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Volume XVII.
New
Bright
and
Season­
able
Goods

QRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JUNE  6,1900.

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No charge  (or  package

W e  Sell  to

Dealers  Only

Number 872

These  Sets  are 

of the

Highest
Grade
Imported
Glass

Compared  with 
cheaper  grades  of­
fered  in  the  mar­
ket  our  price 
is 
low.

42-44  Lake  Street, 

Chicago.

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PHELPS,  BRH6E  &  60.,  Detroit,  Michigan

P .  B.  BUSHMAN.  M anager.

L argest C igar D ea lers  In  th e  M iddle W est,  8

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We buy this  space  to  talk  to  you  &
about  J E W E L R Y .  W e  tell  you  P
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there  is  more  profit  to  be  made
on  this  line  for the  amount of money  invested  than  in any  other  department 
of your store.  Make  it bright  and  attractive  with  new  goods,  every-day 
sellers,  from  our  latest  selections.  Now talk  back  quick.  Try  it. 
AMERICAN  JEWELRY  CO.,  g r a n d  r a p i d s

Cadillac Fine Cut and Plug

HUE BY THE NEW ROTTEN TOBACCO CO.

THE  BEST.

Ask for it

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AGAINST  TDK  TRUST.  See  qu o tatio n s  in  P rice  C urrent.

We  make  showcases. 
We make them  right. 
We make prices right.

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Write  us when  in  the  market.

Kalamazoo  Kase &  Kabinet  Ko.,

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

Do  you  want  it?  Our  book  of  testimonials,  or  one 
look at the scales,  will  prove to you that there are  none 
equal  to

The Stimpson 
Computing Grocers’ Scales

No guess  work  in this.  The  move of one  poise, which 
registers both weight  and  money  value,  is  a  winner 
everywhere.

Easy  monthly  terms  put  them  within  reach  of all.

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THE  W.  F.  STIMPSON  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

n n r r r o i r T r r r r r r r r r r Y T T T T r r ^

“Sunlight 11
Is one  of  our  leading  brands  of 
flour, and is as bright and clean as 
its  name.  Let us send you some.

Walsh-De  Roo Milling Co.

Holland,  Mich.

HEM LOCK  BARK

• •

Highest Cash 

prices  paid  and 

bark  measured 

promptly  by  ex­

perienced  men. 

Call  on  or  write 
us.

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MICHIGAN BARK & LUMBER CO., f f i a t S C Ä r * “

WHY
YOU
SHOULD
SELL
EGG
BAKING
POWDER

1.  Because  it  is  better  and  more 
desirable  than  any  of  the  old- 
process  powders.

2.  Because  the  Bitter  or  Baking 
Powder  taste  is  absent  in  food 
prepared  with  it.

3.  Because  your  customers will  ap­
preciate  its  purity  and  whole­
someness.

4  Because it pays you a good profit.
5.  Because  the  retail  selling  price 

is  uniform.

6.  Because  the  manufacturers  are 
advertising  its  merits extensively 
to  consumers  and  you  are  en­
titled  to  a  share  of  the  retailer’ s 
trade  and  profit.

From a hygienic point of view  the  value  of  Egg 
Baking  Powder  cannot  be  over-estimated,  be­
cause it is prepared from phosphates, the health- 
sustaining principles  of wheat,  and  the  leaven­
ing element of  eggs,  which  increase  the  nutri­
tive value of food while  rendering  it  more  easy 
of digestion.
A ll in q u iries from  M ichigan, O hio  an d  I n ­
diana, including: requests fo r free  sam ples, 
etc., should be addressed to

D.  H.  Naylor,  Jr.,

Manager,

186 Seneca St.,  Cleveland,  Ohio

Offices in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, 
Indianapolis and Detroit.

Home Office,  New York City.

Volume  XVII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JUNE  6,1900.

Number 872

DESMAN

The sensation of the coffee trade is

A. I. C.  High  Grade  Coffees
They  succeed  because  the  quality  is  right,  and 
the plan of selling up to date.  If there is  not  an 
agency in your town, write the

A. I. C. COFFEE  CO.,

21-23 River St., Chicago.

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Prompt, Conservative, Safe. 

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established 1841.

R.  Q.  DUN  &  CO.

Widdicomb  Bld’g,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Books arranged w ith trade classification  of  names. 
Collections m ade everyw here.  W rite for particulars.

L.  P.  W ITZLEBEN,  Manager.

Ask  for report  before  opening  # 
new  account  and  send  us  the 
old  ones  for  collection.

R eferences :

State  Bank  of Michigan and Michigan 

Tradesman, Grand Rapids.

Collector and  Commercial  Lawyer  and 

Preston National Bank, Detroit.

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Fall and winter line complete and  still 
nice line spring and summer suits.
KOLB & SON, Wholesale  Clothing  Man­
ufacturers,  Rochester, N. Y.  Only  stict- 
ly all wool Kersey $5.50 Overcoat  in  mar­
ket.  See  Kolb’s  original  and  improved 
cut frock coat, no other house has it.
Meet  our  Michigan  representative, Wil­
liam  Connor,  at  Sweet’s  Hotel, Grand 
Rapids, June 9 to  16  inclusive.  Custom­
ers’ expenses allowed.  Or write Box 346, 
Marshall, Mich.,  and  he  will  call  upon 
you.  If  you  don’t  see  what  you  want 
no harm done. 

*

^ e s e s e s H S H S H S H S H B e s H iiP S ^
* Take a Receipt for " 

Everything

It  may  save  you a  thousand  dol­

lars,  or a  lawsuit,  or a customer.

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

BARLOW  BROS.,

ni  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.
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Tradesman Coupons

IM PORTANT  FEATURES.

Page. 
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2.  G etting  th e   People.
4.  A round  th e   State.
5;  G rand  R apids  Gossip.
6.  T he  Buffalo  M arket.
7.  W ar  a t  an  End.
8.  E d ito rial.
9.  E d ito rial.
10.  Shoes and  L eather.
1%.  D ry  Goods.
13.  C lothing.
14.  W om an’s  W orld.
16.  F ru its  and  P roduce.
17.  G otham   Gossip.
18.  Eggs.
19.  T he  M eat  M arket.
20.  C lerks’  Conner.
21.  T hould  T reat  th e   Jo b b e r  F airly.
22.  H ardw are.
23.  H ard w are  P rice  C nrrent.
24.  P ay m en ts  on  th e   Eve  o f F ailu re. 
25.  C om m ercial  T ravelers.
26.  D rugs  and  C hem icals.
27.  D ru g   P rice  C nrrent.
28.  G rocery  P rice  C nrrent.
29.  G rocery  P rice  C urren t.
30.  Fool  C lerks.
31.  H e art  in  th e   R ig h t  Place.
32.  T he  G rain  M arket.

C rockery  and  G lassw are  Q uotations.

A  SURVIVAL  O F  T H E   FITTEST.

An association made  up  of the  greater 
part  of  the  stove  manufacturers  of  the 
United  States  has  been  holding 
its  an­
nual  session 
in  New  York.  Ways  and 
means  for  the  manufacture  of  stoves 
with  a  view  of  increasing  the  export  of 
these  articles  were  discussed,  and  dur­
ing  the  discussion  the  fact  was  brought 
out  that  only  one  kind  of  stove  has  ever 
gained  hearty  approval  in  other  coun­
is  the  one  invented  by 
tries  and  that 
Franklin.  While 
is  a  fact  frankly 
admitted  that  the  American  stove  shows 
the  greatest  excellence 
in  artistic  de­
sign,  while  science  has  turned  her  prin­
ciples  to  the  most  careful  account  in 
making  this  necessary  article  of  home 
use,  it  has  never  quite  touched  the  spot 
of  all  that  is  desirable  with  the  foreign 
customer  and  has  not  proved  a  good 
seller  in  the  foreign  market.

it 

latest 

At  first  thought  there  is  something  of 
a  surprise  that  the  invention of Franklin 
should  have  been  the  only  stove  finding 
favor  among  all  these 
inventions 
and  improvements  and  yet  when  a  little 
of  the  old  favor  it  found  at  home  is  re­
is  lessened.  With 
called  the  surprise 
the  colonists  it  was  a  much  needed 
im­
provement.  Those  who  have  seen  the 
old  fireplaces  of  our  grandfathers  know 
how  much  of  the  heat  from  the  enor­
mous  fires  went  skyward  through  the 
huge  chimneys  and  how  almost 
impos­
sible  it  was  to  keep  from  freezing  dur­
ing 
The 
Franklin  stove  came  to  them  as  a  God­
send.  Comfort  and  cheer  entered  the 
dwelling  with 
it  and  to  this  day  when 
one  can  be  found  in  the farmhouse there 
will be the gathering of the  real home  life 
and  at  that  hearth  will  center  all  that  is 
pleasantest  and  best  of  what  makes  that 
home  life  dear.

those  wearisome  winters. 

It  is  easy  to  understand  how  the  open 
in  the  Franklin  stove  went 
cheery  fire 
foreign  heart.  Ugly, 
straight  to  the 
clumsy,  huge,  unfit, 
the  stove  of  the 
Old  World,  hardly  better  than  nothing, 
had  little  to  recommend  it.  To  this  day 
the  American,  even  he  who  is  hopeful- 
1 
pious,  with  the  Atlantic  between

itself,  when 

him  and  the  thing  that  pretended  to 
keep  him  warm,  finds  it  hard  not  to  say 
things  profane  about  that  earthern  enor­
mity  that  his  freezing  experience  re­
calls.  As  gloomy  and  forbidding  as  in­
hospitality 
the  Franklin 
stove  displaced •  it  and  brightened  the 
always  generous  German  heart  with  its 
cheer,  it  won  a  place  in  the  Old  World 
home  which  it  seems  never to  have  lost.
With  this  as  a  hint  the  American 
manufacturer  of  the  stove  can  be  de­
pended  upon  to  do  the  rest.  Art,  it 
seems,  has  done 
failed. 
Science  has  been  too  scientific  and  its 
work 
is  worthless.  What  remains  for 
the  manufacturer  to  do  is  to  bring  these 
workmen  together  and  urge  some  ex­
perienced  housekeeper  to  show  them 
where  their  mistakes  are  and  how  to 
correct  them. 
It  will  not  be  the  first 
time 
in  the  history  of  the  world  when 
art  and  science  have  stood  powerless 
and  despondent 
in  the  presence  of  a 
woman and,cheered by her words  and as­
sistance,  have  gone  forth  again  con­
quering  and  to  conquer.

its  best  and 

It  may  be  somewhat  humiliating  to 
the  maker  of  the  best  stove  on  earth 
that  the  very  point he  considers  the  best 
is  the  one  the  buyer  condemns;  but  so 
long  as  his  purpose  is  to  please  the  cus­
tomer  the  opinion  should  have  due  con­
sideration.  An  invention  unappreciated 
is  practically  as  bad  as  a  failure  and  if 
the  customer  is  sure  of  what  he  wants  it 
is  the  duty  of  maker to  supply  it.  The 
quack  found  that  what  will  cure  a  shoe­
maker  will  kill  a  tailor  and  governed 
himself  accordingly. 
If  China  wants  a 
certain  stove,  and  she  does,  then  that  is 
the  stove  to  send  to  China.  Australia 
has  longings  for  that  article  of  a  differ­
ent  character.  The  Yankee  wit  is  equal 
to  the  requirements  and  the  sixth  con­
tinent  shall  be  gratified.  South  Africa 
has  already  expressed  her  desires  and  a 
soon-going  steamer 
loaded  down  with 
an  invention  known  as  the  South  A fri­
can  stove  will  gladden  those  determined 
hearts.  The  American  will  be  found 
equal  to  the  emergency,that  is  the  point 
to  be  emphasized,  and  what  meets  that 
emergency  will,  like  Franklin’s  stove, 
be  found  another 
instance  of  the  sur­
vival  of  the  fittest  and  so  the  best.

Congress  claims  it  will  not  have  time 
at  this  session  to  reduce  the war  tax,and 
the  taxpayers  must  take  time  to  pay  it.

Certain  statesmen  have  conceived  the 
idea  of  regulating  a  trust  by  securing 
some  of  its  stock.

Few  men  are  brilliant  enough to make 
it  necessary  to  use  smoked  glass  while 
looking  at  them.

Chickens  have  more  sense  than  some 
men.  When  darkness  comes  they  want 
to  hurry  home.

Sir  Thomas  Lipton  will  name  a  new 

brand  cf  tea  and  try  for  another  cup.

Vaccinate  yourself  with  taking  ideas 

for  your  business.

Uneasy 

lies  the  head  that  wants  to 

wear  a  crown.

GEN ERA L  TR A D E  R EV IE W .

is 

With 

the  general  course  of  prices 
lower  and  healthier 
moving  toward  a 
basis  there 
less  real  interruption  of 
business  then  would  be  expected.  The 
general  volume,  as  indicated  by  clear­
ing  house  reports  in  the  West  and  South 
and  the  traffic  reports  of  the  transporta­
tion  companies,is well maintained.  Nat­
urally  there  is  an  effort  on  the  part  of 
some  to  hold  prices,  or  even  to  advance 
them,  and 
in  some  cases  there  are  re­
ports  of  closing  down  works,  even  in 
cases  where 
it  is  known  that  there  are 
contracts  far  ahead.  There  is  a  suspi­
cion  that  many  of  the  closing reports are 
either  exaggerations  of  the  annual  shut­
ting  down  for  repairs  or  a  real  attempt 
to  control  the  price  situation.

The  course  of  the  stock  market  con­
tinues  unusually  even,  a  slight  rally  last 
week  being 
followed  by  as  great  a  re­
action.  As this  harmonized  with  the  re­
port  of  English  success  in  Africa  it  is 
thought  that  the  possible  ending  of  the 
war  would  restore 
foreign  buying  and 
make  a  substantial  rally.  However,  the 
general  consensus  of  opinion  seems  to 
be  that  any  early  rally  is  likely  to  meet 
the  adverse 
influences  of  the  political 
campaign  and  that  we  must  reconcile 
ourselves  to  a  dull  summer  in  specula­
tive  trade.  As 
long  as  general  indus­
tries  are  keeping  the  ball  rolling  it  is 
not  so 
important  that  the  speculators 
should  have  things  their  own  way.

lower 

in  the 

level.  There 

Changes  of  prices 

iron  and 
steel  trades  are  still  in  the  direction  of 
a 
is  in  nearly  all 
departments  of  the  iron  and  steel  busi­
ness  great  need  to  reach  without  delay 
lower  but  stable  prices  for  materials. 
Naturally,  those  who  want  prices  of  fin­
ished  products  held  up  as  far  as  pos­
sible  urge  closing  of  furnaces  enough  to 
keep  Bessemer  iron  scarce,  but  the  con­
suming  works  have  also  power  to  close 
until  supplies  are  cheaper.  Thus  far 
Eastern  Bessemer  and  anthracite  have 
declined  to  $21  and  $22;  local  coke  at 
Chicago  has  also  declined,  and  there 
are 
indications  that  sheets  and  hoops 
may  move  with  plates,  bars,  wjre  and 
nails  toward 
lower  figures,  while  Bes­
semer  pig  at  Pittsburg  and  rails,  struc­
tural  shapes  and  tinplates  are  still  held 
without  change.

The  same  condition  of lowering prices 
is  also  the  rule  in the textile trades.  The 
changes  are 
less  marked,  the  staples, 
cotton  and  wool,  changing  slowly  and 
reluctantly.  Price  quotations  of  staple 
articles  are  generally  maintained,  but 
in  other  lines there is a general yielding. 
Neither  in  cotton  nor  in  woolen  markets 
are  demands 
large  enough  to  keep  all 
mills  at  work,  although  the  number 
in­
is  smaller  than  most  people 
active 
imagine.  A 
in  hides 
at  Chicago,  making  17  per  cent,  from 
the  highest  point 
last  year,  is  as  yet 
only  faintly  followed  by  prices  of  leath­
er,  which  have  yielded  not  quite  8  per 
cent.  Many  of  the  shoe  factories  are 
waiting 
for  business  and  are  wholly  or 
partly  closed.  Their  shipments  in  May 
were  27.7  per  cent,  smaller  than  last 
year.

further  decline 

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Petting  the  People

Some  Good  A dvertising  an d   Some  H or­

rib le  E xam ples.

The  advertisement  of  the  City  Drug 
Store,  of  Manistee,  makes  its  point well 
and 
it  thoroughly  upon  the

impresses 

PURE  FRUIT  SYRUPS

It means a good deal  in  these  (lays  of  adultera­
tion to know that  the  ingredients  of  your  soda 
water are beyond  all  question  pure.  Ours  are 
not only pure,  but  delicious.  Take  cream  in  it 
or not. just  as  you  please.  Know  of  anything 
better to drink?

C ITY  DRUG  STO R E

Open 
Ail  Night

reader’s  mind.  The  display 
is  good, 
barring  the  fact  that  the  heading  is  set 
up  entirely  in  capital  letters,  but,  on the 
whole,  it  is  a  decidedly  good  advertise­
ment.  The  same 
is  true  of  the  adver­
tisement  of  the  Sanitary  Milk  Co.,  of
P urity.............

IS OUR MOTTO.  Statistics clearly  prove 
that  the  spread  of  infectious  diseases  is 
greatly aided by impure milk.  Why not he 
safe when purity costs  no  more  than  the 
other?
OUR  NEW  PROCESS  of  pasteurizing  is  com­
plete.  Everything  is  a  model  of  cleanli­
ness.  Milk is delivered in bottles  of  pints 
or quarts.  The milk shoidd always be kept 
in the bottles, not poured into a  dish  with 
an upturned water  glass  over  the  top  to 
keep it free from microbe teeming air.
Our icecream is pure, healthful, refreshing.
___________   Sanitary Milk Co.
Kalamazoo. 
It  brings  up  a  phase  of 
the  milk  question  which  the  average 
householder  does  not  often  consider and
its  claims  are  made  modestly,  reason­
ably  and  forcibly.  The  plan  of  describ-

Iiidividuality

There  is  individuality about eye­
glasses  the  same  as  dress.  Not 
every one can  be  fitted  with  the 
same  clip and  spring.  Besides, 
eyeglasses should  be  built  to  fit 
the  face  becomingly, and a small 
featured person  needs  a  differ­
ent  size  lens, etc.,  than  the  m° n 
with  a  broad  face.  We 
eye glasses  to fit each individual, 
and  charge  no  more  than  you 
pay  for ready  made  stock.

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

ing  the  proper  method  of  taking  care  of 
the  milk  is  a  good  one.  The  advertise­
ment  of  D.  L.  Brown,  of  Sparta,  is  an 
excellent  example  of  strong  advertising 
for  the  optician. 
It  is  well  displayed 
and  the  black  and  white  cut  at  its  head 
lends  distinctness  to  it.  The  argument 
in  favor  of  making  eye  glasses  to  fit  the 
face  becomingly  is  forcible,  because  it 
appeals  to  the  recollection  of  a  great 
many  people who have  seen  a  small  fea­
tured  person  apparently  burdened  with 
immense  goggles  and  other  people  with 
broad  countenances  fitted  with  insignifi­
cant  looking  glasses.

*  *  *

If  a  man  should  come  up  to  you  on 
the  street  and  start  to  talk  to  you  about 
the  difference  between  Dewey  and 
Buffalo  Bill  as a  prelude  to  an  argument 
favor  of  buying  tin  cans,  you  would 
in 
be 
inclined  to  doubt  his  sanity. 
If  a 
man  has  tin  cans  to  sell,  you  would  rea­
sonably  expect  him  to  confine  his  con­
versation  to  tin  cans  and  not  to  start  off 
with  some  utterly 
irrelevant  subject. 
The  average  man  knows  these  things 
and  profits  by  his  knowledge  in  the  or­
dinary  walks  of  life,  but  when  it  comes 
to  advertising,  apparently  he  sometimes 
forgets  them.  Here  are  two  specimens 
—one  from  Traverse  City  and  the  other 
from  Kalamazoo— which  show  how  thor­
oughly  he  does  forget  them.  Mr.  Haney
Two  Tails 
To  a  Horse.  .  .

They are unnecessary.  So is a pair of tin  cuffs 
on a marble statue.  Yet. so far as  mere  useful­
ness is concerned they may as well be  tin  as fine 
linen, or anything else for that matter.
When we sell a package of goods  or  a carload, 
we invariably guarantee every  ounce.
We buy nothing but the best  goods—we  never 
believed in cheap goods, much less in the grocery 
line.
The  season  is  now  at  hand  when  you  want 
something  particularly  palatable,  and  we  ask 
you to step in and look us over.

W .  E.  H ANEY

Beadle  Block,  Phone  149 
Up-to-date Grocer 
talks  about  “ two  tails  to  a  horse”   and 
“ tin  cuffs  on  a  marble  statue”   by  the 
way  of 
inducing  you  to  buy  his  gro­
ceries.  Mr.  Scheid  starts  off  with  the 
advantages  of  United  States supervision 
and  winds  up  with  coffee.  Of  course, 
the  underlying 
idea  is  that  a  cut  or  an 
odd  heading  is  a  good  means  of  attract­
ing  attention  to  an  advertisement,  but, 
if  you  use  a  cut,  use  one  that  is  appro­
priate.  Do  not  lug  in  an  irrelevant  cut 
by  the  ears,  and 
if  you  use  a  heading 
be  sure  that 
it  means  something.  A 
grocery  salesman  might  wear  a  pink 
striped  suit  and  paint  his  face  green 
and  thereby  attract  attention,  but  it  is 
extremely  doubtful  whether the attention 
he  attracted  would  increase  his  sales.  It 
is  a  good  plan  in  advertising  not  to  say 
anything  that*  you  would  not  say  to  a  h 
customer  in  your  store,  and  surely  no 
sane  man  would  talk  to  a  customer  per­
sonally 
in  the  way  that  Messrs.  Scheid 
and  Haney  do  in  their  advertisements.

GOOD
BUTTER

Represents skill  in  manufacture,  but  no  amount 
of  skill  can  overcome  the  influence  of  impure 
ingredients.

POOR  B U TTER

Will  surely  result  from  using  poor  salt.  Every 
grocer who sells

DIAMOND  C R Y S T A L   S A L T

Is  helping his dairymen  customers to overcome  a 
whole  lot of difficulties,  as  well  as  helping  them 
to produce an  article that can  be sold and handled 
at  a  profit.  Now  that  leading  chemists  have  de­
clared  D IAM O N D   C R Y S T A L  to  be  the  purest 
butter salt in the world,  it should  be  easy for gro­
cers to decide which  salt to sell.

Diamond  Crystal  Salt Co.,  St.  Clair,  Mich.

Our Vinegar to be  an A B S O L U T E L Y  P U R E  A P P L E  JU ICE V I N ­
E G A R .  T o   anyone  who  will  analyze  it  and  find an y deleterious 
acids, or  anything that is not produced from the  apple, we will forfeit

'We  also  guarantee  it  to  be  of  full  strength  as  required  by  law.  We  will 
prosecute  any  person  found  using  our  packages  for  cider  or  vinegar  without  first 
removing  all  traces  of  our  brands  therefrom.

j . Ro b i n s o n , Manager. 

B enton  H arbor,M ichigan.

You
Can’t
Afford

to buy other vinegar at even 
price with Silver Brand.  It 
pleases  customers,  more 
than  complies  with 
the 
Food  Laws,  and.  you  have 
the satisfaction  of  knowing 
that you are  handling  hon­
est goods.

GENESEE  FRUIT  CO.,  Makers,  Lansing,  Mich.

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

3

The  advertisement  of  Van  Allen’s 
drug  store,  Ionia,  is  a  specimen  of  an­
other  style  of  advertising  that  it  is  well 
to  avoid.  The  display 
lines  which 
read,  “ Don’t  Put  Your  Hat  on  with  a 
Shoehorn,”   undoubtedly  add  a  pink-

Don’t

get an idea that this is  a  high  priced  store  be­

cause of its all-round first-classness.

P u t  Y our  H at  On

and stroll down  this way and  take  a  real  good 
look through the place.  Then you will  go  away 
definite idea of what it if that gives cautious  and 
careful people so much confidence  in  the  store. 

W ith  a

It's all as simple as a 

Shoehorn

We are particular  in  everything.  We  buy  the 
best drugs we can find and dispense them  prop­

erly.

□VAN  ALI.KN*S  D ru g   Store.

New7 Webher Block, 

Ionia, Mich.

striped-suit-and-green-painted-face  at­
tractiveness  to  the  advertisement,  but 
the  trouble  is  that there  is no meat  in the 
advertisement,  it  makes  no point,  leaves 
nothing  in  the  reader’s  memory  relating 
to  what  is  being  advertised  and,  there­
fore,  is  a  failure  from  an  advertising 
standpoint.

*  *  *

The  advertisement  of  J.  R.  Odell, 
Fremont,  suffers  first  from  lack  of  mat­
ter,  from  poor composition, from a wrong 
conception  on  the  part  of  its  writer  as 
to  what  it  really  is.  Advertising  started 
with  a  sign  above  the  door,  but 
it  has 
developed  a  great  deal  since  that  time. 
Mr.  Odell,  however,  still  seems  to 
live 
in  the  sign-above-the-door  age.  There

Home  made  cigars  are  to  be  the  stock 
handled.

C.  R.  Clarke  suggested  the  advisabil­
ity  of 
inviting  the  Jackson  grocers  to 
visit  Port  Huron  during  the  summer.  It 
was  reported  that  the  Secretary  had  had 
some  correspondence  in  the matter.  No 
action  was  taken,  but  a  committee  will 
probably  be  appointed  at  the  next meet­
ing  to  visit  Jackson.

L.  B.  Rice  offered  some  suggestions 
looking toward  increased efforts for beau­
tifying  the 
lawns  of  the  citv.  Messrs. 
Rice,  W.  D.  Brown  and  J.  J.  Boyce 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  recom­
mend  action.

J.  T.  Percival  reported  the  organiza­
tion  of  an  association  with  forty-two 
members  at  Marine  City.  Motion  was 
made  and  adopted  that  a  committee  be 
appointed  to  extend  the  hospitality  of 
Port  Huron  to  the  members  of  the  new 
association  and  an  invitation  to  make  a 
visit  to  the  city.  J.  T.  Percival,  L. 
McArthur,  D.  C.  McNutt,  E.  C.  Boice, 
E.  S.  Post  and  Thos.  Malloy  were  ap­
pointed  a  committee  to  extend  the  invi­
tation.

It  was  suggested  that  the  question  of 
the  Association’s  annual  outing  be  dis­
cussed  at  the  next  meeting.

The  following  committee  of  five  was 
appointed  to  report  on  the  feasability  of 
an  evening  excursion:  A.  G.  Smith, 
C.  A.  Hovey,  F.  C.  Wood,  Maynard 
Smith  and  John  Parker  were  named.

J.  T.  Percival,  Sec’y.

D r.  C larke’s  W ise  Dog.

The  late  Dr.  James  Freeman  Clarke 
used  to  tell  this  amusing  story  of  his 
dog;

“ At  one  time  my  dog  was  fond  of  go- 
ing'to  the  railway  station  to  see  the  peo-

Besides  DRU<36 and  MEDICINES,

WINES and  LIQUORS.

(For  Medical  Purposes.)

W e  Keep a  Large  Lina of  T O IL E T   AR TICLES, 

and  Everything Com plete  in

SCHOOL  BOOKS 
and STATIONERY.

At the  PIONEER  DRUG  S T O R E .

J .  R. ODELL.  Prop’r.

is  a  hidden  truth  in  the  advertisement, 
however,  which  I  doubt  that  even  Mr. 
Odell  has  noticed. 
It  says:  “ Besides 
drugs  and  medicine,  pure  wines  and 
liquors  (for  medical  purposes),  we  keep 
a  line  of  toilet  articles and everything in 
school  books  and  stationery.’ ’ 
If  Mr. 
Odell  is  depending  upon  his  advertis­
ing  to  sell  the  articles  in  question,  it  is 
quite  likely  that  he  will  keep  them 
for 
some  tim e  to  come.

W.  S.  Hamburger.
A ssociation  M ethods  a t  P o rt  H uron.
Port  Huron,  June  3— At  the  last  meet­
ing  of  the  Merchants  and  Manufactur­
ers’  Association,  A.  G.  Tudhope,  Geo. 
F.  Clark,  Dr.  M.  Willson  and  Dr.  S.  K. 
Smith  were  admitted  to  membership.
The  Bay  City  Grocers  and  Butchers’ 
Association  extended  an 
invitation  to 
the  members  of  the  Association  to 
join 
in  its  jubilee,  on  Aug.  14-16.  An  as­
surance  was  abundantly  given for  an  oc­
casion  of  enjoyment 
for  all  who  may 
accept  the  invitation.

A   communication  was  presented  from 
E.  L.  Siver,  of  Byron,  Ohio,  asking 
that  a  proposition  be  made  for  the  loca­
tion  of  a  hoop  and  stave  mill  with  sev­
eral 
industrial  adjuncts.  The  details 
showed  that  the  requirements  as  to  tim­
ber  were  too  great  for  this  section.  The 
Secretary  was  instructed  to  so communi­
cate  with  Mr.  Siver.

The  Secretary  was  authorized  to  place 
in  the  hall  a  cigar  case  for  the  accom­
modation  of  members  and 
visitors.

pie,  and  I  always  ordered  him  to  go 
home,  fearing  he  would  be  hurt  by  the 
cars.  He  easily  understood  that  if  he 
went  there  it  was  contrary  to my wishes. 
So,  whenever  he  was  near  the  station, 
if  he  saw  me  coming,  he  would  look  the 
other  way  and  pretend  not  to  know  me. 
If  he  met  me  anywhere  else,  he  always 
bounded  to  meet  me  with  great  delight. 
But  at  the  station  it  was  quite  different. 
He  would  pay  no  attention to my whistle 
or  my  call.  He  even  pretended  to  be 
another  dog,  and would  look  me  right  in 
the  face  without  apparently  recognizing 
me.  He  gave  me  the  cut  direct  in  the 
most 
impertinent  manner,  the  reason 
evidently  being  that  he  knew  he  was 
doing  what  was  wrong  and  did  not 
like 
to  be  found  out.  Possibly  he  may  have 
relied  a  little  on  my  nearsightedness 
in 
his  manoeuvre. ”

P ray er.

Weary and worn, by toll outdone.
No battle gained, the fight not won,

Humbled and  broken, bowed, depressed,
I come to Thee for rest.

And Thou wilt nowise cast me out. 
Although I come not till I need;
Unto the humble soul without 
Thou givest heed.

Give me Thine aid and grace to see,
To cast my pride and call on Thee—

Make me to feel and know at length,
This weakness is my strength.

Thè  man  who  does  the  best  he  can 

is 
away  ahead  of  the  man  who  never  tries 
to  do  anything.

If you  want the agency for, 
or  want  for  private  use,  a 
good  reliable  vehicle  built 
on  a  “how  good”  and  not 
‘‘how cheap”  plan, write  to 
us  for  our  1900  catalogue 
and  price list.  No trouble to show goods and when you 
are  in  the city  shall  be pleased  to  have you  call  on  us.
ARTHUR WOOD CARRIAGE CO., Grand Rapids,  Mich.

No.  I —Concord  Wagon

W O R LD 'S   B E S T

5 C .  C IG A R .  ALL  JO B B E R S   A ND

G . a   J O H N S O N   C I G A R  O O .

G R A N D   R A P ID 8 .  M ICH .

Grapd Rapids 

B&rR &i)j 

Lurpber 

Cornpaijy

Hemlock  Bark, 
Lumber,  Shingles, 
Railroad Ties, 
Posts,  Wood.

We  pay  Highest  Market 
Prices In Spot cash and mea­
sure bark when loaded.  Cor­
respondence solicited.

4 1 9 -4 2 1   M ic h ig a n  
Trust Building, 
©rapd Rapids.
W . A. P b « lp s, P resid e n t,
C. A.  P h elp s, S e c ’y  6- T r n $ .

The  Sup  pfuit  Jaf

“ « |   NOTICE  THAT  LEVER.

THE ONLY  PERFECTLY 

HERMETICALLY  SEALED JAR

Restricted  Price  Guaranteed

The  only  jar  on  which  a  good  percentage  of 

profit can  be made by both jobber and  retailer.

A  jar in  which  canning can be  tested, and  which 
dealers can  guarantee to customers against  loss by 
breakage through  imperfections in the glass.

Easy  to  seal,  easy  to  open, guaranteed, tested, 

uniform,  strong,  clean, simple.

No  danger  of  fruit  spoiling,  no danger of burn­
ing hands in  sealing, no prying to open,  no grooves 
to gum, no  metal  to  corrode  or  taint  contents,  no 
wire to  stretch,  no  loss  by  breakage,  no  special 
rubbers or covers.

WE  HELP  YOU  TO  ADVERTISE

|  
80 
To  facilitate  sales  we  furnish  printed  matter  and  hangers  (with our 
5®  names omitted), electrotypes, sample cases and  order  books, or separate 
jjjj  restricted price agreement to concerns who have salesmen  out.

I  The Sup fru it Jaf Co.

1   74  W a ll  S t r e e t  
H  
m   Citizens Phone a ai8. 
)]ty 

A gen ts,  Hall & Hadden, Grand Rapids, M ich.

Prices no higher than other high grade Jars.

N e w   Y o rk   C ity

18 Houseman Building.

4 

Around  the State

M ovem ents  o f M erchants.

Hudson— J.  L.  Whitbeck  has  engaged 

in  the  grocery  business.

Jonesville— N.  R.  Cook  succeeds  Cook 

&  Tracy  in  the  lumber  business.

Holland— Bert  Pratt,  of  Owosso,  has 

engaged  in  the  shoe  business  here.

Detroit— Andrew  C.  Bems  has  sold 
hisfurnishinggoodsstock to J.  W.  Bems.
Ithaca— Ranson  J.  Fraker has removed 
his  dry  goods  stock  to  St.  Louis,  Mich.
Algonac— Abram  S.  Galton  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  F.  C.  Folk- 
erts.

Cassopolis— Mason  &  Wagor  succeed 
Mason  &  Tallerday  in  the  meat  busi-j 
ness.

Charlotte— Dr.  Frank  Merrit  has  put 
a  modem  front  and  steel  ceiling  in  his 
drug  store.

Eastport— Morris  &  Co.  have  sold 
their  general  merchandise  stock  to  W. 
E.  Colburn.

Detroit— Frank  A.  Griese,  dealer 

in 
groceries,  flour  and  feed,  has  sold  out  to 
Mamer  &  Klapp.

Manistee— W.  R.  Hall,  druggist,  and 
family  sail  June  23  from  Philadelphia 
for  a  European  trip,  including the  Paris 
Exposition.  His  son  and  eldest  daugh­
ter  will  remain  in  Germany  to  study. 
Mrs.  Hall  is  County  Superintendent  of 
Schools  in  Manistee  county.

Alpena— The  copartnership  which  has 
existed  between  A.  L.  Power  and  T.  C. 
Lester  for  fifteen  years  has  been  dis­
solved  by  mutual  consent.  Both  gen­
tlemen  will  continue  in  the  business  of 
inspecting,  buying  and  shipping  lum­
ber,  lath,  shingles  and  posts.

Bay  City— M.  Kinney  has  purchased 
the  hardware  stock  of  F.  B.  Phillips  &  j 
Co.  He  will  remove  the  stock  from  his 
former 
location  and  conduct  a  general 
hardware  business  at  the  new store.  Mr. 
Kinney  has  been  engaged  in  the  hard­
ware  business  at  this  place  for  the  past 
seventeen  years.

Ludington— Madsen  &  Johnson  have 
in  the  meat  business  at  the 
engaged 
comer  of  James  and  Foster  streets.  The 
members  of  the  firm  are  James  Madsen, 
who  conducts  a  market  at  another 
loca­
tion,  and  H.  P.  Johnson,  formerly  con­
nected  with  the  grocery  and  meat  mar­
ket  of  J.  H.  Britton.

Ludington— S.  M.  Snow  has  placed  a 
steel  ceiling in  his drug  store  and  other­
wise  improved  the  building.

Prattville— Perry  &  Son  is  the  name 
of  the  new  firm  which  succeeds  the 
hardware  firm  of  Clark  &  Gallup.

Riley  Center— Doull  Bros,  continue 
the  grocery  business  formerly  conducted 
under  the  style  of  Doull  &  Brooks.

Hart— A.  E.  Motley  has  sold  his  mer­
cantile  stock 
to  F.  J.  Dowland,  of 
Ludington,  and  W.  F.  Dowland,  of this 
place.

M iddleville— E.  J.  McNaughton  has 
purchased  the  hardware,  harness  and 
agricultural 
implement  stock  of  Frank 
D.  Pratt.

Muskegon— Samuel  Rosenthal 

suc­
(Mrs.  S .)  Rosenthal  in  the 
furnishing  goods 

ceeds  R. 
clothing  and  men’s 
business.

Boyne  City— A.  Ross  has  retired  from 
the  grocery  firm  of  Wigle  &  Ross.  The 
business  will  be  continued  under  the 
style  of  O.  J.  Wigle  &  Co.

Calumet— Eugene  Frenette  has  pur­
chased  the  boot  and  shoe  stock  of  Anton 
Volmer, who  will shortly  engage  in  busi­
ness  in  the  Lower  Peninsula.

Ludington—Chas.  Clauson,  who  was 
in  the  grocery  busi­
formerly  engaged 
ness  under  the  style  of  Clauson  &  Son, 
has  purchased  the  Ceylon  tea  store  of
P.  J.  Wangen.

Calumet— The  new  grocery  store  now 
in  process  of  erection  by  J.  Trevarrow, 
is  nearly  completed. 
It  will  be  under 
the  management  of  the  son-in-law  of 
Mr.  Trevarrow.

Lake  Odessa— B.  Cohen,  dry  goods, 
shoe  and  gtocery  dealer  at  this  place, 
has  purchased  a  similar  stock  of  T.  G. 
Richardson,  at  Northville,  and  will  re­
move  to  that  place.

Lawrence— Jess  Goodroade,  of  South 
Haven,  and  Frank  W.  Curtiss  have 
formed  a  copartnership  under the  style 
of  Gooflroade  &  Curtiss  and  engaged  in 
the  drug  business  at  this  place.

Sparta— Mrs.  A.  F.  Harrison  has  put 
a 
line  of  confectioner)'  and 
in 
one  side  of  the  bazaar  store  of  Mrs.  E.
A.  Johnson  and  has  formed  a  partner­
ship  with  the  latter  in  the  baked  goods 
line  and  ice  cream  business.

fruit 

Orleans— Elias  Reusch,  formerly  en­
gaged 
in  business  at  Ionia,  but  more 
recently  with  the  grocery  firm  of  Amph- 
lett,  Sanderson  &  Co.,  of  that  place, 
has  purchased  the  general  merchandise 
stock  of  Frank  E.  Bradford  &  Co.

Saranac— Mr.  Crawford  has  retired 
from  the  hardware  firm  of  Benson  & 
Crawford.  M.  A.  Benson  will  continue 
the  business 
in  partnership  with  his 
sister,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Davis,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  the  firm  name  being  M.  A. 
Benson  &  Co.  A  double  store  building 
will  be  erected  this  season  and 
the 
business  extended  by  the  addition  of 
new  lines.

Bay  C ity—A   woman  worked  off  a  d i­
lapidated  confederate  $10  bill  on  a clerk 
at  Potter’s  hardware  store  last  Wednes­
day.  The  police  were  notified  and  the 
woman  was  forced  to  give  back  the 
change  she  had  received.  The  police 
concluded  that  the  clerk  was  guilty  of 
contributory  negligence 
in  accepting 
such  a  questionable  piece  of  money  and 
the  woman  will  not  be  prosecuted.

It 

Coldwater—A   new industry has sprung 
up  in  the  southern  counties  of  the  State 
where  small  lakes  are  numerous,  and 
it 
opens  another  avenue  for  an 
indus­
trious  person  to  turn  many  an honest 
penny. 
is  the  gathering  of  the  com­
mon  cattail,  which  grows  in  profusion 
in  the  marshy  ground  near  the  water’s 
edge,  and  which 
js  greatly  in  demand 
for  stuffing  mattresses  and  upholstered 
furniture,  in  which 
line  it  has  largely 
superseded  the  use  of  wool,  cotton  and 
hair.
* 

M an u factu rin g   M atters.

Butternut— J.  M.  Fitzpatrick  has  es­
tablished  a  cheese  factory  at  Fenwick. 
He  also  owns  a  factory  at  this  place and 
at  Crystal.

Portland— The  plant  of  the  Michigan 
Commode  and  Cabinet  Co.  has  been 
sold  at  mortgage  sale  to  the  Dellen- 
baugh-Alton  Co.,  which  will  convert 
the  property  into  a  factory  for the  man­
ufacture  of  crokinole  boards,  on  which 
it  has  built  up  a  large  business.

Homer— The  Homer 

creamery  has 
been  reopened  after  being  refitted  with 
new  machinery  and  is  running  steadily, 
handling  over  4,000  pounds  of  milk  a 
day,  with  a  steady  increase  in  the  pa­
tronage.  The  present  capacity  is  about 
20,000  pounds  of  milk  each  day,  and the 
owners  claim  that  for  its  size  the  plant 
is  one  of  the  best  in  Michigan.

Owosso— The  Thomas-Palmer  Co.  has 
been  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock 
of $25,000 to  engage  in  the  manufacture 
of  the  Thomas-Palmer glue  clamp  and 
other  iron  and  wood  machinery.  The 
incorporators  are  A.  E.  Palmer,  A.  T.

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

Thomas,  A.  L.  Arnold,  A.  E.  Stever 
and  H.  S.  Hadsall.  The  company  will 
purchase  the  Thomas  apple  dryer  plant, 
on  South  Water  street,  fitting  up  the 
buildings  to  suit  the  demands  of  the 
new  business.  The  glue  clamp 
is  a 
patent  of  Mr.  Palmer’s  and a  very  prac­
tical  article.

Grand  Ledge— The  Grand  Ledge 
Sewer  Pipe  Co.,  which  has  been  in  the 
business  of  manufacturing  sewer  pipe 
here  for  the  past  twelve  years,  has  sold 
its  plant  to  the  trust,  known  as  the 
American  Clay  Manufacturing  Co.  The 
price  paid  was  very  satisfactory  to  the 
stockholders  of  the  old  company.  The 
plant  here  will  be  conducted  as  in  the 
past,  all  of  the  old  employes  being  re­
tained,  the  extensive  deposits  of  fire 
clay  making  this  a  very  desirable 
loca­
tion.  About  seventy-five  men  are  em­
ployed  at  present.
O rganization  o f  a   B usiness  M en’s  Asso­

ciation  a t  C alum et.

Calumet,  June  1— The  second  meet­
ing  of  the  Calumet  Business  Men’s  A s­
sociation  was  held  last  evening,  with  a 
full  attendance.

After  an  extended  discussion  the draft 
of  constitution  and  by-laws  presented 
by  a  committee  was  adopted.  The  or­
ganization  will  be  known  as the Calumet 
Business  Men’s  Association.  The  an­
nual  dues  will  be  $4.

President  Cuddihy  announced  the  fol­

lowing  standing  committees :

Legislative— Charles  Wickstrom, 

J. 
Vivian,  Jr.,  and  William  I.  Reynolds.
Transportation-----Messrs.  Carlton,

Guck,  Vi vian,  Schumaker  and  Har­
grave.

Applications 

for  Membership-----
Messrs.  Bloy,  Schumaker  and  Dillman.
The  duties  of  the  Legislative  Com­
mittee  will  be  to  ascertain  the  views  of 
candidates  for  th'e  State  Legislature  and 
for  Congress  from  this  district,  and  ac­
quaint  them  with  the  objects  of  the  As­
sociation,  and  after  election  keep  them 
informed  upon  the  desires  of  the  people 
of  their  district  and  work  with  them  for 
the  advancement  of  the  towns 
irrespec­
tive  of  political  affiliation.

At  the  next  meeting  the  President 
will  appoint  a  committee  of  three  from 
Red  Jacket  and  three  from  Laurium  to 
look  after  village 
All 
residents  of  the  two  villages  who are  in­
terested 
improvement  of  their 
towns  are  requested  to  join  the  Associa­
tion.

improvement. 

in  the 

The  selection  of  a  night  upon  which 
to  hold  the  monthly  meeting  of  the  A s­
sociation  was  conducive  of  consider­
able  discussion. 
It  is  impossible  to  se­
cure  any  night  in  the  week  that  will  be 
equally  convenient  for all  the  members 
o f the  Association.  Finally it was moved 
and  carried  that  the  next  meeting  be 
held  on  the  first  Friday  of  July,  and  the 
subsequent  meetings  will  be  held  on  the 
first  Tuesday  of  each  month,  at  8:30 
p.  m.  There  will  be  no  meeting  of  the 
Association  during  the  present  month. 
The  reason  for  selecting  Friday  as  the 
in  July  is  found  in  the 
meeting  night 
fact  that  Wednesday 
is  the  Fourth  of 
July  and  it  is  not  desirable  to  hold  the 
meeting  on  the  evening  preceding  the 
Fourth. 
E xecutive  C om m ittee  to  M eet  N ext  W ed­

W.  H.  Hosking,  Sec’y.

nesday.

Grand  Rapids,  June  4— A   meeting  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  M ichi­
gan  Retail  Grocers’  Association  will  be 
¡ield  at  Grand  Rapids  on  Wednesday, 
June  13,  convening  at  the  Morton  House 
at  10  o’clock  in  the  forenoon.

Any  member  of  the  Association  who 
has  any  matter  he  would  like  to  have 
passed  upon  by  the  Committee  is  re­
quested  to  present  the  matter  at  this 
time,  either  in  person  or  by  letter.

The  Board  will 

improve  the  oppor­
tunity  to  discuss  what  matters  of 
legis­
lation  shall  be  undertaken  by  the  Asso­
ciation  at  the  coming  session  of  the 
Legislature  and  also  outline  a  pro­
gramme  for  the  time  which  intervenes 
from  now  until  the  Bay  City  convention 
in  January. 

E.  A.  Stowe,  Sec’y.
A g itatin g   th e  M atter  o f a   S treet  F a ir. 
Saginaw,  June  4— At  the  last  meeting 
of  the  Retail  Merchants’  Association, 
the  project  of  a  street  fair this  fall  was

the 

identified  with 

discussed 
informally  at  considerable 
length.  The  movement  has  some  warm 
supporters  who  hope  to  overcome  all  ob­
stacles 
in  the  way  of  a  fair.  M.  W. 
Tanner  and  D.  E.  Prall,  who  were 
prominently 
free 
street  fair  of  the  fall  of  ’98,  while  not 
opposed  to  the  project,  feel  that  they 
have  not  the  time  to  devote  to  it  this 
year. 
It  was  stated  that  the  principal 
objection  to  the  fair  lies  in  the  fact  that 
it  might  not  bring  merchants  a  suitable 
return  for  the  money  necessarily  ex­
pended  and  that 
if  the  support  of  the 
saloon  men  is  relied  upon  to  any  great 
extent,  it will  be  necessary  to  conduct  it 
on  wide  open  and  debasing  principles. 
It  was  also  advanced  that  the  fake  of 
last  year would  make  many  people  from 
outside  towns  chary  of  attending  a 
fair  this  year.

idea 

On  the  other  hand,  it  was  contended 
that  a  street  fair  is  a  good  thing  for  a 
city,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  growing  fa­
is  meeting  with  through­
vor  the 
out  the  country. 
It  has  been  estimated 
that  a 
fund  of $6,000  will  be  necessary 
for  the  success  of  the  enterprise  and  it 
is  believed  that  with  energetic  work  the 
amount  could  be  speedily  raised.  An 
effort  will  be  made  at  once  to  ascertain 
the  general  sentiment  in  regard  to  the 
matter  and,  if  favorable,  determined 
efforts  will  be  made  to  launch  a  rousing 
and  successful  fair.

A n n u al  M eeting  o f th e   M ichigan  W hole- 

sale  G rocers’  A ssociation.

Members  of  the  Michigan  Wholesale 
Grocers’  Association  held  their  annual 
meeting  at  the  Hotel  Cadillac,  Detroit, 
yesterday.  The  action  of  the  officers  in 
conducting  the  business  of  the  Associa­
tion  during  the  past  year  was  unani­
mously  approved. 
conditions 
were reported  to  be  favorable.  The  fol­
lowing  officers  were  elected :

Trade 

President— Gilbert  W.  Lee,  Detroit.
First  Vice-President— Wm.  Judson, 

Grand  Rapids.

Second  Vice-President— J.  S.  Smart, 

Secretary  and  Treasurer— H.  P.  San­

Saginaw.

ger.

Board  of  Directors— The  first  three 
officers  and  Herbert  Montague,  Trav­
erse  City ;  Amos  S.  Musselman,  Grand 
Rapids,  and  H.  S.  Griggs,  Jackson.

Tuesday  evening  the  members  of  the 
Association  from  other  cities  were given 
a  banquet  by  the  local  wholesale  gro­
cers. 
It  was  served  in  the  ordinary  at 
the  Hotel  Cadillac,  plates  being  laid  for 
fifty-five.  The  tables  were  handsomely 
decorated 
the  delectable 
spread  had  been  disposed  of  there  were 
several  impromptu  speeches.

after 

and 

R apids  R etail G rocers’ A ssociation.
At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  Tuesday  evening,  June  5,  Presi­
dent  Dyk  presided.

The  special  Committee  on  Picnic rec­
ommended  that  the  fourteenth  anniver­
sary  picnic  of  the Association be  held  at 
Reed’s  Lake,  Thursday,  Aug.  9.  The 
report  was  discussed  at  some  length  and 
was  finally  adopted.

The  Secretary  presented  several  com­
munications  from  the  Secretary  of  the 
Jackson  Retail  Grocers' Association  rel­
ative  to  the  location  of  the  annual  pic­
nic  of  that  organization  and,  on  motion, 
the  Secretary  was  instructed  to write the 
Jackson  organization  extending  a  hearty 
invitation  to  the  Jackson  Association  to 
join  the  Grand  Rapids  grocers  in  cele­
brating  their annual  picnic  this  year.

On  account, of  conflicting  opinions,  it 
was  decided  not  to  undertake  to  close 
the  grocery  stores  by  concert  of  action 
on  Dewey  day.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Stand  W ell  W ith   th e   P a rty .

From the Saginaw Courier-Herald.

Dry  goods  men  hold  a  pretty  good 
ilace 
in  Michigan  Republicanism. 
Bane,  of  Saginaw ;  Elliott,  of  Detroit ; 
of  Grand  Rapids,  and Glasgow, 
:son,areall  delegates  or  alternates 
to  the  National  Republican  convention 
at  Philadelphia.  Glasgow  also  has  the 
honor  of  being  a  cousin  of  President 
M cKinley.

Grand  Rapids  Oossjp

Ralph  Veyer  succeeds L.  Veyer &  Son 
in  the  meat  business  at  577  West  Leon­
ard  street.

Jacob A.  Mohrhardt  succeeds  Sikkema 
in  the  meat  business  at 

&  Mohrhardt 
561  Cherry  street.

H.  Leppink,  who  recently  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner,  John  Hulst, 
in  the  coal  and  wood  business  at  127 
Grandville  avenue,  has  formed  a  part­
nership  with  his  wife,  Annie  Leppink, 
and  will  continue  the  business under the 
style  of  H.  Leppink  &  Co.

In  the  death  of  Sir  John  Steketee, 
Grand  Rapids 
loses  one  of  her  sturdy 
Dutch  citizens,  who  has  done  much  to 
make  the  city  what  it  is  and  elevate  the 
character and standing of  men of  his own 
nationality.  Able,  fearless,  candid  and 
honest 
in  all  he  said  or  did,  Mr.  Stek­
etee  was  possessed  of  a  marked  indi­
viduality  that  would  have  made  him  a 
prominent  and  influential  citizen  in  any 
community.  His  courage  was  manifest 
in  other  than  business  ways.  He  be­
lieved  it  to  be  the  supreme duty of every 
citizen  to  take  part 
in  public  affairs. 
He  always  registered  and  voted.  While 
generally  acting  with  the  party  of  his 
choice,  he  would  not  support  a  candi­
date  he  thought  unworthy.  The  reform 
movements  which  were organized during 
his 
in  him  a  cordial  and 
efficient 
support.  His  rightminded­
ness,  his  wonderful  consideration  for 
others,  his 
lovable  disposition  and  his 
quick  sympathies  bound  his  friends  to 
him  by  most  affectionate  ties. 
In  his 
domestic  relations  he  was  a  model  hus­
band  and  father.

life  found 

T he  P ro d u ce  M arket.

Asparagus— 30@35c  per  doz.  bunches.
for  bananas 
Bananas— The  demand 
continues  very  active.  Prices  are  a 
trifle  higher.

Butter— Factory  creamery 

is  weaker 
and  lower  than  a  week  ago,  fancy  stock 
commanding  i8@i<)c.  Dairy  grades  are 
coming  in  freely,  fetching  13c  for  pack­
ing  stock,  14c  for  choice  and  15c  for 
fancy.  The  receipts  are  heavy,  but  are 
mostly  packing  stock.

Beets— 30@35c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cabbage—Caro  stock  commands  $1.25 
per  crate.  Mississippi  stock  fetches  S3 
@3.25  per  crate.

Cocoauuts—$3  per  sack  of  100.
Cucumbers— 35@40C per doz.  for  home 

grown.

Eggs— The  quality  of  receipts  has 
gone  off  to  that  extent  that  local  deal­
ers  are  paying  10c. 
Candled  stock 
commands  11c  at  this  market,  but  the 
advent  of  berries  appears  to  have  re­
duced  the  demand  for  eggs  to  a  great 
extent.

Green  Peas— $1  per bu.  box.
Green  Stuff— Grand  Rapids 

forcing 
lettuce,  9@ioc.  Onions,  10c  per  doz. 
for  evergreen  and  13c  for  silver  skin. 
Parsley,  30c  per doz.  Pieplant,  506^600 
for  50  lb.  box.  Radishes,  10c  per  doz. 
for 
long  and  8c  for  round.  Spinach, 
35c  per  bu.

Hay— Carlot  prices,  track  Grand  Rap­
ids,  are:  No.  1  timothy,  $12.50;  No. 
2,  $11.50;  clover  mixed,  $11.50;  rye 
straw,  $7.50;  wheat  and  oat  straw,  $5.50 
@6  per ton.

Honey— Fancy  white  commands  14© 
15c.  Amber  is  in  demand  at  10c,  while 
dark  is  held  at  9c.

Lemons— Some  of  the  lemons  coming 
forward  recently  have  been  very  poor 
stock  and  have  sold  at  slightly  lower 
prices,  but  the  market  for  good  stock 
is  no  lower.  Stocks  now  on the  way  are 
considered  insufficient  to  meet  the  de­
mand  and,  if  the  warm  weather  Con­
tinues  and  the  demand  increases,  as  it 
is  expected  it  will with warmer weather, 
there  will  undoubtedly  be  a  sharp  ad­
vance.

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

5

Maple  Sugar— 8c  for  imitation  and  9 

@ioc  for  genuine.

Maple  Syrup— Selling  at  8o@90c  per 

gal.,  as  to  quantity  and  quality.

Oranges— Mediterranean  sweets,

fancy  seedlings,  $3.50;  bloods, 

3.25; 
$3-5°@4  Per  box.
Pineapples— Havanas  and  Jamaicas 
command  $1.25^1.50  per  doz.  Floridas 
fetch  $2@2.25  per  doz.

Plants— Cabbage,  sweet  potato  and 
tomato,  75c  per  box  of  200.  Celery,  90c 
per  box.

Potatoes— $i @ i.25 

for  new  and  40@ 

45c  for  old.

lbs.  command 

Poultry— The  market 

is  weak  and 
some  articles  in  the  line  are  lower  than 
a  week  ago,  owing  to  ,the 
fact  that 
strawberries  are  now  the  staple  article 
of  food.  For 
live  poultry  local  dealers 
pay  as  follows:  Broilers  weighing 
to  2 
lb. 
I7@ i8c  per 
Squabs,  $1.75@2  per  doz.  Pigeons,  50c. 
Chickens,  7@8c.  Fowls,  6@7C.  Ducks, 
8c  for  young.  Turkeys,  10c  for  hens 
and  capons  and  gc  for  gobblers.  For 
dressed  poultry:  Chickens  command 
ioc.  Fowls  fetch  9c.  Ducks  are  taken 
at  ioc.  Turkeys  are  in  fair  demand  at 
ioc  for  No.  2  and  i i @I2c  for  No.  1.

the  market. 

Strawberries— Michigan  berries  are 
in 
large  supply,  fetching  $i@ i.25  per 
16  qt.  case,  according  to  quality  and 
Kent 
the  condition  of 
county  berries  have  been  coming  in 
for 
two  or  three  days,  but  will  not  cut 
much  of  a  figure  until  the  latter  part  of 
In  the  meantime  St.  Joe  and 
the  week. 
furnish  the  bulk  of 
South  Haven  will 
the  shipping  stock.  The  demand 
is 
heavy,  especially  from  Northern  M ichi­
gan  and  the  Upper  Peninsula,  which 
are  taking 
large  quantities  of  berries 
daily.  On  account  of  the  heavy  de­
mand  it  is  not  thought  that  choice  stock 
will  go  below  $1  per  crate  this  season.
String  Beans—$1.50  per  bu.  crate; 

$1.10  for  %  bu.

Tomatoes— Florida  stock  commands 
$3  per  6  basket  crate  and  $2.25  for  4 
basket  crate.

Turnips— 75c @$1  per bu.
Wax  Beans—$1.50 per bu.  crate;  $1.10 

for  %  bu.

H ides,  F elts,  T allow   and  W ool.

Hide  prices  are  seeking  the  old  low 
level  and  no  one  knows  where  the  bot­
tom  is.  There 
is  no  accumulation  of 
stock  at  any  price,  as  holders  let  go, 
even  below  their  asking  price.  Tan­
ners  wish  the  hides,  but  at  as  low  a 
price  as  their  neighbors  paid  or 
lower. 
Late  reports  show  a  steadier  market at a 
'decline.

Wool  pelts  are  an  unknown  quantity. 
Sheerlings  are  more  plenty  and  bring 
fair  prices  and  are  in  good  demand.

Tallow 

is  much 

lower,  with 

large 
offerings  of soapers’  stock.  The  demand 
is  not  good  except  at  1 ow  prices.  The 
decline 
if  sales  are 
forced.

is  quite  marked 

Wool  is  steady  in  price,except among 
local  buyers,  who  appear  to  entertain 
the  idea  that  they  can  make  or break the 
seaboard  market.  The  State  clip  is  well 
marketed  and  has  brought  a  higher 
price  than  rules  to-day.  Eastern buyers 
desiring  carlots  are  not  inclined  to  pay 
first  cost  on  these  wools.  Little  or  none 
is  going  East  as  yet,  as  it  can  not  be 
purchased  at  a  margin.  Growers  are  not 
free  sellers,  as  they  are  not  pressed 
for 
cash  and  have  faith  that  the  future  will 
bring  more  money.  Eastern  markets  are 
dull  and  lifeless. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

W.  K.  Walker,  manager of  the  Wood- 
beck  drug  store,  at  Plainwell,  was  mar­
ried 
last  Thursday  to  Mrs.  Gertrude 
Owen  Seaton,  of  Quincy.  The  happy 
couple  were  guests  of the Morton House, 
in  this  city,  three  days,  during  which 
time  they  visited  the  various  pleasure 
resorts  in  and  about  the  city.

For  G illies’  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 
grades  and  prices,  Visner,  both  phones.

Tli©  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar— The “ understanding”  between 
the  trust  and  independent  refiners,  pre­
dicted  by  the  Tradesman  last  week,  has 
been  consummated,  in  consequence  of 
which  the  refined  market  has  advanced 
20  points,  with  every  indication  of  still 
further  advances.  The  Mollenhauer  Co. 
its  W il­
began  operations  Mrtnday  at 
the 
liamsburg  refinery  with  350  men, 
plant  having  been  shut  down  since 
last 
October. 
It  is  expected  that  the  num­
ber  of  men  will  be  increased  until  800 
in  all  are  employed  at  that  plant.  The 
plans  of  the  new  National  Sugar  Refin­
ing  Co.  are  to  keep  the  refinery  going 
for  an 
indefinite  time.  The  Doscher 
refinery,  which  is  now  controlled  by  the 
same  company,  is  also  operating  with 
a 
larger  force  of  men,  and  it  will  soon 
be  running  to  its  full  capacity.  W.  J. 
McCahan.who  owns  a  large independent 
refinery 
insists  that 
he  has  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  any 
combination  of  sugar  interests.  He  ex­
pects  to  run  his  business  on  the  same 
basis  as  before.

in  Philadelphia, 

Coffee— An  advance  of  x/2c  was  made 
on  the  package  brand  of  Arbuckle  and 
the  Woolson  Spice  Co.  Tuesday,  and 
further  advances  are  expected  as soon  as 
the  new  “ deal”  
is  in  working  order. 
Package  coffee  is  evidently  a  good  pur­
chase  at  the  present  time.

is  quiet, 

Canned  Goods— There  is  a  fair degree 
of  activity  in  canned  goods.  Buying  is 
not  on  what  might  be  called  a  large 
scale,  yet there is  enough  business  trans­
acted  to  keep  the  market  in  pretty  good 
condition.  Spot tomatoes continue strong 
and  there  is  considerable  movement 
in 
this  line  of  goods.  The  cheaper  lots  in 
Baltimore  are  pretty  well  cleaned  up. 
[Corn 
there  being  very  few 
sales  of  this  commodity.  There  is  con­
siderable  interest  in  peas,  but  the  buy­
ing  of  the  new  pack  is  very  limited  and 
will  be  until  the  prices  are  made  by  the 
big  packers,  which  will  be  some  days 
yet.  There  are  continued  reports  of  a 
short  crop  and  that  the  much-dreaded 
pea  louse  is  doing considerable damage, 
but  there  seems  little  question  but  that 
there  will  be  enough  peas  to  go  around 
a  little  later  on.  From  Wisconsin  come 
reports  of  a  good  crop  and  it  is  thought 
that  the  damage  already  reported  may 
be  somewhat  exaggerated. 
is 
some  demand  for  California  fruits  and, 
in  fact,  for  all  kinds  of  canned  goods, 
but  mostly  for  small  lots.  The  strength 
of  pink  Alaska  salmon,  of  which  there 
is  very  little  to  be  found  in  the  market 
just  now,is  an  interesting  feature  of  the 
market.  No  estimate  can  be  obtained 
of the  stocks  in  first  hands,  but  they  are 
very  much 
less  than  the  supply  of  red 
Alaska,  which  is  believed  to  be  below 
30,000 cases.  Red  Alaska  also  continues 
to  be  in  good  demand.  The  shortage  on 
the  Columbia  River  promises to be quite 
serious.  They have only  packed  to  date 
about  50  per  cent,  of  last  year’s  pack 
for  the  same  time.  Some  packers  are 
notifying  their  trade  not  to  expect  more 
than  50  per  cent,  delivery  on  their  or­
ders  as,  unless  there  is  an  unexpected 
is  all  they 
increase 
will  be  able  to  deliver.  The  market 
is 
practically  bare  of  canned 
lobster,  it 
being  very  difficult  to  get  at  even a high 
price.  There  is  nothing  new  regarding 
the  sardine  situation.  Prices  remain 
about  the  same,  with  fair  demand.

in  the  pack,  that 

There 

to 

localities,  according 

tion.  The  prune  crop  of  Oregon,  Wash­
ington  and  Idaho,  it 
is  estimated,  may 
reach  15,000,000  pounds,  and  is  almost 
certain  to  exceed  10,000,000  pounds. 
In 
some 
letters 
from  various  sources,  the  Italian  prune 
crop  is  good,  but  in  many others almost 
a  total 
failure.  Raisins  are  very  dull 
and  practically  no  sales  are  made. 
Some  sales  of  peaches  are  reported  at 
prices  which  show  a  slight  decline. 
Everything  looks  now  as  if  there  would 
be  a  large  crop  of  apricots.  There  will 
probably  not  be  so  many  canned  this 
year, for  the  cro^s  of  several  varieties  of 
fruits  promise  to  come  in  at  nearly  the 
same  time.  Aside 
from  this  there  is 
not  that  urgent  call  this  year  from  the 
East  and  Europe  that  there  was  at  this 
time 
last  year.  This,  combined  with 
a  larger  crop  by  fully  three  times  that 
of  1899,  will  cause  a  large  increase  in 
the  amount  that  will  be  dried,  and  the 
more  dried,  the  lower  the  price.  There 
will  unquestionably  be  more  peaches 
and  pears  dried  this  year  than  in  1899. 
The  currant  market 
is  stronger  and 
prices  have  advanced  %c  per pound.  In 
other 
practically  no 
change,  orders  being  of a  hand-to-mouth 
character.

lines  there 

is 

is 

looked 

is  centered 

Rice— Trade 

in  general  is quiet  and 
transactions  are  made'  at 
only  small 
present. 
Prices  are  considered  high 
and  restrict  trade  somewhat.  No  de­
cline 
for  at  present,  as  the 
crop  is  practically  closed  out.  What 
is 
left 
in  the  hands  of  a  few 
strong  holders  and  is  very  firmly  held.
Tea— Buyers  do  not  display  much  in­
in  tea,  apparently  having  suffi­
terest 
cient  stock 
for  present  requirements. 
The  trade  in  general  do  not  anticipate 
any  lower  prices,  the  market  being  con­
sidered 
to  have  reached  rock  bottom. 
Offerings  of  a  few  new  crop  Japans  are 
being  made,consisting of various grades, 
but,  as  prices  asked  rule  above  buyers' 
views,  only  small  sales  are  made.  Total 
shipments  of  Ceylon  tea  to  America 
from  Jan.  1  to  date  amounted  to  1,733,- 
022  pounds,  showing  an 
increase  of 
867,084 pounds,  compared  with  the  same 
period  last  year.

Molasses  and  Syrups— Sales  of  mo­
lasses  are  small,  but  business  is  fair  for 
this  time  of  the  year.  Offerings  are 
very light,as  stocks  are  well  cleaned  up, 
and  prices  are  slightly  higher.  Corn 
syrup  has  advanced  again 
c  per  gal­
lon  and  ic  per  case.

Nuts— There  is  a  great  scarcity  of  fil­
berts  and  pecans.  New  York 
import­
ers  are  at  a  loss  to  account  for  the  ex­
tremely  high  figures  at  which  the  S ici­
lians  are  holding  the  new  crop  of  fil­
berts,  which  will  be  ready  for  shipment 
in  October.  There  is  no  report  of  dam­
age  to  the  crop  and,  inasmuch  as  last 
year’s  crop  was  short,  it 
is  expected 
1900  will  see  a  full  harvest.  Pecans  are 
last 
also  scarce,  the  Texan  crop  for  the 
two  seasons  having  been  very  light. 
It 
is  too  early  to  estimate  this year’s yield, 
but  the  indications  are  that  grocers  who 
expect  to 
in  a  supply  in  the  early 
fall  for  the  Christmas  trade  may  have 
to  pay  more  than  the  current  prices.

Fish— A  few  little  lots  of  new  mack­
erel  are  coming 
in.  They  are  good 
quality  for  new  mackerel,  being  good 
fair  color  and  of  fair  thickness. 
It  will 
be  at 
least  two  weeks,  however,  before 
enough  come  in  to  make  any  difference 
in  prices.

lay 

Dried  Fruits— The  dried  fruit  market 
shows  very 
little  activity.  Prunes  are 
the  only  thing  in  which  there  seems  to 
be  much  interest.  There  is  a  good  ex­
port  demand 
line  of  goods, 
which  keeps  the  market  in  good  condi­

for  this 

In  many  lines  of  trade  there  are  prac­
tically  no  jobbing  houses  in  Germany, 
and  retailers  obtain  their  supplies  d i­
rectly  from  the  manufacturers,  who  em­
ploy  traveling  salesmen  and  give  to 
their  customers 
liberal  discounts  and 
credits.

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

The  Buffalo  Market

A ccurate  Index  o f  th e   P rin cip al  Staples 

H andled.

Beans— Buyers  want  pea  beans  and 
will  pay  as  much  for  that  variety  as  for 
the  finest  marrow.  Mediums are  in  light 
supply,  but  the  first  enquiry  seems  to 
be  for  pea  and  other  lots  are  only  taken 
when  no  small  beans  are  obtainable. 
Marrows  are  selling  at  $2.15@2.25 ;  me­
dium,  $2  1002.20;  pea,  $2.2002.25; 
white  kidney,  dull  at  $202.10;  red  and 
yellow  eye,  $1.5002.15.

including  a 

little  difference  at  present 

Butter— This  market  is  taking  every­
thing, 
liberal  amount  of 
common  to  poor  stuff.  Quality  makes 
but 
and 
everything  is  going  at  what 
is  gener­
ally  considered  a  very  strong  price. 
Extra  creamery  is  picked  up  on  arrival 
at  20>^c  and  choice  at  19020c,  while 
fair  to  good  stock  readily  brings  I7@ 
18c.  Dairies  of  all  kinds  are  scarce 
and  wanted.  Extra  State  and  Western 
sold  at 
iqCi  choice,  i7^@ i8c  and  fair 
i6@I7c ;  crock  butter,  i6 0  
to  good  at 
18c ;  outside  price  for  the  best  offered.
Cheese— We  are  looking  for  full  grass 
cheese  this  week  and  buyers are figuring 
on  io c   for  small  prime  full  cream.  Hay 
cheese  is  not  bringing  above  9^@ ioc 
for  the  finest  and  will  no  doubt  decline 
as  soon  as  a  better quality  is  offered. 
Fair  to  good 
is  offered  at  8@9C  and 
common  4@5c,  with  some poor  lots  even 
lower.  Swanz  cheese,  7@9C  per  lb.

Eggs— The  regular  local  trade  is  pay­
ing  13c  for  strictly  fresh  State  or  closely 
candled  Western  stock  in  a  small  way, 
and  I2l4@ i2}4c  at  mark  is  the  market 
on  regular  choice 
lots,  and  from  that 
down  to  n c   for  good  stock.  Seconds, 
9@ ioc;  duck  eggs,  quiet;  no  fancy 
here.  Quoted  I 5 @ i 6 c  per doz.

Dressed  Poultry— Receipts were heavy 
last  week  of  fowl  and  light  of  springers 
and  with  not  sufficient  demand  to  clean 
up  readily.  Prices  were  somewhat  lower 
on  fowl.  Still  at  the  closing  no  really 
desirable  stock  was  left  and  the  pros­
pects  are  again  favorable  for the  clos­
ing  days  of  next  week.  Receipts  are 
iced,  but  some  of  it  comes  in  poor 
all 
shape. 
io@I2c  for 
choice  to  selected ;  fair  to  good,  8@9C ; 
poor  order,  5@7c  per  lb.  Fowl,  choice 
to  fancy,  ioc;  fair  to  good,  9© 9^c;  old 
roosters,  7@8c;  broilers,  i8@2oc  per  lb. 
A  few  ducks  and  geese  went  at  9@ioc 
per  lb.

Turkeys  sold  at 

fancy, 

Live  Poultry— Fowls  were  in  liberal 
supply  and  with  a  falling  off  in  demand 
quite  an  accumulation  resulted,  which 
led  to  an  easier  market  before  anything 
like  a  clearance could be effected.  Broil­
ers,  however,  sold  on  arrival,  and  more 
wanted.  No  ducks  offered.  Turkeys 
dull.  Fowl, 
ioc;  fair  to  good, 
9>£@io c;  broilers,  24@26c;  turkeys,  7 
@ ioc;  pigeons,  20025c  per  pair.

Strawberries—After  a 

famine  early 
last  week  and  high  prices,  reaching  12 
©14c  for  the  finest  offerings,  came  a 
glut_  and  the 
lowest  prices  known  for 
berries  at  this  season  of  the  year.  Re­
ceipts  were  mostly  from  Maryland,  and 
while  the  bulk  were  fair  to  good,  there 
was  a  large  proportion  of  soft  and  poor, 
which  did  not  bring  freight  charges.  A 
few  express 
lots  from  Berlin  Heights 
brought  good  prices,  considering  qual­
ity.  Sales  of  Maryland  were  at  708c 
per  quart  for  choice  to  fancy;  fair  to 
good,  406c ;  Berlin  Heights  sold  at  8
@9C.

to 

Oranges— Good  demand  and  market 
firm.  Navels,  $3.2504;  seedlings,  $3
@3-25.

Lemons— H igher;  fancy  in  light  sup­
ply  and  better  request.  Extra  fancy, 
fancy,  $3. 7 5 0 4 ; 
$4.5005;  choice 
California,  $2@3.

Bananas— Lower;  fair  supply  and  de­
mand  light.  Selected  fruit,  $2.2502.50; 
No. 
1,  $ 1.8 50 2 ;  N o.  2,  75c@$i  per 
bunch.

Pineapples— Heavy  arrivals,  but  the 
demand  was  sufficient  to  take  all  the 
offerings  and  at  slightly  better  prices 
than  last  week.  Extra  sold  at  $13014; 
No.  1,  $110 12;  No.  2,  $9@ io;  No.  3, 
$7@8  per  100.  Cases  sold  at $3.5004.75, 
according  to  size  and  quality.

Potatoes— Receipts  of  old  were  lighter 
and  with  a  continued  active  demand  at

little 

is  very 

the 
low  prices  the  past  three  weeks  a 
heavy  decrease  in  stocks  here  is  notice­
able.  There 
fancy  and 
only  a 
limited  amount  of  choice,  and 
these  are  being  held  above  present  quo­
tations.  Sprouted  and  common  to  poor 
stock  neglected.  The  general  opinion, 
however,  is  that  old  potatoes  must  be. 
sold  very  soon  as  new  will  force  them 
off  the  market  this  month. 
Fancy 
white,  40042c;  red,  38040c;  fair  to 
good  30035c  per  bushel  on  track;  store 
lots,  304C  above  track  prices.

is 

New  Potatoes— Receipts  are 

liberal, 
but  quality  mostly  undesirable,  being 
t<K)  small  or  poor  in  quality  to  attract 
buyers.  Next  week’s  receipts  are  ex­
pected  to  show  up  better  in  quality  al­
though  it  is  doubtful  if  buyers  will  pay 
any  fancy  prices.  Bermuda  sold  at 
S4.7505.50;  Florida,  $303.50;  New 
Orleans,  $304 ;  outside  price  for  fancy ; 
culls,  $1.5002  per  bbl.

Bermudas  quiet 

Onions— Market  strong  on 

light  re­
ceipts  and  good  demand  for  Southern 
dry. 
and  weak. 
Southern  dry  sold  at  $2.7503.25  per 
bbl.,  and  $1.2501.50  per  sack  of  70  lbs. 
Egyptian,  per  sack,  $2.5002.75;  Ber­
muda,  $1.5001.60  per  crate ;  garlic,  6 0  
8c  per  lb.
in  fair  supply, 
but 
little  of  it  is  above  choice  and  the 
bulk  common.  Coarse  stuff,  selected, 
sells  at  65090c;  fair  to  good,  20035c 
per  doz.  stalks.

Celery— Southern 

Asparagus— Only  a 

small  amount 
like  good  prices  as 
brought  anything 
quality  was  nearly  all  poor. 
Fancy 
grass  would  have  sold  at  $1.2501.50; 
good  to  choice  sold  at  75c0$i  per  doz. 
large  bunches;  small  bunches,  thin  but 
fresh,  brought  25035c  per  doz.

Cabbage— Heavy  supply  and  market 
lower,  especially  for  common  to fair and 
is  firm  for  fancy 
stale  stuff.  Outlook 
fresh  stock.  Best 
large  crates  sold  at 
$202.25;  pony  crates,  $1.5001.75;  No. 
2,  $i© i.25.

Beans— Liberal  receipts  at  the  close 
of  the  week.  Several  carloads  here  and 
the  market  sold  lower.  Demand  was  ac­
tive  for  yellow  and  quality  fine,  but 
sellers  were  anxious  to  clean  up.  Green 
fair.  Wax  sold  at $10 
offerings  only 
1.25;  green,  90001.25  per  hamper or bu. 
box.

Lettuce— Market 

all 
kinds.  Fancy  heads  quoted  at  15020c 
per  doz.

flooded  with 

Radishes— No  market;  too  cheap  to 

quote.

Tomatoes— Good  demand,  but  it  was 
difficult  to  realize  above  $3.50  for  fancy 
and  $3  brought  out  choice  stock.

Cauliflower—Fancy  large  was quoted

at  $3©3.5o;  small,  $1.5002  per  doz.

Peas— Scarce  and  higher. 

Fancy, 
$1.5001.75;  fair  to  good,  $101.25  per 
hamper.

Cucumbers— Market  was  filled  with 
old  stale  stock,  for  which  there  was 
lit­
tle  demand  except  at  very  low  prices. 
Fancy  home  grown  sold  at  40050c  per 
doz;  Southern,  25030c  per  doz; 
in 
barrels,  $3.5004  per  bl.
per  lb.

Mushrooms— Scarce ; quoted at 30035c 

Watercress— Firm  at  15020c  per  doz. 

bunches.

Honey— Quoted;  No. 

1  white,  17c; 

No.  2,  14015c;  dark,  io0 i2c  per  lb.

Dried  Apples— Quiet 

but  hrmer. 
fancy,  6 ^ 0 7 c ; 
Evaporated 
fair to  good,  506c;  evaporated  in  bar­
rels,  506c ;  sun  dried,  405c  per  lb.

in  boxes, 

Straw— Firm ;  light receipts;  good de­
mand.  Oat  and  wheat  brought  on  track 
$8.2508.75;  rye  straw,  $g0io.
Hay— Active  and  stronger. 

Prime 
loose  baled,  $16;  tight  baled,  $15016; 
No.  1,  $14.50015;  No.  2,  $13.50014; 
blue  grass,  $14014.50  per  ton.

Window  displays  reflect  the  character 

of  the  goods  in  stock.

Keep  step  with  the  music  or  drop  out 

of  the trade  parade.______________

Glover's  Unbreakable  Mantles
Lead them all in durability, high  candle  power, 
etc.  Everybody uses them.  They give the best 
of satisfaction.  We  carry  a  complete  stock  of 
everything in  this  line;  also  Y-USE-A  Mantles 
and Gasoline Mantles.  Write for price sheet. 
G lover’s  W holesale  M erchandise  Co. 
and 9 Tower Block, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

D.  Boosing

General

Commission  Merchant

S P E C IA L T IE S

Butter  Eggs

Poultry  Beans

EGGS  W ANTED

I am paying spot cash for eggs in car lots 
or less.  I also want dairy butter, packed 
in 30 and  40  and  60  pound  tubs,  selling 
from  14c  to  17c,  according  to  quality. 
Dressed poultry in good demand,  selling 
from lie to 12c.  Any further information 
you  wish  write  or  wire  me  and  I will 
answer promptly.

Correspondence  solicited. 

References:  Bank of Buffalo  and  Dun’s 

and Bradstreet’s Agencies.

154  Michigan  Street,

Buffalo, New York.

9®®®i

Simple 
Account  File
Simplest and 
Most  Economical 
Method  of  Keeping 
Petit  Accounts
File and  1,000  printed blank

bill  heads....................... $2  75

File and  1,000  specially

printed bill  heads.........

3  00

Printed  blank  bill  heads,

per  thousand...................
Specially  printed bill  heads,
per thousand.................

1  25

I  50

-Butter and  Eggs- 

-Wanted-

W e  are  in  the  market  for 
large  quantities  of  fresh 
eggs  and  all  grades  of 
dairy  butter. 
Highest 
market  price paid on track 
shipping  point.
Get  your  money  out  of 
your  low  grade  butter  and 
write  us  for  prices.

STROUP &  SICKELS,

38 So. Division St.,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Both  phones. 

Ballou  Baskets  lire  Best

Is  conceded.  Uncle  Sam  knows  it  and 

uses them by  the thousand.

W e  make all  kinds.

Market  Baskets,  Bushel  Baskets,  Bamboo  De­
livery Baskets, Splint Delivery  Baskets,  Clothes 
Baskets,  Potato'Baskets,  Coal  Baskets,  Lunch 
Baskets, Display Baskets, Waste  Baskets,  Meat 
Baskets,  Laundry  Baskets,  Baker  Baskets, 
Truck Baskets.

Send  for catalogue.

BALLOU BASKET WORKS, Belding, Mich.

A.  M.  Dean  Company,

White  Lead 
and  Color Works

230  and  232  E.  Kalamazoo  Ave., 

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

Manufacturers  of  the  most  durable 
paint  made.  Every  gallon  war­
ranted  to  wear  as  good  and  look  as 
well  as  any  paint  made  and  better 
than  pure  white  lead.
Write for prices and terras.  One  agent  wanted 

Tradesman  Company,

a

Graad Rapids. 

■ 
W A N T E D E G G S   A N D   B U T T E R

F O R   C O L D   S T O R A G E .

in every town.

We  want  100,000 lbs.  of dairy  butter  either ladles  or packing  stock with­
in  the  next.few days.  W e are always  in  the  market  to  buy  fresh  eggs. 
W e  pay  spot  cash,  f.  o  b.  Buffalo.  For  further  information  write  or 
wire  us.

We have for sale five thousand No. 2 egg  cases,  practically  as  good  as 

,  w rv »   new.  Write for prices.

G LEA SO N   &   LA N S IN G ,

1 5 0   M IC H IG A N   S T .. 

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

References, Merchants Bank, Buffalo, N. Y„ Bradstreet or Dun Commercial Agency.

M A C K E Y   A   W ILLIAM S.

Dealers  in

BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE,  POULTRY,  e t c .

6 2   W.  M A R K E T  &   125  M IC H IG A N   S T S . 

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

From now forward ship daily butter packed in tubs,  30,  40  and  60  lb.  weight.  Dressed 
poultry in strong demand.  Fresh  eggs  wanted  for  storage.  Frncy  creamery  in  good 
Inquiry.

R k f f.h k n c e s :  The City National Bank, Buffalo:  Berlin Heights Banking Co., 
Berlin Heights,  Ohio:  National  Shoe  &  Leather  Bank,  New 
York;  Dun & Co. and Bradstreet Agencies.

Members of Produce Exchange. 

Established 1887.  Long Distance Phone Seneca 1081.

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

7

W AK  AT  AN  END.

Sugar  and  Coffee  P eople  Come  to  an  Un­
From the N. Y. Commercial, June 3.

derstan d in g .

The  new  National  Sugar  Refining 
Co.,  of  New  Jersey,  was  incorporated in 
Trenton  Saturday,  with  a  capital  of 
$10,000,000  6  per  cent,  preferred  and 
$10,000,000  common  stock.  It  is  author­
ized  to  produce, 
import,  export  and 
deal 
in  sugar  and  coffee.  The  details 
of  the  organization  were  completed  in 
Jersey  City  earlier  in  the  day.

These  seven  directors  were  elected: 
James  H.  Post,  F.  D.  Mollenhauer, 
Claus  Doscher,  George  R.  Bunker, 
Frederick  D.  Howell,  H.  D.  Cory  and 
Henry  S.  Mollenhauer.  Mr.  Post  was 
elected  President,  Frederick  D.  Mollen­
hauer  Vice-President  and  Treasurer,and 
Mr.  Cory  Secretary.

incorporation, 

Including  the  word  “ coffee”   in  the 
articles  of 
although 
nothing  whatever  had  heretofore  been 
said  about  combining  the  two  indus­
tries,  was  regarded 
in 
It  is  believed  that  the  Wool- 
the  trade. 
son  Spice  Co.  may  be  absorbed  by  the 
National  Sugar  Co.  and  possibly  also 
the  Arbuckle  coffee  as  well  as  the  sugar 
business  of  that  firm.

as  significant 

This 

is  in  line  with  a  scheme  which 
is  known  to  have  been  contemplated  for 
some  time,  namely,  the  union  of  all  the 
sugar  and  coffee  interests  outside  of  the 
American  Sugar  Refining  Co.,  and  the 
running  of  the  two  big  companies  along 
harmoniously  without  combining  them. 
This  would  be  less  likely  to  arouse  leg­
islation  on  the  ground  that  the  anti­
trust  law  is  violated.

In  reference  to  Mr.  Havemeyer’s  re­
ported  connection  with  the new National 
Sugar  Refining  Co.  and  his  furnishing 
large  part  of  the  capital,  Mr.  Post 
a 
said  Saturday: 
“ Mr.  Havemeyer  at 
present  has  no  connection  with  the  new 
company.  The  stock  will  be  placed  on 
the  market,  and 
if  any  of  the  holders 
choose  to  sell  it  anybody  is,  of  course,- 
at  liberty  to  buy  it. 
If  Mr.  Havemeyer 
wants  to  buy  the  stock  in  the  open  mar­
ket  nobody  can  prevent  him  from  get­
ting  an  interest  in  the  company  in  that 
way.  However,  the  stock  will  be  close­
ly  held,  and  the  probability  is that  little 
of  it  will  come  on  the  market  for  some 
time. ”

B. 

H.  Howell,  Son  &  Co.  will  have 

charge  of  the  financial  matters  in  con­
nection  with  the  issue  of  the  new  secur­
ities  of  the  company.

An  official  of  the  Woolson  Spice  Co. 
said  that  he  knew  of  no  deal  between 
the  rival  coffee  interests.  Wall  Street^ 
however,  had  it  that  even  if  there  is  no 
merging  of  interests  there  will  be  an 
agreement  whereby  the  Arbuckles  will 
have  exclusive  control  of  certain  terri­
tory  and  the  Woolson  Spice  Co.  will 
take  the  remainder.

The_ Arbuckles  were  indisposed  to  say 
anything  on  Saturday  about  the  sugar 
and  coffee  situation.  One  of  the  mem­
bers  of  the  firm,  in  reply  to  the  ques­
tion,  “ What  do  you  think  of  the  situa­
tion?”   said: 

“ I  don’t  think.”

Signs  are  accumulating  that  an  agree­
ment  has  been  reached  between 
the 
American  Sugar  Refining  Co.  and  all

including  the 
the  independent  refiners, 
Arbuckles.  One 
indication  of  this  is 
that  the  refineries  included  in  the  new 
National  Co.,  of  New  Jersey,  two  days 
ago  received  supplies  of  raw  sugar  from 
the  American  Co.  It  is  said  that cargoes 
that  had  been  consigned  to  the  Ameri­
can  Co.,  which  has  a  vast  supply  on 
hand,  were  ordered  by  Mr.  Havemeyer 
to  be  sent  to  the  wharves  of  the  Mollen 
hauer  National  and  Doscher  refineries, 
which  were  practically  bare  of  raws.

Another  significant  point 

is  that  an 
advance 
in  package  coffee  is  expected 
early  this  week,  showing  that  the  coffee 
fight  is  also  over,  or  near  an end.  There 
was  much 
in  the  trade  as  to 
whether  the  entire  coffee  business  is  to 
be  taken  over  by  the  Arbuckles,  but  this 
is  not  considered  probable,  inasmuch 
as  the  Arbuckles  show  no  disposition  to 
give  up  the  sugar  refining  business.

interest 

B erry   Boxes  One  Q u arter  o f  an  Inch 

From the Chicago Packer.

Shallow .

This  office 

is  informed  by  very  reli­
able  people  that  the  strawberry  shippers 
of  Northern  Michigan  have  agreed .to 
reduce  the  size  of  the  quart  boxes  used 
in  shipping  strawberries  to  Chicago and 
other  markets.  They  went  to  one  box 
manufacturer 
in  Michigan  to  order  the 
boxes  made  with  the  bottom  put  a  quar­
ter  of  an 
inch  nearer  the  tQp,  but  the 
manufacturer  refused  to  be  a  party  to 
the  swindle. 
It  is  stated  that,  nothing 
daunted,  these  people  went  to  Holland, 
where  tbe  boxes  are  to  be  made.

If  this  is  true  it  means  a  shortage  on 
every  case  of  berries  of  about 
two 
quarts  which  come  to  the  Chicago  mar­
ket.  There 
is  a  city  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures  in  Chicago  and  it  is  this 
man’s  duty  to  see  that  no  such  short 
measured  boxes  be  taken  from  the docks 
or  from  the  depots. 
It  would  be  a  good 
if  some  of  these  dishonest  ship­
thing 
pers  could  be  caught  and  punished 
for 
this  kind  of  swindling. 
In  New  York 
State  there  is  a  law  which  confiscates 
all  fruit  sold  for  a  less  measure  than 
is 
represented.'  Then  if  every  strawberry 
or  raspberry  box  sold  for  a  quart  does 
not  hold  a  quart  the  officials  at  New 
York  can  seize  the  goods  and  punish 
the  shippers.  That 
is  a  good  law  and 
ought  to  be  in  operation  in  Chicago  and 
all  other  large  markets.

Dealers 

in  Chicago  claim  they  have 
never  known  a  time  when  the boxes con 
taining  berries  from  Indiana  have  been 
so  skimpy  as  this  year.  The  bottoms 
have  been  moved  up  a  trifle  and  while 
it does not amount to  much  in  one  box, 
it  aggregates  a  large  amount  of  berries 
and  is  a  swindle  on  the  public.  There 
is  too  much  of  this  anyway  and  the 
sooner  the  officials  will  take  notice  of  it 
the  better off  the  public  will  be.

If  the  legislatures in  the  various  states 
would  insist  upon  proper  laws  to  regu­
late  the  weights and measures of produce 
they  would  do  the  community  much 
more  good  than  they  would  agitating 
the  tax  on  commission  merchants,  such 
as  was  passed  by  the  Legislature  of Illi 
nois  at  its  last  session.  Laws  to  enforce 
proper  measure  are  commendable  and 
will  receive  the  endorsement  of  every

It 

commission  merchant 
also of  all  honest  shippers. 
the  rascals  who  wish  to  give 
weight.

in  Chicago  and 
is  only 
short 

Why  do  not  the  commission  men  of 
Chicago  organize  against  this  swindle 
and  stop  it?  They have the  power  to  do 
it  and  this  paper  vfill  lend  any  aid  it 
can.  Honest  weights  and  measures 
should  prevail.

For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the 
national  census  there  will  be  an  enum­
eration  this  year  of  animals  employed 
"n  cities  and  towns.  Heretofore  the  live 
stock census has been confined exclusive­
ly  to  farm  animals.

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It 

is 

A  CHANGE  OF  D IET.
impossible  to  read  Germany’s 
refusal  to  admit  American  meats  with­
out  wondering  why.  That  nation  has 
not  been  known  as  one  of  meat  eaters. 
The  German  sausage  has,  indeed,  come 
to  be 
looked  upon  as  a  symbol  of  the 
nation  devoted  to  it,  but  to  the  German 
brawn  that  digs  and  reaps  the  meat  pot 
is  not  an  essential.  Give  him  his  black 
bread  and  beer  and  the  German  peasant 
works  contentedly 
in  the  fields  all  day 
and,  solaced  by  his  ponderous  pipe, 
goes  to  bed  at  night  sleeping  the  sleep 
of  the 
is  a  change. 
Meat  as  an  article  of  diet  has  all  at 
importance. 
once  assumed  national 
Laws  are  passed 
in  regard  to  it,  the 
German  palate  calls  for  something  more 
than  cheese-sandwich  and  beer  and 
if 
we  are  to  judge  from  freely  expressed 
criticism  we  must  conclude  that  the 
German  peasant  knows  good  meat  when 
he  sees 
is  determined  to  have 
that  or  nothing.  Let  us  look  into  this.

just.  Now  there 

it  and 

It  will  be  observed  that 

Nothing  is  more  marked  in  the  polit­
ical  economy  of  Germany  than  her  tran­
sition 
from  an  agricultural  to  a  manu­
facturing  nation.  Her  development  of 
manufactures  and  of  her  corresponding­
ly  expanding markets  has been swift and 
sure. 
in  pro­
portion  as  manufacturing  skill has taken 
the  place  of  farm  labor  the  artisan  has 
not  been  contented  with  his  ancestral 
diet.  Bread  and  beer  he  wants,  with  an 
occasional  potato  and  the  omnipresent 
sauerkraut,  but 
in  addition  to  that  he 
must  have  meat.  The  sausage  will  do 
if  nothing  else  is  at  hand,  but  it  is  no­
ticeable  that  in  some  form  animal 
food 
is  getting  to  be  a  part  of  the  German 
diet.  The  bread  and  the  beer  are  cheap 
and  they  have  been  found  to  be  “ fill­
in g ;”   but  they  do  not  satisfy.  The 
plow  and  the  hoe  can  be  kept  busy  all 
day  and  the  mechanical  muscles  which 
kept  the  thoughtless  implements  in  mo­
tion  called  for  nothing  else ;  but  when

skill  became  a  part  of  the  workman's 
thought  was  demanded,  and 
fingers 
thought  called  for  a  change  of  diet. 
If 
Germany  were  able  to  furnish  this  meat 
as  easily  and  as  cheaply  as  she  does  the 
bread  and  the  beer  there  would  be  no 
trouble  about  thfi  American  meats,  for 
with  a  cheap  home  supply  the American 
article  would  stand  no  chance;  but there 
is  no  home  supply.  The  German  land­
holder  may  fight  as lustily  as  he  is fight­
ing  now,  but  he  will  fight 
in  vain. 
Modern  transportation,  cheap  and  swift, 
is  bringing meat from the  United States, 
from  Australia  and  from  South  America 
and  the  modern  German,  be  he  farmer 
or  be  he  artisan,  is  human  and  is  deter­
mined  to  have  what  he  wants  to  eat. 
Could  the  German  agrarian  succeed 
in 
prohibiting  all  importation  of  meat  and 
the  workman  be  forced  to  pay the result­
ing 
increased  price  all  would  be  well 
with  him,  for,  as  the  country  can  not 
now  furnish  the  amount  of  meat  called 
for,  and  with  the  management  of  this 
necessity 
in  his  own  hands,  he  would 
see  to  it  that  the  profits  should  be  worth 
the  having.

It  is  easy  to  predict  the outcome.  The 
agrarians  will  have  to  give  it  up.  The 
commercial  atmosphere abhors a vacuum 
as  decidedly  as  Nature  does.  Meat  is 
now  a  German  necessity.  Exhaust  the 
market  and  through  every  crack  and 
crevice  of  the  empire  the  needed  com­
modity  will  come  crowding  in. 
It  will 
come  in  where  there  is  least  resistance, 
but  in  it  will  come. 
If  Australia  has  it 
in  her  power  to  secure  the  minimum 
of  resistance  Australia  will  be  the  Ger­
man  meat  feeder.  The  plains  of  the 
Argentine  Republic  are  broad  and  fer­
tile  and  those  of  our  own country are un­
limited.  All  are  seeking  the  German 
market,  guarded  though 
it  be  by  the 
hostile  German  agrarian,  and  there  will 
be  fought  the  coming  battle. 
If  the 
American 
is  true  to  his  trust,  if  he  re­
peat  here  what  he  has  already  done,  the 
result  is  known  already.  America  will 
be  the  German  meat  market.  That  de­
cided,  it  will  be  amusing  to  observe 
how  good  and  in  every  way  wholesome 
the  American  meat  will  be.  The  most 
careful  inspection  will  furnish  no  fault. 
Our  pork  will  be  free  from  trichina— 
and  criticism ;  our  beef  will  be  sweet 
and  tender,  and 
in  that  period  of  the 
German  Golden  Age  it  is  safe  to  affirm 
that  even  our  much-despised  and  much- 
berated  dried  apple  may  stand  a  victor 
in  the  German  market  and  be  looked 
upon  at 
last  as  one  of  the  blessings  of 
the  German  em pire!

It  now  appears  that  politics  had  a 
hand 
in  the  street  car  rioting  in  St. 
Louis.  There  are  little  men  who  think 
reform  comes  through  disturbing  the 
peace  and  that  prosperity  and  good 
times  for  the  workingman  can  be  offset 
by  agitation  and  labor  riots.

As  the  union  strikers  of  St.  Louis 
have  not  killed  more  than  two  men  per 
day,  they  claim  to  be  law-abiding  peo­
ple.

A   man  born  with  a  silver  spoon  in 
his  mouth  may  be  the  offspring  of  a 
family  that  stole  the  spoons.

When  a  man  reads  the  list  of  medi­
cines  made  to  do  him  good  he  will  re­
gret  that  he  owns  a  liver.

Tramps  art  never  bothered  by  house 
cleaning;  and putting away winter cloth­
ing  is  no  job  for them.

Your  best  friend 

is  the  one  you  say 

mean  things  to  about  other  people.

A M ERICAN   NABOBS  IN   ENGLAND. 
It  appears  that  the  invasion  of  Eng­
land  by  multi-millionaire  nabobs  from 
the  United  States  is  being  bitterly  re­
sented  by  the  British  aristocracy.

But  few  members of  the  British  nobil­
ity  are  possessed  of  great 
fortunes. 
Many  are  only  fairly  wealthy,  while 
others  are  far  from  rich;  but  their  in­
herited  titles  and  special  class  priv­
ileges  place  them  on  a  general  social 
footing.  The  American  nabobs,  on  the 
contrary,  having  no  special  claims  up­
on  British  society,  and,  perhaps,  little 
beyond  their enormous  wealth  to  recom­
mend  them,  are,  nevertheless,  able  to 
make  gorgeous  displays  of  expenditure, 
and  they  have  been  purchasing  at  great 
cost  ancestral  estates  of  the 
impov­
erished  aristocracy.

It  is  not  strange  that  this  sort  of  thing 
should  be  resented  by  the  natives,  who 
have,  in  many  cases,  refused  to  the 
in­
vaders  social  recognition.  The  matter 
has  been  specially  taken  up  by  the  Lon­
don  Mail,  which  comments  caustically 
upon  the  swarms  of  rich  Americans 
who 
their  country. 
Mention  is  made  of  Andrew  Carnegie, 
W.  W.  Astor,  the  Bradley-Martins  and 
many  others,  who  have  either  estab­
lished  permanent  homes  in  the  British 
Isles,  or  have  purchased  estates  there 
and  visit  them  each  season.

are  overrunning 

The  American  women  who  have  mar­
ried  into  the  British  aristocracy  are,  of 
course,  in  the  social  swim ;  but  the  men 
and  women  who  have  no  such  title  of 
entrance 
into  the  coveted  privilege  of 
aristocratic  association  are  fenced  out 
and  made  to  feel  that  they  are  discrim­
inated  against.  Their  wealth  w ill  not 
buy  their  way  into  the  charmed  circle.
Equality  of  individuals  is  not  only  an 
impossibility 
in  human  society,  but  it 
is  repugnant  to  ail  human  aspiration. 
Every  person  possessed  of  any  pride  or 
vanity  desires  to  rise  to  some  higher 
place  in  life,  and  it  matters  not whether 
his  ambition  be  directed  to  profession­
al,  commercial  or  political  elevation, 
his  object  is  to  rise  as  high  as  possible 
among  his  fellows.

It  has 

long  been  observed  that  in  a 
republican  country,  where  social  prece­
is  not  created  and  fostered  by 
dence 
law,  but 
is  dependent  on  the  behavior 
of  individuals  and  the  consent  of  those 
whose  society 
is  desired,  nothing  is  so 
successful  as  wealth 
in  gaining  social 
recognition. 
is  true  that  not  always 
is  the  possessor  of  such  wealth  accepted 
in  his  own  person 
in  the  more  select 
social  circles  in  this  country,  but  in  the 
second  or  third  generation  his  descend­
ants  are  recognized,  no  matter what may 
be  the  family  history.

It 

It  is,  then,  not  strange  that  so  many 
persons  are  struggling 
for  wealth,  too 
often  not  hesitating  to  employ  the  most 
desperate  speculation,  and  even  crim i­
nal  methods, 
in  their  mad  race  for 
money,  and  the  rate  at  which  enormous 
private  fortunes  are  being  accumulated 
only  increases  the  desperate  zeal  of  the 
contestants.

favored  classes 

The  social  and  political  power  con­
ferred  by  great  riches  is  the  real  object 
in  view,  and  since  this  power  has  al­
ready  been  used  to  gain  special  com­
mercial  and  industrial  privileges,and  to 
create 
in  business,  it 
may  also  be  used  to  secure  the  creation 
of  special  social classes.  But should it be 
impossible  to  commit  the  national  con­
stitution  to  the  creation  of  social  rank 
and  titles  and  precedence,  it  will  be  at 
least 
in  the  power  of  the  wealthy  to 
create  for themselves  social  classes  and 
to  admit  into  them  only  persons  whose

reach 

incomes 
a  certain  pecuniary 
standard.  Such  a  class  will  constitute 
the  aristocracy  of  the  Republic;  but 
whether 
it  will  be  able  to  break  down 
the  social  barriers  of  the  old  European 
aristocracy  is  another  question.  Money, 
however,  is  immensely  powerful.

T H E   TA K IN G   O F T H E   CENSUS.

The  taking  of  the  census  is  enjoined 
by  the  Constitution,  and  it  is  a  work  of 
the  greatest  public  importance,  as  upon 
the  enumeration  the  representation  of 
the  various  states  in  Congress  is  fixed. 
The  census  also  furnishes  a  great  mass 
of  useful  and  important  statistics  which 
have  a  scientific,economic  and  commer­
cial  value.

The  work  of  taking  the  census  of  the 
lesser  or 
population  is  carried  out  at  a 
in  all  civilized  coun­
greater  interval 
tries,  but  nowhere 
is  the  work  so  elab­
orately  done  as  in  the  LTnited  States.  In 
fact,  census  taking  has  been  carried  to 
an  extravagant  extent  with  us,  and  re 
form  is  rather  needed  in  the  way  of  re­
trenchment  than  in  the  way  of  expan­
sion  of  the  matter  covered  by  the  enu­
meration.

Of  course,  the  primary  purpose  of  a 
census  is  to  secure  a  count  of  the  popu­
lation  and  such  other  vital  statistics  as 
are  necessary  to  the  proper  government 
of  the  country. 
It  is  entirely  proper  to 
add  to  these  first  essentials  certain  crop 
and  manufacturing  statistics,  statistics 
of  wealth  and  the  like ;  but it  is  entirely 
superfluous  to  endeavor  to  enumerate 
everything  under  the  sun,  as  our  census 
management  has  attempted.

To  such  an  extravagant  extent  has  the 
census  been  carried  that  it  takes  nearly 
a  decade  to  compile  the  information; 
hence  much  of  the  statistical  work 
ceases  to  be  of  value  because  so  long  a 
time  elapses  before  it  is  available. 
In­
stead,  therefore,  of  widening  the  scope 
of  the  census,  it  would  be  wiser  to  re­
strict  it,  so  that  the  entire  work  can  be 
finished  within  a  reasonable  time  after 
the  actual  enumeration  is  completed.

The  citizens  of  Hiawatha,  Kan.,  are 
into  two  hostile  camps  over a 
divided 
curious  question. 
Some  time  ago  a 
wealthy  woman  died  and  was  buried. 
When  her  will  was  opened  it  was  dis­
covered  that  she  had 
left  $500  for  the 
improvement  of  the  cemetery  in  which 
she  should  be  buried.  The  managers 
of  the  graveyard  in  which  she  wasn’t 
buried  are 
the  body 
moved, and  the  people  have  taken  sides.

to  have 

trying 

A   Chicago  man  is  clamoring  for  the 
coinage  of  a  silver  seventy-five  cent 
piece.  He  claims  that  it  “ Would  stim­
ulate  trade,”   as  a  purchaser  would  not 
be  so  much  impressed  by  the  cost  of  a 
thing  when  he  could  pay  one  coin  for 
a  seventy-five  cent  article,  as  he 
is 
when  he  continues  to  hand  out  a 
half  dollar  and  a  quarter  dollar  for  that 
article.

There  are  1,200,000  miles  of  copper 
wire  used 
in  telephone  service  in  the 
United  States,  and  4,000,000  calls  are 
received  daily 
ex­
changes  of  the  country.  The  wire  would 
girdle  the  earth  at  the  equator  forty- 
eight  times,  or  reach  from  the  earth  to 
the  moon  five  times.

in  the  telephone 

Chicago  can  not  see  why  St.  Louis 
should  be  trusted  with  $5,000,000  expo­
sition  money  when  her  disorderly  citi­
zens  will  not  allow  street  cars  to  run.

The  moon  was  not  quite  full  when she 
ill-mannered  thing  of  getting 

did  the 
between  the  sun  and  the  earth.

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

9

W HO  IS  B E N E F IT E D   ?

idea 

In  a  recent  article  the  Tradesman 
took  occasion  to  refer  to  the  utter  in­
difference  of  New  York  in  regard  to  the 
commercial 
interests  of  the  continent 
behind  her.  The 
intended  to  be 
conveyed  was  that  the  metropolis  of 
America,  sure  that  all  business  interests 
center  there  and  that  they  must  of  ne­
cessity  continue  to  do  so,  turned  a  deaf 
ear  to  all  wishes  and  protests  calling 
for  needful  changes.  To  all  intents and 
purposes  New  York  said  to  the  West, 
What 
is  the  matter  with  you?  Things 
are  going  on  well  enough  if  you  only 
think  so.  You  must  remember  that  you 
are  inland  a  good  many  hundred  miles. 
It  may  be  a  misfortune,  but  it  is  a  fact, 
and  you  must  adapt  yourself  to  circum­
stances. 
It  is  true  that  you  are  seeking 
foreign  trade.  That  shows  your  enter­
prise  and  you  can  not  commend  your­
self  too  much  for  it.  Foreign  countries 
are 
increasing  their  demands  for  your 
produce.  The  Northwest 
is  requested 
to  ship  her  wheat.  The  prairies  are 
called  upon  to  send  their  splendid  har­
vests  of  com.  The  cattle  from  a  thou­
sand hills and valleys and as many plains 
are  wanted  the  world  over. 
That’s 
good.  Send  them  along.  New  York  is 
the  Eastern  gateway  and  we’ll  see  that 
the  goods  are  not  delayed.  The  price? 
Oh,  that  will  remain  the  same.  You 
can’t  expect  that  the  commission  mer­
chant  is  to  do  his  work 
for  nothing. 
inconvenience  of 
There 
living  inland  comes  in. 
It  may  sound 
a  trifle  arbitrary,  but  it  is  a  fact.  You 
must  come  to  New  York  with  your  stuff 
and  the  commission  merchant,  being 
simply  human,  takes  advantage  of  you 
and  probably  does  squeeze  you. 
It  is 
long  as  you 
business  though  and  as 
can’t  help  yourself  you’ll 
to 
stand  it.

is  where  the 

have 

that 

it  had 

literature. 

The  answer  to  this  was  pointed,  but 
would  not  make  polite 
It 
did  make  the  West  wonder  if  it  was  a 
fact 
to  submit  to  the 
“ squeeze.”   The  wonder  led  to  a  doubt 
and  the  doubt  to  a  certainty.  The  con­
ditions  were  easily  taken  in :  New  York 
was  going  to  fleece  the  West  because 
that  country  could  not  help  herself.  The 
railroads  and  that  apology  fora  ditch  in 
New  York  State  were  the  only  means  of 
getting  grain  to  the  seaboard  and  they 
were  “ cohoots”   with  New  York.  But 
“ What  were  the 
lake  waves  saying?”  
and  what  was  the  subject  that  set  the 
ripples  of  the  Mississippi  murmuring, 
and  what  was  that  suggestion  coming 
from  the  prairies  themselves  about  a 
canal— not  a  dirty  little  ditch— from  the 
Great-  Lakes  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico? 
“ Can’ t  help  yourself! 
Indeed!”   she 
would  see  about  that.  She  did.  She 
watched  the  widening  and  the  deepen­
ing  of  the  Welland  Canal.  She 
loaded 
a  ship  at  the  wharf  in Chicago.  It found 
It  had  no  difficulty 
the  canal  all  right. 
It 
in  steaming  down  the  St.  Lawrence. 
exchanged  greetings  with 
commercial 
It  found  the  A t­
parties  at  Montreal. 
lantic  stilling  the  waves  before 
its  en­
terprising  prow  and  the  docks  at  Liver­
pool  took  good  care  of  ship  and  cargo 
and 
self-complacent 
New  York  knew  must  go  into her pocket 
because  the  grain  could  get  to  Europe 
only  through  the  New  York  elevators.

revenue  which 

“ Who  is  benefited?”   That 

is  what 
New  York  City  wanted  to  know  when 
the  arrival  of  the  Western  grain  in  L iv ­
erpool  was  announced.  Liverpool  isn’t 
saying  a  word. 
The  Welland  Canal 
is  not communicative.  The 
Company 
grain-shipping  party  has  pulled  his  hat 
down  and  elevated  his  cigar  at an acuter

angle  and  a  company  of  men  in  Chi­
cago  are  looking  over  estimates  of  pro­
jected  waterways. 
It  looks  much  as  if 
the  squeezing  business  would  not  con­
tinue.  There 
is  every  indication  that 
the  Western  overflow 
is  finding  a  new 
outlet,  after the  manner  of  dammed  up 
waters. 
It  has  dawned  upon  the  Rocky 
Mountain  region  that  the  Pacific  Ocean 
if  the  New  York  squeeze 
is  available 
becomes  excessive  and 
is  an  idea 
pretty  fairly  determined upon  that,  who­
ever 
if 
New  York  is  not  the  party,  the  Western 
shipper  will  be  thoroughly  satisfied.

is  benefited  by  this  change, 

it 

idea 

that  she 

In  the  long  run  it  is  safe  to  conclude 
that  the  country  will  be  benefited  by 
New  York’s  foolish 
is 
mistress  of  the  situation  and  is  “ going 
to  run  things.”   She  may  be  able  to  do 
that  with  “ the  old  thirteen,”   but  the 
West  is  getting  into  the  notion  that  she 
is  not  dependent  upon  that  part  of  the 
if  no  other 
country 
way  had  been  hit  upon  to 
loosen  New 
York’s  grip  upon  Western  commerce 
there  would  have  been  established  be­
fore  this  a  baloon  line  from  Chicago  to 
Liverpool!  The  gods  help  those  who 
help  themselves  and  the  Empire  State 
may  find  it  to  her  advantage  to  give  the 
maxim  due reflection,  with  an up-to-date 
application.

for  anything ;  and 

The  railroad  mileage 

T H E   W ORLD’S  R A ILR O A D   T R A FFIC .
in  the  United 
States 
is  greater  than  that  of  all  the 
rest  of  the  world  put  together.  That  of 
the  United  States,  exclusive  of  yard 
tracks  and  sidings,  is  close  onto 200,000 
miles.  That  of  the  rest  of  the  world,  in­
cluding  Europe,  Asia,  Africa,  Mexico, 
Central  and  South  America,  is  about 
175,000  miles.

The  obvious  reason  for  this  disparity 
is  that  the  people  of  the  United  States 
have  a  vast  country  over  which  it  is 
necessary  to  have  ready  means  of  trans­
portation,  while  the  several  European 
countries  are  comparatively  small  and 
do  not  require  a  large  mileage  of  rail­
way.  Of  course,  Russia 
is  an  excep­
tion,  and  yet  Russia  has,  perhaps,  no 
greater  amount  than  has  France  or 
Germany,  say  25,000  miles.  But  Rus­
sia  is  in  a  comparatively  undeveloped 
state  so  far.  Doubtless  the  Muscovy 
Empire  has  before 
it  a  great  future, 
commercially  arfd  politically,  but  that 
time  has  not  yet  come.

in 

that, 

interesting 

The  New  York  Railway  Gazette  con­
tains  some 
information  on 
the  railroad  traffic  of  the  world.  The 
Gazette  remarked 
compar­
ing  the  amount  of  railroad freight trans­
portation 
in  the  German  Empire  and 
the  United  States,  it  was  found  lately 
that  for  every  inhabitant  a  ton of freight 
was  carried  388  miles  in  Germany,  and 
1,541  miles 
in  this  country,  which  led 
to  the  conclusion  that 
transportation 
is  a  very  much  greater  element  in  pro­
duction  here  than  anywhere  else.
investigation  makes 

it  evi­
dent  that  the  amount  of  railroad  freight 
transportation 
for  the 
77,000,000 of people in  the  Linited  States 
is  very  much  greater  than  for the  360,- 
000,000  of  all  Europe,  and  probably  as 
great  as  for  the  whole  world  besides, 
with  1,408,000,000  of  people.  This may 
seem 
the 
amount  of  traffic  in  some  countries  can 
not  be  definitely  ascertained,  the  state­
ment  is  capable  of  proof.

incredible,  but, 

(ton-mileage) 

although 

Further 

After  figuring  up  the  estimates  and 
it  was  seen  that  the  freight 
returns, 
for  all  Europe  for  the  year  1898 
traffic 
made up a  grand  total  of  101,341,000,000 
of  ton-miles.  Now,  in  1898  the  freight

000.000,  in  which  case  it  is  ex­

It 

important  traffic 

traffic  in  the  United  States  was 114,078,- 
000,000  of  ton-miles. 
is  pfobable 
that  the  British  traffic  is  so  exaggerated 
in  this  estimate  that  the  true  amount  of 
traffic  in  all  Europe  was  no  more  than
83.000. 
ceeded  by  37  per  cent,  in  this  country, 
and  the  excess  is  probably  as  great  as 
all  the  other  freight  traffic  in  the  world 
outside  of  Europe. 
In  Asia  probably 
nine-tenths  of  the  railroad  traffic  is  in 
India,  and  its  railroads  had  6,421,000,- 
000  of  ton-miles  in  1898.  Canada  has 
an 
in  proportion  to 
population;  but  in  South  America  there 
is  but  a 
light  traffic,  except  in  the  Ar­
gentine  Republic.  While  statistics  are 
not  accessible,enough is  known  to  make 
it  probable  that  the  railroad 
freight 
traffic  of  the  United  States  equals  that 
of  all  the  world  besides,  as it  is  certain­
ly  much  greater than  that  of  all  Europe.
It  is  not  easy,  without  studying  enor­
mous  masses  of  details,  to  understand 
just  why  the  railway  freight  traffic  of 
less  than  80,000,000  of  people  in  the 
United  States  is  greater  than  that  of  the
360.000.  000 of  Europeans;  but  one  rea­
son  is  that  the  people  of  this country are 
much  more  extravagant  and 
less 
frugal 
in  their  modes  of  life.  More­
over,  they  send  over  their roads millions 
of  tons  of  products  for  shipment abroad, 
and  a  great  part  of  this  tonnage,  such 
as  grain,  cotton  and  meats,  travels  great 
distances  before 
it  reaches  points  of 
export.  Nevertheless,  the  matter  is  not 
wholly  explained,  and  it  contains  many 
interesting  problems.

far 

AM ERICA'S  BEST  CUSTOMER.

Few  people  have  any  definite  idea  of 
the 
the  enormous  trade  enjoyed  by 
United  States  with  the 
little  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain,  and  they  will  be  sur­
prised  to  know  that  that  country  buys 
more  of  the  products  of 
the  United 
States  than  do  all  the  other  countries  of 
Europe  together.

The  returns  for  the  fiscal  year  1898-99 
show  that  the  sales  made  to  the  United 
Kingdom  by  the  producers of the United 
States  were  greater  by  $73,000,000  than 
was  the  aggregate  of  sales  to  ail  the 
other  European  countries  together  for 
the  same  year.  The  exports  from  the 
United  States  to  Europe  rank  in  im­
portance  in  the 
following  order:  Cot­
ton,  $200,000,000;  beef  and  pork,  $113,- 
000,000;  wheat, 
corn, 
$60,000,000; 
flour,  $47,000,000;  petro­
leum,  $33,000,000;  tobacco,  $20,000,000. 
With  the  exception  of  corn,  petroleum 
and  tobacco,  England  took  the  greatest 
share.

$95,000,000; 

is  an 

important 

find  a  market 

Those  are  figures  which  the  Am eri­
can  people  should  know  because  they 
ought  to  understand  what  nation  is  their 
best  customer.  In  a  commercial  age like 
this  that 
fact.  The 
American  people  are  the  greatest  pro­
ducers  in  the  world ;  their  chief  care  is 
to 
for  their  products.
. Their  best  market  is  in  the  little  island 
kingdom  which  takes  more  of  the  prod­
ucts  of  the  United  States  than  do  the 
people  of  the  whole  of  Continental 
Europe.  These  figures  do  not  include 
what 
is  taken  by  the  British  colonies, 
but  only  what  goes  direct  to  the  British 
Isles.

Statistics 

lower  rate  of 

^N IQ U E   IN   FIN A N C IA L  HISTORY.
The  rapidity  with  which  the  bonds  of 
the  Government  are  being  refunded  on 
a  2  per  cent,  basis,  under  the  provisions 
of  the  new  currency  law,  shows  that  the 
United  States  is  able  to  borrow  money 
at  a 
interest  than  any 
other  country. 
illustrating 
this  fact  were  recently  made  public  by 
Treasurer  Roberts  at  the  Virginia  Bank­
ers’  Association  banquet.  He  pointed 
out  that  the  lowest  rate  of  interest  borne 
by  the  bonds  of  any  foreign  nation  is 
2%  per  cent,  on  British  consols.  On 
only  a  part  of  the  debt  of  Germany, 
France  and  Russia  is  the  rate  as  low  as 
3  per  cent.  Denmark  borrows  at  the 
same  rate.  Austria  pays  no  less  than  4 
per  cent,  and  Italy  no  less  than  5.  The 
average  bank  rate  for  money 
in  the 
European  centers 
in  the  year  ending 
last  was  2.6  per  cent,  in  Amster­
June 
dam,  2.7  per  cent, 
in  Paris,  3.17  per 
cent, 
in  London,  and  4.59  percent,  in 
Hamburg  and  Berlin. 
In  New  York, 
for  the  same  period,  the  average  for 
call  money  was  2.36  per  cent, 
to  3.65 
percent.,  and  for  prime  paper  3.34  to 
4.20.  At  the  market  price  in  March  last 
the  4  per  cent,  bonds  of  1925  earned  to 
the  investor  2.149  Per  cent,  a  year;  for 
April,  on  the  same  basis,  the  avetage 
earnings were  2.244  per  cent.,  and  so  on 
proportionately  for  the  other  issues. 
In 
the  view  of  Mr.  Roberts,  for  volume  is­
sued  within  a  given  period,  as  well  as 
low  rate  of  interest,the  new  2 
for  the 
per  cent,  bonds  stand  unique 
in  the 
financial  history  of  the  country  and  of 
the  world.

At  the  present  time  the  United  States 
is  richer  in  gold  than  any 
Treasury 
other  National  Government.  This  is  the 
more  gratifying  as  Europe 
is  engaged 
just  at  the  moment  in  drawing  from  us 
all  the  gold  it  is  possible  to  secure.

A   man  may  be  entirely  wrong;  but  he 
is  vain  enough  to  believe  other  people 
right  when  they  do  as  he  does.

Considering  the  returns  of  exports,  it 
is  seen  that  England  buys  60  per cent, 
of  all  the  products  which  the  American 
farmer  sends  abroad.  Great  Britain 
has  never  shown  the enmity toward these 
products  which  has  characterized  the 
actions  of  some  European  nations.  The 
cotton  grower  of  the  South  is  aware  of 
the  value  of  the  English  market  for 
his  products,  but  the  manufacturer  of 
iron  and  steel  has  the  greatest 
interest 
in  the  British  Empire  as  a  market. 
His  exports  to  England  may  be  pro­
portionately  small,  but  in  the  colonies 
he 
and 
bounds.  He  has  more  to  hope  for  from 
these  colonies 
in  the  future  than  from 
any  other  countries.  Our bridge  build­
ers  are  busy  in  India  and  Egypt.  Our 
steel  rails,  machinery  and 
galvanic 
wires  are  in  South  Africa.  British  en­
terprise  and  stability  in  all  these  coun­
tries  mean  increased  opportunities  and 
markets  for our  manufacturers.

advancing  with  strides 

is 

The  more  one  becomes  familiar  with 
the  continent  of  Europe,  the  more  one 
is  satisfied  that  no 
lasting  results  can 
be  obtained  there  with  manufactured ar­
ticles.  The  amount  of 
labor  spent  in 
trying  to  secure  markets 
in  Franee, 
Germany  and  other  European  countries 
will  have  three  and  four  fold  results 
in 
Africa,  Siberia,  China,  Australia  and 
South  America.  Cordial  relations  with 
Great  Britain  will  carry  us many a mile­
stone  on  the  way.  We  have  thousands 
of 
laborers  and  skilled  workmen  who 
are  dependent  for their  existence  upon 
the  sale  of  our  overproduction.  England 
is  our  best  customer  for  overproduction 
in  foodstuffs.  The  British  colonies pre­
sent  the  greatest  field  for  our  manufac­
tured  products.__________ •

England  would  get  better  poetical  re­
sults  by  having  what  is  known  as  poet- 
laureate  stuff  written  by  the  lowest  bid­
der  in  a  competition  open  to  all, instead 
of  having  the  verses  made  by  one  offi­
cial  appointed  to  do  the  laureating.

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

but 
it  was  a  particularly  bad  shoe  for 
the  manufacturer  of  rubbers  to  cope 
with.

However,  the  rubber  footwear 

indus­
try  had  not  in  the  early  fifties  assumed 
its  present  colossal  proportions,  and  it 
did  not  play  a  very  conspicuous  part  in 
the  commercial  economy  of  that  day.

in 

for 

the 

the 

instance, 

In  addition  to  the  gradual  change  in 
lasts  from  year  to  year, 
the  general 
process  of  selection  and  elimination, 
expansion 
in  one  direction  and  con­
traction  in  another,  is  constantly  going 
o n ; 
low-cut  clog, 
which  was  quite  popular  a  few  years 
ago,  is  now  largely  a  matter  of  history, 
while  this  year  has  witnessed  quite  a 
marked  development 
line  of 
lumbermen’s  goods,  especially 
in  the 
duck  shoes  with  a  rolled  edge..  This 
year,  for the  first  time,  the  American, 
Candee,  Meyer,  Wales-Goodyear  and 
Woonsocket  catalogues  all  contain  the 
following: 
lumbermen’s  duck  shoes, 
with  a  rolled  edge,  viz.  :  Erie,  Pac, 
Captain,  Corporal,  Two-Buckle  Perfec­
tion,  One-Buckle  Perfection,  Huron  and 
Lumbermen’s  Overs,  while  the  Wales- 
Goodyear  catalogue  contains 
in  addi­
tion  a  new  shoe,  the  “ Lumber  K in g ,”  
and  the  American  catalogue  contains  a 
similar  shoe,  the  “ Lumber  Jack.”

in
Shoes  and  Leather

How  R u b b er  Shoes  H ave C hanged in  Five 

Years.

It  is  probably  pretty  safe  to  say  that 
the  American 
foot  does  not  undergo 
any  violent  change  in  its  conformation 
from  year  to  year;  its  shape  is doubtless 
approximately  the  same  now  as  five 
years  ago.  But  the  shape  of  the  Ameri­
can  shoe  is  always  changing.  The  shoe 
of  to-day  is  radically  different  from  the 
shoe  of  five  years  ago. 
If  any  one 
doubts  this  he  needs  only  to  compare 
one  of  the  rubber  catalogues  for  1900 
with  one  of  the  rubber  catalogues  for 
1895,  for  rubber  shapes  follow  leather 
shoe  shapes  with  a  constancy  and  stead­
fastness  of  devotion  that  leave  little  to 
be  desired.  Five  years  ago  the  cata­
logues  of  the  big  rubber  footwear  manu­
facturing  companies—— the  American, 
Boston,  Candee,  Wales-Goodyear  and 
the  rest— all  called  special  attention  to 
their  “ Needle”   and  “ Razor”   Toes. 
If 
anything  ever  came  to  a  point  it  was 
the  footwear  so  popular  five  years  ago, 
and  now  there  is  about  as  much  call  for 
the 
toes  among  well- 
dressed  Americans  as  there  is  for  nap­
kin  rings  among  the  Zulus.  For  the 
past  three  years  the  tendency  in  rubber 
shoe  shapes  has  been  distinctly  in  the 
line  of  common  sense.

“ tooth-pick”  

foot. 

If  you  will  take  one  of  this  year’s cat­
instance  the  Wales-Good- 
alogues,  for 
that 
year  catalogue,  you  will  notice 
lasts 
there  are  four  different  shapes  of 
shown 
in  each  of  the  three  different 
lines— men’s,  women’s  and  children’s— 
and  while  the  shape  of  the  rubber  in 
these  four  different  lasts  differs  notice­
ably,  yet,  in  the  shape  of  the  toe,  they j 
all  follow  very  fairly  the  natural  outline 
of  the 
It  would  seem  as  though 
the  natural  outline  of  the  foot  was  the 
only  proper  outline  for  the  shoe,  and 
if 
you  were  to  base  a  prophecy  on  simple 
logic,  you  would  say  that  the  present 
style  would  hold  permanently.  But  all 
safe  prophecy 
judges  the  future  by  the 
past,  and  guided  by  the  experience  of 
the  past,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  while  the 
present  natural  shoe  shapes  will  doubt­
less  obtain  for  several  years,  still  the 
styles  of  the  future  will  swing  back  and 
forth 
the
“ double  broad,”   just  as  they  have  been 
doing  during  the  last  fifty  years.

the  “ toothpick”   to 

from 

follow  in  the  steps  of 

This  one  thing  can  be  said  for  the 
rubber  footwear  manufacturer,  that  he 
is  in  no  way  responsible  for  the  absurd­
in 
ities  that  appear periodically 
the
is  com­
matter  of  rubber lasts,  for  he 
pelled  to 
the
leather  shoemaker,  and 
leather 
shoemaker  should  want  next  year  to 
manufacture  a  triangular  shoe,  with  a 
heel 
in  each  corner,  and  the  public 
should  demand  that  style  of  shoe,  all the 
rubber  footwear  catalogues  would  come 
out  with  enticing  half-tones  of  a  trian­
gular  rubber.

if  the 

It 

A   glance  backward  at  shoe  shape  de­
velopment  contains  much  to  encourage 
belief  that  the  worst  is  over  in  the  way 
of  atrocious  styles. 
is  doubtful  if 
there  will  ever  be  again,  unless we  lapse 
into  semi-savagery,  any  such  pedal 
in­
iquity  as  the  “ Duck  B ill”   toe  of  the 
early  fifties.  This  “ Duck  B ill”   toe, 
as  the  name 
implies,  was  a  shoe  that 
narrowed  gradually  to  the  toe,  and  then 
flared  off  wide  again ;  and  if you wanted 
to  be  pre-eminently  a  “ duck  biller”  
you  had  the  sole  extended  an  inch  or 
two  beyond  the  vamp.  This  was  a 
very  fine  shoe  for  fathers  with  growing 
late-staying  admirers,
daughters,  with 

importation 

There  is  nothing  in  American 

indus­
trial  history  more  interesting  than  the 
growth  of  the  rubber  shoe 
industry,  be­
ginning  back  with  the 
in 
1825  of  the  crude,  clumsy  rubber  shoes 
made  by  the  South  American  natives, 
on  clay  models,  and  tracing  the  subse­
quent  efforts  of  Goodyear  and  his  con­
temporaries  to  solve  the  baffling  enigma 
of  rubber  utility.  But,  as  Kipling says, 
“ that 
is  another  story, ”   and  rather  a 
long  one,  and  can  be  only  briefly  out­
lined  here.

The  first  rubber  shoes  made  by  the 
vulcanizing  process,  under  a 
license 
from  Goodyear,  were  made  by  the  Can­
dee,  Wales-Goodyear  and  Meyer  com­
panies.  These  three  companies  began 
the  manufacture  of  rubber  shoes  in  1842 
and  ’43,  and  have  continued  their  man­
ufacture  uninterruptedly  ever  since.  A l­
though  they  all  made  both  boots  and 
shoes, 
in  very  few 
styles.  The  cloth  top  Arctic  and  gaiter 
did  not  appear  until  the  early  sixties, 
the  Wales-Goodyear  Company  introduc­
ing  this  shoe  and  controlling  its produc­
tion  for  several  years.  The  Croquet—  
now  the  most  popular  of  women’s  rub­
bers—-is  of  Candee  origin  and  appeared 
simuftanenusly  with  the game  of  croquet 
(whence  the  name),  about  ’69.

they  made 

them 

The  high-vamp  shoe,  which  divides 
with  the  Croquet  the  highest  place  in 
women’s  esteem,  and  which  appears 
under  so  many  different  names,  as  Pro­
tection  Slipper,  Beacon  Slipper,  Sen­
sible  Over,  Cyclone,  etc., 
is  of  the 
the  first  shoes  after this 
same  origin, 
model  having  been  made  at  the  Candee 
factory,  about  ’73.

The  different  catalogues  of  the  big 
rubber  companies  contain  this 
year 
about  two  hundred  different  varieties  of 
rubber  boots  and  shoes,  and,  taking  into 
consideration  all  the  different  widths 
and  toes and  sizes  in  which  these  differ­
ent  varieties  of  boots  and  shoes  are 
made,  it  brings  the  number  of  distinct 
boots  and  shoes  made  by  the  large  fac­
tories  considerably 
in  excess  of  two 
thousand.

little 

It  seems  as 

left  to  accomplish 

if  human  invention  has 
very 
in  the 
matter  of  rubber  footwear,  but  probably 
every  year  will  show  some  addition,  as 
the  rubber  footwear  manufacturer  is  al­
ways  willing  to  meet  a  new  want  half-

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LATEST  IMPROVED  MACHINERY,  also  the
quality  of  stock  we  use  in  the man­
ufacture  of  boots and  shoes.  Every­
body  welcome.

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For  anything  in  the  shoe line. 
If you need light 
summer  shoes,  slippers,  Oxfords,  we’ve  got 
them.  Our  own  factory  stock  is  complete;  we 
can give you prompt service.  W e are always wide 
awake  and  ready  to  serve.  Draw  on  us  to-day.

Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Makers of Shoes.

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Buy  “ Am erican

R ubbers”

Do  you  want  to  build 
up  your  trade?
Our  business  is  rapidly 
increasing. 
That  tells 
you something.  W e give 
our  whole  attention  to 
Rubber boots and  shoes. 
You  take  advantage  by 
buying  of
A.
H.
Krum  &  Co.,
Detroit,  Michigan.

Sensible Over

the  back  of  the  window  and  the  begin­
ning  of  the  shelving  for  one  of  the 
couches  to  go  in  lengthways,  against  the 
wall.  He  placed  one  on  each  side, 
hung  one  of  the  portieres  over  the  back 
of  each  window  to  relieve  the  plainness 
of  the  bare  walls,  set  a  table  out  in 
front  of  each  couch  and  placed  two 
chairs  beside  each  one  of  them.  Later 
■ on  he  got  a  good  sized  rug  for  each 
side,  hung  a  picture  over  each  one  of 
the  couches  and  got  a  pretty little potted 
fern  for  each  one  of  the  tables.  Even­
tually  he  subscribed  for  six  ladies’  pub­
lications  and  had  them  handy  on  the 
tables.  What  was  the  result? 
In  place 
of  an  unsightly  hole  this  fellow  had  a 
cozy,  inviting 
little  nook  on  each  side 
of  the  entrance  to  his  place,  that  soon 
all  over  his  town. 
became 
Women  would  make  engagements 
to 
meet  each  other  there,  when  down  town, 
and 
favorite 
rendezvous.  The  total  cost  of  this  fur­
nishing  was  less  than  $50  and  the  ad­
vertising  that  resulted  from  it  was  more 
than  he  could  have  secured  by  several 
times  that  appropriation  for  newspaper 
space.  What  unsightly  corner have  you 
that  can  be  fitted  up  comfortably?  Try 
it.  Don’t  think it  extravagance  to  spend 
forty  or  fifty  dollars 
for  a  purpose  of 
this  kind— every  dollar  of  it  will  come 
back  and  bring  several  more  with  it.

it  eventually  became  a 

famous 

*  *  *

into  a 

in  the 

American  women  are  not  prudes,  but 
they  are  modest  and 
love  privacy. 
They  don’t  relish  the  idea  of  trying  on 
shoes  near  the  front  of  your  store  when 
a  constant  stream  of  mankind  is  going 
in  and  out.  The  two  stocks  should  be 
separated  as  distinctly  as  possible. 
1 
have  seen  some  stores  where  this  d ivi­
sion  was  made 
laterally— divided  the 
store 
front  and  back  end,  for 
women’s  and  men’s  shoes  respectively. 
This  was  really  an  unfortunate  idea. 
The  women’s  shoes  were 
front 
half  of  the  store  and  every  man  had 
to  come  through  there  to  get  to  his  sec­
tion  of  the  store.  That  was  unfortunate 
both  on  his  and  the  women’s  account. 
Men  may  not  be  timid  but  most  of them 
are  averse  to  mixing  up  with  strange 
women  when  out  on  a  shopping  expedi­
If  this  fellow  had  divided  his 
tion. 
store 
into  sides 
instead  of  ends  both 
halves  would  have  a  front  entrance  and 
neither  would  have  interfered  with  the 
other. 
The  women’s  and  children’s 
shoes  could  have  been  placed  on  one 
side  of  the  store  and  the  men’s  and 
boys’  on  the  other.  The  benches  could 
have  been  placed  back  to  back  along 
the  center  of  the  room  with  the  hassocks 
in  front  so  that  the  sexes  would  have 
been  facing  from  each  other. 
In  effect 
it  would  have  been  as  two  rooms,  each 
its  privacy.  This  question 
secure 
in 
should  always  be  well  considered 
your  store 
and
Leather  Gazette.

arrangement.— Shoe 

in 

Instances 

way. 
in  point  are  the  new 
Motormen’s  Shoe  and  Hunters’  Shoe, 
which  are  being  made  (although  not 
catalogued)  this  year  by  the  Wales- 
Goodyear  Company.

it  is  safe  to  say  that  as  human  prog­
ress  opens  up  new  paths  for  human  feet 
to  tread  there  will  always  be  new  rub­
bers  to  meet  the  new  conditions;  so 
that  whatever  a  man’s  walk  in 
life,  he 
can  follow 
it  and  keep  dry.— John  P. 
Lyons  in  Shoe  and  Leather  Facts.
I> esirability o f P resen tin g  A ttractiv e Show 

W indow s.

A 

from  a 

in  diam eter;  a 

inches.  The  small  circle 

very  attractive  window  can  be 
made  with  a  circular  centerpiece.  This 
will  require  a  solid  circle  of  wood  12 
inches 
larger  hoop  or 
ring  about  27  inches  in  diameter,  then 
a  still 
larger  circle  with  a  face  about  9 
inches  wide,  making  its  outside  diam­
eter  about  60  and  inside  diameter  about 
44 
is  hung 
vertically 
in  the  center  of  the  window 
and  covered  with  white  or  colored  m a­
terial  puffed  on. 
If  black  shoes  are  to 
be  displayed  white  will  be  the  most  de­
sirable.  The  larger  ring  is  hung  around 
this  circle  with  their  circumferences 
equidistant 
common  center. 
This  ring  can  be  made  out  of  a  good 
stout  barrelhoop  covered  with  white 
cloth.  The 
is  hung  in  a 
like  manner  around  the  two  smaller 
ones.  The  smallest  circle  should  be 
puffed  to  form  a  rosette.  Then  arrange 
low  shoes  (Oxfords,  etc.)  on  the  circle 
and  hoop,  by  attaching  the  heels  of  the 
shoes  to  the  hoop  and  the  toes  to  the 
center  circle.  Cover the  larger  circle  in 
a  similar  way  and  attach  high quartered 
shoes  all  around  the  face  of  it,  having 
all  the  toes  pointing  to  the  center.  The 
bottom  of  the  window  can  be  covered 
with  a  conventional  arrangement.  This 
figure 
is  very  effective  when  well  de­
signed  and  invariably  attracts attention. 

larger  circle 

*  *  *

About  the  most  uninteresting  thing 
that  could  greet  the eye  of  a  prospective 
customer  on  entering  your  store  would 
be  a  pile  of  shoe  boxes,  it  has  a  sort  of 
depressing  effect.  As  first  impressions 
are  always  the  strongest  and  most 
last­
ing,  you  should  try  to  create  the  very 
best  sort  of  an  impression  possible  from 
the  very  door  of  your  store.  A  neat, 
clean,  respectable  floor  case  with  a  neat 
arrangement  of  shoes 
it  will  do 
worlds  to  assist  you  in  the effort.  Either 
this  or  a  mirror  or  a  bunch of something 
growing  (plants'or  something  of  that 
kind)  should  be  placed  in  the  center  of 
your  store  and  not  far  back  from  the 
entrance. 
is 
best  of  all.  This  not  only  gives  some­
thing  pleasant  to  look  at  but  furnishes 
you  with  an  opportunity  for  showing 
something  that  you  should  not  neglect. 

Perhaps  the  floor  case 

in 

*  *  *

likely  there 

for  this  purpose. 

What  efforts  have  you  made.to  furnish 
a  resting  place  for  your  women  custom­
ers?  Very 
is  a  corner  in 
your  store  right  now,  that  is  really  un­
sightly,  that  could  be  used  to  good  ad­
vantage 
I  know  of 
one  bright  fellow  that  converted  two 
unattractive  nooks  in  his  store  into  two 
of  the  most  attractive  spots  in  his  town. 
He  had  two  show  windows  (one  on 
each  side  of  the  entrance)  and  imme­
diately  behind  each  window  was  a poor­
ly  lighted  corner that  could  not  even  be 
used  for  shelving  or  any  other  fixture. 
Well,  he  worried  about  them 
for  a 
while,  then  hit  on  a  lucky  scheme  for 
beautifying  them.  He  got  a  couple  of 
couches,  a  couple  of  little  tables,  four 
easy  chairs  and  a  pair  of  portieres. 
There  was 
just  room  enough  between

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HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO., 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 

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.

C om pleted  th e   W ork  o f th e   Clock.
Oldone  had  been  out  with  the  boys 
the  night  before— stayed  out 
late— was 
feeling  pretty  good  when  he  left.  Next 
morning  he  happened  to meet  Youngone 
and  the  following  conversation  ensued :
Youngone—Well,  old  man,  how  did 
you  make  out?  What  did  your  wife  say?
Oldone— What  she  said  was  a  plenty 
in  the  door  my  wife 
— just  as  I  got 
I 
called  out:  “ Is  that  you,  John?" 
mumbled  out,  * ‘ Yes— hie— my 
love.' ’ 
She  then  enquired  what  time  it was,  and 
I  hurriedly  said  “  12  o’clock.’ ’  Just  at 
that  moment  a  confounded  cuckoo  clock 
in  the  dining  room  cuckooed  “ three.”
laughing  had  I 

“ I’d  have  died  of 

heard  what  she  said  then.”

“ No;  you’d  have  felt  sorry  to  hear 

me  cuckoo  the  other  nine.”

Shoes That Sell

W e  know  what  the  Michigan  trade 
demands  in  shoes—and  we  have  it.
Not an  undesirable  line  in  our  spring 
and summer offerings— not a  style  but 
what you can sell easily.
Our  travelers  will  be  in  to  see  you 
soon. 
If you defer ordering  until  they 
come, we’ll get your order.

Geo.  H.  Reeder &  Co.

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M IC H IG A N   TR A D E S M A N

Dry Goods

T he  D ry  Goods  Market*

is  considerable 

Staple  Cottons— Bleached  cottons  are 
very  quiet  all  along  the  line  and  very 
few  orders  are  received.  The 
leading 
tickets  remain  steady  in  price,  although 
it  is  reported  that  the  output  of  several 
leading  lines  is  smaller  than  for  several 
years  past.  There 
ir­
regularity  to  be  found  among unticketed 
goods,  but  as  yet  they  have  had  no 
effect  on  the  standard 
lines.  Brown 
goods  for  home  consumption  are  un­
steady,but for export  business  prices  are 
firm.  Brown  osnaburgs  and  ducks  are 
dull  and  irregular.  Wide  sheetings  are 
fairly  steady,  with  a  moderate  business. 
Cotton  flannels  and  blankets  are  quiet 
and  steady.  The demand for coarse  col­
ored  cottons  has  been  small,  but  the 
prices  show  no  change  of  moment.

Printed  Goods— Dark 

fancy  calicoes 
for  fall  have  been  opened  by  a  number 
of  houses,  and  many  more  have  samples 
practically  ready. 
Among  the  dress 
goods  lines  that  are  selling  best  for  fall 
may  be  mentioned  flannels  in  polka  dot 
effects,  they  being  particularly  favored 
for  waists  for  outing  purposes.  Light 
fancy  calicoes  for  immediate  consump­
tion  are  in  a  very  irregular  demand  and 
the  aggregate  of  business  is  small,  ft  is 
merely  a  cleaning  up  business  and  price 
•cuts  comparatively  little  figure.  Staple 
fair 
calicoes  have  had  an  ordinarily 
business  at  previous  prices. 
Printed 
flannels  and  woven  napped  goods  are  in 
moderate  demand,  but  all  leading 
lines 
are  well  sold  and  firm.

interest 

Dress  Goods— The  dress  goods market 
has  not  undergone  much  by  way  of  de­
velopment  since  last  writing.  The  prin­
cipal  scene  of 
is  at  the  mills, 
where  every  effort  is  being  made  to  live 
up  to  delivery  agreements.  Buyers  are 
endeavoring  to  hasten  shipments,  as  let­
ters  and  telegrams  received  by agents go 
to  show.  While  the  volume  of  business 
coming 
forward  at  this  time  is  very 
small,  the  market  holds  very  steady,  due 
to  the  well  sold  condition  of  the  plain 
goods  end  of  the  market.  The  bulk  of 
the  business  coming  in  is  for  the  goods 
that  are  in  the  best  position  as  regards 
in  hand.  Reports  from  retail 
orders 
centers 
indicate  a  good 
“ cross  the 
counter”   demand  for  dress  goods,  while 
the  demand  for  ladies'  ready-made suits 
is  growing  steadily.  Jobbers  are  neither 
getting  nor  doing  a  great  deal  of  busi­
ness  just  now.  The  retailer  continues 
to  hold  back  his  business  until  his  stock 
of  spring  goods  is  still  further  reduced. 
This  business 
is  bound  to  come,  how­
ever,  and 
it  will  come  all  the  more 
readily  after  the  retailer  finds  his  stock 
cut  up  to  a  considerable  extent.

Underwear— In  spite  of  the  assertions 
to  the  contrary  of  a  number  of  jobbers 
that  the  underwear  market  for  the  com­
ing  season  will  open  at 
lower  prices 
than  the  season  of  1901,  it  is  our  firm 
opinion  that  prices  will  remain  at  least 
as  high  and  will  in  all  probability  even 
advance.  When  we 
look  at  the  enor­
mous  advances 
in  one  year’s  time  in 
yarns  and  other  raw  materials,  as  well 
as 
it  will  be  seen  to  what  in­
creased  expenses  the  manufacturer  is 
put  to-day 
in  turning  out  underwear. 
For 
take  combed  Egyptian 
yams,  used  in  the  manufacture  of  near­
ly  all  the  high  grade  balbriggan  under­
wear.  Yam s  of  that  kind  that  were 
worth  25  cents  now  bring  40  cents. 
It 
is  the  same  with  domestic  yarns.  Spin­
ners  are  asking  and  getting  25  cents 
and  34>£  cents  at  present  where  about  a

instance, 

labor, 

year  ago  knitters  paid  14  and  20  cents 
for,  respectively. 
Although  manufac­
turers  can  and  will  cheapen goods some­
what,  even  if,  which  is  not  likely,  yarns 
do  decline  slightly,  the  manufacturer 
will  not  be  able  to  overcome  the  big 
gap  left  in  the  increased  cost  of  produc­
tion,  and  will  be  forced  to  sell  goods  at 
an  advance.  The  retail  season  was  still 
further 
the  miserable 
weather,  and  the  effects  are  also  felt, 
of  course,  in  the  jobbing  circles."

retarded 

by 

Hosiery— We  note  nothing  new  in  the 
domestic  hosiery  market.  The  retail 
trade  has  been  better than  the  retail  un­
derwear  trade,  partly  because  there  has 
been  some  business  done 
in  medium 
and  even  heavy  wool  hosiery.

taken. 

Carpets— There 

is  not  much  activity 
in  the  carpet  trade.  Retailers  are  still 
doing  but little  business.  Manufacturers 
who  sell  direct  to  the  retailers  are  now 
on  the  road,  some  having been  traveling 
for  nearly  two  weeks. 
It  is  reported  by 
them  that  there  is  some  disposition  to 
hold  on  to  the  duplicate  order  business, 
while  some  orders  for  fall  have  already 
been 
The  duplicate  orders 
mainly  for  C.  C.  ingrains  of  last  sea­
son’s  goods  are,  of  course,  at  prices 
higher  than  the 
initial  orders  were 
placed  at.  Some  manufacturers  of  in­
grains  who  are  now  on  the  road  selling 
direct  to  retailers  state  that  they  have 
settled  on  the  price  of  their  fall  goods 
as  follows :  extra  supers,  50c  per  yard, 
standard  C.  C .’s,  40c  per  yard ;  extra 
supers  will  be  5c  or  more  higher;  and 
unions,  30c  per  yard.  As  yet  they  have 
not  gone  quite  far  enough  into  the  new 
season  to  tell  how  much  business will  be 
done 
lines.  Retailers  have 
not  cut  up  nearly  the  amount  of  carpets 
which  they  expected 
to  this  spring, 
which  may  reduce materially the amount 
of  business  for  fall  trade  done  by  man­
ufacturers’  agents.  A  few  manufactur­
ers  of 
ingrain  carpets  and  art  squares 
are  still  working  on  old  orders,  which 
they  expect  to  complete  inside  of  the 
next  week  or  ten  days.  The  majority 
of  manufacturers  are  completing  sam­
ples.

in  their 

Rugs—This  season  will  see  a new line 
of  rugs,  known  to  the  trade  as  the  Ser- 
mapore  rugs,  simliar  in 
fabrication  to 
the  Smyrnas.  They  are  made  of  fine 
worsted,  and 
in  very  attractive  designs 
and  colorings,  in  the  following  sizes :  6 
feet  by  9  feet,  7 
by  10  feet,  9  by  12,  9 
by  15  and  9  by  18  feet.

The  Mean  Thing.

There  were  two  typewriters 

in  the 
room.  One  was 
in  use  and  the  other 
was  not.  The  young  man  sat  down  near 
the  one  that  was  not  in  use  and  watched 
the  young  woman  who  was  busy  with 
the  other.

Inadvertently  the  young  man  touched 
the  bell  of  the  machine  near him, where­
upon  the  young  woman  yanked  the  car­
riage  of  her  machine  back  and  started 
a  new  line.
The  young  man  chuckled,  and  a  min­
ute  later  he  touched  the  bell  of  the  ma­
chine  near  him  again. 
The 
young 
woman  started  another  new  line.'

The  young  man  laughed  and  tried 

it 

again  with  equal  success.

“ W illie,”   called  the  young  woman 
to  the  office  boy  when  she  had  taken  the 
sheet  out  of  her  machine,  “ telephone  to 
the  typewriter  people  to  send  a  man 
over  here  right  away  to  fix  this  ma­
chine. 
It’s  all  out  of  order,  and  I  can’t 
for  the  life  of  me  see  what’s  the  mat­
ter."
The  young  man  laughed  some  more 
and  then  made  his  escape.  He  has  not 
returned.  He  is  afraid  to  go  back.

The  small  boy’s  grandmother  always 
letting  him  eat  all  the  pie 

in 

believes 
he  wants.

Dewey  Day

This  is  above  all  others  the  day  that  you  should  pay 
a  visit  to  Grand  Rapids,  and  incidentally  inspect  the 
most  complete  line  of  Dry  Goods  in  the  State.
Our  traveling  men  will  be  in  on  that  day  and  will  be 
pleased  to  have  you  call.
Make  our  store  your  headquarters.

P. Steketee & Sons,

Wholesale Dry Goods, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  W

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Umbrellas  and  Parasols.  $

Two  Bargains in 

One lot of men’s 30 inch fast black  with  natural 
stick handles at $4.75 p e r dozen.

One lot of Ladies’ 26 inch fast black  serge,  steel 
rod with silver mounted  Handles  at  $4.75  p er 
dozen.

If your stock is low sort up now.  Our line is one 
of the best we have ever shown.
Make our store your headquarters for Dewey Day.
Our traveling men will be here to wait upon you.

V O IG T ,  H E R P O L S H E IM E R   &  CO .
W H O L E S A L E   DRY  G O O D S ,
G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M ICH .

Duck  Coats

|W e  are  offering  a  New  Duck 
Coat for the year  1900 that  is  first 
class  in  every  particular,  water­
proof,  and  no  mistake  about 
it. 
Dealers will  find  it  to  their  inter­
ests to see our Coat before placing 
orders  for next season.

The  Ideal  Clothing Company

Grand Rapids,  M ichigan.

Solid  Comfort

Ladies’,  Misses’,  Children’s

Hose Supporters

Are

suspended

from

the

shoulders.

Sell rapidly  and  net  a  good  profit  to  the  mer­
chant.  Write for catalogue and prices.

M ADAM E  C.  F.  SALISBURY, 

B attle  C reek,  M ich.

Wt^ carry  a  complete stock  of

Untrimmed

Straw
Hats

For  Ladies,  Misses  and  Children, from 
$2.00  per  dozen  upwards.  We  are  also 
showing a large assortment  of  Ready-to- 
Wear Hats for  Ladies,  ranging  In  prices 
from $9.00 to $36.00 per  dozen.  Write  for 
samples and prices.

Corl,  Knott &  Co.

Jobbers of  Millinery 
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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

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Clothing

C lothing  A dapted  to  Cam p,  B icycle  and 

G olf F ield. 

.

is  comfortable, 

strong 

is 

One  of  the  chief  points  to  emphasize 
with  the  camper  is  to  take  along  plenty 
of  warm  clothing.  No  matter  how  un­
comfortably  warm  the  day  may  be, 
when  night 
is  at  hand  the  air  is  liable 
to  become  very  chilly.  Outside  of  that, 
my  advice  to  all  prospective 
campers 
is,  wear  what  you  want,  provided  that 
it 
and  well 
adapted  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  is 
intended.  Part  of  the  great  enjoyment 
of  camping 
in  getting  away  from 
everything  conventional  and  doing  and 
acting  as 
it  pleases  you,  and  not  as  it 
pleases  the  world.  Do  not  wear  long 
trousers.  In  walking  through  the  woods, 
they  are  liable  to  get  entangled 
in  the 
brush  and  impede  your  progress,  be- 
ides  being  very  warm.  Wear  knicker- 
iockers  and  strong  woolen  stockings, 
not  those  turned  up  fancy  affairs,  but 
erviceable,  solid  black  or  brown  ones, 
hat  will  be  a  real  protection,  and  if 
they  are  not  a  thing  of  beauty,  what 
hen?  You  are  there  for  work  (as camp­
ing  is  nothing  but  pleasant  hard  work) 
nd  not  for  show.  Above  the  waist 
'ou  only  need  one  garment,  besides 
jacket,  of  course,  and  that  is  a 
our 
leeveless 
if  you 
amp  where  there  is  no  water. 
I  know 
if  no  other  garment  that  is  as  comfort- 
ible,  and 
leaves  the  upper  part  of  your 
jody  so  free  for  action,  and  gives  so 
nuch  satisfaction.  Of  course,  take  a 
ew  negligee  shirts  along  to  wear  once 
n  a  while 
if  you  have  company  and 
vant  to  be  extra  stylish,  or on a Sunday; 
ilso  a  sweater  for  cool  days.  Low  ten­
ds  shoes  are  necessities;  soft  hats  and 
;aps  absolutely  necessary,  and  a  pair 
if  rubber  boots  will  always  come  in 
iandy.

rowing  shirt,  even 

It  is  a  subject  for  careful  considera- 
ion  to  a  well-dressed  man  what  to  wear 
when  out  bicycle  riding. 
It  is  compar­
atively  seldom  that  you  see  a  man  on  a 
wheel  who  looks  really  natty,  while  the 
number  of  men  who  in  other  respects 
regarding  their  attire  show  good  taste, 
yet  in  this one  particular  look  very  bad­
ly,  is  legion.  At  the  risk  of  appearing 
somewhat  like  an  almanac,  I  am  going 
to  put  in  a  few  “ don’ts. ”   Don’t  wear 
a  bicycle  suit,  the  pants,  coat  and  vest 
all  of  one  pattern.  So  many  cheap  tail­
ors  are  flooding  the  market  with  their 
inferior  goods  that  it  will  never do for 
any  man  who  has  any  claim  towards 
being  well  dressed  to  be  seen  in  a  suit 
that  even  resembles  it.  Don’t  wear  a 
sweater  at  all  while  out  wheeling,  and 
be  careful 
in  the  selection  of  your  bi- 
tycle  hose  that  they  are  not  one  of  the 
croquet-stake  appearing  kind.

The  following  is  a  very  cool,  comfort­
able  and  well-appearing  costume  that  I 
would  recommend:  a  skeleton  sack  cut­
away,  three  buttons,  fitting  fairly  snug, 
made  out  of  plain  cheviot. 
There  are 
seldom  any  side  pockets,  but  if  there 
are  they  should  have  flaps  to  prevent 
them  from  catching  in  the  saddle  when 
mounting.  The  coat  should  have  one 
or  two  breast  pockets.  The  vest  should 
be  single  breasted,  with  no  collar,  and 
should  be  made  of  fancy  wool.  The 
pockets  should  also  be  covered  with 
flaps.  The  trousers  should  be  moder­
ately  full  about  the  hips,  and  should 
close  with  a  narrow band  and  buckle.  A 
faint  plaid  or  a  small  check  is  very 
effective.  A   negligee  shirt,  in  one  of 
the  various  spring  patterns,  with  a 
small  bow  tie  or  a  narrow  four-in-hand, 
preferably 
in  a  solid  color,  is  in  good

in  place,  but 

taste.  A  stiff  bosom  colored  shirt  is  just 
as  much 
is  not  as  cool 
and  comfortable.  A   very  cool  and  sty­
lish  costume  is  high  tan  bicycle  shoes, 
plain  stockings,  either  black  or  dark 
brown,  and  not  necessarily  worn  with  a 
cuff,  a  pair  of  short  white  duck  trousers 
worn  rather  tight,  no  vest,  a  blue  serge 
coat  and  white  alpine  hat.  This  cos­
tume  may  be  varied  in  some  of 
its  de­
tails,  and  will  still  retain  its  nobbiness.
A  pair  of  bicycle  hose,  for  example, 
may  be  worn  instead  of  regular  stock­
ings,  and  a  cap  may  displace  the  alpine 
hat.

When  we  come  to  the  subject  of  what 
to  wear  in  the  golf  field,  that  is  contin­
ually  gaining  in  popularity,we  see  that 
we  must  follow  a  number  of  rules 
laid 
down  by  fashion,  as,  unlike  many  other 
sports,  golf  is  a  pastime  that 
is  taken 
up  by  many  “ swells,”   and  a  certain 
precedent 
is  established  that  must  be 
followed.  There  is  a  difference  of  opin­
ion  as  to  whether  short  trousers  or  long 
are  to  be  worn.  A   man  who  wears  long 
trousers  of  white  flannel,  turned  up,  of 
course,  a colored  shirt  and  an  alpine  hat 
of  pearl  felt  can  feel  that  he  is  dressed 
in  perfect  style.  There  are  still  a  num­
ber  of  men  who  prefer  knickerbockers, 
however,  and  that  gives  him  a  chance 
to  show  the 
infinite  number  of  golf 
stockings  that  are  having  such  a  run  at 
the  present  time.  The  golf  coats  seen 
are  very  elaborate,  and  at  the  same 
time  beautiful,  garments.  One  particu­
larly  effective  was  of  a  dark  green  with 
red  polka  dots,  made  out  of  wool  with  a 
beautiful  silk  finish.  A  fancy  waistcoat 
is  nearly  always  worn. 
I  observed  one 
particularly  appropriate. 
It  was  of  a 
bright,  but  not  brilliant  red,  and  had  a 
small  figure  representing  two  golf  sticks 
crossing  embroidered  thereon.  The most 
becoming  hat 
is  the  low  crown,  broad 
brim  hat  of  gray  felt,  with  a  plain  or 
colored  sash.  One  of  the  newest  gloves 
worn  is  an  importation 
from  England. 
The  material  is  doeskin,  the  color  white 
or  tan  with  stitching  of  black  or  scarlet 
silk  arranged  to  represent  golf  sticks 
and  balls. 
In  order  to  leave  the  palm 
.  of  the  hand  smooth  for  the  better  hold­
ing  of  the  golf  club,  the  necessary  gath­
ered  fullness  is  at  the  back  of  the  wrist. 
This  arrangement  does  away  with  the 
necessity  for  buttons.  The  ties  mostly 
worn  are  ascots.

The  chief  change  in  the  ties  of  this 
summer  and  those  of  last  year  is,  that, 
while  the 
latter  generally  were  made 
with  stripes,  this  year’s  ties  are  more 
inclined  to  be 
in  solid  grounds  with 
figures  or  dots.  The  popularity  of  the 
high  turnover  collars  will  be responsible 
for  the  large  number  of  narrow  four-in- 
hands  that  will  be  seen,  as  they  can 
more  easily  be  adjusted  than  the  wider 
ties. 
the  unknown 
quantity,  but  from  the  way  the  market 
is  flooded  with  them,  and  on  account  of 
the  many  cheap 
lines,  it  is  not  likely 
that  they  will  find  much  favor  among 
exclusive  dressers,except  in  some  of  the 
highest  grades,  that  are  totally  different 
in  appearance  from the  general  run.

Rumchundas  are 

“ P ersonal  E xpenses.”

The man who keeps a cash account 
Knows where his money goes;
Just what he spends for luxuries.
And what for shirts and hose;
How much it costs him for cigars,
And how much for new shoes,
And what he pays for chocolate,
And what for social dues.

The man who keeps a cash account 
Though men who undertake the task 
They seldom hold out for a week.
Since what they write most frequently 

Is very, very rare.
Are common everywhere.
They find It such a bore,
I s :  “ Unaccounted for.”  •

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X   Ladies’  Waists,  Wrappers,  Skirts and 
«£»  Dressing Sacks.
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340 to 246  Jackson  Street,  Chicago,  III.

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“ There’s  Nothing  to  It”

“ H.  Bros.  Correct Clothes” sell themselves. 
They're about the next best  thing  to  custom 
made clothing  on  the  market.  W e’re  more 
particular about  the  look  and  the  wear  of 
every  garment we turn  out  than  your  most 
exacting  customer. 
Every  bit  of  cloth( 
trimmings, findings,  even  the  very  thread 
itself— every detail  in the course of the  man­
ufacture  has our  own  personal  supervision 
We  turn  out  clothes  that  we  know  to  be 
right  every time— a  point  that  you  and  your 
customer will  appreciate.  W e’ve  put  extra 
efforts on  this  fall’s  line— it’s  a  winner  all 
the way  through. 
“ Better  quality  for  less 
money" isa distinct feature.  We’re showing:

Men’s  Fall  Overcoats  from  $3.75 
to  $16;  Men’s  Fall  Suits  from 
$3*75  to $<4t  and  a complete  line 
of  Boys’  and  Children’s  Suits  at 
popular prices.

Our salesmen  are  now  out  and  will  call 
by  appointment.  We  should  be  glad  to 
send  samples any time.

When you consider that  “ H.  Bros.  Correct 
Clothes" are handled  successfully by dealers 
from  Maine  to  California,  the  line  looks 
like a good  thing  for the  trade  in  Michigan 
and  surrounding states.

^ e & v e D r i c b f i i m f f i   |

The  Willard K.  Bush  Co.,

Lansing,  Michigan
Makers of the “W.  K.  B.” brand 
OVERALLS,  JACKETS,  SHIRTS, 

PANTS,

DUCK  COATS

Direct from  Factory.

D o   y o u   k n o w   th a t  our  lin e  w ill  in crease 

yo u r  b u sin ess?

We  make  guaranteed  clothing.
W e   r e sp e ctfu lly  

in v ite   e v e r y   d ealer  in 
clo th in g ,  w hen  in  L a n sin g , 
to  carefu lly-  in ­
sp e c t  our  fa cto r y   and  our  u p -to -d a te   m eth o d s 
of  c o n d u ctin g   it.

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M ichigan¿Tradesm an

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Woman’s World

How  To  Deal  w ith  th e   M arried  W om an’s 

B urden.

the 

Three  or  four married  women  had  for­
gathered 
for  a  bit  of  a  talk  the  other 
day,  and  the  conversation,  as  was  per­
haps  not  unnatural,turned  upon  the  sub­
ject  of  clothes.  Only  not  women’s 
clothes  this  time.  Men’s  clothes.  Hus­
bands’  clothes.  None  of  the  little  party 
luck—-good  or  bad,  ac­
had  had 
cording  to  the  way  you 
it—to 
marry  a  Beau  Brummel  who  was  a  glass 
of  fashion  and  a  mold  of  form,  and 
there  was  a  melancholy  concurrence  in 
the  opinion  that  a  good  part  of the aver­
age  married  woman’s  burden  consisted 
in  trying  to  induce  her  husband  to  pre­
sent  a  creditable  appearance 
in  the 
matter  of  dress.

look  at 

in 

feel 

“ It’s  an  amazing  thing  to  m e,’ ’  said 
one  woman,  “ that  so  many  otherwise 
clever  men  have  so  little  understanding 
and  appreciation  of  the  importance  of 
clothes.  They  seem  actually  unable  to 
grasp  the  significance  of  the  fact  that 
ninety-nine  people  out  of  a  hundred 
judge  a  man  by  his  appearance. 
If 
he  is  well  dressed,  spick  and  span  look­
ing,  you 
instinctively  that  he  is 
prosperous  and  progressive,  and  that his 
ideas  and  methods 
life  are  up-to- 
date.  If  he  is  slouchy  as  to  clothes,  with 
trousers  that  bag  at  the  knees,  and  a 
decollete  collar  that  shows  his  Adams 
apple  and  a  string  necktie  that is always 
crawling  up 
in  the  back  and  down  in 
front,  you  can’t  help  feeling  that  he  is 
an  easy-going,  helter-skelter  sort  of  per­
son  whom  you  could  sell  gold  bricks  to, 
if  you  wanted  to,  and  you  suspicion 
him  at  once  of  running  his  business 
in 
a  slipshod  way  that  is  liable  to  land 
him 
in  the  bankruptcy  couit  any  day. 
Of  course, you  may  be  altogether  wrong, 
but  that  is  an  unavoidable  first 
impres­
sion,  and 
it  takes  recognized  financial 
ability  and  a long  bank  account  to  offset 
it.  A   rich  man  may  go  shabby  if  he 
wants  to,  but 
it  is  simply  suicidal  for 
a  poor  one. ’ *

it 

“ That’s  true  enough,”   agreed  an­
other  woman,  “ but  you  will  never  make 
a  man  who  is  given  to  the  old  clothes 
habit  see  it. 
I  have  argued  that  ques­
tion  with  my  husband  right  straight 
along  through  fifteen  years  of  otherwise 
peaceful  and  harmonious  married  life, 
and  I  have  never  convinced him yet that 
any  old  thing  in  the  way  of  clothes isn’t 
good  enough  to  wear.  Every  time  I 
suggest  that  he  needs  a  new  suit  he  de­
mands,  ‘ What’s  the  matter  with  this? 
I  haven’t  worn  it  but  two  years  yet, ’  in 
a  tone  of  voice  that  indicates  his  belief 
that  I  am  about  to  rob  him  of  his  most 
cherished  possession.  Then  I  point  out 
that 
is  getting  seedy  and  that  the 
coat  is  too  long  or  too  short  or  too some­
thing,  and  that  they  are  not  wearing 
them  like  that  anyway  this  season,  and 
he  simply  snorts  at  the  imbecility  of 
intellect  that  pays  atten­
the  feminine 
tion  to  such  trifles. 
It’s  the  same  way 
with  all  his  clothes.  He  never buys  a 
hat  that  doesn’t  look  like  a  last  year’s 
bird’s  nest  if  he  can  help  himself.  He 
is  firmly  convinced  that  nobody  would 
notice  such  a  little  thing  as  his  trousers 
being  in  fringes  around  the  bottom  and 
that 
it  wouldn’t  make  a  particle  of 
difference  if  they  did.  Now,  if  it  were 
a  case  of  poverty  and  need  I  shouldn’t 
say  a  word. 
I  should  honor  him  for  his 
heroism  in  daring  to  go  shabby,  but  un­
der  the  circumstances,  when  he  can 
afford  anything  he  pleases,  it’s  a  plain 
case  of  aggravation.”

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

The  third  woman  reached  over  and 
pressed  the  speaker’s  hand sympathetic­
ally. 
“ Just  my  fix  exactly,”   she  said. 
“ I  know  all  about  it.  My  husband  is  a 
dear and  a  darling,  but  he  is  one  of  the 
constitutionally  careless. 
It  is  his  firm 
and  settled  belief  that  you  ought  not  to 
discard  a  good  garment  because  you 
happen  to  turn  the  ink  bottle  over  in 
your  lap  or  get  splashed  with  gravy. 
I 
confess  I  adore  neatness  and  good 
grooming  in  a  man,  and  before  we  were 
married  I  used  to  took  at  him  and  say 
to  myself,  ‘ Just  you  wait,  young  man, 
until  I  get  possession  of  you,  and  I’ll 
institute  a  reform 
in  your  wardrobe 
that  will  make  your  head  swim.  I ’ll  see 
to  the  cut  of  your  collars. 
I’ ll  settle  the 
fate  of  those  gay  plaid  trousers.  I’ ll  see 
that  no  more  misfit  coats  are  palmed 
off  on  you.’  Well,  I  began  with  en­
thusiasm  and  persevered  with  patience, 
but  it  was  no  good. 
I  worried  my  hus­
band  and  I  worried  myself  until  finally 
I  decided  that  peace  was  better  than 
style  in  the  family  and  gave  him  up. 
What  does  the  good  book  say,  ‘ Can  the 
Ethiopian  change  his  color or  the  man 
who 
in  the  habit  of  dropping  things 
on  himself  his  spots?’  ”

is 

look  nice. 

“ The  funny  part  of  it,”   put  in  the 
first  woman,  “ is  that  our  husbands  who 
are  so  careless  about  their  own  appear­
ance  are  so  particular  about  ours.  A 
man 
is  quick  enough  to  notice  if  his 
wife  doesn’t 
I  remember, 
after  I  had  been  married  two  or  three 
years  and  had  yielded  to  the  temptation 
to  become  a  bit  careless,  that  one  day 
my  husband  stood  looking  at  me  for  a 
few  minutes  and  then  tossed  a  banknote 
in  my  lap. 
‘ Take  that,’  he  said,  ‘ and 
go  and  get  you  some  ribbons,  or  what­
ever  it 
is  that  you  used  to  wear  when 
you  were  a  girl,  and  put  ’em  on.’  I  did 
and  it  was  the  lesson  of  my  life,  but 
it 
has  never  occurred  to  him  that  I  might 
like  to  see  him  always 
looking  spruce 
and  well-dressed,  just  as  much  as  he 
does  me.  There 
isn’t  a  woman  of  us 
who  doesn’t  feel  that  she  must  do  all 
she  can  to  keep  the  attractiveness  that 
won  our  husband’s  affections,  and 
it 
often  makes  me  wonder  that  a  man 
never  dreams  that  a  woman  may  be  dis­
illusioned 
just  as  easily  as  he  can  be. 
None  of  us  fell  in  love  with  a  slouchy 
man  with  a  three  days’  stubble  on  his 
face.  We  bestowed  our  romantic  young 
affections  on  an 
immaculate-looking 
youth,  fresh  from  the  barber  shop,  and 
I  have  made  up  my  mind  that  if  I  ever 
get  married  again  I  am  going  to  have  a 
marriage  contract  with  an  iron-bound 
clause  in  it  calling  for  a  daily  shave  or 
a  divorce.  A  cynic  once  said  that  the 
reason  there  was  so  much  domestic  dis­
cord  was  because  so  many  women  re­
garded  marriage  merely  as carte blanche 
to  wear Mother  Hubbards and eat onions. 
The  shoe  fits 
just  as  well  on  the  other 
foot,  and  there  are  entirely  too  many 
men  who  regard  marriage  as  unlimited 
liberty  to  wear  shabby  clothes  and  go 
without  shaving.”

“ What 

is  the  reason?”   asked  one  of 
the  women.  “ What  is  it  that  makes  so 
many  men  careless  of  their  appear­
ance?”

sheer 

“ Nothing  on  earth,”   responded  the 
speaker,  emphatically,  “ except  down­
right,  unadulterated, 
laziness. 
This  has  no  reference  to  the  amount 
of  energy  he  spends  on  his  business. 
The  average  man  doesn’t  begrudge  any 
amount  of  work  to  it,  but  when  you  ask 
him  to  make  the  slightest  effort  on  the 
outside  of  that,  he  feels that it  is  an out­
rageous  imposition  that  he  won’t  stand. 
It  takes  an  effort  to  holdjone’s  self  up

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and  so  he  slouches  along. 
It’s  tire­
some  to  wait  at  a  barber’s  shop  or shave 
one’s  self,  and  so  he  puts  it  off  as 
long 
as  he  can. 
It’s  toublesome  to  change 
one’s  clothes,  and  so  he  comes  to dinner 
in  the  suit  he  has  worn  all  day  in  the 
grocery  or  hardware  store  or  manufac­
tory. 
I  don’t  suppose  there  is  hardly  a 
woman  in  town,  of  even  the  most  mod­
erate  means,  who  doesn’t  dress  for 
dinner,  but  not  one  man  in  a  thousand 
is  given  to  the  custom,  although  a  vol­
ume  might  be  written  on  the  subject  on 
the  score  of  cleanliness,  economy  and 
general  civilization.”

“ What  are  we  to  do  about  it?”   asked 

the  first  speaker.

“ Nothing,”   replied  the  others. 

“ We 
have  tried  everything  and  nothing  does 
any  good.  We  just  have  to  take  them  as 
they  are  and  be  thankful  the  slouchiness 
doesn’t  extend  to  their  morals  and  their 
manners.  The  man  who 
is  careless 
about  his  clothes  and  his  looks  never 
reforms,  and 
is  useless  to  expect  it. 
He  puts  comfort  before  appearance,  and 
anybody  that  misguided  is  hopeless, ”  
and  three  women  sighed  the  sigh  of 
those  who  know. 

Dorothy  Dix.

it 

brilliant  or  witty,  or  even  worth  listen­
ing  to.  A   constant  fusillade  of  words 
is 
like  the  everlasting  irritating  drip, 
drip,  drip  of  a  drop  of  water,  that  will 
run  one  mad  in  time.  There  must  be 
silences  in  which  ideas  can  germinate 
and  grow  and  flower,  as there  are  pauses 
in  nature  during  which  she  works  her 
miracle  of  bud  and  bloom.

feel  neglected 

Chief  among  these  offenders  are  the 
misguided  women  who  think  that  it  is 
an  evidence  of  hospitality  to  talk  a 
guest  to  death.  They  imagine  that  you 
will 
if  somebody  isn’t 
“ entertaining”   you  every  minute  of 
the  time,  and  the  family  take  turns  and 
relays  in  relieving  each  other.  They 
begin 
an  animated  conversation  at 
breakfast,  and  pursue  it  with  unflagging 
energy  through  an 
interminable  day, 
and  far 
into  the  night,  and  when  at 
last,  limp  and  worn,  you  escape  your 
kindly  tormenters,  you 
feel  that  noth­
ing  on  earth  but  bedtime  has saved your 
If  they  would  only  have  let  you 
life. 
just  talked  when  they  felt 
alone,  and 
like 
it,  what  a  charming  visit  you 
might  have  had!  But  as  it  is,  you  feel 
that  you  have  been  through  the  conver-

sational  mill,  and  have  simply  been 
pounded  to  powder.

Another  place  where  the  continuous 
conversationalist  ought  to  be  forcibly 
suppressed  is  at  places  of  public amuse­
ment.  Why  on  earth  a  woman  should 
consider 
it  necessary  to  always  talk  to 
show  she  is  having  a  good  time  passes 
comprehension,  but  she  evidently  does. 
Go  to  a  concert.  Just  where  the  music 
is  most  soulful  and  dreamful,  you  may 
hear  her,  “ And  I  said  to  John,”   etc., 
and  “ Marne  said  to  me  thus  and  so.”  
At  the  theater  she  is  strong  on  telling 
the  plot  and  explaining  the  situation,  as 
if  she  alone  of  all  the  audience  had 
in­
tellect  to  grasp  them.  We  writhe  under 
it,  but,  alas!  the  pity  of  it,  we  have  no 
redress  against  the  infliction.  Like  the 
poor,  the  continuous  conversationalist is 
always  with  us,  and  will  be  unto  the 
bitter  end. 

Cora  Stowell.

M erely  B uying.

Caller— Isn’t  your  mother  in,  Ethel?
Ethel— No,  ma’am.  She’s  down town.
Caller— Shopping?
Ethel— Oh,  no,  ma’am ;  I  don’t  think 
she  had  time  for  that.  She  said  she 
was 
just  going  to  run  down  and  get 
some  things  she  needed.

Mr.  M arkle's  O bliging  W ife.

From the Buffalo Commercial.

Louise  Markle 

is  suing  John  G. 
Markle  for  a  judgment  of  separation  on 
the  ground  of  desertion,  and  she  has 
applied 
for  alimony  and  counsel  fees. 
The  husband  denies  desertion,  and 
swears  that  his  wife  left  him  because 
he  wanted  to  move  from  the  vicinity  of 
Main  and  Ferry  streets.  He  claims  that 
he  is  in  debt ;  that  he  has  all  he  can  do 
to  support  himself  and  his  fifteen-year- 
old  daughter,  and  that  his  wife  is  com­
fortably  provided  for. 
In  opposing  the 
for  alimony,  Mr.  Markle  sub­
motion 
mits  the 
letter,  which,  he 
says,  he  received  through  the  mail  from 
his  w ife :
“ This 

is  to  certify  that  I,  Louise 
Markle,  the  legally  wedded  wife  of John 
G.  Markle,  do  hereby  permit  my  hus­
band  to  go  where  he  pleases,  drink what 
he  pleases  and  when  he  pleases;  and  I 
furthermore  permit  him  to  keep  and 
enjoy  the  company  of  any  lady or  ladies 
he  sees  fit,as  1  know  he is a  good  judge. 
1  want  him  to  enjoy  life,  as  he  will  be 
a  long  time  dead.’

following 

Every 

infant  appears  like  a  phenom­

enal  genius  to  its  admiring  relatives.

The  happiest  people  in  the  world  are 
those  who  nave  forgotten  how  to  worry.

fflxt fm iite n t

^ o f   t| 

)tIfo itefc  S t a t e s   o f   A m e r ic a ,

T he  C ontinuous  C onversationalist.

At 

last  the  expected  has  happened.
A   person  has  been  talked  to  death.  Out 
in  Kansas,  where  they  have  the  courage, 
of  all  sorts  of  convictions,  a  woman 
who  had  been  ill  with  nervous  prostra­
tion  died,  and  the  attending  physician 
in  making  out  the  death  certificate  offi­
cially  declared  that  she  was  talked  to 
death  by  her  neighbors.  No  ill  will  or 
homicidal 
intentions  were  attributed  to 
her  friends.  She  was  merely  the  victim 
of  their  misguided  efforts  to  cheer  and 
entertain  her.

fact  'that  the  physician  had 

Doctors  will  perhaps  say  that  there  is 
nothing  unusual 
in  this,  and  that  the 
only  uncommon  feature  of  the  case  is 
the 
the 
hardihood  to  say  right  out  what  many  a 
medical  man  thinks.  Happily,  how­
ever,  such  cases  are  becoming  rarer, 
and  modem  science  is  making  us  more 
humane  to  the  sick. 
It  is  no  longer,  as 
it  formerly  was,  corsidered  the  proper  ■ 
mark  of  attent  on  to  show  visitors  into 
the  sick  room,  there  to  retail  above  the 
nervous  or  feverish  patient  all  the  ex­
citing  gossip  of  the  day,  or  fight  out  hot 
arguments  to  a  finish.  We  have  become 
enligitened  enough  to  realize  that  often 
itself  depends  on  keeping  an  in­
life 
valid  from  the 
indiscreet  kindness  of 
her  friends.

It 

though, 

that  one 

is  not  alone  in  the  sick  room,  un­
fortunately, 
suffers 
from  too  much  conversation.  There  are 
plenty  of  other  places  and  times  in 
which  we  feel  that  we  are  in 
imminent 
danger  of  being  talked  to death.  So  far, 
of  course,  no  matter what  our  sufferings, 
we  have  escaped  with  our  lives,  but  the 
menace 
is  one  that  hangs  suspended 
like  the  sword  of  Damocles  always 
above  our  head,  and  the  Kansas  City 
episode  but  calls  attention  to  an  ever­
present  danger.

The  world 

is  permitted.  The 

is  full  of  well-meaning 
people  who  labor  under  the  uncomfort­
able  impression  that conversation should 
be  a  continuous  performance,  where  no 
pause 
instant  the 
curtain  is  rung  down  on  one  act,  some­
thing  else  must  be  pitched  on  the  stage, 
to  keep  you  from  having  time  to  reflect 
on  what  you  have  seen  and  heard.  To 
these  a  moment’s  silence  seems  a  catas­
trophe.  Their  idea  of  being  entertain­
ing 
is  an  unbroken  stream  of  chatter, 
that 
is  the  most  wearisome  thing  on 
earth.  Nobody  can  be  continuously

GREETING!

T o 

_____
H B J X R Y   B .O O H y   your  o l e T h - a l y   attorneys,  ager.j, 
s a l e s m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  of 
holding  through  or  under  you,

U l e r e a s ,

It  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of

Near  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  M ORGAN’S  SONS  COM PANY,  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  H EN RY  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  “ S A P O L IO "  as  a  trade-mark  for  scouring  soap.

t t o n i ,   f o r f o r e , .. 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  penaltiej^_which__may__fafl__u2on__you__and__each_of__you  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “  SAPO LIO ,”  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 
false  or  misleading  manner.

is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from 

in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SA P O L IO "  in  any 

j$]$y  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 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

i6th  day  of  December, 

l“ “ J 

R O W L A N D   C O X ,

Gon&lainants  Solicitor

S.  a   OLIPHANT,

Ckrk

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

Fruits and  Produce.

F rau d u le n t  P acking  of  Apple»  In  On­

tario .

less 

Grimsby,  Ont.,  June  2— I  don’t  think 
you  can  pass  any  legislation  to  make  a 
man  honest.  You  may  correct  some 
evils, may improve the quality of our fruit 
by  cultivation,  by  pruning,  by  spray­
ing  and  by  thinning,  and  thus  get  nd 
of  a  large  proportion  of  this  unsalable 
fruit  that  is  being  placed  in  the  center 
of  barrels  for  the  British  market.  We 
all  know  that  the  growers  of  this  coun­
try  have  more  or 
inferior  fruit. 
They  are  going  to  market  that  product, 
and  they  have  a  right  to  market  that 
product,  and  I  don’t  believe  that  any 
legislature  or  any  government  can  pass 
a  law  to  prohibit  their  doing  so.  But  if 
we  can  raise  public  opinion  to  the point 
that  it  ought  to  be  raised,  then  1  take  it 
we  can  reach  the  only feasible plan.  For 
years  1  have  advocated  and  urged  that 
a  system  of 
inspection  be  adopted  for 
apples.  The  point  then  asked  was  that 
the  Government  appoint  an  inspector  to 
inspect  such  fruit  as  was  offered  for  in­
I  do  not  believe  that  we  can 
spection. 
law  that  all  fruit 
make  a  compulsory 
shall  be  inspected,  but  we  can  place 
it 
within  the  reach  of  a  man  who  wishes 
to  make  a  contract  for  the  British  mar­
ket,  for  example,  to  have  the 
inspector 
see  that  the  goods  shall  be  up  to  the 
standard  marked  upon  the  barrel. 
If  it 
is  marked  “ No. 
i ”   that  barrel  shall 
contain  No.  i  apples;  if  it  is  “ No.  2”  
it  shall  contain  a  certain  grade  of 
that 
is 
apples  as  set  forth  in  that  act.  Who 
doing  this 
Is  it 
the  fruit  growers  of  Ontario? 
I  do  not 
believe  it  is. 
It  is  the  speculators  who 
buy  very  large  quantities ;  and  when  a 
man  undertakes  to  cover  such  a  large 
scope  of  territory  and  to  handle  such 
immense  quantities  of  fruit,  it  is  im­
possible for him  to  get  men  well  enough 
posted  to  go  about  the  country  and  put 
up  those  apples  in  the  condition  they 
ought  to  be  put  up.  Now,  I  do not  think 
any  buyer  or  shipper  desires  to  have 
his  apples  put  up  badly,  and  if  the  In­
spection  Act  was  carried  out,  proper  in­
spectors  appointed  at  ports  of shipment, 
and.  if  we  could  have  local  inspectors 
to  inspect  and  brand  those barrels before 
they 
leave  this  Province  at  all  for  the 
British  market,  then  you  would  begin 
to  work  up  the  standard  of  Canadian 
fruit  fQr  market. 
Is  T hrow ing  B ad  Eggs  A ssault  and  B at­

fraudulent  packing? 

A.  H.  Pettit.

te ry ?

From the New England Grocer.

“ Is  a  man  guilty  of  assault  in  throw­
ing  decomposed  eggs  at  a  grocery  clerk 
after 
it  had  been  represented  to  him 
that  the  eggs  were  ‘ fresh  laid?’  ’ ’  is  a 
question  which  Judge  Berry  was  called 
in  the  Lynn  police 
upon  to  decide 
court.  He  did  not 
feel  equal  to  the 
task  and  concluded  to  take  a  week  to 
think  the  matter over.

is  a  clerk 

The  complainant 

in  his 
father’s  grocery  store,  and the  defendant 
was  Frank  Edgar,  an  iron  worker.  A c­
cording  to  the  evidence,  it  seems  that 
Edgar  purchased  a  half  dozen  duck 
eggs  from  one  of  the  clerks,  and  Edgar 
claims  that  he  represented  them  to  be 
fresh.

Edgar  took  the  eggs  home.  When  the 
first  one  was  broken  he  asserts  that  it 
proved  to  be  very,  very  bad,  with  an 
odor  that  was  overpowering.

He  then  took  the  superannuated  egg, 
and,  depositing 
in  the  bag  with  the 
other  five,  started  for  the  grocery  store. 
When  he  reached  the  store  the  clerk 
from  whom  he  bought  the  eggs  was  out, 
and  the  proprietor's  son  was  behind  the 
counter.  Approaching  him  Edgar  took 
the  broken  egg  from  the  bag,  and,  hold­
ing  it  under  the  clerk’s  nose,  said:

“ Smell  of  that egg  and  tell  me  if  it  is 

it 

good!”

The  clerk  sniffed  and  sniffed,  and 
finally  admitted  that  it  was  not  of  any 
too  recent  origin.

“ I  want  another  half-dozen  eggs  or 
my  money  back!’ ’  roared  Edgar,  who 
was  very  much  excited.

“ We  don’t  do  business  that  w ay,’ ’ 
“ Besides,  you  must  see 

said  the  clerk. 
the  man  you  bought  them  from .’ ’

the 

B ang! 

The  clerk  and  Edgar  bandied  words 
for  some  time  without  securing  what 
Edgar  thought  was  satisfaction,  and  as 
he  turned  to  leave  the  store he deposited 
his  hand  in  the  bag,  and  taking  an  egg 
from  it  fired  it  at  the  young  man.

It  struck  him  on 

left 
cheek,  the  contents  trickling  down  his 
neck.

Bang  again!  This  time  the  egg  hit 
him  on  the  shirt  front and spattered over 
his  face  and  clothing.

Another  bang !  The  egg  struck  him 
forehead,  the  interior  going  all 
on  the 
over  his  person  and  spattering the goods 
on  the  counter.

All  this  time  the  clerk  was  trying  to 
get  out  of  the  way  and  there  was  great 
excitement  in  the  store.  Edgar,  seeing 
that  his  man  was  getting  away,  fired  the 
remaining  three  eggs,  bag  and  all.  But 
his  aim  was  not  good  this time,although 
he  came  near  hitting  the  inoffensive 
book-keeper,  who  was,  fortunately 
for 
the  young  lady,  caged  in.
Then  Edgar  went  home.
The  above  is  the  story  of  the  assault.
Edgar  confessed  to  having  thrown  the 
eggs,  but  Judge  Berry  seemed  to  be  un­
decided  whether  the  eggs  were  decayed 
or  not.  Edgar  claimed  they  were ;  the 
clerk  persisted  they  were  not. 
The 
Judge  decided  to  continue  the  case  for
one  week.

How  th e   Coinmixidon  M erchant Slipped  a 

Cog.

is 

How  a  dishonest  habit  may  mislead  a 
man 
illustrated  by  the  New  Orleans 
Times-Democrat’s  story  of  a  commis­
sion  merchant  who  is  an  extremely close 
buyer.  When  he  receives  a  consign­
ment,  he  never  fails  to  claim  an  allow­
ance 
to  have 
spoiled  on  the  way.

for  something  alleged 

This  habit  is  well  known  to  the trade, 
and  has  led  to  many  complaints  from 
shippers,  but  the  merchant  had  always 
managed  to  come  out  on  top.

During  Christmas  week,  as  the  story 
goes,  he  received  several  barrels  of  fat, 
dressed  turkeys  from  a  poultryman 
in 
the  Northwest.  Previous  to  this  time 
the  shipper  had  consigned 
live,  fowls 
exclusively  and  probably  the  corres­
pondence  clerk  got  things  mixed.  At 
any  rate,  the  shipper  was  astonished  to 
receive  a  letter  by  return  mail,  running 
about  as  follows:

We  regret  to  advise  you  that  four  of 
the  turkeys  in  your  consignment  of  D e­
cember  —   reached  here  dead.  Please 
make  deduction  for  same,  and  return 
correct  amount.

The  poultryman  communed  with  him­

self  and  replied:

I  am  sorry  to  say  I  find  it 

impossible 
to  make  concession  requested. 
I  have 
established  a  rule  requiring  all  custom­
ers  who  desire  live  dressed  turkeys  to 
notify  us 
in  advance,  so  we  can  send 
them  in  heated  cars.  Turkeys  without 
their  feathers  and  insides  are  liable  to 
catch  cold 
if  shipped  in  the  ordinary 
manner.  The  mortality  among  dressed 
turkeys  was  very  large  this  year.
That  ended  the  correspondence.

New  Y ork  A pples  W in  P rize  a t  P a ris.
New  York,  June  2— The  State  of  New 
York  has  been  awarded  first  prize  at  the 
Paris  Exposition  for  its  exhibit  of  fresh 
apples.  This  information  was  received 
yesterday  by  N.  P.  Otis,  President  of 
the  New  York  State  Commission  to  the 
Exposition,  in  a 
letter  from  Commis­
sioner  L.  M.  Blakeley,  who  is  now  in 
Paris.  Mr.  Blakeley  also  says  the  ex­
hibit  of  green  apples  from  this  State 
is 
attracting  great  attention.  Two  hundred 
and  forty  bushel  boxes  of fresh apples  of 
all  varieties  were  sent  to  the  Exposition 
from  this  State.

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Fort  Dodge, 

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Mrs.  William  Kehm,  living  in  the  east­
ern  part  of  this  city,  set  fire  to  a  hen’s 
nest  to  make  her  leave  and  burned  up 
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M arket.

large,  there 

New  York,  June  2—Coffee  closes  very 
firm  and  the  quotations,  which  were 
advanced  during  the  week,  were  firmly 
held.  Jobbers  generally  report  a  good 
distributive  demand,  buyers  appearing 
to  be  willing  to  take  some  good-sized 
lots  at  the  advance  and  not  inclined 
to  shop  around.  While  offerings  in  an 
invoice  way  were  not 
is 
more  interest  shown  in the  situation and 
altogether  the  outlook,  for  the  moment, 
at 
least,  seems  to  favor  sellers.  Rio 
No.  7  closes  firm  at  8@8%c.  The  total 
stock in  store  and  afloat  aggregates 865,- 
424  bags,  against  1,233,739  bags  at  the 
same  time  last  year.  Mild  coffees  sym­
pathize  with  Brazilian  growths  and 
Good  Cucuta  is  well  held  at  10c.  Little 
has  been  done 
in  East  India  coffees, 
although for  really  desirable  stocks there 
is  a  demand  which  is  sufficient  to  keep 
the  market  in  prettv  good  shape.

Refined  sugars  are  active  and  strong. 
Advances  for  the  week  have  been  about 
45  points,  and  so  rapidly  does  the  price 
go  up  that  quotations  are  hardly  good 
more  than  a  few  hours. 
It  is  likely  we 
shall  have  an  interesting  sugar  market 
for  some  time,  now  that  another  com­
pany  has  come 
into  the  field.  There 
has  been  an  excellent  demand  during 
the  week  for  refined  sugar,  with  stand­
ard  granulated  closing  at  5.60.  It  is  un­
derstood  that  the  newly-formed  sugar 
company  will  “ work  in  harmony”   with 
the  trust.

At  Thursday’s  tea  auction  prices were 
the  effect  on 
fairly  satisfactory  and 
street  sales  was  good,  although  there 
is  still  room  for  improvement  as  sales 
have  been  mostly  of  very  small  quanti­
ties.  Some  small  sales  of  new  crop 
Japans  have  been  made  at  34@35c,  duty 
paid.

While  lice  prices  show  no  perceptible 
decline,  the  stocks  in  the  hands  of  deal­
ers  are 
increasing  and  the  market  is  a 
trifle  depressed.  Exporters  are  doing 
a 
little  business,  but  they  take  mostly 
low  grades.  Prime  to  choice  Southern 
rice  is  quotable  at 
Foreign
sorts  are  unchanged  and  firm.

Prices  of  spices  appear  to  be well sus­
is  absolutely  nothing 
tained,  but  there 
in  actual  transactions  beyond  a 
doing 
small  everyday  trade.  Pepper 
is  firm 
at  I2 ^ @ i2 ^ c ;  cloves,  Amboyna,  n }4 
@ i2j£c.

at 

Grocery  grades  of  New  Orleans  mo­
lasses  remain  firm  and  practically  un­
changed.  Stocks  are  moderate  and,  as 
the  demand  is  very  good  for  this  season 
of  the  year,  the  outlook  for  the  seller 
is 
quite  encouraging 
the  moment. 
There  is  quite  a  wide  variation  in  quo­
tations,  as  “ good”   ranges  from  2o@28c 
and  prime 
.  Foreign 
grades  are  firm  and  in  comparatively 
light  supply.  Syrups  have  accumulated 
somewhat  and  the  market  is  slightly 
in 
favor  of  the  buyer.  Prime  to  fancy 
sugar,  2i@28c.

from  30@37c. 

The  canned  goods  market  is gradually 
getting  into  better  shape  and,  with  old 
stocks  wearing  away,  there  is  every  in­
dication  that  with  the  opening  of  fall 
trade  there  will  be  a  good  market  all 
around,  although  possibly  no  great 
amount  of  “ rush”   orders  will 
be 
handed  in.  Better  conditions  prevail  in 
Baltimore  and  reports  of  splendid  crops 
come  from  all  parts  of  the  peninsula. 
in  prices  have  been  few  and 
Changes 
the  market 
is  practically  the  same  as 
last  week.  Salmon  is  firm  and  full  rates 
are  asked  and  obtained.  No  red Alaska 
is  offering  under  $1. i5@ i. 17^.

is 

While  there 

little  actual  business 
in  dried  fruits  going  forward,  the  feel­
ing 
is  firmer  and  dealers  are  not  com­
plaining.  Orders  are  for  small  lots  and 
are  mostly  from  the  country,  presum­
ably  to  feed  city  boarders  with.

The  sale of  Sicily  lemons  on  Friday 
was  well  attended  and  the offerings were 
large.  The  quality  was  hardly  up  to 
expectations  and  prices  showed  some 
weakness.  On  the  street  the  volume  of 
business has  been  satisfactory and prices 
are  firmly  held.  Sicily 
lemons  range 
from  $4@5.25,  as  to  size.  Oranges  are 
in  fair  demand  for  the  finer  grades,  but 
qualities  that  are  off  are  not  wanted.

15 

With  a  demand  that 

California  oranges  are  on  the  wane  and 
will  not 
last  much  longer.  Navels  are 
worth  $4.25@5.25.  Bananas  are  strongly 
held  at  rates  practically  the  same  as last 
week.
is  rather  light 
increasing, 
and  with  supply  seemingly 
there  is  an  easier  market  for  butter  and 
best  Western  creamery  is  not  quotable 
at  over  20c,  although  some 
lots  have 
sold  for  l/zC  more.  Thirds  to  firsts,  16 y  
@ig^4c; 
i8 }4 c ;  factory,  I5@ i6c.
The  cheese  market  is  dull  and  sales 
are  of  small  lots  at  low  rates.  Exporters 
are  taking  a  little,  but  at  figures  seem­
ingly  about  8# c  for  good  stock,  white 
and  colored.

creamery, 

imitation 

The  weather  is  not  at  all  favorable for 
eggs  and#stock  which  left  home  in  good 
condition*  is  only  too  apt  to  arrive 
in 
such  a  state  as  to  make  it  usable  for 
tanning  leather.  Western  storage  stock, 
prime,  i2^ c.

While  the  bean  market  is  generally 
reported  as  quiet,  prices  are  well  sus­
tained 
is  firm. 
Choice  marrow,  $2.20;  medium,  $2.12^ 
@2.15;  pea,  $2.30;  red  kidney,  2.10.

the  undertone 

and 

in 

fairly 

New  potatoes  are 

liberal 
supply  and  are  selling  from  $i.75@3 per 
bbl.  for  Southern.  Vegetables  are over­
flowing  the  market  and  prices  are  very 
low,  although  green  peas  are doing  fair­
ly  well  at  $1(651.25  per  %  bu.
are  worth 

35@75c; 
muskmelons,  per  case,  $i@3;  peaches, 
Georgia,  $i.25@i.75 ;  huckleberries,  8faj 
12c;  cultivated  blackberries,  i5@2oc.

Watermelons 

A t  L ast  She  Sm iled  and  Spoke.

From the Buffalo  Courier.

“  Anything  wrong?”   asked  the  hotel 
clerk  of  the  New  York  drummer  who 
had  just  got  home  from  the  West.

“ I  was  thinking,”   was  the  reply.  “ I 
from  Toledo  to  Buffalo  with  the 

rode 
prettiest  girl  I  ever  saw.”

“ But  that  didn’t  hurt  you.  Who  was 

she?”

“ Can’t  tell.”
“ You  didn’t 

introduce  yourself  and 

get  her  card  in  return?”

* ‘ No. ’ ’
“ No  particular  trouble,  eh?”   solicit­

ously  insisted  the  clerk.

“ Well,  it  was  this  w ay,”   replied  the 
traveler,  as  he  braced  up  for  the  ex­
planation.”   She  sat  opposite  me,  you 
know,  and  I  tried  for  an  hour  to  catch 
her  eye.  She  simply 
ignored  me  and 
gazed  out  of  the  window.  Then  I  rose 
and  handed  her  a  magazine,  but she  de­
clined  with  thanks.  Ten  minutes 
later 
I  bought  the 
latest  novel  out,  but  she 
said  she  didn’t  care  to  read.  Then  I 
bought  some  fruit,  but  she  would accept 
none.  She  also  ignored  me  when  I  tried 
to  draw  her  out  on  m usic.”

“ But  you  persisted?”
“ Oh,  yes.  That  is,  I  was  about  to 
make  another  attempt  to  enter  into  con­
versation  when  the  train  came  to  a  halt 
at  a  town,  and  the  girl  beckoned  me 
over. 
in  an  instant  and 
with  the  sweetest  smile  you  ever saw she 
asked  me  if  I  would  do  her  a  slight  fa­
vor. ’ ’

I  was  there 

“   ‘ With  all  my  heart,’  I  hastened  to 

say.

“   ‘ W ell,’  she  said,smiling  even  more 
sweetly, 
‘ suppose  you  leave  the  train 
here  and  take  the  next  one  that  follows, 
for  you  have  made  me  dead  tired,  and  1 
feel  like  taking  a  nap.’

“ Good  gracious,”   whispered 

the 

clerk.

“ Yes,  sir,”   said  the  drummer,  as  he 
reached  for  a  cigar,  “ and  I  want  to  go 
up  to  my  room  and  sit  and think and  try 
and  figure 
it  out.  Perhaps  it’s  time  I 
left  the  road  and 
settled  down  at 
home. ’ ’

B usiness  Stopped  by  A nts.

Upper  Sandusky,  Ohio,  May  31— To­
day  this  town  was  visited  with  an  im­
mense  swarm  of  flying  ants,  which  had 
the  effect  of  compelling  merchants  in 
certain  districts  to  discontinue business. 
The  merchants  had  no  time  to  prepare 
for  the  onslaught,  and  had  trouble  to 
get  the 
insects  from  their  stores  that 
they  might  be  closed.  The  ants  were 
supplied  with  long,  transparent  wings, 
and  only  remained  for a couple of hours.

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Eggs

O bservations  by  a  G otham   Egg  M an.
J.  B.  Jean,  of  the  Jean-Hurst-Redfern 
Company,  was  on  ’Change  one  day 
last 
week  with  a  package  of crystallized egg, 
the  product  of  a  new  venture  by  this en­
terprising  firm. 
In  the  course  of  a  con­
versation  with  Mr.  Jean  about  the  new 
product  he  informed  me  that  the  com­
pany  had  installed  a  large  factory for its 
manufacture  at  Springfield,  Mo.,  with 
capacity  to  handle  about  500 to 600 cases 
a  day.  The  method  of  manufacture 
is, 
he  said,  a  great  improvement  over the 
old  methods,  both  as  to  the  quality  of 
the  product  and  the  economy  of  turning 
it  out.  The  goods  are  now  made  so  as 
to  keep  in  perfect  condition  for  a  much 
longer  time— eighteen  months  or  more 
— and  their  quality  is  such  as  to  be  use­
ful  for  any  of  the  purposes  in  which 
eggs  are  used  other  than  where  whole 
eggs  are  requisite.  Mr.  Jean  said  that 
the  plant  had  been  running  night  and 
day  this  spring  but  the  demand  for  the 
product  had  been  so  great  as  to  consid 
erably  exceed  its  capacity.  A  large  out 
let  had  been  found  on  the  Pacific  coast 
chiefly  In  Alaska,  where  carload  lots 
had  been  shipped.  The  concentrated 
form  of  the  crystallized  egg  makes  it  a 
valuable  commodity  in  relation  to  bulk 
— a  carload  being  worth  something  over 
$14,000—and  makes  it  especially  desir 
able  for  use  in  sections  where  transpor 
tation  charges  are  high  and  when  long 
keeping  quality  is  essential.  Mr.  Jean 
said  that  the  company  could  take 
large 
orders  from  baking  trade  also,  but  had 
been  unable  to  cultivate  this  field of out 
let  because  of 
inability  to  make  the 
goods  fast  enough.  The eggs are candled 
carefully  and  broken  out  into  vats;  the 
shells  are  thrown  into  a  machine  which 
takes  the 
last  trace  of  albumen  from 
them  by  centrifugal  force;  the saving  of 
albumen 
nearly  10  per  cent.  Two  grades  are 
made,  one  from  perfectly  fresh,  strong 
meated  eggs,  the  other  from  such  as  are 
weak,  but  great  care 
is  taken  to  keep 
out  all  eggs  which  would  affect  flavor 
of  the  product  unfavorably,  even  from 
the  second  grade.  The  crystallized  egg 
is  put  up  in  tins  containing  1  pound 
equal  to  4  dozen  eggs,  and 
in  larger 
packages  appropriate  to  bakers’  trade 
The  sample  shown  on 
attractive  appearance  and  sweet  and 
fresh  flavor.

in  this  way  Mr.  Jean  says 

’Change  was 

*  *  *

I 

again  hear  a  good  many  complaints 

about  36  dozen  cases  and  it  appears  that 
a  number  of  shippers 
in  the  Central 
Western  egg  country  are  using  these  ob­
jectionable  packages,  to  their  own  dis­
It 
advantage. 
is  always  difficult  and 
sometimes 
impossible  to  get  as  much 
for the  eggs  in  36s  as  in  30s,  even  when 
the  quality  and  condition  of  the  stock 
are  the  same.  There  are  several  objec­
tions.  First,  they  are  more  difficult  to 
handle  and  some  large  egg  users  who 
employ  girls  to  take  the  eggs  out  refuse 
to  buy  them  altogether.  But  the  most 
important  difficulty,  and  one  which  is 
especially  serious 
is 
the  liability  to  greater  breakage.  With 
the  usual  fillers  36  dozen  eggs  make  too 
great  a  bulk  and  weight  in  the  Gase  and 
the  shifting  and  motion  break  a  good 
many  eggs.  This  makes  the  appear­
ance  mussy  and  not  only  adds  to  the 
loss,  but  contaminates  the  whole  pack­
age.  Give  them  up;  the  30  dozen  case 
is  far  the  better  package.
3|e  *  *

in  hot  weather, 

many  of  the  eggs  lately  arriving 

in 
New  York  and  losses  have  been  running 
greater  than  usual  at  this  season.  We 
are  approaching  the  heated  term  and 
the  hand  grading  adopted  satisfactorily 
by  some  packers  during  the  spring,  by 
which  the  cracked,  very  dirty  and  very 
small  eggs  are  kept  out  of  their  first 
grade,  must  be  supplanted  by  candle 
examination  if  it  is  desired  to  maintain 
gh  quality  and  gain  reputation  for  the 
brand.  There  are  a  good  many  rotten 
eggs,  and  eggs  that  will  become  so  very 
soon,  which  can  only  be  detected  before 
If  these  are  left  in  they  in­
the  candie. 
crease  the 
loss  and  damage  the  whole 
lot  by  their  presence.  They  should  be 
kept  out.  Moreover  especial  care  should 
now  be  taken  in  packing to avoid break­
age ;  good  sound  30  dozen  cases  and 
strong  fillers  will  accomplish  th is;  the 
presence  of  broken  eggs,  always  very 
objectionable,  becomes  of  more  and 
more  serious  consequence  as  the weather 
grows  warmer  and  should  be  more  care­
fully  guarded  against.— N.  Y.  Produce 
Review.

W h at  Is  th e   B est  E gg  P reserv ativ e?
Various  methods,  all  with  the  idea  of 
filling  up  the  pores  of  the  egg  shell  and 
keeping  the  air  out,  have  been  sug 
gested.  One  in  general  use  consists 
in 
pouring  over  the  eggs  a  solution  of 
sodium  silicate  1  part  in  water  10  parts, 
jood  results  are  also  said  to have  been 
obtained  by  immersing  the  eggs  for  six 
hours  in  the  following  solution:

Salicylic  acid,  1  oz.
Borax,  10  ozs.
Hot  water,  10  gals.
Dissolve  and  cool.  This  solution 

is 
also  claimed  to  give  eggs  the  buff  color 
characteristic  of  winter  “ new  laid”  
eggs,  but  is  the  better  by  the  addition 
of  a  little  annatto  solution.  A  bath  of 
melted  paraffin  is  also  good  for  preserv­
ing  eggs;  so  is  hot  milk  of  lime— both 
acting,  doubtless,  by  destroying  surface 
bacteria  and  coagulating  a  thin  layer 
nside  of  the  shell.  Another  good  old 
plan 
is  to  dissolve  an  ounce  of  cream 
tartar  in  a  gallon  of  boiling  water,  and 
add  two  ounces  of  slaked  lime.  Set 
aside  until  cold,  and  put  the  eggs  in  the 
clear  solution,  where  they  are  kept  unti’ 
wanted. 

Martin  Neuss.

One  on  th e   P h ysielan.

“ S ay,”   said  the  doctor,  addressing 
the  druggist,  and  winking  knowingly  at 
the  clerk,  “ do  you  know  anything  about 
this  stamp  tax?”

“ Sure,”   replied  the  druggist.  “ What 

do  you  want  to  know?”

“ Suppose,”   continued  the  M.  D., 
“ that  I  wanted  to  express  my  opinion; 
would  1  have  to  stamp  the  express  re­
ceipt?’ ’

“ Undoubtedly,”   answered  the  drug­
if  you  will  allow  me,  1 
gist. 
would  suggest  that  you  forward  your 
o p in io n s  by  m a il! ”

“ And  why  by  mail?”   asked  the  auto­

“ But 

crat  of  physic.

“ Because,”   replied 

the  dispenser, 
“ as  they  have  no  weight  it  would  be 
much  cheaper.”

T he  Boy  W ith   th e   Spade.
No weight of ages bows him down.
That barefoot  boy with Angers brown. 
There’s nothing empty in his face.
No burdens of the human race 
Are on his back, nor is he dead 
To joy or sorrow, hope or dread;
For he can grieve, and he can hope,
Can shrink with all his soul from soap.
No brother to the ox is he.
He's second cousin to the bee:
He loosens and lets down his jaw 
And brings it up—his gum to “ chaw.” 
There’s naught hut sweat upon his  brow, 
’Tis slanted somewhat forward now.
His eyes are bright with eager light.
He’s working with an appetite.
Ah, no!  That boy is not afraid 
To wield with ail his strength his spade! 
Nor has he any spite at fate—
He’s digging angleworms for bait.

The  hot  weather  which  prevailed  a
couple  of  weeks  ago  put its stigma  up-

Think  for  yourself.  The  man  of  ideas 

is the  man who gits thar.

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The  Meat  Market

How  th e   B u tc h er  O u tw itted   H is  L and­

lord.

There 

indulged 

is  a  lively  little  spite  fight  on 
in  Jersey  City  between  two  retail  butch­
ers,  and  the  present  indications  are  that 
the  one  who  is  in  the  wrong  will  “ get 
it  in  the  neck, ’ ’  as they  say  on  the  Bow­
ery— and  Fifth  avenue,  for  that  matter. 
As  the  experience  of  the  two  gentlemen 
engaged 
in  the  argument  is  much  the 
same,  as  that  which  numerous  other 
butchers  have 
in  at  times,  I 
conclude  that  a  full  report  of  the  trouble 
its  start  to  the  present  will  be  of 
from 
enough 
interest  to  hold  attention  for  a 
few  minutes.  For  reasons  not  necessary 
to  explain  I  omit  their  names,  which 
are  distinctly  German,  and  will  call 
them  Brown  and  Smith.  Eight  years 
ago  Smith  was  doing  a  good  business 
on  Newark  avenue,  Jersey  City,  and 
from  money  made  by  selling  meat 
bought  the  building  in  which  his  mar­
ket  was  situated  and  a  farm  out 
in  the 
western  part  of  New  Jersey.  While  he 
was  at  the  height  of  his  prosperity  his 
health  broke,  and  at  the  order  of  his 
physician  he  sold  out  the  market,  and 
retired  to  the  farm.  Despite  the  fact 
that  his  was  a  good,  profitable  trade,  he 
had  some  difficulty  in  convincing  pro­
spective  buyers  that  it  was  so,  until  he 
met  Mr.  Brown,  and  a  price  was  set 
and  the  deal  closed.  Then  Smith  made 
it  a  point  to  see  each  of  his  customers 
and  explain  to  them his  reason  for  retir­
ing,  and  requested  that  his  successor, 
Brown,  receive  their  patronage.  Brown, 
being  an  enterprising  man,  made  some 
improvements  in  the  place,  and  by hard 
work  built  up  even  a  larger  trade  than 
Smith  had  enjoyed.  The  story  of  his 
success  got  to  Smith,  and  while  he  sat 
under  the  shade  of  the  apple  trees  on 
his  farm,  he  wished  his  health  would 
improve  rapidly.  Because— but 
that
part  will  come  later. 
In  the  course  of 
time— in  fact,  two  years  ago— Brown  re­
ceived  a  letter  from  Smith. 
It  told  him 
that  after  a  certain  date  his  rent  would 
be  $5  more  each  month.  Now  a  $5 
raise  is  pretty  stiff,  and  Brown  almost 
had  his  breath  knocked  out  at  the  de­
mand,  but  as  there  was  nothing  to  do 
but  pay  it  he  did  so,  and  lost  some  of 
his  regard  for  the  invalid  in  West  Jer­
sey.  As  for  the 
invalid,  he  was  so 
tickled  at  his  success 
in  making  the 
rent  advance,  that  he  sent  notice  of  an­
other  $5  raise  the  next  year.  And  that 
was  the  straw  that  broke  the  camel’s 
back— the  camel  in  this  instance  being 
Brown.  He  sent  back  his  refusal,  and 
the  retired  butcher  sm iled;  smiled,  be­
cause  Brown  had  no  way  of  escape; 
there  was not  an  empty  store  within two 
blocks,  and  it  was  livers  to  haslets  that 
Brown  would  give  in.  That  was  where 
Smith’s  reckoning  gear  was  clogged, 
for  the  usually  passive  Brown  bought  a 
lot  next  door,  and  put  up  a  building. 
By  this  time  the 
invalid  was  so  far 
recovered  that  he  took  up  the  gauntlet 
thrown  down  by  Brown  and  ordered  fix­
tures  put  in  the  market  lately  occupied 
by  that  gentleman,  and  began  a  canvass 
of  his  former  friends  to  get  them  to 
trade  with  him.  Then he received  a  sur­
prise,  for they  said  to  him : 
“ I  am  at 
a  loss  to  understand  your  conduct,  Mr. 
Smith.  You  came  to  us  before  and 
said  Mr.  Brown  was  your  friend;  that 
you  had  sold  him  your  good  will  and 
all  that  sort  of  thing.  Now  you  want 
us  to  quit  him  and  come  back  to  you. 
We  have  always  found  Mr.  Brown  to  be 
honest  and  reliable;  we  are  satisfied

with  the  way  he  treats  us,  and  shall 
continue  to  deal  with  him  until  such 
time  as  he  gives  us  cause  to  do  other­
wise—when  that  time  comes  we  reserve 
the  right  to  go  where  we  please.  Good 
day,  Mr.  Sm ith.”

And  Mr.  Smith  opened  his  market 
and  waited 
for  the  people  to  drift  in. 
They  are  not  coming  in  very  large num­
bers.  The  story  of  the  whole  scheme 
has  gained  circulation  in  the  neighbor­
hood,  and  the sympathy,  of  course,  goes 
to  Brown.  As  a  result  he 
is  doing  a 
bigger  business,  and  getting  better  peo­
ple  than  he  ever  had  before,  and  1  have 
heard  people  say  that  “ Smith  won’t last 
long.”   I  hope  he  won’t,  for  no  one  can 
wish  good  luck  to  a  man  who makes  use 
of  such  methods.

Some  one  asked  in  a  trade  paper  the 
other  day  for  the  name  of  a  single  per­
son  who  cares  a  continental  about  trad­
I’m 
ing  stamps.  Well,  I  do  for  one. 
glad  they  will  be  a  thing  of-the  past 
in 
this  State  after  September  1. 
If  you 
have  never  run  up  against  any  of  the 
gift 
schemes,  you  don’t  know  how 
ridiculous  they  make  a  shop  appear.  In 
last  week  I  got  into  one  that 
Brooklyn 
was  a  beautiful 
looked 
more  like  a  pawnshop  than  a  meat  mar­
ket.  On  one  side  of  the  store  was  the 
bench,  but  no  meat.  On  the  other  side 
was  a  showcase  full  of  glasstvare,  cus- 
pidores  and  brass 
jewelry.  A  glass 
goblet  was  given  with  every  10  cent 
purchase  and  a  cuspidor  with  a  three 
pound  steak.-  I  asked  the  proprietor 
how  business  was  getting  along,  and  he 
sighed.  Then  he 
into  the 
great  unknown,  apparently,  and  said 
“ rotten.”   And 
it  serves  him  right.— 
Stroller  in  Butchers’  Advocate.

looked  off 

example. 

It 

Base  A pathy.

“ Say,  Thompson,  did  you  ever  no­
tice  that  I-was  brutally  indifferent to my 
children?”

“ Certainly  not.  You’ re  quite  the  con­

trary,  Holmes.”
“ Well,  do  I 

look 

like  a  miscreant 
who  would  be  only  too  glad  to  abandon 
them  to  the  mercy of  strangers?”

“ Of  course  not.  Whatever  put  such 

an  idea  into  your  head?”

“ Or  have  1  the  reputation  of  being  so 
selfish  that  I  would  not  disturb  or  exert 
myself 
in  the  slightest  to  secure  their 
safety  from  the most desperate  danger?”  
“ No,  indeed.  Who’s  been  accusing 

you  of  such  things?”

“ My  w ife.”
“ Your  wife?  Why?”
“ Why,  little  Johnny  got  himself 

lost 
for  a  couple  of  hours  the  other  day,  and 
all  I  did  was  to  notify  the  police,  hire 
every  private  detective 
town  and 
arouse  all  the  neighbors  to  help  hunt  for 
him .”

“ Wasn’t  that  enough?”
“ No.  She  insists  that  I  am  a  brutal, 
selfish  miscreant,  and 
several  other 
things,  because  I  refused  to  do  all  she 
wanted  me to. ’ ’

“ Why,  what  more  was  possible?’’ 
“ Make  the  Governor  order  out  the 

in 

militia  to  help  hunt.”

M ethod  by  W hich  M eat  Can  be  K ep t 

F resh   a   M onth.

A   German  chemist,  Emmerich,  has 
discovered  a  method  of  preserving  meat 
in 
its  fresh  state.  During  the  entire 
month  of  April  the  soldiers  of  the Tenth 
Bavarian  brigade  infantry,  stationed  at 
Metz,  were  put  upon  a  diet  of  fresh 
meat  preserved  according  to his method. 
The  result  of  the  experiment  was  per­
fectly  satisfactory.  The  meat  kept  its 
flavor  and  freshness,  and  the  soldiers 
were  delighted  with  it.  His  method  of 
treatment 
is  claimed  by  himself  to  be 
extremely  simple.  Moreover,  the  meat, 
instead  of  being  canned,  is  glaced  in 
wooden  boxes.  At  the  general  manoeuv- 
ers  next  autumn  the  Frist  Bavarian 
army  corps  will  be  supplied  with  Prof. 
Emmerich’s  meat,  and,  if  it  proves  to 
be  delicious,  the  entire  German  army 
will  be  supplied  with  it.

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palatable,  during  this  hot  weather,  “ old  fashioned” 
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it our  inimitable  quality  of  BUTTERINE,  which  is a  per­
fect  summer  product. 
It  never gets  strong  or  rancid; 
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R elative  M erits  of th e  Aged  and  Y outh­

ful C lerk.
W ritten for the Tradesman.

!‘ I  wonder  what  becomes  of  all  the 

old  men?”

street  now. ’ ’

“ There  are  a 

few  out  there  on  the 

“ They  are  not  at  work,  are  they?”  
“ They  don't  appear  to  be.  What  are 
you  trying  to  get  through  your  head, 
anyway?”

“ I 

just  want  to  know  what  becomes 
of  all  the  old  men?  Do  they  get  rich 
before  they  get  old,  do  their  children 
support  them  or  do  they  go  to the county 
houses  of  the  land?”

“ Why,  I  know  a  whole  lot  of  old  men 

who  are  still  in  business.”

“ So  do  1,  but  I  am  not  speaking  of 
old  men  who  are  in  business. 
I  have 
been  keeping  watch  of  th e‘ help wanted’ 
advertisements  in  the  Chicago  dailies 
for  a  week  or  more,  and  not  one  adver­
tiser  has  asked 
for  an  old  or  middle- 
aged  man.  They  all  want  young  men.
It  appears  to  me  that  as  soon  as  a  man 
gets  old  enough  to  know  something  he 
is  turned  out  to  grass.”

The  two  men  were  standing  at  the 
rear  end  of  a  clothing  house  and  I  was 
close  enough  and  mean  enough  to  listen 
to  their  talk.

“ I  have  an 

idea  that  most  old  men 
know  too  much, ’ ’  said  the  other,  who 
was  in  the  clothing  business  in  another 
‘ ‘ I  have  found  a  good  many  who 
tow’n. 
do,  anyway. 
I  engaged  an  old  man  to 
work  about  my  place  of  business  a  few 
weeks  ago  and  it  wasn’t  a  week  before 
he  owned  the  shop.  He  wasn’t  what 
you  call  fresh,  but  he  knew  more  about 
my  business  than  1  did  myself.  He 
bossed  the  clerks  and  directed  the  win­
dow  trimmer  and  told  me  how  to  buy 
goods  and 
about 
everything  that  came  up  until  I  had  to 
discharge  him .”

talked  and 

talked 

“ And  a  young  man?  What  would  a 

yt?ung  man  have  done?”

‘ ' He  would  have  made  a  few  blunders 
and  asked  a  good  many  questions,  but 
he  wouldn’t  have  tried  to  operate  the 
whole  plant  in  five  days.”

“ You  mean  he  would  have  kept  his 

mouth  shut?”
‘ * Exactly. ’ ’
“ When  you  find  a  young  man  who 
knows  when  to  keep  his  mouth  shut, 
just  drop  me  a  postal  card. 
I  want 
him .”

“ I’ ll  keep  him  m yself,”   said  the 
“ One  would  suppose  that  old 
other. 
men  would  have 
learned  the  trick  of 
silence,  but  I ’m  blessed  if  one  old  man 
won’t  out-talk  a  dozen  young  ones.  And 
they  know  so  many  things  that  aren’t 
so,  too.  What  one  wants  in  a  salesman 
is  modesty, 
tact  and  common  sense. 
Customers  won’t  stand  it  to  be  treated 
with  an  intolerant  air  that  indicates  the 
wisdom  of  the  salesman  and  belittles 
their  own  judgment.”

“ You’ll  soon  be  an  old  man  your­
self,”   said  the  man  with the newspaper. 
“ What  are  you  going  to  do  then?”

“ I’m  going  to  be  a  model  man,”   was 
the  laughing  reply.  “ I’m  going  to  keep 
my  knowledge  of  the  world  and  of  the 
special  business  I  am  engaged  in to my­
self. 
I’ m  going  to  consult  with  the 
young  men  around  me. 
I’m  going  to 
ask  questions  of  the  boss,  if  I  have  to 
work 
I’m  going  to 
learn  the  ways  of  the  store  I  am  em­
ployed  in  and  forget  all  my  old  ways.”  
“ You  won’t  be  able  to  do  it,”   said 
his  friend.  “ You’ll  be  obliged  to  do  so 
many  things  against  your  judgment  that

for  some  one  else. 

you  will  begin  to  talk  to  the  proprietor. 
And  your  judgment  may  be  better  than 
his. ”

* ‘ Then  I  shall  expect  to  get  fired. 
“ Speaking  about  old  men,”   said  the 
other,  “ I  was  working  in  a  dry  goods 
store  at  Indianapolis  some  years  ago 
when  an  old  man  was  added  to  the 
clerical  force.  He had  been  in  business 
for  himself  most  of  his  life  and  had  no­
tions  of  his  own.  He  honestly  tried  to 
teach  us  young  chaps  something,  and 
when  he  saw  a  mistake  being  made  he 
did  not  hesitate  to  address  the  owner  of 
the  store.”

“ And  lost  his  job?”
“ Not  right  away.  He  worried  over 
the  way  things  were  going  more  than 
the  proprietor  did.  The clerks  were  in­
attentive  to  customers,  the  credit  line 
was 
large  and  collections  not  pushed, 
and  the  buyers  for  the  several  depart­
ments  had  a  notion  in  their  heads  that 
they  could  buy  cheaper  by  allowing  the 
traveling  salesmen  to  get  them  drunk 
every  time  they  came  to  town.

“ Things  went  from  bad  to  worse,  and 
the  old  man  kept  kicking  to  the  pro­
prietor  until  there  was  no  living  with 
him,  and  he  was  told  that  the  store 
could  get  along  without  him.  When  he 
went  out,  he  told  the  boss  that  he didn’t 
think  the  store  could  get  along  without 
him  for  any  great  length  of  time.

“ Well,  in  about  a  month  the  crash 
came  and  we  all  lost  our  places.  Then 
something  happened.  Our  old  man 
clerk  got  a  pile  together  somehow  and 
took  the  old  place.  He  had  a  small 
stock  of  goods,  but  he  made 
things 
hum.  He  carried  out  all  the  old  no­
tions  he  had  suggested  to  the  bankrupt 
merchant  and  which  had  been  by  him 
rejected  and  won  out  on  them.  One 
thing  he  did  that  I  wondered  at.  He 
gave  the  old  employer  a  situation.”  

“ Then  the  old  man’s  words  were 
wisdom  and.  his  advice  boiled-down 
I  presume?  And  all  the  old 
honey, 
stories  which  no  one  would 
listen  to 
when  he  was  a  salesman  went?”

“ Of  course.  You  know  how  much 
toadying  there  is  in  the  world,  but  the 
point  1  want  to  get  at  is  that  the  old 
man  was’nt  any  better  manager for him­
self  than  he  would  have  been  for  the 
other  man. 
In  other  words,  if  his  em­
ployer  had  listened  to  him,  he might not 
have 
failed.  How  many  old  men  are 
there  who  are  able  to  teach  the  young 
men  who  are 
in  business?  A  good 
many,  if  they  could  but  get  a  chance.”  
“ Most  business  men  would  rather  fail 
on  their own  judgment  than  win  on  the 
judgment  of  another  man,  don’t  you 
think?”

“ No,  I  don’t,  for  it  is  a  serious  thing 
to  fail  in  business.  The  fact is  that  old 
men  have  the  under side  in  the  battle 
of  life  because  those  who  are  not jealous 
of  their  superior  knowledge  are  con­
temptuous  of  their  physical  abilities. 
When  I  go  into  business  I  mean  to  en­
gage  old  men 
in  preference  to  young 
ones. 
If  I  want  brute  force  I  can hire  a 
m ule;  if  I  want  quick  action  I  can  get 
any  old  jumping-jack.  What  I  want  is 
executive  ability  guided  by  experience. 
Old  men  for  m e.”

“ You  are  one  out  of  a  thousand,”  
said  the  other. 
“ For  my  part,  I  mean 
to  get  permanently  and  satisfactorily 
located  before  I  get  very  old,  and  I 
would  advise  you  to  do  the  same.”

And  I  walked  away  wondering  which 

one  was  right. 

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M IC H IG A N   TR A D E S M A N

21

W hy  th e   R etaile r  Should  T reat  th e   J o b ­

b er  F airly .

I’ve  been  thinking  over  the  matter 
pretty  carefully  during the  last  few  days 
and  I’ve  come  to the  conclusion  that the 
jobber  isn’t  getting  all  that’s  coming  to 
him.  He’s  being  treated  rather  badly 
by  the  very  people  he  has  befriended 
and  who  ought  to  befriend  him.

There  is  a  whole  lot  of  talk  about  just 
now  about  co-operative  buying,  and  it 
is  accompanied  by  a  stack  of  unneces­
sary  flings  against  the  wholesale  grocer. 
in  co-operative 
Understand,  I  believe 
buying 
for  retailers. 
It’s  the  coming 
feature  of  the  small  retail  business, 
without  a  doubt,  but  all  the  same,  there 
isn't  any  excuse 
for  jumping  all  over 
the 
jobber,  particularly  when  in  many 
cases  he  has  been  the  best friend  the  re­
tailer had.

The  other  day  I  was  talking  with  a 
idea 

certain  large  wholesaler,  when  an 
suddenly  popped  into  my  head.

“ I  wish  you’d  tell  me  how  many  re­
tail  dealers  you’ve  got  on  your  books,”  
said  I,  “ who  would  go  to  the  wall if you 
should 
insist  on  their  paying  all  they 
owed  you  inside  of  ten  days.”
The  jobber  mused  a  moment.
“ It’s  funny  you  should  hit  on  that,”  
he  said,  presently;” ! 
looked  up  that 
very  thing  just  the  other  day,  for  a  cer­
tain  purpose  of  my  own.”

1  waited  expectantly.
‘ ‘ Our 

credit  man,”   he  continued, 
“ says  that  there  are  just  146  customers 
who  would  undoubtedly  have  to  shut  up 
if  we  came  down  bard  on  them .”
shop 
is  only  one  jobber.  Every 
other  jobber  who  sells  on  credit  can  tell 
you  the  same  story.  Every  one  of  them 
is  carrying  his  share  of  this  frightful 
load.

And  this 

What  does 

it  mean? 

It  means  that

through  the  tolerance  of  this  jobber  just 
146  retailers  are  allowed  to  continue 
in 
business,  where 
jobber  insisted 
on  getting  his  just  deserts,  and  getting 
them 
in  a  reasonable  time,  the  whole 
batch  would  go  to  the  wall  at  once.

if  the 

the 

To  be  sure, 

jobber  doesn’t  do 
this  out  of  philanthropy.  He 
trusts 
along  because  he  hopes  to  get  all  his 
money. 
If  he  forced  the  poor  retailer 
to  the  wall,  he  might  not  get  it  all.  But 
that  doesn't  alter  the  fact,  does 
it,  that 
these  146  retailers  ought to be  grateful  to 
that  wholesaler?  Yet  they’ re  not; 
I’ ll 
bet  a  big  apple  that  not  a  man  of  them 
feels  under  any  obligation  to  him. 
In 
fact,  they  are  apt  to  say  hard  things 
about  him  when  they  find  a  mild  little 
dun  from  him  in  the  mail.

And  another  thing: 

I’d  like  to  bet 
that  these  146,  and  others  in  the  same 
class,  are  the  loudest  when  it  comes  to 
talking  about  co-operative  buying,  and 
the 
jobber’s  collar,  and  ‘ ‘ the  jobber’s 
got  to  go,”   and  other  subjects  of  the 
same  favored class.  They  it  is  who,  al­
though  they  have  the  greatest  reason  to 
respect  and  stand  by  the  jobber,  act  as 
if  they  had  the  greatest  cause  to  hate 
him,  and  wish  for his  destruction.

It  isn’t  a  square  deal,  boys.
The 

jobber  who  gave  me  the  figures 
quoted  above  touched  on  these  things  to 
some  extent.

“ It’s  odd,”   said  he,  “ how  a  man 
can  turn  against  you  after  you’ve  done 
so  much  for  him.  I  know  a  young fellow
who  lives  out  here  a t -----.  There  are
quite  a  number  of  grocers  in  the  place, 
and  he  has  got  them  together  in  some 
kind  of  a  buying  combine.  Several  of 
those  fellows were  our customers;  to-day 
they  mostly  buy  sugar  from  us.  The 
young 
fellow  who  is  the  ringleader  is  a 
man  whom  I  started  in  business  about

I 

lives 

five  years  ago.  He  came  to  me  with  a 
letter  of  introduction  from  an  old  friend 
of  mine  who 
in  the  same  town. 
The  young  man only  had  $200 after  buy­
ing  his  fixtures,  and  he wanted  to  lay  in 
a  stock  of  about  S700.  Well, 
looked 
him  up,  and  found  that  he  was  a  rather 
good  young  fellow,  and we  took  his $200 
and  sold  him  $700  worth.  He  didn’t  get 
along  very  well,  and  we  practically  car­
ried  him 
for  the  greater  part  of  three 
years.  Then  some  relative  left  him  a 
little  money,  and  since  then  he’s  been 
doing  better.  Everybody  wouldn’t  have 
given  him  such  a  line  of  credit  to  begin 
with,  for  he  had  absolutely  nothing  ex­
cept  a  pretty  clean  reputation.  And  cer­
tainly  everybody  wouldn’t  have  carried 
him as  long  as  we  did.  Yet  to-day  he’s 
at  the  head  of  a  little  buying  combine 
that’s  not  only  taken  his  trade  away 
from  us,  but  the  trade  of  about  six  other 
grocers  in  the  same  town.”

just  here. 

Now,  there’s  a  point 

If 
that  young  grocer  finds  he  can  save 
money  by  organizing  a  buying exchange 
among  the  grocers  of  his  town,  he  has  a 
perfect  right 
to  do  it,  and  if  he  didn’t 
he  wouldn’t  be  a  business  man.  But  if 
I  had  been  that  young  fellow,  I  believe 
I  would  have  gone  to  the  old  jobber 
who  had  been  a  business  father  to  him, 
and  1  would  have  had  a  frank  talk  with 
him  about  it. 
I  would  have  taken  that 
jobber  a 
list  of  the  prices  on  goods 
bought 
would  have  asked  the  jobber  if  he  could 
match  them. 
couldn’ 
’em,  of  course,  and  that  fact 
match 
alone  would  have  prevented  him 
from 
making  any  argument.  Money  talks 
louder  than  anything  else.  And  then 
when  I  had  spiked  the  jobber’s  guns  by 
showing  him  prices  that  he  couldn’t 
meet,  I  should  have  thanked  him 
from

through  the  combine,  and 

jobber 

The 

the  bottom  of  my  heart  for  the  kindness 
he  showed  me  early  in  my  business life.
should  have  expressed  to  him  my  re­
gret  that  competition  and  the  march  of 
the  times  made  it  impossible  for  me  to 

atronize  him  any  longer.
What  would  that  have  done?  It  would 
have  made  the  jobber  feel  that  the  man 
he  had  befriended  wasn’t  altogether 
heartless. 
It would  have  made  him  feel 
that  here  was  a  young  man  absolutely 
compelled  by competition, rather against 
his  will,  to  buy  over  the  jobber’s  head.
We  forget  good  turns  we  get  too  soon, 
while  we  are  apt  to  think  of  the  good 
turns  we  do  too  long.

There  are  thousands  of  successful  re­
tailers  in  business  to-day  who  owe  the 
first  measure  of  their  success  to  the  job­
ber  more  than  to  any  other  outside 
in­
fluence.  The 
lent  them  goods 
to  start  w ith ;  he  has  practically  lent 
them  money  since.  What  if  he  did  do 
it  because  he  thought  it  good  business 
policy?  Does  that  make  the  favor  he 
did  you  seem  any  less  worth  taking?

jobber 

I  can’t  help  but  feel  a  hearty  sympa­
thy  for  the  wholesale  grocer.  Every  day 
competition  against  him  is  getting more 
bitter,  buying  combines  assail  him  on 
every  side,  the  interior  jobber  is  taking 
the  trade  that  used  to  go  to the  city 
man,and  over  and  above  all  this  are  the 
icy  ingratitude  and  the  gratuitous  flings 
of  those  whom 
in  many  cases  he  has 
started  and  helped  to  keep 
in  busi­
ness.  -Stroller  in  Grocery  World.

Kweetly  Shy.

I begged to tie her russet shoe 
But red she blushed, and quickly drew 
I thought. “ How sweetly shy this maid.” 
“ No wonder she refused your aid.

Whose lace was hanging down,
Her foot beneath her gown.
When whispered cousin Trix,
She wears a number six!”

That  Rich  Feeling

man
Every one of us  might have  it if we  could  only, save our money,  but  how  in  the world  is 
going to save money if he gives  it away;  for if  he  loses  his  profits  in  business  he  loses  all, 
doesn’t  he?  Now,  if  you  could  only  give  it  all  in  a  lump  sum  to  some  hospital  or  other

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IA

eleemosynary institution  some  one  might perchance in  after years speak  of  such  institution 
your monument;  but  you  lose  all this by giving it away  unconsciously  and  you’ll  never 
the  credit for it.  The  Money  Weight  System is a saving system.

as
get

Our scales are sold on  easy  monthly payments.

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CHARACTERISTICS  O F  CUSTOMERS

A h  D rw rilm l  b.v  a   Noted  Euglitih  A u­
From tile  London  Ironmongery.

th o rity .

There 

is  an  old  saying  to  the  effect 
that  “ it  takes  a  good  many  folk to make 
a  world, ’ ’  and  no  one  finds  out  the truth 
of 
it  sooner  than  the  hardwareman. 
The  study  of  the  idiosyncrasies  of  his 
customers  is  one  which  every 
ironmon­
ger must  undertake.  His  business  suc­
cess  will,  to  a  certain  extent,  be  meas­
ured  by  his  ability  to  discern  their  pe­
culiarities  and  to  grapple  with  them. 
Some  men  have  an  innate  faculty  for 
reading  character,  and  can  make  a  sur­
vey  o f a  client  at  almost  a  glance;  oth­
ers  are  almost  devoid  of  such,  and  are 
thus  very  apt,  to  use  a  vulgarism,  to 
“ put  their  foot  in  it.”   The  merchant 
has  to  encounter  a  large  variety  of  dis­
positions 
in  his  daily  transactions; 
he  needs  be  very  cautious  in  his  mode 
of  treatment,  and  must  ever  be  ready  to 
adapt  himself  to  circumstances.  The 
ways  of  some  clients  may  be  enough 
to  try  the  temper  of  a  saint,  but  the 
business  man  must  have  no  temper. 
He  must  retain  a  calm,  patient,  and 
kindly  bearing  even  although  he  be 
tried  to  the  utmost.  There  is  a  time, 
however,  when  he  must  assert his rights, 
but 
it  must  be  done  in  a  dignified  and 
impressive  manner,  which  will  strike 
home  to  the  offender  without  annoying 
him.  Some  folk,  for  instance,  entertain 
the  idea  that  tradesmen  are  a  class  of 
people  who, 
closely 
watch,  will  take  undue  advantage  of 
their  technical 
ignorance  and  extract 
undue  profit  from  them.  When  shown 
an  article  and  quoted  a  price,  they  will 
cast  a  suspicious 
look,  find  fault  with 
the  figure,  and  begin to  make  compari­
sons  with 
former  purchases  or  other 
things  which  they  have  seen.  It  is  most 
unpleasant  and  irritating  to  the  trades­
man  to  receive  such  treatment  and  his 
attention  must  be  directed  toward  prov­
ing  to  his  client  that  he  is  a  man  of 
honor  and  integrity,  who  would  not take 
undue  advantages.

if  they  do  not 

Then  there  is  the  “ stand  off”   client, 
who,  upon  entering 
the  warehouse, 
states  his  requirements  in  a  few  and  al­
most  curt  words,  resents 
interrogation, 
and  expects  to  be  waited  upon  and 
treated  as  a  very  superior  person,  with 
whom  there  must  be  not  the  slightest 
liberty  taken. 
If  the  person  who  waits 
upon  him  attempts  to  be  civil  by  polite 
remarks  upon  the  state  of  the  weather, 
or  the  burning  question  of  the  hour,  he 
will  probably  receive  a  distant  answer, 
which  will  be  so  obvious  that  it  will 
show  him  that  his  conversation 
is  not 
agreeable.  Such a  client  must  be  treated 
with  a  certain  amount  of  deference, 
even  although  his  social  position  may 
not  uphold 
i t ;  the  assistant  should  be 
polite  and  endeavor  to  be  concise  in  his 
remarks,  saying  as 
little  as  consistent 
and  keeping  entirely  to  the  subject  of 
the  purchase.  When  this 
is  completed 
and  the  client  moves  to  leave  the  ware­
house,  he  should  be  upon  the  alert  as  to 
whether  he  wishes  him  to  wish  him 
“ Good-day,”  
for  some  of  these  folk 
even  resent  this,  walking  straight  away 
with  no  response  if  one  be  so  polite  to 
say 
In 
such  cases  it  is  advisable  to  say  noth­
ing  after  the  completion of the purchase.
The  next  client  may  happen  to  be  the 
gossiping  one;  weather,  politics,  local 
scandal,  and  various  other  topics  will 
probably  be  brought  up,  in  which  the 
client  expects  the  person  waiting  upon 
him  to  join.  Here  the  assistant  must 
exercise  great  caution  and tact;  he  must 
be  pleasant  and  polite,  and  appear  to 
take  some  interest,  but  at  the  same time 
he  must  adroitly  govern  his  client, 
so  that  the  purchase  may  be  made  with 
as 
little  time  as  possible  wasted  upon 
mere  talk.  It  is  most  difficult  to  get  rid 
of  such  people 
in  a  reasonable  tim e; 
they  need  a  deal  of  the  exercise  of  the 
virtue  of  patience  and  not  a  little  tact. 
A  good  plan  is  to  leave  the  counter  and 
walk  to  the  door  when  the  fitting  oppor­
tunity  occurs  after  the purchase,  making 
politeness  in  opening  it  for  the  custom­
er’s  exit,  with  as  little  waste  of  time  as 
possible.

in  an  unassuming  manner. 

Some  clients  are  of  the  “ rough  and 
type,  and  appeal  to  you  as

ready”  

it 

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

“ governor.”   This  phraseology  and  its 
invariable 
accompanying  tonal  effect 
may  be  somewhat  resented  by  a  refined 
nature. 
Such  refinement  must,  how­
ever,  be  checked.  This  class  of  folk 
are  often  clients  worth  having; 
they 
do  not  grumble  at  prices,  are  often 
quick 
in  making  up  their  minds,  and 
above  all,  pay  cash. 
In  dealing  with 
them,  try  to  enter  into  their  little  pecul­
iarities,  at  the  same  time  refrain  from 
vulgarity ;  show  them  that  you  are  do­
ing  your  best  to  please  them,  they  will 
respect  you,  make  their  purchase,  and 
leave 
the  shop  with  a  good  feeling. 
These  people,  although  they  possess 
rough  and  coarse  natures,  often  have 
kind  hearts,  and  their  mode  of  express­
ing  themselves  is  the  result  of  their  en­
vironment,  and  no  criterion  of 
their 
temperament.  Do  not  resent  their  man­
ner,  but  be  patient,  businesslike,  and 
kind,  and  you  will  produce  a good  effect 
upon  them,  which  will,  in  the  future, 
bring  further  grist  to  the  mill.

is 

The  pompous  client  may  favor  you 
with  his  patronage.  The  manner  of 
such  folk  is  admittedly  most  repugnant, 
but  nevertheless  it  has  to  be  met.  These 
the  establishment 
gentry  often  enter 
with  tremendous  airs,  are 
evidently 
very  satisfied  with  themselves,  and  ex­
pect  that  you  will  return  the  compli­
ment.  Their  conversation 
largely 
monopolized  with  a  recapitulation  of 
their 
great  doings  and  possessions. 
They  seek  admiration,  and  although 
it 
is  most  difficult  to  return  it,  it  is  wise 
in  some  way  to  let  them  think  you  are 
charmed  with  them  and  fully  recognize 
their  superiority.  What 
vulgarly 
known  as  “ sitting  upon  them”   must  by 
no  means  be  attempted.  The  vendor 
must  pay  heed  to  their  requests,  pre­
serve  a  natural,  obliging demeanor,  and 
endeavor,  as  far  as  possible,  to  treat 
them 
in  the  way  they  desire  to  be 
treated,  as  evinced  by  their  character­
istics.  Any  resentment  of  their  manner 
will  be  noticed  immediatley,  for  these 
people  often  possess  most  sensitive  na­
tures.  This  may  seem  incongruous  and 
incompatible,  but  experience 
teaches 
one  that  such 
is  the  case,  and  caution 
must  be  exercised  to  avoid  treading  up­
on  their toes.

is 

in 

One  of  the  most  embarrassing  clients 
probably  is  the  nervous  one.  He  may 
be  noticed  outside  the  warehouse 
look­
ing 
in  the  window,  evidently  deliber­
ating  upon  his  intended  visit.  He  ulti­
mately  enters,  views  you  nervously,  and 
in  an  agitated  and  somewhat  incoherent 
manner  states  his  requirements.  Some 
difficulty  may  be,  and  often  is  in  such 
cases,  experienced 
understanding 
such.  Patience  must  be  exercised,  a 
natural  and  kind  manner  adopted,  and 
above  all  an 
intense desire  to  meet  his 
wishes  should  be  evinced.  The  slight­
est  sign  of  impatience  or  weariness  will 
be  at  once  induced  in  your  client,  who 
may  probably  make  an  excuse  and  leave 
the  place,  making  no  purchase. 
If  he 
find  that  you  are  doing  your  utmost  to 
oblige  him,  and  apparently  do  not  no­
tice  his  failing,  he  will  respect  you, 
proceed  with  his  purchase,  and  leave 
the  establishment  with  a 
feel­
ing,  and  probably  become  a  permanent 
addition  to  your clientele.

friendly 

The  greatest  exercise  of  patience  is 
necessary 
in  dealing  with  the  exacting 
client.  His  methods  are  often  most  ir­
ritating,  and  do  not  tend  to  calmness  of 
mind  or  good  feeling.  He  may  dictate 
to  you  what  your  charges  ought  to  be 
for  such  and  such  a 
jo b ;  may  check 
your  workmen’s  time  when  they  enter 
or 
leave  his  house,  and  above  all,  ex­
pect  that  you  will  readily  yield  to  his 
demands.  These  cases  are  exceedingly 
annoying,  and  when 
is 
demonstrative,  are  most  perplexing. 
Even  after  the  matter  has  been  fully  ex­
plained,  and  the  fallacy  of  attempting 
to  check  time  exposed,  when  some  part 
of  it  has  to  be  spent  in  the  workshop  in 
preparing.or  altering  fittings before they 
be  fixed,  these  folk  quietly  state  that 
they  prefer to  adhere  to  their  own  fig­
ures.  This  makes  matters  awkward, 
and  although  the  client’s  position  is  un­
tenable  in  the  ordinary  sense  of  reason,  • 
it  is  very  difficult  to  convince  him. 
In 
dealing  with  these  cases, 
the  utmost 
patience  must  be  exhibited,  although

the  client 

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2.  For economy of  fuel  they  are  un­
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unlimited  time  can  not  be  spent  in 
bringing  about  the  desired  result. 
If, 
after  a  fair  amount  of  explanation,  no 
impression can  be  made,  and  a  satisfac­
tory  settlement  does  not  appear  pos­
sible,  and  the  detail  and  charge  are cor­
rect  and  reasonable,  be  careful  how  you 
make  any  concession,  as  much  of  this 
creates  the 
idea  that  you  have  a  large 
margin  to  manipulate.  It  may  be  advis­
able  to  give way slightly,  if the  client 
have  a  good  account  with  you,  rather 
than  lose  him,  but  this  must  be  the  last 
resource,  and  even  then  must  be  done 
with  great  caution.  No  one  can  toler­
ate  a  continual  occurrence  of  this  busi­
ness,  and  he  must  in  such  a  case  deal 
firmly  but  courteously  with  the  matter, 
insist  upon  his  rights,  even  if  it 
and 
mean  the 
loss  of  a  client,  or  it  may 
become  unbearable.
F ussy  customers  need  a  deal  of  man­
agement ;  they  do  not  like  this,  or  that, 
and  when  they  have  made  a  purchase, 
give  special 
instructions  as  to  when  it 
must  be  sent,  or  that  the  man  who 
brings  it  must  be  sure  to  wipe  his  boots 
before  entering  the  house ;  or  after  a job 
is  completed  they  will  find  some  trifling 
and  unimportant  cause  for  complaint, 
ask  all  manner  of  questions,  and  expect 
more  attention  than  another  would  who 
gives  you  a  hundred-pound  order.  The 
best  way  to  satisfy  them  is  to  keep  a 
cool  head,  use  a  little  persuasion,  meet 
their  wishes  as  far  as  practicable,  and 
suppress  your  feelings  as  much  as  you 
can  and 
in  all  probability  they  will 
walk  away,  after  they  have  had  their 
say,  perfectly  satisfied.

How  C h aracter  Is  B etokened  by th e  Eyes.
According  to  Emerson,  eyes  are  bold 
as  lions,  roving,  running 
leaping  here 
and  there  far  and  near.  They  speak  all 
languages;  wait  for  no 
introduction; 
ask  no 
leave  of  age  or  rank;  respect 
neither  poverty  nor riches,  neither learn­
ing  nor  power,  nor  virtue  nor  sex,  but 
intrude  and  come  again,  and  go  through 
and  through  you  in  a  moment  of  time. 
What 
inundation  of  life  and  thought  is 
discharged"  from  one  soul  into  another 
through  them !

It  is  said  blue  eyes  are  the  weakest. 
Upturned  eyes  are  typical  of  devotion. 
Wide  open  eyes  are  indicative  of  rash­
ness.  Side-glancing  eyes,  says  a  suspi­
cious  person,  are  always 
to  be  dis­
trusted.  Brown  eyes  are  said  by  oculists 
to  be  the  strongest.  Small  eyes  are 
commonly  supposed  to 
indicate  cun­
ning.  The  downcast  eye  has  in  all ages 
been  typical  of  modesty.  The  proper 
distance  between  the  eyes  is  the  width 
of  one  eye.  People  of  melancholy  tem­
perament  rarely  have  clear  blue  eyes. 
Eyes  in  rapid  and  constant  motion  be­
token  anxiety,  fear  or  care.  Eyes  with 
long,  sharp  corners  indicate  great  dis 
cernment  and  penetration.  The  white  of 
the  eye  showing  beneath  the  iris  is  in­
dicative  of  nobility  of  character.  Gray 
eyes  turning  green  in  anger  or  excite­
ment  are  indicative  of  a  choleric  tem­
perament.  When  the  upper  lid  covers 
half  or  more  of  the  pupil  the  indication 
is  of  cool  deliberation.  An  eye,  the 
upper 
lid  of  which  passes  horizontally 
across  the  pupil,  indicates  mental  abil­
ity.  Unsteady  eyes, 
jerk 
ing  from  side  to  side,  are  frequently 
indicative  of  an  unsettled  mind. 
It  is 
said  that  the  prevailing  colors  of  eyes 
among  patients  of  lunatic  asylums  are 
brown  or  black.  Eyes  of  any  color,  with 
weak  brows  and  long,  concave  lashes, 
are 
indicative  of  a  weak  constitution. 
Eyes  that  are  wide  apart  are  said  by 
physiognomists  to  indicate  great  intelli 
gence  and  tenacious  memory.  Eyes  of 
which  the  whoie  of  the  iris  is  visible 
belong  to  erratic  persons,  often  with  a 
tendency  toward  insanity.  Wide  open, 
staring  eyes 
in  weak  countenances  in­
dicate  jealousy,  bigotry,  intolerance  and

rapidly 

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fimmess. 
Eyes 
pertinacity  without 
placed  close  together 
in  the  head  are 
said  to  indicate  pettiness of disposition, 
jealousy  and  a  turn  for  fault  finding. 
When  the  under  arch  of  the upper eyelid 
is  a  perfect  semi-circle  it  is 
indicative 
of  goodness,  but  also  of  timidity,  some­
times  approaching  cowardice.  All  men 
of  genius  are  said  to  have  eyes  clear, 
slow  moving  and  bright.  This 
is  the 
eye  which 
indicates  mental  ability  of 
some  kind,  it  does  not  matter  what. 
Blue  eyes  are  said  to  be  effeminate,  but 
this 
is  a  mistake,  for  blue  eyes  are 
found  only  among  Caucasian  races,  and 
the  white  races  rule  the  world.

M o w  

t h e   U n io n   H a m p e r s  

t h e   W illin g : 

From the New  York  Sun.

W o r k e r .

is 

Here 

is  an 

incident  of  the  general 
strike  of  masons  recently  ordered 
in 
Westchester  county.  Of  course  fictitious 
names  are  used.  Brown 
is  an  indus­
trious  mason.  He 
intelligent  and 
does  not  drink.  Five  years  ago  he  was 
married  and  Mrs.  Brown  inspired  him 
with  ambition  to  own  a  home.  She  had 
saved  $600  before  her  marriage,  and 
with  the  money  the  Browns  bought  a 
house 
in  Westchester  county,  assuming 
a  $1,500  mortgage  for  the  balance  of  the 
purchase  price.  The  house  was  an  at­
tractive  home  for  any  self-respecting 
man  and  • Brown  was  very  proud  of  it. 
Mrs.  Brown  took  two  boarders  to  add 
to  their 
income,  and  the  Browns  esti­
mated  that  in  eight  or  nine  years  they 
might  pay  off  the  mortgage  and  own  the 
house  clear.

Brown had  to  join  a  union or  he  could 
not  have  obtained  work. 
Illness  did 
not  enter  into  his  financial  calculations, 
but 
it  came  to  him  last  winter.  For 
nearly  three  months  he  was  confined  to 
the  house.  This  meant  loss  of  wages, 
doctors’  bills  and  medicines. 
It  also 
meant  that  the  mortgage  could  not  be 
paid  off  at  the  time  he  had  set.  Brown 
recovered  his  health  and  a month ago  he 
went 
again  with  renewed 
strength,  anxious  to  make  up  for  lost 
time.  After  two  weeks’  work  he 
turned  home  one  day  in  the  middle  of 
the  afternoon.

to  work 

“ Are  you  ill  again?’ ’  asked  his  wife 

anxiously.

for 

“ Worse  than  that.  This  miserable 
union  to  which  I  belong  has  ordered  a 
strike. 
I  am  out  of  work  for  I  don’ 
know  how 
just  when  I  most 
need  it.”

long,  and 

Brown  swore  and  his  wife 

forgave 
him 
it.  He  was  satisfied  with  hi 
wages  and  all  that  he  wanted  was  work 
Builders  in  the  town  where  he  lives  are 
anxious  for  masons,  but  Brown  may 
not  go  to  work  before  the  union  per 
mits  it.

living. 

I  had  to 

“ Not  one  bit. 

“ Has  this  union  done  me  any good?’ 
he  said. 
join 
it  if  I  wanted  to  work  and  now  it  won" 
let  me  earn  my 
It  is  run  by 
men  who  think  that  they  are  not  earn 
ing  their  pay  unless  they  are stirring  up 
trouble  all  the  time.  Three-quarters  of 
the  union  men 
feel  just  as  I  do  about 
this  matter,  but  their  hands  are  tied 
They  don’t  dare  to  protest.  What  am 
to  do?  Sit  around all summer and starve 
I  will  tell  you  what  I  am  doing,  and  i 
the  union  found  it  out  they  would  make 
trouble  for  me. 
In  orde 
to  work  without 
interference  I  have 
taken  a 
have  to  sneak  to  my  work  as  if  I  were 
doing  something  criminal. 
It  costs  me 
more  to  do  this  work,  but  it  is  bette 
than  nothing.”

job  outside  of  the  county, 

I  must  work. 

T he  F astest  T rain   to  New  Y ork.

The  Detroit-New  York  special  is  very 
popular,  leaving  Michigan  Central  sta 
tion  (Detroit)  at  4:25  p.  m.  daily 
reaching  Buffalo  at  10:10  p.  m.  and 
Grand  Central  station  (New  York)  at  1 
a.  m. 
the  following  day,  making  the 
run  in  16  hours  and  35  minutes.

It  is  composed  of  a  buffet,  library car, 
New  York  sleepers,  dining  car and  ele 
gant  day  coach. 
If  you  ever go  to  New 
York  do  not  miss  this  excellent  service.
I  All  lines  have  connecting  trains.  873

A ugurs  and  B its

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

Axes

irst Quality, S. B. Bronze..................
irst Quality, 1). B. Brouze................
irst Quality, S. B. S.  Steel................
irst Quality,  I). B. Steel....................

B arrow s

Railroad..................................................

arden...................................................net

B olts
Stove ......................................................
..............................
'arriage, new  It«* 
..............................
’lo w ............ 
B uckets

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

B utts,  Cast

ast Loose Pin, iigured.......................
Wrought N arrow .................................

C artridges

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

C hain

% In. 

X  In.
om...............   8  c. ...  7  c.  ...  6  c. 
B B .....................  9 
BBB...............  954 

...  6%
...  754

5-16 In. 

. . . 7% 
...  854 
Crow bars

ast Steel, per lb.

Caps

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

7  75 
13 00

40&10
20

.

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

C hisels

Elbow s

’om. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz.................net
torrugated, per doz..............................
Adjustable............................................dls

E xpansive  B its

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

Files—New  1.1st

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

G alvanized  Iro n  

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

14 

15 

13 

Discount, 65 10

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

G auges

Glass

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

H am m ers.

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

H inges

Gate, Clark’s 1, 2, 3............................... dls

H ollow   W are

Pots..............................................■.........
K ettles...................................................
Spiders....................................................

H orse  N ails

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

Iro n

40&10

30&10

70&10
70
60&10

17

G0&10

80&20 
85&10 
80S. 10

3354
40&10
70

60&10

50&10 
50 Si 10 
50 Si 10

408(10

70
20&10

Bar Iron.................................................2 75  c  rates
Light Band............................................   3J4c rates

K nobs—New  L ist

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

L an tern s

Levels

M attocks

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

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

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

M etals—Zinc

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

M iscellaneous

Bird C ages.............................................
Pumps, Cistern......................................
Screws, New L ist.................................
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................   50&10&10
Dampers, American.............................

M olasses  G ates

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

co&io
30

Fry, Acme..............................................   GO&lO&iO
70&5
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. 25 to 27 

Broken packages V4c per pound extra.

10 75 
9 75

P ans

Planes

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

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

23

2 60
2  60
Base
5
10
20
30
45
70
15
25
35
25
36
46
86

50
45

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

1054
16

26  00

40
40&10

1  50
1  75

8  GO
8  10

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

N ails

 

Steel nails, base....................................  
Wire nails, base.................................... 
20 to 60 advance....................................  
10 to 16 advance..................................... 
8 advance.............................................. 
6 advance...........................................  
4 advance.............................................. 
3 advance.............................................. 
2 advance.............................................  
'Ine3 advance.........................; ...........
lasing 10 advance................................. 
lasing 8 advance..................................  
aslng 6 advance................................... 
'inish 10 advance................................. 
'inish 8 advance ..................................  
'inish 6 advance..................................  
Barrel  % advance................................. 

R ivets

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

Roofing  Piute*

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.....................
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean.....................
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.....................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Alla way  Grade.
14x20 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...
20x28 IX,Charcoal, Allaway  G rade...

Ropes

Sisal, 54 inch and larger.......................
Manilla...................................................

Jst  acct.  19, '86.................................... dis

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

Sand  P ap er

Sash  W eights

Sheet  Iro n

com. smooth.

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

Nos. 10 to 14.................................... $3 20
Nos. 15 to 17....................................   3 20
Nos. 18 to 21....................................   3 30
NOS. 22 to 24....................................   3 40
Nos. 25 to 26 ....................................   3 50
No. 27................................................  3 60
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shells—Loaded

Loaded with Black  Powder............. ..dls
Loaded with  Nltro  Powder............. ..dis

Shot

Drop...................................................
B B and  Buck...................................
Shovels  anti  Spat le» 

First Grade,  l)oz.............................
Second Grade,  Doz..........................

Holder

Squares

54® 54..................................................
20
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market Indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

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

f i n —M elyn  G rade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.26.

T in—A llaw ay  G rade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

B oiler  Size  Tin  P late 
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
noiin<i 
14X66IX, for No. 9 Boilers, f perpoun<1" 

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

T raps

W ire

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

W ire  Goods

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

W  ranches

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

66

$850

8 60
9 75

7 oo
7 oo
8 no
8 60

,0
10

75
40&10
66&16
15
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60
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50&10
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40

3 20
2 90

76
75
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30
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Aluminum Money

Will Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

Send  for sam ples and  prices.
C.  H.  HANSON,

44  S.  Clark  S t.,  Chicago,  III.

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

Payments  on  the  Eve  of  Failure.

It 

is  a  common  enough  occurrence 
that  a  merchant  shortly before becoming 
bankrupt  makes  a  remitt. nee  to  one  or 
more  creditors.  Failures  often  come 
suddenly  and  unexpectedly,  even  to  the 
person  most vitally  affected,  and  in  such 
cases  remittances  are  made  up  to  a  day 
or  so  before  suspension.  Should  a  re­
mittance  made  under such circumstances 
be  regarded  as  a  preference,  and  the 
creditor  receiving  it  be  required  to  sur­
render  the  sum  and 
let  it  go  into  the 
liabilities  of  the  debtor?  In other words, 
is  such  a  remittance  a  preference?

The  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  has  de­
cided  that  it  is,  no  matter  whether  the 
creditor  thus  considered  to  be  preferred 
is  aware  of  the  debtor’s  condition  or 
not.  The  Supreme  Court  is  expected  to 
reverse  the  decision.  If  it  shall  not,then 
Congress  is  to  be  asked  to  so  amend  the 
national  bankruptcy  law  as  to  make  it 
clear  that  such  a  payment  when  made 
in  good  faith  is  not  a  preference.

it 

of 

and 

This 

Justice, 

is  already  the  interpretation  of 
the  existing  statute  by  many  lawyers,  as 
well  as  by  E.  C.  Brandenburg,  of  the 
Department 
is 
much  to  be  regretted  that  a  decision  to 
the  contrary  has  been  rendered.  The 
matter  should  have  been  left  open,  since 
the  courts  could  always  pass  on  the 
question  of  good 
decide 
whether  the  remittance  should  stand  or 
not.  An  arbitrary  rule  that  all  such  re­
mittances  shall  be  turned  into  the  gen­
eral  fund  would be in  opposition  to  long 
established  custom.

faith  and 

It  is  worth  noting  that business houses 
are  already  guarding  against  having  re­
mittances  called  in  by  the  courts.  When 
lump  sum  on  account  is  received  a 
a 
receipt 
is  sent  for  the  bills  which  it 
covers  in  full  and  a  credit  is  forwarded 
for  the  balance,  if  any  remains,  as  hav­
ing  been  paid  on  account  of  some  other 
particular  bill,  thus  doing  away as much 
as  possible  with  the  “ on  account”  
fea­
ture.

Sells  Nothing  But  Trousers.

”  Of course, ”   said  the  drummer in  the 
smoking  compartment  of  the  sleeper  to 
his  traveling  acquaintance  sitting  op­
posite,  “ there  are  plenty  of  houses  that 
make  clothing  of  all  kinds,  and  then 
there  are  concerns  that  make  a  specialty 
of  some  kind  or  sort.  For  instance, 
some  concerns  make  only summer  cloth­
ing,  and  some  make  only  bicycle 
clothing,  and  that  has  been  a  very  con­
siderable  business  by  itself.  And  then 
there  are  some  that  make  a  specialty  of 
children’s  clothing;  and  there  are  con­
cerns,  some  of  them  good,  big  houses, 
too,  that  make  nothing  but  men’s  trou­
sers.  But  although  these  concerns  make 
and  sell  only  one  garment,  they  make 
that  one 
in  great  variety:  of  different 
weights  for  different  seasons,  and  in 
cloths of a great  variety of patterns,  and 
the  trousers  are 
in  various  sizes  and 
proportions.  So  that  a  trousers  manu­
facturing  concern  turns  out  in  the course 
of  the  year  trousers  in  simply  hundreds 
of  varieties.  Commonly  a  man  on  the 
road  selling  trousers  would  carry  two 
trunks  of  sam ples;  I  have  known  men 
to  have 
four  or  five  trunks  of  trousers 
onlv.

some  comparatively 

“ Trousers  are  sometimes  sold  as  a 
side  line  by  men  who  carry  more  or  less 
of  a  variety  of  things  which  they  sell 
through 
limited 
territory  which  they  work  up  and  cover 
carefully  all  the  time,  for  instance,  a 
man  may  limit  himself  to  a  single state, 
or  perhaps  cover  two  states:  and  a  man 
might  take  through  the  territory  that

he  thus  covered  a  line  of  some  manu­
facturer’s  trousers;  and  then  trousers 
are  also  sold  by  men  who  take  the  road 
with  them  as  they  would  with  anything 
else.  I  sell  trousers  myself,  and  trousers 
only,  and  I  am  at  it,  on  the  road  or  at 
home, 
That’s  my 
business  selling  men’s  trousers,  and  I 
follow  that  just  as  you  do  your business, 
right  along,  year  after  year.”

the  year  around. 

How  One  O rganization  B egets  A nother. 
From the Kansas City Star, June 1.

Retail  grocers  are  planning  to  form  a 
credit  association  which  will  virtually 
place  their  business  on  a  cash  or  short 
term  credit  basis. 
The  organization 
will  be  formed  for  the  purpose  of  pro­
tecting  the  grocers  and  their  customers 
in  the  matter  of  credit.  The  success  of 
the  Kansas  City  Fruit  and  Produce 
Dealers’  Association,  which  was  formed 
a 
few  weeks  ago  on  similar  lines,  has 
caused  the  retail  dealers  to  consider  the 
proportion  seriously.  The  association 
of  the  wholesale  handlers  of  fruit  and 
produce  went  into  effect  a  week  ago and 
the  results  so  far  obtained  have  been 
far  more  beneficial  than  the  promoters 
anticipated. 
“ By  its  means  our  work­
ing  capital  has  been  reduced  fully  25 
per  cent.,”   said  C.  C.  Clemons,  Presi­
dent  of  the  Wholesale  Dealers’  Associa­
tion,  this  morning. 
“ Our  expenses  are 
reduced  and  our  volume  of  cash  busi­
ness  has increased.  No  upright customer 
objects  to 
its  workings.  Nearly  every 
one  favors  it. ’ ’

There  are  many  benefits  derived  from 
the  Association.  According  to  the  by­
laws,  the  members  agree  to  extend  their 
credit  for  not  more  than  ten  days.  A 
retail  grocer  buys  produce  during  the' 
week  with  the  understanding  that  his 
bill  is  due  the  following  Monday.  If  he 
fails  to  meet  his  obligations  at  that time 
he 
is  given  until  11  o’clock  the  follow­
ing  Thursday  to  settle.  Failing  then 
his  name  is  sent  to  the  Secretary  by  his 
creditor  and  all  the members  are warned 
not  to  sell  him  goods  on  credit  until  he 
has  fulfilled  his  former  obligations. 
It 
is  not 
intended  to  work  a  hardship  on 
anyone.  The  wholesalers  pay  cash  for 
their  stocks  and  believe  long time credit 
should  not  be  given  the  retailers.  The 
latter  plan  to 
form  an  organization 
which  will  work  out  similar  results 
among  their  own  patrons.  They  think 
that  the  success  of  one  organization 
should  insure  the  success  of  the  other.

How  S turgeon  Cam e  to  be C alled “A lbany 

From the Albany Argus.

Beef.”

John  Russell  Bartlett,  in  his  Diction­
ary  of  Americanisms,  says  that  “ stur­
geon  is  called  Albany  beef  because  a 
part  of  the  sturgeon’s  flesh  has much  the 
look  and  not a  little  of  the  taste,  as  well 
as  texture,  of  ox  muscle. 
It  abounds 
in  the  Hudson  River,  and  is  much  eaten 
in  the  city  of  Albany.”   John  S.  Farm­
er,  in  his  collection  of  Americanisms, 
also  says  that  “ the flesh of  the  sturgeon, 
in  color  and  taste,has  some  resemblance 
to  beef,  especially  when  cut 
in  steaks 
and  grilled.  Albany 
is  a  town  on  the 
Hudson  River  as  high  as  which  the 
in  question  is  or  was  to  be  caught 
fish 
in 
large  numbers,  and,  as  a  matter  of 
course,  consequently  formed  a  not  in­
considerable 
in  the  food  supply 
of  the  inhabitants—hence  the  term  ‘ A l­
bany  beef.'  "   All  this  was  once  true, 
but  as  a  matter of  fact  now,sturgeon  are 
not  so  abundant  in  this  market  as  they 
formerly  were,  and  there  are  probably 
many  of  our  younger  citizens  who  have 
never  tasted  sturgeon  and  have  never 
heard  it  called  “ Albany  beef.”

factor 

The  Fruit  Stand  Italian.
Close to the highway corner all the day 
He lingers in the sunniest of moods.
While from the pear he flicks the fly away 
And o'er the gold banana fondly broods; 
Preoccupied, he breathes upon the plum 
And rubs it on his sleeve to make it shine.
And smokes iiis pipe and finds of joy the sum 
While dreaming of green hills beyond the brine.

And then he turns, with spirit rapture-stoled, 
The roaster's crank, and fancies that he grinds 
“ Sonnambula” in Naples, as of old;
And as that merry crank he  winds  and  winds, 
He jumps, and in his ecstasy insane 
Dreams  he’s  the  monkey  dancing  on  the chain.

R.  K. Munkittrick.

Crockery  and  Glassware

AKKON  STONEWARE. 

Butters

Vi gal., per  doz............................................. 
1 to 6 gal., per  gal....................................... 
8 gal. each...................................................  
to gal. each................................................ 
12 gal. each.................................................... 
16 gal. meat-tubs, each......................... 
22 gal. meat-tubs, each......................... 
26 gal. meat-tubs, each......................... 
30 gal. meat-tubs, each......................... 

C hurns

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

M ilkpans

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

V4 gal. fireproof, bail, per  doz............. 
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per  doz............. 

Stew pans

Ju g s

H gal., per  doz...................................... 
K gal. per  doz........................................ 
1 to 6 gal., per  gal.................................  

T om ato  Jn g s

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

P reserve  J a r s   an d   Covers
Vt 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......................................................... 

LAM P  BURNERS

No. 0 Sun....................................................... 
No. 1 Sim................................................ 
No. 2 Sun................................................ 
No. 3 Sun................................................ 
Tubular................................................... 
Security, No.  1...................................... 
Security, No.  2............................................. 
Nutmeg.......................................................... 
LA M P  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

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

Per box of 6  doz.
1  45
1  54
2 25

The  National  Safe 
&  Lock  Co.

C annon  B reech  Screw  B o o r  B ank 
Safe, with anti-concussion  dead  lock  de­
vice.

Can  Nut  be  opened  by  the  jarring 

A bsolute  P ro o f  against 

the  intro­

duction of L iquid or B ry  explosives.

L ocking  A ction  the  quickest  of any 

process.

safe.

B oor and J a m   perfect circular  form, 
ground  metal  to  metal  finish  and  her­
metically sealed fit.

N ot a  Single  Case  on  R ecord where 
one  of  these  safes  has  ever  been  bur­
glarized.

More than  twenty-five  banks  in  Cleve- 
and,  Ohio,  using  these  safes,  and  hun­
dreds of other banks from Maine  to  Cal­
ifornia testify to  the  absolute  perfection 
of the mechanism and security.

Estimates  furnished  on  all  kinds  of 

safe and  vault wTork.

Office and Salesroom,

129 Jefferson Ave., 
D etro it, M ich.

W. M. HULL, Manager.

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P u m p   Cans

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

LANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift....................... 
No.  IB  Tubular................................... 
No. 13 Tubular, dash............................ 
No.  l Tubular, glass fountain............  
No. 12 Tubular, side  lamp.................... 
No.  3 Street lamp, each...................... 
LANTERN  GLOBES 
No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c. 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 16c. 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub,, bull's eye, cases laoz. each 

8  50
10  50
9 96
XI  28
9 60

5 26
7  60
7  60
7 50
14 00
3 76

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Improved  io center. 

Greenville,  Mich. 

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

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

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

L a  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 (66c  doz 1........................... 
No. 2 Lime (70c  doz)............................ 
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)— .....................  

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

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O IL  CANS

1  60
1  60
2  46

2  10
2  15
3  15

2  75
3 75
3 95

3  70
4  70
4  88
 

 

90
1  15
1  36
1  60

3 50
4 00
4  70

4  00
4  40

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 
6 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. Tilting cans.................................. 
6  gal. galv. Iron  Nacefas.....................  

1  40
1  76
3  00
3  76
4  86
gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz..  4  25
5  50
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President,  E.  J.  Sc h r e ib e r ,  Bay  City;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  St it t,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
O.  C.  Gould, Saginaw.

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

Michigan  Commercial  Trailers’  Association 
and Treasurer, Geo.  W. H il l , Detroit.
United  Commercial  Trarelen of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J.  E.  Moore,  Jackson; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K endall,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Mest, Jackson.

Grand  Rapids  Council  No.  131,  D.  C.  T.

Senior  Counselor,  J ohn  G.  Kolb;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.
Michigan  Commercial  Trarelers’  Mntnal  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Boyd  Pa n t lin d,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Ow e n, 
Grand Rapids.

AS  HE  OUGHT  TO  BE.

Pen  Picture  of  the  Ideal  Commercial 

Traveler.

In  his  career  as  drummer,  a  young 
man  will  encounter  many  contingencies 
requiring  great  firmness  of  character. 
Not  unfrequently  very  complicated 
in­
terests  have  to  be  settled  with  persons 
who  are  cunning  and  untrustworthy. 
Under  these  circumstances  if  the  com­
mercial  traveler  fails  to  show  a  will  of 
his  own,  or  is  irresolute  in  his  action, 
his  cause  is  lost.  Let him  take  care  not 
to  be  swerved 
from  his  purpose  by 
evasive  answers,  and  the  subtle  excuses 
of  the  artful  and  unprincipled.  He 
must  never 
let  these  things  influence 
h im ;  but  on  the  contrary  he must not for 
a  moment  lose  sight  of  the  way in which 
matters  ought  to  be  viewed  with  fair 
ness  to  all  concerned,  and  with  the  in 
terests  of  his  employers  paramount  in 
his  regard.

“ Going  on  the  road,”   in  point  of 
morality,  is  full  of  pitfalls  for  a  young 
man.  At  every  step  he  encounters  op 
portunities  to  plunge  into  dissipation 
and  his  principles  must  be of the strong 
est  to  resist  and  shun  the  manifold 
temptations  which  allure  him  on  every 
side.  For he  is  left  to  himself,  and  very 
few  men  can,  in  their  youthful  days,  be 
at  all  times  the  master  of  themselves 
and  subdue  their  passions  and 
inclina 
tions.  For  those  inclined  to  drink,  the 
life  of  the  commercial  traveler  is  es­
pecially  fraught  with  danger.  Oppor 
tunities  for  indulging  in  this  pernicious 
habit  are  unfortunately  abundant,  and 
many  a  man  has  wrecked  his  life  by ex 
cess.  It  is  not  my  intention  to  advocate 
the  cause  of  temperance,  but  when  1 
consider  how  many  commercial  travel 
ers,  middle-aged  men,  drink  to  excess,
I  can  not  too  much emphasize an earnest 
caution  against  the  pitiful  habit  of  in 
temperance.  The  excuse  that  at  times 
the  interest  of  the  business  requires  one 
to  take  a  drink  with  this or that  custom 
er  I  emphatically  rebuke.  Customers 
who  tempt  the  drummer  to  drink'are not 
generally  desirable. 
temperate 
customer,as well  as the  temperate agent 
is  the  most  to  be  depended  on.

The 

the 
his  winnings  he  recklessly  uses 
money  in  his  charge.  How  often 
it 
seen  that  disgrace  proves  to  be  his  only- 
winnings,  and"  shame  and  despair  be­
come  his  unavoidable  fate.

is 

There 

is  a  third  temptation  alluring 
the  young  commercial  traveler  against 
which  well  may  he  pray,  “ Lead  us  not 
nto  temptation.”   I  allude  to the  possi- 
lityof  his  being  weak  enough  to  tread 
forbidden  paths,  and  to 
listen  to  the 
song  of  the  siren.  That  young  business 
man  on  the  road  who  wishes  to  main­
tain  his  self-respect  should  avoid  the 
society  of  low  and  frivolous  fellows,  the 
rather  associating  with  worthy  and  well 
nformed  men  whose  conversation  is  at 
once  cheerful  and  wholesome.  Loss  of 
time,  loss  of  money,  and  what  is  worse, 
loss  of  honor,always  result  from keeping 
low  company  and  indulging  in  forbid 
den  gratifications.

I  may  be  allowed to  suggest  that  work 
serves  to  drive  frivolous  and unhallowed 
thoughts  from  the  mind  of  the  young 
man.  Let  him  aim  at  the  highest  com 
petency 
in  his  chosen  business,  and  at 
the  most  noble  ideal  of  personal  charac 
ter. 
I  advise  him  to  pass  much  of  his 
leisure time  in the perusal of good books, 
with  which  he  can  always  be  provided, 
or  in  conversation  with intelligent,high 
minded  persons.  On  Sundays and  holi 
days,  I  suggest,  if  he  is  not  a  church 
going  man,  that  he  take 
long  rambles 
the  country,  and  study  the  book  o 
nature.  By  his  adoption  of  the  means 
suggested,  thoughts  which  might  lead tf 
actions  that  disgrace  mankind  will  not 
defile  his  soul.  Healthy 
in  body  and 
mind,  his  nights  will  be  spent  in  sound 
sleep,  and  he  will  awake  in  the  morn 
ng  refreshed  and  ready for the energetii 
and  successful  pursuit  of  his  business 
duties.

is  not  well 

I  need  hardly 

As  a  rule  conversation  with  customers 
turns  on  the  goods  for  sale.  Therefore 
it  is  found  that  the  commercial  traveler 
who 
informed  concerning 
what  he  is  offering  for  sale  will  play 
pitiable  part.  Let  him, 
therefore,  be 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  those  ar 
tides  he  sells.  The  more  information 
he  has  at  command  about  them  the  bet 
ter.  He  should  also  acquire  a 
fai 
knowledge  of  book-keeping  and  genera 
business  subjects. 
insist 
upon  the  advantages  of  his  knowing  a 
about  the cost  of  freightage  and express 
age,  so  that  he  will  be  able  to  inform 
customers  regarding  the  best  way 
transporting  goods.  It  surely  is  not  nec 
essary  for  me  to  say  that  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  goods  can  never  be gained 
from  books,  but  only 
by  practice 
Goods  and  wares  from  other  firms  are 
often  submitted  to  the  commercial  trav 
eler  for  inspection,  and  it  is  important 
that  he  should  command  the  knowledg 
necessary  to  enable  him  to  give  an 
curate  opinion  of  their quality,  value 
etc.

Another  passion,  equally  abominable 
with  excessive  drinking,  is  gambling 
The  young  man  who  unhappily  does  not 
possess  that  strength  of  character  which 
will  keep  him  away  from  the  gambling 
table  is lost  past  redemption  if  he  takes 
a  position  to  go  on  the  road.  Should 
his  own  resources  no  longer  suffice  as 
supplies  for  the  gratification  of his vice 
he  might  easily  yield  to  the  temptation 
to  appropriate  his  employer’s  property 
to  the  desperate  use  induced  by  hi 
loses.  Thus  it  happens  that  funds  en 
trusted  to  his  care,  and  which  ought 
be  held  sacred  from  misappropriation 
cease  to  be  so.  With the  expectation  of 
restoring dishonestly applied cash  from

San  Francisco.

The cable cars swing up the hill.
And with them swing the flaring lights 

The cable cars swing down.
Of San Francisco town.

The great gray city by the sea.
With sunlight on its windy hills 

Safe port for ships to win.
And sea fog drifting in.

Around it laps the shining bay 
And  frowning  high-walled  warships  stand 

Where far-called steamers wait.
To guard the Golden Gate.

To north and south the coastwise hills 
And upward from the winding Day 

Make bulwarks from the deep.
The great Twin valleys sweep.

Fair, stately homes crown all her hills,
Where flows the tireless tide of trade 

And vibrant wires lead down
In San  Francisco town.

Mary  Austin,

M.  K.  OF  G.

Juarterly  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Bi- 

rectors.

Jackson,  June  4—The  regular quarter­
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  was 
held  at  the  Fraiser  House,  Bay  City, 
_une  2.  The  meeting  was  called  to  or­
der  by  President  Schreiber,  with  every 
member  present.

President  Schreiber  gave  a  short  en- 
uraging  talk,  stating  that  since  Feb. 
fifty  applications  for  membership  had 
been  received and  approved,  that a  large 
number  of  old  members  had  been  rein­
stated  and  that  we  also  had  added 
ighty-two  hotels  to  our  honorary  list 
luring  this  time.
The  Secretary  reported  receipts  of 
144 
in 
the  death  fund  and  $71  in  the  deposit 
fund,  all  of  which  had  been  remitted  to 
'reasurer  Gould.
Accepted  and  placed  on  file.
The  Treasurer  reported  receipts 

in  the  general 

fund.  $2,614 

follows;
GENERAL  FUND.  '
'ash on hand  March 3..................
'hecks received from Secretary..

..$887 91
..  144 no
..$731 91
...  554 18
Balance on hand....................... $177 7;
...$177 7 3

d e a t h   f u n d .
la lance on hand  March  3.............
’hecks from Secretary................

.$  178 89
.  2,614 00
. 
300 00
.$3,0«) 59
.  3,000 00
.$  89 5 9

T otal.............................
Jisbursements................................
Balance on hand June
DEPOSIT FUND.
la lance on hand  March 3.............
'heck from Secretary....................

...$   88 no
...  71 00
Total........................................$isfl  no
from  the  Crescent 
Machine  Co.,  of  Grand  Rapids,  regard 
ng  prices  on  grip  tags  was  read  am 
placed  on  file.

A  communication 

The  Finance  Committee  reported  the 
accounts  of  Secretary  and  Treasurer cor 
rect.  Adopted.

The  Printing  Committee  reported  a 

printing  bills  correct  and  approved.

The  special  committee  on  issuing  as 
sessment  notices 
that 
same  be  sent  out  with  1  cent  stamp 
Adopted.

recommended 

The  following  death  claims  were  a[ 

proved:

John  P.  Madden,  Constantine;  Ebe 
Brigham,  Kalamazoo;  Wm.  H.  Dodds 
Lapeer;  Edmund  K.  Burke,  Lansing 
Chas.  S.  C.  Charbomneau,  Detroit.

Assessment  No.  2 for  iqoo  was  ordered 

issued  June  11,  to  close  July  11.

The  following  bills  were  allowed :

must 

find  himself 

The  commercial  traveler  who  takes 
short  cuts,”  or  fails  to’ deliver precise- 
the  goods  he  sells,  will  soon  come  to 
rief.  Honesty  is  the  foundation  of  his 
business,  and  an  honest  drummer  who 
:11s  goods  for  a  dishonest  principal 
ruined.  He 
ill  soon 
insist  that  the  goods  shall  be  de- 
just  as  he  represented  them, 
and  when  his  character  and  that  of  the 
houses  for  whom  he  sells  shall  have been 
established  for  honesty and  fair  dealing, 
e  becomes  an  important  and  indispen- 
ible  factor  in the commerce of the coun­
try.

vered 

retty  good 

The  commercial  traveler  must  under­
stand  his  business.  He  must  be 
fully 
acquainted  with  the  character,  the  qual- 
ties  and  the  prices  of  the 
lines  of 
goods  in  which  he  deals.  He  must  be  a 
judge  of  human  nature,  so 
that  he  can  treat  each  of  his  customers 
the  manner  best  suited  to  secure  his 
is  often  an 
avorable  attention.  He 
greeable,  companionable sort  of  fellow ; 
but  sometimes  a  strict  man  of  business, 
who  goes  directly  to  the  object  of  his 
isit,  is  most  successful.  Above  all,  he 
must  be  honest  and  reliable.  When  he 
sells  goods  by  sample,  they  must  turn 
just  what  they  were  represented  to 
out 
be. 
It 
is  only  by  the  strictest  care  in 
treating  his  customers  honestly  that  a 
drummer  can  build  up  and  hold a trade.

The  Eternal  Failure.

Site could drive her team of ponies 
With consummate grace and skill;
She could drive a man distracted 
With her charms, when dressed  to kill; 
She could drive a clever bargain 
At most any kind of sale.
But she never was successful 
When she tried to drive a nail.

Flattery  has  been  defined  as  the  yeast 
that  causes  a  man  to  rise  in  his  own  es­
timation.

Whitney,  Christenson 

Clothing  Manufacturers

&  Bullock

Chicago, III.

Hunt Printing Co., Jackson.......................  $  10
U. Grant Clark, Grand  Rapids....................  si
A. W. Stitt, stamps and otlice  supplies__  GO
(). C. Gould, expenses to Board meeting... 
1
J. W. Thorn, expenses to Board meeting.. 
4
8 
J.  A. Weston, expenses  to Board  meeting. 
I 
C.  H. Smith, expenses to Board  meeting.. 
G 
A. W. Stitt, expenses to  Board meeting.. 
M. K. Stockwell, expenses to B’d  meeting. 
7 
M.  Ilowarn, expenses to Board  meeting... 
4
().<’. Gould. Treasurer’s salary..................   85
A. W. Stitt, Secretary’s  salary....................  166
Mr.  Gould  moved  the  appointment 

a  committee  of  three  to  go  over the  con 
stitution  with  a  view of  strengthening 
the  weak  places— particularly  in  regard 
to  health  clause  in  application blank 
report  their  findings  and  recommenda 
tions  at  the  next  Board  meeting.  Ca 
ried.  The  chair  appointed  as  such  com 
mittee 0.  C.  Gould,  M.  Howarn  and 
A.  Weston.
Saginaw. 

The  Board  then  adjourned,  to  meet 
A.  W.  Stitt,  Sec’ y.

Gripsack  Brigade.

There  was  once  an  idea  current  that 

traveler  must  be 

the  commercial 
noisy,  hard-drinking 
notion  has 
long  ago  died  out.  Such 
man  can  never  reach  any  position  1 
importance  or  control  any  considerabl 
trade.

fellow,  but  that 

Mrs.  Wm.  R.  Allen,  who  has  held  the 
position  of  Michigan  representative  for 
E.  W.  Gillett  for  the  past five  years,  has 
resigned  to  accept  a  more 
lucrati 
offer  from  the  Egg  Baking  Powder  Co, 
of  New  York.  The  engagement  dates 
from  June  1.

I  will  be at Sweet’ s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  June  9  to  12  inclusive with 
the  Whitney,  Christenson  &  Bul­

lock  celebrated line of Suits,  Pants, 

Overcoats  and  Ulsters.  Expenses 

allowed  all  customers  who  call  to 

see  me. 

S.  T.  B O W E N .

26
Drugs—Chemicals

Michigan  State  Board  of Pharmacy

Term expires
-  Dec. 31,1900
- 
Geo.  Gundrum, Ionia 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Reynolds, St.  Joseph 
-  Dec. 31,1902
H en ry  He im , Saginaw 
- 
Wir t  P.  Doty, Detroit - 
Dec. 31,1903
A. C. Schum acher, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,190« 

President,  Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A.  C.  Schum acher,  Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, H en ry  H e im , Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions 

Star Island—June 25 and 26.
Sault Ste. Marie—Aug. 28 and 29. 
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

State  Pharmaceutical  Association 

President—O.  E b e r b a c h , Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—C h a s .  P .  M a n n , Detroit. 
Treasurer—J.  S.  B e n n e t t ,  Lansing.

Scheme  for  Increasing  the  Prescription 

T rade.

is 

The  prescription  department  of  the 
drug  store  presents  many  difficulties 
when  you  come  to  advertise  it. 
It  is 
easy  to  talk  of  a  perfected  system,  of 
the  great  care  exercised 
to  see  that 
everything 
just  right,  and  of  the 
purity  and  quality  of  the  drugs  used, 
and  so  on,  but  as  a  means  of  securing 
direct  results—that  is,  where  the  drug­
gist  may  see  his  prescription  trade 
in­
creasing 
from  day  to  day— most  kinds 
of  prescription  advertising  are  found 
wanting.

One  of  the  great  obstacles  which  the 
druggist  must  meet  in  just  starting  in 
to  increase  his  prescription  trade  is  the 
prejudice  of  the  physician 
in  favor  of 
one  particular  store  where  he insists that 
the  patient  must  take  his  prescription 
filled.  The  druggist  has  very 
to  be 
little  option 
in  choosing  the  proper 
course 
in  cases  of  this  nature.  He 
must  either  try  and  win  the  physician 
over  to  his  pharmacy,  or  he  must  go  be­
fore  the  people  with  his prescription de­
partment 
in  such  a  way  that  they  will 
insist  on  bringing  their  prescriptions  to 
him 
in  spite  of  the  physician’s  direc­
tions 
in  favor  of  a  competitor.  The 
proper  sort  of  manipulation  with  a  view 
to  bringing  both  of  these  results  about 
would  be  an  ideal  solution  of  the  prob­
lem.  With  the  first  alternative  this  ar­
ticle  has  nothing  to  do,  a  former com­
munication  havjng  taken  up  compre­
hensively  that  phase  of  the  subject. 
So,  it 
is  to  the  matter  of  appealing  di­
rect  to  the  people  for  their  prescription 
trade  that  I  wish  to  call  your  attention 
now.

Bearing  these  suggestions  well 

in 
mind  there  need  he  no  reason  why  you 
can  not  prepare  advertising  matter  that 
will  increase  your  prescription  trade,  if 
you  will  simply  spend  a  little  time,  ex­
ercise  a  little  thought,  and  use  a 
little 
gray  matter.  Take  newspaper  adver­
tising,  for  example ;  assuming  that  you 
have  no  desire  to  be  extravagant,  we 
will  proceed  on  the  basis  of  two  inches, 
single  column.  This  space  will  stand 
a  better  chance  of  being  seen  if  it  is  by 
lot 
itself  than  if  surrounded  by  a  whole 
of  other  advertising.  So, 
then,  insist 
that  your  space  be  as  much  isolated 
from  other  advertising  as  possible,  even 
although 
it  costs  a  little  extra.  Ten- 
point 
Italic  Jenson  old-style,  under­
lined,  makes  a  distinctive  display  line, 
and  for  the  body,  nonpareil  Roman  will 
be  most  suitable  for  such  a  small  space. 
A   border will  not  be  needed  unless  you 
have  not  succeeded 
in  getting  a  good 
position, 
in  which  case  a  pica  rule 
would  strengthen  the  space.  You  will 
now  have  done  about  all  you  can  to  get 
your  story  seen,  and  the  preparation  of 
copy  is  the  next  thing.  Here  are  some 
suggestions:

The  Weight  of  a  Hair— Did  you  ever 
it  was  possible  to  construct

think  that 

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

scales  with  a  weighing  apparatus  so 
delicate  that  the  weight  of  a  hair  is  ac­
curately 
indicated?  Our  prescription 
scales  are  so  delicate  and  nicely  ad­
justed  that  the  weight  of  a  pencil  mark 
on  paper  is  indicated  and  can  be  com­
puted.  The  drugs  that  go  into  prescrip­
tions  are  weighed  on  these  scales. 
It  is 
the  clumsy  scales  that  make  mistakes. 
See  that  the  drugs  that  go  into your pre­
scriptions  are  weighed  on  our  scales.

If 

it  Calls  for  Three,  See  that  You 
Get  Three-—If  the  prescription 
your 
doctor  gave  you  calls  for  three  ingre­
dients,  see  to  it  that  you  get  them.  One 
skilled  pharmacist  compounds  your pre­
scription  and  another  reviews  the  proc­
ess— this 
is  our  safeguard  against  mis­
takes.  Every  prescription  ought  to  have 
this  careful  scrutiny  and  checking  of 
two  skilled  pharmacists;  see  that  yours 
get  it.

The  Meaning  of  Rx— Rx  is  an  abbre­
viation  or  sign  of  the  Latin  verb,  “ re­
cip e,”   which  is  in  the  imperative mood 
and  means  “ take.”   As  it  appears 
in 
the  prescription,  “ R x—Aquae  Purae— 
Cong.  I ,”   it  makes  this  sense:  Take  of 
pure  water,  one  gallon. 
It  will  help 
you  to  remember  the  significance  of this 
sign  if  you  repeat  three  or  four  times  a 
day,  “ Take  R x ’s  to  Blanks  &  Blanks’ 
Pharmacy. ”

these 

value 

innocent 

In  order  that  the  druggist  may  utilize 
everything  and  make  his  advertising 
cover  as 
large  a  territory  as  possible  I 
would  suggest  that  after  these  adver­
tisements  have  appeared 
in  the  news­
papers,  or  during  the  time  that  they  are 
appearing, 
they  be  printed  on  small 
slips  of  paper  and  used  as  package 
in­
serts.  You  can  never  realize  of  how 
great 
looking 
package  slips  may  be  made  until  you 
have  used  them.  They  are  not  offensive 
and  do  not  intrude,  being  small,  and  if 
whatever they  say  is  tritely  told  or  em­
bodies  some  special  inducement,  they’ ll 
pay._  -.When  the  package  arrives  at 
its 
destination it is  opened  and the slip falls 
out,  and  curiosity  compels  the  owner  to 
look  more  closely.  An  interesting  com­
munication  or  an  inside  trade  oppor­
tunity  holds  the  attention,  and  the  con­
vincing  argument  guarantees  your  store 
another  visit  from  this  customer.  Try 
package  slips— they  are  of  added  effec­
tiveness 
if  they  are  reproductions  of 
your  current  advertisements,  and  the 
cost  is  also  reduced.  One  argument  at 
a  time,  tersely  told  and  free  from  verb­
iage,  counts 
in  advertising,  especially 
in  newspaper  advertising.

You  can’t  expect  to  hold  the  attention 
of  the  newspaper  reader  for  any  great 
length  of  time,  but  there  does  actually 
come  a  time  when  every  one  can  sit 
down  with  plenty  of  leisure  and  read  a 
well  written  story  if  it  gives  promise  of 
being  interesting,  instructive,  or  neces­
sary. 
I  refer  here  to  the  connected  and 
logically  constructed  arguments  that  can 
be  woven  into  a  booklet.  An important 
thing  to  bear  in  mind  is  that  a  booklet 
must  possess  sufficient  attractiveness  to 
least  secure  more  than  passing  in­
at 
terest,  so  that 
if  the  recipient  is  busy 
when  he  receives  it  he  will  lay  it  aside 
for  more  careful  and  thoughtful  perusal 
at  his 
is  your  chance. 
You  must  hold  the  attention  of  the read­
er  by  appealing  to  his  thirst  for  knowl­
edge,  or  by  bringing  forcibly  to  his 
mind  that  you  have  just  what  he  needs. 
He  has  known  of  this  need  right  along, 
but  to  realize  it  fully  he  has  to  be  told 
of  it,  and  to  be  told  where  the  need  can 
be  supplied.  And  right  here, let  me  say, 
is  revealed  a  great  advertising  secret— 
advertising  does  not  create  demand. 
The  need  of,  or  the  demand  for,  an  ar­
ticle  always  existed—advertising  tells 
you  of  this  need  and  what  to  do  to  have 
it  supplied;  or 
it  diverts  the  demand 
for  other  similar  things  to  itself  by  rea­
son  of  superior  arguments.

leisure.  This 

V ery  few  booklets  ever  pay  for  them­
selves 
in  direct  returns.  But  to  illus­
trate  the_ true  value  of  booklet  and allied 
advertising :  Suppose  a  jobber-of  whom 
you  have  never  bought  a  thing  were  to 
send  you  at  intervals  of  a  week  or  two 
weeks  or a  month  some  bit  of  advertis­
ing  matter  in  the  way  of  a  special  mail­
ing  card,  a  personal  letter,  an  attractive

booklet,  or  anything,  so  long  as  he  did 
it  regularly  and  presented  his arguments 
concisely  and  tersely  and 
in  a  suffi­
ciently  attractive  way  to  gain  your  at­
tention.  At  the  end  of  a  year  do  you 
not  think  that  you  would  go  into  this 
jobber’s  place  and 
investigate,  if  the 
opportunity  presented  itself,  or  that  you 
would  try  him  on  just  one  order,  or that 
you  would  at  least  get  acquainted  with 
his  traveling  man?

investigate  your  claims. 

A  booklet,  general  in  nature,  sent  out 
regularly  to  the  people  of  your  town, 
will  at  the  end  of  a  year  result in bring­
ing  a  good  many  of  them  into your store 
to 
If  you  do 
not  hold  their  trade  it  will  not  be  the 
fault  of  the  booklets.  I  believe  that  this 
is  a  powerful  plea  for  the  retail druggist 
to  use  booklets  regularly.  The  right 
kind  of  a  booklet  telling  about prescrip­
tions  will  pay— a  series  of  them  will 
pay  better.  With  a  booklet  it  is  like 
sitting  down  and  talking  with  your  cus­
tomer.  You  don’t  have  to  abbreviate 
nor  cut  any  corners;  simply  be  enter­
taining  and  use  convincing  arguments.
I  don’t  believe that I  can  be  of  more  as­
sistance  to  you 
give  here 
“ copy”   and  set  of  specific  directions 
for  the  publishing  of  a  booklet  that  isj 
calculated  in  every  way  to  be  as  near  a 
general  model  as  possible.

than 

to 

I  will  give  letterpress  for  this  booklet 
first  and  then  follow  with the “ lay-out. ”  
Let  the  title  be  “ The  Story  of  P.  Q. 
R .”   Then  for  the  title-page,  “ This 
is  affectionately  dedicated  to 
brochure 
those  who 
insist  on  having  what  they 
buy  of  the  best,  and  whose  insistence 
has  made  this  relation  possible.’ ’

Continuing:  P.— In  each  state 

a
commission  appointed  by  the  governor 
and  consisting  of  the  best  informed  and 
most  reputable  druggists  therein  consti­
tutes  the  board  of  pharmacy,  whose 
duties  are  to  pass  on  the  qualifications 
of  the  practicing  druggist  and  deter­
mine  whether  his  knowledge  of  drugs 
and their  uses,  and  skill  in handling and 
into  the  different 
manipulating  them 
forms  and  mixtures  prescribed  by 
jihy- 
sicianshave  reached  that  state of perfec­
tion  where,  in  the  eyes  of  the  law,  he  is 
a  safe  person  to  conduct  a  drug  busi­
ness.  Every  druggist  who  is 
in  busi­
ness  to-day  must  pass  this  rigid  exami­
nation  in  order  that  the  public  may  be 
protected  against  ignorance  and 
imper­
fection  in  the  art  and  science  of  drugs. 
We  are  registered  pharmacists  and  have 
three  registered  pharmacists  in  our  em­
ploy.  This  means  that  every  purchase 
here  receives  that  intelligent  attention 
is  necessary  and 
which  the 
which  we  know 
its 
highest  and  broadest  sense.

is  perfection 

law  says 

in 

Precision,  the  quality  of  being  just 
right,  is  a  quality  that  you  want  to  look 
for  in  your  druggist.  The  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy  can not guarantee precision 
because  it  is  an  individual  quality  and 
meets  no  set  standard.  We  make  pre­
cision  our  own 
individual  guarantee, 
and  all  the  business  you  may  do  with 
us  is transacted  with  precision,  from  the 
weighing  out  of  five  cents’  worth  of E p ­
som  salts  to  determining  what  quantity 
of 
io  per  cent,  solution  of  cocaine  an 
ounce  of  water  will  require  to  make  the 
product  an  8  per  cent,  solution.  We 
can,  then,  guarantee  you  perfection  and 
precision  on  prescriptions.

Better  not  run  any  risk  by  looking 
around  for  these  qualities,  but  come 
here  direct  from  your  physician.

Q .— Quality  used  as  a  single  word 
means  nothing,  ordinarily. 
It  may 
designate  good,  bad,  or  indifferent.  We 
never  use  this  word  except  in  a  specific 
sense,  because  we  have  a  right  to  use 
the  word 
in  this  way.  The  quality  of 
every  drug  which  we  dispense  is  abso­
lutely  and 
in  every  case  equal  to  the 
standard  which  medical  authorities  d i­
rect.  Our training  and  knowledge  of 
the  technical  part  of  the  drug  business 
is  of  the  sort  that  enables  us  to  deter­
mine  what  are  and  what  are  not  stand­
ard  drugs  and  preparations.  We  never 
dispense  a  drug,  even  the  simplest,  un­
til  we  know  that  its  quality  compares 
with  the  standard^  which  means  that 
our  customers  receive  something besides 
the  bare  substance  of  their  purchase—  
the  absolute  certainty  that  what  they 
buy  will  do  exactly  what  it  ought  to.

Quality  is  a  necessity  in  prescriptions, 
else  they  do  not  cure.  Physicians  ap­
preciate  the  certainty  of  quality  here, 
and  it  means  less  money  and  sickness 
to  you.

We  can  make  our 

inducements  for 
your  prescription  trade  more  emphatic 
now— we  guarantee  perfection  and  pre­
cision  and  quality  on  prescriptions.

R. 

Results  tell  the  story.  We  may 

is 

make  any  claim  we. choose,  but  if  the 
results  are  wanting  our  claims  fall  flat. 
We  are  absolutely  certain  of  our  ground 
in  all  our  claims  for prescription superi­
ority,  and  we  are  willing  to  abide  by 
the  results— by  the  results  which  our 
prescriptions  put  up  secure— by  the  re­
sults  secured  from  any  sort  of  a  pur­
chase  made  here.  We  are  as  sure  that 
our  prescription  equipment  (knowledge 
and  drugs) will secure for your physician 
the  result  he 
looking  for  as  we  are 
that  the  sun  will  rise  to-morrow  morn­
ing.  These  are  all  strong  claims,  but 
they  are  modest  because  they  are  hon­
est,  and 
if  you  will  give  us  your  pre­
scription  trade  we  will stand  by  the  ver­
dict  of  the  results.

The  story  of  P.  Q.  R.  is  the  story  of 
inducements  for  your  prescription 
quality, 

our 
trade—perfection,  precision, 
and  results.

This  may  strike  some  of  my  more 
modest  readers  as  strong,  but 
there’s 
not  a  claim  there  that  every  honest  man 
can  not  make  good.  One  must  be  con­
vincing ;  he  must  make  flat,  out-and-out 
claims  of  superiority.  What  other  in­
ducements  has  he?  Price  will  never  do. 
A  vigorous  booklet  of  the  above  order 
sent  out  every  month  for  a  year  to  the 
heads  of  one  thousand 
families  will 
boom  your  prescription  department— 
and  when  you  have  the  people  coming 
to  you  to  get  their  prescriptions  com­
pounded,  you  have  won  them  over  as 
purchasers  ot  everything  that  can  pos­
sibly  be  bought  a{  a  drug  store.

This  booklet  must  be  as  strong  typo­
graphically  as  it  is  in  argument,  in  or­
der  to  gain  that  first  attention  which 
leads  the  recipient  to  lay  it  aside  for  a 
second  perusal  where  its  less  attractive 
companion  of  the  same  mail  is  thrown 
into  the  waste-basket. 
Eight  pages 
and  cover  is  enough  to  hold  this  matter 
to  the  best  advantage.  Strive  to  get  as 
many  effects  as  you  can  and  still  go  to 
no  extra  expense.  Print  the  title 
in  a 
dark  photo-brown  ink  on a straw  or  pea- 
green  enameled  cover  paper  of  good 
weight,  and  the  inside  pages  in  a  deep 
grass-green  on  rose-colored  coated  book 
or  ledger  paper.  This  gives  you  four 
colors  with  but  little  more  expense  than 
one  where 
less  planning  and  original­
ity  are  expended.  Leave  the  type  dis­
play  to  your  printer  by  cautioning  him 
that  you  want  something  plain  but 
strong,  and  with  good  contrast.  On  the 
inside  pages  make  side-heads  of  P., 
Q.,  R.,  and  set  the  text  matter  in  short 
measure.  Adopt  a  size  to  conveniently 
into  your  business  envelope.  An 
fit 
edition  of 
i,ooo  ought  not  to  cost  over 
$20,  printed  in  first-class  shape,  and ac­
cording 
specifications. 
Mail  nearly  all  of  these  to  heads of large 
families  or  to  those  families  in  your 
town  or  community  whose  trade  you  do 
not  happen  to  be  favored  with  at  pres­
ent.

to  the  above 

In  another  month  send  out  another 
booklet,  more  specific  and  just  as vigor­
ous,  and  at  the  end  of a  year,  if  you  are 
all  right  with  the  physicians,  you  wrill 
find  your prescription business increased 
to  such  an  extent  as  to  make  another 
clerk  necessary.— Harry  M.  Graves  in 
Bulletin  of  Pharmacy.

LH MFG. CHEMISTS, 

ALLEGAN, HIGH

P errig o 's H eadache Pow ders,  P e r­
rigo's  M andrake B itters,  P errig o 's 
D yspepsia  T ab lets  and  P errig o 's 
Q uinine C athartic T ablets are gain­
in g  new  iriends every  day. 
If  you 
h av e n 't already a  good  supply  on, 
w rite us fo r prices.

FLAVORING EXTRACT AND DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES

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

27

W HOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced-
Decllned—

-Oil Anise.

Aceticum  .................$  6@í
Benzoicum, German.  70® 
©
Boracic.
35@
Carbolicum...
45®
Citricum........
3®
Hydrochlor...
10
Nltrocum......
12®  14
Oxallcum.......
®  15
dii...
Pbospborium,
65®  70
SaUcyllcum.............
5
1&@ 
Sulphuricum............
90®  1  00 
Tannicum.................
38®  40
T artaricum .............
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg.............  
4®
,6@
Aqua, 20 deg.............  
Car bonas.................  U@
Chloridum................  
13®  **
A niline

1  80 
45 
45

12® 
14
¡jfg  ®
75®  bo

80®
®
40@
40®

Black  ....................... 2 00® 2  25
Brown.......................  
so®  I "
Red............................ 
45®  60
Yellow.......................  2 60® 3 00
^Baccte
Cubeb»............po, 15 
Junlperus.................  
Xanthoxylum.......... 
B alsam um
Copaiba.................... 
Peru  ......................... 
Terabin,  C anada.... 
Tolutan..................... 
C ortex
Abies, Canadian......
Cassia'.....................
Cinchona  Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrica  Cerlfera, po.
Prunus Virgin!........
Qulllala, gr’d ............
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus...po.  15, g rd  
K x t r a c t  u n i
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza,  po ----- 
Hmmatox, 15 lb. box 
Hmmatox, is ...........  
Hsematox,  4 s .......... 
H»matox, 4 s .......... 

24@
28®
lire
j i g
l*§
16@

F e rru
Carbonate  Preclp...
Citrate and  Quinia..
Citrate  Soluble........
Ferrocyanldum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l.......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cw t..........
Sulphate,  pure........
F lo ra

Arnica......................  
Anthemis.................. 
Matricaria...............
F o lia

*4@
22§S
30®  35

65

8®

45®
12®

30
25®
20®  25
25®

Barosma...................  
Cassia Acutifol,  Tin-
nevelly..................  
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.
Salvia officinalis,  14s
and 4 s ..................
UvaUrsi....................
G um m i 
Acacia, 1st picked...
Acacia,2d  picked...
Acacia,3d  picked..
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia, po.................
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20 
Aloe, Cape....po. 15.
Aloe,  SocotrL.po.40
Ammoniac................
Assafcetida— po. 30
Benzoinum...............  w*g)  do
13
Catechu, is ............... 
@ 
}jj
Catechu, 4 s .............  
® 
Catechu, 14s.............  
J6
@ 
Camphorse............... 
68®  72
Euphorbium... po. 35 
©  40
Galbanum................. 
@ 100
Gamboge.............po  65® 
70
Guaiacum....... po. 25  @  30
Kino........... po. $1.26 
@  1  25
Mastic  ...................... 
@  60
Myrrh............. po.  45  @ 4 0
OpU__ po.  4.5(X®4.80  3  30®  3  40
25®  35
Shellac.....................  
Shellac, bleached.... 
40®  45
Tragacanth..............  
80®  80
H erb a

55®

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium. .oz. pkg 
Eupatorium. .oz. pkg 
lo b elia........oz. pkg 
Maiorum — oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir. .oz. pkg 
Rue............... oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
M agnesia
Calcined, P at............ 
55®  60
Carbonate, P a t........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18@  20
’arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

O leum

Absinthium.............   6  50® 6 75
Amygdalae,  Dulc—  
36®  60
Amygdalae,  Amarse.  8 00® 8 25
A nisi.........................  l 
Aurantl Cortex........   2  25® 2 30
Bergamli..................   2 
80® 
Caiiputl.................... 
85
Caryophylll..............  
80
75@ 
C edar.......................  
35®  45
Chenopadii............... 
@  2  75
Clnnamonii.............   1 
10®  1 20
36®  40
Citronella................. 

85®  1 90
80® 2 60

Conium Mac............. 
50®  60
Copaiba....................  l  16@  1  25
C ubeb*.................... 
90®  1  00
Exechthitos.............  1  00®  1  10
Erigeron..................  1  00®  1  10
G aultheria..............   2 00®  2  10
Geranium, ounce__ 
®  75
Gosslppii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma..................  1  70®  1  75
Junipera..................  1  50® 2  00
Lavendula  ............... 
90®  2  oo
Limonis....................  1  40®  1  50
Mentha Piper...........   1  25@ 2 00
Mentha Verid...........  l  50®  1  60
Morrhuae, 3?al...........   1  20®  1  25
M yrcia.......................  4 00® 4  50
75® 3 00
Olive......................... 
Plcis Liquida.......... 
10®  12
®  35
Picis Liquida,  gal... 
Riclna........................  1  C0@  1  08
Kosmarinl................. 
® 100
Rosas ounce.............  6  50® 8 60
Succlnl.....................  
40®  45
90®  l  oo
Sabina.....................  
Santal........................  2 75®  7 00
Sassafras.................. 
50®  55
®  65
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
Tiglil........................   1  50®  1  60
40®  50
Thyme....................... 
Thyme, opt............... 
@  1  60
Theobromas  ...........  
15®  20
Potassium
15®  18
Bi-Carb.....................  
Bichromate.............  
13®  15
Bromide  .................. 
52®  67
12© 
Carb  ......................... 
15
Chlorate... po. 17 * 19  16@ 
18
Cyanide.................... 
35®  40
Iodide.......................   2  65@ 2  75
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com.  @  15
10
Potass Nitras, opt... 
Potass  Nitras.......... 
8
Prussiate.................. 
26
Sulphate  po.............  
18

7@ 
6© 
23@ 
15@ 

R adix

Aconitum.................. 
20®  25
Althae.......................  
22®  25
A nchusa.................. 
10®  12
@  25
Arum  po.................. 
20®  40
Calamus.................... 
Gentiana........po. 15 
12®  15
18
Glychrrhiza... pv.  15  16@ 
@  75
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
@  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
12@  15
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
Inula,  po.................. 
15@  20
Ipecac, po................   4 25@ 4 35
Iris  plox.. .po. 35@38  35®  40
25®  30
Jalapa, p r................. 
Maranta,  14s...........  
@  35
22®  26
Podophyllum,  po... 
Rhei..........................  
76©  1  00
Rhei, cu t.................. 
@  1  25
Rhei, pv.................... 
75®  1  35
Spigeiia.................... 
35@  38
Sanguinaria.. .po.  15  @ 
18
Serpentaria.............  
40@  45
60@  65
Senega.....................  
Smilax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smilax,  M................  
@  25
Scillae............po.  35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................. 
@  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30  @  25
Valeriana,  German. 
15®  20
Zingiber a ................  
12® 
16
Zingiber j .................. 
25®  27
Semen
Anisum.........po.  15 
@  12
13®  15
Apium (graveleons). 
Bird, Is ..................... 
4® 
6
ll@  12
Carol...............po.  18 
Cardamon.................  1  25®  1  75
Coriandrom.............. 
8®  10
Cannabis Sativa.......  4 '@  5
Cydonium................  
75®  1  00
Cnenopodium.......... 
10®  12
D'pterix Odorate....  l  00@  1  10
Foeniculum........
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
9
L in i...........................  34@  44
Lini, grd.......bbl. 34 
4®  44
Lobelia..................... 
35®  40
5
Pharlaris Canarian..  4  @ 
5
R ap a.........................  44® 
Sinapis  Alba............ 
9® 
10
Sinapis  Nigra.......... 
11®  12
S piritn s

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

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.............. .  2  50® 2  75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage..................  2 50@ 2  75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
@  1  50
Extra yellow sheeps’
@ 125
wool, carriage....... 
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
@ 100
carriage................. 
Hard, for slate use.. 
@  75
Yellow  R e e f,  for
slate use................. 
@ 140
Syrups
A cacia.....................  
Aurantl Cortex........ 
Zingiber.................... 
Ipecac.......................  
Ferri Iod.................. 
Rhei Arom............... 
Smilax  Officinalis... 
Senega.....................  
Scili»...  ................... 

® 
so
@  50
@  50
©  60
@  50
@  50
50®  60
@  50
@  50

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

T inctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Acouitum Napellis F
Aloes........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rnica.....................
Assafcetida...............
Atrope Belladonna..
Aurantl Cortex........
Benzoin....................
Benzoin Co...............
Barosma....................
Cantharides.............
Capsicum.................
Cardamon................
Cardamon Co...........
Castor.......................
Catechu....................
Cinchona..................
Cinchona Co.............
Columba..................
Cubeb*.....................
Cassia Acutifol........
Cassia Acutifol Co...
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Ferri  Chloridum....
G entian............—
Gentian Co__ ____
Guinea.......................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus.............
Iodine  ....................
Iodine, colorless—
Kino  .........................
Lobelia.....................
M yrrh.......................
Nux Vomica.............
Opii.
Opli, comphorated..
Opii. deodorized......
Q uassia....................
Rhatany....................
Rhei..........................
Sanguinaria............
Serpentaria.............
Stramonium.............
T olutan....................
Valerian  ..................
Veratrum  Verlde...
Zingiber....................

Miscellaneous 

@ 
@ 

ASther, Spts. Nit.? F  30® 
ASther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
A lum en....................  214®
3®
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
Annatto..................... 
40®
Antimoni, po...........  
4®
Antimoni et Potass T  40®
Anttpyrin.................
@
Antifebrin  ..............
©
Argenti Nitras, oz...
10®
Arsenicum...............
38®
Balm  Gilead  Buds..
50®  1  60
Bismuth S. N...........
@
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
Calcium -Chlor.,  4s.. 
@
@
Calcium Chlor.,  14s..
@
Cantharides, Rus ^
@
Capsici Fructus, a 
Capsici  Fructus, po.
@
_
Capsici Fructus B, po 
14
Caryophyllus. .po. 15  12® 
Carmine, No. 40....... 
@  3 00
55
Cera  Alba............ 
50® 
Cera  Flava.......... 
42
40® 
40
Coccus................  
@ 
Cassia  Fructus........  
@ 3 5
Centraria............. 
@ 
10
45
Cetaceum............. 
@ 
Chloroform  ............. 
55@  60
Chloroform,  squibbs 
@ 1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst . 
..  1  65@ 1  90
Chondros............  
25
20® 
Cinchonidine.P. &  W  38®  48
38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ. 
Cocaine....................  5 30®  5 60
70
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
Creosotum........... 
35
2
@ 
C reta.............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep.........  
5
Creta, precip............ 
9® 
11
Creta,  Rubra............  @ 
8
Crocus................ 
16® 
18
Cudbear.............. 
® 
24
Cupri  Sulph.......   64®
7®
Dextrine.
75@
Ether Sulph.............  
@
Emery, all numbers. 
Emery, po................. 
@
E rg o ta........... po. 90 
86@
12®
Flake  W hite...........  
®
G alla......................... 
G am bler..................  
8®
@
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
35®
Gelatin, French....... 
75  &
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......
ll®
Glue, brown.............  
Glue,  white.............  
15®
17®
Glycerin».................. 
Grana Paradis!........ 
@
Humulus..................  
25@
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite  @  95
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..  @ 
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m. 
@  1  05 
Hydrarg  Ammoniatl  @  1 
50®
HydrargUnguentum 
Hydrargyrum.......... 
@  85
65®  70
Ichthyobolla,  Am... 
Indigo....................... 
75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi........   3 90@  4 00
@ 4  00
Iodoform.................. 
@  50
Lupulln.....................  
Lycopodium.............  
70®  7
M acls.......................  
65®  7
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
@  2
drarg Iod............... 
LlquorPotassArsinit 
10®  1
Magnesia,  Sulph —  
2®
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl  @  IV 
Manilla, S.  F ............ 
50®  6

20® 22
18
@ 30
@ 41
@ 41
9® 11
9® 11
23® 25
14®
2
3®
5
3
4
2
@  2 60 1
50® 55
2  00  j

@ 3 26 Seldlltz Mixture......
Menthol....................
Morphia. S., P.& W.  2  05@  2  30 Sinapis.....................
Sinapis,  opt.............
Morphia, S..N.Y. Q.
& C. Co.................. 1  95®  2 20 Snuff, Maccaboy, De
V oes.....................
@ 40
Moschus  Canton__
65® 80 Snuff,Scotch,!» Vo’s
Myristica, No. 1.......
@ 10 Soda,  Boras.  ...........
Nux Vomica...po. 15
30® 35 Soda,  Boras, po.......
Os Sepia....................
Soda et Potass Tart.
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
®  1 00 Soda,  Carb...............
D  Co.....................
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
Plcis Llq. N.N.4 gal.
©  2 00 Soda,  Ash................
doz.........................
@  1 00 Soda, Sulphas..........
Plcis Liq., quarts__
@ 85 Spts. Cologne...........
Plcis Llq.,  pints.......
@ 50 Spts. Ether  Co........
Pil Hydrarg. ..po.  80
@ 18 Spts.  Myrcia Dom...
Piper  Nigra.,  po. 22
@ 30 Sots. Vini Rect.  bbl.
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 35
@ 7 Spts. Vinl Rect. 4bbl
Pilx Rurgun.............
12 Spts. Vinl Rect. lOgal
Plumb) Acet.............
10®
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii ]  30®  1 A0 Kiits. Vini Rect. 5 gal
Strychnia, Crystal... 1  05® 25
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
@ 75 Sulphur,  Subl..........
24® ,.4
& P. 1). Co.,  doz...
34
25® 30 Sulphur, Roll...........
Pyrethrum,  pv........
10
10 Tam arinds...............
Quassia1....................
8®
8®
28® 30 j
43 Terebenth  Venice...
Quinta, S. P. &  W ...
33®
52® 55 i
43 Theobrom»..............
Quinia, S.  German..
33®
43 Vanilla..................... 9 00(f/In  00 j
Quinia, N. Y.............
33®
8
7®
14 Zinci Sulph.............
Rubia Tinctomm....
12®
18® 20
Saccharum I .actis pv
O ils
Salacin..................... 6 00®  6  25
40® 50
Sanguis  Draconls...
12® 14 Whale,  winter..........
Sapo, W ....................
12 Lard, extra...............
Sapo M .....................
10®
@ 15 Lard, No. 1...............
Sapo  G .....................

BBL.  OAL.
70
70
50

©
®
@

70
60
45

66
Linseed, pure raw... 
67 
Linseed, boiled........ 
Neatsfoot. winter str  54 
Spirits  Turpentine.. 
55 

19
70
60
60
Faints  BBL.  LB.
Red  Venetian..........  114  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars.  H4  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow B er...  134  2  @3
Putty,  commercial..  214  24@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  24  234®3 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American............. 
16
13® 
70®  76
Vermilion, English.. 
Green,  Paris...........  
18
14® 
16
Green, Peninsular... 
13® 
Lead, red..................  G4@ 
7
Lead,  white.............   64®  
7
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting, gilders’ —  
@  90
®  1  00 
White. Paris. Amer. 
Whiting. Paris, Eng.
cliff........... 
@ 140
Universal Prepared.  l  00®  1  15

V arnishes

No. l Turp  Coach...  1  10®  l  20
Extra Turp..............   1  60®  1  70
Coach  Bouy.............   2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn......   1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk  Ilamar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  7F

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =   I

Seasonable
Blue  Vitriol 
Paris  Green 
Insect  Powder 
White  Hellebore 
Moth  Balls 
Gum  Camphor 
Alabastine

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prices  guaranteed.

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

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

Guaranteed  correct at time of issue.  Not  connectec 

with any jobbing house.

ADVANCED
Sugar
Package  Coffee
Oranges

DECLINED
Cheese
Lard
Quaker  Flour

PA CK A G E  CO FFEE. 

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which the wholesale dealer auds 
the local freight from New York 
to buyers shipping point, giving 
buyer credit on 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  50
Jersey................................... 12  50
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City *4  gross.............   76
Felix V4 gross......................... 1  15
Hummers foil V4 gross........   85
. ..1  43 
Hummel’s tin  V4 gross . 
COCOA  SHELLS
20 lb. bags.......................  
2V4
Less quantity.................. 
3
Pound packages............. 
4
CLOTHES  LINES

E x tract

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

CONDENSED  M ILK

_____ 
4 doz in case.
Gail Borden Eagle............... 6  75
Crown.....................................6  25
Daisy.  ...................................6 75
Champion..............................4 50
Magnolia............................... 4 26
Challenge............. ................4 00
Dime.......................................3 35

COUPON  BOOKS 

50 books, any  denom...  1  50 
100 books, any  denom...  2  50 
500books,any  denom...  11  50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00 
Above quotations are for either
Tradesman, Superior, Economic 
or  Universal  grades.  Where
1.000 books areordered at a time 
customer receiv es  s p e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Coupon  P ass  B ooks 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
50  books......................... 
i  50
100  books.........................  2  50
500  books.........................  11  50
,000  books...........................20  00

C redit  Checks

500, any one denom.........  2 00
,000, any one denom........   3 00
,000, any one denom........   5 00
Steel  punch.......................  
75
CREAM   TARTAR 

A pples

C alifornia  F ru its

and 10 lb. wooden  boxes...  30
Bulk In sacks.............................29
D R IE D   FRUITS—D om estic 
Sundrled...........................  @ 6V4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.7@  7V4 
Apricots......................  ©15
Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................
Peaches.......................10  @11
Pears............. .•............
Pitted Cherries........... 
TTunnelles..................
Raspberries..............

714

C alifornia P ru n es

100-120 25 lb. boxes........   @
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4&
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........   @ 5
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........   @ 5w
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........   @ 6
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........   @ 6V4
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........   @ 7
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........  
8V4
V4 cent less In 50 lb. cases 

R aisins

C itron

C u rran ts

1  75 
■ondon Layers 2 Crown. 
2  00
ondon Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown.............  
2  25
7V4
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
8 Vi
loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
oose Muscatels 4 Crown 
8%
1. M., Seeded, choice ... 
10
u M., Seeded, fancy__  
10V4
D R IE D   FRU ITS—F o reig n  
Leghorn............................  
u
Corsican....................................12
Patras, cases.........................  6J4
Cleaned, b u lk ..........-........ ..  eu
^leaned,  packages...............  7j*
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 10*4 
Orange American 10 lb. b x .. 1054 
Sultana 1 Crown...........
Sultana 2 Crown..................
Sultana 3 Crown.............
Sultana 4 Crown............. "
Sultana 5 Crown............
Sultana 6 Crown....................
Sultana package.............

R aisins

F eel

Beans

FARINACEOUS  GOODS 
Dried Lima...........................   654
Medium Hand Picked  2 ià@2  25
Brown Holland...................
Cream of Cereal............... 
go
Grain-O, sm all..........1 
35
Grain-O, large.......................2  25
Grape Nuts.................. 
j  35
Postum Cereal, sm all... 
1 35
Postum Cereal, large........  2  25

Cereals

Farina

Hominy

Haskell’s Wheat Flakes

241 lb. packages....................1 26
Bulk, per 100 Tbs.....................3 00
36  21b. packages....................3 00
B arrels................................... 2 50
Flake, 50 lb. drums.................1 00
Maccaroni  and Vermicelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............ 
60
Imported. 25 lb. box............2  50
Common...............................
Chester.................................... 2 50
Empire.................................... 3 00

Pearl  Barley

' 

Grits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Peas

R olled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages........................1 80
100 lb. kegs................................. 2 70
200 lb. barrels.............................6 10
Green, Wisconsin, bu...........1  30
Green, Scotch, bu...................... 1 35
Split, bu.................................   3
Rolled A vena, bbl......................3 45
Steel Cut, V4 bbls........................ 1 70
Monarch, bbl..............................3 20
Monarch, V4 bbl..........................1 75
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks...........1  55
Quaker, cases................ 
3  20
German.................................   4
East India............................... 3*4
F lak e.....................................  5
Pearl......................................  5
Pearl,  241 lb. packages......   6K
Cracked, bulk......................... 314
24 2 lb. packages....................... 2 50
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS 
4 OZ.
1  80
1  35
145

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

DeBoe’s

Tapioca

W h eat

Sago

FOOTE  &  JENKS’

JAXON

Highest  Grade  Extracts
Vanilla 

Lemon

lo z fu llm .120  1 oz full  m .  80 
2 oz full m.2  10  2 oz full m  l  25 
No.3fan’y,3  15  No.3fan’y .i  75

Vanilla

2 oz panel..1  20
3 oz taper..2 00

Lemon 

2 oz panel.  75 
4 oz taper.. 1  50

Jennings’

Perrigo’s

D.  C. Vanilla
2  OZ..........1  20
3  OZ..........1  50
4  OZ..........2  00
6  OZ..........3  00
No.  8.. .  4  00
No. 10. . .  6 00
No. 2  T ..1  25
No. 3  T..2 00
No. 4  T..2  40

D.  C. Lemon
2 oz....... .  75
3 oz
1  no
4 oz__ 1  40
6 OZ........ .2 00
No.  8... .2 40
No. 10... .4 00
No. 2 T. .  80
No. 3 T. .1  25
No. 4 T. 1  50
Northrop  Brand 
Lem.
Van. 
2 oz. Taper Panel....  75
1  20 
2 oz. Oval..................   75
1  20 
3 oz. Taper Panel__1  35
2  00 
4 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  60
2 25
Van. 
Lem.
doz.
doz.
XXX, 2 oz. obert__ 1  25
75 
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2 25
1  25
XX, 2 oz. obert........ 1  00
No. 2,2 oz. obert__   75
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
2 25
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
1  75
K. P. pitcher. 6 oz.
2  25
Perrigo’s Lightning,  gro__ 2 50
Petrolatum, per doz............ 
75
Sage............................................15
H ops......................................... ..
Madras, 5 lb. boxes.................55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes......... 50
6 lb. pails..........................   190
15 lb. pails..............................  35
301b. pails..................................62
P u re......................................  30
Calabria..........................   '  ‘  25
Sicily..............................  
‘  u
Root.............................. 
10
Condensed, 2 doz..................1  20
Condensed, 4 doz.................. 2 25

FLY  PAPER

LICORICE

INDIGO

HERBS

JELLY

LYE

MATCHES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

No.  9 sulphur.............................1 65
Anchor P arlo r........................... 1 bo
No. 2 Hom e.................................1 30
Export Parlor.............................4 00
Wolverine......................... 

x  50

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

P A P E R   B A G S  

S atch el 
Bottom
H .....................   28
¡4.....................   34

Horse Radish, 1 doz............1  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz........... 3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz............ 1  75
Union
Square
53
88 
1  OS 
1  36 
1  58
1  84
2  16
2  58 
2 82
3 32
4 48
4  86
5 40

66 
76 
.  90 
.1  06 
.1  28 
1  38 
• 1  60 
.2  24 
.2 34
20..................... 2 52

PIC K L ES 
M edium

Sm all

Barrels, 1,200 count............. .......
.5  25
Half bbls, 600 count..............3  13
Barrels, 2,400 co u n t..................6 25
Half bbls, 1,200 count......... [3 62
Clay, No. 216................................ 1 70
Clay, T. D., full count......  
Cob, No. 3.................... 
POTASH 

P IP E S

65
85

48 cans In case.

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

R IC E

D om estic

Carolina  head.......................  6V4
Carolina  No. 1 ..................... '5
Carolina  No. 2 ......................4
B roken............................’*]’ ’334
Japan,  No.  1..................5V4@6
Japan,  No.  2..................4V4@5
Java, fancy head...........5  @554
Java, No. 1..................... 5  @
Table................................  @

Im p o rted .

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

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

SAL  SODA

SALT

D iam ond C rystal 

Com m on  G rades

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 1003 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............ 
27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs.............   62
100 31b. sacks..........................2 15
60 5 lb. sacks..........................2 05
2810 lb. sacks.........................1 95
561b. sacks.........................  40
28 lb. sacks.........................   22
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 
66 lb.  sacks............................   25
Granulated  Fine..................   95
Medium Fine...........................1 00

Solar  R ock
Com m on

A shton
H iggins

W arsaw

SOAP

J A X O N

Single box................................... 3 00
5 box lots, delivered............2 95
10 box lots, delivered..........2  90
US.  $  KIRK  S  CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d... .3 00
Dome..................................... .. 80
Cabinet..................  
2 40
Savon...............................'.'.'.'2  80
White  Russian........................... 2 80
White Cloud,........................4  00
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz.......2  00
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz....... 2 50
Blue India, 100 
lb..............3 00
Klrkoline................... 
3  50
Eos...............................................2 65

10012 oz bars.........................3  00

100 big bars (labor saving). .3 60

SEARCH-LIGHT
S I L V E R

Single box................................... 3 00
Five boxes, delivered...........2 95

Scouring

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

ALABASTINE

White in drum s.................... 
9
Colors in drum s....................  10
White In packages...............  10
Colors In packages...............  n

Less 40 per cent discount. 

AX LE  GREASE
A urora............
..........55
Castor  Oil.......
..........60
Diamond........
..........50
F razer's..........
..........75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75

doz. gross
6 00
7 00
4 25
9 00
9 00

A cm e

M ica, tin boxes......... 75 
Paragon...................... 56 

9 00
6 00

B A KIN G   PO W D ER  

A rctic
Egg

14 lb. cans 3  doz..................   45
V6 lb. cans 3  doz..................   75
1 
lb. cans 1  doz.................. l  oo
Bulk........................................  10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.............   85
)4 lb. cans,  4 doz. case....... 3  75
K lb.  cans. 2 doz. case....... 3 75
1 lb.  cans, l doz. case....... 3  75
5 lb. cans,  4  doz.  case....... 3 00
14 lb. cans per doz..............   75
54 lb. cans per doz..............l  20
1 
lb. cans per doz..............2 oo
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  35
V4 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  55
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........   90
l 

E l  P u rity

H om e

J A X O N

Queen  Flake

14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
V4 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........l  60
3 oz., 6 doz. case......................... 2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case......................... 3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case......................... 4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case.........................4 00
5 lb.,  l doz. case......................... 9 00

Royal

10c size...’.  86
14 lb.  cans  1  30 
6 oz. cans.  1  80 
14 lb.  cans  2  40 
•li  lb.  cans  3 60 
1 lb.  cans.  4  65 
3 lb.  cans. 12 75 
5 lb. cans.21  00

BA TH   B RICK
American....................... 
English................................. go

BLUING

70

Ö L u i f i C t

BROOMS

Small 3 doz...................... 
40
Large, 2 doz.............................. 75
Arctic, 4 oz, per gross.........4 00
Arctic, 8 oz, per gross.........6 00
Arctic, pints, per  gross__ 9 00
No. 1  Carpet...........................3 00
No. 2 Carpet......................  2 75
No. 3 Carpet......................  250
No. 4 Carpet...........................    05
Parlor  Gem..................  
2 75
Common Whisk........  
95
Fancy Whisk........................'1  25
Warehouse................. 
3  75
CANDLES
Electric Light, 8s ................. 12
Electric Light, 16s................1214
Paraffine, 6s..........................u v
Paraffine, 12s .............. 
"  iou
Wicklng........................... ".'20

CANNED  GOODS 

A pples
3 lb. Standards........  
Gallons, standards.. 
B eans
Baked  ..................
Bed  Kidney........
String...............
W ax...............

so
2 60
75@1  30 
75@  85 
80 
85

I  00 
1  50

1  70

Peas

Gooseberries

M ushroom s

86
1  85 
3  10
2 25
1  75
2  80
1  75
2 80
1  75
2  80
18@20
22@25

Blackberries
Standards.................
Blueberries
Standard  .....................
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb__
Little Neck, 2 lb___
Cherries
Bed  Standards............
White...........................
Corn
Fair............................
Good.........................
Fancy............
Standard................
Hominy 
Standard...................
L obster
Star, H 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......................
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb..................
Cove, 21b..................
Peaches
P ie ............................
Yellow......................  1  65©l  86
P ears
Standard..................  
70
so
Fancy........................  
M arrowfat............... 
1  00
Early June............... 
1  00
Early June  Sifted.. 
160
P in eap p le
G rated......................  1  25©2  75
Sliced.........................  1  35@2  25
P u m p k in
F a ir..................
Good.........................
Fancy.......................
Standard...................
Salm on
Red Alaska..............
Pink Alaska.............
Shrim ps
Standard..................
Sardines
Domestic, 14s ...........
Domestic, ? is ..........
Domestic,  Mustard.
California, V4s..........
French, J4s...............
French, !4s...............
Standard..................
Fancy.......................
Succotash
Fair.... 
.........................  
Good.. 
................. 
Fancy.
tomatoes
F a ir.... 
................. 
80
Good... 
.........................  
Fancy.. 
................................ 1 15
Gallons.
................................ 2 35
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints.......................2 00
Columbia, Vi pints...............  1  25
CHEESE
Acme..
@  m
.............. 
Amboy....................’
@  9 
Carson City..............
@  9
Emblem....................
@  9 Vi 
Gem..........................
@14 
Gold Medal...............
@ 9 
Id eal.......................
© 9 
Jersey.......................
@ 9 
Riverside..................
© 9 Vi 
Brick.........................
@12 
Edam ........................
@90 
Leiden.....................
@17 
Limburger...............
@11 
Pineapple................   50
@75 
Sap  Sago.................
@17
Bulk.......................
.. 
5
R ed.......................
..  7
CHOCOLATÉ"" 
Walter Baker & Co.’s.

............. 

65
76
85
90
1  35 
95
1  50

1 20

S traw berries

R aspberries

CHICORY

85 
1  25

1  00

RunkelBros.

German  Sweet......................  23
Premium........ .............[........  35
Breakfast Cocoa.
46 
Vienna Sw eet.................. 
21
Vanilla...................................... 28
Premium............................ . "   31
H. O. Wilbur & Sons.
Capital Sweet........................  21
Imperial Sweet.................  
’  22
Nelson’s  P r e m i u m . . . . 25
Sweet Clover, v<s..............  
25
Sweet Clover, V4s........  
27
Premium Baking................."  33
Double Vanilla............... 
'  40
Triple Vanilla.  ........................50

COCOA

Webb....................................  30
Cleveland...............................   41
Epps..................................
Van Honten, V4s ...................
...
Van Houten, 14s...................  
Van Houten, *4s...................   40
Van Houten,  is ...................   72
Colonial, vis  .........................  35
Colonial, Vis.......................  
33
H uyler..................................     45
Wilbur, Vis...........................  41
Wilbur. V4s ............................   42

CIGARS 

The Bradley Cigar Co.’s  Brands
A dvance.................................$35 00
B radley.....................................35 oo
Clear Havana  Puffs..........  22 00
••W .H.  B.” .......................   5500
“ W. B. B.” ..............................  55 00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

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

35 00
S. C. W...................... 
Phelps. Brace & Co.’s Brands.
R°yal  Tigers. 
.  56® 80 00
Royal  Tigerettes........35
Vincente Portuondo ..35® 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co.............25®  70 00
HUson  Co. 
........... 35@ll0  00
T. J. Dunn & Co......... 35®  70 00
McCoy  Co................ 35®  70 00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10®  35 00
Brown  Bros................ 15®  70 00
Bernard Stahl Co........35©  90 00
Banner Cigar  Co........ io@  35 00
Seidenberg  & Co........ 56©i25 00
Fulton  Cigar  Co........ io@  35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co... ,35@175 00 
E. M. Schwarz & Co...35@lio 00
San Telmo....................35® 70 00
Havana Cigar Co........ 18® 35 00
C. Costello & Co..........35®  70 00
LaGora-Fee Co........... 35© 70 00
S. I. Davis & Co..........35@185 00
Hene & Co................... 35® go 00
Benedict & Co..........7.50@ 70 00
Hemmeter Cigar Co. ..35© 70 00 
G .J. JohnsonCigarCo.35@ 70 00
Maurice S anborn__ 50@175 00
Bock & Co.................... 65(7(300 00
Manuel  Garcia........... 80@375 00
Neuva Mando.  .......... 85@175 00
Henry Clay...................85@550 00
La Carolina..................96@200 00
Standard T. & C. Co.. .35@ 70 00
H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. 
S tar G reen ..................... 35  00
90

90

_

 HIGH GRADE.

Coffees
Special  Combination...........   20
French Breakfast............ 
25
Lenox....................................   30
Private Estate............
...  38 
Supreme...................
...  40
Less 33V4  per  cent.

Common..........................

R io

...10J4

Fancy..............................

Santos 
Common..................
F a ir......................... 
Choice............................
Fancy......................"  " .
Peaberry.....................
M aracaibo 
F a ir..................
Choice.................... 
M exican
Choice..........................
Fancy...................

Choice...............

G uatem ala 

...15

«
...15
...13

ip

...16
...17

J a v a
African................  
Fancy A frican........
O. G......................
P. G......................  
M ocha
Arabian..................  

.......

101/
...
...17
...25

21

SALT  FISH  

Cod

H errin g

Georges cured.............
Georges  genuine........
Georges selected........
Grand Hank..................
Strips or  bricks..........  6
Pollock.........................
H alib u t.
Strips..................................
Chunks...............................
Holland white hoops,  bbl. 
Holland white hoops 34bbl 
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
Holland white hoop metis.
Norwegian.........................
Hound 100 lbs.....................
Round 40 lbs.......................
Scaled................................
Bloaters...............................
Mess 100 lbs........................
Mess  40 lbs........................
Mess  10 lbs........................
Mess  8 lbs........................
No. 1100 lbs........................
No. l  40 lbs........................
No. 1  10 lbs........................
No. 1  8 lbs........................
No. 2 100 lbs........................
No. 2  40 lbs........................
No. 2  10 lbs........................
No. 2  8 lbs........................
No. 1100 lbs.......................
No. 1  40 lbs...................... .
No. 1  10 lbs......................
No. 1  8 lbs........................

M ackerel

T ro u t

W hite fisli

@ 5
@   5 34
@  534
@434
@ 9
@ 334
__ 14
__ 15

11  00 
6  00 
76 
85
3 60 
1  75 
1614 
1  60
17  00 
7  10 
1  85 
1  51 
15 00 
6 30 
1  65 
1  35 
9 50 
4  10 
1  10 
91

100  lbs.......
40 lbs.......
10 lbs.......
8  lbs.......

No. 1 No. 2 Fam
2  35
..  7  50 7  00
1  25
..  3 30 3  10
38
85
90
33
71
.. 
75
SEEDS

Anise........................................9
Canary,  Smyrna....................  4
Caraw ay..................................8
Cardamon, Malabar..............60
Celery...................................... 10
Hemp, Russian......................  414
Mixed Bird............................ 4l4
Mustard, white.....................   5
Poppy......................................10
R ape......................................  4*4
Cuttle Bone.......  ...................15
Scotch, in bladders...............  37
Maccaboy, In jars.................  35
French Rappee, In jars.......  43
Boxes.....................................   514
Kegs, English......................... 434

SNUFF

SODA

SPICES 

W hole Spices

12
Allspice............................... 
Cassia, China in m ats......  
12
25
Cassia, Batavia, In bund... 
38
Qassla, Saigon, broken.... 
55
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls —  
Cloves, Amboyna............... 
16
14
Cloves, Zanzibar................. 
M ace................................... 
65
Nutmegs,  75-80..................  
55
Nutmegs,  105-10................. 
46
Nutmegs, 116-20.................. 
40
Pepper, Singapore, black.  1514
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
23
Pepper, shot.......................   1614
P u re  G round in B u lk
Allspice............................... 
16
28
Cassia, Batavia..................  
Cassia, Saigon.................... 
48
Cloves, Zanzibar................  
1
15
Ginger,  African................  
Ginger, Cochin..................  
18
Ginger,  Jam aica............... 
25
Mace....................
18
M ustard.............................. 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
18
Pepper, Singapore, white
Pepper, Cayenne.............
Sage....................... 
 

20

STARCH

C om m on Corn

K ingsford’s  Corn
40 l-lb. packages................. 
634
20 l-lb. packages................ 
634
734
6 lb. packages................  
K ingsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages................  
7
734
61b. boxes......................... 
20 l-lb.  packages............... 
434
40 l-lb.  packages............... 
434
l-lb. packages.................... 
434
434
3-lb. packages.................... 
6-lb. packages.................... 
5
40 and 50-lb. boxes............. 
334
Barrels...............................  
334
STOVE  PO LISH

C om m on Gloss

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

W IC K IN G

Rub-No-More, 100 12 o z .......3 50
No. 0, per gross......................20
No. 1, per gross......................25
No. 2, per gross......................35
No. 3, per gross......................55

SUGAR

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New  York  to  your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the Invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point.  Including 
20 pounds for the  weight  of  the 
barrel.
Domino...............................  5 86
Cut Loaf.............................   o 00
Cubes................................
5 75
Powdered.........................
5 70
Coarse  Powdered............
5 70
XXXX  Powdered............
5  75
Standard  Granulated__
5 60
Fine Granulated...............
5 (X)
Coarse  Granulated..........
5 75
Extra Fine Granulated...
5 70
Conf.  Granulated............
5 85
2 lb. cartons Fine  Gran..
5 70
2 lb.  bags Fine  Gran.......
5  70
5 lb. cartons Fine  G ran..
5  70
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran.......
5 70
Mould A ............................
5  85
Diamond  A.......................
5 60
Confectioner’s  A .............
5 40
No.  1, Columbia A..........
5  25
No.  2, Windsor A............
5 25
No.  3, Ridgewood A .......
5 25
No.  4, Phoenix  A ............
5 20
No.  5, Empire A .............
5  15
No.  6.................................
5  10
No.  7.................................
5 05
No.  8.................................
5 00
No.  9............................
4 05
No. 10................................. .  4  90
No. 11.................................
4  85
No. 12.................................
4  80
No. 13.................................
4  80
No. 14.................................
4  80
No. 15.................................
4  80
No. 16................................. .  4  80

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels............................... . ..19
Half bbls........................... ...21
1 doz. 1 gallon cans.......... ..  3  20
1 doz. 34 gallon cans......... ...1  95
2 doz. <4 gallon cans......... ...  95
F a ir................................... ...  16
Good................................. ...  20
Choice  .............................. ...  25

P u re   Cane

TA B LE  SAUCES
LEA &
PERRINS’
SAUCE

T h e O riginal and 
G enuine 
W  orcestershire.

Halford, large................
Halford, small.................
Salad Dressing, large... 
Salad Dressing, sm all...

3 75 
2 25
4  65 
2 75

TEA
Ja p a n

Sundried, medium............... 27
Sundried, choice...................30
Sundried, fancy.................... 40
Regular, medium.................. 28
Regular, choice.................... 30
Regular, fancy......................40
Rasket-llred, medium  .........26
Basket-fired, choice..............35
Basket-fired, fancy...............40
Nibs........................................ 27
Siftings....................................19
Fannings................................20

G unpow der

Moyune, medium.................26
Moyune, choice.................... 35
Moyune,  fancy......................50
Pingsuey,  medium............... 25
Pingsuey, choice...................30
Pingsuey, fancy.................... 40

Y oung  H yson

Choice.....................................30
Fancy......................................36

Oolong

Formosa, fancy..................... 42
Amoy, medium......................25
Amoy, choice.........................32

E n g lish  B reak fast

Medium.................................. 27
Choice.....................................34
Fancy......................................42

In d ia

TOBACCO

Ceylon, choice....................... 32
Fancy......................................42
Scotten Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Chunk plug................34
Cadillac fine  cut....................57
Sweet Loma fine  cu t............38
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. ll
Pure Cider, Red Star............ 12
Pure Cider, Robinson...........12
Pure Cider,  Silver................. ll
W ASHING  PO W D ER

VINEGAR

M IC H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
Grains and Feedstuffs
68
W heat..............................

W OODENW ARE

B askets

W heat

Bushels..............
1  15
Bushels, wide  band............ 1  25
M arket.................................
30
Willow Clothes,  large........ 7 00
Willow Clothes, medium... 6 60
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. 5 Oval, 260 In crate...... 2 60  1
Boxes, gross boxes.............

B u tte r  P lates

C lothes  P ins

66

Mop  Sticks

Tubs

P ails

W ash  Boards

Trojan spring...................... 900
Eclipse patent spring........ 9 00
No i common...................... 8  00
No. 2 patent brush holder . 9  00
12  fh. cotton mop heads__ 1  25
2-hoop Standard.................. 1  50
3-hoop Standard.................. 1  70
2-wire,  Cable....................... .1  60
3-wire,  Cable....................... .1  85
Cedar, all red, brass  bound .125
Paper,  Eureka.................... .2  26
Fibre.................................... .2 40
20-inch, Standard, No. 1.... .7  00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2__ .6 00
.5 00
16-inch, Standard, No. 3...
20-inch, Dowell,  No. 1........ .3 26
18-inch, Dowell,  No. 2........ .5 25
16-inch, Dowell,  No. 3........ .4 25
No. 1 Fibre........................... .9 45
No. 2 Fibre........................... .7 95
No. 3 Fibre........................... .7 20
Bronze Globe....................... .2  50
D ewey................................. 1  75
Double Acme....................... .2  75
.2 26
Single Acme.......................
.3 20
Double  Peerless................
.2  50
Single  Peerless...................
.2 60
Northern Q ueen...............
.3 00
Double Duplex..................
2 75
Good Luck.........................
Universal............................. .2  26
.  76
11 In. B utter.......................
.1  00
13 in. Butter.......................
.1  76
15 In. Butter.......................
.2 50
17 in. Butter.......................
.3 00
19 In. Butter.......................
Assorted 13-15-17................. .1  75
.2  50
Assorted 16-17-19...............
YEAST  CAKE
.  50
Yeast Foam, 134  doz........
.1  00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz............
.1  00
Yeast Cre  m, 3 doz............
.1  00
Magic Yeast 6c, 3 doz.......
.1  00
Sunlight Yeast, 3 doz........
.1  00
Warner’s Safe, 3 doz........

W ood  Bowls

Crackers

Soda

B u tte r

O yster

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

534
534
534
634

quotes as follows:
Seym our............................... 
New York..........,..............  
Family................................... 
Salted.................................... 
6
Wolverine..........................  
6
Soda  XXX......................... 
8
Soda,  City........................... 
Long Island Wafers..........  11
Zephyrette.........................  10
7
Faust................................... 
Farina.................................... 
534
..................  
Extra Farina 
6
Saltine  W afer.................... 
534
Sweet Goods—Boxes
Animals..............................  1034
Assorted  Cake..................   10
Belle Rose........................... 
9
Bent’s  W ater....................  15
Buttercups..........................  13
Cinnamon Bar.................... 
9
Coffee Cake,  Iced.............   10
Coffee Cake, Java.............   10
Cocoanut Taffy..................  10
Cracknells  .........................  1534
Creams, Iced.................... 
834
Cream Crisp.......................  
9
Crystal Creams..................  10
Cubans...............................   1134
Currant  Fruit....................  11
Frosted Honey..................  1234
Frosted Cream..................... 
9
Ginger Gems, lg. or  sm ... 
9
Ginger Snaps, XXX.......... 
8
G ladiator...........................  10
Grandma Cakes...................  
9
Graham Crackers................ 
8
Graham  Wafers................   10
Honey Fingers....................   1234
Im perials.............................. 
8
Jumbles, Honey..................   1234
Lady Fingers.......................   1134
Lemon  W afers..................  14
Marshmallow....................  15
Marshmallow W alnuts__   16
Mixed Picnic.......................   1134
734
Milk Biscuit.......................  
Molasses  Cake..................... 
8
Molasses B ar........................ 
9
Moss Jelly Bar....................  1234
Newton...............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers................ 
8
Oatmeal Wafers................  10
Orange Crisp........................ 
9
Orange  Gem........................  
8
8
Penny Cake...........................  
7
Pilot Bread, XXX................ 
734
Pretzels, hand  made........  
Sears’ Lunch.....................  
734
Sugar Cake............................ 
8
Sugar Cream, XXX.......... 
8
Sugar Squares................ 
8
Sultanas................................  1234
Tutti  Frutti.........................   1634
Vanilla W afers....................   14
Vienna Crimp....................... 
8

W in te r  W h eat  F lo u r

Local Brands
.  4  10
Patents...........................
.  3 60
Second  Patent................
.  3  40
Straight...........................
.  3  00
[Tear...............................
.  3 30
Graham ...........................
.  5 00
Buckwheat.....................
.  3  25
Rye...................................
Subject  to  usual  cash  dls-
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad-
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
.  3 60
Diamond 34s....................
.  3 60
.
Diamond 3ts...................
.  3 60
Diamond 34s...............

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Quaker 3fcs.......................
Quaker 34s.......................
Quaker 34s.......................

.  3 65
3 55
.  3  55

Spring  W h eat  F lo u r

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
.  4  15
Pillsbury’s  Best 34s.......
.  4  05
Pillsbury’s  Best 34s.. 
.
.  3 95
Pillsbury’s  Best 34s.......
Pillsbury’s Best 34s paper.  3  95
Pillsbury’s Best 3is paper.  3  95
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
.  4  00
Duluth  Imperial  34s......
Duluth  Imperial  34s...... ..  3 90
Duluth  Imperial 34s...... ..  3  80
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
3 90
Wingold  3»s....................
3  80
Wingold  3<s....................
3 70
Wingold  34s....................

Olney & Judsou's Brand

Ceresota 34s.................... ..  4  15
Ceresota 34s .................... ..  4  05
Ceresota 34s.................... ..  3 »5

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Laurel  34s....................... ..  410
Laurel  54s ....................... ..  4  00
Laurel  34s....................... ..  3  90
Laurel  34s and  34s paper ..  3 95

M eal

Feed  and  Afillstuflfe

..  2  00
Bolted.............................
Granulated..................... ..  2  20
St. Car Feed, screened.. ..  17  00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats__ ..  16  60
Unbolted Corn  Meal — ..  16 00
Winter Wheat Bran...... ..  15 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings  15 50
Screenings..................... ..  15 00
Corn, car  lots................. ..  42
Less than car lots..........

Corn

Oats

H ay

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

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

..  12 00
..  13 00

Hides  and  Felts
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as
follows:
H ides
Green  No. 1.............
Green  No. 2.............
Cured  No. 1.............
Cured  No. 2.............
Calfskins,green No. 1
Calfskins,green No. 2
Calfskins,cured No. 1
Calfskins,cured No. 2

@  7
@ 6
@  8
@  7
@10
@  834
@1034
@  9

P elts

Pelts,  each...............
Tallow
No. 1...........................
No. 2...........................

50@1  10

@  434
@ 334

W ool
Washed,  fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine.......
Unwashed, medium.

20@22
22@24
14@l5
18@20
Fish  and Oysters

F resh   F ish

White fish................. ..  @ 9
Trout......................... ..  @ 8
Black  Bass............... .  9@ 10
H alibut..................... ..  @ 13
Ciscoes or Herring.. ..  @ 4
Bluefish .................... ..  @ 11
Live  Lobster........... ..  @ 16
Boiled  Lobster........ ..  @ 18
Cod............................ -   @ 10
Haddock.................. ..  @ 7
No. 1 Pickerel.......... ..  @ 8
Pike........................... • •  @ 7
Perch........................ ..  @ 6
Smoked  W hite........ ..  @ 8
Red  Snapper............ .  @ 9
Col River  Salmon... ..  @ 10
Mackerel.................. ..  @ 18
40
F. H.  Counts............
F. J. D. Selects........
Selects ......................
F. J. D.  Standards..
Anchors....................
Standards.................
Favorite....................
Clams, per 100... 
Oysters, per 100

O ysters in  Cans. 

Shell Goods. 

1  00 
1  00@1  25

Fresh  Meats

B eef

634@ 8
Carcass.....................  
6 @  634
Korequarters.......... 
8 @  9
H indquarters.......... 
Loins No. 3...............  10 @14
Ribs..........................   10 @14
Rounds.....................
@  8
! Thicks.....................  
534@  6
Plates.......................  4 @ 5

P o rk
Dressed...................
Loins........................
Boston  Butts...........
Shoulders.................
Leaf  Lard................
M utton
Carcass..................... 
Spring Lambs..........
Veal

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

&  634
@  83Í
@ 734
@ 734
@ 734

7 @ 8
@16

7‘4@ 9

P r o v i s i o n s
B arreled   P o rk

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

D ry  S alt  M eats

Bellies.......................
Briskets....................
Extra sborts.............

Sm oked  Meat»

@12 76
@13  60
@13  00
@13  00
@16  50
@11  60
@13 75

634
8*4

Hams, 12 lb. average.
@  l l 1/»
Hams, 14 lb. average.
@  1134
Hams, I6lb.average.
@  n
Hams, 201b.average.
@  1034
Ham dried  beef......
@  1334
Shoulders (N. V. cut)
@  734
Bacon, clear.............   9 @  10
California hams......
@  734
Boneless  hams........
@  11
@  !6
Boiled  Hams..........
Picnic Boiled  Hams
@  1234
Berlin  Hams..........
@  9
Mince Ilam s..........
&  9*4

Lards—In Tierce8

Compound................
Kettle........................
Vegetole................
55 lb. Tubs.. advance
80 lb. Tubs.. advance
60 lb. Tins... advance
20 lb. Palls, .advance
10lb.  Palls,  advance
5 lb.  Pails.. advance
3 lb. Palls.. advance
Sauftaget«
Bologna....................
Liver.........................
Frankfort.................
Pork  .........................
Blood.........................
Tongue.....................
Headcheese..............
B eef
Extra Mess...............
R um p.......................

Pigs’  F eet
Kits, 15  lbs...............
34 bbls., 40  lbs..........
34 bbls., 80 lbs..........
T ripe
Kits, 15  lbs...............
34 bbls., 40  lbs..........
34 bbls., 80  lbs..........
Casings
P o rk .........................
Beef  rounds.............
Beef  middles...........
Sheep........................
B utter! n«
Rolls, dairy...............
Solid, dairy...............
Rolls, creamery.......
Solid,  creamery.......

C anned  M eats

Corned beef, 2 lb __
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted bam,  !4s.......
Potted ham,  34s.......
Deviled ham,  34s__
Deviled ham, 34s__
Potted tongue,  34s..
Potted tongue,  34s
Oils

6H
734

34
34
%
1
1

534
6
734
734
634
9
6

10  76
11  00
10 60

80
1  50
2 76

70
1  25
2  25

20
3
10
60

1334
13
19
1834

2  40
17  50
2  40
45
85
45
85
45
85

Barrels

Eocene.........................  @1234
Perfection....................  @11
XXX W.W. Mich. Hdlt  @lt
W. W. Michigan........  @1034
Diamond W hite..........  @10
D., 8.  Gas....................
Deo. Naphtha..............  @11K
Cylinder...................... 29  @34
Engine........................19  @23
Black, winter...............  @1144

2 9

Candies
Stick Candy

M ixed Candy

F ancy—In  B ulk

bbls.  pails
Standard..........
7  @  734 
Standard H.  H. 
7  @734 
Standard  Twist 
34®  8 
Cut Loaf............
@ 834 
cases 
Jumbo, 32 lb............
@ 634 
Extra H .H ...............
@  834 
Boston Cream..........
@10 
Beet Root..................
©  7
Grocers..................... 
@  c
@ 034
Competition.............  
Special...................... 
@ 7
@ 8
Conserve................... 
g o y a l.......................  
@734
@ 834
Ribbon.....................  
Broken.....................  
@734
Cut Loaf.................... 
@834
English Rock...........  
@834
Kindergarten.......... 
@834
French Cream.......... 
@9
Dandy Pan............... 
@834
Hand  Made  Cream
m ixed.................... 
@14
@ 8)4
Nobby.......................  
Crystal Cream mix.. 
@12
San Bias Goodies__  
@11
Lozenges, p lain....... 
@9
Lozenges, printed... 
@9
Choc. Drops.............  
@11
Eclipse Chocolates...  @13
•Choc.  Monumentals.  @13
Gum Drops..............  
@ 5
@834
Moss  Drops.............  
Lemon Sours............ 
@9
Imperials.................. 
@934
ital. Cream Opera...  @11
Dal. Cream Bonbons
351b. palls.............  
@11
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. pails.................. 
@13
@1234
Pine Apple Ice........ 
Iced Marshmellows.........   14
Golden Waffles........  
@n-
Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes 
Lemon  SourB..........
@50 
Peppermint Drops..
@60 
Chocolate  Drops__
@65 
11. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@76
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12.............
@90 
Gum Drops...............
@30 
Licorice  Drops........
@75 
A. B. Licorice Drops
@50 
Lozenges,  plain......
@56 
Lozenges, printed...
@56 
Imperials..................
@56 
Mottoes....................
@60 . 
Cream  Bar...............
@55 
Molasses Bar...........
@55 
Hand Made Creams. 
80  @90
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt. 
@66 
String Rock.
@60
Burnt  Almonds.......1  26  @
Wintergreen Berries 
@6f
C aram els 
No. 1  wrapped,  3  lb.
boxes.....................
Penny Goods...........
Fruits
O ranges
Fancy  Navels 
.......
Extra Choice............
Seedlings..................
Medt. Sweets...........
Jam alcas..................
Fancy  Valencias__
Lem ons 
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s ..
Fancy 300s................
Ex. Fancy  300s........
Extra Fancy 360s__
B ananas
Medium bunches__
Large  bunches........  

@3 60 
@4  00 
@
@5 00
@4  60 
@4  60 
@4  75 
@5 60 
@6  00
1  75@2 OO 
00@2 25

@50
55@60

- 

Figs

_
F oreign  D ried F ru its 
@10 @ 8
@12
@13
@
@
@  534
@10 
@ 6 
@ 5 
@ 6

Californlas,  Fancy..
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes, new Smprua 
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes new 
Imperial Mikados, 18
Id. boxes................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, In bags....
D ates
Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
Fards In 60 lb. cases. 
Persians,  P. H. V ...
lb.  cases, new.......
Sairs, 60 lb. cases....
_____ Nuts
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivlca.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils, new.............
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenobles. 
Walnut.,, 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 b u ...
P eanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
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* * Yes. ”
“ What  did  you  sell  that  lady?”  
“ Huh?”
“ What  did  you  sell  to  that  lady?”  
“ What  lady?”
“ The  one  who  just  left  the  store.”  
“ Oh,  shoes.”
The  proprietor of  the  store  winked  at 
me,  as  indicating  a  new specimen of the 
fresh  clerk,  and  asked :

‘ ‘ What  kind  of  shoes?”
“ Huh?”
“ What  kind  of  shoes?”
. The  clerk  gave  a 
little  pull  at  a 
shadow  of  a  mustache  and  gazed  at  his 
in  a  small  hand-mirror 
pimply  face 
from  his  pocket.  His 
which  he  took 
manner  was 
inattentive 
the  merchant 
and 
didn’t  heave  a  bottle  of  shoe  polish  at 
his  plastered-down  head,  which  was 
shaped  something  like  the  heads  of  the 
old  cave-dwellers,  as  seen  in  the  mod­
ern  geography.

I  wondered  why 

impertinently 

“ What  kind  of  shoes?”   repeated  the 

merchant.

”  I  dunno  what  they  were  made  of, 
I'm  sure,”   was  the  reply. 
“ I  know  1 
had  a  beastly  time  talking  her  into buy­
ing  ’em .”

“ Why  didn’t  you  sell  her  what  she 

wanted?”
“ Huh?”
The  merchant  waited  for  a  reply. 
“ Thought  you  wanted to  get rid of  the 
old  stock, ”   said  the  clerk  in  a  moment.
just 

“ I  do,  but  I  want  to  sell  people 

what  they  want  if  I  can.”

The  clerk  grinned—a  mean,  self-sat­
isfied  grin  which  ought  to  have  been 
knocked  off  his  face  with  an  ax.

“ Huh,”   he  said,  “ a  woman  came  in 
here  yesterday  and  asked  for  a  pair  of 
fancy  slippers,  and  I  sold  her  a  pair  of 
base  ball  shoes  for  her  brother.”

The  fellow  looked as  if he  expected  to 
be  complimented 
for  his  genius  as  a 
salesman,  but  the  proprietor  kept  a 
grave  face  and  went  back  to  the  point.
lady  ask  for  when 

“ What  did  that 

she  came  in?”   he  demanded.

“ And  you’ve  been  down  on  Twelfth 

street  as  far  as  the  viaduct?”

“ H a ve l?   W ell!”
“ I’m  glad  of  that,”   said  the  mer­
chant,  going  back  to  the  cash  register, 
“ because 
if  you  know  that  part  of  the 
town  you  won’t  be  so  apt  to  lose  your 
way.  Here’s  your  pay.  You  go  to 
Chicago  and  get  a  job  in  one  of  those 
dark  little  dens  on  Clark  street,  between 
Van  Buren  and  Twelfth.  That’s  where 
you  belong.  You  can  learn  to  receive 
stolen  goods  and  pick  pockets  down 
there.  Get  out. ’ ’

“ What  have  I  done?”   sniffled  the 

clerk.

“ 1  discharge  you  because  you  are  a 
“ That  kind- 
fool,”   said  the  merchant. 
lady  trusted  to  your  judg­
hearted  old 
ment  and  to  the  honesty  and 
fair-deal­
ing  of  the  establishment.  You  urged 
her 
into  buying  something  which  will 
never give  satisfaction,  when  you  might 
have  taken  more  money  by  showing  her 
what  she  wanted.  You  belong  to  the 
class  of  clerks  that  make  exacting,  sus­
picious  customers.  You  would  rather 
tell  a 
lie  for  two  dollars  than  the  truth 
for  five!  You  ought  to  go  out  on  the 
road  with  two  shells  and  a  pea !  Now 
run  along!”

“ You  should  have  told  me  about  this 

before, ’ ’  blubbered  the  clerk.

“ No,  sonny,”   said 

the  merchant. 
“ Your  mother  should  have  taught  you 
and  common  sense  should  have  taught 
you.  What  will  the  friends  of  that  lady 
say  when  she  shows  them  those  shoes, 
warranted  by  you,  as  representative  of 
the  firm,to  be  of  the  latest  style?  They 
wiil  set  us  down  as  either  fools  or 
frauds,  won’t  they?  Do  you  think  that 
she  or  they  will  ever  come  here  to  trade 
again?’ ’

“ I  wish  you’d  let  me  square  it,”  said 

the  clerk.

“ You’ re  too  fresh  for  a  clerk,”   said 
“ You  call  all  customers 
the  merchant. 
‘ guys’,  and  brag  about 
‘ doing’  them. 
You  go  about  the  store  as  if  you  owned 
the  earth and treat  callers  as  if  you  were 
doing  them  a 
favor  by  speaking  to 
them.  The  successful  salesman  must 
make  friends,  not  enemies,  and his word 
must  be  as  good  as  his 
judgment.  Get 
out!”

And  I  wished  that  every  clerk  of  the 
in  the  world  would  have  to 

same  sort 
“ get  out”   as  this  one  did.

Alfred  B.  Tozer.

“ The  one  that  just  went  out?”  
“ Certainly.”
“ Up-to-date  summer  shoes.”
“ Did  you  show  her  the  new  stock?”  
“ Huh?”
“ Answer  my  question.”
I  could  see  that  the  merchant  was 

losing  his  patience  at  last.

“ Oh,  1  sized  her  up,”   said  the  clerk, 
with  a  toss  of  the  head,  “ and  made  up 
my  mind  she’d  buy  any  old  thing,  if  I 
recommended 
it,  so  1  took  her  back  to 
the  dollar  counter  and  sold  her  a  pair of 
old  things  for  two-fifty.”

“ What  did  you  tell  her  about  the 

shoes  she  bought?”

“ You  bet  I  put  it  on  strong!”
“ Oh,  you  did?”
“ Yes,  sir—e—e! 

I  had  ’em  right up 
just  the  style,  until  1  got 

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“ And  she  paid  more  than  the  mark­

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“ You  bet  she  did. 

It  costs  money  to 
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The  merchant  began  to  get  red  in  the 

face.

“ Have  you  ever  been to Chicago?”   he 

asked.

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The  Store-keeper’s  Heart  in  the  Right 

Place.
Written for the Tradesman.

Sam  Crawford  was  a  tall,  awkward, 
small-headed,  big-footed 
lad  of  14  or 
thereabout.  He  stood  looking  wistfully 
at  a  meager  assortment  of  pocket knives 
and  other  small  wares  displayed  in  the 
window  of  the  village  store.  He  had  a 
good  face,  but  he  was  by  no  means  the 
sort  of  young  fellow  to  whom one’s heart 
goes  out  at  sight.  His  awkwardness 
was  against  him,  so  also  were his much- 
patched,  faded  blue  overalls  and  rough 
cowhide  boots.  Most  youngsters  of  his 
age  you  could  have  patted  on  the  head 
and  said,  “ Well,  sonny,  thinking  about 
buying  a  knife?”   With  Sam  that  was 
out  of  the  question,  for  his  head  was  al­
most  six  feet  from  the  ground,  and  be­
sides,  you  knew  as  you  looked  at  him 
that  such  a  proceeding  would  embar­
rass  him  extremely.

A   home-made  ticket  marked 

fifty 
cents  lay  upon  the  pile  of  knives.  The 
ticket  was  poorly  made  and  it  had  the 
effect  of  taking  all  of  the  brightness  out 
of  the  boy’s  face.  Not  that  he  found 
fault  with  the  printing,  for  that  to  him 
was  quite  wonderful;  but  the  price! 
fifty  cents!  "A fte r  all,  I  can’t  get  it,”  
he  exclaimed  as  he  reluctantly  turned 
away.

Lige  Loveless,  the  store-keeper,  from 
his  desk  near  the  window  had  been 
watching  the  awkward  country  lad.  He 
had  seen  the 
look  of  disappointment 
which  had  overspread  the  boy’s  face 
when  his  eye  fell  upon  the  price  ticket. 
For  over  a  week  those  knives  had  been 
in  the  window  without  a  ticket  and 
Lige  had  thought  that  a  price  in  plain 
view  would  be  a  good  thing  and  had 
that  very  day  put  it  in.

that  knife  for  your  birthday  to-day  that 
I  just  couldn’t  believe  you'd  be  disap­
pointed.”   The  big  overgrown  fellow 
stooped  and  kissed  the  little  upturned 
face  so  full  of  love  and  sympathy.

“ There,  Sussy,  it  wasn’t  Mr.  Love­
less’  fault.  There  was  a  ticket  on 
'em 
to-day  marked  fifty  cents  and  I  couldn’t 
ask  him  to  take  only  forty-five.  He’s al­
ways  been  so  square  and  fa ir 't  I  knew 
if  he'd  marked  ’em  fifty  they  was  worth 
it. ’ ’

“ Well,  I 

just  wondered 

if  he  could 
have  refused  you,”   said  the  girl.  “ I’ m 
if  you’d  go  back  and  offer  him 
sure 
forty-five  he’d 
let  you  have  it  for  that. 
We  could  pay  him  the  other  five  just  as 
soon  as  we  got  it.”

They  stopped  their  walk  and  the  boy 
stood irresolute  between  the  fear  of  a  re­
fusal  and  the  desire  to  possess  one  of 
the  knives.  Finally  they  began  retrac­
ing  their  steps.  The girl again remained 
at  the  bena 
in  the  road  while  the  boy 
went  on  alone  to  the  village.

Lige  Loveless  chuckled  with  delight 
when  he  saw  the  boy  enter  his  store. 
He  didn’t  give  him  a  chance  to  offer 
any  forty-five  cents,  but  going  directly 
to  the  showcase  took  out  one  of  the 
knives  and  handing 
it  to  him  said, 
“ Here,  Sam,  I’m  a  givin ’  one  of  these 
knives  to  every  boy  that  comes  into  my 
Store  to-day,  and  you’re  the  first  fellow 
to  get  one. 
I  want  you  to  whittle  all  of 
the  happiness  out  of  it  that  you  can  get 
A  boy  without  a  pocket  knife  is  sure  to 
get 
into  mischief.  Money  for  it?  No, 
keep  your  money— it’d  burn  a  hole  in 
my  conscience. ’ ’

If  Sam  thanked  Lige  Loveless  for  his 
it  in  a  way  too  awk­
kindness  he  did 
for  description.  Enough  to  say, 
ward 
ittle  sister  at  the  bend  in 
he  joined  the
the  road.  And  this  time  there  was  no 
lump 
in  his  throat.  But  which  of  the 
three  was  the  happiest,  Sussy,  Sam  or 
the  store-keeper,  my  readers  may  guess 

Mac  Allan.

“ Well, 

I’ ll  be  switched,”   said  the 
store-keeper  to  himself,  “ if  that  ain’t 
the  meanest  thing  I  ever  did  in my  life. 
I’ ll  bet  a  dollar  that  boy  had  just  forty- 
five  cents  and  he’s  come  all  the  way  to 
town  here  a  whistlin’  and  a  thinkin’  of 
the  delight  of  havin’  one  o’ 
them 
knives,  and  that  blamed  ticket  has  sent 
him  home  with  a  big  lump  in his throat.
I 
just  wish  somebody’d  kick  m e;  I 
don’t  believe  I’ d  feel  one  bit  smaller’n 
I  do  just  at  this present minute.  Forty- 
five  cents  was  what  they’d  ought  to  sell 
for  anyway. 
I  knew  that,  but  I  thought 
they’d  bring  fifty  just  as  quick.  Darned 
if  I  ain’t  sorry  ’t  1  did  that,”   and  the 
store-keeper  got  up  from  his  desk  and, 
taking  the  objectionable  ticket  out  of 
the  window,  tore  it  into  bits. 
“ There! 
feel  better  already,”   he  exclaimed. 
I 
“  If  that  boy  comes  back,  blamed 
if  I 
don’t  give  him  a  knife  to  make  up  to 
him  for  the  disappointment  he's  had.”  
The  boy  walked  slowly  down  the  v il­
lage  street  and  out  upon  the 
lonely 
country  road  that  led  toward  home.  His 
heart  was  as  heavy  as  his  boots.  A bend 
in  the  road  soon  hid  him  from  the  eyes 
of  the  town,  and  there  a  little  sunbon- 
neted  figure  awaited  him.  As  he  caihe 
into  view  the  little  girl  ran 
forward  to 
meet  him.  She  saw  at  once  that  some­
thing  was  amiss,  and  her  question, 
‘ Didn’t  you  get 
it,  Sammy?”   spoke 
volumes.  “ They’re  fifty  cents,  Sussy, 
ineffectual 
said  the 
attempts  to  swallow  the 
in  his 
throat,  ‘ ‘ and  you know  1  had  only  forty- 
five. ”   The  girl  took  his  hand  and  they 
walked  on  for  some  time 
in  silence. 
Finally  the  girl  broke  out  with,  “ And 
wouldn’t  he 
let  you  have  one  for the 
forty-five?  I  didn’t believe  Mr.  Loveless 
would  a  done  that;  but  never  mind, 
Sammy,  we’ ll  try  and  get  the  other  five 
I  did  so  want  you  to  have
somehow. 

lad,  after  several 

lump 

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Kansas,  Oklahomo  and  Texas 
will  have  a  full  crop,  especially  Kansas, 
providing  no  calamity  overtakes  them. 
The  Dakotas  and  Minnesota  report 
some  showers,  but  they  will  need  many 
more  to  help  the  wheat  oui.  France  and 
other  wheat  growing  countries  are  send­
in  poor  reports,  especially  France, 
ing 
is  claimed  the  crop  will  be 
where 
80,000,000  bushels 
less  than  last  year. 
The  Argentine  shipments  also  show  a 
big  shrinkage  from  a  month  ago.  Our 
exports  have  been  187,000,000  bushels 
since  July  1, 
1899— about  30,000,000
bushels  less  than  for  the  corresponding 
time  in  1899.  All  indications  at  present 
are  for  better  prices.

it 

Corn,  owing  to  the  fine  weather,  has 
been  depressed.  Exports  in  corn  have 
been  over  30,000,000  bushels  more  than 
last  year,  but  why  it  is  depressed  is  one 
of  the  things  that 
is  unaccountable,  as 
the  movement 
is  certainly  very  slow. 
Corn  cribs  are  empty  and  feeding  con­
tinues  on  a  more  extensive  scale  than 
previous  years.  That cereal will  also  en­
hance  in  price.

Oats  are 

in  the  dumps,  owing  to  the 
large  acreage  and  the  good  outlook  for 
a  large  harvest.

Rye  remains  steady  and  prices remain 
firm  for  choice  rye.  Nothing  but  choice 
is  wanted  at  present,  as  the  sales  are 
to  distillers  only  and  they  want  only  a 
choice  article.

Receipts  for  the  past  week  have been: 
46  cars  of  wheat,  7  of  com,  4  of  oats,  1 
of  rye,  2  of  flour  and  1  of  straw.

For  the  month : 

193  cars  of  wheat,  44
of  com,  31  of  oats,  6  of  rye,  7  of  flour, 
11  of  hay,  4  of  straw  and  5  of  potatoes.
Detroit  receipts  of  wheat,  as per board 
of  trade  report,  were :  42  cars  for  the 
month  ot  May  and  228  for  the  corres­
ponding  month  in  1899.

Millers  are  paying  68c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A,  Voigt.

Particulars  of the  Corner in Clothes Pins.
E.  B.  Estes  &  Sons,  of  New  York, 
have  obtained  the  sale  of  the production 
of  seventeen  clothes  pin  factories  in  the 
United  States  and  two 
in  Canada  by 
contracting  to  sell  not  less  than  one m il­
lion  boxes  of  clothes  pins  annually  for 
a  term  of  years,  said  to  be  five  years. 
They  have 
issued  a  new  price  list  that 
advances  first  quality  short  clothes  pins 
from  about  26  and  27  cents  to  58  cents 
per  box  of  five  gross  and  from  about  15 
cents  to  31  cents  per  box  of  2%  gross. 
Long  clothes  pins  are  quoted  at  60 cents 
per  box  of  five  gross,  against  the  old 
price  of  30  and  31  cents,  while  the  price 
for  a  2yi  gross  box  is  32  cents,  against 
18  and  20  cents.  Present  prices  are  sub­
ject  to  a discount  of  5 percent,  to whole­
sale  dealers.  These  prices  are  for  car­
load  lots  only.  Estes  &  Sons  announce 
that  they  will  not  put  up  any  second 
quality  pins  hereafter.  Second  quality 
pins  formerly  sold  for  20  cents  per  box 
of  five  gross.

Estes  &  Sons’  announcement  states 
that  freight  will  be  allowed  on  full  car­
loads  from  Eastern  factories to all points 
east  of  a  line  running  north  and  south 
through  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  Buffalo,  N. 
Y .,  not 
including  those  cities,  while 
freight  will  be  allowed  from  Western 
factories  to  all  points  on  and  east  of  the 
Mississippi  River,  and  on  and  north  of

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

the  Ohio  River,  and  west  of  a  line  run­
ning  north  and  south  through  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  and  Buffalo,  N.  Y .,  including both 
cities.  Buyers  must  pay  the  excess 
freight  on  shipments  beyond  the  bound­
aries  given.

Nearly  all  of  the  mills  had  contracts 
to  supply  clothes  pins  to  jobbers,  at  the 
time  Estes  &  Sons  made  the  arrange­
ment  to  buy  their  production,  not  later 
than  May  1,  so  that  Estes  &  Sons  will 
have  the  entire  production  of  the  plants 
after  that  date.

While  it  has  been  claimed  that  Estes 
&  Sons  have  bought  the  production  of 
every  maker of  clothes  pins  in  the coun­
try,  and  will,  therefore,have  no  compe­
tition,  clothes  pins  are  being  made  and 
sold  outside  of  those  named  above. 
Whether  the  independent  producers  will 
keep  their price  as high as Estes &  Sons, 
time  alone  can  determine.  As  to  new 
competition,  there  are  three  makers  of 
clothes  pins  machinery,  one  of  which 
makes  the  approved  style  of  machines. 
It  is  reported  that  Estes  &  Sons  have 
endeavored  to  obtain  control  of  the 
lat­
ter's  output,  so  that  no  new  clothes  pin 
plant  can  get  machinery  from  him.

Jobbers  are  said  to  have  a  consider­
able  quantity  of  clothes  pins  in  stock, 
and  this  fact  may  make  the  demand  for 
clothes  pins  from  the  sellers  of  the 
product  of  the  mills  mentioned  rather 
light  for  some  time  to  come. 
fact, 
it  is  stated,  on  good  authority,  that  the 
demand  at  the  new  prices  has  thus  far 
been less  than  the  production  contracted 
for  during  the  time  that  the  arrange­
ment  has  been  in  operation.
The Drug:  Market.

In 

Opium— Is  easier  and  steadily  declin­

ing  in  a  fractional  way.

Quinine— Is  firmer  abroad,  but  un­
changed  in  this  market.  There  will  be 
another  bark  sale  at  Amsterdam  on  the 
7th,  and  the  prices  obtained 
for  bark 
will  influence  the  quinine market.

Citric  Acid— Is  very  firm  at  the  ad­
vance.  On  account  of  higher  prices  for 
raw  material  another  advance  is  looked 
for.

Essential  Oils—Bergamot, 

lemon  and 
orange  are  very  firm  and  advancing. 
Anise  has  advanced  5c  per  lb.  Cassia  is 
very  firm.

Caraway  Seed— Has  advanced.
Mustard  Seed— Continues  high  and 

higher  prices  are  looked  for.

Sponges— All  grades  and  kinds  are 
steadily  advancing.  Some  descriptions 
are  very  scarce.

Linseed  Oil— Is  steady  at  the  quoted 

prices.

Morphine— Is  unchanged.

German  Potatoes  Imported  for  Making: 

Salad.
From the New  York  Sim.

In  times  of  a  scant  crop  in  this  coun­
try  potatoes  have  been  imported  from 
Scotland,  Ireland  and  Germany.  Pota­
toes  of  a  peculiar  variety,  which  are 
used 
in  making  potato  salad,  are  regu­
larly  imported  from  Germany,  in  com­
paratively  limited  quantities.

In  American  potatoes 

it  is  counted 
a  desirable  characteristic  that  they  shall 
cook  dry  and  mealy ;  just  the  opposite 
quality  makes  the  so-called  German  po­
tatoes  prized  for the  purpose  for  which 
they  are  used ;  they  cook  oily  or  moist, 
cutting  like  some  kinds  of  cheese.  Ger­
man  potatoes  are  found  on  sale  in  some 
grocery  and  vegetable  stores,  and  they 
are  found 
in  the  form  of  potato  salad 
in  some  delicatessen  stores,  and  espe­
cially  in  German  restaurants.  The  po­
tatoes  of  this  variety  at  their  full growth 
are  small  in  size ;  they  cook  much  like 
the  early  new  potatoes  of  the  ordinary 
kin d s;  they  cost  here  about  twice  as 
much  as  ordinary potatoes.  About  15,000 
bushels  annually  are  imported.

Geese  are  less  in  favor  with  the'  Brit­
ish  public  than  form erly;  but  there  is  a 
in  excess  of  the  home  supply, 
demand 
especially  at  Christmas  time, 
and 
France  reaps  this  benefit  almost  exclu­
sively,  it  being  estimated  that  100,000 
to  150,000 are  sold  in  London in Decem­
ber.

Tender  Tribute  to  the  Average  Country 

Hotel.

If  there  is  anything  that  tends  to  the 
peace  of  mind  of  the  traveling  man  it 
is  the  hotel.  Home,  the  dearest  place 
on  earth,  is  to  him  an  unknown  quan­
tity.  With  a  different  roof  over  his 
head  every  night,  and  oft-times  two 
between  the  setting  and  the  rising  of 
the  sun,  the  hotel  is  the  only  place  that 
forward  to  and  make 
he  has  to 
himself  at  home,  at  which  he 
is  an 
adept,  yet  how  miserably  commonplace 
is  the  average  hostelry !

look 

The  well-known  phrase  that  anything 
is  good  enough  for  a  drummer  seems  to 
have  become  thoroughly 
implanted  in 
the  minds  of  60  per  cent,  of  the  hotel- 
keepers  in  the  State,  and  consequently 
we  find,  to  our  sorrow,  that  after  a  man 
has  made  a  failure  at  most  every  other 
life  he  goes  to  keeping 
business  of 
I  had  one  of  this  genius  re­
hotel. 
mark  to  me  a 
few  weeks  ago  when, 
on  noticing  we  had  a  new  host,  I  asked 
where  he  had  come  from,  “ I’ve  ben 
farmin’  down  on  the  crick,  ’ bout  four 
miles 
frum  here,  and  cudn’t  make  it 
go,  so  1  Towed  I  cud  make  a  livin ’  up 
here  an’  have  better  grub,  an’  nothafter 
work  much  myself,  an’  thar  wudn’t  be 
much  more  work  for the  old  woman  and 
I  see  where  his  views  were 
gals.”  
light,  from  his  standpoint, 
for  as  he 
stood  over  me,  in  his  hickory  shirt,  sans 
coat,  sans  vest  and  collar,  after  having 
regulation 
shoved  a 
few  dishes  of 
in  front  of 
‘ ‘ ham,  aigs  and  biscuit”  
me,  he  said, 
is  sum  better’n 
plowin’  in  the  grubs,  but  it’s  powerful 
hard  work  gittin’  chickens  for  you  folks 
ter  eat,”   and  1  believe  he  meant  every 
word  he  said.

‘ ‘ This 

life 

is  one 

Again,  in  a  few  towns  we  have  hotels 
where 
long,  sweet  dream 
from  Saturday  night  until  3:37  Monday 
morning,  when  that 
imp  of  darkness, 
the  porter,  gently  rouses  you  from  your 
slumber  by  singing  out  to  the  man  in 
time  to  git  up;  yer 
No.  12, 
‘ ‘ Boss, 
train’s  a  cornin’
but  such  havens  of 
restare  too  far apart  to  reach every Sun­
day,  and  over  50  per  cent,  of  the  great 
commercial  army  are  forced  to  spend 
the  Sabbath  (that  supposed-to-be  day  of 
rest) 
in  the  smaller  towns  far from  the 
comforts  he  prizes  so  dearly  and  which 
might  easily  be  supplied  if  the  average 
hotel  man  chose  to  exert  himself.  After 
years  of  travel  I  have  been  unable  to 
fathom  the  legerdemain  that  makes  the 
traveling  man's  repast  worth  50  cents 
when  the  hayseed  opposite him,  who  has 
stowed  away  twice  as  much  grub,  pays 
two-bits.  Only  by  persistent  kicking 
can  this  be  remedied.  No  one  man 
alone  can  do  it,  but  a  commercial  army 
of  several  thousand,  all  bent  on  the  ac­
complishment  of  the  same  purpose,  will 
eventually  bring  about  the  reform  de­
manded. 

A.  D.  Edgar.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under 
this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  fotr  each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents.  Advance 
payments.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

stock 

invoicing  $4,500. 

11'OK  SALE—AN  UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE 

J.  C.  Comstock, 
Thorntown, Ind. 
384
lAOR  SALE—NICE,  CLEAN  $1,200  STOCK 
r   of groceries  and  fixtures;  established  thir­
teen years;  splendid location, one-half mile from 
railroad shops and thresher work, employing 600 
men;  suburban  corner  grocery  on  one  of  the 
best streets in a  city  of  18,000  population;  poor 
health;  must  sell  quick.  Terry  &  Son,  Battle 
Creek, Mich. 

F"OK  EXCHANGE FOE  STOCK  OF  GOODS.

226 acres fine prairie land;  also  some  cash it 
required.  For full description address S. L.  An­
derson, 463 Robert St., St. Paul, Minn. 

382

383

store  in  Northern 

FOR  SALE—BEST ARRANGED  g e n e r a l  
Stock  will 
inventory  $3,000.  Can  be  reduced 
to  suit 
purchaser.  Will  sell  or  rent  store  room  and 
dwelling.  No trades considered.  Call on  or  ad- 
dress O. C. Himes, Cedar, Ind.___________ 381

Indiana. 

374

stock;  best  town 

90   RENT—THE  BRICK  STORE  AND 

basement in the Wurzburg Block,  118  Front 
St.,  Traverse  City,  Mich.  Positively  the  best 
business location in the  city.  Size  of  store,  27x 
100 feet.  Steam  heat  and  artesian  water.  For 
further  particulars  call  on  or  address  Peter 
Wurzburg. Traverse City, Mich.__________ 380
STORE  TO  RENT  IN  CADILLAC;  CEN- 
trally located; formerly used for  drug  store, 
later for grocery store.  Dr. John Leeson.  377
Fo r  s a l e - s t o c k   o f   m e n ’s a n d  b o y s ’
clothing;  big discount for cash;  in  good  or­
der.  Address  No.  374,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
IJ’OR  SALE—I  WILL  SELL  THE  BOSTON 
J 1  bakery and  confectionery  store  at  Holland, 
Mich.  If taken at once, this is a  rare chance for 
alive  man;  no  trades.  If  you  mean  business, 
call  on  J.  VanderVeen,  Kent  County  Bank, 
Grand Rapids, or write J. A.  VanderVeen,  Hol- 
land. Mien.____________________________ 372
Fo r   s a l e —d r y   g o o d s  a n d   n o t io n
in  Southern  Michigan; 
about 3,000  population;  stock  clean  and  mostly 
staples;  invoices  about  $6,000;  profitable  busi­
ness;  good opening  for  live  merchant;  enquire 
at once;  good reason for selling.  Address  J.  C. 
B., care Michigan Tradesman.___________ 370
WRITE  TO  NO.  369.  CARE  MICHIGAN 
Tradesman, if you wish  to  buy  a  country 
store and farm  in  connection;  good  trade  and a 
369
nice home, well and pleasantly  located. 
FOR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  MEAT  MAR- 
ket;  good trade;  good  modern  fixtures;  ice 
box,  two horse power motor, electric  fans,  cash 
register, horses and wagons: doing good business. 
368
Harry Holmes, Jackson, Mich. 
Fo r   s a l e —t h e   o n l y   r e t a i l   l u m b e r
business in village  of  800  population;  trade 
well established;  stock about $1,500;  yard  can be 
rented.  Other business takes owner’s time.  Ad- 
dress  No. 359, care Michigan Tradesman.  359
Fo r   s a l e —f l o u r   a n d   f e e d   m i l l ,
roller process;  in a good  location;  good bar­
353
gain.  C. L. Packard,  Flushing, Mich. 
IJ'OR  RENT—DOUBLE  STORE,  EITHER 
1  whole or half of it,  40x65;  plate  glass  front; 
modern  fixtures;  electric,  lights;  sewer  connec­
tion;  water;  centrally located, with postoflice  in 
same block.  Address Box 32, Vicksburg, Mich.  336 
OTEL  AND  BARN  TO  EXCHANGE  FOR 
merchandise;  twenty-five  rooms  in  hotel; 
resort region;  a money-making investment.  Ad­
dress No. 318, care Michigan Tradesman.  318
y O R   SALE—THE HASTINGS DRUG STORE 
r   at  Sparta.  One  of  the  best  known  drug 
stores  in  Kent  county;  established  twenty-six 
years;  doing a prosperous business;  brick build­
ing;  central  corner  location;  reasonable  rent; 
long lease;  belongs to an  estate;  must  be  sold. 
M. N. Ballard, Administrator,  Sparta,  or  M.  H. 
Walker,  Houseman  Building,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. 
IT*OR  SA L E   CHEAP—$33,000  G E N E R A L  
A   stock of  hardware,  farm  implements,  wag­
ons, buggies,  cutters,  harnesses,  in-  good  town 
and good farming  country.  Reason  for  selling, 
other business.  Address No. 320, care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
y O R   SALE—GENERAL  STOCK,  LOCATED 
"   at good  country  trading  point.  Stock  and 
fixtures will Inventory about $2,000;  rent  reason­
able;  good place  to  handle  produce.  Will  sell 
stock  complete  or  separate  any  branch  of  it. 
Address No. 292, care Michigan Tradesman.  292
of any kind, farm or city  property  or  manu­
facturing plants,  that  they  wish  to  sell  or  ex­
change, write us for our free 24-page catalogue of 
real estate and business chances.  The Derby  & 
Choate Real Estate Co., Lansing, Mich. 

PARTIES  HAVING  STOCKS  OF  GOODS 

320

322

259

full  roller  process—in  a  splendid  location. 

IJ'OR  SALE—FLOUR  AND  FEED  MILL— 

Great  bargain,  easy  terms.  Address  No.  227, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
y O R   SALE  CHEAP — $3,000  GENERAL 
A  stock and  building.  Address  No.  240,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

clear, architect  house  and  barn;  well  watered. 

Fi*OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL 

Stock  of  Merchandise—60  acre  farm,  part 
I also have two 40 acre  farms  and  one  80  acre 
farm to exchange.  Address No.  12,  care  Michi- 
gan Tradesman.______________________ 
12

240

227

MISCELLANEOUS.

379

ANTED  IMMEDIATELY — SALESMAN 
with established  clothing  trade  in  Michi­
gan to sell guaranteed line pants,  overalls,  jack­
ets, shirts and duck coats.  Give full particulars. 
Write Drawer F, Lansing,  Mich. 
ANT ED—POSITION  AS  SHOE  CLERK, 
billing  clerk  or  assistant  book-keeper  by 
young man of 18 who has good education and can 
produce  exceptional  references.  Address L. A. 
Jaquith, 304 Jefferson Ave., Grand Rapids.  376
OWING  TO  BUSINESS  CHANGES  A 
thoroughly  competent  and  experienced  of­
fice man will be open  for  an  engagement  about 
Aug. 1.  Capable of taking full  charge  of  an  of­
fice,  conducting  correspondence,  passing  on 
credits  or  conducting 
finances.  First  class 
book-keeper.  Could  make change earlier if  de­
sired.  No objection  to  leaving  city.  Best  of 
references and bond if required.  Address G., P. 
O. Box 418, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
363
Dr u g  c l e r k   w a n t s   p o s it io n :  h a v e
had two and one-half  years’  experience  in 
both country and city;  six  months  to  serve  be­
fore  can  take  examination;  understands  soda 
fountain dispensing;  can furnish  best  of  refer­
ences.  Address Box 141, Muskegon, Mich.  375 
\I7A N T E D —REGISTERED  DRUG  CLERK 
Tv  Enquire Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.  365
and  men  accustomed  to  handling  cedar 

WANTED—A  COOK  FOR  WOODS  CAMP 

logs.  John W. Balcom, Boyne City, Mich.  373

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MICA

AXLE

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

ILLUM INATING  AND
L U B R IC A T IN G   O ILS

WATER  WHITE  HEADLIGHT  OIL  IS  THE

STANDARD  THE  WORLD  OVER

H IO H B B T   P R IC E   P A IO   P O R   E M P T Y   C A R B O N   A N D   O A B O L IN B   B A R R E L S

STANDARD  OIL  CO.

FURNITURE BY MAIL

FURNITURE BY MAIL

M a g a z in e  P r ic e s  O u t d o n e

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PAID.

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

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

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

Write for obt complete Office Furniture 

Catalogue.

in  having our chair in 
your  home.
After  you’ve  used  it 
for  several  years—rgiven  it 
all  kinds  of  wear— that’s 
the  time to tell  whether or 
not the chair is a good one.
Our  goods  stand  every 
•test.  The longer you have 
it  the  better you  like  it.

Arm  Chair or 

Rocker No. IN I .

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

$247-5

Sent  to  you 
freight  prepaid 
on  approval  for

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

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L Y O N   P E A R L  a   O T T A W A   S T S .
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Michigan  Retail  Qracers’  Association 

President, C. K. Wa l k e r,  Bay City;  Vice-Pres­
ident,  J.  H.  Ho pkin s,  Ypsilantl;  Secretary, 
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
Tatm an, Clare.  _

flrud Rapids  Retail Grocers’. Association 

President, Fr a n k  J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. George  Lehman
Detroit  Retail  Groton’  Protective  Association 

President,  Wm,  B l e s s e d ;  Secretaries,  N.  L.
K o e n ig   and  F.  H.  Co z z e n s ;  Treasurer,  C. 
H.  F r i n k .

Kalamazoo  Retail  Groton’ Auociatioa 

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

Hym an. 

_____

Baj  Cities  Retail Groton’  Association 

President,  C.  E.  Wa l k e r ;  Secretary,  E.  C 

Little. 

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Mnskeemi Retail Groton’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm it h ;  Secretary,  1).  A. 

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

President,  J.  Fran k  He lm e r;  Secretary,  W 

Jackson Retail Grocers’  Association 
H. Porter;  Treasurer, L.  Pelton.
Adrian  Retail  Groten’  Association 

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

Cl e ve la n d; Treasurer,  Wm. C. K oehn

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’  Association 

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

Ph erson;  Treasurer, R. A. Horr.
Traterse  Citj  Business  Men’s Association 
Ho l l y;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  Hammond.

President,  Thos  T.  Ba te s;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

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 .
Ft.  Hnrons  Merchants’  and  Manufactnren’  Association 
Pe r c iv a l. 

President, Chas.  Wellm a n;  Secretary,  J.  T. 

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Alpena  Bnsiness 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  Mon’s Association 

President,Thos. Brom ley;  Secretary,  Fran k 

A.  Pk r c y; Treasurer, Clark A. Putt.

Perry  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

Heddle. 

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Grand  Union  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  1).  Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W.  V er-

Hoeks. 

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Tale  Business  Men’s Association 

President,  Ch as.  Rounds;  Secretary,  Frank 

Pu tn ey. 

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Grand Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Association 

President,  L.  M.  Wilso n;  Secretary,  Ph il ip 

Hil b e r ;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hufford.

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Tradesman 

Itemized I edgers

Marshall,  Mich. 

SIZE—8 1-a z  14.
THREE COLUMNS.

2 Q uires,  160 p ag es............. $3  oo
3 Q uires, 340 p ag es.............   2  30
4 Q uires, 330 p a g e s. . . . . . . .   3  00
5 Q uires, 400  p ag es.............  3  50
6 Q uires, 480 p a g e s............. 4  00

INVOICE  RECORD  OR  BILL  BOOK

80 double  pages,  registers  3,880 
in v o ic e s .................................$2  00

Tradesman  Company

Grand Rapida, Mich.

Travelers’ Time  Tables.
P ER E  M ARQUETTE

Chicago Trains.

iY. G.Rapids, 7:10am  12:00m  4:30pm  *U:S0pm
Ar. Chicago,  1:30pm  6:00pm  I0:50pm  • 7:06am 
Lv. Chicago.  7:15am  12:00m  5:00pm  *11:50pm
Ar. G. Rapids, 1:25pm  5:05pm 10:55pm * 6:20am 

M ilw aukee  Via  O ttaw a B each.

 

jv. Grand Rapids,  every day................. 10:10pm
Ar.  Milwaukee................................ 
  6:30am
jv. Milwaukee............................................. 10:00pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids,  every day.................  6:65am

Traverse City and  Petoskey.
V. Grand Rapids........ 7:55am  l:45piu 
5:30pm
Ar. Traverse City.........1:15pm  6:25pm  10:45pm
Ar. Petoskey............... 4:10pm  9:20pm 
...........
Trains arrive  from  north  at  10:50am,  4:15pm 
and u  :00pm.

L udington  anil  M anistee.

Grand  Rapids........  7:55am  1:45pm  5:30pm
Ar. Ludington............   12:05pm  5:20pm  9:25pm
Ar. Manistee.................12:28pm  5:50pm  9:65pm

D etroit  and  Toledo  T rains.
5 :30pm
,v. G ran d  R a p id s. .*  7 :10am   12:05pm  
Ar. D e tro it.................   11:40am  
4 :05pm   10:05pm
Ar. T o le d o .................   12:35pm 
...................
Lv. Toledo................   7:2i>am  11:55am 
4:15pm
Lv.  Detroit...............  8:40am  1:10pm  *  5:15pm
Ar. Grand Rapids., 
l:30pm  6:10pm  10:00pm

Saginaw   and  B ay  City  T rains.

Lv Grand Rapids........................ 7:00am 
5:20pm
Ar Saginaw................................. 11:50am  10:12pm
Ar.  Bay City.................12:20pm 
10:45pm
Ar. from Bay City & Saginaw.. 11:55am  9:35pm
Parlor cars on  all  Detroit,  Saginaw  and  Bay 
City trains.
Buffet parlor cars  on  afternoon  trains  to  and 
from Chicago.  Pullman sleepers on night trains. 
Parlor car to Petoskey on 1:45pm train.
•Every day.  Others week days  only.
May 13, 1900. 

H.  F.  MOELLER,
Acting General Passenger Agent, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

f l D  A  ISin  B*PMa  *   Indiana Railway
v I l y A l  1 U  

May  37,  1900.

Northern  Division. 

Going 
From
North  North

Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack,  t   7:46am  t   5:15pm 
Trav.City, Petoskey, Mack,  t   2:10pm  tl0:l5pm 
Cadillac Accommodation...  t   5:25pm 
tl0:45am 
Petoskey & Mackinaw  City 
tii:00pm  t   6:00am 
7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars;  11:00pm 
train, sleeping car.

Southern  Division 

From
Going 
South
South 
Kalamazoo,Ft. WayneCin.  t  7:10am 
t   9:45pm 
Kalamazoo and  Ft. Wayne,  t   1:50pm  t   2:00pm 
Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin.  * 7:00pm  * 6:46am 
Kalamazoo and  Vicksburg.  *li:30pm  * 9:10am 
7:10am  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati, 
coach to Chicago;  1:50pm 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

tl  50pm  *11 30pm
Lv.Grand  Rapids...tf  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; 
11:30pm train has coach  and  sleeping  car;  train 
leaving Chicago 3:02pm  has  coach;  11:32pm  has 
sleeping car for Grand Rapids.

Muskegon  Trains.

GOING  W EST.

Lv. Grand Rapids___t7 35am 
t5 40pm
tl 35pm 
7 00pm
Ar. Muskegon.............  9 00am  2 60pm 
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 
arrives Muskegon at 10:40am.  Returning  leaves 
Muskegon5:30pm; arrivesGrand Rapids,6:50pm. 
Lv.  Muskegon.,t8  10am 
t4 00pm
tl* 
Ar. Grand Rapids...  9 30am 
5 20pm

15pm 
1 30pm 

g o in g  e a st.

tExcept Sunday.  ‘ Dally.

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

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

MANKTFP

I T l x x l I l i U  I  

Best route to Manistee.

Via C. & W. M. Railway.

Lv. Grand Rapids.......................   7 30am 
..........
Ar. Manistee............................ .12 06pm 
............
Lv. M anistee.............................   8  40am  3 66pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.....................   2 40pm  10 oopm

50  Cents 
Muskegon 
Sunday 
G.  R.  &  I.

Train  leaves  Union  Station  at 9:15  a.  m 
Returning,  leaves  Muskegon,  5:30  p.  m. 
50 cents  round  trip.

r “Fine Thin Blown 
Lead  Glass 
Table Tumblers

Elaborately  Engraved

Taint s  Fig Pap

Catches the  Germ  as well  as the  Fly. 

Sanitary.  Used the world over.  Good profit to sellers. 

Order from Jobbers.

f i   Leopard  &   Sops

CROWN  ASSORTMENT  DECORATED 

WATER  SETS

Comprising three assorted styles,  as  shown  in  illus­
trations, and each style in four assorted  colors,  viz.: 
Crystal, royal blue, emerald green and  ruby  covered 
with  gold  and  enameled  colored  decorations,  thus 
making a total of 12 sets  of which  no  two are alike. 
Made of the finest blown  glass.  Just  the  thing you 
want for your summer trade.
Price for package as above (12 sets), $10.90.

No charge for barrel.

H . L e o n a r d  & So n s , G r a n d  R a p i d s , M i c h .

They are packed  15  dozen to a barrel of f iv e  different  patterns, one  dozen 
of each  in fine white paper box.  The  glass  is  of  the  best  quality  and  en­
gravings are neat and clean.  They will  prove quick sellers with you.

Price  $ 7.50  Per  Bbl.

No extra charge for package.

The  Daudt  Glass  &  Crockery  Co.,

236 Summit and 230, 232, 234 and 236 Water St., 

Toledo,  Ohio.

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SPECIAL

FOR  THE  MONTH  OF JUNE

Our “New  Century”  assortment  of  Gray  Flint 
Enameled Preserving Kettles.  This assortment 
consists of 4 dozen  Gray  Enameled  Preserving 
Kettles as  follows:

dozen  No.  220,  4 quarts 
1  dozen  No. 240,  ¿quarts 
1  dozen  No.  260,  6 quarts 
1  dozen  No.  280,  8 quarts 
%  dozen  No.  300,  10 quarts

The quality of this  ware  is  so-called  “ Run  of 
Kiln,”  in  other words,  unselected  goods,  as they 
come from the ovens.
Price of  this  assortment  $ 9 . 3 7 ,   subject  to 
regular cash  discount.
Figure  this  up  and  compare  with  prices  you 
have  been paying.

IM P O R T E R S   KINNEY  d.  LEVAN  J O B B E R S

CROCKERY,  GLASSWARE,  LAMPS,  HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

C L E V E L A N D ,  OHIO

