crown. 
1  65
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............  
2 00
6
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
6
Loose Muscatels 8 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, choice......  
7V4
L. M , Seeded, fancy........  9V4

FOREIGN.
Citron.

Peal.

Currasrts.

Leghorn..........................©11
Corsican..........................@12
Patras bbls...................... @  6Vi
Cleaned, bulk  ................. @  6Vi
Cleaned, packages.......... @  7_
Citron American 10 lb bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx @l0Vi 
Orange American 101b bx QlOVi 
Ondura 28 lb boxes.....  @
Sultana  1 Crown.........   @
Sultana 2 Crown.........   @
Sultana 3 Crown..........  @
Sultana 4 Crown..........  @
Sultana 5 Crown..........  ©
Sultana 6 Crown.........   ©
Sultana package.........   @

Raisins.

Parian.

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

Grits.

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Peas.

Beans.

1  75
2 25
2 50

Hamlny.

Rolled  Oats.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages.................... 1 80
1001b. kegs............................ 2 70
300 lb. barrels........................ 5 10
Barrels  ............................ 2 50
Flake, 501b.  drams..........1 00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
5V4
Medium Hand Picked 1  20® 1  25 
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  101b. box......
60
Imported.  25 lb. box. . . . 2 50
Common..........................
Chester..........................
Empire 
.........................
Green, Wisconsin, bu__ 1 00
Green, Scotch, bu.  ........ 1  10
Split, bu.......................... 250
Rolled Avena,  bbl........ 4 00
Monarch,  bbl................ 3 75
Monarch.  Vi  bbl............ 2 00
Monarch, 90 lb sacks...... 1  80
Quaker, cases................. 3 20
Huron, cases................... 2 00
German..........................
4
East  India................
3 Vi
Eesley’s Self Rising Floars.
Pastry.
2 lb. cartons, 2 dz. In case .  1  80
6 lb. sacks, 1 dz. *n  case....  2 40
9 lb. sacks, 1 dz. in jute.. .  3 35
2 lb. cartons. 2 dz. in  case..  1  80
2 lb. cartons, 2 dz. In case..  1  80
Flake..............................
Pearl................................
Pearl, 241 lb. pkges........
Cracked, bulk.................
24 2 lb packages............... 2 50

Graham.
Tapioca.

Entire Wheat.

5
4H
6*
3Vi

Wheat.

Sago.

SALT FISH.

Cod.

Herring.

nacketel.

Georges cured............  @5
Georges genuine........  @  5V4
Georges selected........  @ 6
Strips or bricks.........   6  ® 9
9 25 
Holland white hoops, bbl. 
5 25 
Holland white hoop Vi bbl 
70 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
Holland white hoop mens
80
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbe....................   3 10
Round  40 lbs.....................  1 40
Scaled...............................  
14
Mess 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbs........................  6 30
Mess  10 lbs.......................  1 65
Mess  8 lbs...... ................   1 35
No. 1100 lbs...............  
  18 26
No. 1  40 lbs........................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs........................  1 48
No. 1  8 lbs......................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  11  50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  4 9 >
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  30
No. 2  8 lbs......................  107
No. 1100 lbs......................
No. 1  40 lbe......................
N o.l  10 lbe......................
N o.l  8 lbe......................

Trout.

No. 1  N ■  2  Fan.
100 lbe...........7 CO  6 50  2 75
40 lbe...........  8  10  2 90  1  0
10 lbe...........   85 
48
8 lbs........... 
37
71 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

80 
66 

Whlteflsh.

Perrlgo’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 oz...

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

Lem.
doz.
75 
1  25

2 25
1  75
2 25
Van. 
1  20
1 70
2 00 
2 25

Jennings*.

D. C. Lemon
2 os.......   75
3 os......... 1 00
4 oz.........1  40
60s............. 2 00
No.  8...2 40
NO.10...400
2 T.l 25  No.  2 T.  80
3 T.2 00  No.  3 T.l  25
4 T.2 40  No.  4 T.l  50

D.C. Vanilla 
2 oz.......1 20 
3 os.......1  50 
4 oz.......2 00 
60s.......3  00 
No.  8  4 00 
No.10.  .6 00 
No. 
No. 
No 
Tanglefoot,  per box...........
Tanglefoot, per case  ..........3 20
Holders, per box of 50........  75
Perrigo’s Lightning, gro___2 50
Petrolatum, per doz............  75

FLY  PAPER.

HBRBS.
Sage......................................  15
...........................  15
Hops 
INDIGO.

dadr&s, 5  lb  boxes............   56
S. F „ 2.8 and 5 lb boxes...  50 

dUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
.................................4 00

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs 
Half Kegs................................. 2 25
Quarter Kegs............................1 35
1 lb. cahs..............................  30
Vi lb. cans............................   18
K egs........................................ 4 25
Half Kegs...........................2 40
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 35
1 lb. cans..............................  34
Kegs..........................................8 00
Half Kegs................................. 4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
1 lb. cans..............................  45
15 lb  pails  ..........................   85
K lb p a ils..........................   65

Bogle Duck—Dupeot’s.

JBLLY.

LYE.
Condensed, 2 dos  ...............I  20
Condensed. 4 dos 
.  ..........2 25

UCORICB.

Pure...................................   so
Calabria.............................   36
Sicily....................................  14
Boot.....................................   10

flATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur...................... 1 65
Anchor Parlor.....................1  70
No. 2  Home..........................1  10
g rro rt  Parlor.....................4 no
Wolverine............................ 1  05
No Brand..........................   95

riOLASSBS.
New Orisons.

Black................................  
11
F air..................................  
14
Good................................. 
20
24
Fancy  .............................. 
Open Kettle...................... 25@35

[alf-barrels 2c extra.
MU5TARD.

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

PIPES.

Clay, No. 216........................1  T
Clay, T. D. foil count........ 
61-
Cob, No. 8..........................  
85

POTASH.

48 cane in case.

Babbitt’s..............................i  (X
PennaSalt  Co.’s................. 8  Ot

Barrels, 1,200 count...........4 00
Half bbls, 000 count...........  2 50

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   5 0»
Half bbls  1,200 co u n t...... 3 00

PICKLES, 
riedlum.

Saudi.

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................   6Vi
Carolina  No. 1 ..................  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................   8%

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1..............  5V4@ 6
Japan,  N o .l............   4*@ 5
Java, fancy  head........5  @  5V4
Java,  No. 1.................. 5  @
T ab le..........................   @
Packed 60 lbs. In  box. 

SALBRATUS.

Church’s Arm and Hammer..  15
Deland’s 
...................... 3 00
DwIght’sCow............................8 15
Emblem  .............................. 3 50
L. P............................................8 00
Sodlo.........................................3 15
Wyandotte, ICO lis ...................3 00
Granulated, bbls.......  po
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  80
Lump, bbls................   70
Lamp, 1461b kegs.......  £0

SAL SODA.

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Worcester.

Common Grades.

Table, cases. 24 3-lb  boxes.. 1 50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Batter, barrels, 280 lb. bnlk.2 25 
Bntter, barrels, 2014 lb bags. 8 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   56
100 3-lb sacks.........................1 95
00 5-lb sacks.........................1 £0
2810-lb sacks.......................1 65
50  4 
lb. cartons..............8 25
115  2V(lb.  sacks..................4 00
lb. sacks................. 8 75
60  5 
2314 
lb. sacks................. 8 50
3010 
lb. sacks..................8 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  82
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bulk In barrels.....................2 50
56-lb dairy In drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......   15
56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  00
50-lb dairy In linen seeks...  00 
50-lb  sacks...................  ....  21
Granulated Fine.................   00
Medium  Fine......................  70
Per doz.

Ashton.
Higgins, 
in Unen si
Solar Rock.
Cernmon.

SCALES.

Warsaw.

12
Weighs 24 lbs. bj ounces.

SEEDS.

A nise...............................   9
Canary, Smyrna................  3 Vi
Caraway...........................  8
Cardamon,  M alabar......   00
Celery...............................   11
Hemp,  Russian................  4Vi
Mixed  Bird...................... 
4Vi
Mustard,  white................  5
Poppy  ..............................  10
Bape................................. 
Guttle Bone......................  20
Scotch, In bladders..............   87
Maccaboy, In Jars.................   35
French Rappee, In Ja n ......   ©

SNUFF.

4 Vi

SOAP.

jaXon

 

Single box.................. 
2 86
box lots, delivered.......2  *0
5 
10 box lots, delivered...........2 75
M.  8.  KIRK  S CO.’S BRAIDS.
American Family, wrp’d... .2 60
Dome.........................................2 75
Cabinet..................................... 2 SO
Savon........................................ 2 50
White Russian......................... 2 35
Wbite Cloud,  laupdry........ 6 25
White Cloud,  toilet.............3 50
Dnsky Diamond,50 6 oz.,.,2  10 
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz.... 3 00
Bine India, 100 R lb................. 3 00
Kirkoline..................................8 50
Bos........................................... 2 50
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 d o s.......2 40
Sapolio, hand, 8 d os........... 2 40
SODA.
Boxes  ...................................6 Vi
Kegs. English..... 
......   4R
Cera.

Barrels..................................17
Half  bbls.............................19
1 doz. 1 gallon cans..................2 90
1  dos. Vi gallon cans.........1 70
9  dos. Vi gallon c a n s.......1  70
Fair  .................................  10
Good.................................  20
Choice..............................  26

Pure Cane.

Scouring.

SYRUPS.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

21

S P IC E S .
Whola Slttad.

Allspice  .............................. 10
Cassia, China In mats......... 12
Cassia, Batavia In band. ...25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........S2
Cloves, Amboyna................14
Cloves, Zanslbar..................12
Mace,  Batavia.....................55
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
Nutmegs, No.  1................... 50
Nutmegs, No.  2.......... 
  45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 13 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .16
Pepper,  shot........................15
AllBplce  ..............................14
Cassia, Batavia...................30
Cassia,  Saigon.................... 40
Cloves, Zanslbar..................14
Singer,  African..................15
Singer,  Cochin................... 18
Singer,  Jamaica  ................28
Mace,  Batavia.................... 65
Mustard......................... 12@18
Nutmegs,......................40@a0
Pepper, Sing , black............15
Pepper, Sing., white........... 22
Pepper, Cayenne................. 20
Sage......................................16

Pars Qroand la Balk.

STARCH.

Klngsford’s  Cera.

Diamond.

401-lb packages...................6
20 1 lb packages...................634
Klngsford’s  Silver Oless.
10 1-lb packages.....................6)4
6-lb boxes.................... 7
64 10c  packages  ...............5 00
<28  5c  packages.................5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. .5 00 
201 lb. packages..  .............  5
40 1 lb. packages 
...............  4M
1-lb  packages......................  414
3-lb  packages....................  414
6-lb  packages...................  5
10 and 50 lb boxes.............   3
3
Barrels 

Common Qloss.

Common  Corn.

. 

STOVE POLISH.

Candies.
Stick Candy.

_ 
Standard................. 
Standard H. H........ 
Standard Twist......  
Cnt Loaf................. 
_ 
Jumbo. 32 lb  .......... 
Bxtra H.H.............. 
Boston  Cream........ 

. 

bbls.  pails
7  ® 734
7  ®
734© 8
<®  i%
cases
® 6V4
® 8H
®io

Mixed Candy.

(®  g
Grocers...................  
® 534
Competition............ 
© 7
Standard................. 
Conserve.................  
&  7%
Royal...................... 
© 714
© g%
Ribbon.................... 
© 734
Broken................... 
©  8j4
Cut Loaf................. 
English Rock.........  
© 834
@ 834
Kindergarten.........  
French  Cream........ 
© 9
Dandy Pan.............  
®  834
Hand Made Cream mxd  ©13 
Nobby.................... 
© 834

Fancy—In Balk.

San Bias Goodies....  ©11
Lozenges, plain......  
© 834
© 834
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Choc.  Drops........... 
©11
Choc.  Monumentals 
@1234
Gum  Drops............  
© 5
Moss  Drops............  
© 834
© 834
SourDrops.............. 
@ 9s%
Imperials...............  
Ital. Cream Bnbns, 35 lb pis  11 
Molasses Chews,  15 lb. palls  13 
Jelly Date Squares..  @10
Fancy—In g  lb.  Boxes.

©50
©50
©go
©65
©75
@90
©30
@75
©50
@56
©55
@55
@0
©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............  
©go
Burnt Almonds...... 125  @
Winteigreen Berries  ©55

Cigars.

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

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brands.

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

8- C. W...............................35 go
Phelps. Brace A Co.’s Brands. 
Vincente Portuondo. .a5@ 70 00
Ruhe B>-os.  C o ......... 25®  '0 00
The HilBonCo............ 3;@H0 00
T. J. Dunn A Co........3acn 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
Seldenberg A Co........55@125 00
G. P. Sprague Cigar Co. 10® 35 03 
The Fulton Cigar Co., in® 35 00 
A. B  Ballard A Co....3?@l  5 00 
E. M. Schwarz A Co 
,%®I10 00
San  Telm j.................&5@ 70 oi
Havana Cigar Co.......18® 35 00

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  5 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11
Pure Cider, Red Star......... 12
Pure Cider. Robinson........ 13
Pure Cider, Silver...............

WICK1NG.

N 0.0, per gross....................   20
No. 1, per gross....................  25
No. 2, per gross....................  35
No. 3, per gross....................  55

WOODENWARB.

Baskets.

Bushe’s..............................  j  00
Bushels, wide band.......]  1  10
Market.......... .....................  30
Willow Clothes, large....... 6 25
Willow Clothes, medium...  5 50 
Willow Clothes, ►mall...... 5 0J

Polls.

2 hoop Standard..................1  35
3-hoop Standard..................1  50
2-wire, Cable....................   135
3 wire, Cable........................ j  e ,
Cedar, all red, brass bound. 1  25
Paper, Eureka...................   2 25
K w e....................................  25
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-in.h, Dowel , No. 2........ '5 25
16-inch, Dowell, No. 3. 
...  4 25
No.  1 Fibre...........................9 o)
No.2 Fibre......................... '7 50
No. 3 Fibre........................   6 75

Tubs.

SUOAR.

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

iiurchases to his shipping point, 

No. 4, 3-doz in cose, gross..  4  50 
No. 6, 3 dos 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 ?0
Granulated in  bags................. 5 50
Fine Grannlated......................5 50
Bxtra Fine Grannlated.......5  63
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 63
Mould  A.................................. F 75
Diamond Confec.  A........... 5 50
Confec. Standard A................. 5 25
No.
5 Ou 
No 
.5 00 
No.
.5 00 
No.
.4 91 
No.
.4 88 
No.
.4 81 
No.
.4 75 
No.
.4 C9 
No.
.4 63
No.  <0................................... 4 50
No.  l i ....................................4 38
No.  12............. 
4 31
No.  18................................... 4 31
No.  14....................................4 25
No.  15.................................. 1 85
No  16 
..4 25

 

TABLB  SAUCES.
LEA & 
PERRINS* 
SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine 
W  orcestershire. 
Lea A Perrin’s,  large...  3 75 
Lea A Perrin’s, small...  2 50
Halford,  lame................  3 75
Halford small...................2 25
Salad Dressing, large...... 4 55
Salad Dressing, small...... 2 76

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

qnotes as follows:
Batter.
Seymour XXX...................  514
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6
Family X X X ................... 
514
Salted XXX  ................ 
514
New York XXX....... ....... ]  5*
Wolverine.........................  g
Boston..........................].]]  7J4
Soda  XXX.........................  6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton....  6)4
Soda,  City............ ............   g
Long Island Wafers....]!!  11 
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12
Zephyrette...........................10

Boda.

Oyster.

Sal tine Wafer....................  5%
Saltine Wafer, 1 lb. carton.  6)4
Farina Oyster....................   514
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEET  OOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  1034
Bent’s Water.....................   15
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   10
Coffee Cake, Iced................10
Cracknells.........................  15^4
Cubans  .............................   n u
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..................1234
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnnts__  16
Mich. Frosted Honey__   12%
Molasses Cakes.................  §
Newton....  ......................  12
Nlc Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems.....................  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  8)4
Pretzels,  hand m ad e......   7%
Sears’ Lnnch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sugar  Squares.................   9
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Sultanas.............................. 1234

Medium bunches...l  00  @1  25
Large bunches........1  75  ©2 25

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes..................  
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes..................  
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes 

.........

Fruits.
Oranges.
Medt Sweet.............. 
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 30Ds  ............ 
Ex.Fancy  300s........ 
Ex. Fancy 360s........ 
Bananas.

Pigs.

Califom las  Fancy.. 
Choice, 101b boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  10  lb
boxes new........... 
Fancy, 121b boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............  
Polled, 6lb boxes... 
Naturals,  in bags... 

Dates.

Fards in 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in 60 lb cases 
Persians, P H V......  
lb cases, new........ 
Sairs,  601b cases.... 
Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca.........
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............
Brazils new................
Filberts  ....................
Walnuts, Granobles.. 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
Walnuts,  soft shelled
Calif.......................
Table Nuts,  fancy.... 
Table Nuts,  choice...
Pecans, Med...............
Pecans, Ex. Large..
Pecans, Jumbos........
Hickory  Nnts per bn.
Ohio, new...............
Cocoanuts,  fall  sacks
Chestnuts per bn.......
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Boasted...................
Choloe, H. P., Extras. 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras, 

Roar ted

©35
©50

@5 to

@4  00
©4 uo
@4 75
@5 uo
@5 50

@13
@12
@18
©22
©
@
@ 7

@10
© 6
© 6
@ 6
@ 5

@16

®15 
® 7

@11 
@11 
@ 10  
@734 @  9 
@12
@1  60 
@3 50

@ 7
0 7
O S

Tomato Jugs.

Common

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

top,
top,
top,

First  Quality.

LAMP  BURNERS.

Sealing Wax.
FRUIT JARS.

wrapped and  labeled__  2  10
wrapped and  labeled....  2  15 
wrapped and  labeled....  8  16 

34 gal., per dos.................  50
1 gal., each 
6 4
Corks for 34 gal., per dos..  20 
Corks for  1 g al. per dos.  30 
Prosorvo Jars and Covers.
34 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..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.............................  25
No.  0 Sun.......................... 
34
No.  1  Sun.......................... 
35
No.  2 Sun......................... 
60
No. 3 Sun...........................  j  00
Tubular.............................   45
60
Security, No. 1................. 
Security, No. 2...................  80
....................... 
go
Nutmeg 
LAMP CHIMNBYS—Seconds.
_ 
Per box of 6 dr s.
No. 0 Sun..........................  j £8
No.  1  Sun..........................  1 42
No.  2  Sun..........................  2 12
No. OSun...........................   1 50
No. 1 Sun...........................  | flo
No  2 Sun...........................  2 45
No.  0  Snn,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Snn,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and labeled....  2 55 
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__  3 75
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled.  .........................g 70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled..............................4 gg
No.2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamt>s............  
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................  
fo
No. 2 Snn,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................  1  5
No. 1 Crimp, per dos.........   1  35
...1 6 0  
No. 2 Crimp, per dos.. 
Rochester.
No. 1, Lime  (66c doz) 
....  3 50 
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz) 
..  4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)......   4  70
Blectric.
No. 2, Lime  (70c dos)  ......   4 00
No. 2. Flint  (80c <1n*>__ 
4 40
Dot.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  I
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  52
2 gal galv Iron with spout.  2 15
3 gal galv iron with spont.  3 45 
5 gal galv Iron with  spout.  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 gai galv Iron Nacefaa,...  9 09
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7 80 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule............... 10 60
5 gal Home Rule............... 12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  OTubular side lift....  4  00
No.  1 B  Tubular..............6  25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 TO
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__7 GO
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp.14  UC 
No.  3 Street  Lamp, each.. 8 75 
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  OTubular,  cases 1 dos.
each, box 10 cents........... 
46
No.  OTubular,  cases2doi.
each, box 15 cents.........  
45
No.  0 Tubular,  bhis  s dos.
each,  per bbl, bbl. 00....  1  78 
No. 0 Tubular,  bail's  3/ 0,
25

Pump  Coos.

LANTERNS.

OIL CANS. 

La  Baotle.

Grains and Feedstuffs

Provisions.

Wheat.

70

Wheat................................ 
Winter Wheat  Plonr. 

Local Brands.

Spring Wheat  Flour. 

Olney A Judsou’s Brand.

Patents............................. 40
Second  Patent..................   3 50
Straight............................  3 25
Clear.................................. 3 00
Graham  ...............   ......... 3 60
Buckwheat......................
B ye..................................  3 25
Subject  to usual  cash  dis­
count.
Floor In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
B&ll-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Daisy, 34s............................3 85
Daisy, 34s............................ 3 85
Daisy, 34s............................ 3 8>
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  34s ........................  3 60
Quaker,  34 s........................  3 60
Quaker, 34s........................   3 60
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Plllsbury’s Best 34s...........  4 45
Pillsbnry’s Best 34s...........  4 35
Pillsbury’s Best 34s...........  4 25
Plllsbury’s Best 34s paper  4 25 
Plllsbuiy’s Best  qs paper..  4  5 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.
Dnlnth Imperial, 34s.........4 *0
Dulutb Imperial, 34s.........4 40
Duluth Imperial,  34s.........   4 30
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 34s............  
4  in
Gold Medal 34s................." 4 ¡¡n
"  4 f0
Gold Medal 34s........... 
Parisian,  34s....................  44.,
Parisian, 34s................  
4  0
Parisian. 34s.......................] 4 20
Ceresota, 34s ......................  4 50
Ceresota, 34s................  
4 41
Ceresota, 34s.....................]] 4 jj
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand
laurel, 34s..........................  4 50
Laurel, 34s 
......................  4 4u
Laurel, 34s ..........................  4 ¿o
Meal.
j go
Bolted.......................  
Granulated...... . 
2  10
St. Car Feed, screened  ...  16 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats...........15 50
Unbolted Corn Meal  ........ 14 >0
Winter Wheat  Bran... 
it 00
Winter Wheat Middlings  15 00
Screenings...........................14 00
New corn, car lots............ 3734
Less than  car  lots  ...........  ¿9
Car  lots............................  3u
Carlots, clipped.......... ] ]..  32
Less than  car lots...........  34
No. 1 Timothy carlots__ 
lu 50
12 01
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots 
Fish and  Oysters
Per lb 
©  H 
@  8 
@  10 
@  16 
@  4
@  11 @  18 
@  29 ©  10

Fresh Fish.
Whitefish................
T rout..................].
Black Bass............ .  8
Halibut..................
Ciscoes or Herring..
Bluefish..................
Li ve Lobster.........
Boiled Lobster........
Cod 
......................
Haddock...............
No.  1  Pickerel.....'.
Pike.........................
Perch.......................
Smoked White........
Red Snapper...........
Col  River Salmon 
Mackerel 
............
Ousters

Feed and Mlllstnffs.

Shell Goods.
, per 100........1
tv*-  ion

©  9©  J2 
©  18

Corn.

Oats.

25@1  5 0 
•M  rg

Hay.

jj

Oils.
Barrels.
„  
Eocene  ......................
®U34 
Perfection  .......... ..]]
©10 
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
@10 
W W Michigan...........
© 934 
Diamond White......
© 834@13
D., S. Gas....................
Deo. N aptha..............
@13
Cylinder...................
©34
E ngine.............. 
©21
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, qnotes  as 
follows:
Green No.  1................  @734
Green No. 2 ...............  @634
Bulls....................... 
@ g
Cured No. 1................   @ bv
Cured No. 2................  @734
Calfskins,  green No. 1  @ 9
Calfskins, green No. 2  @734
Calfskins, cured No. 1  @iu
Calfskins, cured No. 2  @834
Pelts,  each.................  50@1  00
No- L..........................  @ 334
No. 2...........................  © 234
_  
Washed, fine  ............   ©is
Washed, medium.......  @20
Unwashed, fine..........  9  @12
Unwashed, medium ..14  ©16

Pelts.
Tallow.

Hides.

Wool.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Bor rated Pork.

 

534
634
6H

Mess  ...............  
10 00
 
Book  ......................10 50©
@10 2~
Clear bock.............. 
Shortcut..........................  9 75
Pig...................................  14 uo
Bean  .............................   9 to
Family  ..........................  11  0J
Dry SoH Meats.
Bellies............................ 
534
Briskets  .  ...................... 
534
Extra shorts................... 
534
Smoked  Heats.
Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
1034
Hams, 14 lb  average  ... 
1034
Hams, 16 lb average......  
u
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
934
Ham dried beef  ............  
1534
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut). 
. 
634
Bacon,  clear.............. 7  @734
California hams............  
7
Boneless hams.....  
834
Cooked  ham...............   10®15
Lords.  In Tierces.
Compound................  
434
Kettle................................. 
6
55 lb Tubs —   ... advance 
34
80 lb Tubs...........advance 
34
60 lb T ins........... advance 
34
20 lb Pails........... advance 
34
10 lb Pails........... advance  %
5 lb Palls........... advance  1
31b Palls..... advance 
134
Sausages.
Bologna............... 
L iver........................ 
Frankfort.............. 
P ork....................  
Blood  ..........................  
Tongue..........................  
Head  cheese............. 
Extra  Mess..................... 10 25
Boneless  ........................12 60
Rump............................. .12 0C
Kits, 15 lbs.................... 
70
34  bbls, 40 lbs..................  1 35
34  bbls, 80 lbs.................  250
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
34  bbls, 40 lbs..................  1 25
34  bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 25
P ork...............................  20
Beef  rounds................... 
3
Beef middles...............  
10
Sheep  ............................ 
60
u
Rolls,  dairy..................  
10 <
Solid,  dairy 
.............. 
Rolls,  creamery............  
1534
14^
Solid,  creamery 
Conned Meats.
Corned  beef.  2  1b.. 
2 15
Corned beef, 14  lb..........14 75
Roast  beef,  2  lb........... 2 15
Potted  ham,  34s .........  
50
Potted  ham,  34s.........   90
Deviled ham,  34s.........   50
Deviled ham,  34s.........   go
Potted  tongue 34s .........  
50
Potted  tongue 14s. 
90
Fresh  Meats.

Pigs’ Psst.

Butterlne.

Casings.

7U
e
9

Tripe.

Beef.

634

Beef.

Carcass.........................7  @834
Fore quarters.............   6  @634
Hind  quarters...........  834@10
Loins  No.  3................. 12  @14
Ribs...............................9  ¡g14
Rounds......................  @8
Chncks........................  6  © 634
Plates  .......................  4  © 5
Dressed.........................5  © 534
L oins.........................  ©  7
Shoulders  .................  @  g
Leaf Lard...................  6)4©
Carcass.....................   834@10
Spring Lambs...........12  @12>4

Mutton

Pork.

Veal.

Carcass  ...................... 8  @834
Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Batters.

>4 gal., per dos...................  40
1 to 6 g al. per gal........... 
5
8 gal., each.......................   4p
10 gal., each.........  ............  60
12 gal.,  each.......................  72
15 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 1  05
20 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 1  40
25 gal. meat-tubs, each  ...2 00 
30 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 3 40 
2 to 6 gal., per gal............  
5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  81 
34 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  40 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  434

Mllkpans.

Churns.

Fins Glazed Mllkpans.

Stswpnns.

34 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  534 
14 gal. fireproof  v nil, dos.  86 
1 gal. flreproor, ball, dos.l  10 
34 gal., per dos..................  40
34 gal., per dos..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal.............  6

Jngs.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

22

Hardware

How  A  Kicker  Explained  Things  to  a 

Dealer.
Written for the Tradesman.

“ There's  a  m an,"  said  a  hardware 
dealer  to  me  the  other  day,  as  a  farmer- 
looking  man  halted  in  front  of  bis store, 
“ who  has  the  art  of  kicking  down  fine 
He  buys  a  good  many  dollars'  worth  of 
goods  of  me  in  the  course  of  the  year, 
but,  for  all  that,  I  dislike  to  see  him 
come  into  the  store. 
I  guess  he's  com­
ing  in  now.  Wait  and  see."

“ Always  kicks,  eh?"  I  asked.
* * Always, ’ ’ was the reply.  ‘ ‘ Now, some 
men  kick  because  they  think  it  adds  to 
their  personal  dignity,  some  because 
they  think  they  can  make  better  bar­
gains  by  kicking  and  some  because they 
are  built  that  way,  but  this  man  kicks 
because  be  just  can't  help  it.  Oh,  he’s 
a  peach.  Yes,  here  he  comes.”

At  this  point  in  the  conversation  the 
farmer-looking  man  entered  the  store 
and  asked 
for  some  nails.  He  was 
dressed 
in  a  linen  suit  and  a  chip  bat, 
the  rim  of  which  was  tipped straight  up 
behind  and  almost  straight  down  in 
front.

“ What  kind  of  nails  do  you  want?" 

asked  the  dealer.

“ Oh,  some  like  the  last  I  bought 
here,”   was  the  reply. 
“ You  see,  we’ve 
got  sort  o’  used  to  that  kind  out  at  my 
house. 
There’s  something  about  the 
way  they’re  built  that  splits  everything 
they’re  driven 
into,  and  I'm  goin’  to 
take  these  out  to  the  wood  lot.  Thought 
they  might  help  the  boys  split  up  them 
knotty 
into  fence 
rails. ”

logs  we’re  cuttin' 

“ They’ll  do  the  business  all  right,”  
in 
said  the  merchant,  with  a  sly  wink 
my  direction. 
“ By  accident,  a  friend 
of  mine  had  some  of  these  nails  in  his 
pocket  when  he  went  to  a  political  con­
vention 
last  spring,  and  there  was  a 
split  in  the  party  before  the  first  session 
was  over.  Yes,  I  bought  these  just  be­
cause  they  are  splitters.”

“ Yas, 1 beard  about that, ”  grinned the 
“ Got  any  nice,  large  bakin' 

customer. 
tins?”

“ What  size?”   asked  the  dealer,  with 
a  quick  glance  at  me. 
I  gathered  from 
his  look  that  another  kick  was  coming, 
probably  to  make  up  for  the  last  one’s 
peculiar  reception,  and,  sure  enough, 
there  was.

“ I  must  have  some  rather big  ones,”  
was  the  reply,  “ an’  may  have  to  get 
’em  made  to  order. 
I  want  ’em  big 
enough  to  fit  that  refrigerator  I  bought 
of  you  last  spring.  We’ve  got  right  to 
a  place  where  we  can't get  along  with­
out  them. ”

“ What’s  the  matter  of  the  refrigera­
tor?”   asked  the  dealer,  with  an  amused 
smile  on  his  face.

“ It’s  all  right,”   said  the  customer, 
“ just  what  we  need  in  our  big  family. 
My  wife  says  she  couldn't  keep  house 
it.  You  see,  she  does  all  her 
without 
bakin’ 
in 
It’s  the  hottest  place 
about  the  bouse,  is  the  inside  of  that 
refrigerator,  when  we  get  it  properly 
loaded  with  ice  and  let  ’er go.”

it. 

that 

“ We  handle  that  kin d,"  said  the 
merchant,  “ but  I  was  under  the  im­
pression. 
you  bought  another 
brand.”

The farmer ran  his  fingers  through  the 
nails  as  the  merchant  weighed  them 
out,  threw  out  several  with  the  remark 
that  he  “ didn't  care  to  draw  a  lot  of 
old  iron  home,”   and  went  on.

“ I  dunno  the  brand  of  the  thing,”   be 
it  the  Iceman’s

said,  “ but  we  call 

Friend ;  or,  the  Ready  Oven.  We  use a 
hundred  pounds  of  ice a  day,  and  some­
times  more  when  we  want  things  red 
hot.  Oh,  it’s  a  dandy,  that  refrigera­
tor.  When  it  comes  winter  we're  goin’ 
to  move  it  down  cellar  and pipe the heat 
up  into  the  bouse. ”

“ You  ought  to  pay  extra  for  a  refrig­
erator  of  that  kind, ”  said the  merchant. 
“ Did  I  let  you  have  it  at  the  regular 
price?”

“ I  guess  you  did,”   was  the  reply. 
“ I ’m  always  lucky  about  gettin'  the 
best 
in  the  market  at  the  lowest  price. 
Remember 
I 
bought  here?”

them  winder  screens 

“ Certainly,”   was  the  reply. 

“ I hope 

they’re  all  right. ”

“ They’ve  called  all  the  flies 

“ The  neighbors  like  ’em, " w a s   the 
in 
reply. 
the  neighborhood  over  to  my  house.  Do 
you  furnish  stop  watches  with  them 
screens?”

“ Stop  watches?”   echoed  the  mer­
“ What  are  you  talking  about 

chant. 
now?”

“ Bein’  as  the  flies  use  ’em  for  race 
courses  and  toboggan  slides,”   said  the 
farmer,  “ Ididn’t  know  but  you'd  throw 
in  a  couple  of  stop  watches.  Some  of 
the  flies  make  good  time  through  them 
screens,  and  I’m  tbinkin'  of  offerin’  a 
purse  to  the  season’s  winner.”

“ Do 

the 

flies 

get 

through 

screens?”   asked  the  dealer. 
kind  did  you  buy?”

the 
“ What 

“ The  ones  that  pull  out  like  a  tele­
scope  and  shut  up  in  the  middle,”   was 
“ The flies  come  over  from 
the  reply. 
the  next  county  to  exercise 
in  ’em,  and 
they  won't go  through  an  open  door  no­
how.  They’re  just 
love  with  them 
screens. ’ ’

in 

By  this  time  half a  dozen  friends  and 
customers  bad  gathered 
in  the  store, 
and  the  farmer’s  eyes  brightened  as  be 
heard  them 
laughing.  The  merchant 
began  to  get  a  little  red  in  the  face.

“ If  the  screens  are  not  all  right,”   he 
said,  “ bring  them  back  and  get  some 
more.  Of  all  the  kickers— ”

The  farmer  laid  down  the  pay  for  the 
nails  and  tucked  the  package  under  bis 
arm.

“ Who’s  kickin’ ?”   he  demanded, 

calmly.

‘ * A  man  over  on  the  other  side  of  the 
street,”   replied  the  merchant,  seeing 
that  he  was  making  a  mistake.  “ When 
you  get  up  another fly  race,  invite  me 
over. 
I'll  have  the  boys  mark  those 
screens  up  a  dollar  or  two.  We  don’t 
contract  to  furnish  amusement  with  fly 
screens. ’ '

let  you  know,”   was  the 
“ Oh,  I ’ll 
“ Last  night  an  owl  got 
solemn  reply. 
half  through  one  of  the  screens,  and 
talked  real  hard  about  his  troubles  be­
fore  we  could  release  him.  I guess  them 
screens  wasn’t made for owls, was they?”
“ I  can’t  tell  until  I  see  them,”   was 
the  repiy.  “ You  may  have  taken  one  of 
the  elephant  screens  by  mistake.  We 
have all  kinds,  you  know.”

“ Well,  I  don't  care  to  change  ’em ,”  
said  the  farmer. 
“ I’ve  got  used  to the 
flies  now,  and  it’s  rather  funny  the  way 
they  hop  off  the  barn  and  whisk through 
the  wires  without 
losin'  a  flop  of  the 
wing."

He  tucked  the  package  of  nails  closer 
under  his  arm  and  walked  out  of  the 
store  with  a  perfectly  sober  face.

“ There,”   said  the  merchant,  with  a 
dreary  smile,  “ what  do  you  think  of 
that  for  a  kicker?”

Alfred  B.  T ozer.

The  man  with  the  handsome  silk 
is  the  one  who  is  most 

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afraid  of a  sore  throat.

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Manufacturers  of

Asphalt  Paints,  Tarred  Felt,  Roofing  Pitch.  2  and  3 
ply and Torpedo Gravel  Ready  Roofing.  Galvanized 
Iron  Cornice. 
Sky  Lights.  Sheet  Metal  Workers 
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Saddlery  Hardware,
Robes,  Blankets,  Whips, etc. 

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70* 5

MODERN  BUSINESS  MAN.

Tribute 

to  His  Honesty  and  Good 

Faith.

Let  us  admit  that  there  are  scamps  in 
the  mercantile  profession.  There  are 
storekeepers  who  have  too  close  an  ac­
quaintance  with  kerosene  cans  as  ap­
plied  to  insurance  policies.  There  are 
men  who  have  recurrent  seasons  of  fail­
ing,  the  same  as  other  men  have  fits. 
There  are  shysters  of  finance  who  ex­
haust  all  the  resources  of  knavery  for 
the  money  there 
in  it.  There are 
dead-beats  who  systematically  establish 
a  credit  for  the  purpose  of  a  grand 
smash  and  premeditated spoliation.  But 
these—the 
were  you  to  assemble  all 
scamps, 
the 
intentional 
bankrupts,  the  knaves  and  the  dead­
beats—the  sum  of  their  operations,  as 
compared  with  the  general  volume  of 
business,  would be so  small  as  to  scarce­
ly  merit  mention.

the  firebugs, 

is 

In  this  I  make  no  restriction 

It  is  a  splendid  commentary  upon  the 
average  honesty  of  commercial  life  that 
there  are  so  many  whom  one  can  safely 
trust. 
in 
favor  of  your  partners,  your heads of  de­
cashiers  and 
partments,  your 
chief 
clerks. 
It  takes 
in  the  $10 clerk,  the 
girl  who  writes  your  letteis  and  never 
gives  away  their  contents  (that  is  if  you 
stick  to  business  affairs  and  bar  per­
sonal  information),  the porter,  the truck­
man  and  the  office  boy.  Of the  men 
who  employ  help  by  the  hundreds,  I 
don’t  believe  that  one of  them  can think 
of  two  people  out  of  each  hundred  of 
whose  honesty  they  have  the  slightest 
doubt.  There  are  many  of  them  who 
could  steal  them  blind  at  a  moment’s 
notice—but  they  don’t.

I  was  in  an  office  in  Wall  Street  some 
days  ago,  when  an  express  messenger 
in,  dumped  down  a  package  of 
walked 
$140,000 
in  currency,  took  a  receipt, 
and  walked  away.  He  was  probably  in 
receipt  of  a  salary  of  from  $15  to $20 
per  week,  and  from  one  end  of  the  year 
to  the  other  was  handling  packages  of 
great  value  and  easy  negotiation—and 
every  package  went  straight  upon  its 
appointed  course.

There  never  passes  a day in  that  great 
center  of  cash  and  its  equivalent that 
millions  are  not  passed  along  by  the 
hands  of  messenger  boys  to  whom  the 
tip  of  a  dime  assumes  a  financial opera­
tion  of  some  importance.  Think  of  the 
things  you  trust  to your  office  boys,  and 
the  trouble  and  loss  to  which  they  could 
put  you,  were  the  prevailing  sense  of 
the  day  one  of  dishonesty,  rather than 
the  reverse.  These  cases  are  so  usual  as 
to  become  commonplace  or trivial,  but 
are  never  trivial  wbea  used  to  illustrate 
the  one  great  fact  that  is  the  grandest 
possession  of  the  commercial  world  of 
to-day.

Don’t  take  it  so  much  for  granted  as 
to  belittie  this  sterling  honesty  of  busi­
ness  life.  Teach  the  boys  who  look  up 
to  you  as  the  sum  total  of  business  sue 
cess,  and  as  their  surest  guide to  a  like 
success,  that  indeed  a  good  name  is to 
be  chosen  even  above  riches.

Put  it  on  the  lowest  plane  of  business 
morals,  if  you  will.  Honesty  is  the  best 
policy.  It  pays,  in  the  long  run,  in  dol­
It  is  the  richest  asset 
lars  and  cents. 
with  which  the  young  man  can  start 
in 
business life ;  it  is  the  surest  reliance  of 
the  business  man  with  which  to face the 
wearing  trials  of  daily 
life;  it  is  the 
best  heritage be  can  leave  behind  him.
Put  the  taint  of  recognized  commer­
cial  dishonesty  upon  a  man,  and  one 
will  meet  him  with  a  bow;  one  will  say 
“ Good  Morning;”   all  may  greet  him

—and  yet there  lies  an atmosphere about 
him  that  he  will  feel;  that  intangible 
something  which  shows  that  he  is  with 
you  but  not  of  you;  that  narrow  line  of 
demarcation  across  which  you  may  send 
the  friendly  word,  but  that  your  soul 
will  not  pass!

What  amount  of  money  is  there  that 
will  requite  a  man  for  this  separation 
from  his  kind?

It  is  not  to  be supposed,  however,  that 
a  man  shall  be  so  guileless  as  to  be 
transparent  to  all  eyes.  There  are  some 
things  in  which  an  average  amount  of 
diplomacy  js  needed, 
in  almost  any 
business. 
If  you  have  a  few  cards  up 
your sleeves, it  is  not  necessary  to  throw 
them  all  down  on  the  first  call.  There 
was  a  dear  old  mother  out  on  an  Ohio 
farm,  and  when  the  drover  came  along 
and  asked  her,  “ How  much  for the  old 
cow?”   she  simply  responded:  “ Pa  said 
that  I  was  to  ask  $40  for  her,  but to  take 
$30  rather  than  miss  a  sale!”

In  fact,  the  highest  form  of  honesty— 
the  widest  power of  shrewdness—make 
seemly  and  powerful  yoke-fellows 
in 
this  steady  pull  of  business.  They  are 
seen  combined  in  their highest  form,  in 
some  of  the  greatest  and most successful 
commercial  enterprises. 
It  is  the  right 
of  each  to  use  to  the  best  of  his  ability 
all  the  powers  that  have  been  bestowed 
upon  him.  No  one  should  be  afraid  to 
use  all  the  appliances  and  methods  of 
modern  experience  and  thought  as  aids 
for the  accomplishment  of  success.

Were  this  addressed  to  a  body  of 
young  men,  I  would  say:  Be  as  sharp, 
as  shrewd,  as  hustling  as  you  can. 
If 
you  don't  push  on  your own  account, 
the  Lord  won’t  send  a  tornado  to  lift 
you  along.  Muscles,  brain  power,  will 
power,  heart  power,  the  seeing  eye,  the 
calculating  mind,  the  business 
instinct 
—all  these  were  given  you  to  use.  You 
wiil  have  to  think for yourself,  to act for 
yourself.  Each 
line  of  business  must, 
by  the law of self-preservation,  look after 
its  own  fortunes.  The 
jobber  and  the 
manufacturer  are  not  lying  awake  at 
night  in  order  to  preserve  the 
interests 
of  the  retailer.  Make  all  the  money  you 
honestly  can ;  get  all  the  business  that 
is  within  your  legitimate  reach;  make 
it  yield  all  the  profit  it  will.  You  will 
have  to  do  your  own  work,  your  own 
thinking.  Despite  Mrs.  Hemans’ opin­
ion,  the  greatest  fool 
in  song  or  story 
was  the  boy  who  stood  on  the burning 
deck,  whence  all  but  him  bad 
fled. 
There  he  stood  until  he  was  blown  up, 
simply  because  be  did not know  that  the 
time  had  come  when  he  should  get a 
move  on  and  do  a  little  thinking  for 
himself.  He  was  too  good  to  be  suc­
cessful.  Like  some  of  our  sons,  he  de­
pended  too  much  on  the  old  man.

Yet,  with  all  that  can  be  so  strongly 
urged  in  favor of  legitimate  enterprise, 
of  mercantile  power,  organization  and 
push,  let  it  be  remembered  that  the 
right  of  one  man  ceases  where  that  of 
another begins. 
I  don’t  know  whether 
there  are  more  or  less  temptations  in 
business  life  than  in  other  forms  of  en­
terprise. 
I  do  know,  however,  that  Sol­
omon  said  something  about  sin  lying 
between  buying  and  selling,  even  as  the 
mortar holds  between  the  stones 
in  the 
wall—and  Solomon  belonged  to a  people 
who  can  give  us  all  points  as  to  the 
buying  and  selling  of  goods.

Perhaps  if  Solomon  bad  been  discuss­
ing  some  of  the  professions,  bis remarks 
might  have  been  even  more  emphatic.
Summing  up  the  business  man,  I  am 
led  to  the  conclusion  that,  with  the  ex­
ception  of  a  black  sheep  here and there, 
he 
is  an  honest,  honorable,  hospitable,

enterprising  and  patriotic  member  of 
society.  He  does  more  than  the  states­
man  and 
lawmaker  to  keep  the  world 
moving 
in  an  upward  groove.  He  is 
political  economy  reduced  to  a  tangible 
form.  He  is  the  channel  of  intercom­
munication  between  men  and  men.  He 
is  the  medium  by  which  the  maker  of 
things  finds  his  market,  by  which  the 
user  of  things 
is  supplied  his  daily 
needs.  He  came  into  being  when  Adam 
began  to  look  about  for  agricultural  im­
plements  with  which  to  earn  his  bread 
by  the  sweat  of  his  brow;  his profession 
was  established  when  the  first  grower  of 
fig  leaves  used  his  neighbor  as  a  medi­
um  through  which  to  find  a  ladies’  tail­
in  need  of  mate­
oring  establishment 
rial.  He 
loaded  those  caravans  of 
Chaldea  and  Ur  in  those  early  days  of 
Abraham.  His  were  the 
that 
sailed  over  the  unknown  seas;  bis  have 
been  the  wagons  that  have  toiled  over 
the  hills;  be  has  loaded  the  railroad 
trains  that  traverse  the  continent.  His 
commercial  ventures  have  opened  new 
lands,  and  blazed  the  way  for  civiliza­
tion.  He  has  been,  and  is,  the  mission­
ary  of  practical  things,  in  a  world  that 
may  do  without 
ideals  and  theories, 
but  that  must  have  ploughshares  and 
axes,  clothing  and  bread.  He  came  in­
to  being  because  the  world  could  not  do 
without  him ;  he  will  be  a  moving  fac­
tor  in  affairs  so  long  as  the  world  shall 
endure. 

J a m es  H.  K e n n e d y .

fleets 

When  a  man  finds  his  clothes  are  too 
loose,  he  should  either  change  his  tail­
or or boarding  house.

Hardware  Price  Current.

 

 

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CAPS

AXES

AUOUR8 AND BITS
 

BOLTS

CROW  BARS

BUTTS.  CAST

 
BUCKETS

Snell's..  ............................... 
70
Jennlngt  genuine.......................................25*10
Jennings'  imitation....................................60*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.........................  6  CO
First Quality, D. B. Bronze........................   10 00
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel.........................  6  50
First Quality, D. B. Steel  ...................... 
11  50
Stove......................................................  
eo&io
Carriage new list.................................... 
15
Plow...................... 
go
Well, plain................................................... I 3 50
Cast Loose  Pin, figured..............................  70*10
Wrought Narrow.......................................  70*10
BLOCKS
Ordinary Tackle..................  
70
Cast Steel............................................per lb 
5
65
......................................... perm 
5c
Hick’s C. F .........................................per m 
GL D ................................................... perm 
45
Musket.........................  .................... per m 
75
....................................... 
70<fcU
Steel and lrrr 
Try and BevelB 
------- 
60
Mitre.
........ 
SO
CHISELS
Socket Firmer... 
.................................... 
70
Socket Framing. 
70
Socket Comer... 
..................................... 
70
Socket Slicks....
......... ...........................  
70
DRILLS
Morse’s Bit Stocks......................................  
60
Taper and Straight Shank............................50& 5
Morse’s Taper Shank........  ....................... 50*   5
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
65
Corrugated..............................................  
1  25
Adjustable..............................................dis 40*10
EXPANSIVE  BITS
Clark’s small, >18;  large, >26........................30*10
Ives’, 1, >18; 2, >24; 3. >30.............. 
25
PILES—New  List
New American............................................. 70*10
Nicholson’s.  ................................................ 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................6C&10
28
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.  ... 
List  12 
16........ 
17

GALVANIZED  IRON

SQUARES

ELBOWS

14 

13 

 

Discount,  65

15 
OAUOBS

MATTOCKS

KNOBS—New List

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...................... 60*10
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
70
Door, porcelain, Jap. trimmings................. 
80
Adze Eye.....................................>17 00, dis 60*10
Hunt Eye.....................................>15 00, dis 60*10
Hunt’s........................................>18 50, dis 20*10
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.................................... 
40
40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables... 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry *  Clark’s................ 
40
Coffee, Enterprise............ 
 
30
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.................   .... 
so

 
MOLASSES  OATHS

MILLS

BARROWS

CARTRIDOBS

-  14 00
Railroad............................................. 
Garden......... 
...................................   net  30 00
Rim Fire....................................................... 40*10
Central  Fire.................................................  
20
Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
Common, pollBhed. 
Iron and Tinned........................................  
Copper Rivets and B un............................... 

PANS
........................... 
RIVETS

60
45

NAILS

 

 

 

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base...............................................   2 65
Wire nails, base................................................  2 75
20 to 60 advance...........................................  Base
06
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
8 advance...................................................  
10
6 advance...................................................  
20
4 advance.............. 
 
30
3 advance................................................... 
45
2 advance................................................... 
70
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
50
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
33
25
Finish 10 advance..................................... 
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel % advance..........................................  85
Ohio Tool Co.’8,  fancy................................  @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy........................   @50
Bench, first quality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule 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 

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

Broken packages He per pound  extra.

PLANBS

HAMMERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAPS

HINGES

SHEET  IRON

ROPES
 

HOLLOW  WARB

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

 
WIRE  GOODS

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SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

 
 
............d*a 
com. smooth. 

Maydole *  Co.’s, new  list........... 
...... dis  33*
Kip’s  ...................................................... dis 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s............................................. di« 10*10
~0
Mason’s Solid  Cast. Steel............... 
Site list 
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 50* 10 
stamped Tin W are......................  new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20*10
I OS...............  
.....................................60*1
K ettles.........................................................60* -0
Spiders.........................................................60* ;0
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3.......... ....................  dis 60* «1
State............ ...  ... 
.pe-dos.net  2  >
Sisal, H inch and  larger............................. 
914
Manilla.  ......... 
 
12
«0
Bright 
Screw Eyes.............................................  
«0
Hook's............................................... 
80
go
Gate Hooks and Eyes 
 
LEVELS
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s 
70
n.
>3 01
3 uO
a  £0
3 30
341
3 50
All s  eets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14................................   13 2 ) 
Nos. 15 to 17..................................  3 29 
Nos. 18 to 21...............................  .  3 30 
Nos. 22 to 24..................................3  40 
Nos. 2> to 26...................................  3 50 
No.  27....................... 
 
3 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19,’86...................................... dis  *  50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game............................................. 
75*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
50
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per dos 
1  25
Bright Market............................................. 
65
Annealed  Market........................................ 
65
Coppered Market..........................................6J*iO
Tinned Market..............................................     to
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
45
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ..........................   3 30
Barbed  Fence,  painted.................................  2 80
An Sable.................................................dis 40*1C
Putnam.................................................. dis 
5
Capwell..................................................... net list
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
>0
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
40
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought.........  
7i
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
75
Bird  Cages  ...........................................  
41
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
70
Sirews, New List...................................  
g5
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
go
Dampers, American 
 
600 pound casks.  .............................   ......  
9
Per pound................. 
..................... 
6>4
D -op............................................................  1 45
B B and Buck.............................................  1  70
K©K...........................................................   17
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
TIN—Melyn Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................... >7 15
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................  
7  0
20x14 IX, Charcoal.......................................  8 50

 
Each additional X on this grade, >1.25.

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

HORSB  NAILS

WRBNCHBS

SOLDER

......... 

WIRB

SHOT

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................  6 25
11x20 IC, Charcoal.......................................   6 25
10x14 IX, Charcoal.......................................   7 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal.......................................   7 50

Each additional X on this grade, >1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean...............................  5 SO
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean..............................  6 50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............................   11 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............   5 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  6 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............   10 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  12 00
, 0
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x66 IX, for  No  9  Boilers, f *** P011“ 1- ’ * 
10

BOILBR SIZE TIN  PLATB 

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BUSINESS  CONDITIONS.

The  closing  of  the  half  year  with 

its 
reports  and  settlements  seemed  to  have 
considerable  effect  in  financial  centers, 
and  the  disturbance,  which  was  only 
that  necessarily  attending  the 
semi­
annual 
adjustments,  created  enough 
uneasiness  to  cause  a  slight  decline  in 
the  stock  market during  the  last  three 
days,  following  a  week  of  active  busi­
ness  with  steadily  advancing  prices  all 
along  the  line.  That  the  later decline 
is  owing  to  such  temporary  causes  is in­
dicated  by  the  fact  that  the 
factors 
which  usuhlly  govern  are  all  favorable 
to increased  values.  Thus  the  export of 
gold,  which  bad 
lasted  a  month,  has 
been  stopped  by  a  fall  in  sterling  ex­
change.  Railway  earnings  continue  at 
the  same  steadily  increasing  ratio and 
the  general  volume  of  business  as  in­
dicated  by  clearing  house  reports  is 
maintained  in  an  unusual  degree  for the 
midsummer  season.

The 

increase 

Wheat  exports  are  increasing  and  for 
the  first  week  of  the  new  crop  year  were 
about  a  million  bushels  larger  than 
last 
year. 
in  corn  export, 
nearly  1,700,000  bushels,  is  still  more 
suggestive,  and  both  yielded  slightly  in 
price  last  week,  while  Western  receipts 
of  wheat  were  3,851,523  bushels,  against 
618.402 
last  year,  and  corn  receipts 
5,603,112,  against  2,516,962  last  year.

The  price  of  cotton  remains 6j6c  for 
spot,  and  45,327  bales  have  come  into 
sight  this  month,  against  25,847  last 
year,  while 68  265  bales  were  exported, 
against  20,656  last  year.  Spinners’  tak­
ings  were  also  unusually  large  for the 
season,  28  155  bales  at  the  North, 
against 3,951  last  year,  and  the  demand I 
for goods  continues  sufficient  to  sustain 
the  expectations  of  manufacturers 
in 
spite  of  seasonable  dulness 
in  some 
lines.  Woolen  manufacture  is  gaining 
and 
in  several  classes  of  goods  pi ices 
have  been  advanced  2^  to  5  per  cent., 
with  prospects that the opening of spring 
weights  will  show  a  general  improve­
ment. 
The  wool  market  continues 
strong,  with sales  at  three  Eastern  cities 
of 9.828,700  pounds  last  week. 
Interior 
holders  are  confident,  and  are  asking 
several  cents  more  than  can  be  realized 
in 
seaboard  markets  at  the  current 
prices,  notwithstanding the  fact  that  the 
manufacturers  are not  generally  buying 
with  freedom,  although  some appear to 
have  made  fair  purchases  during  the 
past  two  weeks.  The  boot  and  shoe 
business  is  usually  dull  at this  time  in 
the  year,  but  shipments  last  week  were 
not  1,000 cases  smaller  than  in  1898  or 
1897,  while  larger  than  in  any  pievious 
year.  Many  manufacturers  are  yet  in­
different  to further orders,having enough 
to  keep  their  works busy,  in some cases, 
until  November,  and  it  is  said  that  spot 
supplies  have  rarely  been  so  closely 
sold.

The  season  of  annual  adjustment  in 
the  iron  trade  is  having  little  effect  on 
the  volume  of  business,  while  the  un­
certainty  as  to ability  to  meet  the  con­
stantly-increasing demand  is acting  as a 
stimulus  to  prices.  The  last  advance 
of  pig  iron  makes  the  rise  nearly  80  per 
cent,  this  year  in  anthracite  No.  1,  90 
per  cent,  in  Bessemer  at  Pittsburg  and 
almost as  much  in  Grey  Forge.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples— Homegrown  Red  Astrachans 
are  beginning  to come,  although  the  re­
ceipts  are not  large  and  the  stock is still 
small  in  size.  The  price  ranges  from 
75c@$i  per bu.

Beets— 50c  per  bu.
Blackberries—75c@$i  per  16 qt.  case. 
The  receipts  of  home  grown  thus  far

have  been 
quality.

large 

in  size  and  fine  in 

table 

Butter— Fancy 

stock  readily 
fetches  15c.  There are a  dearth  of fancy 
stock  and  a  surplus  of  sour and  mottled 
stock,  as  usual  at  this  season  of  the 
year.  Factory  creamery  has  moved  up 
a  notch,  local  dealers  meeting  no  diffi­
culty  in  getting  18c.

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

to  size.

Carrots— 10c  per  doz.
Celery— 18c  per  doz.
Cherries—English  Murrillas  are  now 
in  market,  commanding  $1.50© 1.75  per 
bu.  As  the  crop 
is  short  and  the  de­
large,  prices  will  not  go  any 
mand 
lower.

Cucumbers—25c  per doz.
Currants— Black  command  $1.50  per 
16 qt.  crate.  Red  and  White  fetch  60 
@75c.  For  the  first  time 
in  the  his­
tory  of  this  market,  a  full  carload  of 
currants  was  shipped  from  here  this 
week. 
It  went  to  New  York  to  be  used 
in  the  manufacture  of  jelly.

Eggs—Candled 

fetches  13c, 
while  case  count  stock  is bandied on the 
basis  of  lie.  Not  nearly  enough  eggs 
are coming  in  to  meet  the-  consumptive 
demands  of  the  market.

stock 

Gooseberries—75@850  per 16 qt.  crate.
Green  Onions— io@i5c 
for  Silver 

Skins.

Honey— New  white  clover  is  now  in 
market,  commanding  I2^c.  Dark  am­
ber  fetches  8@ioc.

Lettuce—25c  per  bu.  for  curly;  40c 

per  bu.  for  bead.

Muskmelons— Cantaloupes  in  barrel« 
command  $1.25© 1  75  per  doz.  Little 
Gems  have  declined  to  75c  per  doz.
Onions— Illinois  and  Louisiana  fetch 
Si. 50© 1.60  per  bu.  Bermudas,  $1.25 
per  crate.

Peas— Marrowfats  command  60c  per 

bu.  The  crop  is  about  at  an  end.

Pieplant—60c  for  basket  of  50  lbs.
Potatoes— Early  Ohios are  coming 

in 
so  slowly  that  the  price  has advanced 
to  70c  per  bu.  Home  grown  are  be­
ginning  to  come  in,  but  the  receipts are 
not  large  and  the  size  of  the  stock  is 
small.  Beth  will 
increase  to  that  ex­
tent  that  the  price  will  probably  drop  to 
50c  before the  end  of  the  week.

Poultry— Broilers  are 

in  active  de­
mand  at  I3@i4c.  Fat  hens are  in  fair 
demand  at  6@7c,  while  medium  bens 
are 
in  strong  demand  at  8c.  Spring 
ducks  are  in  fair  demand  at  10c,  while 
old  ducks are  slow  sale  at  7@8c.  Hen 
turkeys 
io@ iic . 
Large  turkeys  are  slow  sale at  7@8c. 
in  good  demand  at $1  50 
Squabs  are 
per doz.  Pigeons  are  in  fair demand  at 
60c  per doz.-

find  ready  sale  at 

Radishes— 10c  per doz.  bunches.
Raspberries— Black  command  75@85c 
per  16 qt.  crate.  Red  command  same 
is 
prices  for  12  qt.  crate.  The  quality 
keeping  up  good  and  the  crop  will 
last 
a  couple  of  weeks  yet.

Squash—75c  per  bu.  box.
Tomatoes—8c  per  4  basket  crate.
Turnips— 40c  per  bu.
Watermelons—Receipts  are 

liberal 
and  the  weather 
is  favorable  for  large 
t'-ade.  Long  Texas  command  I2@i5c 
and  Fancy  Georgia  range  from  i8@25c.
Wax  Beans—75@85c  per  bu.  Re­
ceipts  are  heavy  and  the  demand  is 
large.  The quality  is  fine.

Whortleberries-----Consignments  from
Northern Michigan are coming  in  in bad 
shape,  the  berries  being  small  in  size 
and  liberally  mixed  with 
leaves  and 
twigs,  which  give  them  a  bad  appear­
lots  bring  $1.50  per  bu., 
ance.  Such 
while  clean  berries  of  good  size, 
in 
shipping  condition,  fetch  $i.5o@2,50.

Meindert  J.  Seven  has  retired  from 
the  firm  of  J.  Seven  &  Sons,  grocers  at 
151  West  Leonard  street.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by J.  Seven  and  Cor­
nelius  J.  Seven  under  the  style of J. 
Seven  &  Son.

increase 

The  Grand  Rapids  Gas  Light  Co.  re­
ports  an 
in  net  earnings  for 
June  of  18.01  per  cent.,  as  compared 
with  the  net  earnings  for June of  last 
year.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Programme  Prepared  for the Jackson 

Convention.

Detroit,  July  10—The  following  pro­
gramme  has  been  arranged  for  the  sev­
enteenth annual  meeting  of  the  Michi­
gan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
which  will  be  held  at  Jackson  Aug.  15, 
16 and  17:

TUESDAY  AFTERNOON.

Prayer— Rev.  Robert  S.  Inglis. 
Address  of  Welcome— Mayor  M.  G. 

Loennecker.

Response— Arthur  S.  Parker,  Detroit. 
President’s  Address—John 
j.  Sour- 

wine,  Escanaba.

Secretary’s  Report—Charles  F.  Mann, 

Treasurer’s  Report—John  S.  Bennett, 

Detroit.

Lansing.

Report  Secretary  Board  of  Pharmacy 

—A.  C.  Schumacher,  Ann  Arbor. 

Receiving  of  delegates.

TUESDAY  EVENING.

Reception at  City  Club.  General  good 
time  to  give  the  members  a  chance  to 
get acquainted.

WEDNESDAY  FORENOON.

Report  of  Executive  Committee— E. 

F.  Pmllips,  Armada,  Chairman.
C.  N.  Anderson,  Detroit,  Chairman.

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

Report  of  Legislation  Committee— 
Arthur  H.  Webber,  Cadillac,  Chairman.
Report  of  Adulteration  Committee— 
Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens,  Ann  Arbor,  Chair­
man.

Report  of  Special  Committee  on  Re 
vision  of  Pharmacy  Law—O.  Eber- 
bach,  Ann  Arbor,  Chairman.

Report  of  Special  Committee  on  Mu­
tual  Manufacturing— A.  L.  Walker,  De­
troit,  Chairman.

General  business.

WEDNESDAY  AFTERNOON.

Visiting  State  Prison  and  other points 

of  interest.

WEDNESDAY  EVENING.

Reports  of  delegates.
Reading  of  papers.
General  business.
Election  of  officers.
Selecting  place  of  next  meeting.

THURSDAY  FORENOON. 

Unfinished  business.
Installation  of  officers.

THURSDAY  AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING.
Trip  to  Clark’s  Lake,  a  beautiful 
summer  resort,  situated  about  twelve 
miles  from  Jackson,  affording  splendid 
opportunity  for base  ball game and other 
Lunch 
athletic  sports,  boating,  etc. 
will  be  served  before  returning 
in  the 
evening.  Good  music  for  dancing.

Meetings  will  be  held 

in  Council 
Chamber,corner  of  Mechanics and South 
Cortland  streets.

Application  blanks  will  be  furnished 
by  the  Secretary  upon  request. 
All 
members  are  urged  to  secure  as  many 
new  members  as  possible.

Local  associations  are  urged  to  send 

delegates.

Members  are  requested  to prepare and 
read  papers  on  topics  of general interest 
to  the  retail  druggist.

Don’t  forget  to  bring  the  ladies.

Chas.  F.  Mann.

Advertisements  w ill  be  inserted  under this 
bead for two cents  a  word  the  first  insertion 
and  one cent a word  for  each  subsequent in­
sertion.  No advertisements taken for less than 
»8 cents.  Advance payment.

5

983

location. 

dress No. 5. care Michigan Tradesman. 

FOR  SALE—LARGE  GRAIN  ELEVATOR, 
conveniently  located  for shipment;  com­
plete  outfit;  twelve  bean  pickers;  s x-power 
gasoline  engine,  etc.;  91,800;  91.000 down.  Ad 
dress Mrs. Philo B  eon, Laingsburg, Mich.  3
OR -ALE—CONFECTIONERY STOCK AND 
fixtures, including soda fountain,  etc.  Ad­
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|X)R SALE—PAYING  DKL'G  STORE;  GOOD 
Invoices  91,500.  Address  No. 
995, care Michigan Tradesman._________  995
FOR SALE OR  EXCHANGE—A 50 BARREL 
full  roller  mill  with  sawmill  attached. 
Best  water  power in  Southern  Michigan.  Ad- 
961 
dress  Mil’er, care Michigan Tradesman. 
ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A  RT1KRRB 
stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J.  Weller,  Muskegon, 
Mich. 
NY  ONE  WISHING TO  ENGAGE  IN  THE 
grain and produce and  o'her 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. 

IpOR  SALE —A  RARE  OPPORTUNITY—A 

and furnishing goods;  established  cash  trade; 
best store and  location  in  city;  located  among 

flourishing business;  clean stock  of shoes 

958

919

913

dress Aconite, care Michigan Trade-man 

the best Iron mines In the Country.  The coming 
spring will open  up with  a  boom  for  this  city 
and prosperous  times  for years  to  come  a cer­
tainty.  Rent  free  for  six  months,  also  a  dis­
count on stock;  use of fixtures free.  Store and 
location  admirably  -dapted  for  any  line  of 
business and couducted at small  expense.  Get 
in line  before  too late.  Falling  health  reason 
for  selling.  Address  P.  O.  Box  204,  Negau- 
nee, Mich. 
If»OR  SALE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
splendid fanning country.  No trad  s.  Ad- 
dress No. 680. rare Michigan Tradesman 
«80
MISCELLANEOUS.
W ANTED—PHARMACIST  OR ASSIsT.1 NT. 
AH.>n Littl>'. Rapid <  tty  Mich. 
11
W ANTED-A  LINE  F  GOOD»  ON  COM- 
n ission or salary to Michlgau retail trade. 
Experii need  man.  J  F.  Haltl.iay,  Flashing, 
Mich 
10
>NTEd —tO.«ITION  AS  REGISTERED 
pharmacist by a  young,  sing e  man  Ad- 
ANTED—POSITION  AS  CL  RK  IN  GEN- 
erai store by merchant of long experience 
who 
is  capable  of  managing  the  business. 
Would not object to position as city or traveling 
salesman.  Address No. 7, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
WANTED  POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OR 
head clerk  in  country  store.  Have  had 
valuable  experience  as  manager  of  a  lumber 
store  having  annual  sales  of  950,000.  Salary 
moderate.  Can  speak  Holland.  Address  No. 
6. care Michigan Tradesman. 
TX7ANTE D—SITUATION  AS  TRAVELING 
tv  salesman, commission or salary,  clothing, 
boots and shoes, men’s famishing goods or gro­
ceries.  Good  references  given.  Address  998, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
998
ANTED—POSITION 
IN"  A  GENERAL 
store;  twenty years’experience;  good ref­
erences.  Address  No.  997,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
ANTaD —A  FIRST-CLASS  TINSMITH. 
Must  be  capable  of  clerking  In  store. 
Single  man  preferred.  Must give  good  refer­
ences.  No drinkers  need  apply.  Address  No. 
992, care Michigan Tradesman. 
ANTED — UIGARMAKERS,  RO LLERS, 
bunch breakers,  strippers  and  lady  pack­

ers.  G.J. Johnson Cigar Co., Grand Raplas.  989

993

997

8 

6

7

ill 

AUTOMATIC 
CHECK
PERFORATOR
Prated  Your  Checks.

Perforates any part of 
the  check,  top,  bottom 
or  center,  and fills  per­
forations with Acid Proof Ink.  Positive  Protec­
tion.  Full  nickeled.  Price  85.  For  cash  with 
order it will be delivered free.  Guaranteed 5 years.

SCHOOL  A  OPPICB  SUPPLY  CO.

Jobbers  in  Stationery  and  School  Supplies 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Aluminum Money

W ill Increase Your Business.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

Fo r sa l e  o r e x c h a n g e f o r  g e n e r a l
Stock  of  Merchandise—00  acre  farm,  pan 
clear, architect house  and  barn;  well watered. 
I also have two 40 acre  farms  and  one  80  acre 
farm to exchange.  Address No.  12, care  Michl 
gan Tradesman 
12
E i UTIFUl.  LITTLE  FRUIT  FARM  FOR 
sale In Petoskey.  Address No. 9, care Mich­
igan Tradesman. 
Ba r g a in —n e w   935  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, 1103 S. Divi­
990
sion S t, Grand Rapids. Mich. 

9

Cheap and Effective.

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

44  a .  d ark  St.,  Chicago,  III.

„   - 

Chicago.

Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey. 

Travelers* Time  Tables.
CHICAGO
,  
us.  Q. Rapids..7:10am  12:00nn  5:03pm  *2.15am 
Ar.  C h ic a g o .... 1:30pm 5:00pm  11:15pm *7:25im 
Lv.C h ic a g o ..  7:15am  12:00nn  4:15pm *8:45pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids  1:25pm 5:05pm  10:15pm  *l:50im 
Cv. G’d  Rapids.  7:30am 2:05am  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..»:C0am  12:00nn  5:30pm..............
Ar. G. Rapids..8:00am 
l: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.

DETROIT,Qraad Rapids & Western.
Lv. Grand  Rapids.7:00am  12  05pm 
5:25pm
Ar. Detroit....................11:40am  4:05pm 10:05pm
Lv. Detroit....................8:40am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids........1:30pm  5:10pm 10:55pm
Lv. G R7:00am 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.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Geo.  DbHaven,  General Pass. Agent.

n n   A  jVjrv  Trank Railway System
V * I v / \ l  v U   Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv

(In effect May  1, 1899.)

g o in g   e a s t

Leave  Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit & N T.........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
GOING  WEST
Gd. Haven and Int Pts__  
* 8:30am *10:00pm
Gd.  Haven  Express...............*10:21am * 7:15  m
Gd. Haven  and Int  Pts.........tl2:58pm  + 3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee...+ 5:12pm +10:ll»m 
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.  J ustin,  City  Pass.  Ticket Agent,

97 Monroe St.,  Morton House.

n n   i   s i n   Rapids  &  Indiana Railway
U K A l l  U  

June 18,  1899.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Business Men’s Association 

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

retary, E  A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  C.  G.  J ewett,  Howell;  Secretary 

Henry C. Minnie, Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J oseph K night;  Secretary, R. Marks, 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, C. H.  F rink.
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  Geo.  Lehman.

President,  F rank  J.  Dyk;  Secretary,  Homer 

Saginaw Mercantile Association 
McBratn ie;  Secretary,  W.  H.  Lewis.

President, P. F.  Treanor;  Vice-President, J ohn 

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J. F rank Helm er;  Secretary, W.  H- 

Porter;  Treasurer,  L. Pklton.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

lan d;  Treasurer, Wm. C.  K oehn.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers' Association

President,  M.  L.  DeBa t s;  Sec’y, 8. W. Waters.

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  W.  H.  J ohnson;  Secretary,  Chas. 

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

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

b ell;  Treasurer, W. E.  Collins.

Alpena Business Men’s Association

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

Partridge.

Grand Rapids RetaM Meat Dealers’ Association 
President, L.  M.  Wilson;  Secretary, Philip Hil- 

b e r : Treasurer, S. J.  Huppord.

St. Johns Business  Men’s Association. 

President, T hos.  B romley;  Secretary, F rank A. 

Pe r c y;  Treasurer, Clar k 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. VbrHoeks.

Yale Bnsiaess Men’s Association

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

T R A V EL

F .   6l   P   M .  R ,   R ,

AND  8TEAM8HIP  LINES 

TO  ALL  POINT8  IN  MICHIGAN

H.  F.  M O ELLER ,  a .  g .  p .  a .

VIA

...... 

Northern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey &Mack...* 4;!0am *10:r0pm 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey A M ack...t 7:45am t  5:15pm
Trav. City & Petoskey............t  1:40pm  »  1:10pm
Cadillac accommodation........t 5:25pm tlO 55am
Petoskey & Mackinaw City— tl':00pm  t  6:3  am 
4:10am train. The Northland Express, sleeping 
and  dining  cars;  7:45am  and  1:40pm  trains, 
parlor cars;  11:00pm train sleeping car.
\rrv e
Southern  Dlv.  Leave 
Cincinnati....................   ....... t  7:10am  t 9 45pm
Ft. Wayne 
...........* 2'Olpm  *  1 ‘30  n
KaUmazoo and V'cksburg...  * 7 00pm  * 7:20 -it
Chicago and Cincinnati.........*10:15pm *  3:5:am
- 7:10  am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Ctueiui -u 
and  parlor  car  to  Chicago;  2:00pm  train  has 
parior  car  to  Ft. Wayne;  10:15pm  train  has 
sleeping  cars  to  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Indian­
apolis, Louisville and St. Louis.
Chicago Trains.

Lv. Grand Rapids...  7  10am  2  0 ipin  *10 15pmA _ r>L ; „„ „„ O Qlkwvm Q d (KamAr. Chicago............   2  30pm  8 45pm 

6 25am
Lv. Chicago............  3 02pm  *  8.13pm  *11 32pm
Ar  Grand Rapids...  9 45pm  3:55pm 
6 30am
9 'K n m  
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A Warn
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 sleep ng car;  11:32pm sleep­
ing car for Grand Rapids.

FROM CHICAGO.

TO CHICAGO.

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Muekejgon Trains.

GOING WEST.

Lv G’d  R apids...  .......t7:35am  t l   15pm +v40pt
Ar Muskegon.... 
9:00am  2 25'<m  f-flSnm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon 10:40am.
GOiNG EAST.
Lv Muskegon..............t8  l0am  t il :45am  t4  OOpv
ArG’dR apids..............9:30am 
,  2 'pt
Sunday  train  leaves  Muskegon  7:15pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 8:40pm.
» E x c e p t S u n d a y . 

I2:55nm 

* H a llyC.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W.  C. BLAKE, 

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

MANISTEE &  Northeastern Ry.

Best route to Manistee.

Via C. &  W. M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapids.
Ar  Manistee...... .
Lv  Manistee......
Ar Grand  Rapids

.  7:00am 
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12:05pm 
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,  8:30am  4:10pm 
■ :00pm  0:55pm

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Uneeda 
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The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Box  Co.

Manufacture

Solid  Boxes for Shoes, Gloves,  Shirts and  Caps,  Pigeon  Hole  Files  for 
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GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO., Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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Kalamazoo,  Mich.

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