Eighteenth Year 

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  27,  1901. 

Number 910

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Don’t  Hold  a  Quarter 
So  Close  to  Your  Eye

BEACON FALLS

RUBBER SHOE CO.

that you  can’t  see  a  dollar  behind  it. 

“Consider  the  end”  and 
don’t  buy  “cheap”  rubbers. 
It’s  cheaper  to  pay  for  good  ones.  You  can’t  tell  much 
about  them  by  looks,  but  if they are  branded  with  our  trade  mark you’ve got the best.
W e  can  give  you  better  value for  your money  because  we  m a k e   o n ly   Rub» 

b e r  B o o ts  a n d   S h o e s   and  sell  direct  to  the  trade.

W e  A r e   N ot  O w n ed  b y  A n y  T r u s t .

The  Beacon  Falls  Rubber  Shoe  Co.,

207  and  209  Monroe  Street,
Chicago,  Illinois
Have you seen our  L E A T H E R   TO P? 

It’s  not  like  others. 

Samples 

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Just to Introduce

O ur  new  cigar  “A   C IG A R ”  we  will,  for  two  weeks  only,  commencing  Monday, 
February  25,  sell  300  “A   C IG A R ”  and  100  CUBAN  D A IN T IE S   (worth 
$11.75),  for  $10.50.  Terms  60  days,  or  2  per  cent,  off  in  10  days.

PHELPS,  BRACE  &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

The  Largest Cigar Dealers in the Middle W est.

Carolina Brights  Cigarettes “Not Made by a Trust.”

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F.  E.  BUSHMAN,  Manager  Cigar Department. 

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$25  REWARD

In  Cash  Profits  in  1901,  and  in  addition  give 
thorough satisfaction to your patrons, the  sale  of 
but one dozen  per day of

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Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co.,  Holland,  Mich.

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MICA

AXLE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

W A T ER   WHITE  H EAD LIG H T  OIL  IS  TH E 

ST A N D A R D   TH E  W O RLD  O V E R

HIQHE8T  PRICE  PAID  FOR  EMPTY  CARBON  AND  QASOLINE  BARRELS

Powder

I must not forget to order 

Egg  Baking  Powder 

The  kind  that  contains 
no  alum,  that  my  best 

customers want.

Home  Office, 80 West  street.  New  York. 

Western Office.
Branch Offices :
Detroit
Fort Wayne

523 Williamson Bl’dg, Cleveland. 
Indianapolis 
Cincinnati 
Grand Rapids  Columbus

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These  attributes  are  essential  to  a  grocer  in  transacting  business,* 
but  to  G E T   A L L   Y O U R   P R O F IT   and  economize  your  time  it  is 
necessary  to  secure  a

Stijnpson CojTiputipg Gfoceps’ Scale ,

They  are  better  than  an  extra  clerk  and  will  make  you  more 
money  than  most  salesmen.  They  absolutely  prevent  the  most 
minute loss  and  are  superior  to  all  other  scales  on  the  market. 
A sk  for  further  information. 

It’s  to  your  advantage.

THE  W.  F.  STIMPSON  CO.
DETROIT.  MICH.

Volume  XVIII

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  27,1901.

Number 910

Perfection Time 
Book and Pay Roll

Takes  care  of  time  in  usual 
way, also divides  up  pay  roll 
into the several amounts need­
ed  to  pay  each  person.  No 
running around after change.
Send for Sample Sheet.

B a r lo w   B r o s.
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

ASSOCIATE  OFFICES  IN  ALL  PRINCIPAL 

CITIES

IMPORTANT  FEATURES. 

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Page. 
it.  G etting the  People.
3.  The  Meat  M arket.
4.  A round  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  H ardware.
7.  H ardw are  Quotations.
8.  E ditorial.
9.  Bearing the  Burden.
12.  Oilettes  in  Court.
13.  D uty  to  My  Neighbor.
14.  Dry  Goods.
15.  Clothing.
16.  Shoes and  Rubbers.
18.  Clerk’s  Corner.
19.  Pernicious  Credits.
20.  W om an’s  W orld.
22.  Produce.
23.  The  New  York  M arket.
24.  Village  Im provem ent.
25.  Commercial Travelers.
26.  D rugs  and  Chemicals.
27.  D rug  Price  Current.
28.  Grocery  Price  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  Men  of M ark.
32.  Flim sy  Fraud.

THE  OTHER SIX.

References :  State Bank of Michigan and Mich­
igan Tradesman, Grand Rapids.
CoUector  and  Commercial  Lawyer  and 
Preston National Bank, Detroit.

The  Mercantile Aoency

Established 1841.

R.  Q.  DUN  &   CO.

Wlddicomb  Bld’g,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Books arranged w ith trade classification  of  names. 
Collections made every where.  W rite for particulars.

L.  P.  W ITZLEBEN,  Manager.

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Wholesale Ready Made Clothing 

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Nearly  all  kinds,  for  all  seasons,  for 
Men, Boys and Children.  Meet
W ILLIAM   CONNOR

who  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids, Feb 27 to Mar. 9, and you will see 
a  large  line  of  samples  to  select  from. 
Customers’ expenses allowed.  Or  if you 
prefer,  write  him,  care  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
and he will call on you.  He pays prompt
attentiou to mail orders.

A .  B O M E R S ,

..Commercial Broker.

And  Dealer in

Ci?ars  and  Tobaccos,

157  E. Fulton  St. 

ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Knights of  the  Loyal  Guard

A Reserve Fund Order

A  fraternal  beneficiary  society  founded 
upon  a  permanent  plan.  Permanency 
not cheapness  its  motto.  Reliable  dep­
uties wanted.  Address

EDWIN 0. WOOD, Flint, Mich.

Supreme  Com m ander in  Chief.

Tradesman Coupons

man  with 
limited  means  and  a  desire 
to  live  prudently  and  honestly  can  be 
obtained  for  $3  a  week.  His  washing 
need  not  exceed  50  cents  a  week ;  so 
that $5  will  cover the  necessary  weekly 
expense.  Add  to  this  a  dollar  a  week 
for  incidentals  and  there  will  be  left  $8. 
What  becomes  of  the  eight? 
is  a 
plain,  simple,  direct  question,  which 
the  public  who  have  to  support  the 
forger  during  his  imprisonment  have  a 
perfect  right  to  ask :  What  has  become 
of  the  other eight  dollars  a  week?

It 

it 

In  the  end 

“ A  young  man  must  have  something 
Let  him  be  well 
to  wear.”   True. 
clothed. 
is  cheapest. 
Thirty-five  dollars  is  what  a  good  tailor 
charges  for a  well-made  suit.  A  good 
hat  costs  $5 ;  first-class  shoes  cost $6; 
the  haberdasher’s  bill  may  be  liberal, 
but  not  extravagant,  and  at  these  prices 
the  young  man 
in  question  can  spend 
$100  for  clothing,  and  have  at  the  end 
of  the  year  $316 
the  clothing 
amounting  to  not  quite  $2  a  week. 
What  becomes  of  the  remaining  $6?

left, 

“ Great  Scott!  isn’t  a  fellow  to  have 
any  fun?”   Y es;  he  can  go to the theater 
at  50 cents  once  a  week,  which  is  often 
enough,  and  if  he  have  a  church-going 
tendency  he  can  put  10c  into  the  collec­
tion  every  Sunday  morning  and  still 
have 40 cents  left.  That is  what  the  ex­
tra  dollar a  week  is  fo r;  and  the  ques­
tion  still  stands  unanswered :  Where  is 
It  is  not  a  large  amount, 
the  other $6? 
but  it  is 
large  enough  to  prevent  the 
need  of  forging  a  $5,950  check  on  the 
plea  that  $14  a  week  is  not enough  to 
live  on.

“ Haven't  you  ever  heard  of  such 
things  as  cigars  and  beer?”   Yes,  but 
nevertheless  the  question  is  submitted 
that  the  young  man  26  years  old  who 
smokes  and  drinks  and  pays  for  both 
bad  habits  by  forging  checks,  knowing 
when  he  does  both  that  he  must  forge to 
pay  for  them,  is  a  rascal  who  knows 
that  he 
is  a  liar  when  he  says  that  he 
can  not get  along  on  $14  a week.  In this 
and  in  numerous  other cases  the  trouble 
lies  not  with  the  small  wages—were 
they  doubled  the  result  would  be  the 
same—but  in  the  scoundrel  who  is  not 
worth  the  small  wages  he  gets.  He 
is 
at  heart  a  thief  and  a  liar,  conditions 
having  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  in­
comes,  great  or small.

This  26  year old  criminal  will  go  the 
way  of  all  forgers.  He  will  live  at  the 
expense  of  the  State  for  a  certain  num­
ber  of  years  and  then  be  at  liberty  to 
renew  his  practices.  Society  at  large 
is  content,  in  the  meantime,  to  pay  his 
board  b ill;  but  at  the  same time  society 
at 
like  to  know  whatever 
became  of that  other $6 a  week !

large  would 

Two  of  the  big  items  in  army  main­
tenance  are  the  food  and  tailoring  bills, 
the  estimate  for  next  year being  $13,- 
000,000.  The  pay 
item  is  about $24,- 
ooo.ooo. 

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Helen  Gould  has  recently  given $400,- 
000  in  one 
lump  to  a  public  charity. 
Miss  Helen’s  career shines  in  brilliant 
contrast  to  that  of  the  poor  little  bank­
rupt  Countess  of  Castellane.

FEEDING THE  WORLD.

In  every  age 

it  has  been  the  rule, 
when  countries  became  so  over-popu­
lated  that the  food  supply  became 
in­
sufficient,  that  the  people  would  emi­
grate  to  regions  where the necessaries  of 
life  were  more  easily  to  be  had.

History  relates  that,  in  the  primitive 
ages,  entire  tribes,  abandoning  the 
lo­
calities  where  it  had  become  difficult  to 
sustain  themselves,  emigrated 
in  vast 
hordes,  invading  and  overrunning  coun­
tries  where  the  means  of  subsistence 
were  more  abundant.  Within 
later 
periods  the  failure  of  the  food  crops, 
through  drought  or  other  causes,  has 
been  followed  by  extensive  emigration 
from  the  stricken  region.

It  was  the  contemplation  of  the  spec­
tacle  of  vast  hordes  of  people  moving 
from  an  exhausted  country  to  others 
where  the  means  of  securing  food  were 
more  available that  set Thomas Malthus, 
in  the  last  century,  to  philosophizing on 
the  possibilities  of  a  time  in  the  future 
when  the  fruitfulness  of  the earth  should 
fail,  and  the  entire  population  perish 
of  starvation.

Malthus  did  not  then  realize  the 

im­
mense  results  obtained in  agriculture  by 
fertilizing,  and  the 
inexhaustible  re­
sources  of  chemistry  in  providing  fer­
tilizers,  so  that  lands  which  were  once 
supposed  to  have  been  exhausted  of  all 
their  fruitfulness  can  be  rendered  pro­
ductive  for  unlimited  periods.  Nor did 
he  have  any  definite  knowledge  of  the 
vast  regions  of  the  temperate  zones of 
North  and  South  America,  and  of  Aus­
tralia,  so  rich 
in  their  ability  to  pro­
duce  the  chief  bread  plants of the world.
It  is true,  nevertheless,  that  occasional 
droughts  must  be expected  to  occur,  by 
which  the  food  crops  in  particular 
lo­
calities  which  are  usually  fruitful 
fail, 
causing  great  distress  among  the  peo­
ple.  It  is  to  relieve  such  periodical  and 
temporary  famines  that  modern  trans­
portation 
is  brought  into  play,  so  that 
not only by  means  of  railways  have  the 
people  of  famine  districts  in  our own 
country  been  promptly  supplied  with 
food,  but  by  means  of  swift  steamships, 
in  co-operation  with  the  rails,  abundant 
food  has  been  sent  to  the  starving  peo­
ples  over  seas.

By  means  of  railways  and  steamships 
the  surplus  cereals  of  North  America, 
South  America  and  Australia  have  been 
sent  to  feed  the  populations  of  the over­
crowded  countries  of  Europe  and  Asia, 
something  that  would  have  been  abso­
lutely  impossible  until  within  the  nine­
teenth  century.  Before  that  era  it  was 
the  rule,  when failures  of  crops  occurred 
over  extensive  areas  of  the  Old  World, 
for  millions  on  millions  of  people  to 
railroads 
starve.  Within  a  century, 
have  been  constructed 
im­
portant  country,  connecting  the  interior 
regions  with  the  sea,  while  the  enor­
mous  multiplication  of  ocean  tonnage 
has  brought  the  peoples  of  the  interior 
of  all  countries  into  intimate  commer­
cial  relations.  Thus  it  is  that the  uni­
versal 
famines  predicted  by  Malthus 
may  be  declared  within  all  human  view 
not  only  improbable,  but practically  im­
possible.

in  every 

The  daily  press  reports  that  a  young 
man  26  years  of  age,  with  a  weekly  sal­
ary  of $14,  has  been  arrested  for forging 
a  check  of $5,950,  giving  as  his  reason 
that  he  “ needed  the  money  because  he 
could  not  get  along  on  $14  a  week.’ ’

living 

living,  but 

This  young  man  is not,  unfortunately, 
an  exception.  There  is  a  large  family 
of  him  scattered  all  over  the  country. 
He  belongs  to  that  class  who  firmly  be­
lieve  that  the  world  not  only  owes  them 
a 
just  that  kind  of  living 
which  suits  them  best.  Fourteen  dol- 
! lars  a  week 
is  good  so  far as  it  goes, 
but  to  those  who  have  high  ideals  of 
what  real 
is  it  is  not  enough; 
hence  the  forging;  hence  the  stealing; 
hence  any  way  to  piece  out  the  neces­
sary  expenses  which  the  $14  does  not 
cover.  So  long  as  the  amount  of  weekly 
wage  honestly  earned  is  made  to  meet 
the  weekly  demands,  how  the  money 
is 
is  not  a  matter  of  public  con­
spent 
cern;  but  when  the  excess  leads 
to 
crime 
it  is  of  public  interest  and  the 
public  have  a right  to  ask what  becomes 
of  the  remaining  $8  after the  first  $6 has 
been  spent  for the  needs  of  life.

Of  course  a  weekly  income  of  $14 

is 
not  princely;  but,  other  things  being 
equal,  the  young  man  who at  26  works 
for that  sum  is  probably  getting  all  he 
is  worth  and  it  is  incumbent  upon  him 
to  cut  his  garment  according  to  his 
cloth  and  live  within  his  income  rather 
than  beyond  it  at  the  expense  of  crime. 
If  he  can  not there  is  some  reason  for 
it  and  he  is  met  at  the  outset  with  the 
direct  Why?

Let  us  take  the  average  young  man 
with  the  average  training  and  the  aver­
age  ability  and  the  weekly 
income  of 
$14.  What  can  be  done  with  it  in  fur­
nishing  a  respectable  living?  How  far 
it  be  made  to  go  here  in  Grand 
can 
Rapids—for  it 
is  the  home  question 
which 
interests  most?  Consider  these 
facts :  A  good,  well-furnished  room  in 
a  respectable  quarter of  the  city  can  be 
rented 
for  $1.50  a  week,  in  a  house 
where  there  is  good  housekeeping  and 
where 
it  is  well  warmed  and  a  well 
equipped  bathroom  is  available.  Board 
good  enough  for  a  26  year old  young

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

Petting the  People

A daptation  of  H a tte r  to  Capacity  and 

Taste.

It  is  interesting  to  watch  the  work  of 
many  of  the  old  and  successful advertis­
ers  to  see  the  extent  of  simplicity  at­
is  effec­
tained.  That  this  sim plicity 
tive  is  proved  by  the  persistence  in 
its 
use  by  the  most  experienced.

Just  how  far  simplicity  of  expression 
may  be  carried  without  degenerating 
into  silliness  is  a  problem.  When  it  be­
comes  silliness  it  is  of  no  use 
in  trade 
getting.  When  the  effusions  of  the  ad­
vertiser  strike  the  reader  as  silly  it  is 
at  the  expense  of  respect  for the  dealer 
and  his  business.

in 

That  simplicity of  expression is  effec­
tive  is  shown  by  watching  the  work  of 
the  soap  and  other  cleaning  compound 
advertisers,  both 
illustration  and 
text.  Many  of  these are  attaining  a  de­
gree  of simplicity  which  would  be  dan­
gerously  near  the 
for  the 
general dealer.  For instance take  the  il­
lustrations  of  Spotless  Town  with  their 
punning  jingles  for Sapolio.  These  are 
several 
silliness  as 
compared  with  the  astronomical  non­
sense  of  last  year,  showing  that  success 
for Sapolio  lies  in  this  direction.

removes  toward 

ridiculous 

I  would  not  be  understood  as  assert­
ing  that  this  sort  of  work  is  for the.pur­
pose  of  reaching  a  low  grade  of  intelli­
gence.  I  apprehend  that  the  reasons  for 
its  use,  if  analyzed,  would  be  found 
very  complex.  For  instance,  the  genus 
homo  is  a 
lazy  animal.  Offer  him 
something  that  requires  mental  effort 
and  he  instinctively  passes  it  by.  He 
likes  to  be  idly  amused  and  the  silly 
puns  and 
jingles  of  the  soap  people 
serve  to  gain  an  attention,  and  make 
an  impression  on  the  mind,  that  would 
be  missed  by  something  heavier.

The  lesson  to  be  learned  is  that 

lum­
bering  phrases  and  long  statements  are 
worse  than  useless.  Not that  such  modes 
of  expression  are  too  high  for the  intel­
ligence  of  the  people  so  much  as  that 
there 
is  given  no  inducement  for  the 
mental  effort  required.  The  logical  way 
is  not to  require  more  than is necessary; 
let  the  matter be  expressed  in  the  sim­
plest  manner  possible.  Then  as  an  in­
ducement  to  read 
let  there  be  some­
thing  of  interest,  a  description  of  that 
the  customer  is  likely  to  want  or an  at­
tractive  price,  or  both.

It  may  be  possible  occasionally  to 
give  the  advertising  a  humorous  quality 
for a  change, but  when  this  is  attempted 
it  must  be  with  the  most  careful 
judg­
ment,  and  it  must  not  be  at  the expense 
of  dignity  and  common  sense.

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Merritt  B.  Holley,  who  has  been 
writing  the  advertising  for the  Hannah 
&  Lay Mercantile  Co.  for several months 
past,  sends  me  a  collection  of  nine  ad­
vertisements  which have  lately appeared 
in  the  two  daily  papers  of  Traverse 
City,  one  of  which  I  reproduce  this 
week.  The  spaces  used  are 
liberal, 
ranging  from  9  to  12  inches  in  length 
and  three  columns 
in  width,  which 
gives  the  advertiser  ample  opportunity 
to  demonstrate  his  ability  to  attract  at­
tention  to  the  varied  lines  of  goods 
handled  in  a  large  general  store. 
I  be­
lieve  the  attention  this  house  has  given 
to  the  preparation  of 
its  advertising 
during  the  past  year has  paid  and  that 
the  management  is  satisfied  that  it  is 
essential  for an establishment of that size 
to employ  a  man  to  give  special  atten­
tion  to  the  advertising  department. 
I 
believe,  also,  that the  advertising  done

The Hannah & Lay

Mercantile Company.
The  Way  To  a  Man’s  Hear!

Is through his stomach, is an old  saying.  There'll  be 
a  good  many  hearts  reached  if  you  order  some  of 
thfese good things with your groceries.

Tomatoes for 
Frying
■"Mealy" is  the  word  to  use  in ex 
pressing  the" quality. 
It’s  the  whole  to­
mato with  just  the  heart  cut  out.  They 
come in lari-e cans, ready for frying or for 
making  saiaik"  Those  that  have  used 
them say they  art  the  finest eating—tust 
like picking  them  off  the  vines.  Sell at
■ 8c the can  Other  grades  at  10.  >2 and
■ S cents
‘¿viicer
Than  Fresh  Fruit
It looks like  a  singular statement, 
but 11 s the truth  These pineapples were 
absolutely ripe and  perfect when canned, 
and they sell at 25c a can.  Then we have 
plums, pears, peaches, gooseberries, rasp­
berries. apples,  apricots,  chernes.  straw­
berries. etc.  Prices  from  10  to  33c  the 
can.  35c may seem a little high  but after 
you have  tasted  them,  you  will  wonder 
how so good a quality could even be  sold 
at that price
“Just  Like 
Mother Made”
Is always the verdict, after one has 
eaten  pies  made  from  our  Nonesuch 
Mince meat  or  New  England  Prepared 
Pumpkin  Nothing like  it ever sold, and 
the price is  only  10c  a  package lor either 
kind 
If you ve  never tried it don’t miss 
this chance

Peas
That Please
Seems  as  though  your  wife  had 
been m your  summer  garden  -that's  the 
"Early June" that sell at  iSc  The small 
sifted peas  are  as  sweet  as  any  Fiench 
and sell for  20c.  We have thirteen differ­
ent kinds of  peas, so  we  can  please  any 
taste  Order  some  with  your  next gro­
ceries
We Must 
Repeat

No  breakfast  is  complete  without 
buckwheat cakes  and  good  maple syrup- 
The  New  England  Buckwheat  in  10c 
packages-  Hannah  &  Lay  Co's.  Cele­
brated Buckwheat in  25c sacks.  Adiron­
dack Sap  Maple  Syrup,  absolutely  pure 
and in air tight  cans—quarts  sell  for 30c, 
two quarts for  55c.  and  gallons for $1.00. 
The celebrated Canada Maple Syrup sells 
ai  25c for quarts.  50c  for  two quarts and 
qoc the gallon.
Nothing
Like Good Coffee

And our  Old  k>overnmenl  Mocha 
and java  is  good.  We  know  it, and our 
customers  tell  us.  That  settles  it.  This 
sells foi  40c.  Have a  Revere  Mocha and 
Java at 35c. and the banner at 30c  1'hen 
there's  Santos at  18c-  live  kinds  at  die, 
and a good  Rio at  15c.

N AILS

Sash.  Glass.

Doors.  Paint.  Oils.  Etc.  have 

dnriog the last 80 days steaidy aiva-tcel in

PRICES

bnt 1  had a limited quantity  of  these  bought 

and am  namiug the  old  prices  while 

they  last  We sold  5  bills last 

week but can do good to a 

few more

GLASGOW

CHE  HASTINGS  NATION 

3  PER  CENT.
ON  DEPOSITS.

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duced a Savings Department, will 
pay  3  per  cent 
interest  on  all 
savings deposits  Deposits of aoy 
amount received and savings pass 
books issued  Interest compound­
ed semi-annually  Deposits pay­
able  on  dfemand  without  notice 
Only  National  Bank  in  Barry 
Established  30  years; 

county 
Capital and surplus, $100,000

AL  BANK,  having 

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You  Find 
The  Girl 
Mr.  Man

u d  we’ll  Hod the  ring.  T hat’» 
our business, ring  finding.  We 
can’t  begin to  tell  you  what the 
coat will be uotli  we  hare some 
idee  o f  how  expensive  your 
tastes are  We have  plain gold 
rings in  15  K.  14  I*  mud  Id K, 
oval,  square  and  chased  band 
rings  Should  you  deride 
to 
choose from our  stock,  you can 
feel assured  in advance that the 
quality  wil!  be  represented ex­
actly  as It is.  and  the price will 
insure the larg est. aloe ln$ your 
money

Bring your jewelry 

os clean I t   Free

and  let 

R. N. FISHER & CO.,

Cor  fU verand  Division S t

Coffee

Robin Mocha anS Java,

25c coffee for 20c

Java-Ocha,
20c coffee for 18c.

President's Cabinet,

35c coffee for 33c.

Bulk Cane«^

s t  I2%c.  15c. 20c.  sod ISo.

NELSON 8  JOHNSON«

lid  F rpgt Street.

increased 

"Company”  

by  this  store  could  be  improved  in  ap­
pearance  and 
in  drawing 
power  by  greater  uniformity—by  the 
use  of  one distinctive  style  of  border, 
instead  of numerous  different  patterns, 
and  by the  use  of  a  specially  designed 
and  engraved  heading  of  “ The  Hannah 
&  Lay  Mercantile  Company,”   omitting 
the  superfluous  “ The”   and  shortening 
the 
“ C o .,”   which 
would  enable  the  engraver to  reproduce 
the  corporate  name  in  a  strong  and  dis­
tinctive  manner.  Whether  used  as  a 
heading  or  signature,  the 
line  would 
soon  come  to  be  regarded  as  a  trade­
mark  of  the  house,  the  same  as  the 
headings  used  by  Rogers,  Peet  &  Co., 
Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  Foster,  Stevens 
&  Co.  and  other  large  houses  which 
have  reduced  their  advertising  opera­
tions  to  a  science.

to 

the 

While  I  do  not  always  admire  the 
taste  of  C.  L.  Glasgow,  of  Nashville,  I 
heartily  commend  the  originality  of  his 
advertisements  and 
persistence 
with  which  he  makes  frequent  changes. 
In  the  face  of  these  virtues  I  am  ready 
to  forgive  him  for an  occasional  crud­
ity,  because  candor  compels  me  to  ad­
mit  that  his  advertising 
is  head  and 
shoulders above nine-tenths—yes,ninety- 
nine  per  cent.—of  the  announcements 
which appear in the country  newspapers. 
The  example  presented  this  week  is 
simple  and  effective.  The  large  quan­
tity  of  white  employed  makes  it  suffi­
ciently  conspicuous. 
I  can  not  say  that 
I  like  the  phrasing—“ we  can  do good”  
is  not a  good  trade  expression—but  the 
advertisement  will  gain  trade,  for the 
matter of  prices is  a sufficient attraction.
The  Hastings  National  Bank  offers  a 
complete  advertisement  of  its 
very 
savings  department. 
think  there 
would  have  been  more  value  had  the 
name  of  the  bank  been  made  heavier. 
Then  the  display  would  be  more  effec­
tive  with  more  white  inside  the borders. 
This  could  have  been  done  by  using 
smaller  faces  of  type  and 
less  leading.
R .  N.  Fisher makes  a  better  use  of 
white  space  and  is  fortunate  in  getting 
a  simple  and  effective  display.  The 
subject  introduced  is  one  calculated  to 
gain  attention,  but  I  think  I  have  seen 
it  before  in  a  similar  connection.  The 
advertisement  is  good  for a  change,  but 
next  week  there  should  be  something 
else.

I 

Nelson  &  Johnson  show  a  neat  an­
nouncement  of  coffee  prices  and  the 
printer has  done  his part well.  In an ad­
vertisement  of  this sort the temptation is 
always  strong  to  mix  the  type  faces. 
The  only  suggestion  that  I  would  offer 
in  the  display  is  that  I  would  omit  the 
commas  in  all  the  display  lines.

You ought to sell

LILY  WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

VALLEY  CITY  MILLING  CO..

G RA N D   R A PID 8 .  MICH.

Motor Vehicle

We have spoken  briefly of  our  Motor Bicycle, 
(Auto-Bl at $200) and our Tricycle  (Auto-Tri  at 
$360.  Here is our  AUTO-TWO.  It’s  a  beauty. 

If interested write for catalogue.

ADAMS & HART, S E ftK S r & i.

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

many  instances  the  sole  cause  of  the 
very  heavy  loss  reported  on  some lots  of 
eggs  coming  out  of  storage,  the  shipper 
or packer  having  washed  or  wiped dirty 
or stained  eggs  to  improve their appear­
ance,  robbing  them  of  nature’s  preserv­
ative.  This  same  egg,  however,  if  put 
down  in  brine,  which  in  a  great  meas­
ure  is  made  up  of  lime,  will  keep  very 
satisfactorily,  as  the  pores  are  sealed 
with  the  fine  particles  of  lime—so  much 
so  that the  shell  becomes  absolutely  air 
tight,as  evidenced  by  the  fact that when 
you  boil  a 
limed  egg,  where  the  shell 
has  not  been  pricked,  the  heat  will  ex­
pand  the  air  within  and  explode  the 
shell.  Dirty  or stained  eggs  should  all 
be  put  down 
lime  rather  than  be 
washed  or wiped  and  placed  in  storage

in 

An  Honest  Race.

“ Well,  gentlemen,”  said  the  commer­
cial  traveler,  “ I  never hunted bear  my­
self,  but  I  heard  a  story  the  other  day 
of  some  fellow  who  found  one  up  in 
Montana.
“ They  were  prospecting  right  up  in 
the  big  bear  country,  but they  let  the 
bear alone,  and  the  bear  let  them  alone 
One  night  they  camped  in  a  deep  can 
yon,  and  while  one  was  cooking  supper 
the  other  started  out  with  his  shot  gun 
to  get  some  birds.  Lots  of  birds  up 
there.  So tame  that  you  can  almost  kill 
them  with  a  stick.
“ Pretty  soon  the  man  with  the  shot 
gun  ran  up  against  a  grizzly,  and  Mr 
Grizzly  was  mad  about  something,  and 
started  for  him.  The  man  hit  the  trail 
hard  for camp,  the  bear  right after him 
When  the  fellow  who was  cooking  the 
supper  heard 
landslide  coming 
down  the  mountain,  he  saw  what  was 
up  and  grabbed  his  gun  to  shoot.  But 
he  was  afraid  to shoot  for  fear of  shoot 
ng  his  partner,  so he  couldn’t  do  any 
thing  but  yell.
‘ Run,  r-u-nl’  he  howled,  dancing 
around  to  get  a  shot.
“   ‘ Run!  panted  the  other 
Run?  You  fool,  do  you  think 
throwin’  this  race?’

fellow 
I ’m 

the 

William  Reid

Importer  and  Jobber  of  Polished 
Plate,  Window  and  Ornamental

G la ss

Paint, Oil, W hite Lead, Var­

nishes  and  Brushes

GRAND  RAPID S,  MICH.

W. FRENCH,
Resident Manager.

Ballon  Basnets  lire  Best

Is  conceded.  Uncle  Sam  knows  it  and 

uses them by the thousand.

We 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, felding, Mich

The Meat Market

How  to  Conduct a  M arket  Profitably.
I  have  been  asked  to  give  my  ideas 
as  to  how a meat  market  should  be  man­
aged  so that  it  will  prove  profitable. 
It 
is  of  the  greatest  importance,  I  think, 
that  the  proprietor  shall  do  his  own 
buying.  No  matter  how  good  a  man 
you  may  get  to  do  that  part  of  the  work 
for you,  and  no  matter  how  thoroughly 
he  may  understand  the  business  in  all 
its  details,  you  will  not  find  one  who 
will  do  it  as  good  as  yourself. 
It  does 
not  make  any  difference  whether the 
man 
is  brighter  and  smarter  in  every 
respect  than  you  are  yourself,  you  will 
not  be  altogether  pleased  with  his  abil­
ity  and  work.  You  will  think  you  could 
have  saved  money  had  you  done  the 
buying  yourself;  and,  further,you  know 
better  what  the  trade  demands  than  any 
one  else  does,  and  if  you  had  done  the 
buying  yourself  you  would  only  buy 
if  you  were  careful—what  you  could 
readily  dispose  of. 
Therefore,  you 
would  avoid  the  trimming  and  waste 
which  must  necessarily  come  if  you  buy 
too  much  and  have  no  outlet  for  it 
This 
is  what  would  surely  happen  i 
you  had  a  buyer.  Another  thing:  He 
wouldn’t  use  the  same  amount  of 
judg 
ment  as  yourself,  because  he  reasons 
I  must  buy  to  make  s 
“ Oh,  well, 
lose  my  position—and  I 
‘ bluff,’  or  I ’ll 
have  nothing  to 
lose  otherwise. ”   So 
he  would  let  it  go  at  that.

loser. 

If  you  have  a  foreman  in  your em 
ploy,  treat  him  right,  or  you  will  be 
the 
In  addition  to  the  foreman 
you  perhaps  have  in  your  employ five  to 
ten  men  that  receive  from  $14  to $16  per 
week.  Don’t  give  your  foreman  the 
same  wages  as  you  pay  the  others,  and 
promise  you  will  give  him  more  when 
business  gets  better.  Give 
it  to  him 
from  the  start;  otherwise  he  will  not 
take  sufficient  interest  in  your  business 
or welfare.  If you  pay  him  more  he  will 
see  that  your  customers  are 
treated 
right.  He  will  see  that  your  shop 
kept  clean ;  that  the  men  look  neat;  he 
will  not  allow  the  chewing  of  tobacco, 
swearing,  skylarking  or  coming  late  i 
the  morning.  Then  you  will  have  no 
difficulty  in  doing  business  at  a  profit

Don’t  “ bulldoze”  your men;  never let 
them  see  you  angry.  Give  your  orders 
to  your  foreman—he  will  attend  to  the 
rest. 
In  the  event  of  your  having  no 
help  whatever,  then  the  management  of 
the  market  becomes  entirely  different 
You  consequently  do  all  the  work  your 
self. 
In  all  cases  keep  the  best  meats 
and  poultry  you  can  g et;  give  honest 
weight;  be  polite  and kind  to  a ll;  don 
tell  your  customers  lie s;  do  not  talk  too 
much,  and  avoid  the  discussion  of  pol‘ 
tics  in  the  market.  No  doubt  your trade 
will  be  mostly  with  women.  You  wi 
find  some  women  better  looking  than 
others.  Well,  the  good 
looking  ones 
please  avoid—flirting  w ith;  the  ugly 
ones  there  is  no  need  to  caution  you  of. 
The  good 
lookers  will  put  a  hole  in 
your  pocket.  Treat  all  alike,  and  don’t 
trust,  above  all  things.  Wine,  women, 
games  and  deceit  make  the  wealth 
small  and  the  wants  great.  Be  honest, 
persevering,  and  attentive,  and  your 
market  will  be  successful. —J.  W.  An­
derson  in  Bntchers’  Advocate.

D on't W ash  Eggs.

The  shell  of  an  egg  is  porous  and  na­
ture  hermetically  seals  the  pores,  which 
excludes  the  air  and  arrests  decay. 
Eggs  that  are  washed  or  that  are  wiped 
will  not  keep  long,  owing  to  the  action 
of  the  atmosphere.  This  is  in  a  great

3

NO  MORE  DUST!

No more wet sawdust or sprinkling.

Clean, Quick, Easy Sweeping.

W IEN S  SA N ITA RY  AND D U S T L E S S  

FLO O R  B R U SH ,

WIENS  BRUSH C O ., MILWAUKEE, WIS .

60LD  MEDAL,  PARIS,  1900
Walter Baker & Go.
COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES

PURE,  HIGH-GRADE

Their  preparations are  put  up 
in  conformity to  the  Pur^Food 
Laws  of all  the  States,

Under the  decisions of the  U. 
S.  Courts no  other  chocolate  or 
cocoa  is  entitled  to  be  labelled 
or sold  as  “ Baker’s Chocolate” 
or “ Baker’s Cocoa.”

Grocers  will  find  them- in 
the long run the most profit­
able to  handle,  as  they  are 
absolutely pure  and  of  uni­
form quality.

TRADZ-MARK.

In writing your  order specify Walter 
Baker & Co.’s goods. 
If other goods 
are  substituted  please  let  us  know.

WALTER BAKER & CO. Limited,

DORCHESTER, MASS.

Established 1780.

The  Modern  Method

of  Producing 

Artificial 
Illumination.

The  Pen tone  Gas  Lamp  Co., 
of Grand Kapids,  Mich.,  have 
perfected  an  artificial  Gas 
Lamp  that  stands  second  to 
none.  This  lamp  is  finished 
in  nickel  and  is  strong  and 
substantial.  There is nothing 
about it to  give  out,  requires 
little care or attention, and  is 
absolutely portable.  It is con­
structed  entirely  of  heavy 
brass.  A  money  saver  and 
light  producer  unexcelled 
The quality of  light  produced 
is far superior to gas  or  elec­
tricity on account of the white­
ness  and  steadiness,  which 
resembles daylight more close­
ly 
than  any  other artificial 
light.  This  lamp  has  seven 
inches  of  perlect  generation 
from the point of supply to the 
point of vapor discharge, thus 
insuring perfect generation in 
any  temperature  and  in  all 
conditions  of  weather.  We 
will  give  the  purchaser  of 
every  lamp 
the  automatic 
spring extension  herewith  il­
lustrated.  The lamp is strong 
and  substantial  and  there  is 
no limit to its durability.  Buy 
the Pen tone and you  make no 
mistake.  It is the highest de­
velopment  of  the 
art  to date.  Each 
lamp  guaranteed 
for one year  from 
date  of  purchase.
PENTONE  GAS 

LAMP  CO.

240  South  Front 

Street

Grand  Rapids,

Mich.

Near Fulton
Street  Bridge.

Bell phone W. 595.  Price  Complete  $5.00.

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W e  are  doing  a  splendid  business  in  our  Perfection  Brand 
Spices  because  the  merchants  who  handle  them  find  they  are 
as  represented— pure  and  unadulterated. 
If  you  are  not  handl-  ^ 
ing  them  you  should  for  they  are quick sellers and profit earners,  4 
Manufactured  and  sold  only  by  us.

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*  N O R T H R O P,  R O B E R T SO N   &   C A R R IE R ,  *

B u ckeye  P a in t  &  V a r n is h   Co.

Paint,  Color and  Varnish  Makers.

Mixed  Paint,  W hite  Lead,  Shingle  Stains,  Wood  Fillers.

Sole  Manufacturers  CRYSTAL ROCK  FINISH  for  Interior  and Exterior U se. 

Corner  15th  and  Lncas Streets,  Toledo,  Ohio.

Four Kinds ot coupon books

are manufactured by us and all sold ou the same basis, 
irrespective  of  size,  shape  or  denomination. 
Free 
samples on application.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY, Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Mi c h i g a n   t r a d e s m a n

4

Around  the State

Movements  of M erchants.

Kingston—W.  L.  Baker,  druggist,  has 

sold  out  to  Milo  A.  Smith.

Greenville—Alex.  Massie  has  sold  his 

grocery  stock  to  F.  E .  Burleigh.
^Bellaire—H.  P.  Pettit  will remove his 
bazaar  stock  to Gladwin  April  15.

Big  Rapids—William  Day  has  en­
in  the  grocery  business  at  this 

gaged 
place.

Adrian—Benj.  Peavey,  grocer  and 
is  succeeded  by  W.  F. 

meat  dealer, 
Trim.

Detroit—Moses  Greenburg  succeeds 
in  the  clothing 

M.  Greenburg  &  Son 
business.

Northville—Wm.  H.  Cattermole  has 
purchased  the  harness  stock  of  Nathan
H.  Caverly.

Woodland—Chas.  E.  Rowlander  suc­
ceeds  Harter  &  Rounds  in  the  grain 
and  hay  business.

Calumet—Stefanz  &  Chopp  have  pur­
chased  the  general  merchandise  stock 
of  Lucas,  Matt  &  Co.

Flint—C.  F.  Quick,  furniture  dealer 
from 

removed 

and  undertaker,  has 
Royal  Oak  to  this  place.

Otsego—A.  B.  Bosman  has  closed  his 
in  the  Union  block  and 

clothing  store 
removed  the  stock  to  Holland.

South  Haven—H.  L.  Daggett has pur­
chased  the  T.  E.  Kymes  meat  market 
and  has  already  taken  possession.

South  Boardman—M.  J.  Murphy  has 
purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in 
the  meat  firm  of  Murphy  &  Hurley.

Escanaba—T.  J.  Martin  has  added  a 
meat  market,  which  he  will  conduct 
in 
connection  with  his  grocery  business.
Unadilla—A.  C.  Watson  has  engaged 
in  general  trade,  having  purchased  the 
merchandise  stock  of  W.  S.  Livermore.
Alma—Stevens  &  Gargett  have leased 
one-half  of  their  furniture  store  to  W. 
E.  Wilson,  who  will  occupy  same  with 
his  grocery  stock.

Rodney—M.  Ketchem  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner,  Wm.  Mul- 
hoiland, in  the  mercantile firm  of  Ketch­
em  &  Mulholland.

Millington—McPherson  &  Crippen 
have  purchased  the  general merchandise 
stock  of  J.  D.  Storms  &  Co.  and  will 
take  possession  April  1.

Escanaba—F.  D.  Mead  and H.  Salin- 
sky  have  been  appointed  trustees  of  the 
Glazer  department  store  stock  and  will 
dispose  of  same  at  once.

Jackson—Carl  G.  Trumble  has 

re­
signed  his  position  with  F.  L.  Hender­
son  &  Co.  and  will  open  a  drug  store  in 
the  Library  block  next  month.

Traverse  City—James  Loeding  has 
closed  his  grocery  store  on Union street, 
having  decided  to  work  at  his  trade  as 
carpenter during  the  coming  season.

Dowagiac—The E.  E.  Allgier Grocery 
Co.  has  sold 
its  stock  to  Cooley  & 
Hamblin,  of  South  Bend,  Ind.,  who  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  same 
loca­
tion.

Ludington—Elmer Guinette  has  pur­
interest  of  Mr.  Asplund  in 
chased  the 
the  grocery  firm  of  Asplund  &  Brandt. 
The  new  style  will  be  Brandt  &  Gui­
nette.

Hillsdale—W.  H.  Croose,  who  sold 
his  interest  in  the  meat  business  to  his 
partner,  Geo.  Scheick, 
last  fall,  has 
purchased  the  Cummins  market,  on 
Howell  street.

hardware 

Dundee—The 

stock  of 
Chandler  &  Engel  has  been  taken  by  J. 
J.  Dixon,  of  the  Dundee  bank,  on  a 
chattel  mortgage,.the  indebtedness  be­
ing  about  $2,000.

Flint—Fred  P.  Elliott,  of  this  city, 
and  J.  A.  Cheney,  of  Alpena,  have 
formed  a  copartnership  and  engaged  in 
the  shoe business  under the  style  of  the 
Economy  shoe  house.

Vernon—W.  D.  &  A.  Garrison,  who 
have  ponducted  a  general  store  here  for 
over  forty  years,  have  sold  out  to  H. 
B.  McLaughlin, who  will take possession 
of  store  and  stock  at  once.

Marquette—I.  Reshofsky  has  retired 
from  the  clothing  firm  of  D.  Seidenfield 
&  Co.  and  will  engage  in  business  at 
Laurium.  Mr.  Seidenfield  will  continue 
the  business  in  his  own  name.

Shelby—L.  P.  Hyde  has  purchased 
John  Munson’s  shoe  and  rubber  stock 
and  shipped 
it  to  Hart.  Mr.  Munson 
will  concentrate  his  efforts  on  the  cloth­
ing  and  men's  furnishing  goods  busi­
ness.

Owosso—M.  Schulein,  proprietor  of 
the  Boston  clothing  bouse,  has  removed 
the  remainer of  his  stock to Ovid,  where 
he  will  close 
it  out  at  once.  He  will 
re-open  with  a  new  stock  here  about 
March  15.

Ypsilanti—The  drug  firm  of  Morford 
&  Hyzer  has  been  dissolved.  W.  E.  L. 
Smith, 
in  the  store, 
has  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  Hy­
zer.  The  new  firm  will  be  known  as 
Morford  &  Smith.

formerly  a  clerk 

Jesson, 

Muskegon—Jacob 

formerly 
engaged 
in  the  drug  business  here  for 
several  years,but for  some  time  past  the 
proprietor of a  prosperous  pharmacy  at 
Ontario,  Cali.,  was  recently  married  to 
Miss  Marie  T.  Wigton,  of  Berkeley, 
Cali.

Detroit—The  wholesale 

jewelry  firm 
of  Kunz  &  Shuttleworth  has  been  suc­
ceeded  by  Kunz  &  Rogers.  Mr.  Kunz 
will  have  full  charge  of  the  business 
and  will  continue  it  as  heretofore,  Mr. 
Rogers  not  being  a  jeweler  and  being 
engaged  in  other  lines  of  business.

Carson  City—B.  F.  Sweet  has  sold 
his  drug  stock  to  Fred  J.  Chamberlain, 
formerly  engaged 
in  the  drug  business 
at  Battle  Creek.  Mr.  Sweet  has  been 
engaged 
in  the  drug  business  here  a 
quarter of  a  century  and  enjoys  the  con­
fidence  and  respect  of  every  one  within 
a  radius  of  a  dozen  miles.

Owosso—E .  L.  Devereaux  and  Bert 
Gristock  have  purchased  the  grocery 
stock  of  W.  E.  Burhans.  Mr.  Gristock 
will  have  the  management  of  the  busi­
ness.  Extensive  repairs  will  be  made 
on  the  store  building  and  the  stock  en­
larged.  The  new  establishment  will  be 
known  as  the  City  Cash  grocery  store.
Allegan—The  J.  G.  Stein Grocery  Co. 
has 
leased  the  first  floor of  the  Parker 
block  and  the  buildings 
in  the  rear, 
which  will  be  used  for  warehouse  pur­
poses,  and  will  remove  to  its  new  quar­
ters  about  March  1.  Burrell  Tripp,  who 
recently  purchased  the  building  now 
occupied  by  the  company,  will  put  in 
a  stock  of groceries.

Houghton—The  Lake  Superior  Prod­
uce  &  Cold  Storage  Co.  has  purchased 
the  Hutchinson  Produce  Co.,  of  Hutch­
inson,  Minn.,  which 
five 
branches  and  eight  creameries.  This 
purchase  enables  the  company  to secure 
an  ample  supply  of 
fresh  eggs  and 
creamery  butter  for  its  copper  country 
trade. 
It  will  also  supply  a  large  trade 
in  Butte  and  Helena,  Montana.

includes 

in 

Cadillac—The  Drury  &  Kelley  Hard­
ware  Co.  has  been  recently  reorganized 
and  the  corporation 
its  new  form 
consists  of  C.  E .  Drury,  Mrs.  C.  E. 
Drury,  Mrs.  Eva  Kelley  and  George 
Hecox,  the 
latter  having  purchased  a 
portion  of  Mrs.  Kelley’s  stock.  The 
officers  of  the  company  are  C.  E.

Drury,  President;  Mrs.  C.  E.  Drury, 
Vice-President;  Mrs.  Eva  Kelley,  Sec­
retary  and  Treasurer.

Owosso—Chester  W.  Hopkins, 

for 
several  years  cashier of  the  Chesaning 
bank,  will  remove  to  Owosso  April  1 
and  enter  the  employ  of  the  banking 
house  of  M.  L.  Stewart  &  Co.  From 
1886 to  1888  Mr.  Hopkins was  a  member 
of  the  hardware  firm  of  Hopkins  & 
Gould,  of  Owosso.  He 
afterwards 
moved  to  Chesaning  and  acted  as  clerk 
of  Saginaw  county  from  1892  to  1896. 
Since, the  latter date  he  has been cashier 
of  the  Chesaning  bank,  with  the  excep­
tion  of  one  year when  he  was  connected 
with  R.  H.  Nason  in  the 
lumber  and 
real  estate  business  in  Louisiana.

M anufacturing  Matters.

Port  Sheldon—Aussicker  Bros,  will 

erect  a  stave  mill  here.

Detroit—The  Columbian  Cash  Regis­
ter  Co.,  Limited,  has discontinued busi­
ness.

Detroit—The  Buhl  Malleable  Co.  has 
increased  its  capital  stock  from  $75,000 
to $100,000.

Detroit—The  style  of  the  Standard 
Can  Co.  has  been  changed  to  the  Mich­
igan  Can  Co.,  Limited.

Allendale—The  Allendale  Co-opera­
tive  Creamery  Co.  has declared  a  10 per 
cent,  dividend  from  the  profits of  1900.
Woodland—The  Woodland  Creamery 
Co.  has  secured  the  services  of  Guy 
Bovee,  of  Lake  Odessa,  to  manage 
its 
factory  the  coming  season.

Cadillac—Daniel Kysor has  purchased 
the  McAdie  &  Company 
iron  works 
and  will  assume  the  control  of  the  es- 
tablishment  May 
1.  He  was  formerly 
a  well-known  mill  owner  and 
lumber­
man  at  Bond’s  Mill.

Adrian—Col.  B.  F.  Graves  has  pur­
chased  an  interest  in  the  Lewis knitting 
factory  here,  which  has  begun  work 
with  twenty  operatives.  As  soon  as  the 
machinery  can  be  placed the  force  will 
be  increased  to  100  machine  workers.

Saginaw—The  contract  for  laying  the 
foundation  for  the  sugar  beet  factory 
here  has  been  let  to Campbell & Osborn, 
of  Bay  City,  and  work  is  to  begin  soon. 
is  to  be  more  building  in  Sagi­
There 
naw  this  year  than 
in  any  year  since 
1893.

Detroit—The  Booth  Manufacturing 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  association,  in­
corporating  a  company  to  deal in  build­
ers’  supplies under $10,000 capital stock. 
Charles  R.  Evarts,  William  S.  Booth 
and  Edwin  Evarts  constitute  the  stock­
holders.

Middleville—The  Improvement  Asso­
ciation  of  this  place  has  made  a  deal 
with  the  Warren  Featherbone  Factory, 
of  Three  Oaks, by  which  that  institution 
will  establish  a  branch  plant  at  this 
place. 
It  will  occupy  the  same location 
formerly  owned  by  the  Keeler Brass  Co.
Detroit—Articles  of association  have 
been  filed  for  the  incorporation  of  the 
F.  C.  Osborn  Co.,  of  which  Francis  C. 
Osborn,  Laura  F.  Osborn and  Frank  E. 
Robson,  all  of  this  city,  own 
100  per 
cent,  of  the  capital  stock.  The  com­
pany 
is  to  manufacture  scales  and  is 
capitalized  at $25,000.

Pontiac—The  Pontiac  Utility  Manu­
facturing  Co.  has  been  organized,  with 
a  capital  stock  of $12,000,  all  paid  in. 
It  proposes  to  manufacture  the  Sherman 
dishwasher 
and  the  Sherman  steam 
cooker,  patented  by  F.  C.  Sherman,  of 
this  city.  The  company  will  locate  in 
one  of  the  Osmun  buildings  on  South 
Saginaw  street,  and 
in  addition  to the 
Sherman  patents,  will  make  a  general 
line  of  sheet  metal  utensils.

Benton  Harbor—The  house furnishing 
goods  firm  of  C.  J.  Peck  &  Co.,  com­
J.  Peck  and  Charles  L. 
posed  of  C. 
Young,  has 
leased  the  first  floor  and 
basement  of  the  Robinson  block.  This 
will  give  them  a  floor  space  of  28,000 
feet.  A  carpet  manufacturing,  varnish 
and  second-hand  departments  will  be 
added.

Mt.  Clemens—The  Mt.  Clemens  Cas­
ket  Co.  has  been  incorporated,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $10,000.  The  officers 
elected  are :  President,  Charles  A yers; 
Vice-President,  George  Brandy;  Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer,  Rueben  C.  Ullrich; 
directors,  T.  Van  Damme,  Ralph  Ol- 
ney,  Charles  Ayers,  R.  C.  Ullrich  and 
George  Brandy.

Saginaw—A  new  company  has  been 
organized  under the  style  of  the  Howell 
&  Spaulding  Co.  to  continue  the  man­
ufacture  of  the  Howell  and  Spaulding 
steel  horse  collar.  The stockholders  are 
E.  O.  Spaulding,  Fred  Slocum,  F.  E. 
Kelsey,  J.  D.  Wilsey  and  F.  H.  Johns­
ton.  Mr.  Kelsey  will  act  as  manager. 
The  capital  stock  is $14,000.

Detroit—The  old-established  firm  of 
W.  H.  Anderson  &  Sons,  tool  manufac­
turers,  who  removed  from  38  Clinton 
avenue  to  14  Macomb street about twelve 
years  ago,  has  again  been  obliged  to 
find  larger quarters,  and  after  May 
15 
will  be  located  on  the  corner  of  Guoin 
street  and  St.  Aubin  avenue.  A  tract 
of  land  127x156  feet  has  been  purchased 
and  the  work  of  erecting  a  forge  shop 
100x60  feet  and  a  two-:tory  machine 
shop  40x67  feet  will  be  commenced  this 
week.

Detroit—W.  Osgood  Orton,  President 
of  the  Western  Gas  Engine  Co.,  of 
Mishawaka,  Ind.,  states  that  his  com­
pany 
is  thinking  of  coming  to  Detroit 
if  certain  preliminaries  can  be  ar­
ranged.  Detroit  is  desirable because  of 
its  deep  water  way.  The  firm  has  a 
capital  of $35,000 and manufactures both 
marine  and  stationary  engines.  The 
styles  are  now  limited  to  such  as  can  be 
transported  by  rail,  but  in  the  event  of 
coming  to  Detroit  the  company  would 
increase 
its  capital  and  try  to  interest 
local  money.  A  river  frontage  of  about 
50  feet  and  an  area  of  about  700  by  130 
to  150  feet  will  be  necessary  for the 
plant,  as  the  buildings  can  be  but one 
story.

.. ..-

The  Boys  Behind  th e  Counter.

Hillsdale-----Harry  Osborn  succeeds
Charles  Tyler  as  clerk  in  the  hat,  cap 
and  furnishing  goods  store  of  L.  H. 
F rensdorf.

Allegan—John  E.  Wool,  of  Lake 
Odessa,  succeeds  O.  B.  Shonding  as 
clerk 
in  the  Phillips  Bros,  hardware 
store  and  will  move  his  family  to  Alle­
gan  in  the  spring.  Mr.  Shonding  will 
enter 
employ  of  G.  L.  Hicks 
March  1.

the 

Petoskey—C.  L.  Tousley  has  severed 
his  connection  with  the  W.  W.  Rice 
Leather  Co.

The  Saginaw  Storekeeper  last  week 
published  an  extra  anniversary  edition, 
comprising  42  pages  and  cover,  con­
taining  much  special  matter of  general 
interest,  together  with  a  liberal  assort­
ment  of  extra  advertising.  The  issue 
was  in  every  respect  creditable  to the 
publication,  to 
its  editor  and  to  the 
market  which  it  undertakes  to  serve  so 
well  and  so  faithfully.  The  Tradesman 
extends  congratulations.

The  Commercial  Credit  Co.  System­
atic  Collector or direct  demand 
letters 
will  bring  in  “ good  but  slow’ ’  accounts 
100  per cent.  net.

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

and  prices.  Visner,  both  phones.

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5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

L.  E.  Whiteman  succeeds  F.  L. 
in  the  grocery  business,  at  the 

Struble 
corner of  Lafayette  and  Hall  streets.

C.  R.  Reid  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Mendon.  The  stock 
was  furnished  by  the Musselman  Grocer 
Co. 

_________________

W.  L.  Freeman,  who  has  done  the 
buying  for  the  Worden  Grocer Co.  and 
its  predecessor at  the  same  location  for 
many  years,  has  ceased  his  connection 
with  that  corporation  and  is  succeeded 
by  E.  D.  Winchester,  who  has  achieved 
an  excellent  reputation  as  a  retail  gro­
cer  and  whose  friends confidently expect 
him  to  score  a  second  success  in  his 
new  relation.

I. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  stock­
holders  of  the  Michigan  Bark  and  Lum­
ber  Co.,  Clarence  U.  Clark,  W.  D. 
Wade  and  Mrs. 
J.  Clark  were  re­
elected  directors  of  the  corporation. 
The  former  officers  were then re-elected, 
as 
follows :  President,  C.  U.  Clark ; 
Vice-President,  W.  D.  Wade ;  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  F.  N.  Clark.  The com­
pany  enjoyed  a  prosperous  year,  the  net 
returns  being  somewhat  larger than were 
expected.

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples—Russets  and  Ben  Davis  are 
held  at  $2.50.  Baldwins  and  other fancy 
varieties  command  $3@3-25-  There 
is 
in  the  market. 
no  particular  change 
The  fact  that  supplies  are  no  larger 
than 
last  year,  taking  the  country  as  a 
whole,  and  that  demand  is  considerably 
more  active,  assists 
in  keeping  the 
market  firm  on  all  choice  and  fancy 
grades.  Under grades require  urging  to 
clear.

Bananas—Prices  range  from  $ i.25@ 

1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size.

Beets—$ 1  per  bbl.
Butter—Creamery  is  strong  at  22c,  al­
though receipts are liberal.  Dairy grades 
range  from 
1 3 ®  15c  for  choice  rolls 
down  to  11 @ 12c  for  packing  stock.  The 
market  is  in  good  shape,  exporters  hav­
ing  completely  cleaned  out  the  surplus 
supplies  in  the  East.
is  scarce  at 
50@6oc  per  bu.  F lorida  stock 
is  in 
lim ited  dem and  at  $4  per  bbl.

Cabbage—H om e  grown 

Carrots—$1  per  bbl.
Celery—Scarce  at  30c  per 

is  beginning 

C alifornia 
finds  an  outlet  on 
bunch.

bunch. 
to  arrive  and 
the  basis  of  90c  per 

Cider—13c  per  gal.  for sweet.
C ranberries—Jerseys 

are  steady  at 

cottontail 

G am e—Common 

$2.75  per  bu.  box  and  $8  per  bbl.
Eggs—Strictly  fresh  are  still  held  at 
18c,  due  to  the  continuance  of  cold 
weather.  The  price  will  certainly  drop 
as  soon  as  the  weather changes,  because 
the  Grand  Rapids  market  is  above  the 
parity  of  other  markets.
rabbits 
are  in  active  demand  at  70c  for  No.  2 
and  90c  for  No.  1.  Belgian  hares  com­
mand  8@ioc  per  lb.  for dressed.
Hickorv  Nuts—$2@2.25  per  bu.
Honey—Fancy  white 

is  practically 
out  of  market.  Choice  white  is  in  large 
supply  at  I4@ i5c.  Amber goes  at  1 3 ®  
14c  and  dark  buckwheat  is  slow  sale  at
IO@I2C.
Lemons—Messinas command $3.50 for 
all  sizes.  Californias  fetch  $3.50  for 
300s  and  $3.25  for  360s.  Lemons  are 
scarce  and  there  has  been  a  slight  up­
ward  movement  in  fancy  grades,  which 
are  about  cleaned  up.  Not  for some 
time  has  this  market  been  as  bare  of 
lemons  of  all  grades  and  sizes.
in  good 
is 
15c  per  lb.  for 
dem and,  com m anding 
leaf.
100;  $ i @ i .25  per 

L ettuce—H othouse  stock 

L im es—$ 1.25  per 

box.

Lima  Beans—7c  per  lb.
Onions—Dry  are  strong  and  have  ad­
vanced to# 1. io@ l. 50.  Spanish are in fair 
demand  at #1.60 per crate.  Bermudas are

beginning  to  arrive,  fetching  $3  per 
crate.

Oranges—Californias  fetch  $2.50  for 
larger  sizes  and  $2.75@3  for  the 

the 
smaller  sizes.

Parsley—40c  per doz.  bunches.
Pineapples—Floridas are beginning to 
arrive  and  are  taken  in  a  limited  way 
at $2.75  per  doz.

it 

is 

Pop  Corn—$1  per bu.
Potatoes—Miller  &  Teasdale  C o.’s 
review  of  the  market  under date of Feb. 
25 
is  as  follows:  New  potatoes  will 
come  much  earlier than  usual  this  year 
on  account  of  the  very  open  and  mild 
winter  (no  winter at  all).  Already  the 
planting 
force 
in  full 
in  the  Far 
South.  The  season 
is  now  well  ad­
vanced,  and  with  favorable  conditions 
(and  it  hardly  seems  possible  that  con­
ditions  can  be  anything  but  favorable 
since 
is  so  late  now,  and  the  1st  of 
March  will  soon  be  here  and  March  a 
spring  month)  there will be larger quan­
tities  of  new  potatoes  on  the  market 
earlier  than  ever  before.  At  best,  the 
time  is  limited  in  which  to  clean up  the 
old  potatoes—March,  April,  May  and 
doubtful 
if  part  of June,  except  in  the 
extreme  North—and 
if  new  potatoes 
come  as  early  as  they  are  expected  and 
if  early  garden  truck  is  as  plentiful  as 
it  no  doubt  will  be  on account  of  the  fa­
vorable  season,  there  will  be  a  limited 
demand  for old  potatoes  during  the  last 
days  of  May.  Therefore,  there  remain 
but  two  good  months  in  which  to  move 
the  crop  of  old  potatoes,  which  is  rec­
ognized  by  well  posted  authorities  to  be 
the  largest  amount  ever on  hand  at  this 
time  of  the  year,  especially  in the farm­
ers’  hands,  unless the  big  year  of  1895 
and  possibly 
1896,  at  which  time  the 
ruling  prices  at  loading  stations  in  the 
spring  ranged  from  7@i2c  per  bushel 
and  some  stations  sold  fine,  hard  stock 
loaded  at  as  low  as  6c in Michigan when 
the  buyer  furnished  the  labor.  There 
seems  to  be  a  difference  of  opinion  on 
the  situation  of  potatoes  at  the  present 
time,  but  the  preponderance  of  evi­
dence  is with  the  men  who, with  the  sta­
tistics  in  hand,are  willing  to  accept  the 
situation  as  it  really  exists,  and  came  to 
the  conclusion  some  months  ago  that the 
market  on  potatoes  was  bound  to  be 
lower  in  the  face  of  the  facts  then  pre­
sented ;  we  were  with  this  class,  and 
have,  with  the  most  intelligent informa­
tion  available,  endeavored  during  the 
past  six  weeks  to  see  the  position  just 
as  it  is.

Poultry—All  kinds  are  firm  and  in 
active  demand.  Local  dealers  pay  as 
follows:  Spring  turkeys,  n @ i2 c ;  old, 
8@9c ;  spring  chickens,  9@ ioc;  fowls, 
8@9c ;  spring  ducks,  n @ i2 c—old  not 
wanted  at  any  price;  spring  geese,  g@ 
ioc—old  not  wanted.

Radishes—30c  per  doz.  bunches  for 

hothouse  stock.

Sweet  Potatoes—$2.50  for  Virginias 

and  $3.50  for Jerseys.

Squash—2c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Turnips—$1  per  bbl.
Hide«.  Pelt«,  Furs, Tallow  and  Wool.
Hides  are  well  sold  up  on  all  grades, 
with  a  good  demand  equal  to  all  offer­
ings.  Prices  do  not  change,  while  con­
siderable  pressure  is  brought  to  bear  to 
make  them  lower.  The  market  is  rather 
a  speculative  one.

Pelts  are  accumulating,  with  light  de­

mand  at  low  prices.

Furs  are  light  in  offerings.  The  catch 
is  small.  Prices  are  firm  but  no  higher.
in  fair  demand,  with  no 

Tallow  is 

The  Grocery  M arket.

Sugars—The  raw  sugar  market  re­
mains  quiet  at  it fc   for 96  deg.  test  cen­
trifugals.  Business  was  very  light,  as 
refiners  have  ample  supplies  for  the 
present  and  are  not  buyers.  Holders 
are  storing  sugars,  rather  than  force 
them  on  the  market.  The  refined  mar­
ket  is  quiet,  but  list  prices  remain  un­
changed.  As  fair  supplies  are  held  by 
buyers,  they  only  purchase  sparingly, 
operations  being  of  a  hand-to-mouth 
character.  No 
in 
price  is  expected.

immediate  change 

is  very 

for  any  grade  of  corn 

Canned  Goods—The  past  week  in  the 
canned  goods  market  was  as  quiet  as  it 
has  been  since  the  first  of  the  year. 
It 
is  true  that  February  is  usually  a  dull 
month  in  canned  goods,  but  this  year  it 
has  been  unusually  so,  excepting  for to­
matoes.  All  of  the  other  lines  were 
quiet,  but  it  is  evident  the quotations 
have  struck  rock  bottom  and  that  stocks 
in  such  shape  as  not  to  cause  the 
are 
holders  any  uneasiness. 
There  are 
some  lines  of  canned  goods  which  are 
unquestionably  a  very  good  and  safe 
purchase  at  the  present  quotations,  and 
buyers  would  do  well  to  watch  them 
closely,  particularly  tomatoes,  peaches 
and  oysters.  There 
little,  if 
anything,  to  say  about  the  corn  market. 
There  is  a  lot  of  very  poor quality goods 
being  offered  at  phenomenally 
low 
prices,  but  better  goods  can  be bought 
at  very  reasonable  prices.  However, 
the  demand 
is 
very 
light  and  trade  in  futures  is  also 
very  slow.  There  is  quite  a  little  trade 
in  spot  peas,  particularly  the  cheap 
grades,  which  are  firmly  held.  There 
are  all  kinds  of  rumors  relative  to  the 
coming  pea  pack,  but  most  packers 
have  not  yet  named  any  price.  The 
market  is  in  such  an unsettled condition 
that the  packers  hardly  know where they 
stand.  The  fear  of  the  pea  louse  and 
the  uncertainty  of  the  formation  of  the 
can  combine  are  the  principal  reasons 
in 
why  so  little  business  has  been  done 
future  peas,  nor  is  there 
liable  to  be 
very  much  business  done  until  these 
questions  are  settled  and  some  estimate 
of  the  pack  can  be  obtained.  String 
beans  are  unchanged,  but  there  is  very 
little  demand  or them.  The  peach  mar­
is  not  at  all  active,  but  it  was  not 
ket 
anticipated  that 
it  would  be.  March 
and  April  are  the  months  in  which most 
of  the  peaches  are  sold  and  a  large 
quantity  is  expected  to  be  sold  during 
that  time  to  meet  the  required  demand. 
Gallon  apples  are  firm  at  unchanged 
prices,  but  are 
in  very  small  request. 
Oysters  are  quiet  at  unchanged  prices. 
The  demand 
fair at  present, 
but  we  think  this  market  will  bear 
watching.  A  glance  over  the  entire 
market  brings  to  view  a  state  of  affairs 
not  in  keeping  with  the  general  condi­
tions  and  it  is quite  evident  that  there 
must  be  some  change 
in  the  canned 
goods  situation  shortly.  The  consump­
tion  of  canned  goods,  from  all  reports, 
continues  large  and  it  is  only  a  ques­
tion  of  a  short  while  when  these  stocks 
will  have  to  be  replenished.

is  only 

change  in  values.

Wool 

is  selling  more  freely  at  a  de­
clined  price.  One  holder  after  another 
lets  go,  and  at  a  loss.  Other holders  feel 
encouraged  from  the  fact  that  the  stuff 
sells;  that  bottom  has  been  reached  and 
that  any  change  will  be 
for  higher 
prices.  Stocks  of  Michigan  wool  are 
light  at  seaboard  markets  and  in  manu­
facturers’  lofts.  The  new  clip  is  close 
at hand  and  manufacturers  do  not  feel 
alarmed  at  any  report  of  scarcity.

Wm.  H.  Hess.

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
shows  no  material  change,  but  the  de­
mand  for  prunes  appears  to  be  growing 
from  day  to  day,  although  prices  show 
no improvement.  The buying continues 
almost  exclusively  of  small  or  moderate 
sized  lots,  but  the  aggregate  business  is 
considerable,  or,  at least,  more  than  has 
for  some  weeks. 
been 
experienced 
Raisins  are  steady 
in  price,  but  very 
quiet.  There  is,  however,  quite  a  good 
demand  for  seeded.  Currants  are  un­
changed.  The  demand  seems  to  be

picking  up  and  holders  are  somewhat 
firmer.  Apricots  and  peaches  are  very 
quiet,  but  prices  show  no  change. 
Evaporated  apples  are  so dull  that  it  is 
difficult  to  say  what  the  market 
is. 
Quite  a 
little  better  trade  is  noted  in 
figs  at  unchanged  prices.  Dates  are 
dull  and  easy.

Rice—The  trend  of  the  rice  market 
remains  strong  and  prices  are  fully 
maintained,  despite  the  slow  move­
ment.  The  demand,  however,  shows  a 
slight  improvement  during  the  last  few 
days.  All  grades  of  foreign  rice  attract 
attention,  stocks  of  which  are  rather 
light.

Tea—The  tea  market  is  firm and some 
grades  show  a  slight  advance  in  price. 
The  demand 
is  good  for  small  lots, 
which  in  the  aggregate  amount to a good 
business.  Dealers  remain  very  confident 
of  a  better  market  and  no  pressure  is 
shown  to  market  supplies.

Molasses  and  Syrups—Prices  remain 
firm  for all  grocery  grades  of  New  Or­
leans  molasses,  dealers  generally  report­
ing  business  of  a  satisfactory  character, 
with  a  somewhat  increased  demand. 
Spot  stocks  are  fair  and  firmly  held. 
The  corn  syrup  market  is  very  firm  and 
prices  show  an  advance  of  ic  per  gallon 
and  5c  per case.

Nuts—The  trade 

in  nuts  is  fair  for 
this  time  of  the  year,  the  season  of 
greatest  activity  having  already  passed. 
Stocks of  filberts  and  almonds  are  very 
light  and  held  at  full  prices.  Walnuts 
are  in  moderate  supply  and  prices  are 
unchanged.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Jackson  Patriot:  Charles  K.  White, 
who  has  been  with  the  Model  clothing 
house,  has resigned  his  position  and  en­
gaged  to  cover  the  State  of  New  York 
for the  Michigan  Corset  Co.

Hillsdale  Standard:  Charles  Tyler, 
for  the 
last  three  years  clerk  at  L.  H. 
Frensdorf’s,  expects  to start  on  the  road 
March  1  fora  Beloit,  Wis.,  glove  house 
and  the  Quincy  Knitting  Works.

Marshall  Statesman:  R.  S.  Scott  has 
taken  a  position  as  traveling  salesman 
for the  Folding  Bath  Tub  Co.,  and  left 
Monday  for  Holly  in  the  interest  of  the 
new  rural  delivery  mail  box  recently 
patented  by  Mr.  Grant.

Fremont  Indicator:  W.  P.  Patterson, 
of  Muskegon,  traveling salesman  for  the 
J. 
I.  Case  Threshing  Machine  Com­
pany, is  very  ill  at  the  St.  Charles,  with 
pneumonia.  Mrs.  Patterson  came  Sat­
urday  morning  to  nurse  him.

Ironwood  Times :  Walter  Monroe  has 
resigned  his  position  as  night  cierk  at 
the  Curry,  and  gone  to  Duluth  to  take  a 
position  as  traveling  salesman  for  L. 
Van  Praagh.  He 
is  succeeded  at  the 
Curry  by  Fred  Hutchinson,  of  Minne­
apolis.

in  which 

Passenger  Traffic  Manager Nicholson, 
of the  Santa  Fe,  has  sent  out  samples of 
his  proposed  coupon  tickets,  which  are 
designed  to  defeat  the  schemes  of scalp­
ers  for  beating  the  railroads,  accom­
panied  by  circulars  explanatory  of  the 
manner 
it  is  designed  they 
shall  be  sold  and  handled,  all  of  which 
has  heretofore  been  fully  explained  in 
this  column.  The  tickets  in  question 
show  the  method  of  cancellation  to  be 
employed.  The  idea  is  to  have  stations 
shown  by  an  official  number,  which  will 
be  punched,  instead  of  the  name  of  the 
destination  of  the  travelers  to  which 
they  are  sold. 
In  this  way  no  scalper 
could  definitely  know  what  the  ticket 
was  good  for  and  therefore  could  not 
make  the  alterations  which  have  so 
often  defrauded  railroads  out  of  just 
revenue.

would  least  expect  such  an  exhibition.
We  may  say  we  would  not  exhibit 
such  a  spirit.  Wait  until  we  are  tried. 
Next  to  me 
is  mine.  Next  to  us  is 
ours.  This  is  natural.

Now  for  the  application :
A  man  starts  in  business  with  ample 
capital,  a  good  location  and  all  the  out­
ward  needs  for a  successful  career.

He  has  a bad  personality.  Customers 
do  not  like  him.  They  may  think  he 
means  well,  but they  don’t  like  to trade 
with  him.

He  fails.  Why?
Will  he  be  honest  as  to  the  cause  of 

his  failure,  even  should  he  know  it?

If  the  department  store  man across the 
street  was  a  pleasant  fellow,  will  he  not 
lay  it  to  him  and  his  competition?

Another  starts  out 

likewise  well 
equipped  as  to  capital,  location,  etc. 
He  has  a  pleasant  and attractive person­
ality.  He  is  a  good  fellow.  He  can’t 
say  No to  the  salesman  who  asks  him to 
take  a  gross 
instead  of  a  dozen.  He 
can’t  say  the 
little  word  to  the  other 
good  fellows  who  want  the  goods  to-day 
and  will  pay  next  month,  next  fall  and 
perhaps  finally  in  pork.

He  fails.  Why?

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P ersonality  as  an  E lem ent o f Comm ercial 

Success.

In  seeking  for the  causes  of  business 
failures  or  successes,  it  has  often  ap­
peared  to  me  that  both  writers  and 
speakers  have  frequently  failed  to  take 
cognizance  of  elements which contribute 
not  a 
little  to  success  or failure,  or,  if 
they  have  recognized  such  elements, 
have  failed  to give  them  the importance 
which  they  really  deserve.

This  may  be  because such elements do 
not  appear  prominently  upon  the  sur­
face,  but  rather  beneath 
it,  or,  when 
they  do  rise  above,  are  not  always  rec­
ognized  by  their  proper title. 
I  refer to 
personality  and  pure  human  nature.

These  elements  have  guided  or  mis­
guided  the  affairs  of  men  from  the  time 
when  E ve’s  overweening  curiosity made 
her a  prey  to the  serpent  and  Adam  fell 
a  victim  to  feminine  cajolery,  to  the 
present  twentieth  century  where  human 
nature  is  the  same,  although  clothed 
in 
the  garb  of  more  modem  times.

The  cat,  although  transformed  to  a 
bride,  will  still  pounce  upon  the mouse, 
as  in  the  days  of Aesop.

We  come 

into  the  world  human  and 
endowed  with  a  nature  that  has  accom­
panied  the  race  through  all  the  ages. 
We  each  and  all  of  us  may  have  our es­
pecial  and  particular  mental  peculiar­
ities  or tendencies,  but  others  have  had 
them  before  us  and  others  will  have 
them  after  us.

They  are  mostly  natural  and  subject 

to well  known  and  fixed  laws.

In  general,  we  are  much  alike  and 
many  tendencies  we  all  have  in  com­
mon.  Still  each 
individual  has  a  few 
little  peculiarities  very  much  his  own, 
and  these  we  soon  come,  to some  extent, 
to  recognize  in  each  other.

tendencies 

We  may  not all  agree  as  to  the 
and 

im­
portance  these 
the 
knowledge  of them  in  each  other  play 
in  the  game  of  business,  but all  will,  I 
believe,  agree  that  they  cut  somewhat 
of a  figure.

It  is  human  nature  to  locate the causes 
of  success  largely  within  ourselves  and 
to  place  the  blame  of  failure  upon  out­
side  causes  and  influences.

One  man  succeeds  because  he  has  a 
disposition  and  mental  make-up  which 
make  him  friends  and  draw  him  trade 
from  all  directions.

Another  who  lacks  the  personality  of 
the  first  succeeds  because  he  under­
stands  human  nature 
in  others  and 
knows  how  to  play  upon  and  guide  into 
proper  channels  their  various  peculiar­
ities  and  inclinations.

One  man  fails  because  his  personalitv 
is  bad,  although  his  methods  may  be 
good.

Another  fails,  although  his  personal­
ity  is  good,  because  he  does  not  under­
stand  and  appreciate  the many peculiar­
ities  and  tendencies  of  his  fellows.

Many succeed  and  many  fail  without 
ever  fuliy  realizing  or appreciating  the 
real 
lie  at  the  bottom  of 
their success  or  failure.

forces  which 

The  man  who  is  thoroughly  conver­
sant  with  Nature’s  laws,  and  who knows 
the  causes  of  certain  effects  and  how  to 
produce,  regulate  or take  advantage  of 
them,  has  a  strong  lever  with  which  to 
do  his  work.

is  born  with  us. 

Self-preservation 

is  the  first  law  of 
It 
It  is  in­
Nature. 
tuitive. 
It  doesn’t  wait  for  reason, 
judgment  or  fairness.  This  is shown in 
times  of  great  danger by  the  selfishness 
and  brutality  of  many  from  whom  we

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Will  he  be  honest? 

If  the  catalogue 
house  man  in  the  city  bought  carefully 
and  sold  for  cash,  will  he not  lay  his 
failure  to  catalogue  house  competition?
There  is  nothing more  human  or  more 
natural  than  selfishness.  This  is  seen 
nowhere  more  forcibly  than  in  trade. 
Your customer  does  not go  to  the  de­
partment  store  or send  to  the  catalogue 
house  because  he  dislikes  you,  but  be­
cause  he  believes  he  can  do  better  for 
himself  and  his.

If  the  catalogue  house  or  department 
store  man  gets  his  trade,  it  is  because 
they have  made  him  believe  this.  They 
recognize  this  trait  of  human  character 
and  cater to  it.

Wouldn’t  you  do  the  same  if  you  had 
the  capital  and  the  opportunity?  Now 
be  honest.

Do  you  try  to take  advantage  of  this 
human  selfishness,  and  try  to  show  your 
customer how  he  is  doing  best  for  him­
self  and  his  by  trading  with  you,  even 
if  he  has  to  pay  a  slightly  higher  price?
Do  you  show  him  how  some  of  the 
money  he  pays  you  stays  at  home  to 
keep  up  the 
local  church,  school,  fire 
company,  etc.,  and  do  it  pleasantly, 
effectively  and  persistently?

Or  do  you 

jump  upon  him  and  the 
catalogue  house  rough-shod  and  often 
miss  the  truth  and too  sharply attack  the 
customer’s  judgment,  which  is  a  very 
tender point  with  him?

How  many  customers,  if  too  roughly 
convinced  of  an  error,  will  refuse  to 
correct  the  same,  simply  as  a  matter  of 
personal  pride,  or  through  a  dislike  to 
openly  come  out  and  admit  their  judg­
ment  was  wrong?

There  are  hundreds  of  merchants  to­
day  in  cities  and  villages  who  are  suc­
cessful  and  prosperous,  notwithstanding 
much  severe  competition.  They  are 
selling  large  quantities of goods,  getting 
fair  prices  and  making  nice  profits  and 
accumulating  a  competence.

In  these  same  cities  and  villages  are 
other  merchants  who  are  not thriving, 
although  they  have  practically  the  same 
conditions  to  meet.

I  do  not  wish  to  appear to argue  that 
personality 
is  everything  or  that  an 
acute  knowledge  of human  nature  will 
always  accomplish  desired  results.

I  do,  however,  believe  that  these  ele­
ments  are  important  factors  in  business 
success.

Barnum  said  that  people  like  to  be 
humbugged.  They  evidently  liked  Mr. 
Barnum’s  way  of  humbugging.  He was 
careful,  however,  that  his  humbugs  had 
no  stings.

How  many  men  have  made  fortunes 
from  a  knowledge  of  pure  human  curi­
osity.  How  many  men have  traded  to 
their  profit  on  human  credulity  and 
hope.

A  knowledge  that  men  can  be  easily 
made  to  believe  what they  really  want 
to  believe  has  enabled  many  a  man  to 
enlarge  his  bank  account.

In  our  fights  against  many  evils  we 
lost  sight  of 

have,  I  fear,  many  times 
some  of  our  most  effective  weapons.

We  sometimes  abuse  the  catalogue 
house  and  department  store  man.  He 
is  doing  simply  what  you  or  I  would 
do  were  we  in  his  place,  provided,  of 
course,  that he  is  at  least  fairly  honest, 
and  most of  them  doubtless  are.

is  buying  where  he  can  do the 
best,  selling  for  cash  and  making  some 
monev.  He  understands  human nature. 
This  knowledge  is  a  part  of  his stock  in 
trade  and 
it  is  yielding  him  good  re­
turns.  As long  as he  is  honest, we  should 
not  criticise  him. 
If  he  is  dishonest 
and  unfair,  be  should  be  punished,  and

He 

in  any*case  his  sins  will  ultimately  find 
him  out.

The  man  who  sells  the  department 
store  and  the  catalogue  house  at  cut 
prices,  and  allows  them  to  cut  prices  to 
the  consuming  public  to  a  point  where 
the  honest  retailer  can  not  compete,  is 
the  man  we  are  after.  His  own  selfish­
ness  has  blinded  his  vision  and  over­
shadowed  his 
judgment  of  the  rights 
and  nature  of others.

The  manufacturer  and  the  jobber  are 
the  men  we  must  educate,  but we  must 
not  attempt  it  with  a  club.

The  tendency  of  several  generations 

can  not  be  dissipated  in  a  year.

These  men  know  something  of  the 
laws  of  equilibrium  and  can  be  taught 
that  the  selfishness  of  a  few  hundred 
men  can  not  stand  against  the  selfish­
ness  of  several  thousands.  They  are  in­
terested 
in  themselves  and  theirs  and 
will  follow  the  paths  which  lead  to  the 
best  results.

A  few  might  be  driven 

into these 

paths.  All -can  be  led.

There 

is  also  a  widespread 

love  of 
absolute  and  exact  justice  among  men, 
and  the  majority  will  always  recognize 
this  principle. 
Those  who  will  not 
quickly  recognize  self-interest.

Justice  demands  that  thousands  of  re­
tailers  scattered  throughout  the land, and 
n close touch with  the consuming  public 
shall  have  an  equal  chance  with  the  de­
partment  store  and  catalogue  house  to 
make  an  honest  living.

There  should  be  equality  before  com­
mercial  as  well  as  before  constitutional 
aw.

let 

If  an  appeal  to  justice  fails,  then 
here  come  an  appeal  to  selfishness.
The  manufacturer and  the  jobber  are 
n  the  market  to  sell  goods  at  a  profit. 
Who  buy  the  most  and  pay  the  best 
yrices,  the  thousands  of  retailers,  or the 
hundreds of  department  stores and  cata- 
ogue  houses?
A  continued  and  persistent  appeal  to 
justice  and  selfishness  will  settle  these 
questions.

In  pursuing  these  methods,  nature 
ind  personality  should  not be  lost  sight 
}f.

Study  your  men.  Use  tact,  and  ever 
keep  in  mind  the  influences  which  gov­
ern  and  shape  human  conduct.  Be  fair, 
be  calm,  be  persistent,  and  above  all, 
be  just.

We  all  have  our troubles.  We  always 
have  had  them.  We  always  shall  have 
them.  The  mills  of  the  gods  grind 
slowly,  but  the  product  that  comes  from 
the  outlet  is  always  the  pure  and refined 
grain,  free  from  chaff and  cheat.

Study  your  mental  philosophy,  master 
your  moral  philosophy,  and  apply  the 
knowledge  gained  from  both  to  your 
every-day  business  and  social  relations, 
and,  if  you  don’t  achieve  at  least  fair 
success,  then  the  lessons  which  are 
in­
tended  to  be  conveyed in  this  article are 
all  wrong. 

F.  E .  Bonney  Paxton.

Hardware Price Current

A m m unition

Caps

6. D., full count, per m......................
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m................ .
Musket, perm................................... .
Ely’s Waterproof, per m...................
No. 22 short, per m ...........................
No. 22 long, per m .............................
No. 32 short, per m ...........................
No. 32 long, per m.............................

Cartridges

No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 280,  per m ......
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per  m..

Primers

Gun Wads

Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U. M. C..
Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, per m......
Black edge, No. 7, per m ...................

Loaded  Shells 

New Rival—For Shotguns

Gauge
10
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12

Drs. of
Powder

No.
120
129
128
126
135
154
200
208
236
265
264

Size
Shot
10
9
8 -
6
5
4
10
8
6
5
4

oz. of
Shot
154
1%
154
154
154
154
1
1
154
154
154
Discount 40 per cent.

4
4
4
4
454
4/4
3
3
3)4
354
354
Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
Kegs, 28 lbs., per keg............... 
.....
Y* kegs, 1254 lbs., per  J4  keg..............
14 kegs, 6M lbs., per H  keg...............

Gunpowder

Shot

Axes

Augurs  and  Bits

In sacks containing 25 lbs.
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B...........
Snell’s .................................................
Jennings  genuine...............................
Jennings’ Imitation.............................
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.................
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...............
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel...............
First Quality,  D. B. Steel...................
Railroad..............................................
Garden................................................net
Bolts
Stove ...................................................
Carriage, new U«t 
...... ....................
Plow ...................................................
Buckets
Well, plain..........................................

Barrows

B ntts,  Cast

Cast Loose Pin, figured.....................
Wrought Narrow...............................

40
80
75
60
2 6
3 00
4 95
5 80

1  20 
1  20

Per
ICO
$2 90
2 90
2 90
2 90
2 95
3 00
2 50
2 60
2 66
2 70
2 70

4 00
2 25 
1  25

60
26
50
7 00 
11  50 
7 75 
13 00
15 00 
30 00

60
65&10
60
$4 00

Chain

5-16 in.
X in. 
.  6  C.  ..
. 5 c . .
.
.  6H 
. .  654

•..  754 
. ..  754 

54 In. 
..  454c
...  6
..  654

54 In.
Com........
....  7  c.  .
BB.........
....  854 
BBB........ ....  85£ 
Cast Steel, per lb.

Socket Firmer  .. 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Corner... 
Socket Slicks....

Elbows

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

Expansive  Bits

Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26..............
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30....................
New American...................................
Nicholson’s..........................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps..........................

Files—New  List

Galvanized  Iron 

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

14 

13 

16 

Discount,  70

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

Gauges

Glass

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

H am m ers

Two  D rinks  for a Q uarter.

A  young  man  about  town  who  thought 
he  had  seen  the  limit  in  strange  hap­
penings  ran  up  against  a  new  one  last 
Monday  night.  He  had  drifted  into  a 
hotel  bar  for a  drink  and  while standing 
at  the  bar  an  elderly  man,  very  nicely 
indication  of 
dressed,  and  with  every 
prosperity,  if  not  wealth,  came 
in  and 
ordered  a  drink  of  15-cent  whisky,  en­
quiring  at the  same  time  if  that  brand 
were  not sold  at  the  rate  of  two  drinks 
for  a  quarter.  Upon  receiving  a  reply 
in  the  affirmative  the  old  chap produced 
a  flask,  laid  down a  quarter  and  asked 
the  bartender to  put  the  other  drink 
in 
the  bottle  to  take  away  with  him.  The 
bartender,  dazed,  did so without  a  word, 
and  the  incident  was  closed.

Hinges

Hollow  W are

Maydole & Co.’s, new list....................dis
Yerkes & Plumb’s............................... dis
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...............30c list
Gate, Clark’s 1,2 ,3 .............................dis
Pots...........................................*........ '
Kettles................................................
Spiders..............................................
Au Sable............................................dis
House  F urnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list.................
Japanned Tinware..I..........................
Bar Iron..............................................2 25
Light Band........................................   3

Horse  Nails

Iron

Knobs—New  List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...........
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.........
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz.......................
Warren, Galvanized Fount...............

L anterns

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

Levels

Mattocks

Metals—Zinc

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

Adze Eye................................ $17 00..dis  70—10

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

Miscellaneous

Bird Cages.......................................... 
Pumps, Cistern................................... 
Screws, New List............................... 
Casters, Bed and Plate....................... 
Dampers, American........................... 

Molasses  Gates

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

Pans

7548
40
75
80
so&io&io
60

60&10
30

Fry, Acme...........................................  60&10&10
Common,  polished.............................  
70&5
P atent  Planished  Iron 

A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 76 
B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 75
Broken packages He per pound extra.

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

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

Planes

Nails

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

Rivets

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

Roofing  Plates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean....................
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean....................
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean....................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade...
14x20IX, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade...
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade...
20x28IX,Charcoal, Allaway  Grade...

Ropes

Sisal, 54 Inch and larger......................
Manilla......................  .......................

7

70

60
60
50
w

2 65 
2  65 
Base 
5 
10 
20
30
46
70
50
15
25
35
25
35
46
85

6 60 
7 60 
13 00 
6 50 
6 60 
11  00 
13 00

80

25 00

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

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

Sand  P aper 

Sash  W eights

Sheet Iro n

com. smooth.

com. 
$3 20 
3 20 
3 30 
3 40 
3 50 
3 60
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 1 4.................................
Nos. 16 to 17..................................
Nos. 18 to 21..................................
Nos. 22 to 24 ..................................  3 60
Nos. 25 to 26 ..................................  3 70
No. 27............................................   3 80
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels  and  Spades

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

8 00
7  60

54@54...........................................................  
21
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market Indicated by private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Solder

Squares

Steel and Iron.

Tin—Melyn  Grade

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
20x14 IX, Charcoal..............................
Tin—Allaw ay  Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................
B oiler  Size Tin  Plate 

Each additional X on this grade, $1.60 

 

Traps

ton’s................... 

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, >  DOUnd 
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, ) 1)61 pouna" 
Steel,  Game........................................  
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... 
Oneida  Community ,  Hawley  &  Nor­
 
Mouse, choker  per doz...................... 
Mouse, delusion, pe/ doz.......................... 
Bright Market..................................... 
Annealed  Market............................... 
Coppered Market................................ 
Tinned  Market...................................  
Coppered Spring Steel....................... 
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.......................  
Barbed Fence, Painted............................. 
Bright.................................................  
Screw Eyes.........................................  
Hooks................................................ 
Gate Hooks and Eyes......................... 

W ire  Goods

W ire

 

W renches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled..........  
Coe’s Genuine..................................... 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, |Wrought..706il0

65

$ 8 50 
8  60 
9 76

7 00
7 00
8 60 
8 60

10
10
^75
40&10
65
15

1 25

60
60
60&10
50&10
40

3 30
3 00

80
80
80
80
30
30

66 
1  26
40&10

40
25
70&10
70
70

28
17

60&10

85&
85&
80&20

3354
40&10
70
60&10
60&10
60&10
50&10

70
20&10
c rates 
c rates

5 00 
00

8

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

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

WEDNESDAY,  -  •  FEBRUARY 27.1901.

ST A T E   OF  M ICHIGAN }
j 

County  of  Kent 

*

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows:

I  am  pressman 

in  the  office  of the 
Tradesman  Company  and  have  charge 
of  the  presses  and  folding  machine  m 
and 
that  establishment. 
issue  of 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the 
Feb.  20, 
saw  the  edition 
mailed 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 
further deponent  saith  not.

I  printed 

1901,  and 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
notary  public  in ' and  for  said  county, 
this  twenty-third  day  of  February,  1901.

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Mich.

A  MATTER OF CHOICE.

indulged 

During  the  burning  of  a  residence 

in 
a  Western  State  recently  two  hrothers 
were  burned—one  fatally  and  the  other 
so  badly  injured  that  his  sight  was  de­
stroyed—while  they  were  trying  to  se­
cure  a  pocketbook  containing  $540.  The 
report  did  not  state  that they secured the 
money  and  the  shocked  and  sympathiz­
ing  reader  put  down  the  paper  deplor­
ing  the  foolishness  that  will  incur  such 
fearful  risks,  involving,  as  these  did, 
the 
life  of  the  one  and  the  eyesight  of 
the  other.  It  was  foolhardy  from  begin­
ning  to  end  and,  had  the  result  been 
the  sharpest  criticism 
less  dreadful, 
would  have  been 
in  to  the 
effect that  money  is  not  everything  and 
that  he  who  is  willing  to risk everything 
for  it  must  not  complain  if  the  odds 
in 
the  end  are  against  him.  Far  from  the 
scene  of  the  appalling  misfortune  and 
over his  coffee,  a  man  is  liable  to  put it 
down  as  an  instance  of  what  mankind 
will  do  where  money  is  concerned.  The 
idea  of  throwing  a  life  away  for $270 
and  living,  it  may  be,  for  years  blind 
for the  same  pitiful  sum !  And  yet  the 
man  over  his  coffee  and  an  army  of 
others  like  him  are  doing  that  same 
thing,  and  have  been  doing  it  for  years, 
risking 
life  and  health  and  comfort— 
everything—for $270,or  what  that  paltry 
It  is  a  mere  matter 
amount  stands  for! 
of  choice.  The  brothers 
in  the  news­
paper  item  took  their  way.  The  other 
men 
in  the  human  family  are  taking 
theirs.  The  end  is the  same.

With  a  business  established  and  a 
competency  secured,  there  is  no  need  of 
running  these  desperate  risks,  and  yet 
there  is  not  a  life  calling  which  can  not 
present  its  countless 
instances  where 
“ life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happi­
ness”   are  constantly  sought 
for  and 
toiled  for and  sacrificed,  when  secured, 
for  the  Almigthy  Dollar.  The 
lawyer 
with  bis  brief  and  the  doctor  with  his

patient  find  no  place  to  practice the  rest 
and  the  recuperation,  the  lack  of  which 
they  know  is  sending  them  to  their 
graves.  The  world  of  business  is  peo­
pled  with  men  who  are  constantly  toil­
ing  for  the  accumulation  of  money 
which  they  do  not need  and  so are mak­
ing  it  the  end  and  not  the  means  of  liv­
ing.  Meat  and  the  wherewith  to  buy  it 
are  more  than  life,  the  raiment  is  more 
than  the  body,  and,  for  these  things 
which  perish  when  they  do,  men  are 
working  might  and  main,  caring  fcr 
nothing  else  and  thinking  of  nothing 
else.  So eager have  they  become  in  the 
art  of  money  getting  that they  have shut 
themselves  from  all  culture  and  all  gen­
erous  pleasure  and  so  become  a  sort of 
machine  which  works  in  a  single  line 
of  manufacture.  That 
is 
worth  to  them.  That  is  its  end, its  aim, 
and,  with  their  choice  made,  they  are 
willing  to  abide  the  consequences. 
If 
the  result  be  blindness,  well  and  good. 
If  it  be  life itself,  it is  worth  the  recom­
pense,  let 
It  is  only  a  matter of 
choice  and  one  way  is  as  good  as  an­
other.

is  all 

it  go. 

life 

There  is  another side  to this question : 
This 
is  a  world  of  work,  and  ease,  the 
pretended  aim  of  all  toil,  is  a  fool's 
paradise.  Suppose  that these  busy  men 
were  to  yield  to  persuasion  and  give  up 
business.  What  then?  A  mental  and 
physical  rusting  to death. 
It  is  a  mere 
matter  of  choice. 
Is  that  commend­
able?  Better  a  dozen  wear-outs  than  a 
single  rust-out,  and  the 
latter  comes 
first.  A  man  out of  work  is  a dead man 
although  he  possess  millions. 
The 
world  walks  straight  over  him  and  the 
fact  that  he  has  nothing  to  do  in  the 
world’s  business  and  is  doing  nothing 
there  makes  him  a  nobody.  He  loses 
his  influence and  goes  for  nothing,“ and 
the  last  state  of  that  man  is  worse  than 
thé  first. ”

last  condition 

A  little  reflection  will  strengthen  the 
statement  that  this 
is 
simply  the  other extreme  and it  remains 
to  consider whether there  is  not a  com­
mon  ground  where  the  extremists  may 
stand.  Admitting  that  wearing  out 
is 
better  than  rusting  out,  does  it  follow 
necessarily  that  either  extreme  is  need­
ful?  Must  the  toiler  work  needlessly 
long  and  constantly?  Must  fret  and 
worry  and  anxiety  and  care attend every 
day’s  work  for  every  day  in  the  year 
and  far  into  every  night?  It  is  a  matter 
of  choice,  must  this  be  the  choice?  Not 
so.  A 
little  different  wording  of  the 
policy  is  all  that  is  necessary.  “ Do  not 
get  others  to  that  which  you  can  do 
yourself,”   as  life  goes  on,  should  be 
changed 
into  “ Do  not  do that  which 
oihers  can  do  as  well 
and  then  the 
happy  medium 
is  reached.  There  is 
then  no  wearing  out,  no  rusting  out. 
The  avoiding  of  extremes  makes  the 
matter no  longer a  one  of  choice  and 
then  when  the  day’s  work  is  over  the 
sleep  which  follows  will  in  its  turn  be 
followed  by  a  period  of  well-earned  and 
unending  rest.

There  is  no  more  pronounced  type  of 
the  public  nuisance  than  the  man  who 
proceeds  upon  the  assumption  that  the 
community  can  not  possibly  get  along 
without  his  assistance.

One  success  makes  the  next  easier  to 
achieve,  and  finally  we  wonder at  our 
own  progress.  Of  course  our ambition, 
like  every  other  passion,  should  be  kept 
within  proper  bounds.

After a  man  has  failed  a few  times  he 
begins  to  feel  competent to give  advice 
to  others.

NOT FOR SOUR APPLES.

There  was  a  lull  in  the  hum  of  busi­
ness 
in  one  of  the  busiest  wholesale 
offices  in  Grand  Rapids  and  the  man  at 
the  desk  found  a  momentary  relief  in 
talking  of  matters  having  no  connection 
with  the  grocery  trade.  Chance  intro­
duced  the  name  of  a  city  clergyman and 
this  led  to  a  discussion  of  his  merits  as 
a  preacher,  which  the  President  of  the 
wholesale  house  closed  with  a  single  re­
mark:  “ He  preach?  He  can’ t  preach 
for sour apples!“

The  statement,  true  in  every  respect, 
declared  an 
indisputable  fact,  and  at 
the  same  time  led  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  pulpit  is  not  the  only  position  in 
the  world  where  the  occupant,  failing  to 
fulfill  the  duties  devolving  upon  him, 
for  reasons  best  known  to  himself de­
cides  to  remain  in  the  place  and,  with 
no attempt to  make  himself equal  to  it, 
insists  on  degrading  himself,  as  well  as 
the  position  he  knows,  or  ought 
to 
know,  that  he  can  never  fill.  The  fact 
that he  has  long  held  the  place,  that  the 
training,  it  may  be,  of  years  has  been 
given  to this  single  purpose,  has  little 
to  do  with  the  question.  The  man  is 
not  equal  to the  demands  of  the  posi­
tion—as  the  grocer  so  aptly  puts  it, 
“ He  can’t  preach  for sour apples” —and 
it  is  his  bounden  duty  to  look  for  and 
get  into some  position  where  he  can.

If  professional  life  furnished  the only 
instances  where  the  sour apples  would 
answer for the  merited  income  it  would 
be  well  enough  to  let the  matter  rest 
just  there;  but  there 
is  hardly  a  life- 
calling  which  does  not  furnish  the  am­
plest  illustration.  Only  a  few  weeks  ago 
the  columns  of  the  Tradesman  recorded 
among  its  biographical  sketches  an 
in­
stance  where  the  man  was  passing  from 
one  class  of business  to another,  hoping 
to  find  the  actual  corresponding  to  the 
ideal  that  had  haunted  him  from  the 
first  day  he  entered  the  field  of trade 
until  that  happy  moment  when  he found 
what  he  had  been  looking  for  for years. 
The  field 
is  large,  it  contains all  there 
is  of every  form  of commercial  activity, 
from  the  handling  of  the  commonest, 
coarsest  goods  to  the  far-reaching  judg­
ment  demanded  in  deciding  the  whims 
and  fads  of  a  future  season,  and  it  is 
no  wonder that  the  novice  in  this  limit­
less  field  of 
industry  should  find  the 
search  for  his  particular  liking  a  long 
and  often  disappointing  one.  To  him, 
however,  who knows  what he  wants,  and 
who  is  restless  and  unsatisfied  until  he 
gets  exactly  that,  the  long-looked-for  is 
sure  to  come,  at 
last,  to  be  duly  fol­
lowed  by  the  success  after  which  all 
men  are  striving,  whether the  craft  they 
follow  be  of brain  or  hand  or  both.  He 
only  who gets  the  work  he 
is  naturally 
fitted  for  will  find  men’s  estimate  of 
him  to  be  that  he  can  preach  not  only 
for  sour  apples,  but  for others  equally 
marketable  if he  so desire.

There 

is  a  comer  grocery  store  not 
many  miles  from  this  city  where  the 
single  clerk  is  trying  to  settle  this  very 
question.  He  is  not afraid  of  work,  he 
is  not a  clock-watcher,  he  is  not  averse 
to  soiling  his  hands.  When  he  sweeps 
be  moves  the  barrels  and  he  does  not 
leave  the  dirt  in  a  pile  under the  coun­
ter.  He  does  not  go  from  measuring 
potatoes  to  the  handling  of  butter  with­
out  washing  his  hands  and  he  does  not 
believe 
it  impossible  for  a  clerk  in  a 
grocery  store  to  wear a  clean  collar  and 
to  keep  his  finger  nails  immaculate. 
He  has  considerable  to  do  with  the 
books  and  the  proprietor of  the  store 
is 
constantly  saying  commendable  things 
about  the  boy.  He  has  been  working

there  for six  months  and  he  has  about 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  same 
amount  of  work 
in  some  other  line  of 
trade  will  suit  his  purpose  best  and 
bring  him 
in  contact  with  a  class  of 
goods  and  a  class  of  men  more  to  his 
liking  than  those  he  knows  now.  For 
awhile,  it  may  be  for  years,  this 
level­
headed  young  man 
is  going  from  one 
position  to another  with  an  ideal  in  his 
brain  which  he 
is  determined  some­
where  to realize ;  and he will succed.  He 
is  going  to  be  another of  these  fellows 
who  will  know  sour apples  when  he sees 
them  and 
in  his  favorite  line  of  work 
will  preach  for,  around  and  all  over 
them,  and  the  money  he  gets  for  his 
preaching  will be  a  willing  tribute  from 
those  who  know  him  that  he  has  not 
only  found  his  place 
in  the  world  of 
work,  but  is  filling  it  to  his  own  satis­
faction  and  that  of  those  who  are  ben­
efited  by  it.

About  three  months  ago  the  Trades­
man  called  the  attention  cf 
its  readers 
to  the questionable  methods  pursued  by 
the  Regal  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Chi­
cago,  in  obtaining  contracts  for  oilettes 
and  frames  from  country  merchants.  A 
representative  of  the  Tradesman  subse­
quently  called  at  the  office  of  the  com­
pany  and  was  so  unfavorably  impressed 
with  the  management  that  a  general 
warning  was  published  by  the  Trades­
man,  cautioning  its  readers  not to  have 
anything  to  do  with  the  concern.  Some 
later  another  trade  journal  took 
weeks 
issued  a  similar 
the  matter  up  and 
warning  to 
its  subscribers.  Unfortu­
nately,  there  are  merchants  who  do  not 
read  the  Michigan  Tradesman  or the 
Modern  Grocer, in consequence of  which 
they  have  been  mulcted  by  one  of  the 
most  cleverly-concocted  swindles  ever 
originated'by  the  fertile  brain  and  cun­
ning  hand  of  Chicago  fakirs. 
The 
Tradesman  takes  pleasure  in  presenting 
two  articles  on  this  subject  this  w eek - 
one  referring  to  the  injunction  obtained 
against  the  company  by  Marion,  Ind., 
merchants,  which  appears  on  page  12, 
and  the  other  describing  the  modus 
operandi  pursued  by  the  swindlers, 
which  appears  on  page  32.  Both  arti­
cles  will  bear careful  perusal,  because 
they  both  confirm  the  strong  statements 
made  by  the  Tradesman  regarding  the 
Regal  Manufacturing  Co.  at  the  time 
the  original  exposure  of  its methods  ap­
peared  in  this  publication.

So  Sampson  is  a  snob,  after all,  and 
those  of  us  who  have  stood  by  him  in 
his ambition  to  he  awarded  greater  hon­
ors  at  the  hands  of  Congress  find  1hat 
we  have  unintentionally championed the 
cause  of  a  man  who  is  unworthy  of  our 
assistance.  Coming  from  the 
lowest 
level  of  the  common  people,  he  appears 
to  have  entirely  overlooked  his  own 
humble  origin  in  his  attack  on  a  young 
officer of the  Navy  who  aspired  to high­
er honors  as  a  reward 
for  heroic  serv­
ices. 
It  appears  to  be  one  of  the penal­
ties  of  greatness  that  a  man  who  can 
wiu  distinction  at  Manila  and  Santiago 
is great  only  as  long  as  he  confines  his 
operations  to  the  seas—that  when  he  be­
comes  a  landlubber he 
is  found  to  be 
made  of  the  same  common clay of which 
the  rest  of  us  are  constructed.

In  a  few  brief  weeks  Mrs.  Carrie  Na­
tion  has  smashed  herself  into  a  salary of 
$700  per week  for  a  series  of  lectures. 
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We  should  seek  to  benefit 

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

9

BEARING  THE  BURDEN.

A ll  People  and  A ll  P roperty  Should  Be 

Taxed.*

The  needs  of  our  State  in  its  various 
departments  have  increased  to  such  an 
extent  that  those  heretofore  contributing 
have  become  restless  under  the  strain 
of  taxation,  and  while they  are  not  able, 
of  course,  to  point  out  a  remedy,  they 
somehow  have  come  to  believe  that too 
many  people  escape  altogether,  while 
the  majority  pay  less  than  they  should.
impossible  for  human 
agency  to  devise  a  plan  which,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  persons  affected,  would 
he  entirely  equal.  Some  of  our  people 
are  prosperous  and  the  tax  bears  lightly 
upon  them,  but  the  greater  number 
either  have  unproductive  real  estate  or 
are  unsuccessful 
in  their  business,  or 
they  have  low  wages  or  perhaps no work 
at  all.

It  would  be 

When  the  tax  gatherer comes  to  these 
less  fortunate  classes,  it  is  difficult  to 
make  them  understand  that they  are  not 
paying  more  than  their  share  and  that 
the  wealthy,  the  prosperous  and  the  cor­
porations  ought to  pay more—if, indeed, 
they  did  not  pay  at  all.

imposed  by  the 

Taxes  are  denned  to  be  “ burdens  or 
charges 
legislative 
power of  a  state  upon  persons  or  prop­
erty,  to  raise  money  for  public  pur­
poses.”   Further,  that  “ tax  legislation 
means  the  making  of  laws  that  are  to 
furnish  the measure of  every  man’s  duty 
in  support  of  the  public  burdens  and 
the  means  of  enforcing  it.”

It  follows  as  a  matter of  course  that 
the  power  of  the  Legislature  to  tax 
is 
practically  unlimited-----provided,  al­
ways,  that  the  outlay 
is  for a  purpose 
that the  courts  will  call  public,  and  that 
the  method  of  raising  the  tax  is  uni­
form.

It  is  not  generally  understood  that 
our  present  method  is  the  result  of mod­
ern  civilization. 
In  feudal  times  the 
plan  was  wholly  different,  and  under  it 
all  persons  were  obliged  in  some  way 
and  to  some  extent  to  furnish  a  fair 
share  toward  the  public  burden—while 
now  the  above  rule  has  been  lost  sight 
of  and  the 
load  rests  upon  a  far  less 
number  than  the  whole,  and  by  one 
means  and  another  a  large  percentage 
are  exempted.

We  are  supposed  to  be making certain 
it  may  be  that  the  best 
progress,  and 
evidence  of  this  is  the  manner  in  which 
society 
is  maintained,  by  compelling 
the  industrious,  the  frugal  and  the  for­
tunate  to  furnish  the  money  which  may 
be  found  necessary  to answer the various 
calls  of  modem  society.

The  fundamental  idea  originally  was, 
in  primitive  conditions,  that  each  per­
join  with  all  the  others  in 
son  should 
giving  a  portion  of  his  time  and 
labor 
for  the  common  good. 
It  was  in  that 
way  that  the  roads  were  made  and  kept 
in  order,  the  buildings  for  public  use 
were  constructed,  and  hence  we  find  the 
public  meeting  place  and  the  public 
school  house  constructed  and  the  affairs 
of  the  community  conducted  with  but a 
small  outlay  of  money.

As  time  progressed  social  require­
ments  not only  multiplied,  but  have  be­
come  more  exacting,  until  from  the  sev­
eral  sources  demands  are  made  which 
even  a  few  years  ago  were  not  dreamed 
In  the  meantime  a  large  propor­
of. 
tion  of  those  originally 
contributing 
have  dropped  out altogether.

In  a  State  like  ours  we  have  the  ex­
penses  incident  to  the  executive,  the 
legislative  and  the judicial departments.
*Address  by  Hon.  Thomas  J.  O’Brien  before 

Michigan Legislature Feb. 14.1901.

We  have  our  institutions  of  learning, 
our asylums  and  our penal 
institutions, 
and  with  them  all  the  expensive  ma­
chinery  which  modern  sentiment  can 
suggest.  These 
institutions  are  under 
the  control  of  boards,  and  these  boards 
are  selected  from  among  the  most prom­
inent  citizens  of  the  State.  In  the nature 
of  things  they  become  partisans  of  the 
several institutions which they represent, 
and  are  easily  convinced  that  new  im­
provements,  extensions  and  betterments 
of  one  sort  and  another  are  not only 
necessary, but  can  no  longer be  delayed.
When  the  Legislature  is  surrounded 
by  this  class  of  gentlemen,  acting  in  a 
patriotic  spirit  and  without  hope  of 
profit  to  themselves,  what  wonder  that 
members  relax  their  ideas  of  economy 
and  are  induced  to  vote  appropriations 
more  and  more  as  the  sessions  recur?
Then,  apart  from  the  State,  there 

is 
the  government  of the  county,  with  its 
courts,  its  officers,  its  poor  and  various 
other channels  demanding money.  Then 
we  have  the  township  and  city,  each 
having 
its  special  local  demand,  and, 
in  the  case  of  the  city  at  least,  the  enor­
mous  burden  incident  to  the  local  gov­
ernment  and  support  of  the  public 
schools.

Michigan  is  not  a  rich  State,  and  yet 
1  am  told  that  the  class  of  people  who 
pay  taxes  must  annually—year  after 
year—somehow  get  together  and  pour 
into the  public  treasury over twenty mil­
lions  of  dollars.  This  demand 
is  not 
unusual,  it  not  only  will  continue,  ap­
parently,  but  the  amount  is  constantly 
increasing.

Apart  from  this  load  put  upon  us  by 
is  the  ever  increasing 
the  State,  there 
demand  on  the  part  of  the General  Gov­
ernment.  The  requirements  from  this 
source  have  reached  the  point  where 
it 
is  said  that  the  estimate  for the  next 
two  years  is  placed  at  the  stupendous 
amount  of a  billion  and  a  half  of  dol­
lars.

Besides  the  demands  of  the  State  and 
the  Government,  you  are  all  familiar 
with  the  other demands,  which  are  not 
obligatory,  but  necessary,  such  as  the 
support  of  the  churches,  the  charitable 
institutions  and other  organizations  of  a 
voluntary  character,  and these  demands, 
as  well  as  the  others,  are  always  in­
creasing  year  by  year.

The  thoughtful  citizen  may  well  take 
thought  of  the  future  and  consider,  if he 
can,  where  the  ultimate  limit  may  be, 
and  take 
into  account  the  question 
whether  society,  civilization  and  the 
Government  are  not  too  expensive  and 
too  extravagant,  and  at 
all  events 
whether  we  can  keep  up the  extraor­
dinary  pace.

Constantly  recurring  demands  in  be­
half  of  the  public  demands  which  the 
average  citizen  did  not  create,  and 
which  at  all  events  he  does  not  feel  re­
sponsible  for,grow tiresome  after a  time 
to  the  best  and  most  patriotic  citizen. 
He  complains  mildly  at  first,  but  grows 
furious 
in  time.  When  enough  such 
join  their  cries  together,  we  have  the 
resulting  reaction  and  possible  danger 
to  the  State.

If  the  obligations  are  to be  continued 
and  these  vast  sums  of  money  are  to  be 
annually  collected,  the  burdens  will  not 
be  borne  unless  there  is  a  general  un­
derstanding  that  the  load  is  being  fair­
ly  and  equally  distributed,  and  that 
every  man  having  the  benefit  of  the  law 
shall  contribute  to  some  extent  to  the 
support  of  the  Government.

It  would  be  safe  to  declare  that  if  our 
Government  were an absolute monarchy, 
instead  of being  what  it  is,  a  pure  de­

mocracy,  and  such  burdens  were  put 
upon  us  as  we voluntarily  put  upon  our­
selves,  revolution  would  soon  follow, 
and  the  facts  being  known,  mankind 
would  say  that  the  revolution  was  fully 
justified.

It  may  be  that  1  was  not  asked  or  ex­
pected  to  say  these  things,  but  a  note  of 
warning  now  and  then  by  one  not  in 
power,  nor  likely  to  be,  nor seriously  to 
be  affected  by  the  ever  growing  bur­
dens,  may  not  be  out  of  place,  and  1 
beg  that  you  may  not  disregard  it.

The  conditions  of 

fifty  years  ago, 
when  our constitution  was  adopted  and 
when  the  laws  in  pursuance  of 
it  were 
put  in  force,  were  wholly  different  from 
the  present.  The  machinery  which  was 
quite  good  enough  then  no longer  serves 
our  purpose.  Property  for the  most  part 
consisted  of  lands  and the improvements 
thereon,  the  personal property connected 
with  farms,  merchandise in  the  hands  of 
dealers, quite  limited in amount,  a small 
amount  of  property  incident  to  manu­
facturing  and  a  very  limited  amount  of 
money,  or  what  stood  for  money.

The  necessities  of  the  State,  the coun­
ties  and  the  towns  were 
limited  and 
simple,  so  that  assessments  were  easily 
made,  and  while  valuations  were  now 
and  then  grumbled  about,  the  sum  de­
manded  was  small  and  the  money  was 
forthcoming  from  year to  year.

Since  then  two  conditions  have  been 
gradually  changing,  developing,  grow­
ing—these  are  now  forced  upon  our  at­
tention  and  we  may  not  ignore  them, 
even  if  we  would.  These  changed  con­
ditions  are:

First.  The  needs  for  public  revenue 
have  more  than quadrupled, and yet,  un­
der  the  constitution  and  the  supervisor 
system,  methods  and  sources  have  re­
mained  practically  the  same.

Second.  Since  1850  there  has  been  a 
vast  change 
in  the  class  of  properties 
subject  to  taxation  and,  through  the 
growth  of  corporations  and  otherwise, 
new  sources  of  revenue  have  come  into 
being.

in  various 

Since  that  time  the  great  mining 
properties  of  the  State  have  been  un­
covered  and  developed—thousands  of 
miles  of  railroad  have  been constructed, 
our  State  has  not  been  left  behind  in 
the  era  of  marvelous  industrial  develop­
ment,  while  wealth 
forms 
and  from  a  hundred  different  sources 
has  transformed  our  new,  our  simple 
into  a  real  and  genuine 
civilization 
commonwealth,  having  within 
its  bor­
ders  the  productions,  the  resources  and 
the  wealth  of  an  empire.  Not  only  this, 
but  we  have  a  population  patriotic 
enough  and  intelligent  enough  to  gov­
ern  themselves  and  from  their  surplus 
bounties  to  aid  now  and  then  those 
without  the  borders  who  are  less  fortu­
nate.

A  system,  however,  which  was  good 
enough  for  the  time  when 
it  was 
adopted  has become  outgrown  and  anti­
quated,  and  we  must  set  in  motion  new 
methods,  constructed  on  modern 
lines.
In  what  I  have  to  say  in this direction 
I  ignore  the  limitations  of  the  constitu­
tion  and  will  assume  that  whatever  is 
for the  best  interests  of  the  people 
in 
way  of  tax  reform  the  people  will 
adopt,  and  that the  plan  which  you  for­
mulate  will  carry  with  it  any  amend­
ments of  the  constitution  which  may  be 
necessary  to  make  the  plan  legal.

Read  Article  14  of  the  constitution, 
and  you  will  find  some  things  which 
stand  in  the  way  of  what  is  now  for our 
best  interest,and yet  very  slight  changes 
may  fit  it  to  present  conditions.

Section  1  provides  that  specific  taxes,

with the exception of those received from 
mining  companies,  shall,  instead  of  be­
ing  distributed  pro  rata,  the  same  as 
direct  State  taxes,  be diverted  to  certain 
specified  uses.

The  reason  underlying  this  no  doubt 
was  the  universal  wish  to  provide  for 
the  common  schools  of  the  State,  be­
cause 
it  was  feared  that,  if  the  main­
tenance  of  the  district  school  were  left 
to  local  contributions  of  the  school  dis­
trict,  education  might  be neglected,  and 
this  could  under  no  circumstances  be 
tolerated.

lately  been  reaffirmed 

The  plan  of  so diverting  the  specific 
tax  has 
in  an 
amendment  to  the  constitution,  and  yet 
it  is  worth  considering  whether that  was 
not  an  opportune  time  to  have  changed 
the  law  in  this  respect  and  to  have  al­
lowed  specific  taxes,  either  in  whole  or 
in  greater  part,  to  go  into  the  treasury 
for the  general  expenses of the  State. 

What  more  do we  find  in  this  article? 
“ Sec.  10.  The  State  may  continue 
to  collect  all  specific  taxes  accruing  to 
the  treasury  under  existing  laws.  The 
Legislature  may  provide  for the  collec­
tion  of  specific  taxes,  from  banking, 
railroad,  plank  road  and  other  corpora­
tions  hereafter  created.

“ Sec.  11.  The  Legislature  shall  pro­
vide a uniform rule of taxation,except on 
property  paying  specific taxes, and  taxes 
shall  be  levied  on  such  property as  shall 
be  prescribed  by  law.

“ Sec.  12.  All  assessments  hereafter 
authorized  shall  be  on  property  at  its 
cash  value. ”

Perhaps  the  few sentences above given 
are  sufficiently  comprehensive  to  cover 
such  a  reform  in  the 
legislative  enact­
ments  as  the  occasion  demands,  and  for 
the  purpose  of  this  discussion  I  will  as­
sume that  they  are  sufficient.

When  a  man  has  surrounded  himself 
with  various  kinds  of  property  and  has 
also  incurred 
indebtedness,  he 
naturally  from  time  to  time  casts  about 
to  consider  his  resources,  to decide  in 
what  way  he  can  meet  his  obligation 
without  embarrassment.

large 

In  the  case  of  the  people  of  M ichi­
gan,  perhaps  the  like  practice  has  been 
too  long  delayed,  and  in  undertaking  a 
reform  of  our  tax  system,  you  will  no 
doubt  find  it  profitable  to  also  consider 
the  resources  of  the  State,  not  only  as 
to  their  character,  but  to  what  extent 
they  can  respond  in  taxes  with  the  least 
possible  harm  to  person  and property.

I  will  mention  a  few  sources  of  rev­

enue  as  they  occur to  me :

1.  Lands  and 

the 

improvements 

thereon.

Intangible  property.

2.  Tangible  personal  property.
3. 
4.  Railroads  and  their  equipment.
5.  Electric  railroads.
6.  Telegraph  and  telephones.
7.  Mines.
8.  Money,  bonds,  notes,  mortgages 
and  other  evidences  of  debt,  including 
bank  deposits.

9.  Citizenship.
Inheritances.
10. 
11. 
Incomes.
There  may  be  other  kinds  of  prop­
erty,  but  I  believe  the  foregoing  analy­
sis  will  fairly  cover  all  the  sources  from 
which  revenue  may  be  obtained.

With  your  permission  I  will  refer to 

them  in  their order:

First. 

Lands  and  their 

improve­

ments.

This  class  of  property  is  the  easiest 
reached  and  the  hardest  to  conceal  of 
any.  The  owners  of  the  agricultural 
lands  of  the  State  are  among  those  who 
have  become  most  discontented  and

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

have  made  themselves  believe  that  they 
are  badly  treated.

It  may  be  that  their  claims  are  well 
founded,  and  yet  the  people  of  our 
State,  compared  with  those  of  some  of 
the  others,  are  not  heavily  taxed.

This  class  of  property  will  no  doubt 
continue  to  be  assessed  by  some  ma­
chinery 
in  substantially  the  same  way 
as  heretofore.  The  evil  of  undervaluing
lands,  and improvements  generally.  has
prevailed in  the•  State  from  the  elutset
and  no  gimoral
reform  can  take  1place
until  this  jpractice■  shall  be  corrected.

With  an intellis;ent  and  properly car-
ried  out  plan,  it  would  not  mean  that 
the  owner  would  be  burdened  heavier 
than  he 
indeed.  1  fancy  that, 
even  with  the  present  demands  for  rev-
enue. his  betrden  would  be  lightened.

is  now 

Secorni.

Tangible  persona!  property.
Phis would include  the  personal  prop­
ertv  t0  be  foound  upon  the  farms  and 
in
the  tow ns  in  whatever  form  it  might lx-.
This  class  of  property  has also  here­
tofore  Seen  undervalued  in  large  meas­
ure.  and  in  still  larger  measure  has  not 
been  taxed  at  all.

No  genuine  reform  respecting  these 
two  classes  of  property  can  be  had  un­
der  the  prevailing  system tor  the  assess­
ing  of  property.  Fhe  origin  of  all  these 
assessments  ts  the  township  and  ward.

woëssïsïs  arc  other trt'ncs 
be  ceasstòe’ec  r-roex-rtv.

or  wc® -c 

VicF;gaz  îuss  as.  exstsBaçCfc«  ¿t*.  visi 
raòersccvv:

'■ ei  it  2&£X  tec  he  gessrrx 

that  the  majority  of  the  states  do  not 
have  it. 
It  would  be  well  for  this  State 
if  it  should  be  repealed. 
It  is  by  way 
of  this  excuse  that  the  household  and 
in­
other  like  personal  property  of  the 
dividual,  no  matter  how  valuable, 
is 
absolutely  ignored.  And  so the  benefi­
cent  idea  which  the  makers  of  the 
law- 
had  in  mind,  by  which  the  poor  should 
from  taxes  on  their  little 
be  relieved 
holdings,  has  been  turned 
in­
strument  of  fraud,  evasion  and  dishon­
esty.

into  an 

1  do  not  know  what  others’  experi­
ences  may  have  been,  but,  after a  con­
siderable  observation,  1  do  not  know  of
any  p<'rson vvh0 is  thus vis ited  by the
supere isor, or whose  personai  pro ierty
of  the charICtt*r I  have referred  to ever
finds  its  waly  t0 the  rol S.

itS  Jtt

h ire  would,

The amoant tltus  am tied and  escap-
ing 
in  my  j udg-
ment. amenjnt K millio ns 0 : dollars, and
no  hot est  tax roll  can be made until
that  class of Property has been  va lued
and  extended.

In  suggesting  the  repeal of the exemp­
tion,  it 
is  not  my  purpose  to  increase 
the  hardships  or  burdens  of  the  poorer 
class,  but  we  are  seeking  for  a  system 
of  equa.  taxation,  and  I  believe  that the 
fundamental  idea  :n  anv  svstem we mav 
adopt  should  be  a  fair  contribution  to 
the  public  revenue  by  every citizen,  ac-

associations  had  not  been  encouraged 
and  the  business  of  our State  bad  been 
left  to  private  enterprise,  we  would  be 
woefully left  behind  in the  race with  our 
neighbors,  and  Michigan,  instead  of  be­
ing  the  prosperous  industrial  State  that 
it  is,  would  be  a  back  number among 
the  states.

While  I  would  not  stand  in  the  way 
of  their  formation,  it  seems  to  me  that 
the  privilege  they  obtain  when  the  as­
sociates  are  permitted  to  contribute  to 
the  stock,  with  a  liability  limited to  the 
amount  of  their  contribution,  and  the 
is  given  to  the  associates to 
privilege 
conduct 
the  business  in  a  corporate 
name,  that  this  concession  by  the  State 
has  a  distinct  value  which  should  be 
recognized  and  compensated,  either  at 
the  time  the  corporation  is  formed  or 
by  the  way  of  an  annual  tax,  or both.

The  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  classes  of 
property -  railroads,  electric  roads,  tele­
lines—may  fairly 
graph  and  telephone 
be  considered  together. 
I  understand 
there 
is  a  disposition  to  change  the 
method  of  taxing  these  corporations  on 
their  gross  earnings  to the  ad  valorem 
system  prevailing 
in  respect  to  other 
real  and  personal  property.

The  railroad  companies  have  con­
tributed  first  and  last  a  very  large  sum 
toward  supporting  the  State,  and  the 
amount  is  constantly  increasing. 
It  has 
been  claimed  by  some  that  they  have 
not  been  paying  enough.  The  basis  for 
this  claim  has never been clearly demon­
strated,  since  until  very  recently  no 
scientific  enquiry  has  been  made  as  to 
the  relative  values  of  these  properties.
The  making  of  this  enquiry  has  been 
urged  upon  successive  State  adminis­
trations  for  a  number of  years,  but  al­
ways  without  success  until  now.

Having  ascertained  the  values  of the 
properties,  it  only  remains to determine 
upon  the basis  of  other  property  the  ex­
tent to  which  they  should  contribute 
in 
the  way  of  taxes.

I  have  not  yet  been  able  to  learn  why 
the  present  system  is  not  preferable  to 
the  one  proposed. 
It  is  true  a  sugges­
tion  has  come  that  a  tax  upon  so  much 
tra~.c  as  passes  in  and  out  of  the  State 
would  be  bad.because  the  United  States 
reserves  to  itself  the  right  to  regulate 
commerce  between  the  states.

I  only  have  to  say  that 

The  suggestion  may  or  may  not  be 
g.xxi 
it  was 
noc  mace  by  a  railroad  company.and  is 
tve 
..ke.y  to  he.  Moreover  Congress 
w oe.c  ao  doubt  cheerfully  relinquish  to 
the  sates  the  right  to  tax  the  gross 
earrings  received  from  such  traffic,  but 
:t  ts  asked.  Why  do  the  railroads  prefer 
tee  present system.-  I  will  suggest  some

They  believe  in  the  doctrine  that  ail 
taxes,  wherever  possible,  should  be  up­
on  the  specific  basis.  By  this  means 
they  escape  the  varying  judgments of 
n.re tent  officers.  the  danger of  favorit­
ism.  the  danger ot  mistakes,  and  above 
a—  the  danger of  unfairness,  due to  po-
dataCJU  CtTCKIIili’SS&Sk.

tv  tar as  I  know,  the  railroad  com­
panies  are  w;..:ng  to  beat  promptly  and 
witnoc:  ctesdoe  their  fair  and  equal 
proportion  of the  public  burdens.  They 
s r i t   however,  from  the  risks  coming 
trom  igrocance.  pro  ud.ee  and  unfair- 
z*ess.  It  does  art  tol  ow.  oi  course,  that 
the  naagers suggested  are  imminent 
in 
thus  Scare—indeed,  under  a  scientific 
b * ss   an>c  with  a  -use  recognition  of  the 
-igrcs  re  n£.  the  rai.roads  might  tare 
so  w-orse  itau  usher  the  rresect  svstem 
—they  suntti  say  tsar,  as  it  now is,  the 
auaoEzc 
is  rxed  aad  can  not  he  de­

creased  upon  the  one  side  nor  increased 
upon  the  other.

I  have  taken  occasion  to  examine  the 
comparative  gross  earnings  and  taxes 
paid  by  the  several  railroads  of  the 
State  during  the  past  fifteen  years,  and 
I  notice  that 
in  proportion  as the  re­
quirements  of  the  State  increased,  so 
also  the  taxes  upon  these  properties  in­
creased.

While  the  earnings 

1886  were 
twenty-five  millions  in  round  numbers 
the  taxes  were  $599,000.

in 

In  1900,  with  gross  earnings  increased 
only  to  thirty-six  million  dollars  (an 
increase  of  about  ten  and  one-half  mil­
lions),  the taxes  paid  were  $1,240,000,or 
considerably  more  than  double  the  sum 
of  the  former  year.

Again,  it 

is  said  that  the  taxes  fluc­
tuate  with  the  earnings,  and  yet,  if  you 
will  examine  the  gross  earnings  and 
the  taxes  of  the  years  I  have referred to, 
you  will  see  how  slight  a  difference 
there  really  has  been,  excepting  as  an 
increase  has  come  from  a  raising  of  the 
rate.  Other  property  fluctuates  also  in 
value  quite  as  much,  as  the  rolls  from 
year to  year  will  show.

I  have  taken  occasion  to  enquire  into 
the  amount of  gross  and  net  earnings  of 
the  Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway 
Company  during  the  past  four years,  the 
amount  paid 
in  taxes  and  the  ratio of 
taxes  to  net  earnings.  These  figures 
show  that  during  one  of  these  years  the 
ratio  was  19  per cent.,  while  in  1899  it 
was  something  more  than  11  percent, 
of the  net  earnings.

I  have  also  taken  occasion  to  notice 
the  subject  from  the  broader  standpoint 
of  the  whole  United  States  during  the 
ten  years  between  1888  and  1897,  both 
inclusive.

During  that  period  there  was  an  in­
crease 
in  net  earnings  equal  to  17  per 
cent.  Yet  the  increase  of taxation  dur­
ing  that  period  was 69.6  per  cent,  and 
the  ratio of  taxes  to  net  earnings ranged 
from  8  to  11.6   per cent.

Let  me  add,  in  considering  this  class 
of  property  for ad  valorem  assessments, 
the  difficulty  of  arriving  at  its  value. 
We  have  to consider not  only  the  rail­
road  properties,  but  also  the  uncertain 
value  of  the  rapidly  increasing  electric 
railroads  and  telegraph  and  telephone 
lines  throughout the  State.

I  have  already  stated,  what  I  believe 
to be  true, that  the  specific system,  wher­
ever  applicable,  is  the  true  one  to  be 
adopted.  When  under  the  ad  valorem 
system  we  depend  upon  human  judg­
ment  we  find  ourselves  confronted  with 
differences,  with  favoritism,  and  some­
times  with  corruption.  Under the  spe­
cific  system  these  dangers  are  not  pos­
sible.

The  railroads  in  the  last  fifteen  years 
have  paid  into  the  State  treasury  twelve 
and  a  quarter  million  dollars.  This  I 
assume  to  be  everv  dollar they  should 
have  paid  under  the  rates  which  from 
time  to time  prevailed.  The  money  has 
been  forthcoming  without  protest and  it 
has cost the  State  not  a  dollar to collect.
Furthermore,  every  dollar  which  has 
been 
levied  against  the  railroads,  not 
only  during  the  pernxi  stated,  but  since 
the 
system  was  adopted,  has  been 
actually  paid  without  evasion  and  with­
out  loss. 
If  then  the  value  of  the  prop­
erties 
is  known,  the  rate  which  these 
properties  should  pax  can  be  easily 
¡earned  and  if  the  present  rate  is  belovr 
what 
it  should  be,  there  is  no  process 
much  easier than  to  raise  it.

I  have  been  informed  that  Professor 
Cooley  and  his  associates  hare  gone 
over  the  several  railroad  properties of

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the  State,  with  a  view  to  ascertaining 
their values,  and  that,  as  a  result  of  the 
enquiry,  he  finds  the  amount to  be  in 
the  neighborhood  of  one  hundred 
sixty-five  millions,  and  to  the  value  of 
physical  properties  so  found  Professor 
Adams  has  added  twenty  or  more  addi­
tional  millions  on  account  of  values 
which  can  not be  seen.

Of  course,  I  do  not  know  how these 
values  are  ascertained, but, judging  from 
the  valuations  of  other  states,  Professor 
Cooley  must  have  got  his  figures  alto­
gether too  high.

to 

the 

State  of 

Referring 

In­
diana,  whose  methods,  I  have  been  in­
formed,  are  considered  superior  to  ours, 
the  mileage  of  that  State 
is  not  very 
different  from  ours,  but  I  beg  you  will 
remember  that  every  trunk  line  running 
east  from  Chicago  passes  through  In­
diana  and  that  the  traffic  of  the railways 
of  that  State  is  simply  enormous.

Present  business,  with  future  pros­
pects,  gives  a  basis of  value  to  all kinds 
of  property,  and  from this point  of  view 
the  railroads of  that  State  are  rich 
in­
deed,  contrasted  with  the  railways  of 
Michigan.  You  can  readily  understand 
that  our location  and  our  surroundings 
will  for  all  time  absolutely  limit the 
amount  of  business  which  can  be  done.
If  we  except  the  Michigan  Central 
and  the  Grand  Trunk,  we  can  have  no 
through  lines  in  the  State,  and  a  great 
percentage  of  the  mileage  must 
in 
the  existing  nature  of  things  be  devoted 
to  local  business  lying  between  the  two 
Great  Lakes,  and  this  business,  I  am 
afraid,  has  already  seen 
its  highest 
limit.

Under  the  Indiana  system,  the  total 
value  of  the  roads  is  but  one  hundred 
fifty-three  millions, 
the 
gross  earnings  of  the  railways  passing 
through  the  State  aggregate  the  stupen 
dous  amount  of  one  hundred  sixty 
two  million  dollars  annually.

and 

yet 

It  is  conceded  that  more  than  25  per 
cent,  of  that  sum  is  earned  within  the 
State  and  that  therefore  their  present 
earnings  are  about  forty-five  millions 
per  year,  while  the  earnings  of  all  the 
roads  in  Michigan  during  1899 were  but 
thirty-six  millions.

If  the  valuations  of  the  roads  of  that 
State  are  correctly  found  at  one hundred 
fifty-three  millions,  the  value-  of  the 
Michigan 
lines  would  be  not  much 
above  one  hundred  millions.

Taking  this 

latter  sum  as  a  basis  of 
the  cash  value  of  the  properties,  and  re 
ducing  the  value  as  other  property 
reduced  to  about  sixty-five  per  cent., 
will  be  easy  to  see  that the railway com 
panies  are  already  paying  their  full 
share.

I  have  seen  it  somewhere  stated  that 
I  was  to  address  you  to-night  in  behalf 
of  the  railway  companies. 
hardly  true.

This 

First  of  all,  I  am  a  citizen  of  Michi 
gan ;  I  was  born  in  the  State  and  have 
always  lived  in  it. 
I  am  proud  of  the 
State,  of 
its  resources  and  its  possible 
future,  but  prouder  still  of  its  people, 
their  intelligence  and  their  patriotism.
I  have  no  employment  which  requires 
me to  misstate  any  truth  nor  to  argue 
for  a  plan  or  a  system  which  I  know  to 
I  hold  no brief  for  a  cause 
be  unwise. 
that 
I  am  simply  here  with 
the  honest  purpose  of  pleading  for  such 
a  reform  in  our  methods  and  the  estab­
lishment  of  a  plan  which  shall  be  fun­
damentally  correct  because  I  know  that 
no other will  be  fair  or  will  last.

is  wrong. 

I  beg  that  you  gentlemen  will  ap­
proach  this  most  difficult  subject  in  a 
spirit  of  candor  and  fairness  and  give

up  the  notion  that  the  voters of the State 
have  charged  you  to  frame  a  bill  along 
any  particular  line.  They  have  not 
done  so.  They  have  simply  removed 
the  obstacle  to  your  valuing  certain 
classes  of  property  upon  an  ad  valorem 
basis  and  still  permit  the  taxes  raised 
therefrom  to  be  devoted  to  the  support 

the  primary  schools.
I  favored  submitting  the  amendment, 
because  you  will  not  do  your best unless 
unhampered  by  restrictions  and,  being 
unhampered,  the  people, I  know,  will be 
content  with  your  honest  judgment 

Seventh.  Mines. 

I  can  pass  hurried­
ly  over  this  class  of  property. 
In  the 
past  I'b elieve  these  properties  have 
been  assessed  upon  an  ad  valorem 
basis.  What  I  have  just  said  with  ref­
erence  to  specific  taxes  will  apply  to 
these  properties  as  well.  Unlike  the 
railroads,  they  are  not  getting  better, 
in  the 
but  year  by  year  the  wealth 
ground 
the 
amount  produced  at  a  specific  rate  per 
ton  would  seem  to  be  a  fair  and  a  sure 
basis.  No  other basis  can  be  utilized 
and  do  justice  either to  the  owners  or 
to  the  State,  although  a  combination  of 
the  two  might  be  necessary.

removed  and 

is  being 

Eighth. 

I  will  next  say  a  word  with 
reference  to  the  property  known  as 
money  on  hand  and  on  deposit,  bonds, 
notes,  mortgages  and  other evidences  of 
debt.  This  class  of  property  has  given 
the  assessor  more  trouble  than  all  the 
rest  put  together. 
It  is  elusive,  hard  to 
find,  hard  to  reach  and  hard  to  hold.  It 
may  as  well  be  conceded  fiist  as 
last 
that,  unless  a  different  plan  shall  be 
adopted,  the  present  scandalous  results 
are  sure  to  continue. 
It  seems  perhaps 
misfortune  that  property  of  so  valu 
able  a  sort  should  not  contribute  dollar 
for  dollar  pro  rata  with  other classes  of 
wealth,  but  the  notorious  fact  is  that  it 
has  not and  that  it  will  not.

The  question  for  you  to  consider, 
therefore,  is  whether,  by  means  of  con 
cessions,  the  difficulty  may  not be  met 
and  some  revenue  at  least  be  obtained 
from  this  class  of  property.

There 

is  this to  be  said  in  behalf  of 
the  money  lender:  The  rate  of  interest 
has  now  come  to  a  point  where,  if  the 
average  rate  should  be  deducted  in  the 
way  of tax,  the  balance  by  way  of  profit 
would  he  quite  insignificant  and,  it  can 
be  urged,  would  not  be  the  equivalent 
in  return  to that  coming  to those invest 
ing 
in  business  enterprises;  but  there 
are  a  large  number of  people,  old  peo 
pie,  widows,  orphans  and  the  like,  who 
would  not .be  suited  for  business  and 
whose little  savings  are  the  only  sources 
from  which  a  living  can  be  obtained 

The  prejudice  against  money  iend 
ers  was,  perhaps,  not  altogether  war­
ranted,  except 
in  the  case  of  a  small 
percentage,  and  was  the  result  of the 
higher  rates  of  a  few  years  ago.  Ten 
per  cent,  then  was  entirely  common, 
while  good  investments  now  will  return 
but  from  3 ^   to  5  per cent.

The  money  of  the  State  is  needed  and 
business  can  not be  conducted  without 
it.  Very  few  persons  in  business  have 
sufficient  capital  of  their own  to carry 
on  their  enterprises,  and  prosperity  is 
dependent  upon  the  opportunity  to  bor­
row  money  at  as  low  a  rate  as  competi­
tors are  able  to obtain  it  in  other states.
We  must,  therefore,  manage  in  some 
way  to  retain  the  money  and  at  the 
same  time  get  some  revenue,  but,  if  we 
are  to  do  this  without  fraud,  evasion, 
perjury  and  other  iniquities,  the  assess­
ment  must  be  upon  a  specific  basis,  in 
order that  the  rate  may  be  less  than  the 
general  property  tax.

I  have 

in  mind  a  rate  low  enough  to 
remove  the  temptation  to  either  send 
the  money  out of  the  State,  or  to  hide 
it,  or to  lie  about  it,  or to  commit  other 
frauds  to  avoid  assessment:

Would  it  not  be  better to  obtain  three- 
quarters  of  1  per cent.,  or thereabouts, 
on  all  this  class  of  property  than  to 
deal  with  it  as  now,  upon  an  attempted 
property  basis  and  reach  perhaps  a fifti­
eth  of  the  whole?

In  this  connection  a  good  deal  has 
been  said  about  the  matter  of  taxing 
mortgages.  The  plan  was  to  declaré 
the  mortgage  as  representing  an interest 
in  the  property 
itself  and  to  be  taxed 
separate  from  the  fee.  The  effort  has 
been  a  failure,  because  the  mortgagee 
always  makes  provision  that  the  mort­
gagor shall  pay  the  whole,  with  the  re­
sult  in  many  cases  that  the  owner  of the 
property  has  paid  the  tax  upon  his 
realty,  perhaps  to  its full  value,  and  tax 
upon  the  mortgage  as  well. 
In  my 
judgment  the  theory  was  a  wrong  one, 
and  the  result  has  shown  it.

It 

Money  at  interest  should  be subject  to 
taxation,  no  matter  how  secured.  One 
person  may  secure  by  a  mortgage  on 
real  estate,  another  by  a  pledge  of  per 
sonal  property,  another  by  endorsement 
of  a  note,  while  another  may  give  no 
security  at  all. 
is,  therefore,  the 
wealth  involved  in  the  loan  itself  which 
should  be  assessed  and  not  the  particu 
lar manner  in  which  the  promise  to  pay 
is  secured.  The  note  or other  form  of 
promise  to  pay  is  the  thing  of  value 
in 
the  hands  of  the  owner and  should  be 
assessed  as  such  and  the  character of 
the  security,  if  there  is  any,  should  be 
wholly  ignored.

There  is  another class  of wealth which 
should  contribute  something  to the  pub 
lie  burden,  but  which,  I  understand,  at 
present  is  entirely  omitted  from the roll 
I  refer to bank  deposits.  These  deposits 
are  either  returning  a  very  low  rate  of 
interest,  and  represent  savings,  or  are 
not  interest  bearing  at  all.  There  seems 
no  particular way  of  reaching  this  class 
of  property,  except  by  compelling  the 
bank to  pay  it,  but the bankers will  show 
that,  if  paid  in  that way,  it  will  not  be 
practicable  to  be  reimbursed  by  the  de 
positor.  Whatever is collected, therefore 
from  bank  deposits  must  be  paid  by 
the  banker,  with  a  possible  correspond 
ing  reduction  of  interest.

What  I  have  already  said  about  the 
value  and  need  of  money  in  the  State 
applies  especially  to  bank  deposits 
They  are  loaned  to the  manufacturers 
and  merchants  and  enable  them to  carry 
on  business,  to  provide  employes  with 
labor  and  to  bring  wealth  to  the  com­
munity  in  numberless  ways.

If  an  effort  should  be  made  to  treat 
deposits  as  property,  and  the  depositor 
should  be 
assessed  accordingly,  he 
would  either hide  the  money,  or  at  all 
events  would  withdraw  it  from  deposit 
before  the  time  for assessment  in  each 
year.  This  would  be  demoralizing  and 
a  distinct  injury  to  every  community 
in  the  State.

I  suppose  there  is  upon  deposit in  the 
State  and  National  banks  not  less  than 
one 
seventy-five  millions 
of  dollars  and  the  amount  is  constantly 
growing  larger.

hundred 

Something  handsome 

Suppose  the  banks  were  called  upon 
to  pay  specific  tax  upon  these  deposits 
of  from  two  and  a  half  to  five  mills  on 
the  dollar. 
in 
the  way  of  revenue  would  come  to  the 
treasury.  The  money  would  all  be  col­
lected,  there  would  be no  disturbance  or 
fluctuation, in  the  matter of  deposits,due 
to taxation,  and  I  believe  in  every  way

the 

law  would  be  cheerfully  complied 

ith.
Of  course,  the  taxation  of the  capital 
stock  of  the  banks  would  be  continued 
as  heretofore. 
I  am  only  now  referring 
to  the  moneys  on  deposit  which  have 
heretofore  substantially  escaped  all  tax­
ation  whatever.

Ninth.  Citizenship.  By  this  I  mean 
that  every  person  residing  in  a civilized 
community  has  the  benefit of  the  high­
ways, the  walks,  the fire  and  police  pro­
tection  and  the  benefit  of  the  public 
schools.  These privileges  are  of  a  high 
order  and  no  male  citizen  should  be 
allowed  to  escape  paying  something, 
however  small,  toward  the  cost.

in  Indiana. 

In  this  connection  let  me  again  refer 
to  the  methods 
In  that 
State  every  male  over twenty-one  years 
of  age,  whether he  be  a  voter or  not,  is 
jssessed  $3  by  way  of  poll  tax  and  if  he 
be  a  citizen  of  a  town  having  graded 
schools  the  amount  is  $5. 
If  it  be  said 
that  this  tax  would  not  be  collected,  I 
efer  you  to  the  experiences  of  that 
State.  My information  is  that  very  little 
of  it  is 
lost.  Public  sentiment  favors 
the  payment  of  this  levy  and  a man who 
refuses  to  pay  is  an  unwelcome  citizen 
at the  polls  and  at  other  public  places. 
They collect  over $500,000.

To  illustrate  the  outlay  in  connection 
with  municipal  government  I  beg  you 
will 
listen  to  a  few  figures  taken  from 
the  public  records  of  the  city  of  Grand 
Rapids.  The  population,  as  you  know, 
s  a  little  short of  ninety  thousand.  The 
number  of  voters  at  the  last  election 
was  22,263.  While  the  male  citizens
over twenty-one  years  of  age  are  26,689, 
yet  the  number  of  taxpayers  in  the  city, 
including  corporations,  is  but  18,113  all 
told.  The  cost  to  these  taxpayers  for 
State,  county,  city  and  school  purposes 
is  $883,031,  or $48.75  to  each  taxpayer.
The  cost  of  the public schools is $297,- 
104,  and  the  total  number  of  children 
enrolled 
is  not  quite
15.000.  Simple  computation  will  show 
that  it  costs  $19.80  for each  of the 15,000 
children,  and  $16.40  for  each  of  the 
18,113 taxpayers.

in  the  schools 

Finally, 

if  equally  distributed,  the 
tax  upon  all  the  citizens  of  the  town, 
men,  women and  children,  would  be  $10 
each.

What  is  true  of  Grand  Rapids  is  true 
of  all  other cities,  and  in  a  less  degree 
of the  country  at  large.  The  greater the 
population  the  smaller  the percentage  of 
those  who  contribute  to  the  public  ex­
pense.

Notwithstanding  this  absurd  inequal­
ity,  we  never  stop  to  consider  whether 
this  one  or  that  one  is  helping  to  sup­
port  the  government, but the  money  thus 
coming  from  a  comparative  few  is  gen­
erously  expended  for the  protection,  the 
safety  and  the  benefit  of  the  whole. 
In­
deed,  I  fancy  that 
in  most  cities  the 
class  which  contribute  nothing  not 
only  need,  but  get  the  greatest  care 
and  the  greatest  protection.

I  would  not  be  understood  as  urging 
an  increase  of  the  burden upon the poor. 
But  this  is  a  business  proposition. 
I 
have  already  laid  down  the  rule  that  all 
should  contribute,  and 
if  this  rule  is 
sound,  there  should  be  no  favoritism 
and  each  should  pay  according  to  his 
means.  This  will  be  bettef  for  the 
State,  it  will  be  actually  better  for  the 
it  will  be  the 
individual  paying  and 
foundation  of  a  system  which  will 
last.
I  do  not  know 
whether the  people  of  the  State  are  yet 
ready  to  adopt  a  system  through  which 
some  support  can  come  from  so-called 
incomes,  but if  the  time  is  not  yet  ripe,

Income. 

Tenth. 

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it  soon  will  be,  and  the  sooner the  bet­
ter.

I  would  not,  of  course,  compel  those 
whose  incomes  were  derived  from  prop­
erty  already  taxed  to  pay  again,  but  a 
little  reflection  will  show  you  that  a 
large  part  of  the  business  of  the  State 
is  carried  on  by  way of corporations  and 
other  employers  engaged  in  heavy  en­
terprises.

These  employers,  managers,  secreta­
ries,  treasurers,  presidents  and  the like, 
for  the  most  part  receive  large  salaries. 
Indeed,  I  know  of  no  money  coming 
from 
individual  effort  so easily  earned 
and  so  readily  paid.  Unless  these  per­
sons  own  the  houses  in  which  they  live, 
they  pay  no  taxes  whatever,  and  we 
would  all  be  astonished  at the  aggregate 
of  salaries  ranging  from  $600 to  $10,000 
a  year  which  are  absolutely exempt from 
any  sort  of  taxation,  and  yet  the  receiv­
ers  of  these  moneys  could  contribute 
with  greater  ease  and  with 
less  self- 
denial  than  any  other  class  of  people  in 
the  State.  1  have  already  shown  that  in 
the  city  of  Grand  Rapids there are about 
27,000  male  citizens  over  twenty-one 
years  of  age,and  1  have  also  shown  that 
but  18,113 of  these  pay  any  sort of taxes 
whatever.  Who  are  the  8,000 who  es­
cape,  and  why  are  they  exempt?  Inves­
tigation  would  show  that  quite  a  per­
centage  of  them  belong  to  the  class 
drawing  salaries  to  which  1  have  just 
referred,  and  who  of  all  others  can  best 
afford  to  pay.

The  owner  of  the  poor  man's  or  the 
poor  woman's  little  house  and 
lot  does 
not  escape  and  are  really  called  upon  to 
pay  their  share  or 
lose  their  homes. 
Why  should  not  others  equally  or  better 
able  to  pay  contribute  a 
little  of  the 
money  for the  protection  and  the  privi­
leges  provided  for  all  alike?

Eleventh. 

What  objection  then  is  there  to  incor­
porating 
into  your  reform  bill  a  provi­
sion  for  taxing  this  class  of  wealth  on  a 
specific  basis  and  to  a  moderate  extent?!
Inheritance.  We  already 
have  on  the  statute  books  a  provision 
upon  this  subject,  and  its 
legality  has 
lately  been  sustained  by  our  highest 
court. 
1 need  not  therefore  advert  to  it, 
as  l will  assume that  the rate  of  taxation 
is  correct.

What  we  need 

is  a  complete  over­
in ­
hauling  of our  entire  tax  system  by 
telligent, 
capable  and  conscientious 
men,  who  would  have  no  purpose  be­
yond  reaching  a  scientific  basis  for  dis­
tributing  upon  all  the  people  of  the 
State  some  portion  of  the  amount  to  be 
raised.

Such  men  need  not  proceed  under  ex­
citement  nor with  any  idea  of  prejudice 
or  favoritism,  but  with  minds  free  to 
perform  a  splendid  and  patriotic  work, 
having  before  them  and  for their  guide 
the  weaknesses  of  our  present  svstem 
and  the  benefit  of  intelligent  effort  else­
where.

It  has  come  to  be  thought  wise  to 
make  a  radical  change  in  our  plan  un­
der  which  the  taxes  for the  support  of 
the  State  government should he collected 
in  one  way  and  the  taxes  needed  in  the  I 
counties,  towns  and  cities  be  collected 
separately  in  another.

If  this  reform  can  be  brought  ahout, 
it  will  save  much  confusion  and  great 
expense,  and  would  also,  1 should  hope, 
bring  to  the  people  a  greater  degree  of 
content.
While 

the 
moneys  coming  from  railways  and  cer­
tain  other corporations  can  not  be  used I 
in  the  way  pointed  out,  yet  if  the  plan 
of  taxing  specifically  wherever  possible 
it  may  be  that
should  be  adopted, 

under  existing 

laws 

OILETTES  IN  COURT.

Regal  M anufacturing Co. Tied  Up  by  In ­

junction.

From the Chicago Tribune, Feb. 21.

for  the 

In  the  petition 

Miller  &  Barley,  of  Marion, 

lnd., 
have  secured  a  temporary 
injunction 
against  the  Regal  Manufacturing  Co., 
of  Chicago,  restraining 
the  concern 
from  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  an 
alleged  contract  to  purchase  2,000  pic­
ture  frames  at  $1.50 each  and  twenty  at 
$2  each  from  the  defendant  company.
injunction 
Miller  &  Barley  alleged  that the  Chi­
cago  firm  made  the  “ promises  and 
agreements  with  fraudulent  and  unlaw­
ful  intent  to defraud and extort money. ”
The  temporary  injunction was granted 
by  Judge  Chetlain,  and  Charles  L.  Zim­
merman  was  made  receiver  for  1,100 
photographs of  citizens  of  Marion,  lnd., 
delivered  to  the  Regal  company  for  en­
largement.  The frames  in  question  were 
to  be  made  for  the  enlarged  pictures. 
Next  Tuesday  in  Judge  Chetlain’s  court 
arguments  on  making  the 
injunction 
permanent  will  be  heard,  and  represen­
tatives  of the  company  have  been  cited 
to  show  cause  why  they  should  not  be 
held  in  contempt of  court  for  not  deliv­
ering  the  photographs in  question  to  the 
receiver.

The  Regal  company  is  composed  of 
William  J.  Ri id,  E.  A.  Reid,  E.  J. 
Palmer and  Harry  Homenods.  Its  place 
of  business  is  at  248  Market  street.

Albert  C.  Barley,  Jr.,  member of  the 
Marion  firm,  has  been 
in  Chicago  for 
several  days  in  company  with  H.  M. 
Elliott,  a  Marion  attorney,  working  on 
the  case.  Mr.  Barley  said :

“ The Regal  company  sent a represen­
tative  to  Marion  about  three  weeks  ago 
and  closed  up  a  contract  with  us.  The 
Regal  company  was  to  solicit  orders  for 
pictures  to  be  enlarged  free  of  charge, 
provided  the  customer traded  out $25  at 
our store.  We  were  to aliow  the  com­
pany  space  in  our store  fora demonstra­
tor to display  the  pictures  and  to  sell 
picture  frames.  It  was  not  to  be  obliga­
tory  upon  any  of  our customers  who  had 
ordered  pictures  enlarged  to  purchase 
frames.  All  money  received  for such 
frames,  however,  was  to  be  sent  by  us 
each  week  to  the  Regal  Co.  in  full. 
There  was  to  be  no  expense  attached  to 
us  in  the  business  whatever.  The  solic­
itors  traveled  in  a  private  car.  We  soon 
became  dissatisfied  with  the  methods of 
the  canvassers  and  we  told  them  to  stop

work.  They  kept  on  for a  while,  how­
ever,  and  then 
left  the  city.  We  tele­
graphed  a  cancellation  of  our  contract 
Our attorney  and  I  came  to Chicago that 
night.  When  we  called  upon  the  com­
pany  a  deputy  sheriff  in  the  company’s 
office  under  the  guise  of  a  book-keeper 
served  a  summons  on  me  of  a  suit 
which  had  been  filed  in  a  Chicago court 
against  us  for  violation  of  contract.

“ It  was  then  that  I  was  informed  for 
the  first  time  that  the  company  held  a 
contract  with  us  whereby  we  agreed  to 
accept  an  order of  2,000  frames  at  S1.50 
each  and  twenty  at  $2  each,  terms  net 
cash  upon  receipt  of  order.  My  Marion 
attorney  and  Attorney  Charles  T.  Larri- 
more,  of  Chicago,  then  filed  suit  in  the 
Court  of  Chancery  asking  for a  receiver 
to  take  charge  of  the  photographs  which 
the  company  secured  from  our  custom­
ers,  and  also  application  was  made  to 
enjoin  the  company  from  shipping  us 
the  frames.  Charles  L.  Zimmerman, 
clerk  of Judge  Chetlain's  court,  was ap­
pointed  upon  our  application,  and  when 
he  demanded  the  photographs,  imme­
diately  afterwards,  he  was  refused.  The 
court  then  issued  an  order to  the  Regal 
Co.  that 
if  the  photographs  were  not 
surrendered  to  the  receiver  within  five 
days  the  manager  would  be  cited  for 
contempt.  The  case 
for  which  Mr. 
Barley  was  summoned  by  the  Regal 
Co.’s  deputy  sheriff  was  for $3,000dam­
ages  for violation  of  contract  and  is still 
pending.  Miller 
are 
wealthy,  and  they  have  made  up  their 
minds  to  fight  the  case  to  the  end. 
Ever  since  they  began  their  investiga­
tion  they  have  had  a  representative  fol­
lowing  the  Regal  solicitors 
in  Indiana 
and  Illinois  towns  looking  for  evidence 
to  aid  their case.

Barley 

& 

“ This 

is  only  a  malicious  attack,”  
said  William  J.  Reid  of the  Regal  Co. 
“ We  had  a  simple  contract  with  Miller 
&  Barley  for  the  supplying  of  oilettes 
and  frames,  which  would  aid  them  in 
working  up  trade.  Of  course,  we  could 
not  wait  until  each  person  who  ordered 
a  picture  had  purchased  $25  worth  of 
goods  before  we  received  our  money  for 
the  oilettes.  Therefore  our  contract 
specified  that  Miller  &  Barley  should 
pay  for  the  frames  and  in  turn  collect 
from  the  Marion  residents.  They  have 
been  trying  to repudiate their contract. ”

The  more  careful  a  woman  is  about 
her complexion  the  more  careless  she  is 
about  her housework.

Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

4  The  house  for you  to  buy  of.”

Come  and  see  us  and  you  will  have  the 
careful attention of

Heman  G. Barlow,
Edward  Frick,
Geo. T.  Williams.

No  Long Story  Here.

Steel  Mills,  Steel  Towers,
Steel  Tanks,  Wood  Tanks,

Galvanized  Pipe  and  Tubular Well  Supplies.

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Write 
for  Price

_________  

2s Phelps &
Bigelow
Wind Mill Co.,  KALAMAZOO,MICH.

enough  would  be  forthcoming  to  meet 
the  needs  of  the  State,  and  if  at  the  out­
set  the  amount  would  be  sufficient,  I 
should  hope  that  the  increasing  wealth 
and  prosperity  of  our  people  would 
afford  such 
increases  in  the  future  as 
would  at  all  times  be  sufficient.

This  phase  of  the  question  has  been 
elaborately  gone 
into  by  Mr.  Attorney 
General  Oren,  and  his  argument,  as  I 
understand  it,  is  entitled  to  the  greatest 
consideration.

My  means  of 

information  upon  this 
subject 
is  no  better than  yours,  and  1 
am  not  sure  that  what  I  have  said  will 
bring  you  any  aid  in  the  proposed 
leg­
islation. 
I  have  simply  thrown  together 
quite  hastily  the  result  of some  observa­
tion  as  to  the  workings  of  our  Dresent 
system,  with  some  suggestions  as  to 
sources  of  revenue  which,  up  to  this 
time,  have  been  untouched.

Succvm of h  Plucky  Syracuse  Girl.
Conspicuous  among  the  enterprising 
business  women  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y ., 
is  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Evans,  known 
to  local  fame  as  “ Mary  Elizabeth.’ ’

They 

Miss  Evans 

Mary  Elizabeth 

is  seventeen  years  old, 
and  still  wears  short  dresses  and  a 
“ pigtail  braid,”   but  she  is  the  proud 
proprietor of  a  grocery  store from  which 
last  year  she  cleared  $1,000 after  sup­
plying  the  family  table.  Thrift  is  evi­
dently  a 
family  characteristic,  for  the 
Sioo  with  which  she  began  her  enter­
prise  was  borrowed  from  her  brother, 
who  had  saved  it  while  working  as  an 
errand  boy.  This  nest  egg  of  fortune 
has  been  returned  by  the  young  store­
keeper,  who  now  has  an  independent 
and  increasing  hank  account.
is  granddaughter of 
late  Judge  Regal,  who  died  a  few 
the 
years  ago, 
leaving  an  estate  heavily 
mortgaged,  so  that  his  widow  and 
daughter  found  themselves 
in  great 
financial  embarrassment. 
con­
trived,  however,  to  save  a  tract  of  land 
on  which  are  seventy-six  small  cottages 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  city,  but  as 
this  was  heavily  encumbered  there  was 
not  money  enough  to  pay  interest,  taxes 
and  living  expenses.  Mary  Elizabeth, 
although  only  sixteen  years  old,  decided 
leave  the  High  School  and  “ do 
to 
something, ’ ’  and  as  there  were 
few 
stores 
in  the  neighborhood,  it  occurred 
to  her  to  open  a  grocery’  store.  She  took 
one  of  the  many  vacant 
little  yellow 
cottages  and  put  out  a  sign,  “ M.  E. 
Evans,  Groceries.”   After  a  while  she 
added  drugs  and  notions.
All  the  neighborhood  began  to  buy  of 
her and  her trade  gradually 
increased. 
She  has  two  telephones  in  connection 
with  her  establishment  and 
last  month 
she  added  a  delivery  wagon.  Her  six­
teen-year-old  brother,  Henry,  drives  it, 
and  her  two  sisters,  Martha,  fourteen 
years-old,  and  Fannie, twelve  years  old, 
help  in  waiting  on  the  customers.

But  Mary  Elizabeth’s  fame is founded 
on  her candy  more  than  anything  else. 
She  makes  it  herself  in  a  little  room  in 
the  rear of  the  store,  and  gets  up  at  6 
o’clock  in  the  morning ana  works  some­
times  until  midnight  in  order  to keep 
her  rapidly 
increasing  customers  sup­
plied.  The  candies  bring  50  and  60 
cents  a  pound,  and  are  put  up  in  half 
pound,one  pound  and  two  pound  boxes.
The  little  sister  Fannie was ambitious 
to  add  to  the  family  income,  so  began 
to  make  cakes  for  sale. 
In  this  she  was 
so successful,  that  she  now  has  more 
orders  than  she  can  fill.

W hit  is Missed.

The  man  who  advertises  onlv  once  in I 
a  while  does  not  get  the  full  value  of 
his  advertising.  Neither  he  nor  his 
business  ever  benefits  from  the  cumula­
tive  value  of  publicity.  His  each  an­
nouncement  may  bear some  fruit  in pro-1 
portion  to  its  individual  value,  but  one 
absorbs  nothing  of  the  good  wrought  by 
the  other.  His  Arm  name  is  not  kept 
constantly  before  the  people. 
It  is  not 
unremittingly  impressed  upon  consum­
ers.  Hence  he 
is  in  a  measure  a  new 
advertiser every  time  he  advertises.

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13

My  Bonnden  D oty  to  My  Downtrodden 

Written for the Tradesman.

Neighbor.

“ Why,  Mr.  Allan,  how  do  you  do? 
I ’ m  delighted  to  see  you,”   exclaimed 
Mrs.  J.  Corson  Du  Boise  the  other  day 
at  the  entrance  of  one  of  Denver’s  de­
partment  stores 
I  was  about  to  enter 
the  store 
just  as  she  was  coming  out. 
Without  giving  me  an  opportunity  to 
answer  her  question—if  “ How  do  you 
do?”   may  be  regarded  as  such—or to 
enquire  after the  state  of  her  own  health 
she  rattled  on : 
“ Do  you  know,  I  have 
had  the  most  provoking  time  this  after­
noon  that  could  be 
imagined.  Sales­
people  are  such  disagreeable  persons 
anyway.  They  are  forever  trying  to 
make  you  think  they  know  more  about 
what  you  want than  you  do yourself. 
I 
think,  without  doubt,  that  fairhaired 
creature  at  the  glove  counter  in  this 
store 
is  the  most  exasperating  girl  I 
have  ever  dealt  with,  or  rather  tried  to 
deal  with.  She  actually  had.the effront 
ery  to  insist  that  I  required  a  6yi  glove 
when  I  know  my  size  to  be 6 # .”

I  could  not  restrain  a  glance  at  Mrs.
J.  Corson  Du  Boise’s  hand  and  from 
its  squeezed  appearance  I  mentally  de­
cided  that  the  “ fairhaired  creature”  
was  right  in  suggesting  the  6 %  size.

“ I  made  her  pay  for  her  imperti 
nence,  though,”  continued my  acquaint 
ance,  “ by  allowing  her  to  fit  on  my 
hands  seven  different  pairs  of  her old 
6y2  gloves  and  then  not  buying  any 
Let’s  sit down  on  this  seat  in  the  vesti 
bule  here,  Mr.  Allan.  You  are  always 
such  a  fine  listener. 
I  want to  tell  you 
some  more  of  my  experiences  in  this 
same  store  to-day.  Oh,  this  is  splen 
d id !”   she  exclaimed  as  we  seated  our 
selves;  “ now  we  can  talk  without  being 
constantly  elbowed.”

I 

inwardly  changed  the  “ We  can 
talk”   to  “ You  can  talk”   and  resigned 
myself  to  the  inevitable.

“ Well,  after  I  got through  with  that 

leisure 

hateful  girl  at  the  glove  counter 
thought  it  would  be  nice  to  look  at some 
dress  goods.  An  elderly,  Irish-looking 
man  with  short  side  whiskers  came  for 
ward  to  wait  upon  me. 
I  just  detest 
Irish  people;  but  he  was  the  only  one 
at 
just  then  and  I  hadn’t  the 
patience  to  wait.  Of  course,  I  didn 
wish  to  buy,  only  to  look.  He  showed 
me  quantities  of  goods  and  insisted  on 
my  buying  and  when  I  told  him  that 
was  only  looking  he  became  extremely 
rude.  He  said  that  people  had  no busi 
ness  taking  up  a  salesman’s  time if they 
had  no  intention  of  buying.  Of  course 
he  didn’t  use  just  those  words,  but  that 
is  what  he  meant.  Now  I  should  like 
to  know  what  salespeople  are  for  if  not 
to  show the  goods,  whether  one  wishes 
to buy  or  not!  Oh,  don’t  go  just  yet!
I  was  on  the  point  of  rising to  make  my 
escape. 
“ You  haven’t  heard  all  my 
experiences  yet.”

My 

idea  of  escape  had  to  be  relin 

quished;  but  1  silently  resolved  that 
would  take  revenge  upon  the  loquacious 
Mrs.  J. Corson Du Boise.  I  was personal 
ly  acquainted  with  both  of the  salespeo 
pie  she  had  described  and  knew  tnei 
history.  While  she  clacked  on  with 
her tale,  that  seemingly  had  no  end,  my 
thoughts  were  busy  arranging  the  talk  I 
had  determined  she  should  hear.  Final­
ly  she  ran  down,  having  faithfully  un­
wound  her entire afternoon’s experience.
“ Really,  Mrs.  Du  Boise,”   I  said, 
now  that  I  had  at  last  a  chance  to 
speak,  * * I  can  only  express  my  deepest 
sympathy.”   To  myself  I  added,  “ for 
the  poor salespeople.”  
“ You  will  par­
don  me  if  I  talk  upon  an  entirely differ­

ent  theme. 
It  has  been  told  me  that 
you,  as  President  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A., 
are  greatly  interested  in  young  women 
who,  although  poor,  are  virtuous  and 
are  having  a  struggle  to  live.”

Oh,  my,  yes,  every  member  of  our 
Association  is  doing  her  utmost  to  help 
such  poor creatures.

“  It  has  possibly  never  occurred  to 
you,”   I  went  on,  fearful 
lest  Mrs.  J. 
Corson  might  still  have  an unwound coil 
or two  in  reserve,  “ that  some  of  these 
young  women  might  be  much  too  proud 
to  accept  pecuniary  aid,  and  yet,  such 
being  the  case,  each  one  of  your  mem­
bers  has  it  in  her  power to ease  the  bur­
dens  of  some  of  these  struggling  young 
women  immeasurably.

“ I—don’t  understand  you.”
* * Let  me  tell  you  the  story  of  a  young 
woman  who belongs  to  the  class  I  have 
just  mentioned:  Two  years  ago  there 
ved  in  a  pretty  little  cottage  on  G il­
pin  street  a  young  couple  with  their two 
children,  a  boy  and  girl,  aged  7  and  5 
years  respectively.  It  was  a  most  happy 
home.  The  young  wife  and  mother was 
proud  of  her  husband  and  beautiful 
children.  The  future,  although  it  would 
bring  old  age,  contained  the  promise  of 
much  happiness.  She  looked  into  this 
future  with  joyful,  expectant  eyes,  even 
longing,  at  times,  for  old  age  to  come, 
for then  their son  would  be  a  man  and 
would  win  a  place  for  himself  in  the 
world  and  the  little  daughter  would  be 
into  a  beautiful  maiden,  to  be 
grown 
their  comfort  and  solace  and 
joy.  The 
husband  was  a  good  provider  and  the 
ittle  family lacked  for nothing  that  was 
n  his  power to  furnish.  His  position 
was  one  of  trust,  cashier  in  one  of  the 
city  banks.  But  an  evil  day  came  and 
wilh  it  the  happiness  of  the  little  fam­
ily  in  the  pretty  cottage  on Gilpin  street 
was  wrecked  forever.  Temptation  found 
its  insidious  way  into the  heart  of the 
husband  and  father.  He  took  a  sum  of 
money  belonging  to  his  bank  and  lost  it 
in  mining  stock  speculation.  Before he 
it  good  the  shortage  was 
could  make 
discovered.  The 
its  course 
and  he  was  sentenced  to ten  years in the 
State  penitentiary.  The  cozy  little  home 
was  taken  by  the  bank  to  help  make 
good  the  amount  embezzled,  and  the 
stricken  wife,  with  her helpless  boy  and 
girl,  was  turned  adrift  upon  a  cold  and 
heartless  world  to  shift for herself.

law  took 

“ Was  it  easy  for this  women to secure 
employment?  No;  people  with  posi­
tions  to  be  filled  didn't  want  a  felon’s 
wife  in  their  employ.  Is  her  boy,  whom 
she  loves  as  her  life,  made  to  suffer  for 
his  father’s  wrong? 
I  tell  you,  Yes 
Many  are  the  taunts that are  thrust upon 
him  and  he  is  made  to  feel  the  weight 
of  his  father’s  sin.  This  young  woman 
out of  whose  life  all  joy  and  happiness 
had  been  torn,  had  to  live  in  order  that 
fed.  Death 
her  children  might  be 
would  have  been  a  Godsend  to  her. 
It 
was  only  after weeks  of  patient,  hope 
less,  soul-wearing  search  that  she  found 
employment.  You  will  pardon  me,  Mrs, 
Du  Boise,  when  I  say  that  never  once 
did  a  member of  your Association  offer 
her  even  a 
look  of  sympathy.  They 
held  up  their  hands  in  holy  horror as 
she  were  an  unclean  thing.
“ As  I  said,  after  many  a  vain  and 
weary  search,  this  girl  secured  employ­
ment.  The  pay  was  small,  but  it  en­
abled  her to  keep  herself  and  her  chil­
dren  from  starving.  You  will  forgive 
me,  I  am  sure,  for telling you this story, 
Mrs.  Du Boise,but  that  ‘ fairhaired crea­
ture’  who fitted  seven  different  pairs  of 
gloves  upon  your  hands  this  afternoon 
without  making  a  sale 
is  the  young 
woman  of  my  story.
The  face  of  the  proud  and  haughty 
dame  turned  purple  with 
rage  and 
shame,  for  she  at  last  realized  at  what 
1  had  been  driving.  Seeing  this  I  con­
tinued: 
“ Surely  you  can  see  that  this 
poor girl’s  burden  is heavy to bear.  Why 
should  you  or  any  Christian  woman, 
through 
lack  of  consideration,  increase 
it by  even  a  straw’s  weight?”

With  a 

look  that  would  have  chilled 
an  iceberg  Mrs.  J.  Corson  Du Boise rose 
to go.  Knowing  that she  would  never

forgive  me,  I  determined  to  give  her  a 
parting  thrust:  ’’ Permit  me  also to state 
Mrs.  Du  Boise,  that  the  Irishman  with 
the  short  side  whiskers  reported for duty 
for the  first time  to-day  since  his  wife’s 
death,  one  week  ago.”   She  waited  to 
hear  no more,but with  a  lofty  toss  of  her 
head  flounced  out  of  the  vestibule  and 
disappeared  in  the  crowd.

With  the  feelings  of  a  man  who  has 

done  his  duty  I  entered  the  store.

Mac  Allan.

Bloodhounds  for  Railway  Service.

Bloodhounds  are  now  a  part  of  the 
equipment  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line. 
The  hounds  will  be  kept  at  certain  sta­
tions 
in  Utah,  Wyoming  and  Idaho, 
where  their  presence  is  thought  to  be 
most  needed,  the  character  of  the  coun­
try  and  the  small  number  of  inhabitants 
affording  excellent  opportunities  for  the 
operations  of  train  robbers.

The  moment  that  word  of  a  train 
robbery  reaches  the  railroad  officials  a 
special  engine  and  car  containing  a 
pack  of  hounds  will  be  sent  to  the  scene 
at  full  speed  and  with  absolute  right  of 
way.  The  bloodhound  special  will  stop 
at  nothing  until 
it  arrives  at  the  spot 
where  the  bandits  were  last  seen.  E x ­
perienced  men 
in  charge  of  the  dogs 
will  put  them  on  the  traii.

Unfeminine.

Fogg—It  isn’t  such  a difficult  thing  to 
I 

read  character  by  the  handwriting. 
believe  I  can  do  it  myself.
Bass—Well,  try  your  skill  on  that  let­
ter  I  received  a  short  time  ago.  What 
do  you  say  to  that?

a  very  unwomanly  woman.

Fogg—In  the  first  place,  the  writer  is 
Bass—How  do  you come  to  that con­

Fogg—None  of the  words  are  under­

clusion?

scored.

There  is  a  particular  feeling  of  horror 
that  never  comes  to  a  woman  except 
when  the  company  to  dinner gets  the 
cracked  tea  saucer.

‘•FOR FOUR YEARS 
I  suffered  untold 
agony with  gout,” 
writes Mr.T. Stein­
en.  a  florist  and 
Street.  Decatur.  111.
gardener,  Webster
•When  I  began  to use  Abbott  Bros.’ Rheu­
matic Cure,  five  years  ago.  I  was  a  HELP­
LESS CRIPPLE.  I was bed-fast when this 
good  medicine  was  recommended,  and  for 
three months  I  laid  in  one  position,  unable 
to  move  my  legs  or  arms.  The  first bottle 
placed me on my feet.  After  taking the sec­
ond I was able  to  do  some  work  in  my gar­
dens.  Six  bottles  CURED  ME.  My  wife 
was  suffering  with  sciatic  rheumatism,  and 
was  just  about  as  helpless  as  I  had  been. 
To our delight three  bottles cured her also.”
If you believe  your case is  beyond  help 

it is  because  you  have not tried 

this grand old

S P E C I F I C   F O R

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It  has  effected  more  cures  in  the  past  14 
years  than  any  other known  remedy.  Has 
cured  thousands  of  cases  which  defied the 
skill of the most eminent doctors.

Large  Bottles $1.25;  Six for $6.00
A  TRIAL  BOTTLE  will  surely  do  you  a 
world of good—may cure you.  Sent postpaid 
for ONLY  35  CENTS.
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P ry Poods

Wwikljr  M arket  Review  of  the  Principal 

Stapled.

Staple  Cottons—The  general  market 
for staples  has  been  moderate.  For  fu­
ture  business  it  has  been  slow,  but  the 
demand  for  stock  goods  has  been a  little 
better.  Brown  goods  show  practically 
no  change  and  buyers  are  not  yet  ready 
to accept  sellers'  ideas  of  prices.  One- 
eighth  to  one-quarter of  a  cent  still  di­
vides  them.  The 
lines  that  show  the 
greatest  weakness  are  the  4-yard  brown 
sheetings,  which  occasionally  are  to  be 
secured  at  4 $sc,  but  more  frequently  at 
4 V c -  Ducks  are  quiet,  and  show  no 
special 
features  since  our  last  report. 
Brown  osnaburgs  are  in the  same  condi­
tion.  Bleached  cottons  show  no  change 
from  last  week.  They  are  quiet,  and  at 
firm  prices.  White  sheetings  and  cotton 
flannels  are  also quiet.  Cotton  blankets, 
which  are  now  open  for  the  new season, 
started  off  with  considerable 
irregular­
ity,  and  agents  are  at  a  loss  to  decide 
upon  their  real  values.  Coarse  colored 
cottons  arc  slow,  and  buyers  are  not  in­
clined  to  meet  the  position  of  the  sell­
ers,  and  as  the  latter  will  not  give  way, 
there  is  little  business  transacted.  Here 
and  there,  however,  are found  some  con­
cessions,  and  a  little  business  is  the  re­
sult.

Printed Cottons—The most  active  spot 
in  the  cotton  goods  market  is  among 
printed  calicoes  and  printed  wash 
fab­
rics.  Wash  fabrics  show  quite  a  good 
amount  of  re-order  business,  the  best 
selling  lines  being  from  8  to  10 and  12c 
per  yard,  but  lower  grades  are  far  from 
being  neglected.  Staples,  as  well  as 
dress  ginghams,  are  moving  in  a  quiet 
but  thoroughly  satisfactory  manner.

into  evidence 

Dress  Goods—The  demand  for  dress 
goods  the  past  week  has  been  of  a  mod­
est  order—staples,  skirtings  and  flannels 
have  been  purchased 
in  a  small  way. 
In 
jobbing  circles  a  fair business  has 
been  transacted.  Attention  is  being  di­
rected  towards  the  new fall season which 
should  come 
in  two  or 
three  weeks,  and  preparations  are  under 
way  therefor.  There  is  more  or  less  un­
certainty  regarding  the  direction  which 
buyers'  preferences  will 
take.  The 
weight  of  opinion  appears  to  indicate  a 
preponderance  of  favor  for  plain  goods, 
but  there  are  those  who  champion  the 
fancy  goods,  and  predict  a  better  fancy 
goods  business  than  has  been  done  in 
some  years.  Agents  are  hopeful  for a 
good  fall  season,  but  there  is  an  appar­
ent  feeling  that  buyers  will  lean  toward 
conservatism  in  their actions.

Underwear—Agents  for  underwear sav 
that  every  line  has  now  reached  its  low­
est  level  and  if  buyers  do  not  take  hold 
now.  they  need  not  ever  do  so.  for, 
there  are  more  chances  of  advances  in 
the  near  future  than  of  further  cutting 
of  prices. 
In  regard  to  fleeced  goods, 
it  is  said  that  this  week  contrary  to  re­
cent  reports  they  have  not  only  stopped 
going  down  :n  price  but  several  manu­
facturers  have  taken  orders  at  slight  ad­
vances.  This  we  mentioned  in  our  re­
view  of 
last  week  and  now  it  seems  to 
be  substantiated.  Ribbed  goods  seem 
also  to  be  in  about  the  same  condition 
as  fleeces.  Prices  are  said  to  have  ad­
vanced  in  several  places  while  in  others 
the  fabrics  have  been  manipulated 
which  amounts to  the  same  thing.  Wool 
underwear  for  fail  averages  as  near  as 
can  be  estimated  about  five  per cent, 
lower than  a  year  ago.  This  is  due  en­
tirely  to  the  tower cost  of  raw  material. 
The  cold  weather  of  last  week  acted

beneficially  for the  retailers,  who  had  a 
good  spurt  of  business.  Window  dis­
plays  of  heavy  underwear  have  been 
prominent 
in  all  cities  and  prices  are 
well  sustained.

Carpets—Wilton  carpets  and  other 
lines  of  three-quarter  goods,  including 
velvets  and  axminsters,are  holding their 
own.  Prices  are  well  maintained,  and 
have  a  tendency  to  advance  a  little. 
Mills  on  the  three-quarter goods  have 
been  running  full  from  the  opening  of 
the  season,  and  manufacturers  are  look­
ing  forward  for  early  orders  and  a  good 
demand.  The  outlook  continues  to  be 
favorable  for  the  remainder of  the  sea­
son.  The  retail  trade  is  very  quiet  ex­
cept  with  the  larger  department  stores, 
where  sales  and  bargains  are  offered. 
There 
last 
month  at  all  with  other  retailers.  There 
is  still  no  prospect  of  anything  doing  in 
this 
line.  Everything  seems  to  be  at 
a  standstill.  Some  manufacturers  have 
secured  orders  at  the  advanced  prices. 
Manufacturers  have  advanced  super  in­
grains  2F2C  per  yard.

improvement  over 

is  no 

Smyrna  Rugs—This  line  has  contin­
ued  in  a  satisfactory  condition  among 
some  manufacturers,  and indications  are 
favorable  for  a  good  trade  the  balance 
reported 
of  the  season. 
fair-sized  order. 
is  expected  that 
there  will  be  a  big  demand  for these 
goods  next  season.

Some  have 
It 

Protest  Against  “Loaded”  Silk.

A  conference  of  manufacturers  of  silk 
is  about  to be called  with  a  view  of  pre­
paring  a  bill  to  be 
into 
Congress  to  require 
that  are 
weighted,  or  “ dynamited,”   as  some 
term  it, to  be labeled  so that  buyers  may 
know  what  they  are  getting.

introduced 
silks 

The  manufacturers  have  concluded 
that  the  practice  of  weighting  silk 
is 
what  has  hrought  it  into  disrepute  and 
almost  ruined  the  industry.  By  the  use 
of  bichloride  of  tin  in  the  dyeing  proc­
ess  the  dyer  gets  two  pounds  out of 
every  pound  that  comes  to  his  hand. 
This  has  produced  a  great  reduction  in 
prices,  but  the  goods  are 
inferior.  On 
exposure  to  the  air  the  bichloride  of tin 
crystallizes,  and  the  crystals  cut  the 
fabric  upon  the  slightest  wear or  fric­
tion.

At  first  the  "dynamited”   silk  has 
the  same  handsome  and  brilliant  ap­
pearance  that  the  bona  fide article  has, 
hut  as  it  does  not  wear it  has  given  silk 
a  bad  name  generally,  and  the  industry- 
languishes. 
The  manufacturers  who 
insist  on  having  their silk  treated  with 
pure  dye  only  are  greatly  handicapped, 
and  they  are  now  endeavoring to get  the 
aid  of  Congress.—Dry  Goods  Reporter.

Silk  Skirts  in  Favor.

The  popularity  of  the  black  silk  skirt 
grows  with  the  advance  of  the  season. 
All  lines  are  replete with handsome nov­
elties  of  this  order.  Taffeta,  peau  de j 
soie  and  china  silk,  together  with  nets, 
grenadines  and 
lace  novelties,  go  to 
make  up  a  showing  such  as  has  never 
been  known  before  in  skirt  lines.

Every  sort  of  material  is  utilized  for 
the  trimming.  Ribbon,  velvet  and  lace, 
mousseline  and  liberty  silk,embroidery, 
braiding,  applique  and  cut  out  work  ! 
are  among  the  applied  trimmings,  and i 
cording,  tucking,  stitching,  braiding  j 
and  shirring  add  to the  effect  of  elabo- j 
ration.  The  range  of  variety  in  these 
lines  is almost  limitless.

Bargain  in  D m »  Good«.

Wife—Oh,  such  a  bargain'  I  reached j 
Btgg,  Dri ve 
Co. "s ahead  of the crowd j 
this  morning  and  got  enough  stuff  for  a 1 
perfectly  elegant  dress  for $1 .go.

What  will  it  cost  to get  it  made  up?

Husband—Hoopla !  You're  an angel!! 
W ife -  Bout  $50.

A pplying the  Principle.

"D ear  Madam—1  take  pleasure 

The  correspondence  was  brief  but  to 
the  point.  The  letter she  received  was 
as  follows:
in 
shipping  to  your  address  a  rug  valued 
at $50,  for which  I  shall  be  glad  to  re­
ceive  your check. 
If  you  do  not  desire 
the  rug,  please  return  it.”

"T h e 

idea!”   she  exclaimed. 

never knew  such  impertinence.”

Then  she  sat  down  and  wrote  the 

following:
"D ear  Sir—I  have  ordered  no  rug 
from  your  establishment,  and  I  see  no 
reason  why  I  should  go to the expense of 
returning  that  which  I  do  not  want  and

" I  

claimed.

which  was  sent  to  me  unsolicited.” 
To  this  she  received  the  following 
answer  in  due  time :
"D ear  Madam—I  will  send  for  the 
unsolicited  rug,  and  I  trust  you  will  do 
me  the  favor to  send  for  the  unsolicited 
charity  entertainment  tickets  which now 
lie,  with  about  28  others,  on  my  desk."
"T h e   discourteous  boor!”   she  ex­

“ Evidently,”   he  soliloquized,  "there 
are  methods  of  procedure  that  can  not 
be  successfully  applied  to  business.”

Probably  Jonah  had  no  idea  that  his 
wife  would  believe  him  when  he  told 
her  where  he  had  been,  anyway.

For Spring 
Business

we will  show a brand  new line 
of  pants. 
Line  begins  at 
$4.50' and  runs  to  $21.  Full 
line  Corduroys.  Kerseys  of 
all  descriptions.  All  goods 
guaranteed  not  to  rip. 
Full 
in  every  way.  Samples  will 
come paid.  Write.

P. Steketee & Sons,

Wholesale  Dry Goods, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

WE  IMPORT

our own line  of  Laces  and  Embroid­
eries from the makers and do not  buy 
them  from  agents,  which  some  job­
bers do.  Some one  may  say  “what’s 
the difference.”  There’s a double ad­
vantage in  it for you. 
It’s a saving in 
first cost and  it assures a better assort­
ment to  select  from. 
In  connection 
with these lines  we  would  call  your 
attention to a very good line  of  Dim­
ities,  India  Linons,  Lawns  and  Nain­
sooks, far better  than  any  shown  by 
us up to this time
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer & Co.,

Wholesale  Dry Goods,
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

C O LLA R   B U T T O N S

One
gross

assorted

in
case

B est

quality

celuloid

* 4-50
per
case
AMERICAN  JEW ELRY  CO.,

back

warranted

TOWER  BLOCK. 

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hosiery.  The  colors  will  be  bright  but 
not  gaudy.  While  there  will  be  more 
vertical  than  cross  stripes  worn,  the 
latter will  have  a  larger  following  than 
last  year.  A  number  will  be  made with 
both  stripes,  the  tops  having  cross,  and 
the  sides  vertical  stripes.  The  jacquard 
effects  ought  to  take  very  well,  because 
they  will  not be  quite  as  expensive  as 
heretofore.  The  output 
is  limited,  ow­
ing  to  a  certain  kind  of  machinery  be­
ing  necessary  for  their  manufacture. 
The  materials  worn  mostly  by  the better 
dressers  will  be  a  mixture  of  cotton  and 
silk,  silk  lisle,  and  silk.  Silk  is  worn 
chiefly  for  dress,  in  black  plain,  small 
figured  or open  work  effects.

YOU  CAN  DO  WITHOUT 

H.  BROS.  “ CORRECT 

CLOTHES”  THIS SPRING 
BUT  YOU  CAN’T  MAKE 
ANY  MONEY  DOING  SO

Let us send you samples or have 
our representative call.

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Send  us  one  lot  (or  more)  six  styles  (or  three)  Hats
Ship  by express  C.  O.  D.,

(or Caps) at $ ......... a  dozen  net 
charges prepaid, with privilege of examination.

Name.

Address.

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Clothing

Spring and  Sum m er  Styles  In  H ats  and 

H aberdashery.

There  is  very  little perceptible change 
in  the  spring  hats,  either  in  form or 
measurement, 
from  year  to  year  and 
from  season  to  season, the changes,  with 
few  exceptions,  being so slight  that they 
are  not observed  by  the  layman.  First, 
let  us  take  a  look  at  the  spring  derbies. 
There 
is  a  tendency  to  manufacture 
them  with  the  crowns  a  little  higher 
than 
last  fall’s  hat.  The  shape  is  the 
English  round  crown,  which  has  a  ta­
pering  appearance.  It will  be  made  in a 
variety  of  colors,  among  them  black, 
brown,  oxford  mixed,  tan,  umber,  russet 
and  coffee.  However,  the  black  derby, 
as  usual,  will  be  worn  almost  to  the  ex­
clusion  of  the  other  shades.  Browns are 
not  likely  to  find  much  favor,  while  a 
gray  will  be  a  rarity.  There  will  be 
practically  no  change  from  the  fall  in 
the  size  and  shape  of  the  brim.  The 
band  will  be  black,  and  will  be  about 
12  ligne.

The  silk  hat  will  have  about the  same 
dimensions  as  the  fall  one,  the  crowns 
on  the  young  men’s  hats  being  a  little 
lower  than  those  on  the  men’s.  The 
former will  be  about  5yz  inches,  the  lat 
ter  5K  inches  high.  The  crown will  be 
less belled  than  of  the  fall  styles.  The 
brim  will  have  the  D ’Orsay  curl,  well 
set  up,  the  sides  being  raised  one-half 
an  inch.  The  opera  hat  or theater  hat 
sometimes  called  the  crush  hat,  will  fol 
low  the  lines  of  the  silk  rather  closely 
I  heard  rumors  that  it  may  lose  some  of 
its  popularity,  but  I  doubt them greatly 
as  this  hat 
is  entirely  too  useful  and 
genteel  appearing  a  hat  to be  lightly 
discarded.  -

The  soft  alpine  is  a  great  spring  and 
summer  hat;  some  say  that  it  makes  the 
straw  hat  hustle  for first  honors.  They 
are  made  in  so  many  different  shapes 
and  sizes  that  it  is  difficult  to tell  i' 
there  will  be  much  change  from the fall 
The  dimensions  will be  about  the  same 
and  the  wide  brimmed  affairs  will,  in 
all  probability,  fully  equal  their 
last 
summer’s  popularity. 
They  will  be 
made  on  a  tapering  block,  and  the  most 
of  them  will  be  well  rolled  up  on  the 
sides.  That  is,  this  will  be  their  shape 
when  the  consumer  buys  them,  but they 
will  not  retain  their shape  long,  as  the 
wearer generally  thinks  that  he  can  im 
prove  the  manufacturer’s  work,  and 
twists  the  brim  and  crown  into all  sorts 
of  shapes.  The  band  will  not  be  as 
wide  as  the  fall  band;  the  latter was  24 
ligne,  while  this  spring’s  will  only  be 
22  ligne  band.  There  is  one  blessing 
that  we  are  likely  to  be  thankful  for, 
the  predictions  of  the  hatters  come true 
and  that 
is  that  the  twisted  band  in 
gaudy  colors,  or  even  in  simple  effects 
will  not  meet  with  nearly  as  much favor 
as  it  did  during  the  1900 spring  season 
The  colors  will  be  black,  brown,  blue 
pearl,  steel  mixed,  otter,  nutria,  slate 
and  Belgian.  Slate,  blue pearl  and  steel 
mixed  were  seen  more  than  any  others 
last  spring  and  summer,  and  are 
liable 
to  duplicate  their  success  this  year,  but 
a  number of  good  authorities 
informed 
me  that  it  would  not  surprise  them  t( 
see  the  black  alpine  way  in  the  front, 
especially  for the  golf  alpine.

The  straw  hat  worn  next  summer  wi 

be  almost  the  exact  duplicate  of  last 
summer’s  shape.  The  brim  will  still  be 
very  narrow,  and  the  most  popular  kind 
will  be  those  made  of  rough  straw.  The 
bands  will  be  of  quiet  colors,  as  a  rule. 
The  straw  alpine 
is  liable  to  be  even

more  popular  than  was the  case  during 
the  last  spring  season.  At  the  begin­
ning  of  that  season,  it  was  not  worn 
very  extensively,  the  middle  aged  and 
elderly  gentlemen  being  the  chief  pur­
chasers.  But  as  time  passed,  it  grad­
ually  won  the  hearts  of  the  younger  ele­
ment,  and 
its  popularity  was  growing 
when  the  straw  hat  season  closed.  Un­
less  there  should  be  a  great  change  in 
popular  favor,  I  believe  that  the  alpine 
straw  will  be  one  of  the  favorites  of  the 
year.  The  Panama  is  an  ideal  summer 
bat,  but  the  price  asked  for  it  keeps 
down  the  sale  considerably.  However, 
the  dealers  are  justified  in  asking  good 
prices  for them,  as  the  genuine  Panama 
rs  net  easy  to  get  in  large  quantities, 
.n  the  shapes  required  for  their  trade, 
and  the  scarcity  naturally  shoots  up  the 
prices.  The  hats  are  made  in  Ecuador, 
and  there  are  no  factories  for  them,  the 
natives  on  the  coast  plaiting  them  when 
they  feel 
It  costs  so  little  to 
live  there  that  the  natives  do  not  have 
to  work  any  more  than  they  feel  like, 
is  very  little,  and  so they  can 
which 
afford  to  be 
independent.  Hence  the 
Panama  hat  famine  in  this  country.

like 

it. 

is 

From  present 

The  high  turn-over collar will certain­
ly  retain  its  popularity,  and  is  liable  to 
exceed  it  during  the  spring  and  sum­
mer.  As  the  summer  is  always  a  small 
tie  season,  it  can  readily  be  seen  that 
next  spring  will  be  doubly  so.  While 
it 
impossible  to  predict  the  various 
styles  that  may  come  up,  the  unknown 
quantities  of  the  neckwear trade,  it  is 
safe  to  say  that  the  tieable  ties,  bows, 
bat-wings,  etc.,  and  the  reversible  nar­
row  four-in-hand  will  be  worn  more  ex­
tensively  than  any  other styles.  The for­
mer  are 
liable  to  have  very  neat  and 
handsome,  and  at  the  same  time  plain, 
patterns.  The  narrow  four-in-hand will 
De  from  one  and  a  half  to two  inches 
wide. 
It  will  be  seen  a  great  deal  in 
solid  colors,  with  polka  dots  and  with 
small  figured  effects,  and  also  with 
stripes  running  down  the  center.  It  will 
come  in  a  number of  qualities  and  ma­
terials,  such  as  silk,  satin,  mixtures, 
madras,  pique  and 
lawn.  The  solid 
colors  shown  will  include  a  large  vari­
ety,  some  of  the  swellest effects  being in 
gray,  ox-blood,  green  and  navy.  Of 
course,  a 
large  number  of  other  styles 
will  be  shown,  such  as  the  wide  impe­
rials,  De  Joinvilles,  rumchundas,  Wind­
sors,  etc.,  but  whether  they  will  meet 
with  much  success  is  only  a  matter  of 
conjecture  at  this  early  hour.
indications  there  will 
not  be  much  change  in  the  pattern  of 
shirts  that  will  be  worn  next  spring. 
The  stripes  will  still  run  vertically,  in 
the  majority  of  cases,  and  horizontally 
around  the  cuffs.  The  prevailing shade 
will  be  blue,  of  a  very  delicate  hue. 
I 
hear  that  there  will  be  a  great  many 
more  white  shirts,  both  soft  and  stiff 
bosom,  worn  than  has  been  the  case 
during  the  warm  seasons  for  a  number 
of  years.
Underwear  is  not  so  much  a  matter  of 
style  as  a  matter of  comfort.  A number 
of  authorities  say  that  there  is  going  to 
be  a  very  large  sale  of  fancies.  A 
line 
of  underwear  that  is  liable  to  play  ^a 
in  next  spring’s 
very 
consumption 
is  mesh  underwear.  This 
is  shown  in  a  large  number  of  designs 
and  grades.  The  Aertex  Cellular  un­
derwear  is  one  of  the 
leaders  of this 
kind  of  underwear and  is  likely  to  more 
than  rival 
I 
saw  some  really  beautiful  mesh  under­
wear,  which  was  imported  by  one  of 
the 
largest  firms  in  the  United  States. 
They  had  a  number of  really  beautiful 
designs,  some  looking  almost  like  em­
broidery  work.  One  design  had  a  mesh, 
the  open  work  being  fully  one-half  an 
inch  square.  Without  exaggeration,  it 
resembled  an  average  size  crabbing net. 
Mesh  underwear always  had  a  good  sale 
in  the  South,  but 
last  summer sprang 
into  prominence  in  the  Middle  North 
and  Northeastern  States,  and  in  parts of 
the  West.
It  looks  as  if  the  well  dressed  man 
will  have  an  unusually  large  number  of 
handsome  and  original  designs  to  select 
from,  when  he  purchases  his  spring

its  success  of  last  year. 

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Shoes  and  Rubbers

Im provem ents  B rought  A bout  by 

Long  Shoe.

the 

the 

There 

is  no  longer any  valid  excuse 
for  people  to  go  slipshod  or down  at  the 
heels  in  their  footwear. 
It  depends  en­
tirely  upon 
shoe  wearer  as  to 
whether  he  shall  present  a  slovenly  ap­
pearance  at  the foot.  The manufacturer 
is  doing  his  part  toward  rendering  such 
practices  obsolete,  and  the  retailer  is 
guarding  his  patrons  against  shoes  that 
will  contribute  towards  such undesirable 
results.  Never  before  in  the  history  of 
shoemaking  were  such  handsome  things 
turned  out  for  the  feet  as  now;  and 
never  before  has  it  been  more  difficult 
for the  novice,  who  simply  wears  shoes 
and  who  doesn’t  know  ooze  calf  from 
mat  kid  or  hand-made  from  machine1 
work,  to  make  a  choice  on  his  own 
judgment  of  shoes  that  are  really  cheap 
in  the  economical  sense  of  that  abused 
term.  And  yet,  as  a  rule,  the 
low- 
priced,  honest-made  shoe  of  the  reput­
able  manufacturer,  such  as  a  large  class 
of  people  must  have,  or  none,  is  by  no 
means  hurtful  to  the  trade  or the  con­
sumers.

It  is  often  puzzling  to  the  shoe  man 
himself  to  discriminate  to  a  nicety  be­
tween  shoes  of  widely  varying  cost. 
Holding  in  either  hand  a  shoe,  between 
which  there  is  a  difference  in  price  of 
nearly  two  dollars  per  pair,  but  between 
which  there 
is  so  little  apparent  con­
trast  in  beauty  of  form  and  finish  to  his 
eyes,  it  is  no  wonder  that  there  is  some 
irresolution  on  the  part  of  the  customer 
as  to  which  to  take;  and  perhaps  in 
many  instances  the lower priced ones are 
purchased  when  the  inexperienced  buy­
er's  judgment  is  his  sole  guide.

It  is  true  that  cheap  shoes,as  the  term 
is  loosely  applied,  are  now  turned  out 
in  such  variety  of  styles  and  of  such 
seductive  appearance 
that  one  who 
wishes  to  get  a  really  good  shoe  must 
consult  the  reputable  dealer  and  abide 
by  his  opinion  in  order to  be  on the safe 
side  in  the  matter. 
In  the  purchase  of 
no  commodity  is  the  inexperienced con­
sumer  more 
liable  to  be  deceived  than 
in  the  value  of  shoes.

A  preventive  for the  condition  called 
“ down  at  the  heels”   has  been suggested 
in  the  way  of  a  steel  heel  plate,  but 
it 
is  a  question  whether  the  injury  they 
inflict  by  shock  upon  the  system  does 
not iar outweigh  their  economical  qual­
is  a  mooted  point,  also, 
ity ;  and 
it 
whether  it 
is  not  advisable  to  give  the 
heel  a  chance  to  follow  its  natural  tread 
as  well  as  other  parts  of  the  foot,  and 
thus to  find,  approximately  at 
least,  its 
comfortable  bearings.  A  sort of  com­
promise between  the  back-mitered  heel 
of the  worn  shoe and  the  perfectly  level 
heel  of the  new  one  might  be  good.

In  the  repair  shop,  among  many  odd 
specimens  of  women’s  partly worn  shoes 
that  were  examined,  an  observer  found 
abundant  evidence  that  women  are 
more  level  walkers  than  men  are;  that 
they  have,  as  a  rule,  a  more  uniformly 
lateral  tread. 
If  their  high  heels  were 
abandoned  they  could  give  the  sterner 
sex  valuable  points  on  even  tread  in 
their  shoes.  Among  women’s  common- 
sense  heeled  shoes  were  observed  many 
that  were  not  preceptibly  worn  off at the 
back  edge.  Moreover,  it  was  noticed 
that  women  with  the  smallest  and  best 
shaped  feet,  almost  without  exception, 
had  worn  their  uppers  to  an  almost 
ir­
reparable  condition,  and  had  still  left 
sole  and  heel 
in  a  fairly  level  state. 
Larger  and  more  abnormally  shaped

feet  had 
left  their  impress  on  the  old 
shoes  in  various  irregularities  of  tread 
and 
local  destruction,  pointing  a  moral 
to  the  careful  cobbler,by which  he  could 
partly  provide  against  like  evils  in  his 
repairs.

The  damage  that  slipshod  footwear 
does  to  the  feet  and  the  injury  pro­
duced by  going  “ down at  the  heels”  are 
undeniable,  and  the  results  assume  va­
rious  forms.  The  chiropodist 
is  in  a 
position  to  know  a  good  deal  about 
this  matter,  and  he  throws  most  of  the 
blame  upon  the  shoes.  His  verdict  is 
probably  too  sweeping,  and  it  suggests 
the  question :  Can 
it  be  true  that  this 
overthrow  of  the  once  normal  foot  is 
wholly  attributable  to  modern  footwear? 
If  so,  then  ought  we  not  to  come  to 
its 
rescue  at  once,  even  to  the  extent  of 
radical  measures 
its  protection? 
Again,  it  may  be  asked:  Do  shoes— 
other than  those  of  the  Chinese—tend  to 
reduce  the  length  of the  feet? 
It  seems 
probable  that  the  human  foot  is  rather 
shorter  now  than  it  was  some  centuries 
ago.

for 

In  discussing  this  subject, 

it  was 
stated  in  a  former article that  this mem­
ber was  presumably,at  one  time,  twelve 
inches  and  upwards  in  length,  and  that 
the  lineal  foot  measure  was  taken 
from 
this  member.  Now,  discarding  mon­
strosities,  such  as  the  old  Turin  foot, 
and  assuming  the  average  to  have  been 
twelve  inches,  we  may  safely  say  that 
the  foot  is  growing  smaller.  The  aver­
age  size  in  men  of  to-day  is  probably 
not  above  a  No.  8,  less  than  eleven 
inches  long.

But 

is  but 

in  the  matter  of  slovenliness  at 
little  of  it  seen 
the  feet,  there 
nowadays. 
Formerly  our  sight  was 
shocked  occasionally  by  indifferent  and 
careless  practices  of  this  sort.  Even 
women  would  sometimes  lapse  from  a 
high  standard  of  personal  appearance 
when  they  arrived  at  the  foot,  counting 
upon  the  charity  of  skirts  to  cover Jtheir 
faults.

It 

Now,  there  is,  probably,  no  more  pit­
iable  spectacle  than 
that  of  a  man 
“ down  at  the  heels,”   either  literally  or 
metaphorically. 
is  as  difficult  to 
stiffen  up  an  old  run  down  shoe  as  it  is 
to  repair  dilapidated  fortunes,  for  in 
either  case  here 
is  scarcely  anything 
solid  to  build  upon.  It  would  be  cheap­
er  to  throw  such  shoes  aside  and  buy 
new  ones  than  to  attempt  their  redemp­
tion.  But  this 
is  mostly  all  changed 
now,  and  the  manufacturer  with  modem 
improved  methods  has  found  a  preven­
tive.  Counter  and  heel  stiffeners  may 
in  time  relegate 
comprehensive 
phrase  “ down  at  the  heels”   into the 
dim  past.

the 

it  necessary 

But  this  unpleasant  sight  is  rare  now, 
except  with  children  and  those  adults 
who  wear  the  shoddy  sort  of  shoes.  Nor 
is 
that  these  supports 
should  ever  be  made  of  metal,  if  the 
manufacturer  will  see  to  it  that  only 
proper  material  constructed  on  right 
principles  be  used  for  this  important 
purpose.  There  are  persons,  it  is  true, 
who are  built  upon  such  eccentric  prin­
ciples  at  the  ankle  and  heel  that  they 
would  run  down  almost  anything 
in 
leather,  and  for  such  the  metal  stiffener 
might  not  be  out of  place.

There  are  always  helpful  points  to  be 
obtained  from  the  retailer for the  asking 
by  the 
inexperienced  buyers,  such  as 
will  help  to  prevent  the  shoe  wearer 
from  running  down  at  the  heels.  More 
than  half  the  prevention  lies  in  the  se­
lection  of  the  shoes. 
It  is  not,  however, 
always  the  plainest  people  with 
the 
limited  means  who  are  the  best
most 

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lowest  priced  foot­
customers  for  the 
wear.  The  most  thoughtful  of  this  class 
have  learned  from  experience  that of  all 
articles  in  clothing,  the  shoddy  shoe 
is 
the  most  disappointing  and  undesirable 
for  them  to  buy.

They  have,  from  former  costly experi­
ments,  discovered  that  there  is  no  real 
economy 
in  a  worthless  or  short-lived 
shoe,  no  matter  how  captivating  and 
honest  it  seems  while  new.  The lustrous 
leather,  standing  up  gracefully 
in  its 
well  moulded  form,  is  a  snare  if  it  has 
not  quality  to  fit  it  for  service.  A  few 
weeks’  wear  usually  suffices  to  reveal 
its  form  collapses,  its 
its  defects  and 
primness 
is  soon  too 
weak  to  stand  alone.  Such a  shoe  only 
when  treed  out  by  the  foot of  the  unfor­
tunate  buyer,  and  brightened  up  by 
dressings,  has  any  appearance  of  the 
beautiful  object  it  once  seemed.

is  gone,  and 

it 

Persons  of  small  means  who  have  had 
a  few  object  lessons  of  this  sort,  and 
who  are  wise  enough  to  profit  by  them, 
now  demand  durable  footwear  at  least 
for  the  moderate  sum  they  are  able  to 
expend;  and  such  persons  are willing  to 
forego  the  tinsel  of  outward  appear­
ances. 
It  is,  in  fact,  only  people  with 
plenty  of  money  who  can  afford  to  buy 
shoes  of  poor quality  and  workmanship, 
anomalous  as  it  may  seem.

veteran 

Some  women  prefer  to  take  several 
pairs  of  shoes  to  their  homes  to  fit  their 
own  feet,  but  the  practice  is  not 
likely 
to  become  general  as  most  wom:n  do 
not care  to  take  either the  trouble  or the 
responsibility. 
If  they  make  an  frror 
in  getting  a  good  fit  in  this  way,  they 
have  no  redress  after  wearing  the  shoes. 
A  dealer  says  there  are  such 
instances, 
but  that  they  are  rare;  and,  moreover, 
he  does  not  believe  the  average  woman 
will  get  as  good  a  fit  in  this  way,  as 
two  heads  are  better  than  one  in  direct­
ing  the  choice  of  the  feet  in  their  cov­
erings.
The 

retailer  was  asked: 
“ Should  women’s  shoes  be fitted to their 
feet  always  in  the  shoe  store?”   He 
replied:  “ It  would  lighten  our  labors 
immensely 
if  women  would  fit  them­
selves  to  shoes  at  home.  But  while  it 
would  be  a  gain  to  us  in  that  respect,  it 
might 
in  another  way  be  worse  for us. 
It  would  probably  give  us  more  trouble 
in  the  matter  of  exchanges  in  cases 
where  careless  or  ignorant  persons  had 
miscalculated.  Any  intelligent  woman, 
with  a 
little  practice,  can  fit  herself  to 
shoes  without  the  aid  of  a  retailer  or 
clerk.  But,  in  many 
instances,  there 
would  be  disappointing  results  by  this 
practice. 
There  are  certain  matters 
about  which  the  retailer  could  set  a 
woman  right  at  the  outset,  and  which 
she  would  sometimes  overlook  and  dis­
satisfaction  would  naturally  result.

“ Many  women,”   he  continued,  “ buy 
shoes  of  me  that  they  never  try  on  here, 
and  it  is  not  because  of  defective  feet 
that  they  pursue  this  course,  for  I  know 
from  their  old  shoes  that  there  are  no 
glaring  blemishes  about  those 
feet. 
Some  of them  adopt  this  course 
in  or­
der,  no  doubt,  to  escape  the  importuni­
ties  and  often  ill-advised  suggestions  of 
some  well-meaning,  but  over-zealous 
clerk.  Besides,  a  very  sensitive,  con­
scientious  woman  is  sometimes met with 
who does  not care  to  trouble us too much 
about  the  momentous  matter of  the  set 
of  her  new  shoe.  She  wants  time  and 
exemption  from  espionage  to  consider 
the  case  in  all  of  its  bearings,  and  hav­
ing  taken  a  reasonable  time  in deciding 
on  the  kind  of  shoes  she  will  buy,  she 
takes  them  home  to  fit  them  on.”

Some  of  the  reasons  for the  almost  to­
tal  disappearance  of  the slipshod,  down- 
at-the-heel  foot  nowadays  is  not  far  to 
seek  on  our streets.  The  graceful  gait 
of  the  person  with  a  long  and  slender 
in  marked  contrast  with  that  of 
foot 
the  person  whose  foot 
is  broad  and 
chunky,  especially  if  the  latter  is  thrust 
into  a  too  narrow  shoe. 
In  this  case 
is  defective,  and
the 

lateral  bearing 

is 

It 

while  only  one  foot  is  on  the  ground, 
the  body  sways  slightly  to  one  side  or 
the  other  in  order  to  retain  its  equi­
librium.  There  is  little  enough  founda­
tion  in  the  feet,  at  the  best,  to  keep  the 
upper  part  of  the  body  within  the 
line 
of  gravity.  With  a  maximum  of  surface 
contact  with  the  ground  we  progress  al­
most  without  thought  of the  art  of  pro­
gression ;  but with too  little  surface  con­
tact  we  are  constantly  aware  of  our 
steps,  because  the  muscles  are  on  the 
strain  to  prevent  the loss of equilibrium.
is  a  mistake  to try  to  obtain  the 
long,  slim  shoe  style  at  the  expense  of 
suitable  breadth  for the  foot.  The  nat­
ural  width  of  the  foot  with  the  weight 
of  the  body  on  it  should  be  the  measure 
of  width,  with  the  addition  of  length 
enough  for symmetry,  or to suit  the  taste 
of  the  wearer.  Even  then  it  will  require 
some 
little  time  to  educate  the  foot 
which  has  been  habitually  cramped  at 
the  toes  to  utilize  this  extra  length  of 
the  modern  shoe  gracefully.

But  few  shoe  wearers,  probably,  real­
ize  how  much  the  long  shoe  now so 
common,  has  done  toward 
improving 
the  condition  of  the  man  and  woman 
who  were  once,  literally,  down  at  the 
heels.—E.  A.  Boyden  in  Boot  and  Shoe 
Recorder.

Getting  Ready  for  Raster—Reign  of  P at­

ent Leather.

Dealers  are  impatiently  awaiting  the 
time  when  they  can  draw  the  curtain 
over the  trade  of  a  period  which  has  in 
many  respects  been  unsatisfactory,  and 
usher  in  the  business  of  a  vernal  season 
which 
is  full  of  promise,  with  an  ac­
companiment  of  April  skies,  balmy sun­
shine,  babbling  brooks,  the  rejuvena­
tion  of  nature,  spring  millinery,  new 
apparel,and a  general  spirit  of  bubbling 
cheerfulness  in  all  mankind.

It  is  not  too  early now to make season­
able  suggestions  regarding  the  trade  at 
Easter  time.  Easter  is  not  so  far  off. 
The  exact  date 
is  April  7.  Retailers 
have  doubtless  been  bearing  that  fact 
in  mind.  They  have  been making stren­
uous  efforts  through  hundreds  of  bar­
gain  sales  to  hasten  the  sluggish  flow  of 
their  winter  shoes  and  make  way  for 
their  spring  stocks.  Of  course,  they 
want a  plentiful  supply  of  new  styles 
in  at  Easter time,  for,  during  the  week 
preceding  Easter,  especially  Saturday, 
April  6,  there  will  be  a  sale  of  shoes  in 
all  the  large  cities  of  the  country  which 
is  likely  to  be  unprecedented.
There  is  a  wonderful  deal  of  talk  re­
garding  the  popularity  of  patent  calf 
and  kid,  but  the  reign  of  the  shiny  ma­
terial  will  be  more  patent  than  ever  at 
Easter.  The  gilded  youth—and  now­
adays  men  of  even  staid  sobriety—wear 
patent  leather on  every  occasion  where 
they  make  any  pretense  of  dressing, 
and  thousands  also  wear these  shoes  for 
regular  business  purposes.  We  shall 
watch  with  interest  the  sales  of the week 
preceding  Easter,  and  give  a  full  report 
of them, as  our correspondents  see  them, 
in  our  issue  of  April  9.

But  a 

Perhaps  our  readers  may think  we  are 
successful 
little  previous. 
a 
spring  opening 
is  not  attained  by  the 
work  of  a  week.  The  plans  must  be 
carefully  laid  beforehand.  We  will  take 
it  for  granted  that the  appropriate  stock 
is  all  in  the  store ;  that the  clerks,  vigi­
lant,  bright  and  active,  are  all  alert, 
and  the  commercial  powder  is  all  ready 
to  receive  the  spark  which  shall  be  ap­
plied  by  public  demand.

Yet  two  more  things  are  necessary 
and  must  be  attended  to.  One  is  win­
dow  dressing—the other,  publicity.
Let  us first consider how a spring open­
ing  should  be  advertised.  Retailers  in 
the  smaller  cities  and  towns  will  have 
less  difficulty  about  this  matter  than 
many  of their  brethren  elsewhere.  Pos­
sibly  they  may  issue  booklets or  folders, 
but  they  can  very  easily  get  at  the  pub­
lic  generally  through  the  local  news­
papers.

in  the  suburban  sections  of 
large  cities,  however,  will  not have  as 
easy  a  time. 
It  is  no  object  for them  to 
advertise  in  newspapers,  nine-tenths  of 
the  readers  of  which  live  in  sections  of 
the  city  miles  distant  from  their  store. 
These  dealers  will  find  it  necessary  to 
issue  neat and  attractive  printed matter.

Dealers 

it 

What  that  shall  be,  of  course,  they  are 
the  best  judges.

Wherever  a  dealer  is  located,  there 
must  be  a  considerable  amount  of atten­
tion  devoted  to  advertising,  as  amid  all 
the  noises  that  come  to  the  ears  of  the 
public 
is  the  clear,  strong  note  that 
makes  the  impression.  People  have  no 
time  to  consider  feeble  and  nervous 
announcements.

It  has often been remarked that dealers 
do  not  do  justice  to  themselves  in  most 
in  displaying  Easter  goods.
instances 
They  do  not  seem  to  put  that  thought 
and  attention  into their window displays 
that  are  so  noticeable  in the  department 
stores.  Of  course,  there  are  exceptions, 
but  speaking  generally,  shoe  retailers 
are  lax  in  this  respect.  There  seems  to 
be  a  spirit  of  economy that prohibits  the 
expenditure  of  a  few  dollars  on  fixtures 
that  will  admit  of  dressing  their  win­

in  this 

dows  more  tastefully,  and  thereby'at- 
tract  attention  to  theLgoods"shown there­
in.
There~is~ncTbetter advertisement'for^a 
store  than*  to  have  the  nameifof’always 
having  'neatly  arranged ,and*attractive 
windows.  The  retailer  that*  is  up-to- 
date 
important  detail  of  busi­
ness  is  usually  successful^in  „bis^voca- 
tion.  The  arrangement , o f,  a  _ display 
window  can  not  be  done  in  a’ slipshod 
In  order to  properly  bring out 
manner. 
the  effects,  as  it  were,  the 
idea  should 
be  first  worked  out,  and details  arranged 
accordingly. 
is  evident  that  more 
attention  is  being  given  by  retailers  to 
this  detail  of  their  business,  but  still 
there  is  room  for  improvement.  Think 
out  your  ideas  beforehand,and  endeavor 
to  improve  upon  your  efforts  in  the  past 
in arranging your Easter display.—Boots 
and  Shoes  Weekly.

It 

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From  February  1st to  March 31st,  1901,  both  inclusive,  Boston  Rubber 
Shoe Co.’s goods, 35 and  10  per  cent;  Bay  State  Rubber  Co.’s  goods. 
35 and  10 and  10 per cent.

Bills for deliveries between  February  1  and  March 31,  1901,  both  inclu­
sive, shall  be payable net thirty days from date of shipment,  1  per  cent, 
off for cash  in  10 days.
Bills for deliveries between April  1 and September 14,1901, both  inclusive, 
shall be dated  November  1,  1901, net 30 days, 1 per  cent, off for cash in 10 
days.
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and the above mentioned  1  per cent  may be allowed.
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A  Cordovan  shoe  made  with 
great  care  as  to  style  and  fin­
ish.  The  best  shoe  on  the 
market  today  for  the  money; 
thoroughly  up-to  date.  Made 
in  our  own  factory.

Note  the  price,  $1  50 net.

H ero ld *B ertsch  

S h o e  6 0 .,
M akers of S h o es,
Grand  R apids,  M ich.

just 

gracious  greeting,  then  down  at  the 
pretty  baby.

Seemingly  satisfied  that  her  friends 
would  be  careful,  she  trotted  off  and 
left  the  kitten  behind.  Presently  she 
reappeared,  bearing  another 
like 
it  also to  her 
the  first  and  presented 
young  men  friends. 
This  operation 
she  repeated  until  five,  soft,  dainty little 
maltese  kittens  were  exhibited  to  her 
many  friends,  who  were  both  delighted 
and  amused.  Malta  seemed  more  than 
satisfied  to have  the  admiration  which 
had  heretofore  been  all  her own lavished 
upon  her  beautiful  babies.  They  were 
passed  around  from  one  to  another  and 
then  the  young  ladies  at  the  laces  came 
over and  took  them.  Her  babies  were 
cuddled  and  fondled  and  petted,  while 
Malta  looked  on  in  proud  and  satisfied 
contentment.

It  was  an  active 

Then  a  strange  and  dreadful  thing 
happened.  One  of  the  kittens  was 
handed  to a  young  lady  who  was  stand­
ing  near  the  main  entrance.  She  placed 
it  on  the  floor to  see  it  toddle  and  frisk 
about. 
little  fellow 
and  before  she  knew  it  the  kitten  was 
out  on  the  sidewalk.  Malta  realized  the 
danger and,  springing  from  her  place 
on  the  show  case,  ran  after  her  foolish 
baby.  She  took 
it  up  by  the  back  of 
its  neck  and  turned  to  re-enter the store, 
when,  like  a  flash,  a huge mastiff,  which 
was  passing  at  the  moment,sprang  upon 
her and  with  one  snap  of  his  cruel  jiw s 
crushed  her to de  th.  A  passerby caught 
up  the  kitten 
in  time  to save  it 
from  a  like  fate.
There  were  many  mourners  over  the 
sudden  and  terrible  death  of  the  beauti­
ful  Malta.  From  the  grief  depicted  on 
the  faces  of  the  young  men  at  the  silk 
counter and  the  tear-stained  faces  of  the 
young 
laces,  one  would 
have  known  that  they  had  lost a  dear 
friend.
The  five  little  motherless  kittens  were 
well  taken  care  of  by  Malta’s  good 
friends  and  each  one  found  a  home 
where  it  was  loved  and  cared  for  for  the 
sake  of  the  loving  and  beloved  Malta.

ladies  at  the 

just 

Mac  Allan.

Lambert's 
Salted peanuts

New Process

Makes the  nut  delicious,  healthful  and 
palatable.  Easy to digest.  Made from 
choice,  hand-picked  Spanish  peanuts. 
They do  not  get  rancid.  Keep  fresh. 
We guarantee them to keep in a  salable 
condition.  Peanuts  are  put  up  in  at­
tractive  ten-pound  boxes,  a  measuring 
glass in  each  box.  A  fine  package  to 
sell from.  Large profits for the retailer. 
Manufactured by

T h e  Lambert)
Nut  hood  G o.,

Battle Creek. Mich.

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

18
Clerks’  Corner.

Successful  Salesm anship  Largely  a   M at­

te r of Experience.

I  appreciate  the  difficulties  you  meet 
in  dealing  with  customers  who  have  not 
quite  decided  what  to  buy  or  where  to 
it,  but  you  may  be  sure,  my  boy, 
buy 
that  the  same  perplexity 
is 
causing  salesmen  in  every  line  of  busi­
ness  more  trouble  than  anything  else. 
A  few  general  rules and suggestions may 
be  given,  but  only  by  experience  can 
you  learn  how  to  approach  different 
people,  as  each  customer  presents  a 
different  problem.

is  what 

You  should  never under  any  circum­
lose  your  temper  when  waiting 
stances 
on  customers,  or  permit  yourself 
to 
show  that  you  are  irritated  or angry  no 
matter  how  great  the  provocation.  The 
moment  you  do  so  you  place  yourself 
at  a  disadvantage.  You  lose  the  pros­
pect  of  making  a  sale  at  that  time  and 
greatly  lessen  the  chance  for doing  any 
future  business  with  the  same  parties 
or their  friends.  Granting that  the  cus­
tomer  is 
insolent  and  insulting,  yet  if 
you  allow  yourself  to  become  angry  he 
will  blame  you  for  it  entirely  and  pro­
claim  you  as  a  cross,  cranky,  unaccom­
clerk.  By  keeping  good 
modating 
humored  you 
lose  nothing,  you  show 
your  own  power of  self-control, which  of 
itself  may  make  a favorable  impression, 
and  you  have  not  the  humiliating  re­
membrance  of  a  past  outbreak  of  pas­
sion  to  hamper  you  in  future  transac­
tions.

It  often  happens  that  persons  who  are 
very  annoying,  if  treated  respectfully, 
become  good  customers. 
I  recall  one 
instance  when  some  ladies  looking  for 
goods  tried  my patience severely.  Noth­
ing  suited  them ;  they  did  not  like  the 
goods 
in  style,  size  or  finish,  and  the 
prices,  which  were  really  very  close, 
they  declared were  exorbitant.  Although 
tempted  to  treat them  as  I  felt  they  de­
served,  I  managed  to  keep  my  temper 
and  answer them  respectfully,  and when 
they  flounced  out  I  never  expected  to 
see  them  again.  Within  an  hour  they 
came  back  and  to  my  surprise  bought 
the  very  goods  they  had  previously 
looked  at,  at  the  same  prices,  and  after­
wards  became  very  good  customers. 
Had  I  spoken  the  sharp  words  which 
were  on  my  tongue  I presume the  sequel 
would  have  been  different.

Nor  is  this  an  isolated  case. 

I  could 
give  you  many  others  from  my  own  ex­
perience  which  have  taught  me  that  it 
pays  to  keep  pleasant  even  under  great 
provocation.
I  believe 

it  to  be  a  good  rule,  with 
exceptions  of  course,  not  to  be  in  too 
great a  hurry  to quote prices  on  goods  to 
a  prospective  customer. 
If  you  were 
a  mind  reader and  could  tell  what  each 
person’s  taste  was,  how  much  money 
they  had  to spend,  what  they  had  seen 
in  the  same 
line  elsewhere  and  bow 
favorably  they  were impressed with your 
goods,  you  might  be 
in  a  position to 
name  the  price  at  once.  But  you  do  not 
know  these  things and  you have  to  learn 
them  from  your customer,  who  is  prob­
ably  a  lady,  in  the  course of  the  conver­
sation.  Moreover,  to  be  successful  in 
the  highest  degree  you  must gain  your 
knowledge  without  the 
lady  herself 
realizing  your  purpose,  and  so  you  do 
not  proceed  like  a  lawyer  cross-examin­
ing  a  witness,  but  you 
lead  her  into 
conversation  about  the  goods, their style, 
finish,  the  advantages  of  each particular 
pattern,  etc., 
the 
goods,  drawing  her out  by  an  occasional

interesting  her  in 

is  mostly 

question  and  picking  up  from  her  talk, 
expressions,  glances  and  gestures  the 
information  you  want. 
If  she  shows  by 
word  or  look  a  decided  preference  for 
some  piece,  then  of course  you  show  up 
that  piece  to  the  best  advantage.  But 
if,  as  is  more  often  the  case,  she  finds 
difficulty  in  selecting  or  does  not  seem 
inclined  to  buy,  you  use your knowledge 
of  what 
likely  to  suit  her 
taste  and  pocket  book,  and  direct  her 
attention  to  whatever  you  have  in  stock 
that  seems  most  nearly  to  meet  her  re­
quirements.  So  that  briefly  my  reason 
for  not  quoting  prices  at  first  is  that 
many 
learned  the 
leave  at  once  and  give  you 
price,  will 
no  chance  to  find  out  what  they  really 
want,  but  until  you  have  named  prices 
you  are  sure  of  them.
If there  were  nothing  to  do  but  quote 
prices  it  would  not  be  necessary  to  pay 
salaries  to  salesmen;  it  would  be cheap­
er to  hang  a  large  card  on  each  article 
with the  price  on  it,  and  in  fact  a  sales­
man  who  can  not do  more  than  to tell 
you  the  prices,  who  can  not talk  intelli­
gently  about  his  goods,  is  little  better 
than  a  price  mark.

shoppers,  having 

Naturally  you  want  to  bring  your  cus­
tomer  to  purchase  as  good  an  article  as 
possible.  As  a  rule  it  is  better to  show 
the  higher  priced  goods  first,  although 
I  think  in  some  cases,  especially  where 
you  are  making  construction  a  strong 
talking  point,  it  is  better to  begin  with 
the  more  common  goods  first  and  thus 
prepare  the  buyer to appreciate  the  ad­
vantages  of  the  superior  or  improved 
construction.

If  your customer  is  at  all  susceptible 
to  flattery  you  will  often  find  means  to 
use  it  to  your  advantage. 
“ You  are  a 
judge  of  goods,  I  see;  you  have 
good 
picked  out  the  best  we  have 
in  the 
store,”   is  a  shot that  rarely  fails  to  tell 
when  a  lady  pauses  to  admire some nice 
article.

I  might  say  much  more  on  this  sub­
ject, but after  all,as  I told you  in  the  be­
ginning,  it  is  largely  a matter of experi­
ence  rather than  rules.—Uncle  Reuben 
in  Furniture  Journal.

The  Story  of Malta.

Written for the Tradesman.

Malta  was  very  popular.  Her  affec­
tionate  nature  and  even  disposition  won 
for her a  place  in  the  hearts  of  all  who 
knew  her.  Besides  possessing 
these 
winning  qualities  she  was  very  beauti­
ful.  It  was  no  wonder that  she  captured 
the  hearts  of  all  the  young  men  at  the 
silk  counter.  Whenever  she  appeared 
there  was  a  scramble  as  to  who should 
monopolize  her attentions.  At the  lace 
and  embroidery  counter,  just  across  the 
aisle  from  the  silk  department,  there 
were  a  number  of  young  ladies,  some 
of  whom  were  extremely pretty.  Strange 
to  say,  none  of  them  ever  seemed  to 
dream  of  being  jealous  of  the  attentions 
lavished  upon  Malta. 
Indeed,  it  was 
no  uncommon  sight to  see  one  of  these 
young 
ladies  put  her arms  around  the 
beautiful  Malta  and  give  her  a  most 
affectionate  hug  when  she  chanced  to 
visit  them.  Everybody  agreed  that  the 
love  which  Malta 
power  of 
inspiring 
possessed  was  truly  wonderful. 
It  was 
told  bv  the  young 
ladies  at  the  laces 
that  a  little  girl  who  came  to  the  store 
with  her  mother  one  day  chanced  to 
meet  Malta  at  the  door of  the  elevator 
and  insisted  upon  kissing  her then  and 
there,  although  the  child  had  never  seen 
her  before.

There 

came  a  time  when  several 
weeks  passed  and  Malta  failed  to  make 
her  accustomed  visits  at  the  silk  coun­
ter.  The  young  men  who  had  shown 
her  so  many  attentions  could  give  no 
explanation.  She  had  left  no  word  upon 
her  last  visit  and  so they were complete­
ly  in  the  dark.  The  ladies  at the  laces 
declared  that 
the  young  men  had 
offended  her;  but  they  one  and  all 
maintained  this  was  not  true.
their  astonishment  when, 
after a  month  bad  gone  by,  Malta,  with 
careful,  dignified  tread,  walked  down 
the  aisle  one  morning  early  carrying  a 
soft  fuzzy  little  reproduction  of  herself. 
She  laid  it  before  the  group  of admiring 
young  men  who had  advanced  to  meet 
her and  looked  up  into  their faces  with

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“ Yes.”
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“ The  late  editor’s  wife  is  something 

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“ Indeed?”
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“ What  was  it?”
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and  rakes  in  the  sw ag;  and  the  other 
creditors  whose  great  ambition  is  to  in­
crease  their  sales  get  nothing.

There  are  doubtless  many  honorable 
exceptions  among  jobbers regarding this 
nefarious  practice.  The  complacency 
and  meekness  with  which  some  of  the 
oldest  and  first-class  jobbing houses sub­
mit  to  being  swindled  in  this  manner  is 
astounding.  We  know  of  cases  where 
failures  have  been  strongly  tainted  with 
fraud,  and  yet  these  great,  big-hearted 
creditors  have  remitted  or  cancelled 
their  entire  claim,  and  then  extended 
credit  to  the  same  parties  again.

Now,  under  present  conditions,  what 
encouragement  is  held  out  to the  retail­
er?  To  be  honest  and  to  conduct  his 
business  with  economy  and  on  sound 
business  principles,  what  chance  does 
the  honest  merchant  have  with this class 
of  competitors?  Does  not  this  system 
of  loose  credits  offer a premium  for dis­
honesty  and  rascality?  Under  it  a  na­
tional  bankrupt  law,  no  matter  how  it  is 
framed,  is  powerless  for good. 
It  only 
turns  loose  a  herd  of  chronic  bankrupts, 
to  repeat  their  familiar  games  over 
again.

This  pernicious  credit  system  is  sap­
ping  the  very  foundations  of  our  com­
mercial  fabric  and  we  believe  it  to  be 
the  duty  of  every  merchant,  both  whole­
sale  and  retail,  who  believes  in  main­
taining  the  honor  and  integrity  of  the 
trade  to  make  heroic  efforts  to  eradicate 
and  stamp  out  this  great  and  growing 
evil.  Let  the  retail  dry  goods  dealers 
form  associations  in  every  state,  county 
and  municipality  and  co-operate  with 
wholesale  merchants  for  the  purpose  of 
driving  the  “ buccaneers”   and  mercan­
tile  pirates  from  the  trade.  The  credit 
department,  instead  of  being  the  weak­
est  and  most  vulnerable  point,  should 
be  the  fortress,  the  stronghold  and  the 
“ Gibraltar”   of  every  great  commercial 
or  mercantile  house.—D.  Burnham  in 
Dry  Goods  Economist.

His  Generous Action.

“ I  do  not  wish  to  be  unnecessarily 
hard  on  you,”   said  the  lawyer  who  had 
several  accounts  placed  in  his  hands  for 
collection,  “ but 
it  seems  to  me  you 
ought  to  make  some  effort  to  liquidate 
these  bills. ”

The  gilded  youth  puffed  his  cigar  re­

flectively  for a  minute  or  two.

“ Do  you  really  think  so?”   he  asked 

at  last.

“ Most  assuredly,”   answered  the  law­
yer. 
“ Your  creditors  have  been  most 
considerate  and  they  are  inclined  to  be 
lenient  now  if  you show  any  disposition 
to  settle.  There  are  many  ways 
in 
which  a  good,  strong,  active  young man 
can  make  money.”

“ That 

sounds 

“ True,”   replied  the  gilded  youth, 
“ but  it’s  so  deucedly  annoying  and  in­
convenient,  don’t  you  know.”
■ “ It  may  not be as  pleasant  as  the  idle 
and 
irresponsible  life  you  now  lead,”  
admitted  the  lawyer,  “ but  you  should 
be  willing  to  make  some  sacrifice  for 
those  to  whom  you  are  indebted.”

reasonable,”   com­
“ I  am  glad 
mented  the  gilded  youth. 
you  put  it 
in  that  way,  for  it  really 
awakens'me  to  a  sense  of  my  responsi­
bilities. 
I  have  no  right  to  lead  this 
indolent  life  when  those  who 
easy  and 
have  trusted  me  are  in  need  of  what  is 
due  them. 
I  must  be  unselfish;  I  must 
do  something,  and  I  w ill.”

“ What?”
“ S ir,”   replied  the  gilded  youth  with 
unwonted  energy  and  determination,  “ I 
shall  marry.”

PERNICIOUS CREDITS.

Practice  W hich  Is  U nderm ining  the  Dry 

Goods Trade.

The  evils  that  obstruct  the  road  to 
success  for the  dry  goods  dealer  in  this 
country  are  manifold.  We  know  of  no 
line  of  mercantile  trade  that  has  so 
much  detail,  that  requires  such  close 
application,  such  careful  scrutiny  and 
eternal  vigilance  in  order to  attain  suc­
cess  as  does  the  retail  dry  goods  busi­
ness.

The  retailer  has  not  only  to  suffer 
from  the  blunders  of  jobbers  and  manu­
facturers  who  employ 
ignorant,  incom­
petent  or  indifferent  help  in  their  order 
and  shipping  departments,  but  he 
is 
constantly  subjected  to  losses from man­
ufacturers’  imperfections  and shortages, 
in  both 
length  and  weight,  changes  in 
style,  overproduction  and  many  other 
irregularities  that  might  be  enumer­
ated.

All  these  objectionable  features  are  of 
secondary 
importance  compared  with 
the  abuses  of  the  credit  system,  which 
we  believe  to  be  indirectly  the  cause  of 
all,  or  nearly  all,  the  ills  the  dry  goods 
trade 
is  heir  to.  Primarily,  the  fault 
lies  with  the  manufacturers  and  jobbers 
who  are  constantly  overstocking  the 
home  market  and 
in  their  anxiety  to 
sell  have  made  credit  the cheapest  com­
modity  on  earth.  The  jobbers,  in  their 
efforts  to increase  their yearly sales,  em­
ploy  an  army  of  “ road  salesmen,”   who 
are  paid  usually  by  a  commission  or 
percentage  on  their  sales,  and  whose 
positions  depend  upon  the  number  of 
orders  they  take,  regardless  of  the  re­
sponsibility  of  the  parties  who give  the 
orders.  These  salesmen  usually  visit 
the  most  reliable  and  best-known  mer­
chants  first—who  are  often  overstocked 
with  goods  and  decline  to  place  orders. 
The  enterprising  salesman  then  leaves 
with  the  remark  that  he  must  do  busi­
ness 
in  the  town.  The  firm  he  repre­
sents  expects  it—in  fact,  his  bread  and 
butter depend  on 
it—and  he  proceeds 
to  execute  the  mandate  of  his employer. 
We  have  heard  a prominent “  road sales­
man, ”   who  represented  a  well-known 
dry  goods  house,  make  the  remark,  on 
being  refused  an  order,  that  be  “ was 
cut  to  sell  goods and would take an order 
from  the  devil  if  he  could  get  it.”   Sub­
sequent  events  prove  that  he  got  it.

Under the  present  credit  system  it  re­
quires  no  capital  to  embark  in  the-re­
tail  dry  goods  business.  An  empty 
room,  a 
little  cheek  or  brass,  and  the 
new  dealer  can  place  himself  in  his 
office,  advertise  his  intention  to  open  a 
new  stock  of  dry  goods  on  a  certain 
date,  and  before  the  opening  day  ar­
rives  he  can  have  a  full  stock. 
It  will 
not  be  necessary  for  him to go to  market 
or to  make  a  statement  of  his  financial 
condition.

It  often  occurs  that a jobber has failed 
to  secure  a  satisfactory  amount  of  trade 
in  a  town  already  crowded  with  dry 
goods  dealers;  but  determined  to  get  a 
foothold 
in  the  place,  he  sets  up  a 
“ dummy,”   or  wbat  might  be  termed  a 
“ fence.”   He  puts  in  a  stock  of  goods 
and  allows  the  manager  or  nominal 
owner  of  the  concern  to  purchase  from 
outside  parties  and  pay  promptly  until 
a  great  margin  or credit  is  established.
He  allows  the  concern  to  break  and 
cut  prices  on  all  lines—in  fact,  to  sell 
at  any  price  until  the  trade  of  the  town 
is  ruined—and  when  the  time  arrives  to 
realize  all there  is  in  it  he  either quietly 
unloads,  by  ordering  the  manager  to 
make  all  purchases  from  outside  job­
bers,  or,  if  more  practical,  he  secures  a 
chattel  mortgage  for  bis  entire  claim

H is Insom nia.

“ I  can’t  sleep  nights  since  I  read 
about  that Rockefeller-Carnegie-Morgan 
combine  of  capital.”

“ Why  not?”
“ Every  time  I  shut  my  eyes  I  see 
miles  and  miles  of  ciphers  chasing  a 
dollar mark  across  desolate  wastes.”

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the  enemy  and  not only  put  the  saloon 
out  of  business,  but  roused  up  the  tem­
perance  people,who  will  finish  the  good 
work  she  has  begun.  Perhaps  we  don’t 
just  approve  of  her method  and  ieel  in­
clined  to  regard  it  as  rather  a  joke,  but 
she  has  actually  accomplished  what  a 
cyclone  of  talk  failed  to  do,  and  every 
mother’s  son  of  us  feels  like  taking  off 
his  hat  to  her.  When  she  came  to  To­
peka  everybody  laughed  at  her,  but  the 
sentiment  has  changed,  and  you  will 
find  that,  openly  or tacitly,  all  the  best 
people  are  with  her.”

in  her eyes. 

My  first  glimpse  of  Mrs.  Nation  was 
a  little  committee  room  of  the  Kan­
sas  statehouse,  whither  she  had  gone  in 
the  hopes  of  being  asked  to  address  the 
Senate. 
I  had  expected  to  see  a  tall, 
gaunt  woman,  with  a  strained  intensity 
of  expression  and  the wild light of a fan­
I  found  a  fat,  jolly, 
atic 
good-natured,  motherly  old 
lady,  who 
looked  as  if  she  would  be  more  at  home 
rocking  a  baby  to  sleep  than  smashing 
joint.  She  is  a  plain  country  woman, 
who  has  evidently  worked  hard  and  had 
few  of  the  luxuries  of  life,  and  she  was 
dressed 
in  a  rather  shabby  old  black 
cashmere,  unfashionably made,  and with 
an  old-fashioned  linen  necktie  tied 

prim  bow  around  her  neck. 

In  her 
manners  she 
is  as  friendly  and  simple 
as  a  child,  and  to  see  her  and  to talk 
with  her  is  to  be  convinced  of  her  abso­
lute  sincerity  and  honesty  of  purpose.

Mrs.  Nation’ s  life  has  been  a  stormy 
one.  She 
is  a  Kentuckian  by  birth, 
but  moved  to  Missouri  in  the  exciting 
jayhawking  days  that  preceded 
the 
civil  war.  Her  first  husband,  to  whom 
she  was 
intensely  devoted,  died  of 
drink,  eighteen  months  after their  mar 
riage,  leaving  her  with  a  baby  girl  and 
his  old  mother to  support.  After  a  ter 
rible  struggle  to  make  a 
living,  she 
married  Mr.  Nation,  and  they  moved  to 
Texas,  where  they  tried  cotton  planting 
and  failed,  and  then  kept  a  hotel  unti 
Mr.  Nation  was  run  out  by  the  Ku 
klux,  for  his  indiscreet  comments  on  a 
local  feud.  Since  then  they  have lived 
in  Medicine  Lodge,  Kan.,  where  she 
has  suppoited  herself  by  practicing 
osteopathy,  but  she 
is  very  poor,  and 
has  nothing  besides  what  she  makes and 
a  pension  Mr.  Nation  draws  as  a  cap­
tain  in  an  Indiana  regiment  during  the 
war.'

Mrs.  Nation  devoutly  believes  that

Many  things  happen 

W o m a n ’s  W o r l d
Crusade W hose End No One  Can  Foretell.
in  the  United 
States  that  could  not  happen  anywhere 
else.  One  of  these  is  Mrs.  Carrie  Na­
tion, the Kansas  joint  smasher.  A  month 
ago  nobody  outside  of  the  small  circle 
of  her acquaintances  in an obscure  Kan­
sas  town  had  ever  heard  of  her.  To-day 
she  is  the most  talked-of,  written-about, 
and  be-pictured  woman 
in  the  whole 
country,  and  whether  one  agrees  or not 
with  her  peculiar theories  or  her  ener­
getic  method  of  enforcing  them,  she 
is 
a  figure  of  unique  interest.

I 

I  confess  that,  like  Mr.  Roosevelt,  I 
am  an  ardent  advocate  of  the  strenuous 
life. 
like  people  who  do things,  in­
stead  of talking  about  doing  them,  and 
I  have  always  the 
liveliest  curiosity 
concerning  those  of  my  sex  who  have  a 
good  right  arm  as  well  as  a  tongue.  So 
when  an  opportunity  was  given  me to 
make  a  flying  trip  to  interview  Mrs. 
Nation  on  her  native  heath,  and  per­
haps  see  her  in  her  great  act of stopping 
the  liquor  traffic  with  a  hatchet,  I  fairly 
jumped  at 
it,  and  the  next  train  saw 
me  speeding  toward  Bleeding  Kansas.
It  is,  of  course,  an  anomalous  state  of 
affairs 
in  which  a  woman  can  take  a 
hatchet  and walk into a saloon and smash 
the  bottles  of  liquor  and  annihilate  the 
mirrors  and  fixtures,  and  not  only  go 
unpunished  for  wanton  destruction  of 
property,  but  be upheld  by  the  best  peo 
pie  in  the  community.  To  understand 
it one  must  understand  something of the 
spirit  of  the  Kansas  people,  and  a  man 
explained  it  to  me  like  this:

“ Years  ago,”   he  said,  “ in  the  early 
days  when  Kansas  was  first  settled,  the 
life  of  the  Kansas  pioneer  women  was 
hard  and  dreary  beyond all belief.  They 
lived 
in  miserable,  poor  houses  and 
toiled  early  and 
late,  with  nothing  to 
break  the  dead  monotony  of  their  lives 
The  men  worked  hard,  too,  but  they 
found  their  relaxation  in  drinking  the 
vile  stuff  sold  at  the  saloons  in  the  little 
frontier  towns.  During  the  cold  of  win 
ter,  when  there  was  little  to  do  on  the 
farms,  the  men  would  congregate  at 
these  groggeries,  and  not  only  drink  up 
their  year’s  work,  but,  starting  home 
in  the  snow,  befuddled  with 
liquor, 
would  lose  their  way  and  many  would 
perish 
Thousands  of 
women,  watching  the  night  through 
would  see  at  dawn  a  weary  team  that 
had  found 
its  way  home  by  brute  in 
stinct,  coming  up  with  an  empty  wagon 
or  sleigh,  and  would  have  alone  to  start 
to  search  for  the  dead  body  of  a  bus 
band  or  son  or  brother.  Out  of  experi 
like  these  grew  up  such  a  horror 
ences 
of  drinking 
in  every  form  as  perhaps 
exists  nowhere  else  on  earth.  The 
women  blamed  alcohol  for  every  evi 
they  suffered,  and 
it  was  this  feeling 
that  was  at the  bottom  of the prohibition 
laws  of  Kansas,  and  that  was  the  inspi­
ration  of  the  Murphy  movement  and 
the  S t  John  movement  that  swept the 
country  a  few  years  ago.

in  the  storm. 

“ Under  the  Kansas  law  it  is  a  crime 
to  sell  or give  away  liquor,  but  every­
where  saloons  exist—low  joints  tkat  are 
masquerading  as  cigar stands or billiard 
rooms  or  something  else.  They  are  a 
menace  to the  morals  and  welfare  of  the 
community  and  the  best  people  want 
them  broken  up,  for  although 
it  was 
slumbering  the  prohibition  spirit  is  just 
as  strong in  Kansas  as  ever.  The  police 
professed  themselves  unable  to  break up 
the  joints.  Mrs.fNation  has  taken  her 
hatchet,  walked 
into  the  stronghold  of

her  present  crusade  is  a  direct  revela­
tion  from  God  to  her and  that  he  ap­
peared  to  her  in  a  vision  and  told  her 
to  arm  herself  with  a  hatchet,  and  go 
forth  and  destroy  the  saloons  in Kansas. 
For  years,  she  says,  she  has  brooded 
over  the  terrible  wrongs  wrought  by  the 
sale  of  intoxicants,  and  had  prayed  that 
God  would  make  her  the  means  of  sup­
pressing  the  evil,  even  although  it  re­
quired  the  sacrifice  of  her  life.  About 
six  weeks  ago  came  the  answer to  her 
petitions.  For days a  terrible  and  name­
less  depression  weighed  her spirit  down 
and  then  she  saw  the  vision  command­

ing  her to bodily  smash  the 
were  murdering  men’s  souls.

joints  that 

It  sounds  quaintly  mediaeval  as  she 
tells  it  to  you,  with the  light  of  a  mystic 
in  her  eyes,  but  she  believes  it 
just  as 
implicitly  as  Joan  of  Arc  believed  in 
the  voices  that  led  her  to  free  France. 
Mrs.  Nation  also  believes  that  she is led 
literally 
in  everything  by  God,  and 
when  you  ask  her  what  she  is  going  to 
do  an  hour  hence  she  will  reply,  “ I 
don’t know,  I  will  do  what  God  tells  me 
when  the  time  comes.”   She  says  she 
doesn’t  even  know  what  saloons  she  is 
going  to  smash; 
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After Mrs.  Nation’s  successful  raid  in 
Topeka,  a  band  of  women,  several  hun­
dred  strong,  was  formed,  called  “ The 
Home  Defenders,”   who  were  pledged 
to  smash  saloons  or otherwise,  forcibly 
or  peaceably,  discourage  the  joint  busi­
ness  in  that  city,  and  a  raid  had  been 
planned  for the  next  night.  During  the 
day  the  word  was  quietly  tipped  to  the 
various  members,  as  well  as  several  of 
us  newspaper  correspondents  who  were 
there,  that  the  women  would  move  on 
the  saloons  at  3  o’clock  in  the  morning. 
We  were  to  make  a  rendezvous  at  a  cer­
tain  private  residence,  and  about  mid­
night  we  began  slipping  out  through 
the  snow  and  gathering  at  the  place. 
It 
was  quite  the  most  exciting  scene  in 
which  I  ever  participated.  Those  of  us 
who  were  there  sat  around  and  talked 
in  hushed  whispers,  although  there 
wasn’t  the  slightest  reason  we  shouldn’t 
have  yelled  if  we  had  wanted  to, and  an 
air  so  thick  with  mystery  and  deep, 
dark  plotting  that  you  could  have  cut  it 
with  a  knife  hovered  over the  scene. 
Every  few  minutes  fresh  arrivals  would 
come  and  every  woman  had  a  bright, 
brand new,business-looking hatchet.

Finally,  just  as  we  were  keyed  up  to 
the  highest  pitch  of  expectation,  there 
was  a  frightful  collapse.  Mrs.  Nation 
decided  that  she  wouldn’t  go  raiding 
after  all.  She  said  she  didn’t  hear the 
voice  of  God  telling  her to  go,  and  go 
she  wouldn’t,  in  spite  of  entreaties  and 
threats  and  taunts.  The  * ‘ Home  De­
fenders”   were  furious.  They called her 
a  coward  and  accused  her  of  deserting 
them  and  using  the  notoriety  she  had 
gained  as  a  stepping-stone  to  the  Iec- 
tu  e  platform,  but  Mrs.  Nation  only 
smiled,  and  said,  over and  over  again, 
that  she  couldn't  go  because God wasn’t 
calling  her to  do  it.  So the  raid  was  off. 
The  disgusted  “ Home  Defenders”   tel­
ephoned  around  and  stopped  as  many 
others  as  they  could  from  coming  and 
the  correspondents,  as  we  waded  back 
to  our  hotels through  the  snow,  heaved 
a  bitter  sigh  of  disappointment  and 
talked  shop  and  mourned  over the  story 
that  we  had  missed.

What 

is  to  be  the  future  of  Mrs.  Na­
tion  and  the  movement  she  has  inaugu­
rated  nobody  can  prophesy.  Perhaps 
the  time has  come  when  the  world needs 
in  morals  and  re­
something  strenuous 
ligion  to  arouse 
it.  Certain  it  is  that, 
indefensible  as  are  her  methods,  they 
work.  She  has  started  a  great  temper­
ance  movement  that  is  sweeping  Kan­
sas,  and  in  the  midst  of  it  she  .stands, 
one  of  the-most  curious  figures the world 
has  ever seen—a  kindly,  good-natured, 
motherly  old  woman,  with  the  faith  of 
a  mystic  and  the  hatchet  of  a  hoodlum, 
leading  a  crusade  whose  end no  one  can 
foretell. 

Dorothy  Dix.

M /
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,  l  ,
Sr  in ­

The  Story  of Life.

Only the same old story, told in a different strain;
Sometimes a smile  of  gladness  and  then  a  stab 
Sometimes a flash of sunlight,  again  the drifting 

of pain;
rain.

Sometimes it seems to borrow from  the crimson 
Sometimes black as  thunder,  then changed  to a 
Sometimes false as  Satan,  sometimes as heaven 

hue;
brilliant blue;
true.

Only the same old story, but oh, how the changes 
Prophet  and  priest  and  peasant,  soldier  and 
Sometimes the warmest handclasp leaves  in  the 

ring!
scholar ana king;
palm a sting

Sometimes  In  hush  of  even,  sometimes  in  the 
Sometimes  with  dovelike  calmness,  sometimes 
We  dream  it,  write  it,  live  it,  this  weird, wild 

nidday strife,
with passion rife;
story of life.

Some  Disagreeable  Features  of the T reat­

ing  H abit.

Representative  Connor,  of  Illinois, 
has  introduced  a  bill  in  the  Legislature 
of that  State  making  treating  in  a  cam­
paign  a  crime  punishable  by  fine  and 
imprisonment.  Such  a  bill,  of  course, 
belongs  to  the freak legislation category, 
and  will  fail  of  its  object.  Unfortunate­
ly,  you  can’t  legislate  people  out  of  bad 
habits  and 
into  ways  of  sobriety  and 
sense,  but  it  is  surely  high  time  some­
thing  was  being  done  to  call  a  halt  on 
the  silly  and  mischievous  practice  of 
treating.

liquor,  and  for  more 

is  the  prolific 
In  the  first  place,  it 
parent  of  intemperance. 
It 
is  respon­
sible  for  more  drunkenness  than  a  love 
of 
“ tobacco 
hearts”   than  a  passion  for  My  Lady 
Nicotine.  Most  men  have  enough  sense 
to  know  when  they  have  had  enough  to 
drink  and  smoke,  and 
left  to  them­
selves,  would  stop  at  that,  but  they  meet 
a  friend  and  must  treat,  or  be  treated, 
and  before  they  are  done  they  have  fud­
dled  their  brains  and  upset  their  diges­
tions  by  a  lot  of  stuff  for  which they had 
no  desire.  The  absurd  etiquette  that 
prevails  on  the  subject  seems  to  de­
mand  that a  man  shall  offer  himself  up 
a  victim  on  the  altar of  the  treater  and 
sacrifice  his  stomach 
in  the  name  of 
good  fellowship.

Treating  is  mostly  a  man’s  vice.  Ab­
surd  and  ridiculous  as  are  many  of 
woman’s  weaknesses,  she  has  never 
reached  the  pitch  of  unreason  that  de­
mands  that  she  shall  spend  money  she 
can’t  afford  buying  things  for  people  to 
consume  that  they  don’t  want  and  on 
which  they  merely  gorge  themselves  in 
the  interest of  politeness.  A  poor wom­
an  can  go  down  town  a  thousand  times 
and  not  feel  called  on to set up ice cream 
soda  to  some  other women  she  happens 
to  meet,  and  who are  perfectly  able  to 
pay  for all  the  soda  water they  want  to 
drink.  Not  one  man  in  a  thousand  has 
the  moral  courage  to  buy  a  cigar  or a 
glass  of  beer without  standing  treat,  if 
there’s  anybody  he  knows  within  eye 
shot,  and  he  does  this,  no  matter  how 
little  he  can  afford  the  money.

it 

in  such  excess  as 

Perhaps  nowhere  else  does  treating 
prevail 
in  Grand 
Rapids.  Among  men  the  habit  is  uni­
versal,  and  to  such  an  extent  is 
it  car­
is  almost  impossible  for a 
ried  that 
woman  to  get  on  a  street  car where there 
is  any  man  with'whom  she  has  even  a 
casual  acquaintance  that he does not  feel 
obliged  to  pay  her carfare.  So  far  from 
this  being  a  courtesy  and a compliment, 
as  it  is  intended,  it  is  a  source  of  acute 
embarrassment  to  a  sensitive  woman.  It 
puts  her  in  the  light,  in  her eyes  at  any 
rate,  of  a  dead-beat  and  a  sponge.  Only 
the  men  of  a  woman’s  own  family,  or 
the  escort  who  has  especially  invited 
her to  accompany  him,  have  the right  to 
pay  for  her,  and 
in  her  heart  every 
woman  resents  being  denied  the  privil­
ege  of  paying  her own  way. 
“ He  was 
such  a  gentleman,”   a  girl  said  not  long 
ago,  speaking  of  a  certain  man; 
“ I 
borrowed  a  dollar  of  him  in  a  hurry  one 
day,  and  when  I  paid  it  back  he took  it 
without  a  word,  and  just  as  a  matter  ol 
course  that  I  would  pay  my  debts  like 
a  man. ”

The  foolish 

idea  that  we  must  pay 
our  friends’  way,  if  we  ask  them  to  go 
somewhere  with  us,  cuts  women  out  of 
many  pleasures  we  might  have,  if  we 
had  more 
independence  and  frankness 
in  dealing  with  each  other.  Many  of 
us  who  are  poor and  have  to  count  the 
dimes  can  buy  one  theatre  ticket,  but 
we  can  not afford  two.  Our  friends  are

in  the  same  position.  Why 
precisely 
shouldn’t  we  pool  our 
finances,  and 
each  paying  for  herself,  go  along  in 
pleasure,  harmony  and  independence  to 
see  our  play  and  eat  our  dinner to­
gether?

The  treating  habit  has  nothing 

to 
recommend  it,  and  women  should  make 
an  effort  to  abolish  it.  No  right-think 
ing  person  wishes  to  bestow  charity  on 
those  who  don’t  need  it,  or  receive  alms 
from  oth^r  people. 
John  Randolph,  of 
Roanoke,  said  that  he  had  found  that 
the  philosopher’s  stone  was  to  pay  as 
you  go,  and  he  might  have  added  for 
each  to  pay  her  own  way.

Cora  Stowell.

No  woman  can  call  on  another  woman 
half  an  hour until  they  are  hoth  talking 
in  whispers  about 
that 
“ everybody”   is  talking  about.

some  man 

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Produce

422,000  CARLOADS.

Summarized  Estimate  of tbe  Potato  Crop

for  1900.
Minnesota.
The  crop  of  potatoes 

in  Minnesota 
was  8,636,058  bushels.  This  is  a  light 
crop.  The  great  Northwest  eat  potatoes 
and  Minnesota  has  therefore  a  good out­
let  that  way  for her  surplus  during  cold 
weather,  but  when the weather moderates 
the  Dakotas  will  get  some  of  that  trade. 
Minnesota 
finding  some 
difficulty  to  market  her  red  seed  stock, 
likely  experience  more  diffi­
and  will 
culty  from  now  on,  as  Maine 
is  selling 
large  quantities  of  seed  in  the  South­
west.  However,  Minnesota  will  find  she 
has  more  potatoes  than  she  thinks  as 
soon  as  the  weather  permits  of  ship­
ment.

is,  however, 

North  and  South  Dakota.

in 

Crop  of  potatoes  in  North  Dakota  was 
1,536,860  bushels,  and  the  crop  in South 
Dakota 
1900  was  4,030,841  bushels. 
These  States  are  very  cold  from  early 
fall  until 
late  spring  and  ace  not  fixed 
to  ship  potatoes  as  other  sections;  they 
do  not  cut  much  figure  in  the  market 
now;  they  have  the  potatoes  though, 
and  later they  will  figure  to  a  great  ex­
tent,  especially  as  a  supply  for  red  seed 
stock.

Nebraska.

The  crop  of  potatoes  in  Nebraska  was 
9,664,446  bushels.  There  are  still  po­
tatoes  there,  although  many  say  there 
are  none ;  however,  they  told  us that last 
year  and  they  were  mistaken.  There 
are  now  potatoes 
in  Nebraska,  prin­
cipally  Early  Ohios;  March  and  April 
will  bring them out.  However,  Nebraska 
is  short  of  last  year and to-day is buying 
white  eating  potatoes  for  her needs;  she 
always  does.

Colorado.

The  crop  of  potatoes  in  Colorado  was 
1,863,288.  Now  you  may  think  that Col­
orado  doesn’t  cut  much  figure,  but  Col­
orado  has 
lots  of  potatoes  and  ships 
South,  also  a  short distance  east  of  her, 
and 
in  the  Northwest  she  cuts  a  figure, 
as  Colorado  potatoes  are 
finest 
grown,  so  Colorado  cuts  a  figure—wait 
and  see.

the 

Iowa.

Crop  in  Iowa  was  14,004,457  bushels. 
There  may  be  a  shortage  of  potatoes 
everywhere  in  Iowa  at  the  present  time. 
Iowa  has  a  better  outlet  in  Kansas,  Ne­
braska  and  the  Northwest,  and  will  not 
cut  much  figure 
in  the  markets  of  the 
Central  States  this  spring.
Wisconsin.
The  crop  of  potatoes 

in  Wisconsin 
was 
15,619,641  bushels.  Now  we  are 
getting  where  the  potatoes  are  this year, 
In  the 
but  keep  your eye  on  Michigan. 
State  of  Wisconsin  there  are  still 
large 
quantities of  potatoes  held  in  cellars,  in 
frost-proof  warehouses, 
in  merchants’ 
stores  and  many  held  by  parties  who 
never  bought  potatoes  before—to  hold 
for  higher  prices.  Prices  paid  farmers 
to-day  range  from  22c  at  some  stations 
to  28c  at  others;  20c  is  about  what  the 
price  ought  to  be  and  we  think  that  it 
will  come.  Only  about  40  to  50  per 
cent,  of  the  potatoes  in  Wisconsin  have 
been  used  up,  shipped  or  lost  by  rot. 
At  least  50 to  60  per  cent,  are  yet  to  go 
forward.  Many  parties  are  holding  po­
tatoes  for  better  prices  in  the  spring ; 
will  they come?

Michigan.

Crop  of  potatoes 

in  Michigan  was 
16,630,941  bushels.  The  great  potato 
State,  where  they  raise  so  many  and  so 
fine,  “ How  about  Michigan?”   She has 
potatoes,  has  lots of  them,  and  most  of 
her  big  crop  of  1900  is  still  on  hand 
in 
Michigan  awaiting  buyers;  holding,  we 
are  told  for  better prices.  The  East  has 
plenty  of  potatoes;  Maine  and  New 
York  State  have  plenty  to  supply  the 
entire  East;  they  don’t  want  or  need 
Western  potatoes 
say  their  best 
posted  dealers  and  seed  houses,  further­
more, they say  that  Western  potatoes  are 
not  in  favor  in  the  East  this  year  be­
cause  of  the  fine  quality  of  Eastern  po­
tatoes  and  the  poor quality  of  Western

so 

stock  generally  speaking ;  furthermore 
the  East  is  now  trying  to  sell  potatoes 
in  the  West  and  is  naming  prices  very 
close  to  ruling  market  prices 
in  the 
West. 
It  looks  as  though  some  Eastern 
stock  would  come  West.  Then  “ What 
of  potatoes”   in  Michigan?  Well,  they 
must  go  South  and  have  turned  South. 
The  South 
likes  Michigan  potatoes. 
Twenty-two  cents  per bushel  for  white 
eating  potatoes  was  yesterday  reached 
in  Michigan  to  farmers.  Farmers  are 
becoming  anxious  to  se ll;  they  ought  to 
sell.  Prices  in  Michigan  range  to-day 
to  farmers  20c  to  27c  and  yet  where  can 
you  find  a  market  at  a  profit  at  even 
these  prices?  Stop  and  consider this. 
Do  Michigan  potato  men  remember four 
years  ago,  when  they  were  begging  us 
to  give  them  9c  and  10c  loading  station 
for  potatoes,  and  we  even  bought  at  6c 
and  7c  loaded.  The  crop  that  year  was 
264,000,000  bushels  for  the entire United 
States  and  13,750,000 bushels  for  Michi­
gan. 
in 
June,”  
1896,  when  we  stood  and  saw 
them  opening  the  pits,  spreading  the 
potatoes  over  the  field  and  plowing 
them  under,  and  yet  they  refused  25c  to 
30c  for  those  same  potatoes?  “ Come 
and  let  us  reason  together.”

forget  that  day 

“ Can  we 

New  York.

Crop  of  potatoes  in  New  York  was 
27,481,356 bushels.  The  greatest  potato 
State.  See  her crop  and  then  read  the 
letters  from  there “ Plenty  of  potatoes,”
* ‘ Lots  of  potatoes  stored, ”   “  Everybody 
holding  potatoes  for  better  prices  and 
is  upon  u s;”   gentlemen,  what 
spring 
does 
it  mean,  what  will  we  do  with  all 
of  the  potatoes?  Must  we  as  the  Scrip­
tures  say  of  the  human,“ Earth  to earth, 
dust  to  dust  return”   and  must  some  of 
1900  crop  be  again 
to 
the  earth  whence 
it  came  unused? 
Holding  for  higher  prices!  Holding 
for a  better  market!

consigned 

Maine.

The  crop  of  potatoes  in  Maine  was 
6,200,208  bushels.  The  last  of the North­
ern  tier of  states  where  winter  potatoes 
are  raised.  Maine,  too,  has  lots  of  po­
tatoes  le ft;  enough,  it  seems,  to  supply 
Texas  with  seed,  and  many  Southeast­
ern  States  also,  and  yet  a  big  Boston 
potato  bouse  tells  us  that  they  will  get 
their  supplies  from  Maine  this  spring 
for  Boston  eating.  One  large  seed  house 
in  Maine  writes: 
“ We  have  already 
sold  and  shipped  to  Texas  70  cars  of 
early  seed  potatoes.”   Other firms  have 
shipped 
largely  also,  still  there  are 
“ plenty  of  potatoes  in  farmers’ hands.”  
This  is  one  of  many  letters  from  Maine 
of  like  tenor.  The  quality  of  potatoes 
in  Maine  this  year  is  very  fine.

Crop  of  potatoes  for the  entire  United 
States  the  season  1900  was  210,926,897 
bushels,  or  if  loaded 
into  cars,  30,000 
pounds  each,  would  be 422,000 carloads!

Miller  &  Teasdale  Co.

Booming a Church  Lemonade  Stand.
A  church  festival  was  being  held  in 
the  opera  house,and an  attractive  young 
lady  was  selling  lemonade  as  one  of the 
In  spite 
methods  of  raising  revenue. 
of  the  attractiveness  of  the  young 
lady 
and  the  excellent  purpose  to  which  the 
proceeds  were  to  be  devoted,  business 
was  slow.  Three  young  men  hatched 
out  a  very  wicked  scheme  to  stimulate 
business,  and  incidentally  stimulate  the 
crowd 
in  attendance  at  the  festival. 
They  procured  a  quart  of  whisky,  and 
when  the  attention  of  the  young  lady 
was  attracted  elsewhere  poured  it  into 
the  lemonade  tank.  They  then  began 
talking  about  the  excellent  quality  of’ 
the  lemonade.  A  number  of  people 
tried  it  and  reported  to their  friends.

Business  began  to  boom.
It  was  only  a 

little  while  until  the 
tank  was  empty,  and  had  to  be  refilled. 
It  was  a  great  hit.
Some  time  afterward,  when  one  of tbe 
wicked  young  men  confessed  the  dia­
bolical  conspiracy  to  stimulate  the  sale 
of  lemonade,  and  it  came  to  the  ears  of 
the  minister’s  wife,  she  cried  about 
it 
and  said  it  was  a  scandalous  shame.

Corks  soaked  in  vaseline  make  good 
substitutes  for  glass  stoppers.  They  are 
not affected  by  acids  or  chemical  fumes 
and  do not  become  fast  in  the  bottle.

BEANS— SEEDS 

POTATOES

M O SELEY  BROS.

Jobbers  of  Fruits,  Seeds,  Beans  and  Potatoes

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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Our stocks are complete and we are  prepared to  quote prices as low as Good  Seeds

can  be  afforded.

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Vinkemulder  Company,

14 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Mich.

L.  J.  SMITH  &  CO.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Egg Cases and  Fillers, Cold  Storage  Cases,  Shipping  Cases, 

Hinge  Locking  Fillers,  Excelsior  Nails,  etc.

We keep a large stock on hand and manufacture all  kinds  of  cases  known 
to the trade.  We would be pleased to quote you prices on our Special Bass­
wood Veneer cases.  They are tough, bright  and  sweet.  We  manufacture 
our own timber, taken from the stump, and can  please you.

L.  J .  SMITH  &  CO.,  Eaton Rapids, Mich.

n r  11 r n n   Tradesman Company 

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Grand  Rapids.

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

from  Texas,  Arkansas  and Oklahoma.

*  *  *

The  big  egg  producing  capacity  of 
this  great  Southwestern  territory  is  not 
sufficiently  appreciated  by  some  of  the 
egg  operators  in more northerly sections. 
There  are  many  egg  shippers  in  Ohio, 
Indiana  and  Illinois  who  are  inclined, 
in  estimating  the  chances  of  the  future, 
to  give  too  much  weight  to  weather con­
ditions  in their own  locality.  Very  often 
the  presence  of  snow  and  cold  wintry 
weather  in  these  sections,  with 
inci­
dental  small  egg  collections, 
induces 
Michigan,  Ohio  and  Indiana  shippers 
to  place  high  limits  on  their  goods,  es­
pecially  when  they  hear of  cold  weather 
in  Missouri  and  Kansas.  They  even 
sometimes  order  purchases  on  this  mar­
ket  under  such  conditions  and  their  op­
erations  sometimes  lead  to  big  accumu­
lations  and  unhealthy  market situations, 
besides resulting in losses  to  themselves. 
—N.  P.  Produce  Review.

Achieved  Success by  Marking  Down. 
He  had  been  the 

leading  dealer  in 
ladies’  shoes  for  years,  and  had  retired 
with a  fortune.  “ How  were  you  so  suc­
cessful?”   asked  a  less  fortunate  rival.

“ Easiest  thing  in  the  world,”   he  re­
plied. 
“ The  first  thing  I  did  when  I 
began  was  to  mark  down  every  pair of 
shoes  in  the  place  and  keep  the  stock 
that  way. ”

“ Mark  down?”
“  Yes. ”
“ In  price,  do  you  mean?”
The  wise  dealer  laughed  softly.  “ Oh, 

no,”   he  said,  “ in  sizes.”

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The  Cheapest  Metal.

Aluminum 

is,  at  the  present  price, 
the  cheapest  metal  in  the  market,  with 
the  exception  of 
iron,  zinc  and  lead. 
This  metal 
is  now  extensively  used  in 
place  of  copper,  brass,  tin,  and  in some 
cases  even 
iron,  especially  where  the 
reduction  of  dead  weight  is  a  question 
of great  importance.  Aluminum  is  also 
beginning  to  be  very 
largely  used  in 
connection  with  electricity,  as  electrical 
conductors  on  this  metal,  giving  the 
same  conductance  as  copper,  weigh 
only  half  as  much,  and  cost  less. 
is 
impossible  to  foresee  the  ultimate  ex­
tent  of  the  use  to  which  this  metal  can 
be  put,  but the  progress  made  in  alum­
inum  during  late  years  justifies the most 
sanguine  expectations.  Twenty  years 
ago,  the  total  output 
in  the  world  did 
not  exceed  four  or  five  tons,  and  its 
price  was  about  $30,000  per  ton;  ten 
years  ago  its  price  was  reduced  to about 
$10,000  per ton,  the  output  increased  to 
about  thirty  tons  per  annum;  now  the 
price 
is  Irom  $650 to $700  per ton,  and 
the output  during  the past twelve months 
is  reckoned  at  5,000 tons.

It 

The 

Four  of Armour’s  Rules.
late  Philip  D.  Armour  believed 
the  following  principles  to  be  the  best 
guides to  financial  success :
to  direct  it.

Capital  can  do  nothing  without brains 

No  general  can fight  his  battles  alone. 
He  must  depend  upon  his  lieutenants, 
and  his  success  depends upon his ability 
to  select  the  right  man  for the  right 
place.

Good  men  are  not  cheap.
Most  men  talk  too  much.  Much  of 
my  success  has  been  due  to  keeping  my 
mouth  shut.

The New York Market

Special  Features of the Grocery and Prod­

Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

if  the  Friday  before 

New  York,  Feb.  23—With  two  days 
is  practically 
of  holiday—for  Saturday 
one 
is—we  can 
count  this  week  on  only  four  days  of 
regular  work.  Conditions  are  favorable 
and,  with  the  advancing  season,  every­
body  feels  encouraged  to  believe  that 
we  shall  have  a  continuation  of  the  fa­
vorable  conditions  that  now  prevail. 
There  are  those  who  think  that  by  fall 
J.  P.  Morgan  will  be  absolute  controller 
of  everything 
It  will 
keep  him  busy,  but  he  is  equal  to  the 
occasion.

in  the  country. 

Coffee  deliveries  are  large  and  some 
strength  has  developed  in  futures.  No. 
7  closes  at  7%c,  having  gained  %c. 
In 
store  and  afloat  the  amount  aggregates 
1,108,977  bags,  against  1,327,809  bags  at 
the  same  time  last  year.  The  world's 
consumption  for  the  past  four  months 
indicates  a  consumption  approaching 
15,000,000  bags  per  annum,  having  in­
creased  since  July  1,  1,400,166.  Mild 
coffees  have  been  moderately  active  at 
unchanged  quotations.

Teas  have  been  rather  more  active, 
although  the  demand  has  not  by  any 
means  reached  the  proportions  of  a 
boom.  Prices  are  steady  and  No.  4 
Japan  closes  at  I4^c.

The  demand  for  sugar  has  been 

light 
and  prices  remain  unchanged.  Stocks 
are  reported  as  quite 
large,  although 
showing  a  decrease  of  about  87,000  tons 
since  December.  Orders  coming to hand 
have  been  from widely  separated points.
Just  about  an  average  trade  has  been 
done  in  rice—nothing  more.  Prices  are 
well  held  and  have  shown  very  little 
variation  for  a  long  time.
light, 
The  jobbing  trade  in  spices  is 
and  practically  nothing  is  doing 
in  an 
invoice  way.  Quotations are unchanged.
Grocery  grades  of  New  Orleans  mo­
lasses  have  been  strong  and  for  several 
weeks  the  market  has  been  gaining  in 
activity  and  quotations  have  been  well 
sustained.  Syrups  are  firm.  Prime  to 
fancy,  2o@25c.
In  canned  goods,  an  irregular  market 
has  prevailed.  The  general  situation 
is  not especially encouraging.  Tomatoes 
and  corn  are  both  quoted  at  prices  that 
must certainly  show a  loss  to  the  pack­
er,  but  the  volume  of  trade  remains 
very 
light.  Sales  of  New  York  corn 
have  been  made  at  50c.  Most  packers 
want  65@67J£c  for  1901  pack.
is  a 
feeling  of 
There 
in  the  dried  fruits  market  in 
strength 
some 
lines  and  altogether the  outlook 
is  better  than  for  some  time,  although 
quotations  are  without  any  especial  ad­
vance  as  yet.

continued 

The  week  has  been  too  short  to  show 
much  of  a  volume  of  trade  in  green 
fruits,  and  the weather  has  been “ agin”  
the  seller.  Sicily  lemons,  $2.75@3.50. 
Oranges,  California  navels,  $2@3.25, 
latter  for  fancy  360s;  Floridas,  $2.25@ 
3.50.  Bananas  are  quiet,  ranging  from 
90c@S1.25  per  bunch  for firsts.

The  butter  market  is  fairly  active. 
Best  Western  creamery  is  pretty  well es­
tablished  at  23c  and  Western  factory  at 
16c.  Supplies  are  not  over abundant 
and  the  outlook  is  for a  firm  market  for 
some  little  time.
for 
cheese  during  the  week  and  I2%c  is 
paid  readilv  for small size colored stock. 
Not  much  doing  by  exporters.

A  fair  demand  has  prevailed 

Arrivals  of eggs  have  been  sufficient­
ly  large  to keep  prices  from  advancing 
and  best  Western  will  scarcely  fetch 
over  i6j£@i73£c.  With  warmer  weather 
there  will  be  still  further decline.

Observations by  a Gotham  Egg Man.
It 

looks  as  though  egg  men  who  are 
inclined  to  speculate  on  the  effects  of

in  the  winter  season 
bad  weather  late 
would  have  to  take  some  new  features 
into  consideration  in  the  future.  Time 
was  when  a  solid  week  or ten  days  of 
very  cold  weather with  a  liberal  propor­
tion  of  snow  in  the  Southwest  would  al­
most  certainly  have  caused  a  material 
in  egg  shipments.  Of  course 
decrease 
this  result  might  still  follow 
the 
weather  was  bad  enough  or  long  enough 
continued,  but  the  volume  of  egg  pro­
duction  has  now  extended  over  such  a 
wide  territory 
in  the  Southwest  that  it 
takes  worse  weather  and  more  of  it  to 
create  a  shortage  after  the  hens  have 
lay  than  it  used  to  do 
once  begun  to 
some  years  ago.
*  *  *

if 

Missouri,  Kansas  and  Nebraska  are 
big  states  and  the  chicken  business  has 
spread  over them  on  a  very  large  scale. 
It  has  also  increased  very  largely  in 
Arkansas,  Oklahoma  and  Texas  and 
production 
in  those  Far  Southwestern 
districts  now  forms  an  important part  of 
the  supply  forwarded  by  the  big  Mis­
souri,  Kansas  and  Nebraska  packers.

*  *  *

to  egg  production 

When  the  cold  and  stormy weather  set 
in  about the  first of  February  there  had 
been  a  long  period  of  conditions  quite 
favorable 
in  the 
Southwest  and  collectors,  anticipating 
low  prices  in  distributing  markets,  put 
their  paying  rates  down  to  what  seemed 
a  very  safe  point.  For  a  good  while  in 
January  the  cost  price  of  eggs  at  col­
lecting  points 
in  Missouri  and  Kansas 
was  in  range of  13  to 15c—unusually  low 
figures  for  so  early  in  the  season.  This 
resulted  in  various  effects. 
In  the  first 
place  country  holders  were,  in  many 
cases,  induced  to  hold  stock  back  and 
some  accumulation  occurred  between 
producers  and  the  larger  shippers;  this 
made  the  shipments  to  seaboard  moder­
ate 
in  relation  to  the  actual  scale  of 
production  and  although  they  were large 
for  the  season  the  absence  of  heavy 
stocks  of 
refrigerator  eggs  enabled 
Eastern  markets  to  maintain  higher 
values  than  are  often  the  case  under 
equal  winter  supplies  of  fresh  and  for 
quite  a  while  there  were  large  profits 
made  on  the  goods  purchased  at  points 
where  production  was  largest.  Thou­
sands  of  cases  came  here  from  Missouri 
and  Kansas  points 
that  made  big 
money.

*  *  *

When  the  cold  weather set  in  early  in 
February  collectors, having  been  operat­
ing  on  so  wide  a  margin  before,  were 
quick  to  raise  their  paying  rates  and 
country  cost  went  up  3@4C  per  dozen  in 
some  sections.  This  drew 
in  a  good 
deal  of  stock  that  was  not  obtainable  by 
the  big  packers  at  the  lower  rates  pre­
viously  ruling  and,  so  far as  shipments 
to  the  East  are  concerned,  the  effect  of 
the  bad  weather was  thus  nullified  for a 
time  at 
least.  But  the  continued  free 
movement  of  eggs  from  the  Southwest 
to the  Eastern  coast  and  Chicago  was 
not  due  altogether  to  the  existence  of 
country  accumulations.  The  big  terri­
tory  from  which  eggs  are  now  drawn 
into  the  Southwestern  cities accounts  for 
it  in  large  measure,  for  the  country  un­
affected  by  the 
late  cold  snap  is  big 
with  eggs  and  carload  after  carload con­
tinues  to  come  into  Missouri  and  Kan­
sas 
the  Far  Southwest—largely

from 

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is helping his dairyman 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 declared 
D i a m o n d   C r y s t a l   to be the  purest butter salt  in 
the world, it should be easy for grocers  to  decide 
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Village  Improvement

The  Advantage  of  Working  for  a  Com­

mon  Object.

the  daintiest  handling. 

In  a  Western  village,  which  need  not 
here  be  named,  the  Improvement  So­
ciety  believed  that  the  two  churches 
could  be  made  powerful  instruments  of 
good  if  they  could  see  that  in  one  sense 
at  least  the  aim  of  the  Society  and  that 
of  the  churches  were  essentially  the 
sam e:  the  amelioration,  in  every  sense 
of  the  term,  of  the  life  and  character of 
It  was a matter  that called 
the  village. 
for 
Both 
churches  had  about  the  same  member­
ship,  they  held  the  same  rank  as  to 
financial  prosperity—both  were  as  poor 
as  the  proverbial  church  mouse—and  in 
social  respectability  they  stood  on  the 
same 
level.  This  condition  of  things 
had  existed  for  years,  and,  what  is quite 
to  the  purpose,  their constant  fear  that 
the  other  should  gain  even  the  slightest 
advantage  kept  alive  that  spirit  of  jeal­
ousy  and  envy  which  in  secular  organi­
zations  would  have  been  pronounced 
hardly  less  than  scandalous.  The  fact 
is,  each  thought  so  much  more  of  the 
church  organization—it  was  the  sin  of 
the  Middle  Ages—than  of  the  Christ,  of 
whom  the  church 
is  only  the  shadow, 
that  each  organization  was  constantly 
warring  against  the  other,  to the  detri­
ment  of  the  Great  Cause  both  churches 
were  trying  to  forward. 
Indeed,  they 
both  had  other  characteristics  which 
were  strong  reminders  of  the  Middle 
Ages.  Their churches  were  their  castles 
whither they  repaired  for  rest  and  re­
freshment  when  feuds  were  fiercest  and, 
with  drawbridge  up  and  portcullis 
down,  schemed  the  other’s  direful  over­
throw.  The time  had  come  when  some­
thing  corresponding  to  the  Crusade  was 
needed  to turn  their thoughts away  from 
themselves  to  a  worthier object,  and  the 
modern  Peter the  Hermit  to  preach  this 
crusade  was  the  Village  Improvement 
Society.

listeners 

found  them  ready 

Both  pastors  of  these  village  churches 
were  men  of  modern  ideas  and when the 
President  of  the  Improvement  Society 
approached  them  and  unfolded  his  plan 
he 
and 
strong  encouragers,  but  candidly  doubt­
ful  if  more  than  that  could  be  expected 
from  them.  They  would  see. 
They 
did.  They  were  often  together.  They 
soon  reached  conclusions  and  they  con­
cocted  a  plan  by  which  each  church  so­
ciety,  while  working  seemingly  for  its 
own  advancement,  really  was  furthering 
the  general  interests  which the Improve­
ment  Society  had  at  heart.

What  the  Society  wanted,  tirst  of  all, 
was  the  improvement  of a certain square 
owned  by  a  non-resident  who utterly  re­
fused  to  spend  a  penny  for  its  improve­
ment  in  any  possible  way. 
In  summer 
it  was  the  garden  of  the  rankest  weeds. 
In  fall  the  seeds  were  scattered  in  every 
direction  and  the  stout  stalks  and  pods, 
wind-swayed,  seemed impudently  to  ask 
of  the  villagers  what  they  supposed they 
were  going  to  do  about  it. 
In  winter 
that  square  was  little  less  than  a  public 
pest.  It  had  no  sidewalk;  the  snow  was 
never  cleared;  it  was 
icy  or  slushy  or 
muddy  and  the  only  way  that  the  out­
raged  community  had  managed  to  en­
dure  it  was  by  taking  to  the  middle  of 
the  street  when  the  nuisance  was  other­
wise  impassable. 
In  spring  the  square 
was  the  hotbed  for  the  dandelion  and 
the  buttercup. 
It  was  marshy  and  the 
water  found 
its  natural  outlet,  on  ac­
count  of  the  lay  of  the  land,  at  the  side­
walk—or  what  was  intended  to  be  that.

In  a  word,  it  had  always  been  an  eye­
sore  to  the  village—everybody wanted  it 
taken  care  of,  but  nobody  wanted  to  do 
the  work  that  belonged  to the  owner  to 
have  attended  to.  This  was  the  condi­
tion  of  things  when  the  Improvement 
Society  determined  to  do 
something 
about  it.

idea.  A 

Up  to  this  time  the  church  properties 
had  not  been  the  most  attracti ve  spots 
in  the  village.  The  church  records  do 
not  furnish  statistics  to the  effect  that 
either  church  society  planned  to  have 
its  building  closely  resemble  an  old 
dismal  street  car  barn,  but both  meeting 
houses,  in  their  plainness  and  neglect, 
conveyed  that 
long  series  of 
church  festivals  for  a  number  of  years 
had  left  their  unmistakable  signs  about 
the  grounds  in  the  omnipresent  oyster- 
can,  the  never-substantial 
fences  had 
become  weary  and  where  they  were  not 
leaning had  thrown  themselves  prostrate 
on  the  ground.  Years  ago  an  attempt 
had  been  made  to  embower the  build­
ings  with  shade,  but  only  two  trees  had 
survived 
in  one  yard  and  one  in  the 
other,  while  the  dead  boles  of  the  re­
mainder of  the  dozen  still  stood  to  tell 
the  pitifui  story  of  fervor dwindled  into 
sheer  neglect.  The  plan  of  the  work 
soon  crystallized  into this:  the  improve­
ment  of  the  church  property  and  the 
neglected  lot,  the  latter  to  be  the  sup­
posed  end  and  aim  of  the  Improvement 
Society,  that  lot,  be  it  understood,  lying 
between  the  two  church  properties.

To  give 

in  detail  what  was  done  by 
the  churches  to  improve  their  surround­
ings  would  be  repeating  what  this  de­
partment  has  already  stated.  The empty 
cans  disappeared ;  the  grass  was  taken 
care  o f;  the  dead  trees  were  displaced 
by  living  ones  that  were  cared  for  and 
the  Virginia  Creeper  was planted that  it 
might  hide  the  ugly  brick  walls.  The 
is  that,  after 
point  to  be  emphasized 
both  churches  had  started  the 
improve­
ment  business,  like  all  good  work 
it 
spread.  Their  own  little  plot  bright­
ened,  they  wanted  to  extend  the  bright­
ness  and  this  brought  the  two  church 
societies  face  to  face  with  each  other 
across  the  detested  lot—or  rather side by 
side.  There 
is  where  the  idea  of  the 
crusade came in.  They had no thought of 
going  to  Jerusalem  for the  rescue  of  the 
Holy  Sepulcher,  but 
it  did  occur  to 
them  that  they  could  get  that  lot  out  of 
the  hands  of 
its  pagan  owner  by  pur­
chasing  it  and  so  committees  were  ap­
pointed  for  a  conference  with  that  end 
in  view.  The  old  experience  of  civili­
zation  was  repeated 
in  that  little  v il­
lage :  They  secured  the  lot,  but,  better 
than  that,  they  found  out  that  they  had 
other  interests  in  common  and  that,  as 
members  of  two  Christian  sects,  they 
had  other and  better  business  on  their 
hands  than  ill  feeling  and quarreling.

At  this  stage  of  affairs  the  President 
in  an 
of  the  Improvement  Society  put 
appearance.  He  had 
learned  of  the 
purchase  of  the  property  and  he  had 
long  looked  upon  it  as  the  one  place  of 
all  others  for a little park. 
It was pleas­
antly  located  and  above  all  central. 
It 
would  be  easy  to throw  it  into  that  kind 
of  public  property. 
It  had  a  goodly 
number of  trees.  The  marsh  could  be 
easily  cared  for  by  draining  and  the 
spring  gushing  from  the  ground  in  the 
corner of the  lot  could  at  a little  expense 
be  changed  from  an  annoyance  to  a  de­
light,  having  been  long  known  for  the 
purity  and  the  coldness  of  its  water. 
Why  would  not  the  church  people  be 
willing  to  dispose  of  the  property  to  the 
village  and  so have  it  a  matter  that  all 
might  be  interested  in?  A  public  fund

sssssssssss

could  be  established  and  the  grounds 
be  easily  and  cheaply  laid  out  and 
im­
proved.  Would  it  be  done?

The  rest 

is  a  matter of  village  his­
tory :  Each  church  society  appointed  a 
committee,  with  the  minister  as  chair­
man,  to  confer  with  the  Village  Im­
provement  Society'.  The  conference  was 
held  and 
in  a  short  time  the  lot  again 
changed  hands.  A  few  leading  spirits 
in  the  village  agreed  to  bear  the  ex­
pense  of  a  landscape  gardener  and  with 
the  plans  he  furnished  the  Improvement 
Society  went  to  work. 
It  is  needless  to 
say  that  the  lot  and  all  things belonging 
it  are  the  pride  and  the  delight  of 
to 
folks  like  to 
the  village.  The  young 
walk  under the  trees  at  sunset. 
In  the 
long  warm  afternoons  of  summer the 
housekeepers 
like  to  take  their  sewing 
and,  under  the  shade  of  a  huge  maple 
where  the  spring  has  been  coaxed  to 
bubble  and  sparkle  and  trickle,  enjoy 
all  that  the  spot  affords.  The  men  of the 
village  have  begun  to  gather there  in 
the  evenings  and,  take  it  all  in  all,  the 
transforming  of  that  negl* cted  lot  into 
a  public  park  that all have helped to pay 
for has  proved  the  greatest  blessing 
in 
its  history.

Won  Without Trying.

A  minister  was  one  day  walking 
along  a  road,  and  to his astonishment he 
saw  a  crowd  of  boys  sitting  in  front  of 
a  ring  with  a  small  dog  in  the  center. 
When  he  came  up  to  them  he  put  the 
following  question:  “ What  are  you  do­
ing  to  the  dog?”
“ Whoever  tells 

One  little  boy  said: 

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T h e   A l a b a s t i n e   C o m ­
p a n y ,  in  addition  to  their 
world-renowned  wall  coat­
ing,  A L A B A S T I N E  
through  their  Plaster  Sales 
Department,  now  manufac­
ture and  sell at lowest prices 
in paper or wood,  in  carlots 
or less,  the  following  prod­
ucts:

Plasticon

The 
long  established wall 
plaster  formerly  manufac­
tured and  marketed  by  the 
American  Mortar Company 
(Sold with or without  sand.)
N.  P.  Brand of Stucco 
The  brand  specified  after 
competitive  tests  and  used 
by the Commissioners for all 
the World’s Fair statuary.

Bug Finish

The  effective  Potato  Bug 
Exterminator.

Land Plaster

Finely ground and  of  supe­
rior quality.

For lowest prices address 

Alabastine Company,
Piaster Sales Department

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

the  biggest  lie  wins  it.”

“ Oh,”   said  the  minister,  “ I  am  sur­
prised  at  you  little  boys,  for when  I  was 
like  you  1  never  told  a  lie.”

There  was  silence  for a  while,  until 
“ Hand  him 

one  of  the  boys  shouted: 
up  the  dog. ”

The Putnam 
Candy Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Established  1865.

EASTER  EGGS 
and  NOVELTIES 
NOW  READY

Call  and  inspect  our  line  and  establishment 

when  in the city.

B.  W.  PUTNAM,  President 

R.  R.  BEAN,  Secretary

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CommercialTravelers

lichitran Knitrhts of the Grip

President,  Geo. F. Ow en,  Grand  Rapids;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  St it t ,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Schbam, Detroit.

Michigan  Commercial Traición’  Association 
President,  A.  Makym ont,  Detroit;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, Geo.  W. H il l , Detroit.
United  Commercial Tranlen of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J.  E.  Mo o se,  Jackson; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K en d a ll,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Me st, Jackson.

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

Senior  Counselor,  J ohn  G.  K o l b;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

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

Interesting;  Report  From the Chairman of 

the  Railway  Committee.

Saginaw, Feb.  19—I  have  the  honor to 
report  that  many  things  have  transpired 
since  our  annual  meeting  two  months 
ago  that  are  especially  gratifying  and 
will  prove  of  interest  to  the  commercial 
travelers  of  the  State.

Representatives  of several commercial 
travelers’  organizations  which  cover  a 
large  area  of  territory assembled  at  Chi­
cago  recently  and  passed unanimously  a 
strong  set  of  resolutions,  endorsing  the 
form  of  the  Northern  mileage  ticket. 
Mr.  D.  K.  Clink,  of  the  Northwestern 
Traveling  Men’s  Association,  Mr. 
Stacey,  of  the  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Protective  Association  of  America,  and 
another gentleman,  from  Ohio,  together 
with  myself,  will  meet  the  railroads  at 
Chicago  upon  the  call  of  Mr.  Clink,  of 
Chicago.  1  feel  that  the  other members 
of  tnis  committee  should  appear  to  be 
the  aggressive  ones,  for the  reason  that 
the  Knights  of  the  Grip  can  not  afford 
to  appear  to  be  in  any  way  dissatisfied 
with  our  present condition,  and  our only 
interest 
in  our  desire  to  assist  in 
broadening  the  field  which  may  even­
tually  be  covered  by  the  Northern  mile­
age  ticket. 
I  say  this  emphatically  for 
fear  that  our  action  might  be  miscon­
strued  by  those  members  who now  com­
prise  the  Northern  Mileage Bureau,  and 
no  higher  compliment  could  be  paid 
their efforts  than  to  be  endorsed  by  the 
commercial  travelers  of  so 
large  an 
area.

lies 

I  have  also  to  report  that  an  inter­
changeable  mileage  ticket  has  been  de­
cided  upon,  to  go  into  effect  in  the  Up­
per  Peninsula  at  once,  the  details  of 
which  may  require  some  little  time  to 
perfect.

I  have  to  further  report  that the  form 
of  the 
interchangeable  mileage  ticket 
used  by  the  Central  Passenger  Associa­
tion  is  meeting  with most effectual  legal 
reverses  in  Indiana,  as  a  recent  de­
cision  of the  Court  of  Appeals  of  that 
State  held  that  all  members  of  the  Cen­
tral  Passenger  Association  are  bound 
to  accept  their  mileage  coupon  when 
tendered  direct  as  fare  (on  the  train), 
which  will,  if  followed  to  a  conclusion, 
result  in  affording  the  commercial  trav­
elers  of  that  territory  the  relief  that 
makes  the  Northern  mileage  ticket  so 
popular.  The  test  case  was  brought  by 
A.  S.  Street,  a  commercial traveler from 
Richmond,  Indiana,  against  the  Penn­
sylvania  Co. 
I  am  quite  sure  that  the 
commercial  travelers  of  not  only  Ohio, 
Indiana  and  Illinois,  but  Michigan, 
will  hail  with  delight  this  decision,  as 
it  points  out a  decided 
legal  strength 
of  the  Northern  mileage  ticket  over  the 
one  used  by  the  Central  Passenger  A s­
sociation.

I  have  further  to  report  that  Senator 
High,of  my county  (Clinton),  has  intro­
duced  a  bill  in  the  Legislature  to  pro­
vide  for  more  perfect  connections  at 
junction  points,  especially  where  roads 
are  antagonistic  in  their  interests  and 
have  so  far  forgotten  the  accommoda­
tion  and  comfort  of  passengers  as  to 
pull  out  when  the  other train is  in  sight, 
which  fact  every  traveling  man  knows 
is  exasperating.

I  desire  to say  in connection  with  the 
above that the  subject  of  organization 
is  becoming  more  and  more  strongly

fixed  upon  the  commercial  travelers  of 
this  country  and  is  proving 
itself  each 
year  to  be 
indispensable 
in  securing 
necessary  concessions  and  legislation, 
and  the  Knights  of the  Grip  have  been 
by  no  means  a  small  factor  in  this  di­
rection  in  Michigan,  and  I  congratulate 
our  members  on  the  efforts  we  are  mak­
ing  in  the  many  directions  that  our  va­
rious  committees  are  instructed  to  per­
form. 

E.  P.  Waldron,

Chairman  Railroad  Committee.

The  Grain  Market.

Wheat  has  been  very  uninteresting 
during  the  past  week.  Prices  made  a 
small  advance  and  that  in  face  of  what 
might  be  called  bearish  news,  which, 
when  closely  examined,  amounted  to 
very  little.

For  instance,  the  crop  in  India  is  re­
ported  to  have  an  export  surplus  of
9,000,000  bushels  and  Australia  to  have 
probably 
11,000,000  bushels.  Again, 
they  are  talking  about  Russia.opening 
up  new  wheat  fields,  but  they  forget  to 
state  that  a  railroad  will  have  to  be 
built  before  there  can  be  any  movement 
in  wheat  from  that  section.  All  such 
nonsense 
is  brought  to  bear to  depress 
the  price  of  wheat.  They  also  forget  to 
state  that  Argentine 
is  shipping  only 
about  half  of  what  she  was  shipping 
last  year,  while  our  exports  up  to  date 
are  within  2,000,000  bushels  of  what 
they  were  one  year ago.  Owing  to  the 
favorable  weather,  receipts  have  been 
somewhat  better  than  they  have  been  in 
the  winter wheat  states.  We  must  also 
take 
is 
about  the  end  of  the  run  of  wheat,  as 
the  granaries  are  cleaned  out.  Those 
who  have  wheat  now  are  able  to  hold 
and  will  hold  for  better  prices. 
In  the 
spring  wheat  section,  the  movement 
from  first  hands  is  simply  insignificant. 
The  elevators  are  shipping  in  to  evade 
taxes.  While  our  exports  are  getting 
larger,  our  visible  showed  a  small  de­
crease  of  about  146,000  bushels,  when 
last  year there  was  an  increase  of  about
250.000  bushels,  all  of  which  goes  to 
show  the  strong  position  wheat  is  in.

into  consideration  that 

this 

Com  showed  another  increase  of  over
1.100.000  bushels,  notwithstanding  that 
Jas.  A.  Patten,  the  corn  bull  leader, 
dumped  7,000,000 bushels  of  May  corn, 
thereby  cleaning  up  $100,000 or  more. 
It  held  its  own  and  advanced  about  j^c 
on  May  over  one  week  ago.  Should the 
weather  be  favorable  for corn  to  cure, 
so  that 
it  will  grade,  prices  will  sag. 
The  present  cold  weather tends  to  put 
corn 
it 
rather  risky  to  sell  com.  Better  be  on 
the  buying  side.

in  good  condition. 

I  think 

Oats  remain  steady,  with  no  change 
in  price.  The  visible  showed  a decrease 
of  265,000  bushels,  but  had  no  effect  on 
the  market.  We  think  they  are  too  high 
and  are  liable  to  sell  off any  day.

is 

Rye 

is  in  the  dumps  and  the  market 
is  simply  fiat.  There  will  have  to  be 
more  orders  for  export  before  there  will 
life  or  demand  in  that cereal. 
be  any 
There 
little  call  from  distillers,  but 
Michigan  rye  is  not  in  it  for  distilling 
purposes.

in  an  even 

Flour  remains 

tenor. 
Prices  are  sustained.  Local  demand, 
as  well  as  domestic,  is  fair. 
In  mill 
feed  the  scarcity 
is  more  pronounced 
than  in  our  last  report and I think prices 
will  advance.

Receipts  of  grain  have  been  large this 
week—probably  the  largest  on  this  crop 
—being  90  cars  of  wheat,  13  cars  of 
corn, 
13  cars  of  oats,  1  car of  rye,  4 
cars  of  flour,  2  cars  of  straw,  5  cars  of 
potatoes.

Millers  are  paying  75c for  No.  2  red.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

TWO  WOMEN.

Away from the footllght’s glare and heat 
She sits In her box In the dim-lit gloom;
Her tender eyes like a child’s are sweet,
And her face like a fair wild rose in bloom.
About her eddies a well-dressed crowd 
With nr any an idle jest and speech.
Her laugh is merry, her laugh is loud,
She has something pleasant to say to each.
Near her there snores the lord of her heart.
He is old, and portly, and fond of sleep;
He leaves his young wife to play her part,
And knows she will never go in too deep.
Proud is he of  her youth ana grace,
He loves her next to his bonds and stocks;
Beside his trotter she holds a place,
After his gold her golden locks!
Wandering over the flaming jets 
Of the golden horseshoe her proud glance goes
Where a spangled danseuse pirouettes.
While the merry music ebbs and flows.
My lady's glance is stern and cold.
And half unconscious the blushes start,
For hpre is the woman, she has been told,
Who once reigned over her  husband’s heart.

The pretty danseuse about the stage 
Skips and ogles and shakes her locks.
The reigning beauty and social rage 
Flirts on as actively in her box
One scorns the other with all her heart. 
Though she never loved her lord, ’tis true;
Both sold themselves and both play a part; 
What Is the difference between the two?
ECONOMY  OF  CONSOLIDATION.

One  of  the  effects  of  the  great  railway 
consolidations 
recently  accomplished 
will  be  to  cause  the  discharge  of  large 
numbers  of  employes.  Whereas  each 
separate  road  formerly  had  executive 
officers  and  special  corps  of general  offi­
cials,  the  various  roads  will  be  com­
bined  in  a  system  which  will  be  under 
a  single  executive  control.

Such  changes  will  be  in  the 

interests 
of  economy,  which  is  rapidly  becoming 
one  of  the  most  important  considera­
tions  in  business.  The  question  always 
at  the  fore  is  how  to  reduce  expenses 
without  damaging  efficiency. 
It  is  esti­
mated  that  community  of ownership and 
the  absorption  of  numbers  of  roads 
in­
to  a  few  great  systems,  such,  for  in­
stance,  as  those 
in  which  the  Union 
Pacific  and  Southern  Pacific  systems, 
which  have  lately  been  merged;  in  the 
Reading  and  Jersey  Central,  the  South­
ern  Railway  and  Mobile  and  Ohio,  the 
Great  Northern  and  Northern  Pacific, 
Gould  and  Kansas  and  Texas  systems 
and  the  railroads  affiliated  with  the 
Pennsylvania,  will  work  vast  changes 
in  the  methods  of  operation.

Figures  are  given  that  the  changes 
will  result 
in  dispensing  with  perhaps
3.000  men  in  the  general  offices,  includ­
ing  some  high-salaried  officials.  At  an 
average  of,  say,  $800,  here  is  a  saving 
of  $2,500,000  a  year.  Probably  5,000 
agents  and  solicitors  will  be  done  away 
with  when  the  full  programme  is  car­
ried  out  from  one  end  of  the  country  to 
another.  Here 
further  saving  of 
$2,500,000.

is  a 

In  operating  crews,  by  reason  of  cut­
ting  off  useless  competitive  trains  and 
regulating  the  size  of  trains  according 
to  the  traffic  to  be  carried,  perhaps
12.000  men  can  be  dispensed  with, 
thereby  effecting  a  further  saving  of 
$6,000,000  a  year.  This  would  result  in 
a  total  curtailment  of  20,000  men  in  the 
regular  railroad  service.

The  amount  saved  by  economy  of 
rolling  stock  and  maintenance  of  stable 
rates  and  abolishment  of  commissions 
will,  it  is  estimated,  be  many  millions 
of  dollars  a  year.  Whether the  rates  of 
transportation  will  be  raised  remains  to 
be  seen.
THE  SOVEREIGNTY  OF  CHARACTER.
is 
moral  rather  than  intellectual.  Noth­
ing  finally  succeeds  in  this  world  save 
that  which  is  wrought  out  in  obedience 
to the  higher  laws  of  life.  Newspapers 
and  books  and  familiar  conversation 
among  men  are  often  touched  by  a  cer­
tain  cheap  cynicism,  a  certain  shallow 
It  is  the  custom  to  say
moralization. 

The  determining 

in  life 

factor 

that  the  cheap  thing  succeeds;  that  the 
vulgar  thing 
is  the  fashion;  that one 
must  truckle  and  placate  and  flatter  in 
order to  win  success  and  influence. 
In 
individual  cases,  for  a  short  space  of 
time,  in  securing  close-at-hand  results 
these  mean  and  paltry  arts  and qualities 
are  sometimes  successful;  but 
in  the 
long  run  this  philosophy  of  life  is  as 
untrue  as  it  is  ignoble.

Talent  does  command  recognition; 
character  does  secure  confidence :  noble 
life  does  lay  the  foundations  of  a  great 
influence.  There  are  no  short-cuts  to 
lasting  success;  there  are  no  substitutes 
for genuine  ability;  there  are  no  equiv­
alents  for a  noble  character.  These  facts 
ought  to  be  written  in  the  heart  of  the 
race  as  they  are  written  in  the  very 
heart  of  history. 
Inferior ends  are  suc­
cessfully  served  by  vulgar  methods, 
lower  prizes  are  secured  by  selfish  men, 
but  this  ought  not  to  confuse  the  mind 
of  any  one  who  looks  at  life  broadly 
and  sanely.

Men  may  sometimes  be deceived fora 
time  by  a  specious  success,  but  they  are 
not  deceived  in  the  long  run.  The  man 
who  hoodwinks  others  is  never  able  to 
hoodwink  himself;  and  not  for one  mo­
ment  is  the  mind  of  God  confused  by 
the  tricks,  the  chicanery,  or the  adroit­
ness  of  the  merely  clever  and  unscrupu­
lous.  Nothing  really  pays,  in  the  high­
est  and  noblest  sense  of  the  word,  ex­
cept  goodness ;  nothing  really  succeeds 
unless  it  deserves  to  succeed,  and  noth­
ing  endures  that 
is  not  genuine  and 
noble.  In  every  great  career of  a  mixed 
character the  world  speedily 
learns  to 
detect  the  mean  and the false  and  sepa­
rate  it  from  the  good.  The  wheat  and 
the  tares  grow  together,  but  they  are 
divided,  the  one  from  the  other,  long 
before  the  ultimate  harvesting.

Let  no  man  be  deceived  or deceive 
is  only  the  good  who  will 
himself. 
survive,  it 
is  only  the  noble  who  are 
really  great;  and  nothing  is  worth while 
in  this  world,  either  in  obscure  or great 
places,  but  honesty,  unselfishness,  pu­
rity,  and  devotion.—Outlook.

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Direct from Manufacturer to Retailers.

In localities where jobbers do  not  handle  our 
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introduce our  goods more thoroughly.  Will you 
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prices for trial orders?

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Drugs—Chemicals

Michigan  State  Board o f Pharmacy

L.  E.  Rey n o ld s,  St. Joseph 
H e n r y   H e im , Saginaw 
• 
Wir t   P.  Doty, Detroit - 
A. O. Scrum a ph k r. Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31, 
J o h n D. Mu ib , Grand Rapids 

Term expires
-  Dec. 31,1901 
-  Dec. 31,1902
Dec. 31,1903
Dec. 31,1906 

President, A.  C.  Sch u m a c h er,  Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, H e n r y   H e im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.

Examination  Sessions.
Grand Rapids, March 5 and 6.
Star Island, June 17 and 18.
Sault  Ste.  Marie. August 28 and 29. 
Lansing, Not. 5 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

President—Ch a s.  F.  Ma n n , Detroit. 
Secretary—J.  W.  Se e l e y ,  Detroit 
Treasurer—W.  K.  Sch m id t. Grand Rapids.

The  Proper Relation  Between  Competing 

Druggists.

At  the  very  outset  of the consideration 
of  the  proper  relation  which  should 
exist  between  business 
competitors, 
and  particularly  between  competing 
druggists,  all  idea  of  antagonism  or en­
mity  should  be  eliminated.  The  very 
basis  of  proper  relations  must be  a  most 
cordial  friendship.  This  fact  becomes 
more  apparent  when  it 
is  remembered 
that  under  proper conditions  a  competi­
tor  is  always  a  friend,  and  frequently, 
whether  we  so  recognize  it  or not,  our 
best  friend.  Many  owe  their  success 
to  active  and  vigorous  competition.  A 
spirit  of  friendly  rivalry  will  frequently 
inspire  business  efforts  which  otherwise 
would  never  be  made. 
It  matters  not 
with  how  much  energy  one’s  business 
may  be  conducted,  competition  will 
stimulate  still  greater efforts  and  'insure 
closer and  more  constant  application.

Progressive  methods  will  be  more 
quickly  adopted ;  business  houses  will 
be  made  and  kept  more  attractive;  a 
more  liberal  and  accommodating  busi­
ness  policy  will  be  pursued  when 
is 
known  that  a  competitor  is  on  the  alert 
to take  advantage  of  the influence which 
these  things  exercise  as  winners  of  pub­
lic  favors.

it 

Having  noted  the broad basis—friend­
liness—upon  which  competition  should 
rest  in  order to  maintain  the  proper  re­
lation  between  competitors, let  us  briefly 
point  out  a  few  of  the  factors  which 
produce,  and  at  the  same  time  consti­
tute  this  relationship.

First,  co-operation in buying  and  sell­
ing.  Too  little  attention  is  paid  by  the 
ordinary  druggist to  the  matter of  judi­
cious quantity  buying.  An  extra  dis­
count  of  5  or  io  per cent,  may  frequent­
ly  be  had  by  purchasing  many  staple 
lines  of  goods  in  larger quantities  than 
could  be  prudently  handled  by  a  single 
person;  and  a  little  friendly  co-opera­
tion  will  enable  competitors  to  unite  in 
buying  an  astonishingly  large number of 
articles.  The  burden  of  carrying  the 
additional  stock  should,  of  course,  be 
borne  proportionately  by  each.  When 
received,  the  entire  quantity  should  be 
divided  as agreed  upon  before  purchas­
ing,  each  promptly  paying  his  part  of 
the  purchase  price.  Should  the  stock  of 
any  one  become  exhausted  before  all 
are  ready  for another  lot  he  should  sup­
ply  himself  from  the  stocks  of others, 
getting,  to  a 
large  extent  at  least,  the 
advantage  of  the  original  purchase 
price.  The  benefit  of  co-operation 
in 
selling  may  be  obtained  in  the  disposal 
of  those  remnants  which,  notwithstand­
ing  the  greatest  care,  will  accumulate 
upon  the  shelves.  Lists  of these  should 
be  carefully  prepared by all competitors, 
to  be  kept  by  each  in  some  convenient 
place,  and  from  which  purchases,  either 
for stock  or to  supply  a  chance demand, 
should  be  made.

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

Second,  concessions  in  price  should 
be  made  by each  when  supplying  others 
with  those  little  deficienci es which,with 
the  most  careful  system  of  stock-keep­
ing,  will  at  times  occur.  A  discount  of 
io  per cent,  is  suggested  as an equitable 
basis  in  such  transactions, thus  allowing 
the  greater  profit  to  accrue  to  the  most 
diligent  stock-keeper.

Fourth, 

Third,  a  private  price  mark  should 
he adopted  and  carefully  placed  on  all 
copies  of  prescriptions given,  as  well  as 
upon  prescriptions  on  which  a  price 
is 
made,and  which  are  not  at  the  time  left 
for  compounding.  The  advantage  of 
this  practice  is 
in  the  upholding  of 
prices  and 
in  preventing  the  hawking 
about  of prescriptions  to  be  filled  by  the 
lowest  bidder,  as  well  as  the  establish­
ment  in  the  minds  of  the  public  of  the 
idea  that the  prices  in  this  department 
of our  business  are  neither  purely  arbi­
trary  nor  fixed  without  due  regard  for 
the  real  value  of  the  services  rendered.
local  organization  is  another 
benefit  to  be  derived  from  the  friendly 
relations  which  should  exist  between 
competitors,  being  the  means  of  perpet­
uating  the  very  spirit  by  which  it  is 
created.  The  advantages  of  organiza­
tion  are  so  numerous  and  have  been  so 
frequently  dwelt  upon  that  it  is  perhaps 
sufficient  to  remark its inestimable value 
in  resisting  the  discriminations  which 
are  constantly  being  attempted  against 
us.  The  wholesale 
injustice  imposed 
by  the  war  revenue  bill  and other unjust 
measures  directed  against  the  entire 
trade  by  national 
legislation  are  not 
here  alluded  to,  but  attention  is  more 
particularly  directed  to  those  petty local 
annoyances  which  are  constantly  crop­
ping  out  from  local  causes,  and  which 
it  would  be  useless  to  combat  single- 
handed.  Competing  druggists  should 
stand  together  for the  betterment  of  the 
general  conditions  governing  the  pro­
fession ;  for  the  exclusion  of  incompe­
tent  and unqualified  apprentices ;  in  the 
advocacy  of  the  use  of the  preparations 
of the  National  Formulary  by the physi­
cians ;  for  the  fuller  recognition  of  the 
claims  of higher  pharmacy  by  the  phy­
sician  as  well  as  by  the  public,  and  for 
the  maintenance  of  the  highest  stand­
ard  of  business,  moral  and  professional 
integrity.

Fifth,  social 

intercourse,  wherever 
possible,  should  be  encouraged.  A  lit­
tle  time  can  perhaps  be  spent  in  no 
more  effective  way  than  by  cultivating 
the  social  side  of  a  competitor’s  dispo­
In  fact,  this  is  the  only  way  in 
sition. 
which  some  can  be  reached. 
It  is  said 
that 
in  no  other  way  is  one  so  truly 
known  as  by  his  home  or  social  life. 
Under the  influence  of  some  simple  so­
cial  function  many  a  prejudice  or  pre­
conceived  ill  feeling  may  be  dispelled, 
and  easier  and  more  cordial  relations 
perpetuated.

Sixth,  the  maintenance  of  prices. 
Perhaps  the  most 
important  of  all  the 
features  of the  proper  relation  between 
competing  druggists 
is  a  well  main­
tained  price  agreement  or  understand­
ing.  Every  article  of  well  known  re­
tail  value  should  bring  its  full  price.  A 
well  defined  standard  of  charges  should 
be  adopted  upon  prescriptions,  and 
staple  articles  of  a  similar  value should, 
as  nearly  as  possible,  bear  a  uniform 
profit.  These  will  be  firmly  adhered  to 
wherever the  ideal  relations  exist.  The 
necessity  of  posting  forfeitures  or  pre­
paring  signed  articles  of agreement  to 
maintain  prices  never  exists  under 
proper conditions.  The  word of  a  com­
petitor should  be  taken  at  par.  Where 
this  can  not be  done,  signed  agreements

will  be  of  temporary  value  only,  to  be 
evaded  and  violated  by  a  course  of  in­
direction  and  deceit, 
the  results  of 
which  are 
in  the  greatest  degree  de­
moralizing.  The  importance  of  stead­
fast  personal  confidence among competi­
tors  can  neither  be  over-estimated  nor 
too  strongly  insisted  upon.

J.  W.  Gayle.

Various  Uses  of  Photography  in  Phar­

macy.

Great  and  manifold  are  the  advan­
tages  which  the  photographic  camera 
has  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  apoth­
ecary  in  the  way  of  facilities  for  illus­
trating  and  studying  the  sciences  per­
taining  to  pharmacy.

First,  1  will  mention  one  branch  of 
pharmacy,  namely,  microscopy,  which 
is  perhapsrmore  closely  related  to  pho­
tography  than  any  other—pursuing  in 
part  the  same  course,  as  illustrating  ob­
jects,  various  stages  of  changes,  and  in 
short  picturing  everything  that in  words 
could  be  explained  only  with  great 
difficulty  or  not at  all.  This  branch  of 
science  is  greatly aided by photography, 
is  distinctly  defined  by  the  term 
and 
“ microphotography,”   which 
can  be 
considered  under at  least  four  different 
classes  of  work,  viz.,  biological,  histo­
logical,  bacteriological,  and  pathologi­
cal.

In  this  work,  the  microscopist  can 
make  any  number  of  printed  copies 
from  one  negative,  after  a  slide  has 
been  properly  prepared  and  photo­
graphed,  and  send  specimens  to  all 
parts  of the  globe.

Second,  as  applied  to  medical  bot­
any  and  pharmacognosy,  it  again  fills 
the  office  of  an  absolute  necessity,  for 
when  a  photograph 
is  taken  of  living 
plants  it  is  true  to  nature  and  suffers  in 
no  way,  as  do the  most  carefully  drawn 
pictures  by  skillful  hands.

There  is  no better equal  to the  natural 
specimen  of  plants  or  parts  of  plants 
than  a  carefully  fixed  and  finished  pic­
ture.  For  instance,  if  one  photographs 
a 
living  plant  with  a  fair-size  lens  of 
about  one  and  a  fourth  to  one  and  one- 
half  inches 
in  diameter,  he  will  get  a 
perfectly  satisfactory  picture,  which,  if 
the  operator desires,  may be  enlarged  or 
reduced.

Third,  photography  has  done  a 
great  deal  to  render a  more  ready  and 
better  understanding  of  the  different 
processes  taking  place  both in pharmacy 
and  chemistry  with  special  reference  to 
illustrating  lectures  and  practical  work. 
And  it  is  due  to  photographic  develop­
ment  that  our  books  are  so  profusely 
illustrated,  and  even  our  daily  papers 
are  so  rich  in  beautiful  half-tones.  All 
of  this  is  due  to the  extraordinary  prog­
ress  in  photography,  which  has  reduced 
and  almost  entirely  replaced  the  steel 
and  copperplate  engraving,  as  most of 
such  work  is  now  done by  photoengrav­
ing.

Photography  as  practiced  by  most 
pharmacists  is generally purely amateur, 
but  splendid  are  the  achievements and 
highly  creditable  the  work  and  new  de­
velopment  which  some  have  accom­
plished.

To  the  store away  from  large  photo­
graphic  supply  houses,  material  used  in 
photography  forms  a  pleasant  and  well­
paying  side  line.  Most  druggists  carry 
a  well  selected  stock  of  pure  chemicals, 
and  if they  possess  a  little photographic 
inclination,  they  will  find  cameras  and 
other  photographic  paraphernalia  a 
highly  remunerative 
investment,  and 
to-day hundreds  of druggists  do a  splen­
did  and  very  profitable  business  with 
amateur  photographers  in  nearly  every 
state  in  our Union.

Ambrose  Mueller,  Ph.  G.

Strychnine—By  error  last  week’s mar­
It  should 

ket  noted  a  decline  of  25c. 
have  been  10c.

Balsam  Copaiba—On account  of  small 

receipts,  is  still  advancing.

Balsam  Tolu—Is  very  firm  at  higher 

Oil  Anise  and  Cassia—Are  both tend­

prices.

ing  higher.

• 

The  Drug Market.

Opium—Is  firm  but  unchanged.
Morphine—Is  steady.
Quinine—Is  very  firm  and  prices  are 

Cocaine—Has  again  declined  25c  per 

Cod  Liver Oil—Is  weak  and  lower 

in 

unchanged.

ounce.

price.

Oil  Lemon—Has  advanced,  on  ac­

count  of  higher primary  markets.

Oils  Orange  and  Bergamot—Are  also 

higher abroad.

Syrup  of Copaiba.

Balsam  copaiba,  40  gms.
Gum  arabic,  10 gms.
Distilled  water,  25  gms.
Syrup,  200 gms.
Oil  peppermint,  20  dps.
Make  an  emulsion  with  the  copaiba, 
gum  arabic  and  water;  then  add  the 
syrup  and  oil  of  peppermint.

Lotion  Chapped  Hands,  Lips  and  Face. 

Spirit  camphor,  1  dr.
Comp,  tincture  benzoin,  4  drs. 
Lister’s*antiseptic  solution,  2  ozs. 
Glycerite  hydrastis,  to  make  8  ozs.

FISHING  TACKLE

We carry a very complete stock and make 
the right prices.  Wait  for  travelers  or 
write

FRED  BRUNDAGE,  MUSKEGON,  MICH. 

Wholesale Drugs  and  Stationery

Special Sized

Window  Shades

Send us your orders—We’re  headquar­
ters.  Do  you  carry  our  samples?  If 
not, write and we will send.
Heystek &  Canfield  Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Bryan Show Cases

Always please.  W rite for 
handsome  new  catalogue.

Brvan, Ohio.

Bryan  Show Case Works,
We  want you

to write us for any kind of boxes 
you need.

Kalamazoo Paper Box Co.,

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

A  MONTH
C   to all It costs for the 
VERY  BEST
CAS  LIGHT

equal  to  io  or 12  coal oil  lamps 
anywhere if you will get the

Brilliant Gat Lamp. 
Brilliant Gas Lamp Co., 42 State, Chicago

Aluminum Money

Will Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective.

Send for samples and prices.
C.  H.  HANSON,

44  5 .  C lark  S t.,  C M a fO ,  U l.

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

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—
Declined—Cod Liver Oil, Cocaine

@ 40

Menthol..................
@ 5 50 Seldlltz Mixture......
20® 22
Morphia, S., P. & w. 2 35® 2 60 Sinapls....................
@ 18
Morphia, S..N.Y. Q.
Sinapls,  opt............
@ 30
& C. Co................. 2 25® 2  60 Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Moschus  Canton__
Voes....................
@ 41
Myrlstlca, No. 1 ......
65® 80 Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s
@ 41
Nux Vomica...po. 15 @ 10 Soda, Boras.............
9® 11
Os Sepia..................
35® 37 Soda,  Boras, po......
9® 11
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
Soda et Potass Tart.
23® 25
D  Co....................
@  1  00 Soda,  Carb.............. 154® 2
Picis Liq. N.N.54 gal.
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
3® 5
doz.......................
@ 2  00 Soda, Ash...............
354® 4
Picis Liq.. quarts__
@  1  00 Soda, Sulphas.........
©
2
Picis Liq.,  pints......
@ 85 Spts. Cologne..........
@ 2 60
Pii Hydrarg. ..po.  80 @ 50 Spts. Ether  Co........
50® 55
Piper  Nigra.,  po. 22 @ 18 Spts. Myrcia Dom...
@ 2 00
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 35 @ 30 Spts. Vini Rect.  bbl.
@
Piix Burgun............
@ 7 Spts. Vlnl Rect. !4bbl
@
Plumbi Acet............
10® 12 Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal
@
Pul vis Ipecac et Opii 1  30®  1 50 Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal
@
Py rethrüm, boxes H.
Strychnia, Crystal...
80® 1  05
& P. D. Co., doz...
@ 75 Sulphur,  Subl.........
254® 4
Pyrethrum,  pv........
25® 30 Sulphur, Roll........... 2!4@ 354
Quassiæ..................
8© 10 Tamarinds..............
8® 10
Quinta, S. P. &  W...
32® 42 Terebenth  Venice...
30
Quinta, S.  German..
flfilrfi
30® 40 Theobromae.............
65
Quinta, N. Y............
30® 40 Vanilla.................... 9 00©16 00
Rubia Tinctorum....
12® 14 Zinci Sulph.............
7® 8
Saccharum Lactis pv
18® 20
Oils
Salacin.................... 4 50®  4 75
Sanguis  Draconls...
40® 50
Sapo, W..................
12® 14 Whale, winter.........
Sapo M....................
10® 12 Lard, extra..............
Sapo  G....................
@ 15 Lard, No. 1..............

BBL.  GAL.
70
70
60

70
60
45

27

Linseed, pure raw...  68 
Linseed, boiled.......   69 
Neatsfoot, winter str  54 
Spirits  Turpentine..  46 

71
72
60
25
Paints  b b l.  l b.
Red Venetian.........   154  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars.  154  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow Ber...  154  2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  254  24@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  24  254@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............  
13®  15
70®  75
Vermilion, English.. 
Green,  Paris........... 
14®  18
Green, Peninsular... 
13®  16
Lead, red................   654®  654
Lead,  white............   654®  654
Whiting, white Span  @  85
Whiting, gilders’__  @  90
White, Paris, Amer.  @  1  25 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff.......................  @140
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1  20

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turp..............  1  60® 1  70
Coach  Body............  2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Fum......  1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1  56® 1  60 
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  76

Drugs

So
So
75

So
So
So

6o
6o

2q

W e  are 

Im porters  and 

Jobbers  of 

Drugs,  Chemicals  and  Patent  Medicines.

W e  are  dealers  in  Paints,  Oils  and 

Varnishes.

W e  have  a  full  line  of  Staple  Drug­

gists’  Sundries.

W e  are  the  sole  proprietors  of  W eath­

erly’ s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e  always  have  in  stock  a  full  line 
of  W hiskies,  Brandies,  Gins,  W ines  and 
Rum s  for  medicinal  purposes  only.

W e  give  our  personal  attention  to 

mail  orders  and  guarantee  satisfaction.

All  orders  shipped  and  invoiced  the 

same  day  received. 

Send  a  trial  order.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

>  

T

P  1  «

@

8
Acetlcum................ $ 
6© $
70® 76
Benzoicum, German.
17
Boracic....................
30@ 42
Carbollcum.............
45® 48
Cltricum..................
3® 5
Hydrochlor............
8@ 10
Nitrocum................
12® 14
Oxalicum.................
15
Phosphorium,  dll...
®
50® 55
Salicylicum  .............
Sulphurlcum........... 114® 5
Tanniamo............... 1  UK®  1  20
38® 40
Tartarlcum  ............
4® 6
6® 8
13® 15
12® 14

A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............
Aqua, 20 deg............
Carbonas.................
Chloridum...............
A niline
Black....................... 2 00® 2 25
80®  1  00
Brown......................
45® 50
Red..........................
Yellow...................... 2  50® 3 00
Baccse
22® 24
Cubebae...........po,25
6® 8
Junlperus................
Xanthoxylum......... 1  26®  1 30
55® 60
m  1  00
55® 60
45® 60

18
12

Balsam um
Copaiba...................
Peru  .......................
Terabin,  Canada....
Tolutan....................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......
Casslæ....._..............
-   *#  Cinchona  Flava......
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myriea Cerifera, po.
*  Prunus Virgin!........
Quillaia, gr’d ...........
Sassafras....... po. 20
Ulmus...po.  IB,gr’d 
Extractum
_   r  —  Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 

■** 

V 

246

Glycyrrhiza,  po.
Hsematox, 15 lb. box  116  12
Hsematox, is ........... 
136  }J
Hsematox, 4 s .........  
146 
}6
Hsematox, 4 s .........  
186
Ferru
Carbonate  Preclp... 
Citrate and  Quima.. 
Citrate Soluble...... . 
Ferrocyanldum Sol.. 
Solut. Chloride........ 
Sulphate,  com’l......  
Sulphate,  corn!,  by
bbl, per  cwt.........  
Sulphate,  pure........ 

is
2  25
76
40
16
2
80
7

Flora

1&6
Arnica..................... 
Anthemls.................  226  28
Matricaria...............  
306  36

Folia
Barosma.................. 
286  30
Cassia Acutifol, Tln-
nevelly................. 
206  25
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.  256  30
Salvia officinalis,  4s
and 4 s ................. 
126  20
(JvaUrsl..................  
86 
10
Gummi
6   65
Acacia, ist picked... 
6   45
Acacia,2d  picked... 
Acacia,3d  picked... 
6   35
Acacia, sifted  sorts; 
6   28
Acada, po................  456  65
Aloe, Barb, po.l8@20  126  14
Aloe, Cape___po. 15. 
6 -  12
Aloe,  SocotrL.po. 40 
6   30
Ammoniac...............   556  60
Assafoetida.. ..po. 45  456  60
Benzolnum.............. 
506  55
Catechu, is .............. 
6   13
6   14
Catechu, Ms............  
Catechu, $¿8............   ^ 6   16
Campnorse.............. 
69®  73
Euphorbium... po. 35 
6   40
Galbanum...............   @  1  00
Gamboge............. po  66® 
70
Gualacum........ po. 25  ®  30
Kino...........po. $0.75  @  75
Mastic  ....................  
®  60
Myrrh..............po. 45  @ 4 0
Opil....pO.  6.10@6.30 3 75®  3 80
Shellac
Shellac, bleached....
Tragacanth.............  
Herba
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorlum..oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum ....oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip.. oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr. .oz. pkg 
Rue..............oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
Magnesia
Calcined, P at........... 
66®  60
Carbonate, Pat........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

sw
25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
26

40®
eu© 

Oleum

Absinthium............   6 50®  7 00
Amygdalae,  Dulc__   38®  65
Amygdalae, Amarse.  8 00® 8 25
A nisi.........................2  10®  2 20
Aurantl Cortex........  2 25®  2 30
Bergamil.................  2 90®  3 00
Cajiputi...................  80®  85
Caryophylll.............  
80®  85
Cedar......................  65®  90
Chenopadll..............  @ 2 75
Clnnamonl!............   l  30®  l 40
OitroneU».. 
35®  <0

I 

-+

'i

m

10® 

Bromide  .
C arb......
Chlorate.. po. 17@19

Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart, com, 
Potass Nitras, opt...
Potass  Nitras.........
Prussiate.................
Sulphate  po............
Radix
Aconltum................
Althae......................
Anchusa.................
Arum  po.................
Calamus..................
Gentiana........po. 15
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  15 
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po.

Conlum Mac............  50®  60
Copaiba...................  l  is® l  25
Cubebae...................  l  20®  1  25
Exechthitos............   l 00®  1  io
Erigeron.................  l  io®  1  20
Gaultheria..............  l  85®  1  90
Geranium, ounce....  @  75
Gosslppii, Sem. gal.. 
60®  60
Hedeoma.................  1 40®  1  50
Junlpera.................  l  60®  2 00
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis.................  I  50®  1  60
Mentha Piper.........   l  40@  2 00
Mentha Verid.........   l  50®  1  60
Morrhuæ, £ al.........   l  io®  1  20
Myrcia....................  4 00®  4 60
Olive.......................  75® 3 00
Picis Liquida........... 
12
PicisLiquida,  gal...  @  35
Ricina.....................   1 00®  1  08
Rosmarini...............   @  1  00
Rosse, ounce............   6 oo@ 6 so
Succini....................  40®  45
Sabina....................  90®  l  oo
Santal.....................   2 75®  7 oo
Sassafras.................  48®  53
Sinapls,  ess., ounce.  @  65
Tiglll.......................  1 60®  1 60
Thyme.....................   40®  60
Thyme, opt..............  @  1  60
15® 20
15® 18
13® 15
52® 67
12© 15
16@ 18
34® 38
2 60® 2 65
28® 30
@ 15
7® 10
6® 8
23® 26
16® 18
20® 25
30@ 33
10® 12
® 25
20® 40
12® 15
16® 18
@ 75
@ 80
12® 15
15® 20
3  40® 3 60
35® 40
25® 30
@ 36
22® 25
75®  1  00 
@  1  25 
75®  1  35
35® 38
@ 18
40© 45
60® 65
@ 40
© 26
10® 12
@ 25
@ 25
15® 20
14® 16
25® 27
@ 12
13© 15
4© 6
12@ 13
1  25©  1 75
8© 10
44® i
76©  1  00
10© 12
1  00®  1 10
@ 10
7® 9
4® 5
5
44®
35® 40
44®
5
44@ 5
9® 10
11® 12
2 00®  2 50
2 00® 2 25
1  26®  1 50
1 65® 2 00 
1  75® 3 50 
1 90® 2  10 
1  76® 6 60 
1  25® 2 00 
1  25® 2 00

Sanguinaria., .po.  15
Serpentaria............
Senega ....................
Smilax, officinalis H.
Smilax, M................
Scillae............po.  35
Symplocarpus.Fceti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  Germán.

Dipterix Odorate....
Fœniculum..............
Foenugreek, po........
L ini.........................
Lini, grd......bbl. 4
Lobelia....................
Pharlarls Canarian..
R apa.......................
Sinapis  Alba...........
Sinapls  Nigra.........
Spiritus

Semen
Anlsum.........po.  15
Apium (graveleons).
Bird, ls....................
Carni.............po.  18
Cardamon................
Coriandrum.............

Iris  plox.. .po. 35®38
Jalapa, pr...............
Maranta,  4 s ...........
Podophyllum,  po...
Rhei......................
Rhei, cut.................

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

2 50® 2 75
2 50® 2 75
@  1  60
@  1  26
@  1  00
@ 75
@  1  40

@ 60
@ 50
© 50
@ 60
50
a
@ 50
50® 60
© 50
© B0 1

Scillae  Co.................  @  5(
Tolutan...................   @  5C
Prunus  vlrg............   @  6(

Tinctures
Aconltum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
A rnica.................... 
Assafoetida.............. 
A trope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma..................  
Cantharides............ 
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
Cardamon Co..........  
Castor.....................  
Catechu!..................  
Cinchona................  
Cinchona Co............  
Columba................. 
Cubebae.................... 
Cassia Acutifol........ 
Cassia Acutifol Co... 
Digitalis..................  
Ergot....................... 
Ferri  Chloridum__  
Gentian................... 
Gentian do.............. 
Gulaca.....................  
Guiaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............  
Iodine  ....................  
Iodine, colorless...... 
K ino....................... 
Lobelia...........................  
Myrrh.............................  
Nux Vomica............  
Opii.................................. 
Opii, comphorated.. 
Opii, deodorized...... 
Quassia........................... 
Rhatany..........................  
Rhei................................  
Sanguinarla........... 
Serpentarla............  
Stromonlum....................  
Tolutan........................... 
Valerian........... 
Veratrum  Veride... 
Zingiber..........................  
M iscellaneous 

6C
SC
6C
6C
5C
sc
6fl
50
60
50
so
75
50
76
76
l  oo
so
so
6o
6o
so
so
So
50
so
35
so
6o
so
6o
So
75
7s
&o

So
So
i  Bo

So
So

5o
So

  @ 

Afther, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  35
A£ther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   214® 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto...................   40®  50
Antlmonl, po........... 
4® 
5
Antimoni et Potass T  40®  50
Antipyrin...............   @  25
Antifebrin..............  @  20
Argenti Nitras, oz...  @  61
Arsenicum.............. 
10® 
12
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
Bismuth S. N...........  1 90® 2 00
9
Calcium Chlor.,  ls...  @ 
Calcium dhlor.,  14s..  @  10
Calcium dhlor.,  14s..  @ 
12
Cantharides, Rus.do  @  80 
i5 
Capsid Fructus, af..  @ 
Capsicl  Fructus, po.  @  15
Capsid Fructus B,po  @ 
IS 
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba...............   50®  55
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  35
Centraria................  
10
Cetaceum.................  @  45
Chloroform............   66®  60
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  40@  1  65
Chondrus................  
20®  25
Cinchonidlne.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
docaine..........".......  5 55® 5 75
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
70
Creosotum...............   @  35
Creta............bbl. 75  @  2
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, precip........... 
9®  11
dreta, Rubra...........  @ 
8
Crocus....................  30®  35
Cudbear..................   @  24
dupri  Sulph............   64® 
8
Dextrine................. 
7®  10
Ether Sulph............  75®  90
Emery, all numbers.  @ 
8
Emery, po................  @ 
6
E rgota.........po. 90  86®  90
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla.......................   @  23
8® 
Gambler................. 
9
Gelatin.  Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French...... 
36®  60
75 &  S
Glassware,  flint, box 
70
Less than box......  
Glue, brown............  
li® 
13
Glue,  white............  
15®  25
Glycerina.................  174®  25
Grana Paradlsl........  @  25
Humulus.................  25®  55
Hydrarg Chlor  Mite  @  1 00 
Hydrarg  dhlor Cor..  @  90 
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m.  @  1  10 
Hydrarg  Ammoniatl  @  1  20 
HydrargUnguentum  50®  60
Hydrargyrum.........   @  85
IchthyoDolla, Am...  66®  70
Indigo.....................   76®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubl........  3 86® 4 00
Iodoform.................  3 86® 4 00
Lupulin.
Lycopodium.............
Macis
Liquor Arsen et Hy­
drarg Iod..............
LlquorrotassArsinlt
Magnesia,  Sulph__
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
Mannte, sL  F ........

10®

®

28

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

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

These quotations are  carefully  corrected  weekly,  within  six  hours  of  mailing, 
and are intended to be correct at time of going to  press.  Prices,  however,  are  lia­
ble to change at any  time,  and  country  merchants  will  have  their  orders  filled  at 
market prices at date of purchase.

A D VA N CED

Shumacher’s  Rolled  Oats
Cramarty  Bloaters
Round  Shore  Herring
Black  Strap  Molasses

D EC LIN ED

Buckwheat Flour
East  India Sago

Salmon

Straw berries

1 50
4V4
8
8
17
22
28
85

Columbia Blver........  2 00@2  15
Bed Alaska.................... 
Pink Alaska................... 
Shrim ps
Standard................. 
Sardines
Domestic, 14s........... 
Domestic, 34s.......... 
Domestic,  Mustard. 
California, Vis.........  
French, Ms.............. 
French, vis.............. 
Standard.................  
Fancy............................  
Succotash
Fair.......................... 
Good.............................. 
Fancy............................  
Tomatoes
F air.........................  
90
Good.............  
95
Fancy...................... 
1  15
Gallons....................  
2 50
CATSUP
Columbia, pints...................2 00
Columbia, % pints................l 25

90

 

CARBON  OILS 

B arrels

B

Eocene..........................   @11
Perfection......................  @1»
Diamond White.........   @9
D. S. Gasoline...............   @11
Deodorized Naphtha..  @10
Cylinder......................29  @34
Engine........................19  @22
Black, winter..............  @i0V4
CHEESE
Acme............................  
Amboy....................  
Elsie.............................. 
Emblem.......................  
Gem.........................  
Gold Medal................... 
Ideal............................ 
Jersey........................... 
Riverside................. 
Brick.......................  
Edam...........................  
Leiden......................... 
Llmburger...............  
Pineapple................ 
Sap  Sago................. 

13@14
50@75
19® 20

14@15

@12 Vi
@12V4
@13
@13
@12
@12
@12

@90
@17

CHEW ING GUM
American Flag Spruce_______  50
Beeman’s Pepsin.............  
60
Black Jack.......................  
50
Largest Gum  Made...................  55
Sen S en ............................ 
66
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1 00
Sugar  Loaf.......................  
45
Yucatan............................ 
56

@

CHICORY

Bulk....................................  5
Red........................................7
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s .............................   6V4
Schener’s .............................  6

CHOCOLATE

Ambrosia

Runkel Bros.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

Ambrosia Sweet..................  21
Household Sweet.................  19
Ambrosia Premium............   32
Yankee  Premium...............   31
German Sweet....................   22
Premium.............................   34
Breakfast Cocoa..................   45
Vienna Sweet....................  21
Vanilla................................   28
Premium..............................  31
Cotton, 40 ft. per doz.......... l 00
Cotton, 50 ft. per doz...........l  20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz...........l 40
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz...........l 60
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz.......... l  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute. 72 ft. per doz.............  95

CLOTHES  LINES

COCOA

 

Ambrosia, Vi lb. tin cans__   42
Ambrosia, H lb. tin cans....  44
Cleveland......................  
41
Colonial, )48  .......................   36
Colonial. Vis.........................  33
Epps.....................................  42
Huyler.................................  45
Van Houten, Vis..................  
12
Vim Houten, 14s..................   20
Van Houten, Vis..................   38
Van Houten,  is..................   70
Webb................................  
30
Wilbur, Vis..........................   41
Wilbur. Hs...........................  42

COCOA  SHELLS
20 lh. bags...................... 
Less quantity.................  
Pound packages............. 

2 vi
3
4

COFFEE
Roasted

.....I GRADE.

Coffees

Special Combination.......... 15
French Breakfast...............17V4
Lenox, Mocha & Java........21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24 
Private Estate, Java & Moc 26 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27
Common..............................1054
F a ir.................................... u
Choice................................. 13
Fancy..................................15

Rio

Santos

1 40
l 10

Common.............................H
F air................................... M
Choice................................15
Fancy................................17
Peaberry-..........................13

Maracaibo

F air..................................... 12
Choice..................................16

Mexican

Choice..................................16
Fancy................... .............. 17

G uatem ala

1 25

1 00
l 20

Ja v a

Choice..................................16
African................................ 12V4
Fancy African....................17
O. G......................................25
P. G .................................... 29
Arabian.............................. 21

Mocha
Package

4  doz In case.

New York Basis.

Arbuckle...........................12 00
Dilworth........................... 12 00
Jersey................................12 00
Lion...................................11 00
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to W.  F.  McLaughlin & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City Vi  gross............   75
Felix Vi gross..................,...l  15
Hummers foil Vi gross........  85
Hummel’s tin Vi gross........l  43

E xtract

Substitutes

Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake

12 packages, Vi case.............l 75
24 packages,  l case 
.......3 50

CONDENSED  M ILK

Gall Borden Eagle..............6 75
Crown.................................. 6  25
Daisy....................................5 75
Champion............................4 60
Magnolia.............................4 25
Challenge............................4 00
Dime............. 
3 35

 

COUPON  BOOKS 

60 books, any  denom...  1 60 
100 books, any  denom...  2 60 
500 books, any  denom...  ll 80 
1,000books, any  denom...  20 00 
Above quotations are for either 
Tradesman, Superior, Economic 
or  Universal  grades.  Where
1.000 books are ordered at a time 
customer receives  sp e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Coupon  Pass Books

Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
50  books.......................   1  60
100  books.......................   2 60
500  books.......................   11  50
1.000  books.......................   20 00

Credit Checks 

500, any one denom........  2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any (me denom..-__   5 00
Steel  punch...................... 
75

CRACKERS

The National Biscuit Co. quotes 

as follows:

B u tter

6
6
6
6

Soda

Seymour...........................  
New York......................... 
Family.............................  
Salted................................ 
Wolverine.........................  6Vi
Soda  XXX....................... 
6 Vi
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   12
Zepnyrette........................   10
F au st............................... 
7 Vi
Farina..............................  
6
Extra Farina.................... 
6 Vi
Sal tine Oyster...................  6

Oyster

Sweet  Goods—Boxes

Animals............................  10
Assorted  Cake.................  10
Belle Rose......................... 
8
Bent’s Water....................  16
Cinnamon Bar...................  9
Coffee Cake,  Iced............   10
Coffee Cake. Java............  
10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy................. 
10
Cracknells.........................  16
Creams, Iced.................... 
8
Cream Crisp......................  10'
Cubans...............................   UVi
Currant Fruit................... 
12
Frosted Honey.................   12
9
Frosted Cream................. 
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sin'll  8 
8
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C—  
Gladiator..........................   10
Grandma Cakes................ 
9
Graham Crackers............  
8
Graham  Wafers...............   12
Grand Rapids  Tea...........  16
Honey Fingers................. 
12
Iced Honey Crumpets...... 
10
Imperials.......................... 
8
Jumbles, Haney...............   12
Lady Fingers....................  12
Lemon Snaps....................   12
Lemon Wafers.................  16
Marshmallow....................  16
Marshmallow Creams.__   16
Marshmallow Walnuts.  ..  16
Mary Ann......................... 
8
Mixed Picnic....................  
livi
Milk Biscuit....................... 

7 Vi

Molasses  Cake.................  8
Molasses Bar....................  9
Moss Jelly Bar................. 
i2Vi
Newton.............................  
12
Oatmeal Crackers............   8
Oatmeal Wafers...............  
12
Orange Crisp....................  9.
Orange Gem......................  8
Penny Cake......................  8
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
714
Pretzelettes, hand made..  8
Pretzels, hand  made........  8
Scotch Cookies.................  9
Sears’ Lunch....................  
7Vi
Sugar Cake.......................  8
Sugar Cream, XXX.........   8
Sugar Squares..................   8
Sultanas............................  13
TuttiYruttl.................. .. 
16
Vanilla Wafers.................  16
Vienna Crimp...................  8

CREAM TARTAR
5 
and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30
Bulk In sacks...........................29

D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples

Sundrled.........................  @4Vi
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @5Vi 

California F ru its

7V»

8@10

Apricots.......
Blackberries.
Nectarines.
Peaches......................8  @11
Pears..........................
Pitted Cherries........... 
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries..............
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4Vi
80-9025lb. boxes........  @ 5
70-80 25lb. boxes........  @ 5V4
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  @6
60 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 6Vi
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........  @7
30-40 25 lb. boxes........ 
8Vi
)4 cent less in 50 lb. cases 

California Prunes

Citron

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

C urrants

Peel

Raisins

California, 1 lb.  package__1114
Imported, 1 lb package.......12
Imported, bulk....................... 11 Vi
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 10 Vi 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. lOVi 
London Layers 2 Crown.
2  16
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............
6>4
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
7vi
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
8
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb........ 
9V4
L. M., Seeded, 34  lb__  8  @
Sultanas, b u lk ....................1034
Sultanas, package..............12
FARINACEOUS GOODS 

Beans

2 10

F arin a

Cereals

Dried Lima.................. ...... 7
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland....................
Cream of Cereal...................  90
Gratn-O, small......................... 1 36
Grain-O, large.......................... 2 26
Grape Nuts...................  
1 36
Postum Cereal, small..........1 36
Postum Cereal, large.......   2 26
241 lb. packages...................... 1 60
Bulk, per 100 Tbs....................... 3 00
36  2 lb. packages...................... 3 00
Flake, 60 lb. sack...............  80
Pearl,  200 lh. bbl......................2 40
Pearl, 100 lb. sack.....................l 17
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lh. box............   60
Imported. 26 lb. box...........2 50
Common.................................. 2 60
Chester..................................... 3 00
Empire......................................3 50

H askell’s W heat Flakes

P earl  B arley

H om iny

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Peas

24 2 lh. packages............. ...2 00
100 B>. kegs...................... ...3 00
200 lb. barrels................. ...5 70
100 lb. bags...................... ...2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu__ ...1 30
Green, Scotch, bu........... ...1  40
Split,  lb........................... ...  3
Rolled Avena, bbl........... ... 3 85
Steel Cut. 100 lb. sacks... .  2 00
Monarch, bbl.................. ...3 60
Monarch, Vi bbl.............. . ..1  90
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks__ ...1  70
Quaker, cases................. ...3 20
East India....................... ...  2X
German, sacks.................... '334
German, brokenpackage..  4

Rolled  Oats

Sago

*

m

y  M

i

Index to  Markets

B y  Columns

A

Col.
Akron  Stoneware.................   15
Alahas tine — ......................   1
Ammonia............................... 
l
Axle urease...........................  1

B

C

Baking Powder......................  1
Bath  Brick............................   1
Bluing..  - ..............................  1
Brooms..................................   1
Brushes.................................  2
Butter Color..........................   2
Candies..................................  14
Candles..................................   2
Canned Goods.......................  2
Catsup...................................   3
Carbon O ils..........................   3
Cheese....................................  3
Chewing Gum.......................   3
Chicory..................................   3
Chocolate...............................  3
Clothes Lines.........................  3
Cocoa.....................................  3
Cocoa Shells..........................  3
Coffee....................................  3
Condensed Milk....................   4
Coupon Books.......................   4
Crackers...............................   4
Cream T artar.......................   5
Dried  Fruits.........................  5

Farinaceous  Goods..............  5
Fish and testers..................   13
Flavoring Extracts...............   6
Fly  Paper.............................   6
Fresh Meats..........................  6
Fruits....................................  14

D
F

G

P

H

M

N
O

I
J
X.

Grains and Flour.................  6
Herbs....................................  7
Hides and Pelts....................  13
Indigo....................................  7
Jelly ......................................  7
Lamp Burners.......................  1'
Lamp Chimneys....................  15
Lanterns................................  15
Lantern  Globes....................   15
Licorice.................................  7
Lye........................................   7
Matches................................   7
Meat Extracts.......................  7
Molasses................................  7
Mustard................................   7
Huts........................................  14
Oil Cans..................................  15
Olives.....................................   7
Oyster Pails............................  7
Paper Bags.............................   8
Paris Green............................  7
Pickles.....................................  7
Pipes.......................................  7
Potash.....................................  8
Provisions.............................   8
Bice.......................................  8
Saleratus.................................  8
Sal Soda.................................  8
Salt........................................   8
Salt  Fish...............................  9
Sauerkraut............................  9
Seeds.....................................   9
Shoe Blacking.......................   9
Snuff.....................................   9
Soap.......................................  9
Soda........................................  10
Spices..........................  
 
Starch....................................  10
Stove Polish...........................  10
Sugar......................................  10
Syrups....................................  11
Table Sauce...........................   11
Tea.........................................   11
Tobacco.................................   11
Twine.....................................  12
Vinegar.................................   12
Washing Powder....................  12
Wlcktng..................................  12
Woodenware............ ;..........  12
Wrapping Paper....................  13
Yeast Cake.............................  13

v
w

B
S

V

T

 

BRUSHES

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 In..................   45
Solid Back, 11 i n .................   95
Pointed Ends.......................  85

Per Doz.
............   86
............ 1  20

No. 8 ...,..............'................1 00
No. 7.....................................1  30
No  4.....................................1  70
No. 3.....................................1 90

Shoe

Stove

ALABASTINK

9
White in drums— ............. 
Colors in drums...................  10
White in packages..............  10
Colors in packages.............. 
ll
Less 40 per cent discount. 

AMMONIA

Arctic 12 oz. ovals.. 
Arctic pints, round.

A I L E  GREASE
doz.
..55
Aurora 
...60
Castor  Oil..............
...50
Diamond................
Frazer’s ......................75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75

..........

gross
6 00? CO 
4 25
9 00 
9 00

No. 3.....................................  75
No. 2..................................... 1 10
NO. 1.....................................1 75

BUTTER  COLOR

W„ R. & Co.’s, 15c size__  1  25
W., B. & Co.’s, 25c size__  2 00

CANDLES

Electric Light, 8s.................12
Electric Light, 16s................l2Vi
Paraffine, 6s.........................1014
Paraffine  12s ....................... ll
W Icking 
............................29

CANNED  GOODS 

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

B lackberries 

Standards................ 
Baked........l  00@i  30
Red  Kidney............  
String...................... 
Wax......................... 

B lueberries 
Standard...................  
B rook  T rout 

80
2  30

75

75®  85
80
85

85

2 lb. cans, Spiced..............  1 90
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb......
Little Neck. 2 lb......

1  00 
1 50

Clam  Bouillon

Burnham’s, Vi pint...........  1  92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20

86
l  15
75
85
95

90
85
1  86
3 40
2 35
175
2 80
1 75
2 80
1 75
2 80
18©20
22® 25
95@i  00
1  80
110

Cherries

Bed  Standards........... 
White.........................  
Fair..........................  
Good........................ 
Fancy.................  

Corn

French  Peas

Gooseberries

Sur Extra Fine.................
Extra  Fine.......................
Fine...................................
Moyen...............................
Standard................. 
H om iny
Standard  ................. 
Lobster
Star, Vi lb................. 
Star, 1  lb.................  
Picnic Tails.............  
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ...........  
Mustard, 21b........... 
Soused, l lb.............. 
Soused, 2 lb............  
Tomato, 1 lb............. 
Tomato, 2 lb............. 
Mushrooms
Hotels.......................  
Buttons....................  
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb.................  
Cove. 2 lb 
..............  
Cove,lib Oval........ 
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow....................  
Pears
Standard.................  
Fancy....................... 
Marrowfat..............  
Early June.............. 
Early June  Sifted.. 
Pineapple
Grated..................... 
1 
Sliced.......................   1 
P um pkin
F air.........................  
Good........................ 
Fancy......................  
R aspberries
Standard................  
Russian  Cavier

Peas

1 

 

65@i 85

70
so
1 00
1  00

1 60
2S@2 75
35@2 56

70
75
85
90

14 lb. cans..........................  3
Vi lb, cans..........................  7 do
1 lb. can.................  
  12 00

 

 

Mica, tin boxes......... 75 
Paragon..................... 56 

9 00
6 00

BAKING POWDER 

Acme

lb. cans  l 

14 lb. cans 3 doz..................  45
Vi lb. cans 3 doz..................   75
doz.loo
l 
Bulk.....................................   10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers............   90

Arctic
Egg

14 lb. cans,  4 doz. case...... 3 75
Vi lb. cans,  2 doz. case...... 3 75
l lb. cans, 
l doz. case...... 3 75
5 lb. cans,  Vi doz. case.......8 00

Queen  Flake

la lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
l 
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....  90 
14 lb.  cans  1 3% 
6 oz. cans.  1 90 
Vi lb.  cans 2 50 
34 lb.  cans 3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4 80 
31b. cans.13 00 
5 lb. cans . 21  50

BATH  BRICK

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

BLUING

10

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

BROOMS

No. 1 Carpet........................2  76
No. 2 Carpet........................2  50
No. 3 Carpet........................2  25
No. 4 Carpet........................l  75
Parlor  Gem........................ 2 so
Common Whisk...................  90
Fancy Whisk......................1 20
Warehouse..........................3 40

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

29

6

8

Olney A Judson’s Brand

Ceresota Vis......................  4 65
Ceresota Vis......................  4  55
Ceresota Vis......................  4  45
Washburn-Crosby  Co.’s  Brand.

Tapioca

Flake,  110 lb. sacks............   454
Pearl, 130 lb. sack«..;.........   3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages......   6
Cracked, bulk......................  314
24 2 lb. packages.................2 60
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

W heat

FOOTE A JENES’

JAXON

H t e h e s t O ^ ^ x t m t ^

Vanilla 

Lemon

1 ozfullm. 120  lozfullm .  80
2 oz full m.2  10  2 oz full m. 1  25 
No.3fan’y.3  15  No.3fan’y.l  75

Vanilla 

Lemon

2 oz panel..1  20  2 oz panel.  75
3 oz taper..2 00  4 oz taper. .1  50

Jennings’

Arctic

2 oz. full meas. pure Lemon.  75 
2 oz. full meas. pure Vanilla. 1  20 
2 oz. oval Vanilla Tonka__  75
2 oz. oval Pure Lemon........  75

Big Value

Standard

Northrop  Brand
2 oz. Taper Panel....  75 
2 oz. Oval.................   75 
3 oz. Taper Panel.... 1 35 
4 oz. Taper Panel....l 60 

Reg. 2 oz. D. C. Lemon.......  75
No. 4 Taper D. C. Lemon.. .1  62
Reg. 2 oz. D. C. Vanilla.......1  24
No. 3 Taper D. C. Vanilla.. .2 08 
2 oz. Vanilla Tonka.............   70
2 oz. flat Pure Lemon...........  70
Lem.  Van. 
l  20
l  20
2 00
2 25
Van.  Lem. 
doz. 
doz. 
XXX, 2 oz. obert....i 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 
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
K. P. pitcher. 6 oz...

Perrigo’s

2 25
1  75
2 25

FLY PAPER

Tanglefoot, per doz.............   35
Tanglefoot, per case...........3 20

FRESH  MEATS 

6  @ 8
5Vi@  6
7  @ 9
9  @14
9  @12
6Vi@  7
5V4® 6
4  @ 5

@  6 Vi
@  8 Vi
@7Vi
@ 754
@ 8

Beef
Carcass....................
Forequarters.........
Hindquarters.........
Loins No. 3.............
Ribs.........................
Rounds....................
ChucKs....................
Plates......................
P o rk
Dressed...................
Loins.......................
Boston Butts...........
Shoulders................
Leaf Lard................
M utton
Carcass...................
Spring Lambs.........
Veal
Carcass....................

7  @  7V4
8V4@ 9
8  @ 9
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR

W heat

W heat...................... ...... 
W inter W heat F lour

76

Local Brands

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents.............................  4 50
Second Patent...................  3 86
Straight.............................  3 65
Clear................................   3 25
Graham............................  3 30
Buckwheat.......................   4 so
Bye...................................   3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond Vis......................  3 75
Diamond las.....................   3 76
Diamond Vis.....................   3 75
Quaker Vts.........................  3 90
Quaker 54s........................  3 90
Quaker Vis........................   3 90
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand
Pillsbury’s  Best Vis.........   4 60
Plllsbury’s  Best 54s.......  4 50
Plllsbury’s  Best Vis.........   4 40
Plllsbury’s Best Vis paper.  4 40 
Plllsbury’s Best Vis paper.  4 40 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial  Vis........  4 40
Duluth  Imperial  54s.......   4 30
Duluth  Imperial  Vis.......   4 20
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wingold  Vis.................... 
4 50
Wlngold  V4&....................  4 40
Wingold  Vis..:................  4 80

Spring W heat F lour 

WSWOMCMBSraHl 

SOU MUM.

£

Meal

Corn
Oats

Feed and  Millstuffe

Prices  alw ays  right. 
W rite or wire Mussel- 
man  Grocer  Co. 
for 
special quotations.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand
Laurel  Vis.........................  4 60
Laurel  54s.........................  4  50
Laurel  Vis.........................  4 40
Laurel Vis and Vis paper..  4  40
Bolted...............................  2 00
Granulated.......................  2  10
St. Car Feed, screened__ 16 50
No. l Corn and  Oats........  16 00
Unbolted Corn  Meal........  16 50
Winter Wheat Bran.........  16 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  16 00
Screenings........................  15 00
Corn, car  lots..................   42
Car  lots............................. 30
Car lots, clipped...............
Less than car lots............
No. 1 Timothy car lots__ 11  00
No. l Timothy ton lots__ 12 00
Sage..................................___15
Hops................................___15
Laurel Leaves.................. ......15
Senna Leaves................... ....25
Madras, 5 lb. boxes......... ___56
S. F„ 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes. ......50
5 lb. palls.per doz...........
1  85
15 lb. palls........................ ...  35
301b. pails............................  62
Pure................................. ..  30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily................................ ...  14
Roof.....................................  10
Condensed, 2 doz............. ..1  20
Condensed. 4 doz.................2 25

LICORICE

INDIGO

Hay  *

HERBS

JELLY

LYE

32V4

MATCHES

No. z00 Lookout, 144  bx...... 1  25
No. 500 Select Society, 144...4 00 
No. 2u0 Williams Perfect, 141.1 35
No.  2 Lily, 144 boxes.........1  15
No. 100 Park, 432 boxes.......2 85
No.  80 Poetry, 720 boxes... .4 00 
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur......................1  65
Anchor P arlor.................... l  50
No. 2 Home......................... l  30
Export Parlor......................4 00
Wolverine............................ 1 50
MEAT EXTRACTS
Armour & Co.’s, 4 oz........ 
45
Liebig’s, 2  oz....................  
75

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

Fancy Open Kettle..........  
Choice..............................  
F air.................................. 
Good.................................  

Half-bar rels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

40
36
26
22

OLIVES

Horse Radish, l doz.............l  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz............ 3 50
Bayle’s Celery, l doz........... l  75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs.................  
1 25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs.................  1 10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs................. 
1 00
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.......................   2 36
Queen, 19  o z ......................  4 50
Queen, 28  oz.......................   7 oo
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz......................  145
Stuffed, 10 oz......................  2 30
Victor, pints............................10 00
Victor, quarts......................... 16 00
Victor, 2 quarts......................20 00
Bulk.....................................14
Packages, 54 lb., each.......... is
Packages, Vi lb., each..........17
Packages,  lib.,each......... 16

OYSTER PAILS

PARIS GREEN

PICKLES
M edium

Small

Barrels, 1,200 count................. 4 50
Half bbls, 600 count................. 2 75
Barrels, 2,400 count.................5 50
Half bbls, 1,200 count..........3 30
Clay, No. 216............................. l 70
Clay, T. D., full count.........   65
Cob, No. 3............................   85

PIPE S

9
SALT
Buckeye

PAPER  BAGS

Ask your Jobber for them.

Continental  Paper Bag  Co.
Glory  Mayflower 
Satchel  A Pacific 
Bottom 
Square
‘ 50
60
80
1  00
1  25
1  45
1  70
2 00
2 40
2 60
3  15
4  15
4 50
5 00
5 50

54........ ...........  28
Vi........ ...........  34
1 ........ ...........  44
2........ ...........  54
3........ ...........  66
4........ ...........  76
5........ ...........  90
6........ ...........1  06
8........ ...........1  28
10........ ...........1 38
12........ ...........1  60
14....... ...........2 24
16........ ...........2 34
20........ ...........2 52
25........
Sugar

Red................................... 
Gray.

4 Vi
454

POTASH 

48 cans In case.

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

PROVISIONS, 
Barreled Pork

®

Dry  Salt Meats

Smoked  Meats 

Lards—In Tierces

Mess......................... 
Back.......................  @14 so
Clear back...............   @14 75
Short cut.................  @14  25
P ig..........................   @15 75
Bean.........................  @
Family Mess............   @14  50
8 Vi
Bellies...................... 
Briskets..................  
854
7%
Extra shorts............  
Hams, 121b. average.
@   10VÍ @  10vi 
Hams, 141b. average.
Hams, 161b. average.
@  1054 
Hams, 20 lb. average.
@  9% 
Ham dried  beef. 
@  UVi 
Shoulders (N. Y. cut)
&  7 Vi
Bacon, clear............   io  @ 10*
California hams.
@  7>i 
Boneless  hams........
@  11 
Boiled Hams..........
@  15 
Picnic Boiled Hams
@  10Vi 
Berlin  Hams.........
@  8 Vi 
Mince Hams.........
@  9
Compound...............
Kettle......................
Vegetole................
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
60 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Palls.. advance
5 lb. Palls, .advance
3 lb. Palls., advance
Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver .......................
Frankfort................
P o rk .......................
Blood.......................
Tongue....................
Headcheese.............
Beef
Extra Mess..............
Boneless..................
Rump......................
Pigs’  Feet
54 bbls., 40 lbs.........
V4 bbls., 80 lbs.........
Tripe
Kits, 16 lbs..............
54 bbls., 40 lbs.........
Vi bbls., 80 lbs.........
Casings
P o rk .......................
Beef rounds............
Beef middles...........
Sheep.......................
B utterine
Solid, dairy..............
Rolls, dairy..............
Rolls, creamery......
Solid, creamery......
Corned beef, 21b__
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
Potted ham,  Its......  
Potted ham,  Vis......  
Deviled ham, V4s__  
Deviled ham, Vis.... 
Potted tongue,  Vis.. 
Potted tongue.  Vis.. 
RICE 
Domestic

ll @13
llVi@13Vi
14Vi
•4
2 75
17 60
2 75
50
90
60
90
50
90

10 75
11  00
11 75
1 60
3 75
70
1  25
2 26
21
3
10
60

1
1
6Vi
6
7 Vi
7 Vi
6Vi
9
6

Canned  Meats

Carolina head.......................7
Carolina No. l ......................5Vi
Carolina No. 2 ...................... 4%
Broken..................................454
Japan,  No. l .................5Vi@6
Japan, No. 2.................4Vi@5
Java, fancy head.......... 5  @5 Vi
Java, No. l ....................5  @
Table...............................  @

Im ported.

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’sArm and Hammer.3 15
Deland’s................................3 00
Dwight’s Cow.......................3 16
Emblem................................2 10
L.  P ....................... 
3 00
Sodlo.....................................3 00
Wyandotte, 100 54s...............3 oo
Granulated, bbls...................  80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__   90
Lump, bbls...........................   75
Lump, 146 lb. kegs.................   80

SAL  SODA

 

Diam ond Crystal 

ioo  31b. bags.....................3  00
60  6 lb. bags.....................3  00
2214 lb. bags.....................2  75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count and one case 2431b. boxes 
free.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. l  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 65 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bags.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   67
100 3 lb. sacks.......................2 25
60 51b. sacks.......................2  15
2810 lb. sacks.....................2 05
56 lb. sacks.......................  
40
28 lb. sacks.......................  
22
66 lb. dairy In drill bags......   30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags......   15

Common  Grades

66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Ashton

H iggins

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 

Solar Rock

56 lb. sacks..........................   30

Common

Granulated  Fine.................l  20
Medium Fine.......................1  26

SALT  FISH 

Cod

Georges cured................  @ 
Georges  genuine........  @ 6Vi
Georges selected........  @ 7
Grand Bank...................  @5
Strips or  bricks.........   6  @9
Pollock...........................  @ 3Vi

H alibut.

Strips.....................................10
Chunks....................................12

H erring

Holland white hoops, bbl.  ll  00 
Holland white hoops Vibbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
80 
Holland white hoop mens. 
86
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs......................  3 00
Round 40 lbs.......................   1 60
16
Scaled.............................. 
Bloaters.................................  
l 60

M ackerel

Mess 100 lbs.......................   12 25
Mess  40 lbs........................  5 70
Mess  10 lbs....................   13«
Mess  8 lbs.....................  
1 13
No. 1100 lbs...........................  10 60
No. 1  40 lbs....................   4 50
No. 1  10 lbs.....................  1 20
No. 1 
8 lbs...................   1 00
No. 2  100 lbs....................  8 25
NO. 2  40 lbs....................   3 60
98
No. 2  10 lbs..................... 
No. 2  8 lbs.....................  
81

T rout

No. 1100 lbs......................   5 50
No. 1  40 lbs......................   2 60
No. 1  10 lbs..................... 
70
No. 1 
8 lbs.....................  
60

W hite fish

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs...........  7 25  7 00  2 75
40 lbs...........  3 20  3  10  1  40
10 lbs...........  88 
43
8 lbs...........  73 
37

86 
71 
SAUERKRAUT

Barrels............ ..................   4 50
Half barrels........................  2 75

SEEDS

Anise................................... 9
Canary, Smyrna.................. 4
Caraway.............................   8
Cardamon, Malabar............ 60
Celery...................................12
Hemp,Russian...................   4Vi
Mixed Bird............................ 4Vi
Mustard, white....................  9
Poppy...................................10
Rape...................................   4 V4
Cuttle Bone...... ...................16

SHOE  BLACKING

SOAP

•  8NUFF

Handy Box, large..............  2 50
Handy Box, small............  1  25
Bixby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish.__ 
>-5
Scotch, In bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, In jars................  35
French Rappee, in jars......   43
J A X O N
Single box...........................3 00
5 box lots, delivered............2 95
10 box lots, delivered............2 90
Bell & Bogart brands—
Coal Oil Johnny..............3 90
Peekin............................   4 00
Big Acme........................  4 00
Acme 5c..........................  3 25
Marseilles.......................  4 00
Master..............................3 70
Lenox...............................3 00
Ivory, 6oz.........................4 00
Ivory, 10 oz.....................  6 75
Santa Claus....................  3 20
Brown...............................2 40
Fairy.................................3  96

Proctor A Gamble brands—

N. K. Fairbanks brands—

Lautz Bros, brands—

1 0

II

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

A. B. Wrisley brands—

Gowans A Sons brands—

Johnson Soap Co. brands—

Queen Anne..................... 3  15
Big Bargain..............••*•  l  76
Umpire...........................  2  15
German Family..............  2  45
Good Cheer....................  3  80
Old Country....................  3 20
Silver King 
..................   3  60
Calumet Family.............   2  70
Scotch Family................   2  50
Cuba................................  2  40
Oak Leaf........................   3 25
Oak Leaf, big 5................. 4 00
Grandpa Wonder, large.  3 25 
Grandpa Wonder, small.  3 85 
Grandpa Wonder,  small,
50 cakes....................  1  95
Ricker’s Magnetic.........   3 90
Dingman........................   3 85
Star...................................3 00
Babbit’s Best..................  4 00
Naptha............................  4 00

Dingman Soap Co. brand—
Schultz A Co. brand—
B. T. Babbit brand—
Fels brand—

Beaver SoapCo. brands— 

Scouring

Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz........ 2 40
Sapollo, hand. 3 doz................. 2 40
Boxes...................................  5 Vi
Kegs, English........................454

SODA

Coarse Granulated...........  6 60
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 60
Conf.  Granulated«...........  5 75
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 65
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 65
Mould A...........................   5  86
Diamond A.......................  5  50
Confectioner’s A..............  5  30
No.  1, Columbia A...........  5  15
No.  2, Windsor A............  5  10
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  5  10
No.  4, Phoenix  A............   5 06
No.  6, Empire A..............  5 00
No.  6................................  4 95
No.  7................................  4 85
No.  8................................  4  75
No.  9................................  4  70
No. 10................................   4 66
No. 11................................   4 60
NO. 12................................  4  55
No. 13..*.............................   4  56
No. 14................................  4  50
No'. 15................................  4  50

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels............................. ...18
Half bbls......................... ...20
l doz. l gallon cans......... ...3 00
1 doz. Vi gallon cans........ ...1  70
2 doz. 54 gallon cans........ ...  90
F air................................ ...  16
Good............................... ...  20
Choice............................ ...  25

P ure  Cane

SPICES 

W hole Spices

6

Allspice............................. 
Cassia, China In mats...... 
Cassia, Batavia, In bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken__ 
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls__ 
Cloves, Amboyna.............. 
Cloves, Zanzibar...............  
Mace................................. 
Nutmegs,  75-80................. 
Nutmegs,  105-10...............  
Nutmegs, 115-20................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot...................... 
P u re Ground In B ulk
Allspice............................. 
Cassia, Batavia................. 
Cassia, Saigon................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar...............  
Ginger, African...............  
Ginger, Cochin................. 
Ginger,  Jamaica.............. 
Mace........................... '.... 
Mustard............................ 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne.............. 
Sage..................................  

STARCH

12
12
28
38
56
17
14
56
50
40
35
18
28
20

16
28
48
17
16
18
25
66
18
20
28
20
20

Kingsford’s  Corn

40 l-lb. packages................  6V4
20 l-lb. packages...............   654
6 lb. packages...............  
7Vi
Klngsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages...............   7
6 lb. boxes....................... 

7 Vi

Common Corn

20 l-lb.  packages.............. 
454
40 l-lb.  packages..............  4Vi

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages..................  
4 vi
3-lb. packages...................  4Vi
6-lb. packages..................   5
40 ana 50-lb. boxes............   3Vi
barrels.............................  
3Vi
STOVE  POLISH

TABLE SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 

I  SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine 
W  orcesters hire.
Lea A Perrin’s, large........  3 75
Lea A Perrin’s, small......   2 60
Halford, large....................   3 75
Halford, small....................   2 25
Salad Dressing, large......   4 66
Salad Dressing, small......   2 75

TEA
Jap an

Sundrled, medium.............. 28
Sundrled, choice................. 30
Sundrled, fancy...................40
Regular, medium.................. 28
Regular, choice.....................30
Regular, fancy......................40
Basket-fired, medium..........28
Basket-fired, choice.............35
Basket-fired, fancy..............40
Nibs..................................... 27
Siftings...........................19@21
Fannings........................20@22
Moyune, medium................. 26
Moyune, choice.................... 35
Moyune, fancy......................50
Plngsuey,  medium.............. 25
Plngsuey, choice................. 30
Plngsuey, fancy...................40
Choice.................................. 30
Fancy...................................36

Young  Hyson

Gunpowder

Oolong

English B reakfast

Formosa, fancy....................42
Amoy, medium....................25
Amoy, choice.......................32
Medium................................27
Choice.................................. 34
Fancy...................................42
Ceylon, choice......................32
Fancy...................................42

In d ia

TOBACCO

Cigars

A. Bomers’ brand.

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brands.

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

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross ..  4 50 
No. 6.3 doz In case  gross  7  20

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  tne  Invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buver pays  from  the 
market  In  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point,  Including 
20 pounds for the weight of the 
barrel.
Domino............................  6  00
Cut Loaf...........................   6 00
Crushed............................  6  oo
Cubes................................  5  75
Powdered......................     5 60
Coarse  Powdered............   6 60
XXXX Powdered............   5 65
Standard  Granulated......   5 50
Fine Granulated..............  6 50

8. 0. W..............................  35 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......   26

Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.

B. L...........................«....$33 00
Gold Star..«.....................   35 00
Phelps, Brace fit Co.’s Brands.
Royal  Tigers..............55@ 80 00
Royal Tigerettes..............  35 00
Book Filled Tigerettes__  35 00
Female Tigerettes...........  36 00
Night Hawk, concha........  35 00
Night Hawk,  navel.........  35 00
Vincente Portuondo .. 35@ 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co............25@ 70 00
Hilson  Co.................. 35®no oo
T. J. Dunn A Co.........35@  70 00
McCoy A 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.......10®  35 00
Seldenberg  A Co....... 56@125 00
Fulton  Cigar Co.......10®  35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co... ,35@i75 oo 
E. M. Schwarz A Co... 35® lio 00

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San Telmo.................. 35©  70 00
Havana Cigar Co....... 18© 35  00
C. Costello & Co.........35®  70  00
LaGora-Fee Co...........36® 70  oo
S. I. Davis & Co......... 3S@185 00
Hene & Co..................35®  90 00
Benedict & Co......... 7.50® 70  00
Hemmeter Cigar Co 
.35® 70 00 
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.35® 70 00 
Maurice Sanborn  .... 50®175 00
Bock & Co...................65®300 00
Manuel  Garcia...........80®375 00
Neuva Mundo.............85®175
Henry Clay..................85@560
La Carolina................. 96@200
Standard T. & C. Co.. .35© 70 
H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.
Star G reen....................35  OO
Uncle Daniel.......................58
Ojlbwa................................ 38
Forest  Giant.......................38
Sweet Spray..,....................35
Cadillac................................57
Sweet  Loma.........................38
Golden Top..........................27
Hiawatha.............................58
Telegram............................. 28
Pay C ar...............................33
Prairie Rose.........................so
Protection............................38
Sweet Burley....................... 40
Sweet Loma.........................38
Tiger....................................39
Flat Iron............................36
Creme de Men the..............60
Stronghold......................... 40
Solo.....................................35
Sweet Chunk......................37
Forge..................................33
Red Cross........................... 24
Palo....................................36
Kylo....................................36
Hiawatha............................41
Battle A xe.........................  37
American Eagle................. 54
Standard Navy...................38
Spear Head, 16 oz.............. 43
Spear Head,  8oz.............. 45
Nobby Twist......................49
Jolly T ar............................ 39
Old Honesty....................... 45
Toddy.,............................... 34
J. T .................................... 38
Piper Heldsick...................64
Boot Jack............................81
Jelly Cake...........................36
Plumb  Bob......................... 32
Hand Pressed.....................46
Double  Cross.....................37
Sweet Core......................... 40
Flat Car.............................. 37
Great Navy......................... 37
W arpath............................ 27
Bamboo,  8oz.....................29
Bamboo, 16 oz.....................27
I XL,  61b..........................28
I X L, 30 lb..........................32
Honey Dew........................ 37
Gold  Block..........................37
Flagman.............................40
Chips...................................35
Kiln D ried..........................23
Duke’s Mixture.................. 40
Duke’s Cameo.....................40
Honey Dip Twist................ 39
Myrtle Navy.......................40
Vum Yum, 1% oz.................39
Yum Yum, 1 lb. pails..........37
Cream..................................37
Corn Cake, 2)4 oz................ 25
Corn Cake, lib ....................23
Plow Boy, 1% oz.................. 37
Plow Boy, 3)4 oz.................. 35
Peerless, 3)4 oz....................34
Peerless, 1)4 oz....................36
Indicator, 2)4 oz...................28
Indicator, 1 lb. pails...........31
Col. Choice, 254 oz................21
Col. Choice, 8 oz.................. 21
Cotton, 3 ply......................... 17
Cotton, 4 ply.........................is
Jute, 2 ply.............................12
Hemp, 3 ply......................... 12
Flax, medium..................... 17
Wool, 1 lb. balls..................  8
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Red Star...........12
Pure Cider, Robinson......... 11
Pure Cider,  Silver................11
WASHING  POW DER
Gold Dust, regular...................4 50
Gold Dust, 5c............................ 4 00
Pearline................................2 90
Scourlne....................................3 50
No. «1, per gross.................... 20
No. 1, per gross.................... 25
No. 9, per gross.................... 35
No. 3. per gross.................... 55

WICKING

VINEGAR

Smoking

TW INE

WOODENWARE 

* Baskets

B u tter Plates

Bushels................................    10
Bushels, wide  band............. 1  20
M arket................................  30
Splint, large............................. 4 00
Splint, medium........................3 75
Splint, small............................ 3 50
Willow Clothes, large..........7 00
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 25
Willow Clothes, small..........5 50
No. 1 Oval, 2G0 in crate........  45
No. 2 Oval, 260 in crate........  so
No. 3 Oval, 260 in crate........  55
No. 6 Oval. 260 in crate........  65
Humpty Dumpty.....................2 25
No. l, complete...................  30
No. 2, complete...................  25
Round head, 5 gross box__  45
Round head, cartons...........  62

Clothes  Pins

Egg Crates

13

Mop  Sticks

 

Tubs

Toothpicks

W ash  Boards

Trojan spring......................  85
Eclipse patent spring.........   85
No 1 common.......................  75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  80
12 B>. cotton mop heads.......1  26
Pails
hoop Standard.1
2- 
hoop Standard.1
3- 
wire,  Cable......1
2- 
3- wire,  Cable........................1
Cedar, ail red, brass  bound.l
Paper,  Eureka.....................2
Fibre......................................
Hardwood........................... 2
Softwood................ 
.2
Banquet.............................   1
Ideal.................................... 1
”   al
20-inch, Standard, No. 1 .......6
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2.......5
16-inch, Standard, No. 3.......4
20-inch, Cable,  No. l............ 7
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2............6
16-inch, Cable, No. 3............ 5
No. 1 Fibre...........................9
No. 2 Fibre...........................7
No. 3 Fibre...........................7
Bronze Globe........................2
Dewey................................. 1
Double Acme.......................2
Single Acme....................... 2
Double Peerless................. 3
Single Peerless...................2
Northern Queen................2
Double Duplex................... 3
Good Luck...........................2
Universal............................ 2
11 in. Butter.........................  75
13 in. Butter........................1 00
15 in. Butter........................1 75
17 in. Butter........................ 2 60
Win. Butter........................ 3 00
Assorted 13-15-17.................1  75
Assorted 15-17-19  ............... 2 50
W RAPPING  PA PER
Common straw................  
  154
l  iber Manila, white 
...... 
3“'
Fiber Manila, colored......   4*4
No.  1  Manila....................  4
Cream  Manila.................. 
3
Butcher’s Manila.............  
2%
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13
Wax Butter, full count__  2 j
Wax Butter,  rolls............  
15
Magic, 3 doz........................ 1 00
Sunlight, 3 doz.....................1 00
Sunlight, 154  doz.................   50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz..............1 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz..............1 00
Yeast Foam. 114  doz...........  50

YEAST  CAKE

W ood  Bowls

FISH  AND  OYSTERS 

Fresh  Fish

  @

Oysters in Cans.

__ 
Per lb,
White fish...................   ®  9
Trout...........................  ®  9
Black Bass..................11®
Halibut........................   @
Ciscoes or Herring__   @
Bluefish......................  @
Live  Lobster......... .  @
Boiled Lobster...........  ®
Cod..........................  
Haddock....................   ®
No. 1 Pickerel.............  ®
Pike............................  @
Perch..........................  @
Smoked  White...........  ©
Red  Snapper................  @ u
Col River  Salmon........  ®  14
Mackerel.....................   ®  16
Oysters  in  B ulk.
Per gal,
Counts............................... 
1 76
Ext.  Selects......................  
1 60
1  35
Selects............... ; ............ 
Standards............................. 1 15
Anchor Standards............ 
1 20
F. H.  Counts...........
F. J. D. Selects........
Selects....................
J. D. Standards..
Anchors...................
Standards................
Favorite...................
Shell Goods.
Clams, per 100.............
Oystorq  imp 1IMI

1 00 
1 00
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
Hides
Green  No. 1.............
Green  No. 2.............
Cured  No. 1 ............
Cured  No. 2............
Calf skins,green No. 1 
Calf skins,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. 1 
Calf skins,cured No. 2 
Pelts,  each.............. 
Lamb.............................
Tallow
No. 1.......................
No. 2........................
Wool
Washed, fine........... 
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed,  fine......  
Unwashed, medium. 
Beaver.................... 
Wild C at.
House Cat
Bed Fox..................  
Grey Fox 
Lynx...
Muskrat
Mink.......................  
Raccoon................... 
Skunk..................... 

18®20
22@24
12®i4
16®18
1  oo@3 00

10®2  00 8

HIDES  AND  PELTS 

10®
10®
25®1  50
10 a   75 

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25@2 00
10®  80
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®  6 

Pelts

F urs

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CANDIES 
Stick Candy

bbls.  pall« 
®  7H

@ 754 ® 8 

Mixed Candy 

Standard.........
Standard H. H. 
Standard  Twist 
Cut Loaf...........
Jumbo, 32 lb...........
Extra H .H .............;
Boston Cream.........
Beet Root.............
Grocers...................
Competition.............
Special.....................
Conserve................
Royal...................
Ribbon................... ‘
Broken................... ‘
Cut Loaf...................
English Rock...........
Kindergarten.........
Bon Ton  Cream......
French Cream.........
Dandy Pan..............
Hand  Made  Cream
mixed...................
Crystal Cream mix..

San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops.............
Eclipse Chocolates..'.
Choc. Monumentals. 
Victoria Chocolate..
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops...........
Lemon Sours.......
Imperials...............
Ital. Cream Opera...
Ital. Cream Bonbons
201b. pails.............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. pails.................
Pine Apple Ice........
Maroons............... ..
Golden Waffles........

Fancy—In  B alk  

® 9 
cases 
@ 754 
@1054 
@10 ® 8
©  6 
@ 7 ®  7% 
® 854 
@ 854 
© 9 
® 854 © 9
® 9 
® 9 
@ 9 @10 
@10
@1554
@13

@12 
® 954 @10 
@1154 
@1354 @14 
@15 
@ 5 
@ 954 @10 @10 

©12
@12

80

@75 @56 @60 

Dk. No. 12........

@80 
@60 
@55 
@55 
@90
oas

@1254
@ 12
@12
Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes 
@55
@60
@65
@85
©1  OO 
@30 

Lemon  Sours .... 
Peppermint Drops.!
Chocolate Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops..
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Gum Drops.............
Licorice Drops...... !
Lozenges,  plain__ !
Lozenges, printed..
Imperials................
Mottoes.............. „ !
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar..........
Hand Made Creams.
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt............
String Rock.............
Wintergreen Berries 
Caramels
No. 1 wrapped,  3 lb. 
boxes. _____ .... 
Penny Goods........... 
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Russett.......  
Florida Bright........ 
Fancy Nayeii.........   2  75@3 26
Extra Choice...........  2 50@3 00
Late Valencias........ 
@
Seedlings......................  
Medt. Sweets........... 
Jamaicas......................... 
@
Rod!............................ 
®
Messina, 300s..........   3 
50@3 75
Messina, 360s...........  3  75'a4 00
California 360s.........  3  m@a 25
California 300s.........  3 
25@3 50
Bananas
Medium bunches__ 
Large bunches........

1  50@i  75

£*5o
55@60

Lemons

<m
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Figs

Bates

NUTS

Foreign D ried F ru its 
Californias,  Fancy..  @
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes  @
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes,................... 
@ 9
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
@12
A
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, in bags.... 
@
Fards in 10 lb. boxes  @
Fard« in 60 lb. cases.  @
H-illowi....................  
5 m 554
lb.  cases, new............  @
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....  454  @ 6 
Almonds, Tarragona 
@18
S   '
Almonds, Ivlca....... 
Vlmonas, California.,
soft saelled........... 
17@19
Brazils,....................  
@12
Fliherts  .................  
@1314
Walnuts  Grenobles.  @14
Walnuts soft shelled 
@ u
California No. 1 ... 
Table Vats, fancy... 
@14
Table  Nuts, choice.. 
©13
Pecans,  Med........... 
©10
Pecans, Ex. Large... 
@11
Pecans, Jumbos......  
@12
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new............. 
@
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
@3 75
Chestnuts, per b u ...  @
P eanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns..  654®
Fancy,  H.  P„  Suns
Choice, H. P., Extras  @
Choice, H. P., Extras
Boasted................ 
a
Span.ShlldNo.  ln ’w  654® 754

Roasted................  654® 7

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AKRON  STONEWARE

B utters
54 gal.,per doz......................
2 to 6 gal., per gal.................
8 gal. each.............................
10 gal. each.............................
12 gal. each..............................
15 gal. meat-tubs, each...........
20 gal. meat-tubs, each...........
25 gal  meat-tubs, each...........
30 gal. meat-tubs, each...........
Churns

2 to 6 gal., per gal.........
'’burn Dashers, per doz.

M ilkpans
54 ga-  fiat or rd. bot., per doz. 
1 gal. nat or rd. bot,, each__

54 gal  flat or rd. bot., per doz. 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each__
Stew pans
54 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz. 
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz.

Ju g s

54 gal. per doz......
54 gal. per doz......
1 to 5 gal., per gal.

Fine Glazed  M ilkpans

Sealing Wax

5 lbs. in package, per lb...................
LAMP  BURNERS
No. 0 Sun.......................................... .
No. 1 Sim.......................................... .
No. 2 Sun...........................................
No. 3 Sun...........................................
Tubular..............................................
Nutmeg.............................................

LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

Per box of 6 doz.
1  50 
1 66 
2*36

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

F irst Quality 

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

XXX  F lin t 

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

P earl Top

No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled.......
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled......
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe 
Lamps........................................

La  Bastie 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz.
No. 1 Crimp, per doz............... .
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.................
Rochester
No. 1 Lime (65c doz).................
No. 2 Lime (70c  doz).................
No. 2 Flint (80c doz)— ...........

Electric
No. 2 Lime (70c  doz)............
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)..............
OIL  CANS

gal. tin cans with spout, per  doz__
gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 
gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz..
gal. Tilting cans................................
gal. galv. iron  Nacefas....................
gal. Bapld steady stream.................
gal. Eureka, non-overflow...............
gal. Home Buie.................................
gal. Home Rule.................................
gal. Pirate King...............................

P um p  Cans

LANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift......................
No.  IB  Tubular................................
No. 15 Tubular, dash..........................
No.  l Tubular, glass fountain............
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp..................
No.  3 Street lamp, each........... .........
LANTERN GLOBES 
No. 0 Tub., cases l doz. each, box, 10c 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. OTub., Bull’s eye,cases 1 doz. each

2  002  15

3  15

2 75
3 75
4 00

6  10

4 00'
5 00

90 
1  15 
1  35 
1 60
3 50
3 75
4 70

3 75
4 40

1 40
1  58
2 78
3 75
4 85 
4 25 
4 95 
7 25 
9 00
8 50
9 95
11  28 
9 50

10  50

4 85 
7 40 
7 50 
7 50 
13 50 
3 60

45 
45 
2  00 
1  26

Earthenware Meat Tubs

15,20,25,30 gal.  All sizes in stock.  We can ship 
promptly.  Prices are right.  Send us your order.

W. S. & j. e. Graham

Gra n d  Ra p id s,  Mic h .

GAS AND GASOLINE

Glovers’  Gems,  Satisfaction,  and  Perfection 

M A N T L E S
GLOVER’S  WHOLESALE  MDSE. CO., 

Manufacturers, Importers,  and  Jobbers  of  Gas 

are the best.

and Gasoline Sundries,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Tha things you overlooked when 
our  salesman  visited  you  can  be 
ordered from us by  telephone,  tel­
egraph or letter.

They  will  be  shipped  on  the 

first train.

We appreciate the fact that when 
you  want  something,  you  want  it 
right off.

Therefore, prompt shipments.

BROW N  &  SE H L E R .

Grand Rapids, 
Michigan.

UH NULITE

50  Candle  Power  ARC  ILLUMINATORS 
Produce the finest  artificial  light  In  the  world.

Superior to electricity or gas, cheaper than kero­
sene oil.  A 20th century revelation in the art of 
lighting.

They darkness into daylight turn,
And air instead of money burn.

No smoke,  no  odor,  no  noise,  absolutely  safe. 
They are portable, hang or stand them anywhere.
We  also  mrnufacture  Table  Lamps,  W all 
Lamps,  Pendants,  Chandeliers,  Street 
Lamps, etc.  The best and only  really  success- 
fui Incandescent Vapor Gas Lamps made.  They 
sell at sight*  Good  agents  wanted.  Write  for 
catalogue and prices.

CHICAGO SOLAR LIGHT CO..
L.  Fifth Ave. 

Chicago,  111.

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

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Printed blank bill heads, 

bill heads.....................
printed bill heads......... 3  00  J
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per thousand..................
Specially printed bill heads, 
per thousand.................
Tradesman Company,

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Grand  Rapids.

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

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gained  there  his  first  business  experi­
ence,  in  1881.  After graduation  he  was 
employed  as  a  draughtsman  by  the 
Schenectady  Locomotive  Works,  and in­
tended  to take  up  the  work  of  railroad 
engineering.  He had  hardly  entered  up­
on  his  duties,  however,  when  he  was 
offered  a  position  as  draughtsman by the 
United  Gas  Improvement  Co.,  at  Phil­
adelphia,  a  position  where  his  experi­
ence  in  gas  engineering  began.  While 
still  in  the  service  of  the  United  Gas 
Improvement  Co.  he  was  sent 
from 
Philadelphia  to  Jersey  City  as  assistant 
'n  the  work  of the  distribution  depart­
ment.  From  Jersey  City  he  was  as­
signed  to  the  United  Gas  Improvement 
Co. ’s  Paterson  works  as  assistant  super- 
ntendent,  and  remained  at  Paterson 
from  1888  to  1895.  In  1895,  he  accepted 
the  offered  position  of  General  Manager 
of  the  Consolidated  Gas  Co.  of  New 
Jersey  at  Long  Branch  from  Emerson 
McMillan,  the  President  of  the  com­
pany.

1 made  Mr.  Doty  a  marked  man  in  the 
community. 
In  Dec.,  1897,  Mr.  Doty 
represented  Mr.  McMillan 
in  the  or 
ganization  of  the  gas  companies 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.

It  was 
important  one,  but  what  man  has 

Time  went  by  and  the  McMillan  in 
terests  demanded  a  manager  for  affai 
in  Western  Michigan.  Grand  Rapids 
was  the  particular field.  There  was 
anxiety  about  filling  the  place. 
an 
done  man  may  do,  especially  if  he 
the  same  man. 
In  this  instance  Mr, 
Doty  was  the  man.  The  offer  was 
tended  to  him  in  1898  and  in  due  time 
he  became  General  Manager  of 
the 
Grand  Rapids  Gas  Light  Co.,  a  posi 
tion  he  holds  to-day  to the  eminent  sat 
isfaction  of all  concerned.

These  changes  from  position  to  posi 
tion  may  mean  much  or  little.  In  many 
instances  they  mean  little. 
In  this  one 
they  mean  much.  They  are  not  mere 
transfers  from  place  to place, but a series 
of promotions  due  to  the “ well  done”  of

MEN  OF  MARK.

Paul  Doty,  Manager  Grand  Rapids  Gas 

Eight Co.

“ The  temperature  of  the  gas  where 
is  applied  at  Grand 

the  gas  naphtha 
Rapids  is  iio degrees  F .”

An  incidental  turning  of  the  leaves  of 
a  pamphlet  brought  the  name  of  the city 
within  eye  range  and  the short sentence 
saying  what  it  had  to  say  and  no  more, 
arrested  the  attention  and  led  to  an  ex 
tended  examination  of the  pamphlet.  It 
proved  to  be  a  printed  copy  of  a  paper 
upon  “ The  Causes  Underlying  the  For 
mation  of  Naphthaline  and  Their  Pre 
vention,”   read  at  the  Western  Gas  As 
sociation  at  Milwaukee  in  1899.  A  pen 
that  can  do  so  much  and  do  it  in  that 
way  has  written  more  than  that  one 
paper and  a  little  enquiry  has  led  to the 
collection  of  some  half  dozen  of these 
papers,  read from time  to time  in  differ 
ent  parts  of  the  country.  They  have  not 
been  prepared  as  a  means  of  pastime 
in  the  writing  or  reading.  They are  not 
samples  of a  subject-matter  tossed  off 
on  the  spur  of  the  moment  to  meet  ; 
rashly  accepted  engagement  for a  fes 
tive  gathering.  They  do  not  evince  the 
slightest  tendency  to  rambling.  They 
are  straightforward  records  of  straight 
forward  experiences,  fortified  with  facts 
for  proofs.  Here  is  a  paper,  for  exam 
pie,  read  at  the  twenty-fifth  annual 
meeting  of  the  American  Gas  Light  As 
sociation,  held  at  Old  Point  Comfort, 
if 
Va.,  in  the  fall  of  1897. 
“  Burner  Stoppages, ”   and  there 
is  no 
better  way  of  showing  how  much  can 
be  packed  into  a single  sentence, having 
a  single  leading  subject  and  predicate, 
with  topic  and  method  of  treatment, 
than  by  quoting  the  opening  statement 
“ The  fact  that  a  number  of  gas  com 
panies,  our  own  included,  have  suffered 
serious  loss  in  dollars  and 
in  prestige 
from  what  are  known  as  burner  stop 
pages 
leads  to  the  presentation  of  this 
report,  giving  the  results  of  our  experi 
ence, 
re 
search, 
in  the  effort  to  discover  the 
cause  and  the  cure  of  these  troublesome 
deposits.”

including  experiment  and 

Its  subject 

simply  relating  the  fact  in  saying  that 
Mr.  Doty  is  an acknowledged  authority 
upon  what  belongs  to  his  position.  Nor 
is  his  knowledge  of  such  a  theoretical 
character that  he  can  not  put  it  to  prac­
tical  use.  On  the  contrary,  his  career 
as  Manager of  the  Grand  Rapids  Gas 
Light  Co.  plainly  demonstrates  that  he 
is  a  man  of  remarkable  ability,  because 
he  has  been  able  to  show a  steady  gain 
in  consumption,  a  gradual  lessening  of 
expense  and  a  marvelous  increase  in 
profits  which  have  been  the  occasion  of 
repeated  surprise  to  his  friends  and  ex­
cited  the  continued  commendation  of 
his  associates  and  stockholders.

If  membership  in  different  organiza­
tions  is  an  index  of  popular  favor Mr. 
Doty 
is  not  a  man  who will  ever hide 
his  light  under  a  bushel.  A  few  of  the 
many  have  been  recorded.  He 
is  a 
member  of  the  American  Gas  Light 
Association ;  of the  Western  Gas  Asso­
ciation ;  of  the  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers ;  of the American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of 
Science;  of  the  Alumni  Association  of 
the  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology;  of 
the  Michigan  Gas  Association,which  he 
served 
last  year as  Vice-President  and 
which  organization  unanimously  elected 
him  President  at  the  annual  convention 
held  last  week.  He  is  a  member of  the 
Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants,  that 
noted  vessel  bringing  to America an  an­
cestor of  his.  Mr.  Doty  is  a  director  of 
the  National  City  Bank ;  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trade;  of the  Peninsular 
Club;  of  the  Lakeside  Club;  of  Kent 
Country  Club;  a  trustee  of  the  U.  B.  A. 
Hospital;  a  communicant  of  the  E p is­
copal  church,  and  an  attendant  at  St. 
Mark’s.

Mr.  Doty  married  the  daughter of  the 
late  General  I.  N.  Stiles,  of  Chicago, 
and  their  residence  is  at  43 South Union 
street.

thus. 

Mention  has  been  made  of Mr.  Doty’s 
writings.  The  technical  side  of  Gas 
Association  interests  finds 
in  him  its 
happiest  exponent.  He  deals  with 
things. 
In  one  of  his  longest  papers 
there  are  but  three  ifs  and  these  do  not 
mply  theory.  The 
facts  are  these. 
They  are  the  effects  of  these  causes. 
remedied 
They  can  be 
The 
is  untangled.  Every­
chemical  snarl 
thing 
is  made  straight,  the  whole  is 
shown  to  be  a  needlessly  involved  sim­
in  black  and 
plicity  and  put  down 
white,  to  be  considered  when  there 
is 
leisure.  With  this  technical  knowledge 
Mr.  Doty  combines the  talent  of  expres­
sion—not  a  common  combination 
in 
these  days—and  the  result  has  easily 
made  him  an  authority,  especially  on 
the  subject  of  public  advertising.  Of 
course,  he  believes  in  it. 
“ Gas  com­
panies  to-day  must advertise.  Advertis- 
ng  in  the  abstract  is  a  tax  on  business,
1  premium  against  competition,  but 
as  business  is  conducted  by  successful 
merchants,  so  we,  having  a  merchant­
able  article,  must  conduct  our business. 
Successful  merchants  advertise  and  we 
must  get 
in  with  the  procession.”  
There  is  more,  much  more,  all  of  it  to 
the  point,  but  enough  has  been  jaid  to 
affirm  that  Mr.  Doty 
is  an  organizer, 
that  he  has  no  superior  in  the  manage­
ment  of  details  and  that  he  has  become 
an  acknowledged  authority  in  the theory 
and  practice  of  that  part  of the  business 
world  he  so  thoroughly  understands.

ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR

Late State  Food Commissioner

Advisory Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence invited.
133 3 Majestic Building;,  Detroit, Mich.

With  the  subject  thus  presented  and 
the  treatment  outlined,  the  paper goes 
with  the  unerring  mathematical  exact 
ness of  the  mechanical  engineer straight 
to  the  point  proposed.  Nothing 
is  al 
lowed  to  vary  the  direction  of  that 
straight 
line.  Obstacles  are  removed 
or  tunneled,  as  the  exigencies  of  the 
case  require;  but  the  story  of  the  meth­
ods  of 
removal  and  of  the  tunnel­
ing  accomplished  are  told  with  the skill 
of  the  expert,  concisely  and  briefly,  al­
though  the  intricate  formulae  of  chem­
ical  reaction  have the painstaking exact­
ness  of  the  chemical  text  book. 
It  is 
simply  the  work  of  a  head  that  has 
.  learned  how.  More  than  that,  the  paper 
shows  that  its  writer  knows  not  some­
thing  about  the  topic  he  treats,  but  all 
i t ;  and  the  language  is  so  used 
about 
as  to  convey,  not  to  conceal,  the 
idea. 
The  writer of  these  papers  is  Mr.  Paul 
Doty,  General  Manager  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Gas  Light  Company.

Mr.  Doty,  after  the  New  England 
phrase,  was  “ born  and  brought  up”   at 
Hoboken,  New  Jersey.  He  received  his 
education  at  the  public  and  private 
schools  of  his  native  city,  having  been 
graduated  at  the  high  school  and  at  the 
Stevens  Institute  of  Technology,  receiv­
ing  from  the 
latter  institution  the  de­
gree  of  mechanical  engineer.  Having 
been  engaged  before  that  as assistant 
in  the  superintendent’s  office  of  the 
Morris  &  Essex  Railroad  Co.,  he

This  transfer  to  Long  Branch  meant 
something.  There  were  four  local  com­
panies  with  common  interests  or  inter­
ests  to  be  common,  there  were  consider­
able building and  rebuilding  to  be  done 
and  these  four  companies  were  to  be  so 
brought  together  as  to  preclude  all 
clashing  of  interests,  or—if  that  were 
impossible—the  minimum  of  conflict. 
There  was  to  be  a  passing  from  the  old 
to  the  new, four  corps of officers and  men 
were  to  be  reduced  to  one.  From  be­
ginning  to  end  there  was  to  be  a  thor- 
ough  reorganization  and  a  man  was 
wanted  to  undertake  the  work  who  had 
the gift  of organizing  born  in  him.  So 
the  transfer  from  the  old  position  to  the 
new  was  made  and  Mr.  Doty  took 
charge  of the  matter  in  hand.  The  Con­
solidated Company  materialized  accord­
ing  to  ways  and  means  wholly  accept­
able  to those  most  interested  and the  or­
ganizer  scored  a  well-earned  success. 
Order had  been  called  out of  chaos and, 
to  the  delight  of  all,  it  heeded  and ]

one  position  becoming  the  stepping 
stone  to  something  better and  so higher, 
From  the  draughtsman  fresh  from  col 
lege  no  position  has  Mr.  Doty  accepted 
which  he  has  not  more  than  filled.  He 
has  been  equal  to  the  requirements  and, 
proving  himself  that  and  much  more 
has  not  had  long  to  wait  for  the  higher 
and  wider field  of  usefulness  not  only 
ready  but  waiting  for him.  One  can 
not  help  feeling  that  this  is  an  instance 
illustrating  the  often-made  assertion 
that  never before  was  the call for trained 
men  so  loud  as  now.  They  are 
in  de­
mand  everywhere.  We  find  them  oc­
cupying  the  best  positions  of  trust,  and 
wherever  they  are  they  are  more  than 
equal  to  the  demands  required  of  them. 
In  every  instance  they  are  ready  for  the 
work  because  they  know  it  from  begin­
ning  to  end—outline  and  detail,  the 
whole  and  the  part  and  the  relations 
which  these  sustain  to  one  another. 
It 
is  simply  being  an  authority upon what­
ever  pertains  to  the  subject;  and  it  is

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

32

FUM ST  FRAUD.

Modus  Operand!  of  the  Regal  Manufac­

turing Co.

Marion,  Ind.,  Feb.  25—Your  letter to 
Miller  &  Barley,  our  clients,  has  been 
handed  to  us  for  reply.

The  article  you  mention  as  having 
the  Chicago 
been  seen  by  you 
in 
Tribune  ot  February  21  contains 
substance  the  statement  of  the  conduct 
of  the  Regal  Manufacturing  Co.  with 
our clients.

in 

the 

We  wish,  however,  to  state  further 
that  the  real  plan  of  the  Regal people  is 
to  so  present  the  business  they  wish  to 
conduct  with  the  merchant  that  it  has 
every  possible  appearance  of  being fair, 
honest,  legitimate  and  of value  and  that 
the  merchants  are  drawn  into  it  from 
the  very  fact  that  it  so  appears.  Rely­
ing  upon  the  representations  made  by 
their advance  man,  who  secures  the con 
tract,  merchants  are  quite willing  to  en 
ter  into  the  contract  and  sign  it  on  the 
supposition  that  the  plan  of  operation 
under  the  contract  will  be  such  as  is 
mapped  out  by  such  agent.  After sign 
ing 
contract,  however,  matters 
change,  and  a  gang  of  canvassers,  with 
no  desire  or  intention  of doing  anything 
nearly  correct  or  proper and without any 
intention  of  carrying  out  the  plan  ot 
operation  as  mapped  out  by  the  agent, 
proceed  to  canvass  the  town. 
It  you 
have  seen  the  contracts—and  they  are 
all  alike,  even  to  the  written  portion, 
which 
is  written  from  memory  by  the 
agent;  the  agent,  having  committed  the 
contract  by  memory,  can and does  make 
them  all  alike,  as  we  have  proven—you 
will  notice  that  the  merchant  is  bound 
to  advance  to  the  Regal  Manufacturing 
Co.  the  full  cash  payment  for all  frames 
shipped  under  the  contract 
the 
to 
amount  mentioned  therein  and 
that 
afterwards 
the  Regal  Manufacturing 
Co.  will  settle  with  the  merchant  for all 
frames  not  sold,  after  160 days,  and  this 
settlement 
is  claimed  to  be  based  upon 
the  number  of orders  taken  for  pictures 
and  frames.  Every  mark  and  figure  and 
.number,  except  the  number  of  frames 
taken,  is  the  same 
in  every  contract, 
except  in  some  matter  which  is 
imma­
terial,  but every  material  feature  of  said 
contract,  as  written  by  the  agent,  is 
written  the  same 
in  every  one.  The 
canvassers  then  come  on  and  canvass 
the  city  and  secure  what  they  call  or­
ders  for  frames  and  pictures  by  any  and 
every  possible  means.  As  a  general 
rule,  these  orders  are  never turned  in  to 
the  merchant,  but  are  retained  by  the 
Regal  people,  and  the  settlement 
is 
made  upon  those  orders.  The  Regal 
canvassers,  or  the  Regal  Co.,  are  not 
particular  whether  the  parties  giving 
the  orders  ever take  a  picture  or  frame 
at  all.  It  makes  no difference  with them 
whether the  frames  or  pictures  are  ever 
accepted  or  paid  for  by  the  parties  giv­
ing  the . orders.  The  only  thing  the 
Regal  Co.  is  after  is  to obtain  orders, 
and  by  those  orders  the  merchant  is  to 
settle.

We  have  conclusive  proof  of  their 
obtaining  orders  by  various  means,  as 
follows:

1.  By  representing  that  the  order  is 
not  an  order,  but  a  statement  showing 
that  the  canvasser  called.
2.  By  showing  that  it  is  merely  for 
the  purpose  of  obtaining  the  address  of 
the  person  called  on.
3.  That there  is  no  necessity  of  the 
person  giving  the  order of  trading  out 
anything  at  the  store  of  the  merchant, 
since  the  oilette  to  be  delivered  is  a 
mere  gift  from  the  merchant  to  the  peo­
ple  of  the  town  in  the  way  of  an  adver­
tisement.  Many  other conflicting  state­
ments  have  also  been  made,  while  some 
signed  the  order  expecting  that  they 
had  to  take  a  frame.

If  you  will  look  at  the  order,  and  the 
coupon  which  was  to  be  given  by  the 
merchant,  and  the  advertisements  in 
connection  with  the  canvass—all  of 
which  are  furnished  by the Regal people 
—we  are  constrained  to  believe  that  you 
will  discover  that  they  all  form  a  part 
of  the  original  contract,  and  may  be 
used 
it,  and  from  these 
evidences,  together  with  the  statements 
of  the  advance  agent,  and  other  matters 
which  each  merchant  has  in  mind,  you

in  construing 

will  discover that  no  person  signing  the 
order  is  bound  to  take  and  pay  for 
frame  or  even  an  oilette,  but  these  a 
leged  orders  are  for the  mere purpose 
settling  with  the  merchant.

the 

contract, 

The  great  fraud  in  this  matter  i s _
the  misrepresentations  of  the  agent,  the 
failure  of  the  company  to  carry  out  the 
operations  under 
as 
planned  and  schemed  to  hold  up  the 
merchant  for a  large  amount  of  money 
for  frames  of  small  value,  to secure  the 
photographs  of  a  large  number of peopl 
of the  town, which  photographs  are  gen 
erally  of  deceased  friends  or  articles  of 
curiosity  or  cherished  mementos,  and 
make  the  merchant  responsible  for the 
return  thereof to  the  owners,  and in  that 
way,  by  force  of  public  sentiment,  com 
pel  the  merchant  to  settle  in  order to  se 
cure  the  return  of  the  photographs.
In  one  instance  in  this  State,  a  mer 
chant  contracted  for  1,000  frames  in  the 
ordinary  way,  and  when  found  that  he 
had  been  held  up  in  the  matter,  settled 
with  the  company,  paying  over  $1,500 
for  the  frames which had  been  shipped, 
and  secured  a  written  agreement  from 
the  Regal  Co.,  through 
its  manager, 
W.  J.  Reid,  for  a  cancellation  of  the 
contract  and  the  return  of  the  photo­
graphs.  Said  Reid  being  then  at  the 
town  where  the  merchant  resided,  and 
the  photographs 
in  Chicago,  he  could 
not  deliver  them  and  did  not  do  so 
thereafter.  The  merchant  wrote  him, 
demanding  a  return  and  received  no 
reply.  He  then  went  to  Chicago  and 
made  a  personal  demand,  in  company 
with  a  member of  our  firm  and  others, 
and this  demand  was  refused and  is  still 
refused,  claiming  that  the  Regal  Co. 
must  have  pay  for the  oilettes before  the 
return  of  the  photographs,  even 
in  the 
face  of  this  contract.

The  plan  of  operation 

is  to  so  en 
tangle  the  merchant  that  he  will  come 
to  Chicago  to  secure  a  compromise  or 
settlement  and,  after  having  visited 
them,  he  will  be  notified  to  return  on  a 
later  date,  possibly  the  next  day,  or  a 
later  time 
in  the  same  day,  and  when 
he  returns  a  suit  will  have  been  com­
menced  against  him 
in  the  Chicago 
courts,  and  a  book-keeper  of  the  con­
cern,  who  has  been especially appointed 
deputy 
sheriff,  will  serve  him  with 
process  while  he  is  in  the  office  of  the 
company  attempting  to  get  a  compro­
mise,  and  then  he  has  to  fight  a  suit  in 
the  Chicago  courts.  We  went  to  Chi­
cago, filed  suit  in  chancery  for cancella­
tion  of  contract  on  account  of  fraud, 
asking  for  an 
injunction  against  the 
destruction  or disposition  of  our  photo­
graphs,  which  was  granted,  and  also 
asked  for a  receiver  for the same,  which 
was  granted,  and  demand  was  made  by 
the  receiver  upon  the  manager of  the 
company  for  the  photographs  and  re­
fused,  and  the  matter  is  now  before  the 
court  on  an  order to show  cause  why  the 
photographs  should  not  be  turned  over 
or the  party  punished  for contempt.

We  write  this  fully  to  you  so that  you 
may  understand  how  we  feel  here.  We 
can  give  you  the  names  of  a  large  num­
ber  of  persons  who  have  been  drawn 
into  this  matter,  and  enclose  same  to 
you  for  your  particular  benefit.  The 
enclosed  list  contains  the  names  of  per­
sons  who  have  had  business  relations 
with  this company.  Elliott &  Elliott.
Holds  to  an  Old-Fashioned  Doctrine. 

From the Niles Star.

A. 

J.  Norton,  a  Northern  Indiana 
grocer, 
is  running  his  store  on  the 
Christian  plan.  He  will  not  sell  tobacco 
or  anything  that  contains 
liquor,  and 
will  not  deliver goods,on the ground that 
the  customer  pays  for  it  in  the  end.  He 
makes  public  the cost  price  of  his goods 
and  sells  at  certain  stated  margins.  He 
refuses  to carry  insurance,  insisting that 
if  it  is  the  Lord’s  will  to  bum  his store, 
he  should  not  stand  in  the  way.  His 
stock  was  destroyed  by  fire  a  short  time 
ago,  but  he  never  lost  confidence  in  the 
correctness  of his conclusions and belief.

As  soon  as  a  woman  belongs to two 
clubs  she  has  so  much  to  do  saving  the 
country  that  she  forgets  how  to cook.

The  man  who talks  but  little  is  not  in 
danger of  telling  all  he  knows,  anyway.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

725

730

Li'OR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  M IL LIN ER Y  
J.  business, stock  and  fixtures,  at  a  bargain. I 
Would like to sell this month.  Address  No.  730,' 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
/COMPLETE CANNING PLANT AND STOCK 
canned goods for sale  in  fruit  section.  Ad­
dress No. 729, care Michigan Tradesman. 
729
I F GOING OUT OF  BUSINESS  OR  IF  YOU 
have a bankrupt stock of clothing,  dry goods, 
or  shoes,  communicate  with  The  New  York 
Store, Traverse City, Mich. 
728
■ EN  SYRUPS  SODA  FOUNTAIN,  GOOD 
as new.  Will  sell  cheap  if  taken  at  once. 
Call or address C. A. Mitts,  care  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
724
fjX>R  SALE—CIGAR  STORE,  WITH  SMALL 
stock;  good  location;  good  reason  for  sell 
ing.  Address M. A.  C-,  care  Michigan  Trades 
man. 
r >R  SALE—CLEAN  GENERAL  STOCK, 
near  Detroit;  inventories  $1.800;  rent  $.« 
jer month;  fine chance;  poor health the  reason 
or  selling.  Address  M.  T.  Funs ton,  River 
Rouge,  Mich. 
L>OR  RENT—A  GOOD BRICK STORE WELL 
I  
located in  a  good  business  town.  Address 
Mrs. A. M. Colwell, Lake Odessa, Mich. 
722
|j»OR SALE—DRUG AND GROCERY STOCK 
P   invoicing about $1,300;  doing good  business 
expenses very light;  best of reasons  for  selling. 
Will sell for cash  only.  Address  No.  721,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
I   HAVE  A  NO. 1  HAY  FARM—40  ACRES^ 
in Ferry, Oceana county,  Michigan,  which  I 
will sell for $700 and take a good driving  team in 
part payment.  A. H. Platt, Hart, Mich. 
720
| j'OR  SALE CHEAP—ONE 4X6X10  FT.  HIGH 
r   Brecht patent cooler and No. 0 Buffalo chop 
Iter.  For particulars write A. R. Hensler'Battle 
Creek, Mich. 
S O  EXCHANGE—Al  BUSINESS  PROPER- 
ty, well  rented,  for  farm  or  stock  general 
merchandise.  Address  No.  727,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
727
PARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF  GOODS  OF 
any kind,  farm  or  city  property  or  manu 
factoring  plants  that  they  wish  to  sell  or  ex­
change  correspond  with  the  Derby  &  Choate 
Real Estate Co.. Flint,  Mich. 
709
7x14,12 FEET  HIGH  STEVENS  REFRIG 
erator, double box, 12 feet marble  top coun­
ter, 4 meat blocks.  Must be sold at once.  Make 
us an offer.  The Milnes Supply  Co.,  Coldwater 
Mich. 
7Q7

726

723

721

713

712

7x6

If»OR SALE—FIRST-CLASS HARDWARE DO- 

ing a good  business.  Can  be  bought  for  90 
cents  on  the  dollar  if  taken  at  once.  Good 
chance for  a  hustler;  stock,  $4,000;  town  1,200; 
must go South for health.  Address No. 713, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
ANNING  FACTORY  FOR  SALK  A b  
dress  Grand  Ledge  Canning  Co.,  Grand 
Ledge, Mich. 
l?OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
±  chandise,  invoicing  about  $3,000, at  a  fine 
trading point;  one of the best managed stores In 
Northern Indiana.  Reason for selling, sickness. 
Address No. 714, care Michigan Tradesman.  714
70R   SALE—BAZAAR  STOCK  IN  MANU- 
Jr  factoring  town  of  2,000  In  Southwestern 
Michigan;  good location;  good reasons  for  sell­
ing.  Address  No.  712,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
OR SALE-HARDWARE  STOCK, INVOIC- 
ing $2,800;  terms,  part  cash,  balanee  time; 
will sen or rent buildings.  Owner is going out of 
business.  Address S. J.  Doty,  Harrietta,  Mich.
POR  SALE—I  WILL  SELL  MY  BRANCH 
store at Sault Ste. Marie:  good, clean  stock 
ill  sell  for  cash  only.  Reason  for  selling, 
pressure of business  elsewhere.  Hugh  McKen­
zie, Manistee, Mich. 
^RU G  STOCK FOR SALE IN A GOOD LIVE 
U   Western Michigan town, invoicing  between 
$3,000 and  $4,000.  Address  Hazeltine  and  Per- 
fcins Drug Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich. 
717
D r u g  sto ck f o r  s a l e,  a g o o d ct.kam
stock,  invoicing  about  $2,400,  located  in  a 
thriving county seat town  in  Central  Michigan. 
Trade and stand established for over twenty-five 
years  Sales  average  about  $20  per  day.  Ex­
penses light.  No cutting of prices.  A  rare  op­
portunity to secure a  good,  profitable  business. 
Address No. 719, care Michigan Tradesman.  719
rpiM BER  AND  FARM  LANDS—HEMLOCK, 
hardwood and cedar timber for sale in  large 
~   small tracts, cheap farm lands, hardwood and 
fine stump land*.  Don’t ask  what  I  have,  but 
»11  me  what  you  want.  E.  T.  Merrill,  Reed 
City. 

696

710

7il

M AND M. AND U. S. ARC LAMPS.  ONE 

•  live  agent  wanted  in  every  town.  Sell 

706

677

It  doesn’t  cost  you as 
goods  with  a  record. 
much.  Two years’ commercial service has proven 
that we manufacture the only  practical  gasoline 
lamp made.  Ask the man who has them.  Write 
for our new propositions.  Martin  &  Morehead, 
61 to 57 W. Washington St.. Chicago. 
1 POR SALE-BUSINESS  PROPERTY  IN  PE- 
toskey, half block from postoifice.  Address 
( has. Neff, Petoskey, Mich. 
700
BIG  RETURNS  FOR  SMALL  CAPITAL— 
We have just succeeded in  securing  the  ex­
clusive  control  and  manufacture  of  the  cele­
brated  Doran  Hydro-Carbon  Lighting  System, 
which is the best system  light  yet  invented  for 
interior  and  street  lighting;  each  lamp  gives 
1,200 candle power light, can be turned on  or  ofl 
instantly,  the  same  as  electricity;  absolutely 
safe,  simple  and  satisfactory.  Correspondence 
solicited from all interested parties  and  munici­
pal officers, and  those  who  would  like  a  good 
paying  business  in  their  own  city  or  town. 
Acorn  Brass  Works,  20  South  Jefferson  St., 
Chicago. 
669
W ANTED—IN  THE  BIGGEST  LITTLE 
town in Michigan flour  mill,  planing  mill, 
canning factory,  agricultural implement  dealer, 
novelty works and nome  seekers;  abundance  or 
timber;  immense  water  power;  two  railroads 
and cheap  stump  lands.  Write  for  descriptive 
booklet.  Wm. Hogg,  Secretary  of  Association, 
Thompsonvllle, Mien, 
TDIOR  SALE  CHEAP — $2,000  GENERAL 
A-  stock and  building.  Address  No.  240,  care 
Michigan Tradesman._________________ 240
\|O N E Y   ON  THE  SPOT  FOR  CLEAN 
i u   stock of  merchandise,  $5,000  or  over.  Ad- 
dress Box 113, Grand Ledge, Mich. 
660
W ANTED—E N E R G E T IC   C O U N T R Y  
printer who has  saved  some  money  from 
his wages to embark in the publication of a local 
newspaper.  Will furnish a portion of the  mate­
rial, take half interest in the  business  and  give 
partner  benefit  of  long  business  experience, 
without  giving  business  personal  attention. 
None need apply who  does  not  conform  to  re­
quirements,  which  are  ironclad.  Zenia,  care 
Michigan Tradesman,________ 
TXT ANTED —MERCHANTS  TO  CORRE- 
v v  spond with us who wish to sell  their entire 
stocks  for  spot  cash.  Enterprise  Purchasing 
Co.. 163 Market St., Chicago. Ilf 
sgg
Fo r  sa l e—sto ck  o f  g r o c e r ie s,  d r y
goods and shoes  inventorying  about  $2,600, 
enjoying lucrative  trade  in  good  country  town 
about  thirty  miles  from  Grand  Rapids.  Will 
rent or sell store building.  Buyer can  purchase 
team  and  peddling  wagon,  if  desired.  Terms, 
half  cash,  balance  on  time.  Address  No.  692, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
U O R  SALE -  GENERAL- MERCHANDISE 
A 
stock,  Invoicing  about  $7,000;  stock  in  Al 
shape;  selling about  $25,000  a  year,  with  good 
profits;  trade established over  twenty  years;  a 
fortune  here for a hustler;  terms, one-half  cash 
down, balance one and two  years,  well  secured 
by^ real  estate  mortgage;  also  store  building 
mid fixtures for sale or exchange for good Grand 
Rapids residence property  on  East  Side;  must 
be free  from  debt  and  title  perfect.  Address 
No. 520, care Michigan  Tradesman. 
P O R   SALE—DRUG  STOCK  INVOICING 
$2,000, in good corner store in the  best  town 
in Western Michigan.  The  best  of  reasons  for 
selling.  Address No. 683, care Michigan Trades­
man. 

683

520

592

631

Fo r  r e n t- a   g ood  b r ic k   s t o r e  in  

good  business  town  on  Michigan  Central 
itauroad: good living rooms above; good storage 
below;  city water  and  electric  light.  Address 
Box 298, Decatur. Mich. 

688

Headquarters  for  Merchants 

HOTEL  GRACE
European.  In the heart of the city.
Location  opposite  Post  Office  and  Board  of 

Trade  in exact  center  of  business  district 

Two  hundred  rooms  at  $1  per  day  and  up­
ward.  Every room has  hot and  cold water mid 
is  heated  by steam.

C.  C.  COLLINS,  Proprietor,

Jackson  Boulevard  and  Clark  St. 

CHICAGO.

sent  wlth  order  wlU  buy 
J P « » I y  one of these  harp  shaped 
Imperial  Gas  Lamps. 
It  will  be 
shipped f.  0.  b-  Chicago,  completely 
trimmed,  carefully  packed  so  that 
weight  of  package  is  less  than  ten 
pounds,  hence  charges  by  express 
would not be high.  Lamp  burns gas­
oline and gives a beautiful white light 
and Is fully guaranteed.  Write.
The  Imperial  Gas  Lamp Co.
13a  and  134  East  Lake St..  Chicago

MILLER  *  TEASDALE  CO.

Receivers—Carlots—Distributors

P O T A T O E S

We handle from all sections and sell everywhere.

ST.  LOUIS,  MO.

Leading Distributing Center in the United States.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

T ravelers*  T im e   T a b le s.

Michigan  Retail  Qrocere’ Association 

President, C. E. Wa l k e r ,  Bay City;  Vice-Pres­
ident,  J.  H.  H o p k in s,  Ypsllantl;  Secretary, 
E. A. Sto w e, Grand Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
Tatm an, Clare.  ______

President, F ra n k  J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  H om er 

Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association 
K l a p;  Treasurer, J. George  Lehm an

Detroit Retail Grocers’  Protective Association 

President,  E.  Ma r k s:  Secretaries,  N.  L.
K o e n ig  and  F.  H.  Cozzens;  Treasurer,  C. 
H.  F r in k .

Kalamazoo  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  E.  L.  H a r r is;  Secretary,  Chas. 

H ym an.

Baj Cities Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  C.  E.  Wa l k e r ;  Secretary,  E.  C 

Lit t l e. 

_______

G R A N D   R A P I D S   P I X T U R E S   O O .

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

President,  J. F ra n k  H e lm er ;  Secretary,  W 

Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

Bo elk in s ;  Treasurer, J .  W.  Caskadon.

Cigar
Case.
One
of
our

leaders,

Shipped
knocked
down.
First
class
freight.

Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  A.  C.  Clark ;  Secretary,  E.  P. 

Cl ev e l a n d ; Treasurer,  w m. C. K oehn

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’  Association 

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

Ph e r s o n ;  Treasurer, R. A. H o r r.

Trarerse Citj Basinets Men’s Association 
H o lly;  Treasurer,  C. A.  Hammond.

President,  thos  T.  Ba t e s;  Secretary,  m .  b . 

Owos80 Bosiness Men’s Association 

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

Ca m pb e l l;  Treasurer,  W. E. Co l lin s.

Pt.  Barons Merchants’ and Manufacturers’  Association 
Pe r c iv a l.

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

P e r e   M a r q u e t t e
Railroad and Steamship Lines.

Fast trains  are  operated  from  Grand  Rapids 
to Chicago, Detroit,  Toledo,  Saginaw, Bay  City, 
Petoskey, Ludington, Manistee, Muskegon, Trav­
erse City,  Alma,  LansiDg, Belding, Benton  Har­
bor, St Joseph, and intermediate points,  making 
close connections at Chicago with trains  for  the 
south  and  west,  at  Detroit  and  Toledo  with 
trains east and southbound.  Try  the  “Mid-Day 
Flyers,” leaving Grand Rapids  12:05  noon, each 
week  day,  arriving  at  Detroit  4:05  p.  m.  and 
Chicago 5:00 p. m.

H,  P.  Mo e ll er,  G.  P.  A.,

W. E. Wo l fe n d e n, D. P. a .

QRAND Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway

Dec.  a,  1900.

ounuay 
ouuudy  aunaay
Lv. Grand Rapids......  7 45am  2 10pm
10 45pm 
Ar.  Cadillac................11  20am  5 40pm
2  10am
Ar. Traverse City......  1 30pm  7 50pm 
...........
Ar. Petoskey..............  2 50pm  9 15pm  6 36am
Ar. Mackinaw City ...  4 15pm  10 35pm  6 55am
Local train for  Cadillac  leaves  Grand  Rapids 
at 5:20 p m daily except Sunday.
Pullman sleeping or parlor cars on all through 
trains.
Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a m,  10:45 
a m, 5:15 p m and 10:15 p m daily except Sunday
g ®  g ®  g ®  M l ,  Dali, 
Lv. G’d Rapids.  7 10a 12 80p  1 50p  6 50p  11 30p 
Ar.  Kalamazoo  8 50a  1 45p  3 22p  8 35p  1 00a
Ar. Ft. Wayne.  12 lOp  ......  6 50p  11 45a 
......
Ar. Cincinnati.  6 25p 
......
.................  715a 
6:80pm train carries  Pullman  sleeping  car  to 
Cincinnati.  11:30pm train carries through coach' 
and Pullman sleeping car to Chicago.
Pullman parlor cars on other trains.
Trains arrive from the  south  at  6:46 am   and 
9:10am daily, 2:00pm, 9:45pm and 10:15pm except 
Sunday.

MUSKPaoN 
musxbUON 

Except  Except  Except
Sunday  Sunday  Sunday
Lv. Grand Rapids  ...  7 35am  2 05pm  5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon...........  9 00am  3 20pm  7 00pm
Sunday train  leave  Grand  Rapids  at  9:15am. 
Trains  arrive  from  Muskegon  at  9:30am, 
1:30pm and 5:20pm  except  Sunday  and  6:50pm 
Sunday only.

C H I C A G O   T R A I N S  

G.  R.  &  I  and  Michigan  Central.
TO  CHICAao 

Daily
Lv. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  12 30pm  11 30pm 
Ar. Chicago  (12th St. Station)  5 25pm 
6 55am 
12:30pm train rims solid to Chtcago  with  Pull­
man buffet parlor car attached.
li:30pm train has through coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car.

FROM  CHICAQO 

Sunday

Lv. Chicago (12th St.  Station)  5  15pm  11  30pm 
Ar. G'd Rapids (Union depot)  to  15pm  6 46am 
5:15pm train runs solid to  Grand  Rapids  with 
Pullman buffet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train  has through coach and  sleeping 
car.  Phone 606 for information.

wide, 44 inches high.  Write for illustrated catalogue and prices.

Discrip tion:  Oak, finished in light antique, rubbed and polished.  Made any length, 28 inches 
We are now located two blocks south of Union  Depot.

Cor.  Bartlett and  South  Ionia  Streets,  Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

No.  58.

S i m p l e  
A ccou n t  F i l e

A  quick  and  easy  method  of 
E s ­
keeping  your  accounts. 
pecially  handy  for  keeping  ac­
count  of  goods  let  out  on  ap­
proval,  and  for  petty  accounts 
with  which  one  does  not  like  to 
encumber 
ledger. 
B y   using  this  file  or  ledger  for 
charging  accounts,  it  will  save 

the  regular 

f,

one-half the  time  and  cost  of  keeping  a  set  of  books.
Charge  goods,  when
purchased, 
directly 
on  file,  then your cus­
tomer’ s  bill  is  always 
ready 
for  him,  and 
can be  found  quickly, 
on  account  of 
the 
index.  This 
special 
saves  you  looking  over  several leaves  of  a  day  book  if  not  posted, 
when  a customer  comes  in  to  pay  an  account  and  you  are  busy  wait­
ing  on  a  prospective  buyer.

TRAD ESM AN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids

Alpena Business Men’s  Association 

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

Pa r t r id g e. 

_______

Calumet Business Men’s Association 

President,  J.  D.  Ctjddihy;  Secretary  W.  H. 

H osk in g. 

_______

St. Johns Basinets Men’s Association 

President, Thos. Br o m ley;  Secretary,  F ran k 

A.  P e r c y ; Treasurer, Cla rk A. P utt.

Perr; Business Men’s Association 

President,  H.  W.  Wallace;  Secretary,  T.  E. 

H eddle. 

_______

Grand Baien Retail Merchants’  Association 

President,  P.  D. Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W  Ver- 

Hoeks. 

______

Tale Business Men’s Association 

President,  Ch a s. Rounds;  Secretary,  F ra n k 

Putn ey. 

_______

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’  Association 

President,  J ohn  G.  Eb l e ;  Secretary,  L.  J. 
K atz;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hu e fo r d.

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Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

insurance  Co.

O rganized  iSSi .

Detroit,  Michigan.

We make a specialty of

Pure  Rye  Flour

We have the best equipped mill  in Mich­
igan for this purpose.  Write  for  prices. 
We deal direct with merchants.
Olsen  &  Youngquist,  Whitehall,  Mich.

Cash  C a p ita l,  $400,000. 

Net S urplus,  $200,000.

Cash Assets,  $800,000.

D. W h it n e y , J r.,  Pres.

D.  M.  F e r r y ,  V ice P res.

F .  H .  W h it n e y , S ecretary.
M. W . O 'B r ie n, Treas.

E . J.  B o oth, A s s t  Sec'y. 

D ir e c t o r s.

D .  W h itn ey , Jr.,  D.  M. F erry , F .J . H ecker,
M . W . O 'B rien, H oyt P o st, C hristian M ack, 
A llan Sheldon, Sim on J .  M urphy,  W m .  L . 
Sm ith,  A .  H .  W ilkinson, Jam es  Edga,?,  H . 
K irke  W h ite,  H .  P .  B aldw in,  H u g o  
Scherer,  F .  A .  Schulte,  W m .  V .  Brace,  =. 
Jam es  M cM illan,  F .  E .  D rig g s,  H en ry   ®  
H ayden,  C ollins  B.  H ubbard,  Jam es  D .  ®  
Standish, T heodore D.  B uhl,  M.  B.  M ills, 
A lex.  C hapoton, J r.,  Geo.  H .  Barbour,  S.
G.  Gas key,  C has.  Stinchfield,  F ran cis  F . 
P alm s,  W m .  C.  Y aw key,  D avid  C.  W h it­
ney, D r. J.  B.  Book, E u g en e H arbeck, Chas. 
P eltier, R ichard P . Joy,  C has.  C. Jenks.

Write for Samples and Prices on

Street  Car  and  Fine 

Feed  Stuffs

DARRAH  BROS.  CO.,  Big  Rapids,  Mich.

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Attractive  Assortment  Glassware

A  rich,  imitation  cut pattern of highly 
polished,  brilliant,  crystal glass.  The 
round  dots,  shown  in  illustration,  are 
ornamented  with  burned  in  colors, 
which  give  the  glass  an  unusually 
attractive  appearance.

The  package  contains:

i  dozen  4  piece  sets,  assorted  green, 
cherry,  canary and gold.  Per  doz­
en, assorted.......................................... $9  00

%  dozen  7 piece  sets,  assorted  green, 
cherry  and  canary.  Two  sets  of 
each color.  Per dozen sets, $6.00..  3  00

Total for package............$12  00
H.  Leonard  &  Sons,  Grand  Rapids.

QIass  &  Crockery Co.

Earthenware, China & Glassware 

Daudt

WHOLESALE

TOLEDO,  OHIO

Buckwheat  Flour

Made by

J. H. Protit & Co.,

Howard City, Mich.

Has that genuine  old-fash­

ioned taste and is 

A B S O L U T E L Y   P U R E  

Write them  for prices.

Kinney  &  Levan

Importers and Jobbers of

Crockery,  Glass,  Lamps,  House 

Furnishing  Goods
C LEV ELA N D ,  OHIO

Crushed  Cereal  Coffee  Cake.

Better than  coffee.
Cheaper than  coffee.
More healthful than coffee.
Costs the consumer less.
Affords the retailer larger profit. 
Send for sample case.
See quotations in price current.

Crushed  Cereal  Coffee  Cake  Co.

Marshall,  Mich.

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TOBACCO  M AN UFACTURERS 

INDEPENDENT  FACTO RY 

DETROIT.  MICHIGAN

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS.  KEEP THEM  IN  MIND.

THE  BIG  BRIDGE 
OVER  NIAGARA

Have  you  ever been  at  “ Niagara  and  noticed  the  provision 
the  mechanical  engineers  have  made  in  the  construction  of  this 
great  bridge  to  mechanically  take  up  the  slack  in  the  span  in  the 
hot  weather when  the  metals  expand  over  four  feet;  and  to  pro­
vide  for the opposite  effect  in  cold  weather  when  the  metals  con­
tract ?  This is engineering.

There  is  another great piece  of mechanical  engineering  em­
bodied  in  something  considerably  smaller  than  the  “ Niagara” 
bridge. 
It is  the  Thermostat which  takes  up  the  slack  and  pro­
vides  for  the  contraction  of  the  Springs  on  “ The  Boston”  Scales 
made  by  our company.  This is  of  more  importance  than  “ Niag­
ara”  bridge  because it automatically  avoids  loss  to  the  butcher  by 
its  absolute  accuracy in  all  seasons.

A   Spring  Balance  Scale  without  the 

worthless.

‘ ‘Thermostat”  is 

T H E   COMPUTING  S C A LE  CO..

DAYTON,  OHIO

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F O R E ST  GIANT. 

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HAND  PR E SSE D .  Flake Cut. 
DOUBLE CROSS.  Long Cut. 
SW E E T  CORE.  Plug Cut. 
F L A T  CAR.  Granulated.

price current.

The  above  brands  are

SO-LO.
manufactured  from  the  finest  selected  L eaf  Tobacco  that  money  can  buy.

P L U G

C R E M E   D E  M EN TH E. 

STRO NG  HOLD. 
F L A T   IRON. 

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