GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  II,  1899.

Number 838

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Volume  XVII.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  II,  1899.

Number  838

IM P O R T A N T   F E A T U R E S .

Page.
2 .  D ry  Goods.
3 .  D irt  ivi  Spices.
4 .  A roun d   th e  State.
5 .  G rand  R apid s  Gossip.
6.  W om an’s  W orld.
8.  E d ito rial.
9 .  E d ito rial.
lO.  W ise  in  H is  D ay.

C ro ck ery and G lassw are Oiiotat ions.

1 2 .  Shoes and  L eath er.
1 3 .  Store  L ig h tin g .
1 4 .  O bservations  b y  a   G otham   E g g  Man.
1 5 .  G otham  Gossip.
1 6 .  M rs.  Hen  th e  T ru e  A m eriean   H ero.
1 7 .  C om m ercial Travelers.
1 8 .  D rugs and C hem icals.
1 9 .  D ru g  P rice C urren t.
2 0 .  G rocery P rice  Current.
2 1 .  G ro cery P rice  C urren t.
2 2 .  G ettin g  th e  P eople.
2 3 .  H ard w are  P rice  C urren t.
2 4 .  T h e  P ro d u ce  M arket.

Business  W ants.

H ER O   W O R SH IP .

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It  is  to  be  admitted  that  the  Am eri­
can  people,  despite  their  democratic 
spirit,  are  somewhat  given  to  hero-wor­
ship.  They  are  by  no  means  peculiar 
in  this  respect,  but  they  are perhaps  en­
titled  to  credit  for  a  special  aptitude 
for  the  discovery  of  heroic  proportions 
where  most  other  nations  would  recog­
indications 
nize  nothing  more  than  the 
of  the  average 
force  of •  intellect  and 
strength  of  character.  The  earliest  con­
spicuous  display  of  this  trait  occurred 
in  the  memorable  political  campaign  of 
1840.  There  are  many  men  still  living 
who  can  remember  the  historic  eccen­
tricities  of  that  contest,  the  log  cabin 
and  hard  cider  campaign,  won  by  the 
Whigs  with  their  battle  cry  of  “ Glory 
to  the  hero  of  Tippecanoe!’ ’  How  the 
popular  wisdom  would  have  been 
justi­
fied 
its  choice  of  General  William 
Henry Harrison  had  he  not  died  so  soon 
after  his  election  must  remain  an  unan­
swered  question.  The  same  thing  must 
be  said  of  General  Zachary  Taylor,  the 
only  other  President  elected  by  the 
Whigs.  The  reference  just  made to Gen­
eral  Harrison  may  serve  to  remind some 
readers  that  in  1840  an  anti-slavery  con­
vention  met  and  nominated  a  ticket, 
consisting  of  James  G.  Bimey,  of  New 
York, 
for  President,  and  Francis  J. 
Lemoyne,  for  Vice-President.  Bim ey 
was  nominated  again  four  years  later. 
free  soil  party  nominated 
In  1852  the 
John  P.  Hale,  of  New  Hampshire. 
In 
1856,  now  for  the  first  time  known  as 
Republicans,  the  anti-slavery  men  nom­
inated  John  C.  Fremont,  then  known  to 
fame  as  the  “ Pathfinder”   of  the  Rocky 
Mountains.  The  Republicans  were look­
ing  for  a  popular hero  when  they  nomi­
nated  him,  but  available  material  of 
that  sort 'seems  to  have , been  somewhat 
scarce.  Fremont  lived  through  the  most 
eventful  era 
in  his  country’s  history, 
and  although  there  was  enough  in  his 
career  for  a  hero  to  ‘ ‘ come  out  strong, 
as  Mark  Tapley  would  say,  he,would 
hardly  be  regarded  now  as  a  historical 
figure  but  for  the  single  fact of  his  nom­
ination  to  the  Presidency.

General  Grant’s  nomination  in  1868 
may  be  said  to  have  been  inevitable. 
He  had  been  the  most  successful  of  all 
the  Federal  generals,  his  name  was  as­
sociated  with victory  in the  public mind, 
and  it  was  a  time  when  military  merit

recognized  and 

was,  above  all, 
re­
warded.  He  was  a  great  soldier,  hut 
in  practical  politics  he  was  out  of  his 
proper  element.  He  had  never  taken 
an  active  part  in  politics  before the war, 
and  there  was  even  some  doubt  as  to 
which party he  belonged  to up  to  a  short 
time  before  his  nomination.  That  he 
was  twice  nominated  and  twice  elected 
does  not  appear  sttange  when  one  re­
members  how 
largely  public  offices, 
state  and  Federal,  great  and small,  have 
been 
last  thirty  years  by 
politicians  who  wear  military  titles.

for  the 

filled 

Hero-worship,  however,  had  appar­
ently  to  a  great  extent  lost  its  ardor  be­
fore  the  beginning  of  the  Spanish  war. 
There  seemed  to  be  some  ground  for  the 
hope  that  the  American  people  had 
outgrown  a  tendency  which  is  more  es­
pecially  characteristic  of  the  youth  of 
individual  men  and  of  nations.  That 
brief  conflict,  however,  has  brought  to 
the  front  some  two  or  three  new  heroes, 
so  to  speak,  whose  names  are  men­
tioned  in  connection  with  the  highest 
office  within  the  gift  of  the  people.  For 
the  first  time  naval  heroes  are  spoken  of 
as  possible  candidates 
for  the  Presi­
dency  and  Vice-Presidency.  There is  no 
reason,  so  far  as  the  public  is  aware, 
why  one  of  them  would  not  make  as 
g<x)d  a  President  as  William  Henry 
Harrison  or  Zachary  Tayloi  would  have 
made  had  those  gallant  soldiers  lived 
to  undergo  the  tests  of  civil  office;  but, 
upon  the  whole,  it 
is  hardly  probable 
that  any  Admiral  will  occupy  a  place 
on  any  party  ticket  in  the  next  general 
election.  As  a  rule,  it  is  best  to  keep 
great  men 
in 
which  they  have  achieved  distinction. 
The  United  States  navy  can  furnish  fit 
employment  for 
its  most  valiant  sailors 
until  they  have  passed  the  age  of  serv­
ice 
in  their  profession,  and  then  they 
will  have  deserved  the  right  to rest upon 
the  laurels  they  have  so  nobly  won.

in  the  special  service 

The  prevalent  notion  that  bicycle  rid­
ers  are  not  as  numerous  as  they  were 
two  or  three  years  ago  is  not  borne  out 
by  the  statistics  of  the  manufacturers, 
according  to  figures  furnished  by  an  ex­
change.  The  companies  which  have 
been  consolidated  in the  new $40,000,000 
bicycle  trust  have  sold  841,642  bicycles 
this  year,  as  compared  with  661,232 
sold  in  1898,  and  562,100  in  1897.  They 
have 
increased  their  sales  nearly  50  per 
cent,  in  two  years.

A   druggist  in  Cambridge.,  Mass.,  has 
petitioned  the  mayor  to  have  a  free  ice- 
water  drinking  fountain  in  front  of  his 
store  removed,  on  the  plea  that 
it  is 
ruining  his  soda  water  trade.  He  says 
it 
fair,”   and  many  of  his 
townsmen  are  actively  supporting  him 
in  this  contention.

‘ “ not 

is 

Kipling  gets  more  money  for  a  had 
poem  written  now  than  he  did  for  a 
good  one  a  few  years  ago. 
It  is  the  re­
ward  of  fame,  which  has  its  rewards,  as 
well  as  penalties.

The  history  that  heroes  make  is  not 
journal­

the  same  as  that  which  yellow 
ists  write.

TH K   CHRONIC  O K I  MIH.KK.

ill-used  woman,  and 

Grumblers  are  as  old  as  the  human 
race.  Adam  started  in  on  the  grumble 
before  he  was  put  out  of  the  Garden  of 
Eden.  Everything  went  wrong  there, 
including  himself.  Eve  grumbled;  but 
she  had  no  neighbors,  no  club,  no ad­
vanced  woman’s  association  to  tell  her 
troubles  to,  and  she  gossiped  with  the 
snake,  and  came  to  think  she  was  a 
very 
reminded 
Adam  that  she  had  nothing  to  wear. 
They  did  the  best  they  could,  and  cov­
ered  themselves  in  a  way with fig leaves, 
made  up 
in  the  best  way  they  could 
make  them  without  the  aid  of  a  fashion 
magazine;  but they still  grumbled.  Cain 
came  after  the  happiness  of  Eden  had 
broken. 
It  is  more  than  likely  that  he 
was  born  grum bling;  he was  a  grumbler 
from  the  base  up.  He  tilled  the  soil 
and raised  fruits and vegetables and other 
things  to  eat.  His  brother,  Abel,  was  a 
shepherd,  “ a  keeper  of  sheep, 
as  the 
record  has 
it,  and  he  brought  to the 
Lord  “ the  firstlings  of  his  flock,  and  of 
the  fat  thereof, 
and  was  well  received. 
Cain  brought  to  the  same  Lord  that  had 
broken  up  the  easy  ways  of  Eden 
the 
fruit  of  the  ground, 
and  his  gift  was 
not respected.  Cain  still  grumbled,  and 
more  than  ever,  and  had  it  in  for  his 
brother. 
“ And  Cain  talked  with  Abel, 
his  brother;  and  it  came  to  pass,  when 
they  were 
in  the  field,  that  Cain  rose 
up  against  Abel,  his  brother,  and  slew 
him .’ ’  Cain  was  not  hanged  for  mur­
der ;  but  a  mark  was  set  upon  his  fore­
head  that  he  might  live  and  be  known 
as  a  murderer.  He  still  grumbled,  and 
“ My  punishment  is  greater  than 
said: 
I  can  bear. ”   But  he  bore  it  and 
lived 
to  be  the  originator  of  a  great  race  of 
people,  all  too  swift  for  the  times,  and 
who  were  eventually  drowned  at  the 
overflow  that  made  people  scarce  and 
gave  human  beings  a  new  start 
in 
Noah’s  ark.  Grumbling  kept  on  all  the 
same,  and  is  going  on  yet.  Kings  and 
queens  are  grumbling  because  they  are 
not  more  respected.  Respected  peasants 
are  grumbling  because  they  are  not 
kings  and  queens. 
Those  who  save' 
nothing  grumble  because  they  are  not 
rich.  Those  who  earn  nothing  grumble 
because  they  can  have  nothing  honestly. 
The  homely  grumble  because  they  are 
not  beautiful.  The  pretty  grumble  be­
cause  their beauty  fades  so  soon.  The 
conceited  volunteer  teachers  of  men 
grumble  because  other  men  do  not  think 
as  they  do.  The  broken-down  politician 
grumbles  because  the  people do-not keep 
him  always  in  office.  The  hoodlum 
grumbles  at 
the  police.  Grumbling 
would  make  the  world  very  miserable 
if  the  grumblers  could  all  have  a  hear­
ing ;  but  those  who  are  charged  with 
sweetness  and  light,  and  whose  presence 
and  words  bring  happiness,  give  the 
grumbler  no  audience.

It  takes  genius  for  a  man  to  be  a 
loafer and  a  popular  favorite  in  society 
at  the  same  tim e;  but  such  things  are 
possible.

A  man  who  drinks  too  much  seems  to 
be  without  shame ;  but  his  nose  blushes 
for  him.

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Dry Goods  _

T h e  D ry   Goods  M arket.

influence  of  the  market,  and 

Staple  Cottons— Practically everything 
in  the  brown  goods  section  of  the  mar­
ket  has  been  advanced  within  the  past 
two  weeks  and  also  most  of  the  lines  of 
standard  sheetings  and  drills.  Almost 
every 
line  of  staple  goods,  even  if  it 
has  not  been  openly  advanced,  has  felt 
the 
in 
many  cases  calls  for  higher prices where 
any  goods  are  to  be  found.  Several 
lines  of  ducks  and  osnaburgs  have  been 
placed  “ at  value.”   Bleached  cottons 
are  well  situated.  Buyers  are  looking 
for  chances  to  make  engagements  for 
spring,  but  generally  these  offers  are  re­
fused,  except  on  the  purely  “ value”  
basis.  Wide  sheeting,  cotton  flannels 
and  blankets  are  steady,  and  coarse  col­
ored  cottons  in  general  are  well  condi­
tioned,  and  sellers  are  very  stiff  in  their 
attitude  towards  buyers.

Prints  and  Ginghams—There  is  some 
increase  to  be  noted  in  the  business  for' 
fancy  calicoes,  but 
it  is  only  fair and 
not  what  it  ought  to be.  This  is  rather 
remarkable,  in view  of  the  fact  that  job­
bers  everywhere  report  a  very  satisfac­
tory  business.  This  branch  of the  busi­
ness  is  really  the  only  unsatisfactory one 
in  the  cotton  goods  trade.  The  reduc­
tion  in  price  for  such  staples  as 
indigo 
blues,  etc.,  has  had  a  very  satisfactory 
effect  on  these  goods,  and  what  stocks 
there  are  on  hand  are  being  rapidly 
taken  care  of.  There  are  very 
few 
staple  ginghams  to  be  found  not  under 
contract,  and  some  of  the  most  promi­
nent  mills  are  under  contract  for  several 
months  to  come.  Prices  are 
firm  all 
along  the  line.  Fine ginghams have  sold 
remarkably  well,  and  dark  dress  gin g­
hams  and  domet  fabrics  are  scarce  in 
everything  except  the  cheaper grades, 
and 
in  these  some  few  stocks  can  be 
found. 

•

that 

Dress  Goods— Everybody  is  still  talk­
ing  plaid  backs,  but  opinions  still  differ 
as  to  their  stability; 
is,  as  to 
whether  they  are  likely  to  hold  to  their 
popularity,  or  fade  away  after  a  period 
into  a  “ has  been”   fabric.  There  are 
mills  turning  to  fancy  backs  which  have 
never  done  anything  on  this  class  of 
goods  before.  There  are  some  attrac­
tive  all  wool  stuffs,  54  and  56  inches 
wide,  selling  anywhere  from  Si  to  S i.60 
which  have  found  a  very  good  sale. 
Skirtmakers  have  use  for  a  large  yard­
age  thereof;  then  there is a great  variety 
of  fancy  backs,  ranging  anywhere 
in 
price 
from  7565950,  which  represent 
good  money  value.  The weights  of  these 
goods  range 
from  14  up  to  20  ounces. 
Lighter  weight  goods  have  been  shown, 
but  they  have  scarcely  met  the  require­
ments.  Strictly  all  wool  dress  goods  o f 
36-inch  width  stand  at36@40c for spring 
goods.  With  the  wool  market  at its pres­
ent  height,  36c 
figure  for  a 
purely  alL wool  fabric.  Of  course,  there 
are  so-called  all  wool  fabrics  to  be  ob­
tained  below  these  figures,  but  they  are 
not  strictly  all  wool,  although  they  may 
be  commercially.  Plaids  will  be  shown 
in  a  variety  of  colorings,  many  of  the 
lines  being  very  comprehensive  and  at­
tractive.  Large  patterns  in  grays  have 
shown  good  promise  in  a  number  of  in­
stances.

is  a 

low 

Hosiery— The  market 

is  practically 
depleted  as  far  as  buyers  of  hosiery  are 
concerned.  The  season  as  a  whole  has 
been  extremely  satisfactory,  and  the  im­
if  no  change  takes 
porters  expect  that 
place 
for 
spring,  the  present  orders  will  be  con­

in  regard  to  the 

fashions 

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

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To retail at 50 cents.  It is so made as to prevent breaking: of the steels  over  the  hips.  W ith­
out a doubt the only  corset  on  the  market  having:  this  feature  at  so  low  a  price.  In  drabs 
only.  Price, $4.50 per dozen.

VOIGT,  HERPOLSHEIMER  &   CO..

Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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W hat  you  want  for  fall  business 
is  a  good,  clean 
line  of  Floor  Oil 
Cloth.  W e  have  them  in  bright, 
tasty  patterns.  The yard  goods  are 
1-2-3-A  and  4  quality  and  in  widths 
4-4,  6-4  and  8-4,  from  16c  a  yard  up.
The  Rugs  we  have  in  2-3-A  and 
4  quality,  and  4-4,  5-5,  6-6,  8  8 
squares  as cheap as 20c for 4-4 Rugs.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

WORLD'S  BEST

5C .  CIGAR.  ALL  JO BBERS  AND

G .d   J O H N S O N  C IG A R O O .

G R A N D   R A P ID 8 ,  M IC H .

siderably 
increased  between  now  and 
that  time.  The  chances  are  that  the 
demand  for  fancies  will  increase  rather 
than  anything  else,  and  these,  together 
with  men’s  half  hose  in solid colors,  will 
be  lively  features  of  the spring business.
Carpets— The  retail  trade  have  started 
to  cut  up  carpets  freely.  While  some 
who were  disposed  to  work  off  old stocks 
as  bargains  have  been  active  during  the 
month  of  September  the  average retailer 
has  reported  business  slow  in  compari­
son  with  August.  The  past  week  the 
latter  have  reported  trade  picking  up. 
Jobbers  have  not  filled  their orders  as 
promptly  as  the  retailers expected.  This 
is  due  to  the  fact  that  the 
large  New 
York  mills,  as  well  as  others,  are  be­
hind  in  delivery  of  fall  orders.  Already 
some  jobbers  are  looking  around  to  see 
the  new  samples  and  prepare  for  their 
spring  trade.  The  outlook  is  very  favor­
able  for  next  season.  One  of  the  best 
indications  of 
improvement  is  the  fact 
that  all  the  jobbers  are  anxious  for  de­
livery  of  goods.  There 
is  no  talk  of 
cancellations.  Even  some  of  the  manu­
facturers  who  were  overordered  will  be 
obliged  to  carry  some  of  this  season’s 
business  into  the  next.  The  reason  for 
this  is  the  large  demand  and  the  pros­
further  advance  next  season 
pect  of  a 
lines.  Wilton  velvets  have  re­
on  all 
ceived  a  much 
larger  call  this  season 
and  the  prospect  is  good  for steadily  in­
creasing  business  in  this  line,  which 
is 
sold  at  an  average  price  of  $1.15  per 
yard,  wholesale.  Tapestry  carpets  are 
freely.  The  darker 
also  selling  very 
shades  in  all  colors  hold  the 
lead.  On 
this 
line,  the  September  demand  has 
been  good  and  October  is  expected  to 
even  exceed  the  past  month.  The  car­
pet  manufacturers  have  come  through  a 
very  busy  season  and  have  given  their 
material  away  in  inducing  a  large  vol­
ume  of  business.

Lace  Curtains— As  the  cooler  weather 
is  now  approaching,  the  demand  for 
this  line  is  increasing  with  the  retailer, 
who  has  stocked  .his  shelves  with  a 
larger  supply  of  both  foreign  and  do­
mestic  goods  than  usual,  and  those  who 
placed  their  orders  early  will  be  in  a 
position  to  offer  exceptional  bargains  to 
their customers,  as  compared  with  the 
prices  that  will  have  to  be paid later on, 
as  raw  cotton  and  yam  are  rapidly  ad­
vancing.  The  chances of  the  low  prices 
thus  far  offered  : this  season  should  in­
duce  a 
laige  volume  of  trade,  as  con­
sumers  must  pay  higher  prices  on  all 
kinds  of  goods.

A  dentist  is  a  man  who  pulls  people’s 
teeth.  A   lawyer  is  one  who  pulls  their 
legs.

Corl,

Knott

&  Co., i

Jobbers  of  Millinery,

20*22  North  Division  St.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

SPECIALTIES

£  
Trimmed  Hats,  Ribbons,  Vel- 
£   vets,  Laces,  Veilings;  Ostrich  and 
jp  Fancy  Feathers,  of  every  variety.  2

COLUMBIAN  CIGAR  COMPANY,  B E N T O N   H ARBO R.  M IC H .

M A N U FA C TU R E D   BY

T h e  H eigh t  o f O ratory.

“ And  is  Rockford  so  much  of  an  ora­

tor?”

“ Man,  he  could  describe  a  boarding­
house  dried  beef  supper 
in  such  lan­
guage  that  your  mouth  would  water 
with  desire.’

j Prompt
1 Shipment

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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.  1 hose who
are  new 
are
pleased  to  find  that  we  are
so prompt.

customers 

less  business 

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

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§*   Sole Manufacturers of  "LILY  WHITE,’*  |  

Therefore we  are  making
a special  effort  to give every 
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order, small  or  large,  imme-  <
diate  attention  and  prompt  \
shipment. 
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“The  floor the  best cooks use.”  

Let us have yours.

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cleaned  as  it  might  have  been,  and  that 
the  producer  was  careless,  instead  of  a 
rillful  cheat.

If  the  Commissioner  would  provide  a 
ample  analysis  at  the  head  of  each  di- 
rision  of.the  Bulletin,  showing  required 
standards,  we  could  then  judge  how  far 
short  these  delinquents  really  are.  That 
the  absolute 
innocence  of  the  producer 
would  be  hard  to  establish  in  every  case 
may  be true,  but  that  his  guilt  is  no  less 
than  that  of  the  dealers  who,  by  de­
manding  cheap  and  still  cheaper  goods, 
first  tempted  and  later  forced  him 
into 
the  production  of  such  goods  is  equally 
true.  Good  and  pure  things  can  not  be 
made  cheaply  and  the  grocer  knows  it. 
Why,  then,  does  he  not  meet  this  propo- 
ition  fairly  and  honestly  and  allow  the 
manufacturers  the  opportunity  to  make 
both  the  pure  goods  required  and  a 
profit?  Let  him  remember  profits  are 
juite  as  necessary  to  the  producer  as 
they  are  to  the  dealer.

ingredients 

The  retail  merchant  holds  an  exceed- 
nglv  important  and  responsible position 
n  the  business  world.  He  establishes 
the  price  the  consumer  must  pay  and 
radically  the  price  at  which  the  pro­
ducer  must  sell.  More  than  all  else,  it 
was  his  senseless  and  ever-increasing 
cry  for  low  prices  that  forced  the  manu­
facturers  to  invent  methods of producing 
goods  at  a  lower  cost.  When  labor  had 
been  reduced  to  the  lowest  notch,  when 
incidental  expenses  had  been  whittled 
to  a  hair  line  and  margins  had  disap­
peared  altogether,  then  the  raw  material 
was  taken  up  and  all  that  was  costly 
eliminated  or  reduced  to  a  minimum 
and  cheaper 
substituted, 
without  having  yet  met  the  demands  of 
the  buyer.  Other  means  were  sought 
for.  Many  of  the 
larger  and  more 
reputable  manufacturers  either  ceased 
their  efforts  or  formed  combinations and 
trusts  to  protect  themselves  and  main­
tain  a  price  which  would  allow  them  to 
make  honest  goods.  The  smaller  and 
less 
in  many 
cases  was  forced  into  all  sorts  of  tricks 
to  evade  the  law  and  at  the  same  time 
meet  the  call  for  low  prices.  There 
is 
a  trite  old  saying  about  there  being 
more  than  one  way  to  choke  a  dog,  and 
these  tricky  and  dishonest ■ manufactur­
ers  are  sure  to  find  some  way  to  make 
their  goods  fit  the  price  the  dealer  pays. 
Hence 
it  follows  that  every  time  a  gro­
cer  buys  goods  below  a  fair  and  just 
price,  or 
induces  a  seller to  cut  a  fair 
price,  he  becomes  “ accessory  to  the 
crim e.’ ’  Lack  of  opportunity 
is  un­
doubtedly  one  very  excellent  preventive 
against  wrong-doing,  but  lack  of  temp­
tation  is  a  better  and  surer  method.

independent  producer 

E.  L.  Allen.

D IR T   IK   SPICK S.

D ue  to   th e  C ro w d in g  D ow n  Process  in 

Price».
Written for the Tradesman.

The August  bulletin  of  the State Dairy 
and  Food  Department  issues  a  warning 
against  the  products  of  a  certain  New 
York  manufacturer who has no represent­
ative 
in  the  State  and  who  is  putting 
some  badly  adulterated  vanilla  extract 
on  the  market.  That  some  cheap  con­
cern 
like  this  could  be  easily  tempted 
to  violate  the  law  is  no  great  wonder, 
but  that  month  after  month  and  year 
after  year  the  names  of  good  reliable 
firms  should  appear  in  this  Bulletin is a 
wonder,  and  an  ever-increasing  wonder. 
That  some  very  great  error  exists  is 
patent  to  the  least  careful  observer. 
Is 
the  law  wrong? 
it  badly  adminis­
tered?  Are  all  these  presumably  hon­
firms  frauds  after  all,  or  does  the 
est 
Inasmuch  as 
fault  lie  with  the  buyer? 
the  subject  of  pure 
food  has  been 
deemed  of  sufficient  importance  to  en­
gage  the  attention  of  our  legislators, 
who  have  provided  us  with  laws  regu­
lating  the  quality  of  nearly  all  the  food 
products  on  the  market  and  the  means 
of  enforcing  these  laws,  it  would  surely 
seem  a  subject  worthy  of  some  attention 
from  the  consumers  of  food.  That  our 
food  is  less  adulterated  than  it was prior 
to  the  enactment  of  the  law  is  evident, 
is  not  absolutely  pure,  as 
but  that 
the 
law  requires,  is  also  evident  from 
the  reports  of the  Food  Commissioner.

Is 

it 

And  still  the  question,  Why?
The 

law  may  not  be  quite  broad 
enough  to  cover  all  possible  points,or  it 
may  be  a 
little  obscure  or  ambiguous 
on  other  points,  but,  as  laws  go,  it  is  a 
pretty  good 
law— clear  enough  and 
definite  enough  for  those  who  desire  to 
live  up  to  it.  That  it  has  been  admin­
istered  fairly,  and  as  rigidly  as possible 
with  the 
for 
the  department,  must  be  admitted.

limited  means  provided 

the 

in  their  pepper 

To  suppose  that 

firms  whose 
names  appear 
in  the  Bulletin  as  trans­
gressors  are  willful  or  conscious  viola­
tors  of the  law  would  be,  in  most  cases, 
assuming  a  fact  that  would  be  difficult 
to  prove.  To  believe  that  either  manu­
facturers  or 
jobbers  whose  names  for 
years  have  been  synonyms  for  honesty 
integrity  would  descend  to  putting 
and 
corn  meal 
is  impos­
sible,  yet  the  Bulletin  says  so,  and  says 
it  upon  the  authority  of  the  State  An­
alyst.  His  report  claims  to  be  no  more 
than  a  record  of  the  elements  contained 
in  the  articles  submitted  to  him  for 
chemical  analysis,  and  as  these  come  to 
him  numbered  only,  any  partiality  or 
impos­
unfairness  on  his  part  is  made 
sible.  These  reports,  as  given 
in  the 
Bulletin,  are  a  little  deep  for  the  unin­
itiated,  dealing with technical  terms  and 
chemical  percentages,  especially  as  so 
few  of  ns  know  what the  fixed  stand­
ard  is.  Take,  for  instance,  the  sample 
B.  195,  which  is  said  to  contain “ an ex­
cessive  amount  of  sand.’ ’  The inference 
would  be  that  the  grinder of  this  pep­
per  had  willfully  added  sand,  with  the 
intention  to  defraud  the  consumer.  The 
fact  is,  the  so-called  sand  is  simply  the 
dirt  and  dust  which  would  naturally  ad­
here  to  the  pepper 
in  growing  and 
I  am  told  by  spice  millers 
handling. 
that  black  pepper  can  not  be  bought 
in 
train 
loads  in  New  York  under  a  guar­
antee  of  less  than  3  per  cent.  dirt.  The 
red  pepper  pods  would,  no  doubt,  carry 
per  cent,  sand  in 
'  even  more,  so  the  4 
this  sample 
is  not  so  bad  as  would  at 
first  appear,  and  proves  no  more  than 
that  the  pepper  was  not  so  carefully

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

3

N ew   P rices

on  BlGUGle 
Sundries

Dealers of  Michigan  are  requested  to  drop 
us a card asking for  our July  ist  discount 
sheet  on9Bicycle  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 sad  Sundries.

Walter Baker & Go. L I

Dorchester, Mass.
The Oldest and 

Largest Manufacturers of
1 0 1 ,111(111111«

COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

AND

on this Continent.

No  Chemicala  are  need  In 

their manufactures.

Trade-MvE. 
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  Is  absolutely  pare, 
delicious,  nutritions,  and  costs  less  than one 
cent a cup.
Their  Premium  No.  I  Chocolate, put np In 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the  best 
plain chocolate in the market for family use.

Their  derman  Sweet  Chocolate  Li  good  tc 
eat and good  to  drink.  It  is  palatable, nutri 
tlous, and  healthful;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Buyers should ask for and be sure  that  they
f;et the genuine goods. The above trade-mark 
s on every package.
W alter Baker &   Co.  L t d .

D o rc h e s te r,  M a ss.

Twelve  Business  Maxims.

The  President  of  the  London  Cham­
ber  of  Commerce  gives  twelve  maxims 
which  he  has  tested  through  years  of 
business  experience,  and  which  he  rec­
ommends  as  tending  to  insure  success :

1.  Have  a  definite  aim.
2.  Go  straight  for  it.
3.  Master all  details.
4.  Always  know  more  than  you  are 

expected  to  know.
5.  Remember 

only  made  to overcome.

that  difficulties  are 

6.  Treat  failures  as  stepping-stones 

to  further  effort.

7.  Never  put  your  hand  out  farther 

than  you  can  draw  it  back.

8.  At  times  be  bold ;  always prudent.
q.  The  minority  often  beats  the  ma­

jority  in  the  end.

10.  Make  good  use  of  other  men’s 

11.  Listen  well;  answer  cautiously; 

decide  promptly.

12.  Preserve,  by 
‘ * a  sound 

all  means 
mind 
;

in 

in  your 
sound

brains.

power, 
body. ’ ’

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

illustrated  catalogue  and  discounts.

H.  M.  Reynolds  &  Son,

Maaafactnrers  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.

Grand  Rapids, Mick.

Office, 8i Campau st.
Factory,  ist av. and  M. C.  Rv.

E S T A B L IS H E D   l86S

Detroit, Mick.
Foot  ist St.

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M IC H I G A N   TR A D E S M A N

Around  the State

Movements  of Merchants.

Mason— Knapp  &  Mendell have closed 

out  their  bazaar stock.

Centerville— R.  H.  Reitz,  baker,  has 

sold  out  to  G.  Gemberling.

Pontiac— Wm.  Jay,  meat  dealer,  has 

sold  out  to  W.  A.  Linabury  &  Co.

Saint  Charles—-John  Stanard  has  pur­

chased  the  drug  stock  of  J.  A .‘Griffin.

Holly— B.  Durdle  &  Co.  have  sold 
their  hardware  stt>ck  to  H.  W.  Holmes.
Port  Huron...W.  H.  Mann  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  N.  E.  I.am- 
lei n.

Ovid— N.  E.  Preston,  of  Gaines,  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  A.  S. 
Jorae.

Flint— Z.  Chase  &  Son,  dealers 

in 
carriages,  have  dissolved,  Z.  Chase suc­
ceeding.

Almont— H.  H.  Mair  &  Co.  continue 
the  general  merchandise  business  of  H. 
H.  Mair.

Houghton— Minnie  L.  Sullivan  suc­
ceeds  Berg  &  Sullivan  in  the  millinery 
business.

Trufant— Blackburn  &  Son,  of  Sand 
Lake,  have  opened  a  meat  market  at 
this  place.

Fremont— Jacob  Weiss  has  removed 
to 

his  stock  of  general  merchandise 
Michigamme.

Crystal  Falls— Meyer  Savlan  has  pur­
chased  the  dry  goods  stock  of  L.  War- 
showsky  &  Co.

Alpena— John  R.  McDonald  succeeds 
in  the  harness  and 

McDonald  &  Ash 
bicycle  business.

Saginaw— Richman  &  Son  continue 
the  grocery  business  formerly  conducted 
by  D.  Richman.

Essexville— Sandorf  &  Mahler  suc­
in  the  dry  goods 

ceed  A.  L.  Sandorf 
and  shoe  business.

Scotts—'Adams  Wells  has  purchased 
the  implement  and  flour and  feed  stock 
of  Wilson  &  Gilson.  -

Saginaw— W.  R.  Murray  has  pur­
chased  the  drug  stock  of  Jay  Ostrander 
at  32  Genesee  avenue.

Port  Huron— Fisher  &  Cronan  will 
open  their agricultural  implement  store 
on  Broad  street  Oct.  16.

Charlotte-----Wm.  A.  Randall  _ has
opened  a  grocery,  confectionery  and 
cigar  store  at  this  place.

Lansing— A.  M,  B im ey  will  open  a 
grocery  store  with  an  entire  new  stock 
at  i n   Michigan  avenue.

Minden  City— The  Farmers’  Mercan­
(Mrs.  Isaac) 

tile  Co.  succeeds  Lena 
Schulman  in  general  trade.

Flushing—Stevens  &  Niles  have  pur­
chased  a  new  stock  of  groceries  and  en­
gaged  in  business  at  this  place.

Saginaw— Kalzow  &  Reinke  continue 
the  grocery  business  formerly  conducted 
under the  style  of  C.  J.  Kalzow.

Port Huron— George  Close,  formerly  a 
marine  engineer,  has  embarked  in  the 
the  grocery  business  at  this  place.

Port  Huron— Timothy  Walsh will close 
his  River  street  grocery  store  and  em­
bark  in  the  same  line  on St.  Clairstreet.
in 
drugs, 
tobacco  and  cigars  and  wall 
paper,  has  removed  front  Lacota  to  this 
place.

Bangor—J.  W.  Pedrick,  dealer 

Trufant— Mrs.  N.  Soules  has  put  in  a 
line  of  millinery  and  fancy  goods  in  the 
store  building  recently  occupied  by  A. 
Medler.

Otsego— J.  D.  Woodbeck  has  added  a 
railroad  ladder  and  other  betterments  to 
it  one  of  the 
his  drug  store,  making 
best  arranged  and  most 
completely 
equipped  stores  of  the  kind  in the State.

Tecumseh—W.  W.  Marsh  has  pur­
chased  the  Lawrence  VanTyne  block 
and  will  shortly  occupy  same  with  his 
meat  market.

Coldwater— H.  P.  Eldridge  and  son, 
Roy,  have  purchased  the  drug  stock  of 
Z.  G.  Osborn  &  Son  and  have  taken 
possession  of  same.

Bradley— Lee  Deuel  has  sold  his  store 
and  stock  of  general  merchandise  to  N. 
L.  Birchard,  of  Plainwell,  Mr.  Deuel 
taking  in  exchange  a  farm.

Grawn  Henry  McCowan  has  pur­
chased  a  store  building  here  and  will 
embark  in  the  hardware  business  about 
Nov.  1.  Mr.  McCowan  hails  from  Scott - 
ville.

Port  Huron—-The  International  Tea 
Store  Co.  has  discontinued 
its  retail 
grocery  business,  except  among railroad 
employes,  which  is  conducted  on  the 
order  plan.

Newaygo— James  Hetron  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  Seymour  B.  Gauweiler, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same 
location.  Mr.  Gauweiler  hails 
from  Croton.

Eastport— Byron  Sweet  has  purchased 
of  D.  D.  Blakely  the  stock  of  general 
merchandise 
formerly  owned  by  F.  M. 
Harris  and  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.

Menominee— The  Ramsay  &-  Jones 
block,  which  will  be  occupied  by  the 
Northern  Hardware  &  Supply  Co.  when 
completed,  will  be  ready  for  occupancy 
about  November  1.

West  Bay  City— Jay  Ostrander  has 
sold  his  drug  stock  in  Saginaw  and  re­
moved  to  this  place.  He  has  accepted 
the  position  of  chief  clerk  in  the  drug 
store  of  D.  B.  Perry.

Maple  Rapids— John  Watkins,  of  the 
grocery  firm  of  Redfern  &  Watkins,  has 
sold  his  interest  to  O.  G.  Webster.  The 
business  will  be  continued  under  the 
style  of  C.  M.  Redfëm  &  Co.

Scottville— T.  R.  Reeder  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  J.  C.  Mustard  in 
the  general  stock  of  Reeder  &  Mustard 
and  will  continue  the  business  under the 
style  of  T.  R.  Reeder  &  Co.

Port  Huron— Port  Huron  merchants 
will  hereafter  purchase  potatoes  at  the 
rate  of  60  pounds  to  the  bushel.  This 
condition  of  affairs  has  been  brought 
about  by  the  action  of  the  farmers  in 
dealing  unfairly  with  the  merchants.

Croswell—Forest  B.  Brake has merged 
his  dry  goods  and  clothing  business  in­
to  a  corporation  under the  style  of  the 
F.  B.  Brake  Co.  The  authorized  capi­
tal  stock  is  $5,000.  The 
incorporators 
are  F.  B.  Brake  and  D.  A.  Brake,  of 
this  place,  and  G.  Beal,  of  Marine  City.
Boyne  City— Wm.  H.  White  and  John 
F.  Fairchild,  who  have  conducted  a 
general  merchandise 
here 
many  years  under  the  style  of  White  & 
Fairchild,  have  dissolved  by  mutual 
consent,  Mr.  Fairchild  purchasing  the 
interest  of  his  partner and  continuing 
the  business  in  his  own  name.

business 

Scottville— J.  C.  Mustard  has  formed 
a  copartnership  with  Olney  &  Aubrey, 
the Ludington  dry  goods  merchants,  and 
engaged  in  general  trade  here  under the 
style  qf  the  Scottville  Department Store. 
The  dry  goods  stock  has  been  removed 
from  Ludington  and  lines  of  shoes  and 
clothing  will  be  added  shortly.

Hillsdale—A  

representative  of  the 
Chicago  Trading  Association  has  suc­
ceeded  in  interesting  a  number  of H ills­
dale  business  men  in  the  trading  stamp 
scheme.  Each  merchant  is  to  give  a  10 
cent  trading  stamp  for every  10  cents’ 
worth  of  goods  sold.  A   collection  of  300 
of  the  stamps  entitles  the  holder  to  a 
choice  of  a  variety  of  premiums.

Grand  Marais— E.  G.  Endress  &  Co. 
purchased  at  chattel  mortgage  sale  all 
the  property  of  Morse  &  Schneider, 
which 
includes  a  store  building  and  a 
stock  of  general  merchandise,  said to  be 
worth  about  three  times  the  amount  of 
the  purchase  price,  which  was  $6,715. 
The  new  firm  at  once  took  possession 
and 
is  continuing  the  business  at  the 
old  stand.

completed,  while 

Battle  Creek— The  five  new  buildings 
now  undergoing  erection 
in  this  city 
are  being  pushed  to  completion  as 
fast 
as  the  scarcity  of  labor  will  allow.  The 
Penniman  block  is  built  up  as  far as the 
sidewalk,  the  first  floor  being  all  laid. 
The  hotel  being  erected  by  C.  W.  Post 
on  the  old  Alvord  property  has  its  foun­
dation  nearly 
the 
office  building  on  McCamly  street  is 
finished  as  far  as  the  excavation  work 
is  concerned.  The  block  to  be  con­
structed  by  Mr.  Post  on  the  old  Hub­
bard  property  has  as  yet  not  been 
started. 
The  business  block  to  be 
erected  on  East  Main  street  by  Messrs. 
Brown,  Adams  and  Stewart  has  not 
been  started  yet,  but  the  ground  has 
been  excavated  to  the  depth  of  six  feet 
for the  cellar.

M a n u factu rin g  M atters.

Trufant— J.  C.  Christensen  has  en­
lumber  business  and  is 

gaged 
putting  in  a  well-equipped  yard  here.

in  the 

Port  Huron— Henry  Herr  has  pur­
chased  all  of  the  machinery  belonging 
to the  American  Egg  Case  Co.  and  will 
put 
into  the  new  machine  shop  he 
will  shortly  open  at  this  place.

it 

Belding— The  Belding  Shoe  Co. 
denies  that  it  contemplates  removing  its 
factory  away  from  Belding,  the  recent 
report 
that  effect  having  started 
without  its  knowledge  or  consent.

to 

Lansing— Molitor,  North  &  Moyers 
have  purchased  a  controlling  interest  in 
the  Lansing  Boiler and  Engine  Works 
and  will  continue  the  business,  includ­
ing  the  manufacture  of  springtooth  har­
rows.

Port  Huron— The  Eskimo  Fur  Robe 
&  Tanning  Co.  has  been  organized  to 
engage  in  the  tanning  and  fur business. 
Capital,  $10,000. 
Incorporators:  O.  E. 
Harrington,  C.  A.  Hovey,  H.  G.  Bar- 
num,  J.  B.  McGregor,  E.  F.  Law,  all 
of  Port  Huron.

Detroit— The  M.  Mitshkun  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  incorporation  to  engage 
in  a  general  machinery  and 
iron  busi­
ness,  in  connection  with  railroad  and 
interests.  The  capital  stock  is 
marine 
$5,000,  all  paid  in,  and  the 
incorpora­
tors  are  Sarah  and  Lillie  Mitshkun  and 
Annie  Wilson.

it 

located 

Saginaw— J.  H.  Zubler,  who  has  been 
the  manager  of  the  Saginaw  Suspender 
Co.  since 
in  this  city,  has 
gone  to  Breckenridge,  where  he  has  en­
gaged  in  the  hardware  business.  The 
Suspender company  has suspended ;  that 
is,  it  has  gone  orat of  business  for  the 
present.  The  enterprise  was  a  success 
in  a  small  way,  but  it  did  not  grow  into 
the  large  business  that  was  anticipated, 
and  has  been  closed  up.

Saginaw— A   large  amount  of  cedar  is 
being  brought  down  the  Detroit  & 
Mackinac  Railroad,  and  three  Eastern 
buyers  are  picking  up  all  the  ties  they 
can  find  at  38  cents  each,  double  the 
price  that  was  paid  two  years  ago. 
Cedar 
camps  are  being  started  all 
through  the  northern  section  of  the 
State.  The  Cleveland  Cedar  Co.,  which 
has 
its  headquarters  here  with  T.  B. 
Simons  as  manager,  has  contracted  to 
furnish  Eastern  parties  with  160,000 
fifty-foot  poles.  The  Porter-Morse  Cedar 
Co.  is  starting  camps  in  Clare  county.

Tli©  B o ys  B eh in d   th e  Counter.

Anti  Arbor— D.  N.  Travis  succeeds 
Edward  DePont  as  manager  of  the 
fur­
nishing  goods  department  of  Mack 
&  Co.

Elk  Rapids— Fred  Winnie 

is  now 

prescription  clerk  for  W.  J.  Mills.

Dowagiac— Charles  Secord,  of  South 
Haven,  has  taken  the  place  of  Paul 
Warner 
in  the  G.  W.  Moore  grocery 
house.

Newberry— John  Tait  has  taken  a  po­
in  C.  B.  Noble’s 

sition  as  salesman 
clothing  store.

Saginaw— Moses  Reichman,  the  well- 
known  dry  goods  clerk,  who  entered  the 
employ  of  J.  Bauman  some  ten  years 
ago,  and  who  continued  with  Mr.  Bau­
man’s  successors,  Porteous,  Mitchell 
in  the  dry  goods 
&  Co.,  will  engage 
business  on  his  own  account  at  1,000 
Gratiot  street.

Saginaw— Charles  S.  Emerson, 

Kalamazoo— Bert  Ward,  a  clerk 

in 
Brownell’s  supply  store,  has  taken  a  po­
sition  with  S.  Stem &  Co.,  of Marcellus.
late 
advertising  writer  of  the  Saginaw  Dry 
Goods  &  Carpet  Co.,  left  the  city  last 
Saturday  and  his  present  whereabouts 
are  unknown,  even  to  his  employers.  It 
was  ascertained  that  he  had  jumped  the 
town  on  three  hours’  notice,  taking  his 
family  with  him.  There  was  some  mys­
tery  attached  to  his  sudden  and  unex­
plained  departure— probably the mystery 
of  unpaid  bills.  He  is  a  “ skipper”   of 
left  Grand 
some  experience,  having 
Rapids  people 
in  the  lurch  to  the  tune 
of  several  hundred  dollars  several  years
ago-

Y o u th ’s  B e st  A sp iratio n s.

It 

is  fortunate  when  the  youth  of  a 
country  have  an 
ideal.  No  nation  is 
truly  great  without  a  common  ideal, 
capable  of  evoking  enthusiasm  and call­
ing  out  its  energies.  And  where  are we 
to  look  for this  if  not  in  the  youth,  and 
especially  in  those  to  whom  fortune  and 
leisure  give  an  opportunity  of  leader­
ship?  It  is  they  who  can  inspire  by  ex­
ample,  and  by  their  pursuits  attract 
others  to  a  higher  conception  of  the  na­
tional  life. 
It  may  take  the  form  of 
patriotism,  as  in  this  country,  pride 
in 
the  great  republic,  jealousy  of  its  honor 
and  credit,  eagerness  for  its  commafid- 
ing  position  among  the  nations,  patriot­
ism  which  will  show 
itself  in  all  the 
ardor  of  believing  youth,  in  the  admin­
istration  of 
law,  in  the  purity  of  poli­
tics,  in  honest  local  government  and 
in 
a  noble  aspiration  for the  glory  of  the 
country. 
It  may  take  the  form  of  cul­
ture,  of  a  desire that the republic— liable 
like  all  self-made  nations  to  worship 
wealth— should  be  distinguished,  not  so 
much  by  a  vulgar  national  display as  by 
an  advance  in  the  arts,  the  sciences,  the 
education  that  adorns  life,  in  the  noble 
spirit  of  humanity  and  in  the  noble  rec­
ognition  of  a  higher  life,  which  will  be 
content  with  no  civilization  that  does 
not  tend  to  make  the  country,  for  every 
citizen,  a  better  place  to  live  in  to-day 
than  it  was  yesterday.

Charles  Dudley  Warner.

T elep h o n e  Topics.

Twenty-nine  Bell 

telephones  were 
taken  out  at  Hastings  on  Oct.  1,  leaving 
only  16  Bell  phones  in  use  in  that  city. 
On  the  same  date  the  Citizens  Co.  had 
186  phones  in  operation.

Eight  Bell  phones  were  taken  out  at 
Nashville  Oct.  1,  leaving  only  two  Bell 
phones  in  use  at  that  place.  The  C iti­
zens  Telephone  Co.  has  52  telephones 
in  use  there._

The  Bell  telephone  system  in  M ichi­

gan  is  rapidly  being  extinguished.

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

T h e  P ro d u ce  M arket.

Apples— Winter  fruit  is  meeting  with 
ready  sale  on  the  basis  of  $2.25  per bbl. 
for  choice,  $2.50  for’fancy  and  $2.75  for 
extra  fancy.

Beans— The  market  has  advanced  so 
rapidly  that  handlers  hardly  know where 
they  are  at.  Local  dealers  pay  about 
$1.30  for  unpicked  beans,  holding  city 
picked  at  S i.45^ 1.50.

Beets—$ 1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Butter— Receipts  of  dairy  grades  are 
much  more  liberal  than  they  have  been, 
in  part  to  the  recent  rains.  The 
due 
quality  of  the  receipts  has  also 
im­
proved.  The  price  holds  up  well,  extra 
fancy  commanding  20c,  fancy  fetching 
18c  and  choice  bringing  16c.  Factory 
creamery  is  strong  at  22c.

Cabbage— 35(^400  per  doz.
Carrots— $1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Cauliflower—$i®?i.25  per  doz.
Celery— 12^150  per  doz.  bunches.
Crab  Apples— Y'ery  scarce  at  $1.50 

per  bu.

Cranberries— Cape  Cod  stock  is  meet­
ing  with  ready  sale  on  the  basis  of 
$6^6.25  per bbl.

Dressed  Poultry— Spring  chickens  are 
in  good  demand  at  io(&)iic.  Fowls  are 
in  fair  demand  at  10c.  Ducks  command 
ioc  for  spring  and  8c  for old.  Geese 
are  beginning  to  come 
in  and  find  a 
market  on  the  basis  of  8c.  Turkeys  are 
in  good  demand  at  I2j£c  for  spring  and 
ioc  for  old.

Eggs— Dealers  pay  17c  for fresh stock, 
holding  candled  stock  at  18c  and  cold 
storage  at  17c.  Most  of  the  receipts 
from  the  country 
illustrate  the  crafty 
hand  of  the  thrifty  farmer,  who  has  held 
his  summer  eggs  for  higher  prices,  mix­
ing  them  with  his  fresh  eggs  and  palm­
ing  them  off  on  the  retail  dealer  as 
strictly  fresh.  Of  course  the  old  eggs 
are  shrunken  and  unfit  for  use  except 
for  baking  purposes,  but  the  farmer 
is 
the  gainer  and  the  shipper  sustains  the 
loss.

Game— Mallard  ducks  are  in  fair  de­
mand  and  ample  supply  at  $4.50  per 
doz.  Teal  ducks  are  higher,  readily 
commanding  $2.50(^2.75  per  doz.  Com­
mon  ducks  fetch  $1.75^2.  Snipes  will 
be  taken 
in  after  Oct.  20,  sand  snipes 
opening  at  75c  per  doz.  and  yellow 
legged  $1.50  per  doz.

Grapes— Blue  varieties  are  practically 
all  marketed,  but  considerable  quanti­
ties  have  been  placed 
in  cold  storage, 
which  will  come  out  later.  From  pres­
ent  indications  the  usual  shipments  of 
New  York  grapes  to  this  market  will  be 
omitted  this  year,  due  to  shortage  at 
home.  Niagaras are still  being  marketed 
in  a 
limited  way,  on  the  basis  of  16c 
for 8  lb.  baskets.

Honey—White  clover 

is  strong  and 
scarce  at  15c.  Dark  amber  commands 
13(^140.

Live  Poultry— Squabs  are  in  fair  de­
mand  at  $1.20  per  doz.  Pigeons  are  in 
strong  demand  at  50c  per  doz.

Onions— Dealers hold Spanish  at  $1.40 
per  crate  and  home  grown  at  40@45c. 
Shipping  has  not  started  much 
yet, 
owing  to  the  anxiety  of  shippers  to  get 
the  apple  crop  out  of  the  way  first.
Parsnips—$1.50  per 3  bu.  bbl. _
Pears— Keefers  are  coming 

in  and 
find  ready  sale  at  $1.50  per  bu.  or $4 
per  bbl.

Plums— German  Prune  from  cold  stor­

age  are  held  at  $3  per  bu.

Potatoes— Dealers  pay  30c  on  the 

lo­
cal  market  and  supply  local  demands on 
the  basis  of  35c.  The  outlook 
for  the 
Michigan  crop  is  not as  bright  as  could 
be wished.  Missouri  claims to  have  nine 
million  bushels,  as  compared  with  three 
million  bushels  last  year,  and  Colorado 
is  reported  to  have  an  unusually  large 
crop.  The  same 
is  true  of  Minnesota 
and  Wisconsin,  which  will  prove  to  be 
formidable  competitors  with  Michigan 
in  the  Southern  market  again  this  year. 
The  tendency  of  Michigan  growers 
is 
to  dig  their  tubers  too  early  in  the  sea­
son,  before  they  have  fully  matured,  but 
there  appears  to  be  a  disposition  to  per­
mit  them  to  remain  in  the ground longer 
this  season.  The  Michigan  crop  report 
for  September  places  the  estimated 
yi.eld  at  68— 70  in  the  northern  counties,

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

6

68  in  the  central  counties  and  67  in  the 
southern  counties  of  the  State.

Quinces— $i.75@2  per  bu.
Squash— Hubbard commands 2c per lb.
Sweet  Potatoes-  Jerseys  are  in  good 
demand  at  $2.75  per bbl.  Y'irginias  are 
active  on  the  basis  of $1.80  per  bbl.

Turnips—$1  per bbl.
Tomatoes— Ripe  stock  fetches  65c  per 
bu.  for  frosted  and  $1  for  cold  storage. 
Green  is  billed  out  at  50c  per  bu.

T h e  G rain   M arket.

large 

Wheat  has  been  somewhat  depressed 
during  the  week,  owing  to  the  advance 
in  export  freight  rates  and  the  scarcity 
of  vessel  room  at  seaboard,  also  stocks 
in  the  visible,  which  is 
growing 
44,300,000  bushels.  The  large 
increase 
is 
in  the  Northwest  and  probably  will 
increase  somewhat  yet unless  more  room 
can  be  obtained  for  export  shipments. 
Winter  wheat 
is  not  overplentiful. 
There  is  only  a  limited  supply  of  No.  2 
red.  Local  mills are  fairly  well  supplied 
for  the  present.

Com  remains  steady.  The  demand 
fully  keeps  pace  with  receipts  and  there 
is  no  change  in  price.

Oats,while  not  as  strong  as  they  were, 
is  more  enquiry 

are  steady  and  there 
for  them  at  full  prices.
fully 

ic  above 

Rye  demands 

last 
week’s  prices.  The  demand  keeps  up 
remarkably  well  with  the  fine  weather. 
Deliveries  in  grain,  except  wheat,  have 
been  fair.

The  demand  for  flour,  as  well  as  mill 
feed,  has  been  good,  both 
locally  and 
domestic,  and  prices  have  been  well 
sustained.

Receipts  have  been  fair,  being  77 
cars  of  wheat,  7  cars  of  corn,  6  cars  of 
oats  and  4  cars  of  rye.

Mills  are  paying  66c  per  bushel  for 

wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

H iric ,  IVIts,  T a llo w   an«l  W ool.

Hides  remain  high 

in  price.  With 
large  sales  of  packers  at  big  money, 
country  hides  have  reached  a  price 
where  many  tanners  are working  to  only 
one-half  the  usual  tannage.  Others  keep 
working  on 
in  hopes  that  leather  will 
advance.  There  can  be  no  profit  on 
present  values  of  hides  and  leather.

Pelts  are  a  scarce  article,  bringing  a 
high  value  beyond  what  can  be  realized 
from  the  value  of  the  wool  on  them. 
The  advanced  price  has  not  resulted 
in 
bringing  an  additional  pelt  to  market.
Tallow  is  in  good  demand  from  soap- 
ers  and  others.  The  market  is  short  of 
stock.  The  high  prices  of  seed  oils 
for  animal  fats. 
force  soapers  to 
is  small  and  a 
The  stock  of  soaps 
further  advance 
in  both  fats  and  soaps 
is  looked  for.

look 

Wools  are  selling  freely.  They  are  in 
good  supply,  although  the  original  cost 
keeps  them  out  of  the  market  to  some 
extent.  Manufacturers  are  ready  buy­
ers,  as  they  have  sold  their  product  at 
a  fair  advance.  Fine  wool 
is  in  small 
supply,  the  mills  using  a  coarse  wool  in 
order to  keep  running.  The  10  per  cent, 
advance  obtained  at  the  opening of sales 
in  London  on  coarse  wool  has  been 
lost 
the  past  week,  which  reacts  on  our 
market.  Considerable  States  wool 
is 
moving  out. 
Wm.  T.  Hess.

B est  B ran d   o f  O ysters.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler,  who  has  handled 
the  celebrated  Anchor  brand  of  oysters 
for  the  past  fifteen  years,  has  arranged 
to  handle  the  same  brand  this  season. 
See  quotations  in  grocery  price  current.

For  G illies’  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  priees,  phone  Visner,  800.

The  man  who  doesn’t  know  what  he 

wants  doesn’t  know  when  he  gets  it.

D w in d lin g   T en d en cy  o f th e  M orning M ar­

ket.

The  changes  of  a  week  in the morning 
the 
market  are  very  marked.  While 
weather  conditions  have  been 
favorable 
to  a  large  attendance  and business,  there 
has  been  a  rapid  falling  off,  showing 
that  the  season  is  pretty  well  over.

the  sellers, 

It  is  noticeable  that  the  falling  off  of 
the  market  is  not  on  account  of  the  de­
mand  having  been  supplied,  but  prod­
in  many 
ucts  have  been  exhausted 
cases.  Talking  with 
the 
is  that  everything  is 
common  report 
marketed. 
In  no  season  for  many  years 
has  there  been  such  a  cleaning  up  of 
everything  salable  in  the  line  of  fruit  as 
has  characterized  the  present. 
In  the 
commoner  varieties  prices  have  main­
tained  a  more  uniform  level  than  would 
naturally  be  expected 
in  view  of  the 
ready  demand.  Farmers  have  been  con­
tent  to  accept  a  fair  return  with  quick 
sales.

Grapes  are  still  appearing  in  small 
quantities,  but  the  offerings  now,  since 
the  heavy  frosts,  are  very  perishable, 
and  a  few  days  will  witness  their  entire 
disappearance.  The  prices  have  been 
very  uniform  and  those  growers  favored 
by  having  considerable  quantities  are 
well  satisfied.

Late  pears  are  still  holding  their  own 
in  considerable  quantities. 
I’he  pear 
season  seems  to  have  been  unusually 
long  this  year,  probably  owing  to  the 
fact  that  more  of  the  early  and  later  va­
rieties  were  marketed  on  account  of  the 
unusual  demand.

O f  course, 

the  predominating 

fruit 
now  is  apples.  The variety  in  qualities 
is  very  noticeable,  for  the  reason  that 
Only  the  choicer  ones  could  find  any 
sale  except  for  cider  (which  would  not 
appear  on  the  market),  in  past  years.  It 
would  seem,  from  the  varieties  offered, 
including  the  standard  winter  fruit  and 
even  russets,  that  the  demand  is  rush­
ing  the  season  and  that  there  will  be  an 
early  falling  off  when  everything  shall 
be  sold.

Quinces are offered quite freely and are 
in good demand on account of  their  value 
in  utilizing  the  apple as  a  substitute  for 
the  peach.

Tomatoes,  both  green  and  ripe,  are 
still  in  considerable  abundance  notwith­
standing  the  early  frosts,  but  their  dis­
appearance  will now  be  rapid.

Potatoes  are  the  important  vegetable 
offering  and  prices  are  kept  pretty  uni­
is  noticeable,  as  the  season 
form. 
It 
is  an  unusually 
advances, 
that  there 
marked  difference 
The 
most 
serious  defects  prevailing  are 
caused  by  brown  spots  and  rust.  The 
better  grades  are  unusually  good,  many 
loads  making  as  handsome  a  show  as 
could  be  desired.

in  qualities. 

The  general  vegetable  market  shares 
in  the  falling  off  of attendance,  although 
in 
less  degree  than  on  the  fruit  side. 
Many  of  the  coarser  products,  such  as 
pumpkins,  squashes,  etc.,  are  coming 
in  freely  and  seem  to  meet  ready  sale.

T lie  H ard w are  M arket.

During  the  past  week  there  has  been 
a  still  further  increase  in  the  volume  of 
general  business,  especially  so  far  as  re­
tailers’  orders  are  concerned.  Jobbing 
houses  and  manufacturéis  in their direct 
dealings  with  the  merchants  are  fully 
occupied.  The 
iron  market  continues 
strong  and  with  an  upward  tendency, 
manufacturéis  often  finding  it  difficult 
to  obtain  material  as  promptly  as  their 
needs  require.  Advances  are  constant­
ly  being  made  in  general gixxls in which 
the 
labor  is  an  important  ele­
ment  of  cost.  A  reasonable  disposition

item  of 

on  the  part  of  manufacturers  to  realize 
in  the  present  state  of  things  a  better 
margin  of  profit  than  has  been  possible 
under  close  competition  the  past  years, 
in  which 
it  was'  for  many  of  them  a 
difficult  matter  to  obtain  a  fair  return 
for  their  investments  and  labor,  has 
its 
effect  upon  advancing  prices. 
In  many 
lines  of  goods  it  is  impossible  for  job­
bers  to  keep  a  full  supply.  Axes  are 
noticeably  scarce. 
In  wood  screws  an 
advance  of  about  14  per  cent,  has  been 
made,  and  also  a  new  list  has  been  is­
sued  on  machine  bolts  and coach screws, 
which  means  an  advance  of  about  10 per 
cent,  on  the  enti re  line.  The  manufac­
ture  of  elbows,  which  ordinarily  slow 
up  somewhat,  must  now  be  briskly 
pushed  forward.  Lanterns  of  all  kinds 
were  advanced  Sept.  3  from  5oc@$i  per 
dozen,  depending  upon  the  different 
kinds.  The  demand  for  wire  nails  con­
tinues  unabated  and  is  a  surprise  to  the 
trade,  but  at  the  present  writing  there 
has  been  no  change 
in  the  price,  al­
though  it  is  believed  one  will  soon  take 
place.  The  tack  market  continues  to 
have  a  strong  tone  and  an  upward  tend­
ency,  on  account  of the price  of  raw  ma­
terial  and  the  extent  to  which  the  man­
ufacturers  are  working  in  harmony. 
In 
window  glass  an  advance took place Oct. 
io  and  the  present  discount  in  boxes  is 
in  advance  of  10  per 
80  and  10,  with 
light.  Sisal  and  Manila 
cent,  by  the 
rope  of  all  kinds  are  firm 
It 
is  not  believed  that  any  lower  prices 
will  be  made 
fall.  Horse  and 
snow  shoes  have  advanced  in  the  last 
week  25c  a  keg.  Favorite  churns, 
also,  owing  to  scarcity  of  timber  of 
which  they  are  made,  have  been  ad­
vanced  and  a  price  of  65  per  cent,  in 
place  of  the  discount  properly  ruling’  is 
now  made.

in  price. 

this 

Mark»  Not  M eant  F o r  F em in in e  Kyex. 

From  the  Washington  Post.

“ People  often  ask  me  the  meaning  of 
the  apparently  crazy  hieroglyphs  and 
figures  that  are  stamped  on  the  inner 
side  of  the  uppers  of  ready-made  shoes 
nowadays,’ ’  said  a  shoe  dealer.

“ As  every  shoe  manufactory  has  a  se­
cret  stamp  code  of  its  own,  and there  is, 
therefore,  no  possibility  of  the  general 
public 
learning  more  than  that  such 
codes  exist,  I  may  as  well  tell  you  that 
the  vanity  of  customers  shall  I  say,  of 
women  customers  particularly? 
is  at 
the  bottom  of  these  queer  stamped  char­
acters  and  figures.  You’d  be  surprised 
to  know,  for  instance,  how  many  women 
there  are  who  imagine  that  they  wear  a 
No.  3  shoe,  when 
in  reality  their  size 
is  a  couple  of  figures  larger.  A  shoe 
salesman  who  understand  his  business 
can  tell  precisely  the  number  of  thè 
shoe  a  woman  customer  wears  at  a 
glance.  But,  as  often  as  not,  a  woman 
whose 
foot  is  a  No.  5  calls  for a  couple 
of  sizes  smaller,  and  so  the  mysterious 
stamped  hieroglyph  scheme  was  devised 
for  the  purpose  of  encouraging  her  in 
the  belief  that  her  foot  is  a  couple  of 
sizes  smaller  than  it  really  measures  in 
shoe  leather.

“ When  a  woman  calls  for  a  No.  3  to 
fit  a  No.  5  foot.no  shoe  salesman  of  this 
period  who  cares  for  his  job  is  going  to 
tell  her  that  s.he  requires  a  No.  5.  He 
simply  brings  out  a  shoe  of  the  style 
feels  confident  will 
she  wants,  that  he 
fit  her  comfortably,  and 
it  go  at 
that.  A woman  rarely  thinks  to  enquire 
if  the  shoe  is  really  the  size  she  asked 
for,  for  she  takes  it  for  granted  that  the 
salesman  has  given  her  what  she  re­
quested.  But  when  a  woman  does  ask 
that  question,  it  is  the  shoe  salesman’s 
business  to  unblushingly  reply  in  the 
affirmative  and  I  don’t  think  these  lit­
tle  necessary  white 
lies  are  stored  up 
against  men 
in  business.  The  woman 
customer  might examine the hieroglyphs 
inside  the  uppers  for  a  week  without 
finding  out  differently,  and,  even  if  she 
had  the  key  to the  puzzle,  it  would  only 
make  her  feel  baa,  so  what  would  be 
the  use?  There  are  tricks  in  all  trades 
but  ours. ”

lets 

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Woman’s World

Som e  o f  th e  Pen alties  o f  th e  M oving 

M ania.

found 

if  they 

To  me  there  is  no  more  curious  social 
development  than  the  restlessness  that 
prompts  so  many  women  to  be  forever 
tearing  up  their  household  goods  and 
rushing  with  them  from  place  to  place, 
as 
in  the  mere  moving 
something  that  satisfied,  for  the  time 
being,  their  craving  for  excitement.  A 
homely  old  story  used  to  relate  that  in 
the  country,  when  a  Methodist  circuit 
rider’s  chickens  saw  a  covered  wagon 
they  flopped  over  on  their  backs  and 
crossed  their  legs,  preparatory  to  being 
tied  and  moved,  and,  similarly,  none 
of  us  would  be  surprised  if  the furniture 
of  certain  women  we  know  should  de­
velop  the  power,  through  long  force  of 
habit,  of  packing 
itself  and  climbing 
unassisted  unto  a  furniture-moving  van. 
Heaven  knows 
it  has  had  experience 
enough.

Inexplicable  as  this  mania  for  mov­
ing  is,  it  is  none  the  less  an  established 
fact,  and 
it  has  given  us  a  race  of 
nomads,  forever  on  the  march,  with  no 
settled  abiding  place,  and  whose  ideal 
is  the  Arab  of  the  poem,  who  could  fold 
his  tent  at  daylight  and  silently  steal 
away,  without  even  having  to  turn  over 
a  key  to  anybody. 
In  its  most  aggra­
vated  and  violent  form  it  finds  expres- 
'  sion  in  the  woman  who  flits  from  board­
ing-house  to  boarding-house,  never  sat­
isfied,  always  changing,  and  who 
in 
time  develops 
into  a  kind  of  genteel 
tramp.  Once  she  lets  this  passion  take 
hold  of  her  it  becomes  an  affliction  as 
incurable  as  the  opium  habit. 
It  is  in 
vain  that 
landladies  try  to  please  her! 
and  hotelkeepers  try  to  stay  her  wander­
ing  footsteps. 
Although  they  should 
provide  her  with  the  forty  mattresses  of 
ease,  without  the  crumpled  rose 
leaf,' 
and  should  regale  her  on  humming 
birds’  tongues 
like  the  princess  of  the 
fairy  tale,  she  would  still  go  on.

It  is  not  that  she  is  more  dissatisfied 
one  place  than  another,  because 
all 
places  look  alike  to  her  after the novelty 
has worn  off.  The  only  explanation  she 
ever offers  is  that  “ she  is  tired  staying 
here,  and  wants  to  move, ’ ’  and  she 
packs  her  trunk  and  goes.  There  is  no 
place  in  her  wandering  life  for  ties  of 
affection  for  any  place.  She  never stops 
still 
long  enough  for  any  friendship  to 
grow  up  about  her,  and  so  in  moving 
she  moves  away  from  some  of  the  best 
things  in  life.  She  never  even  accum­
ulates  any  belongings.  The  little  knick- 
knacks  and  souvenirs  that  other  women 
like  to  accumulate  she  discards  as 
worthless  rubbish  in  order to  keep  her­
self  in  light  marching  order  for the  next 
hurried  move,  and  the  room  she  sarcas­
tically  calls  “ home”   breathes  about  as 
much  of  the  real  home  spirit  as  the one- 
night  lockup  in  a  jail.  Bad  as  this way 
of 
is  for the  unattached  woman, 
it  becomes  an  appalling  crime when  she 
drags  around  in  her  wake,  as  she  often 
does,  little  children,  who  are  taught  to 
be  vagrants  in  their  very  babyhood,  and 
whose  holiest  associations  of  a  home  are 
comprised  in  a  receipted  board  bill.

living 

Pressing  this  woman  hard  for  place  is 
the  sister  who  never  camps  two  years 
in  succession 
in  the  same  house.  A p­
parently,  as  far  as  anyone  else  can  tell, 
she  merely  takes  one  house  as  a  kind  of 
temporary  resting  spot  while  she  hunts 
another.  She  never  stays  in  the  same 
long  enough 
place 
for  her  furniture  to 
get  to 
look  at  home  in  her  rooms,  and 
you  never  ring  her  doorbell  without  ex-

pecting  to  see  a  strange  face  and  hear 
she  has  moved  on  further.

Still  another  woman  with  the  moving 
mania  is  the  one  who  varies  the  monot­
ony  of 
life  by  continual  changes  from 
housekeeping  to  boarding,  then  to  fur­
nished  apartments  and  meals  at  restau­
rants,  interspersed  with  seasons  of  gas 
stoves  and 
light  housekeeping,  and 
goodness  knows  what  other  makeshifts 
of  existence  devised for the  discontented 
is  always  a  woman  with 
and  lazy.  She 
an  eloquent  grievance. 
If  she  is  board­
ing  she  spends  her  time  discoursing  on 
the  superior  delights  of and  privacy  of 
one’s  own  home,  aind  planning  what 
she 
is  going  to  do  when  she  takes  her 
things  out  of  storage  in  the  fall and goes 
to  housekeeping  for  the  forty-eleventh 
is  keeping  house 
time. 
she 
If  she 
forces  you  to 
listen  to  her tale  of  woe 
about  the  degeneracy  of  servants,  the 
robbery  of  tradespeople,  the  slavery  of a 
woman  to  her  house,  and  of  the  heaven­
ly  and  ecstatic  state  of  bliss  she  expects 
to  enjoy  when  she  gets  rid  of  her 
lease 
and  sells  her  furniture  out  at  auction.

The  great  and  unapproachable  Amer­
ican  husband  never  appears  to  my  eye 
to  be  as  near  an  unfledged  angel,  and 
as  full-fledged  a  goose,  as  when  he  lets 
himself  be  dragged  about,  the  victim  of 
the  whims  of  this  kind  of  a  woman  with 
the  moving  craze,  and  who  is  perfectly 
certain  to  be  discontented  and  dissatis­
fied  whichever  way  she  does.

Nor 

is  this  restlessness  confined  to 
those  who  rent.  People  who  own  their 
own  houses  are  every  whit  as fickle,  and 
it 
is  no  uncommon  thing  to  see  a  home 
broken  up  with  no  more  concern  than  a 
last  year's  b iid ’s  nest.  Anything  goes 
by  way  of  excuse.  The  cook  leaves, 
and  presto!  the  house 
is  put  into  the 
hands  of  a  real  estate  agent.  Perhaps 
madame  wishes  to  travel  or  go  off  for 
the  summer.  Sraightway  the  house  is 
let,  furnished,  to  another  nomad  who 
thinks  she would  like  to  vary her discon­
tent  by  keeping  house  a  while.  Or, 
fashion  has  moved  up 
They 
tack  a  “ For  Rent”   sign  on the old house 
that  has  sheltered 
their  parents  and 
grandparents,  and pursue  the  fickle  jade 
into  a  brand  new  home,  in  a  brand  new 
street.  One  must  change  her  residence 
nowadays 
like  she  does  her  frock,  to 
keep  in  the  fashion,  and  there  seems  to 
be  no  more  sentiment  in  discarding  an 
old  home  than  an  old  pair of  shoes.

town. 

it 

Nothing  could  more  clearly  mark  the 
distance  we  have  gotten  away  from  the 
past  than  this.  Fifty  years  ago  nothing 
save  financial  stress  could  induce  a man 
to  part  with  his  home,  and  for one  to 
rent  his  house  because  hb  was  to  be  ab­
sent  from 
for  a  few  months  would 
have  been  to  advertise  stringent  busi- 
ness  necessities.  Now,  rich  men  rent 
their  houses,  and  the  society  columns 
are  filled  with  the  flitting  and  lettings 
of  people  of  means  who  are  changing 
their  homes.  Tohave simply  walked  out 
of  her  house,  as  the  woman  of  to-day 
thinks  nothing  of  doing,  leaving  strang­
ers  to  sleep 
in  her  beds,  entertain  in 
her  parlors,  eat  off  of  her  mahogany, 
make  free  with  all  the  accumulated 
tieasures  of  her  years  of  housekeeping, 
would  have  been  something 
impossible 
to  our  grandmothers.  But  then,  they, 
poor  souls,  had never  been  bitten  by  the 
mania 
for  change  and  were  content  to 
live  and  die  in  the  same  house,  whose 
every  fault  grew  dear  to  them  through 
habit  and  association.

Of course,  the woman  who  is always on 
the  move  has  a  plausible  and  glib  ex­
cuse. 
She  talks  of  modern  conven­
iences,  and  urges  the  necessity  of  keep­

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

ing  up  with  the  march  of  progress  and 
says  by  always  taking  the  last  thing  she 
is  sure  of  the  newest  improvements. 
Perhaps,  and  yet  never  having  a  stable 
home  is  a  pretty  high  price  to  pay  even 
for sanitary  plumbing  and  built-in  side­
boards.  This 
is  to  say  nothing  of  the 
waste  and  break,  the  turmoil  and  tribu­
lation,  the  work  and  worry  that  make 
moving  as  aggravating  and  irritating  as 
an  eruptive  disease.

Undoubtedly,  doing away with  a  stable 
home— the  place  that  was  the  cradle  of 
one’s  race— does  away  with  much  of  the 
poetry  and  finer  feeling  of 
life.  Those 
of  us  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  have 
such  a  home  know  that  its memories  are 
among  our  priceless  treasures.  We think 
of the  old  father and  mother  sitting  by 
the  fireplace  where  we  knelt  as  a  child, 
where  we  saw  pictures  in  the  hollow  of 
the  coals  on  winter  evenings,and  where, 
as  the  years  went  by,  we  dreamed  the 
long,  sweet  dreams  of  youth.  We  have 
only  to  shut  our  eyes  and  the  garish 
lights  of  the  city  grow  dim  and  we  see 
the  shabby  old  wall  with  the  marks  still 
on  it  of  where  we  “ measured”   with  lit­
tle  sisters  and brothers— dead,  alas!  now 
these  many  years  or  gone  out  to  fight 
their own  battle  in  the  world.  We  know 
every  twist  in  the  glass  in  the  old  win­
dows;  we  could  go  blindfolded  through 
every  turn  of  the  h all;  we  remember 
every  inch  of  our  own  little  room  where 
mother  used  to  come  to  tuck  us  up  at 
night  and  give  the  last  good  night  kiss. 
We  could  not  go  so  far  in  the  world  but 
what  the  old  home  would  seem  to stretch 
out  loving  arms  to  us,  we could not  stray 
so  far but  what  the  tender  and 
innocent 
memories  of  it  would  still  come  back  to 
us,  and  we  believe  we  are  better  men 
and  women  for  it.

No  such  associations,  no  such  senti­
ment  can  cling  about  a  house  where 
one  lives  temporarily  and  where  one 
is 
always  holding  oneself  in  readiness  to 
move.  Such  a  love  of  a  home  must  be 
watered with  the  dews  of  many  evenings 
and  warmed  by  the  suns  of  many  sum­
mers  before  it  can  flower,  and  it  is  one 
of  the  many  misfortunes  of  the  child  of 
to-day  that  he  is  so  often  robbed  of  this 
sentiment.  It  is  well  enough  to  say  that 
home  is  where  the  heart  is  and  that  the 
house  we  are  renting  by  the  month  and 
which  we  mean  to  leave  at  the  end  of 
thirty  days  is  just  as  much a home while 
it  lasts  as  an  hereditary  castle.  So  is  a 
chair  in  a  railroad  eating-house  yours 
it,  for  that 
for  the  time  you  occupy 
matter;  but  no  one  can 
imagine  enter­
taining  any  affection  for  it.  There  must 
be  permanence.  Love  of  home  must 
have  time,  if  it is to  strike  its roots down 
into  the  soul,  and  the  child  who  has  no 
idea  of  home  except  the  flitting  pano­
rama  of  a  street  full  of  different  houses, 
in  all  of  which  he  has  lived,  is  to  be 
pitied  for  all  he has  missed,  and  for  be­
ing  the 
innocent  victim  of  the  moving 
mania. 

Dorothy  Dix.

D esire  F o r th e  U n attainable.

There 

is  a  charming 

little  story  of 
Queen  Victoria  w-hich  relates  that  in her 
childhood  she  was  once  taken  to  visit 
Queen  Adelaide,  who  said  to her,  “ Now 
my  dear,  ypu  have  an  hour  and  a  half 
to  spend  with  me  and  you  shall  do  ex­
“ May  I  do  exactly 
actly  as  you  lik e.”  
as  I 
little  princess. 
“ Y es,”   replied  the  queen,  “ precisely 
whatever  you  please." 
“ Then,”   said 
the  little  princess,  “ dear aunt Adelaide, 
if  I  might  only  clean  the  windows, ”  
and 
is  pleasant  to  know  she  got  her 
heart’s  desire  and  did  clean  the  win­
dows.

like?”   asked  the 

it 

is  no 

The  little  story  has  its  pathos,  as  well 
as  its  humor,  in  illustrating  the  univèr- 
sal  human  desire  for  the  thing  we  have 
not.  There 
is  no  rose  so  sweet  as  the 
one  that  grows  just  beyond  our  reach ; 
there  is  no  pleasure-so  fascinating as the 
one  we  are  not  permitted  to  enjoy ; 
there 
land  so  fair  as  the  one  we 
may  never  see.  Perhaps  the  woman  in 
whose  commonplace  path  our  forbidden 
rose  grew  found  it  set  about with thorns, 
and  blighted  at  the  heart ;  perhaps  the 
pleasures  that  seem  so  alluring  to  us 
are  dull  enough  to  the  people  who  are 
going  through  their  monotonous  rounds; 
little  princess  even  found 
perhaps  the 
laborious  and  un­
washing  windows  a 
exciting  occupation  after  all  and 
its 
only  charm  was  the  charm  of  the  for­
bidden.

It  is  curious  to  think  how  much  this 
desire  for  the  unattainable  enters  into 
all  our  ideas  of  happiness.  The  woman 
who 
is  socially  ambitious  is  sure  that 
there  is  no  society  so brilliant  and  en­
tertaining  as  that  of  the  rich  people,  of 
whose  dinners  and  receptions  she  reads 
in  the  society  columns  of  the  papers, 
while,  very 
likely,  the  woman  doomed 
to  constant  companionship  of  the  same 
little  set  groans  over  the  stupidity  of 
forever  hearing  about  the  same  things, 
and  thinks  nothing  on  earth  would  be 
so  delightful  as  to  break  away  from  it 
into  some  delightful  Bohemian 
set, 
where  there  was  neither  money  nor  talk 
of  money,  and  from  which,  when  one 
went  away,  one  carried  memories  of  the 
talk  instead  of  the  food.

The  domestic  woman,  complaining  of 
the  round  of  household  duties,  imagines 
that  that  woman  only 
is  to  be  envied 
fame,  and  that  she 
who  has  achieved 
would  have  been  perfectly  contented 
if 
such  had  been  her  lot.  Yet  one  of  the 
greatest  women  the  world  has 
ever 
known  wrote  of  how  desolate  it  was  to 
sit  still  by  solitary  fires  and  hear  the na­
tions  praising  her  afar.  No  one  need 
doubt  that  there  were  times  when  fame 
offered  a  poor  substitute  for  the  love  of 
husband and  children,  and  in  her  loneli­
ness 
it  seemed  to  her  that  she  had 
missed  the  road  that  led  to  happiness.

It 

is  part '  of  the  general  human  dis­
content  to  be 
forever  desiring  the  un­
attainable,  but  it  is  well  to  stop  and  re­
member  that  the  one  we  envy  may  be 
envying  us,  and  that  every- 
lot  has  its 
drawbacks.  To  us  in  the  valley  nothing 
may  seem  so  desirable  as  the  storm- 
swept  mountain  top.  To  reach 
that 
height  we  think  it  is  worth  striving  for, 
and  dying  for,  but  the  man  who  knows 
how 
lonely  and  how  barren  it  really  is 
only  dreams  of  the  green  valley,  where 
the  peaceful  waters  are,  of  which  he 
may  never  drink.  And so  we  spend  our 
lives  at  cross  purposes, 
foolish 
children,  each  desiring  the  thing  his 
brother  has  gotten,  and  that  in reality  is 
no  better  than  our  own,  but  only  seems 
so because  it  is  unattainable.

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T H E   A M ERIC A N   BU SIN ESS  MAN.
The  phrase 

is  rather quaint,  but  un­
til  very  recently 
it  would  have  been, 
perhaps,  impossible  to  find  any  other 
that  would  have  more  adequately  con­
veyed  the  popular  ideal  of  the  respect­
able,  solid  and  conservative  citizen. 
In 
France,  and,  indeed,  in  Europe  gener­
ally,  there  has  been  a  degree  of  preju­
dice  against  the  typical  bourgeois,  be­
cause  of  his  supposed  lack  of  ideality 
and  his  reputed bondage  to  conventional 
standards.  The  old  Bohemian  of  the 
Latin  Quarter  is  gone;  at 
least,  his 
class  is  extinct.  Ambitious young  writ­
ers  and  artists  are  no 
longer  distin­
guished  by  eccentricities  of  dress  or 
manner.  Men  of  that  ilk  now  cultivate 
the  graces  most  admired  in  polite  so­
ciety,  and  are  only  too  happy  when  it  is 
in  their  power  to  exhibit,  in  the  most 
refined  and  unostentatious  manner,  the 
evidences  of  an  ample  bank  account. 
But  the  artistic  and  literary  world  has 
not  surrendered  without 
it 
still  prefers  the  peasant,  the  artisan  and 
the  soldier  to  the  bourgeois. 
In  the 
United  States,  however,  there  has  been 
comparatively  little  perceptible  feeling 
of  that  sort.  Possibly  this 
is  because 
there  has  been  in  this  country  no  class 
“ bour­
corresponding  exactly  to  the 
geoisie”   of  Europe.  Here,  in 
fact, 
neither  individuals  nor  families  regard 
themselves  as  permanent representatives 
of  any  fixed  class.  Here  there 
is  a 
career  for  talent  along  all  the 
lines  of 
legitimate  endeavor,  and  there  are  so 
many  examples  of  men  moving  upward 
from  the 
lowest  to  the  highest  rung  on 
the  ladder of  fortune  that  there  are  very 
few  strong  and  earnest  young  people 
who  regard  themselves  as placed for life. 
So 
it  happens  that  the  hard  and  fast 
lines  which  divide  the  different  classes 
in  the  Old  World  are  not  so  distinctly 
drawn 
in  the  United  States,  and  traits 
peculiar  to  particular  persons  are  not  so

reserves; 

likely  to be  transmitted  from  one  gen­
eration  to  another.

On  the  other  hand,  the  people  of  this 
country  pay  a  tribute  of high admiration 
to  their  ideal  business  man.  They  re­
gard  him  not  as  the  representative  of  a 
class  or  of  any  recognized  social  rank, 
but  rather as  an  example  or  illustration 
of  a  particular  style  of  manhood.  He 
is  honest,  prompt,  industrious,  vigilant, 
shrewd, 
resourceful  and  enterprising. 
When  a  man  here  calls  his  neighbor a 
business  man  the  words  are  accepted  as 
eulogistic.  He  probably  means,  in  the 
first  place,  that  his  neighbor  recognizes 
both  his  obligations  and  his  opportuni­
ties ;  that  he  understands  the  inexorable 
nature  of  the 
law  of  cause  and  effect; 
that  he  does  not  expect  something  for 
nothing,  and,  in  general,  that,  so  far as 
his  trade  or  his  profession  may  be  con­
cerned,  there  is  no  nonsense  about  him. 
From  the  American  point  of  view,  all 
this  demands 
the  man  should 
possess  a  certain  liberality  of  mind  or 
breadth  of  view,  and  that,  in  his  busi­
ness,  at  least,  he  has  the  courage  of  his 
opinions.  His  courage  and  enterprise 
are,  perhaps,  the  traits  which  appeal 
most  powerfully  to  the  popular imagina­
tion,  although it is essential  to  his  stand­
ing  that  he  shall  prove  himself absolute­
ly  trustworthy.

that 

this  country 

Of  late,  however,  it  has  been  appre­
hended  that,  as 
grows 
older,  a  tendency  towards  the  establish­
ment  of  fixed  classes  and  of 
impassable 
social  barriers  will  become  more  and 
more  pronounced,  and that  certain  forms 
of  oppression  will  result  in  a  growth  of 
ineradicable  prejudices  on  the  part  of 
the  masses;  that 
is  to  say,  of  the  ma­
jority  of  the  people  against  the  organ­
izers  of  capital  and  the  managers  of 
trading  and  industrial  enterprises.  Such 
a  result  would,  on  several  accounts,  be 
a  great  misfortune.  It  used  to  be  said— 
and  there  seems  to  be  no  reason  why 
it 
should  not  still  be  said—that  every 
American  boy  expects  to  be  President 
of  the  United  States.  That  saying,  al­
though  an  exaggeration,  conveyed  a  cer­
tain  truth;  but  certainly  the  road  to 
wealth  in  the  United  States  has  hitherto 
been  broader even  than  the  road  to  po­
litical  distinction.  What  a  grand  stimu­
lus 
it  has  been  to  labor,  to  self-denial, 
to  honest  dealing  and  sober  living  and 
to  the  development  of  all  the  noble 
traits  of  manhood,  the feeling  that,  how­
ever  poor  the  boy,  the  man  might  be  a 
millionaire !  Certainly  the  whole  num­
ber of  millionaires  is  still comparatively 
sm all;  but,  as  a  rule,  the  great  Am eri­
can  fortunes  have  been  amassed  by  the 
sons  of  poor  parents;  and,  although  it  is 
true  that  the  great  majority  can  never 
be  rich,  it 
is  equally  true  that  every 
honest  and  healthy  American  boy  may 
count  with  confidence  upon  securing  a 
competence.  When  that  promise  can 
no 
longer  be  made  by  evident  oppor­
tunity,  then, 
indeed,  hard  times  will 
have  arrived.  Meanwhile,  let  every  one 
labor  to  maintain  the  old  ideal  of  the 
American  business  man,  and strive  with 
influence  he ■ may 
whatever  power  and 
possess  to  keep  the  old  highways  to 
in­
dependence  and  distinction  open  to  all.

The  man  who  thinks  the  world  owes 
him  a  living,  and  will  not  hustle  to  col­
lect  it,  comes  to  be  sorry  he  was  ever 
bom,  and  in  that  sorrow  he  agrees  with 
all  friends  who  feel  obliged  to  support 
him.

A 

lazy  man  trusts  to  luck  for  a  good 
position.  A  hustler  will  go  out  and 
capture  one.

B U 8IN E S 8  CONDITIONS.

in  that  market,  which  was 

The  accidental  disturbance in the sup­
ply  of  money  for the  vast  operations  of 
the  New  York  stock  exchange  has  prov­
en  a  great  boon  to  the  speculative  ele­
ment 
in 
shape  to  avail  itself  of  its benefits.  With 
all  values  enhancing,  backed  by  a  con­
stant  and  steadily 
increasing  tide  of 
activity  in  all  lines— increasing  railway 
earnings,  pressure  of  demand  stimu­
industrials— all  values  on  a  uni­
lating 
is  no  chance  for the 
form  rise,  there 
speculator— the  betting 
is  all  one  way. 
for  money  in  the  general 
The  demand 
track  of 
increasing  business  continues 
so great  that  the  recovery  from the strin­
gency  has  been  slow.  Weak  holders  of 
stocks  have  been  struggling  to  hold  on, 
but  having  finally  to  unload,  prices,  not 
values,  have  suffered.  The  reaction 
is 
not  one  of  values  but  of  speculative 
opportunities 
Thus 
holdings  are  being  absorbed  by  the 
stronger  financiers  and  preparations  are 
for  a 
being  quietly  but  surely  made 
marked  advance  in  all  legitimate 
lines 
as  soon  as  the  causes  of  temporary  de­
pression  are  removed. 
It  is  to  be  no­
ticed  that  the  bear  element  is  availing 
itself  of  every .possible  aid  in  keeping 
the  prices  down— making  all  possible 
capital  of 
the  Transvaal  situation, 
rumors  of  disturbance  between  England 
and  Russia,  the  coming  elections,  any­
thing  for  excuse  to  keep  up  the  process 
of  freezing  out  the  weak  holders.

investment. 

for 

The  conditions  which  in  the  natural 
course  should  govern  values  are  all  fa­
vorable  to  an  advance  except  the  specu­
lative  supply  of  money.  There  is  money 
enough  at  reasonable  rates  for  all  legiti­
mate  uses,  and  there 
is  no  trouble  in 
obtaining  it  with  proper  security.

Of  the  great 

iron  is  still 
industries 
taking  the  lead  in  activity. 
It 
is  sur­
prising  how  many  transactions,  some  o f 
them  heavy  ones,  are  taking  place  at 
the  present  high  prices.  This  feature, 
coupled  with  the 
fact  that  so  many 
works  are  long  oversold,  would  indicate 
that  the  present  high  scale  must  hold 
for  a  considerable  time  to  come.

The  same  conditions  of strong demand 
continue  in  the  industrial  world.  Cur­
rent  sales  of  wool  are four times  as  great 
as  for  the  corresponding  time  last  year, 
and  manufacturers  are  taking  goods 
freely.  Worsted  goods  continue  strong, 
with  works  sold  to  capacity.  Cotton 
goods  are  still  steadily  appreciating  in 
value  and  the  raw  staple  is  still  on  the 
rise.  Hides  are  still  higher 
in  Chi­
cago,  although  there 
is  no  change  in 
leather.

There  is  no  check  in  the  general  vol­
ume  of  business  thioughout  the  country. 
Exchanges  at  clearing  houses  in  Sep­
$7,068,000,000, 
tember  amounted 
to 
last  year  and 
against  $5,496,000,000 
$4,826,000,000 
1892,  and  October 
opens  with  payments  80  per  cent,  larger 
than  last  year  and  78.9  per  cent,  larger 
than  in  (892.

in 

T H E   IN C R E A SE   IN   T H E   NAVY.

large  fleet 

The  naval  parade  in  New  York  bay, 
:n  honor  of  Admiral  Dewey,  serves  to 
call  fresh attention to  the fact  that  we are 
really  a  naval  power.  Although there  is 
quite  a 
in  the  Philippines 
and  respectable  squadrons  on  the Pacific 
coast,  as  well  as  in  the  South  Atlantic, 
besides  a  number  of  ships  laid  up  in 
ordinary  or  in  reserve  at  the navy yards, 
the  Navy  Department  was  still  able  to 
spare  a  formidable  squadron 
for  the 
ceremonies  at  New  York.

Although  our  fleet  has  now  assumed  a 
it  will  be  actually

respectable  size, 

doubled  within  a  comparatively  short 
period,  as  more  than  fifty  vessels  of  va­
rious  classes  are  building  and  will  all 
have  been  commissioned  within  the 
next  three  years,  while  most  of  them 
will  be 
in  service  in  less  than  a  year. 
This  list  of  ships  building  or  authorized 
includes  battle-ships,  armored,  protected 
and  unprotected  cruisers,  monitors,  gun­
boats,  torpedo  boat  destroyers  and  or­
dinary  torpedo  boats.

Of  the  battle-ships  building  three—  
namely,  the  Kearsarge,  the Alabama and 
the  Kentucky—-will  be  ready  for  com­
missioning  within  a  few  months.  An­
other 
lot  of  vessels  which  will  soon  be 
ready  for  service  will  be  the  torpedo 
boat  destroyers,  a  class  of  small  gun­
boats  of  very  high  speed,  but  of  good 
sea-going  qualities.  The  ordinary  tor­
pedo  boats,  while  useful  enough  near 
ports,  are  too  frail  to  keep  the  sea  for 
any  time,  and  are  exceedingly  uncom­
fortable  for  their  crews,  unless  spend­
ing  the  greater  part  of  the  time  in  port. 
The  destroyers,  being  much 
larger,  are 
better  seaboats,  and  also  afford  more 
room  and  comforts  for  their  crews.

A  great  navy  is  not  composed  merely 
of  ships.  The  personnel  must  be  in­
creased  in  proportion  to  the  number  of 
ships  added.  This  applies  both  to  offi­
cers  and  enlisted  men.  The  Navy  D e­
partment,  while  active 
in  seeking  for 
grants  for  new  ships,  is  following  a  de­
cidedly  narrow-minded  policy  with  re­
spect  to  the  personnel.  There  are  not 
nearly  enough  men  to  man  our  ships  at 
present 
it  will  be  im­
possible  to  find  crews  for  the  new  ships 
without  withdrawing  many  of  those  now 
in  commission. 
is  a  notorious  fa c t' 
that  all our ships  are  ridiculously  under­
manned,  while 
in  the  matter of  officers 
there 
is  not  half  the  number  actually 
required.

in  service,  and 

It 

is  that 

The  trouble  with  the  Navy  Depart­
ment 
it  is  under  the  hack  of  a 
clique  of  officers  who  are  bitterly  op­
posed  to  anyexpansion  which  will  ad­
mit  officers  from  the  merchant  marine 
or  from  civil 
life,  no  matter  what  the 
ability  of  such  officers  may  he.  This 
narrow-minded  policy 
is  sure  to  have 
evil  results  in.course  of  time.  When  a 
sudden  demand 
is  made,  as  it  will  be 
sooner  or 
later,  for  the  mobilization  of 
the  entire  fleet,  the  naval  service  will  be 
found  woefully  short 
of  experienced 
officers.

It  certainly  would  not  be  unwise  to 
imitate  the  example  of  the  British navy, 
is  the  model  upon 
which,  after  all, 
which  all  naval 
establishments  are 
based.  The  British  Admiralty  has  al­
ways  appointed  officers  from  the  mer­
chant  marine^ when  there  was  a  demand 
for  additional  officers  over  and  above 
the  supply  afforded  in  the  regular  way, 
and  this  number of  appointed  officers  is 
being  constantly  added  to  as  the  fleet 
expands.

If,  therefore,  we  are  to  have  really  a 
great  fleet,  we  must  increase  the  number 
of  officers  and  men,  as  well  as  the  num­
ber of  ships.

A   widow  who  can  not  for  the 

life  of 
her  keep  a  mournful  expression  on  her 
face  long  enough  to  collect  a  life 
insur­
ance  finds  great  comfort  in  a  mourning 
costume,  which  is  all  put  on.

Combines  are  nothing  new  under  the 
sun.  The  old-time  miller  who  owned 
the  only  grist  mill  in  the  country  town 
had  what  the  stump  speakers  would  now 
call  a  grinding  monopoly.

A  man  may  be  decidedly  honest when

he  is  reasonably  mean,

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AN  U N PA RD O N A BLE  IN TRU SIO N .
The  engine  builders  of  Great  Britain 
are  indignant.  Not only  have  their  ter­
ritory  been  invaded  and  their  preroga­
tives  infringed  upon,  but  their sensibil­
ities  have  been  wounded  and  trampled 
under  foot.  Wasn’t  Stevenson  the  in­
ventor  of  the  engine and wasn’t England 
his  birthplace?  And  yet  the  Midland 
Railroad  Company,  whose  road,  as  its 
name  declares,  is 
in  the  heart  of  Eng­
land,  has  placed  heavy  orders  for  loco­
in  the  United  States. 
motives 
The 
offense 
is  equivalent  to  an  outrage  and 
the  company  has  been  approached  with 
a  threatening  Why?  Is  this  the  way  to 
build  up  home 
industries?  Hasn’t  the 
country  had  enough  and  seen  enough  of 
the  pushing,  crowding,  aggressive,  om­
nipresent  Yankee 
in  every  form  of  in­
dustrial  development,  without  having 
him  come 
into  the  heart  of  Old  Eng­
land  with  his  confounded  machinery? 
Where  is  the  pride  of  the  Englishman? 
Where  is  his  patriotism?  Did  English 
ingenuity  die  with  Stevenson  and,  more 
important  than  all,  is  English  pluck 
dead?  From the  days  of  the  Saxons  un­
til  now  the  “ Isles”   have  stood  at  the 
head  of  machine  makers.  Has  Eng­
land  s  glory in  this  held  of  endeavor  de­
parted? 
Like  a  culprit  the  railroad 
company  has  been  dragged  to  the  bar 
of  public  justice  and  an  explanation  de­
manded  to  satisfy  outraged  public  opin­
ion.

interesting 

A  single  sentence  has  sufficed:  “ We 
had  to ;”   and  a  tremendous  Why  has 
brought  out  a  list  of  astonishing  facts, 
especially 
to  the  United 
States  of  America.  In  the  first  place  the 
English  disposition  is  too  slow  and  the 
workman  still  slower.  There 
is  no  use 
of  being 
in  such  an  everlasting  hurry. 
The  order  for  an  engine  to-day  is  put 
on  the  order  book  and  will  receive  at­
tention  by  and  by  in  its  turn.  There  is 
no  partiality  in  the  English  office  and 
it’s  “ First  come,  first 
served,”   every 
time.  The  company  ordered  170 engines 
in  England—home  industries  should  be 
encouraged— in  December, 
1897.  The 
engines  were  to  be  delivered  the  follow­
ing  July.  Not  an  engine  has  yet  been 
received,  and  when  another  and  a  larger 
order  was  given  not  even  the  promise  of 
a  machine  could  be obtained sooner than 
fifteen  months— a  pretty  fair  reason 
for 
ordering  somewhere  else.

industry 

is  an  idea  which  it  may  be  well  for  the 
manufacturer  and  the  tradesman  irre­
It 
spective  of  nationality  to  consider. 
the Trades­
is  no  uncommon  complaint 
the 
man  has  often  recorded 
that 
it 
home  industry  should  be  encouraged 
in 
every  possible  condition.  The  Mid­
land  Railroad  Company  has  shown  that 
this  can  not  always  be  done. 
If  the 
home 
is  what  it  ought  to  be, 
the  best  or  among  the  best  anywhere,  it 
need  ask  no  favors  of  home  patrons.  Its 
success 
is  assured.  The  excellence  of 
the  goods  settles  the  question,  that  and 
nothing  else.  Grand  Rapids,  as  a  man­
ufacturer  of  furniture,  asks  no  odds  of 
furniture  manufacturers 
Semi-yearly  she  opens  her  warehouses 
and 
from  the  four  quarters  of  the  earth 
the  dealers  come  to  buy.  Better  goods 
can  be  found  nowhere.  They,  too,  have 
made  an  unpardonable  invasion  of  the 
Old  World,  but  the  beauty  of  the  goods 
and  their  unequalled  excellence  prove 
beyond  all  doubt  that  home 
industry 
will  be  encouraged  if  it shall  show  itself 
to  be  worthy  of  encouragement.

anywhere.

A comer grocer  whines  that  the neigh­
borhood  doesn’t  patronize  him.  The 
neighborhood  complains  that  his  store 
is  dirty,  his  goods  are  inferior  and serv­
ice  is  abominable.  The dealers  in  small 
towns  radiating  from  a 
large  city  in­
sist  that  their  best  trade  has  gone  to  the 
city.  They  as  well  as  their  former  cus­
tomers  know  why,  and  the  reason  is  a 
good  one.  The  second-class  tailor,  no 
located,  will  be  a 
matter  where  he 
is 
discourager  of  home 
industry 
just  so 
long  as  he  is  willing  to  turn  out  second- 
class  work.  The  milliner  and  the  dress­
maker  will  be  idle  so  long  as  the  one 
makes  monstrous  headgear and  the other 
sews  a  crooked  seam  and 
it 
straight.  The  fact  is,  first-class  articles 
only  secure  first-class  trade  and  incom- 
pentency,  no  matter  what 
its  form  of 
development,  may  howl  until  doomsday 
over  the  claims  of  home  industry,  the 
home 
industry  will  thrive  and  thrive 
only  when  it  is  worthy  of  the encourage­
ment  of  the  home  patronage  which  it 
insists  upon  claiming  as  by  right  its 
own.  Real  worth  is  the  standard  of  ex­
cellence  everywhere  and  where  this  fact 
fails  to  be  recognized  there  is  and  al­
ways  will  be  an  unpardonable  intrusion 
into  the  territory  which  inferiority  has 
monopolized  too  long.

calls 

is 

When  the  American  engine  has  been 
delivered,  it  is  found  to  be  the  best  ma­
chine  that  can  be  made.  Yankee  in­
genuity  has  carried  to  perfection, 
in 
planning,  in 
inventing  and  execution, 
every  part  of  “ the  stupendous  whole.”
It  is  made  for  use,  not  show;  to  work, 
not  to  play  with,  and  the  money  paid 
for it  is  sure  of  securing  value  received. 
Nothing  would  be  easier  than  to  com­
pare  the  English  work  with  the  Ameri­
can  and  mention  point  by  point  how 
the  one 
inferior  to  the  other.  The 
result,  however,  would  be  the  same  and 
a$  conclusive:  that  the  Midland  R ail­
road  Company  needed 
the  best  ma­
chines, found  them  in  the  United  States, 
and  ordered  them ;  and  every  toot  o*f  the 
American  engine  whistle  will  assert  in 
the  shocked  and  shuddering  ears  of 
England  the  fact  that  American  iron 
and  steel  and  American  workmanship 
are  at  the  head  of  the manufacturing  in­
dustry  the  world  over and  that  even  the 
home  of  Stevenson,  the  father of  the  lo­
comotive,  is  paying  tribute  to-day,  w ill­
ingly  or  unwillingly,  to  the  genius  and 
the  skill  of  the  workman  of  the  Western 
World.

Now,  in  this  English  resentment  at 
America’s  unpardonable  intrusion  there

A   remarkable  charge  has  been  made 
against  the  public  school  teachers  of 
Washington  by  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Business  Men’s  Association.  As  in 
most  cities,  the  teachers  are  enabled  to 
get  stationery  and  similar  articles  at 
wholesale  rates. 
It  is  charged  that  they 
have  gone  into  the  stationery  business, 
purchasing  these  articles  in  large  quan­
tities  and  making  customers  of  their 
pupils,  to  whom,  of  course,  they  sell  at 
the  regular  retail  figures.  The  evil  is 
said  to  have  reached  such  proportions 
as  to 
in 
Washington.

injure  the  stationery  trade 

An  employers’  association,  represent­
from  $7,000,000  to  $9,000,000  of 
ing 
local  capital,  has  been  organized 
in 
Spokane,  Wash.,  to  resist  any  demand 
labor  which  its  members 
of  organized 
may  regard  as  unjust. 
lumber 
mills,  breweries,  flour  mills,  street  car 
companies,  electric 
light  companies, 
gas  company,  water company,  factories, 
contractors,  merchants  and  other  inter­
ests  are  represented  in  the  association.

The 

If a  young  man  will  only  get  into  the 
in  behind  will 

push,  those  who  crowd 
help  him  along.

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T H A T   ONE  M A CH IN E.

It  looks  as  if  there  is  to  be  trouble 

in 
It  is  not to 
Cape  Colony,  South  Africa. 
be  a  strife  of  “ flood  and 
field ,"  where 
brave  men  are  to  lay  down  their  lives 
and  bones  are 
to  ‘ lie  unburied  and 
bleaching  under  a  burning  sun,  but  it 
will  be  a  machine  war  from  start  to 
finish,  another  battle  of  Hastings,  where 
a  modern  William  the  Conqueror  will 
take  possession  of  a  well-fought  field.

its  way  to that 

Cape  Town  has  not  received  from  the 
American  manufacturers  that  attention 
which  it  has  deserved.  Now  and  then 
in  a  desultory  sort  of  way  a  small 
in­
from  the  United  States 
voice  of  goods 
finds 
faroff  shore ;  but 
all  the  articles  called  for  and  which  the 
people  there  are 
longing  after  do  not 
come.  Soaps,  if  there  is  any  confidence 
to  be  placed  in  reports,  are  in  great  de­
mand.  Glue,  lead  and  zinc  would  se­
cure  good  prices;  plated  ware  and 
fur­
niture  would  meet  with  ready  sales;  po­
tatoes  and  canned  goods  are  called  for; 
bicycles  of  American  make  and  that, 
according  to  European  opinion,  means 
the  best  in  the  world—would  easily  get 
the 
in  the  wheel  market, 
although  out  of  $850,000  worth  of  im­
ported  wheels  to  Cape  Colony  $667,000 
worth  weie  shipped  from  England.

inside  track 

Among  the  typewriters  $31,000  worth 
have  been  so  far  imported.  Of  these 
typewriters  only  one 
is  an  American 
machine;  and  it  will  be  a  matter  of  na­
tional 
interest  to  note  what  the  result 
will  be.  The  English  typewriter  has 
the  great  advantage  of 
precedence. 
There  will  be  the  usual  bluster  and  brag 
of  the  superior  English  make.  Ridicule 
will  play  its  part  in  the  condemnation 
of  the  Yankee  contrivance.  There  will 
be  slurs  and  sneers  and  wonders  of  what 
will  come  next'and  the  click  of  the 
despised  typewriter,  with  all  the  spirit 
of 
inventor,  will  keep  right  on 
with  its  writing  and  do  easily  better 
work  and  more  of 
it  than  any  other 
two  makes 
in  the  town.  The  others 
will  show  early  signs  of  wearing  ou t; 
but  the  unassuming  American  clicker 
will  go  right  on  more  smoothly  than 
ever,  the  pride  and  boast  of  its  owher, 
who  will  invite  his  unbelieving  friends 
in  and  see  for  themselves  and 
to  come 
not  take  his  time 
to  answer  foolish 
questions.

its 

some 

in  Africa  what  the 

That  one  machine,  like  the  old  Nor­
man,  will  conquer Cape Colony,  and will 
make  itself  the  acknowledged  leader 
in 
less  than  the  four  years  William  took  to 
subdue  the  island.  The  machine  is  do­
ing 
large  family 
it  comes  has  done  for  the 
from  which 
rest  of  the  civilized  world.  The  reason 
is  a  good  one  and  easily  told :  Given  a 
machine  to  make,  the  Yankee 
is  not 
alive  who  would  be  contented  to  make  a 
machine  without 
improvement. 
The  spirit  of  the  inventor  in  him  calls 
for  something  better.  The  old  will  do 
for  those  who  are  satisfied  with  the 
things  of  yesterday.  He  and  his  work 
are  for  the  living  of  to-day  and,  so  far 
as  he  can  anticipate,  for  those  of  the 
morrow.  When  the  work  is  done 
it  is 
the  best  up-to-date  machine  in  the  mar­
ket  and  the  people  of  Cape  Colony,  if 
they  are  English  and German and Dutch 
and  so  not  expected  to  grasp  easily  the 
newly  embodied 
intelligent 
enough  to  appreciate  a  good  machine 
it  and,  for  the  sake  of 
when  they  see 
the  extra  shilling 
it  will  bring  them, 
will  soon  be  calling  for  the  American 
typewriter.

idea,  are 

9

nectady,  N.  Y.  They  are  going  to  carry 
on  a  general  electrical  business  in  Aus­
tralia.  With  a  capital  of $50,000  they 
are  going  to  let  their  light  shine  before 
the  men  who  have  made  up  their  minds 
to  send  to  America  for  what  they  want 
where  they  are  sure  of  getting  the  best 
article  for  the  least  money.

Poor  old  Germany  has  got  sick  and 
tired  of  failing 
in  her  efforts  to  make 
better  tools  than  the  American  work­
man.  There  is  only  one  way  to  prevent 
it  shut  them  out  of  the  country  just  as 
she  did  the dried apple.  For that purpose 
a  machine  tool  trust  company  has  been 
formed  to  conduct  an  organized  cam­
paign  for  the  exclusion  by  tariff  of 
American  tools.  The  combination 
is 
going  to  work  also  for  the  reduction  of 
transportation 
to  countries  of 
Northern  and  Eastern  Europe,  so  that 
the  German  tools  will  enjoy  the  addi­
tional  advantage.  After  they  get  every­
thing 
finished  to  their  satisfaction  the 
company  will  sing  “ Hoch  der  Kaiser,”  
while  the  American  t<x>l 
in  the  hands 
of  the  German  workman,  who  will  insist 
on  having  the  best  in  spite  of  trust  and 
tariff,  will  keep  time  to  the  exultant 
song  both  in  theme  and  chorus.

rates 

In  these  and other  instances-..the  trad­
ing  world 
is  full  of  them  -it  is  the  one 
machine  which  tells  the  story  and  does 
the  business.  The  rest  follows  as  a  mat­
ter of  course.  England  grumbles  about 
the  American  locomotive  and  buys 
it. 
France,  the  humbug,  shrugs  her  shoul­
ders  at  goods  made  in  America”   and 
fills  her  shops  with  them.  Germany 
bars  out  with  her  tariffs  and  combina­
tions  the  Yankee 
inventions  and  don- 
nerwetters  at  her  failure  to  accomplish 
her  purpose.  The  same  opposition  may 
not  be  met  with  In  Cape  Colony  by  that 
one 
the  Tradesman 
prophesies  that  it will  prove “ the mother 
of  a  mighty  race.”

typewriter,  but 

Agents  taking  the  next  census will  not 
be  required  to  offend  the  public  by  en­
quiring 
into  family  secrets  and  asking 
questions  calculated  to  provoke  a  fight. 
The  number  of  questions  has  been 
greatly  reduced,  and  they  are  simpler 
than  before.  Director  Merriam  has  re­
cently  had  several 
conferences  with 
President  McKinley,  and  the  President 
maintained  that 
it  was  unwise  to  ask 
questions  that  tend  to  humiliate  a  citi­
zen.  The  general  range  of  the  work, 
which  will  be  taken  up  next  June,  has 
been  gone  over.  The 
list  of questions 
prepared  by  Director  Merriam  has  been 
approved  by  the  President,  and  will 
soon  be  printed.  One  of  the  queries 
that  aroused  the  most  antagonism  in 
1890  was  whether  a  person  had  any 
acute  or  chronic  disease,  and  this,  along 
with similar enquiries,  has been omitted.

is  presumably  caused  by 

Cattle  raising  in  Georgia  has  reached 
is  a  surplus,  and 
a  point  where  there 
is  coming  West.  The  de­
the  surplus 
the 
mand 
shortage  of  cattle 
in  the  West.  The 
Georgia  cattle  can  be  had  at  a  compara­
tively 
low*  price,  and  the  hope  of  the 
State  is  that  a  better  grade  of  stock  will 
be  introduced,  on  which  the  profit  may 
be  greater.

The  ancients  believed  the  world  was 
square ;  but  that  w«s  before horse-racing 
was  invented.

A  woman  can  throw  a  stone  with  a 
curve  that  would  make  the  fortune  of  a 
professional  baseball  pitcher.

idea 

The  same 

is  working  itself  out 
in  other  parts  of  the  world.  A   corpora­
tion  was  formed  the  other  day  in  Sche­

There 

is  not  much  to  be  expected  of 

a  person  who  is  both  ignorant  and  fool-  . 
ish.

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W IR E  IN   H IS   DAY.

How  th e  V illag e  o f  Rudhville  W as  E s­

Written for the Tradesman.

tablished.

reaches  .  back. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  and  his 
business  career  were  exceptions  to  the 
general  rule  of  business  in  the  year of 
our  Lord  1836,  the  period  to  which  this 
recollection 
Charlie 
Castle  was  what  would  be  called  a 
hustler,  in  the  business  world  to-day, 
and  admired  for  his  business  enter­
prise ;  but 
in  those  early  days  his  pe­
culiar  methods  of  building  up  a  busi­
ness  were  either  met  with  ridicule  or 
treated  with  scorn.  Any 
innovations 
upon  their old  slow-going  methods  were 
treated  with  contempt.  Such  a  thing 
as  advertising  any  special  sales  at 
%  or 
off  from  regular  prices  was  un­
known,  and  the  merchant  who  made 
the  announcement 
in  the  newspapers 
would  have  been  regarded  as  on  the 
verge  of  bankruptcy.  An advertisement 
covering  one-quarter  column  of 
the 
weekly  newspaper,  and  only  changed 
upon  the  receipt  of  new  goods 
in  the 
spring  or  fall,  was  the  extent  of  adver­
tising  indulged  in  by  the  general  deal­
ers.  There  was  a  total  lack  of  aggres­
sive  push.  Their  headings  were  written 
in  the  most  courteous 
language.  They 
were  conspicuous  for  their  modesty, 
reading  something  like  this :

The  public  are  respectfully  requested 
to  call  and  examine  the  stock  of  goods 
just  received  by  Messrs.  Slowboy.

Or,
The  undersigned  take  pleasure  in 

in­
forming  their  friends  and  the  public 
generally  that  they  have 
just  opened 
their spring  assortment  of  goods,  which 
they  politely  request  them  to  examine.
line  or  word  about  prices  or 

Not  a 

specialties.

(The  editor  and  reader  will both  over­
look  this  seeming  digression  when  in­
formed  that  the 
intent  of  this  truthful 
narrative  is  to  furnish  an  object 
lesson 
showing  what  a  judicious  and  persistent 
course  of  advertising  is  sure  to  accom­
plish. )

Charlie  Castle  was  a  fellow  clerk  with 
the  writer 
in  a  general  store  in  the 
beautiful  village  of  Canandaigua,  New 
York,  being 
in  the  employ  of  Mr.  Na­
thaniel  Gorham,  one  of  the  most  courte­
ous  and  dignified  representatives  of  a 
class  of  merchants  who  were  the  solid 
men  of  those  early  days.  Charlie  was 
a  farmer’s  boy,  the  son  of  Lemuel  Cas­
tle,  the  owner  of  a  fine  farm  at  a  cross­
roads  about  eight  miles  from  Canan­
daigua  called  Castle’s  Corners. 
In  ad­
dition  to 
farming  Mr.  Castle  ran  a 
blacksmith  shop,  and  had  accumulated 
what  in  those  days  of  thrift  and  small 
fortunes  was  considered  an 
independ­
ence.  He  had  money  to  loan  his neigh­
bors.  Charlie  was  his  only  son,  and 
it 
was  to  relieve  him  from  the  laborious 
life  which  had  been  his  own  lot  that  he 
obtained  for  him  a  situation 
in  the 
store  of  his  old  friend,  Mr.  Gorham.

For three  years  Charlie  and  the writer 
worked  together,  handling  all  sorts  of 
merchandise  from  a  barrel  of  potash  to 
a  paper  of  needles.  He was  a  cheerful 
companion  and  fast  friend,  always  in 
advance  with  his  ideas  of  how  business 
might  be  done,  and  sometimes  he  was 
mildly  snubbed  by  his  employer  for  his 
disposition  to  do  business  outside  of  the 
regular  stereotyped  fashion.

It  was 

in  August,  1840,  that  a  few 
neighboring  clerks  had  met  in  our  store 
after  business  hours  for a  quiet  game  of 
whist,  when  Charlie  surprised  us  by 
saying  that  he  was  going  to  throw  up 
his  “  job’ ’— he  always spoke of his clerk­
ship as a “  job. ’ ’  In surprise we all asked

M IC H I G A N   TR A D E S M A N

the natural question,*‘ what are you going 
to  do?”  
‘ ‘ Go  into  business  on  my  own 
hook, ”   was his reply.  “ Where?”   was our 
next  question.  “ Castle’s  Comers, ”   said 
“ Why,  Charlie,”   I  exclaimed, 
he. 
“ you  will  be  eight  miles 
from  no­
where.”  
“ 1  will  show  you,”   said  he, 
“ that  a  business  can  be  built  up  eight 
miles  from  nowhere. 
I  have  a  little 
money  of  my  own  and  father  says  he 
will  furnish  all  that  I  need  in  addition, 
and  he 
is  already  altering  the  black­
smith  shop  into  a  store. 
1  am  going  to 
New  York  with  Mr.  Gorham  when  he 
goes  for  his  fall  purchases.”   We  all 
listened  to  this  with  open  mouths  of  as­
tonishment  as  he  went  on: 
“ Father 
and  mother  are  getting  old,  they  want 
me  at  home,  and  I  am  going  to  try  a 
scheme  for  building  up  a  business  that 
I  have  long  had  in  my  mind,  which  I 
think  will  open  some  people’s eyes. ”  
We  all  knew  that  he  was  thoroughly 
in 
earnest,  but  did  not  enquire  what  his 
scheme  was,  and  the  subject  was  lost  in 
the 
interesting  game  of  whist  we  were 
playing.

Castle’s  Comers  was  about  the  same 
distance  from  Canandaigua and Geneva, 
two  of  the  most  beautiful  and  flourish­
ing  villages  in  Western  New  York,  not 
on  the  direct  line  of  travel  between  the 
two  places,  but  at  a  point  where  the 
roads 
leading  to  both  places  diverged, 
so  that  in  going  to  either  place  the  peo­
ple  of  a  rich  farming  country  must  go 
directly  past  Charlie’s  store.  Upon Mr. 
Gorham’s  return  from  New  York I asked 
him  what  kind  of  a  stock  of  goods 
Charlie  had  purchased.  He  replied, 
“ Charlie  has  bought  as  good  a  general 
stock  of  staple  goods  as  there  is  in  On­
tario  county—all  bought  for  cash—but 
what  he 
is  going  to  do  with  them  out 
there  at  Lem  Castle’s  corners  is  more 
than  1  can  see. ’ ’
A   few  days 

later  Charlie  came  into 
in­
the  store  and  surprised  us  again  by 
viting  us  all  to  his  wedding,  which  was 
to  take  place  at  the  Methodist  church 
the  next  morning.  Of  course,  we  all 
went,  and  gave  them  a  good  send-off 
with  rice  and  old  shoes.  The bride  was 
the  daughter  of  the  village  baker,  and 
her 
the  baking 
counter.  She  was  a  comely,  bright  busi­
ness  girl,  and  afterward  proved  to be  an 
1  asked 
excellent  wife  and  mother. 
Charlie 
yet. 
“ N o,”   he  said,  “ I  thought  I  would  get 
married first and  have  that  off  my  mind.
I  shall  open  the  blacksmith  shop  for 
business  Monday  morning,”   adding, 
“ you  watch  the  newspapers  as 
they 
come  out. ’ ’

if  he  had  opened  up 

father’s  assistant  at 

I  knew  from  his  manner  that  some­
thing  out  of  the  ordinary  was  coming, 
and  obtained  a  copy  of  the  Ontario 
Messenger  early  on  the  morning  of  pub­
lication.  Then  I  saw an advertisement, 
with  prominent  heading  and  good  sized 
type,  which  read:

Castle’s  Com ers!  Eight  miles  from 
nowhere.  Lemuel  Castle’s  old  black­
smith  shop  has  been  altered  into  a  first- 
class  general  store,  where  Charlie  Castle 
will  show  you  as  good  a  stock  of  staple 
goods 
lines  as  can  be  found  in 
Ontario  county.  Call  as  you  pass  on 
your  way  to  Canandaigua  or  Geneva 
and  save  eight  miles’ 
travel  over  a 
sandy  road.

in  all 

Then  followed  the  announcement  that 
“ All  kinds  of  country  produce  are  re­
ceived  in  exchange,”   and.  finally,  spe­
cial  notice  was  called  to  some  familiar 
kinds  of  goods  in  each  line,  with  prices 
attached,  which  were  at  “ cut  rates.”
The  same  advertisement  appeared 

the  other  village  paper, 
Repository. 

in 
the  Ontario 
It  occupied  nearly  half  a

column  of  space,  more  than  double  that 
in  the  village. 
used  by  any  merchant 
The  two  newspapers  published 
in  Ge­
neva  had  substantially  the  same  matter, 
only  a  little  varied  in 
its  phraseology.
As  the  village  merchants  read  these 
advertisements,  some  were  surprised, 
others  seemed  to be  only  amused.  As 
they  became  the  subject  of  conversation 
all  had  some  comment  to  make  upon the 
success  or  failure  of  Charlie’s  “ wild 
goose  chase  after  customers,”   as  they 
called 
it.  Some  foresaw  that  Charlie 
would  ‘ ‘ soon  reach  the  end of his rope. 
His  old  companions  only  remarked  that 
“ Charlie  was  going  it  with  a  rush,”

Each  succeeding 

issue  of  the  news­
papers  had  something 
in  them  calcu­
lated  to  keep  their  readers  looking  in 
the  direction  of  Castle’s  Comers,  and 
business  throve  and  multiplied,  much 
to  his satisfaction and the  surprise  of  the 
neighborhood.  Nothing  was 
left  un­
done  that  would  call  attention to Castle’s 
Comers.  He  built  a  convenient  shed  to 
shelter the  farmers’  teams  from  the  hot 
sun  and  the  storms  and  a  brimming 
watering  trough  occupied  the  center  of 
the  four  comers.

Through  the  Castle  farm  there  ran  a 
rapid  unfailing  stream,  called  Castle’s 
Creek,  and  the 
following  spring  there 
appeared  in  the  newspapers  this  no-
tic e :

Given  F ree!  A  mill  site  at  Castle’s 
Comers,  with  ample  water  power  for 
two  run  of  stone  and  a  sawmill.  A 
warrantee  deed  will  be  given  any  re­
sponsible  person  who  will  build  a  grist 
mill  thereon  by  the  first  of  August.

Signed,  Lemuel  Castle.

Applicants  for  this  privilege  wefe 
numerous  and  an  experienced  miller 
soon  had  the  mill  in  process  of  build­
ing.  The  district  schoolhouse,  which 
was  located  a  mile  away,  was  moved  by 
common  consent  to  Castle’s  Comers, 
and  did  service  as  a  Methodist  chapel 
on  Sundays.  Half  acre  village  lots  were 
advertised  and  sold  at  prices  and  upon 
terms  within  the  reach  of  any 
industri­
ous  mechanic  or 
laboring  man.  The 
postoffice  was  moved  into  the  store  and 
Charlie  was  made  the  deputy.  Lots 
sold  readily  and  very  soon  little  dwell­
ings  and  shops  sprung  up  like  magic. 
The  second  year  a  small  church  was 
built— the  church-going  community  had 
outgrown  the  schoolhouse.  A   year  later 
the  blacksmith  shop  store  received  an 
addition  that  made  the  old  part  look 
like  a  dwarf  beside  a  giant.  No  more 
extra  efforts  seemed  necessary  to  keep 
the  ball  of  progress  in  motion  and  Cas­
tle’s  Comers  spread  out  from  year to 
year.  His  constant  and  characteristic 
mode  of  advertising  Charlie persisted  in 
keeping  up.  A   proposition  coming  up 
to  change  the  name  of  the  village,  it 
was  named  Rushville,  in  remembrance 
of  the  time  when  some  people  slight­
ingly  spoke  of his  beginning  as  “ going 
it  with  a  rush.”  
It  still  retains  the 
name,  and  when  the  writer  last  visited 
it  he  found  a  beautiful  inland  village  of 
1,500  inhabitants,  all  the  growth  of  a 
dozen  years,  and  supporting  two 
local 
newspapers.  Of  course  Charlie  was  a 
liberal  patron,  but  he  still  continued  to 
advertise  in  the  Canandaigua  and  Ge­
neva  papers.

On  a  visit  to  Western  New  York, 
many  years  ago,  I  made  enquiry  after 
my  old  friend,  and  learned  that  he  was 
a  retired  merchant,  in  consequence  of 
ill  health,  and  was  living  on  a  beautiful 
terraced  farm  on  the  banks  of  Lake 
Canandaigua,  where  he 
cultivated 
grapes hs  a  pastime  and  to  relieve  him 
of  his  physical  suffering.  He  had  ac­
cumulated  a  handsome 
fortune,  but 
alas  was  a  victim   of  that  remorseless 
tyrant,  inflammatory  rheumatism,  from 
which  I  have  since  heard  he  died.

W.  S.  H.  Welton.

Crockery  and Glassware

A K R O N   STO N EW A R E. ‘ 

B u tters

Vt gal.,'per;doz.........................................
1 to 6 gal., per  gal.................................
8 gal. each...............................................
10 gal. each...............................................
12 gal. each................................................
15 gal. meat-tubs, each..........................
20 gal. meat-tubs, each..........................
25 gal. meat-tubs, each..........................
30 gal. meat-tubs, each..........................

Churns

2 to 6 gal., per  gal...................................
Churn Dashers, per doz........................

M ilkpans

Vt gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz.  ..........
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each...................
F lu e  Glazed M ilkp an s
Vt gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz..............
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each...................

Stew pans

40 
5 
48 
60 
72 
1  05
1  40
2 00 
2 40

5
84

40
43i

60
5%

Vt gal. fireproof, bail, per  doz..............
1 gal. fireproof, bail, per  doz..............

85 
1  10

Ju g s

11 gal., per  doz........................................
Vt gal. per  doz..........................................
1 to 5 gal., per  gal...................................

T om ato  Ju g s

u  gal., per  doz.........................................
1  gal., each..............................................
Corks for Vt gal., per doz.......................
Corks for  1  gal., per doz.......................

P reserv e  J a r s   and  Covers

Vt gal., stone cover, per doz.................
1 gal., stone cover, per doz................

5 lbs. in package, per  lb........................

Sealin g   W ax

F R U IT   JA R S

Pints............................................................ 
Quarts......................................................... 
Half Gallons.............................  
Covers.................................: .................... 
Rubbers..................................................... 

 

 

L A M P  B U R N E R S

 

No. 0 Sun...................................................  
No. t Sun..............  
 
No. ‘4 Sun...................................................  
No. 3 Sun................................................... 
Tubular...................................................... 
Security, No.  1 ........................................  
Security, No.  2 ......................................... 
Nutmeg.....................................................  

L A M P   C H IM N EYS—Seconds

40
50
6

50
6H
20
30

75 
1  00

2

4  00
4  25
6  00
2 00
25

37
38
60
1  00
45
60
80
50

Per box of 6  doz.

No. 0 Sun................................................... 
No. 1 Sun............................'......................  
No. 2 Sun...................................................  

Com mon

No. 0 Sun...................................................  
No. 1 Sun................................................... 
No. 2 Sun...................................................  

F ir s t  Q u ality

No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 

X X X   F lin t

No. 0 Sim, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 3 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
C H IM N EY S—P e a rl Top
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled......... 
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled......... 
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and labeled__  
No. 2 Sim,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps..............................................  

L a  B a stie

No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.............  
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.............. 
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.............................. 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.............................. 

R o ch ester

No. 1 Lime (65c  doz)__ : ....................... 
No. 2 Lime (70c  doz).............................. 
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)— ....................... 

E le c tric

No. 2 Lime (70c  doz).............................. 
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz).............................. 

O IL   CANS

1 gal.  tin cans with spout, per doz__  
1 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
2 gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. iron wlth  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. Tilting cans....................................  
5  gal. galv. iron  Nacefas....................... 

Pu m p  Cans

5 gal. Rapid steady stream...................  
5 gal. Eureka, non-overflow.................. 
3 gal. Home Rule.....................................  
5 gal. Home Rule.....................................  
5 gal. Pirate King...................................  

LA N TERN S

No.  0 Tubular, side lift........................  
No.  I B  Tubular.....................................  
No. 13 Tubular, dash..................>.........  
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain.............  
No. 12 Tubular, side  lamp..................... 
No.  3 Street lamp, each....................... 
LA N TER N   G L O B E S 

No. 0 Tub., cases l doz. each, box, 10c. 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c. 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub,, bull's eye, cases l doz. each 

1  28
t  42
2  12

1  50
1  60
2  45

2  10
2  15
3  15

2 55
2  75
3  75

3  70
4  70
4  88
80

90
1  15
1  35
1  60

3  50
4 00
4  70

.  4 00
4  40

1  40

7  25
9  00

8  50
10  50
10  50
12  00
9  50

4  50
7  00
6  75
7 00
14 00
3  75

45
45
1  78
l  25

1 75
3 25
3 75
4 85
4 85
5 35

M IC H IG A N T R A D E S M A N

T H E   N A M E

B O S T O N   R U B B E R  

S H O E   C O .

STANDS  FOREMOST,
Q U A L I T Y  OF  T H E  G O O D S .

B A C K E D   B V   T H E  

1  doz.
I  28
1  42
2  12

l  55 
l  75 
3  75

3  70
4  70 
1 88
80

90 
1  15 
1  35 
1  60

3  50
4  00 
4  70

4  00 
4  40

1  40 
1  75 
3  25
3  75
4  85
4  85
5 35 
7  25 
9  00

8 50 
0 50 
0 50 
12 00
9  50

4  60 
7  00
6  75
7  00 
14 00 
3  75

45 
45 
1  78 
1  25

RINDGE,  KALMBACH,  LOGIE  &  CO.,  Agents

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

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Shoes  and  Leather

B e tte r  Profit»  P o r  th e  Shoe M an u facturer 

Im perative«*

The  most  important  subject  to-day  to 
the  shoe  manufacturer  is  that  of  profit, 
fair, 
legitimate,  necessary  and  well- 
earned  profit, that is frequently not forth­
coming  or  else  very  meager  and  uncer­
tain.

The  artist,  the  mechanic,  the  clerk, 
the  salesman  and  the  merchant  can  de­
mand  and  get  a  fair  and  generous  re­
muneration  for their  services  and  wares 
— that’s  their  profit.

Not  so  with  the  manufacturer.  A 
dozen  and  one  conflicting  elements enter 
into  his  portion  before  he  can  realize 
is  absolutely  necessary  for 
that  which 
the  success  and  growth  of  his 
interests.
Yet  how  often  are  the  manufacturer’s 

rights  considered?

The  workingmen  have  their organiza­
tions  and  fraternal  relations  that  bind 
them  together  more  or  less  as  a  whole 
and  make  their  positions  and  standard 
of  wages  impregnable. 
In  other words, 
they  concentrate  their  individual  needs 
and  demands,  thus  making  their  em­
ployers  subservient,  to  their  rules  and 
regulations  in  hours  and  wages.

“ The  workman 

is  worthy  his  hire.”  
The  solitary  shoemaker  at  his  bench 
exacts  a  full  equivalent  from  the  public 
for  his  labors;  he  charges  according  to 
his  work,  condition  of  cost  and  on  a 
basis  of  trade  conditions  in  general;  be 
is  master  of  the  situation.

This  being  true,  the  manufacturer  is 
only  a  shoemaker  on  a 
larger  scale. 
Why  shouldn’t  he  come  in  for  the  same 
consideration  as  to  a 
fair  mercantile 
profit  under all  circumstances?

changes  and  rapidly 

In  this  day  of  sharp  competition,  rad­
ical 
increasing 
ratio  of  fixed  charges,  the  manufacturer 
has  to  be  ever  on  the  alert  and  make 
every  effort  to  even  come  out  whole  be­
fore  counting  on  any  profit.

Is  this  right?  Certainly  not.
As  producers,  as  employers,  as  pro­
moters  of 
industrial  pursuits,  and  as 
benefactors-at-large,  we  are  entitled  to 
a 
fair  and  sure  profit  on  our  products 
the  year  around.

To  get  at  the  fundamental  principles 
back  of  a  sure  profit,  we  must  reckon 
the  various  component  parts  that  shall 
determine  the  cost  of  our  goods.

Primarily,  cost  is  the  basis  on  which 

we  base  all  our calculations.

What  is  cost?
Interest  on  plants,  if  we  own  them ; 
if  we  do  not,  we  should  have  to  pay 
rent,  which 
is  equivalent  to  interest  on 
capital  invested;  fixed  charges  for  do- 
jng  business,  commercial  and  mechan­
ical,  foremen,  etc.  ;  charges  for manage­
ment,  cost  of  the  materials,  cost  of  the 
labor  making  the  products,  etc.  To  de­
termine  profit  we  must  first  be  able  to 
determine  actual  and  correct  cost.

It  is  for this  reason  that  we must care­
fully  classify  the  many  combating  fea­
tures  that  are  directed  against our efforts 
to  provide  substantial  and  dependable 
profits. 
violent 
fluctuations  of the  markets  on  raw  ma­
terials.

For  example, 

the 

The  fact  of the  matter  is,  everything 
in,  on  or about  a  shoe  to-day  costs  more 
than  a  year  ago,  and  the  probabilities 
are  for still.further advances.

Five  years  ago  sole  leather  was  con­
siderably  cheaper than  to-day,  sharp ad­
vances  having’  taken, place  within  the 
year.

The  kid  stock  we  are  using  has  gone 
up  rapidly,  making  the  net  cost  mate­
rially  more,  and  tacks,  linings,  threads, 
welting,  laces,  top  facings,  eyelets  and 
buttons  have  shown  a  most  marked  in­
crease  in  cost  value.

As  a  general  summary  there  are  not 
any  materials  that  enter  into  shoemak­
ing  that  have  not  reaped  the  benefits  of 
a  continuously  rising  market.

Not  so  with  the  shoe  manufacturer, 
It  has  been  all  out  and  noth­
however. 
ing 
it  is  only  by  the 
most  rigid  economy,  close  and  careful 
figuring  and  cutting  down  of  profits un-

in  for  him,  and 

til  there’s  nothing  left  that  he  has  been 
able  to  keep  his  business  moving.

“ A  survival  of  the  fittest’ ’  is  the  way 
things  stand  to-day,  the  year  i8q8  bear­
ing  ample  testimony  to  the  devastating 
influences  of  these  ruinous  conditions 
upon  the  manufacturers  of  shoes  at 
large.

One  strong  concern  after  another  went 
on  to  the  financial  rocks  with  a  crash— 
the  firms  that  had  done  a  prosperous 
business  for  years  and  stood  high  in  the 
commercial  ratings.  Why?  Simply  be­
cause  they  failed  to  estimate  their right­
ful  costs  and  profits.

in 

realized 

In  shoe  manufacturing,  as 

all 
things,  improvement  is  the  keynote  of 
the  hour.  The  dealers  and  consumers 
expect  and  demand  more  and  more  in 
way  of  quality,  style  and  workmanship; 
yet  we  have  not 
increased 
profits  for  our 
increased  costs— some­
thing  radically  wrong.  Nothing  can 
stand  still  to-day;  a  manufacturer  must 
go  either  forward  or  backward— logical 
enough  if  you  stop  to  think;  he  must 
do  a  bigger and  better business  in  1899 
in  1898;  fact  of  the  matter  is  he 
than 
must  do  a 
larger business  this  year  to 
do  as  much  as  last  year.

We  simply  can  not  stand  still.  We 
must  move, and  we  certainly  can’t  move 
forward  without  a  necessary  and  honest 
profit.

The  same  thing 

is  true  of  the  shoe 
business  as  of  any  other  business;  we 
must  reach  and  branch  out  for  wider 
and  more  profitable  fields.

This  is  a  grand  period  of  reorganiza-* 
tion,  solving  new  problems,  new theories 
and  new  developments.  The  business 
pulse  is  beating  with  new interest every­
in  this  glorious  country  of  ours. 
where 
Centralization 
and  concentration  are 
the  mighty 
levers  that  move  the  busi­
ness  world  to-day.

Where  there’s  no  profit  there  can  be 
no  growth.  For obvious  reasons  the  ad­
visability  of  advancing  prices  of  shoes 
is  now  receiving  universal  attention. 
Things  can’t  go  on  as  they  have  been. 
It’s  a  pure  case  of  more  money  or  more 
failures.  Most  of  the  failures  reported 
in the  last  eighteen  months  were  due  to

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RUBBERS

They are  Pure Gum and  the  best 

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made.  Send for price list to

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382-384  EAST WATER STREET,
MILWAUKEE,  WIS.

YOUR  LAST  CHANCE

to save 5 per cent.

GOODYEAR GLOVE  RUBBERS

will  be 25 per cent,  off after  Oct.  31.  Get 
the genuine— the one with the glove.

HIRTH,  KRAUSE &  CO.  Grant!  Rapids,  M kh.

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HOES that will  fit.
H OES that will wear.
H OES that bring comfort. 
H OES that give satisfaction. 
HOES that bring trade. 
HOES that  make money.

WE  MAKE  THEM

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.,

MAKERS  OF  SHOES, 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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is to a shoe- 

It  is the highest limit

of foot comfort.  Best of all Ameri- 

can shoes, it holds the  further  dis- 

tinction of being the most  popular. 

These goods should find a place in 

your store.  Write for price list.

Save
5 per cent.

Lycomings— none  better- 
Keystones— seconds that 
Woonsockets,  25-5  5  per 
Rhode  Islands,  25-5-5-10 
Our  agents  will  visit
GEO.  H.

It’s 5 per  cent,  in  your 
pocket to buy rubbers be­
fore  Nov.  1.  W hy  not 
take  advantage  of  the 
chance?
— 25-5  per  cent.
are almost firsts— 25-5-10 per cent.
cent.
per  cent.
you  soon.
REEDER  &  CO.,

* Paper read  before  Pennsylvania  Shoe  Manu 
facturers’ Association bv Chas. A.  Dlsbrow, of 
Harrisberg.

COL M R ,   MICH.

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19  SOUTH  IONIA  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

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the  fact  of  manufacturers  not  figuring 
their costs  and  profits  correctly,  thereby 
causing  their  ruin.  Other 
important 
drawbacks  are :  Changes  in  styles  and 
consequent  losses,  extras,  countermands, 
mechanical  delays  and  strikes,  quaran­
tined  territory,  returned  goods,  freight 
thereon  and  numerous  contingencies. 
Taking  it  all  in  all,  the  life  of  the  shoe 
manufacturer  is  not  a  most  pleasant  one 
by  any  means,  for  want  of  profit,  or  a 
fair  profit,  at the present  time.  Question 
is :  How  are  we  going  to  remedy  these 
evils,  thus  assuring  ourselves  a 
fair, 
legitimate,  mercantile  profit  upon  our 
products?

An  increase  in price would undoubted­
ly  be  the  best  for all  concerned— maker, 
dealer and  consumer.  Every  other  nat­
ural  and  manufactured  commodity  has 
advanced  in  price  within  the  year— why 
not  shoes?

As  the  tide  rises  we  should  rise  with 
is  the  practical  view  to  take 

it—that 
of  it.

If  each  and  every  part of the materials 
that  go  to  make  the  finished  shoe  and 
our  mechanical  and  physical  help  cost 
much  more  to-day,  why  shouldn’t  we 
have  higher  prices  for  our  shoes,  our 
labors,  our  investments?

We  m ust;  broad-minded  men  every­
looking  at  the  situation  in 

where  are 
this  way.

If  we  have  earned  and  are  deserving 
of  fair  profits,  as  we  surely  are,  why  not 
make  a  concerted  movement  to  get 
them? 
It  will  have  to  come  to  thit 
sooner or later,  and  it  can’t  come  a  min­
ute  too  soon  to  avert  serious  and  lasting 
losses.

Right  now  is  the  ideal  time  to  make 
a  combined  movement  for higher prices, 
as  the  advances  in  cost  of  materials  are 
jobber, 
well  known  and  realized  by  the 
retailer  and  consumer  through  their 
in­
creased  earnings.

Advances  such  as  have  taken  place 
lately  must  ultimately  be  demanded 
from  the  consumers. 
It’s  qnly  reason­
able  to  expect  that  what  we  pay  more 
for  we  must  get  more  for,  or  lose  money 
and  drift  upon  the  rocks  of  financial 
dissolution.  As  an  organized  associa­
tion  of  Pennsylvania  shoe manufacturers 
it  is  our duty,  and  certainly pleasure,  to 
formulate  such  plans,  agreements  or 
methods  as  will  speedily  deliver  us 
from  the  unfortunate  position  in  which 
we  are  now  placed  and  drifting  onto.

Not  that  we  want  to  make  any  unrea­
sonable  regulations,  restrictions,  terms 
or  price  dictations,  but  simply  a  mutual 
and  beneficial  plan  of  action  that  shall 
promote  our consolidated  interests. 
It 
is  in  just  such  conditions  as  now  con­
front  us  that  we  will  be  able  by  concen­
tration  and  unanimous  support  to  make 
our  just  and  necessary  action  felt  and 
recognized.

A cetylen e  B e   Blow ed.

Did  you  ever try  to  put  out  an  acety­

lene  light  by  blowing?

To  be  sure  everybody  knows  better 
than  to  do  it,  except  for the  fun  of  see­
ing  that  toughness  may  apply  to  some 
other things  than  birchen  rods.  But 
if 
you  haven't  tried  acetylene  there’s  a 
surprise  in  store  for  you.
•  I  guess  you  had  better  experiment  at 
first  by  yourself.

Then  get 

in  the  funny  man  of  the 
is  around,  to  test 

town,  when  a  crowd 
his  lungs  until  he  is  red  in  the  face.

And  don’t  forget  to  invite  in the para- 
graphist  who  delights in getting off what 
he 
calls  amusing  squibs  on  country 
cousins  who  sometimes  undertake 
to 
put  out  city  gas,  as  they  do kerosene,  by 
blowing— and  sometimes  blowing  out 
their  lives.

Acetylene  can  be  extinguished  that 
way— if  one  person  can  not  do  it  two 
can. 
I  know  because  I  have  tried  it. 
But  let  me  say  th is:  a  gust  through  the 
open  door  or  window  will  never  put  it 
out.  And  the  queens  of  the laundry  can 
iron 
sheets,  and  summer  skirts  and 
table  linens,  shake  them  and  fold  them 
to  their  hearts’  content  by  acetylene—

there  is  the  light  stable  as  the  sun,never 
budging.

It’s  all  in  the  remarkable  toughness of 
the  flame.  You  see  at  once  that  the  old 
danger  that  belongs  to  city  gas,  when 
blown  out  (that  is  easily  extinguished 
with  the  breath),  doesn’t  apply  here. 
The  very  difficulty  of  thus  putting  out 
acetylene  carries  with  it  the  hint  to  try 
some  other  way.  With  a  slight  turn  of 
the  stop,  out  goes  the  light.

P erish   th e  Old  T im e  M eter.

It’s  against  human  nature  to  love  it. 
Serving  on  your  premises  it  keeps  tally 
with  unmeasured  boldness  against  you 
for another  party.  It  works  in  the  dark, 
making  returns  from  which  all  right  of 
either  appeal  or  argument  is  debarred. 
Being  utterly  blind  to  every  interest  but 
its  owner’s,  it  may  be  wholly  oblivious 
to  the  fact  that  your  house  is  closed  for 
a  month  in  summer,  but  turns 
in  its 
tally  of  gas  consumption  as  usual. 
Should  there  be  any  deduction,  even  for 
shorter  evenings,  you  can  consider  your­
self  in  luck.  But  the  greatest  unkind­
is  when  the  gas  comes  to  you  so 
ness 
inferior  that  you  grope  as 
wretchedly 
one  in  the  dark,  and  the  old  meter 
joy­
fully  chalking  down  figures  as  fast  as 
ever.  Why  not? 
If  it  can  measure  out 
cheap  stuff  at  the  price  of  the  best, 
whose 
the 
meter  in  the  seller’s  employ?  You  may 
guess  so.  And  yet 
it  is  for  you  to  say 
whether  this  servant  of  another  master 
shall  be  tolerated  on  your  premises  a 
single  day  longer.'  Acetylene  offers  the 
complete  release. 
It  stands  absolutely 
for 
independence,  economy,  and  with 
these  it  brings  you  daylight.

is  the  advantage? 

Is  not 

A cetylene  in   W arfare.

Berlin  Correspondence  Loudon  Standard.

Amongst  the  newest  inventions  in  the 
sphere  of  war  technics  is  an  acetylene 
reflector  designed  by  Lieutenant  von 
Kries.

The  fact  can  not  be  disregarded  that 
acetylene  will  play  an  important  part  in 
war;  some  believe 
it  will  rival,  if  not 
entirely  replace,  electricity.  This  port­
able  reflector  can  also  be  connected with 
•a  specially-constructed  operation  lamp 
for  use  in  the  ambulance  detachment.

The  reflector,  for  searching 

for  the 
wounded  on  the  battlefield,  consists  of 
an  acetylene  developer,  borne  on  the 
soldier’s  back,  and  the  reflector  itself, 
which  is  made  of  a  Mannesmann  tube. 
The  developer 
is  filled  with  about  two 
pounds  of  calcium  carbide,  and  gives 
out  a  light  of  fifty  or  sixty  normal  can­
dle  power,  lasting  about  eight  hours. 
By  means  of  an  arrangement  of  para­
bolic  magnifiers  this  candle  power  is 
doubled.  The  developer 
is  self-regu­
lating.  The  reflector  is  made  of  nickel, 
and  can  be  turned  in  all  directions.  By 
the  use  of  this  new 
the 
wounded  can  be  seen,  even  in  unfavor­
able  circumstances,  at  a  distance  of  300 
feet.  The  lamp  used  in  the  operating 
tent,  is  far  more  practical  than  all 
for­
mer  kinds  of so-called ambulance lamps, 
especially  electric  and  benzine  lamps.

invention 

Whether  the  introduction  of  acetylene 
lamps  for all  the  movements of  troops  is 
advisable  is  worth  discussion.

A n  U nm entioned  G ift.

From the Kansas City Journal.

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Fruits  and  Produce.

O bservation*  by  a  G otham   Eg g   M an.
The  subject  of  egg  packing  has  been 
treated  so  much 
in  our  columns  that 
some  of  our  regular  readers  may  think 
it  has  been  pretty  well  exhausted.  But 
I  see  so  much  defective  packing  in  my 
travels  through  the  egg  stores  that  the 
seems  to  be  good  reason  for  hammering 
a 
in  the  same  direction 
Even  packers  who  think  they  know 
all  may  get  a  pointer or two.

longer 

little 

What  particularly  drew  my  attention 
to  the  matter this  week  was  a  lot  of egg 
which  showed  a  breakage  of  5  to 8 doze 
to  the  case  -rather  a  serious  matter 
Incredible  as 
it  may  seem,  these  eggs 
had  been  packed  without  any  padding 
whatever  between  the  top  layer  and  the 
in  some  of  the  cases  there 
cover  and 
was  none  on  the  bottom  either. 
It  was 
astonishing  to  me  that  the  goods  were 
not  more  than  half  smashed.

lot 

My  attention  was  also  called  to  an 
other 
in  which  there  was  plenty  of 
excelsior on  the  top  of  the  eggs— rathe 
too  much  causing  the  covet  to  bulge 
up  considerably ;  this  would  have  done 
no  harm  except  that  the  packer  had 
nailed  the  cover  down  to  the  middle 
partition and  in  doing  this  a  good  many 
eggs  had  bpen^  cracked  by  the  undue 
pressure.

A   fault  which  I  find  very common  in 
deed,  and  one  which  very  often  causes 
breakage,  is  a  bad  misfit  between  the 
fillers  and  the  cases.  Very often  (in  fact 
it 
is  generally  the  case)  the  fillers  are 
not  big  enough  to  fit snugly when placed 
in  the  cases  and  there  is  room  for side 
motion ;  then the height of the  fillers  and 
cases 
often  not  properly 
matched;  sometimes  the  cases  are  toe 
high  for  the  fillers— leaving  too  much 
room  on  top  and  bottom  -sometimes 
they  are  not  high  enough 
leaving  no 
adequate  room  for  padding.

very 

is 

I  presume  most  egg  packers  buy  their 
cases  and  fillers  in  the  same  place,  al­
though,  of  course,  many  may  obtain 
each'  from  a  different  source.  But,  at 
all  events,  nearly  all  egg  case  manufac­
turers  sell  fillers. 
I  never  could  under­
stand  why  there  seems  to  be  so 
little 
effort  made  to  secure  a  proper  fit  be­
tween  the  two. •  An  egg  case  manufac­
turer  who  woul.l  make  a  special  point  of 
this,  and  advertise  to  guarantee  fillers  to 
fit  cases  properly,  ought  to  draw  trade. 
The  height  of  the  fillers  with  flats  be­
tween  and  on  top  and  bottom  should  be 
just  one  inch  less  than  the  height  of  the 
case.  And  the  fillers  should  be  of  a  size 
so  that  the  projecting  ends  of  the  card­
board  should  bind  the  case  on  every 
side.

The  fact  that  such  proper  fitting  is 
the  exception  rather  than  the  rule 
indi­
cates  that  shippers  may  have  difficulty 
in  securing 
it;  when  they  are  buying 
cases  and 
fillers  from  one  source  they 
should  continually  complain  until  the 
manufacturers  realize  the  necessity  of 
providing  what 
the 
meantime  every  man  employed  to  pack 
eggs  should  be  impressed  with  the  ne­
cessity  of  overcoming  the  defects  of  fit 
by  extra  care  in  handling  and  prepar­
ing  the  packages  for  market.  A  saving 
of  breakage 
is  a  saving  of  dollars  and 
cents  and  a  careless  packer  can  easily 
cost  his  employer  more  than  his  wages 
amount  to.

is  best;  but 

in 

The  first  point  to  observe  is  the  nail­
ing  of  the  case ;  it  should  be  well nailed 
at  both  ends  and  bottom  and  sides 
should  be  firmly  nailed  to  the  middle 
partition.  The  next  thing 
is  to  find

out  how  much  difference  there  is  be 
tween  the  height  of  a  proper number  of 
fillers  with  flats  between  and  the  height 
of  the  cases.  This  difference  should  be 
divided  by  two  to allow  proper  padding 
at  bottom  and  top.  The  best  padding 
for  storage  is  cork 
for  goods 
shavings;  for  shipments 
intended  for 
current  use  excelsior 
it 
answers  very  well 
for  storage  also  if 
made  of  well-seasoned  wood—not  pine. 
For  current  use  good  dry  straw  is  all 
right  and  clean  sweet  hay 
is  not  ob­
jectionable.  Paper  is  not  good.

is  best,  and 

intended 

for  the  cases  a 

The  packing  should  be  evenly  placed 
in  the  bottom  of  the  case  to  the  proper 
depth  and  covered  with  a  cardboard 
flat.  The  fillers  and  eggs  should  then 
be  put  in  place  and  if  the  fillers  are  too 
small 
little  packing 
should  be  placed  between  one  end  and 
side  of  fillers  and  the  case  to  prevent 
shifting  Over the top layer a  cardboard 
flat  should  be  placed  and  more  padding 
over  that,  the  amount  being  adjusted  so 
that  the  cover  will  draw  down  snugly 
when  nailed  at  the  ends.  The  cover 
should  never  be  nailed  to  the  middle 
partition.— New  York  Produce  Review.

T h e  A d u lteration   o f F lo u r.

From the New  York  Commercial.

flour 

South  Carolina. 

The  habitual  adulteration  of  flour  in 
this  country  is  becoming  a  very  serious 
matter,  and  one  which  should  be  regu- 
'ated,  or  rather,  annihilated  by  an act of 
is  no  other  article  so 
Congress.  There 
extensively  used  as  a  foodstuff. 
It  is 
on  every  table  in  the  land  three  times  a 
day.  The  man  who  adulterates  it  with 
white  clay  is  a  criminal  at  heart. 
It  is 
said,  that  the  average  chemist  can  not 
then, 
detect  the  adulteration.  What, 
re  grocery  storekeepers, 
from  whom 
the  vast  majority  of  people  get  their 
.  .>1»   to  do?  The  clay  with  which 
is  said  to  be  adulterated  is  found 
It  is  claimed  tha. 
by  judiciously  using  it  as  an  ingredient 
$400  can  be  saved  on  one  carload  of 
it  has  no  nutritious 
our.  Of  course 
in  addition 
. roperties,  and,  therefore, 
to  endangering  health, 
it  affects  the 
quality  of  bread.  Another  adulterant  L  
white  rock  which  is  ground and mixed 
is  not  so  popular,  because  in 
1.  This 
it  sifts  to  the  bottom. 
long  shipments 
Then  there 
is  a  by-product  of  glucose 
diich  is  very  popular  with  some  of  the 
mill  men. 
It  contains  sulphuric  acid, 
nd  there  is  in  it  so  little nutriment that 
fifty  pounds  would  not  be  any  more  sus­
taining  than  one  good  hot  biscuit  like 
our  mothers  used  to  make.  A  less  in­
jurious  mixture 
is  com  flour;  that  is, 
Indian  meal  ground  until  it  is  as  fine  as 
the  wheaten  flour.  Government  experts 
at  Washington  have  failed  to  detect  15 
per  cent,  of  this  adulterant  in  samples 
set  before  them.  The  Louisville  Cour­
ier-Journal  calls  attention  to  a  sinister 
feature  of  this  adulterating  habit  into 
which  the  millers  have  fallen.  The  do­
mestic  consumption  of  wheat  is  about 
300,000,000  bushels  a  year.  Five  per 
cent,  adulteration  would  displace  15, 
000,000  bushels  and  15  per cent,  adulter­
ation,  which 
is  common,  would  triple 
the  quantity.

In creasin g   Dem and F o r A m erican Apples.
The  demand  for  American  apples  in 
Great  Britain  and  other  parts  of  Europe 
has  been  very  large  and  exports  during 
the  past  year  were  1,217,767  barrels. 
They  exceeded  the  exports  of  the  pre­
vious  year  by  461,355  barrels  By  far 
the  greater  part  went  to  Great  Britain, 
only  24,521  barrels  having  gone 
to 
Hamburg,  and  58,710  to  other  European 
countries.  This  fall  there 
is  a  good 
demand  for early  varieties  of  American 
apples,  especially  in  Glasgow,  as  L iv ­
erpool  is  being  supplied  to  a  great  ex­
tent  from  the  Continent. 

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It 

is  not  what  the  player  does  in  a 
baseball  game,  but  what  the  umpire 
says,  that  counts.

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Are yon looking- for a good market to place yonr

Apples,  Peaches,  Pears and  Plums
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buy of me get GOOD values.

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Peas,  Popcorn,  Buckwheat

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ST. LOUIS, M O.

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B U T T E R   AND
T.  B.  Truesdell & Co.. .-S* Now York

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New»  F ro m   th e  M etropolis—In d ex  to   th e 

Special Correspondence.

M arket.

in 

The  coffee  market 

New  York,  Oct.  7— Matters 

the 
markets  have  resumed  their  normal  con­
dition  and  dealers  can  now  tell  about 
what  to  depend  on.  Jobbers  are  busy 
as  can  be  and  it  seems  as  though  orders 
would  never  be  anything  but  “ rush.”
is  sustaining  the 
last  week  and  the 
strength  mentioned 
general  situation 
is  quite  encouraging 
For  the  seller.  The  demand  has  been 
better,  but  jobbers  are  very  reluctant  to 
pay  any  advance  in  quotations,  although 
Rio  No.  7  is  slightly  higher  than  at  one 
time  during  the  week  and  is  now  gen­
erally  held at  5>£c.  Arrivals  at  primary 
points  (Santos and  Rio) are still reported 
large  by  the  daily  cables,  55,000  bags 
coming  Thursday.  The  amount  in  store 
and  afloat  aggregates  1,395,763  bags, 
against  930,574  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  Mild  grades  are  quiet  and 
both  roasters  and  jobbers  are  seemingly 
indifferent  as  to  carrying  supplies larger 
than  needed  for  everyday  use.  Good 
Cucuta  is  worth  8c.  East  India  coffees 
have  moved in  a  very  moderate  way and 
prices  are  without  change.  Mocha,  16 
@ i7c;  fancy,  i8@I9^c.

Most  of  the  sugar  business  going  for­
ward  consists  of  withdrawals  under  old 
contracts.  The  trust  agents  assert  that 
the  list  prices  were  actually  the  bottom 
rate  and  the  impression  prevails that the 
rebate  of 
i - i 6 c  on  old  contracts  is  no 
longer  allowed.  Arbucklesare  still  i - i6c 
below  the  trust.  New  orders  have  not 
been  numerous.  Raw  sugars  are  dull 
and  uninteresting.

The  auction  sale  of  teas  next  week 
will  comprise  some  9,000  packages  and, 
pending  this  sale,  the  market  is  quiet, 
although  what  business  is  being  trans­
acted  is-being  conducted  on  a firm basis 
and 
full  rates  are  generally  asked  and 
obtained.  Little  has  been  done  during 
the  week  for  invoices.

The  rice  market  continues  to  show 
considerable  firmness  and  sellers  seem 
quite  well  content  with  the  outlook.  Or­
ders  from  out  of  town  have come to hand 
with  quite  a  good  degree  of  freedom 
and  prices,  both 
for  foreign  and  do­
mestic,  are  well  sustained.  The  former 
is  not  in  large  supply.

is  steady  and  quite 

Jobbers  of  spices  have  had  a  pretty 
good  run  of  business  and  the  market 
generally 
firm. 
Pepper,  especially,  is  strong  and  the 
chances  are  that  the  present  is  as  good 
a  time  to  buy  as  there  will  be  this  year. 
Singapore, 
i i # @ i i # c ;  West  Coast, 
u @ n X c .

The  molasses  market  has  shown  some 
activity  for  grocery  grades  and  prices 
are  well  sustained.  Lower  class  of goods 
are  not  much  sought  for  and  quotations 
are  hardly  as  firm  as  they  were.  Syrups 
are  firm.  Home  dealers  seem  to  be w ill­
ing  to  pay  full  prices  and  it  is  not  al­
ways  possible  to  get  desirable  goods 
even  then.  Exporters  have  been  doing 
quite  a  trade  and  altogether the  outlook 
is  favorable.

Offerings  of  canned  goods  are  not 
large  and  business  is  restricted  thereby.

is 

The  assortment  of  California  goods,  es­
pecially, 
very  much  broken  and 
prices  all  around  are  firm  and  advanc­
ing.  Maryland  com  is  worth  all  the  way 
from  55c  up  to  80c,  the latter  for  a  fancy 
grade  of  goods.  New  York  corn  of  this 
year’s  pack  is  said  to  be  of  very  unsat­
isfactory  quality,  while  the  Maine  goods 
are  exceptionally  fine.  Tomatoes  are 
rather  flat  and  good  New  Jersey  brands 
are  worth  from  77#©8°c.

firm. 

is  very 

The  tendency  of  California  dried 
fruits  continues  upward  and  the  market 
generally 
Buyers  are 
showing  more 
interest  and  the  enquiry 
is  to  some  extent  for  holiday  goods. 
Prunes  are  stronger  and  all  grades  are 
very  firmly  held.  Domestic  fruits  are 
in  good  demand.

Lemons  are  dull  and  uninteresting. 
Prices  are  somewhat  lower,  Sicily 
fruit 
ranging  from  $3.25@4.25  per  box.  Or­
anges  are  scarce. 
Jamaicas  can  be 
picked  up  at  $ 7 - 5 C > @ 8   for  repacked  bar­
rels.  California  navels,  $6  per  box.

Potatoes  are  firm.  The  market  ranges 
from  $i.25@i.75  per bbl.  ;  sweet,  S i-75 
@2.25.

The  butter  market  is  very  firm,  and 
this 
statement  applies  to  about  all 
grades.  Jobbers  at  the  beginning  of the 
week  had  pretty  fair  stocks,  so  the  sup­
ply  has  been  about  equal  to  the  de­
mand,  although  present  prospects  are 
that  there  will  be  some  change  in  this 
state  of  affairs  next  week,  for  receipts 
are  lighter and  the  demand  seems  to  be 
steadily  “ on  the  mend.”   Best  Western 
creamery 
is  worth,  at  present,  24c  and 
this  price  is  obtained  without  difficulty. 
Firsts  are  rather  more  liberal  in  supply 
and  are  working  out  at  about  22c.  June 
creamery 
is  steady  and  tends  upward, 
fancy  stock  bringing  221^230.  Western 
imitation  creamery 
for 
extras;  15^17^0  for  seconds  to  firsts; 
extra  Western  factory,  I5<$i6J^c.

is  wojth  19c 

The  cheese  market 
fancy 

is  firm  for  first- 
class  stock  and 
full  cream 
is 
working  out  at  I2<f^i2j^c  for  small  size; 
large,  about  %c  less.

Arrivals  of  eggs  are  not  large  and  the 
market  exhibits  a  considerable  degree 
of  strength.  Fancy  Western,  candled, 
at  mark, 
fresh- 
gathered,  20c,  loss  off;  fair  to  good,  at 
mark,  I5@i6j£c.

I9>£@20c;  Western 

Two  dollars  per  bushel  seems  to  be 
about  the  rate  for  choice  old  marrow 
beans. 
pea,  new  Michigan 
stock,  too,  have  been  quickly  taken  at 
$1.55  and  the  tendency 
is  upward. 
Choice  red  kidney,  $2.

Choice 

T ask   Enough.

.“  Ah, ’ ’  exclaimed the youth,  '' we have 
is  there 
is  over  forty,  nowa­

fallen  upon  evil  times!  What 
left  for  one  who 
days?”

“ W ell,”   the  old  man replied,  “ he can 
put  in  his  time  after  that  trying  to  be­
come  as  great  as  he  thought  he  was  at 
twenty. ’ ’

Doctors  often  disagree,  but  they  don’t 
disagree  half  so  much  as  their  medi­
cines  do.

A  short  horse  occasionally  wins  in  the 

jong  run.

The Vinkemulder Company

Jo b b e rs and  S h ip p ers of

Fruits and 
Vegetables

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Apples and  Onions. 

If you have any of the above to offer write  us. 

To  Suit  Your  Taste

Stop  fermentation  in  cider 
at 
just  the  stage  where  it 
best tic k le s   > o u r p alate and  keep  it constantly  uniform  for  any  length  of 
time.  Contains no  Salicylic  Acid.  Affords  dealers  good  profit  selling  at 
25  cents.

J .  L   CONODON  &  CO..  Pentwater.  Mich.

RED  STAR  BRAND  CIDER  VINEGAR
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.

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

O u r   B usiness G r o w s   E ach   W e e k   !
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But  as it grows  we  increase  our  facil- 
ities.  Ever  tried  our  s p i c k s ?  They 
are the  best that  money and skill  can 
produce  and  we  sell  them  at  prices 
that command  the serious attention of 
progressive money making merchants. 

N o r t h r o p ,   R o b e r t s o n   &   C a r r i e r ,  

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Makers of  Northrop  Spices,  g 
Lansing,  Mich. 
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Tie  Hercules  ventilated  Bairel

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 
making a great saving  in  freight.  Fourth-class  freight  rates  apply  in  less  than  car 
lots.  One boy can set up from  75  to  100  harr« 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 
prominent fruit and commission men  in  Chicago,  and  is  con­
sidered the very best barrel for shipping any product requiring 
ventilation.  Our prices, f. o. b. Chicago, are as follows:
Apple-barrel size,  17^-inch head, aç-inch stave;  12 pecks.
In lots ot  100,  heads dr hoops complete,  knock  down, each. .23c 
In lots of 200,  heads &  hoops complete, knock-down,  each. .21c 
In  lots of çno, heads A hoops complete,  knock-down,  each. .20c 

Sett!  lg-up outfit included.  We can ship  promptly.

For lurther particulars and sample barrel address,

H e rcu le s  W oodenw are  C o .,

293 W. 20th  Place,

Chlcaga, III.

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.OYSTERS

IN  C A N S   A N D   B U LK

F . J .  DETTENTHALER, Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Highest  Market  Prices  Paid.  Regular Shipments Solicited.

98 South  Division Street, 

Qrand Rapids, Mich.

Hanselman’s  Pine  Chocolates

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

Hanseiman  Candy  Co.

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

If You Would Be a Leader^

handle  only goods of V A L U E .
If you are satisfied to remain at  uj 
the tail  end,  buy cheap unreliable  jfl 
goods.

Good  Yeast  is  indispensable.

FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

U n d e r   T h e i r   YELLO W   LA BEL  O f f e r   t h e   B E S T !

Grand  Rapids Agency, 29 Crescent Ave.
Detroit Agency,  111  West Lamed St.

snake,  refusing  to  respond  to  his  insid 
ious  advances  or  become  enfangled  in 
his  shiny  folds.  Although  a  bird,  she  is 
the  entre  to  the  most  fashionable  dinner 
seldom  fly,  and  even  although  she  has 
tables,  she  cares  nothing  for being  in 
the  swim.  Unassuming,  industrious  and 
prosperous,  it 
is  the  hen,  and  not  the 
soaring  political  eagle,  that  should  set 
the  example  for  American  youth  to  im i­
tate.

T h e  In q u isitiv e  Tongue.

The  curiosity  of  the  tongue  does  not 
cause  the  human  being  so  much  trouble 
as  the  curiosity  of  the  eye..  But  the 
tongue,  within 
limits,  is  the  most 
curious  of  all.

its 

absent; 

long  been 

Let  the  dentist  make  a  change  in  the 
mouth;  let  him  remove  a  tooth,  or  re­
place  with  his  admirable  artifice  one 
that  has 
let  him 
change  the  form  of  a  tooth  by  tounding 
off  a  comer  or  building  up  a  cavity, 
nd  see  what  the  tongue  will  do! 
It 
will search  out  that  place,  taking  careful 
and  minute  account  of the change.  Then 
it  will 
If  it  is 
called  to  other  duties  it  comes  back  as 
soon  as  they  are  discharged,  and  feels 
the  changed  place  all  over  again,  as 
if 
it  had  not  explored  and  rummaged there 
already.

linger  near  the  place. 

investigations  presently 

It  makes  no  difference  that  these  re­
cause 
peated 
annoyance  to 
its  supposed  master,  the 
man;  the  tongue  in  nothing  more  than 
in  this  matter  proves  that  it  is  an  un­
ruly  member  and  will  not  be  controlled.
It  seems  to  have  an  original  will  and 
consciousness  of 
its  own,  and  nothing 
will  serve  it  except  the  fullest  satisfac- 
ion  of  its  curiosity. 
It  will  wear  itself 
out,  perhaps,  but 
find  out  all 
it  will 
about  the  strange  change.

Good  Reason  F o r Change.

“ Why  did  you  change  milkmen?”

Well,  I  discovered  that  the  one  I  am 
taking  milk  from  now  has  a  nice,  clear 
spring  on  his  farm,  while  the  other  had 
nothing  but  a  cistern.”

An  Indiana  citizen,  106  years  old, 
ho  evidently  believes  that  as  the  twig 
¡s  bent  the  tree  will  grow,  recently  chas­
tised  his  son,  aged  70  years,  because the 
latter  came  home  drunk  and  abused  his 
wife.  The  judge  fined  the  young  sower 
of  wild  oats  for his  condition,  but  took 
no 
judicial  cognizance  of  the  father’s 
exercise  of  his  parental  prerogative.

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It 

lost 

vast 

Mm.  H en  th e  T ru e  A m erican  H ero.
A  movement  has  recently  been  started 
in  London  for  doing  honor  to  unheroi 
heroes— the  rank  and  file  who  somehow 
seem  to  get 
in  the  shuffle  and  of 
whose  brave  deeds  the  world  never 
hears. 
is  one  of  the  discouraging, 
but  apparently  inevitable,  things  of  life 
that  the  real  workers  and  the  real  heroes 
— the  men  behind  every  great  achieve 
ment  so  seldom  get  their  just  reward 
Let  a  dozen  people,  or  a  hundred  peo 
pie,  be  engaged 
in  any  undertaking 
and  there  is  always  one  who  manages  to 
get  all  the  credit,  while  the  remainder 
are  ignored  and  forgotten.  Every  man 
who  went  into  Santiago  Bay  with  Hob 
son  took  the  same  risk  as  he  did  and 
was  every  bit  as  daring  and  dashing 
but 
is  Hobson  who  will  go  down  in 
school  histories  the  hero  of  the  Merri 
mac,  while  nobody,  even  now,  bothers 
to  remember  the  other  men’s  names 
Every  private  who  goes  into  battle  with 
a  gold-laced  officer 
is  as  brave  as  hii 
commander,  but 
is  the  officer  wh< 
it 
gets  the  jeweled  swords  and  has  dinners 
given  in  his  honor  and  babies  named 
after  him  when  he  gets  home.  The  pri 
vate  merely  did  his  duty,  and  no  one 
thinks  he  deserves  any  credit  for that 
Every  now  and  then  some  politician 
arises  who  thinks  he  saves  his  state  or 
city.  He  is  mistaken. 
It  was  the  quiet 
men  behind  the  ballot  who  did  it.  We 
hear  of  the  marvelous  financial  ability 
of  some  man  who  makes  fortunes  and 
conducts 
enterprises.  Nobody 
gives  a  thought  to  the  patient,  toiling 
multitude, 
in  shop  or  office,  behind 
him,  each  of  whom  must  be  doing  his 
best  and  giving  his  share  to  the  success 
in  which  he  never  shares.  The  same 
principle  holds  good  all  along  the 
line. 
When  we  speak  of  the  resources  that 
make  America  rich,  we  all  think  of  her 
enormous  mineral  deposits  and  her  vast 
production  of  grain.  Michigan  declares 
that  copper 
is  entitled  to  the  crown; 
Minnesota  and  the  Dakotas  assert  that 
wheat 
is  k in g ;  Kansas  points  to  her 
walls  of  com  as  rich  and  yellow  as 
minted  gold ;  Tennessee  and  Alabama 
talk  of  their  iron-ribbed  hills,  while  in 
the  Far  South  they  bend  the knee  before 
King  Cotton.  Nobody  has  ever  given  a 
thought  to  the  patient,  derided,  unas­
suming  but  persistent  hen,  yet  she  is 
the  greatest  wealth  producer  in the land, 
and  when 
it  comes  to  bragging  about 
money-making  she  is  the  one who  really 
has  something  to  crow  over.  Speaking 
for  one  State  alone— and  wherever the 
hen  is  she  may  be  counted  on  to  be  al­
ways  attending  strictly  to  business— the 
Labor  Commissioner  of  Missouri  says 
that 
last  year  the  gross  value  of  M is­
souri  s  shipments  of  poultry  and  eggs 
exceeded  the  combined  value  of  all  the 
corn,  oats,  flax,  hay,  timothy and  clover 
seed,  cotton,  tobacco,  broom  com,  cas­
tor  beans,  popcorn,  buckwheat,  apples, 
peaches,  strawberries,  fresh  fruit,  dried 
fruit,  molasses,  game,  fish  and  feathers, 
and  still  had  several  thousand  dollars 
In  view  of  these  facts,  it 
to  the  good. 
seems  only 
justice  to  haul  down  the 
eagle  and  exalt  the  hen  as  the  proud 
emblem  of  America,  as  a  slight  token 
of  our  gratitude.  As  a  matter of  fact, 
nothing  could  be  more  typical  of  the 
real  American  spirit  than  the  hen.  She 
has  grit  in  her  craw.  Put  her  where  you 
will,  she  wastes  no  time  in  idle  repin­
immediately  starts  to  scratch 
ing,  but 
for  a 
living.  Of  sound  judgment,  she 
is  always  on  the  right  lay,  and  if  oc­
casionally  she  asserts  her  right  to  go  on 
a  strike,  she  shuns  the  walking  delegate 
as  a  child  would  spurn  a  poisonous

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Commercial T ravelers

Michigan Knights of tho Grip

President,  C h a s.  L.  St e v e n s ,  Ypstlanti;  Sec­
retary,  J . C.  Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer, 
/  O.  C.  Gouud, Saginaw.

Michigan Commercial Travelers’  Association 

President,  J a m e s  E.  Da y ,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer,  C.  W.  A l l e n , Detroit.
United Commercial Travelers of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J n o.  A.  Mu r r a y ,  Detroit; 
Grand  Secretary,  G.  S.  V a l m o r e,  Detroit; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Me s t, Jackson.

Grand Rapids Coaacil Re. 131

Senior  Counselor,  D.  E.  K e y e s ;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F . Baker.

Michigan Commercial Travelers’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Bo y d   Pa n t l in d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Ge o.  F .  Ow e n , 
Grand Rapids.

G ive  th e  D ru m m er H is  Due.

Get  rid  of  the  drummer  is  the  advice 
latter  day  reformers  of 
of  one  of  the 
everything  that 
is.  His  name  doesn’t 
really  matter,  but  it’s  easy,  owing  to  its
tishy  associations----- Pickerel,  P.  A.
Pickerel,  is  the  man.  He has  taken  his 
pen  in  hand  and  written  down  the  com­
mercial  travelers  as  a 
lot  of  parasites 
who  swarm  over  the  country  producing 
nothing  but  always  consuming.  That 
these  bright  fellows  may  produce 
ideas 
in  the  minds  of  good  people  they  visit 
and  lead  them  to  realize  that  they  need 
an  article  they  didn’t  know  they  needed 
in  the 
least,  and  to  make  business 
where  otherwise  there  had  been  none, 
seems  never  to  have enteied the Pickerel 
head. 
“ The  elimination  of  the  drum­
mer,’ ’  he  decides,  is  an  important  step 
in  industrial  development.”

for  trade.  So 

Look  at  the  silliness  of  this.  Drum­
mers  are  a  useless  expense,  Mr.  P ick ­
erel  submits,  because  they  do  not  pro­
duce.  The  money  they  get  is  so  much 
tribute  exacted 
is  ad­
vertising  of  any  kind  a  useless  expense, 
then.  '  So  are  the  elevators  in  modern 
business  buildings  and  all  the  other 
means  for  assisting  the  customer  to  get 
at  and  select  from  the  merchant’s wares. 
If  you  have  a  horse  or  a  cow  you  want 
to  sell,  don’t  go  about  among  your 
neighbors  and  tell  them  about 
i t ;  don’t 
advertise 
in  your  town 
paper.  Take  Mr.  Pickerel’s  advice  and 
save  time  and  money  by  quietly  staying 
at  home  until  someone  finds  out  he 
wants  a  horse  or  a  cow  and  comes  to 
you  to  get  it.

the  animal 

in  those 

Of  course,  there  is  one  way of “ elim i­
nating”   the  drummer. 
If  a  trust  can 
get  an  absolute  cinch  on  all  the  sources 
of  production  of  a  certain  article  that 
people  have  to  have,  it  can  save  the 
drummers’  salaries. 
It  will  be  in  the 
position  of  the  farmer  who  has  the  only 
fence  post  timber 
in  his  county.  No 
need  for  him  to  go  about  selling  posts. 
fast  as  trusts 
He  has  a  monopoly.  As 
secure  monopolies  of  various 
lines,  the 
lines  will  be 
traveling  men 
eliminated,  but  most  people  will  hardly 
see .why  they  should  want  to  hasten  this 
“ important  step  in  industrial  develop­
ment.”   Between  competition,  handi­
capped  with  the  drummers,  and  monop­
oly,  with  all  the  expense  of  the  drum­
mers  eliminated,  nine  men  in  ten  will 
take their chances with competition every 
time.  Theoretically,  if  one  man  could 
get  control  of  all  the  grocery  stores  in 
any  city,  no  end  of  duplicated  and  re­
duplicated  expenses  could  be  saved; 
and  still,  theoretically,  this  monopolist 
grocer  ought  to  supply  everything  at 
greatly  reduced  prices.  But  would  he? 
The  trouble  with  the  theorists  is,  they 
leave  human  nature  out  of  their  calcu­
lations,  They  are 
like  the  perpetual

motion  inventors,  who  overlook  friction. 
If  it  were  not  for  selfishness  the  millen­
nium  would  be  easy.  When  that  golden 
era  arrives 
it  will  be  well  enough  to 
eliminate  the  drummer.  But until then, 
folks  will  do  better to  keep  their  elim i­
nating  apparatus  at  work  on  the  com­
bines  and  monopolies,  and 
if  there’s 
any  spare  time,  on  the  unproducing 
theoristsdike  Mr.  Pickerel.

G ripsack  B rigad e.

During  the  temporary  sojourn  of  A l­
lison  D.  Baker  at  Alma,  his  route  is 
being  covered  by  Peter  Hendricks,  for­
merly  invoice  clerk  in  the  wholesale de­
partment  of  Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.

Ann  Arbor A rgus;  Edward  DePont, 
who  for  some  time  has  had  charge  of 
the  men’s 
furnishing  department  at 
Mack  &  C o.’s,  has  resigned  his  posi­
tion  and  accepted  one  as traveling sales­
man  for  Ream  &  Co.,  dealers  in  frater­
nity  supplies  at  Detroit.

R.  N.  Hull 

(Standard  Tobacco  and 
is  con­
Cigar  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio) 
’ Tis 
fined  to  his  bed  with  pleurisy. 
hard 
for  a  man  so  active  as  R.  N.  to 
be  shut  up  and  tied  down.  His  cus­
tomers,  his  friends  and  the  commercial 
tourists  miss  his  smiles,  encouraging 
words  and  the  fruit  of  his  pen.

Stephen  T.  Bowen,  w)jo  represented 
Clement,  Bane  &  Co.  in  the  Michigan 
territory  for  twenty-five  years,  but  for 
the  past  three  years  has  carried  the  line 
of  J.  G.  Miller  &  Co.  in  the  same  field, 
has  changed  to  Whitney,  Christenson 
&  Bullock, 
for  whom  he  will  cover 
Michigan  and  the  southern  half  of 
is  a  genial  gentle­
Iowa.  Mr.  Bowen 
man  and  energetic  salesman  and 
is  to 
be  congratulated  on  the  change.

Owosso  Argus :  Count  Johannes  Deck­
er  is  the  name  of  a  commercial  traveler 
who  makes  regular  trips  to  Owosso.  He 
is  of  royal  blood,  a  scion  of  the  nobility 
of  Holland.  Count  Johannes,  however, 
was  born 
in  New  York,  and  is  a  loyal 
American  and  ardent  Republican.  He 
has  lived  forty-five  years  in  Michigan, 
his  home  being 
in  Battle  Creek.  He 
has  been  on  the  road  twenty-three  years 
for  a  New  York  dry  goods  house,  and 
says  business  is  better  this  year  than 
it 
has  been  since  1892.

A  dealer  down  town  announces  by 
card  in  his  window,  “ Swell  headgear.”  
It  should  attract  the  attention  of a young 
fellow  who  has  been  named  for  a  high 
position.  He  should  get  some  of  the 
gear  before  it  goes  higher.

Mrs.  M.  Robinson  has  engaged 

in 
general  trade  at  Bristol.  P.  Steketee  & 
Sons  furnished  the  dry  goods  and  the 
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.  supplied  the  gro­
ceries.

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Gogam  &  Co.,  general dealers,  Turin: 
We  are  highly  pleased  with  the  Trades­
man  and  would  not  be  without  it  for 
three  times  the  amount  of  the  subscrip­
tion  price.

Cone  &  Co.  have  sold  their  grocery 
stock  at  691  Cherry  street  to  Jesse  Van 
Duinen,  formerly  of  the  grocery  firm  of 
Buys  &  VanDuinen.

Moses 

is  the  only  man  who  ever 
played  Pharaoh  and  got  away  without 
losing  a  cent.

Records  are 

things;  you 
can’t  break  an  old  one  without  making 
a  new  one.

immortal 

The  Indian  summer is more  delightful 

than  the  real  thing.

A   man  with  a  good  mind  is  not all the 

time  changing  it.

T R V ST 8  AND  D RUM M ERS.

Not  T ru e  T h a t  th e  T rav elin g   Salesm an  is 

From the New  York Sun.

D ying  Out.

In  a  letter on  trusts,  printed  in  a  New 
York  newspaper 
several  weeks  ago, 
Pierre  Lorillard,  Jr.,  the  then  Treasurer 
of  the  Continental  Tobacco  Company, 
declared,  in  substance,  that  the  forma­
tion  of  trusts 
in  all  lines  of  business 
would  be  a  great  boon  to  the  public, 
because  the  trusts  would  do  away  alto­
gether  with  commercial  travelers.  He 
said  that  the  cost  of  employing  com­
mercial  travelers  by  the  wholesalers  was 
an  unnecessary  tax  on  the  consumer  and 
that,  since  the  members  of  trusts  had  no 
need  of  traveling  salesmen,  the  prices 
of  the  products  sold  by  trusts  would  be 
reduced  by  the  amount  saved  in  salaries 
paid  to  traveling  men.

Since  the  publication  of  that  letter,  it 
has  been  reported,  from  time  to  time, 
that  this  or  that  firm  or  company  had 
discharged 
its  traveling  salesmen  and 
did  not  [turpose  to  employ  that  class  of 
help  in  the  future.  The  H.  B.  Clafiin 
Company,  Charles  Broadway  Rouss  and 
Butler  Brothers  were  among  those  re­
ported  to  have  done  away  with  their 
1' drummers, ’ ’ and the Sun  was  informed 
recently  that  many  other  firms  and  com­
panies  were  going  to  do  likewise and 
that  the  commercial  travelers were about 
to 
join  hands  with  the  Populists  and 
others  in  a  crusade  against  Trusts.

those 

in  various 

A  Sun  reporter  made  an  investigation 
of  these  reports  the  other  day  and  found 
that  they  had 
little  foundation  in  -fact. 
On  the  contrary  it  was  learned  that  not 
only  has  there  not  been,  nor  is  there  in 
contemplation,  by  wholesale  dealers,  a 
general  discharge  of  traveling salesmen, 
is  not  equal  to  the  de­
but  the  supply 
mand.  Never  has  there  been 
in  this 
country  a  more  favorable  opportunity  to 
sell  goods, 
lines  of 
trade  aver,  and  never  were  greater  vari­
eties  demanded.  All  that  the  retailers 
throughout  the  country  want 
is  to  see 
samples  and 
It 
is  not  every  retailer  who  can  come  to 
New  York  to  pick  out  his goods.  There­
fore,  the  wholesaler  must  go  to  him  and 
that  can  only  be  done  through  the  trav­
eling  salesmen.  Hence  the 
increased 
demand  for  good  men.  The  Russell  & 
Erwin  Manufacturing  Company,  said  to 
largest  makers  and  sellers  of 
be  the 
hardware 
in  the  world,  are  in  need  of 
several  expert  hardware  salesmen.

liberal  orders  follow. 

“ Not  only  have  we  never  had  a 
thought  of  dispensing  with  our traveling 
salesmen, ”   said  the  manager  to  the  Sun 
reporter,  “ but  we  would  very  much  like 
to  increase  our  force,  if  we  can  get  the 
right  kind  of  men.  The  heaviest  ex­
pense  charge  we  have  is  that  which  in­
cludes  the  salaries  and  expenses  of  our 
agents  on  the  road  and  we  would  be 
only  too  glad  to  do  away  with  it.  But 
the  thing  can’t  be  done  at  present,  and 
I  see  no  way  of  accomplishing  it.  What 
is  true  of  us  is  true,  I  am  sure,  of  all 
it  were 
the  concerns 
otherwise,  1  would  have  heard  of 
it. 
Furthermore,  I  don’t  believe  that  trav­
eling  salesmen  are  being  generally  dis­
pensed  with  anywhere  in the country.  If 
such  were  the  case,  some  of  the  men,  at 
least,  would  drift  to  New  York.  We 
have  not  seen  or  heard  of  any  such  and 
I  guess  you'll  find  it  to  be  a  fact that the 
supply  of  good  traveling  salesmen 
is 
not  equal  to  the  demand.  These  gentle­
men  are  the  ablest,  brightest  and  most 
necessary  evil  I  know  o f.”

in  our  line. 

If 

John  C.  Eames,  managing  director  of 
the  H.  B.  Clafiin  Company, 
took  the 
wind  all  out  of  the  story  that  his  com­
pany  had  been  discharging  their  “ road 
agents”   in  droves.

“ This  house,”   said  Mr.  Eames,  “ has 
never  solicited  trade  through  traveling 
salesmen.  Our  policy  has  always  been 
to  try  to  bring  buyers  to  New  York. 
We  want  them  to  come  to  this  market 
and  once  they’ re  here,  we’ll  take  our 
chances  with  our  neighbors  of  selling 
them.  We  spend  thousands  of  dollars 
every  year  in  correspondence  in  the  en­
deavor  to  bring  our  customers  to  this 
market  and  we  have  been  fairly  suc­
cessful. 
In  order  to bring  home  to  buy­
ers  throughout  the  country  the  force  of 
pur  written  arguments  and  suggestions,

localities 
and  also  to  show  our  goods  in 
containing  buyers  who  seldom,  if  ever, 
come  to  New  York,  we  sent  into  differ­
ent  parts  of  the  country,  about four years 
ago,  fifteen  salesmen.  They  were 
in­
tended  to  be  animated  advertisements 
for  the  company  and  for  the  city,  rather 
than  sellers  of  goods.  When  they  had 
accomplished  that  for  which  they  were 
sent  out,  they  were  recalled.  A 
few 
were  then  discharged,  but  the  majority 
were  retained 
in  other  employment. 
You  will  see,  therefore,  that  we  never 
did  regularly  employ  commercial  trav­
elers  and  that,  of  the  few  we  did employ 
for  a  specific  purpose  for  a  short  time, 
the  majority  are  still  with us doing other 
work.  You  will  find,  I  think,  that  firms 
and  companies,  in  all 
lines  of  trades, 
who  have  always  employed  traveling 
men  have  not  only  not  discharged  any, 
but  have 
increased.their  force  to  meet 
the  demand  of  increased  trade.”

the 

This  statement  was  verified  wherever 
the  reporter  went.  Charles  Broadway 
Rouss  hasn’t  been  discharging  any  of 
his  traveling  salesmen,  because he  never 
employed  any.  On  the  other  hand,  firms 
like  Mills  &  Gibb,  Calhoun,  Robbins  & 
Co.,  and  Sweatser,  Pembrook  &  Co., 
among 
largest  of  wholesale  dry 
goods  merchants,  who  have  always  had 
large  corps  of  men  on  the  road,  still 
have  them  and 
intend  to  keep  them. 
What  was  found  to  be  the  situation  in 
dry  goods  and  hardware  was  found  to 
be  true  in  the  drug,  liquor,  cigar,  gro­
cery,  boot  and  shoe  trades  and  most 
other 
lines.  The  commercial  traveler 
is  still  drawing  his  salary,  and  no  em­
ployer  was  found  who  was  willing  to 
dispense  with  his 
services,  because 
those  services  were  still  valuable.

Morton  D.  Bogue,  one  of  the  firm  of 
Tefft,  Weller  &  Co.,  made  this  state­
ment  in  reference  to  commercial  tiavel- 
ers  and  trusts:

“ We  have  never  employed  traveling 
salesmen,”   he  said,  “ but  most  of  the 
wholesale  houses  do,  and  I  have  heard 
of  no  effort  being  made  to  dispense with 
their  services. 
It  may  be  that,  where 
trusts  have  been  created,  the  need  of 
such  salesmen  has  decreased,  or, 
in 
.some  cases,  has  ceased  altogether.  But, 
when  you  think  of 
it,  there  aren’t  so 
many  lines  of  trade  which  are controlled 
isn’t  any  dry  goods 
by  trusts.  There 
trust,  for  instance,  and  there 
isn’t  any 
hardware  trust,  although  we  heard  there 
was  going  to  be  one.  When  the  raw 
material  can  be  controlled  by  combina­
tion,  and  that  control  can  be  extended 
to  all  the  products  of  that  raw  material, 
then  a  trust  would  be  possible.  But  how 
could  there  be  a  wholesale  dry  goods 
trust,  for  instance,  when  every dry goods 
store  sells  forty-eleven  products  of  a 
dozen  different  kinds  of raw  material. 
What 
is  true  of  the  dry  go<xls  trade  is 
true  of  most  other  lines,  and  you’ll  find 
that,  until  somebody 
¡earns  a  different 
form  of  business  combination  than  that 
known  as  the  trust,  those  who  now  em­
ploy  commercial  travelers  will  continue 
to  employ  them  and  find  increased  need 
for  them  as  trade  increases  with  the  de­
velopment  of  the  country.”

How  Do  You  Know
That all the  money  goods  sell  for gets into your 
till?  You can  know this if you will.  How do your 
customers know that mistaken credits and charges 
don’t   affect  the  amount  of  their  bills?  They can 
know  this,  if  you  will.  How  do  your  clerks 
know  that  suspicion  can  not  wrongfully  be  held 
against  them by  you or your ^customers ?  They can 
know,  If  you  will.
How 
can  your 
creditors  k n ow  
their  extension  of 
credit is not abused ?
They  can  know  If 
you will.  How can 
your  competitors 
know  that  you  are 
on  your  feet  solid 
and to stay ?  They can  know  If  you  will,  flow 
can the world at large  know  that  you  are  pros­
perous  and  progressive?  They  can  know If  you 
will.
Will what?  If you will  put  in  the  Egry  Auto­
graphic Register  System,  adapted  to  your  needs. 
This  System  insures  every  dollar  sold  saved. 
Makes  forgotten  charges  and  wrong  credits  im­
possible.  Causes  suspicion  of  clerks  to  disperse. 
Forces  competitors  to  recognize  your  business 
judgment.  Leads  to  greater  confidence  in  your 
creditors,  and satisfies the world at large, on wnose 
opinion your  success  depends,  that  you  are  pros* 
perous and up  to-date.  If you will let us help you, 
write for particulars to
L.  A.  ELY,  Alma,  Mich.

1 8
Drugs—Chem icals

M ichigan  State  B o ard   o f P h arm acy

Term expires
A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1899 
Geo.  Gundkum, Ionia 
-  Dec. 31,1900
- 
L.  E.  Reynolds,  St.  Joseph 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
Henry  Heim, Saginaw 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1902
Wirt  P.  Doty, Detroit - 
Dec. 31,1903
President,  Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Schumacher,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Henry  Heim, Saginaw.
E xam in atio n   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.  Ben nett,  Lansing.

R esp on sibility   o f th e  P rescrip tio n   D rug­

gist.

It 

The  prescription-  counter  should  be 
kept 
from  being  overcrowded  with  ar­
ticles  so  likely  to  accumulate  there,  but 
which  had  better  be  elsewhere  in  the 
store.  The  scales  and  the  prescription 
holder, 
together  with  neat  boxes  for 
powder  papers,  some  small  containers 
for  pill-drying  powder,  and  a  few  fre­
quently  needed  articles,  are  about  all 
that  should  constantly  stay  there. 
is 
an  excellent  plan  to  have  suitable shelv­
ing  immediately behind the  prescription 
stand  to  hold  materials  most  frequently 
needed 
in  this  work.  Just  to  the  right 
or  left  of  the  counter  place  a  small  writ­
ing-desk,  for  use  in  writing  directions 
on  labels,  etc.  The  desk  should  have 
drawers  for  holding  labels,  partitioned 
off  so  that  the  labels  may  be alphabetic- 
ally  arranged  in  rows.  The  writer  uses 
a  desk  23  by  33 
inches  top,  and  14 
inches  deep,  and  varnished  to  corres­
pond  with  the other furniture.  It entirely 
fills  the  bill  as  a  satisfactory  writing-1 
desk  and 
the 
prescription  counter  it  is  well  to  have  a 
spatulas, 
shallow  drawer  for  holding 
tablet 
suppository 
molds,  one  or  two  clean  towels,  glass 
scale-pans,  and  other  small  articles  reg­
ularly  needed  in  this  class  of  work.

triturate  molds, 

label-holder. 

Beneath 

The  morphine  bottle  and other  similar 
dangerous  articles  should  under  no  cir­
cumstances  be  kept  handy  on  the  pre­
scription  stand.  These,  should  be  stored 
in  some  special  place,  best  in  a  poison- 
closet,  and  as  soon  as  the  required quan­
tity  for  use  is  weighed  out  they  should 
be  returned  to  their  proper  places.  This 
rule,  which  quickly  becomes  a  good 
habit,  ought  to  apply  likewise  to  each 
substance  used 
in  prescription  filling. 
As  soon  as  weighed  or  measured  out, 
put  the  article  back  where  it  belongs, 
after  carefully 
it  again  to 
make  sure  the  right  substance  has  been 
used.

looking  at 

Also  remove  weights  from  the  scale- 
pan 
in  order  to  preserve  the  delicate 
balance  by  allowing  it to oscillate.  Wipe 
the  pans,  and  cover the  scales  so  as  to 
keep  out  dust. 
It  is  not  only  good  to  be 
neat  as  a  prescriptionist,  but  it  is  abso­
lutely  necessary.  Accurate  prescription 
scales  should  be  the  rule  in  every  store. 
The  weighing  of  alkaloids  and  other 
powerful  medicaments  should  be  a  mat­
If  the  scales  are  not 
ter  of  exactness. 
correct  this  exactness 
impossible. 
Therefore,  the  habit  of  neatness  is  as 
necessary  as  any  other qualification  to 
make  one  safe 
in  prescription  filling. 
Carelessly  kept  scales,  half-washed  and 
improperly  cleaned  graduates,  and  rusty 
spatulas  make  such  work  dangerous.

is 

A   very 

important  rule  is  not  to  con­
verse  with  anyone  while  engaged 
in 
weighing  or  measuring  the  ingredients 
of  a  prescription. 
If  some  one  ap­
proaches  to  speak,  make  him  wait  until 
this  part  of  the  prescription  work  is 
completed ;  do  not  let  him  interrupt  you

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

by  talking. 
If  drug  store  proprietors  in 
general  will  adopt  and  rightly  execute 
this  very  simple  rule,  the  writer  be­
lieves  they  will  find  it  one  of  the  best 
precautions  which  can  be  taken.

A   well-regulated  drug  store  should 
have  many  good  general  rules.  The 
foregoing 
is  one  of  the  simplest  and 
most  important.  What  great  responsi­
bility  rests  on  him  who  compounds  pre­
scriptions!  He  must  never  make  even 
a  single  mistake.  He  daily  handles 
dangerous  medicines 
in  the  most  par­
ticular  and  delicate  way,  and so  perhaps 
goes  through  an  entire 
lifetime.  He 
must  not  forget  even  a little unimportant 
thing:  the  prescription 
label  must  be 
exact  as  to  number,  name  of  physician, 
and  wording  of  directions.  Moreover, 
he  must  be  a  judge  of  the  physician’s 
liability  to  error,  a  critic  of  dosage,  and 
a  correct  reader of  almost  illegible  writ­
ing. 

George  D.  Case.

How  to  Cap  a  B o ttle  o f T o ilet  W ater.
The  finish,  the  stamp  of  elegance, 
that  a  fancy  bottle-cap  imparts  to  a  toi­
let  preparation 
is  too  evident  to  need 
argument.  A  bottle  of  perfumery,  violet 
or 
lavender  water  presented  wearing  a 
neat  cap  of  white  or  delicate  hue,  tied 
with  a  bit  of  blue  ribbon,  or  a  color to 
harmonize  well  with  the  cap,  will  arouse 
the 
instincts  of  a 
woman  to  the  buying  point  quicker  by 
far than  one  which  is  devoid  of such ap­
pealing  characteristics.  The  most  uni­
versally  accepted  material  for  capping 
such  products 
is  either  the  thin  white 
leather called  “ split  skin,’ ’  or  an  ani­
mal  membrane,  thin  and  very  pliable, 
known  as  “ baudruche. ’ ’

fragrance-loving 

lesson 

For  the  benefit  of  the  many  who  have 
not  been  initiated  into  the  mysteries  of 
capping  with  these  materials,  and  also 
those who  seem  to  have  been  “ let  in  the 
wrong  door,”   we  will  give,  on 
the 
process,  a 
in  words,  with  some 
indebtedness  to Snively’s Treatise on the 
the 
Manufacture  of  Perfumes.  First, 
into 
material  selected  should  be  cut 
strips,  one-half  or  three-eighths 
inch 
wider  than  the  distance  from  the  lip  of 
the  bottle  on  one  side  of  the  stopper  to 
the  lip  on  the  opposite  side,  measured 
across  the  top  of  the  stopper.  To  be 
applied,  a  section  thus  shaped  is  moist­
ened  in  water.  This  is  done  to  make  it 
more  easily  accommodate 
itself  to  the 
contour  of  the  stopper,  by  rendering  it 
pliable,  and  by  causing  it  to  retain  this 
artificial  shape  when  dry,  through  its 
becoming  stiff 
If 
leather  be  used,  it  should  be  made  only 
slightly  wet  (dam p);  much  water  im­
pairs  the  texture  and  grain.  The  opera­
tor  now  gently  pulls  the  cap  down  over 
the  stopper,  and,  as  well  as  he  can, 
makes  it  lie  neatly.  A  piece  of  strong 
cord  is  then  wrapped  two  or  three  times 
around  the  neck  sufficiently  tight 
to 
confine  the  skin  closely,  and  yet  to 
permit  it  to  be  further  adjusted  by  pull­
ing  the  projecting  edges.  By  carefully 
manipulating  the  skin  when  thus  se­
cured— loosening  or  tightening  the  cord 
as  occasion  may  require— the  operator 
can  usually  remove  all  wrinkles.  When 
the  cap  is  as  perfect  as  it  can  be  made, 
it 
is  secured  by  a  single  coil  of  string, 
tightly  tied,  and  the  projecting  edge  is 
then  clipped  evenly  off  with  a  pair of 
shears.

from  the  wetting. 

leather,  baudruche  being  substituted. 
When  the  cap  has  become  fully  dry,  it 
is  made  to  bear a  bit  of  bonny  ribbon, 
very  narrow,  called  perfumers’  tie  rib­
bon. 
In  color  it  can  be  had  to  suit  the 
taste  or  requirements  of  the  purchaser. 
To  arrange  and  tie  this  ribbon,  it would 
be  well  to  dissect  and  make  study  of the 
work  of  adepts,  examples  of  which  are 
plentiful  about  the  pharmacy. 
It  is  not 
difficult  to ornament  with ribbon  the cap 
of  a  bottle  stoppered  with  a  common 
cork.  A   neck  label  is sometimes affixed 
to  bottles  of  this  class  of  products,  when 
the  ends  of  the  ribbon  are  held  by draw­
ing  them  down  over  the  neck  and  past­
ing  the 
label  over  them.  Where  silk 
cord  is  used,  the  ends  are  often  allowed 
to  project  a  quarter  inch  or  more,  and 
are  combed  out  tassel-like.  The  writer 
has  found  this  fringe  easily  formed with 
a  few  strokes  of  an  infants’  hair  comb. 
He  has  very attractively  embellished  the 
caps  of  bottles  of  toilet  articles  by  tying 
about  them  pieces  of  crochet  silk  and 
combing  out  the  end  as  above  men­
tioned.  This  silk  in  the  piece 
is  very 
prone  to  tangle  while  being  used  if  not 
carefully  handled. 
W hy  Poisoners  U sually  Use  A rsen ic  o r 

Joseph  Hostley.

Strychn in e.

From the New Orleans  Times-Democrat.

“ A  recent  newspaper  article,”   said  a 
physician,  apropos  of  the  Pullen  case, 
“ called  attention  to  two  curious  facts, 
or  rather  alleged  facts,  about  poison— 
first,  that  it  is  so  seldom  resorted  to  by 
murderers,  and,  second,  that 
its  use  is 
almost  invariably followed  by  detection. 
One  might  answer  both  statements  with 
the question:  How  do  we  know?  How 
do  we  know  that  the  few  clumsy  cases 
that  come  to  light  represent  the  sum  of 
that  kind  of  crime? 
It  is  undeniably 
true  that  there  are  certain  drugs  which, 
if  administered  with  skill,  would  be  al­
most  impossible  to  detect.  Their  symp­
toms  are  practically  identical with  those 
of  familiar  diseases,  and  a  little  while 
after  death  they  decompose,  change 
form  and  disappear. 
It  would  be  pos­
sible,  too,  to inoculate  a  victim  with  the 
germs  of  some  deadly  malady.  He 
would  then  go  to  his  grave  with  a  real 
case  of  consumption  or  pneumonia  or 
lockjaw,  and  there  would  be  nothing  to 
arouse  the  shadow  of  suspicion. 
I  be­
lieve  firmly  that  such  crimes  are  com­
mitted  and  never discovered,  but  I  be­
lieve  also  that  thev  are  very  rare.  The 
real  safeguard  of  a  community  lies  in 
the  fact  that  so  few  murderers  possess 
the  requisite  skill.

Educated  people  seldom 

commit 
deliberate  murder,”   continued  the  doc­
tor,  “ and  the  uneducated  mind 
in­
stinctively  associates  poison  with  two 
substances  -arsenic 
strychnine. 
They  are  the  deadly drugs  most  familiar 
to  the  public,  and  fortunately  they  are 
easily  detected.  Murder  by  arsenic  is 
infinitely  clumsy.  To  begin  with,  the 
symptoms  are  marked  and  peculiar and, 
being  a  metallic  product,  its  traces  re­
in  the  body  an  indefinite  time. 
main 
Last  summer  a  woman 
in  Barcelona, 
Spain,  confessed  that  she  had  poisoned 
her  sister  with  arsenic  fifteen  years  be­
fore.  The  grave  was  opened  and  the 
coffin  found  to  contain  nothing  but  Tlust 
and  ashes,  but  a  chemical  test  showed 
unmistakably  the  presence  of  the  drug. 
Mrs.  Maybrick  was  accused  of  killing 
her  husband  with  arsenic,  and  the  test 
revealed 
in  not  only  the  re­
mains,  but  in  certain  medicines.  The 
demonstration was  so conclusive  that  she 
finally  rose  in  court  and admitted giving 
him  a  ‘ white  powder,’  but  insisted  that 
she  followed  his  own  express  directions. 
One  of  the  most 
ingenious  cases  of 
poisoning  I  ever heard  of  occurred some

it  plainly 

and 

years  ago 
in  another  State.  A   young 
physician  plotted  to  kill  a wealthy farm­
er.  He  knew  the 
latter  was  taking 
quinine  for  a  cold,  and,  meeting  him 
one  day,  asked  to  see  what  sized  cap­
sules  he  used.  While  pretending  to  ex­
amine  them  he  slipped  in  one  contain­
ing  strychnine.  The  farmer  happened 
on  it nearly  a  week  later,  and  died  in 
convulsions.  An  autopsy  revealed  the 
poison,  but  the  affair was  a  deep  mys­
tery  until  the  doctor  committed  suicide, 
leaving  a  written  confession.

“ The  poisonings  that  occur  in  novels 
and  on  the  stage  are  usually  very  amus­
ing  to  a  student  of  toxicology, ”   said 
the  physician  in  conclusion.  * ‘ I  remem­
ber  in 
'Sam ’l  of  Posen,’  which  was 
produced  with  such  success  by  M.  B. 
Curtis,  the  drummer hero  was  tempora­
rily  knocked  out  by  a  poisoned  cigar. 
He  took  two  or  three  whiffs  and  over  he 
rolled.  I  would  like  very  much  to  know 
the  name  of  a  drug  that  would  produce 
that  sort  of  effect.  Nearly  all  the  poi­
soning  in  fiction  is  equally  surprising. 
There  is  a  well-known English  romance 
in  which  the  heroine 
inhales  the  fra­
grance  of  a  bunch  of  roses  and  instantly 
falls  dead.  Needless  to  say,  the  poi­
soned  perfume 
is  wholly  unknown  to 
science.  Another  story—but  I  could 
keep  on  citing  instances  all  night.  H is­
tory 
isn’t  much  better.  Most  of  the 
yams  of  the  Borgias  and  the  Medicis 
are  pure  moonshine— especially 
those 
about  poisoned  gloves,  poisoned  tapers 
and  other  applicatiops  of  drugs  or 
things  that  are  touched  or  handled.  The 
tale  of  the  book  which  was  anointed  on 
the  margins  with  some  deadly substance 
and  killed  the  person  who  moistened his 
fingers  to  turn  over the  leaves  has  pos­
sibly  a  foundation  of  truth,  but  1  con­
fess  I  would  be  puzzled  to  know  how  to 
prepare  such  a  volume.  Almost  any­
thing  that  might  be  used  would  instant­
ly  betray  itself  by  its  taste.  In  the  M id­
dle  Ages  powdered  glass  is  said  to  have 
been  a  favorite  material  with  which  to 
‘ doctor’ 
food,  and  you’ ll  find  some  in­
teresting  data  on  the  subject  in the auto­
biography  of  Cellini,  in  the  goldsmith. 
It 
is  occasionally  used  by  negroes  right 
here  in  the  South.  Of  course  powdered 
It  sometimes 
glass  isn’t  a  true  poison. 
kills  by  setting  up 
inflamma­
tion.  Oftener  it  has  no  effect  at  a ll.”

internal 

T h e  D ru g  M arket.

Opium— Is  firm  but  unchanged.  As 
the  primary  markets  are  also  firm,  bet­
ter prices  are  looked  for.
Morphine— Unchanged.
Codiene— As the season approaches  for 
its  use  and  the  demand  sets  in,  codiene 
is  in  a  very  firm  position.

Quinine— Is 

in  good  demand  at  the 

reduced  prices  and  is  very  firm.

Citric  Acid— Manufacturers  reduced 
ic  per  pound  and,  as  the 
is  about  over,  there  is  little  de­

their  price 
season 
mand.

Wood  Alcohol— Has  been  advanced  5c 
per  gallon  by  the  manufacturers.  This 
is  only  upon  95  and  97  per  cent.

Columbian  Spirits— Unchanged.
Carbonate  of  Ammonia— Is  very  firm 
and  has  "been  advanced  J^c  per  pound 
by  the  manufacturers.

Cocaine— Has 

25c  per 
ounce.  The  scarcity  of  cocoa  leaves  and 
higher  prices  would  indicate  a  further 
advance  in  this  article.

advanced 

Glycerine— Crude  has  again  advanced 

and  refined  will  probably  follow.

Balsam  Fir— Is  firm  at  the  advance 

noted  last  week.

Essential Oils— There  are  no  changes. 
is  very  firm.  Wormwood 
Wintergreen 
Bergamot 
is  tending 
is  very  firm. 
higher.  Buchu 
leaves  are  very  firm  at 
the  advance  noted,  and  higher  prices 
are  looked  for on  account  of the  trouble 
in  the  Transvaal.

Senna  Leaves—Are  very  firm.  Stocks 

are  light  and  prices  tending  upward.

Linseed  Oil— Is  firm  but  unchanged.

finish,  with  either 

It  will  be  found  quite  difficult to make 
a  neat 
leather  or 
baudruche,  over  some  of  the  stoppers  of 
odd  pattern  often  used  in  such  bottled 
products.  To  satisfactorily  cover  some 
stoppers— pretty,  but  in  this  case  awful­
ly  intractable— it  is  not  possible  to  use

1 

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Acid am
Aceticum  ..................$
Benzoiciun, German.
Boracic.......................
Carbollcum...............
Citricum.....................
Hydrochlor..............
Nitroeum...................
Oxalicum...................
Phosphorium,  dll...
Salicylicum  ..............
Sulphurlcum............
Tannlcum..................
Tartartcum  ..............
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg..............
Aqua, 20 deg..............
Carbonas...................
Chloridum.................
A n ilin e

6@$  8 
70@  76
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16 
37
26® 
48
44® 
3® 
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10 
8® 
12® 
14
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40
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6® 
12® 
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Black.......................... 2  00®  2  25
80®  1  00
Brown.........................
50
45® 
Red.............................
Yellow........................ 2 50®  3  00
Baccœ
Cubebæ............ po, 15
Juniperus...................
Xantnoxylum..........
Balsam u m

12® 
6® 
20@ 

14
8
25

Copaiba.....................
Peru  ..........................
Terabin,  Canada....
Tolutan......................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian.......
Cassia1.........................
Cinchona  Klava.......
Euouymus atropurp. 
My rica  Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virglnl.........
Quillala, g rd ............
Sassafras  .......po. 18
Ulmus... po.  15, gr’d 
Kxtractum

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhlza,  po.......
Haematox, 15  lb. box
Haematox,  is ............
Haematox,  Ms...........
Haematox,  Ms..........  
F erru  
Carbonate  Precip..
Citrate and  Quinta.
Citrate  Soluble.........
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut. Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l .......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt...........
Sulphate,  pure.........
F lo ra

Arnica........................ 
Anthemis...................  
Matricaria.................. 

F o lia

50® 
40® 
40® 

55
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45
45

18

15 
2 25 
75 
40 
15

24®
28®
11®
13®
14®
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25®
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12®
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Barosma..................... 
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly........:.........  
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx. 
Salvia officinalis,  Ms
and Ms..................... 
Uva Ursi.....................  
Gum m i
Acacia, 1st picked... 
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
Acacia, 3d  picked... 
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
Acacia, po.................. 
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20 
Aloe, Cape__ po. 15.
Aloe,  Socotri.. po. 40
Ammoniac..................
Assaf oetida.... po. 30
Benzoinum................ 
Catechu, is . 
Catechu, Ms. 
Catechu, Ms.......
Camphorae................ 
52
50® 
@  
40
Euphorbium...po. 35 
® 1 0 0
Galbanum.................. 
70
65@ 
Gamboge...............po 
Guaiacum........ po. 25 
® .  30
@   2 00
Kino............po. $2.00 
Mastic  ....................... 
@   60
Myrrh.............. po.  45 
40
®  
Opii__ po.  4.50®4.80 3 40®  3  50
35
25® 
Shellac....................... 
Shellac, bleached__  
45
40® 
Tragacanth...............  
50® 
80
H erba

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorlum..oz. pkg 
Lobelia.........oz. pkg 
Majorum__ oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 
Rue................ oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
M agnesia
Calcined, P a t............  
Carbonate, P at......... 
Carbonate, K. & M .. 
Carbonate, Jennings 

O leum

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

55® 
18® 
18® 
18® 

60
20
20
20

30® 

Absinthium..............   6  50®  6  75
Amygdalae,  Dulc  ... 
50
Amygdalae,  Amarae.  8 00®  8  25
Anisf..........................   1 
Auranti Cortex.........  2  40®  2  50
Bergamli...................   2 
85
Cajiputl.....................  
80
Caryophylli...............  
Cedar......................... 
45
Chenopadii....... ........  
@   2  75
Cinnamonll..............   1  40®  1  50
Citronella.................. 
40

80® 
70® 
35® 

35® 

85® 2 00
80®  2 90

18

@  

35® 
Conium Mac.............. 
40
Copaiba.....................  l  15® 1 25
Cubebæ..................... 
90®  1  00
Exechthitos..............  1  00® 1 10
Erigeron...................   1  00®  1 10
Gaultheria...............   1  65® 1 75
75
Geranium, ounce.... 
50®  60
Gossippil, Sem. gal.. 
Hedeoma..................
1  25®  1  35 
Juni pera
1  50®  2 00 
La vend ula  ............
90®  2  00 
Limonts..................
1  35®  1  45 
Mentha  Piper.......
1  25®  2  00 
Mentha Verid.......
1  50®  1  60 
Morrhuæ,  gal.......
1  00®  1  15 
M yrcia...................
4  00®  4  50 
Olive.......................
75®  3  00 
10® 
12 
Picis Liquida.........
IMeis Liquida,  gal.
®   35
Ricina.....................
96®  1  05
Rosmarin!.
......... 
@   1  00
Rosse, ounce..............  6  50®  8  50
Succlni....................... 
40®  45
90a   1  00
Sab in a....................... 
Santal........................   2  50®  7  00
Sassafras...................  
45  •. 
50
®   65
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
Tiglll..........................   1  50®   1  60
Thyme........................  
40® 
50
Thyme, opt................ 
®   1  60
Theobromas  ............ 
15-a  20
Potassium
Bi-Carb....................... 
15®  
13®
Bichrom ate.............. 
52®
Bromide  ...................  
ia@
Carb  ..........................  
Chlorate.. .po. 17  19 
16®
Cyanide.....................  
35®
Iodide........................   2 40®
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
28®®
Potassa, Bitart, com.
Potass Nitras, opt...
7®
Potass  Nitras...........
-6@
Prussia!»...................
23®
Sulphate  po..............
15®.
R adix
20®
Aconitum...................
22®
Althae.........................  ■ ■
Anchusa...................  
io@
Arum  po
Calamus..................... 
20®
12®
Gentiana.........po. 15
Glychrrhiza... pv.  15 
16®
®
Hydrastis  Canaden.
Hydrastis Can., po..
®
12®
Hellebore, Alba, po.
Inula,  po...................  
15®
Ipecac, po..................  4  25®  4  35
Iris  plox.. .po. 35®38  35® 
40
Jalapa, pr.............. 
so
25®  
®
Maranta,  Ms.......
22®
Podophyllum,  po
25
75®   i  oo
Rhei............................ 
®   l  25
Rhei,  cu t................... 
75®  l  35
Rhei, pv..................... 
Spigelia.....................  
35®   38
®  
Sanguinaria... po.  15 
18
40® 
Serpentaria....... 
45
55
50® 
Senega....................... 
@ 4 0
Smilax, officinalis H. 
Smilax,  M .................  
@  
25
Scillae .., .........po.  35 
io®  12
Symplocarpus, Fieti-
dus,  po...................
®
Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 
<§
Valeriana,  German.
15®
12®
Zingiber a .................
25@
Zingiber j ...................  

Sem en

Anisum..........po.  15 
@  
12
15
Apium  (graveleons). 
13® 
Bird, is ....................... 
6
4® 
Carui...............po.  18 
io® 
12
Cardamon..................  l  25®  l  75
Coriandrum............... 
8® 
10
Cannabis Sativa....... 
6
5® 
Cydonium.................. 
75®  1  00
Chenopodium..........  
io® 
12
Dipterix Odorate....  1  40®  1  50
Fceniculum................ 
®  
10
Fcenugreek, po......... 
7®  
9
L in i............................   3M@  4M
Lini, grd.......bbl. 3M 
4®.  4M
Lobelia......................  
35®   40
Pharlaris Canarian..  4M® 
5
R ap a..........................   4M® 
5
Sinapis  Alba............  
9® 
10
Sinapis  Nigra..........  
11®  
12
Spiritus

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00@  2  50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R ..  2  00®  2  25
Frumenti...................  1  25®   1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T ...  1  65®  2 00
Juniperis  Co............  1  75@  3  50
Saacharum  N. E __   1  90®  2  10
Spt. Vini Galli..........   1  75®  6  50
Vini  Oporto..............   1  2,'@  2 00
Vini Alba...................  1  2510»  2  00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...................  2  50@  2  75
Nassau  sheeps’ wool
carriage...................  2 50®  2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
@ 1 5 0
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
@   1  25
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
@   1  00
carriage.................. 
@ 7 5
Hard, for slate use. 
Yellow  R e e f ,  for
slate  use.................  
@   1  40
Syrups
A cacia....................... 
Auranti Cortex......... 
Zingiber..................... 
Ipecac......................... 
Ferri Iod...................  
Rhei  Arom................ 
Smilax  Officinalis... 
Senega....................... 
Scili®........ .................  

@  
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50
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Menthol.................
@ 3  00 Seldlltz Mixture.......
Morphia, 8., P. & W.
20®. 2  45 Sinapis.......................
-   Morphia, S., N. Y. Q.
Sinapis,  opt.............
& C.  Co...................
10® 2  35 Snuff, Maccaboy,  De
Moschus  Canton__
40
@
Myristica.  No.  1.......
66® 80 Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s
Nux  Vomica...po.  15
10 Soda,  Boras.............
@
in  Os Sepia.....................
30 Soda,  Boras, po.......
25(3),
>0  Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
Soda et  Potass Tart.
I)  Co................
ji 
@ 1  00 Soda,  Carb................
Ptcls Liq. N.N.M gal.
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
doz..........................
@ 2  00 Soda,  Ash..............
»   Plcls Liq., quarts__
@ 100 Soda,  Sulphas..........
>0  Plcls Liq.,  pints.......
85 Spts. Cologne............
@
■0  Pil Hydrarg... po.  80
50 Spts.  Ether  Co.........
@
18 Spts.  Myrcia Dorn..
U  S ^ r   N lw a...po. 22
®
>0 
l*lper  Alba.... po. 35
© 30 Spts.  Vtni  Rect.  bbl.
>0  Pilx  Burgun..............
7 Spts. Vini Rect. Mbbl
®
i0  Phimbl  Acet__
10© 12 Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal
>0  Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1 30®. 1  50 Spts.  Vini  Rect. 5 gal
■0  Pyrethnim, boxesH.
0  & P.  D. (’0.,  doz...
0  Pyrethrum,  pv.........
5  Quassia-.......
0  Quinia, 8.  P. &  W ...
5  Quinia. 8.  German..
5  Quinia.  N. Y ..............
0  Ruhia Tinctorum__
)  Saccharum Lactis pv
)  Salactn.......................  3
)  Sanguis  Draconls...
0  Sapo, W ................
B  Sapo M .........

Strychnia. Crystal... 1  00® 20
75 Sulphur,  Subl.......... %%m 4  I
@
25® 30 Sulphur.  Roll............
s® 10 Tamarinds...............
10  j
30(f(
35 Tereiienth  Venice...
30 !
24® 34 Tlieobroini*-...............
24® 34 j Vanilla....................... 9  00@1( 00
8 I
12® 14 Zinc! Sulph..............
18© 20
Oils
3  60  i
40® 50  I
12® 14 Whale,  winter..........
10® 12 Lard, extra................
15 Lard, No. 1................

Sapo  G .......................

2M@
8<fë
28(5
50(5

BL.  OAL.

70 I
60  1
40

7o
50
35

@

42 
43 
54 
54 

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

45
46
60
60
Paints  BBL.  LB.
Hi  2  01* 
1*1  2  © 4 
1 X 2   @ 3 
2M  2M® 3 
2M  2it@ 3
15
13® 
70® 
75
13M®  17M 
13® 
16
6  @
6M
6  ®
6M
®
@  
90
@  1  00
@   1  40 
1  00®  1  15

Red  Venetian..........
Ochre, yellow  Mars.
()chre, yellow Ber... 
Putty,  commercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American..............
Vermilion. English..
Green,  Paris............
Green, Peninsular...
Lead,  red...................
Lead,  white..............
Whiting, white Span
Whiting, gilders’ __
White, Paris. Amer. 
Whiting,  Paris,  Eng.
cliff..........................
Universal  Prepared

Varu isliee

No. 1 Turp  Coach
Extra Turp..........
Coach  Body.........
No. 1 Turp  Fum ... 
Extra Turk  Damar 
Jap. Dryer.No.lTuri:

1  10®  1  20
1  60®  1  70
2 75®  3  00 
1  00®  1  10 
1  66®  1  60
70®  75

.... ...

Druggists’  ¿í dt-jt
Sundry 
Department

35 
60 
60 
50 
80 
50 75 
75 
80 
80 
50 
SO 75 
Bo 
1  5o
80
S’
80
80
80
«0
50
80
%)

Scillae  Co...................
Tolutan......................
Prunus  virg..............

T in ctu res 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes..........................
Aloes and Myrrh__
A rn ica.......................
Assaf oetida................
Atrope Belladonna..
Auranti Cortex........
Benzoin.....................
Benzoin Co................
Barosma.....................
Cantharides..............
Capsicum..................
Cardamon.................
Cardamon Co............
Castor........................
Catechu.....................
Cinchona...................
Cinchona Co..............
Columba...................
Cuhebae.......................
Cassia Acutifol.........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
Digitalis.....................
Ergot..........................
Kerri  Chloridum__
Gentian.....................
Gentian Co................
Guinea........................
Guinea ammon.........
Hyoscyamus..............
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino  ..........................
Lobelia......................
M yrrh........................
Nux Vomica..............
Opii.............................
OpH.  comphorated
Opii, deodorized.......
Q uassia.....................
Rhatany.....................
Rhei............................
Sanguinaria............
Serpentaria..............
Stramonium..............
Tolutan.....................
Valerian  ...................
Veratrum  Veride...
Zingiber.....................

M iscellaneous 

35
.-Ether, Spts. Nit. 3 F  
30® 
38
34® 
ACther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  
Alumen.....................  2M@ 
3
4
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
3® 
Annatto......................... 
40®  50
5
4® 
Antimoni, po 
50
40® 
Antlmoniet Potass T
Antipyrin..............
@  
25
20 
@  
Antiichrin  ...............
Argenti Nitras, oz...
®   48
12 
10® 
Arsenicum................
Balm  Gilead  Buds..
40
38® 
1  40®  1  50
Bismuth S. N............
Calcium Chlor.,  Is... 
@
@ 
10 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
12 
@ 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@   75
Capsici Fructus, a f.. 
15
@  
Capsici  Fructus, po. 
15
@  
Capsici Fructus B, po 
@  
15
12® 
14
Caryophyllus.. po.  15
Carmine, No. 40.......
@   3 00 
50® 
55
Cera  Alba..................
Cera  Flava................
42
40® 
Coccus  .......................
40
@  
Cassia  Fructus.........
@   35
10 
@ 
Contraria...................
Cetaceum...................
@  
45
Chloroform.............
53
50® 
@  1  10 
Chloroform,  squibbs 
Chloral Hyd  Crst....
1  65®  1  90 
Chondrus..................
20®  25
Cinchonidine.P. & W 
48
38® 
Cinchonidine, Germ.
38® 
48
Cocaine.....................  6 05®,  6  25
Corks, list.dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum..................
@
C reta..............bbl. 76
@
Creta, prep................
@
9®
Creta,  precip............
Creta,  Rubra............
@
15®
Crocus  .......................
Cudbear.....................
@
Cupri  Sulph..............
6M®
Dextrine
7®
Ether Sulph.............. 
90
75® 
8
®  
Emery, alt numbers. 
Emery, po.................. 
6
@  
E rg o ta............ po. 70 
60
50® 
Flake  W hite............  
15
12® 
23
@  
G alla..........................  
G am bler.........  ....... 
9
8@ 
@  
60
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
Gelatin, French....... 
60
35® 
75  &  10
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box....... 
70
13
11® 
Glue, brown..............  
28
15® 
Glue,  white.............. 
Glycerina...................  
16@ 
24
Grana  Paradisi......... 
@  
25
55
25® 
Humulus...................  
@  
90
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
@  
80
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor.. 
©   1  00 
Hydrarg  Ox  Rub’m. 
©   1  15 
Hydrarg  Ammoniati 
55
45® 
HydrargUnguentum 
Hydrargyrum..........  
@  
75
65® 
75
IchthyoDolla.  Am... 
Indigo........................  
75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi.........  3 60®  3  70
Iodoform...................  
@   3  75
Lupulin....................... 
@
Lycopodium..............  
45®
65®
M acis......................... 
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
©
drarg Iod................ 
LiquorPotassArsinit 
10®
Magnesia,  Sulph__  
2®
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
@  
Manilla, S.  F ............  
5C@

We  Call

Special  Attention 

to  the

Following  Lines

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wq  ^

ü»  w»  iH  ü»  •!»»  wq  8w 

RUBBER  GOODS  have  advanced  and  will  be  still  higher 

about  Sept  15th.

PIPES.  We have a full  line  ranging from  75c to $12  00 per doz.

TABLETS.  Pen and pencil at attractive  prices.

ATOMIZERS.  An  elegant  assortment  of  fancy  perfume  up 

to $18.00  per dozen

PERFUMES.  All the leading  odors from  the  leading  manu­

facturers.

POCKET  BOOKS.  New fall styles at attractive prices 

We have a full stock  of

COMBS,  TOOTH  BRUSHES,  HAIR  BRUSHES, 

CLOTHES  BRUSHES.  LATHER  BRUSHES, 
TOILET SOAP,  RAZORS.  NAIL  FILES.  ETC.

Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

a   | ^ e  Rljces  Quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade only, in  such  quantities as are usually purchased  by retail 
dealers.  They are prepared just  before going to press and  are *n  accurate index of the local  market. 
It is im­
possible to  give quotations suitable  for all  conditions of purchase,  and those below are given as representing av- 
erage prices  for average conditions of purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer  than
, 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.

WJ*°  hi veT ? ° i  

C IG A R S

Columbian Cigar Co’s brand.

Columbian...........................   35  00
Columbian Special............  65  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.

COUPON  BO O K S 
Tradesm an  G rade 
50 books, any  denom...
100 books, any  denom 
500 books, any  denom
1.000 books, any  denom

1  50
2 50 
11  50 
20 00

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’i

H E R B S

IN D IG O

JE L L Y

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

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

15 lb. pails................................  35
30 lb. pails................................  62

L IC O R IC E

B u re..........................................  30
Calabria.-.......................... 
25
Sicily.............. - .................;;;;  14
Root..........................................   10

L Y E

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

M A TCH ES

Diamond Match Co.’s  brands.
No.  9 sulphur.......................... 1 65
Anchor Parlor.........................1 50
No. 2 Home...........................  1  30
Export Parlor..........................4 00
Wolverine................................. 1 50

M O LASSES 
New  O rleans

Black....................... 

11
14
«
25® 35

................................!!!! 
Fancy...................................  
Open K ettle................. ..
Half-barrels 2c extra 
M USTARD 
Horse Radish, 1 doz....
Horse Radish, 2 doz............. ..
3  50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz............ !i 75

P IC K L E S
M edium

Sm all

Barrels, 1,200 count...............5 75
Half bbls, 600 count............... 3 38

Barrels, 2,400 co u n t...............6 75
Half bbls, 1,200 count............3 88

P IP E S

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

PO TA SH  

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ...................................4 00
Penna Salt Co.’s .    .........!.! .3 00

R IC E

D om estic

Carolina  head..................... 0%
Carolina  No. 1 ................... .’ .’.’5
Carolina  No. 2 ..................!.! .4
Broken....................................

Im ported.

Japan,  No.  1...................5?4®6
Japan,  No.  2...................4‘/*@5
Java, fancy head............5  @5?4
Java, No.  1 .......................5  @
Table...................................   @

SA LER A TU S 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer.3  15
Deland’s.......... 
......................3  00'
Dwight’s  Cow......................... 3  15
Emblem ....................................3  50
D-  P ...........................................3 00
Sodlo ........................................3  16
Wyandotte, 100  54 s ................ 3 00

SA L  SODA

Granulated,  bbls.................. 
80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases... 
85
Lump, bbls..............................  75
Lump, 145 lb. kegs..................  80

SA LT

D iam ond Crystal 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  50 
Table, barrels, 1003 lb. bags.2  75 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2  40 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2  25 
Butter, barrels, 20 I41b.bags.2  50
Butter, sacks, 28  lbs..............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs..............  55

Common  Grades

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

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

56 lb. dairy in linen sabks...  60 

W arsaw

A shton

H iggins

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 

56 lb.  sacks..............................   21

Solar  R o ck

Common

Granulated  Fin e...................   70
Medium Fine.. . . , ..................  80

A X L E   G R E A SE

Aurora..................
.. ..55
Castor  Oil............
.. ..60
Diamond..............
....50
Frazer’s ................
....75
IX L  Golden, tin boxes 75
M ica, tin boxes..
....75
Paragon................
.  ..55

doz. gross
6  <K
7 00
4  00
9 0(
9 00
9 00
6  00

B A K IN G   P O W D E B  

A bsolut«

% lb. cans doz............... __   45
54 lb. cans doz....»........
...  85
lb. cans doz............... ....1   50
1 

A cm e

54 lb. cans 3  doz............ __   45
54 lb. cans 3  doz...........
..  75
1  ” lb. cans 1  doz...........
..  1  00
Bulk................................... ....  10

A rctic

6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.......

...  85

6 oz. cans, 4 doz. case...........
oz. cans, 4 doz. case...........
lb. cans, 2 doz. case.......
1 
2'i lb. cans, l doz. case.......
6 
lb. cans, l doz. case.......

E l  P u rity

¡4 lb. cans per doz..............
H lb. cans per doz..............
1 
lb. cans per doz..............

.1 20
.2 00

H om e

% lb. cans, 4 doz. case.......
% lb. cans, 4 doz. case.......
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case.......

J A  X O N

54 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.........
54 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.........
lb. cans, 2 doz. case.........l
1 

Je r s e y   Cream

1 lb. cans, per doz..................2
9 oz. cans, per  doz................. 1
6 oz. cans, per  doz..................

O ur Leader

54 lb. can s..............................
54lb. can s..............................
1 
lb. can s........................." ! i

Peerless

1 lb. can s.................................

Queen  F la k e

3 oz., 6 doz. case.........
6 oz., 4 doz. case.........
9 oz., 4 doz. case.........
1 lb.,  2 doz. case.........
6 lb.,  1 doz. case.........

2  70
3 20
4  80 
4  00 
9  00

B A T H   B R IC K

American............ 
79
English.......................;;;;;  go

BLU IN G

Small 3 doz.
Large, 2 doz.

BRO O M S
No. 1 Carpet................
No. 2 Carpet..............
No. 3 Carpet............
No. 4 Carpet__
Parlor  Gem.........
Common Whisk
Fancy Whisk............
Warehouse.....................
CA N D LES 

Electric Light, 8s. 
Electric Light, 16s ....
Paraffine, 6s.............
Paraffine, 12s .... 
Wicklng................  )

.2  15 
.1  85 
.1  45

.1  00 
.2  70

j 

CANNED  GOODS 

Apples
3 lb. Standards......... 
Gallons, standards..

B eans

Baked......................... 
Red  Kidney..............  
String......................... 
W ax............................  

B la ck b erries

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

Standards.....................  

Corn

F air.............................. 
Good........................... 
Fancy......................... 
H om iny
Standard..................... 
Lobster
Star,  54 lb................... 
Star, 1  lb.................... 
Picnic  Tails...............  
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ............  
Mustard, 2 lb............  
Soused, 1 lb................ 
Soused, 2 lb.............. 
Tomato, 1 lb..............  
Tomato, 21b .............. 
M ushroom s
Stems........................... 
Buttons.......................  

O ysters

75

75@i  30
75®  85
85
90

75

90

75
85
95

85

1  85
3  10
2  25

1  75
2  80
i 75
2 80
1 75
2 80

14@16
20®25

’•ore, l i b .................... 
5ove,2 lb .................... 
Peaches
’i e ..............................  
1  25
Yellow .......................  1  65®l  90

90
155

¿rated.......................  1  25@2  75
Sliced..........................   1  35@2  25

Standard 
Fancy—

Peas

Marrowfat................ 
iarly Ju n e............ , 
iarly ju n e  Sifted.. 
Pineapple

Pu m pkiu
F a ir ............................  
Good........................... 
Fan cy......................... 
R asp b erries
Standard..................... 

Salm on
Red Alaska...............
Pink Alaska..............
Sardines
Domestic, 54s ............
Domestic,  Mustard.
French.......................

Straw berries

Standard ...................
Fancy .........................
Succotash
Fair..............................
Good....................... . ’
Fancy.........................
Tomatoes
F a ir............................
Good.........................
Fancy.........................
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints.......
Columbia,  54 pints.......
CHEESE
Acme...........................
Amboy................
Butternut.......
Carson City..
E ls ie ....... : ........;
Emblem..............
Gem....................' "  “
Gold Medal...............
Id eal.......................
Jersey...................
Riverside__
B rick .....................
Edam...................
’^eiden............
Jmburger.......
Pineapple...........>
Sap  Sago............ .. . .

CH ICO RY

Bulk.
Red..

CH OCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German  Sweet.......
Premium.........
Breakfast Cocoa.!!..............

Econ om ic  Grade 

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
Superior  Grade 

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

U niversal  Grade 

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  B ooks 

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  26
500  books..........................   10  00
1.000  books..........................   17  50

CREA M   T A R T A R

6 and  10 lb. wooden  boxes....... 30
Bulk in sacks.............................. 29
D R IE D   F R U IT S —D om estic 

A pples

Siuidried............................  @   554
Evaporated. 50 lb.  boxes.7@  754 

C aliforn ia  F ru its

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

C aliforn ia  Prun es 

24 2 lb. packages.................... 1  80
100 tb.  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
Chester.................................... 2  25
Empire......................................2  50

Peas

Green,  Wisconsin, bn............1  10
Green. Scotch, bu.................. 1  20
Split, bu....... ...........................2  50

R olled   Oats

Rolled Avena, bbl.................. 4  75
Monarch,  bbl.......................... 4  40
Monarch,  *4 bbl......................2  3S
Monarch. 90 lb. sacks........... 2  10
Quaker, cases......................... 32*)
Huron, cases........................... 2  00
German.................................... 
4
East  India...............................  314

Sago

Sal us B rea k fa st Food

36 two pound  packages___ 3 60
18 two pound packages__   1  85
F. A.  McKenzie, Quincy, Mich
F la k e......................................  5
P earl................................. .'.’ !!  4^
Pearl,  24 1  lb. packages.......  6:ii

Tapioca

W heat

Cracked, bulk.........................  314
24 2  lb. packages....................25«
FLA V O R IN G   E X T R A C T S

S. C. W ..................................  35 00
Phelps, Brace &.Co.’s Brands.
Vincente  l’ortuondo ..35?/!,  70  00
Kuhe 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@  36 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 CigarCo.10®   36  00
Fulton  Cigar  Co.........10®  35  00
A. B. Ballard & Co... .35?/175  00 
E.  M. Schwarz & Co...3S®ll0 00
San Telmo..................... 35®  70  00
Havana Cigar Co.........18®   35  00

CLO TH ES  LIN K S

Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz.............1 00
< 'otton, 50 ft.  per <loz.............1 20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz........... .1 40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz.............1 60
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz............ 1 80
Jute, 60 ft.  per doz..............  so
Jute, 72 ft.  per doz............ 
95

C O F F E E
Roasted

R io

1  00
100
1  60 

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

kb
65
85

90

1  35

6'4@6l
8(^22

1  25 
1  75

90
1  00 
1  20

80 
90 
1  15

@13
@13'
@12'
@12
@13
@12?
@13'
@12?
@121
@13
@13
@12
@70
@17
@13
@76
@17

Santos

F a ir ..........................................   14
Good..................................... !!.’  ]j
Prim e...............................!!!!!!  it
Peaberry........................... . 

j{

M aracaibo

P rim e..............................  
1*
Milled...........................................¡j

Ja v a

Interior....................................   26
Private  G rowth.................        30
Mandehling...................!!!.!!  35

Imitation...................-___ 
22
Arabian........................................ 28

M ocha

Package

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which the wholesale dealer adds 
the local freight from New York 
to  your  shipping  point,  giving 
you credit on the invoice for the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  weight  or  package 
also 
In iso lb. cases 
the list is 10c per  100  lbs.  above 
the price in full cases.
Arbuckle.................................   50
Jersey ..................... 
in  'so
M cL au g h lin ’s X X X X  
McLaughlin's  X X X X   sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.

a pound. 

CON DEN SED  M IL K  

E x tra ct
Valley City 54  gross. 
Felix % gross...........
Hummel’s foil 54 gros>
Hummel’s tin  ' j gross 

75
1  15
.  85 
.1  43
.  4 doz in case.
6  75
Gail Borden Eagle 
Crown.....................  
.,c
Daisy.......................................
" j i n
Champion......... 
Magnolia................................4  ^
Challenge............  
S*

. 

 

COCOA

Ja m e s  Epp s & Co.’s

Boxes, 7 lbs.......  
j«
ca se s,i6 b o x e s....! ! . ! ! ! ; ; ; ;   33

COCOA  SH E L L S
20 lb. bags.....................  
Less quantity...........” ”  
Pound packages............. 

.«/
~
4

954
F oreig n

. case!

100-120 25 lb. boxes  ...
90-100 25 lb. boxes  ...
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes  ...
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes ...
60 - 70 26 lb. boxes ...
50 - 60 26 lb. boxes  ...
40 - 50 26lb. boxes ...
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes  ...
54 cent less in 59 It 

R aisin s

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., Seeded, choice ...
L. M.. Seeded, fancy__
D R IE D   FR U ITS- 

Citron

Leghorn...............................
Corsican..............  .............

C urrants

Patras, bbls.........................
Cleaned, bu lk.....................
Cleaned,  packages............

P eel

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

R aisin s

Sultana 1 Crown....................
Sultana 2 Crown...................
Sultana 3 Crown.................
Sultana 4 Crown...................
Sultana 6 Crown.....................
Sultana 6 Crown.....................
Sultana package...................

FA RIN A C EO U S  GOODS 

B eans

Dried Lima.............................   51
Medium Hand  Picked  1 45@1  i
Brown Holland......................

714

10'/

Cereals
Cream of Cereal.........
Grain-O, sm all...........
Grain-O, large............
Grape Nuts.................
Postum Cereal, small 
Postum Cereal, large.

F a rin a

90
1  35
2  25 
1  35
1  35
2  25

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

Je n n in g s’

Vanilla 

1>.  C.  Lemon
2oz...__   75
3oz...........1 00
4 OZ...........1 40
6 0Z.......... 2 00
No.  8___ 2 40
No. 10. .  . .4 00
No. 2 T  ..  80 
No. 3 T  .125
No. 4 T
.1  50
N orthrop  B ran d  
Lem.
2 oz. Taper Panel....  75
2oz. Oval...................   75
3 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  35
4 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  60

No. 3  T ..2  00 
No. 4  T ..2  40 

Van. 
1  20
1  20 
•  2  00
2  25

Lem.
doz.

P errig o ’s

Van. 
doz.
X X X , 2 oz. obert__ 1  25
X X X . 4 oz. taper__ 2  25
X X , 2 oz. obert.........1  00
No. 2. 2 oz. obert 
  75
X X X  D D ptchr, 6 oz 
X X X  D 1) ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz...

.2 50 
.  75

.4  00 
.2  25 
.1  25 
.  30

F L Y   P A P E R  
Perrigo’s Lightning,  gro..
Petrolatum, per doz..........
G U N PO W D ER 
R ifle—D upont’s
Kegs......................................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter K eg s.....................
1 lb. can s.................................
Vt lb. can s...............................
Choke  B o re—D upont’i
Kegs..........................
Half K eg s................
Quarter K eg s.........
1  lb. cans...................

4  25
..................2  40
..................1  35
.................   34
E ag le  D uck- 
D u p on t’s
Kegs
_ 
....... 8  00
Half Kegs................................. 4 25
Quarter K eg s.......................... 2 25
1  lb, can s..................................  45

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
Grains and Feedstuff's

B u tte r  P lates

Fresh  Meats

Candies

2 1

B e ef

I Carcass...........
Forequarters 
Hindquarters 
Iailns  No. 3 ...
Ribs................
Rounds..........
Chucks...........
Plates  ............

Dressed  ..
Loins........
Shoulders . 
Leaf  lard

Carcass........
Spring  lamb:

Wheat...................................  

66

W in ter  W heat  F lo u r 

Ixxial  Brands

Patents.................................  4  00
Second  Patent.....................  3  50
Straight.................................  3  25
C lear.....................................  3  00
Graham................................  3  50
Buckwheat..........................
Rye........................................   3  25 |
count.
dltioual.
Ball-Barn hurt-Putman's Brand  j
Daisy  ! bs..............................  3 60 :
Daisy  Ms..............................  3  60
Daisy  Ms..............................  3  60  j

Subject  to  usual  cash  dis- 
Flour in  bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad-  ! 

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Quaker 14s............................  3  60 ;
Quaker 14s............................  3  no
Quaker 14s............................  3  60 |

Spring  W h eat  F lo u r 

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand  I
Pillsbury’s  Best  14s........   4  45 I
Pillsbury’s  Best  14s.. 
...  4  35 j
Pillsbury’s  Best  14s .........  4  25 j
Pillsbury’s Best 14s paper.  4  25 |
Pillsbury’s Best 14s paper.  4  25 !
Ball-Barnhart  Putman's Bland

SAUT  F IS H  

Cod

Georges cured...........
(Jeorges  genuine__
(leorges selected__
Strips or  bricks.......
H alibu t.
Strips..........................
(  hunks.......................
H errin g

@   5
@   5*4
( t&  6
. 6   @ 9

.............. 14
..............15

Holland white hoops bbl.
Holland  white hoops 4bbl.
Holland  white hoop. keg.. 
95
Holland white hoop  mchs.  1  05
Norwegian................
Round  100 lbs............
.......  3  75
.......  1  65
Round 40 lbs..............
15
Scaled.....................
M ackerel
.......   15  00
Mess 100 lbs...............
.......  0  30
Mess  40 lbs...............
Mess  10 lbs.  _____ .......  1  (»5
.......  1  35
Mess  8 lbs...............
5  60
No. 1  40 lbs........................
1  48
No.  1  10 lbs........................
1  20
No. 1  8 lbs........................
11  50
No. 2 UK) lbs........................
4  90
No.2  40 lbs........................
1  30
No. 2  10 lbs........................
No. 2  8 lbs........................
1  07

T rou t

No. 1100 lbs........................
No. 1  40 lbs........................
No. 1  10 lbs........................
No. 1  8 lbs........................

W hitefish

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

No. 1  No.2 Fam
2  26
120
38
33

85 
71 
SE E D S

Anise 
....... * .....................
Canary,  Smyrna................
Caraway  ............................
Cardamon,  Malabar.........
Celery...................................
Hemp, Russian..................
Mixed Bird.........................
Mustard, white..................
Foppy...................................
R ape...................................
(tattle Bone.........................

..  9
..  4
..  8
..60
.10
..  4V4
..  4*4
..  5
.1 0
..  4*4
.15

SN U FF

Scotch, in bladders.........
Maccaboy, in  ja rs..........
French Rappee, in  ja rs.

SOA P

J A X O N

Single box............................... 2  85
5 box lots, delivered............2  80
10 box lots, delivered............2  75

m . 8.  KIRK 8 CO.’S BRANDS

American Family, wrp’d__ 2  66
Dome....................................
Cabinet..................................
Savon.....................................
White  Russian...................
White Cloud, laundry.......
White Cloud, toilet............
Dusky  Diamond, 50 6 oz... 
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz...
Blue India, 100 %.  lb..........
Kirkoline.............................
Eos........................................

Scouring

Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz........ 2
.Sapolio, hand, 3 doz..............2

SODA

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

SPIC K S 

W h ole Sifted

Allspice.................................
Cassia, China in m ats.......
Cassia, Batavia, in btuid...
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, shot........................

P a re  Ground in B u lk

Allspice.................................
Cassia, Batavia...................
Cassia, Saigon.....................
Cloves, Zanzibar.................
Ginger,  African..................
Ginger, Cochin...................
Ginger,  Jam aica................
Mace,  Batavia.....................
Mustard..................: ...........
Nutmegs..............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pep per, Cayenne...............
Sage.......................................
STOVK  PO LISH

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

Diamond

K in g sford ’s  Corn
6
40 l-lb. packages.................  
20 l-lb. packages................. 
6*>
K in g sford ’s Silv er Gloss
40 l-lb. packages..................  61/
6 lb. boxes..........................  
7
64 10c packages...................   5  0(
128 5c packages...................  5 0(
30 10c ami  64 5c packages..  5  (X 
20 l-lb.  packages...............  
5
40 l-lb.  packages...............  
4^
l-lb.  packages.....................  4U
3-lb. packages..................... 
4^
5
6-lb.  packages..................... 
40 and 50-lb. boxes.............. 
3
Barrels.................................  
3

Common Gloss

Common Corn

SYRU PS

Corn

Barrels.............................
Half  bbls........................
1 doz. 1 gallon cans.......
1 doz. M gallon can s....
2 doz. M gallon can s....
P a re   Cane
F a ir .
Good..........................
C hoice.......................
SUGAR

..... 18M
....20M 
. . . 3   10
.......1  85
.. . 1   90

.......  16
__  20
.......  25

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New  York  to  your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the  invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipiung  point,  including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
Domino................................
Cut  Loaf...............................
Crushed.................................
Powdered............................
XX XX  Powdered..............
Cubes.....................................
Standard  Granulated.......
Standard Fine Granulated 
Above  Granulated  in  5
lb. bags.......................
Above  Granulated  in  2
lb.  bags......................
Extra Fine Granulated....
Extra Coarse  Granulated.
Mould A ................................
Diamond Confec.  A ..........
Confec.  Standard  A ..........
No.  i.....................................
No.  2.....................................

5  44 
5  56 
5  69
5  31
5  19 
5  19

5  25 
5  31 
5 31 
5 44 
5  19 
4 94
4  69 
4  69 
4  63 
4 56 
4  50 
4 44 
4  38 
4 31 
4  19 
4  06 
4  00 
4 00 
3 94 
3 94 
3 94

T A B L E   SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS* 
SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine 
Worcestershire.

Lea & Perrin’s, large.........  3  75
Lea & Perrin’s,  small.......  2  50
Halford, large.....................  3  75
Halford, small.....................  2  25
Salad Dressing, large.......  4 55
Salad Dressing, small.......  2  75

V IN EG A R

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  7M 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Bed Star.............12
Pure Cider, Robinson........... 12
Pure CidtMr.  Silver.................. 13M

W ASH IN G   P O W D E R

2 00
Kirk’s Eos............................
3 75
Wisdom................................
Roseine.................................
3  25
» 50
Nine  O’clock.......................
2  50
Babbitt's 1876.......................
4  25
Gold  Dust...........v...............
Johnson’s ............................
3  50
2  88
Swift’s  .................................
Rub-No-More......................
3 50
Pearline, 100 6s...................
3 30
Fearline, 36 is .....................
2  85
2  35
Snow  Boy............................
Liberty .................................
3 90
No. 0, per gross...................
.20
No. 1, per gross................... • 26
No. 2, per gross...................
.35
.55
No. 3, per gross...................
W OODEN W A R E
Bushels.................................
Bushels, wide  band...........
M arket.................................
Willow Clothes,  large.......
Willow Clothes, medium..
Willow Clothes,  small.......

.1  0
.1  10
.  30
.6  50
5  75
.5  25

W IC K IN G

B ask ets

No.  1 Oval, 250 in  crate....
No. 2 Oval. 250 In crate....
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate....
No. 6 Oval. 250 in  crate....

.1  80
.2  00  !
.2  20 !
.2  60

Clothes  Fins

Boxes, gross boxes............

.  40

Mop  Stick s

Troian spring....................... .9 00 1
Eclipse patent spring......... .9  00
I  No 1 coin moil........................ .8  00 i
I  No. 2 patent brush holder ..9  00 i
12  ff>. cotton mop heads__ .1  25 I
2-hoop Standard................... .1  35
3-hoop Standard..............
.1  50 j
2-wire,  Cable.........
.1  35
3-wire,  Cable..........
.1  60
Cedar, all red. brass  bound .1  25
Paper,  Eureka..................... 9
F ibre...................
2  25 I

P ails

Tubs

20-inch, Standard,  No. 1__ 6  00 !
18-inch, Standard. No. 2...
5  00 |
, 16-inch, Standard.  No. 3.... 4 00
20-inch, Dowell,  No. 1......... 3 25
18-inch, Dowell,  No. 2......... 5 9K
16-inch, Dowell,  No. 3......... 4 25
No. 1 Fibre..................
9 oo
No. 2 Fibre............
7 50
No. 3 F ibre.........................
6 75

W ash  Boards

Bronze Globe..............
2 50
Dewey..................
1  75
Double Acme..............
Single Acme.......................
2 25
Double  Peerless.........
3  00
Single  Peerless................
Northern Queen............... 9  «JR
Double Duplex..................... 3 00 j
Good  Luck............................ 2 76
Universal............................
2 25

Wood  Howls
i  11 In.  Butter.................
|  13 in.  Butter...........
I  15 in.  Butter..........
I  17 in.  Blitter.....................
119 in. Butter.........................

76
1  00
1  60 1
2 00
2  60

Y EA ST   C A K E
1  Yeast Foam. 1*4  doz__
50
|  Yeast Foam, 3  doz............
1  00
I  Yeast Cream, 3 doz...........
1  00
|  Magic Yeast 5c, 3  doz......... 1  00
|  Sunlight Yeast. 3 doz........... 1  00
I  Warner's Safe, 3 doz...........
------ —— ~—-----—---- 1  00

Provisions

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:

B arreled Pork

Mess....
B a c k ..................... ..  10 50@
Clear back............
Short cu t..............
P ig .........................
Bean.......................
Fam ily..................

©10  00
@10  75
@10  50
@14  00
@   9  50
@11  00

D ry  Salt M eat*
• 

Bellies...................
Briskets................
Extra shorts.........

6*4
5*4
5M

Sm oked M eats

Lards—In Tierces

Hams, 121b.average. 
@   n
Hams, 14 lb. average. 
@   iim
Hams, 16lb.average. 
@   li
Hams, 201b.average.
@ iov
Ham dried  beef.......
@ 15V
@ 7
Shoidders (N. Y. cut)
Bacon, clear..............
7  © 7V
California hams.......
@ 6?
Boneless  hams.........
@ 8V
Cooked  ham..............  10  ©  15  *
Compound.................  
su
Kettle.........................  
7
%
55 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
M
■'*„
50 lb. Tins... advance 
%
20 lb.  Pails, .advance 
%
10 lb.  Pails..advance 
5 lb. Pails..advance 
l
3 lb. Pails.. advance 
im
Sausages
Bologna................  
Liver..........................  
Frankfort.................. 
Pork  ..........................  
Blood..........................
Tongue....................... 
Headcheese............... 
Extra Mess................ 
Boneless..................... 
Rum p........................  
P ig s’  F ee t
Kits, 15  lbs..... ..........  
M bbls., 40 lbs........... 
M bbls., 80  lbs........... 
Kits, 15  lbs................ 
14 bbls., 40 lbs..........  
M bbls., 80 lbs..........  
Casings
Pork  .................................... 
Beef  rounds..............  
Beef  middles........... 
Sheep................................... 

70
135
2  50
70
125
2  25

6*4
7
8*4
6M
9
7

10  25
12  50
12  oo

T rip e

B e e f

3
10

B u tterin e
Rolls, dairy................
Solid, dairy................
Rolls, creamery.......
Solid,  creamery.......

Canned  M eats

Corned beef, 211)....
Corned beef,  14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb.........
Potted ham,  Ms.......
Potted ham,  Ms.......
Deviled ham,  Ms__
Deviled ham,  Ms__
Potted tongue,  Ms..
Potted tongue,  Ms..

Duluth  Imperial  *8s...... ..  4  25
Duluth  Imperial  Ms...... ..  4  15
Duluth  Imperial  Ms....... ..  4  05
Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s Brand
Gold Medal  Ms................ ..  4  35
4  25
Gold Medal Ms................
Gold Medal Ms................ ..  4  15
Parisian  !4s..................... ..  4  35
Parisian  Ms..................... ..  4 25
Parisian  Ms..................... ..  4  15

(Huey & Judson’s Brand

Ceresota  !4s..................... ..  4 35
Ceresota  Ms.....................
..  4 25
Ceresota  Ms..................... ..  4  15

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

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

M eal

Bolted........................ ..
..  1  90
Granulated.. :.................. ..  2  10

Feed  and  M illstu fife

St. Car Feed, screened.. ..  16 00
No. l Corn and  ( )ats__ ..  15  50
Unbolted  Corn  Meal__ ..  14  50
Winter Wheat Bran....... . 1 4   00
Winter  Wheat  Middlings.  15 00
Screenings  ....................... ..  14  00

Corn

Oat*

New corn, car  lots.........
30*4
Less than car lots........... •  37*4

Car  lots............................. ..  26
Car lots, clipped..............
.  30
Less than car lots...........
.  32

Hay

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

.  10  00
.  12  00

Hides  and  Felts
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:

Hides
Green  No. 1..............
Green  No. 2..............
20
Bulls............................
Cured  No. 1..............
Cured  No. 2..............
60
I  Calf skins,green No. 1 
Calfskins,green No.2 
Calfskins.cured No. 1 
Calfskins.cured No.2

P elts
Pelts,  each ..............
T allow
No. 1............................
No. 2............................
W ool
Washed,  fine............
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine.......
Unwashed,  medium.

11
10M
15M
14M

2  25
16  00
2  25
50
90
50
90
50
90

@ 8 
@   7 
@ 6 
@  9*4 
@  8M 
@  9 
@   7H 
@10 
@ 814

@   314 
@   214

@16
@20
@12
@16

S tick   Candy

7 @   85U
bbls.  pails
6 @   6M !  Standard................... *  7  m 7M
71M@10M ;  Standard  H.  H.........
10 @14
I  Standard  Twist.......
8 @14
{ Cut  Loaf.....................
7 @   8
6 (it  6 Vi
Jumbo, 32 lb............
4 (it  5
Extra H. H ...............
I  Boston Cream..........

@ 8V4
cases
@
@ 8M
@:10

7  @
7M@ 8

Mixed Can dy

@   6
7*4@io
@   7 |  Competition..............
6V4 !  Standard....................

Grocers....

8 è  to

8*/

9

I  Conserve..., 
.
Rovai  ..............
Ribbon.......................
Broken.....................
Cut Loaf.....................
English  Rock............
Kindergarten..........
!■ rendi Cream.......
Dandy  Pan..............
Hand  Made  Cream
m ixed..................
Nobby............
Crystal Cream  m ix..

@ 6
% 6*4
@
@ 8
@ 7VL
8i4
<&
8
@ 8*4
@ 8M
<7$ 8M
¿1, 9
© 8*4
@14
%
(fill

Crackers

[  The  National 
quotes as follows:

B u tter

Seymour  X X X ...................  
Seymour X X X ,3 lb. carton  6
Family  X X X ....................... 
SaltedXXX..........................  
New  York X X X .................. 
Wolverine............................ 
Boston...................................  

514
514
514
5*4
6
754

Soda

614
|  Soda  X X X ..........................  
Soda X X X , 3  lb. carton... 
7
Soda,  City........................... 
8
;  Long Island  Wafers..........   11
I  L.  1.  Wafers,  1 lb. carton..  12
1  Zephyrette....................... 
10

O yster

I  Saltine  W afer..................... 
j  Saltine Wafer, 1 lb. carton 
|  Farina Oyster..................... 
I  Extra Farina  Oyster......... 
Sw eet  Goods—Boxes

6
7
6
614

Animals................................  1014
Bent’s  W ater.....................  15
Cocoauut Taffy................... 
10
I  Coffee Cake, Ja v a ..............   10
|  Coffee Cake,  Iced..............   10
Cracknells  ..........................   1514
I  Cubans.................................   1114
!  Frosted Cream...................  
8
|  Ginger Gems....................... 
8
Ginger Snaps, X X X ..........  
71»
Graham  Crackers..............   8
Graham  Wafers.................  
10
Grandma Cakes.................. 
9
Imperials.............................  
8
|  Jumbles,  Honey.................. 
1214
Marshmallow.....................   15
|  Marshmallow  Creams.......  16
|  Marshmallow Walnuts__   16
j  Mich. Frosted  Honey.... 
12*4
8
!  Molasses  Cakes.................. 
Newton.................................   12
I  Nic  Nacs.............................. 
8
8
I  Orange  Gems.....................  
|  Penny  Assorted Cakes__  
8! »
1  Pretzels, hand  made......... 
7M
I Sears’  Lunch....................... 
7
Sugar Cake........................... 
8
Sugar Squares  ...................  
9
Vanilla Wafers...................   14
Sultanas................................  1254

Fish  an l Oysters

F resh   Fish

Per lb.

!  White fish.....................  @   10
| Trout..............................  ©   10
Black  Bass...................  8@  10
j  Halibut...... ! ................  @   18
Ciscoes or H erring....  @  
5
I  Bluefish.........................  @   11
Live  Lobster................  @   17
I  Boiled  Lobster............  @   19
j  Cod.................................   @   10
7
:  Haddock.......................  @  
No. 1  Pickerel..............   @  
9
P ike................................  @  
8
|  Perch.............................   <a  5
j  Smoked  W hite............  @  
8
I  Red  Snapper..............   @   10
Col River  Salmon.......   @   13
Mackerel.......................  @   20

O ysters in  Cans.

F. H.  Counts............  
F. J .  D. Selects......... 
Selects....................... 
F. J . D.  Standards. 
Anchors.....................  
Standards.................. 
B u lk . 

36
30
27
22
20
18
gal.
F. H. Counts.........................   1  76
Extra Selects........................  1  60
Selects....................................   1  35
Anchor  Standards............... 1  20
Standards.............................. 1  10

S h ell Goods.
Clams, per 100.............. 
1  00
Oysters, per 100...........1  25@l  50

Oils
B a rre ls

Eocene..........................
Perfection.....................
X X X  W.W. Mich. Hdlt
W. W. Michigan.........
Diamond White...........
I»., S.  Gas.....................
Deo. Naphtha..............
Cylinder..............
Engine................
Black, winter__

@12 
@11 
@11
@10V4 
@   9M 
@1134 
©1134 

..29  @34 
.11  @21

Fan cy —In  B u lk  

San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc.  Drops..............
Eclipse Chocolates... 
Choc.  Mouumentals. 
Gum  Drops............
Sour Drops__
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream  Bonbons
36 lb. pails..............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb- pails...................
Jelly  Date  Squares.
Iced  Marshmellows.

@11 
@   9 
@   9 
@11 
@12! 
©12*. 
©  5
Iffj O v%
8 Vi
@   9M
@11
@13
@10M
.......  14

Fancy—In li lb. Boxes

|  Lemon  Drops.........
{¿V50
i  Sour Drops__
@60
1  Peppermint  Drops..
@60
|  Chocolate  Drops__
@65
i  H.  M. Choc.  Drops.
@75
!  H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12___
($90
Gum  Drops.......
@30
Licorice  Drops__
(&75
I  A.  B.  Licorice  Drops
@50
1  Lozenges,  plain.......
@56
1  Lozenges, printed 
.
@55
i  imperials...................
@55
|  Mottoes.....................
@d0
!  ( ’ream  Bar............
@55
j  Molasses Bar.......
@55
j  Hand  Made Creams. 80  ©90
! Cream  Buttons. Pep.
!  and  Wint...............
@65
String  Rock..............
@60
|  Burnt  Almonds.......l 25  @
}  Wlntergreen Berries
@55
C aram els
No.  1  wrapped.  3  lb.
!  boxes.......................
Fruits
Oranges
Fancy M exicans__
| Jam aicas...................
Lem on*
!  Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
1  Fancy 300s.................
Ex. Fancy  300s.........
Ban an a*

@50

@6 00
@5  00

@4 25
@4 50
@5 00

Medium hunches__ 1  00© 1  25
Large  bunches.........
1  50© 1  75

Foreign  D ried F ru its

F ig s

Californias,  Fancy-..
Choice,  10  lb. boxes.
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes, new..............
Fancy, 12lb. boxes..
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb. boxes.................
Pulled. 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, in bags.,..
B ates

Fanis  in 10 lb. boxes
Fards in 60 lb. cases.
Persians,  P. H. V ...
lb.  cases, new.......
Bairs. 60 lb. cases....
Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Iv ica .......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled............
Brazils, new..............
F ilberts.....................
Walnuts,  Grenobles. 
Walnuts, Calif No. 1. 
Walnuts, soft shelled
California..............
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecans,  Med............
Pecans. Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos.......
H ickory N uts per bu.
Ohio,  new..............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted..................
Choice,  H .P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Roasted..................

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@10
@   6
@   6
@   6
@   5

@16
@14
@15 
@   7 
@10 
@1314 @11
@11 
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@10 
@  7 M 
@   9 
@12
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

2 2

A  Review   o f Som e  Advertising:—Good  and 

O therw ise.

S.  Maudlin  &  Co.,  of  Bridgman, 

write  me  as  follows :

We  peruse  your  advertising  talks  in 
the  Tradesman  with  much  interest  from 
time  to  time  and  enclose  you  herewith 
a  copy  of  our  latest  effort  in  this  line  of 
work.  Not  having  a  newspaper  here, 
we  have  resorted  to  circulars,  which  we 
issue  every  thirty  to  sixty  days  and 
mail  to  every  family  within  reasonable

perhaps, 

week  would  not  be  too  often  to  issue 
them— using, 
three  smaller 
circulars  and  one  big  one  every  month. 
The  plan  is  one  that  can  be  adopted  by 
every  firm  similarly  situated,  with  a 
great  deal  of  profit.

*  

*  

*

_  L.  A.  Ely,  of  Alma,  is  an  advertiser 
in  the  Tradesman—or,  rather,  he  uses 
three  inches  of  space  in  this  paper  each 
week  and  crowds  into  it  matter  enough

ALL  ROADS  LEAD  TO  THE  BIO  STORE

S.  MAUDLIN  &   CO.

SOUTH  SIDE  OF  MAIN  STREET

Bridgman,  Michigan

* HJB  constant  aim  of The  Big'  Store  since  it  opened  business  h««  been 

to give the people goods of a character and quality a t the lowest prices 
possible.  The great success that h«« attended our efforts accounts  for

the  wonderful  h a h r a   dot  it  h u   received,  and  which 

«  to  grow  bigger  day  by  day.

Great  Autumn  Clearing  Sale

OCTOBER  2nd  TO  14th  INCLUSIVE

N shaHharrive, 
we offer yon

clear our shelves of all broken  lots of  goods— short  lengths,  remnants,  etc.— before  our  immense  line  of  winter  goods 
“   (red  loaey-Siviir  Onoriaiities.  In  view  of  the  higher  prices  that are now  prevailing in all lines,  this is an 

;  

°  

r r  

opportunity careful buyers cannot afford  to mitt.

Underwear

S p ecials-— =
47 piece» Men'» heavy ribbed.  fleece  lint 

former prices $oc. going at. each 

■ 
Regular winter weights.  Warm Ones

Still  Another

Siaw 14H t 

going now I

3 9 C

25c   L in e

WALL  PAPER  AND  PAINTS 
in this line.  We 
Yon will want —
have a laage assortment  af both and  can 
aoit yon in price and styles.

COAL
We carry both hard  and  at 
coal, beat grades egg and

GALVANIZED BARBED  WIRE
We have a quantity of this wire  which  we 
ate selling at fl^.75 per too lbs., which is 
a very close price at this time.

POTATOES  WANTED  at market prices.

T h e  Red, 
W h ite  
and  B lu e

are the colors that cannot 
fade and  that never ran. 
Proven  on  many  bnttfo 
fields and  on  every  ten. 
Bine  the  great  American SELZ

Under  the  Red. Whitt 
SHOES  have  won  end 
there  are  now  more  SELZ  SHOES  made 
and  sold  than  any  other  one  kind.  We 
have  them  for  you because we know them

ship,  while  yon  can  bay  them  without 
paying an extra  cent  for  the  extra  wear 
yon  will  get  oat  of  them.
fou have tried us on Shoes you ki 
ind prices are  ALWAYS  RMHT 
Oar Queen Shoe
Our Lady Elgin at  1.50. 

Oar Sappho a
Oar Miis Chic 

Stand oneqoaled for the money

Special  for  this  Sale
79 pair Ladies' fine Shoes,  former price $1.35 to $» 50. 

Take yoor pick of the lot for
1 Robbers we handle such well-known brands as Banigar 
awaka.  Ball  Brands,  and  Woooaockets  We  have  tb 
styles and widths,  sore  to  please.

igber prices on Robbers, we have paid  parties 
have an extra
See oar Am

• •   -*  — 

«. 

Thoughts for Food

People  often  lack  appetite  because  they 
have eaten  what  was  unwholesome.  It 
requires care  in  selecting  food  staffs  if 
yon would guard the health of those who 
meet around yoor board.
LOOK  HERE
(•rannlated Sugar,  19 lbs. for 
White Ex C Sugar, 20 lbs. far 
Gold Dost Washing Powder, 

f t .00
1.00
jac pkg

why pay 25c ?

Yeast, all kinds, 4c pkg.  Why pay $c *
Rice, an extra fine one at 
Package Coffees 
Tea < special far this sale) 

jc lb.
10c pkg.
jjc lb.

In Meets we have Swift &  Company's cele­

brated goods exclusively  Hams,
Fresh Sausage and Bologna

STOVES

We have them.  Beet <«*'«« and  prices  as 
low as the lowest  Stove Pipes,  Elbows,

8k

We have plenty  of Room  and  Competent 
Clerks  who  win  try  to  pt— »  yon  in

Come  and  Bee  us,  w e  are  looking  for  you.  Yours  truly,

S.  MAUDLIN  &   CO.

distance  of  us. 
In  this  circular,  we 
make  no  claim  to  originality,  as  we 
have  copied  some  parts  of 
from 
papers,  etc.,  when 
it  suited  the  oc­
casion.

We  feel  under obligations  to  you 

for 
the  many  good  pointers  we  obtain  from 
your talks.

it 

the  most  part, 

Accompanying  this  letter  are  two  cir­
culars,  the  smaller  of  which  is  repro­
duced  herewith.  They  are  both  well 
printed'on  a  fair quality  of white paper, 
and.  as  can  be  seen,  the  typographical 
is  good.  The  reading  matter  is, 
work 
for 
interesting,  and 
I  quarrel,  however, 
should  sell  goods. 
with  the  use  of  the  flag  as  an 
introduc­
tion  to  the  Selz shoe  advertisement.  The 
space  could  have  been  much  better  em­
ployed 
in  a  descripiton  of  the  points 
that  are  alleged  to  make  the  Seh  shoe 
better  than  other  shoes.  A  good  rule 
for  all  advertisers  to  think  of  when writ­
ing  advertising  copy 
is,  “ Talk  busi­
in  your  advertisements  as  long  as 
ness 
there 
is  any  business  to  talk  about. 
When  there’s  none  left,  stop talking. ”

The 

idea  of  issuing  the  circulars  is 
decidedly  good,  but 
it  would  seem  to 
me  that  they  are  not  put  out  often 
enough. 
I  would  suggest  that  once  a

to  fill  a  quarter  page.  His  advertise­
long,  wordy  and  not  at  all 
ments  are 
convincing. 
Take  the  accompanying 
specimen,  for  instance:

T h e  H ow w how hat.

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 r  By introducing a  system  to  this  class  of 
business men that insures them  against  the  possi­
bility of  a  forgotten  charge,  used  In  connection 
with a system for retailers which saves the  profits, 
only  from  which  are  fortunes  made.  Second, By 
whom ?  By the Egry  Autographic  Register  Co., 
who plan systems for retailers in all  lines  of  busi­
ness, enabling them to save the profits by  stopping 
the  leaks.  Third,
By  what?  By  us­
ing  the Egry Auto­
graphic  Register— 
adapted to any class 
of business needs.

Address inquiries 
or  send  orders  for 
what  you  want  to

L.  A.  ELY,  Alma,  Mich.

Mr.  E ly ’s  sentences  are  too  long.  His 
style  resembles  that  of  the  German

Air
Tight
Stoves

Write  • 
f ° r  
Price 
List. 

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3
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I  
FOSTER, 
I  
STEVENS, 
^
&  CO., 
GRAND RAPIDS.  3

Send Our  descriptive  price  list  of  Robes  and 
For
It

Blankets  is  a  valuable  thing  to  have. 
It 
tells  you  about  the  best  stock  in  Michigan 
and  makes  prices  that  are  getting  the busi­
ness.  Our  harness 
illustrated  catalogue 
and price list  shows  everything just  as it is, 
with  a  detailed  description.

Brown  &  Sehler,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Box  Co.

Manufacture

Solid  Boxes for Shoes, Gloves,  Shirts and  Caps,  Pigeon  Hole  Files  for 
Desks, plain and  fancy  Candy  Boxes,  and  "Shelf  Boxes  of  every  de­
scription.  We  also  make  Folding  Boxes  for  Patent  Medicine,  Cigar 
Clippings,  Powders, etc., etc.  Gold and Silver Leaf work  and  Special 
• Die Cutting done  to suit.  W rite for prices.  Work guaranteed.

GRAND  RAPIDS  PAPER BOX CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

If in  need of

Air  Tight 

Heaters, 
Car  Stoves, 
Stove  Pipe

or  other  fall  goods, 
we would  be  pleased 
to hear from you and 
can  make  you  right 
prices.

Wm.  Brummeier & Sons,

260 South Ionia Street,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

23

author  of  whom  Mark  Twain  speaks, 
who  disappears  from  view  in  a  sea  of 
words  and  finally  emerges,  gasping,  at 
the  other  shore,  with  the  verb  in  his 
mouth. 
I  do  not  doubt  that  Mr.  Ely 
knows  what  he  is  talking  about,  but  like 
many  other  good  men,  he  does  not know 
how  to 
impart  his  knowledge  to  other 
I  am  sure  that  the  Egry  Auto­
people. 
graphic  Register 
is  a  good  thing,  but 
not  through  any  argument  that  Mr.  Ely 
has  adduced.

There  are  three requisites  to  every  ad­

vertisement :

First,  it  must  be  seen.
Second,  it  must  be  read  by  the  people 

to  whom  it  is  addressed.

Third,  it  must  be  so  worded  as  to  im­
press  upon  its  readers’  minds  the  merits 
of  the  article  it  advertises,  with  a  view 
to  making  them  buyers.

Mr.  E ly ’s  advertisements  are  so  small 
that  they  are  difficult  to  find 
in  the 
paper.  They  are  set  in  such  small  type, 
and  are  so  crowded,  that  they  are  hard 
to  read.  And,  last  of  all,  when  read, 
they  are  not  convincing.

What  Mr.  Ely  should  do  is  either to 
take  more  space  or  say  less.  Let  him 
use  a  style  something  after this order:

r
j
l Stop 
) 
I Business 
j
SLeaks 
t ister,  every  transaction  is ,reg-  " 
t no  chance  to  forget  charges  .

|   With the  Egry Autographic Reg-  i

istered  when  made.  You  have  a

It  pays  for  itself  in  the  money  1 
Adapted  to  every  d 
it  saves. 
business —  and  every  business  j  
t
needs one. 
w
I
j

Write me about  it. 

|   L.  A.  ELY,  Alma,  Mich. 

1 
^ 
1  

t 

A  series  of  advertisements  like  this 
which  would  drive  home  a  few  forcible 
truths  every  time,  would  make  Mr 
E ly’s  space  in  the  Tradesman  a  paying 
investment.

It 

is  possible  to'  say  too  many  good 
things  about  the  article  you  are  adver 
tising,  and  thus  spoil  your  own  cause

Its  Last 
Use

When a  man buys a hat of us It lasts 
so long that he gets tired of it.  It  is 
not worn out.  It is what  you  might 
call a tired  hat  Of course this  kind 
costs a little more than  the  hat  that 
tears off the brim, and  cracks  at  the 
crease, or breaks when indented.  We 
guarantee our goods.  Backed up  by 
the  maker.

One  Hat 
at $3.50 to $5.00

is cheaper than four hats  at  $2.00  to 
$2.50.  We have some cheaper grades, 
but don't insist upon you  buying, for 
we want every man to be as correctly 
dressed as possible.

advertisement 

of  Bidelman  &* 

throw  it  away  without  any  pangs. 

he 
ane,  of  Manistee,  is  an  example.
Now,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  no  man 
ants  to  buy  a  hat  that  wears  so  long 
that  he  gets  tired  of  it.  The  average 
mortal  wants  a  hat  that  will  look  well 
for  a  season  or  two,  and  then  he  wants 
I 
doubt 
if  anyone  will  want  to  pay  any 
extra  money  for  the  privilege  of  having 
hat  of  the  immortal  variety  advertised 
by  Bidelman  &  Lane. 
If  they  had 
started  out  with  the  assertion  that  one 
hat  at  $3.50  to $5  is  cheaper than  four 
hats  at  $2.50,  and 
followed  it  up  with 
the  remark  that  hat  styles  do  not  change 
radically,  and  their  $3.50  to  $5  hats 
would  wear  well  and  look  well  until  the 
last,  they  would  have  avoided  the  con­
sequences  of  the  rather  rash  statement 
ncorporated  in  their  present  advertise­
ment.

*  *  *

The  accompanying  advertisement  was 
clipped  from  a  recent  issue  of  a  Manis-

If
you
Don’t
Mind-

The heat of a kitchen range in summer, sir, perhaps 
you mind the cost of it.  If you mind either the  one 
the other, you have  much  to  gain  in  physical 
,ind financial comfort  by  investigating  the  merits 
of our oil and gasoline stoves.

E.R429  W.  River  St.

tee  paper. 
It  is  from  the  pen  of  E.  R. 
Welsh,  the  somewhat  fiery  gentleman 
who  took  exception  to  my  criticism  of 
his  advertising once before.  This  wasn’t 
bad  advertisement  when  it  was  ripe, 
but  to  allow  it  to  hang  unplucked  upon 
the  tree  so  long  savors  of  carelessness.  I 
should  advise  Mr.  Welsh  to  pack 
it 
carefully  away  with  his  stock of gasoline 
stoves  until  next  summer,  and  to  run 
something  a  little  more  timely.

W.  S.  Hamburger.

T ig h t  as  a  B o ttle.

“ It  seems 

to  m e,”   remarked 
the 
prospective  tenant  as  he  noted 
four 
inches  of  water  in  the  basement,  ‘ ‘ that 
this  cellar  leaks. ”

‘ Leaks!  Not  a  bit  of  it,”   spoke  up 
the  hustling  agent. 
“ Why,  that  water’s 
been  there  for a  month,  and  not  a  drop 
has  escaped.”

Mo  T im e  fo r  O th er  M atters.

First  Lawyer— You  are  a  cheat  and  a 

swindler!

blackguard!

Second  Lawyer— You  are  a  liar  and  a 

The  Court  (softly)— Come,  gentlemen, 
let’s  get  down  to  the  disputed  points  of 
the  case. 

______

Answered.

“ A  fool  can  ask  more  questions  than 
a  wise  man  can  answer.  A in ’t  that  so?”

“ I  can’t  answer  you.”

just  been  put  “ on  pledge.”  

Admiral  Dewey,  although  not  a  total 
abstainer  from 
liquors,  has  a  horror  of 
heavy  drinking  among naval officers.  ‘ ‘ I 
had  rather  sleep  win  a  madman,”   he 
once  said  in  speaking  of  a  captain  who 
had 
“ I 
could  restrain  a  lunatic,  but not a drunk­
ard.  If  I  had  my  way  no  officer in either 
branch  of  the  service  who  was  once  dis­
missed 
for  drunkenness  should  ever  be 
restored  to the  active  list  unless  his  ref­
ormation  was  absolutely  sure.

Hardware  Price Current

A ugurs  and  B its

Snell's........................................................
Jennings* genuine...................................
Jennings’ Imitation.................................

Axes

First Quality, S.  B. Bronze...................
First Quality, I). B.  Bronze.................
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel..................
First Quality,  I).  B. Steel.....................

Barrow s

Hail road.....................................................
Garden...................................................... net

B o lts

Stove............................................'.............
Carriage, new  list...................................
Plow  ..........................................................

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

Cast Loose Pin, flgured........................
Wrought Narrow'...................................

B u ck ets

B u tts,  Cast

C artridges

Kim F ir e ...................................................
Central F ir e .............................................

Chain

% in. 
5-16 in. 
7&C.  ...  634 c.  . 
8% 
914 

...  714
...  8

%  in.
6  C.

Com.. 
B B ... 
BBB.

Cast Steel, per lb.

Ely’s t-io.per m .... 
Hick’s C. F., per m .
G. D„ per m............
Musket, per m.........

Socket Firmer  .. 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Corner... 
Socket Slicks__

Elbow s

Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz................... net
Corrugated, per doz................................
Adjustable................................................dls

Expan siv e  B its

Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26................
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30.......................

F iles—Mew  L ist

New American........................................
Nicholson’s ................................................
Heller’s Horse Hasps.............................

G alvanized  Iro n  

Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 26;  27, 
List  12 
16.

14 

13 

Discount, 65

15 
Gas  P ip e

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

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

Gauges

G lass

Single  Strength, by box......................... dis
Double Strength, by box........................dis
By the Light................................... dis

H am m ers

Maydole & Co.’s, new list...................... dls
Yerkes & Plumb’s .._................................dls
....30c list
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel

H inges
Gate, Clark’s 1, 2 ,3 ................

H ollow   W are

Pots.................................................‘ ..........
K ettles.......................................................
Spiders............................................ ..........

H orse  Mails

Au S ab le...................................................dis
Putnam......................................................dis
H ouse  F u rn ish in g  Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list...................
Japanned Tinware...................................

Iron

.dis 

60&10

c rates
Bar  Iron.....................................................  3
Light  Band...............................................   3*4c rates

K n obs—New  L ist
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.......
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings...

L an tern s

Levels

M attocks

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

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

Adze Eye.....................................$17  00..dls 

M etals—Zinc

eoo pound casks........................................ 
Per pound.................................................  

M iscellaneous

Bird Cages................................................
Pumps, Cistern........................................
Screws, New L is t...................................
Casters, Bed and  Plate.......................... 
Dampers, American...............................

M olasses  Gates

Stebbins’ Pattern.................................... 
Enterprise, self-measuring...................  

Pan?

Fry, Acme.................................................  
Common,  polished.................................  
P a ten t  P lan ish ed   Iro n  

60&10&10

60&10
30

60&10&10
70&5

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

Broken packages VtC per pound extra.

P lan es

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

80
6®
50
60

Caps

Solid  Eyes, per t o n .,..! .........................

70
25&10
60

6 50 
10  00
7  75 
11  50

14  00 
30  00

$3  50

40&10
20

H in. 
541C. 
6«

65 
1  25 
40&10

70&10
70
60&10

80&10 
80&10 
80

3314
40&10
70

50&10
50&10
50&10

40&10

70
20&10

1  00

5 00
6  00

\

(

9
9V4

Malls

3  10 
3  20 
Base
05
to
20
30
45

Advance over base, on both Steel and  Wire, 
Steel nails, base
fire nails, base... 
20 to 60 advance....
10 to 16 advance__
8 advance..............
6 advance..............
4 advance..............
3 advance..............
2 advance..............
‘Ine 3  advance__
asing 10 advance. 
Asing 8 advance.. 
asing 6 advance.. 
’Inish 10 advance. 
'inish 8 advance.. 
'inish 6 advance.. 
Barrel  "B  advance.

R ivets

ron  and  Tinned............................
topper Rivets  and  Burs......................

Roofing  P lates

14x20 IC, Charcoal,  Dean.......................
14x20 IX , Charcoal, Dean......................
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean......................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...
14x20 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  tirad e...
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...
¡0x28IX,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...

Ropes

Sisal,  V4 inch and larger........................
Manilla......................................................

Ast  acct.  19, ’86.......................................dls

Sand  Paper

Sash  W eights

Sh eet  I rou

corn, smooth.

com. 
$3 00 
3  CO 
3  20 
3  30 
3  40 
3  50
All Sheets No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

NOS. 10 to 14.......................................$3  20
Nos. 15 to 17.......................................  3  20
Nos. 18 to 21.......................................  3  30
Nos. 22 to 24 .......................................  3  40
Nos. 25 to 26 .......................................  3  50
NO. 27...*..............................................  3 00
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Sh ells—Loaded

toaded with Black  Powder................. dls
^oaded with  NItro  Powder.................dls

Shot

Drop.....................................................
B B and  Buck...................................
Shovels  and  Spad
First Grade,  Doz.............................
Second Grade, Doz..........................
........................... .

Solder

20
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Squares

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

T in —M elyn  Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...................................
20x14 IX . Charcoal...................................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

T in —Allavvay  Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal...........................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...................................
10x14 IX , Charcoal...................................
14x20 IX , Charcoal...................................

Each additional  X on this grade, $1.50

B o ile r  Size  T in   P la te 

14x66 IX , for No. 8 Boilers,
14x66 IX , for No.9 Boilers,
Traps

- per pound..

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

W ire

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

W ire  Good*

Bright.......................................................
Screw Eyes...............................................
Hooks.........................................................
Gate Hooks and  Eyes............................

W renches

6  50
7  50 
13 00
5  50
6 50 
11  00 
13 00

14\

20  00

40
40&10

1  45 
1  70

f>5

$  8  50
8  50
9  75

7  00
7  00
8 50 
8 50

10

75&10
50
70&10 
15 
1  25

60
60
60&10 
50&10 
40 
3  85 
3 70

76
75
75
75

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

3® . 
30&10

MUSKEGON

AND RETURN
Every  Sunday

VIAa. r. & i.

Train leaves Union 
station at 9.15  a. m. 
Bridge Street 9.21 a. m. 
Returning leaves 
Muskegon 5.30 p.  m.

5

0

cents

24

T h e  G rocery  M arket.

the  National  of  Yonkers, 

Sugars— Because  of  the  absence  of 
offers,  practically  no  business 
in  raw 
sugar  has  been  done  during  the  past 
week.  Quotations  on  same  are  un­
changed,  .being  still  on 
the  basis  of 
4  5 - i 6c  for  96  deg.  test  centrifugals,  but 
it  is  thought  by  many  that  there  will  be 
a  reduction  in  the  hear  future.  Refiners- 
are  not  anxious  buyers,  being  amply 
stocked  with  raws  to  carry  them  along 
for  the  present.  One  of  the  Howell  re­
fineries, 
is 
closed  for  an  indefinite  period,  the  in­
tention  being  not  to  run  again  until  the 
business  is  on  a  paying basis.  The other 
Howell  refinery, 
the  Mollenhauer  of 
Brooklyn,  has  been  closed  for  several 
weeks,  but  will  start  up  again  soon. 
The 
instability  of  the  prices  of  refined 
and  the  fear  that  some  fresh  move  in 
the  contest  between  the  American  Sugar 
its  competitors  may 
Refining  Co.  and 
lead  to  even 
lower  prices  have  had  a 
very  bad  effect  upon  distribution  and 
dealers  are  buying  only  in  small  quan­
tities,  preferring  to  await  the  outcome 
of  the  present  unsettled  condition  of  the 
market.  New  beet  sugar 
the 
Michigan  Beet  Sugar  Co.  is  now  being 
offered  to  the  trade.  The  total  stock  of 
sugar  in  the  United  States  is  179,317 
tons,  against  188,702  tons  at  the  same 
time  a  year ago.

from 

Canned  Goods—There 

is  an  exceed­
ingly  active  market  on  canned  goods  of 
almost  all  varieties  and  prices  tend  to­
ward  an  advance.-  Corn is  in  active  de­
mand  and  prices  are  strong,  with an  up­
ward  tendency.  The pack  is  about  over 
and  in  all  the  large  packing  states  ex­
cept  Maryland  is  short  from  one-third 
to  one-half.  Prices tend  upward  in  con­
sequence  and  promise 
to  rule  much 
higher before  the  season closes.  Nearly 
all  packing  centers  report  an  unusually 
large  proportion  of  desirable  quality, 
although  the  output  of  fancy  stocks  is 
said  to  be  small.  Tomatoes  are  much 
firmer  and  an  advance  is  looked for very 
soon.  Some  Western  packers  are  still 
buying  in  the  Eastern  markets,  but  the 
heaviest  buying  seems  to  be 
over. 
String  beans  are  firm  with  good  demand 
at  unchanged  prices.  Peas  are  steady, 
but  sales  are  small  and  prices  rule high. 
The supply will  not  nearly  equal  the  de­
mand  and  prices  will  probably  be  ad­
vanced  soon.  All  fruits  are  firm  at  a 
high  range  of  prices  and  the  tendency 
of  quotations 
is  upward.  The  pack  of 
minor  vegetables  promises  to  be  about 
an  average,  and  according  to present in­
dications  prices  w ill  rule  steady  at 
about  present  range.  The  demand  for 
such  canned  goods  increases  every year. 
Regarding  the  advance 
sardines 
noted 
last  week  and  a  further  advance 
of  25c  per  case  which  has  taken  place 
this  week,  it  is  claimed  that  this  would 
have  taken  place  months  ago  if  the  two 
companies  controlling  the  industry  had 
then  agreed  to  act  jointly  in  maintain­
ing  prices,  as  is  now  the  case.  It  seems 
that  they  have  come  to  an  agreement  to 
sell  the  fish  . at  a  certain  figure,  below 
which  neither  concern  can  go.  Gener­
ally  speaking,  raw  materials  are  atjout 
100  per cent,  higher  this  year  than 
last 
and  are  still  advancing  so  that  as  there 
is  but  a  small  margin  of  profit  in  the 
present  prices;  it 
is  probable  that  a 
further  advance  will  take  place  soon. 
This  season’s  pack  will  be  considerably 
shorter than  that  of  last  year,  as  at  pres­
ent  there  is  a  great  scarcity  of  raw  fish, 
and  many  plants  are 
idle  for  lack  of 
supplies. 
It  is  difficult  to  estimate  this 
season’s  pack,  but  as  nearly  as  can  be 
learned,  it  will  be  somewhere  between

in 

M IC H I G A N   TR A D E S M A N

700,000  and  1,000,000  cases.  Thè  de­
mand  for  oysters  is  very  good  this  sea­
son.  One  Baltimore  packer  writes  that 
his  booking  of  oyster  orders 
to  be 
shipped  out  of  new  packing  is  larger 
than  ever  before.  Late  advices  from 
Portland,  Me.,  are  to  the  effect  that  the 
domestic  pack  of 
lobsters  will  be  the 
smallest 
in  the  history  of  the  business. 
There  has  been  an  enormous demand for 
fresh 
lobsters,  and  this  cut  down  the 
supply  of  the  canners.

consumption 

Dried  Fruits— The  upward  tendency 
in  all  varieties  of  dried  fruits  continues 
and  prices  are  on  the  verge  of  an  ad­
vance 
in  a  number  of  prominent  lines. 
Even  although  business  has  seemed  ex­
ceedingly  dull  for  some  weeks,  as  a 
matter of  fact  the  fall  demand  has  be­
gun  much  earlier  than  usual  in  some 
lines.  This 
is  due  to  the  fact  that  the 
market 
is  virtually  bare  of  some  sorts 
and  buyers  are  compelled  to  go  into  the 
market  early  to  supply  their  customers. 
Everything  indicates  an unusually heavy 
the  re­
consumptive  demand  during 
mainder of  this  season.  Owing 
largely 
purchases  on  the  Coast, 
to  heavy 
peaches  have  developed 
considerable 
activity  after 
the  previous  dulness. 
Dealers  began  to  realize  that  peaches, 
while  plentiful,  were  cheap— in  fact, 
about  the  cheapest  fruit  to be  had— and 
if  the  present  demand  is  any  indication 
of  what  is  coming  later on,  we will  have 
an  unprecedented 
of 
peaches  this  year.  The  present  market 
is  so  strong  that  prices  have  advanced 
nearly 
ic  per  pound  in  about  a  week, 
with  prospects  of  still  higher  prices 
shortly.  Raisins  are  very  active  and 
there  are 
large  sales  even  at  the  high 
prices.  The  short  crop  in  California 
and  the  total  cleaning  up  of  the  market 
are  expected  to  compel  heavy  sales, 
notwithstanding  the  high  prices.  Buy­
ers  feel  safer  in  taking  liberal  supplies 
than  they  did  last  year,  because  the  A s­
sociation  has  proved  itself  capable  of 
controlling  the  situation  and  fulfilling 
its  promises  to  both  growers and buyers. 
The  packers  were  permitted  to  sell  only 
75  per  cent,  of  their  allotment  at  the 
opening  prices,  as  established  by  the 
Growers’  Association,  and  it  is  claimed 
that  this  75  per  cent,  allotment  has  al­
ready  been  sold.  The  remaining  25  per 
cent,  will  be  sold  at  the  advance  just 
made— %c  on  3  crown  and  %c  on  4 
crown.  Prunes  tend  upward,  particu­
larly  the  small  sizes,  which  are  nearly 
unobtainable.  Buyers  pay  a  premium 
for all  small sizes  they  get,  and  90s,  80s 
and  70s  are  very  scarce.  The  demand 
is  increasing  and  the  movement  is much 
heavier.  No  new  figures  have  been 
given  out  on  the  crop,  hence  it  is  as­
sumed  that  previous  statements  are  sub­
stantially  correct.  The  coast  situation 
in  dried  apricots  is  constantly 
increas­
in  'firmness  and  there  are  not  over 
ing 
ten  carloads 
left  in  first  hands.  Pears 
are 
likely  to  be  scarce,  and  prices  will 
rule  high.  The  crop  in  California  was 
short  and,  as  the  bulk  of dried  pears 
come 
the  outcome  is  ob­
vious.  Figs are  selling  well  at  full  pre­
vious  prices  and  the'tendency is upward. 
Supplies  are  small  and  holders  are  not 
anxious  sellers  under present conditions. 
Dates  are  being  gradually  absorbed  and 
the  market  will  be  bare  within  two  or 
three  weeks  more.  The  new  crop  goods, 
which  will  arrive 
in  November,  will 
come  upon  a  virtually  bare  market  and 
ought  to  meet  a  liberal  demand.

from  there, 

Rice —There  is  a  fair demand for both 
foreign  and  domestic  rice.  Supplies  of 
new  crop  rice  are  coming  in  in  large 
quantities  and  are  being  readily  sold.

Advices  from  the  South continue to show 
a  firm  upward  tendency,  although  there 
is  no  change  in  price.

Molasses  and  Syrups— There  is  a  fair 
demand 
for  molasses,  but  corn  syrup 
seems  to  be  the  greatest  seller  in  this 
line  at  present.  There  is  an  enormous 
demand 
for  these  goods  and  a  great 
many  cars  have  been  sold.  During  the 
past  week  prices  have  advanced  ij^c 
per  gallon  on  bulk  goods  and  9@ 12 
on  cases,  with  the  market  very  firm  at 
the  advance.

Green  Fruits— There  is  practically  no 
demand  for 
lemons.  No  one  seems  to 
want  them,  or,  if  they  do,  it  is  only  the 
smallest  quantities.  While  there  is  no 
change 
in  prices  as  yet,  the  market  is 
inclined  to  be  rath;r  weak.  The  new 
crop  of  Sicily  lemons  is  in  good  shape 
and  the  output  promises  to  be  large.

Nuts— Trade 

in  all  varieties  of  nuts 
is  improving  and  there  is  a  firm  feeling 
in  the  market,  indicating  better  prices 
to  come.  Buyers  are  getting  theiy  sup­
plies  of  nuts  for  the  holidays  and  most 
of  them  are  placing  fairly  liberal  or­
ders,  which 
include  a  good  proportion 
of  all  sorts.  Walnuts  are  in  rather  sharp 
demand  and  buyers  are  experiencing 
some  difficulty 
in  securing  what  they 
want.  There are  no  Californias  offering 
and supplies of other varieties are scarce. 
Almonds  are  up  a  fraction.  The  de­
mand  for  Tarragonas  and Ivicas  has  im­
proved  so  much  that  prices  have  ad­
vanced  %c.  The  demand 
for  Brazils 
continues  very  active,  but  prices  are 
lower  than  usual  at  this  season.  Stocks 
are  sufficient  for  present  needs,  but  if 
demand  continues  as  brisk  as  now, 
higher  prices  aTe  certain.  Filberts  are 
unchanged,  but  the  tendency  is  upward. 
Sicily  filberts  are  becoming  scarce  and 
high  prices  are  paid  for  this  grade  of 
nuts.  Pecans  are 
firmer  and  show  a 
slight  advance.  Peanuts are  inclined  to 
be  weak  with  but  a  fair  demand.

E n am ored  W ith   H er  O ccupation  As  a 

C om m ercial  T ourist.

From the Adrian  Times.

“ Miss  C.  R.  Pollock,  Cleveland,’ ’ 
was  the 
inscription  on  the  register at 
the  Emery  Hotel  to-day.  There  was 
nothing  out  of  the  ordinary  about  its 
appearance.  Enquiry  revealed  the  fact 
that  the  owner  of  the  name  is  a  com­
mercial  traveler,  and  led  to  further  en­
quiries  on  the  part  of  the  Times.

Miss  Pollock  is  an  exceedingly  clever 
young  woman,  good  looking,  quick  wit 
ted  and  full  of  vim.  She  was  not  averse 
to  being  interviewed,  and  related  some 
of  her  experiences  and  impressions  as  a 
drummer.  She  was  always  fond  of  can­
vassing,  and  when  16  years  old  started 
out  as  a  book  agent.  She  was  a  suc­
cess  from  the  beginning,  but  the  work 
was  too  hard  and  she  was  compelled  to 
abandon  it.

Then  she  became  a 

‘ * demonstrator, ’ ’ 
and  traveled  about  the  country  explain­
ing  the  merits  of  a  novelty  she  was 
in­
troducing.  Four  years  ago  she  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Adelaide crown lining 
company,  of  Cleveland,  and 
is  still  in 
their  employ.

“ Yes,  I  like  the  work,”   she  said,  in 
answer to  an  enquiry. 
“ I  am  accorded 
every  courtesy  wherever  I  go,  both  at 
the  hotels  and  on  the  trains.  Railroad 
accommodations  have  improved  so  dur­
ing  the 
is  really  a 
pleasure  to  travel.  And  then  the  mer­
chants  are  so  kind  to  me.

last  few  years 

“ I  like  Michigan-  There  are  so many 
good  towns  ana  the  business  men  are 
wide-awake  and  hustling.  During  the 
time  I  have  been  on  the  road  I  have 
traveled  all  over  the  country,  and  I 
never  found  a  territory  I  liked  better 
than  this. ”

Miss  Pollock 

is  a  close  observer,  a 
fluent  talker,  and  makes  an  interesting 
companion.  She  arrived  from  Monroe 
Monday  evening,  and  went  to  Hillsdale 
this  noon.

it 

BU SIN ESS  CHANCES. 

A d vertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under 
th is  head  fo r  two  cents  a  w ord  th e  first 
in sertion   and  one  cen t  a   word  fo r  each 
subsequent  in sertion .  No  advertisem ents 
tak en   fo r 
less  th an   25  cen ts.  A dvance 
paym ents.______________________________ ____
7
LX>R  SALE—OWEN  ACETYLENE  GAS  MA­
X'  chine.  Cone & Co., 80  Fitzhugh  St.,  Grand
Rapids.___________________________________ 97
L 'O R   SALE—RETAIL  LUMBER  AN1> COAL 
X   yard in live town in  Northeastern  Indiana; 
good country.  Poor  health  reason  for  selling. 
Address Hoosier, care Michigan Tradesman.  93 
y O R   SALE—STORE BUILDING, TW ORESI- 
r   dences, barn, warehouse and  general  stock 
located  in  rich  agricultural  section.  Will  sell 
buildings alone or buildings  and  stock together. 
Reason for  selling,  owner  has  other  business. 
Address No. 92, care Michigan Tradesman.  92

94

95

MILLBROOK,  MICHIGAN,  MECOSTA  CO.

Best business property, with good dwelling, 
for  rent  cheap;  excellent  location  for  a  good 
general store:  none better in the state.  Enquire 
of A. M. Bendetson, 234 East Main  street, Battle 
Creek, Mich. 
¡.'«OR SALE—LADIES,’ M ISSES’ ANDCHILD- 
X   ren’s shoes.  Will invoice close to $000, mostly 
Drew Selby make;  all  desirable  styles. 
I  wish 
to close out the line;  will  sell  at  a  bargain  for 
spot cash only.  Address, M. Lightstone,  Otsego, 
Mich. 
IM RST-CLASS  OPENING  FOR  JEW E LER . 
X  Room for  small  stock  if  desired.  Address 
No. 81, care Michigan Tradesman.__________81
TO EXCHANGE—160 ACRE FARM IN IONIA 
Ij'OR  SALE—10-ACRE  FARM,  IMPROVED.

county  for  good  merchandise  or  good  city 
property.  Address M.  D. S., Lock Box  155,  Car- 
son City, Mich._______ ’____________________ 96

Would exchange  for  small  stock  of  goods, 
groceries  preferred.  Address  Box  E,  Ashley, 
Mich. 
db-j 
CASH  BUYS  NEW  SUBURBAN
d p i  i ) U v   grocery  in  best  city 
in  Southern 
Michigan of 20,000 population; nice store; chance 
for  hustler.  Object,  other  business.  Address 
“ Sam,” care Michigan  Tradesman.________ 89
y O R   SALE—ONE PRICE, CASH CLOTHING 
X  stock, established ten  years  on  best  corner 
in a thriving town of 2,500 population  in  Eastern  - 
Michigan.  Store  lias  made  good  money  every 
year.  Best  of  reasons  for  selling.  Address 
“ Quick,” care Michigan Tradesman._______ 87
A  SPLENDID  OPPORTUNITY  TO  BUY 
/\  out a'paying  meat  market,  doing  one-half 
the business In  town  of  4,000  inhabitants;  only 
two  competitors;  tools  rent  with  building. 
Ill 
health  the  cause  for  wishing  to  retire.  For 
further information write  A.  R.  Hensler,  Battle 
Creek.________ _ _ _ _______ _______________88
s h i n g l e
mill  complete.  Capacity,  40,000  per  day. 
Just closed, having finished the  cut  in  that  sec- 
tion.  Address Lock Box 738, Belding, Mich.  80

Fo r  
Ch o ic e   f a r m   f o r   s a l e   o r   t r a d e .

Address Box 33, Epsilon. Mich._________74

s a l e —a   f i r s t -c l a s s  

90

y O R   SALE—A   RARE  OPPORTUNITY—A  
X   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;  good  trade 
and good times the year around;  terms the most 
liberal  that  could  be  offered  (must  be  cash). 
Want  to  retire  from  business.  Address  P.  O. 
Box 204. Negaunee, M ic h ._____ ________ 913

iPOR RENT—FIN E WASHINGTON AVENUE 

’  store, three  doors  from  center  of  business. 
New plate glass front.  Best  location  in  city  for 
J . W.  Bailey,  Real  Estate, In­
boots and snoes. 
surance and Loans, Lansing, Mich. 
'T 'O R E N T —ONe 1 )R T W O   BRICK  STORES 
JL  with deep cellars, 22x75 feet, on Main street, 
in Opera House block, Mendon, Mich.  Write  to 
Levi Cole._____________________  

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  DRUG  STOCK  FOR SALE VERY CHEAP 
on account of  the death  of  the  proprietor. 
For  particulars  write  to  Mrs.  Anna  Tomlin, 
Bear Lake, Mich.___________________ 
\\7 ANTED—YOUR ORDER  FOR A RUBBER 
’  ’   stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J .   Weller,  Muskegon, 
Mich.___________________________________ 958

IJ'OR 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._______________________  

12

dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. 

splendid farming conntry.  No  trades.  Ad­

F'O R  SALE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
ANY  ONE  WISHING  TO ENGAGE IN THE 
grain and produce and  other  lines  of  busi­
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  by  communi­
cating with  H.  H.  Howe;  Land  ana  Industrial. 
Agent C. & W . M. and  D., G. R. & W.  Railways, 
Grand Rapids, Mich._____________________ 919

680

M ISCELLA N EO U S.

91

furnished.  A. M. Enos, Albion, Mich. 

lady  clerk,  bazaar  preferred.  References 

SITUATION  WANTED  BY   EXPERIEN CED 
WANTED—POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OR 

head  clerk  in  general  store.  Have  had 
valuable experience  as  manager  and buyer  for 
ten years.  Annual  sales,  $50,000.  Address  No. 
77, care Michigan Tradesman. 

W ANTED—POSITION  AS  CLERK.  NINE 
years’ experience in dry goods and general 
trade.  Address No.  43,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
43
W ANTED—POSITION  BY  DRUGGIST,  14 
years’  experience.  Address  No.  40,  care 
40
Michigan Tradesman. 

77

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Travelers*  Time  Tables.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

C H IC A G O ■ "S IS "

Chicago.
4:35pm  *ll:50am
Lv. G.Rapids,7:10am  12:00m 
Ar. Chicago. 
1:30pm  5:00pm  10:45pm  *7:25am 
5:00pm  *11:50pm
Lv. Chicago,  7:15am  12:00m 
Ar. G. Kapids, 1:25pm  5:05pm  10:55pm  *6:20am 

T raverse City, Charlevoi x and 1'etoskey. 

Lv. G. Rapids, 7:30am 
Ar.TravCityi 12:40pm 
Ar. Charlev’x.  3:10pm 
Ar. Petoskey,  3:40pm 
and 10:45pm.
night trains to and from Chicago.

Trains  arrive  from  north  at  2:40pm,  and 
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping  cars  on 

4:00pm
9:10pm
12:25am
12:55am

»Every day.  Others week days  only.

DETROIT,Qraad Rapids & Western

June a6, 1899*

D etroit.

Lv. Grand Rapids___   7:00am  12:05pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit...................11:40am 
4:05pm  10:05pm
Lv. Detroit...................  «:40am 
1:10pm  0:10pm
5:10pm  10:55pm
Ar. Grand Rapids___  1:30pm 

Saginaw ,  A lm a  and  G reenville.

Lv. G .R. 7:00am 5:10pm Ar. G. R. 11:45am 9:40pm 
Parlor Cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Geo. De Havkn, General Pass. Agent.

Mich gan Business  Sen’« Association 

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

retary, E. A. Sto w e, Grand  Rapids.
Michigan Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  J .  W isl f.r .  Manceiona;  Secretary. 

E. A. St o w e, (¡rand Rapids

Detroit Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  Joseph  Knight;  Secretary,  E. 

Mar k s:  Treasurer, C.  H.  F r in k.

Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’  Association 

President, F rank J.  Dy k :  Secretary,  Homer 

K la p;  Treasurer, J. George Lehman.

Saginaw  Mercantile  Association 

President,  P.  F.  Treanor;  Vice-President, 
John  McBr atn ie;  Secretary, W. H.  Lewis.

Jackson Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,.!.  F rank  Hei.m er;  Secretary.  W. 

H.  Porter:  Treasurer, L.  Pei.ton.
Adrian Retail Grocers’  Association 

President.  A.  C.  Clar k;  Secretary.  E.  F. 

Clevelan d; Treasurer,  w .m. C.  Koehn.

Mnskeiron Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  A lbert  Towi,;  Secretary,  D.  A. 

Boei.kin s;,TreasurerT J. W.  Caskadon.

Bay Cities Retail Groceri’  Association 

President.  M.  L.  De Ba tb;  Secretary,  S.  W. 

Waters. 

_____

Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

Hyman. 

_____

/ i n   i   v j f \   Trank Railway  System 

Vl KAli U  Detroit and Milwaukee Div

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

Traverse Citj Business Men’s Association 
Ho lly;  Treasurer.  C.  A.  Hammond.

Owo'so Business Men’s Association 

President,  A.  D.  Wh ip ple;  Secretary,  G.  T. 

Cam pbell;  Treasurer,  W.  E.Collins.

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

President, F . \V. Gilch rist;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

Partridge. 

_____

Grand Rapids Retail M«at Dealers'  Association 

President,  L.  M.  Wilson;  Secretary,  Philip 

Hil r e r;  Treasurer,  S. J. Huffobd.
St.  Johns Business Men’s Associa'ion 

President, Thos. Brom ley;  Secretary,  F rank 

A.  Per cy; Treasurer, Clark  A. Putt.

Perry  Business Men’s Association 

President,  II.  w .  Wallace;  Secretary,  T.  E. 

Hkddlk. 

_____

Grand Haven Retail Merchants’  Association 

President,  F .  D.  V os;  Secretary,  J .  W.  Ver- 

Hof.ks. 

_____

Tale Business Men’s Association 

President, Chas.  Rounds;  Secretary,  F rank 

Putney.

T R A V E L

VIA

F. & P.  M.  R.  R.

A N D   B T B A M 8 H IP   L I N E 8  

T O   A LL  P O IN T S   IN   M IC H IG A N

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

(In effect June 19,1899.)

Going East.

Leave 

Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit & N. Y .........+ 6:40am  + 9:55pm
Detroit and East.......................+I0:l6am  t 5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit &  East.........t  3:27pm  tl2:50pm
Buffalo, N. Y., Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, Ltd  E x..*  7:20pm  *10:16am 
Going West.
Gd. Haven and Int.  Pts.........*  8:30am  *l0:00pm
Gd. Haven Express..................*10:2lam  *  7:15pm
Gd. Haven ana  Int.  P ts.........+12:58pm  t 3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee... .t 5:12pm  tl0:llam
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee.. ..+I0:00pm  t  6:40am
Gd. Haven and Chicago...........* 7:30pm  *  8:05am
Eastbound  6:45am  train  has  Wagner  parlor 
car to Detroit, eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor 
car to Detroit.

»Daily, 

tExcept Sunday.

C. A. J u s t i n , City Pass. Ticket Agent.

97 Monroe St., Morton  House.

GRANDRgpids  &  indiana Railway 

October i,  1899.

Northern  Division. 

From
Going 
North  North
Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack.  +  7:45am 
t  5:10pm 
Traverse City &  Petoskey..  +  2:25pm  +I0:15pm 
Cadillac Accommodation...  t  5:25pm  +10:55am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City 
til :00pm  t   6:20am 
7:45am and 2:25pm trains, parlor cars;  11:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

Southern  D ivision 

Going 
From
South
South 
Kalamazoo, Ft.  Wayne Cin.  t  7:10am  t   9:45pm 
Kalamazoo and Ft. Wayne,  t   2:00pm 
t  2:OOpro 
Kalamazoo. Ft. Wayne Cin.  *  7:00pm  *  6:45am 
Kalamazoo and  Vicksburg.  *11:30pm  *  9:10am 
7:10am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati, 
coach to Chicago;  2:00pm train has parlor  car to 
Fort Wayne;  7:00i>m train lias sleeper  to Cincin­
nati;  ll:30pm  train,  sleeping  car  and  coach  to 
Chicago,

Chicago  Trains.

TO  CH ICAGO.

FROM  CH ICAGO.

t2  OOpin  *11 30pm
Lv.Grand  Rapids...t7  10am 
Ar.  Chicago..............  2  30pm 
6 25am
8  45pm 
Lv.  Chicago........................... ...t3   02pm  *11 32pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...............  
6 45am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has coach; 
ll:30pm train has coach and sleeping  car:  trains 
leaving Chicago  3:02pm  has  coach;  11:32pm  has 
sleeping car for Grand Rapids.

  9  45pm 

Muskegon  Trains.

GOING  W EST.

Lv. Grand Rapids____ +7  35am  tl 35pm 
t5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon...............   9 00am  2 45pm 
7 05pm
Sundav  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon at 10:40am.  Returning  leaves 
Muskegon5:30pm; arrivesGrand Rapids.6:50pm. 

Lv.  Muskegon. 
Ar. Grand Rapids... 

tExcept Sunday.  »Daily.

GOING  E AST.
.. ..t8  10am  +12 15pm  +4 00pm
5 20pm

9  30am  1 25pm 
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W.  C.  BLAKE,

Gen’l Pass’r and Ticket Agent 
Ticket Agent Union Station.

M   a N K T F F   *  fiortheagten Ry-

i f l i l i l l t J l   u L i   Best route to Manistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. Grand Rapids.........................  7 00am 
...........
Ar. Manistee................................. .12 05pm
Lv. Manistee.................................   8  30am  4 10pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids........................  1  00pm  9 55pm

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WE DON’T BELONG TO THE TRUST

Q uad ru ple   Plated  Silverware  of  all  Descriptions 

Fancy  Clo cks  and  Metal  Novelties.

S T I L L   AT  T H E   OLD  PR IC E S

Write  for  O u r  New  Catalogue

T H E   R E G E N T   MFG.  CO.

J A C K S O N   A N D   M A R K E T   S T S .

C H I C A G O

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quires  nourishm ent;  the  child  of  delicate  digestion;  th e  worker  of sturdy 
I appetite, find  In  UnO O O S  B iS C liit both  substance and sustenance.  Sold 
everywhere  In  & cent, dust  proof,  air tight packages.  Always  fresh.

“It’s  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 
new  article. 

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public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and judi­
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very  presence  creates  a  demand  for  other  articles.

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

WATER  WHITE  HEADLIGHT  OIL  IS  THE 

STANDARD  THE  WORLD  OVER

H I G H E S T   P R I C E   PAID  F O R   E M P T Y   C A R B O N   AND  G A S O L I N E   B A R R E L S

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