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No.  801  Lamp and  7  i-a inch Globe.

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scene decorations on  globe.  The  cheapest 
and most practical globe lamp on the market. 
Height  14 inches to top of chimney

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E verything here must be right.  W e  begin with right qual­
ity  in  material  and  then  hold  the  manufacturers  rigidly 
down  to  strict  details  in  making.
T h is  has  made  our  cigars  popular and as dependable 
as a government bond.
H ad n ’t  you  better  send  in  a  trial  order  at  once?

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The  largest cigar dealers  in  the  Middle W est.

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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

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by which they can  learn to make gilt-edge  butter  and  furnish  them 
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This book teaches farmers to make better butter.  Every pound 
of butter that is better made  because  of  its  teaching,  benefits  the 
grocer  who  buys  it  or  takes it in trade.  The book  ;s not an  adver­
tisement,  but  a  practical  treatise,  written  by  a  high  authority on 
butter  making. 
It  is  stoutly  bound  in  oiled  linen  and  is mailed 
free  to  any  farmer  who  sends  us  one  of  the coupons which are 
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For  several  years  the  Tradesman  Company  has  done  an  annually  increasing  business 
in  colored  and  engraved  calendars.  This  season  preparations  have  been  made  to  embark 
in  the business  on  an  extensive  scale,  necessitating  the  addition  of  new  machinery  and  the 
employment  of expert  workmen  skilled  in'that  particular  branch  of the business.  Arrange­
ments  have  been  made  for  a  large  number of  special and  exclusive  designs reproduced from 
oil  and  water colors  paintings,  and  our  representatives  will  soon  be  on  the  road  with  a 
large  line  of finished  calendars  in
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exclusive  rights  to  certain  designs,  which  rights we  can  protect  because  we  own  the  orig­
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board,  double  coated  on  both  sides,  which  we  warrant  not  to  curl  or  twist  on  the  wall.  We 
use  pad  paper of  good  weight  which  will  not  fade,  and  have  arranged for special inks which 
we  guarantee  will retain  their strength  and  brilliancy.

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PAGE
2.  Dry Goods.
3.  G etting the  People.
4.  Around  th e State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  W oman’s  World.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Editorial.
10.  Shoes  and  Leather.
12.  Observations by a Gotham  Egg  Man. 
13  M oderate Apple  Crop  in  Prospect. 
14.  Cheese  as  an  Army  Ration.
16.  Manistee.
17.  Commercial  Travelers.
18.  Drugs and  Chemicals.
19.  D rug Price Current.
20.  Grocery  Price Current.
21.  Grocery  Price  Current.
22.  An  Eight-Day  Clock.
23.  H ardw are  Price  Current.
24.  Gotham   Gossip.
Business  Wants.

INVENTION  FOR  GROCERS.

A  Machine  Warranted to  Wait on  Cus­

tomers.
Written for the  Tradesman.

The  schemer  and  the  man  with the la­
bor-saving  invention  are  always  abroad 
in  the  land. 
in 
a  grocery  store  not  long ago and listened 
to  bis  persuasive  arguments.

I  met  one  of  the  guild 

The  fellow 

looked  as  if  he  had  been 
having  bad  luck  with  his  inventions  of 
late,  but he  seemed  cheerful  for all  that. 
He  had  a  burst  of  confidence  and  a 
gleam  of  enthusiasm  for  every  rent  in 
his  faded  garments,  and  there  was  in 
his  eye  a  glitter  that  held  his  small 
in  the 
audience  spellbound,  to  speak 
language  of  the  political  reporter. 
I 
write  “ eye”   in  the  singular  in  this case 
advisedly,  for  no  one  could  tell  whether 
the  fires  of  hope  or  the  shades  of  de­
spondency  gleamed  or  brooded  in  the 
other  optic,  it  being  concealed  by  a 
large  green  shade.  There  were  also 
faint  abrasions  of  the  cuticle  here  and 
there  on  the  fellow’s  ruddy  face,  which 
gave  me  at 
least  the  notion  that  be 
had  met  with  an  unfriendly  reception 
somewhere  not  long  ago;  in  short,  that 
some  unimaginative  merchant  had  met 
his  subtleties  of 
intellect  with  brute 
force.

He  carried  a  huge,  weather-stained 
valise  in  his  hand,  and  this  he  placed 
carefully  on  the  counter  near  the  desk 
and  watched  closely  until be secured  the 
attention  of  the  proprietor.

When  the  merchant  came  forward  to 
see  what  he  wanted,  he  having  ignored 
with  a  shake  of  the  bead  the  services  of 
the  clerks,  he  began  the  task  of  open­
ing  his  luggage,  which,  besides  being 
securely  locked,  was  wound  around  and 
around  with  a  slender  strap  of 
leather.
“ If  you  have  a  moment's  tim e,”   he 

began,  “ I  wish— ”

“ I  am  very  busy,”   pleaded  the  mer­

chant.

“ Men  of  talent  and  worth  are  always 
busy,”   said  the  fellow,  with  a  smile 
which  distorted  his  bruised  face  until  it 
resembled  the  things  sometimes  seen  in 
nightmare  dreams,  “ but  the  caies  of 
business,  the  minor  cares,  will  all  fade 
away  like—like  snow  before the summer 
sun  when  your  mind  grasps  the  mighty 
possibilities  for  supremacy  and  fortune

which  are  contained 
gripsack. ”

in 

this  modest 

“ Some  other  tim e,”   began  the  mer­
chant,  but  the  caller  went  right  on,  the 
words  flowing  from  bis  lips  vehemently 
and  without  pause.

“ This,  sir,’ ’  he  said,  “ is  an 

inven­
tion  destined  to  revolutionize  the  retail 
business  of  the  world,  and  especially 
the  grocery  trade. 
It  is  known  as  the 
Anti-Strike-and - Anti  - Salary  Employe 
and  Instantaneous  Assistant.  Do  you 
grasp  the  significance  of  the  name? 
It 
was  suggested,  I  am  proud  to  state,  by 
George  Francis  Train 
in  one  of  his 
most  brilliant  moments. 
It  has  never 
been  used 
in  a  commercial  way;  in 
short,  the  world  of  commerce  has,  to 
speak  roughly,  never  cottoned  to  it,  but 
has  passed  its  merits  by  in  a  most  bru­
tal  manner. ”

the  counter, 

When  placed  on 

the 
Anti  - Strike - and-Anti-Salary  Employe 
and  Instantaneous  Assistant  resembled 
a  modern  typewriter  more  than  any­
thing  else,  although  the  keys  were 
larger,  and 
instead  of  being  marked 
with  the  letters  of  the  alphabet,  carried 
the  names  of  the  more  common  kinds 
of  articles  handled  by  grocers.

The  grocer looked anxiously around,as 
if  hoping  to  see  an  officer  somewhere 
within  sound  of  his  voice.

“ Observe,”  

resumed  the 

inventor, 
“ the  strength  of  the  keys  and  the  levers 
controlled  by  them.  Consider  the  power 
of  the  bar  which  is  operated  by  the  key 
labeled 
‘ prunes.’  See  how  delicately 
and  yet  how  accurately  tbis  key  marked 
‘ sugar’  agitates  tbis  steel  lever  here  on 
the  side.  Here's  soap.  Get  on  to  the 
sweep  of  tbis  bar  which  supplies  the 
demand ;  brings  the  soap to your hand. ’ ’
“ But  I  don’t  understand,”   began  the 

grocer,  “ how  the  operator— ”

“ Of  course  you  don’t ,”   interrupted 
the  inventor,  with  a  wink  of  his  one 
available  eye. 
“ Edison  didn’t  under­
stand ;  Chauncey  M.  DePew  had  to  ask 
questions,  and  even  the  great  Carnegie 
was  up  a  stump  before  this  wonder  of 
the  world.  See  here:  You  arrange  your 
goods  in  a  series  of  boxes,  all  in  regu­
lar  order,  on  one  side  of  your  store. 
Yon  attach  to  each  box  a  spring  and  a 
miniature  chute 
leading  to  a  central 
counter.  To  the  spring  you  attach  a 
strong  wire  leading  to  one  of these keys. 
When  you  want  soap,  you  bit  that  key; 
the  key  moves  the  lever,  the  lever oper­
ates  the  spring,  the  spring  opens  the 
door  of  the  box  of  soap ;  the  chute  acts 
—and  there  you  are.  No  wearing  out 
of  shoes.  No  bunting over dusty shelves. 
A child  can  work  the board,  another  can 
do 
the  central 
counter.  What  more  do  you  want? 
I 
will  put  one  of  these  Anti-Strike-and- 
Anti-Salary Employes and  Instantaneous 
Assistants 
into  you;  store  for  a  trifle. 
You  see— ”

the  delivering 

from 

The  merchant  began  to  look  wild. 

I 
thought  for a  moment  that  he  was  about 
to  rush  from  the  store  and  seek  the  pro­
tection  of  the  police,but  he  only  backed 
away  in  the  direction  of  a  barrel  of  ax- 
helves.

“ Observe  tbis  fine  cord,  also  worked 
by  the  key,’ ’  continued  the  inventor.

“ The  duty  of  that  cord  is  to  eject  the 
article  required  from  its  box. 
It  also 
weighs  and  measures  the  article.  One 
punch  on  the  prune  key  means  one 
pound,  two  punches  means  two  pounds, 
and  so  on.  When  you  come  to  liquid 
goods,  I  have  a  fine  system  of  mechan­
ism  attached  to  the  boxes  which— ’ ’

I think that  by  this  time  the  merchant 
must  have  been  reaching  behind  his 
back,  feeling  for  an  ax-helve,  and  that 
the  inventor  must  have  seen  that  some­
thing  was  wrong,  for  he  began  packing 
up  his  key-board,  talking  like  a  whirl­
wind  all  the  time.

“ This  machine,”   he  said,  “ never 
goes  on  a  strike,  never  asks  for  a  day 
off,  never  draws  molasses  in  the  kero­
sene  measure,  never  wipes  its  hands  on 
its  hair  after  cutting  cheese. 
It  is  the 
perfection  of  all  inventive  thought  for 
thousands  of  centuries.  When  it  comes 
Saturday  night  you  don’t  have  to  hand 
out  all  your  week’s  receipts  to  insure 
its  being  on  hand  Monday  morning. 
When  you  get  ready  to  close  the  store 
you  go  around  with  an  oil  can.  A  drop 
of  oil  is  all  the  pay  it  wants.  You  give 
it  a  drop  of  oil  and  a  cheerful  word, 
and— ’ ’
The 

inventor  was  almost  to  the  door 
now,  still  talking,  and  the  merchant  was 
in  close  pursuit.  When  he  reached  the 
pavement  he  stopped  for  a  moment  aud 
sighed.

“ I  hoped  for  better  things,”   he  said. 
“ If  you  don’t  want  the  machine  put 
in,  could  you  give  me  a  dime?  There’s 
a  free  lunch— ”

The  merchant  threw  the  ax-helve  and 

returned  to  the  desk.

“ He  isn’t  any  crazier  than  half  the 
men  who  come  here  with  schemes,’ ’  he 
said. 
" I f   he  would  turn  his  attention 
to  a  patent  cank-bouncer  and  universal 
time-saver,  I  might  do  business  with 
him .”  

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

Proctor  &   Gamble  Unpopular  in  St.

Louis.

From the Inter-state Grocer.

The  members  of  the  St.  Louis  Retail 
Grocers’  Association  do  not  appear  to 
like  Proctor  &  Gamble’s  methods  of 
business  and  seem  to  have  concluded  to 
discontinue  the  sale  of  their  goods  as 
far  as  possible.  Proctor  &  Gamble  may 
consider  that  they  are  great  enough  and 
strong  enough  to  act  in  bad  faith  with 
St  Louis  retail  grocers,  but  they  are 
mistaken.  The  manufacturers  of  wool 
soap  imposed  some  unfair  plan  of  sales 
on 
local  retailers  and  now  the  places 
which  knew  wool  soap  once  know  it  no 
more.  Fairbank  &  Company  filled  up 
the  retail  grocers’ 
stocks  with  their 
goods  and  then  permitted  the  depart­
ment  stores  to  advertise  and  sell  their 
brands  at  prices  lower  than  retail  gro­
cers  could  buy,  and  the  sales  of  that 
company  have  greatly  decreased  with 
the  St.  Louis  retail  trade.  We  have 
found  that such  things are infectious and 
that  where  one  organization  of  retailers 
in  a  brand  of 
began  to 
goods, 
to 
spread  to  other  localities.  We  have  no 
quarrel  with  Proctor  &  Gamble,  but 
would  caution  them  not  to  “ get  too 
gay"  with  the  retail  trade.

their  example  appeared 

interest 

lose 

When  you  undertake  to  fight  the  devil 
with  fire  don’t  forget  to  take 
into  con­
sideration  the  amount  of  ammunition 
he  has.

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Dry Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons—There  has  been  a 
noticeable  change 
in  the  condition  of 
hleached  cottons,  especially in  the  lower 
grades.  Occasionally  there  is  a  slight 
advance  reported,  as  in  the  case  of  the 
Boston  wide  sheetings,  which  have  been 
advanced  by  5  per  cent.,  but  outside  of 
this  the  market  is  firm  and  unaltered. 
Four  yard  and 
lighter  sheetings  have 
sold  quietly,  but  in  the  heavy  weights 
the  buyers  find  no  easy  thing  placing 
orders.  On  duck,  there  has  been  a  fair 
demand 
light  and  heavy 
weights.  Denims  have  sold  well,  with 
an  advance 
in  order  at  intervals—nine 
ounce  blues  at  9c being the leaders—also 
for  the  coarser  grades  of  colored  cotton 
fabrics  there  has  been  a  fair  demand 
at  former  prices.  The  sales  of  ticks 
are  steady  and  average  well.

in  both 

in  these  goods 
is  every 

Prints  and  Ginghams—The  demand 
for  prints  and  ginghams  is  fair and  the 
market 
is  expanding. 
There 
indication  of  a  very 
prosperous  business  this  month  and  all 
confirm  the  report  that  the  demand  for 
these  goods 
is  far  in  excess  of  that  of 
last  year.  Many  bouses  have  contracts 
for  their  prints  way  ahead  of  their  sup­
ply  and  may  find  some  difficulty  in  fill­
ing  them  all.  The  prices  on  these  goods 
are  unchanged,  but  there  are  rumors  of 
a  very  large  deal  in  these  goods  pend­
ing,  which,  if  carried  through,  would 
tend  to  advance  the  prices.  The  de­
mand  for  staple  ginghams  is  also  ahead 
of  the  ready  supply,  so  far  ahead,  in 
fact,  that  many  houses  are  obliged  to 
turn  away  orders.  Fine  ginghams  have 
sold  freely.  The  call  for  dark'  dress 
ginghams  has  been  good,  so  that  this 
fabric  is  now  very  well  sold  out.  The 
spot  demand 
is  good  and  the  mail  or­
ders  are 
increasing.  The  number  of 
buyers  in  New  York  is  increasng  every 
day,  and  all  seem  confident  and  ready 
to  buy.  On  the  whole,  the  market  con­
tinues  to 
look  prosperous  with  a  pros­
pect  of  good  business  all  along  the  line.
Dress  Goods—The  healthy  manner  in 
fall  dress  goods  season  is 
which  the 
passing  out  makes  agents  very  hopeful 
in  their  expressions  regarding  the  out­
look  for  spring;  there 
is  scarcely  an 
agent  selling  wool  and  worsted  dress 
goods  who 
impressed  with  the 
fact  that  there  are  very  encouraging 
possibilities  ahead  in  the  Spring season. 
They  see  buyers 
in  a  great  many  in­
stances  occupying  the  anxious  seat, 
greatly  troubled  at  the  difficulty  being 
experienced  in  supplying their wants  on 
certain  lines.  On  the  wool  and  worsted 
dress  goods  men  realize  that  they  have 
the  opportunity  to  exploit  their 
not 
in  the  spring  season  that  they 
goods 
have 
in  the  fall  season,  for  the  reason 
that  the  sheer and  natty  wash  fabric  has 
too  strong  a  hold  on  the  hot weather sea 
son;  nevertheless 
they  anticipate  a 
spring  trade  which  will  put  recent  sea­
sons  well  in  the  shade 
It  will  be  four 
to  six  weeks  before  spring  lines  will  be 
opened,  while  some  agents  do  net  ex­
pect  to  open  up  until  later  than  that. 
The  explanation  lies  largely  in  the  fact 
that  so  many  orders  on  heavy  weights 
remain  to  be  filled.  The  discussion  of 
fabrics  still  goes  on ;  plain  goods,  such 
as  broadcloths,  Venetians,  serges,  etc., 
in 
are  conceded  by  all  a  good  position 
in 
the  run  for  business;  crepons  are 
doubt,  with  the  prospects 
indicating 
that  there 
is  yet  some  future  for  that 
fabric.  The cloaking  situation  remains 
unchanged ;  a  moderate  number  of  or­

is  not 

ders  are  reported  of a  general  charac­
ter,  but there  is  nothing  in  the  character 
of  the  demand  to  call  for  extended com­
ment.

Knit  Goods—The  knit  goods  market 
is  a  little  livelier  than  it  was  last  week, 
but  is  still  rather  quiet,  although  there 
are  good  reasons  for  believing  that  it 
will  soon  be  active.  The  business  that 
is  being  done  now  would  quite  out- 
shadow  that  of  last  year,  so  the  agents 
seem  contented.  Many  of  the  mills  are 
still  working  on  light  weights  to  supply 
the  demand  of  the 
jobbers  for  these 
goods.  As  a  general  thing  at  this  time 
of  the  year  when  the  spring  lines  are 
just  opening,  most  of  the  duplicate  or­
ders  are  for  fall  heavy  weights,  aud 
now  that  the  season  is  so  fai  advanced, 
and  the  jobbers  are  still  looking  for  the 
light  weights  to  carry  them  through  the 
month  of  August, 
it  seems  that  the 
manufacturers,  there  being  so  few  who 
are  in  a  position  to  do  this  work,  might 
make  their  own  terms,  but  they  do  not 
seem  to  be  doing  much  towards advanc­
In  the  duplicate heavy­
ing  the  price. 
weight  business  there 
is  some  move­
ment,  and  in  this  line  the  prices are apt 
to  advance  materially,  as  there  is  a 
scarcity  of  worsted  yarn  on  the  market, 
which  will  tend to  bring  up  the  price  of 
worsted  underwear,  and  as  we  said 
last 
week,  we  would  advise  all  that  they  get 
in  their  orders  for  heavy  weights  as 
soon  as  possible  and  thus avoid  the  an­
noyance  they  were  subjected 
to  last 
year.

in  much 

Carpets— Retailers  all  over  the  coun­
try  have  had  a  good  spring  season,  as 
general  business  is  in  better  shape  this 
year  than  for  several  preceding  years. 
They  realize  that  prices  for  goods  must 
advance  and  have  placed  orders  in  gen­
eral  early.  While  the  jobbers  and  re­
tailers  are  now  passing  through  the 
midsummer  period  when  trade  always 
slacks  off,  they  talk  more  confidently  of 
future  prospects,  and  have  placed  or­
larger  quantities  than 
ders 
usual  prior  to  the  advance. 
It  is  freely 
admitted  that  the  demand  for  ingrain 
carpets  has  exceeded  their  most  san­
guine  expectations. 
Even  Brussels, 
which  have  been  very  quiet  for  several 
years,  have  commenced  to  share  in  the 
improvement  which  has  been  felt  in 
other  lines,  although  not 
in  such  full 
measure.  As  this 
is  one  of  the  most 
serviceable  carpets  made,  the  continued 
improvement  will  very  likely  be  more 
marked  as  the  season  advances.  The 
jobbers  and  manufacturers  begin 
to 
realize  that  there  is  an  abnormally  large 
demand  for all  kinds  of  carpets this sea­
son,  due  not  only  to  the  orders  actually 
taken  by  the  retailer,  but  to  his  deter­
mination  to  fill  up  his  shelves,  which 
have  been  nearly  bare  except  for  their 
carpet  dummies  for  show.  Many  have 
sold  from  samples  during  the  past  few 
years  and  ordered  as  wanted  by  mail  or 
telegraph.  Now  they  know  that  the 
mills  are  filled  up  with  orders  and  are 
not  likely  for  some time  to  come  to pur­
sue  the  hand-to-mouth  policy.

Why  She  Was  Transferred.

First  Saleswoman— Did  you know that 
Clara  Lacey  is  engaged  to  Mr.  Strutter, 
the  floorwalker?

Second Saleswoman—You don’t say so! 
First  Saleswoman—Y e s;  and  he 
is 
awfully 
jealous  of  her.  He  had  her 
transferred  from  the  necktie  counter  to 
the  bargain  counter!

Second  Saleswoman—Goodness!  Why 

the  bargain  counter?

First  Saleswoman— Because  no  men 

go  there,  you  know.

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the kind you ought to  sell  and  the  kind  your  customers  want 
all  we ask  for them i s - $ 9  
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You can  make some money  by  looking over 
our line of  Woolen  Hose and  Socks this fall. 
One thing  is certain  that there,  is more good 
profit in  this line than any other we know of.
It  is  the  one  department  where  customers 
do not only consider the price,  but  the qual­
ity  as  well,  and  invariably  buy  the  best. 
The good kind is what we carry.

V o ig t,  H e r p o ls h e im e r   &   Co.,

W h o le s a le   D r y   G o o d s ,
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Manufacturers  and Jobbers  of

Jewelry  and  Novelties,

80-82 Canal Street, (Third Floor.)

F A L L   STOCK  NOW  READ Y— Big  line  of  Buckles 
to  retail  for  25,  50,  75  and  $1.00.  Fine  Roll  Plate 
Beauty  Pins  to  sell  at  2,  3,  5  and  10 cents

Send for samples.

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Our  Specialties:

at  popular prices.  Moat Extensive Line Shown in Michigan.

The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Box  Co

Manufacture

a “ ®«?« for Shoes. Gloves,  Shirts and  Caps,  Pigeon  Hole  Files  for 
Boxes,  and  Shelf  Boxes  of  every  de-
ninnimr.  p  c  also  make  Folding  Box-s  for  Patent  Medicine,  Cigar 
Clippings,  Powders, etc., etc  Gold and  Silver Leaf work  and  Special 
Die Cutting done  to suit.  Write for prices.  Work guaranteed.

wandifancy 

GRAND  RAPIDS  PAPER BOX  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  M id

Hanselman’s  Fine  Chocolates

Name stamped on  each piece of the genuine.  No up-to-date 
dealer can afford to be without them.

Hanseiman Candy Co.

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

Getting the  People

Some  Good  Advertising  and  Some 

Not  So  Good.

A  correspondent  who  desires  to  re­
main  anonymous  sends  me  a  batch  of 
four advertisements  for  criticism.  They 
are  so  good  that  T reproduce  all of them. 
The  only  suggestion  I  have  to  offer  is 
that  in  No.  i,  the  beading  should  read 
“ Neat  Packages.”   or  something  of  that 
introductory  sentence  be 
sort,  and  the 
changed  to  correspond. 
is  always

It 

No.  I.

Poor Fruit

Neatly packed in  a  bright,  new,  at­
tractive  package  often  returns  more 
than good fruit  carelessly  packed  in 
a  cheaply-made,  dirty  package—and 
the returns are what you want.
Our packages are not  only  elegant, 
but substantial, well-made, fully ven­
tilated, accurate capacity, and at

Well,  read:  16-qt.  crates,  whitewood 
boxes,  finished  ends,  10c;  currant 
baskets,  i-6bu., with  covers,  $24  per 
M.  A ll  other  packages  at  corre­
spondingly low prices.
Call ana  see  us—we  like  to  show 
our goods.

BLANK  PACKING  »OUSE.

No.  2.

5 0  LB S.

Is the legal weight of a  basket  of  peaches, 
and the weight you are  paid for.  Why use 
baskets holding 60  lbs.,  thereby  losing  10 
lbs. of fruit and freight on same?
It’s a little  thing,  but  these  little  things 
are what give the profit.
Our peach baskets  hold  exactly  50  lbs.— 
no more, no less.  An honest  deal  to  your 
customer and yourself.  No  waste, no over 
freight  charge.  Then  they’re  neat  and 
solid,  too—and we sell them with covers for

10C  EA CH .

Also  accurate  1-6,  1-5  and  1-2  bu.  bas­

kets at low prices.  Call and see them.

BLANK 
PACKIN G  
H O U SE.

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POTATO SEASON

is again here, and we have again 
shown our interest in the farm­
er by getting a supply  of  solid, 
well-made

POTATO
CRATES

made just to fit  the  wagon  box 
and on top of each other.  A c ­
curate capacity—1  bushel. 
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each.  You  can  see  them  for 
nothing at our warehouse.

BU N K   PACKING  HOUSE.

No. 4.

90000000000000000000000000

Pure  Blood

Is impossible when  one  is  constantly 
breathing  impure  air—and  air  must 
be  impure  when  it  passes  over  dis­
eased  tissues  as  are  found  in  cases 
of catarrh.

Modern  Catarrh  Remedy

cleanses  the  tissues  and  strengthens 
them, thus allowing  us  to  get  good, 
pure air  and  make  rich,  pure  blood, 
which,  in turn, makes health.

Price, $1  per package.

BLANK  REMEDY COMPANY.

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M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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best  to  let  the  heading  of  an  advertise­
ment J show  exactly  what  the  advertise­
ment  is  about.  For  tbe  same  reason, 
the  beading  of  No.  2  might  be,  prefer­
ably,  “ Legal  Weight  Peach  Baskets." 
In  every  other  respect  the  advertise­
ments  are  good—the  sort  of  clear,  for­
cible,  impressive  talk  that  can  not  help 
but  sell  goods.

it 

if 

is  not  too 

By  the  way,  I  would  like  to  warn  my 
correspondent  that  the  title  “ Modern 
Catarrh  Remedy”   can  not  be  copy­
righted,  and 
late,  I 
should  advise  him  to  change  the  ncme. 
Tbe  same  point  came  up  in  regard  to 
Syrup  of  Figs,  in  which  the  couit  held 
that  the  words,  “ Syrup  of  Figs,”   being 
an  ordinary  combination  of  English 
words,  could  not  be  protected  by  copy­
right. 
In  older  to  secure  protection,  u 
title  must  be  some  arbitrary  combina­
tion  of  letters,  making  wbat 
is  termed 
a  coin  word,  such  as  “ Uneeda, ”   or 
I  mention  this  fact,  al­
“ Kodak.”  
though 
it 
is  outside  of  the  regular  line

It 

is  your  department. 

Don't  hold  back  from  any  such  reason. 
This 
is  con­
ducted  for  your  help  and your guidance, 
and  you  alone  can  tell  me  whether  it  is 
helping  you  or  not. 
I  want  your  opin­
ions  on  this  subject.  Please  let  me  have 
them. 

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

J. G. Miller &  Co.,

Clothing Manufacturers, 

Chicago,  III.

circus  parade  has  the  most  small  boys 
following  him.  For  this  reason,  a  head­
ing 
like,  “ 4,400  Square  Feet  of  Bug­
gies,”   or  “ 54,000 _Pairs  of  Shoes, ”   is 
impressive  and  effective.

In  regard  to  the  question  in  the  latter 
part  of  Mr.  Hain’s  letter,  I  should  ad­
vise  him  to  advertise  several  lines  at  a 
time,  provided  that  be  mentions  them 
separately  in  the  department-store style. 
In  his  advertisement,  which  measures 
nine  inches  across  three columns,  be  has 
plenty  of  room  for  several  lines  without 
the  necessity  of  skimping  any  of  them 
for  room. 
It  is  a  safe  rule  in  advertis 
ing  to  mention  as  many  lines  as  can  be 
mentioned,  providing  each  line  is  kept 
separate  and  distinct.  Mr.  Hain's 
buggy  talk  is  rather  more  general  than 
is  necessary, 
and  would  be  greatly 
strengthened  by  a  short  description  of 
some  particular  buggy  in  his  line.  He 
is  on  tbe  right  track,  however,  and  if he 
follows  out  the  suggestions  given  here­
with,  should  be  able  to  send  in  some

No. s

HAIN’S  BIG  HARDWARE.

Buggies and  Prices That Talk

For fear that there may be some people in  this  vicinity  who  do  not 
know of the large stock that we  carry,  nor  of  the  prices,  we  again 
call your attention to our line of buggies.

4,400 Square  Feet

of spac* covered with buggies as thick as they  can stand.  There is 
not another carriage room like it  north of Grand  Rapids.  A ll kinds 
and styles of vehicles kept in stock. 
It  is  a  whole  show  room  in 
itself for those who care for a nice rig.

A  Grand  Opportunity

is offered to those who wish to buy anything in the buggy line  Such 
a stock comprising everything from a cheap road-wagon to  the  best 
phaeton is not found elsewhere, except in  the  larger  cities.  These 
are here at home for your inspection and  choice.  Come  in and  look 
them over right away —buggies are selling all the time, and the stock 
is larger now than it will  be later.

  Road  Wagons, $25.

Top  Buggies,  $45.

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PAGE  BUGGIES  ARE  THE  BEST  MADE.

G.  E.  HAIN,  F r e m o n t ,  Mic h ig a n .

I am now at my desk in  Chicago,  to  remain  until 
State Fair week, held in  Grand Rapids, Sept.  25-29, 
at which time I  shall  be  at  Sweet's  Hotel with  all 
my fall  and winter  samples.  W ill  take  good  care 
of customers who can meet me in Chicago between 
now and  Sept.  15,  and  allow all  expenses  to  trade 
who will give me all or part of  their  fall  purchases 
while in  Chicago.  Any  who  cannot  leave  home 
kindly  let  me  know and  I will  send  full  line  of 
samples  or  visit  them  personally.  It  will  be  a 
great pleasure to meet your  demands, and  rest  as­
sured all favors will be appreciated.

Respectfully,

S.  T.  Bowen,

276  Franklin  Street.

Aluminum Money

Will Increase Your Business.

of  this  department,  because  it  may  save 
my  correspondent  some  annoyance  and 
monetary  loss  in  the  future.

*  *  *

Fremont,  Aug.  n — Enclosed  please 
find  advertisement,  which  we  used  in 
local  papers  recently.  Please  criticise. 
We  have  a  good  many  different  lines  to 
advertise.  Do  you  think  it  best  to  ad­
vertise 
just  one  line  at  a  time  or  to  di­
vide  the  space  up  and  talk  about  two  or 
three  different  lines  in  each  issue?

G.  E.  H a in .

The  advertisement is reproduced here­
I  do  not  like  tbe  open­
with  (No.  5). 
ing  sentence. 
It 
implies  that  as  soon 
as  Mr,  Hain  is  convinced  that  every­
in  the  vicinity  knows  about  his 
body 
is  going  to  stop 
stock  and  prices,  he 
coarse,  he  doesn’t 
advertising.  Of 
mean  anything  iike  this. 
It  is  never 
necessary  to  give  an  excuse  for  adver­
tising.  As  long  as  there  is  anyone in the 
place  who 
is  likely  to  buy  a  buggy,  or 
to  want  a  buggy,  keep  right  on  telling 
them  about  buggies,  Mr.  Hain. 
If  tbe 
first  paragraph  were  omitted  entirely, 
and  the  advertisement  commenced  with 
the  heading,  “ 4,400  Square Feet of  Bug­
gies, “   the  effect  would  be  much  better. 
The  element  of  size  always  appeals  to 
tbe  human  mind.  We  all  of  us  are  im­
pressed  by  big  things.  Other  things 
being  equal,  the  big  salesman  sells  tbe 
most  goods—the  big  elephant  in  the

still  better  advertising  in  the  near  fu­
ture.

*  * 

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Don’t  forget  to  send  in  samples,  and, 
as  I  requested  before,  suggestions  for 
the betterment of  this  department.  None 
of  the  latter  have  come  to  hand  as  yet, 
and  as  I  am  not  vain  enough  to  think 
that  the  department 
is  perfect,  I  pre­
sume  my  readers  are  hesitating to  make 
suggestions  for  fear  of  giving  offense.

Cheap and Effective.

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

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

D O N ’T  buy  Plated  Silverware, 

Clocks or  Holiday Goods, 

until  you  have consulted  our 1899 

Fall  Catalogue.

■ 

■■ 

■ '■ 

The  m ost  com plete  Book  out.

WRITE  FOR  IT  NOW.

The  R eg e n t  M fg .  C o.

Jackson  and  Market. 

CHICAGO.

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Around  the State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Croswell— Sherk  &  Soothworth  suc­

ceed  Sherk  Bros,  in  general  trade.

Vandalia— Chas.  R.  Dodge  has  sold 

his  hardware  stock  to  F.  G.  Pollock.

Marshall—Morse &  Deull  have opened 
a  new  clothing  store at  128  State  street.
Palms—Mrs.  Robt.  Meyer &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  general  stock  of  W.  J. 
Seftou.

Birmingham—Schanbite  &  Leet suc­
ceed  John  D.  Stabler  in  the  laundry 
business.

Hudson— F.  G. 

succeeds 
Stowell  &  Hoiton  in  the  boot  and  shoe 
business.

Stoweli 

Laingsburg— Chapman  R.  Bailey  suc­
ceeds  Whitney  &  Bailey  in  the  produce 
business.

Benton  Harbor— Kidd,  Dater  &  Co. 
have  taken  possession  of  the  Riley  gro­
cery  stock.

Menominee—The  Menominee  Hard­
ware  Co.  has  leased  the  Grignon  build­
ing  for  a  term of  five  years.

Prescott—A.  J.  Mills  continues  the 
general  merchandise  business  of  A.  J. 
Mills  &  Co.  in  his  own  name.

Hudson— Fish  Bros,  have  purchased 
the  Washington  street  meat  market,  for­
merly  owned  by  L.  H.  Steger.

Saranac—W.  G.  Clark  &  Son  have 
begun  the  construction  of  a  new  store 
building,  20x52  feet  in  dimensions.

Alto—M.  H.  Vanderslip  has  leased 
bis  meat  maiket  to  Fred  Palmer  and 
Ed.  Stauffer,  who  will  contiuue  the 
business.

Howell— Mrs.  Sarah Crosman  has  pur­
chased  the  half  interest  in  the  "White 
Front"  store  owned  by  the  Sherman  S. 
Jewett  estate.

Holland— Henry  Oelert  has  removed 
his  grocery  stock  to  his  new  building 
at  the  corner  of  Fourteenth  street  and 
Van  Raalte  avenue.

Charlotte—Geo.  W.  Foote,  druggist, 
died  suddenly  Aug.  10.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by  his  father-in-law, 
Chas.  Bennett,  as  administrator.

St.  Joseph—Gustav Knaak  will  shortly 
open  a  drug  store  ai  this  place.  Mr. 
Knaak  is  a  registered  pharmacist and  is 
also  a  graduate  from  an  optical  college.
Traverse  City— F.  W.  Otto  has  sold 
bis  stock  of groceries  and  provisions  to 
C.  H.  Miller,  who  will  remove  it  to a 
larger  and  better  store  on  Front  street.
Deerfield— Edward  E.  Burnham,  for­
merly  engaged 
in  general  trade  here, 
has  been  adjudicated  a  bankrupt.  His 
liabilities  are  $5,923,  while  bis  assets 
are  only  $13.

Frankfort—G.  E.  Capron  is  erecting 
a  brick  store  building  with  plate  glass 
front  and  will  soon  occupy 
it  with  a 
stock  of  jewelry  and  bazaar  goods.  The 
new  brick  block  adjacent  will  be  occu­
pied  Sept.  1  by  the  Benzie  County 
Bank.

in  groceries  and 

Beliaire— H.  M.  Hemstieethas  retired 
from  the  firm  of  Hemstreet Bros.  &  Co., 
dealers 
feed.  The 
business  will  be  continued  at the  same 
location  by  E.  Hemstreet  and  C.  V. 
Hinman  under  the  firm  name  of  Hem- 
street  &  Hinman.

Nashville—A,  E.  Leismer has sold his 
interest  in  the  firm  of Hicks & Leismer, 
dealers  in  hardware and agricultural im­
plements,  to  Allison  Mead,  of  Battle 
Creek.  Mr.  Leismer expects  to  return 
to  Petoskey,  bis  former  home,  to  enter 
into  partnership  with  bis  father  in  the 
same  line.

Detroit— H.  T.  Foster,  who  has  held 
the  position  of  special  agent  for  the

specialty  department  of  Williams, 
Davis,  Brooks  &  Hinchman Sons for six 
years,  has  resigned  to  accept  a  position 
with  the  Keystone  Drug  Co., of  Blooms- 
burg,  Pa.,  at  a  salary  of  $6,000  a  year 
and  a  fourth  interest  in  the  concern.

Manufacturing  Matters. 

Frankfort— Lutz  &  Cosier are  build­
ing  a  hundred  barrel  roller process flour 
ing  mill,  which  will  be  ready  to  begin 
operations  in  a  few  weeks.

Detroit—The  Hygienic  Seat  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of 
incorporation  with 
$50,000  capital,  24  per  cent,  of  which  is 
paid  in.  The  incorporators  are  Henry 
P.  Cope,  600  shares;  George  D.  Mason, 
200;  George  Jay  Vinton,  150;  Warren 
G.  Vinton,  150,  and  John  H.  French, 
100.

Lansing— Representatives  of  the  Na­
tional  Match  Co.,  of  Chicago,  who  have 
been  in  Lansing  for  several  days,  have 
perfected  arrangements  for  locating  a 
factory  here  within  90 days.  One  hun­
dred  bands  will  be employed.  The  com­
pany  claims  to  own  patents  which  will 
enable  it  to  manufacture  matches  much 
cheaper  than  the  Diamond  Match  Co.

Clarkston— The  discoveiy  of  valuable 
marl  beds  here  has  created  considerable 
excitement.  A  company  has  offered  to 
locate  a  cement-factory  here  if  suitable 
banks  of  biue  clay  can  be  found.  Sun­
day  every  man  who  owned  a  spade  was I 
out  digging  for  clay.  At the  same  time 
the  promoters  of  the  Pontiac-Flint  elec­
tric  railway  are  proposing  a  double 
track  through Clarkston and good freight 
facilities  for  the  proposed  factory.  The 
two  schemes  together are most  too  much 
for the quiet  residents  of  the  village.
Port  Huron  Grocers 
Jackson.

to  Picnic  at 

Jackson,  Aug.  15—A  committee  from 
the  Port  Huron  Grocers’  and  Butchers’ 
Association,  consisting  of  Frank  Wood, 
J.  T.  Percival,  Ernest  Ackers,  Henry 
Nern,  Alderman  D.  W.  Smith,  Sr., 
Henry  Mcjennett,  L.  A.  McArthur, 
Alderman  Chas.  Lauer,  were  in  the  city 
last  week  to  make the necessary arrange­
ments  for  the  coming  of  the  Port  Huron 
excursion  August  29.

The  paity  was  accompanied  by  C.  C. 
Craigie,  Traveling  Passenger  Agent  for 
the  Grand  Trunk,  and  C  R.  Clark, 
agent  for  the  road  at  Port  Huron.  They 
were  met  by  a  delegation  composed  of 
N.  H.  Branch,  W.  H.  Porter  F.  J.  Hel- 
mer and  C.  G.  Hill,  of  the  Jackson Re­
tail  Grocers’  Association,  M.  F.  Cot­
trell,  Wesley  Sears,  F.  E.  Palmer,  M.
J.  Cummings,  of  the  General  Welfare 
Association,  Mayor  Loennecker  and 
Hon.  S.  B.  Collins,  who  spent  the  day 
in  showing  them  about  the  city  and 
when  they  separated 
last  evening  the 
visitors  expressed  themselves  as  highly 
pleased  with  their  visit.  Among  the 
jilaces  visited  was  the  prison,  where 
Warden  Chamberlain  personally  con­
ducted  them  through  the  institution  and 
showed  them  every  attention.  At  2:30 
the  fire  department  gave  an  exhibition 
of  the  workings of  the  new  aerial 
lad­
just  2  minutes  and 
der. 
45  seconds  from  the  time  the  alarm  was 
sounded  until  the  first  man  was  on  the 
roof  of  the  Hurd  House  block.  The 
visitors  were  also  shown  the water works 
and  several  ol  the  factories. 
In  the 
evening  they  were  taken  to  the  Wild 
West  show.

It  consumed 

The  members  of  the  committee  state 
that  they  expect  to  bring  to Jackson  be­
tween  2,000 and  3,000 people.

The  first annual  picnic  of  the  retail 
grocers  and  butchers  of  Kalamazoo, 
which  was  held  at  South  Haven  yester­
day,  was  participated  in  by  815  people, 
occupying  eleven  coaches.  Now  that  an 
annual  holiday  has  been  established 
in 
Kalamazoo,  the  retail  grocers  and  meat 
dealers  of  that  city  will  undoubtedly 
perpetuate the  event.

MICHIGAN  TR AD ESM AN

The  Grain Market.

Wheat  made a  lively  spurt  last  week, 
owing  to the  Government  crop  report, 
when  the  Northwest  showed  a decline  of 
8  per  cent,  of  former  estimates. 
It 
looks  now  as 
if  the  wheat  crop  in  the 
United  States  would  hardly  go  500,000,- 
000  bushels,  while  home  consumption, 
including  seed,  etc.,  will  probably  ex­
ceed  410,000,000  bushels,  leaving  only 
90.000,000 bushels for export.  Of course, 
there  is  a  visible  of  38,000,000  bushels, 
and  an  invisible  which  is  held  in  farm­
ers’  granaries,  to  be added  to  it,  which 
is claimed  to be somewhere near 60,000,- 
000 bushels.  To offset this,  the Russian 
crop 
the 
French  is  40,000,000 bushels,  so  it  can 
be  readily  seen  that  the  demand  for 
wheat  from  the  United  States  will  be  as 
much  as 
it  has  been  for the  last  two 
years.  The  quesiton  arises,  can  we 
furnish  it?  In  spite of  these  conditions, 
however,  the  market  sold  off again  yes­
terday  2c  per  bu.,  which  is  unaccount­
able.

is  120,000.000  bushels,  and 

Corn  held  its  own,as  it  is  low enough, 
especially  as  the  weather  has  not  been 
as  favorable as  it  might  have been,  and 
the  prospective  crop  has  been  reduced 
from  former  estimates  of  200,000,000 
bushels.

Oats are  falling,  as  the  crop  seems  to 
larger  as  threshing  pro­

be  growing 
gresses.
Rye, 

for 

some 

reason,  has  been 
strong,  and prices have  advanced  2c  per 
bushel over last report’  caused by exports 
in  that  cereal.

Locally,  the  wheat  receipts  are  very 
moderate  from  farmers,  so  the  millers 
are  dependent  on  car  receipts,  which 
were  as  follows:  wheat,  89  cars;  corn, 
18  cars;  oats,  15  cars;  hay,  1  car.

Millers  are  paying  66c  for  old  wheat 

and  64c  for  new  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t.

Utility  of  the  Market—Absence  of 

Peaches.

There  are  some  who  still  claim  that 
the  buying  of  a  market  site  and  putting 
up  of  buildings,  offices,  etc.,  was  a 
speculation  not 
justified  by  the  condi­
tions—that  there  were  enough  of  the 
less-used  streets  to  accommodate  that j 
class  of  traffic. 
It  would  seem  that  a 
visit  during  the  height  of  the  season 
would  demonstrate  the  wisdom,  almost 
the  necessity,  of  providing  some  ac­
commodations  for a  traffic  of  such  mag 
nitude.  The  fact  that  the  farmers  are 
well  satisfied  with  the arrangement  and 
that  they  willingly  pay  the  nominal 
rentals  charged,  which,  with  fees,  are 
sufficient  to  meet  expenses,  takes  the 
enterprise  out  of  the  list  of  municipal 
industries,  such  as 
lighting,  running 
street  cars,  etc.  On  account  of  the 
farmers  being  a  pait  in  this  undertak­
ing  there  is  less chance for peculation of 
officials,  for there  is  no  class  which  will 
watch  closer  the  disposal  of  the  fees 
which  come  out  of  their  own  pockets 
than  they.

It  seems  odd  to  see  so  large  a  market 
with  no  offerings  of  peaches.  Usually 
the  increase  in  attendance as  the  season 
advances  is  proportioned  closely  to  the 
increase  in  peaches,  with  a  correspond­
ing  falling  off as  the  peach  season  de­
clines.  This  year  the  increase in attend­
ance 
is  in  evidence  as  usual,  but  the 
peaches are  not there.  Yesterday  morn- 
ing.  probably  the  largest  of  the  season 
thus  far,  the  peach  supply,  as  near as 
could  be 
learned,  was  five  bushels. 
These  were  brought  by  one  grower,  and 
represented  bis  crop  of Early Michigan, 
which  should  have  been  about  1,000

bushels.  One  purchaser  said  be  secured 
a  bushel  of  them  for  $2,  although  the 
grower  was  inclined  to  stand  out  for 
$2  50.  Of  course,  some  later  varieties 
will  show  more  abundance,  but  the 
usual  answer  to  the  query,  "  How  are 
peabes  in  your 
locality?”   is,  "There 
are  none. * ’

The  situation  as  to  peaches  turns  at­
tention  to  the  other  standard 
fruits. 
Early  varieties  of  apples are  in  consid­
erable abundance  and  sales  are good  at 
remunerative  prices.  Plums  also  are 
enjoying  an 
importance  never  before 
accorded  them 
in  this  market.  They 
are  not too abundant,  so but  that  a  few 
of  the  hustling  dealers  can  secure  the 
most  of  those  which  they  send  out  of 
the  city.  One  reports  a  carload  ship­
ment  for each  of  three  days,  succeeded 
by  three  cars  for  yesterday.  Prices  paid 
to  growers  are  good  and  profitable  re­
turns  are  assured.  Early  pears  are  also 
good  property  and  share  in 
importance 
with  the  plums.

Grapes  are  beginning  to  be  talked 
about  and  probably  a  few  days  will  see 
them  on  the  market.  The yield promises 
fair and  in  the  absence  of  the  more  fa­
vored  peach  will  receive  unusual  con­
sideration.  New  ways  of  utilizing  and 
preserving  will  ibe  devised.  Thus  the 
loss  of one  variety  of  fruit  will  have  its 
compensation 
in  bringing  others  to  the 
front.

Offerings  of  vegetables  are  in  so great 
abundance  that  prices  suffer 
in  most 
kinds.  The  qualities offered  would seem 
to  indicate  that  there  is  no  show  for  the 
poorer  ones,  or  that  the  season 
is  so 
favorable  few  poor  ones  are  produced. 
A  walk  through  the  streets  is  well worth 
while  for any  one  who  appreciates  an 
exhibition  of  the  finest  production  of 
the  gardening  art.  Potatoes  are  espe­
cially  abundant  and  prices  have  broken 
to  a  greater  extent  than  is  desirable  for 
any  but  the  consumer.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Ypsilanti—Albert Sevey succeeds Wirt 
Seymour  as  head  clerk  in  the  Holbrook 
grocery  store.

Menominee— C.  H.  Law  has  a  new 
prescription  clerk  in  the person of Chas. 
C.  Petti bone,  of  Duluth.

Port  Huron—Ed.  J.  Rodgers  has  en­
gaged  C.  E.  Armstrong  as  prescription 
clerk.

Harbor  Springs— W.  J.  Clarke  &  Son 
have a  new  clerk  in  their  grocery  de­
partment  in  the  person  of  A.  H.  With­
row,  of  Manistee.

Nashville—Ed.  White  has  resigned 
his  position 
in  Sanford  J.  Truman’s 
dry goods  store  and  accepted  a  more  lu­
crative  one  with  G.  J.  Barney  &  Son, 
at  Charlotte.

Manistee—George  B.  Williams,  of 
Saginaw,  has  come  to  get  acquainted 
with  the  duties  of book-keeper and clerk 
at  Perry  &  Wolters’  hardware  store,  the 
position  about  to be  vacated  by  Hal  C. 
Dunn.  The  latter  leaves  for  Chicago to 
join  the  Wm.  Owen  company.

His  Invention.

Customer—Will these  pants  bag  at  the 

knees?

Dealer— Mine  frient,  no  pants  will 
bag  at  the  knees  if  you  treat  dem  right.
I  tell  you  how  before  you  go. 
It  ees 
my  own  invention.

Customer—Then  I’ll  take  them.  Here 

is  the  money.  What  is  your  plan?

Dealer— Neffer  sit  down.

Black  and  Red  Spots.

"Doctor,  my  husband  says black  and 
red  spots appear before  his  eyes  every 
night.  What do  you  advise?’ *

’ I  advise 

that  he  stop  playing 

poker.”

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN 

5

Grand  Rapids  Qossip

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Maiden  Blush,  Strawberry 
and  Duchess  command  $2 per bbl.  No.
1  stock  fetches  $1.75  and  cooking  stock 
brings  about  $1.50.  While  the  crop 
is 
not  large  anywhere,  there  are  apples 
everywhere  where apples  are  ever grown 
and  conservative  estimators predict  that 
there  will  be,  without  doubt,  as  many 
apples  in  the  country  as  there  were  last 
year.  The  New  England  crop  is  lighter 
than 
last  year,  but  there  is  still  enough 
for  the  home  trade.  New  York 
is  fig­
uring  od  an  average of  40  per  cent,  of 
an  average crop, and  when  it  is  remem­
bered  that  when  New  York  has  half  a 
crop  of apples  she  has  enough  to  supply 
the  world,  the  condition  is  by  no  means 
alarming.  The  Michigan  crop  is  vari­
ously  estimated  from  40  to  70  per  cent, 
of  au  average  crop.  O.  R.  Pierce,  of 
Hudson,  estimates  that  the  Lenawee 
crop  will  be  30  per  cent,  of  an  average 
crop  this  year, where there  were  no  mer­
chantable  apples 
last  year.  Monroe, 
Livingston  and  Oakland  counties  report 
full  crops.  Canada  exported  half  a  mil­
lion  barrels  to  England  last  year  and 
expects  to  export  two  millions  bushels 
this  year.  The  States  sent  half  a  mil­
lion  barrels  abroad 
last  year  and  ex­
pects to  double  the  amount  this  year.

Beans—The  shipment  of 300,000bush­
els  of  beans  from  New  York  to  Puerto 
Rico  last  Saturday  tended  to  bulge  the 
New  Yoik  market  io@i2c  per  bu.,  but 
has  not  had  any  appreciable  effect  on 
beans 
in  the  West,  where  handpicked 
stock  is  offered  in  carlots  at  95c.  The 
outcome  of  the  crop  is  as  yet a  conun­
drum,owing to  the liability  of  rains  dur­
ing  the  harvesting  season.  Dry  weather 
in  June  hurt  the  New  York  crop,  but 
plenty  of  moisture  since  has  tended  to 
improve  it  very  materially.  The  crop 
in  this  State 
is  looking  fine  and  esti­
mators are  figuring  on  twice  the  yield 
of  last  year.

Beets—25@3oc  per  bu.
Butter—Factory  creamery 

is  steady 
and  firm  at  18c.  Fancy  grades  of  dairy 
command  15c,  but  receipts  of  dairy  are 
almost  wholly  cooking grades and worse.

Cabbage—$1  per  bbl.
Carrots—25c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—60c  per  doz.
Celery—I2@i4c  per  doz.  bunches.
Crab  Apples—Siberian  and  Trans­
cendent are  in  ample  supply  at  35@40C 
per  bu.
Cucumbers— Home  grown  have  de­
clined  to  25@30C  per  bu.  Greenhouse 
stock  commands  I2@i5c  per  doz.
Eggs—Dealers are  paying  n c   for  re­
ceipts,  case  count,  bolding  candled  at 
I2@i2^c  and  dirties  and  small  eggs  at 
lie.  Receipts  have  been  fairly  good 
during  the  past  week,  owing  to  the  cool 
weather.

Grapes—Moore’s  Early  are beginning 
to  arrive  in  small  amounts.  The  crop 
of  this  variety  is  large.  The  next  vari­
ety  is  the  Worden,  which  is  a  full  crop, 
is  sweeter  and  larger  than  any 
which 
other variety  and 
is  by  most  growers 
considered  the best variety grown.  The 
Wordens  will  be  followed  by  Delawares 
and  they,  in  turn,  by  Niagaras,  both  of 
which  are  very  short  on  account  of  the 
severe  weather  they  experienced 
last 
winter.  Up  to that  time  Delawares  and 
Niagaras  were  supposed  to  be  as  hardy 
as  the  other  varieties,  but  this  year 
proves  the  contrary.  Concords  are  ex­
pected  to be  a  full  crop  and  the  quality 
is  expected  to  be  fully  up  to  the  aver­
age.  The  Ohio  grape  crop  will  be  short 
on  account  of  a  new  pest  which  is  at­
tacking  the  vines  in  the  shape  of  a  root 
worm.  The  Chatauqua  crop 
is  reported 
to  be  fully  up  to  the  average.  On  ac­
count  of  Niagaras and  Delawares  being 
short  crop  and  on  account  of  the  injury 
to  the  Ohio  crop,  it 
is  expected  that 
grapes  will  rule  fully  25  percent,  higher 
in  price  than  last  year.

Green  Onions— Black  seed  are  in  fair 

demand  at  io@i2c.

Honey—White  Clover  is  scarce,  com­
Dark  amber  fetches  8 
manding  12 
@ioc. 
is  reported  that  the  crop  of 
white  will  be  only  about  30  per  cent,  of 
an  average crop.

It 

Live  Poultry—The  market  declined 
last  week,  due  to  the  influx  of  poultry 
of  all hinds  to  enable  the  growers  to  at­
tend  the  circus.  The  market  has  not 
yet  recovered  from  the  surfeit  of  stock 
and  it  wili  require  another  week  to fully 
recover.  Broilers  are  dull  at  7c.  Fat 
bens  are 
in  good  demand  at  7c,  while 
medium  hens  are  in  strong  demand  at 
8c.  Spring  ducks are  in  fair  demand at 
6c,  while  old  ducks  are  not  wanted  at 
any  price.  Hen  turkeys  find  ready  sale 
at  gc.  Large turkeys  are  in  fair  demand 
at  8c.  Squabs  are 
in  good  demand  at 
$1.25  per  doz.  Pigeons  are  in  fair  de­
mand  at  50c  per  doz.
Muskmelons—Osage are  in  sharp  de­
mand  at  75@900  per crate.  Bay View 
cantaloupes  are  in  strong  demand  at 
75@8oc  per  doz.
Onions— Illinois  and  heme  grown  are 
sold  on  the  same  basis—about  70c  per 
bu. 
bu. 
sacks.
stock, 
the 
Sugar 
fetches  75c  per  bu. 
Clapp's  Favorite  brings  $1  per  bu. 
Flemish 
command  $1.25 
per  bu.
Peaches— Local  dealers  are  receiving 
consignments  of  Hale's Early and Lewis 
Seedlings  from  Oceana  county,  which 
they  bold  at  3o@4oc  per  fifth  bu.  bas­
ket.

Pears— Small 
variety, 

Illinois  stock  comes 

Beauties 

such  as 

Peppers—75c  per  bu.
Plums— Moore's  Early  command  90c 
per  bu.  Gueiis  and  Green  Gages  fetch 
$1  per  bu.  Bradshaws  are  in  good  de­
mand  at $1.25  per  bu.

in 

Potatoes— The  market  has  taken  a 
strong  downward  turn  during  the  past 
week,  the  ruling  price  in  the  local  mar­
ket being  i 8@2oc  per  bu.  The  crop 
is 
looking  well,  not only  in  Michigan  but 
elsewhere  in  the  country  and  the 
indi­
cations  are  that  we  shall  have  the  larg­
est  yield  the  country  has  ever seen.  The 
crop*  in  New  York  and  some  parts  of 
New  England  was  thought to  be  injured 
by  the  absence  of  rain  during  June,  but 
late  reports  from  both  sections  of  the 
country 
indicate  that  there  have been 
frequent  showers  and  that  the  yield 
in 
both  sections  is  likely  to be  large.  The 
experience  of  previous  years  has  dem­
onstrated  that  potatoes  will  grow  after 
September  i,and  that  although  the  crop 
outlook  may  be  poor  up  to  that  time, 
perfect  growing  weather during Septem­
ber  and  October  will  frequently  insure a 
full  crop.  Heavy  buyers  are  predicting 
that  the  full  crop will  necessarily  be  ac­
companied  by  low  prices,  because a  big 
crop  means  that  the  grower  just  about 
gets back  the  money  be has  invested  in 
his  crop. 
is  the  unexpected  that  is 
always happening,  however,  and  some­
thing  may  occur  to  change  the  situa­
tion, although  it  does  not  seem  probable 
at this  writing.

per  bu.  box.

Radishes—8c  per doz.  bunches.
Squash— Home  grown  command  50c 
Sweet  Corn—6@i2c  per  doz.
Tomatoes— Home  grown  are  in  ample 

It 

supply  at 6o@7oc  per  bu.

now 
per  bu.

in  market,  commanding 

Turnips— 25@30c  per  bu.
Watermelons— Indiana Sweethearts are 
I4@i6c 
Whortleberries— Receipts  are  smaller, 
in  consequence  of  which  the  price  has 
advanced  to $2.25@2  75  per  bu.

Edward  Frick  is  home  from  bis  fort­
night’s  vacation  in Emmet county.  This 
is  the  first  time  he  has  ever taken  a 
long  vacation,  and  he  says it  will  be  the 
last  he  will  ever  take,  unless  he  can 
have  some  assurance  that  he  will  not  be 
accompanied  by  Mr.  Pneumonia.

Wm.  Logie 

(Rindge,  Kalmbacb, 
Logie  &  Co.)  and  Henry  Idema  are 
taking  a  trip  up  the  lakes  as  far as  the 
copper  country,  accompanied  by  their 
families.  They  expect  to  be away  two 
weeks.

L.  T.  McCrath, 

local  representative 
for  Nelson  Morris  &  Co.,  is  spending 
bis  summer  vacation,  in  company  with 
his  wife  and  daughter,  at  Niagara  Falls 
and  vicinity.

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocery  Clerks’ 

Association.

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  retail 
grocery  clerks  of  Grand  Rapids,  held 
at  the  office  of  the  Michigan Tradesman 
Monday  evening,  Aug.  14,  L.  E.  Buss 
was  selected  to  act  as  chairman.

Homer  Klapp,  of  the  Committee  on 
Resolutions,  appointed  at  the  previous 
meeting,  submitted  the  following  re­
port,  which  was  adopted :

Tbrt  we  now  organize  and,  with  that 
end 
in  view,  recommend  the  appoint­
ment  of  a  committee  to  draft  a constitu­
tion  and  by-laws.

We  suggest  that  the  principal  objects 

of  organization  be  as  follows:

in 

To  increase  acquaintanceship  and  en­
courage  a  social  and  friendly  feeling 
among  those  engaged 
the  grocery 
business.

To  encourage  our  employers  in  every 
shorter 

legitimate  manner  to  adopt 
hours  for  doing  business.

To  promote  the  proper  observance  of 
Sunday  and  of  all  national  holidays  and 
the  adoption  of  more  frequent  intervals 
for  rest  and  recreation.
To  encourage  and  assist  our  brotbe> 
clerks 
to  obtain  em ploym ent  when  the 
occasion  m ay  require.

We  further  suggest  that  the  name  of 
our  association  shall  be  known  as  the 
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocery  Clerks' 
Association.
F.  E.  Beardslee  was  then  selected  to 
act  as  temporary  chairman  and  Harry 
Stowitts  was  selected  to  serve  as  Secie- 
tary  pro  tern.

V.  R.  Campbell  moved  that the chair­
man  appoint a  committee  of  five  mem­
bers  and  the  chairman  to  prepare  a con­
stitution  and  by-laws  for presentation  at 
a  future  meeting. 
The  motion  was 
adopted  and  the  chairman  appointed  as 
such  committee,  V.  R.  Campbell,  E. 
Bratt,  Harry  Stowitts,  Geo.  Mclnnis 
and  L.  E.  Buss.

It  was  decided  to  bold  a  meeting  of 
the  Committee  at  the  Tradesman  office 
on  Friday  evening  of  this  week.

Mr.  Buss  suggested  that  every  one 
present  urge  bis  neighbor  clerks  to  at­
tend  the  next  meeting,  which  it  was  de­
cided  to  bold  next  Monday  evening.

Ernest  Bratt,  of  the  Special  Commit­
tee  on  Picnic  Paraphernalia,  reported 
the  purchase  of  caps  and  aprons  for  use 
on  the  picnic  parade,  all  of  which  had 
been  disposed  of,  with  the  exception  of 
a 
few  aprons,  which  were  promptly 
taken  by  those  present  at  the  meeting.
There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars—The  market 

featureless, 
there  being  no  change  in  either  raws  or 
refined.

is 

Canned  Goods-----The 

receipts  of
peaches  at Baltimore  are  increasing  and 
canners  are  getting  a 
fair  quantity. 
Prices  range  about  the  same.  The clos­
ing  of  the  packing  season  and 
the 
known  shortage  in  the  pack  on  the  Co­
lumbia  and  Sacramento  Rivers  and 
Puget  Sound  have  further  strengthened 
the  salmon  situation.  Packers  have  this 
week  withdrawn  quotations  on  fall  pack 
Columbia  River,  spring  pack  Steel- 
heads,  Puget  Sound  Cohoes  and  Sock- 
eye  and  the  only  grade  now  being 
offered  for  future  delivery  is  the  Alaska 
fish.  The  1899  pack  is  estimated  to  be
250.000 cases  short  of  the  1898  pack  and
500.000  cases  less  than  the  1898  con­
sumption.  With  no  carry  over  of  old 
goods,  a  short  pack  and  an  increased 
consumption,  which  has  been  at  the 
rate  of  about  400,000  cases  per  annum, 
it  looks  as  though  salmon  would be good 
property  at  present  prices.

Dried  Fruits—There  is  a  better  en­
quiry  for  spot  raisins  and  stocks  on  the 
coast  are  moving  out quite  freely.  The 
Association’s  stock  of  2  crown  is  ex­
hausted  and  their  stock  of  threes  and 
fours  is  dwindling  rapidly.  Seeded  are 
in  excellent  demand.

Lake  Fish—The  Green  Bay  Fisher­
men’s  Association,  which  handles  near­
ly  all  the  catch  in  the  Menominee  dis­
trict,  as  well  as  the  east  shore,  has  ad­
vanced  the  price  of  salt  herring  to  $1 
per  package.  This  is  an  increase  of  six 
cents  over  summer  prices.  The  price 
will  be  advanced  still  higher before  the 
fall  catch  is  put  on  the  maiket  The  as­
sociation  has  made  some  large  sales 
lately  to  Eastern  parties  and  now  has 
io.ooo  packages  on  hand.

Flour and  Feed.

Within  the  past  week  or ten  days  the 
true  condition  of  this  year’s  wheat  crop 
and  the  position  01  stocks  have  become 
better  known,  and  a  knowledge  of  the 
facts  has  awakened  a  keener  interest  on 
the  part  of  the  trade  to secure fall stocks 
of  flour at  wbat  now  seem  to  be  about 
bottom  prices  for  the  year.  The  stocks 
of  flour,  both  at  home  and  abroad,  are 
small  for  the  time  of  year  and,  with  a 
large  number  of  small  mills  throughout 
the  winter  wheat  states  unable  to  do 
anything  except  a 
local  business  and 
with  many  of  the  farmers  not  only  buy­
ing  their  bread  but  their  seed  wheat  as 
well,  there  is  not  much  probability  of 
flour  stocks  accumulating  to  any  extent 
this  year.  According  to  the  latest  au­
thentic  reports,  spring wheat is  not  like­
ly  to  exceed  75  per  cent,  of  last  year’s 
crop. 
in­
creased  foreign  demand  for  both  wheat 
and  flour.  So,  take  it  all  in  all,  the  nat­
ural  position  seems unusually strong,and 
the  only  thing  to  hinder  our  agricultur­
ists  from  obtaining  a  much  better  price 
for  wheat 
is  the  influence  of  specula­
tion  on  the  bear  side  of  the  market, 
which  is  hard  to  measure.  Eventually, 
however,  we  believe 
in  better  prices 
and  believe  the  present  basis  a  safe  one 
for  investment.

Indications  now  point  to  an 

The  city  mills  are  running  strong  and 
have  plenty  of  orders  to  work  on.  Mill- 
stuffs  remain  firm  and  in  good  demand. 
Feed  and  meal  are  moving  steadily 
with  prices  a  trifle  lower.

W m.  N.  R o w e.

Hides,  Pelts.  Tallow  and  Wool.

The  bide  market 

is  closely  sold  up 
and  a  good  demand  continues.  A  %c 
advance  has  been  obtained  over  last 
week, 
asked  and  reported  obtained. 
The  price  on  light  is  higher  than  tan­
ners  can  see  a  profit  in.

Pelts  are  wanted  at  high prices.  The 
demand  is  for all  grades  and no limit on 
price  seems  to  rule.

Tallow  shows  some  advance,  with  nu­
merous  enquiries.  The  demand  is  up 
to  the  supply.

Wool  bolds  strong,  with  the  volume of 
sales  East  of  considerable  magnitude. 
No  weak  spots  are  left  in  the  market. 
While  fine  is  scarce  manufacturers  are 
turning  attention 
in 
place.  The  supply  is  ample  for  imme­
diate  wants  and  higher prices are looked 
for  the  coming  month,  when  the  hot 
weather  is  over  and  people  are  back  at­
tending  to  business.  W m.  T.  H e s s.

to  half  bloods 

J.  H.  Rice  succeeds  Frank  T.  Law­
rence  in  the  produce  firm  of  Lawrence 
&  Matheson  at  20 and  22  Ottawa  street. 
The  business  will  be  continued  under 
the  style  of  Rice  &  Matheson.

What a  nice  place  to  live in this world 
would  be  if  women  were  all  as  good  as 
they  look  and  men  were  all  as  good  as 
they  seem.

For  Gillies'  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  prices,  phone  Visner,  800.

The  man  who  smiles,  and  smiles,  is 
liable  to  see  snakes  if  he  doesn’t  quit.

6

Woman’s World

Leaves  From  the  Diary  of  the  Sum­

mer  Girl.

July  6—1  am  almost  ashamed  to  look 
even  yon 
in  the  face,  dear  diary,  my 
nose  is  so  pink  and  my  eyes  so  swollen 
with  crying.  Papa  and  I  have  just  been 
having  it  out  about  Jack,  and,  as  broth­
er  Tom  would  say,  we  fought  the  thing 
out  to  a  beautiful  finish. 
I  must  say  I 
hadn't  the  slightest  idea  that papa could 
make  himself  so  unpleasant  about  any­
thing,  but  that's  just  the  way.  No  mat­
ter how  careful  you  are  with  your  par­
ents,  you  never  can  tell  how  they  are 
going  to  turn  out  or  when  they  are  go­
ing  to  put  their backs  up  about  some­
thing  and  defy  you.  Why,  papa  never 
denied  me  anything  before  in  my  life, 
and  now,  just  because  I  want  something 
with  ail  my  heart  and  soul  and  strength 
— more  than  I  ever  dreamed  I  could 
want  anything—he  won’t  even  hear  of 
it.  Well,  we  had  a  time  over  it.  He 
was  stubborn  and  I  wouldn’t  give  in. 
just  like  him, 
People  say  that  I  am 
only,  of  course,  I  am  not  stubborn. 
I 
It  begun,  though,  in 
am  merely  firm. 
the  funniest  way. 
You  know,  dear 
diary,  I  haven't  said  a  word  about  go­
ing  off  anywhere  this  summer.  Good­
ness  knows  that  ought  to  have  pleased 
papa,  because  he's  always raised enough 
fuss  about  our going  every  other  y ear, 
but  it  didn’t. 
It  seemed  to  make  him 
suspicious,  and  after  dinner,  when  we 
were  sitting  out  on  the  fiont  porch,  he 
turned  to  me  suddenly  and  asked  me 
where  I  wanted  to  go.  I  said  nowhere— 
that  one  was  more  comfortable  at  home, 
and  that  the  crush  at  Mackinac  Island 
made  me  tired,  tb“  everlasting  round  of 
pleasures  at  Charlevoix  made  me  weary 
and—

“ I  suppose,"  he  interrupted,  "that 
means  you  are  in  love  with  that  young 
counter  jumper  that’s  always  hanging 
around  here. 
I’ve  noticed  that  when  a 
woman  is  indifferent  to  the  weather  it's 
because  she  is  in  love."

Did  you  ever  hear of anything  so  un­
in  your  life?  But,  anywav,  that 
just 
Papa 
precipitated  the  engagement. 
asked  me  if  I  intended  to  marry  Jack, 
and  I  said  I  did,  and  then  we  went  at 
the  subject,  hammer  and  tongs.  You 
see,  Jack 
is  young  and  handsome  and 
energetic  and  true  and  loyal,  but  he  is 
poor.  He  is  long  on  good  qualities  and 
short  on  cash,  so .  to  speak,  and  papa 
persists  in  thinking  that  it  will be  noth­
ing 
less  than  deliberate  suicide  for  me 
to  marry  him.

" H e ’s  got  nothing  but  his  salary,’ ’ 

says  papa.

" H e ’ll  have  m e,"  I  answer.
"What  will  you  do?"  asks  papa.
"W e’ll  work  and  make  afortune,  like 
you  and  mamma  did  before  us,"  I  re­
ply.

"P ooh ," 

cries  papa, 

scornfully; 
"what  can  you  do?  You  don’t  even 
know  how  to  cook  a  dinner  or  make 
your  own  frocks.  Much  help  you  would 
be  to  him. ’ ’

"T h e  more  shame,  then,  to  you  that 
you  did  not  have  me  taught  something 
useful,  so  I  wouldn't  be  a  burden  to  the 
man  I  married.  What  right  had  you  to 
raise  me  up  to  be  no  account?”   I 
cry,  so  hot  in  the  cellar  that  I  wilt  my 
best  stock  down  into  a  shoestring.

Then  papa  begun  to  talk  about  how 
much  he  loved  me  and  bow  ambitious 
be  was  for  me  and  how  he  wanted  me 
if  marrying 
to  make  fine  match,  as 
the  man  she  loves,  and  who 
loves  her, 
isn’t  the  best  match  any  woman  ever

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

made  in  the  world. 
I  couldn’t  think  of 
anything  more  to  say,  and  because  I 
had  run  out  of  arguments  I  begun  to 
cry,  and  I  dare  say  papa  thinks  he  has 
converted  me  from  the error of my ways.
July  8— Papa  has  got  a  great  head. 
He  is  going  to  try  diplomacy  on  me. 
This  morning  he  announced  that  he bad 
decided  he  needed  a  rest,  and  was  go­
ing  to  Mackinac  Island  for  a  month, 
and  was  going  to  take  me  with  him. 
It's  to  get  me  away  from  Jack,  and  try 
the  effect  of  counter  attractions.  Dear 
old  dad!  But  I  don’t  think  I  can  resist 
taking  a  band  in  that  little game  my­
self.

I 

July  15—We  afe  here  at  the  Grand, 
with  its  crush  of  guests  and  the  veranda 
lined  three  deep  with  gossiping 
is 
women,  whose  tongues  sway 
in  unison 
with  their  rocking chairs.  They  are  al­
ways  ravenous  for  some  details  about  a 
new  arrival. 
let  one  coyly  extract 
from  me  the  information  that  papa  was 
enormously  rich.  Of  course,  I  didn’t 
specify  any  particular  amount,  but  just 
talked 
large  way,  and  the  next 
time  I  swept  down  the  veranda  I  had 
the  satisfaction  of  overhearing  some one 
whisper,  "T h a t’s  Miss  Blank,  the  heir­
ess.  They  say  her  father  is  the  richest 
man  in Michigan. ”   Papa would be  hop­
ping  mad,  but 
it  suits  my  purpose  to 
pose  that  way  at  present.  Wonder  if  I 
hadn’t  better  wear  mamma’s  diamond 
brooch  down  to  breakfast to  carry  out 
the  idea  of  being  rich  and reckless?

in  a 

July  18—Everything  goes  beautifully.
I  have  apparently  forgotten  all  about 
Jack,  and  am  devoting  all  of  my  wiles 
to  the  enslaving  of  the  star  guest  of  the 
hotel.  He  is  a  vacuous-minded  young 
person,  who  begun  life  as  Smith.  After 
a  couple  of  years  spent  abroad  he  re­
turned  as  S.  Reginald  Van  Smytbe.  He 
said  he  bad  found  out  that  he  belonged 
to  a  noble  Germau  family.  He  speaks 
of  this  country  as  the  "states"  and 
affects  surprise  at  the  customs  of  the 
natives.  I  don’t think  I  have  ever heard 
anything  so  entertaining  as  his  drawl, 
and  the  way  he  talks  of  "dear old  Lun- 
non. ”   The  other  day  he  asked  papa  if 
he  didn’t  spend  most  of  his  time 
abroad. 
" N o ,”  said  papa,  "this  coun­
try  is good  enough  for  me,  sir.”   “ Oh, 
beg  pawdon,  a ’wm  sbure, ”  
interposed 
Mr.  Van  Smythe,  "but  your  mawners, 
don't  you  knaw.”  
flared

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7

because  of  some  clerk  who  always  calls 
us  by  our  name,  and  remembers  our 
particular  tastes?  Don’t  we  affect  the 
restaurant  where  the  waiter  never  for­
gets  which 
is  our  favorite  table,  and 
bow  we 
like  certain  dishes  served? 
Don't  we  invariably  reserve  our  patron­
age  for  the  newsboy  who remembers that 
it 
is  the  Comet  we  buy  instead  of  the 
Sun?  Don’t  we  even  beam  with  gratifi­
cation  at  the  porter  on  the  sleeper  who 
recognizes  us  at  sight,  and  says  he  is 
glad we are  coming  that  way  again,  and 
are  we  going  straight  through  as  we  did 
last  time?  Personally  these  people  are 
less  than  nothing  to  us,  but  so  sweet 
is 
it  to  be  remembered  that  the  mere  fact 
they  have  not  forgotten  us  is  a  kind  of 
claim  upon  us.

In  the  social  relations  of  life  memory 
plays  a  most  important  role.  Happy 
those  who  never  forget  a  face.  They 
count  their  friends  by the  legion.  Noth­
ing  else  is  more  exquisite  flattery  than 
to  be  remembered,  and  we  all  know  the 
glow  of  warmth  with  which  we  involun­
tarily  salute  the 
tactful  person  who 
never  forgets,  and  who  deftly  reminds 
us  of  the  good  story  we  were  telling  last 
year  when  he  saw  us  last,  who  even

remembers  our  bragging  about  our  chil­
dren  and  enquires  for that  clever  boy  of 
ours  with  a  show  of  interest  that 
leads 
us  to  believe  be  has  been  pondering 
over  it  ever  since.

Sometimes  this  delightful  faculty  of 
remembering  finds  its  expression  in  the 
sending  of  small  gifts,  and  then,  in­
deed,  it 
is  at  its  best.  Few  of  us  are 
sordid  enough  to  care  for  a  present  for 
intrinsic  worth.  The  only  thing 
its 
that  makes 
it  dear  to  us  is  the  thought 
that  prompted  it,  and  so  the  little  pres­
ent  that  comes  unexpectedly  is  doubly 
welcome. 
It  may  be  only  a  newspaper 
with  a  marked  article  on  some  subject 
in  which  we  are  interested,  it  may  be 
only  a  photograph  of  a  place  we  care 
for,  or  a  pressed  flower  from  some  his­
toric  spot. 
It  says  that 
we  are  remembered,  and  the  little  act 
takes  on  a  grace  and  graciousness  that 
make 
telling,  and 
worth  all  the  perfunctory  presents in  the 
world.  Happy  those  to  whom  nature 
has  given  the  delightful  talent  of  re­
membering,  and  thrice  happy  those  who 
are  foitunate  enough  to  number  them 
among  their  friends.

it  dear  beyond  all 

It  matters  not. 

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Grand Rapids Mich. 

Advertising Agency
I

III

papa,  his  face  was  red  as  a turkey cock, 
‘ and  what's  the  matter  with  an  Ameri­
can  gentleman’s  manners  being  as  good 
as  anybody  else’s,  I’d  like  to  know?”  
That  afternoon,  when  papa  and  I  were 
alone  I  begged  him  not  to  let  Mr.  Van 
Smythe  know  he  was  in  business. 
‘ ‘ He 
has  such  a  horror  of  tradesmen,' ’  1 
added  pathetically. 
I  wish  you  could 
I  thought  he  would 
have  seen  papa. 
have  apoplexy. 
“ The 
idea  of  a 
daughter  of  bis  being  ashamed  of  the 
honest  work  of  her honest  father! 
If  he 
had  thought  I  ever  would  have  been 
such  a  snob  he  would  have strangled  me 
in  my  cradle,  and  so  on.”  
’ ’ But  if  1 
should  marry  Mr.  Van  Smythe,”   I  said 
innocently,  “ of  course,  we  would  live 
abroad,  and  of  course,  they  think” — 
and  papa 
interrupted  me  to  say  he 
didn’t  care  a-a-rap  (only that  wasn’t  the 
word)  what  they  thought.  But  I’m  let­
ting  the 
idea  of  a  Van  Smythe  sou- in­
law  sink  into  his  mind.

July  25—I  don’t  think  I  ever  enjoyed 
myself  more  in  my  life,  and  I  am  mak­
ing  things  interesting  for  papa,  too. 
I 
have acquainted  him with  more  summer 
young  men  than  he  knew  existed  be­
fore.  There  was  young  Mr.  Sissy,  for 
one.  He  came  with  a  half  a  dozen 
trunks  and  a  valet,  and he  couldn’t  walk 
out  in  the  sun  without  “ me  man”   to 
carry  an  umbrella  over  him.  He 
changed  his  clothes  half  a  dozen  times 
-a  day,  and  every  time  appeared  in  new 
and  startling  raiment.  He  didn’t  talk 
much.  Conversation  wasn’t  much 
in 
bis  line,  but  one  day  he  roused  up  long 
enough  from  the  lethargy  induced  from 
sucking  the end  of  his cane  to  announce 
that  some  other  man  was a  cad. 
‘ ‘ And 
“ Aw,  be  wears  a 
why?”   asked  papa. 
straw  hat  with  a  frock  coat,”   remarked 
Mr.  Sissy,  “ something  a  gentleman 
couldn't  do. 
Impossible!  Fellows  at 
club  would  cut  him,”   and  be  relapsed 
again  into  silence. 
I  have  affected  Mr. 
Sissy’s  society  a  great  deal  for  the  last 
few  days,  and  to-night  I  asked  papa  if 
he  didn’t  think  he  was  just  perfectly 
lovely.  “ Lovely!”   he  shrieked,  “ that 
blithering 
idiot  with  no  more  brains 
than  a  store  dummy!”   “ But  he’s  so 
elegant  and  refined,”   I  persisted;  “ did 
you  ever  see  anything  so  beautifully 
manicured  as  bis  nails?  And  tben  bis 
hands  are  so  white  and  soft.”   “ They 
are  not  as  soft  as  his  head,"  shrieked 
papa,  “ but  that’s  just as  much  sense  as 
you  women  have  got.  You’ll  pass  by  a 
good,  honest,  hard-working  fellow  every 
time  for  a  popinjay 
like  that,  who 
hasn’t  got  sense  enough  to  drive  a 
tailor’s  goose  to  water. 
I  can  tell  you 
one  thing,  I  wasn’t  thinking  about  hav­
ing  my  bands  manicured  when  I  was 
I  was  hustling 
courting  your  mother. 
around  trying  to  make  a 
living  for 
her. ’ ’

July  27—Papa 

is  hard  to  please. 

I 
have  gently  called  his  attention  to  Mr. 
Links  as  a  possible  son-in-law.  Mr. 
Links  is  a  college  athlete.  He  put 
in 
four  years  at  one  of  our  leading  univer­
sities  of learning and distinguished him­
self  as  a  football  player.  Now  he  is  a 
devotee  of  golf  and  spends  his  time 
pursuing  that  ancient  and  honorable 
“ Say,”   says  papa,  “ what’s  the 
game. 
matter  with  that  fellow? 
I  can’t  make 
out  a  word  he  says.  He’s  forever  prat­
ing  of 
‘ brassies,’  and 
‘ c!eeks,’ and 
‘ niblicks,’  a n d ‘ foozles,’ 
and  ‘ stymies,’  and  ‘ putts,’ and the  Lord 
knows  what  all.  Can’t  he  talk  plain 
United  States?  Sav,  what  does  be  do 
“ Nothing,”   I  said. 
for  a 
“ Golf  is  a  career  in  itself. 
It  doesn’t 
leave  you  any  time  to  think  about  busi­

‘ drives,’  and 

living?" 

ness. ”   “ But  I  bear  that  his  mother  is 
a  poor  widow,  who  made  sacrifices  to 
put  him  through  college.”   “ Oh,  well,”
I  said  comfortably,  “ of  course,  she must 
feel  repaid  to  have  him  turn  out  so  suc­
cessfully  and  have  bis  name  in  the 
papers among  the  noted  amateur  play­
ers,  and— ”   “ Good  Lord,”   interrupted 
papa,  “ and  you  call  tb;.t  thing  a  man? 
Look  here,  Mary  Jane  Blank,  don't  you 
think 
for  one  minute  that  I’m  going  to 
support  any  able-bcdied  man  while  be 
little  balls  around  the 
knocks  dinky 
holes  in  a  field,  and 
if  he’s  trying  to 
marry  you  under  any  such  impression 
you  just  undeceive  him. 
I  won’t  do  it, 
and  that’s  flat. 
I’m  not  going  to  have 
any  distinguished amateurs ornamenting 
my  family. ”

the 

“ He 

cotillion,”  

July  29—The  last  string  to  my  bow, 
so  to  speak,  is  young  Pirouette,  and  I 
played  him  on  papa to  day. 
“ Surely,”
I  said,  “ you  can’t  object  to  him.  He 
belongs  to  the  smart  set 
in  bis  city  ”  
“ Smart  fiddlesticks,”   ejaculated  papa. 
leads 
“ And  he 
I 
“ If  you  want  to  marry  a 
went  on. 
jack,  why  don’t  you  do  it?”  
jumping 
growled  papa. 
is  very  aristo­
cratic,”   I  pursued ;  “ his  people  came 
over  in  the  Ma>flower.”  
“ What  do  I 
care  what  sort  of  a  tub  they  came  in?”  
snapped  papa. 
“ I  don’t  care  who  they 
were. 
I  want  to  know  what  they  are. 
No  back  number  business  in  mine. ”  
“ They  have  their  own  coat  of  arms,”   I 
continued. 
“ This  young  fool’s  ought 
to  be  an  ass  rampant  on  a  ball  room 
floor,”   papa  snorted. 
“ They  haven’t 
any  money  now,”   I  said,  “ and,  of 
course,  Mr.  Pirouette  couldn’t  be  ex­
pected  to  work  like  an  ordinary  young 
man,  and— ”   “ Great  Caesar's  ghost, 
Mary,”   cried  papa,  “ are  you  seriously 
telling  me  you  would  marry  a  man  who 
trades  on  his  old  name  to get  into  soci­
ety  and  dances  for  his  dinners  like  a 
trained  bear?  Why,  a  fellow  like  Jack 
Graham,  who’s  got  the  grit  to  begin 
right  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder,  like  I 
did,  and  work  his  way  up,  is  worth  a 
million  of these dunder-headed whipper- 
snappers  with  all  their  pedigrees  and 
fine  clothes,  and  I  wonder  a  child  of 
mice hasn’t got  sense enough to perceive 
it.”   “ Papa,”   I  said,  with  a  twinkle 
in  my  eye,  “ your  head 
level, 
and  for  once  I  will  give  in  and  take 
your  advice.”

is  dead 

Aug.  i—We  leave  for  home  to-day. 
Papa  has  wired  Jack  to  meet  us  at  the 
train. 

D o roth y  D ix .

The  Art  of  Remembering.

If one were called on  to name the touch 
of  nature  that  makes  the  whole  world 
kin,  one  might  well  declare  it  to  be  the 
desire  to  be  remembered.  From  the 
highest  to  the  lowest  it  is  a  universal 
passion  that  none  escape. 
It  makes  the 
monarch  on  his  throne  rear  triumphal 
arches  and  cut  the  record  of  the  glories 
of  his  reign  on  imperishable  stone,  and 
it 
is  what  prompts  misers  to  unloosen 
their  purse  strings  and  dower colleges 
and  asylums  that  shall  bear  their  names 
down  to  posterity.  Even  the  least  of  us 
feel  that  the  great  tragedy  of  life  is  not 
so  much  death 
itself  as  the  fact  that 
when  we  are  gone  the  world  will  rush 
on  as  of  old,  another  will  fill  our  place, 
and  in  a  few  short  months,  or  years  at 
best,  we  shall be forgotten.

Of  course,  we  all  know  that  this  sen­
timent 
is  always  witbr us—somewhere 
at the  back  of  our  heads  as  Du  Maurier 
might  say—but  we  hardly  realize  how 
important  a  part  it  plays  in  our  daily 
lives.  Yet  what  is  it  that  makes  us  go 
Isn't  it
to  this  shop 

instead_of  that? 

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TH E   REGULATION  OF  T R U STS.
Much  of  the  legislation  aimed  ai  the 
trusts,  while  well  enough  intended,  is 
too  often  of  the 
intemperate  and  im­
practicable  sort,  resulting  in  laws  which 
it  is  impossible  to  enforce,  or  which,  if 
enforced,  are  productive  of  no  special 
good.  There  has  recently  grown  up  a 
sentiment,shared  in  very  extensively  by 
Wall  Street  interests,  in  favor  of  com­
pelling  the trusts  to  publish  sworn  state­
ments  of  their  condition  and  workings.
Much  of  the  power  of  the  trusts  is 
based  upon  the  mystery  surrounding 
their  operations.  They  are  accredited 
with  capital  they  do  not  possess;  hence 
they  are  able  to  exert  a  moral  influence 
in  controlling  prices  which  their  actual 
assets  would  not  warrant  were  the  facts 
in  the case  fully  known.

There  seems  to  be  but  little  doubt  as 
to  the  power of  the  states  to regulate  the 
affairs  of  incorporated  and  chartered 
institutions.  .  These 
institutious  are 
given  certain  privileges and recognition 
which  make  the  state  in  a  measure  re­
sponsible  for  them.  As  large  numbers 
of  people  are  interested  in  these  trusts, 
either  as  stockholders,  bondholders  or 
consumers  of  their  products,  the  states 
have  undoubtedly  the  right  to  exact 
such  conditions  of  the  corporations  as 
will  thoroughly  safeguard  all  interests. 
The  states  already  claim  and  exercise 
the  right  to  regulate  banks  and  insur­
ance  companies,  because  of  the  import­
ant  part  such  organizations  play  in  the 
financial  affairs  of  the  community.  As 
the  trusts  are  supposed 
to  represent 
large  aggregations  of  capital  and  are 
constantly  placing  securities on the mar­
ket 
in  great  volume  for  the  people  to 
absorb,  and  as  they  aim  at  securing  the 
control  of  the  price  of  the  leading  com­
modities, 
the  people  are  entitled  to 
know  their  exact  condition,  so  that  they 
may  have  some  means  of  knowing 
whether  they  are  investing  their  money 
in  actual  values  or  in  mere  water.

The  trusts,  owing  to  the  hundreds  of 
millions  of  dollars  of  securities  they  are 
supposed  to  represent,  exert  a  most 
powerful  influence  on  the  financial  mar­
kets.  The  belief 
in 
many  cases  well  founded,  that  much  of 
the  common  stock  and  some  of  the  pre­
ferred  stock  of  these  organizations  rep­
resent  nothing  whatever  in  the  shape 
of  actual  values.  The  people  should

is  general,  and 

know  from  a  statement  of  the  condition 
of  these  organizations  just what  value  to 
attach  to  their  securities.

Of  course,  the  enforced  publication  of 
the  condition  of  the  trusts  would  rob 
them  of  some  of  their  power  to  control 
the  commodities  which  they  seek  to 
monopolize,  as  weli  as  their  ability  to 
dispose  of  almost  unlimited  amounts 
of  other  people’s  money. 
a 
healthy  restriction  would  deprive  the 
trusts  of  much  of  their  power  and  in­
fluence.  and  actually  work  as  a  greater 
restraint 
legislation 
pure  and  simple.

than  repressive 

Such 

TH E   PARIS  EX P O S ITIO N .

As  the  time  draws  near  for  the  great 
Paris  Exposition  to  mark  the  termina­
tion  of  the  century,  interest  in  the  mak­
ing  of  a  proper  American  exhibit  is 
growing  all  over  the  country. 
It  is  un­
derstood  that  the Government  will  make 
a  display;  but  by  far  the  principal  ex­
hibit  will  have to  be  made  up  of  contri­
butions  from  the  leading  industries  and 
private  business  establishments.

In  order  that  the  proper  interest  may 
be  excited  in  the  matter,  and  the  work 
of  preparing  the  exhibits  may  go  on 
with  the  necessary  energy,  more 
infor­
is  needed  from  the  American 
mation 
Commissioner  who  has  been  engaged 
presumably 
in  looking  over  the  ground 
for  many  months,  and  should  by  this 
time  have  so  familiarized  himself  with 
all  details  as  to  be  in  a  position  to  fur­
nish  the  fullest 
information  as  to the 
space,  decorations,  grouping  of  ex­
hibits and  cost  to  individuals  who  de­
sire  to  take  part 
furnishing  the 
American  exhibit.

in 

The  question  of  transportation  to and 
from  the  exposition  has  beeD  partially 
arranged  by  the  Government  consenting 
to  detail  a  war  vessel  for  the  purpose  of 
carrying  exhibits  to  and  from  France; 
but  the  matter  of  land  carriage  has  yet 
to  be  considered.  There  are,  moreover, 
other  expenses,  such  as  the  care  and 
guarding  of  the  displays,  and  many 
other  matters  on  which  information  is 
desired

It  would  appear  that  the  American 
Commissioner  has  not  been  sufficiently 
energetic  in  circulating  information  as 
to  the  exposition,  the scope of the Amer­
ican  exhibit,  and  the  plans  of  the  Gov­
ernment  with  respect  to  the  grouping  of 
exhibits.  As  but a  moderate  amount  of 
time  still  remains  for  preparation,  this 
information  can  not  be  circulated  too 
soon,  as  only  a  few  months  will  elapse 
before  the 
installation  of  the  displays 
will  begin  at  the  exposition  buildings 
at  Paris.

Owing  to  the  prominence  this  country 
has  acquired  within  the  past  few  years 
as  an  exporter  of  all  sorts  of  manufac­
tures,  it 
is  essential  that  the  United 
States  exhibit  should  be  of  the  most 
elaborate  character,  befitting  the  great­
ness  of  the  country  and  the  place  it 
holds  in  the  commercial  world.

A  single  factory  in  New  Jersey,  it  is 
said,  casts  annually  28,000  bells  for the 
farmers  and  about  4,000  for  schools, 
churches,  engine  houses,  etc.  It  is  esti­
mated  by  a  foundryman  that  at  least 
50,000  are  sold  every  year  in  the  coun­
try  to  tillers  of  the  soil  and  breeders.

A  beggars*  trust  is  reported  in  New 
York.  One  man  controls  forty  mendi­
cants,  feeds,  clothes  and  cares  for them, 
and  handles  their  daily collections.  On 
account  of  modesty,  he has  not  yet  gone 
over  to  New  Jersey  to  capitalize  his  en­
terprise  at $10,000,000.

BUSINESS  C O N D ITIO N S.

For several  weeks  past  much  has been 
said  of  financial  stringency  in  the  East­
ern  markets,  and  predictions  have  been 
made  that  when  the  demands  came  for 
moving  the  great  crops  there  must come 
a  more  serious  tightening of the market, 
if 
indeed  a  panic  should  be averted. 
The  natural  consequence  of  this  feel­
ing  has  been  the boarding  of  vast  sums 
of  money,  enough,  one  would  think,  to 
almost  cause  a  panic.  It  is  transpiring, 
however,  that as  the  crops  come forward 
there  seems  to  be  an  abundance  of 
money  on  hand  for  moving  them  with­
out  calling  upon  the  East,  and  not  only 
that,  but  the  Westerners  are 
lending 
money  in  the  Eastern  markets  on  ac­
count  of  this  stringency. 
is  difficult 
to  realize how  widely  the  wealth  of  the 
country  has  become  distributed  in  the 
late  years  of  plentiful  crops  and  good 
prices. 
It  is  coming  to  be  so  that  there 
are  many  commodities  which  can  be 
more  easily  "cornered”   than  money. 
This  development  of  financial  strength 
in  such  portions  of  the  country  as  had 
been  considered  dependent  gives  the 
best  possible  assurance  against  the  re­
currence  of  another  panic  very  soon.

It 

As  the  season  advances  there  is  more 
and  more  wonder  expressed  as  to  the 
unexpected  magnitude  of the  wheat  and 
corn  crops. 
In  the  face  of  a  general 
impression  that  winter  wheat  was  short 
on  account  of  the  severe  season,  it  is 
found  that  the  entire  crop  of  both  kinds 
is  likely  to  compete  closely  with  the 
largest  previously  grown.  In  the  case  of 
the  yellow  cereal 
as 
though  the  yield  will  only  be  second  to 
the  greatest  ever grown— in  1896.  This 
is  not  only  a  happy  state  of  affairs  for 
the  farmers,  but  gives  assurance  of 
in­
creased  earnings 
the  railroads, 
which  will  have  its  effects  on  all  indus­
trial. securities.

it  now 

looks 

for 

The  course  of  the  stock  market  for 
the  past  week  was  steadily  but  slowly 
upward  until  a  speculative  reaction  of 
a  portion  of  the  gain  was  accomplished 
by  the  bears  yesterday.  The  general 
strength  would  seem  to  preclude  any 
material  reaction,  but  of  course  the 
bears  must  be  given  an  occasional 
inning.

The  feature  of  iron  has  been the rapid 
increase  of  production,  until  prices  are 
held  from  material  advance.  The  gen­
eral  condition  is  one  of  intense  activity 
to  meet  the  requirements  of  domestic 
demand,  which  has  operated  to  check 
foreign  supply.  In  the  minor  metals  the 
extreme  advance  seems  to  operate  to 
check  demand ;  and  yet  there  is  little 
prospect  of  any  lowering  of  prices soon.
In  textiles  the  same  favorable  condi­
tions  continue  in  nearly  all  lines.  Raw 
silk  shows  a  sharp  decline,  however. 
The  wool  trade  has  been  very  active, 
both 
in  speculative  and  consumptive 
demand.  Prices  of  woolen  goods  have 
advanced  in  several  lines  and  demand 
continues  active.

RAILROAD  A C C ID E N TS .

It  has  been  commonly  supposed  that 
is  very  dangerous,  but 
railway  travel 
the  statistics  printed  by  the  United 
States  Interstate  Commerce  Commis­
sion  show  the  contrary. 
It  is  true  that 
serious  and  fatal  casualties  occur  on  the 
railroads;  but  when  the  number  of  peo­
ple  carried  and  the  distances  traveled 
are  taken  into  consideration  the  loss  of 
life  is  small.

The  figures  show  that  in  the  year  pre­
ceding  June  30,  1898,  exactly  501,066,- 
681  passengers  were  carried  on railroads 
in 
the  United  States.  The number  of

passengers  carried  one  mile—or,  more 
technically  speaking,  the number of pas­
senger  miles— was  13,379,930,004.  Of 
the  entire  number  of passengers carried, 
there  were  221  killed  and  2,945  injured. 
One  passenger  was  killed,  therefore,  for 
every  2,267,270 carried  and  one  was  in­
jured  for  every  170,141  carried.  For 
each  passenger  killed,  60,542,670  pas­
senger  miles  were  run;  for  each  pas­
senger  injured,  4,543,270.

This  is  figured  to  mean  that  an  aver­
age  traveler  would  have  to  go  4,543,270 
miles  before  receiving  an 
injury,  and 
60,542.670  miles  before  being  killed.  A 
person  with  average  luck  trying  to com­
mit  suicide  by  tiding  on  a  passenger 
train  would  die  of  old  age 
long  before 
accomplishing  his  design,  and  would 
have  to  ride  continuously  for  fifteen 
years  on  the  fastest  trains  to  meet  with 
even  an  injury.

These  figures  work  out  all  right  on  an 
average;  but,  all  the  same,  they  do  not 
prevent  persons  from  being  killed  or 
hurt  the  very  first  time  they  venture  on 
a  train  or  travel  a  few  miles.  The  aver­
age  is  good  enough  for  life 
insurance 
companies  to  base  calculations  on,  but 
it  does  not give  one  moment’s  personal 
security  to  the  railway  traveler.  The 
fact  remains that  frightful  accidents  do 
happen,  and  that  too  often.

T H E   FIRE  W ASTE.

For  some  months  past  there  has  been 
more or less  lament  among  the  great  fire 
insurance  companies  of  the country over 
the  fact  that,  although  the  losses  were 
increasing  rapidly,  rates were  declining 
and  general  undercutting  was 
in  prog­
ress.  The figures  for July,  just published 
by  the  New  York  Journal  of  Commerce, 
an  accepted  authority,  will  prove  any­
thing  but  encouraging  to  the  compan­
ies,  as  quite  a  considerable  increase 
over  the  same  month  in  the  two  preced­
ing  years  is  shown.

During  the  first  seven  months  of  this 
year 
the  losses  were  $77,126,150,  as 
compared  with  $67,166,850  during  the 
same  period  of  1898 and $64,566,750 dur­
ing  the  same  period  of  1897.

In  spite  of  this  increase  in  the  losses 
premiums have considerably diminished 
and  commissions have increased without 
sufficiently 
increased  business  to  offset 
the  losses.  The  scramble  for  business 
in  some  sections  has  diminished  the 
severity  with  which  risks  zre  scrutin­
ized,  with  the  result  that  risks  are  taken 
that  would  be  placed  only with difficulty 
under  normal  conditions.

While  the  masses  of  the  people  profit 
by  the  lower  rates  for  insurance,  at least 
for  the  time  being,  it  is  not  pleasant  to 
contemplate  the  heavy  increase  in  the 
If  the companies  do  an  un­
fire  waste. 
profitable  business,  the  safety  of 
insur­
ance 
is  diminished  to  the  extent  that 
the assets  of  the  underwriting  compan­
ies  are impaired.  Absolute safety in the 
matter of  insurance  is more important to 
business  men,  as  well  as  to  the  people 
at  large,  than  low  rates  of  premium. 
It 
is,  therefore,  to  be  hoped  that the tables 
will  soon  turn  and  the  underwriters  find 
their business  again  profitable.

The  attitude  of  investors  toward  in­
dustrial  securities 
is  shown  by  the  de­
mand  there  is  for  3  per  cent,  municipal 
and  railroad  bonds,  while  the  5  per 
cent,  gold  bonds  of  industrial  combina­
tions  are  neglected.  A  prominent  pro­
moter 
in  New  York  remarks  that  "the 
public  will  not  take any  more  wind.  A 
good  project  may  be carried  through, 
but  there  is  no chance  for  poor  ones." 
Inflated  schemes  have  reached  the  point 
where  they  are  scrutinized  with  extreme 
caution.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

e

INDIG ESTIO N  AND  CRIM E.

"Emotional 

insanity"  is  the  expres­
in  common  use  to  explain  the 
sion 
many  unreasonable  and  otherwise  inex­
plicable  violent  crimes.

It  can  be  readily  understood  how  and 
why  persons  overpowered  with  jealousy 
might  desire  to  gtt  rid  of  the  hated 
rival,  or  how  one  actuated  by the  desire 
and  determination  to  inherit  an  estate 
or  title  might  assassinate  ail  the 
inter­
vening  heirs,  or  how  murders  might  be 
committed  for  revenge,  or  for  purposes 
of  robbery  or 
lust,  or  to  cover  up  and 
conceal  other  crimes  by  making  away 
with  witnesses.

There  are  violent  crimes  where  there 
are  no  apparent  motive  and  no  assign­
able  cause,  which  are  attributed, 
for 
lack  of  some  better  notion  concerning 
them, 
to - "emotional  insanity,"  but  is 
there  any  such  thing  as  emotional  in­
sanity?  Any  sort  of  insanity  is  the  re­
sult  of  such  mental  disturbance  that 
the  capacity  to  reason  rightly,or  to  con­
sider  the  moral  and 
legal  and  social 
consequences  of  an  act, is  lost.  The  in­
sane  person 
is  often  entirely  able  to 
work  out  all  the  details  of  a  plan  for 
consummating  an  act;  but  there  must 
be  no  sense  of  responsibility  to  the  law, 
to  the  usages  of  society  or  to  any  moral 
standard.  Moreover,  this  state  of  ir­
responsibility  should  not  be  momentary 
and  spasmodic,  but  it  should  always  re­
cur  in  the  presence  of  the  subject  or ob­
ject  that  has  caused  the  insanity.

The  only  symptom  present  in  persons 
who  commit,  apparently  without  pre­
meditation  or  excuse,  murderous  as­
inoffensive  crea­
saults  on  innocent  an 
tures  who  happen  to  come 
into  their 
way  is  a  sort  of  irritnbilty  and  an  ex­
treme  disposition  to  outbursts  of 
ill- 
temper.  Dr.  Felix  Oswald,  in  Health- 
Culture,  attributes  these  outbreaks  to 
disorders  of  the  digestive  powers  dam­
aged  by  injurious  diet  or  by  excesses  in 
the  use  of  stimulants  and  narcotic 
drugs.  The dangerous  person  is  not  one 
who  is  fairly  under  the  influence of such 
drugs,  but  it  is  when,  from  the  reaction 
indulgence,  the 
which  ensues  after  the 
digestive  system 
is  all  awry  and  the 
nerves  are  racked  and  unstrung  that  be 
In  such  a  moment  a 
is  to  be  feared. 
violent  act 
is  committed  upon  some 
inoffensive  person  who  has, 
otherwise 
perhaps  unintentionally, 
irritated  the 
distraught  and  disordered  perpetrator.

But  Dr.  Oswald  believes  that 

indul­
gence  in  improper  diet  exerts  the  same 
evil  effects  as  do  drugs.  He  says:

The  truth  seems  to  be  that  the  preva­
lence  of  our  homicide  epidemics  has 
subjective  causes.  America  has  be­
come  a  land  of  nervous  emotionalists, 
and  the  most  plausible  explanation  of 
that  fact  can  be  found  in  the  multitude 
of  our  sins  against  the  dietetic  health 
laws  of  nature.  Only  outdoor  exercise 
in  a  cold  climate  would  enable  vigor­
ous  individuals  of  our  species  to  digest 
the  viands  which  thousands  of  our  fel­
low-citizens  force  upon  alimentary  or­
gans  enfeebled  by  inactive occupations. 
Animal  food,  unless  mixed  with  at  least 
four  fifths  of  vegetable  products,  is  apt 
to  produce  an 
temper  and 
chronic  restlessness.  The  almost  wholly 
carnivorous  Tartars,  like  our  Western 
Indians,  are  nomads  by 
instinct,  and 
try  to  counteract  indigestion  by  violent 
exercise.  Hence  also  the  restlessness  of 
captive  beasts  of  prey. 
The  zigzag 
rushes of a caged hyena  contrast  strange­
ly  with  the  stolid  equanimity  of  stall- 
fed  grass  eaters. 
Chinese  dogs  are 
taught  to  subsist  on  boiled  rice  with  a 
little  milk,  and  get  so  placid  that  they 
will  not  even  bark.  Wherever  experi­
ments  have  succeeded  in  accustoming 
horses  to a  diet  of  flesh  food  the  results 
were  attested  by 
torn  bridles  and 
smashed  stable  doors.  Carnivorous  men

irritable 

begin  to  prowl  to  ease  the  feeling  of 
gastric  discomfort,  and 
if  deprived  of 
that  remedy  become  fretful  and  vin­
dictive,  especially  when  the  causes  of 
nervous  derangements  have  been  com­
plicated  by  other  stimulants.

According  to  this  notion,  the  man 
who  has  disordered  bis  digestion  with 
pie  and  fried  things  becomes  as  dan­
gerous  a  member  of  society  as  are  the 
opium  fiends  and  the  cocaine-eaters. 
Dr.  Oswald  bolds  that  the  abuses  prac­
ticed  on  the  digestive  system  in  the  un­
wholesome  food  and  the  drugs  swal­
lowed  are  manifested  in  an  ever-multi­
plying  variety  of  nervous  and  digestive 
disorders,  with  their 
inevitable  moral 
concomitants.  Nerve poisons  are  at  the 
bottom  of  religious  insanity  and  sexual 
aberrations.  They  till  thousands  of  sui­
cides'  graves.  Their 
influence  has  a 
good  deal  to  do  with  the  feverish  activ­
ity  of  our  political  agitators  and  spec­
ulation  desperadoes.

These  people  are  not  insane.  They 
deliberately  wreck 
their  bodies  with 
opiates  and  other  noxious  substances, 
and  when  they  do  not  levenge  them­
selves  for  the  suffering  which  follows, 
on  wholly  innocent  and  inoffensive  vic­
tims,  it  is because  none  are  at  band  to 
receive  the  blow.  Such  criminals,  who 
are  entirely  responsible  for all  they  do, 
are  always  excused  on  the  plea  of  emo­
tional  insanity.

The  Government  of  the  United  States 
spends  thousands  of  dollars  annually  for 
the  maintenance  of  cats. 
In  every 
store-house  there  are  from  one  to  five  of 
these  animals,  and  their  rations  are 
provided  as  carefully  and  regularly  as 
are  those  of  the  soldiers.  The  meat  for 
them  costs  6 or  7  cents  a  day  per  cat. 
General  Merritt  took  three  Government 
cats  with  him  to  Manila.  Nearly  every 
warship  has  a  black  cat  for  a  mascot. 
Dewey's  cat,  it  is  said,  rather  enjoyed 
the  Manila  naval  battle.  When  a  shell 
was  observed  coming  towards  the  flag­
ship  the  cat  would  seem  to  watch  the 
slight  trail  of  smoke. 
it  had  any 
length  the  animal  would  pay  no  further 
attention  to 
it,  knowing  it  would  pass 
to  one  side.  If  the  trail  was  but  a  mere 
point  the  cat  would  move  off  to  another 
position,  knowing  the  shell  was  making 
for  a  spot near  where  it  sat.  This  is  one 
of  those  interesting  if  not  always  trust­
worthy  stories  that  help  to  embellish ac­
counts  of  thrilling  events.

If 

Foreign  countries  are  taking  graceful 
notice  of  the  order  emanating  from  this 
country  that  instruments of all stargazers 
from  abroad  who  wish  to  see  the  eclipse 
of  May  28,  1900,  may  be  admitted  to 
the  United  States  free  of  duty.  This 
total  eclipse  of  the  sun  will  be  visible 
in  this  country,  the  path of totality pass­
ing  through  one  of  the  most  thickly 
settled  belts  of  the  land,  so  that  the 
general  public  will  have  an  excellent 
opportunity  to  witness  it.  Men  of  sci­
ence  from  all  over  the  world  are  ex­
pected  to  he  on  hand  and  the  superin­
tendent  of  the  United  States  Naval  Ob­
servatory  at  Georgetown Heights,  Wash­
ington, 
in  his 
power  to  assist  the visiting astronomers.
Reindeer  meat  as  an  ordinary  and  in­
expensive  feature  of the menu in Europe 
is  about  to  become  an  accomplished 
fact. 
Some  enterprising  Norwegians 
have  undertaken,  under  very  favorable 
circumstances,  to  raise  the  animals  in 
large  numbers  for  slaughtering  pur­
poses.  They  expect  to  find  profitable 
markets 
in  France  and  Belgium,  and 
will  even  endeavor  to  induce  the  beef­
eating  Britons  to  purchase  it.

is  prepared  to  do  all 

TH E  GREATEST  RAILWAY.

When  the  American  transcontinental 
railway,  composed  of  two  connecting 
lines,  the  Union  Pacific,  from  Omaha  to 
Ogden,  Utah,  and  the  Central  Pacific, 
from  Ogden  to  Sacramento,  Cal.,  was 
opened  for  business  in  1870,  it  was  one 
of  the  wonders  of  the  world.

Connecting  at  Omaha  with  railways 
eastward,  and  at  Sacramento  with  a 
railroad  to  San  Francisco,  it  made  from 
New  York  to  San  Francisco  a  continu­
ous  route  of  railway  travel  of  3,450 
miles.  Much  of  the 
line  was  built 
through  a  wild  and  unsettled  region, 
populated  chiefly  by  Indiau  savages, 
who  contributed  little  or  nothing  to  the 
business  of  the  railway,  but having  been 
built  with  Government  money,  or,  more 
accurately,  with  the  money  obtained  by 
the  sale  of  United  States  bonds  loaned 
to  the  corporations  building  the  raii- 
ways,  it  was  impossible  that  the  enter­
prise  could  become 
in  a  long  time  a 
paying  institution,  but  it  secured  Gov­
ernment  aid  on  the  ground  that 
it  was 
a  necessity  for  the  public defense.  Just 
how  far  that  claim  has  been  realized 
does  not  yet  appear.  The  roads  have 
been  of  use  in  carrying  troops  and  sup­
plies 
in  the  Indian  and  Philippine 
wars,  and  to  that  extent  have  rendered 
good  service.  The  chief  gainers  from 
the  enterprise  were  the  projectors  and 
managers  of  the  roads,  who  secured 
enormous  fortunes  out  of  them.

Vast  as  was  the  undertaking  of  the 
construction  of  a  railway  across  the 
North  American  continent,  one  that  has 
since  been  several  times  repeated,  it 
does  not  compare 
in  stupendousness 
with  that  now  in  course  of  being carried 
out  by  the  Russian  government 
in  a 
railroad  across  the  conjoined  continents 
of  Europe  and  Asia.  The  distance  fiom 
St.  Petersburg  to  Vladivostok,  on  the 
Sea  of  Japan,  is  more  than  6,000  miles, 
or  nearly  twice  as  great  as  that  from 
New  York  to  San  Francisco.  Since  the 
plans  which  contemplated  the  Pacific 
terminus  of  the  road  at  Vladivostok 
were  arranged,  Russia  has  negotiated  a 
treaty  with  China  which  gives  her  the 
right  to  build  a  line  from  Onon,  on  the 
Siberian  Railroad  near  this  point  of 
juncture  with  thè  Shilka  River,  south­
easterly  through  the  Chinese  province 
of  Manchuria  to  Port  Arthur,  on  the 
north  shore  of  the  Gulf  of  Pecbili,  the 
waterway  entrance  to  Peking.  This line 
will  probably  be  completed  within  two 
or  three  years,  and  Port  Arthur  will  be 
the  real  eastern  terminus  of the Siberian 
Railroad.  This  will  give  Russia  an 
ocean  outlet  free  from  the  winter  ice, 
which  is  liable  to  close  for a  consider­
able  period  the  more  northern  harbor 
on  the  Japan  Sea.

is  an 

inland  sea. 

One  of  the  interesting  features  of  the 
great  Russian  railroad  is  Lake  Baikal, 
which 
It  is  nearly 
half  as  large  as  our  own  Lake  Superior. 
It  lies  1,500  feet  above  ocean  level,  just 
north  of  the  Alta  Mountains,  which  di­
vide  Siberia  from  Mongolia,  and 
is 
surrounded  by  high  hills.  The projected 
line  of  the  railroad  around  its  southern 
end  involves  nearly  200  miles  of  alter­
nate  tunneling, 
excavation  and  em­
bankment,  in  rocky  material.  Accord­
ing  to  a  writer  in  the  London  Times, 
pending  the  completion  of  the  road 
along  the  southern  shore  of  the  lake,  it 
is  proposed  to  carry  trains  across  the 
lake  on  a  ferry-boat,  which  is  now  be­
ing  built.  Since  Lake  Baikal  is  frozen 
over  during  five  months  of  the year,  this 
ferry-boat  must  also  be  an  ice-breaker, 
and  to  carry  whole  trains  it  must  be  of 
unusual  size. 
It  will  weigh  4,000 tons,

cost  over a  million  dollars,  and  require, 
a  year  or  two  to  complete.

It  is  stated  that  when  the  line  shall be 
completed,  the  first-class  fare,  from  St. 
Petersburg  to  Vladivostok,  will be  about 
$120,  and  the  time  ten  days.  The  jour­
ney  from  London  to  the  Far  East,  by 
way  of  the  Seuz  Canal,  now  consumes 
thirty  days  and  costs  $428.  A  trip 
around  the  worid can  then  be  completed 
in  less  than  half  the  eighty days allowed 
by  Jules  Verne 
in  his  ingenious and 
fanciful  forecast,  "Around  the  World  in 
Eighty  D ays,"  put  forward  some three 
decades  ago. 
In  this  connection  it  will 
be  a  possibility  to  make a  railway  com­
munication  through  Alaska  on  one  hand 
and  Siberia  on  the  other,  by  means  of a 
ferry  over  the  narrow  Behring  Straits. 
This  pq^sibility  is,  however,  much  more 
a  pleasing  speculation  than  a  practical 
probability.  Nevertheless  it  may  finally 
be  realized.

A  M ISTAKEN  IDEA.

The  press  dispatches 

indicate  that 
Germany  is  disposed  to  look  askance  at 
everything  this  country  does  in  the  way 
of  military  preparation.  The  latest  in­
dication  of  this  disposition  is  the  com­
ment  being  made  in  the  German  press 
upon  the  large  additions  being  made  to 
the  American  navy.  Our  German 
friends  seem  to  think  that  this  increase 
is  aimed  at  Germany  and  will  be  a 
menace  to  German  interests  in  the  Far 
is  urged 
East.  As  a  proper  offset,  it 
that  there  should  be  materia) 
increases 
made  in  the  German  fleet.

While  it  is  perfectly  true  that  a  large 
number  of  ships  are  building  for  the 
navy—as  many  as  foity,  in  fact—and  it 
is  also  true  that  the 
last  session  of 
Congress  authorized  the  construction  of 
twelve  vessels,  it 
is  a  mistake to  sup­
pose  that  any  thought  of  Germany  en­
tered  into  motives  which  induced  Con­
gress  to  authorize  so  large  a  number  of 
new  craft.  The  larger  ships  building, 
five  battle-ships,  were 
such  as  the 
authorized 
long  before  the  war  with 
Spain,  or  before  the  era  of  expansion 
set  in.  Most  of  the  torpedo  boat  de­
stroyers  and  the  coast  defense  monitors 
were  authorized  when 
the  war  with 
Spain  was  seen  to  have  become  inevi­
table,and the additions  voted  by  the  last 
session  of  Congress  were  the  natural  re­
sult  of  the  popular  enthusiasm  roused 
by  the  splendid  work  of  the  fleet  during 
the  Spanish  war.

Not  a  single  thought  of  Germany  un­
derlay  the  authorization  of  even  one  of 
the  ships  now  building,  nor does  anyone 
give  any  serious  thought  to  possible 
trouble  with  Germany  in  the  future. 
It 
is true  that  the  sentiments  entertained 
towards  Germany  are  not  particularly 
cordial  at  the  present  time;  but  this 
animosity  is  the  result,  not  of  political 
considerations  or  national  antipathy, 
but  entirely  of  Germany's unfriendly  at­
titude  in  purely  commercial  and  econ­
omic  matters.

While  it 

is  true  that  the  war  with 
Spain  gave  us  large  interests  in  the  Far 
East,  there 
is  no  disposition,  for  the 
time  being  at  least,  to  increase  our  re­
sponsibilities  in  that  part  of  the  world 
or  meddle  with  the  affairs  of  other 
interests  there.  We 
powers  that  have 
are  building  a  large  navy  because  it 
is 
believed  that  such  a  navy  is  needed  for 
the  protection  of  our  own  borders,  and 
Germany  must  find  some  better  excuse 
for  further  navy  building  than  the  men­
ace  to  her  interests  of  our  fleet.

Time  is not  so  large  as  eternity,but  it 
seems to take up  a  good deal more room.

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Shoes and  Leather

Window  Display  For  Shoe  Dealers.
Lighting  shoe  siore  windows  at  night 
does  not  receive  all  the  attention  it  de­
serves.  A  man  complained  that  be  bad 
to  quit  drinking  beer  because  be 
couldn’t  keep  pace with the manufacture 
— the  breweries  commenced  working  at 
night  and  that  didn't  give  him  a  fair 
show.  And  so  it  is  with  the  show  win­
dow. 
If  it  is  properly  lighted  at  night 
it  will  do  equally  as  good  work  as  in 
the  daytime,  in  some  cases  more  so, 
for  it  is  only  after  the  day’s toil  is  done 
that  many  artisans  can  take  their  wives 
to  look  around  the  stores.  True,  for 
several  hours  during  the  night 
it  will, 
perhaps,  be  so  much  waste,  but  that 
will  be  mote  than  counterbalanced  by 
it  will  do between  the 
the  good  that 
hours  of  7  and 
io o'clock,  and  lights 
should  be kept  in  ail  show  windows  un­
til  that  hour at  any  rate.
*  *  *

Speaking  of  lighting  windows,  con­
siderable  care  should  be  devoted 
to 
placing  the  lamps.  Experience  has  so 
far shown  that  the  best  results  are  to  be 
got from  placing  the  lights  at  the  top  or 
bottom  of  the  front  of  the  window  in 
such  a  manner  that the rays are deflected 
and  will  not  strike  in  the  eyes  of  pass­
ers  by.  By  placing  reflectois  back  of 
them  the  efficiency  of  the  lamps  is  ma­
ternity  increased  and  fewer  are  neces­
sary  to  make  a  very  brilliant  effect.

*  *  *

Window  dressing 

is  conceded  to  be 
an  art, buttbeie are  few  indeed  who  are 
not  possessed  of  sufficient  ingenuity  to 
make  a  fair  showing  even  for a  first  at­
tempt.  Every  attempt  helps  to  make 
the  next  one  easier,  and  if  the  window 
dresser  is of an  observant turn  of  mind, 
he  will  not  fail  to  note  the  faults  that 
appear  in  each  effort  and  to  remedy 
them  on  the  next occasion.  Where  pos­
sible  the beginner should  get  somebody 
who  understands  the  art  to  criticise  bis 
work  and  point  out  its  faults  in  order 
that  be may  improve  by  the  experience 
of  others.  It  is  the  little  details  that  are 
most apt  to  be overlooked  by  the  new 
beginner  that  make  a  window  a  success 
or  failure.

*  *  *

Age  has  not  withered  nor  custom 
staled  the  infinite  variety  that  a  set  of 
stairs  can  be  pnt  to  in  a  show  window. 
Last  week  a-  local  shoe  dealer  made  a 
very  neat  and  attractive  display  by 
means  of one.  There  was  nothing  orig­
inal 
in  his  method.  The  staiis  were 
simply  covered  with  bright  pink  and 
various  tans  and  black  shoes  arranged 
on  the  steps, interspersed  here  and  there 
with  the  bright colors  of  infants’  foot­
wear.  There  was  nothing  somber about 
it.  Everything  was  bright  and  taste­
fully  displayed  and  many  passers-by 
were  attracted  and  sales  were numerous. 
The  retailer 
in  question  is one  of  the 
most  up-to-date  in  bis  section,  but  he 
claims that,as  far as  window  dressing  is 
concerned,  oid  methods  are  good enougb 
for  him.

*  *  *

Dressing  a  window  and  omitting  to 
attach  price cards  is somewhat like  eat­
ing  an  egg  without  salt—there  is  no  fla­
vor  to  it.  Unless  prices  are  displayed 
on  goods 
in  a  show  window,  very  few 
people  will  take  the  trouble  to  enter a 
store  to  make  enquiries  about  them. 
They  will 
rather  walk  half-a-dozen 
blocks  if need  be  until  they  find  a  store 
where' prices are  shown  and  then  select 
the  kind  they  want  in  the  show window. 
It  helps  the  salesman  very  materially

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

and  saves  much  time  for  the 
intending 
purchaser.  The  cards  shouid  be  neatly 
printed  with  the  figures  plainly marked, 
and  as  they  can  be  hai  so  very  cheap, 
is  no  earthly  excuse  for  using 
there 
those  that  are 
in  any  way  soiled  or 
dirty.  They  spoil  the  whole  effect.— 
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of  experience.  Everything 
that enters into the making of 
our shoes is first class;  the re­
sult is first-class.  * Our shoes 
are  right 
They  will  bring 
you trade.  Try them.

I^HEROLU-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.,

The  Emotional  Young  Lady.
There is gladness in her  gladness 
There is sadness in her sadness 
But the gladness of her gladness 
And the sadness of her sadness 
Aren’t a marker  on the 

When she’s glad,
When she’s sad;

Madness of her madness 

When she’s mad.

Suggestions  For 

-how   Cards  For 

Shoe  Dealers.

“ Let  us  whisper  to  you  that  these 
goods  are  great  bargains  at  the  prices 
quoted. ’ ’

“ Just figure  it out yourself.  It’s  just 
the  height  of  the  season  to  wear  these 
goods,  but  it’s getting  late  to  sell  them, 
so  we  make  big  cuts. ’ ’

“ Keep  up  with  the  times.  You  can’t 
afford  to  be  out  of  style  when  you  can 
get  goods  at  these  prices.’ ’

“   ’ Money  makes  the  mare  go,’ and 
you  can  make  money  go  a  long  way 
here. ’ ’

"W e  need  money  to  discount  our 
bills,  so  we  will  give  you  the  discount 
if  you  will  give  us  the  money  at  once.”  
“ Catch  step  with  the  march  of  prog­
ress.  Cash  buying  is  now  the  only kind 
for  economical  people.”

“ Our  boys 

in  the  Philippines  have 
covered  themselves  with  glory,  but  you, 
who  are  at  home,  will  need  some  other 
cover.  Notice  these  shoes  for $2. ”  
“ Kan’t  kick-’em-out  shoes  for  kan’t- 
keep-’em-in  boys.”

“ Fashion’s 

latest  creations  in  wom­
en’s  footwear  may  be seen here.  Please 
step  inside,  we  will  serve  you  well.”

Cheap  Shoes.

Many  of  the  complaints  that  are  rife 
about  the  meager  profits  that  are  made 
on  many  lines of  summer goods  may  in 
a  great  measure  be  traced  directly  10 
retailers  themselves.  Some,  for  the  pur­
pose  of  attracting  trade,  lay  in  a  stock 
of  the  cheapest and most inferior grades, 
which  they  offer at  very  little  more  t< an 
look  well  for  t  > 
cost.  These  shoes 
time  being,  but  there 
is  naturally  • n 
wear  in  them,  and  the  wearers  soon  find 
that  they  would  have  been  dear even  *t 
half  the  price. 
If  a  pair  of  these  a  <- 
sold  to  a  regular  customer,  it  is  qu  1 
possible  that  the  annoyance  be  will  tx 
perience  may  have  the  effect  of  sending 
him  elsewhere  to  make  his  next  pur­
chase.

He was a great composer,

And operas he could  write,
But he couldn’t compose his youngest 
When he walked him ’round at night.

If  all  the  devils  were  cast  out of  some 
like  walking 

look 

people  they  would 
skeletons.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

11

Side  Lights on  the  Shoe  Trade.
Prices  of  shoes  must  be  regulated  by 
each  firm  individually,  rather  than  by  a 
convention  of  shoe manufacturers.  The 
opinion  prevails  largely  in  this  section 
of  the  country  and,  according  to  the 
London  Boot  and  Shoe Trades Journal, >t 
is  also  enteitiined  across  the  herring 
pond.  A  correspondent  of  that  paper 
says:  “ One  Leeds  firm  has  notified 
their  customers  of  an  uniform  advance 
of  5  per  cent,  upon  prices,  and  has  per­
sistently 
insisted  upon  getting  it  upon 
all  lines  ordered  since  the  issue  of  the 
circulars.  There 
is  no  other  satisfac­
tory  method  of  obtaining  compensation 
There  may  be  buyers  who  will  tem­
porarily  refuse  orders  with  the  view  of 
testing  the  strength  of  the  manufactur­
ers’  resolution  to  get  prices 
for  his 
goods  which  are profitable,  but  it  is  cer­
tain  heavy goods  can  not  be made at low 
prices  out  of  dear  leather,  and  an  ad­
vance  in  the  price  of  shoes,  especially 
heavy  ones,  must  come.  The 
leather 
trade  is  quite  in  sympathy  with  that  of 
boot  manufacturing,  and  until  autumn 
orders  for  shoes come along little change 
of  this  condition  can  be looked for.  The 
scarcity  of  rough  offals  is  still  the  cry, 
and  prices  are  relatively  too  high.”

* 
Unwelcome  as 

*   *
it  may  be,  the  condi­
tion  exists that  an advance  in  the  prices 
of  shoes  is  inevitable and  retailers  will 
do  well  to  be  prepared  for  it.  Tbev 
should  not,  however,  have  much  diffi­
culty  in  getting  better  prices  from  the 
public.  Practically  every  one  knows 
that  all  those  things  which  enter  into 
the  manufacture  of  shoes  have advanced 
in  price  considerably  of  late  and  that 
it  would  be  unreasonable to expect man­
ufacturers  to  work  at  a  loss.  Unless the 
advance 
is  conceded,  manufacturers 
will  be placed  in  that  unenviable  posi­
tion,  or  else  they  will  be  forced*  to  re­
duce  the  wages  of  their  employes  and 
subject  the  corn try  to  all  the  misery, 
inconvenience  and  annoyance  of  a  gen­
eral  strike  or  lockout.  That would  be  a 
national  calamity  at  the  present  time, 
and 
it  is  not  likely,  after  proper  repre­
sentation,  that  the  public  will  do  any­
thing  to  bring  about  such  a  state  of 
affairs:

*   *   *

Playing  a  waiting  game  in  the  hope 
that  prices  of  leather  will  fall  does  not 
seem  to  be  the  best  policy  to  pursue 
in 
view  of  the  constantly  incieasing  de­
mand  for 
leather.  The  tendency  of 
leather  is  to  advance  rather  than  dimin­
ish  and  those  who  have  large  orders  on 
hand  will  do  well  to get  in  a  stock  be­
fore  any  further  advance  lakes  place. 
At  present  tanners  are  asking  top  fig­
ures.  especially  for  light  and  middle- 
weights  in  hemlock  sole leather,  and  the 
smallness  of  the  stocks  leads  to  the  be­
lief  that  they  will  soon  ask  and  get  a 
belter  price  for  these  grades.  Just  now 
they  are  experiencing  some  difficulty  in 
filling  orders,  and  if  that  condition  con­
length  of  time,  an  ad­
tinues  for  any 
vance  is  inevitable.
*  *  *

Shoe  manufacturing  can  net  be  such 
a  profitable  business  at  the  present  time 
as  many  would  seem  to  think,  or  a  lac- 
lory  which  cost  $70,000  to  build  and 
equip  would  never  have  been 
let  go 
(or  the  beggarly  s um  of  $5,950,  which 
was  all 
it  fetched  at  public  auction. 
The 
factory  bad  been  operated  bv 
Messrs.  Bond  and  Corey,  in  Augusta, 
Me.,  who  were  unable  to  continue  it, 
and  it  was  sold  to  Wm.  H.  Lee,  of  Bos­
ton,  at  the  price  above  mentioned.  The 
factory  was  only  put  up for auction after 
it  had
all  attempts  to  lease  or  rent 

failed,  notwithstanding  its  proximity  to 
Boston,  it  will  not  again  be  used  as  a 
shoe  factorv  This  the  new  owner  has 
fully  determined  on.
*  

*  

*

Exactitude 

in  describing  the  good 
qualities  of  a  shoe  is  very  essential. 
Ii* 
■ heir  eagerness  to  make  a  sale,  clerks 
are  sometimes  tempted  to  exaggerate 
them  and  to  ascribe'qualities  to  then 
that  they  do  not  possess.  This  may 
lit­
erally  he  construed  as  a  falsehood,  anr 
a  falsehood  of  the  worst  description,  as 
there  is  a  sufficient  amount  of  truth con­
nected  with  the  statement  to  rpuke  it 
more  deceiving,  and  when  the  customer 
so  ‘ ‘ sold”   finds  out  the  full extent of the 
misrepresentation  he  is  apt  to  treasure 
it  in  his  memory  until  the  occasion  ar­
rives  when  he  needs  another  pair.  Then 
the  dealer  needs  to  be of a very sanguine 
temperament  indeed  who  hopes  to make 
another sale  to the victimized purchaser. 
Rather  than  misrepresent  the  goods 
it 
were  far  better  for  the  clerks  to  remain 
silent. 
Exaggerated  talk  never  has 
much 
in-  making  a 
sale,  wbereas  a  promise  or  guarantee 
made  inadvertently  may  and  probably 
will  act  as  a  boomerang.—Shoe  and 
Leather  Gazette.

influence  at  best 

Should  Remain  Spinsters.

The  woman  who  proudly  declares  that 
sbe  can  not  even  bem  a  pocket  hand­
kerchief  never  made  up  a  bed  in  her 
life,  and  adds  with  a  simper  that  she's 
“ been  in  society  ever  since  she  was 
fifteen,”   should  not  marry.  And  there 
are  others.

The  woman  who  would  rather  nurse  a 

pug  dog  than  a  baby.

The  woman  who  wants  to  refurnish 

the bouse  every  spring.

The  woman  who  buys  for  the  mere 

pleasure  of  buying.

The  woman  who thinks  men  are  an­

gels and  demigods.
than  wear  a  bonnet  two  seasons  old.

The  woman  who  would  rather  die 

Tbe  woman  who  thinks  that  the  cook 

and  tbe  nurse  can  keep  house.
Tbe  woman  who  buys  bric-a-brac  for 
tbe  parlor  and  borrows  kitchen  utensils 
from-her  neighbor.

The  woman  who  wants  things  just  be­

cause  "other  women”   have  them.

Random  Reflections.

immortal 

When  we  are  young  we  think  every 
one  is  unjust  to  us;  when  we  are  older 
we  know  that  every  one 
is  unjust  to 
everybody.
To  be 

is  nothing.  To  be 
is  tbe  great 
When  prosperity  goes  at  a  jog  trot  it 
isn't  bad  for  us;  but  it  shouldn’t  break 
into  a  run.

worthy  to  be 
thing.

If  we  coul 1  only  help  ourselves  to  tbe 
bait  and  leave  tbe  trap  nrtuuched,  how 
much  happier  life  would  he!

immortal 

is  an  open  question  as  to  whether 
indecision  or  rashness  has  assisted  us  to 
make  the  grea'-er  number of  mistakes.

Don't  tell  one  friend  rf  your  qiarrel 
with  anoiber;  it  may  confirm  bis  sus­
picion  that  you  are  bard  to  get  along 
with.

It 

The  Other  Side  of  the  Story.

Singleton  -What’s  the 

trouble,  old 

man?  You  look  all  broke  up.
Wedeily—You  would  doubtless  look 
broke  up.  too,  if  you  had  a  mother-m 
law  like  tnine,  and  she—
Singleton— Ho !  The  old,  old  story; 
she’s  coming  to  spend  a  few  weeks with 
you,  i  suppose.
Wederly (sa  -1/)— No; on the contrary, 
she  bos  been  with  us  for  two  months, 
ai d  to  day  she  was  compelled  to  return 
home 
She  nursed  my  wife  through  a 
had  case  of  lever,took  care  of  the  baby, 
attended 
the  household  duties, 
mended  my  clothes,  and  loaned  me  five 
dollars  on  three  different occasions.  Oh, 
I  tell  you  that  woman  is  an  earthly  an­
gel  if  there  ever  was  one.

to 

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j Prompt 
1 Shipment
(

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 
customers  are
are  new 
pleased  to  find 
that  we  are
so prompt.

■5 
5  
2  

I  
5  
£  
3  

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.

Tappan  Shoes  spell  satisfac­
tion  from  the  maker  (that’s 
us)  to  the  wearer.  Worth 
makes  the  man  and  the  shoe.

TAPPAN
SHOES

have  worth  and  wear  to spare 
These  goods  should  find  a 
place  in  your  store.  Write 
for  price  list.

TAPPAN  SHOE  M’F’G  CO.,

COLDWATER. MICH.

Valley  City 
Milling  Co.,

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

“The flour the best cooks nse."

It’s 5 per  cent,  in  your 
pocket to buy rubbers be­
fore  Nov.  1.  W hy  not 
take  advantage  of  the 
chance?

L yco m in gs— none  better— 25-5  per  cent.
Keystc nes— seconds that are almost firsts— 25-5-10 per cent. 
Woonsockets,  25-5-5  Per  cent.
Rhode  Islands,  25-5-5-10  per  cent.
O ur  agents  w ill  visit  you  soon.

GEO.  H.  REEDER &  CO.,

19 SOUTH  IONIA  STREET, 

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

HEM LO C K   BARK

*

Bark  measured 
promptly  by  ex­
perienced  men, 
no  novices  em­
ployed  to  guess 
at it.  Top prices 
paid 
in  Cash. 
Call  on  or write 
us.

%

MICHIGAN  BARK &  LUMBER CO.,  527“ dsa8

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M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

Fruits and  Produce.
Observations  by  a  Gotham  Egg  Man.
It  is  undoubtedly  true  that  the outlook 
for  the  high  priced  spring  and  early 
summer  egg  accumulations  would  have 
been  improved if  it had  been  possible 
to  work  all  the  later summer  gatherings 
into  consumption.  A  low  range  of  July 
and  August  prices  might have  helped  to 
this  end  by  increasing  the  consumptive 
demand  somewhat  and  lessening the col­
lections—for  collections  are  naturally 
larger  when  prices  are  relatively  high, 
even  under  equal  production.  But  the 
seed  for  this  summer's accumulation  ot 
eggs  was  sown  when  the  rates  paid  for 
spring  stock  were  fixed  on  a high plane, 
and  however  undesirable  the  continued 
accumulation  of  eggs  in  storage  may  be 
for  the  holders  of  spring  stock,  this  ac-
cumulation 
is  the  natural  result  of  the 
high  cost  of  the  earlier  packings.  Many 
operators  who  refused  to  speculate 
in 
eggs at all  last  April  and  Mav  did  so  in 
the  full  expectation  of  getting  in  on  the 
cheaper  summer goods;  their  argument 
is  that  when  prices  begin  to  go  up  in 
the  early  fall  the  advancing  tendency 
is usually  checked  only  by  the  offerings 
of  held  stock ;  and  that the summer  eggs 
now  being  put  away  at  a  cost  of  say 
about  i o @ i i ) 4 c   case  count  can  be  sold 
at  a  profit before  holders  of  the  April 
and  May  packings  can  get a  uew  dollar 
for an  old  one.  Of  course  when  spring 
eggs  are  put  away  cheap  the  September 
prices  are  held  by  offerings  of  these  at 
a  lower  range  and  the 
incentive  for 
storing  the  summer  goods  is  less.  Thus 
the  effects  of  high  prices  in  the  spring 
storage 
season  not  only  reduce  the 
chance  of  profit  by  reason  of  their own 
elevation,  bat,  by  encouraging  an  ex­
pectation  of  a  period  of  relitively  high 
prices 
in  the  early  fall,  tend  to  stimu­
late a  larger  summer  storage at  the  ex­
pense  of  healthy  conditions.

*  *  *

One  of  our  large  egg  receivers  who 
bad  had  some  nice Northern eggs turned 
out  of  the  grade  of  “ firsts"  bv  the  in­
spector  because,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
latter,  the  stock  was  “ a  little  too  small 
in  the  average  size" remarked to me  the 
other  day  that  there  ought  to  be  some 
more  definite  way  of  judging  accurately 
whether  eggs  were  under  standard  size 
or  not  than  by  leaving  the  judgment 
simply  to the  eye  of  the  inspector.  He 
suggested  that  a  standard  of  weight  be 
established  for  extras,  firsts  and  seconds 
and  that  the  inspectors  should weigh  the 
eggs  taken  oui  when  inspecting  so  that 
there  would  be  no  room  for  erroneous  or 
variable  judgment.  This  would  seem  to 
be  a  perfectly  feasible  plan  and  would 
of course  furnish  a  definite  standard  to 
aid  the  inspector.  I have  been  informed 
that  the  plan  has been  adopted  on  the 
Pacific  coast  with  very  satisfactory  re­
sults;  there  the  standard  weight  for 
is  1.5  pounds  to  the  dozen,  or  45 
firsts 
pounds  to  the  30 dozen  case. 
If  such  a 
rule  were  to  be  adopted  by  the  Ex­
change  authorities,  it  would  be  well  to 
consider  whether  the  standard  weight 
should  vary  from  season  to  season  in 
view  of  the  fact  that  regular  collections 
of spring  eggs  would  weigh  more  than 
relatively  equal  qualities of eggs packed 
in  the  fall,  owing  to the  older  average 
age  of  the  latter. 
It  would  also  be  nec­
essary  to  consider  whether  all  the  eggs 
taken  out  or  only  the  good  ones  should 
be  weighed  to ascertain  the  average.

*  *  *

Mr  J.  Scblosser,  of  Schlosser  Bros., 
Chicago,  proprietors  of  several  Indiana

creameries,  was  a  visitor to  New  York 
last  week.  Mr.  Scblosser  is  also  inter­
ested  in  eggs and  stated  that  collections 
in  the  teriitory  covered  by  his  firm  bad 
been  rather  larger  than  usual  this  sum­
mer.  He  attributed  this  to  the  unusual­
ly  late  beginning  of  egg  production  last 
spring.  Mr.  Schlosser  said  be  had  had 
a  pretty  good  idea  of  the  egg  situation 
up  to  about  two  or  three  weeks  ago, 
when  he  began  to  appreciate  the  quan­
tity  of  eggs  stored.'  Speaking  of  stor­
age  stocks 
in  Chicago  he  said  that  he 
knew  of  only  one  Chicago  storage house 
now  taknjg  eggs,  most  of  the  plants  be­
ing  full.  As  the  total  capacity  of  Chi­
cago  bouses  for  egg  bolding  is  said  to 
be  703,000  or  8oo,coo  cases  the  general 
Chicago  estimates  of  500,000 cases,  now 
held  in  storage  there  are  probably large­
ly  bel iw  the  fact.— N.  Y.  Produce  Re­
view.

Shipping  Melons  by  the  Trainload.
Poseyville,  Ind.,  Aug.  11— The  In­
diana  watermelon  harvest  has  begun. 
Between  this  and  Sept.  20  from  1,500  to 
2,000  cailoads  of  melons  will be shipped 
out  of  the  Indiana  "watermelon  belt," 
while  a  proportionate  number  will  be 
shipped  from  the  newer  Illinois  fields 
which  he  on  the  other  side  of  the  Wa­
bash.  Very  few  Indiana  people  even 
have  a  slight  idea  of  the  extensiveness 
of 
industry. 
Even  a  smaller  per  cent,  know  that  the 
best  melons  in  the  world  are  now  raised 
in  Indiana  and  on  the  markets  they 
have the  call.

this  comparatively  new 

from  Vincennes 

The  great  Indiana  melon  belt  has  two 
It  ex­
centers— Poseyville  and  Decker. 
tends.  however, 
to 
Mount  Vernon,  although  the  profitable 
fields  for  commercial  raising are limited 
to  the  northern  part  of  Posey  and  the 
southern  part  of  Gibson  county  and 
bordering  on  the  Wabash  river.  Al­
though  the  melon  bas  a  great  deal  of 
water  in  its  makeup,  it  requires a sandy 
soil  for  profitable  culture.  The  best 
lands  are  therefore  found  witbin  six  or 
seven  miles  from  the  river.  Poseyville 
is  now  probably  the greatest  watermelon 
shipping  point 
in  the  North-Central 
States. 
Its  shipments  last  year  ran  as 
high  as  101  carloads  of melons a day and 
for a  week  there  were  ninety  carloads  a 
day  shipped  to  Chicago  and  other  mar­
kets.  The  shipments  from  Decker,  the 
center  of  the  Gibson  county  field,  run 
about  two  thirds  of  the  Poseyville  bill­
ings.  Other centers  are  Busseron, Black­
burn,  Cynthiana,  Cypress,  Duncan, 
Emison,  Hyatt,  Oaktown,  Owensville, 
Patoka,  Plainville,  Plummer,  Washing­
ton,  Worthington,  Vincennes,  Purcells 
and  Fort  Branch.  The  shipments  from 
Poseyville  and  Decker,  however,  are 
over  haif  of  the  total.  Last  year  the 
shipments  ran  from  1,500  to  1,600 car­
loads  from  the  district.

It  costs  about $30 a  carload  on  an  av­
erage  to  move  them.  The  freight  bills, 
therefore,  footed  up  to  about  $50,000. 
The 
industry  bas  become  so great  dur­
ing  seasons  of  the  year  that  the  E.  & 
T.  H.,  which  moves  most  of  them,  has 
become  known  as 
"watermelon 
route. * *

Watermelon  raising  bas  been  reduced 
In  the  vicinity  of  Posey­
to a  science. 
ville  there  are  over  2,000  acres 
in 
melons.  By  scientific  growing  they  run 
hundreds  to  the acre  and  their  weight 
has  been  gradually  worked  up  to a point 
where  they  now tip  the  scales  at  seventy 
and  eiehty  pounds.  The  largest  one 
brought  into  Decker  last  year  weighed 
eighty-seven  pounds.

Watermelons  pack  about  1,200  to  the 
car.  On  shipping  iuto  Chicago  this  re 
duces  the  rate  to  about  3  cents a  melon. 
There  bas  been  a  complete  revolution 
in  the  handling.  At  first,  when  the  in­
dustry  was  new,  the  growers  shipped 
the  melons.  As a  result,  many  of  them 
in  debt.  The 
wound  up  the  season 
freight  service  was  not  as  perfect  as 
it 
is  to  day,  and  before  the  melons  arrived 
at  their  destination,  they  were,  in  mam- 
cases,  defective. 
The  railway  com­
panies,  handling small  consignments  for 
individuals,  did  not give  the  traffic  the

the 

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R.  HIRT,  Jr.,  Detroit,  Mich.

34  and  36  Market  Street,

435-437-439  Winder  Street,

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Also  POTATOES,  CABBAGE,  ONIONS  AND  APPLES 

In Carload  Lots.

Our motto:  Quick sales and prompt remittance.

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Crimson,  Alsyke,  Alfalfa,  White,  Medium,  and  Mammoth  Clover  Seeds. 

Orchard Grass,  Blue  Grass,  Redtop.

Can fill orders quickly.

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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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Dairy  Butter

to  supply  our  trade. 
If  you  have  any  fine  stock  to 
offer,  write  us  at  once,  or  ship  us  on  consignment, 
and  we  can  get  you  a  good  price.

Wholesale  Produce and Commission. 

38 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

STROUP  &  CARMER,

W E   ARE  IN  NEED

of  PEACH ES,  PEARS,  PLUMS, 
A P P L E S,  H U C K L E B E R R IE S.

STRANGE &   NOKES,  Wholesale  Fruits

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® T n m m m n n n n n n r ^

J.  W.  LANSING,

W H O LESALE  DEALER  IN

BUTTER  AND  EGGS

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

care  and  attention  they  now  do.  Now 
the  melons  are  sold  on  the  ground. 
Many  of  the  crops  are  contracted  for 
before  the  melons  begin  to  form.  The 
is  gauged  by  the  crop  and 
price  paid 
the  demand.  This  year 
it  is  ruling 
fair,  and  the  growers  will  realize  from 
$30 to  $60 an  acre  off  their  crops.  The 
these  consignments  for 
shippers  sell 
about  $125, 
in  Chicago,  which  makes 
good  melons  run  about  12  cents  apiece. 
If  2,000 carloads  of  melons  are  shipped 
out  of  this  section  this  year,  it  is a  con­
servative  estimate 
that  the  Indiana 
growers  will  be  $100,000  ahead.  The 
shippers  should  clear $60,000 to $75,000.
Watermelon  specials  are  run out every 
day and the local consignments are taken 
out  by  tbe  through  freights.  The  ship­
ments  East  are  now  being  made  in  re­
frigerator  cars and  the  melons  can  be 
laid  down  fresh  in  New  York.  Most  of 
tbe  Indiana  melons,  however,  go  to Illi­
nois,  Ohio,  Eastern  Pennsylvania,  In­
diana,  Northern  New  Jersey,  West  V ir­
ginia,  Kentucky,  Louisiana  and  Ten- 
nesee.

Poseyville  is  a  town  of  about  800  to 
goo  people.  When  the  melons  are  ripe 
it  is  one  of  the  busiest  railway shipping 
points 
in  tbe  State.  Every  wagon  and 
wheeled vehicle within  reach are in serv­
ice  moving  tbe  meions  to tbe  railway 
stations.  Loading platforms  are  impro­
vised  and  are  crowded  with  melon 
handlers.  There  is  always  a  new  crop 
to  be  taken  in  every  morning. 
It  is  es­
timated  that  watermelons  will  run  al­
most  one  carload  to  the  acre,  which 
means  about $50.

It  takes about  two  acres  of  nutmegs, 
cantaloupes  or  "gem s”   to  fill  an  ordi­
nary  car,  which  will  hold  about 6,000 
of  them.  They  are  packed  in  crates.

Watermelon 

in  melons  tbe  next. 

land  has  to  be handled 
carefully.  It  is  sowed  in  wheat  one  year 
It  has  been 
and 
found  that  fertilization 
is  necessary. 
The  very  best  watermelon  ground,  how­
ever,  is  good  for  nothing  else. 
It  is 
plowed  in  the  usual  manner  and laid  off 
in  hills  ten  feet  apart.  Tbe fertilizer  is 
put 
into  the  ground  in  the  furrow  and 
then  the  bills  are  converted into mounds 
about  two  feet  in  diameter.  The  seed­
ing  is  generally  done  in May,  or  as  soon 
as  the  ground  is  warm  enough  to  justify 
it.  Tbe  greatest  work  then  is  to  keep 
up  a  constant  running  fight  against 
worms  and  bugs.  There  are  as  many 
insect  enemies  to  watermelons  as  can 
be  found  airayed  against any  kind  of 
vegetation.  The most  remarkable  thing 
about  melon  culture  is  that  an  extra  wet 
season  has  a  bad  rather  than  a  good 
effect. 
just  as 
quickly  and  look  as  well  on  tbe  ground, 
but  the  core  is  stringy.

The  melons  mature 

Moderate Apple Crop in  Prospect. 

From the Orange Judd Farmer.

So  far  as  can  be  ascertained  at  this 
stage  of  crop  development,  the  yield  of 
winter  apples  in  the  United  States  and 
Canada  will  prove  fair,  but not specially 
large.  While  a  good  many  sections 
which  showed  a  total  failure  last  year 
will  have  some  apples,  the  commercial 
orchard  belt,  as  a  whole,  will  return 
nothing 
like  the  bumper  crop  of  ’96. 
Investigations  just  made  by  tbe  Orange 
Judd  Farmer  also  bring  out  the  inter­
esting  fact  that  the  crop  will  be  fairly- 
well  distributed,  no  section  being  en­
tirely  without  merchantable  fruit,  and 
no  state  showing  a  full  yield.  The  de­
ficiencies  are  most  marked  in  such  old 
standbys  as  New  York  and  New  Eng­
land.  Across  the  line  in  much  of  On­
tario  and  also  down  in  Nova  Scotia  and 
Prince  Edward  Island,  sections  which 
export  a  good  many  apples,  the  outlook 
is  generally  good  to  bright.
Working  West  and  Southwest,  condi­
tions  are  variable,  Pennsylvania  and 
Ohio  having  a  fair  promise,  and  the 
few  apple  pockets  of  Virginia  and  the 
Middle  South promising to  turn  off  con­
siderable  quantities  available  for  home 
and  foreign  markets.  Portions  of  In­
diana  and  Michigan  promise  well,  but 
our  reports  from  these  States  are  quite 
uneven.  Wisconsin will  have  practical­
ly  no  winter  apples,  according  to  tbe 
best  authorities. 
Illinois  will  have  a 
good  many  of  both  autumn  and  winter 
varieties.  Tbe  yield  west  of  the  Miss­

issippi  River  promises  to  be  less  satis­
factory  than  earlier  hoped  by  the  up-to- 
date  orchardists  in  that  section  coming 
so  prominently  to  the  forefront 
iu  tbe 
commercial  apple  belt.  Tbe  crop  of 
fall  fruit  in  Indiana,  Ulionis,  and  Mis­
souri,  is  much  larger  than  that  of  win­
ter,  but  the  quality  is  only  fair.  The 
greater  part  of  the  yield  throughout  the 
entire  West  will  be  from  old  trees.

As  outlined 

in  our  earlier  reports,  it 
has  been  apparent  all  along  that  New 
York  and  New  England  will  have  noth­
ing  like  a  full  crop  of  winter  apples. 
Leading  orchardists  give  various  rea­
sons:  In  many  sections  tbe  trees  failed 
to  blossom  fully;  here  and  there  com­
plaint  is  noted  of  fruit  failing  to  jet 
even  after  a  full  bloom,  and  as 
indi­
cated,  certain  varieties,  notably  Bald­
wins 
in  New  York,  have  done  little. 
The  June  drop  proved  quite  severe  in 
many  important  sections, this being  very 
evident  now  that  tbe  season  is  so  far 
advanced  and  fruit  remaining  on  the 
trees  having  attained  considerable  size. 
Conditions  are  naturally  best  where 
farmers  and 
fruit  growers  have  paid 
most  attention  to  the  care  of  orchards 
and  the  use  of 
insecticides.  Our  re­
ports  show  that  while  there  is  the  usual 
complaint  of  damage  from  codlin  moth 
and  other  pests,  there  will  be  liberal 
quantities  of  fine  fruit  available  for  tbe 
winter  markets.

Reporting  for  Central  Indiana,  Prof.
J.  Troop  expresses  a  belief  in  a  good 
crop  of  winter  appies  and  says  where 
trees  were  sprayed  tbe  fruit 
is  quite 
perfect;  some  other  sections  of  the 
State,  however,  appear  to  be  less  favor­
able,  with  complaint  of  apples dropping 
badly  and  few  perfect  specimens  left  on 
the  trees.  While  the  drop  has  been 
pronounced 
in  Michigan  orchards, 
weather  conditions  the  past  few  weeks 
have  proved  favorable,  and  reports  to 
Orange Judd  Farmer  indicate  that  tbe 
crop 
is  improving;  a  correspondent  in 
Oakland  county  says  quantity  above  last 
year,  Spys  and  Baldwins  predomi­
nating.  A  report 
from  St  Joseph 
county  complains  of  codlin  moth  and 
scab.  Berrien  countv  advices  estimate 
about  half  crop,  fall  apples  not  as  good 
in  quality  as  winter  fruit. 
In  Illinois 
orchardists  are  not  yet  fully  awake  to 
the  importance  of caring  lor  their  trees, 
and  the  crop  is  slightly  irregular;  ap 
parentlv  plenty  of  early  apples, 
in­
ferior  in  quality  and  moderate  prospect 
for  winter  varieties.  An  Adams  county 
correspondent  reports  some  fine  Jona­
thans,  Ben  Davis,  and  Maiden  Blush. 
Missouri’s  crop  will  not  prove  as  good 
as  earlier  hoped,  quality  somewhat 
in 
different,  requiring  severe  assorting  and 
culling  to  make  a  good  pack.  A  corres­
pondent 
in  Johnson  county  says  apples 
have  dropped  badly  and  fruit  on  the 
trees  scabby  and  gnaily.  The  outlook 
is  somewhat  irregular  in  Arkansas  and 
Kansas;  progressive  orchardists  in  Ne­
braska  will  turn  off  some  fruit  for  mar­
ket.  Secretary  A.  J.  Phillips  of  the 
Wisconsin  horticultural 
society  says 
there  will  be  little  winter  fruit  in  his 
State;  A.  D.  Barnes  of  Waupaca  coin­
cides  with  this  view.  Southeastern  Iowa 
will  have  some  Ben  Davis,  other  varie­
ties  rather  scarce;  our  returns  from  the 
southwestern  part  of  tbe  State  are  not  of 
such  character  as  to  warrant  a  report  at 
this  time.

Canada’s  apple  crop,  noted  for  its  ex­
cellent  quality  and  the  favor  shown  it  in 
foreign  markets,  is  generally  promising 
at  this  date.  Secretary  Woolverton  of 
the  Onatrio  fruit  growers’  association 
reports  winter  apples  fine  in  quality,  50 
per  cent,  of  a  full  crop,  Spys  a  full 
crop,  conditions  so  far  perfect.  Down 
in  the  famous  Annapolis  valley of  Nova 
Scotia  tbe  outlook 
is  good.  President 
Bigelow  of  the  fru't  growers’  associa­
tion  estimating  400 000  barrels  for  ex­
port,  against  300,000  last  year.

The  Supreme  Test.

"W ell,  did  vou  have  a  good  trip?’’’
"N o.  Merely  sold  a  lot  of  goods  to 

men  who  wanted  them."

"What  on  earth  do  you  consider  a 

good  trip?”

"Selling  a 

dop’t  want  them."

lot  of  goods  to  men  who 

Send me your butter and eggs.

The past  week has been a hard one on  eggs  as  the  weather  has  been  very warm  and 
this makes the trade ail  the more particular when  buying.  I  have  cleaned  up  all  receipts 
daily of good stock at full top prices and our market is steady and firm.

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

REFERENCES:

'  Dun or  Bradstreet.

Michigan Tradesman.

TIMOTHY

We are direct receivers and recleaners of Western grown Timothy.  If  you  do  not  receive  our  regular 
quotations write to-day.  Best grades and lowest prices.

ALFRED J.  BROWN  SEED CO.,

24 AND 26 N.  DIV.  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH.

Samples sent on application without charge.

f  Vinkemulder  Company

Jobbers of

Fruits  and  Vegetables

The  Main  Idea or  object  of  this  advertisement 

is  to  let  you  know  we  are  in 
business,  this  kind  of  business,  and  induce  you  to  write  to  us—  
send  us your  orders,  perhaps.  W e’ll  take  chances  on  pleasing 
you  so  well  that  you  will  want  to  continue  sending  us  your or­
ders.  We  make  right  prices.  We  ship  good  goods.  We  want 
you  to  know  it.  You  can  have  our  weekly  market  forecast  and 
price  list  for  the  asking.

Plums,  Pears and  Appies are now coming  in  fine.

W O R L D ’S   B E S T

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AS  AN  ARMY  RATION.

Why  the  Use  of  Cheese  Should  Be

Authorized.

In  the  arming  and  equipment  of 
armies  and  navies  all  civilized  nations 
have  made  use  of  the  experience gained 
in  centuries  of  warfare,  of  the  experi­
ments  of  science  and  of  modern 
inven­
tions.  Magazine  guns  and  rifles,  smoke­
less  powder,  electricity  and  steam  have 
succeeded  to  the  spear,  the  flintlock 
musket  and  the  m uzzle-loading  cannon. 
No  expense  is  spared  in  supplying  the 
armies  and  navies  with  arms  ahd  am­
munition  of  the  latest  and  most efficient 
kinds,  and  the  result  as  shown  in  all 
recent  wars  has  been  that  great  battles 
may  be  fought  and  won  or lost  in  as 
many  hours  as 
it  required 
days;  that  wars  which  have  decided  the 
fate  of  nations  have  begun  and ended  in 
a  few  months;  that  while  the  cost  in 
human 
in  battle  has  not  been  less 
than  formerly,  yet  the defenseless  inhab­
itants  of  countries  involved  in  war  have 
been  largely  spared  the misery,  distress, 
famine  and  plunder  which  invariably 
accompanied  the 
long  wars  of  olden 
times.

formerly 

life 

land  has 

long  as  be 

While  better  arms  and  ammunition 
and  swift  transportation  have  made  the 
soldier  service  powerful  and  efficient 
so 
retains  health  and 
strength,  little  or  nothing  has  been  done 
to  improve the  quality  of  his  food  or  its 
proper  supply.  The  food ration  has  not 
materially changed since  the  days  of  the 
Springfield  musket.  While  every  table 
in  the 
in  some  degree  been 
bettered  by  modern  ways  of  preparing 
and  supplying  food,  the  soldier’s  ration 
has  remained  the  same. 
If  the  soldier 
were  a  machine  he  could  hardly  be  fed 
with  more  unyielding  sameness  of  food, 
regardless  of  climate,  season  or  condi­
tion  of  health. 
If  the  food  thus  sup­
plied  were  of  good  quality  uniformly 
there  would  be  no  special  ground  for 
finding  fault,  except  that  the  commis­
sary  has  not  kept pace with the ordnance 
department.  But  there  are  graver faults. 
In  the  late  war  with  Spain  typhoid 
fever,  scurvy  and dysentery,  well known 
as  diseases  resulting  from  unsanitary 
surroundings  and  unfit  food,  slaughtered 
hundreds  of  our  gallant  soldiers before 
they 
in 
camps,  fed  accoiding  to  rule,  and  un­
der  constant  supervision  of their  officers 
and  surgeons.  The bravest  lost  courage 
when  seeing,  day  after  day,  their  com­
rades  carried  out  to  hospital  or grave. 
They  bad  expected  glory,  wounds  or 
death  in  fair  battle,  but  to  die 
inglori- 
ously  of  diseases,  the  product  of  un­
clean  swamps and rotten food,  cooled the 
warmest  patriotism.

left  our  country,  while  yet 

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

The  investigation  of  the  abuses,  mis­
takes and  frauds  in  the food  supply  of 
the  army  developed  that  officers  high  in 
authority  bad  been  grossly 
ignorant  of 
their  duties and  criminally  neglectful  of 
precious  human  lives.  Meat  which  was 
contracted  to  be  fresh  refrigerated  beef 
is  said  to  have  been  preserved  from  de­
cay  by  substances  which  rendered it  un­
fit  and  poisonous as  food.  Canned meats 
were  after 
inspection  found  to be  so 
decayed  as  to  cause  the  condemning  for 
destruction  of  16,000  packages  at  one 
time.  Of  the  salted  meats  furnished  as 
rations  much  was  inferior to begin with, 
and  its  rankness  was  only  surpassed  by 
that  of  the  language  developed  by  the 
investigation  from  some  whose  position 
implied  that  they  should  be  gentlemen. 
As  to  other  foods  furnished  to  make  up 
the  established  ration  little  complaint 
was  made.  Heat  or  exposure  has  a 
much  less  influence  on  sugar,  bard  tack 
or flour  and  coffee  than  on meats.  While 
in  camp  and  within  reach,  friends  of 
soldiers  occasionally  sent  some  home 
food  to  vary  the  camp  ration,  but  this 
was  not  regular,  and  then  the  officers 
insisted  that such  food  did  injury  rather 
than  benefit.

About  this  time  a  measure  was  intro­
duced 
into  Congress  providing  for  a 
cheese  ration,  but  it  died  a  smothering 
death  in  committee.  At  least  it  never 
was  brought  to  a  vote,  although  analy­
sis,  facts  and  figures  were  in  its  favor. 
It  is  always  difficult  to  overcome  habit 
and  precedent,  to  say  nothing  of  prej­
udice.

Cheese  as  an  article  of  food  has  been 
Its  use 
known  from  the  earliest times. 
is  mentioned  in  the 
as  soldiers’  food 
in  the  account  of 
Book  of  Samuel 
David,  who  was  sent  by  his  father  to 
the  camp  of  Saul  with  ten  cheeses  for 
his  soldier  brothers.  We  read  with 
wondrous  admiration  of  the  brave  deeds 
of  this  cheese-fed  lad,  and  of  the  army 
of  Saul.  The  brave  defense  of  their 
country  by 
the  cheese-eating  Swiss 
peasants  against  terrible  odds  is a  mat­
ter  of  more  recent  history.  There  are 
other  instances,  but  these  may  suffice  to 
show  that  the  use  of  cheese  in  no  way 
impairs  the  strength  or  courage  of a 
soldier;  that 
it  is  the  equal  of  any food 
and  the  superior  of  many  in  the  quali­
ties that  support  life,  strength  and  en­
durance.

In  European  countries  those  who  per­
form hard  work  find  in cheese their most 
convenient  and  cheapest  strength  sup­
porter.  The  burthen  carrier  and  quarry- 
man  of  warm  Italy  and  Spain, 
the 
ditcher  and 
laborer  of  moist  Holland 
and  Great  Britain,  and  the  mechanic 
and  farmer  of  Germany and Russia  rely

upon  cheese  more  than  upon  any  other 
form of food  to  repair the daily waste  of 
muscle  and  sinew.  In  those  countries 
cheese  is  eaten  in  large  quantities,  and 
as  a  regular  part  of  the  meal  as  much 
as  meat 
in  this  country.  The  fear  of 
indigestion  does  not  trouble ihe laboring 
man  and  woman.  That  is  the  specter of 
pampered,  overfed 
idlers.  The  same 
amount  of  any  other  concentrated  food 
would  plague  their  digestion  just  the 
same.

As  a  ration  for the  soldier  engaged  in 
active  drill,  in  forced  marches,  or any 
other bard  duty,  cheese  is  a  most  valu­
able  and  convenient  food.  Valuable  be­
cause 
in  price  it  rarely  exceeds  that  of 
good  meat, because  it  is  instantly  avail 
able  without  cooking,  and  the  process 
of  making  and  curing  it  has  in  no  way 
impaired  its  nutritive  qualities.  Of  the 
long-keeping  varieties  extremes  of  heat

it  as  much  as 
or  cold  will  not  affect 
they  do  meat 
It  contains  in  sm all  com ­
pass  all  of  the  elements  which  good 
milk  possesses. 
It  is  a  grateful  food  to 
those  whose  digestion  has  been  injured 
by  trying  to  assimilate  the  fat,  salt  ra­
tion  pork  and  the  still  more indigestible 
beef  which  has  been  converted  by  salt 
into  leatber-like  stringiness.

four  pounds  of  veal, 

Prof.  Frank land,  an  eminent  chemist 
of  London,  after  careful  analysis  and 
experim ent,  found  the  relative  value  of 
one  pound  of  full  cream  cheese  to  be 
equal  to  three  and  a  half  pounds  of  lean 
beef  or 
three 
pounds  of 
lean  ham,  two  and  a  half 
pounds  eggs,  one  and  a  half  pounds  of 
fat  pork,  five  pounds  of  potatoes,  or 
two  and  one-third  pounds  of  bread. 
Other  chemists  of  note  substantially 
agree  with  Frankland  in  these  results.
The  German  government  has  made

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ON  THE  RAGGED EDGE OF THE  LAW?

No, the  law does not trouble us; 
neither will it  trouble  you,  Mr. 
Grocer,  if you buy Silver Brand 
Cider  Vinegar.  There  are  ho 
better goods  made  than  these.

Sweet cider,  prepared  to  keep 
sweet,  furnished  October 
to 
March  inclusive.
A  strictly  first-class  article;  no 
trouble from fermentation.burst- 
ing of barrels or loss by becom­
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LANSING .  M ICH.

W e  G uarantee

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

ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS

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

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

J.  ROBINSON,  nanager.

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

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Just the barrel in which to  ship  apples,  potatoes, onions, vegetables, or  anything  that 
requires ventilation.  W e 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  $3.00  for  it  and  refund  the  $3.00 
when you have purchased 500 barrels.

The  Hercules has been  endorsed  and  recommended  by  all 
prominent fruit and commission men  in  Chicago,  and  is  con­
sidered the very best barrel for shipping any  product requiring 
ventilation.  Our prices, f. o. b. Chicago, are as follows :
Apple-barrel size,  171/3-inch head, 29-inch stave;  12 pecks.
In  lots of  100, heads  & hoops complete,  knock-down, each. .22c 
In lots of aoo,  heads  *   hoops complete, knock-down,  each. .21c 
In lots of 500, heads *  hoops complete,  knock-down,  each. .20c 

Setting-up outfit included.  We can ship promptly.

For further particulars and sample barrel address,

Hercules Woodenware Go., 293 W. 20th Place,

Chicago, HI.

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We  would  be  pleased  to  have  all  merchants 
visiting  Lansing  during  the  Carnival  make 
our  establishment  their  headquarters,  and 
will  be  glad  to  extend  them  any  favors 
at  our  command.

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cheese  an  occasional ration.  The  Swiss 
National  guard,  when 
in  active  field 
duty  requiring  unusual  effort,  is  given 
a  cheese  ration  instead  of  meat,  all with 
the  best  results.

There  were  fairly  good  reasons  for­
merly  why  cheese  could  not be  a  regular 
army  ration.  There  was  a  time  not  so 
veiy 
long  past  when  the  making  of 
cheese  was  only  on  a  small  scale,  in  the 
summer  months,  and  under  very  crude 
conditions  and  by  unskilled  persons. 
The  cheese  made  was  of  all  grades  of 
quality  from  very  good  to  very bad,  and 
its  supply  and  consequently  its  price 
fluctuated  between  extremes.  Neither 
its  quality,  its  price,  its  supply  or  its 
keeping  qualities  could  be depended on. 
But  with  the  coming  of  the  factory 
method of making cheese came uniformly 
good  quality,  regular  supply  and  steady 
price.  The  extent  of  the  dairy  lands  in 
the  Northern  United  States  and  Canada 
suitable  for  cheese  product 
is  without 
limit.  Cheese  is  now  produced  in  such 
quantities  that  the  market  is  at  least  as 
steady,  as  that  for  meats,  taking  the 
amount  of  nutriment  into consideration. 
lower 
Cheese  has  been 
in  price  per 
pound  during  the 
last  five  years  than 
the  average  of  good  meat;  hence,  there 
are  now  the  best  of  rejsins  why  cheese 
least  an  additional 
should  become  at 
army  ration 
in  ail  cases,  and  an  ex­
clusive  one  where  climate  and  ether 
conditions  make 
it  impossible  to  sup­
ply  meat  in  condition  fit  to  be  used.

It  is  but just,  however,  to  add  that  all 
kinds  of  cheese  are  not  suitable  for  ra­
tions  any  more  than  veal  or  mutton 
is 
as  suitable  as  beef  or  pork.  All  of  the 
soft  cheeses  quickly  made  and  soon 
cured  are  unfit  because  they  must  be 
used  as  soon  as  possible  aft^r  being 
ripened.  They  are  at  thei:  best  when 
just  ripe  and  at  their  worst  very  soon 
afterward.  They  are  good  in  their  sea­
son,  but  do  not  stand long  transportation 
nor extreme  heat  or  cold.

The  standard  Cheddar  cheese  made 
for 
long  keeping  and  produced  in  un­
limited  quantities  by  thousands  of  fac­
tories  in  the  United  States  is  an  avail­
able  cheese  for  rations.  Rich  in  nour­
ishing  power  and  agreeable  in  taste,  no 
ill  effects  follow  from  its  liberal  use  by 
people  who  are  active. 
Its  supply  and 
its  price  are  no  more  fluctuating  than 
of  any  other  staple  food.

The Swiss cheese,  of which great quan­
tities  are  now  made  in  our  country,  es­
pecially 
in  Wisconsin  and  Ohio,  is  an­
other  most  valuable  cheese  for  rations. 
It  heads  the  list  for  mild,  rich  flavors 
and  for  long-keeping  quality 
in  all 
kinds  of  weather.  The  process  of  mak­
ing  it  is  especially  devised  to  the  end

of  producing  a  cheese  which  bears  long 
keeping  and  extremes of temperature. 
Since  this  cheese  also  is  made  by  the 
factory  process,  its  supply  and uniform­
ity  in  quality  and price can be depended 
on.

In  the 

interest  of  the  health  and  life 
of  the  private  soldier  and  sailor,  and  to 
the  end  that  they  may preserve the vigor 
of  body  and  mind  so  indispensable  for 
efficient  work,  the  adoption  of  cheese as 
one  of  tbe  parts  of  their  food  ration 
should  nave  at  least  a  fair trial.

John  Lu c h s in g e r .

It 

is  of  vital 

importance  to 

Leave  Business  Cares  at  the  Office.
leave 
business  cares  behind  and  close  the 
office  on  daily  wonies.  Tbe  journalist 
who  edits  a  paper  during  the  day  and 
writes  stories  or  magazine  articles  at 
night  soon  goes  to  pieces,  like  Harold 
Frederic. 
is  the  same  with  other 
professions.

It 

A  man  may  study  in  the  quiet  of  his 
library,  but  he  should  devote  his  even­
ings  to  something  different  from  his 
daily  tasks. 
If  he  must  work  at  home 
let  it  be  in  the  morning  hours  when  be 
is  fresh,  rather than with  a fagged brain. 
The  principal  meal  should  be  eaten  in 
tbe  evening,  and  leisurely  digested,  and 
this 
reason  why  nothing 
arduous  should  be  done  afterward.

is  another 

Rest  should  be  positive  and  negative. 
It  may  be  continuous  or  taken  at 
inter­
vals.  One  person  requires  quiet  and 
cessation  from  all  exertion,  although  be 
may  play  cards  or  billiards,  or  chat 
with  his  family  or  friends.  Another 
finds  rest  in  change  of  occupation,  and 
can  work  hard  without  harm  provided 
it  is  a  different  kind  of  labor.

Men  who  are  actively  engaged  all  day 
should  not  seek  tecreation  at  the  opera 
and  theater,  which  are  not  sufficiently 
restful  for  excited  nerves,  but  they  need 
quieter  amusements.

Sunday,  which  should  be  a  day  of 
real  rest, 
is  spent  by  the  well-to-do 
American  in  a  far  from  hygienic  man­
ner.  He  rises  late,  swallows  a  hearty 
breakfast,  dawdles  around  reading  the 
billposter  papers,  or  goes  to  church, 
then  eats  a  heavy  dinner,  and  after a 
nap  and  a  stroll  on  the  avenue,  takes 
supper  of  hot  biscuits,  rich  salads,  cake 
and  preserves.  No  wonder  that  Mon­
day  is  blue  with  dyspepsia  and 
irrita­
tion.  Those  who  spend  at  least  part  of 
Sunday 
in  the  open  air  feel  refreshed 
for  their  week’s  work.

And  She  Didn’t  Have  To.

Young  Mistress— I  don’t  see  why  you 
should  leave  me  so  suddenly. 
I’m  sure 
I’ve  done  all  I  could  to  help  you  with 
the  housework,  and  I  have  done  all  tbe 
cooking.

Maid—Yes’m,  that’s  what  the  “ mat­

ter. ’ ’

“ What  is?”
“ I  can’t  stand  y ’r  cooking.”

Bour’s Blended Goflees

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 
It will  pay you  to  get  our  samples  and  prices—  
profit. 
that  is, 
if  you  are  in  the  business  to  make  money.
Some exceptional  bargains in  Teas  just  now.  Write  or 
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M A N ISTEE.

Her  Lumber  and  Salt  Interests  and 

Her  New  Resort.

Manistee,  Aug.  5— This  pretty  town, 
with  its  mills  and  millionaires,  bas  not 
only  a  great  number  of  magnificent 
lawns  and  costly  mansions,  but  has  our 
own  beautiful  Lake  Michigan  at  its very 
door. 
It  bas  also  an  air  that  stimulates 
like  wine,  and  perhaps  intoxicates  like 
it,  for  one  can  sleep  here  almost  ball 
the  time. 
lumber  mills  and  salt 
wells  are  the  two  great  sources  of 
wealth;  and  a  few  statistics  concerning 
both  may  be  of  some 
interest  to  the 
Tradesman’s  readers.

Its 

There 

is  350,000,000  feet  of  lumber 
manufactured  here 
in  a  year,  and  ex­
cept  for  the  deafening  noise  I  would 
like  to  stand  for  days  and  watch  the 
wonderful  machinery  that  conveits  logs 
into  boards,  shingles,  staves,  etc.,  etc., 
and  by  machinery  see  them carried  here 
and  there  with  such  precision  and speed 
and  tirelessness.  Thzt  is  the  comfort­
able feature of watching  machinery—you 
know  it  does  not  get  tired.  One almost 
forgets  that  the  vast  and  complicated 
mechanism  seen  in  these 
lumber 
mills  is  a  huge  monster  living  on  fire 
and  water.  But 
in  a  moment  he  re­
members  that  all  these  engines,  boilers 
and  furnaces  would  be  an  inert  mass  oi 
meaningless  matter  were  it  not  for  the 
invisible  thinking  mind  of  man  back  of 
it  all.

large 

To  own  a  salt  block  means  also to own 
a  lumber  mill,  the  same  machinery  be­
ing  used  for  both,  a  great  saving  of  fuel 
being  thereby  secured.  The largest  salt 
block  in  the  world  is  located  here;  and 
it 
is  a  wonderful  sight,  not  only  the 
vast  amount  of  machinery  required  but 
the  solid  acres  of  salt,  piled  up  like 
huge  mountains  of  snow. 
I  saw  them 
drilling,  with  a  weight  of  3,000  pounds 
attached  to  a  rope,  that  went  up  and 
down  as  noiselessly  as  the  falling  of 
summer  rain,  but  was  cutting  into  the 
solid  rock,  and  bad  already  reached  a 
depth  of  nearly  2,000  feet.  Five  thou­
sand  barrels  of  salt  is  manufactured  at 
this  one  plant  in  one  day.  There  are 
fifteen  immense  boilers  in operation day 
and  night,  furnishing  steam  to  run  all 
this  machinery.  There are  two  engines 
that  work  together,  of  250  horse  power 
each,  making  a  total  of 500 horse power.
long  rows  of  men  stand ing"in 
front  of  vats,  with  the  steam  from  the 
hot  brine  coming  up  and  enveloping 
them  like  a  mist.  They  stand  there  ten 
hours a  day,  with  heavy  shovels 
lifting 
the  wet  salt  out  of  the'vats,  where  it 
settles,  up  to  a  long  platform  above  the 
vats.  All  day  they  stand  there,  in  that 
salt  steam,  shoveling  salt,  bare-trunk£d 
and  bare-footed,  with  the  one  garment 
worn  to  meet  the  requiremert  of  law. 
I  never  saw  such  white  skin— it 
is 
steamed  white.  These human machines 
have  intelligence  and  feeling,  and  that, 
I  suppose,  is  the  reason  I  burned  on  to 
other  portions  of  this  vast  and  wonder­
ful  plant;  and  at  last  I  turned  my  eyes 
to  the  lake  that  bears  on  its  surface  all 
this  lumber  and  all  this  salt.

I  saw 

is 

It 

ideal 

But  I  want  to  tell  you  of the  new  re­
sort,  called  Orchard  Beach,  two  miles 
from  Manistee. 
in  having 
everything requisite  for  a  day’s  outing, 
and  when  the  cottages  are  built,  will  be 
a  beautiful  place  for  a  summer’s  out­
ing.  To  sit  under appletrees  and  hear 
the  music  of  Lake  Michigan’s  waves, 
to  look  ovei  fifty  acres  of  gieen  pasture 
dotted  about  with  tables  and benches for 
picnics,  with  patent  swings  by 
the 
score, 
free  to  all,  with  observatories 
supplied  with  seats  to  view  the  vast  ex­
panse  of  sea  and  sky,  to  go  down  by 
easy  steps  to  the  beach  and  sit  there 
in 
the  shade,  is  a  treat  that  every  one  here 
can  enjoy  for  a  five-cent  ride  on  an 
electric  car.  There 
is  a  hotel  being 
built  on  the  grounds  and  a  theater  bas 
just  been  completed,  finely  lighted  with 
electricity,  where  one  can 
listen  every 
night  to  very  good  talent.  To  be  sure, 
we  have  the  crowds  at  our  own  little 
Reed’s Lake (or, as  it now is called,  Ra­
mona  Lake),  but  here  they  have  grand 
Lake  Michigan.  And  yet  there  is  more 
in  the  magnetism  and  enthusiasm  of  a 
crowd  than  we are  aware  of.  The  great­

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

least  wonders 

est  and  the 
in  nature 
mean  more  when  seen  and  appreciated 
by  a  throng.  Reputation  adds  to  the 
value  of  a  place,  as  well  as  to  a  book. 
We  like  what  all  the  world  likes— partly 
because  all  the  world  likes  it.  And  so 
our  own  dear  little  lake,  where  so  many 
thousands  of  people  while  away 
the 
afternoon  or  evening,  has  worth  by  vir­
tue  of  the  great  numbers  who  visit  it,as 
well  as  for  its  own  quiet beauty.

The  man  who  has  fitted  up  this  place 
owns  not  only  these  broad  acres  of  or­
chard  and  meadow,  but  also  the  electric 
road  that 
leads  to  it;  and  while  be  is 
helping  others  to  a  great  deal  of  enjoy 
ment  he  is  at  the  same  time  doubtless 
making  it  the  means  for  pecuniary  gain 
to  himself. 
I  suppose  this  law  is  uni­
versal.  When  we  give  anothei  any  good 
we  receive  in  the  same  or  greater  meas­
ure,  and  this  law'  of  compensation  acts 
in  the  tangible  and 
intangible  things 
the  matenai,  mental  and 
alike—in 
spiritual  world.  We  water  a  plant  and 
it  gives  us  color and perfume.  We speak 
a  kind  word  to  a  dog  and  give  him  a 
bone  and  he  follows  us  to  the  grave 
in 
his  devotion.  We  forgive  an  enemy 
and  his  sincere  repentance 
is  our  re­
ward.  But  we  so  seldom  think  of  this 
law  as  applied  to  wealth.  The  world 
gives  a  man  the  opportunity  to  amass  a 
fortune,  he  in  turn  builds  factories,  de­
velops  mines,  opens  mercantile  houses, 
and thus gives employment to  thousands. 
Or  he  enriches  the  world  with  books  of 
travel— with  his  culture,  bis  gathered 
store  of  knowledge.  He  procures  what 
we  cannot  afford  in paintings  and  curios 
and  we  are  able  through  his  hospitality 
to  enjoy  them  the  same  as  he ;  for  we 
can  see  them,  and  that 
is  all  that  he 
can  do.  To  be  sure,  the  inherent  love 
of  possession  is  added  to  his  enjoy­
ment.  But  the  transitoriness  of  life  and 
hence  of  earthly  possession  makes  mere 
ownership  a  thing  of  minor importance. 
We  all  of  us  have  the  whole  world,  with 
its  beauty  and 
its  grandeur,  with  its 
lakes  and  its  mountains,  its  caverns and 
its  cataracts,  its  sunsets and  all  its  other 
glories.  And  our  ships  and  fast  express 
trains  have  brought  all  these 
things 
the  possibilities  of  so  many. 
within 
And  yet 
it  seems  to  take  the  wboie 
world,  in  these  later  days,  to  satisfy  us, 
both  young  and  old.  While  a  doll  or 
cheap  toy  was  once  enough  to  make  a 
child  happy  from  almost  one  Christmas 
to  another,  now  he  must  count  bis  gifts 
by  the  score;  and  they  must  be  costly 
and  wonderful  or  he  feels  defrauded  of 
his  rights.  Once  a  fond  aunt  who  had 
come  to  visit  a  sister  was  telling the  lit­
tle  nephew  that  she  was  going  to  get  a 
fine carriage with  a  driver  and  take  him 
and  bis  mother  out  riding,  when  he 
languidly  replied,  “ Then  what  will  we 
do  when  we  get  back?”   Once  older 
people  were  satisfied  with  comfoilabiv 
homes.  Now  we 
long  for  corner  le ts 
and  stately  mansions.  We  have  hurried 
on  from  tallow  candles  to  houses  ablaze 
with  electricity,  from  pine  floors  to  pol­
ished  oak  and  marble,  and  from  a  sim­
ple  homelike  meal  to an elaborate menu, 
with  its  foreign  dishes  and  accents.  No 
costly  silk  or 
is  now  beyond  our 
longings.  And  few  people  care  for  the 
simpler  lite.  Rather  we  are  awaiting 
new  inventions  and  improvements.  The 
fast  express,  although  each  year  shows  a 
little  more  rapid  rate,  is  still  too  slow, 
electricity  too  limited  in  its  application 
and  now  we  are  planning  to  bottle  up 
the  light  and  heat  of  the  great  sun  dur­
ing  the  summer  months,  just  as  we  can 
our  fruit  for  winter  use.  While  we 
sometimes  say  that  we  are  living  in  a 
wonderful  age,  yet  we  do  not  greatly 
mean  or  realize 
it—nothing  surprises 
us.  We  are  rather  expecting  an  Edison 
to  make  all  past  inventions  useless  in 
the  discovery  of  something  better.

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The  Same,  Again.

‘ ‘ What  would  you  like  for  luncheon, 
Tommy?”   asked  Tommy’s  mother,  as 
they  sat  own  in  a  department  store  res­
taurant.
‘ 1 Ice-cream, ”   replied  Tommy,  with 
a  smile  of  anticipation.
‘ ‘ And  what  else?”
‘ ‘ More 

ice-cream,”   said  Tommy, 

with  a  larger  smile  than  before.

Recipe  for  a  Saleslady.

This  is  a  very  easy  dish.  All  that  is 
required  is  a  little  giggle,  brass  to  sea­
son,  and  a  garnishing  of  frizzes,  bangs 
and  cheap 
jewelry.  Mix  in  an  empty 
skull  and  serve.

Jobbers of

C alciu m

C arb id e

and all kinds of

Acetylene Gas  Burners

Distributing  agents  for  The  Electro  Lamp  Co.’s 
especially  prepared  Carbide  for  bicycle  and  por­
table lamps, in  i, 2 and 3 pound cans.
Orders  promptly filled.

J a c k s o n ,  M ic h ig a n .

The  Howwhowhat.

In  has  been  said  that,  unquestionably  beyond 
reach of successful contradiction,  more  retail  mer­
chants make a failure of  their  business 
from  for­
gotten charges, caused by lack of  systematic  man­
agement,  than  from  all  other  causes  combined, 
which statement leads one to think things ought to 
change;  but  how?  By  whom  and  what?  First, 
How ?  By introducing a  system  to  this  class  of 
business men that insures them  against  the  possi­
bility of  a  forgotten  charge,  used  in  connection 
with a system for retailers which saves the  profits, 
only  from  which  are  fortunes  made.  Second, By 
whom?  By the Egry  Autographic  Register  Co., 
who plan systems for retailers in all  lines  of  busi­
ness, enabling them to save the profits by  stopping 
the  leaks.  Third,
By  what?  By  us­
ing  the Egry Auto­
graphic  Register— 
adapted to any class 
of business needs.

Address inquiries 
or  send  orders  for 
what  you  want  to

L.  A.  ELY,  Alma,  Mich.

WE  A R B   THE  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 
ideal generator on entirely  new 
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

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  tor  by  aU  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.  Umited territory for sale. 
Also dealers in Carbide, Fixtures,  Fittings,  Pipe.

Holmes-Bailey  Acetylene  Gas Co. 

Muten, Michigan.

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

:.  The generating capacity is larger than any other Gen­
erator on  the market, holding  1 lb. carbide to %  foot burner.
2.  Our  carbide  container  is  a  compartment  pan,  with 
pockets holding from  1  to 3  ibs. each,  the water  acting  on 
but one at a lime,  thus no heating or wasting of gas.

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

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

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

at all times the same even pressure.

5.  All  pipes are self-draining to the  condens­

ing chamber.

6.  Our  Gasometers  for  same  rat  d  capacity 
are the largest  on  the  market, and  will  hold  a 
large supply. 

It saves.

7.  The  Bruce  Generator,  when  left  to  do  its 
own work, will not  blow off  or waste  the  gas.
8.  Not least, but greatest.  Our Purifier takes 
out all moisture  and  impurities  from  the  gas,
naking it impossible for pipes to clog up or the 
burners to choke up and smoke.

BRUCE GENERATOR CO., MIES.  183-187 W. 5d Si, Si. Paul. 1 1 .

AMERICAN CARBIDE CO., 
Jackson.

Agento for Mich. 

Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights o! the Qrlp.

President,  Chas.  L.  Stevens,  Ypsilanti; Secre­
tary, J. C. Saunders, Lansing;  Treasurer,  O.  C. 
Gould. Saginaw,
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  J ames  E.  Day,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W. Allen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Grand  Counselor,  J no.  A.  Murray,  Detroit; 
Grand Secretary, G. S. Valmore, Detroit;  Grand 
Treasurer, W. S. Mest, Jackson.

Grand Rapids Council No. 131.

Senior Counselor, D. E. Key e s;  Secretary-Treas­
urer,  L.  F .  Baker.  Regular  meetings—First 
Saturday of each month in Council  Chamber  in 
McMullen block.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mataal  Acci­
President,  J .  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Geo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand 
Rapids.

dent Association.

Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Clnb.
President, F. G. T ruscott, Marquette; Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F. Wixson, Marquette.

Some  Good  Qualities  of the Traveling 

Man.

The  traveling  man  is  the  axis  upon 
which  revolves  this  great  commercial 
world.  He 
is  the  keystone—the  main­
spring  of  commerce.  His  power  is  felt 
in  every  clime,  city,  town  and  hamlet.
The  sun  never  sets  on  the  traveling 
man.  While  we  are  asleep  at home  sur­
rounded  by  our  loved  ones,  he  is  seen 
in  other  lands  canying  bis  grip  and 
selling  goods  to  dealers  in  every  section 
of  this  great  world.

in  their 

In  many  respects  the  traveling  men 
are  all  alike—all  represent  the  largest 
houses 
line;  all  sell  the  most 
goods;  all receive the  largest  salary ;  all 
have  the 
largest  number  of  girls,  and 
when  stopping  at  a  hotel  all  want  the 
coolest  room.

The  traveling  man  is  chief  diplomat 
and  plenipotentiary  extraordinary  for 
the  bouse  he  represents.  At  times  he 
acts 
in  the  capacity  of  arbitrator  and 
settles  differences  existing  between  bis 
house  and  customers.

The  traveling  man 

is  a  great actor 
and  plays  a  most  important  part  in  this 
great  comedy  and  drama  of  life.  He  is 
a  many-sided  man,  acquainted  with  the 
smiles  and  tears,  with  the  humorous 
and  pathetic.  He  can  fully  appreciate 
at  one  and  the  same  time  the  marvelous 
humor  and  flexible  conscience  of  Fal- 
staff,  the  pitiful,  mad  ravings  of  Lear 
and  the  pathetic  death  scene  of  Romeo 
and  Juliet.

One  day  he 

is  lighting  for business 
running  down  his  competitor’s 
and 
goods;  next  day, 
if  bis  competitor 
should  be  sick,  he  lends  him  twenty 
dollars  and  goes  for  the  doctor.

On  Sunday  he  goes  to  church with  bis 
best  girl  (did  I  say  his best  girl?  As 
though  a  traveling  man  has  more  than 
one  g ir l!)  and  joins  the  congregation in 
singing  ‘  Nearer,  My  God, 
to  Thee,”  
and  during  the  week,  when  he  is  out 
with  the  boys,  he  sings  ‘ ‘ There'll  be  a 
hot  time  in  the  old  town  to-night.”

The average traveling  man  is  a  Ches­
in  manners  and  knows all  the 

terfield 
arts  of  diplomacy.

Some  time  ago  a  traveling  man  ob­
tained  a  position  and  was  given  $100 
for  expense  money;  he  started  out  on 
the  road;  a  week  passed  and  the  bouse 
bad  not  heard  from  him.  Two  weeks 
passed  and  still  the  house  bad  not  re­
ceived  an  order  or heard  from  him.  At 
last  they  sent  him  the  following  tele­
gram : 
in 
two  weeks.  Are  you  still  with  us?”  
He  replied as follows:  “ Yours of  date

‘ ‘ Have  not  heard  from  you 

received.  Have 
$150.  Am  still  with  you.”

just  drawn  on  you  for 

In  traveling  over  the  country  the trav­
eling  man  certainly  gains  a  wide  ex­
perience and  a  broad  education.  He  is 
a  walking  encyclopedia—a  traveling 
school  of  universal  knowledge.

What 

the  average 

traveling  man 
knows  would  fill  a  large book—and  what 
he  doesn’t  know  would  fill a  still  larger 
one.  There  is  an  old  saying  that  " A  
rolling  stone  gathers  no  moss, ”   which 
is  quite  true;  but  it  gets  a  tremendous 
polish.

The  average  traveling  man  is  being 
educated 
in  the  school  of  nature.  He 
keeps  bis  cheek  close  to  the  breast  of 
nature,  and  his  education  is  as  broad  as 
the  sky.

He  does  not  confine  himself  in  the 
narrow  streets  and  the  high  walls  of  the 
city,  but  travels  in  the  cities,  through 
the  towns,  across  the  prairies,  through 
the  woods  and  over  the  hills.  He  comes 
in  contact  with  the  pessimistic  farmer 
and  optimistic  real  estate  agent.

But  to  this  blessed  day  be  has  not 
met  the  dealer  who  said :  “ Crops  are 
good,  business 
is  flourishing  and  I  am 
delighted  with  the  goods  you  sell.”

It  is  a  proud  satisfaction  to  know that 
there  has  been  an  evolution  of  improve­
ment  in  the  morals  of  the traveling  man 
during  the  past  fifteen  years.

Years  ago  it  was deemed  necessary  to 
drink  a  good  deal  of  bad  whisky  and 
play  a  worse  game  of  poker  with  the 
customers 
in  order  to  sell  goods—this 
idea  has  changed.  The  morals  of  the 
traveling  man  are greatly improved,  and 
now  he  can  take  a  front  seat  in  the 
higher  school  of  morality and humanity.
The  average  traveling  man  is  a  hu­
manitarian—the  flower of  humanity  has 
blossomed 
in  his  heart  and  his  heart 
and  purse  are  always  open  to  the  needy 
and  for  the  purpose  of  clothing  the 
naked,  curing  the  sick  and  feeding  the 
hungry.

There  is  in  him  “ the  touch  of  nature 
that  makes  the  whole  world  kin .”  
There  is  a  mistaken  idea  in  the  minds 
of  some that  the  average  traveling  man 
is  a  professional  flirt.  This  is  ceitain- 
ly  an  erroneous 
idea.  Ella  Wheeler 
the  traveling 
Wilcox  said  regarding 
man  on  the  subject  of  flirting: 
‘ ‘ True 
modesty  he  knows  from  artificial.  Will 
flirt,  of  course,  if  you’re  inclined  that 
if  you  are,  be  sure  that  be 
way.  And 
detects  you.  And 
if  you’re  not,  be 
sure that  he  respects  you. ”

One  of  the  saddest  acts  in  connection 
with  our  acquaintanceship  with  the 
traveling  man 
is  often,  after  we  have 
met  and 
learned  to  love  him,  we  must 
say  good-bye,  never  to  see  again  his 
bright,  cheerful  face.

A d o l ph   Bo l d t.

How  the  Jap  Advertises.

Here  are  a  few  of  the  printed  “ hair 
raisers”   which  Oriental merchants make 
use  of  in  advertising :

“ Goods  despatched  as  expeditiously 

as  a  cannon  ball. ”

“ Parcels  done  up  with  as  much  care 
as  that  bestowed  on  her  husband  by  a 
loving  w ife.”

“ Paper  tough  as  elephant's  hide.”
” The  print  of  our books  is  clear  as

g i n .
the  rival  steamship  companies. ”

“ Customers  treated  as  politely  as  by 
“ Silks  and  satins  smooth  as  a  lady’s 

cheek  and  colored  like  the  rainbow.”

A  drunkard 

is  a  m an  who  com m its 

suicide  on  the  installm ent  plan.

The  man  with  the  alcohol-tinted  nose 

seldom  deserts  his colors.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17

Can  Be  Dropped  Only  When  Compe­

tition  Is  Stifled.

The  relation  of  the  commercial  trav­
elers  to  the  trust  question  has been heat­
edly  discussed  without  the  presentation 
of  the  real  issue.  The  commercial  trav­
elers  have  published  dire  statements  of 
the  number  of  their  interest  thrown  out 
of  employment  and  the  loss  to  railroads 
and  hotel  keepers,  as  if  these  interests 
were another  vested  right.  Pierre  Lor- 
illard,  on  the  other hand,  exults  in  hav­
ing  helped  to  cut  off the expense of 350,- 
000  commercial  travelers—an  assertion 
which  shows  Mr.  Lorillard  to  be  as 
loose  in  his  statements  of  facts as  he  is 
hazy 
in  his  knowledge  of  economic 
ethics.

All  this  talk  fails  to  bring  out the real 
point.  The  commercial  travelers  have 
no  claim  to employment  unless they  per­
form  a  commercial  service,  and  the 
question  whether  they  perform  a  com­
mercial  service  can  be  decided  by  but 
one  test.  On  the  other hand,  while  their 
disuse  may  be  an  economy  to  the trusts, 
the  question  remains  whether  it  will  be 
an  economy 
in  the  complete  perform­
ance  of  the  commercial  transaction. 
This  point  can  be  illustrated  by  an  ex­
ample  from  the  humbler  walks of  trade: 
Every  corner groceryman  or butcher of 
enterprise  employs  a  messenger  to  go 
around  among  his  regular customers and 
take  their  orders  for  the  day’s supplies; 
and  then  most  of  them  deliver  the  sup­
plies  to  the  residences of  the  customers. 
We  can  very  easily  imagine  that  if  the 
retail  merchant  should  be  able  to  ex­
clude  competition  he  might  say:  “ This 
thing  of  keeping  up  messengers  and de­
livery  wagons  costs  me $500 or $1,000 
per  year.  I  will  cut  off  that  expense  by 
making  all  my  customers  come  to  the 
shop  to give their orders  and  carry their 
supplies  home. ”   But  while  this  would 
be  an  economy  to the  retailer,  the  fact 
that  no  enterprising  man  would  try  it 
under  competition  proves  that  it  is  only 
an  economy  because  a 
less  service  is 
rendered.

But 

itself. 

Now,  when  a  trust  is  formed  and  cuts 
off  its  commercial  travelers  it  makes  a 
saving  to 
the  question 
whether  there  is  a  real  saving  on  the 
completed  commercial  transaction  rests 
on  this  proposition :  Is 
it  cheaper  for 
one  representative  of  a  wholesale  bouse 
to  travel  to  a  hundred  or  a  thousand 
buyers  and  take  their orders,  or to make 
the  hundred  or  thousand  buyers  travel 
to  the  wholesale  house? 
It  is  to  be 
confessed  that  some  of  the  features  of 
in  the  light  of  mere 
“ drumming”   are 
solicitation  or  wheedling, 
like  book 
canvassing.  We  can  go  further and  say 
that  it  is  imaginable  that  progress  may 
develop  a  means  of  giving  customers 
full 
information  as  to  stocks,  varieties, 
prices,  so  that they  can  make  their  or­
ders  by  mail.  But  the  fact  that  for  the 
present  commercial  travelers  do  a  real 
commercial  service  is  demonstrated  by 
one  supreme  test.  That  is  that,  by  the 
recognition  of  the  commercial world,the 
commercial  travelers  can  be  dropped 
only  when  competition 
If 
anyone could  devise the  means  of  per­
forming  that  service  at  less cost it would 
win  the  greatest  success  under  compe­
tition,  because  competition  would  give 
the  buyer  the  benefit  of  the  economy. 
When  the  combination 
is  formed  that 
excludes  competition  the  dropping  of 
the  commercial  travelers  proves  the  be­
lief  that  it  can  make  the  buyers  pay  the 
same  price  for  a  less  service.

is  stifled. 

The talk  by  sciolist  combination  ad­
vocates  about  the  "cost of competition”  
makes  it  pertinent  to  say  that  competi­

tion  tolerates  no  unnecessary  costs.  The 
whole  force  of  competition  compels  the 
cutting  off of  unnecessary  expenses,  and 
the  business  man  who  most  successfully 
discriminates  between  the necessary and 
unnecessary  expenses 
is  the  one  who 
succeeds  under  competition.  But  the 
establishment  of  a  practical  monopoly 
may  enable  the  owners  of  it  to  put  on 
purchasers  a  part  of  these  necessary 
costs  in  order  to  support  the  illegiti­
mate  costs  of  plants  standing  idle  and 
highly  watered  capitalization.— Pitts­
burg  Dispatch.

Saginaw  Grocers  to  Picnic  at  Bay 

Port.

Saginaw,  Aug.  14— The  Saginaw  gro­
cers  and  butchers  have  decided  upon 
Aug.  30 as  the  date  of  their  annual  out­
ing  and  Bay  Port  as  the  place.
following  officers  have  been 

The 

elected  and  committees  chosen :

President—R.  A.  Horr.
Vice-President—Jacob  Stingel.
Treasurer— Erasmus  Christensen.
Transportation— A.  D.  Spangler,  F, 

Spatz  and  A.  G.  Heller.

Printing—J.  F.  Meader,  E.  H.  Mc­

Pherson  and  George  Sexslinger.

Games— George  Holcomb,  Ed.  Mann 
Music—C.  W.  L.  Wartenberg,  Wm. 

and  John  H.  McBratnie.
McKenzie and  E.  W.  McCormick.

Badges— P.  F.  Treanor,  Otto  M. 

Rhode  and  John  Doerr.

Prizes—F.  J.  Fox,  W.  H.  Lewis  and 

H.  J.  P.  Graebner.
Entertainment—S.  E.  Symons,  J.  S. 
Smart,  W.  C.  Phipps,  H.  W.  Carr, 
John  McPhillips,  A.  D.  Spangler,  F. 
J.  Crowley, H.  B.  Burdick,  James  Stew­
art,  J.  F.  Brand,  John  Stingel,  C.  A. 
Record,  W.  C.  Cornwell,  F.  A.  Bald­
win,  Frank  W.  Callam,  E.  Forrest,  W. 
A.  O’ Donnell  and  J.  F.  Marskey.

R.  A.  Horr,  J.  F.  Meader  and  P.  F. 
Treanor  were  named  as  a  committee  to 
meet  with  a  committee  of  the  Common 
Council  regarding  a  joint  outing  with 
the  city  fathers  and  their  families.

The  Drug  Market.

Opium— Dull  and  weak.
Morphine— Unchanged.
Quinine—Weak  and  lower  prices  are 

looked  for.

vance.

Cocaine—Very  firm  at  a  second  ad­

Cuttle  Bone—Scarce  and  advancing.
Ergot— Has  nearly  doubled  in  price 

and  is  tending  higher.

Menthol— Is  advancing  and 

is  very 

firm.

ing.

in  value.

Oil  of  Cassia—Very  firm  and  advanc­

Arnica  Flowers— Continue  to  harden 

Gum  Kino— Has  declined,  on  account 

of  better  supplies.

Linseed  Oil— Has  advanced  on  ac­

count  of  the  high  price  for  seed.

Turpentine— Has  advanced.

Difference  in  Strong  Arms.

* ‘ She  felt  the  strong  arm  of  the  law,' ’ 
he  said,  speaking  of  a  woman  who  bad 
got  into  trouble.

*' How delightful!”  commented the de­

mure  young  thing.

“ What 
is  delightful?”   be  demanded 
“ To  feel  a  strong  arm”   she  answered

in  surprise.
softly.

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

R E M O D E L E D   H O TEL  B U TLE R
I.  M.  BROW N, PROP.
Rates, $1. 

Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St.,  LANSING.
Taggart,  Knappen  &  Denison,

PATENT  ATTORNEYS

811-817 Mich. Trust Bldg., 

-  Grand Rapids 

9

Patents Obtained.  Patent Litigation 
Attended To In Any American Court.

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Drugs—Chemlcals

■ • -— 

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
A. C. Schunachbb.  Ann  Arbor 
-  Deo. 31,1899 
Dec. 31,1900
Gxo. Gundbum,  Ionia  - 
-  Dec. 31,1901
L. E.  R eynolds, St  Joseph  • 
H bnbt H n s, Saginaw  - 
Dec. 31,1903
Wib t  P. Doty, Detroit 
-  Dec. 31,1803

- 

President, Gao.  G undbum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Schumachbb, Ann Arbor. 
Treasnrer, Henry  Heim, Saginaw.
'Examination  Sessions.
Houghton—Aug. 29 and 30.
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. Sounwnm, Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chab. F. Mann, Detroit. 
Treasurer—J ohn D. Md ib . Grand Rapids.

Annual  Address  of  President  Sour- 

wine.*

It  is  with  unfeigned  pleasure  that  I 
greet  you,  upon  the  assembling  of  this, 
our  seventeenth  annual  convention. 
I 
am  sensible  of  the  many  honors  con­
ferred  upon  me  by  this  Association  and 
beg  to  acknowledge  them  with  a  feeling 
I  feel  that  1 
of  pleasant  indebtedness. 
owe  you  a 
larger  debt  of  labor  and 
gratitude  than  my  feeble  abilities  will 
permit  me  to  realize  or  perform,  and  I 
greet  you  as  a  friend,  a  co-worker,  in 
the  building  up  of  a  demoralized  pro­
fession  and  as  a  citizen  of  the  greatest 
republic  the  world  has  ever  known. 
It 
is  not  my  desire  to  burden  you  with  a 
long  recital  of  the  grievances  affecting 
us,  as  they  are  probably  better  known 
by  those  residing  nearer  the  seat  of  war 
than  I,  but  there  are  a  few  items  which 
appear  to  me  worthy  of  special  notice 
at  this  time. 
I  may  possibly  tread  on a 
well-beaten  track,  as  there  are  no  doubt 
members  of  this  Association  present 
who  have  studied  these  questions 
in 
their  various  phases  more  thoroughly 
and 
longer  than  I  have,  but  if  what  I 
may  say  will  arouse  any  new  interest  in 
the  cause,  I  shall  be  content.  This 
meeting  adds  another  honorable notch to 
the  history  of  the  retail  drug  trade  in 
this  State  and 
impresses  us  with  the 
perseverance  and  solicitude  of  the  older 
and  more  active  members,  who  are  still 
with  us,  and  who have  constantly  held 
in  view,  not  only  their  own  private 
in­
terests.  but  those  of  the  trade  in  general 
throughout  the  State  and  Nation,  for 
sentiment  created 
in  Michigan  has  its 
influence  on 
like  conditions  existing 
elsewhere,  and  I  hereby  wish  to  thank 
and  congratulate  the  members  who have 
been  longest  in  the  service.  They  have, 
by  their  allegiance  and 
inestimable 
service,  long  since  been  advanced  from 
the  ranks  of  honorable  privates  to  the 
higher commissions of generals-in-chief, 
with  mental  visions  widened  by  the 
scope  of  fleeting  years,  and  competent 
to  contrast  better  than I  the ever-chang­
ing  conditions  of  then  and  now.  They 
have  seen  the  pharmacist  of  other  days, • 
the  kodak  fiend  of  to-day,  or the  tall, 
straight  profession  of  two  decades  ago, 
emerge  from  the  mills  of  evolution  with 
a  bicycle  hump  on 
its  back  of  latest 
design,  and  the  end  is  not  yet.  They 
have  seen  the  scientific  side  of  their 
chosen  field  grow 
less  and  less,  until 
practically  all  save  memory  has  fled. 
I 
congratulate  you  most heartily on  the  re­
awakening  of  the  trade  everywhere, 
from 
its  lethargy  of  the  past,  and  its 
realization  that  while  it  may  have  been 
a  victim  of  unalterable  conditions,  it 
will,  phoenix  like,  rise  from  the  fires 
of  despondency  to  a  new  and  higher 
plane,  if  we  are  capable  of  coping  with 
the  practical  problems  as  they  appear. 
All  great  and 
lasting  reforms  have 
sprung  from  the  very  throes  of  despair, 
and  the  scenes  of  unfettered  ruins  have 
later  been  the  returning  highways  of 
progress.  The  appalling  business  de­
pression  of  the  past  few  years,  com­
bined  with  the  cut-rate  and  department 
store  problems,  has  had  a  tendency  to 
draw  us  closer  together  and,  like  the 
magic  touch  of  a  comrade’s  elbow  on 
the  field  of  battle,  has  changed  our  la­
mentations  of  grief 
into  shouts  of  de­
fiance.  Stoical  indifference  has  given 
way  to 
logical  action  from  a  practical
standpoint._____________________
♦Delivered  at  annual  convention  of the Mich-
igan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at
Jackson, Aug. 15.

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

In 

in  proportion  to  their  thrift. 

We  are  standing  to-day,  a  visible 
body  on  our  own  heath,  thinking  and 
working  out  our  own  destiny.  We  have 
forsaken  the  wailing  chorus  of  discord­
ant  grief  and  turned  our  eyes  towards 
the  Mecca  of  organization  and  union. 
A  year  ago,  our  country  was  engaged  in 
deadly  conflict  with  a  foreign  foe,  and 
we  forgot  many  of  our grievances in  our 
enthusiasm  for  the  flag.  A  war  of  hu­
manity  was  waged  that  an  enslaved peo­
ple  might  know  liberty,  and  I  am  glad 
to  say 
another  despotism  has  been 
driven  from  the  Western  Hemisphere, 
its  crown,  kingdom,  “ divine 
with 
right"  and  all. 
its  place  a  com­
mercial  despotism  has  established  itself 
in  so  many  forms  that  more  people  are 
commercially  enslaved  than  politically 
freed.  The  trusts  seem  to  control  every­
thing  worth  controlling,  and  do  it  with 
more  thoroughness  than  ever  before, 
and  the  burdens  of  the  small  dealer  in­
crease 
If 
this  is a  result  of  our  war  for humanity,
I  am  inclined  to  believe  that  the  other 
fellows  got  the  best  end  of  the  bargain, 
especially  as  the  retail  drug  trade  paid 
nearly  all  the tax,  and  with  no  apparent 
relief  from  this  burden  even  to-day. 
It 
is  further  reported  on  good  authority 
that  the  list  of  taxable  goods  in the drug 
line  will  be  extended.  This  probably 
means  the  placing  of  a  metre  on  each 
ray  of  sunshine  piercing  a  drug  store 
window,  as  there 
is  nothing  else  left. 
One  of  the  latest  trusts  to be  mentioned 
in  the  public  press  is the wholesale drug 
trust,  which 
is  said  to  have been  born 
in  the  East  and,  like  the  proverbial 
young  man,  has “ come  West  to  grow  up 
with  the  country.”   Just  how  far  it  has 
gone,  or  how  much  it  has  grown,  I  am 
unable  to  say,  but  judging  from  the 
thrift  of  the  others  of  its  class,  1  have 
no  doubt 
it  will  mature  and  make  its 
presence  felt  at  the  proper  time.  The 
general  tendency  of  all  the  holders  of 
capital  seems  to be  in  strong  combina­
tions  to  control the  output  as  well  as  the 
price  of  all  commodities.  A  legitimate 
profit  in  open  competition  seems  to  be 
too  slow  a  process  in  this  fast  closing 
century  and  small  retail  dealers  are  be­
ing  driven  out  of  business  to  satisfy 
combined  greed.  Arrogant manufactur­
ers  tell  us  to  help  ourselves  out  of  this 
difficulty  and  then  they  get  mad  and red 
in  tbe  face  when  we  proceed to do  as  we 
are  bidden. 
It  may  he  that  eventually 
these  things  will  be  regulated  by statute 
provisions,  classifying  all  branches  of 
trade  and  placing  sufficient  restrictions 
on  each  to 
insure  its  being  continued 
as  a  distinct  and  proficient  trade or pro­
fession.  This,  however,  is  not  a  pos­
sibility  until  its  political  and  commer­
cial  expediency  shall  have  been  demon­
strated  bv  the  numerical  strength  of 
those  interested.

Old  World  statesmen  and  scholars 
claim  that  all  out  civil  laws  are  mere 
experiments,  unless  based  upon  theirs; 
that  they  have  passed  through  tbe  ex­
perimental  age  and  are  now  doing  busi­
ness  on  tbe  ground  floor,  which  I  am 
inclined  to  believe  is  half  truth,  espe­
cially  as  applied  to  the  regulation  of 
different  lines  of  trade.  A  pharmacist 
in  the  older  countries  is  what  his  title 
implies  in  every  sense  of  the word.  He 
is  governed  by  laws  tending  to  develop 
the  practical  and  scientific  sides  of 
pharmacy  and  the  better  instincts  of 
mankind  in  general.  With  us,  it  is  the 
reverse:  We  in  the  State  of  Michigan 
are blessed  with  laws  enough  to  run  two 
prohibition  states  out  West  and  still 
forced  to  compete  with  the  man  whom 
none  of  tbe  laws  will  touch.  We  are, 
to  say  tbe  least,  at  a  decided  disadvan­
tage  in  being  forced  to do  business  un­
der  many  restrictions  not  applicable  to 
others,  and  our  hope  of  relief  can  be 
realized  only  by  thorough  organization, 
combining both political and commercial 
principles,  to  be  used  when  and  where 
necessary  to  make  our  organization  a 
legitimate  factor  in  tbe  proper  adjust­
ment  of  affairs  from  our  point  of  view. 
It 
is  said  that  it  takes  a  politician  to 
get  votes,  and  the  successful  politician 
is  the  statesman  of  our  time.  While this 
may  or  may  not  be  true,  I  believe  there 
is  more  in  it  than  an  empty  theory  and 
I  would  practice  politics  with  phar­
macy,  at  least  sufficiently  far  to  ascer-

tain  fthe  views  as  far  as  possible  of  can­
didates  and  prospective  candidates,  rel­
ative  to  future  legislation  in  which  we 
are  interested.  Mingle  in  the  affairs  of 
both  parties,  in  ward,  countv  and  dis­
trict,  aüd  make  of  ourselves  politicians 
as  far  as  our  own 
interests  are  con­
cerned.  We  have  already  bad  sufficient 
experience  to  warrant  our  keeping  on 
the  alert  for  future  attempts  at  political 
assassination  and  to  ever  remember that 
“ eternal  vigilance 
is  the  price  of  lib­
erty.”
Pharmacy  to-day,  as  a  profession,  is 
a  failure,  because  of  unlawful  compe­
tition  and  no  demand  for  tbe  scientific 
side of  it.  We  should  open  our  eyes  to 
this  fact  and  combine  more  of  the  prac­
tical  and  political  in  perfecting  our  or­
ganization,  local,  state and  national.  In 
every  city  or  hamlet  where  there  are 
two or  more  drug  stores,  there  should  be 
some  sort  of  an  organization,  working 
in  harmony  with  this  Association,  and 
through  it  with  the National Association 
of  Retail  Druggists.  Organization 
is 
our  weapon  for  warfare  and  our  shield 
for  defense.  Through  it,  and  it  alone, 
can  we  ever  expect  to advance  our  mu­
tual 
retail  merchants  or 
reach  a  higher  plane  professionally, ard 
I  would  like  to  see  this  Association  and 
tbe  druggists  of  tbe  State  generally  en­
dorse  the  National  Association  of  Re­
tail  Druggists 
in  no  unceitain  terms. 
In  my  first  report  io  this  body,  as  a  del­
egate  to  the  National  Wholesale  Drug­
gists’  Association,  I  advocated  the  for­
mation  of  a  national  association  of  re­
tail  druggists  as  the  only  means  of 
achieving  the  higher  aims  of pharmacy. 
This  has  been  accomplished,  and  at  its 
initial  meeting-at  St.  Louis,  in  October 
of  last  year,  it  represented  fifteen  thou-  I

interests  as 

sand  retail  druggists,  and  this  year  will 
represent  double  that  number,  as  there 
are  thirty  states  in  tbe  friendly alliance, 
giving  moral  and  financial  support  to  a 
cause  that 
is  destined  to  triumph  over 
the  miserable  conditions  that  have here­
tofore  prevailed.  Thus  far,  only  one 
state  has  refused  to  admit  the  wisdom 
of  national  oiganization— New  Jersey.

tbe  name  of 

Thorough  oiganization  will  solve  the 
problem  of  the  price-cutting  evil  and 
give  us  a  fair  return  for  money  in­
It  will  eventually  root  out  un­
vested. 
illicit  competition  and  make 
just  and 
It 
pharmacy  respected  as  a  profession. 
in 
will  protest 
liberty 
against  the 
levying  of  taxes  upon  one 
branch  of  trade,  either  in  war  or  peace, 
while  all  others  are  exempted. 
It  will 
prevent  certain  manufacturing  concerns 
who  have  one  price  for  druggists,  and 
a  less  for  hospitals,  from  fooling  even  a 
few  of  tbe  people  all  of  tbe  time. 
It  is 
to  be  regretted  that  our  pharmacy  law, 
as  revised  by  tbe  Special  Committee, 

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Myrlstica, No. 1......  
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@  50
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Piix  Burgun...........  @ 
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34®  44
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12®  14
18®  20
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Sapo, M.................... 
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Sapo, G.................... 
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Slnapis, opt............   @ 
so
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
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Soda Boras..............  9  @  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  @  11
Soda et Potass Tart.  26®  28
Soda,  Carb.............. 
2
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Soda, Bl-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3M@ 
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Sulphur,  Roll........  2j2@3 y,
Tamarinds.............. 
10
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Zlncl  Sulph............  
8

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75
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29® 41
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Cltrlcum.................
48® 50
Hvdrochlor............
3® 5
Nltrocum...............
8® 10
Oxallcum...............
12® 14
Phosphorium,  dll...
@ 15
Salicylicum.............
50® 6;
Sulphuricum........... Hi®
5
Tannlcum.............. 1  25®  1  40
38® 40
Tartaricum..............
Ammonia 
Aqua, 16 deg...........
Aqua, 20 deg...........
Carbones.................
Chlorldum..............
Aniline

4® 6
6® 8
12® 14
12® 14

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B ed .........................  45®  50
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25® 
30

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Juníperas
Xanthoxylum ..........  
Balsamum
Copaiba................... 
50®  55
Peru.........................  @275
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45®  50
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Cortex
Abies, Canadian__ 
Cassis  :................... 
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Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po. 
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Sassafras........po. 18 
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Carbonate Preclp... 
Citrate and Quinla.. 
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Ferrocyanldum Sol. 
Solnt.  Chloride...... 
Sulphate, com’l ...... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bin, per ewt.........  
Sulphate, p u re ......  

Flora

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
50
7

Arnica.................... 
Anthemls...............  
Matricaria

18®  14
92®  25
30®  35

25®  30
18®  25
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25®  30
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Barosma..................
Cassia Acutifol, Tln-
nevelly................. 
Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 
Salvia officinalis, M®
and Hs.................
Dra Ursl..................
Qummi
@  65
Acacia,  1st picked..
@  45
Acacia,  2d  picked..
®  35
Acacia,  3d  picked..
28 
Acacia, sifted sorts.
60®
80 
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14 
12®
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@
12
Aloe, Cape__po. 15
@  30
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40
60 
Ammoniac.............. 
55®
30 
Assafoetlda__po. 30 
28®
55
Bensolnum............   50®
13
Catechu, is..............  @
14 
Catechu, Ms............   @
16 
Catechu, 14s............   @
5 
Camphor».............. 
5C@
10
Kuphoiblum..po.  35
1 00 
Galbanum...............
70 
Gamboge  po........... 
65®
Gualacnm..... po. 25
@  30@ 2 00 
Kino...........po. !2.u0
-  00 
M astic....................
40
My-rh............po.  45
Op«x.. .po. 4.40@»4.‘0 3 a0@ 3 30
25®  35
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50®  80
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20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

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Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
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Rue.............. oz. pkg 
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
ThymuB,  V..oz. pkg 
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55®  60
Carbonate, Pat........ 
20®  22
20®  25
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Amygdal», Dulc__  
30®  50
Amygdal», Amar» .  8 00® 8 25
Anisl.......................   1 85® 2 OO
Auranti  Cortex......  2 40® 2 50
Bergami!.................  2 80®  2 90
75®  80
Cajlputi................... 
Caryophylli............  
70®  80
nedar....................... 
35®  65
Chenopadli..............  @275
''Innamorili...........  
I 40®  1  f0
35®  40
Coronella............  

Conium  Mac...........  35®  50
..................   1  15®  1  25
Exechthltos...........  l oo®  l  io
Erigeron.................  i  oo®  1  10
Gaultheria.............   i  50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippil, Sem. gal..  50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1  25®  1  35
Junípera................   j  50® 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
go® 2 00
Limonis 
..............  1  3-®  1  4S
Mentha Piper.........  1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhu»,  gal.........   1 00®  1  15
Onye v:  -v -........... 
75® 3 00
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io®  12
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Rosmarini...............   @  1 00
Ros»,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
..................   40®  45
| ab*n a ..................  
90®  1 00
Santal.....................   2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  55®  60
eS8-> ounce.  @  65 
TJ?lfl.......................  1 70®  1  80
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
15®  20
Theobromas........... 
Potassium
15®  18
gf Garb.................... 
Bichromate............ 
13® 
j5
gjomide..................  5i@  87
Gwh- • .................... 
12®  15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16®  18
Cyanide..................   35®  40
..............  2 40® 2 50
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
©  15
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10®  12
Potass Nitras........... 
io@ 
11
Prussiate............  
20®  25
Sulphate p o ........; .  Té®  *
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Aconltvm...............   20®  25
Aitilfie.....................   2201  25
Aram po..................   @  25
Calamus.................  20®  40
G entians......po.  15 
15
Glychrrhiza... pv. 15  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden.  @  70
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  75 
Hellebore,Alba,po.. 
18®  20
Inula, po................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po............... 4 60® 4 re
Iris plox —  po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Mwanta,  Ms...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po....  22®  25
ghei  ...  ...............  
  75®  1 00
5í¡f}’cnt.................  @125
75®  1  35
ghei.pv........... 
Spigelia..  -----  
 
35®  38
®  18
Sanguinaria... po. 15 
Serpentaria............   40®  45
gf 
40®  45
Simllax,officinalis H 
®  40
Smilax, M...............  
a   05
10®  12
gcUlae............ .po.35 
Symplocarpus, Foeti- 
dus,  po................. 
©  25
©  25 
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
15<a  20
Valeriana,  German. 
.............  
ia@  16
Zingiber]...............  
25®  27
Semen
Anlsum......... do.  15 
@  12
Apium  (graveleons)  13®  15
®frd>.ls.................... 
4® 
6
10®  12
Garni.............po. 18 
Gardamon................   1 25®  1  75
Corlandrum............ 
8® 
10
5  @  6
Cannabis  Sativa.. 
Cvdonium............... 
75®  1 00
10®  12
Chenopodium  ........ 
Dipterlx  Odorate...  1 40®  1  50
Fmnlculum............  
®  10
7® 
Fceuugreek, po........ 
9
L inl.........................  31X®  414
fini,  grd —  bbl. 3M 
4®  4%
Lobelia..................   35®  40
Pbarlarls  Canarian.  4!4@  5
g a p a ............   4H@ 
5
SinapisAlbu........... 
9® 
10
Slnapis Nigra.........  
li®  12
Spiritus

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

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage...............   2 00@ 2 25
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......  @  1 50
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__ 
®  1 25
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............   @  1 00
Hard, for slate use..  @  75
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®  60
Senega................. 
@  JO
S0111»..................... 
50

.......... 

niscellaneous

Sein» co .................  @  50
Tolutan...................  @  50
Pranus vlrg............  @  50
Tinctures
60
Aconitum N apellis R 
Aconitum NapellisF 
50
Aloes.......................  
60
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
60
Arnica.................... 
50
Assafoetlda............  
50
60
A trope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex...... 
50
60
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma................. 
50
Can t hari des........... 
75
Capsicum............. 
50
Cardamon............ 
75
Cardamon  Co... 
75
1  00
Castor...................... 
Catechu.................  
50
Cinchona............... ‘ 
50
Cinchona Co........... 
30
Columba..  ............. 
50
...............  
Cubeba. 
50
Cassia Acutifol...... 
50
50
Cassia Acutifol Co  . 
Digitalis........... 
50
Ergot......................  
so
Ferri Chlorldum 
35
Gentian..................  
50
Gentian Co.........  
60
Gulaca................... 
50
Guiacaammon__*. 
60
Hyoscyamus........ 
50
Iodine...................... 
75
Iodine, colorless.. 
75
Kino.......................  
50
Lobelia............ 
50
Myrrh......................................50
Nux Vomica.........  
50
Opii......................... 
75
Opli, camphorated. 
50
I  50
Opii, deodorized.  .. 
Quassin................... 
50
Rhatany.................] 
50
Rhel.......................  
50
S a n g u i n a r l a 50
Serpentaria............  
50
Stramonium.........  
60
Tolutan................................... 60
Valerian................. 
50
50
Veratram Veride.!! 
Zingiber.................. 
20
•<Ether, Spts. Nit.3F  30®  35
dither, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2M@ 
3
3® 
Alumen, gro’d .. po.7 
4
Annatto..................   40®  50
Antimoni,  po__  
4® 
5
Antimon! et PotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
@  35
@  20
Antifebrln........... 
Argent! Nitras, oz ”  @  50
Arsenicum............. 
10® 
12
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Bud  . 
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  Is 
@ 9
Calcium Chlor., Ms 
@ 
10
Calcium Chlor.,  us.  @ 
12
Cantharldes, Rus.po  @  75
Capsid  Fractus, af.  @  15
®  15 
Capsici Fractus, po. 
Capsici FractusB.po  @  15
12®  14 
Caryophyllus..po.  15 
@ 3 00
Carmine, No. 40.... 
Cera Alba...............  
50®  55
Cera Flava.............. 
40®  42
Coccus................. 
@  40
Cassia Fractus......’  @  33
Centrarla.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum............. "  
@  45
Chloroform.....  
50®  63
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  10
Chloral HydCrst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus............... 
20®  25
Clnchonidine,P.& W  *-@  43
Cinchonldlne, Germ  35®  45
Cocaine..................   4 30®  4 50
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct. 
70
Creosotum........ 
@ 3 5
®  2
Creta.............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
9® 
Creta, preclp.........  
11
Creta, Rubra.........  
@ 
8
Crocus.................... 
18®  20
Cudbear.................  @  24
CuprlSulph............   6H@  8
Dextrine.................. 
10® 
12
75©  90
Ether Sulph........*... 
Emery, all  numbers 
®  8
Emery, po....... .......   @ 
6
Ergota.......... po. 7J  E0®  60
12®  15
Flake  White........... 
Galla........................  @  23
Gambler.  ...............  
8® 
9
Gelatin, Cooper......  @  60
Gelatin, French...... 
35®  60
75 &  10
Glassware, flint, box 
Less  than  box__ 
70
9®  12
Glue,  brown........... 
Glue, white............  
13®  25
15®  Zi
Glyeerlna...............  
Grana  Paradis!  __  @  25
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @  90
@  80
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
@ 1  00
Hydraag Ammonlati 
@ 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®  501
Macis.................... 
65®  75
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
drarglod.............   @  25
10®  12
LiquorPotassArsInIt 
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
3
2® 
Magnesia, SuJjh.bbl 
@  1M
Mannia, S. F ........... 
50®  60
Menthol........ 
® 3  00
... 

WAIT
FOR
THE
WINNER

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

HAZELTINE 
&  PERKINS 
DRUG CO.,

G R A N D
R A P ID S,
M ICH.

20

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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.

BLU1NQ.

Parian.

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

Grits.

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

AXLE  OREASE

dot.  gross

Aurora..........................56 
Castor Oil.................... 00 
Diamond......................50 
Fraser's.......................75 
IX1, Golden, tin boxes 75 
nica, tin boxes............ 75 
Paragon....................... 55 

6 00
7 00
4 00
9 00
9 00
9 00
0 00

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
54 'b cans doz.................. 
45
H lb cans dos...................  85
lb can  dos............ ...... 1  60
1 
w lb cans 8 dos................. 
46
£  lb cans 8 dos.................  75
lb cans 1 dos.................   100
1 
10
Balk.................................... 
6 os. Bng. Tumblers........... 
85

Arctic.

A cm .

Home.

Peerless.

Bl Parity.

Oar Leader.

Qaeen Flake.

Jersey Cream.

BATH  BRICK.

6 oz. cans, 4 doz case.........  
80
9 oz. cans, 4 doz case.........   1  20
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz case...... 2  00
2H lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 4
5 
lb. cans, 1 doz case...... 9  00
u  lb cans per dos............   75
H lb cans per dos............   1  20
lb cans per dos............ 2  00
1 
u  lb cans 4 dos case........ 
35
K lb cans 4 dos case........ 
55
lb cans 2 dos case  ......  
1 
90
3 3 n
B &
54 lb cans, 4 doz case......  
45
54 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.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per dos............. 
85
u  lb cans..........................  45
54 lb cans..........................  
75
lb cans.........................  I  60
1 
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
8 os., 6 doz. case................   2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case 
...........3 20
9 os., 4 dos. case.................4 80
1 lb., 2 dos. case.................4 00
5 lb., 1 dos. case.................9 00
American........  ...................  79
English............ 
  80
Tomatoes...................  80®  90
Corn............................  80@1  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, French...... ....... 2  25
Pumpkin  ...................  75
Mushroom.................  15©  22
Peaches, P ie................1 00
Peaches, Fancy...........1 40
Apples,  gallons.........   ©3 25
Cherries  ....................   90
Pears..........................  70
Pineapple, grated........1 75  2 4O
Pineapple, sliced........ 1 35  2 25
Pineapple,  Farren___1 70
Strawberries............... 1 10
Blackberries..............  80
Raspberries................  85
Oysters, 1-lb................  93
Oysters, 2-lb................ 1 55
Salmon, fiats, key.......1 70
Salmon, 54 lb. fiats....  96 
Salmon, Red Alaska.. 1  25 
Salmon, Pink Alaska..  95 
Lobsters, 1-lb. Star....3 20 
Lobsters, 2-lb. Star —  3 90 
Mackerel,1 lb Mustard  10 
Mackerel, 1-lb. Soused.l 75
Mackerel,1-lb Tomato.l  75
Shrimps.......................2 00
Sardines, 54s domestic  354© 
Sardines, mstrd, dom.554©  754 
Sardines,  French.......8:. @322

 
CANNED GOODS.

CLOTHBS LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  dos......... 1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz-------1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz......... 1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz......... 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  dos  ... 
.1  80
Jute. 60 ft.  pei  doz.............  80
Jute. 79 h   fM>'  *0«.............   9f

COCOA.

James Epps & Co.’s*

Boxes, 7 lbs.............................40
Cases, 16 boxes........................38
COCOA SHBLLS.
201b  bags.......................  
254
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound  packages............. 
4
CRBAn  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bnlk In saeks..........................29
4 dos In case.
Gall Borden  Eagle............6 75
Crown  .  ..............................5 _
8
Daisy 
.................................5 75
Champion 
....................... 4 50
..................  J *
Magnolia 
Challenge.......................°
Dime 
.............. 3 85
COUPON  BOOKS. 

CO N D EN SED   M IL K .

.... 

Tradesman Orade.

Credit Checks.

Superior Grade.

Universal Grade.

Bconomlc Grade.

denomination from910 down.

50 books, any denom....  1  50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books, any denom....11  50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
50 books, any denom—   1  50 
100 books, any denom—   2 50 
500 books  any denom.... 11  50
1.000 bonks, any denom— 20 00
50books, any denom....  1  50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books, any denom— 11 50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
50 books, any denom....  1 50 
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books, any denom— 11  50
1.000 books, any denom— 20 00
500, any one denom’n ........ 8 00
1000, any one denom’n ........ 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ........ 8 00
Steel punch................• • • • • 
*»
Coupon Pass Books,
Can be made to represent any 
20 books  ........................  I  00
50 books...............................  2 00
100 books..............................  * 00
250 books............................ *
600 books................................J2 X
1000 books..........................
DRIED FRUITS—DOTOSSTIC 
Snndrled............ ..........O 7J4
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  OKH4 
Apricots.....................   Ö *5
Blackberries...............
Nectarines........................©,.
Peaches.......................10  ©“
Pears....................— •  ©
Pitted Cherries........... 
Prnnnelles..................
Raspberries....... .  —
100-120 25 lb boxes.........  © 4
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   © |
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   ©
70-80 25 lb boxes.........   ©
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  ©
50 -60 25 lb boxes.........   ©  8
40-50 25 lb boxes.........  ©10
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........   ©
14 cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Pronao.

California Pratts. 

Apples.

"X

Raisins.

145
London Layers 2 Crown. 
1  65
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown...............  
2 00
5
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown  6
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, choice......  
7V4
L. M , Seeded, fancy........  9V4

FOREIGN.
Citron.

Pool.

Currants.

Leghorn...........................©J1
Corsican...........................@*2
Patras bbls...........................© §54
Cleaned, bnlk  ................. © 6*4
Cleaned, packages........... © 7u
Citron American 10 lb bx ©13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx ©1014 
Orange American 10 lb bx ©10H 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes......  ©
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crown.........  ©
Sultana 3 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 4 Crown..........  ©
Sultana 5 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 6 Crown.........   ©
Sultana package.......  ©

Raisins.

 

CANDLES.

BROOnS.

Small, 3 doz.......................  
40
Large, 2 doz.......................  
75
.4o. 1 Carpet........................  2 31
So. 2 Carpet.....................  
  2 15
No. 8 Carpet........................   1 85
No. 4 Carpet........................   1 45
Parlor Gem........................   2 50
Common Wblsk.................   95
(fancyWhisk. 
..............   If0
Warehouse.........................2 70
8s  .........................................7
18s 
Paraffine................................8
wiCKing.............................. su
CATSUP.
200
Columbia 
ate is.
Coin  ,bla  4 pint*
I  25
CHEESE
Acme...................... @ 10>4
© 11
Amboy...................
Butternut............... @ 1014
Carson City............ @ 10
© 11
Elsie........................
Emblem.................. © 1014
© M
Gem.........................
© 10
Gold Medal.............
Ideal.......................
© 1014
© 10
Jersey  ....................
© 1014
Riverside.................
© 12
Brick.......................
© 70
Edam.......... ............
© 17
Leiden....................
© 13
Limburger..............
Pineapple.................50 © 75
(A 17
Sap  Sago.................
Chicory
5
Bulk 
.................... 
»
Red 

..
__  
CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker A  Co.’s.

German Sweet..............- 
Premium...........  
Breakfast 

..28
.............  35
46

COFFEE.
Roasted.

Rte.

Java.

Mocha.

Santos.

Roasted.

Maracaibo.

F air........................................ »
Good....................................... JO
Prim e......................................J*
Golden  ...................................13
Peaberry  ................................M
Fair  ....................................... J4
Good  ......................................15
Prim e......................................16
Peaberry  ................................18
Prime ................................. 
15
Mined...................................... 17
Interior...................................26
Private  Growth...................... SO
Mandehllng............................ 36
Im itation................................22
Arabian  ................................. 28
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......................29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha.... 29
Wells’ Mocha and Java-----24
Wells’ Perfection  Java...... 24
Sancalbo............................. 21
Breakfast Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo........1854
Ideal  Blend.........................14
Leader Blend...................... 1354
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
Invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  In  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, Including 
weight  of  package,  also \ c  
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10  50
Jersey.............................   10 50
rtcLaaghlln’s  XXXX.
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City 54 gross...... 
Felix )4 grosz................. 
Hnmmel’sfoll 54 groat... 
Hummel’s tin 54  gross... 
CLOTHES  PINS.
5 gross boxes.... 

75
1  16
86
1  48
40

Package.

Extract.

 

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

. 
Rolled  Oats.

24 2 lb. packages...............1  80
100 lb. kegs....................... 2  70
2001b. barrels................... 5  10
Barrels  ............................ 2 50
Flake, 501b.  drums..........1  00
Dried L im a..............
Medium Hand Picked 1  20@1  25 
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  80
Imported.  25 lb. box........ 2 50
Common....  .....................   1 
Chester............................  2 25
Empire 
..........................   2 50
Green. Wisconsin, bn.......1  00
Green. Scotch, bn.............1  10
Split, bn........ 
...  2 50
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........4 00
Monarch,  bbl........................3 75
Monarch,  H bbl................... 2 UO
Monarch, 90 lb sacks........ 1  80
Quaker, cases.................  3 20
Huron, cases......................... 2 00
German............................ 
4
SH
East  India__ 
Eesfey’s  Self Rising Floors. 
2 lb. cartons, 2 dz. In case..  1  80 
6 lb. sacks, 1 dz. fn 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.............................. 
6  .
Pearl................................  
4H
63£
Pearl, 24 1 lb. pkges........ 
Cracked, bulk................... 
314
24 2 lb packages............... 2  50

Graham.
Tapioca.

Entire Wheat.

Pastry.

Wheat.

Sago.

SALT  PISH.

Cod.

Herring.

rtackerol.

Georges cured............  © 5
Georges genuine........  © 514
Georges selected........  ©  6
Strips or bricks.........   6  © 9
Holland white hoops, bbl.  9 25 
Holland white hoop 14 bbl  5 25 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
70
Holland white hoop mens 
80
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  3  10
Round  40 lbs...................  1  40
Sealed............................... 
15
Mess 100 lbs......................  15  00
Mess  40 lbs......................  6  30
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  65
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  35
,<(0.1100 lbs......................  13 25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 6C
No. 1  10 lbs......................  >48
No. 1  8 lbs......................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  1>  50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  4  90
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  30
No. 2  8 lbs......................  107
No. 1100 lbz......................
No. 1  40 lbz......................
No. 1  10 lbs... 
..............
No. 1  8 l b s ....................
No. 1  i  o. 

Fam
100 lbs.............7 CO  6  50  2 25
40 lbs...........  3  10  2  90  1 20
10 lbs...........  85 
38
8 lbs........ 
33
7« 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

Whitehall.

Trout.

80 
66 

Perrigo’s.

Van.  Lem. 
doz
doz. 
XXX, 2 oz. obert.....1  25 
7b
XXX, 4 oz. taper.  ...2 25 
1  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 Brand.
2 oz. Taper Panel..  75 
2 oz. Oval................  75 
3 oz. Taper Panel.. 1  35 
4 os. Taper Panel.. 1  60 

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1..............  554©  6
Japan,  No. 2 ............ 4y*@  5
Java, fancy  head........5  ©  6%
Java,  No. 1.................  5  ©
T ab le..........................   @
Packed 60  lbs. <n  box. 

SALBRATUS.

'hurch’s Arm and Hammer.3  15
Deland’s 
...................... 3 00
Dwight’s Cow............................3 15
Emblem  ..............................3 50
P............................................3 00
Sodlo.........................................3 15
Wyandotte, lCO&s...................3 00
Granulated, bbls..............   f0
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  81)
Lump, bbls.......................   70
Lump. 1451b kegs 
...........   10

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 
Butter, barrels, 2801b. bulk.2 25 
Butter, barrels, 2011 lbbags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............  56
00 3 lbsaexB.............................1 95
60 5-lbsack8.............................1 80
2810-lb sacks..................... 1  05
60  4  lb. carton»....................8 <A
115  2541b. sacks.............     4  00
60  5  lb. sacks........................8 75
22 14  lb. sacks...............   3 50
30 10  lb. sacks........................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks................   32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bulk In barrels.........................2 50
56-lb dairy In drill bags......   80
28-lb dairy In drill bags......   15
56-lb dairy in linen sacks.  .  60 
60
56-lb dairy in linen sacss. 
56-lb  sacks........... 
...........  21
Grannlated Fine.................   60
Medinm  Fine......................  70
Per doz.

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.
Common.

Peiouze HousehoM....1200

SCALBS.

Warsaw.

Weighs 24 lbs.  bj ounces.

Jennings’.
D.C. Vanilla 
1 20
oz....... 1  50
oz....... 2 00
oz.......3 00
No.  8  4 00
No. 10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No  4 T.2 40

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

FLY  PAPER.

Perrigo’s Lightning, gro... .2 50
Petrolatum, per doz............  75

75
sage.
Hops

INDIGO.

65
50

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

Kegs 
Half Kegs.................................2 25
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 85
30
1 lb. cahs........ 
V4 lb. cans............................  18

.......... 

4 00

 

 

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

K egs........................................ 4 25
Half Kegs...............................-2 40
Quarter Kegs............................1 35
“ lb. cans.........   .................   34

Eagle Dock—Dnpont’s.

Kegs..........................................3 00
Half Kegs......   ................... 4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
‘ lb.cans..............................  46

JELLY.

151b  palls............................ 
|6
30 lb  pails............................  65

LYB.

Condensed, 2 d o z ................... 1 20
Condensed. 4 dos.................... 2 25

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................   30
Calabria.............................   „
Sicily....................................  }4
Boot.....................................  10

nATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur...................... 1 65
Anchor Parlor.....................1 70
No. 2  Home......................... 1  10
Export  Parlor.....................* ™
Wolverine................................. 1 2a

SEEDS.

Anise  ..  ...........................  9
(binary, Smyrna................  354
Caraway..........................   8
Cardamon,  M alabar......   60
Celery.......-........................   11
Hemp,  Russian.............. 
454
Mixed  Bird...................... 
45»
Mustard,  white................ 
5
Poppy  ..............................  10
454
Rape................................. 
Cuttle Bone........................  20
Scotch, In bladders.............  87
Maccaboy, in jars................  8'
French Rappee, in jars__ 
48

SNUPF.

n o  LASSE 8.
Now Orleans.

Black................................  U
F air..................................  
14
Good................................. 
20
Fancy  .............................  
24
Open Kettle...................... 26@35

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

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

PIPES.

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

65
85

POTASH.

4S cans in case.

Babbitt’s......................:...  4 00
Penna8alt  Co.’s......................8 00

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

PICKLES, 
riedlnm.

Small.

SOAP.

J A X O N

Single box........................... 2 86
5 box lots, delivered..........2 r0
10 box lots, delivered.........2 75
m. S.  KIRK S 60/8 BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome.........................................2 75
Cabinet..................................... 2 20
Savon........................................ 2 50
White Russian......................... 2 35
White Cloud,  laundry...  ..6 25
White Cloud,  toilet................. 3 50
Dnsky Diamond, 50 6 oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__ 3 00
Blue India, 100 3£ lb..................3 00
Kirkoline.................................. 3 50
Eos.......................................250
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 do z.......2 «u
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz................2 40
SODA.
Boxes  ................ 
Kegs. KngH®h... 

.........   554
4 %

Scouring.

SYRUPS
Corn.

2 25
1 75
2 25
Lem.  Van.
1  20
120
2 00
2.25

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   5 00
Half bbls  1,200 count 
....  3 00

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina head.................... 
t :
Carolina  No. 1..................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................   Ik

Barrels................................  17
Half  bbls.........................  1»
1 doz  1 gallon cans................. 3 9'
1  doz. 54 gallon cans........ 1  70
3  doz. a  gallon  cans  .......1  70
Fair  ............................... 
16
Good.......................   ......  20
Choice.......................... 
25

Pare Cone.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  ..............................jo
Cassia, Chlca In mats..___!l2
Cassia, Batavia in  band__25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls  __.Si
Cloves, Amboyna................H
Cloves, Zaniibar................. 12
Mace,  B atavia...................gg
Nutmegs, fancy...................go
Nutmegs, No.  1...................go
Nutmegs, No.  2...................4s
Pepper, Singapore, blact... j3 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 16 
Pepper,  shot........................]g
Allspice  .............................. 14
Cassia, Batavia...................3u
Cassia,  Saigon.................... 4u
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  A frican................ 15
Ginger,  Cochin............... 
is
Ginger, Jamaica  ................a
Mace,  Batavia.................... eg
Mustard......................... 12©18
Nutmegs,......................io@50
Pepper, Sing , black........... In
Pepper, Sing., white........... 22
Pepper, Cayenne................. 20
Sage......................................ig

Pare around In Balk.

STARCH.

KIngsford’s  Corn.

Diamond.

to l-lb packages...................6
20 1 lb packages.................... 834
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss.
tO l-lb packages..................6)4
6-lb  boxes..........................7
64 10c  packages  ............... g 00
128  5c  packages.................5 00
3210c and 64 5c packages.. .5 00 
201 lb. packages.................   5
401 lb. packages..................4R
l-lb  packages......................414
3-lb  packages......................  4%
6-lb  packages.....................   5
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3
Barrels  ...............................  3

Common Gloss.

Common  Corn.

STOVE POLISH.

Cigars.

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

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands

Fortune Teller...................35  00
Our Manager...................   3g  00
Quintette.......................... 3g  00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

8- C.  W...............................35 00
Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands. 
Vincente Portuondo. .35® 70 09
Ruhe Bros.  Co  ........25@  *0 00
TheHUsouCo............ 3'©U0  00
T. J. Dunn &  Co........35 rs  70 00
McCoy & Co..........   ..35® 70 00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10®  35 00
Brown Bros................15@  70 00
Banner Cigar Co........30®  70 00
Bernard Siahl  Co. 
..  35® 90 00
Banner Cigar Co........1  @  35 00
Seidenberg & Co........56@125 00
G.P. Sprague Cigar Co. 10® 35 00 
The Fulton Cigar Co.. 10® 35 00 
A. B  Ballard A Co....35@lT> 00 
E.  M. Schwarz & Co 
.3?®U0 00
San  Telm  ............ •...35® 70 03
Havana Cigar Co.......18® 35 00

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11
Pure Cider, Red Star......... 12
Pure Cider. Robinson........ 13
Pure Cider, Silver.............. 1:54

WICKING.

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

Baskets.

WOODENWARE.
Bushe’s......................... . 
i  00
Bushels, wide band..........   1  10
Market...............................  30
Willow Clothes, large....... 6 25
Willow Clothes, medium... 5 50
Willow Clothes, small......  5 00
2- 
3- 
2-wire, Cable...................... 1 35
3 wire. Cable,.................... 1  63
Cedar, all red, brass bound. 1  25
Paper, Eureka................... 2 25
FiDre...................................2 25

Tabs«

2i-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-inch, Dowell, No. 2.  ......5 25
16-inch, Dowell, No. 3........ 4 25
No. I Fibre......................... 9 03
No. 2 Fibre.........................7 50
No. 3 Fibre......................... 6 75

Pails.
hoop Standard............... 1  3g
hoop Standard............... 1  50

SUGAR.

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

No. 4,3-dos in case, gross..  4 50 
No. 6, 8 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 payB 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  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 ?9
Granulated In  bags................. 5 50
Fine Granulated......................5 50
Bxtra Fine Granulated.......5  63
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 63
Mould  A.................................. 6 75
Diamond Confec.  A........... 5 50
Confec. Standard A................. 5 25
5 00 
No.
.5 00 
No 
.5 00 
No.
.4 9» 
No.
.4 88 
No.
.4 81 
No.
.4 75 
No.
.4 {9 
No.
.4 63
No. 
No.  10...................................4 50
No.  I i...................................4 38
No.  12............  
4 31
No.  IS................. 
4 81
NO.  14...................................4 25
No.  15................................... t 85
4 25
N-  16

1 ....
2.....
8.....
4......
5.
6.
7.
8.
.
9.

 

 

TABLE  SAUCES.
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

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

Crackers.

The  National  Biscnlt  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Batter.
Seymour XXX..................   534
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6
Family XXX  ....................  5*
Salted XXX  ......................  534
New York XXX.................  534
Wolverine.........................  6
Boston................................  734
Soda  XXX  .......................   6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  634
Soda,  City...........  ...........   8
Long Island Wafers.........   11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12
Zephyrette...........................10

Soda.

Oyster.

Saltine Wafer....................  534
Saltine Wafer, 1 lb. carton.  634
Farina Oyster....................  534
Extra Farina Oyster.........   6
SWEBT  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  1034
Bent’s Water......................  15
Cocoannt Taffy.................  10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   to
Coffee Cake, Iced................10
Cracknells.........................  1534
Cubans  .............................   1134
Frosted Cream..................   8
Ginger Gems......................  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  734
Graham Crackers  ............   8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................  8
Jumoles,  Honey..................1234
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnuts...  16
Mich. Frosted Honey__   1234
Molasses Cakes.................  8
Newton.............................   12
Nic Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems.....................  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  834
Pretzels,  hand m ad e......   734
Sears’Lunch......................  7
Sugar  Cake.......................  8
Sugar  Squares.................  9
Vanilla  w afers................  14
Sultanas............................  12)4

M i c h ig a n   t r a d e s m a n
Grains and Feedstuffs

Candies.
Stick Candy.

bbls.  pails
Standard.................  7  ® 734
Standard H.  H........  7  ® 734
Standard Twist......  734® 8
@ 834
Cnt Loaf................. 
cases
_ 
Jumbo, 32 lb  .......... 
@634
Extra H .H .............. 
@«34
Boston  Cream........ 
@10

, 

Mixed Candy.

Grocers...................  
@ g
@ 634
Competition............ 
Standard................. 
@ 7
© 734
Conserve................. 
© 734
Royal...................... 
Ribbon.................... 
@ 834
Broken..................  
©  8
@ 834
Cat Loaf................. 
@ 834
English Rock.........  
Kindergarten......... 
@ 834
French  Cream........ 
@ 9
Dandy Pan.............  
© 834
Hand Made Cream mxd  ©13 
Nobby.................... 
@ 834

Fancy—In Balk.

San Bias Goodies....  @11
Lozenges, plain...... 
@ 9
Lozenges,  printed..  @  9
Choc.  Drops........... 
@11
©1234
Cboc.  Monnmentals 
Gum  Drops............  
@5
Moss  Drops............  
@ 8s4
Sour Drops.............. 
@ 834
Imperials.............. 
@ 9*
Ital. Cream Bnbns, 35 lb pis  11 
Molasses Chews,  15 lb. pails  13 
Jelly Date Squares..  @103*

Fancy—In  g  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops ' ......  
@50
Sour  Drops............ 
®sn
Peppermint Drops..  @60
Chocolate Drops  ...  ©65
H. M. Choc. Drops. 
@75
H. M.  Choc.  Lt.and
Dk. No. 12............  
@90
Gum  Drops__  __  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops  @50
Lozenges,  plain__ 
@55
Lozenges,  printed..  @55
Imperials...............  
@gg
@.‘o
Mottoes................... 
Cream Bar.............. 
@55
Molasses B a r.........  
@55
Hand Made Creams.  80  @  90 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Want............  
@65
String Rock............  
@go
Burnt Almonds...... 125  @
Winteigreen Berries  @55

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

@50

Fruits.
Oranges.

Fancy Rodl’s. 
Sorrentos......

@6  00 
@5  50

Lemons.

Strictly choice 360s..  @4  25
Strictly choice 300s..  @4 25
Fancy 300s.............  
@4 75
Ex.Fancy  300s........ 
@5  00
Bananas.

Medium bunches... 1  00  @1  25 
Large bunches........150  @175

Foreign Dried  Frnlte. 

Figs.

Califomias  Fancy..  @13
Choice, 101b boxes..  @12
Extra  choice,  10  lb
boxes new............ 
@16
@22
Fancy, 12 lb boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............  
@
Pulled, 6lb boxes... 
@
Naturals,  in  bags... 
@ 7
Dates.

@10
Fards in 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in 60 lb cases  @ 6
Persians, P H V......  
@6
@  6
lb cases, new........ 
Sairs,  601b cases.... 
@5

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  Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new...............
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks 
Chestnuts per bn..

Peanuts. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Sons 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted.................
Choice, H. P„ Extras 
Choice. H. P„  Extras, 
...............

Boasted 

©16
©14
©15 
© 1 ©10 
©13 
©11
©11 
©11 
©10 
© 734 
©  9 
©12
©1  60 
©3 50 
©

© 7
O 7 
©6

Provisions.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.

Mese  .............................   10 00
Back  ......................10 50©
Clear back.............. 
@ 10   75
Shortcut..........................  10 00
Pig...................................   H 00
Bean  .............................   9  50
Family  ..........................  11  00

Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies............................ 
Briskets  ......................... 
Extra shorts................... 

Smoked neats.

6
534
554

Hams, 12 lb average  __ 
Hams, 14lb  average 
... 
Hams, 16 lb  average...... 
Hams, 20 lb  average......
Ham dried beef  ............  
Shoulders  (N. Y.  cut).  .  7
Bacon,  clear......... 
California hams............  
Boneless hams................ 
Cooked ham...........-__ 10©15

1134
1134
11
1634
  7  @734
734
834

Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound..................... 
4%
Kettle............................. 
eS
55 lb Tubs —   ... advance  %
80 lb Tubs...........advance 
<4
50 lb Tins .  ......advance 
34
20 lb Palls........... advance 
34
10 lb Pails........... advance  %
51b Pails...advance 
1
8 lb Pails........... advance 
134
Bologna....................  
a
Liver.............................. ,*  7
Frankfort................. 
8
P o rk ......................... 
634
Blood  ............................ 
634
Tongue......................... 
9
Head  cheese................... 
7

Sausages.

Beef.

Extra  Mess......................... 10 25
12 so
Boneless  ................. 
Romp............................ .1200
_  
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs................. 
70
34  bbls, 40 lbs............... .  1  35
34  bbls, 80 lbs.................  2 50
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.................................  

Casings.

Tripe.

Bntterine.

Rolls,  dairy................... 
Solid, dairy.................... 
Rolls,  creamery............  
Solid,  creamery............  

u
1034
1534
1434

Canned Meats.

Corned beef,  2 l b ........2 25
Corned beef, 14  lb..........16 10
Roast  beef,  2 lb........... 2 25
Potted  ham,  ub.........   50
Potted  ham,  34s.........   90
Deviled ham,  34s.........   50
Deviled ham,  34s.........   90
Potted  tongue 34s.........   50
Potted  tongue 348.........   90

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass.........................7 © 834
Forequarters.............   6 ©  634
Hind  quarters...........  854©1034
Loins  No.  3.................12 @14
Ribs.............................g  @14
Rounds......................  @8
Chucks........................  6 @ 634
Plates  .......................  4  @5
Dressed......................  @6
L oins...........................S34@10
Shoulders...................  @  7
Leaf Lard...................  634@

Pork.

Mutton

Carcass.....................   834@10
Spring Lambs............ 12  @1234

Veal.

Carcass  ......... ..........   834© 9
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:
Green No. 1................  @8
Green No. 2................  © 7
Bolls....................... 
© 6
Cured No. 1................   © 9
Cured No. 2................  © 8
Calfskins,  green No. 1  © 9
Calfskins,  green No. 2  © 734
Calfskins, cured No. 1  ©10
Calfskins, cared No. 2  ©  834

Hides.

Pelts,  each.................  50© 1  00

Pelts.

Tallow.

No. 1...........................  @334
No. 2...........................  © 234

Wool.

Washed, fine  ............   ©16
Washed, medium.......  @20
Unwashed, fine..........  9  @12
Unwashed, medium ..14  ©16

2 1

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON STONEWARE. 

Batters.

34 gal., per dos.................   40
1 to 6 gal., per gal...........  5
8 gal., each......................  43
10 gal., each.....................   60
12 gal.,  e a c h ....................  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__2 40
2 to 6 gal., per gal............   5
Chum Dashers, per doz...  84 
34 gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.  40 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each  434

Mllkpans.

Churns.

Flue Glazed Mllkpans.

Jugs.

Stewpans.

Tomato Jags.

Sealing Wax.
FRUIT JARS.

34 gal. fiat or rd. hot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each  534 
34 gal. fireproof  v >»11, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireprooi, bail, dos.l  10 
34 gal., per doz..................  40
34 gal., per dos..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per g al... 
8
34 gal., per dos.................   50
1 gal., each......................  834
Corks for 34 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
34 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l  00 
5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
Pints.........................................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.............................  50
No. 3 Sun...........................   io0
Tubular................................  45
Security, No. 1.....................   60
Security, No. 2..................... 
80
Nutmeg  ..............................   50
LAMP CHIMNBY5—Seconds.
Per box of 6 dos.
No.  0 Sun..........................   1 28
No.  1  Sun..........................   1  42
No.  2  Sun..........................  2  12
No. 0 Sun...........................   1  50
No. 1 Sun...........................  1  60
60
No. 2 Son...........................  2 46

LAMP  BURNBRS.

Common

No. 
No. 
No. 

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

top,
top,
top,

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

80

Electric.

Rochester.

La  Bastlo.

No. 
No. 
No. 

top,
wrapped and labeled__  2 55
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 76 
top,
wrapped and  labeled  ...  t 75 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled.................................. 3 70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled.................................. 4 88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lames............  
No. 1 Sun. plain  bnlb,  per
doz  ................................. 
so
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bnlb,  per
doz  .................................   1 15
No. 1 Crimp, per dos.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per dos........... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)...... 3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)......4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c  dos)......  4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ........ 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c dos)........  4 40
Dos. 
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  42
1 gal galv Iron with spout.  1  52
2 gal galv Iron with spont.  2 55
3 gal galv iron with spout.  3 45 
5 gal galv Iron with  spont.  4 58 
3 gal galv Iron with faucet 4 50 
5 gal galv iron with  fancet 4 85
5 gal Tilting cans...................  7 25
5 gal galv Iron Naoefas....  9 09
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7  80 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rale.....................10 50
5 gal Home Rule.....................12 00
5 gal Pirate  King...................  9 59
No.  OTubnlar side lift....  4  00
No.  1 B  Tubular.................... 6 25
No. 13 Tubular Dash........... 6  50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__   7 00
No. 12 Tabular, side lamp. 14  0C 
No.  3 Street  Lamp, each..  8 75 
LANTERN GLOBES.
No.  0 Tabular,  cases 1 dos.
each, box 10 cents........... 
46
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15  cents.........  
45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 5 dos.
each,  per bbl, bbl. 00....  1  78 
No. 0 Tubular,  boll's  eye, 
1  25
oases 1 dos. each.

LANTERNS.

Pomp  Cana

OIL CANS. 

Wheat.

68
64

Old..................................... 
New.................................... 
Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents............................. 4 on
Second  Patent...................  3 50
Straight............................  3 25
Clear..................................  3 00
Graham  ............................3 50
Buckwheat.......................
R ye..................................  3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Daisy, 34s.............................3  60
Daisy, 348.............................3 60
Daisy, 34s.............................3 60
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  34s........................  3  60
Quaker, 34s........................  3  60
Quaker, 34s........................   3 60
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best 34s...........  4 45
Pillsbury’s Best 34s...........  4 35
Pillsbury’s Best V4s...........  4 25
Pillsbury’e Best 34s paper..  4 25 
Pillsbuiy’s Best 34s paper..  4  25 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Meal.

Olney A Jndson’s Brand.

Duluth Imperial, 34s............... 4 25
Duluth Imperial, 34s.............  4 15
Duluth Imperial, 34s..............  4 05
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 34s.......................  4 25
Gold Medal 34s.........................4 15
Gold Medal 34s....................4 05
Parisian, 34s...........................  4 25
Parisian, 34s............................. 4 15
Parisian. 34s............................  4 05
Ceresota, 34s......................  4 35
Ceresota, 34s......................  4 25
Ceresota, 34s......................  4  15
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 34s.........................4  30
Laurel, 34s .........................  4  20
Laurel, 34s.........................4  10
Bolted...............................   1 90
Granulated.......................   2  10
St. Car Feed, screened  .... 16 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats..........15 50
Unbolted Com Meal..........14 fO
Winter Wheat  Bran..........14 00
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 15 00
Screenings..............................14 00
New corn, car lots............ 3534
Less than  car lots............   3634
Car  lots............................. 2434
Carlots, clipped................   28
Less than  car lots............  30
No. 1 Timothy carlots......   10 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__ 12 06
Fish and  Oysters

Feed and MUIatuffs.

Oats.

Cora.

Hay.

Fresh Fleh.

Per lb.
Whitefish...............   ©  10
T rout........  ...........  ©  0
Black Bass..............  8  ©  10
Halibut..................   ©  16
Ciscoes or Herring..  @  4
Blneflsh..................   @  11
Live Lobster.........  
©  20
Boiled Lobster........  ©  22
Cod 
......................  @  10
Haddock.................  @  7
No.  1  Pickerel........  ©  u
Pike.........................  @ 
Perch........................  @  5
Smoked White........  ©  8
Red Snapper...........  @  9
Col  River Salmon 
©  13
............   @  2J
Mackerel 

• 34

Shell Goods.

Oysters, per  100......... l  25©1  50
"’'«.rrm.  mu* inn 

@1 rg

Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene.......................  ©1134
Perfection  .................  @10
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt 
©10
W W Michigan...........  © 934
Diamond White.........  © 834
D., S. Gas....................  ©1234
Deo. N aptha..............  ©1234
Cylinder............ .......29  ©34
Engine.......................11  ©21
Black, winter............   © 8

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2 2

AN  EIG HT-D AY C LO C K .

How  It  Resented  the  Familiarities  of 

an  Amateur.

Written for the T basxsxak.

I  came  across  a  jeweler,  on  a  recent 
trip,  who  certainly  hoids  to  the  doctrine 
that  everything 
in  nature,  and  espe­
cially 
in  human  nature,  is  ordered  for 
the  best.

When  I  went  into his  place  of  busi­
ness  he  was  talking  with  a  woman  who 
had  just  deposited  a  cheap  clock  on  bis 
showcase,  and  was  urging  him  to  set  it 
to  going  right  there  and  then. 
It  was 
one  of  the  clocks  merchants  give  away 
with  shoes  and  things  and  the  jeweler 
was  explaining  to  her  that 
it  could 
never  be  made  to  keep  good  time.

“ But  it  went  all  right  for  a  month," 
insisted  the  woman,  “ and  I  just  know 
you  can  make 
if  you  will  only 
try.”

it  go 

“ I ’m  sorry  to  say  that  it’s  a  hopeless 
case,”   said  the  jeweler. 
“ I  have'tried 
my  hand  at  dozens  of  these  clocks,  and 
I  have  never  yet  succeeded  in  making 
one  of  them  behave  as  it  ought  to. 
It 
was  not  made  to  keep  tim e;  it  was 
made  to  give  away.”

The  woman  snatched  up  the  clock 
and,  hastily'  wrapping 
in  an  old 
newspaper,  left  the  store  with  a  frown 
on  her  face.

it 

“ There’s  another  case  of  ‘ never  come 
into your store again, ’  ”   said the jeweler 
with  a  smile.

“ Why  didn’t  you  patch 

it  up  so  it 
wouid  run  a  few  hours  and  charge  her 
half  a  dollar?”   I  asked.

“ Because  I  don’t  do  business  in  that 
way,”   was  the  reply. 
“ It  doesn’t  pay. 
She  would  have  lugged  the  old  thing 
back  here  half  a  dozen  times  and  gone 
away  mad 
in  the  end,  so  what’s  the 
difference?”

“ Do  you  have  many  calls  of  that 

kind?”   I  asked.

‘ ‘ Lots  of  them, ’ ’  was  the 

reply. 
“ There  wouldn’t  be  much  amusement 
in  the  business 
if  it  wasn’t  for  cheap 
clocks  and  chatelaine  watches. ’

“ And  the  man  who  tries  to  repair his 
own  clock  before  he  brings  it  here,”   I 
suggested.

if 

“  Yes, ”  said  the jeweler,  with a laugh, 
“ the  man  who  tries  to  do  his  own  re­
pairing 
is  certainly  a  corker.  But  he 
has  bis  uses,  like  all  the  others,  and  I 
don’t  know  how  we'd  do  business 
it 
wasn't  for the  cranks.  Gift  clocks  and 
cheap  watches  finally  educate  people  up 
to  the  point  of  getting  good 
time­
pieces,  and  so  everything  works  out 
right  in  the  end.  But,  about  the  man 
who  tries  to  save  money  by  doing  his 
own  clock  repairing.  You  know  that  it 
is  a  common  experience  with  such  men 
to  have  a  few  wheels  left  over  after 
they  get  the  thing  all  put  together. 
Well,  I  had  a  customer  the  other  day 
who  hadn't  wheels  enough.”

“ It’s  a  wonder  he  didn’t  try  to  chop 

some  out  of  wood,”   said  I.

“ He  seemed  to  be  too  disgusted  for 
anything  of  that  kind,”   was  the  reply. 
“ You  see.  it  was  an  eight-day  clock,  a 
big  one,  and  Charley  had  an  idea  he 
could  save a  dollar  by  putting  it  in  run­
ning  trim.  So  he  took  it  upstairs  into 
the  front  chamber,  where  the  children 
wouldn't  annoy  him,  and  went  at  it, 
first  winding  it  up  good  and  hard.  He 
took  off  the  hands  and  the  dial  and  be­
an  to  unscrew  things  on  the  inside.”
Just  then  a  pleasant-faced  gentleman 
entered  the  store  and  made his  way  to 
where  we  were  standing.  The  jeweler 
looked  at  him  with  a  grin  on  his  face 
and  went  on  with  his  story.

“ When  he  got  into  the  interior  of  the 
clock,”   he  continued,  “ something  hap­
pened.  At  first  he  thought  a  cyclone 
bad  struck  the  house.  Then  he  got  an 
idea  from  what  was  going  on  that  a 
brass  band  had  exploded  several 
large 
horns  in  bis  private  apartment,  and that 
the  fragments  were  trying to  escape 
in­
to the  fresh  air.  But  about  the  time  a 
wheel  had  landed  him  one  on  the  nose, 
and  a  snake-like  spring  had  coiled 
it­
self  affectionately  around  his  neck,  he 
began  to  have  a  faint  notion  that  some­
thing  was  the  matter  with  bis  clock. 
He  told  me  confidentially,  afterwards, 
that  he  had  no  idea  there  were  so  many 
kinds  of  things  in  a  clock.”

The  gentleman  who  stood  listening 
shook  his  fist  at  the  jeweler  and  lighted 
a  cigar.

"You  know  you  did,  Charley,”   said 
the  jeweler,  “ and  you  asked  me  if  there 
wasn’t  any  way  of  gluing  them 
to­
gether  so  a  strike 
in  one  department 
wouldn’t  call  out  the  entire apparatus. ”
“ Oh,  if  you  want  a  cigar— ”   began 

the  gentleman.

“ Never  mind  now,”   was  the  reply, 
“ we  can  smoke  after  I’ve  told 
the 
storv.  Well,  this  friend  of  mine  got 
under the  bed  in  time  to  save  his  life, 
but  the  continuous  performance  went 
right  on.  A  portion  of  the  interior 
economy  of  the  clock  slid  downstairs, 
a  battalion  of  it  went  through  the  open 
window  and  landed  in  the  garden,  and 
what  was  left  of  it  diffused  itself around 
the  room  until 
looked  like  a  brass 
foundry  on  a  busy  day.”

it 

“ You  bet 

it  d id,”   interrupted  the 
gentleman,  “ and I’ve  just  been  down  in 
the  garden  to  see 
if  some  of  those 
wheels  and  pins  and  things  aren’t  about 
ready  to  sprout  and  grow  eight-day 
clocks.  They’re  planted  pretty  thick, 
and  I  thought  I'd  watch  them  and  weed 
’em  out  so  they  won’t  grow  dollar 
watches  on  account  of  not  having  room 
to  properly  develop. 
I ’ve  watered them 
every  night  for a  week.”

“ W ell,”   resumed  the  jeweler,  “ Char­
ley  brought  the  clock,  or  what  be  could 
find  of 
it,  down  here  in  a  bushel  bas­
ket  and  wanted  me  to  supply  the  miss­
ing  parts,  and  when  I 
informed  him 
that  I  didn’t  run  a  brass  foundry  he 
wanted  to  know  if  there  wasn’t  enough 
of  it  left  to  make  a  threshing  machine, 
or a  motor  for ah  electric  car  line.  You 
see,  he  had  an 
idea  that  about  all  the 
brass  in  the  world  was  concentrated  in 
that  eight'day  clock.”

“ If  you  could  see 

it  go  off,”   began 
the  gentleman,  “ you would have thought 
one  of  Dewey’s  ships  was  in  full  ac­
tion.  If  this  idiot  of  a  jeweler  had  only 
told  me  to 
let  the  spring  down  be­
fore— ”

“ That’s  one  of  the  secrets  of  the 
trade,  my  son,”   said the jeweler. 
“ We 
never  give  away  secrets  of  the  trade, 
but  I  don’t  mind  suggesting  that  the 
next time  you  do  business  with  the 
in­
ternal  affairs  of  an eight-day clock you’d 
better  use  a  pair  of  clamps  on  the 
spring. 
it 
around  the  room  and  hunting  around 
the  scenery  for  wheels  and  things.”

It  may  save  you  chasing 

“ The  next  time  I  want  a  clock 
fixed,”   said  the  gentleman,  “ I’ll  take it 
to  some  jeweler  who  understands  his 
business.  Have  you  got  any  diamond 
rings  that  you  give  away  with  twelve 
doylies?  Because  if  you  have— ”

“ I  think,”   said  the  jeweler,  “ that 
you’d  better  go  now  and  buy  the  cigars 
and  keep  still  about  the  jewelry  busi­
ness. ’ ’

And  he  did. 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2 3

Annual Address of President Sourwine.

[ con clu d ed fr o m   pa g e e ig h t e e n ]

and  recommended  by  this  Association 
at  our  last  annual  meeting,  should  have 
failed  to  meet  the  approbation  of  the 
State  Legislature. 
It  is  unfortunate,  in 
more  than  one  sense,  that  this  question 
should  be  dragged  back  and  forth  con­
tinually 
to  satisfy  the  never-ending 
whims  of  a  few  who  imagine  a  great 
deal  more  than  they  know.  The  flighty 
estimation  of  a druggist’s profits,  morals 
and  station  in  life  has  brought about  a 
combination  of  heretofore  warring  ele­
ments,  whose  whole  aim  seems  to  be  to 
make  life  unpleasant  for  somebody,  un­
der  the  guise  of  moral  improvement. 
The  attempted  passage  of  both 
the 
Flood  and  Nevins  bills  resembled  very 
much  a  preconcerted  effort  of both  saint 
and  sinner  to  “ put  down”   the  liquor 
traffic  on  one  hand  and  put  it  up  on  the 
other.  One  of  those  bills  was  so  con­
structed  that  it  would  have either driven 
half  the  druggists  of  the  State  out  of 
business  or  made 
licensed  saloons,  in 
name,  of  all  of  them.  This  is  not ad­
mitting  that  this  part  of  the  retail  drug 
business  is  profitable  or  even 
looked 
upon  with  favor  by  the  trade  in general. 
In  a  majority  of  cases,  the  net  revenues 
from  all  sources  combined  would  not  be 
sufficient  to  meet  this  extra  expense.

The  other  bill,  even  if  it  had  passed, 
would  have  choked  itself  to  death  with­
out  much  effort,  as  there  is  no  occasion 
in  this  great  republic  for  a citizen  to 
walk  up  every  Monday  morning  and 
stand  as  his  own  traducer. 
If  he  has 
committed  a  crime,  be  can  not  be  fined 
for  refusing  to  be  a  prosecuting  witness 
against  himself,  as  all  men  are  held  to 
be  innocent  until  proven  guilty. 
If  be 
has  committed  no  offense  against  the 
laws  of  the  State,  why  compel  even  a 
druggist  to  make  a  weekly  affidavit  that 
he  has  behaved  himself?

I  also  further  believe  that  the  ex­
empted  articles  in our  present pharmacy 
laws  (which  anyone  can  sell)  are  detri­
mental  to  the  interests  they  aim  to  sub­
serve. 
It  is  a  grievous  mistake  and  an 
entering  wedge  towards  making  a  farce 
of  the  higher  aims  of  pharmacy  even 
although  it  is  contended  for  on  the  plea 
of  expediency. 
I  know  this  is  an  argu­
ment  against  an  old  custom,  but  I  can 
not  see  the  wisdom  of  allowing  the  in­
discriminate  sale  of  poison  by  the  ton, 
as  well  as  other  drugs,  while  quinine 
and  cathartic  pills  must  be  bandied  ac­
cording  to  law.

My  honorable  predecessor  has  very 
wisely  called  your  attention  to  the  ad­
visability  of  securing  better  fellowship 
with  the  physicians  of  our  State. 
I  can 
but  re-amrm  what  he  has  already  said 
on  this  subject  and  hope  that  this  Asso­
ciation  will  make an  effort  to  bold  our 
annual  meeting  at  the  same  time  and 
place  as  theirs,  believing  that  thereby 
we  can  come 
into  closer  lelationship 
and  materially  advance  the  interests  of 
both.  Having  had  some  conversation 
with  the  leading  members  of  the  Upper 
Peninsula  Physicians’  Association  on 
this  topic,  I  believe 
it  can  be  so  ar­
ranged,  to  the  end  that  a  great  many  of 
the  perplexing  questions,  peculiar  to 
all,  can  be  eliminated  by  closer  affili­
ation.  Quacks  and  “ fakirs’ ’  traveling 
about  the  country,  preying  upon  the 
legitimate  profession,  should  meet  with 
no  friendship  from  druggists,  as  they 
live  wholly  on  the 
superstition  of 
afflicted  mankind,  which  discourages 
belief 
in  educated  professions.  They 
are a  menace  to  honorable  and  practical 
business  methods  and  should  be  op­
posed  by  all  druggists,  as  well  as  regu­
lar  practicng  physicians.  This,  I  be­
lieve,  we  owe  to  the  profession,  if  we 
expect 
their  friendship,  and  whose 
approbation,  I  have  no  doubt,  will  be 
given  us 
in  return  as  individuals  and 
as an  organization.  No physician should 
handle  his  own  medicine,  except  in  ex­
treme  cases,  and  no  druggist  should 
practice  what 
is  called  “ counter  pre­
scribing,’ ’  except  when  absolutely  nec­
essary.
Mutual  manufacturing  has  never  im­
pressed  me  very  favorably,  as  there  are 
too  many  opportunities  for  dissension, 
the  expense  too  large  and  the  actual 
working  factors  too  varied  and  intricate 
for  successful  development  by  a  large

body  of  stockholders. 
Theoretically, 
however,  it  is  all  right,  but  does  not  go 
far  enough. 
I  believe  in  the  manufac­
turing  of  a  universal  druggists’  line, 
the  actual  manufacturing  to  be  done  by 
some  firm  already  equipped  for  such 
work  and  financially  responsible  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  its  contract,  the 
formulas,  copyrights,  etc.,  to  belong  to 
the  retail  druggists’  association.  This 
would  prevent  the  possible  contention 
over  salaries,  mismanagement,  etc.,  in­
cident  to  the  working  of  such  concerns, 
and  preclude  the  payment  of  advanced 
funds  only  as  needed  to  purchase goods. 
It  would  also  give  us  these  goods  at  a 
much  less  price  than  we  are  now paying 
or  could  manufacture  them  ourselves. 
They  would  become  universally  known 
and  more  popular  in  time  than  the  ad­
vertised  patent  article  of  to-day.  We 
would  give  the  public  a  better  remedy, 
and  still  be  independent  of  the  rise 
in 
water  rates  in  either  New  York  or  Ver­
mont.

that  nine-tenths  of 

Our  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  always 
met  every  requirement,  as  far  as 
its 
limited  powers  would  permit,  and  is  a 
credit  to  the  State. 
If  we  ever  get  a 
pharmacy law based upon actual  require­
ments,  I  would  like  to  see  it constructed 
so  as  to  give  the  Board  power  to  revoke 
as  well  as  to  grant  licenses.  While  I 
am  satisfied 
the 
druggists  of  the  State  are  law-abiding 
and  practice  pharmacy  in harmony  with 
the  spirit  of  the  law.  yet  there  are  a 
few  whose  contumacy  casts  unpleasant 
reflections  upon  all.  Their  license  to 
do  business  under the  guise  of  druggists 
should  be  taken  away.  There  are  also 
those  outside of  the  trade  whose  mental 
vision  does  not  extend  beyond their own 
doorstep,  and  as  is  to  be  expected,  “ all 
druggists  look  alike  to  them. ”   They 
continually  compare  the  whole  trade 
with  the  worst  member  who  comes  un­
der  their  vision.

The  financial  and  numerical  standing 
of  this  Association  will  be  best  shown 
by  the  reports  of  the  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  and  I  refrain  from  comment 
thereon,  only  to  say  that they  have been 
earnest  in  their  labors  for  the  welfare of 
the  Association,  the  Secretary  especial­
ly  devoting  much  time  and  labor  to  the 
work.  Special  thanks  are  due  and  here­
by  extended  to  the  Legislative  Com­
mittee,  whose  efforts  in  our  behalf  have 
been  unceasing  and  trying  in  the  ex­
treme.  Their  labors  should  be  an  in­
centive  to  us  for  renewed  efforts towards 
better  organization  and  preparation  for 
future  conflicts.
To  all  the  officers  and  members  of 
this  Association,  whose uniform courtesy 
and  kindness  have been  a  pleasant  fea­
ture  of  my  official  year,  I  wish  to  ac­
knowledge  my  indebtedness,  and entreat 
you  to  continue  the  work  of  organiza­
tion  and  equipment  with  more  vigor 
than  that  of  the  past  year.

She  Always  Shopped.

Mrs.  Richmond : 

I  always  hate  to  go 
into  a  drug  store  and  ask  to  see  the  di­
rectory  and  then  walk  out  without  buy­
ing  anything.
Mrs.  Bronxborough:  Oh,  I  never  do 
I  always  buy  a  postage  stamp  or 

that. 
something.

Seems  Easy.

in 

Success 

is  like  catching  a 
chicken;  it  seems  easy,  but  in  reality it 
is  hard  to  do. 

_  ____

life 

A  man  never  wants  to  be  an  angel  as 
living  at  any­

long  as  be  can  make  a 
thing  else.
CHECK  PERFORATOR
Protect Your Checks.
Perforates any part of 
the  check,  top,  bottom 
or center, and  fills  per­
forations  with  Acid 
Positive 
Proof  Ink. 
protection.  Full nick­
eled.  Price  $5.  Sent 
on  ten  days’  approval, 
or  delivered  free  for 
cash.

SCHOOL  & OFFICE  SUPPLY  CO. 

Jobbers  in  Stationery  and School  Supplies 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

14 00

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS  AND  BITS

 

AXES

BARROWS

CROW  BARS

CARTRIDGES

BUTTS.  CAST

BLOCKS
BOLTS

Snell’s........................................................... 
70
J ennlng  genuine......................................25 A 10
Jennings’  Imitation...................................60 A1U
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
Railroad................................................... 
Qarden.................................................  net  30 00
Ordinary Tackle...........................................  
70
Stove...............................  
60
 
Carriage new list.................................... 
50
Plow.......................................  
50
 
BUCKETS
Well,  plain................................................. t 3 50
Cast Loose  Pin, figured............................... 70A10
Wrought Narrow.......................................... 70A10
Rim Fire........................................................40&10
Central  Fire.................................................  
20
Cast Steel............................................per lb 
5
Ely’s  1-10...............................................per m  65
Hick’s C. F .......................... .............. per m 
55
G. D...................................................... per m  45
Musket..................................................perm  75
Socket Firmer............................................  
70
Socket Framing........................................... 
70
Socket Comer..............................................  
70
Socket Slicks...............................................  
70
Morse’s Bit Stocks....................................... 
60
Taper and Straight Shank............................ 50A 5
Morse’s Taper Shank....................................50A 5
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
65
Corrugated..............................................  
1  25
Adjustable................................................dls 40&10
Clark’s small, 318;  large, 326........................30A10
Ives’, 1, 318; 2, 824; 3,130.............................  
25
New American............................................. 70&10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................60A10
28
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and26;  27.  ... 
16........ 
17
List  12 

GALVANIZED  IRON

EXPANSIVE BITS

FILES—New  List

ELBOWS

CHISELS

DRILLS

CAPS

13 

Discount,  65

14 
15 
GAS PIPE.
GAUGES
HAMMBRS

HINGES

HORSB NAILS

HOLLOW  WARB

KNOBS—New List

HOUSE  FURNISHING GOODS

Black o  Galvanized.......................... ........40A10
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................60A10
Maydole A Co.’s, new  list................................dls 33*
25
Kip’s  .......................................................dl& 
Yerkes A Plumb’s............................................. dl« tOAlO
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 80c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 50&10 
Gate, Clark’s, I, 2, 8...........................................dls 60A1G
State..........................................oer  do*, net  2 51
Poti......................................................................60
K ettles................................................................60
Spiders........................................................... ...60
An Sable.................................................. dls 40 A if
Putnam...................................................dls 
I
Cape well..................................................net list
Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 20A11
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................  
85
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.................   1  00
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dig 
7t
Adze Eye...........................................817 00, dls 60
Hunt Eye...........................................815 00, dlB 60
Hunt’s................................................818 50, dls 20
600 pound casks...........................................  
9
Per pound....................................................     9H
40
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.................................... 
40
Coffee, P. S. A W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleablea... 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry A Clark’s................. 
40
80
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 
Bird  Cages............................................  
4.
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
70
Screws, New L ist.................................. 
80
Casters, Bed and Plate...........................50A10AK
Dampers, American...............................  
5(
Stehbin’s Pattern.......................................... 60A10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60A10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30

MOLASSES  GATBS

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

MATTOCKS

LBVBLS

MILLS

2 80

NAILS

 

 

 

 

 

Advance over base, on  both Steel  and  Wire.
Steei nails, base....................................... 
 
Wire nails, base.............................................  2 90
30 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
06
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
8 advance.................................................... 
10
6 advance.................................................... 
20
4 advance..............................  
30
45
3 advance.................. 
2 advance................................................... 
70
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
50
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
35
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
25
Finish 10 advance......................................  
35
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
Finish  ¿advance........................................ 
45
Barrel % advance.......................................... 
85
Fry, Acme............................................   60A10A10
Common, polished............................... 
“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 %c per pound  extra.

PANS

PLANBS

Ohio Tool Co.’8,  fancy................................   @50
Sclota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, firstquallty.......................................  @50
Stanley Role and Level Co.’s wood............  
60

RIVETS

ROPES

SAND  PAPBR

ROOFING  PLATES

Iron and T inned........................................ 
60
45
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  5  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean...........................   6 50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  II  oil
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5  uO
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   6  00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............  i0 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal. Allaway Grade............   12  <«_■
Sisal, % Inch and  larger.............................  
10
Manilla................................................  
 
12
List  acct. 10, ’86...................................... dis 
50
SASH  WBIGHTS
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
SHBBT  IRONcom. smooth,  com.
33 00
3 00
3 20
3 30
3 40
3 50
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  80  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14...................................13 20 
Nos. 15 to 17..................................   3 20 
Nos. 18 to 21...................................  3 30 
Nos. 22 to 24 ..................................  3 40 
Nos. 25 to 26 ..................................  3 50 
No.  27.........................................   3 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHOT
D rop............................................................  1 45
B B and Buck.............................................  1  70
KÔH....................................................  20
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market indicated by  private  brands  vary
according to composition.
Steel and Ir;?  .........-.................................   70&10
Try and Bevels......... .................................  
60
M itre...........................................................  
50
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................8 7 {5
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................................   7  £0
20x14 IX, Charcoal......................................   8  50

TIN—Melyn Grade

Each additional X on this grade, 81.25.

SQUARES

SOLDBR

TIN—Allaway Grade

 

TRAPS

10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................   6 25
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................................   6  25
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................  
7  60
14x20 IX, Charcoal......................................   7 50
Each additional X on this grade, 81.50.
BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATB 

10
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
10
14x66 IX. for No  0  Boilers, i P®r P°una-  • 
Steel, Game............................................ 
75A10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
50
Oneida Community, Hawley A Norton’s 70A10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
1  25
Bright Market.....................................—  
60
  60
Annealed  Market................................ 
 
Coppered Market........................................  50A10
Tinned Market...........................................  50 & 10
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
45
Barbed Fence, galvanized  ........................   3 55
Barbed  Fence,  painted...............................  3 05
Barbed  Fence,  Plain..................................  2 80

WIRB

WIRB  GOODS

Bright..........................................................  
80
80
Screw Byes................................................... 
Hook’s..........................................................  
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................................. 
80
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s Genuine...............................................3CA10
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought......... 70A10
Coe’s Patent malleable............................... 70A10

WRBNCHBS

New Prices

on  Bicuclo 
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 Sandries.

MUSKEGON
AND RETURN
Every  Sunday
VIA

70A 5

cents Q.  R. &  I.

Train leaves Union 
Station at 9.15  a.  m. 
Bridge Street 9.32 a. m. 
Returning leaves 
Muskegon 7.15  p.  m.

24

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

G O THA M   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—Index  to 

the  Market.

Special Correspondence.

New  York,  Aug.  12— The  coffee  mar­
ket,  while  not  showing  any  material 
change,  has  maintained  a  steady  front 
all  the  week.  Dispatches  from  Brazil 
regarding  the  crop  have  been  conflict­
ing  and  European  market  advices  gen­
erally  indicate  a  weaker  feeling.  Re­
ceipts  of  Rio  and  Santos  Friday  aggre­
gated  61,000  bags,  and  this  has  been 
about  the  daily  story  of  the  week.  Job­
bers  generally  seem  to  be  pretty  well 
supplied  and  are  not  making  large  pur­
chases  ahead  of  current  wants.  Rio 
No.  7,  5%@5?ic. 
In  store  and  afloat 
there  are  1,215,582  bags,  against 874,908 
bags  at  the  same  time  last  year.  There 
has  been  a  moderate  movement  in  West 
India  growths,  quite  an 
improvement 
first  of  the 
being  shown  since  the 
month. 
This  applies 
to  the  better 
grades.  Good  Cucuta 
is  worth  8#c. 
Little  call  has  been  experienced  for 
East  India  growths

The  tea  market  may  be  called  fairly 
steady,  but  sales  are  only of an everyday 
character.  This  country  is  not  calling 
for  tea  very 
loudly  ]ust  now  and,  in 
fact,  the  demand  seems  to  grow  less.
Anticipating  freer  arrivals  of  new 
crop  rice  next  month,  buyers  are  just 
now  making 
Crop 
prospects  continue  favorable  and  the 
quality  excellent.  Foreign  grades  have 
been  quiet,  but,  as  a  rule,  prices  are 
steady,  with  Japan  at  43£c.

light  purchases. 

Buyers  would  have  taken  fairly  lib ­
eral  supplies  of  pepper  if  sellers  had 
been  inclined  to  accept  their  offers,  but 
no  concessions  will  be  made.  Other 
lines  are  quiet,  only  an  everyday  busi­
ness  going  forward.

The  general  tone  of  the  molasses mar­
ket  is  decidedly  quiet.  A  little  trading 
was  done  in  the  better grades  of grocery 
molasses,  but  both  sides  are  waiting  for 
the  advancing  season.  Good  to  prime, 
i 6 @ 2 6 c .

to 

Prime 

There  is  a  fairly  firm  undertone to the 
syrup  market.  Supplies  are  not  exces­
sive  and  quotations  generally  are  firmly 
adhered  to. 
fancy  sugai 
syrups,  i 8 @ 2 2 c .

Canned  goods  are  rather  quiet,  but 
there  is  considerable  business  going  on 
nevertheless.  The  tomato  pack promises 
to  be 
large,  as  canners,  owing  to  the 
failure  of  the  peach  crop,  will  make 
up  on  “ love  apples.”   The  decided 
decline 
in  price  of  string  beans  has 
been  checked.  Spot  demand  continues 
active  for  salmon,  with the season  closed 
on  a  very  light  pack.  Columbia  River 
tails  are  worth  $i.40@i  45;  flats,  $1.65; 
sockeye,  $i.2o@i.22^. 
is 
scarce,  with  standard  flat  tins  quotable 
from  $3  io@3.25.

Lobster 

Buyers  of  dried  fruits show no anxiety 
beyond  daily  wants  and  the belief seems 
quite  general  among  them  that  if  they 
hold  off  awhile  they will  benefit thereby. 
The  stock  of  prunes  seems  to  be  con 
centrated  in  a few bands  and  the holders 
will  make  the  most  of  the  situation. 
Apricots  show  an  advancing  rate,  and 
n c   f.  o.  b.  seems  about 
inside  quota­
tion 
Some  sales  of  desirable  dried 
peaches  were  reported  at6@6^c  f.  o.  b. 
for  shipment  this  month.  There  is  a 
fair jobbing  trade for evaporated apples, 
the  best  of  which  are  quotable  at  gX@ 
9 % c .

Extra 

in  prices,  it 

Lemons  have  not  moved  with  the 
freedom 
it  was  hoped  they  would  dis­
play  and,  while  there  has  been  no  par­
ticular  change 
is  likely 
that  holders  would  make  some  conces­
sion.  Choice  Sicily,  $3@3.5o,  with 
fancy  up  to  $4.5o@5. 
fancy 
Maoris  bring  $5@5.50.  Oranges  are 
selling  in  small  lots  and  at almost nomi­
nal  figures.  Extra  choice  Rod is,  $4.50 
@4.75,  with  fancy  stock  25c  per  box 
higher.  Bananas  are  steady,  with  firsts, 
per  bunch,  $ i @ i . 2o .  Pineapples,  Flor­
ida,  per  case,  24s,  $434.50

is  firm  and  advancing  so  that 
best  Western  creamery  is  fetching  from 
I 9 ^ @ 20C ,  although  possibly the latter  is 
a  trifle  extreme.  The  demand  has been 
sufficient  to  keep  stocks  closely  sold  up 
is  for  a
and  the 

immediate  outlook 

Butter 

steady  firm  market  for  several  days at 
least.  Firsts,  i8j^@i9C;  thirds  to  sec­
onds,  i 6 @ i 8 c ;  Western  dairy firsts,  15® 
16c;  Western  factory,  current  market, 
firsts,  I4@i4^c;  seconds,  I3^@i4c.

The  cheese  market  is  firmer  and  with 
higher  prices  at  primary  points  the  sit­
uation 
improved  all  around. 
Large  size,  colored,  choice,  g%c;  small 
size,  qK@9^c.
and  best  Western  fetch  from 
seconds,  I2@i2j£c.

Desirable  grades  of  eggs  are  wanted 
i5J£@i6c; 

seems 

Improvements  In  Road  Construction.
While  perhaps  less  of  public  atten­
tion  through  the  press  has  been given  to 
the  subject  of  road  building  during  the 
past  year  or  two,  there  has been  no  time 
in  which  the  rapidity  of  change  and de­
It  has 
velopment  has  been  greater. 
been  a  period  of  most  rapid  growth 
in 
the  science  of  road  construction, 
in 
which  principles  have  come  to  be 
recognized  greatly  simplifying the prob­
lem  as  to  practicability  and  cost.

Perhaps  the  principle  to  gain  most  in 
adoption  is  that of compacting materials 
in  the  production  of  road  surface.  A 
few  years  ago  the  matter  of  most serious 
consideration  was  the  obtaining  of  suit­
able  materials  for  producing  a  hard  and 
impenetrable  roadbed.  Such  material 
was  often  transported 
long  distances, 
making  the  cost  of  improvement  very 
great.  Now 
is  coming  to  be  found 
that  the  larger  portion  of  that  required 
to  make  an  efficient  roadbed  is  at hand 
in  almost  any 
locality—that  it  is  only 
necessary  to  furnish  an  admixture  of 
material  of  a  different  texture,  provide 
suitable  drainage,  compact the  roadbed 
and  depend  upon  the  traffic  to  make  the 
roads  better,  with  proper  attention  to 
any  tendencies  to  cut  or  break  up  the 
surface.

it 

The  problem  of  roadmaking 

is  com­
ing  to  be  much  simplified  by  the  means 
indicated,  and  especially  by  the  use  of 
It  is  remarkable  to  what 
heavy  rollers. 
an  extent  this  is  manifested  in  the 
im­
provement  of  city  streets.  A  few  years 
ago  a  permanent  improvement  must  in­
volve  the  expense  of a  macadam  foun­
dation,  or  other  similarly  costly  treat­
ment.  The  improvement  of  the  streets 
by  “ graveling, ”  the only cheap  method, 
was  very  unsatisfactory,  for  the  reason 
that  such  streets  were  soon  converted 
by  traffic  into  avenues  of  mud  and  dust, 
subject  to  serious  breaking  up  at  cer­
tain  seasons  of  the  year.  Now  this  is 
all  changed.  To  be  sure,  more  of  cost 
and  labor  is  put  upon  the  “ gravel"  im­
provements;  but this brings  permanence 
and  efficiency  to  compete  with  some  of 
the  older,  more  costly  methods  and  is 
yet  far  cheaper  than  any  other.  In  these 
improvements  the  first  care  is  perfect 
and  quick  drainage.  Slopes  are  care­
fully 
laid  by  the  engineer  which  will 
most  effectually  carry  off  the  storm 
water,  without  the  danger  of  abrasion, 
to  catch  basins  and  drains,  thus  giv­
ing  no  opportunity  for  softening  the 
material  of  the  roadbed.

improvement. 

This  material  is  the commonest gravel 
just  enough  clay  to  fill  the  in­
with 
terstices.  This  material 
is  put  on  in 
layers  and  firmly  compressed  by a heavy 
steam  roller.  The  work  ol  the  roller  is 
found  to  be  the  most  important  part 
in 
the 
In  Grand  Rapids 
this  season  they  are  run  constantly  six­
teen  hours  per  day.  The  degree  of 
compression 
is  such  that  the  roadbed 
becomes  as  bard  as  solid  rock,  perfectly 
impermeable  to  water  unless  subjected 
to 
long  soaking.  On  such  a  street  the 
ordinary traffic is a benefit in that it tends 
to  supplement  the  work  of  the  roller. 
is  no  reason  why  such  a  street
There 

may  not  sustain  considerable  traffic  and 
show  but 
if  any  deterioration, 
with  slight  repairs,  for  many  years,  or 
indefinitely.

little 

In  country  road-construction  the  same 
principles  are  found  to  be  relatively 
efficient.  A  well-drained,  hard,  com­
pacted  roadbed  is  all  that  is  necessary. 
The  road  itself  will  always  afford  a  por­
tion  of  the  material.  Mix  with  this 
something  that  can  be  compacted  by 
rolling,  perform  this  operation,  and 
then  see  to  it  that  there  is  no  unreason­
able  load  supported  by 
improper  tires 
allowed  to  pass  over  it.  Proper traffic 
tends  to  improve  such  a  road  provided 
the  slightest  care  is  given  to remedy de­
fects  as  they  appear.

The 

improvement 

of  highways 
throughout  the  country  is  going  on  at  a 
constantly  increasing  rate.  The project 
of  an  automobile  race  from  one  great 
city  of  the  country  to  another  would 
have  been  absurd  a  few  years  ago,  had 
there  been  such  vehicles.  Now  such 
races  are  projected  almost  anywhere, 
and  even  expeditions  across  the  con­
tinent  are  being  undertaken.

W.  N.  F u l l e r .

in  Evanston. 

It  takes  a  woman  to  get ahead  of  a 
railroad  train.  The  other  day  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Nathan  Allen  were  on  the  Evans­
ton,  111.,  station  platform  twenty  min­
utes  before  the  fast  mail  was  due  to 
pass northward.  Their  child  was  dying 
in  Kenosha,  Wis.  The  fast  mail  never 
stops 
Telegrams  were 
submitted  to  the  railway  people,  and 
ihey  were  tearfully  begged  to  stop  the 
train.  A  telegram  was  sent  to  the  sup­
erintendent 
in  Chicago.  He  replied 
that  he  could  not  stop  the  train,  al­
though  he  would  like  to  do it.  Sudden­
ly  the  fast  mail  hove  in  sight,  running 
fifty  miles an  hour.  Mrs.  Allen  pulled a 
crimson  lined  cape  from  her  shoulders, 
leaped  on  the  track  and  waved  the  gar­
ment  frantically.  The  engineer  shut  off 
the  steam  and  the  big  train  came  to  a 
halt.  The trainmen  jumped  off  and  de­
manded  to  know  the  trouble. 
“ My 
is  dying,  that’s  the  trouble,  and 
baby 
you  must 
to  Kenosha." 
"W e ’ll do  it,"   was  the answer,  and hus­
band  and  wife  stepped  aboard.

take  me 

If  all  the  men  who  expect  to  go  to 
Heaven  do  go 
it  will  be  a  mighty  de­
pressing  place  for  some  of  us  who  slip 
in  accidentally.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

41

on account of  the  death  of  the proprietor. 
For particulars  write  to  Mrs.  Anna  Tomlin, 
Bear Lake,  Mich. 

F o r  s a l e —STOCK  OP  DRUGS,  invoic­
ing  $2,000.  In  one  best  farming  towns  in 
Central Michigan, 500 Inhabitants; best location 
in town; about $6,000 cash sales last year.  Snap 
for right person.  Best  of  reasons  for  selling. 
Address No. 46, care Michigan Tradesman.  46
A  DRAG  STOCK  FOR  SALE VERY CHEAP 
TO RENT—TWO STORES IN NEW CORNER 
block  in  city  of  Belding—one  of  the  best 
towns  in  Michigan.  Has  eight  factories,  all 
running,  comprising  the  following:  Two  silk 
mills, two refrigerator factories, basket factory, 
shoe  factory,  furniture  factory,  box  factory; 
planing mill and flouring mill.  Stores  are  lo­
cated on Main street in  good  location.  Size of 
corner store, 25x85 feet.  Good  basement,  run­
ning  water,  electric  lights.  Rent to good par­
ties reasonable.  Address Belding  Land  &  Im­
provement Co., Belding, Mich. 
45
Nic e   c l e a n   stock  o f  h e a v y   a n d
shelf  hardware  for  sale.  B.  Hancock 
Cedar Springs, Mich.____________  
47  ’
OR  SALE—ONE-HALF  CASH,  BALANCE 
on  time,  clean  stock  of  general  merchan 
dise, in southern Michigan;  town of 1,000 Inhab 
Rants;  doing strictly  cash  business;  or if pre 
ferred,  will  sell  half  interest  to  right  party 
Reason  for  selling,  other  business  interests 
Address No. 34, care Michigan Tradesman.  31
FOR  SALE—BAKERY AND  RESTAURANT 
in good town  of 1,803 inhabitants.  Reason 
for  selling,  other  business.  For  particulars 
address V.  W.,  No.  33,  care  Michigan Trades­
man. 
33

Mieli. 

auire  of  Hollon  &  Hungerford,  Albion, 

best place in Michigan to start a bank. 

Fo r  s a l e—c h o ic e  sto ck  o f  g r o c e r-
ies in manufacturing  town  of 5,000;  south­
ern  Michigan;  surrounded  by  best  farming 
country  out  of  doors;  largest  trade,  ail  cash; 
best location;  finest  store;  modern  fixtures;  a 
money  maker;  sales  $40,000.  Address  No.  37, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
37
Fo r sa l e—b a k e r y  w it h   a l l  m o d e r n
equipments.  Good location  and excellent 
trade.  Poor health cause for selling.  Address 
John Wheeler, Union  St.,  Traverse  City,  Mich.
36
For  s a l e  a t  a  b a r g a in—good  c e n -
trally located  meat  market  with  fixtures, 
including engine, steam sausage cutter and ren 
dering kettle.  Sales, $800 a month.  Poor health 
reason  for  selling.  Chas.  Pulver,  Cadillac, 
24
Mich. 
Ra r e b u sin e s s  o p p o r t u n i t y ,  t h e
In­
vestigation will prove  the  assertion.  Address 
No. 27, care Michigan Tradesman. 
27
I7IOR SALE—CLEAN  STOCK  OF  CLOTHING 
1  and  men’s furnishings  in  one  of  the  best 
growing  towns  in  Southern  Michigan.  Good 
trade.  Other business, reason  for selling.  Ad­
dress A. M., care Michigan Tradesman. 
25
IF YOU WISH  TO  BUY  A  FINE  COUNTRY 
store and farm at a bargain, write  to  No.  29, 
29
care Michigan Tradesman. 
F'OR SALE—ONE-HALF INTEREST IN SAW- 
mill and planingmill, situated in a flourish­
ing village on Grand Traverse  Bay ;  good  local 
trade;  business well  established.  For  partic­
ulars address No. 28, care Michigan Tradesman.
28
TO  RENT—A  GOOD  BRICK  STORE  CEN- 
trally located in a thriving town.  Address 
for particulars, Mrs. E. F. Colwell, Lake Odessa, 
Mich. 
23
FOR  SA LE—GOOD  BA ZA AR  STOCK.  EN- 
Fo r  sa le  or e x c h a n g e f o r  g e n e r a l 
Stock  of  Merchandise—60  acre  farm,  part 
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  Michi 
gan Tradesman. 
12
THE 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. 
983
W ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A  RUBBER 
stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J.  Weller,  Muskegon 
Mich. 
958
FOR  SALE—NSW  GENERAL  stock,  a 
splendid farming country.  No trades.  Ad- 
dreBs No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman.  680
Mo d er n  c it y   r e s id e n c e  a n d  l a r g e
lot, with bam, for sale cheap on easy terms, 
or will exchange for tract  of hardwood  timber. 
Big  bargain  for  some  one.  Possession  given 
any time.  Investigation solicited.  E. A. Stowe, 
24 Kellogg street, Grand RapidB. 
993
■ NY  ONE  WISHING TO  ENGAGE  IN  THE 
grain and produce and  other 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. 
919
FOR  SALE —A  RARE  OPPORTUNITY —A 
flourishing  business,  clean  stock  of shoes 
and furnishing goods;  established  cash  trade; 
best store and  location  in  city;  located  among 
the best iron mines in the country.  The coming 
spring will open  up with  a  boom  for  this  city 
and prosperous  times  for  years  to  come  a  cer­
tainty.  Rent  free  for  six  months,  also  a  dis­
count on stock ;  use of fixtures free.  Store  and 
location  admirably  Adapted  for  any  line  of 
business and conducted at small  expense.  Get 
in line  before  too late.  Failing  health  reason 
for  selling.  Address  P.  O.  Box  204,  Negau- 
nee, Mich. 

913

16

40

MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED—POSITION  AS  CLERK.  NINE 
years’ experience in dry goods and general 
trade.  Address, No. 43, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
43
Book-k e e p e r  a n d  o f f ic e   m a n.  E x ­
perienced, wants position.  Best of referen- 
ces.  Address, 360 Sixth St.,  Detroit, Mich  42
W AN TED —POSITION  BY  DRUGGIST,  14 

years’  experience.  Address,  No.  40,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

39

31

T 7' X PE R IEN CE D   YOUNG BU SINESS  MAN, 
J - i  thoroughly  competent  to  take  charge  of 
financial or credit  departments,  would  like  to 
ally  him self  with  reliable  house  where  ex ­
perience and ability  w ill  be  appreciated.  Lo­
cation not material.  Address S, Box 524, Grand 
Rapids, Mich. 

W ANTED — EXPERIENCED  SALESMAN 
for  dry  goods,  clothing,  boot  and  shoe 
store.  Young  man  preferred.  Must  furnish 
good references.  Address No. 31, care Michigan 
Tradesman. 
WANTED—POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OR 
head  clerk  in  country  store.  Have  had 
valuable  experience  as  manager  of  a  lumber 
store  having  annual  sales  of  $50,000.  Salary 
moderate.  Can speak  Holland.  Address No.  6, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
32
W T ANTED—PHARMACIST  OR ASSISTANT, 
v V  Allan Little, Rapid City. Mich.______ U
W ANTED—POSITION 
IN  A  GENERAL 
store;  twenty years’experience;  good ref­
erences.  Address  No.  997,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
997
TXT ANTED—SITUATION  AS  TRAVELING 
vv  salesman, commission or salary,  clothing, 
boots and shoes, men’s furnishing goods or gro­
ceries.  Good  references  given.  Address  998, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
998
WANTED —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
992. care Michigan Tradesman 

Travelers*  Time  Tables.
CHICAGO

„   _ 

Chlng*.

Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey. 

,  
.  «> Rapids..7:10am  12:U0nn  5:05pm «2:15am
A.r.  Chicago.... 1:30pm 5:00pm  11:15pm *7:25au 
Lv. Chicago..  7:15am  12:00nn  4:15pm *8:45p r 
Ar. G’d Rapids  1:25pm 5:05pm  10:15pm  «1:50am 
UV. G’d  Rapids.  7:30am 2:05am  1:45pm  5:30pm 
Ar. Tray  City.,12:40pm 6:10am  5:35pm  10:55pm
At. 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..9:C0am  12:00nn 5:30pm..............
Ar. G. Rapids. .8:00am  1:25pm 5:05pm  10:15pm 
Extra train on Saturday  leaves  at 2:15pm  for 
Ottawa Beach.
Sunday  train  leaves  Bridge  street  8:40am, 
Union  depot  9:00am; 
leaves  Ottawa  Beach 
7:00pm.
Trains  arrive  from  north at ‘•: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.

Ottawa Beach.

«Every  day. 

Others week days only.

ÏÎP T D fH T   Qrand RaP,ds & Western.
" C   1   l \ V / I   1   Y 

June 26.  1899.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........7:00am  12  05pm  d.2t
Ar. Detroit.................  11:40am  4:05pm  10:05p
Lv. Detroit.................. 8:40am  1:10pm  8: nipt
A.r.  Grand  Rapids......   1:30pm  5:10pm  10:55p
Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.
Lv. G R 7:00am 5:10pm  Ar. G R 11:45am 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

—
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 

Geo.  DeHaven.  Genera! Pass. Agent

(IP ANH Trank Railway  System

v llV /m l 1 L9   Detroit and Milwaukee U

(In effect May  1, 1899.)

GOING  EAST

Leave  Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit & N Y.........t 6:45am  t 9:55pm
Detroit  and  East..................110:16am  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:>5  .m
Gd. Haven  and Int  Pts.........+12:58pin t  3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee...+ 5-12pm  tl0:llam  
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee  . .tl0:00pm  t  6:40am
Gd. Haven and Chicago........* 7:30pm  *  8:05am
Eastbound 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car 
to Detioit, eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car 
to Detroit.
•Daily. 

tExcept Sunday.

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

97 Monroe St.,  Morton House.

July 9,  1899.

GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana Railway
Northern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrtv 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey &Mack...* 4;t0am *10:(0pm 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey dt Mack...t 7:45am t  5:15pm
Trav. City &  Petosxev............t   1:40pm  T  1:10pm
Cadillac accommodation........t  5:25pm t!0 .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.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrtv.
Cincinnati.................... 
.t 7:10am  +  9 45pm
F t Way  e 
..+ 2 01pm  ♦  1  30
Kal  mazoo and V cksburg...  * 7:00pm  * 7:20-  •
Chicago and Cincinnati.........*10:15pm  * 3:5  am
>7:10  am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Coicinns 
and  parlor  car  ' 0   Chicago;  2:00pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Ft. Wayne;  10:15pm  train  has 
sleeping  cars  to  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Indian­
apolis, Louisville and St. Louis.
Chicago Trains.

...... 

FROM CHICAGO.

Lv. Grand Rapids...  7  10am  2 Oilpm  *10 15pm
Ar. Chicago.............   2  30pm  8 45pm 
6 25am
Lv. Chicago.............  3  02pm  *  8. l^pm  *11 32pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...  9  45pm  3:55pm 
7 20am
Trai ’ leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
car;  10:15pm, coach and sleeping car.
Train  leaving  Chicago 3:02pm  has  Pullman 
parlor  car;  8:15pm sleeping car;  ll.:32pm sleep­
ing car for nrattd Rapids.

TO CHICAGO.

M uskegon T rain s.

GOING WE*T.

9-OOam  2450m  7-15  m
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 

Lv G’d  Rapids............t7:35an*  +1  35pm tiGUp
ArMuskegO ' 
arrives Muskegon 10:40am.
Lv Muskegon..............+8  10am  *12  15am  *4 On,-
Ar G’d Rapids 
r2>ivm  ^  2*'.
Sunday  train  leaves  Muskegon  6:31pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 7:55pm. 
tExcept StinUay.  «Dally

GO NG EAST.
9:a0am 

C.  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................................7:00am ...........
A r  Manistee......................................12:05pm ............
Lv  Manistee.....................................  8:30am 4:10pm
Ar Grand  Rapids.......................   1:00pm  0:54pm

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Business Mes’s Association 

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

retary, E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan Retail Qracers’ Association 

President, J.Wisleb, Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  C.  G.  Jewett,  Howell;  Secretary 

Henry C. Minnie, Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Joseph Knight;  Secretary, E. Marks, 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, C.H. Frink.
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association
Klap;  Treasurer, J.  Geo.  Lehman.

President,  Frank  J.  Dyk;  Secretary,  Homer 

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

Saginaw Mercantile Association 
McBratnib;  Secretary,  W.  H.  Lewis.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J. Frank Helmer;  Secretary, W.  H. 

Porter;  Treasurer,  L. Pelton.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

land;  Treasurer, Wm. C. Koehn.  .

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association

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

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  W.  H.  Johnson;  Secretary,  Chas. 

H y m an.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
Holly;  Treasurer, C. A. Hammond.

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

b e l l :  Treasurer, W. E. Collins.

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

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

Partridge.

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

ber:  Treasurer, S. J. Hufpord.

St. Johns Business  Men’s Association. 

President, Thos. Bromley;  Secretary, Frank A. 

Pbbcy ;  Treasurer, Clark A. Putt.

Perry Business Men’s Association

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

Yale Business Men’s Association

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

T R A V E L

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A N D   S T E A M S H I P   LIN ES  

T O   A L L   P O IN T 8   IN  M ICH IG AN

H.  F .  M O E L L E R ,  a .  g .  p .  a .

E s ta b lis h e d  1780.

Walter Baker & Go. L3

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Dorchester, Moss.
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Largest Manufacturers 01

PURE,HIGH GRADE
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

AND

on this Continent.

No  Chemicals  are  used  in 

their manufactures.

Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious,  nutritious,  and costs  less  than one 
cent a cup.
Their Premium  No.  1  Chocolate, put up in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best 
plain chocolate in the market for family use.
Their  German  Sweet  Chocolate  1j  good  tc 
eat and good to drink.  It Is palatable, nutri- 
tions, and  healthful;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Buyers should ask for and be sure that they 
get tne genuine goods. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
W alter Baker &   Co.  Ltd.

Dorchester,  Mass.

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Nutritive  Properties.
Specially  Grateful  and

Comforting  to  the

Nervous  and  Dyspeptic.

Sold  in  Half-Pound  Tins  Only.

Prepared by

JAMES  E PPS  &  CO.,  Ltd.,

Homoeopathic  Chemists,  London,

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This Showcase only $4.00 per foot.

W ith  Beveled  Edge Plate Glass top $5.00 per foot.

Manufacturers  of  all  styles  of  Show  Cases  and  Store  Fixtures.  Write  us  tor 

illustrated  catalogue  and  discounts.

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You  ask  us what  we  mean,  we  answer 
that  by using any other than the Money 
Weight  System you  become  careless in 
your  weighing  and  unconsciously  give 
away  a  large percentage of your profits. 
Our  scales  are  sold  on  easy  monthly 
payments. 

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trade  papers  at  all  knows 

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Michigan
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has  the  largest  paid  circu- 

tion  of  any  journal  of  its 

class  in  the  United  States. 

Advertisers  should  think 

about  this.

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MICA

AXLE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING OILS

W ATER  W HITE  HEADLIG HT  OIL  IS  THE 

STANDARD  THE  W ORLD  O VER

H IG H E S T   PRICE  PAIO  POR  EM PT Y  OARBON  AND  G ASO LINE  BARRELS

STANDARD  OIL  CO.

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