Volume XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  7,1900.

Number  855

T H E   T IV O L I

“The  Marvel  of Modern  Pottery”

This exquisitely beautiful  pattern  is the latest creation of  W.  H.  Grindley  &  Co.  on  their

Famous Meteor Shape

and  is unquestionably the most pronounced success they have  ever  achieved.  The  design 
of violet flowers and green  leaves  and  buds  is  a  most  wonderful  production  of  transfer 
work and  imparts to the ware that softness of color harmony which characterizes  the  better 
grades of French  China.  The additional  features of the  pattern are the rich  embossments, 
the graceful shapes and artistic outlines,  the  lightness  of  weight  and  excellence  of  the 
selection, and the delicate gold tracery on the knobs and handles and dishes.
Order at once and get absolute  control for your locality.

Original  Crate  Assortment

30 sets Teas,  hand led..................
4 sets Coffees, handled  .............
l doz  Plates, 8-inch....................
13 doz.  Plates, 7-inch....................
5 doz. Plates, O-inch..................
7 doz.  Plates, 5 inch....................
i  doz.  Plates, 7-jnch soup coupe.
6 doz. Fruit Saucers, 4-inch__
H doz.  Spoon Holders.................
l doz.  Oatmeals........................
4 doz. Individual Butters............
H doz. Sugars 
.  ..........................
H doz. Creams.  .  . 
....................
1-6 doz. Bread P lates....................
Vt doz.  Bowls, 30s................
1-6 doz. Dishes, 8-inch. 
..........
H doz.  Dishes, 10-inch..................
H doz.  Dishes, 12-inch.............
l-6doz. Dishes, 14-inch..................
1 doz.  Bakers, 3-inch...................
Vt doz. Bakers, 7-inch..................
Vt doz. Bakers, 8-inch..................
»4 doz. Scollops, 7-inch.................
Vt doz. Scollops, 8-inch.................
H doz. Cdvered Dishes,  8-inch... 
1-6 doz. Casseroles, 8-inch. . .   —  
H doz. Covered Butters, 5-inch...
% doz. Sauce Boats.................
H doz.  Pickles.  ............................
1-6 doz.,lugs. 12s ............................
1-6doz. «lugs, 24s............................
H doz. Jugs, 30s............................
H doz. Jugs, 36s 
.................
1 doz. Oyster Bowls, 30s...........

Less 10 per cent

('rate and cartage

Per set  $  90
...............  l  05
Per doz 
l  69
...............  1  46
...............  1  24
...............  1  01
...............   1  46
3  60
......... 
............     1  36
............... 
45
.................5  40
.............  2  70
...............  2  70
...............  1  80
...............  2  25
...............  4 60
.................6  75
.................»  46
...............  1  58
...............  2  70
...............  4  05
.................2  70
...............  4  05
...............10 80
............... 12  15
...............  8  10
...............  3 60
............... 2  70
.................5 40
.................3  15
.................2  70
.................2  25
...............  1  80

$27  00 
4  20 
1  69 
18 98 
6  20 
7  07 
1  46 
4  08 
90 
1  36 
1  80 
1  80 
90 
45 
90 
38
1  35
2 25 
1  58 
1  58
1  35
2 02 
68
2 023 60 
2 03 
2 70 
1  20
90
90

1  80
$107  07 
10  70
96 37 
2 50
l|lilH  87

Always  buy  in  original  assortments and 

save  io  per cent.

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T H E   S P O R T S M A N

Has  to  buy  gun,  powder,  ball  or  shot  before  he 
can  bring  down  the  game.  And  he  has  to  go 
after  H IS   G A M E ,  too.  He  doesn’ t  wait  for  it 
to  come  his  way,  and  then  blaze  away;  that’s 
too  precarious;  too  Micawber  like.
The  best  way  to  be  prepared  for  Y O U R   G A M E  
is  to  get  in  a  supply  of

Royal  Tigers,  10c

and  Tigerettes,  5c

PH ELPS,  BRACE  &  CO.,  Detroit.

The  Largest Cigar Dealers in the  Middle  West.

F.  E.  BUSHM AN,  Manager

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p r r n r T t r f T Y T T T T T t n r r ' o  is m n r
£  Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co.,

Holland,  Michigan

B u c k w h e a t   P a n c a k e s   made 
from 
W alsh-DeRoo  Buckwheat  Flour  look 
like  Buckwheat,  taste  like  Buckwheat 
and  are  Buckwheat.  Absolute  purity 
guaranteed.  Send us your orders.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

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Glassware 
Fancy Goods
Lamps

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Johnson  Bros,  celebrated  Porcelain 

Century  Pattern, 

decorated  and  plain,  the  best 

on  the  market. 

It  leads  them  all.

Dinner  and  Tea  Sets 

in  many  designs.  A ll  new.

See our samples before placing  spring  ord­
ers.  Write  for  list  and  prices.  W e  will 
please you.

71=75 Jefferson  Ave., 

Detroit,  Mich.

Fred E. Hall.

Hall &  Hadden F ran k  W .  Hadden

Take  pleasure  in  announcing  to  the  trade  that  they 
are  Manufacturers’  and  Importers’  Agents  for

Crockery,  Glassware,  Lamps,

House  Furnishing Goods,  Etc.

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They  are  also  State  Agents  for  the 

Magical  Lamp Chimney

18  Houseman  Building 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

Citizens Telephone 2318.

MICA 

AXLE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

W A T E R   W H IT E   H E A D L IG H T   O IL   IS   T H E  

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

H IGH EST  PRICE  PAID  PO R  EM PTY  CAR B O N   AND  G A SO LIN E   B A R R E LS

S T A N D A R D   O IL   C O .

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Volume XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  7,1900.

Number  855

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Overcoats  and  Reefers  in  abundance. 
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overcoat $6.  KOLB & SON, oldest whole­
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N.  T.  Mail  orders  receive  prompt 
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IM PORTANT  FEATURES.

D ry  Goods.
T rials  o f th e   G rocer.
A round  th e   State.
G rand  R apids  Gossip.
T he  P rod nee  M arket .
W om an’s W orld.
E d ito rial.
E ditorial.
R u ral  M ail  D elivery.
Men  and  Dogs.
C rockery  and  G lassw are  Q uotations. 
Shoes  and  L eather.
Those  P io n eer  Saw m ills.
T he  M eat  M arket.
B u tter, Eggs and  P o u ltry  Situation. 
G otham   Gossip.
C om m ercial T ravelers.
D rugs and C hem icals.
D ru g  P rice C urrent.
G rocery P rice  C urrent.
G rocery P rice  C urrent.
Successful  Salesm en.
G etting  th e   People.
H ardw are  P rice  C urrent.
A ddress o f E x-P residont Stevens.* 
B usiness  W ants.

T he  G rain  M arket.
lack  of  speculation 

The 

in  wheat 
seems  to  depress  prices  for  the  present. 
Cash  wheat  is  getting scarcer right along 
and  prices  are  high  in  comparison  with 
futures.  Why  this  state  of  affairs  should 
exist  is  hard  to  tell  unless  it  is  the  ele­
vator  trust  in  Chicago,  which  is  crowd­
ing  prices  down,  notwithstanding  the 
visible  made  a  decrease  of  1,239,000 
bushels,  and  the  invisible  is  away  be­
low  what 
it  was  one  year  ago  when  we 
had  a  large  crop  to  help  out,  while  the 
present  crop  was  way  below  that  of 
1898.  To  be  sure,  our  exports  are  some 
30,000,000  bushels  less  than  at  the  cor­
responding  period 
in  1899,  but  what  is 
that  when  our  harvest  was  135,000,000 
bushels  less?  Still  the  short  element  is 
putting  new 
lines  out,  but  a  day  of 
reckoning  will  come,  and  come  when 
is  that  all 
least  expected.  The  report 
full,  but  we 
the  country  elevators  are 
fail  to  see 
if  they  were  so  full 
why 
is  not  more  offered  here?  We  had 
good  roads,  fair  prices,  but  no  wheat 
moving 
from  first  hands.  We  also  find 
that  what  little  wheat  is  held  by  coun­
try  elevators  is  held  by  farmers  and they 
do  not  propose  to  sell  while  the  outlook 
for  the  coming  crop  is  not  at  all  good, 
as  the  fly  has  destroyed  a  large  amount 
of  acreage,  which  will  have  to  be  re­
planted 
in  oats  or  com.  The  fields  in 
this  locality  are  covered  with  snow,  but 
south  and  east  of  us  the  ground  is  bare, 
not  alone  in  Michigan  but  in  Ohio  and 
Indiana.  Why  procrastinate?  It  seems 
a  foregone  conclusion  that  the  present 
price  of  wheat 
its  intrinsic 
value.

is  below 

it,  for 

Com  seems  very  steady  and  exporters 
have  taken  probably  35,000,000  bushels 
more  than  at  the  same  time  last  year 
and  farmers  are  not  tumbling  over  one 
another  to  sell,  but  prefer  to  wait  for 
better  prices.

Oats  are  held  up  in  price.  Receipts 
are  not  crowding  on  the  market  and 
the  oatmeal  men  are  picking  up  all  the 
oats  which  are  offered  at  present  and 
shipments  are  large,  which  accounts  for 
the  strength.

Rye  is  flat,  there  being  no  demand  to 
speak  of.  Distillers  are  out  of  the  mar 
ket.  Prices  are  not  changed.

Beans  are  being  picked  up  as  fast  as 
iffered.  Prices  are  still  above  the  $2 
mark  and  probably  will  remain  so  until 
mother crop  is  raised.

The  flour  trade  has  been  slow  the  past 
few  days,  as  the  dealers  seem  to  think 
that  the  price 
in  Chicago  wheat  regu­
lates  the  price  of  flour.  They  do  not 
know  that  this  can  not  be  the  case,  as 
that  kind  of  wheat  is  a  poor  article  to 
make  into  good  Michigan  flour.

Mill  feed  is  scarce  and  prices are  well 
sustained  for  both  bran  and  middlings.
Receipts  during  the  week  were  37 
cars  of  wheat,  19  cars  of  corn,  3  cars  of 
oats  and  1  car of  rye.

Receipts  for  the  month  were  182  cars 
of  wheat,  68  cars  of  corn,  16  cars  of 
oats,  5  cars  of  rye,  3 cars  of  flour,  2  cars 
of  beans,  10  cars  of  hay,  4  cars  of  straw 
and  1  car  of  potatoes.

For  the  corresponding  month  in  1899 
the  receipts  were  249  cars  of  wheat,  39 
cars  of  corn,  22 cars  of  oats,  11  cars  of 
rye.

We  might  mention  that  Detroit  re­
ceived  during  January  140  cars of wheat, 
against  182  cars 
for  Grand  Rapids.
Millers  are paying 67c  for wheat,  or  ic 
last  week,  while  prices  in 

more  than 
grain  centers  are  some  lower.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Old  H ands  a t th e  Busines»—A n o th er  Fake 

House.

Recent  developments  serve  to  con­
vince  the  Tradesman  that  the  McDonald 
trio  who  succeeded  in  swindling  Mich­
igan  shippers  out  of  $15,000  worth  of 
goods  during  the  month  of  December 
are  old  hands  at  the  business,  having 
been 
identified  as  the  Mullhall  gang, 
which  has  moved  from  place  to  place 
during  the  past  half dozen years,  leaving 
a  large  circle  of  mourners  in  the  vicin­
ity  of  each  locality.

The  Tradesman  is  informed  that  an­
other  attempt  will  be  made  to  exploit  a 
swindling  produce  house  here 
in  the 
near  future  and  that  circulars  are  al­
ready  being  prepared  by  a  local  printer, 
soliciting  shipments  of  eggs  at  prices 
above  the  parity  of  any  Western market 
The  Tradesman  wishes  to  caution 
its 
readers  not  to  make  shipments  to  this 
house  until  they  satisfy  themselves  as  to 
the  reliability,  or  unreliability,  of  the 
institution.  Further  facts  will  be  given 
by  the  Tradesman  from  time  to time 
regard  to  this  matter.

Smiles  cause  wrinkles;  but 

if  you 
laugh  all  the  time,  no  one  will  notice 
whether  your  face  be  smooth  or  not.

Mrs.  M.  Harvey  has  engaged  in  the 
comer  of 
grocery  business 
Wealthy  and  Grandville  avenues.  The 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the  stock.

the 

at 

Littlejohn  Bros,  have  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  near  Boyne  City.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  Ball-Barn 
hart-Putman  Co.

Rice  &  Matheson  have 

leased  a 
warehouse  at  Petoskey  and  will  open  a 
branch 
at  that  place 
March  1.

establishment 

GEN ERA L  TR A D E  R EV IEW .

In  considering  the  conditions  of  busi­
ness  throughout  the  country,  it  is  to  be 
into  consideration  that  the  long 
aken 
period  of 
increasing  activity  and  ad­
vancing  prices  has  caused  transactions 
in  anticipation  of  much  of  the  future  in 
almost  all 
lines.  A  year  ago  now  the 
anticipatory  business  was  in  full  blast, 
and  with  the  work  of  combination  and 
recapitalization  swelled  the  volume  of 
apparent  business,  as  indicated  by  the 
clearing  house,  far  beyond  any  previous 
record,  and  beyond  the  present  reports. 
Thus  a  considerable  portion  of  the  busi­
ness  now  in  progress  is  the  carrying  out 
>f  old  contracts,  which lessen  new  orders 
to  a  very  appreciable  extent.

the 

With  these  and  other  conditions,  such 
foreign  situation,  operating  to 
prevent  the  advance  of  stocks,  there  is 
such  a  strong  tone  in  the  general  situa­
tion  that  a  positive  upward  movement 
in  progress.  The  advance  is  slow, 
indus­
but  is  in  evidence  all  along  the 
trial  line,  and  in  less  degree  the  trans­
portation  issues  are  strengthening.  The 
lead  in  the  advance  is  taken  by  the  iron 
and  steel  stocks,  which  have  made  un­
expectedly 
reports  of  the 
year’s  business  and  declared  more  lib­
eral  dividends  than  anticipated.

favorable 

In  the  iron  and  steel  trades  the  tend­
ency  to  lower  prices  is  manifest  except 
in  cases  such  as  the  steel  and  wire  com­
bine,  where  prices  are  advanced 
in 
In  the  reports 
spite  of  the  conditions. 
of  prices  of  anthracite  pig  and  grey 
forge  and  for  billets,  bars  and  sheets  in 
Eastern  markets 
lower  prices  are  paid 
than  those  which  ruled  in  November; 
but  the  difference  is  such  as  to 
indicate 
that  the  situation  is  well  maintained  by 
a  strong  undertone.

The  movement  of  prices  in  textiles 
would  seem  to 
indicate  that  the  sum­
mit  of  the  advance  has  not been so  near­
ly  reached  as  in  most  other  lines.

The  woolen  manufacture  has  taken 
large  orders  for  heavyweight  goods  and 
at  prices  15  to  30  per cent,  and  aver­
aging  24  per  cent,  higher than  a  year 
ago,  with  wool  averaging  35  per  cent, 
higher.  But  the  big  orders  for  goods 
were  not  followed  by  purchases  of  wool 
and  the  trade  perceives  that  the  mills 
have  on  hand  substantially  what  they 
have  expected  to  require  for  the  sea­
son. 
If  they  prove  to  be  right  the  large 
quantity  of  wool  held  for  speculation 
will  have  to  be  sold  in  competition  with 
the  clip  which  comes  forward  in  May. 
The  cotton  manufacture  is  not  helped, 
nor  is  the  demand  for  goods,  by  the  rise 
of  cotton  five-sixteenths  during  the 
last 
week.

The  boot  and  shoe  works  are  getting 
little  new  business,  because  buyers  re­
fuse  to  pay  the  prices  asked  except  for 
the  limited  quantities  they  immediately 
need,  so  that  a  yielding  of  half  a  cent  a 
pound  in  hemlock  sole  and  some  other 
leather  is  not  a  bad  sign,  nor  the  grad­
ual  decline  in  hides  at  Chicago,  which 
has  averaged  4.6  per  cent,  since Decem­
ber  13.  Deliveries  on  previous  orders 
in  January  were 
from  Boston,  473,973 
cases,  not  quite  4  per  cent,  more  than 
in  1894,  but  19.8  per  cent,  smaller  than 
last  year,  while  Western  reports  indi­
cate  strong  expansion  of  the  business 
there.

Dry Goods

Tl>«  D ry  Goods  M arket.

to 

is  made 

is  there  a 

Staple  Cottons— Most  of  the  lines  of 
cotton  goods  are 
in  such  short  supply 
that  the  question  of  price  does  not  enter 
into  the  transaction  to  any  great  extent. 
For  goods  already  on  contract,  every 
effort 
secure  deliveries 
earlier  than  originally  contracted  for. 
The  business  is  larger  than  at  any  time 
during  the  past  ten  years  for  the  same 
period.  The  mills  are  unable  to-day  to 
cope  with  the  business  on  hand.  Not 
only 
large  yardage  still  on 
back  orders,  but  they  are  handicapped 
still  by  the 
lack  of  water  to  run  their 
machinery.  The  duplicate  orders  which 
must  soon  come  to  hand  have  been  held 
back  by  the  jobbers  until  they  can  form 
some  better estimate  of  their needs.  The 
jobbers  were  prepared  to  a  considerable 
extent  for  the  business  which  they  are 
doing,  and 
consequently  have  not 
rushed  their  new  orders  forward,  de­
pending  on  orders  already  placed  to 
keep  them  supplied  for  a  little  while.

cotton 

Linings— The 

linings  have 
shown  no  material  change  during  the 
past  week.  New  business  has  been 
very  moderate,  and  the  mills  are  mak­
ing  every  effort  to  deliver  old  orders 
within  the  time  specified.

Underwear— The  delivery  of  spring 
goods  began  about  three  weeks  ago. 
Owing  to  the  pressure  of  business,  the 
unusually  short  buying  season  and  the 
in  running  the  mills,  on  ac­
difficulty 
count  of  the 
lack  of  water  power,  the 
deliveries  are  very  slow  and  unsatisfac­
tory.  Buyers  now  realize  that  they  will 
not  receive  all  the  goods  they  contracted 
for.  The  demand  for  balbriggans 
is 
very  large,  and  a  great  deal  of  difficulty 
is  experienced  at  this  time  in  obtaining 
goods  even  at  advanced  prices.  A l­
though  the  advance  in  heavyweights 
is 
considerable,  it 
is  nothing  abnormal. 
The  fact  must  be  taken  into  considera­
tion  that  the  season  opened  last  year  at 
from  5@ioc  below  the  prices  of  the  year 
preceding 
it.  Prices  varied  consider­
ably  on  the  various  lines,  and  we  esti­
from  \2%  to  20 
mate  the  rise  to  be 
per  cent.,  the  sharpest  advances  being 
in  wool  goods.  Yarn  is  very  hard,  and 
a  great  many  manufacturers  find  diffi­
culty  in  obtaining  enough  yarn  to  man­
ufacture  fall  goods.

identical 

Hosiery— The  conditions  that  mark 
the  underwear  industry  seem  to  be  al­
most 
in  the  hosiery  business 
also.  There 
is  no  doubt  that  the  early 
buyer  will  reap  the  profits  of  his  fore­
sight.  The  manufacturers  are  beginning 
to  refuse  orders  from  the  jobbers,  in 
fact,  many  times  they  are  so  crowded 
with  orders  that  they  realize  that  they 
will  not  get  all  their  goods  delivered. 
Agents  refuse  to  take  orders  even  for 
next  season.  Buyers  will  certainly  have 
to  pay  an  advance  on  duplicate  orders. 
The  delivery  of  foreign  hosiery  will also 
be  greatly  delayed.  Raw  material  and 
labor  not  only  have  advanced,  but  it 
is 
difficult  to  get  good  labor  even  at  high 
prices,  as  the  laborers  are  seeking  em­
in  trades  paying 
ployment  elsewhere 
better 
the 
amount  of  goods  turned  out  must  of  ne­
cessity  be  less.

than  knitting  mills,  and 

Carpets— The 

jobbers  report  a  good 
demand for  carpets,  especially  ingrains. 
The  fact  that  the  prices  for  all  kinds  of 
carpets  are  sure  to  advance  has  stimu­
lated  the  buyers  to  place  larger  orders. 
The  average  price  for  all  wool  standard 
extra  supers  is  \7%c.  The  last advance 
lead­
of  I2^c  per  yard  by  some  of  the 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ing  n#ls,  Jan.  10,  brought  the  price  up 
to  50c.  We  do  not  know  of  any  orders 
having  been  taken  at  the  latter  price  as 
yet,  but  there  was  such  a  rush  of  orders 
at  the  old  price  that  manufacturers  were 
convinced  that  the  time  had  arrived 
when  they  should  ask  more  money. 
Many  of  them  are  covered  with  orders 
already  (at  the old  prices)  to  last  them 
practically  the  whole  of  the  season,  and 
the  advance,  as  we  stated  previously, 
will  only  affect  duplicate  business. 
It 
is  true  that  some  of  the  buyers  who 
were  banking  on  old  prices  remaining 
got  left  early  in  the  season,  and  recently 
stirred  themselves  to  get  in  before  any 
further  advance  was  made,  which  they 
are  now  convinced  must  come 
in  order 
to 
insure  the  manufacturer  against  the 
increase  in  the  price  of  all  raw  material 
and  yarn.  There  is  no  old  stock  to  draw 
from,  and  no  manufacturer  is  safe  in 
taking  orders  ahead  who  is  not  covered. 
Even  the 
lower  grades  of  yarn  have 
shared  in  the  improvement.  Some of  the 
leading 
ingrain  carpet  manufacturers 
state  that  they  feel  confident  there  will 
be  a  still 
further  advance  before  the 
opening  of  next  season.  Should  this  oc­
cur  it  will  place  the  manufacturers  in  a 
very  strong  position  at  the  opening  in 
In  fact,  some  who  anticipate  a 
May. 
very  early  opening 
inform  the  writer 
that  they  have  already  commenced  to 
prepare  their  samples.  This  is  not  gen­
eral,  as  the  average  mill  does  not  com­
mence  to  get  them  out  for  some  weeks 
to  come.

report 

Smyrna  Rugs— Are  very  firm  at  the 
latest  advanced  prices.  They  have  met 
with  phenomenal  success  this  season. 
Some  manufacturers 
that  had 
they  been  equipped  with  three  times 
their  capacity  they  could  easily  have 
taken  orders  enough  to  keep  their  ma­
chinery  running 
full.  Stocks  of  this 
class  of goods  are  small,  and  great  diffi­
culty  is  experienced  in  procuring  ma­
terial.  Those  who  have  placed  their 
orders  at  the  present  prices  are  very 
fortunate.

Suspicions  A roused .

Smith—What’s  wrong,  old man?  You 

look  worried.

Jones— I  am.  You  know  I  had  my 

life  insured  last  week.

Smith— Y es;  but  what  has  that  got  to 

do  with  it?

Jones— Well,  the  very  next  day  my 
wife  bought  a  new  cook  book.  Possibly 
it’s  all  right,  but  it  certainly  looks  sus­
picious.
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clerks  stepped  up  on  the  shelf and broke 
it  down!  She  was  afraid  of  a  whip­
ping,  of  course.  The  father  believed 
her,  and  I  was  out  the  cost  of  the  glass. 
If  people  can’t  keej>  their children  out 
of  mischief,  they  should  keep  them  at 
home,  where  they  can  have  all  the  fun 
to  themselves.

“ Now, 

these  are  all  small  things,”  
continued  the  grocer,  “ but  a  good  many 
small  things  make  a  big  thing,  and  big 
things  make  people  very  weary  some­
times.  Children  are  taught  to  steal  by 
being  allowed  to  take  candy,  nuts,  fruit 
and  crackers 
from  open  packages  or 
barrels  at  the  grocery  stores,  but  parents 
get  angry  if  anything  is  said  about  it.  1 
think  there  ought  to  be  a  special  heaven 
made 
They  endure  so 
much  here  that  any  ordinary  paradise 
won't  be  sufficient  reward  for them.”

for  grocers I 

“ Of  course, 

there  will  be  plenty  of 
this  new  heaven?”   1 

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children 
asked.

“ Y es,”   was  the  smiling  reply,  “ but 
they  won’t  go  toddling  about  the  golden 
streets  with  grocers’  pass  books  in  their 
dainty  hands,  getting  kerosene  for  mo­
lasses  and  breaking down store shelves. ”  

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

TRIA LS  O F  T H E   GROCER.

“ And  the  boy  was  ordering  goods  for 

No  O r d in a r y   P arad ise  Sufficient  R ew ard 

the  family  right  along?”

for  H im .
Written for the Tradesman.

I 

had  just  secured  the  attention  of  the 

proprietor  of  the  grocery  and  was  in  a 
fair  way  of  doing  a  good  stroke  of  busi­
ness,  when  the  door  flew  open  with  a 
bang  and  a  red-faced  boy  of  io  dashed 
into  the  store.  He was  hatless  and  coat 
less,  his  trousers  were  hoisted  nearly  to 
his  armpits  by  one  string  of  a  suspen­
der,  his  feet  were  bare,  although  the 
morning  was  cool,  and  his  face  looked 
as  though 
it  hadn’t  been  washed  in  a 
year.

“ S ay,”   he  yelled,  blustering  up  to 
the  merchant  and  setting  a  dirty  and 
battered  old  tin  pail  on  the  counter, 
“ ma  don't  want  this  stuff.  She  didn’t 
say  kerosene,  she  said  molasses.  She’ll 
give 
it  to  you  fer  mussing  up  this  pail 
with  your  old  o il.”

“ Didn’t  you  ask  for  oil?”   demanded 
the  merchant,  a  red  spot  growing  on 
either  cheek.

“ No,  I  didn’t.  What  would  I  want  to 

ask  fer  oil  fer?’ ’

The  merchant  called  one  of  his  clerks 
and  had  the  exchange  made,  although 
it  was  evident  that  the  order  had  been 
correctly  filled,  and  the  boy,  after  de­
manding  a  stick  of candy for his trouble, 
bounced  out  of  the  door,  leaving  it  open 
behind  him.

“ Children  are  good  customers,”  

I 

suggested.

“ Don’t  know  what  we’d  do  without 
“ They  make 
them,”   said  the  grocer. 
mistakes 
in  giving  orders  and  it  is  all 
laid  to  the  grocer.  They  order  things 
which  the  parents  know  nothing  of, 
when  they  get  hold  of  the  pass  book, 
and  the  grocer 
is  accused  of  trying  to 
rob  and  swindle  the  father.  They  fall 
down  and  break  glass  pitchers  and 
knock  holes  through  tin  pails  and  lose 
money  and  pass  books,  and  come  back 
crying  for  the  grocer to  help  them  out 
in  some  manner  so  they  won’t  get 
whipped  at  home.  Oh,  yes,  we  have 
fine  times  with  children ! 
I wonder  that 
parents  trust  them  to  do  so  much  trad­
in g.”

* * Perhaps  the  women  are  busy  and 
really  do  not  understand  what  nuisances 
the  children  make  of  themselves,”   l 
suggested.

“ They  ought  to  know,”   was  the  re­
ply,  “ by  the  way  the 
little  things  act 
around  home.  The  other  day  a  boy  not 
yet  6  years  old  drove  away  one  of  my 
delivery  rigs  while  the  clerk  was  lug­
ging  stuff  down  cellar  for  the  mother— a 
thing  he  ought  never  to  have  been  re­
quired  to  do.  The  horse ran away,  broke 
the  wagon  and  came  very  near  killing 
the  boy.  And  what  does  the  mother  do 
but  come  down  here  and  give  me  an 
old-fashioned 
for  not  making 
my  clerk  hitch  his  horse?  She  never 
thought,  of  course,  that  it  was  her  duty 
to  keep  her  young  one  out of the street. ’ ’
“ I  presume  you  explained  that  to 

‘ jaw ing’ 

her,”   I  said.

“ Of  course  I  d id ,”   was  the  reply.  “ I 
lost  a  customer,  but  I  freed  my  mind. 
And  speaking  about children  running up 
unauthorized  accounts  reminds  me  of  a 
thing 
that  happened  only  yesterday. 
About  a  month  ago,  in  settling  with  old 
Brown,  we  found  a 
lot  of  candy,  nuts 
and  similar  stuff  that  the  boy  had  or­
dered  without  the  knowledge  of  his  par­
ents.  At  first  old  Brown  swore  that  I 
was  trying  to  cheat  him ;  then,  when  the 
little  rascal  admitted  getting  the  stuff, 
he  declared  that  I  had  no  right to  let the 
boy  have  the  goods  and  declined  to  pay 
for them. ’ ’ 

r

“ Certainly.  Well,  the  old  man  finally 
settled,  with  many  cuss  words 
and 
threats,  and  all  went  on  smoothly  until 
yesterday. 
Then  the  boy  came  in  and 
called  for  a 
lot  of  nuts  and  candy  and 
said  he’d  take  them  with  him.  Of 
course  I  thought  I  smelled  a  mouse  at 
once  and  questioned  him.  He  acted 
guilty  and  1 
I 
would  not  let  him  have  the  goods  with­
out an  order  from  his father or  mother. ”

finally  declared  that 

“ Right,  of  course.”
“ Oh,  yes,  but  just  see  how 

it  came 
little  chap  went  away  mad 
out.  The 
and  came  back 
in  five  minutes  with 
his  father.  And  the  father  was  mad, 
too.  You  see,  they  were  arranging  for  a 
party  of  some  sort  at  the  house,  and  the 
urchin  had  really  been  sent  for  the  nuts 
and  candy.  The  father  called  me  down 
before  a  storeful  of  customers,  said  I’d 
called  his  boy  a  thief  and  all  that. 
1 
stood 
long  as  I  could  and  then 
kicked  him  out  of  the  store.  Another 
customer  gone!  But  one  can’t  stand 
everything,  you  know,  even 
if  he  does 
run  a  grocery  store. ’ ’

it  as 

“ The  people  do  not  agree  with  you on 

that  point,”   I  said.

“ No,  they  seem  to  think  we  will  en­
dure treatment  which  a  beggar  would re­
sent.  One  day,  not 
long  ago,  a  little 
girl  came  here  crying  and  said  she'd 
lost  the  pass  book  and  her  mother would 
punish  her.  She  was  a  pretty 
little 
thing  who  had  never  made  me  any 
trouble,  and,  having  a  little  spare  time 
just  then,  I  took  a  new  book,  copied 
into  it  the  family  account  from  my  own 
book,  and  gave  it  to  her.

“ You  should  have  seen  the  breeze  the 
thing  kicked  up.  The  mother  discov­
ered  the  substitution,  of  course,  and 
came  right  down  to  the  store  to  make  a 
fuss  about  it.  She had  learned  about  the 
loss  of  the  book  before  she  got  here,  of 
course,  and  hinted  that  I  might  have 
hidden  the  book  in  order  to  cheat  her. 
She  said  she’d  never  ordered  half  the 
things  charged  and  that  I  would  never 
have  dared  put  them  down  to  her  if  she 
had  her  book.

“ It  wasn’t  any  use  to  talk  to  her. 
The  child  declared  that  she  had  lost  the 
book  down  by  the  brook,  where  she  had 
stopped  to  play,  and  I  showed  her  that 
the  articles  charged  were  just  about  the 
average  supply  of  the  family  for  the  pe­
riod  included  between  the  first  date  and 
the  last,  but  it  was  of  no  use.  You know 
what  happened  then?”

in 

“ You  lost  another  customer.”
“ Yes,  but  I  gain  enough  by  common 
for  such 
sense  methods  to  make  up 
losses; 
fact,  I  do  not  want  to  do 
business  with  such  cranks.  People  who 
want  to  take  advantage  of  every  inci­
in  their  favor,  just  or  unjust,  are 
dent 
always 
in  trouble,  and  I  don’t  want  to 
have  them  buzzing  around  me.  There 
are  folks 
in  the  world,  you  know,  who 
believe  that  their  children  can  do  no 
wrong.  Such  a  man  came 
in  here  a 
week  or  so  ago  to  settle  a  bill,  bringing 
his  four-year-old  girl  with  him.  Candy 
when  bills  are  paid,  you  see,  candy  or 
a  cigar,  and  this  kid  came  along  to  get 
the  candy.

“ While  we  were  figuring  up  the  ac­
count,  the  girl  ran  to  the  back  of  the 
store  and  began  climbing  up  on  one  of 
the  shelves,  which  happened  to  hold 
empty  fruit  cans.  Well,  the  shelf  wasn’t 
made  to  hold  four-year-olds  and  fruit 
cans,  too,  so  it  promptly  dropped  to  the 
floor,  breaking  about  $5  worth  of  glass. 
And  do  you  know  that  youngster  de­
clared  up  and  down  that  one  of  my

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Around  the State

M ovem ents  o f M erchants. 

Onaway— Patee  &  Lovell  succeed  Eli 

W.  Potee  in  the  meat  business, 
h  Oscoda  Stockman 
it  Co., 
have  sold  out  to  J.  Lothian  &  Co.

ffrocers 

Munising— C.  H.  Brown  &  Son,  deal­
ers  in  notions,  have  discontinued  busi­
ness.

Flowerfield— Wm.  Tabb  has  pur­
the  general  stock  of  C.  H. 

chased 
Kepler.

Owosso— Chas.  J.  Shaw has  purchased 
the  hardware  stock  of  Frank VVescott,  at 
Vernon.

Lansing— Albert  Shaft  continues  the 
fruit  business  of  Shaft  &  Corwin  in  his 
own  name.

Maple  City— Stanley  &  Young  are  en­
larging  their  general  store  to  twice  its 
present  size.

Niles 

Inez  Tyler  has  purchased  the 
millinery  and  dry  goods  stock  of  Isaac 
D.  Van  Gorder.

Lakeview— J.  J.  Bale  has  purchased 
the  Staples  grocery  stock  and  will  con­
tinue  the  business.

Durand— D.  B.  Holmes  has  sold  his 
stock  of  dry  goods  to  Lyon  &  Pond,  who 
will  remove  it  to  Owosso.

Maple  Rapids— Lowe  &  Redfem,  the 
implement  dealers,  will  add  a 

farm 
stock  of  general  hardware.

Holland— W.  H.  Sutphen,  of  Alle­
gan,  will  open  a  wool  and  seed  store  on 
River  street  about  March  i.

Detroit— The  Hughes  &  Hough  Co. 
in  the  picture 

succeeds  Orrin  Wardell 
frame  and  art  goods  business.

Otsego— F.  E.  Bushman  has  sold  the 
Earle  drug  stock to  E.  A.  Dunwell,  whc 
will  continue  the  business  at  this  place.
Middlevilie—John  Campbell  has  sold 
his  stock  of  general  merchandise  and 
furnishing  goods  to  E.  F.  Blake  &  Co.
sold 
their  dry  goods  stock  to  Lyon  &  Pond, 
of  Owosso,  who  will  close  out  the  stock 
at  once.

Ionia— Simpson  &  Peer  hav.e 

Quincy— F.  A.  Wagner  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  and  meat  market  to  F.  A. 
Booth,  of  Homer,  who  takes  possession 
March  i.

Elsie  Walter  Lusk  has  purchased  a 
stock  of general  merchandise at Chilson. 
He  will  remove  his  grocery  stock  to 
that  place.

Trout  Creek  The  W.  F.  Dermont 
Co., 
the  Trout 
Creek  Lumber  Co.  are  succeeded  by  W.
F.  Dermont.

general  dealer,  and 

Brookfield— Myron  Stuart  has  pur­
interest  of John  O.  Smith, 
implement  firm  of 

chased  the 
in  the  agricultural 
Smith  &  Crane.

Saranac— J.  0 .  Norton  has  sold  his 

meat  market 
to  E .  Barrows  and  T
Thomas,  who  have  already  taken  pos 
session  of  same.

Kalamazoo— Geo.  A.  &  T.  B.  Oliver 
have  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of 
Harvey  Woodward  and  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Mt.  Pleasant— J.  F.  Butcher  &  Co. 
are  closing  out  their dry  goods  and  gro­
cery  business  and  will  devote  their  en­
tire  attention  to  their  lumber  interests.
Detroit— Nelson,  Baker  &  Co.  have 
filed  a  notice  in  the  county  clerk’s  office 
that  the  company’s  capital  stock  has 
been 
from  $200,000  to $250  - 
000. 

’
Adrian  Eariena  L.  Hambleton,  do­
ing  business  as  Hambleton  &  Co.,  at  11 
West  Maumee  street,  has  been  adjud­
icated  a  bankrupt  by  the  United  States 
Court  at  Detroit;  liabilities  about  $60,- 
000;  assets  about  $27,000.

increased 

St. 

Johns— Myron  A.  Kniffin,  who 
has  been  extensively  engaged 
in  the 
buying  and  shipping  of  eggs  for a  num 
ber  of  years,  has  sold  out  to  E.  F.  Dud­
ley,  of  Owosso.

Flint— H.  N.  Bush,  with  Charles  L. 
Bartlett  as  a  special  partner,  has  pur­
chased  the  J.  H.  Gotshall  &  C o.’s  gen­
eral  stock  and  will  continue  the business 
at  the  same  location.

Muskegon— John  Bolt,  who  recently 
retired  from  the  hardware  firm  of  Boer 
sema  &  Bolt,  has  purchased  the  dry 
goods  stock  of  Frank  Zimmer,  at  279 
West  Western  avenue.

Sunfield— Clyder  Collar,  of  Lowell, 
has  leased  the  store  building  now  occu­
pied  by  the  bazaar  stock  of  Mead 
Bros.,  and  will  engage 
in  the  bazaar 
business  about  March  1.

Escanaba— Rathfon  Bros.  &  Young 
will  shortly  open  their  branch  shoe  store 
in  the  Masonic  building.  A.  J.  Young 
will  manage  the  business  and  will  be 
assisted  by  Matt.  Fillion.

Horton— T.  H.  Knickerbocker  &  Co. 
will  shortly  establish  here  a  branch  of 
their  undertaking  business  at  Concord. 
Geo.  P.  Ryan,  of  Hanover,  will  have 
the  management  of  the  business  here.

Pigeon— The  Pigeon  Mercantile  Co. 
has  been  organized  at  this  place  to  suc­
ceed  John  J.  Campbell  in  the  drug  and 
jewelry  business  and  the Wallace-Camp- 
bell-Orr  Co.  in  general  trade  and  the 
mplement  and  elevator  business. 
Menominee— The  Richardson  Shoe 
Co.  has  increaased  its  capacity  over  30 
:ent.  New  machinery  has  been 
added  and  about  twenty  more  men  will 
be  employed.  The  company  expects  to 
turn  out  600  pairs  of  shoes  per  day.

Battle  Creek— W.  G.  Camburn,  of 
Charlotte,  who  purchased  the  drug  stock 
of  the  Chamberlain  Co.  some  time  ago, 
has  sold  out  to  Martin  H.  Goodale,  of 
the  Palace  Laundry  Co.  Mr.  Goodale 
will  dispose  of  his  laundry  business  as 
soon  as  possible,  when  he  will  take 
charge  of  the  drug  business.

H oughton-A  petition  has  been  filed 
n  the  United  States  Court  at  Marquette 
by  Peter  H.  Ratz,  a  butcher doing busi­
ness 
in  Houghton,  to  be  allowed  to  go 
into  voluntary  bankruptcy.  His  liabili­
ties  are  $3,925.07  and  his  assets  total 
$6,909.54,  but  of  the 
latter  $2,170  is 
claimed  as  exempt  under  the  law,

Ann  Arbor— Lindenschmitt  &  Apfel 
have  purchased  the  store  building  of 
Mrs.  A.  L.  Noble,  which  has  been  oc­
cupied  by  Noble’s  Star  clothing  house 
and  will  remove  their  clothing  stock  to 
that 
location.  Messrs.  Lindenschmitt 
and  Apfel  were  each  employed  as  clerks 
n  the  Noble  store 
for about  fourteen 
years  prior to  their engaging  in business 
five  years  ago.

Detroit— The  Kaiser-Blair  Co.  has 
been  incorporated  with  $5,000  capital, 
of  which  >4,000 is paid in.  The company 
will  deal 
in  clothing,  hats  and  men’s 
furnishings.  The  stockholders  are  John 
Kaiser  and  John  C.  Hartz,  219  shares 
each ;  Donald  C.  Blair,  62  shares.  Mr. 
Kaiser was  formerly  with  Schloss  Bros 
of  this  city,  while  Mr.  Blair  is  now  em 
ployed  by  John  C.  Harris  in  his  fur­
nishing  store.  Mr.  Hartz  will  carry  on 
his  own  business  as  at  present

M anufacturing;  M atters. 

Detroit— The 

capital  stock  of  the
Jenks  &  Muir  Manufacturing  Co.  has 
been  increased  from  $50,000 to $100,000.
D etroit-T he  M.  N.  Rowley  Co 

manufacturer  of 
butchers’ 
business 
same  style.

scales, 

safes  and 
its 
into  a  corporation  under  the 

supplies,  has  merged 

Battle  Creek—Another  factory  will  be 
erected  here  the  coming  spring  for  the 
manufacture  of  one  of  the  numerous 
health  foods  for  which  this  city  has  be­
come  famous.

Kalamazoo— Murphy  &  Bauer  have 
purchased  the  stock  of  the  Cornell  Car­
riage  Co.,  in  the  painting  room,  and 
have  removed  it  to  their carriage  paint- 
:ng  establishment  at  216  East  Water 
street.

Lansing— The  Mason  Furniture  Co., 
owned  by  Hugh  E.  Root  and  Cary  C. 
Seymour,  has  changed  hands.  Mr.  Sey­
mour  has  retired  and  C.  W.  Van  Slykr, 
ex-mayor  of  Mason,  has  purchased  the 
latter’s  interest.

Detroit  Fox Bros.  & Co.  have  formed 
a  copartnership  for  the  purpose  of  man 
ufacturing  wood  mantels  and  sped 
furniture.  Warren  G.  Vinton  put 
$1,166.66;  Albert  V.  McClure  and  John 
Kelsey,  $1,666.67  each.  They  are  the 
special  partners.  C.  W.  Fox  and  B.  J 
Fox  are  the  other  members  of  the  firm 
Homer— A  representative of the Squire 
Dingee  pickle  factory,  of  Chicago,  is  tc 
be 
in  a  few  days  to  confer 
with  the  citizens  municipal  improve 
ment  association  with  regard  to  moving 
the  factory  to  that  place. 
If  the  works 
are  secured  they  will  afford  a  new  and 
important  source  of  profit  for  the  farm 
ers  of  the  vicinity.

in  Homer 

Oxford  Articles  of  association  have 
been  filed  with  the  county  clerk  for  the 
Harris  Wire  Fence  Co.,  capitalized  at 
$30,000,  to  operate  at  this  place.  All 
stock  has  now  been  taken  and the money 
in.  F.  A.  Moore,  of  Detroit,  ii 
paid 
the 
largest  stockholder  in  the  concern, 
The  company  expects  to  begin  opera 
tions  about  the  middle  of  March.

Kalamazoo—The  Kalamazoo  Co-oper 
ative  Association  has  been  organized 
by  the  officers  and  employes  of  the  Up 
john  Pill  &  Granule  Co.  to  engage  ii 
the  mercantile,  manufacturing  or  agri 
cultural  business  to  the  profit  of 
its 
members.  The  ca pital  stock i s  $ 10,000, 
of  which  one-half  has  been  subscribed 
by  about  seventy-five  members  and  em 
ployes  of  the  company.

it 

in  what 

Lansing— Prospectors  have  been  mak 
ing  an  examination  of  the  marl  beds  in 
is  claimed  have 
this  vicinity  and 
is 
found  extensive  deposits 
known  as  the  Chandler  marsh, 
three 
miles  north  of  the  city  on  the  line  of the 
Michigan  Central  Railroad.  There 
is 
large  tract  of  swampy  land  several 
a 
miles 
in  extent,  under  which  it  is  be­
lieved  there  is  an  inexhaustible  supply 
of  marl  suitable  for the  manufacture  of 
cement.

Benton  Harbor— The  Board  of  Trade 
of  this  city  has  raised  $9,500,  which  se­
cures  for  Benton  Harbor J.  V.  Farwell 
&  Co  s  shirt,  overall  and  duck  t iat  fac­
tory,  which  will  open  May  1  with  100 
machines.  The  harwell company’s coi 
tract  states  that 
it  will  remain  in  this 
city  ten  years,  the  first  year  employing 
over  100  people,  and  not  less  than  250 
people  the  next  nine  years.  The  Far- 
wells  get  a  building  in  first-class  shape, 
with 
free  for  five  years  and 
the  deed  to  the  building  at  the  expira­
tion  of  the  contract  period.

insurance 

T he  B oys  B ehind  th e   C ounter.

Grand  Rapids— Claude  Boynton,  who 
was 
in  charge  of  the  black  goods  de­
partment  of  Spring  &  Company,  has 
been  compelled  to  suffer  the  amputa­
tion  of  a  leg  at  the  knee.  While  trying 
to  board  a  moving  street  car  last  fall  he 
suffered  a  fracture  of  the  bones,  which 
was  reduced  by  a 
It 
is  claimed  that  the  operation  was  not 
properly  done  and  that  amputation  was 
necessary  in  order  to  save  the  life  of the 
patient.  A   suit  for  malpractice  will 
probably  follow.

local  physician. 

for 

Houghton— Emil  Gelinais, 

the 
past  eleven  years  clerk  in  the  store  of 
Graham  Pope  at  this  place,  has  gone  to 
Trimountain  to  take  charge  of  the  new 
store  just  opened  by  the  Fay  people,  D. 
W.  Sutter  being  the  general  manager  of 
the  company  stores  at  Elm  River and 
Tri mountain.

Evart—Geo.  M.  Johnson,  of  Traverse 
City,  a  graduate  in  pharmacy,  is  now 
employed  at  Dumon  &  Son’s  drug store.

H ides,  P elts,  F urs,  T allow   and  Wool. 
Hides  are  closely  sold  up,  on  a  de­
clining  market. 
ic  per 
pound  lower  on  light  stock  while  pack­
ers  hides  are  quiet.  Dealers  who  were 
not  inclined  to  sell  last  week  have  sold 
freely  this  week.

Prices  are 

Pelts  hold  strong  and  are  in  good  de­
mand  at  fair  prices.  All  supplies  are 
wanted.

Furs  remain  firm,  with 

cleaned  up. 
Northern  Michigan.

The  catch 

lots  well 
in 

is  small 

Tallow  does  not  materially  change. 
There  are  no  great  offerings,  while  the 
demand  is  fair.

Wools  of  all  grades  are  wanted  and 
sales  East  are  of  considerable  volume. 
Large  manufacturers  are  well  stocked, 
but  they  are  consuming  large  amounts. 
The  cloths  offered  during  the  late  sales 
were  eagerly  taken,  while  the  price  was 
far  above  anticipations.  The  outlook 
could  not  be  well  bettered  for  futures  in 
WOGl- 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

Detroit  The  Southern  M anufacturing 
Co.  has  been  incorporated  with  $20,000 
capital,  of  which  $2,000  is  paid  in.  The 
stockholders  are  Bayard  T.  Brown  and 
James  Graham,  of  Detroit,  20  shares 
each;  Howell  T.  Fisher,  Detroit,  10 
shares;  Charles  A.  Howell,  Detroit,  40 
shares;  George Wandless,  Cleveland,’  40 
shares.  The  concern  will  carry  on  the 
business  of  mining,  refining,  smelting 
and  manufacturing  all  kinds  of  ores 
and  metals.

Sambrook, 

Marquette— F.  W. 

of 
Chocolay,  has  purchased  the  Bice  mill 
at  South  Marquette  from  the assignees of 
the  Wilkinson  estate.  The  mill  has 
been  idle  for several  years,  but  will  be 
completely  equipped  for  the  manufac­
ture  of  both  pine  and  hardwood. 
It  is 
rumored  that  Mr.  Sambrook  will  grad­
ually  transfer the  seat  of  his  operations 
from  Chocolay  to  this  place, although  he 
will  not 
the 
Chocolay  mill.

immediately  dismantle 

Infamous  Tactics  of the  Bell  Octopus.
'rom the Cheboygan Tri bune.
A   representative  of  the  Bell  telephone 
monopoly  has  been 
in  the  city  this 
week  trying  to  seduce  our  citizens  to 
patronize  that  company’s  system.  He 
is  a  smooth  talker,  but,  so far  as we  have 
heard,  has  not  met  with  very  great  en­
couragement.  Our  citizens  all  remem­
ber  the  outrageous  prices  charged  for 
service  by  the  Bell  prior  to  the  estab­
lishment  of  our home  company.  Before 
opposition  they  could  not  afford  to  fur­
nish  service  for  a  less  price  than  they 
were  charging.  As  soon  as  the  home 
in  operation  they  found 
company  was 
in  reducing  rates  and  in 
no  difficulty 
many 
instances  provided  free  service 
in  order to  crush  opposition,  but  it  did 
not  work,  our citizens  stood  by  the  Che­
boygan  company  and  made it successful. 
They  would  be 
foolish  to  again  place 
themselves  at  the  mercy  of  the  Bell 
octopus.

The  man  who  works  the  hardest  is  the 
is  trying  to  fix  things  so  he 

one  who 
won  t  have  to  work.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

Orand  Rapids  Qossip

T rials  and  T roubles  o f th e   E lw ood  P ap er 

Com pany.

H.  C.  Horrater,  traveling  representa­
tive  for  the  Elwood  Paper  Co.,  has  been 
in  town  several  days  undertaking  to  set­
tle  the  accounts  alleged  to  be  due  his 
house  for  paper bags  shipped  as  the  re­
sult  of  orders  he  took  here 
last  fall. 
Mr.  Horrater  has  compromised  with 
some  of  the  grocers  who  received  goods 
which  did  not  conform  to  sample  or rep­
resentation,  but  has  been  unable  to 
realize  on  many  of  the  accounts he made 
here  and  has,  accordingly,  entered  suit 
against  H.  C.  Wendorff  for  $59.06,  be­
ing  the amount  of  the  account  alleged  to 
be  due  from  him.  The  return  day  of  the 
case 
is  Thursday  of  this  week,  but  as 
Mr.  Horrater  will  not  be  present  at  that 
time,  an  adjournment  will  be  taken  un­
til  some  day  next  week,  at  which  time 
Mr.  Wendorff  will  undoubtedly  ask  for 
an  adjournment  and  insist  on  the  plain­
tiff’s  giving  security  for  costs.  The  is­
suance  of  the  summons  discloses the  fact 
that  the  Elwood  Paper  Co.  is  owned  by 
one  Isaac  Levy,  but  as  neither Mr.  Levy 
nor  the  Elwood  Paper  Co.  is  rated  or 
even  given 
in  the  rating  books  of  Dun 
and  Bradstreet,  they  are  both  possibly 
covers  or  aliases  for  some  one  who  is 
ashamed  to  do  business  under  his  own 
name.

The  principal  contention  appears  to 
be  the  price  charged  for  sugar  sacks. 
Mr.  Horrater  stated  to  a  reporter  of  the 
Tradesman  that  his  price 
for  sugar 
sacks  was  from  6  to  8  cents  a  pound,  ac­
cording  to  the  gullibility  of  the purchas­
er;  that  he  found  Grand  Rapids  grocers 
so  poorly  posted  on  the  price  of  sacks 
by  weight  that  he  charged  them  7^  
cents  a  pound.  The  grocers,  on  the 
other  hand,  claim  that 4^ cents  a  pound 
would  be  a  correct  price  for  sacks  of 
this  character  and  offered  to  settle  the 
bills  on  that  basis.  A   peculiarity  of 
the  situation 
is  that  the  goods  were 
shipped  in  small  quantities  and  that 
the 
invoices  were  not  sent  out  until 
weeks  after  the  goods  were  shipped,  it 
being  the  apparent  design  of the Elwood 
Paper  Co.  to  have  some  or  all  of  the 
sacks  used  before  the  invoice  should  be 
received.

Mr.  Horrater  insisted  that  his  house 
has  been  in  existence  twenty  years  and 
it  bears  a  good  reputation  in  the 
that 
is 
New  York  m arket;  that  the  reason  it 
not  rated  by  the  mercantile  agencies 
is 
that 
it  refused  to  subscribe  to  either 
agency  and  that  the  agencies  take  ad­
vantage  of  this  fact  to  injure  his  house 
by  refusing  to  recognize  it  in  any  way. 
This  explanation  is  so  manifestly 
lame 
that  it  is  hardly necessary to characterize 
it  as  false,  and,  judging  by  the  trouble 
the  Elwood  Paper  Co.  has  had  in  col­
lecting  its  accounts  here  and  elsewhere 
and  the  number  of  suits  it  has  had  to 
institute  in  this  and  other  states  to  sus­
tain  its  claims,  it  occurs to the  Trades­
it  would  be  well  for  dealers 
man  that 
who  are  not 
looking  for  trouble  to  use 
due  caution  in  dealing  with  the  house.

T h e  P roduce  M arket.

Apples— Spys,  Baldwins  and  Jona­
in  good  demand  at  $3.50@4 

thans  are 
per  bbl.

Bananas— Are  unchanged  but the cold 
weather  has  checked  all  shipping  and 
has  temporarily  caused  demand  to  fall 
off.  The  available  supply  is  very  small, 
and  arrivals  are  limited,  a  combination 
of  circumstances  which  holds  the  mar­
ket  firm,  even  although  there  is  at  pres­
ent  no  d3mand.

Beans— The price is  so  high  that  deal­
ers  are  unable  to  prognosticate  the  mar­

ket.  The  importation  of  foreign  beans 
from  Hamburg  has  come  to  be  regarded 
as  a  feature  o f the  market.

Butter— Factory  creamery  is  in  plen­
tiful  supply  at  25c.  Dairy  grades  com­
mand  i6@2oc,  but  most  of  the  receipts 
are  inferior  in  quality.

Cabbage— 75@goc  per  doz.
Carrots— $1  per  3  bushel  bbl.
Celery— 25c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cranberries— Jerseys  have  advanced 

to  $8658.25  per  bbl.

Dressed  Poultry— The  market 

is
stronger  and  higher,  due  to  bad  roads. 
Chickens  are  in  active  demand  at  10^ 
lie.  Fowls  are 
in  demand  at  q@ ioc. 
Ducks  command  n@ i2c.  Geese  find  a 
market  on  the  basis  of  io@ iic.  Turkeys 
are 
in  good  demand  at  11c  for  No.  2 
and  12c  Tor  No.  1.

Eggs— Receipts  of  fresh  are  very 

lib­
eral,  commandng  i5@i6c.  Cold  storage 
stock 
is  practically  out  of  market,  be­
ing  held  at  io@i2c.

Game— Rabbits  are  slow  sale  at  $1 
per  doz.  Squirrels  are  in  strong  demand 
at  $1  per  doz.

lemon  trade 

Lemons—The 
is 

is  dead.
It 
impossible  to  ship  lemons  during 
such  cold  weather  as  we  have  had  for 
the  past  week  or  so  and  buyers  are  very 
cautious  about  taking  supplies  through 
fear  of  their  being  frosted.  The  quality 
of  the  fruit  now  coming  forward 
is  un­
usually  good,  possessing  all  the  keeping 
qualities,  and  it  should  be  good  prop­
erty  at  present  quotations.  Prices  are 
not 
likely  to  go  any  lower,  for  if  they 
do,  importation  will  cease.

Live  Poultry—Squabs  have  advanced 
to $1.75  per  doz.  and  are  scarce  at  that. 
Chickens,  7@8c.  Fowls,  6@7c.  Ducks, 
8c  for  young  and  7c  for  old.  Turkeys, 
9c  for  young.  Geese,  9c.

Nuts— Ohio  hickory  command  $1.25 
for  large  and  $1.50  for  small.  Butternuts 
and  walnuts  are  in  small  demand  at  60c 
per  bu.

Onions— Spanish  are  steady  at $1.75 
per  crate.  Home  grown  are  higher, 
commanding  50c  for  Red  Weatherfields, 
Yellow  Danvers  and  Yellow  Globes  and 
55c  for  Red  Globes.

Parsnips—$1.25  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Potatoes— The  market  is  without  ma­
terial  change.  Northern  buyers  are  pay­
ing  40@45c,  the  steady  market  being  at­
tributed  largely  to  the  scarcity of cars.

Squash— Hubbard  command  1 j^c  per 

pound.

Sweet  Potatoes— Kiln dried Jerseys are 

slow  sale  at  $4.5o@4.75  per  bbl.

Turnips—$1  per  bbl.

G rand  R apids  R etail G rocers’ A ssociation.
At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association held 
Tuesday 
evening,  Feb.  6,  President 
Dyk  presided.

R.  Andree,  1255 South Division street, 
Wm.  Killean,  115  Canal  street,  and  E. 
J.  Zevalkink,  182  Butterworth  avenue, 
applied  for  membership  in  the  Associa­
tion  and  were  unanimously  elected.

The  name  of  C.  W.  Payne  was  sub­
stituted  for  that  of  J.  F.  Gaskill  as  a 
member  of  the  special  Committee  on 
Sunday  Closing.

The  Committee  on  Banquet  presented 
a  preliminary  report  and  promised  to 
give  a  detailed  report  at  the  next  meet- 
ing.

A  member  called  attention  to  a  peti­
tion  which 
is  being  circulated  by 
Scofield,  Shurmer  &  Teagle  for  the  pur­
pose  of  raising  the  price  of  Palacine 
oil  to  14  cents.  The  matter  was  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Oil.
The  Secretary  suggested  that,  on  ac­
count  of  the 
increasing  work  of  that 
office,  a  typewriter  be  purchased,  and 
B.  S.  Harris,  D.  S.  Gray  and  Homer 
Klap  were  appointed  a  committee to  de­
cide  upon  the  matter.

F.  J.  Dyk  gave  the  members  a  short 
talk  on  his  visit  to  Cleveland  as  a  dele­
gate  to  the  convention  of  the  National 
Retail  Grocers’  Association.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Julius  J.  Wagner,  formerly engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  on  East  Bridge 
street,  has  taken  the  position  of  credit 
and  collection  clerk  for  Voigt,  Herpol- 
sheimer  &  Co.

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar— The  raw  sugar  market  is  un­
changed,  quotations  still  being  on  the 
basis  of  4  7-16C  for  96  deg.  test  cen­
trifugals,  with  the  market  strong  at  this 
price.  Stocks  continue  light  and  sales 
are  comparatively  small. 
Stocks  of 
raws  in  the  United  States  and  Cuba  ag­
gregate  187,916  tons,  compared  with 
193,619  the  week  previous  and  125,733 
the  corresponding  period  last  year.  The 
refined  market 
is  unchanged,  with  fair 
demand.

follow  present  conditions 

Canned  Goods— There  is  an 

increase 
in  the  sale  of  futures  of  all sorts.  Buyers 
are  showing  more  interest  and  the  tend­
ency  of  prices  is  upward.  The 
feeling 
is  more  encouraging  and  trade is  cer­
tainly  upon  a  much  better  footing  than 
it  was  a  week  ago.  With  the  present 
conditions  prevailing,  the 
former  dul- 
ness  and  unsatisfactory  conditions  will 
be  overcome  and  trade  will  proceed  up­
on  the  average  basis  at  this  season.  To­
matoes  have  lost  none  of  their  firmness, 
but 
it  can  not  be  said  that  they  have 
gained  anything  of  late.  Some  incline 
to  the  opinion  that  the  market  is  no 
firmer  and  that  there  is  little 
likelihood 
of  a  permanent  favorable  change  at 
present.  Others—-and  they  appear  to  be 
in  the  majority— take  exactly  the  oppo­
site  view.  At  any  rate,  prices  have 
not  declined 
for  a  week  or  more,  and 
there  are  indications  that  improvement 
will 
if  all 
prices  remain  at  present  level.  Those 
who  have  anything  to  sell  are  asking 
full  figures  for  it,  confident that  the  nec­
essarily  high prices  for futures  will  com­
pel 
liberal  puichases  of  spot  goods  at 
present  quotations,  for  spot  goods  can 
be  bought  at  present  prices  and  stored 
until  September  for  less  money  than  fu­
tures  for  September  delivery  can  be 
bought  for.  There 
is  considerable  in­
terest 
in  com.  Some  New  York  State 
packers  are  entirely  sold  out  and  there 
are  reports  from  Maine  that  many  of the 
packers  there  have  already  disposed  of 
their  estimated  output. 
In  Maryland, 
prices  rule  steady  at  about  previous 
range,  with  a  strong  upward  tendency. 
Spot  com  is  steadier  and  there  is  a  no­
ticeable  disposition  to  force  prices  up, 
although  no  quotable  advance  has  been 
made  as  yet.  There  have  been  large 
sales  of  peas  recently  at  full  prices. 
It 
is  said  that  a  number  of  the  largest 
packers  are  entirely  sold  out,  and  that 
others  could  have  disposed  of  all  their 
estimated  pack  at  full  prices  had  they 
so  desired.  A  few  have  retained  a  por­
tion  of  their output  to  put  on  the market 
later.  Beans  are  steady  but  are  not  go­
ing  very  fast  at  present.  The  string 
bean  output  will  be  larger  than  last  year 
or  larger than  it  was  intended  it  should 
be 
last  year  before  the  era  of  short 
crops  was  known.  Sales  will  unques­
tionably  he 
large,  but  it  is  intended  to 
raise  and  pack  enough  to  supply  the 
demand  this  year,  instead  of  running 
short,  as  was  the  case  last  season. 
In 
fruits  there  are  no  new  developments. 
Trade  is  quiet  and  business 
limited  to 
the  actual  necessities  of  consumption. 
California 
fruits  are  nearly  exhausted. 
It  is  difficult  to  buy  any  quantity  with­
paying  a  substantial  premium. 
out 
the  only  variety  of 
Blackberries  are 
small 
indications  of 
weakness  and  improvement  is  expected 
in  them 
is  in  good  de­
mand  at  unchanged  prices.  Sardines 
are  rather  quiet,  with  demand  light  at 
present.

fruits  that  show 

later.  Salmon 

lead 

in  the 

firmly  up 

anywhere,  but  the  disposition  is  to  hold 
all  supplies 
to  quotations. 
is  a  hopeful  feeling  in  all  lines, 
There 
but,  as  a  whole,  trade  is  dull  and 
fea­
tureless.  The  condition 
is  ascribed  to 
lack  of  export  demand.  Raisins  are 
quiet,  but  held  firm.  Very  few  are 
left 
in  a ll; 
in  first  hands,  perhaps  300 cars 
but  these  are  held 
for  the  spring  and 
eaily  summer  trade  and  represent  prac­
tically  everything  now  available.  All 
buyers  appear  to  have  satisfied  their 
wants  for  the  present,  but  the  supply 
is 
so  small  that  ordinary  buying  would 
probably 
to  advanced  prices. 
Prunes  are  about  unchanged  although 
there  appears  to  be  a  weakness  develop­
ing 
larger  sizes,  which  arc  in 
heavy  supply  and  are  not  wanted  by 
any  one.  Small  sizes  would  command  a 
premium,  but  the 
large  sizes  are  beg­
ging  for  customers  at  any  price  in  some 
instances.  Last  year  it  was  the 
large 
sizes  that  were  wanted. 
If  the  winter 
weather 
lasts  a  week  or  two,  there  will 
be  a  much  better  trade  in  prunes  at  bet­
ter  prices.  Peaches  are  dull  and  un­
interesting,  as  a  whole.  There  are  only 
occasionally  small  orders,  apparently 
for  immediate  consumption.  Prices  are 
held  generally  steady  at  present  range 
because  of  the  fact  that  stocks  are  sup­
posed  to  be  small. 
Everything  pro­
curable 
is  closely  controller!  and,  when 
trade  opens  for  spring  distribution, 
prices  are  likely  to  advance.  There  is 
more  enquiry 
for  apricots,  but  move­
ment  is  small  owing  to  the practical  im- 
possibilty  of  securing  anything  but  the 
smallest  quantities.  Stocks  in  all  mar­
kets  are  very  small  and  will  be  ex­
hausted  shortly  after distribution begins. 
The  unusually  heavy  supply  of  dates 
has  at  last  had  its  effect  and  the  tend­
ency  is  toward  an  easier  feeling  without 
an  actual  reduction  in  prices.  General­
ly  there 
is  a  strong  and  active  market 
during  January,  but  this  year  it  would 
appear  that  the  heavy  buying  during 
December  stocked  up  distributers  to 
such  an  extent  that  they  want  nothing 
more  at  present.  Currants  are  firmer, 
but  no quotable  change  in  price  has  oc­
curred. 
Figs  are  easy,  with  orders 
limited  to  relatively  small  lots.  Most 
distributers  appear  to  be  well  stocked 
and  do  not  care  to  increase  their  hold­
ings.  Other  lines  are  in  about  the  same 
condition  as  those  mentioned.  Although 
the  firm  feeling  in  the market continues, 
there 
is  in 
small  lots  only.

is  no  activity  and  trade 

Rice— Supplies of  spot  goods  continue 
moderate,  with  holders  showing  no  anx­
iety  to  press  sales,  anticipating  a  gen­
eral  advance 
in  prices  during  the  next 
month.  Prices  are  unchanged  and  de­
mand  is  fair.

Tea—The  demand 

for  teas  is  fair  at 

unchanged  prices.

Molasses  and  Syrups— The  corn  syrup 
market  is  somewhat  sttonger  this  week 
an<l  prices  show  an  advance  of  j^c  per 
gallon  and  a  coi responding  advance  on 
cases.  The  demand 
for  molasses  con­
tinues  small.  Prices  are  firm,  with  an 
upwaid  tendency.

Fish— The  demand  for  codfish  and 
mackerel 
is  picking  up  a  little  and  a 
large  trade  is  expected  during  the  Len­
ten  buying  season.

Nuts—There  is  nothing  of  interest 

in 
the  market  for  nuts.  The  demand  is  as 
good  as  usual  at  this  time  of  the  year. 
Advices  from  Norfolk  report  a  slightly 
easier  feeling  in  the  peanut  market,  but 
there  is  no  change  in  prices  yet.

Dried  Fruits— From  all  markets  come 
reports  of  the  unusual  dulness  in  dried 
is  noted
fruits.  But 

little  movement 

For  G illies'  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  prices,  phone  Visner,  800

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generally,  and  I  never  get  a  thing  but 
my  board  and  clothes,  and  Jack  always 
grumbles  over them,  so  I’ll  just  get  the 
most  I  can.”  
It  isn’t  very  exalted  rea­
soning  from  an  ethical  point  of view, 
but  wouldn’t  a  man  feel  pretty  much 
the  same  way  about  it?

Finally,  my  beloved  brethren,  be  as­
sured  that  the  one  unfailing  rule  for 
managing  a  wife 
is  by  kindness.  No 
woman  ever  yet  rebelled  against  that. 
Give  her  love,  tenderness,  appreciation, 
is  no  question  of  manag­
and  there 
ing. 
It  settles  itself.  She  gives  in  be- 
cause  she  enjoys  it. 

Dorothy  Dix.

Did  You  Know

sweet  takes  to  coming  to  breakfast  ii 
dowdy,  dirty wrappers and  with  her hai 
done  up  in  curl  papers  that  she  doesn’ 
take  down  until  company  comes  in  the 
evening.  When  a  woman  does  that,  i 
really  ought  to  be  actionable  as  obtain 
•ng  goods  under  false  pretenses;  but 
what  about  a  man?  When  he  came  a 
courting,  how  handsome  and  swell  he 
looked.  He  was  barbered  and  brushed 
and  perfumed  until  he  was 
just  too 
sweet  to  live,  and  that  was  the  kind  of 
man  she  fell  in  love  with,  not this  seedy 
ndividual  with  a  three  days’  stubble  of 
iirty  beard  on  his face.  It’s the  funniest 
thing  on  earth  that  a  man  never  even 
ireams  that  his wife can be disillusioned 
ind  disgusted  by  his  appearance,  and 
s  really  far  more  sensitive  to  it  than  he 
s  to  hers,  because  she  thinks  more 
ibout  dress  and  looks.  Nine-tenths  of 
the  men  in  the  world  seem  to  think  that 
marriage  means  the  liberty  togoslouchy 
and  shave  as  seldom  as  they  can.  When 
you  see  a  middle-aged  man  suddenly 
blooming out  in good clothes and looking 
spick  and  span  and  well  groomed,  you 
know  at  once  that  he  is  a  widower.

6

W oman’s World

How  Some  H usbands  A ttem p t  to   M anage 

T h e ir  W ives.

In  every  modern  up-to-d 

It  often  occurs  to  me,  as  it  must  to 
every  careful  reader  of  the  daily papers, 
that  women  are  rather getting  the  best 
of  things,  so  far  as  the  press  is  con 
cerned. 
paper  pages  are  given  to  exploiting  the 
pictures  of  gowns 
in  which  even 
homely  woman  must  look  like  a  fashi< 
plate  houri  that  no  man  could  resist 
Columns  are  devoted  to  minute  instruc 
tion  in  the  art  of  beautifying,  so  that 
every  woman  in  the  land  does  not  pos 
sess  the  figure  of  a  sylph  and  the  com 
plexion  of  a  Venus  just  rising  from  the 
foam,  the 
fault  can  not  be  laid  at  the 
door  of  the  papers  of  the  country;  but 
most  significant  of  all  is  the  fact  th 
almost  unlimited space  and  attention a 
given  to  expert  theories  about  the  best 
way  to  manage  husbands.

Nothing  of  this  kind  is  ever  done 

ft 
man.  He,  poor  thing,  is 
left  to  buy 
just  whatever  his  tailor  and  haberdashe 
choose  to  palm  off  on  him,  with  nr 
“ Daily  Hint  from  Paris”   to  guide  h 
wavering  choice.  He,  too,  may  yearn 
for  beauty  and  grace,  but  no  inspire 
“ How  to  be  Beautiful, 
articles  on 
Though  Ugly”   cheer  him  along 
the 
thorny  road  of  banting  and  massaging. 
Above  all,  no  matter  how  tried  he  may 
be  in  his  domestic  relations,  no  prophet 
in  Israel  arises  to  tell  him  the  best  wa 
— or  any  way—to  manage  a  wife.  The 
press  is  deeply,  darkly  and  ominously 
silent  on  the  subject  and  he  may  search 
his  paper  through  from  end  to end  with 
out  getting  a  single  hint  for  his  guid 
ance.

fall 

some  man  to  get  what  she  wants.  She 
begins  on  her  father;  she  practices  01 
her  biother;  she  graduates on her beaux 
and  she  brings  the  skill  of  an  adept  tc 
deal  with  her  husband. 
It  never  dawns 
on  a  man  beforehand  that  he  is  going 
have  any  trouble  managing  his  wife 
He  expects  that  to  come  dead  easy.  He 
thinks  she  will  be  so  grateful  to  him  for 
having  saved  her  from  being  an  o 
maid  that  she  will  adopt  all  his  opi: 
into  his  ways  without 
ions  and 
question.  His  dearest 
illusion  is  th 
he  will  form  her,  and  he  gets  the  jar 
his  life  when  he  finds  out  that  her  cha 
acter  was  settled  some  twenty  years  be 
fore  he  ever  met  her  and  that  she  is  just 
as  set 
her  views  as  he  is.  It  is  precisely  here, 
when  he  confronts  the  condition  of  life 
and  not  the  theory  and  is  looking  for 
some  peaceable  way  of  managing  hi_ 
wife,  that  the  injustice  of  the press  is  so 
manifest.  For  women  under  such  ci 
cumstances  the  papers  teem  with  ad 
vice,  but  never  a  word 
guide  the  poor  man  who  is  setting  out 
to  explore  the  terra 
new  w ife’s  disposition.

in  her  ways  and  as  tenacious 

incognito  of  h 

is  offered 

Any  suggestions  along  this  line  must 
f   necessity  be  tentative  and  experi 
mental,  but,  for  my  part,  I  could  never 
see  that  there 
is  much  difference  be 
tween  men  and  women.  They  are  much 
if  a  muchness  when  we get  down  to  re« 
human  nature,  open  to  the  same  argu 
ments,  and  1  should  “ adm ire,”   as  our 
New  England  cousins  say,  to  see  men 
apply  some  of  the  arts  to  which  thei 
own  sex  have  proven  amenable  to  the 
diplomatic  management  of  their  wives.
It  s  a  poor  theory  that  won’t  work  both 
ways.

in  the  world  the 

When  we  consider  that  the  daily  press 
is  the  greatest and  most  powerful  educa 
tor 
injustice  of  thi 
invidious  distinction  becomes  apparent 
Leaving  out  of  the  discussion  the  mat 
ters  of  clothes  and  looks  —two  important 
subjects  that  do  not  deserve  to  be  side 
tracked— we  confront  the  appalling  fact 
that  millions  of  women  are  being  sys 
tematically  educated  in  the  art  of  man 
ag 'ng  husbands,  while  not  a  single  man 
is  getting  a  particle  of  information  on 
the  contrary  proposition  of  how  to  man 
In  a  word,  all  the  women 
age  a  wife. 
of  the  country  are  being  converted 
intc 
highly-skilled  professionals,  while  the 
men  remain  merely  bungling  amateurs 
in  the  art  of  managing,  and  we  al 
know  what  happens  to  the  amateu. 
when  he  engages 
in  a  friendly  game 
with  an  agreeable  and  innocent  looking 
stranger. 
It  doesn’ t  take  a  prophet  or 
the  daughter  of  a  prophet  to  see  his 
finish.

Of  course,  the  claim  is  made, 

in  ex­
it 
tenuation  of  this  state  of  affairs,  that 
is  all  done 
in  the  interest  of  making 
home  happy.  Go  to!  The  excuse  is  a 
specious  one. 
Isn’t  a  man  just  as  much 
in  making  home  happy  as  a 
concerned 
woman 
is?  Nay,  more  so,  for  in  the 
eyes  of  the  law  he  is  the  official  and  re­
sponsible  head.  He  founded  it,  and 
if 
it 
isn’t  his  business  to  make  it  happy 
I  d  just  like  to  know  whose  it  is,  that’s 
all.  More  than  that,  I  contend  that  if 
there’s  any  knowledge  about  how  to 
manage  and  make  things  happy  floating 
about,  he  is  justly  entitled  to  a  share  of 
it.  Women  have  no  right  to  a  monopoly 
in  that  line.

If  men  are  more  backward 

in  the 
knowledge  of  how  to  manage  than 
women  it  is  because  that  is  one  branch 
of  information  they  have  never expected 
to  need  to  study.  A  woman  knows  from 
the  time  she  is  born  she  must  manage

Among  the  tenets  most  strenuously in 
sisted  upon  as  efficacious  in  managing 
a  husband 
is  the  hidden  hand  policy. 
Women  are  adjured  to  use  diplomacy 
nd  not  force  and  to  get  their  way  with 
out  appearing  to  do  so.  They  are  told 
never  to  arouse  opposition  or  appear  ar- 
itrary,  and  that  victory  perches  on  the 
anner  of  the  woman  who  knows  how  to 
ield  gracefully  in  little  matters.  Any 
woman  who  has  ever  tried  these  wise 
precepts  knows  that  they  come  pretty 
near  being  all  of  the law  and  the  proph­
ets  on  the  subject,  but  what  is  the  mat­
ter  with  men  applying  them  with  equal 
'y  good  result  to  their  wives?  Every 
body  with  a  grain  of  spirit in  them  ob­
jects  to  being  bossed.  There's  some­
thing  in  the  contrariness  of  human  na­
ture  that  prompts  us  to  rebel  against  the 
verson  who  asserts  authority  over  us, 
particularly  if  we  happen  to  be  married 
to  em.  The  man  who  announces  in  a 
°ud  tone  of  voice  that  he’s  the  head  of 
the  house  and  proposes  to  manage  it  is 
always  outwitted  in  the  end  and  finds  a 
stubborn  resistance  at  every  turn  that 
balks  him.  The  wise  man  makes  his 
ife  feel  that  she  can  do  absolutely  as 
she  pleases,  and  it  always  pleases  her to 
do  exactly  as  he  pleases.  She  gives 
m  the  road  because  she  believes  she 

could  have  it  if  she  wanted  it.

Another  theory  that  one  would  like  to 
see  applied  from  the  masculine  side  of 
the  house  is  the  personal  charm  theory. 
Women  are  told  continually  that  if  they 
would  keep  their  husband’s  affection 
and  make  home  happy  for  him  they 
must  pay  attention  to  their  looks  and 
to  those 
little  graces  of  person  and 
mind  which  first  attracted  him.  Noth- 
ng  could  be  truer,  and  every  one  of  us 
feels  what  a  blow  and  disillusioning  it 
must  be  to  a  man when  the  pretty  young 
creature  who  has  been  the  embodiment 
of  his  f a n c y __of_a 11 _t ha L wa s^da i nt y  and

It  has  always  been  considered  that the 
supreme  test  of  a  wife’s  good  manage­
ment  was  her  ability  to  make  home  so 
happy  and  pleasant  that  her husband 
would  never  care  to  wander  from  his 
own  fireside.  She  has  been  told,  and  it 
s  good  advice,  to always  meet  him  with 
l  smile,  to  keep  the  unpleasant  details 
of  domestic  contretemps  and  servant 
broils  from  a  man  already  overburdened 
by  his  own  cares  and,  above  all,  always 
to be bright and cheerful and entertaining 
in  her  conversation.  Is  there  any  reason 
why  these  delightful  domestic  virtues 
should  all  be  feminine?  Surely  it  is  a 
man  s  business  to  smile  just  as  much  as 
isn’t  one  man 
>  woman’s.  Yet,  there 
n  a  million  who  doesn’t  feel  that  he 
is 
doing  his  full  duty  as  a  man  and  a  hus­
band  when  he  gives  a  few  inarticulate 
grunts 
in  answer to  his  w ife’s questions 
ind  remarks  and  then  absorbs  himself 
n  his  paper  until  he goes  to bed.  Pretty 
nteresting  and  exciting  for  her,  isn’t 
it?  Yet, 
the  man  who  does  this  com­
plains  that  his  wife 
isn’t  satisfied  at 
home  and  is  forever  wanting  to  go  gad­
ding  off  somewhere.  Good  Lord,  why 
shouldn’t  she?  Anybody  would  be  jus­
tified  in  wanting  to  get  away  from  that 
kind  of  a  mummy. 
If  more  men  would 
take  the  trouble  to  try  to  make  home 
happy  and  entertaining  for  their  wives, 
there  would  be  fewer  women  so  dead 
anxious  to  chase  off  to  the  springs  the 
very  first  time  the  weather  bureau  hints 
that  summer  has  come.

Every  now  and  then I hear it  said  that 
some  man  is  bei ng  ruined  by  his  wife’s 
extravagance  and  that  he  can  not  man­
age  her or  prevent  it.  Well,  whose  fault 
is  that?  The  man’s,  almost  without  ex­
ception,  and  the  remedy 
is  so  simple 
the  wonder  is  that  it  suggests  itself to so 
few  husbands.  Make  your  wife  your 
partner.  Let  her  know  exactly  what 
your  income  is  and  what  your  business 
obligations  are.  Women  are  deathly 
afraid  of  debt.  Let  one  feel  that  she 
must  do  her  part  towards  helping  you 
meet  a  note  and,  my  word  for  it,  she 
will  do  it  cheerfully  and  willingly  and 
you’ ll  have  no  bills  to  complain  of. 
It 
because  women  are  dealt  with  so  un- 
irly about money  that  they  are  so  often 
extravagant.  The  woman  who  never 
has  any  definite  allowance,  and  often 
no  money  except  a  little  doled-out  car­
fare,  reasons  to  herself  something  like 
this:  “ Oh,  well,  I  don’t  care. 
I  give 
I  am  house­
my  time  and  my  services. 
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County  of  Kent 

)

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poses  and  says  as  follows:

I  am  pressman 

in  the  office  of  the 
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establishment. 
I  printed  and  folded 
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manner.  And  further  deponent  saith 
not. 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
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Mich.

T H E   K EY   VS.  T H E   GUN.

is 

remarkable.  No 

The  desire  for  coaling  stations  in  the 
byway  places  of  the  earth  by  the nations 
thereof 
islands, 
left  unoccupied. 
however  remote,  are 
The  Samoan 
islands 
lift  their  lonely 
peaks  above  the  sea  and  forthwith  three 
of  the  most  powerful  countries  want 
them  for  coaling  stations.  Spain  has 
some  marine  property  to  dispose  of  and 
Germany,  in  need  of  a  coaling  station, 
buys  it.  No  spot,  however  rugged  and 
worthless,  that  can  not  be  transformed 
into  a  coaling  station  and  as  such  is  ap­
propriated.  Then,  to  the  surprise  of 
all,  these  spots  are  found  to  be  full  of 
importance  as  strategic  positions  and 
are  spoken  of  as  the  keys  of  territory, 
near  or  remote.  So  the  Philippine  Is­
lands  are  beginning  to  be  spoken  of  as 
the  key  to  the  commerce  of  Asia.  So 
England  and  Germany  and  France  are 
looking  out  for  keys  to  the  commerce  of 
the  same  great  continent,  and,  with 
each  nation furnished with its individual 
latch-key,  the  pleasing  idea  is  that  each 
nation  can  go  and  come  as  it  pleases, 
with  no  thought  or  desire  of 
interfering 
with  its  equally  fortunate  neighbor.

It 

is  noticeable,  however,  that,  once 
possession  is  secured,  the  “ coaling  sta­
tion”   and  the  “ key”   is  lost sight of and 
the  changes  made  admit  of  but  one 
thought— that  is,  the  gun.  The  coaling 
station  and  the  key,  modern  figures sug­
gesting  peace,  are  displaced  by  the  im­
plement  of  force  whose  only  meaning  is 
war.  The  modem  figure  is  of  republi­
can  parentage;  the  gun,  the  offspring 
and  the  hope  of  degenerate  monarchy. 
The  commerce  of Asia  is  the  objective 
point.  Shall  it be  secured  by  fair  means 
or  foul;  by the  acts  of  peace  or the wiles 
of  w ar;  the  key  of  commerce  or  the 
gun? 
It  is  to  be  a  contest  between  the 
old  and  the  new ;  the  battle  ground 
where  civilization  began;  the  forces,  on 
one  side  an  army  with  every  man 
crowned  with  sovereign  power,  on  the

insisted  that 

for  centuries  has 

other  the  embodied  spirit  of  despoti 
which 
might  is  right.  Look  at  it as  we  may, 
is  Europe  with  her  wornout  institutions 
and  America  with  her  higher  ideals
tried  and  true,  that  are  to  engage_
this  struggle.  Monarchy  has  already 
built  its  ramparts  and  planted  its  guns 
The  Republic,  standing  upon  the  Ph 
ippines  key 
jf  Asia,  swings  back  its  ponderous  p< 
tal  and 
There 
dollar  is  what  all  are  after.  Let  us 
honest  and  admit  it,  and  let  the  plea 
false  as  it  is  pitiful,  that  we  want  to  i 
troduce  a  higher  civilization  into  China 
never  be  mentioned  among  us.  That 
""  take  care  of  itself.  The  civilization 

insists  that  it  shall  stay  open. 
is  business  enough  for  all.  The 

in  hand,  unlocks  the  door 

in  his  grandson, 

that  followed  the  merchants  into  Gau 
n  Caesar’s  time,  in  ours  will  take  ca 
>f  itself  in  China,  with the  same  results. 
It 
is  the  goods  brought  into  barbarism 
that  civilize,  not  the  guns.  Force  af 
peals  only  to  sinews  and  is  needed  onl 
to  command  respect;  but  it  is  much  I 
the  point that  the guns  planted  to-day  i 
China  are  not  aimed  at  C hina!  The 
spirit  of  the  old  feudal  lord  of  the  cas 
tie  has  appeared 
field  white  with  harvest  and  unprotected 
las  been  noted  afar  from  the watchtower 
ind  a  band  of  marauders  has  been  sent 
to  reap  it.  As  in  the  olden  time,  other 
bands  have  come  for the  same  purpose 
“’hey  circle  the  harvest-field.  They  dare 
each  other  to  thrust 
in  the  sickle  and 
the  air  resounds  with  “ It  is  mine! 
s  m ine!”   the  battle  cry  of  the  Middle 
Ages.  With  that  cry 
is  heard  a  voice 
clear  and  determined  from  the  Philip 
in es:  “ It  is  his  who  buys  it.  This  is 
the  Twentieth,  not  the  Twelfth  Century 
The  bars  to  the  field  are  down. 
It  is  ; 
fair  field  and  no  favor to the  tradesman 
iolence  is  not  to  be  tolerated.  Bullets 
are  not  the  medium  of  exchange.  Wh 
bids  for  the  harvest  and  how  much?”  

seen 

There  are  frowns,  there  is  seeking  of 
sword  hilts  by  eager  hands,  resentment 
in  every  face,  the  arrogance  of 
offended  dignity  asserts  itself ;  but  be 
hind  the  unruffled  voice  floats  the  van 
Ishing  smoke  above  the  Bay  of  Manila 
and  the  echoes  from  the  guns  in  that 
sea-fight  are  driving  home  the  fact  that 
the  old  has  passed  aw ay;  that  the  new 
has  com e;  that  right  and 
justice  and 
truth  have 
claims  which  even  the 
mighty  are  bound  to  respect,  and  that 
America,  with  a  hemisphere  of  repub 
ics  behind  her,  is  ready  to  teach  in 
half-civilized  China  the  lesson  of  Run 
nymede,  of  Yorktown  and  of Appomat 
tox,  and  so  teach  it  that  even  the  guns 
will  give  up  their  places  as civilizers  on 
the  Chinese  border  to  the  gentler and 
surer  agencies  which  Republicanism 
the 
latest  and  purest  form  of  Nationa 
"fe,  so  clearly  illustrates  and  so  strong 
She  holds  the  key  to 
the  commerce  of  Asia.  Let  that  be  the 
ure  which  best  symbolizes  the  situa­
tion,  rather  than  the  gun,  for  so  many 
centuries  the  emblem  of  force  and  the 
dreadful  defender  of  the  throne, 
the 
scepter and  the  crown.

recommends. 

Eighteen  business  men  in  St.  Louis 
were  summoned  to  act  as  jurors.  When 
they  were  asked  how  many  of  them  had 
suffered  from  the  visits  of  burglars  re­
cently,  six  of  them  answered 
in  the 
affirmative.

is 

A   man  who  owns  a  cocoanut  grove  in 
Venezuela 
independent,  as  the  fruit 
continues  to  ripen  all  the  year  around 
and  brings  a  good  price.  Each  tree 
averages  an  annual  income  of $1.20.

A  PENNY  W ISE   POLICY.

In  spite  of  maxim  and  experience 

insi 

is  remarkable  how  many  men 
upon  a  business  policy  which  is  sure 
thwart  the  very  success  they  hope 
achieve.  Prejudice,  inexcusable 
igno 
ranee,  penuriousness  and  dishonesty  are 
some  of  the 
impediments  in  the  road 
to  fortune,  and  these  they  not  only 
not  try  to  remove  or  get  over,  but  they 
make  every  effort  to  turn  them  to  prac 
tical  account.

For  some  reason  known  only  to  him 

self,  a  grocer, fancying  a  certain  class 
goods,  determines  to  push  it.  With  a 
the  strength  of  his  misguided  nature  he 
bends  every  energy 
in  that  direction 
His  customers  do  not  like  the  goods  and 
do  not  want  them  and  when,  after  much 
mportunity,  they  will  not  have  them 
he  finds  by  bitter  experience  that  it  i 
the  man  who  uses  the  goods  and  pay, 
for  them  who  settles  the  question  of 
sales.  Another  man, 
trusting  to  the 
statements  of  an 
interested  and  over 
confident  drummer,  orders  a  bill  of 
goods  “ sight  unseen.”   He 
know 
nothing  about  them  and  takes  no  means 
of  finding  out  about  them.  They  come, 
fill  up  his  empty  space  which  should 
have  been  filled  with  goods  he  was  sure 
of  and  prove  so  much  dead  weight  upon 
his  hands.  Nobody  wants  them.  He 
for  them  and  he 
finally  looks  upon  them  as  so much com 
mercial  lumber  to  be  given  away,  after 
teaching  him  the  pretty  practical  les 
son  that  there  are  drummers  and  drum 
mere  and  he  who  is  deceived  by them  i 
not  wise.

imself  has  no  use 

If 

it 

it. 

yours,  take 

The  penurious  tradesman,  however, 
s  the  man  usually  most  blind  to  hi, 
own  interest.  Here  more  than  anywhere 
lse  the  penny  wise  and  pound 
foolish 
policy  asserts 
itself  and  almost  alway 
offensively. 
It  is  amusing  to  note  how 
nvariably  even-handed  justice  is  made 
the  basis  of  this  meanness. 
“ A   penny 
If  it 
is  a  penny  as  a  dollar  is  a  dollar. 
is  mine,  I’m 
bound  to  have  it.”   So  the  stingy  store 
keeper sifts  sugar  into  the  scales  grain 
by  grain,  until  there 
is  an  exact  bal 
anee,  no matter how  many  customers  are 
waiting  or  how  many  indignant  eyes are 
watching  him.  An  instance  of  this  oc 
curred  not  many  years  ago  somewhere 
in  the  valley  of  the  Mississippi.  A   lit­
tle  girl,  whom  fortune  had  unexpectedly 
favored  with  a  nickel  and  whose  gener­
ous  heart  prompted  her  to  share 
it  with 
her  playmates,  concluded  to  spend  it 
for  a  package  of  mixed  candies.  The 
confectioner— it  was  no  country  store—  
found  difficulty 
in  getting  the  exact 
weight.  The  smallest  piece  he  could 
find  when  taken  out  made  the  weight 
too  ligh t;  when  put  in,  too  heavy.  He 
could  not  cheat  that  poor,  want-pinched 
daughter  of  poverty;  it  would  not  be 
justice  to  cheat  himself  and,  prompted 
by  the  spirit  of  equity  which  controlled 
s  heart,  he  bit  in  two  the  troublesome 
piece  of  candy,  tossed  upon  the  balance 
the  half  that  made  the  weight  exact,  ate 
the  other  half  and  went  on  with  his 
business,  thinking,  no  doubt,  that  Solo­
mon  was  not  the  only  man  who  knew 
how  to  get  out  of  a  tight  place.

One  little  oversight  on  the  part  of  na­
ture  has  occasioned  much  disturbance in 
trade  circles.  As  far back  as  the  time 
when  eggs  became  an  article  of  mer­
chandise  the  size  has  been  the  subject 
interven­
" contention,  and  during  the 
ing  period,  the  “ nearness”   of  seller  and 
buyer— shall  we say producer?— has  been 
subject  of  comment.  An article  of  fe­
male  production,  it  fell  naturally  and 
easily 
into  the  woman’s  province,  first

for  barter  and  then  for  sale.  Human 
nature  is  the  same  the  world  over  and 
when  big  and  little— “ an  egg is an egg”  
— were  offered  for  exchange,  the  woman 
carried  the  day. 
It  wasn’t  worth  quar­
reling  over  and  not  until  the  modem de­
vice  of  selling  eggs  by  the  pound  has 
there  been  found  a  peaceable  wav  out  of 
the  difficulty.

the 

load  after 

large  and  the 

This  human  trait  is  not,  however,  a 
matter  of  sex.  Adam’s  old  plea,  “ The 
woman  did  beguile  me  and  I  did  eat,”  
finds  ample 
illustration  in  other  forms 
of  trade,  every  one  of  them  showing  the 
results  of  the  penny  wise  policy.  Ap- 
load,  are  brought  to 
les, 
market, 
little,  the 
good  and  the  bad,  thrown  together.  Po­
tatoes,  similarly  mixed,  reach  the  same 
destination.  There  is  but  one  financial 
result:  The farmer gets  rid  of  his  load ; 
but  the  load  sells  at  the  rate  of  the  un­
marketable  part  of  it.  Buying  at  that 
rate,  the  thoughtless  shipper  sells  in  the 
same  way,with  like  returns  and  the,  last 
trader  finds  a 
lot  of  unsalable  goods 
pon  his  hands,  if  he  is  as  stupid  as  the 
man  from  whom  he  bought.  “ Why  will 
not  shippers  learn  to  keep  at  home  their 
poor  apples  and  their  small  potatoes  in­
stead  of  mixing  them  with  the  good  and 
the  big?  There  is  profit  in  the  good  and 
loss 
in  the  other  kind,  and  yet  nine 
times  out  of  ten  the  farmer and  quite 
as  often  the  shipper  will  send  these  sec­
ond-class  goods  at  a 
loss  when  there 
ought  to  be  a  gain .”

The  whole  matter  can  be  crowded 

in-
a  nutshell.  Some  of  these  men  are 
too 
lazy  and  the  rest  are  too  dishonest 
to  forward  their  own  interests.  There 
is  untold  joy  in  “ working  off  ’  a  lot  of 
unmarketable  stuff  even  at  a  personal 
loss  which  overbalances  the  chagrin  in 
advancing  money  to  pay freight charges.
It 
is  a  matter,  however,  which  is  sure 
to  take  good  care  of  itself  and  sooner  or 
later  disaster will put a stop  to  the  whole 
disreputable  business. 
“ Honesty  is  the 
best  policy”   in  trade  or out  and  a  busi­
ness  house  not  founded  upon  that  solid 
principle  will  prove  to  be  another  house 
built  upon  the  sand.

The  saying  that  “ One  man’s  meat 

is 
another  man’s  poison”   is seen  in  Amer­
ican  dried  apple.  Germany  is  afraid 
of  i t ;  but  France  is  turning  it  to  profit­
able  account.  A  Paris  drink-mixer has 
concocted  a  beverage  made  up  of  dried 
apple,  raisins  and  water. 
is  al­
lowed  to  stand  until  fermentation  takes 
place  and  then,  with  the  addition  of  a 
little  sugar,  is  bottled  or  served  directly 
from  the  cask.  The  dried  apple  used 
lowest  grade  of  windfalls, 
iced,  including  skins,  cores  and  the 
nhabitants  thereof  without  regard  to 
rind  or  quality.  The  new  drink 
is 
meeting  with  favor  and  furnishes  ample 
returns  for  the  man  who  makes  it.

from  the 

It 

The  merchant  tailors  of  Denver,  in 
the  belief  that  their  profession  does  not 
occupy  the  position  in  public estimation 
which  it  is  entitled,  have  formed  an 
organization  to  raise  it  to  that  position. 
The  formal  statement  of  the  purpose  of 
the  organization 
is  as  follows:  “ To 
elevate  and  ennoble  our  profession,  and 
it  to  that  mechanical,  moral 
in  our great 
ty  which  its  importance  as  an  ancient 
nd honorable art  entitles  it  to  occupy.”

intellectual  position 

raise 

and 

The  complications  of  legislation,  law­
making  and  executive  work 
in  Ken­
tucky  are  piling  up  business  for the 
lawyers  for  many  years  to  come.  The 
doctors  are  also getting  a  little  surgical 
business.

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T H E   CRO A K ER’S CHANCE.

A   great  deal  has  been  said  about  the 
cowardice  of  capital. 
It  is  always  in  a 
state  of  alarm.  Let  a  cloud  no  bigger 
than  a  man’s  hand  appear  in  the  clear 
sky  of  noon  day,  no  matter 
in  what 
quarter,  and  the  man  with  money  will 
hasten  to  his  castle,  close  his doors,  shut 
his  windows,  drop  his  portcullis  and, 
taking  his  stand  on  the  watch-tower, 
watch  that  cloud  until 
it  gathers  or 
scatters,  and  not  until  the  blue  is  clear 
does  he  again  venture 
forth.  Trade, 
interested  in 
less 
more  daring,  is  no 
that cloud.  No  sailor  sees  more tremen­
dous  possibilities,  but,  unlike  the  cap­
italist,  with  a  firm  grasp  on  the  tiller  he 
turns 
into  the  teeth  of  the  tempest  and 
trusts  to 
luck  and  a  kind  Providence 
and  an  undaunted  will  for  results.

towards 

involve  us 

The  South  African  war  is  bringing 
is 
out  these  characteristics.  Every  eye 
turned 
the  Dark  Continent. 
The  money  of  the  world  has  hastened 
behind 
its  well-known  barricades  and 
the  trade  of  the  world 
is  turning  its 
prying  keels  towards  the  field  of  car­
nage.  Now 
is  the  doubter’s  chance. 
“ This  w ar,”   he  croaks,  “ is  a  delusion 
and  a  snare  to  American  trade. 
It  is 
going  to 
in  the  politics  of 
Europe  and  as  sure  as  guns  we  are  go­
ing  to  come  out  at  the  little  end  of  the 
horn.  This  country  has 
little  foreign 
trade  to  brag  of  anyway,  especially  in 
South  Africa,  and  now  that  this  war  has 
begun,  that 
is  going  to  slip  from 
us  and  first  we  shall  know  the  United 
States  will  be  up  to  its  neck  in  trouble. 
Better  keep  away  from  South  Africa. 
That  flour-seizing  business 
is  only  a 
straw  showing  the  way  the  wind  blows. 
Let  England  get  a  good  grip  on  another 
such  chance  and  the  outcome  won’t  be 
quite  so  favorable  to  the  American  side 
of  the  house.  Do  let  well  enough  alone 
and 
let  the  Lion  and  the  Boer  fight  it 
out  by  themselves.”

little 

in 

is  true.  Not  only 

There  might  be  sillier  advice,  but 
probably  not.  The  Yankee  tradesman 
is  as  much 
love  with  his  skin  and 
his  pocketbook  as  the  tradesman of other 
nationalities  and 
if  his  eye  retains  its 
noted  keenness  and  farsightedness  he 
sees  none  of  these  threatened  evils.  To 
that  vision  the  reverse  of  the  things 
threatened 
is  this 
Boer, war  to  have  no  bad  effect  on  trade 
in  the  United  States,  but  directly  the 
reverse.  Already  its  value  and  variety 
increased.  The  croaker  is  con­
have 
stantly  forgetting,  what  the  Tradesman 
is  just  as  constantly  insisting  upon,  that 
good,honest  American goods,  once safely 
landed,  fight  their  own  battles.  They 
are  in the commercial fight what Dewey’s 
guns  were  at  M anila:  They  sink  the 
enemy’s  fleet  and  come  out  of  the  con­
flict  conqueror.  Up  to  this  time  the 
needs  of  South  Africa  have  been  the 
needs  of  a  nation  striving  with  new 
conditions 
in  a  new  country  passing 
from  the  control  of  the wilderness.  Min­
ing  and  farming  tools  and  machinery 
have  been  called  for  and  supplied  and 
this  country has  had her share  in answer­
ing  the  call.  That  phase  of  existence 
over,  the  needs  will  be  as  great,  but 
necessarily  in  other directions.  Domes­
tic  animals  and  food-stuffs,  and  what 
comes  as  a  matter  of  course  from  an 
things,  are 
improved 
of 
wanted.  England  herself 
is  ready  to 
take  advantage  of  the  opportunity  of 
getting  what  she  wants  with  the  least 
trouble,  and  so  America 
improving 
the  opportunity  of  yitroducing  products 
unknown  to  that  part  of  the  world— a 
proof  that  the  croaker  as  usual  croaks 
ipr the  love  of  it.

condition 

is 

The  mule  is  an 

instance.  The  ani­
mal  was  wanted  and  the  United  States 
could  supply  the  want,  and  did.  This 
led  to  other  shipments  and  from  time  to 
time  steamships  loaded  with  all  sorts  of 
American  products  are  leaving  Am eri­
can  ports  for  South  Africa.  Does  any­
one,  even  the  croaker,  suppose  that  this 
is  going  to  stop? 
Is  it  the  law  of trade, 
when  a  needed  article  is  found  at  a  rea­
sonable  price  with  a  responsible  house, 
to  give  up  the  certain  for the  uncertain? 
The  question 
is  not  worth  answering. 
The  war  may  stop  or  go  on.  The  trade 
begun  will  continue,  increased  as  it  has 
been  already  and  widened  by  a  greater 
variety  of  merchandise.  Grant  that  the 
war ends.  Provisions will still be  wanted 
and  this  country  will  furnish  her  share. 
Great  changes  will  follow  and  these  will 
create  new  wants.  Grant  that  the  war 
goes  on  and  the  Boers  wreck,  as  they 
the  mines  of  Johannesburg. 
threaten, 
One  thing 
is  true:  They  will  not  de­
stroy  the  gold  deposits  whoever  comes 
off  conqueror;  and  that  same  conqueror, 
when  peace  returns,  will  be  calling 
for 
mining  machinery  to  replace  that  which 
has  been  destroyed.  That  replacement 
will  fall 
largely  to  this  country  and 
every  order  will  strengthen  the  state­
ment  that  this  country  will not  be a  loser 
by  the  war.

It 

then, 

is  safe, 

is  no  reason 

to  declare  that  the 
croaker and  his  note  of  warning are both 
out  of  order.  There 
for 
the  existence  of  either  and  none  for 
heeding  them.  The  American  trade 
in 
South  Africa  is  not  a  myth,  as  the mules 
and  the  horses,  the  hay  and  the  other 
productions  already  there,  sufficiently 
testify.  This  trade  is  not  to  diminish. 
It  has  already  increased  and  it  will  con­
tinue  to  do  so.  War  or  no  war,  Eng­
land  conqueror  or  conquered,  orders  will 
come  from  South  Africa,  to  be  promptly 
received,  and  as  promptly  filled.  The 
goods  will  go,  and,  besides  satisfying 
the  present  wants  of  that  far-off country, 
will  create  new  ones,  to  be  as  certainly 
taken  care  of.  There  may  be  a  good 
many  faults 
in  the  make-up  of  the 
American  trader,  but  fear  is  not  one  of 
them,  and  the  commercial  balance  of 
trade,  when  the  year 
is  over,  will  be 
found  distinctly  and  overwhelmingly  on 
the  American  side.

look 

A   hotel  in  New  York  largely  patron­
ized  by  visiting  buyers  of  merchandise 
for  outside  stores  has  been  so  overrun 
with  salesmen  looking  for  these  visitors 
that  the  key  rack  back  of the  desk in  the 
hotel  office  has  been  renumbered  so  as 
to 
like  a  Chinese  puzzle.  The 
visitors,  it 
is  said,  always  like  to  see 
the  sights  of  the  metropolis  and  so  want 
to  sleep  late  in  the  morning.  It  became 
the  practice  of  the  competing  salesmen 
look  up  the  rooms  of  the  visitors  on 
to 
the  book,  notice 
if  the  key  was  in  the 
rack  and  then  sneak  upstairs  without 
sending  a  card or any advance announce­
ment.  Under  the  new  method  the  key 
rack  is  changed  every  little  while.

Liberia,  having  obtained  an  income 
from  royalties  paid  by  the  English  rub­
ber  syndicate,  is  now  again  paying  in­
terest  on  her  debt  of  $500,000,  on 
which  she  defaulted  twenty-five  years 
ago.  The  arrears  of  interest  have  been 
cleared  off  by  an  agreement  of  the 
creditors  to  receive  $75,000  as  payment 
in  full  of  all  back  interest.

It  requires  nerve  for  a  nation  to  de­
mand  of  China  an  open  door  and  at  the 
same  time  keep  up  laws  and 
inspectors 
to  prevent  Chinese  laborers from coming 
into  that  nation.

T H E   R ESPO N SIB ILITIE S  O F  L IF E .
It  is  a  very  common  expression  that 
the  present 
is  an  age  of  fast  living; 
that  men  break  down  their  constitutions 
and  health  by 
luxu­
rious,  and  by  vicious  habits.

intemperate  and 

It 

is  only 

Probably  there  has  never  been  a  time 
in  the  history  of  society  when  spirituous 
and  fermented  liquors  were  so  generally 
in  the  reach  of  the  people  of  every 
class. 
in  the  past  few  dec­
ades  that  the  people  have  learned  the 
intemperate  use  of  opium,  cocaine  and 
other  such  drugs.  At  a  first  glance  it 
would  seem  that  the  present  is  particu­
larly  an age of intemperance  and  baneful 
indulgences.

An  examination  of  the  situation shows 
that  this  is  not  the  case.  We  have  noth­
ing to-day  like  the  hard-drinking  age  of 
a  century  or  two  ago,  when  all  classes 
of  men,  from  the  highest  to  the 
lowest, 
were  accustomed  to  go  to  bed  drunk 
every  night  of  their  lives.  The  number 
of  habitual  drunkards  to-day is  decided­
ly  limited,  and  the  fact  is  mainly  due 
to  the  remarkable  growth 
in  the  last 
generation  or  two  of  the  public  respon­
sibilities  of  life.

To-day  thousands  of  railway  trains, 
carrying  hundreds  of  thousands  of  pas­
sengers, are  rushing  to their destinations, 
each  under  the  care  of  its  engine driver. 
On  every  sea  swift  steamers  are  plowing 
their  way,  carrying  thousands  of  human 
souls  and  vast  values  of  property.  Hun­
dreds  of  thousands  of  electric  cars  are 
speeding  through  the  streets  of  cities, 
while  vast  numbers  of  steam  engines 
are  used  in  propelling  the  machinery  of 
thousands  of  factories,  threatening  death 
and  destruction  to  all  in  their  reach  if 
they  are  subjected  to  the  neglect of those 
who  care  for  them.

The  fact  remains  that  in  almost  every 
department  of  industry the  most  danger­
ous  and  destructive  forces  are  constantly 
in  use  and  they  can  only  be  prevented 
from  working  death  and  ruin  to  many 
human 
lives  and  to  immense  property 
values  by  the  vigilance,  the  fidelity  and 
entire  trustworthiness  of  those  who  have 
charge  of  them.  Thus  it  is  that  the  re­
sponsibilities  of 
enormously 
in  every  branch  of  industry, 
increased 
and 
it  is  the  case  that  the  men  who  are 
charged  with such  supreme  cares  occupy 
not  only  humble  positions  in  life,  but 
they  are  too  often  poorly  paid.

life  are 

physical,  have  contributed  to  this  re­
sult.  Foremost  among  these  should  be 
placed  (1)  whatever  m aybe  included 
under  the  general  term  sanitation;  (2) 
improved  methods 
in  medicine,  and 
(3)  the  more  regular  habits  of  living, 
which  are  the  direct  outcome  of 
indus­
trial 
life  on  a  large  scale.  These  are 
some  of  the  evident  means  by  which 
life  has  been  lengthened. 
Inventions, 
which  have  made  production  cheap  and 
the  transportation  of  all  products  both 
influence 
cheap  and  easy,  have  had  an 
too  great  to  be  computed.

But  whatever  is  to be  attributed  to  the 
causes  mentioned,  it  must  not be  left  out 
of  the  discussion  that  the  enormous  re­
sponsibilities  of  business  growing out  of 
the 
immense  and  constant  use  of  such 
dangerous  forces  as steam and electricity 
have  exercised  great  influence in length­
ening 
life  by  enforcing  sobriety  and 
conscientiousness.  The  doors  of  every 
great 
shut  against  the 
drunkard,  the indolent anil the self-indul­
gent.  No  such  person  need  apply  for 
employment,  because it  will be surely  re­
fused  him.  The  responsibilities  of  busi­
ness  are  too great  to  permit  any favors to 
be  shown  to  an  unreliable  person  who 
intrusted  with  the 
might  have  to  be 
safety  of  many  human 
lives  and  the 
care  of  vast  property  values.

industry  are 

The  growth  of  sobriety  among  the 
working  classes  is  one  of  the most prom­
ising  features  of  the  social  conditions  of 
to-day,  and  it  has  been  enforced  by  the 
immense  development 
in  the  responsi­
bilities  of  daily  life.  Never  were  intox­
liquors  and  paralyzing  drugs 
icating 
more 
in  the  reach  of  the  people,  but 
their  excessive  use  is  confined  to  very 
few.  The  man  who  is  known  to  be  ad­
dicted  to  them  soon  falls  into  disrepute, 
and  being  unable  to  secure  employment 
in  any  important  capacity,  he  must  in  a 
short  time  degenerate  into  the  class  of 
incorrigibles  and  cease  to  have  any  rec­
ognition  among  decent  people.  There 
can  be  no  doubt  that  the  use  of powerful 
and  dangerous  physical 
in  the 
ordinary  operations  of  life will constant­
ly 
increase,  and  the  need  of  sober,  re­
liable  and  competent  men  become  so 
urgent  that  no  man  of  irregular or  in­
temperate  habits  will  be  able  to  secure 
employment  of  any  sort  in  the  years  to 
come,  and  the  time  will  not  be  distant, 
either. 

______________

forces 

And  yet  out  of  the  vast  numbers  who 
are  daily  and  nightly  intrusted  with  the 
care  of  responsibilities  in  which life and 
property  are  at  stake,  how  few  are  the 
instances  in  which  disaster  results  from 
the  unfaithfulness  or 
incompetence  of 
those  upon  whom  such  great  trusts  are 
reposed,  and  when  what  is  called  an  ac­
cident  occurs 
in  the  matter  of  any  of 
those  trusts,  it  startles  the  community 
because  such  accidents  are  so  rare. 
Something  over  a  century  ago 
there 
were  no  railroads  on  the  land,  no  steam 
vessels  upon  the  waters;  there  were  few 
mills  or  factories  operated  by  steam ; 
electricity  had not become the  indispens­
able  servant  of  man,  and,  therefore,  the 
vast  responsibilities  which  to-day  rest 
on  such  great  numbers  of  workingmen 
in  humble  positions did not exist.  There 
was  then  no  danger  to  be  apprehended 
from  a  drunken  engineer  or  motorman 
because  there  were  no  such  persons  in 
public  or  private  service.

It  has  been  claimed  by  the  life  insur­
ance  statisticians  that  during  the  past 
100  years  the  length  of  life  of the  aver­
age  man 
in  the  United  States  and  in 
the  more  civilized  parts  of  Europe  has 
increased  from  a  little  over  30  to  about 
40  years.  A   multitude  of  causes,  mostly

Florence  Nightingale,  famous  as  the 
first  war  nurse,  has  written  a  letter  in 
which  she  agrees  with  Governor  Roose­
velt  in  the  desirability  of  an  occasional 
war  as  a  means  of  developing  men.  She 
contends  that  war  is  an  excellent  means 
of  bringing  men  to  the  fore  and  making 
heroes  of  many  who  would  otherwise  be 
useless  to  the  country.

A   bill  has  been  introduced  in the New 
York  Legislature  to  require  the  date  of 
the  canning  to  be  placed  on  all  canned 
goods.  This 
is,  of  course,  to  prevent 
the  sale  of  old  goods  as  fresh  ones,  but 
it  does  not  appear that  the  measure  fur­
nishes  any  means  of  preventing  the 
fraud  of  dating  the  cans  ahead.

estimated 

The-consumption  of  tea  in  the  United 
States  was 
at  80,000,000 
pounds  in  1899;  Great  Britain  and  Ire­
land, 
184,500,000  pounds;  Russia, 
37,550,000  pounds,  and  Canada,  22,464, - 
000  pounds. 
In  coffee,  the  past  year,  it 
is  estimated  that  the  consumption  in the 
United  States  was  712,224,000  pounds.

If  marriage  is  a  failure,  it  is  because 
SO  many  inexperienced  people go into it.
A   foolish  man  will  ruin his own health 

trying  to  kill  time.

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RURAL  M AIL  D ELIVERY.

Some  F acts  R egarding  Its  E xtension  in 

* 

th is  State.*

Rural  free  delivery  had  many  trials 
and  difficulties  to  overcome  in  its  early 
day.

It  was  condemned  by  the  House  Com­
mittee  on  Postoffices  and  Postroads  of 
the  Fifty-third  Congress,  and  Postmaster 
General  Bissell  concurred  in  his  report 
for  1893  and  also  declined  to  expend  the 
$10,000  appropriation  made  by  Congress 
in  1894  to  test  the  feasibility  of  the  un­
dertaking.

In  1895  the  appropriation  was 

in­
creased  to  $20,000  and  Postmaster  Gen­
eral  Wilson  adopted  the  views  of  his 
predecessor,  but 
in  1896,  with  an  ap­
propriation  of  $40,000,  Mr.  Wilson  was 
prevailed  upon  to  make  the  experiment, 
with  grave  misgivings  saying  that  he 
had  taken  care  “ to  choose 
territory 
widely  divergent 
in  physical  features, 
in  the  occupation  and  density  of 
and 
True  to  his  word, 
its  population.”  
forty-four  “ widely  divergent”  
routes 
were  selected 
for  this  first  experiment, 
located  in  twenty-nine  different states.

The  details  regarding  the  installation 
of  this  service  were  placed  in  the  hands 
of  officers  of  the  Division  of  Postoffice 
Inspection and  Mail  Depredations.  They 
instructed  to  start  experimental 
were 
tests  of  rural  delivery 
in  specifically 
named  localities,  no  matter  whether  the 
conditions  seemed 
favorable  or  other­
wise.  Some  became  impressed  that  the 
locations  assigned  had  been  chosen  to 
free  delivery  was  not 
show  that  rural 
desired  and  was 
impossible  of  execu­
tion.  Under  these  unfavorable  circum­
stances,  it  is  not  surprising that  some  of 
the  original  routes  established  proved 
not  to  be  a  “ howling  success.”   How­
ever,  other  of  these  routes  were  so  well 
placed  and  gave  such  immediate  satis­
faction  to  the  people  that  their  merits 
could  not  be  obscured  and,  steadily 
coming  to  the  front,  demonstrated  clear­
ly  that  rural  free  delivery,  judiciously 
inaugurated,  was  a  move  in  the  line  of 
progression  and  could  be  prosecuted 
with  profit  and  benefit  to  the  rural  dis­
tricts  and  without  serious  tax  upon  the 
revenues  of  the  Government.

In  discussing  this  subject  I  can  not 
more  fully  expatiate  upon this broad and 
far-reaching  service  than  by  quoting 
from  a  recent  report  of  the  Hon.  First 
Assistant  Postmaster  General  H eath: 
“ There  has  been  nothing  in  the  history 
of  the  postal 
service  of  the  United 
States  so  remarkable  as  the  growth  of 
the  rural  free  delivery  system within  the 
past  two  years.  Largely  aided  by  the 
people  themselves,  this  service  has  im­
itself  so  firmly  upon  postal  ad­
planted 
it  can  no  longer  be 
ministration  that 
considered 
light  of  an  experi­
ment,  but  has  to  be  dealt  with  as  an  es­
tablished  agency  of  progress,  awaiting 
only  the  action  of  Congress to  determine 
how  rapidly  it  shall  be  developed.”

in  the 

The  following  facts,  as  set  forth  by 
im­

Mr.  Heath,  fully  demonstrate  the 
portance  of  this  subject:

1. 

in  value  of 

for.  So  marked 

Increased  postal  receipts.  More 
letters  are  written  and  received.  More 
newspapers  and  magazines  are  sub­
scribed 
is  this  that 
quite  a  number  of  rural  routes  are  al­
ready  self-sustaining  by  the  additional 
business  they  bring.
2.  Enhancement 

farm 
lands  reached  by  rural  service.  This  in­
crease  has  been  estimated  as  high  as  $5 
per  acre  and  a moderate estimate is from 
$2  to $3  per  acre.
3.  A  general 

the 
condition  of  the  roads  traversed  by  the 
rural  carrier. 
In  the  Western  States  es­
pecially  the  construction  of  good  roads 
has  been  a  prerequisite  to  the  establish­
ment  of  rural  service,  $2,600  having 
been  subscribed  by  one  county 
in  In­
diana 
to  grade  and  gravel  a  road  in  or­
der  to  obtain  rural  free  delivery.

improvement 

4.  Better  prices  are  obtained 

for 
farm  products, 
the  producers  being 
brought  into  daily  touch  with  the  status 
of  the  markets,  and thus  enabled  to  take 
advantage  of  information  heretofore  un­
attainable.
* Paper read by A.  Edward  Robinson,  Assistant
Postmaster of Grand  Rapids,  at  annual  con­
vention Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association.

in 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

It 

5.  To  these  material  advantages  may 
be  added  the  educational  benefits  con­
ferred  by  access  to  wholesome  literature 
and  the  keeping  of  both  young  and  old 
fully  informed  as  to  the  stirring  events 
of  the  day.  The  moral  value  of  these 
civilizing 
influences  can  not  be  too 
highly  rated.

is  pleasing  to  note  that  several  of 
the  state  meetings  of  Patrons  of  Hus­
bandry,  and  similar  bodies,  have  ad­
vised  the  Department,  acknowledging 
the  value  of  the  system,  and  offering 
resolutions  commending  and  urging  its 
continuous  development.

to  use 

underlying 

possibilities 

Upon  entering  the  duties  of  First  A s­
sistant  Postmaster  General 
in  March, 
1897,  Mr.  Heath  learned  that  he  had  an 
appropriation  of  $50,000 
in 
further  testing  this  service  and  he  pro­
ceeded  at  once  to  systematically  organ­
ize  and  establish  rural  routes  wherever 
it  seemed  practical,  realizing  keenly  the 
great 
the 
project.  Petitions^from  every  section 
of  the  country  where  the  service  had 
been  given  a  fair trial  began  to  pour  in 
upon  the  Department.  Special  agents 
were  appointed  to  look  into  the  claims 
presented  and  to  lay  out  routes wherever 
the  conditions  seemed  favorable.  Such 
good  results  were  obtained  therefrom 
that  Congress  responded  with  an  appro­
priation  of  $150,000,  and 
in  the  fiscal 
year  following,  98-99,  allowed  $300,000 
more 
for  the  same  purpose.  Requests 
multiplied  so  rapidly  that  before  four 
months  of  the  present  fiscal  year  had 
expired,  the  appropriation  was  found  to 
have  been  practically  exhausted  and 
therefore  a  halt  was  reluctantly called  in 
further  installation,  awaiting  the  dicta­
tion  and  provision  of  Congress.

As  a  practical  illustration  of  what  has 
been  accomplished,  and 
financial 
basis  upon  which  operated,  1  submit 
statements  taken 
from  the  last  official 
reports:

the 

thousand,  six  hundred 

At  West  Chester,  Pa.,  service  was  es­
tablished  Jan.  1,  1899,  with  six  carriers. 
The  cost  to  maintain  this  service  nine 
months  has  been  $1,800.  A  fair estimate 
of  the  value  of  the  postage  collected 
is 
2  cents  apiece.  One  hundred  nine­
teen 
sixty- 
eight  pieces  were  collected,  amounting 
to $2,393.36.  Deducting the  amount  ex­
pended  leaves  a  nice  balance  of  $593.36 
over  the  expenditure 
in  favor  of  the 
Government,  thus  being  more  than  self- 
sustaining  and  affording 
its  patrons  a 
much-appreciated 
free  delivery  and 
collection,  which  they  had  not  hereto­
fore  possessed.

it 

At  Owosso,  in  our  own  State,  from 
Nov.,  1898, 
to  Sept.,  1899,  a  period  of 
eleven  months,  one  rural  carrier  deliv­
ered  and  collected  a  total  of  88,992 
pieces  of  mail,  an  average  of  8,090  per 
month.  This  service  cost  the  Govern­
ment  $366,  or a  little  over  two-fifths  of a 
cent  for each  piece  handled.
illustrations, 

to  be  sure, 
of  thoroughly  organized  and  prosperous 
routes,  but 
is  convincing  proof  that 
rural  service  can  be  handled  without ex­
travagant  expenditure  by  the  Depart­
ment  in  maintaining  the  system.

These  are 

During  the  first  four  months  of  the 
present  fiscal  year,  this  service  has  been 
extended  to 179,131  persons,  at an annual 
cost  of  about  .84c  per  capita,  which  is 
very  consistent,  considering  the  service 
rendered.  This estimate does not  include 
the 
increase  from  postal  receipts  and 
other  sources,  which  really  should  be 
considered.  The  comparison  of  rural 
free delivery with  city  free  delivery,  and 
especially 
exceeding 
5,000  in  population,  makes  a  most  fa­
vorable  showing  and  reports  tell  us  that 
in  the 
it  costs  $2.80  per capita, 
again  demonstrating  the economical side 
of  rural  service.

the  cities  not 

latter 

Official  reports  further  show  that  on 
Nov.  1,  1899,  rural  deilvery  was  in  suc­
cessful  operation  from  383  distributing 
points,  covering  over  forty  states  .and 
one  territory.  Michigan  is  favored thus 
far  with  having  fifteen  routes.

Thus  will be seen the marvelous strides 
which  the  traveling  postoffice  has  made 
during  the  short  period  of 
its  seven 
years’  existence.  That  it  will  continue 
as  one  of  the  potent  factors  of our grand, 
broad  and  progressive  mail  system  is 
unquestioned.

|  Acetylene  Oas vs.  Rochester  Lamps

.

8 
^  The  following  letter  from  a  leading  grocery  house  of  the  Grand
•  

Traverse  region  is  self-explanatory:

2  
H 
From  January  1,  1899,  to  January  11,  1900,  we  used  in  our  Owen
•   Acetylene  Generator  exactly  one  thousand  pounds  of  carbide, which  cost
■
  us,  including freight, $47.50.  During the previous year it  cost  us  $97.80  to 
H  run our Rochester lamps—a clear saving of $50.30, with twice the light  and
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Last  June  Hon.  Wm.  Alden  Smith, 
who  has  been  much  interested  in  this 
service,  was  successful 
in  having  the 
Department  consent  to  allow  a  special 
agent  to  visit  this  portion  of  the  State, 
with  a  view  of  establishing  rural service 
in  our  own  locality.  After  consultation 
with  Postmaster  Bishop,  Special  Agent 
Hammer,  in  company  with  some  of the 
local  postoffice  force,  went  over the situ­
ation  here,  and,  as  a  result,  the  Depart­
ment  established  on  Oct.  16  last  three 
rural  routes  from  this  office.  We  were 
somewhat  disappointed,  however,  in  not 
getting  all  we  had  hoped— four  routes; 
we  were  a 
little  greedy,  possibly,  but 
realizing  the  benefits  to  be  derived,  we 
were 
interests  of  our 
Northern  friends,  as  well  as  those  re­
siding 
in  the  three  other  directions. 
“ Still  we  live  in  hopes,”   and  with  the 
forthcoming  new  appropriation,  I  as­
sure  you,  you  will  see both Congressman 
and  Postmaster  diligently  planning  and 
working  to  bring  about  this  end.

looking  for  the 

Our  experience  with  the  service  thus 
far  has  been  very  satisfactory,  and  both 
Mr.  Smith  and  Postmaster  Bishop  feel 
greatly  pleased  at  the  result,  and  by  the 
many  kindly  assurances  of  our  rural 
friends,  it  would  appear  that  they,  too, 
share  in  this  expression  of  the undertak­
ing.  The  short  time  our  local  service 
has  been  in  effect  does  not afford much 
opportunity 
for  comparison,  but  our 
three  routes  show  a  steady  increase  in 
both  delivery  and  collections,  and  I  ap­
prehend  there  would  be a great  upheaval 
among  our  farmer  friends  should  the 
service  be  abolished. 
I  have  heard, 
however,  of one  farmer  who  did  not  take 
kindly  to  the  new  system.  Every  so 
often  John  went  to  town  ostensibly— for 
the  mail,  in  reality— for  a  little  spree. 
When  his  good  wife  informed  him  that 
the  mail  hereafter  would  be  brought  to 
his  door  and  his  numerous  town  trips 
were  a  thing  of  the  past,  he  threw  up 
his  hands  and exclaimed :  “ What excuse 
can  I  offer  now,  Sophia?  This  whole 
system  is  wrong  and  certainly  will  have 
to  be  abolished.

living 

Our  rural  carriers  leave  their  respec­
tive  sub-stations  daily  at  8  o’clock, 
Sundays  and  holidays  excepted.  All 
mail  arriving  upon  the  early  morning 
trains,  both  from  the  North,  South,  East 
and  West,  is  dispatched  to  their  respec­
tive  stations  from  the  local  postoffice,  so 
that  it  will  be  delivered  the  morning  of 
arrival  here,  thereby  giving  the  farmer 
living  eight  or  ten  miles  in  the  country 
his  morning  papers  and  other  mail  mat­
ter  just  as  early  as  many  of  the  city  res­
idents,  especially  those 
in  the 
outskirts  of  the  larger  places.  Each  car­
rier  provides  his  own  conveyance and  in 
many 
localities  these  are  a  “ thing  of 
beauty,”   and  reflect  great  credit  to  the 
patrons  and  carrier.  They  travel  about 
twenty-seven miles per day each.  Mail  is 
delivered  to  any  person  or  family  on  or 
adjacent  to  the  routes  free  of  all  cost, 
provided  only  that  a  suitable  box  to  re­
ceive  the  mail 
is  put  up  directly  upon 
their  respective  route  in  a  place that can 
be  conveniently  reached  by  the  carrier 
without  alighting  from  his  buggy.  No 
mail  will  be  delivered  unless  a  suitable 
box 
is  provided  to  receive  it.  Stamps 
and  postal  cards  may  be  purchased  of 
the  carrier,  but  it  is  advised  that  a  sup­
ply  of  these  be  kept  on  hand,  as  he  has 
not  time  to  wait  while  letters  and  cards 
are  written.

it 

the 

A   red  flag  should  be  displayed  when 
is  to  be  collected,  otherwise  the 
mail 
to  deliver, 
carrier,  having  no  mail 
let­
might  pass  by  and  not  collect 
ters.  There 
is  but  little  variance  from 
day  to  day  in  the  time  of  arrival  of  the 
carrier,  and 
is  asked  that  patrons 
watch  for  him  and  get  their  mail  from 
boxes  as  soon  as  possible.

Outside  errands  are  permissible  by 
the  carrier,  so  far  as  they  do  not  inter­
fere  with  his  official  duties,  and  at 
times  this  feature  is  of  great  benefit  to 
patrons.

Too  much  stress  can  not  be  laid  upon 
the  importance  of  good  roads. _  These 
are  very  essential,  and  especially 
is 
in  bad  weather,  and  the 
this  realized 
success  of  the  service  depends 
largely 
upon  their  condition.

It 

is  possible  to  make  pointed  re­

marks  and  be  very  blunt  about  it.

T he  D ifference  B etw een  Men  and  Doga.
“ It  always  makes me mad,”   remarked 
a  West  Side  merchant  the  other  day, 
“ when  I  hear  anyone  saying  of  a  man, 
‘ Oh,  he’s  a  perfect  dog.’  They  in­
tended  it,  of  course,  as  the  most  scath­
ing,  and  sweeping,  and  contemptuous 
criticism  that  one  person can  offer of an­
other,  while  in  reality  it 
is  praise  of 
which  the  best  of  us  might  be  proud. 
By  Jove,  if  I  wanted  to  pay  a  man  a 
gilt-edged  compliment  that  was  simply 
saturated  with  admiration,  and  that 
in­
dicated  that  he  was  the  Pooh-Bah  of  all 
the  virtues,  1  don’t  know  how  I  could 
better  express  my  opinion  than  to  say 
he  was  a  perfect  dog. 
1  would  mean 
that  he  was  so  faithful  to  every  trust  he 
would  give  his 
life  to  keep  safe  what 
was  intrusted  to  his  care.  I  would  mean 
that  he  was  so  unselfish  that  he  was  ca­
pable  of  a  love  that  was  content  to give, 
asking  nothing  in  return.  I  would  mean 
that  he  was  so  true  and  loyal  he  would 
stick  to  a  friend  through  good  and  evil 
report,  down  to  the  hovels,  or  up  to  the 
very  gates  of  the  prison,  if  need  b e ; 
that  he  would  starve  and 
freeze  and 
suffer  with  you  and  never once  think  of 
deserting  you  in  your  misery.  A  man's 
family  may  cast  him  off  when  he  dis­
graces  them.  His  friends  may  fall  away 
at  the  very  first  cold  blast  of misfortune, 
but  the  dog  sticks  to  him  to  the  bitter 
end.  Nothing  tempts  him  away from  his 
allegiance,  and  not  all  the  money  or 
pomp  of  the  world  can  buy  one  wag  of 
his  honest  tail.  The  other  day  I  was 
standing  on  the  street  corner,  near  one 
of  those  abject  and  pitiful  creatures who 
rattle  a  tin  cup  and  beg  of  every  passer­
by.  This  one  was  a  little  old  woman, 
in  a  faded  old  black  sunbonnet  that 
drooped 
limply  and  dejectedly  down, 
and  on  her  breast  she  wore  a  placard 
that  said,  ‘ Blind 
for  fifty  years.’  Her 
old  hands  were  knotted  with  rheuma­
tism,  and  as  she  turned  her  sightless 
eyes  upon  you  you  saw  that  pathetic 
look  in  the  face  that  comes  to  those  who 
have  never  known  anything  but  poverty 
and  want  and  hunger,  and  who  have 
even  ceased  to  hope  for  anything  else. 
You  knew 
just  as  well  as  if  she  had 
shouted  it  to  you  that  nobody  loved  her, 
nobody  wanted  her,  and  that  when  she 
could  drag  her  feeble  old body out to beg 
no 
longer  she  would  be  kicked  and 
cuffed  about  until  the  day  when  she  was 
carted  off  to  the  potter’s  field.  The  only 
living  thing  that  clung  to  her  was  the 
dog  that  crouched  at  her  side,  a  miser­
able  half-starved  creature,  hideous  with 
sores,  an  outcast  among  beasts  as  she 
was  among  men.  Presently  down  the 
street  came  a woman  and  a dog that were 
the  very  antithesis  of  these.  Thorough­
bred  and  perfect  grooming  were 
in 
every  line  of  both  of  them.  You  knew 
that  they  had  lived luxuriously and  fared 
sumptuously  all  their 
lives  and  had 
never  known  an  hour  of  want  and  anx­
iety,  and  there  was  pride  and  arrogance 
in  the  way  the  dog  arched  his  neck  and 
in  his 
light  tread,  as  well  as  the  wom­
an’s.  As  they  came  on  the  old  blind 
beggar  woman  rattled  her  cup 
and 
turned  her  bleared  eyes  up 
in  wordless 
appeal  to  the  compassion  of  a  sister 
woman,  but  with  a  rustle  of  silk  skirts 
and 
rich 
woman  swept  by,  hardly  pausing  to 
even 
look  at  the  other’s  misery.  The 
pampered  dog  stopped,  too,  for  a  mo­
ment,  but,  unlike  the  humanity  that 
had  been  deaf  to  pity  and  scorned  the 
tie  of  a  common  brotherhood,  with  a 
gesture  that  seemed  full  of  infinite  com­
passion  he  threw  himself  down  by  the 
side  of  the  pariah  of  his  race  and  begun 
gently  licking  his  sores.  There’s  a 
lot 
of  difference,  I  tell  you,  between  people 
and  dogs,  and  it’s  mostly  in  the  dog’s 
favor. ’

jingling  gold  chains  the 

Crockery and Glassware

AKRON  STONEW ARE. 

B u tte rs

4  gal., per  doz............................................. 
l 
to 6 gal., per  gal................................... 
8 gal. each...................................................  
10 gal. each...................................................  
12 gal. each...................................................  
15 gal. meat-tubs, each......................... 
22 gal. meat-tubs, each......................... 
■ 
25 gal. meat-tubs, each........................  
, 
30 gal. meat-tubs, each........................  

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

C hurns

M ilkpan*

4  gal. flat or rd. hot., per doz............  
1 gal. flat or rd. bot.,each..................  
F in e Glazed M ilkpans
4  gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz............. 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each.................. 

4  gal. flreproof, ball, per  doz............. 
1 gal. flreproof, ball, per  doz............. 

Stew pans

Ju g s

4  gal,, per  doz............................................. 
K gal. per  doz..............................................  
1 to 5 gal., per  gal......................................... 

T om ato  Ju g s

4  gal., per  doz............................................. 
1  gal., each........................................... 
Corks for 4  gal., per doz.....................  
Corks for  1  gal., per doz.....................  

P reserve  J a r s   and  Covers
4  gal., stone cover, per doz................  
1 gal., stone cover, per doz............... 

5 lbs. In package, per  lb....................... 

Sealing  W ax

FR U IT  JA R S

Pints.'...........................................................  
Quarts..........................................................  
Half Gallons................................................  
Covers.......................................................... 
Rubbers.................................................. 

DAMP  BURNERS
 

No. 0 Sun................................................ 
No. 1 Sun....................... 
No. 2 Sun................................................ 
No. 3 Sun.....................................................  
Tubular................................................... 
Security, No.  1...................................... 
Security, No.  2......................................  
Nutmeg................................................... 

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

F irst  Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

No. 0 Sim, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 3 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
CHIMNEYS—P earl Top
No. 1 Sim, wrapped and labeled........  
No. 2 Sim, wrapped and labeled........  
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and labeled—  
No. 2 Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps........................................... 

Da  B astie

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

R ochester

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

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

E lectric

OID  CANS

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

gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 

P u m p   Cans

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

DANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift....................... 
No.  IB  Tubular................................... 
No. 13 Tubular, dash............................  
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain............  
No. 12 Tubular, side  lamp.................... 
No.  3 Street lamp, each...................... 
DANTERN  GDOBES 

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 bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub,, bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each 

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at  Gettysburg  and  the 
Emancipation  Procla­
mation were prominent 
incidents in  his life, but 
they  are  not  the  basis 
of  his 
fame.  Great 
things  were  character­
istic of the man.  He did 
extraordinary 
things 
because he was  an  ex­
traordinary man.  Spec­
ial occasions gave  him. 
special 
opportunities, 
but  he  was  equally 
great on  all  occasions.
Men  and  merchan­
dise  are  measured  by 
the  same  rule—service 
to the public.  Reliabil­
ity is first in importance. 
The safest man may not 
make the most brilliant 
successes,  but  he  will 
make  the  fewest  fail­
ures. The winning horse 
in a race may not make 
the fastest time,  but he 
must 
take  the  most 
heats.

Flour  to  be  popular 
must  be  reliable. 
It 
must be uniform. CER- 
ESOTA  has  earned  a 
reputation  for  uniform 
excellence.  The qual­
ity  never  varries  and 
the  flour  never  disap­
points.  CERESOTA 
on the sack guarantees 
the contents.

Olney  & Judson 
Grocer Company,

W estern  M ichigan Distributors,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

T he N orthw estern C onsolidated 
M illing Com pany, M inneapolis.

DAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

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

Per box of 6  doz.
1 
1 
2 

Com m on

12

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Shoes  and  Leather

Shoe  M anufacturer»  am i M agazine A dver­

tising.

The  question  of  extending  trade  by 
means  of  advertising  is  one  which  per­
plexes 
the  business  man  of  to-day. 
Years  ago  the  average  manufacturer  was 
able  to  sell  all  the  goods  he  could  pro­
duce  at  a  fairly  liberal  profit,  but  owing 
to  the  growth  of  the  country  and  the  ex­
tension  of  manufacturing  generally,  al­
most  every  line  of  productive 
industry 
is  now  represented  by  so  many  manu­
facturers  that  competition 
is  infinitely 
greater,  and,  as  a  consequence,  profits 
have  been  cut  down  to  the  lowest  notch. 
Even  with  the  advantages  offered  by 
manufacturers  of  good  quality  and  low 
prices,  there  is  still  a  difficulty  in  get­
ting  all  the  business  which  is  desired by 
many  of  them,  and  therefore  there  has 
been  a  wonderful  growth  of  advertising 
in  the  last  few  years.

Anyone  who  may  look  over  the  maga­
zines  of  twenty,  or  even  ten,  years  ago 
will  be  surprised  to  find  that  they  con­
tained  so 
little  advertising,  and  that 
these  advertisements  were,  as  a  rule, 
very  small,  very  commonplace,  and,  as 
a  general  thing,  very  few.  To-day  one 
purchases  a magazine  of  80  to 120 pages, 
and  finds  tacked  to  it  100  to  1^0  pages 
of  advertising.  One  would  almost  think 
that  the  producers  of  this  country  had 
gone  mad  over  magazine  advertising.

A   liberal  sprinkling  of  the  advertise­
ments  shown  in  the  magazines  of  to-day 
are  those  of  shoe  manufacturers.  There 
are  several  concerns  who  are  spending 
many  thousands of  dollars  every  year  in 
the  weekly  and  monthly  papers  and 
magazines  of general  circulation  to  pop­
ularize  their  makes  of  shoes.  There 
have  been  others  who  before  them  tried 
the  experiment  and  have  given  it  up. 
Almost  any  shoe  dealer  in  the  country 
can  remember  the  names  of  people  who, 
five  or  ten  yeais  ago,  advertised  their 
shoes  very 
liberally  in  the  high-priced 
mediums,  but  who  to-day  are  almost  as 
unknown  as  Aquila,  the  tentmaker  of 
Corinth,  who  is  advertised  in  the  annals 
of  Luke,  A.  D.  55.

they  create  an  antagonism 

Those  shoe  manufacturers  who  have 
been  and  are  advertising  their  shoes 
in 
this  way  are,  we  believe,  working 
against  their  own  interests. 
In  the  first 
place, 
to 
themselves  and  their  goods  on  the  part 
of  the  retailers.  No  retailer  likes  to  be 
dictated  to  by  the  manufacturer,  and 
the  man  who  advertises  the 
“ Sure 
Enough”   shoe  at  $3,  “ order of  your  re­
tail  dialer  and  take  no  other, ”  too  often 
finds 
it  difficult  to  get  an  enterprising, 
go-ahead  retailer  to  handle  his  shoes. 
The  retailer  prefers  to  do  his  own  ad­
vertising.  He  prefers  to  do 
in  his 
own  way,  in  his  own  local  paper,  where 
he  will  get  the  greatest  benefit.  Not­
withstanding  the  fact  that  some  of  these 
advertising  mediums  may  have  circula­
tions  of  hundreds  of  thousands  of  copies 
in  this  and  other  countries,  the  retailer 
knows  that 
in  the  territory  from  which 
he  draws  his  custom  only  a  compara­
tively  few  copies  are  read,  and  that  for 
his  own  particular  trade  such  advertise­
ments  are  not  worth  a  nickel  a  year.

it 

It  has  been  stated  as  a  fact  that  a shoe 
manufacturer who  spent  over $100,000  a 
year  in  advertising  his  brand  of  foot­
wear  was  obliged  to  charge  retailers 
twenty-five  cents  per  pair  more  for  his 
shoes  than  the  same 
identical  shoes, 
made  without  his  brand  on  them,  could 
be  bought.  Now,  there  are  few  retailers 
who  are  willing  to  pay  twenty-five  cents

a  pair  for advertising  their shoes;  and 
certainly,  of  these  few  not  even  1  per 
cent,  could  be  found  who  would  be 
willing  to  pay  twenty-five  cents  more 
simply  because  the  shoes  were  adver­
tised  in  the  large  magazines  and  picto­
rial  weeklies.  As  was  said  above,  every 
retailer  prefers  to  do  his  own  advertis­
ing  in  his  own  way.

in  the  end. 

Wide-spread  advertising  is  frequently 
spread  too  thin  to  be  of  much advantage 
to  anybody,  not  even  to  the  manufactur­
er,  for 
it  is  quite  a  question  whether  it 
benefits  him 
In  too  many 
cases 
it  turns  the  shoe  factory  into  a 
mail  order  or  retail  store,  where  the 
manufacturer  himself,  by  selling 
the 
retail  customer,  comes  into  direct  com­
petition  with  the  shoe  merchants 
to 
whom  he  supplies  his  goods. 
Such 
driving  away  of  wholesale  trade  for  the 
benefit  of  retail  orders  is  grabbing  for 
the  shadow  and  irretrievably 
losing  the 
substance.

Many  of  the  manufacturers  who  have 
tried  magazine  advertising 
in  years 
gone  by  have  seen  the  folly  of  it.  Some 
have  found  out  that  experience is  a  dear 
teacher,  and  they  are  to-day  out  of  the 
shoe  business.  Others  have  had  their 
experiences,  but  learned  the  lesson  soon 
enough  to change  their  policy,  and  have 
discontinued  this  kind  of  advertising.

The  shoe  manufacturer  who  to-day 
wishes  to  push  his  business  by  advertis­
ing  will  endeavor to  assist  and 
instruct 
the  retailer,  rather  than  antagonize  him. 
The  way  to  do  this  is,  first,  to  make  a 
shoe  which  the  retailer  can  sell,  and, 
second,  to  inform  the  retailer  all  about 
it,  and  to  give  the  retailer that  shoe  at 
as  close  a  price  as  possible,  thereby  al­
lowing  the  latter  to  do  his  own  advertis­
ing  and yet enabling him  to  get sufficient 
profit  to  be  able  to  afford  to  buy  this  lo­
cal  publicity.

The  way  is  m anifest:  The  shoe  man­
ufacturer  to-day  who  would  enlarge  his 
business  should  advertise 
in  the  trade 
papers,  thereby  placing  himself  in  d i­
rect  communication  with  the  retailers  of 
the  country,  and  should  inform  and 
in­
struct  them  with  regard  to  the  goods  by 
means  of  careful  descriptions,  well- 
drawn  illustrations and  close  quotations.
The  go-ahead,  wide-awake  shoe  re­
tailers  of  the  country  are  subscribers  to 
the  trade  journals.  They  pay  out  good 
money  for  these  publications,  and  they 
read  them  thoroughly.  Most  of  them 
understand  that  the  advertising pages  in 
the  trade  papers  are  among  the  most 
important 
in  the  matter  of  vital  trade 
new s;  that  the  trade  papers  are  the  me­
dium 
for  constant  communication,  and 
they  are,  therefore,  studied  thoroughly. 
If  manufacturers  who  are  now  spending 
thousands  of  dollars  for  advertising  in 
the  popular  monthlies  and  weeklies 
would  cut  their  appropriations  down  to 
one-tenth,  and  spend  that  in  the  trade 
papers,  they  would  find  that  in  the  end 
they  would  be  the  gainers  thereby,  and, 
what  is  more,  every retailer  in  the  coun­
try  would  be  a  gainer to  an  even 
larger 
extent;  for  it  stands  to  reason  that  the 
retailer  and  the  consumer  must  pay  the 
advertising  bills  of  the  manufacturer, 
and  where  these  amount  to  hundreds  of 
is  a  question 
thousands  of  dollars,  it 
worth 
these 
days  of  close  margins  and  small  profits. 
— Boot  and  Shoe  Recorder.

serious  consideration 

in 

Cold  Storage  Inspection.

A  bill  has  been  introduced  in the New 
York  Legislature  providing  for  the  ap­
pointment  by  the  Boards  of  Health  in 
cities  of  the  first  class  of  not  more  than 
inspectors,  who  shall  inspect  and 
four 
examine  all  buildings 
in  their  cities 
used  for  cold  storage  purposes,  as  to 
their sanitary  condition.

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Duck or Gum  Perfections.

Our stock is complete.  Send 
us  your  orders  and  they  will 
have prompt attention.

Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie &  Co.,

10-22 N. Ionia St., Qrand Rapids, Mich*

Agents Boston Rubber Shoe Company.

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YOU  NEED  THEMsHOES that will  fit.

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

WE  MAKE  THEM

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.,

M AKERS  OF  SHOES, 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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W e  are  now  prepared  to  fill  all  orders 
promptly.  The sizes and toes which manu­
facturers could not furnish prior  to  Nov.  i, 
are now in stock.

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A Quick Seller.  Order now.

HIRTH,  KRAUSE & CO., Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

13

THOSE  P IO N E E R   SA W M IILS.

Some  M em ories  o f  Them ,  W ith  O ther 

E arly   Things.

Written for the Tradesman.

inch  oak  plank 

Looking  over  some  back  numbers  of 
the  Tradesman,  I  have  been  re-reading 
with  much 
interest  two  articles  from 
my  old  friend,  W.  S.  H.  Welton. 
In 
reference  to  the  cutting  out  of  100,000 
feet  of  4 
for  paving 
Chicago  streets,  I  remember  that  well— 
although  Mr.  Welton  mistakes  the  name 
of  the  sawyer,  which  was  not  Harry  W. 
Waters,  but  Henry  S.  Wartrous,  who 
was  prominent  among 
lumbermen  of 
those  days  as  a  contractor  and  an  expert 
raftsman  and 
log-driver.  His  mill,  at 
the  time  spoken  of,  was  between  the 
canal  and  the  River  and  nearly opposite 
Erie street.  Just below it was another saw­
mill,  operated  by  James  M.  Nelson,  and 
below  that  another  run  by  William  Hal­
dane,  which,  I  think,  was  the  oldest  of 
the  three— all  of  them,  I  believe,  using 
the  muley  saw,  instead  of  the  earlier 
slow-moving  sash-gate  saw. 
To  cut 
100,000  feet  with  this  in  six  months  was 
not  a  very  marvelous  feat,  for  it  would 
turn  out  three  thousand  feet  per  day 
without  very  strong  urging.  However 
the  chief  interest  of  such  matters  now  i 
in  their  association  with  early  Grand 
Rapids.

i  my  life  I  heard  a  woman  “ preach.”  
Well,  the  world  m oves;  but  the  num- 
ir  of  those  still  with  us  who  can  re­
member,  and  cherish  with pleasure  such 
memories,  while  comparing  the  then  | 
ith  the  now,  and  pondering  upon  the 
fast  strides  of  work  and  of  business  and 
of  trade,  during  the  past  half  century,
>  growing  comparatively  small  indeed, 
/hat  may  be  unfolding  to  the  rising 
succeeding  generation  none 
and  the 
it  be  the  equal  in 
;randeur  and  progress  of  the  one  just 
past?  Let  us  all  hope  so,  for  to  retro­
grade,  or  even  to  halt,  seems  almost  like 
coming  to  the  brink  of  a  precipice 
in 
human  affairs  too  terrible  for  calm  con­
templation. 

Albert  Baxter.

know.  Will 

Muskegon,  Feb.  5,  1900.

N ot  Keatly  To  T alk.

Holland,  Jan.  27— In  answer  to  yours 
>f  Jan.  22  allow  me  to  say  that  I  did ex- 
imine  the  law  enacted  by  the  last  Leg- 
slature,  providing  for  the  licensing and 
regulation  of  commission  men  and  bro­
kers,  but  I  am not so situated at the pres­
ent  time  as to  give you anything  for pub­
lication.  Matters  may  soon  progress  so 
far  that  I  may  be  able  to  give  you  what 
you  desire  in  this  matter,  and 
it  will 
then  give  me  great  pleasure  so  to  do.
G.  J.  Diekema.

Now’s  , 
the 
Time

W  

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If  you  place  your  harness 
order  with  us  now,  it  will 
be  filled  before  the  rush 
begins.

This  means  you  will  not 
be  delayed  and  you  won’t 
have  to  pay  a  cent  more.
New  harness  price  list 

just  out— send  for  one.

Brown  &  Sehler,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

O ur  line  of

WORLD

Bicycles for  1900

Is more  complete  and  attractive  than  ever  be­
fore.  We are not in the Trust.  We want good 
agents everywhere.

ARNOLD,  SCHWINN & CO.,

M akers,  Chicago,  III.

Adams &  Hart.  Michigan  Sales Agents, 
Qrand Rapids, Mich.

In  that  same  fall  of  1851  I  purchased 
of  J.  W.  Winsor  some  20,000  feet  of 
mill-run  pine  lumber  and  piled  it  up  at 
the  southwest  corner  of  Canal and  Huron 
streets. 
In  the  following  March  (1852 
came  the  big  flood— the  biggest  one 
known  then  since  1838— when  the  float 
ing  cakes  of 
ice  gorged  at  the  island 
below,  setting the  River  back  and  delu 
ging  the  entire  length  of  Canal  street 
also  covering nearly  the  entire  west  side 
of  the  city.  Going  out  one  morning 
while  that flood was at  its  height,  1  found 
some  of  my 
lumber  piles  just  starting 
for  a  journey  down  the  River  and,  get 
ting  into  the  ice-cold  water  waist  deej 
by  hard  work  in  repiling,  I  managed  1 
save  the  most  of  it,  although  three  or 
four  thousand  feet  got  away.  This 
near  the  time  when  Mr.  Wartrous  com 
pleted  his  oak  plank  job.

If  Deacon  Haldane  or  Amos  Rath 
bone  were  yet  alive,  either  of  the 
might  tell  a  good  story  about  fitting  out 
and  loading  a  vessel  with  furniture  and 
cabinetware  stuffs  and  other  things  for 
California— and  how 
enterprise 
failed  because  the  vessel  (the  hull  of 
which  had  been  built  and  launched  at 
the  shipyard  opposite  Island  No.  2) 
could  not be  passed  through  the  Welland 
Canal. 
Perhaps  William  T.  Powers 
will  remember  something  about  that.

the 

interesting  points 

Mr.  Welton’s  story  of  his  experience 
among  the  Quakers  of  New  York  also 
interests  me  personally,  bringing  back 
to  memory  a  similar  incident  in my own 
life,  occurring  at  Ferrisburg,  Vt.,  in  the 
summer  of  1844. 
It  was  on  my  first  trip 
from  home  to  any  considerable distance. 
Tramping  for  some  six  miles  through 
the  woods  on  a  faint  trail  over the Green 
Mountains,  and  then  passing  on  my 
route  some 
in  the 
scenery  where  was  laid  the  plot  of  Dan­
iel  P.  Thompson’s  novel,  “ The  Green 
Mountain  Boys,”   I  came  to  a  commu­
nity  of  Friends  and  stopped  and  worked 
a  few  days  for one  of  them,  who  had  a 
large  dairy  and  was  engaged  in  cheese­
making.  On  the  “ First  day  of  the 
week”   while  there  I  attended  a  meeting 
of  the  Quakers,  in  a  building  exactly 
such  as  was  described  by  Mr.  Welton, 
in  company  with  my  employer  and  his 
wife  and  daughter  and  several  of  his 
employes.  Then,  too,  for  the  first^tin e

^of i\)t  Itniteh  States of America,

To

H E N R Y   B O O H ,   your  o l e r l t M ,   attorneys,  ager.i.
s a l e s m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  ok 
holding  through  or  under  you,

iREETTNG:

U % rca s, It  has  been  represented  to  us  In  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of

New  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Complainant,  that 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District 
of  New  Jersey,  against  you,  the  said  HENRY  KOCH,  Defendant,  to  be  relieved  touching  the  matters  therein 
complained  of,  and  that  the  said

ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,

Complainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  designation  ** SAPO LIO ”  as  a  trade-mark  for  scouring  soap.

ttoni,  iljcrcforc, we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you, 
under  the  pains  and  penalties  which_may_fall_ugon_you_and__each_of_you  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “  SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

“ SAPOLIO,”  or  when  “ SAPOLIO”  is  asked  for,

that  which  is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from 
false  or  misleading  manner.

in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO 

in  any 

P i t i l e s s ,   The  honorable  M elv ille  W.  F uller,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
in  said  District  of  New 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand, 

United  States  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
Jersey,  this  16th  day  of  December, 
eight  handled  and  ninety-two,

[ signed]  

&   j).  OLIPHANT,

Otri

ROWLAND  COX.

Complainants  Solicitor

1 4

The  Meat  Market

T h ree  W ays  to   M ake  P o rk   M incem eat.
Take  the  best  of  the  lean  part  of  the 
jowl  and  some  of  the  sirloin.  Be  careful 
not  to  use  much  fat.  Cook  it  thoroughly 
and  chop  real  fine.  Chop  about  the same 
quantity  of  tart  apples,  not  too  fine. 
To  two  gallons  of  meat  and  apples 
mixed  add 
two  quarts  of  water,  two 
pounds  sugar  and  some  cinnamon  and 
and  cloves.  Now  boil  for  one  hour  or 
longer  and  put  in  glass  jars  boiling  hot 
and  seal  as  you  do  in  canning  fruit,  and 
keep  in  a  cool,  dark  place. 
In  this  way 
it  will  keep  perfectly  for  quite  a  long 
time  and  can  be  taken  out  of  the  jars 
and  mixed  with  some  hot  water  and  fla­
vored  as  different  people  and  different 
parts  of  the  country  demand.  Some  use 
vinegar,  some  whisky,  some  rum,  some 
much  and  some  little.  A  little  vinegar 
and  nutmeg  with  good  paste 
for  the 
crust  makes  an  excellent  pie.

To  every  two  pounds  of  well-cooked 
meat  (chopped  fine)  add  six  pounds  of 
finely  chopped  apples,  four  pounds  of 
raisins,  one  heaping  tablespoonful  of 
ground  cinnamon,  one  of  allspice, 
one  teaspoonful  of  salt,  two  pounds  of 
sugar,  one  pint  of  molasses,  one  pint  of 
boiled  cider,  and  one-half  pint  of  pure 
vinegar. 
This  makes  a  mince-meat 
that  is  not  greasy  enough  to give one  the 
nightmare.  Now  as  to  canning,  bring 
the  mixture  to  the  boiling  point,  then 
seal  in  glass  jars,  putting  on  good  gums 
lids  on  tight,  then  take 
and  screw  the 
a  strip  of  muslin  one 
inch  wide  and 
long  enough  to  go  clear  around  the  jar; 
then  pour  melted  resin  on  the  strip  of 
muslin,  and  while  it  is  still  hot  bind  it 
tightly  around  the 
jar  where  the  gum 
and  lid  meet.  This  makes  it  absolutely 
air tight.

the 

Take  the  end  of  the  backbone next the 
leaving 
tenderloin  all  on. 
head, 
it  tender,  take  bones  out,  either 
Cook 
grind  or  chop.  Take  about  twice  as 
many  chopped  apples,  then  season  as 
beef  mince.  Use  boiled  cider,  sugar, 
raisins,  currants  and  spice  of  all  kinds 
to  taste,  and  water  to  make  thin  as 
wished. 
it  for  home  use, 
what  I  can  for  summer  I  take  when  just 
meat,  apples,  sugar  and  cider  are 
in, 
into  kettle  and  cook  until  I  think 
put 
the  apples  are  cooked,  then  fill  my 
jars 
full  and  seal. 
1  have  kept  it  for  a  year 
this  way,  and  it  was  as  good  at  the  end 
of  the  year  as  when  I made  it. 
In mak­
ing  mincemeat  for  market  different  re­
cipes  are  used.— Butchers*  Advocate.

In  making 

P o t  R oast  and  B eef a  la   Mode.

Did  you  ever  notice  a  butcher  trying 
to  lard  a  piece  of  beef  for  pot roast?  He 
jabs  a  knife  through  it  from  one  side  to 
the  other;  often  the  blade  of  the knife is 
an  inch  wide,  and  the  result  is  that  an 
ugly  hole  is  left  in  the  beef.  He  makes 
a  dozen  or  more  such  holes,  cuts  strips 
larding  pork  as  thick  as  his  finger, 
of 
and  stuffs  them 
into  the  holes,  and  at 
least  rough  handling  by  his  order 
the 
boy  or  the  cook  the  pieces  of  pork  fall 
out.  The  boy  or  the  cook  try  to  replace 
them,  and  the  result 
is,  the  holes  are 
made  still 
larger  until  by  the  time  the 
beef  is  cooked  and  sent  to  table  and  the 
first  slice  cut  off,  it  has  the  appearance 
of  a  checker  board  with  the  alternate 
squares  cut  out.  The  heat  distends  the 
holes  to  twice  their  original  size,  and 
the  chances  are  it  will  be  many  a  long 
day  again  when  beef  a  la  mode  is  asked 
for  by  that  same 
Every 
butcher  who  wants  to  please  his  custom­
ers  should 
invest  50  or  70  cents  and 
buy  a  larding  needle.  They  come  in  all

customer. 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

sizes,  but  I  have  found  the  kind  shaped 
precisely  like  a  steel  with  one  side  hol­
lowed  out  like  a  butter trier,  but  shorter 
and  with  a  long,  sharp  point,  the  best. 
Let  him  cut  his  strips  of  larding  pork  a 
trifle 
longer  than  the  piece  of  beef  is 
wide— the  strips  not  thicker than a small 
skewer— and  lay  it  in  the  larding  needle 
and  push 
it  gently  through;  then,  by 
placing  his thumb  against the  end  of  the 
strip  of  pork,  close  to  the  handle  of  the 
larding  needle,  it  can  be  withdrawn, 
and  the  pork  is  left  in  its  place,  a  very 
small  piece  protruding  at  each  end, 
which  gives  it  a  most  finished  and  neat 
appearance.  The  small  hole  the  needle 
makes  closes 
immediately,  and  the  re­
sult  is  the  strips  of  pork  inside  the  beef 
melt  while  cooking,  and  make  the  beef 
tender and  juicy,  and  the  small  ends  on 
both  sides,  melting,  make  a  rich  gravy. 
The  butcher  might  also  suggest  to  his 
customer  (and  sometimes  such  a sugges­
tion 
is  appreciated)  to  cook  her  beef 
a  la  mode,  French  style,  by  pouring  a 
half  bottle  of  claret  over  the  beef  when 
is  almost  ready  to  serve,  and  slice  a 
it 
few  carrots 
in  the  gravy,  and  serve 
with  the  sliced  carrots  and  a  few  scul­
lions  or  small  onions.  Such  a  dish  when 
properly  cooked  and  daintily  served  is 
a  treat  for  anybody,  particularly 
if  the 
claret  and  carrots  are  added  about 
twenty  minutes  or  a  half  hour  before  the 
beef 
is  cooked  through.  When  speak­
ing  of  this  particular  dish  never  say  pot 
roast.  Always  say  beef  a  la  mode,  it 
has  á  more  elegant  sound—the  word  pot 
roast  is  harsh—and  the  poor  down-trod­
den  butcher  sees  enough harshness in his 
hard  working 
life,  and  hears  enough 
harsh  language  from  cranky  customers, 
who  half  the  time  don’t  know  what  they 
want.  Customers  as  a  rule  when  they 
have  a  delicious  roast  or  fowl  or  steak 
say  nothing  to  their  butcher,  but  should 
a  steak  be  badly  broiled  or  a  roast  of 
beef  or  chicken 
improperly  cooked, 
then  look  out  for  squalls.  Of course  it’s 
his  fault,  and  it  would  be  natural  for  a 
woman  to  be  highly  indignant  should  a 
butcher  dare  to  insinuate  that  her  cook­
ing  was  to  blame.  Therefore,  let  the 
butcher 
look  carefully  after his  orders, 
and  examine  each  before  it  leaves  his 
store. — Butchers’  Advocate.
R elative  V alue  o f  O ver-done  and  U nder­

done  M eat.

As  to  the  comparative  merits  of  rare- 
cooked  and  over-done  meats,  there  can 
be  no  question  that  many  people  render 
their  meats 
indigestible  and  destroy 
their  nutritive  value  by  cooking  them 
until  as  dry  as  a  chip.  It  is  well  known 
that  the  chief  food-value  of  meat  is  in 
its  albuminous  constituents,  which  are 
coagulated  and  hardened  by  long-con- 
tinued_  heating.  The  difference  in  d i­
gestibility  can  easily  be  shown  if  one 
will  prepare  two  test-tubes,  under  suit­
able  conditions as  to  heat,  with solutions 
containing  pepsin  and hydrochloric  acid 
in  suitable  amounts,  and  add  to  the 
one  tube  raw  or  rare  meat,  and  to  the 
other  meat  which  has  been  dried  up  by 
long-continued  cooking.  Hence 
is 
evident  that  in  order to  avoid  the  possi­
bility  of  parasitic  diseases  all  meats 
should  be cooked, but cooked moderately, 
in  order to  leave  them  easily  digestible 
and  that  they  may  have  their  full  nutri­
tive  value.

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P ro tect  th e   P o u ltry .

From the Farmers’ Review.

When  fowls  are  to be  transported  from 
one  place  to  another,  care  should  be 
taken  that  the  cages  or coops  be  so  pro­
tected  by  cloth  or  otherwise  that  the 
birds  will  not  be  exposed  to  all  the  icy 
It  is  no  unusual  sight 
winds  that  blow. 
in  Chicago  to  see  fowls  exposed 
to 
weather  far  below  zero.

People  who  have  nothing  to  say  are 

never at  a  loss  in  talking.

.OYSTERS.

IN  CANS  AND  BULK.

F. J.  DETTENTHALER,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

WANTED

We are always in the market for Fresh

BUTTER  AND  EGGS

m  36  Market  Street. 

R.  HIRT,  JR., Detroit, Mich.  3

Highest Market  Prices Paid.  Regular Shipments Solicited.

98 South  Division Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

IF  YOU  ARE
SHIPPING
POULTRY

to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  why  not  ship  to  headquarters,  where 
you  are  sure  of  prompt  sales  at  highest  prices  and 
prompt  remittances  always.  That  means  us.

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ESTA BLISH ED   2 2   YEARS,

All  Grades  of  Dairy  Butter

Bought at  a  stated  price  on  track. 
If  you 
have any to offer write to-day for prices  and 
particulars.

Stroup &  Carmer,

Citizens  Phone  2530 

38  S.  Division  S t.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Geo.  N.  H uff &   Co.,

WHOLESALE  DEALEES  IN

Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Game, Dressed Meats, Etc.

COOLERS  AND  COLD  STORAGE  ATTACHED.

Consignments  Solicited. 

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BEANS

If you can offer  Beans in  small  lots or car lots send  us sample and  price. 

Always  in  the  market.

M O SELEY  BROS.
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Seeds,  Beans,  Potatoes, Onions,  Apples.  ___

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J.  W.  LANSING.

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN

BUTTER  AND  EGGS

continued  for  a  few  weeks,  would  be  a 
great  relief  to  our  overstocked  and  de­
moralized  markets.  The  total  quantity 
sent  to  Europe  (chiefly  Great  Britain) 
up  to  the  close  of  last  week,  as  nearly 
can  now  be  ascertained,  was  some­
thing  over  12,000  cases  and  about  6,000 
cases  more  will  probably  go  out  this 
week. 
In  addition  to  this  the  Cuban 
trade  has  been  taking  about  2,400 to 
2,600  cases of refrigerator  eggs per week, 
but  this  business  is  decreasing  a  little 
now  as  Havana  is  drawing  more  fresh 
eggs  from  our  Southern  ports.

*  *  *

It 

is  some  consolation  to  hear  from 
Chicago  that  the  rampant  egg  bulls  of 
last  year  have  had  their  horns  so  closely 
cropped  that  they  will  not  try  to  scoop 
up  the  early  supplies  this  year.  It  is  no 
wonder  that  they  can  not  “ conscien­
tiously 
look  a  hen  in  the  face  and  say,
I  love  you.’  ”   But  who  ever  accused  a 
Chicago  man  of  being  conscientious 
about  loving  a  hen or any other creature !

sfc  *  *

The  dressed  poultry  market  rarely  be­
fore  has  been  in  such  an  unsatisfactory 
condition  at  this  season  of  the  year  as  it 
was  a  good  part  of  last  week.  Weather 
was  warm  and  unfavorable  in  mcAt  all 
producing  sections  when  the  poultry was 
lacked  and  shipped,  and  nearly  every­
thing  arrived  here  some  days  in  poor 
condition.  Warm,  foggy  and  rainy,  un­
favorable  weather  here  caused  the  stock 
to  deteriorate  more  after  exposure  here, 
and  it  was  a  go-as-you-please  market, 
holders  being  forced  to  accept  about  all 
reasonable  bids.

Fruits  and  Produce.

B u tter, Egg and  P o u ltry   S ituation  in  Go­

th am .

in 

I  was  told  of  a  baker  who  had  pur­
chased  some  factory  butter,  and  after  it 
had  been 
in  his  store  a  few  days  the 
water  began  to  run  out  until  it  wet  the 
floor  considerably.  He  then  stripped 
the  butter  and  drained  out  of  each  tub 
anywhere  from  one  to  two  quarts  of 
water.  After  hearing  the  story  I  inves­
tigated  the  matter  and  found  that  while 
some  of  the  facts  had  been  exaggerated 
there  was  too  much  truth  about  it  to  be 
pleasant.  Some  of  the  Western 
ladle 
packers  persist 
loading  the  butter 
with  water.  They  figure  that  17  or  18c 
a  pound 
for  water  pays  well  and  they 
incorporate 
much  as  possible. 
looking  up  the 
matter  I  went  down  cellar  with  a  receiv­
er,  and  he  turned  out  some  tubs  to  show 
me  what  he  meant.  When  the  tubs  were 
lifted  off  the  butter  the  water  ran  out 
quantities. 
“ There  is  this  phase  of  the 
question,”   said  the  receiver,  “ if  a  buy­
er  gets  ahold  of  this  stock  he  makes  an
awful  kick,  and  never  wants  any  more 
of  i t ;  so 
it  doesn’t  pay  to  put up  that 
kind  of  goods. 
1  am  having  more  or 
less  trouble  of  this  kind  all  the  time, 
and  the  packers  ought  to stop it.”

into  the  product 

just 

In 

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“ You  can’t  say  too  much  against  the 
practice  of  shippers  in  sending  mixed 
eggs  here  as  fresh,”   said  an  egg  man 
recently. 
large  percentage  of  my 
receipts  the  past  two  weeks  has  been 
badly  mixed  with  stale  stock  that  1  was 
ashamed  to  offer them  to  anybody,  after 
examination.  Our market is  demoralized 
enough  with  the  consignments  of  coun­
try  storage  lots  without  being  loaded  uj 
with  eggs  that  are  branded  fresh  gath­
ered,  but  contain  more  than  50  percent, 
of  stock  not  any  better  than  ordinary 
storage.  The  shippers  or  packers  may 
think  they  are  doing  a  sharp  thing,  but 
egg  buyers  here  can  not  be  deceived 
that  w ay.”  
It  has  been  difficult  to  get 
any  fair  value  for  stock  mixed  with  old 
eggs  and  as  fine  goods  become  more 
plenty  there  will  be  no  place  for  the 
mixtures  unless  prices  are  put  down 
very  close  to  prime  refrigerators. 
In­
stead  of  getting  fresh  egg  price  for  the 
old  eggs  shippers  will  be  more  likely 
to  get  old  egg  price  for  the  fresh  ones, 
because  buyers 
looking  for  fresh  will 
not  handle  the  mixtures  at  all  as  soon 
as  they  can  get  straight  lots of new eggs 

*  *  *

for 

The  free  export  movement  in refriger­
ator  and 
limed  eggs  which  has  set  in 
from  this  port  to  Europe  during the  past 
two  or three  weeks  has  attracted  a  great 
deal  of  interest,  but  it  has  not  been  easy 
information  as  to 
to  get  very  reliable 
the  prospect 
its  continuance.  A 
merchant  who  has  experimented  con­
siderably  with  British  and  Continental 
in  the  past,  and  who  has 
egg  markets 
shipped  more  or 
less  this  season,  in­
formed  me  that  he  considered  the  out­
look  for  the  stock  now  going  over  as 
very unpromising.  * ‘ Refrigerator eggs, 
he  remarked,  “ are  not  in  favor on  the 
other  side,  where  the  trade  is  confined 
to  fresh  eggs  and  pickled.”   He  cited 
instances  where  previous  efforts  to  un­
load  Amerian  refrigerator  eggs  abroad 
had  met  with  disastrous  results,  and 
stated  the  opinion  that  even 
if  some 
preliminary  shipments  this  season  had 
been  reported  sold  to  advantage  it  was 
that  heavy  shipments 
quite  probable 
would  be  likely  to  net  bad  results. 
It  is 
to be  hoped  that  these  views  may  prove 
fallacious,  for  the  present  movement,  if

awaited  with 

The  arrest  of  a  local  game  dealer  dur­
ing  the  week  for  selling  foreign  game 
attracted  considerable  attention  in  the 
game  trade  and  the  outcome  of  the  case 
interest.  The  State 
authorities  claim that  the  State laws pro­
hibit  the  possession  and  sale  of  foreign 
game  and  the  dealers 
the 
game  claim 
is  unprotected  by  the 
State  laws.  The  arrest  this  week,  which 
s  the  first  of  the  season,  will  doubtless 
lead  to  a  decision  in  the  matter.

importing 

it 

*  *  *

in 

The 

recent  warm  weather 

the 
Northwest  caused  many  cars  of  dressed 
poultry  to  be  turned  this  way  which 
were 
intended  to  be  naturally  frozen. 
Instructions  came  with  the  poultry  to 
put  it  in  freezers here if  suitable,  but the 
stock  was  usually  out  of  condition,  hav­
ing  come 
through  warm,  unfavorable 
weather and  it  had  to  be  forced  out  on 
the  open  market  for  what it would bring.

*  *  *

Several 

have  been  consummated  during 
week,  probably 
changing  hands.  Some  of  the  stock 
freezers  here  and  the  balance 

large  deals  in  frozen  poultry 
the 
in  all 
is 
in 
freezers  at  other  points.— N.  Y.  Produce 
Review.

ioo  carloads 

M utton  G row ing  in  P o p u larity .

From the Drovers’  Journal.

The  slaughter of  sheep  has  made won­
derful  gain  during  the  past  ten  years 
and  seems  destined  to  keep  on 
increas­
ing  for  some  time.  Mutton  commenced 
to  be 
in  demand  in  1894,  when  prices 
reached  such  a  low  point  that  thousands 
of  people  were  attracted  to  it  by  reason 
of 
its  cheapness.  Ever  since  mutton 
has  been  growing  more  and  more  in 
popularity.  This  has  been  due  partly 
to  the  fact  that 
it  has  been  relatively 
cheaper  than  beef,  but  mostly  to  the 
fact  that  the  quality  has  highly  im­
proved.  People  never like  to  eat  a  poor 
quality  of  meat  even  although 
it  is 
cheap.

You  can’t  always  judge  a  man  by  his 
clothes,  but  you  can  sometimes  get  some 
idea  of  him  by  his  wife’s  clothes.

I want all the roll butter I can get.  The market Is  firm  at  from  seventeen  to  twenty 

cents, according to quality.  Send me your shipments, for I can sell your goods.

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

REFERENCES:
Buffalo Cold Storage Co., Buffallo, N. Y. 
Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N. Y.

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Michigan Tradesman.

Wire, ’phone or write us  what  you  have  to  offer.  Mail 
Oranges,  Nuts,  Figs,  Dates, Apples, Cider,  Onions,  etc. 
thing for your trade at close prices.

us  your  orders  for 
The  best  of every-

The  Vinkemulder  Company,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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HEALTH  FOODS 

The question of “ Foods” has become one of the very  first  importance of the  f  
present day and one in which every Grocery and  Provision  dealer is deeply  I  
interested, because he  is called  upon to supply  his  patrons^  with  the  very  a 
best at the most  reasonable prices.  To aid  you  in  this we wish  to call atten- 
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work for the teeth, flavor for the  palate and  nourishment  for the  entire  sys-  1  
tem.  New  Era  Butter Crackers  (creamery butter shortened),  a  high  grade  * 
cracker for soups, etc.  Gem Oatmeal Biscuits, a good seller, and Cereola, the  I  
king of Health Foods. See price list for prices.  Address all communications to  f  
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M A K E   A   N O T E   O F   IT .  W E   W A N T

BATTLE  CREEK  BAKERY,  Battle Creek, Mich. 

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MILLER & TEASDALE CO ., S T .  L O U IS .  MO.

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  F ro m   th e   M etropolis—Index  to  th e 

Special Correspondence.

M arket.

New  York  Feb.  3— The  coffee  market 
is  firm  and  quotations  have  advanced. 
As  usual,  the  authorities  clash,  some 
claiming  the  rise  to  be  purely  specula­
tive  and  others  maintaining  as  stoutly 
that  it  is  perfectly  legitimate.  Advices 
are  now  to  the  effect  that  the  Rio  crop 
will  be  much  smaller  than  usual  and 
quality  somewhat  affected  also.  In  store 
and 
afloat  there  are  1,132,064  bags, 
against  1,295,810  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  Rio  No.  7  closes  firm  at  8%c 
and  one  must  go  back  some  time  to  find 
coffee  up  to  this  mark.  Mild  coffees  are 
practically  without  change.  Prices  are 
firm,  good  Cucuta  closing  at  io@ iic . 
East  India  grades  are  meeting with very 
little  call  more  than  usual  and  the  range 
of  quotations 
firm  although  no 
changes  have  been  noted.

is 

The  market  for  raw  sugar  has  steadily 
gained  strength  and  refiners  have  been 
eager  to  take  all  offerings  at  an  advance 
of  i - i 6c  and,  on  the  other  hand,  sellers 
are  not  seemingly  anxious  to  part  with 
stocks.  For  refined  the  market  has  re­
mained  fairly  satisfactory.  A   nominal 
advance  of  five  points  was  made  during 
the  week,  but 
it  seems  to  have  been 
only  on  paper,  as  the  previous  quota­
tion  “ goes”   right  along.

The  tea  trade  appears  to  be  awaiting 
the  result  of  the  auction  next  week  and 
meantime  transactions  are  small  and  in­
frequent.  Holders  are  not  inclined  to 
make  any  concession  whatever  and  the 
undertone  of  the  market  is  firm.  The 
offerings  at  auction  will  comprise  11,000 
packages.

last  week.  Japan,

Offerings  of  rice  have  been  mostly  of 
medium  grades  and  the  demand  has 
been  moderate.  Holders,  however,  are 
seemingly  confident  and  prices  are  firm. 
Foreign  grades  have  moved  slowly  and 
quotations  seem  to  be  hardly  as  firmly 
sustained  as 
4 HcJ  good to prime Southern,  4J^@5X C* 
With  the  exception  of  pepper  there  is 
not  an  article  in  the  spice  line  which 
has  attracted more than the most ordinary 
attention  and  little  animation  is  shown 
anywhere  in  the  market.  Pepper,  how^ 
ever,  exhibits  great  strength  and  closes 
firm  at  I2 }ic  for  Singapore  black.  Am- 
boyna  cloves  are  worth  n @ iij£ c.

The  market  for  desirable  grades  of 
molasses 
is  fairly  active  and  prices  are 
well  sustained,  as  stocks  are  not  ex­
tremely 
large.  Medium  sorts  move 
rather  slowly,  and  yet  matters  might  be 
worse.  _ Prices  are  unchanged.  Syrups 
are  in  light  supply  and  well  held.

Save 

for  rather  more  business  in  fu­
tures,  the  canned goods market  has  been 
very  quiet  all  the  week.  Most  of  the 
business,  however,  has  been  with  West­
ern  jobbers.  Peas  appear  to  be  meet­
ing  with  more  enquiry  than  anything 
on  the  list  in  the  way  of  spot  goods  and 
some  good-sized  blocks  of  standard June 
have  been  marketed.  Prices  have  made 
no  advance  worthy  of  note,  but the  tend­
ency  is  certainly  that  way.  Tomatoes 
are  not  meeting  with  as  good  enquiry 
as  a  fortnight  ago.  Pacific  coast  fruits 
are  moving  about  as  usual  and  fetch 
full  quotations.

In  dried 

fruits  the  call  is  mostly  for 
small  lots,  seemingly  just  for  enough  to 
tide  over  present  wants.  There  have 
been  a  good  many  of  these small  orders, 
however,  and 
the  aggregate  amount 
must  be  quite 
large.  Some  little  im­
provement 
is  shown  in  the  demand  for 
peaches,  but  buyers  and  sellers  seem  to 
be  unable  to  reach  an  understanding  as 
to  price.

Lemons  and  oranges— in  fact, 

the 
whole 
line  of  green  fruits— have  been 
“ relegated  to  the  rear”   by the continued 
decidedly  cold  wave. 
It  will  be  very 
dangerous  to  make  shipments  just  now, 
although  prospects are for a warmer turn. 
Quotations  show  about  the  same  level 
as  last  week.

There  has  been  a  pretty  fair enquiry 
for  butter  all  the  week  and,  as  the  cold 
weather  may  check  the  arrivals  to  some 
extent,  there  is  a  firmer  feeling  prevail­
ing,  although  it  would  hardly  do  to  say 
that  any  advance  had  been  made  in 
quotations.  For the  best  Western  cream-

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ery  25c  continues  to  be  the  top  rate,  the 
only  difference  being  that  inspection 
is 
not  quite  as  close  as  last  week.  Western 
creamery,  thirds to  firsts,  20@24c;  West­
ern 
imitation  creamery,  I7@22c—latter 
for  fancy  stock ;  Western  factory,  i6@ 
18c;  roll  butter,  i6@ i 8c.

Small  size  State  full  cream  cheese  is 
worth  I2^@ i3c;  large  size,  I2j^@i3c. 
The  market 
in  a  fairly  satisfactory 
condition  and  both  exporters  and  home 
dealers  are  showing  more  interest  than a 
week  ago,  although  there  is  still  room 
for  improvement.

Best  Western  eggs  are  worth  19c.  The 
market  is  fairly  well  supplied  and  it 
is 
not  thought  higher  quotations  will  be 
made  immediately.

is 

Michigan  pea  beans, 

choice,  $2.20; 
choice  marrow,  $2.25; 
choice,  $2.30.

in  barrels, 
in  bags,  $2. i5@ 2.17^ ; 
red  kidney, 

The  cheapest  vase  on  the  mantelpiece 

never gets  knocked  off.

For  Sale

Pure  Buckwheat  * 
Flour. 
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1  Belleville  Roller  Mills.  |  
Write for lowest  price.  I
James G. Coomer, 
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B elleville,  Mich.

i   J.  H.  PROUT  &  CO,  I

HOWARD CITY, MICH.

Manufacture  by  improved  proc­
esses

PU R E  B U C K W H E A T   FLO U R

They also make a specialty of sup­
plying  the  trade  with  feed and 
mildstuffs in car lots

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Our selling representative for Western Michigan is B. H. Moore, of Grand Rapids.

I  BEANS

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! urer’s  bond 
the  out-going  President.  Carried.

in  charge  of  Mr.  Stevens, 

The  Secretary  was  authorized  to  send 
out  a  circular  letter  with  the next assess­
ment  notice.

Director  Thorn  moved  that  we  meet 
the  first  Saturday  in  March  in  Jackson. 
Carried.

The  meeting  then  adjourned.

A.  W.  Stitt,  Secretary.

Bay  City,  Feb.  5— President Schreiber 
has  announced  the  standing  committees 
for  1900  as  follows:

Finance— Chas.  H.  Smith,  Saginaw ; 
\V.  Thom,  Owosso;  Geo.  H.  Ran­

dall,  West  Bay  City.

Printing— M.  E.  Stockwell,  Grand 
Rapids;  J.  A.  Weston,  Lansing;  Mich.  ; 
Howara,  Detroit.

Legislative-—Corner  E.  Buck,  Bay 
C ity;  H.  B.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo;  J.  C. 
Saunders,  Lansing.

Railroads— E.  P.  Waldron,  St.  Johns; 
Manley  Jones,  Grand  Rapids;  F.  N. 
Mosher,  Port  Huron.

Hotels— W.  H.  Baier,  Detroit;  Mark 
Brown,  Saginaw;  F.  L.  Day,  Jackson.
Bus  ana  Baggage— L.  J.  Koster, 
Grand  Haven ;  Geo.  Monroe,  Owosso; 
Chas.  Hurd,  Flint.

Employment  and  Relief— J.  F.  Ham- 
mel,  Lansing:  J.  A.  Bassett,  Ypsilanti 
E.  A.  Stowe,  Grand  Rapids.

Chaplain—J.  M.  Fitch,  Durand. 
Sergeant-at-Arms— F.  M.  Bosworth, 

Olivet.

CommerdalTravelers

Michigan Knight« of tho Grip

President,  E.  J .  Schrkibf.r,  Bay  City;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  St it t,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
O. C.  Gould, Saginaw.

President,  A.  Ma r y m o n t,  Detroit;  Secretary 

Michigan Commercial Travelers’  Association 
and Treasurer, Geo.  W. Hil l , Detroit.
United Commercial Travelers of Michigan 

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

Grand Rapids  Council No. 131

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

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan Commercial Traveler!’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Bo y d   Pa n t l in d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  G eo.  F.  Ow e n , 
Grand Rapids.

O ut  W ith   th e   Old—In   W ith   th e   New. 
Lansing,  Feb.  5— The  joint  meeting 
of  the  old  and  new  Boards  of  Directors 
of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip 
was  held  here  Saturday.  All  the  mem­
bers  of  the  old  Board  were  present  ex­
cept  Director  Smith,  of  Saginaw.

The  Treasurer’s  report  was  read  and 

approved,  as  follows ;
Amount  in  general  fund, 
Amount  in  death  fund, 
Amount  in  deposit  fund, 

$1,183.71
653.59
72.00
Total,  $1,909.30 
The  Secretary’s  report  was  read  and 
last 

approved.  The  expenses  since  the 
meeting  have  been  as  follows :
Postage, 
Telephone  exchange, 
Secretary’s  salary, 
Treasurer’s  salary, 
Lansing  Journal, 

$27.50
4-69
$460.35
78.00
14.00
Proofs  of  death  of  seven  members 

were  presented  as  follows :

H.  S.  Humphrey,  Hillsdale;  L.  D. 
Bingham’  Detroit;  William  Allshouse, 
Pontiac;  M.  H.  Doty,  West  Unity, 
Ohio;  C.  P.  Coy,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.  ;  J 
P.  Reeder,  Grand  Rapids;  H.  W.  Bee­
son,  Detroit

On  motion  o 

claims  were  allowed  and  ordered  paid.
The  Board  expenses  were  allowed 
and  warrants  drawn  for  same,  as  fol 
low s:
C.  L.  Stevens,  Feb.  3, 
G.  H.  Randall,  Feb.  3, 
J.  W.  Schram,  Jan.  20, 
J.  W.  Schram,  Feb.  3, 
J.  W.  Thom,  Jan.  20, 
J.  W.  Thorn,  Feb.  3, 
O.  C.  Gould,  Feb.  3, 
E.  M.  Converse,  Feb.  3, 
M.  E.  Stockwell,  Feb.  3, 
E.  J.  Schreiber,  Feb.  3, 
A.  W.  Stitt,  Feb  3, 

$5.02
6.16
5-02
5-02
2.58
3-08
4*56
3.58
4-60
6.16
3-48
The  bond  of  A.  W.  Stitt  (the  new 
Secretary),  being  of  proper  form,  was 
accepted  and  turned  over  to  President 
Schreiber.

The  retiring  Presideht  was  empow 
ered  to  perfect  the  Treasurer’s  bond and 
turn  same  over to  President  Schreiber.
The  old  Board  then  retired  and  the 

new  Board  proceeded  with  further  busi 
ness. 

J.  C.  Saunders,  Secretary.

last  Saturday 

G overnm ent  P rices  on  T ypew riters.
Bids  were  opened  at  the  Navy  De 
partment 
for  furnishing 
the  Department  with  250  typewriters 
This  was  the  beginning  of  the  attempt 
of  the  Department  to  get  machines  at 
less  than  the  market  price,  and  if  the 
bids  received  are  considered  satisfac 
tory  the  system  will  be  extended  to  a 
the  Government  departments,  the  Navy 
Department  acting  as  the  central  pur 
chasing  agent.  Only  single  key  board 
machines,  capable  of  making  not  less 
f  Director  Thorne,  the  I than  seven  copies,  were  admitted  to  the
from 

The  bids  ranged 

competition. 
$39.50  upward,  as  follows :
Rust-proof  Franklin,  $50.
Plain  Franklin,  $39.50.
Hammond,  No.  2,  $45.
Hammond,  No.  3,  $49.50.
Hammond,  No.  6,  $54.
Manhattan,  $59.75- 
Remington,  $78.
Remington-Sholes,  $62.48. 
Underwood,  $62.50.
Williams,  $60.
Duplex-Jewett,  $58.75.
P ittsb u rg   V isib le,  $ 55.
Densmore,  $64.85.
Brooks,  $45- 
Oliver,  $62.50.
Columbia  Bar-Lock,  $56.98

E lected  M em bers  o f th e   Id ars’  Club. 
John  C.  Wright,  Secretary  of  the  Pris 
tine  Order  of  Prevaricators,  announces 
the  columns  of  the  Michigan  Lyre 
that  four  licenses  have  been  issued  dur 
ing  the  past  month  to  traveling  men, 
follows:

received 

one  of  our 

A   motion  was  made  by

Last  week  we  had  the  pleasure 

“ Hub”   Baker,  the  genial  Grand  Raj 

ids  drummer, 
licenses  the  other  day.  He  says 
doesn’t deserve  one,  but his  friends  have 
a  different  opinion  of  the  matter.

Jackson,  Feb.  5—The  new  Board  was 
called  to  order  by  President  Schreiber, 
of  Bay  City.  Present— O.  C.  Gould, 
Treasurer,  A.  W.  Stitt,  Secretary,  Di 
rectors  Randall,  Thom,  Weston  and 
Stockwell.  Absent— Smith  and  Howarn.
Director  Thom  moved  that  an  assess 
ment  be  made,  to  be  issued  March  1. 
Carried.
Treasurer  shaking  hands  with  Frank  J.  Campbell 
G(^ld  to'change  th^method  of  sending  representing  J.  T wi nB  *  Jpo..  of  De 
out  assessments  that  they  might  be  is-  troit.  We bestowedI upon  him  the^honors 
sued  with  one  cent  postage  and  receipts J of our  fraternity  and  we  understand  that 
on  postal  cards,  for  the  purpose  of  less-  before  he  left  town  he  showed  his  a l i ­
ity  to  defend  them, 
ening  the  expenses.  After  remarks  had 
been  made  by  different  members  of  the 
.  A.  W  Peck,  traveling  forthe>  Hazel- 
Board,  the  motion  was withdrawn.  The  tine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  carries  one  of 
chair was  instructed  to  appoint  a  com-  our 
mittee  to  investigate  the  advisability  of  forty  different  persons  requested  us  to 
changing  the  method  of  assessment  no-  give  it  to  him. 
tices  and  receipts.  The  committee  ap- 
gtjtt 

Lou  Codman,  the  Hartford  traveling 
J  * man,  who  sells  moccasins,  snow-shoes
1 and  toboggan  slides,  is  the  proud  pos-
It  didn’t 
bond  of  $4,000,  given  by  A.  W.  Stitt  as  make  him  fee  bad  because  he  never 
Secretary,  be  accepted.  Carried. 

indemnity  sessor  of  one  of  our  licenses 

| pretends  too  tell  the  truth  anyway.

Mr.  Gould  moved  that  the 

in  h,s  ^P*!***®*- j 

licenses 

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- 

Mr.  Gould  moved  that  the  new  Board 
endorse  the  action  of  the  old  Board  in 
leaving  the  completion  of  the  T reas-lriage  and  the  rubberless  winter.

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is  the  age  of  the  horseless  car- 

This 

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C ontinental  Tobaeeo  Co.  IHHCoiithiu 

G raded  Q uantity  Plan.

Itil

further  notice  drop 

Under  date  of  Feb.  1  the  Continental 
obacco  Company,  in  a  circular 
letter, 
notified  the jobbing  trade  that  from  date 
shipments, 
until 
consisting  of  not 
less  than  100  pounds 
>lug,  fine  cut  and  smoking  tobaccos, 
one  or  more  of  their  listed  brands, 
ould  be  made  to  retailers  direct  from 
the  factory,  freight  prepaid.  The  goods 
11  be  billed  at  the  card  rates  and  a 
check  will  be  mailed  the  retailer  for  i 
cent  a  pound  on  the  tobaccos  embraced 

the  shipment.
To  the  jobber  a  discount  of 8 percent, 
ill be  deducted from  the  face  of  the  in- 
)ice  and  the  net  amount  of  the  bill 
ill  then  be subject  to  a  further discount 
2  per  cent,  for  cash  ten  days.
At  the  end  of  each  period  of  two  cal- 
jobber  whose 
idar  months, 
increase  of  10  per 

business  shows  an 
cent,  over  the  same  period  last  year, 
idditional  gratuity  of  2  per  cent,  will 
be  given  as  a  reward  of  merit.

to  every 

The  Continental  Company  evidently 
ntends  to  force  the  sale  of 
its  goods, 
and  especial  effort  will  be  made  to  in 
crease  the  sale  of  fine-cut  and  smoking 
tobaccos.  The  extra  2  per  cent,  will 
rove  a  great  incentive  to  price  cutters 
rho  will  as  gladly  divide  their  profits 
uth  the  retailer 
in  the  future  as  they 
ave  in  the  past.

GrlpxHck  B rigade.

Peter  Fox,  formerly  on  the  road  for 
the  Musselman  Grocer  Co.,  is  now  trav 

ing  for  Daniel  Lynch.
Wm.  M.  Ten  Hopen,  city  salesman 
for  the  Clark-Rutka-Weaver  Co., 
fell 
n  the  pavement  on  Monroe  street  last 
aturday  and  dislocated  the  bones 
is  left  wrist.  He will  probably  be  I 
p  for  a  couple  of  weeks.
The  Michigan  Commercial  Travelers 
Association  will  give  a  social  entertain 
ment— cards,  dancing  and  refreshments 
—at  its  rooms  in  the  University  build 
ng  (Detroit)  Saturday  evening  of  tl 
week.

Grand  Rapids  Council,  No.  131,  w 

hold  an 
informal  smoker  on  the  even 
ng  of  February  17.  Matters  pertaining 
to  the  coming  annual  meeting  of  the 
irand  Council  of  Michigan  will  be  di 
cussed  and  some  of  the  preliminaries 

11  be  arranged.
M.  C.  Johnson,  who  has  been  with 
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.  for  four 
years,  having  charge  of  the  house  fur­
nishing  department,  has  taken  a  posi­
tion  as  traveling  salesman  for  DeYoung 
&  Schaafsma,  covering 
the  northern 
portion  of  the  State.

Hillsdale  Standard ;  A.  W.  Lewis,  of 
Hillsdale,  a  popular  traveling  man  who

has  been  on  the  road  for  the  wholesale 
dry  goods  house  of  Baumgardner &'  Co., 
of  Toledo,  the  past  nineteen  years,  was 
ade  a  member of  the  firm  the  first  of 
the  year  and  will  move  to  that  city  in 
the  spring  in  order  to  spend a  portion of 

found 

Benda 

e  time  in  the  house.
Traverse  City  Herald :  A  pocketbook 
intaining over$6ooin money and checks 
in  the  store  of  S.  Benda  & 
as 
0.  yesterday.  After  some 
enquiry 
nong  the  traveling  men in  the  city Mr. 
found  that  the  wallet  belonged 
Louis  Silverman,  of  Detroit,  sales­
man  for  A.  Jacobs.  Mr.  Silverman  was, 
f  course,  delighted  to  regain  possession 
f  his  property.
Cheboygan  Democrat:  Traveling  men 
re re  numerous 
in  the  city  this  week. 
Some  merchants  received  calls  from  six 
a  eight  each  day  the  first  days  of  the 
reek.  A  dry  goods  drummer  said  he 
was  having  the  best  trade  for  twelve 
'ears  and 
in  that 
leriod  his  house  had  run  short  of  sév­
irai 
lines  and  he  had  to  stop  showing 
lamnles  of  them.

first  time 

for  the 

Ex-President  Cleveland  sends  to  a 
Cleveland  shoemaker  for  every  pair  of 
shoes  he  wears.  This  shoemaker  has 
been  furnishing  the  ex-President  with 
footwear  for  fifteen  years.

Some  wives  never  pay  much  attention 
what  their  husbands  say  until  they 

begin  to  talk  in  their  sleep.

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General
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Merchant

SP E C IA LT IE S

154  M ichigan  Street,

Correspondence solicited.

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REFERENCE»

Dun’s Agency,

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This cut represents spring  shape of our extrem ely popular Agency  Hat. 

Write  for  prices  to  the  trade.

G.  H.  Gates  &  Co.,

143 Jefferson  Ave.f 

Detroit,  Michigan.

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Drugs—Chemicals

M ichigan  State  B oard  o f P h arm acy

Term expires
- 
Dec. 31,1900
- 
G eo.  Gd k d e d m , Ionia 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Re y n o l d s,  St.  Joseph 
He n r y   He im , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
- 
Dec. 31,1903
W ir t   P.  Do t y, Detroit - 
A. C. Sc h u m a c h e r, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1901 

President,  G e o.  Gu n d r u m ,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Sc h u m a c h e r,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, He n r y   He im , Saginaw.
E x am ination  Sessions 
Grand Rapids—Mar. 6 and 7.
Star Island—June 25 and 26.
Sault Ste. Marie—Aug. 28 and 29. 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

S tate  P h arm aceu tical  A ssociation 

President—O.  Eb e r b a c h , Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—C h a s.  F.  Ma n n , Detroit. 
Treasurer^!.  S.  Be n n e t t,  Lansing.

Side  L ights  on th e Profession o f th e  P h a r­

m acist.

the 

The  buying,  compounding,  and  sell­
ing  of  drugs  and  medicines,  and  the 
buying  and  selling  of  drugs  and  medi­
cines  already compounded,  together with 
various  articles  intended  to  conserve  the 
health  and  happiness  of  mankind—this 
is  the  pharmacy  of  to-day. 
If  any  text­
book  teaches  any  other  meaning,  the 
practical 
lesson  of  experience  makes 
vigorous denial.  Neither will  Dame  E x ­
perience  admit  of  any  favoritism  in  re­
gard  to  the 
importance  of  each  of  the 
subjects  as  hinted  at  above.  The  whole 
drug  business,  from  the  time  you  unlock 
your  door 
in  the  morning  and  mix  a 
Seidlitz  powder  or  a  bromo  fizz  for  the 
bilious  sedentary  or 
remorseful 
prodigal,  until  you  or  your  soda  water 
professor  hands  out  the 
last  glass  of 
orange  phosphate  or  kafa-kola  to  the 
belated  straggler  from  the  theater— all 
this,  with  the  thousand  duties  which 
in 
this moment will  pass before your mind’s 
eye,  constitutes  your  pharmacy.  This 
is  your  vocation.  We  can  not  consist­
ently  separate  the  different  classes  of 
business  and  say  this  is  pharmacy,  this 
confectionery;  this  moment 
l a m a   to­
bacconist,  now  a  veterinary  surgeon, 
and 
in  a  moment  more  a  bartender,  or 
when  selling  a  pocket  stove  or a curling- 
iron,  a  hardware  dealer.  The  pharma­
cist  who  thus  allows  his  feelings  to  be 
harrowed  up  and  imagines  himself,  un­
happily,  a  Dr.  Jekyl  and  Mr.  Hyde, 
makes  a  most  unnecessary  mental  dis­
tinction.

ioo  per  cent. 

I  will  come  down  to  a  plain  instance. 
Let  the  whole  business  done 
in  any 
store  during  each  business  day  consti­
tute 
If  one-half  of  the 
customers 
in  a  particular store  wish  to 
purchase  sheep  dip  the  pharmacist  in 
charge  should  certainly  be  prepared  to 
furnish  this  article  of  the  right  quality 
and  quantity,  and  at  the  right  price j 
provided,  of  course, 
that  there  is  no 
dealer  in  another  line  where  this  article 
can  and  should  be  procured. 
If  this 
chance  for  business  is  not  improved,  50 
per  cent,  of  the  opportunities  of  this 
particular  pharmacy  have  been  thrown 
away.  The  stickling  shopkeeper  may 
say, 
I  am  not  a  sheep-dip  pharma­
cist!”   Neither  was  the  sage  who  could 
not  swim  an  aquatic  philosopher,  but 
when  the  boat  was  sinking  he  wished  in 
vain  for  some  of  the  philosophical 
knowledge  possessed  by  his  boatman. 
it  may  be  "all-day  suck­
In  one  store 
ers,”   or  it  may  be  paint,  red 
lights  or 
red  window  glass,  anise  seed  or garden 
seed.  In another  store it  may  be a  white­
wash  brush,  in  still  another  a  hair or 
tooth-brush.  Some  will  strenuously  ob­
ject,  I  know,  to  the  attempt  on  my  part 
to  classify  these  things  as 
fractional 
parts  of  pharmacy. 
I  will  not  attempt 
to  do  so  upon  theory,  but  will  take 
things  as  I  find  them  and  as  they  have

is 

been  for  many  decades;  assuming  that 
every  one 
in  business  to  succeed, 
there  can  be  no  controversy  over the 
proposition  that  the  store  which  comes 
the  nearest  to  supplying  the  wants  of  a 
customer for all  the  articles  he  may need 
in  his  particular  line  is  the  one  which 
stands  the  best  show  of  doing  so.

jarred 

The  whole  idea  1  wish  to  convey  can 
be  epitomized  into  the  proposition  that 
since  the  whole  of  one’s  business  as  a 
pharmacist  may  be  expressed  as  100 per 
cent.,  consisting,  we  will  say,  of  one 
hundred  divisions,  a  faulty  business 
technique  is  shown,  and  the  whole  busi­
ness  fabric  is  to  a  greater  or  lesser  de­
gree  marred  and 
if  some  parts 
are,  for  any  cause,  considered  unworthy 
of  adequate  attention.  There  are  pas­
in  every  musical  composition 
sages 
which  are,  no  doubt, 
favorites  to  the 
performers  themselves,  but  how  about 
the  audience,  and  what  performer  could 
tell  just  which  portion  of  the  minuet  or 
the  oratorio  constituted  its  most  attrac­
tive  feature  to  any  particular  listener? 
Certainly,  to  please  all  and  do  justice  to 
oneself  no  part  can  be  neglected.

lay 

Goods  must  be  bought 

in  sufficient 
quantity  to  supply  all  demands  and  in 
ample  season.  Don’t  wait  until 
the 
Fourth  of  July  to 
in  a  supply  of 
moth  balls  and  camphor gum.  Soda- 
water  supplies  need  the  same  attention. 
It  makes  a  discord  in  the  business  har­
mony  which  should  prevail  when  you 
order  of  your  wholesaler  and  find  a  list 
of  “ omits”   as  long  as  the invoice  of  ar­
ticles  supplied. 
It  annoys  the  retail 
purchaser  just  as  much.  Another  thing 
you  have  all  noticed  is  that  the  average 
purchaser  at  a  retail  drug  store  is  im­
patient.  If  he  doesn’t  get  what  he  asked 
for  at once,  he wonders  if you  understood 
his  order,  or, 
it, 
whether  you  are  not  trying  to  work  off 
something  else.  Therefore,  have  your 
containers  supplied 
from  extra  stock 
during 
leisure  moments,  or  better  still, 
have  goods  neatly  packaged  and  labeled 
in  the  rapid  selling  sizes,  so  that  when 
the  customer  appears  (and  he 
is  the 
man  for  whom  you  are  waiting)  he  may 
be  promptly  served  with  goods  whose 
identity  and  price  are  unmistakable.

if  you  understood 

The  list  of  articles  which  can  thus  be 
kept  ready  to  hand  out  is  a  long  one. 
I 
will  name  a  few  that  the firm with which 
I  am  connected  have  found  it  profit­
able  to  keep  thus  ready :  Epsom  salts, 
cream  of  tartar,  Rochelle  salts,  in  5  and 
10  cent  boxes  with  printed  labels  at­
tached.  These  boxes can  be  procured  at 
a  very  moderate  price  with  descriptive 
and  dose  labels  attached,  using  the  pre­
caution  to  have  each  article  in  a  box  of 
distinct  color— blue  for  Epsom  salts, 
pink 
for  Rochelle,  etc.  Camphor gum 
we  put  up  in  5,  10,  and  25  cent,  and $1 
and  $2 
in  two 
papers,  the  inner one being  waxed ;  sas­
safras  bark  in  5,  10,  and  25  cent  pack- 
ages;  and  to  meet  the  demand  created 
by  our  friend, 
the  department  store, 
glycerin,  castor  oil,  cocoanut  oil,  sweet 
almond  oil,  goose  oil,  and  olive  oil  are 
all  kept  in  bottles  of  various  sizes,  from 
5  to  5°  cents,  to  meet  the  demands  of 
trade- 

packages,  wrapped 

C.  R,  Sherman.

Y outhful  Strategy.
“ Harry, ”   exclaimed  the 

little  boy’s 
mother,  “ if  you  don’t  stop  pulling  that 
cat’s  tail  I  will  pull  your hair and  give 
you  a  chance  to  see  how  you  like  it 
yourself. * ’

Harry  ceased  for a  moment,  and  then 

sa id :

Ma,  please  give  me  a  quarter. ’ ’ 

“ What  for?”
“ I  want  to  get  my  hair  cut,”

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

A n  In ju stic e   to   Coca.

Prof.  Lounden  says  that  probably  no 
drug  has  been  more  unjustly  maligned 
than  Erythroxylon  Coca.  Yet  no  drug 
has  really  rendered  more  aid  to  thera­
peutics,  as  demonstrated 
in  the  many 
writings  by  authors,  botanists  and  med­
ical  observers  during  the  past  century.
The  fast-growing  popularity  of  coca 
was  through  untiring  efforts  of  Mariani, 
of  Paris,  who  was  the  first  to 
introduce 
it 
in  Europe  and  in  America  in  a  uni­
formly  reliable  and  agreeable  form,  and 
his  labor and  serious  work 
in  this  d i­
rection  were  appreciated  by  the  medical 
profession.  His  preparation  has  be­
come  a  most  formidable  rival  of  the 
many  so-called  tonics.

injured 

When  it  was  clearly  demonstrated that 
coca  was  vastly  superior and  was  being 
adopted  universally  by  the  physician, 
each  quack  "non-secret”  house hastened 
to  add  coca  in  some  form  or  another to 
their  various  mixtures.  While  this  was 
an  admission  of  the  value  of  coca,  it 
really 
its  reputation,  owing  to 
the  defective  preparations  produced. 
Unsatisfactory,  even  harmful, results  in­
duced  the  profession  to  reject  the  many 
valueless,  at  times  dangerous,  concoc­
tions.  An  active  campaign  was  opened 
against  coca 
in  the  medical  and  daily 
press.  Sensational  articles  without  any 
basis  of  fact  were  instigated,  with  the 
dual  purpose  of  inciting  the  opinion  of 
the  physician  and  the  public against  the 
drug,  and  thus  prevent  its  use.

These  manufacturers  had  no  knowl­
edge  of  the requisite treatment and prep­
aration  of  this  delicate,  probably  most 
volatile,  of  plants,  and  notwithstanding 
the  combined  efforts  of  the  many  com­
petitors  and  antagonists,  the well-known 
preparation  of  coca  by  Mariani,  of 
Paris,  France,  which  bears  his  name,  is 
the  only  one  which  has  resisted  all  at­
tacks  directed  against  coca.

T he  D rug  M arket.

Opium— The  market  is  easy,  but  the 

price  is  unchanged.

Morphine— Is  quiet 

at  unchanged 

prices.

Quinine— Manufacturers’  prices  are 
unchanged,  but  firm  in  this  country  and 
London.

Carbolic  Acid— Is 

large  demand 
and  supplies  are  limited.  The  article 
is  being  sold 
in  pound  bottles  in  the 
West  2@3c  cheaper than  in  the  East.

in 

Salicylic  Acid— On  account  of  higher 
price  for  carbolic  acid,  has  advanced 
about  100  per  cent.  The  article  is  very 
strong  and  another  advance  would  sur­
prise  no  one.

Salicylate  Soda— Has also advanced  in 

sympathy  with  salicylic  acid.

Bismuth  Preparations— Are  firm 

at 

the  advance  noted  last  week.

Cocaine— Has  declined  50c  an  ounce, 
to  the  surprise  of  everyone,  as  it  was 
supposed  higher  prices  would rule.  Sup­
plies  are  limited.

Iodine  and  Iodine  Preparations—Are 

very  firm  at  the  advance  noted.

Glycerine— Has  been  advanced  ic  per 

Menthol— Has  declined  on  account  of 

pound.

better  stocks.

Ipecac  Root— Has  declined on account 
of  the  weakness  in  the  London  market.
Linseed  Oil— Is  very  firm  at  the  ad­

vance  of  3c  last  week.

Flax  Seed— Continues  high,  with  no 
lower  price  in  the  near  fu­

prospect  of 
ture.

A   D ruggist’s  P aradise.

Central  America  must  be  an  ideal 
place  for druggists.  It  is  stated  that  the 
people jth ere  have  a  mania  for  experi­

menting  with  all  kinds  of  remedies. 
Five  or  six  years  ago  a  consignment  of 
goods  got  mixed  up,  and  a  druggist 
in 
one  of  the  five  republics  received  a  keg 
of  liver  regulator  and  a  crate  of  empty 
bottles  for  hair  tonic— the  medicine  and 
bottles  are  generally  shipped  separately 
to  dodge  a  clause  in  the  tariff  schedule 
— and  another  druggist  miles  away  got 
the  other  part  of  the  order.  Druggist 
No.  1  was  in  a  quandary  at  first,  but  the 
labels  were  very  pretty,  so  he  finally 
filled  the  hair  tonic  bottles  with  the 
liver  regulator,  which  soon  had  a  great 
run;  but  the  man  was  haunted  with  the 
idea  that  the  other  fellow  had palmed off 
hair tonic  for  liver  regulator  and  pois­
oned  a  whole  district.  The  other  man 
turned  up  one  day  and  admitted  he  had 
put  the  hair tonic  in  the  liver  medicine 
bottles,  and  was  more  than  satisfied 
with  the  result,  as  he  had  received  a  lot 
of  testimonials  certifying  to  remarkable 
cures.
P recedent  E stablished  in  F av o r  o f  D ru g ­

gists.

Justice  McLean,  of  the  New  York  Su­
preme  Court,  recently  decided  that  as 
druggists  are  not  permitted  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  to  practice  medicine 
or  surgery, 
the  proprietor  of  a  drug 
store  can  not  be  held  to  account  for a 
clerk’s  action  in  treating  a patient,  even 
if  the  treatment  should  prove  injurious. 
This  decision  was  given  in  the  case  of 
Roth  against  Arnemann  &  Behrens. 
Ferdinand  Roth,  a  butcher  in New York 
City,  cut  his  thumb,  and  rushed  to  the 
nearest  drug  store  for  treatment,  which 
happened  to  be  that  of  Arnemann  & 
Behrens, 
at  No.  570  Eighth  avenue. 
Roth  says  a  clerk  bandaged  his  thumb 
with  a  cloth  saturated  with  carbolic 
acid.  Later  blood  poisoning  set  in,  and 
he 
lost  the  thumb,  whereupon  he  sued 
the  drug  firm  for $10,000  damages.  The 
counsel 
for  the  defendants  asked  the 
court  to  dismiss  the  complaint  on  the 
ground  that  the  injured  man should have 
gone  to  a  physician,  not  to  a  druggist, 
and  that,  as  a  druggist  has  no  right  to 
practice  medicine  or  surgery,  if  any  ac­
tion  could  be  maintained  in  this  case  it 
must  be  against  the  clerk  only.  The 
court  took  this  view  of  the  matter and 
dismissed  the  suit.

D ecom position  o f C hloroform .

Pure  chloroform  was  decomposed  in 
the  presence  of  artificial  light  during 
an  operation.  The  room  in  which  the 
operation  was  being  performed  was 
small,  not  ventilated,  warmed  by  an  oil 
stove,  and 
illuminated  by  an  oil  lamp 
and  a  candle.  Some  of  the  chloroform 
was  accidentally  spilt,  and  almost  im­
mediately  a  most  pungent,  disagreeable 
smell  was  noticed,  whilst  the  whole  res­
piratory  tract  v as  affected.  Violent  at­
tacks  of  coughing  seized  the  operator 
and  his  assistants,  and  it  was  five  days 
before  the  irritative  effect  passed  away 
in  one  case.  The  room  was  pervaded 
by  a  strong  odor  of  chlorine  the  morn­
ing  after  the  operation.

The  fellow  who  always  complains  that 
life is  a  grind  deserves to marry a  crank.

MFG. CHEMISTS. 

ALLEGAN, MICH.

Perrigo’s Headache Powders,  Per­
rigo’s Mandrake Bitters,  Perrigo’s 
Dyspepsia  Tablets  and  Perrigo’s 
Quinine Cathartic Tablets are gain­
ing new triends every  day.  If  you 
haven’t already a good  supply  on,
write us for prices.

MlfORING EXTRACfS AND DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRfcNT.

Advanced— 
Declined—

Acidum
Acetlcum  .................$
Benzoicum, German.
Boracic.....................
CarboUcum..............
Citricum....................
Hydrochlor.............
Nltrocum.................
Oxalicum..................
I’hosphorium,  dll...
Salicylicum  .............
Sulphuricum............
Tannicum.................
T artaricum .............  
Am m onia
Aqua, 16 deg.............  
Aqua, 20 deg.............  
Carbonas..................... 
Chlorldum...................  

A niline

6@ $ 
6 
70®  76
®  16 
44®  47
43®  46
3® 
5
8®  
10 
12®  14
®  15
70®  75
5
13Ü® 
90®  1  00
38®

4®
6®
13®
12®

Black.... 
Brown...
Ked........
Yellow...

........   2 00® 2  25
80®  1  00 
45®  50
..  2  50® 3 00

126
66
<56

506  55
6   2  00 
406  45
4°®

246
286
116
136
446
166

Baccæ
Cubebæ........... po, 15
Juniperus
Xautboxylum.......... 
liai sam um

Copaiba.............
Peru  .............
Terabin,  Canada
Tolutan..................... 
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......
Cassis.......................
Cinchona  Klava.......
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrtca Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virginl........
Qulllaia, g r d ............
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus...po.  15, grd
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza,  po. 
box
________ I | 
Hæmatox, 15 lb.
H*matox’, is ...........  
Hsematox,  )4s.......... 
Hsmatox,  )4 S.......  

Ferru

Carbonate  Precip... 
Citrate and  Quinia..
Citrate  Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l.......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt..........
Sulphate,  pure........
Flora

Arnica........
Anthémis... 
Matricaria..

14©
22©
30®

38©  40
20©
25©
12©
8®

F olia
Barosma...................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly..................
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.
Salvia officinalis,  ks
and k s ..................  
OvaUrsi.................... 
G um m i 
6   65
Acacia, 1st picked...
6   45
Acacia, 2d  picked...
©  35
Acacia,3d  picked...
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
©
Acacia, po................. 
45©
Aloe, Barb. po.l8©20  12®
Aloe, Cape__ po. 15. 
®
Aloe,  SocotrL.po.40 
©
55©
Ammoniac................. 
Assafoetlda.... po. 30  28®
Benzoinum............... 
50®
®
Catechu, is ...............
Catechu, k s .............
Catechu, 54s.............
C am phor*...............
Euphorbium... po. 35
Galbanum................
Gamboge............. po
Guaiacum.......po. 25
Kino........... po. $1.25
Mastic  ......................
Myrrh.............po. 45
Opii__ po.  4.70@6.00 3 46® 3 50
Shellac.....................  
25®  9,1
Shellac, bleached.... 
40®
Tragacanth..............  
50®
H erba 
Absinthium. .oz. pkg 
Eupatorium..oz. pkg
I<oDelia........oz. pkg
M ajorum__ oz. pkg
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vfr..oz. pkg
Rue............... oz. pkg
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V...oz.pkg 
M agnesia
Calcined, P a t...........  
56®
Carbonate, P at........  
18®
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®
larbonate, Jennings  18® 

O leum

50® 6 76

Absinthium.............   6 
Amygdalae,  Dulc—  
30®  50
Amygdalae,  Amar*.  8 00® 8  25
A nisi .........................  1 
Auranti Cortex........   2  40® 2  50
Bergamll..................   2 
Cajlputi.................... 
Caryophylli............... 
C edar.......................  
Chenopadil............... 
Cinnamonii.............   i 
GitroneUa................. 

80®
75@
35®

® 2 75
25®  1 35
36®  40

85® 2 00
40® 2 60

50®  60
Conium Mac............. 
Copaiba....................  1  15®  1  25
Cubebæ.................... 
90®  1  00
Exechthitos.............  1  00®  1  10
Erigeron..................  1  00®  1  10
G aultheria...............  2 60®  2 60
Geranium, ounce  ... 
®  75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  *¡0
Hedeoma..................  1  70®  1  76
Jiuiipera..................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendula  ............... 
90®  2 00
l.imonis....................  1  35®  1  45
Mentha Piper..........  1  25® 2  00
Mentha Verid..........  1  50®  1  60
Morrhuæ, .gal..........  1  15®  1  25
M yrcia.....................   4 00® 4  50
75®  3 00
Olive......................... 
Picis Liquida...........  
10®  12
®  35
Picis Liquida,  gal... 
Kicina....................... 
96®  1 05
Kosmarini................  
@  1  00
Rosæ, ounce.............  6 50® 8  50
Succini..................... 
40®  45
90®  1 00
Sabina.....................  
Santal.......................  2 50® 7  oo
Sassafras.................. 
50(5  55
®  65
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
Tiglii........................   1  50®  1  60
40®  50
Thyme....................... 
Thyme, opt............... 
@  1  60
Theobromas...........  
15 
20
P otassium
Bi-Carb'..................... 
15© 
18
15
13® 
Bichromate.............  
Bromide  .................. 
52®  57
12® 
’arb  ......................... 
15
Chlorate... po. 17 n 19  16®  18
Cyanide.................... 
35®  40
Iodide............................  2 65® 2 75
‘otassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
®  15
’otassa, Bitart, com. 
7® 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10
8
6® 
Potass  Nitras.......... 
rTussiate.................. 
23®  26
Sulphate  po............. 
15® 
18

R adix

® 

Aconitum.................. 
20®  25
Althae.......................  
22®  25
10® 
A nchusa.................. 
12
Arum  po.................. 
@  25
20®  40
Calamus.................... 
Bentiana........ po. 15 
15
12® 
18
Blychrrhiza.. .pv.  15  16® 
®  75
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
@  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12® 
15
Inula,  po.................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po....................  4  10® 4
35®
Iris  plox.. .po. 35©38
25®  30
Jala pa, p r................
®  35
Maranta,  k s ...........
22®  25
Podophyllum,  po...
75®  1  00 
Rhei..........................
®  1  25 
Rhei,  cut
1  35
Rhei, pv.................... 
75®  1  35
Spigelia.................... 
35®  38
18
Sanguinaria... po.  15 
Serpentaria.............  
40®  45
60®  65
Senega.....................  
Smilax, officinalis H.  @  40
Smilax,  M................  
®  25
Scill*.............po.  35 
10®
Symplocarpus, F®ti-
dus,  po.................. 
@  25
Valeriana,Eng. po.30  @  25
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ................  
16
12® 
Zingiber j .................. 
25@  27
Semen
®  12
Anisum......... po.  15 
Apium (graveleons).  13@  15
Bird, Is.....................  
4® 
6
11@  12
Carui..............po.  18 
Cardamon.................  1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum.............. 
8® 
10
Cannabis Sativa.......  4k®   5
Cydonium................. 
75@  l  00
Chenopodium.......... 
10@ 
12
Dipterix Odorate__   1  00®  1  10
Foeniculum
Foenugreek, po........ 
7@
L in i...........................  3)4®
Lini, grd.......bbl. 3)4 
4®
Lobelia..................... 
35®
Pharlaris Canarian..  4)4®
R ap a.........................  4)4®
Sinapis  Alba...........  
9®
Sinapis  Nigra.......... 
11®
S piritus

12

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00®  2  60 
Frumenti,  1). F. R..  2 00@  2 25
Frum enti.................   1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T...  1  65@ 2 00
Juniperis  Co...........   1  75®  3 50
Saacharum  N. E __   1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli..........  l  75® 6 50
Vini  Oporto.............   1  25®  2  oo
Vini Alba..................  1  25®  2  00

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

®
®
@50®
®

Scill®  Co..................  
Tolutan..................... 
Prunus  virg.............  
T inctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes ........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rnica.....................
Assaftetida...............
Atrope Belladonna..
Auranti Cortex........
Benzoin....................
Benzoin Co...............
Barosma...................
Cantharides.............
Capsicum.................
Cardamon................
Cardamon Co...........
Castor.......................
Catechu....................
Cinchona..................
Cinchona Co.............
Columba..................
Cubebae.....................
Cassia Acutifol........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Ferri  Chloridum__
G entian....................
Gentian Co...............
Guiaca.......................
Guinea ammon........
Hyoscyamus.............
Iodine.....................
Iodine, colorless....
Kino  .........................
Lobelia.....................
M yrrh.......................
Nux Vomica.............
Opii............................
Opii, comphorated..
Opii, deodorized......
Q uassia....................
Rhatany....................
Rhei..........................
Sanguinaria............
Serpentaria.............
Stromonium.............
T olutan....................
V alerian..................
Veratram  Veride...
Zingiber....................

@
©
@

60 
50 
60 
6o 
50 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50 
50 
75 
50 
75 
75 
1  00 
SO 
50 
60 
50 
50 50 
Bo 
SO
5Ö 
35 
SO 
60 
50 
60 
50 
75 
75 
Bo 
SO 
BO 
SO 
75 
Bo 
1  So 
Bo 
Bo 
Bo 
BO 
®0 
®0 
Go 
GO 
GO 
20

M iscellaneous 

¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30@
¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alum en....................  2)4®
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
3®
Annatto..................... 
40®
4® 
5
Antimoni, po...........
40®  50
Antimoni et Potass T
Antipyrin................  
®  25
®  20
Antifebrin  ............... 
®  48
Argenti Nitras, oz... 
Arsenicum............... 
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
38®  40
Bismuth S. N...........   1  50®  1  60
Calcium Chlor.,  is ...
® 
10 
Calcium Chlor.,  ks..
Calcium Chlor.,  ?4s.. 
© 
12 
@  75
Cantharides, Rus.po 
®  15
Capsici Fructus, a t..
@  15
Capsici  Fructus, po.
@  15
Capsici Fructus B, po 
12®  14
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
® 3 00 
Carmine, No. 40
55 
50®
Cera  Alba................  
42 
40®
Cera  Flava
40 
Coccus  ...........
35 
@
Cassia  Fructus........ 
©
Centraria..................  
10 
45 
Cetaceum.................. 
®
60 
Chloroform  .............  
65®
Chloroform,  squibbs 
1  10 
1  65®  1  90 
Chloral  Hyd Crst....
25
Chondrus..................  20®
Cinchonidine.P. & W  38® 
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine....................  6 05®  6 25
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
70
Creosotum................  
@  35
®
C reta.............bbl. 75 
@
Creta, prep............... 
Creta, precip...........  
9®
Creta, Rubra...........  
@
Crocus  .....................  
15®
@
Cudbear.................... 
8
Cupri  Sulph.............  6)4® 
7@  10
Dextrine.................. 
Ether Sulph............. 
75@  90
Emery, all numbers. 
@
Emery, po..........—  
@
E rg o ta......... po. 90  85@
12®  15
Flake  W hite...........  
Galla.........................  @  23
8®
G am bler.................. 
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
@
35@  60
Gelatin, French....... 
75  &  10
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
11®  13
Glue, brown.............  
Glue,  white.............  
15®  25
Glycerina.................. 
17®
Grana Paradisi
@  25
Humulus.................. 
25®  55
95 
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..
®  85
@  1  05 
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m .
@  1  17 
Hydrarg  Ammoniati 
50®  60
Hyd rargU nguen turn
@  80 
Hydrargyrum..........
65®  75
IchthyoDolla,  Am...
75®  1  00
Indigo....................... 
Iodine,  Resubi........   3  90®  4 00
Iodoform.................. 
@  4  00
Lupulin.....................  
®  50
Lycopodium.............  
M acis.......................  
Liquor Arsen et  Hy-
ararg lo d ............... 
Liquor Potass Arsinit 
Magnesia,  Sulph__  
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
Manilla, 8.  F ............ 

60®
65®
@
10®
2®
® 
so®

Menthol....................
20® 22
@  3 75 Setdlitz Mixture......
Morphia, S., P.& W. 2 35®  2  60 Sinapis.....................
® 18
Morphia, S., N. Y. Q.
30
Sinapis,  opt.............
&C. Co.................. 2  25® 2  50 Snuff, Maccaboy, lie
® 41
® 40
Moschus  Canton__
Voes  .....................
@ 41
65® 80 Snuff,Scotch, lie Vo’s
Myrlstlca, No. l ......
@ 10 Soda,  Boras.............
9® 11
Nux Vomica...po. 15
9® 11
Os Sepia...................
25® 30 Soda,  Boras, po.......
23® 25
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
Soda et  Potass Tart.
2
®  1 00 Soda,  Carb...............
I)  Co.....................
1)4®
5
Picis I.lq. N.N.)4 gal.
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
3®
4
®  2 00 Soda,  Ash................
doz........................
3)4®
2
Picis Liq., quarts__
@  1  00 Soda, Sulphas..........
®
85 Spts. Cologne...........
© 2 60
IMcis Liq.,  pints......
50® 55
© 50 Si»ts. Ether  Co........
I’ll Hydrarg. ..po.  80
©  2  00
@ 18 Spts.  Myrcia Horn...
Piper  Nigra,  .po. 22
© 30 Si>ts. Vini Rect.  bbl.
1’iiier  Alba.. ..po. 35
@
@ 7 Spts. Vini Rect. Hblil
I’ilx Burgun.............
W
10® 12 Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal
©
Plumb) Acet.............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1  30®  1 50 Spts.  \ ini Rect. 5 gal
@
Strychnia, Crystal... 1  05® 1  25
Pyrethriim, boxes II.
4
© 75 Sulphur,  Subl..........
& P. D. Co., doz...
2)4®
25® 30 Sulphur, Roll...........
Pyrethrum,  pv........
2)4© 3k
8® 10
8® 10 Tam arinds...............
Q uassl*....................
28® 30
38® 48 Terebeuth  Venice...
Quinta, S. P. &  W...
55® 58
31® 44 Theobrom*..............
Quinta, S.  German..
34® 44 Vanilla..................... 9 00® 6 00
Quinta, N. Y.............
8
7®
12® 14 Zinci Sulph.............
Rubla Tlnctorum....
18® 20
Saccharum Lactis pv
Oita
Salacin..................... 4  50®  4 60
40® 50
Sanguis  Draconls...
12® 14 Whale, winter..........
Sapb,  W ....................
10® 12 Lard, extra...............
Sapo M.....................
® 15 Lard, No. 1...............
Sapo  G .....................

BBL.
70
55
35

Î AL.
70
05
40

19

. pt

Linseed, boiled........
Neatsfoot, winter str 
Spirits  Turpentine..
Paints
Red  Venetian..........
Ochre, yellow  Mars. 
Ochre, yellow B er... 
Putty,  commercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American.............
Vermilion, English..
Green,  Paris...........
Green, Peninsular...
Lead,red..................
Lead,  white.............
Whiting, white Span
Whiting, gilders’__
White, Paris, Amer. 
Whiting.  Paris,  Eug.
cliff........................
Universal  Prepared.
V arn iH lieH
No. l Turp  Coach...
Extra Turp...............
Coach  Bouy.............
No. 1 Turp Furn......
Extra Turk  Damar.. 
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp

mu..
l.B.
Hi  2  ©8 
Ili  2  @4 
Hi  2  ®3 
2)4  2*4<§3 
2k  2a*®3
13® 
15
70®  76
13)4®  17)4 
13®  16
6)4© 
7
6' ;@ 
7
©  70
@  90
@  1  00
®  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

1  10®  1  20
1  60®  1  70
2  75®  3 00 
1  00®  1  10 
1  55®  1  60
70®  7E

Drugs

W e  are 
of  Drugs, 
Medicines.

Importers  and 
Chemicals  and

obbers
Patent

W e  are  dealers  in  Paints,  Oils 

and  Varnishes.

W e  have  a  full  line  of  Staple 

Druggists’  Sundries.

W e  are  the  sole  proprietors  of 
Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh 
Remedy.

W e always  have  in  stock  a  full 
line  of  Whiskies,  Brandies,  Gins, 
Wines  and  Rums  for  medicinal 
purposes only.

W e  give  our  personal  attention 
to mail  orders  and  guarantee  sat­
isfaction.

All  orders  shipped  and  invoiced 

the same day we receive them.

Send a trial order.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

20

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRIOR CURRENT.

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

A P P L E   BUTTER 
V. C. Hran<l in tin cans

2  doz 234 Ihcans........ ......... 3 90
1  doz5 
lb cans................. 3 70
34 doz 10  lb cans................. 3 36
doz.  gross

A X LE  GREASE
A urora.......................... 55 
Castor  Oil..................... 60 
Diamond.......................50 
Frazer's........................ 75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 

6 00
7 oo
4 25
9 00
9 00

Mica, tin boxes.........75 
Paragon......................55 

BA K IN G   PO W D ER  

9 00
600

A bsolute

A cm e

la lb. cans doz......................  45
34 lb. cans doz.................  
  85
1 
lb. cans doz...................... 150
14 lb. cans 3  doz..................   45
34 lb. cans 3 doz..................   75
1 
lb. cans 1  doz..................l  oo
Bulk........................................  10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.............   85
14 lb. cans per doz..............  75
54 lb. cans per doz..............1  20
1 
lb. cans per doz..............2 00
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  35
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  55
l 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........  90

E l  P u rity

A rctic

H om e

Peerless

Jersey  Cream

14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   45
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   85
1 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........1  60
1 lb. cans, per doz................2  00
9 oz. cans, per doz............... 1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz................   85
1 lb. can s...............................   85
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  oo
American...............................  70
English...................................  80

B A T H   B R IC K

Queen  Flake

BLU IN G

CONBEHSm
i ÿ j E M C î ;
B l ü í í í G

BROOMS

Small 3 doz............................  40
Large, 2 doz..........................   75
Arctic, 4 oz, per gross........   4 oo
Arctic, 8 oz, per gross........6 00
Arctic, pints, per  gross__ 9 00
No. l Carpet..........................3 oo
No. 2 Carpet..........................2 75
No. 3 Carpet..........................2 50
No. 4 Carpet..........................2 05
Parlor  Gem..........................2 75
Common Whisk....................  95
Fancy Whisk........................l  25
Warehouse............................3 76
Electric Light, 8s...................12
Electric Light, 16s ..................1254
Paraffine, 6s ........................... 1134
Paraffine, 12s ..........................1254
Wlcklng................................ 20

CANDLES

CANNED  GOODS 

B eans

A pples
3 lb. Standards........  
Gallons, standards.. 
B aked....................... 
Red  Kidney.............  
String.......................  
Wax........................... 
B lackberries
Standards................. 
B lueberries
S tandard.....................  
Red  Standards............ 
W hite........................... 
Clam s.
Little Neck, 1 lb ...... 

C herries

90
2 65
75@1  30
75@  85
80
85
75
85
85
1  16
1  10

Corn

Peas

M ush room s

R aspberries

S traw berries

75
85
95
85
1  85
3  10
2 25
1  75
2  80
1  75
2  80
1  75
2  80
18@20
22@25
90
1  55

Fair............................
Good.........................
Fancy.......................
H om iny
Standard  .................
L obster
Star, 34 lb..................
Star, 1  lb..................
Picnic Tails..............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ............
Mustard, 21b............
Soused,1 lb...............
Soused, 2 lb.............
Tomato, 1 lb .............
Tomato, 2 lb.............
Hotels........................
Buttons.....................
O ysters
Cove, 1 lb ..................
Cove, 2 lb..................
Peaches
P ie ............................
Yellow......................  1  65@2 00
Pears
70
Standard..................
80
Fancy........................
M arrowfat...............
1  00
1  00
Early June...............
Early June  Sifted..
1  60
P ineapple
G rated......................  1  25@2  75
Sliced.........................  1  35©2  25
P u m p k in
65
F a ir...........................
Good.........................
75
85
Fancy.......................
Standard...................
90
Salm on
Red Alaska..............
1  35
Pink Alaska.............
95
Sardines
Domestic, U s..........
@4
Domestic,  Mustard.
@8
French.....................
8® 22
85
Standard..................
Fancy.......................
1  25
Succotash
90
Fair............................
Good.........................
1  00
Fancy.......................
1  20
Tom atoes
80
F a ir...........................
90
Good.........................
1  15
Fancy.......................
2 35
Gallons......................
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints.............
. ..2 00
Columbia, 34 pints..........
...1  25
CHEESE
Acme.........................
@1434
Amboy.....................
@14
E lsie .........................
@15
Emblem...................
@14
Gem...............
(chW/f
Gold Medal...............
@1334
Id eal.......................
'5.14
»Jersey.......................
@14
Riverside..................
@14
Brick.........................
@12
Edam ........................
@70
L eiden.....................
@17
Limburger................
@13
Pineapple................   50 @75
Sap  Sago.................
@17
Bulk.................................
... 
R ed..................................
... 
CHOCOLATE
German  Sweet...............
...  23
Premium........................
...  35
Breakfast Cocoa.............
...  46
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz__ . ..1  00
Cotton, 50 ft.  per doz............1  20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz............1  40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz............1  60
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz............1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz...............  80
Jute, 72 ft. per doz............. 
95
The Bradley Cigar Co.’s  Brands
A dvance................................. $35 00
B radley...................................  35 00
Clear Havana  Puffs..........  22 00
“ W. H.  B.” ............................   55 00
“ W. B. B.” .............................   55 00
Fortune Teller.......................  35 00
Our Manager..........................   35 00
Quintette.................................  35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

Walter Baker & Co. s.

CLOTHES  LINES

CHICORY

C IG A R S

5
7

S. C. W................................ 35 00

70 00
70 00

Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands. 
Royal  Tigers. 
.  55@ 80 00
Royal  Tigerettes.........35
Vincente Portuondo ..35® 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co.............. 25® 70 00
Hilson  Co..................... 35®110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co........... 35® 70 00
McCoy & Co..................35® 
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10® 35 00
Brown  Bros..................15® 
Bernard Stahl Co......... 35® 90 00
Banner Cigar  Co..........10® 35 00
Seidenberg  & Co.55® 125 00
Fulton  Cigar  Co..........10® 35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co___35®175 00
E. M. Schwarz & Co..  35® 110 00
San Telmo.....................35® 70 00
Havana Cigar Co..........18® 35 00
C. Costello & Co........... 35®  70 00
LaGora-FeeCo.............35® 70 00
S.  I. Davis & Co........... 35@185 00
Hene & Co.................... 35® 90 00
Benedict & Co........... 7.50® 70 00
Hemmeter Cigar Co 
.35®  70 00
G .J. JohnsonCigarCo.35® 70 00
Maurice Sanborn  ___ 50®175  00
Bock & Co.....................65®300 00
Manuel  Garcia.............80@375 00
Neuva Mundo...............85®175 00
Henry Clay................   85@550  oo
La C arolina................. 96®200 00

C O F F E E
Roasted

Co f f e e s

Special  Combination...........   20
French Breakfast.................  25
Lenox.....................................  30
Vienna...................................  35
Private Estate.......................   38
Supreme.................................  40
Less 33H  per  cent,  delivered.

Rio

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

Santos

F a ir........................................  14
Good......................................  15
Prim e....................................   16
Peaberry................................   18

M aracaibo

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

J a v a

Interior..................................   26
Private  Growth....................  30
Mandehling...........................  35

M ocha

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

PA CK A G E  CO FFEE.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which the wholesale dealer adds 
the local freight from New York 
to buyers shipping point, giving 
buyer credit ou the  invoice  for 
the  amount of  freight  he  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point.
These prices are  further  sub­
ject  to  manufacturer’s  regular
rebate.
Arbuckle.............................12 00
Jersey..................................12 00
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.

E xtract

Valley City 34  gross.............   75
Felix 34 gross........................ 1  15
Hummel’s foil Vi gross........   85
Hummel’s tin 34 gross........ 1  43

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

2V4
3
4

CONDENSED  M ILK

4 doz in case.
Gail Borden Eagle............... 6  75
Crown.....................................6 25
Daisy...................................... 5 75
Champion..............................4 50
Magnolia............................... 4  25
Challenge.............................. 4125
Dime............? ...................... 3 35

COUPON  BOOKS 
T radesm an  G rade 

50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50 
1,000 books, any  denom...  20 00

Econom ic  G rade 

S up erio r G rade 

U niversal  G rade 

50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100books,any  denom...  2  50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00
50books,any  denom...  150 
100 books, any  denom...  2  50 
500books,any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00
50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2  50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20  00
500, any one denom........   2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch....................... 
75
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

Coupon  Pass  Books 
denomination from $10 down.

C redit  Checks 

CREAM   TARTAR

A pples

California  Fruits

5 and 10 lb. wooden  boxes.......30
Bulk in sacks.............................29
D R IE D   FR U IT S—Domestic 
Sundried..........................   @634
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.8®  8% 
Apricots......................   @15
Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................
Peaches.......................10  @11
Pears............................
Pitted Cherries............ 
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries..............
100-120 25 lb. boxes .... ..  @ 4
90-100 25 lb. boxes__ ..  @ 434
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes__ ..  @ 5
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes__ ..  @ 534
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes__ ..  @ 6
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes__ • •  @734
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes .... ..  © 8
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes__
14 cent less in 50 lb. cases 

C alifornia  P ru n es

734

C itron

C u rran ts

1  75 
London Layers 2 Crown. 
2 00
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............. 
2  25
714
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
814
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
814
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, choice ... 
10
L. M., Seeded, fancy__  
1014
D R IE D   FRU ITS—F o reig n  
Leghorn.....................................11
Corsican....................................12
Patras, cases.........................  6I4
Cleaned, b u lk .......................   634
Cleaned,  packages...............  714
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 1014 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 1014 
Sultana 1 Crown...................
Sultana 2 Crown..................
Sultana 3 Crown....................
Sultana 4 Crown....................
Sultana 5 Crown....................
Sultana 6 Crown....................
Sultana package..................

R aisins

Peel

FARINACEOUS  GOODS

R aisins

Beans

Farina

Cereals

H askell’s W heat Flakes

Dried Lima...........................   554
Medium Hand Picked  2 15®2  25
Brown Holland.....................
Cream of Cereal....................  90
Grain-O, sm all.......................1 35
Grain-O, large........................2 25
Grape Nuts................................. 1 35
Postum Cereal, sm all........... 1 35
Postum Cereal, large........  2  25
241 lb. packages........................1 25
Bulk, per 100 lbs.........................3 00
36  2 lb. packages........................3 00
B arrels........................................2 50
Flake, 50 lb. drums.................... 1 00
Rice Flakes, 3 doz pkg case 2  85 
Flaked Peas, 3 doz pkg case  2  85 
Flaked Beans, 3 doz pkg c’se 2  85 
35 Chene St., Detroit, Mich. 
M accaroni  and Verm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............  60
Imported, 25 lb. box...................2 50
Common  ...............................
Chester........................................ 2 50
Em pire........................................ 3 00

Lauhoff Bros. Flaking Mills. 

P e a rl  B arley

H om iny

FLY   P A P E R

H ERBS

Perrigo’s Lightning,  gro__ 2 50
Petrolatum, per doz.............  75
Sage............................................15
H ops.......................................... 15
Madras, 5 lb. boxes.................55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb.  boxes........ 50

IN D IG O

JE L L Y  
V. C. Brand.

LICO RICE

151b. palls..............................  35
30 lb. pails.............................  62
Pure apple, per doz.............   85
P u re.......................................  30
Calabria.................................  25
Sicily......................................   14
Root........................................  10
Condensed, 2 doz.................. 1  20
Condensed, 4 doz...................2  25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur........................1  65
Anchor P arlo r......................1  50
No. 2 Hom e........................... 1  30
Export Parlor....................... 4  00
Wolverine.............................. 1  50

MATCHES

LYE

MOLASSES 
New  O rleans

Black................................... 
11
F a ir..................................... 
14
20
Good.................................... 
Fancy.................................  
24
Open Kettle........................26@35

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

Horse Radish, 1 doz............. 1  76
Horse Radish, 2 doz.............3  50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz............1  75

Grits

Peas

..2 70

R olled  Oats

100 lb. kegs.......................

Rolled Avena, bbl............

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Green, Wisconsin, bu__ ..1  30
..1  35
Green. Scotch, bu............

24 2 lb. packages. ..1  80
200 lb. barrels...................6 10
Split, bu.............................. 3
Steel Cut, 34 bbls.............. .2 05
Monarch, bbl.. 3 40
Monarch. 34 bbl...1 88
Huron, cases.. 2 00
German.............................. 4
36 two pound packages ... 3 60
18 two pound packages ... 1  85
New Era Butters......6>4
........
F lak e.................................. 5
Pfiarl .. 5
Pearl,  241  lb. packages.... 634

B attle C reek Crack» rs.
Gem Oatmeal Biscuit..  7V@  8
Lemon Biscuit........... 733 @ 8
W holewheat 
Cereola, 48  l-lb.  pkgs.
Tapioca

East India........................
F. A. McKenzie, Quincy, Mich.

3^
24 2 lb. packages.............
..2 50
F L A V O R IN G   E X T R A C T S 

Monarch, 90 lb. sacks__ ..1  68

Sal us B reak fast Food

634
4  00

W heat

.3  75

Sago

PIC K L E S
M edium

Sm all

Barrels, 1,200 count............. 6  90
Half bbls, 600 count............. 3  45
Barrels, 2,400 co u n t.............6  90
Half bbls, 1,200 count.......... 3  95
Clay, No. 216...........................1  70
Clay, T. D., full count..........  65
Cob, No. 3..............................  85

P IP E S

48 cans in case.

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

POTASH 

R IC E

D om estic

Carolina head........................654
Carolina  No. 1 ...................... 5
Carolina  No. 2 .......................4
Broken  .......................
Im p o rted .
Japan,  No.  1.............
Japan,  No.  2.............
Java, fancy head......
Java, No.  l ................
Table..........................

.334
554@6 
454@5 
6  @554 
5  ©
®

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  16
Deland’s...................................... 3 00
Dwight’s  Cow.............................3 15
Emblem.......................................2 10
L.  P ............................................. 3 00
Sodio............................................3 15
Wyandotte, 100  34s.................... 3 00
Granulated,  bbls..................   80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__   85
Lump, bbls........................... 
75
Lump, 145 lb. kegs.................  80

S A L   SO DA

SALT

Diam ond Crystal

  2  05

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.2  85 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 50 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2  50 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bags.2 60
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs........  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs........   60
Com m on  G rades
100 3 lb. sacks..............................2 15
60 51b. sacks................. 
2810 lb. sacks.............................1 95
56 lb. sacks..................... 
28 lb. sacks  .......................   20
56 lb. dairy in drill bags.......  30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags.......  15
56 lb. dairy in linen sabks...  60
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60
56 lb.  sacks.......................   22
Granulated  Fine........................ 1 00
Medium Fine...............................1 os

Solar  R ock
Com m on

A shton
H iggins

W arsaw

36

SALT  F ISH  

Cod

Georges cured.............  @ 5
Georges  genuine........   @534
Georges selected........   @ 534
Strips or  bricks..........  6  @ 9
Pollock.........................  @ 3*4
Strips..........................................14
Chunks.......................................15

Halibut.

D eBoe’s

2 OZ. 
Vanilla D.  C............1  10 
........   70 
Lemon D. C 
Vanilla Tonka........  75 

4 OZ.
1  80
1  35
1  45

I J A X O N

Vanilla 

H ig h e s t  G ra d e  E x tr a c ts
Lemon
lo z fu llm l2 0   I  oz full  m 
80 
2 oz full m .2  10  2 oz full m  l  25 
No.3fan’y.3  15  No.3fan’y.l  75

Vanilla 

Lemon

2 oz panel.. 1  20  2 oz panel.  75
3 oz taper. .2 oo  4 oz taper.. 1  50

Perrigo’s

Northrop  Brand
2 oz. Taper Panel....  75 
20z. Oval..................   75 
3 oz. Taper Panel.... l  35 
4 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  CO 

Lem.  Van.
120
120
2 00
2 25
Van.  Lern, 
doz.
doz. 
XXX, 2 oz. obert__ 1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2 25 
1  25
XX, 2 oz. obert........1  00
No. 2,2 oz. o b ert__   75
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher, 6 oz... 

2  25
1  75
2 25

H e rrin g

M ackerel

Holland white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland white hoopsHbbl.  6 50
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
85
Holland white hoop mchs. 
95
Norwegian.........................
Round 100 lbs.....................   3  60
Round 40 lbs.......................  1  75
Scaled...............................  
15
Bloaters............................... 
l  45
Mess 100 lbs........................ 15 00
Mess  40 lbs........................ 6  30
1  65
Mess  10 lbs........................
1  35
Mess  8 lbs........................
No. 1100 lbs........................ 13  25
No. 1  40 lbs........................ 5 60
1  48
No. l  10 lbs........................
1  20
No. 1  8 lbs........................
No. 2 ioo lbs........................ 10  50
No. 2  40 lbs........................ 4  50
1  15
No. 2  10 lbs........................
1  00
No. 2  8 lbs........................
No. 1100 lbs........................
No. 1  40 lbs........................
No. 1  10 lbs........................
No. 1  8 lbs........................

T ro u t

W hite fish

SEEDS

100 lbs............  8  50
40  lbS...........   3 90
10 lbs...........   1  00
8 lbs...........  
83

No. 1  No. 2 Fam
2 75
1  40
43
37
.5 75 
.3 ‘25
.  9 
.  4 
.  8 
.60 
10
.  454 
.  4*4 
.  5 
.10 
■  4>4 
.16

SAUERKRAUT
Barrels  ..............................
Half barrels.......................
...............................
Anise 
Canary, Smyrna................
Caraway  ............................
Cardamon,  Malabar..........
Celery.................................
Hemp, Russian.................
Mixed Bird..  ...................
Mustard, white..................
Poppy..................................
R ape.................................
Cuttle Bone.......................
Scotch, in bladders..........
Maccaboy,in ja rs ..........
French Rappee, in  ja rs .. 

SNUFF

SOAP

J A X O N

Single box.............................. 3
5 box lots, delivered............'I  95
10 box lots, delivered............2 90
MS.  8  KIRK  S  CO.'S BRIMS.
American Family, wrp’d... .2  66
Dome...........................................2 75
Cabinet........................................2 20
Savon........................................... 2 50
White  Russian...........................2 do
White Cloud, laundry.......... 6  25
White Cloud, toilet....................3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz.......2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz.......3 00
Blue India, loo & lb .................. 3 oo
Kirkoline....................................3 SO
Eos...............................................2 50

ioo 12 oz bars............... 

•/ftp *#
.  3 00
S I L V E R

Single box............. .'..............2 95
Five boxes, delivered..........2 90

Scouring

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

SODA

Boxes.....................................
Kegs, English....................... 4k

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice..............................  
Cassia, China in m ats....... 
Cassia, Batavia, in bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken.... 
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls —  
Cloves, Amboyna............... 
Cloves, Zanzibar................. 
M ace................................... 
Nutmegs,  75-80.................. 
Nutmegs,  105-10................. 
Nutmegs, 115-20.............. 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot.......................  
P u re  G round in  B u lk
Allspice............................... 
Cassia, Batavia..................  
Cassia, Saigon.................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar................. 
Ginger,  African................  
Ginger, Cochin..................  
Ginger,  Jam aica............... 
Mace.................................... 
Mustard.......................... - - 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne..............  
Sage..................................... 

11
12
25
38
55
15
13
65
56
45
  40
15
23
16
16
28
48
16
15
18
25
66
18
17
25
20
16

STOVE  PO L ISH

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels.............................
Half bbls.........................
1 doz. l gallon cans........
1 doz. H gallon cans.......
2 doz. k  gallon cans.......
F a ir.................................
Good...............................
Choice............................

P u re  Cane

...17
...19
..  3  15
...1  85
. . . 1   00
...  16
..  20
...  26

K ingsford’s  Corn
40 l-lb. packages................
20 l-lb. packages
K ingsforcl’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages....
6 lb. boxes.................
D ia m o n d

Com m on Corn

128 5c packages..................
30 10c and 04 5c packages.. 
20 l-lb.  packages..............
40 l-lb.  packages..............
Com m on Gloss
l-lb. packages...................
3-lb. packages....................
6-lb. packages...................
40 and 50-lb. boxes........... .
Barrels...............................
Below  are  given  New 
prices  on  sugars,  to  whii 
wholesale dealer adds  th<

SUGAR

to his  shippii 
20 pounds ioi 
barrel.

Crashed...........................
Cubes...............................
Powdered.......................
Coarse  Powdered 
.......
XXXX  Powdered..........
Standard  Granulated...
Fine Granulated.............
Coarse  Granulated........
Extra Fine Granulated..
Conf.  Granulated.........
2 lb. cartons Fine  Gran 
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran 
5 lb. cartons Fine  Gran. 
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran —
Mould A ..........................
Diamond  A.....................
Confectioner’s  A. 
.......
No.  i, Columbia A........
No.  2, Windsor A..........
No.  3, Ridgewood A —
No.  4, Phienix  A ..........
No.  5, Empire A ...........
No.  6...............................
No.  7...............................
No.  8...............................
No.  9...............................
No. 10...............................
No. 11...............................
No. 12.......................... ...
No. 13...............................
No. 14..............................
No. 15...............................
No. 16..............................

TA B LE  SAUCES
LEA &
PERRINS’
SAUCE

VINEGAR

Salad Dressing, large......
Salad Dressing, small.......
Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..
Pure Cider, Red Star...........
Pure Cider, Robinson..........
Pure Cider,  Silver................
W ASHING  PO W D ER

Rub-No-More, 100 12 oz . 

W IC K IN G

No. 3, per gross....................
W OODENW  A R E 
Bushels...............................

B askets

Fresh  Meats

Carcass...........
Forequarters  . 
Hindquarters
I.oins No. 3__
Bibs................
Rounds...........
Chucas...........
Plates ............

Dressed.......
Loins...........
Boston  Butts 
Shoulders ... 
Leaf  I-ard...

Carcass........
Spring  Iminb!

6H@ 8
5 Vi® 6
7  @ 9 
9  @14
8  @14
6  @  7 
6  @ 6V 
4  (it  5

@ 6 
@  8V: 
@ 6Ï 
@ 6?; 
© n

©  7 
© 9V

Crackers

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:

B u tte r

Soda

O yster

5H
6H
6H
5H

Seym our............................... 
New York.............................  
Family................................... 
S alted.................................... 
6
Wolverine..........................  
Soda  XXX......................... 
6
Soda,  City..........................  
8
Long Island Wafers..........  11
Zephyrette.........................  10
7
Faust................................... 
Farina................................. 
6H
Extra Farina 
.................. 
6
Saltine  W afer.................... 
5V4
Sweet Goods—Boxes
Animals..............................  10H
Assorted  Cake..................  10
Belle Rose..........................  
9
Bent’s  W ater....................  16
Buttercups... 
...........   13
Cinnamon Bar.................... 
9
t’offee Cake,  Iced.............   10
I Coffee Cake, Java.............   10
Cocoanut Taffy...  ...........   10
Cracknells.........................  15H
Creams, Iced.................... 
8H
Cream Crisp.......................  
9
Crystal Creams..................  10
Cubans...............................  
llli
Currant  Fruit....................  11
Frosted Honey..................  12Vi
Frosted Cream..................... 
9
Ginger Gems, ig. or  sm... 
9
Ginger Snaps, XXX. 
Gladiator
Grandma Cakes..........
Graham Crackers.......
Graham  Wafers..........
Honey Fingers...........
Im perials.....................
Jumbles, Honey..........
12 Vi
Lady Fingers.....................  
iiVi
Lemon  Wafers..................  14
Marshmallow....................  15
Marshmallow Walnuts —   16
Mixed  Picnic.....................   HH
7H
Milk Biscuit.......................  
Molasses  Cake.................. 
8
Molasses B ar.....................  
9
Moss Jelly  Bar..................  12V4
Newton...............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  
8
Oatmeal Wafers................   10
9
Orange Crisp...................... 
8
Orange  Gem...................... 
8
Penny Cake......................... 
7
Idiot Bread, XXX............. 
7H
Pretzels, hand  made........ 
7H
Sears’  Lunch.....................  
Sugar Cake......................... 
8
Sugar Cream, XXX.......... 
8
Sugar Squares........
Sultanas....................
12Vi
Tutti  F rutti.............
Vanilla W afers........
Vienna Crimp..........

10
00
90
10
00
90

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs
(rl
..9 00  Vil

Mop  Sticks

Tubs

P ails

1  26  W1

usimi  cash

Local Brands

4  20 
3 70 
3 50 
3 00 
3 50 
6  00 
3 '25 
dls-

W in ter  W h eat  F lo u r 

Trojan spring —  .............
Eclipse patent spring......
No i  common..................... ..8 00
No. 2 patent brash holder .  9 00
12 1b. cotton mno heads
2-hoop Standard................ ..1  50
3-hoop Standard................ '  1 
Pa
l,a
2-wlré,  Cable...................... .1   60 
3-wire.  Cable..................... ■  1  85  §2
Cedar, all red, brass  bound  1  25
Paper,  Eureka.................. • a »
..2  40
Fibre..................................
.  7 00  By
20-inch, Standard, No. 1..
. .6 00
18-inch, Standard, No. 2..
..5 00  ^
16-inch, Standard, No. 8..
20-inch,  Dowell,  No. 1 — .325  dû
18-inch, Dowell,  No. 2 — ..5 25  dlt
16-inch. Dowell,  No. 3— ..4  25  B
..9 45  Di
No. 1 Fibre.......................
..7  95  Dl
No. 2 Fibre.......................
..7  20  Dl
No. 3 Fibre.......................
W ash  Boards
..2 50  0v
Bronze Globe....................
D ewey..............................
l l ì   U*
Double Acme.................... • -2 75  Q,
Single Acme......................
..3 ob
Double  Peerless...............
Single  Peerless................ ...2 50  Cl
..2  60  Pi
Northern Q ueen.............
.3  00  PI
Double Duplex.................
.  2 75  Pi
Good Luck.......................
7’s Best Hs paper.  4  15 
p’s Best k s paper.  4  15 
PI
11 in. B utter..................... . . . 7 5   b
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
..1  00
13 in. Butter......................
15 in. Butter...................... ...1  60
17 in. Butter...................... . . . 2   00
19 in. Butter..................... ...2  50
YEAST  CAKE
Yeast Foam, 1V4  doz — ...  50
. ..1   00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz........
...1  00
Yeast Cream, 3 doz........
...1  00
Magic Yeast 5c, 3  doz...
...1  00
Sunlight Yeast,3doz....
Warner’s Safe, 3 doz — ...1  00
Provisions
B arreled  P o rk

3 50 
3 50 
3 50
J i l l
3 55 
3  55 
3  55

Spring  W heat  F lo u r

W ood  Bowls

i 

@11  00
@12  00
@12 00
@11  50
@15 00
@10  00
@12 25
6«
6Î4
5k 

I M

Olney & Judson’s Brand

!
Duluth  Imperial Hs.........   4  25
Duluth  Imperial k s .........   4  15
!
@  «  
Duluth  Imperial Hs.........   4 05
@  10/4  1
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
@  10H
Gold Medal H s....................  4 
@  io k   (
<
@14 
Gold Medal H s....................  4 
Gold Medal H s....................  3 
@  7*4  C
Parisian  Hs.........................  4 
1
Parisian  14s.........................  4 
@  7*4  1
Parisian  Hs.........................  3 
@  9H  1
@  15
@  11H 
Ceresota Hs.........................  4 26
î
©  8H 
t
Ceresota k s .........................  4 15
(
Ceresota Hs.........................  4 05
Laurel  Vis............................   4 25
Laurel  k s ............................   4 15
Laurel  Hs............................   4 05
Bolted...................................  1 90
:
Granulated..........................   2 10
St. Car Feed, screened —   16 00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........   15 50
_ nbolted Corn  Meal........  14  50
Winter Wheat Bran..........  14 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  15 00
14  00
Screenings
Corn, car  lots.................. .  35

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

F e e d   and  MIllatufTs 

««
tpR
ig
k
% 
%
I
1

M eal

Corn

6
7H
7%
6H
9
6

L ards—In Tierces 

D ry  S alt  Meats

Sm oked  M eats

Mess..........................
y  B ack.......................
|   Clear back................
Short cut..................
5  P ig ............................
0  Bean..........................
0  Fam ily.....................
5 
0  Bellies.......................
o  Briskets....................
K  Extra shorts.............
>0 
0  Hams, 121b. average.
K  Hams, 14 lb. average.
is  Hams, 16lb. average.
15  Hams, 20 lb. average.
in  Ham dried  beef.......
m  Shoulders(N.Y.cut)
tn  Bacon, clear.............  
to  Californiapiams.......
15  Boneless  hams........
in  Boiled  Hams..........
Jo  Picnic Boiled Hams
is  Berlin  Hams..........
is 
15  Compound................
10  Kettle........................
75  Vegetole................
70  551b. Tubs ,  advance
br  80 lb. Tubs.. advance
so  50 lb. Tins... advance
55  20 lb. Pails, .advance
50  10 lb. Pails.. advance
45  5 lb. Pails.. advance
40  3 lb. Pails.. advance
40 
Sausages
40  Bologna....................
40  Liver.........................
40  Frankfort.................
P o rk .........................
Blood.........................
Tongue.....................
Headcheese..............
B eef
Extra Mess...............
Boneless....................
R um p.......................
Pi»»’  Feet
Kits, 15  lbs...............
Vi bbls., 40 lbs..........
•  H bbls., 80 lbs..........
T ripe
75 
no  Kits, 15  lbs...............
75  Vi bbls., 40 lbs..........
25  H bbls., 80 lbs..........
55 
Casings
75  Pork  .........................
Beef rounds.............
rV4  Beef  middles...........
Sheep........................
B u tterin e
Rolls, dairy...............
Solid, dairy...............
Rolls, creamery.......
Solid,  creamery.......
f% 
/   Corned beef, 2 lb —
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
50  Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham.  Vis.......
0 
Potted ham,  Hs.......
5  Deviled ham,  Vis —
5  Deviled ham, H s. -..
Potted tongue,  Vis..
5 
Potted tongue,  Hs..
Oils
B arrels

nd 

,0 

1 

Canned  Meat©

21

Candies
Stick Candy

Standard.................. 
Standard  H.  H ........  
Standard  Twist.
Cut Loaf.............
Jumbo, 32 lb......
Extra H. H ........
Boston Cream...
Beet Root...........

bbls.  pails
7  @ 7H
7  ©  7H
@ 8V4 
cases 
@  6‘4 
© 8V4 
@10 
@ 7

M ixed Candy

Fancy—In   B ulk

@ 6 
@ 6V4 
@ 7 
@ 8 
@ 7H 
@  8 Vi 
® 7 Vi 
@  8 Vi 
@ 8 Vi 
@  8 Vi 
@  9 
@ 8 Vi
@14 
@  8 Vi 
@12

Grocers.....................
Competition.............
Special.  ...................
Conserve...................
Royal  .......................
Ribbon.....................
Broken.....................
Cut Loaf....................
English  Rock...........
Kindergarten..........
French Cream..........
Dandy  Pan...............
Hand  Made  (’ream
m ixed....................
Nobby.......................
Crystal Cream m ix..
San Bias Goodies__
@11 
@ 9 
Lozenges, plain .....
@ 9 
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops.............
@11 @13 
Eclipse Chocolates...
@13 
Choc.  Monumentais.
@  5 
Gum Drops..............
@  8 Vi 
Moss  Drops.............
@ 9 
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials..................
@ 9 Vi
Ital. Cream Bonbons
35 lb. palls.............
@11
Molasses  Chews,  15
@13
lb. pails.................. 
Jelly  Date  Squares. 
@10H
Iced Marshmeliows..........  14
@11
Golden Wattles........ 
F ancy—In  5 lb. Boxes
Lemon  Sours.......... 
©60
. @60
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate  Drops__  
©66
II. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@76
H. M. (’hoc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12..................  
Gum Drops.................... 
Licorice  Drops........  
A.  B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain....... 
Lozenges, printed... 
Imperials.......................  
M ottoes......................... 
Cream  Bar.................... 
Molasses Bar...........  
@65
Hand  Made Creams.  80  @90 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
String Rock.............  
Burnt  Almonds.......1  25  @
Wlntergreen Berries 
C aram els 
No. 1  wrapped,  3  lb. 
Penny Goods............
Fruits
Orange©
Fancy  Navels
Extra Choice...........
Seedlings..................
Fancy Mexicans  —
Lem ons
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 300s................
Ex. Fancy  300s........
Extra Fancy 360s.  ..
Banana©
Medium bunches__ 
Large  bunches........  

and  W lnt.................... 

@75
@50
©56
@56

©00
@66

55@60

boxes

F oreign  D ried F ru its

@3  25
@3 00
@
®
@3  50
@3  25
(¿3 50 
@3 75
@4  10
l p0@l  25
f 50® 1  75

©66
@60
@66

@90
©30

@65

Figs

@10
Californias,  Fancy..
@10
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
@13
boxes, new Smprna
@14
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes new 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lf>. boxes................
@
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
@5H
Naturals, in bags....
D ates
Fards In 60 lb. cases. @ 6
@10
Fards In 10 lb. boxes
@ 5H
Persians,  P. H. V ...
@ 5H
lb.  cases, new.......
@ 5
Bairs, 60 lb. cases....
Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlca.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils, new.............
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenobles. 
Walnuts, soft shelled 
California No. 1... 
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table  Nuts, choice..
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new.............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per  bu ...
P eanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  1\,  Flags
Roasted................
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Roasted.................

10 00
11  75
11  75
75
1  40
2  70
70
1  25
2 25
20
3
10
60
13H
13
19
18H
2  70
19 50
2  70
55
1  00
55
1  00
55
1  00

Oats

Car  lots...........................
Car lots, clipped.............
Less than car lots..........
No. 1 Timothy car  lots..
No. 1 Timothy ton  lots..

H ay

.  28
.  30 Vi

.  11  50
.  12  50

Hides  and  Felts
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
H ides
Green  No. 1.............
Green  No. 2.............
Bulls..........................
Cured  No. l .............
Cured  No. 2.............
Calfskins.green No. 1 
Calfskins .green No. 2 
Calfskins.cured No. 1 
Calfskins.cured No. 2 
P elts
Pelts,  each............... 
Tallow
No. 1..........................
No. 2..........................W ool
Washed, line...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  line.......
Unwashed, medium.
F u rs
Cat,  wild..................
Cat, house................
Fox, red....................
Fox, gray  ................
Lynx..........................
Muskrat, fall............
Mink.........................
Raccoon..
Skunk...................... 

@ 7 
@ 6 
@  9 Vi 
@ 8V4 
@10 
@ 8 Vi 
@11 
@ 9V4
50@i  28
@ 4 
@ 3
22@24
26@28
18@20
20@22
10@  75 
5@  25 
50@3 50 
10©  76 
@6  00 
3@  12 
20@2  00 
10@1  00
16@1  40

;ish  and Oysters

F resh   F ish

Per lb.
.  @ 10
White fish.................
.  @ 9
Trout.........................
.  8@ 11
Black  Bass...............
.  @ 15
Halibut.....................
.  @ 5
Ciscoes or Herring.
.  © 11
Bluelish....................
.  @ 28
Live  Lobster...........
Boiled  Lobster........
-  @ 30
.  W 11
Cod............................
.  @ 9
Haddock..................
•  @ 9
No. 1 Pickerel..........
.  © 8
P ike..........................
.  @ 5
Perch........................
.  @ 8
Smoked  W hite........
Red  Snapper............ -  @ 10
Col River  Salmon... ..  @ 14
Mackerel.................. ..  @ 18
F. H.  Counts............
35
F. J. D. Selects........
30
Selects.....................
25
F. J. D. Standards.
22
20
Anchors....................
Standards................
18
16
Favorite....................
gal.
B ulk.
F. H. Counts............
2  00
Extra Selects...........
1  76
1  35
Selects.....................
Anchor  Standards..
1  25
Standards...............
1  20

'  O ysters in Cans.

........

Shell Goods. 

Clams, per 100.. 
Oysters, per ioo

l  oo
1  25@1  50

B u tte r  P lates

Willow Clothes, large........... 7 00
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 50
Willow Clothes, small........... 5 60
No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate..........1 80
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate..........2 00
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate......... 2 20
No. 6 Oval, 250 in crate..........2 60
Boxes, gross boxes...............  50  Black, winter...............  ©10»

Eocene.........................  @}j¡H
Perfection....................  @12
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt  @12
W. W. Michigan........   @11V4
Diamond W hite..........  @H
D., S.  Gas....................  @}2M
Deo. Naphtha..............  @UH
Cylinder....................... 29  @34
i Engine .........................H

vium«B  n ú »  
C lothes  P in s

No. 4,3 doz. In case, gross. 
No. 6,3 doz. In case, gross.

22

SUCCESSFUL.  SA LESM EN .

(  has.  >1.  Reynolds,  Junior  Partner  o f  H.

M.  Reynolds  &  Son.

Charles  H.  Reynolds  was  born  at 
Niles,  Michigan,  July  8,  1865. 
In  the 
spring  of  1868  his  parents  removed  to 
Grand  Rapids,  where  he  attended  the 
public  schools  until  he  was  14  years  of 
age,  when  he  went  to  Bowling  Green, 
Ky.,  to  accept  a  position  on  the  office 
force  of  the  Durkee  Axe  Handle  Co. 
Two years  later  he took  the  management 
of  a  cattle  ranch  in  Grove county,  Kas., 
in  which  his  father  was  interested,  tak­
ing  with  him  two  carloads  of cattle  from 
Flint.  This  occupation  he  followed  two 
looks  back  to  it  now 
years,  and  as  he 
insists  that 
he 
it  was  the  pleasantest 
period  of  his 
life.  On  his  return  to 
Grand  Rapids,  he  entered  the  employ 
of  Nelson,  Matter  &  Co.,  with  whom 
he  remained  several  years. 
In  1888  he

entered  the  employ  of  his  father  and 
undertook to  master the  rudiments  of  the 
roofing  business,  starting  in  at  the 
low­
est  rung  -of  the  ladder.  His  first  work 
was  tending  the  tar  kettle,  but  at  the 
end  of  a  three  years’  apprenticeship  he 
was  placed  in  charge  of  a  gang  of  roof­
ers,  which  position  he  occupied  seven 
years.  Since  that  time  he  has  devoted 
his  entire  time  to  contracting  and  look­
ing  after  outdoor  work,  being  practical­
ly  general  superintendent  of  the  busi­
ness.  He  sometimes  has  as  many  as  a 
dozen 
jobs  under  way  at  a  time,  and  it 
not  unfrequently  happens  that  he  has 
jobs  in  two  or  three  states  under  way  at 
the  same  time. 
In  1893,  he  was  admit­
ted  to  partnership,  when  the  firm  name 
was  changed  to  H.  M.  Reynolds  & Son ; 
.and,  shortly  after  that  time,  he  con­
ceived  the  idea  of manufacturing roofing 
and  during  the  past  two  years  he  has 
developed  his 
ideas  by  the  establish­
ment  of  a  factory  on  Prescott  street. 
The  machinery  in  the  factory  has  been 
mostly  invented  and  assembled  by  him. 
The  two  and  three  ply  roofing  sheets 
which  were  for  years  cemented  by  ma­
chines  and  then  coated  by  hand  on  the 
roof  are  now  put  together  on  a  machine 
and  coated  by  either  asphalt  or  compo­
sition  and  covered  on  the  top  with  fine 
torpedo  gravel,  prepared  and  applied 
by  expens,  which  renders  the  roofing 
superior  to  that  made  by  the  old-fash­
ioned  hand  method.  The  factory  has  an 
output  of  about  200  squares  a  day  and is 
driven  to  its  utmost  capacity  to meet the 
growing  requirements  of  the  trade.

Mr.  Reynolds  is  a  member  of  York 
Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  No.  410,  and Daisy 
Lodge,  B.  P.  O.  E.  He  is  well  known

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Spp aqd Sop jnakers’ Supplies

Write for prices.
Wm.  Brummeler 
& Sons,

Manufacturéis of

TIN W A R E  AN D  

S H E E T   M E T A L 
GOODS.

249*263  S.  Ionia  S t., 

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

E x c e l s io r   B o lt s   W a n te d

We are  in  the  market for  1,000 cords of  Basswood  Excelsior Bolts, for 
which we will pay spot cash on delivery.  For further particulars address

throughout  the  State,  having  superin­
tended  work 
in  nearly  every  city  in 
Michigan  and  called  on  the  trade  in 
most  of  the  small  towns.  He  is  an  in­
tensely  busy  man  and  seldom  finds  time 
to  undertake  any  work  outside  of  the 
limitations  of  his own business ;  in  fact, 
his  friends  insist  that  this  is  one  of  the 
reasons  why  he  has  never  taken  time  to 
get  married.

Situation  in  Stove«.

Those  stove  dealers  who  have  had 
cause' to  regret  the  open  winter  will  now 
have  an  opportunity  tor  increasing their 
sales.  The  recent  cold  snap  has  been 
general  and  has  led  to  an  enlarged  de­
mand  for  seasonable  goods,  while  it  has 
also  given  rise  to  opinion  that  we  may 
yet  have  a  considerable  experience  of  a 
zero  thermometer.  The  weather 
last 
year  at  this  time  was  the  coldest  for  a 
decade,  and  was  preceded  by  just  such 
mildness  as  went  before  the  late  drop, 
so that  on  the  principle  of  average  we 
may  yet  have  a  repetition  of  last  year’s 
experience.

Reports  from the  retail  stove  trade  are 
somewhat  conflicting  in  one  respect.  A 
considerable  number  of  the  dealers— the 
great  majority,  in  fact— bought  freely 
in  anticipation  of  a  strong  movement, 
and  were  well  prepared  for  the  demand 
which  ordinarily  comes  in  mid-winter 
or  earlier,  and  did  actually  come  to  a 
greater  extent than had  been  the  case  for 
several  previous  years. 
There  were 
those,  however,  who  bought  sparingly  at 
the  first  of  the  season  and  who  did  not 
increase  their  stock  as  the  winter  pro­
gressed  without  producing  any  coid 
snaps.  These  dealers  are  now  running 
short  of  stock  and  are  buying  more  lib ­
erally  than  is  usually  noted  at  this  sea­
son,  with  the  result  that  the manufactur­
ers’  sales 
last  few  days  have 
shown  a  considerable  gain  in  volume.

in  the 

In  the  meantime,  the  manufacturing 
activity  is  more  pronounced  than  is cus­
tomary  at  this  season.  The greater  part 
last  year’s  activity  was  distributed 
of 
through  the  latter  six  months,  so  that 
it 
is  now  cousiderably  more  pronounced 
than  was  the  case  a  year  ago  and  yet 
shows  no  signs  of  abatement.  Additions 
have  been  made  to  many  plants  and 
other  additions  are  either  under  way  or 
in  contemplation,  so  that  there  need  be 
no question about  a  full  supply  this  year 
even  should  the  demand  considerably 
exceed  that  for  the  latter  half  of  1899.—  
Stoves  and  Hardware  Reporter.

Solder  For  Alum inum .

it 

The  production  of  aluminum  has  in­
creased enormously  in  the  last  few  years 
and 
is  now  finding  many  uses  and 
employments  where  other  metals  have 
formerly  occupied  the  entire  field. 
It is 
now  being  used  as  trolley  wires,  al­
though  any  extension  in  this  line  is  not 
very  probable,  owing  to  its  lightness  as 
compared  with  copper.  The  great  diffi­
culty  with  aluminum  as  applied to many 
purposes 
is  in  the  absence  of  a  reliable 
solder.  Various  formulae  have  been 
used  and  some  of  them  are  said  to  have 
given  satisfaction,  but  the  general  opin­
ion  seems  to  be  that soldering aluminum 
is  impracticable.  However,  a  new  sol­
der  is  mentioned  in  Science  and  Indus­
try  and  is  here  given :

following  proportions: 

Take  of  aluminum  and  zinc  in  any  of 
the 
8  parts
aluminum to 92  parts  zinc ;  12 aluminum 
to  88  zinc;  15  aluminum  to  85  zinc;  20 
aluminum  to  80  zinc.  Melt  the  alumi­
num ;  add  the  zinc  slow ly;  finally,  add 
some  fat  and  stir  with  an  iron  rod,  and 
cast.  For a  flux,  use  3  pints  of  copaiba 
balsam,  and  1  pint  of  Venice  turpentine 
to  which  a  few drops of lemon juice have 
been  added.  Dip  the  point  of  the  sol­
dering  iron  into  the  flux.  The  solder  is 
claimed  to  be  effective  and  lasting  and 
has  been  recommended  by  those  who 
have  used  it.

The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Box  Co.

Manufacture

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

GRAND  RAPIDS  PAPER BOX  C 0.(  Grand  Rapids,  M ich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

23

Hardware  Price Current

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

N alls

A ugurs  and  B its

Snell’s ..................................................... 
Jennings’ genuine.................................  
Jennings’ Imitation...............................  

Axes

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

B arrow s

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

Bolts
Stove......................................................  
Carriage, new  H«* 
.............................. 
P lo w „ ...................................................  
B uckets
Well, plain..................................................  

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

B utts,  Cast

C artridges

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

60
'•*
50

7 00
11 50
7 75
13 00

16 50

80
46
60
$4 00

Steel nails, base....................................  
Wire nails, base.................................... 
20 to 60 advance....................................  
10 to 16 advance..................................... 
8 advance.............................................. 
6 advance.............................................. 
4 advance.............................................. 
3 advance.............................................. 
2 advance.............................................. 
fine3 advance......................................
'asing 10 advance................................. 
'asing 8 advance..................................  
basing 6 advance................................... 
finish 10 advance................................. 
Finish 8 advance..................................  
Finish 6 advance..................................  
Barrel  \  advance...............  ............... 

Rivets

ron  and  Tinned...............................
Copper Rivets  and  Burs..................

Rooting  Plates
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean................
14x‘20 IX, Charcoal, Dean..................
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Dean..................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade 
14x‘20 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  Grade 
20x28 IC, Charcoal. Allaway  Grade 
20x28 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  Grade 

30 00

65
60

40*10
20

Chain

>4 In. 

6-16 in.

X  in.  % in.
6  c
6  C.

3 50
3 66
Base
06
10
20
30
46
70
16
26
36
26
36
46
86

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

Getting  the  People

Criticittms  o f  Advertisem ents  and  T  

Shortcomings.

able,  and  the  display  and  presswork 
are,  without  exception,  the  best  I  have 
seen  anywhere.  Space  only  admits  of 
reproduction  of  a  small  portion,  but

There  are  a  great  many  journals,  ad­
vertising  and  otherwise,  which  devote 
considerable  space  to  the  criticism  of 
advertising,  but  to  my  knowledge  this 
is  the  only  one  in  which  the  advertising 
column 
is  absolutely  fair  and  unbiased 
in  its  opinions.

ft 

is  easy  enough  for  an  advertising 
specialist  to  find  fault  with  other  peo­
if  he 
ple’s  advertisements— especially 
has  a  motive  for  doing  so. 
If  the  ad­
vertisements  are  written  by  competitors, 
he  naturally  delights  in  the  opportunity 
of  belittling  their  efforts. 
If  the  adver­
concerns 
tisements  are  prepared  by 
whose  business  he  desires  to  secure,  he 
is  glad  of  the  opportunity  of  showing 
off  his  own  superior  cleverness.  So  that, 
in  nine-tenths  of the advertising columns 
that  come  under  my  eye,  the  question  of 
advertising  is  subordinated  to  the boom­
ing  of  “ O.  St.  Clair  Browne,”   or  who 
ever the  critic  may  be.

In  this  paper,  it 

is  different.  This 
column  is  not  intended  to  advertise  me 
or  to  run  down  my  competitors. 
It  is 
conducted  solely  and  simply  in  the 
terests  of  better  advertising  for  the  local 
retailer. 
is  as  much  a  source  of  re­
liable  information  as  the  carefully  pre­
pared  reviews  of  the  markets  which  ap­
pear  in  each  issue.

It 

1  have  gone  into  this  subject  thus 

fai 
because  I  want  every  one  of  my  readers 
to  understand  that  this  column  is  open 
to  all—that  all  advertisements  that  are 
submitted  will  be  criticised  freely  and 
fearlessly,  but  entirely  on  their  merits 
and  that  no  one  will be  criticised  with  ; 
view  to  adding  to  my  own  personal 
glory.

I  would 

like  to  receive  more  speci 
mens  for  review— the  supply  has  been 
rather  small  the  last  few  weeks.

*  *  *

H.  J.  Slade,  of  Wayland,  sends  in  an 
advertisement  for  criticism.  The 
il 
lustration 
is  rather  crude  and  the  dis 
play 
is  poor.  The  body  of  the  adver 
tisement 
is,  however,  well-worded—  
crisp,  terse  and  to  the  point.  Mr.  Slade 
has  the  happy  faculty  of  saying  a  good 
deal 
I  should  suggest 
resetting  the  advertisement  after  this 
style— the  wording  I  can  not  see 
chance  to  im prove:

in  small  space. 

Poultry?

Don’t  let them  fool  you  on  the 

price.

See  SLADE  before you sell.

He buys  every day  in  the  week

—and gives full weight.
Seeds for farm and garden  by  the  quart, 
bushel or ounce.
Oil meal always on hand.

!  Slade
A t  Railroad

S.  Maudlin  &  Co.,  of  Bridgman 

send  in  a  circular,  which  is  so  good 
every  way  that  1  should 
duce  it  in  full.  The  wording  is  admi

like  to  repro 

Store  Talks

Business Is good at the Big  Store.  We  hope 
to  see  you  often  during  1900.  We  aim  to 
please you just  the  same  whether  you  buy 
5c worth or $5 worth.
Prices  have  and  are  advancing  on  nearly 
all lines.  We have  a  great  many  goods  In 
stock that we are selling for less money than 
we can buy them for  to-day.
Try a package of S.  M. & Co. Pure  as  Gold 
Soda at 4c and save 4c.
You  use  a  good  many  packages  of  yeast 
during  the  year.  Remember,  we  save  you 
one cent on every package you buy of  us.
Rex  Lamp Chimney, packed in nice ocartou 
and sold for sc and  me, is the best and cheap­
est chimney on the market.  We have others 
at 5c and sc, but Rex is cheapest in  the  end.
That fancy Rice at 5c a pound,7 pounds for 
a quarter, is a great bargain.  You never saw 
a better one for the money.
We are selling a great many  Fox  Crackers 
now days at 8c a pound.  That’s a cent  more 
than  other  brands,  but  our  customers  say 
they are worth it.
Note our special price on  Muslin  and  Cal­
ico.  The ladies wifi want to  do  their  sewing 
before  the  busy  season  begins.  This  not 
only saves you money but enables  you  to  do 
your sewing while vou have time.
We have no heavy city rents, taxes or light 
bills to pay.  No delivery wagons to  pay  for, 
and our other  expenses  are  less  than  they 
are in the cities.  We know from experience 
about what lines of goods are wanted  in  this 
section  and  do  not  have  to  carry  a  lot  of 
fancy goods at a loss.  These  facts,  together 
with the  large  amount  of  business  that we 
do, enable us to make very close prices.

that  will  suffice  to  show  its  general  ex­
cellence.  My  hearty  congratulations, 
essrs.  Maudlin!  Let  the  good  work  go 

on ! 

W.  S.  Hamburger.

Preparations  For  a  Bath, 

rom the Cincinnati Inquirer.
Billy Drach,  the  traveling  man,  telisof 
hotel  experience  in  the  interior  of  A r­
kansas  that  is  looked  upon by his friends 
th  suspicion.  He  had  arrived  at  a 
small  settlement,  and  at  once  repaired 
to  the  Eagle  House,  which  was  situated 
on  the  outskirts  of  the  town  on  the  bank 
of  a  small  stream!

After  a  dinner  of  side  meat  and  corn 
bread  Billy  lighted  a  cigar,  and the  pro­
prietor  sa id :

“ Stranger,  is  thar  anything  we 
in  do  foh  yo’  all?”
Thinking  to  confound  his  host,  Drach 

’uns 

answered :

"W ell,  yes;  come  to  think  of  it,  I’d 
ke  to  have  a  bath.
The  proprietor  let  his  feet  drop  from 
the  railing  upon  which  he  had  hoisted 
them,  disappeared  in  the  house,  and  re­
turned  in a moment  with  a  huge  tin cup­
ful  of  soft  soap,  a  rough  towel  and  a 
pick 
and  shovel,  which  he  offered 
Drach.

“ What’s  the  pick  and  shovel 
sked  Drach.
“ Waal,  stranger,”   answered  the  land­
lord,  ” th’  watuh’s 
low,  and  yo’  all  ’ ll 
hev  to  dam  up  th’  creek.”

for?”  

Changes  in  Terms.

Eastern  Pennsylvania  manufacturers 
have  determined  on  selling  terms  for 
stoves  and  ranges  which  are  a  compro­
formerly  in  force 
mise  between  those 
and  the  terms  now  prevailing 
in  the 
West.  Ninety  days  will  be  given,  with 
5  per  cent,  for  cash  in  thirty  days  and  2 
per  cent,  for  sixty  days.  The  only  for­
ward  dating  allowed  will  be  in  July  and 
August,  when  one-half  of  the  goods  will 
be  billed  as  of  September 
i  and  the 
jther  half  October  I.

For  Sale Cheap

Residence property at 24  Kellogg 
street, near corner  Union  street. 
Will sell on long time  at low  rate 
of interest.  Large lot, with barn. 
House equipped  with  water,  gas 
and ail modern improvements.

E.  A.  Stowe,

Blodgett Building, 
Grand Rapids.

Com.. 
BB... 
BBB.

Cast Steel, per lb.

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

Caps

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

Elbows

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

E xpansive  B its

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

Files—New  L ist

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

70*10
60*10

G alvanized  Iro n  

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

15 

14 

13 

Discount, 70

Gas  P ip e

Black........................................... 
Galvanized................................  

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .. 

Ganges

Glass

40*10
50*10

60&10

40*10

30*10

28
17

Single  Strength, by box.......................dis  86*10
Double Strength, by box.....................dis  85*10

By the Light................................ dis  86

H am m ers

May dole & Co.’s, new list.................... dis 
33M
Yerkes & Plumb’s ...................................dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................30c list 
70

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

H ingea

H ollow   W are

Pots..............................................•......... 
K ettles......................................................... 
Spiders......................................................... 

50&10

M&10
50&10

H orse  N ails

Au Sable..................................................dis  40*10
Putnam...............................................  ..dis

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

20*10

Iro n

Bar Iron...................................................  3  c rates
Light Band............................................   3ftc rates

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

1  00

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

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

L an tern s

Levels

M attocks

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

M etals—Zinc

600 pound casks...............................
Per pound........................................
M iscellaneous
Bird Cages......................................
Pumps, Cistern...............................
_____....
Screws, New L ist..........................  
Casters, Bed and Plate........................   60*10*10
Dampers, American.....................
M olasses  G ates
Stebblns’ Pattern..........................
Enterprise, self-measuring..........

P ans

Fry, Acme..............................................  60®12Sis2
Common,  polished...............................
P a te n t  P lan ish ed   Iro n  

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 26 to 27 

Broken packages ‘/>c per pound extra.

Planes

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

Sisal, % inch and larger..................
Manilla..............................................

Ropes

List  acct.  19, ’86................................

Sand  Paper

dis

Solid  Eyes, per ton...............................

Sash  W eights

Sheet  Iron

com. smooth.

com. 
$3 00 
3 00 
3 20 
3 30 
3  40 
3 60
All Sheets No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14................................... $3  20
Nos. 16 to 17....................................  3 '20
Nos. 18 to 21....................................   3  30
Nos. 22 to 24....................................   3 40
Nos. 25 to 26....................................   3 50
No. 27................................................   3 «0
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shells—Loaded

Loaded with Black  Powder................ dis
.dis
Loaded with  Nitro  Powder...

Shot

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

Shovels  and  Spades
First Grade,  Doz.................................
Second Grade, Doz.............................

Solder

.......................................................... 90
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Squares

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

Tin—M elyn  Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal................................. 
14x20 1C, Charcoal................................. 
20x14 IX, Charcoal................................. 

Each additional X on this grade, $1.26.

T in—A lla w ay  Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50 

B oiler  Size  Tin  Plate 
14x56 IX, for No.8 Boilers, 1 
.  DOun)i 
14x56 IX, for No.9Boilers, f per pounu"
Traps

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

W ire

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

W ire  Goods

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

5 25
6 00

W  renches

70

60

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

4«
40*10

1  60 
1  86

8  60 
8  10

$6

$850
8 60
»76

7 00
7 00
8 50
8 60

io

75 
40*10
65*16 
16 
1  25

60 
60 
50*10 
50*10 
40 
4  30 
4  15

76 
76 
76 
75

_  ^   ACCURACY
f ^ P R O F IT

CONTENTMENT 
W e  make four  grades of  books 

In the  different  denominations.

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T R A D E S M A H C O M - r ^ ’

GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

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

2 4

Annual  Address  o f  Ex-President  Stevens 

to  the  M.  K .  o f G.

the 

legislate 

convocation  of 

Once  again,  in  the  providence  of  A l­
mighty  God,  we  are  called  to  meet  in 
annual  convention,  this  being  the  elev­
enth 
the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  and  it  is  our  pur­
pose  to  review  the  record  of  the  past 
year,  to  enjoy  the  delightful  social 
in­
tercourse,  always  so  eagerly  anticipated 
from  year to  year,  to  partake  of  the  un­
bounded  hospitality  of  our  brethren  of 
Bay  City,  and  to 
for  the  up­
building  and  perpetuity  of  our  organi­
zation.  At  the  outset,  therefore,  permit 
me  to  express  to  you  the  gratitude of my 
heart  for  the  honor  you  bestowed  upon 
me  one  year  ago  in  elevating  me  to  the 
high  and  honorable  position  of  Presi­
dent  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip—an  honor  that  has  been  fully  ap­
preciated  and 
for  which  1  offer  again 
my  sincere  thanks;  also  to  the  Secre­
tary,  Treasurer  and  Board  of  Directors, 
who  have  at  all  times,  and  under  all 
circumstances,  shown  me  the  greatest 
respect  and  have  in  so  many  ways  man­
ifested  their  esteem. 
The  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  are  to  be  most 
heartily  congratulated  upon  having  had 
such  a  capable,  conservative and  faithful 
Board  of  Directors, 
superior  of 
which  I  believe  does  not  represent  any 
organization  in  Michigan  to-day.  That 
we  have  disagreed  at  times goes  without 
saying,  but  to  my  recollection  not  one 
harsh  or  unkind  word  has  found  utter­
ance 
from  any  member  of  the  Board 
during  the  entire  year,  each  member 
having  shown  due  respect for  the others. 
The  utmost  harmony has  invariably  pre­
vailed  and  it  is  an  honor of  which  any 
man  may  be  justly  proud  to  have  been 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  1899. 
It  is 
not  my  purpose 
in  this  address  to  as­
sume  any  of  the  prerogatives  of  our 
efficient  Secretary  or  Treasurer,  so  far 
as  strictly  accurate  statistics  are  con­
cerned,  for  they  are  carefully  embodied 
in  their  reports,  which  have  been  ex­
amined  and  approved  by  your  Financial 
Committee. 
There  have  been  held 
during  the  year  the  regular  number  of 
Board  meetings,  as  prescribed  by  the 
constitution,  except  that  of  Nov.  25, 
which  was  adjourned  from  the  Septem­
ber  meeting 
in  order  that  amendments 
to  the  constitution  might  be  presented 
thirty  days  prior  to  the  annual  conven­
tion. 
1  would  recommend  that  at  as 
early  a  date  as  possible  the  constitution 
be  amended  so  as  to  provide  for a  reg­
ular  meeting  of  the  Board  somewhere 
near  the  thirty  days  prior  to  the  annual 
convention.  The  meetings  of  the  Board 
have  been  held  during  the  year  1899 
in 
Jackson,  Owosso,  Detroit,  Lansing  and 
Grand  Rapids— in  each  instance  upon 
invitation  of  the  Director  living  in  said 
city.  The  average  cost  of  these  meet­
ings  has  been  $41.77.

That  no  very  important  legislation  is 
to  be  reported  this  year  is,  perhaps, 
owing  to  the  fact  that  the  Northern 
in­
terchangeable  mileage  ticket  is  so  uni­
versally  regarded  with 
favor  that  we 
have  been  satisfied  to  rest a while  before 
asking  for  further  favors.  You  are  to  be 
congratulated  upon  the  fact  that  our  or­
ganization  is  to-day  in  as  good  condi­
tion  as  ever  in  its  history,  the  present 
members  in  good  standing  being  the  re­
liable  ones.  There  have  been  admitted 
during  the  year —   new  members,  a  few 
of  these,  however,  being  some  who  had 
dropped  out  and  came  back  upon  appli­
cation  as  new  members.  This 
just, 
because  said  parties  had  no  claim  un­
der  the  beneficiary  clause  of  the  consti­
tution  during  the  interim.  And here  let 
me  say,  brother  Knights,  that  it  seems 
incredible  to  think  that  any  could  be  so 
careless  as  to  forget  the  very 
small 
amount  necessary  to  keep  alive  a  mem­
bership  in  the  organization  at  so  trifling 
a  cost.  At  nearly  every  Board  meeting 
we  have  listened  to  the  lamentations  of 
bereaved  ones,  and  have  had to stifle our 
emotions  and  steel  our  hearts  to  the 
pleadings  of  those  suffering  in  their  be­
reavement  still  more  because  ap  assess­
ment  was  overlooked  or  not  paid and the 
value  of  what  might  have  been  the 
widow’s  and  the  orphan’s  comfort had to 
be  withheld  because  of  simple  neglect. 
Let  me  urge  upon  you, 
therefore,  to 
see  to  it  that  your  beneficiaries  are  pro­

is 

tected  after  your  strong  arm  is  no  longer 
able  to  do  for them. 
1  sincerely  hope 
that  the  amendment  relating  to  the more 
prompt  adjustment  of  proofs  of  death 
and  payment  of  claims  will  meet  with 
your  approval.  We  come  before  you  to­
day  with  every  claim  adjusted and every 
death  claim  ordered  paid.

faces  we  shall  miss 

This  is  the  record,  brother  Knights, 
and  it  is truly  a  record  of  which we  may 
be  justly  proud,  that  we  have  been  able 
to  afford  comfort  and  substantial  assist­
ance 
in  the  hour  of  need  to  the  benefi­
ciaries  of  our  deceased  brothers,  most 
of  whom  we  knew  personally  and  whose 
genial 
from  the 
road.  Last  February 
it  was  my  priv­
ilege  to  attend  the  last  services  in  mem­
ory  of  Brother  A.  C.  Wetzel,  who  one 
short  year  ago  seconded  my  nomination 
in  the  convention  at  Saginaw,  and  who 
was  called  suddenly  to 
lay  down  his 
grip  and  go  to  his  long  rest.  Surely the 
thought  of the  uncertainty  of  life  should 
stimulate  us  to  renewed  effort  to  add  to 
the  membership  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Grip,  thus  insuring  its  perpetuity.  Re­
member,  brothers,  all  depends  upon 
your  efforts  and  mine.  We  have  no 
paid  agents,  nor  can  we  have.  Will  you 
not  resolve  to  secure  some  friend  for 
membership  the  coming  year? 
If  each 
member  would  do  this 
it  means  a 
doubled  membership  and  cheaper  in­
demnity  cost.

At  the 

last  annual  meeting,  a  fund 
was  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Com­
mittee  on  Employment  and  Relief  to 
provide  relief 
for  brothers  in  distress, 
the  amount  not  to  exceed  $15  in  any  in­
dividual  case.  Brother  Starbuck  wrote 
me  early 
in  the  year,  stating  that  a 
brother  out  of  employment  thought  that 
he  had a  possible  chance  to  secure  a  po­
sition  with  a  Toledo  house  and  thought 
that  if  he  could  go  there  he  might  be 
more  likely  to  secure  the  position  than 
by  correspondence,  and asked  that  trans­
portation  be  furnished  him  to  Toledo 
from  his  house 
in  Saginaw.  Brother 
Starbuck  asked  if  relief  of  the  kind  de­
sired  could  be  furnished. 
I  answered,
‘  N o,”   that  1  understood  the  fund  to  be 
for  the  relief  of  the  sick  or  destitute, 
as  provided  by  the  constitution,  and  not 
for  traveling  expenses  in  search  of  an 
uncertainty,  and  referred  the  case  to  the 
brethren  of 
favorably 
considered  by  them,  that  the  attention 
of  the  chairman  of  the  Railroad  Com­
mittee  be called  to  the  case.

Saginaw, 

if 

On  Oct.  9  I  received  a  most  cordial 
invitation 
from  Post  K  to  attend  the 
Kalamazoo  Street  Fair  on  Traveling 
Men’s  Day,  Oct.  17,  when  it  was  ex­
pected  that  President  McKinley  would 
be  present.  A  very  pressing  engage­
ment  made  it  appear  impossible  for  me 
to  accept,  and  I  wrote  Post  K  to  that 
effect  on  the  16th.  Director  Thorn  tele­
graphed  me  from  Kalamazoo  that  the 
Knights  were  very  much  disappointed 
and  that  I  must  come,  if  possible. 
I 
finally  secured  a  substitute  for  my  busi­
ness  engagement  and  wired  Brother 
Thorn  that  I  would  be  there.  On  my 
arrival  at  Kalamazoo  I  was  met  by  a 
delegation  of  nearly  a  hundred  Knights 
of  the  Grip,  headed  by  ex-President 
John  A.  Hoffman  and  a  brass  band, 
who  received  me  with  all  the  honors 
that  could  be  bestowed  upon  the  Presi­
dent  of  the  United  States  and  escorted 
me  to  the  Burdick  House  and  right 
royally entertained  me,  providing  a  car­
riage  for  me  when  we met and welcomed 
the  President  of  the  United  States. 
It 
was  a  great  day  for  the  Knights  of  the 
Grip,  and  for  Kalamazoo  in  particular, 
having  two  Presidents  within  her  bor­
ders,  William  M cKinley  and  myself! 
Still  she  survived  and  will  long  remem­
ber the  five  hundred  traveling  men  who 
formed  the  escort  for  the  President. 
I 
wish  to  thank  them  all  for  the  courtesy 
shown  me  on  that  memorable  occasion. 
I  shall  never  forget  it.

1  have  one  other  recommendation  to 
submit  for  your careful  consideration—  
that  steps  be  t'aken  looking  toward  the 
creation  of  a  reserve  fund,  which  will 
afford  relief  from  making  an  extra  as­
sessment  when  an  unusual  number  of 
losses  occur.  All  fraternal  organizations 
recognize  the  necessity  of  this  and  1 
trust  that  the  subject  may  receive  your 
favorable  consideration.

And  now,  Sir  Knights,  the  record  of 
the  year  will  be  presented  to  you  for 
your  approval  or  otherwise.  Of  one 
thing  we  are  certain;  We  have  done 
our  best  and  have  exercised  our  best 
judgment.  More  than  that  no  man  can 
do,  and  we 
lay  down  the  gavel  to-day 
with  the  full  consciousness  of  having 
performed  our  full  duty,  as  we  saw  and 
it.  Once  again  do  1  adjure 
understood 
you  to  be  faithful  to  our  organization. 
It  has  accomplished  more 
than  any 
travelers’  organization  ever  did,  and 
when  you 
look  at  your  mileage  ticket 
and  use  it,  remember  that  what  it  saves 
you 
in  money,  time  and  annoyance  is 
more  than  the  cost  of  your  membership 
each  year.  Ask  your  fellows  to  join  us, 
gather  them 
is 
strength.  Be  loyal,  be  faithful.
And  at  last  when  we  turn  from  this  earthly 

In  union  there 

in. 

abode

Mine Host of the Inn at the end of the road

And  have finished up our last trip.
Will welcome the Knights of the Grip.

Predicts  the  t a w   W ill  Prove  a  Boom er­

ang.

it. 

Chicago,  Feb.  6— The  new  Michigan 
law,  providing  for  the  bonding  of  so­
licitors,  is  most  unfair  and  I  doubt  if 
any  attention  will  be  paid  to  it,  except 
by  a  few  merchants  who  will  fight  it  in 
the  courts.  The 
law  will  prove  a  detri­
ment  to  fruit  growers,  and  it  will  quick­
ly  become  a  dead  letter. 
I  will  have 
nothing  to  do  with 
it  one  way  or  the 
other,  and  I  expect  to  handle  just  as 
much  Michigan  fruit  the  coming  season 
as  I  have  ever  handled.

Most  of  the  merchants  take  the  stand 
that  the  Michigan 
fruit  must  come  to 
Chicago,  as this  is  the  best  and  most  d i­
rect  market  for 
If  the  Michigan 
people  insist  on  the  enforcement  of  this 
law  we  can  merely  withdraw  our  solicit­
ors  and  the  fruit  will  come  to  us just the 
same. 
It  has  been  the  practice  of  many 
firms  to  send  agents  into  the  Michigan 
fruit  regions  to  solicit  consignments  of 
fruit,  and  these  firms  are  asked  to  put 
up  a  bond  of $5,000. 
If  any  Michigan 
shipper  is  dissatisfied  with  his  returns, 
all  he  will  have  to  do Is  to  make  com­
plaint  and  bring  suit  against  the  bonds.
The  Chicago  commission  man  must 
then  go  to  Michigan  to  defend  the  suit 
and  the  chances  are  that  the  profits 
would  soon  disappear  in  the  costs  piled 
up 
in  the  Michigan  courts.  We  are 
willing to have  fruit  inspectors,  but  they 
should  be  appointed  to  inspect  the  fruit 
at  the  shipping  points  and  not  after 
its 
in  Chicago.  This  talk  of  in­
arrival 
creasing  commissions  from  10  to  15  per 
cent.,  in  retaliation  against  the  M ichi­
gan  fruit  growers,  is  news  to  me,  and  I 
do  not  take  any  stock  in  it.  The  plan 
is  not  practical  and  would  not  accom­
plish  anything. 

Henry  W.  Love.

E.  E.  Hewitt  has  purchased  a  half 
interest 
in  the  fruit  and  produce  busi­
ness  of  C.  N.  Rapp  &  Co.  and  will take 
up  his  residence  in  this  city  and  devote 
his  entire  time  to  the  expansion  of  the 
business.

Advertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under 
this  head  for  tw o  cents  a   word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents.  Advance 
payments.

201

in a good  town  in  Western  Michigan.  Address 
197, careMichigan Tradesman. 

dry goods and clothing;  also  store  to  rent; 
197
groceries  in  Michigan  for  fine  Southern 
California  home  and  fruit  bearing  ranch  near 
Riverside;  clear,  amply  and  permanently  wa­

Fo r  s a l e —w e l l -e s t a b l is h e d  r e t a il
lumber  and  fuel  business  in  a  live  town. 
Stock inventories about  $4,000.  Win.  Sebright & 
Co., Otsego, Mich. 
F"OR  SALE—A^NEW "CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
WANTED—GOOD  STOCK  OF  SHOES  OR 
tf»OR  EXCHANGE —ENCELLENT  HOUSE 

tered;  $2,500.  W.  Warren  Fitch,  213  South 
Thayer St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 

some choice lots, $400 to  $1,500,  to  exchange  for 
stock dry goods or general  merchandise.  A bar­

and lot in Detroit,  Mich.,  worth  $2,500,  and 

195

194

201

gain.  Address  No.  194,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
l/'OR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN—$2,000  STOCK 
"   of groceries, with fine fixtures, in a  town  of 
2,500 population,  situated  in  the  finest  farming 
district in Southern  Michigan.  Storeroom, best 
location in the town;  rent reasonable.  Address 
No. 201, care Michigan Tradesman. 
P O R   SALE—STOCK  OF  GROCERIES 
IN 
F   good  town  of  5,000  inhabitants.  Stock  in­
ventories  about  $2,000.  Cash  sales  $17,000  for 
1899.  A  bargain  to  the  right  party.  Address 
H. M. L , care Michigan Tradesman. 
200
FH )R   S A L E  — B O A R D I N G   HOUSE,   14 
rooms,  5  acres  land,  one-third  mile  from 
postoflice,  and  other  property,  all  valued  at 
$5,000, at Brazil,  Ind.;  will  sell  cheap.  Address 
199
Daniel Hunt, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
L'*OR  SALE—CLOTHING  AND  FURNISH- 
F   ing stock, invoicing about  $5,000;  good  town 
Southern Michigan;  low rent;  good  reasons  for 
selling.  Address  M.  A.  C„  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

198

190

Mich. 

tfiOR  SALE—HARNESS BUSINESS.  GRAND 

ence  to  help  build  up  hig  trade.  Town  over 
6,000;  excellent  farming  country;  store,  22x70, 

location, with long  established  family  influ­

situated near farmers’ sheds;  small competition, 
none near;  rent  low  in  order  to  assist  anyone 
looking for excellent spot to start  in  business  in 
Southern Michigan.  Address, at once,  William 
Connor, Room 82, Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand Rapids 
Mich. 
191

1  in  small  town;  good  surrounding  country 
and good established trade.  Reason  for  selling, 
poor health  Address  Box  56,  Alto,  Kent  Co. 

IjMIR  SALE—THE  ONLY  GENERAL  STOCK 
JjlOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A TWO-STORY 
I?OR SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN—TWO  THOU- 

■  brick business block in  a  Central  Michigan 
town;  double  room,  40x60  feet;  rental  value, 
$600 per year;  price, $5,000;  or will exchange  foi 

'  sand  dollar  stock  of  groceries,  feed,  etc., 
also store, fixtures, millinery store and stock  ad­
joining;  also  large  warehouse  beside  railroad 

stock of clothing, boots and shoes.  Address No 
175, care Michigan Tradesman. 
175

track.  Profits last year, two thousand live hun­
dred dollars.  Proprietor wishes  to  retire.  Ad­
dress E. D. Goff, rife Lake, Mich. 
OR  SALE—FINE  HOTEL  AND  SMALL 
livery barn:  doing  good  business;  terms  to 
suit.  Address  No.  135,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man 
136
SPOT  CASH  PAID  FOR  STOCK  OF  DRY 
goods,  groceries  or  boots  and  shoes.  Must 
be cheap.  Address A. D., care Michigan Trades­
130
man. 
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.  Reed 
&  Osgood,  32  Weston  building,  Grand  Rapids.
127
F'OR  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  IN  GOOD 
country trading point.  Terms  to  suit  pur­
chaser.  Will  rent  or  sell  store  building.  Ad­
dress No. 116, care Michigan Tradesman.  116
Br y s o n   b r ic k   s t o r e   a t   o v id , m ic h ..
to exchange for  timbered  land or  improved 
farm or  stock  of  goods.  Address  L.  C.  Town­
send, Jackson, Mich. 
(¡HIR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL 

clear, architect house  and  barn;  well  watered. 
I also have two 40  acre  farms  and  one  80  acre 

Stock  of  Merchandise—60  acre  farm,  part 

159

114

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farm to exchange.  Address No. 12,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
r |''H E   SHAFTING,  HANGERS  AND  PUL- 
A  leys formerly used  to  drive  the  Presses  of 
the Tradesman are for sale  at  a  nominal  price. 
Power users making  additions  or  changes  will 
do  well  to  investigate.  Tradesman  Company, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan.________________983

Mo d e r n   c it y   r e s id e n c e   a n d   l a r g e

lot, with barn, for sale cheap on easy terms, 
or will exchange for  tract  of  hardwood  timber. 
Big bargain for some one.  Possession given any 
time.  Investigation  solicited.  E. A. Stowe,  100 
N. Prospect street. Grand Rapids.________993

M ISCELLAN EO U S.

BUSINESS  CH ANCES.

a thriving, flourishing village  of  1,500 inhabi­

IpOK SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  BUSINESS IN 

tants, located  on  the  Chicago  &  Grand  Trunk 
Railway,  13  miles  from  competitors  of  impor­
tance.  A  good  building, containing a  saw mill, 
planing mill, cider  mill,  two  turning  lathes  and 
jig saw,  all  complete.  Machinery  in  first-class 
condition and runs  the  year  round;  all  lumber 
contracts made for this year  at  best  prices  and 
lots of timber already  bought.  A  first-class  op­
portunity to put in an electric light plant to light 
the town.  Best of reasons for selling above and 
correspondence solicited.  Address all letters  to 
A. B. Hoyt, Bellevue, Eaton Co., Mich. 
207
Fo r  s a l e —o n  a c c o u n t  o f  t h e  d e a t h
of  the  proprietor,  I  am  instructed  by  the 
court to dispose of the Foote drug stock  and' fix­
tures, inventorying about $4,000.  The store has a 
good trade and is paying well.  Charles Bennett, 
Administrator, Charlotte, Mich. 
206
TO EXCHANGE—TWO 40 ACRE FARMS  IN 
the Fruit Belt of Oceana county  for  a  clean 
stock of dry goods and  groceries.  Address  Box 
208
333, Saranac, Mich. 

W f  ANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST, 
vv  one  who  understands  work  in  a  general 
store preferred.  State age, experience  and  sal­
ary expected.  Address No.  209,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
209
W ANTED—HUSTLING  GROCERY  SALE8- 
man in every  city  to  send  name  and  ad­
dress:  profitable  side  line.  Al,  care  Grocery 
World, 306 Chestnut St., Philadelphia,  Pa.  205
YX7 ANTED -POSITIO N   AS  REGISTERED 
v v  pharmacist.  Have had  twenty  years’  ex­
perience in drug business;  married; 40  years  of 
age;  out of employment  on  account  of  fire  de­
stroying  building  and  stock.  Address  No. 203, 
care Michigan Tradesman._______________203
W ANTED —  POSITION  AS  G ROCE RY 
clerk.  Have  had  one  year’s  experience; 
have also  had  two  years’  experience  as  book­
keeper since leaving college.  Best of  references 
furnished.  Address  No.  192,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
192
Ex p e r ie n c e d   d r u g g is t   w a n t s   s it -
uation.  Address  No.  178,  care  Michigan 
178
Tradesman. 

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MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Trains  arrive  from  north  at  2:40pm,  and 

H y m a n . 

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Michigan  Retail Grocers’ Association 

resident, C. E.  Wa l k e r ,  Bay City;  Vice-Pres­
ident.  J.  H.  Ho p k in s ,  Ypsilanti;  Secretary, 
E. A. St o w e . Grand Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
Ta t m a n , Clare.  _

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers'  Association 

tesldent, F r a n k   J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  Ho m er 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. Ge o r g e  Le h m a n

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

President,  J o se ph  K n ig h t ;  Secretary,  E. 

Kalamazoo  Reta.l  Grocers’  Associai ioa 

President, W.  H.  J o h n so n;  Secretary,  oh ab.

Baj  Cities  Retail Grocer-’  Associatioo 

President,  C.  E.  W a l k e r ;  Secretary,  E.  C.

L it t l e . 

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Muskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm it h ;  Secretary,  D.  A.

Bo e l k in s ;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Ca s k a d o n .

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

Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
H. P o r t e r ;  Treasurer, L.  P e l t o n .
Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  A.  C.  Cl a r k  ¡S ecretary ,  E.  F.

Cl e v e l a n d ; Treasurer, W m. C. K oeh n

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’  Association 

President, if. W. Ta n n e r ;  Secretary,E. H. Mc­

P h e r so n ;  Treasurer, R. A.  Hoick.
Traverse  City  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s Association 

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

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

President, Ch a s.  W e l l m a n ;  Secretary,  J.  T.

Ft.  Humns  Merchant  and  Manufacturers’  Association 
Pe r c iv a l . 

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Alpena  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

Pa r t r id g e . 

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St.  Johns Business  Men’s  Associai ion 

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

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

Perry  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

H k d d i.e . 

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Grand  Haven  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

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

Ho e k s. 

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Tale  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  Ch a s.  Ro u n d s;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

P u t n e y .

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Association 
Hi l b e r ;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hu f f o r d .  ,

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

|  Take a Receipt fo r 1,1 
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Everything

It may save you a  thousand  dol- 

£| 
J1  lars, or a lawsuit,  or a customer.

W e  make  City  Package  Re­
ceipts  to  order;  also  keep  plain 
ones in stock.  Send for samples.

BARLOW  BROS,

ORANO  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN. 
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Pere  M arquette

Railroad

Chicago.

Lt. G. Rapids, 7:10am  12:00m  4:30pm  *11:50pm
Ar. Chicago,  1:30pm  5:00pm 10:50pm  *7:05am 
Lv. Chicago,  7:15am  12:00m  5:00pm  *11:50pm
Ar. G. Kaplds, 1:25pm  5:05pm  !0:55pm  *6:20am 

Traverse C ity, Charlevoix and't'etoskey. 

Lv. G. Rapids, 7:30am 
Ar.Trav City, 12:40pm 
Ar. Charlev’x,  3:15pm 
Ar. Petoskey,  3:45pm 
and 10:00pm.

4:00pm
9:10pm
11:25pm
ll :55pm

Detroit.

Lv. Grand Rapids____7:10am  12:05pm  5:30pm
Ar. Detroit..................U:50am  4:05pm  10:05pm
Lv. Detroit.................   8:40am 
1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids__   1:30pm  5:10pm  10:45pm

Saginaw,  A lm a   and  Greenville.

Lv Grand Rapids.........................   7:00am  5:20pm
Ar Saginaw....................................11:55pm 10:15pm
Lv Saginaw......................... 
7:00am  4:50pm
Ar Grand Rapids  .......................11:55am  9:50pm
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Parlor  cars  on  afternoon trains 
to and from Chicago.  Pullman sleepers on night 
trains.  Parlor  car  to  Traverse  City  on  morn­
ing train.

»Every day.  Others week days  only.

Ge o.  De Ha v e n , General Pass. Agent.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

January l, 1900.

Grand Trunk  Railway  System

Going East.  Leave 

Arrive
Saginaw, Detroit & N. Y ........ t   6:50am  t  9:55pm
Detroit and E ast..................... tlO :16am  t  5:07pm
Saginaw, Detroit & East........ t  3:27pm  +I2:50pm
Buffalo & New York Limited. *7  :20pm  »10:16am 
Gd. Haven Express................. »10:21am  * 7:15pm
Gd. Haven and Int. Pts..........tl2:58pm  + 3:19pm
Gd. Haven and Milwaukee— t  5:12pm  tl0:liam  

Going West.

•Daily.  tExcept Sunday.
C. A. J u s t in , C. P. & T. A., Morton House.

Nov.  19,1899.

GRAND Rapids  ft  Indiana  Railway

December  17,  1899.

N o rth ern   D ivision. 

Going 
From
North  North

Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack,  t   7:45am  +  5:15pm 
tlO:15pm 
Trav.City, Petoskey, Mack, 
Cadillac Accommodation.  . 
tl0:45am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City 
t  6:20am 
7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars; 11:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

t   2:10pm 
t  5:25pm 
til:00pm 

S outhern  D ivision 

From
Going 
South
South 
Kalamazoo,Ft. WayneCin. 
t   9:46pm 
t  7:10am 
Kalamazoo and  Ft. Wayne,  t   2:00pm 
t   2:00pm 
Kalamazoo,Ft. Wayne Cin.  *  7:00pm  * 6:45am 
Kalamazoo and  Vicksburg.  *11:30pm  * 9:10am 
7:10am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati 
coach to Chicago;  2:00pm train has parlor  car to 
Fort Wayne;  7:00pm train has sleeper to Cincin 
nati;  ll:30pm  train,  sleeping  car  and  coach  to 
Chicago.

Chicago  Trains.

TO  CH ICAGO.

FROM   CHICAGO

t2 00pm  *11 30pm
Lv.Grand  Rapids...t7  10am 
Ar. Chicago  ...........   2  30pm  8 45pm 
7 00am
Lv.  Chicago............................... t3 02pm  *11 32pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.....................  9 45pm 
6 45am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has coach. 
ll:30pm train has coach  and  sleeping car;  train 
leaving Chicago 3:02pm  has  coach;  11:32pm  has 
sleeping car for Grand Rapids.

M uskegon  Trains.

GOING  W EST.

t7 35am  tl  35pm 

t6 40pm
Lv. Grand Rapids 
Ar. Muskegon...........  9 00am  2 50pm  7  00pm
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am 
arrives Muskegon at 10:40am.  Returning  leaves 
Muskegon 6:30pm ; arrives Grand Rapids, 6:50pm
Lv.  Muskegon........ +8  10am  « 2   15pm 
t4 00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids..  9  30am 
1  30pm  5  20pm 
tExcept Sunday.  »Daily.

GOING  E AST.

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

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

M A N K T P P   *   Northeastern  Ry.
l v l A l v I O  1 
B est route to M anistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. Grand Rapids.......................  7 30am 
........
Ar. Manistee............................... 12  06pm 
........
Lv. Manistee...............................  8 40am  3  55pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.....................   2  40pm  10 00pm

Make  That  Booklet

you have in  mind  assume  form;  let  it  tell 
your business  Story  as  only  a  good  booklet 
can tell it.  We write, design and print book­
lets that have  individuality,  snap  and  vigor, 
Ask for samples and terms.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Gr a n d   Ra p id s .

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will  save  any  retail  merchant  many 
dollars  each  vear  and  much  labor. 
B E CA U SE   every  customer’s  account 
stands out  in  p l a i n   v i e w   and  can  be 
removed from  file  without  disturbing 
any other account.
F U R T H E R , every account is a l w a y s  
r e a d y   when called  for  and  a l w a y s  
c o r r e c t .  No  rewriting  accounts, 
and  a  record  is  made  of  A L L   goods 
that  leave  the  store.  Write  for  de­
scriptive folder.

Novelty  Manufacturing Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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a Q uires,  160 p a g e s...........$200 
3 Q uires,  240 p a g e s...........   2  50 
4 Q uires, 320 p a g e s........... 3 00 
s Q uires, 400  pages...........  3  5° 
6 Q u ires, 4S0 p a g e s...........  400 

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Train

Save  time  in  travel  by  using  the  Detroit  New  York 
It leaves  Detroit, 
Special  and  trains connecting  therewith. 
M ich ig an  C e n t r a l  S t a t io n ,  daily  at  4:25  p.  m.,  arrives 
Buffalo  10:10  p.  m.,  Rochester  at  midnight  and  New  York 
10  a.  m.  V e r y  F a s t . 

It  is  up-to-date  in  every  respect

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New  Savoy  Assortment  Jugs

This assortment  has  proven to  be  a  money  maker  for  every  mer- 
chant.  Package contains 2)4  dozen  )4  gallon glass pitchers  assorted 
five each of six kinds.

Price, 2 '/2  doz.  at $x.40 per doz............. ...........1.. .$3.50

No charge for barrel.

Wholesale  Catalogue  Now  Ready.

Crockery, Glassware,  Lamps,  Notions,  Baby Carriages,  Refrigerators, 

Iron  Wagons, Summer Goods,  Silverware,  House  Furnish-

ings.  Furniture,  Carpets,  Draperies, Wall Paper, Etc.

If you are interested in above lines ask for catalogue.

H*  Leonard & Sons,  Grand  Rapids.

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It  pays  any  dealer  to  have  the  rep- 

I  utation  of  keeping  pure  goods.

It  pays  any  dealer  to  keep  the  S e y - 
m our  C r a c k e r .
There’s  a  large  and  growing  sec­
tion  of  the  public  who  will  have 
the  best,  and  with  whom  the  mat­
ter  of  a  cent  or  so  a  pound  makes 
no impression. 
It’s  not how cheap 
with  them;  it’s  how  good.
For  this  class  of  people  the  S e y ­
m our  C r a c k e r   is  made. 
Discriminating  housewives  recog­
nize  its  superior  flavor,  purity,  de­
liciousness,  and  will  have  it.
If  you,  Mr.  Dealer,  want  the  trade 
of  particular  people,  keep  the  S e y ­
mour  C r a c k e r.  Made  by

National
Biscuit
Company

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

There isn’t anything mysterious about it

It is a simple invention to save and make money.

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It weighs in dollars and cents and saves you  many losses in a day. 

The system costs you nothing—it pays for itself.
Our scales are sold on easy monthly payments.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio

