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Volume XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER  18,1899.

Number 839

Twentieth  Century 

Assortment

uLz*

Carefully  Selected  Variety 
W ell  Graded  in  Price  and 
Profitable  in  Values

 

 

>2 doz.  No.  1—Child's Teacups and Saucers..........................$  .75 
‘2 doz. N'o.  2—Teacups and Saucers........................................  1.20
*4 doz. No.  3—Coffee Cups and Saucers......
' 2 doz. No.  4—Coffee Cups anil Saucers.......
11 doz. No.  5—Mustache Cups and Saucers.
H doz.  No.  ti—Mustache Cups and  Saucers.
“4 doz. No.  7—Plates, 6 inches.......................
1 i doz. No.  8—Plates, 71 s inches....................
1. doz. No.  9—Plates. 7H inches....................
> i doz.  No. 10—Cake  Plates, 10 inches...........
'4 doz. No. 11—Cake Plates, 9' 2 inches..........
l4 doz.  No. 12—Cake  Plates, 9'j inches..........
*4 doz. No. 13—Mugs........................................
12 doz. No. 14—Mugs.........................  
1.50 
 
y  doz. No. 15—Mugs..................................................................... 2.00 
Vt doz. No. 16—Cream  Pitchers................................  
.90 
12 doz. No. 17—Cream  Pitchers...................................  
1.50 
'i  doz. No. 18—Cream  Pitchers................................................... 2.50 
H doz. No. 19—Salad  Bowls, 9U inches............................... ...  3.00 
>.i doz. No. 20—Salad Bowls, 9 inches.................................  ...  4.00 
1 
only No. 21—Lemonade Set.......................................................... 
only No. 22—lemonade Set  ........................................................  
1 
M doz. No. 23— Plate Sets.  ........................................................   2.00 
1-0 doz. No. 24—Plate Sets.............................................................2.75 
*4 doz. No. 25—Vases, two colors, 7 inches.............................. 
.90 
' 2 doz. No. 26—Vases, three colors, 7:,4  inches.......................   1.25 
*4 doz. No. 27—Vases, three colors. 8 inches..........................   2.50 
1.50 
'4 doz. No. 28—Open Sugar and Creams................ 
doz. No. 29—Open Sugar and Creams...... ...........................  2.50 
1-6 doz. No. 30—Sugar and Creams...........................  
3.50 
......................................  6.00 
1-6 doz. No. 31—Sugar and Creams  . 
*4 doz. No. 32—Toothpick Holders...................... 
75 
■4 doz.  No. 33—Figures, assorted, 5 inches.............................. 
.40 
*4 doz. No. 34—Figures, assorted, 7 inches.............................. 
.90 
'¿doz. No  35—Figures, assorted, 8 inches..............................  1.15 
1-6 doz. No. 36—Figures, assorted, 9 inches..............................  2.00 
75 
!4 doz. No. 37—Match Holder........................... 
 
1 
only No. 38—Teapot, Sugar and Cream...................................... 
  2.00 
H doz.  No. 39—Si>0011  Holder..........................................  
Package...........................  
 
Net Price................................................ 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

.75
.50
.45
.75
.63
.75
1.00
.90
1.25
.50
.40
.45
.03
1.25
.38
.62
.58
1.00
.37
.20
.45
.57
.34
.38
.80
.50
.35
$25.00

New,  Bright,  Up-to-date 
Goods  that  are  Bound  to 
Bring  You  Business

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BIG  VARIETY  FOR  LITTLE MONEY

ORDER A PACKAGE TO-DAY

We sell to

dealers only

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42-44 Lake Street, 

Chicago.

THE  MERCHANT

Should  always  remember that  he  should  give

THE  DRUMMER

A   reasonable  amount  of  attention,  if  he  does  not,  he  is  not

UP-TO-DATE

and  his  competitors  are  soon  doing all  of  the

BUSINESS

Give  our  cigar  drummer a  liberal  amount  of your  attention. 

It  will  make  you  money.

F.  E.  BUSHMAN,  Manager.

PHELPS,  BRACE  &  CO.,  Detroit.

L a r g e s t  C ig a r   D e a le r s  in  the  M id d le   W e s t.

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MICA

AXLE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

W A T E R   WHITE  H EA D LIG H T  OIL  IS  T H E  

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

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR  EMPTY  CARBON  AND  GASOLINE  BARRELS

W
$
$
0
$
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$

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This Will 
Benefit YOU

This book teaches farmers to make better butter.  Every pound 
of butter that is better made  because  of  its  teaching,  benefits  the 
grocer  who  buys  it  or  takes it in trade.  The book  is not  an adver­
tisement,  but  a  practical  treatise,  written  by  a  high authority on 
butter  making. 
It  is  stoutly  bound  in  oiled  linen  and  is mailed 
free  to  any  farmer  who  sends  us  one  of  the coupons which are 
packed in every bag of

D ia m o n d   C r y s ta l

Butter Salt

Sell the salt that's all salt and  give  your  customers  the  means 
by which they can learn to make gilt-edge  butter  and  furnish  them 
with the finest and most profitable salt to put in  it.

D IA M O N D  CRYSTAL SALT  CO.,  S t  C lair,  M ich

S T A N D A R D   OIL  CO .

A sk  for  M y  248  P age  C atalogue

If you handle 
or Intend handling

House  Furnishing  Goods 
School Supplies 
or Holiday Goods

You should have my complete  Fall  and Winter 
! catalogue which  is the most complete and com­
prehensive  catalogue  of  G E N E R A L   M ER ­
CH A N D ISE  ever  published;  quotes 
lowest 
prices on goods that  interest  all classes of merchants.  Beginners  will  find 
everything they want for an opening order at  lower  prices  than  elsewhere. 
Mailed to merchants free on application. 
I  sell  to  merchants  only.  Visit­
ing  merchants invited to call.

C. M. LININGTON, 229*211 Monroe St. cor. Franklin St, Chicago, III.

BOHR’S

COFFEES
MAKE  BUSINESS

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W e  G uarantee

Our brand of Vinegar to be an A B S O L U T E L Y   PU R E   A PP LE - 
JUICE  V IN E G A R .  To any person who will analyze  it and find 
any deleterious acids or anything that  is  not  produced  from  the 
apple, we will forfeit

ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS

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

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

i   ROBINSON, nn ager.

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

ROBINSON  CIDER  A N D   V IN E G A R   CO.

g ) i m m m n n n m n n m m n n r f f T n n n r i m n m m ^ ^

Boor’s Blended Goifeer

B e a t 
th e   w orld  in  th e   tw o   g r ea te st  e ssen tia ls  to  th e  
retailer— Q U A L I T Y   and  P R O F I T .   G ro ce rs  w h o   use 
them   s a y   th a t  w ith   ou r  bran d s  it’ s  o n ce  b o u g h t— alw a y s  
used.  A n d   w e  can   sell  them   to  p a y   y o u   a  h an d so m e  
It  w ill  p a y   y o u   to  g e t  our  sa m p le s  an d   p rices—  
profit. 
th a t 
if  y o u   are 
in  th e   b u sin e ss  to   m ak e   m on ey.
S o m e   e x c e p tio n a l  b arg ain s  in  T e a s   ju s t  now .  W r ite   or 
ask   salesm an   w h en   h e  calls.
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.11  ones  in  stock.  Send  for  samples.
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BARLOW BROS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.
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IM PORTANT  FEATURES.

C rockery and G lassw are Q uotations.

Page.
9.  D ry  Goods.
3.  G etting  th e   People.
4.  A round  th e   State.
5.  G rand  R apids  Gossip.
6.  W om an’s W orld.
7.  W om en  and  Suicide.
8.  E d ito rial.
9.  E d ito rial.
IO.  C lerks’  C orner.
19.  Shoes and L eather.
13.  T he  P roduce  D ealer’s  T roubles.
14.  O bservations  by  a  G otham   E gg  M an.
15.  G otham  Gossip.
13.  Store  L ighting.
17.  C om m ercial T ravelers.
18.  D rugs and Chem icals.
19.  D rug P rice C urrent.
90.  G rocery P rice  C urrent.
91.  G rocery P rice  C urrent.
99.  H ardw are.
93.  W hy th e  T raveling M an’s A rd o r Froze 
94.  T he  P roduce  M arket.

H ard w are  P rice  C urrent.
B usiness  W ants.

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its class  in  the  United  States. 
Its value 
as  an  Advertising  Medium  is  therefore 
apparent.

SOLD  TO  MRS.  BISSELL.

Chas.  B.  Ju d d   R etires  F ro m   th e   Bissell 

C arp et  Sw eeper  Co.

O L D E S T

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

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

Wholesale  Clothing  Manufacturers  in  the 
city of ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. are KOLB & 
SON.  Only house making strictly all wool 
Kersey Overcoats, guaranteed, at $5«
Mail orders will receive prompt attention. 
Write our  Michigan  representative,  Wm. 
Connor,  Box 346, Marshall,  Mich.,  to  call 
on  you,  or  meet  him  at  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
Grand  Rapids,  Oct.  26  to  28  inclusive. 
Customers’  expenses  allowed. 
Prices,

  quality and fit guaranteed. 

▼

*

The Preferred  Bankers 
Life Assurance Company
of  Detroit,  Mich.

Annual  Statement,  Dec.  31,1898.

Commenced Business Sept.  I,  1893-
Insurance In Force......................... $3,*99>000 
00
79
45>734 
Ledger Assets................................ 
68
Ledger Liabilities........................  
ai 
Losses Adjusted and Unpaid............... 
None
S1»0^1  00
Total Death Losses Paid to Date........  
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­
1,030  00
Death Losses Paid During the Year... 
11,000  00
3 
Death Rate for the Year............... 
64

eficiaries.................. 

 

F R A N K  E. ROBSON,  President. 

TRUM AN  B. GOODSPEED, Secretary.

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Prompt, Conservative, 3afe. 

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established  1841.

R.  Q.  DUN & CO.

Widdicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

L  P. WITZLEBEN.  flanager.

Save  Trouble. 
Save  Money 
Save TIhm.

It  is  a  matter  of  common  remark  that 
the  manufacture  of  furniture  has  never 
that  while 
developed  a  millionaire; 
millions  have  been  made 
in  handling 
timber 
lands  and  converting  logs  into 
lumber  and  also  in  mining  and  manu­
facturing 
iron  and  copper,  no  man  has 
ever  made  a  million  dollars  in  the  man­
ufacture  of  furniture.  Yet  no  industrial 
enterprise  requires 
larger  business  ca­
pacity,  more  careful  figuring  and  more 
energetic  effort  than  the  production  and 
sale  of  high  grade  furniture.  That  the 
financial  returns  are  not  greater  is  a  pe­
culiarity  of  the  business  which  no  one 
has  ever been  able  to  explain  to  the  sat­
isfaction  of  the  Tradesman.

it 

While  the  same  rule  will  apply  to  the 
manufacture  of  products  allied  to  the 
furniture  business, 
is  nevertheless 
true  that  much  more  money  has  been 
made  in  the  production  of  these  goods, 
proportional  to  the  capital 
invested, 
than  in  the  manufacture  of  furniture  it­
self.  Take  the  Fox  castor,  for  instance. 
By  careful  management  and 
skillful 
maneuvering,  the  company  exploiting 
this  invention  has  been  able  to repay  its 
stockholders  dollars  for  cents  invested, 
while  competing  companies  have  lost 
nearly  as  much  as  the  Fox  company  has 
is  true  of  the  carpet 
made.  The  same 
Several  hundred 
sweeper  business. 
thousand  dollars  have  been 
lost  by  a 
dozen  different  enterprises  in  the  effort 
to  stand  up  against  the  Bissell  Carpet 
Sweeper  Co.,  while  the  Bissell  company, 
has  gone  on 
complacently,  creating 
handsome  margins  every  year  and  dis­
bursing 
the  profits  of  the  business  with 
a  lavish  hand  in  the  shape  of  generous 
salaries  for  the  officers  and  fat  d ivi­
dends  for  the  stockholders.  While  the 
history  of  the  Bissell  company  does  not 
exactly  resemble  the  career of  a bonanza 
mine,  its  success  has  been  so  marked 
and  so  unusual  as  to  excite  the  admira­
tion  and  commendation  of  the  business

world.  Originated  by  the 
late  M.  R. 
Bissell  about  twenty-five  years  ago,  dur­
ing  which  time  he  was  engaged  in  the 
retail  crockery  business  on  Canal  street, 
the  business  rapidly  expanded  until  it 
was  deemed  best  to  merge  it  into a stock 
company,  which  was  done  about  fifteen 
years  ago.  The  company  was  originally 
capitalized  at  $150,000,  the  founder  of 
the  business  taking  $100,000  of  the stock 
in  exchange  for  his  patents,  patterns 
and  good  will,  while  the  $50,000  work­
ing  capital  was  furnished  by  local  busi­
ness  men  who  had  confidence  in  Mr. 
Bissell’s  ability  to  exploit  the  business 
successfully.  That  their  confidence  was 
not  misplaced  is  evidenced  by the hand­
some  dividends  subsequently  disbursed 
and  the  large  margins  they  received  on 
their  stock  as  their  holdings  were  grad­
ually  absorbed  by  the  Bissell  family 
and  the  gentlemen  who  were  on  the 
inside  and  who  naturally  assumed  that 
they  were  entitled  to  the  lion’s  share  of 
the  profits  because  they  were  responsi­
ble  for  the  success  of  the  undertaking. 
The  acquisition  of  Chas.  B.  Judd  and 
the  patents  owned  by  him  was  a  bril­
liant  move  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Bissell 
and  the  alliance  subsequently  formed 
with  Walter  J.  Drew  and  Maurice  Shan­
ahan,  who  were  peculiarly  fitted  to  take 
charge  of  the  mechanical  and  financial 
departments,  disclosed  the  long-headed- 
ness  of  Mr.  Bissell,  whose  business  con­
tinued  to  prosper  after  his death because 
of  the  wisdom  he  had  shown  in  the  se­
lection  of  his  trusted  lieutenants.

Idema 

The  business  world  was  recently  sur­
prised  to 
learn  that  Chas.  B.  Judd  had 
disposed  of  his  interest  to  Mrs.  M.  R. 
Bissell,  the  deal  having  been  exploited 
by  Henry  Idema. 
It  appears  that  Mr. 
Idema  recently  sold  his  stock  in  the cor­
poration  to  Robert  Shanahan.  On  learn­
ing  of  the  sale  and  the  price  paid  for 
the  stock,  Mr.  Judd  approached  Mr. 
Idema  and  requested  that  he  find  a  pur­
chaser  for  his  stock  on  the  same  terms. 
This  Mr.  Idema  agreed  to  undertake  if 
Mr.  Judd  would  give  him  an  option  on 
the  stock  for a  stated  period,  which  he 
agreed  to  do.  Mr. 
thereupon 
took  the  next train  for  New  York,  osten­
sibly  to  witness  the  Dewey  festivities, 
but  really  to  negotiate  a  deal  for  the 
stock  with  Mrs.  Bissell,  which  he  suc­
ceeded  in  doing  before  he  left  the  city. 
is 
The  price  is  not  made  public,  but  it 
understood  that 
from 
$125,000,  being  over  four  times  the  face 
value  of  the  $28,000  stock  held  by  Mr. 
Judd.  Mr.  Idema  naturally  refuses  to 
affirm  or  deny  any  statement  put  to  him 
by  his  friends,  whom  he  greets  with 
that  stolid  indifference  and  stony  gaze 
which  are  characteristic  of  him  when  he 
is  solicited  to  talk  on  a  subject on which 
he  prefers  to  remain  silent.  The  broker­
age 
fee  he  received  for  effecting  the 
sale,  however,  will  probably  enable  him 
to  keep  on  good  terms  with  his  grocer 
and  butcher  for  some  months  to  come.
The  Bissell  company  has  never  had  a 
large  number  of  stockholders  and  has 
always  managed 
its  affairs 
closely  concealed  from  the  public.  The 
annual  report  for  1898,  filed  with  the 
County  Clerk  on  January  4  of  this year,

it  was  not  far 

to  keep 

discloses  the 
only  eleven  stockholders,  as  follows:

fact  that  there  were  then 

-----4,917
....... 3/>23
....... 1,120
. 
...  800
.......   S'«»
.......   200
.......   200
.......   187
182
. . . .  
. . . .  
80
73
.......  
.......  
18

Anna  Bissell, Trustee............
Anna  B isse ll...........................
Chas.  B.  Judd..........................
W alter J.  D rew .......................
Alpheus  Bissell  E state.........
T.  W.  Wi  liams......................
*».  B  Jenks................................
Anna  Bissell,  E xecutrix.......
Ilarvey  Bissell  ......................
Maurice  Shanahan.................
Henry  Idema............................
Robert  Shanahan....................
Gertrude  H.  Garvey  .............

Shares  Amount
*12.1,925
9<\575
28,000
20,000
■ 4,5°°
S.000
S.«»
4.675
4» 55°
2,000
1.825
500
450
The  sale  of  the  Judd  and  Idema  in­
terests  reduces  the  number  of  stockhold­
ers  to  nine  and  rumors  are  rife  to  the 
effect  that  the  Drew  and  Jenks  holdings 
are  likely  to  be  absorbed  by  Mrs.  Bis­
sell 
in  the  near  future,  in  which  case 
the  entire  capital  stock  will  be  owned 
by  seven  persons.

it 

When 

is  remembered  that  a  stock 
dividend  of  100  per  cent,  was  declared 
some  years  ago,  increasing  the  capital 
stock  from  $150,000  to  $300,000,  and 
that  the  stock  is  now  worth  four  or  five 
its  face  value,  it  will  be  very 
times 
generally  conceded  that 
the  original 
stockholders  have  no  cause 
for  com­
plaint  over  the  manner  in  which  they 
have  been  treated  by  the  powers  that 
he.

Numerous  reasons  are  assigned  for 
the  marvelous  success  of  the  business, 
ranging 
from  the  value  of  the  original 
Bissell  patents  to  the  shrewdness  of  E d ­
ward  Taggart  in  outlining  and directing 
the  legal  career of the corporation.  Com­
parisons  are  always  odious  and  will 
therefore  not  be 
The 
Tradesman  has  always  insisted  that  the 
success  of  the  company  is  due  solely  to 
the  employment  of  a  faculty  which  can 
be  expressed  by  one  small  word  -man­
agement.

indulged 

in. 

H ides,  Pelts,  Tallow   and  W ool.

The  asking  price  on  light  hides is  too 
high  for  the  ordinary  tanner  which  are 
not  taken  except 
in  small  quantities. 
This  suits  the  dealer,  as  he  handles 
them 
limited  quantities  only.  The 
many  calls  keep  the  market  cleaned  up. 
Sales  of  various  grades  of  packers  have 
been  large  and  at  extreme  prices.

in 

Pelts  are  almost  an  unknown  article. 
is  a  demand  foi  all  that  come  at 
is  usually 

There 
some  price,  which  price 
above  any  former  basis  of  figuring.

Tallow  has  received  a  black eye on  its 
advance.  The  London  market  broke, 
which  stopped  export,  and  a  yic decline 
here  followed.  There  are  no  accumu­
lations,  although  the  stuff  is  sought  by 
numerous  enquirers.

Wools  are  gradually  leaving  the  State 
at  fair values,  although  but  little  in  ex­
cess  of  the  past  few  years.  Dealers  are 
tired  of  waiting  for  the  higher  price and 
are  gradually  letting  go  when  they think 
they  can  pull  out  even.  The  clip  was 
bought  more  judiciously  this  year  than 
in  1898 ;  yet  the  cost  was  too  high  for 
a  fair  profit.  This 
is  accounted  for 
largely  by  the  change  of  flocks  from 
fine  to  coarse  wool.  The  coarse  wool 
has  not  advanced  in  price,  as  has  been 
the  case  with  fine.  The  grower  sees 
more  profit  in  growing  mutton  and  wool 
than  wool  alone. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

Beware  of  the  man  who  smiles  when 

he  is  glad ;  he is probably  a  humorist.

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D ry  G oods

T he  D ry  Goods  M arket.

if 

they 

it  seems  as 

Staple  Cottons— Bleached  cottons  are 
selling  easily  at 
the  prices  recently 
named,  and  advances  do  not  seem  to 
have  any  detrimental  effect.  On  the 
contrary, 
had 
sparred  the  buyers  to  do  business.  A 
number  of  the  important  lines  on  which 
we  have  noted  advances  are  again 
placed  at  value  only.  Denims  show  a 
very  strong  front,  and  jobbers  and  the 
cutting  up  trade  find  it  difficult  to  place 
orders  for  any  quantity.  Some  lines  of 
ducks  have  been  advanced  and  all  are 
strongly  situated.  Plaids,  cheviots  and 
other  coarse  cottons  are  firm,  but  prices 
are  not  openly  advanced.

Prints  and  Ginghams— Several  lines 
of  staple  prints  have  been  ordered  in 
good sized quantities recently, particular­
ly  blacks,  whites  and  grays.  Turkey 
reds  and 
indigo  blues  have  also  found 
a  fairly  good  business.  Fancy  calicoes 
line  that  shows  improve­
are  another 
ment,  and  although  prices  are 
still 
slightly  irregular,  the  transactions  have 
been  larger,  and  the  situation 
is  gen­
erally  improved.  Percales  are  strongly 
situated,  and  prices 
for  spring, 
while  there  is  a  very  fair  demand  con­
tinuing  for  fall  lines.  Printed  flannels 
are  generally  quite  well  sold,  and  very 
firm.  Ginghams  are  strong,  and  very 
few 
lines  are  available  for  immediate 
or  near-by  delivery.

firm 

Woolen  Goods— It  was  but  a 

few 
short  weeks  ago  that  the  men’s  wear 
market  was  the  cynosure  of  all  eyes,  but 
now  that  the  men’s  wear  trade  has  set­
in  a  tranquil  manner,  the 
tled  down 
principal  events  of 
interest  are  to  be 
met  with 
in  connection  with  the  de­
velopments  of  the  dress  goods  demand. 
It  is  seldom  that  a  more interesting con­
dition  of  affairs  is  met  with  in  the dress 
goods  market  than  prevails  at  the  pres­
ent  time.  The  market  is  bubbling  over 
with  life  and  life  always  denotes 
inter­
est.  The  dress  goods  manufacturers  are 
busy 
individuals  on  fall  lines,  and  at 
the  same  time  there  is  the  spring  trade 
to  be  considered.  In trying  to  do  justice 
to  all  concerned,  they  have  their  ener­
gies  well  occupied.  The  spring  season 
can  not  be  delayed  forever  and  they  are 
therefore  working  their  plants  to  their 
utmost  capacity 
in  order  to  weave  off 
the  fall  orders  as  quickly  as  possible; 
even  with  their  mills  running  extra 
hours,  and  supposing  that  they  refused 
to  accept  another  fall  order,  a  good 
many  of  the  dress  goods  manufacturers 
have work  enough  on hand at  the  present 
time  to  keep  them 
fully  engaged  for 
some  weeks.

Hosiery—The  fancy  hosiery  business 
is  eminently  satisfactory  and  shows  an 
increase  rather  than  anything  else.  We 
refer  particularly  to  men’s  half  hose, 
which  are  selling  well 
in  every  line, 
that  is,  those  styles  of  good  pattern  and 
coloring.  There 
is  an  excellent  busi­
ness  coming  to  hand  for  imported  hosi­
ery  for  next  spring;  in 
fact,  several 
agents  state  that  their  business  up  to 
date  has  been  larger  than  in  any  previ­
ous  season  for  the  same  period.  Manu­
facturers  of  seamless  hosiery  are  full  of 
business,  and  with  exception  of 
low 
prices  of  grades,  are  in  a  very  satisfac­
tory  condition.  The  medium  and  low 
grades  are  probably  in  the  poorest  con­
dition,  as  far  as  profits  are  concerned, 
but  the  higher  grades  are  reported  as  in 
a  slightly  better condition.  All  Am eri­
can 
full-fashioned  goods  are  in  excel­
lent  condition.  M ills  manufacturing

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

for  next 

this  line  of  goods  are  adding  to  their 
plants.  There  is  some  little  talk  in  the 
for  golf 
market  about  the  prospects 
hosiery 
spring.  Naturally, 
there  is  no  business  in  sight  at  present. 
The  stocks  abroad  are  quite  small,  but 
on  the  other  hand,  it  is  reported  that 
there  are  a  few  rather large stocks in this 
country,  but  they  are  not  considered 
large  enough to affect  business  adversely 
in  any  way.

The 

for  an 

Underwear— There 

Carpets— The  prospect 

is  a  continuation 
of the  heavy  underwear  business  for  all 
lines  except  flat  goods.  Fleece  lined 
goods  seem  to  be  so  short  of  supply  that 
buyers  can  not  find  them  under  any  cir­
cumstances.  Prices  have  advanced  on 
all 
lines.  The  condition  of ‘ the  wool 
market  has  had  the  effect  of  hardening 
prices  of  heavy  weights  to  a  consider­
able  degree.  Spring  business  has  been 
very  nearly  completed. 
jobbers 
have  been  busy,  but  make  complaints 
that  they  can  not  get  deliveries from  the 
mills  at  anywhere  near  the  proper  time.
in­
creased  demand 
for  Brussels,  velvet, 
tapestry  and  standard  extra  super  in­
grain  carpets  has  not  been  so  favorable 
for  several  years.  The  manufacturers 
are  only  waiting  to  see  what  the  open­
ing prices  for  next  season  will  be  before 
they  place  large  orders  for  yarn.  With 
the  mills  employed  to  fill this immediate 
demand,  which  will  come,  the  natural 
result  will  be  that  some will have trouble 
in  obtaining  supplies,  as  their  stock 
carried  over  last  year  has  all  gone 
into 
consumption  and  the  yarn  wanted  will 
have  to  be  made  up.  Under  such  con­
the  manufacturer  who  enters 
ditions, 
the 
lists  next  season  expecting  to  ob­
tain  yam  at  anything  like  the  price  of 
last  season,  will  get  left.  He  must  ask 
a 
live-and-let-live  price  for  his  goods 
and  insure  himself  against  the  advance 
on  material  and  other  increased  cost  of 
production.  With  the  constantly increas­
ing  demand 
for  all  lines  of  goods,  the 
manufacturer 
is  in  a  position  to  obtain 
a  proportionate  advance  to  what  he  will 
be  obliged  to  pay 
for  material  of  all 
kinds,  which  is  rapidly  advancing.

Grand  Rapids,  Mici).

A lu m in u m   M oney

wil Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

Send for samples and prices.

C.  H.  HANSON,

44  S .  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  III;

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To retail at 50 cents.  It is so made as to prevent breaking of the steels  over  the  hips.  With* 
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.

VO IG T,  HERPOLSHEIM ER  &   CO..

Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Everything is saved when you use

The E gry  Autographic Register System s

Charge Sales—Produce Exchange and Credits must all be entered on your books.  Our cash 
system (No. 40 special) keeps perfect lab on cash transactions, in addition to this.

Order what you want or ask full information of L. A. ELY, dales Agent, Alma, Mich.

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1  Hanselman’s  Fine  Chocolates

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

Haaselman Candy Co.

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

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

Good Yeast Is Indispensable.

FLEISCHMANN & CO.

U n d e r   T h e i r   YELLOW LABEL  O f f e r   t h e   BEST!

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Grand  Rapids  Agency,  39 Crescent Ave. 
Detroit Agency,  111  W est Larned  S t.

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Among the Late Books
"Richard Carvel,** by Winstoo Churchill,

Has had the largest sale of any  book  during 
September  in Boston,  New  York  City,  Chi* 
cago, Albany,  Buffalo,  Los  Angeles, Cleve­
land and  other  cities.  The  story  is  in  the 
stirring times from  1731 to  1S00  and  gives  us  ! 
an insight into the characters of the men who 
made history at  that period.  The  sentiments 
of the partisans are  portrayed  as  graphically 
as we nnd those of  North and >outh in  " Red 
Rock.*'  The story  is thrilling  and  intensely 
interesting from cover to  cover.

"The Market Place,*’ by Harold Frederic,

A  romance of the city,  a  study  of  character 
in the  whirlpool  of  stock  jugglery  and  cor­
poration jobbery—appreciated  by men —inter­
esting to  all.

"When the Sleeper Wakes,” by H. Q. Wells.

“ A masterpiece  of  imaginative  genius.”  A 
socialist of to-dry awakes in another century. 
The sequel to this decade  of  trusts  and  com­
bines  is  suggested—the  dollar  is  put  before 
th- man.

"Kit Kennedy,” by  S.  R.  Crocket  one  of  the 

Author’s Best.
We have the Perry Pictures for 1 Cent each, also 

the mounts in 8 colors at same price.

C ity   Book  Store

advertisement  answers  the first  question, 
but  ignores  the  second. 
In  that  lies  its 
only  weakness.

*  *  *

And  now,  as  a  grand  surprise,  here  is 
a  really  meritorous  cigar  advertisement. 
You  are  all  familiar  with the  wording  of 
the  usual  cigar  advertisement. 
It  looks 
something  like  this:

FLOR  DE  CABBAGO

Long  Havana  Filler

Best 5 Cent Cigar on  Earth
And  the  man  that  writes  it,  the  man 
that  prints  it,  and  the  man  that  reads  it 
it  is  an  untruth.  They 
all  know  that 
know 
if  all  the  Havana  tobacco  came 
from  Cuba  that  Cuba  would  have  to  be 
about  the  size  of  Texas.  They  know 
that 
if  all  the  brands  “ best  five-cent
cigars”   were  placed  in  line,  they  would 
reach  several  times  around  the  earth. 
And  still  the  advertisers  keep  on  wast­
ing  money  in  telling  people  things  that 
no  one  believes.

Now  this  advertisement  is  modest 

in 
its  statements.  It  tells  the  reader  things

Where It’s Made

Where a cigar is  made  is  a  matter  § 
of  considerable  weight to particu- 
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lar smokers, and  it  is  to  them  we 
speak.
Our  work  rooms  are  clean,  light 
and  pleasant.
Our  stock  is clean, finely cured and 
fragrant
Our workmen are  neat, skillful and 
efficient, using the best of material. 
These things make our  cigars  the 
favorite brands with  so many  men. 

Gate  Post, straight  toe 
Diamond J, 3 for 25c 
Traverse  Belle,  5c 

Sold by all  dealers.

A.  W.  Jahraus,

Front Street. 

Tonnelier Blk.

It 

Did  Man  Once  P ohhchh  a  T h ird   Eye?
Deep  researches  as  to  the  structure 
of  the  human  body  have  recently  fur­
nished  some  startling 
facts  regarding 
changes  which  man  is  at  present  under­
going  physically.

is  believed  that  man  was  formerly 
endowed  with  more  teeth  than  he  pos­
sesses  now.  Abundant  evidence  exists 
that,  ages  and  ages  ago,  human  teeth 
were  used  as  weapons  of  defense.  Un­
intentionally,  traces  of  such  use  are 
often  revealed  by  a  sneer.  The  teeth 
are  sometimes  bared,  doglike,  ready, 
as  it  were,  for  action.

The  practice 

of  eating  our 

food 
cooked  and 
the  disuse  of  teeth  as 
weapons  are  said  to  be  responsible  for 
the  degeneration  that  is  going  on.  The 
wisdom  teeth,  in  fact,  are disappearing. 
Human 
jaws  found  in  reputed  Palaeo­
lithic  deposits  have  wisdom  teeth  with 
crowns  as 
large  as,  if  not  larger  than, 
the  remaining  molars.

It 

In  ancient times a short-sighted soldier 
or  hunter  was  almost  an 
impossibility; 
to-day  a  whole  nation  is  afflicted  with 
defective  vision. 
is  almost  certain 
that  man  once  possessed  a  third  eye,  by 
means  of  which  he  was  enabled  to  see 
above  his  head.  T he  human  eyes  for­
merly  regarded  the  world  from  the  two 
sides  of  the  head.  They  are  even  now 
gradually  shifting  to  a  more  forward 
position.
In  the  dim  past  the  ear  flap  was  of 
great  service  in  ascertaining  the  direc­
tion  of  sounds,  and  operated  largely  in 
the  play  of  the 
But  the 
muscles  of  the  ear  have  fallen  into  dis­
use,  for  the  fear  of  surprise  by  enemies 
no  longer exists.

features. 

Again,  our  sense  of  smell  is  markedly 
is 
inferior  to  that  of  savages.  That 
still  decreasing 
is  evidenced  by  obser­
vations  of  the  olfactory  organ.  But  the 
nose  still 
indicates  a  tendency  to  be­
come  more  prominent.

it 

A  polite  man  is  one  who  listens  with 
interest  to  things  he  knows  all  about, 
when  they  are  told  him  by  a  person  who 
knows  nothing  about  them.

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In a 
Modern
Mill
Lily  White

Everything  is  as  clean  as 
in a modern kitchen.

Petting the  People

A dditional K xam ples of Good A dvertising.
Gavin  W.  Telfer,  of  Big  Rapids, 

writes  me  as  follows :

Enclosed  find  some  sample  advertise­
ments.  We  have  two  dailies  here  and 
use  double  quarter  space 
in  each  the 
year  around,  changing  reading  matter 
as  often  as  once  a  week.  Will  send  you 
advertisements  from  time  to  time,  and 
would  be  pleased  to  have  your  criticism 
on  same.

Mr.  Telfer  encloses  four  advertise­
ments,  of  which  two  are  reproduced

E c o n o m y   a n d   G o m t o r t  

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•   tage  to  the  buyer  of  our  $2  00  ■
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•   terial, and is elegant  in  fit  and  fin- 
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herewith.  My  main objection  to  them  is 
that  they are not definite enough ;  they do 
not  tell  the  reader  what  he  wants  to 
know  about  the  shoes  or  clothes. 
In  the 
shoe  advertisement,  for 
instance,  after 
the  heading  “ Economy  and  Comfort”  
and  the 
introductory  paragraph,  Mr. 
Telfer  should  have  gone  on  to  describe 
the  men’s  and  women’s 
two  dollar 
shoes.  He  should  have  told  what  kind 
of  leather  they  were  made  of,  how  the 
soles  were  attached— whether  by  welt  or 
the  McKay  process— the  shapes  carried 
in  stock,  and  any  other  details  that 
would  be 
interest  a  possible 
In  the  clothing  advertisement
buyer. 

likely  to 

B u s i n e s s   S u i t s

Men of business use  judgment 
in  buying  clothes.  They  find 
our “ ready-to-wear”  garments 
attractive because of style and 
fit.  They  are  made  to  meet 
the needs of active life

They wear well aad  look well and 
aave money at the same time.

the  same  course  should  be followed.  De­
scriptions  and  prices  are  the  backbone 
of  an  advertisement— without  them  it  is
limp,  flabby  and  Tacks 
impressiveness 
and  selling-force.  Mr.  Telfer  wastes  a 
good  deal  of  space 
in  his  signature, 
and  without  any  corresponding  advan­
tage  in  legibility;  in  fact,  his  signature 
is  harder  to  read  than  if  it  were  set  up 
in  type  that  would  take  up  only  half  the 
space. 
I  am  a  firm  believer  in  the  ad­
vantage  of  a  good  strong  signature  at 
the  foot  of  a  local  advertiser’s advertise­
ments,  and  a  distinctive  signature  helps 
to  make  an  advertisement  stand  out 
from 
its  neighbors,  but  the  signature 
should  be  easy  to  read,  above  all  things, 
or  it  is  a  failure.

*  *  *

Merritt  B.  Holley,  who  takes  care  of 
the  advertising  of  the  Hannah  &  Lay 
Mercantile  Co.,  of  Traverse  City,  sends 
me  a  big  batch  of  advertisements  for 
criticism.  They  all  show  decided origi­
nality  and  are  good  business 
literature. 
1  reproduce  one  of  the  best  herewith. 
It  is  written  in  a  breezy,  conversational

style  that  carries  you  along  without 
making  the  reading  an  effort. 
It  is  in­
teresting,  and  yet  it 
is  full  of  business 
from  start  to  finish.
Every Day 
In  the  Week
We Can  flake Your Work  Easier,
5ave You  Money  and  Make Your  Home 
Life Happier.

MONDAY—Washing Day.
Some articles you buy when  you  must.  Some you 
buy when  you  can—you’ll buy all these.  It’ll be a 
pleasure to wash,  wooden tubs  for  46c  and  gal­
vanized iron for 50c, 60c and 70c,  Save  your  back 
and your feelings and get a washing machine, from 
$3.00to  $3.oo.  Want  a  new  clothes  line?  Rope 
one costs  12c, a wire one is 35c.  Your wash boilet 
leaks?  Get a  new  one  for  $1.20.  Your  wringer 
don't  work  good?  Eight  different  slyles  sold, 
from  $2.00  to  $6.00.  Wash  board  getting  old? 
New one costs only  20c.  And  soap? 
i'wenty-tive 
different kinds, from  two cakes for a  nickel up.
TUESDAY—Ironing Day.
Ironing is hot,  hard  work.  It’s  made  a  pleasure 
by using our patent ironing board, sells at a  dollar, 
larger size for one  fifty.  Want  some  new  irons? 
See your face  in  the  shirts  you  iron.  Broke  the 
handle of your iron?  New one sells for  15c.  Twice 
the amount of work done in  half  the  time  if  you 
had  an  Automatic  Blue  Flame  oil  stove.  Only 
$7.50.  Good for every day of the year.
WEDNESDAY—Cleaning Day.
Don't darken your windows with dirt on the panes— 
no, we  won't  say  that—  just  “ dust.”  Dust  will 
gather in spite or  everything.  Try  Sapolio  at  5c 
the package.  Floors neeed cleaning?  Jaxon powder 
at a nickle, or Kirkaline or  Gold  Dust  at  19c  the 
package with a new  scrubbing  brush  for  be  will 
make a new  floor.  We  sell  clean  goods  from  a 
clean stock.
THURSDAY—Calling Day.
This day you call  on  your  friends.  Before  doing 
so, see if you have enough calling  cards.  Sell you 
some for 5c.  The proper thing sells for  a quarter, 
or better  yet,  have  some  engraved.  Leave  your 
order at once.  You  discuss  the  bargains  of  the 
day, read our ads over to your friends, telling what 
you bought the day before, talk over fall styles and 
the materials for your new dress,  and  buy  one  ol 
our new golf capes.
FRIDAY—Sweeping Day.
And your carpets need attention.  Sprinkle  wet tea 
leaves and use one of  our  good  quarter  brooms— 
not the go to pieces kind, but  a  good  one.  These 
are good  enough for some, but we’d advise  a  Bis* 
sell or a Goshen carpet  sweeper.  Sell  from  82  to 
$3.50.  They're  labor-savers,  back-res ters,  bad- 
word-preventers, and make sweeping a pleasure.
SATURDAY—Bakins Day.
See how we help you on this important day.  First, 
order a sack of H., L. & Co.'s  “ Best”  flour.  (Best 
good-bread producer  known.)  100  lb.  sack  cost» 
you  a  dollar.  Got  the  nicest,  biggest  mixing 
bowls—sell at  12c,  15c,  20c,  25c,  (white or yellow.) 
All sizes of Carmelite ware for baking—start at 5c. 
Dish pans, baking tins, cookie cutters, flour sifters, 
dipders, strainers,  muffin rings, rolling pins.  Want 
a new bread box?  Nicest thing  made—sells from 
05c to  $2.  Same  with  cake  closets.  Ever  look 
over our steel ranges ?  Your wife, mother or daugh­
ter spends half  their  time  in  the  kitchen.  Why 
not  nave  something  that  will  make  their  work 
easier.  Stop and see them.  Sell from  $30  to  85° 
If you think that  lots  of  money,  just  you  change 
places with them for a day—you'd  buy one the next 
day and not regret it.
SUNDAY—Rest Day.
The day vou read and talk over the new books with 
vour family and  friends.  Just  now  the  Sheldon 
books  are  in  great  demand.  Ever  read  “ For 
Christ and the Church ?” 
( The latest and one  Mr. 
Sheldon read at the great  Endeavor  convention  at 
Detroit.)  We've sold  lots  of  them  at  15c.  Have 
his other works  as  well.  Have  a  host  of  little 
dainty gift books—sell at 23c, 33c,  3SC  and  all  the 
popular, up-to  date books soon as published.  Will 
be pleased to look them over with you.

H an n ah  &   L a y  M ercan tile Co.

Somehow  or  other,  Traverse  City 
seems  to  produce  more  good  advertising 
than  any  other  city  of  its  size  in  M ichi­
gan.  Here  is  a  book  advertisement that 
only  needs  a  few  prices  to  make  it  per­
fect.  There 
is  no  reason  why  books 
should  not  be  advertised  just  as  other 
merchandise— by means  of  a  description 
— but  the  average  book  dealer,  if  he  ad­
vertises  at  all,  contents  himself  either 
with  the  bald  announcement  that  ‘ ‘ the 
latest  books  are  always  kept  in  stock,”  
or  with  an  equally  uninteresting  list  of 
titles.  This  advertisement  is  good  be­
cause  it  describes  the  books  in  such  an 
interesting  way  as  to  make  the  reader 
want  to  buy  them,  and  that  is  the  first 
object  of  all  advertising.  The  two  men­
tal  questions  asked  by  every  reader  of 
advertising  are,  “ What 
like?”  
and  “ How  much  does  it  cost?”   This

is 

it 

that  he  can  believe  “ with  one  hand  tied 
behind  him ,”   as  the  little  boy  said. 
It 
gives  prices. 
1  can  see  no  room  in  it 
for  improvement.  W.  S.  Hamburger.

Ha(l  a   R ecord  for  Quickne»».

Mr.  Wholesale— Your former  employer 
tells  me  you  were  the  quickest  book­
keeper  in  the  place.

Applicant  (dubiously)— He  does?
Mr.  Wholesale—Yes.  He  says  you 
could  chuck  the  books  in  the  safe,  lock 
up,  and  get  ready  to  go  home  in  just 
one  minute  and  ten  seconds!

A certain publication is named,  “ What 
It  should  be  supplemented  by 

to  E at.”  
another  entitled,  ‘ “ How  to  Get  it.”

“The  flour  the  best  cooks 
use”  is made in  a  modern 
mill.  All  grocers  ought 
to sell  it.

Valley  City 
Milling  Co.,
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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Around  the State

MnTemrnts  of Merchant».

Ovid  -N.  E.  Preston  has  purchased 

the  grocery  stock  of  Anthony  S.  Jorae.

Saginaw— A.  O.  Draper  succeeds  J. 

D.  Draper  in  the  grocery  business.  *

South  Haven—W.  J.  Henwood  has 
sold  his  drug  stock  to  Strong  &  Elken- 
burg.

Richville— Jacob  C.  Schluckebier  suc­
ceeds  Schluckebier  &  Co.  in  general 
trade.

Saginaw— Heller  &  Heller  continue 
the  grocery  and  meat  business  of  Heller 
&  Son.

Morley —James  Peavey  has  purchased 
the  grain  and  produce  business  of  J. 
Frank  White.

Boyne  City—John  Lewis  is  erecting  a 
new  store  building  which  he will occupy 
as  a  meat  market.

Vassar—J.  L.  Selling  &  Co.,  cloth­
iers,  are  closing  up  their  business  and 
will  dissolve  partnership.

Barryton— Ernst  Kunzmann  has  en­
in  the  meat  business  at  the  for­

gaged 
mer  location  of  Winchell  &  Webber.

Plainwell  — Frank  P.  Heath  has  pur­
chased  the 
interest  of  J.  R.  Bishop  in 
the  dry  goods  firm  of  Bishop  &  Wagner.
Negaunee— C.  A.  Quinn  &  Co.,  deal­
ers 
in  clothing  and  furnishing  goods, 
have  dissolved,  Catherine A.  Quinn  suc­
ceeding.

Benton  Harbor  -Maria  (Mrs.  W.  L .) 
Hogue  has  removed  her  stock  of  dry 
goods,  clothing  and  boots  and  shoes  to 
Hinchman.

Detroit—The  Michigan  Wall  Paper 
Co.,  Limited,  succeeds  H.  B.  White  & 
Co.  in  the  decorating,  paint  and  wall 
paper business.

Carleton— After  a  vacation  of  a  few 
months,  D.  F.  Strong  is  again  behind 
the  counter  of  Edwards  &  Adams’  dry 
goods  department.

Boyne  City— The  report  that  Kemp 
in  general  trade 
is  authoritatively  denied  by  both 

Bros,  would  engage 
here 
members  of  the  firm.

Groningen— Peter  Maas  has  sold  his 
general  stock  to  John  V'an  der  Ploeg,  of 
Grand  Rapids.  Mr.  Maas  will  conduct 
the  business  until  Jan.  i.

Sherwood—C.  G.  Powers,  formerly  of 
Quincy,  now  occupies the comer store in 
the  Lock  block  with  a  stock  of  clothing 
and  men’s  furnishing  goods.

Port  Huron—John  Keyes  has  pur­
chased  a  half  interest  in  the  meat  mar­
ket  of  James  Havey.  The  new  firm  will 
be  known  as  Havey  &  Keyes.

Sears—Countryman  &  Morehouse,  of 
Eight  Point  Lake,  have  put  in  a  stock 
of  groceries  and,  later  on,  will  add  a 
line  of  shoes,  rubbers  and  hardware.

Benton  Harbor— Fred  Pitcher,  a  for­
mer  jeweler  of  this  place,  has  returned 
after  three  years’  absence  and  will  re­
sume  his  old  trade  at  128  Pipestone 
street.

Traverse  City— Harry  L.  Hunt  has 
been  engaged  by  the  Atlantic  &  Pacific 
Tea  Co.  to  open  a  branch  store  at  this 
place. 
It  will  be  located  at  412  South 
Union  street.

Scottville— H.  Baltzer,  of  Amber,  has 
purchased  the  vacant 
lot  north  of  the 
State  Savings  Bank  and  will  erect  a 
building  thereon,  which  he  will  use  for 
a  meat  market.

Detroit— The  McDonnell  Bros.  Co. 
has  filed  articles  of  association  to  carry 
on  a  general  wholesale  fruit and produce 
commission  business.  The  capital  stock 
is  $5,000,  all  paid  in,  and  the 
incorpo­
rators  are  Henry  P.,  John  J,  Frank  J., 
Elizabeth  and  Margaret  E.  McDonnell.

Belding— J.  W.  Fleming,  who  has 
been  engaged  in  the  commission  busi­
ness  here  for  over a  year,  has sold  a  half 
interest  to  Al.  Randell.  The  new  firm 
will  be  known  as  Fleming  &  Randell.
St.  James—James  McCann  has  ma­
for  a  new  store 
terial  on  the  ground 
building  which  he  expects  to  complete 
before  snow  flies.  He  will  then  remove 
his  general  stock 
from  the  lighthouse 
to  the  village.

Rapid  City— Mrs.  Thomas  G.  Ander­
is  negotiating  a  sale  of  her hus­
son 
band’s  general  stock  and  will  take  up 
her  residence 
in  Canada  pending  the 
expiration  of  her husband’s  sentence  for 
robbing  the  local  postoffice.

Lansing-  W.  S.  Holmes  &  Son, 

for 
thirty  years  in  the  music  business  here, 
have  disposed  of  their  retail  department 
to  George  Armstrong  and  R.  A.  Gille, 
who  will  continue 
it.  Holmes  &  Son 
will  continue  the  wholesale  business.

Elk  Rapids— M.  A.  Wells  &  Co.,  of 
Big  Rapids,  will  shortly  open  a  branch 
clothing  and  men’s  furnishing  goods 
store  at  this  place.  The  business  will 
be  under  the  management  of  John  E. 
Blakely  and  his  brother,  of  Big  Rapids.
St.  Joseph— Samuel  Zekind  and Frank 
Napier  have  purchased  the  dry  goods 
and  clothing  stock  of  the  estate  of  the 
late  H.  M.  Zekind  and  will continue the 
business  under  the  style  of  Zekind  & 
Napier.  Mr.  Zekind  has  had  the  man­
agement  of  the  business  since  the  death 
of  his  father.

Coldwater— Starr  W.  Blodgett,  who 
has  been  connected  with  the  Blodgett 
furniture  store  since  boyhood,  has  re­
tired  therefrom  to  embark  in  other  busi­
ness.  E.  B.  Lyman,  who  has  been  in­
terested  in  the  business  for  the  past  two 
or  three  years,  is  now 
in  sole  charge 
and  is  closing  out  the  stock.

Marquette— Louis  and  Benjamin  Har­
ris,  doing  business  as  L.  &  B.  Harris, 
at  Crystal  Falls,  have  entered  a  petition 
in  the  United  States  Court  here  to be 
discharged 
Their 
liabilities  are  $2,700  and  their  assets 
nothing.  Peter  Warsbausky  and  Solo­
mon  Harris,  also  of  the  same  place, 
have  filed  a  similar  petition.  Their  li­
abilities  are  $1,443,  with  no  assets.

from  bankruptcy. 

M anufacturing  M atters.

Bay  City— F.  T.  Woodworth  &  Co. 
succeed  Smalleys  &  Woodworth  in  the 
sawmill  and  lumber  business.

Detroit— The Diamond  Stamped  Ware 
Co.  has  filed  notice  of  an  increase  of 
capital  stock  from  50,000 to $100,000.

M iddleville— T.  D.  French  &  Son  are 
soon  to  erect  two  $10,000  elevators  be­
tween  their  present  mill  and  the  rail­
road  and  will  increase  the capacity  of 
their  roller  mill.

Ozark— A  new  firm,  to  be  known  as 
the  Bennett-Chambers  Co.,  has  been 
formed  to  operate  in  cedar  at  this point. 
The  members  are  C.  Y.  and  R. 
Bennett  and  Chas.  Chambers.

Holland— Cornelius  De  Keyzer  has 
purchased  a  half 
in  the  City 
Flouring  Mills.  The  other  half  interest 
is  owned  by  Elias  Becker.  The  mill 
has  a  capacity  of  75  barrels  daily.

interest 

Detroit— The  Berlin  Skirt  Manufac­
turing  Co.  has  filed  articles  of 
incorpo­
ration  to  manufacture  and  sell  ladies’ 
garments.  The  capital  stock  is  $5,000, 
10  per  cent,  of  which  is  paid 
in.  The 
incorporators  are  Isabella  and  Simon 
Lewis  and  Louis  Valentine.

Owosso— The  Common  Council  has 
granted  a  $7,000  bonus  to the  Owosso 
Carriage  Co.  to  assist 
it  in  building  a 
large  addition  to  its  plant.  Work  will 
begin  at  once  and  the  company  will 
have  a  factory  of  100,000  square  feet  of

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floor  space.  The factory  will  be  built  in 
the  shape  of  an  oblong,  with  an  open 
court,  where  the  power  plant  will  be  lo­
cated.

Menominee— Fred  K.  Baker 

and 
Stephen  C.  Packer  have  sold  their  in­
terests 
in  the  Northern  Shingle  Com­
pany,  whose  mill 
is  at  Perronville,  on 
the  Metropolitan  branch  of  the  Chicago 
&  Northwestern  line,  to  a  new  company 
known  as  the  Perron  Shingle  Co.,  at  the 
is  M.  Perron,  founder  of 
head  of  which 
the  place. 
In  the  neighborhood  of 
$30,000  is  involved  in  the  transfer.
T he  Boys  B ehind  th e   C ounter.

Corunna— Morris  Quayle,  clerk 

for 
three  years 
in  J.  C.  Quayle’s  grocery 
store,  has  resigned  his  position  to  en­
gage  in  the  grocery  business  on  his  own 
account.

Ithaca— Roy  Smith,  who  has  for  some 
time  been  clerking  for  the  Ithaca  Ba­
zaar  Co.,  is  now  in  the  employ  of  Wolf 
Netzorg.

Quincy-  -L.  O.  Burch  has  taken  a  po­

sition  in  Powers’  clothing  store.

Grand  Haven—Joseph Van  Loo  is  now 

clerking  at  J.  M.  Cook’s  store.

Cedar  Springs  -M.  S.  Doty, 

from 
Friedman’s  store,  Grand  Rapids,  has 
taken  charge  of  L.  E.  Haring’s  dress 
goods  and  cloak  department.

Adrian— Harry  Mills,  who  has  been 
with  Beck  &  Egan  for  some  time  past, 
has  gone  to  Detroit,  having  accepted  a 
position 
in  the  house  furnishing  store 
of  R.  S.  Sullivan,  on  Michigan  avenue.
Homer— George  Breakey,  who  has 
been  working  in  Bangham’s  drug  store 
for  some  months  past,  has  taken  a  po­
sition  as  clerk 
in  Harmon  &  Allen’s 
dry  goods  store.

Battle  Creek— Clarence  Fish,  who  for 
some  time  has  been  connected  with 
Butcher  &  Kneeland  as  salesman,  has 
resigned  his  position  to  become  a  mem­
ber of  the  firm  of  S.  W.  McGee  &  Son.
is 
now  employed  in  Burke’s  drug  store  at 
Empire.

Ludington— Andrew  Christensen 

Port  Huron— Lew  Woods,  drug  clerk 
at  Hueber’s  pharmacy,  is  circulating  a 
petition  which  is  meeting  with  consid­
erable  favor among  the  druggists  of  the 
city.  The  paper  has  for  its  object  the 
closing  of  all  drug  stores  at  9  p.  m. 
every  evening  and  Sunday  afternoons 
until  6  p.  m.

Charlotte— Herbert  Collins  has 

re­
signed  his  position  at  Collins’  drug 
store. 
C.  J.  Ayers,  of  Kalamazoo,  has 
been  engaged  to  fill  the  vacancy.

Adrian— Lloyd  Bartholomew,  of  Hol­
loway,  has  been  added  to  the  clerical 
force  of  Hambleton  &  Co. ’s  dry  goods 
store.

Battle  Creek— Melbourne  E.  Truitt, 
for  eight  yqars 
in  the  employ  of  Har- 
beck  &  Livingston  in  their  shoe  store, 
has  taken  a  position  in  the  hat  store  of 
Butcher  &  Kneeland.

Mancelona—-George  Wilson  has  re­
signed  his  position  in  C.  E.  Blakeley’s 
drug  store  and  gone  to  Ada,  Ohio, 
where  he  will  enter  a  school  in  phar­
macy.  Ernest  Dawson  will  take  his 
place  in  the  drug  store.

Lansing— George  Webster  has  severed 
his  connection  with  the  Jewett  &  Knapp 
dry  goods  house  and  accepted  a position 
with  O.  M.  Smith,  at  Jackson.  Before 
he  departed  he 
left  a  memento  of  his 
talent  by  trimming  the  autumn  window 
for Jewett  &  Knapp.

Nashville— Harry  White  has  trans­
ferred  his  allegiance  from  P.  H.  Brumm 
to  E.  B.  Townsend  &  Co.

Manistee—Wm.  D.  Hawley,  drug 
clerk  for A.  J.  Piotrowski,  was  recently 
married  to  a  Chicago  lady.

T O   T H E   T R A D E :

c o m p le te ly  

A fte r   m o n th s  of  p re p ara­
tion   w e  are  p leased   to  an ­
n ou n ce  th a t  our  lin e  of  holi­
day  goods  is  re a d y   for  yo u r 
O u r  daylight 
in sp e c tio n . 
sample  room— 3,000  squ are 
feet— is 
filled 
w ith   n o v e ltie s  of  e v e r y   d e ­
scrip tio n   g a th ered   from   all 
p arts  of  th e   g lo b e — su rp a s­
sin g   all  form er  seaso n s  in 
variety, quality and price.  W ith  
th e  exp e rien ce   g a in ed   b y  
ye a rs  of  Christmas 
m an y 
catering,  w e  h a v e   u sed   our 
to  p ro du ce  a 
b e st  efforts 
lin e  of 
e sp e cia lly  
a d a p te d   to  the  drug,  station* 
ery  and  bazaar  trades.  O u r 
asso rtm en t co m p rises e v e r y ­
th in g   d esirab le  in  H o lid a y  
A r tic le s ,  an d   w e  h o p e 
to 
h a v e   a  p erso n al  ca ll 
from  
ou r  frien d s  soon — th is  b e ­
in g  
th e  o n ly   satisfa cto ry  
w a y  to p u rch ase  su ch   goo ds. 
P la c e   yo u r  orders  early, 
and  g e t  in 
lin e  to  secu re 
yo u r  share  of  th e   gen eral 
p ro sp e rity ,  as there is  e v e r y  
in d icatio n  
th ere  w ill 
not  b e   g o o d s  e n o u gh   to  go  
around  th is  season. 
C o r ­
resp o n d en ce  in vited .

g o o d s 

th a t 

Fred Brundage
wholesale Druggist, 
32-34 Western flee., 
IDistegoi.
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Grand  Rapids  Gossip

remaining 
quotations.

steady  at  about  previous 

The  G rocery  M arket.

It 

to 

foreign  countries 

into  consumption. 

Canned  Goods— The 

Sugar— The  raw  sugar  market  is  un­
changed,  with  very  few  offerings  and 
consequently  few  sales.  Quotations  are 
on  the  basis  of  4  5-16C  for  96  deg.  test 
centrifugals. 
In  the  refined  sugar  mar­
ket  the  conditions  remain  unchanged  in 
most  respects.  The  only  feature  of 
in­
terest 
is  the  scarcity  of  soft  sugars,  on 
which  grades  nearly  all  refiners are over­
sold,  and  they  are  unable  to  obtain  the 
raw  material  from  which  to  make  them 
of  sufficient  quantity  to  meet  require­
ments.  Hard  grades  are 
in  abundant 
supply  and  there  is  no  reason  to  expect 
any  change  in  quotations.  The  growth 
of  the  beet  sugar  industry  is  very rapid. 
Last  fall  there  were  but  nineteen 
facto­
ries  in  the  United  States  and  now  they 
number  forty. 
is  probably  only  a 
question  of  time  until  we  make  our own 
sugar,  thereby  saving  §100,000,000  an­
nually  paid 
for 
sugar.  The  total  stock  of  sugar  in  the 
Linked  States 
is  175,884 tons,  against 
192,634  tons  at  the  same  time  last  year.
canned  goods 
market  shows  considerable improvement 
compared  with  last  week,  and  tomatoes 
have  advanced  2>^@5c  per dozen.  Other 
varieties  continue  stiff  at  previous range 
but  no quotable  change  in  price  has  oc 
curred.  There  is  no 
longer  any  doubt 
about  the  probable  shortage  of  a numbe 
of  important  varieties,  and  holders  are 
confident  that  prices  will  advance  as 
stocks  pass 
If  the 
canning  crops  had  turned  out  as  well  as 
anticipated,  and  had full deliveries been 
possible  on  contracts  placed  early  in  the 
season,  it  would  have  been  the  greatest 
in  all  departments  even  known  in 
year 
the  canned  goods  industry. 
is  pos 
sible  that  with  short  deliveries,  there 
will  be 
just  as  much  money  made,  be 
cause,  with  a  pack  up  to  anticipations, 
prices  would  have  ruled  very  low.  The 
pack  of  tomatoes  is  over.  While the  to 
tal  quantity  is  not  as  large  as  was  esti 
mated  earlier  in  the  season,  it  is  prob 
ably  as 
large  as  last  year.  The  frost 
early  in  the  month  stopped  packing  and 
probably  prevented  an  enormous  over 
production  of  goods.  Western  buyers 
are  still  taking  large  quantities  to  cover 
their  contracts  made  earlier  in  the  sea 
son.  The  market  is  very  firm,  with  an 
upward  tendency.  Corn  is  selling  freely 
and  prices  tend  upward.  The  crop  has 
been  a  very  small  one. 
If  the  condi 
tions  during  the  early  part  of  the  sea 
son  were  as  favorable  as  they  were  dur 
ing  the  latter  part,  we  would  have  had 
plenty,  but  they  were  not,  and  the  re 
suit 
light  pack.  Peas  are  firmer 
and  as  stocks  are  light  and  the  demand 
is  so  good,  it  will  not  take  long  to  clean 
out  everything  there 
It  looks 
if  the  fall  buying  would  leave 
now  as 
little  for  the  early  spring  trade 
very 
which 
is  generally  of  considerable  im 
poitance  in  February  and part of March 
String  beans  are  very  firm  and  an  ad 
vance  is  expected  shortly.  Peaches  are 
firm  and  prices  are  advancing.  A  num 
ber  are  buying  peaches  for  speculative 
purposes  and  have  practically  cleaned 
up  some  markets.  Gallon  apples  are 
firmer  and  some  packers  have  advanced 
their  prices  10c  per dozen.  During  the 
past  two  years  there has  been a constant 
ly  increasing  trade  on  canned  sweet  po 
tatoes,  until  now  most  dealers  find 
necessary  to  keep  them  in  stock  all  the 
time.  The  demand  for  salmon  continues 
very  good,  with  no  change  in  prices. 
In  other  lines  there  is  no  change,  prices

is  left. 

is  a 

It 

feel 

Dried  Fruits— The  demand  for  rais- 
ns  during  the 
last  few  days  has  been 
articularly  good  and  a  number  of  the 
packers  report  that  their  allotment  is 
now  sold.  Owing  to  the  rush  of  orders 
as  soon  as  new  prices  were  announced 
and  a  scarcity  of  cars  on the Coast,  ship­
ments  of  raisins  are  somewhat  delayed, 
but  it  is  expected  that  this  will  soon  be 
relieved  and  that  the  goods  will  come 
forward  promptly.  The  announcement 
of 
increased  prices  on  raisins  was  not 
unexpected,  but  the  trade  did  not  think 
the  rise  would  be  so  great.  Most  of  the 
trade,  however,  had  made  heavy  pur­
chases  at  the  opening  prices,  which 
1  probably  last  them  for  some  weeks. 
Prunes  are  considered  rather  unsatisfac­
tory  goods  to  buy  at  present  because  of 
the  variation  of  prices,  owing  to  the 
mpossibility  of  securing certain desired 
sizes.  Only  three  snes  are  obtainable 
and  buyers  hardly 
like  stocking 
heavily  with  one  size  missing.  Nineties 
are  already  at  a  substantial  premium 
and  are  likely  to  be  higher,  unless  un­
expected  supplies  come  into  the market. 
The  demand  increases  steadily  with  the 
probability  of  an  advance soon.  Peaches 
are  slightly  stronger  and  choice  goods 
have  advanced 
active  demand,  especially  for the  prime 
grades.  Speculators  have  been  buying 
heavily  and  this  has  caused  additiona 
strength 
in  the  market.  The  supply  is 
large,  but  the  demand  appears  to  be 
sufficient  to  consume  everything 
likely 
to  come  on  the  market  before  the  next 
season’s  crop  is  ready  for  delivery.  Ap 
ricots  are  firm  and  trade  is  quite active 
Very few  are  left  in  first  hands,  not  over 
a  dozen  cars,  and  holders  show  no  anx 
ety  to  get  rid  of  them,  as  they  expect 
to  realize  higher prices  later.  The  evap 
iirated  apple  market  is  very  firm,  with 
m  unusually  good  demand.  Stock  i 
getting  very  scarce  and  high  prices  are 
asked  for all  grades.  Currants  are  firm 
and  trade  is  active  and  the  tendency 
upward.  The  volume  of  business 
large  and  constantly  increasing.  Dates 
ire  being  closely  sold  up.  The  old  crop 
will  be  exhausted  before  the  new  croj 
comes 
in.  The  first  of  the  new  crof 
Persian  and  Fard  dates  are  expected 
about  the  end  of  the  month.  Prices  on 
new  goods  are  not  fixed  yet,  but  it  i: 
thought  they  will  be  lower  than  last  sea 
son’s.  Figs  are  steady,  but  sales  are 
liberal. 
report 
much  the  best  demand  on  the  coast  they 
have  ever  known  and  good  prices  are 
obtained  for  this  year’s  crop.

California 

shippers 

There 

is

Molasses  and  Syrups— The  molasses 
market 
is  unchanged,  with  a  fair  de 
mand  for  all  grades.  Com  syrup  is  firm 
and  in  good  demand.

features.  Mackerel 

Fish— The  market  for  salt  fish is with 
out  special 
are 
slightly  easier.  According  to  advices 
from  Gloucester,  the  catch  of  salt  mack 
erel  this  season  to  date  is  20,000 barrels 
The  season  has  but  a  few  more  weeks  to 
run  and  many  of  the  fleet  have  with 
drawn  from  the  fishery.  The demand  for 
codfish 
is  very  good  at  unchanged 
prices.

Rice— There 

is  an  active  demand  for 
rice,  both  foreign  and  domestic.  Stocks 
of  Japan  are  very  light,  caused  some­
what  by  the  heavy  purchases  by  the 
Government.  The  market  is  firm  with 
an  upward  tendency.

in  nuts 

Nuts— Trade 

is  heavy  and 
prices  show  considerable 
fluctuations 
from  day  to  day.  Buyers  are  sending 
in  their orders  for  holiday  supplies  and 
dealers  are  kept  busy  getting  out  their

shipments.  The  present  increased  quo­
tations  and  the  probable  higher  prices 
in  the  future  combine  to  create  a  strong 
situation  in  most  varieties.  The  tend- 
ncy  of  the  market 
is  upward,  as  a 
hole,  although  some  varieties  have  de­
clined.  Walnuts  are  unchanged.  All 
stocks  are  firmly  held  and  prices  rule 
igher  than  last  year.  Filberts  continue 
rm  and  high,  with  supplies  very  short 
t  present.  Brazils  are  firm  and  ad- 
ancing.  Peanuts  are  weaker  and  prices 
uncertain.

Green  Fruit— The  warmer  weather  of 
the  [>ast 
few  days  has  strengthened  the 
lemon  market  and  the  demand  has  in­
creased  quite  materially.  The  quality 
f  the  recent  arrivals  has  been  a  little 
better,  too,  which  has 
influenced  busi­
ness  somewhat.  One  cause  of  the  low 
irices  this  season  has  been  the  poor 
[uality  and 
large  receipts,  this  year’s 
irrivals  for  September  being  much 
arger  than 
for  the  same  month  last 
rear.  Bananas  are  steady  at  full  prev 
ous  [irices.  Receipts  have  been  more 
few  days,  but  the  de 
iberal  the  past 
nand 
to  hold  price: 
steady.

sufficient 

is 

T ea—The  tea  market  seems  to  b< 
sharing 
in  the  activity  noticeable  ¡1 
some  of  the  other  lines.  Jobbers  in  gen 
eral  are  sorting  up  and  the  demand  i 
for  all  kinds  of  teas.  Low  grades  are 
more  firmly  held,  owing  to  the  fact  that 
the  producing  market  for  these  kinds  is 
higher.  The  coming  crop  shows  some 
scarcity  of  low  grade  teas.  Prices  are 
unchanged.

Pickles  -It  is  reported  that  the  man­
ufacturers  of  pickles  have  made  an  a lli­
ance  for  the  maintenance  of  prices  on 
1  much  higher  basis  than  heretofore. 
The  reason  for  the  present  high  prices 
is  the  shortage 
in  the  crop,  which  is 
said  to  be  50 per  cent.  The  cause  of  the 
shortage 
is  ascribed  to  dry  weather, 
blight  and  late  frosts.

Lima  Beans  The  market  on 

lima 
beans 
is  very  strong  and  advancing. 
Up  to  within  a  few  days,  the  new  crop 
has  been  estimated  at  about  300  car­
loads,  but  we  now  learn  that  this  esti­
mate  is  much  too  large  and  that the  out­
put  will  probably  not  be  more  than  175 
to  200  carloads.  The  demand  is  very 
heavy  a t ' moderate  prices,  but 
if  the
resent  demand  continues,  higher prices 
re  expected.

G rand  R apids  R etail  G rocery  Clerk»’  As­

sociation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocery  Clerks’  Associa­
tion,  held  at  the  office  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  Monday  evening,  Oct.  16, 
President  Mclnnis  presided.

Harry  Myers  and  Jacob  Semeyn  ap­
plied  for  membership  in  the Association 
and  were  accepted.

The  Committee  on  Hall_  reported 
progress  and  was  given  until  the  next 
meeting  to  make  further  enquiries,  with 
a  view  to  presenting  an amended  report.
The  Committee  on  Badges  presented 
a  form  of  badge  suitable  for  the  mem 
bers  of  the  Association  and  was  re­
quested  to  correspond  with  the manufac­
turers  and  ascertain  on  what  terms  the 
badges  could  be  obtained

The  Committee  on  Clerks  reported 
that  it  had  secured  a 
list  of  over  300 
names  of  clerks  in  Grand  Rapids  retail 
houses.  The  report  was  accepted  and 
the  Committee  continued.

On  account  of  the  amount  of  unfin­
ished  business  [¡ending,  it  was  thought 
best  to  hold  a  special  meeting  one  week 
hence,  to  which  adjournment  was made.

Imerman  &  Markus  have  engaged 

in 
general  trade  at  Copemish.  The  grocer­
ies  were  furnished  by  the  Ball-Bamhart- 
Putman  Co.,  and  the  shoes  by  Geo.  H. 
Reeder  &  Co.

5

The  G rain  M arket.

the 

as  well  as 

Weakness  during  the  past  week  has 
been  the  main 
feature  as  regards  all 
cereals.  Large  receipts  of  wheat  in  the 
Northwest  were  predominant  and  all 
ther  news  was  not  sufficient  to over­
come  the  depression.  While  [irices  did 
not  slump  very  materially,  still  there 
was  some  reaction  from  the  strength 
shown  a  little  earlier  in  the  week.  One 
f  the  main  reasons  is  the  advance  in 
export  rates, 
inland 
freight  rates.  Where  some  time  since 
the  export  rate  was  about 6c  per cwt.,  it 
now  16c  per  cwt.  We  ought  not  to 
omit,  however,  that  our  visible  made  an 
extremely  large  increase,  nearly  3,000,- 
000  bushels,  which  makes  the  visible  in 
sight  to-day  47,299,000  bushels,  against 
14,598,000  bushels  for  the  corresponding 
It  will  readily  be  seen 
time  last  year. 
that  this 
its 
effect  upon  values.  However,  within 
the  last  day  or two  the  large  receipts  in 
the  Northwest  have  fallen  off  consider­
ably ;  in  fact,  as  much  as  500  cars  a 
day.  Winter  wheat  receipts  have  not 
increased  any.  They  are  still  at  low 
ebb  and  will  not  increase  from  the 
fact 
that 
farmers  have  sold  about  all  they 
have  to  spare,  at  least  for  the  present. 
Wheat  can  not  always  be  going up,  how­
ever.  It  must  recede  in  price  sometimes 
or  else  the  bears  would  lose  all  heart. 
If  there  was  more  speculation  in  wheat, 
prices  would  be  somewhat  higher.

large  visible 

is  having 

Corn  has  declined,  not  on  account  of 
the  large  quantities  in  sight,  but  owing 
to  the  very 
fine  weather  we  have  had. 
The  new  crop  is  expected  to  move  quite 
a  little  earlier  than  usual.

Oats  have  remained  about  the  same, 

although  the  tendency  is  to  weakness.

Rye  has  lost  about  2c  per  bushel since 

last  writing.

While  we  have  never  written  in  re­
gard  to  the  value  of  beans,  they  have 
gone  up  from  about  85c  per  bushel  to 
§1.68  and  are  still  clim bing- -which  is  a 
good  thing  for  those  who  have  been 
raising  beans.

The  flour trade  has  been  good  in  gen­
eral  and mi 11 feed  seems to hold  its  price 
remarkably  well,  with  large  enquiry.

Recei pts  have  been  about  as  usual, 
being  67  cars  of  wheat,  8  cars  of  com, 
8  cars  of  oats  and  2  cars  of  rye.

Millers  are  paying  65c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

G rand  R apids  R etail G rocers’ A ssociation.
At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  the  office  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman,  Tuesday  evening,  Oct.  17, 
President  Dyk  presided.

Noble  &  Croll,  grocers  at  354  West 
Bridge  street,  and  F.  L.  Struble,  who 
is  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  at 
739  South  Lafayette  street,  applied  for 
membership in  the  Association  and were 
accepted.

The  Executive  Committee  reported 
that  it  had  partially  completed  the  ar­
rangements 
leasing  two  rooms  on 
the  second  floor  of  the  Tower  block,  to 
be 
jointly  occupied  with  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocery  Clerks’  Associa­
tion.  The  report  was  accepted  and 
placed  on  file.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

for 

meeting  adjourned.

F. 

L.  Struble  has  purchased  the  gro­

cery  stock  of  F.  H.  Hosford  at  the  cor­
ner  of  Hall  and  South  Lafayette  streets.

O.  Hagberg  has  engaged  in  the  shoe 
business  at  Muskegon.  Geo.  H.  Reeder 
&  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

For  G illies’  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds,

¡grades  and  priees,  phone  Visner,  800.

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

6

Woman’s World

DlftVreiic«*  B etween  th e  Old  G irl  and  tlie 

New.

of 

fragile 

The  old  girl  wrote  her  name  Sayde  or 
Mayine. 
The  new  girl  calls  herself 
Sarah  or  Mary.  The  former  is  rapidly 
becoming  as  extinct  as  the  dodo,  and 
in  another  decade  the  places  that  have 
known  her  so 
long  shall  know  her  no 
more,  for  modern  progress  and  evolu­
tion  have  brought  us  a  new  girl  as  well 
as  a  new  woman.
Sayde  was  a 

little  creature, 
given  to  nerves  and  hysteria,  and  who 
thought  a  state 
semi-invalidism 
rather  interesting  than  otherwise.  She 
wore 
'i8 -in ch * ‘stays,  and  when  she 
walked,  which  was  as  seldom  as  pos­
sible,  she  wobbled  about  on  high-heeled 
shoes  three  sizes  too  small  for  her.  She 
subsisted  on  a  diet  of  chocolate  creams 
and  pie  and  pickles,  and  her  doting 
mother  wondered  what  could  make  the 
is  half  a 
poor child  so  delicate.  Sarah 
head  taller  than  Sayde  and 
is  cast  in 
a  different  mold.  She  has  a  chest  de­
veloped  by  deep  breathing  and  physical 
culture  and  muscles  hardened by athletic 
games.  Upon  occasion  she,  too,  trails 
around 
frills  and  frivols, 
but  she  has  also  short  skirts  and  heavy 
boots 
in  which  she  takes  long  tramps 
and  she  thinks  nothing  of  rolling  her 
shirt-sleeves  back  to  her  shoulders  to 
play  tennis  or  golf  with  some  man,  who 
finds  hertio  mean  adversary. 
is  the 
fashion  to  be  healthy,  and  with  bloom­
ing  cheeks  and  bounding  strength  she 
has  only  the  contemptuous  pity  for  the 
girl  whom  she denominates  as  " s ic k ly ”  
that  she  bestows  upon  all  who  are  not 
up  with  the  times  and  generally 
in  the 
swim.

in  feminine 

It 

She 

When  Sayde  was  being  educated  most 
of  her  time  was  devoted  to acquiring ac­
complishments. 
learned  to  play 
"T h e   Maiden’s  Prayer" and  "T h e   Bat­
tle  of  Prague;’ ’  she  spent  hundreds  of 
good  dollars  in  "studying  art"  and  ex­
ecuted  monstrous  landscapes  and 
libel­
ous  portraits  when  she  wasn’t  making 
wax  or  hair  flowers.  Sarah  may  have  no 
more  talent  for  music  or art  than  Sayde 
had,  but  she  has  been  taught  not  to 
meddle  with  the  impossible  and  to  re­
spect  her own  limitations.  She may  not 
be  able  to  make  good  music,  but  she 
knows 
it  when  she  hears  it,  and  is  too 
humane  to  inflict  bad  upon  her suffering 
fellow-creatures. 
In  Sayde’s  day  every 
girl  sang  and  played,  and  it  was  impos­
sible  to  escape  the  martyrdom  of  their 
artless  and 
unsophisticated  perform­
ances.  Now,  if  Sarah  plays  or  sings 
you  may  be  sure  she  has  an  especial 
talent,  carefully  trained,  and  that  it  will 
be  thoroughly  worth  while  hearing. 
It 
is  the  same  way 
in  art.  Here,  too,  her 
is  cultivated.  She  knows  a  good 
taste 
photograph 
is  a  million  times  better 
than  the  crude  daub  of  the  amateur,  and 
the  day  has  gone  by  when  the. daughters 
of  a 
free  to  disfigure  the 
walls  with  their  handiwork,  while  as for 
making  flowers  of  wax  or  hair,  she 
would  just  as  soon  think  of  perpetrating 
any  other  kind  of  vandalism.

family  felt 

Sayde  used  often  to  sustain  a  reputa­
tion  of  being  "literary"  on  the  strength 
of  quoting  poetry  on  every  occasion  and 
devouring  sickly  and  sentimental  novels 
of  the  "In e z "  and  " Beulah"  type  by 
the  wholesale.  Sarah  calls  all  that  kind 
of  thing  "stu ff.”   She  gets  almost  as 
many  of  her  ideas  from  her  brother  as 
she  does  collars  and  cravats  and  she 
knows  very  well  that  if  she  should  be­
gin  spouting  any  highfalutin’  poetry  to

the  ordinary  Tom,  Dick  or  Harry  he 
would  run  and  she  would  never see  him 
again.  When  she  reads  it  is  apt  to  be 
something  solid  and  she belongs to study 
classes.  As  a  general  thing,  though, 
she 
isn’t  as  much  given  to  books  as 
Sayde  was.  There  are  so  many  more 
things  to  do  now.  Sayde  spent  whole 
days  on  a  couch  absorbed  in  the  woes 
of  heroines  who  insisted  on  sacrificing 
themselves  and  suffering  on  every  oc­
casion.  Sarah  belongs  to  a  club  or  two. 
She 
is  serving  on  a  committee  for  a 
flower  parade  or  a  church 
fair.  She 
goes  out  to  watch  the  new  football  team 
practice.  She 
invited  to  a  bicycle 
luncheon  where  they  ride  twenty  miles 
to  get  to  the  club  house.  She  really 
hasn’t  any  time  to  spend 
in  vicarious 
imaginary  woes  and  is  too 
tears  over 
healthy-minded  to  enjoy  it  if  she  had.

is 

isn’t 

reading. 

If  Sayde  knew  anything,  it  was  her 
own  affair.  Nobody  expected  her  to  do 
anything  but 
look  pretty  and  act  am i­
ably.  She  wasn’t  expected  to  have  an 
opinion  on  politics  or  current  events. 
Men  felt  it  their  delightful  privilege  to 
enlighten  her  about  who  was  president 
it  was  no  reflection  on  her  not  to 
and 
know  on  her own  account. 
It  is  differ­
If  she  doesn’t  know 
ent  with  Sarah. 
what  is  going  on,  and 
isn’t able  to  talk 
intelligently  about  everything,  from  the 
Transvaal  situation  down  to  the  meas­
urements  of  a  cup-winner,  men  call  her 
a  chump  and  steer  clear  of  her.  Only 
fancy Sarah having asked  us,  "W ho  was 
Dreyfus,  anyway?”   or,  "W hy  did  they 
make  such  a  fuss  about  a  cup?  Couldn’t 
that  Sir  What’s-His-Name  have  bought 
just  as  good  a  one  in  London?”   We 
might  have  thought  that  interesting  in 
Sayde,  but  we  would  have  been  dis­
gusted  with  Sarah.  The  mummy  girl 
has  had  her  day.  She 
in  it  now, 
it,  just  watch 
and  if  you  don’t  believe 
what  the  girls  are 
Sayde 
looked  over the  marriage  notices and the 
fashions  in  the  papers.  Sarah  reads  the 
dispatches  and 
is  up  on  sporting news. 
Sayde  was  brought  up  to  believe  that 
a  woman’s  manifest  destiny  was  matri­
mony  and  that  her  one  object  in  life 
should  be  to  achieve  that  as  soon  as 
possible.  If  a  woman  didn’t  marry— but 
the  idea  of  being  an  old  maid  was a fate 
so  horrible  she  shut  her  eyes  and  re­
fused  to  contemplate 
it  or  prepare  for 
such  a  contingency.  Consequently  the 
path  of  the  Saydes  is strewn with  wrecks 
of  happiness.  Not  everyone  who  goes 
a-hunting  bags  the  game,  and  many 
Saydes  failed  to  find  husbands.  No one 
had  taken  the  trouble  to  fit  them  for 
such  a  misfortune. 
They  had  been 
taught  to  spend  money,  not  to  make 
it, 
with  the  comfortable  belief  that  a  man 
would  always  appear on  the  scene to pay 
the  bills.  He  did  not  come,  but  the 
time  did  when  they  must  earn  their 
own  bread  and  butter,  or  starve.  They 
had  no  tools  to  work  with  and  no knowl­
edge  of  how  to  use  them,  and  in  all  the 
world  there 
is  nothing  more  pitiful 
than  these  helpless  old  maids.  Sarah  is 
being  forearmed  against  such  a  fate. 
There  are  other  careers  open  to  her  now 
besides  marrying  for  a  living,  and  if 
she  remains  single 
it  is  regarded  as  a 
matter  of  taste  and  personal  preference, 
if  she  might  choose  law  instead  of 
as 
medicine. 
to 
have  at  last  wakened  up  to  the  fact  that 
it  is  within  the  bounds  of  possibility 
for  her  not  to  draw  a  capital  prize  in 
the  matrimonial  lottery  and  have  begun 
to  prepare  her  for  something  else,  and 
in  many  homes 
the 
is  being  consid­
daughter’s  profession 
just  as  earnestly  and  intelligently
ered 

Sarah’s  parents  seem 

the  choice  of 

as  the  son’s.  Sayde’s  fate  was  left  to 
chance.  Reason  and  sense  are  to  guide 
Sarah’s.

Conditions  change,  but  not  human  na­
ture,  and  Sarah  will  marry  just  as  often 
as  Sayde  did,  but  she  will  stand  a  bet­
ter  chance  of  happiness.  Sayde  often 
married  a  man  unworthy  of  her  because 
she  was  getting  near  the  danger  line  of 
spinsterhood  and  was  afraid  of  being  an 
old  maid  or  because  she  needed  a 
home.  Sarah  finds  so  much 
is 
pleasant  in  the  life  of  the bachelor wom­
an  with  its  freedom  that  old  maidhood 
has  no  terrors  for  her. 
If  she  has  in­
herited  money,  she  has  been  taught  how 
to 
look  after  her  property;  if  she  is 
poor,  she  has  learned  some  trade  or  pro­
fession  by  which  she  can  support  her­
self,  and  so  she  can  afford  to  regard 
matrimony  from  the dispassionate stand­
point  of  a  luxury  instead  of  a  necessity.

that 

New  Prices

on Bicucle 
Sundries

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

ADAMS &  HART,

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

Wholesale  Bicycles sad  Sundries.

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It 

like  a 

its  nest 

found  cowering  a 

This  sounds 
fable  made  out  of 
folklore,  but  it  has  really a  basis  in  fact. 
An  observer  says:  “ The  account  is very 
correct.  Although  1  never  heard  the coo­
ing  noise  all  day,  1  often  did  in  the 
is  rather  a  purring  sound. 
evening. 
is  opened,  the  bird  is 
When 
usually 
few  inches 
away  from  its  egg.’ ’  Perhaps  the  truth 
is  that  the  burrows  are  so  warm  that 
there  is  no  need  of  a  higher temperature 
induced  by  animal  heat,  and  the  parent 
bird  can  afford  to  sit  down  and  sing 
over  the  excellence  of  the  arrangement. 
All  the  same  there 
is  poetry  in  the 
thought.  As  well  as  she  can  the  mother 
bird  sings--having 
in  the  truth 
and  promises  of  nature,  and in the  good- 
ness  of  G jd -  sings  her  soothing,  coo­
ing 
lullaby  to  the  little  thing  that  is 
to  come  to  live  and  be  loved.
Ju v e n ile   Sm art up»».

faith 

and 

concluded 

The  teacher  of  a 

juvenile  Sunday 
school  class  was  picturing  to  the  minds 
little  pupils  the  beauties  of 
of  her 
heaven, 
by  asking, 
“ Now,  who  can  tell  me  what  kind  of 
little  boys  go  to  heaven?”  
“ I  can,”  
answered  one  small  boy. 
“ Very  w ell,”  
said  the  teacher,  “ you  may  tell  m e.”  
“ Dead  ones,”   was  the  prompt  but  un­
expected  reply.

Sealing  Wax
5 lbs. in package, per  lb...............
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Common

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No. 3 Sun. crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
CHIMNEYS—F ear! Top
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No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........ 
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and  labeled.... 
No. 2 Sun,  "Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps........................................... 

I.A M I*  C HIM N EYS—Seconds

Per box of G  doz.

It  isn’t  anybody,  good  Lord,  anybody, 
with  her,  and  when  she  marries  her hus­
band  will  have  reason  to be  proud  of 
himself  for  having met  the  requirements 
of  her  exacting  ideal.

Sayde  was  apt,  after  marriage,  to  get 
felt  that  she  had 
dowdy,  because  she 
achieved  her  career  by  marrying  and 
there  wasn’t  anything  left  to  do.  She 
got  sulky  or  cross  when  John,  growing 
tired  of  her  conversation,  resumed  the 
club  ways  of  his  bachelorhood,  and  she 
ran  up  as  big  bills  as  she  thought  he 
would  pay  without  too  much  grumbling. 
Sarah,  on  the  other  hand,  feels that mar­
riage  is  merely  the  beginning  of  a  part­
nership  and  that  half  of  the  happiness 
and  success  of  the  venture  is  going  to 
depend  on  her.  She  takes  care  of  her­
self  and  makes  her  home  attractive,  be­
cause,  having  worked herself in the busi­
ness  world,  she  remembers 
just  how 
restful  and  soothing  it  is  to  come  back 
at  night  when  one  is  wearied  to  some 
place  where  the  beauty  and  the  quiet 
seem  to  soothe  one’s  senses  like  a  bene­
diction.  Having  earned  money,  she 
knows  the  value  of  a  dollar  and  does not 
run 
into  senseless  extravagance,  and 
having  touched  the  broader  life  of  the 
world,  she  has  the  deeper  sympathy  and 
insight  and  the  tolerance 
that  Sayde 
could  never  have  given  the  man  she 
loved,  because  her very  ignorance  made 
her  narrow.

Sayde  has  had  her day.  Sarah  is  hav­
ing  hers.  There  was  much  that  was 
sweet  and 
lovely  and  admirable  about 
the  old  girl.  She  was  the  bud,  but  the 
new  girl  is  the  perfect  rose  of  civiliza­
tion. 

Dorothy  Dix.

W omen  and  Suicide.

The  claim  recently  put  boldly  forth 
by  a  distinguished  lawyer that  a  person 
has  a  right  to  die,  when  by  means  of 
disease  or  misfortune 
life  becomes  a 
burden,  has  provoked  renewed  discus­
sion  of  the  suicide  question,  and  it  is 
interesting,  in  this  connection,  to  note 
that  by  far  the  larger  number of suicides 
are  among  men.  Women  seldom  take 
their  own  lives,  and  so  we have the curi­
ous  and  contradictory  spectacle  of  the 
sex  that 
is  universally  accounted  the 
braver  and  stronger  flinging  themselves 
out  of  the  world  to  avoid  its  troubles, 
while  the  weaklings 
patiently  bear 
theirs  on  to  the  bitter  end.

innocent  people. 

Nothing  is  more  common  than  for  the 
man  who  has  speculated  with  other 
people’s  money  and  lost,  and  so  brought 
ruin  and  disgrace on his  family,  to  com­
mit  suicide. 
In  fact,  after  reading  of 
the  trusted  cashier  going  wrong,  in  one 
column,  we  almost  expect  to  read  in  the 
next  that  he  shot  himself.  No  thought 
apparently  comes  to  him  of  having  any 
duty  to  stay  and  help  lift  the  misery  he 
brought  on 
In  times 
of  great  financial  stress,  when  a  rich 
man  has  everything  swept  away,  he, 
too,  often  solves  the  question  of  the 
fu­
ture  for  himself  by  suicide,  leaving  his 
wife  and  little  children  to  face  a  situa­
tion  for  which  they  are  wholly  unpre­
pared.  You  never  hear  of  a  woman 
committing  suicide  and  leaving  her  lit­
tle  children  to  the  cruel  mercies  of  the 
world  because  she  has 
lost  her  prop­
erty. 
Instead,  she  feels  more  than  ever 
that  they  need  her  care,  and  her  help, 
and  she  would  be 
the 
unmentionable  baseness  of  deserting 
them  in  such  a  crisis.

incapable  of 

Yet  if  suicide  is  ever  justifiable,  it  is 
is 
life. 
infirmities, 
idiosyncrasies,

for woman  far  more  than  man.  She 
always  handicapped  in  the race  of 
Sometimes  with  bodily 
sometimes  with  mental 

is  harder  still 

always  by  lack  of  training  and  business 
experience.  Hard  as  poverty 
is  for  a 
man,  it 
for  a  woman. 
Desperate  as  the  struggle  for  existence 
is  for  him,  it  is  still  more  desperate  for 
her,  limited  by  narrower  opportunities, 
and  rewarded  with  lesser  pay.  Terrible 
as  are  the  tortures  suffered  by  many  a 
poor  wretch,  they  are  no  worse  than  the 
life-long  martyrdom  that  many  a woman 
endures  with  never  a  thought  of  doing 
anything but bearing them with Christian 
fortitude  and  resignation  until  Clod’s 
own  hand  sets  her  free.

There  are  many  reasons why  this  state 
of  affairs  should  exist.  Woman’s  whole 
life  is  one  long  lesson  in  patience  and 
submission.  She  must  always  give  in. 
Men  feel  that  they  are  born  to  com­
mand,  to  force  circumstances  to  their 
will,  and  when  circumstances  can  no 
longer  be 
forced  or  bent,  and  they 
must  yield  to  untoward  fate,  too  many 
yield  to  the  desire  to  avoid  the  misery 
they  see  before  them  by  sneaking  out 
of  life. 
is  always  a  coward’s  deed. 
The  babe  salutes  life  with  a  wail,  and 
the  dying  man  takes  leave  of  it  with  a 
groan.  Between  there 
is  no  time  that 
has  not  its  own  troubles,  and  cares,  and 
sorrows,  and  it  is  our  part  to  bear  them 
with  courage,  and 
it  should  be  part  of 
our  pride  in  our  sex that so many women 
sustain  this  brave  attitude  towards  life 
under  circumstances  that  might  well 
tempt  them  to  play  the  coward’s  part.
Cora  Stowell.

It 

it 

Sing;»  th e  Soothing;  Song;  o f  M otherhood.
Modem  incubators  are  as unnatural  as 
orphan  asylums.  They  efface  the  sweet­
ness  of  motherhood.  The  hen  has  a 
moral  right  to  be  the  hatcher  of  her  own 
chickens  from  her own  eggs.  She  is  set 
upon  that  rig h t;  but  progress  comes  in 
and  breaks  her of  that  notion  by  giving 
her  china 
frauds  and  porcelain  door 
knobs  to  brood  over in  fruitless suspense 
until  she 
feels  that  her  life  is  a  failure 
and  that  she  has  been  on  the  wrong  lay. 
When 
is  known  that  the  hen  crop  is 
worth  more  to  the  United  States  than 
the  cotton  crop,and  brings  more  money, 
it  seems  a  pity  that  the  lot  of  the  hen, 
like  that  of  the  policeman, 
is  not  a 
happy  one.  The  hen  can  sympathize 
with  the  woman  who  has  an 
imbecile 
husband  to  share  her  earnings  and  take 
from  her  the  glory  of  motherhood. 
lays  an  egg  a 
Whenever  a  poor  hen 
rooster  who  has 
miserable,  strutting 
done  nothing  goes  about 
the  yard 
crowing  over  it  and  wearing  fine  feath­
ers. 
If allowed  to  hatch  her  brood,  the 
hen 
finds  herself  obliged  to  scratch  for 
her  living  and  for  her  little  ones.  The 
faithless,  polygamous  rooster  takes  no 
interest  in  the  little  ones.  The  stupid 
goose 
is  better  fixed.  When  she  is  in 
the  hatching  way  and  wants  to  take  a 
stroll,  the  gander  will  take  her  place 
over the  eggs  and  do  the  best  he  can  as 
a  temporary  hatcher and  stands  all  the 
long  nights  by  the  side  of  her  little 
goosehouse  door,  keeping faithful v ig ils; 
and  that 
is  much  more  comfort  than 
some  women  have  who  do  not  know 
where  their  husbands  are  nights  when 
the  husbands  are  most  needed.  The 
lazy  alligator  lays  her  eggs  in  the  sands 
on  the  snore  and  lets  the  warm  sun  do 
the  rest.  That 
is  comfortable.  There 
is  no  counting  eggs  before  they  are 
hatched  and  no  care  whether  they  are 
hatched  or  not.  The  stormy petrel builds 
her  net  just  above  the  Atlantic  billows, 
islets  near  Iona  and  the  Heb­
on  the 
rides.  There,  beyond  the  rocks, 
is  a 
black,  buttery  soil,  in  which  the  birds 
burrow 
little  winged  mice  and  on 
nests  of  seapink  lay  one  egg.  There is, 
in  the  outer  Hebrides,  a  very  popular 
belief  as  to  the  way  in  which  the  eggs 
are  hatched.  The  birds,  say  the  peo­
ple,  hatch  their eggs,  not  by  sitting  on 
them,  but  near  them,  at  a  distance  of 
six 
the  petrels  turn 
their  heads  toward  the  opening  of  the 
burrow  and  coo  at  the  eggs,  day  and 
night,  and  so  hatch  them  with  a  song.

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8 gal. each...................................................  
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12 gal. each.................................................... 
15 gal. meat-tubs, each......................... 
20 gal. meat-tubs, each........................  
25 gal. meat-tubs, each........................  
30 gal. meat-tubs, each........................  

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

C hurns

M ilkpans

Vt gal. flat or rd. hot., per doz............  
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F ine Glazed M ilkpans
Vt gal. flat or rd. hot., per doz.............  
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each.................. 

Stew pans

% gal. flreproof, bail, per  doz.................... 
1 gal. flreproof, hail, per  doz............. 

Ju g s

14 gal., per  doz............................................. 
54 gal. |>er  doz............................................... 
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T om ato  Ju g s

% gal., per  doz............................................. 
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Corks for  1  gal., per doz.....................  

Preserve  J a r s   and  Covers
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No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz............. 
No. 1 Crimp, per doz............................ 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.................. 
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No. 1  Lime (65c  doz)............................ 
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3 gal. galv. iron with faucet, |>er doz.. 
5 gai. gaiv. Iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. Tilting cans.................................. 
5 gal. galv. iron  Nacefas..................... 

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5 gal. Eureka, nou-overflow................ 
3 gal. Home Rule................................... 
5 gai. Home Rtiie..................................  
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ENGLAND  ON TR IA L .

Now  that  the  war between  Great  Brit­
ain  and  the  Dutch  Republic  has  com­
menced, 
the  developments  will  be 
watched  with  the  keenest  interest  by  the 
whole  civilized  world. 
It  is,  of  course, 
accepted  as  a  foregone  conclusion  that 
the  Boers  will  be  defeated,  the  immense 
resources  of  the  British  Empire  mak­
ing  all  thought  of  failure  out  of  the 
question ;  but  there  is  much  curiosity  to 
know  just  where  Great  Britain  will  find 
the  troops,  how  she  will  mobilize  them, 
and  how  deliver them  in  South  Africa. 
There  is,  also,  much  curiosity  to  know 
how  British  troops  will 
fare  in  battle 
with  a  civilized  foe  armed  with  modern 
weapons.

The  efficiency  and  power  of  the  Brit­
ish  navy  have 
long  been  known  and 
appreciated ;  but  there  is  a  disposition 
on  the  continent  of  Europe  to  sneer  at 
English 
land  forces,  it  being  held  that 
the  organization  is  defective,  the  morale 
poor  and  the  staff  departments  badly 
equipped  for  their  special  work. 
It  is 
true  that  the  way  in  which the campaign 
in  the  Soudan  was  conducted  was  some­
thing  of  a  revelation  to  Europeans,  but 
there 
is  a  disposition  to  regard  that  as 
an  isolated  instance.

Recent  events  have,  however,  caused 
continental  critics  to  doubt  the  reported 
inefficiency  of  the  British  army,  and, 
as  a  result,  Great  Britain 
is  now  on 
trial  as  a  military  power  on 
land. 
Should  confusion  result  from  the  mobi­
lization  of  troops  intended  for  sendee in 
South  Africa  or  should  the  campaign  it­
self  be  bungled 
in  any  way,  British 
prestige  will  seriously  suffer,  and  com­
plications  will  spring  up  thick  and  fast 
for  British  statesmen  to  contend  with. 
Should  the  mobilization  of  England’s 
forces  convince  the  continent  that  her 
military resources  have  been underrated, 
British  prestige  will  be  greatly  en­
hanced,  and  there  will  be 
less  desire

among  the  powers  of  the  continent  to 
isolate  the  British Empire,  and certainly 
more  disinclination  than  ever  to  at­
tack  it.

It  is  now  announced  that  the  British 
government  will  employ  in  the  neigh­
in  the  South 
borhood  of  100,000  men 
African  campaign.  Of 
this  number, 
there  are  approximately  25,000  troops 
already 
in  South  Africa  or on  the  way 
there,  not  counting  auxiliary  or  colonial 
forces.  Of  these 
latter there  are  about
8,000  already  in  sendee  and  more  being 
mustered.  An  army  corps  of  50,000 
men  is  being  mobilized  in  England  to 
be  shipped  to  South  Africa  in  a  very 
short  time.  This  army  corps  will  be 
composed  of  25,000  regular troops  and 
an  equal  number  of  first-class  reserves, 
all  of  whom  have  already  served  one  or 
more  enlistments  with  the  colors.  While 
there  are,  no  doubt,  many  fresh  recruits 
in  the  ranks  of  the  regular  regiments, 
the  majority  of  the  men  are  seasoned 
troops,  while  all  the  reserves  are  old 
soldiers,  most  of  whom  have  seen  active 
service.

It 

is  now  the  purpose  of  the  British 
military  authorities  to  move  the  entire 
army  corps  .of  50,000  men  to  Africa  at 
for  that  purpose  a  large  fleet 
once,  and 
of  transports 
If 
this  whole  force  is  safely  delivered  in 
Africa  in  quick  time  and  the  Boers  are 
crushed  in  a  brief  campaign,  the  critics 
of  England’s 
power  will  be 
silenced.

is  now  in  readiness. 

land 

It  will,  therefore,  be  seen  that  British 
prestige  is  deeply  involved  in  the  m il­
itary  movements  now  in  progress,  and 
the  British  military  authorities  know  it, 
and  are,  consequently,  straining  every 
nerve  to  make  a  good  showing.  The 
transportation  of  fifty  thousand  men  at 
one  time  to  a  point  so  distant  as  Cape 
Colony,  with  all  their  supplies,  ammu­
nition  and  other  impedimenta,  is  a  tre­
mendous  task,  impossible  to  any  but  a 
rich  power  with  large  shipping  facili­
its  successful  accomplish­
ties ;  hence 
ment  will  be  a  severe  blow 
to  the 
charges  which  have  been  made  against 
the  British  military  system  by  foreign 
critics.

This  country  can  only  hope  that  the 
British  will  successfully  silence  their 
continental  critics.  We  ourselves  are 
not  loved  in  Europe  outside of England. 
England  alone,  of  all  the  foreign  pow­
ers,  sympathized  with  us  in  our  conflict 
is  the  only  power  we 
with  Spain,  and 
could  count  on  to  support  us 
in  the 
event  of  complications  with  any  one  of 
the  European  powers  on  the  continent. 
We,  therefore,  have  an 
in  the 
maintenance  of  British  prestige  as  a 
military  force  on  land  as  well  as  on  sea.

interest 

The  Secret  Service  Bureau  has  re­
ceived  notice  of  a  new  and  dangerous 
counterfeit  $10  silver certificate,  series 
of  1891,  letter  B,  Tillman  register,  and 
Morgan  treasurer,  portrait of  Hendricks. 
The  note  is  a  photo  mechanical  repro­
duction.  The 
is  good,  but  rather 
too 
light,  owing  to  the  use  of  a  poor 
quality  of  black  ink.  The  back  is  bet­
ter  than  the  face,  most  of  the  scroll 
work  being  very  good.  The  note  is  on 
soft  paper,  probably  two  pieces  of  Jap­
anese  paper  pasted  together,  and  the 
silk  lines  of  the  genuine  paper  are  re­
produced  with  care.

face 

The  difference  between  a  pedagogue 
and  a  great  scholar  is  as  marked  as  that 
between  a  demagogue  and  a  politician.

The  man  who  tries  to  heap  coals  of 
fire  on  the  head  of  another often  gets 
his  hands  burned.

PROGRESS  O F  CITY  LIGHTING.

in  their  proper  sphere  of 

There  is  nothing  in  which  the  Am eri­
can  people  manifest  more  patience  and 
forbearance  than  in  the  failures  and  de­
lays 
in  the  prosecution  of  municipal 
enterprises.  This  is  not so  much  on  ac­
count  of  the  great  development  of  this 
virtue 
in  the  average  citizen  as  for the 
reason  that  those  responsible  for  the 
condition  are  naturally  keeping  very 
quiet,  while  those  not  responsible  have 
learned  that  there  is  nothing  to  be  ac­
complished  by  any  protests  or  urging 
they  may  offer.  The  irresponsible  pol­
iticians  whose  initiative  and efforts have 
committed  the  city  to  such  undertakings 
are  in  evidence  in  watching  for  oppor­
tunities  to  secure  a  recognition  and  ad­
vantages  for  which  they  could  have  no 
hope 
life. 
They  are 
in  consultation  with  archi­
tects  and  engineers  and  “ have  their 
say’ ’  on  subjects  for  which  their  utter 
unfitness  would  exclude  them  were  other 
than  public 
interests  at  stake.  Such 
men  are  better  pleased  the  longer  these 
opportunities  are  extended,  and  so  are 
ready  with  their  valuable  (?)  super­
vision  and  inspection,  meeting  the  en­
quirer  with  plausible  explanations  of 
the  delays  and  failures,  placing  the  re­
sponsibility  anywhere  except  where  it 
belongs.  The  more  intelligent  and  re­
sponsible,  who  have  opposed  such  proj­
ects  from  the  first,  are 
in  a  position 
where  they  can  do  nothing.  The  city 
is  committed  to  the  work  and  the  time 
must  come  when  it  is  necessary  to  take 
hold  and  carry 
it  forward  to  best  con­
serve  the  public  interests.

A   visit  to  the  island  plant  to  observe 
the  prosecution  of  the  work  of  erection 
is  an 
instructive  experience.  To  the 
observer  the  work  appears  to  be  carried 
on,  and  it  probably  is,  in  a  manner  to 
please  the  most  ardent  trade  unionist. 
Groups  of  workmen  will  be  seen  in  the 
different  parts  of  the  building  in earnest 
consultation  with  their  political  friends 
and  advisers.  The  proportion  of  those 
actually  at  work 
in  a  group  of  half  a 
dozen  will  be  possibly  two,  and  the 
manner  of  their  work  is  suggestive  of 
the  utmost  longevity.  Other groups  con­
sist  entirely  of  inspectors  and consulting 
experts  (?)  contriving  how  this  connec­
tion  can  be  made  or  how  to  get  around 
the  mistakes  of  wrongly-placed  appara­
tus  and  machines.  Others  are  specu­
lating  as  to  when  the  pieces  can  be  got 
which  were  missing  in  erecting  the  ma­
chines,  probably  through  the  instrumen­
tality  of 
junk  thieves  while  exposed 
awaiting  the  rectifying  of  “ scamping’ ’ 
construction  in the building.  Altogether, 
to  one  who  has  no  particular  interest 
in  the  situation,  nothing  could  be  more 
restful  than  a  visit  to  the  new  works; 
but  such  a  visit  is  unpleasantly  sugges­
tive  to  the  taxpayer  or  any  who  have 
the  welfare  of  the  city  at  heart.

Meanwhile  the  neglect  of  the  city 
lighting 
is  bringing  the  city  into a  de­
plorable  condition.  The  system  which 
had  served  for  so  many  years  was  out­
grown  when  the  matter  of  extension,  or 
a  new  plant,  was  first  taken  up.  Since 
that  time  the  deterioration  has  been 
very  marked,  while  the  need  has  con­
tinually  increased.  Recently for  several 
successive  nights  the  major  part  of  the 
city  has  been  in  utter  darkness  on  ac­
count  of  a  break-down  in  the  obsolete 
machinery  made  to  do  duty  in  the  in­
terim  of  building.

It  is  becoming  an  interesting  question 
as  to  how 
long  the  present  conditions 
are  to  continue.  The  situation  is  again 
satisfactory  to  the  projectors  and  pro­
moters  of  the  work,  for the  pressure  of

public  necessity  has  led  to  a  tacit  con­
sent  to  the 
illegal  use  of  public  funds 
for  the  replenishment  of  the  treasury. 
The  longer  public  patience  permits  the 
present  policy  of  dallying  and  playing 
at  construction  the  better  the  politicians 
and  hangers-on  will  be  suited;  but  as 
matters  are  shaped  nothing  would  con­
duce  more  to  the  welfare  of  the city than 
that  some  of  public  spirit  should  take 
hold  of  the  problem  and  put  into  it  the 
method  and  brains  which  characterize 
our  private  enterprises.

T H E   SOBER  MAN’S  BURDEN.

It 

its  blue 

Few  people  consider  that the drunkard 
is  a  robber  of  other  men’s  rights  and 
property. 
is  the  fashion  to  laugh  at 
a  staggering  creature  who  is  zigzagging 
his  way  from  one  side  of  the  sidewalk 
to  the  other  side,  pretending  to  be  go­
ing  home,  but 
in  reality  making  his 
way  to  the  next  bar-room,  as  sure  as 
the  moth-miller  steers 
for  the  light. 
Some  wish  they  had  his  jag  and  could 
feel  as  happy  as  the  drunken  man  does 
without  paying  for  it.  The  drunkard  is 
both  an  assessor  and  collector.  He  robs 
all  places  of  peace  and  quietness  and 
pollutes  all  cars  in  which  he  is  allowed 
to  ride  with  his  foul  presence,  and  some 
who  are  unfortunate  enough  to  be  re­
lated  to  him  or associated with him must 
in  some  way  pay  for  his  misdeeds.  The 
public  drunkard  becomes  a  public  bur­
den,  and  thus  is  the  sober  man’s  bur­
den.  All  cities  and  states  suffer  from 
the  burden.  The  greatest  number  of 
crimes  are  committed  by  drunkards. 
For  instance,  the  drink  bill  of  Connec­
ticut—with 
laws  and  prohibi­
tive  laws  against  all  things  reasonable 
men  want  to  do—amounts  to  $240,000  a 
year,  according  to  Judge  Edgar  W. 
Warner,  who  told  the  National  Prison 
Association  at  Hartford  recently  that 
that  is  the  cost  of  prosecuting  and 
jail­
ing  the  public  drunkards,  at  an  average 
of  $10  per  head  for  each  2,000  arrested 
monthly.  Just  how  to  lessen  this  bur­
den  of  the  sober  man,  Judge  Warner 
said  he  did  not  know.  He  was  satisfied, 
however,  that  the  treatment  the  drunk­
ard  receives  does  not  sober  him,  nor 
protect  the  sober  part  of  society.  There 
is  no  attempt  whatever  at  the  reforma­
tion  of  the  drunkard  or  the  petty  offend­
er,  no  classification  of 
jail  prisoners, 
no  education  and  no  trade  schools  for 
them,  and  little  or  no  moral  instruction. 
More  than  75  per cent,  of  the  inmates 
of  the  jails  are  drunkards.  They  are 
washed  and  well  fed,  get  little,  if  any, 
work  to  do,  and  society  does  not  even 
think  that  they  will  be  reformed.  The 
sober  man’s  burden  is  certainly  a  hard 
one  to  carry,  and  a  difficult  one to shake 
off. 

________________

It 

is  predicted  that  in  less  than  five 
years  the  sturgeon  will  become  prac­
tically  extinct  in  the Great Lakes and on 
the  Atlantic  coast,  unless  their  exist­
ence  be  maintained  by  artificial  propa­
gation. 

______________

Thanksgiving 

proclamations  will 
thank  the  Lord  for  national  prosperity 
and  expansion,  and  the  governors  will 
go  and  expand  themselves  by  appropri­
ating  turkey.

The  building  up  of  a  great  city  de­
pends  upon  the  building  down  of  drain­
age  and  sewerage.

It 

is  said  sour  grapes  hang  high. 
Sweet  ones  have  the  same  chance  at 
hanging.  ______________

The  sails  of  the  yachts  are  big enough 
to  tie  up  millions  of dollars  wagered  on 
them.

SOME  PH A SES  O F  SOCIALISM.

in  that  regard 

The repose of respectable conservatives 
is  no  longer  disturbed  by  the  nightmare | 
of  an  organized  and  growing  socialist 
party,  intent  upon  the  capture  of  Gov­
ernment  and  the  subversion  of  existing 
institutions  and,  above  all,  upon  the  re­
pudiation  of  “ property  rights. ”   Con-1 
fessed  socialism  has  everywhere  failed 
to  secure  a  controlling  political  influ­
ence  by  a  diiect  appeal  to  the  masses.
Its  failure 
is  nowhere I 
more  evident  than  in  the  United  States 
and  Great  Britain,  where  it  enjoys  the] 
utmost  liberty  of  discussion  on  the  plat­
form  and  through  the  press.  Neverthe­
less,  socialism  regarded  as  a  political 
tendency,  or  as  an  economic  ideal,  is 
not  yet  extinct.  One  finds  it  cropping 
out  from  time  to  time 
in  unexpected 
quarters. 
It  is,  in  point  of  fact,  in  its 
essential  principle,  tacitly  implied  and 
accepted  in  every  act  of  paternal  gov­
ernment.  The  father  of  the  present 
Emperor  of  Germany  was  in  his  time 
accused  of  cherishing  some  rather  radi­
cal  political  tendencies,  but  the  Em ­
peror  William  in  his  very  arbitrariness 
has,  perhaps,  quite as  nearly  approached 
the  true  standpoint  of  the  socialist  in 
politics.  To  insist  upon  the  compulsory 
insurance  of  workingmen,  partially  at 
the  expense  of  their  employers,  is  in 
reality  a  step  in  the  direction  of  social­
ism.  So 
is  every  attempt  to  interfere I 
with  the  free  course  of  trade  on  the  pre­
text  that  such  interference  is  necessary 
to  the  welfare  of  the  community  or  of 
the  nation.  When,  some  years  ago,  Lord 
Salisbury  urged  that  the  government un­
dertake  some  additional  public  works 
merely 
for 
needy  men,  he  was  criticised  on  the 
ground  that  his  proposed  expedient  was 
defensible  only 
from  the  socialistic 
standpoint;  but  that  stanch  Tory  states­
that  practical I 
man  replied,  in  effect, 
statesmen,  when 
to  deal 
with  serious  public  evils,  would  adopt 
prompt  measures  of  relief  without  split­
ting  hairs  or  quarreling  over  a  ques­
tion  of  names.

employment 

to  provide 

compelled 

in 

in 

It  must  often  be  difficult  in  practical 
to  determine  the  precise I 
legislation 
The  general 
province  of  the  state. 
is  that  in  every  organized  com­
theory 
munity  the 
individual  member  surren­
ders  some  part,  of  his  personal  liberty 
In  the  ancient 
for  the  general  welfare. 
world, 
the  state  was 
in  itself  the  su­
preme  concern,  the  paramount 
interest, 
and  no  individual  concession  was  held | 
excessive  where  national  dignity  and 
power  were  concerned.  Modem  social­
ism,  however,  does  not  profess  to  care 
for  the  state,  considered  simply  as  a 
thing  existing 
its  own  right.  For 
it  the  state  is  a  community  of  persons, 
and  the  whole  value  of  its  organization 
consists 
its  power to  make  a  better | 
provision  for  individual  men  and  wom­
en  than  they  could  make  for themselves. 
Basing  everything  on  the  theory  of  uni­
versal  and  perfect  equality,  it  concludes 
that  there  can  be  no  property  right 
which,  if  asserted,  would  destroy  that 
equality.  That  is  the  abstract  theory ; | 
but  the  theorist  holds,  moreover,  that 
■ the  form  of  government,  or  social  or­
ganization,  that  he  advocates  is  not  only 
right  in  principle,  but  would  be 
found 
superior  to  all  others  from  a  strictly I 
It  has  been  or-1 
material  point  of  view. 
dinarily  held  that  competition 
is  the I 
life  of  trade ;  but  the  socialist  contends | 
that  competition 
is  a  state  of  warfare, 
involving  a  conflict  of  interests,  and, 
therefore,  incompatible  with  any  ideal 
of  universal  prosperity.  He  holds  that 
the  true  solution  of  the  material  diffi-1

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

T H E   GERM AN  CLERK .

9

ness  of  the  typical  German  home  that 
has  made  the  German  youth  so  useful 
in  the  service  of  commerce. 
“ The  boy 
likes  his  schixil,”   says  Mr.  hindlay; 
“ his  family  foster  his  tastes;  they  talk 
English  or  French  with  him  constantly.
You  will  not  find  a  town  on  the  north 
coast  where  English 
is  not  constantly 
heard  in  every  family  that  boasts  of  be­
ing  educated  or  refined.”   He adds  that 
the  middle-class  parent 
in  Germany 
knows  more  about  the  real  nature  of  ed­
ucation  "than  our  English  Cabinet 
M inisters;”   and  they  have  this  knowl­
edge  not  because  they  have 
got  up”  
'' because  they  have 
the  subject,  but 
grown  up  with  it,  as  part  of  the 
life  of 
their  city  and  country  all  through  the 
century.”

"B u t  we 

The  second  factor  referred  to  by  Mr. 
indlay  is  the  German’s  superior  thrift. 
The  German  has  always  been  poor  and 
thrifty.  He  lives  less  frugally  than  was 
his  wont  twenty  or  thirty  years  ago.  and 
,  atriots  are  not 
lacking  to  complain 
that  luxurious  habits  have  begun  to  pre- 
ail. 
in  England, ”   says  the 
ain-speaking  English essayist,  ‘  have, 
for  at  least  two  centuries,  maintained  a 
standard  of  comfort 
far  in  advance  of 
what  obtains  abroad :  and  although  food 
cheaper  in  London  than  in  any  city 
in  the  world,  it  is  the  foreigner  and  not 
the  Englishman  who  finds  that  he  can 
make  a  profit  on 
These  two  factors,  culture  and  thrift,  he 
adds,  would  have  created  competition 
in  any  case,  but the  existing competition 
as  been 
fostered  by  discontent  at  the 
heavy  taxation  and  despotic  govern­
ment,  which  drive  young  men  away 
from  Germany  and  make  them  the  com­
petitors  of  other  young  business  men 
everywhere.

living  wage.' 

‘ a 

It 

This  argument,  or  showing,  is  ad­
dressed  more  especially,  of  course,  to 
Englishmen  of  the  middle  class.  The 
scions  of  the  British  aristocracy  do  not 
go 
into  trade,  but  the  great  public 
schools  of  England,  like  Eton,  Harrow 
and  Rugby,  are open  to  all  who  can  pay 
their  fees;  and,  while  admitting  the 
thoroughness  of  the  German 
greater 
schools, 
the  English  generally  have 
claimed  that  their  own  schools  were bet­
ter  adapted  to  the  development  of  char­
acter,  and  particularly  those  traits  of 
character  which  Britons  most  admire. 
The  playground 
is  a  good  part  of  the 
school,  if  not  the  best,  in  the  Flnglish 
estimate. 
is  there  that  the  heroes  of 
the  English  army  and  navy  acquired 
physical  strength  and  activity,  sureness 
of  eye,  promptness  of  hand,  pluck  and 
nerve,  and  the  hardihood  and 
love  of 
adventure  that  have  achieved  renown 
and  wealth  for  England  in  every  quar­
ter  of  the  globe.  But,  for  all  that,  Mr. 
Findlay says  the  German  clerk  has  gone 
to  the  front,  and  will  continue  in  the 
lead  until  a  different  and  better  system 
of  secondary  education  is  provided  “ for 
boys  of  the  so-called  middle  classes.”  
Otherwise,  he  declares,  England  _  will 
deserve  to  suffer  from  the competition of 
continental  countries,  which  are  en­
lightened  enough 
that 
modem 
commerce  depends  upon  a 
knowledge  of  the  world,  and  that  this 
knowledge  can  best  be  acquired  by 
sound  modem  schooling,  fostered  by  the 
home,  supported  and  supervised  by  the 
State.  We  can  not,  for  many  years, 
hope  to  create  in  English  society  such  a 
general  atmosphere  of  culture  as  pre­
vails 
in  Germany,  nor  need  we  desire 
to  do  so,  for  the  German  type  is  not 
wholly  to  be  adm ired;  but  we  can  do 
something  to  make  the  English  school­
boy  a  little  less  of  a  barbarian;  and  his 
teachers,  the  masters 
in  our  secondary 
schools,  are  only  waiting  for  the  neces­
sary  countenance  and  aid 
from  Parlia­
ment.

to  understand 

competition 

international 

insists  that  there 
in  the  home-life  of  (

A  striking  fact  in  connection  with  the 
general  development  of  civilization,  of 
late  years,  has  been  the  attraction  of  an 
increased  attention  to  the  demands  of 
secondary  education. 
In  England,  just 
now,  that  subject is  exciting  a  wider  in­
terest,  because  men  are  awaking  there 
I to 
its  practical  bearing  upon  the  ques­
tio n   of 
in 
trade.  J.  J.  Findlay,  undertaking,  in 
the  Fortnightly  Review  for  September, 
for  “ The  Genesis  of  the 
to  account 
German  Clerk,”  
is 
something 
1 many,  as  well  as  in  the  school  system 
of  that  country,  which  tends  to  impart 
1 to  its  young  men  a  superior  preparation 
to  meet  the  enlarged  requirements  of 
I modern  commerce. 
Speaking  as  an 
I Englishman  to  his  own  countrymen,  lie 
says:  “ Our  opponent  in  this  new  war 
(the  competition  of  goods)  is  the  Ger­
man  clerk;  he  assumes  many 
forms 
land  plays  many  parts;  but  in  one  and 
I all  of  these  he  steadily  makes  his  way 
in  every  country,  and  in  every  city 
the  world,  against  his  English  rival.’ 
The  admission  could  not  have  been 
more  frankly  or 
fully  made.  What, 
then,  is  the  cause  of  the  condition  so 
plainly  stated,  and  what,  if  anything, 
can  be  done  to  put  the  English  clerk 
salesman  or  commercial  traveler  on  an 
I even  footing  with  his  German  competi 
I tor?

fact 

is,”  

“ The 

line.”   But  why? 

Mr.  Findlay’s  answer  to this question, 
although  not  exactly  calculated  to  in­
spire  despair,  may  well  cool  the  ardor 
I of  those  who  have  imagined  that  speedy 
relief  might  be  provided  by  some  sim­
ple  changes  in  the  course  and  methods 
of  study  in  the  common  schools  of  Eng­
land.  According  to  him,  the  German 
clerk 
is  the  result  of  a  long  process  of 
culture,  and  in  Germany  itself  has  only 
in  all  his  present 
I recently  appeared 
I completeness. 
says 
j Mr.  Findlay,  “ that  the  German  clerk 
as  we  learned  to  know  him  since  1880, 
has  taken  about  sixty  years  to  produce 
and  it  will  take  us  just  about  as  long  to 
I create  a  home-made  article  of  the  same 
quality,  if  we  care  to  try  and  compete 
| in  this 
Is  not  the 
English  boy  naturally  as  capable  and 
I ambitious  as  the  German  boy?  Can  he 
j not  do  precisely  the  same  things,  and 
if  necessary,  by  the  same  methods?  T< 
these  questions  Mr.  Findlay  replies,  in 
the  first  place,  that  there  are  two  factors 
which  have  mainly  to  be  considered 
¡ “ Firstly,  the  Germans  have  developed 
for  culture  and  books,  for  an 
a 
indoor,  sedentary 
intellectual 
] intercourse,  which  no  other  country  in 
I the  world  can  parallel,  except,  perhaps 
the  smaller  Teutonic  peoples  about  her 
j — Holland,  Norway,  Sweden.  Now  a 
commercial  life  is  not  the  ideal outcome 
of  these  tastes— your  real  native  Ger 
I man  boy  longs  to  be  a  professor  and 
write  a  book—but  work  in  an  office 
an  alternative  which  is  far  preferable 
digging  beets  and  potatoes in  the  fields 
Commerce  has 
its  intellectual  rewards 
I to  a  man  whose  chief  interest  in  life 
j in  reading  and  thinking.  Your  typical 
German  is  interested  in  learning  all  he 
can  about  foreign  nations,  not  only  be­
cause  he  may  profit  thereby  in  pocket, 
but  because  he  likes  to  learn  things. ”  
This  appetite  for  learning  has  been  ac­
quired  by  the  German  boy  in  an  atmos­
phere  of  culture  at  home.  He  could not 
I have  acquired 
it  in  a  household  where 
both  by  precept  and  example  he  would 
have  been  led  to  measure  success  in  life 
by  material  standards.  Strange  to  say, 
I it  has been  in  great  part  the  unworldli­

liking 

life, 

for 

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C lerks’  C om er.

F inancial  R esult  o f  A ppreciation  o f  a 

C lerk.
Written for the Tradesman.

Brinsmade,  the  general  manager,  al­
ways  took  the  down  town  carat  7:15- 
He 
liked  to  be  on  hand  early  and  so 
give  direction  to  matters  and  things 
rather than  try  to  do  it  when  it  was  too 
late.  A  word 
in  the  right  place,  he 
considered,  like  a  stitch 
in  time,  was 
worth  a  thousand  later  on.  On  the  car 
he  found  Griswold,  general  manager  at 
Brown  &  Gray’s,  who  motioned  him  to 
take  part  of  his  seat.

“ I’ve  about  made  up  my  mind  to  let 
Bradley  go,”   began  Griswold. 
“ He 
isn’t  my  style  of  a  man  and  I don’t want 
him.  You’ve  been  wanting  to  get  him 
for  over a  year,  and  when  I  let  him  go 
you  may  have  him .”

“ Any  new  developments?”
“ No. 

I  don’t  want 

I  simply  don’t  like  that  kind 
of  a  make-up,  that’s  all. 
It’s  his  busi­
ness  to  sell  goods;  I’m  busy  with  my 
own  particular work.  When night comes, 
if  I’ve  done  my  best,  that’s  all  there  is 
to  it. 
‘ the  old  man’  to 
come  around and  pat  me on the shoulder, 
call  me  a  good  boy  and  tell  me,  w'ith the 
regularity  of 
firm 
couldn’t  get  along  without  me.  That’s 
what  Bradley  wants,  and  every  time  I 
forget  to  do 
it  there’s  trouble  in  the 
camp.  A  week  ago  to-night  I  gave  a 
little  dinner  party  and  the  fool— I’ ll 
let 
you 
furnish  the  adjective  -was  grouty 
because  I  didn’t  send  him  an  invita­
tion.”

sunset, 

that 

the 

“ Well,  why  didn’t  you?”
“ Why  didn’t  I?  Great  Scott!  1  had 
the  party  for  the  purpose  of  getting 
away  from  the  store  and  its  everlasting 
annoyances  and  do  you  think  I  want  to 
bring  ’em  home  with  me  and  seat  them 
at  the  table  with  me?  Not  1. 
It’s  the 
last  thing  I  have  to  think  of  at  night 
and  the  first  thing  I  have  to  think  of  in 
the  morning;  between  times  I  want  to 
myself,  and  I  don’t  want  any  Bradleys. 
Well,  take  him  or  not,  we  drop  him  at 
the  end  of  the  month.  Here’s  my  cor­
ner— good  morning.”

Here’s  a  note  which  a  messenger  took 

Very  truly,

John  Brinsmade.

Thursday  morning.
The  messenger  returned  saying  that 
Bradley  would  see  Mr.  Brinsmade  dur­
ing  the  day.  He  came  during  the 
luncheon  hour.  The  salary  was  satis- 
factor)',  the  position  agreeable  and  on 
October  1  Jack  Bradley  was 
in  charge 
of  a  department  of  the  establishment.

Brinsmade  never  insisted  that his  way 
was  the  only  way  to  manage.  All  he 
wanted  was  good  results— those  he  must 
have—by  methods  that  were 
legitimate 
and  above  board.  Still  he  found  it  de­
sirable  to  happen  around  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  new  manager,  to  be  of  any  serv­
ice  that  chance  and  circumstance  might 
require.  They  didn’t  need  any.  Like 
a  perfect  piece  of  mechanism  well  oiled 
and  perfectly  cared  for,  the  affairs  of 
that  particular  department  began  and 
went  on.  The  daily  returns  w'ere  satis­
factory.  The  first  week  showed  a  con­
stant  gain, 
second  week  was  a 
record-breaker and  when  the  end  of  the 
month  came  the  department  under  Jack

the 

an  hour  later:

Mr.  Bradley:
We  are  arranging  for  some  radical 
changes  during  the  coming  month,  and 
if  you  care  to  cast  your  lot  with  us  I 
shall  be  glad  to  have  you  in  mind  in 
making  them. 
If  you  care  to  make  a 
change  and  can  come  with  us  at  the first 
of  October  kindly  let  me  know.

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

Bradley  was  forging  to  a  leading  place 
among  the  thrifty  departments  of  the 
store.

In  the  meantime  Brinsmade  had  been 
watching  his  man.  Griswold  had  not 
been  reluctant  to  drop  several  remarks 
not  at  all  complimentary  to  the  private 
life  of  Jack,  and  Brinsmade,  on  his  own 
account  quite  as  much  as  on  Jack’s, 
traced  every  report  to 
its  source  and 
proved  its  falsity.  There  was  no  truth 
in  any  of  them,  a  fact  which  he  did  not 
fail  to  state  to  the  reporter  of  the 
false­
hoods.  What  pleased  the  general  mana­
ger  more  than  anything  else  was  the im­
proved  condition  of  the  men  and  wom­
en  in  Bradley’s  department.  They  no 
longer  wore  the  look of sullen  discontent, 
they  were  taking  an 
in  the 
daily  concerns  of  life.  The  customers 
were  better  served  and  went  away  better 
satisfied,  with  the  inevitable  result  that 
they  returned  bringing 
friends  with 
them.

interest 

tell  when 

Little  Daisy  Bell, 

One  case  was  especially  gratifying  to 
Brinsmade: 
the
prettiest  girl  in  the  house,  was  the  most 
indifferent  to  her  personal  appearance 
in  the  store. 
It  made  no  difference,  she 
said,  how  she  looked  behind  the  coun­
ter.  They  all  looked  at  her  in  the  same 
way,  whether  the  customers  were  from 
Grand  boulevard  or  from  Poverty  alley. 
It  was  too  much  bother to  “ fix  up,”   she 
didn’t  have  high  enough  wages 
to 
make  a  show.  Now  there  was  a  change. 
it  nobody  knew  nor 
What  had  made 
it  began  -she 
could  they 
knew,  though. 
It  began  one  day  when 
Mr.  Bradley  saw  her  arranging  a pile  of 
white  goods  with  some  very  dirty  hands 
and  let  a  look  of  astonishment  show 
it­
self  in  his  face.  She  went  straight  to 
the  toilet  room  and  washed  the  dirty 
hands  in  warm  water.  Then  the  contrast 
between  hands  and  nails  was  so  great 
that  she  removed the  signs  of  mourning. 
That  was  the  beginning.  The  end  was 
that  there  wasn’t  a  cleaner  pair of hands 
in  the  establishment  than  hers,  a  head 
with  comelier  hair  or  more  becomingly 
arranged,  nor  a  cleaner-looking  girl  in 
the  house.

The  men,  too,  began  to  look  to  them­
selves.  There  was  that  big  gawk  of  a 
Kelsey,  whose  necktie  looked  more  like 
a  dirty  shoestring  than 
like  anything 
else  and  whose  coat  and  vest were great­
ly 
in  evidence  that  if  the  fellow  had  a 
napkin  he  never  used 
i t ;  so  far  as 
brushes  were  concerned  hair,  clothes, 
tooth,  nail  or  clothes—they  never  en­
tered  into  his  daily  life.  The sales  folk 
who  were  at  all  inclined to be finicky had 
wondered  how  the  clodhopper  ever  got 
in  there  anyw'ay  and,  once  in,  how  he 
stayed.  That,  though,  is  easy  to  ex­
plain :  Bradley  saw  a  good  fellow  under 
the  repulsive  outside  and took  the  boy — 
he  was  hardly  more  than  that— in  hand. 
He 
found  the  fellow  was  spending  his 
money  foolishly  to  his  personal  neglect. 
He  took  advantage  of  a  well-founded 
complaint  against  “ a  blamed  collar”  
the  boy  had  on,  and  told  him  to  remove 
it  by  getting  a  shirt  and  a  collar  that 
fitted  him— strengthening  the  remark  by 
going  to  the  haberdasher  counter  and 
coming  back  with  the  needed  articles, 
which  he  presented  to  the  astonished 
young  man. 
It  may  be  put  down  as  a 
maxim  that  a  male  neck  neatly  dressed 
will  soon  take  good  care  of  the  rest  of 
the  body.  Bradley 
it  so  and  it 
wasn’t 
long  before  Tom  Kelsey  from 
head  to  foot  was  an  Apollo  in  compari­
son  with  what  he  had  been.

found 

While  all  these  wholesome  changes 
were  going  on  Brinsmade  watched  but 
I made  no  sign.  He  certainly  did  no

praising  and  he  certainly  saw  nothing 
which 
indicated  a  desire  on  Bradley’s 
part  to  be  praised.  He  meant,  however, 
that  the  man  who  had  made  all  the 
profitable  changes  in  a  department  woe­
fully  run  down  should  find  out  in  a  sub­
stantial  way  what  not  only  the  general 
management  but  the  firm  thought  of 
him.  Calling  a  man  a  good  fellow  and 
patting  him  on  the  shoulder,  as  easy  as 
it  is  vulgar,  is  not  conducive  to  eternal 
happiness,  and  while  to  Griswold’s  way 
of  thinking  it  was  all  right,  Brinsmade 
was  glad  that  his  way  was  different. 
He  thought  it  over,  talked  it  over  with 
the  house,  showing  in  dollars  and  cents 
what  the  actual  gain  had  been,  and  then 
stated  to  the  firm  what  he  wanted  to 
do. 
It  met  with  their  hearty  approval, 
so  when  the  time  came  for  the  clerking 
force  to  be  remembered  at  the  Christ­
mas  holidays  Brinsmade  slipped  into 
Jack  Bradley’s 
this  brief 
epistle:

envelope 

Bradley,  you’ re  a  man  after  my  own 
heart.  You  took  charge  of  a  failure 
and  have  made  it  a  success.  Compar­
ing  the  returns  of  October,  November 
and  December  of  last  year with  the  re­
turns  of  this,  we  find  them  tripled.  You 
have  made  better  men  and  women  of 
your  clerks. 
In  addition  to  our  usual 
Christmas  remembrance  we  include  in 
the  enclosed  check  a  fair  per  cent,  of 
the  increased  profits  of  your  department 
since  you  took  charge  of  it. 
I  am  re­
quested  to  extend  to  you  the good wishes 
of  the  house  with  the  compliments  of 
the  season. 
I  beg  you  at  the  same  time 
to  receive  my  own.

Very  sincerely  yours,

John  Brinsmade.

Jack  Bradley  read  the  note,  his  face 
beaming  with  smiles.  Mouth  and  eyes 
opened  wide  when  the 
latter  saw  the 
amount  of  the  check.  Twice he read  the 
note  and  looked  at  the  check.  Then  he 
folded  the 
letter  and,  putting  it  in  his 
pocket,  exclaimed  under  his  breath, 
“ That  comes  from  working  for  a  man. 
Griswold  would  have  given  me  a  ten 
cent  cigar  and  a  nickel’s  worth  of  gush 
and  supposed  me  to  be  under  everlast­
ing  obligations.  But  Mr.  Brinsmade 
puts  me  on  my  mettle,  and  I’ ll  show my 
appreciation  by  doubling  up  on  next 
year’s  business. ”

“ Griswold,”  

remarked  Brinsmade 
when  a  couple  of  weeks  later  they  were 
going  down  town  together,  “ ifyou  have 
any  more  such  men  as  Bradley,  and 
don’t  want  them,  turn  them  over  to  me. 
Somehow  I  have  a  fancy  for  these  men 
that  are  all  the  time  fishing  for praise;”  
and  Griswold,  who  knew  all  that  had 
happened,  swore  an  oath  so  shocking 
that  I  can  not  write  it  down.

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

The  B arb er  Got  H is  M oney.

individual  en­
A  suspicious-looking 
tered  a  barber’s  shop 
in  Manchester 
and  while  being  shaved  casually  re­
marked:  “ I  suppose  a  good  many  pf 
your  customers  forget  to  pay?”
barber 

replied; 
“ there  was  a  time  when  I  used  to  give 
credit,  but  I  never  do  now. 
In  fact, 
nobody  asks  for  it  any  more. ’ ’

“ No, 

sir,”  

the 

‘ ‘ How’s  that?”
“ Well,  you  see,”   said  the  barber, 
trying  the  edge  of  his  razor  on  his 
thumb-nail,  “ whenever  1  shaved a  gen­
tleman  who  asked  me  to  mark  it  up,  I 
put  a 
in  his  nose  with  my 
razor  and  kept  tally  that  way.  They 
very  soon  didn’t  want  to  iun  up  b ills.”
There  was  a*tremor  in  the  customer’s 
voice  as  he  answered,  from  beneath  the 
lather:

little  nick 

“ Do  you  object  to  being  paid  in  ad­

vance?”

How  to  L«m   H a lf th e   Jo y s  in  th e   W orld.
“ 1  live  for  those  who  love  m e,”   said 
a  poet.  We  love  those  who  love  us. 
It 
is  a  fair  exchange.  Love  can  not  be 
bought,  although 
favors  may  become 
merchandise.  One-half  the  world  does 
not  know  how  the  other  half  lives.  Par- 
ha ps  it  is  none  of  their  business.  You 
can  not  rush 
into  a  man’s  home  to  do 
him  good  unless iie  calls  out  for  you  to 
come.  You  can  not  get  into  the  heart 
of  a  man  who  keeps  himself  closed  like 
an  oyster.  Perhaps  there 
is  a  pearl 
within.  You  feel  only  the  cold,  hard 
shell  without.  The  man  narrows  him­
self  and  hurts  himself  when  he  looks 
with  suspicion  upon  all  others.  The 
hard-luck  story  told  to  him  brings  no 
sympathy  to  the  surface.  He  thinks  al­
ways  he  is  being  deceived,  and  harden­
ing  himself  against  all  tenderness,  all 
impulses,  all  emotions,  loses  half  the 
joys 
in  the'  world,  and  is  so  hard  and 
cold  the  iceman  wants  to  take  him away 
with  tongs.  Any  common  dog  knows  a 
man  who  is  narrow  and  unsociable,  and 
slinks  away  from  him,  while  dozens  of 
all  sorts  of  canines  will  follow  the  frank 
and  honest  fellow,  be  he  an  old  colored 
man  with  not  even  a  bone  to  give,  or  a 
vagabond  R ip  Van  Winkle.  One  Henry 
Ward  Beecher,  with  all  the  mistakes  he 
made  when  he  lacked  hypocrisy  to  con­
ceal  them,  was  worth  a  dozen  Pharisees 
who  point  up  holy  roads  and  then  sneak 
down  dark  ways  to  sin  like  those  they 
have  denounced.  Before he died  Beecher 
said :  “  1 am  the  child  of  a  noble  mother 
and  of  a  noble  father  and  1  was  brought 
up 
in  an  austere  morality,  in  a  pure 
and  unblemished  household,  with a  most 
reverent  honor  for  truth,  for  duty,  for 
love.  And  to  me  has  been  given  a  na­
ture  for  which,  whether  it  be  prudent  or 
whether 
it  be  not,  I  am  not  question­
able.  When  they  rebuke  the  vine  for 
throwing  out  tendrils  and  holding  onto 
anything  that  is  next  to  it,  whether  it be 
homely  or  handsome-  -whether  it  be  dry 
or  full  of  sap—then  they  may  rebuke 
me.  When  you  shall  find  a  heart  to  re­
buke  the  twining  morning  glory,  you 
may  rebuke  me 
for  misplaced  confi­
dence ;  you  may  rebuke  me  for  loving 
where  1  should  not  love. 
It  is  not  my 
is  my  necessity;  and  1  have 
choice ;  it 
loved  on  the  right  and  on  the  left  side, 
here  and  there,  and  it  is  my  joy  that  to­
day  1  am  not  ashamed  of  it. 
I  am  glad 
of  it,  and 
if  I  had  my  life  to  live  over 
again,  and  were  to  choose  between  cold 
caution,  calculating  every  step,  without 
in  any,  1  would, 
trust  and  confidence 
with  all  its  liabilities,  choose  to  be  gen­
erous,  to  be  magnanimous,  to  be  trust­
ful,  and 
lean,  although  someone 
should  step  aside  and  let  me  fall  to  the 
ground.”

to 

R elation  o f P rid e  to   F ailures.

is  a 

leak  somewhere 

“ I  think  pride  has  more  to  do  with 
failures  in  business  than  any  other  one 
cause, ’ ’  remarked  a  merchant  recently. 
“ A  man  in  business  falls  in 
love  with 
his  establishment,  and  after  he  goes 
along  for a  few  years  he  dislikes  very 
much  to  reduce  it  if  it  becomes  appar­
ent  there 
that 
should  be  stopped.  For  instance,  he 
may  find  that  some  part  of  the  business 
loss,  and  the  proper 
is  running  at  a 
thing  to  do 
is  to  cut  it  off.  But  he  is 
afraid  that  people  may  talk  about  it  and 
size 
it  up  as  a  sign  that  he  is  going 
back.  That  would  hurt  his  pride,  and 
he  refuses  to  do  what  his  business 
sagacity  tells  him  should  be  done. 
I 
can  name  several  men  who  sacrificed 
their business  because  their  pride  would 
not  let  them  sacrifice  one  part  of  it  at 
the  proper time. ”

When  you  are  betting  on  a  sure  thing 
always  hold  out  enough  to  pay  your  car 
fare  home.

It 

is  as  easy  to  start  a  new  political 
party  as  it is to start a newspaper.  Keep­
ing  it  going  at  a  profit  requires  genius.

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Shoes  and  Leather

Sensible  Suggestions  F o r  M oney  M aking

Shoe  H ealers.

is  needed. 

The  attention  of  the  public  must  be 
It’s  all 
attracted  by  something  new. 
well  enough  to  place  before  them  good, 
sensible,  well  worded  arguments,  but 
something  more 
Jones, 
Brown  and  Smith  may  all  be  doing  the 
same  thing  and  each  one  present  good 
reasons  why  his  shoes  are  better  and 
cheaper.  But  there  must  be  something 
to  attract  and  hold  the  attention  of  the 
reader  while  the  argument  is  presented; 
where  competition 
is  so  close,  it  le- 
quires  constant  thought  on  the  part  of 
the  retailer  to  keep  his  name  and  his 
wares  constantly  before  the  public  and 
the  old  style  of  “ John  Jones,  best  shoes 
for  the  least  money’ ’  will  not  do.  This 
is  not  only  true  of  the  retailer  but  the 
big  wholesaler  as  well. 
It  is  even  said 
international  yacht  races  taking 
of  the 
place  this  year  that  Sir  Thomas  Lip- 
ton,  in  addition  to  the  fun  and  honor  he 
gets  out  of  it  will  derive  great  pecu­
niary  benefit  trom  an  advertising  stand- 
poi nt.

H  Hi  *

Here 

is  a  new  plan.  Be  the  first  to 
adopt  it  in  your  town  and  we  are  confi­
dent  the  results  will  be  satisfactory.  VVe 
visited  the  barber  shops 
in  our  city, 
some  eight 
in  number  and  made  ar­
rangements  with  the  proprietor of  each 
to  furnish  him  every  week  with  a  copy 
of  Puck,  Judge  or  Life  free  of  charge. 
VVe  then  subscribed  through  our  local 
newsdealer  for  the  required  number  of 
copies.  Then we  had  printed  a  leaf  the 
exact  size  and  quality  of  the  paper  used 
in  these  publications,  said  leaf  contain­
ing,  in  addition  to  one  cut  on  each page 
entirely  foreign  to  shoes,  good  cuts  of 
the  special  shoes  to  be  advertised for the 
season  together  with  a  few  well  chosen 
words,  calling  attention  to  the  points  in 
which  these  particular  shoes  excelled. 
Immediately  on  receipt  of  the  publica­
tions  the  page  of  advertising  matter was 
inserted  in  each  and  promptly  delivered 
to  the  different  shops.  There 
is  no 
place  where  a  paper of  this  kind  is  so 
thoroughly 
looked  over  as  at  the  barber 
shop.  You  will  also  find  this  advertis­
ing  will  attract  more  attention  and com­
ment  than 
if  placed  among 
the  regular  advertising  matter  of  the 
same  paper.

it  would 

*  

*  *

In  addition  to  this  we  had  printed 
similar  matter,  same  size  and  quality  of 
paper  as  in  the  Munsey,  Harper,  Cen­
tury  and  other  magazines,  and  made  ar­
rangements  with  the  newsdealer to  al­
low  us  to  insert  one  in  each  number  of 
these  magazines.  As  soon  as  the  maga­
zines  arrive,  and  before  any  are  sold, 
is  placed  in  the  center of  the 
our 
book. 
this 
caused  a  great  deal  of  talk  among  his 
customers,  and  from  our  own  observa­
tions  we  are  quite  certain  the  scheme 
has  been  a  profitable  one.

The  newsdealer  told  us 

leaf 

*  *   *

When  you  have 

interested  a  part  of 
the  public  sufficiently  to cause  them  to 
inspect  your goods  and  prices  the  battle 
is  only  half  won.  Perhaps  no  other  line 
is  exactly  like  the  shoe  busi­
of  trade 
ness 
in  this  respect,  for  you  not  only 
have  to  ] ¡lease  the  customer  but  you 
must  fit  his  foot  as  w ell;  the  shoe  in ad­
dition  to  giving  good  wear,  must  be 
easy  and  comfortable. 
If  because  you 
do  not  happen  to  have  the  right  size and 
width  in  the  style  shoe  selected,  you 
sell  him  an 
inferior  fit  he  will  find  it 
out.  The  chances  are  you  have  lost  his

confidence  and  no  amount  of  attractive 
advertising  will  induce  him  to give  you 
another trial.  On  the  other  hand  it  has 
been  our  experience  that  when  you  take 
the  pains  to  properly  fit  a  customer  you 
have  won  a  friend  who  never  fails  to 
speak  a  kind  word  for  you  whenever  an 
opportunity  is  offered.
* 

*  

*

The  principal  fault  to  be  found  witli 
the  average  retailer  is  that  he  is  apt  to 
give  the  customer  a  shoe  that  is  too 
short  and  too  wide.  For  a  comfortable 
fit  and  one  that  will  keep  in  a  good 
shape  until  worn  out  the  shoe  must  not 
only  be  plenty 
long  but  fit  up  snug  in 
the  waist  and  instep.  A   shoe  that  laces 
together to start  with  will  not  do;  when 
the  foot  is  supported  by  a  good  snug  in­
step  and  waist  fit  it  is  prevented  from 
slipping 
the 
weight  on  the  toes.  And  when  the  shoe 
is  plenty  long  the  foot  expands in length 
as  well  as  in  width,  which  is  not  pos­
sible  in  one  too  short.

throwing 

forward 

and 

*  *  *

A  word  here  in  regard  to  help  is  most 
I he  clerk  whose  sales  are 
appropriate. 
the 
is  not  always  the  best  man. 
largest 
X.  B.  Holden,  the  veteran  shoe  retailer 
of  Chicago,  who  employs  from  sixty-five 
to  one  hundred  and  fifteen  clerks  and 
personally  oversees  them  all,  does  not 
value  a  clerk  by  the  amount  of  his 
sales,  but  by  the  way  in  which  they  are 
made.  His  theory  is  that  one  thorough­
ly  pleased  customer  is  better  than  many 
dollars’  worth  of  any  other  kind  of  ad­
vertising.  Watch  your  clerks,  never 
allow  them  to  force  a  shoe  on  a  custom­
er.  He  or  she  may  take  it  this  time  but 
will  not  be  caught  again  in  the  same 
way.

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Once  we  allowed  a  smooth  and  oily 
chap  to  persuade  us  to  try  the  scheme 
known  as 
the  trading  check  system. 
This  is  a  good  thing— for  the companies 
who  work  the  deal  and,  incidentally, 
the  merchant  who  is  sucker  enough  to 
bite  is  cohsidered  a  good thing,  too. 
It 
take  us  long  to  find  this  out. 
didn’t 
Say,  for 
instance,  a  merchant  is  doing 
a  business  of $20,000;  when  he  takes  up 
this  scheme,  he virtually makes  the  trad­
ing  company  a  present  of  4  or  5  per 
cent,  (the  amount  the  scheme  is  sup­
posed  to  cost)  on  his  $20,000  sales  to 
start  with.  Admitting 
it  might  bring 
him  some  new  trade,  could  it  possibly 
result 
in  enough  additional  profit  to 
pay  this  percentage  on  the  regular  sales 
and  on  the  additional  business?  Most 
assuredly  not.  Take  this  same  amount 
and  put  it  into  good  common  sense,  le­
gitimate  advertising,  and  see  what  you 
could  do.— Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette.

You  K now   W hy  H e’s T here.

When  you  see  a  young  man  sitting  in 
a  parlor  with  the  ugliest  two-year-old 
boy  that  ever  frightened  himself  in  the 
mirror  clambering  over  his  knees,  jerk- 
ing  his  necktie  out  of  place,  rumpling 
his  shirt-front,  pulling  his  hair,  kick­
ing  his  shins,  feeling  in  all  his  pockets 
for coppers,  bombarding  him  from  time 
to  time  with  various  bits  of  light  furni­
ture,  calling  him  names  at  the  top  of 
his 
incessantly  for 
him  to  come  out  in  the  yard  and  play, 
while  the  unresisting  victim  smiles  all 
the  time 
like  the  cover of  a  comic  al­
manac,  you  may  safely  say,  although 
there  isn’t  the  sign  of  a  girl apparent  in 
a  radius  of  10,000  miles,  that  the  howl­
ing  boy  has  a  sister  who  is  in  a  room 
not twenty  feet  away,  and that  the  young 
man  doesn’t  come  there  just  for the  fun 
of  playing  with  her  brother.

lungs,  and  yelling 

About  two-thirds  of  a  doctor’s  bill 

is 
for  his  trouble  in  guessing  at  your  com­
plaint.

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

YOUR  LAST  CHANCE

to  save 5  per cent.

GOODYEAR GLOVE  RU BBERS

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

HIRTH,  KRAUSE &   CO.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t f t t t f t f

J  YOU  NEED  THEM

H O E S   that  will  fit.
H O E S   that  will  wear.
H O E S   that  bring  comfort.
H O E S   that give  satisfaction.
H O ES  that bring  trade.
H O E S   that  make money.

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WE  MAKE  THEM

M AKERS  OF  SHOES, 
ORAND  RAPID«,  MICH.

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.,

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Save
5 per cent.

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

L y c o m in g s — none  b e tte r— 2 5 -5   p er  cen t.
K e y s to n e s — seco n d s th a t  are  alm o st firsts— 25-5  10  p er cent. 
W o o n so c k e ts ,  25-5  5  p er  cen t.
R h o d e   Isla n d s,  2 5 -5 -5 -10   p er  cen t.
O u r  ag en ts  w ill  v is it  yo u   soon.

QEO.  H.  REEDER & CO.,

1»  SOUTH  IONIA  STREET. 

ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

We  Sell  Boston  and 
Bay  State  Rubbers

W e  want  your  Rubber  Business.  Order 
before  November 
ist  and  save  5  per 
cent.  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of 
Boots  and  Shoes.

Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie & Co.,

10-22 North  Ionia Street, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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13

In   W hich 

th e   P roduce  D ealer  R elates 

Written for the Tradesman.

H is  T roubles.

After  climbing  over  apples  in  baskets 
and  apples  in  barrels,  potatoes  in  sacks 
and  potatoes 
in  pyramid-shaped  heaps 
on  the  floor,  I  at  last  found  myself  in 
my 
friend’s  office.  He  sat  at  his  desk 
with  a  half-burned  cigar  between  his 
teeth  and  a  scowl  on  his  usually  cheer­
ful 
face.  The  desk  was  littered  with 
drawings  and  with  samples  of  wall 
paper,  window  shades  and  carpets.

The  produce  dealer  pointed  silently to 
an  open  box  of  cigars,  threw  out  a 
couple  of  matches  and  began  pitching 
the  samples  into  the  waste  basket.

"W hat’s  up  now?”   tasked,  for  I  well 
knew  the  mercurial  temperament  of  my 
friend.

"O h,  I’ve  gone  and  made  a  fool  of 
myself  again ,"  was  the  dejected  reply.
"N ot  in  the  line  of  business?"  1 said, 
for,  be  it  known,  this  especial  dealer  is 
not  given  to  mistakes  in  matters  con­
nected  with  the  buying  and  selling  of 
produce.

" N o ,"   was  the  reply,  " i t ’s  a  new 
house  this  time  and  I’m  up  against  it 
hard."

" U p   against  what  hard?"
"U p   against  incompetency  and 

false 
pretenses  and  fraud  and  petty  cheats,”  
was  the  savage  reply.

friend;  when  his 

It  may  be  as  well  to  observe  here  that 
there  is  no  halfway  station  in  the  mind 
of  my 
imagination 
once  gets  him  fully  started  it  totes  him 
straight  through,  sixty  miles  an  hour, 
either to  a  green  and  flowery  Eden  or  to 
a  seared  and  blistering  hades.  On  the 
present  occasion  1  saw  that  his  fancy 
was  headed  for the  hot  station.

"G o t  your  new  house  most  done?"  I 
asked,  by  way  of  getting  the  story 
started.

"O h,  I’ve  given  that  up  long  ago," 
"T h e   house  will  never 
was  the  reply. 
be  completed. 
In  some 
far-off  time, 
when  my  great  grandchildren  are  old 
and  gray-headed,  perhaps  the  successors 
of  the  firms  which  hold  the  contracts 
may  see  fit  to  send  an  inspector  around 
to  ascertain  the  condition  of  the  job, 
but  the  work  will  never be  finished."

"W e ll,"   I said,  " i f   the  house  is  never 
completed, you  won’t  have  to  go  through 
the  agony  of  m oving."

"M o vin g?"  repeated  the  merchant, 
" I ’ve  been  moving  for a  month.  We 
are  in  the  new  house  now ."

in 

" O h .”
"Y es,  we  got  moved  after  a  month’s 
hard  effort.  The  moving  wagon  came 
the  fourth  day  after  I  ordered  it,  but  we 
got  along  in  the  meantime  all  right,  for 
we  slept  on  piled-up  carpets 
the 
wood-house.  The family  lived  on  dried 
beef  and  leather  cookies  from  the  bake 
shop  around  the  comer,  while  I  existed 
mostly  on  free  lunches.  My  wife  lies 
awake  nights  now,  fearful  that  I  have 
the  deadly  drink  habit. 
contracted 
When  the  wagon  at 
last  arrived  the 
driver  declared  he  couldn’t  get  any  one 
to  help  him,  and  wanted  to  know 
if  I 
would  mind  staying  away  from the office 
and  helping  him  with 
the  heavy 
things. ”

"A n d   of  course  you  did  so?”
" O f  course  I  did  nothing  of  the  kind. 
1  paid  the  firm  for  doing  all  the 
lifting 
as  well  as  the  moving,and  I’m  not mak­
ing  any  Christmas  present  to  moving 
vans  at  this  season  of  the  year. 
I  came 
to  the  office  as  usual,  and  when  I  got 
home  at  noon  1  found  the  wagon  stand­
ing  empty  before  the  door.  Not a  thing 
had  been  taken  from  the  house.  The 
fool  driver  had  succeeded  in  getting  the

it 

lay,  broken  but  obstinate. 

in  the  front  hall  and 
big  heater  stuck 
there 
I 
suggested  that  he’d  better  drive  a  stake 
in  the  middle  of  the  street  and  get  a 
horse  to  walk  around 
it  with  one  of 
those  funny 
little  house-moving  con­
cerns,  and  so  wind  it  out  of  its  place  of 
seclusion,  but  he  said  he’d  see  me  dod- 
gasted  first  he  didn’t  say  dodgasted, 
either  -and  asked  my  youngest  girl  to 
run  over  to  the  comer saloon  for a growl­
er  of  beer.

said 

fellows 

" 1   didn’t  go  to  the  office  that  after­
noon. 
I  wanted  to  make  a  study of  how 
not  to  get  moved.  The driver  sat  around 
and  drank  beer  until  most  dark,  and 
then  a  couple  of  men  came  up  to  help 
him.  They  sized  up  the  situation  and 
went  over  to  the  saloon  to  talk  it  over.
I  tried  to  get  even  by  offering  to  buy  a 
saloon  outfit  and  hire  a  barkeeper,  but 
the 
they  didn't  know 
w’hether  I’d  run  a  union  place  or  not, 
and  wouldn’t  guarantee  their  patronage.
" I   got  moved  in  about  a  week  from 
the  time  the  van  first  made  its  appear­
ance,  and  then  came  the  struggle  with 
the 
three  beds  I 
ordered  one  came  a  day 
late,  one  a 
week  late,  and  one  hasn’t  come  yet,  al­
though  the  hill  is  here  in all its innocent 
assurance.  The  mattresses 
that  came 
with  the  beds  were  evidently  made  for 
Barnum’s  giant,  for  they  are  too  long 
and  too  wide,  and  when  you  roll  over  in 
bed  the  rustle  of  corn  husks  brings  to 
mind  the  yellow  October  days  when  we 
used  to  hunt 
for  red  ears  out  on  the 
farm  in  Eaton  countv.  Oh,  I  think  I’ ll 
learn  to  like  the  exciting  life  I’ve  been 
living  for  a  couple  of  months."

furnishers.  Of  the 

"Y o u   must  be  pretty  well  settled  by 

this  tim e,"  I  ventured.

"Settled ?"  was  the  astonished  re­
joinder,  "w e  never expect  to get settled. 
The  plumber  put  the  faucets  on  wrong 
in  the  bath  room,  and  when  I  went  to 
take  my  cool  morning  plunge  1  came 
out  parboiled,  hot  water  coming  out  of 
the  cold  water  faucet. 
I  sent  for  the 
brute  and 
in  my  weak  and  timid  way 
expressed  my  disapproval  of  the  exist­
ing  arrangement.  He  said  he  could 
change  the  faucet,  but  the  words  would 
come  on  the  under  side. 
I  agreed  to 
stand  on  my  head  in  the  bath  tub  when 
1  wanted  to  find  the  hot  water  faucet 
and  he  made  the  change. 
1  went  down 
to  the  plumber’s  office  to  make  a  kick 
about  the  matter,  and  they  kept  me 
chasing  from  one  department  to  another 
half  the  forenoon.  1  went  to  department 
‘ A ’  and  was 
informed  that  the  matter 
belonged 
‘ Z .’  When  I 
got  there  the  clerk  was  busy  telling  a 
chum  about  trout  fishing  in  the  Upper 
Peninsula,  and  I  had  to  wait  until  he 
reached  the  end  of  his  tale,  which  he 
did  in  about  half  an  hour.  Then  I  told 
my  tale  of  woe  and  he  said  I'd  have  to 
go  to  department  ‘ X .’  But  I  didn’t.  1 
came  to  the  office  and  wrote  a  letter that 
burnt  the  mail  pouches  all  along  the 
line,  at  least  it  was  warm  enough  to  do 
so.  Then  I  talked  through  the  telephone 
in  a  style  which  must  have  warped  and 
twisted  the  poles. 
I guess  those  plumb­
ers  have  now  arrived  at  a  correct  under­
standing  of  my  sentiments regarding hot 
and  cold  water  faucets.”

in  department 

"G o t  things  fixed,  have  you?"
"O h,  no,  bless  your  soul,  no,  but  I’ve 
got  the  promise  of  the  firm  that  all  will 
be  made  satisfactory!  And  to  think," 
continued  the  merchant,  "that 
these 
firms  are  paying  good  wages  to  the  men 
who  are  ruining  their  business.  The 
proprietors  are  doing  all  they  can,  but 
what  can  they  do  with  such  help?  And 
yet  if  one  of  the  fools  I  have  mentioned 
should  be discharged  for  incompetency, 
he  would  go  sniveling  around  and  be 
sure  to  get  sympathy  somewhere.  He 
would  talk  about  the  right  of  every  man 
to  earn  a  living  for  his  wife  and 
little 
ones;  it’s  a  mighty  funny  thing  that  the 
wife  and  little  ones  never  figure  in  such 
men’s  lives  until  they  are  set  up  before 
the  world  as  a  sympathy  show!  Yes,  the 
is  full  of  incompetents,  and  the 
world 
more 
incompetent  a  man 
is  the  more 
noise  he  makes  when  employers  will en­
dure  his  blunderings  and  his  heedless 
methods  no  longer. ’ Y

And  I  knew  that  the  produce  dealer 
was  telling  the  truth  knew  it  from  per­
sonal  experience. 

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

What the name 

Pullman  is  to 

a car the name

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.

G O L D « ,  MICH.

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

in  a 

O bservations by  a  G otham   Egg  M an.
Recent  investigation  of  the  egg  situa­
tion  in  Canada  by  New  York  merchants 
indicates  that  the  markets  there  are 
in 
better  condition  than  reported  in  this 
column  some  two  weeks  ago  and  there 
seems  little  or  no  possibility  of  the  con­
ditions  changing  enough  to  permit  any 
movement  of  the  stock  from  Canada  to 
the  States.  A   prominent Canadian  oper­
ator  says 
letter  of  recent  date: 
“ Fourteen  to  fifteen  cents  now  being 
paid  for  eggs  in  both  Ontario  and  Que­
bec  provinces;  quite 
large  quantities 
are  being  shipped  to  England  weekly 
now,  but  think  the  profit  on  them  small. 
Nearly  all  the  limed  eggs  put  down  we 
think  are  already  sold  on  contracts  and 
a  few  have  already  gone 
forward;  from 
this  on  they  will  go  weekly.  Your  mar­
ket  (New  York)  will  have  to  go  high  to 
draw  any  eggs  from  this  side  of  the 
line.  The  receipts 
in  Montreal  so  far 
this  year are  some  35,000  cases  short  of 
last  year  up  to  this  date.  The  reports 
now  from  gathering  sections  are  that  re­
ceipts  are 
falling  off,  still  they  have 
come 
in  fairly  well  so  far.  We  see  no 
chance  for  pickled  in  your  market  for  a 
long  time  yet  and  it  would  require  20c 
or  better  to bring  them.”

A   well  known  Montreal  egg  operator 
writes  as  follows:  “ We  regret  to  say 
that  we  do  not  see  any  chance  of  selling 
you  any eggs  and  pay  duty,  as  we  have 
built  up  a  good  trade  with  Britain  in 
our  preserved  eggs  and  get  a  good  price 
— better  than  can  be  obtained  for  the 
average  cold  storage.  The  quality  and 
appearance  are  very  fine.  We  do  not 
feel  like  offering  at 
less  than  I7^c  for 
large  eggs  (pickled)  weighing  15  lbs. 
to  the  10  dozen  and  16c  for  smalls,  de­
livered  in  New  York  duty  unpaid.  We 
had  to  pay  very  much  higher  for our 
stock  this  season,  perhaps  not  quite  so 
much  higher  as  your  buyers  did,  but 
the  last  two  seasons  we  paid  more  than 
your  buyers,  so  this  season  we  are  about 
on  a  level  we  think.”

*  *  *

I  have  heard  a  good  deal  of talk  about 
limed  eggs  of  late,  and  there  has  been 
considerable  speculation  as  to  the  pros 
pective  opening  prices. 
Spot  values 
are  uncertain  as  there  has  been  no  stock 
coming  forward  as  yet,  but  a 
few  buy 
ers  have  been  willing  to  engage  cer­
tain  favorite  marks  to  arrive  at  about 
17c  at  mark. 
Packers  of  the  finest 
marks are generally inclined  to ask  17^0 
delivered 
in  New  York,  but  this  rate 
seems  to  be  above  buyers’  views  and 
the 
lower  figure  has  been  accepted  for 
some  good  sized  blocks.
*  *  *

free 

1  saw  some  refrigerator  eggs  the  other 
day  which  are  worth  talking  about.  The 
goods  were  sorted  with  great  care  as  to 
size  and  entirely 
from  dirty  or 
stained  e g g s;  the  size  was  remarkably 
fine  and  almost  every  filler compartment 
was  as  full  as  an  egg  could  fill 
it.  But 
the  finest  thing  about  them  wasthequal 
ity  of  the  eg g s;  although  carried  from 
last  spring  there  was  scarcely 
early 
enough  shrinkage  to  stamp  them 
as 
“ refrigerators”   and  they  were  so  strong 
and  free  from  any  old  flavor  as  to  riva 
the  best  fresh  goods. 
I  enquired  as  to 
the  method  of  holding  and  packing 
learned  that  they  are 
these  goods  and 
carefully  assorted 
in  the  spring  when 
put  away,  and  carried  all  summer  un 
packed— not  in  the  cases.  When  ready 
to  market  the  goods  are  again  candled 
in  fresh  new  cases  and
and  put  up 

fillers.  The  stock  is  certainly  a  fine  tes­
timonial  as  to  the  merits  of  this  method 
of  holding  and  sells  at  a  substantial 
premium  above  the  refrigerator  eggs 
carried  in  the  usual  way.
♦   *  *

likely  to  be  greater 

The  carrying  of  unpacked  eggs  in 
cold storage  is,  however, to be undertaken 
>nly  with  a 
full  appreciation  of  certain 
dangers  which  must  be  fully  avoided 
to  produce  the  best  results.  In  rooms 
having  a  dry  atmosphere  and  in  which 
methods  of  ventilation  produce  a  circu­
lation  of  air  the  evaporation  would  be 
in  the  un­
juite 
eggs  than 
packed 
if  the  stock  were 
packed 
in  casés.  How  this  particular 
packer  manages  to  keep  his  stock  with 
so  little  shrinkage  we  are  not  informed, 
but  it  would  probably  not  be  difficult  to 
arrange  boxes  containing  the  loose  eggs 
so  that  the  air  circulation  would  be 
sufficient  and  yet  not  more  than  would 
be  the  case  with  ordinary  packages. 
It 
seems  probable  also  that  if  the  eggs 
were  not  in  contact  with  any  absorbent 
material  (such  as  the  ordinary  card- 
joard  filler)  they  could  be  carried safely 
n  an  atmosphere  containing  sufficient 
moisture  to  retard  evaporation  without 
absorbing  any  deleterious 
flavors  or 
jdors.— N .Y .  Produce  Review.

It.  Marie  a   D ifference.

A   man  was  sitting  in  an  easy  chair 
it  the  Plaza  the  other  evening  in  com­
pany  with  several  others,  and  the  talk 
gradually  drifted  around  to  the  trust 
conference  that  has  been  in  session 
in 
Chicago.  After  the  matter  had  been 
îired  thoroughly  from  all  points  of 
view,  this man settled back  in  his  chair, 
took  two  or  three  puffs  at  his  cigar, 
smiled  a  little  and  then  said:

“ All  this  talk  about  trusts  reminds 
me  of  a  man  I  used  to  know  over  in 
Iowa.  He 
lived  a  neighbor  to  me  over 
there,  and  he  belonged  to  the  Grange, 
the  forerunner  of  the  Populist  party. 
This  man  was  dead  set  against  trusts. 
He  hated  the  very  name  of  trusts  worse 
than  a  tramp  hates  work,  and  wag  al­
ways  haranguing  upon  the  evils  of  mo­
nopolies.

“ Now  it  happened  that  one  spring  all 
in  that  neighborhood  had 
the  farmers 
trouble 
in  getting  their  seed  com  to 
grow.  They  planted  the  com  as  usual, 
but  hardly  a  kernel  of  it  would  come 
up. 
There  was  consternation  among 
them  until 
it  was  found  that  the  man 
who  hated  trusts  so  savagely  had  a  pe­
culiar  sort  of  corn  that  would  grow.  As 
soon  as  this  fact  was  bruited  about there 
was  a  pilgrimage  toward  this  man’s 
farm,  and  everybody  bought  some  seed 
com.

“ Of  course,  I  was 

in  the  same  boat 
with  the  rest  of  them,  and  I  went  over 
one  day  to  get  a  few  bushels  to  plant.  I 
had  the  stuff  loaded  into  the wagon,  and 
asked  him  the  price.  He  replied  that 
it  was  $1  per  bushel.  As  com  was 
selling  in  the  market  at  20  cents  at  that 
time,  my  eyes  flew  open 
in  surprise, 
and  I  asked  him  if  he  did  not  consider 
‘ W ell,’  replied  the 
that  a  little  steep. 
trust  hater,  ‘ this 
is  all  the  corn  in  the 
neighborhood  that  will  grow,  and  I  can 
get  gi  per  bushel  for  it.’ 
I  hauled  out 
the  money  and  paid  it  over,  but as  I  did 
so  I  slyly  asked  him  if  he  did  not  con­
sider that  he  was  operating  a  monopoly. 
looked  down  his  nose  a  little,  and 
He 
then  glanced  up,  with  the 
remark : 
‘ Mebbe  so,  but  I  am  interested  in  this 
trust  myself,  and  it  makes  a  difference.’ 
He  never  preached  against  trusts  to 
me  after that. ’ ’

Speculation  may  sound  more  refined 
than  gambling— but  a  fellow  loses  just 
as  much.

Oysters

T h e   old  reliab le  P .  &   B .  bran d  is  co n sid ered   T H E  
B E S T .   W e   p a ck   in  can s  or  bu lk.

W e   are 

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seq u e n tly   ou r  p rices  are  alw a y s  lo w est.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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BEANS

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Always  in  the  market.

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News  F rom   th e   M etropoll 

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Special Correspondence.

M arket.

New  York,  Oct.  14— The  war  excite­
ment 
is  quite  high  and  more  interest 
seems  to  he  displayed  over  the  Anglo- 
Boer  war  than  over  the  conflict  in  the 
is  about  as  far  away 
Philippines.  One 
as  the  other,  but  someway  the 
impres­
sion  prevails  that  the  campaign  in  the 
latter  district  is  a  minor  affair.  Busi­
ness,  however,  is  not  affected,  and  a 
visit  to  the 
jobbing  houses 
shows  the  same  activity  and  hustle  that 
have  prevailed  for  many  months,  and 
there  seems  to  be  no  let-up  whatever.

leading 

to 

the 

owing 

Coffee  seems  to  be  quieter  than  ; 
week  ago.  This  need  occasion  no  won 
der,  for  any  upward  movement  of  coffee 
must  come  from  speculation  and  sooner 
or 
later  the  staple  is  bound  to  seek  its 
level.  Receipts  at  primary  points  are 
smaller  than  usual  and  this  may  be 
owing  to  the  holding  back  of  supplies 
by  planters, 
recent 
“ flurry.”   Little  business  has  been  done 
in  an  invoice  way  and  most  of  the 
job­
bers  and  roasters  say  trading  has  been 
lighter. 
In  store  and  afloat  the  amount 
aggregates  1,390,397  bags,  against  996,- 
Quotations  on  No.  7  remain  at  S34c- 
338  bags  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
Mild  coffees  have  been  doing  pretty 
well  and,  in  fact,  the  week  has  broken 
the  record  for  some  time.  Offerings 
have  been  comparatively  light  and  alto 
gether  the  situation  is  one  quite  full  of 
cheer  for  the  holder.  Good  Cucuta 
worth  8c  and  ordinary  6j4@7c- 
Tea  dealers  seem  to  be  pretty  we. 
stocked  up  and  for  the  moment  trade 
is 
rather  quiet.  Prices,  however,  are  very 
firmly  held  and  weakness 
is  nowhere 
visible. 
It  is  possible  that  this firmness 
keeps  buyers  away,  but  the  belief  is 
that  they  will  not  soon  see  a  lower  rate 
and  that  now  is  a  favorable  time  to  take 
a  fairly  liberal  supply.

Nothing  exciting 

in  the  way  of  new 
business 
in  the  sugar  line  has  occurred 
and  the  war  is  slumbering.  Still  there 
has  been  a  fair  movement  of  the  staple 
and  the  American  is  said  to  be  several 
days  behind  in  filling  orders.  Certain 
lines  of  yellows  are  also  said  to  be  very 
tardy  in  delivery.

The  rice  market  is  decidedly  firm and 
especially 
is  such  the  case  with  head 
rice,  which  seems  to  be  in  light  supply. 
Holders  are  not  at  all  anxious  to  part 
with  holdings  and  those  who  want  to 
purchase  do  not  haggle  over  rates,  but 
take  it  as  it  comes.  Choice  to  head,  5^ 
@ 6^ c.

Pepper  has  attracted  most  attention, 
but  the  entire  spice  line  is  moving  with 
more  freedom  and  the  * ‘ man  who  sells’ 
feels  quite  encouraged,  albeit  quotations 
show  no  special  advance.  Offers of  nf&c 
for  Singapore  black  pepper,  ex  ship, 
were  refused.

Grocery  grades  of  New  Orleans  mo­
lasses  are  held  at  unchanged  and  firm 
values.  Offerings  are  not  large  and  al­
together  the  outlook  is  for a continuation 
of  rates  as  now  existing  or  even  higher. 
Good 
i6@20c. 
Syrups  are  in  small  request  and  prices 
are  firm.

centrifugal, 

to  prime 

Canned  goods  stocks  in  first  hands are 
practically  “ out  of  sight.”  
Jobbers 
have  control  of  the  situation  and  the 
whole  market  is  in  their  favor.  Quota­
tions  have  an  upward  tendency  and  this 
is.  especially  true  of  apples,  tomatoes, 
com  and  salmon. 
Salmon  especially 
are  “ runnin  g  up”   and  the  unanimous 
opinion  is  that  the  situation  is  distinct­
ly  discouraging.  The  Baltimore  opin­
ion  on  tomatoes 
is  that  the  thing  js 
overdone  and  that  a  pack  is  coming  in 
which  will  be  almost  twice  as 
large  as 
last  year.  They  say  the  pack  this  year 
will  run  up  to  7,000,000  cases,  against 
5,000,000 
last  year,  and  that  present 
rates  are  for  speculative  purposes,  pure 
and  simple.  Aside  from  tomatoes  the 
pack  has  been  rather  light  and  prices 
have  a  firmer  foundation.  New  jersey 
standard  tomatoes  are  worth  85c  and 
gallons  §2.10.  As  to  salmon  jobbers  are 
unwilling  to  name  quotations,  which  is 
a  “ sign.”

The  demand  for  dried  fruits  shows 
to  the 
less  activity,  owing,  possibly, 
fact  that  Californians  have  made  rates

that  can’t  be  met  by  buyers  here—at 
east not just now.  The  market  generally 
is  rather  dull  for the  moment,  but  the 
outlook  is  rather  encouraging  for  a good 
trade  as  soon  as  the  weather  becomes 
more  favorable  for  the  keeping of fruits.
Supplies  of  butter  are  light  and  quo­
tations  are  well  adhered  to,  with  best 
Western  creamery  moving  at  24c.  The 
lively,  but 
demand 
Jealers  do  not 
for  lower  rates  at 
once.  Western  creamery,  thirds  to  firsts, 
I7@22c.  June creameries  are  dull  with­
in  " the 
imitation 
creamery,  I5@I9C,  latter  for  best;  West 
em  dairy,  I4 j4@ i8c ;  Western  factory, 
I4@l6c.

is  not  extremely 

range  of 

ig@22c; 

look 

While  supplies  of  cheese  are  moder 
is  not  alive  and  the 
ate,  the  demand 
general  tone  of  the  market 
is  rathe 
quiet.  Fancy  full  cream  is  worth  12> 
@i2j^c  for  small  size  and  12c  for  large 
There  has  been  some  accumulation  o 
fresh  eggs  and  the  market 
is  not  as 
strong  as  a  week  ago.  Best  Western 
eggs  are  held  at  20@2ic  for fancy  stock 
from  this  the  range  is  downward 
through  every  fraction  to  15c  for  fair  tc 
good—at  mark.

The  upward  tendency  in  beans  con 
tinues  and  the  selling  is  very  firm  a 
Choice  marrows  are  wort! 
around. 
$2.20(^2.25;  choice  medium, 
§2.80 
choice  pea,  $1.75;  red  kidney,  $2.35 
California  limas,  $2.95^3.

M enace  a t  B oth  Kmls.

if  he 

The  process butter  business  is  a  men 
ace  to  the  dairy  industry  at  both  ends 
of  the  line.  In  the  first  place,  the  farm 
er  who  sells  the  10c  butter  from  which 
process  butter 
is  made  is  not  benefited 
in  any  way  by  having  a  market  for  sue! 
stuff,  for  he  would  actually  get  more  f< 
the  milk 
let  the  calves  do  the 
milking.  A  hundred  pounds  of average 
milk  will  make  4/4  pounds  of  butte 
which  at  ioc  a  pound,  makes  45c  a  hu 
dred 
If  this  same  mi 
were  fed  to  calves  it  would  bring  a  re 
turn  of  50c  to  60c  a  hundred— a  clea 
gain,  to  say  nothing  of  the  saving  of 
bor.  Hence  the  farmer  who  makes  ioc 
butter  is  really 
market 
market  he  would  not  make  it.

injured  by  having 
If  he  didn’t  have  th 

for  the  milk. 

for 

it. 

W.  J.  Spillman.

Cold  weather  is  antagonistic  to  mold 

and  in  consequence  the  improvement 
butter  quality  is  very  noticeable.  The 
flavor  question  will  now  bob  up  and 
reign  for  some  time  as  the  arch  enemy 
if  even  the  most  painstaking  operator.
The  dear  public  is  showing  a  decided 
for  a  softer  body  in  butter 
preference 
during  the  winter  months.  Butter  that, 
oily  or  tallow-like  in  stiffness  does 
not  satisfy  the  average  consumer.  Large 
city buyers  realize  this and demand soft- 
bodied  butter.  Buttermakers  might  do 
well  to  remember this  point  in  prepar­
ing  this  winter’s  shipments.

The  Minneapolis  Produce  Exchange 
has  issued  an  official  notice  stating  that 
it  will  prosecute  all  shippers  who  send 
dairy  butter  or  the  lower  grades  to  that 
filled  with  a  preparation  to 
market 
make 
It  contains  a 
warning,  stating  that  the  use  of  any 
such  preparations 
is  contrary  to  the 
State  law  and  that  if  evidence  can  be 
secured  the  Exchange  will  prosecute 
any  buttermakers 
shippers  who 
make  use  of  such  preparations.

it  weigh  more. 

or 

The  grocers  and  buttersellers  of  New 
York  are taking a hand  in  the  oleo  fight. 
As  a  result  the  sales  of  imitation  butter, 
in  and  around  the  metropolis,  have been 
to  a  very  large  extent  stopped.

Malaria 

is  a  malady  the  doctor  says 
you  have  when  he  doesn’t  know  what 
is  the  matter  with  you.

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

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Redemeyer=Hollister  Commission  Co.,

ST.  LOUIS,  MISSOURI,

General  Commission  Merchants.

*   W e have  secured  the  United  States  contract  to  furnish  Government  sup-  |  
%  plies for Cuba  for one year and must have  100,000 bushels of  apples, onions 
|   and  potatoes.  Shipments and  correspondence solicited. 
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Clover, T im othy,  A lsyke,  B eans, 
Peas,  Popcorn,  B u ck w h eat

If you wish to buy or sell  correspond  with  us.

ALFRED J.  BROWN SEED CO .,

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

GROW ERS.  MERCHANTS. 

IMPORTERS.

s h i p   y o u r   B U T T E R   a n d   EG G S  t o  

S T R O U P   &  CARM ER,

GR A ND   R A P ID S .  M IC H .
3 8  SO .  D IV IS IO N  S T ., 
Financially responsible, actively alert to shippers' Interests, square, prompt remitters.  Produce 
handled on commission or bought at  a  definite  stated  price  on track.  Refer  to  Grand  Rap­
ids National  Bank; Ithaca Savings Bank, Ithaca,  F.  E.  Durfee  &  Co.,  Bankers,  Perrlnlon. 
Mich.; Commercial  Agencies.

M ak e  a   Note  of  It.  W e   H andle

Mexican Oranges

They are now arriving  in  good condition and  fine  quality.
Packed  in  Florida size boxes,  nice  sizes.  We  are  quoting 
at $3 75  per  box  delivered  in  carlots  to  any  point  taking 
$1  25  rate freight.  Write us.

MILLER  &   TEA5DALE  CO., 

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ST.  LOUIS.  MO.

. . .  WE BUY .. .

BUTTER
T,  B.  Truesdell & Co., 

C A R LO TS   OR  LE S S .  W R ITE   FO R  P R IC E S   F.  O.  B.

New York

Are you looking for a good market to place your

Apples,  Peaches,  Pears and  Plums

If so ship to

R.  HIRT, Jr.,  Detroit,  Mich.

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To  Suit Your Taste

Stop  fermentation  in  cider 
at  just  the  stage  where  it
b e s t tickles  > our palate and keep  it constantly  uniform  for  any  length  of 
time.  Contains no  Salicylic  Acid.  Affords  dealers  good  profit  selling  at

’ 

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.

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

Store  Lighting

. D anger  NonHense  A bout  A cetylene  B icy­

cle  Lamps.

There 

is  a  lot  of  nonsense  about  the 
danger  of  calcium  carbide  and  its  prod­
uct  acetylene  gas,  that  ought  to  be  dis- 
si pated.

There  are 

insurance  companies 

in 
New  England  that  will  not  insure  a  b i­
cycle  rider’s  house  against  fire  if  the 
rider  uses  an  acetylene  lamp.  A   short 
time  from  now  such  a  ruling  will  be 
laughed  at  as  one  of  the  ridiculous 
humors  of  a  dead  and  moss-grown  past. 
It 
is  on  a  par  with  the  Oriental  belief 
that  the  bicycle  itself  is  a  product  of the 
Evil  One.

The  insurance  man’s  fright  is  purely 
professional.  He  knows  that  calcium 
carbide  is  very  much  safer  than  the  or­
dinary  match.  He  would,  if  he  could, 
stop  the  use  of  matches  and  would  force 
people  to  go  back  to  the  old  flint  and 
tinder.  In  Indiana  and  elsewhere  whole 
cities  are  to-day 
lighted  by  acetylene 
gas,  and  its  use  in  bicycle  lamps  in  all 
but  the  Eastern  States  is  universal;  the 
insurance  people  are  giving  way  as 
slowly  as  possible.

The  coal  oil  with  which  the  family 
lamp  was  filled  a  few  years  ago  con­
tained  kerosene,  benzine,  gasoline  and 
naphtha. 
It  was  a  terribly  dangerous 
mixture.  Yet  the  family  sat  around  in 
easy  familiarity  with  it  every  night  and 
the 
insurance  companies  made  no  pro­
test.  But  they  throw  fits  at  the  sight  of 
calcium  carbide,  which  is  about  as 
in­
offensive  as  ordinary  lime.  It  boils  and 
emits  a  smelliferous  gas  when  it  meets 
water,  but  that  is  practically  all.

It 

It 

is 

Why  not  put  a  quick  stop  to  the  non­
in  the  power  of  the  cal­
sense? 
cium  carbide  manufacturer,  the 
lamp 
maker  and  the  bicycle  agent  to  do  it. 
Of  course,  if  the  agent  acts  the  dull 
part  of  a  bump  on  a  log  nothing  will 
is  necessary  to  do  more 
be  done. 
in  the 
than  merely  sell.  The  dealer 
East  must  introduce  the  acetylene 
lamp 
exactly  as  he  had  to  introduce  the  b i­
cycle.  He  must  understand  it  thorough­
ly  himself  and  must  instruct  his  cus­
tomers  in  the  use  of  it.  The  agent  who 
will  do  this  has  a  profitable  business 
ahead  of  him. 
In  the  matter  of  acety­
lene  bicycle  lamps,  the  man  who  is  not 
using  one  is  not  up  to  the  minute,  and 
he 
is  distinctly  missing  an  enjoyment, 
but  his  reason  for  abstaining  may  be  a 
good  one.  But  the  majority  will  buy 
“ the  latest”   if  it  has  merit.  Thousands 
of  riders 
in  New  England  and  other 
parts  of  the  East  do  not  know  the  merit 
of  the  acetylene  lamp  because  Eastern 
dealers  have  not  yet  taken  hold  of  it  as 
they  should. 
It  is  a  repetition  of  the 
history  of  the  gasoline  stove,  except  that 
gasoline  is  really  dangerous.

E verlastin g   Self-Love.

It 

After  all  is  said,  there  is  no  love  that 
lasting  as  the  love  that  has  one’s 
is  so 
is  open  to  argu­
self  for  its  object. 
It 
ment,  indeed,  if  the 
love  that  the  man 
bears  toward  the  woman,  and  converse­
ly  the  love  which  the  woman  has  for the 
itself  a  species  of  love 
man,  is  not  of 
for  one’s  self. 
is  suspected  that  in 
many,  perhaps  a  majority  of  cases,  the 
animating  principle  consists 
in  the 
pleasure  the  man  or  the  woman  experi­
ences  in  finding  somebody  who  is  w ill­
ing  to  pay tribute  to  his  or her self-love ; 
that,  in  short,  it  is  a  sort  of  mutual  ad­
miration  society.  If  it  were  not  for self- 
there  would  be  no 
love, 
marrying  nor  giving 
in  marriage  and 
the  race  would  be  in  danger  of  extinc­

therefore, 

it 

If  it  were  not  for  self-love  men 
tion. 
and  women  would  cease  to  struggle  to 
create  a  place  of  distinction 
for  them­
selves.  It  is  doubtful  if  without  this  in-j 
citement  they  would  be  barely  decent. 
But  for  self-love  the  young  boy  and  girl 
would  hardly  imagine  themselves  of  su­
perior  importance  in  this  world  of  ours, 
and  so  be  encouraged  to  live  up  to  their 
own  estimate  of  themselves.  Were it  not 
for  self-love,  few,  probably,  would  en­
deavor  to  appear  better  than  they  are 
morally,  mentally,  physically,  and  so 
would  be 
likely  to  exhibit  all  their 
moral,  mental  and  physical  infelicities 
in  all  their  ugliness,  thus  making  the 
world  a  much  more  unsatisfactory  world 
than 
is  with  self-love  the  guiding 
principle.  Even  in  the  case  of the soul’s 
salvation,  is  not  self-love  ever  being 
appealed  to? 
it  not  by  the  promise 
of  personal  reward  after  death  that  peo­
ple  are  encouraged  to  behave themselves 
while  they  are  yet  alive?  Surely,  they 
make  a  mistake  who 
inveigh  against 
self-love. 
is  the  one  thing  alone 
which  induces  the  majority  of  men  and 
women  to .endeavor  to  cause  others  to 
think  well  of  them,  and  the  one  thing 
alone,  therefore,  that  impels  them  to  be 
better  than  they  otherwise  might  ever 
care  about  being.  There  is  some  hope, 
even,  for  those  who  try  to  appear  worse 
than  they  are ;  for  they  have  an  object 
although  a  bad  one.  For  the  man  or 
woman  who  has  so  little  of  self-love  as 
to  have  no  regard 
for  the  opinions  of 
others  there 
is  no  hope.  Better  have 
an  unworthy  aim  than  no  aim  at  all.

Is 

It 

M ark  T w ain's  E xperience  W ith  a   Stolen 

W  a te r m elon.

I  broke  it  open. 

“ The  first  tim e,”   says  Mark  Twain, 
“ that  I  ever  stole  a  watermelon— that 
is,  I  think 
it  was  the  first  time,  any­
way,  it  was  right  along  there  somewhere 
— I  stole 
it  out  of  a  farmer’s  wagon 
while  he  was  waiting  on  another  cus­
I  with­
tomer.  Stole  is  a  harsh  term. 
drew— I  retired  that  watermelon. 
I  car­
ried  it  to  a  secluded  comer of  a  lumber 
yard. 
It  was  green—  
the  greenest  watermelon  raised  in  the 
valley  that  year.  The  minute  I  saw 
it 
was  green  I  was  sorry  and  began  to  re­
flect.  Reflection is  the  beginning  of  re­
form. 
If  you  don’t  reflect  when  you 
commit  a  crime  then  that  crime  is  of  no 
use;  it  might 
just  as  well  have  been 
committed  by  some  one  else.  You  must 
reflect  or the  value  is  lost;  you  are  not 
vaccinated  against  committing  it  again.
I  began  to  reflect. 
I  said  to  m yself: 
‘ What  ouiht  a  boy  to  do  who  has stolen 
a  green watermelon?  What would George 
Washington  do,  the  father  of  his  coun­
try,  the  only  American  who  could  not 
tell  a  lie?  What  would  he  do?  There  is 
only  one  right,  high,  noble  thing for any 
boy  to  do  who  has  stolen  a  watermelon 
of  that  class^he  must  make  restitution; 
he  must  restore  that  stolen  property  to 
I  said  I  would  do 
its  rightful  owner.’ 
it  when  1  made  that  good  resolution. 
I 
it  to  be  a  noble,  uplifting  obliga­
felt 
I  rose  up  spiritually  stronger  and 
tion. 
refreshed. 
I  carried  that  watermelon 
back— what  was  left  of  it— and  restored 
it  to  the  farmer,  and  made  him  give 
me  a  ripe  one  in  its  place.  Now  you 
see  that  this  constant  impact  of  crime 
upon  crime  protects  you  against  further 
commission  of  crime.  It  builds  you  up. 
A  man  can’t  become  morally  perfect 
by  stealing  one  or  a  thousand  green 
watermelons;  but  every  little  helps.”

As  Bight.  as  B ay.

J.  H.  Schilling,  the  Petoskey  grocer, 
lights  his  store with  two gasoline  torches 
with  overhead  generators,  producing  a 
result  that  surprises  all  who  are  not 
familiar  with  that  method  of 
illumina­
tion.  The  local  electric  light  company 
charged  him  $5  per  month  for  light, 
but  he  now  secures  a  better  result  for 
60  cents  per  month,  based  on  a  13  cent 
price  for gasoline.

Be&troying  Money.

Extraordinary  precautions  are  taken 
by  the  United  States  Government  in  the 
destruction  of 
its  womout  and  filthy 
paper  money.  The  fact  that  this  could 
be  used  again  makes  it  necessary  that 
its  destruciton  should  be  conducted  with 
care  and  be  made  complete.

All 

the  paper  money  that 

passes 
through  the  treasury 
is  sorted,  and  the 
old  bills  are  sent  to  the  redemption  d i­
vision,  where  they  are  searched  for  pos­
sible  counterfeits.  Then  they are  care­
fully  counted  and  tied  up  into  bundles 
of  100  notes  each.

A  

great 

cancelling  machine 

then 
drives  four  holes  through  each  of  these 
bundles,  of  which  a  careful  record  is 
kept.  The  piles  of  bills  are  then  cut 
into  two  parts,  one  set  of  halves  going 
to  the  secretary’s  office  and  the  other  to 
the  register’s  office.

In  each  place  the  halves  are  agrin 
counted,  after  which  they  are  chopped 
by  machinery  into  fragments.  Not  sat­
isfied  with  this,  the  bits  are  then  boiled 
in  vats  of  hot  water  and  alkali  until they 
are  reduced  to  an  unrecognizable  pulp. 
This  the 
law  permits  the  treasury  to 
sell  to  manufacturers  of  novelties,  who 
make  it  into  little  models  of  the  Capitol 
and  the  White  House,  which  are  sold  as 
souvenirs  in the Washington stores.  New 
bills  are 
issued  in  an  amount  equal  to 
those  destroyed.

A  Cleveland  concern  is  about  to  put 
out  nail  kegs  made  of  paper  pulp.  Why 
not?  Chemistry  that  proved  to  us  that 
wood  could  be  profitably  produced  from 
straw  has  been  making  rapid  strides 
since.  There 
immense  field  for 
artificial  material  to  replace  wood,  for 
the  stave  supply  will  be  one  of  the  most 
momentous  problems  of  the  next  cen­
tury.

is  an 

The  Best of  Reasons  w h y   y o u   sh o u ld   be 
p re ju d ice d   in  fa v er  of

at all times the same even pressure.

5.  All pipes are self  draining to the  condens­

ing chamber.

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

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

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

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

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

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

BRUGE GENERATOR CO., HITS  183-187 W. 3d SI.. SI. POUl. Minn

AMERICAN CARBIDE CO., 
Jackson

Agent* for Mich. 

The  King  of  Light

If you  need  light,  when  you  need  light,  you  need 
light  that  will  light  you  up

Cheaply,  Brilliantly, Quickly
The  Sunlight 

Gasoline  Lamp

is  cheaper  than  kerosene.  More  brilliant 
than  electricity.

The  Insurance Underwriters  say that  it  is 
perfectly  safe by  writing  policies  on  it  with­
out  one  cent  of  extra  premiums.  Money 
Stores,  Churches,  Residences, 

Lodges,  Halls,  Hotels,  Offices  jji 
and  Shops  cannot  afford  to  be 

without  it.

You  will  be  sorry  if  you  fix

your winter lighting  before  writing  to  us.

Owing  to  excessive  orders  we  have  been  unable  to  keep  in  stock; 
but  we  have  lately  increased  our facilities  so as  to enable  us to  fill  all  future 
orders  promptly.  Moneymaking  terms to  local  agents.

Michigan  Light  Co.

23 Pearl Street,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knights of tho Grip

President,  Ch a s.  L.  St e v e n s ,  Ypsllanti;  Sec­
retary,  J. C.  Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer, 
O. C.  Gould, Saginaw.

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

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

Grand  Counselor,  J no.  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  Council No. 131

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

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan Commercial Travelers’  Mutnal  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Boyd  Pa n t l in d .  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Ow e n , 
Grand Rapids.

How  to  Check  th e   G row th  o f  th e   T rusts.
He  who  sees  oppression  and  cries  not 
out  against 
it,  who  beholds  a  great 
wrong  perpetrated  and  sounds  not  the 
alarm  of  danger,  who  sees  the  weak 
overcome  by  the  strong,  or  who  looks 
on  to  see  his  equal  brother  trodden  un­
der  foot  by  the  iron  heel  of  the  trust, 
and  remains  silent,  is  himself  unworthy 
of  the  proud  title  of  American  citizen­
ship.

in  attempting  to  apologize 

The  modem  trust  as  a  tyrant  is  de­
veloping a  feudalism  as tyrannical  in  its 
effects  as  was  ancient  feudalism.  We 
rejoice  to  know  that  the  majority  of  the 
traveling  men  are  outspoken 
in  their 
opposition  to  these  modem  trusts  and 
It  is  only  a  small  majority 
combines. 
who, 
for 
lick  the  hand  that  sooner 
them,  would 
or  later would  smite  them. 
It  requites 
no  argument  to  prove  that  the  trust  is 
in 
menace,  not  only  to  the  salesman 
particular,  but  the  public 
in  general. 
We  know  by  experience  and  observation 
that  they  neither  cheapen  the  goods  to 
the  consumer  nor  raise  the  wages  of  the 
salesman.  A  trust  may  cheapen 
the 
cost  of  distribution  by  the  discharge  of 
traveling  men,  or  it  may  even  cheapen 
the  cost  of  production,  but  the  large  in­
crease  of  fictitious  capitalization  de­
mands  an 
increase  in  prices,  which  is 
sure  to  follow.  This  increased  cost  has 
been  witnessed  on  a  multitude  of  the 
necessities  of 
life.  We  do  not  oppose 
these  monopolies  simply  because  the 
commercial  salesman  is  the  first  to  feel 
their  baneful  effect,  but  upon  a  broad 
principle  of  the  greatest  number.  They 
are  a  menace  alike  to  the  laboring  man 
and  the  farmer,  the  conditions  being 
such  as  to  foment  strikes  among  work­
ing  men  and  to  breed  discontent  among 
the  agriculturists.  The  farmer  who  sells 
his  products  at  the  old  price  and  pays 
from  40  to  100  per  cent,  advance  on 
lumber,  nails  and  wire 
is  opposed  to 
the  trusts.

It 

is  possible  that  the  promotion  of 
trusts  and  combines  comes  not  so  much 
from  greed  and  avarice  as  through  ex­
isting  conditions.  We  are  living  in  an 
age  of  fierce  competition,  and  the  trust, 
in  many  instances,  is  organized  to  elim ­
inate  or  modify  these  conditions. 
is 
our  duty  to  study  the  causes which make 
this  centralization  possible,  and  the  ob 
ject  of  this  association  should  be  to 
create  a  healthy  sentiment  along  reform 
lines.

It 

long  stride  in  the  right  direction.  We 
can  favor  the  removal  of  the  duty  on 
goods  and  raw  material  controlled  by  a 
trust, which,  in  itself,  would  be a  partial 
remedy.  The  small  factory  often  finds 
its  supply  of  raw  material  cornered  by 
it  has  but  the  alternative  of 

trust,  so 

closing  its  doors  or  joining  the  trust.

The  commercial  salesmen,  as  a  class, 
are  full  of  courage.  They  are  the  first 
to  receive  the  new  advance  sheet  on 
goods  which  have  gone  into  a  trust. 
They  are  almost  omnipresent  and  no 
class  of  men  can  do  more 
towards 
checking  the  growth  of  this  evil  or  re­
moving  the  causes  than  the  ubiquitous 
salesman.  Politically,  we  hold  the  bal­
ance  of  power  in  several  states  and  no 
man  who  is  a  candidate  for office  in  the 
legislative, 
judicial,  or  executive  de­
partments  of  the  state  or  nation  should 
receive  our 
regardless  of 
is  found  to  stand  right 
party,  until  he 
upon  these  questions. 
If  we  have  not 
independence  and  manhood  to  use 
the 
our  own  sovereignty  for  our  own  inde­
pendence  and  freedom,  then  we  deserve 
the  fate  which  awaits  us.

suffrages, 

W.  L.  Chaffee.

R apid  G row th  of  G rain!  R apids  Council 

U.  C. T.

Grand  Rapids,  Oct.  16— At  the  last 
regular  meeting  of  Grand  Rapids  Coun 
cil,  No. 
131,  Cliff  C.  Herrick,  repre 
senting  Rice  &  Matheson,  commission 
merchants  of  this  city,  was  initiated 
Two  weeks  earlier,  Samuel  Newman 
representing  D.  M.  Amberg  &  Bro., 
was  obligated  by  Senior  Counselor 
Keyes.

Bro.  Billy  Bunn,  of  Watkins,  N.  Y., 
has  acknowledged  the  receipt  of  a check 
for 
indemnity  amounting  to $32.14  for 
injuries  sustained  in  an  accident  a  few 
days  ago.  Billy  has  only  words  of praise 
for  the  promptness  of  the  Council  in 
indemnifying  him.  This 
is  our  first 
claim,and  in  one  sense  our heaviest one 
as  Billy  now  weighs  325  pounds.

The  Entertainment Committee  for  Oc 
tober  has  arranged  for  a  pedro  party  to 
he  given  in  the  Council  chambers,  Sat­
urday  evening,  Oct.  21, 
to  which  all 
commercial  travelers  are  cordially  in 
vited,  whether they receive  a  special  in 
vitation  or  not.  Handsome  prizes  will 
be  given  to  the  winners.

Just  one  year  has  elapsed  since  No, 
131  was  organized,with  only  three  origi 
al  members.  We  start  our  second  year 
with  a  membership  of  forty  and  bright 
prospects  for doubling  this  number  dur 
ing  the  year.

The  commercial  travelers  who  jour 
ney  across  the  country  unaffiliated  with 
any  organization  of  the  craft  are  awak 
ening  to  the  fact  that  a  young  giant 
looming  up  destined  to  cut  a  great  fig 
ure  in  the  ranks  of  traveling  men.  This 
is  the  order  of  United  Commercial 
Travelers,  and the  insignia  of  the  order 
worn  by  the  members 
incites  many 
curious  and  interested  enquiries. 
the  positive  duty  of  all  those  who  have 
the  rapid  growth  of  the  society  at  heart 
to  wear  the  emblems  in  sight  and  carry 
a  few  of  the  new  folders,  together  with 
application  blanks,  for  immediate  use 
Real  fidelity  may  be  rare,  but  it  i 
real. 
Its  worth  and  power  are  denied 
only  by  those  who  never  loved  a  friend 
or  labored  to  make  a  friend  happy.

It 

Adam  Dubb,

Detroit— Articles  of 

incorporation 

the  Mac  Donald,  Wessels  &  Ames  Co 
have  been  filed  with  the  County  Clerk 
The  company  will  do  a  general  whole 
sale  jobbing  and manufacturing business 
in  leather goods,  locks,  bicycle  sundries 
is  $25,000 
and  supplies.  The  capital 
of  which  $21,000 
is  paid 
in  and  the 
shareholders  are  Daniel  D.  Wessels 
Joseph  H.  Ames  and  Donald  Mac 
Donald,  700  shares  each ;  Donald  Mac 
Donald,  trustee,  400  shares.

Some  men  are  like  dice— easy  to  rat 

To  say  nothing  can  be  done,  that  the 
.people  are  powerless,  is  to  admit  that 
self-government  is  a  failure.  There  are 
many  things  which  we  can  recommend 
we  can  encourage 
the  patronage  of 
firms  and  factories  which  are  struggling 
to  be  independent.  We  can  recommend 
the  prohibition  ot  tne  watering  or  aiuv.iv 
the  prohibition  of  the  watering  of  stock
in  these  corporations,  which  would  be  a | tie  and  hard  to  shake.

SUCCESSFUL  SALESMEN.

I111  >1.  Shields,  R epresenting:  Lem on  & 

W heeler Co.

John  Musselman  Shields  was  born  at 
tirfiekl,  Adams  county,  Pa.,  Oct.  27, 
1865.  His  antecedents  are  Irish  on  his 
father’s  side,  his  great  grandfather  hav­
ing  been  born  in  Ireland.  On  his  moth • 
side  his  antecedents  are  Pennsyl- 
m ia  Dutch,  and while  he  does  not  par­
ticularly  favor  either  branch  of  ancestry 
personal  appearance,  he  has  evident- 
inherited  the  sturdy  honesty,  stead- 
istness  of  purpose and remarkable thrift 
for  which  the  Pennsylvania  Dutch  are 

roverbial.
Mr.  Shields 

the 

attended 

village 
school  at  Fairfield  until  he  was  15  years 
ige,  when  he  worked  a year  in  a  gen­
eral  store 
In  1881  he 
came  to  Grand  Rapids  and  entered  the 
mploy  of  the  wholesale  grocery  house

in  the  village. 

past  two  years.  He  undertakes to  see  his 
trade  every  two  weeks,  and  has  come  to 
be  regarded  as  a  man  whose  word  is 
good  and  whose  judgment  is  above  par.
is  a  man  of  excellent  habits  and 
He 
progressive 
ideas  and  naturally  looks 
forward  to  the  time  when  he  will be able 
to  sell  goods  behind  the  counter,  as 
well  as  in  front  of  it.

G ripsack  B rigade.

Frank  E.  Chase,  who  has  covered 
Western  Michigan 
for  the  Michigan 
Shoe  Co.,  has  parted  company  with  that 
house.  No  announcement  has  been 
made  as  yet  as  to  his  successor.

Lansing  Republican:  C.  E.  Rey­
nolds, 
traveling  representative  of  the 
Milwaukee  Cigar  Co.,  has  accepted  a 
similar  position  with  the  Creole  Cigar 
Co.  and  will  move  his  family  here.

E.  J.  Monsell, 
formerly  behind  the 
ninter  for  Wilson  Bros.,  the  Cadillac 
grocers,  is  now  on  the  road  for the  Dow 
&  Snell  Co.,  wholesale  grocers  of  I o- 
lo.  His  territory  comprises  Northern 

Michigan.

One  of  the  silliest  canards  ever  dis­
seminated  by  the  penny  a  liners  of  the 
laily  press  was  telegraphed  to  the  De­
troit  papers  by  a  Lansing  correspondent 
one  day  last  week.  The  purport  of  the 
natter  was  that  the  drug  salesmen  who 
we  likely  to  be  thrown  out  of  employ­
ment  by  the  formation  of  a  wholesale 
Irug  trust  proposed  to start an independ­
ent  drug 
jobbing  house  at  Lansing. 
Inasmuch  as  a  wholesale  drug  trust  has 
never  been  considered  seriously  by  the 
trade,  because  the  project  is  preposter­
ous  on  the  face  of  it,  the  Lansing  cor­
respondent  must  have  drawn  on  a  very 
vivid  imagination  to  concoct  so improb­
able  a  story.

£8$

followed 

for  Fred  D.  Yale 

of  Fox,  Musseiman  it  Loveridge  in  the 
capacity  of  assistant  shipping  clerk. 
This  occupation  he 
for  twc 
years,  when  he  accepted  the  position  of 
for  Charles  S.  Yale  it 
shipping  clerk 
in  the  same  ca­
Bro.  He  continued 
pacity 
it  Co.  ami 
Daniel  Lynch,  with  whom  he  tcxik  uj 
laboratory  work,  subsequently 
taking 
entire  charge  of  the  manufacturing  de 
partment.  He  afterwards  went  on  the 
road  for  Daniel  Lynch,  covering  the 
trade  of  Southern  Michigan  and  North­
ern  Indiana 
for  five  years,  resigning 
June  1,  1893.  Three  months  later  he  en­
tered 
the 
Lemon 
it  Wheeler  Company,  which 
called  for four  months’  preliminary work 
in  the  house  and  subsequent  service  on 
the  road.  On  the  retirement  of  Hub 
Baker,  Jan. 
1,  1894,  he  was  assigned
the  territory  formerly  covered  by  that 
gentleman,  which  he  has  since  visited 
with  the  regularity  of  clockwork.

into  an  arrangement  with 

Mr.  Shields  was  married  Oct.  27, 
1897,  to  Miss  Sallie  Lankfort,  of  Prin­
cess  Anne,  Md.  They  reside  in  Petos- 
key  within  a  couple  of  blocks  of  the 
Cushman  House,  so  that  Mr.  Shields 
is 
able  to  occupy  his  accustomed  place  at 
the  dinner  table  nearly  half  of  the  time 
during  the  week.  He  is  a  member  of 
Eureka  Lodge,  No.  2,  K.  of  P.,  Royal 
Arcanum,  Modem  Woodmen,  and  the 
First  Presbyterian  church  of  Petoskey.
Mr.  Shields  attributes  his  success  to 
perseverance  and  hard  work.  He  rather 
prides  himself  on  the  fact  that  he  has 
taken  but  one  vacation 
in  six  years, 
which  was  rendered  necessary  by  his 
trip  to  Maryland  for  a  bride,  and  says 
that  business  has  never  been  com­
ing  his  way  go  rapidly  as  it  hag  for  the

T elephone  TopicH.

iron  wire 

The  Michigan  (Bell)  Telephone  Co., 
which  has  paraded  the  fact  that  it  is  us­
ing  only  copper  wire  in  the  construction 
>f  its  long distance lines,  has  fallen back 
upon  common 
in  construc­
tion  work  between  Port  Huron  and  De­
troit.  Looks  as  though  the  fund  realized 
from  the  sale  of  bonds  was  getting  low !
It  is  unofficially  stated  that  the  local 
Bell  exchange  will  abandon  its  branch 
exchanges  on  the  west  side  and  in  south 
end  of  the  city,  as  experience  has  dem­
onstrated  that  the  patrons  of  the  ex­
change  wi 11  not  tolerate  the  delay  in 
making  connections  incident  to  the  use 
of  branch  exchanges.
K alam azoo  G rocers  IMwe  Tliv-msv-l vi-s  011 

Record.

Kalamazoo,  Oct.  13—At  the  regular 
meeting  of  the  Kalamazoo  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association,  held  Tuesday  even­
ing,  Oct. 10,  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  secure  a  proper hall  for  the  meetings 
of  the  Association  and  the following res­
olution,  which we  would  be glad  to  have 
you  publish  in  your  paper,  was adopted :
Whereas— The  Upjohn  Pill  &  Granule 
Co.,  of  this  city,  has  given  the  use  of 
the  above  firm’s  name  and  is  buying 
groceries  from  wholesale  firms  in  Grand 
Rapids  and  Chicago ;  therefore

Resolved— That  we,  the  members  of 
the  Kalamazoo  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion,  will  not  patronize  any  firm  selling 
goods  to  the  Upjohn  Pill  &  Granule Co.

Wm.  H.  Johnson,  Pres.

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M ichigan  State  B oard  o f P harm acy

Term expires
A. C. Sc h u m a c h e r, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1899 
-  Dec. 31,1900
- 
G e o.  Gu n d r u m , Ionia 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  R e y n o l d s,  St.  Joseph 
He n r y   He im , Saginaw 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1902
W ir t   P.  Do t y, Detroit - 
Dec. 31,1903
President,  G e o.  Gu n d r u m ,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Sc h u m a c h e r,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, He n r y   He im , Saginaw.
E xam in atio n   Sessions 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

State  P h arm aceu tical  A ssociation 

President—O.  Eb e r b a o h . Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Ch a s.  F.  Ma n n ,  Detroit. 
Treasurer—J.  S.  Be n n e t t ,  Lansing.

New  H ope  F o r th e  B ald-headed.

the  baldness  resulting 

Dr.  Menahem  Hodara,  of  Constanti­
nople,  recently  made  a  bold  attempt  to 
remedy 
from 
favus.  Briefly  stated  his  plan  was  to 
scarify  the  bare  surface  and  to  implant 
thereon  hairs  removed  from  other  parts 
of  the  patient’s  head.  The  hairs  used 
for the  purpose  were  trimmed  with  scis­
sors  at  each  end.  Some  four  weeks 
after  implantation  a  certain  number of 
the  hairs  were  found  to  have  taken  root, 
and  in  no  long  time  a  goodly  new  crop 
was  produced.  Encouraged  by  these  re­
sults,  Dr.  Hodara  has  since  applied  the 
method  in  other cases of baldness  follow­
ing  favus,  and  he  thinks  himself 
justi­
fied  in  stating  that  “ clinically  there  can 
be  no  doubt  as  to  this  very  curious  fact 
— that  small  bundles  of  hair stems  cut 
with  scissors  and  implanted  in  the 
in­
cisions  made  with  the  scarifier  can  take 
root  and  grow,  forming  in  time long and 
viable  hairs.”   By  miscroscopic  exam­
ination  he  has  satisfied  himself  that 
after  some  weeks  a  real  new  bulb  forms 
at  the  lower  end  of  the  implanted  hair. 
Dr.  Hodara’s  results  are  interesting 
in 
themselves,  and  still  more  in  the  prom­
ise  which  they  appear to  offer of  further 
results,  undreamed  of,  or  at  any  rate 
unmentioned,  by  the  ingenious  author. 
Why  should  not  the  same  treatment  be 
applied 
in  cases  of  ordinary  baldness? 
Many  bald  men  would  gladly  submit  to 
have  their  scalps  plowed  and  afterward 
sown  with  new  hairs  if  there  was  a  rea­
sonable  hope  of  even  a  moderate  har­
vest.

T ransform ation  o f Calom el In to  Corrosive 

Sublim ate.

soluble 

In  a  paper  presented  at  the  recent 
meeting  of  the  New  York  State Pharma­
ceutical  Association,  Professor Diekman 
reported  some  experiments  he  had made 
in  the  transformation  or  oxidation  of 
calomel  into  the  higher  chloride— corro­
sive  sublimate— when brought  in  contact 
with 
chlorides  and  organic 
acids.  Conflicting  views  have  been  held 
and  expressed  concerning  this  change, 
and  the  author’s  experiments  were  un­
dertaken  to  arrive,  if  possible,  at  the 
facts.  He  found  that  when  calomel  was 
simply  mixed  with  an  equal  amount  of 
ammonium,  sodium,  or  potassium  chlo­
ride,  or taftaric  or  citric  acid,  no  corro­
sive  sublimate  was  found  after twenty- 
four  hours,  but  that  after  this  time  had 
elapsed  slight  traces  were  found  when 
the  substances  had  been,  upon  being 
mixed,  energetically  triturated  together 
for  a  period  of  thirty  minutes.  More­
over,  the  amount  of  corrosive  sublimate 
in  the  latter  case  was  greater  after  two 
days  than  after one.  “ From  this  it  may 
be  concluded,”   says  the  author,  “ that 
the  time  and  energy  of  trituration  are 
important  factors  in  producing  a change 
in  the  mixture  in  question.”   When  the 
substances  were  mixed  with  water cor­
rosive  sublimate  was  also  found  to  have 
been  formed.  But in each  of  five  experi­

formed 

ments  with  the  different  chlorides  and 
acids,  the  amount  of  calomel  lost  was  so 
small  that  not  more  than  .0011510.00345 
gram  of  corrosive  sublimate  could  pos­
sibly  have  been 
from  the  five 
grams  of  calomel  used.  This  amount 
is  altogether  too  small  to  produce  toxic 
effects.  From  which  the  author  con­
cludes  that  “ it 
is  safe  to  administer 
calomel  together  with  soluble  chlorides, 
as  well  as  with  citric  and 
tartaric 
acids,  providing  the  calomel  itself  is  of 
the  required  degree  of  purity.”

T he  Drag:  M arket.

Opium— Is  in  good  demand and prices 

are  steady.

Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine— At  the  bark  sales  in  London 
and  Amsterdam  all  the  offerings  were 
sold  at  advanced  prices  and  there  have 
been  three  advances  on  quinine  since 
our 
issue,  amounting  to  5c  per 
ounce,  with  prospects  of  another  ad­
vance  soon.

last 

Carbonate  of  Ammonia— Has  been 
is 

advanced  during  the  past  week  and 
very  firm.

Cocaine— At  the  very  high prices now, 
limited 
is  looked 

the  manufacturers  will  sell  but 
quantities.  Another  advance 
for.

Cantharides— Reports  of  small  sup­
plies  have  been  confirmed  and  the  arti­
cle  has  advanced  and  is  tending  higher.
in  small  supply  and 

Cuttle  Fish— Is 

tending  higher.

Ergot— The  supplies  of  this  article 
are  very  small  and  prices  are  very  firm 
at  the  advance.

Glycerine— Is  very  firm  and,  as  the 
is 

is  higher,  another  advance 

Mercurial  Preparations— On  account 
in  mercury,  are  2c 

the  advance 

crude 
probable.

of 
higher.

Balsam  Fir— Supplies  are  coming  for­
ward 
in  a  limited  way  and  it  is  stated 
that  there  has  not  been  as  much  gath­
ered  as  usual.  Prices  ha^e  advanced 
40c  per gallon.

Sassafras  Bark— Is  very  scarce  and 

has  been  advanced.

Essential  Oils— Oil  wintergreen 

is 
very  scarce  and  in  small  supply  and  has 
been  again  advanced.  Oil  sassafras 
is 
also  scarce  and  higher.  Both  sassafras 
and  wintergreen  are  tending higher.  Oil 
peppermint 
is  steadily  advancing,  on 
account  of  small  crop.

Arnica  Flowers— Supplies  are  small 
and,  on  account  of  short  crop,  are  tend­
ing  higher.

Buchu  Leaves— Are  very  firm  at  the 
late  advance  and  the  Transvaal  war  will 
make  prices  still  higher.

Senna  Leaves— Are  steadily  advanc­
ing,  cheaper  grades  having  advanced 
over  100  per  cent.
.  Linseed  Oil— Has  advanced,  on  ac­
count  of  higher  prices  of  the  seed.

P eck h am ’s  C alendar  Offer  for  1900.

Is  now  ready  and  sample  of  calendar 
will  be  sent  upon  receipt  of  postal  card 
by  addressing  Peckham’s  Croup  Rem­
edy  Co.,  Freeport,  Mich.  These  cal­
endars  bear  upon  their  face  side  the ad­
dress  of  the  dealer  who  accents  their 
offer and  prove  a  drawing  card  every 
day  in  the  year. 
is,  perhaps,  need­
less  to  add  that  Peckham’ s  Croup  Rem­
edy  (the  children’s  cough  cure)  never 
fails  to  give  satisfaction  to  the  druggist 
and  his  customers.  The  offer  closes 
December  1.  3  doz.  order,  5  per  cent,
off;  6 doz.  order,  10  per  cent.  off.

It 

The  child  who  runs  after  the  rainbow 
expecting  to  find  the  end  of  it  resting 
in  a  pot  of  gold 
is  not  more  sadly  dis- 
appointed  than  the  man  who  runs  after 
a  pot  of  gold  expecting  to  find  it  rest­
ing  on  the  rainbow  of  joy  and  peace.— 
John  E.  Pounds.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

SOUND  SENSE.

P e rtin e n t  Suggestions  to  M oneym aking 

P h arm acists.

It 

A  good  start  in  any  business  is  neces­
sary  to  obtain good results— especially  is 
in  the  drug  business.  First  of 
this  so 
all,  it 
is  necessary  to  have  some  money 
with  which  to  buy  your  opening  stock. 
You  should  be  able  to  discount  your 
bills  right  from  the  start.  The  amount 
necessary  depends  entirely  on  the 
loca­
tion  of  your  store.  If  you  are  in  a  coun­
try  town,  some  distance  from  the  jobber 
or  manufacturer,  you  will,  of  course, 
need  more  capital  than  you  will  if  only 
a  block  or  two  from  him. 
is  by  far 
better  to  borrow  money  with  which  to 
discount  your  bills  than  to  wait  on  re­
turns  from  sales.  This  is  not  only  a sav­
ing 
in  dollars  and  cents,  but  it  gives 
you  a  good  commercial  rating,  so  abso­
lutely  necessary 
in  these  days  of  close 
competition  and  small  profits.  When 
you  are  properly  located  and  have  made 
your  financial  arrangements,  you  should 
then  use  printer’s  ink  properly  and 
let 
people  know  you  are  competent  to  con­
duct  your  business  and  desire  their 
good-will  and  trade. 
In  buying  your 
opening  stock,  be  careful  to  buy  what  is 
absolutely  necessary.  Don’t  try  to  have 
everything  called  for  at  once.  This 
is 
impossible.  Rather 
lose  a  sale  oc­
casionally  than  fill  your  shelves  with 
stuff  that  is  a  constant  reminder  of care­
less  buying. 
In  these  days  of  quick 
transportation,  it  is  by  far  better to  buy 
oftener  and  in  smaller  quantities.  My 
job­
town  is  located  200  miles  from  the 
ber,  and  I  am  able  to  have  goods 
laid 
down  in  my  store  in  less  than  two  days 
from  the  time  I  order  them.  The  safest 
business  to-day  is  done  in  a  small  way.
We  are  often  tempted  to  buy  in  larger 
quantities  by  securing  additional  dis­
counts. 
is  well  enough  to  take  ad­
vantage  of  these  offers  if you  have  the 
spare  money;  but 
if  you  are  operating 
with  limited  capital,  it  will  do you more 
harm  than  good.  The  money  you  thus 
invest  is  needed  to  keep  up  your  regu­
lar  stock. 
It  doesn’t  take  many  pur­
chases  of  these  larger quantities to make 
an  additional  investment  of  several hun­
dred  dollars.  And  should  you  have  a 
month  or  two  of  dull  business,  you  will 
certainly  feel  the  shortage  in  your  work­
ing  capital. 
I  have  carefully  watched 
this  matter,  and  find  such  to  be  the 
case.  Pharmacists  doing  business 
in 
country  towns  generally  handle  paints, 
glass,  and  other  articles  that  require  the 
investment  of  quite  an  extra  capital, 
and  the  temptation  to  buy  in  larger  lots 
is  very  great  in  certain  seasons. 
I have 
last  few^years  bought  lead  and 
for  the 
oil 
in  such  quantities  only  as  I  knew  I 
could  dispose  of 
in  a  month  or  two; 
then  I  bought  again.

It 

Another  absolutely  necessary  thing  in 
conducting  a  business  is  to  keep  a  set 
of  books  from  which  you  can  at  any 
time  quickly  determine  the  condition  of 
your  affairs.  You  should  be  able  to  tell 
whether  the  business 
is  on  a  paying 
basis  or  not.  You  may  apparently  be 
doing  a  profitable  business,  and  yet  al­
ways  short  in  cash.  This  is  a  mystery 
to  the  man  who  can’t  trace  the  cause  of 
the  condition  through  a  set  of  well-kept 
books.  You  will  discover that  the  sur­
plus  money  that  you  ought  to  have 
in

cash 
is  in  your stock,  and  that  you  are 
carrying  a  much  larger amount  of  goods 
than  necessary.  This  is  poor business. 
A  man’s  success 
in  merchandising  is 
correctly  judged  by  the  amount  of  cash 
from  time  to  time  withdraws  from 
he 
business. 
In  my  opinion  a  hundred 
dollars  made  and  taken  out  of  the  busi­
ness  is  worth  two  hundred  dollars’  addi­
tional  stock.  Cash  will  hold  its  original 
value,  and  merchandise 
is  subject  to 
shrinkage  and  deterioration.  Again  I 
repeat  that  the  keeping  of  a  clear,  con­
cise  set  of  books  is  as  necessary  in  con­
ducting  a  small  retail  store  as  it  is  in  a 
large  wholesale  establishment.

Having 

yourself 

established 

and 
gained  the  confidence  of  your  patrons, 
put  up  a  line  of  your own  articles,  such 
as  are  most  generally  used,  and  push 
their  sale.  You  will  be  agreeably  sur­
prised  to  see  how  easy  it  is  to  get  your 
friends  to  use  these  preparations.  There 
are  so  many  things  that  an  educated 
pharmacist  should  never  think  of  buy­
is  certainly  very 
ing.  Your  education 
shallow,  or  else  you 
lack  the  proper 
amount  of  energy,  if  you  do  not  put  up 
such  articles  as  headache  powders, 
Seidlitz  powders,  herb  tea, 
toothache 
drops,  liniment,  etc.  One  thing  espe­
cially  that  I  am  proud  of  in  my  store  is 
a  small  upright  show-case  filled  with 
articles  put  up  by  me.  On some  of  these 
I  have  established  such  a reputation that 
I  sell  them  exclusively.

The  practice  of  pharmacy  is  remuner­
ative  to-day,  in  spite  of  the  general  de­
pression,  if  we  will  only  grasp  the  situ­
ation  and  adapt  our  methods  of  action 
to  present  conditions  and  use  modern 
commercial  tactics. 
In  short,  do  busi­
ness  with  the  smallest  amount  of  cash 
possible,  watch  your  purchases  as  care­
fully  as  your  sales,  and  above  all,  estab­
lish  individuality by  manufacturing  and 
selling  your own  products.

Wm.  Mittelbach.

T he  Use  o f D istilled  W ater. 

in  the 

Physicians  sometimes  complain  that 
druggists  will  not  use  pure  water  in 
their  prescriptions,  and  are  thus  easily 
led  to  lose  trust  in  them  and  to  consider 
them  unscientific.  Not 
long  ago  a  sen­
sational  newspaper 
in  New  York  tried 
to  show  how  much  disease  was  caused 
or  spread by the  impure germ-containing 
water  dispensed 
pharmacies. 
While  such  general  complaints  are  gen­
erally  exaggerations,  the  fact  remains 
that  many  pharmacists  are  not  careful 
enough  in  this  respect,  and  prone  to  ex­
cuse  their  carelessness  by  pointing  to 
the  Pharmacopoeia,  which  in  some  in­
stances  orders simply “ Aqua”   instead  of 
“ Aqua  D is t illa t a .D is t ille d   water  is 
easily  obtainable  in  larger  cities  at  very 
moderate  charges;  but 
just  as 
easily  prepared  by  an  automatic  water- 
still,  which,  when  connected  with  the 
city  water,  takes  care  of  itself  and  sup­
plies 
in  one  day  enough  water  for  sev­
in  an  ordinary  phar­
eral  weeks’  use 
macy. 
little  recommenda­
tion  of  a  pharmacist’s care and neatness, 
when 
in  a  casual  conversation  on  this 
subject  he  can  frankly  say  that  only dis­
tilled  water  is  used  in  his  preparations 
and  in  his  prescription  work.

It  is  a  nice 

is 

it 

Wm.  C.  Alpers.

Money  talks,  but 

it  never  remains 
with  us  long  enough  to  become  a  bore.

i  
U .   I  U I \ I \ l v J U   W « j  

P F P P i n n   r n  

*“ *•  chemwi,

ALLEGAN,  MICH.

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Dyspepsia  Tablets  and  Perrigo’s  Quinine  Cathartic  Tablets  are 
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ply on, write us for prices.

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Nux Vomica...po. 15
Is  Sepia....................
i’epsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co.....................
dels Llq. N.N.V4 gal.
d oz........................
l’icis Llq., quarts__
*dcis Llq.,  pints.......
’ll Hydrarg. ..po.  80 
1*1 per  Nigra.,  po. 22 
■djier  A lba....po. 35
dlx Burgun.............
‘lumbi Acet.............
dilvls Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes II.
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassia1....................
Quinia. 8. P. &  W ... 
Juinia, S.  German..
Quinia, N. Y.............
'iubia Tlnctorum.... 
Saccharine Lactis pv
Salacin.....................   ;
Sanguis  Draconls...
Sapo,  W ....................
Sapo M.....................
Sapo  G .....................

45
46
54
58

© 40

49
49
GO
65
P aints BBL. LB.
©8
2 ©4
@3
2%ft?3

20© 22 Linseed, pure raw...
© 3 00 Seidlltz Mixture......
20© 2  45 Sinapis.....................
© 18 Linseed, boiled........
© 30 Neatsfoot, winter str
Sinapis,  opt.............
Spirits  Turpentine..
10© 2 35 Snuff, Maccaboy, De
© 41
Voes  .....................
65© 80 Snuff .Scotch, I >e Vo’s
© 41
Mr.
10 Soda, Boras.............
1!
1%  2
II Red  Venetian..........
25© 30 Soda,  Boras, po......
28 Ochre, yellow  Mars.
Soda et Potass Tart
1%.  2
2 Ochre, yellow Ber. ..
© 1  00 Soda.  Carb...............
i»/,(rn
36& 5 Putty,  commercial..
Soda,  Bl-Carb..........
¿Yt  M
41 Putty, strictly  pure.
© 2  00 Soda.  Ash................
3'/¿©
<& 2 Vermilion,  P r im e
© 1  00 Soda,  Sulphas..........
13© 15
American.............
© 85 Spts. Cologne...........
© 2 G0
70© 75
50© 55 Vermilion, English..
© 50 Spts. Ether  Co........
© 2  00 Green,  Paris........... 1354© 1754
18 Spts.  Myrcia Doni...
13© 16
Green, Peninsular...
© 30 Spts. Vini Reel.  bbl.
©
Lead,red.................. 6  © OM
7 Spts. Vini Kect. 54bbl
©
©
6  © 654
Lead,  white.............
10© 12 Spts. Vini Rect. ioga!
©
@ 70
\\ biting, white Span
30© 1  50 Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal
©
@ 90
Strychnia. Crystal... 1  00C(t 1  20 Whiting, gilders’ —
1  00
4 White,^Paris, Amer.
© 75 Sulphur,  Subì..........
2K©
2*4© 3 % Whiting,  Paris,  Eng.
25® 30 Sulphur, Roll...........
© 1  40
cliff........................
10
8(ä
8© 10 Tam arinds..............
30 Universal  Prepared. 1  00® 1  15
28¿|
31© 39 Terebenth  Venice...
50© 52
•29® .39 Theobromte..............
29© 39 Vanilla..................... 9 0067 6 00
12® 14 Zinci Sulph.............
7(í¿>
8
20 
18©
Oils
3 60
50©
40© 50
12© 14 Whale, winter..........
10© 12 Lard, extra...............
@ 15 Lard, No. 1..............

1  20 
1  70
BBL.  <• A Ir. Coach  Body............. 2  75© 3 00
70 No. l Turp Kurn...... 1  00© 1  10
60 Extra Turk  Damar.. 1  55© 1  60
706& 75
40 Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp

\  aril talit*!>
No. 1 Turp  Coach... 
Extra Turn...............

1  1067 
1  606&

70
50
35

m m m m m m

NEW  DRUG  HOUSE.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRhNT.

A dvanced— 
D eclined—

3567x
40  Scillæ  Co...............
1 Conium Ma«........
«  Copaiba............... ...  1  15<&  1l  25  Tolutan..................
90@  ]1  00  Prunus  virg..........
75  Cubebæ...............

50
50
50

A cidum
Aceticum  ................ $
Benzoicum, German.
Boracic.....................
Carbolicum..............
Citricum....................
Hydrochlor.............
Nitrocum..................
Oxalicum..................
Phosphorium,  dil...
Salicylicum  .............
Sulphuricum...........
Tannicum.................
Tartaricum  .............
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............. 
Aqua, 20 deg............. 
Carbonas.................. 
Chloridum...................  
A n ilin e

6@$ 
70©
@  16 
26©  37
44©  48
3© 
5
8©  
10 
12®  14
®  15
40©  50
5 
l?i@ 
90©  1  00 
38©  40

4© 
6
6® 
8
13®  15
12@  14

Black.........................  2 00© 2 25
Brown.......................... 
80© 
R ed.............................. 
45©  50
Yellow.......................  2  50© 3 00

Baccte 
.po, 15
Cubebae..........
Junlperus......
Xanthoxylum..........
B a ls a m  u m
Copaiba....................
Peru  .........................
Terabln,  Canada —
Tolutan.....................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......
('assise.......................
Cinchona  Flava.......
Euonyrous atropurp. 
Myrtca  Cerifera, po.
Primus Virgini........
Quillaia, grrd ...........
Sassafras  ...... po. 18
Ulmus... po.  15, gr’d
E x tr a c t inn
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza,  po. 
box
Haematox, 15 lb. 
Haematox,  is.
Haematox,  14s.......... 
Haematox,  14s .......... 

F e rru

Carbonate  Precip... 
Citrate and  Quinia.. 
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

12@
6@
20©

40©
40©

24©
28©
11©
13©
14©
16©

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
so
7

14© 
22© 
30© 

16
25
35

30©  35
18©  25
25©  30
12©  20
8© 
10

Barosma...................  
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly.................. 
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx. 
Salvia officinalis,  14s
and !4s .................. 
UvaUrsi.................... 
G um m i
Acacia, 1st picked... 
©  65
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
©  45
Acacia, 3d  picked... 
©  35
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
©  28
65
45© 
Acacia, po................. 
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12© 
14
Aloe, Cape__ po. 15. 
© 
12
Aloe,  SocotrL.po. 40 
©  30
Ammoniac................  
55©  60
Assafoetida.. ..po. 30  28©  30
Benzoinum............... 
503)  55
Catechu, is . 
Catechu, Vis. 
Catechu, 5is.
50©  52
Camphorae............... 
©  40
Euphorbium... po. 35 
Galbanum................  
@ 100
65©  70
Gamboge.............. po 
®  30
Guaiacum.........po. 25 
Kino........... po. $2.00 
@ 2 00
Mastic  .....................  
©  60
Myrrh...............po. 45 
©  40
Opii__po. 4.50®4.80 3 40© 3  50
25©  35
Shellac.....................  
Shellac, bleached.... 
40©  45
Tragacanth.............. 
50© 
so
H erba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium. .oz. pkg 
lo b elia........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 at...........  
55©  60
18©  20
Carbonate, P at........ 
Carbonate, K. & M..  18©  20
Carbonate, Jennings 
18©  20

O leum

Absinthium.............   6 50© 6 75
Amygdalae,  Dulc__  
30©  50
Amygdahe,  Amarae.  8 00© 8 25
Anisi..-.....................  1  85©  2 00
Auranti Cortex........   2 40©  2 50
Bergamii..................   2 80@  2 90
Cajiputi.................... 
80©  85
70@  80
Caryophylli..............  
C edar.......................  
35©  45
Chenopadli............... 
© 2 75
Cinnamonli.............   1  40©  1 50
35©  40
Citronella................. 

15

15®,

l  oo

52© 
12© 
16© 
35© 
2 40© 
28©

1  00®  1  10
1  00©  1  10
2 00®  2  10
@  75
50©  60
1  25©  1  35 
1  SO© 2 00 I 
90© 2 00 
1  35®  1  45 
1  25©  2 00 
1  50©  1  60
1  00©  1  15 I 
4 00© 4  50
75© 3 00 
10© 
12 
©  35
96©  1  05 
©  1  00 
6  50© 8  50 
40®  45
90©  1  00
2 50© 7  00
48  6  55
©  65
1  50©  1  60 
50
40©
©  1  60 
15®  20

Exechthltos.............
Erigeron..................
G aultheria..............
Geranium, ounce.... 
Gossippii, Sem. gal..
Hedeoma...  ...........
Junipera..................
Lavendula  ...............
Limonis....................
Mentha Piper..........
Mentha Verid..........
Morrhuae,  gal..........
M yrcia.....................
Olive.........................
Picis Liquida...........
l’icis Liquida,  gal...
Ricina.......................
Rosmarini.................
Rosse, ounce.............
Buccini.....................
S abina.....................
Santal.......................
Sassafras..................
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
Tigli!.
Thyme....................... 
Thyme, opt
Theobromas  ...........
Potassium
Bi-Carb.....................
Bichromate.............
B rom ide..................
Carb  .........................
Chlorate... po. 17 419
Cyanide....................
Iodide
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart, com.
Potass Xitras, opt...
Potass  Nitras..........
Prussiate..................
Sulphate  po.............
R adix
Aconitum..................
20® .
A lthæ .......................
22©
A nchusa..................
10©
Arum  po..................
©
20©
Calamus....................
12©
Gentiana........po. 15
16©
Glychrrhiza.. .pv.  15 
Hydrastis  Canaden.
©
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
©
12©
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
Inula,  po.................. 
15©
4 35 
Ipecac, po................   4 25©
35©  40
Iris  plox.. .po. 35@38
25©  30
Jalapa, p r................
©  35
Maranta,  54s...........
22©  25
Podophyllum,  po...
75©  1  00
Rhei..........................
Rhei,  cut..................
Rhei, pv....................
Spigelia....................
Sanguinaria... po.  15
Serpentaria.............
Senega .....................
Smilax, officinalis  H.
Smilax,  M.................
Scillæ...................po. 35
Sy m plocarpus,F< eti-
dus,  po..................
Valeriana. Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German.
Zingiber a ................
Zingiber j ..................
Semen
Anisum...........po.  15
Ajiium (graveleons).
Bird, is .....................
Carui.....................po. 18
Cardamon...............
Conundrum.............
Cannabis Sativa....
Cydonium...............
Chenopodium........
Dipterix Odorate...
Foeniculum.............
Fœnugreek, po......
L in i.........................
Lini, grd.......bbl. 35*
Lobelia...................
Pharlaris Canarian.
R ap a.......................
Sinapis  Alba..........
Sinapis  Nigra........
Spiritug

10© 
12 
1  40©  1  50 
© 
10 
7© 
9
354©  4(4 
4©  4V, 
35©  40
5
4541© 
5
414© 
9© 
10
11@ 
12

15©
12® .25©
© 
13© 
4© 
10© 
1  25© 
8©

35©
©
50©
@
10©  

12 
©  25

55

Frumenti,  W. D. Co.  2 00© i 
Frumenti,  1). F. R ..  2 00©  2
1  25®,  1  50 
Frum enti..............
1  65©  2  00 
Juniperis Co. O. T.
Juni peris  Co........
1  75© 3  50 
1  90©  2  10 
Saacnarum  N. E ..
5© 6 50 
Spt. Vini Galli......
Vini  Oporto..........
1  2f@ 2 00
Vini Alba..................  1  25© 2 00

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

50©  2  75 
50©  2  75
@  1  50 
©  1  25
©  1  00 
©  75
©  1  40

@
@
@
©
@
©
50©

T inctures 
Aconitum Xapellis K 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes........................
Aloes and M yrrh....
A rnica.....................
Assafnetida...............
Atrope  Belladonna..
Auranti Cortex........
Benzoin....................
Benzoin Co...............
Barosma...................
Cantharides.............
Capsicum.................
Cardamon................
Cardamon Co...........
Castor.......................
Catechu....................
Cinchona..................
Cinchona Co.............
Columba..................
Cubebte.....................
Cassia Acutifol........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Ferri  Chloridum__
G entian....................
Gentian Co...............
Guiaca.......................
(¡iliaca ammon__ w
Hyoscyamus.............
Iodine.....................
Iodine, colorless—
Kino  .........................
Lobelia.....................
M yrrh.......................
Nux Vomica.............
Opii...........................
Opii.  comphorated..
Opii, deodorized......
Q uassia....................
Rhatany....................
Rhei..........................
Sanguinaria............
Serpentaria.............
Stromonium.............
T olutan....................
Valerian  ..................
Veratrum  Veride...
Zingiber....................

M iscellaneous 

6Ò 50 
So 
®0 75 
Ö0 
1  so
BO
So
SO
SO
So
®0
60
SO
So
20
A£ther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30©  35
Aither, Spts. N it.4F  34© 
“
Aium en....................  254©
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
3©
Annatto..................... 
40©  50
4©
Antimoni, po...........  
Antimoni et l’otass T  40©  50
Antipyrin................  
@  26
©
Antiiebrin  ............... 
Argenti Nitras, oz... 
©
Arsenicum............  . 
10©
Balm  Gilead  Buds.. 
38©  40
Bismuth S. N...........   1  40©  1  50
©
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
@
Caicium Chlor.,  14s.. 
@  12
Calcium Chlor.,  l4s .. 
©  76
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@  15
Capsici Fructus, af.. 
©  15
Capsici  Fructus, po. 
©  15
Capsici Fructus B, po 
12©  14
Caryophyllus.. po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40......  
© 3 00
Cera  Alba................  
50©  55
Cera  Flava............... 
40©
Coccus.....................  
@
©
Cassia  Fructus........ 
Centrarla..................  
10
© 
Cetaceum.................. 
@  45
Chloroform  .............  
50©  53
©  1  10 
Chloroform,  squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst  ...  1  65©  1  90
Chondrus.................  
20©  25
Cinchonidine.F. & W  38©  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®
Cocaine....................  6 55©  6  75
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
70
Creosotum................  
@  35
C reta.............bbl. 75 
©
Creta, prep............... 
©
Creta, precip...........  
9©
Creta, Rubra...........  
©
Crocus  .....................  
15©
©
Cudbear.................... 
Cupri  Sulph.............   614©
D extrine.................. 
7© 
10
Ether Sulph............. 
75©  90
Emery, all numbers. 
©
Emery, po................. 
@
E rg o ta..........po. 80  75©
Flake  W hite...........  
12©
©  23
G alla......................... 
G am bler.................. 
8@
@  60
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
Gelatin, French....... 
35©
75  &  10
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
Glue, brown.............  
ll@  13
Glue,  white.............  
15@  28
Glycerina.................. 
16@  24
Grana Paradisi........ 
©  25
25®  55
Humulus.................. 
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite  @  92
©  82
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor.. 
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m .  @  1  02
©  1  17 
Hydrarg  Ammoniati 
HydrargUnguentum  45©  55
Hydrargyrum.......... 
©  78
Ichthyobolla.  Am...  65©  75
Indigo....................... 
75©  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi........   3 60© 3 70
© 3 75
Iodoform.................. 
@  50
Lupulln.....................  
Lycopodium.............  
45©  50
65©  75
M acis.......................  
Liquor Arsen et  Hy-
©  25
ararg Iod............... 
LiquorPotassArsinit  10©  12
Magnesia,  Sulph__  
2© 
3
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
©  114 
Mannia, S.  F ...........  
50©  60

isssssssssssssss

Travelers 

to Form  One 

After  Dis*

missal.

Lansing,  Mich.,  Special  Telegram,
Oct.  i i — The  wholesale  druggists  of De­
troit,  Grand  Rapids,  Toledo,  Chicago 
and  Cleveland  having  organized 
the 
Lake  Erie  drug  exchange  for  the  pur­
pose  of  boosting  prices  a  few  notches, 
the  traveling  men  employed  by  these 
concerns  expect  to  be  laid  off.  The  lat­
ter  are  already  taking  steps  looking  to 
the  establishment  of  a  large  wholesale 
drug  house,  and  a  canvass  of  the  field 
shows  that  they  have  the  sympathy  of 
the  retailers  who  expect  nothing  hut 
higher  prices 
They 
certainly  have  the  sympathy  of  the  pub­
lic  which  will  have  to  pay  the  freight, 
and  consequently  the  outlook 
for  the 
success  of  the  venture  is  deemed  very 
bright.

from  the  trust. 

T h e   ab o v e   n ew s  item   ap p eared   in  th e  D e tr o it  m ornin g p apers 
on  O c t.  12. 
F e a r in g   th a t  som e  of  our  cu sto m ers  m ig h t  be 
m isled   b y   th e   can ard,  w e  im m e d ia te ly   issu ed   the  fo llo w in g 
n o tice   to  th e  d ru g  trade  of  th e   S ta te:

NO  T R U S T !

We  desire to  inform  our  friends  and  pations  that  the  newspaper 
articles  of  late connecting  our  name with  either  local  or  national  drug 
trusts  are  wholly  unauthorized.  W e  do  not  need  a  trust  and  will  not  en­
ter one.  We  shall  continue  as  we are  in the  endeavor to  serve  all  faith­
fully and  well. 

_______

H A Z E L T IN E   &  P E R K IN S   D R U G   CO. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Oct.  12,  1899.

Read  What  Oar  Travelers  Write  Us— Contracts  for  1900  are  Not 

Dismissals.

Saginaw,  Oct.  14,  1S99.

Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug Co.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.
Gents  Referring  to an article in the Free  Pre*s  of  Oct.  12,  would  say 
that it is untrue and without foundation so far as I am concerned and know.  I  have  trav 
eled  for  you  for  several  years and  have a contract to travel for you during the year  ic,oo 
l have no reason to think you  have any intentions of discharging me or that you  have  en 
tered any trust or combination.  I can further vouch for the retail drug trade  on  my  terri 
tory, that they take no stock in the  accusation  that  you  have  entered  a  trust  company 
And further 1 believe they honestly think no firm on earih treats their traveling represent 
atlves better or as good as the H. i   P.  D. Co. do theirs. 

Very truly.

M. S.  Brown.

0 

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,  Grand  Rapids, Mich. 
Gentlemen:  Your letter of the  12th at hand, and I  am  much  surprised  to 
find you want a contract for  1900.  I  have been in  the  habit  of  making  my  arrangements 
with you for the next year’s business in October, and while I have never signed a contract 
and never will, I do not purpose to leave  your  employ.  You  know  I  am  hired  tor  tne 
next ten years. 

Yours  very

Traverse City,  Mich.,  Oct.  14,  1899.
,  .

. 

Flint,  Mich., Oct.  t6,  1S99.
Messrs. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
.
Gentlemen:  The arrangements that I have had with  you  during  the  past 
seven years have been very satisfactory,  and  I  expect  to  remain  with  you  during  the 
coming year. 
y° ^ * W .  Hurd.

I  “

, 

 

Inasmuch as our Mr.  Crawford  Is  Vice  President  of  the  company  and  a  stockholder 

in the corporation, no contract is necessary with him.

HAZELTINE  4   PERKINS  DRUG  CO.,  Grand  Rapids.

M im W M M M

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

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

CIGARS

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
J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.
G. 

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T radesm an  G rade 

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

Econom ic  G rade 

50 books, any  denom...  150 
100books,any  denom...  2  50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20  00

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

A X LE  GREASE

A urora..................___55
Castor  Oil...................60
Diamond.............. ___50
....75
Frazer’s ...............
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
Mica, tin boxes......... 75
Paragon................ .  ..55

doz. gross
6 00
7  00
4 00
9 00
9  00
9 00
6 00

BA K IN G   PO W D ER  

A bsolute

*4 lb. cans doz.....................   45
V4 lb. cans doz.....................   85
1 
lb. cans doz..................... l  50

A cm e
% lb. cans 3 doz__
Vi lb. cans 3 doz__
l 
lb. cans l  doz—
Bulk...........................
A rctic 
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.

6 oz. cans, 4 doz. case.......
oz. cans, 4 doz. case.......
lb. cans, 2 doz. case... 
1 
2!4 lb. cans. 1 doz.case... 
6 
lb. cans, 1 doz. case...

E l  P a rity

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

H om e

H lb. cans, 4 &oz. case........  35
Vi lb. cans. 4 doz. case........  55
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........  90

JA X O N

& lb. cans, 4 doz. case........
Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........1

Jerse y   C ream

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

O ur L eader

14 lb. cans............................
H lb. cans............................
1 
lb. can s............................l

Peerless

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

Q ueen  F lak e
3 oz., 6 doz. case..........
6 oz., 4 doz. case..........
9 oz., 4 doz. case..........
1 lb., 2 doz. case..........
5 lb.,  l doz. case..........

BA TH   B R IC K

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

BLUING

CJP0 OT
¡¡n^ E I m D s;

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

BROOMS

No. 1 Carpet........................2 30
No. 2 Carpet........................2  15
No. 3 Carpet........................1  85
No. 4 Carpet...................  
1  45
Parlor  Gem........................ 2 50
Common W hisk....................  95
Fancy Whisk...................... 1  00
Warehouse..........................2 70

CANDLES

Electric Light, 8s..............  914
Electric Light, 16s .............. 10
Paraffine, 6s.....................  914
Paraffine, 12s.......................10
Wicking...............................20

.1  00
.  10

.2 oo
.4 75 
.9 00

CANNED  GOODS 

A pples
3 lb. Standards........  
Gallons, standards..

B eans

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

B lackberries

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

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

Corn

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

75

75@l  30
75@  85
85
90

75

90

75
85
95

85

1  85
3  10
2 25

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

IKS 10
20(5 25

Oysters
Cove, l i b ..................  
Cove, 2 lb ..................  
Peaches
P ie ............................ 
1  25
Yellow........................  1 65@1 90

90
1  55

P ears

Peas

Standard..................  
Fancy........................  

M arrowfat............... 
Early .lime............... 
Early June  Sifted.. 
P ineap p le

70
80

1  00
1  00
160

G rated........................  1 25@2 75
Sliced...........................  1 35®,2 25

P u m p k in
F a ir........................... 
Good......................... 
Fancy.......................  
R aspberries
Standard...................  

Salm on
Red Alaska..............  
Fink Alaska............. 
Sardines
Domestic, J4s ..........  
Domestic,  Mustard. 
French.......................... 
S traw berries

Standard..................  
Fancy.......................  
Succotash
Fair............................ 
Good......................... 
Fancy.......................  
Tom atoes
F a ir........................... 
Good......................... 
Fancy.......................  
CATSUP

55
65
85

90

1  35
95

3® 3%
6V4@6'4
8@22

1  25
1  75

go
1  00
1  20

so
90
1  15

Columbia,  pints......................... 2 00
Columbia, Vi pints...................... 1 25

CHEESE
Acme......................... 
Amboy.....................  
B utternut...................... 
Carson City.................... 
E lsie .............................. 
Emblem......................... 
Gem........................... 
Gold Medal............... 
Id eal.............................  
Jersey............................  
Riverside.......................  
B rick.............................. 
Edam .............................  
L eiden........................... 
Limburger...................... 
Pineapple................   50  @75
Sap  Sago....................... 

@13V4
@13Vi
@13
@13
@14
@14
(5.13‘s
@l2vi
@15
@13
@13
@12
@70
@17
@13
@17

CHICORY

Bulk.......................  
R ed.................................;;;;; 

5
7

CHOCOLATE 

Wralter Baker & Co.’s.

German  Sweet....................  23
Premium...............................   35
Breakfast Cocoa....................  46

S. C. W................................  35 00
Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Vincente Portuondo .  357» 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co............. 25®  70 00
Hilson  Co.................... 35(5!, 110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co..........35®  70 00
McCoy & Co.................35® 70 00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10® 35 00
Brown  Bros.............. :.15@  70  00
Banner Cigar  Co........30®  70  00
Bernard Stahl Co........35®  90  00
Banner Cigar  Co........10®  35 00
Seidenberg  & Co........55® 125 00
G. P. Sprague Cigar Co.10® 35 00
Fulton  Cigar  Co........10®  35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co.. ..35®175 00 
E. M. Schwarz & Co.  35®110 0Ö
San Telmo....................35@, 70 00
Havana Cigar Co........18® 35 00
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz............1  00
Cotton, 50 ft.  per doz............ 1  20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz............1  40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz............1  00
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz............1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz...............  80
Jute, 72 ft. per doz..............   95

CLOTHES  LINES

CO FFEE
R oasted

Rio

F a ir........................................  9
Good......................................  10
Prim e....................................   12
Golden...................................  13
Peaberry.............................. 
14
F a ir........................................  14
Good......................................  15
Prim e....................................   16
Peaberry................................   18

Santos

M aracaibo

P rim e....................................   15
Milled....................................   17

J a v a

Interior..................................   26
Private  Growth....................  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  of  package, 
also %c a pound.  In 60 lb. cases 
the list is 10c per  100  lbs.  above 
the price in full cases.
Arbuckle..............................10  50
Jersey...................................10  50
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City Vi  gross.............   75
Felix V4 gross........................ 1  15
HummePs foil Vi gross........  85
Hummel’s tin Vi gross........1  43

E x tract

. 

CONDENSED  M ILK  

„   „ „  
4 doz in case.
Gail Borden Eagle.............. 6  75
Crown.................................... 6  25
Daisy..................................... 5  75
Champion.............................4  50
Magnolia...........................  
’4 25
Challenge............................335
Dim e..................................... 3  36

COCOA

Jam e s E pps & Co.’s

Boxes, 7 lbs...........................   40
Cases, 16 boxes....................[  38

COCOA  SHELLS
201b. bags.......................  
Less quantity..................  
Pound packages........... 4

2V4
3

H ERBS

IN D IG O

JE L L Y

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

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

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

LICO RICE

P u re.......................................  30
Calabria.................................  26
Sicily......................................   14
Root........................................  10

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

MATCHES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9  sulphur........................1  65
Anchor P arlo r.......  ............ 1  50
No. 2 Hom e........................... 1  30
Export Parlor........................4  00
Wolverine.............................. 1  50

LYE

MOLASSES 
New  O rleans

Black................................... 
11
F a ir....................................  
14
Good...................................  
20
Fancy...............;................ 
24
Open Kettle....................... 25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

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

PICK L ES
M edium

Sm all

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

Barrels, 2,400 coim t............. 6 75
Half bbls, 1,200 count...........3 88

P IP E S

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

POTASH 

48 cans in case.

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

R IC E

D om estic
Carolina  head...........
Carolina  No. 1 ..........
Carolina  No. 2 ..........
B roken.......................
Im p o rted .
Japan,  No.  1.............
Japan,  No.  2.............
Java, fancy head.......
Java, No. 1..................
Table..........................

•6V4
.5
.4

'Am
H@5
@5‘/i

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3
Deland’s................................. 3
Dwight’s  Cow........................3
Emblem................................. 3
L.  P ........................................ 3
Sodio...................................... 3
Wyandotte, 100  5£s...............3

SAL  SODA

Granulated,  bbls..................
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__
Lump, bbls...........................
Lump, 145 lb. kegs................

SALT

D iam ond C rystal 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. l 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.2 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 
Butter, barrels, 20 I4lb.bags.2
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs.............

Common  G rades

100 3 lb. sacks......................... 1
60 5 lb. sacks......................... 1
2810 lb. sacks........................1

W arsaw

A shton

H iggins

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

56 lb. dairy in linen sabks... 

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks... 

Solar Rock

56lb.  sack s..........................

Common

Granulated  Fine..................
Medium Fine.........................

S uperior G rade 

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

U niversal  G rade 

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

C redit  Checks 

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

Coupon  Pass  Books 
denomination from $10 down.

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

CREAM   TARTAR

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

A pples

Sundried...........................  @ 6V4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.8® 9 

C alifornia F ru its

7Vi

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

C alifornia P ru n es

100-120 25 lb. boxes........   @ 3‘4
90-100 25 lb. boxes........   @ 4Vi
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........   @ 5
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........   @ 6V4
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  @ 6V4
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........   @ 7Vi
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........  @ 9Vi
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........

V4 cent less in 50 lb. cases 

R aisins

London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown.
Cluster 4 Crown.............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
7V4
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
8
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
9V4
L. M., Seeded, choice ... 
L. M., Seeded, fancy__  
10
D R IE D   FRUITS—F oreign 

Leghorn..................................... 11
Corsican....................................12

C itron

C urrants

Patras, bbls...........................  6*4
Cleaned, b u lk .......................  7
Cleaned,  packages...............  7V4

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

H om iny

Peas

R olled  Oats

P e a rl  B arley

B arrels...................................2 50
Flake, 50 lb. drums................ 1 00
M aecaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............  60
Imported, 25 lb. box..............2 50
Common..................................1 75
C hester...................................2 25
Empire....................................2 50
Green, Wisconsin, bu............1 25
Green, Scotch, bu..................1 30
Split, bu.................................. 2 50
Rolled Avena, bbl..................4 75
Monarch, bbl..........................4 40
Monarch, *4 bbl.....................2 38
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks........... 2 10
Quaker, cases.........................3 20
Huron, cases......................... 2  00
German.................................  
4
East India.............................   3!4
Salus B reak fast Food
36 twro pound packages__ 3  60
18 two pound packages__   1  85
F. A. McKenzie, Quincy, Mich. 
F lak e.....................................5
P earl......................................  4V4
Pearl,  241 lb. packages...... 6?i
Cracked, bulk.......................  3V4
24 2 lb. packages................... 2 50
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS

Tapioca

W heat

Sag«»

Jen n in g s’

D.  C. Vanilla 
2 oz........1  20 
3 oz.........1  50 
4 OZ.........2 00 
6 OZ.........3 00 
No.  8.. ..4 00 
N0.IO ....6 OO 
N o .2 T   .125 
N O .3T..2 00 
No. 4  T ..2 40 

N orthrop  B rand
2 oz. Taper Panel....  75 
2 oz. Oval..................   75 
3 oz. Taper Panel__1  35 
4 oz. Taper Panel__ 1  60 

P errig o ’s

D.  C.  Lemon
2 oz........   75
3 oz........... 1 00
4 OZ...........1 40
6 OZ...........2 00
No.  & ...2  40
No. 10.. ..4 00
No. 2 T..  80
No. 3 T ..125
No. 4 T ..150
Lem.  Van.
1  20

1 20
2 00
2 25

P eel

R aisins

Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. lOVi 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. lOVi 
Sultana 1 Crown...................
Sultana 2 Crown..................
Sultana 3 Crown....................
Sultana 4 Crown....................
Sultana 5 Crown....................
Sultana 6 Crown....................
Sultana package..................

FARINACEOUS  GOODS 

Dried Lima...........................   6
Medium Hand Picked  1 75® 1  85
Brown Holland.....................

B eans

C ereals

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

F a rin a

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

Van.  Lem.
doz. 
doz.
XXX, 2 oz. obert__ 1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2 25 
1 25
XX, 2 oz. obert........ 1  00
No. 2. 2 oz. o b ert__   75
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz... 
Perrigo’s Lightning,  gro.. .  2 50
Petrolatum, per doz.............  75

FLY  P A P E R

2 25
1 75
2 25

GUNPOW DER 
Rifle—D up o n t’s

Ch«»ke  B ore—D upont’s

Kegs............................................ 4 00
Half Kegs................................... 2 25
Quarter K egs.............................1 25
1 lb. cans...............................   30
V4 lb. cans..............................  18
Kegs.  .................................... 4  25
Han K egs...................................2 40
Quarter K egs............................. 1 35
1  lb. cans...............................   34
Kegs  .......................................8  00
Half Kegs................................... 4 25
Quarter K eg s.............................2 25
1 lb. can s...............................   45

E agle  D uck—D u p o n t’s

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

B u tte r  P lates

21

Candies
Htick  Candy
[1    ............... 
1 H .H ........  
d  Twist......  
f...................  
32 lb............ 
.H ............... 
.’ream.......... 

bbls.  pails
7  @ 7*4
7  @ 7V4
7V4@ 8
@ 8V4
cases
@  6V4
@  8 Vi
@10

F r e s h   M e a ts

B eef

W heat

W heat................................. 

G5

W in ter  W heat  F lo u r 

Local Brands

Patents
Second  Patent....................  3 50
Straight...............................  3 25
C lear..................................   3 00
Graham ..............................  3 50
Buckwheat.........................
Rye......................................  3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brami
Daisy  Vis............................  3 60
Daisy  V4S............................  360
Daisy  V4s............................  3 60

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Quaker ‘4s..........................  3 60
Quaker 14s..........................  3 60
Quaker V4s..........................  3 60

Spring  W heat  F lo u r 

Clark-Je well-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best 14s..........  4  45
Pillsbury’s  Best Vis..........  4 31
l’ilisbury’s  Best 14s ..........  4  21
Piilsbury’s Best *»s paper.  4 2! 
l’iiisbury’s Best ‘-is paper.  4  25
Ball-Barnliart-Putman’s Brand

6*4@  8V,
Carcass.....................  
5; <0 6V4  S
Forequarters.......... 
s
7 @10 
H indquarters.......... 
Loins No. 3...............  10 @14 
! s
8 @14 
C
!  Ribs..........................  
7 (U> 8
i  Rounds..................... 
6 (0, 6V4  J
I Chucas.....................  
4 (0 5 
E
Plates....................... 
»
P o rk  
©  6
Dressed....................
rocers........
8 @10  G
Loins........................ 
(■
@ 0*4 
om petition.
Shoulders.................
......
@ 7;,4  S
Leaf  Lard.................
'onserve.....
M utton
i.
7 © 8 
Carcass..................... 
8 @10  H
Spring  Lambs.......... 
C
Veal 
a f.. 
English  R
8 /tCa,
*
landy  Pan., 
1
and  Made 
m ixed.......
The  National  Biscuit CO.  IN
rystal Cream mix..
C 

Carcass..................... 

C r a c k e r s  

lai 

0 

quotes as follows : 
B u tte r

Seymour  XXX...............
Seymour XXX, 3 lb. carton
Family  XXX..................
Salted XXX.....................
New  York XXX.............
Wolverine.......................
1  Boston..............................

5 Vi  S
1
6 
6*/,  1
5%  (
’hoc.  Drop!
5*4  1
6 
(
7 >2 
(

Fancy—In  B ulk

No. 1 Oval, 250 in  crate..........1 80
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate..........2 00
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate..........2 20
No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate..........2 60

C lothes  Pins

Mop  Sticks

Boxes, gross boxes...............  40
Trojan spring........................ 9 00
Eclipse patent spring........... 9 00
No 1 common......................... 8 00
No. 2 patent brush holder  . .9 00
12 lb. cotton mop heads........ 1 25

P ails
hoop Standard..1 35
2- 
hoop Standard..1 50
3- 
2- 
wire.  Cable.......1 35
wire,  Cable.......1 60
3- 
Cedar, all red. brass  bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka.....................2  25
Fibre.......................................2 25

Tubs

20-inch, Standard. No. 1....... 7  00
18-inch, Standard,  No. 2.......6 00
16-inch, Standard.  No. 3.......5 on
20-inch,  Dowell,  No. 1...........3 25
18-inch, Dowell.  No. 2............... 5 25
16-inch, Dowell,  No. 3............... 4 25
No. 1 Fibre................................. 9 no
No. 2 Fibre................................. 7 50
No. 3 Fibre..................................6 76

W ash  B oards

Bronze Globe..............................2 50
Dewey.................................   1
Iiouble Acme......................... 2
Single Acme...........................2
Double  Peerless.........................3 00
Single  Peeriess......................2
Northern Q ueen.................. 2
Double Duplex...........................3 00
Good Luck................................. 2 75
Universal............................... 2

W ood  Howls

11 In. B utter..........................
13 in. Butter................................ 1 00
5 in. Butter................................ 1 60
17 in. Butter................................2 00
19 in. Butter................................2 50

YEAST  CAKE

Yeast Foam, 114  doz...........
Yeast Foam, 3  doz.....................1 00
Yeast Cream, 3 doz.................... 1 00
Magic Yeast 5c, 3 doz...........1  00
Suniight Yeast, 3 doz............ 1  00
Warner’s Safe, 3 doz............ 1  00

SALT  FISH  

Cod

Georges cured.............  @ 5
Georges  genuine........   © 5V
Georges selected........   @ 6
Strips or  bricks..........  6  © 9

Strips.........................................1
(hu n k s......................................1

H alib u t.

H errin g

Holland white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland white hoops!4bbl.  7  7 
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
9
Holland white hoop mchs.  1  0
Norwegian................
3  75 
Round 100 lbs.............
1  C5
Round 40 lbs...............
Scaled.........................
M ackerel
Mess 100 lbs................
Mess  40 lbs................
Mess  10 lbs.  .............
Mess  8 lbs................
No. 1100 lbs...............
No. 1  40 lbs................
No. 1  10 lbs................
No. 1  8 lbs................
No. 2 100 lbs................
No. 2  40 lbs............
No. 2  10 lbs............
No. 2  8 lbs............
T ro u t
No. 1100 lbs............
No. 1  40 lbs..........
No. 1  10 lbs............
No. 1  8 lbs............
W hite fii 
No. 1
7  00 
3  10

15 00 
6 30 
1  05 
1  35 
13 25 
5 00 
1  48 
1  20 
11  50 
4 90
1  07

h
No. 2 Fam
6 50
2  90
80
66

too  lbs.
40 lbs. 
10 lbs. 
8  lbs.

40

SEEDS

Anise 
............................
Canary, Smyrna.............
Caraway  .........................
Cardamon,  Malabar......
Celery...............................
Hemp, Russian...............
Mixed Bird......................
Mustard, white...............
Poppy...............................
R ape...............................
Cuttle Bone.....................

SNUFF

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

SOAP

JA XO N

.2 85 
.2 80 
.2  75

Single box..................
5 box lots, delivered.
10 box lots, delivered.
¿AS.  I   KIKIUGU. X m m
American Family, wrp’d— 2 66
Dome...........................................2 75
Cabinet..*.....................................2 20
Savon........................................... 2 50
White  Russian...........................2 35
White Cloud, laundry.......... 6 25
White Cloud, toilet....................3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz.......2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz.......3 00
Blue India, 100 % lb ...................3 00
Kirkoline.................................... 3 50
Eos...............................................2 50

Sapolio. kitchen, 3 doz.........2  40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz...................2 40

Scouring

SODA

Boxes.....................................   5V4
Kegs,  English......................... 4%

SPICES 

W hole Sifted

10
Allspice............................... 
Cassia, China in m ats......  
12
25
Cassia, Batavia, in bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls........  32
Cloves, Amboyna............... 
14
12
Cloves, Zanzibar................. 
Mace, Batavia.................... 
55
Nutmegs, fancy................. 
GO
50
Nutmegs, No. 1.................. 
45
Nutmegs, No. 2.................. 
13
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singagore, white. 
16
Pepper, shot....................... 
15
P u re  G round in B u lk

Allspice...............................
Cassia, Batavia..................
Cassia, Saigon....................
Cloves, Zanzibar.. 
..........
Ginger,  African................
Ginger, Cochin..................
Ginger,  Jam aica...............
Mace,  Batavia...................
M ustard..............................
Nutmegs............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne..............
Sage....................................
STOVE  PO LISH

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

6V

D iam ond

K ingsford’s  Corn
40 l-lb. packages................
20 l-lb. package!
K ingsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages.
6 lb. boxes.......................
64 10c packages.................
128 5c packages.................
30 10c and 04 5c packages. 
Com m on Corn
20 l-lb.  packages.............
40 l-lb.  packages.............
Com m on Gloss
l-lb.  packages..................
3-lb. packages..................
6-lb.  packages..................
40 and 50-lb. boxes............
Barrels..............................

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels................................
..18V4
..20*/,
Half bbls............................
1 doz. 1 gallon cans............ .3   10
1 doz. *4 gallon cans.......... .1   85
2 doz. V4 gallon cans.......... ..1  90

P u re   Cane

SUGAR

Above  Granulated  in  5
Above  Granulated  in  2

F a ir.................................... ..  16
2  50 Good................................... ..  20
1  30 C hoice....................  ........ ..  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  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
Domino..............................   5 44
Cut  Loaf.............................   5 56
| Crushed...............................  5 69
Powdered..........................   5  25
XXXX  Powdered.............   6 31
Cubes...................................  5 31
Standard  Granulated......   5  19
Standard  Fine Granulated  5  19 
lb. bags.....................   5 25
lb.  bags.....................  5 25
Extra Fine Granulated —   5 31 
Extra Coarse  Granulated.  5 31
Mould A ..............................  544
Diamond Confec.  A ..........  5  19
Confec.  Standard A ..........  4 94
No.  1...................................  4 69
No.  2...................................  4 69
No.  3...................................  4 69
No.  4..................................   4 63
No.  5..................................  4 56
No.  6..................................   4 50
No.  7..................................   4 44
No.  8...................................  4 38
No.  9...................................  4 31
No. 10...................................  4  19
No. 11...................................  4  0t
NO. 12..................................
No. 13..................................
No. 14.................................
No. 15..................................
No. 16..................................
TA B LE  SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

Lea & Perrin’s, large..
Lea Si Perrin’s,  small
Halford, large.............
Halford, small.............

VINEGAR 

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..

Pure Cider, Robinson..
Pure Cider.  Silver........
W ASHING  POW
Kirk’s Eos......................
Wisdom.........................
Roselne..........................
Nine  O’clock................
Babbitt’s 1876................
Gold  Dust......................
Johnson’s .....................
Swift’s  ..........................
Rub-No-More................
Pearline, 100 6s.............
Pearline, 36 is ...............
Snow  Boy.....................
Liberty............. .". 
....
W IC K IN G
No. 0, per gross.............
No. 1, per gross.............

B askets

W OODENW ARE
Bushels................................
Bushels, wide  band............
M arket.................................
Willow Clothes, large........
Willow Clothes, medium...

@ 6  
@  6 >4 
@  7 
@   8 
@ 7Vi 
@ 8 Vi 
© 8 
@  8 Vi 
@ 8*4 
@ 8!4 
@ 9 
Citi  8*4
@14 
@ 8*4 
@12

@11 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@11 @13 
@12 Vi 
@ 5 
@  8M 
@  9 
@ 9*
@11
@13
@ 10*
.  14 
@11

@50
@60
@65
@75
@90
@30
@75
@50
@55
@55
©55
@60
©55
@56

@90@66

Soda

1 Soda  XXX......................
i  Soda XXX, 3  lb. carton.
I Soda,  City.......................
Long Island Wafers......
L. 1.  Walers, 1 lb. carton..
Zephyrette.....................

O yster 

Saltine  Wafer...............
Saltine Wafer, 1 lb. carton
1  Farina Oyster................
1  Extra Farina  Oyster__

Sweet  Gooüh—Boxes

Animals..........................
Bent’s  W ater...............
1 Cocoauut Tally.............
I Coffee Cake. Java........
I Coffee Cake,  Iced.........
I Cracknells....................
I Cubans...........................
j  Frosted Cream.............
,  Ginger Gems................
|  Ginger Snaps, XXX—
Graham Crackers........
J  Graham  Wafers...........
1  Grandma Cakes............
Imperials.......................
Jumbles, Honey............
Marshmallow...............
5  Marshmallow  Creams..
5  Marshmallow Walnuts.
5  Mich.  Frosted  Honey..
5  Molasses  Cakes............
5  Newton..........................
5  Nie  Nacs.......................
Orange  Gems...............
Penny  Assorted Cakes.
)  Pretzels, hand  made...
)  Sears’ Lunch................
J  Sugar Cake....................
Sugar Squares.............
Vanilla W afers.............

10*/,
15
10
10
10
U Vi
8
8

10
9
8
I2H
15
16
16
12V4
8
12
8
8
8/4
7 Yt
7
8
9
14
12 %

5

0 

F i s h   a n  i   O y s t e r S

Fresh  F ish

p er lb.
White fish.................... @ 10
o  Trout............................ @ 10
«  Black  Bass.................. *0 10
(0 18
.0  Halibut........................
0  ciscoes or H erring.... @ 5
0  Blueiish....................... @ a
0  Live  Lobster.............. @ 17
(0 19
Boiled  Lobster...........
(0 10
('od...............................
7
(0
4  |  Haddock.....................
/,  No. l  Pickerel............. On 9
Pike.............................. @ 8
Perch........................... @ 5
Smoked  W hite........... @ 8
1  Red  Snapper............. @ 10
Col  River  Salmon....... @ 13
1  Mackerel..................... @ 20
35
30
22
20
18
gal.
1  75
1  00
1  35
.  1  20
.  1  10

m  F. H.  Counts...........
~ 1  F. J.  D. Selects........
-   | Selects.....................
K. J. D.  Standards..
1  Anchors....................
Standards................
B ulk.

111  F. H. Counts..............
”  1 Extra Selects..............
Selects..........................
Anchor  Standards....
Standards....................
Shell Goods.
V4  Clams, per 100.............
V4 j  Oysters, per 100..........

O ysters in Can».

1  00
25@1  50

0ÌlS
B arrels

Eocene.........................  @42
Perfection....................  @11
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt  @11
W. W. Michigan........  @10!4
Diamond W hite..........  @ 9V4
D., S.  Gas....................  @U^
Deo. Naphtha.............   © H *
Cylinder.......................29  @34
Engine........................ 11  @21
Black, winter...............  @ 9

6V6  1
7 
f
tal. Cream Bonbons
1
8 
36 lb. pails.............
H
dolasses  Chews,  15
12
lb. pails..................
i° 
telly  Date  Squares 
.
]
ceu  Marshmellows..
<
6 
7
6
6V4

Drops__
j. Drops.. 
Lt.  and

I. M. Choc 
Dk. No.  I

Drop!

Fancy-  In 5 lb.  Box«

@60
@
@56

Molasses Bar...........
Hand  Made Creams.
and  W lnt..............
it ring  Rock.............
Burnt  Almonds.......1  25
Wlntergreen Berries 
C aram els 
No. 1  wrapped,  3  lb. 
boxes.....................
Fruits
O ranges
Fancy M exicans__
Jam aicas..................
Lem ons
Strictly choice 360s..
Strietly choice 300s..
Fancy 300s................
Ex. Fancy  300s........
B ananas
Medium bunches__ 1  OOfcol  25
1  50Oi l  75
Large  hunches........

©4 00
©4 50
©5 00
(k

@5  00
@4  50

F oreign  D ried Fruits

Figs

Californias,  Fancy..
Choice, 10  lb. boxes.
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes, new.............
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes..
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb. boxes................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, in hags  ...
D ates
Fards in 10 lb. boxes
Fards in 60 lb. cases.
Persians,  P.  H.  V ...
Ib.  cases, new.......
Bairs, 60 Ib. cases....
Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlca.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils, new.............
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenobles.
Walnuts, Calif No. 1.
Walnuts, softshelled
California.............
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecans,  Med........ :.
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, ,1 umbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new.............
Cocoanuts, full sacks
Chestnuts, per b u ...
P eanuts
Fancy, H. P., Suns..
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Hags
Roasted................
Choice, 11. P., Extras
Choice, H. P., Extras
Roasted.................

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@12
@16
@22
(«
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@10
(0>  6
@  6
@ 6
@  5

@16
@14
@15
@  7
@10
@13*/*
@11
@11
@11
@10
@ 7V4
@ 9
@12
@1  60
@3 50
@
@ 7
@ 7
@ 5
@  6

B arreled
Mess......................
B ack....................
Clear back............
Short cu t.............
P ig.......................
Bean.....................
Fam ily.................

10 50©

©10 00 
@11  25 
@11  00 
@15 00 
© 9 50 
@11  50

D ry  Salt  M eats

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

Sm oked  M eats 

and

Lards—In Tierces

Hams, 12 lb. average. 
Hams, 14 lb. average. 
Hams, 161b. average. 
Hams, 201b. average. 
Ham dried  beef

@  H 
@  10% 
@  10*/, 
@  io*.*
©  1514
4  00 Shoulders (N.Y. cut)  @ 7 “
4  00 Bacon, clear.............   7V4@ 8*4
3 »4 California hams....... 
©
© 9
3 94 Boneless  hams........ 
3 94 Cooked  ham.............  10  @
15
5*/,
7
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1
1*8
6 Vt
7
8*4
7*4
6Vi
9
7

Compound................
Kettle........................
55 lb. Tubs..advance
80 lb. Tubs..advance
50 lb. Tins... advance
20 lb.  Pails, .advance
10 lb.  Pails.. advance
5 lb.  Pails.. advance
3 lb. Pails.. advance
SausageH
Bologna....................
3 75 Liver .........................
2  50 Frankfort................
3 75 
2 25 P o rk .........................
Blood........................
4  55 Tongue.....................
2 75 Headcheese..............
B eef
Extra Mess...............
Boneless...................
.11
R um p.......................
.12
.12
P igs’  Feet
• 13i4 Kits. 15  lbs...............
V4 bbls.,*40  lbs..........
R
2  00 V4 bbls., 80 lbs..........
3 75
T ripe
3 25 Kits, 15  lbs...............
3 50 V4 bbls., 40  lbs..........
2 50 *4 bbls., 80 lbs..........
4 25 
Casings
3 50
P o rk .........................
2  88 
Beef  rounds.............
3  50 
Beef  middles..........
3 30 
Sheep........................
2  85
B u tterin e
2 35
3 90 Rolls, dairy...............
Solid, dairy...............
Rolls, creamery.......
20
Solid,  creamery......
.25
.35
.55

C anned  M eats

Corned beef, 2 lb —
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  Vis.......
.1
.1  10 Potted ham,  V4s.......
.  30 Deviled ham,  Vis__
.6 50 Deviled ham, Vis__
5 75 Potted tongue,  Vis..
.5 25 Potted tongue,  Vis..

10  00
12 00
11  75
75
1  50
2 70
70
1  25
2 25
20
3
10
60
12*4
12
16*/,
16

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

Duluth  Imperial  *»s......
Duluth  Imperial ‘4S......
Duluth  Imperial V4s......
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Gold Medal Vis...............
Gold Medal *4s...............
Gold Medal V4s...............
Parisian  Vis....................
Parisian  Vis....................
Parisian  Vis....................
Olney & Judsou’s llr 
Ceresota Vis....................

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand
Laurel  Vis...........................  4
Laurel  v4s ...........................  4
Laurel  Vis...........................  4

M eal

Bolted........
Granulated.

Feed  and  M illxtuf 
St. Car Feed, screened...
No. 1 Corn and  Oats.......
Unbolted Corn  Meal.......
Winter Wheat Bran........
Winter Wheat  Middlings 
Screenings .......................

Corn
New corn, car  lots. 
Less than car lots..
Oats
Car  lots...................
Car lots, clipped.... 
Less than car lots..

H ay

Hides  and  Pelts

follows:
H ides
Green  No. 1.............
Green  No. 2.............
Bulls..........................
Cured  No. l .............
Cured  No. 2.............
Calfskins.green No. 1 
Calfskins,green No. 2 
Calfskins.cured No. 1 
Calfskins.cured No. 2

P elts

Pelts,  each.

No. 1. 
No. 2.

@   8 
@ 7 
© 6

@ 9

V4 j 

@ 3V4 @ 2 Vi

Washed,  fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine....... 
9
Unwashed, medium.  14

@16
@20
@12
@16

22

H ard w are

Natural  Cause  For  D elay.

Complaint  is  being  made  by  the hard­
ware 
jobbing  trade  that  the  manufac­
turers  are  not  treating  them  with  a  fair 
degree  of  liberality  in  all  cases.  This 
has  particular  reference  to  shipments 
and  the  delay  in  making  them,  this  de­
lay,  as  stated,  being  not  always  caused 
by  an  actual 
inability  of  being  more 
prompt,  but  because  of  a  favoritism 
shown  to  buyers  who  are  paying  higher 
prices  for goods  than  attach  to  contracts 
made  earlier 
in  the  year,  or before  the 
present  high  values  received  their  first 
impetus.  The  same  condition  is  found 
in  other  lines,  where  buyers  are  offer­
ing  a  premium  for  quick  delivery  and 
are  having  their orders  filled  at  a  con­
sequent  expense 
in  time  and  possible 
profit  for  those  whose  contracts  are  of 
an  earlier  date  and  at  lower  figures.

This 

is  a  decidedly  unusual 

if  not 
unique  condition,  and  the  complaint 
against  the  manufacturers  is  claimed  to 
be  justified  by  circumstances.  But  the 
latter  have  also  a  complaint  against  the 
jobbers.  They  say  the  latter  have  been 
in  the  habit  of  placing  uncertain  orders 
and  not  specifying  exact  amounts,  but 
always 
insisting  on  a  liberal  construc­
tion  of  contracts,  often  cancelling  orders 
when  these  are  not 
likely  to  prove 
profitable,  and  that  they  are  now  insist­
ing  on  prompt  deliveries  at  a time when 
promptness  is  difficult  if not impossible, 
while  also  managing  to  forget  or  ignore 
the  courtesy  and  consideration  shown 
them  on  previous  occasions  when  con­
ditions  were  different. 
In  the  mean­
time,  retailers  are  disposed  to  protest 
against  the  seeming  slowness  on  the 
part  of  the  middle  men,  so  that  the  lat­
ter  are  practically  placed  between  two 
fires.

It  should  be  noted,  however,  that  no 
cases  have  been  reported  where  any sev­
erance  of  business  relations  has  been 
occasioned  by  the  delay  and  the  result­
ing  friction.  Every  one 
in  the  trade 
seems  to  have  an  understanding  of  the 
situation  and  to  comprehend  why  it  is 
that  pressing  activity 
is  a  reason  for 
delay.  Of  course,  it  is  sometimes  trying 
to  keep  one  customer  waiting  when  the 
fault  can  be  traced  elsewhere,  but,  as 
was  well  shown 
in  an  interview  pub­
lished  last  week,  the manufacturers  have 
been  obliged  to  wait  on  their  own  ac­
count  for basic  material,  and  ore  miners 
and  shippers  have  been  hampered  by 
physical  conditions  over  which they  had 
no  control.  So,  after  all,  the  fault  can 
be  traced  to  natural  causes  and  to  that 
characteristic  of  human  nature  which 
induces  every  one  in  business  to  do  the 
best  he  can  for  those  interests  which  he 
represents.  Business 
interest  is  not  al­
ways  supreme  selfishness,  however  close 
to  this  it  may  seem  to  be  at  times,  and 
its  exercise  is  as  necessary  as 
is  busi­
ness  itself.— Stoves  and  Hardware  R e­
porter.

Scrap  M etal  Philosophy.

What  has  become  of  all 

the  scrap 
metal  that  must  have  accumulated  in re­
cent  years? 
It  seems  to  have  disap­
peared  to  a  very  considerable  extent,  as 
it  is  difficult  to  find  and  when  found 
it 
commands an  almost  fancy  price.  Scrap 
iron  is  in  especially  strong  demand  and 
in  many  sections  where  it  has  hitherto- 
gone  to  waste  a  very  good  business  is 
being  done  by  the  handlers,  although 
they  can  not  buy  all  they  want,  as  a 
rule.  Since  1892,  and  up  until  a  few 
months  ago,  scrap  metals  were  com­
paratively  worthless  and  in  many  cases 
were  given  away,  but  it  is  evident  now 
that  the  dealer  who  collected  scrap  in

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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 
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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.  Brutnmeler & Sons,

260 South  loaia Street,
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

those  years  and  held  it  for  the  present 
advance  would  now  make  a  most  excel­
lent  profit  on  his  investment.

In  some  instances,  scrap metal is  com­
manding  a  better  price  than  did  new 
material  a  year  ago.  Pig  iron  sold  in 
October,  1898,  as 
low  as §9.50  a  ton  for 
gray  forge,  while  scrap  now  brings  sev­
enty-five  cents  a  hundred  pounds,  or  $15 
a  short  ton.  The  same  proportion  is  not 
maintained  with  other  metals,  although 
the  advances  in  price  have  ranged  from 
twenty-five  to  nearly  one  hundred  per 
cent.,  while  old 
lead  sells  at  §4  as 
against  about  $4.50  for  pig.  Pewter  is 
worth  double  what 
it  was  a  year ago. 
The demand  is  the  natural  cause  for this 
increase  of  value  in  material  that  many 
people  have  regarded  as  fit  only  for  the 
dump  pile,  and  the  scarcity  of  supply 
just  now  is  but  one  additional  evidence 
of  a  carelessness  that  could  easily  have 
been  avoided.

This  experience  in  scrap  is  an  exam­
ple  of  the  value  of  small  economies. 
The  story  is  told  of  a  woman  who  called 
on  a  manufacturer  known  for  his  penu­
rious  habits.  She  was  soliciting  sub: 
scri prions  in  aid  of  a  charitable  institu­
tion,  but  was  somewhat  disheartened 
when  she  heard  the  manufacturer  berate 
a  clerk 
for  using  too  much  string  in 
tying  up  a  sample  package.  But  she 
told  her  tale  and  was  rewarded  with  a 
good-sized  check.  The  woman’s  curi­
osity  overcame  a  natural  courtesy  and 
she  asked  why  he  was  so 
liberal  in 
charity  and  so  stingy  with  his  string. 
The  reply  was  a  lesson  in  itself:
“ If  1  didn’t  save  in  small  matters  I 

couldn’t  be  liberal  with  large  ones.”
The  value  of  small  economies 

is 
greater  than  appears 
in  any  one  in­
stance. 
It  would  have  paid  to  accumu­
late  scrap  metal,  and  it  pays  to  be  eco­
nomical  about  the  store.  Many  things 
now  wasted  could  be  saved  by  careful 
but  not  parsimonious  management. 
Littleness,  as  such,  never  does  pay  in 
management,  any  more  than  meanness 
or  deception.  Conservative 
liberality 
exercised  on  and  in  the  store  will  bring 
a  better  profit  than  stinginess.  But  it is 
not  stinginess  to  save  on  small  items, 
it  an  evidence  of  a  too  saving 
nor 
disposition 
look  after  matters  of 
minor  detail  when  they  are  a  necessary 
part  of  the  entire  system  of  manage­
ment.  Very  few  people  care 
to  be 
called close,  but  most  of  us  rather  prefer 
to  have 
it  said  that  we  are  saving  and 
that  we  endeavor  through  smaller  econ­
omies  to  make  the  larger ones  less 
im­
perative.

to 

is 

Advance  in  Stove  Prices.

_ At  a  meeting  of  the  Western  Associa­
tion  of  Stove  Manufacturers,  held  at  the 
Auditorium  Hotel  in  Chicago  on  Octo­
ber  10,  it  was  decided  by  the  Associa­
tion  and  by  the  delegates  there  present 
to  advance  the  price  of  stoves  5  per 
cent,  at  once,  terms  to  be  sixty  days, 
with  2  per cent,  off  for  cash  in ten days. 
About  forty  firms  and  companies  were 
represented, 
including  delegates  from 
all  the  different  local  associations  west 
of  Pennsylvania.

The  delegates  generally  arrived 

in 
Chicago  in  time  to  enjov  the  Fall  Fes­
tival  exercises,  and 
left  with  a  vivid 
mental  picture  of  how  Chicago  enter­
tains  and  celebrates.  Two  sessions  of 
the  Association  were  held—one  in  the 
morning  and  the  other  in  the  afternoon.

Stoves  and  Hardware  Reporter :  The 
traveling  salesman 
is  not  going  out  of 
business.  He  is  too  valuable  an  adjunct 
to  commercial  success  to  be  bundled 
away  on  the  back  shelf  while  other 
means  of  obtaining  his  one-time  trade 
are  experimented  with  by  the  employ­
ers.  His  services  may  not  be 
in  such 
active  demand  as  formerly,  simply  be­
cause the mail order business has reached 
such 
large  proportions  that  he  is  not 
needed  so  generally  on  the  road,  but  his 
temporary  retirement  will  be  followed 
by  a  period  of  personal  activity 
in 
which  he  will  demonstrate  to  both  sell­
ers  and  buyers  that  he  is  a  necessary 
factor 
development. 
The  traveler  is  like  the  advertisement : 
The  full  value  of  both  is  not  thoroughly 
appreciated  until  they  are  not  found 
in 
their accustomed  places.

commercial 

in 

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23

Hardware  Price  Current

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Nails

Steel nails, base....................................  
Wire nails, base.................................... 
20 to 60 advance....................................  
10 to 16 advance..................................... 
8 advance.............................................. 
6 advance.............................................. 
4 advance.............................................  
3 advance.............................................. 
2 advance.............................................  
Fines advance...................................... 
Casing 10 advance.................................  
Casing 8 advance................................... 
Casing 6 advance................................... 
Finish 10 advance................................. 
Finish 8 advance.................................. 
Finish 6 advance................................... 
Barrel  % advance................................. 

Rivets

Iron  and  Tinned................................... 
Copper Rivets and  Burs.................... 

Roofing  Plates

70
60

40&10
20

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Deau...............  ... 
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean..................... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean..................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade... 
14x20 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
20x28 IX.Charcoai, Ailaway  G rade... 

Ropes

Sisal, )4 inch and larger....................... 
Manilla...................................................  

 

3  25
3  35
Base
06
10
20
30
45
70
50
15
25
35
25
35
45
85

50
46

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

11)4
16

50

20 00

'I
r

Ï

W hy  the  T raveling  Man’s  Ardor  Froze. 
Written  for the Tradesman.

It 

Sullivan  had  held  the  position  of buy­
in  the  glove  department  for  upward 
er 
of  sixteen  years. 
is  not  at  all  sur­
prising  that  he  had come  to  regard  him­
self  as  a  fixture.  His  long  service  had 
made  him  thoroughly  acquainted  with 
the  trade  and  also  with  a  great  many 
traveling  men 
It  was, 
therefore,  a  great  surprise  to  him  when 
he  was  notified  that  after  a  certain  date 
his  services  would  no 
longer  be  re­
quired.

in  his 

line. 

Two  weeks  before  that  date,  however, 
his  successor was  brought  in  and  given 
full  charge  of  the  department.  This 
seemed  like  adding  insult to  injury ;  but 
Sullivan  could  not  afford  to  be  inde­
pendent  as  he  had  a  large  family  to care 
for,  while  his  bank  account  was  small.
It  was  upon  the  last  day  of  Sullivan’s 
service  that  a  New  York  drummer  ar­
rived 
in  town.  He  made  his  appear­
ance  in  the  store  unaware  of  the  fact 
that  a  change  had  been  made  in  the 
management  of  the  glove  department. 
Seeing  Sullivan  behind  the  counter  he 
greeted  him  with,  “ Hello,  Sully,  old 
boy,  how  are  you  anyway?”

“ Oh,  pretty  well, 

thank  you,  Mr. 
Glover.  How  are  you?  I’m  glad  to  see 
you.

“ Thanks,  Sully,  thanks.  How’s  busi­

ness?”

“ Fair  to  middling.  How  have  you 

found  it  so  far  this  trip?”

“ Never  better,  Sully. 

I’ve  done  the 
business  of  my  life  on  this  trip.  Gloves 
are  a  booming, 
I  tell  you— S a y !  old 
man,  any  fun  going  on  in  'the old town’ 
these  days?  What’s  on  at  the  theaters 
just  now?”

“ Why,  let me  see— ‘ Brown’s in  Town’ 
is  being  played  at  the  Tabor  and  the 
Bostonians  are  singing  grand  opera  at 
the  Broadway.”

“ You  don’t  say! 

The  Bostonians, 
hey?  Well,  they’ re  fine. 
I’ll  tell  you 
what,  Sully,  I’ll get  a  couple  of  seats  for 
to-night  and  we’ ll  take  that 
in.  Now 
don’t  begin  to  make  excuses,for  I  won’t 
listen  to  them— How’s  your  stock  in  my 
line? 
I  suppose  you’re  sold  out  of  a 
good  many  sizes  by  this  tim e?”

“ Yes,  we  are  getting  a  little  short  on 
a  few  of  the  sizes;  but  you  know  I’ m 
not  doing  the  buying  here  now.  This 
is  my  last  day  here. 
looking  for  a 
position. ’ ’

I’ m 

“ You  don’t  say!  What’s  gone  wrong? 

I  thought  you  were  here  for  life.”

“ I  had  begun  to  think  so  myself,  but 

it  seems  I  was  mistaken.”

“ Yes,  one  can  never tell  what’s going 
to  happen.  Who  did  you  say  was doing 
the  buying  now?”

“ I  didn’t  say;  but  I’ll  introduce  you 
to  him,  if  you  wish,  as  soon  as  he  gets 
through  talking  with  the  manager  yon­
der. 
It  may  not  help  you  in  securing 
an  order,  however. ’ ’

“ That’s  so,  I  hadn’t  thought  of  that. 
I  guess  I  won’t  try  to  see  him  to-day. 
Your  store  looks  fine.  Seems  to  me  they 
have  been  making  quite  a  number of 
changes  and  improvements.”

‘ ‘ Oh,  yes,  quite  a  number  of  changes 
I  suppose 
improvements, 

— sudden  changes,  in  fact. 
they  are  regarded  as 
otherwise  they  wouldn’t  be  made.”

“ No,  of  course  not.— Beastly  weather, 
isn’t  it?  This  confounded  wind  that 
you’ re  always  having  is  enough  to  drive 
a  man  to  drink.  The  dust  on  the  streets 
is  blinding. ”

“ It  does  blow  here  once  in  a  w h ile; 

but  we  get  used  to  it.”

“ Yes,  I  suppose  you  do.  Well,  Mr. 
Sullivan,  I’ll  have  to  be  going  now.

There  are  several 
got  to  see  to-day  yet. 
likely  see  you  again  before  I 
town. ’ ’

fellows  whom  I’ve 
I’ ll  more  than 
leave 

He  did  not  see  the  ex-buyer  again be­
fore  he  left  town,  nor  did  the  ex-buyer 
see  the  Bostonians  at  the  drummer’s 
expense.  What  was  the  use?  Orders 
were  not  to be  got  from  a  buyer  out  of  a 
position.

Sullivan’s 

feelings  were  hurt,  no 
doubt;  but 
it 
is  to  be  hoped  that  he 
learned  this 
lesson,  that  business  and 
friendship  should  be  distinctly  separate 
accounts. 

Mac  Allan.

Entirely  Too  Smart.

It 

is  related  of  a  traveling  salesman 
that  he  offered  to  a  retailer a certain line 
of  goods  at  the  then  market  price,  but 
was  confronted  with  a  copy  of  a  trade 
journal 
in  which  the  same  goods  were 
quoted  at  a  lower  figure.  Rather  than 
run  the  risk  of  missing  a  sale,  and  ac­
cepting  the  quotation  as  correct,  the 
traveler  made  the  sale  at  the lower figure 
and  was  immediately  notified  of  the  er­
ror  by  his  employers,  who  nevertheless 
completed  the  contract  as  he  made  it. 
Later  developments,  however,  showed 
that  the  retailer had  produced  an  earlier 
copy  of  the  trade 
journal  in  question 
and  that  the  quotation  there  given  was 
lower  than  that  in  force  at  the  time  of 
sale,a  very  material  circumstance  which 
had  escaped  the  eye  of  the  salesman. 
He  did  not  notice  the  date  of  publica­
tion  and  the  dealer  failed  to  mention  it.
It  enabled 
the  dealer  to  obtain  goods  at  a  lower 
price 
than  the  prevailing  price  by 
methods  which  are  not  accepted  by 
business  men  generally.  But  it  was  too 
is  of  the  kind  that  reacts  on 
smart. 
the  player. 
Such  tricks  never  pay. 
They  may  establish  a  temporary  advan­
tage,  but  this  is  lost  when the principles 
back  of  them—or,  rather,  the 
lack  of 
principle—are  discovered  by  those  with 
whom  the  trickster  deals. 
is  very 
probable,  if  the  name  of  the  dealer  re­
ferred  to  was  given,  as  it  could  be,  and 
if  the  full  details  of  the  transaction were 
published,  that  none  of  the  manufac­
turers  and  jobbers  would  offer  him  their 
goods  excepting  at  prohibitive  prices. 
Such  people  are  worth  avoiding,  and 
it 
is  a 
fortunate  thing  that  there  are  so 
few  of  them  in  the  stove  and  hardware 
lines.

This  was  a  smart  trick. 

It 

It 

The  P in ch   o f the  Shoe.

trade 

The  great  advances 

in  prices,  all 
things  considered,  have  not  inconven­
ienced  the  retail 
to  the  extent 
which  might  have  been expected.  They 
have,  however,  had  a  tendency  to  make 
the  tradesman  sell  at  old  prices,  where 
the  stock  held  was 
large;  but  to  my 
mind,  says  an  exchange  writer,  despite 
the  fact  that  we  live  in  an  age  of  small 
profits  and  quick  returns,  they  make  a 
most  serious  and  grievous error by “ giv­
ing  the  show  aw ay.”   The  dealer  who 
does  so  is  gaining  a  temporary  advan­
tage,  probably,  over  his competitors;  but 
what  about  the  future,  when  he  wants  to 
replenish  his  stock? 
It  is  then  that  the 
“ shoe  will  pinch.”   This  suicidal  pol­
icy 
is  still  carried  on  largely  by  many 
tradesmen,  in  the  hope  that  when  they 
buy  again 
the  markets  will  have  re­
turned  to  their  normal  condition;  but 
they  won’t— at  least  for  some  time— and 
at  present  the  tendency  is  upward.  The 
better  policy  would  be  to  make  an  in­
creased  percentage  upon  the  stock  held, 
and  thus  reap  a  benefit  not  always  ob­
tainable.

The  toper swears  off  occasionally,  but 

the  spring  poet— never.

Axes

B arrow s

B olts

A u g u r,  and  Bits

Snell’s ..................................................... 
Jennings' genuine................................. 
Jennings' imitation...............................  

70
25&10
60

First Quality, S. B. Bronze.................. 
First Quality, D. B.  Bronze....................... 
First Quality, S. B. 8.  Steel................. 
First Quality,  I). B. Steel.......................... 

6 60
7  75

10 00
11 50

Railroad........................................................ 
Garden...................................................net 

14 oo

30 00

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

 

60
50
50

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

*3 50

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

Rim F ire ................................................ 
Central F ire .......................................... 

B uckets

B utts,  Cast

C artridges

C hain

% in. 

5-16 in.  % In.  H In.
Com...............   7&C.  ...  6iic.  ...  6  c.  ...  6%e.
6)4
BB.................   8% 
BBB...............  9)4 
7

...  614 
...  7)4 

- 

...  7)4 
...  8 
C row bars

Cast Steel, per lb................................... 

Caps

Ely’s 1-10, per m ....................................  
Hick’s C. F., per m .................... 
G. D., perm ...............................  
Musket, per m............................ 

Chisels

Socket F irm e r...................................... 
Socket Framing....................................  
Socket Corner........................................ 
Socket Slicks.........................................  

Elbow s

55
45
75

6

65

65
65
65
65

Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz................... net 
65
Corrugated, per doz.................. 
125
Adjustable............................................... dis  40&10

E xpansive  B its

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

Files—New  L ist

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

60&10

G alvanized  Iro n

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

14 

13 

Discount, 65

15 
Gas  P ip e

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

30&10
25

70&10
70

28
17

40&10

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .. 

60&10

Gauges

Glass

Single  Strength, by box........................ dis  80&10
Double Strength, by box.......................dis  80&10

By the Light.................................. dis  80

H am m ers

33)4
Maydole & Co.’s, new list......................dis 
Yerkes & Plumb’s .................................. dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................30c list 
70

Gate, Clark’s 1,2,3.................................dis  60&10

H inges

H ollow   W are

Pots..............................................•......... 
K ettles....................................... 
Spiders....................................... 
H orse  N ails

50&10
50&10

Au S able................................................. dis  40&10
Putnam............. ................*...................dis 
5

H ouse  F u rn ish in g  Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list..... 
Japanned Tinware................................. 

70

20&10

Iro n

85
1  00

6 00
6 00

70

60

9
9)4

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

K nobs—New  L ist

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

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

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

L an tern s

Levels

M attocks

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

M etals—Zinc

600 pound casks......   ............................ 
Per pound..................... 

 

M iscellaneous
Bird Cages.................................. 
40
70
Pumps, Cistern...................................... 
Screws, New L ist.................................  
80
Casters, Bed and P late........................   50&10&10
Dampers, American.............................  
50

 

M olasses  G ates

P ans

60&10
Stebblns’ Pattern.................................. 
Enterprise, self-measuring.................. 
30
Fry, Acme..............................................   60&10&10
Common,  polished...............................  
70&5
P a te n t  P lan ish ed   Iro n  

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

Broken packages )4c per pound extra.

P lanes

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

50
60
50
60

50&10

14x56 IX, for No.8 Boilers, ) 
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers,) 
Traps

per pound..

10

Sand  Paper

.. ..dis

Sash  W eights
Solid  Eyes, per ton.......................

Sheet  Iro n

com smooth

com.
$3  00
Nos. 10 to 14................................... $3 20
3 00
3 20
Nos. 15 to 17..................................
3  20
3 30
Nos. 18 to 21..................................
3 30
3  40
3 50
Nos. 25 to 26..................................
3 50
3 00
No. 27..............................................
over  30 inches
All Sheets No.  18  and  lighter, 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Sheila—Loaded
Loaded with Black  Powder........
Loaded with  Nitro  Powder........

.. ..dis
.. ..dis

40
40&10

Drop........................................................ 
B B and  Buck.......................................  

Shot

Shovels  and  Spades

First Grade,  Doz.................................. 
Second Grade, Doz............................... 

1  45
1  70

8 60
8  10

Solder

)4@)4......................................................  
20
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Steel and Iron

Squares

T in—M elyn  Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

Tin —A lla w a y  Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal.................................
14x20 IC, Charcoal.................................
10x14 IX, Charcoal.................................
14x20 IX, Charcoal.................................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

65

$  8 50
8  50
9 75

7  00
7  00
8 50 
8  50

B oiler  Size  Tin  Plate

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

W ire  Goods
Bright........................................
Screw Eyes...............................
Hooks.........................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes.............
W  renches

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

75&10
50
70&10 
15 
1  25

60
60
60&10 
50&10 
40 
4  OO 
3 85

76
75
75

30
30&lo

MUSKEGON

AND  RETURN
Every  Sunday
VIA

Q.  R.  &  I.

Train  leaves  Union 
station at 9.15  a.  m. 
Bridge Street 9.33 a. m. 
Returning leaves 
Muskegon  5.30  p.  m.

5

0

cents

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

The  Produce  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  continues  to  ad­
vance,  local  handlers  meeting  with  no 
difficulty 
in  obtaining  $i.75@i.8ij  per 
bu. 
for  city  picked  pea  or  medium. 
The  activity  of  buyers  is  believed  to  be 
stimulated  by  the  short  crop  reports  in 
the  West,  and  the  speculative  interest 
that  has  been  developed  largely  through 
these  reports.  According to  conservative 
estimates,  based  on  these  reports,  the 
1899  crop  will  not  be, 
in  spite  of  a 
larger  area  planted,  more  than
slightly 
2,700,000  bushels, 
against  3,200,000 
last  year.  The  Eastern  crop 
bushels 
grown  chiefly 
in  New  York  State  and 
Maine,  will  not  be,  owing  to  the  pro­
tracted  drought  early  in  the  season,  so 
large  as  that  of  1898. 
In  some  quarters 
estimates  have  been  made  placing  the 
output  at  15 per  cent,  less  than last year. 
The  Michigan  crop 
is  said  to be  only 
about  65  per cent,  of  the  yield  in  1898, 
while  that  of  California  shows  a  short­
age  of  from  10  to  25  per  cent.  There 
are  only 
four  states  that  make  a  spe­
cialty  of  growing  beans  in  a  large  way, 
although  the  product  is  grown  in greater 
or  smaller quantities  in  all  states.  The 
annual  crop  of  the  country  is  3,000,000 
little  each  year. 
bushels,  varying  but 
This 
lima 
beans, 
last  named  variety  being 
grown  largely  in California.  Field beans 
are  shown  most 
in  New  York 
State,  the  farmers  there  being  credited 
with  about  one-third  the  annual  crop, 
holding  first  place  for  many  years,  with 
California  second,  Michigan  third  and 
fourth.  While  the  crop  is  thus 
Maine 
popular 
in  only  a  few  states,  the  fact 
remains  that  not  enough  beans  are  pro­
duced 
in  this  country  to  supply  home 
requirements,  the  imports  in  the  aggre­
gate  exceeding  the  exports.  During  the 
past  three  years,  however,  the  exports 
were  in  excess  of  the  imports,  inducing 
the  belief  that  with  a  little  encourage­
ment  a  considerable  business  may  yet 
be  done  in  the  export  field.
Beets—$1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Butter— Receipts  of  dairy  grades  have 
the  past 
been 
week.  The  demand 
is  falling  off,  ow­
ing  to  the  amount  of  butterine  now  be­
ing  sold  by  the  retail  dealers.  The 
price  holds  up  well,  extra  fancy  com­
manding  20c,  fancy  fetching  18c  and 
choice  bringing  16c.  Factory  creamery 
is  strong  at  22c.

includes  navy,  pea,  and 

very  meager  during 

favor 

the 

Cabbage— 35@40C  per  doz.
Carrots—$1  per 3  bu.  bbl.
Celery— I2@i5c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cranberries—Cape  Cod  stock  is  meet­
ing  with  ready  sale  on  the  basis  of  $6 
per bbl.

Dressed  Poultry— Spring  chickens  are 
in  good  demand  at  10c.  Fowls  are  in 
fair  demand  at  gc.  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  11c  for  spring  and 
ioc  for old.

Eggs— Dealers  pay  16c for fresh stock, 
holding  candled  stock  at  17c  and  cold 
storage  at  16c.

Game— Mallard  ducks  are  in  fair  de­
mand  and  ample  supply  at  $4  per doz. 
Teal  ducks  are  higher,  readily  com­
manding  §2.50@2.75  per  doz.  Common 
ducks  fetch  $i.50@2.  Snipes  will  be 
taken 
in  after  Oct.  20,  sand  snipes 
opening  at  75c  per  doz.  and  yellow­
legged  $1.50  per  doz.

Grapes-—Home  grown  stock  is  prac­
tically  exhausted, 
in  consequence  of 
Which  local  dealers  are  undertaking  to 
secure  supplies  of  New  York  Concords, 
which  they  can  sell  at  i6@I7c  for  9 
lb. 
baskets.

Honey— White  clover 

is  strong  and 
scarce  at  15c.  Dark  amber  commands 
I3@ i4c.
mand  at  $1.20  per  doz.  Pigeons  are 
strong  demand  at  50c  per  doz.

Live  Poultry— Squabs  are  in  fair  de­
in 

Onions— Dealers  hold  Spanish at $1.40 
per  crate  and  home  grown  at  35@40C. 
All  reports  from  the  onion  growing  sec­
tions  of  the  State  are  to  the  effect  that 
the  crop 
in  size,  quality 
and  appearance.

is  excellent 

Parsnips—$1.50  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Pears—Keefers  meet  with  ready  sale 

at  $1.40  per bu.

Plums— German  prune  from  cold  stor­

age  are  held  at  $3  per  bu.
Potatoes— The  outlook 

is  still  sur­
rounded  with  uncertainty,  due  to  lack 
of  information  as  to  how  soon  the  Min­
nesota  and  Wisconsin  growers  will  be 
able  to  market  their  product  and  thus 
leave  the  field  open for Michigan  tubers. 
Local  dealers  pay  25@30c,  holding  at 
3°@35c-
$1.50  per  bu. 

Quinces— New  York  stock  commands 

#

Squash-----Hubbard  commands 

1 '/2C

per  lb.

Sweet  Potatoes—Jerseys  are  in  good 
demand  at  $2.50  per  bbl.  Virginias  are 
active  on  the  basis  of $1.75  per  bbl. 

Turnips—$1  per  bbl.
Tomatoes—.Ripe  storage  stock  fetches 
75c  per  bu.  Green  stock  is  in  moderate 
supply  at  50c.

R eview   o f tlie  Markets.

The  extended  period  of  reactive  tend- 
in  the  New  York  stock  market  so 
ency 
far  anticipated  the  effect  of  the  Trans­
vaal  war  that  no  apparent  effect  of  the 
outbreak  of  hostilities  is  noticeable 
in 
the  Street  further  than  to  continue  the ] 
tendency  to  decline  in  some  securities.
It  could  not  be  expected  that 
there 
would  be  an  advance  in  the  face  of what 
would  generally  be  considered  sufficient 
cause  for a  serious  break  in  prices,  and 
the  steadiness  shown 
is  an  indication 
of  the  underlying  strength  of  the general 
situation.

is 

The  stringency  in  the  Eastern  money 
less,  and  may  be  said  to 
centers 
amount  to  no  more 
than  the  natural 
pressure  of  the  active  demand.  This 
is  so  great  that  call  rates  are  not 
likely 
for  some  time  to  come  to  be  as 
low 
as  have  ruled  in  the  past— money  is  ad­
vancing  the  same  as  other  commodities. 
That  this  fact  should  tend  to  keep  down 
speculative  values  argues  for  the  con­
tinuance  of  the  present  era  of  general 
activity.

in 

The  weekly  output  of  pig  iron  is  re­
ported  by  the  Iron  Age  as  278,615  tons 
on  October  1,  against  267,335  on  Sep­
tember  1,  and  yet  unsold  and  warrant 
stocks  were  reduced  in September 27,380 
tons.  As  the  month’s  output  was  in 
considerably  below  that  of  the 
rate 
closing  week,  and  perhaps  about 
the 
average  of  the  opening  and  closing  fig­
ures, 
consumption  may  have  been 
scarcely  more  than  the  production  at the 
end  of  the  month,  but  orders  are  now 
placed  so  far  ahead  for  many  products, 
running  to  or  beyond  July  1  of  next 
year,  while 
some  other-  products 
works  are  beginning  to  look  about  for 
further  orders,  that  it  seems 
impossible 
to  determine  whether the  actual  demand 
is  diminishing. 
In  rails  the  orders 
run  so  far  ahead  that  contracts  are  be­
ing  made  for  Bessemer  pig 
into  the 
middle  of  next  year,  and  $24  is  paid  for 
it  at  Pittsburg,  but  higher  prices  and 
inability  to  get  speedy  deliveries  ap­
pear to  have  caused  postponement  of  a 
good  many  building  operations  and  im­
provements.  Prices  have  risen  a  little 
further, 
to  3. ic  for  tank  steel  plates, 
2.15c  for  refined  bars  at  Philadelphia, 
and  2.5c  for  angles  at  Pittsburg. 
In 
minor  metals  an 
important  feature  is 
the  breaking  of  the  market,  long  held  at 
i8j^c,  for  lake  copper,  one-quarter  of  a 
cent  lower  being  quoted.

In  the  textile  market  there  is  a  steady 
response  to  the  continued  pressure  of 
demand  by  cautiously  advancing  prices 
in  most 
lines.  Both  raw  staples  show 
little  change  in  price,  but  considerable 
quantities  are  changing  hands.

Exports  exceeded  imports  in  Septem­
ber by  $39,976,300,  the  aggregate  of  ex­

For  prices  on  FLOUR,  FEED,  HILLSTUFFS,
Carloads  or  less, 
flixed 
CORN  and  OATS, 
Good  goods  and  prompt
cars  a  specialty 
shipment.

nUSKEQON  HILLING  CO.,

nUSKEQON  niCH.

?4

97

95

IPOR  SALE—OWEN  ACETYLENE  GAP  B*A- 

MILLBROOK,  MICHIGAN,  MECOSTA  CO.

1  chine.  Cone & Co., 80  Fitzhugh  St.,  Grand 
Rapids. 
jjX)R  SALE-RETAIL  LUMBER  AND  COAL 
r   yard in li\;e town in  Northeastern  Indiana; 
good country.  Poor  health  reason  for  selling. 
Address Hoosier, care Michigan Tradesman.  93
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. Bendetsou, 234 East Main  street. Battle 
Creek, Mich. 
ijH  )KSALE—LADIES,’MISSES’ ANDCHILD- 
r   ren’sshoes.  WillInvoicecloseto$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._________________________  
IMRST-CLASS  OPENING  FOR  JEWELER, 
r   Room for  small  stock  if  desired.  Address
No. 81, care Michigan Tradesman._________ 81
r p o  EXCHANGE—1S0ACRE FARM IN IONIA 
_L  county  for  good  merchandise  or  good  city 
property.  Address M. D. S., Lock Box  156,  Car- 
son City, Mich.  _ 

_____________________________90

IpOR  SALE—40-ACRE  FARM,- IMPROVED.

1  Would exchange  for  small  stock  of  goods, 
groceries  preferred.  Address  Box  E,  Ashley,
Mich. 
ipO R  SALE—ONE PRICE, CASH CLOTHING 
r   stock, established ten  years  on  best  corner 
in a thriving town of 2,500 population  in  Eastern 
Michigan.  Store  has  made  good  money  every 
year.  Best  of  reasons  for  selling.  Address
“ Quick,” care Michigan Tradesman.______ 87
T  “ SPLENDID  OPPORTUNITY  TO  BUY 
i \   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._____________________________  

96

88

_ 

54

ITiOR  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  SHINGLE 

mill  complete.  Capacity,  40,000  per  day. 
Just closed, having finished the  cut  in  that  sec­
tion.  Address Lock Box 738, Belding, Mich.  80 
r p o   RENT—ONE  OR  TWO  BRICK  STORES 
A  with deep cellars, 22x75 feet, on Main street, 
in Opera House block, Mendon, Mich.  Write  to 
Levi Cole. 
\ \ J  ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A RUBBER 
stamp.  Best  stamps  on  earth  at  prices 
that  are  right.  Will  J.  Weller,  Muskegon, 
M i c h . __________.__________________958

IriOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL 

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

F-No r   SALE—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 

splendid farming conntry.  No  trades.  Ad­
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman.  680 
A  NY“ JNE  WISHING  TO ENGAGE IN THE 
x \-  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. 

11HE  SHAFTING,  HANGERS  AND  PUL- 

.  leys formerly used  to  drive  the  Presses  of 
the Tradesman are for sale  at  a  nominal  price. 
Power users making  additions  or  changes  will 
do  well  to  investigate.  Tradesman  Company, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

Mo d e r n   c i t y   r e s i d e n c e   a n d   l a r g e

lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms, 
or will exchange for  tract  of  hardwood  timber. 
Big bargain for some one.  Possession given any 
time-  Investigation  solicited.  E. A. Stowe,  24 
Kellogg street, Grand Rapids.___________ 993

919

983

M ISCELLAN EO U S.

VlT'ANtED—  POS ITION  AS  TRAVELER 
v* 
for groceries or specialty clerk  in  general 
store;  fifteen  years’ experience;  can  give  good 
references.  Address  No.  102  care  Michigan
Tradesman.___________________ _______ 102
\* 7  ANTED—SALESMA N  A C Q U A IN T E D  
V»  with the grocery trade;  a  specialty;  very 
popular article; good  seller;  sample  carried  in 
pocket;  side  line;  commission  only.  Address, 
Bon Ami Manufacturing Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.
99
SITUATION  WANTED  BY  EXPERIENCED 
lady  clerk,  bazaar  preferred.  References 
furnished.  A. M. Enos, Albion, Mich._____ 91
W  ANTED—POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OR 
H   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._____________77
■«XTANTED—POSITION  AS  CLERK.  NINE
VV  years’ experience in dry goods and general 
trade.  Address No.  43,  care  Michigan  Trades- 
man. 
______________________________ 43
WANTED—POSITION  BY  DRUGGIST.  14 
years’  experience.  Address  No.  40,  care 
40
Michigan Tradesman. 

in  any  other  month. 

ports  again  rising  above  $110,000,000, 
and  the  domestic  exports,  $109,123,647, 
were  larger than  last  year  by $12,000,000 
in  staples  and  by  $8,000,000  in  the  mi­
nor  products.  Exclusive  of  the  great 
staples  the  domestic  exports  were  $44,- 
497,649,  an  amount  which  has  been  ex­
ceeded  only  in  August  and  last  March, 
but  is  greater than  the  value  of  such  ex­
ports 
is  said 
with  truth  that 
it  can  not  be  certainly 
determined  from  such  figures  how  far 
new  foreign  demands  are  providing  for 
future  shipments,  and  probably  it  must 
be  admitted  that  a considerable decrease 
is  inevitable,  but  some  remarkable  con­
tracts  have  been  recently  reported,  in­
cluding  American  riveters  and  other 
compressed  air  tools  for  the  British  A d­
miralty.

It 

The  Publication  Was  Prem ature.

Grand  Rapids,  Oct.  13— Referring  to 
the  article  published  in  a  recent 
issue 
of  the  Grand  Rapids  Herald,  to  the 
effect  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Furniture  Manufacturers’  A s­
sociation,  held  Oct.  6,  a  resolution  was 
passed  agreeing  to  offer  to  the  trade  one 
line  per  annum 
instead  of  two,  as  is 
now  in  vogue,  I  would  say  that  no  such 
resolution  was  put  to  a  vote,  nor  has 
such  an  agreement  been  entered  into, 
and 
is  desired  that  the  impression 
made  by  this  publication  be  corrected.
Will  you  be  kind  enough  to  enter such 
notice  of  this  information  in  the next is­
sue  of 
the  Michigan  Tradesman  as 
seems  best  to  you  and  greatly  oblige? 
Grand  Rapids  Furniture  Manufacturers’ 

it 

Association.

H.  D.  C.  Van  Asmus,  Sec’y.

H.  Jaffe  has  purchased  the  dry  goods, 
clothing  and  boot  and  shoe  stock  of  B. 
Woolskey,  at  Alba,  and  added  a  line  of 
groceries,  which  were  furnished  by  the 
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company.

The  world  may  owe  every  man  a  liv­
ing,  but  the  majority  of  them  are  too 
lazy  to  hustle  around  and  collect  it.

BUSINESS  CHANCES. 

Advertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under 
this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents.  Advance
paym ents._________________________ _
’
'ANTED—DRUG  STOCK  IN  EXCHANGE 
for  good  real  estate  in  Cheboygan  and 
Reed City;  cash  for  balance.  Bugbee  &  Rox­
burgh, Traverse City, Mich.______________101
'X'O EXCHANGE-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 
1  home and bearing fruit  ranch  for  stock  of 
goods, boots  and shoes  preferred.  W.  Warren 
Fitch, 213 So. Thayer St.. Ann Arbor. Mich.  100
1  town of 800  inhabitants;  no  opposition  and 
good  trade.  Stock  invoices  about  $2,000;  easy 
terms.  Other business  reason  for  selling.  Ad­
dress Otis Jones, New Buffalo, Mich.______ 98

IpOR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  IN  RAILROAD 

Gi ROCERY  STOCK  FOR  SALE—A  FINE, 

%  clean  stock  of  groceries,  store  and  office 
fixtures are offered for sale  at  a  bargain.  Will 
invoice  about  $1,200.  Splendid  location  in  the 
best town for its size in Central Michigan.  Good 
established trade.  Rare bargain.  Address Box 
37, Carson City, Mich. 
ipO R  SALE—STOKE BUILDING, TWORESI- 
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

103

WRITE  US

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan  Business  Men's Association 

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

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

President,  J.  W isl e r,  Mancelona;  Secretary. 

E. A. Stow e, Grand Rapids

President,  J oseph  K n ig h t;  Secretary,  E. 

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
Ma r k s;  Treasurer, C. H. F r in k .

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

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

Ki,a p ;  Treasurer, .1. George Lehm an.

Saginaw  Mercantile  Association 

President,  P.  F.  Tre a n o r;  Vice-President, 
J ohn  McBr a t n ie ;  Secretary, W. H. Lew is.

Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

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

H.  Po r t e r ;  Treasurer, L.  Pe l t o n .
Adrian  Retail  Grocers'  Association 

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

C l e v e l a n d ;  Treasurer, W m. C.  K o e h n .

Mnskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  A l b e r t   To w l :  Secretary,  D.  A. 

Bo e l k i ns ¡.Treasurer,  J. W.  Ca s k a d o n .

Bay  Cities  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  M.  L.  De Bats;  Secretary,  S.  W. 

W a t e r s. 

______

Kalamazoo  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President, W.  H.  J o h n so n ;  Secretary,  Ch a s. 

Hy m a n . 

_____

Traverse  City  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

Ho l l y ; Treasurer,  C.  A.  Ham m o n d.

Owosso  Business  Men’s Association 

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

Ca m p b e l l ;  Treasurer,  W.  E. Co l l in s.

Alpena  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

Pa r t r id g e . 

______

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers'  Association 

President,  L.  M.  W il s o n :  Secretary,  P h il ip  

Hi l b e r ;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hu f f o r d .
St.  Johns  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, T hos. B r o m l e y ;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

A.  Pe r c y ;  Treasurer, Cl a r k   A. P u tt.

Perry  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  H.  W.  W a l l a c e ;  Secretary,  T.  E.

Grand  Haven  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D.  Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W.  Ve r- 

H o e k s . 

______

President, Ch as.  Bounds;  Secretary,'F rank 

Yale  Business  Men’s  Association 

Putney.

T R A V E L

VIA

F .  Hl   P.  M.  R.  R.

AND  STEAM SHIP  LINE8 

TO  ALL  POINTS  IN  MICHIGAN

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

Travelers* Time  Tables.
CHICAGO ■-w“*'k“r 87

Chicago.

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

Traverse C ity, Charlevoix and Petoskey. 

Lv. G. Rapids, 7:30am 
Ar.TravCIty, 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 
»Every day.  Others week days  only.

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

DETROIT,Qrand Rapids ft Westen.

June a6, 1899*

Detroit.

Lv. Grand Rapids__   7:00am  12:05pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit.............. .J 1:40am  4:05pm  10:05pm
Lv. Detroit................   8:40am 
1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar. Grand Rapids 
  1:30pm  5:10pm  10:55pm

Saginaw,  A lm a   and  Greenville.

Lv. G.R. 7:00am 5:10pm Ar. G. R. 11:45am 9:40pm 
Parlor Cars 011 all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

G e o .  De Hav en, General Pass. Agent.

/ v n   a  V TT\  Trunk Railway System 
VJ K / \ i >  U   Detroit and Milwaukee Div.

(In effect June 19,1899.)

Going East.

Leave 

Arrive
Saginaw,  Detroit & X. Y ........ t  6:40am  t  9:55pm
Detroit and E ast......................+10:16am  +  5:07pm
Saginaw. Detroit & East........ t  3:27pm  tli:50pm
Buffalo, N. Y., Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, Ltd Ex..*  7:20pm  *10:16am 
Going West.
Gd. Haven and Int. Pts..........*  8:30am  *10:00pm
Gd. Haven Express................*10:2iam * 7:15pm
Gd. Haven and Int. P ts.........tl2:58pm  t  3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee— + 5:i2pm  +10: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 ustus', City Pass. Ticket Agent,

97 Monroe St., Morton House.

H D A M I Ì  
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4  Indiana Railway

October 1,  1899.

Northern  Division. 

From
Going 
North  North
t  5:10pm 
Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack,  t  7:45am 
Traverse City &  Petoskey.. 
t   2:25pm 
tl0:l5pm 
Cadillac Accommodation... 
t  5:25pm  +I0:55am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City  +11:00pm  + 6:20am 
7:45am and 2:25pm trains, parlor cars;  11:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

Southern  D ivision 

Going 
South 

From
South

Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin.  +  7:10am  +  9:45pm 
Kalamazoo and Ft. Wayne.  + 2:00pm  + 2:00pm 
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:  7:00pm train has sleeper to Cincin­
nati;  ll:30pm  train,  sleeping  car  and  coach  to 
Chicago,

Chicago  Trains.

T O   C H IC A G O .

F R O M   C H IC A G O .

Lv. Grand  Rapids..  .+7  10am  +2 00pm  *11  30pm
Ar. Chicago..............   2 30pm  8 45pm 
6 25am
Lv.  Chicago............................... +3 02pm 
Ar. Grand Rapids.....................  9 45pm 
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.

M uskegon  Trains.

G O IN G   W E S T .

Lv. Grand Rapids 
+7 35am  +1  35pm  +5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon...........  9 00am  2  45pm  7  05pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon at 10:40am.  Returning  leaves 
Muskegon 5:30pm; arrives Grand Rapids, 6:50pm.
Lv.  Muskegon........ +8  10am  +12  15pm  +4 00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...  9  30am 
1  25pm  5  20pm 

G O IN G   E A S T .

tExcept Sunday.  »Daily.

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

Gen’l Pass’r and Ticket Agent 
Ticket Agent Union Station.

MANISTEE ft  Northeastern Ry. 

Best route to Manistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. Grand Rapids.......................  7 00am 
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Ar. Manistee..............................,12 05pm 
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Lv. M anistee..............................  8 30am  4  10pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.....................   1  00pm  9  55pm

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The cracker jar  has been  supplanted  by  the  U n e e d a   J in j© r  
W a y f e r   box.  The box that keeps its contents  as fresh  as the  day 
they enttu. from the oven.  When your appetite craves a  fresh,  sweet, 
delicate morsel try a  U n © © d S   J ln j© r   W a y f© T .  Keepthebox 
where you can try them often.  Where  the  children  can  get them as 

often as they like. Uneeda 

Jinjer  Wayfer

la the sweet sister o fU n e e d a   B is c u it .  Ask  yonr  grocer for  them.

Made only by  NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY.

Proprietors of the  registered trade mark—'‘ 'U n e e d a . "

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  P R I C E S

Write  for  O ur  New  Catalogue

J A C K S O N   A N D   M A R K E T   S T S . 

THE  REGENT  MFG.  CO.
C H IC A G O

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WE  W ANT  T O   S U P P LY   YOUR  P R E M IU M S

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THE  BELKNAP  WAGON  C 0.7  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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I T 7 P T A T

s Faust
uyster
Crackers
A T h e y   are  d e lic a te   and  c risp   and  run  a 
s

g rea t  m an y  to   p ou n d ,  m a k in g   them   the 
best  and  at  the  sam e  tim e  the  ch e a p e st 
o y ster  crack ers  on  the  m arket. 
P a c k e d  
in  b o xes,  tin s  or  in  h an d so m e ly   labeled  
p oun d  carto ns. 

N ational
B iscuit
C o m p an y

S en d   us  a  trial  order.

Grand  Rapids.

Sears’  Bakery.

$

Epps’
Cocoa

Epps’
Cocoa

G R A T E F U L -  

C O M F O R T I N G

D istin g u ish e d   E v e r y w h e r e  

for

D e lic a c y   of  F la v o r ,

‘  S u p erio r  Q u a lity  

and

N u tr itiv e   P r o p er tie s. 

S p e c ia lly   G ra te fu l  and 

C o m fo r tin g   to  the 

N e r v o u s  and  D y s p e p tic .

S old   in  H a lf-P o u n d   T in s   O n ly . 

P rep a red   b y

J A M E S   E P P S   &   C O .,  L t d ., 

H o m o eo p ath ic  C h e m is ts,  L o n d o n , 

E n g la n d .

B R E A K F A S T

S U P P E R

Epps’
Cocoa

Epps’
Cocoa

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A  Money=Making 
Machine

M O N E Y   M A D E   W H IL E   Y O U   W A IT   on  customers. 
Stop  the  holes;  run  in  on  dry  dock  long  enough  to  find 
out  where  the  profits  are  going.  Something  is  wrong; 
more  money  should  be  made  in  retailing  merchandise 
than  you  are  making and  you  know  it.

If you  want  to  know  how to  do  this  and  really want 
to  make  more  money  out  of  your  business,  all  you  will 
have  to  do  is  to  drop  us  a postal  and  we  will  do  the  rest. 
Remember our scales are sold on easy monthly payments.

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THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,

DAYTON.  OHIO.

