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Number 834

Volume  XVII.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  13,1899.

The Preferred Bankers 
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Annual Statement, Dec. 31,1898.

Commenced Business 8ept.  I,  1893.

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2.  D ry  Goods.
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INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITIES.

Great  commercial  and  industrial  ex­
positions  are  institutions  peculiar to the 
present  age  of  commerce.  The  reason 
for  them 
is  plain  enough:  They  are 
vast  advertising  concerns.

The  present  age 

is  peculiarly  com­
mercial,  because  peoples  of  all  nations, 
languages  and  tongues  are 
kindreds, 
specially 
concerned 
in  exchanging 
products,  and  to this  end  are  great 
in­
ternational,  national,  state  and  other 
fairs  or  expositions  held  in  which  the 
products  of  the  various  peoples  and 
countries  are  exhibited  and  held  on 
sale.

A  century  ago  there  was  very  little 
change 
in  the  style  of  products.  Ma­
chinery  had  but  little  supplanted  hand 
labor and  most  manufacturing  was  done 
according  to a  routine  that  gave  an  air 
of  sameness  to articles of the same class. 
When  an  article  became  a  standard 
for 
quality, 
its  style  and  fashion  never 
changed,  for  fear that  with  the  changes 
of  form  it  would  fall  out  of  favor.

The  remarkable  impulse  that  has been 
given  to  inventive  genius  and  scientific 
discovery  has  created  not  only  new 
processes  of  production,  hut  an  almost 
infinite  variety  of  styles.  While  the  ex­
cellence  of  quality 
is  maintained,  the 
changes  in  style  and  appearance  have 
been wonderfully  various,  while  entirely 
new  products have  come  into  use. 
Im­
provements  are  being  constantly  made 
in  all  departments  of  production,  and 
one  of  the  most 
important  results has 
been  a  cheapening  of  prices.

How  are  people  to  keep  themselves 
informed  of  these  changes  and  improve­
ments?  The  only  possible way is  to view 
them  at  the  various  expositions  and 
fairs. 
It  must  be  apparent,  then,  that 
these  fairs  are  necessities  to the  con­
duct  of  business  upon  modern  methods, 
and  those  who  fail  to  patronize them, 
unless  so  constrained  by  necessity,  are 
simply  blind  to  their  own 
interests. 
A  great  commercial  and  industrial  fair 
is  a  commercial  and  industrial  univer­
sity.  More  than  this,  it  is  a  market,  a 
place  to buy  and  sell.

Great  national  and  international  fairs 
have  been  known  for ages  in  Asia  and 
Africa,  but  the  first  of  them  held  in 
Western  Europe  was  the  Crystal  Palace 
Exposition,  at  London,  in  1851.  Since 
then  similar exhibitions  have  been held

in  various  countries  of  Europe  and  in 
several  cities  of  the  United States.  The 
fact  is,  so numerous  and  rapid  are  the 
changes  in  processes  of  production  and 
in  the  styles  of  the  products,  that  a 
world’s  fair  is  necessary  every  ten  years 
to enable  a  fair account  of the  progress 
made  to  he  taken,  and  the  value  and 
importance  of  the  improvements to be 
ascertained.

R e-establishm ent  o f  E quality  on  a  Kirin 

Basis.

Retail  grocers  generally  will  hail  with 
satisfaction  the  news  that  a  new  ar­
rangement  has been  entered  into  by  the 
wholesale  grocers  of  the  United  States 
and  the  American  Sugar  Refining  Co., 
providing  for the  re-establishment of the 
equality  plan  on  a  substantial  basis. 
The  old  equality  plan  worked  very  sat­
isfactorily  until  the  advent  of the 
inde­
pendent  refineries  in  New  York,  which 
had  a  tendency  to  unsettle  values  and 
demoralize  the  business  methods  which 
prevailed  prior  to  that  time. 
It  was 
manifestly  ridiculous  for the wholesale 
grocers  to  enter  into  an  arrangement 
with  the  independent refineries,  because 
their combined  output  is  not  sufficient 
to  meet one-half  of  the  consumptive  re­
quirements  of  the  country,  and  the  only 
course 
left  open  for  them  was  to seek 
an  alliance  with  the  American  Sugar 
Refining  Co.,  with  which  negotiations 
have been  in  progress  for some  months, 
culminating,  last  week,  in  the  adoption 
of  the  following  plan,  as  promulgated 
by  the  American  Sugar  Refining  Co.  :

Sugars  will  be  billed  by  the  American 
Sugar  Refining  Co.  at  the  New  York 
(long)  list  price  for each  state,  plus  the 
freight  to  jobber’s  town,  same  as  here­
tofore.
The  3 -16 C   will  be  deducted  from  the 
invoice,  and  same  will  be  subject  to  a 
discount  of  1  per cent,  for cash  in  seven 
days.  The  1  per cent,  trade  discount  is 
discontinued.
The  jobber  must  sell  the sugar accord­
ing  to  the  factor  plan :  Taking  the  New 
York  card  price  for  each  State  as a 
basis,  adding  the  rate  of  freight  in  the 
rate  book,  and  may  deduct  up  to  3-16c 
per  pound,  and  this  will  give  the  lowest 
delivered  price  at  any  point.
Jobbers  who  handle  the  American 
Sugar  Refining  Co.’s  product  (with  the 
exception  of  domestic  beet  and  domes­
tic  cane  sugar),  and  sell  them  strictly 
according  to their  rules  and  terms,  and 
not  below  the 
lowest  prices,  as  ex­
pressed  above,  of the  factor  plan,  will at 
the  end  of  60  days  receive  from  the 
American  Sugar  Refining  Co.  a  volun­
tary  gratuity  of  y%c  per  pound  on  their 
purchases.
to  above.

All  outstanding  contracts  to  conform 

How  th e   G rocer  Got  Even.
The bad boy had a roguish lamb 
That followed him around,
And every place the bad boy went, 
The lamb it would be found.

The boy would to the grocer’s go,
The lamb would follow after.
The way the pair the grocer gouged 
Would kill a mule with  laughter.

The boy would “  work ”  the inside,
The crackers,  pie and cheese;
The lamb would “  work ”  the outside,
The cabbage, squash and peas.

Yet, strange, the grocer rolled  up wealth— 
A ll honest grocers do—
For every dollar’s worth they ate 
He charged the boy’s pa two.

Number 834

IHSTRIKUTION  OF  T H E   JEW S.

The  vast  and  widespread 

interest 
manifested 
in  the  Dreyfus  case  has 
arisen  from  many  causes,  not  the  least 
important of  which  was  that  it  was  be­
lieved  to  he  a  case  of  religious  or  race 
persecution.

Dreyfus  is  a  Jew,  and  his  case  has 
light  a  strong  anti-Semitic 
brought  to 
feeling  in  France. 
In  this  connection 
questions  have  been  asked  as  to  how 
many  Jews  there  are 
in  Europe  and 
other  parts  of  the  world.

The  statisticians 

figure  out  a  total 
Jewish  population  in  the world of 6,200, - 
000,  fewer than  is  generally  supposed. 
Of  these,  5i°00>000  are 
in  Europe, 
chiefly 
in  Russia.  There  are  200,000 
in  Asia,  700,000  in Africa,  300,000  in 
America  and  20,000 
In 
European  Russia  there  are  2,600,000. 
The  next greatest numbers  are in Austro- 
Hungary,  the  figures  being  put  at
1.400.000, 
1,000,000  to  be  di­
vided  among  the  other  European  coun­
tries.

in  Australia. 

leaving 

There  are  130,000 Jews  in  the  British 
Islands,  and  not  more  than  200,000  in 
In the  whole  of  Palestine  there 
France. 
are  about  40,000,  and 
Jerusalem
20.000.  From  these  figures  it  does  not 
appear  that  the 
increase  of  the  Jewish 
population  gives  any  reason  to  fear  that 
any  country  can  be seized and conquered 
by  them. 
likely 
that  anti-Semitism  attains  the  impor­
tance  of a  race  or  religious  conflict,  but 
that  it  is  the  result  of  prejudice,  largely 
superstitious,  confined  entirely  to  indi­
viduals.

is,  therefore,  not 

in 

It 

The  Jews  in  the  United  States  and  in 
England  enjoy  exactly  the  same  priv­
ileges  and  are  subject  to  exactly  the 
same  conditions  as  all  the  other inhabit­
ants.  Some  of  them  are  to  be  found  in 
the  richest  and  some 
in  the  poorest 
classes. 
In  the  United  States  they  have 
been  members  of  both  houses of  Con­
gress,  just  as  in  England  they  have  sat 
in  both  houses of  Parliament. 
In  both 
countries  they  hold  offices  in  the  army 
and  navy.  They  appear  in  all  fields  of 
art,  literature,  commerce  and 
industry, 
and  there  is  not  a  profession  nor  field of 
intellectual  activity  in  which  the  Jews 
are  absent.  These  facts  constitute  the 
greatest  argument against  the  return  of 
the  Jews  to  their  “ Holy  Land.’ ’  As 
citizens  of  the  most  free,  civilized  and 
enlightened  countries  on  the  globe,  they 
have  all  that human  life  can  give,  and 
they  have  no  reason  whatever to  give 
up  such  benefits  to  return  to  the  ancient 
land  of  their  fathers.

K eepiiif;  in  Touch  w ith  th e   W orld. 

From the Christian Union.

Men grow  narrow  because  they  do  not 
live 
in  sympathy  with  the  times;  they 
grow  hard  because  they  keep  the  world 
outside;  they  lose  in  spiritual  force  be­
cause  they  keep  that  force  under in their 
daily  life.  Every  day  witnesses  to the 
life  lived  the  preceding  day;  this  must 
be  so,  for  life  is  cumulative  either  in 
good  or  e v il;  there  is  no blank.  Con­
sciously  or  unconsciously,  this  force 
is 
working  for good  or  e v il;  stagnation  is 
death.  When  we  realize  this  to  the  full, 
we  strive  to  compel  attainment.  When 
we  look  u|x>n  each  day  as  a  period  by 
itself,  we  become  the  playthings  of 
time.

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Dry Goods

T he  D ry  Goods  M arket.

Staple  Cottons  - The  tendency  of  the 
staple  goods market  is  still  upward,  al­
though  at  the  present  writing  the  actual 
advances  named  openly  have  not  been 
large. 
Heavy  brown  sheetings  are 
against  buyers.  Wide  sheetings,  cotton 
flannels  and  blankets  are  firm  and  un­
changed.  Denims  and  ticks  and  the 
lines  of  coarse  colored  cottons  are  firm, 
but  are  not  actually  changed  in  prices.
Prints  and  Ginghams  This  week  has 
seen an  improvement  in  the  demand  for 
prints  over that of  last  week.  Fancies 
have  shown  this  improvement  more than 
staples.  Prices  have  shown  no  material 
changes,  so  far as  actual  quotations  are 
concerned.  Staples,  such as  indigo blues 
and  dark  red  prints,  show  a  very  large 
business  in  the  market,  with their prices 
light  percales  are 
steady.  Dark  and 
selling  easily,  and  there 
is  a  fair de­
mand 
for  wide  fancy  printed  goods. 
There  is  very  little  to  report  in  regard 
to  printed  flannels  and  blankets,  but 
there  is  a  fair demand,  both  lines  being 
well  sold  up.  Staple  ginghams  remain 
sold  well  ahead,  but  orders  still  come  to 
hand  for  future  delivery.  All  dark  dress 
ginghams  are  scarce,  while  for spring 
fine  grades  are  still  moving  easily.

regarding 

fabrics,  such 

Dress  Goods—The  continued  activity 
in  fall  goods,  and  the  manner  in  which 
the  average  mill is sold  up,  tend  to  keep 
the  spring  season  in  abeyance. 
In  job­
bing  circles  the  past  week  has  been  a 
very  satisfactory  one ;  buyers  have taken 
hold  with  a  will  such  as  is  seldom  seen. 
The  strongest  attractions  continue  to  be 
homespuns,  crepons,  fancy backs,  plaids 
and  Venetians.  Fancy  cheviots  are  do­
ing  well,  as  are  also  ladies’  cloths, 
broadcloths,  sackings, 
flannels,  serges, 
etc.  Of  course  there  is a  good  deal  of 
spring  goods. 
speculation 
Plain 
as  broadcloths, 
Venetians,  serges,  etc.,  are  strongly sup­
ported  for  spring,  and  agents  handling 
crepons  predict  a  continued  good  share 
of  interest  for them,  despite  views  ex­
pressed  to  the  contrary.  Fancy backs  for 
skirts  are  looked  upon  by  a  good  many 
agents  as  a  permanent  good 
thing. 
Plaids  are  stoutly  championed  by  some 
agents,  who  predict  big  business  there­
on.  Higher  prices  must  be  paid  for 
spring  goods  than  have  ruled  during  the 
current  season.  The 
increased  cost  of 
raw  materials  must  have  an  offset  in 
the  selling  price  of  the  finished  fabric. 
Imported  novelties  will  show an advance 
ofttimes of  from  20 to  30  per  cent.,  as 
compared  with  a  year  ago.  The  prin­
cipal  advance  will  be  shown  in  the  finer 
goods and  novelty  patterns,  but  even  on 
medium  and  lower  fabrics  the  market 
level  must  go  higher.

Hosiery  -The 

importers  are  finding 
an  excellent  trade  at  the  present  time 
and  have  their  hands  full  attending  to 
customers.  Their sales  have  been  excel­
lent,  and  at  prices  which  are  said  to  be 
satisfactory. 
It  seems  that  when  the 
buyers  are  able  to  find  just  the  goods 
they  want,  there  is  very 
little  trouble 
about  the  price,  but  when  they  are  not 
quite  satisfied,  there 
is  effort  made to 
secure  concessions;  as  a  rule,  and,  in 
fact,  it 
is  said  to  be  so  in  every  case, 
these  concessions  are  refused.  Naturally 
the  most  interesting  part  of  the  market 
is  that  of  the  fancy  goods,  and  many 
new  ideas 
in  both  men’s  and  women’s 
hosiery  are shown.  Some fine lisle thread 
hosiery  with  silk  embroidered  clocks 
is 
very  neat,  and  has  secured  large  orders. 
Fancy  plaids  have  also been  fairly  ac­

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

tive,  but  Scotch  tartans  are  asked  for 
very  little,  and,  in  fact,  comparatively 
few  samples  are  seen. 
In these  fancy 
goods  there  has  been  a  fairly  satisfac­
tory  business  in  the  high  grades,  where 
naturally  the  choicest  selections  are 
found.  American 
full  fashion  hosiery 
is  considered  to  be  at  present the strong­
est  branch  of  the  domestic  hosiery 
in­
dustry.  Prices  are  satisfactory,  and  the. 
knitting  mills  are  all  busy.  Staple 
hosiery  shows  no  change  from  our  last 
report.  There  is  a  satisfactory  business 
coming to hand  in  grades  under $2,  and 
a  few  very  large  bids  have  been  placed 
within  the  last  ten  days.  Seamless  ho­
siery 
is  steady  and  a  fair business  con­
tinues to come to  hand.

it 

Carpets—While 

is  a  fact  that  the 
carpet  manufacturers  are  well  employed 
on 
initial  orders,  enough,  in  some  in­
stances  to  last  until  practically  the  close 
of the  season,  manufacturers,  especially 
of  ingrains,  will not  derive  any  material 
benefit  from the  recent  advance  of  2^ c 
on  all  duplicate  orders.  The  apparent 
prosperity  of  the 
ingrain  and  tapestry 
carpet  manufacturer  ig not fully realized. 
While  the  volume  of business  during  the 
past  two  seasons  has  rapidly  increased 
and  checked  the  cutting  of  prices  and 
forced  sales  at  auction,  it  will  still  be 
some  time  before  they  will  have reached 
live-and-let-live  price  that  will  war­
a 
rant  the  manufacturer  in  increasing  ex­
In  other  words,  the  prosperity 
penses. 
of  the  carpet 
industry  is  prospective 
rather than  real.  There  are  also  other 
factors  at  work  which  have  not  only 
affected  the  ingrain  but  all other lines  of 
carpets.  One  of  these  is  the  increased 
use  of  art  squares  and  all  wool  Smyrna 
rugs.  The  increased  use  of  straw  mat­
ting 
is  assisting  to help  one  branch  of 
the  carpet 
industry  to the  detriment  of 
others. 
ingrain 
is  true  that  some 
It 
manufacturers,  having  seen  the  drift  of 
trade  to  art  squares  and  Smyrna  rugs, 
have  put  in  some  machinery  in  order to 
be  in  the  swim,  and  not  let  the  business 
drift 
into  the  hands of  a  few  manufac­
turers who  formerly  made the  lines  re­
ferred  to  a  specialty.  To-day  all  wool 
Smyrna  rugs  are more popular than ever.

A  Significant  M otto.

Whoever was the  author of  the  motto, 
“ Selling  below  cost  closes  the  store; 
pretending  to  do  so cheats  the  custom­
er,’ ’  was  a  person  of  wide  discernment. 
It  is  a  motto  that  should  at all  times  be 
borne  in  mind  by  retailers,  particularly 
when  clearance  sales  are  the  order of the 
day.  To  use  the  most  euphemistic  ex­
pression  possible  under  the 
circum­
stances,  it 
is  utter  nonsense  to  inform 
the  public  that  you  are  “ selling  below 
cost. ’ ’  They  ascribe  the  statement  to 
one  of  two things:  Either that  the  per­
son  making  it  is  an  advanced  edition of 
Ananias,  or that  he  is  a  fool  of  the  first 
water.  The  world  is too advanced  now­
adays  to believe  that  people  embark  in 
business  simply  for the  pleasure  of ruin­
ing  themselves.  In such announcements, 
therefore,  it  is  better  to  confine  one’s 
self  within  the  bounds  of  reason  than 
have  recourse  to  such  gross  exaggera­
tion.

A  Georgia  shoe  manufacturing  firm 
has  adopted  tactics  that  at  first  amused 
and  now  cause  considerable  annoyance 
to  manufacturers  of  New  York  and 
neighborhood.  At  this time  New  York 
is  full  of  the  buying  agents  of  Southern 
and  other stores.  Many of them  go there 
to buy  shoes.  The  Southern  manufac­
turer  sent  men  to  New  York  with  a  full 
stock  of  samples.  They  established  a 
show  room  and  set  out  after the  South­
ern buyers.  They  were  able  to  under­
sell  the  New  York  market  in  dealing 
with  buyers  from  the  Southern  States 
because  of the  saving  of  freight  charges 
from  their  factory  to  dealers in the  same 
neighborhood.  The  incursion  has  been 
felt  to a  marked  degree  by the  Northern 
manufacturers  whose  headquarters  were 
in  New  York.  The  Southerners  were 
astonished  by their own  success.

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short  length  and  piece  goods.  Remnants  at 4c. 
Short  lengths  from  4  to  jc.  Piece  goods  from  PS 
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for them  that  a leading authority claims that the 
makers of collars  will  be  unable  to  fill  orders 
taken.  We  are  more 
fortunate  than  some 
others.  We have  them  to deliver.  Price  $ 1.10  
per dozep.

Voigt,  H erpoisheim er &   Go.,

Wholesale  Dry Goods

Grand  Rapids.  Mich.

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Detroit Agency,  in   West Lamed St. 

Just a  Plain  Story 
Without Any  FrHls

We  manufacture  pure  spices.  We guar­
antee  them  to  be  the  cheapest,  quality 
considered,  of any on  the  market.  Wait 
until  our  traveling  representatives  show 
you  our line  of  Northrop  Spices  before 
ordering,  or  write  to

N O R TH R O P,  R O BER TSO N  &  CAR RIER,

LANSING,  MICH.

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Established 1780.

dentist  is  not  an  ordinary  hobo,  but 
boasts  a 
lineage  and  a  college  educa­
tion.  A  peculiarity  about  this  man  is 
that  he  carries  a  folding  chair  with  a 
comfortable  headrest,  and  will  pitch  his 
outfit  anywhere  he  can  find  a  job.  His 
great  field 
is  the  mill  district,  where 
people  have  no  time  to go to  a  dentist. 
The  forceps  with  which  the  teeth  of  the 
customers  are  pulled  are  made  of  solid 
silver,  and were won as a reward for  writ­
ing  a  scientific  essay.  Some  years  ago 
this  strange  man  was  the  leader of  a 
gang  of  desperate  tramps,  whom  the  po­
lice  had  much  trouble  to  break up.  The 
other  day  a  Newfoundland  dog  was 
brought  to  him  with  an  aching  t(x>th. 
Although  a 
line  the 
obliging  dentist  pulled  the  t<x>th,  and, 
as a  reward  for his  kindness,  was bitten 
by  the  ungrateful  dog.

little  out  of  his 

A  S light  M isunderstanding. 

said 

“ Smithkins, ”  
the  employer, 
you  may  take  a  month  off. ’ ’
“ Oh,  sir,”   replied  the  clerk  as  soon 
as  he  could  command  his  voice,  “ it  is 
so good  of  you  to  suggest  it !  I  have  felt 
the  need  of  a  rest  for some  time,  but 
have  hesitated  to  ask  for  it,  knowing 
how busy  we  are.  But  it  will  do  me  no 
end  of  good,  and  I  thank  you  most 
heartily  for your consideration.”  
“ Smithkins,”   said 
employer, 
“ are  you  crazy?”
“ Why,  no,  sir.  Didn’t  you  say  I 
might  take  a  month  off?”
“ Certainly  that  is  what  I  said.  This 
is  the  first  of  the  month,  while 
last 
month’s  calendar  remains  over  your 
desk.  Take  last  month  off  and  keep  up 
to date.  That’s  what  I  meant.”

the 

Tourists  traveling  in  Italy  have  been 
warned  against  eating small birds served 
with  polenta  or  otherwise.  A  number 
of  cases  of  poisoning  after  eating  such 
birds  led  at  last  to investigations,  which 
showed  that the  birds  had  been  handled 
carelessly  by  persons  who took  off  their 
feathers  for milliners  and  used  arsenic 
to  preserve  them.

J .  Q.  M iller &   Co.,

Clothing Manufacturers, 

Chicago,  111.

Walter Baker & Co. £&

Dorchester, Mas*.
The Oldest and 

Largest Manufacturers of

PURE,HIGH GRADE
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

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on this Continent.

their manufactures.

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

Dorchester,  Mass.

Calcium

Carbide

and all kinds of

Acetylene Gas Burners

Distributing  agents  for  The  Electro  Lamp  Co.*s 
especia.ly  prepared  Carbide  for  bicycle  and  por­
table lamps, in  2 and 5 pound cans.

Orders promptly filled.

Jackson,  Michigan.

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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 
are  new 
are 
pleased  to  And  that  we  are 
so prompt.

customers 

less  business 

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

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order, small or  large,  imme­
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T he  M onotony  o f T abor.

One  of the  complaints  with  which  the 
is  always  vexing  the 
domestic  woman 
is  a  wail  over  the 
ears  of  the  public 
monotony  of  her  life. 
It  is  not  the  work 
she  laments,  but the  sameness  that kills. 
She 
is  always  ordering  meals  that  are 
eaten  up  as  soon  as  prepared,  dusting 
rooms  that  get  into  immediate  disorder, 
mending  and  making,  picking  up  after 
the  careless,  hearing  little  prayers,  and 
darning  little  socks,  from one  year’s end 
to  another.  So  the  days  go by,  each 
like  another  they  might 
one  so  much 
be  the  undistinguishable 
in  an 
endless  chain.

links 

To  her  it  appears  that  no other  life 
could  be  so  dull,  and  she  turns  envious 
eyes  upon  the  women  who,  in  the  cant 
phrase  of the  day,  are  pursuing  careers 
in  some  profession,  or  earning  their 
bread  and  butter 
in  office  or  shop. 
“ There,”   she  cries to  her  discontented 
soul,  “ life  must  be  different.  There 
are  fresh 
interests,  excitement,  some­
thing  to change  the daily  round  of  toil 
and  make  labor a  pleasure. ’ ’

in  a 

Never  was  there  a  greater  mistake 
made.  The 
labor  of  the  office,  of the 
workshop,  is  not  one  whit  more  excit­
ing,  or  one  iota 
less  monotonous than 
the 
labor  of  the  house.  The  girl  who 
spends  her  days  adding  up  columns  of 
figures 
ledger  isn’t  being  a  bit 
more  thrilled  than  the  one  who  is  doing 
a  day’s  washing.  The  one who is pound­
ing  for  eight  or  ten  hours  at  a  stretch 
on a typewriter isn’t  finding it  any  more 
sensational  than  making  up  a  batch of 
bread,  and  even  the  lady  at  the  counter 
finds,  in  time,  that  she  has  heard  every 
possible  comment,  and  complaint,  and 
objection  to  the  goods  she  is  trying  to 
sell,  and  that  there  gets  to be  a  deadly 
and  wearisome  monotony  in her patrons’ 
remarks  upon  them.  Anything  that  you 
do  day  after day,  year  in  and  year  out, 
gets  to  be  monotonous—and  curiously 
enough  this  monotony  comes to have  a 
certain  worth. 
It  is the hand  and  brain 
trained 
in  doing  the  same  thing  until 
they  acquire  a  certain  machine-like 
quality  that  are valuable.  It is  never the 
brilliant 
flash  of  inspiration  of  the 
amateur  that  can  be  relied  on to carry 
things  through. 
It  is  the  steady,  mo­
notonous  work  that  goes  on quietly  and 
constantly  and  that  has  done  the  same 
thing  over  and  over again  until  it  has 
become  habit  to  do  it, and to do it  right.
The  only  remedy  for  the  domestic 
worker  or  for  any  other  worker  who 
chafes  at  the  monotony  of  her occupa­
tion  is  to  learn  to  find  interest 
in  her 
work.  As  a  matter  of  fact  nothing  is 
stranger  than  that  this  complaint  of 
monotonous  labor  should  so  often  come 
from  women  with  families.  How  a 
woman  with  a  home  and  all  the  inter­
ests  that 
implies  in  the  way  of beau­
tifying  and  entertaining;  how,  above 
all,  a  woman  with  children,  with  all  the 
infinite  possibilities  of  the  awakening 
little  souls  and  minds,  could  ever  find 
the  work  of  guiding,  forming  and  sug­
gesting  monotonous  is  a  miracle  be­
yond  all  understanding.  Such  a  woman 
is  hopeless. 
like  the 
bored  youth  who  found  nothing  worth 
looking  at 
in  the  country  and  com­
plained  that  it  was  always  the  “ same 
old  daisies,  same  everything.”

She  would  be 

Cora  Stowell.

Jen k in to w n ’s  T ram p  D entist.

From the Philadelphia Record.

After an absence  of over  fifteen  years 
Jenkintown  can  again  boast  the  posses­
sion  of  a  genuine  oddity  in the  shape 
of a  tramp  dentist,  who carries his work­
shop  about  with  him.  The  itinerant

MICHIGAN’S  MOST  FAMOUS  CIGAR

C O LU M B IA N   C IG A R   C O M P A N Y ,  b e n t o n   h a r b o r ,  m i c h .

M AN UFACTURED  BY

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.  Will  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,

»76  Franklin  Street.

H.  M.  Reynolds  &  Son,

Maoofacturers  of

Asphalt  Paints, Tarred  Felt,  Roofing  Pitch.  2  and  3 
ply and Torpedo Gravel  Ready  Roofing.  Galvanized 
Iron  Cornice. 
Sky  Lights.  Sheet  Metal  Workers 
and Contracting  Roofers.

Qraud Rapids, Mich. 

Office, 8a Campau at. 
Factory,  1st av. and M. C. Ry.

established  186S 

Detroit, Mich. <

Foot 1st St.

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Around  the State

M ovem ents  o f M erchants.

L ’Aose  T)r.  J.  O.  Zellen  has  opened 

a  drug  store  at  this  place.

Reading—Frank  L.  Shiley will shortly 

open  a  drug  store  at  this  place.

Cass  City—Jas.  J.  Wallace  has sold his 

harness  stock  to  Win.  Messner.

Port  Huron—E.  J.  Hardy  has sold  his 

grocery  stock  to  Robt.  J.  Close.

Chapin  -Geo.  W.  Clark,  general  deal­

er,  has  sold  out  to  C.  M.  Loynes.

Yale—Thos.  H.  Parkinson  has  sold 

his  general  stock  to  H.  C.  Martin.

Akron  -Frank  E. 

Stone, 

general 

dealer,  has  sold  out  to  Crandall  &  Co.

Port  Huron—R. 

Quincy—Bowen &  Etheridge have pur­
chased  the  carriage stock of O.  F.  Crego.
J.  Close  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  E. J.  Hardy.
Detroit—John  Robb  succeeds  Robb  & 
Morris  in  the  grocery  and  meat busi­
ness.

Romeo—Frank  Bishop  succeeds E.  R. 
Matthews  in  the  grain,  salt  and  lime 
business.

Rathbone—Hopkins  &  Becker  have 
purchased the  general  stock of  Lewis  E. 
Zacharias.

Detroit—Frederick  J.  Holtz  continues 
the  paint  and  wall  paper  business of 
Benton  &  Holtz.

Mayville—Dimond  &  Hopkins  suc­
ceed  Geo.  F.  Dimond  in  the  grain  and 
produce business.

West  Olfve—Ed.  Maynard  has  en­
gaged  in  the  general  merchandise  busi­
ness  at  this  place.

Bancroft—Phillips  &  Coyne  have  pur­
chased  the  hardware,  paint  and oil stock 
of  Garrett  Gerould.

Houghton—W.  R.  Daskam  &  Co. 

is 
the  name  of a  new  hardware  firm  estab­
lished  at  this  place.

Reading—Hartwell  &  Doig  have  pur­
chased  a  new  stock  of  hardware  and  re­
engaged  in  business.

Gladwin-----Isaac  Hanna 

succeeds
Hanna  &  Berdan  in  the  furniture  and 
undertaking  business.

Moorland—N.  A.  Cook  has  sold  his 
general  stock  to  Geo.  A.  Garvey,  who 
has  already  taken  possession.

Onaway—The  Onaway  Mercantile  Co. 
broke  ground  last  week  for a  22x60 two- 
story  addition  to  its  present  store  build­
ing.

Elsie—Leroy  Lawrason  has  put  in  a 
stock  of  drugs  in  the  building  lately  oc­
cupied  by  the  furniture  stock  of  F. 
Peck.

Reading—L.  H.  Doty,  late  of the  firm 
of  Orr &  Doty,  has  leased  a  store  build­
ing  and  will  put  in  a  new  stock  of  dry 
goods.

Coon—A.  B.  Whale,  of  Sault  Ste. 
Marie,  has  purchased  the  drug  stock  of 
A.  J.  Karchner  and  will  continue  the 
business.

Stittsville—J.  V.  Moran  has  sold  his 
general  stock  to  Mitchell  Bros.,  who 
will  continue  the  business  on  a  much 
larger scale.

Detroit—Wm.  O.  Lee,  of the  grocery 
and  produce  firm  of W.  O.  Lee  &  Co., 
will  hereafter  conduct  the  business  in 
his own  name.

Clio—Goodfellow  &  Co.  are succeeded 
in  the  drug,  wall  paper,  crockery  and 
undertaking  business  by  Harriet  H. 
(Mrs.  E.  E .)  Huyck.

Dimondale—C.  H.  Porter  is  closing 
out his  grocery  stock.  The  store  build­
ing  will  be  occupied  by  the  grocery 
stock  of  W.  J.  Bateman.

Caledonia—N.  A.  Close, 

formerly 
identified  with  B.  H.  Lester  in  the 
clothing  business  at  this  place,  has 
opened  a  clothing  store  at  Rockford.

Arcadia—The  general  store  building 
of  H.  J.  Gardner  was burned  last  week. 
The  cause  of  the  fire  is  unknown,  but 
was  probably  the  work  of an incendiary.
Benton  Harbor—Geo.  B.  Warren,  who 
for some  time  has  managed  the  business 
of  the  Enterprise  Mercantile  Co.,  has 
purchased  the  stock  of that  concern  and 
will  continue  the  business  in  his  own 
name.

Reading—Cook  &  Culver,  whose 
hardware  stock  was  partially  burned  in 
the  recent  fire  at  this  place,  have  de­
cided  not to  re-engage  in  business  and 
have  sold  out  to the  new  firm  of  Wells, 
Mead  &  Spaulding.

Albion—The  grocery  firm  of  Foot  & 
Clancy  has  been  dissolved,  Bennett 
Clancy  retiring.  B.  C.  Wilcox  has  pur­
chased  the 
interest  of  Mr.  Clancy  and 
the  business  will  be  continued under the 
style  of  Foot  &  Wilcox.

in  this  place 

Benton  Harbor—The  oldest  dry  goods 
store 
is  that  of  James 
Pound,  which  will  hereafter  be  con­
ducted  under the  style  of James & James 
H.  Pound,  the 
junior  member  being 
Capt.  J.  Harry  Pound,  one  of the  heroes 
of  Santiago.

Traverse  City—E.  F.  Ferris  and  Guy 
L.  Champney  have  formed  a  copartner­
ship  and  purchased  the store building 
owned by  Geo.  Raff and  the  agricultural 
implement  stock  of  Dr.  A.  E.  Ming. 
The  new  firm  will  be known  as  Ferris 
&  Champney.

Bellevue—C.  D.  Kimberly,  who  has 
dealt  out  groceries  here  for  nineteen 
years,  has  sold  his  grocery  stock  to  Ray 
E.  Stevens,  who will  consolidate  it with 
his  grocery  stock 
in  the  corner store. 
Mr.  Kimberly  has  sold  his  meat  market 
to  Ripley  &  Wetmore.

Port  Huron—Edward  Bromley,  who 
purchased the  drug  stock  of the  late  Dr. 
D.  S.  Pace  about  three  years  ago,  has 
left  for  parts  unknown,  leaving  many 
creditors  to  lament  his  unexpected  de­
parture.  The  stock  will  be  sold  to  sat­
isfy  the  chattel  mortgage.

Cheboygan—Mr.  Thompson,  of 

the 
Racket  store,  has  leased  the  store  build­
ing  formerly  occupied  by  the  grocery 
stock  of  D.  H.  Mooney,  and  will  take 
possession  Oct.  1.  He  will  put  in  a  5 
and  10 cent  stock,  which he  will  conduct 
in  addition  to his  other business.

Maple  Rapids—Chalmer  Redfem  and 
John  Watkins  have  formed a  copartner­
ship  under the  style  of  Redfem  &  Wat­
kins  to  continue  the  business  formerly 
conducted  by  Redfem  Bros,  and A.  N. 
Howe  &  Co.  Both  general  stocks have 
been  consolidated  in  one  building.

Onaway—J.  M.  Clark  has  arranged  to 
sell  his  store  building  and  general  stock 
to  Orlando  Steel,  of  Detroit,  and  Chas. 
Fox,  of  Lansing. 
In  case  the  deal  is 
closed,  Mr.  Clark  will  erect  another 
building  and  engage 
in  the  sale  of 
brick,  lime  and  farming  implements.

Oxford—J.  C.  Evans  recently  received 
a  case  of  matches by  freight.  On  open­
ing  the  box  he  found that a  small  box  of 
matches  in  the  very  center  of  the  rest 
had  in  some  way  become  ignited  and 
had  burned  box  and  matches without in­
juring  a  single  other box.  How  the  rest 
of the  case  ever escaped 
is  miraculous 
indeed.

South  Haven—J.  S.  Malbone,  hard­
ware  merchant,  has  nearly  completed  a 
three-story  brick  block  containing  three 
stores.  Two  of  these  he  will  occupy 
with  an  enlarged  stock  and  a  merchant 
from  Detroit  will  occupy  the  other  with 
a  line  of  clothing  and  men’s  furnishing 
goods.  The  second  floor  will  be  ar­
ranged  for offices and the third for a large 
assembly  hall.

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

Saginaw—Duncan  Y.  Stewart  &  Co., 
retail  grocers,  have  leased  the  first  floor 
of the  Nickodemus  building,  at  the  cor­
ner  of  Genesee  and  Weadock  avenues, 
and  will  occupy  it  about  Oct.  1.

M anufacturing  M atters.

North  Dorr—The  cheese  factory  at 
this  place  has  discontinued  operations 
on  account  of the  lack  of  milk.

Detroit—The  Al  Monte  Cigar  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  association  with  the 
county  clerk.  E.  B.  Easter,  James  B. 
Swan  and  Albert  de  Montebeliard  are 
the  stockholders.

Detroit—The  Wohlgemuth  Automatic 
Telephone  Holder Co.  has  been  organ­
ized,  with  $10,000  paid-in  capital,  by 
Moses  and  Martha  Wohlgemuth  and 
Benjamin  Jacobson.

Coldwater—The  Tell  Right  Stove  Co. 
has  filed  articles  with  a  capital  stock  of 
is  one  of the 
$10,000.  Ex-Gov.  Luce 
incorporators. 
stockholders  are 
among  the  wealthiest  of  Coldwater’s 
business  men.

The 

Detroit-----The  Detroit  Computing
Scale  Co.  has  filed  with  the  register  of 
deeds articles  of  association,  stating that 
the company  is  capitalized  at  $500,000, 
with  all  the  stock  subscribed.  The  busi­
ness of the  company  will  be  the  manu­
facture  and  sale  in  Detroit  of  scales  of 
all  kinds.

Detroit—The  Northern  Engineering 
Works has  filed  articles  of incorporation 
for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  and 
selling  general  machinery  and  equip­
ments.  The  capital  stock  is $125,000, 
of which  35  per cent,  is  paid 
in.  The 
incorporators  are:  William  S.  Conant, 
Henry  W.  Standart,  George  A.  True, 
William  V.  Moore and Edward  S.  Reid, 
all  of  Detroit.
A d rian   C lerks  in   L ine  fo r  S h o rter  H onrs.
Adrian,  Sept,  n —A  meeting  of  the 
clerks  employed  in  the  shoe  and  cloth­
ing  stores  was  held  last  Friday  evening 
and  the  Retail  Clerks’  Association 
formed.  Geo.  H.  Look  acted  as  tem­
porary  chairman,  and 
following 
officers were  chosen :

the 

President—-Fred  Henig.
Vice-President—Geo.  H.  Look.
Secretary—O.  L.  Mitchell.
Treasurer—Robert  Thompson.
The  principal  object  of  the  Associa­
tion  is to secure  the  adoption  of  early 
closing  hours.  The  Association  will  not 
attempt  to  dictate  terms,  but  will  de­
pend  on  public  sympathy to  uphold  it 
in this  move.  So  far as  seen,  the  pro­
prietors  are  practically  a  unit  in  favor 
of  the  plan,  and  no  trouble  is  antici­
pated.
is  com­
posed  of  clerks  employed  in  clothing, 
Yoot  and  shoe,  and  merchant  tailoring 
establishments,  but  it  is the  intention to 
branch  out  and 
include  other lines  of 
business.

At  present  the  Association 

T he  D ru g   M arket.

Opium—Is  in  fair  demand  at  un­

changed  prices  and  market  is  firm.

Morphine—Is  unchanged.
Quinine—Is  dull  and  weak.
Cocaine—Shows  another  advance  of 
is  very  firm  at the 

It 

75c  per ounce. 
advance.

Cocoa  Butter—Has  again  advanced, 

on  account  of  scarcity  abroad.

Cuttlefish  Bone—Is  still  advancing 
and  will  be  very  much  higher,  on  ac­
count of  scarcity.

Glycerine—Has  advanced  and  is  very 
firm,  on account of  the  higher  price  for 
crude.

Sugar of  Milk—Is  scarce  and  tending 

higher.

Essential  Oils—Cajeput  is  firm  at  the 
advance  noted  last  week.  Wormwood  is 
very scarce  and  is  advancing.  Oil  sas­
safras  is  tending  higher.

T he  Boys  B ehind  th e   C ounter.

Lansing—Charles  Fox  has  resigned 
his  position  in  Bement’s  hardware  store 
and  gone to  Onaway,  where  he  will  en­
gage  in  the  hardware  business.

Holland—S.  A.  Martin  has  engaged 
Frederick R.  Dunning,  of  Vicksburg,  as 
prescription  clerk.

Mt.  Pleasant—N.  Hauck  has  taken 
charge  of  the  dry  goods  department  of 
John  F.  Butcher  &  Co.

Nashville—Fred  Wotring 

succeeds 
Hiram  Perkins  as  clerk  in  C.  L.  Glas­
gow’s hardware  store.
Grand  Haven—Wm.  Millman,  who 
has cut  meat  several  years  for  1.  Seifert, 
has gone  to  Alma  to engage  in  the  meat 
business  on  his  own  account.

Marquette—Edward  J.  Barabe,  of Ne- 
gaunee,  has taken  a  position  as  sales­
man  in  the  clothing store of Archambeau 
&  Co.

Ypsilanti—George  Kinney, 

formerly 
clerk  for  M.  J.  Lewis,  will  have  the  po­
sition  of  head  clerk  in  the  clothing store 
to be  opened  in  the  near  future  by  J.  B. 
Wortley.

St.  Ignace—George  Hoban,  who  has 
been  in  the  employ  of  Doud  Bros,  for 
the  past  five  years,  has  taken  a  position 
as  clerk  in  the  hardware  establishment 
of J.  J.  Post  &  Co.,  at  Cheboygan.

Owosso—Harry  Byerly,  of  Benning­
ton,  has taken  a  position  in  the  grocery 
store  of  L.  D.  Wilson.

Dorr—Frank  Noel  succeeds  E.  Kuen- 
zel  as  clerk  in  the  general  store  of J.  C. 
Neuman  &  Co.

Kalamazoo—E.  T.  Van  Ostrand,  for­
merly  engaged  in  the  retail  drug  busi­
ness at  Allegan,  has  taken  charge  of  the 
drug  department  of  the  Dunkley  Can­
ning  and  Preserving  Co.

Manistee—Fred  Noble  has  taken  a 
position  as  clerk 
in  J.  E.  Mailhot’s 
grocery  store,  made  vacant  by  the  resig­
nation  of  Samuel  Dean,  who  goes  to 
Stanton  to accept  a  position with a grain 
house  there.

Mackinaw  City—Geo.  Wolford  suc­
ceeds  Geo.  Anderson  as  grocery  clerk 
for S.  B.  Chamberlain.  Mr.  Anderson 
has  taken  a  similar  position  with  Mrs. 
B.  F.  DeWolfe.

Belding—Charles A.  Ireland,  manager 
of  Ireland’s  hardware  business,  has  se­
cured  the  services  of  William Polhemus, 
of  Lowell,  to  take  the  place  of  Robt. 
McLaughlin.

Ann  Arbor—Mr.  Dickinson,  ten  years 
in  the  carpet  department  of  Branch  & 
Co.,  of  Coldwater,  has  taken  charge  of 
the  carpet  emporium  of  Mack  &  Co.

Bellevue—Arthur Waterbury  succeeds 
Fay  Wetmore  as  meat  cutter for John 
Madison.

Kalamazoo—Hascall  Harrington  has 
secured  a  position  in  the  drug  depart­
ment of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit.

Dowagiac—Will  Bryar,  for  the  past 
large  dry 
few  years  in the  employ  of a 
in  Kalamazoo,  has  suc­
goods  house 
ceeded  R.  W.  Sheldon  in  the  manage­
ment  of the  White Front dry goods house 
of  this  city, 
formerly  conducted  by 
Hackstadt  &  Sheldon,  now the  property 
of  Lee  Bros.

Sherwood—Aldrich  Swain  has  taken 
a  position  in  the  general  store  of A.  W. 
Morris.

Ketchum  &  Mulholland  have  opened 
a  grocery  store  at  Rodney.  The  stock 
furnished  by  the  Clark-Jewell- 
was 
Well  Co. 

_____

Johnson  &  Larson  have  engaged  in 
the grocery  business at  Mancelona.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  Musselman 
Grocer Co.

For  Gillies’  N.  Y.  tea,  all  kinds, 

grades and  priees,  phone  Visner,  800.

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

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugars—The 

raw  sugar  market 

is 
weak,  showing  a  decline  of  i - i 6c .  Few 
sales  were  made,  as  offerings  continue 
to  be  very  small.  Nothing  at  all  is 
offered  from  the  West  Indies  or Cuba. 
Java  sugars  are  now  coming  in  more 
freely.  These  and  Hawaiian  sugars  will 
furnish  the  bulk  of  refiners’ supplies  for 
the 
is  no 
change  in  the  refined  sugar  market, but 
there  is  a  feeling  that  there  may  be  a 
break  in  prices  in  the  near  future.  The 
total  stock  of  sugar  in  the  United  States 
is  175,674  tons,  as  against  239,192  tons 
a  year ago.

immediate  future.  There 

Canned  Goods—The  canned  goods 
market  was  particularly  active 
last 
week  and  there  were  probably  more 
goods sold  than  for the  entire  three  pre­
vious  weeks.  The  only  reasonable  ex­
planation  that  can  be  given  for  this 
heavy  buying  is that  buyers  realize  that 
all  canned  goods at  to-day’s  quotations 
are  more  than  a  reasonably  safe  pur­
chase.  The  tomato  market  is  particu­
larly  interesting. 
It seems  strange  that, 
with  the  prices of  cans  advancing  at the 
rate  of  25c  per  hundred  a  week,  and 
increasing  in  value,  to­
other  material 
instead  of  ad­
matoes  should  decline 
vance.  The  crop  in  Indiana 
is  very 
short,  owing  to  the  drought,  and  it  is 
understood  that  some  Western  packers 
have  been 
looking  over the  ground  in 
the  East,  with  a  view  of  covering  some 
. of  their contracts  if  possible.  This fact, 
and  the  probability  of cans  continuing 
to advance,  mean  higher  prices  for  to­
matoes  shortly  after  the  packing  sea­
son  is  over and  we  would  advise  buying 
at  to-day’s  prices,  as  the  market  has 
undoubtedly  touched  bottom  and  any 
change  will  be  for the  better. 
It  is  re­
ported  now  that  few  packers  of  com 
anywhere  in  the  East  will  be  able  to put 
up  more  than  half  a  pack,  while 
in 
some  instances  the  estimates  are  placed 
at  one-third  to  one-half.  Those  who 
have  sold 
largely  are  alarmed  and  are 
looking  about  to  find  some  way  to  cover 
their contracts.  As about  all  producing 
sections  are 
in  susbtantially  the  same 
position,  it  is  difficult  to see  where  they 
are  going  to  find  relief.  From  Maine 
come  discouraging  reports,  although  not 
as  serious  as  from  New  York.  The 
Maine  yield  may  be  reduced one-fourth, 
but  not  over  that.  Maryland  will  have 
about an  average.  The  West  is  uncer­
tain  as  yet,  but will  probably  be  about 
up  to  an  average.  Prices  promise  to 
rule  high  and buyers  in  some  instances 
are  making  sure  of their  supplies  now.
It  will  be  seen  from these  reports  that 
instead  of  the  largest  output  for  years, 
as  was confidently  expected  early  in  the 
season,  it 
is  likely  to  be  one  of  the 
smallest  and  those  who  are  fortunate 
enough  to  have  com  will  be  able  to 
realize  very  profitable  prices  from  it. 
Peas and  string  beans  are  still  firm  and 
high,  with  prospects  of  a  further  in­
crease  as  soon  as  active  fall  trading  be­
gins.  The  crops  of  both  were  very 
short  and  the  quality  of  string  beans 
scarcely  satisfactory.  Peaches are  to be 
short,  principally because  of  the  small 
in  the  East,  but this  would  have 
crop 
been  partially  overcome 
if  California 
packers  could  have obtained cans enough 
to  put  up  the  green  fruit  offered.  Prices 
will  rule  high  and  trade  may  be  dull 
and  limited to small  transactions.  Re­
ports  from  Arizona  are  that  the  Bartlett 
pear  crop 
largest  ever  grown. 
The_harvest_began  Sept.  1.

is  the 

is  certainly 

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
is  practically  the  same  as at last reports, 
but  greater  activity  is  expected  soon. 
The  trade  is  now  waiting  for  prices  on 
new  raisins,  which  are  expected  daily. 
The  market  will  be  in  a  very  favorable 
position.  Last  year  at  the  opening  of 
the  season  there  were  fully  1,000  cars  of 
carry-over goods.  This  year  the  Asso­
ciation  has  disposed  of  all  its  holdings 
and  dealers  are  not  heavily  stocked. 
While  at  present  there  is  by  no  means 
an  active  demand  for  prunes,  the  out­
look 
is  considered  decidedly  encoura­
ging.  Recent  estimates  of  the  Califor­
nia  crop  place  the  total  yield  at  from 
150,000  to  200,000  pounds short of that 
of  last  year.  Estimates  based  on  the 
careful  enquiry  into  the  holdings  of  the 
old  crop  place  the  total  hold-over  from 
last  year at  not  more  than  100  carloads. 
The  outlook 
for  higher 
prices. 
In  view  of the  foreign  shortage, 
there  is  a  strong  probability  that a much 
larger  percentage  of  the  crop  grown  in 
this  country  will  be  required  for export. 
The  principal  demand  at  present  is  for 
the  large  sizes,  and  prices  on  them  are 
held  high.  The  proportion  of  large  sizes 
appears  to  be  higher than  last  season. 
Apricots  are  firm  but quiet.  Peaches 
are  dull  and  the  market 
is  weak,  with 
scarcely  anyone  willing  to  make  firm 
offers  for  large 
lots.  The  supply  has 
been  heavily  increased  by  the  throwing 
back  of  green  fruit  by  canners. 
Im­
provement  may  come 
later,  but  few 
have  any  faith  in  it  now.  The  currant 
market 
is  stronger  with  an  advance  of 
%c  in  price.  The  evaporated  apple 
market  is  doing  a 
little  better.  Stock 
now  coming 
is  made  from  winter 
fruit  and  will  keep  much  better than the 
earlier  fruit  which  has  been  on  the  mar­
ket  for the  past  few  weeks.  There  is  a 
good  demand  all  over  the  country  and 
prices  are  firmly  maintained.  Advices 
from  abroad  are  to the  effect  that  this 
year’s  fig  crop  will  be  no  larger than 
previous  statements  have  indicated,  but 
that the quality  will  be  better  than 
last 
year. 
is  the  case,  the  market 
will  rule  strong,and  prices  high  because 
of  the  shortage  last  year.

If  such 

in 

Rice—There 

is  a  good  demand  for 
both  domestic  and  foreign  rice.  The 
new  crop  rice  is  coming  in  very  freely 
now  and  is  very  good  quality.  Several 
purchases  for the  emergency  fund  were 
made  for  distribution  at  Puerto  Rico. 
This  had  a  strengthening  effect  on  the 
market.  Reports  from  the  South  show 
activity  at  all  points.  On  account  of  the 
past  rains  in  the  Carolinas,  harvesting 
has been  materially  delayed.

is 

Tea—There 

is  a  fair business  in  tea 
with  the  general  feeling  in  the  market 
decidedly  favorable  to  holders.  The  de­
mand 
increasing  with 
further  improvement  expected.

in  general 

Molasses  and  Syrups—There  is  noth­
ing  of  particular  interest  in the molasses 
market.  There 
is  the  usual  small  de­
mand  for current  wants,  and  these  small 
sales  are  made  at  full quoted prices  with 
a  firm  tendency  to  the  market.  The 
demand  for com  syrup  is  very  good.

Green  Fruits—Lemons  are  scarce  and 
higher,  the  advance  amounting  to  near­
ly  50c  on  some  grades.  Receipts  are 
very  light  and  a  continued  firm  market 
is  probable,  although  no 
further  ad­
vance  is  expected  at  present.  Bananas 
are  doing  better.  Although  there  has 
been  no  change 
in  prices,  the  down­
ward  course 
appears  to  have  been 
stopped  for  the  present.  Arrivals  are 
small  and  trade  seems to  be  getting  on 
a  better basis.

Fish—A  further advance  in  the  price

of  mackerel 
is  reported  and  the  high j 
prices  restrict  trade  to  a  great  extent 
and  purchasers  are  not buying more than 
they  actually  require.  New  mackerel 
of  the  domestic  catch  are  coming  in 
rather  more  freely,  but  the  fish  are 
small  and  are  not  specially  wanted  by 
the  trade  at  the  high  prices.  Demand 
for  codfish  is  very  active.  Holland 
herring  are  nearly  out  of  market.  The 
catch  for  the  year  is  100,000  barrels 
short.

Nuts—The  season  for trade  in  nuts  is 
opening  and  so  far  as  indications  go 
thus early,  the  prospect  for a  large  and 
active  trade  is  promising.  The  opening 
is  fully  as encouraging  as  usual  at  this 
season  and  an  increasing  activity  is  an­
ticipated  until  the  holiday  trade  is  fin­
ished.  Prices on  some  varieties,  notably 
pecans  and  shelled  peanuts,  are  advanc­
ing.  The  pecan  crop 
is  short.  Last 
year’s  reduced  output  was  made  worse 
by  the conditions surrounding this  year’s 
crop.  The  drought  and  a  caterpillar 
about  ruined  the  Texas  crop  and  now 
dealers  are  buying  everything  obtain­
able.  Almonds  show  an  upward  tend­
ency  and  prices  will  go  up  on  all  vari­
eties  as  stocks are absorbed.  At present 
there 
is  a  firm  feeling  in  the  market. 
Walnuts are  steady  at  about  previous 
quotations.  There  is  a  fair and  increas­
ing  demand,  but  prices  have  not  been 
advanced,  although  dealers are firmer  in 
their views.  Peanuts  are  fimi  and  high. 
is  short  and  the  tendency  of 
The  crop 
prices 
is  upward.  No  opening  prices 
have  been  made  on  California  walnuts 
as  yet,  but  they  are  expected  within  a 
few  days.  The  yield  will  not  be  as 
large  as  was  expected  but  the  quality  is 
said  to  be  exceptionally  good. 
The 
yield  of  Marbot  and  Chili  walnuts  will 
be  about  an  average  as  to  yield  and 
quality.  The  promised  yield  of  Gren- 
obles 
10,000  bales,  compared  with 
15,000  last  year.  Prices  will,  therefore, 
be  higher  in all  probability.

is 

Oil—The  Standard  Oil  Co.  announces 
an  advance  of  y2c  per gal.  on  all  grades 
of  illuminating  oil.  The  advance  is  at­
tributed  to  the  fact  that  the  shipments 
from  the  producing  regions  exceed  the 
production  by  about  20,000  barrels  per 
day,  thus  causing  a  scarcity 
in  oil 
which  naturally  results  in  a higher range 
of  values.  The  advance  takes  effect 
Sept.  14.

Local  dealers  complain  bitterly  of  the 
action  of  the  fish  trust 
in  withholding 
supplies  from  Michigan  markets.  White 
fish  and  trout  are  so  scarce  that  it  is 
impossible  to  secure  sufficient quantities 
to  meet  the  consumptive  demands  of the 
market.  The  same  is  true  of  pike  and 
pickerel,  although  not  to  so  great  an 
extent.  The  supposition  is  that the  trust 
is  pursuing  this  policy  in  order  to  con­
vince  the  people  that  a  closed  season  is 
necessary  to  protect  the  fish  from  the 
ravages of the  fishermen.  The  trust,  of 
course,  is  interested  in  the  sale of frozen 
fish  and  this  is  the  reason  why  it under­
takes  to  withhold  supplies  of  fresh  fish 
from  the  market.

E.  C.  Spalding  has  purchased  the 
interests  of  his  partners  in  the  glass 
bending  works  at  the  comer  of  Kent 
and  Newberry  streets and  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  E.  C. 
Spalding  &  Co.  Mr.  Spalding  has  re­
linquished  his  relations  with  the  Com­
mercial  Credit  Co.

J.  S.  Dennis  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Butternut.  The  Olney 
&  Judson  Grocer  Co. 
the 
stock.

furnished 

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There  are 

localities  about  the  city 
which  are  pleasanter  than  the  Island 
Market  during  the  chill  morning  hours 
of  autumn  days.  There  may  be  less 
danger  from  the  malarial  exhalations  of 
the  half-filled  channel  and  the  dumps 
than 
in  the  warmer season,  but  the  fog 
and  heavy  chilly  air of the  city  seem 
to settle  in  this  lower  part  of  the  valley, 
and  a  half  hour spent  there  is  enough  to 
cast  a  gloom  over the  entire  day.  There 
is  such  a  harmony  between  the  cold, 
stagnant  pools  of  the  channel  and  the 
chill  of  the  hour  that  the  latter seems  to 
depend  on  the  local  stagnation. 
It  may 
be  that  the  filling  of  the  channel  and 
the  removal  of the  surroundings  so  sug­
gestive  of  rheumatism  and  malaria  may 
not make  material  difference  in the  tem­
perature  or  salubrity,  but  there  is  no 
doubt  that  such  a  change  would  not 
only  make  the  place  more  pleasant  and 
attractive  and  more  conducive  to  health 
in  the  heated term,  but would do much to 
mitigate  the  sense  of  cold  and  discom­
fort  during  the  fall  months.  There 
is  a  strong  probability,  now  that  Gov- 
eminent  restrictions  are  removed,  that 
when  the  pressure of street  work,  which 
now  so  largely  engages  common  labor, 
diminishes,  steps  will  be  taken  to  have 
the  tilling  completed.  This  is  a  matter 
which  should  have  careful  attention,  for 
it  is  as  important  that  the  surroundings 
of  the  thousands  who  visit  this  locality 
should  be  made  pleasant  as  that  we 
should  beautify  our streets  and  provide 
parks for  the  esthetic  culture  of  our citi­
zens  in  other  parts  of  the  city.  Not  only 
should  the  city  see  to  it  that  its  share 
of  the  work  of  making  the  market  local­
ity  a  suitable  and pleasant place to  visit 
is  thoroughly  and  effectively  done, 
but  good  business  policy  would  dictate 
that  the  owners of adjacent  property  do 
their  part  in  the  same  work. 
In  noway 
could  they  enhance  the  value  of  their 
holdings  more  rapidly  than  by  the  re­
moval  of the  moral  and  visible  eyesores 
and  seeing  that  such  improvements  as 
they  may  make  are  suitable.  Some  are 
doing  this  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the 
importance  of the  matter may be brought 
to  the  attention  of  all.

The  market  business  continues  heavy, 
although  the  height  of  the  season  is 
past.  Tuesdays  of  last  and  the  preced­
ing  week  were  probably  the  heaviest 
days of the  season.  The  attendance  is 
yet  large,  but'there  is  less  standing  and 
waiting  than  earlier  in  the  season,  or  in 
other seasons.  During the  market  hours 
teams  are  coming 
later  and  more  are 
leaving  early,  so  while  it  is  not  so  full 
at  any  time  there  is  the  usual  amount  of 
business.

The  fruit  season  is  on  the  decline,  ex­
cept  for grapes.  Plums  are  still  offered 
in 
large  quantities,  but  prices  are  ad­
vancing.  Pears  are  high  priced  for good 
qualities.  Peaches  are  so  scarce  as  to 
cut  little  figure  and  most  of  the  supply 
in  the  stores  has  been  shipped  from 
other more  fortunate  localities.  Apples 
are  plentiful,  but  command  good,  al­
though  greatly  varying,  prices.  Grapes 
are  in  great  abundance,  but  prices are 
yet  kept  up  to a  level  which  makes  the 
growing  and  handling  profitable.

The  vegetable  market  is  still  abun­
dant,  but  not  to  the  extent  of  surfeit. 
Sales are  good  and  prices  are  kept  at 
a  profitable  basis.  Potatoes  often  seem 
on  the  point of  demoralization,  but  de­
mand  comes  to  the  front  in  season  to 
save  them  and  prices  are  kept  up  to  a 
good  level.

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it 

It  was the  twilight  when  women  con­
fide  in  each other,  for no  better  reason 
than  because 
is  dark,  and  the  talk 
had  gone  merrily  on  to the  click  of  fans 
and  the  soft  froufrou  of  skirts.  Finally 
the  conversation  drifted  to  the  ever- 
absorbing 
topic  of  woman  and  her 
needs,  and  Elise  said :

“ In  my  opinion,  if  we  women  were to 
pray  for  the  quality  of  which  we  stand 
in  most  urgent  need we would importune 
heaven  without  ceasing  for  courage. 
Not  that  kind  of  physical  courage  that 
dares  to  brave  the  ferocious  mouse  in 
his  den  in  the  closet,  but  the  moral 
backbone  that  would  enable  us to  stand 
alone  and 
live  our  lives  like  we  want 
to,  instead  of  the  way  we  think  other 
people  want  us  to.  Just  what  this  means 
in  peace  and  restfulness and  comfort 
is 
a  vision  so  ecstatic  I  never  dare  to  let 
myself  seriously  contemplate  it. 
In  our 
secret  souls  we  all  know  that  if  we could 
rid  ourselves  of  the  fear  of  what  the 
woman  next  door and  the one  across  the 
way  think  we  could  have  a  very  accept - 
ble  understudy  of  the  millennium  right 
here  at  home,  but the  thought  of defying 
their opinion  and  doing  as  we please  in 
spite  of  it 
is  an  idea  so audacious  it 
gives  us  the  cold  chills  merely  to  con­
template  it,  and  we  know  we  will 
never,  never,  never  have  the  courage  to 
do  it.

“ The  other  day,  when  the  mercury 
was  sizzling  around  the  boiling  point  a 
man  for  whose  opinion  I  have  the  most 
unbounded 
respect—except  when  he 
tackles  the  subject  of  women's  clothes—• 
asked  me  why  I  had  my  neck  swathed 
in  a  ribbon  stock  as tight  and  as  high 
I  cast  about  in  my 
as  I  could  get  it. 
mind  for  a  suitable  reply. 
I  couldn’t 
claim  that  it  was  neat,  when  two  hours 
after  I  put  it  on  it  was  reduced  to  the 
consistency  of  moist  pulp. 
I  couldn’t 
urge  economy  in  its  behalf,  when  I  re­
membered  how  many  bolts of  ribbon  it 
took  to  get  one  decently  through  the 
summer. 
I  couldn’t  say  it  was comfort­
able,  when  a  mustard  plaster would have 
been  just  as  cool  and  well-suited  to  the 
weather.  So  I  bleated 
like  the  sheep 
that  follows  all  the  other  silly sheep over 
the  fence  and  into the  ditch.

Is 

sisters  and 

‘ Oh,  because  everybody  wears ’em.’ 
If  I  had  told  the  truth  I  should  have 
said,  ‘ Because  I ’m  too  big  a  coward  to 
make  myself comfortable ;’  and  my dear, 
suffering 
fellow-cowards, 
just  where  we  all  are.  What 
there’s 
makes  us  wear  dresses  that  sweep  the 
streets  and  require  to  be held  up  fore 
and  aft? 
it  because  our  common 
sense  and  good  judgment  approve  of  it 
or because  they  are  so  entrancingly  con­
venient?  Neither.  There  isn’t  a moth­
er’s  daughter of  us  who  wouldn’t  whack 
them  off  to  the  knees  if  we  had  the 
courage  to go about  in  short  skirts,  and 
who  wouldn’t  enjoy  lynching  the  dress­
maker  who  invented  long  sleeves that 
flop  over  the  hand  and  get  into  every­
thing.  But  we  will  never  do  it. 
In­
stead,  we  will  go  meekly  along,  break­
ing  our backs,  trailing  heavy  skirts  in 
the  mud  and  wearing  sleeves  as  big  as 
balloons  one  year  and  skin-tight  the 
next,  and  for  no  better  reason  than 
none  of  us  have  the  independence  to 
dress  as  we  please. ’ ’

“ The  trouble  doesn’t 

there, 
either,’ ’  said another woman;  “ the  lack 
of  courage 
is  the  root  of  half of the 
misery  in  the  world..  Take  the  matter

stop 

If,  when  mis­
of  poverty,  for  instance. 
fortune  comes  our  way,  we  had  only 
bravery  to  frankly  meet  the  situation 
and adapt  ourselves  to  it,  its  bitterest 
sting  would  be  taken  away. 
It  is  the 
trying  to  keep  up  appearances,  the  piti­
ful  subterfuges,  the  transparent  make­
shifts that are so  heart-breaking.  I  never 
knew  but  one  woman  who had the  cour­
age  to  rise  to  the  occasion.  She  had 
been  rich,  but  in  the  twinkling  of an 
eye  almost  everything  was  swept away 
from  her.  She  didn’t  make  a  single 
effort to gloss  matters  over.  She left the 
big  fine  house,  dismissed  the  servants, 
and  moved  at once  into a  cottage,  where 
she  did  her  own  work.  The  little  in­
come  left  to  them,  on  which  they  would 
have  starved  along  in  the  big house, 
made  them  perfectly  comfortable  in  the 
little  one.  Wisest  of  all,  she  made  no 
frantic  attempts  to  cling  to  fashionable 
society.  You  never saw her  in  a  shabby, 
made-over  gown  on  the  outskirts  of a 
swell  gathering, 
that  deprecating 
kind  of  an  attitude  that  says  as  plainly 
as  words  that  she  knows  she  is there 
because  some  good  natured  woman  has 
asked  her out  of  charity and  that she  is 
receiving  hospitality  she  is  too  poor  to 
return  and 
is  a  guest  on  sufferance. 
Somebody  said once to this  philosopher: 
‘ If  you  don’t  try  to  go around  society 
will  drop  you.  You  know  it  has  a  bad 
memory  for  poor  people.’  ‘ It  can’t  drop 
me,’  returned  my  friend,  serenely,  ‘be­
cause  I  dropped  it  first.’  The  attitude 
always  seemed  to  me  one  of  incompar­
able  dignity  and  good  sense.  She  had 
the  courage  to  live  according  to  her 
means  and  she  was  comfortable  and 
happy  and  contented,  instead of growing 
morbid  and  overwrought,  fretting  her­
self  to  fiddlestrings  by  clinging  fran­
tically  to  the  fiction  of  wealth  and  ap­
pearances,  that  everybody  knows  for 
the  hollow  mockery  and  fraud  it  is.”  

in 

“ Then,  there’s  hospitality,”   chimed 
in another;  “ do  you  ever  think  of how 
much  genuine  pleasure  we  miss  by  not 
having  the  courage  to  entertain  our 
in  the  simple  way  we  could 
friends 
afford? 
If  we  could  set them  down  to 
such  a  meal  as  we  have  every  day,  we 
might  enjoy  it  with  a  clear  conscience, 
without  feeling that they  were  accessory 
to the  crime  of  the  champagne  bought 
on  credit,  or morally  responsible  for the 
nervous  prostration  of  the  hostess;  but 
we  have  read 
in  the  papers  or heard 
somehow  of  some  woman  who gave  a 
dinner  where  there  were 
forty-’leven 
courses  and  a  different  wine  with  each, 
and  we  feel,  if  we  can’t  approximate  it, 
we  had  better never gather our  friends 
about  us.  So  we  go  in  debt  for game 
and  things  out  of  season  and  the  hostess 
and  her  maid-of-a 11-work  make  burnt 
offerings  of themselves  over the  kitchen 
stove,  and 
it  is  all  so  much  worry  and 
care  and  trouble  that the  only  pleasure 
we  get  out  of  it  is  when  we  see  the  van­
ishing  backs  of our gorged guests.  They 
didn’t want  us to  do  it.  Nobody 
likes 
to  feel  they  have  put  anyone  else  out. 
There  simply  was  no  earthly  excuse  for 
it,  except  that  we  were  such  cowards 
we  were  afraid  somebody  would  say 
that we  didn’t  have  but  six wax candles, 
with  pink  crepe  shades,  when  Mrs. 
Blank  had  eight.”
Do  you  know  what  I  would  do  i f  I 
had  the  courage  to  do what  I  want?”  
asked  the  woman  who  is  considered  to 
be  progressive  and  up-to-date. 
“ Well, 
just  come  right  out  flat-footed  and 
I ’d 
cut  the  whole  club  business. 
I  would 
never,  so  long  as  I  lived,  listen  to an­
other  paper  on  any  subject  whatever. 
I’ve  belonged  to  clubs  for the  study  of

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

just 

I  have be­
the  whatness  of  the  what. 
longed  to higher thought  clubs and clubs 
to study  the  intention  of the  builders  of 
the  pyramids  and  clubs  to  fix  the  place 
of  heroes  of  fiction 
in  evolution  and 
clubs  for  heaven  knows  what  folly  and 
idiocy,  masquerading  under  the  guise 
of culture.  I  am  deadly  tired  and  weary 
and bored  with  it  all  and  I’d 
like 
to  get  the  members  of  all  the  clubs  I 
belong  to  together  and  say, 
‘ Ladies, 
let’s  skip  the  papers  and  get  down  to 
the  gossip  and  the  salad  at  once. 
That’s  what  we are  really  here  for.’  But 
I  don’t  dare  do  it.  We are  all  hypocrites 
together.  We  sit  up  and  look  wise  and 
murmur  our  admiration  to  hide  our 
yawns  and  wonder  if  it  is  possible  for 
anything  else  under the blue  canopy  to 
be  as  much  of a  bore  as  a  club  paper.”  
“ Another  place  where  there  is a  cry­
ing  need  for courage  is  in  weddings,”  
put  in  a  woman  in  the  corner. 
“ The 
folly  and  the  idiocy  that  are  committed 
in the  name of those are enough  to  make 
angels  weep.  To-day  I  went  to  see  a 
girl  who is  going  to be  married this fall. 
Her  people  are 
jjoor,  and  the  young 
bridegroom  has  his  own  way  to  make  in 
the  world,  and  is  working on a  salary, 
but  they  are  going  to  be  married  in 
church,  with  ushers  and  carriages  and 
white  satin  and  all  the  rest  of  it  that 
is 
such  arrant  tomfoolery  where  poor  peo­
ple  are  concerned.  * Look,  here, ’  I  said 
to  her,  ‘ don’t  you  know  that  a  poor 
clerk’s  wife  has  no  more  need  of  white 
satin  than  she  has  of  angel  wings? 
Don’t  you  know  that  the  money  such  a 
wedding  will  cost  would  furnish  you  up 
a  nice 
little  cottage?  What  on  earth 
makes  you  want  to  do  anything  so  fool­
ish?’  Well,  she  and  her  mother hemmed 
and  hawed  and  beat  around the  subject. 
They  admitted  that the  white  satin  was 
bought  at  the  expense  of  useful  things 
she  was  dead  sure  to  need  every  day. 
The  mother winced  at the thought of the 
pinching  and  economizing  it  was  going 
to  take  to  pay  for  it,  but they  simply 
didn’t have  the courage  not  to  do  it,  be­
cause  Annette  and  Marie  and some other

girls they knew had  all had display  wed­
dings. ”

“ To  my  mind,”   said  another,  “ the 
most  pitiful  of all  is  the  cowardice  we 
see  so often  displayed  about  the  dead. 
I  have  known  families  who  impover­
ished  themselves  over,  a  funeral  and 
whose  earnings  for years  afterward  went 
to  the  undertaker. 
Sometimes  there 
were  little  children  who couldn’t  be  sent 
to school  on  account of  it,  or sick  people 
or old  people  who  had  to be  denied  the 
comforts and  food  they  should have  had, 
but  every  penny  must  be  paid  on  the 
big  debt  they 
incurred  in  the  funeral. 
Not  being  fools  they  must  have  realized 
what  they  were  doing,  but  they  didn’t 
have  the  courage  to  simply  put their 
dead  away  with  tears  and  love  and  rev­
erence,  without  a  horde  of  dead-beat 
loafers  following  in  the  hired  carriages, 
whose  every  turn  of the  wheels  spelled 
ruin  to  the  living.  The  same  thing  may 
be  said  about the wearing  of  mourning. 
Not  one-tenth  of  the  women  you  see 
swathed  in  black  would  have  it  on  if 
they  had the  courage  not  to wear  it.  To 
the  delicate  woman  it  is  a  menace,  to 
the  nervous  one  it  is  a  horror,  to  every 
one  it  is  a  perpetual  reminder of  loss 
that  they  would be  only  too thankful  to 
avoid  if  they  only  dared.”

“ I  have  known  women,”   interrupted 
Elise,  “ to  make  miserable  marriages 
because  they  didn’t  have  the  courage  to 
be old  maids. 
I  have  known  women  to 
starve 
in  genteel  poverty  because  they 
didn’t  have  the  courage  to go  to  work.
I  have  known  them  to  cut  their old 
friends  because  they  didn’t  have  the 
courage  to  know  plain  people  after  they 
got  up  a  little  in  the  world  themselves, 
and  that’s  what  makes  me  say  that  the 
greatest  need  in  the  world  to-day,  so far 
as  women  are  concerned,  is  courage.”  
Dorothy  Dix.

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E .  A.  S T O W E ,  E d it o r .

WEDNESDAY,  •  -  SEPTEMBER 13.  1899.
This  Paper  has a  Larger  Paid  Circu­
lation  than  that  of  any  other  paoer  of 
its class  in  the  United  States. 
Its value 
as an  Advertising  Medium  is  therefore 
apparent.

GOOD  TIM ES  AND  FA K ES.

Not  for  many  years  has  there been  a 
time  when  there  was  so  much  capital 
seeking  investment as  the  present.  Re­
turns  from  all  legitimate  business  have 
been  good  for  many  months; debts  have 
been  paid;  business  has been expanded, 
and  there are  many  thousands who  have 
moderate  sums  for which  they  are  seek­
ing safe and  profitable investment.  Dur­
ing  recent  months  there  has  been  a  par­
tial  outlet  for  such  funds  through  the 
organization  and  exploitation  of  the 
great  combinations  of  business,  and 
this  has  attracted  attention  toward  spec­
ulative  investment  until  a  wide  harvest 
seems  ready  for  any  enterprise  which 
offers  reasonable  assurance  of  profit  and 
safety.

Naturally  such  a  condition  is  not  only 
favorable  to  legitimate  undertakings, 
but  opportunity  is  afforded  for those of a 
less assured  character,  and  even  for  the 
rankest  fakes  and  swindles.  Profession­
al  promoters  of  this  sort  of  enterprise 
are  as  watchful  of  favoring  conditions 
as  any  class  and  are  ready to avail them­
selves  of  every  opportunity.  These  have 
found  their greatest  success in  imitating 
the  great 
industrial  organizations,  and 
in  many  cases  the  schemes are  so  well 
worked  out  that  they  are  calculated  to 
deceive  the  very  elect.  Of  course,  there 
are  all  degrees  of  fraudulence  in  these 
enterprises,  some  being  based  on  condi­
tions  which  may  to  some  extent  even 
deceive  the  projectors—may  have  some 
apparently  legitimate bases of operation, 
although  foredoomed  to  failure—while 
others  are  deliberately planned to "catch 
suckers."  Usually  these  are  carefully 
perfected  by  months  of  preparation  and 
then  sprung with  a  sudden rush of adver­
tising  which  brings  the  harvest  before 
the  fraudulence  of the  schemes  can  be 
demonstrated.

One  such  enterprise 

is  just  now  in 
the  height  of  exploitation  which  would 
seem  to  have  achieved  a  marked  suc­
cess. 
Its  prospectus  is  ingeniously con­
trived  to secure  prompt  returns  in  stock 
subscriptions  at  S3  per share,  par  value 
being $io,  by  limiting  the  time  before 
an  advance  in  price  is  to be made.  This 
conveys  the  idea  that $io value  is  to  be 
is  attractive  to 
secured  for  S3,  which 
most 
such 
schemes,  and  the  limit  in  time  is  made

liable  to  bex  caught  by 

the 

so  as  to  prevent 
investigation.  This 
prospectus  makes  the  most  astounding 
claims,  involving  perpetual  motion  and 
the  other mechanical  absurdities  usually 
figuring 
in  such  schemes.  There  is  a 
degree  of  plausibility  in the  claim  of 
controlling 
forces  and  products 
most  engaging  public  attention which  is 
calculated  to  catch  the  unwary  and  su­
perficial. 
"Superheating  liquid  air by 
electricity”   and  using  it to drive  auto­
mobiles  at  a  small  fraction  of  the  cost 
of  any  present  motive  power  is  a  claim 
calculated  to  arrest  the  attention  of the 
greatest  possible  number of those  inter­
ested 
in  the  developments  of  current 
scientific  research.  During  the  past 
two  weeks  there  has  been  expended  a 
vast  sum  of  money  in  advertising  in  all 
parts  of  the  country.  The  mails  have 
been loaded  with  prospectuses and  there 
is  little  doubt that  an  immense  harvest 
is  now  pouring  in  as  a  result  of the  un­
dertaking.

BUSINESS  CONDITIONS.

It  is  probably  a  matter  for  congratu­
lation  that  there  has  been  enough  of 
financial  uneasiness  and  disturbance  in 
the  Eastern  centers  to  put  a  healthy 
restraint  upon 
the  advancing  stock 
markets.  While  this  disturbance  was 
most  manifest  during  the past week,  and 
bear  pressure  caused  a  decline  in  many 
lines,  the  average  of  all 
industrials 
showed  an  advance  owing  to  a  rapid 
rise 
in  values  of  a  few  leading  stocks. 
The  general  downward  tendency  was 
enough  to  lower  the  average  for trans­
portation  shares  to a  slight  degree  not­
withstanding  the  fact  that  there  is  no 
diminution 
in  the  ratio  of  increasing 
earnings.  There  has  been  a  decided 
disturbance 
in  the  Eastern  money cen­
ters,  caused  by  the  exploitation  of the 
new  corporations  which  were  organized 
during  the  spring  and  summer  months. 
These  have  been  financed  by  the  New 
York  banks  to  an  extent  enormous  in 
the  aggregate. 
It  is  not  strange  that  so 
sudden  and  extensive  a  demand  should 
create  a  stringency,  but  there  is  assur­
ance  in  the  fact  that the  money  has sim­
ply  changed  hands  and  has  been  scat­
tered  through  the  country  in  the  banks 
where  industrial  plants  have  been  paid 
for.  The  effect  on  stock  speculation  is 
considerable, 
latest  reports  indicating 
continued  decline  in  many  lines,  but 
there  is  no  possibility  of anything  more 
than  a  temporary  derangement.

Improvement 

in  the  industrial  and 
transportation 
lines  continues  with  a 
regularity  almost  monotonous.  Prices 
are  steadily  advancing  in  almost  all 
manufactured  products,  while  there  is 
less of  the  seasonable  decline  in  natural 
products  than  usual.

The 

iron  situation  shows  the  same 
pressure  of  unprecedented  demand  not­
withstanding  the  fact  that  new works are 
coming  into  the  field  every  day.  Most 
works are  contracted  ahead  and  the  ad­
vances quoted  mean  premium  for  quick 
delivery.  The  hindrances  which  have 
interfered  with  the  ore  traffic  on  the 
Lakes  in  the  obstruction of the  "S o o ”  
and  the  low  water  in  the  Detroit  River 
are  embarrassing  some  works  and  tend 
to still  further strengthen  prices.

Cotton  consumption  in  1898  surpassed 
all  previous  years,  but  is  exceeded  this 
year by  over 20  per cent.  Demand  holds 
prices  strong  and  the  utmost  confidence 
is  felt  in  the  situation.  Wool  sales have 
been  moderate  and  prices somewhat  ir­
regular,  but  goods are strong in demand. 
Leatherand  its  products are steadily  ad­
vancing  and  greater  activity  is  shown 
than  for years  at this  season.

BRA IN S NOT  DEGENERATING.

In  this  age  of  extraordinary  scientific 
discovery  and  general  intellectual  prog­
ress  it  seems  preposterous  to  tell  man­
kind  of  the  most  advanced  races  and 
nations  that  the  human  brain  is  deteri­
orating  and 
intellectual 
power  is  steadily  decreasing  until  it 
may  reach  the  low  level  of  general  stu­
pidity,  if  not  of  idiocy.

that  man’s 

But  this  is  just  what  Colonel  Elsdale, 
an  English  officer of  the  Royal  Engi­
neers,  puts  forth  in  an  article  in  the 
Nineteenth  Century  for  August.  He 
assigns  as  the  reason  for this  brain  de­
generation  mental  hurry  and  overstrain ; 
the 
in  politics;  the 
steadily  increasing  mammon  worship, 
and  the  growing  love  of 
luxury  and 
ease.

leveling  spirit 

Such  incongruous  and  heterogeneous 
causes  are  presented  to  account  for a 
proposition  which  is  merely  assumed 
and 
is  by  no  means  proved,  for,  after 
all,  is  there  any  evidence  of the  decline 
in  the  power of  the  human  brain?  Are 
there  no great  discoverers of the  secrets 
of  nature?  Are  there  no  daring  explor­
ers  of the  vast  regions  of our globe  long 
wholly  unknown?  Is nobody  reading  the 
hieroglyphic  records  of  dead  and  lost 
races  and  nations  and  are 
there  no 
achievements  in  other  fields  of  intellec­
tual  research? 
Is  there  any  evidence 
that  the  skulls of the  people  of  leading 
races are  growing  smaller and  are  there 
other signs  of  physical  degeneration?

The  answer  is,  emphatically,  " N o !”  
It  is  entirely  possible  that  in  some  lines 
of  thought  the  human  mind  may  have 
reached  the  limit  of  its  power.  It  is  ad­
mitted  that  in  poetry  and  sculpture  no 
modems  have  surpassed  the  ancient 
Greeks.  The  British  engineer  quoted 
should  be  competent  to  speak  on  the 
subject  of  mathematics,  and  he  thinks 
that  the  science  of quantities  can  not  be 
developed  much  further.  He  says :

We  may  not  have  as  yet  reached  what 
I  would  venture  to  call  the  saturation 
point,  that  is,  the  point  at  which  the 
human  mind  can  go no  further  in  math­
ematics;  but  at  all  events  it  is  looming 
well  in  view  ahead  of  us,  and  apparent­
ly  in  a  very  few  generations  more,  at 
the  present  rate  of  progress,  we  are 
bound  to  reach  it.

After all,  mathematics 

Admitting  that  no  further progress  is 
in  the  science  of  mathe­
to  be  made 
matics,  have  we  not 
in  its  laws  and 
methods the  means  of  developing  every 
problem  in astronomy  and the mechanics 
and  chronology  of  the  system  of  the 
universe?  If  the  body  of  principles  and 
formulae  which  make  up  the  mathemat­
ics  should  never be  added  to,  they afford 
already  resources  for determining  every 
quantity  that can  have  any  definite rela­
tion to any  other quantity,  and  for  solv­
ing  the quantitive  problems of the  ages.
is  but a  tool 
with  which  to work.  In  connection  with 
it  has  opened  a 
physical  research, 
vista  of  usefulness 
in  mechanical  and 
theoretical  engineering  that  seems  prac­
tically  endless.  Then there  are  chemis­
try  and  electrical  science.  They  are  so 
unspeakably  vast  and  far-reaching  that 
their  lavish  treasures  of  beneficial  reve­
lation  appear  inexhaustible,  so that  if  it 
shall  be  found  that  some  veins of  re­
search  in  art  and  philosophy  have  been 
worked  out,  there  are  innumerable  other 
mines of knowledge  that  are 
limitless.
Something  over  three  centuries  ago 
there  appeared  in  Paris  a  man  named 
James  Crichton,  sumamed 
"Adm ir­
able,”   because  he  knew  everything  in 
art,  philosophy  and  arms  better  than 
anybody  else.  He  distinguished  him­
self  by  vanquishing  the doctors of the

university  in  public  discussions 
in­
tended  to  display  their learning ;  then 
he  rode  into the  lists  at  the  tourney  and 
overthrew all  the  celebrated  knights who 
contested  with  him 
for  victory,  and 
afterwards  outshone  all  other cavaliers 
at  court  with  his  gallantries and fascina­
tions. 
In  the  three  centuries  that  have 
elapsed  since  the  wonderful  Crichton 
passed  off  the  stage  the 
in 
every  branch  of  knowledge  has  been  so 
vast that the  learning  with  which  he was 
then  able  to  astonish  the  world  is  by 
comparison  entirely 
insignificant  and 
for the  most  part  erroneous.

increase 

The  idea  that the  growth of democracy 
can  exert  any  effect  to  dwarf  and  dam­
age  the  human  intellect  is  absurd  in  the 
extreme.  True  democracy  means  com­
petition,  aspiration  and  exertion  to  as­
cend.  It  is  radically  opposed  to leveling 
or dragging  down. 
It  encourages  every 
citizen  to  do his best  and  to  attain  the 
highest  distinction  possible  in  any  field 
of  effort.

There  is  no  evidence  of  any  weaken­
ing  of  the  human  mind  or body  other 
than  in  the  cases  of  individuals.  The 
excessive  use  of  drugs,  such as  stimu­
lants  or  opiates,  and  the  undue  indul­
gence  of the  physical  appetites  and  pas­
sions are  the  chief  causes of  human  de­
generacy.  The  ancient  world  did  not 
know of alcohol  or distilled  spirits.  But 
little  was  known  then  of the  juice  of  the 
poppy.  Only  in  the  Far  East  were  the 
intoxicating  powers  of the  Indian  hemp 
and  the  betel  nut  used or  known,  while 
it  is only  in  the  present  generation  that 
numerous  depressing  drugs  which  can 
dull  the  senses  and  destroy  the  mind 
have been  created  by  chemistry,  while 
tobacco  is  a  product  of  America  and 
was  unknown  before  the days of  Spanish 
discovery.

Thus  it  is that, while  there  are  at  hand 
more  means  of  debauching  the 
intellect 
than  were  known  in  earlier  times,  it 
seems  an  entirely  unwarranted  assump­
tion  that  human  brains  are 
steadily 
degenerating.

In  New Jersey  the other  day  a  woman 
tried  to  reform  her  intemperate  husband 
by getting  drunk  at  the  same  saloon and 
before  him,  so  that  he  might  see  how 
disreputable  it  was. 
Instead  of  reform­
ing 
instantly,  the  fellow  thrashed  her 
soundly  and  then  got as  drunk  as  usual.

Many  of  the  ills  we  suffer are  caused 
more  by  disordered  stomachs  than  by 
disordered  business.  Keep  your  liver 
in  good  order  and  your cash  book  will 
balance  easily every  day.

A  commissioner  of  pensions,  if  he 
does his  duty,  can  not be  popular  with 
dead-beat  claimants  and  unscrupulous 
members  of  the  bar  who  claim  to be 
claim  agents.

Many  good  people  derive  their  great­
est  happiness  from  their  belief  that  a 
judgment  day 
is  coming  to  do  some­
body  else  up.

The  man  who  couldn’t fill  the  office 
better  than  the  man appointed  has  yet 
to  be  bom  in  this  great  and  glorious 
Republic.

If a  man  is never lied  about by black­
guards,  he  can  put  himself  down  as  of 
no  particular account.

It  is  far better to have  one  hand  on 
a  postoffice than  both  eyes on  a  foreign 
mission.  _________________

When  a  man  preaches  economy,  his 

wife  is bound to  practice_it.

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M ODERN  LABOR  TRUSTS.

The  term  trust,  while  properly  a  mis­
nomer as  applied  to  a  simple  monop­
oly,  is  being  used  in  this  connection  to 
an  extent  which  bids  fair to give  it  a 
new  signification.  Properly  the  term 
is  only  applicable  to  such  organizations 
of  industry  as  merge  their  interests  and 
place  the  management  in  the  hands  of a 
board  of trustees,  thus giving  the  name 
trust.  This  method  of  combination 
in 
manufacturing  and  trade industries early 
ran  against 
legal  obstacles  and  so  had 
to  be  largely  abandoned  and  in  its place 
was  substituted  the  actual  combination 
of  interests  into a  veritable  stock  com­
pany,  in  which  the  identity  of the  indi­
vidual  concerns  is  entirely  lost.  While 
in  some 
industries  such  combinations 
may  and  do amount  to a monopoly,  their 
enterprises  are  conducted 
in  harmony 
with  the  generally  accepted  customs and 
methods  of  business,  and  are  entirely 
legal.  Those which are  most  permanent 
and successful conform most closely to the 
rules governing  the  smaller enterprises— 
look  for their  profit  in  decreasing  cost 
of  production  and  distribution  and  in 
perfection  of  product  and  not  to  the  ex­
ercise  of  the  power of  extortion  which 
may  be  derived 
from  a  more  01  less 
effective  monopoly.  While  the  organiza­
tion  of these  mammoth  companies,  even 
when  conforming  to  the  most  correct 
principles  of  economics,  must  needs 
work 
in  the  loss and 
change  of employment,  it  is  to  be  con­
sidered  that 
is  an  improved 
product  furnished  at  a decreased cost the 
change  in  the  industry  is  a  benefit  to 
the  world  at  large.

injury  to  some 

if  there 

in  selling  price. 

But  not  all  combinations  are  of  this 
character. 
In  the  mad  rush  for gain  the 
first  consideration  of  many  is  the  in­
crease 
If  improved 
product  receives  any  consideration  it  is 
made  secondary  and  the  reduction  in 
the  machinery  of  distribution 
is  offset 
by  reckless  increase  in  official  salaries, 
made  possible  by  the  spirit  of  extrava­
gance  actuating  the  movement.  Such 
industrial  combinations,  however,  are 
usually  shortlived;  their administration 
invites  competition,  and  soon  they  find 
that  there  only  remains  for them  to  di­
vide  the 
ill-gotten  gains  as  best  they 
may  and  abandon  the  one  line  to  take 
up  some  other admitting  of  similar  ex­
ploitation.

There 

is  another  type  of  trust 

in 
which  the  principle  of  monopoly 
is  de­
pended  upon  as  the  sole  motive  and  ob­
ject  of  existence.  They  are  simply  and 
purely combinations  made  to  control  the 
work  in  some  general 
industry.  These 
are  made  possible  and  effective  because 
they  can  employ  the  term  “ labor”   in 
their  names  and  so  arrogate  to  them­
selves  philanthropic  motives  and  ob­
jects.  The  fact  is  lost  sight  of  that  only 
the  parties  to  these  combinations  are 
beneficiaries  and  that  they  are  veritable 
Ishmaelites to  all  the  rest,  and  the  great 
mass,  of  the  labor world.

The  power  of  monopoly  in 

labor 
unions  is  locality. 
If  all  the  members 
of  any  particular  craft  or trade  in  a  lo­
cality  can  form  a  combination,  and  can 
exclude  all  other  members of the  same 
craft  or trade,  they  can  make  their  mo­
nopoly  perfect. 
It  is  difficult  to  con­
ceive  of a  more  utterly  selfish and heart­
less  monopoly ;  and  yet  the  cry  of  ‘ ‘ la­
bor”   makes  them  possible.  That  they 
are  ostensibly  arrayed  against  capital, 
and  so  claim  the  right  of existence,  con­
ceals  the  fact  that  they  are  still  more 
venomously  opposed  to  any 
labor ex­
cept  such  as  they  themselves  control. 
these  monopolies
The  operation  of 

serves,  usually,  to  raise  the  price  of  the 
industries  concerned  to the  highest  pos­
sible  level,  resulting  in  driving  all  ex­
cept  those  held  by  local  limitations  to 
other  places  where  conditions  are  such 
as to  prevent  union  control.

in 

Among  the  lines  of  industry  in  which 
it 
is  possible  to  carry  the  operation of 
the  selfishness  of  unionism  to  its  utmost 
effectiveness  may  be  noted  the  building 
trades 
large  and  growing  cities,  or 
the  printing of metropolitan newspapers. 
For obvious  reasons  such  work  can  not 
be  sent  elsewhere,  and  the  extent  to 
which  extortion  and  monopoly  may  be 
carried  is  almost  without limit.  In  these 
lines  are  to  be  found  some  of  the  most 
effective  and  characteristic  unions.  The 
fact  is  not generally advertised that these 
unions  are  armed  against 
their  own 
craftsmen 
in  other  unions,  but  such  is 
the  case.

For example,  the  rate  of  wages  for  a 
carpenter  in  Grand  Rapids  is  S2.25  per 
day  for nine  hours’  work. 
In  Chicago 
the  rate  is $4  for eight  hours.  Naturally 
the  difference  occasionally  leads  to an 
investigation  of  the  situation  by  mem­
bers  of  the  union 
in  the  less  favored 
town.  An  instance  recently  came  under 
notice  of  the  writer  in  which  a  man  un­
dertook  to better his  condition  by 
join­
ing  the  better  paid  fraternity.  A  fort­
night  brought  him  back  to his  old  posi­
tion,  his 
been 
rejected,  with  the  loss  of  a  considerable 
sum  in  expenses,  fees  and  time,  a  wiser 
if not  more  contented  man.  His  experi­
ence  is  that  of  a  vast  number who are 
constantly  trying  to  thus  improve  their 
situation,  each to find  that he  is trying to 
deal  with  a  monopoly  as  cruel  to  the 
members  of  its  fellow  unions  as  to  those 
outside  such  organizations.

application  having 

The  recent  strike  of  the  printers  on 
the  New  York  Sun  is  serving  to bring 
out  the  characteristics  of  this  kind  of 
union  monopoly  most 
forcibly.  The 
typographical  union  called  the  “ Big 
6”   has  for  many  years  controlled  all  the 
leading  newspapers  of  the  metropolis, 
and  the  power of  locality  is  so  great 
in 
these  enterprises  that  they  have  been 
able  to  carry  their control  to  an  almost 
unlimited  extent.  For  many  years  they 
have  entirely  excluded  apprentices  in 
these  offices,  thus barring  their  own  sons 
from  the 
industry,  and  have  only  ad­
mitted  to  membership  such  as  came 
with  the  requisite  pulls  or qualifications 
to  keep  the  monopoly  effective,  and 
such  admissions  are  few.

The  story  of the  arbitrary  tyranny  and 
extortion  in  these  offices,  as  represented 
by  the  Sun,  is  a  forcible  illustration  of 
the  operation  of  unionism  under  ideal 
conditions,  and  the  account  of  the  hu­
miliation  and  aggression  to  which  the 
management 
is  subjected  is  enough  to 
make one’s  blood  boil  with  indignation. 
If is  too  long  to  recount  in  detail  here, 
but  a  few  samples  may  be  noted :

It 

The  organization  of  the  union  is  rep­
resented  in  each  office  by  a  “ chapel”  
comprised  of the  union  members,  whose 
official  head  is  the  “ chairman.”  
is 
the  primary  duty  of  this  official,  who 
draws  his  salary  from  the  paper,  to  see 
that  all  union  rules  are  properly  ob­
served.  The  management  of  the  paper 
is  represented  by  a  foreman,  who  must 
be  a  member  of  the  “ chapel”   and  is 
under  the  authority  of  the  chairman. 
All  intercourse  with  employes  must  be 
through  the  foreman  and  the  manage­
ment  is  forbidden  to  hold  communica­
tion  with  the  chairman  of the “ chapel. ”
in  the 
Sun  office  is  made  by  the  union $24  per 
week  for eight  hours.  All  proofreaders

The  minimum  rate  of  wages 

and  persons  in  subordinate or  compara­
tively  unskilled  positions  must  be mem­
bers of the  union  and  must  receive  this 
salary.  Some  women  who  were  related 
to  former  employes  of  the  office  were 
kept  at  $6  to $8  per  week  on  considera­
tion  of  charity.  The  union  enforced  its 
rule,  intending  to  secure  these  positions 
for  its  members,  but  succeeded  in  rais­
ing  the  salaries  of  the  women  to $24, 
which  the  management  conceded  rather 
than  have  them  turned  adrift.  All com­
in  the 
position  or  plates  appearing 
paper  must  be  paid  for to the  union. 
If 
an  advertiser took  a  page  in  the  paper 
and  preferred  to  have 
it  set  up  in  an 
outside 
job  office  and a  plate  made  of 
it,  the  union  must  also be  permitted  to 
set  it,  and  have  pay  for  it  just  the  same 
as  though  it  were  used.  Then  such  di­
vision  of duties  was enforced  as  would 
give  employment  to  as  many  as  pos­
sible,  many  being 
idle  much  of  the 
time,  avowedly  for  the  purpose  of  forc­
ing  the  employment  of a  greater  num­
ber of  the  members  of  the  union.

These  and  many  other  forms of  extor­
tion  and  annoyance  finally  forced  the 
Sun  to  some  change  and  it  turned  its 
attention  to  automatic  machinery.*  As 
the  union  could  not  prevent  this,  it  de­
termined  to  keep  the  control  to as  great 
an  extent  as  possible.  The  type  of  ma­
chine  employed  does  away  with  the 
compositors’  work  entirely,  requiring 
only  the  attention  of  machinists,  whose 
work  printers  could  not  do.  As  the 
machinists  were  union  workmen,  the 
management  asked  that  they  be  ad­
mitted.  This  could  only  be  arranged  on 
condition  that  a  printer be  put in charge 
of  each  machine,  which  was  done,  al­
though  there  was  nothing  he  could  do. 
Of course,  this  arrangement  could  not 
continue  and  the  result 
is  the  final 
throwing  off  of  the  union  yoke  by  the 
Sun.

It 

These 

instances 

illustrate  conditions 
which  are  of  varying  force  wherever 
unions  have  control. 
is  the  first  ob­
ject  to  control  the  industry  and  get  the 
most  out  of  it  that  conditions  make  pos­
sible,  and  their  dealing 
is  as  ruthless 
against  their own  fraternities  as  others, 
when  occasion  arises,  notwithstanding 
their  philanthropic  pretensions.  They 
are  “ trusts,”   and  their  work  is  the  ex­
ponent  of  all  that  is  most  reprehensible 
in  the  modem  significance  of  that term.

The  head  of  the  Frankfort  house  of 
the  Rothschilds  recently received a mod­
est  request  from  a young  man  who stated 
that  the  cooper’s  trade,  to  which  he  had 
been  apprenticed,  was  distasteful 
to 
him,  and  asked  to  be  accepted  as  “ an 
apprentice  millionaire,”   promising  dil­
igence  and  all  application 
learning 
“ the  business.”

in 

The  Kansas  farmer 

is  wealthy  this 
season.  His  mortgages have  been  lifted 
and  he  keeps  his  money. 
It  sticks  in 
his  crop.  _________________

New  Jersey  is  bragging  over  a cat that 
has  forty-one  toes.  The  animal  ought 
to be  able  to  win  by  a  scratch.

Some  obscure  men  make  themselves 
conspicuous  by  telling  what  means  they 
use  to  avoid  publicity.

The  popularity  of  rag-time  songs  is 
wearing  out.  The  songs  are  old  and 
ragged  already.

A  bad  man  does  his  best  and  most 

careful  lying  when  he  is  under oath.

There  is  hope  for a  man  who  does  not 

love  his  sins.

OVER-DRAUGHTS  ON  NATURE.

In  the  mad  rush  of  modem  material 
development,  where  nature's  resources 
are  drawn  upon  with  utter  recklessness, 
and  no  doubt  is ever  permitted  to  enter 
the  mind  that  these  resources  are  ex­
haustless,  the  world  is  speeding  to  some 
costly  and  alarming  embarrassments 
in 
the  no  distant  future.

Invention  has  been  so  universal  in 
finding  new  appliances  and  comforts 
that  familiar  products  which  were  once 
practically  useless,  and  were  found  in 
prodigal  profusion,  are  now  being  put 
to  such  a  variety  of  uses  that  not  only 
has  their  value  risen,  but  the  question 
of their  continued  supply 
is  becoming 
serious.  We  have  seen  forests  along  our 
Northern  boundary  disappear  in  a  quar­
ter  of  a  century  when  it  was  once 
thought  they  would 
last  for centuries! 
Great  coal  and  oil  fields  have  been  ex­
hausted  and  in  many  directions  the  vo­
racious  appetite  of our phenomenal mod­
ern  civilization  is  causing  a  scarcity  on 
nature’s  table.

But  the  most  pronounced  and  in many 
respects  most  serious  result  of  this 
prodigal  use  of an  important  article  in 
commerce  and 
industry,  without  effort 
heretofore  to  provide 
for  replenishing 
the  exhausted  output,  is  the  growing 
scarcity  of the  rubber supply.  The  vast 
amounts  of  this  universally  useful  prod­
uct  which  have  been  required within the 
past  two  or three  years  for  bicycle  and 
carriage  tires,  for electric insulation and 
the  multitude of  uses  to  which  rubber  is 
now  put,  have  produced  almost  a rubber 
famine,  which  will  have  a  tendency  to 
put  a  check  on  the  manufacture  of  a 
number  of  useful  things,  those  men­
tioned  among  others,  or to  raise  prices 
to  a  point beyond  popular  reach.  The 
rubber of  commerce  comes  from  the  sap 
latter  are 
of the  rubber  trees  and  the 
being  recklessly  exhausted. 
It  takes 
twenty  years  to grow  the  tree  to a profit­
able  producing  point.  Even  if  countries 
where  the  tree  flourishes  should  be  now 
utilized  for  the  planting  of  millions of 
more  trees, what  is  the  world  to do in the 
next  twenty  years,  with  the  present  sup­
ply  short  and  the  demand  increasing?

Questions  such  as  these  are  worthy  of 
international  consideration,  as  much  so 
as  great  political  matters,  and  it  will 
not  be  many  years  more  before  govern­
ments  will  have  to begin  taking  ener­
getic  measures  for  preserving  nature’s 
fruitfulness  and  resources  by  enforcing 
economy,  discouraging  waste  and  pro­
viding  for  replanting,  restocking  and 
restoring  in  every  direction.

There 

is  a  man  in  Huntington,  W. 
Va.,  who  has  just  been  married  to  his 
fifth  wife,  all  of  his  wives  having  been 
sisters.  He  has 
just  passed  his  50th 
year,  and  was  married  to  his  first  wife 
when  iq.  She  was  Miss  Jennie  Moffatt, 
and  her  four  successors  have  been  her 
sisters,  Ada,  Catherine,  Missouri,  and 
finally  Anna.  She  is  26  and  good  look­
ing.  There  is  but  one  more  of the Mof­
fatt girls  left,  and  she  is  now  20.  The 
parents  of  the  girls  made  no  objection 
to  their  daughters  wedding  Mercer. 
Consumption  carried  off  most  of  the 
Mrs.  Mercers.  Mr.  Mercer  is  the  father 
of eight  children.  Mercer  declares  that 
he 
love  with  the 
Moffatt  family.

just  simply  fell 

in 

Buffalo  wants  to  be  a  Chicago. 

It 
would  be  much  better  to be  a  greater 
Buffalo. 

________________ _

Someone  who has  been  there  says  the 
happiest  part  of  a  vacation  is  getting 
home.

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Shoes  and  Leather

An  O ctogenarian’«  R em iniscences  of 

W hip p in g   th e   Cat.

Written for the Tradesman.

But  few  of  the  readers  of  the  Trades­
man  will  understand  the  meaning  of the 
heading of this  contribution,  but  there 
are  doubtless  some  veterans  in  the  boot 
and  shoe  trade,  and  out  of  it,  who  will 
recall  its  significance  and  perhaps smile 
at the  recollections  it  inspires.

Aged  men  and  matrons  who  in  child­
hood  were  content  and  happy 
in  the 
possession  of  a  single  yearly  pair of 
cowhide  or calfskin  shoes or boots,  man­
ufactured  at  their  own  homes,  usually 
during  the  months of October  and  No­
vember,  will  realize  the  full significance 
of  those  three  words,  “ whipping  the 
cat. ’ ’

The  writer’s  recollections  carry  him 
back  to  1824,  the  year of the  election  of 
John  Quincy  Adams  to  the  presidency, 
and  for  many  years  after “ whippingthe 
cat”   was  a  busy  time with the  local  sons 
of  Saint  Crispin,  and  a  source  of  excite­
ment  and  pleasure to all  the  members  of 
the  family,from  oldest  to  youngest.  The 
yearly  visit  of  the  village  shoemaker  to 
the  farmers’  homes  was  at  hand  and  the 
boots  and  shoes  to  supply  the  entire 
family  were to be  made  up  under  their 
own  roof. 
Just  why  this  regular  custom 
of  going  from  house  to  house  by  the 
shoemaker to  make  and  mend  shoes  was 
called  “ whipping  the  cat,”   or how  it 
originated,  is  unknown  to  the  writer. 
These  visits  were of  long or short  dura­
tion  according  to the  size  of  the  family 
and  the  expertness  of  the  shoemaker. 
He  always  boarded  in  the  family,  and 
it  was  sometimes  charged  that  where 
the  fare  was  unusually  good  he  was 
liable  to stretch  out his job  a  little.  The 
work  was  done  by  the  piece,  and  the 
price  varied  according  to  sizes.  Of 
course,  all  the  old  shoes  came  in  for  re­
pair.

The  farmers  always  furnished  their 
own 
leather,  which  was  from  hides  of 
animals  that  had  died  during  the  year 
or been  butchered  for consumption  and 
made  into  leather by  the  village  tanner 
and  currier.  Mechanics  and 
laborers 
purchased  their  leather of the shoemaker 
or of  the  general  dealer nearest  at  hand. 
The  regular  merchants  always  kept  a 
small  stock  of  leather on  hand.

thoroughly-seasoned 

With  the  exception  of  light  calfskin 
shoes  for  ladies,  or  an occasional  pair 
of  calfskin  boots  for  a  gentleman,  all 
shoes  were  pegged. 
The  shoemaker 
manufactured  his  own  pegs  out  of  a 
block  of 
hard 
maple  timber,  a  block  of  which  he  al­
ways  carried  with  his  kit  of  tools,  saw­
ing  off  the  length he  needed,  splitting 
with  a  knife  made  for the  purpose and 
pointing  by  beveling  the  two  edges  of 
the  strips,  and again  splitting  the  strips 
into  pegs  the  size  required  with his shoe 
knife.  This  would  be  thought  a  slow 
process  in  this  fast  age.

Lastmaking  was  still  more  bungling 
and slow.  Shoemakers  usually  made  and 
altered  their own  lasts,  frequently  mak­
ing  them  for their customers  where  un­
usual  sizes  or  shapes  were  required. 
Such  a  thing  as  rights  and  lefts  was  un­
known.  The  lasts were all made straight.
I  can  remember having  my  ears  boxed 
for  neglecting  to  change  a  new  pair of 
shoes  from  one  foot  to the  other every 
morning.  This  was  required  to  prevent 
their  running  down  at the  heel.

In  writing  of  lastmaking  I  recall  a 
incident  that  very  much  amused 
I  was  waiting

little 
me  when  1  was  a  boy: 

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

in  the  village  shoemaker’s  shop  for a 
toe-cap  to  be  put on  my  shoe,  when  a 
large  man,  the  blacksmith  of  the  vil­
lage,  who  was  conspicuous  for his  enor­
mous  feet,  came  in  to try  on  a  pair of 
calfskin  boots 
just  finished  for  him. 
The  boots  proved  to be  too tight  a  fit, 
and  the  blacksmith  was  making  things 
look  blue by  his  remarks  when  the shoe­
maker  interrupted  him  by  pulling  down 
the  last  upon  which  they  were  made, 
as  he  exclaimed;  “ I  cut  the  biggest 
hard  maple  tree  I  could  find 
in  Major 
Allen’s  woods  to  make  that 
last  and 
do  you  own  up  to a  foot bigger than  that 
block  of  wood?”   The  good  natured  re­
tort  of the  blacksmith  was  what  amused 
me:  “ Well,  Deacon,”   he  replied,  “ you 
don’t  need  to take  it  to  heart  so.  You 
measured  my  foot  for these  boots  more 
than  six  months  ago,  and  my  foot  has 
had  time  to  grow  considerably  since 
then.”   To appreciate  the  joke  the  read­
er  is 
informed  that  the  shoemaker  was 
as  remarkable  for  his  lack  of  prompt­
ness  in  filling  orders  as  the  blacksmith 
was  for the  enormous  size  of  his  feet.
!  Surely  time  has  wrought  wonderful 
changes  in  footwear. 
I recollect  seeing, 
when  a  boy,  a  well-preserved  pair  of 
high-heeled  sharp-toed  shoes  that  were 
worn  by  my  Grandmother at  her wed­
ding,  and  they  were  exactly  like  those 
that  ornament  the  show  windows  of  our 
up-to-date  shoe stores  to-day,  only  made 
of  coarser  materials.  This  unnatural 
style  of  footwear  had  slumbered  more 
than  a  hundred years.  Alas that it should 
be  revived by  the  present generation!  It 
is  to  be  hoped  that  when  fickle  Dame 
Fashion  again  consigns  it  to  oblivion  it 
may  stay  there.  Square-toed  shoes  have 
had  their  run,  and  varied  in  width  from 
three-fourths of  an  inch to  two  and  one- 
half  inches.  The  latter extreme  was  a 
libel  on  the  shape  of  the  white  man’s 
foot.  Round  toes  have  gone  through  all 
the  changes  in  widths,  from  the  ungain­
ly  duck’s bill  down  to a  medium,  com­
mon  sense,  narrow,  shapely  toe,  when 
the  length of  the  shoe  could  be  propor­
tioned  to  the  size  of  the  foot and become 
what  it ought  to be,  a  thing  of  comfort 
as  well  as  of  beauty.  Alas  that  they 
should  have  been  superseded  by  that 
fad  of  fashionable  torment,  the  shark­
toed  monstrosity.

At  the  time  of  which  I  write  ladies’ 
dress  shoes  were  made  of  morocco or 
prunella  as  it  was  called.  The  manu­
facture  of  that  soft  and  beautiful  ma­
terial  for  ladies’  shoes known  as kid was 
unknown.  Verily,  the  changes 
in  the 
shoe  trade  have  been  great  within  the 
last  seventy  years  and  the  gorgeous  shoe 
emporiums  of  to-day  would  not  have 
been  dreamed  of  in  the  days  of  which  I 
write. 

W.  S.  H.  Welton.

P ro sp erity   Gauged  by  Pie.

A  curious  feature  of  the  prosperous 
times  is  the  fact that  the  consumption 
of  pastry  has  increased  largely  within 
the  past  few  years.  A  well-known  baker 
said  yesterday  that  he 
is  now  selling 
fully  25  per cent,  more  pies  than  he  was 
four or five  years  ago.

“ To  what  do you  attribute  this?”   he 

was asked.

“ Well,  I  think,  to  put  it 

in  a  few 
words,  a  great  many  people  can  afford 
to eat  pie  now  who  could  not  when  the 
hard  times  were  upon  us.  The  clerk 
who  went  to  the  restaurant to get  his 
lunch  would  then  put  up with  a  sand­
wich.  Now he  feels  he  can  afford  some 
dessert,  and  there  the  pie  comes  in.
‘ ‘ A  laborer,  who  formerly was  content 
with  the  plain  fare  put  up  for him  by 
his  wife  now  stops  in  a  baker’s  on  his 
way  to work  and  adds  a  pie  to the  con­
tents  of his  dinner  pail.”

Good
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than  they  deserve. 
If  they

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D eductions  from   Shoes,  as  In te rp reted   by 

th e   P o rter.

“ Yes,sah,  yes,  sah,”   said  the  porter, 
as  we  sped  along  in  the  smoker at  mid­
night,  “ sho’s  you  bawn  I  kin  always 
tell  er  man  by  de  way  he  wears  out  his 
shoes. 
I  been  shinin’  shoes on  dis  run 
fo’  yeahs  an’  yeahs,  an’  nevah  make  er 
mistake  ’bout  any  man.’ ’  And  the  old 
fellow  gazed  at  the  long  row  of  footwear 
in  front of  him.

“ Dis  heah  gemman,  fo’ 

instance,’ ’ 
he  said,  picking  up a  neat  looking  tan, 
“ dis  heah  gemman,  he  been  wearin’ 
dis  pah  o’  shoes  fo’  er  long  time,  but 
dey  iswo’n  ’bout  de same all roun’.  You 
’ovah  heah  and 
don’  see  any  runin 
wearin’  out  dar.  Dey 
jes’  de  same  all 
roun’.  Now dat  gemman,  he  gave  mo’ 
trouble  den  all  de  res’  ob  de  cyah all  to- 
geder.  He  want  everything  jes’  so,  an’ 
ef  I  fo’git  de  leas’  thing  he  be  ringin’ 
me  up  fo’ 
1  kin  git  back  to  where  1 
started.  Nex’  mawnin’  ef  I  give  him  er 
brush  off  he  keep  me busy  doin’  disand 
doin’  dat  tell  I  don’t  have  time  to  pay 
’tention  to t’other  gemmen,  an’  den  he 
gives  me  ten  cents.”

The  old  man  was silent  for a  moment 
as  he  contemplated  the  villainous  tend­
encies  of  such  a  character.

“ An’  den,  ef  he  makes  reg’lar  runs, 
he  don’  even  give  me  ten  cents,  but  he 
say  ‘ Nex’  time,  Sam,  I  give  a  quatah,’ 
but  I  don’  git  no  quatah,  sho’s  yer 
bawn,  tell  he  makes  sev’ rul  mo’  trips. 
No,  sah,  don’t  you  talk  ter  me  ’bout 
dese  men  what  weah  dey  shoes  out  de 
same  all  ’roun.  Dey  am  pow’ful  mean 
men,  an’  no  mistake.

“ Now,  heah  am  de  kind  o’  shoe  I 
like.  You  see  dis one,  it  am  worn  out 
at  the  heel  an’  at  de  toe,  an’  worn  flat 
in  the  centahob  de  hoof.  Now dat  gem­
man,  he’s  all  right.  He  call  me  an’  he 
say,  ‘ Ole  man,  make  down  my  bed  de 
fust  chance  you  git,’  an’  den  he  go  an’ 
loaf  roun’  in  de  smakah  tell  I  tole  him 
his  bed  made  down,  an’  den  he  swing 
in  widout  sayin’  anything,  an’ 
fust 
thing  you  know  he  soun’  sleep.  No, 
sah,  he  don’  go  tearing  roun’  ’bout  dis 
thing  and  dat  thing.  E f  t’ain’t  jes’ 
right  he  jes’  say,  in  his  min’,  yo know, 
‘ Dam  de  diff’ence,’  an’  off  he  go to 
sleep.

Dis  gemman,  he  all  right,  too.  He 
ain’t  no  cah’luss  man,  but  he  jes’  go 
’long  and  tend  his  business  widout rais­
in’  so  much  cain,  an’  yet  he  do  mo’ 
in 
er  day  den  dat  yan’  feller he  do  in  er 
month.  Nex’  day  I  brush  him  off an’ 
get  done  an’  he  not  say  er word,  an’ 
den  he  rec’h  down  an’  han’  me  er 
quatah while he finish readin’  his papah. 
Dat  am  er  nice  gemman,  sho’s  yeh 
bawn.

“ An’  den  heah’s  er  nother  kind  o’ 
gemman,  which  sometime 
1  like  an’ 
sometime  I  don’t  like.  You  see  his 
shoe,  hit  am  worn  all  kinds  o’  ways. 
Dey  am  hollered  out  here  and  turned 
off  dar  an’  have  all  sorts  o’  cu’ous 
bruises.  Now  dat  fellah,  he  don’t  give 
er damn  whether he  go ter  bed  er  not, 
sometime,  an’  den  agin  he  apt  to  sleep 
all  day.  Sometime  I  like  to  watch  an’ 
see  jes’  what  he  gwine  do  nex’,  fo’  he 
certily  am  a  cur’ous  white  man.  Ef  he 
got  any  stuff  he  jes’  apt  to  give  yeh  a 
dollah  as  er quatah,  but  den  sometime 
he  broke  an’  yeh  don’t  get  nothin’,  but 
all  de  same  1  like  dis  gemman.  E f  he 
git  mad  he  madder’n  de  debbil  hisself, 
but  gen’ly  he  don’  care  how  de  win’ 
blow.

“ Dis  gemman  1  don’ 

like  neither. 
No,  sah,  I  don’  like  dis  gemman,”  said 
the  old  man,  picking  up  another  pair of 
“ Yeh  seq  dis  heah  shoe?  Hit
tans. 

am  worn  out  mo’  at  de  toe  den  anywhar 
else.  Dat  man  he  a  pow’ful 
lot  o’ 
trouble.  He  am  fidgity,  an’  er  fidgity 
man  am  worse  n  er  fussy  woman,  an’  er 
fussy  woman  may  de  Lawd  sab  me.

“ Dis  man  he  always  in  er hurry.  He 
asks  me  er  thousand  questions.  He 
want  his  bed  made  down  befo’  any­
body  else  an’  he  want  hit  made  up befo’ 
anybody  else,  an’  all  enduin’  ob  de 
night  he  ringin’  fo’  de  potah.  Dere  he 
go  now,  heah  him?  Let  him  ring. 
I 
done been  dere  sev’l  times,  an’  he  don’ 
want  a  Lawd’ s  blessed  thing  wuth  no­
ticin’.  De  wus  thing  ’bout  him,  he  got 
er  bad  mem’ry.  When  he  get  nigh 
whah  he  goin’  he  so  fidgity  to  get  off 
dat  he  fo’git  ev’rything  else,  fo’git  his 
grip  an’  his  walkin’  stick,  an’  he nevah 
fails  to  disremember dat  you  done  wait 
on  him 
like  er  dawg  all  night.  Das 
de  meanes’  thing  ’bout  dis  heah  fidgity 
gemman. 
I  hope  he  don’  git  on  my 
cyah  no  mo’  dis  summah.

“  Hut  heah’s  sompin’  I  don’  like.  He 
has  one  ob  dem Jonah  shoes.  You  ask 
any  potah  an  he  tell  you  dat  dis  kin’ 
er shoe  mighty  nigh  bring  er  wreck  er 
sompin’  wuss  ev’ry  time.  Now look  at 
dat  shoe,  sah.  See  dat  lef’  heel.  F.vah 
see  anything  like 
it?  Hit  am  worn 
right  off’n  one  side.  How  you  spose 
dat  gemman  evah  weah  he  shoe  off  dat 
way?  Don’  know?  Cose  you  don’, 
nobody  else.  Dat  man  am  a  Jonah  man, 
sho’s  yeh  bawn,  an’  I  been  feelin’  on- 
comfitabul  evah  since  I  see  dat  shoe. 
I 
say  to  myself, 
‘ Sam,  yeh  bettah  be 
pow’ful  cahful  temight,  case  dat  Jonah 
man  am  on  de  cyah,’  an’  lam   still  pes­
ter’d  'bout  hit.  Dat  man  he  cu’ous sho’ 
’nuff.  He  nevah  say  nuthin’  all  de 
time.  He  sot  still  an’ 
look  out'n  de 
winder,  an’  now  an’  den  when  you  pass 
by,  he  roll  dem  eyes  o’  his  roun’  at you 
it  make  your  blood  freeze,  dat 
an’ 
what  he  do. 
I  plum’  ’fraid  o’  dat  kin’ 
o’  man,  an’  I  nevah  do  anythin’  mo’n 
I  kin  help  fo’  him.  No,  sah,  I  wouldn’t 
touch  dat  man  wid  my  broom  fo’  sev‘ n- 
ty-five  cents,  no  sah.

Heah am er nother kin’  o’ shoe I don’ 
like.  Look  at  it.  Hit  am  narro’ all  er- 
long  an’  flat as  er  pancake,  wid  a  short 
toe,  an'  hit  am  worn  down  on  de 
in­
side  ob  de  iron’  sole.  Dat  man  am  er 
dude.  Anybody  kin  see  dat.  He  gib 
de  potah  a  heap  o’  trouble  an’  pow’ful 
little  ob  anything  else,  lemme  tell  you. 
He  call  me  in  de  mawnin’  an’  he  say: 
‘ Potah,  potah,  did  you  polish—he  allers 
says  polish—did  you  polish  my  shoes?’ 
Den  I  gins  ter  git  mad,  but  I  keeps 
‘ Yes,  sah,  I  shined 
polite  an 
’em,’  but  he  say,  ‘ Well,  dey  don’ 
look 
like  hit. 
I  wish  you  would  take  them 
back  an  go  ovah  dem  agin. ’  An’  den 
I  take  dem  back  an’  sot  dem down  in de 
conah  fo’  er  few  minits widout  so  much 
as  touchin’  dem,  an’  when  1  take  dem 
back  he  look  pow’ful  pleased,  case  he 
think  he  goin’  ter  look  finer’n  anybody 
else.  He  take  up  mo’ 
in  de 
smokah  dan  anybody,  an’  he  fool  eroun’ 
an’  com’  his  hair an’  fix  his  tie  tell  de 
dinin’  cyar am  pulled  off  an’  den  he  al- 
mos’  break  his  heart  case  he  miss  his 
breakfas’. ” —New  York  Sun.

1  say: 

room 

1 here  is  an  epidemic  of fleas 

in  one 
of  the  New  York  markets. 
It  is  said 
that  the  torments  have  been  brought 
from  Puerto  Rico  in  the  warships  that 
are  being  overhauled  at  the  navy  yard, 
and  that  the  insects  are  traveling  about 
the  city  in  all  directions. 
In  the  par­
ticular  market  referred  to,  which  is  not 
far  from  the  navy  yard,  the  market  men 
who can afford  it  have  gone  away,  leav­
ing  their clerks  in  charge.  The  Puerto 
Rico  visitors  are  larger than  those  in­
digenous to  North  America,  and  are  as 
vicious  as  New  Jersey  mosquitoes,  so 
say  the  market  men.

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

l l

•Seasonable  H ints  for  M erchants  in  Any 

Line.

No  matter  how  busy  you  may  be, 
turn  to  the  customer  and  say: 
“ In  a 
moment  I  II  wait  on you j”   orsoinething 
else  to  make  him  feel  that  it  is  best  to 
wait.

fly-specked,  dirty  goods,  ill-arranged 
boxes,  windows 
in  need  of  scrubbing, 
floors  that  are  dirty  and  not  swept, 
dffend  the  eye  and  drive  away  custom­
ers.

A  clerk 

When  a  man  praises goods  don’t  ex­
pect  to  sell  him;  or,  if  you  sell  him, 
look  out  that  he  pays  his  bill  promptly. 
A  man  seldom  flatters  unless  he  has  an 
object  in  view.
is  selected  not  only  to be  a 
seller  of goods,  but  to  his  keeping  are 
committed  the  honor,  dignity  and  re­
spectable  standing  of the  house.
The  clerk  completes  the  work  of  the 
printed  advertisement;  the  advertise­
ment  brings  the  buyer to the  store,  and 
the  clerk  has  it  in  his  power  either  to 
attract or  repel.
The  ideal  clerk  is  the  man  or  woman 
who  is  uniformly  polite;  who  shows 
proper  interest 
in  the  purchase  of  the 
customer,  and  who  is  equally  courteous 
to all  of  whatever station.
Don’t  neglect  the  child;  the  mother 
may have no one  else  to  do the  shopping 
for her,  and,  although  children  are  try­
ing  to  one's  patience,  they  should  be 
treated  with  equal  attention  and  polite­
ness.

Stam m ered  O nly  W hen  He  Talked.
A  story 

is  told  of  a  drummer who 
stammered  badly  and  went  to  an 
insti­
tute  where  they  make  such  cases  a  spe­
infirmity  was  so  bad  that 
cialty.  His 
even  the  expert 
in  charge  was aghast, 
and  finally  could  restrain  himself  no 
longer.

“ Heavens  alive,  my  good  man,”   he 
exclaimed,  “ do  you  always  stammer 
like  that?”

“   O-o-o-o-oh,  n-n-n-n-no, ”   gasped 
the  drummer,  “ o-o-only  when  I  t-t-t-t- 
talk. ”

T J

Some  shoes  not  only  wear  out 
themselves,  but  they  wear out their 
wearers.

TAPPAN
SHOES

wear  well  and 
feel  delightful. 
Those  are the  kind  of shoes  people 
want.  Do you  sell  them ? 
If  you 
don’t,  why don’ t  you ?

These  goods  should  find  a  place 
in  your  store.  Write for price list.

TAPPAN  SHOE  MFC.  CO.,

COLDWATER,  MICH.

F o r

W iiy ter

Pretty warm  just  now—but  Win­
ter's  coming—there  will  be  snow 
and  rain  and  slush;  cold  winds 
will  blow.  Your  customers  will 
for  Overf•Iters  and  Lamb’s 
ask 
Wool  Soles;  they  will  ask  for  Sox 
and Felt  Boots.  Have  you  them? 
If not you can get them, our stock 
is complete.  Write to us.

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.,

"•¡ygfi”

  Grand  Rapids.

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

1.  The generating capacity is larger than any other Gen­
erator on the market, holding  i lb. carbide to ^  foot burner.
2.  Our  carbide  container  is  a  compartment  pan,  with 
pockets holding from  i  to 3  lbs. each,  the water  acting  on 
but one at a time, 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.  N ot least, but greatest  Our Purifier takes 
out all moisture  and  impurities  from  the  gas, 
making it impossible for pipes to clog up or the 
burners to choke up and smoke.

AMERICAIN CARBIDE CO., 

Agents for Mich. 

Jackson*

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Fruits and  Produce.

O bservations  b y  a   G otham   Egg  Man.
Some  shipments  of  Western  refrigera- 
tor  eggs  have  recently  been  noticed  in 
the  receipts  at  this  point. 
It is  rather a 
risky  business  landing  these  goods  on 
our  docks  during  such  weather  condi­
tions  as  are  to  be  expected  in  August 
and  early  September.  Refrigerator  eggs 
taken  out  of  cold  storage  now  must  be 
used  up  very  quickly  for they depreciate 
rapidly 
in  quality;  consequently  stock 
of this  character  now  arriving  must  be 
forced  to sale  and  it  is  hard  to find  buy­
ers  for cold  storage  eggs  outside  of  the 
warehouses.  Dealers  here  who  can  use 
this  class  of stock  at  all  want  it 
in  the 
cold  rooms  whence they  can  take  out  a 
few  at  a  time  as  immediate  needs  re­
quire.  For this  reason  eggs  stored right 
here 
in  New  York  have  a  considerable 
advantage  over  those  stored  at  a  dis­
tance  so  far  as  the  local  consumptive 
trade  is  concerned.

♦   *  *

The  experience  of egg  receivers  who 
have  been  handling  the  best  marks  of 
Western  candled  eggs  this  summer leads 
to  the  conviction  that  this  method  of 
grading  and  packing  eggs  for the  New 
York  market  is bound  to grow  to 
larger 
proportions  in  the  future.  Heretofore 
it  has  been  a  common  belief  among  egg 
shippers  that 
it  did  not  pay  to grade 
eggs  for this  market,  but  it  is  probable 
that  this  experience  was gained by those 
who  did  not  grade  as  closely  as  neces­
sary  to  permit  sales  at top market prices 
at  mark.  Of  those  shippers  who  have 
sent  candled  eggs  to  New  York  this 
summer  only  two  or three  have  put  the 
goods  up  in  such  manner as to  secure 
prompt  buyers  at  mark,  and  they  have 
been  very  well  satisfied  with  the  results. 
Their goods  have  been  sought  for  and 
were promptly salable on arrival at mark, 
even  when  the  general  condition  of  the 
market  for  average  qualities was of a de­
cidedly  unsatisfactory  character.  Those 
who  have  made  the  attempt  to  furnish 
stock  of  this  character  and  who-failed 
could  easily  have  kept  their goods  up  to 
the  required  standard  by  a  closer  grad­
ing  and  a  better appreciation  of the  de­
mands  of  buyers  willing to take  stock 
at  full  prices  case  count.
*  *  *

It 

is  an  old  subject  but  one  which 
some  egg  shippers  seem  too  old  to  learn 
about.  A  receiver  called  me 
in  the 
other day  to  exhibit  some  fillers  which 
had  been  used  in  a 
lot  of  eggs  con­
signed  to him.  They  were  weak,  flimsy 
things  with  no  more  stiffness or stability 
than  a high collar in dog days.  The card­
board  used  was of  the  thinnest  sort  and 
the  weight  of  the  eggs  had  broken  the 
fillers  down  and  caused  serious 
loss 
from  breakage. 
I  suppose  the shipper 
saved  as  much  as  three  cents a  case  by 
using  these  abominable  makeshifts  and 
their  use  cost  him  at  least  30c  per  case 
in  broken  eggs. 
It  seems  singular  that 
any  one  familiar  with  eggs  should  not 
fully  appreciate  their  fragile  character 
and  the  necessity  of  packing  them  in 
good,  strong  and  substantial  packages.

♦  

♦   *

Something  about  cull  eggs  may  be  in­
teresting  to  egg  shippers.  There  is  a 
very  good  outlet  for  these  goods,  the 
Jewish  trade  taking  them 
liberal 
quantity,  but  their  value  is  so  irregular 
that  an  explanation of the  different qual­
ities  may  be  useful.  Of  course  the  qual­
ity  of the  second  grade  varies according 
to  the  method  of grading.  We  have 
in 
mind  one  shipper  up  in  the  Northwest

in 

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

who 
is  grading  his  eggs  very  closely 
and  who  realized  13%°  at  mark  for  his 
seconds  toward  the  close  of  last  week. 
In  this  case  the  first  grade  was  rated  as 
“ extra”   and  sold  at  17c  at  mark.  The 
seconds  from  these  goods,  however,  do 
not  contain  all  the  eggs  thrown  out  of 
the  highest  grade;  all  very  dirty  and  all 
eggs  which  are  made  weak  and  watery^ 
by  reason  of  hot  weather are  broken  out 
into  tins  and  frozen  for winter bakers' 
trade;  naturally  th'e  seconds  are  thus 
made of  very  nice  quality  and command 
a  relatively  high  price.  There  are  other 
marks  of  seconds  from  candled  firsts 
which  contain  the  very  dirty  and  the 
weak  eggs;  on  the  same  market  as men­
tioned  above  these  sold  for  12c  general­
ly,  in  rare 
instances  I2j^c,  but  only 
when  the 
loss  in  bad  eggs  was  very 
light.  Seconds  from  eggs  which  are  not 
carefully  candled,  but  which  are  only 
roughly  assorted  as  to  size  and cleanness 
by  hand,  naturally  show  heavier  losses 
and  have  to go at  lower prices—general­
ly  about g(fi!ioc,  but  with  occasional  lots 
showing  unusually 
light  loss  going  at 
Yz@,ic  higher.

*  *  *

it 

It  has  been  estimated  by  an  English 
statistician  that  the  use  of  eggs  in  the 
United  Kingdom  amounts  to  about  42 
per  year  for  each  head  of  population. 
This  would  be  altogether too  low  an  es- 
tirfiate  for the consumption  in  this  coun­
try.  When  one  begins  to  figure  on 
probable  egg  production  in  the  United 
States  startling  figures  are  encountered. 
Considering  that  a  population  of  about 
4,000,000  people 
is  served  with  eggs 
from  the  receipts  at  New  York  City,  the 
consumption in this  vicinity  would  seem 
to  be  about  250 eggs  per  year  for each 
person.  Probably this  is  a  greater aver­
age  consumption  than  would  be  found 
to  prevail 
in  the  whole  country,  but  it 
would  be  reasonable  to  estimate  an  av­
erage  of  150  eggs  for  each  person  in  the 
United  States--about  3  eggs  per  week 
each.  This  would  necessitate  a  pro-
duction  of  say  io, 500,000,000 eggs,  about
26.000. 000  cases  averaging  400  eggs 
each.  When 
is  considered  that  the 
in  New  York  City  alone  are 
receipts 
about  one-tenth  of  this  amount  while 
the  population  using  New  York’s  re­
ceipts  is  little  more  than  one  twentieth 
of the  whole,  it  would  seem  certain  that 
the  above  estimate  is  below  rather  than 
above  the  fact. 
If  all  these  eggs  were 
placed  in  a  row  lengthwise,  they  would 
form  a  solid  chain  of  eggs  nearly  340,- 
000  miles  long  -long  enough  to  encircle 
the  earth  more  than  fourteen  times  or 
to  reach  100,000  miles  beyond  the moon. 
If  they  were  packed  in  cases  of the  av­
erage  size  and  these  were  piled  one  on 
the  other  in  the  usual  way they  would 
make  a  tower  of  egg  cases  over  5,000 
miles  high  or they  would  stretch 
10,000 
miles  if  the  cases  were  placed  end  to 
end. 
If the  hens of  the  country average 
I05  eggs  a  year  each  this  rate  of  pro­
duction  would  indicate  a  population  of
100.000. 000  hens,  not  to  speak of  roosters 
and non-laying chickens.  At  an  average 
price  of  12c  per doz.,  the egg crop at this 
rate  of  calculation  would  represent  a 
value  of $105,000,000  per  year.  Truly, 
the  American  hen  is  a  great  bird !—N. 
Y.  Produce  Review.

. . .  WE  B U Y  . . .

C A R L O T 8  OR  L E S S .  W RITE  FO R   P R IC E S   F.  O .  B.

BUTTER 
EGGS
T.  B.  Truesdell &  Co.,  S r  Now York
r

Are you looking for a good market to place your

Apples,  Peaches, Pears and Plums

If so ship to

R. HIRT, Jr., Detroit, Mich.

34 and 36 Market Street and 435-437-439 Winder Street.

il  We  have every facility for handling your fruits to best  advantage.  Cold  Storage  and  Freez- 
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COMMISSION  MERCHANTS

IN  F R U IT S  O F   ALL  D E SC R IP T IO N  

Also  POTATOES,  CABBAGE,  ONIONS  AND  A PPLES 

In Carload  Lots.

Our motto:  Quick sales and prompt remittance.

L A F A Y E T T E ,  IN D . 

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Butter and Eggs==Do  you have any to Ship?

For the past five years we have shipped  Butter to  the  resort  towns 
of Northern Michigan, and  Eggs to the  New England States.
In addition  to those markets we have a growing  local  demand  for 
extra goods at extra prices.  We want to arrange with  a  few  more 
customers for regular shipments  of  fine,  fresh  stock  at  a  stated 
price on track. 
It will cost you only a cent to tell us what you  ate 
shipping, and get prices and references.

STROUP  &  CARMER,  38 South  Division St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

TIM O TH Y

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, M ICH.

Samples sent on application without charge.

W A N T E D  

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STRANGE  <&  NOKES,

W HOLESALE  F R U IT S . 

C L EV E L A N D . OHIO.

MAKE  A  N O T E   O F  IT.  WE  HANDLE

P0THT0ES  APPLES  P H   OMS

CABBAGE  NOW  W A N TE D .  Q U O T E   U S .

M IL L E R   &  T E A S D A L E   CO.

R E C E IV E R S  A N D   D IS T R IB U T O R S . 

ST. LOUIS,  m o .

E xcursion  R ates  to  D etroit.

Sept.  16  to  20,  inclusive,  the  Michi­
gan  Central  will  sell  tickets  to  Detroit 
and  return  at  one  fare  for the round trip. 
Good  to  return  until  Sept.  30.  Phone 
606  for  full  particulars.

W.  C.  Blake,  Ticket  Agent.

Many  a  candidate  thinks  himself  a 
Clay,  only  to discover after the  election 
that  his  name  is  Mud.

j j  RED  STAR BRAND  CIDER VINEGAR J

is not excelled by any vinegar on the market.  A trial will convince. 
A  GUARANTEE  BOND  goes to every purchaser, warranting  its  purity 
and protecting him in  its sale.  Let us quote you prices. 

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THE  LEROUX  CIDER  AND  VINEGAR  CO.,  Toledo,  Ohio.  J   .

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  F rom   th e   M etropolis—Index  to   th e 
Special ( orrespondence.

M arket.

New  York,  Sept,  9—This town  is  full 
of visitors  and  the  hotels  are 
jammed. 
The  people  are  here  from  all  over the 
world  and  seem  to  have  money  to spend 
without  stint. 
jobbing 
houses are  all  rushed  to death  to  fill  or­
ders,  and  yet  it  would  be  hard  to  pick 
out  any  one  thing  that  is  selling  beyond 
all  precedent.  Prices  are  firm  and  noth­
ing  shows  weakness.

The  grocery 

The  chief  topic  among  grocers  has 
been  the  new  sugar  factor  plan.  As 
given  out  the  new  plan  will  make  sugar 
cost about  i-i6c  less  than  under  the  old 
regime. 
is  not  compulsory  that  job­
bers  buy  of the  trust  to get  this  rebate, 
as  was  reported at  one time.  The  sched­
ule  will  go  into effect  on  Monday.  This 
will  make  trust  sugar  quotations  the 
same  as  Arbuckles.

It 

Among  all  staples  coffee  seems  to be 
about  the  dullest  and  the  actual  trans­
light  indeed. 
actions  have  been  veiy 
They  are  having  a 
lot  of  holidays  in 
Brazil 
just  now  and  the  reports  from 
there  are  meager.  In  store  and  afloat the 
stock  aggregates  1,264,062  bags,against 
b I03>537  t)ags  at  the  same  time  last sea­
son.  Rio  No.  7  is  quotable  at  536c. 
For West  India  growths there  is  a  quiet 
market,  writh  the  volume  of  business  of 
an  everyday  character.  For good  Cucuta 
8c  prevails.  East  Indias,  dull  and  un­
changed.

is 

There  has  been  a  fairly  satisfactory 
amount  of trading'in  sugar and  quite  a 
good  many  new  orders  were  placed,  and 
these,  together with  the  withdrawals  of 
sugar  under old  contracts,  made  a  very 
handsome  total  of  business.  Arbuckles 
have  issued quite an interesting circular, 
which  will  be  read  by  grocers  generally 
with  ‘ ‘ neatness  and  dispatch.”
The  demand  for  teas  is  moderate  and 
yet  the  situation  contains  some  encoura­
ging  points  and,  upon  the  whole,  the 
in  better  shape  than  for a 
market 
long time  past.  Sales have not been  very 
large 
in  any  case,  but  there  have  been 
so many  small  orders  that  the  aggregate 
is  very  satisfactory.  Prices  have  under­
gone  no  change,  but 
lower 
grades  are  very  firmly  held.
While  the  volume  of  business  was  not 
large,  the  tone  of the  rice  market is firm 
and  altogether  the  situation  is  encoura­
ging.  Prices  seem  to  be  well  sustained 
and  many  enquiries  are  coming,  which 
indicates  some  good  transactions  farther 
on.  Prime  to  choice  Southern  rice  is 
quotable  at  536<?i53^c.
Pepper  is  still  very  firmly  held  and 
no concessions  are  made whatever.  Buy­
ers  recognize  the  value  of  the  article 
and  are  taking supplies without trving to 
find  “ bargains.’ 
11 %c  in  invoice  lots;  West  Coast,  10^ 
@ i i c .  Other  spices  are  moving  with  a 
fair degree  of  freedom and the outlook  is 
favorable.

Singapore,

for  the 

The  molasses  market 

is  steady,  for 
grocery  grades  of  New  Orleans,  but  for 
lower sorts  little  activity  prevails.  Good 
to  prime  Centrifugals,  i6fe28c.
Desirable  grades  of  syrups  have  met 
with  ready  sale  and  the  market  closes 
in  a  very  satisfactory  manner to  sellers. 
Prime  to  fancy  sugar  syrup 
is  worth 
from  i 8 @ 2 2 c .

it 

A  great  deal  of  injury  has evidently 
been  done by  drouth  and  in  some  parts 
of  New  York  State 
is  thought  the 
canned  goods  pack  will  not  be  over one- 
third  of  what  was  expected.  Packers 
are  making  every  effort  to  cover  con­
tracts,  but 
they  are  going  to  have 
trouble.  Tomatoes  have  become  sud­
denly  ripe  and  reports  from  Maryland 
indicate  that  the  pack  may  be  over  by 
the  25th  of this  month.  Prices  are  firm 
for all  sorts of  canned  goods.  Standard 
New  Jersey  tomatoes are  worth 80c.  Few 
goods are  offering  of  New Jersey brands. 
Salmon 
is  in  very  light  supply  and  the 
is  rather  mixed.  Prices  are 
situation 
very  firmly  adhered  to.
Butter  is  firm.  All  the  week  this 
market  has been  active  and  closes  with 
no signs  of  weakness.  Extra  Western 
creamery  is  worth  22c,  and  if the  goods 
are  very  nice  perhaps  %c  more.  On the 
other hand,  if the  stock  is  not  fully  “ up

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

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E ST A B L ISH E D   1 8 7 6

C LO VER  SEED

A L L   K I N D S   G R A S S   S E E D S

T IM O T H Y   SEED
MOSELEY  BROS.

Best  Qualities,  lowest  prices.

2 6 -2 8 -3 0 -3 2   OTTAWA  STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

If  can  offer  Beans  carlots or  less,  Potatoes,  Onions,  Apples,  Clover 

Seed,  Dried  Fruits,  write  or  telephone  us.  Send  samples.

Vinkemulder  Company

Jobbers of

Fruits and  Vegetables

to the'scratch, ”   it  falls  off  very  quick­
ly. "T hirds  to  firsts,  *73i@20c. 
June 
creamery  has  been  in  very  good  request 
at  about  21c ¡’  seconds,  183^ (b 20c ;  imi­
tation  creamery,  extras,  I7@i73^c;  sec­
onds  to firsts, Hyifa i6c,  and  the  latter 
represent  about  the correct quotations for 
imitation  creamery  as  well.  Western 
factory, 
latter  for verv 
best.

1 4 1 5 ^c,   the 

The  cheese  market  is  strong  and  the 
is  good  for  a  continuance  of 
outlook 
for  the  re­
well-sustained  quotations 
season.  New  York 
mainder  of  the 
State,  small  size,  full  cream  cheese  is 
;  large  size,  nj^c.
worth 
_  Arrivals  of  desirable  eggs  continue 
light  and  the  demand  is  more than equal 
fancy  stock, 
thereto.  Western  eggs, 
17/4c;  seconds,  I33^@i43£c.
so 
scarce  as  to be  luxuries.  Bananas  are 
in  lighter  request  and  the  market  ¡swell 
supplied. 
$4.25^/6. 
Oranges,  fancy  Rodi,

Lemons  are  firm.  Oranges  are 

lemons, 

Sicily 

An  O riginal  C ollector  W ho  Get« 

Money.

tile 

“ There’s  the  best  collector  in  town, ”  
and  the  head  of the  house  indicated  the 
man  on  whom  his  praise  had  been  be­
stowed.

“ He  doesn’t  look  it.”
“ No,  nor  anything 

like  it,  yet  I  be­
lieve  that  his  appearance 
is  about  20 
per cent,  of  his  stock  in  trade.  Just  size 
him  up.  Did  you  ever see  a  more  in­
genious  face?  He got  his  job  just  as  he 
gets  money  from  debtors  that  are  bad 
pay.  He  came  right  to  me  and  asked 
for employment. 
I  told  him  that  we 
were  not 
in  need  of  any  one,  and  fol­
lowed  the  usual  form  in  telling  him  to 
call  again.

“ He 

took  the 

invitation 

literally, 
walked  around  the  square  and  dropped 
‘ You 
into  make  another  application. 
told  me  to  call  again,’  he  said. 
‘ Want 
a  good  man?’ 
1  did  the  usual  thing 
once  more,  carelessly  asking  him  to 
call  again.

“ Another trip  around  the  square,  and 
in  his  third  appearance,  once 
he  put 
informing  me  that  he  was  a  good 
more 
man 
in  search  of  a  job. 
I  tried  him 
again,  and  he  proved  to  be  a  four-time 
winner.

Then it struck me that he would make 
a  collector  if  he  carried  his  persistency 
into  his  work,  and  he  has  proved a won­
der.  He  has  realized  on  old  accounts 
that  we  had  given  up  as  hopeless  long 
ago,  simply  wearing  debtors  down  to 
where  they  would  rather  pay  than  be 
bothered  any  further.

“ One  sharp  rascal,  who  makes  no 
pretense  of  paying  his  debts,  told  our 
phenomenon  that  he  would  have 
to 
get  up  early  in  the  morning  to get  any­
thing  out of  him.  Our  man  was at  that 
fellow’s  house  at  2:30 a.  m.,  routed  him 
out,  and  actually  got  the  money.  He 
never tires  and  never  lets go.

The  Main  Idea or  object  of  this  advertisemen 

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.  We’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  Apples are now coming in fine.

“ Another maddened  debtor  told  him 
to  sing  for  his  money,  and  ‘ Old  Reli­
able’  simply  took  a  stool  in  the  office 
and  sawed  away  on 
‘ Old  Grimes  is 
dead’  until  he  got  the  cash.  He’s  an 
odd  stick,  but  he’s  a  work!  beater.”

F resh   Eggs  from   th e   F arm .

A  general  dealer at  Lapeer took  in  a 
basket  of  eggs  the  other  morning  and 
they  were  piled  on  a  large  tub  of  hen 
fruit.  The  peeping  of  a  chicken  was 
soon  heard  and  the  clerks  selected  the 
inhabited  egg  and  one  of  them  took 
it 
in  charge.  She  wrapped  the  thing  in 
flannel,  held  it  over a  lamp  and  careful­
it  at  home.  Next  morning 
ly  coddled 
she  was  rewarded  by  seeing  a 
fine 
chicken 
its  prison  home.  On 
account  of  its  humorous advent the chick 
has  been  named  “ Bill  Nye.”

leave 

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.
98 South  Division  St.,  Grand  Rapids

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

D R U G   T R A D E   IN   P E R I L .

O rganization  th e   P a ram o u n t  D uty  of  th e 

Hour.*

it 

The  actual  and  distressing  need  of 
universal,  thorough  and  practical organ­
ization  has  never  been  more  apparent 
and  imperative  than  it  is  to-day  in  the 
retail  drug  business.  Our  attendance 
here  to-day  is  small  and  represents  but 
parts  of  the  State,  and  those  widely 
scattered ;  we  have  no  authority  to act 
for  those  not  present  and  we  do not even 
know,  to  a  certainty,  what  they  really 
want  us  to do.  The  day  of  the  depart­
ment  store  is  at hand,  and  our  business 
and  profession  are  in  jeopardy.  Unless 
your  postmaster,  express  agent  and 
freight  agent  “ put  you  on“   or  keep 
you  posted,  little  do  you  know,  or  real­
ize,  of  the  vast  amount of  our  business 
that  is  being  done  by  it ;  but  there  is 
scarcely  a  town  or village  in  this  State 
but  whose  inhabitants are  daily  contrib­
uting  to the  support  of  the  department 
store  by  the  purchase  of  drugs and drug­
gists’  sundries  through  the  use  of the 
mails  and  express  companies,  and  the 
monster gains  and  grows  momentarily; 
surely  but  silently  it  is  eating  into  the 
very  vitals  of  trade,  and  if  we  do not 
organize  and  protect  ourselves  now,  as 
we  ought  to,  and  while  we  have  a 
chance  to,  my  friends,  the  time  will 
come,  and 
is  not  far distant,  either, 
when  our  business  shall  entirely  pass 
into  its  hands and  we shall be compelled 
to  relinquish  the  profession 
in  which 
we  have 
invested  our  talents  and  to 
which  we  have  devoted  the  priceless 
years  of our  lives  in  study  and  care  and 
responsibility,  only to become  its  hired 
mechanical  clerk—and  all  simply  be­
cause  we  have  neglected  the  duty  of 
organization  and  self-protection  in  the 
time  when  the  opportunity  was  ripe  for 
it.
The  law  is  now on  our side,  the  peo­
ple  are  now  on  our side  and,  indeed, 
there  are  none  against  us,  to  speak  of, 
but  the  department  stores  (and  a  few 
nice  friends  like  the  Cuticura  people); 
yet  alas!  “ Sufficient  unto  the  day  is the 
evil  thereof.’ ’  We  shall  have  our hands 
full  with  this  one  enemy  alone.  With 
its  grip  of  greed,  it  despises  and  ig­
nores the  laws  of  equity and justice and 
exactly  reverses  the  Golden  R ule;  it 
presumes  not  to  care  whether  we  are 
learned  and  skilled  or 
ignorant  and 
careless;  it  recognizes  not  the  cost of 
preparation  for a  life  of  responsibility, 
and  it  renders  valueless  and  sets  at 
naught  the  learning  and  the  skill  and 
the  services  of the sch<x>ls  and  colleges 
of  pharmacy  in  our land.  In this  respect 
it  is  an  enemy  and  a  menace to  the 
safety  of  the  public  and  it  laughs  and 
scoffs  and  sneers  at  intelligent,  trained 
and  skilled  public  service. 
It  has  no 
business  to handle  drugs ;  that  business 
is  a  profession  and  belongs only  to those 
who  have  made  it  a  careful  study  and 
whose  stock 
in  trade  is  not  all  piled 
upon the  shelves  of their  stores  or  dis­
played  in  their mammoth  windows,  but 
invested  as  well  in  years  of  study  and 
preparation  for the careful  sale  of  poi- 
*Pa|>er read at  annual  convention  of  Michigan 
State Pharmaceutical Association,  by  Samuel 
Kidder, Jr., of Almont.

sonous and  dangerous  drugs  and for  the 
safety  and  protection  of  the  public 
health,  and  whose  capital  is  brains  as 
well  as  goods. 
1  repeat  that  the  drug 
business  is  a  profession  and  belongs 
only  to  the  registered  pharmacists  of 
this  Republic,  but  once  the  department 
store  gets 
in  possession  of  it,  nothing 
short  of anarchy  will  ever cause  it  to  let 
In  the  city  of Chicago to-day 
go  again. 
there  is being  reared  a  building  higher, 
than  the  highest  now  standing  there. 
I 
will  not  advertise 
it  further here  and 
now  except  to  say  that  it  will  be  occu­
pied  by  one  of  these,  our  enemies, 
whose  tentacles  of  greed  and  avarice 
reach  out  through  the  mails  and  express 
companies,  even  now  to  the  very  doors 
of  the  customers  of  every  man  who  sits 
in  this  assembly!  Friends,  I  tell  you  it 
is  about  time  that  we  did  something  to 
stop  this  monster  of  greed  from  med­
dling  with  our business,  and  it  is  time 
it  was  done  quickly,too.  It  is  high  time 
to  wake  up  and  find  out  what  we  don’t 
know—where 
’tis  folly  to be  ignorant 
’twere  better  to  be  wise. 
I ’ll  venture 
to say  that  a  whole  lot  more  than  half  of 
us actually  don’t  know  how  much  busi­
ness  is  being  done  right 
in  our own 
towns  by  these  same  department  stores, 
let  alone  what  they  are  doing  in  their 
own  cities,  and  I  tell  you  further,  if  you 
don’t take  pains  to find  out about it,  you 
will  never  know  until  it  is  too  late  to 
stop  it.

it 

As  the  worthy  Secretary  of the  Na­
tional  Association  so  forcibly  puts  it, 
“ We  are  like  a  great  giant,  who,  piti­
ably  unconscious  and  unmindful  of  his 
vast  strength, allows himself to be treated 
as  a  child.’ ’  We  have  the  power to 
control  the  situation  now,  if  we  would 
only  use  it.  The  reason  we  have  not 
used 
is  because  we  are  in  the  same 
condition  that  people  were 
in  before 
the  days  of  steam  and  electricity—they 
had the  power,  plenty  of  it,  but  they  did 
not  use  i t ;  they  did  not  know  how  to 
apply  it.  And  that 
is  just  what  is  the 
matter with  us.  Then 
it  is  plain  our 
duty  to-day  lies  in  the application of the 
power we already  have.  This  fact  the 
National  Association  of  Retail  Drug­
gists  is  aptly  demonstrating,  and  it  re­
mains  for us simply to “ keep up steam, ’ ’ 
to  develop  more  power,  to do our  duty 
individually. 
is 
strength, ’ ’  therefore  let  us  get  together, 
form  associations  in  every  section of the 
country  and  transmit  the  accumulated 
power  to  the  central  station—the  Na­
tional  Association.  Let us  form  a  small 
or  local  association  in  every  county  in 
this  State;  therein—and in no other way, 
it  is  my  opinion—we  shall  reach  every 
druggist  who  is  too  poor,  too busy,  or 
too  negligent  to come  here or to go  any 
great  distance  from  his  store  to  a  meet­
ing ¡therein  we  shall  get  acquainted ; 
obtain  his  support,  teach  the  lesson  of 
co-operation  and  combination,  the  es­
sential  laws  of  true  progress  to-day,  and 
dispel  the  old  and  false  doctrine  that 
“ competition 
is  the  life  of trade’ ’  in  a 
business  which  is  half  profession. 
It  is 
too  much  like  the  old  story  of  the boys 
stoning  the  frogs- fun  for the  boys  (and 
the  people)  for a  little  while,  but  death 
to  the  frogs.  Competition,  however,  like

“ In  unity 

there 

It 

everything  else,  is  of two kinds—healthy 
and  unhealthy,  honest  and  dishonest;  it 
may  have  been,  as  it  has  often  been 
called  (but  I  doubt  it),  the  “ life’ ’  of 
trade,  but  it  surely  has been in our trade 
the  death  of  many  a  tradesman  and  of 
his  business,  much  to  the  satisfaction 
and  engorgement  of 
the  department 
store. 
It  is  no  longer called the  “ life’ ’ 
of  trade  by  men  who are  large  enough 
and  wise  enough  to see  its true,  real  and 
final  effect. 
is  far too  often  bom  of 
selfishness  and  grows  on  into  adultera­
tion  and  substitution.  Competition  of 
the  kind  that  kills  legitimate  trade  will 
do  well  enough  for  department  stores, 
where  the  clerks  are  largely  girls  who 
ought  to  be  in  school  and  where the 
rankest  kind  of  substitution 
is  daily 
practiced  upon  a  people  half  blind  to 
their  own  interests;  but  it  should  not 
and  must  not  be  fostered by  a  profes­
sional  class  of  merchants  who  devote 
both  time  and  money  to become  skilled 
in  the  preparation  and  careful  sale  of 
medicine for sick and suffering humanity.

Our business  is  a  dangerous  one.  A 
single  careless  or  accidental  act  may 
cause  death  and  suffering  and  forever 
ruin  the  business  reputation  of 
the 
pharmacist.  Not  so  with  the  depart­
ment  stores.  Let  them  compete  for the 
low  price  and  substitute  and  furnish 
shoday  and 
inferior  goods,  but  let  us 
compete  for  the  high  quality  and  care­
ful  service.  Let  us  set a  standard  price 
and  then 
let  us  compete  to  furnish  the 
best  article,  the  finest  material,  the 
highest  quality,  and  the  most  careful 
service  for  that  price —that’s the kind 
of  competition  the  old  man  meant  when 
he  said  it  was the  “ life’ ’of  trade.
Co-operation  is  the  power we must use 
to  obtain  success  and  to climb  to  pros­
perity,  not  by  attempting  to  drag  and 
keep  down  our  fellows,  but  by  aiding 
them  and  being  in  turn  aided  by  them, 
thus  combining  and  multiplying 
the 
power  of  all,  instead  of  wasting  a  large 
part  against  each  other.  A  house  di­
vided  against  itself  can  not  stand.
The  work  of organization  is  now  go-

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  no 
better goods  made  than  these.

Sweet cider,  prepared  to  k^ep 
sweet,  furnished  October 
to 
March inclusive.
A  strictly  first-class  article;  no  <|) 
trouble from fermentation,burst­
ing of barrels or loss by becom­
ing sour.

G E N E S E E   F R U I T   C O .  
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L A N S IN G .  MICH.

We Guarantee

Our brand of Vinegar to be an ABSO LU TELY  PU RE  APPLE- 
JU ICE  V IN EG AR.  To any person who will analyze  it and find 
any deleterious acids or anything that is  not  produced  from  the 
apple, we will forfeit

ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS

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

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

J   ROBINSON,  Jlanager.

Do  you  know  of any  other
This is the guarantee we give with every barrel of our  vinegar, 
manufacturer who has sufficient confidence in his output to stand back  of  his  product  with  a
manufacturer who 1 
similar guarantee ?

ROBINSON  CID ER  AN D   V IN E G A R   CO.

“

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Y T n n n rg tn ro T r s y fr o ir g K in ro T i^

Tte  | M s   Veniilaled Barrel

Just the barrel in which to  ship  apples,  potatoes, onions, vegetables, or  anything  that 
requires ventilation.  We furnish  the barrels to  you  knock-down  in  bundles,  thereby 
m iking a great saving  in  freight.  Fourth-class  freight  rates  apply  in  less  than  car 
lot?.  One boy can set up from  75  to  100  barr» Is  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  $}.oo 
when you have purchased  500 barrels.

The Hercules has been  endorsed  and  recommended  by  all 
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ing  on  everywhere  in  this  country  and 
in  every  kind  of business.  Organiza­
tion  and  united  effort  are  now  acknowl­
edged  to  be  the  genuine  principles  of 
success,  and  a  great  step  toward  pros­
perity 
is  gained  when  any  community 
shows  its  desire  to act  in  concert.

stores. 

Having  a  profession,  as  well  as  a 
business,  we  ought  to be the  most  pros­
perous  class  of  merchants  in  America 
to-day,  instead  of  the  petty  set of  ad­
vertised  robbers  we  are said  to be by  the 
cutters  and  department 
The 
public  have  been  sadly  misinformed 
about  our business  and our supposed  500 
per cent,  profits.  They  have  heard, but 
heard  and  forgotten,  about  one-half  the 
whole  truth.  Everybody,  except  drug­
gists  themselves,  thinks  there 
is  “ lots 
of  money”   in  the  retail  drug  business 
to-day.  Why?  Because  no  two  retail 
druggists  in  the  same  locality  have  the 
same  prices 
identical 
goods,  and  the  public  have  “ guessed”  
from  this  fact  that  we can  make  or  dis­
pose  of  our goods at almost any old  price 
and  still  make  about  500  per cent,  profit 
—hence  the  multitude  of  people  en­
gaged 
in  our business ;  hence  the  long 
hours  of  service  and  the 
inroads  of 
traitors  to  our  profession;  hence  the 
special  burden  yoked  to our necks  of  an 
internal  war  revenue  tax.

for  the  same 

But  'there 

is  money  enough 

in  our 
business  yet  to  pay  us  well  for the  work 
of  organizing  it.  Let  me  show  you,  for 
instance,  one  of  the  legitimate  results of 
the  system  of  organization  which  I  pro­
pose :  Take,  for  example,  morphine, 
that  soul  destroying,  degrading  drug, 
whose  sale 
is  a  constant  menace to the 
safety  of the  public-  how  much  do  you 
sell  it  for—40,  50,  maybe  60  cents  per 
In  many  places  in  this  State  it  is 
vial? 
sold  for 40 cents,  two  for  75,  and  three 
for  a  dollar!  What 
is  the  sense  of  it, 
my  friends?  Why,  if 
it  brought  a  dol­
lar a  vial  it  wouldn’t  fully  repay  us  for 
the  danger  and  disgrace  liable  always 
to occur  from  its  sale.  Under the  proper 
control  of  this  system  of  organization  it 
will  bring  what 
it  ought  to  bring  in 
every  locality  where  we  are  not  so  fool­
ish  as  to  fight 
instead  of  help  each 
other.
The  real  value  of an  organization  de­
pends  upon  the  degree  of  its  complete­
ness,  upon  the  perfection  of  its  details, 
and  to  accomplish  permanent  and  bene­
ficial  results  the  entire  community  must 
be  ready  to act  in  unison.  The  country 
places  must  be  reached  first  else  the 
sources of supply  can  not  be  kept  track 
of  nor  controlled.  The  only  way  we 
can  ever overcome  the  cut-rate  evil  and 
replace  the  drug  business  where  it  be­
longs—in  the  hands of  registered  phar­
macists  (unless  we  form  a  trust)—is  to 
organize  so thoroughly  that  we  can know 
the  exact position  and  attitude  of  every 
man  in 
it,  in  regard  to  this question, 
and  can  know  and  control  all  sources  of 
supply  with  promptness  and  accuracy. 
We  must  form  small  or local  associa­
tions  in  every  competing  locality.  From 
them  delegates  should  be  sent  to  the 
State  and  National  Associations  which 
will  then  represent  the  whole  and  not  a 
few  scattering  parts  only  of the  country 
and  which  will  then  have  vested 
in 
them  authority  to act  for those  not  pres­
ent, as  well  as  to  pass  resolutions  which, 
at the  present  time,  may  never  be  no­
ticed,  much  less  recognized,  by  the  vast 
majority;  which  will  then  be  able  to 
dictate  as  well  as  to  notify,  and  to  con­
trol  as  well  as  to  advise.  Then  we 
won’t  have  to  put  up  with any  such slim 
representation  of  the  great  State  of 
Michigan  as we  have  here  to-day.  Then 
the  patent  medicine  people  whose  goods 
we  have  sold  for  them  for years  and 
helped  to build  their fortunes  shall  not 
turn  on  us and  say,  ‘ ‘ You  sell  my goods 
because  you  have  to and  you can’t  help 
yourselves!”   My  friends,  this  is  no 
idle  talk.  Less  than  one  month  ago,  in 
the  city  of  Chicago,  the  proprietor  of  a 
patent  medicine  well  known  in  Michi­
gan  told  me  those  very  words  to  my 
face,  and  he  didn’t  leave  off the empha­
sis  either!  1  went to see  him  about this 
very  work  of organization  and  the  very 
first  words  he  said  were,  ‘ ‘ Oh,  I  don’t 
care  anything  about  the  retail  drug­
gists!”   That  wasn’t  all  he  said  either, 
but  just a sample of the mean,  despicable

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manner  in  which  he  treated  the  subject 
of  organization  of the  retail  drug  trade, 
and  gentlemen  1  tell  you  there  is  a 
whole lot  more  of  his  ilk  who  don’t  care 
any  more  about  us  than  he  does,  only 
they  are  most  all  too  mighty  wise  and 
shrewd  to say it out  loud  except a  few  of 
our  particularly  fine  friends  like  Mr. 
Hood  and  the  Cuticura  people  and  a 
few  others  we  all  know'  well.  But  we 
don’t  know  who’ll  be  next! 
If  we don’t 
get  together  and  organize  pretty  soon 
the  way  we  ought  to,  my  friends,  it  is 
my 
impression  we  are  not  going  to be 
in  it  much  longer,‘ that  is  all!  ^l^have 
had  quite  a  little  personal  business  and 
experience  with  some  of  these  fellows 
during  the  past  few  months  and  I  can 
tell  you  it  is  the  same  old  story,  with 
but 
little  variation,  Heaven  does  help 
those  who  hustle  themselves,  but  while 
God  feeds  the  dear  little  sparrow's,  He 
doesn’t  throw  the  f»x)d  right  into  their 
nests.  They  have  to hustle  to get  it and 
we  have  got  to  hustle  to  get  ours.  We 
have  all  got  to  get  together,  stay  to­
gether and  work  together  if  we  are  go­
ing  to 
live  together  in  harmony  and 
prosperity  and  keep  what  little  belongs 
to  us,  instead  of  becoming  the  ]latent 
medicine  proprietors’  hired  men  who 
work  for  their  board,  and  the  “ easy 
mark”   and  the  standing  advertisement 
of  the  department  stores !
1  have  developed  a  system  for  organ­
izing  small 
local  associations  which 
it  a  paying  investment  for the 
makes 
retail  druggist  to  join  and  to  keep  up 
his 
It  has  been 
thoroughly  examined,  heartily  endorsed, 
and  recommended  to  all  retail  druggists 
by  the  Secretary  and  the  Executive 
Committee  of the  National  Association 
of  Retail  Druggists  and  1  am  now  hav­
ing  it  published  in  book  form. 
It  con­
tains  a  comprehensive  retail  price-list 
of all  drugs  and  poisons,  in  all  ordinary 
salable  quantities,  and  is  systematical­
ly  and  suitably  arranged  for both  city 
and  country  use. 
Its  use  contemplates 
thorough  organization.  One  of the  main 
ideas of  this  system  is  to  reach  the  fel­
low-druggist  who  always  stays  at  home 
I—who’s  there  to-day,  not  by  choice, 
perhaps,  but  because  he  can’t  afford  to 
go  so  far away  and  be gone so long;  and 
is  true  it 
yet 
is  often  because  he 
it 
thinks 
it  would  do  him  no  good  if  he 
did  go,  or  because  he  fancies  himself 
secure  from  all  the  evils  of  the  trade, 
just  because  none  of  them  have  yet  ap­
peared  in  his own  locality.  This  plan 
will  create  an  association  right  in  his 
own  county  where  he  will  have  no  ex­
cuse  for  non-attendance,  where  he  can 
not  even  keep  out  of the  way  of  it,  and, 
in  fact  where  it  will  almost  compel  him 
to  take  an 
interest  in  it,  and  once  he 
becomes 
free­
masonry—he  will  soon  want  another  de­
gree.

interested, 

therein. 

interest 

like 

it 

is 

The  plans  of  procedure  are  as follow's : 
To  approach  the  retail  druggist  in  his 
own  store  upon  this  question  of  forming 
a  local  association  in  his  county;  if  he 
is  favorable,  present  him  with a  printed 
slip,  like  a  ballot,  with  the  titles  only 
of  the  officers of  the  association thereon, 
which  are:  President,  Vice-President, 
Secretary,  Treasurer,  Organizer,  Inspec­
tor and  Delegate  to  the  State  Associa­
tion.  On  this  slip  is  also  a  blank space 
for the  time  and  place  of  the  first  meet­
ing  to_  be  held.  Let  him  fill  out  this 
slip  with  the  names  of  the  druggists 
whom  he  selects  for the  officers  and  the 
time  and  place  when  and  where  he  can 
best  go  to  the  first  meeting,  and  sign

in 

taking  his 

it, 
likewise  the  constitution,  bylaws, 
rules and  regulations  of  the  association. 
Then  review  and  arrange  the  price-list 
with  him, 
lowest  prices. 
After  seeing  every  druggist 
the 
county  thus,  count  the  ballots  and  in­
form  them  all  by  personal  letters  who  is 
elected  and  when  and  where  the  first 
meeting  will  be  held.  Then  arrange  a 
complete price-list for each  member,tak­
ing  the  lowest  prices given  by  any  and 
all  members  as  the  minimum  scale  to be 
adopted,  except  such  ones 
in  which 
there  may  be  a  great  variation,  which 
should  be  left  blank  and  decided  upon 
at the  first  meeting.  Attend  this  meet­
ing,  complete  the 
list  of  prices  to  be

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adopted,  compile  a  complete  black-list 
of  every  member’s  bad  debtors,  adopt 
a  private  cost-mark  to  be  used  on  all 
out-going  prescriptions,  copies,  formu­
lae,receipts,  etc.,  and  then  you  will  be 
better  acquainted,  you  will  have  a  good 
time,  and  you  will  have  an  association 
which  will  accomplish  actual 
results 
every  day,  right  in  each  member’s  own 
store,  in  which  the  “ net  returns”   will 
very  soon  become  visible  in  your own 
money  tills  and  in  which life holds  forth 
some  prospects  of  better 
times  well 
worth  the  slight  efforts  it  has cost  to 
form  your association.  Best  of  all,  you 
will  have  an  association  whose influence 
“ works while you sleep, ’ ’which shall fur­
nish  one  certain  sure 
representative 
every  time  there 
is  a  meeting  of  this 
State  Association.  Then  you  will  have 
a  crowd  instead  of  a  handful here.  They 
will  be  clad  with  the  garb  of  authority 
and  sent  here  for a  purpose  other than  a 
good  time  (as  is  the  case  to-day  in  the 
opinion  of  a  good  many  who  stay  away 
on  that  very  acount)),  but  then  they  can 
have  that  also.  Then  if  they  raise  the 
price  on  you,  $1.30  per dozen,  for  in­
stance,  or make  you  pay  the  war  tax— ! 
and  you  are  looking— it  will  only  be be­
cause  your  representatives  do  not  know 
what  they  are  about,  nor  where  they  are 
at !  But  they  won’t  do  it,  not  on  your 
life  they  won’t,  when  they  know  you 
are  organized  like  that !  They  say  now 
that  a  few  of  you  get  together  and  pass 
a  few  resolutions  and  that  is  all  it  will 
amount  to;  that  you  are  perfectly  harm­
less  and  that  they  can  just  as  well  make 
you  pay  the  war  tax  as  not.  That  is 
what they  say  to-day,  and  you  know  it, 
and  the  worst  of  it  is they  believe  what 
they  say  and  they  practice  what they 
preach,  don’t  they?

If  the  county  is  not  large  enough  to 
send  a  delegate  to  the  National Associa­
tion  also,  let  two or three  counties 
join 
together and  send  one,  so that  every  100 
retail  druggists  in  this  State  shall  have 
one  representative  in  the  National Asso­
ciation of  Retail  Druggists.  Then  we 
will  be  “ it”   and  we  can  do  business  at 
headquarters,  as  we ought to  do.

the 

Realizing  that  faith  without  works  is 
dead,  I  not  only  advocate  this  work  of 
organization,  but  I  am  prepared  and 
stand  ready  to take  it  up  and  promote 
it  throughout  this  State with all  my  time 
and  energy.  My  paramount  object  is 
to  organize 
retail  drug  trade 
thoroughly  and  permanently  and,  given 
the  proper credentials  of  this  Associa­
tion  to  enable  me  to  carry  out  these  or 
any  other  plans  of  organization  with 
promptness and  efficiency  and to awaken 
the  interest  of those  not  present  here,  I, 
for one,  will  undertake  to  form  local  as­
sociations  in  every  county  in  this  State 
and  place  them  upon  a  practical  work­
ing  basis,  without  any  expense  whatever 
to  this  Association,  my  expenses  to be 
paid  out  of the  membership  fees  which 
I  myself  collect  and "place  within  the 
treasury  of  each 
association 
formed. 
I  only  ask  your co-operation, 
and  I  submit  this  proposition  to  you 
purely  as  a  matter  of 
important  busi­
ness,  and  I  thank  you  for  your kind  and 
close  attention.

local 

Getting  the  People

Criticising:  th e   C ritic—T im ely A dvertising 

for  G rocers,

It  attracts  attention. 

The  following  letter explains  itself:
Plainwell,  Sept.  8—It  is with  absolute 
satisfaction  that  1  read  your criticism 
in  your  issue  of  Sept.  6  of  my  little  at­
in  advertising  sticky 
tempt  at  poetry 
fly-paper—it  shows  that  it  serves 
its 
purpose. 
I  didn’t 
dream  of  so  much  success.
in  advertising  has been to 
If  I  can’t  do  it 
make  myself  heard. 
for  Sticky  and 
with  “ Headquarters 
Poison  Fly-Paper  at  Star’s ,”  
I  can 
startle  the  public  with  poetry. 
The 
more  shocking  the  poetry,  the  bigger 
the  startle.

My  aim 

This  is  my  first  offense  in  that  line 
and  probably  the  last. 
In  any  case,  I 
don’t  believe 
long,  common, 
in  the 
everyday  advertising  that  nobody  reads, 
such  as  the  samples  in  the  same  issue 
that  W.  S.  Hamburger says  are  “ really 
good.”   People,  of  course,  are  not  all 
alike,  but  I  don’t  think  that  I  am  much 
out  of the  ordinary,  and  judging  by  the 
way  they  impress  me  they  never would 
be  read.
To  my  poor  taste  they’re  too  long, 
too wordy.  The  average  man  isn’t  in­
in  our affairs  to  wade 
terested  enough 
through  long  small-typed advertisements 
containing  no  ripples  to break  the  mo­
notonous  dead  calm,  no  matter  how 
faultless  the  wording  may be.
My  opinion may be  erroneous,  but  our 
business  is  good. 

Star  Drug  Store.

in  question. 

I  want  to  say  right  here  that  I  was
under a  wrong  impression  in  my  criti­
cism  of  the  verse(?) 
I 
thought 
it  was  an  advertisement.  My 
friend,  the  Star,  calls  it  a  “ startle.”  
He 
is  right;  I  am  wrong,  and  I  apolo­
gize.  As  I  have  said  before,  attracting 
attention 
is  only  one  of the  objects  of 
advertising  and  wholly  subordinate  to 
its  main  object—that  of selling goods.  It 
is  easy  to  attract  attention.  Two  cats 
serenading  on  the back  fence  at  mid­
night  can  attract  all  the  attention  that’s 
loose,  but the  only  effect  they  produce  is 
an  overwhelming  desire  to throw  bricks 
and  old  shoes.  A  good  salesman  doesn’t 
find  it  necessary  to  dance the  cake-walk 
in  your  office 
in  order to  promote  the 
sale  of  his  goods.  Neither  does  a  good 
advertiser  find  it  necessary  to turn  ver­
bal  flip-flops  in  the  newspapers.  Busi­
is  a  serious  matter and  advertis­
ness 
ing  should  be  just  as  serious. 
I  don’t 
mean by  this that  it  should be absolutely 
devoid  of humor,  but  that  the  main  ob­
ject—selling  goods—should  be  always 
kept  in  view.

As"to  my  correspondent’s  disbelief  in 
the  “ long,  common,  everyday  advertise­
ments  that  nobody  reads,”   I  would  re­
mind  him  that  the  catalogue houses have 
immense  business  by the 
built  up  an 
use  of  just  such  advertisements. 
If  no-

BOUR’S

COFFEES
MAKE  BUSINESS

their 
body  read  them,  where  would 
business  have  come  from? 
It  is  also  a 
fact  that  the  big  department  stores  have 
grown,  and  are  still  growing,  from  the 
use  of  such  advertisements.  Would 
poetry,  so-called,  of  a  character  that 
would  cause  the  Nine  Muses  to  go  into 
hysterics  have  developed  these  busi­
nesses?

I  have  taken  up  rather  an  undue 
amount  of  space  in  my  reply  to  this  let­
ter,  but  I  have  done  so  because  the 
writer was evidently  sincere  in  his  be­
I  am  glad 
lief that  he  was  in  the  right. 
to  hear  that  his  business  is  good. 
I 
rather thought  that  the  public  would  be 
rather  chary  about  dealing  at  such  a 
“ startling”   establishment.

He  *  *

G.  E.  Hain,  of  Fremont,  whose  ad­
vertising  I  reviewed  in  this  department 
a  short  time  ago,  sends  me  a  specimen 
of  his 
latest  advertisement,  which  is  a 
decided  improvement  over his  previous 
efforts.  It would  have  been  well  to quote 
a  few  prices  in  the  buggy  and  harness 
department;  otherwise 
the  advertise­
ment  is  decidedly  good.
*  *  *

A  Way land  correspondent  sends  me  a 
batch  of  three  advertisements,  one  of 
which  I  reproduce,  as  follows:

Groceries

The  quality  of  nearly  every­
thing  in  the  grocery  line  Is 
judged from its purity, fresh­
ness and cleanliness.
So  with  our  goods—they  are 
pure,  fresh  and  clean—hence
of highest quality.
Just  so  you  can  see  how  we 
st 11 them we quote  these  few 
prices:

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■  

Lenox Soap—io bars for 25c.
Sears* Crackers—4^ lbs. for 25c.
Our “ Best** Coffee, pure Mocha
and Java mixture  in  1  lb.  pack-
ages—put up by us—35c.
Our  “ Best”   Tea— %   lb.  pack-
ages—35c.
Royal Baking Powder—20c cans
-17c.
Other  goods  at  proportionate
prices.  Call and see us.

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housewife  is  likely  to  need  at  the  time 
the  advertisements  appear.  Timely  ad­
vertising 
is  a  necessity  for the  grocer. 
He  should  keep  his  advertisements  up- 
to-date  as  carefully  as  he  does  his  stock 
—he  should  change  his  advertisements 
as  religiously  as  he  dusts  his  shelves.  It 
is  a  specially  good  thing  for a  grocer  to 
have  a 
line  of goods  put  up  under his 
own  name,  and  these  goods should  be 
the  highest  quality  he  keeps.  He  should 
guard  the  reputation  of that brand  with 
the  greatest  care.  He  should  sell  the 
goods  under  the  most  absolute  money- 
back  guarantee.  He  should  advertise  it 
vigorously. 
It  is  not  so  much  the  profit 
he  makes  out  of this  line  of  goods,  as  it 
is the  prestige  that the  goods  will  bring 
him,  that  he  should  consider.  Every 
can  and  every  package  that  goes  out 
under his  special  brand  is  an  advertise­
ment  for  him. 
It  will  aid  him  not  only 
to  retain  his  present  trade,  but to  make 
new  customers.  This  is  not  an  experi­
the  thing  has 
ment that  I  am  advising 
been  done,  and  done  successfully 
in 
most  of  our  large  cities. 
It  will  pay 
any  grocer to  try  it.

He  He  He

I  would  like  to have  some  specimens 
of shoe  advertising  for criticism  in  the 
next  issue.  Will  some  of  my  readers 
who  are 
in  the  shoe  business  kindly 
oblige  me  with  some  sample  advertise­
ments? 

W.  S.  Hamburger.

W hy  H e  W anted  Sm all  Change.

It  was  Saturday,  and  he  was  on  his 
way  home.
Stepping  to the  showcase  in  the  cigar 
store  he  carefully  surveyed  the  goods 
that  were  displayed  in  the  boxes.
“ Are  those  three  for a  quarter?”   he 
asked,  pointing  out a  brand  that seemed 
to  please  him.
the 
counter. 
“ We’re  making  a  special  sale 
of  them  this  week.  They  have  always 
been  10 cents  straight.”
“ All  right,”   said  the  customer.  “ Let 

“ Yes,”   said  the  man  behind 

me  have  three  of them.
A  handful  of  the  cigars  was  laid  on 
top  of the  case,  and he carefully selected 
three  of  them,  after  which  he  handed 
out  a  half  dollar.
The  shopkeeper  played  a  little  tune 
upon  his  cash  register and  passed  back 
a  quarter.

“ Say,”   said  the  man  who  had  bought 
the  cigars,  “ can’t  you  give  me  some 
smaller  change?  My  wife  wants  me  to 
go to  church  with  her  to-morrow,  and 
I’ ll  need  something  for the  contribution 
plate. 
I  s’pose  I  might  give  up a  quar­
ter ;  but,  by  George,  I  have  to work hard 
for every  cent  I  get. ’ ’

I\

There 

is  no  reason  why  such  adver­
tising  as  this,  kept  up  persistently  and 
changed  as  frequently  as possible, should 
not  bring  business  to  a  grocery  store. 
The  average  grocer  can  make  his adver­
tising  extremely  interesting  to  his  cus­
tomers  if he  will  list  such  articles  as the

M ore  Effective  T han  V alerian.

“ This  new  man  wants a  room  to  him- 
self.  He  says  he  has  nervous  prostra­
tion. ’ ’
—that will  either kill  or cure  him .”

“ Well,  give  him  No.  20,  at $8  a  day 

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Beat  the  world  in  the  two  greatest  essentials  to  the 
retailer—Q U A LITY  and  PR O FIT .  Grocers  who  use 
them  say that  with  our brands  it’s  once  bought—always 
used.  And  we  can  sell  them  to  pay  you  a  handsome 
profit. 
It will pay you to get  our  samples  and  prices— 
that  is,  if  you  are  in  the  business  to  make  money.
Some exceptional  bargains  in  Teas  just  now.  Write  or 
ask  salesman  when he calls.
 
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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip

President,  Chas.  L.  Stev en s,  Ypsilanti;  Sec­
retary,  J. C.  Saundeks,  Lansing;  Treasurer, 
O.  C.  Gould, Saginaw.

President,  J ames  E.  Day,  Detroit;  Secretary 

Michigan Commercial Trarelers’ Association 
and Treasurer,  C.  W.  Allen, Detroit.
United Commercial Trarelers 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.  Ke y e s;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan Commercial Trarelers’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Boyd  Pan tlin d,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Ow en, 
Grand Rapids.

G ripsack  B rigade.

Antonio  Van  Lopik,  of  Grand  Haven, 
has  engaged  to travel 
in  Arizona,  New 
Mexico  and  Texas  for  Cohn  Bros.  & 
Co.,  of  Chicago.

Don’t talk  piolitics.  You  are  not  out 
selling  goods  to  democrats or  republi­
cans,  but  to  merchants.  When  you  are 
selling  goods  that 
is  what  you  are  out 
for,  and  attend  strictly  to business.

G.  S.  Valmore,  Grand  Secretary  of 
the  United  Commercial  Travelers  of 
Michigan,  who  has  been  spending  the 
summer at  his  cottage  near  Henrietta, 
has  returned  to  his  home  in  Detroit.

A  successful  drummer writes: 

“ I  let 
the  merchant  get the  very  best  joke  he 
can  on  me,  and  after a  while  he  will  be 
so  pleased  with  the  way  he  wound  me 
up,  and  got  the 
laugh  on  me,  that he 
will  turn  around  and  give  me  a  good 
order. ’ *

If  a  man  tells  you  that he  will  not 
look  at  your samples,  and  means  it,  and 
is  a  square  man,  it  will  be  just  as  well 
to  take  your  hat  and  leave.  Let  the 
leave-taking  be  gentlemanly  and  kindly 
on  your  part,  and  perhaps  you  have 
opened  the  way  for your next  call.

Saginaw  Courier-Herald:  F.  M.  Rob­
erts,  traveling  salesman 
for  Phipps, 
Penoyer & Co.,  lets  few opportunities for 
excitement  pass  him.  Within  the  past 
three  months he  has  been  in  three  hotel 
fires  and  he  was  a  passenger  on  the 
steamer  Petoskey  when 
it  ran  on  the 
rocks  in  the  Soo  River  last  Sunday 
morning.  Whether  the  diversion  was 
arranged  especially  for his  accommoda­
tion  does not  appear.

Do not  be  afraid  to approach  a  mer­
chant  when  the  store  is full of customers. 
Congratulate  him  upon  the  amount  of 
business  he  is  doing.  Tell  him  that  he 
is  cleaning  out  his  goods  so  fast  that  he 
will  need  a 
fresh  supply  very  soon. 
Give  him  a  hint  in  a  single  graphic 
word  about  some  peculiarly  desirable 
goods  that  you  have  that  will  soon  be 
taken  up,  and  you  would  like  to give 
him  a  chance.  If you put  the  matter  just 
right  he  will  do  more  business  with  you 
in  five  minutes  than  he  would  in  five 
hours  when  there  was  no  trade  in  the 
store.

“ There 

Boots  and  Shoes  Weekly:  “ There  are 
hundreds of  clerks  in  retail  shoe  stores 
who  are  anxious  to  become  traveling 
shoe  salesmen,”   remarked  an  old-time 
salesman  recently. 
isn’t  one 
chance 
in  a  hundred  for them  to suc­
ceed, ”   he  said.  “ Many  of  the  lines  are 
carried  on  a  commission basis,  and  it  is 
a  pretty  tough  proposition  for  a  new 
and  inexperienced  man  to  make  even 
a  fair showing  the  first  year.  That  is 
where  they  fail.  Persistency  will  even­
tually  win  out,  but  it  costs  time  and 
money  to be  persistent  in  selling  shoes. 
There  are  men  selling  shoes to-day  who

would  jump  at  the  chance of exchanging 
jobs  with  the  retail  shoe  clerk  who  is 
getting  fifteen  dollars  a  week  and  get­
ting  it.  A  man  to be  a  successful  shoe 
salesman  nowadays must have  a  wonder­
ful  makeup.  Even then  he  is  up  against 
it,  unless  he  has  a  line  that  is  strictly 
in  it.  These  shoe  dealers—or  at  least 
most  of  them—know  as  much  about 
shoes  as  the  man  who  is  selling  them. 
Old  and  tried  lines  are  given  the  pref­
erence,  complimentary  orders  being  few 
and  far  between  as  compared  with  the 
good  old  times.  Stay  where  you  are, 
boys,  and  make  your  services 
just  as 
valuable  as  possible.”

A rran g em en ts  F o r  A nnual  Picnic.

At  a  meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
traveling  men,  held  at  Sweet’s  Hotel 
last  Saturday  evening,  Manley  Jones 
was  selected  to  act  as  chairman  and 
Geo.  Owen  was  permitted  to  officiate 
as  scribe.  After  due  discussion 
the 
chairman  announced  the  following  spe­
cial  committees:

Athletic  Sports—Will  Pipp,  Geo.  Rys- 
J.  W.  Sleight, 
dale,  Fred  J.  Ephlin, 
Samuel  Simmons,  B.  S.  Davenport.
Arrangements—Geo.  F.  Owen,  Chas. 
B.  Fear,  W.  E.  Richmond,  Manley 
Jones,  Jos.  S.  Perkins.

Refreshments—Mrs.  Will  Pipp,  Mrs. 
Will  Richmond,  Mrs.  Manley  Jones.
On  motion  of  Jos.  S.  Perkins,  an  in­
vitation  was extended  to  every  traveling 
man  in  Grand  Rapids to attend  the  pic­
nic  with  his  family,  with  a  double  al­
lowance  of  eatables  adapted  to  the  oc­
casion.

At  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Perkins,  it 
was  decided  to  place  signs  in  all  of 
the  hotels on  the  day  of  the  picnic,  in­
viting  all  visiting  salesmen  to  partici­
pate  in  the  event.
lnasumch  as  the  Saginaw  traveling 
men  are anxious  to  come  to  Grand  Rap­
ids and  get  a  dose  of  the  same medicine 
taken  by  the  Kalamazoo  fraternity,  it 
was suggested  that  it  would  be  a  good 
idea  to  play  the  game  on  the  afternoon 
of  the  picnic,  so  that  the  effort  involved 
in  getting  up  a  spread  for the  guests 
might  not  have  to  be  repeated  on  an­
other occasion.  It  was therefore  decided 
to  request  Geo.  Rysdale,  captain  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Invincibles,  to  arrange, 
if  possible,  to  have  the  Saginaw visitors 
come  to  Grand  Rapids  on  the  date 
named.  This  he  has  undertaken  to  do, 
as  will  be  seen  by  the  following  letter 
from  Editor  McPherson,  who  naturally 
acts  as  spokesman for the  Saginaw  nine :
Your kind  letter of the  loth  has  been 
received.  The  manager and  most of  the 
boys  are  on  the  road,  so  it  will  be 
im­
possible  for  me  to  give  you  a  decided 
answer. 
I  can  only  say  that  the  mana­
ger suggested  that  if  you  could  adver­
tise  the  game  and  charge  an  admission, 
you  might  be able  to  pay  our team’s  ex­
penses  out  of the  proceeds. 
It  seems  as 
if  such  a  game  would  be  quite an attrac­
tion.  That 
is  the  way  the  Elks  did 
when  our  team  went  over there  on  the 
Fourth.  However,  this  is  merely  a  sug­
gestion.  I  will  submit  your  letter to  the 
team  next  Saturday  and  we  shall  then 
give  you  a  decided  answer. 
1  think, 
however,  that we  will  have  no  difficulty 
in  making  an  agreement. 
It  would 
be 
impossible  to  play  a  return  game 
here on  account of there  being  no  suit­
able  grounds,  and  also on  account of the 
lateness  of  the  season. 
I  think  the  23 
would  be  satisfactory  to  us,  especially 
as  you  have  your  picnic on  that  date.
I  reckon  the  boys  would  want  to  come 
back  that  night,  if  possible,  but  I  un­
derstand  the  only  train  leaves  at  5 :io. 
If they  don’t  come then  they  can  not get 
here  until  Monday noon,  there being  no 
Sunday  train  on  the  D.,  G.  R.  &  W.  or 
D.,  G.  H.  &  M. 
If  there  is  a  later 
train  that  night  we  can take  that and  be 
O.  K.  Please  write,  stating  whether 
you  favor  charging  an  admission and 
then  paying  our railway  fare  or  not,  so 
that  I  can have  your answer  in  time  to 
submit to the  boys  next  Saturday.

Some  politicians  who  claim to be self- 
made  were evidently  interrupted  before 
the  job  was  completed.

T he  V anishing  D rum m er.

fades away,
mer day;
hope.
scope.
henceforth he must.

Now the glory  of  the  drummer  slowly  pales  and 
Like the crimson of the sunset at the close  of sum­
And he looks into the future that contains no ray of 
And he sees his finish  waiting, without  aid of tele­
Soon,  ah,  soon  he  will  be  jobless;  stay  at  home 
And go down into oblivion as a victim of the Trust.
Nevermore  before  the  box  stove,  in  the  country 
Will he smoke  Havanas  fragrant  with  some  glum 
Who  refused  to  listen  to  him  as  he  talked,  both 
Of some goods he had to offer—goods  he'd  sell for 
Nevermore  will  he  be  kicked  out,  nevermore  will 
For his occupation’s vanished—he’s of  no  use  to  a 

grocery store,
** proprietore”
suave and  long,
ju*t a song.
he be cussed,
Trust.

On  the  faces  of  the  landlords  who  supplied  him 
And a dinky bed to rest in where  he  couldn't  sleep 
There  are  lines  of  care  deep  graven,  and  their 
That their innocent souls  are  worried, that  they're 
For  this  drummer  was  their  mainstay,  he  it  was 
And no more he's calling on them—he's  been  done 

food and drink,
a wink,
actions  indicate
in an awful state.
that made their dust,
up by a Trust

He  was  good,  this  dashing  drummer,  with  his 
With his mustache curled  and  perfumed,  with  his 
And we boys who used to carry on the rural indus­
Always looked on him with  envy;  wished  that  we 
For  a  lulu  was  this  drummer,  always  upright, 
And we're sad  to see  him  vanish—wiped  out  by  a 

clothes of latest style,
winning, genial  smile;
tries
had jobs like his;
courteous, just
grasping Trust.

They were good,  these  city  drummers,  when  they 
In some little  country  tavern,  and  each  practiced, ! 
Tried to tell the biggest story of the goods he'd sold  ' 
And all  to  men  whose  ratings  were  nothing  less I 
They were never tired of  hustling,  never  went  off j 
But attended right to business, never dreaming of a 

gathered 'round the  fire
gifted liar
that day,
than A.
on a “  bust,"
Trust.

But the  glory  of  the  drummer  sadly  frayed  and 
And no longer 'round the country he  perambulates 
I- ke Othello  in  the  story,  now  his  occupation's 
And  he  wanders,  aimless,  listless,  dreads  to see 
May he find reward in heaven, where there's neither 
And  where  nothing  finds  an  entrance  that  looks 

frazzled is,
for biz.
gone.
each new day dawn.
moth nor rust,
like a blooming Trust.

T he  L atest  M aud  M uller.

Maud Muller jumped on  her time-worn bike 
For an evening hit at the dusty pike.
An old drop frame of a way down gear 
With a rattle the sleeping dead could  hear!
The judge came pounding along behind,
Out airing his great judicial mind.
He noted the figure neat and  trim 
And graceful motion of hidden limb.
And he said to himself in his grave delight:
“  VVhatsinatter with  Maudie?  She's all right."
He drew beside her and asked her fiat 
Why she rode such an old ice cart as that ?
And she said saleslady could ill support 
Such wheel as the judge of the district court.
He told her she could on a chainless ride 
With a diamond frame, if she'd  be his bride;
Or if she would bust up his solo life 
1  hey would tandem together as man  and  wife.
Maud bit at the bait like a hungry trout,
And  the old judge smiled as he yanked her out!
They ride on a tandem now, of course,
But Maud has to work like a treadmill  horse!
For the judge has learned how to sit  and  shirk 
And let his darling do all the work.
He weighs two hundred and fifty-one,
But the poor girl thinks it an even ton!
And she often says with a pain-rent heart:
" I  wish I was back on my old ice cart!
"  Of all true words that I ever spake,
The truest are these:  *He's a bloomin' fake!'"

T he  G rain  M arket.

Wheat has been  rather  passive  during 
the  week.  The  Government  crop  re- 
pbrt  was  very  bullish,  as  it  gave  only 
70.9  per  cent,  against  86.7  per cent,  in 
1898  and  82.5  per cent,  of  a  general  av­
erage  of  ten  years.  The  amount  of 
wheat  raised  weighing 60  pounds to  the 
bushel  is  probably  in  the  neighborhood 
of  485,000,000  bushels  for  the  United 
Sttaes—rather small.  To be sure  we  had

about  145,000,000  bushels  left  over  from 
the  crop  of  1898,  but we  can not  see  how 
this  will  hold  out  if the  foreigners  will 
want  200,000,000 bushels from us.  Wheat 
needs  more  life. 
It  needs  a  few  more 
buyers  than  sellers  to advance  prices. 
Home  wheat  receipts,  in  fact,  receipts 
all  through  the  winter  wheat  belt,  have 
In  the  North­
been  abnormally  small. 
west,  where  threshing 
is  at  its  height, 
receipts  are  rather  large,  which  was  ex­
pected.  However,  after the  first  rush  is 
over  receipts  will  drop  off,  which  will 
affect  prices  for the  better.
Com  remains  the  same. 

It is  exceed­
ingly  quiet,  with  no  trading. 
The 
weather  has  not  been  very  favorable  to 
com  of  late.

Oats  is  surprising  even  its  friends  by 
an  advance  of  fully  2c per bushel.  While 
the crop  is  large,  really good  choice  oats 
are  not  plenty.

Rye  is as  firm  as  a  rock,  with  no  let­

up  in  demand,  and  prices  are  j£c  up.

The mills keep on an even tenor in run­
ning  full  time.  Local  and  domestic  de­
mand  for  flour  is  fair and  the  mills  are 
sold  ahead  on  mill-feed.

Receipts  of  wheat  have  been  moder­
ate,  being  46  cars,  17  cars  of  compears 
of  oats,  8  cars  of  rye  and  1  car  of  hay.
Millers  are  paying  64c  for new  and 

66c  for old  wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Buwar«  o f th e   B ead-beat.

The  last  issue  of  the  Coopersville  Ob- 
server contains the  following  reference 
to  a  young  gentleman  who  has  made 
something of  a  record  for  himself in this 
city:

One  DeWitt  C.  Andrews,  claiming  to 
reside 
in  Grand  Rapids,  has  been  so­
liciting  subscriptions  in  Allendale  and 
vicinity  for  some  time  past  for a  new 
paper called  the  Ottawa  County  Record. 
One  number was  issued  week  before last 
from  our  office,  but  the  second 
issue 
failed  to  materialize,  because  the  neces­
sary  ducats  were  not  forthcoming.  Our 
experience  with  him  in  getting  out  the 
first  issue  was of  such  a  nature  that  we 
decided  he  was entitled  to  first  honors 
in  an  Ananias  club.  If  you  were  “ taken 
in”   by  him,  you  are  now  “ out”   what­
ever you  paid  him.

The  Tradesman  regrets  the  necessity 
of  referring  to  the  matter  in  this  man­
ner,  but  duty  to  its  readers  impels  the 
statement  that  Andrews  is  a  first-class 
dead-beat  who  is  entitled  to  no  consid­
eration  at  the  hands of  decent  people. 
He  has  persistently  deceived  those  who 
trusted  him  and  pursued  a  policy  which 
has  deprived  him  of  the  sympathy  of 
friends  and  the  confidence  of  asso­
ciates.

About  twenty-four women  in 

100  are 
stronger  in  the  left  arm  than  they  are 
in  the  right;  women,  too,  are  more  fre­
quently  equally  strong  in  both arms than 
are  men.

Get  away  from  business  occasionally. 
It 
is  cheaper to take  a  voluntary  vaca­
tion  than  to  wait  until  the  doctor or­
ders  it.

W A N T E D

A  manufacturing’ establishment  to  locate  in  the 
village of  Newberry,  a  flouring  mill  preferred, 
for which liberal inducements will be offered.  For 
further particulars apply to the undersigned.

F R A N K   SEYM O U R, 
Village Clerk,  Newberry,  Mich.
Taggart,  Knappen  &  Denison,

PATENT  ATTORNEYS

811-817 Mich. Trust Bldg., 

-  Grand Rapid*

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Drues-«Chemicals

M ichigan  State  B oard  o f P harm acy

Term expires
A. C. Schum acher, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1899 
-  Dec. 31,1900
- 
Geo.  Gundrum, Ionia 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Reynolds,  St.  Joseph 
H en ry  H e im , Saginaw 
- 
Dec. 31,1902
- 
Wir t  P.  Doty, Detroit  - 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1903
President,  Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Schum acher,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, H en ry  H e im , Saginaw.
E xam ination  Sessions 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

State  P h arm aceu tical  A ssociation 

President—O.  Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Chas.  F.  Mann, Detroit. 
Treasurer—J .  S.  Be n n ett,  Lansing.

Should  A ssist  in  F ram in g   an  E q u itab le 

N ational  Law.

is  buying. 

As  to the  general  subject  of  adultera­
tion,  every one  possessing common  hon­
esty  is  agreed  that  an article  should  be 
true  to the  name  under which  it  is  sold, 
and  that  valuable  constituents should not 
be  abstracted  nor  cheaper  ones  added, 
unless  the  label  or style  of  package  is 
such  as  to enable  the  purchaser to  judge 
for  himself  as  to  the  qualities of the 
goods  which  he 
Beyond 
these  points,  however,  there  is  no  com­
mon  agreement.  There  is  a  disposition 
on  the  part  of  some  to consider every­
thing  a  fraud  and  adulteration  which  is 
designed  to  take  the  place  of  any other 
commodity  which  has been  long  in  use. 
Butter  manufacturers  are  opposed  to  the 
introduction  and  use  of  butter substi­
tutes,  and  not  content  with  requiring 
that  such  substances  shall  be  sold  upon 
their  merits,  and  for  what  they  are,  in­
sist  that  they  shall  be  labeled  in  such  a 
way  as  to  prejudice  the  consumer at  the 
outset  against  their  purchase.  So,  also, 
producers  of  meat  and -  milk  have  re­
sisted  the  use  of  modem  preservatives, 
probably  on  the  ground  that  whatever 
retards putrefaction diminishes consump­
tion.  Forgetful  of  the  fact that  for ages 
men  have  used  such  active  anti ferments 
as  salt,  saltpeter,  vinegar,  creosote,  etc., 
these  people  have  an attack  of  the  hor­
rors  at  the  mere  mention of  such  mod­
em  preservatives  as  boric  and  salicylic 
acids,  formaldehyde,  etc.,  which  differ 
from  the  older  preservatives  mainly 
in 
that  they  are  more  efficient  and  need  to 
be  used  in  smaller quantities.

It  is  likely  that some  of  this  popular 
prejudice  against  the  new  preservatives 
is  merely  a  scare  at  unfamiliar chemical 
names,  like  that  member of  the Legisla­
ture  who  harangued  vehemently  in favor 
of  an  antiadulteration  law,  giving  as  an 
awful  example  of  the  prevalence  of 
adulteration  that  he  was  reliably  in­
formed  that  it  was almost  impossible  to 
find  in  the  market  a  sample  of  vinegar 
which  did  not  contain  acetic  acid.  Such 
an  example  as  this enables usto imagine 
the  terrific  outburst  of  eloquence  that 
would  follow,  should  legislators discover 
that  manufacturers  put  sodium  chloride 
in  their  common  salt,  and  potassium 
nitrate  in  their saltpeter,  "and  that  meat 
is  cured  with  wood  smoke containing 
creosote  and  other horrible  antiseptics. 
Since  all  of  these  substances  are  anti­
ferments,  it  follows  that  they  must  in­
terfere  with  the  natural  digestive  proc­
esses,  and that,  if persisted  in,  they must 
inevitably  destroy  the  digestive  ap­
paratus  of  the  nation  and  bring  the 
great  Republic,,  in  dyspeptic  ruin,  to 
the  ground.

But,  to  be  serious  once  more,  no  one 
favors  adulteration.  The  adulterator  is 
a  scoundrel  and  deserves  a  scoundrel’s 
punishment,  and  so  does  the  man  who 
falsely  substitutes  one  article  for an­
other ;  but  here  thè 
law  should  stop. 
The  producer of  a  new  food or  drug  or

of  a  new compound  is  as  much  entitled 
to the  name  of  ‘ ‘ benefactor’ ’  as the  in­
ventor  of  a  new  machine,  and  should 
have  the  same  opportunity  of  placing  it 
upon  the  markets  and  of  selling  it  upon 
its  merits.  Legislation  which  forbids 
this  sale,  or which  compels  it  to go  be­
fore  the  public  bearing  a  brand  that  is 
a  badge  of  disgrace,  is  a  relic  of bar­
barism.  Unfortunately,  however,  such 
legislation  does exist,  and  more  unfor­
tunately  still,  there  are  a  class  of people 
who  would,  if  they  were  able,  extend 
the  scope  of  such  laws  from  the  state  to 
the  entire  nation. 
It  behooves  us  as 
druggists,  therefore,  to  take  an  active 
interest  in such matters,  both  in  helping 
to  educate  the  public to a  true  appre­
ciation  of the  subject  and  in  opposing 
all  national 
legislation  based  upon  the 
vagaries  of  populism  or the buncombe 
of  rural  congressmen  fishing  for votes 
by 
in  favor  of  some  local 
product.

legislating 

To an observer of  the  trend  of  events 
for  the  last  few  years,  it  must be  evi­
dent  that  some  form  of a  national  food 
and  drug 
law  is  almost  certain  to be 
enacted  within  the  near  future,  regard­
less  of the  forces  that  may be brought  to 
bear  in  opposition.  Some sections of  the 
drug  trade,  fearing  that  such  legislation 
may  be  of too  radical  a  nature,  or that 
its  enforcement  may  be  carried  out  in 
an  oppressive  manner, 
insist  that  we 
should  oppose  any  and  all  pure  food 
and  drug  bills  that  may  be  introduced 
into  Congress.  This  policy  we  object 
to  for two  reasons:  First,  that  it  would 
put  pharmacy 
in  a  false  position  by 
making  it  seem  to  be  the  champion  of 
adulteration  and  falsification,  when,  on 
the  contrary,  it 
is  utterly  opposed  to 
such  practices;  and  second,  that  since 
it  is  evident  that  there  will  be  a  na­
tional  pure  food  and  drug  law  in  spite 
of our opposition,  the  wiser  course  for 
us  to  pursue  is  to take  an active  part  in 
the  framing  of such  a  measure,  so that 
it  goes  upon  the  statute  books  of 
when 
it  shall  have  been  framed 
the  nation 
with  good  sense,  and 
in  accordance 
with  the  principles  of  justice,  and  that 
its  enforcement  shall  be  entrusted  to 
hands  that  will  carry  out  its  provisions 
justly  and  equitably.  This  is  the  policy 
which  has  been  pursued  by  the  phar­
maceutical  delegates  at  the  two  pure 
food  and  drug  congresses  which  have 
been  held,  with  the  result that  the  origi­
nal  Brosius  bill  has  been  materially 
modified. 

James  H.  Beal.

This  organization 

F ills  a  Place  Not  H ith e rto   O ccupied.
It  affords  the  Tradesman  much  pleas­
ure  to  reproduce  the  paper  read  at  the 
last  meeting  of  the  Michigan  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association  on  the  sub­
ject  of the  National  Association  of  Re­
tail  Druggists. 
is 
unique  in  that  it  is  organized  upon  the 
federal  or representative  plan,  member­
ship  being  confined  exclusively  to  other 
associations  which  are  represented  by 
means  of  delegates  apportioned  accord­
ing  to the  number  of  members 
in  the 
constituent  associations. 
The  advan­
tages  of this  plan,  and  the 
importance 
and  strength  which  it  gives  to  the  new 
Association  as  a  commercial  force,  need 
only  to  be  enumerated 
in  order to be 
fully  appreciated:  First,  it  represents 
not  merely  the  individuals who  compose 
it,  but  the  associations  which  send  the 
several  delegations,  so  that  its acts  and 
resolutions  represent  practically  the  en­
tire  retail  drug  trade  of  the  nation, 
something  which  would  be  absolutely 
impossible  if  the  members were  indi­
viduals  acting  as  such,  no  matter how

large  its  membership  might  become.  The  Poison  Law   a   P ro tectio n  
Second, 
the  constituent  associations 
of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  are  most  likely to 
select  as  their delegates  their strongest 
and  so  representative  members,  so  that 
the  policy  of  the  organization  will  be 
dictated  by  the  most 
intellectual  and 
brainy  men  to be  found  within  the  drug 
t rade.

Druggist.

to  

th e 

The  average  druggist  is 

inclined  to 
regard  the  registration  of  the  sale  of 
poisons  as  considerable  of a  nuisance, 
and  to  comply  with the provisions of  the 
law  either  very  negligently  or  not  at 
all.  While  it  is  true that  the  registration 
and 
labeling  is  intended  primarily  for 
the  protection  of the  public,  it  may  also 
be  made  of  valuable  service  to  phar­
macy.  The  truth 
is  that  the  negligent 
manner  in  which  druggists  have  sold 
poisons  in  the  past  has  had  much  to  do 
with  the  popular tolerance  of the  sale  of 
such  articles  by  unqualified  persons. 
People  reason  that  if  it  is  proper  for a 
druggist  to  handle  poisons  without  pre­
cautions,  it 
is  proper for a  grocer to do 
likewise,  and  who  shall  say  that  their 
conclusion  is  not  correct?

In  the  writer’s  opinion,  the true policy 
is  to  dispense  poisons  with  all  the  pre­
cautions  which  the 
law  calls  for,  not 
alone  for the  prevention  of  crime  and 
accidents,  but  also  for  the  purpose  of 
instructing  the  public  in  the  fact  that 
only  a  skilled  pharmacist  is  competent 
to  handle  and  dispense substances which 
are  inimical  to  human  life.

Here  and  there  an  unreasonable  cus­
tomer may  object  to the questioning and 
form  of  registration,  but  the  loss  of  his 
custom  will  be  more  than  compensated 
for  by  the 
increased  respect  gained 
from 
thinking 
intelligent 
classes,  who  appreciate  care  and  pre­
caution  in the  handling  of  poisons.
T he  F irst  Q uinine  in  E urope.

and 

the 

From the Chicago Record.

Peru  is  the  birthplace  of the  potato, 
which  was  used  as an  article  of  food  by 
the  Incas  and  exported  to  Europe  by 
the  Spaniards  when  they  took  over 
quinine  bark  and  named  it  in  honor of 
the  Countess  of  Chi neon,  whose  husband 
at  that  time  was viceroy.  The  Indians 
had  used  the  bark  for  medicinal  pur­
poses as  long  as any  one  could  remem­
ber,  but  this  noble  lady  was  the  first 
European  to  test 
it 
proved  so  excellent  a  cure  for the  ma­
laria  which  saturates  the  atmosphere  of 
Lima  that  she  induced  the  Jesuit  fathers 
to  recommend 
it  to  the  medicos  of  the 
Old  World.  These  wise  old  chaps  sent 
it  to  Spain  and  Italy,  and  it  is  said  that 
one  of  the  first  doses  of quinine  that 
was  ever  administered 
in  Europe  was 
swallowed  by  the  Pope.

its  efficacy,  and 

T he  G reat  B urden  o f Pharm acy.

The  great  burden  of  pharmacy  is  the 
enormous  number  of 
incompeent  men 
who  already  crowd  its  ranks  and  com­
pete  with  the  competent fora livelihood. 
It  is  still  too easy  for  young  men  to  be­
come  pharmacists,  and  as a consequence 
too many,  allured  by  the  glitter  of  the 
drug  store  and  by  the  popular opinion 
of  the  fabulous  profits to  be  made  there­
in,  have  thrust  themselves  into  a profes­
sion  for which  they  were  unfitted  either 
by  talent  or education.  One-half  of the 
present  number of  drug stores could sup­
ply  all  the  pharmaceutical  wants of  the 
population.  Could 
the  profession  be 
rid  of  its 
it 
would  be  possible  for the  remainder to 
conduct  a  profitable  business.

incompetent  members, 

A  third  characteristic  feature  of  the 
new  organization 
is  its  singleness  of 
purpose,  by  which  we  refer to  the  fact 
that  it  was  organized  specifically  for, 
and  expects to confine  itself  strictly  to, 
the  regulation  of  the  commercial  side  of 
the  drug  business,  in  which  respect  it 
fills  a  place  not  hitherto occupied  by 
either the  American Pharmaceutical  As­
sociation  or the  various  state  pharma­
ceutical  associations.

Pharmacy  is a many-sided occupation, 
and  the  purpose  of the  older organiza­
tions  has been to  represent,  to a  greater 
or less extent,  all  of these  various  sides. 
In a  general  way,  they  have  discharged 
their  purpose  with  a  fair degree  of  suc­
cess.  They  have  enormously  stimulated 
pharmaceutical  education  and  legisla­
tion,  have  encouraged 
scientific  re­
search,  and  have  exercised  a  powerful 
influence  upon  every  pharmaceutical  in­
terest.  That  they  have  not  been  more 
successful  has  been  chargeable  more  to 
failure  of  support  on  the  part  of drug­
gists  than  to  indifference  or  incompe­
tence  on  the  part  of the  associations. 
They  are  entitled  to  full  credit  for all 
that  they  have  performed,  and  to the 
fealty  and  good  wishes,  not  only  of  the 
various  classes  of  pharmaceutical  inter­
ests,  but  of  the  general  public,  and  of 
posterity  as  well.  These  associations, 
however,  by  the  very  nature  of  their 
constitution,  have  not  been  adapted  to 
deal  successfully  with  the  commercial 
problems  which  confront  the  druggist. 
Their  influence  has been necessarily that 
of  moral  suasion  alone.  They  have  not 
been  in  position  to  compete  successfully 
with  opposing 
interests,  nor  to  com­
promise  with  them  when  compromising 
was  expedient.  All  of  these  the new 
Association 
is  qualified  to do;  it  pos­
sesses  the  strength  of all  the  old associa­
tions  combined,  and  by  confining  itself 
exclusively  to  the  commercial  interests 
of  pharmacy  will  be  able  to exercise  an 
influence  that, 
if  properly  directed, 
will  be  almost  irresistible.

The  retail  trade 

is  the  base  of the 
pharmaceutical pyramid  upon  which  the 
jobbing  and  manufacturing  interests 
If the  retail 
must  depend  for success. 
trade 
in  favor  of  any 
particular  policy,  the  jobbing  and  man­
ufacturing  interests  must  recognize  and 
support that  policy.  The  N.  A.  R.  D. 
promises  this  consolidation.

is  consolidated 

Some  men  would  rather be  right  than 
be  President;  but  there are  others who 
are  not  so bloomin’  particular.

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00® 25
Frum enti.................   1 
Juniperis Co. O. T...  1  65©  2 00
Juniiieris  Co...........   1  75®  3 50
Saacharum  N. E __   1  90®,  2  10
Spt. Vini Galli..........  1  75®. 6 50
Vini  Oporto.............   1 
Vini Alba..................  1 

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................   2 
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage..................  2 
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage.................
Hard, for slate use.
Yellow  R e e f,  for
slate use................
Syrups
A cacia.....................
Auranti Cortex........
Zingiber....................
Ipecac
Ferri Iod.............
Rhei Arom..........
Smilax  Officinalis
Senega .................
Scillæ....................

Scillæ  Co..................
Toiutan.....................
Primus  virg.............
Tlncturci 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes ........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
Arnica  .....................
Assafi etida...............
Atrope  Belladonna..
Auranti Cortex........
Benzoin....................
Benzoin Co...............
Barosma...................
Cantharides.............
Capsicum.................
Cardamon................
Cardamon Co...........
Castor.......................
Catechu....................
Cinchona ..................
Cinchona Co.............
Columba..................
Cubebæ.....................
Cassia Acutifol........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Ferri  Chloridum__
G entian....................
Gentian Co...............
Guinea.......................
G uiaea amnion........
Hyoscyamus.............
Iodine.....................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino  .........................
Lobelia.....................
M yrrh.......................
Nux Vomica.............
>I»ii...........................
Opii,  comphorated..
Opii, deodorized......
juassia*....................
Ethatany....................
Shei..........................
Sanguinaria............
Serpentaria.............
Stramonium.............
Toiutan....................
Valerian..................
Teratrum  Veride... 
Zingiber............

us

1  00 
50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50 
75

50
Ö0
50 
1 5o 
5o 
50 
80 
BO 
60 
60 
60
BO

Ether, Spts. Nit. 3 F 
30®
Ether, Spts. Nit. 4F
34® 38
Alumen  ....................
2M®
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7
3®
Annatto.....................
40® 50
Antiinoui.  po...........
4®
Antimoni et Potass T
40® 50
Antinyrin................
©
Autifebrin  ..............
© 20
Argenti Nitras, oz...
© 50
10® 12
Arsenicum...............
Sal 111  Gilead  Buds..
38® 40
tismuth S. N...........
40®, 1  50
alciimi Chlor.,  is...
®
’alciuni Chlor.,  Ms., 
@ 10
lalcium Chlor.,  Ms., 
® 12
'antharides.  K11s.no 
©
■apsici Fruetus,at..
© 15
Capsiei  Fruetus. po.
© 15
Capsici Fruetus B, po 
@ 15
Caryophyllus. .po.  15
12® 14
Carmine, No. 40.......
@ 3 00
Cera  Alba................
50® 55
Cera  Flava...............
40® 42
Coccus  .....................
® 40
Cassia  Fruetus........
© 35
© 10
Centraria..................
Cetaceum..................
® 45
Chloroform  .............
50® 53
©  1  10 
Chloroform,  squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus.................  
20®  25
Cinchonidine.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®
Cocaine....................  4 80® 5 00
Corks, list,dis.pr.ct.
Creqsotum................
©
C reta.............bbl. 75
®©9®
Creta, prep...............
Creta, precip...........
Creta,  Rubra...........
©15®
Crocus.....................
Cudbear....................
@
Cupri  Sulph.............
6 H ®
D extrine..................
75®
Ether Sulph.............  
®
Emery, all numbers. 
Emery, po................. 
®
50®
E rg o ta........... po. 70 
12®
Flake  W hite...........  
®
Galla......................... 
G am bler.................. 
8®
®  60
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
35®  60
Gelatin, French....... 
75  &  10
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
Glue, brown.............  
11®  
1;
Glue,  white.............  
15® 
21
Glycerina..................  15M@  2
Grana  Paradisi........ 
©  25
Humulus.................. 
25®  55
@  90
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..  @  80 
@  1  00 
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m. 
Hydrarg  Ammoniati  @  1  15 
45®  55
HydrargUnguentum 
Hydrargyrum.......... 
@  75
IchthyoDolla.  Am... 
65®  75
Indigo............. 
 
75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi........   3 60®  3 70
@ 3 75
Iodoform.................. 
Lupulin.....................  
©  50
Lycopodium.............  
46®  50
66®  75
M acis....................... 
Liquor Arsen et  Hy-
25
® 
10@  12
LiquorPotass Arsinit 
50®  60  Magnesia,  Sulph__  
2® 
3
®   114
50  Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
50  Mannia, S.  F ............  50®  60

50®  2 75
50® 2 75
@  1  50 
@ 1  25
@ 1 00 
@  75
®   1  10

50  drarg Iod...... 

25®  2 00
25©  2 00

25®.  1 50

90

 

Menthol....................
Morphia, S., P. & W.  2 
Morphia, S..N.Y. 6.
& C. Co...............  .  2
Moschus  Canton....
Myrlstica, No. 1 .......
Nux Vomica...po. 15
Os Sepia...... : . . . . . .
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
I)  Co.....................
neis Liq. N.N.M gal.
doz.........................
neis Liq., quarts__
I*icls Liq.,  pints.......
I’ll Hydrarg. ..po.  80 
n p e r  N igra...po. 22 
Piper  Alba.... po. 35
n ix   Burgun.............
Plumbi Acet.............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1 
Pyrethrum. boxes H.
& P. I). Co., doz...
I*yrethrum,  pv........
Quassia?....................
Quinia, S. P. &  W ... 
Quinia, S.  German..
Quinia, N. Y.............
Rubia Tinctomm.... 
Saccharum Luctis pv
Salacin.....................
Sanguis  Draconis...
Sapo,  W ....................
Safio M .....................
Sapo  G .....................

@  3 00 
Seldlltz Mixture......
20®  2 45
Sinapis.....................
Sinapis,  opt.............
10®  2 35 
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
®  40
V oes.....................
65®  80
Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s
© 
10 
Soda,  Boras.............
25®  30
Soda,  Boras, po......
Soda et  Potass Tart.
©  1  00
Soda,  Carb...............
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
®  2 00 
Soda,  Asb.................
©  1  00
Soda, Sulphas..........
@
Spts. Cologne...........
@  50
Spts. Ether  Co........
18 
© 
Spts.  Myrcia Dom... 
@  30
Spts. Vini Reel.  bid. 
@ 
7
Spts. Vini Rect. Mbbl 
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgai 
12 
10®  
30®  1  50
Spts. Vini  Rect. 5 gal 
Strychnia, Crystal...
@  75
Sulphur,  Suhl..........
25©  30
[ Sulphur, Roil...........
8® 
10 
Tam arinds...............
39®  44
Terebenth  Venice...
31®  44
Theobronue..............
39®  44
Vanilla.....................
12®  14
Zinei Sulph.............
18®  20 
Oils
50®  3 60
40® 50
12® 14 Whale,  winter__
10® 12 Lard, extra.......... ... 
® 15 Lard, No. 1.......... ... 

20®
®©
©
©
9®

1M©3©
3M®
©
@  2 
50®
®  2 
©
©
©
©
I  00®   1
2M© 
254®  
8 ®  
28® 
48® 
i 00® 16 
7®

45
46
54
52

Linseed, pure raw...
Linseed, boiled........
Neatsfoot, winter str
Spirits  Turpentine..

48
49
60
60
P aints BBL. LB.
1*   2 ©8
Red  Venetian..........
Ochre, yellow  Mars.
1M  2 ©4
Ochre, yellow B er,..
®3
Putty,  commercial..
2M  2
Putty, strictly  pure. 
¿@3
Vermilion.  P r im e
American.............
13® 15
Vermilion, English.
70® 75
Green,  Paris........... 13M@ 17V4
Green,  Peninsular...
13® 16
Lead,  r e d ......
5M© 6M
Lead,  white.............
6M@
Whiting, white Span
® 70
\\ hiting. gilders'__
© 90
\\ hite, 1’aris, Amer.
® 1  00
Whiting,  Paris,  Eng.
: 
cliff........................
@ 1  40
30  Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15 
50 !
00 
8

V arnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turn..............   1  60®  1  70
Coach  Body.............   2  75®  3 00
I  No. 1 Turp Furn......   1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk  Damar..  1  56©  1  60 
Jap. Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  75

BBL.  1UAL.
70
60
40

70
50
36

Druggists’

Sundry 
Department

We  Call

Special  Attention 

to  the

Following  Lines

æ agis æ æ  asæas æ  a g a s a ja s

R UBBER  G O O D S  have  advanced  and  will  be  still  higher 

about Sept  15th.

P IP E S .  We have a full  line ranging from 75c to $12  00 per doz.

T A B L E T S .  Pen and pencil at attractive prices.

A T O M IZ E R S .  An elegant  assortment  of  fancy  perfume  up 

to $18.00 per dozen.

P E R F U M E S .  All the leading odors from  the  leading  manu­

facturers

P O C K E T   BOOKS.  New fall styles at attractive prices 

We have a full stock of

C O M B S .  T O O TH   B R U S H E S .  H AIR  B R U S H E S . 

C L O T H E S   B R U S H E S .  LA T H E R   B R U S H E S . 

T O IL E T  S O A P.  R A ZO R S .  NAIL  F IL E S .  E T C .

Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug Co.,

Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

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

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

AXLE  GREASE

CANNED  GOODS

A urora........................ 55
Castor  Oil....................60
Diamond.....................50
1X L Golden, tin boxes 75
Mica, tin  boxes..........75
Paragon.......................56

doz. gross

A pples
6 00 3 lb. Standards........
7  00 Gallons, standards..
4 00
B eans
9 00 Baked..................... .
9 00 Red  Kidney.............
6 00 String.......................
Wax...........................

BA KIN G   PO W D ER

B lackberries

A bsolute

% lb. cans doz  ................
% lb. cans doz................
1 
lb. cans doz.................

Standards ................
C herries

..  45
..  85 Standards....................
..1  50

Acme

A rctic

Corn
Fair............................
..  45 Good.........................
54 lb. cans 3 doz.............
..  75 Fancy .......................
% lb. cans 3  doz.............
1 
lb. cans 1  doz...............
H om iny
.1  00
Bulk.................................... ..  10 Standard...................
Lobster
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.......... ..  85 Star. % lb ..................
Star, 1  lb ..................
Picnic Tails..............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ............
Mustard, 21b............
Soused, 1 lb ...............
Soused, 2 lb .............
Tomato, 1 lb.............
Tomato, 2 lb.............

M usli room s

Stems.........................
Buttons.....................
O ysters

Cove, 1 lb. 
Cove, 2 lb .

P ie ......
Yellow

Standard .. 
Fancy.......

Marrowfat 
Early June 
Early June Sifted..
P ineap p le

Grated .
Sliced..

P u m p k in
F a ir__
Good.........................
Fancy .......................

R aspberries

Standard...................
Salm on
Red Alaska..............
Pink Alaska.............
Sardines
Domestic, Vis...........
Domestic,  Mustard.
French.....................

S traw berries

Standard..................
Fancy.......................
Succotash
Fair............................
Good.........................
Fancy.....  ...............
Tom atoes

F a ir.. 
Good. 
Fancy

CATSUP
Columbia,  pints........
Columbia, % pints....
CH EESE
Acme.........................
Amboy.....................
B utternut.................
Carson City..........
E lsie........ ..............
Emblem....................
Gem..................
Gold Medal..........
Id eal.........................
Jersey......................[
Riverside..................
B rick.........................
E d am .,....................
L eiden.....................
Limburger...........
Pineapple.......
Sap  Sago........

6 oz. cans, 4 doz. case........
9 oz. cans, 4 doz. case........
lb. cans, 2 doz. case__
1 
2% lb. cans, 1 doz. case__
5 
lb. cans, l doz. case__ .9 00

E l  P u rity

% lb. cans per doz..............  75
% lb. cans per doz..............l  20
1 
lb. cans per doz..............2 00

H om e

% lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  35
‘s lb. cans. 4 doz. case........  55
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........  90

JAXON

H lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
% lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........1  go
1 

Jerse y   C ream

1 lb. cans, per doz............... 2  00
9 oz. cans, per doz............... l  25
6 oz. cans, per doz................   85

O ur L eader

& lb. cans............................  45
% lb. cans...........................•  75
lb. can s...........................1  50
1 

Peerless

1 lb. cans...............................   85

Q ueen  F lak e

3 oz., 6 doz. case...................2  70
6 oz., 4 doz. case...................3  20
9 oz., 4 doz. case...................4  80
1 lb.,  2 doz. case...................4  00
5 lb.,  1 doz. case...................9  00

BA TH   B RICK

American...............................  70
English...................................  80

Condensed
s u e

Small 3 doz............................  40
Large, 2 doz............................... ’’ 75

BROOMS

No. 1 Carpet...........................2 30
2  15
No. 2 Carpet...................... 
No. 3 Carpet.........................  1  85
No. 4 Carpet.................... 
1,45
Parlor  Gem................................2 5'9
Common Whisk..................   95
Fancy Whisk....................  ! .l  00
Warehouse..................................2 70

CANDLES

8 S ....................................................... 
Ids.............................................. 
Paraffine........................  
 
Wicking......................   

7
g
g
20

75
2 10

75®,1  30
75@. 85
85
90

75

90

75
85
95

85

1 85
3  10 
2  25
1  75
2  80
1  75
2  80
1  75
2  80

14® 16 
20@25

1  25 
61  90

70
80

1  00 
1  00 
1  GO

3@3Vi
6/4@6?4
8@22

1  25 
1  75

90 
1  00 
1  20

80 
90 
1  15

@12 
@12 
@11 
@11 
@11 @11% 
@12 
@11 
@11% @12 
@ 11% 
@12 
@70 
@17 
@13 
50  @75 
@17

CIGARS

Columbian Cigar Co’s brand.

Columbian..........................  35 00
Columbian Special...........   f;5 00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

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

8. C. W .. ............................  35 00
Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands. 
Vincente Portuondo ..35® 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co.............25® 70 00
Hilson  Co.................... 35@110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co.........35@  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 Stahl Co.......35@  90 00
Banner Cigar  Co....... 10@  35 00
Seidenberg  & Co....... 55@125 00
G. P. Sprague Cigar Co.l0@ 35 00
Fulton  Cigar  Co........10®  35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co... .3576175  00 
E. M. Schwarz & Co..  35®110 00
San Telmo...................35®,  70 00
Havana Cigar Co....... 18@  35 00
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz........... 1  00
Cotton, 50 ft.  per doz........... 1  20
Cotton, GO ft.  per doz........... 1  40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz........... 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz...........1  80
Jute, GO ft. per doz...............  80
Jute, 72 ft. per doz............. 
95

CLOTHES  LINES

C O FFEE
Roasted

R io

F a ir.......................................   9
Good...................................... 
10
Prim e....................................  
12
Golden................................... 
13
Peaberry.............................. 
14
F a ir........................................ 
14
is
Good...................................... 
Prim e....................................  
16
Peaberry................................ 
is

Santos

M aracaibo
P rim e......................... 
Milled.............. 

 

15
17

J a v a

Interior..................................   26
’rivate  Growth....................  30
Mandehling...........................  35

Imitation...............................   22
Arabian................................ ’  28

M ocha

P ackage

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  or  package, 
also ?4c a pound.  In GO lb. cases 
the list is 10c per  100  lbs.  above 
the price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................  ...10 50
....................xo 50
Jersey. 
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLanghlin  & 
Co., Chicago.

CONDENSED  M IL K  
„  

E x tra ct
Valley City %  gross...
Felix % gross.............
Hummers foil 
gross 
Hummel’s tin  % gross

.  75 
.1  15
.1  43
4 doz in case.
„ 
Gail Borden Eagle 
e 75
crow n........................................ 25
U u sy.......................................5 75
Champion.............................. 4 59
Magnolia.............  
4
Challenge............................. .'3 35
D™ e ........................................

„  

j 

COCOA

Jam e s E pps & Co.’s
Boxes, 7 lbs...........................   40
Cases, 16 boxes.............  .  . 
38

COCOA  SHELLS
20 1b. bags.......................  
Less quantity.............  
Pound packages  . . . . ’. 

2%
3
4

COUPON  BOOKS 
T radesm an  G rade 

50books,any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500books,any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00

Econom ic  G rade 

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

S uperior G rade 
50 books, any  denom... 
150 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00

U niversal  G rade 

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

C redit  Checks 

500, any one denom........   2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch....................... 
75
Coupon  Pass  Books 

denomination from $10 down.

Can be made to represent any 
20  books......................... 
1  00
50  books.........................  2 00
100  books.........................  3  00
250  books....................  ..  6 25
500  books.........................  10 00
1.000  books.........................  17  50

CREAM   TARTAR

5 and 10 lb. wooden  boxes.......30
Bulk in sacks.............................29
D R IE D   FRUITS—D om estic 

A pples

Sundried..........................   @7%
Evaporated, 501b. boxes.  @10% 

C alifornia  F ru its

714

Apricots......................  @15
Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................
Peaches.......................10  @11
Pears............................
Pitted Cherries...........  
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................

C alifornia  P ru n es

100-120 25 lb. boxes........   @ 4
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  @5%
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........   @ 6%
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........   @ 6?i
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........   @ 8
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........  @10
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........
% cent less in 50 lb. cases 

R aisins

London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown.
Cluster 4 Crown.............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeeed, choice ...
L. M., Seeded, fancy__
D R IE D   FRUITS—Fo 
Leghorn....................................11
Corsican...................................12

C itron

C u rran ts

Patras, bbls..........................   6%
Cleaned, bulk.......................  6%
Cleaned,  packages...............  7

P eel

Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 10% 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10% 

R aisins

Ondura, 28 lb. boxes...........
Sultana 1 Crown...................
Sultana 2 Crown..................
Sultana 3 Crown....................
Sultana 4 Crown....................
Sultana 6 Crown....................
Sultana 6 Crown....................
Sultana package..................

FARINACEOUS  GOODS 

Dried Lima...........................   514
Medium Hand Picked  1 20@l  25
Brown Holland.....................

B eans

C ereals

Cream of Cereal....................  90
Grain-O, sm all........................... 1 35
Grain-O, large............................ 2 25
Grape Nuts................................. 1 35
Postum Cereal, sm all...........1  35
Postum Cereal, large..........2  25

F a rin a

241 lb. packages........................1 25
Bulk, per 100 lbs.........................3 00

CHICORY

Bulk..................  
5
R ed.............................................. "

CHOCOLATE 

W alter Baker & Co.’s.
 

German  Sweet.............  
23
Prem ium ...................  
35
Breakfast C o c o a . .......  46

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

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

H om iny

B arrels....................................... 2 50
Flake, 50 lb. drums.................... 1 00
M accaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............  60
Imported, 25 lb. box...................2 50

P e a rl  B arley

Common...................................... 1 75
C hester..................................2  25
Empire........................................ 2 50

Peas

Green, Wisconsin, bu...........1  00
Green, Scotch, bu...................... 1 10
Split, bu...................................... 2 50

R olled  Oats

Rolled Avena, bbl......................4 00
Monarch, bbl..............................3 75
Monarch, '4 bbl.........................2 00
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks...........1  80
Quaker, cases.............................3 20
Huron, cases......................... 2  00
German.................................  
4
East India.............................   3*4

Sago

Tapioca

F lak e.................................... 5
Pearl......................................  414
Pearl,  24 1 lb. packages...... 6Vi

W heat

Cracked, bulk.......................  3V4
24 2 1b. packages........................2 50
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS

H  Jen n in g s’  I

1).  C. Vanilla
1  GO 2 oz....... .1 20
1  75 3 oz....... .1 50
4 OZ....... .2 00
6?é G oz....... .3 00*
7V2 No.  8... .4 00
8
No. 10... .6 00
■ sy2 No. 2  T. .1 25
No. 3  T. .2 00
•eign No. 4  T. .2 40

N orthrop  B ran d
2 oz. Taper Panel....  75 
2 0Z. Oval..................   75 
3 oz. Taper Panel__1  35 
4 oz. Taper Panel__1  GO 

D.  C. Lemon
2 oz.......
75
3 OZ....... .1 00
4 oz....... .1 40
6 OZ....... .2 00
No.  8... ,2 40
No. 10... .4 00
No. 2 T.
80
No. 3 T. .1 25
No. 4 T. .1 50
Lem.  Van. 
120
2 25
Van.  Lem. 
doz. 
doz.
XXX, 2 oz. obert__ 1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2 25 
1 25
XX, 2 oz. obert........ 1 00
No. 2,2 oz. o b ert__   75
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
XXX I) I) ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz... 

P errig o ’s

1 20
2 00

2 25
1 75
2 25

FLY  P A P E R

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

GUNPOW DER 
Rifle—D up o n t’s

Kegs............................................ 4 00
Half Kegs................................... 2 25
Quarter K egs.............................1 25
1 lb. cans...............................   30
% lb. cans..............................  18

C hoke  B ore—D upont’s

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

E agle  D uck—D upont’s

Kegs ...  ................................8  00
Half Kegs...................................4 25
Quarter K egs............................ 2 25
1 lb. can s...............................   45

H ERBS

IN D IG O

JE L L Y

Sage..........................................15'
H ops........................................ 15

Madras, 5 lb. boxes................55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb.  boxes........50

15 lb. pails..............................  36
33 lb. pails.............................   65

LICO RICE

P u re.........................................  30
Calabria...................................  25
Sicily...................................... 
14
Root.................................... 
10

LYE

Condensed, 2 dnz....................... 1 20
Condensed, 4 doz....................... 2 25

MATCHES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9  sulphur.............................1 c5
Anchor P arlo r.......  ............ 1  70
No. 2 Home................................ 1 10
Export Parlor............................ 4 00
Wolverine................................... 1 26

MOLASSES 
New  O rleans

Black................................ 
11
F a ir............................................14
Good...................................  
20
Fancy................................. 
24
Open K ettle..................    ,25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

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

PICK L ES
M edium

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

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

Sm all

P IP E S

Clay, No. 216................................1 70
Clay, T. D., full count..........  65
Cob, No. 3..............................  85

POTASH 

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ..................
Penna Salt Co.’s......
R IC E 
D om estic

Carolina  head....................
Carolina  No. 1 ..................
Carolina  No. 2 ..................
Broken  ...............................

Im p o rted .

.4 00 
.3 00

.6%
.5
.4
.3%

Japan,  No.  1 ...................55,
Japan,  No.  2...................4V
Java, fancy head............5
Java, No.  1 ......................5
Table.................................  @

>@5
@5V

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Armand Hammer.3  15
Deland’s...................................... 3 00
Dwight’s  Cow.............................3 15
Emblem...................................... 3 50
L.  P ..............................>........3 00
Sodio........................................... 3 15
Wyandotte, 100  %s.................... 3 00

SAL  SODA

Granulated,  bbls..................  80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases....  80
Lump, bbls............................  70»
Lump, 145 lb. kegs................   80

SALT

D iam ond C rystal 

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, 280 lb. bulk.2 25 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............   25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs.............  55
'

Com m on  G rades 

100 3 lb. sacks.............................. 1 95
60 5 lb. sacks.............................. 1 80
2810 lb. sacks.............................1 65

W arsaw

A shton

H iggins

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

56 lb. dairy in linen sabks...  60 

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60

561b. sacks............................   21

Solar  R ock

Com m on

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

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

W in ter  W heat  F lo u r 

Local Brands

Patents...............................
Second  l*atent...........
Straight........................
Clear ..............................
Graham ....................
Buckwheat.............
Rye...............................
Subject  to  usual  cash 
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per  bbi. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Ualsy  Vis............................  36O
Daisy  ?4S............................  3 60
Daisy 
............................  3  00

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Quaker Vis..........................  3 60
Quaker V4s..........................  3 60
Quaker yts..........................  3 00

Spring  W heat  F lo u r 

C|ark-.Iewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Pillsbury’s  B est:
Pillsbury’s  Best V4s ..........
Pillsbury’s  Best Vis..........
Pillsbury’s Best Vés paper. 
Pillsbury’s Best  '^s paper.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand

Tubs

2 50 
1  75

hoop Standard.
2- 
3- 
hoop Standard.
wire,  Cable.
2- 
3- wire,  Cable...............!.. .7
Cedar, all red. brass  b o u n d .._
Paper.  Eureka.......... 
2  25
Fibre..................................... '2  25
20-inch, Standard, No. 1 ....... 5  so
ls-inch. Standard, No. 2.......4  85
16-inch, Standard, No. 3. !.. .3 85 
20-inch, Dowell,  No. 1 
3  25
18-inch, Dowell,  N0. 2...Ü Ü 5 25
16-inch. Dowell,  No. 3.......... 4  25
No. 1 Fibre......................!.’ .’9 00
No. 2 Fibre....................... ! Ü7 50
No. 3 Fibre.............  
.!.. !.g 75
W ash  B oards
Bronze Globe...............
I)ewTe y ..........................."
Double Acme..!....!
Single Acme.................. '
Double  Peerless__
Single  Peerless...... !..!!.
Northern Q ueen.............
Double Duplex............
Good Luck..........
Universal..........................
W ood  Bowls
11 in. B utter.....................
13 in. Butter............
in. Butter..........
in. Butter............. .. !.
19 in. Butter............!!!!..
1 in. Butter.............
YEAST  CAKE 
Yeast Foam, iv.  doz....
Yeast Foam, 3  doz........
Yeast Cream. 3 doz..........
Magic Yeast 5c. 3  doz..
Sunlight Yeast,3doz.
Warner’s Safe, 3 doz..
Provisions

.1  00 
.1  60 
.2 50
.3 50 
.4  OO
.  50 
.1  00 
.1  00 
.1  00 
.1  00 
.1  00

3 00 
2 75

.3 00

SALT  FISH  

Cod

Georges cured.
Georges  genuine... 
Georges selected...
Strips or  bricks__
H errin g

Holland white hoops,  bbi. 
Holland white hoops':bbl. 
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
» Holland white hoop nichs.
Norwegian.........................
Round 100 lbs.....................
Round 40 lbs.......................
Scaled...............................

M ackerel

3  10 
1  40

—  -No. 1 40 lbs............

-   Mess 10 lbs............ .......... 
8 lbs............ .......... 

Mess 100 lbs..........
..........  15 00
Mess 4(1 lbs............ ..........  6 30
1 05
Mess
1 35
No. 1 100 lbs............ ..........  13
5 (¡0
No. 1
10 lbs............ .......... 
1 48
8 lbs............ .......... 
No. 1
1 20
-   No. 2 l(K) lbs............ ..........11
50
No. 2 40 lbs............ ..........  4 90
No. 2 10 lbs............ .......... 
1 30
No. 2 8 lbs............ .......... 
1 07

T ro u t
-   No. 1100 lbs..............
No. 1  40 lbs..............
No. 1  10 lbs..............
«  fcNo. 1  8 lbs..............

—

♦

-» 

„  

100  lbs.... ....  7 00 6  50
40  lbs.... ....  3  10 2 90
10  lbs.  .. .... 
80
8  lbs.... .... 
66

No. 1 No. 2 Fam
1  20
38
33

85
71
SEEDS

Anise 
...........................
Canary, Smyrna............
—  -Caraway.......................
Cardamon,  Malabar......
Celery..............................
»   Hemp, Russian...............
Mixed Bird.....................
Mustard, white...........
■*  Poppy...............................
R ape...............................
Cuttle Bone.......  .......
S N U F F

Scotch, in bladders........
-r-  JMaccaboy, in jars..........
French Rappee, in  jars.

-  

SOAP

JAXON

Single box................................... 2 ?5
6 box lots, delivered............2  80
10 box lots, delivered............2  75
-  (IIS. 8. KIRK S (0.'] BRUND,
American Family,.wrp’d__ 2  6G
Dome..................................... .. 75
-Cabinet.......................  
2 20
Savon..................................... .'2  50
White  Russian...........................2 35
White Cloud, laundry...........6  25
White Cloud, toilet.............  3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz....  2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz.......3 00
Blue India, 100 \  lb...................3 00
Kirkoline.................................... 3 50
Eos...............................................2 50

 

I

Scouring

*—  -Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz.
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz__

SODA

Boxes.............................
Kegs,  English............. .

SPICES 

W hole Sifted
*  Allspice..........................
Cassia, China in m ats..
Cassia, Batavia, in bund 
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls.
Cloves, Amboyna..........
_   Cloves, Zanzibar............ 
Mace, Batavia...............!.. 
Nutmegs, fancy................. 
Nutmegs, No. 1 .................. 
Nutmegs, No. 2.................. 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
—  Pepper,  Singagore, white. 
Pepper, sh o t.................... 
P u re  G round in  B u lk
— Allspice............................... 
Cassia, Batavia..........  .  ! 
Cassia, Saigon.................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar.
Ginger,  African...!!.’!.’. 
Ginger, Cochin.................. 
Mace,  Batavia.
Mustard...................." 
Nutmegs.................... 
Pepper, Singapore, black! 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne..............  
Sage....................................  

— Ginger,  Jamaica. 

12
55
60
50
45
13
16
15

14
30
40
15
is

jg
50
15
22
20
15

STOVE  PO LISH

No. 4,3 doz. In case, gross.  4 50 
No. 6,3  doz. in case, gross.  7 20

D iam ond

K ingsford’
40 l-lb. packages...
20 l-lb. packages................
K ingsford’H Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages..............
6 lb. boxes.......................
64 10c packages................
128 5c packages.................
30 10c and 64 5c packages. 
Com m on Corn
20 l-lb.  packages.............
40 l-lb.  packages.............
Com m on Gloss
l-lb.  packages.................... 
3-lb. packages.................... 
6-lb. packages....................... 
40 and 50-lb. boxes................ 
Barrels...............................  

3

41
41
5
3

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels....................................  v
Half bbls...............................  
19
1 doz. 1 gallon cans__
1 doz. Vt gallon cans...
2 doz. *4 gallon cans...
P u re   Cane
F a ir..............................
Good...........................
Choice  ..................

SUGAR

5 69 
5 81

Below  are  „iven  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New'  York  to  your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the  invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
Domino...............................
Cut  Loaf.........................
Crushed..........................
Powdered......................
XXXX Powdered.............
Cubes...................................
Standard  Granulated.......
Standard Fine Granulated 
Above  Granulated  in  5
lb. bags.....................
Above  Granulated  in  2
lb.  bags.....................
385 
Extra Fine Granulated.... 
5 44
__________5 44
Extra Coarse  Granulated.
Mould A .......................7.7.'  5 56
Diamond Confec.  A ..........  5 31
Confec.  Standard A..........  5 06
No.  1...................................  4 81
No.  2..................................   4 81
No.  3...................................  4  8i
No.  4..................................   4 75
No.  5............................. .. 
4 69
No.  6..................................   4 63
No.  7...................................  4 56
No.  8...................................  4 50
No.  9..................................   4 44
No. 10...................................  431
No. 11..................................   4  19
No. 12..................................   4  13
No. 13..................................   4  13
No. 14...............................  
4 06
No. 15..................................   4 06
No. 16..................................   4 06

TA B LE  SAUCES
LEA &
PERRINS’
SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine 
Worcestersh i re 

3 75
2 50
3 75 
2  25
4  55 
2 75

Lea & Perrin’s, large...
Lea & Perrin’s,  sm all..
Halford, large...............
Halford, small...............
Salad Dressing, large..
Salad Dressing, sm all.. 
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.................i3y
W ASHING  PO W D ER
Kirk’s Eos..................
2 00
Wisdom................
3 75
Roseine....................
3 25
Nine  O’clock.......
3 50
Babbitt’s 1876....................
2 50
Gold  Dust...............
4 25
Johnson’s .........................
3 50
Swift’s  .....................
2 88
Rub-No-More...........
3 50
Pearline, 100 6s..........
3 30
Pearline, 36 Is.............
2 85
Snow  Boy.............
2 35
Liberty.....................
3 90
No. 0, per gross.................. ..20
No. 1, per gross.................. ..25
No. 2, per gross.................. ..35
No. 3, per gross.................. ..55

W IC K IN G

W OODENW ARE

B askets
Bushels.......................
1  on
Bushels, wide  band..........
.1  10
M arket............................
30
Willow Clothes, large.......
.6 25
Willow Clothes, medium.. 5 50
Willow Clothes, small.......
.6 00

Jumbo, 32 lb.
Extra H. H .............
Boston Cream..........

M ixed Candy

Grocers.....................
Competition...!...!.
Standard...................
Conserve.......
R oyal.................. !.!
Ribbon.....................
Broken.....................
Cut Loaf....................
English  Rock........ . .
Kindergarten..........
French Cream..........
Dandy  Pan..........
Hand  Made  Cream 
Nobby...................7

mixed  ....

Carcass...

Crackers

I  The  National  Biscuit  Co. 
quotes as follows:
B u tte r

Seymour  XXX.................. 
sy.
Seymour X X X, 31 b. carton  6
Family XXX...........  
511
SaltedXXX.....................  
s :l
New York XXX................  
51-
Wolverine....................... 
e
Boston.......................!.!.!. 
7M

Soda

Soda  X \X ....................
Soda XXX, 3  lb. carton.
Soda,  City.......................
I  Long island  W afers.!...
L. I.  Wafers, 1 lb. carton
Zephyrette.....................

O yster

Sal tine  Wafer............
Sahiiio Wafer, 1 lb. carton
Farina (lyster..................
Extra Farina  Oyster.......
Sweet  Goods—Box
Animals............................
Bent's  W ater..........  .
Coeoauut Taffy................
Coffee Cake, .lava............
Coffee Cake,  Iced............
Cracknel Is  .......................
Cubans..................... ..'!!.
Frosted Cream.................
Ginger Gems....................
Ginger Snaps, XXX........
Graham Crackers............
Graham  Wafers...............
Grandma Cakes............
Imperials.....................
Jumbles,  Honey...............
Marshmallow...................
Marshmallow  Creams__
Marshmallow W alnuts...
Mich. Frosted  Honey__
Molasses  Cakes................
Newton...............................
Nic  Nacs...........................
Orange  Gems..........!. !!!!
Penny  Assorted Cakes....
Pretzels, hand  made........
Sears’ Lunch.....................
Sugar Cake.......................
Sugar Squares  ..................
Vanilla Wafers..................
Sultanas............................

:ish  ani  Oysters
"S

F ancy—In  B ulk 

Dk. No. 12........

Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

San Bias Goodies..
<811 
Lozenges, plain.......
<8  9
Lozenges, printed..
<8  9 
Choc. Drops.............
@11 
Eclipse ('liocolates.  . 
<812 V 
Choc.  Monumeutals.
<812V 
Gum  Drops..............
(if-  5 
Moss  Drops.............
©  S'; 
Sour Drop
Iff.  8'i
Imperials........
6
fa  9‘
0J4 Ital. Cream Bonbons
35 Hi. palls............
8
fa, 11
11 Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. pails........
12
@13
Jelly  Date  .Squares.
10
(a 10'
Iced Marshmcllows. ......   14
■1/
6‘s Lemon  Drops..
Ca 50
5‘j Sour Drops__
fa 50
Peppermint Drops..
(a 60
6
(  hocolate  1 irons..
II.  M. Choc. Drops.
@75
10‘* II. M. Choc.  Lt.  ami
15
@90
10
Gum  Drops......
@30
10
Licorice  Drops
fa 75
10
A. B.  Licorice  Drops
fa 50
fa f>5
Lozenges,  plain......
11 fa Lozenges, printed.  .
Ca 55
8
Imperials...........
8 Mottoes...... .. 
(a 60
"Vt Cream  Bar........
fa 55
8 Molasses Bar
fa 55
10
Hand  Made Creams. 80  fa 90
9
(  ream  Buttons, Pen.
8
and  Wlnt.............
fa,i(i5
\'¿l/t String  Rock..........
fa-60
15
16
16 Wlntergreen Berries
@55
C aram els
12M
No. 1  wrapped,  3  lb.
8
12
8 — 
.......................
8
Fruits
8l/á
O ranges
7
Q Fancy ltodi’s ...........
Sorrentos.................
14
Lem ohm
12/4
: Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 3<J0s.
1' ancy 3<K)s......
Ex. Fancy  300s........
Hu nan an
Large  bunches........

@5 00
fa 5 00
(a 5 50
@5 50
•r lb. Medium bunches__ 1  OOtiU  25
10
50fa l  75
10
10
16
4
11
20

Burnt  Almonds__   1 25  %

fo re ig n   D ried t ru its

boxes........

@6 00
@5  50

fa 50

..

F resh  Fish
White fish....................
Trout............
Black  Bass..........
Halibut........................
Ciscoes or Herring....
Bluefish.......................
Live  Lobster...............
Boiled  Lobster...........
Cod...............................
Haddock.....................
No. 1 Pickerel.............
P ike.............................
Perch...........................
Smoked  W hite...........
Red  Snapper.............
Col River  Salmon. 
Mackerel..............

O ysters in Cans.

1 F. H.  Counts............
1  F. J. D. Selects........
I  Selects.....................
1  F. J. I>.  Standards
Anchors....................
Standards................
B ulk.

@  20
40
35
30
22
20
gal.
F. H. Counts........... .  .. ..  2 00
Extra Selects.  .............
...  1  76
Selects....................
...  1  50
Anchor  Standards........
...  1  25
Standards....................
..  1  05
Shell Goods.
(’lams, per 100.............
100
Oysters, per 100..........1 25@1  50

Oils
B arrels

@12V4

Eocene ........................
Perfection.................... @11
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt @11
W. W. M ichigan........
@iovi
Diamond W hite..........
®  9
D., 8.  Gas.................... @12V4
Deo. Naphtha.............
@1254
Cylinder....................... 29 @34
Engine.........................11 @21
Black, winter............... @ 9

Figs
Californios,  Fancy.
Choice, 10  lti. boxes.
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes, new.............
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb. boxes................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, in bags.,..
D ates

Fards in 10 lb. boxes 
Fards in 60 lb. cases. 
Persians,  P. H.  V. ..
lb.  cases, new.......
Sairs, 60 lb. cases....
Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlca.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils, new.............
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenobles. 
Walnuts, Calif No. 1. 
W alnuts soft shelled
California.............
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table  Nuts, choice..
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new.............
Cocoanuts. full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u ...
P ean u ts 
Fancy, II. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted ................
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Roasted >...............

fa 13
fal2
(«16
(¿22

@10 
@ 6 
(ft  6 
(9  6 
@ 5

@16
@14
. @15 
@  7 
@10 
@13 M 
@11
@11 
(ail 
@10 
<f  7M 
@  9 
@12
@1  60 
@3 50

@ 7 
@  5
@ 6

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:

B arreled  P o rk  

6
514
&u

Sm oked  M eat 

D ry  Salt  M eats

L ards—In Tierces

@10
m o  50
@14  00
@11  00

@ 11
<fò 11M
<fò 11
(fò 10M
<fò I6M(fò 7
(fò. 7M@ 6 Vi
(fò 8M
@ 15

Mess..........................   @10  00
’? c k .......................   jo solfò
¡ear back................. 
Short cut.................. 
J*1* .............................. 
»"»By.....................  
Bellies................  
Briskets........ .!..!.. 
xtra shorts....!...! 
Hams, 121b. average.
Hams, 14 lb. average.
Hams, 161b. average.
Hams. 20 lb. average.
Ham dried  beef.
Shoulders (N. Y. cut j
Racon. clear.............   7
California ham s... !!
Boneless  hams........
Cooked  ham...........!  10
Comnound................
Kettle......................!
55 lb. Tubs.. advance 
so lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Pails, .advance 
10 lb. Pails.. advance 
51b. Pails..advance 
3 lb. Pails.. advance 
Sausages
Bologna....................
Liver .......................
Frankfort.............
P o rk .......................
Blood.....................!!
Tongue................
Headcheese.............
B eef
Extra Mess...............
Boneless.................. .
R um p......................
_  
P igs’  F eet
Kits. 15  lbs...............
H bbls., 40 lbs__
% bbls., 80 lbs..........
T ripe
Kits, 15  lbs........  .
M bbls., 40 lbs........
H bbls., 80 lbs..........
Casings
P o rk .........................
Beet rounds....! ! ! !  
Beef  middles..........! 
Sheep........................  
B u tterln e
Rolls, dairy............... 
Solid, dairy............... 
Rolls, creamery....... 
Solid,  creamery....... 
Corned beef, 2 lb __  
Corned beef, 14 lb ... 
Roast beef, 2 lb........  
Potted ham,  V4s ....... 
Potted ham,  Vis....... 
Deviled ham,  Ms__  
Deviled ham.  Vis__  
Potted tongue,  Ms.. 
Potted tongue,  Vis.. 

jj
10'/,
1514
1414
2 25
16 00
2 25
50
90
60
90
50
90

1  35
2 50
70
1  25
2 25

Canned  M eats

10 25
12 50 
12  00

3
10
60

Duluth  Inqierial  Ms.........   4  25
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........   4  15
Duluth  Imperial  Vis.........   4 05
Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s Brand
Gold Medal Vis..................  4 25
Gold Medal Ms..................  4  15
Gold Medal Vis..................  4 05
Parisian  Ms.......................   4  ¡¿5
Parisian  Vis..................  . .  4  15
Parisian  Vis....................!!  4 05

Olney & Judsou's Brand

Ceresota Ms.......................   4 40 I
Ceresota Ms.......................   4 30 I
Ceresota Ms.......................  4  20

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Laurel  Vis..........................   4  35
Laurel  Ms..................  
4  25
Laurel  Ms..........................   4  15

M eal

Bolted.................................  1  90
2  10

ranulated.................. .  . 
Feed  and  MillatufTs

St. Car Feed, screened__   16  00 t
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........  15  50
Unbolted Corn  Meal........   14  50
Whiter Wheat Bran..........  14 00 !
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  15 00 I 
Screenings.........................  14 00

Corn

New com, car  lots.......
-ess than car lots........

Oats

Car  lots..........................
Car lots, clipped...........
Less than car lots.........

H ay

No. 1 Timothy car  lots.
No. 1 Timothy ton  lots.

10 00 
12  00

Hides  and  Pelts
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
O
'o., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as
follows:
H ides
Green  No. 1.............
Green  No. 2.............
Bulls..........................
Cured  No. 1 .............
Cured  No. 2.............
Calfskins,green No. 1 
Calfskins,green No. 2 
Calfskins.cured No. 1 
Calfskins,cured No. 2

© 7 
O'  6 
(a .  9 
@   8 
@ 9 
@  7M 
@10 
@  8M

’elts

Pelts,  each.

@  3M 
@ 2M

No. l .........................
No. 2.........................
W ool
Washed,  fine..........
@16
Washed,  medium.. 
@20
Unwashed,  line.
@12
Unwashed, medium.  14  @16

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

H ardw are

R eg ard in g   th e   H obby  o f  a   H ardw are 

W ritten for the Tradesman.

M erchant.

The  hardware  merchant  was  stacking 
screen  doors  in  the  dim  and  misty  re­
gions  of  the  rear  loft  and  I  climbed  the 
steep  stairs,  hopeful  of  an order and  sat 
down on  a  box  of  window  glass.  The 
atmosphere  of  the  place  was  hot  and 
stale,  and  the  dealer  in  things of  iron 
and  steel  was  damp  with  sweat  and 
smeared  with  fine  dust.

“ I  wonder if  I ’ve  got to  do  this  sort 
of thing  all  my  life?”   he  said,  pushing 
up  the  last  screen  door and  sitting  down 
by  my  side. 
” 1  work  more  hours  a  day 
than  any 
farm  hand  and  have  more 
bosses  and  take  less  interest  in  what  1 
do,  and  I ’m  getting tired  of  it  all.”  

“ But  you’ve  got  a  good business here, 
the best  in  this  line  in  the city, ” ’  I ven­
tured,  for  it  is  wise,  when  you  find  a 
merchant  bucking  his  own  business,  to 
remind  him  of some  of the  good  things 
associated  with  it,  and  what better,  in 
such  case,  than to say  something  about 
the  success  of  it?

‘ ‘ Yes,  I’ve  done  fairly  well,”  he said, 
glancing  about the  well-filled  loft,  ‘ ‘but 
it’s  nothing  but  stoves  and  ranges  and 
nails  and  tools  from  the  first  day  of Jan­
uary  to the thirty-first  day  of  Decem­
ber,  and  I ’d  like  to be  myself  for a  few 
years before  I  die.”

‘ ‘ I ’m  afraid,”   I  said,  ‘ ‘ that  you’d  be 
lonesome  out  of  this store.  You wouldn’t 
know what  to  do  with  yourself.”

‘ ‘ You’re  away  off,”   was  the  reply. 
‘ ‘ It  is  a  mistake  to  suppose  that  all 
merchants  are  entirely  absorbed  in  their 
own  lines. 
I  know  a  man  who  sells 
meat  who  knows  more  about  electricity 
than  half  the  experts. 
I  know  a  man 
who  patches  shoes  who has  made  a  life­
long  study  of  military  defenses  and  who 
would  have  made  his  mark  in  the  world 
as  a  civil  engineer.  He  is  better posted 
in  fort building  than half the West Point 
graduates.  Do  you  believe  these  men 
would  be  lonesome  outside  of  their 
places  of business?  I should  think  not.”  
“ you  have  a 
hobby  of  your own. 
I  hope  you  don’t 
feel  any  soul-yearnings  for  the  news­
paper business. ”

“ Perhaps,”   I  said, 

The  merchant looked  up with  a quick, 
sly  smile,  and  from that moment through 
the  interview  that  whimsical  look  never 
face,  so  I  can’t  really  say 
left  his 
whether  he  meant  what  he 
said  or 
whether he  was  giving  his  imagination 
a  little  run.

“ Oh,”   he  said,  “ my  hobby  is  idols. 

I  thought  you  knew. ’ ’

“ Idols?”  
“ Yes,  idols,  and  especially  the 

I  repeated.

idols 
I’m  going  to  make  a  book 

of  India. 
about the  idols of  India  some  day. ”

“ I  wish  you success,”   I  said.
“ When  you  study 

idols,”   he  said, 
“ you  learn  a  whole  lot  about  other 
things.  For  instance,  are  you  aware 
that the  first  strike  in the history  of  the 
world  was over  the  construction  of  an 
idol?  Well,  it  was. 
It  came  about  in 
this  w ay:  Krishna,  one  of the  two-and- 
twenty  incarnations  of  Vishnu,  went  out 
into the  woods one  day to see how things 
were  moving  along,  and  an  ignorant 
hunter shot him  dead  and  left him  lying 
under a  tree,  which  was  bad  taste  on 
the  part  of  the  hunter,  who  probably 
didn’t  know  a  god  from a  left-handed 
thumb-screw.  After  a  few  months  a 
pious  Hindu  found  the  bones  of  the 
dead  god  and  took  them  to the  king  of 
the  country,  who  was  away  off  in  some

hot  place,  where  it  was  as  hard  work  to 
keep  cool  as  it  seems  to be  in  this  con­
founded  old  loft.  The  king  washed  his 
face  and  got  his  wise  men  together  and 
sat on  the  bones  so  long  that they  began 
to  crack  before  he  could  make  up  his 
mind  what  to  do with  them.  You  see, 
he  wasn’t  exactly  in  his  line in the bone 
business.  But one  day  while  standing 
behind  the  prescription  case  in the  cor­
ner drug  store,  he  received  an  inspira­
tion  from  Vishnu,  who  somehow  didn’t 
want  one  of  his 
incarnations  going 
about the  country  like  a  jelly-fish,  with­
out  any  bones.  The  inspiration  was  to 
the  effect  that the  king  should  set up  the 
image  of  Juggernaut  and  put  the  bones 
in  it.

“ So  the  king,  who seems to have  been 
a  tyrannical  old  brute,  advertised  for 
sealed  proposals  and  decreed  that  any 
contractor  caught  giving  a  bribe  to  se­
cure  the 
job  should  have  his  head 
chopped  off and,  ornamented  with  gar­
lands  and  ribbons,  placed  on  the  king’s 
ice box ^to  cool  off.  An  old  chap  named 
Viswa-Karma,  who  held  down  the  re­
sponsible  position  of  architect  to  the 
gods,  got  the  contract  and  undertook  to 
complete  it  in  a  workmanlike  manner 
on condition  of  being  left  entirely  un­
disturbed  until  the  resting  place  of the 
sacred  bones  was  ready  for delivery.

“ But  the  king,  who  was  also  an  im­
patient  old  granny,  was  awakened  early 
one  morning  by  his  neighbor’s  dog 
barking  under  the  window  of the  royal 
residence  and,  getting  up,  he thought he 
would  go and  look  over  the  Juggernaut 
business.  Then  the  trouble  began.  The 
independent  order  of  idolmakers  and 
the  amalgamated  order of bone  secreters 
and  the  too,  too  affectionate  order  of 
idol  scratchers  all  followed  their  walk­
ing  delegates  and  fathers  of  the  chapel 
and  went  on  a strike.  They  all  claimed, 
you  see,  that  the  king  had  discovered 
some  of their secrets,  and  that his Royal 
Nibs  hadn’t  been  initiated,  and  the  Old 
Harry  was  to  pay  generally.  Viswa- 
Karma  asked  the  king  to call  out the 
national  guard  and  do  a  little  shooting, 
but  an election  was  shortly to  be  held, 
and  the  king  wanted  the  labor  union 
vote,  so he  declined.  The  consequence 
was  that  the  contractor  picketed  the 
premises,  declared  a  lock-out,  and  Jug­
gernaut  remained  forever  incomplete, 
having  neither hands  nor  feet.

“ The  king,  who  felt 

like  kicking 
himself over half  his kingdom  for going 
near the  idol  factory,  appealed  to  Brah­
man  to  act  as  arbitrator,  but  Brahman 
declared  that  he  had  rather be  a  Grand 
Rapids  base  ball  umpire  and  went off 
hunting.  Before  he  went,  however,  he 
compromised  matters  by  giving  Jugger­
naut eyes  and  a  soul  and  consecrating  it 
in  person.  And  this  is  the  reason  why 
Juggernaut  has  to be  hauled  along  on  a 
car forty-five  feet  high  and  thirty-five 
feet  square  when  he  goes  out  to his 
country  residence.  Oh,  you’ll  find  lots 
of  reliable  history  in  studying  idols, 
and  I  think  I ’ll  have  plenty  to  amuse 
and 
instruct  myself with  when  I  begin 
my  book. ’ ’

“ I  think,”   I  said,  “ that  we  had  bet­
ter go  downstairs.  This heat  seems  to 
have  gone  to  your head. ’ ’

“ We’re  all  right  here,”   was the  re­
ply;  “ besides  I  was 
just  going  to tell 
you  about  Ravana,  who,  by  natural  tal­
ents  and  strict  attention  to business,  be­
came  one  of the  most  disreputable  gods 
in  all  Indian  mythology.  Were he  alive 
now  he  would  doubtless  be  running  a 
saloon  in  the  city  of Chicago and  hold­
ing  down  a  decorated  chair  in  the  com­
mon  council—probably be  a  boon  com­

panion  of  Hinky  Dink  and  Bath  House 
John,  the  present  aldermen. ’ ’

“ Don’t  you  think  it’s  rather warm  up 
here?”   I  ventured,  for  1  had  as  yet  re­
ceived  no  order, and  the  hardware man’s 
intellect  seemed  to  be  drifting,  to  say 
the  least.

“ This  suits  me,”   was  the  reply. 
“ Ravana  had  ten  heads  and  twenty 
arms,  and  so  would  have  made  a  good 
hardware  clerk. 
In  addition  to  this, 
he  was quite  tall,  being able  to  reach  up 
and  stop  the  sun  and  moon 
in  their 
courses.  Naturally  surprised  by  such 
unwarranted interference, the sun went off 
on  a  strike  and  the  winds  retired 
into 
private  life.  When  1  write  my  book  I ’m 
going  to  put  Ravana  on  the  title  page, 
with  his  twenty  arms outstretched  and 
his  forty  hands  buried  in  the  cash regis­
ter during  the  absence  of the  proprietor. 
I  think  his  ten  heads  ought  to  be  able

to  make  up  a  marketable  lie  about  the 
shortage 
in  the  day’s  receipts,  don’t 
you?”

I  put  up  my  order book  and  began 
edging  my  way  toward  the  head  of  the 
stairs.

* ‘ Hold  on, ’ ’  shouted  the  merchant, 
“ 1  was  going  to tell  you  about  Hanu- 
man,  the  god  of  the  monkeys. 
You 
see—’ ’

But  I  was too  far down  the  stairs  to 
It  is  my  private  opinion 
hear thé  rest. 
that  the  hardware  man  keeps  a  choice 
assortment  of  stories  for drummers  and 
advertising  men,but  1  don’t  know  about 
his  capacity  to  hold  out  with  stories  of 
this  kind.

Anyway,  I’m going  to  see  him  when  I 
go back  over the  line  and  note down any 
new  fairy  tales he  may  spring.

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

Stove  Carrier Attachment for

SS M SI Use on  Trucks

Anyone can  put  them  on. 

Just the  thing  for use  in  a grocery 

store  for carrying barrels or  boxes.

Price $1.75 a  Pair.

FOSTER,  STEVENS & CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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We  M a k e ....

Peppermint Oil  Cans

Write for  Prices.

W M .  BR U M M ELER  &  SO N S,

Tinware Manufacturers,

260  South  Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Guaranteed  . . .

. , .   Harnesses
You  can  guarantee  every  one  of  our 
harnesses  to  your  customers,  because  we 
guarantee  them  to  you  No  chances  are 
taken, no risks are run, you can always have a satisfied harness customer.  Our 
harness  factory  is  on  the  top  floor  of  our own building, in charge of the best 
harnessmaker  in  the  West.  We  know  about  every  piece  of  leather,  every 
stitch that goes into them.  Prices  so  low  you  can  sell  a  good  folding  single 
strap harness for $5.50.  Ask for  catalogue.

BROWN  &  sEH LER,  Orand  Rapids,  Mich.

Tradesman Company 

Grand Rapids.

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R evolving  B in  fo r  Nails.

Hardware  dealers  find  considerable 

difficulty  and  annoyance  at  times 
handling  nails 
for  their  customers, 
There  are  so  many different sizes inboi 
varieties  that  when  all  sizes  are  kept  i 
the  kegs  under or nearby  the counter the 
^  number  of  the  kegs  litters  up  the  store 
and  lessens  the attractiveness of arrange 
ment.  Besides  this,  either  a  scoop 
the  bare  hands are  now  used  in  digging 
out  the  nails  from  the  keg.  Both  meth 
ods  are  awkward  and  slow,  often 
volving  delay  and  affecting  the  patience 
of  both  dealer and  customer.

~ 

It  is  suggested  that a  revolving bin  I 
constructed,  each  one  having  as  many 
compartments as  the  sizes  of  nails  more 
commonly  handled.  The  compartments 
should  be  large  enough  to  hold  at 
least 
half  a  keg  of  nails,  and  be  fitted  with 
sliding  gate  or similar device  at the hot 
tom  in  order to  permit a ready discharge 
“  of the  contents  into  the  scoop  or hopper, 
as  may  be  convenient.  As  nails  are 
likely  to  clog  up,  it  may  be  well  to 
guard  against  this  by  running  a  rod 
from  the  top to  the  bottom  of  each  com 
partment,  with  side  arms  on  the  lower 
end.  Agitating  the  rod  will  lessen  the 

.  clogging  and  permit  a  ready delivery 

The  revolving  bin  can  be  made  so  as 
to  be  both  useful  and  ornamental,  and 
will  find  a  good  position  on  the  counte 
or may  be  placed  on  a  separate stand  on 
the  floor.  The  expense  of  makinj 
will  be  slight,  and  it  will  pay  for  itself 
many  times  over  in  the  saving  of  time 

*  it  will  effect.  Then,  too,  it  will  be 

in  hardware,  and 

novelty 
is  bound  to 
attract  trade  attention,  which  is  one  of 
those  things  that  the  enterprising  deal 
always  needs,  and  is  generally  able  to 
if  he  only goes  about  it  in  the 
provide 
right  way.  The  bin  here  given 
is  nec 
essarily  incomplete,  but  the  details  can 
be  supplied  by  any  capable mechanic.

„  Stoves  and  Hardware  Reporter.

leading 

P leasan t  W ords  from   P leasan t  Peopli
Traverse  City Record :  The Michigan 
Tradesman,  the 
journal  of the 
State  devoted  to  the  grocery,  drug and 
kindred  lines  of trade,  issued  this  week 
a  special  edition  of 64  pages  and  cover. 
The  publication  contains  a  series  of 
-articles  upon  the  condition  of  trade 
various  lines  and  matters  of  special 
in­
terest,  written  by  representative  busi 
ness men  in  the  different  lines.  The  ar­
ticles  are  of  considerable  value,  we 
written  and  timely,  and  the  edition  is 
one  of  more  than  ordinary  interest.  The 
paper contains  fine  half-tone portraits  of 
the  writers  and 
is  a  very  creditable 
edition.  The  features  mentioned  are  in 
addition  to  the  regular  news and  trade 
matters  published  weekly.  One  notice­
able  feature  of  the  edition  is that  all  the 
portraits  and  engravings  are  made  on 
the  premises 
in  the  Tradesman’s  own 
plant,  which is one  of  the  most  complete 
in  the  country.

Grand  Rapids  Herald:  The  Michi­
gan  Tradesman  marks  the  completion of 
issuing  a  hand­
its  sixteenth  year  by 
somely 
illustrated  special  edition,  con­
taining  numerous  contributions  on  the 
manufacturing,  trade  and banking inter­
ests  of  the  city  by those  prominent  in 
the  respective  branches of  the  city’.s ac­
tivity.  The Tradesman  has  had  a  pros­
perous  career,  with  still  greater prosper­
ity  before  it,  and  has  done  its  share  to 
promote  the  material  welfare  of  Grand 
Rapids.

Lansing  Republican: 

The  current 
number  of  the  Michigan  Tradesman  is 
the  beginning  of the  seventeenth  year. 
Editor E.  A.  Stowe  celebrated the  event 
by  publishing  an  extra  number of 64 
pages,  with  illustrations  and  special  ar­
ticles  in  the  particular  field  of the  jour­
nal.  The  publication  also  greets  its 
readers  with  a  new  dress  of  type.  The 
Tradesman  is  unquestionably  one  of the 
best  newspaper ventures  in  the  country. 
The  publishers  have  reason to  be happy

over the  result  of  their  endeavors.  One 
of  the  splendid  features  of  the  speci 
number  is  a  full  page  map of the 
inde 
pendent telephone 
lines  in  Michigan 
there  are  30,000  in  the  State.  The  m; 
was  skillfully  drawn  by  Miss  Edna  ! 
Wood,  a  rising  young  artist  employed 
in  the  Tradesman’s  engraving  depart 
ment and  a graduate of  St.  Mary’s Acad 
emy,  Monroe.

Traverse  City  Eagle:  The  Michig; 
Tradesman  has 
just  entered  its  seve__ 
teenth  year of  publication and marks  the 
event  by  putting  on  an  entire  new  dress 
of  type.  The  Tradesman 
is  the  most 
successful  journal  of  its  kind  published 
in  the  State. 
It  has  been  upon  the  ex 
change 
list  of  the  Eagle  since  its  first 
appearance,  and  we  have  watched  i 
steady  growth  and  improvement  with 
good  deal  of  interest.  The  growth  and 
improvement  of  Grand  Rapids  has  bee 
parallel  with  that  of  the  Tradesman 
and  can  be  accurately  gauged  thereby

No  Bones  in  Cheese.

0’  beef,  an’ 
last,  wi’  no  fat  or'bones  in  it.

Juvenile- Me  mither sent  me fora pun 
it’s  to  be  better than  the 
Irascible Butcher—Go home an' tell yer 

mither  to  buy  cheese !

A lu m in u m   M oney
~

"'ili1 
w ,,l Increase Your Business.

”   -  - —  

Cheap and Effective.

Send for samples and prices.

C.  H.  HANSON,

44  S.  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  111.

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 
•igement,  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., 
ho 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- 
ng  the Egry Auto- 
aphic  Register— 
dapted to any class 

business needs.
Address inquiries 
send  orders  for 
what  you  want  to

L.  A.  ELY,  Alma.  Mich

New Prices

on  Bicycle 
Sundries

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

ADAMS &  HART,

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

Wholesale Bicycles and Sundries.

A ugura  and  Bit«
Snell’s ..............................................
Jennings'genuine...................
Jennings’ imitation.......................

Axes
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.
F'irst Quality,  I). B.  Bronze.
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel
F'irst Quality.  I). B. Steel.............

B arrow s

B olts

Railroad...........................................
Garden..............................

Stove ...............................................
( 'arriage, new  list......
P low ......................................... ;;;;;

Well, plain.......................................

B uckets

B utts,  Cast

Cast Loose Pin, figured..................
Wrought N arrow ............................

C u rt rid g e s
Rlin Fire ....'....................................
Central F ire ..............................

Chain 

5-1(1 In.

om .. 
BB... 
BB..

Hast Steel, per lb...

Sly’s 1-10, per 111.... 
Hick’s C. F., per m .
1)., per in............
Musket, per in........

Socket Firmer 
. 
Socket F'raming. 
Socket Corner. !. 
Socket Slicks__

.net
dis

40X 10

30X10

E lb o w « 
, per doz..

'0111. 4 piece, 6 in
'orrugated, per doz............................
Adjustable...........................................

E xpansive  B its
'lark’s small, $1«;  large, $2« ........
ves’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30....................
F iles—New  L ist

New American....................................
Nicholson’s ...........................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................... .
G alvanized  Iron 

ios. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 26;  27 
Jst  12 
16
Viscount, 65

13 

14 

15 
Gas  P ipe

Black or Galvanized............................

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .............

Gauges

Glass

Single  Strength, by box.............
Vouble Strength, by box...........
By the Light.......................

....... dis
.......dis
.......dis

H am m ers

Maydole X Co.’s, new list...........
erkes X  Plumb’s .......................
[ason’s Solid Cast Steel.............

H inges

ate, Clark’s 1,2,3......................
H ollow   W are

‘ots..............................................-.........
■ttles...................................................
iders...................................................

H orse  Nails

40&10
(10&10
80X1080X10

80

.......dis
.......dis
,30C list

33}
40&1Ò
70

. .dis  G0&10

85
1  00

4 50

60

Au S able................................................dis
Utnam...................................................dls
H ouse  F u rn ish in g  Goods
amped Tinware, new list..................
ipanned Tinware.................................

40X10

20&10

Iro n

w  Iron.................................................   3  crates
ight Band............................................   3Vtc rates

K nobs—New  L ist

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...........  
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.........

Regular 0 Tubular, Doz........................
arren, Galvanized  Fount................

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ..............dis

L an tern s

Levels

M attocks

Adze Eye.................................. $17 00..dis

M etals—Zinc
600 pound casks.....................................
’’er pound......................................
M iscellaneous

w,
40
Bird Cages............................................. 
70
"limps, Cistern.....................................  
80
Screws, New L ist.................................  
'asters, Bed and Plate........................   50X10X10
Dampers, American

M olasses  G ates
Stebbins’ Pattern..........................
Enterprise, self-measuring..........
Fry, Acme..............................................  60&10&10
Common,  polished...............................
70&5
P a te n t  P lan ish ed   Iro n  

60&10

P ans

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

Broken packages %c per pound extra.

10  20
9 20

Planes

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...........................
Sciota  Bench.........................................
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy.................
Bench, first quality..........................

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

Hardware  Price Current

N alls 

r base, on both Stei

Caps

List  acci

Nanel  1
19, ’86...............
Snsli  W

s, per ton..............
Sheet  Ir

tght>

2 3

>1 and  Wire.

3  10 
3  20 
Base 
05 
10

6 50 
11  00

10  00 
12  00

Advanc

Steel nails, bast
Wire nails, b ast...............
20 to 60 advance...............
10 to 16 advance..............
8 advance........................
6 advance........................
4 advance........................
3 ad vance.........................
2 advance.....................
Fine 3 advance.................
Casing 10 ad vance............
Casing 8 advance.............
Casing 6 advance.............
Finish  10 advance...........
Finish 8 advance...........
Finish 6 advance.............
Barrel  \  advance............
Klvt
Iron  and  Tinned.............
Copper Rivets  and  Burs.

70
25X10
tiO&tO

6  (10 
10  00

14 00 
30 00

$3  50

70X10
70X10

Rooting  Plates
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean...............
14x20IX,Charcoal, Dean...
20x28 I(\ Charcoal, Dean................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, A 11away  Grade 
14x20 IX,Charcoai, Allaway  Grade 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, AHaway  G rade 
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade

Hopes
Sisal, (4 Inch and larger..  . 
Manilla.....................  
.......

Nos. 15 to 17 .  ..
Nos. 22 to 24...................................
Nos. 25 to 26........
No. 27...................................
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

All Sheets No.  18  and  lighter, 

Shells—Loaded
Loaded with Black  Powder........
Loaded with  Nitro  Powder........

Drop...............
B Band  Buck.............

Shot

3 ‘20
3  40
3 60 
over  30

$3 00 
3 00
3 30 
3  40
3 50 
luches

....dis 
.. ..dis

40&  5 
40X10

70X10
70
60X10

Shovels  and  Spad
F'irst Grade,  Doz..........................
Second Grade,  Doz........

en

1  45 
1  70

8  10 
7  50

The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Sqnares

Steel and Iron........................................ 

Till—M elyn  G rade
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoai....................... 
¿0x14 IX, Charcoal................................. 

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

T in—A llaw ay  G rade

10x14 IC, Charcoal..........................  
14x20 IC, Charcoal.................. 
10x14 IX, Charcoal................................. 
14x20 IX, Charcoai................................. 
Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

B o iler  Size  Tin  P la te  
.

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,) .  _ 
14x56 IX, for No.9 Boilers, \ l,er P°und - 

T raps

Steel,  Game........................................... 
Oneida Community,  Newhouse's.......  
Onqida  Community,  Hawley  X  Nor­
ton’s . . . ...........................................  
Mouse,  choker, per doz....................... 
Mouse, delusion, per doz.....................  

W ire

Bright Market.......................................  
Annealed  M arket................................. 
Coppered  Market.................................. 
Tinned  Market...................................... 
Coppered Spring Steel......................... 
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.................. 
Barbed Fence, Painted........................ 

W ire  Goods

Bright.....................................................  
Screw Eyes.................................... . 
. ] 
Hooks...................................................... 
»te Hooks and Eyes........................... 

W renches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled.........  
Toe’s Genuine........................................ 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural,  Wrought..70&10

70&10

$ 7 5 5
7 50
8 60

e  25
e  25
750
750

10

75X10
50
70&10
15
1  26

go
1»
50X10
50&10
45
3  85
3 70

75
75
75
75

30
30&lo

50
cents

MUSKEGON
AND RETURN
Every  Sunday
VIA
Q. R. & I.

Train leaves Union 
station at 9.15 a. m. 
Bridge Street 9.2a a. m. 
Returning leaves 
Muskegon 7.15 p.  m.

2 4

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

tained  a  sharp  advance  during  the  past1 y O R   SALE—.SMALL  MANUFACTURING 
90C@gi  per bu.

uSt° Ck  readily  commanding  £  “

f t

tion the name  gentleman,  which  means 
all  of  gentleness  and  all  of  manliness 
It 
is  not  to  be  supposed  that  all  men 
will  attain  to  this  high  place.  Many 
would  not  care  to  try.  Yet  it  is  the 
figure  set  up  in  the  eyes  of  the  world 
It  has  been  an  inspiration  in  every  age 
It  is a  title  that  never becomes  extinct 
Happy 
is  he  who  truly and  rightfully 
wears  it.

*  *  *

A  study  of  men  and  women  show 
there  are  many  hungering  and  thirsting 
after  fame  who  never  get  it.  This  is 
the  age  of  yearnings. 
Few  of  our 
dreams  will  ever be  realized.  The hap 
piest  experiences  will 
just  come  short 
of  satisfying  our  expectations.  There 
are  people  who  laugh  and  jeer at  the 
books  which  nobody  reads,  the  pictures 
which  nobody  will  buy.  They  have 
been  worked  at honestly,  perhaps.  Often 
the  efforts of  men  and women  have  thei 
pathetic  side. 
They  represent  the  en 
deavor to  win  bread  and  sustenance  for 
loved  ones who  can  not  help themselves, 
They  do  not  deserve  scorn,  at 
least 
There  are  those  who say they might have 
been  famous  if  they  had  but  had 
chance.

♦   *  *

What about  those  whose  motive  is  not 
to  gain  human  praise—a  consecrated 
effort?  Yet  such  do  not  escape  observa 
tion—an  older  brother  who  has  given 
up  the  desire  of  his  life  and  pursues  a 
dull,  uncongenial  life  year after year  to 
serve  others;  has  denied  himself;  set 
tied  down  upon  the  little  farm  that  hi; 
widowed  mother  might  be  spared  the 
drudgery, 
that  the  younger  brothers 
might  be  helped  to  a  better start  in life 
the  sisters  be  sent  to  school.  The value 
of  such  heroism  can  not  be  estimated 
Yet,  having  known  the  boy,  then  the 
man,  his  boyish  desire  to be  a  scholar- 
a  lawyer—and  to  feel  that  he  had  the 
making  in  him  of such,  yet  to  yield  it 
all  for  duty’s  sake. 
Is  this  distinction? 
This  is  an  example  of flesh  and  blood, 
not  an  imaginary  instance.

*  *  *

A  young  daughter who  remains  in  the 
old  home  to  care  for the  aged  parents 
the  others  have  all  flown  from  the  home 
nest  one  by  one.  She  is  left  alone  with 
the  old  mother and  father.  She  has  put 
aside  all  thought  of  marriage  and  tried 
as  best  she  could  to give  up  all  yearn­
ings  for a  home  of  her  own,  despite  the 
pleadings  of  one  whom  she  has  loved 
from  girlhood,  to tend  with  loving,  gen­
tle  hands as  no stranger  could  the 
in­
firmities  of  old  age.  To bear with  it 
and  to  do all  this cheerfully,  believing 
to  be  one’s  duty,  is  to  win  distinc­
tion. 
If  there  is  one  thing  more  than 
another  that  will  help  the  individual 
ife  to be  happier  it  is  to  settle  down  to 
the  determination  to  bear cheerfully  and 
philosophically  whatever comes to  us.

is 

Cranberries—$2@2.25  per  bu.
Cucumbers—Pickling stock is in active 
demand  at  2o@25c  per hundred.  Large 
stock  commands  50c  per bu.
Eggs—Local  handlers  pay  13^/. 13^0, 
case  count,  holding  candled  stock  at  14 
The  loss off varies  from  three 
dozen  to the  case  to  nothing.  Brice  & 
Co.  received  a  consignment  of  nine 
cases  from  Shelby  this  week  in  which 
there was but  one poor egg.  The weather 
is  favorable  and,  with  the  Eastern  mar­
ket  booming,  there 
likely  to be  no 
downward  movement  for  some  time  to 
come.
Grapes—Wordens and  Concords  com­
mand  8@9C  for 4  lb.  baskets and  1 o(a, 12c 
for 8  lb.  baskets.  Niagaras  are  held  at 
ioc  for 4  lb.  baskets.  Delawares  are  so 
scarce  that  they  readily  command  25c 
per 4  lb.  baskets.
Honey—White  clover  is  held  at  15c. 
Dark  amber commands  io@i2c.
Live  Poultry—The  market  is  recover­
ing  from  the  summer dulness  and ¡stak­
ing  on  a  more  active appearance.  Broil­
ers  are  in  good  demand  at  ioc.  Fat hens 
are  in  fair 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— 
too strong,  the  dealers  say.  Hen turkeys 
find  ready  sale  at  9c.  Large  turkeys  are 
n  good  demand  at  8c.  Spring  turkeys 
meet  with  ready  sale  at  ioc.  Squabs 
are  in  active  demand  at S i.25  per  doz. 
Pigeons  are 
in  fair demand  at  50c  per 
doz.

in 

Muskmelons—Osage  and  cantaloupes 
have  advanced  to  75c  per  doz.  Rocky- 
fords command  75c  per bu.

Onions—5o@55c  per bu.  for dry stock. 
Peaches—Chilis  are  coming 
in 
small  quantities  and are quickly grabbed 
up on  the  basis of $2@2.5o  per bu.
Pears — All  choice  varieties  have  ad­
vanced  to  Si-75@2  per bu.  Small  va­
rieties  readily  command  $1.50  per bu.

Peppers—75c  per bu.
Plums—All  varieties  are  higher and 
the  market  is  strong.  Lombards  have 
advanced  to $1.40  per bu.  Blue  plums 
command $1.75^2  perbu.  Purple plums 
are  entirely  out  of  market.

Potatoes—The  recent  rains  and  the 
cool  weather which  has  prevailed  for the 
past  week  are  helping  the  crop of  late 
aotatoes  very  materially.  Local  dealers 
lold  early  potatoes at 35@40c  per  bu., 
round  which  figure  the  price  is  likely 
to
~  remain  until  late  potatoes  become  a
factor  in  the  situation.
ij^c 
Squash—Home grown  command 
per lb.

green.

for  Ever­
for 

Baltimore  Jerseys  and  §2 for Virginia.

Sweet  Com—7c  per  doz. 
Sweet  Potatoes—§2.25  per  bbl. 
Turnips—$1  per bbl.
Tomatoes—The  cracking  which  en­
sued  as  the  result  of  the  recent  rains 
has  stopped  and  the  crop  now  being 
marketed 
splendid 
shape,  commanding  40@5oc  per bu.

is  coming 

Watermelons—Home  grown  command 
o@i2c. 
Indiana  stock  is  entirely  out 
of  market.

in 

in 

T he  P roduce  M arket.

Beets—25@3oc  per bu.
Butter—Factory 

Apples—Choice  fruit,  either  fall  or
inter  varieties,  commands $2@2.25  per 
bbl.  Cooking  stock  runs  from $1.50© 
•75-
Beans—The  threshing  season  has  be­
gun,  but has  not  progressed  far enough 
to  enable  handlers to  form  a  conclusion 
as to the  ultimate  outcome  of the  yield.
creamery  has  ad­
vanced  another  ic  and  is  strong  at  22c. 
Dairy  grades  are  very  scarce  and  hard 
to get.  Fancy  readily  commands  17c, 
but  a 
large  proportion  of the  receipts 
grade  about  13c.  Local  dealers  are  be­
ginning  to  withdraw their supplies  from 
cold  storage,  in  the  absence  of which 
the  price  would  go  skyward.
Cabbage—35 @4oc  per doz.
Carrots—3o@35c  per bu.
Cauliflower—
Celery—I2@ i5c p e r  doz.  bunches.
Crab  Apples—The  market  has  sus­

per doz.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under 
th is  head  fo r  tw o  cents  a   w ord  th e   first 
insertion  an d   one  cent  a  w ord  fo r  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisem ents 
tak en   fo r  less  th a n   25  cents.  A dvance 
paym ents.
w ANTED — GOOD  LOCATION  IN  CEN- 
tral  Michigan for  opening  a  bakery.  Ad- 
No. 71, care Michigan Tradesman. 
71 
Y y  ANTED — EXPERIENCED  SALESMAN 
▼ V  for dry goods  store.  References  required. 
Address I. Jay Cummings, Paw Paw, Mich. 
70
OR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  STOCK  OF 
general merchandise  in  Northern  Michigan 
town of  5,000 inhabitants; doing an  annual  busi­
ness of $20,000.  Reason for selling,  other  affairs 
to look after.  Bargain  to  anyone meaning busi- 
ness.  Will sell on easy terms.  Address  No.  67, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
¡'OR  SALE—STORE  BUILDING,  80 X 24, 
two  stories  and  basement;  second  story  a 
residence,  and,  with  small  expense,  could  be 
made  into  an  elegant  hotel,  which  the  town 
uceds.  Also $3,000 clean  stock  of  general  mer­
chandise.  Good  farming  community  and  town 
of 600 inhabitants.  Cause for  selling, • ill  health 
Address Box 66, Wayland,  Mich. 

66

67

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

it 

Good  manners  are  not  infrequently 
commended  on  the  same  ground  that 
honesty  is  advised—because 
is  the 
best  policy.  But  would  politeness  or 
probity  be  permanently  adhered to  from 
such  a  motive?  Would  not  the  man  who 
is  civil  merely  for  the  benefit 
that 
might 
inure  to  himself,  and  the  man 
who  is  honest  for the  same  reason,  be 
likely  to  relapse  into a  boor or a  thief 
under  provocation  or temptation?

♦   *  *

That  a  man  is  honest  is  usually be­
cause  he  has  been  bom  into the  world 
with  the  qualities and  ingredients  of an 
upright  man.  That  he  possesses good 
manners  is  largely  the  result  of the same 
conditions.  A  man  not  naturally  honest 
may  continue  through  life  without  any 
serious  lapses,  it  is  true.  That  might 
lack  of  opportunity. 
happen  from  a 
That  really 
ill-bred  people  may  go 
through  life without  displaying striking­
ly  bad  manners 
is  possible  from  their 
chancing  to  pass  their days  in  the  so­
ciety  of  their 
equals  and  superiors 
against  whom  they  dare  not offend.  The 
true  metal 
is  found  in  the  honest  man 
who  does  not  wish  to  commit  wrong, 
and  in  the  well-bred  man  or  woman  to 
whom  it  is  as  natural  to  behave  courte 
ously  as  it  is to breathe.  To be  upright 
and  well-bred  in  the  highest  sense 
the  result  of  an honest and  good  heart.

*  *  *

It 

A  man  without  a  good  heart  may 
learn  to affect  the  ways,  the  words,  the 
bearing  of  a  gentleman—for bears  have 
been taught  to  dance—but  the  real  gen 
tleman 
is  so  because  of the  good  gift 
of  God.  This  gift,  it  may  be  remarked 
is not  limited  to  any  class  or  condition 
of  men. 
It  is  not  a  matter of clothes or 
uniforms  or  of  long  descent or office  or 
station. 
is  true  that there  is  a  code 
of actions,  very much the same in all civ­
ilized  countries,  defined  as  polite  oi 
impolite.  Real  gentlemen  conform  tc 
these  regulations  not  because  of  theii 
importance  in  themselves,  but because 
they  have  been agreed  upon  and  viola 
tions  are  apt  to  cause  disturbance  and 
unhappiness.  A  gentleman  uses  his  fork 
in  eating  because  it  is  convenient  and 
because  the  sight  of  his  knife  flashing 
around  his  mouth  and  throat  might 
make  his  table  companion  nervous.  At 
the  bottom  of  all  civility  is  considera 
tion  for the  feelings of  others.

*  *  *

Without  wishing  to  discourage  any  of 
the  good  wishes  and  aspirations  which 
come,  like  light  and  passing  showers  in 
the  desert,  into the  most  selfish  of  lives, 
it  is  still  a  duty  to  say  that,  where  there 
is  no gentlemanly  or ladylike  tendency, 
where  the  seed of  instruction  does  not at 
first  fall  on good  ground,  there  is  little 
to  hope.  On  the  other  hand,  where 
there  exists the true  born  gentleman,  the 
real  lady,  made  such by  the  possession 
of  the gift  of the  heart  of  gold,  neither 
riches  nor  poverty,  nor good  fortune  nor 
ill,  nor  high  nor low  estate,  nor heights 
nor depths,  nor  principalities  nor  pow­
ers,  nor  any  such  thing,  can hide  that 
innate  courtesy that  wells  forth  as  does 
the  wayside  spring  for all  who  pass  by.

It  is not  to be  presumed  that  there 

is 
no  good  in  the  world  outside  of the class 
here  described.  There  is  no  doubt  that 
the  world  has  been greatly  benefited  by 
the  good  deeds  of the  most  disagreeable 
of  human  beings.  Wrongs  have  been 
redressed  by  strong  but  shapeless  and 
uncouth  hands.  Yet  one  star differeth 
from another star  in  glory,  and  as  long 
as  the  world  is  capable  of  appreciating 
its  blessings 
it  will  regard  with  affec­

with  $1,500  to  $-2,000.  Reasons  for  selling,  in 
health of managing partner and lack  of working 
capital.  Address  Keyes,  Davis  &  Co.,  Battle
Creek, Mich.
W ANTED—TO  BUY  STOCK  OF GENERAL 
Merchandise  in  the  country,  in  Central 
Michigan,  invoicing  from  $800  to  $1,200.  M 
62
Stlmson, Hadley, Mich. 
r p o   RENT—ONE  OR  TWO  BRICK  STORES 
A   with deep cellars, 22x75 feet, on Main street, 
in Opera House block, Mendon, Mich.  Write  to 
Levi Cole. 
IAOR  SALE—MEAT  MARKET;  ONE  OF 
A  
the  best  locations  in  the  city;  customers 
all  good  pay;  doing  a  good  paying  business. 
Address No. 53, care Michigan Tradesman.  53 
y O R   SALE 
BELGIAN  HARES  WITH 
X1  hutches, etc.:
,  get in on the ground  floor  for 
the boom in hare  furs.  Albert  Baxter,  Muske- 
gon, Mich. 
57
/NOOD  OPENING  FOR  DRY 
OO DS  OR 
v T   department store at Centerville,  Mich.
Ad 
dress Box 135.
55

54

52

41

48

58

on account of  the death  of  the 

WANTED—GOOD LOCATION  FOR  OPEN- 

ing a good clothing store, or would buy out 
stock  Address Box 32, Sturgis, Mich. 
56 
y  OR  SALE—THE  CRANE  MANUFACTUR­
AI  ing mill at South  Frankfort,  fully  equipped 
for the manufacture  of  hardwood  lumber.  Im­
Inquire  of  Ann  Arbor 
mediate  possession. 
Savings Bank, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
y  OR SALE AT A BARGAIN-  ■ _____
W ELL-STOCK-
A  ed variety store in  a thriving  town  of
____ ■ P L .—« ,________ ,500.
_ 
Good location, excellent  trade.  Other  business 
reason  for  selling.  Address  Box  344,  Otsego, 
Mich. 
y O R  SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, SUNDRIES, 
A   fountain,  etc.,  in  excellent  farming  town; 
central location; established  twenty  years;  big 
profits; rent very cheap.  Will sell at  a  big  dis­
count.  Present owner not a  druggist.  Address 
No. 48, care Michigan Tradesman. 
\   DRUG  STOCK  FOR SALE VERY CHEAI 
2 *.  on account of  the death  of  the  proprietor.
For  particulars  write  to  Mrs 
Anna  Tomlin, 
Bear Lake, Mich. 
r AO RENT—TWO STOKES IN  NEW CORNER 
A   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  Si  im­
provement Co., Belding, Mich. 
ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A RUBBER 
Y\
stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J.  Weller,  Muskegon,
Mich._______________ _____________  
y O R  SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL 
1   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. 
m
l'UL- 
H^HE  SHAFTING,  HANGERS  AND 
A  leys 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, Michigan. 
y O R   SALE—GOOD  BAZAAR  STOCK.  ENl 
quire  of  Hollon  &  Hungerford,  Albion, 
Mich. 
L'OR  SALE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
I 
splendid farming conntry.  No  trades.  Ad­
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. 
680
Mo d e r n   c it y   r e s id e n c e   a n d   l a r g e
lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms 
or will exchange for  tract  of  hardwood  timber’ 
Big bargain for some one.  Possession given any 
time.  Investigation  solicited.  E. A. Stowe  24 
Kellogg street. Grand Rapids. 

958

933

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993

949

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. 

■NY  ONE  WISHING  TO ENGAGE IN THE 
IT'OR  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, 
with 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  busi­
ness  and  conducted  at  small  expense.  Get  in 
line before too late.  Failing  health  reason  for 
selling.  Address  P.  O.  Box  204,  Negaunee 
BBch. 
6  9j3
v y  ANTED  —  REGISTERED 
»»  pharmacist, 
igan Tradesman.

ASSISTANT 
Address  Solon,  care  Mich-
AN  ASSISTANT  PHARMA- 
Apdress,  with  reference,  Box  24

Richland, MicWANT ED—SITU ATKIN OR LOCATION AS 

pharmacist or physician or both.  Address 

No. 68. care Michigan Tradesman. 
MISCELLANEOUS.

ns

72

s i t u a t i o n   w a n t e d   b y   r e g is t e r e d  
kJJ  pharmacist of  eight  years’ experience.  Ad- 
dress  C. L. Smith, Galien. Mich. 
V y  ANTED—POSITION  AS  CLERK.  NINE 
’  *  years’ experience in dry goods and general 
trade.  Address No.  43,  care  Michigan  Trades-
ly A N T E D —POSITION  BY  DRUGGIST,  14 
years  experience.  Address  No.  40,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
“iy A N T E D —SITUATION  AS  TRAVELING 
V»  salesman, commission or  salary,  clothing 
boots and shoes, men’s furnishing goods  or  gr!> 
series.  Good  references  given.  -Address  998, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

49

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T ravelers*  T im e   T ab les.
CHICAGO-’E P S L *

Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapid«..7:10am  12:00nn  5:05pm *2:15am 
At.  Chicago.... 1:30pm 5:00pm  11:15pm  *7:25am 
Lv.Chicago...  7:15am  12:00nn  4:15pm *8:45pm 
Ar.G’d Rapid«  1:25pm 5:05pm  10:15pm  »1:50am 
Tra verse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoske 
Lv. G’d  Rapids.  7:30am 2:05am  1:45pm  S:il 
Ar. Trav  City..12:40pm  6:10am  5:35pm  10:55pm
Ar. Charlevoix..  3:15pm 7:53am  7:38pm.......
Ar. Petoskey....  3:45pm 8:15am 8:15pm.......
Ar. Bay View...  3:55pm  8:20am 8:20pm.......
Lv. G. R apids..9:00am  12:00nn  5:39pm........
Ar. G. Rapid«..8:00am  1:25pm 5:05pm  10:15pm 
Extra train on Saturday  leaves  at  2:15pm  tor 
Ottawa Beach.
Sunday  train  leaves  Bridge  street  8:40am 
Union  depot  9:00am; 
leave«  Ottawa  Beach 
7:00pm.
Trains  arrive  from  north at 2:00am, 11:15am. 
4:45pm, and 10:05pm.
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars  on 
night trains to and from Chicago 
Parlor cars for Bay View.

Ottawa Beach.

»Every  day. 

Others week days only,

H P T D H I T   Qraod Rapids & Western
LFE 1 l\U l I  ,  

Ju n e  a 6 ,  189 9.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids.7:00am  12:05pm 
5:25pm
Ar. Detroit..................... 11:40am  4:05pm 10:06pm
Lv. Detroit......................8:40am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids........  1:30pm  5:10pm 10:66pm
Lv. G R7:00am 5:10pm  Ar. G R ll:45am   9:40pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week day« only.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Gao. DxHavxh,  General Pass. Agent

GRAND T ra*  Railway System

Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv.

(In effect June 19,1899.)

conte  bast

Leave  Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit A N Y ......... t  6:40am t  9:55pm
Detroit  and  Bast................... tl0:16am  t  5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit &  Bast........ t  3:27pm  tl2:50pm
Buffalo,  N  Y,  Toronto,  Mon­
treal A Boston, L’t’d E x ... .* 7:20pm *10:16am 
sorse  west

Gd. Haven and Int Pts..........• 8:30am *10:00pm
Gd.  Haven Express.................»10:21am * 7:15pm
Gd. Haven  and Int  Pts..........112:58pm  t  3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee. ..t 5:12pm tl0:llam  
.Gd. Haven and Milwaukee.. .tl0:00pm  t   6:40am
Gd. Haven and Chicago.........*  7:30pm  * 8:06am
Eastbound 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car 
to Detroit, eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car 
to Detroit.
»Daily. 

tExcept Sunday.

C.  A.  J ustin,  City Pass.  Ticket Agent,

97 Monroe St.,  Morton House.

GRAND Rapids  ft  Indiana Railway

Ju ly 9,  1899.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Business Meg’s Association 

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

retary, B. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Aasociatloa 

President, J.W iblkb, Maucelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

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

Hxnbt C. Minnie, Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J o seph K n ig h t;  Secretary, E. Masks, 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, C. H.  F h in k.
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Aasoclatioi 
R e a p ;  Treasurer, J .   G eo.  L b h h an.

President,  Fbakk  J.  Dt k;  Secretary,  Hoxbb 

Saginaw Mercantile Association 
McB iu t n i b ;  Secretary,  W,  H.  L e w is.

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

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

Porter;  Treasurer,  L.  Pklton.

Adrian  Retail Grocers' Association 

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

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

.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association

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

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  W.  H. 

J ohnson;  Secretary,  Ch a s. 

Hym an.
Traverse City Baslaess Men’s Association 
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer, C. A .  Hammond.

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D. W h ip p l e ; Secretary, G. T. Cam p 

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

Alpena Business Men’s Association

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

P a r t r id g e.

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association 
President, L.  M. Wilso n ;  Secretary, P h il ip  Hu ­

ber : Treasurer, S. J.  Hu ppo rd.

St. Johns Business  Men’s Association.

President, T hos. B b o x l b y ;  Secretary,  F r a n k  A. 

P e r c y  ;  Treasurer, C l a r k  A. P u t t.

Perry Business Mea’s Aasociatloa

President, H. W. Wa l l a c e ;  Sec’y, T. E. H e d d l e.
Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Aasociatloa
President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. V b b Ho bkb.

Yale Baslaess Mea’s Association

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

T R A V E L

V IA

F .  &   P .  M.  R .  R .

AND  S T 8 A M 8 H IP   LIN E S 

TO  ALL  P Ó IN T 8  IN  M ICHIGAN

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

DON’T buy  Plated  Silverware, 

Clocks or  Holiday  Goods, 

until  you  have consulted  our  1899 

Fall  Catalogue.

The  most  complete  Rook  out.

WRITE  FOR  IT  NOW.

The  Regent  Mfg. Co.

Jackson and Market.

CHICAGO.

The  new  U n e e d a   B lS C llit  are  delivered  to 
the consumer  in  moisture and dust proof  packages, 
as fresh and crisp and clean as  though  just from  the 
oven.  They should  always be served  from  the origi­
nal package,  which  should be  kept carefully closed.

Uneeda
Biscuit

are  unequaled 
for  general  use.  A   perfect  every­
day  food  for  everybody.  Serve  every  day  with 
every meal.  Give  them  to  the  children  instead  of 
cakes.  Sold everywhere  at  five  cents  the  package 
— never  in  bulk.

Northern Dlv.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey A Mack.. .* 4; 10am *10:C0pm 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey A M ack...t 7:45am t  5:15pm
Trav. City A Petoskey.............t   1:40pm t   1:10pm
Cadillac accommodation........ 15:25pm tlO :55am
Petoskey A Mackinaw City...-tli :00pm  t   6:3Gam 
L j4:10am train. The Northland Express, sleeping 
and  dining  car«;  7:45am  and  1:40pm  trains, 
parlor cars ;  11:00pm train sleeping car.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati............................... 17:10am t  9:45pm
.............................4 2:00pm t   1:30pm
F t Wayne 
Kalamazoo and Vicksburg...  * 7:00pm  * 7:20%m
Chicago and Cincinnati.........*10:15pm * 3:55am
07:10  am  train  has  parlor  oar  to  Cincinnati 
and  parlor  car  to  Chicago;  2:00pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Ft. Wayne;  10:15pm  train  has 
sleeping  cars  to  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Indian­
apolis, Louisville and St. Louis.
Chicago Trains.

TO CHICAGO.

wiiaw rmrAGA

Lv. Grand Rapids...  7  10am  2 00pm  *10 15pm 
Ar. Chicago.............   2 30pm  8 45pm 
6 25am
Lv. Chicago.............   3 02pm •  8.15pm  »11  32pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...  9 45pm  3:55pm 
7 20am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
car;  10:15pm, coach and sleeping car.
Train  leaving  Chicago 3:02pm  has  Pullman 
parlor car ;  8:15pm sleeping car ;  11:32pm sleep­
ing car for Grand Rapida.

Muskegon Trains.

GOING WSST*

LvG’d  Rapids............. t7:86am  t l  :35pm t5:40pm
ArMuskegon  . 
.  9:00am  2:45pm  7:06pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon 10:40am.
Lv Muskegon...............t8:10am  1 12:15am  t4:00pm
ArG’d Rapids  ..  —   9:20am  1:25pm  5:20pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Muskegon  6:30pm;  ar­
rives Grand Rapids 7:55pm. 
tExcept Sunday.  »Daily.

(KMHCI XA8T.

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

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

M A N K T P P   ft  Northeaster. Ry.
* '  A l a i   1 1 aJ   1  w  L *   Best route to Manistee.

VU  C. A  W. M.  Railway.

L v Grand Rapids..............................  7:00am 
...........
A r  Manistee....................................... 12:05pm .............
L v  Manistee......................................   8:30am 4:10pm
Ar Grand  R a p id s............................  1 :00pm 0:44pm

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“ Its  as  good  as  Sapolio,”  when  they try  to sell  you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that they  are  only  trying to  get you  to  aid  their —S
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new  article. 

:
W ho  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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Is  it  not  the 

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

SUCCESSI

Dayton,  Ohio,  Aug.  30th,  1899. 

Michigan  Tradesman,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Editor—I  am  in  receipt  of  your  favor  of  the  22nd 

asking for  special  matter  for  your  Anniversary  number. 
In  consultation  with  the  Computing  Scale  Co.  on  the 
subject  they  informed  me  that  they  are  so  far  behind  on 
orders  that  they  are  almost  tempted  to  stop  advertising.

This  speaks well for  the  “ man behind the  gun.”   How­
ever,  you  maly  announce  that  we  will  be  the  last  to  stop 
advertising  on  account  of such  swamping  prosperity.

Yours  Respectfully,
K e n n e d y ,

Adv.  Manager for

T H E   COM PUTING  SC A LE   CO.

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| Picture Cards 
£ for Carnivals and 
£ Country Fairs

M ICA

AXLE

N othing  takes  so  well  with  the  visitors 

at  carnivals  and  fairs  as  picture  cards, 

which are  carefully  preserved,  while  ordi­

nary  cards,  circulars  and  pam phlets  are 

largely  destroyed  and  w asted.  W e   have 

a  fine  line  of  Picture  C ards,  va ryin g  in 

price  from  $3.0 0   to  $6.0 0   per  thousand, 

including  printing  on  back. 

Sam p les 

mailed  on  application.

T radesman 
Company

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

ILLU M IN A TIN G   AND 
L U B R IC A T IN G   O IL S

WATER  WHITE  HEADLIGHT  OIL  IS  THE 

STANDARD  THE  WORLD  OVER

HI0H B8T  P R IC E   PAIO  PO R   E M P T Y   C A R B O N   AND  QA SO LIN E   B A R R E L S

Grand Rapids, flichigan

STANDARD  OIL  CO.

