Volume XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  22,  1899.

Number 844

Twentieth  Century 

Assortment

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1.20

1— Child's Teacups and  Saucers..............
2— Teacups and Saucers.........................
3— Coffee Cups and  Saucers.....................
4— Coffee Cups and  Saucers. 
.........
M ustache Cups and Saucers.
5— 
M ustache Cups and Saucers..................
6— 
Plates, 6 Inches....................
7— 
Plates, 714 inches.................
8— 
9— 
Plates, 714 Inches  ...............
10— 
Cake  Plates, 10 inches..........
11— Cake Plates, 9'4  inches........................
3.00
12— Cake Plates, 91* inches.........................
.90
13— 
Mugs......................................
1.50
M—Mugs.. 
.. 
...........................
15— 
Mugs..........................................................2.00
16— Cream P itchers.......................................................... 90
17— Cream P itchers.....................................................  1.50
18— Cream P itchers.....................................................  2.50
19— Salad Bowls, 91/, Inches......................................... 3.00
Salad Bowls, 9 inches.  ...  
20— 
Lemonade  S e t..............................................
21— 
22— Lemonade  S e t..........................................................
23— Plate S ets................................................................  2.00
P late Sets...............................................  2.75
24— 
25— Vases, two colors, 7  inches........................  
.90
26— 
Vases, three colors, 794  inches.........  1.25
27— Vases, three colors, 8  inches............................   2.50
28— Open Sugar and Creams.....................................  1.50
29— Open Sugar and C ream s.............................  
2.50
Sugar and Cream s. 
30— 
3.50
Sugar and C ream s...............................  6.00
31— 
32— Toothpick  H olders................................................... 75
33— Figures, assorted,  5 inches  ................................... 40
Figures, assorted,  7 Inches.....................90
34— 
35— Figures, assorted,  8 inches................................  1.15
36— Figures, assorted,  9 Inches........................... 
2.00
37— 
38— Teapot, Sugar and  ('ream   ........................................
39— Spoon H o ld e r......................................................... 2.00

M atch H older.....................  

 

 

 

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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.

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20.  G ro cery  P ric e   C u rre n t.
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T h e   P ro d u c e   M a rk e t.
R n sin e ss  W an ts.

CO-OPERATION OR DEMORALIZATION
When  the Declaration of Independence
was  being  signed,  some  one  remarked 
on  the  necessity  of  the  patriots  hanging 
together.  Benjamin  Franklin,  who  ap­
pears  to  have  been  equal  to any  emer­
gency,  facetiously  asserted  that it  would 
be  necessary  for  them  to  hang  together 
or  they  would  hang  separately.

grocers’ 

This  observation  aptly  describes  the 
situation  of  the  retail  trade  of  Grand 
Rapids  at  the  present  time,  due  to  the 
presence  here  of  a  half  dozen  represen­
tatives  of  Sperry  &  Hutchinson,  who 
are  reported  to  have  made  several  m il­
lions  of  dollars  in  the  past  dozen years 
out  of  the  trading  stamp  business.  The 
local  delegation 
is  headed  by  a  man 
named  Sharp,  who  appears  to  be  rightly 
named,  inasmuch  as  he  leaves  no  stone 
unturned  to  accomplish  his purpose.  He 
boasts  of  the  fact  that  he  broke  up  a  re­
tail 
association  at  Canton, 
Ohio,  by  bribing  one  of  the  members  to 
withdraw  from  the  organization,  and 
frankly  asserts  that  he  will  break  every 
local  organization  of  retail  dealers  in 
Grand  Rapids,  if  it  is  necessary for him 
to  do  so,  rather  than  retire  from  the 
field.  He  has  already  made  a  contract 
with  the  Wurzburg  department  store  and 
the  Goodspeed  shoe  store,  and  his  co­
horts  have  made  a  few  short-time  con­
tracts  with  other  dealers  by  representing 
that  J.  Geo.  Lehman  has  entered  into  a 
contract  with  the  company.  The  repre­
sentation 
is  false,  and  the  fact  that  the 
delegation  finds  it  necessary  to  resort  to 
falsehood  to  accomplish  its  purpose con­
clusively  proves  that  the  trading  stamp 
system 
is  based  on  deception,  fraud, 
misunderstanding  and misapprehension.
The  Tradesman  has  always  opposed 
the  trading  stamp  system,  because 
it 
invariably  demoralizes  prices  and  ar­
rays  merchant  against  merchant.  Much 
of  the  demoralization  of  the  grocery 
business  at  Detroit  at  the  present  time 
is  due  to  the  introduction  of  the  trading 
stamp  system.  Not  only  are  prices  on 
staple  goods  demoralized,  but  trading 
stamps  are  given 
in  excessive  quanti­
ties,  due  to  the  keen  competition  which 
follows  the  placing  of  stamps  with  com­
peting  dealers.  Grand  Rapids  has  been 
very  fortunate 
in  the 
past,  owing  to  the  good  feeling  which 
exists  between  the  members  of  the

in  this  respect 

different  branches  of  the  retail  trade, 
but  the  introduction  of  a  fire  brand  like 
the  trading  stamp  system  would  surely 
result in demoralization  and  the  creation 
of  antagonisms  which  will  culminate  in 
a  general  saturnalia  of  disaster  and 
bankruptcy.

If  this 

is  what  the  retail  merchants 
want, 
the  Tradesman  commends  the 
Sperry  &  Hutchinson  gang  to  the  con­
sideration  of  the  trade.

If,  on  the  other  hand,  the  merchants 
feel 
that  they  have  suffered  enough 
from  the  panic  period  which  began  in 
1893  and  should  now  reap  the  reward  of 
their 
labors  in  the  shape  of  a  period  of 
profit  and  good  will,  they  will  turn  a 
deaf  ear  to  the 
importunities  of  irre­
sponsible  aliens  who  care  nothing  for 
the  prosperity  of  the 
trade  and  are 
actuated  only  by  a  desire  to  add  to  the 
ill-gotten  gains  of  their  employers.

T h e   G ro in   M ark et.

Fluctuations  in  wheat  have  been  very 
narrow  during  the  past  week.  Brices 
held  about  the  same.  The  only  weak 
large  visible  in­
point  was  the  rather 
crease,  being  1,438,000  bushels. 
The 
largest  portion  of  that  was  at  Minne­
apolis,  where  it  is  reported  that  fully  40 
per  cent,  of  the  crop  of  1899  in  Minne­
sota  and  the  two  Dakotas  has  been  mar­
keted,  leaving  only  60  per  cent.  hack. 
The  home  consumption  and  seeding 
next  spring  will  have  to  be  taken  out 
of  this  60  per  cent.,  which  will  reduce 
the  amount  considerably. 
In  the  winter 
wheat  section  the  mills  have  to  go  to 
for  supplies,  as  wheat 
wheat  centers 
from 
farmers 
is  not  coming 
fast 
St.  Louis, 
enough  to  supply  them. 
Kansas  City,  Toledo,  Chicago  and other 
points  have 
furnish  considerable 
wheat for interior  mills  adjacent  to  them 
at  this  early  time  of  the  season  and  it 
will  probably  be  increased  as  the  season 
advances.  Exports  keep  up  to  the  usual 
amount.  Should  the  visible  begin  de­
creasing,  which  all  signs  point  to  now, 
prices  will  enhance  considerably,  hut 
the  advance  may  not  come  until  after 
the  holidays..

to 

in 

No  material  change  in  corn.  Prices 
have  kept  very  steady.  Exports  in  this 
cereal  have  been  very  large.  We  have 
12,238,000 bushels  less  in  sight  than cor­
responding  time 
last  year,  with  values 
the  same.

The  oat  market  keeps  strong  as  usual. 
They  are  taken  as  fast  as  offered  and  no 
change  in  price  can  be  reported.

Rye  has  advanced  2c  per  bushel  since 
last  week,  because  of  a  little  more  en­
quiry  for  export,  which  was  not  looked 
for.

Beans  are  strong  with  a  steady  ad­
vancing  outlook.  Hand-picked  beans 
are  quoted  at  $1.80.

Flour  is  very  steady  owing  to  scarcity 
of  wheat 
in  Michigan  The  mills  are 
running  fairly  up  to  capacity.  The  en­
quiry  is  good.
feed 

in  good  demand,  the 

Mill 

is 

mills  being  sold  ahead  at  full  prices.

Receipts  of  wheat  54  cars,  corn  6 cars, 

oats  15  cars,  beans  1  car.

Mills  are  paying  65c  for  wheat.

T h e   H a rd w a re  Mark**!.

The  hardware  market  continues  to  he 
characterized  by  an  active  demand  and 
strong  tone.  The  condition  of  the 
iron 
market  is  such  that  the  maintenance  of 
existing  prices  for some  time  to come  is 
clearly  indicated  in  manufactured  prod­
ucts,  and  similar  advances  are  being 
made  by  hardware  manufacturers,  as 
lines  are  directly  affected  by  the 
their 
higher  prices  ruling 
for  the  raw  ma­
terial.

last  market  report. 

In  wire  nails  and  wire  of  all  kinds, 
there  has  been  no  change  in  price  since 
our 
In  steel  goods 
of  all  kinds,  while  jobbers  are  soliciting 
orders  for  spring  trade,  the  prices  re­
main  very  firm  and  there  are  no  indica­
tions  that  another  advance  will  soon  be- 
made.

In  Manila  and  sisal  rope,  there  has 
been  no  change  and  prices  remain  as 
last  quoted.

Atkins’  cross  cut  saws  have  been  ad­
vanced  5  per  cent.,  which  brings  the 
present  bottom  discount  to  4  per  cent, 
is  evety  indication  of  still 
off.  There 
in  the  near  future,  as 
further  advances 
manufacturers  will  take  no  oiders 
for 
next  year,  except  subject  to  prices  rul­
ing  at  date  of  shipment.

Cistern  and  deep  well  pumps  have 
taken  an  advance  which  averages  about 
10  per  cent.  On wood  pumps  a  new  list 
has  been  adopted  and  the  discount  ad­
vanced. 
Retailers  can  get  the  new 
lists  by  corresponding  with  their  job­
bers.

Carriage  and  machine  bolts,  as  well 
as 
lag  screws,  have  advanced  10  per 
cent,  during  the  last  week.  Jobbers  are 
now  quoting  45  per  cent,  on  carriage 
bolts.

The  window  glass  market  still  re­
it 
impossible  to  determine  what  dis­

mains  in  an  unsettled  condition  and 
is 
counts  will  rule  the  coming  month.

F a r m e r   A r m o u r's  A corn   D eal.

in 

P.  D.  Armour,  late 

life,  has  re­
turned  to  his  first  love,  and  is  now 
liv­
ing  on  a  farm  near  Oconomowoc,  on  ac­
count  of  his  health.  Any  day  he  can 
be  seen  directing  the  work  of the “ hired 
hands,”   superintending  the  building  of 
corn  cribs  and  bams,  and  generally 
showing  the  influence  of  his  early  train­
ing.  The  people  of  the  neighborhood 
say  he  is  a  shrewd  horse  trader,  and  is 
feeding  the  fattest  hogs  that  have  been 
seen  in  that  section  for  twenty  years.

Long  ago,  before  Mr.  Armour  em­
barked  on  his  career as  a  financier,  he 
entertained  the  theory  that  the  best  feed 
for  pigs 
is  acorns.  Accordingly,  as 
soon  as  he  took  up  farming  again  he 
sent  out  word  that  he  would  pay 25 cents 
a  bushel 
in  the 
farmyard.  He  got  enough  in  a  week  to 
feed  all  the  pigs  around  Oconomowoc, 
but  he  also got  a  note  from  the  district 
school  teacher,  which  read  as  follows:

for  acorns  delivered 

Dear  Sir— When  you  offered  to  pay  25 
for  acorns  there  were 
cents  a  bushel 
in  my  school.  Now  the 
sixty  scholars 
regular attendance  is  about  ten. 
In  the 
interest  of  education  I  wish  you  would 
suspend  your  operations  for a  more  fa­
vorable  season.

Farmer  Armour  saw  the  point. and 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

acted  accordingly.

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Woman’s World

H ow   th e   M a n a g in g  M am m a M a rk e te d   H e r 

D au g h te r» .

A  room  lined  with  the  weary-looking 
palms  and 
ferns  from  a  professional 
decorators.  Furniture  pushed  back  and 
disarranged,  as  left  by  departing guests. 
A ir  heavy  with  the  perfume  of  dying 
roSes.  Lights  have  been  extinguished 
until  only  one 
left  burning  which 
shows  a  matronly-looking,  woman,  sit­
ting  alone  by  the  expiring  fire  in  the 
grate.  She  soliloquizes :

is 

indulge  myself 

“ Well,  the  wedding 

is  over,  and  at 
last  I  can 
in  a  little 
peace  and  rest.  Maud  is  the  rich  Mrs. 
Farrington  now,  gone  on  her  bridal 
tour 
in  her  private  car,  and  to-morrow 
the  papers  will  be  full  of  what  they  will 
call  the  social  event  of  the  season  and 
of  descriptions  of  her  gowns  and  jewels 
and  her  new  home  and  all  the  rest  of  it. 
Really,  I  think  I  may  congratulate  my­
self  on  the  whole  affair. 
I  never  saw'  a 
wedding  go  off  better.  Everything  ab­
solutely  correct,  from  the 
impressive­
ness  of  the  ceremony  to  the  temperature 
of  the  champagne.  Of  course,  I  do 
wish,  poor,  dear  Farrington  could  have 
contrived  not  to  look  quite  so  much  like 
a  widower  who  was  used  to  getting mar­
ried,  but  after  all  that  is  a  small matter. 
Nobody  ever  notices  the  bridegroom. 
Maud  was  perfectly  beautiful.  Not 
teary  and  red-eyed  and  emotional,  like 
most  brides,  who  celebrate  the  occasion 
looking  uglier  than  they  ever  do  at 
by 
any  other  time  of  their 
lives.  Natural­
ly, 
it  was  no  more  than  I  expected  of 
her.  None  of  my  children,  I  trust,  can 
ever  so  forget  my  teaching  as  to  be 
weak  enough  to  give  away  to  their  feel­
‘ Feelings,  my  dear, ’  I  have  al­
ings. 
ways  said  to  them,  ‘ are  a 
luxury  in 
which  only  millionaires  can  afford  to 
indulge  themselves.  For  people  in  our 
moderate  circumstances  they  are  simply 
a  preposterous  extravagance  which  you 
must  not  even  think  of  gratifying.’

“ Thank  heaven,  1  shall  always  have 
the  comfort  of  knowing  I  have  done  my 
full  duty  towards  my  children.  All  of 
them  admirably  married  and  settled 
in 
life.  What  could  be  more  gratifying  to 
a  mother's  heart  than  the  sight  of  Flor­
ence’s  fine  house  or  Lulu’s  diamonds  or 
Frances’  summer  home  at  Harbor  Point 
or  E m ily's  horses  and  carriages?  Of 
course,  I  wish  that  James  wasn’t  quite 
so  dull  and  stupid,  or  Edgar  such  a 
frightful  bore  with  his  imaginary  ill­
nesses  and  remedies,  and  that  Reginald 
wasn’t 
is 
settled  on  him,  and  he  can’t  get  rid  of 
that’s  one  comfort— and  that  Fred 
it, 
was— er— er— a 
little  more  domestic  in 
his  tastes,  but,  dear  me,  you  can’t  have 
everything.  Whoever  you  marry,  you 
have  to  overlook  things  you  don’t  like, 
and  put  up  with  things  you  don’t enjoy, 
and  at  least  when  you  have  fine  estab­
lishments  and  gowns  you  have  some­
thing  by  way  of  compensation.

so  wild—but  his  property 

“ When  that  catty  Mrs.  Blank came up 
to  speak  to  me  to-night  at  the  reception 
she  murmured : 
‘ Everything  is  so  per­
fect,  but  then  you  are  so  clever,  one 
npvfer  looks  for  anything  less  than  suc­
cess  from  you. ’ 
I  knew  she  was  dy­
ing  to  say,  and  would  as  soon  as  my 
back  was  turned,  that  I  was  such  a 
shrewd  manager. 
It  is  always  the  fling 
my  enemies  have  had  at  me  when  I out­
generaled  them  and  did  the  thing  they 
wanted  to  do.  Um,  hum,  I  wonder  why 
it  should  be  thought  a  reflection  on  a 
woman  to  be  a  good  manager,  to  know 
how  to  turn  circumstances  to  her  ad­
instead  of  being  crushed  by
vantage 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

them?  A  man  would  be  admired  for  it, 
but  there’s  always  a  sneer  in  the epithet 
when  they  apply  it  to  a  woman.

the  nights  of  planning, 

“ Heigho,  but  the  woman  who,  with­
out  money,  manages  to  hold  her  place 
in  society  pays  for 
it.  The  days  of 
anxiety, 
the 
trouble  and  the  worry,  and  the  thought 
that 
it  takes  to  make  one  dollar  do  the 
work  of  five.  The  necessities  I  have 
done  without 
in  order  to  exhibit  the 
luxuries!  1 am  sure  1  have  gone  through 
enough  to  entitle  me  to  rank  among  the 
saints  and  the  martyrs.  Nobody  knows, 
not  even  Bob.  When  our  fortune  was 
swept  away  by  that  unlucky  speculation 
of  his,  he  was  for  giving  right  up  and 
sinking  under  the  blow. 
‘ We  can  take 
what  little  we  have  left  and  go  to  some 
quiet  country  neighborhood where it  will 
be  enough  to  live  on  in  comfort,  in  an 
humble  w ay,’  he  said. 
‘ So  we  can,’  I 
answered,  and  have  our  children  grow 
up  with  nobodies  and  marry  nobodies 
and  be  nobodies.  Never  while  I  live.  I 
intend  that  my  daughters  shall  take  the 
place 
in  society  they  are  entitled  to, 
and  what  I  lack  in  money  I  must  malce 
up  in  w it.’  But,  heavens!  what  an  un­
dertaking 
it  was!  Five  daughters  to 
be  educated,  dressed  and 
launched  in 
society  on  almost  nothing  a  year!  No 
wonder  I  am  gray-headed  and  have 
wrinkles  that  defy  the  masseur.

“ People  whose  own  daughters  have 
thrown  themselves  away  in  idiotic  mar­
riages  say 
I  am  a  managing  mother. 
Pouf!  and  why  not?  Does  the  successful 
business  man  sit  still  and  wait  for  the 
good  thing  he  wants  to  drop  into  his 
lap?  Does  the  politician  ever  wait  for 
the  office  to  really  hunt  him  up?  I  guess 
not.  Every  mother  of  us  wants  our 
daughters  to  marry  well,  only  some  of 
us  use  more  sense  about  it  than  others. 
What  brings  about  the  average  mar­
riage?  A  dart  from  a  winged  cupid? 
Faugh!  that  is  the  nonsense  of  the  fairy 
tales. 
Everybody 
of  the  slightest  intelligence  knows  that, 
and  yet  parents  let  a  fascinating and un­
desirable  fellow  spend  half  his  evenings 
at  their  house  and  then,  when  their  ro­
mantic  little  goose  of  a  daughter  wants 
to  marry  him,  they  are  astounded  and 
unprepared  for  a  denouement  that  a 
blind  man  could  have  foreseen  from  the 
beginning. 
I’ll do  myself  the  justice  to 
say  that  1  never  underrated  the  value  of 
propinquity.  Only  with  me  it  was  the 
propinquity  of  the  strictly  eligible every 
time,  and  really,  I  don’t  see  how  my 
daughters  could  have  made  more  ad­
vantageous  matches.

is  propinquity. 

It 

“ They  were  good  girls,  of  course,  and 
amenable  to  reason.  No  sentimental 
nonsense  about  them,  thank  goodness. 
They  were  clever  enough  to  understand 
is  that  really  cjunts 
what 
it 
There’s 
such  a 
little  time  to  be  romantic  and 
such  a  long  time  to  be  comfortable  that 
it’s  really  strange  so  many  people  are 
willing  to  pay  such  a  price  for 
it.  Not 
that  I  discourage  sentiment and  romance 
— oh,  dear,  n o ;  nothing  is  more  enter­
taining— in  books,  but 
in  real  life  it 
needs  to  be  adapted  to  the  circum­
stances,  so  to  speak. 
‘ Never  marry, 
my  children,’  I  always  said  to them, 
‘ without  love,  but  be  sure  to  love  the 
right  one.  The  affection  that  is  backed 
up  by  capital 
is  a  gilt-edged  security 
that  is  above  par  and  is  worth  investing 
just  as  easy  to  love  the  right 
in. 
one  as 
it  is  the  wrong  one,  and  a  deal 
more  satisfactory  in  the  long  run, ’  and 
it’s  a  comfort  to  me  to  know  that  they 
all  took  my  advice.  There’s  nothing 
like  bringing  up  your  children  in  the 
matrimonial  way  you  want  them  to  go.

It’s 

thing 

to  do  a 

I  believe 

“ No,  1  never  had  any  trouble  with 
any  of  them  but  Maud,  and 
it’s  queer 
how  that  has  kind  of  haunted  me  all 
like  the  other 
day.  Maud  never  was 
girls. 
it  would  have  been 
actually  impossible  for  Em ily,  from  her 
very  babyhood, 
that 
wasn’t 
just  perfectly  conventional  and 
correct,  and  Florence  would  no  more 
have  thought  of  sacrificing  her  position 
in  society  by  marrying  a  poor  man  than 
she  would  have  contemplated  suicide, 
but  Maud  was  always  romantic.  She 
was  always  making  the  queerest  friends 
— girls  with  lovely  voices  and  dreadful 
clothes  and  things  like  that.  Dear  me, 
she  used  to  make  it  terribly  awkward 
for  me  wrhen  I  had  to  explain  to  her 
that  we  couldn’t  afford  to  know  such 
I’ll  never  forget  how  she  used 
people. 
look  at  me  with  her  big  eyes  and 
to 
say,  ‘ But  why,  mamma? 
like  them 
so  much  better than  those stupid Croesus 
girls?  They  bore  me  with  their  talk 
about  money,  money,  money. ’  As  if 
it  made  any  difference  whether  one  was 
bored  or  not  by  a  millionaire!

I 

I 

“ Then  there  came  that  awkward  Tre- 
villion  affair. 
let  Maud  go  with  her 
Aunt  Mary  one  summer  to  Charlevoix, 
and  there  she  met  Jack  Trevillion,  who 
was  painting  or  sketching  or doing some 
of  those  things  that  are  so  dreadfully 
taking  to  young  girls.  Of  course,  he 
didn’t  have  a  cent  to  bless himself with. 
Fascinators  never  do.  Mary  is  a  dear 
old  donkey  of  a  woman  who  never  sees 
a  thing  until  somebody  knocks 
into 
her  head,  and  so  she  let  the  days  and 
weeks  slip  by  and  Maud  and  young 
Trevillion  were  tramping  the  beach 
from  Bay  Shore  to  Fisherman’s  Island 
and  up  and  down  the  whole  length  of 
Pine  Lake  and  sitting  in  the  twilight 
and  planning  a  life  together  that  was  to 
be  one  long  dream  of  romance  in  which 
he  was  to  paint  pictures  that  would 
make  him  famous  and  she  was  to  be  his 
inspiration  and  all  the  rest  of  the  ut­
terly  impossible  and  absurd  things  that 
young  people 
imagine  when  they  are 
in  love  for  the  first  time.

it 

“ Well,  it  was 

just  by  chance  that  I 
heard  of  it,  and  I  left  for  Charlevoix  on 
the  next  train  to  bring  Maud  home. 
I 
couldn’t 
let  her throw  herself  away  like 
that,  you  know,  but— well,  I  had  always 
known  that  Maud  was  pretty,  but  I 
never  saw  anything 
like  her  face  that 
day  when  I  first  arrived.  There  was  a 
glow  on 
light,  a  tenderness,  a 
radiance  that  might  have  been  straight 
from  the  throne  of  God  and  that 
just 
transfigured 
it.  And  Jack  T revillion ! 
Gracious  heaven,  why  couldn’t  he  have 
had  some  m oney!  I  didn’t  blame  Maud 
for 
the

loving  him,  but,  of  course, 

it,  a 

whole  thing  was  utterly  absurd  and  im­
possible  and  I  had  to  tell  them  so. 
1 
explained  to  him  that  to  marry  Maud 
would  be  ruin  to  him  as  wrell  as  her. 
I 
reminded  him  of  the  number  of  promis­
ing  young  men  we  knew  who  had 
blighted  their  careers  by  marrying  poor 
girls.  A  man  can  never  rise  and  do 
good  work 
if  every  energy  of  his  body 
and  mind  has  to  be  spent  on  keeping 
the  pot  boiling. 
I  showed  him,  plainly 
enough, 
for  his  good, 
but  he  didn’t  appreciate  it  or  thank  me 
for  it.  My  experience 
is  that  people 
never  do,  when  you  tell  them  what  they 
don’t  want  to  hear.  Well,  anyway,  he 
gave  me  the  nastiest  quarter  of  an  hour 
I  ever  had  and  told  me that 1 had broken 
his  heart  and  wrecked  his  life  and  all 
the  rest  of 
it,  and  Maud  clung  to  him 
and  cried,  and  I  really  felt  quite  like  an 
ogre,  although,  of  course,  1  knew  I  w'as 
doing  it  all  for  the  best.

it  was  all 

that 

“ Ah,  well,  that’s  all  over  these  two 
years  now.  Trevillion  died  that  winter 
and  to-night  Maud  was  married  to  the 
catch  of  the  season.  Of  course,  Farring­
ton  is  twice  as  old  as  she  is  and  doesn’t 
seem  to  be  interested 
in  anything  but 
his  business,  but  what  of  that?  She’ ll 
have  the  finest  establishment  and  car­
riages  in  town.  What  a  contrast  be­
tween  that  and 
if  I  had  let  her  alone 
and 
let  her  marry  Jack  Trevillion! 
She’d  have  been  lucky  then  to  have  had 
a  shabby  cottage  on  a  back  street  and 
money  to  have  paid  her  car  fare.  She 
ought  to  be  grateful  enough  to  me  for 
saving  her  from  her  folly,  I’ m  sure.

“ But  is  she?  To-night  when  she  was 
leaving  she  clung  weeping  to  her  father 
and  he  patted  her  on  the head and called 
her  his  poor,  little  girl,  with  a  tone  in 
his  voice  that  was  like  a sob.  Such  non­
sense,  but  he  always  upheld  her  in  all 
her  romantic  notions.’ 
‘ You  are  a  very 
fortunate  girl,  Maud,’  I  said,  and  then 
she  turned  and  gave  me  such  a  queer 
look.  I  am  not  imaginative.  No,  really,
I  have  never  even  been  accused  of  it  in 
all  my 
life,  but  as  Maud  looked  at  me 
it  seemed  to  me  that  I  was  in  a  valley, 
and 
it  was  young  April  with  all  the 
world  abloom,  and  everywhere  was  the 
perfume  of  flowers  and  the  music  of 
singing  birds.  Suddenly,  some one came 
who  ruthlessly  and  unpityingly trampled 
every  flower  under  foot  and  throttled 
every  singing  bird.  The  sun  still  shone, 
and  the  place  was  still  bright  and  beau­
tiful,  but  somehow  I  knew  that  never 
again  would  there  be  any  perfume  or 
music  there  again  and  that  the  desola­
tion  of  death 
itself  had  fallen  on  the 
spot.  Of  course,  that was  only  fancy,  tor 
all  that  Maud  said  was  Yes,  mother,  I 
am  very  fortunate. 
I  shall  have  a  fine 
house  and  diamonds,  ■ and  a  summer 
home  on  Mackinac  Island.  Surely  no 
woman’s  heart  could  ask  for  anything 
else.’ 
‘ Certainly  not,’  I  replied,  and 
then  she  was  gone.  Of  course,  la m  
right.  Why,  I'have  planned,  and  worked 
and  slaved  for  years  for this,  and  yet 
yet—1  wish  that  Muad  hadn’t 
and 
looked  at  me  like  that.”

Dorothy  Dix.

Hanselman’s Pine Chocolates

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dealer can afford to be without them.

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4

Around the State

M o vem ent»  o f M erch an t» .

Broomfield— Fred  Pratt  has  sold  his 

grocery  stock  to  Amos  Packer.

Albion— E.  B.  Stevens  has  sold  his 

meat  market  to  Henry  C.  Fondra.

Bad Axe— Chas.  Graves has  purchased 

the  jewelry  stock  of  C.  S.  Graves.  „

St.  Johns— Dutcher  &  Hall  have  re­

moved  their  bazaar  stock Jo  Owosso.

Jackson— Paul  Murray  continues  the 
grocery  business  of  Harrison  &  Murray.
Albion— Henry  C.  Fondra  has  pur­
chased  the  meat  market  of  E.  B.  Stev­
ens.

Bay  City— C.  S.  Graves  has  pur­
chased  the  jewelry  stock  of  W.  B.  God­
frey.

Schoolcraft— Fellows  &  Clark,  lumber 
dealers,  are  succeeded  by  Nesbit  &  Fel­
lows.

Benton  Harbor— M.  S.  Peck  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Foster  M. 
Howard.

Big  Rapids— Rudluff  &  Krahn,  gro­
cers,  have  dissolved,  Mr.  Rudluff  suc­
ceeding.

Traverse  City—J.  W.  Hinman  &  Co. 
have  opened  a  meat  market  at  324  East 
Front  street.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—W.  M.  Campbell 
has  opened  a  grocery  store  in  the  Case 
&  Ellis  block.

Benton  Harbor— Jos.  Bennett,  dealer 
in  dry  goods  and  clothing,  has  sold  out 
to  D.  Sax  &  Co.

Hubbardston— H.  \V.  Grill,  hardware 
implement  dealer,  has  removed  to 

and 
more  commodious  quarters.

Petoskey—Norman  G.  Rice  has  sold 
interest  in  the  W.  W.  Rice  Leather 

his 
Co.  to  the  other  stockholders.

Grand  Haven— Peter  DeBoe,  of  Hol­
land,  has  purchased  the  confectionery 
and  fruit  business  of  Alvin Jackson.

Sparta—W.  H.  Mitchell,  of  Middle- 
ville,  has  opened  a  jewelry  store  in  the 
building  occupied  by  the Hastings Drug 
Co.  *

Marshall— From  Nov.  27  to  Jan.  1  all 
dry  goods  and  notion  stores  in  the  city 
will  be  open  every  week  day  until 
8  p.  m.

Marquette— Timothy  Duquette 

has 
effected  a  satisfactory  settlement  with 
his  creditors  and  resumed  business  at 
his  clothing  store.

Holland— Cornelius  VanDuren 

has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Daniel 
Bertsch  at  the  comer  of  Central  avenue 
and  Thirteenth  street.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— McKee  &  McDon­
secondhand 
ald,  dealers 
furniture,  have  dissolved  partnership, 
Jas.  H.  McDonald  succeeding.

in  new  and 

Gladwin— Wm.  Woodward,  of  Grout, 
has  formed  a  partnership  with  C.  I. 
Ryman  and  engaged  in  the  agricultural 
implement  and  harness  business.

Ann  Arbor—  The  hardware  dealers 

in 
this  city  have  decided  to  close  their 
places  of  business  at  6  o’clock  in  the 
evening  from  Nov.  2  until  May  1.

Petoskey— B.  F.  Donovan  has  pur­
chased  the  block  owned  by  Mrs.  Mary 
Williams,  of  Delho,  Ohio,  and  will  oc­
cupy  same  with  his  grocery  stock.

Flint— The  Pettibone  &  McCall  cloth­
ing  stock  has  been  closed  out,  Geo.  W. 
Buckingham  purchasing  the  balance  re­
maining  at  the  chattel  mortgage  sale.

Detroit— Wm.  J.  McCauley  &  Co. 
have  executed  a  chattel  mortgage  to 
Hiram  H.  Rackham, 
for 
$3,464.12,  covering  the  firm’s  stock  of 
millinery 
in  their  Woodward 
avenue  establishment. 
is 
taken  to  secure  a  number of  creditors.

The  step 

trustee, 

goods 

Byron— L.  F.  Lutz  has  sold  his  stock 
of  clothing  to  a  company  which  has 
clothing  stores  in  several  towns through­
out  the  State  and  will  retire  from  trade.
Adrian— Robert  Watts  and  Niles  Pe­
terson  have 
formed  a  copartnership  un­
der  the  style  of  Watts  &  Peterson  and 
opened  a  flour  and 
feed  store  at  16 
Logan  street.

Owosso— L.  O.  Underwood  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner,  G.  L. 
Dick,  in  the  meat  firm  of  Dick  &  ' Un­
derwood,  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  in  his  own  name.

Bellaire— W.  G.  Phelps  has  sold  his 
hardware  stock  to  F.  D.  Flye,  formerly 
identified  with  the  Richardi  wooden- 
ware  establishment,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Ithaca— Chas.  H.  Rowland,  proprietor 
of  the  Ithaca  Bazaar,  has  leased  the  old 
postoffice  and  is  refitting  same  for  his 
holiday  stock.  After  Christmas  it  will 
be  stocked  with  house  furnishing  goods.
Port  Huron—Asman  &  Beard  have 
sold  their  dry  goods  stock  to  the  Port 
Huron  Cash  Dry  Goods  Co.,  a  new  firm 
in  which,  it  is  rumored,  C.  R.  Hawley 
&  Co.,  of  Bay  City,  are  largely  inter­
ested.

Honor— F.  E.  Holt  has  sold  his  drug 
stock  to  F.  G.  Hoyt,  of  Fremont,  and 
removed  his  grocery  stock  to  Traverse 
City,  where  he  will  engage  in  business 
at  the  comer  of  Ninth  and  South  Union 
streets.

Sparta— L.  S.  Ballard  has retired from 
the  firm  of  Ballard  &  Field,  furniture 
dealers,  his  interest  having  been  trans­
ferred  to  his  son,  M.  N.  Ballard.  The 
business  will  be  continued  under  the 
style  of  C.  S.  Field  &  Co.

Port  Huron— The 

furniture  store  of 
Chas.  Thompson  has  been  closed,  al­
though  there  are  no  chattel mortgages  or 
judgments  on  the  stock.  He  has  applied 
to  Harlow  P.  Davock,  referee  in  bank­
ruptcy,  to  be  declared  a  bankrupt.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— P.  M.  Church  will 
re-engage  in  the  hardware  business  next 
spring,  having  been  compelled  to  dis­
continue  business  on  account  of 
ill 
health.  Mr.  Church  was  the  first  ex­
clusive  hardware  merchant  in  this  city.
Greenville— S.  M.  Albertson is receiv­
ing  the  congratulations  of friends that he 
has  been  restored  to  health  and  again  is 
found  at  his  dry  goods  store  after an 
absence  of  nearly  a  year.  He  weighs  44 
pounds  more  than  last  spring  and  feels 
like  a  new  man.

Ann  Arbor— C.  J.  Shetterly  will  en­
gage 
in  the  coal  business  Dec.  1,  with 
an  office  at  118  E.  Washington  street. 
Mr.  Shetterly,  who  has  so  successfully 
conducted  the  Arlington  hotel  for  some 
time,  has  sold  out  his  interest  there  to 
F.  W.  Lewis,  of  Evart.

Bay  City— The  Retail  Meat  Dealers’ 
Association at  its  last  meeting adopted  a 
resolution  that  hereafter customers  must 
pay  their  bills  every  30  days  or  their 
credit  will  be  stopped.  The  members 
of  the  Association  took  this  action  after 
receiving  notice 
from  the  wholesale 
dealers  that  they  would  collect  all  ac­
counts  every  Monday.

Charlotte— Another  change  in  clothing 
firms  is  announced:  On  January  1,  1900, 
the  term  of  partnership  existing  for  the 
past  thirteen  years  will  have  ended  with 
Messrs.  Joseph  Lang  and  Meyer  Vom- 
berg.  At  that  time  one  of  the  gentle­
men  will  retire. 
It  will  not  be  known 
for  some  time  which  one  that  will  be—  
all  will  depend  upon  who  will  put  up 
the  more  cold  cash  for  the  other’s  half 
of  the  goods  after the  stock  shall  have 
been  reduced.

M a n u fa c tu rin g   M atter».

Stanton— Geo.  B.  Hopkins  has  sold 

his  cigar  factory  to  E.  F.  Tidd.

Bay  City— Geo. 

Zimmer  succeeds 
Zimmer  &  Baehr  in  the  manufacture  of 
sausage.

Escanaba— The  United  States  Wood- 
enware  Co.  has  been  absorbed  by  the 
National 
and  Wooden- 
ware  Co.

Cooperage 

Cushing  -Local  business  men  are 

in­
in  a  movement  to  establish  a 
factory  here  under  the  manage­
the  Hartford 

terested 
cheese 
ment  of  Davis  Haven, 
cheese  manufacturer.

Detroit— Articles  of 

incorporation  of 
the  Kingman  Salt  Co.  have  been  filed. 
The  headquarters  of  the  company 
is  to 
be  at  Kingman,  Ks.,  and  the stockhold­
ers  are  A.  E.  Jennings,  J.  F.  Button, 
W.  F.  Mulkey,  O.  W.  Mulkey  and  J. 
M.  Mulkey.  The capital  stock  is  $250,- 
000,  and  the  amount  paid  in  is  $20,000, 
being  the  estimated  value  of  the  plant 
of  the  Crystal  Rock  Salt  Co.  at  King- 
man.

T h e   B oy»  B e h in d   th e   C o u n te r.

Lansing— F.  C.  Davis  has  taken  a 
in  the  drug  store  of  Geo.  O. 

clerkship 
Young.

Howard  City— C.  L.  Gold,  of  Kalama­
zoo,  has  taken  charge  of  Sid  V.  Bul­
lock’s  drug  store  during  the  latter’s  ab­
sence  on  a  hunting  trip  in  the  Upper 
Peninsula.

Traverse  City— Fred  Ingraham, 

for­
merly  of  Cadillac,  has  taken  a  position 
in  the  dry  goods  and  clothing  store  of 
Julius  Steinberg.

Plainwell  Chas.  Buchanan,  who  has 
been  head  clerk  in  the  dress  goods  de­
partment  of  Wm.  D.  Hardy  &  Co.,  at 
Muskegon, 
for  several  years,  has  re­
turned  to  Plainwell  and  taken  a  respon­
sible  position  in  the  dry  goods  store  of 
Wagner  &  Heath.

Kalamazoo— R.  E.  Anderson,  for  the 
past  three  months  with  Rosenbaum  & 
Speyer,  will  manage  the  dry  goods  de­
partment  of  H.  J.  Vermeulen’s  store  at 
Alma.

Central  Lake— C.  R.  Wells  has  sev­
ered  his  connection  with  the  general 
store  of  Nathan  Hirshberg  & Co.,  at Elk 
Rapids,  and  taken  a  position 
in  the 
general  store  of  E.  M.  McFarlan  at  this 
place.

Coldwater— Will  A.  Stevens is now en­

gaged  at  Hilton’s  clothing  store.

Marshall— Harlow  Davidson  is  clerk­
ing  in  Mr.  Esch’s  grocery  store  in place 
of  Tom  Sinnig.who  has  gone  to  Chicago 
on  business.

Corunna—W ill  Simeon,  for  some  time 
past  behind  the  counter  of  McMullen’s 
clothing  store,  has  taken  a  position  in 
the  First  National  Bank.

Marshall— F.  W.  Treseder  will  man­
age  the  dry  goods  and  notion  store  re­
cently  opened  here  by  J.  A.  Unna,  Mr. 
Unna’s  attention  being  taken  up  by  his 
Battle  Creek  store.  His  assistants  will 
be  Mrs.  Myron  Rider  and  Miss  Gray,ol 
this  city,  and  Miss  Wertz,  of  Battle 
Creek.

R e d u c e d   R a te s   fo r  T h a n k s g iv in g   D ay.
The  Grand  Trunk  Railway  System 
will  sell  tickets  between  all  its  stations 
on 
lines  west  of  Detioit  and  Port 
Huron,  at  one  fare  and  a  third  for  the 
round  trip  within  a  radius  of  150  miles 
from  starting  point.  Tickets  good  going 
on  all  trains  November  29  and  30,  and 
valid  to  return  up  to  and 
including 
December  1.

F.  E.  Holt,  grocer,  Traverse  C ity:  I 
have  taken  the  Michigan Tradesman  for 
eight  years  and,  in  my  opinion,  it  is 
the  best  trade 
in  the  United 
States.

journal 

H ide»,  F elt»,  F u r» ,  T a llo w   a n d   W ool.
There  seems  to  be  no 
tanners  will  pay 

limit  to  the 
price 
for  hides. 
“ Price  cuts  no  figure,  only  send  your 
hides  along,”   seems  to  be  the  rule  in 
buying.  There  are  no  more  low  prices 
on  hides  or 
leather  and  no  one  knows 
where  to  stop.  Whether  there  is  a  profit 
on  them  or  not  remains  to  be  seen. 
There 
is  quite  a  strife  among  factories 
as  to  how  high  a  price  they  can  pay  to 
get  them.  The end  will  come  some  day 
and  some  one  will  get  hurt,  although 
now  all  one  needs  is  nerve.
Pelts  have  advanced 

in  price,  as 
should  be  the  case  on  account  of  the 
better quality  and  the  fact  that  the  mar­
ket  has  been  too 
low  for  the  product. 
Both  wool  and  skins  are  wanted  at 
higher  values.

Furs  are  being  offered  without  any 
settled  market.  Some  kinds  will  rule 
low,  and  all  kinds  are  nominal  as  to 
price.  The  mild  weather  retards  sales 
of  fur  garments,  which  makes  the  de­
mand  uncertain.

Tallow 

is  quiet,  with  a  disposition 
among  dealers  to boom  the  price,  which 
rules  low.  Offerings  are  ample  for the 
demand,  and  any 
in  values 
brings  quantities  in  sight.

inflation 

Wools  are  on  the  boom.  The  advance 
long  looked  for  has  come.  The  demand 
from  speculators  and  manufacturers  has 
materialized  and  the  sales  for  the  last 
three  weeks  have  been  larger than  ever 
before  known.  Buyers  have  used  their 
cash  and  credit  to  the  utmost  extent  in 
lay 
order  to 
in  stocks.  That  “ tired 
feeling”  
all  dealers  experienced  by 
waiting  fo  the  price  to  go  up  is  gone— 
so  has  their  wool,  and  they  now  want 
more,  which  is  not  to  be  had.  Michigan 
has  been  well  cleaned  up  on  wools  for 
the  past  few  weeks  and  has  none  to 
offer. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

G ra n d   R a p id s   R e ta il  G ro c e ry   C le rk » ’  A s­

so c ia tio n .

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocery  Clerks’  Associa­
tion,  held  Monday  evening,  Nov.  20, 
President  Mclnnis  presided.

On  motion  of  L.  E.  Buss,  the  Secre­
tary  was  requested  to write the Michigan 
representative  of  B.  T.  Babbitt,  thank­
ing  him  for  the  generous  contribution 
given  the  Association  at  the 
last  meet- 
ing.

On  motion  of  Harry  Stowitts, 

the 
Worden  Grocer  Co.  and  Fleischman  & 
Co.  were  given  the  thanks  of  the  Asso­
ciation  for  the  donation  of  cigars.

On  motion  of  Jos.  Terrill,  the  charter 
was  closed.  Members  joining  hereafter 
will  be  compelled  to  pay  25  cents  mem­
bership  fee,  as  well  as  annual  dues  of 
$2,  payable  quarterly  in  advance.

The  President  appointed  L.  E.  Buss, 
Jos.  Terrill  and  Fred  Beardslee  as  an 
Entertainment  Committee,  which,  later 
on,  reported  that  it had  provided  for  the 
following  entertainment  features  at  the 
next  m eeting:

Addresses  by  E.  A.  Stowe  and  Geo. 

Experience  in  the  Spanish  war,  L.  E. 

Raising  and  cultivation  of  citrous 

fruit— Jos.  H.  Terrill.

Solos— C.  W.  Holland  and  Frank 

Mr.  Mclnnis  then  delivered  an 

inter­
esting  address  on  the  subject  of  his  ex­
perience  on  the  public  market  while 
connected  therewith  in  an  official  ca­
pacity.  He  scored  the  hucksters  for  the 
two-faced  way  in  which  they  carried  on 
their business.

A  member  called  attention  to 

the 
operations  of  a 
local  peddler  who  was 
going  from  house  to  house,  offering  for 
sale  spices  purporting  to  be  put  up  by 
Peck  Bros.  The  samples  are  excellent, 
but  the  goods  delivered  are  very  in­
ferior. 
Inasmuch  as  the  imposter  ap­
pears  to  meet  with  liberal  patronage,  it 
was  thought  best  to  warn  the  people 
against  him.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Mclnnis.

Buss.

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T h e   G ro cery   M a rk e t.

Sugars— The  raw  sugar  market  re­
mains  the  same,  with  quotations  for  96 
deg.  test  centrifugals  still  at  4J^c.  The 
refiners  are  in  the  market  for  supplies, 
but  very  few  are  offered.  There  are, 
however,  a  number  of  small 
lots  of 
Louisiana  sugars  beginning  to  come  to 
market  and  they  are  meeting  with  a 
ready  sale.  The  sugar  cane  is  very  rich 
this  year,  giving  a  good  deal  of  sugar.
The  refined  market  is  unchanged,  with 
fair  demand.  Many  rumors  are  current 
of  a settlement of the  fight  among  the  re­
finers  and  that  the  condition  will  be 
very  different  soon  after  the  first  of  Jan­
uary.  None  of  these  stories  are  yet  con 
firmed,  however,  and  there  are  no  ap 
parent 
indications  of  any  agreement 
having  been  arrived  at.  The  total  stock 
of  sugar  in  the  United  States  is  187,54b 
tons,  against  133,194  tons  at  the  same 
time  last  year.

hands  than  has  ever  been  known  before. 
In  addition  to  this,  there 
is  no  hold­
over  from  last  year.  In  view  of  the  very 
short  pack  a 
further  advance  in  price 
may  be  looked  for  any  day.  The  salmon 
market-remains  very  firm  with  good  de­
mand.  The  Alaska  Packers’  Associa- 
tion  says  that  their  pack  is  fully  85  per 
cent,  red  Alaska  and  therefore  this  is 
the  only  variety  carried  in  stock  from 
which  the  trade  can  draw.  The  stock 
is  considerably  less  than 
now 
at  the  corresponding  time 
for  several 
seasons  past.  Many  think  that  the  price 
of  red  Alaska  will  be  advanced,  but  this 
is  not  very  likely,  as  it  is  the  policy  of 
the  Association  to  keep  prices  reason­
able 
increase  consumption 
rather than  to  check  it.

so  as  to 

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D o/'ifir 

Dried  Fruits— The  dried  fruit  market 
is  fairly  active,  but  the  present  warm 
weather  rather  curtails  demand.  The 
prune  market  is  somewhat  strengthened
1 
train
by  the  loss  of  a  Southern  Pacific  train 
and  by  the  sale  of  several  cars  in  the 
Eastern  market.  While  prices  have  not 
advanced,  the  spot  supply  is  small  and 
1  very  firm  feeling has developed,  which 
lead  to  an  advance  shortly,  it  is 
It  had  never  occurred  to  deal 
thought. 
ers  before,  apparently, 
just  how  short 
they  were  of  all  sizes,  and  the  fact  that 
shortage  can  be  caused  by  the  wreck 
a  few  cars  indicates  the  condition 

It 

Canned  Goods— The  situation remains 
unchanged. 
is  very  strong  and  buy­
ers  are  wondering  where  they  are  going 
to  find  sufficient  supplies  to  fill  their 
orders.  Nothing  but  broken  assortments 
of 
fruits  and  vegetables  are  obtainable 
and  holders  are  not  particularly  anxious 
to  dispose  of  what  they  have  on  hand. 
California 
fruits  are  wanted,  but  are 
not  to  be  had  and  there  is  a  steady  call 
for  vegetables,which  are  equally  scarce. 
There 
is  considerable  buying  for  1900 
delivery  at  prices  to  be  made,  compris­
ing  principally  tomatoes,  peas and  corn. 
Prices  on  these  futures  are  uncertain  as 
yet,  but  will  probably  rule  higher  than 
for  the  season 
just  closing  because  of 
increased  cost  of  cans  and  canning 
the 
materials. 
It  is  not  likely that cans will 
be  any  cheaper,  nor  the  price  of  canned 
goods  any  lower.  Tomatoes  are  slightly 
stiffer,  although  no  quotable  change  ii 
price  is  reported. 
It  appears  from  thi 
that  they  may  have  touched  bottom  and 
that  the  market  will  be  in  better  shape 
in  the  future.  The  pack  was  large,  but 
the  shortage 
in  some  other  varietie 
made 
it  necessary  to  substitute  some 
thing  and  tomatoes  were  taken  instead 
of  the 
fruit  desired.  This  will  help 
later,  when  the  second  buying  begins 
and  dealers  find  they  haven’t  so  much 
after  all.  Corn continues very  scarce  and 
the  market  very  firm  and  holders  can 
obtain  about  their  own  price  for  fancy 
qualities  of  all  packs.  New  York  State 
goods  are  entirely  exhausted  and  Maine 
varieties  are  so  scarce  that  the  market 
is  virtually  bare.  There  is  a 
little  left 
in  Maryland  and  some  other  points,  but 
no  large  blocks  in  any  one place.  String 
beans  and  peas  are  in  much  the  same 
situation  as  heretofore.  Supplies  are  so 
in  any  considerable 
short  that  buying 
quantity  means  a  sudden 
increase  in 
price,  although  the  figures  are  now  very 
high.  California 
fruits  are  scarce  and 
firm  and  prices  are  tending  upward  on 
all  varieties.  Some sorts have passed  the 
prohibitive  point,  and  buying  has  been 
checked,  but  it  is  thought  that  this  con­
dition  will  last  only  while  deliveries  are 
so  large.  When  the  second  buying  sea­
is  expected  that  prices 
son  begins,  it 
will  advance  all  along  the 
line.  All 
kinds 
of  pineapples  are  practically 
cleaned  out  and  very  few  of  the  packers 
have  a n y ;  in  fact,  there  are  so  few  that 
some  of  the  packers  have  stopped  quot­
ing  them  altogether.  There  is  no change 
in  the  price  of  cove  oysters,  but  an  ad­
is  very  probable  as  the  demand 
vance 
is  continually 
is  a 
in  packers'
smaller  stock  of  sardines 

increasing.  There 

it 

is 

Peaches 

the  market.  The  quality  of  prunes  was 
never  better  and  the  entire  crop  is  tn 
California.  Oregon 
is  almost  entirely 
are  of  fruit.  The  crop  abroad  is  short 
-probably  smaller  than  for  years-  and 
irerything  has  indicated  an  active  for 
J g n   demand. 
are  slightly 
weaker  and  the  price  on some grades has 
declined  %c  this  week.  This  weakness 
is  considered  only  temporary,  however 
for,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  peaches  are  out 
of  first  hands  and  are  held  by  strong 
firms  who  will  not  be  likely  to  let  them 
decline  and 
likely  they  will  ad- 
ance  later.  There is nothing  of  partic­
ular 
interest  in  raisins,  prices  remain­
ing  the  same  and  demand  good.  The 
zaporated  apple  market  grows  weaker 
and  has  declined  %c  tier  pound.  We 
believe  that  prices  will  advance  again 
as  soon  as  this  unseasonable  weather  is 
past  and  the  demand  from  consumers 
cleans  up  the  stock  now  in  the  hands  of 
dealers.  The  currant  market 
is  also 
weaker  and prices show a  decline  of  %c. 
The  Smyrna  fig  crop  is  proving  larger 
than  was  estimated.  The  estimates  have 
averaged  from  35,000  to  40,000  camel 
loads,  but,  according  to  recent  figures, 
they  will  run  higher  than  47,000  loads. 
Prices  are  about  as  last  reported,  but the 
reports  of  an  unexpectedly  large  output 
have  had  a  tendency  to  weaken the mar 
ket,  although  there  has  been  no  quot 
able  change.  Dates  move  out  very  well 
at  previous  prices.

Fish—The  demand 

for  cured  fish  is 
better  this  year  than  for  several  years 
past,  especially  for  hake,  cusk  and  cod. 
While  the  demand 
for  these  goods  in 
bulk  is  exceptionally good,  codfish,  hake 
and  haddock,  dried  herring  and  cusk  in 
1  2,  3  and  5  pound  packages  are  hay­
ing  a  tremendous  sale  among  the  whole­
sale  grocers.  These  goods  are  easily 
handled  and  recommend  themselves  to 
the  retailer  and  consumer  on  account  of 
their  convenience  and  cleanliness.

Tea— There 

is  an  active  demand  for 
teas  and  grocers  are  buying  much  more 
freely  than  heretofore.  While  purchases 
of 
low  grades  are  large,  there  is  also  a 
brisk  trade  in  the  finer  sorts.

Rice— The  situation  in  the  rice  mar­
ket 
is  practically  unchanged.  Jobbers 
appear to  be  well  supplied  for  the  pres­
ent  and  sales  are  small.

Nuts— Reports  from  Texas  are  to  the 
effect  that  the  crop  of  pecans  will  be 
only  about  10  per  cent,  of  an  average 
one.  Prices  are  higher  than  was  ever 
known  before  and  will  probably  remain 
high  for  the  next  year.  The  demand  is 
not  very  active  on  account  of  the  ex­
tremely  high  prices  and  dealers  turn  to 
the  cheaper  grades  of  nuts.

Rolled  Oats— The  rolled  oats  market 
is  very  strong  and there is  an advance of 
10c  per  barrel  and  5c  per  case  with 
good  demand  at  the  advance.

G ra n d   R ap id »   R e ta il  G rocer»' A »»oeIation.
At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers'  Association, 
held  Tuesday  evening,  Nov.  21,  Vice- 
President  Wagner  presided.

The  Secretary  presented  a  communi­
cation  requesting  the  Association 
to 
send  two  delegates  to  the  convention  of 
the  so-called  National  Retail  Grocers 
Association  to  be  held  in  Cleveland  in 
January.  The  proposition  met  with  no 
response,  Treasurer  Lehman  asserting 
that  the  movement  was  impracticable 
and  of  no  possible  benefit  to  the  retail 
trade.  He  moved  that  the  communica­
tion  be 
laid  on  the  table  indefinitely, 

hich  was  unanimously  adopted.
The  Secretary  then introduced the sub­
ject  of  trading  stamps,  which  was  dis- 
ussed  at  considerable 
length.  He  re­
lated  the  substance  of  an  interview  he 
had  with 
the  .local  representative  of 
Sperry  &  Hutchinson,  after  which  Mr. 
Lehman  addressed  the  Association  at 
some 
length,  including  the  relation  of 
the  negotiations  which  he  had  had  with 
the  chief  emissary  of  the  trading  stamy 
concern,  resulting 
in  his  decision  to j 
have  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the 
system.  He said  that  the  representative 
of  the  company  asked  him  to  write  W.
L.  Thomas,  of  Alliance,  Ohio,  for  a 
recommendation  of  the  system,  and  that 
the  letter  he  received  stated  that,  on  the 
completion  of  his  present  contract,  the 
writer  would  not  renew  it,  because  he 
had 
learned  by  experience  that  trading 
stamps  are  a  delusion  and  a  snare.  He 
read  other 
letters  of  a  more  favorable 
character.  He  related  his  experience 
with  the  cyclopoedia  premium  scheme 
some  years  ago,  which  he  said  was  any­
thing  but  satisfactory  because _  of  the 
dissatisfaction  which  necessarily 
re­
sulted,  and  he  had  fully  decided  that 
the  retailer  can  not  adopt  any  premium 
plan  without  making  business  disagree­
able  and  losing  trade.

J.  J.  Wagner  referred  to 

the  time 
when*  he  gave  a  cook  book  with  every 
$io  worth  of  cash  trade.  The  cost  of 
the  premium  was  not  burdensome,  but 
people  kept  claiming  cook  books  until 
some  families  had  four  or  five.  What 
they  did  with  them  is  more  than  he  was 
able  to  find  out.
Two  members  stated  that  the  agent  of 
the  trading  stamp  company  had  secured 
their  contracts  for  thirty  days  only,  with 
the  understanding  that  Mr.  Lehman  had 
previously  signed  a  contract  for  a  year. 
They  were  assured  that  the  contracts are 
void,  because  any  agreement  obtained 
by  fraud  or  misrepresentation  is  void 
under  the  laws  of  this  State. 

_  _

Several  other  members  participated 
in  the  discussion,  which  culminated 
ir 
the  unanimous  adoption  of  the  follow 
ing  resolution,  which  was  presented  by 
B.  S.  Harris:

Whereas— Representatives  of  a  trad 
ing  stamp  company  are  canvassing  the 
city  for the  purpose  of  reviving  interest 
in  the  propaganda ;  and

Whereas— False  representations  have 
been  frequently  made  to secure member­
ships  and  one  of  our  honored  members 
has  been  placed  in  a  false  light  before 
the  trade ;  therefore

Resolved— That  we  reaffirm  the  reso 
lution  adopted  several  years  ago,  con 
demning  the  trading  stamp  system,  be 
cause  we  believe  that  the  system  is  un­
businesslike  and  pernicious,  demoraliz­
ing  to  legitimate  trade  and  antagonistic 
to  correct  business  methods.

A  

letter  was  read  from  D.  A.  Boel- 
kins,  Secretary  of  the  Muskegon  Retail 
Grocers’  Association,  in  which  the  fol­
lowing  reference  was  made  to  the  work 
of  the  organization :

We  are  doing  fine.  We  have  our 
meetings  every  two  weeks  and 
from 
twenty to  thirty  grocers  attend  the  meet­
ings.  Our  meetings  are  profitable  and, 
after  they  are  over,  we  enjoy  a  social 
time.
The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  pro­
cure  enough  additional  matting  to  cover 
both  floors  of  the  rooms  in  which  the 
meetings  are  now  held.

The  Secretary  called  attention  to  the 
resolution  recently 
in  the 
Common  Council  by  Alderman Phillips, 
providing  for  semi-monthly  pay  days 
for  the  police  and  fire  departments,  in- 
I stead  of monthly  pay  days. 
Inasmuch

introduced 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

as this movement  was  inaugurated solely 
for  the  purpose  of  defeating  the  objects 
of  the  new  municipal  garnishment 
law, 
it  was  thought  best  to  place  the Associa­
tion  on  record  by  the  adoption  of  the 
following  resolution:

Resolved— That we  protest  against  the 
action  of  Alderman  Phillips  in  attempt­
ing  to  change  the  pay  day  of  the  police 
and  fire  departments  from  a  monthly  to 
a  semi-monthly  basis,  because  such  an 
innovation  would  entail  an  unnecessary 
expense  on  the  city  and  tend  to increase 
the  burden  of  taxation  under  which  we 
are  already  suffering.

,

. 

J.  Geo.  Lehman,  Peter  Braun  and  H.
C.  Wendorff  were appointed a committee 
to  wait  on  Mr.  Phillips  and request  him 
to  recede  from  his  position  on  this  sub­
ject. 
The  Secretary  called  attention  to  the 
fact  that  the  general  closing  agreement 
provided 
for  the  closing  of  stores  at 
noon  on  Thanksgiving  Day. 

Harry  Stowitts,  Secretary of the Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocery  Clerks’  Associa­
tion,  who  was  present  by  invitation, 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  a  solici­
tor  is  abroad  in  the  city  taking  orders 
for  goods  purporting  to  be  put  up  by 
Peck  Bros.  The  goods  are  manifestly 
inferior  and  the  man  has  been  de­
nounced  as  a  fraud  and  imposter  by  the 
firm  in  question.

.

H.  C.  Wendorff  called  attention to  the 
fact  that  city  dealers  were  being  dis­
criminated  against  by  the  local  mills  in 
the  purchase  of  flour.  He  said  he  had 
occasion  to  visit  a  number of towns  forty 
or  fifty  miles  away  from  the  city  1 ecent- 
ly  and  found,  to  his  surprise,  that  coun­
try  merchants  were  purchasing  Grand 
apids  flour  at  30  cents  per  100  pounds 
local  price.  He  did  not 
less  than  the 
take  the  dealers’  word  for  this,  but  saw 
the 
invoices  with  his  own  eyes.  The 
matter  was  referred  to  the  Hour  Com­
mittee,  with  the  request  to  investigate 
the  matter. 

A  member  called  attention 

the 
duplicity  of  the  local  agent  of  Rumford 
baking  powder 
in  connection  with  the 
premiums  offered  dealers. 
I he  agent 
has  taken  away  two  half-filled  lists  from 
his  store  and  failed  to  return  them,  al­
though  repeatedly requested  to  do  so.

to 

.

Other  members  stated  that  they  had 
met  with the  same experience,  inasmuch 
as  the  agent  had 
fai led  to  do  as  he 
agreed  and  had  made  statements  reflect­
ing  on  the  grocery  trade  as  a  whole,  bv 
asserting  that  three  out  of five merchants 
get  the  premiums  in  a  dishonest  way.

There  being  no  further business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

O rd e r  Y o u r  O yster»  K arly .

Dealers  who  expect  to  secure  a  suffi­
cient  supply  of  Anchor  brand  oysters  to 
meet  their  requiiements  for  the  thanks­
giving  trade  should  send  their  orders  in 
to  F.  J.  Dettenthaler  at  the  earliest  pos­
sible  moment,  in  order  that  they  may 
avoid  possible  delays 
in  shipping  or 
otherwise.  As  usual,  Mr.  Dettenthaler 
will  be  headquarters  for  holiday  sup­
plies, 
brand, 
which  has  rendered  his  name  famous  in 
all  parts  of  the  State.

including  the  Anchor 

in  which 

The  G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar  Co.  is  de­
cidedly  original  in  its  methods,  and  the 
manner 
it  is  undertaking  to 
exploit  its  Oom  Paul  brand  is  in  keep­
ing  with  its  policy.  Not  content  with 
occupying  a  full  page  announcement  in 
the 
last 
week  with  a  hack  decorated with the  na­
tional  colors  of  the  Transvaal,  in  which 
was  seated  a  good  representation  of 
President  Kruger.  The display  attracted 
very  general  attention.

leading  papers,  it  came  out 

E.  T.  Homing  has  removed  his  drug 
stock  from  Allegan to  this  city  and  will 
engage 
in  business  at  the  corner  of 
Sixth  street  and  Broadway.

Joseph  Allison  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Dutton.  The  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer Co.  furnished  the  stock.

For  G illies’  N.  Y .  tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  prices,  phone  Visner,  800

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Dry Goods

T h e   D ry   G oods  M a rk e t.

Staple  Cottons— There  has  been  little 
change 
in  the  character  of  the  business 
for  staples  in  the  past  week  over  that  of 
the  week  before.  The  demand  is  suffi­
cient  to  take  care  of  the  production  and 
keep  things  in  about  the  same condition 
as  they  have  been  for  some  time.  The 
sellers  are  not  anxious  to  operate  freely, 
and  are  very  reserved  in  their  dealings. 
This  may  be  partially  due  to  the  desire 
on  their  part  to  make  the  buyers  realize 
the  full  strength  of  the  market.  The 
mills,  as  a  rule,  are  considerably  sold 
ahead,  and  are  no  nearer catching  up 
than  they  have  been 
for  two  months. 
Buyers  will  sell 
in  many  cases  only  a 
very  limited  quantity  of  goods for future 
delivery,  and 
is  said  that  quiet  ad­
vances  are  made  by  a  number of  them, 
sometimes  by  adding  %c  and  some­
times 
the  discount. 
Bleached  cottons  show  a  continuation  of 
business  on  about  an  average  scale,  and 
are  firm  all  along  the 
line.  There  has 
been  no  change  to  note  in  wide  sheet­
ings.  Ticks,  plaids  and  other  coarse 
colored  cottons  are  firm,  and  against 
buyers.  Fine  brown  and  gray  goods 
continue  strong.

shortening 

by 

it 

Prints  and  Ginghams— There has been 
hut  little  change  in  the  business  trans­
acted  in printed  calicoes  during the  past 
week,  so  far  as  dark  goods  and  staples 
immediate  wants 
are  concerned.  Only 
are  purchased 
for  at  the  present  time, 
yet  this  is  large  enough  to  take  care  of 
all  present  stocks.  These  stocks  are 
quite 
limited,  and  many  of  the  leading 
lines  entirely  cleaned  up.  All  staple 
lines,  including 
indigo  blues,  blacks, 
whites  and  grays,  as  well  as  turkey  reds 
and  chocolates,  are  very  firm,  but  no 
advances  have  been  quoted  up  to  the 
present  writing. 
for 
spring  are  about  to  be  opened,  and,  in 
fact,  some  lines  of  samples  were  shown 
the  first  of  this  week. 
It  is  also  true 
that  before  this  week  sales  were  made, 
although  prices  were  not  openly  quoted. 
It 
is  said  that  one  or  two  lines  have 
taken  nearly  all  the  orders  they  can  ac­
cept  for the  season,  but  this  is  only  ru­
mor.  The  demand  for  both  dress  and 
staple  ginghams  is  considerably  ahead 
of  current  supplies,  and  there  are  no 
stocks  to  be  found.  Prices  are  without 
change,  but  firm.

Fancy 

prints 

Dress  Goods—The.  position  o f  the 
dress  goods  market  continues  buoyant. 
It  is  not  that  there is a very great amount 
of  new  business  coming  in  now,  never­
theless,  some  good  orders  are  finding 
their  way  in.  Of  course  the  early  rush 
in  the  dress  goods  market  is  over,  and 
it  has  left  the  majority  of  the  mills  in  a 
very  good  position  as  regards  orders. 
The  average  mill  is  now  enabled  to  de­
vote  practically  its  whole  energy  to  the 
filling  of  spring  orders,  having  woven 
out  the  fall  orders.  The  market 
is  ex­
ceedingly 
two  and  three  ad­
vances  having  been  made  in  many  in­
stances  since  the  goods  were  opened. 
Some  new  spring-weight  domestic  suit­
ings  are  making  their  appearance,  and 
are  meeting  with  very  fair  success.  The 
warm  weather  of  the  past  two  or  three 
weeks  has  enabled  many  mills  to  get 
their  machinery  on  to spring goods quite 
a 
little  earlier  than  they  would  have 
been  able  to  had  the  cold  weather  held. 
Nothing  frightens  the  retailer,  suit  and 
cloak  makers  quicker  than  unseasonable 
weather.

strong, 

Blankets— The  blanket business is now 
in  the  midst  of  the  off  season ;  the  bulk

good 

another 

of  the  business  has  been  done.  Manu­
facturers  are  now  preparing  for  the  new 
season,  and  some  new  sample  blankets 
have  already  reached  agents’  hands. 
The  mills  have  enjoyed the best season’s 
business  in  a  good  many  years,  and  are 
anticipating 
season. 
Prices,  of  course,  will  have  to  be  ma­
terially  above  the  last  opening figures  to 
offset  the 
increased  raw  material  and 
manufacturing  cost.  Some  predict  an 
advance  on  all  wool  blankets of  33^3  per 
cent.,  but  others  look  upon  these  views 
as  too  strong.  White  wool  blankets  are 
practically  out  of  the  market  to-day, 
some  agents  not  having  been  in  a  posi­
tion  to  accept  business  thereon  for  from 
four  to  six  months  past.  Scarlets  and 
plaids  have  been  the  next  best  sellers, 
grays  having  fallen  off  in  popularity  for 
some  reason.

Hosiery— There  has  been  a  steady 
business  with  the  importers  of  hosiery 
during  the  week  and  some  large  orders 
have  been  booked.  They are  having  no 
trouble  whatever  in  regard  to  prices, and 
the  demand  is  active  all  along  the  line. 
There  is  a  splendid  demand 
for  fancy 
goods 
for  men  and  women,  as  well  as 
staple  blacks.  Half  hose  in  the  new  and 
desirable  styles  are 
in  good  request, 
and  a  splendid  business  with  the  retail­
for  next  spring  and 
ers 
summer.  Seamless  hosiery 
in  cotton 
has  secured  a  good  business,  although 
the  advances  in  the  cost  of  the  raw  ma­
terial  have  upset  the  calculations  of  the 
There  is  a  fairly  good 
manufacturers. 
business  continuing 
fashion 
hosiery,  and  the  product  is  under order 
for  some  time  ahead.

is  expected 

full 

in 

of 

last  season,  while 

for  a  prosperous  season. 

Carpets— It  is  generally  believed  that 
all  prices  will  be  at  an  advance  on 
three-quarter  goods  of  5c  over  the  close 
of 
ingrains  show  a 
general  advance  of  2j^c,  with  a  possi­
bility  of  a  still  further  advance  before 
many  weeks.  Already  some  of  the  lead­
ing  manufacturers  claim  that  they  have 
their  prices  set  at  an  advance  all around 
of  5c,  and  that  these  prices  will  be 
strictly  maintained.  There  was  such  a 
for  carpets  this  fall  that 
large  demand 
the  manufacturers 
three-quarter 
goods  have  been  delayed 
in  getting 
their  spring  samples  ready  as  early  as 
is  no  doubt  as  to  the 
desired.  There 
outlook 
It  is 
the  opinion  of  some  parties  in  the  car­
pet  trade  that  the  consolidation  of  the 
Lowell,  Bigelow  and  Whittall  mills  will 
be  a  capital  thing  for  the  trade,  as  these 
mills  were  previously 
in  serious  com­
petition  with  each  other.  Now this  will 
all  be  done  away  with,  and  a  uniform 
price  will  he  established.  Some  claim 
that  the  competition  of  certain 
jobbing 
houses  handling  goods  made  by  these 
mills  was  not  really  necessary.  The 
trade  expects  this  consolidation  to  have 
a  very  marked  effect  on  the  whole  car­
pet  trade,  and  while  the beneficial  effect 
in  a  measure  will  be  felt  immediately, 
the  greater 
influence  will  come  after 
January  1,  when  it  will  encourage  car­
pet  manufacturers  to  hold  for  better 
prices. 
It  is  a  question  in  the  minds of 
some  in  the  trade,  with  the  present  ad­
vance  in  yarn,  whether  some  mills  will 
not  find  it  difficult  to  fill  their  orders 
unless  covered  with  yarn.  Some  mills 
have  already  fortified  themselves  by 
placing  orders  early.

YOUR  NAME  AND  ADDRESS

W e will make a Rubber Stam p of your nam e, 
address  and  business  (three  lines)  for  30 
cents.
S ign   M akers— Full outfit of one  inch  letters, 
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for circular and prices on daters, paid stam ps, 
stencils, seal presses, etc.
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Nov. 25  to  27  inclusive;  also  have  w hat  are 
left of  Heavyweight  Suits  and  Overcoats  at 
reduced  prices  to  close  out.  All  expenses 
allowed trade who call on  me.

Respectfully,

S.  T.  BOWEN.

Corl,  Knott 
&  Co.,

Importers and 
Jobbers of

Millinery

Our Specialties:

Trimmed  and  Untrimmed  Hats, 
Ostrich  and  Fancy  Feathers. 
Ribbons,
Velvets,

— 

How  Do  You  Know
T hat all the money goods sell for gets  into  your 
till?  You can know this if you will.  How do y o u r 
cus  om ers  k n ow   th a t  m istaken  credits  and 
charges don’t  affect  the  am ount of  their  bills? 
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clerk« know  th a t suspicion  can  not  wrongfully 
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on whose opinion your success depends, th a t you 
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L .  A .  E L Y ,  A lm a,  M ich.

TH E f f STAND BY” C O R S E T

HOW  IT IS MADE:  Each Corset  is constructed 
with  twelve heavy flexible steels especially’tempered. 
six on  each  side,  grouped  in  sets  of  three,  one  over 
the other in  such a  manner as to form  an  indestruct- 
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Women troubled with the break­
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sides 
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Suspenders,  Hair  Ornaments,  Jewelry,  Perfumes,  Umbrellas, 
etc.  Don’t wait too  long  this  season  in  buying  as  you  might 
find the lines broken  later in the season.  Our line is  complete, 
having a larger assortment  this year than ever.

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cated, 
they  undertake  to  establish  a 
commune  which  shall  withdraw  from 
its  natural  relations  to  the 
some  of 

life 

ons 

orld  about  it.
Our  American  municipal 
,m,..lex  and  so 

is  so 
intimately  dependent 
upon  the  whole  commonwealth  that  the 
establishment  of  communal  orgamza- 
is  an  incongruity  which  can  not 
afforded.  The  growth  and  develop­
ment  of our  new  cities  create  a  contin- 
for  additional  trade  and 
.1  demand 
To  secure  such  aids 
to 
ndustries. 
rrowth 
local  organizations,  such  as 
boards  of  trade  and  business  men’s  as­
sociations,  are  made  necessary.  These 
ncourage  the  coming  of new enterprises 
nd  reach  out  for  trade 
in  all  lines.
hat,  then,  is  the  effect  of  establishing 
.o-operative  stores 
in  connection  with 
ndustries  in  these  cities?  If  this feature 
if  co-operation  means  anything it means 
the  withdrawal  of  patronage  from  the 
regular  stores.  To  have  an  excuse  for 
xistence  such  enterprises  must  offer 
lecial  advantages  to 
its  members  or 
oeneficiaries.  These  advantages  mus 
be  such  as  are  not  enjoyed  by  the  Gen 
if  these  rea 
advantages  were  to  exist,  what  would 
be  the  effect  upon  the  outside  stores  ex 
cept  to  discredit  and  injure  them?

mrld  around.  Now 

Our  line of

WORLD

Bicycles for  igoo

Is m ore  com plete  and  attractive  than  ever  b e ­
fore.  W e  are not  in  the T ru st  W e w ant good 
agen ts everyw h ere.

ARNOLD,  SCHWINN  &  CO.,

Makers, Chicago,  III.

Adam s &   H art,  M ichigan  Sales  A gen ts, 
Qrand Rapids, M ich.

Established T290.

Walter Baker & Go.

D orchester, M ass.
The Oldest and 

Largest M anufacturers of

.mtlMtlUIIE

COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

AND

on th is Continent.

No  Chem icals  are  used  tn 

their m anufactures.

T n d e H u i. 
Their  B reakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious,  nutritious,  and  costs  less  than  one 
cent a  cup.
Their  Prem ium   No.  I  ehpcolate.  p n t  un  in 
B lue W rappers and  Y ellow  Labels, lB *he  "®st 
plain chocolate in the m arket fo r fam ily use.

T heir  Germ an  S w e e t  Chocolate  G   good  tc 
eat and e ' T t o   drink.  I t  is  palatab e, n u tn  
thm s, ami  h ealth fu l;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Buvers should ask for and be sure  th a t  they 
get the genuine poods. The above trade-inarK 
is on every packages
Walter Baker &  Co.  Ltd.
Dorchester.  Mass.______

W inter  Weddings 

A re  now  on  1tap. W e  make  a
specialty  of  wcilding invitations.
and engraved  on
both  printed
che«■rfuliy  subm it
copper,  anil
samples and  <pnote prices  on  ap-
plication. 

-  -  - 

-

Tradesman  Company, 

Qrand  Rapids,  Mi- h. 

1

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a

For  Sale Cheap

Kesiileiice property at '24  Kellogg 
street, near eorner  Union  street. 
Will sell on long time  at low  rate 
of Interest  Large lot. with barn. 
House equipped  with  w ater,  gas 
and all modern improvements.

E.  A.  Stowe,

B'odgett  Building, 
Qrand  Rapids.

T H E   CO M IN G   C R A Z E .

W hy 

th e   C o -o p e ra tiv e   S to re  W ill  N ot 

T h riv e   In  A m e ric a .

Kalamazoo,  Nov.  20— On  reading  the 
leading  editorial  in  the  last  number  of 
the  Tradesman  1  am  prompted  to  trans­
cribe  a  few  thoughts  on  the  co-operative 
idea  which  has  been  recently  running 
through  mv  head. 
1  have  noted,  as  you 
state,  that'the  tendency  to  establish  co­
operative  trading  schemes  is  becoming 
more  manifest  and  I  am 
inclined  to 
agree  with  your  prediction  that  it  is  a 
matter 
im­
portance  in  many  localities.

likely  to  assume  serious 

of 

interchange 

One  of  the  consequences  likely  to  fol­
low  the  present  era of mutual admiration 
among  English  speaking  peoples  is  the 
increased 
economic 
ideas  England 
is  now  manifesting  a 
degee  of  willingness  to  accept  almost 
anvthing  in  the  way  of  American  indus­
trial  methods  and  suggestions  which  a 
year  or  two ago  seemed  among the great­
est  of  improbabilities. 
I his  is  partly  a 
result  of  the  lessons  of  the  Spanish  wa' 
and 
the  success  of  American  bid 
ders  in  English  engineering  undertak 
ings 
-As  the  reciprocal  of  this  feeling 
on  the  part  of  our  British 
cousins 
Americans  are  looking  for  the  best  eco­
nomic 
learned  from  the 
English  municipalities,  for  this  seems 
to  be  a  direction 
in  which  our  crude 
urban  civilization  is  most  lacking.

lessons  to  be 

For  many  years  a  number  of  the cities 
of  England  have  been  the  subjects  of 
various  social,  semi-social  or  economic 
experiments.  Some  of  these  have  de 
veloped  into  conditions  which command 
the  attention  of  the  world,  and  the  les­
sons  to be  learned  are  destined  to  ma 
terially 
influence  the  development  of 
modem  civilization.  Among  the  experi­
ments  which  have  claimed  attention  are 
some  in  the  line  of  co-operation.  These 
seem 
just  now  to  gain  the  more  notice 
from  American  students  of  civil  econ- 
oriiy,  and  other  enquiries  for  something 
better  than  the  accepted  methods,  for 
the  reason  as  indicated  above,  that  w 
are 
English  neighbors.

feeling  especially  kind  to  our 

It 
is  coming  to  be  accepted  that  the 
true 
ideal  of  industrial  economy  is  co 
operation. 
Favoring  conditions  maj 
make  an 
industry  successful  in  which 
the  operatives  are  banded  together  and 
at  war  with  the  “ bosses,”   but  this  does 
not  prove  the  method  to  be  the  best one 
A  degfee  of  success  may  be  attained  11 
spite  of  the  antagonism,  or  on  account 
of  competitors  being  in  the  same  situa­
tion,  but  a  much  greater  success  for  all 
concerned  would  be  the  result  of  a  com­
mon  sense  co-operation 
in  the  mutual
w o rk . 
The  term  co-operation  in  some  ot  the 
English  experiments  is  made  to  include 
more  than  an  amicable  agreement  in 
questions  of 
labor  or  even  a  sharing  ot 
profits. 
In  these  are  included  the  man- 
agement  of  social  and  educational  3d" j 
vantages,  and  even  the  distribution  of 
the  commodities  of  life.  The  result  of 
such  a  degree  of co-operation is to create 
veritable  industrial  communes,  isolated 
from  the  rest  of  the  world  as  far  as  the 
ordinary  needs  of  life  are  concerned.

£ 

. 

,

in 

In  cases  where  an  industry 

is  estab­
lished 
localities  where  there  are_no 
inhabitants,  where  a  town  is  built  by, 
and  exclusively  for,  the  new  enterprise, 
there  may  be  some  reason  for  this  sort 
of  communistic  co-operation. 
If  the 
conditions  are  such  that  it  is not consid­
ered  advisable  to  admit  other  industries 
and  general  trade,  and  if  there  is  a  per­
sonality  which  can  control  and  build  up 
such  a  community  there  may  be  no  very 
serious  objections  to  such  a  course. 
It 
in  my  mind,  however, 
is  a  question 
whether 
it  would  not  be  better  in  the 
long  run,  in  most,  if  not  all,  cases,  to 
encourage  the  addition  of  other  people 
and  interests  to  the  community.

As  you  note  in  the  editorial  to  which 
1  have  already  referred,  the  craze  seems 
to  be  spreading  in  this  country  to  estab­
lish  co-operative  stores 
in  connection 
with  industries  everywhere.  In  some  in­
stances  the  undertaking  is  the  result  ot 
a  real  philanthropic  interest  on  the  part 
of  the  projector— is  the  result  of  study- 
ing  the  careers  of  William  Morris  and 
other  social  theorists.  It makes nodi fife r- 
ence  where  these  fanatics  may  be  lo-

IT

1 

( 

The  co-operative  store, if  a  successfu 
one  wras  possible,  would  be  an  alien  in 
stitution  in  American civilization.  The 
man  who  establishes  such  a  store  is  an 
enemy  to  the  town 
in  which  it  is  lo 
cated.  To  the  degree  that  such  an  en 
terprise  might  be  successful 
it  wouh 
irive  legitimate  trade  to  other  centers 
They  are  not  successful,  for  the  reason 
that  the  distribution  of  merchandise  in 
wives  a  cost  which  is  properly  borne 
oy  the  people  served,  and  any  advan 
tage  which  might  be  obtained  by  tb 
economy  of  co-operative  distribution 
is 
more  than  offset  by  the  elimination  of 
ompetition  in  original  markets.  From 
the  nature  of  the  case  the  manager  of 
co-operative  store  must  be  a  “ soft 
in  most  of  the  lines  of  trade  he 

mark”  
is  trying  to  cover.
There  may  be 

localities  and  condi­
tions  in  England  where  the  co-operative 
store  idea  is  possible,  or even  desirable, 
but  even  there  it  can  never  be  the  rule, 
and  in  this  country  its  exploitation  will 
invariably  work  injury  to  its  locality  to 
the  degree  in  which  it  is  successful,  but 
this  fact  need  cause  but  little  worry,  for 
continued  success 
In  a 
few 
instances,  where  managed  by  a 
strong  personality,  an  apparent  success 
and  advantage  may  be  obtained  for  a 
while,  but  this  will  prove  temporary 
and  eventually  the  general  laws  of  trade 
will  resume  their  sway.  Notwithstand­
ing  this  feature  of  the  situation,  the 
craze  seems  already  to  have  attained 
considerable  magnitude  and,  before  it 
dies  out,  will  doubtless  cause  serious 
annoyance  in  many  places.

is  impossible. 

T it  F o r  T a t.

A  Scotch  parson  once  upbraided  the 
blacksmith  of  the  village  for  not  paying 
.  ,
his  church  rate. 
saio 

, 
‘ But  1  never  go  to  the  kirk, 

,, 

the  blacksmith.

“ That  is  your  fault,*’  said  the  min- 

ister;  “ the  kirk  is  always  open.”

A   few  days  later  the  blacksmith  sent 
a  bill  to  the  minister  for  shoeing  his 
horse.  The  minister 
indignantly  pro­
tested  that  his  horse  had  not  been  shod.
“ That’s  your  fault,”   said  the  smith; 

“ the  forge  is  always  open.”

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—

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Cheap and Effective.

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p le ase  say   th a t  y o u   saw   th e   ad v e rtise*  
m e n t  in   th e  M ic h ig a n  T ra d e sm a n .

E.  A.  STO W E,  E d it o r .

WEDNESDAY,  -  -  NOVEMBER 22.1899.

ST A T E   OF  M ICH IGAN ?  ss.

County  of  Kent 

)

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows :

I  am  pressman 

in  the  office  of  the 
Tradesman  Company  and have charge of 
the  presses  and  folding  machine  in  that 
establishment. 
folded 
7,000  copies  of  the issue of  Nov.  15,1899, 
and  saw  the  edition  mailed  in  the  usual 
manner.  And  further  deponent  saith 
not. 

I  printed  and 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
in  and  for  said  county, 

notary  public 
this  eighteenth  day  of  November,  1899.
Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Mich.

SA V A G E  VS.  SA V A G E.

The  gridiron 

lists  and  with 

is  again  the  National 
it  will 
emblem.  Until  Thanksgiving 
stand  first 
in  the  hearts  of  the  young 
American.  From  the  teaseled  head  of 
the  university  student  in  padded  armor 
to  the  valiant  defender  of  the  game  in 
the  kindergarten  the  knight  errantry  of 
the  Western  World  stands  ready  to  enter 
the 
lowered  visor  and 
level  lance  rush  to  the resounding shock.
The  field  where  these  knights  contend 
is  circled  by  a  throng  as  brilliant  as 
those  which  brightened  “ the  Cloth  of 
G old.’ ’  Beauty 
in  purple  and  loveli­
ness  with  all  the  charms  of  graceful 
and  worthy  womanhood  look  down  upon 
a  scene  as  animated  and  as  thrilling  as 
those  which  the  crowds  cheered  at  Ash­
by  or 
in  still  earlier times  thundered 
their  applause  from  the  crowded  seats 
of  the  Roman  amphitheater.  The  con­
testants  are  the  flower  of American man­
hood.  Born  to  the  purple,  bred  at  the 
most  renowned  institutions  of  learning, 
they  have 
laid  aside  the  cap  and  the 
gown  of  the  scholar  and,  donning  the 
garb  of  the  gridiron,  walk  out  upon  the 
field  to  fight  for  the  honors  of  the  p ig­
skin.
It 

is  a  goodly  sight.  Physical  de­
velopment,the  result  of intelligent  train­
ing,  has  adorned  the  arena  with  living 
statues  of  Apollo  and  there  they  stand 
in  the  stalwart  strength  of  young  man­
hood  the  happiest  combination  of  brain 
and  brawn  which  civilization  has  so  far 
produced.  No  wonder  the  crowds  ap­
plaud.  The  Grecian  days  have  returned 
and  this,  the  stadium,  is  thronged  with 
people  to  see  the  Olympic  games.  The 
signal  is  given  the  contest  begins— and 
the  delusion 
It  is  barbarian 
against  barbarian,  or  worse  than  that, 
savage  vs.  savage.

is  over. 

How  true  this  statement  is  needs  no 
proof.  The  struggle 
is  simply  a  fight. 
Hardly  a  game  is  played  without  more

less  slugging. 

or 
The  players  rush 
against  one  another  and  the  side  with 
the  greater  avoirdupois  and  the  larger 
amount  of  momentum  has  the  greater 
chance  of  winning.  The  man  with  the 
ball  is  thrown down  and the  others  jump 
If  the  breath  is  crushed  out  of 
on  him. 
loses  consciousness 
his  body  and  he 
restoratives  are  applied  until  he 
is 
himself  again;  or disabled, dying,  dead, 
the  unfortunate  athlete— shall  we  call 
him  pugilist?— is  carried  from  the  field. 
Bulls  and  prize  fighters  offer  a  spectacle 
hardly  less  brutal  than  these men picked 
from  the  ranks  of  scholarship.  The 
gate  money 
is  divided  among  them. 
Bets  are  staked  upon  the  outcome  and 
whatever  has  been  looked  upon  as  de­
basing 
in  the  prize  ring  and  the  bull 
fight  has  its  faithful  counterpart  in  this 
National  game— savage  vs.  savage.

There 

is  another  side  to  be  consid­
ered  :  The  prize  fight  seems  to  have 
certain  limits  beyond  which  its  baneful 
influence  does  not  go.  Not  so  with  this 
respectable  savagery.  The  higher  the 
learning  the  greater  the 
institution  of 
number  of  followers 
in  the  secondary 
and  lower  schools  and  to-day  no  high 
school— and 
certainly  no  respectable 
grammar  school—deserves  the  name 
in 
town  or  country  which  does  not  have 
its  football  team.  There  is  a  game  now 
in  progress.  The  average  age  of  the 
is  possibly  14.  They  are  clad 
players 
in  raiment  which 
is  considered  “ the 
for  the  game.  The  shins  are 
thing’ ’ 
guarded;  the  pads  for 
legs  and  shoul­
ders  are  not  wanting;  bars  of  thick 
leather  protect  the  head,  and  the  unde­
veloped  noses  of  the  halfgrown  players 
have  the  conventional 
The 
“ oval”   cuts  its inverted  festoon  through 
the  air  and  the  fight  begins.  There  are 
the  same  slugging— only  more  of  it— the 
same  falls  and  bruises,  the  same  swear­
ing,  the  same  everything;  and  the  com­
munity,  in  reading  the  account  of  the 
contest  in  the  local  newspaper,  is  satis­
fied  that  the  schools  were  never  so  pros­
perous  as  now.

guard. 

it 

The  defenders  of  the  game  affirm  that 
there  is  nothing  like  it  to  bring  out  the 
manly  qualities  of  the  young ;  that  the 
exercise  attendant  upon 
is  making 
the  vigorous,  healthful  body  a  worthy 
temple  for  the  heaven-sent  soul  ;  that  in 
it  is  found  the  best  means  of  combining 
a  sound  mind  with  a  sound  body,  and 
that  there  is  nothing  equal  to  it  in  pre­
paring  the  plastic  mind  and  the  suplle 
body  of  young  American  manhood  for 
the  sunshine  and  the  storm,  the prosper­
ity  and  the  vicissitudes  of  its  cherished 
future.

idea 

The  Tradesman  has  no  desire  to  re­
It  has  observed,how­
fute  this  opinion. 
ever,  that  the 
is  gaining  ground 
among  the  college  faculties  of  the  coun­
try  that  there  are  features  of  the  game 
which  should  be  elim inated;  and  it  has 
also  come  to  the  conclusion  that, in spite 
of  all  the  advantages  of  soul  and  body 
which  the  lovers  of  the  game  delight  to 
claim  for 
it,  let  it  once  be  decreed  that 
there  shall  be  no  more  matched  games 
played— one  college  with  another  or  one 
team  with  another  not  belonging  to  the 
same  university  or  school— and  football 
even  on  Thanksgiving  Day  would  be  a 
game  as  “ dead  as  the  bulrushes  around 
little  Moses  on  the  old  banks  of  the 
Nile. ”

A   good  giraffe  skin is  worth  from  $10 
to $20  in  South  Africa  to-day,  and  much 
more  in  Europe.  On  their  hunting  trips 
ten  or  fiftteen  years  ago  it was a common 
matter  for  one  hunter  to  kill  forty  or 
fifty  of  these  graceful  animals  in  one 
day.

G E N E R A L   T R A D E   R E V IE W .

The  long  stringency  in  the  New  York 
money  market,  which  has  acted  as  a 
potent  bear  factor  for  many  weeks  past, 
seems  to  have  finally  come  to  a termina­
tion.  The  change  has  been  quite  gen­
erally  attributed  to  the  offer  of  the  Gov­
ernment  to  purchase  its  bonds,  but  it  is 
a  question  whether  the  relief  was  owing 
to  the  action  of  Secretary  Gage  or 
whether  the  natural  conditions  of  the 
market  made  the  change.  Whatever the 
cause  the  recovery  since  the  changed 
financial  situation  has  been  rapid  in 
both transportation and industrial stocks. 
Sales  in  both  kinds  of  stock  have  been 
heavy. 
the 
support  of  heavy  earnings  has  been 
effective.  These  are  reported  as  5.4 
per  cent,  larger  for  the  portion  of  No­
vember  now  past,  as  compared  with  the 
same  period  last year,  and  exceeding the 
in  1892  by  17.4  per  cent. 
same  time 
Chicago  eastbound 
in  half  of 
November  exceeds  that 
for  the  same 
time 
last  year by  28  per cent,  and  that 
of  1892  by  95  per  cent.  One  of  the  un­
favorable  effects  of the tremendous trans­
portation  traffic  is  the  scarcity  of  cars, 
which  seriously  affects  the  situation  in 
many  localities.

In  transportation  stocks 

tonnage 

A  favorable  indication  as  to  the  gen­
eral  situation 
is  the  continued  heavy 
movement  of  both  export  and  import 
trade.  At  the  present  rate  the  excess  of 
exports  for  the  month  promises  to  be 
about  $50,000,000,  a  rate  which  will 
keep  the  balance  of  trade  in  a  healthy 
condition. 
It  is  of  interest  to  note  that 
the  foreign  demand  for  our  mechanical 
products 
is  unabated.  Among  recent 
contracts  is  one  for  half  a  million  worth 
of  street  railway  material  for  Glasgow 
and  another  for  25,000  tons  of  wire rods. 
While  cotton  and  wheat  show  a  less  ex­
port  movement  than  last  year,  there  is 
enough  of  general  and  mechanical  prod­
ucts  to  give  assurance  to  the  situation.
last  year 
wheat  export  shows  some  falling  off  it 
must  be  remembered  that 
last  year’s 
movement  was  phenomenally  heavy. 
Com  has  more  than  made  up  the  differ­
ence  in  the  showing,  heavily  exceeding 
the  movement  of  last  year.  Western  re­
ceipts  have  been  unusually light  and  the 
price  of  both  grains  has  shown  a  slight 
gain.

While  as  compared  with 

Of  the  two  great  textile  staples  the 
movement  of  cotton  has  been  unusually 
and  unexpectedly 
light,  while  that  of 
wool  has  been  phenomenally  heavy. 
Prices  have  been  well  sustained,  and 
the  price  movement  in  both  manufac­
tures  has  been  upward,  with 
improving 
demand.  The  advance  in  the  prices  of 
boots  and  shoes  has  operated  as  a  check 
to  the  heavy  movement  of  recent  weeks, 
but  it  is  still  higher by  12  percent,  than 
for  the  same  weeks  of  any  preceding 
year.

In  the  degree  of  price  advance  and  in 
iron  still  takes  the  lead,  and 
activity 
indications  that  in  some 
yet  there  are 
lines  the 
limit  has  been  reached.  Old 
orders having been filled,  some  works are 
reaching  out  for  new  at  a  slight  yield­
ing  from  the  pressure  of  past  months 
and  bars,  plates  and  sheets  show  some 
yielding.  On  the  other  hand  the  prices 
of  pig  are  well  maintained  and  there 
seems  to be  a  certainty that high freights 
will  keep  up  the  price  of  ores  and  other 
raw  materials.  The  reaction  in  minor 
metals 
the 
change  in  price  will  only  encourage  the 
larger  business  which  would  be  checked 
by  maintaining  so  great  an  advance.

in  evidence,  but 

is  still 

The  volume  of  all  trade  indicated  by 
the  clearing  house  returns  is  now  18  per

cent,  above 
than  in  the  same  time  of  1892.

last  year  and  56.9  larger 

A M E R IC A N   M E R C H A N T   M A R IN E .
The  annual  report  of  the  Commission­
er  of  Navigation  has  been  made  public 
and  some  interest  attaches  to  it  because 
larger  place  that  the  merchant 
of  the 
is  beginning  to  fill  in  the  pub­
marine 
lic  mind. 
The  Commissioner  states 
that  the  shipbuilding  industry  has  fully 
shared  in  the  prosperity  which  has  pre­
vailed 
in  every  other  branch  of  com­
industry,  but  he  points  out 
merce  and 
that  the 
in  tonnage  has  been 
confined  almost  entirely  to  the  coasting 
trade, which  is now  the  largest  possessed 
by  any  nation  in  the  world.

increase 

trade, 

foreign 

for  the 

In  the  matter  of  American  tonnage 
registered 
the 
Commissioner’s  report  shows  that  but 
little  headway  has  been  made.  This  he 
attributes  to  the 
fact  that  the  leading 
maritime  countries  pay  larger  subsidies 
than  the  United  States,  while  the  cost 
of  ship  construction  and  maintenance  is 
less  than 
is  the  case  with  American 
shipping.  Elaborate  statistics  are  pre­
sented  to  show  how  much  greater  is  the 
pay  to  American  seamen  than  to  those 
engaged  in  the foreign merchant marine.
The  Commissioner  does  not  believe 
that  the  adoption  of  a  policy  of  free 
ships  as  applied  to  foreign  trade  would 
be  productive  of  satisfactory  results,  be­
cause  of  the  greater  cost  of  operating  a 
ship  under  the  American  flag  than  un­
der a  foreign  registry.  He  also  points 
out  that  Congress  has  already  stamped 
with  its  disapproval  the  proposition  to 
grant  American  registry  to  foreign-built 
vessels  engaged  in  the  foreign  trade.

He  advocates  strongly  the  adoption  of 
the  ship  subsidy  bill  known  as  the 
Hanna  bill,  which  carries  with  it.an  an­
nual  expenditure  of  $9,000,000.  He  be­
lieves  that  the  application  of  this  meas­
ure  would  equalize  the  advantages  now 
possessed  by 
foreign  shipping  over 
American  shipping  engaged  in  the  for­
eign  trade ;  hence  he  strongly  urges  the 
adoption  of  the  proposed  ship  subsidy 
legislation.

The 

in  time  of  war;  hence 

importance  of  building  up  an 
American  merchant  marine  for  use  in 
the  foreign  trade 
is  dwelt  upon  at 
length.  The  most  important  considera­
tion  advanced 
is  the  aid  that  a  large 
merchant  marine  affords  to  the  navy  of 
a  country 
it 
forms  an  essential  part  of  the  general 
scheme  of  national  defense. 
In  the sec­
ond  place,  an  American  merchant 
marine  engaged 
in  the  foreign  trade 
would  retain  at  home  a  good  portion  of 
the  vast  sum  now  annually  paid  out  to 
foreign  tonnage 
for  transporting  our 
products  abroad  and  bringing  back  to 
our  shores  such  foreign  products  as  we 
consume.  Lastly,  it  would  be  of  great 
advantage  to be  able  to  carry  our  mails 
in  our  own  vessels,  as  it  would  insure  a 
better  service.

It 

is  said  to  be  the  unwritten  rule  of 
Boer warfare  to  kill  the enemy’s officers. 
For  this  purpose  the  Boer  commander 
generally  selects  six  of  his  best  marks­
men  and  instructs  them  to  shoot  simul­
taneously  at  the  particular  officer 
in 
view,  and  they  would  rather  kill  a  gen­
eral  than  a  sergeant  any  day.  Their 
idea  is  to  leave  the  foe  leaderless.

The  failure  of  the  scheme  to  reorgan­
ize  the  Carnegie  steel  interests  within 
the  time  fixed  is  said  to  have  cost  four 
men,  one  of  whom  was  Henry  C.  Frick, 
$250,000  each— the  $1,000,000  going  to 
Andrew  Carnegie  for  no other considera­
tion  than  their  inability  to  meet  the 
terms  of  the  option  given  to  them.

H ow   a   H u s b a n d   L e a rn e d   a   L esson  H e 

D id n ’t   F o rg e t.

W ritten for the  Tradesm an.

Like  all  practical  jokers  Tad  Inwood 
sometimes  carried  the  joke  too  far,  nor 
did  discretion  always  suggest  to  him the 
proper  victim.  Like  too  many  men  he 
rather  liked  to  make  a  sacrifice  of  the 
wife  of  his  bosom,  who,  like  the  rest  of 
the  human  family,  objected whenever he 
felt  like  it  to  climb  lsaac-like  upon  his 
hastily-constructed  altar  and  wait  for 
the  descending  knife  which  no  power 
above  or  below  could  stay.  Time  and 
again  he  had  subjected  her  to  the 
laughter  of  his  friends;  time  and  again 
she  had  pleaded  with  him  not  to  repeat 
the  annoyance  and  when  one  evening  in 
a  roomful  of  friends  he  turned  the  laugh 
against  her,  the  flush  that  unfurled 
its 
red  banner 
in  her  face  proclaimed  to 
those  who  knew  her  that  the  time  for 
retribution  had  come.

The  offense  was  not  a  dreadful  one 
The  culprit  had  only  caught  up  the 
evening  paper  and  asked  the  company 
to 
listen  to  a  pleasantly  turned  squib : 
“ When  Mrs.  Meadowlark  asked  her 
husband  for  money  to  pay  for  her  new 
fall  gown,  he  gave  the  usual  groan,  re­
marking that  he  didn’t  care  so  much  for 
the  cost  of  the  gown  as  he  did  for  the 
photographer’s  bill  a  week  or  two  later. 
Whenever  Em ily  had  a  new  dress,  every 
one  of  the  dear  five  hundred  had  to 
have  a  photograph’ ’— an  item  innocent 
enough 
Inwood 
added,  as  he  tossed  the  paper  upon  the 
stand,  “ My  wife,  you  know,  was 
Meadowlark,”   the  laugh  which  followed 
and  in  which  Mrs. 
joined,  as 
she  had  to,  was  the  bugle-blare  of  a 
contest  farther  on.

itself;  but  when 

Inwood 

in 

Inwood  thought  he  should  “ catch 

it 

when  the  company  had  gone.  To  his 
unbounded  surprise  she  didn’t  do  or 
say  a  thing  and  in  his  heart  he  was glad 
that,  at 
last,  Em ily  had  seen  the  utter 
uselessness  of  getting  mad  with  him  or 
of  trying  to  reform  him.  Fifteen  years 
of  effort  had  ended  in  hopeless  failure 
and  he  rejoiced  that  the  end  had  come.
The  next  morning,  after Tad  had  been 
heartily  kissed  and  sent  off  to  the  office, 
Mrs.  Inwood  began  a  systematic  rum 
maging  from  attic  to  basement.  She 
met,  as  she  knew  she  would,  with  rich 
rewards.  She  found 
in  one  old  drawer 
by  actual  count  fifty  old  photographs  of 
her  beloved  Tad,  and  as  luck—“ luck!
— would  have  it  every  photo  pictured 
In  another  odd  closet 
different  suit. 
rarely  visited,  she  pulled  into  the 
light 
a  couple  of  his  old  shoe  boxes  with 
covers 
lifted  and  sides  bulging  with 
pictures  of  Tad  and  the  children.  Tad, 
Jr.,  and  Lilian.  She 
laughed  as  she 
looked  at  the  collection,  representing 
every  attitude  known  to  the  photogra­
pher.  with  some  rather  remarkable  ones 
which  had  emanated  from  her husband’s 
fertile  brain.  This  form  of  amusement 
had  gone  on  until  both  children  had  re­
belled,  and then  came  pictures  of  a  later 
and  more  recent  period  when  pictures 
of  T ad’s  handsome 
face  were  brought 
home  as  so  many  souvenirs  of  this  town 
and  that  one  which,  as  traveling  man 
of  the  firm,  he  had  visited.  Sometimes 
there  were  groups  of  three  or four— “ We 
fellows  had  been  having  a  good  time 
and  had  the  pictures  as  a  sort  of  re­
minder,  you  know,”   but  it  was  notice­
able  that  Tad  always  had  the  center  of 
the  picture,  “ the observed  of  all  observ-

arrow 

to  border  the  room  two  deep,  with  a 
numerous  remainder,  the  distance  was 
too  great  for  the  eye  to  note  the  variety 
of  clothing,  the  point  that  rankled 
like 
in  Mrs.  Inwood’s  heart,  and 
finally  she  removed  the  pictures  which 
adorned  the  parlor  and 
substituted 
pleasing  designs:  a  star  on  one  side, 
four-leafed  clover  on  the  second,  a 
mammoth  heart  on  the  third,  while  a 
huge  Greek  cross  occupied  the  remain­
ing  side  of  the  parlor.

That  done  she  penned  a  dainty  note 
to  each  of  the  company  who  had  helped 
her  laugh  at  herself  the  evening  before, 
and  a 
few  extra  ones  to  some  of  T ad’s 
acquaintances  who  knew  and  had  often 
laughed  at  his  weakness,  saying  that the 
affair  was  a  small  dinner  party  at  6 
'clock,  a  surprise  to  Mr. 
Inwood—an 
invitation  which  no  one  must  think  of 
declining.  Would  they  kindly  be  there 
by  a  quarter  to  6?

The  dinner  was  not  to  be  an  elaborate 
affair,  but  all  the  daintier  on  that  ac­
count,  and  the  rest  of  the  morning  was 
given  to  the  details. 
It  was  only  the 
paying  off  of  a  practical joke,  the giving 
the  best  husband  in  all  the  world  to  un­
derstand  that  the  laugher  must  expect  to 
laughed  at  sometimes  and  that  it  is 
be 
not  the  easiest  thing 
in  the  world  to 
have  one’s  foibles  held  up  to  ridicule.

Half  past  5  came  and  brought Tad  In- 
wood  whistling  and  singing 
into  the 
front  hall.  He  found  Emily,  pretty  as 
ink,  ready  with a kiss— How  are  you, 
Judas!— to  receive  him,  and 
looking 
especially  charming  in  a  tie  of.his  fa­
vorite * red  pinned  at  her  throat.  She 
went  with  him  to  their  chamber  while 
he  was  dressing  for  dinner,  a  piece  of 
formality  he  had  always  kept  up,  and 
while  she  was  entertaining  him  with the 
day’s  happenings  and  gossip  she  could 
hear  Nora  opening  and  closing  the  front 
door and  knew  the  company  were  gath 
ering.

in  the  hall. 

There,  come  on,  dinner  will  be 
stone  cold. 
I  heard  the  clock  five  min 
utes  ago.  Nora’s  forgotten  to  light  the 
gas 
You  always  have 
matches 
in  your  pocket;  light  it  and 
then  go  into  the  parlor  and  light  that  in 
there.  Nora’s  getting  too  careless 
for 
anything. ”

So,  lighting  the  hall  gas,  into  the  par 
lor  Inwood  went,  striking  or  trying  to 
strike  the  match  on  his  trousers  on  the 
way.  As 
three 
matches 
in  succession  “ went  back  on 
him”   and  wondering  under his  breath 

luck  would  have 

it 

what  was  the  matter  with  the  d 

Inwood  took  Guy  Remington 

matches,”   he 
impatiently  succeeded 
with  the  fourth  attempt  and  flooded  the 
parlor  with 
light,  to  find  himself  the 
center  of  a circle  of  admiring and laugh 
ing  friends.  Before  the  fun  subsided 
Mrs. 
arm  and  led  the  way  to the  dining  room 
and  Tad,  wishing  he  hadn’t  been  quite 
__  free  with  his  adjectives,  brought  u{ 
the  rear  with  Mrs.  Remington,  who  did 
what  she  could  to  condole  with  him  on 
the  cussedness  of  inanimate  nature  gen 
erally  and  of  friction  matches  in  par 
ticular.

The  dinner  was  a  success,  as  the  In­
wood  dinners  always  were.  Mrs.  In­
wood  knew  how  and  that’s  all  there  was 
to  that. 
It  was remarkable  how  natur­
ally  the  conversation  turned  to  photog­
raphy  as  a  fine  art  and  how  it  was kept 
up  without  anybody’s  getting  tired  of 
it.  Remington  became  reflective  and 
dwelt  with  a  touch  of  pathos  on  the 
photo,  especially  in  what he  called  “ the 
pin-feather  period 
of  human  biped 
existence  as  it  developed  in  the  male 
and  maintained  with  needless  persist­

%

With  the  rewards  of  her  rummage  be­
fore  her  she  sat  down  in  their  pleasant 
parlor  to  determine  what  she  should  do 
with  them.  While  there  were  enough

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

ency  that  the  photographer’s  art  when 
faithfully 
followed  made  the  pen  of  the 
biographer  unnecessary.  The  subject 
was  presented 
its  bearings  and 
when  at  last  Mrs.  Inwood  rose  from  the 
table,  she  felt  convinced  that  her  parlor 
walls  would  emphasize  what  had  been 
already  expressed.

in  all 

“ Now,  Tad,  if  you  and  Mrs.  Rem­
ington  will  arrange  the  tables  we’ll have 
some  duplicate  whist. 
In  the  meantime 
I  want  you  all  to  study  my  new  mural 
decorations  and  tell  me  what  you  think 
of  them.

So  prepared,  Tad  with  the  rest  sought 
the  parlor,  where  the  feminine 
‘ “ O h!”  
after  the  similitude  of  a  bunch  of  fire 
crackers,  was  drowned  in  the  occasional 
explosion  of  the  masculine  expletive.
| 

tumult  had  sufficiently 

“ You  have  done  wonders  with  the 
material  you  had  on  hand, ’ '  remarked 
Mrs.  Remington  to  her  hostess,  when 
subsided. 
the 
“ The  grouping  of  the  early  pictures 
in 
the  sweet  flush  of  early  manhood  in  the 
star  is  especially  touching. 
It’s  the  star 
of  hope,  I  suppose.  This  picture  with 
the  pimply  promise  of  the  reluctant 
is  a  treasure  and  is  worthy  the 
beard 
prominent  place 
in  the  center  of  the 
collection.  The  pose 
is  fine  and  the 
artist  has  taken  advantage  of  the  oppor­
tunity  to  make  prominent  the  unusual 
development  of  the  hands  and 
particularly 
holding  a 

like  the  novel  feature  o 
large  album 
in  the  hands 
ou  notice  that  the  smile  on  Mr.  In 
wood’s  face 
indicates  his  pleasure  in 
contemplating  the  likeness  of  his grand 
mother. ’ ’

feet, 

“ Yes,  the  whole  thing  is  fine,  if  one 
ares  to  go'  to  such  extremes,”   Phil 
Brewster  interrupted,  “ but  to  my  mind 
this  gathering 
in  the  heart  has  its  own 
lesson  of  tenderness  for  the  beholder, 
was  evidently  taken  when 
the  young 
man’s  fancy  lightly  turns  to  thought  of 
love.’  The  picture  has  historic  value 
as  an 
illustration  of  the  styles  of  th: 
day,  when  ‘ hand-me-downs’  were  com 
moner  than  they  are  now.  It  shows,  too 
that  Mr.  Inwood  often  had one,  for every 
blessed  picture  here  was  taken  in  a  new 
suit.  By  the  way,  Inwood,  what  was 
that 
little  remark  you  made  last  night 
about  Mrs.  Inwood’s  having  to  have  her 
picture  taken  every  time  she  has  a  new 
dress?’ ’

So  that  was  it.  That  was  why  this 
surprise  dinner  party  was  given  in  his 
honor.  For  a  moment  anger  took  him 
by  the  throat  and  choked  him  until  he 
in  the 
was  red 
face.  Brewster’s  tor­
menting 
laugh  and  the  look  gleaming 
from  his  w ife’s  exultant eye  were  almost 
too  much  for  him.  Then his  good  sense 
came  to  him  and,  remembering  that  si­
lence 
is  golden  and  “ holds  the  door 
against  the  strife  of  tongues  and  all  the 
impertinences  of  idle  conversation, 
he 
assumed  the  air  and  attitude  of  a  man 
who 
is  determined  to  show  “ how  sub­
lime  a 
is  to  suffer  and  be 
strong,”   with  the  mental  reservation 
that  he’d  give  that  Phil  Brewster  a back 
hander  if  he  got  a  good  chance.

thing 

it 

“ There 

is  no  doubt  that  the  hands  in 
the  first  group  generously  suggest  the 
hand of Providence,”   said  Jim  Jameson, 
“ but  I  don’t  want  any  of  you  to  miss 
the  resignation  resting  like  a  benedic­
tion  upon  the  features  of  the  happy 
father  in  the  clover  group.  My  wife 
calls  that  my  don’t-want-to-go-to-circus- 
with-the-children  expression  and  that, 
when  I  have 
it,  money  couldn’t  keep 
me  aw ay.”

‘ * I  beg  none  of  you  to  forget  that  the 
fourth  side  of  the  parlor  remains  un­
criticised,”   said  Tad  when  there  began

look 

it.  Brewster 

“  It  was a stroke 
to  be  a  lull  in  the  fun. 
of  genius  which  gathered  the photos into 
a  cross  and  brings  the  biography  up  to 
date.  You  don’t  see  any 
little  arms 
clinging  to  the  neck.  I here  isn  t  any 
little  velvety  cheek  snuggled  down  to 
mine;  but  you’ ll  notice  the  same  far- 
away-somewhere 
in  the  pictures 
there  and  a  little  bit  of  lonesomeness, 
is  if  something  was  gone  which  would 
never  come  again. 
1 he  face  of  each 
picture  has  more  and  more  of  it  and  I 
don’t  believe  there  is  one  of  you  clever 
nough  to  account  for 
is 
the  only  one  who  can  do  it  and he would 
make  bungling  work  of  it.  It  may  seem 
as  if  I  was  parading  a  bit  of  condensed 
isdom,  but  all  of  us  in  one  way  or  an- 
jther  are  living  in  a  sort  of  circle. 
In 
one  sense  I’m  completing  my  circle. 
The  longing  look  in  the  pictures  shows
except  the  last.  Just  before  that  was 
struck  off,  it  occurred  to  me  that  with­
out  knowing 
it  I  had  passed  the  one 
hundred  and  eightieth  degree  of  my cir- 
jle  and  was  getting  rapidly  back  to 
where  I  started  from.  You  can  see  there 
is  something  of  the  ‘ pimply  promise 
period’ 
last  picture.  A  year 
from  now,  if  I  can  wait  so  long,  you 
will  find  the  rapture  found  in  the  faces 
jf  the  heart  group.  Somehow  I  like 
everything  there  is  about  those  photos- 
the  big  ties,  the  ‘ hand-me-downs’  and 
the 
1 
can’t  help  feeling  as  the  days  go  by 
that  I  shall  be  all  right  when  the  circle 
reaches  that  point.  Then  I’m  going  to 
have  my  last  picture  taken  and  I’m  go­
ing  to  put 
in  one  corner  of  my 
chiffonier glass  and,  in the  opposite  cor­
ner,  th is;”   and  as  he  pronounced  the 
last  word  he  drew  from  his 
inside  vest 
pocket 
companion  picture,  his 
w ife’s,  of  the  one  which  Brewster  had 
made  fun  of  in  the  “ heart’ ’  group.

loveloin-lover  look  in  the  faces. 

in  this 

it  up 

the 

“ I  think  the  two  will  look  pretty  well 
together.  Anyway  that’s  what’s  bring­
ing  back  to my  face  the  old  look ;  and if 
it  won’t  sound  too  la-de-dah,  I’m  going 
to  say  that  if  there 
is  anything  in  this 
world  that  will  make  up  for  the  loss  of 
the 
little  arms  around  my  neck  and  of 
the  contact  of  the  children’s  rosy  cheeks 
with  mine 
it  will  be  the  heart  of  this 
little  woman  who  has  been  completing 
the  circle  with  me  all  these  years.  — 
fondly  at  the  picture—“  I 
He  gazed 
to  the 
think,  Emily,  we’ ll  go  down 
photographer’s 
if  you  say 
so,”   and 
in  spite  of  a  little  weak  re­
sistance  he  kissed  her  plump  on  the 
mouth.

to-morrow, 

After  the  party  had  gone  home  and 
the  two  were 
in  the  privacy  of  their 
own  chamber  there  was  a  little  hand 
that  crept  up  around  Inwood’s  coat  col- 
ar,  and  a  sweet,  gentle  voice  very  near 
his  face  sHid  softly,  “ I’m  sorry.  Tad, 
that  I  did 
I 
shouldn’t  now  be  the  gladdest,  happiest 
woman  that  the night looks down upon.

it;  and  yet,  if  I  hadn’t, 

Tad 

laughed  and  for  more  reasons 
than one,  replied:  “ O,  that’s  all  right!”  

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

L ay  A sid e  A ll  P re ju d le e .

Be  honest,  says  the  Book-keeper,  and 
always  speak  well  of  your  competitors. 
In  endeavoring  to  disparage  them  you 
but 
lower  yourself  in  the  sight  of  those 
whose  good  opinion  is  most  worth  hav­
ing.  By  appreciating,  and  speaking 
well  of  your  rivals,  you  show  yourself  a 
human  being  free  from  prejudice,  and 
fit  for  any  responsibility  which  may 
come  in  your  way.

Friendship  is  that feeling which  keep 
from  telling  one  another whe 

women 
their  shirtwaists  don’t  fit  in  the  back.

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3 gal. galv. iron w ith  spout, per d oz.. 
5 gal. galv. iron w ith  spout, per d oz.. 
3 gal. galv. iron w ith faucet, per d o z.. 
5 gal. galv. iron w ith faucet, per d o z..
5 gal. Tilting cans....................................
5  gal. galv. iron  N acefas.......................

P u m p   Can*

5 gal. Rapid steady stream ...................
5 gal. Eureka, non-overflow.................
3 gai. Home R ule.....................................
5 gal. Home R ule.....................................
5 gal. P irate K ing ...................................

L A N T E R N S

No.  0 Tubular, side lift.........................
No.  I B  T ubular.....................................
No. 13 Tubular, d ash ..............................
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain.............
No. 12 Tubular, side  lam p.....................
No.  3 S treet lamp, ea ch .......................
L A N T E R N   G L O B E S  

No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c. 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c. 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per b b l.. 
No. 0 Tub., bull’s eye. cases 1 doz. each

1  50 
1  60
2  45

2  10
2  15
3  15

2 55
2  75
3  75

3  70
4  70 
4  88

90 
1  15 
1  35 
1  60

3 50
4 00 
4  70

4 00 
4  40

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

8  50 
10  50 
10  50 
12  00
9  50

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

45 
45 
1  78 
1  25

LO A N   A SSO CIA TIO N S.

T h e ir  In flu e n c e   o n   th e  In d iv id u a l a n d  th e  

C o m m u n ity .*

It  would  be  presumption  on  my  part 
to  attempt  to  say  anything  new  on  the 
subject  of  building  and 
loan  associa­
tions  to  an  assembly  of  gentlemen  most 
of  whom  have  had  more  experience  and 
observation in  such  matters  than myself, 
and  I  shall  not  make  the  attempt.

The  subject  on  which  I  am  to  speak, 
“ The  Local  Association  and 
its  Influ­
ence  Upon  the  Individual  and  Commu­
n ity,”   is  one  which  has  been  discussed 
at  every  meeting  of  the  State  League 
and  of  the  United  States  League  for 
years.  It  may,  however,  be  profitable  for 
us  again  to  c o l d e r   briefly  the  advan­
tages  of  the 
local  association  to  the 
member  and  to  the  community ;  to  the 
investor  and  to  the  borrower;  also  its 
influence  and  effect  upon  the  individual 
and  upon  the  public.
let  us  get  at  the  true  purpose 
of  the  association, which  is  to  encourage 
industry  and 
the 
younger  members,  to  assist  in  building 
or  buying  homes  for  men  of  families, 
and  for  a  safe  and  profitable  investment 
for  men  of  means.  We  find,  also,  that 
this  co-operative  plan 
in 
in  methods,  un­
character,  educational 
selfish  and  Christian 
in 
its  essential 
principles.

is  simple 

frugality 

among 

First, 

stockholder,  speaks  of 

As  our  associations  are  made  up 
largely  of  young  men,  let  us  consider 
the  effect,  both  upon  the  person  and  the 
public,  where  a  young man  just  becomes 
a  wage  earner  is 
induced  to  become 
member  of  a  building  and  loan  associ 
tion  and  so  make  a  regular  systematic 
saving.  He 
is  not  only  laying  a  foun­
dation  for  a  home,  or  possibly  accumu 
lating  what  will  sometime  become  capi­
tal  to  start  him  in  businses  of  his  own 
but  he  has  taken  the  first  step  toward 
becoming  economical  and  prudential. 
He  soon  takes  pride  in  the  fact  that  he 
is  a 
“ my 
book,”   “ my  stock,”   or  “ our  associa­
tion,”   becomes 
the 
idea  that  to  become  a  capitalist,  even 
in  this  small  way,  he  must  save  as  well 
as  earn,  and  the  money  that  might  have 
been  used  in  selfish 
indulgence,  at  the 
gaming  table, 
in  saloon  or  billiard 
room,  finds its  way  to  the  treasury  of  the 
association  and  again  a  step  is  taken 
in  the  right  direction,  this  time  towards 
sobriety  and  morality  as  well  as  econ 
omy  and  wealth,  and  the  public 
is  be 
ginning  to  feel  the  effect  of  the  change.
This  is  not  a  compilation  ofstatisti.es 
but  perhaps  a  single  annual  report  may 
be  allowed: 
last 
year  there  was  paid  for  theaters  $ 6, 000, 
ooo,  for cigars  and  tobacco  $ 30, 000, 000, 
for  beer  $ 30, 000,000  and  for  wines  and 
liquors  S70,ooo,ooo.

In  New  York  City 

stimulated  with 

it 

It 

is  pleasing  to 

learn  that  our  city 
schools  have  already  awakened  to  the 
idea  that 
is  very  beneficial  to  the 
young  to  educate  them  to  make  a  regu 
lar  systematic  saving  and  they  are  mak 
ing  an  effort 
in  that  direction  and  are 
encouraged  by  the  showing  that  to-day 
there  is  nearly  $16,000  deposited  in  the 
banks  to  the  credit  of  the  children of the 
Grand  Rapids  schools,  which  was  ac 
cumulated  by  the  penny  school  saving 
system.

And  now,  if  I  may  digress  still  farthe 
from  the  subject,  I  wish  to  say  that  the 
duty  of  the  secretary  of  a  local  associa 
tion  is  not  all  done  when  he  has careful 
ly  seen  to  all  of  the  securities  and  that 
his  cash  balances.  An 
encouraging 
word  at  the  right  time  to  some  young 
member  about  his  book,  his  dues  or  h’ 
savings  may  have  an  influence  for  good 
in  the  formation  of  that  member’s  char 
acter. 
“ Kind  words  fitly  spoken  are 
like  apples  of  gold  in  pictures  of 
ver, ”   said  the  wise  man.

To  return  to  the  subject,  let  us  next 

consider  the  man  with  a  small  fami' 
and  steady  work  who  has  bought  a home 
on  the  building  and 
loan  plan,  but 
further  than  to  say  that  this  is  the  very 
best  way  for  him  to  buy  we  shall  not 
consider  him  from  a  financial  point 
view,  but  the  general  effect  upon  him 
self  and  the  community  arising  from the

♦Paper read at recent S tate convention  of  build 

ing and loan associations by O. £ . Belden.

false 

while  he 

fact  that  he  has  a  home.  We  believe 
that  he  is  a  happier  man,  a  kinder  hus­
band,  a  better  father,  neighbor  and  citi­
zen  when  he  feels  that  the  roof  that 
helters  his  family  is  his  own. 
“ The 
beggar  polishes  his  crutch  for  the  same 
reason  that  a  king  gilds  his  crown. 
It 
his  own.”   To  be  sure,  there  is  a 
mortgage  on  his  property;  but  he  has 
not  to  worry 
for  fear  that  it  will  soon 
become  due  and  must  be  paid  in  full  or 
erhaps  the  home  be  lost.  His payments 
n  be  met  with  a  little  effort  each week 
and  do  not  cause  him  any  uneasiness, 
is  contented— and  “ A 
mtented  mind  is  a  continual  feast” —  
not 
likely  to  be  lulled  into  that 
feeling  of  security  that  is  apt  to 
>me  to  one  whose  payments  are  due  a 
:ar  or  more  in  the. future.  By  a  little 
economy  he  can  adorn  his house— paint, 
furnish  slowly— which  he 
likely 
move  in  a  month  or two.  The  neigh­
bor  sees  the  difference,  from  the  fact 
at  he  plants  a  tree  here  or  a  flower 
there.  The  broken  pane  is  replaced  by 
new  one,  the  lawn  is  kept  more  tidy 
nd  the  sidewalk  in  repair.  Taking  a 
is  prosper- 
roper  pride  in  the  way  he 
ng,  he  naturally  tries  to 
induce  his 
neighbor  or  fellow  workman  to  pursue 
the  same  course  and  begins  to  enquire 
ir  a  good  chance  for  his  friend  to  buy. 
hus  he  gets  a  better  insight  into  the 
value  of  property  and  methods  of  doing 
business  and  becomes  interested  in  the 
ght  expenditure  of 
public  money, 
hich  affects  him  as  a  citizen  and a tax- 
layer.

aper  and 
robably  would  not  do  if  he  was 

Looking  at  this  subject  from  the man- 
facturer’s 
or  any  other  employer’s 
-oint  of  view  we  can  see  at  once  that  if 
this  saving  method  has  the  moral  effect 
that  we  claim  for  it  any  person  having 
men 
in  his  employ  would  be  glad  to 
now  that  they,  as  teamsters,  clerks  or 
workmen,  are  adopting  this  method.'

it 

Said  a  manufacturer  to  me  only  a  few 
ays  ago:  “ If  1  employ  two  young  men 
nd  one  of  them  saves  a  dollar or two 
each  week  and  the  other  spends  the 
foolishly  or,  to  use  his 
same  amount 
wn  expression,  ‘ blows 
in,'  I  shall 
xpect  within  five  years  to  find  the  one 
nth  a  nice  little  sum  saved  and  to  find 
the  other  at  police  headquarters. ”  
It 
s  nqt  a  pleasant  thing  for  an  employer 
to  know  that  while  he  is  paying  his men 
good  wages  every  week  they  are  spend- 
ng  their  money  for  that  which  does 
them  no  good  while  their  families  are 
actually  suffering  for  the  necessities  of 
ife  or  are  applicants  for  help  at  the 
Charity  Organization  Society.  Now  I 
do  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  saying 
that  a  man  who  is  spending  his  money 
unwisely 
is  necessarily  intemperate  or 
mmoral.  Not  at  all.  A   young  man  of 
my  acquaintance  who  has  been  married 
eight  years,  has  only  one  child  and  has 
had  a  good  salary  all  the  time,  who  is 
strictly  moral,  of  unquestionable  habits, 
and  no  one  would  accuse  him  or  his 
wife  of  being  extravagant,  told  me  that 
there  had  never  been  a month during  the 
eight  years  that  he  could  not  have  saved 
$10  without  any  serious  inconvenience, 
that  he  had  declared  again  and  again 
that  he  would  deposit  $10  in  the  bank 
the  next  pay  day,  but 
that  he  was 
ashamed  to  own  that  he  not  only  had 
never  deposited  a  dollar  in  any  bank, 
but  that  he  was  actually  $50  in  debt.

Next  we  are  to  consider the  local  as­
sociation  as  a  safe  and  profitable invest­
ment  for  men  of  means.  The  safety  of 
an  association,  of  course,  depends  upon 
the  honesty  of  the  officials  and  the  good 
judgment  of  those  who  consider the  ad- 
visibility  of  loans.  Said  an  elderly  gen­
tleman  to  me  not  long  ago,  * * I  can  not 
understand  how  it  is  that  your  associa­
tions  make  so  few  poor  loans  while  I 
have  had  to  take  a  number  of  pieces  of 
property  on  my  hands  lately  and  have 
lost  heavily.”   My  answer  was  this: 
“ You,  as  a  professional  man,  although 
you  stand  high  in  your  profession,  have 
probably  not  had  much  experience  in 
judging of  the  values  of  real  estate  and 
must depend largely upon the judgment of 
a real  estate  man  who  is  profited by your 
making  the 
loan.  With  us  no  loan  is 
made  unless  recommended  by  three  of 
the  very  best  judges  of  real  estate  in the 
city,  and  who  are  personally  interested

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p le. ”   A g a in ,  o u r  s e c u rity   b e c o m e s   b e t­
te r   w ith   e a c h   p a y m e n t  m a d e ,  a s  
th e  
is  a s s ig n e d   a s   c o lla te ra l  fo r  th e  
b o o k  
le ss  e a c h  
loan,  a n d   o u r 
w eek   in s te a d   of  m o re   a s   is   th e   c a se  
in  
a n   o r d in a ry   lo a n .

ris k   b e c o m e s  

As  for 

its  being  a  profitable  invest­
ment,  experience  teaches  us  that  the 
greater  part  of  those  who  remain  in  an 
association  until  their  stock  matures 
are  either  borrowers  or  men  of  means, 
and  while  in  many  cases  the  real benefit 
to  the  man  who  withdraws  his  stock  is 
more  the  accumulating  of  an  amount  of 
money  or  the  habit  of  a  systematic  sav­
ing  than  the  interest  of  the  stock  with­
drawn,  it 
fact  that  those  who  are 
financially  able  to  continue  to  the  end 
of  the  series  will  be  benefited  by  the 
withdrawals  of  others,  so  that  it  always 
proves  to  be  a  profitable  investment  for 
them.

is  a 

I  must  now  speak  a  word  of  praise for 
those  business  men,  our  directors,  who 
are  kind  enough  to  come  to  the  meeting 
of  the  board  so  often  after having  spent 
the  day  with  the  cares  and  duties  of 
their  own  affairs  and  consider  carefully 
interests  of  the  association  in 
the  best 
which  they  are  comparatively  so 
little 
financially  interested  themselves.  Mer­
chants,  bankers  and  manufacturers  must 
have  in  mind  something  more  than their 
own  financial  interests  in  an  association 
to  cause  them  to  assume  such  a  respon­
sibility.  What  is  their  object  then but to 
better  the  condition  of  the  less  fortunate 
members?  And  am  I  not  justified,  in 
view  of  such  philanthropy,  in  saying 
that  the  association 
is  unselfish  and 
Christian  in  its  principles?  Then  let  us 
conclude  this  subject  with  the  following 
thoughts :  The  best  age  that  the  world 
has  ever  seen  is  the  present  age.  There 
never  was  a  period  in  the  history  of this 
country  when  all  the  conditions  of  so­
cial  and  political  life  were  so  favorable 
as  to-day.  There never  was  a  time  when 
the  humblest  man  might  have  a  home 
of  his  own— so  easily  as  he  can  now. 
There  never  was  a  time  when  such  an 
effort  was  made  for  the  advancement  of 
sobriety  and  morality. 
Philanthropy 
was  never  more  sincere  or  benevolence 
more  openhanded.  The  world  is  mov­
ing  onward  and  to-morrow  will  be better 
than  to-day.  Are  we  then  saying  too 
much  when  we  give  the  building  and 
loan  association  a  prominent  place  in 
insti­
the  list  of  educational  and  moral 
tutions?  Are  we  claiming 
too  great 
merits  for  ourselves  when  we  say  that, 
looking  at  the  working  men  of  our 
cities,  we 
find  more  of  them  own  their 
homes,  more  of  them  are  honest,  tem­
perate  and 
industrious,  and  kind  fath­
ers,  good  neighbors,  and  respected  citi­
zens  from  the 
local 
building  and  loan  association?

influence  of  the 

H ow  

th e   O ld  W o m a n ’s  P ro p h e c y   W as 

F u lfille d .

The  young  mother  had  died  when  the 
boy  was  bom,  and  so  they  gave  the 
lit­
tle  creature  over  to  the  care  of  his 
grandmother— her  mother.  In  those  first 
days  of  bereavement  and  sorrow  there 
was  no  tenderness  for  the  child  in  his 
father’s heart,  rather  a  savage  bitterness 
as  against  one  who  had  robbed  him  of 
love  and  home  and  happiness,  and  he 
was  glad  when  the  old  woman journeyed 
back  to  her  own  home,  taking  with  her 
the  sound  of  that  feeble,  wailing  voice, 
whose  every  cry  made  his  own  wounds 
bleed  afresh.  With  her,  woman-like,  it 
was  different. 
It  seemed  to  her that her 
heart  must  have  broken  except  that 
baby  hands  of  healing  were  laid  upon  it 
and  she  felt  that  even  the  grave  had  not 
robbed  her  wholly  as 
long  as  she  had 
this  living  link  with  her  beloved  dead. 
In  time,  indeed,  she  seemed  to  almost 
forget  her  loss,  and  as  the  child  grew 
she  confused  him  with  his  mother  and 
often  called  him  by  her  name.  Some­
times  she  would  call  to  him,  asking 
where  were  Tom  and  Mary  and  the 
other  children— men'  and  women  this 
last  twenty  years— and  when  the  little

lad  would  laugh  with  glee,  and  answer, 
“ Why,  grannie,  dere 
isn’t  any  other 
children  only  m e,’ ’  she  would  smile 
wistfully  and  say  that  she  was  growing 
old,  and  she  forgot.  Youth  and  age  are 
the  two  ends  of  the  journey  of life where 
they  meet.  The  old  come  back  to  the 
starting  point,  and  are  interested  in  the 
simple  things  that  amuse little  children, 
so  the  two  were  comrades,  who  never 
wearied  of  each  other’s  company.  She 
went  back  in  memory  to  her  own  child­
hood,  and  lived  over  its  joys  with  him, 
and  in  the  twilight  of  the  dawning  and 
in  hand, 
the  ending  day  they  sat  hand 
while  the  young  eyes 
looked  into  the 
future  and  he  told  of  the  wonder  and 
glories  and  riches  he  was  going 
to 
achieve  when  he  was  grown  b ig—big  as 
a  man— and  how  he  was  always  going to 
bring  them  home  to lay at grannie’s feet.
To  the  old  woman  there  was  nothing 
else  in  life  but  the  child,  no  hope  but 
what  was  bound  up  in  him,  no  love  but 
what  he  gave  her,  no  interest that he did 
not  inspire.  Now  and  then  a  neighbor, 
unconsciously  cruel,  would  ask  her  what 
she  would  do  if  the  child’s  father should 
marry  again  and  demand  the 
lad,  and 
the  old  face  would  grow  ashy  white 
with 
fear,  and  she  would  clutch  him 
to  her  and  cry  out  that  nobody  should 
take  him  while  she  lived.  At  last  the 
catastrophe  that,  in  spite  of  her denials, 
had  dimly  overshadowed  her,  occurred. 
The 
father  married.  Of  himself,  per­
haps,  and  haunted  by  a  memory  of  the 
dead  wife  that  whispered  to  him  to  be 
merciful  to  her  mother,  he  would  have 
let  the  child  stay  with  the  grandmother, 
who  had  given  him  all  the  love and  ten­
derness  he  had  ever  known;  but  the 
young  wife  was  a  woman  with  serious 
views.  She  said  that  the  old  grand­
mother  was  spoiling  the  child ;  that  she 
was  ignorant  of  the  modem,  advanced, 
scientific  theories  for  the  upbringing  of 
children,  and  that  the  boy’s  education 
was  being  neglected. 
In  the  end,  as 
one  knew,  she  prevailed,  and  the  old 
grandmother was  told  that  she  must  give 
up  the  child  that 
for  four  years  had 
slept  against  her  heart  and  become  part 
and  parcel  of  her  very  soul.  She  re­
fused,  with  tears,  with  entreaties,  and 
finally  with 
fear  and  frenzy.  Nobody 
should  take  him  from  her  while  she 
lived,  she cried out  over  and  over  again, 
but  all  her  tears  and  all  her  prayers 
could  not  help  her.  They  came  at 
last 
with  a  lawyer,  and  made  her  understand 
that  she  had  no  right  in  law,  only  in 
love, 
to  the  child,  and  that  she  was 
powerless  to  keep  him  against  his  fath 
er’s  wish.  The  child  clung  affrightened 
to  her  skirts  and  cried.  She  raised  him 
up  and  pressed  his  dewey-red  lips  to 
hers,  and  then,  just  as  they  took  him 
out  of  her  clinging  arms,  she fell at the' 
feet,  and  her  prophecy  was  fulfilled 
No  one  had  taken  him  from  her  whil 
she  lived,  for  when  they  raised  her  u 
she  was  dead.

W a rn e d   B e fo re h a n d .

“ Mamma,  what  would  you  do  if  that 
in  the  parlor  should  get 

vase 

big 
broken?”   said  Tommy.

“ I  should  spank  whoever  did  it,’ ’ 
said  Mrs.  Banks,  gazing  severely  at  her 
little  son.

i 
“ Well,  then,  you’d better  begin  to  get 
I up  your  muscle,”   said  Tommy,  glee­
fully,  “ ’cos  papa’s  broken  it.”

L o o k in g   F o r   M o re  T im e.

Customer— How’d  do?  Have  you  any 

time  to  spare  this  morning?

T r a d e s m a n — C e r t a in l y ;  p le n ty   o f 
Customer— Glad  to  hear  it. 

it.
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to  have  30  days  more on that  little bill  I 
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in a modem kitchen.

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

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Shoes  and  Leather

Liv**  T o p ics  P e r tin e n t  to  th e  P re s e n t D ay.
There  is  in  all  towns  and cities a class 
of  trade  that  refuse  to  attach  themselves 
to  any  particular  store,  but  who  make 
their  purchases  wherever  their 
fancy 
happens  to  take  them.  Notwithstanding 
this,  however,  they  are  very  desirable 
customers  and  unless  you  continue  to 
keep the  merits  of  your  goods  constantly 
impressed  on  their  minds  they  will  go 
to  the  man  who  does.  For this reason  if 
no  other  we  endeavor to  keep  our adver­
tising  up  to  date.
*  

*  

*

We  find  that  in  newspaper advertising 
we  are  wasting  our ammunition when we 
confine  ourselves  to  arguments  on  the 
merits  of  our  goods  and  prices,  no  mat­
ter  how  forcible  we  make  them.  The 
attention  of  the  reader  must  be  first  at­
tracted  in  such  a  way  that  he  or she will 
read  what  you  have  to  say  and  this  you 
can  not  do  without  the  use  of  cuts.  We 
do  not  confine  ourselves  to  the  cut  of  a 
shoe  but  use 
sketches  of  all  kinds. 
In  using  shoe  cuts  the  best  are  none  too 
good  for  us.  Better  use  none  at  all  than 
poor  ones.

*  

*  

*

is  a  woman. 

In  speaking  of  advertising  do  not  for­
get  that  a  satisfied  customer  is  one  form 
and  a  very  good  one,  especially  when 
the  customer 
It  is  the 
saying  of  an  old  Chicago  retailer that  he 
would  rather  have  one  woman  talking 
for  him  than  a  newspaper  and  while  of 
course  this 
little  too 
strong  there  is  nevertheless  considerable 
truth  in  it.

is  putting 

it  a 

*  

*  

*

Time  spent  on  cranky  women  custom­
ers  is  rarely,  if  ever,  thrown  away. 
It 
has  been  our  experience  that  in  time 
the  ones  who  were  the  worst  to  start 
with  became  not  only  good  customers, 
easy  to  wait  on,  but  they  never 
lost  an 
opportunity  to  speak  a  good  word 
for 
us.  We  have  in  mind  at  present  several 
who  when  they  first  came  to  us  would 
have  tried  the  patience  of  Job,  but  by 
careful  treatment  on  our  part  we  now 
number  them  among  our  very  best 
customers.  We  have  heard  shoe  retail­
ers  say  they  would  rather  wait  on  ten 
men  than  one  woman,  but  this  is  a  mis­
take.  Women  are 
just  as  easy  to  wait 
on  as  men  and  when  you  have  gained 
their  confidenece  will  do  more  to  show 
their  appreciation  than  men  will.

*  

*  

*
Speaking  of  cranky 

customers  re­
minds us  of  a  conversation  we overheard 
between  a  rather  exacting  lady  custom­
er  and  a  clerk  who  never  lacks  for  a 
convincing  argument.  The  lady  had  in­
spected  all  the  different  styles  without 
finding  a  pair  made  as  she  thought  they 
should  be  and  was  deploring  the 
fact 
that  the  new  shoes  were  all  made  on  the 
long,  drawnout  lasts;  she  preferred  the 
old  style  short  forepart,  that  when  fitted 
allowed  the  toes  to  come  clear  out  to the 
end. 
The  clerk  explained  at  some 
length  the  many  advantages  of  the  new 
over  the  old  way,  but  she  refused  to  be 
convinced,  arguing  that  there  was  no 
sense  in  making  more  room  in  the  shoe 
than  was  absolutely  necessary  to  accom­
modate  the  foot  and  finally  as a last and, 
as  she  thought,  a  very  convincing  argu­
ment  said : 
' ‘ Do  you  mean  to  tell  me 
you  ever  saw  a  woman’s  foot  the  shape 
of  that  shoe." 
"M ad am ,"  said  the 
clerk  quickly,  " d id   you  ever  see  a 
man’s  head  the  shape  of  a  plug  hat?”  
This  was  too  much 
for  her  and  she
capitulated  with  good  grace.

*  

*  

*

If  dealers  only  realized  what  an 

im­

portant 
factor  the  fresh,  clean,  nicely 
arranged  show  window  is,  more  atten­
tion  would  be  paid  to  this  part  of  the 
business.  For 
instance,  a  number  of 
shoppers  are  out  for  the  purpose  of  buy­
ing footwear,  and you  may  be  sure  every 
window  will  be  thoroughly inspected be­
fore  any  purchases  are  made. 
If  your 
window  happens  to  be  at  its  dirty  and 
dusty  stage  they  are  almost  certain  to 
pass 
The  merchant  who 
neglects  his  windows  never  knows  how 
much  trade  he  really  does  lose.  -Shoe 
and  Leather  Gazette.

you 

by. 

W h a t  I t   M ig h t  H av e  C ost.

“ In  a  certain  town  in Vermont,”   said 
the  Boston  drummer,  as  he  chewed 
away  at  a  pepsin  tablet,  " 1   picked  up 
a  wallet  containing  S500  in  cash.  There 
were  papers  containing  the  owner’s 
name,  and  he  proved  to  be the  mayor  of 
1  at  once  hunted  him  up  and 
the  town. 
lost  cash,  and  as  he 
handed  over  his 
received 
looked  me  over  and 
scratched  the  back  of  his  head and said : 
" I   shall  reward  you,  of  course.  How 
much  do  you  think  you ought  to  have?”  
"N othing  whatever,  sir.  1  am  glad 

it  he 

to  restore  your  property."

"B u t  you  expect  something?”
"N o,  sir."
"D id n ’t  you  look  for  me  to  give  you 

a  cent?”

"N ot  a  red.”
" I t   doesn’t  seem  possible,"  he  went 
on,  as  he 
looked  me  over  again,  "bu t 
I’ll  have  to  take  you  at  your  word.  Do 
you  know  what  it  might  have  cost  me, 
sir,  had  any  one  else 
found  this  wal­
let?”

" I   can’t  say,  of  course."
" I ’d  have  to  hand  over  at  least  10 
cents,  sir,  and  they  might  have  struck 
me  for  15  or  25.

A n  U n p le a sa n t  R e m in d e r.

James  doesn’t  go  to  church  often,  but 
his  mamma  took  him  there  last  Sunday. 
Now  she  wishes  she  hadn’t.

the 
He  sat  demurely  enough  until 
tenor,  who  indulges  in  a  dreadfully 
in­
excusable  tremolo,  had finished  his  solo. 
Then  he  spoke  up.

"M am m a,”   he  asked  in  a  shrill  whis­
per,  "w hat  makes  the  man’s  voice 
shake  so. ’ ’

"H ush,  dear,"  said  mamma.  ‘ I  don’t 

know. ’ ’

"B u t,  m am m a,"the  little  scamp  per­
sisted 
in  a  still  louder  whisper,  "you 
know  when  papa’s  voice  shook the  other 
night  you  said  it  was  beer?”

And  that's  why  Jamie’s  church  priv­

ileges  have  been  so  rudely  cut  off.

E q u a l  to   a   F a iry   S to ry .

Bilkins  was  seated 

in  an  easy  chair 
enjoying  his  paper  while  his  wife  was 
busy  with 
the 
4-year-old  son  of  the  household,  on  the 
floor  was  fighting  a  battle  with 
tin 
soldiers.  Presently  the  little  fellow  tired 
of  his  play  and  exclaimed :

fancy  work. 

Bobby, 

"Mamm a,  won’t  you  please  tell  me  a 

fairy  story?"

" I   don’t  feel  like it to-night,  Bobby,”  
said  Mrs.  Bilkins. 
"G o   and  get  your 
papa  to  tell  you  what detained him down 
town  so  late  last  night.”

The  devil  doesn’t  have  to  wait  for  his 
in 

cup  of  coffee  before  he  goes  to  work 
the  morning.

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R U B B E R S   of  us,  as  our  lines  and  prices  are 
right.  W e  manufacture 
the  best  wearing 
goods  to  be  had  anywhere.  Agents  for  the 
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W e  are  now  prepared  to  fill  all  orders 
promptly.  The  sizes  and  toes which  manu­
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life 

in  which  he  moves 

“ Well  now,  without  carrying  the  mat­
ter any  farther,  I  don’t  think  I’m  Gaini­
ng  too  much  in  saying  that  a  man 
like 
that  who  is  an  honor  to  himself  and  the 
social 
is  an 
honor  to  the  house  for  which  he  clerks. 
Exception?  Yes,  but 
it  is  one  of  those 
exceptions  that  confirm  the  rule;  and 
you’ll  pardon  me 
in  resting  my 
case,  1  add  what  I  started  with,  that 
is  selected  not  only  to  be  a 
seller  of  goods,  but  to  his  keeping  are 
committed  the  honor,  dignity  and  re­
spectable  standing  of  the  house ;  which 
was  to  be  proved.  Now  then,  come  on 
with  your objections.”

clerk 

if, 

“ Not  to-night. 

You’ve  given  me 
1 
enough  to  chew  upon  for  a  month. 
sha’n’t  forget  to  chew 
If 
either. 
you'll  kindly  take  notice  that  my  cigar 
is  too short  for  comfort  and  govern your­
self 
obliged. 
Thanks. ’ ’

accordingly, 

I’ll 

be 

it 

interest. 

The  remainder  of  the  evening  was 
given  to  other  topics  of 
It 
was  observed,  however,  at  the  store  the 
next  day,  and 
for  others  that  followed 
it,  that  “ the  old  man  was  chewing  on 
something  besides  his  lead  pencil  and 
that  they’d  better  stand  from  under.”  
Griswold’s  conversion  to  his  friend’s 
theory  was  not  complete-  it  takes  time 
to  bring  about  radical  changes— but  it 
was  observed  that,  when  a  man  dropped 
out,  a  better  one  took  his  place.  The 
change  only  confirmed  what  has  already 
been  stated,  that  clerks  do  give  charac­
ter  to  the  house  and  that  houses  will 
thrive  as  they  recognize  the  principle 
and  put  it  into  practice.

Richard  Malcolm Strong.

The  man  who  never  tracks  mud 

into 
the  house  is  usually  meddlesome  in  the 
kitchen.

Without  an  Equal

CIGARS

F o r  5  cen ts 

L o n g   H a va n a   F ille d

THE  BRADLEY  CIGAR CO.,

Greenville,  Mich.

Also M anufacturers  of  the Improved

Hand  “W. H. B.” Made

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Brand on th e  M arket.

Clerks’  Corner.

C le rk s  R e s p o n s ib le   fo r  S ta n d in g   o f  th e  

H o u se   T h e y   R e p re se n t.

W ritten for the Tradesm an.

They  were  on  the  way  home  to  din­
ner.  Griswold  had  got  in  first  and  was 
already  seeing  what  he  could  find  in  the 
evening  paper.  Brinsmade  boarded  the 
car  at  his  comer  and  was  busy  running 
over  in  his  mind  the  events  of  the  day. 
Jack  Bradley  had  made  another  ten 
strike  which  had  led  to  good  results  and 
the  general  manager  found  it  hard  work 
not  to  tell  Griswold  all  about  it.  He 
had  settled  down 
into  the  conviction 
that  silence  was  best  when  Griswold 
broke  out  with,  “  Here’s what will  tickle 
you,  Brinsmade,  so  you  may  as  well 
It  will  help  you  digest  your 
have  it. 
dinner: 
‘ A  clerk 
is  selected  not  only 
to  be  a  seller  of  goods,  but to  his  keep­
ing  are  committed  the  honor,  dignity 
and  respectable  standing  of  the  house. ’
If  that  isn’t  sheer  nonsense then  I should 
like  to  know  what  is.”

“ I  can  tell  you  in  two  words:  the  re­

verse. ”

‘ ‘ You  know  better. 

‘ The  honor,  dig­
nity  and  respectable  standing  of  the 
house!’  Humph! 
like  to  know 
where  the  stores  of  this  city  would stand 
to-day 
if  there  were  any  truth  in  that 
stuff. ’ ’

I’d 

‘ A   man 

‘ sizes  up’ 

‘ ‘ Exactly  where 

they  are  standing 
is  known  by  the  com 
now. 
pany  he  keeps’ 
is  no  truer  a  maxim 
than  ‘ A   clerk  stands  for  the  house  he 
works  for.’  The  law  holds  the  principa 
responsible  for  the  agent  and  the  trad 
ing  public 
the  clerk  that 
waits  upon  it  and  labels  the  house 
cordingly.  It’s  the  same  old  straw  we’ re 
always  thrashing,  Griswold,  and  there’s 
no  use  in  thrashing  it.  You  are  satis 
fied  with  your  management  and  I  with 
mine. 
You  couldn’t  get  along  with 
Bradley  and  I  wouldn’t  want  to  get 
along  without  him.  You  think  you  have 
a  jewel  in  Mathews. 
I  wouldn’t  trust 
him  out  of  my  sight.  Now  then,  these 
men  have  been  carrying  out  our  idea 
to-day  each  in  his  own  way.  Mathew: 
would  sell  damaged  goods  as  first-class 
and  you’d  praise  him  for  doing  a  smart 
thing.  Let  Bradley  do  that  in  my  store 
and  I’d  discharge  him. 
T hat’s  al 
there  is  to  it,  Griswold.  Think  of  thi 
and  I’ll  talk 
it  over  with  you  agai 
sometime.  G ood night.”

Griswold  liked  Brinsmade,  but  he  put
him  down  as  the  crankiest  crank  tha
walked  the  earth,  while  Brinsmade,  as 
he  left  the  car,  was  glad  that  he  didn 
have  to  carry  out  the  ideas  of  Brown  & 
Gray.  He  had  hardly  finished  his  din 
ner  that  day,  when  the  door  bell  rang 
and,  opening  the  door  himself,  he  found 
Griswold  outside.

“ I’ve  been  thinking  over  what  you 
in  the  car  to-night  and  I  begin  to 
said 
think  there’s  a 
lot  in  it.  Whom  were 
you  thinking  of  when  you  said what  you 
did— Bradley?”

“ That’s 

just  the  fellow.— Here  take 
one  of  these  and  make  the  most  of  that 
chair.— Yes,  I  was  thinking  of  Bradley 
I  had  a 
letter  from  his  brother  to-day 
thanking  me  for  my  interest in Jack  and 
giving  me  a  little  of  his  history :  He 
a  college  man,  a  graduate  of  Union 
stood  well  in  his  class  and  all  that  sort 
of  thing  and  when  the  time  came  to 
choose  his  calling  he  staggered  every 
body  by  declaring  that  he  was  going 
into  a  store.  They  all 
laughed,  but 
when  he  came  in  thè  next  day  and  sai 
he  was  going  to  work  in  the  morning  at 
Wiggins  &  Watts  doing  up  bundles  at 
three  dollars  a  week  the  family  thought

imething  must  be  done  about 

it.  He 
kept  right  on  with  his  work,  overcom- 
ng  his  father’s  objections  by  declaring 
that  his  college  training,  in  the  long 
run— and  that  meant  a  lifetim e—would 
)e  the  strongest  card  in  the  pack.  That 
as  in  Philadelphia  and  he  stayed  with 
the  house  two  years.  He  worked  his 
ray  up  and  soon  became  the  best  sales­
in  the  store.  His  home  training 
man 
nd  his  social  position  drew  to 
the 
house  the  most  desirable  trade  the  firm 
had.  Then  the  boy,  knowing  what  his 
services  were  worth,  asked 
for  an  in­
in  his  salary.  Thinking  as— er 
crease 

I’ll 

fellow 

er— too  many  do— ”
“ Don’t  spoil  a  good  story  on  my  ac­
finish  your  sentence—as  I 
is  as  near  nothing  as 

count. 
do,  that  a  clerk 
nvthing  human  can  be !  Go  on. ”  
“ They  refused  and  he  came  here. 
Tou  had  him  and  now  I  have  him;  and 
he’ ll  never  leave  the  store  so  long  as  I
am  there.  Well,  since  he  came  away 
the  first-class  custom  which  Jack  built 
for  Wiggins  &  Watts  has  left  them. 
The 
in  his  place  was  one  of  the 
common  herd  and  has  since  been  dis­
charged.  He  stitred  up  strife  with  the 
•est  of  the  help  and,  while  I  guess 
lack’s  brother  let  his  prejudice  get  the 
letter of  his  judgment,  he  says  that  the 
firm’s  credit  has  been  called  into  ques 
ion  on  account  of  the  questionable 
landing  of  some  of  the  clerks.  The 
trouble  with  the  average  clerk  is  that  he 
ioesn't  expect  to  climb  from  behind  his 
counter.  Jack  does,  and  when  he  gets 
nto  the  firm,  where  he  will  be  one  day 
he’ ll  be  one  of  the  strongest  men  in  the 
city.  To  go  on  with  the  idea,  I’ m  go­
ing  to  say  to  you  that  Jack  is  doing  foi 
us  what  he  did  for  Wiggins  &  Watts, 
He’s  a  gentleman 
in  training  and  his 
looks  and  manner  carry  out  that  idea. 
The  women  like  to  trade  with  him,  and 
there 
is  something  in  his  manner  with 
even  the 
‘ old  hens,’  as  the  boys  call 
them,  which  makes  them  like  to  trade 
with  him.  While  1  don’t  want  to  say 
anything  against  a  man  I  have  dis­
charged,  I’m  going 
that 
there ’  is  a  cleaner  atmosphere  among 
our  salespeople  than  we  had when Jack’s 
I  honestly  be­
predecessor  was  with  us. 
lieve  that  Jack's  coming 
in  this  one 
feature  has  added  dignity  to  the  estab­
lishment  and  brought  to  us  more  cus­
tomers  who 
like  to  trade  with  clerks 
whom  they  believe  to  be  morally  clean. 
I  know  you  don’t  think  it  makes  any 
difference ;  but  that’s  my  point  and  my 
experience  strengthens  it.”

to  tell  you 

“ I  think  there  may  be  a  good  deal  in 
what  you  say.  The  theory  is  all  right, 
but  when  you  come  down  to  the  details 
it  strikes  me  that  you’ re  going  too  far. 
Take  this  one  idea  of  making  yourself 
familiar  with  your  clerks.  The  majority 
I 
of  them  will  take  advantage  of  you. 
want  ’em  to  stay  in  their  place. 
I’ve 
no  use  for  ’em  after  6  o’clock. ”

‘ ‘ There’s  another  place  where  you  are 
making  a  mistake. 
If  your  help  are  of 
the  sort  to  take  advantage  of a kindness, 
why  not  have  those  who  won’t?  Jack 
will  do  again  for  the  illustration: 
I 
liked  him  and  had  him  to  dinner.  My 
wife  believed  in  him  and  he  has  shown 
himself  worthy  of  the  confidence  we 
placed  in  him.  We  had  a  dinner  party 
for  his  particular benefit  and  introduced 
him  to  our  friends.  The  senior  and 
junior  partner  were  there  with 
their 
wives,  and  we  made  the  thing  a s ‘ swell’ 
as  we  knew  how. 
It  was  plain  to  be 
seen  they  were  all  taken  with  him,  but 
he  carried  himself  so  modestly,  and  yet 
in  a  way  so  manly,  that  he  made  the 
whole  party  his  friends.

Are  you  using  the

Sunlight
Gasoline Gas  Lamps

A  great  number  of  them  are  in  use  and  the  people  are  pleased 
with  them  and  many  write  us  so.  J.  W .  Hayes,  chemist,  Cedar 
“ I  have  used  a  Sunlight  Gas  Lamp  for 
Rapids,  Iowa,  writes: 
six  months  and  find  it  perfectly  satisfactory. 
Its  brilliancy  and 
economy  will  recommend  it  to  anyone.”  Send  for  our  descrip­
tive  catalogue.  Favorable  terms  to  local  agents.  Address

Michigan  Light Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

33  Pearl Street.

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The  Meat  Market

E v e ry d a y   In c id e n ts   in  th e  L ife  o f th e  M eat

D ea le r.

I  was  in  a  meat  market  recently  when 
two 
ladies  entered  at  the  same  time, 
one  Irish,  the  other  a  negress.  There 
was  only  one  clerk  behind  the  bench 
and  both 
ladies  wanted  to  be  served 
first.  The  Irish  won.  She  asked  for 26 
cents’  worth  of  beef.  The  clerk,  after 
putting  a  chunk  on  the  scale,  announced 
that  it  was  25  cents’  worth.  “ Shure  an’
I  asked  ye  fur  chinty-six  cints  worth,”  
she  said,  with  a  Pat  Rooney  wave  of 
the  head,  ‘ ‘ an’  not a cints  worth  less  will 
I  take.”   But  the  clerk  didn’t  lose  his 
temper.  He  knew  his  business.  Exam ­
ining  the  scale  more  closely,  he  ejacu­
lated : 
I’ve  made  a  mistake. 
This 
is  26  cents’  worth.”   She  walked 
out,  proud  of  her  victory,  and  as  she 
passed 
said : 
Thay’ re  cheatin’  divils,  the  butchers,  if 
ye  don’t  watch  ’em .”

lady  of  color  she 

‘ ‘ Why, 

the 

*  He  *

in 

letters 

1  ran  across  the  most  extraordinary 
sign  in  a  meat  market  recently.  It  hung 
over  the  flower  department  and  an­
nounced 
large  enough  to  be 
read  at  a  distance  of  ten  feet  that  ‘ ‘ fun­
eral  designs  will  be  furnished  at  short­
est  notice.”  
It  is  not  likely  to  give  one 
a  relish  for  meat,  coming  from  a  place 
where  there  is  any  suggestion  of  death. 
We  all  shudder  at  the  thought  of  death, 
and  very  many  of  us avoid any reference 
to  it. 
I  would  not  go  into  a  place  be 
it  a  cigar  store,  liquor  store  or  meat 
market  where  it  would  be  suggested  to 
me  that 
in  the  event  of  my  demise  my 
family  could  come  and  get  a  design  for 
the  decoration  of  my  coffin  at  shortest or 
any  other  kind  of  notice,  and  have  it 
charged  up  with  my  meat  account  or 
cigar  account. 
I  have  only  the  most 
kindly  feeling  for  the  proprietor  of  the 
market  in  which  this  sign  is  displayed, 
and  hope  that  if  this  meets  his  eye  he 
will  take  my  advice 
in  the  spirit  in­
tended,  and  the  advice  is  this :  Take 
down  the  ''funeral”   sign  and  put  in  its 
place- 
for  wed­
dings  and  social  events.”

''Floral  decorations 

*  *  *

A  clerk  in  a  certain  meat  market  re- 
cently  wrote  me  a  letter,  enquiring  if  I 
thought  butchers  would  go  to  church  if 
the  Sunday  closing  movement  became 
general. 
I  don’t  think  very  many  of 
them  would  and  am  not  interested  on 
the  point.  The  object  of  the  Sunday 
closing  movement 
is  not  to  give  the 
butchers  an  opportunity  to  go  to  church, 
but  to  give  them  one  day  in  the  week 
to  use  as  they  please.  Some  would  go 
to  church,  others  to  places  of  amuse­
ment,  others  would  visit  friends  or  rela­
tives.  No  matter  where  they  may  go, 
the  day’s  rest  would  do  them  good,  and 
I 
for  one  will  do  all  in  my  power  to 
bring  about  the  success  of  the  move­
ment,  and  should 
like  to  see  the  trade 
generally  help  it  along.
*  *  *

The  death  of  George  Sheldon 

in 
Michigan  recently  has  revived  the  story 
about  P.  D.  Armour,  as  a  brakeman. 
Mr.  Sheldon  was  an  old  railroad  man 
and  used  to  tell  this  as  one  of  his  favo­
rite  stories :

‘ ‘ One  day  there  stepped  aboard  my 
train  a  well-dressed,  business-appearing 
mar.,  who,  as  he  tendered  his  fare,  re­
marked :

“   ‘ I  see  you  are  still  on  the  road,  Mr. 

Sheldon. ’ ’

“   ‘ Yes,  I  am  still  at 

it,’  I  replied, 
‘ but  1  am  not  certain  that  I  remember

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

you,  although  I  think  I  have  seen  you 
before. ’

‘ ‘  ‘ Yes,  you  have  seen  me  before,’ 
emphasized  the  passenger,  ‘ and  while 
you  doubtless  have  forgotten  it,  1  still 
remember  that  you  once  did  me  the 
greatest  favor of  my  life.  Come  to  my 
seat  when  you  get  time  and  I'll  tell  yo~u 
all  about  it.'

‘ ‘ When  1  had  finished collecting fares,
I dropped into  the stranger’s  seat  and  he 
continued: 
‘ Yearsago,  I  was  four  days 
brakeman  aboard  your  train.  At  the 
end  of  the  four  days  you  took  me  aside 
and  remarked 
in  a  tone  of  sympathy : 
‘ I’m  sorry  to  have  to  tell  you  so,  but 
the  fact 
is,  young  man,  you  are  not 
qualified  to  make  a  good  railroader. 
I  took  your 
Take  my  advice  and  quit.’ 
advice  and  went 
into  other  business, 
and  the  result  is,  I  made  a  fair  fortune. 
I  thank  you,  Mr.  Sheldon,  for your  wise 
counsel.'

“   ‘ What  is  your  name?’  1  asked.
“   'P hil  D.  Armour,  of  Chicago,’  re­
plied  my  ex-brakeman,  ‘ and  I  shall  al­
ways  remember  your  kindness. 
1  was 
a  stupid  railroader,  and  you  advised 
me for  my  good.”   Stroller  in Butchers’ 
Advocate.

I s   T u b e rc u lo s is   C o m m u n ic a b le ?

The 

in  this  matter.”  

letter  written  by  Dr.  Moore,  of 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  on  tuberculosis  is  being 
hotly  discussed  by  veterinarians  of  ail 
parts  of  the  country.  Dr.  Moore  made 
the  claim  that  tuberculosis  in  cattle  is 
not  communicable  to  the  human  being 
who  eats  the  flesh  from  an  animal  so  in­
fected.  While  the  majority  do  not  agree 
with  Dr.  Moore  there  is  a  good  propor­
tion  of  those  who  do.  We have  before  us 
a  copy  of  the  Country  Gentleman  con­
taining  a 
letter  by  C.  D.  Smead,  in 
which  he  says: 
‘ ‘ Let us  examine  close­
ly  our  own  personal  experience  and  see 
if  we  don’t  find  that  Dr.  Moore  is  quite 
nearly  right 
If  the 
Government  ever  accepts  Dr.  Moore’s 
theory  there  will  be  a  big  change  in  the 
cattle  business.
W ill A sk  F o r  B o y c o tt on  C u d a h y  P ro d u c ts .
As  a  result  of the  labor  troubles  on the 
new  Cudahy  plant  in  Armourdale,  it  is 
announced  that  a  ban  of  disapproval has 
been  placed  on  the  Cudahys  and  that 
the  American  Federation  of  Labor  is  to 
be  requested  to  promulgate  a  general 
boycott  all  over  the  United  States 
against  the  Cudahy  packing  house prod­
ucts. 
In  case  this  is  done,  the  Cudahys 
will  thrive  as  .they  have  never  thriven 
before,  because  a  boycott  gives  the  boy­
cotted  house  an  advantage  over  its  com­
petitors,  owing  to  the  amount  of free ad­
vertising  it  receives.

C a ttle   R a is in g   in   P e n n s y lv a n ia .

last  fall 

The  farmers  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania 
fatten­
have  for the  last  few  years  been 
increasing  number  of  cattle, 
ing  an 
is  estimated  that  over
and 
it 
in  six  counties.  This 
30.000  were  fed 
year they  are  preparing  to  fatten  an 
in­
creased  number.  Trainloads  of  stockers 
and 
feeders  are  arriving  from  the  West 
weighing  500  to  800  pounds,  and  are 
eagerly  taken  by  the  farmers.  Corn  is 
plentiful  and  cheap,  and  next  spring 
they  expect  to  turn  out  cattle  weighing
1.000  to  1,500  pounds.

H o w   T h e y   D o  I t   A cro ss  th e   P o n d .

The  Liverpool,  Eng.,  provision  deal­
ers  have  an  association  that  does  good 
work.  A   strict  watch  is  kept  on  the  pro­
vision  market,  and  when  there  is  an  ad­
vance  the  secretary  sends  out  letters  to 
every  member  advising  an  advance  to 
consumers  in  proportion  to the wholesale 
advance.  The  scheme  works  well,  all 
of  the  members  being  guided by the sec­
retary.

W o m a n   W in s  P riz e   fo r  C uring:  M eat.
Mrs.  David  Sheiton,  of  Floyd  county, 
Georgia,  has been awarded  the  first  prize 
for  the  best  cured  meat  exhibited  at  the 
Georgia  State  Fair.  The  meat  exhibited 
by  Mrs.  Shelton  was  that  which  she  had 
not  only  cured  herself,  but  the  stock  was 
raised  by  her.

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Fruits  and  Produce.

W h y   C heese  Is   D isplacing:  H e a t.

W ritten for the Cheeseraaker.

A   paper  published in  the  center  of  the 
cheese  manufacturing  district  of  Cen­
tral  New  York  says:

in 

It  is  noticed  that  since  the  recent  rise 
in  the  price  of  meat  more  cheese  is  be­
ing  eaten.  Cheese  is  a  solid  food,  with­
out  much  water,  there  being  no  bone  or 
gristle 
the 
amount  of  cheese  received 
is 
about  equal 
in  strength  given  to  the 
amount  of  beef  that  is  received  for$3.

it.  At  present  prices, 

for  $i 

The  protein,  of  which  there  is  nearly 
as  much  again  in  a  pound  of  cheese  as 
in  a  pound  of  steak,  is  the  muscle form­
ing  material  of  a  food.  With  the  in­
creased  sale  of  cheese  the  farmer  is  get­
ting  the  benefit,  which  is  something  the 
meat  trust  didn’t  figure  on  when  the 
price  was  run  up  on  the  product.

Using  the  above  as  a  test  I would  add 
that  cheese  to  be  popular  must  taste 
good.

Only  the  best  quality  of  milk  and  the 
most  approved  methods  of  manufacture 
will  accomplish  this.

In  the  past 

it  was  the  American 
method  to  ship  the  best  quality  of  her 
cheese  abroad,  and save  the  second-class 
product  for  home  consumption.

This  was  necessitated because foreign­
ers  demanded  what  Americans  did  not, 
i.  e.,  first-class  quality  in  dairy  goods.
But  a  revolution  has  taken  place  in 
home  sentiment— and  taste.  The  pub­
lic  at  last  has  awaked  to  the  fact  that  it 
imposed  upon,  and  now  a 
has  been 
cheese  manufacturer  who 
careless 
about  the  quality  of  his  factory’s  prod­
uct  might  as  well  nail  up  his  doors 
and  windows  so  far  as  making  a  success 
of  his  business  is  concerned.

is 

Taste  is  an  excellent  guide  to quality, 
large  part  of 
in  fact,  it  constitutes  a 
quality,  as  I  never  saw  a  first-class 
cheese  but  what  tasted  good  to  the  aver­
age  consumer.

There  are  different  degrees  of  prefer­
ence  as  regards  age 
in  a  cheese,  be­
tween  a  mild  and  strong  chaiacteristic, 
but  the  sweet  nutty  flavor  of  perfect 
stock  appeals  to  the  palates  of  all.

It  has  been  found  also  that  the  home 
cheese  trade  is  more  reliable  to  cater  to 
than  British  markets,  as  England  natur­
ally  favors  her  colonies  when  buying 
dairy  products  abroad.

Not  over  twenty  years  ago  I  can  re­
member  when  American  cheesemakers 
were 
in  demand  to  go  to  Australia  and 
New  Zealand,  “ to  teach  others the  busi­
ness  there.’ ’  Now,  according  to  all  re­
ports  these  distant  colonies  make  as  fine 
cheese  as  can  be 
found  anywhere,  at 
least 
is  considered  all  right  in  the 
London  market,  which  is  recommenda 
tion  enough.

it 

It  is  to  our  long  neglected  home  mar­
ket  that  in  the  future  we  must  turn,  and 
my  text  would  prove  that  here  is  an am­
ple  and  lucrative  field. 
Increased  con­
sumption  of  cheese  can  only  come  about 
by  an 
improved  and  always  reliable 
quality.

their  minds  to  this  first  as 

All  manufacturers  might  as  well  make 
up 
last. 
There  must  be  no  sham  in  any  depart­
ment  of  the  business,  but  an  honest  en­
deavor  to  produce  cheese  in  a  first-class 
up-to-date  manner.  The time  incoming, 
and  is  not  far  off  either,  when the maker 
who  wears  a  dirty  apron,  or  is  in  any 
way  slovenly,  will  have  his 
factory 
spotted,  and  his  goods,  too.

While  cheese contains  more  nutriment 
than  meat,  consumers,  to  prefer the  for­
mer  to  the  latter,  must  be  assured  of  its 
palatability  and  general  excellence. 
I 
look  to  the  time  when  the  cheese  pro-

duction  of  this  country  w ill’be  largely 
increased  per  capita  and  1  think  that 
manufacturers  who  are  already  in  the 
business  will  do  well  to  stay  in  it.

Geo.  E.  Newell.

G ro w in g   «Japan  R ic e  in   A m e ric a .

Last  year  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
Wilson  sent  to  Japan  for  ten  tons  of  rice 
seed  of  the  best  quality  grown  in  that 
country,  which 
is  supposed  to  be  the 
finest  in  the  world.  This  seed  was  dis­
tributed  among  the  rice  growers  of  the 
Southern  States  free  of  charge,  particu­
larly  Louisiana,  South  Carolina  and 
Georgia.  The  first  crop 
in  Louisiana 
has  been  harvested  and  the  berry  from 
is  superior  to  any 
the  Japanese  seed 
that  has  ever  been  produced 
there. 
Samples  were  received  at  the  Agricul­
tural  Department  recently  for  compari­
son  with  that  grown  from  the  ordinary 
American  seed.  The  yield  is  not  only 
much larger,  but  in threshing  it  is  found 
that  the  Japanese  rice  turns  out  much 
better  and  the  waste  by  cracking  was 
only  17  per  cent,  in  Louisiana.  Secre­
tary  Wilson 
is  much  gratified  with  the 
result  of  the  experiment,  and  expects 
that  the  ordinary  American  rice  will  be 
entirely  supplanted  by  the  Japanese  va­
riety.  The  planters  in  Louisiana  are  so 
well  satisfied  that  one  of  them  has  al­
ready  sent  to  Japan  for  ten  tons  of  seec 
on  his  own  account.

B o g u s  B a k in g   P o w d e r  A g en t.

From the  Postland  Keview.

Several  of  our  grocers  were  worked  tc 
finish 
last  week  by  a  smooth  young 
fellow  who  represented  the  Pure  Food 
Baking  Powder  Co.,  of  Lansing,  and 
who  canvassed  the  town  for  orders  for 
his  goods  and  then  visited  the  grocers 
claiming  that  several  of  his  customers 
had  expressed  a  preference  for  dealing 
with  the  grocer 
in  question,  and  that 
he  would  sell  the  baking  powder  direct 
to  him. 
In  every  case  it  worked,  the 
smooth  gent  getting  his  money and Ieav 
ing  town  as  quickly  thereafter  as  pos 
sible. 
It  turned  out  that  the  coupons 
which  he  had  brought  in  purporting  to 
have  been  signed  by  the 
lady  of  the 
house  were  not  so  signed  and  were  not 
legitimate  orders  as  represented  by  him 
to  the  grocers.  When  they  came  to  de 
liver the  powder  nearly  all  of  it  was  re 
turned  to  the  stores  with  the  statement 
that  it  had  never  been  ordered.

It  is  hard  to  get  ahead  of a  Kalamazot 
girl. 
It  is  said  of  a  girl  who  never  had 
any  beaux  that  in  the  evening she  light 
pieces  of  punk  and  fastens  them  to  the 
porch.  Any  one  driving  past  concludes 
she  is  surrounded  by  young  men  smok 
ing  cigars.

I  Health  Foods  |

The question  of  “ Foods”  has  be­
come  one  of  the  very  first  impor­
tance of the  present  day  and  one 
in  which every Grocery  and  Provi­
sion  dealer  is  deeply  interested, 
because he is  called  upon  to  sup­
ply his patrons  with  the  very  best 
at the  most reasonable prices  To 
aid you in this we  wish  to  call  at­
tention to some  of  our  products in 
this  line. 
You  have  dyspeptics 
among  your  customers  and  our 
Whole Wheat  Crackers  will  furn­
ish  excellent food  to  aid  in  restor­
ing the  weak  stomach and preserv­
ing the strong  one  They  furnish 
work  for  the  teeth,  flavor  for  the 
palate  and  nourishment  for  the 
entire  system.  New  Era  Butter 
Crackers  (creamery  butter  short­
ened),  a  high  grade  cracker  for 
soups,  etc 
Gem  Oatmeal  Bis­
cuits,  a  good  seller,  and  Cereola, 
the  king  of  Health  Foods. 
See 
Price List for prices.

A ddress all com munications to

Battle Creek  Bakery,

B attle C reek.  M ich.

Clover, Timothy, Alsyke,  Beans, 
Peas,  Popcorn, Buckwheat

If you wish to buy or  sell  correspond  with  us.

ALFRED J.  BROWN  SEED CO.,

QROWERS.  MERCHANTS.  IMPORTERS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Make  a  Note  of  It.  We  Handle

Mexican  Oranges

They are now arriving  in good  condition and fine quality.  Packed  in  Florida 
size boxes, nice  sizes.  We  are  quoting at $3 50  per  box  delivered  in  carlots 
to  any  point  taking $1.25  rate freight.  We quote  Sonora  Mexican  Oranges, 
shipments by  November  5th, $3.25  delivered.  Write  us.

MILLER  &   TEASDALE  CO.

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ST.  LOUIS,  MO.

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.

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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  5  

and  potatoes.  Shipments and correspondence solicited. 

S-

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I T HE  DEM ANDS 

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For  everything  in  the  line  of  Feed  will  be  very 
large  during  fall  and  winter.  W e  will  be  fully 
prepared  to  fill  all  orders  promptly  and  at  right 
prices.  Write  us.

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V A IN   AS  W O M E N .

H o w  

th e   M en  A c t  W h e n   B u y in g   N ew  

H a ts.
W ritten for the Tradesm an.

‘ ‘ Talk  about  women  being  particluar 
regarding  their  headgear,”   said the  hat­
ter,  ‘ ‘ why,  I  know  men  in  this  city  who 
are  harder  to  please 
in  the  matter of 
hats  than  any  woman  in  creation.”

We  were  sitting 

in  the  back  end  of 
the  drug  store  and  the  night  outside was 
rainy  and  dark.  The  druggist  sat  at  his 
desk  with  an  old  summer  hat  tipped 
rakishly  over  his  left  eye,  the  insurance 
agent  sat  with  his  tan  shoes  at  the  top 
of  the  stove,  the  painter  was  making  a 
bad 
job  of  holding  a  cat  that  did  not 
want  to  be  held  and  the  hatter  had  the 
floor,  literally as  well  as  in  a  parliamen­
tary  sense,  for  he  walked  up  and  down 
as  he  talked.

‘ ‘ Sometimes  it’s  funny,”   he  went  on, 
“ and  sometimes  it  isn’t. 
I  get  angry 
enough  occasionally  to  chew glass,  but  1 
have  to  grin  and bear  it,  just the same. ”  
‘ ‘ What  are  you  talking  about?”   de­

manded  the  druggist.

“ About  hats.”
“ O h!”
‘ ‘ What  about  hats?”   questioned  the 

insurance  agent.

“ When  I  went  to  school,”   broke  in 
the  painter,  “ we  used  to  call  ’em  ‘ sky- 
pieces. ’  ’ ’

“ Or  ‘ lids,’  ’ ’  suggested  the  druggist. 
“ And  we  used  to  make  jokes  about  a 
band  going  with  every  hat,”   said  the 
painter.

The  hatter threw  himself  into  a  chair 

and  held  up  both  hands.

“ If  I  hear  any  more  of  this  sort  of 
stuff,”   he  said,  “ you’ll  not  gather any 
more  honey  from  my  lips  this  night. 
I 
was  about  to  observe,  when  thus  rudely 
interrupted, 
that  half  the  men  make 
fools  of  themselves  when  they  go  to  se- i 
lect  a  hat. ’ ’

“ For  instance— ”
It  was  the  druggist  who  spoke.
“ For  instance,”   repeated  the  hatter, 
"they  grab  all  the  styles  in  the  store 
and  rush  to  a  mirror.  Then,  of  all  the 
twisting  and  turning  and  making  faces 
and  studying  effects!  Vain?  The  ladies 
are  not  in  it  with  the  men.”

Have  you  bought  any Easter bonnets 
lately?”   demanded  the  insurance  agent.
“ What’s  that  got  to  do  with  it?”   re­

sponded  the  hatter.

“ W hy,”   was  the  reply,  “ you’re  talk­
ing  about  vanity  in  men.  Did  you  ever 
know  a  man  to  go  marching  down  the 
street  with  a  hanging  flower  garden  at­
tached  to  his  ‘ sky-piece?’  ”

“ Or a  bird  hovering  over  an 

imag­
inary  nest  in  the  third  story  of  the  con­
cern?”   broke  in  the  painter. 
“ I’m  not 
talking  about  ornament,”   was  the  sober 
reply. 
“ I’m  talking  about  that  sort  of 
vanity  which  demands  that  the  hat  shall 
bring  out  all  the  beauties  of  the  face 
and  conceal  all  the  defects.  That’s  the 
sort  of  vanity  hatters  have  to  meet.”  

“ And  do  you  stand  your customers  up 
little  platform  and  whirl  them 
on  a 
around 
and  set  the  hat  at  different 
angles  and  suggest  a  shade  lighter  or a 
shade  darker,  as  they  do  where  ladies 
buy  their  hats?”

The  hatter  cast  an  indignant  glance 
at  the  insurance  agent  and  went  on  with 
his  half-developed  idea.

When  we  get  hold  of  a  heavy-faced 
man,”   he  said,  “ we  try  to  sell  him  a 
hat  with  a  broad  and  heavy  rim.  You 
see  it makes  the  face  look more delicate. 
Such  faces  ought  always  to  appear  un­
der  a  silk  hat,  while  these  thin,  boyish 
faces  look  well  under almost anything. ”  
instance,”   said  the  druggist,

“ For 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

pointing  to  the  dark,  full  face  of  the  in­
surance  agent, 
“ what  sort  of  a  hat 
should  our  friend  Walter  wear?”

“ A   silk  hat,  of  course.”
“ And  the  painter?”
“ Something 

heavy  veil  attached.”

light  and  airy,  with  a 

The  painter arose  to  his  feet  and went 
behind  the  prescription  case.  The  hat­
ter  followed  in  a  moment,  but  returned 
looking  weary  and  disappointed.

“ There  was  only  enough  for one, ”   he 

said.

“ Served  you  right,”   said  the  insur­
“ Why  did  you  insist  on  a 

ance  agent. 
silk  hat  for  me?”

‘ ‘ Because— ”
“ Because  nothing! 

I  owned  a  silk 
hat  for  three  days  once  and  that 
is 
enough.  The  boys  roasted  me  so  that  I 
did  not  dare  wear  it  on  the  street  and  I 
got  tired  walking  about  the  house  just 
for  the  sake  of  having  it  on,  so  I  traded 
it  off  for  a  series  of  lessons  on  the  gui­
tar.  The  man  I  traded  it  to  was  teach­
ing  a  negro  band,  and  one  Sunday  he 
hid  his  hat  under the  lounge  while  ex­
plaining  the 
slide 
trombone  to  his  dusky  pupils.  During 
the  lesson  two  of  the  Africans  got  into  a 
fight  and  one  threw  the  other  heels  over 
head  on  the 
lounge,  which  was  weak 
and  couldn’t  stand  the  pressure,  so  it 
broke  down  and  the  silk  hat  went  the 
way  of  all  things  earthy.  And  that’s 
all  I  know  about  silk  hats.”

intricacies  of  the 

is 

“ W ell,”   insisted  the  hatter,  “ the  silk 
in  the  end  the  cheapest  hat  in 
hat 
in 
the  market,  and  more  men  look  well 
it  than 
It  can  be 
brushed  and  cleaned,  it  keeps  its  shape, 
and 
it  won’t  blow  off  every  time  you 
come  to  a  windy  crossing.”

in  anything  else. 

“ You  must  have  a 

large  lot  of  silk 
hats  on  hand  this  fall,”   suggested  the 
painter.

“ O h,”   said  the  hatter,  “ I  wasn’t  try­
ing  to  sell  you  one. 
In  connection  with 
a  silk  hat,  that  face  of  yours  would  look 
like  a  pie  under  an  umbrella.  What  you 
need  is  a  flat  cap  or  something  that  will 
make  you  lost  sight  of  in  a  crowd.”

The  druggist  arose  and  threw his sum­

mer  hat  aside.

‘ I  know  the  sort  of  a  ‘ lid ’  1  need,”  

he  said,  “ and  that  is  a  nightcap.”

The  assembled  wisdom  of  the  city 
glared  longingly  up  the  winding  stairs, 
but  the  hard-hearted  druggist  wasn’t 
speaking  of  that  sort  of  a  nightcap.  He 
turned  out  the  lights  and  the  guests filed 
sadly  out  into  the  rain.

GEO.  E.  ELLIS

98 MONROE S T .,  GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
COM M ISSION  B R O K ER A G E

T E L E P H O N E   4 3 2

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Custom ers are  furnished  free  th*  p riv ileg e  o f  telephon in g  or  tele g rap h in g   o ver  m y  private 

wire s fo r any  inform ation  about  stocks,  bonds,  cotton,  grain  or provisions.

N o  ch arge is m ade fo r revenue stam ps.
Interest on stocks and  bonds carried on  m argin  is 5  per  cen t.,  but  no  interest  ch a rg e  is  made 

for less than  15 days.

Com m ission on grain   is  $1  per thousand  bushels.

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their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell  —S  
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man  by  the  name  of  Safford,  who  has 
been  traveling  in  Oceana  county  for  the 
Kimball  Piano  Co.,  when  he  sustained 
the  loss  of  his  right  hand  by  the  prema­
ture  discharge  of  a  shotgun.  He  as­
sisted  in  bandaging the  stump  and  stop­
ping  the  flow  of  blood  as  much  as  pos­
sible  until  a  physician  could  be  called 
from  Hart  to  attend  the  patient.

Hudson  Post:  J.  J.  Frost,  of  Lansing,
met  with  the  Carleton  Club  last Tuesday 
evening,  and  read  a  paper  on  the  travel­
ing  man  in  connection  with  Bible  his­
tory,  which  was  full  of  originality.  He 
claimed  the  record  of  commercial  trav­
elers  reached  back  to  the  time  when 
Joseph’s  brethren  sold  him  into  slavery 
to  a  company  of  merchants  traveling  in­
to  Egypt.  Thus  are  the  knights  of  the 
road  misrepresented,  for while  it  is  cur­
rently  supposed  they  spend  their time 
in  playing  cards  and  swapping  stories, 
from  Lansing  has  proved 
the  apostle 
himself  an 
interpreter  of  the  Book  of 
Books.

SUCCESSFUL  SA L ESM E N .

L.  F.  B a k e r,  S e c re ta ry   G ra n d   R apid* 

C o u n cil  N o.  131.

Leroy  F.  Baker  was  bom  at  Watkins, 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  20.  1868.  His  antecedents 
were  English  on  his  father's  side  and 
German  on  his  mother’s  side.  He  lived 
on  a  farm  until  17  years  of age,  working 
in  the  field  summers  and  going  to  dis­
trict  school  winters.  He  then  entered 
Starkey  College  at  Eddytown,  N.  Y., 
where  he  pursued  the  English  course for 
three  years,  intending  to  prepare  him­
self  for  a  course  at  Cornell  University. 
A  serious  injury  received  by  his  father 
in  a  runaway  accident  compelled  him to 
return  home  and 
terms  he 
taught  district  school 
in  that  vicinity. 
He  then  worked  a  year  in  a  grape  bas­
ket 
factory,  when  he  went  on  the  road 
for  a  custom  shirt  factory  at  W illiam s­

for  three 

Commercial T ravelers

Michigan  Knights  of tho  Grip

President,  Ch a s.  L.  St k v e n s,  Ypsilantl;  Sec­
retary,  J . C.  Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer, 
O.  C.  G o u ld, Saginaw.

President,  J a m es  E.  D a y,  D etroit;  Secretary 

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

Grand  Counselor,  J n o.  A.  Mu r r a y ,  D etroit; 
Grand  Secretary,  G.  S.  V a l m o r e ,  D etroit; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  M e 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’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J .  B o y d   P a n t l i n d ,  G rand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  G e o .  F .  O w e n , 
Grand Rapids.

G rip s a c k   B rig a d e .

The  traveling  men  of  Kalamazoo  will 
organize  a  local  Council  of  the U.  C.  T. 
Saturday  evening  of  this week.

R.  C.  Smith,  of  Springport,  has  en­
gaged  to  travel 
in  this  State  for  the 
clothing  house  of  D.  S.  Ambach  &  Co., 
of  Columbus,  Ohio.

Grand  Rapids  Council,  No.  131,  U. 
C.  T .,  will  hold  a  social  dance  Saturday 
evening, 
660 
Wealthy  avenue.  Music  by  Newell’s 
orchestra.  Tickets,  50  cents.

at  Woodmen’s  Hall, 

Richard  Warner,  Jr.,  who  has  covered 
city  and  suburban  trade  for  the  Mussel- 
man  Grocer  Co.  for the  past  three  years, 
has  engaged  to  represent  D.  B.  DeLand 
&  Co.  in  the  Lower  Peninsula,  covering 
the  trade  twice  a  year.  The  engage­
ment  dates  from  Dec.  1.

The  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  Michigan Knights  of 
the  Grip  will  be  held  in  this  city  on 
Saturday. 
their 
wives  will  be  entertained  with  a  dinner 
at  the  home  of  local  Director  Mills  F ri­
day  evening.

The  members  and 

Willis  P.  Townsend  (Christensen Bak­
ery)  has  always  borne  an  excellent  rep­
utation  for  truth  and  veracity,  but  he 
has 
lately  been  telling  a  story  which 
causes  his  friends  serious  apprehension. 
He  says  that  while driving from Thomp- 
sonville  to  Copemish 
last  Monday  the 
woods  were  filled  with yellow dandelions 
in  full  bloom.  When  remonstrated  with 
for  telling  so  improbable  a  story,  he  in­
sisted  that  he  had  not  been  drinking 
and  had  told  the  truth  and  that  his 
driver  would  substantiate  the  statement 
by  an  affidavit, 
And 
further  deponent  saith  not.

if  necessary. 

While  going  to  an  early  train  last 
Monday  morning  several  traveling  men 
were  scared  out  of  a  year’s  growth  by  a 
racket 
in  the  rear  which  led  them  to 
think  that  the  entire  fire  department was 
coming  down  Ionia  street  past  the union 
depot.  Those  who  were  near  convenient 
stairways  sought  refuge 
therein,  but 
their  fears  were  allayed  when  they noted 
that  the  procession  was  nothing  more 
than  Dell  Wright  and  his  coachman 
coming  into  meet  a  train  from  Mr. 
Wright’s  fruit  farm  near  Berlin.  The 
horses  were  covered  with  foam  and  the 
wagon  was  in  a  smoking  condition.

into  town 

D.  W.  Johns  (Belknap  Wagon  C o.) 
met  two  experiences  last  week,  either 
one  of  which  was  sufficient  to  unnerve  a 
man  for  a  fortnight.  He  had just arrived 
in  Fremont  Wednesday  when  a  carriage 
drove 
in  which  was  an  old 
man  who  had  been  pounded  nearly  to 
pieces  by  another  occupant  of  the  car­
riage.  The  circumstances  have  been 
fully  described 
in  the  daily  papers, 
which  have  set  forth  all  of  the sickening 
details  of  the  affair.  On  Friday  after­
noon,  while  he  was  coming  home  on  the 
Pentwater  branch,  he  was  so  unfortunate 
as  to  he  in  the  same  car with  a  young

A rra n g in g   tin*  N ecessary   P re lim in a rie s .
Bay  City,  Nov.  20— A largely attended 
and  enthusiastic  meeting  of  Post  D, 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  was  held 
at  the  Fraser  House  Saturday  evening. 
The  coming  convention  was  discussed 
at  length  and  from  the  spirit  manifested 
there  is  no  doubt  that  the  hospitality  of 
Post  D  and  the  citizens  of  the  Bay 
Cities  will  be  upheld  on  that  occasion. 
The  banquet  and  ball  will  be  given  at 
the  Fraser  and  promise  to  eclipse  any 
similar  entertainment  given  by  the  or­
ganization.

The  following special committees were 

selected :

Executive— E.  J.  Schreiber,  M.  C. 

Empey,  \V.  VV.  White.

Finance— J.  M.  Millber,  H.  E.  Buck, 

M.  J.  Lynn.

Cole,  J.  McRae.

Program— E.  J.  Schreiber,  F. 

P. 

Banquet  and  Ball— R.  S.  Richards, 

H.  E.  Buck,  Wm.  F.  Lang.

Music—W.  E.  Tapert,  F.  P.  Cole, 

H.  E.  Buck,  M.  C.  Empey.

Entertainment— E.  J.  Schreiber,  F. 

A.  Scutt,  Harry  Randall.

Parade— G.  M.  Goodrow,  E.  B.  Brad- 

dock,  Will  Hay.

Decorations— E.  J.  Schreiber,  H.  E. 

E. 

J. 

Buck,  L.  C.  Dingle.

Printing— R.  S.  Richards, 

Schreiber,  G.  M.  Goodrow.

Hotels  and  Railroads—-H.  E.  Buck, 

J.  McRae,  H.  E.  Tremaine.

Invitations— H.  E.  Meeker,  H.  E. 
Tremaine,  E.  B.  Braddock,  F.  P.  Cole.
A   majority  of  the  members  of  the 
local  Reception 

Post  will  act  on  the 
Committee.

A   large  number  of  prominent  profes­
sional  and  business  men will be solicited 
to  act  as  an  Honorary  Reception  Com­
mittee.

The  Post  also  unanimously  endorsed 
the  candidacy  of 
its  Financial  Secre­
tary,  R.  S.  Richards,  for  State  Secre­
tary,  and  pledged  itself  to  do  all  in 
its 
power to  further  his  candidacy.
C o m m e rc ia l  C re d it  Co.  in   a   N ew   F ield . 
From the D etroit Journal.

Luther 

agency  service. 

Detroit  merchants  are  to  have 

the 
in  com­
benefits  of  a  new  combination 
mercial 
J. 
Stevenson,  a  well-known  agency  man  of 
Grand  Rapids,  has  taken  an  interest 
in 
the  Fernuld  Mercantile  Agency  of  this 
city  and  the  agency  is to be incorporated 
and  its  facilities  greatly  enlarged.  Mr. 
Stevenson 
throughout 
Michigan  from  his  connection  with  the 
Furniture  Commercial  agency  and  as 
manager  of  the  Commercial  Credit  Co., 
of  Grand  Rapids.  Some  new  features  in 
the  collection  business 
in  Detroit  are 
among  the  probabilities.

is  well  known 

and  the  Ohio  trade  every  four  months. 
He  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  one  of 
the  best  posted  men 
in  the  flour  bag 
business  and  has  made  many  friends 
among  the  trade  during  the  seven  years 
he  has  covered  the  Michigan  field.

Mr.  Baker was married April  19,  1891, 
to  Miss  Florence  Brown,  of  Watkins, 
N.  Y .,  and  the  family  reside  in  their 
own  home  at  37  Central  avenue.

Mr.  Baker 

is  a  member  of  Kent 
Camp,  Modem  Woodmen,  and  Grand 
Rapids  Council  No.  131,  U.  C.  T.  On 
the  organization  of  the  Counci 1  he  was 
elected  to  the  position  of  Secretary  and, 
at  the  annual  meeting 
in  March,  he 
was  re-elected  for  a  second  term.
Mr.  Baker  attributes  his  success  to 
hard  w o rk ,  coupled  with  a  certain 
amount  of  persistence  which  he  has 
found  necessary  to  secure  the  best  re­
sults.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  easy  man­
ners,  and  not  only  keeps  posted  on  his 
own  particular 
line  of  business  but  on 
all  collateral  lines  as  well.  He  is author­
ity  on  the  subject  of  broom  corn  and 
has  at  his  tongue’s  end  any  amount  of 
statistics  relating  to  both  branches  of 
business.  While  it  is  not  necessary  that 
he  should  understand  the  ups  and downs 
of  the  market 
in  order  to  sell  cotton 
covers  and  broom  corn,  nevertheless, 
he 
it  to  his  advantage  to  keep 
track  of  the  market 
in  order  that  he 
may  post  his  customers  when  he  cails 
on  them  and  advise  them  when 
is  the 
best  time  to  buy  and  when  is  the  best 
time  to  refrain  from  buying.

finds 

its 

l l o w a n i .

I'iihI  ('  C m l m - i -   W i l l - h   a i n l  
Detroit,  Nov.  20— Post  C,  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  at  its  last  regular 
session,  endorsed  as 
unanimous 
choice  the  candidacy  of  P.  T.  Walsh  as 
President  of  the  State  organization.

result  of  an 

informal  ballot 
showed  that  M.  Ho warn  was  the  Post’s 
choice  as  a  member  of  the  State  Board 
of  Directors,  to  succeed  J.  W.  Schram, 
who  declined  the  honor  of  being  the 
Post’s  representative  after the expiration 
of  his  present  term.

The 

H.  Y.  Kenyon,  Sec’y.

When 

in  Grand  Rapids  stop  at  the 
new  Hotel  Plaza.  First  class.  Rates,  $2.

f   L h L flN D   H O T E L ,
S  

M ich igan   and  Jackson  Boulevards.

I   American  Plan
5  

$2.00 a day and  upwards.

1   European  Plan
5  

75c a  day and upw ards.

2   Special rates  by  the  w eek — on  application.
2 
I  

CHAS.  W. DABB, Proprietor.

F irst*c la ss  in  every  w ay.

R E X P O B L É O   H O T E L   B U T - E R
I.  M .  B R O W N ,  P R O P .

R a tes, $1. 

Washington  Ave.  and  Kalamazoo St..  L A N S IN G .

for 

in  the  office 

port,  Pa.,  covering  Central  and  South­
ern  New  York. 
In  1891  his  wife  came 
to  Grand  Rapids  to  visit  friends and she 
liked  the  city  so  well  that  she urged Mr. 
Baker  to  come  here,  which  advice  he 
was  so  fortunate  as  to  act  upon,  to  his 
lasting  satisfaction.  He  first  secured  a 
position  as  solicitor 
the  Union 
Credit  Co.,  after  which  he  served  the 
company 
In 
the  spring  of  1893,  he  entered  the  em­
ploy  of  Adams,  Jewett  &  C o.,  manufac­
turers  of  flour bags  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
On  the  failure  of  that  house,  four  years 
later,  he  secured  a  similar  position with 
Arkell  &  Smiths, 
of  Canajoharie, 
N.  Y .,  handling  bags  for  flour  and 
cement  manufacturers  and  cotton  covers 
for  broom  manufacturers.  His  territory 
includes  three  states,  it  being  his  inten­
tion  to  see  the  Michigan  trade  every  60 
days, 
the  Indiana  trade  every  90  days

for  a  year. 

The  new  W H O L E S A L E

H AT,  C A P   A N D   S T R A W   G O O D S  H O U S E   of

G.  H.  G A T E S   &   CO.,

Detroit,  Mich.

NOW  READY  FOR  BUSINESS.

We have a very large and complete line of all  the  New Styles, also  staple  shapes 
in  Fur,  Stiff and  Wool.  Cheapest t  thr  best.
Our  goods are all  new and  »right—direct from the factory;  we own them  right 
and  shall  sell them  at the  right  price  to  you.

PRICES  GUARANTEED.

DeYoung  &  Schaafsma,  manufactur­
ers’  agents  for the  Wm.  Brunt  Crockery 
Co.,  Crystal  Glass  Co.  and  Consolidated 
Lam p-&  Glass  Co.,  have  outgrown  their 
quarters  at  103  Ottawa  street  and  moved 
to  a  more  commodious 
location  at  112 
Monroe  street.

Send us  a trial order.  If goods are not  satisfactory  and  price  right—return 
at our  xpense.  Have one of our travelers call  on  you.  Give  him  a  chance  to 
show you one of the finest lines you have ever seen.
We make »  specialty of mall orders.
Our acquaintance will be  profitable to you  we trust.  Sincerely yours,

Q.  H.  GATES  &  CO.,  143  Jefferson Ave.,  Detroit, Mich.

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Drugs==Chem ¡cals

M ic h ig a n   S ta te   B o a rd   o f P h a rm a c y

Term expires
A. C. Sc h u m a c h e r , Ann A rbor  -  Dec. 31,1899 
Dec. 31,1900
Ge o .  Gu n d r u m , Ionia 
- 
L.  E.  R e y n o l d s,  St.  Joseph 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
Dec. 31,1902
H e n r y   H e im , Saginaw 
- 
W ir t   P.  D o ty, D etroit  - 
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. 
T reasurer, H e n r y   H e im , Saginaw.
E x a m in a tio n   S essions 

D etroit—Jan . 9 and 10.
G rand Rapids—Mar. 0 and 7. 
S tar Island—.Tune 25 and 2G. 
Sault Ste.  Marie—Aug. 28 and 29. 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

S ta te   P h a rm a c e u tic a l  A sso ciatio n  

President—O.  E b e r b a c h , Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Ch a s.  F .  Ma n n , D etroit. 
T reasurer—J .  S.  Be n n e t t ,  Lansing.

H o w   th e   B oy  S h o u ld   B e  T a u g h t  to   D is­

p en se.

The  proprietor  receives  and  scans  the 
prescription  and  proceeds  to  write  the. 
label.  At  first,the  act  of  weighing  being 
a  delicate  one,  he  does  it  himself.  For 
the  fluids,  the  proprietor  directs  the  boy 
to  get  the  necessary  graduate,  and  calls 
off  to  him  the  name  and quantity of each 
ingredient.  He  obliges  the  boy  to  do 
this  in  this  way :  he  is  never allowed  to 
grope 
for  a  bottle.  With  the  graduate 
in  one  hand  and  the  other  hand  at  his 
side,  he  is  directed  to  look  for  the  bot­
tle  he  wants.  When he sees  it  he  reaches 
for  it.  As  he  removes  the  stopper  he 
reads  the  label  again ;  as  he  returns  the 
bottle  to  the  shelf,  he  once  more glances 
at  the  label  and  calls  to  the  proprietor 
the  name  and  the  amount  of  the  article 
he  has  measured ;  and  he  is  made  to  do 
these  things  so  persistently  that they  be­
come  second  nature  to  him.  When  the 
pharmacist  wishes  to  weigh  or  measure 
a  poison  he  does  not  go  to  a  locked 
closet,  guarded  by  electric  bells  and 
electric  buttons,  because,  although  he 
believes  those  things  to  be  well  enough 
in  a  way,  he  can  not  afford  them.  He 
calls 
and  measures  two 
fluidrachms  of  solution  of  strychnine, 
for 
instance,  containing  one-half  gram 
to  the  drachm;  he  then  tells  the  boy 
that  he  wants  to  use  one  grain  of strych­
nine ;  that 
in  two  fluidrachms  of  this 
solution  there  is  one  grain,  as  he  may 
see  if  he  reads  the  label.  He  then  asks 
the  boy  how  much  of  the  solution  is 
needed  to  get  that  quantity;  and  the 
boy,  after  a  time  or  two,  can  usually 
tell.  Then  he  explains  to  the  boy  how 
poisonous  strychnine  is,  and  how  much 
care 
it,  to 
avoid  the  danger  of  killing  some  one.

in  handling 

is  necessary 

boy, 

his 

It 

This  talk  adds  to  the man’s confidence 
in  himself. 
impresses,  through  his 
own  sense  of  hearing,  his  own  acts upon 
his  own  mind. 
It  emphasizes  them  and 
assures  him  that  he  has  done  right.  As 
has  already  been  stated,  the  boy  can 
read  and  catch  the  sense  of  many  things 
which  he  does  not  at  first  thoroughly 
comprehend;  and 
is  shown  a 
prescription,  he  will  read  off  the  quan­
tities  ordered  and  see  that  the  weights 
used  correspond  to  those  called  for  in
the  prescription,  and  to  a  certain  extent 
he  can  thus  aid  his  employer  in  making 
sure  he  is  right.

if  he 

The  plan  looks  difficult,  but  it  is  not, 
and  the  writer  prepares  every  day  in the 
year  over  a  hundred  prescriptions  in 
this  manner,  with  the  aid  of  two  boys; 
and  they  are  always  boys,  for  as  soon  as 
they  gain 
in  competency,  attend  the 
college,  perchance,  and  pass  the  board 
of  pharmacy,  out  they  go  to  where  they 
can  do  better.  One  can  easily  become 
used  to  things  which  at  first  sight  seem 
difficult  and  impracticable ;  and  with  a 
bright  grammar-school  boy  a  man  may

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

do  much,  if  only  he  will  trust  him. 
Watch  him,  of  course,  but  trust  him. 
This  manner  of  checking quickens one’s 
mental  activity.  To  listen  to  the  list  of 
ingredients,  with  their  quantities,  and 
to  correctly  repeat  them  exercise  the 
mind 
in  a  way  to  strengthen  it  and 
make  one  more  alert.  John  E.  Groff.

T h e   D ru g   M a rk e t.

Opium— Is  firmer  but  unchanged.
Morphine-  Is 

in  good  demand  and 

steady  at  formei  price.

Quinine-  Is  very  firm,  on  account  of 
the  advance  in  the  price  of  bark  at  the 
London  sale  last  week.  A   correspond­
ing  advance  is  expected  daily  from  the 
German  manufacturers.

Cod  Liver  Oil— The  market  is  very 
firm  at  the  advance  noted  last  week  and 
higher  prices  are  looked  for.  There  has 
been  more  oil  used  this  year  by  manu­
facturers  than  ever  before,  which  makes 
medicinal  oil  scarce.

Ergot— Is  very  firm  and  advancing. 

Spanish  is  about  out  of  the  market.

Harlem  Oil— Has  been 

about  40c  per  gross  and  is  very  firm. 
is  stated  that  the 
tered a  combine  to control  prices.

advanced 
It 
importers  have  en­

Menthol— Has  again 

Is 
being  sold  for  less  than  cost  of  importa­
tion.

advanced. 

Quicksilver— Has  been  again 

ad­
vanced  and  mercurials  will  probably  be 
advanced  within  a  week.

Nitrate  Silver— Price  has  been  ad­
vanced  about  ic  per  ounce,  with  a  high­
er  tendency.

Balsams—Copaiba  stocks  are  concen­
trated  and  prices  have  been  advanced. 
Peru  is  weak  and  has  declined.  Tolu  is 
very  firm  and  has  advanced.

is 

Essential  Oils—Citronella 

firm, 
with  an  advancing  tendency.  Cloves  is 
in  a  strong  position,  on  account  of  the 
high  price 
for  the  spice.  Pennyroyal 
has  been  again  advanced,  on  account  of 
scarcity.  Wintergreen, 
.  natural,  has 
been  again  advanced.

Wormwood  and  Sassafras—Are  both 

scarce  and  in  a  firm  position.

Peppermint— Is  firm  and  advancing.
Gum  Camphor— Has  again  been  ad­
vanced  by  the  refiners  and  is  in  a  firm 
position,  on  account  of  the  advance  in 
crude.

Short  Buchu  Leaves— Have been again 

advanced  and  are  extremely  scarce.

Long  Buchu  Leaves-  Have  also  ad­

vanced  to  nearly  the  cost  of  short.
Linseed  O il— Is  dull  and  lower.

R e m e d y   fo r  F lie s   o n   C attle .

A   preparation  for  this  purpose  could 
be  made  by  simply  dissolving  ordinary 
naphthalene,  or  the  so-called  camphor 
or  moth  balls,  in  a  sufficient  quantity  of 
kerosene  oil,  and  adding  this  to  a  large 
volume  of  water  containing  a  very small 
amount  of  soap,applying  this  to  the  cat­
tle  as  a  spray,  or  rubbing  them  with  a 
wet  rag  saturated  with  it.  ¡The  same  re­
sult  could  possibly  be  accomplished just 
as  well  by  omitting  the  water  and  ap- 
plying  the  kerosene  solution  on  a  rag. 
Of  course,  in  this  case  there  should  be 
only  a  very  small  amount  of  the 
liquid 
on  the  rag,  and 
it  should  be  well  dis­
tributed  by  rubbing.  We  think  such 
an  application  would 
prove  quite 
effective,  and  it  would  be  possessed  be­
sides  of  the  very  valuable  property  of 
being  an  antiseptic  and  a  very  powerful 
insecticide.  As  furriers  apply  naphtha­
lene  to  their  valuable  furs,  in  order to 
destroy  moths,  it 
likely  that  it 
would  have  any  objectionable  effect  up­
on  the  hair  or  skin  of  the cattle.

is  not 

About  the  worsQthing  you  can take for 
an  ailment  is  the  advice  of your friends.

R e a d a b le   P re s c rip tio n   A d v e rtise m e n t.
The  following  advertisement  of  the 
prescription  work  of  a  pharmacy  is  one 
which  will  commend  itself  to  the  reader 
as  having  the  necessary  virtues  of  being 
readable, 
and 
effective:

convincing, 

simple, 

Prescription  filling  is  the  one  part  of 
the drug business which 1 should imagine 
would  be  of  interest  to  every  customer 
of  a  drug  store.  Not  because  it  is  any­
thing  wonderful,  this being  able  to  com­
pound  a  doctor’s  prescription  without 
making  an  error,  but  the  wonder of  ob­
taining  these  delicate  chemicals,  where 
from,  the  change  that  takes 
they  came 
place 
in  compounding,  and  a  thousand 
and  one  things  of  importance  to  health 
and  life  in  the  proper  handling  of  what 
at  first  may  appear  a  simple  prescrip­
tion.  For  instance,  the  mixing  of  an­
tipyrin  with  sweet  spirits  of  nitre,  as 
all  pharmacists  know,  makes  a  com­
pound  which  would probably cause death 
if  given 
in  doses  as  large  as  might  be 
given  of  either  one  alone.  For  a  drug­
gist  to  attempt  to  mix  turpentine,  sweet 
oil,  and  sulphuric  acid  in  a bottle  would 
result 
in  an  explosion  and  the  ruining 
of  his  clothing,  if  nothing  worse  hap­
pened.

Speaking  of  antipyrin,  it  might  be  of 
interest  to  the  customer  to  know  that 
since  the  patent  on  anti pyrin  has  ex­
pired  it  can  be  bought  at  a  very  mate­
rial  reduction 
from  the  old  price  of 
S i.40  per ounce.  But  such  new  remedies 
as  Heroin  at  $4  per ounce,  Tetraethy- 
ammonium  Hydroxide  at  $2,  Propyla­
mine  at  $5,  and  Eucaine  at  $2.50  have 
put  in  an  appearance,  and  consequently 
your  breath  may  be  taken  away  oc­
casionally  by  the  high  price  of  a  pre­
scription.

However,  it  has  always  been  my  aim 
to  compound  prescriptions  at  a  reason­
able  profit  and  not  make  the  price  of  a 
cheap  prescription  high  enough  to  pay 
the  extra  price  of  an  expensive  one.

I  have  been  in  the  prescription  busi­
ness  pretty  much  all  my  life,  and  each 
year  am  making  an  effort  to  serve  my 
customers  better  than  the  year  before.
C.  G.  Huntley,

Prescription Druggist.  Oregon City,  Ore. 

------------------------

E x cellen t.  F la n   F o r  W a ste  R e c e p ta c le .
In  many  prescription  departments  the 
receptacle  used  as  a  temporary  deposi­
tory  for  odds  and  ends  to  be  cast  upon 
the  ash  heap  is  a  cause  of  some  annoy­
ance  and  breaches  of  precepts  speaking 
of  tidiness.  Frequently,  on  busy  days, 
it  becomes  nearly 
it  overflows.  When 
full  a  perverse  spirit  often 
induces  the 
“ boy”   to  become  a  little  lax  in  looking 
after the  condition  of  the  floor,  that  the 
time  for  emptying  the  rubbish  receiver 
may  be  delayed  a 
little.  And  at  its 
best  the  waste  “ basket,”   from  a  point 
of  appearance,  might  well  be  dispensed 
with  entirely.  All  objections  to  the  in­
dispensable  waste  receptacle,  however, 
can  be  eradicated  by  cutting  a  square 
hole  in  the  floor  beneath  an  open  space 
in  the  prescription  counter,  or  in  a  cor­
ner  out  of  the  way  and  fitting  into  it  a 
box  or trough  to  extend  from  a 
foot  or 
more  above  the  floor,  and  to  the  same  or 
a  greater  distance  beneath,  possibly  just 
far  enough  to  admit  of  a  barrel  being 
set  under  this  chute,  in  the  cellar;  the 
idea  being  to  cast  waste  matter  into  the 
mouth  of  the  chute,  instead of  into  a box 
or  basket,  and  removing  the  barrel,  or 
other 
large  receptacle  that  has  been 
placed  beneath  to  catch  the  refuse  ma- 
erial,  when  it  is  full.  That  portion  of 
the  trough  above  the  floor  may  or  may 
not  be  provided  with  a  hinged  lid. 
If 
it  be  extended  about  three  feet  above 
the flooring, the top  may  be  covered  with 
a  smooth  board  and  serve  the  purpose 
of  a  small  table,  while  the  original 
in­
tention  as  to 
its  office  may  be  carried 
out  by  cutting  an  opening  in  one  side, 
through  which  all  castaway  matter  may 
be  tossed.  The  contrivance  should  be 
stained,  painted,  or  oiled  to  coincide 
with 
This 
scheme  is  subject  to  modification;  the 
chute  could  have  its  subterranean  term­
inus  in  a  large  bin  made 
for  the  pur 
pose  of  accommodating  trash,  just  as  it 
might  coal  or  wood.  The  eye  could  be 
made  unaware  of  its  presence  about  the

surrounding  woodwork. 

>■  i

•4

letting 

prescription  department  by 
it 
start  within  a  closet,  handy  to  reach, 
from  the  door  of  which  an  oblong  panel 
is  cut,  near  the  top,  a  panel 
large 
enough  to  be  neither  unhandy  nor  un­
handsome.

just 

T h e   C a m p h o r  H a b it.

A  London  physician  claims 

that 
there  are  many  camphor  habitues among 
the  young  women  of 
the  well-to-do 
classes  of  that  metropolis.  He  writes: 
‘ A  notion  seems  to  have got abroad that 
camphor,  taken 
in  small  and  regular 
doses,  gives  a  peculiarly  clear  creami­
ness  of  complexion,  and  any  chemist 
will  tell  you  that  scores  of  young women 
buy  it  for  this  purpose.  But  the  habit, 
once  begun,  becomes 
in  many  cases 
very  difficult  to  cast  off,  for camphor 
produces  a  mild form of exhilaration and 
stupefaction ;  and  1  have  known  many 
instances  where  very  large  doses  have 
been  swallowed  and  the  habit  has  be­
come  a  sort  of  slavery.  These  cam­
phor-eaters  all  have  a  dreamy,  dazed, 
and  very  listless  air,  and  in most of them 
there  is  an  ever-present longing to sleep, 
or  at 
Extreme  weakness 
generally  follows  the  taking  of  regular 
it 
doses;  and  I  have  seen  cases  where 
has  been  almost  difficult  to  tell 
the 
effects  from  those  of  alcohol.  As  to  the 
complexion,  if  a  ghastly  pallor  be  an 
improvement,  camphor  certainly  pro­
duces  it.”

least  rest. 

W a y s  W h ic h   W o m en   W o rk .

for  families  whose 

It  is  interesting  to  read  of  the  numer­
ous  suggestions  that  have  been  made 
showing  how  honest  women  can  earn 
honest  livings  without  doing  housework 
or  taking  domestic  service 
in  places 
where  they  are  most  needed.  They  may 
read  for  old  lad ies;  chaperon  for  young 
ones;  sew  on  buttons  for  bachelors ;  do 
mending 
female 
heads  have  no  time  to  stay  at  home; 
may  make  pies  to  se ll;  do  shopping  for 
others;  cater  for  dinners;  make  music 
for  dancers ;  arrange  flowers  for  parties; 
serve 
in  shops;  do  typewriting;  keep 
books;  play  with  children,  entertaining 
them  with  songs  and  stories;  traveling 
with  the  rich ;  running  hotel  boarders 
away  with  parlor  readings; 
lecturing 
and  preaching.

An  Irishman,  upon  receiving  a  doc­
tor’s  bill,  looked 
it  carefully  over  and 
said  he  had  no  objection  to  paying  for 
the  medicines,  but  that  the  visits  he 
would  return.

MF6. CHEMISTS.
, 

ALLEGAN, MICH.

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P e rrigo ’s H ead ach e  P o w d ers,  P e r ­
rigo ’s  M andrake  B itters,  P e rrig o ’s 
D ysp e p sia  T a b le ts  and  P e rrig o ’s 
Q uinine C a th a rtic T a b lets are gain- 
in g  new  frien d s ev ery  day. 
I f   you 
h a ven ’t alrea d y a good  su p p ly  on, 
w rite us fo r prices.

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FLAVORING E X IM  AND DRUGGISTS’ SOMES

Wall  Paper  Facts

Are  you  aware  that  Grand 
Rapids  has  one  of  the  fore­
most  wholesale  wall  paper 
houses  in  the  United  States? 
Our trade  extends  throughout 
several  states.  Our  assort­
ment of wall  paper  cannot  be 
equalled.  W e show the cream 
of 26 different factories.  Prices 
terms  are  guaranteed 
and 
Write  us, 
“ The  Michigan 
Wall  Paper Jobbers. ”
Heystek  & Canfield  Co.,

Grand  Rapids.

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M enthol.....................
@  3 15 !  Seldlltz M ixture.......
20® 22
18
M orphia, S.,  P.& W. 2  20®  2 45 I S inapis.......................
®
M orphia, S., N. Y. Q.
@ 30
1  Sinapis.  o p t..............
& C. Co................... 2  10®  2  35 I  Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Moschus  C anton__
® 41
® 40 |  V o e s.......................
© 41
65® so |  Snuff.Scotch.DeVo’s
M yrlstlca, No. 1 .......
Nux  Vom ica...po. 15
9® u   !
@ 10 j  Soda, B oras..............
9® G  i
Os Septa.....................
25® 30  |  Soda,  Roras, po.......
26® 28 1
Pepsin  Suae, II. & P.
Soda et Potass Tart.
2 !
I)  Co.......................
®   i oo  1 Soda,  C arb................
14®
Piéis Liq. N.N.V4 gal.
5 :
3®
I Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
d o z ..........................
34©
4
®   2 oo  |  Soda,  A sh.................
2 j
Picis Liq., q u a rts__
®   1 oo  Soda,  S ulphas..........
®
© 85 !  Spts. Cologne............
llcis Liq.,  pints.......
@  2 60 I
50® 55
I’ll H ydrarg. ..po.  so
50 ]  Spts.  Ether  Co.........
©   2  00 1
18 !  Spts.  Myrcia  Dom. ..
I’iper  N igra..  i>o. 22
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Piper  A lba.... i>o. 35
@ 30 |  Spts. Vini  Rect.  bbl.
Piix  Burgun..............
7 I  Spts. Vini Rect. 4bbl
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©
10® 12 |  Spts. Vini Itect. logal
Plumbl Acet..............
©
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Ihilvis  Ipecac et < )pli 1  30®  1 60 1  Spts. Vini  Rect. 5 gal
Strychnia. C rystal... 1  00®  1 20 i
l’y rethrum . boxes 11.
4
© 75 |  Sulphur,  Subl..........
& P.  D. Co.,  do z...
24®
25® 30 1 Sulphur, Roll............
24® P i  1
Pyrethm m ,  pv.........
8® 10 I
Q uassiæ .....................
8® 10  T a m arin d s...............
28® 30
37® 42  Terelienth  V enice...
Qui nia, S. P. &  W ...
50® 62 j
29® 39  Theobromte...............
Quinla, S.  G erm an..
31® 41  V anilla....................... 9 00© 16 00
Qulnia, N. Y..............
8
12® 14  Zinci S ulph..............
Rubia T inctonim ....
7®
IS® 20
Saccharum Lactls pv
S alacin....................... 3  50®  3  60
40® 50 1
Sanguis  D raconis...
12® 14  W hale,  w inter..........
Sapo,  W .....................
10® 12 1  Lard, e x tra ................
Sapo M .......................
15  Lard, No. 1................
Sapo  G .......................

B L.  « \L.
70
65
40

70
55
35

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46
47
54 
58

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Linseed, pure raw ... 
Linseed,  Dolled........  
Neatsfoot, w inter s tr 
Spirits  T urpentine.. 

P a in ts   BBL.  LB.
@8
Ht  2 
@4
Ht  2 
@3
214  24® 3 
2 4   234@3
15
13® 
75
70® 
134®  17(4 
13® 
16
6  @  614 
6  ©   614 
©   70
@  90@  1  00
@  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

Red  V enetian..........
Ochre, yellow  M ars. 
Ochre, yellow B e r... 
Putty,  com mercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion. 
I* r i m e
A m erican..............
Vermilion, English..
G reen,  P aris............
G reen, Peninsular...
Lead,  re d ...................
Lead,  w hite..............
W hiting, white Span
W hiting, gilders’__
W hite, Paris, Amer. 
Whiting,  Paris,  Eng.
cliff..........................
Universal P repared.
V arnishei

No. 1 Turp  C oach...  1  10®  1  20
E xtra T u rp ................  1  60®  1  70
Coach  Body..............   2  75®  3  OO
No. 1 Turp K ura.......  l  oo®  1  10
Extra Turk  Damar..  1  55®  l  60 
Jap.D ryer.N o.lT urp 
75

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A d v an ced — 
D e c lin e d —

Scillæ  Co................
T olutan ...................
Prunus  virg...........

T in c tu re s  
Aconitine  Napeilis R 
A coni turn  Napeilis F
Aloes ..........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rn ica.......................
Assafi rtiila ................
Atrope  Belladonna..
A uranti C ortex........
ien zo in .....................
Benzoin Co................
iarosm a.....................
’an th arid es..............
Capsicum...................
Cardamon.................
Cardamon Co............
C astor........................
la tech u .....................
C inchona...................
Cinchona Co..............
C olum ba...................
Cubehae.......................
Cassia Acutifol.........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
D igitalis.....................
E rgot..........................
F erri  Chloridum __
G en tian .....................
G entian Co................
Guiaca........................
Guiaca am m on.........
Hyoscyamus..............
Io d in e ......................
Iodine, colorless....
Kino  ..........................
L obelia......................
M yrrh........................
Nux Vomica..............
O pii.............................
Opii,  com phorated..
Opii, deodorized.......
Q u assia.....................
R hatany.....................
R hei............................
Sanguinaria............
S erp en taria..............
Stram onium ..............
T o lu ta n .....................
Valerian  ...................
V eratrum   V eride...
Zingiber.....................

@ 50
@ 50
© 50

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

Ö0
50
50
50
50 
1  50 
50 
60 
Ö0 
50 
So 
60 
60 
Ö0 
50 
20

M iscellan eo u s

.E ther, Spts. Nit. 3 F 
.Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F
A lu m en .....................
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
A nnatto......................
Antimoni c 
Antipyrin . 
Antifebrin

30®
34®
2U©3®
40®
4®
40®
@
@
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A cid u m
6©$
A ceticum ..................$
70®
Benzoicum, German.
@
Boracic.......................
26®
Carbolicum ...............
43®
Citricum.....................
3®
Hydrochlor..............
8®
N itrocum .
Oxalicum...................  
14
12® 
15
@ 
Phosphorlum,  d il... 
Salicyllcum  ..............  
50
40® 
5
Sulphuricum ............   14®  
T annicum .................. 
90®  1  °0
T a rta ric u m ..............  
38® 
40
A m m o n ia
Aqua, 16 deg.............. 
Aqua, 20 deg.............. 
C arbonas...................  
Chloridum.................  
A n ilin e

4® 
6® 
13® 
12® 

6
8
15
14

Black..........................   2 00® 2  25
Brown......................... 
30®  1  00
B ed .............................  
50
45® 
Yellow........................   2  60® 3 00
B accse
Cubebas............po ,i5  
Juniperus................... 
X anthoxylum ........... 
B a lsa m  urn
C opaiba.....................  
P e r u ...............  
Terabin,  C an ad a.... 
Tolutan......................  

60
  @  2  10
45
45

55® 
40® 
40® 

12@ 
6® 
20@ 

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Abies, Canadian....... 
Cassise......................... 
Cinchona  F lava....... 
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrica  Cerifera, po. 
Prunus V irgin!......... 
Quillaia, gr’d ............  
Sassafras  .......po. 18 
Ulmus.. .po.  15, gr’d 
E x tra c tu m
Glycyrrhiza  G labra. 
Glycyrrhiza,  p o ....... 
Hsematox, 15  lb. box 
Hiematox,  i s ............  
Hiematox,  4 s ........... 
Hsematox,  4 s ........... 

F e r r u
Carbonate  P recip...
Citrate and  Q uinta..
Citrate  Soluble.........
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut. Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l .......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bid, per  cw t...........
Sulphate,  p u re.........
F lo r a
A rnica........................
A nthem is...................
M atricaria.................
F o lia

18
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18
20
12
12
14
15

25
30
12
14
15
17

15 
2  25

24® 
28® 
11® 
13® 
14® 
16® 

14®
22®
30®

35®  40
Conium Mac..............
1  15®  1  25 
C opaiba.....................
90®  1  00
C ubebæ .....................
1  00®  1  10 
E xechthitos..............
1  00®  1  10
E rig ero n ...................
2  10®  2  60
G au lth eria...............
@  75
Geranium, ounce__
50®  60
Gossippii, Sem. gal..
1  70®  1  75 
H edeom a..................
1  50®  2  00 
J u n ip e ra ...................
90®  2  00 
Lavendula  ...............
1  35®  1  45 
Lim onis.....................
1  25®  2  00 
M entha  P iper..........
1  50®  1  60 
M entha V erid..........
1  15®  1  25 
M orrhme, ;gal.........
4 00® 4  50 
M yrcia.....................
75® 3 00 
O live.........................
10®   12 
Picis Liquida..........
®   35
Picis Liquida,  g a l..
96®  1  05 
R icina.......................
@ 1  00 
Rosmarin!................
6  50®  8  50 
Rosæ, ounce............
40®  45
S uccini.....................
90®  1  00 
S a b in a .....................
.  2  50®  7  00 
S a n ta l.......................
50(5  55
Sassafras..................
Sinapis,  ess., ounce
T iglil..........................   1  50®  1  60
Thyme........................  
50
Thyme, o p t................ 
®   1 60
T h eobrom as............  
20
P o ta s s iu m
Bi-Carb.......................
B ichrom ate..............
Bromide  ...................
Carb  ..........................
C hlorate... po. 17 <i 19
C yanide.....................
Iodide........................
Potassa, B itart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart, com.
Potass N itras, o p t...
Potass  N itras...........
P russiate...................
Sulphate  po..............  

15® 
18
15
13® 
52®  57
12® 
15
16® 
18 
35®  40
40®  2  50 
28®  30
15
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7@ 
10
6® 
8 
23®  26
15®

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40® 
15» 

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Aconitum...................  
20®
22®
A lth æ ......................... 
A n ch u sa...................  
10®
Arum  po...................  
@
20®
Calam us..................... 
G en tian a.........po. 15 
12®
16®  18
G lychrrhiza.. .pv.  15 
®   70
H ydrastis  Canaden. 
@  75
Hydrastis Can.,  p o .. 
12®  15
Hellebore,  Alba, po. 
Inula,  po...................  
20
15® 
Ipecac, po.................   4  25®  4  35
35®
Iris  piox.. .po. 35®38 
25®
Jalapa,  p r.................. 
M aranta,  U s............ 
®
22®  25
Podophyllum,  p o ... 
R hei............................  
75®  1  00
Rhei,  c u t...................  
@  1  25
Rhei, pv
S pigelia.......
.po.  15
Sanguinaria.
S erp en taria..............
Senega .......................
Smilax, officinaiis  H.
Smilax,  M ..................
S cillíe..............no.  35
Symplocarpus, rceti-
dus,  p o ...................
Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  Germán. 
Zingiber a .................

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Barosm a.....................
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly...................
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.
Salvia officinalis.  Us
and U s ...................
U vaU rsi....................
G u m m i 
® 
65
Acacia, 1st picked...
@ 
45
Acacia, 2d  picked...
® 
35
Acacia, 3d  picked...
® 
28 
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
45® 
65
Acacia, po..................
12® 
14
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20
@ 
12 
Aloe, C ape__ po. 15.
® 
30
Aloe,  SocotrL .po.40
55®
55® 
60
Ammoniac.................. 
28®
Assafeetlda__ po. 30 
28® 
30
50® 
55
Benzoinum................ 
® 
13
Catechu, i s ................ 
Catechu, U s.............. 
® 
14
16
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Catechu, U s..............  
60
55® 
Cam phor® ................ 
@ 
40
E uphorbium ...po. 35 
@ 1 0 0
G albanum .................. 
G am boge..............po 
70
65® 
@ 3 0
Guaiacum....... po. 25 
K ino............po.  $1.25 
@  1  25
M astic  ....................... 
@ 
60
M yrrh..............po.  45  @ 4 0
O pii__ po.  4.50@4.80 3 30®  3  35
35
S nellac....................... 
Shellac, bleached—  
45
T ragacanth ...............  
80

25® 
40® 
50® 

H e rb a

A bsinthium . .oz. pkg 
Eupatorium . .oz. pkg 
lo b e lia .........oz. pkg 
M ajorum .... oz. pkg 
M entha Pip..oz. pkg 
M entha  V ir..oz. pkg 
R ue................ oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
M ag n e sia
Calcined, P a t............  
Carbonate, P a t......... 
Carbonate, K. & M .. 
larbonate, Jennings 

O leu m

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

60
20
20
20

55@ 
18® 
18@ 
18@ 

A bsinthium ..............   6  50® 6 75
50
Amygdalae,  D ulc__  
30® 
Amygdalae,  Amaru*.  8  00®  8  25
A n isf..........................   1  85© 
2 00
A urantl C ortex.........  2  40® 2  50
2 90
B ergam ii...................   2  80® 
C ajip u ti.....................  
85
80® 
85
Caryophylll...............  
75® 
C e d a r......................... 
35® 
45
Chenopadii................ 
@ 2 75
C innam onil..............   1  40® 
1 50
40
36® 
O itronella.................. 

10® 12
38 A rsenicum ................
38® 40
@ 18 Balm  Gilead  Buds..
40® 45 Bismuth S. N............ 1  40© 1  50
60® 65 Calcium Chlor.,  is ...
®
@ 10
® 40 Calcium Chlor., 4 s ..
© 12
25 Calcium Chlor.,  4 s  ..
® 75
10® 12 Cantharides, Rus.po
® 15
Capsici F ructus,af..
15
@ 25 Capsici  Fructus. po.
©
® 15
Capsici Fructus B, po
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12® 14
15® 20 Caryophyllus.. po.  15
® 3 00
12® 16 Carmine,  No.  40.......
50® 55
25® 27 Cera  A lba..................
40® 42
Cera  F lava................
S em en
@ 40
Coccus  .......................
@ 12 Cassia  F ructus.........
@ 35
A nisum .......... po.  15
13® 15 C entraria...................
Apium (graveleons).
@ i«
4®
@ 45
Bird, i s .......................
6 Cetaceum...................
n ©
12 Chloroform  ..............
50® 53
C anti............... po.  18
25(fh  1 75 Chloroform,  squibbs
Cardam on..................
@ 1  10
Coriandrum...............
8® 10 chloral Hyd  Crst — 1  65® 1  !M]
6 C hondnis...................
20® 25
Cannabis Sativa.......
5®
75®  1 00 Cinchonidine, I*. & W 38® 4«
Cydoniura.................
38® 48
10® 12 Cinchonidine, Germ.
Chenopodium ..........
40®  1 50 C ocaine..................... 6 55® 6  75
Dipterix O dorate__
70
@ 10 Corks, list, dis. pr. ct.
Foeniculum...............
9 Creosotum..................
Fienugreek, po.........
® 35
7®
34® 4V. C re ta ..............bbl. 75
@ 2
L in i............................
Lini, g rd .......bbl. 3U
4®  4U
@
Creta, p re p ... 
9®
35®
L obelia......................  
Creta,  precip. 
5
Pharlaris Canarian..  4U@ 
@
Creta,  R ubra.
15®
R a p a ..........................   4 4 ®  
5
Crocus 
Sinapis  A lba............  
10
9® 
C udbear.
@
Sinapis  N igra........... 
11® 
12
Capri  Sulph..............   614®
D ex trin e...................  
7®
S p iritu s
E ther S ulph.............. 
75®
Emery, all num bers.
@ 
Emery, po..................
@ 
90 
85® 
E rg o ta ............po. 90
12@ 
15 
Flake  W hite............
23 
@ 
G alla..........................
8®
9 
G am b ler...................
60
Gelatin,  Cooper.......
60
35® 
Gelatin, F ren ch .......
76  &  10 
Glassware,  flint, box
70
Less than bo x .......
13
11® 
Glue, brow n..............
28
15® 
Glue,  w hite..............
16® 
24
Giycerina...................
@
G rana Paradisi.........
25® 
55
H um ulus...................  
H ydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
@  92
@  8!
H ydrarg  Chlor Cor.. 
@ 1 02 
H ydrarg  Ox Rub’m.
@  1  17 
H ydrarg  Ammoniati 
45® 
55
H ydrargU  nguentum
H ydrargyrum ..........
78
@ 
65®  75
Icnthyobolia,  A m ...
75@  1  00
Indigo........................  
Iodine,  R esubi.........  3  60® 3  70
Iodoform ...................  
@ 3 75
Lupulin....................... 
@
Lycopodium..............  
60®
66®
M acis......................... 
Liquor A rsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod................ 
@
1
LiquorPotassA rsinit 
10® 
Magnesia,  S ulph__  
2® 
3
M agnesia, Sulph, bbl 
@  14 
Manilla, S.  F ............  
60
50® 

S ponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool 
2 50®
carriage..
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage...................  2 50®
Velvet extra sheeps’
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wool, carriage....... 
E xtra yellow sheeps’
©   l  25
wool, carriage.......
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
®  l  oo
ca rriag e..................
H ard, for slate u se..
@  75
Yellow  R e e f ,  for
@  1  40
slate use..................
S y ru p s
A c a c ia .......................
A uranti C ortex.........
Z ingiber.....................
Ipecac.........................
F erri Io d ...................
Rhei  A rom ................
Smilax  Officinalis...
Senega ....................
Scillae..........................

F nim enti, W. D.  Co.  2  00®  2  50 
Frum enti,  D. F. R ..  2  00®  2  25
F ru m en ti...................  1  25@  1  50
.Juniperis Co. O. T ...  1  65@ 2  00 
Juni peris  C o............  1  75®  3  50
Saacharum  N. E 
1  90®  2  10 
Spt. Vini Galli.
5©  6  50
Vini  O porto...
1  25<
Vini A lba...................l  25@

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dealers.  They  are  prepared  just  before  going: to  press  and  are an  accurate  index  of the  local  market. 
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G. J . Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

24 2 lb.  p ackages............ .
100 ft>.  kegs........................
200 lb. b a rre ls ...................

’eas

Green, Wisconsin, b u .............1 35
Green, Scotch, b u ....................1 40
Split, b u ...................................  
3

R o lle d   O ats

Rolled Avena. bbl...................4 85
Steel Cut,  l4 bbls....................2 75
Monarch, b bl........................... 4 00
M onarch,  ‘4 b b l...................... 2 45
M onarch, 90  lb. sacks............2 25
Q uaker, cases.......................... 3 20
Huron, cases...........................2  00
G erm an.................................... 
4
East In d ia ...............................   3V4

Sago

S alu s B re a k fa s t F ood 

F. A. McKenzie, Quincy, Mich.
30 two pound  p ack ag es__ 3  00
18 two pound  p ack ag es__   1  85
B a ttle  C ree k   C ra c k e rs. 
Gem Oatmeal  Biscuit..  7*4®  8
Lemon B iscu it............   714®  $
. 
New  Era B utters 
.
 
Whole W heat 
.
Cereola..........................  
F la k e .......................................   5
P e a rl.........................................  414
Pearl,  24 1 lb.  packages.......  6%
Cracked, b u lk .........................  3%
24 2  lb. p ack ag es.....................2 50
F L A V O R IN G   EX T R A C T S  

. . 
.
T a p io c a

0*4
614
4  00

W h e a t

D eB oe’s

J e n n in g s ’

 

D.  C.  Lemon
D.  C.  V anilla 
2  oz.........1  20 
2 oz 
75
3 OZ.........1 
3 o z ...........1  00
50 
4  OZ.........2  00 
4 OZ...........1  40
6  OZ.........3  00 
6 OZ...........2 00
No.  8.. ..4  00  No.  8..  .2  40
No. 10....6   00  No. 10....4  00
No. 2  T. .125 
No. 2 T ..  80
No. 3  T  . 2  00 
No. 3 T  .125
N o .4 T .1 5 0
No. 4  T ..2  40 

N o rth ro p   B ra n d
2 oz. Taper Panel__   75 
2oz. Oval....................  75 
3 oz. Taper Panel__ 1  35 
4 oz. Taper P anel.... 1  GO 

Lem.  Van.
1  20
120
2  25

2 00

P e rrig o ’s

Van.  Lem. 
doz.
doz. 
XXX, 2 oz. o b e rt__ 1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. ta p e r__ 2  25 
1 25
XX, 2 oz. o b ert.........1  00
No. 2.2 oz. o b e rt__   75
XXX  D D ptchr, 6 oz 
XXX D 1) ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz... 

2 25
2 25

1  75

F L Y   P A P E R

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

G U N P O W D E R  
R ifle—D u p o n t’s

K egs...............................................4 00
H alf K egs......................................2 25
Q uarter K e g s...............................1 25
1 lb. c a n s .................................   30
V4 lb. c a n s ................................ 
is
C h o k e  B o re —D u p o n t’s
K egs............................................... 4 25
H alf K e g s.....................................2 40
Q uarter K e g s ...............................1 35
1  lb. ca n s.......................... .  34
E a g le   D u c k —D u p o n t’s

K e g s .............................................. s 00
H alf K egs......................................4 25
Q uarter K e g s .............................. 2 25
1 lb. c a n s ..................................  45

A u ro ra......................... 55
Castor  O il................... 00
D iam ond..................... 50
F razer’s ....................... 75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
75
Paragon ....................... 55

doz. gross Fair. 
0 00 Good
7  00 Fancy
4  00
9  00
9  00 Standard  ..
9  00
6  00

.

H

B A K IN G   P O W l)KR

L
Star,  14
lb  ...
Star,  1 l b . . .
Picnic Tails.
Mu
..  45
..  85 M ustard.  1 lb
..1  50 M ustard. 2lb
Soused 1 lb
Soused 2  lb
..  45 TomaU .  1  lb
..  75 Tomate , 2 lb
.10 0
..  10 Stems.

M us

A b so lu te
U  ]h. nans doz............
*4 lb. cans doz............
1 
lb. cans doz...........

A cm e

>4 lb. cans 3  doz.........
54 lb. cans 3  doz.........
1 
lb. cans 1  doz.........
B ulk................................

A rc tic

6 oz.  Eng. T um blers...
E l  P u r ity  
% lb. cans per d oz.... 
Vi lb. cans per d o z.... 
1 
lb. cans per d o z....

\  lb. cans. 4 doz. case.. 
*4 lb. cans. 4 doz. case.. 
1  * lb. cans, 2 doz. case..

JA XO N

% lb. cans, 4 doz. case.........
>4 lb. cans, 4 doz. case.........
l 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case.........l

J e rs e y   C rea m

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

V4 lb. c a n s ..............................  45
% lb. c a n s ..............................  75
1 
lb. c a n s ..............................l  50

l lb. c a n s .................................   85

Q ueen  F la k e

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

B A T H   B R IC K

A m erican.................................  70
English..................... .*.............  80

Co n d e n sed
B l ü iÍÍu

Small 3 doz.. 
Large, 2  doz.

BRO O M S

No. 1 C arpet.......
....... 2  75
No. 2 Carpet...........
....2   50
No. 3 C arpet...................
.. ..2  00
No. 4 C arpet...................
.. . 1   85
Parlor  G em ..............
Common W hisk.......... __   95
Fancv  W hisk..............
.... 1  20
W arehouse.....................
....3   15
C A N D L E S
Electric Light. 8s.......
....  9Vs
Electric Light. 16s.........
.... 10
Paraffine, 6s................
....  9%
Paraffine, 12s .................. .......10  ~
W icklng..........................
..  .20

C A N N E D   GOODS

A p p le s
3 Ib. S tandards.......
Gallons, standards..

B ean s

Baked  .........................
Red  K idney...........
S trin g .....................
W ax...........................

B la c k b e rrie s

S tan d a rd s..................

B lu e b e rrie s
S ta n d a rd .....................
C h e rrie s
Red  S tandards.........
W hite....................

75

75® 1  30
75@  85
80
85

75

85

85
1  15

1  85 
3  10
2  25

i  oo 
i  oo 
i  oo

1  25@2  75 
1  35®2  25

®4 
@8 
8® 22

. ..2   00 
...1  25

@13?4
@13%
@13
@14
@14
@14
@13
@14
@13 Vs
@ 1314
@12
@70
@17
@13
@75
@17

Cove,  1  lb 
Cove, 2 lb

Pie 
. 
Yellow

S ta n d a rd ...................
F ancy..........................

P eas

M arrow fat................
Early J u n e ................
Early June  Sifted  .
P in e a p p le
G ra te d .......................
Sliced..........................
P u m p k in
F a ir ............................
G ood ..........................
F a n c y .........................

R a s p b e rrie s

S tandard....................
S alm on
Red A laska...............
Pink A laska  ..  . . .
S a rd in e s
Domestic,  Vis...........
Domestic,  M ustard
F re n c h .......................

S tra w b e rrie t

S tan d a rd ...................
F a n c y .........................
S u cco tash
F a ir............................
G ood..........................
F a n c y .........................
T o m ato e s
F a ir ............................
G ood...........................
F a n c y .........................
Gallons.......................
CA TSU P
Columbia,  p in ts..........
Columbia. V4 pints.......
C H E E S E
A cm e..........................
A m boy.......................
Carson City............
E ls ie ..........................
Em blem .....................
G em ............................
Gold  M edal..............
I d e a l.........................
J e rs e y .........................
Riverside...................
B ric k ..........................
E d am ..........................
L e id e n .......................
Lim burger.................
P ineapple..................
Sap  Sago..................

C H IC O R Y

B ulk........................
R e d ..........................

C H O C O LA TE 

W alter B aker & Co.’s.
G erm an  Sw eet.....................
P rem ium ..............................]
B reakfast Cocoa................

C IG A R S  
The Bradley Cigar Co
A d v an ce.....................
B rad ley .......................
Clear H avana  Pulls.
“  W. H.  B.” ................
“ W . B. B.” ..................

Brands 
$35  00 
35  00 
22  00 
55  00 
55 00
Colum bian...........................   35  00
Columbian Special............  05  00
F ortune  T eller...................   35  oo
Our M anager.....................     35  oo
Q uintette..............................  35  00

Columbian Cigar Co’s brand.

H . & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

CO UPO N   B O O K S 
T ra d e sm a n   G ra d e  

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

E c o n o m ic  G ra d e  

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 re d it  C h eck s 

U n iv e rsa l  G ra d e  

S u p e rio r  G rad e 
50 books, any  denom  . 
1  50
!00 books, any  denom ...  2  50 
500 books, any  denom ...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom ...  20  00
50 books, any  denom ...  1  50
100 books, any  d enom ...  2  50 
500 books, any  denom ...  11  50
1.000 books, any  d enom ...  20  oo
500. any one denom .........  2  00
1.000, any one denom .........  3 00
2.000, any one denom .........  5 00
Steel  punch........................  
75
C o u p o n   P ass  B o o k s
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

denomination from $10 down.

 

C R E A M   T A R T A R

4  , 

,  APPle«

C a lifo rn ia   F r u its

5 and  10 II). wooden  boxes........30
Bulk in sacks.............................. 29
D R IE D   F R U IT S —D o m estic 
_ 
S u n d ried ............................   @6*4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.8@  8*4 
A pricots...........................   @15
B lackberries................
N ectarines...................
P eaches........................ 10  @11
P ears..............................
Pitted Cherries............ 
P runnelles...................
R asp b erries.................
100-120 25 lb. b o x es.........  @ 314
90-100 25 lb. b o x es.........  @4%
80 - 90 25 lb. b o x es.........  @ 5
70-80 25 lb. b o x es.........  @ 554
00-70 25 lb. b o x es.........  @  c
50 - 00 25 lb. b o x es.........  @ 7>4
40 - 50 25 lb. b o x es.........  @ 8
30 - 40 25 lb. b o x es......... 
Vi cent less in 50 lb. cases 

C a lifo rn ia   P ru n e s

714

'

R a isin s

C itro n

C u rra n ts

London  Layers 2 Crown. 
175
2  00
London  Layers 3 Crown. 
2 25
Cluster 4 C row n.................. 
Loose Muscatels 2 (Town 
8 
Loose M uscatels 3 < 'rown 
8%
Loose M uscatels 4 Crown 
L. M„ Seeded, choice  ... 
914
L.  M., Seeded, fa n c y __  
1014
D R IE D   F R U IT S —F o re ig n  
Leghorn....................................... n
C orsican...................................... 12
P atras, cases...........................  6%
Cleaned, b u lk .........................  7%
Cleaned,  packages................  7%
Citron American 19 lb. b x ... 13 
Lemon American  10 lb. b x .. 10V4 
G range American  10 lb. b x .. 10*4 
Sultana 1 Crown....................
Sultana 2 C row n...................
Sultana 3 Crown.....................
Sultana 4 Crown.....................
Sultana 5 Crown................
Sultana 6 Crown.....................
Sultana p ac k ag e...................

R a isin s

P e e l

B ea n s

C ere als

F A R IN A C E O U S   GOODS 
Dried Lim a.............................   6*4
Medium  Hand  Picked  1 65@l  75
Brown H olland......................
Cream of  Cereal.......................  90
Grain-O, sm a ll........................ 1 35
Grain-O, large......................... 2 25
G rape N uts...............................1 35
Postum Cereal, sm all............ 1 35
Postum  Cereal, large........   2  25
24 1 lb. p ack ag es.....................1 25
Bulk, per 100 lbs...................... 3 00

F a r in a

H a s k e ll’s W heat, F la k e s

30  2 lb.  packages.....................3 00

H o m in y

S. C. W ..................................
Phelps.  Brace & Co.’s  Brands. 
Vincente Portuondo .35®   70  00
ltnhe Bros. Co..............25@  70  00
Hilson  Co.....................35® no  00
T. J .  Dunn & Co. 
.35®  70 
McCoy & Co.
.35®  70
The Collins Cigar  C o.. 10®  35  00
Brown  Bros. 
. 15@  70  00 
.30®  70 
Banner Cigar  Co.. 
.35®.  90 
Bernard  Stahl Co.. 
Banner Cigar  Co.. 
.10® 35 
,55®12£
Seidenberg  & Co.
G. P. Sprague Cigar Co.10® 35  00
Fulton  Cigar  C o...
35 00
A.  B Ballard  & C o. ...35fö 175 00
E.  M Schwarz & Co . ..35(7?;110 00
San  ’ 'elmo................
.. 35@ 70 00
.. 18® 35 00
Hava na Cigar C o...

C L O T H E S   l IN K S

Cotton. 40 ft.  per doz............1
Cotton, 50 ft.  per doz............1
Cotton. 00 ft.  per doz..........   1
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz............l
( 'otton, 80 ft.  per doz............l
Jute, 00  ft. per d oz................
Ju te, 72 ft. per doz..............

C O F F E E
R oasted

 

 

R io

Special  Combination............  20
French  B reakfast..................  25
L enox................... 
30
V ien n a.....................................  35
Private  Estate.........................  38
Simreme...................................  40
Less 33M  per  cent,  delivered. 
F a ir ..........................................  
9
G o o d ........................................   10
P rim e ....................................... 
12
G o ld en ..................................... 
13
P eab e rry ................................ 
14
F a ir ..........................................   14
G ood........................................   15
P rim e .......................................  10
is
Peaberry................................... 
P rim e .....................................  
15
M illed.......................................  17
Inte rio r....................................   26
Private  G row th.....................  30
M andehling........................... 
35
Im itation.................................   22
A rabian....................................   28

M araca ib o

M ocha

S antos

J a v a

P a ck a g e

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which the wholesale dealer adds 
tile local freight from Xew York 
to  your  shipping  point,  giving 
you credit on the invoice for the 
am ount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  m arket  in  which  he 
purchases to His shipping point, 
including  weight  of  package, 
also iiC a pound. 
In 0011). cases 
the list is 10c per  100  lbs.  above 
the price in full cases.
A rbuckle................................11  00
Je rse y ..................................... 10 00
M c L a u g h lin ’s X X X X  
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  .Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  M cLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City Vi  gross..............   75
Felix  !4 gross.................................1 15
Hum m el's foil  ;4  gross.........  85
H ummel’s tin Vi g ro s s .........1  43

E x tra c t

COCOA

J a m e s  E p p s  & Co.’s

Boxes, 7 lbs.............................   40
Cases, 1G boxes.......................  38

COCOA  S H E L L S
20 1b. bags......................... 
Less q u a n tity ...................  
Pound p ac k ag es.............. 

2V4
3
4

C O N D E N S E D   M IL K

4 doz in.case.
Gail Borden E a g le ................ o  75
Crow n................................... 
6 25
D aisy.............................................. 5 75
C ham pion.....................................4 50
M agnolia..................................... [4 25
C hallenge.............................  
4 25
D im e.............................................. 3 35

B a rre ls ......................................2 50
Flake, 50 lb. drum s..................1 00
M acca ro n i  a n d  V e rm ic e lli
Domestic, 10 lb. box..............  00
Im ported, 25 lb. box............... 2 50
Common.................................... 2 00
C h e ste r..................................... 2 50
E m pire...................................... 3 00

P e a r l  B a rle y

H E R B S

IN D IG O

J E L L Y

Sage...............................................16
H o p s .............................................15

M adras, 5 lb. b o x es..................55
S.  F., 2,3 and 5 lb.  boxes........ 50

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

L IC O R IC E

P u re .........................................   30
C alabria...................................   25
Sicily......................................... 
14
R oot..........................................   10

L Y E

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

M A T C H E S

Diamond  M atch Co.’s  brands.
No.  9  sulphur...............................1 65
Anchor P a rlo r........................1  50
No. 2 H om e...................................1 30
Export P arlo r.............................. 4 00
W olverine...................................... 1 50

M OLASSES 
N ew   O rle a n s

B lack..................................... 
11
F a ir ....................................... 
14
G ood...................................... 
20
F a n c y ...................................  
24
Open K ettle......................... 25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra 
M U STA RD

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

P IC K L E S
M e d iu m

Barrels, 1,200 c o u n t....................5 75
H alf bbls, 000 count....................3 38

Barrels, 2,400 c o u n t.............6  75
H alf bbls, 1,200 c o u n t..........3  88

S m all

P IP E S

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

P O T A S H  

48 cans in case.

B abbitt’s ....................................... 4 00
Penna Salt Co.’s...........................3 00

R IC E

D o m estic

Carolina  h ea d ...........................6V4
Carolina  No. 1 ......................... 5
Carolina  No. 2 ......................... 4
B ro k e n .......................................3%

Im p o rte d .

Japan,  No.  1.................. 5*4@6
Japan,  No.  2.................. 4V4@5
Java, fancy h ead ........... 5  @5*4
Java, No.  1......................5  @
T able...................................   @

S A L ER A TU S 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and H am m er. 3  15
D eland’s.........................................3 00
Dwight’s  Cow.............................. 3 15
E m blem ....... ............................3  50
L.  P ................................................ 3 00
Sodio.............................................. 3 15
W yandotte, 100  % s..................... 3 00

SA L  SODA

G ranulated,  bbls....................  80
G ranulated, 100 lb. cases__   85
Lump, bbls............................. 
75
Lump, 145 lb. kegs..................  80

SA L T

D ia m o n d  C ry s ta l 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. "boxes.. 1  50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.2  75 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2  40 
B utter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk .2  25 
Butter, barrels, 20 I4ib.bags.2  50
B utter, sacks, 28  lbs..............  25
B utter, sacks, 56 lbs..............  55

C om m on  G rad es

100 3 lb. sacks..........................1  80
oo 5 lb. sacks.......................... 1  65
2810 lb. sacks........................ 1  50

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

56 lb. dairy in linen sabks...  60 

W a rsa w

A sh to n

H ig g in s

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 
56 lb.  sacks..............................   22

S o la r  R o ck

C o m m o n

G ranulated  F in e...................  
Medium  Fine......................... 

so
90

SA L T  F IS H  

Cod

Georges cured..............  @ 5
Georges  genuine.........  @  5V4
Georges selected.........  @ 6
Strips or  bricks..........   6  @ 9
Pollock...........................  @354

H a lib u t.

S trips............................................ 14
C hunks......................................... 15

Fresh  Meats

2 1

Candies
S tick   C andy

......... __  
.... 

8‘i
Gy* j  Standard 

g
5V
!  Standard  II.  11
7 @>  9
Standard  Twist
10 @14
H @14
(’ut  Loaf..............
7 @j  8
6 ■fi/.  (J1 2 Jum bo, 32 lb.......
4 @  5
Extra H. H
Boston Cream  ..

.... 

bbls.  bails
7  @  7 y*
7  @  7‘4
@  8*8
cases
@  6*2
@  8*/*
@10

M ixed  (  ¡inily

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
« ! Grains and  Feedstuffs! 
1  35 j 
1  60
2  25 !

P a ils
hoop S tandard...................
2- 
hoop Standard....................
3- 
2- 
wire,  Cable....
3- 
wlre,  C able.....
Cedar, all red, brass  bound
Paper,  E ureka.....................
F ib re .............. , ......................

W h e a t

T u b s

20-inch, Standard, No.  1. 
.
18-inch, Standard.  No. 2 __
16-inch, Standard,  No. 3 ....
20-inch.  Dowell,  No.  1.........
18-inch,  I lowed.  No. 2.........
16-inch,  Dowell,  No. 3.........
No.  1  F ib re............................
No. 2 F ib re............................
No. 3 F ib re............................

W ash   H oards

Bronze Globe........................
D ew ey...................................
Double Acme........................
Single Acme..........................
Double  Peerless...................
Single  Peeriess.....................
N orthern Q u een .................
Double  D uplex.....................
Good  L u ck ............................
U niversal...............................

W ood  B ow ls

11 In. B u tter..........................
13 in. B utter...........................
15 in. B utter...........................
17 in.  B utter...........................
19 in.  B utter...........................

Y EA ST  C A K E

Yeast Foam, 1*4  doz...........
Y east Foam, 3  doz..............
Yeast Cream. 3 doz..............
Magic Yeast 5c, 3  doz.........
Sunlight Yeast. 3 doz..........
W arner’s Safe, 3 doz..........

revisions

75 
1  00 
1  60 
.2  00 
2  50

50
1  00 I
1  00  I 
1  00 
. 1  00 
I  00

Barrel**«!  F o lk

Mess............................ 
B ack......................... 
('lear back.................  
Short c u t................... 
P ig .............................. 
Bean............................ 
F am ily....................... 

D ry  S alt  M eats

B riskets.....................
E xtra shorts..............

dît  9  75
@11  50
@11  oo
@10  75
@15  00
@  9  25
@11  50

6H
5M

S m oked  M eats

Hams, 121b. average.
@  10VA
Hams.  14 lb. average.
Ú  10
Hams,  16 lb. average.
@  954
Hams, 20 lb. average.
@  954
Ham dried  beef.......
@  1454
@  7
Shoulders ( N. Y. cu t)
Bacon, clear..............  754@  854
California |ham s.......
@  7
Boneless  ham s.........
a   9
Cooked  ham ..............  10 @

L a rd s—In  Tierces

P ate n ts.................................
7  00 j Second  P atent.....................
6  00 Straight.................................
.5 00 I C le a r.....................................

Local  Brands

W heat...................................
W in te r  W h e at  Flou

C arcass..............
*»s  ! Forequarters  ..
H indquarters  ..
I.oins  No. 3.......
R ibs...................
4  20 ! Rounds..........
3 70 j C hucks..............
3 50 ! Plates ...............
3 00
G rah am ................................  3  50  |
B uckw heat..........................   6 00  i
R ye........................................   3  25 j
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bids.. 25c per  bid. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putm an’s Brand
Diamond  Vos........................   3  60
Diamond V4s ........................  3  60
Diamond  V4s........................   3  60

Dressed  .
L oins........
Shoulders 
Leaf  Lard

C arcass............

P«>rk

Spring  Lambs.Cracker;

W orden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Quaker V*s............................  3  60
Q uaker  Vis..  .  ...................   3  oo
Q uaker Vis...........................   3  60

S p rin g   W h e at  F lo u r 

Clark-Jewell-W ells  Co.’s  Brand
Ptllsbury’s  Best H s........
I’illsbury’s  B est*4s.. 
..
Pillsbury’s  Best  (4s.........
Pillsbury’s Best Vis paper.  4  is 
Pillsbury’s  Best  V»s paper.  4  is
Ball-Barnhart-Putm an’s  Brand

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

(piotes as follows:

B u tte r

4 as l S ey m o u r.............................. 
4  Sj  New  Y ork............................ 
4  Jg  S a lte d ................................... 
a  is  W olverine............................ 

5V4
5V4
5V4
6

Soda

Soda  X X X .......................
Soda,  City........................
Long Island  W afers.......
Z ephyrette.......................

O y ster

F a u st................................
F arin a..............................
Extra F arina 
...............
Saltiue  W afer................
S w eet  Good*  Bo
A nim als............................
Assorted  C ake..............
Belle Rose.......................
Bent’s  W a te r................
Buttercups... 
.......
Cinnamon  liar................
(m ice ('ake,  ic ed .........
Coffee Cake, J a v a .........
( locoanut Talfy..............
C rack n ells.....................
('ream s, Iced ..................
Cream C risp...................
Crystal C ream s.............
C ubans............................
C urrant  F ru it................
Im perial  l»s.......  4  35 I  Frosted  Honey..............
Duluth 
Im perial fas.......  4  25  Frosted C ream ..............
Duluth 
Duluth 
Im perial  l4s.......  4  15  Ginger Gems, lg. or  sin
.  Ginger Snaps, X X X ....
Lemon & W heeler Co. s Brand  G la d ia to r.......................
Gold Medal  VAs...................   4 
30 I G randm a Cakes
Gold M edal >4S...................   4  20
Gold  Medal  V4s...................   4  10
Parisian  VAs.........................  4  30
Parisian  V4S.........................  4  20
Parisian  VAs.........................  4  10

, 

, 

...............
G rocers... 
Competition  ..  .......
Special.  ....................
< ’onserve  ...................
Royal  .........................
R ibbon.......................
B roken......................
Cut Loaf.....................
Kngiish  Rock...........
K indergarten 
.......
French Cream..........
I  Dandy  P an............
|  Hand  Made  Cream
i  m ix ed .....................
j  Nobby........................
Crystal Cream m ix ..

F a n c y —I n   B u lk  

@11
@13

!  San  Bias G oodies....
I  Lozenges, p la in .......
j  Lozenges, p rinted..
Choc. D rops..............
Eclipse Chocolates.  .
!  Choc.  M onuineutals.
i  Gum  D ro p s ...........
j  Moss  D rops..  .........
j  Lemon S ours............
I  Im perials..................
I  I tat. Cream  Bonbon:
35 lb. pails..............
Molasses  chew s,  15
lb. pails..................
Jelly  Date  Squares
Iced  M arstim ellows.
Golden  W atties........

@ 8*2 
@  9 
@ 9V4
@11
@13
@10(
14
(irli
In   5  11». B oxes

F an cy  

@50
Lemon  S o u rs.........
@60
Pepperm int D rops..
@65
Chocolate  D rops__
@75
II.  M. Choc.  D rops..
l i .  M. Choc.  i.t.  ami
@90
Dk.  No. 12..............
@30
Gum  Drops...............
@75
Licorice  D rops.........
@50
A.  15.  Licorice  Drops
@56
Lozenges,  plain.
@55
Lozenges,  printed
@55
Im perials...................
@60
M ottoes.....................
@55
Cream  B ar................
Molasses B ar............
@55
Hand  Made Creams. SO @90
Cream  Buttons, I’ep.
@65
and  W iut...............
String  Rock..............
@60
Burnt  Almonds.......1 25 @
W intergreen  Berries
@55
C aram el*
No.  1  w rapped,  3  lb.
boxes.......................

@50

H e rrin g

Holland white hoops,  b bl. 
Holland white boopsvibbl. 
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
Holland  white hoop  mchs.
N orw egian..........................
Round  100 lbs.......................
Pound  40 lbs........................
Sealed.................................

M ack ere l

loo lbs......................... 15  00  I
Mess
0  30 1
Mess 40 lbs.........................
1  05 1
Mess 10 lbs.........................
1  35
8 lbs.........................
Mess
No.  1 loo lbs.  . . .................... 13  25
5 00
No.  l 40 lbs.........................
1  48
No.  1 10 lbs.  .......................
1  20
s ibs.........................
No.  1
No. 2 100 lbs......................... 11  50
4  90
No. 2 40 lbs.........................
1  30
No. 2 io lbs.........................
1  07
No. 2 8 lbs.........................
100 lbs.........................
No.  1
No.  l 40 lbs.........................
No.  1 10 lbs.........................
8 ills.........................
No.  1

T ro u t

W liiteflsh  

100  lbs............   7  50  6  50
40  lb s............  3  30  2  90 
10  lb s............ 
80 
8  lb s............  
66 

No.  1  No. 2 Fani
2  50
1  30
40
35

90 
75 
SEK D S

Anise 
......................................  9
Canary, Sm yrna.....................  4
Caraway  ..................................   8
Cardamon.  M alabar...............«0
Celery.......................................   io
Hemp, Russian......................... 4(4
Mixed B ird..............................  4‘4
M ustard, w hite.......................  5
Poppy.........................................io
R a p e .........................................  4(4
Cuttle Bone...............................15
Scotch, in bladders................  31
Maccaboy. in  ja rs ..................  3E
French  Rappee, in  ja rs .......  4i

S N U F F

S O A P

JAXON

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

¿IS.  8.  KINK  & CO.’S HKANU5.

American Fam ily, w rp’d.
D om e...................................
Cabinet................................
Savon...................................
W hite  R ussian..................
W hite Cloud, laundry—
W hite Cloud, to ilet..........
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz..
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz..
Blue India, 100 %  lb .........
K irkoline...................... ..
E o s.......................................
.2  40
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  do z...
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz.............. 2  40

2  66 
2 75 
2  20 
2  50
2  35 
6  25
3  50 
2  10 
3  00 
3 00 
3 50 
2 50

Scouring;

SODA

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

S P IC E S  

W h o le  S ifted

P u r e  G ro u n d  in  B u lk

Allspice................................
Cassia, China in m a ts.......
Cassia, Batavia, in bun d ...
Cassia, Saigon, in ro lls__
Cloves, Am boyna................
Cloves, Zanzibar..................
Mace, Batavia.....................
Nutmegs, fancy..................
Nutmegs, No. 1...................
Nutmegs, No. 2...................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singagore, white.
Pepper, shot.........................
Allspice.................................
Cassia, B atavia...................
Cassia, Saigon.....................
Cloves, Zanzibar.................
Ginger,  A frican.................
Ginger, Cochin...................
Ginger,  Jam aica................
Mace,  B atavia.....................
M ustard................................
N utm egs..............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, C ayenne...............
Sage.......................................
STO V E  P O L IS H

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

SY RU PS 

C o rn

B arrels..................................... 18
H alf bb ls.................................20
1 doz. 1 gallon can s............... 3  00
1 doz.  V4 gallon cans..............1  80
2 doz. 14 gallon cans..............l  80

P u r e   C ane

F a ir ..........................................   16
G ood.........................................  20
Choice  .....................................   25

M ix ed

V. C.  Syrup Co.’s Brands.

Valley City........................... 16@17
V. C., fancy  flavored..........18@24

D iam ond

6
6*4
K i n g sfo rd 's Sil ver G loss
6!4
7

K in e s fo rd ’s  C orn
40 1-11). packages.................  
20 l-lb. packages................. 
40 l-lb. packages................  
6 lb. Iioxes.......................... 
64 loc packages...................   5 00
128 5c packages...................  5  (Hi
30  iik; and  64 5c  packages..  5  00 
201-lb.  packages...............  
40 1-11).  packages................ 
1-11).  packages..................... 
3-lb.  packages..................... 
6-lb.  packages..................... 
40 and 50-lb. boxes.............. 
B arrels.................................  

5
4*.i
4(4
4V*
5
3
3

C om m on  G loss

C oiiiliim i  Corn

SUG A R

Above  Granulated  in  5
Aliove  Granulated  in  2

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  am ount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
m arket  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
D omino.................................  5 44
Cut 1-oaf...............................   5 56
Crushed.................................  5 69
Pow dered............................  5  25
XXXX  Pow dered..............  5 31
Cubes.....................................  5  31
Standard  G ranulated.......  5  19
Standard  Fine Granulated  5  19 
lb. bags.......................  5  25
lb.  bags......................  5  25
E xtra Fine G ranulated__   5 31
E xtra Coarse  G ranulated.  5 31 
Mould A ................................  544
5  19 
Diamond Confec.  A. 
4  94 
Confec. Standard  A . 
4  69 
No.  1..
4  69 
No.  2..
4  69 
No.  3..
4  63 
No.  4..
4  56 
No.  5..
4  50 
No.  6..
4  44 
No.  7..
4  38 
No.  8..
4 31 
No.  9..
4  19 
No.  10..
4 06 
No. 11..
4  00 
No. 12..
4  00 
No. 13..
3 94 
No. 14..
3 94 
No. 15..
3  94
No. 16..

T A B L E   SAUCES
L E A   &
P E R R IN S ’
SAUCE

T h e  O rigin al and 
G enuine 
W  orcestershire.

Lea & P errin’s, large.
Lea & P errin’s,  small
Halford, large............
Halford, small............
Salad Dressing, large 
Salad  Dressing, small 
V IN E G A R

3  75
2  50
2 25 
4  55 
2  75

M alt W hite W ine, 40 grain..  714 
M alt W hite W ine, 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Red S tar............12
Pure Cider, Robinson..........12
Pure Cider,  Silver.................li
W A S H IN G   P O W D E R

K irk’s Eos............................  2  00
W isdom ................................  3 76
Roseine.................................   3  26
Nine  O’clock.......................  3  50
Babbitt’s 1776.......................  3  12
Gold  D ust............................   4  25
Johnson’s ............................  3  50
Swift’s  .................................   2  88
Rub-No-More......................  3 50
Pearline, 100 6s...................   3  30
Pearline, 36 i s .....................  2  85
Snow  Boy............................   2  35
L iberty...................  ...........  3  90

W IC K IN G

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

W O O D E N W A R E

B a sk e ts

.1  10 
.  30 
.6 50 
5  75 
.5  26
.1  SO 
.2  00 
.2  20

B ushels...................................1
Bushels, wide  band.......
M a rk e t..............................
Willow Clothes,  la rg e ...
Willow Clothes, medium 
Willow Clothes,  sm all...
B u tte r   P la te s  
No.  1 Oval, 250 in  crate..
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate..
Np. 3 Oval, 250 in crate..
No. 5 Oval, 250 in cra te .. 
C lo th es  P in s
40 
Boxes, gross boxes.........
M op  S tick s
.9  00
Trojan sp rin g ..................
Eclipse patent sp rin g ..........9  00
No 1 com m on.........................8 0j
No. 2 patent brush holder ..9 0 
12 lb. cotton mop heads.......l   2

Compound.................
K ettle.........................
55 lb. T ubs.. advance
80 lb. T ubs.. advance
50 lb. T ins... advance
20 lb.  Pails, .advance
10 lb.  P ails.. advance
51b.  Pails. . advance
3 lb.  P alls.. advance
S ausages
B ologna.....................
Liver ..........................
F ra n k fo rt..................
Pork  ..........................
Blood..........................
Tongue.......................
H eadcheese...............
B eef
Extra  Mess................
Boneless.....................
R u m p ........................

F ig s’  F e e t

Kits. 15  lb s................
54 Mils.. 40  lb s..........
54 bbls.. 80  lb s..........
T rip e
Kits, 15  lb s................
(4 bbls., 40  lb s..........
54 bbls., 80  lb s..........
C asings
Pork  ..........................
Beef  rounds..............
Beef  m iddles...........
Sheep..........................
B u tte  riu e
Rolls, d airy ................
Solid, dairy ................
Rolls,  cream ery.......
Solid,  cream ery.......

Corned  beef, 2 lb ....
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb.........
i ’otted ham .  Vis.......
Potted ham,  Vis.......
Deviled ham ,  V4s__
Deviled ham ,  !4s__
Potted tongue,  Vis..
Potted tongue.  54s..
Oils
B a rre ls

C an n e d   M eats

554
654
v4
%
%
1
1H
b%
6
8
7 yt
654
9
6

10  00
12  00
1175

75
1  50
2  70

70
1  25
2  25

20
3
10
60

13
12(4
1854
18

2  25
16  00
2  25
50
90
5C
90
50
90

Olney & Judson’s  Brand

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

W orden Grocer  Co.’s  Brand

Laurel  VAs............................  4  30
Laurel  V4s ............................   4  20
Laurel  Vis............................   4  10

M eal

B olted.........
G ranulated.

2  10

1  90

F eed  a n d   M illstuR ’s

St. Car Feed, screened__   16  00
No.  1 Corn and  O ats.........  15  50
Unbolted Corn  M eal........   14  50
W inter W heat  Bran..........  14  00
W inter  w h eat  M iddlings.  15 00
S creenings..........................   14  00

C orn

New corn, car  lo ts............   34
Corn, car l o t s ......................  36(4
Less than car lo ts..............   37*4

O ats

Car  lots.................................  28
Car lots, clipped.................   31
Less than car lots..............   32

H ay

No.  1 Timothy car  lo ts. 
No.  1 Timothy ton  lo ts.

10  50 
12  50

Hides  and  Felts
The Cappon & Bartsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
H id es
G reen  No. 1..............
G reen  No. 2..............
Bulls............ ...............
Cured  No. 1..............
¿'ured  No. 2..............
Calfskins.green No. 1 
C'aifskins,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. 1 
Caif skins,cured No. 2

@ 8 
@  7 
© 6 
@10 
@ 9 
@  9 
@ 754 
@10 
@ 854

Eocene ..........................
Perfection.....................
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt
W. W . M ichigan.........
Diamond W hite..........
D., S.  G as.....................
Deo. N aphtha..............
Cylinder........................29
E n g in e..........................11
Black, w inter................

F e lts

Pelts,  each ................
T a llo w
No. 1............................
No. 2............................
W ool
W ashed,  fine............
W ashed,  m edium ...
Unwashed,  fine.......
Unwashed,  medium.

@13 
@12 
@12 
@11V4 
@10(4 
@12M 
@12 Vt 
@34 @21 
@  9

@  354 
@  254

@16
@20
@12
@16

G raham  C rackers................. 
8
G raham   W afers....................  10
Honey  F ingers......................  12(4
Im perials................................  
8
Jum bles,  Honey....................  12V4
Lady F ingers.........................   11 %
Lemon  W afers......................  14
M arshm allow .......................   15
Marshmallow W alnuts__   16
Mixed  Picnic.........................  UV4
7V4
Milk Biscuit......................... 
Molasses  C ake......................  
8
Molasses B a r.......................... 
9
Moss Jelly  B ar...................   121*
Newton....................................  12
(iatm eai (Jrackers................. 
8
oatm eal  W afers.................... 
10
9
O range C risp.......................... 
Orange  G em .......................... 
8
Penny Cake..........................  
8V4
Pilot Bread,  X XX................. 
7
Pretzels, hand  m ade......... 
7V4
Sears’ L unch....................... 
7(4
8
Sugar C ake..........................  
Sugar Cream,  X X X ..........  
8
Sugar S q u a re s...................  
9
Sultanas................................  1254
Tutti  F ru tti.........................  1654
Vanilla W afers......................  14
Vienna Crim p........................ 
8
Fish  anl  Oysters

F re s h   F ish

Per lb.
W hite fish..................... @ 10
T rout.............................. @ 10
Black  B ass................... 8@ 10
H alibut.......................... @ 15
Ciscoes or  H erring— @ 5
Bluefish......................... @ 12
Live  Lobster................ @ 18
Boiled  L obster............ @ 20
Cod................................. @ 10
H addock....................... @ 7
No. 1  Pickerel.............. @ 9
P ik e ................................ @ 8
P erch ............................. © 5
Smoked  W hite............ @ 8
Red  S napper.............. @ 10
Col River  Salm on....... @ 13
M ackerel....................... @ 20
35
F . H.  C ounts............
27
F. J . D. Selects........
23
S ele cts.......................
20
F. J .  D.  Standards.
19
A nchors.....................
17
S tan d a rd s..................
14
F avorite.....................
gal.
B u lk .
1  75
1  60 
1  35 
1  20 
1  10

F. H. Counts............ .
E xtra Selects.................
Selects..............................
Anchor  S tandards.........
S tan d a rd s.......................
S h ell G oods. 

O y sters In C ans.

Clams, per 100... 
Oysters, per 100.

1  00 
.1  25@1  50

F ru its

O range*
Fancy M exicans__
.iam aicas...................
L em ons
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 300s.................
Ex. Fancy  300s.........
..
Extra Fancy 360s 
B an an a*

@4  25
@4  25

@4 00
@4  50
«L5  00
@5 75
@4  75

Medium bunches__   1 00@1  25
Large  bunches.........  1 50@1  75

F o re ig n   D ried  F r n its

Fig*

@13
Californias,  F ancy..
@12
Choice.  10  lb. boxes.
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
@13
boxes, new Smprna
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes new @14
Im perial Mikados, 18
11). boxes.................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
N aturals, in bags....
D ate*
Fards in 10 lb. boxes
Fards in 60 lb. cases.
Persians,  P. H .  V ...
lb.  cases, new .......
Sairs, 60 lb. cases—

(0
(0
Cm  5(4
@10
@  6
@  6
@  6
@  5

California No. 1.

N u ts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Iv ic a .......
Almonds, California, 
soft  shelled............ 
Brazils, new ..............
F ilb e rts.....................
1  W alnuts, Grenobles.
W alnuts, soft shelled
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecans,  M ed............
Pecans, Ex. Large.  .
1  Pecans. Jum bos.......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new ..............
Cocoanuts, full sacks
Chestnuts, per  b u ...
P e a n u t*
Fancy, H. P., Suns.
Fancy,  H.  P „  Flags
1  R o asted ..................
1 Choice. H .P ., Extras
Choice, H. P„ Extras
I  R oasted..................

@17
(0
@
@  7
@12(4
@15
@12 (4
@12
(Ojll
@7(4
_  @10
@12
@1  75
@3 50
@5 00

@ 6
@ 7
@  5
@  6

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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Petting the People

S om e  G ood  A d v e rtis in g   a n d   S om e  N o t  So 

G ood.

Chas.  H.  Coy,  Manager  of  the  Coy 
Mercantile  Co.,  at  Alden,  writes  as  fol­
lows :

1  forward  you  under  separate  cover 
copy  of  Alden  Wave,  containing  adver­
tisement ;  also  a  dodger.  The  advertise­
ment  has  brought  us  very  good  results.
1  do  not  pose  as  an  advertisement  writ­
er,  but  find 
it  pays  well  to  advertise. 
Any  hints  or  criticisms  you  may  give 
will  be  appreciated.

The  advertisement is neatly displayed 
i 
is  the  sort  of  ad

although 
poorly  executed. 

typographical  work 

the 

It 

THE  PROBLEM.

The  problem of supplying you  with com 
fortable,  well-fitting,  warm  underwear at 
a  right price has  been  solved here.  We 
have the goods that tell  the  story  better 
than  we can, and  we know we can  please 
you with them.  Kindly note the following

See our line of (tents'  Heavy  Cotton  Underwi 
Our Leader, rem arkable a t the price. 
5

W e pride ourselves ou our line of G ents’  U nder 
w ear.  We have four  different styles  in  stock 
and  the boys call it our “ Big F our” line.  They 
are strongly made, good wearing, honest goods 
and will give you that com fortable feeling. 50c

W e have a  large  assortm ent  of  G ents’  Under­
w ear  a t  75c,  90c,  $ 1 .00.  They  are  warm 
things  for  cold  days.  Regular  cold  w eather 
comforts.

Ladies’ Underw ear—Soft, fleecy,  warm goods  In 
two shades, Ecru and  W hite.  Best value  ever 
g5c
sold a t this price. 

U nderw ear  for  babies,  underwear 

underw ear for boys  at 

for  girls,

Good  variety  a t  this price, better goods  if  you 
wish  them .  Rem ember  we  have  underw ear 
for each mem ber of the family.

Ladies, call and  see our  lines  of  U nderw ear  at 
these  prices.  They  will  please  you  because 
they are  right.  You’ll  get  quality  in  buying 
these- 
90 c,  $ 1.00

We  have  the  largest  line  of  Rubbers, 
Lumbermen’s Socks,  Mackinaws,  Kersey 
Coats and  Winter  Goods ever  shown  in 
the town.  Our  prices help  you to  econo­
mize.  You’ll  see the point  when  jou  see 
the  goods. 
Join  the  merry  throng  of 
pleased  buyers at the  “ Big  White  Store 
on  the Corner.”

COY  MERCANTILE  CO.

vertisement  that  should bring results and 
I  am  not  surprised  that  it  did.  It  quotes 
prices  and  talks  business  from  start  to 
finish.  My  only  objection  is  to  the  use 
of  the  words  “ gents’ ”   and  “ ladies’. ”  
“ Gents’  ”   is  never admissible,  and,  as 
a  matter  of  fact,  “ men’s”   and  “ wom­
en’s”   sounds  much  better.  We  may  or 
may  not  be  gentlemen  and  ladies— that 
depends— but  when  it  comes  to  the  mat­
ter  of  underwear,  we  are  simply  men 
and  women.  A 
little  attention  to  this 
point  would 
improve  many  advertise­
ments  that  are  otherwise  very  good.

I  do  not  like  the  introduction  to  Mr. 
Coy’s  dodger,  for  two  reasons— the  cut 
is  out  of  place,  and  the  matter  is  in  bad 
taste.  His  reference  to  Oom  Paul  may 
hurt  someone  who  is  a  customer,  and  at 
all  events  it  is  safest  to  keep from tread­
ing  on  anyone’s  corns.  The  advertiser 
should  have  no  political  opinions— or, 
if  he  has  them,  he  should  keep  very 
quiet  about  them.  Business  and  politics 
don’t  mix,  unless  everyone  thinks  your

way— and  then  there’s  no  use  of  talking 
politics.

*  *  *

Reese,  Nov.  18— We  are  readers  of 
the  Tradesman  and 
find  great  interest 
in  the  columns  headed  Getting  the  Peo­
ple,  and,  per  your  request,  we  send  you 
enclosed  herewith  a  copy  of  one  of  our 
issue  about  once 
handbills,  which  we 
every  two  months.  We  do  not  claim 
it 
to  be  all  original,  inasmuch  as  some 
features  are  copied  from  good  advertis­
ers.  We  would  be  pleased  to  hear  from 
you  on  any  points  of  interest  to  retail 
advertisers. 

Shiller  Bros.

The  extremely 

large  size  of  Shiller 
Bros.’  handbill  renders  it  impossible  to 
reproduce  more  than  a  very  small  por-

DRY GOODS

$  49

Keep up w ith the times.  You can’t  afford  to 
be out of style when  you  can  get  goods  a t  the 
following prices:
A Black Rough  Dress Goods, 40 inches  wide, 
in  the very latest style patterns, w orth  75c 
anyw here, during this sale, per y ard ... 
A large assortm ent of All-Wool Flannel Dress 
Goods, in all the leading shades, w orth  50c,
we will sell a t this sale, per  y ard ..................  29
A nother one!  An All-Wool Cashmere, 42 in.
wide, w orth 68c, will be sold at, per  yard. 
Cashmere, 30 inches wide, w orth 35c, now  at,
per y ard ...  .....................  
..................... 2
Plaid Dress Goods, others call it cheap at 35c,
will sell it at, p er  yard. 
..................
We have a good  line  of  Plaid  Dress  Goods, 
per yard................................................................
What  We Promise We  Perform 
A very nice line of Flannelettes,  suitable  for 
any kind of a dress:  others c a llita  bargain
at 12‘4c. we will sell at, per  yard  ................
A good line of  Heavy  Dress  Outings,  regular
12V4c goods, now, per y a rd ....................
A nother bargain for you.  Our  10c  Outings, 
in all  patterns and colors, now, per yard ....
We have50 pieces of Outings which  we  have 
deenled  to sell a t  a  great  bargain,  th a t  is
our 7c goods fo r............................
A surprise  for  you:  the  regular  fie  Shaker
r  lanuel  a t  ..................................................
<c Log Cabin Comforter Goods,  per yard. ]! 
and all other Comforter  Goods  greatly  re­
duced.
Good bargains in  Ticking.
Call  for  our  Fleeced  Shirting  if  you  want 
good one.
W e also have a full line of shirting in all grades 
a t reduced prices.
All kinds of prints a t bottom prices.
Silks for trimmings  or  waists  w orth  75c,  at
this sale............................................................ 
and all our higher priced Silks and Velvets 
a t greatly reduced  prices.

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tion.  As  you  see 
it,  it  quotes  a  great 
xiany  prices  on  dry  goods  alone,  and, 
resides,  on  groceries,  capes  and  jack­
ets,  underwear,  clothing  and  shoes.  De­
cidedly,  it  should  sell  goods,  and  plenty 
of  them.

It  seems  to  me,  however,  that  once  in 
wo  months 
is  too  seldom  to  issue  a 
handbill  of  this  kind,  and  I  would  ad- 
ise  Shiller  Bros,  to  issue  at  least  three 
month— not  necessarily  as  large  as  the 
:ine  submitted,  but  containing  plenty  of 
nteresting  and  timely  news  of  goods 
and  prices.  This 
is  based,  of  course, 
on  the  assumption  that  there  is  no news­
paper  in  Reese  that  will  reach  the  buy- 
ng  public.  If  there  is  it  should  prove  a 
better  investment  to  use  its  advertising 
columns.

*  

*  

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Jackson,  Nov.  17— Enclosed  you  will 
find  one  of  our  weekly  circulars  for  your 
comment.  We  are  very  much  interested 
■ nyour  Getting  the  People  and  think  it 
will  help  advertisers  considerably.

Sparks  Grocery  Co. 

in  the  circular  is  repro-

The  matter 
You  Are  Interested

W hen your purse is affected.  We  know  this 
little  circular  will  help  m ake  your  purse 
heavier by the saving you will  m ake  in  trad­
ing w ith us.  A t credit stores  you  pay  credit 
prices.  W e sell for cash and save you money. 
We will sell on
S a tu id .y ,  Nov.  18, and M onday  N ov. ao,

25 pounds of Eldred H alf P atent Flour  for 
Boneless°Codfistf. 
One GO feet unbleached Clothes' Line for.  P 
One 50 feet w hite Clothes Line fo r.......  
10 pounds Barrel Salt for 
One Palm etto Scrub Brush 
3 packages of Y east W afers for 
Mop Sticks for..  ................................... ' 

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49c

The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Box  Co.

M anufacture

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 
cuppings,  Powders, etc.,  etc.  Gold and Silver Leaf work  and  Special 
Die Cutting done  to suit.  W rite for prices.  Work guaranteed.

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

Air 
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Write
for
Price
List.

foster, 
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STEVENS, 
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GRAND RAPIDS.  ^

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A  Harness

made by a concern you  can  depend  upon  and  sold  to  you  direct  by  th at 
concern, who also guarantee it, is not  only  a  good  thing  to  buy,  but it is a 
money m aker to sell.  Send for catalogue of  harness, carriages and sleighs 
and price list on robes and blankets.

Sparks  Grocery  Co.

Spot Casta Grocers.

BROWN  &  SEHLER, Qrand Ranids, Mich.  “

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It 

duced  herewith. 
is  good  in  nearly 
every  respect,  but  the  writer  missed  a 
grand  opportunity  to  show  the  readers 
why  a  cash  grocery  store  could  sell 
cheaper  than  one  that  sold  on  credit. 
There  are  lots  of  good  arguments  along 
this 
line  that  should  not  be  overlooked. 
A  weekly  circular,  containing  a  list  of 
“ specials,”   should prove  a  trade-winner 
for  any  grocery  store,  and  especially  so 
in  connection  with  good  newspaper  ad­
vertising.  Call  the  circular  some  name 
— “ Jones’  W eekly,”   or  something  on 
that  order—give  a  brief,  crisp  descrip­
tion  of  each  special,  sprinkle  in  a  few 
timely  recipes,  if  possible,  get  it  into 
the  hands  of  the  right  peoj  le,  see  that 
the  reductions  are  genuine,  and  your 
trade  will  grow  like  magic.  Advertise 
the  specials  and  the  Weekly 
in  the 
newspapers,  invite  the  peoj le  to  call for 
a  copy,  and  you  will  increase  the  circu­
lation  of  the  Weekly,  and  help  it  to  do 
still  more  good.  The 
largest  grocery 
house 
in  Philadelphia  was  built  up 
from  almost  nothing  in  this  way  and  to­
day 
it  distributes  over  40,000  co  ies 
weekly.

*  *  *

Robert  Telfer,  of  Big  Rapids,  sends 
for  criticism,

me  five  advertisements 

Telfer Shoe Talk!

Some  Shoes wear well but look like sin. 
Some  look 
Some  fit,  but  don’t  wear. 
pretty,  but  pinch. 
Some  are  stiff  and 
stay  so.  Some  are  easy  but  spread  all 
over.  One  good  point  doesn’t  make  a 
shoe a  good  shoe.  All of them, however, 
do and  you are sure to find them  here for 
men, women and  children.

Special  Cash  Price for  this  Month

All  our  Ladies’  and  Men’s  $4  00

All  our 

l  ad ies’  and  Men’s  $3  00

Shoes  for........................................ $  3  OJ
Shoes  for........ 
..............; .............  2.25
1-5°
All our $15.00  .'imts a> d  Overcoats.  12.00 
All our $1000 Suits and  Overcoats.  7.50 
All  our $8.00 Suits and  Overcoats..  6.00

All  our  Ladies’  and  Men’s  $200
Shoes  for........................................ 

Mr.  Hill 
look  up  his  back  files  of  the 
Tradesman  and  read  the  articles  on  the 
principles  of  advertising;  then  let  him 
pick  out  one  line  (one  article  is  better) 
and  describe  and  price  it  as  he  would 
for  a  customer  in  his  store  and  he’ ll  be 
doing  some  advertising  that  is worthy of 
the  name.  At  present  he  is  simply  buy­
ing  newspaper  space  with  no  prospect 
of  ever  realizing  a  cent  on  the  invest­
ment. 

W.  S.  Hamburger.

H e  I s   B e tte r   N ow .
T h e   dealer sits  in  his hardw are store 

S in g in g  a so n g  o f  w o e;

H e had  b ough t  his stock  in  a good-sized  block 

A t  a   time  w hen  prices w ere  low .

But h it  profits are sm all,  or none at  all,

A n d   he h eaves a so rro w fu l sigh  

A s  he  rails at  the jobbers and  ca lls  them  robbers 

B ecause their  prices are  h igh .

And th is is  the so n g he sadly si' gs 

A s  he looks  through  th**  books  lo r the day:

“ I  don’t g iv e  a rap for  thrit  loud - m outhed  chap 

W ho said  this  business  w ould  pay.
H e toid  o f th e  profits I'd  surelv  m ake 

If  l*d  m anage  the m atter rig h t.

But people  won’ t buy  when  prices are  h igh 

A n d   I ’m clean  out o f cash  to-n igh t.

411  haven’ t m arked  up my  prices a cent 
T h at the stock on  nand at th is  hardw are stand 

B ecause  the  people  w ell  know 

W a s  bough t  ’ m ost a year ago.

I’ m  off’rin g  good s at close to cost,

But buyers  still  keep aw a y,

F or the reason,  I’ m  told,  that  the  sto ck   looks  old, 

A nd  th*  ad vances  th ey’ll never  p a y.”

H e  had gone thus fa r in  his so n g o f  w oe 

W hen  a knock  w a s  heard at  the door,

A n d in w alked a drum m er, w e ll known as a hummer. 

And  looked  all  over  the store.

He greeted  the  man  w h o  sa n g  th e song 

A n d   noted  his ca re-w ro u gn t  brow ,

But  he grasp ed  his hand w ith  a sm ile that w as bland 

A s   he asked,  44 W h at’s  the m atter  now  ?’ '

T h e dealer aga in  sa n g   his  so rro w fu l son g 

And  recounted  his  h a rrow in g tale,

H ow   the profits  w ere sm all, or none at all,

H o w   tor  days  there w a s  nary a  sale.

T h en   the drummer again   looked  over the store 

A s   he sat  on  a th ree-le gged  stool,

A nd  he  shook  his  head as h e slo w iv   said,

“  M y friend,  yo u ’re a  blam ed  old fo o l;

44 Y o u   stocked  your store w ith  a lot  o f goods 
And \our ch ance for gain ,  it  is  very  plain,

T h at  I  know   w ere  bough t  all rig h t,

W a s rea lly out o f sigh t.

But you  haven’ t m anaged a  little  bit 

A s  a w ise man  w o i.ia  have done;

For a m erchant man on a lo sin g  plan 

Y o u  su rely take  the  bun.

•4 Y o u r stock  is littered  all  over  the  floor,
Y ou r counters and  cases are sim ply  d isgraces, 

N  our sh elves are a sigh t  to see,

T h e y ’re as  dirty as  dirty  can  be.

N ow  let  me g iv e  you a w ord  o f ad vice,

A nd  I’ll  help you  to fo llo w   it,  too.

G o over your stock  everv day by  the clock,

So that  the  people  w ill th in k it  is new .

it 

one  of  which  1  reproduce,  omitting  the 
unfortunate  signature  1  have  already 
condemned.  This 
is  one  of  the  best 
advertisements  Mr.  Telfer  has  submit 
ted,  for 
is  well-worded,  interesting 
and  contains prices.  Just why Mr.  Telfer 
should  use  “ ladies”  
in  one  place  and 
“ women”   in  another  is  more  than  1  can 
fathom.  Of  course  “ women”  
is  the 
proper  word  to  use,  as  I  mentioned 
earlier  in  this  article.

*  *  *

E.  A.  Hill,  of Coloma,  submits  an ad­
vertisement  which  1  reproduce herewith.

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H ardw are. F urniture and Bug-
gies are advancing daily;  pur- 
chase  now  while  our  present 
stock lasts. 

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Palacine  Oil,  the  best  in  the 
world,  is  sold  by  us.  Call 
and get 

E .  A .  H ILL 
.  Cash  D ealer 

.... HEATING  STOVES . . .  

  all bought before the raise. 

As  the  man  said  about  the  gill,  “ If  she 
had  another  face  she’d  be  handsome.”  
If  Mr.  H ill’s  advertisement  were  differ­
ently  worded it  might  be better— it could 
scarcely  be  worse.  The  trouble  is  that 
the  writer  tried  to  get  too  much  for  his 
money  and  will  get  nothing  at  all.  Let

L o o k   over  the latest m arket reports,
G et jo b b ers’  quotations to-day,

Then  m ark  up your  prices  till  the  diff’rence suffice 

T o  cause your  business  to pay.

Then  the people w ill see you are ac tive  and shre 

O r  w hat  they call  righ t  up to date,

\ nd  th ey’ ll take to your trade like the dirt to a  spade 

T ill you ’re  busy  both early  and  late.”

T h e  dealer  w as  w ise after a ll  that  vi as  said,

F o r he did  as  the  drum m er ad vised ,

A nd  the people rushed  in  like a saint  afte r  sin,

F o r the store  had  itse lf advertised.

A n d  the dealer  now   sin gs in  a d iff’rent  tune 

A n d   he  lau gh s  w h ere once he w ould  cry,

A n d  he tells all the jobbers th e y ’re no longer robbers 

B ecause th eir prices are  high .

A n  U n u su a l  D em a n d .

‘ * I  want  to  get 

said  the  customer.
“ Sweetheart  or 

ring  for  a  lady, 

ife?”   asked 

the

clerk.

“ If 

‘ Both,”   replied  the  customer.
‘ Say!  Now  I’m  all  at  sea,”   sai 
it  was  for  a  sweethea 
the  clerk. 
I’d  show  you  something  handsome  i 
this  case;  if  for  a  wife,  I’d  send  you 
further down  the  aisle  for  something less 
expensive.  But  when  a  man  combines 
the  two—.  Say,  you’d  better  look  over 
the.entire  stock. 
It’s  against  all  prece­
dent  and  I ’m  not  competent  to  give 
you  any  advice.”

D ecisio n   R ev e rsed .

“ Charlie,  dear,”   said 

young 
mother,  “ I’ve  decided  on  a  name  for 
baby.  We  will  call  her  Imogen.”

the 

Papa  was 

lost 

minutes.  He  did  not 
but 
have  her  own  way.

if  he  opposed 

in  thought  for  a  few 
like  the  name, 
it,  his  wife  would 

“ That’s  nice,”   said  he,  presently. 
“ My  first  sweetheart  was  named  Imo­
gen,  and  she  will  take  it  as  a  compli­
ment.

“ We  will  call  her  Mary,  after  my 

mother, ’ ’  was  the  stern  reply.

To  the  Musician  noChristmas

Present

could  be  so  acceptable  as  a  musical  instrument.  We 
have  all  kinds  and  the  best  in  each  at  the  very  lowest
prices.  W e  keep  an 
extensive  assortment 

of  Pianos,Paniolas,

Organs, 

Sheet  Music,

rtusic  Books,

V io lin s,

riandolins

G ubars,  Banjos, 

Gra i  ophones,

G ra phophones, 

i Symphonion  J*1usic 
I Boxes,  Regina  J*lusic 
Boxes,  Cornets,  Clarinets,  Accordeons,  Harmonicas, 
Piano  Scarfs,  Piano  Stools,  etc.
If  you  intend  purchasing  anything  in  the  music 
call  on  or  write  to

line 

Julius A. J.  Friedrich,

30 and  32  Canal  Street,
Grand  Rapids,  Hich.

wmmmin a   K a p ia s ,  i  u c n . 

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Oar  Desk  No. 261.  illustrated  above,  is 
50 in.  long,  34  in.  deep and  50 in.  high; 
is  made of selected  oak, any finish  de­
sired.

The  gracefulness  of  the  design, the 
exquisite  workmanship, the  nice  atten­
tion  to  every  little  detail, will  satisfy 
your most critical  idea.

Is  sent  on  approval,  freight  prepaid, 
to  be  returned  at  our  expense  if  not 
found  positively the  best  roll  top desk 
ever  offered  for  the  price  or  even  25 
per cent  more.

Write for oar complete Office Furniture 

Catalogue.

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Retailers  of  Sam p le  Furniture,
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in  having our chair  in 
your home.
After  you’ve  used  it 
for  several years—given  it 
all  kinds  of  wear— that’s 
the  time to tell  whether or 
not the chair ¡8 a good one.
Out  goods  stand  every 
test.  The longer you have 
it  the  better you  like  it.

Arm  Chair or 

Rocker No. 1001.

Genuine hand 
buffed  leather, 
hair  filling,  dia­
mond  or  biscuit 
tufting.

Sent  to  you 
freight  prepaid 
on  approval  for

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Courpare  the style, the workmanship, 
the  material  and  the  price  with  any 
If  it  is  not  cheaper ia 
similar article. 
comparison,  return  at  our expense.

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G O T H A M   G O SSIP.

N ew s  F ro m   th e   M e tro p o lis—In d e x   to   th e  

Special Correspondence.

M a rk e t.

It 

New  York,  Nov.  20— The  coffee  mar­
ket  maintains  a  good  degree  of strength. 
A  slight  advance  has  been  made 
in 
prices  and  altogether  the  tone  of  the 
market  is  firm.  The  demand  is  active 
and  this  indicates an active consumptive 
movement.  People are  learning  to  drink 
coffee 
instead  of  its  substitutes,  and  it 
is  doubtful  if  the  sale  of  burned  rye  at 
25c  a  pound 
large  as  formerly. 
is  as 
The  world’s  supply 
is  immense,  how­
ever,  and  the  coming  crop  is  estimated 
at  10,000,000  bags,  so  that  it  is  hard  to 
see  why  there  should  be  any  great  ad­
vance. 
is  not  reasonable  to  suppose 
that  the  demand  should  increase  to  such 
an  extent  as  to  make  much  difference, 
and  the  more  reasonable  explanation  of 
a  rise  is  speculation.  The  two  warring 
elements 
in  the  coffee  world  are  now 
publishing  circulars,  one  to  show  why 
their  recent  advance  was  justified  and 
the other  to  prove  that  any  higher  rate is 
entirely  unjustified. 
In  store  and  afloat 
there are  1,224,604 bags,against  1,054,767 
bags  at  the  same  time  last  year.  Rio 
No.  7  closes  in  an  invoice  way  at  6^c. 
West  India  growths  have  been  in 
fairly 
satisfactory  movement  and  the  market 
is  firm.  Offerings  are  not 
generally 
large  and 
it 
is  not  thought  that  large 
East 
supplies  will  be 
jobbers 
India  coffees  were  firm  and 
generally  report  a 
satisfactory 
trade  in  the  same.

forthcoming. 

fairly 

Jobbers  are  taking  only  enough  sugar 
to  keep  their  supplies  unbroken,  but 
most  of  the  trade  is  in  withdrawal  of 
supplies  under  old  contracts  and  little 
actual  new  business  has  been  done  dur­
ing  the  week.  List  prices  are  the  same, 
with  some  softs  slightly  shaded.

Holders  of  teas  show  no  anxiety  to 
part  with  their  stocks  and  the  week  has 
been  rather  dull,  so  far as  actual  busi­
ness  is  concerned ;  yet  the  situation 
is 
not  “ half  bad,’ ’  as  the  English  would 
say.  Prices  are  firmly  adhered  to  and  a 
“ little  later’ ’  we  expect  to  see  more  of 
a  movement.

Buyers  and  sellers  of  rice  are  seem­
ingly  indifferent  and  the  general  situa­
tion  is  practically  unchanged  from  what 
it  was  a  month  ago.  Offerings  are  large 
enough  to  prevent  any  struggle  to  ob­
tain  supplies  and  prices  are  the  same 
as  last  week  and  the  week  before.  For­
eign  grades  are 
firm  and,  as  stocks 
have  grown  lighter,  the  strength 
is  be­
coming  more  and  more  marked.  Japan, 
4% @ 5c.

large  amount  of  business  in 
spices  has  been  done,  but  prices  are 
firm  all  around  and  especially  so  for 
pepper.  Singapore  black  is  firm  at  13c.
Offerings  of  new  crop  molasses  are 
limited.  The  market  is  firm  and  prices 
are  practically  unchanged.  Syrups  have 
been  in  fair  request  at  prevailing  rates 
and  the  market  shows  a  good  degree  of 
strength,  although  higher  rates are  hard­
ly  looked  for  immediately.

Not  a 

in 

investigated 

Those  who  have 

the 
canned  goods  market  thoroughly  say 
it 
has  never  been  so  bare  of  goods  in  the 
history  of  the  canned goods trade.  Large 
blocks  of  any  sort  of  vegetables  are  not 
to  be  had.  Tomatoes  are  in  better  sup­
ply  than  anything  else  and  are  the  only 
thing  showing  any  weakness  whatever. 
California  fruits  are  all 
jobbers’ 
hands  and  in  many  lines assortments are 
badly  broken.  And 
it  will  be  seven  or 
eight  months  before  new  goods  come. 
Packers  will  probably  rush  things  next 
year  and  a  large  increase  in  the  output 
is  expected. 
It  is  difficult  to  give  quo­
tations  just  now  on  some  lines  of  goods, 
but  tomatoes  are  worth  from  75@85c  for 
No.  3  New  Jersey  standards,  and  some­
thing  more  for  really  desirable  goods ; 
New  York  State  peas,  $ i . io @ i .5 o ;  New 
York  com,  77^3850.

Lemons  have  been  selling  with  more 
freedom  and  quotations  are  higher  than 
last  week  by  25@5oc.  Oranges  have 
been 
in  good  demand;  fancy  fruit  for 
Thanksgiving  has  brought  very  high 
prices.  Florida  brights  are  worth  $4@ 
4.50;  russets,  $3.5034.  They  are  in  bet­
ter  supply  this  week  and  orders  can now 
be  promptly  filled  of  the  usual  size. 
Bananas  are  higher and the  demand  for

this-time  of  year  is  good.  Aspinwalls, 
firsts,  per  bunch,  $1.3031.35 ;  Port  Li- 
mons,  $1.4031.45.

In  dried  fruits  there  is  a good demand 
for  spot  prunes  and  rather  a  quiet  trade 
in  other  lines.  Fancy  raisins  are  mov­
ing  for the  holiday  trade  at  full  quota­
tions.  Dates  and  figs  are  quiet  and  quo­
tations  are  nominal. 
io r   domestic 
dried  the  market  is  weak  and quotations 
at  best  are  not  at  a  point  that 
indicates 
much  profit.  Fancy  evaporated  apples, 
8 j | 3 9 c .
The  butter  market  is  very  strong  and 
fancy  Western  creamery  will  bring  26c 
without  any  trouble.  Arrivals  are  mod­
erate  and  the  chances for 30c butter seem 
to  improve  right  along.  June creamery, 
24324.^0;  Western  imitation  creamery,
. 16P2C  for  seconds and 21c for fancy stock. 
Roll  butter,  16319c-

Desirable  Western  eggs  will  bring  22 
323c,  with  off  grades  dropping  sudden­
ly  to  14316c.  Western  refrigerator,  16 
3 i 7 c .

The  bean  market  is  dull,  with  prac­
tically  no  change  observable  from  last 
week.

There 

is  very  little  doing  in  cheese. 
Some  enquiries  have  been  received from 
out  of  town,  but  mostly  for  other  grades 
than  the  best.  Receipts  are  moderate. 
i2j£3 I2^ c ; 
Full  cream  small  size, 
large,  I2j^c.  Perhaps  very  fine  goods 
would  bring  a  fraction  more  than  above 
rates.

T h e   P ro d u c e   M a rk e t.

Apples— Winter  fruit  is  meeting  with 
active  demand  and  ready  sale  on  the 
basis  of  $2.25  per  bbl.  for  choice,  $2.50 
for  fancy  and  $2.7533  for  extra  fancy. 
Michigan  apples  will  be  at  a  premium 
before  many  weeks  elapse.

Bananas— The  hurricane  and  floods  in 
the  West  Indies  have  caused  great  de­
struction  of  banana  plantations,  a  good 
many  thousand  trees  being  ruined.  The 
result  is  a  sharp  advance,  ranging  up  to 
25c  per  bunch,  and  should  the  demand 
increase  there  will  be  a  further advance. 
The 
imposition  of  a  10c  export  tax  by 
the  government  of  Guatemala  also  tends 
to  strengthen  the  market  and  may  cause 
a  further  advance.

Beans— E.  A.  Moseley  has  returned 
from  Detroit,  where  he  attended  a  spe­
cial  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Bean  Job­
bers’  Association,  which  was  held 
in 
that  city  Nov.  21.  He  says  the  general 
impression  among  those  present  is  that 
the  bean  crop  is  the  smallest  it  has been 
for  several  years,  and  that  more  beans 
have  been  shipped  out  of  the  State  to 
date  than 
is  usually  the  case  by  the 
spring  of  the  year.  Every  indication 
points  to  the  fact  that  present  prices 
will  hold  good  until  the  new  crop  comes 
in,  nine  or  ten  months  hence.  How 
much  of  the  advance 
is  due  to  short 
crop  and  how  much  to  speculation  on 
the  Detroit  Board  of  Trade  he  is  unable 
to  determine.  This  is  the  first  time  that 
beans  have  ever  been listed on the  Board 
of  Trade,  although  Chicago  dealers  have 
been  trying  to  get  beans  listed  on  the 
Chicago  Board,  without  success  as  yet. 
Dealers  complain  that  they  can  not  pay 
the  present  market  prices  in  the  coun­
try  and  play  even  in  marketing  stock  at 
any  of  the  distributing  or  consuming 
markets. 
price—$1.65 
f.  o.  b.— is the  highest  it  has  been  since 
the  Lamoreaux  boom,  when  beans 
touched  $1.97  in  January,  1896.  Lam­
oreaux  telegraphed  his  brokers  at  that 
time  to  hold  for $2.25,  but  no  sales were 
made  above  $2.

The  present 

Beets—$1  per 3  bu.  bbl.
Butter— Factory  creamery 

is  strong 
and  active  at  24c.  Receipts  of  dairy 
grades  are  more  liberal  and  the  price  is 
about  the  same  as  a  week  ago,  extra 
fancy  readily  commanding  20c,  fancy 
fetching  18c  and  choice  bringing  16c.

Cabbage— 4035°c  per doz.
Carrots—$1  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Celery— 15c  per doz.  bunches.
Cranberries— Cape  Cod  stock  is  meet­
ing  with  ready  sale  on  the  basis  of $5.50 
35-75  Per  bbl.  Wisconsin  Bell  and 
Bugle  command $6  for  standard  and  $7 
for  fancy.
Dressed  Poultry— Spring  chickens  are 
in  strong  demand  at  8c.  Fowls  are  in 
good  demand  at  7c.  Ducks  command 
839c  for spring  and  7c  for  old.  Geese

find  a  market  on  the  basis  of  839c  for 
young.  Old  are  not  wanted  at  any 
price.  Turkeys  are  in  good  demand  at 
10 3 no  for  spring  and  8c  for  old.

Eggs— Receipts  are 

large,  but  most 
of  the  receipts  contain  an  undue  pro­
portion  of  shrunken  and  sloppy  eggs. 
The  ratio  of  poor  stock  runs  from  \ l/ 2  to 
2  dozen  per  case, 
in  consequence  of 
which  the  retail  trade  generally  prefers 
to  pay  20c  for  carefully  candled  rather 
than  17c  for  case  count stock.  Cold  stor­
age  are  being  drawn on to a considerable 
extent,  finding  ready  sale  at  17c.

in 

Game— Rabbits  are  in  fair  demand  at 
$1.25  per  doz.  Squirrels  are 
in  active 
demand  at  $131.25  per  doz.  Mallard 
ducks  are 
fair  demand  and  ample 
supply  at  $4.25  per  doz.  Teal  ducks 
are  higher,  readily  commanding  $2.50 
32.75  Per  doz.  Common  ducks  fetch 
$1.5032. 
Sand  snipes  command  75c 
per  doz.  and  yellow-legged  $1.50  per 
doz.

Grapes— New  York  Concords  are  held 

at  15c  for  4  pound  baskets.

Honey— White  clover  is  scarce  at  153 
16c.  Dark  amber and  mixed  command 
13314c.

fact  that 

Lemons— Despite  the 

large  buyers,  interest 

fairly  healthy  state,  and  the 

last 
in  foreign  lemons  re­
year’s  business 
importers 
sulted  in  considerable  loss  to 
and 
in  the  new 
crop  now  coming  forward  in  large quan­
tities  is  fairly  active  and  there  isagood 
demand.  This  demand  is  attributed  in 
part  to the  warm  weather  of  the  late  fall 
and  to  the  fact  that  the  Eastern  move­
ment  of  the  California  crop  has  been 
small  compared  to  other  seasons.  The 
crop,  according  to  private  reports,  is  in 
a 
fruit 
shows  up  sound  and  well  colored.  The 
stock  coming  forward  is  fully  up  to  the 
standard  of  the  previous  season,  and 
in 
the  absence  of  serious  competition  with 
the  California  product  is  bringing  aver­
age  prices.  So  far  this  season  only  four 
carloads  of  California  lemons  have  been 
shipped  to  the  Eastern  markets.  The 
greenness  of  the  fruit  and  backward 
condition  of  a  large  part  of  the  crop  is 
responsible 
for  the  small  movement  to 
date.  Last  year  for the  corresponding 
period  the  shipments  East  aggregated 
thirty-three carloads,  a portion  of  which, 
however,  consisted  of  oranges. 
The 
is  very  firm  with  an  upward 
market 
tendency.  There 
is  an  enlarged  de­
mand 
from  all  sections  of  the  country 
for  Thanksgiving,  and  shipments  are 
light,  which  may  cause  an  advance 
soon.

Live  Poultry—-Squabs  are  in  fair  de­
mand  at  $1  per  doz.  Pigeons  are  in 
strong  demand  at  50360c  per  doz. 
Chickens  are  strong  at  637c.  Fowls 
are  not  so  active  at  536c.  Turkeys  are 
eagerly  purchased  at  739c.  Ducks  are 
in  fair  demand  at  536c.  Geese  fetch 
$536  per  doz.

Nuts—Ohio  hickory  command  $1.25 

for  large  and  $1.50  for  small.

Onions— Spanish  have  advanced  to 
$1.50  per  crate  and  home  grown  are  ac­
tive and moving as heavily  as transporta­
tion 
facilities  will  permit  on  the  basis 
of  35c  for  Red  Weatherfields,  Yellow 
Danvers  and  Yellow  Globes  and  40c  for 
Red  Globes.

Parsnips—$1.25  for  3  bu.  bbl.
Plums— German  prune  from  cold  stor­

age  are  held  at  $3  per  bu.

Potatoes— The  market  is  stronger  and 
higher,  due  to  the  scarcity  of  cars  and 
the 
inability  of  buyers  to  move  their 
supplies.  Many  markets  are  practically 
bare  of  stock  and  are  clamoring  for sup­
plies  and  offering  unexpected  prices  for 
immediate  shipment. 
Paying  prices 
have  advanced  to  30c  at  outside  buying 
points,  although 
local  competition  fre­
quently  forces  the  price  even  higher.  . It 
is  believed  that  there  will  be  a  scarcity 
in  spots,  due  to  the  consumption  of 
lo­
cal  supplies,  but  that  we  will  not  see 
high  prices  until  we  are  confronted with 
a  long-continued  cold  spell  later  in  the 
season.
pound.
Sweet  Potatoes— Jerseys  are  in  good 
demand at $3.5033.75 per bbl.  Virginias 
are  active  on  the  basis  of  $2.2532.50 
per bbl.

Squash— Hubbard  commands  ij^c  per

Turnips—$1  per bbl.

BU SIN ESS  C H A N C ES.

138

t r»OR  SALE  —  FIRST-CLASS,  UP-TO-DATE 

m eat m arket;  best location In  city  of  20,000; 
excellent trade.  Poor health reason  for  selling. 
A ddress 138, care Michigan Tradesm an. 
Ij'O R   SALE  — ONE  100  HORSE  POW ER 
r   Standard  w ater  tube  boiler;  one  85  horse 
power engine and part of  an electric light  plant. 
Otsego Electric Light Co.. Otsego, Mich. 
137
Dr u g   s t o c k   f o r   s a l e —r e n t   v e r y
cheap;  good location in city  of  9,000  inhab­
itants:  resort town.  Stock invoices  $2,000.  Ad- 
dress No.  I3ii, care Michigan Tradesm an. 
13»
U 'O R   s a l e —f i n e   h o t e l   a n d   s m a l l
E 
livery barn;  doing  good  business;  term s  to 
suit.  A ddress  No.  135,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man_______________________________ 

F'O R   SALE  —  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 

hardw are and store building.  Will  ren t  the 
building and  sell  the  stocks  together  or  sepa­
rately.  Good location to add  groceries  to  hard­
w are stock or for the establishm ent of  a  general 
store.  This is a rare  opportunity  for  the  right 
person.  Address P.  M-, Lacota, Mich. 
| * 7  ANTED—LOCATION  FO r TTRST-CLASS 
» *  shoe store.  A ddress Alex.  Friedm an, Cold- 
w ater, Mich. 

133 

135

132

130

goods,  groceries  or  boots  and  shoes.  M ust 
be cheap.  A ddress A. I)., care Michigan Trades­
man^___________  

SPOT  CASH  PA ID   FOR  STOCK  OF  DRY 
FfOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  STOCK 
W ANTED—TO  SELL  AT  ONCE  AT  A 

of M erchandise—F arm ;  good buildings;  two 
miles from flourishing village.  Address 433 Sixth 
St.. Traverse City, Mich. 

bargain, steam roller mill, 75  barrel  capac­
ity;  in good condition;  located in lively  town  of 
9,000 inhabitants.  Reason for selling, ill health. 
A ddress H. L. Sharick, Ionia, Mich. 
U 'O R   SALE—FIN EST  UP-TO-DATE  DRUG 
r   store  in  Southern  M ichigan;  no  cutting; 
clean drug stock only;  fine location and  old  and 
established stand.  A ddress Lock Box 101,  Kala­
mazoo, Mich.____________________________ 125

121

123

Ex c h a n g e —f o u r  g o o d  h o u s e s , f r e e

and clear, good location, for a  stock  of  dry 
goods or clothing, either in or out of  city.  Reeu 
Si  Osgood,  32  Weston  building,  Grand  Rapids. 
___________________________________ 
U ’OR  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  IN   GOOD 
r   country trading point.  Terms  to  suit  pur­
chaser.  Will  rent  or  sell  store  building.  Ad- 
dress No,  lie, care Michigan Tradesm an. 

ij’OR  SALE—CLEAN  $2,000  DRUG  STOCK, 

with few fixtures, located  in  good  town, 500 
population.  All  cash  trade.  Rent  low.  Tele­
phone  agency  pays  rent.  Terms  to  suit  pur­
chaser.  No  exchange.  Owner  has  other  busi­
ness.  Address No.  117,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man._____________________________-_______ 117

127

116

to exchange for  tim bered  land or  improved 
farm  or  stock  of  goods.  A ddress  L.  C.  Town- 
send, Jackson, Mich._____________________114

Br y s o n   b r i c k   s t o r e   a t   o v i d , m i c h .,
SPOT  CASH  DOWN,  W ITHOUT  ANY  DE- 

lay,  will  be  paid  for  stocks  of  dry  goods, 
shoes  or  general  merchandise,  a t  a  discount. 
Correspondence  positively  held  confidential. 
Large  stocks  preferred.  A ddress  A.  P.,  care 
Michigan Tradesm an. 
U 'O R   SALE  OR  TRADE—A  FIRST-CLASS 
I 
three hundred tw enty acre farm  in Southern 
Michigan.  Terms  reasonable.  A ddress  Box 
720, Dowagiac, Mich. 

Ij'O R  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  SHINGLE 

mill  complete.  Capacity,  40,000  per  day. 
J u st closed, having finished the  cut  in  th a t  sec- 
tion.  A ddress Lock Box 738, Belding, Mich.  80

106

107

958

ANTED—YOUR ORDER  FOR A RUBBER 
stam p.  Best  stam ps  on  earth   a t  prices 
th at  are  right.  Will  J .  W eller,  Muskegon, 
Mich. 

Ij'OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL 

Stock  of  M erchandise—60  acre  farm ,  part 
clear, architect house  and  barn;  well  w atered. 
I also have two 40  acre  farm s  and  one  80  acre 
farm  to exchange.  A ddress No. 12,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesm an. 
Ij'O R   S A L E -N E W   GENERAL  STOCK.  A 
r   splendid farm ing conntry.  No  trades.  Ad­
dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesm an. 
680
A NY  ONE  W ISH IN G   TO e n g a g e  i n  t h e  
grain and produce and  other  lines  of  busi­
ness can  learn  of  good  locations  bv  communi­
cating w ith  H.  H.  Howe,  Land  and  Industrial 
Agent C. & W . M. and  D., G. R. & W.  Railways, 
G rand Rapids, Mich.______________  

919

12

M ISC E LLA N EO U S.

i§i

129

,  for  Michigan  flour  mill; 

\ 1 7  ANTED — EX PERIEN CED   TRAVELER 
”
territory  to  be 
outside of Michigan.  Only men  w ith experience 
in selling goods on  the  road  need  apply.  Give 
references.  A ddress  No.  134,  care  Michigan 
Tradesm an. 

ij'IRST-CLASS  DRUGGIST,  REGISTERED^ 
wishes  steady  position.  A ddress  No.  129, 
care Michigan Tradesm an. 
WANTED — EX PERIEN CED   SALESMAN 
for  dry  goods,  clothing,  boot  and  shoe 
store.  Young  man  preferred.  M ust  furnish 
good references.  A ddress  No.  131,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesm an. 
131
'T 'O   RENT—NEW   STORES  W ITH   LIG H T 
A   basem ents;  steam   heat; 
steel  ceilings; 
cement floors in basement:  55  to  61 South  Divi­
sion St.  C.  W.  Eaton,  Hotel  Warwick,  Grand 
Rapids. 
ANTED—POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OR 
head  clerk  in  general  store.  H ave  had 
valuable experience as  m anager  and  buyer  for 
ten  years.  Address  No.  77,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

128

77

Travelers*  Time  Tables.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

C H IC A G O ■

'ta *

C h ica g o .
4:05pm  *11:50am
Lv. G. Rapids, 7:10am  12:00m 
A r. Chicago, 
1:30pm  5:00pm  10:50pm  *7:05am 
5:00pm  *11:50pm
Lv. Chicago,  7:15am  12:00m 
A r. G. Rapids, 1:25pm  5:05pm  10:55pm  *6:20am 

T r a v e r se  C ity , C h a r le v o ix  an d ±*etoskey.

Lv. G. Rapids, 7:30am 
A r.TravC ity,  12:40pm 
Ar. Charlev’x,  3:10pm 
Ar. Petoskey,  3:40pm 

4:00pm 
9:10pm 
12:25am 
12:55am
at  2:40pm,  and
Trains  arrive  from  north 
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping  cars  on 
»Every day.  O thers week days  only.

and 10:45pm.
night trains to and from Chicago.

DETROIT,Qrand Rapids & Western

June 36,  1899.

D e tro it.

Lv. Grand R apids____ 7:00am  12:05pm  5:25pm
4:05pm  10:05pm
Ar.  D etroit................... 11:40am 
Lv.  D etroit...................  8:40am 
1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar. Grand R apids___   1:30pm 
5:10pm  10:55pm

S ag in aw ,  A lm a   a n d   G re e n v ille .

Lv. G.R.7:00am5:10pm Ar. G. R. 11:45am9:40pm 
Parlor Cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Traihs run week days only.

G e o. D e H a v e n , G eneral Pass. Agent.

GRAND Trank Railway System

Detroit and M ilw aukee Div

(In  effect Oct 9, 1899.)

Going East.

Leave 

Arrive
Saginaw,  D etroit & N. Y .........+  6:50am  t   9:55pm
D etroit and E a s t.......................tl0:l6am   t   5:07pm
Saginaw, D etroit & E a st.........f  3:27pm  +I2:50pm
Buffalo, N.  Y., Toronto,  Mon­
treal & Boston, Ltd Ex..*  7:20pm  *l0:16am 
Going W est.
Gd. H aven Express...................*l0:2lam  *  7:15pm
Gd. H aven and In t. P ts ...........tl2:58pm  +  3:19pm
Gd. H aven and M ilwaukee— t  5:12pm  tl0 :llam  
Gd. H aven and M ilwaukee  ..  tl0:00pm  +  6:40am 
Eastbound  6:50am  train  has  W agner  parlor 
car to D etroit, eastbound 3:27pm train has parlor 
car to D etroit.

♦Daily. 

tE xcept Sunday.

C. A. J u s t in , City Pass. Ticket Agent,'

97 M onroe St., M orton House.

r  4»

QRAND Rapids  &  Indiana Raliwny

O ctober s a ,  1899.

N o rth e rn   D iv isio n . 

Going 
From  
N orth  N orth
Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack, 
t   7:45am 
t  5:15pm 
Traverse City &  Petoskey.. 
t   2:10pm  +10:15pm 
Cadillac Accom modation...  +  5:25pm  +I0:45am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City  +11:00pm  +  6:20am 
7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars;  11:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

S o u th e rn   D iv isio n

From 
Going 
South 
South 
+  9:45pm 
+ 7:10am 
K alam azoo,Ft.  W ayneCin.
+  2:00pm
+  2:00pm
Kalamazoo and F t. W ayne.
*  6:45am
Kalamazoo, F t. W ayne Cin.  *  7:00pm 
*  9:10am
Kalamazoo and  Vicksburg.  *11:30pm 
7:10am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati 
coach to Chicago;  2:00pm train has parlor  car to 
F ort Wayne;  7:00pm train has sleeper  to Cincin­
nati;  il:30pm   train,  sleeping  car  and  coach  to 
Chicago.

C h ic ag o   T ra in s  

Michigan  Business  Men’s Association 
resident, C. L. W h it n e y ,  Traverse  City;  Sec­
retary, E. A. St o w e, G rand  Rapids.
Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

resident,  J.  W is l e r ,  M ancelona:  Secretary, 
E. A. St o w e, Grand  Rapids

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
resident,  J o seph  K n ig h t ;  Secretary.  E. 
Ma r k s ;  Treasurer, C  H.  F r i n k .

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association 

resident, F r a n k   J.  D y k ;  Secretary,  Hom er 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. G eo r g e  L e h m a n .

Sagman  Mercantile  Association 

resident,  P.  F .  T k e a n o r ;  Vice-President, 
J ohn  McBr a t n ie ;  Secretary, W.  H. L e w is.

Jackson  Retail  tim ers’  Association 
'resident,  J.  F r a n k   He l m e r ;  Secretary,  W. 
H.  Po r t e r ;  Treasurer, L.  P e l t o n .
Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

’resident,  A.  0 .  C l a r k ;  Secretary,  E.  F. 
Cl e v e l a n d ;  Treasurer.  W m.C .  Koehn

Muskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

’resident,  A l b e r t  T o w l;  Secretary,  1).  A 
Bo e l k in s ;  Treasurer,  J .  W.  Ca s k a d o n .

Bar  Cities  Retail Grocer«’  Association 

’resident,  M.  L.  De Ba t s ;  Secretary.  S.  W. 
Wa t e r s . 

______

Kalamazoo  Beta I  Grocers’  Association 

’resident, W.  H.  J o h n so n ;  Secretary,  C h a s. 
H y 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.

Owonso  Business  Men’s Association 

[’resident,  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.

Alpona  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 

P resident,T ho s.B r o m l e y ;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

A.  P e r c y ; T reasurer, C l a r k  A. Pu tt.

Pott  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

He d d le. 

.

Grand  Haien  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

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

Ho e k s. 

______

Tale  Bnsine88  Men’s  Association 

President,  C h a s.  Ro u n d s;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

P u t n e y .

M ANLY  MEN 

W OM ANLY  B EA U T Y
A re  the sure results o f w earin g our im p roved E le c ­
tro -M agn etic Belts.  T h e  w o rld ’s best.  C ures R h e u ­
m atism ,  N eu ra lgia ,  P ara ly sis.  Lam e  B ack,  L ive r 
and  K id n ey  T ro u b les,  and  all  M ale  and  Fem ale 
W eaknesses.  O rder one and pay fo r it w hen health, 
stren gth  and v ig o r are restored.  W rite T h e   D r.  C .J. 
L a n e  M edical C o .,  M arshall,  M ich.

PÜ

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

illustrated  catalogue  and  discounts.

us  tor

The  Worker’s 

Lunch

dainty  a  flavor  as  is  ever found  in  the  best bread.

Build  it  on  a  biscuit  basis— a  U nG G dd  basis. 
Use  any  kind  of  a  relish,  but  one kind  of  a  founda­
tion—   U i l G G d a   Biscuit.  They  possess  as 

Uneeda
Biscuit

have started  the  thoughtful  housewife crackerwards. 

in  UncGda  Biscuit  she  finds  food  novelty 

without loss  o f  nutritive  value;  a  complete,  satisfy­
ing,  health  giving food  that is  always  ready,  always 
fresh,  always  dainty.  These  are  the  reasons  why 

UflGGda  BiSCUlt make the ideal  lunch  for  the 

business man or the mechanic— for everybody.  Order 
one  of  the new  5 cent air tight  packages.

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THE  BELKNAP  WAGON  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Not  how  cheap  but  how  good.  Write  for  catalogue  and  prices.

NO.  113

T O   C H IC A G O .

F R O M   C H IC A G O

Lv.G rand  R apids...+7  10am  +2  00pm  *11  30pm
Ar.  Chicago.........  2  30pm 
8  45pm 
7  00am
Lv.  Chicago................................. +3  02pm 
Ar. Grand R apids......................  9  45pm 
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has coach 
11:30pm train has coach and sleeping car;  trains 
leaving Chicago  3:02pm  has  coach;  ll:32pm  has 
sleeping car for G rand Rapids.

*11 32pm
6 45am

M u sk e g o n   T ra in s  

G O IN G   W E S T .

Lv. Grand R apids___t7 35am  +1 35pm 
t5 40pm
A r. M uskegon.............  9  00am 
7 00pm
2 50pm 
Sunday  train  leaves  G rand  Rapids  9:15am 
arrives M uskegon a t 10:40am.  R eturning  leaves 
M uskegon 5:30pm ; arrives Grand Rapids, 6:50pm

G O IN G   E A S T .
Lv.  M uskegon...+8  10am  +12 
Ar. G rand R apids...  9  30am 

tE xcept Sunday.  »Daily.

15pm  +4 00pm
5 20pm

1 30pm 

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

G en’l Pass’r  and Ticket Agent 
Ticket A gent Union Station.

MANISTEE ft  Northeastern Ry

B e st route to  M anistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. G rand Rapids.........................   7 ooam
A r. M anistee.................................. 12 05pm
Lv. M anistee..................................  8 30am
Ar. G rand  R apids........................   1 00pm

4  10pm 
9  56pm

JK file of JVIopey as Big as a jVlouptaip

Is  lost  every  year through  careless  weighing

Give  us  all  the  money  given  away  each  year on  old-fashioned  scales  and  we  will  pay  off  the  Government  war 
debt  of  $200,000,000  and  have  money  left.
Write  to  us  about  the  Money  Weight  System  of weighing your  merchandise.  Remember,  our  scales  are  sold 
on  easy  monthly  payments.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio

No.  2  Decorated  German  China  Assortment.

N o  C h a rg e   fo r  P a c k a g e .

ARTICLES

Per
Total Retail Total
)ny«n Cost Eaoh  Selling
Doze n 
A ssorted Decorated F ru it P lates.............. 50  47 $0  24  $0  05 *0  30
Vi Dime Leader F ruit Plates. 7  inch..............
10
60
38
75
Vi Relief Design F ruit Plates, G7„  in c h .........
90
15
92
46
IL German China Fruit Plates, 7'4  inch....... 1  13
20 1  20
57
H Coupe Embossed F ruit  Plates  .................. 1  25
20 1  20
63
Carisbad  China F ru it Plates, 7%  in c h __ 1  50
25 1  50
75
1-6 Open  Handle Cake Plates............................ 2  00
50
25
34
1-6 Enameled  Flower Cake P lates................... 3 00
50 1  00
50
1 Toy Cups and Saucers...................................
60
05
37
37
10 1  20
78
1 Gold Mottoes Cups and  Saucers.  ............
39
90
15
48
H Landscape A ssortm ent Open T eas............
90
20 1  20
XA Cupid A ssortm ent Cups and  Saucers....... 1  25
63
25 1  50
83
Vt Chrysanthemum Cups and  Saucers.
I  65
Vi Tinted  Lustre Cups and Saucers................ 2  10 1  05
25 1  50
50 1  50
H Translucent China Cups and  Saucers....... 3  50
88
30
W atteau Picture M ugs..................................
05
20
40
10
Vi Bargain  Dime M ugs.......................................
00
38
75
60
20
Heavy Relief Tinted  M ugs.......................... 1  50
38
34 Raised Design  M ugs..................................... 2  00
25
50
75
H Figure Three Piece P late  Sets 
......... 1  75
25
75
44
34 Relief Design Three Piece Plate Sets  __ 2  00
25
75
50
35 1  05
34 Transparent China 2 Piece Plate  S ets.... 2  25
56
H Royal  Bonn 3 Piece Bread and  Milk  Sets. 1  80
25
75
45
H Embossed 3 Piece Bread and  Milk Sets.  . 2 25
35 1  05
56
1-6 Large Tankard 3 Piece Bread & Milk Sets 3  25
50 1  00
55
1 Decorated Cream  Pitcher 
60
05
42
42
Vi Flowerhead Cream  Pitchers 
10
60
40
80
Vi Carlsbad China Cream  Pitchers.  .............. 1  15
90
15
58
Vi Tankard Shape Cream  P itchers................ 1  65
1  50
83
H Genuine F rench China  P itchers................ 2  00
75
25
50
H W hite and Gold Sugar and ('ream  S e ts .. 1  25
20
60
31
75
H Embossed P attern Sugar and  Cream  Sets 1  87
25
49
1-6 Royal W orcester Sugar and Cream Sets.
50
50 1  00
3 00
1-12 Tinted 4 Piece Table  Set 
............ 8  00
67 1  00 1  00
1-12 Decorated 4 Piece Table  Set 
................... 10 50
87 1  25 1  25
1 China F ruit Saucers.......................................
60
05
47
47
1 A ustrian China F ru it Saucers.....................
10 1  20
75
75
% Lilly of the Valley F ruit Saucers................ 1  50
20 1  20
75
1-12 Bavarian China  Cracker J a r   ..................... 3  00
50
50
25
1-fi Decorated 7 Piece Berry  S ets..................... 6  50 1  09
75 1  50
40
05
60
40
48
05
48
60
10
65
60
33
$23  11
$38  95
2 3  11
A N e t P ro fit o f o v e r 6 8  p e r  c e n t. o r $1 5  84

1 China Individual B utters.............................
1 Decorated A B C   Plates, 7%  inch..............
Vi Enameled A B C  Plates. 7k  inch..............

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

ORDER  AS  “ PACKAGE  NO.  a.”

Who  Pays

the  traveling  man’s  railroad  fare  and  hotel 
bills?
Who pays for the cigars  and  “ treats ’’  he  gives 
away to make sales?
Who pays his salary?

You,  Mr.  Merchant!

Our commercial  traveler  is  a  catalogue.  His 
railroad fare  averages  one  cent—his  expenses, 
nothing.  He calls  on  you  whenever  you  wish 
or whenever he has something  new  to  tell  you. 
He  is  thousands  of  dollars  less  costly  every 
year than a human  salesman.
The  money  he  saves  goes  into  the  pockets  of 
our customers— 15  to 30 per  cent,  on  every pur­
chase.
Twenty-five  hundred  customers  in  Michigan 
alone—some  others  as  far  off  as  India,  South 
Africa and  Australia.
Catalogues Nos.  150  (Holiday  Goods)  and  151 
(Staples)  are  ready— 256  pages  of  seasonable 
goods at reasonable figures.  Send for  them, or 
call and see  us.

No.  3  Assorted  Package  Miscellaneous  Toys.

N o  C h a rg e   fo r   P a c k a g e .

Dozen 

ARTICLES

Total Retail

Per
Dozen Cost
1 Assorted Bellows Toys, 12 k inds.............. $  24  $  24  $  05 *  60
1 10-cent Bellows Toys, 12  k in d s..................
70
70
10 1  20
1 5-cent N oah’s A rks  ..................................... . 
35
35
5
60
% 10-cent Noah’s  A rks.....................................
70
10
35
60
Vi Surprise Boxes, 5-cent size......................... . 
38
19
30
05
Vt Surprise Boxes, 10-cent size.......................
«0
30
10
60
1-6 Toy W ash Stands, large, antique finish.
.  2  00
34
25
50
1-0 Combination Toy Desks, antique finish.. .  2  10
35
25
H Baby Ring Toys,  lithographed............
28
1  10
15
45
1-6 Zip M arble Games,  lithographed............ .  2  00
34
25
50
1 WillowT  R attles..............................................
40
40
05
60
Vi 10-cent P aint Boxes......................................
38
10
60
- Vi T ransparent Slates, 5-cent size.................. . 
19
37
05
30
Vi Transparent Slates, 10-cent size................
65
33
10
60
Vi Building Blocks, partly  colored...............
24
48
05
30
Vi Soldier and Train Picture  Blocks............. .  1  10
90
15
1-6 Wood Train, Locomotive and 2  Coaches
2  00
34
25
50
H Monitors, lithographed, good  size........... . 
21
84
45
15
1-6 M ar Cruiser M aine....................................... .  2  00
34
25
50
Vi Embossed A B C   Cubes..............................
80
40
60
10
Toy F urniture, large 5-cent value.............
39
10
05
15
XÁ Toy Furniture, 10-cent  leader  ..................
69
17
10
30
1-6 Toy  Telephones............................................ .  2  00
34
25
50
1-12 Grocery Store and  S tock............................ .  2  00
25
17
25
1-12 Toy Stable,  filled..........................................
2  00
17
25
25
Vl K indergarten Blocks, entirely new ......... .  1  90
64
25 1  00
1 5-cent Toy  W atches,  assorted.................... . 
38
38
60
05
1 10-cent Toy W atches,  assorted.................. . 
85
86
10 1  20
.  1  75
29
25
50
1 Single  A crobats............................................ . 
35
35
05
60
1 Double  A crobats.......................................... . 
65
65
10 1  20
1 Clowns on  S tick...........................................
34
34
05
60
. 
!4 Sheep Folds, 4 wool sheep in a   fold....... ■ 
33
65
60
10
1 Celluloid Rattling  B alls............................
35
35
05
60
. 
1 Wool R eturn  Balls 
28
28
05
60
1-6 Xylophone, wood musical toy..................
.  1  70
28
50
25
1-6 5-Piece Laundry S et....................................
.  2  00
34
50
25
H Dolls’  High Chairs, large, colored...........
20
80
10
30
1-6 Toy Wood Tubs, very  larg e.....................
.  1  00
17
30
15
Vi
18
05
30
Vi Wood Guns, bright tin b arrel..................
75
38
10
60
Vi 5-cent  Kaleidoscope...................................
39
30
05
20
Vi 10-cent  K aleidoscope.................................
78
39
10
60
$14  37
$2 3   55
14  37
A  N e t P ro fit o f o v e r 6 0  p e r  c e n t. o r  $  9  18

1-6 Toy Accordians, 3 bellows.........................

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

. 
. 

ORDER  AS  “ PACKAGE  NO.  3.”

H.  LEONARD &  SONS,  Im porters  and  Jobbers  of

E veryth in g,

Fulton  and  Commerce Streets, Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

