V

Eighteenth  Year

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  6,1901.

Number 911

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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. 
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jlS  b e r  B o o ts  a n d   S h o e s   and  sell  direct  to  the  trade.
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W e  A r e   N o t  O w n e d   b y   A n y   T r u s t .

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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 

Beacon Falls 

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®  O ur  new cigar  “A   C IG A R ”  we  will,  for  two  weeks  only,  commencing  Monday, 
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  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.

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PHELPS,  BRACE  &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

The  Largest  Cigar  Dealers  in  the  Middle  W est.

Carolina  Brights  Cigarettes  “ Not  Made  by  a  Trust.”

F.  E.  BUSHMAN, Managet  Cigar Department.

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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

P ER FEC TIO N   OIL  IS  TH E  STANDARD 

TH E  W ORLD  O V ER

H IG H ES T   P R IC E   PAID  FO R   EM PTY  CARBO N   AND  Q A 8 0 LIN E  B A R R ELS

STANDARD  OIL  CO.

Roast Your Own Coffee

and  m ake  m ore  profit  than  those 
who  buy  it  roasted.  T h a t’ s  one 
reason  w hy  you  should  own  a

Perfection 

Coffee  R oaster

W ill  you  let  us  tell  you  som e  more 
good  reasons?  A   postal  card  w ill 
bring  them .

Milwaukee Gas  Stove 

and  Roaster  Co.

Milwaukee.  Wis.

"&r CELEBRATED
S w e e tL o m a
piïBr tobacco.
CIGAR

N E W   S C O T T B N   T O B A C C O   CO . 

(A g a in st  th e   T ru st.)

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A  l v V A y 4  

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Powder’

“ IVe are advertised by our loving friends."

—With apologies to Mellln’s Food.

OUR  COMPETITORS

feeling keenly the enormous sale and the popular approval 

of the merits of

Egg  Baking  Powder

EG G
Baking 

have been publishing advertisements in  this  vicinity  at­
tacking our product.  These advertisements  have appeared 
in the news columns as pure reading  matter  to  deceive  the 
public and do not mention the name of the advertiser.  We 
are not afraid to sign OUR advertisements and to state that

NOT  ONE  GRAIN  OF  ALUM

enters into the manufacture of  Egg  Baking  Pow­
der, which  fact  is  attested  by  eminent chemists.

For terms address our nearest  office.

Home Office, 80 West  street.  New  York.

Western Office.
Branch Offices:

523 Williamson Bl'dg, Cleveland.
Indianapolis 
Cincinnati 
Grand Rapids 

Detroit 
Fort Wayne
[Columbus

If you want to secure  more than

$25  REW ARD

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

FLEISCHMANN  a  CO.’S
CONI PRESSED  YEAST

YELLOW  LABEL

will  secure that  result.

Grand  Rapids  Office,  29 Crescent  Ave.  Detroit  Office,  111  W.  Lamed  St.

/\s k   u s   fo r  q u o ta tio p s

On Street Car Feed,  No.  i  Feed,  Meal,  Com,  Oats,  Gluten  Feed, 
Cotton  Seed Meal;  any quantity, large or small.  Prompt  shipment.

Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co.,  Holland,  Mich.

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D E S M A N

Volume  XVIII.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  6,1901.

Number  911

ASSOCIATE  OFFICES  IN  ALL  PRINCIPAL 

CITIES

Page.

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

References :  State Bank of Michigan and Mich­
igan Tradesman, Grand Rapids.
Collector  and  Commercial  Lawyer  and 
Preston National Bank, Detroit.
T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established 1841.

R.  O.  DUN  &  CO.

Widdicomb  Bld*^«  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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

L.  P.  W 1TZLEBEN,  Manager.

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W holesale  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 

a   attention to mall orders. 

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A.  BOMERS,

..Commercial Broker

And  Dealer  In

Cigars and  Tobaccos,

157  E.  Fulton  St. 

GRAND  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.

Suprem e  Com m ander in  Chief.

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.

Barlow Bros.
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Tradesman Coupons

G etting the  People. 
A round  the  State.
Grand  Rapfds  Gossip. 
Character  in  A dvertising. 
Sprnce  Gum  G etting  Dear. 
* E ditorial.
E ditorial.
W indow  Dressing.
Story  of the  New  Boarder. 
Shoes and  Rubbers.
D ry Goods.
Clothing.
H ardw are.
H ardw are  Quotations. 
Village  Im provem ent. 
W orse  than  Stealing. 
W oman’s W orld.
B utter and  Eggs.
The  New  York  M arket. 
Clerk’s Corner. 
Commercial Travelers. 
D rugs and  Chemicals.
,  D rug Price  Current. 
Grocery  Price  Current. 
Grocery  Price  Current.
,  Grocery  Price  Current.
.  The  Meat M arket.
,  The  Grain  M arket.

MAN’S BIGHTS AT  HOME.

The  accounts  contained  in  the  daily 
papers  of  a  man  in  New  Jersey  who  has 
separated  from  his  wife  and  left  her 
because  he  had  no  privacy  in  his  own 
home 
is  enough  to  cause  consternation 
among  the  married  women  throughout 
the  length  and  breadth  of  the 
It 
looks  as  if  the  worm  were  going  to turn 
at  last,and  as  if  the  poor,  down-trodden 
American  man  was  beginning  to  realize 
that  he  has  rights  in  the  home  which 
even  his  wife  is  bound  to  recognize.

land. 

This  is  a brand new idea.  Heretofore 
it  has  been  assumed  tacitly,  at  least,  in 
this  country,  that  woman  was the  whole 
thing  in  the  home  and  that  a man  mere­
ly  existed 
in  the  humble  role  of  bill- 
It  is  she  who  decides  on  where 
payer. 
the  family  shall 
live  and  when  they 
shall  cast  off  the  chrysalis  of  the  side 
street  grub  and  emerge  as  butterflies  of 
fashion  in  a  mansion  on  the  avenue. 
It 
is  she  who  designs  and  furnishes  the 
home,  according  to  her  own  taste,  and 
so thoroughly  monopolizes  it  that  there 
is  scarce  a  man  who  has  even  a  bureau 
drawer or  a  hook  in  a closet  that he may 
call his  own.

Every  man  has,  at  times,  dreams  of 
possessing  a  room  exclusively  his  own 
in  his  own  house,  where  he  may  spill 
ashes  on  the  carpet  and  leave  books  on 
the  floor  and  put  his  feet  on  the  sofa 
cushions  and  otherwise  enjoy  himself 
after  his  own 
ideas,  instead  of  in  ac­
cordance  with  his  wife’s.  Alas,  it  is 
merely  a  pipe  vision.  He  may  fit  him 
up  a  den  or  a  snuggery,  or  whatever  he 
chooses  to call  it,but  his  wife inevitably 
finds 
it  just  the  place  for  her  sewing 
machine  or that  it  has  a  sunny  window 
that  suits  the  baby  or  is  a  good  situa­
tion  for  her  writing  desk,  and  before  he 
knows  it  the  man  is  ousted.  No  man 
has  any  rights  in  his  own  house  that 
anybody  feels  ought to  be  respected.

So  far as  the  management  of the home 
is  concerned  the  average  man,  in  the 
average  family,  is  also  an  unconsulted 
figure-head.  In  other  countries  the  hus 
band  and  father’s  position  establishes 
the  social  status  of  his  womenkind. 
In 
this  the  women  of  the  household  estab

ish  his.  They  do  the  entertaining. 
They  decide  on  who 
is  to  be  invited 
and  who  left  out,  and  many  a  man  finds 
himself  the  greatest  stranger  and  the 
least  at  home  person  present  in  his  own 
drawing  room.  He  may  be  quiet  and 
domestic  in  his  tastes,  with  an  unalter­
able  prejudice  against  receptions  and 
balls,  and  a  deadly 
loathing  of  long- 
coursed  dinners,  but  that  cuts  no  figure 
in  the  extent  of  entertainments  that 
“ mother  and  the  girls”   give  if  they 
have  a  hankering  after  the  flesh  pots  of 
society.

If  the 

law  upholds  the  New  Jersey 
man  in  his  contention  that  a  man  has  a 
right  to  privacy  in  his  own  home,  if  he 
desires  it,  we  may  see  all  this  changed. 
Man  may  assert  himself.  He  may  re­
fuse  to  any  longer  be  put  off  with  any 
old  place  in  the  house,  and  declare  that 
it 
inalienable  privilege  of  the 
person  with  the  purse  to  have  the  best 
of  things,  to  smoke  in  the  parlor  if  he 
wants to,  and  to  have  affairs  generally 
conducted  as  he  wants  them.

is  the 

There’s  really  no  telling  how  far  such 
a  domestic  revolution  would  go,  once  it 
was  inaugurated. 
In  many  other  states 
the  failure  of  a  man  to  support  and  pro­
vide  a  home  for  his  wife  is  sufficient 
ground  for  divorce. 
The  time  may 
come  when  the  failure  of  the  wife  to 
keep  the  house  properly  that  the  man 
has  provided  will be  recognized  as  legal 
ground  for  freeing  him  from  an ill-kept 
hearth  and  bad  cooking.

GENERAL TRADE  REVIEW .

The  culmination  of  many  pending 
combinations  during  the  past  few  days 
has  been  the  dominating  factor  in  the 
great  financial  centers.  Naturally  trad­
ing  in  the  stocks  affected  has  not  been 
governed  by  market  conditions  so  much 
as  by  the  effect  to  be  produced  by  the 
new  deals. 
In  the  steel  combination  is 
produced  the  greatest  industrial  organi­
zation  which  has  ever  existed.  Taking 
nto  consideration  the  interests involved 
and  the  ability  of  the  prime  movers  to 
control  those  interests,  there  can  be  but 
little  doubt  that  the  course  of  steel 
stocks  will  be  upward  for  some  time  to 
come.  Among  other  properties  affected 
by  combination  and  rumors  of  combi­
nation  are  several 
traction  and  gas 
stocks.

The  movement  of  stocks  has  been  up­
ward  all  along  the  line,  although  trans­
actions  are  not  heavy  as  compared  with 
some  recent  standards.  It  is  to  be  noted 
that  many  stocks  are  making  new  high 
records ;  among  them  amalgamated cop­
per,  the Chesapeake  &  Ohio  and  several 
prominent  Southern  and  Southwestern 
railroads.  The  most  prominent  adverse 
movement 
is  found  in  Bell 
telephone  stocks,  resulting  from  the  de­
cision  against  them  in  the  Berliner  pat­
ent  suit.

in  prices 

The  iron  and  steel  markets  continue 
strong  and  active  and,  in  spite  of  the 
conservatism  of  the  companies  in  the 
matter  of  prices,  demand  is  forcing  a 
considerable  advance 
in  some  cases, 
and 
in  others  actual  transactions  are  at 
a  higher  figure  than  the  combination 
price.  The  price  of  steel  sheets  is  ad-

vanced  $4  per  ton,  while  billets  are 
sold  for $3  per ton  over  pool  prices  and 
orders  have  been  refused  even  at this. 
Some  heavy  foreign  contracts  are  being 
taken,  although  the  pressure  of  domes­
tic  demand,  as  in  wire  and  nails,  is 
such  as  to  prevent  consideration  of  ex­
port  business.  Foreign  shipments  of 
rails  are  being  made  to  Cuba  and  to 
several  of  the  South  American  States 
and  other countries.

The  outlook  in  the  textile  field  is  not 
as favorable  as in other  lines.  The  prin­
cipal  interest  has  attached  to  the  break 
in  cotton,although  the  influence  has  not 
been  adverse  beyond  the  temporary  un­
settling  effect,  as  the  high  level  so  long 
held  is  above  a  parity  with  the  manu­
factured  product.

TO  GET  RID  OF  IGNORANCE.

When  the  eminent  Frenchman,  De 
Tocqueville,  wrote  of  America,  and 
when  eminent  citizens  of  other countries 
have  looked  into  our  systems,  they  have 
pointed  out  our  indiscriminate  suffrage 
as  the  most  dangerous  feature  of  our  in­
stitutions.

To  make  everything  depend  upon  the 
ballot  and  then  to  place  that  ballot 
in 
any  and  every  kind  of  hand,  that  of  the 
ignorant  and  vicious  as  well  as  the  con­
servative,  moral  and 
intelligent,  is  to 
invite  the  worst  evils  of  a  purely  repre­
sentative  government.

This  fact  is  beginning  to  impress  it­
self  upon  the  people  of  many  states. 
The 
last  to  take  up  the  question  is 
Maryland. 
In  that  State it  is  estimated 
that  there  are  30,000  illiterate  negro 
voters  and  18,000  illiterate  white  voters. 
These  forces  can  hold  the  balance  of 
power 
They  vote,  of 
course,  not  from  an  intelligent  concep­
tion  of their duty,or with an appreciation 
of  what they  are  doing,  but  as  they  are 
told  to,  or  driven  to,  or  bought  to  do  by 
the  professional  politicians  who  manip­
ulate  them.

in  elections. 

In  consequence  of  these  conditions, 
there  will  be  an  extra  session  of  the 
Maryland  Legislature  soon,  in which the 
question  of  disfranchising illiteracy will 
be  considered. 
It  is  apparently  not  the 
purpose  in  Maryland  to  disfranchise the 
negro  only  and  by  some  trick  provision 
leave  the  ballot  in  the  hands  of  the 
il­
literate  whites.  There  will  be  no  dis­
crimination  in  disfranchising  ignorance 
if  it  be  determined  to  make  the  consti­
tutional  change  required.

In  this  country  an  educational  qualifi­
cation  for  voting 
is  not  disfranchise­
ment,  necessarily,  except  for  a  brief 
It  is  not  the  imposition  of  im­
period. 
possible  or  unreasonable  conditions. 
It 
serves,  on  the  other  hand,to  dignify  the 
ballot  and  to  stimulate  the  cause  of edu­
In  a  country  where  the  free 
cation. 
school  system 
is  universal  there  is  no 
excuse  for  any  boy  reaching  manhood 
without  knowing  how  to  read  and  write. 
It .is  this  conviction  that  is  serving  to 
convince  the  better  sentiment  of  all  the 
states  that  the  sooner  we  get  rid  of  the 
illiterate  vote  the  quicker  will  we  see 
improved  political  conditions.

If  the  merchant  is  negligent  the  clerk 

will  not  be  diligent.

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Petting the People

A vailability  o f  H andbills  and  Circulars 

in Some Localities.

More  and  more  in  the  development  of 
modern  trade  is  specialization  of  meth 
ods  becoming  pronounced;  and 
in  no 
direction  more  than  in  the  ways of gain­
ing  publicity.

While  for  the  dealer  in  the  average 
town  the  newspaper  may  be  depended 
upon  as  the  cheapest  and  most  efficient 
means  of  reaching  the  people,  there  are 
locations  and  conditions  where  other 
methods  must  be  considered.  For ex­
ample,  in  the  larger  towns  a  great  part 
of  the  work  of  mercantile distribution  is 
dependent  upon 
location.  Thus  there 
are  densely  populated  regions  in  every 
large  city  where  there  is  no  practicable 
means  of  reaching  the  people  through 
the  press.  Such 
localities  depend  for 
their  newspapers  upon  the  great  metro­
politan journals of  the  cities  in  question 
and  these  cover  so  great  fields  aside 
from  that of the local dealer that their use 
as  an  advertising medium is impossible.
A  great  proportion  of  the  stores  in 
such  situations  depend  almost  entirely 
on 
If  this  can  be  on  some 
prominent  corner  or  in  proximity  to 
some  public  building  or other  means  of 
distinction,  so  much  the  better.  Often 
the  name  of  the  store is made distinctive 
location,  as  Washington  Park 
of  the 
Pharmacy,  or  the  store 
itself  is  made 
distinctive  in  color  or  in  architecture, 
and  named  accordingly.

location. 

No  class  of  trade  is  more  thoroughly 
put  upon 
its  good  behavior  than  the 
merchant depending  purely  upon  loca­
tion.  For such  every  package  of  goods 
sent  out  of  the  store  is  an  advertise­
ment,  either  of  value  as  it  meets the 
expectations  of  the  customer  or  serious 
damage  if  dissatisfaction  results.  The 
merchant  who  is  building  up  a  trade  in 
such  a  place  will  make  it  his  first  work 
to  see  that  customers  are  satisfied  even 
if  he  subjects  himself  to  actual  loss  on 
many  transactions  to  do  so. 
I  do  not 
mean  that  it  is  necessary  for him  to  sell 
goods  for  less  than  they  are  worth,  but 
that  he  will  meet  the  expectations  of 
his  customers  regardless  of  trouble  or 
effort.

It  stands  to  reason  that  in  a  locality
of this  kind  there  is more  relative  value 
in  handbills  than 
in  towns  where  the 
merchant’s  clientage  and  the  newspaper 
circulations  are  more  nearly  equal;  but 
as  toefficiencyof door to door distribution 
I am  of  the  opinion  that  results  are  very 
small. 
It  is  a  difficult  matter to  get  a 
handbill 
The 
disturbance  of  having  it  thrust  upon one 
in  any  direct  manner  is  an  annoyance 
which  goes  far to  neutralize 
its  value. 
Such  bills  may  be  of  some  good  if  judi­
ciously  used,  but,  at  the'best,  the  effi­
ciency  will  be  small.

into  interested  hands. 

It 

is  a  common  practice  for  most  of 
such  trade  to  use  printing  on  its  wrap­
pers, but  this is a matter deserving study. 
When  the  purchase 
is  carried  by  the 
is  not  always  pleased  to 
customer,  he 
be  made  a  walking  bulletin.  Even  if 
the  conveyance  is  by  other  means,  the 
neater  and  more  modest  the  display 
of advertising  on  the package  the  pleas­
anter  will  be  the 
impression  and  the 
more  valuable  the  result.

Probably  the  most  effective  means  of 
directly  reaching  the  people  in  locality 
trading  is  through  the  mails.  When  an 
announcement  comes  to  the  householder 
in  this  natural  and  businesslike  way 
it 
is  more  apt  to command  attention  than 
if  brought  in  any  other way.  It  is  more

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

IT FAYS US

TO  DEAL  SQUARELY  WITH  YOU

And  Represent  our  Clothing  Exactly  as  it 
is.  It  will pay  you  to  deal  with  a  square 
house.  A fair and impartial comparison of 
our  goods  and  prices  is  alL that  we  ask

CORE  AND  SEE  US 

WE  WANT  YOUR  TRADE

RONEY DACK IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED

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another clothing man as  high  as $2.00.  We don’t  have
to  tell  you  a garment fits  in  order  to  avoid  paying  a
tailor for improving the fit.  The fact is  we  don’t  allow
a mart to go out with  a  misfit.  We  cannot  afford  to
spoil our  reputation.  And  our  prices  are  ‘such  that
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by one of the^xpert work­
men in oar shop 
All onr wok  it  garao- 
teed strictly first «lass  in 
every particular 
*  *
.
and 
the 
be6t,pctahlishraent in  the 
State?  We  are.  agenls 
for the  A merman  Steam 
Laundry  Their dork  *Rs 
sun* to pleats^ you^ . 
**

J.  R.  HOOPER.

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The Guuute  Block Clothiers.;

•

O s t e m e n .

Barnes,  The  Grocer.

Mr  Barges,  the  old grocer  ai  the bid stand; h$ li  supply 
you  with  all 
the  good  things,  sutfh  as  Fruits.  fresh--and 
canned, the best  Olives,  Table  Raisins,  Cranberries  Celery, 
Nuts — these  and  ail  the  other  good things, the  best 6l each 
kind.  Remember that  while the- stand is the  old  one and  the 
grocer  Is  an  old  *>and at - the bus ness  the goods- are new - 
all  new'and ,resh

E. E.  BARNES,

M a in   S t'ee*

G re a t  B a rrin g to n .  M a ss

TV)  tie  toolAotf  outside  of  vour  «iff 

oa* Tor bargain« m

F U R N I T U R E
n  you can  bqy  more  for a d ollan ft 
.We  have a 
borne  chan  anywhere else. 
guud  Mot*  nr «desirably  Furniture  on 
»»and  and  «-an  give  you  belter value 
for  y».*ur  'podfey  than  any  »me  *o  the 
Uaoe

C u l v e r   &   R o w e .

House
F u rn is h e rs

$

I Electric Cutlery !
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KNIVES, RAZORS AND. SHEARS f

We have just received a new slock 
of Electric Cutlery, and  can  now 
show  yoo 
the  LARGEST  and 
BEST line of  Cutlery ever shown 
to  Calhoun  county  Our

♦
♦

are all  WARRANTED  to  be per 
feet, and we  replace  any that are 
found defective.  Call  in  and  ex 
' amine this line of  cutlery, and be 
convinced that we  have the right 
goods at the  right oricea*

! LEEDLE BROTHERS

H A R D W A R E

■  shall  endeavni 
to 
keep  upihe  good  rCp- 
utation of the  business 
ol  mv predecessor.  Mr 
B  Frank  Sweet,  and 
shall  make  such  addi- 
tion*- or changes in my 
Drug  Stock  as  the 
changing business c<*n- 
ditiorvs  shall .demand 
Please call and get  ac- 
auamted

f  J  Chamberlin.

Shccnw u*

B.  Frank  Sweet

apt  to  be  received  when  the  recipient  is 
in  humor  to  give  it  attention,  or  it  is 
apt  to  be  put  with  other  mail  matter 
where  it  will  come  to  notice  later.  The 
same  circular  handed  on  the  street  will 
be  thrown  into  the  first  vacant  area,  or, 
if handed  in  at  the  door,  will  be  quick­
ly  consigned  to  the  nearest  receptacle 
for  rubbish.

Of course, this method  of  reaching  the 
is  any 
public  is  expensive,  but  so 
effective  method  where 
locality  is  the 
prominent  factor.  On  account  of  the 
expense  the  judicious  merchant  is  care­
ful  that  the  matter  brought  to  attention 
shall  be  of  interest,  shall  be  timely  and 
In  circularizing  it  is  even 
pertinent. 
more  necessary  to  avoid 
indefiniteness 
and  generalizing  than  in  newspaper  ad­
vertising.

*  *  *

There 

is  an  artistic  unity  in  the  dis­
play  of  The  Mapes  Co.  in  that  the 
printer  has  confined  himself  to  well- 
proportioned  faces  of  the  same  style  of 
type.  This,  with  well-balanced  display 
and  distribution  of  white,  produces  an 
attractive  effect,  in  spite  of  a  degree  of 
heaviness  which  would  seem  more  ap­
I  do  not  think 
propriate  for  hardware. 
the  writer  has  done  as  well  as 
the 
printer.  The  last  three  expressions  are 
put  in  to  fill  up  or aid  the  display,  and 
are  worse  than  useless  in  trade  getting.
Johnson  &  Ostensen  have also  a  cloth­
ing  advertisement,  in  marked  contrast 
with  the  first  as  to  lightness  of  display. 
In  this  the  printer’s  work 
is  not  so 
thorough  nor his  methods so nearly up to 
date.  He  could  well have omitted pauses 
in  most  of  his  display 
it 
would  have  been  better to  use  an  Italic 
in  the  signature,  or,  better  yet,  to 
have  the  whole  line  in  Roman  to  cor­
respond  with  the  other  display  lines. 
The  writer  has  embodied  material  for  a 
good  advertisement,  but  there  is  a  lack 
of  dignity  in  the  phraseology  which 
goes  far  to  mar  the  effect. 
“ Come 
now”   and  “ dead  certain”   are not good. 
The  point  of the  advertisement  is  effec­
tive,  but  it  should  have  been  expressed 
in  less  wording.

lines  and 

E.  E.  Barnes  makes  rather a  happy 
idea,  which 
expression  of an  attractive 
is  treated  with  simple,  effective  dis­
play.  The  selection  of  articles  to  be 
named  strikes  me  as  a  good  one  and 
the  turn  on  “ new  and  fresh’ ’  at  the  end 
is  bright  and  catchy.

Leedle  Brothers  make  a well-balanced 
display  and  the  printer  has  done  his 
work well,  with  the  exception  of  some 
carelessness  as  to  pauses.  No  comma 
after  the  signature  would  have  been bet­
ter—much  less  a  wrong  font  one.  Then 
the  period  ending  second  paragraph 
is 
inverted. 
I  suppose  there  must  be  a 
trade  value 
term 
“ Electric,”   or  it  would  be  omitted,  but 
I  do not  appreciate  its  value.

in  the  use  of  the 

J.  R.  Hooper  writes  in  the  modern 
snappy  style,  but  not  with  the  clearness 
that  might  be  desired.  The  first  part 
of  the  advertisement  conveys  the 
idea 
that  the  work  is  done  “ in  our  shop,”  
while  the 
last  announces  simply  an 
agency.  The  printer  would  have  done 
well  to  have  kept  up  his  style in the sig­
nature  and  he  should have read his proof 
more  carefully.

Culver  &  Rowe  word  their  announce­
ment  so  as  to  bring  in  a  stock  design 
which  does  not  add  to the  effectiveness 
of  the  work.  The space could have been 
better employed  in  giving  more  promi­
nence  to  furniture.  Separating  the  de­
sign  from  the  remainder  of  the  adver­
tisement  by a  border  makes  it  necessary 
to  study  whether  it  belongs  to what  fol­
lows  or not.

I  have  read  stronger  advertisements 
than  that  of  F.  J.  Chamberlin.  A  gen­
eral  request  to  ‘ ' Please  call  and  get  ac­
quainted”   on  the  basis  of what precedes 
is  not  likely to  throng the  store with cus­
tomers. 
is  fairly 
well  done.

The  printer’s  work 

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  P U R E  ^

Royal  is  the  baking  powder  o f 
highest  character  and  reputa­
tion,  the  favorite  among  house­
keepers.  The  cheapest  to  con­
sumers,  the  most  profitable  for 
dealers  to  handle.

m

Those  grocers  who are most successful  in  business— who  have 
the  greatest  trade,  highest  reputation,  the  largest  bank  ac­
counts— are  those  who  sell  the  highest  quality,  purest, .best 
known  articles.

It  is  a  discredit  to  a  grocer  to  sell  impure,  adulterated 
and  unwholesome  goods;  nor  is  the  sale  o f such  goods,  even 
though  the  profits  on  a  single  lot  may  be  larger,  as  profitable 
in  the  long  run  as  the  sale  o f  pure,  wholesome,  high-class 
articles  at  a  less  percentage.

Trade is won  and held  by the  sale  o f the  best, the highest 

grade,  the  most  reliable  goods.

ROYAL  BAKING  POWDER  CO., 100  WILLIAM  ST.,  NEW  YORK,

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Around  the State

Movements  of M erchants.

Big  Rapids—Wm.  Day  has  opened  a 

meat  market.

Ithaca— O.  L.  Altenberg  will  shortly 

open  a  jewelry  store.

Lucas—John  English  has  purchased 

the  grocery  stock  of  Bethel  Farr.

Coldwater— R.  M.  Luce  has  sold  his 

grocery  stock  to  C.  J.  Rosenberry.

Lansing—Arthur  A.  Carmer  has  re­
moved  his  jewelry  stock  to  Eaton  Rap­
ids.

North Grove—Terbush Bros,  have pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  E.  E.  Kin­
ney.

Flint— Myer  M.  Brown 

succeeds 
Dodds  &  Brown  in  the  tailoring  busi­
ness.

Montague—Walter  Nelson  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  dry  goods  stock  to  Wm. 
Sweet.

Clare—W.  H.  Beeman,  of  Clio,  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Elmer 
Halstead.

Grand  Haven— Edward  H.  Kimkema 
has  purchased  the  meat  market  of Ruiet 
Wierenger.

Temperance—Ansted  &  Stieg,  gen­
eral  dealers,  have  sold  out  to  H.  T. 
Brunt  &  Son.

Cass  City—J.  D.  Crosby  &  Son  suc­
ceed  Jas.  D.  Crosby  in  the  clothing  and 
shoe  business.

Byron—D.  R.  Tenton  has  removed 
his  grocery  stock  to the  south  store  in 
the  Bean  block.

Mendon— R.  S.  Putnam  has  invented 
a  new  gas  engine  which  will  shortly  be 
put  on  the  market.

Ashley— Sprague  &  Rose  succeed 
Garrett  &  Rose  in  the  grocery  and  boot 
and  shoe  business.

Leslie— P.  Stiles  has  purchased  the 
harness,  implement  and  vehicle  stock 
of  Annis  &  Sayers.

Henderson— Ed.  Anthony,of Saginaw, 
has  purchased  of  Gus  Wildermuth  the 
C.  D.  Kirby  drug  stock.

Petoskey—The  Petoskey  Mercantile 
in  the 

Co.  has  opened  a  retail  store 
McManus  office  building.

Marshall—Art.  Ford  has  opened  a 
meat  market  in  the  building  formerly 
occupied  by  John  Hertkorn.

Cass City— Stri filer &  McDermott  suc­
ceed  J.  H.  Stri filer  &  Co.  in  the  agri­
cultural  implement  business.*

Traverse  City—Edward  Lautner has 
purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in 
the  shoe  firm  of  Lautner  Bros.

Marshall— Earl  B.  Hughes 

is  suc­
ceeded  by  Good  &  Amstutz  in  the  fur­
niture  and  undertaking  business.

St.  Louis—Stambaugh  &  Hildreth 
succeed  Lucy  A.  (Mrs.  A.)  Adams  in 
the  grocery  and  produce  business.

Mendon—Joseph  Stout  has  invented 
a  book  holder  which  has  been  patented 
and  will  be  placed  on  the  market.

Millbrook— Patterson  &  Childs  have 
purchased  the  dry  goods  and  grocery 
stock  of  Flora  (Mrs.  W.  S .)  Howd.

West  Branch—A.  C.  Neilson  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the 
grocery  firm  of  Neilson  &  McFadyen.

Mount  Vernon— R.  A.  Reed  has  en­
gaged 
in  the  mercantile  business,  hav­
ing  purchased  the  stock  of O.  H.  Pike.
Flint— Ferguson  &  Brown  is  the  style 
of  the  new  grocery  and  meat firm  or­
ganized  to  succeed  James  S.  Ferguson 
&  Son.

Zeeland— P.  &  J.  VerHage,  dealers  in 
hay,  have  purchased  the  property  where 
they  are  now  located  and  will  shortly 
begin  the  erection  of  a  flouring  mill 
with  a  capacity  of  fifty  barrels  per  day. j

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

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West  Branch-----Bernard  Blumentbal
succeeds  Sophia  (Mrs.  B .)  Blumenthal 
in  the  dry  goods,  clothing  and  shoe 
business.
¿Niles— The  clothing  firm  of  Brown  & 
Rosenburg  has  been  dissolved.  Louis 
Brown  will  continue  the  business  in  his 
own  name.

Ann  Arbor— The  Moore  Hardware 
Co.  has  decided  to  go  out  of  business, 
as  the  store  which  it  occupies  has  been 
sold  to other  parties.

Ludington—Geo.  Hitchings  has  sold 
his  Dowling  street  gorcery  stock  to  P. 
J.  Asplund,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  old  stand.

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

Oak  Grove— The  drug  firm  of Geo.  A. 
Wood  &  Co.  has  dissolved  partnership,
A.  R.  Miner  retiring.  The  new  firm  is 
known  as  Wood  &  Rathbum.

Allegan—Sidney  Wise  has  purchased 
an 
interest  in  the  grocery  business  of 
Kolloff  &  Marty.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known  as  Kolloff,  Marty  &  Co.

Chelsea— The  H.  S.  Holmes  Mercan­
tile  Co.  has  purchased  the  Geo.  G. 
Schenck  general  merchandise  stock  in 
Leslie  and  will  close  same  out  at  once.
Lake  Linden— Henry  M.  Wieder  has 
disposed  of  his  harness,  carriage  and 
cutter business  to  his  brother  Fred,  and 
will  move  to  Detroit  to  engage  in  busi­
ness.

Montague— Ernest  and  William Kison 
have  engaged  in  the  grocery  business in 
the  building  formerly  occupied  by  the 
grocery  and 
jewelry  stock  of  R.  S. 
Calkin.

Elk  Rapids—John  Bennett,  for  sev­
eral  years  head  salesman  in  the  dry 
goods  department  of  Davy  &  Co.,  of 
Evart,  has  opened  a  dry  goods  store  at 
this  place.

Thompsonville—A.  D.  Ritter,  of 
Clare,  has  purchased  the  bazaar stock 
owned  by  Mrs.  Wait  and  will  engage  in 
business  in  the  building  adjacent  to  the 
Hotel  Northern.

Coldwater— Eli  Tift  and  E.  C.  Allen, 
in  the  drug  store  of 
formerly  engaged 
Clarke  &  Co.,  have  purchased  the  gro­
cery  stock  and  meat  market  of  Smith, 
Sherwood  &  Corless.

Elk  Rapids—A.  E.  Wells,  who  re­
cently  purchased  the  clothing  stock  of 
Blakeley  Bros,  and  has  been closing  out 
the  same,  has  removed  the  remainder of 
the  goods  to  Big  Rapids.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—T.  E.  Mosely  has 
purchased  the  meat  market  in  the  Gow- 
an  building  owned  by  D.  F.  Thomas. 
Mr.  Mosely  was  formerly  engaged  in 
the  meat  business  on  East Spruce street.
. Charlotte—The  Prindle 
has 
effected  a  compromise  with  its  creditors 
on  the  basis  of  50  cents  on  the  dollar. 
This 
is  the  second  time  the  Prindle 
family  have  compromised  with  their 
creditors.

Co. 

Cadillac—Gustafson  &  Johnson,  hard­
ware  dealers  and  plumbers,  have  dis­
solved  partnership.  John  A.  Gustafson 
will  continue  the  plumbing  and  tinning 
business.  John  Johnson  has  taken  the 
hardware  stock.

Chelsea—George  P.  Glazier,  Cashier 
of the  Chelsea  Savings  Bank  and  Chel­
sea’s  most  enterprising 
citizen,  was 
stricken  with  paralysis  March  4  and 
died  the  next  morning. 
In  his  death 
Chelsea 
loses  her foremost  citizen,  one 
who  has  devoted  the  best  years  of  his 
life  for  the  upbuilding  of the  village, 
having  been  engaged  in  active  business 
here  for over thirty  years.

Deckerville— The  general  merchan­
dise  business  heretofore  conducted  by 
Thomas  Black  has  been 
reorganized 
and  will  be  conducted  hereafter  under 
the  style  of  Black  &  Lawson.  Mr. 
Lawson  was  manager  ior  Mr.  Black.

Thompsonville—J.  E.  Farnham  has 
purchased  the  stock  of  clothing  of  R. 
Sherman  &  Son,  of  Bancroft,  and  will 
remove  the  stock,  together with  his  shoe 
stock 
into  the  new  Sharp  brick  block, 
and  will  add  a  line  of  furnishing  goods, 
trunks  and  valises.

chemist,  will 

Alpena— The  Importing  Chemical  & 
Jobbing  Co.  has  been  organized  by  Ger­
man  and  French  capitalists,  and  Dr. 
Antoine  E.  Bonneville,  of  this  city,  a 
manufacturing 
have 
charge.  The  doctor  is  well  known,  not 
only  in  this  country,  but  abroad  as 
well.  He  worked  in  Pasteur’s laboratory 
in  1878.  Dr.  Bonneville  was  also  the 
physician  of  Prof.  Achille  Bretz,  an 
emissary  of  the  French  government, 
who  was  almost  fatally  injured  at  Ash­
land,  Wis.,  in  1891.

to 

in 

this 
few  years  has 

cutter  business 
the  past 
stock 

Calumet— Henry  M.  Wieder,  who  has 
in  the  harness,  carriage 
been  engaged 
city 
and 
sold 
for 
his 
his  brother,  Fred 
Wieder, who is  conducting  the  same  line 
of  business  in  the  Ryan  block,  and  will 
engage 
in  business  in  Detroit.  Mr. 
Wieder  will  remove  the  stock  to  his 
store  building,  which  has  been  consid­
erably  enlarged,  and  will  also  continue 
the  Lake  Linden  branch.

Ypsilanti—The  Ypsilanti  Merchants 
&  Traders’  Association  has filed articles 
of  incorporation.  The  capital  stock  is 
placed  at  $1,500,  divided  into  shares  of 
$1  each.  The  object  of  the  Association 
is  stated  to  be  “ to  systematize,  control 
and  cheapen  the  delivery  of  merchan­
dise  to  our  patrons  and  also  for other 
merchants.’ ’  The  membership 
is  re­
stricted  to  retail  dealers  in  dry  goods, 
groceries,  meats  and  provisions.  Each 
member  must  subscribe  for at  least  10 
shares  and  pay  a  membership  fee  of  $1 
and  annual  dues  of $1.  The  incorpora­
tors  are  Don  L.  Davis,  James  H.  Hop­
kins,  Willis  E.  Scott, Walter  S.  Haynes, 
Herman  C.  Amerman,  Guy  E.  Davis, 
Will  L.  Kishlar,  Herbert  H.  Smith  and 
George  W.  Haynes.  The  life  of the 
Association  is  placed  at  five  years. 
It 
is  confidently  expected  that  this  ar­
rangement  will  enable  the  parties  of the 
agreement  to  lessen  the  cost  of  deliver­
ing  by  several  joining  in  one  delivery 
system  so  that  each  wagon  employed 
shall  carry  out  the  goods  of the  various 
dealers  to  be  delivered  in  the  same  sec­
tion. 

•

M anufacturing M atters.

Delray—The  style  of  the  Delray  Sash 
&  Door  Co.  has  been  changed  to the 
Delray  Lumber Co.

Jackson— The  Central  City  Soap  Co. 
its  capital  stock  from 

has  increased 
$25,000 to $200,000.

Mt.  Clemens— The  Mt.  Clemens  Cas­
ket  Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  cap­
ital  stock  of  $10,000.

Union  City—The  Alabama  Fruit  Co. 
has  filed  articles  of  association.  The 
capital  stock  is $10,000.

Detroit— The  Union  Box  &  Lumber 
Co.  succeeds  the  Craddock  Manufactur­
ing  Co.  in  the  manufacture  of  lumber, 
shingles  and  boxes.

Three  Rivers—The  American  Photo 
Supply  &  Manufacturing  Co. 
the 
style  of  a  new  industry  at  this  place. 
The  capital  stock  is  $10,000.

is 

Detroit—The  Detroit  Timber  &  Lum­
ber  Co.  has  increased  its  capital  stock 
from  $40,000  to  $140,000.  All  the  in­
creased  stock  has  been  subscribed.

Detroit—An amendment to the  articles 
of  incorporation  of the  Michigan Heater 
Co.  has  been  filed,  providing  that  the 
operations  of the  company  be  carried on 
in  Mecosta  county.

Petoskey—A.  T.  Washburne  has  re­
signed  his  position  as  manager of the 
J.  H.  Milor Co.  and  will  devote  his  en­
tire  attention  to the  Petoskey  Rug  Man­
ufacturing  &  Carpet  Co.,  Limited,  of 
which  he  is  now  the  sole  owner.

The  Boys  B ehind th e Counter.

Harbor  Springs— E.  W.  Sherwood,  of 
Allegan,  is  in  charge  of  W.  J.  Clarke  & 
Son's  clothing  store,  filling  the  place 
vacated  by  the  late  Geo.  S.  Snyder.

Hastings— Harry  Daily  has  taken  a 
position  behind  the  counter  in  Frank 
Horton’s  grocery.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— Benj.  Clarke has re­
signed  his  position  as  manager  of  the 
dry  goods  department  of  Blumrosen 
Bros.

Belding—Bruce  Fales  has  gone 

to 
Detroit,where  he  has  a  position 
in  the 
wholesale  department  of  the  firm  of 
Pierson  &  Hough, manufacturers  of  har­
nesses  and  horse  furnishings.

Port  Huron—George  Little,  of  De­
troit,  has  taken  a  position  in  the  drap­
ery  department  of  J.  A.  Davidson’s 
store.

Freeport—Wm.  D.  Quigley  succeeds 

Reed  Childs  as  clerk  for  I.  E.  Moore.

Saginaw—Chas.  H.  Denison  has  re­
sumed  his  connection  with  the  Saginaw 
Dry  Goods  &  Carpet  Co.

Eaton  Rapids—Will  Healey has  taken 
in  G.  L.  Sherman's  meat 

a  position 
market  and  grocery.

Elsie—Arza  Austin  has  given  up  his 
position  in  the  cheese  factory  and  will 
clerk  for  M.  R.  VanDeusen.

to 

exclusively 

Status of the  St.  Louis  Potato  M arket.
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  March  4.— There  was 
a  freer  movement 
in  eating  varieties 
during  the  past  week;  it  seemed  to  be 
the  opinion  of  buyers  that  prices  had 
settled  down  to  a  proper basis  and there 
was  more  disposition  manifest  to  trade 
at  the  ruling  figures  than  for  some  time 
past. 
The  enquiry,  however,  was 
mainly  of a  local  character,shippers do­
ing  comparatively  little,  and  was  con­
fined  almost 
choice 
straight  white  rural  or  burbank,  the 
offerings  of  common  mixed  and  poor 
stock  meeting  decidedly  slow  sale  even 
at  relatively  low  figures,  and  there  was 
some  accumulation  of 
latter on  tracks 
during  the  week.  Current  arrivals  were 
only  moderate  in  amount,  but  the  sup­
plies  were  somewhat  in  excess  of  the 
demand,  particularly  of  common  stock. 
The  enquiry  for seed  varieties  seems  to 
have  subsided  altogether—an  occasional 
order received  for a  small  lot,  but  car- 
lots  could  not  be  placed  with  local  buy­
ers  at  all,  and  the  quotations  on  latter 
class  of  goods  were  purely nominal,  rep­
resenting  the  figures  asked  by  receiv­
ers. 

Miller  &  Teasdale  Co.

All 

indications  point  to  a  large  yield 
of  fruit  and  vegetables  in  the  South  this 
spring,  and  that  they  will  be  much 
earlier  than  usual,  owing  to  the  mild 
winter.  Practically  all  danger  of  frost 
is  now  passed  in  that  section,  and  the 
business  of  planting  can  proceed safely. 
The  crops  put  in  will  be  larger than  the 
average.

J.  E.  Farnham  writes  the  Tradesman 
that  there 
is  a  good  opening  for a  tin 
shop  at  Thompsonville,  as  there  is  no 
one  engaged 
in  the 
town.

in  that  business 

For Gillies’ N.  Y. tea, all kinds,grades 

and  prices.  Visner,  both  phones.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

Grand  Rapids Gossip

James  Ghysel  has  purchased  the  gro­
cery  stock  of  Edwin  S.  Pew  &  Co.  at 
105  Page  street.

John  Braun  has  purchased  the  grocery 
stock  of  Jas.  W.  Wyngarden  at  126 
South  Front  street.

Myers  &  Houghton  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  Blanchard,  purchasing 
their  stock  of  the  Ball-Barnhart-Put-
man  Co.  _____________

Rowleater  &  Kellogg  have engaged  in 
general  trade  at  Crawford.  The  grocery 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  Worden 
Grocer  Co.

Arthur  Watkins  has  formed  a  copart­
nership  with  P.  R.  Troff  and  engaged 
in  the  meat  business  at  20  South  D ivi­
sion  street  under the  style  of  Watkins  & 
Troff.  This  is  the  twenty-sixth  part­
nership  arrangement  Mr.  Watkins  has 
entered 
into  since  embarking  in  the 
meat  business  in  this  city.

C.  W.  Mul hoi land,  who  has  been  the 
local  agent for the  Vienna  Pressed Yeast 
Co.  for  the  past  seven  years,  severed 
his  connection  with  that  corporation 
Feb.  1  and  is  now  representing Fleisch- 
mann  &  Co. 
in  this territory.  W.  C. 
Fiene,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  takes  the  po­
sition  thus  vacated  by  Mr.  Mulholland.
George  W.  Williams,  who  is  engaged 
in  business  on  South  Division  street 
under  the  style  of  the  Williams  Provi­
sion  Co.,  has  formed  a  copartnership 
with  a  gentleman  named  Rice  and  en­
gaged 
in  the 
Huntley  block  under  the  style  of  the 
It  is  understood 
Williams  &  Rice  Co. 
that  the  several 
standing 
against  Williams  are  not included in  the 
capital  contributed  by  him  to  the  new 
firm. 

in  the  meat  business 

_______________

judgments 

L.  Wintemitz,  general  overseer  for 
Fleischmann  &  Co.,  has  been  in  town 
for  about  a  week,  calling  on  old  friends 
and  making  some  new  ones— if  such  a 
thing  is  possible.  Mrs.  Wintemitz  came 
over  frbm  Chicago  and  joined  him 
here,  which  added  greatly  to  the  pleas­
ure  of his  visit.  Time  is  dealing  gently 
with  this  adopted  son  of  Grand Rapids, 
and  Fortune  appears  to  be  smiling  on 
him  also,  judging  by  the  evidences of 
prosperity  and the  indications  of  happi­
ness  which  surround  him.  Although  a 
native  of  Prague,  Bohemia,  he still  calls 
Grand  Rapids  his  home,  because  this 
city  was  the  scene  of  his  first  struggle 
for  recognition  and  here  he  became  fa­
miliar  with  the  stepping  stones  to the 
splendid  success  which  he  has  achieved 
in  the  land  of  his  adoption.

The Produce  M arket.

Apples—The  market  is  steady  and 
firm  for  fancy  fruit,  stimulated  by  ad­
vices  of  strong  markets  East and  a  good 
demand  here  both  on  consumptive  and 
shipping  account.  Russets  and  Ben 
Davis  have  advanced  to $2.75@3.  Bald­
wins  and  other  fancy varieties command 
¿3.5o@4.

Bananas— Prices  range  from  $1.25© 

1,75  per  bunch,  according  to  size.

Beets—$1  per  bbl.
Butter— Creamery  is  in  moderate  de­
mand  at  22c.  Dairy  grades  range  from 
14^150  for choice  rolls  down  to  n@ i2c 
for  packing  stock.  Receipts  are  cleaned 
up  as  fast  as  ihey  arrive,  although  the 
quality  is  generally  poor.
Cabbage— Home  grown  is  scarce at  50 
@6oc  per  bu.  Florida  stock is in limited 
demand  at $4  per crate.

Carrots—$1  per  bbl.
Celery— California  white  plume 
steady  at  75@90C  per  doz.  bunches.

Cider— 13c  per gal.  for sweet.

is 

Cranberries— Jerseys  are  steady  at 

$2.75  per  bu.  box  and  $8  per  bbl.

Cauliflower—The  cauliflower  crop  of 
California  is  practically  done.  One  of 
the  largest  shippers  has  started  his 
last 
car,ana advises  that  the  end  of  the  crop 
is  reached.
Eggs— Have  been  the  center of attrac­
it  has  been  a 
tion  all  the  week  and 
downward  market  from  the  first. 
It  is 
rather  remarkable  that  they  have  held 
up  so  long  in  the  face  of  the  heavy  re­
ceipts,  and  speculators  are  largely  to 
blame  for  this  condition.  There  has 
been  more  trading 
in  eggs  this  week 
than  at  any  time  since  last  spring.  The 
price  to-day  is  15c  for  strictly  fresh.  A 
year ago  to-day  it  was  15c.  A  year ago 
yesterday  it  was  14c.  A  year  ago  to­
morrow  it  was  16c.  Reports  from  all 
the  egg  producing  districts  show  the 
number  of  laying  hens  is  far ahead  this 
year  of  last,  and  receipts must be larger. 
In  February,  1901,  the  total  receipts  at 
Chicago  were  118,343  cases,  against 93,- 
950 cases  last  year.  Last  year  the  price 
for  April  deliveries  averaged  about 
12}£c  in  coolers.  It  now  looks  as  though 
it  would  be  no  less  than  that.  Carlot 
shippers  are  claiming  they  must have 
13c  in  Chicago  for eggs  or  14c to  I4j^c 
in  New  York  City,  ready  to  go  in  the 
coolers.
Game—Common  cottontail  rabbits  are 
in  active  demand  at  70c  for  No.  2  and 
90c  for  No.  1.  Belgian  hares  command 
8@ioc  per  lb.  for  dressed.

Hickory  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  13® 
14c  and  dark  buckwheat  is  slow  sale  at 
I0@I2C.
command  $3.50 
for all  sizes.  Californias  fetch  $3.50 for 
300s  and  $3.25  for  360s.
is  in  good 
demand,  commanding  15c  per  lb.  for 
leaf.

Lettuce— Hothouse  stock 

Lemons— Messinas 

Limes—$1.25  per  100-;  $i@i.25  per 

box.

Lima  Beans— 7c  per  lb.
Onions—The  feature  of  the  week  has 
been  the  advance  in  onions,  due  to  the 
discovery  that the  amount  of  available 
stock  is  limited,  on  account  of  the  large 
amount  which  has  been  lost  by  rotting 
at  the  heart.  Choice  stock  is  now  belc 
at $1.50  per  bu.  and  will  probably  go to 
$2  before  the  end  of  the  month.  Ber­
mudas  command $3.25  per  crate.

Oranges—Californias  fetch  $2.50  for 
larger  sizes  and  $2.75@3  for the 
the 
smaller  sizes. 
Stock  shipped  during 
the  recent  rains  and  hot  weather  in  Cal­
ifornia  is  rotting  so  badly  that  it  has  to 
be  carefully  sorted  before  shipping.

Parsley—40c  per doz.  bunches.
Pineapples— Floridas  are  beginning 
to  arrive  and  are  taken  in  a  limited way 
at (2.7;  per  doz.

Pop  Com—$1  per  bu.
Potatoes—The  market  is  in  anything 
but  a  satisfactory  condition,  due  to  the 
lack  of  cars  to  move  the  crop  and  the 
discovery  that  there  is  probably  more 
stock  in the  hands  of  growers  and  ship­
pers  than  can  be  moved  before  the  end 
of  the  present  shipping  season.  The 
price  ranges  from  20@25c  at  the  prin­
cipal  buying  points  and  will  probably 
not  go  higher.
Poultry— All  kinds  are  firm  and  in 
active  demand.  Local  dealers  pay  as 
follows:  Spring  turkeys,  n@ i2c;  old, 
8@9c ;  spring  chickens,  io@i i c ;  fowls, 
9@ioc;  spring  ducks,  u@ i2c—old  not 
wanted  at any  price ;  spring  geese,  g@ 
ioc—old  not  wanted.

Radishes—30c  per  doz.  bunches  for 

Sweet  Potatoes—Kiln  dried  Jerseys 

hothouse  stock.

command  $3.50.

Squash—2c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Strawberries—Mississippi  berries will 
be  phenomenally  early  this  year,  if  no 
freeze  occurs  to  cut  them  down.  The 
acreage  is  smaller  than  last  year,  and 
the  shipments  are  estimated  at probably 
75  per  cent,  of  the  crop  of  1900.

Turnips—$1  per bbl.

People  who  buy  goods  on  the  install­

ment  plan  evidently  believe  in  trusts.

The  man  with  an  elastic conscience is 

always  willing  to stretch  a  point.

The Grocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  raw  sugar  market  is  con­
siderably  weaker  and  96  deg.  test  cen­
trifugals  are  now quoted  at  4^@4 3-i6c. 
Refiners  having  heavy  supplies  on  hand 
have  practically  withdrawn  from  the 
market  and  business 
is  almost  at  a 
standstill.  The  downward 
trend  of 
prices  for  raw  sugar created  a quiet tone 
for  refined  and  buyers  confine  them­
selves to  small  purchases.  List  prices, 
however,  remain  unchanged.  Some  of 
the  trade  are 
inclined  to  believe  that, 
because  of  the 
lower  market  for  raw 
sugar,  prices  for  refined  will  be  lower 
also.  Others,  however,  do  not  look  for 
any immediate  change  in  prices.

Canned  Goods—There  is  very  little  of 
interest  in  the  canned  goods  line.  The 
general  market,  while  quiet,  shows 
in­
dications  of  a  gradual  improvement.  It 
can  not  be  that  the  consumption  of 
canned  goods  has  stopped  altogether, 
but  if  all  reports  are  to  be  relied  upon, 
it  is 
larger.  Therefore,  the  stocks  in 
the  hands of  jobbers  and  retailers  must 
be  replenished.  There 
is  very  little, 
and,  in  fact,  scarcely  anything  of  inter­
est to  say  in  reference  to  the  com  mar­
ket.  Prices  are  unchanged,  but  there 
seems  to be  no  demand  for this  article. 
There  is  no  interest  taken  in  futures, 
either,  although  the  prices  made  are 
very  low.  There  are  no  new  develop­
ments  in  regard  to the  new  packing  of 
peas.  The  packers  will  not  name  prices 
until  the  market  for  the  raw  material 
becomes  more  settled.  There  is  consid­
erable  increase  in  the  acreage  of  peas 
this  season  and  also  a  number  of  new 
canneries  for the  packing  of  this  article 
are  to  be  established  throughout  the 
country.  Spot  peas  are  scarce.  Orders 
are  mostly  of  small  lots  for  immediate 
requirements  and  usually  for the  cheap­
er  grades.  As  for  the  best  grades,  it 
would  be  difficult  to  find  any,  as  they 
are  practically  cleaned  up.  String beans 
still  continue  quiet.  The  consumption 
of  this  line  seems to have  discontinued 
altogether.  Some  of  the  best  brands  in 
the  market  are  now  offered  at  very 
low 
prices  without  meeting  any  sale.  There 
are  no developments  in  the  pineapple 
market.  Prices  on  the  new  pack  have 
been  named  by  one  house,  but  no  sales 
are  reported  as  yet.  The  new  pack  of 
pineapples  will  be  ushered 
in  upon  a 
practically  bare  market  and  there  is  no 
question  but  that  the  consumption  has 
increased  greatly  each  year.  Cove  oys­
ters  are  rather scarce  and  have  a  firmer 
tendency,  which  may  soon  result  in 
higher  values  for this  article.  Sardines 
are  very  strong  and  prices  for  %  oils 
have  been advanced  $1  per case.  Stocks 
everywhere  are  said  to be  well  cleaned 
up.  The  spot  salmon  market  continues 
quiet  and  unchanged.

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  mar­
ket,  as  a  whole,  is quiet and unchanged. 
Prunes  are  in  fair  demand  at  the  ruling 
prices.  Orders  are  small,  but  some 
dealers  claim  that  the  aggregate  trade 
in  prunes  on  the  spot  is  now  fully  as 
good,  if  not  actually  better  than  it  was 
a  year  ago  at  this  time.  Raisins  are 
rather  dull,  but  holders  show  no  evi­
dence  of  weakness.  The orders are small 
and  are  mostly  for  3  and  4  crowns. 
There  is  apparently  no  demand  what­
ever  for 2  crowns.  Currants  are  firm and 
the  statistical  position  is  strong.  With 
any  increase  in  demand,  higher  prices 
would probably  be  realized.  In apricots, 
a 
for 
choice  grades,  but  buying  is  chiefly  in 
small 
lots.  Peaches  also  are  meeting 
with  a  fair  sale  at  unchanged  prices. 
Demand  for figs  shows  considerable  in­

little  better  demand  is  noted 

crease  and  stocks  are  gradually  melting 
away. 
In  view  of  the  general  sound 
quality  of  the  fruit  offered,  the  price 
is 
lower  than  in  many  years,  and  an  aver­
age  demand  during  the  spring  will 
doubtless  clean stocks up entirely.  Dates 
are  rather  easy  and 
in  very  light  de­
mand.  The  evaporated  apple  market 
remains  practically  dead.  Prices  are 
very 
low  and  there  is  almost  no  de­
mand  at  all.

Rice—The  rice  market 

is  firm  and 
full  prices  are  obtained,  particularly  for 
the  better  grades,  of  which  supplies  are 
small  and  rapidly  decreasing.  There 
is  a  fair  demand  for the cheaper grades, 
which  are  in  moderate  supply.

Teas— The  tea  market  is  practically 
unchanged,  buyers  in  some  cases  ask­
ing  for concessions,  but  dealers are  very 
confident  that  the  market  will  do  better 
a  little  later,  and  refuse  to  grant  any 
concessions  and  full  prices  are  obtained 
for all  grades.  Owing  to the  small  sup­
plies  of  Japan  sorts  and  decided  short 
crop,  prices  are  firmly  held.  As  pres­
ent  prices  are  low  for all  grades  of  teas, 
it  is  generally  believed  that  any  change 
which  might  occur will  be for the better.
Molasses  and  Syrups— The  molasses 
market  continues  strong  at  unchanged 
prices.  The  demand  is  fair,  but  largely 
of  a  hand-to-mouth  character. 
Corn 
syrup 
selling  well  at  unchanged 
prices.

is 

Fish—The  fish  market  is  very firm  for 
all  grades  and  dealers  are making heavy 
purchases.  Stocks  of  mackerel  are light, 
but  other grades  a re  in  fairly  good  sup­
ply.

Nuts—Advices 

from  abroad  report 
that  the  prospects of  the  coming  almond 
crop  have  been  severely  injured  by 
frost,  especially  in  France  and  Spain. 
In 
Prices there  have  sharply advanced. 
view  of  this  news,  holders  are 
less  in­
clined  to  sell  and  the  tendency  of  the 
market  is  upward.  Should  the 
frost 
damage  appear  to  be  serious,  some  ad­
vance  in  price  appears  inevitable.  Sup­
plies  of  walnuts  are 
comparatively 
small.  Prices  are  unchanged,  but  the 
demand  is  light.  Peanuts  are  in  good 
demand  at  full  prices.

Pickles—The  market  on  pickles  has 
firmed  up  considerably,  on  account  of 
the  heavy 
spring  trade,  which  has 
started  in  earlier than  usual  and  which 
is  liable  to  consume  the  visible  supply 
of  pickles  quickly  if  continued.  Prices 
have  advanced  25c  per  barrel  and  there 
is  a  probability  of  a  still  further  ad­
vance  soon.

Coffee— The  Woolson  Spice  Co.  has 
advanced  prices 
on  its  Lion  brand, 
which  brings  the  price  to  the  same 
basis  as  that  named  by  the  Arbuckle 
Bros,  for their Ariosa  brand,  this  being 
the  first  time 
in  two  years  that  the 
prices  have  been  the  same.  This  ar­
rangement  between  the  American  Sugar 
Refining  Co.  and  Arbuckle  Bros,  on 
prices  of  coffee  indicates  a  settlement 
of  the  coffee-sugar  war.

An  agitation  has  been  begun  in  Con­
necticut  to  secure  the  passage  of a  law 
defining  the  size  of  a  barrel,  and  also 
saying  what  a  bushel  of pears  shall  con­
tain.  As  it  is  now,  each  shipper can 
make  his  packages  what  he  wishes  and 
assert  that  they  are  bushels  or  barrels. 
There  is  no  legal  standard.

Grocers  should  cease  being  the  tool  of 
manufacturers  who  by  big  advertising 
create  a  demand  for an  aiticle  and  then 
allow  the  price  to  be  cut  to  such  an  ex­
tent  that  there  is  no  profit  in  the  goods. 
Push  your  own  brands  wherever  pos­
sible.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

6

CHARACTER IN   ADVERTISING.

Something;  More  in  I t  Than  Cold  A rith ­

m etic.

The  hard,  absolute  arithmetic  of  ad­
vertising  is  not,  by  any  means,  its  sole 
prop  and  mainstay,although  believed  to 
be  so  by  many  of  the  most  successful 
space-users.  Behind  the  addition  and 
substraction  of  it  all  lies  a  philosophy 
which  governs  the  cold  figures—philos­
ophy  which  is  demanding  more  recog­
nition  every  year.  The  rate  per  line, 
the  percentage  of  replies  per thousand 
circulation,  the  practical  and  the  im­
possible  sides  of  publicity  are  rapidly 
being  reduced  to  a  science  and will soon 
be  a  known  quantity,  definite  as  the 
value  of  a  ton  of  steel  or a  thousand 
bushels  of  wheat.  But  there 
is—and 
will  always  be—a  philosophy  in  adver­
tising  of  which  character  forms  the 
main  ingredient.  Character  is 
indi­
viduality,  pure  and  simple,  and  the 
expression  of  individuality  is  the  basic 
principle  of  all  publicity.  The  adver­
tiser  (let  him  use  what  medium he  will) 
is  the  man 
in  every  thousand  who  is 
not  content  to  remain  passive  and  take 
what  falls  to  him  in  the  usual  course  of 
trade.  He  is  the  man  who  has  individ­
ually  enough  to  rise  up  and  speak  for 
himself—a  sort  of  commercial  Oliver 
Twist  who  demands  “ more.”   He  may 
ask  through  newspaper  space  or  bulle­
tin  boards,  personal 
letters  to  a  select 
list  or  a  series  of  booklets.  The  only 
danger  he  runs  is  the  danger of  not  ask­
ing  distinctly  enough.  The  stronger  the 
character  of  his  method  the  greater at­
tention  will  he  attract.

it 

ideas  of  his  own 

People  love  character and  individual­
in  a  degree  that 
ity.  Barnum  had 
amounted  to  genius,  and  the  man  who 
studies  the  methods by which he founded 
it  will  soon  be 
several  fortunes  upon 
provided  with 
in 
abundance.  All  of  his  many  undertak­
ings bore  the  stamp  of his  own  person­
ality  and  the  public  paid  quite  as  many 
dollars  for  Barnum  as  it  did  for Jenny 
Lind’s  wonderful  notes. 
Physicians 
furnish  another  proof  of  this  truth.  A 
big  brawny  doctor  who  carries  an  out­
door  breeze 
into  his  patient’s  bed­
chamber,  revitalizing  him  by his cheery 
optimism,  is  merely  following  the  prin­
ciple  which  the  great  showman  used  to 
advantage.  His  personality 
brings 
him  practice  where  weak,  undecided 
medicos  starve— is,  in  fact,  the  subtlest 
sort  of  advertising.

And  so,  in  advertising  of  any  kind, 
the  same  principle  remains  good.  Suc­
cess 
is  synonymous  with  character  and 
individuality.  In  every  city  block  there 
is  a  store  which  dominates  its  neigh­
bors.  Sometimes it is  marked  by  unique 
window  displays,  sometimes  by  a  dis­
tinct  scheme  of  decoration  or a  striking 
method  of  newspaper  advertising. 
It 
may  be  a  cafe  fitted  up  in  antique  Ger­
man  style,  with  waiters  who  respond  to 
the  names  “ August”   or  “ Fritz;”   it 
may  be  a  Japanese  bazaar crowded  with 
Oriental  goods;  it  may  be  a  tobacco­
nist’s  with  a  collection  of  curios or arms 
worked 
into  an  odd  advertisement— 
whatever  its  characteristic  it  is  certain 
of  notice  and  patronage,  for  the  aver­
age  mortal  has  a  keen  eye  and  soon  de­
tects  a  departure  from  the  colorless  and 
humdrum  body  of  stores  in  general.

in  newspaper  publicity, 

Character  finds  even  quicker  recogni­
tion 
for  the 
general  tone  of  any  paper’s  display  col­
umns 
is  surprisingly  low.  One  would 
be  led  to  believe  that  the  gods who have 
the  thing  in  charge  were  offering  ex­
traordinary 
incentives  for  the  man  of 
individuality  to  say  something  new.

Few  metropolitan  papers  can  show  a 
dozen advertisers  who  put  character  into 
their work,  while  the  great  background 
of  mediocrity  that  is  ready  to throw  out 
an  original  piece  of  work  is  amazing. 
The  man  with  decided  opinions  of  his 
own,  ready  to  express  them  and  back 
them,  and  with  striking  methods  in  his 
store,  will  find  the  study  of  the  inner 
philosophy  of  advertising,  aside  from 
its  space  rates  and  circulation  proofs, 
a  most  suggestive  source  of  advertising 
ideas.—James  H.  Collins  in  Printers’ 
Ink.
Sensible  Rules  for  the  Observance  of 

M erchants.

Do  not  advertise  your  competitors  by 

talking  against  them.

The  secret  of  success  is  constancy  of 

purpose.

do  yourself.

from  policy.

luck.

Employ  nobody  to  do  what  you  can 

Be  honest  from  principle  as  well  as 

A  pound  of  pluck  is  worth  a  ton  of 

Maintain  your  integrity  as  a  sacred 

thing.
ners  and  surroundings.

Be  clean  in  your  speech,  dress,  man­

Be  truthful  in  your  representations.
Be  politic,  but  not  in  politics.
Memoranda  are  surer than  memory.
Truth  should  be  the  corner  stone  of 

business.

Care  of  health 

is 

indispensable  to 

good  business  management.

System  is  the  basis  of  good  business.
Results  can  not  be  obtained  without 

Be  punctual,  dignified  and  decisive 

in  all  your  dealings.

Politeness  pays.  Be  prompt  in  every­

Always  perform  what  you  promise.
Shun  strong  drink.
Be  strict  in  keeping  business  engage­

Do  nothing  carelessly  or  in  a hurry.
Do  not  wait  for  trade.  Hustle 1  Go 
after  it.
in  busy  seasons;  in  dull,  still 
Push 

Have  a  place  for  everything,  and 

everything  in  its  place.

Be  careful  and  explicit  in  bargains; 

put  everything  in  writing.

Never  misrepresent  goods  nor allow 

it  to  be  done.

sell  at  a  profit.

Let  the  other  man  sell  at  a  loss.  You 

Be  industrious;  know  your business; 

spend  less  than  you  earn;  succeed.

work.

thing.

ments.

push.

Not E ntirely  Alone.

lady 

As  he  entered  the  car  he  saw  at  a 
glance  that  there  was  one  seat  with  a 
young 
it,  and  he  marched 
straight  down  the  aisle,  deposited  his 
overcoat,  sat  down  and  familiarly  ob­
served :

“ I  entirely  forgot  to ask  your  permis­

in 

sion.”

plied.”

“ That’s of  no  consequence,”   she  re­

“ Thanks.  Just  arrived  in  the  city,  I 
presume,”   he  ventured  to  remark  as  he 
glanced  at  the  bundles  and  grips  on  the 
floor nearby.

“ Not  exactly.”
“ You’re  all  alone,  eh?”
“ Almost,  but  not quite.  My  husband 
is  the  conductor on  this  car,  the  motor- 
man 
is  my  cousin  and  my  father and  a 
brother are  in  the  seat  back  of  us.”

“ Aw!  A w ! 

I  see,”   gasped  the 
man,  and  the  floor of  the  car  suddenly 
became  so  red-hot  that  he  lit  out  with­
out another word.

Too G reat a Risk.

“ Here,”   said  the  agent of  the  steam­
ship  line,  “ are  a  few  of  our circulars 
and  booklets,  giving  detailed  descrip­
tions  of  winter  tours  to  out-of-the-way 
places  on  our vessels. ’ '

The  bank  cashier  paled  and  shrank 

back  with  a  gesture  of  alarm.

“ Take  ’em  away,”   he  gasped. 

“ If 
one  of  the  directors 
those 
things  sticking  out  of  my  pockets  he’d 
put  a  bunch  of  experts  on  my  books! 
Take  ’em  away !”

’ud 

see 

A  P oint in  A dvertising.
P.  Gould  counsels  the  druggist  to 

M. 

For 

location. 

example, 

make  use  of  any  distinctive  feature 
in 
connection  with  his  location,  so  that 
when  people  read  his  advertising  mat­
ter  they  will  at  once  bring  to  mind  the 
exact 
in 
Buffalo,  there  are  the  “ Genesee”   Phar­
macy,  locating it  at  once  in  the  Genesee 
Hotel,comer  Genesee  and  Main  streets; 
the  “ Red-Jacket”   Pharmacy,  in  the  fa­
mous  Indian  Red-Jacket  district,  by  the 
Red-Jacket flats;  there  are  the  “ Opera 
House”   Pharmacy  of  Cleveland,  and 
the  “ Opposite  Maxwell  House”   Phar­
macy of DeMoville’s in Nashville.  When 
the  druggist once  gets  his  store  known 
by  such  a  name,  it  is  worth  a  great  deal 
to  him,  under  normal  conditions.

From the Grocers’ Review.

Get a  Profit.

Merchants  are  commencing  to  realize 
that  if they  expect  to  stay 
in  business 
they  must  make  a  profit  on  what 
they  sell.

Selling  goods  on  a  margin of profit too 
small  to  cover  expenses  and  a  living 
means  loss  and  ruin.

Too  many  merchants  forget  that  it  is 
not  the  volume  of  business  transacted 
but  the  net  profits that  make  a  success­
ful  business.
Count  the  cost  of doing  business  and 
put  a  fair  profit  on  everything  you  sell. 
Push  profitable  goods,  and  if  you  have 
brands  of  your  own  protect  them  by 
getting  a  larger  profit  than  you  can  ob­
tain  on  articles  that  are  “ cut  to death. ”  
Be  a  profit-making  merchant and  not  an 
automaton  working  for  someone else  un­
til  the  sheriff  takes  the  store  and  fires 
you  out.

A  Little  Late.

You  and  Mr.  Smith  were  out  very 
late,  Mildred,  said  Mrs.  Ricketts  se­
verely  to  her daughter.

Well,  mamma,  we  wished  to  see  the 

star  shower.

week.

Why,  the  shower  of  stars  was 

last 

I  know  that;  but  Mr.  Smith  had  to 

work  that  night  and  couldn’t  come.

It  is  much  easier  for a  woman  to  feel 
that  she  has  a  pure  heart  when  she  has 
a  silk  petticoat  on.

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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 and 
is heated  by  steam.

C. C.  COLLINS,  Proprietor,

Jackson  Boulevard  and  Clark  St.

CHICAGO.

We  want  you

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you need.

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Direct from Manufacturer to Retailers.

In localities where jobbers do  not  handle  our 
line, we wiU sell direct  to  retailers  in  order  to 
introduce our goods more thoroughly.  Will you 
write today for descriptive circulars  and  special 
prices for trial orders?

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M anufacturers  of 

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Tarred  Felt,  Asphalt  Paints,

Roofing  Pitch,  Coal  Tar, 

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Spruce  Gum  G etting  Gear.

Old Town,  Me.,  March  i—The  woods 
of  Maine  yield  more  than  one-half  of 
the  five  tons  of  genuine  spruce  chew­
ing  gum  consumed in  this country every 
year.  Although  the  city  factories  turn 
out  large  quantities  of  artificial  gum, 
made  from  bitumen,  pitch  and  parafr 
fine  and  flavored  with  any  beguiling 
essences,  and  sell  their  products  so 
cheaply  that  the  poorest  citizen  can 
afford  to  buy  all  the  gum  he  wants  to 
chew,  the 
life­
blood  of  the  black  spruce  tree  is getting 
to  be  an  expensive  luxury.

clean,  amber-tinted, 

Before  the  pulp  mills  came  to  Maine 
crystal  pure  gum  was  sold  by  the  job­
bers  for  from  40  to 60  cents  a  pound. 
Most  of  it  was  selected  from  newly 
cropped  trees  by  the  lumbermen.  The 
advent  of  the  pulp  mills  and  the  rapid 
transportation  of  the  cut  timber  by  rail 
from  the  stump  to  the  factory  brought 
about  a  change  of  method.  Old  growth 
spruce  timber,  from  which the best  qual­
ity  of  gum  is  obtained,  is  now  so  rare 
that  an active  lumberman will  not secure 
more  than  a  pound  of gum  in  a  winter.
The  demand  continuing  constant, 
in  a  few  years,  giving 
prices  doubled 
birth  to  a  new 
industry,  which  gives 
profitable  employment  to  more  than  200 
men  for  a  month  in  every  year. 
It  has 
taken  about  twenty  years to complete the 
evolution  of  gum-picking  from  a  crude 
art  to  a  science.

The  men  who  engage  in  the  business 
have  regular  routes,  which  they  travel 
for  year  after  year.  The  territory  is 
leased  from  the 
land  owners.  Before 
coming  down  from  a  tree  the  hunter 
makes  deep  horizontal  gashes  on  th^ 
sunny  side  of  the  trunk, forming  wounds 
from  which  pitch  will  exude  during  the 
summer  and  later  harden  into  gum  for 
the  next  harvest.
Little  gum  of  last  season’s  ripening 
has  come  to  market,  and  the  rates 
charged  are from  $1.50 to $2 a pound.  In 
April,  when  the  pickers  come 
in  with 
their  packs,  the  price  will  fall  to  $1.25, 
below  which  figure  no  gum  will  be 
bought  this  year.

in  Maine 

It  is  asserted  that  the  habit  of  gum 
chewing  gives  one  a. clear  brain,  and 
that  the  chewer can  think  quickly  and 
act  wisely  in  conducting  the  affairs  of 
life.  More  than  two-thirds  of  the  gum 
gathered 
is  sold  in  Boston, 
and  most  of  this  is  retailed  to  local  cus­
tomers,  a  fact  which  may  account  for 
the  high  intellectual  condition  of  Bos­
ton.
Persons  who visit the backwoods towns 
of  Maine  hear many  stories  about  enter­
prising  citizens who have gained  sudden 
wealth  by  cornering  the  gum supply.  In 
1886  Mr.  Brown,  a  Boston  druggist, 
went  to  Bangor  to  purchase  lumber  for 
a  group  of  cottages  he  was  about  to  put 
up  near Cottage  City.  He  sold  spruce 
gum 
it  from  the 
jobbers  at  an  average  rate  of  $1  a 
pound.  Finding  that  he  could  buy  it  in 
Bangor  for  50  cents  a  pound,  he  pur­
chased  all  he  could  get,  visiting  the 
camps  in  order  to  secure  as  much  as 
possible.
He  bought  nearly  two  tons,  which  he 
packed 
in  boxes  and  stored  away  to 
await  the  opening  of  the  ri\er so  that 
it  could  be  taken to  Boston by boat.  The 
ice  was  late  in  going  out  of  the  Penob­
scot  that  year,  and  before  the  druggist 
received  his  gum  the  price  had  gone  up 
to  $2  a  pound.  He  made  a  profit  of 
more  than  $5,000  on  an  investment  of 
less  than  $2,000.

in  his  store,  buying 

His  Excuse.

“ Yes,  sir,”   was  the  answer. 

“ Aren’t  you  ashamed  to be  wasting 
your  time  in  this  manner,”  said the  im­
pressive  citizen  to  whom  Meandering 
Mike  had  just  applied  for a  small  loan.
“ I ’m 
annoyed;  half  sick  about  it.  But  I  can’t 
help  makin’  mistakes  sometimes.  When 
I  sighted  you  fer a  philanthropist  an’ 
followed  you  fer t’ree  blocks,  how  was 
I to know  fer  sure  whether  I  was  wastin’ 
me  time  or not?”

Never sleep  with  a  ledger  under  your 
pillow,  unless  you  own  a  drug  store  and 
have  an  ambition  for the insane asylum.

Problem  W hich Confronts the Hotel Clerk.
The  hotel  clerk  was  standing  behind 
the  desk  with  a  disconsolate  look  on  his 
face.
“ What’s  the  matter?”   asked  a friend. 
“ Matter?”   said  the  clerk,  “ Why,  it’s 
I’ve  been  stuck  for 
the  same  old  story. 
another  check. 
This  check  business 
causes  us  hotel  clerks  more  trouble  than 
anything  else  in  the  world.  There  is  a 
general  rule 
in  hotels  that  no  checks 
shall  be  cashed,  but  very  often  travelers 
run  short  of  money.  It  is  good  business 
policy  to  cash  these  checks  when  you 
can  be  sure  that  they’re  all  right.  No 
hotel  can  afford  to  be continually offend­
ing  guests.  At  the  same  time  if  a clerk 
cashes  a  bad  check  he  has  to  stand  the 
loss.
“ The  average  hotel  clerk  has  learned 
by  bitter  experience  to  be  a  pretty  good 
judge  of  human  nature,  but  every  now 
and  then  he  slips  up.  Only  a  week  ago 
a  big  splendid  looking  fellow  came  to 
me  and  got  me  to  cash  a  check  for  $20.
I  sized  him  up  and  decided  that  he  was 
all  right  and  that  he  was  a  good  man  to 
keep  among  the  steady  patrons  of  the 
hotel.  A  few  days  later,  back  came  the 
check  with  ‘ no  funds’  marked  across  it. 
The  result  was  that  I  was  out  $20.”  

While  the  clerk  was  talking  a swagger 
looking  woman  came up to the desk and, 
smiling  sweetly  at  the  clerk,  said: 

“ Will  you  please  cash  this 

little 

check?”
took  the  check  and  examined 
fully  without  saying  anything.

The  clerk  was  all  graciousness.  He 
it  care­

“ Oh,  it’s all  right,”   said  the  woman. 
“ Of  course  if  you  don’t  want  to  cash  it 
you  needn’t.  Mr.  So-and-So  knows  me 
quite  well  and  you  can  telephone  him 
about  it 
if  you  want  to,  but  it  would 
save  me  a  great  deal  of  trouble 
if  you 
could  cash  it  for  me  now.

“ Certainly,  madam,”   said  the  clerk, 
and  then  he  went  over and  held  a  con­
sultation  with  the  cashier.
They  decided  that  the  woman  was  a 
investment  and  gave  her  the 
good 
money.  She  went  away  smiling  and 
then  the  clerk  said :

7

is  just  about  an  even 
“ Now  there 
money  chance. 
If  I  hadn't  cashed  that 
check  she  would  have  been  highly  in­
sulted  and  would  have  talked  about  this 
hotel  as  long  as  she  could  remember.  If 
she  is  all  right  she  will  be  a  good  cus­
tomer,  but  if  she  isn’t  I  am  out  another 
twenty-five. ”

H oney  Easily  Hade.

From the Indianapolis Sun.

“ I’ve  got  a  scheme,”   said  the  Graft­
I’m  go­
er,  “ that’ll  work  like  a  clock. 
ing  to  put  an  advertisement 
in 
the 
paper  asking  women  to  send  their  pho­
tographs  and  a  five-dollar bill,  and  I’ll 
tell  them  how  to  become  beautiful.”

* * But  how  can  you  make  them  beau­

“ Don’t  have  to. 

tiful?”   asked  the  Chump.
I’ll  send  back  the 
photographs  with  letters  something  like 
this: 
‘ Dear Miss:  After  seeing  your 
photograph  we  are  surprised  that  you 
desire  to  become  "more  beautiful  than 
you  already  are. 
It  sometimes  seems 
that  the  very  ones  upon  whom  God  be­
stows  His  greatest  favors  are  the 
least 
thankful.  One  so  divinely endowed with 
such  loveliness  as  you  possess  should Jje 
contented.  Although  we  have  added  £to 
the  beauty  of  such  women  as Lily Lang­
try,  Maxine  Elliott  and  Lillian Russell, 
our honor  as  gentlemen  and  our  reputa­
tion  as  an  old  established  firm  compel 
us  to  inform  you  that  you  already  pos­
sess  beauty  far beyond  the  possibilities 
of  our  system. ’  ’ ’

“ But  the  $5?”   asked  the  Chump. 
“ Oh,  1  guess  a  woman wouldn’t make 
much  of  a  howl  over the five, ’ ’ answered 
the  Grafter.

Poor Pay.

Dr.  Pill—That’s 

the  worst  paying 

family  I  ever  attended.
Dr.  Pellet— Yes,  I  once  attended 
them,  but  I  never succeeded  in  getting 
a  penny  out  of  them.
Dr.  Pill—Well,  I  have  had  better 
I  got  a  nickel  out  of  one  of  the 
luck. 
children  after  it  had  nearly  choked  the 
I kid  to  death.___________________

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WEDNESDAY,  •  •  MARFH  6,1901.

STA TE   OF  MICHIGAN ) CB 

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. 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the 
issue  of 
Feb.  27,  1901,  and 
saw  the  edition 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 
mailed 
further deponent  saith  not.

I  printed 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
notary  public  in  and  for said  county, 
this  thirtieth  day  of  February,  1901.

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Mich.

A  NEW   INDUSTRY.

Whoever has  looked  from  the car  win­
dow  upon  the  great  plains  of  the  West 
has  not  failed  to  notice  the  prevalence 
of the  sunflower.  So  diminutive  in some 
tracts  of  country  as  to  be  mistaken  for 
the  New  England  bull's-eye,  even  in  its 
wild  condition  its  well-known disk often 
large  enough  to  have  a  diameter 
grows 
of three  and  four  inches. 
In  the  height 
of the  season  its  abundance  is  measured 
by  the  square  mile,  and  it  gives  a  col­
oring  to  the  landscape  much  as  the  but­
tercup  does  to  the  New  England  low­
lands  in  its flowering  time.  A  Western 
professor of  agriculture has been turning 
his attention  to  this  indigenous  plant  of 
the  Western  plains  and  from  some  sat­
isfying  experiments  in  sunflower  rais­
ing  an  outlook  is  promised  of  introduc­
ing  the  oil  and  seed  of  the  plant  as  ar­
ticles  of  food. 
If  his  expectations  are 
realized  much  of  the 
land  now  given 
up  to  waste  and  to  the  plant  in  its  wild 
state  will  be  cultivated  and  the  new 
production and  its  manufacture  will  add 
a  new  industry  to  these  limitless  West­
ern  plains.

Russia  has  for  some  time  been  turn­
ing  the  sunflower to  practical  account. 
The  statement  remains  unchallenged 
that  that  country  has  so  far taken  the 
lead 
in  securing  the  largest  varieties 
and  the  best  and,  what  is  much  to  the 
purpose,  every  particle  of  the  plant 
is 
put  to  use.  The  stalks  are  highly  prized 
as  well,  a  condition  that  would  have 
been 
thoroughly  appreciated  on  the 
American  plains  some  years  ago  when 
for  lack  of  that  necessity  the  Western 
farmer  burned  his  com.  The  seeds  in 
Russia  are  eaten  raw  or  roasted  as  pea­
nuts  are  eaten  in  this  country,  a  favor­
ite  of  all  classes,  the 
larger  and  finer 
seeds  being  relished  as  a  delicacy  by 
people  even  of  the  highest  class;  and 
the  manufacture  of the oil has developed

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

into  a  number  of  important  industries 
even  in  Russia.

While  in  only  a  limited  way  sunflow­
ers  have  been  cultivated  in this country, 
the  undertaking  has  proved  successful. 
Hardly  a  section  of  the  country 
is  free 
from  them,  cultivated  or  uncultivated. 
The  County  Fair at  Grand  Rapids  last 
fall  exhibited  two  specimens  from  the 
Michigan  gardens  that  measured  more 
than  a  foot  across  the  seed  disk,  and 
Michigan  does  not  pretend  to  raise  sun­
flowers.  These  show  what  can  be  done 
in  Michigan  soil  where  chance  alone 
works  and  are  a  strong  hint  of  what  can 
be  done  here  should  the  producer  con­
clude  to  give  the  plant  his serious atten­
tion.  New  England  has  always  taken 
kindly  to  it.  There  it  does  not  flourish 
in  the  pasture  and  by  the  roadside,  but 
not  a 
garden  would  be  presuming 
enough  to  call  itself that  if  a  row  of  tall 
specimens  had  not  arrayed  themselves 
along  the  garden  wall,  like  so  many 
sentinels  to  ward  off  all  danger  with 
their  yellow  shields—an  idea  not  at  all 
fanciful  or  farfetched  when  it  is remem­
bered  that  New  England  is  full  of  peo­
ple  who  cultivate  the  sunflower under 
the  firm  conviction  that there  is  nothing 
like  it  for warding  off malaria.  Whether 
the  sunflower steeped  in  rum  was  really 
the  remedy  for  colds  many  a  housewife 
firmly  believed  it  to  be,  modem  medi­
cal  authorities  fail  to  assert,  but  tme 
it  is that  the  bottle  containing it  was  al­
ways  on  the  upper  shelf  of  the  medi­
cine  closet,  and  many  a  farmer  whose 
temperance  scruples  forbade  him to pass 
the  bottle  to  his  brother’s  lips  did  not 
hesitate  to  swallow  a  good  big  swig  of 
it  on  the  slightest  tendency  to a possible 
cold!

Little  objection  is  offered  to  the  cul­
tivation  of  the  sunflower on  the  ground 
of  difficulty. 
It  is  easily  handled  both 
in  gathering  and  in  shipping.  If,  as  the 
experiments  promise,  there 
is  enough 
in  it  to  make  it  pay  the  advantage to  be 
gained  from  it can  hardly  be  calculated. 
New  England,  with  her  barren  soil, 
may  not  find  its  cultivation  profitable, 
but  the  Middle  States  with  a  little  care 
would  not  find  the  crop  insignificant, 
while  the  Middle  West,  in  spite  of  her 
enormous  harvests  of  wheat  and  corn, 
if  the  suggestive  hint  which  summer 
after  summer  for  unnumbered  years  has 
insisted  on  giving  means  anything,  may 
add  to  her  granaries  and  to  her  wealth 
another  production  which  may  in  every 
respect  outstrip  the  rest  and  add  a  new 
industry  to  the  lengthening 
list  begun 
by  the  century  just  closed.

A  “ seats  for shop  girls  bill”   has  just 
become  a 
law  in  France.  The  act  re­
quires  all  employers  of  female  labor to 
provide  one  seat  for each  woman  work­
ing  in  their establishments.  The  pen­
alty  for  a  first  infringement  of the  law 
is  a  fine  of  from  5  to  15  francs  for  each 
individual  case.  On  a  repetition  of the 
offense  the  fine  will  be  raised  in  each 
case  to  not  less  than  16  francs  and  not 
more  than  100  francs.  Persons  in  any 
way  hindering  inspectors  in  their  duty 
of  ascertaining  that  the provisions of the 
act  are  complied  with  will  be  sentenced 
to  pay  from  $20 to $200.

Black  woolen  cloth  in  the  manufac­
ture  of  which  absolutely  no  dye  has 
been  used  is  the  result  of  an experiment 
recently  conducted  at  Austerlitz,  N.  Y.
G.  W.  Peterson  has  a  large  stock  farm, 
and  conceived  the 
idea  of  raising  a 
flock  of  black  sheep.  Their  wool  was 
kept  separate  from  that  of  other  sheep, 
spun  and  woven 
into  cloth  which  is a 
rich  brown-black  in  color.

INCOMPETENCE  OB  W HAT?

To  be 

It  is  usually  a  gray-haired  man  who 
asks  the  question  as  if  it  was  a  personal 
mattet,  and  with  an  earnestness  that 
leads  it  easily  to  be  implied  that  if  he 
had  the  guilty  party  by  the  neck  the ac­
count  would  soon  be  squared  and  no 
remarks  made.  The  subject  of such con­
versation  is  the  utter nothingness  of the 
average  young  man.  He  knows  nothing 
even  with  a  college  diploma 
in  his 
hands;  he  does  nothing,  and  he  neither 
knows  how  nor wants  to  know  how  to 
do anything.  He  is,at the  very threshold 
of  manhood,  a  “ poor  miserable  stick.”  
Now  is  it  incompetency  or what?  A  lit­
tle  skirmishing  brings  out  the  fact  that 
“ the  average  young  man”   is  none other 
than  the  son  of  the  irate  speaker  and 
that  what  he  wants  to  know  is  whether 
the  boy  is  a  “ natural”   or an  unnatural!
just  to  both  parties  let  it  joy­
fully  be  said  that  he  is  a  most unnatural 
one—the  result  of  a  course  of  most  un­
natural  training  from  his  cradle  up. 
The  case  is  too  common  to  call  for more 
than  the  barest  outline.  The  boy  was 
bom  with  a  silver spoon  in  his  mouth 
and  the  well-meaning  father  who  “ had 
to grub  for what  he  got”   vowed  when 
that  boy  was  bom  that  the  hardships 
he,  the  father,  had  had  to  endure  and 
overcome  should  never overshadow  that 
father’s  son.  They  never  have.  Over 
him  has  stood  his  mother,  who never let 
a  gust  of  air strike  him  lest  he  should 
take  cold.  Never  has  he  gone  out  of 
doors  without  bundling  up,  and  only 
what  was  costly  bundled  him.  No 
coarse,  common  rain,  democratically 
falling  on  the  just  and  the  unjust,  has 
ever  touched  him.  His  play  has  not 
been  common  play  that  any  common 
If  he 
boy  has  a  right  to  indulge  in. 
played  tag  he  was  reproved. 
If  he 
climbed  trees  he  was  frowned  upon. 
Never a  knife  was  allowed to be grasped 
by  his  tender fingers  lest  the  steel  cut 
them;  and  so  from  the  cradle  to the 
schoolhouse  he  was  pampered  and 
petted  until  the  fairly  good  brain  the 
boy  was  bom  with  was  cramped  and 
warped  and  pinched  into  the  deformity 
which  the  Chinese  delight  to  exhibit  in 
their training  at  the  other extreme of the 
human  anatomy.  The  school  continued 
that  training.  When  the  boy  “ came 
up  against"  anything  hard  somebody 
removed  the  difficulty. 
If  the  teacher, 
true  to  bis  trust,  insisted  on  forcing  the 
boy  to  do  the  work  for  himself  that 
schoolroom  saw  him  no  more.  Some­
how  he  managed  to  get  into  college 
and,  still  greater mystery, to get  out  with 
his  paper;  and  now  the  foolish  old 
father,  who  is  just beginning  to  find  out 
what  the  teachers  all  along  the line have 
been  suffering,  looks  at the  round,  rosy, 
thoughtless  face  of  his  son  and,with  the 
indignation  which  only  an  outraged  pa­
ternity  can  feel,  asks  whether  it  is  in­
competency  or what, and  calls  the  whole 
generation  a  lot  of  bad  names  which  in 
justice  belong  only  to  himself.

That  man  should  ask that generation’s 
pardon.  Where  it  has  had  half  a  chance 
it  has  improved 
its  opportunities  and 
made  the  most  of  them,  just as  he  and 
bis  worthy  fellows  did.  Poverty  urged 
them  early  to  help  themselves  and  but 
little  urging  was  necessary.  If they  had 
shoes  when  the  storm  came  what  did 
they  care  for  the  storm? 
If  they  had 
none  they  managed  somehow.  When 
sled  time  came  and  they  wanted  one 
they  made  it.  Skill  alone  could  make 
skates,  b u t, they  set  snares  and  traps 
and,  selling  their  game,  paid  skill  for 
his  likeliest  job.  When  schooltime came 
the  red  school  bouse  did  its  best  and 
if

Let  a  little  home-work  be  brought 

more  was  wanted  they  went  to  college 
and,  with  Poverty  nagging  them  the 
whole  four years,  shook  the  diploma 
in 
her  face  on  graduation  day-with  the  re­
mark,  "Now  you  get  away  from  me  or 
I’ll  know  the  reason  why!”   Not  much 
incompetency  there.  And  that  is  what 
this  young  man  would  have  said  if  bis 
father  had  given  him  the  half-chance.
in 
by  way  of  illustration— Monroe  street  is 
large  enough.  There  is  a  young  lawyer 
on  that  street  who  has been fighting with 
Fortune  for the  last  ten  years.  An  ad­
jacent  village  was  his  birthplace.  For­
tune  laughed  at  him  one  day  and  asked 
him  what  he  thought  he  amounted  to, 
a  long,  lean,  lank  object  of  p ity!  That 
made  him  mad  and  he  determined  to 
show  her.  He  began  the  tussle  with 
books  and  overcame  them  enough  to 
pass  his  county  examinations.  Then 
he  taught  school  and  saved  his  money. 
Then  he  went  to  the  State  University 
and came  home  bearing  her commenda­
tion.  Grand  Rapids  has  since  been 
mothering  him  and  slowly  and  surely he 
is  forging  to  the  front  in  the  law  firm 
where  he 
is  now  engaged,  with  no 
father or anybody  else  asking  if  it is in- 
compentency  or  what!

On  the  other side  on  the  street  there 
is  a  young  doctor with  a  recently-set-up 
sign. 
It  is  a  good  ways between spring 
plowing  and  the  University’s  permis­
sion  to  practice  medicine  and 
the 
chances  are  not  especially  bright  when 
the  ambitious  farmboy  has  only  his  two 
stout  hands  and  a  brave  heart  to  help 
him.  When  the  family  found  out  what 
he  was  thinking  about  they 
laughed  at 
him and  called  him a  plain  fool  and  did 
everything  they  could 
to  discourage 
him.  He  choked  back  the  tears—he  was 
only  16 then—and  shut  his  teeth and put 
his  lips  tight  together  and  has  kept 
them  that  way  ever since,  except  an  oc­
casional  relaxing  to  remark,  when  they 
jeer his  skill,  that  nothing  would  give 
him  greater  pleasure  than  to  make  their 
final  going  easy! 
It  has 
been  a  constant  one  and  the  battle  is 
not  yet  over;  but as  surely  as  the  Hea v­
ens  stand  that  brave  fighter  is  going  to 
walk  up  Monroe  street  with  his  friend, 
the  lawyer, and  men  will  point them  out 
as  leaders  in  their  professions  and 
in­
stances of  men  who  have  taken  fate  by 
the  throat  and  compelled  the  success 
which  was 
finally  and  abundantly 
awarded  them. 
Incompetency  or  what? 
It  is  neither. 
It  is  due  to  the  determi­
nation  to  take  self  as  w’e  find  it  and  to 
'make  of  that  self  a  worthy  citizen,  for 
all  time  to come.

Struggle? 

Admiral  Sampson  lacked  policy  in 
giving  utterance  to  views  sure  to create 
strong  popular  antagonism  at  a  time 
when  he  was  in  the  attitude  of  seeking 
high  preferment  from  Congress,  thus  ut­
terly  destroying  all  chance  of  securing 
the  rank  of  vice  admiral.  His  position 
is  also  wrong  in  principle,  in  that  he 
has  erected  a  social  barrier  in  the  navy 
which  it  is  impossible  for the  great  ma­
jority  of  the  personnel  to  overcome, 
something  so  entirely  un-American  that 
it  can  not  be  entertained  for a  moment.

Admiral  Sampson 

is  certainly  entit­
led  to  the  credit  of  having  expressed 
his  honest  views  on  the  subject,  how­
ever  ill-timed  and  un-American  such 
views  appear,  and  it  is  also 
justice  to 
the  Admiral  to  believe  that  he  never in­
tended  his  indorsement  to be  made pub­
lic.  Nevertheless  the  views  expressed 
are  wrong  in  principle  as  well  as highly 
impolitic.

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MANNERS  AND  MORALS.

In  the  March  number  of  Ainslie’s 
Magazine,  John  Gilmer Speed  contrib­
utes  an  article  on  the  decay of  manners, 
a  condition  of  affairs  which  he  finds 
general  in  the  great  cities  of the  United 
States.

Mr.  Speed does  not  define  in terms the 
decay  upon  which  he  has  commented, 
but  in  the  examples  which  he  cites  it  is 
seen  that  he  means  that  American  men 
are  failing  woefully 
in  their courtesy 
and  consideration  for the  aged  and  for 
women.  The  change  in  the  deportment 
of  men  towards  their  elders  and  the 
weaker  sex,  even  in  a  generation,  is  so 
marked  that 
is  apparent  to  all  old 
enough  to  observe  it.

it 

From  the  beginnings  of  the white  set­
tlements  in  North  America  up  to  the 
outbreak  of  the  war  of  secession,  men 
were  almost  universally  courteous  to 
women  and  old  men.  Such  consider­
ation  was  the  rule,  and  the  exceptions 
were  so  few  that  they  excited  attention 
and  remark  and  aroused  indignation. 
To-day  any  special  exhibitions  of  such 
gentle courtesy, where the  subject  of  it is 
unknown  to  the  giver of  the  favor,  and 
where  the  giver  belongs  to the  younger 
men,  are  unusual enough to  arouse  com­
ment.  Of course, if one knows the person 
to  whom  the  attention 
is  shown,  and 
some  reason  more  potential  than  or­
dinary  politeness  may  prompt  him  to 
pay  the  attention,  he  is  entitled  to  no 
credit  for  it.  The  old-time  chivalry  of 
sentiment  which  actuated  men  gave  all 
women  and  all  elderly  men  claims  at 
least  upon  their courtesy.

Everybody  knows the  American  hog 
that  goes  on  two  legs.  He  monopolizes 
seats 
in  the  railroad  trains  by  piling 
up  his  baggage 
in  those  he  can  not 
otherwise  occupy.  He  elbows  his  way 
into  a  crowd  and  pushes  aside  the wom­
en  and  children  who  can  not  resist,  and 
the  men  allow  themselves  to  be  bullied 
by  him.  His  manner  is  aggressive  to­
wards  all  who  will  submit to  it,  and  he 
cringes  and  fawns  on  those  whom  he 
fears  or  upon  whose  favor  he  depends, 
for at  heart  he  is  always  a  coward.  He 
has  but  one  motive,  which is  selfishness, 
and  that  is  the  mainspring  of  every  ac­
tion.  Mr.  Speed  thus  describes  the 
American  “ Hog”   as  he  sees  him  daily 
in  New  Y o rk :

Every  weaker  man,  woman  and  child 
must  get  out  of  his  way,  for  he  must  be 
the  first  on  the  train.  Sometimes  he  is 
and  sometimes  not,  for  there  are  hun­
dreds  of  others  just  like him in that very 
neighborhood,  and  they  are  all,  every 
mother’s  son,  trying  to  do  exactly  the 
same  thing.  When  he  enters  the  train 
he  makes  himself  as  disagreeable  as 
possible, for his  bulky  body  enables  him 
to clear a  way  by  merely  leaning  on the 
others  who  have  to  stand.  Upon  the 
men  who  have  seats  he frowns  as  though 
they  had  usurped  rights  which were his. 
Ana  so  all  the  way  down  town  he  is  a 
burly  bully.

The  “ Hog”   may  be  a  college  gradu­
ate,  he  may  -be  a  member  of  a  good 
family,  he  may  have  admission  to good 
society,  he  may  be  wealthy;  but,  all 
the  same,  he  is  a  hog'in  manners.  He 
is  no  better  in  his  dress coat  than  in  his 
business  sack.  His  manners  are  sim­
ply  the  natural  expression  of  his  su­
preme  selfishness,  because  the  man  who 
cares  only  for himself  can  care  in  a  de­
cent  fashion  for  no other man or woman.
Mr.  Speed  finds  the  reason  for this 
decay  of  manners  in  the  part  that  wom­
en  have  taken 
in  the  business  of the 
world.  Women  are  in  that  way  so  com­
monly  with  men  as  workers  in  stores 
and  offices  that 
familiarity  destroys 
Courtesy,  if  it  does  not  breed  contempt.

There  appears  to  be  no  little  plausibil­
ity  in  this  explanation,  but  a 
little 
analysis  of  the  subject  shows  that  one 
must  look  farther  for  the  reason.  Why 
is  it  that  women  have  invaded in a com­
paratively  short  time  every  department 
of  business?  The  answer  is  most  obvi­
ous : 
It  is  because,  in  the  course  of  a 
comparatively  brief  time, 
so  many 
women  have  been  driven  to  find  means 
for their own  support  and  that  of  their 
families.even  the  men  of  their families. 
It  is  because  so  many  men  fail  to  sup­
port  their women.

The  remarkable  change  commenced 
with  the  Civil  War,  or  rather  with  its 
close.  Such  a  vast  number  of  men were 
killed  in  battle  or  died  from  wounds  or 
disease  contracted  in  the  military  serv­
ice,  leaving  in  many  cases  their women 
and  children  without  any  dependence, 
that  the  women  were  driven  into  every 
field  of  labor  where  they  could  hope  to 
secure  a  subsistence.

Up  to  the  time  of  that  great  war  there 
were  few  large  fortunes  in America,  and 
also  there  were  few  paupers  and  no 
tramps.  The  remainder of  the  people 
were  industrious;  they 
lived  frugally ; 
they  earned  a  living  for themselves  and 
families,  and  they  had  something  left 
besides.  After  the  war,  besides  the 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  widows  and 
orphans,  many men  who  had  been  in  in­
dependent  circumstances  became wholly 
impoverished,  while  the  era  of  extraor­
dinary  business  speculation  which  came 
in  with  the  restoration  of  peace  induced 
extravagant  and  reckless  styles  of  liv­
ing,  while  great  fortunes  were  lost  and 
won  as  matters  of  daily  occurrence. 
The  spirit  of  money-getting  infected  al­
most  the  entire  population.  Not  only 
did  the  utmost  business  activity  ensue, 
but  scientific  discovery  and  mechanical 
invention  were  called  on  to assist  in  the 
work  of  money-getting  and  were  stimu­
lated  to  the  utmost  exertion  in  behalf  of 
commerce  and  industries.

The  result  has  been  that  in  no  pre­
vious  age  were  such  enormous  private 
fortunes  so  rapidly  accumulated.  E x­
traordinary  wealth  induced  extreme lux­
ury  in living.  Moral  and  manners,  to  a 
large  extent,  succumbed  to  the  forces 
of  wealth  and  luxury,  while  the  excite­
ments  of  extraordinary  business activity 
created  a  corresponding  demand 
for 
stimulants  and  anodynes  to  brace  up the 
overtaxed  nerves.

Under  such  conditions,  self-aggrand­
izement  and  self-indulgence  monopolize 
to  a  great  degree  the  energies  of  the 
men  of  the  present  day;  and  all  who 
have  not  been  able  to  endure  the  over­
burdening  strain  have  fallen  out  of  the 
ranks  of  the  busy  workers  and  finally 
have  become  drones  and  loads  upon  the 
body  politic.  For the  reasons indicated, 
women  have  been  driven  to  support 
themselves,  their  children  and  other de­
pendants,  and  even  the  husbands,  sons 
and  other  male  relatives  who  should 
have  been  their supporters.

Courtesy  to  women  is  one  of the  nat­
ural  conditions  of a  semi-civilized state. 
In  colonial  days,  and  always  on  the 
frontier  in  America,  women  have  been 
treated  with  the  greatest  consideration, 
and  these  conditions  obtained  until 
the  Republic  attained  the  position  of 
wealth  and  power and  social  luxury  and 
vice  which  began  to  come  into  exist­
ence  after  the  Civil  War.

Garfield  once  said  that  if  a  person 
wanted  anything  to  turn  up  to  jump 
in 
and  help  turn  it  up.  The  saying  was  a 
*Tue  one  then  and  applies  with  equal 
force  to-day.

NO  CAUSE  FOR  ALARM.

Recent  patent  office  reports  at  Wash­
ington  show  that  in  proportion  to  popu­
lation  the  District  of  Columbia  is  now 
in  the  lead  in  regard  to  inventiveness, 
and  those  not  of  New  England  extrac­
tion  are  asking with  an exultant Ah,  ha ! 
what  the  Yankee  stick-whittler  has  to 
say  for himself  when  it  is  stated beyond 
dispute  that  Colorado  stands  second  in 
this  respect  and  that  Connecticut  stands 
shamefully  biting  her  thumb  as  a  meas­
ly  third!  Has  the  glory  of  New  Eng­
land  departed  forever?  Has  the  top  rail 
of  the  New  England  fence  lost  its  talk­
ative  guesser,  and  has  the  virtue  of  the 
bean  gone  out  with  the  exhausted  soil 
and  the  exhausted 
life  of  the  womout 
and  deserted  New  England  farm?

in 

True  to tradition,  the  inventive  Yan­
kee, 
the  midst  of  the  hilarious 
laughter,  solemnly  and  religiously  goes 
right  on  with  his  everlasting  whittling, 
with  never a  word.  He  is  not  troubled 
— in  his  opinion  there  is  nothing  to  be 
troubled  about.  New  England  has  not 
I yet  been  wiped  off  the  face  of  the  earth 
and,  if  she  should  be,  her  past has some 
stories  to  tell  which  will  keep  her  from 
being  forgotten.  The  laughter  is  as  un­
seemly  as  it  is  untimely  and  shows  that 
the  wish  has  been  father to the  thought. 
The  District  of  Columbia  is  and  ought 
to  be  the  head  center  of  inventordom. 
The  inventor  has to go  there  sometime, 
if  he  is  ever  to  hear  from  his invention. 
Applicants  for  patents  have  found  out 
by  some  painful  experiences  that  they 
must  watch  closely  and  constantly  their 
interests  in  the  patent  office  and  a  resi­
dence  at  the  National  Capital  is  the 
surest  wax 
to  secure  this.  Even  a  bat 
ought  to  see,  and  a  stupid  to  under­
stand,  that  a  change  of  residence  does 
loss  of  individuality 
not  necessitate  a 
and  that  the  report 
is  only  a  way  of 
showing  that  the  Yankee  has  got  down 
from  the  fence,  brushed  the  whittlings 
from  his  clothes  and  gone  to  Washing­
is  all  there  is  to that,  and 
ton.  That 
what  there 
it 
is  of 
is  not  enough  to 
make  a  hurrah  about.

A  very  limited  residence  in  Colorado 
soon  discloses  the  fact  that  the  entire 
population  has recently come from some­
it  is  only  twenty- 
where.  As  a  State 
five  years  old. 
Its  enormous  resources 
can  hardly  be  said  to  have  begun  to  be 
developed  and  the  work  already  done 
has  demanded  new  methods  and  new 
machinery.  As  the  development  goes 
on  more  will  be  called  for  in  every  field 
of  industry  and  this  will  be  supplied  by 
the  men  who  do  the  work.  These  men 
who  have  gone  to  Colorado  to  better 
their condition  are  Yankees  or the  sons 
of  Yankees.  Back  there  in  the  4o’s  or 
the  5o’s  there  was  a  swarming  from  the 
New  England  hive  and  the young feilow 
with  his  jack-knife  and  his  bundle  of 
clothes  started  out  to  make  his  fortune. 
He  and  his  brothers,as  chance  directed, 
stopped  wherever  the  prospects  were 
fairest  and  developed  there  the  inborn 
traits  of  guessing  and  whittling  to  some 
purpose  and  profit.  Their  sons  have 
followed  the  old  customs  and  the  moun­
tains  of  Colorado are  burrowed  in  every 
direction  with  the  New  England  born 
miner.  Is  it  any  wonder,  then,  that  Col­
orado  stands  second  on  the  list  of  in­
ventive  genius  and,  with  Connecticut  as 
third  in  the  line,  is  it  necessary  to  ac­
count  for this  apparently  strange  condi­
tion  of  things  farther than  what  has  al­
ready  been  said?

There  need  be  no  anxiety  about  the 
Yankee's  running  out.  There  is no  such 
thing. 
In  the 
first  place  the  Yankee  is  no  fossil.  He

It  is  not  in  the  blood. 

is  not  dead  and  has  no  thought  of  dy­
ing,  death  being a  fossil  necessity.  He 
is  not  even  out  of  date.  The  art  galler­
ies  insist  on  presenting  him  with  the 
Uncle  Sam  conventional  costume  and 
he,  in  the  natty  handiwork  of the  mod­
ern  American  tailor,  good  naturedly 
laughs  at 
is  all 
there,  even  to  the  closeiy  cropped  hair 
of  the  Roundhead—as  fair  a  sign  of  the 
Puritan  Yankee  and  his  undying 
influ­
ence  as  a  doubting  world  can  ask  for.

i t ;  but  the  Yankee 

is 

in  trade.  He 

One  incontrovertible  proof  that  there 
has  been  no  “ running  out”   is  his  om­
nipresence 
every­
where,  and  always  at  work.  There  is 
nobody  he  is  afraid  of;  there  is  nothing 
and  nobody  he  will  not  tackle.  The 
Jew,  whom  most  nationalities  are  in­
clined  to  shrink  from  when  it  comes  to 
traffic,  he  does  not  hesitate  to  “ make 
up  to;”   and  in  the  whole  realm  of trade 
there 
is  nothing  more  exciting  than  to 
see  the  live  Yankee  and  the equally live 
Jew  put  on  the  trading  gloves  for  a 
bout. 
It  is  six  of  one  and  half  a  dozen 
of  the other,  with  the  advantage  of  good 
nature  almost  invariably  with  the  Yan­
kee  and  with  the  result  largely  in  favor 
of  a  draw.  Both  masters  of  the  art, 
both  delighting  in  it,  the  sparring  is  as 
pleasing  to  both  as  it  is  to  the 
lookers- 
on,  if  there  be  any,  and  the  man  who 
comes  out  ahead,  be  he  Jew  or  Gentile, 
has  something  well  worth  bragging 
about  for a  week.

New  England  may  not  just  now  be 
receiving  as  many  patents  as 
some 
other  parts  of  the  country,but he is  there 
nevertheless.  There is not a  place  on  the 
earth  worth  stepping  on  that  has  not 
been  stepped  on  by  the  Yankee  with 
the  gripsack.  His  samples  are  Ger­
many’s  terror  and  England’s  woe  and, 
since  among  other  accomplishments  he 
has  shown  that  he  can  fight,  with  a 
strong  tendency  to  have  his  own  way, 
these  mental  emotions  have 
settled 
down  into  little  less  than  despair.  Not 
that  he  is  receiving  now no patents from 
the  National  Capital,  but  that  he 
is 
branching  out 
in  other  directions,  and 
so  numerously  that  it  would  be  a  com­
fort  to  these  distracted  nations  to  see 
him  once  more  on  the  top  rail  whittling 
and  guessing—anything 
rather  than 
manufacturing  and  filling  the  foreign 
markets  with  the  best  goods  the  sun 
ever  looked  down  upon.

The  cycling 

industry  of  England  is 
at  present  in  a  critical  condition.  The 
majority  of  the  companies have not paid 
any  dividends  during  the  past  year and 
the  outlook  portends  worse  business 
in 
It  is  estimated  that  no  less 
the  future. 
than  $100,000,000  is  sunk  in  the  cycle 
industry  in  England.  During  the  past 
four  years  no  less  than  fifty  companies, 
aggregating  a  capital  of  $25,000,000, 
have  disappeared.  The  main  reason 
for  this  crisis 
is  over-capitalization, 
combined  with  reckless,  dishonest  trad­
ing,  while  the  cycle,  although  a  popular 
means  of  locomotion,  is  being  rapidly 
supplanted  by  the  motor  car.  The cycle 
firms  at  present  in  a  flourishing  condi­
tion  make  this  industry  only  a  ramifica­
tion  of  an  extensive  business,  so  that 
any  loss  incurred  by  cycle  manufacture 
is  compensated  by  the  financial  success 
of  other specialties.

Spain 

is  coming  to  the  front  again 
and  resuming  her  normal condition—the 
revolution  this  time  looks  more  like  a 
success  than  ever.

If  you  wish  to  retain  your  influence 
over any  one  don’t  put  it  to  the  test  too 
often.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

IO

Window Dressing

Green  Ribbon  for St.  P atrick ’s  Day—B ath 

Robes—Silk  Curtains.

The  month  of  February 

is  a  dull 
month  with  many  trimmers,  because  the 
articles  to  be  displayed  are  of  winter 
lines 
in  which  the public  take  little  in­
terest  because  their  needs  have  been 
fully  supplied,  but  as  the  end  of  the 
month  approaches  the  tendency becomes 
more  and  more  manifest  to  introduce 
spring  goods 
into  the  trims.  Now  we 
think  it  a  mistake  to  mix  new  goods  in 
with  old  ones. 
If  new  goods  are  shown 
very  early  they  should  be  set  by  them­
selves  and  clearly  marked  as  spring 
goods. 
It  is  well  to  show  some  goods 
very  early  as  a  sign  to  the  public  that 
preparations  have  been  made  to  meet 
demands,  but 
important  that,  in 
general  trims  especially,  new  goods  be 
given  a  prominent  position  and  a  good 
chance  to  speak  for  and  by  themselves. 
It  is  far  better  when showing  new  goods 
to  exhibit  them  by  themselves—not 
in 
an  elaborate,  heavy  trim,  but  in  a  sim­
ple,  neat  trim  where  accessories  do  not 
distract  attention  from  them.  Bolts  of 
shirtings  for  spring  are  now  seen  in 
most  of  the  city  show  windows.  These 
bright  new  fabrics,  draped  simply  over 
stands 
in  such  a  way  as  to  show  their 
patterns  and  qualities,  together  with  a 
few  shirts  made  from  them,  make  a 
trim  that  is  complete  in  itself.

is 

it 

*  *  *

It  would  be  well  for the  trimmer  at 
this  time  to  hunt  up  some  flower  bulbs 
which  he  can  put  through  a  forcing 
process,  so  that  a  little  later  he  will  be 
able  to  put  into  his  window  some bright 
green  vegetation  or some  flowers  to give 
a  touch  of  spring  to  his  trims  of  new 
goods.  Any  florist  can  recommend bulbs 
that  produce  either  an  abundance  of 
bright  green 
leaves  or  pretty  flowers, 
and  as  Easter  draws  near  these  bulbs 
can  be  utilized  to  a  good  advantage. 
Bulbs  are  superior  to  plants  in  many 
ways.  They  are  not  bulky  or cumber­
some  necessarily;  they  can  be  mounted 
prettily  in  glass  and  the  process of  their 
growth  is  interesting  and  gives  a  breath 
of  spring  to  a  trim.  By  forcing  some 
bulbs  now  or  letting them develop natur­
ally  they  will  later  on  be  very  useful  to 
the  trimmer.

*  *  *

Whether  we  are  or are  not  admirers  of 
the  venerable  old  saint  who,  according 
to  the  legends,  drove  the  snakes  out  of 
Ireland,  raised  the  dead  to  life,  and  did 
other wonderful  things,  we  always  en­
joy  the  return  of  the  day  if  for  nothing 
more  than  the  crop  of  pictures  and 
jokes  with  which  it  provides  the humor­
ous  papers. 
live 
and  do  all  that  he  is  credited  with  do­
ing  he certainly  deserves  to  be  honored, 
and  even  if  he  is  a  somewhat  mythical 
personage,  as  many  thousands  claim, 
still,  as  a  symbol  of  a  people’s  devotion 
he  is  deserving  of  honor  and  respect.

If the  old  saint  did 

*  *  *

If  a  trimmer  wishes  to  make  note  of 
St.  Patrick’s  Day,but  without  any  elab­
orateness,  it 
is  very  easy  to  bind  his 
window  fixtures  with  a  few  pieces  of 
green  ribbon, 
to  use  price  cards  in 
green  and  white,  or to  attach  to the  va­
rious  articles  in  his  display small  sham­
rocks  such  as  are  ordinarily  worn  on  St. 
Patrick’s  Day  as coat badges.  For many 
reasons  a  window  trimmed  without  any 
elaborateness,  but with  a  little  green  in­
troduced  in  some  simple  and  unpreten­
tious  way,  is  better than  a  special  win­
dow  trim  for  St.  Patrick’s  Day.  If  it  is 
possible  to get  a  few  blackthorn  sticks

or  shillalahs  they  can  be  put  in  a  win­
dow  with  a  bit  of  green,  and  no  doubt 
a  card  stating  their  character  would  be 
very  interesting  to  many  people.

*  *  *

is 

If one  has  a  very  high,  large  window 
which 
light  and  airy  he  has  a  fine 
window  for  a  display  of  bath  robes, 
which  need  to  be  displayed  at 
full 
length  to  be  appreciated.  Gather  them 
up  in  a  compact  mass  by  binding  the 
waist  girdle  about  several  times  and 
then  hang  them  from  the  ceiling  of  the 
window 
in  two  or  more  rows,  well 
spaced,  so  that  all  are  visible.  Cover 
the  sides  of  the  window  with other robes 
with  their  skirts  spread  out  fan  shape 
and  with  the  upper  half  falling  over  the 
skirts.  Place  on  the  floor  of  the  win­
dow  a  few  coat  forms  and  spread  the 
bathrobes  over them  so  that  they  have  a 
suggestion  of  shapeliness  given to them. 
Bath  towels  in  bunches  or  loosely  gath­
ered  up  and  scattered  about  the floor are 
a  harmonious  accessory  to  the  trim. 
Sometimes  it  is  well  to  stuff  the  arm  of 
the  robe  displayed  on  a  coat  form,  but 
generally 
is  not  advisable,  as  the 
bath  robe  is  a  garment  whose  beauty  is 
its looseness  and  lack  of  stiffness,and  so 
it  is  better  without  even  this  very  slight 
shaping.

it 

*  *  *

it 

Silk  curtains  in  a  window  are  expen­
sive,  but 
if  anyone  wishes  a  nice,  re­
fined  effect  he  can  always  secure  it  by  a 
liberal  use  of  silk.  Light  Japanese  and 
Chinese  silk  in  natural  shades  or  colors 
can  be  used  with  very  pretty  effect  in 
the  following  manner:  This  silk  comes 
in  widths  of  about  twenty  inches.  A 
length  of 
is  gathered  upon  a  string 
and  suspended  along  the  top  of  the win­
dow  close  to  the  glass  on  each  pane. 
Another  piece 
is  arranged  along  the 
bottom  of  the  window  in  the  same  man­
ner  and  then  two  lengths  of  the  silk  are 
taken  and  hung  vertically  at  either  side 
of  the  window  from  the  upper  length  to 
the  lower  close  to the  glass.  They  are 
drawn  back  at  the  sides  of  the  window 
and  fastened  by  heavy  yellow  silk  cord 
so  as  to  give  the  effect  of a  curtained 
window.  The 
length  of  silk  along  the 
bottom  of  the  window  can  be  advan­
tageously  omitted.  Such a  window  thus 
framed  in  silk  has  a  very  attractive look 
and  the  soft  folds  of the  silk  make  an 
attractive  framework  for goods.

*  *  *

Jewelers  find  that  nothing  sets  off dia­
monds  and  other  stones  that  depend  on 
their  brilliance  for  their  beauty 
like 
black  velvet.  There  is  a  hint  here  for 
the  furnishing  goods  man.  Get  a  piece 
of fine  black  velvet.  Have  it  made  into 
a  good  sized  mat,  well  lined,  and  then 
when  you  put  into  your  window  a  trim 
of  fine  goods,  spread  out  on  it  a  nice 
selection  of  collar  buttons,  cuff  buttons 
and  links,  with  scarfpins  and  other  ar­
ticles  from  your  jewelry  stock.  These 
articles  are  small  and  need  to  be  prom­
inently,  attractively  and 
richly  dis­
played.  Show  as  much  care  with  your 
jewelry  as  the  jeweler does  with  his.— 
Apparel  Gazette.

Took  the  E ntire  Exam ination.

FiOm the Elk Kapids Progress.
. After  printing  several  grade examina­
tion  questions  the  other  day,  J.  W. 
Morse  sat  his  hektograph  out  of  doors 
to  harden,  thinking  it  would  work  bet­
ter.  A  short  time  afterwards  Mr.  Morse 
discovered  that  a  muley  cow  had  come 
along,  devoured  both  pads of  the  hekto­
graph  and  was 
licking  her  chops  for 
more.  Now  the  pupils  of  Mr.  Morse’s 
school  will  have  more  time  to  review 
while  another hektograph  is  being  con­
structed.  This  is  the  only 
instance  on 
record  where  a  cow  has taken  the  whole 
grade  examination  at  one  lick.

T H E   PUTNAM   CANDY  6 0 .

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

Now

is the time to buy

Easter  Eggs

Call and inspect our line and establishment when in the city.

.  PU TN A M ,  P re s id e n t 

R .  R .  B E A N ,  S e c r e ta r y

O lney  &   Judson  G rocer  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

“ T h e   S u c c e s s f u l   H o u s e .”

Represented by successful men:

H. 0 .  Barlow 
Edward  Frick 
George  T.  W illiams 
Jurien  Woltman 
B.  S.  Davenport

D.  S.  Haugh 
John  Cummins 
Peter  Lankester 
P.  M.  Van  Drezer 
Neal  Cary

George  McWilliams 
Jas.  Van  Heulen 
Clarence  D.  Haugh 
Fred  McWilliams 
Ed. J.  Huyge

m m m m m

P Q S S I
\ S E A i y

The  Guarantee  of  Purity  and  Quality 
in Baked Goods.  Found on every pack-  — 
age of our goods.
Good  goods create a demand  for them- 
selves. 
It  is  not  so  much  what  you 
make  on  one  pound. 
It’s  what  you 
make in the year.
National  Biscuit  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

r  

i

*•  V
I

Story  of th e New B oarder and the Beggar. 
Written for the Tradesman.

There  is  something  repugnant to some 
persons  in  the  word  butcher.  They  do 
not  think  pleasant  thoughts  about  men 
who  follow  that  trade.  They  take  it  for 
granted  that  the  man  is  naturally  brutal 
else  he  never  would  have  chosen  that 
line  of  work.

At  the  dinner  table  in  Mrs.  Hardie’s 
boarding  house  a  chorus  of 
female 
voices  exclaimed,  “ A  butcher!  A 
butcher!”   when  that  little 
lady  an­
nounced  the  fact  that  she  had  a  new 
boarder  and  that  he  followed  this  de­
testable  trade.  The  men  present  said 
nothing.

‘ Mercy!”  whined  Mrs.  Herman  with 
an  anxious 
look  on  her  withered  face, 
“ I  sha'n’t  be  able  to eat  a  bite.  Every 
time  I  look  at  him  I’ll  think  of  the 
poor  little  calvies  and  lambies  he  has 
slaughtered. 
I  know  I  sha’n't  be  able 
to  keep  a  bit  of  veal  or  lamb  on  my 
stomach  while 
is  at  the 
table. ”

that  man 

“ Do  for  heaven’s  sake  have  some 
sense,  Flora,”   exclaimed  her  husband 
irritably. 
“ Mrs.  Hardie  needs  all  the 
boarders  she  can  get.  The  man  is  all 
right  or  she  wouldn’t  have  taken  him.”
“ I  do  wish  some  people  could  be 
more  thoughtful, ”   said  M issRanden; 
“ it’s  such  a  splendid  thing  not  to  tell 
everything  one  knows.”

“ Hush,  she’s  coming,”   whispered 
Mrs.  Atwater  from  her  end  of  the  tabie 
opposite  the  kitchen  door.

“ He’s  a  mighty  fine  looking  young 
fellow,  I  can  tell  you,”   said  our  land­
lady  in  defense  of  her  new  boarder. 
“ One  would  never  in  the  world  take 
him  for  a  butcher. 
If  I’d  thought  some 
of  you  folks  were  going  to  take  on  so, 
I’d  have  let  you  find  out  for  yourselves 
what  he  did.  But  land  sakes!  here  I 
talkin’  an’  you-all  awaitin’  for 
am 
your  coffee,”   and  the  motherly 
little 
body  disappeared  into  the kitchen.

" I t ’s  too  bad,”   began  Miss  Randen, 
resuming  the  conversation  interrupted 
by  Mrs.  Hardie’s  entrance,  “ that  we 
should  all  be  prejudiced  against  this 
young  man  simply  because  he’s a butch­
er.  He  is,  most  likely,  a  very  worthy 
young  man.”

“ Impossible!”   exclaimed  Mrs.  At­
water,  whose  husband  was  a  shoe  clerk. 
“ If  he  had  the  inclinations of a  gentle­
man  he  would never follow butchering. ”
in  young  Gailor, 
“ so  far as  I  am  concerned,  I  can’t  pre­
tend  to  turn  up  my  nose  at  him,  for 
my  father  runs  a  meat  market  at  the 
present  time.”

“ Well,”   chimed 

Gailor  was  much 

liked  by  Mrs. 
Hardie’s  boarders  generally  and  when

\ 'i

he  made  this  declaration  it  produced  a 
sensation,  marked  by  profound  silence. 
The  statement  was  a  downright  fabrica­
tion ;  but  it  served  Gailor’s  purpose, 
which  was  to  humiliate  Mrs.  Herman 
and  change  the  conversation.

for  it 

Upon  the  following  day  Tom  Manley, 
the  new  boarder,  made  his  appearance 
at  the  dinner  table.  Kassler,  Gailor and 
I  arose  to  welcome  him, 
so 
chanced  that  we  knew  him  quite  well— 
in  fact,  he  was  a  frequent  guest  at  my 
rooms.  Mrs.  Hardie  had  neglected  to 
mention  his  name  on  the  previous even­
ing ;  besides,she  had  misinterpreted  his 
statement  in  regard  to  his  business. 
Manley  was  not  a  butcher,  but  head 
book-keeper  in  the largest market  in  the 
city. 
It  was  highly  amusing  to  think 
of  big-hearted  Tom  Manley  in  the  role 
of  butcher. 
I  don’t  believe  he  could 
have  killed  a  chicken  without  a  qualm 
of  conscience. 
It  was  still  more  amus­
ing  to  think  of  selfish,  narrow-minded 
Mrs.  Herman  losing  her  appetite  when­
looked  at  him,  one  day  of 
ever  she 
life  was  of 
whose  humane,  Christian 
more  value  than  her whole  existence. 
I 
have  never  known  anyone  who  tried 
more  faithfully  to  live  up  to the  Golden 
Rule  than  he.  But  our  fellow  boarders 
did  not  know  all  this  and  Tom  Manley 
was  coldly  received. 
I  could  have 
hugged  Kassler  when  the  next  day  at 
dinner,  Manley  having  taken  an  early 
departure,  he  corrected  Mrs.  Hardie’s 
unintentional  misstatement.  He  asked 
if  he  might  tell  a  story  and,  receiving a 
general  assent,  began:

“ A  couple  of  years  ago  one  of  the 
most  familiar  figures  in  the  city  was  a 
blind  man  who  stood  day  in  and  day 
out  at  the  corner of  Sixteenth and Curtis 
streets.  There  was  nothing  about  the 
man,  except  his  helplessness,  to  appeal 
to  the  passersby,  an  occasional  one  of 
whom  would  drop  a  nickel  into  the  tin 
cup  which  he  held  in  his  outstretched 
hand.  His 
sightless,  empty  sockets 
made  him  a  disagreeable,although  piti­
ful,  object  and  robbed  his  face  of  all 
expression.  Fair  young  women  and  ro­
bust  men,  at  sight  of  him,  exclaimed, 
‘ How  dreadful!’ 
‘ How  horrible!’ 
They  gave  him  only  p ity;  but  with  that 
bread  can  not  be  bought.  Many  peo­
ple  said,  ‘ We  have  institutions  for  the 
care  of  such  as  he,  why  is  he  not  sent 
to  one  of  these  instead  of  being  allowed 
to  beg  upon  the  street?’  That 
is  true, 
but  had  this  man  gone  to  such  a  place 
he  would  have  been  separated  from  his 
little,  daughter.  She  also  would  have 
had  to  become  an  inmate  of  an 
institu­
tion  for  the  poor.  This,  coupled  with 
the  fear that  perhaps the poor authorities 
would  give  his  little  girl  into  a  family

where  she  would  not  meet  with  kind­
ness,  was  the  reason  why  he  stood  day 
after  day  on  the  street  corner.  People 
who  pitied  and  helped  him  never 
thought  that  two  lives  depended  upon 
the  pittance  which  this  poor soul  col­
in  this  humble  way.  No  one 
lected 
ever  imagined  that 
in  this  wretched 
creature’s  heart  there  burned  a  father's 
love,  tender  and  strong,  prompting  him 
to  this  daily  humiliation.

“ One  cold,  frosty  morning,  just  about 
two  years  ago,  a  young  man,  whom  I 
know  very  well,  chanced  to  be  standing 
at  the  corner  of  Sixteenth  and  Curtis 
streets  waiting  for  a  car.  While  he 
waited  he  saw  the  blind  man,  guided by 
a  little  girl,  take  his  usual  place  on  the 
corner.  The  child  was  clean  and  sweet 
to  look  upon,  but  scantily  clad  for  such 
sharp  weather.  At  the  end  of  a  strap 
in  her hand  swung  some  school  books. 
When  he  was  safely  located  the  blind 
man  stooped  and  kissed  the  little  girl 
affectionately,  telling  her  to  hurry  or 
she  would  be  late  for  school. 
‘ Yes, 
popsey,’  answered  the  child, 
‘ we  are 
behindtime  this  morning;  but  I  guess 
I  shall  make  it  all  right. 
I’ll  come  for 
you  at  four o’clock, ’  she  added,  as  she 
trotted  bravely  away.  The  young  man 
had  both  seen  and  heard  what had taken 
place  and  it  set  him  to  thinking.

“ One  week  later the  tenants  and  pa­
trons  of  the  great  Cooper  office  building 
noticed  that  the  cigar and  tobacco  stand 
inside  the  main  entrance  had  a  new 
proprietor,  and  he  was  blind.  His 
orbless  sockets  were  hidden  from  the 
gaze  of the  curious  by  a  pair of  colored 
glasses  and  he  was  neatly  and  comfort­
ably  clothed  and  scrupulously  clean. 
Many  of  the  men  who  patronized  the 
blind  man’s  stand  wondered  where  they 
had  seen  him  before;  but  none  troubled 
to enquire.  What  means had transformed 
this  blind  and  helpless  beggar  of  the 
street  into  the  proprietor of  a  prosper­
ous  cigar  business?  Who the  good  fairy 
that  had  furnished  the  money  to  bring 
this  about?  You  wouldn’t  guess  in  a 
thousand  years,  so  I’ll  tell  you: 
It  was 
the  head  book-keeper 
in  Mears  & 
Sears’  great  meat  market,  Tom  Manley, 
the  butcher,  to  look  at  whom  spoils  peo­
ple’s  appetites,  whose  shoe 
latchets 
none  of  us  are  worthy  to  unloose.”

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Shoes  and  Rubbers

A dvantages  of B uying  Shoes  from  Adver- 

tisem ents  in  Trade  Papers.

Trade  paper  advertisements,  like 

others,  have  general  advantages,  while 
they  also  occupy  a  special  field.  The 
most  conspicuous  general  feature  is  that 
they  keep  the  name  of  the  advertiser 
before  the  public  of  shoe,  leather  and 
findings  buyers.  Their  strongest  spe 
cial  feature  is  that  they  are  the  “ silent 
drummers’ ’  employed  by  the  advertis 
ers.

These  drummers  are  advantageous  for 
one  thing  especially  and  that  is  because 
they  are  silent. 
They  offer  the  buye 
a  chance  to  select,  deliberately,  what 
ever  he  may  wish,  of  whom  he  may  de 
sire,  without  having  the  goods  in  sam 
pies  put  before  him,  accompanied  with 
the  “ guff”   and  “ jollying’ ’  which some 
times  effect  a  sale  by  the 
“ noisy 
drummer.

A  distinct  advantage  for  a  buyer  to 
consider  from  trade  paper  advertise 
ments  may  be  found 
in  the  fact  that 
many  advertisers,  having  no  road repre 
sentatives,  depend  on  their  advertise 
ments  for the  sale  of  their goods.  It  can 
be  demonstrated  that  goods  offered  by 
such  houses  are  lower  in  price  because 
by  their  method  they  eliminate  the  ex 
pense  of 
large  salaries  or  commissions 
to  traveling  salesmen.  Many  houses 
that have both advertisements and travel 
ing  men  will  sell  cheaper  by  direct  or 
ders through their advertisements.  This 
is  especially  true  in  case  a buyer wishes 
goods  different  from  those  advertised  at 
a  price;  the  buyer  can  frequently  name 
his  own  price,  whereas  the  salesman 
must  adhere  to  his  samples,  communi 
cate  the  buyer’s  price  to  the  house, 
which  may  be  accepted  if  it  allows  for 
the  salesman’s  ratio  of  expense,  or  a 
price  will  be  made  plus  that  expense. 
Of  course,  advertising  costs,  but  large 
and  successful  firms  advertise  anyway, 
and  only the  expense of salesmen  can  be 
cut  out’ ’  to  the  dealer  buying  goods 

through  advertisements.

Through  trade  paper  advertisements 
a  dealer can  learn  whether a  line  com­
peting  with  those  he  has  been  buying 
offers  any  special 
inducements  that 
through  various  reasons  he  has  not  the 
privilege  of  learning  directly.  He  also 
can  tell  whether  he  is paying consistent, 
competing  prices  for his  goods  or  get­
ting  up-to-date  styles  and  the  newest  in 
leathers,  by  carefully  studying  the  ad­
vertisements  of  all  the  manufacturers 
and  jobbers  who advertise  in  any  trade 
papers  he  may  subscribe  to.

The  dealer should  realize  that  the  ad­
vertising  pages  of  a  trade  paper contain 
news  that 
is  never  touched  on  in  the 
reading  matter.

Advertisers  can  never  tell  the  exact 
results  reaped  through  the  trade  papers, 
but,  as  a  suggestion,  should  seek knowl­
edge  of  the  advantages  by  methods 
which  call  for  responses  in  some  form 
or  another.  Something  should  always 
be  offered 
in  samples,  catalogues,  cal­
endars  or  cards  from  which  to  gauge 
results,  and  as  a  suggestion,  wise  ad­
vertising  solicitors  should  advocate,  or 
even 
insist,  that  some  trick  should  be 
used  by  advertisers  as  a  means  of 
demonstrating  the  value  of  advertising.
Another  advantage  a  buyer  has  in 
considering  trade  paper  advertisements 
may  be  found 
in  the  fact  that  many 
houses  do  not  send  representatives  over 
his  territory.  Through  the  advertise­
ments  the  dealer  has  a  larger  force  of 
manufacturers  and 
jobbers  competing

to  sell  him.  While  in  large  cities  the 
dealers  conveniently 
located  are  thor­
oughly  drummed,  there  are  those  in  out­
lying  districts  and  in  smaller  cities  and 
towns  who  are  neglected  and  depend  on 
trade  paper advertisements  to  put  them 
in  touch  with  the  market.  The 
inces­
santly  drummed  dealer  has  hardly  time 
to  give  advertisements  notice,  but  there 
is  a  large  field  to  be  covered  by  any  ad­
vertiser among  those  fortunate  enough 
to  have  a  few  spare  moments  to  study 
the  market  through  the  medium  of  the 
trade  papers.

Again,  the  manufacturers  and  jobbe 

journals.  These 

who  have  the 
largest  number  of  road 
representatives  are  not  able  to  cover the 
field  so  thoroughly  as  any  of  the  prom 
’nent  trade 
journal, 
not  only  enlighten  the  buyers  through 
the  medium  of  their  advertising  pages, 
but  seek  to  bring  these  pages  before 
them  through  reading  matter  prepared 
by  experts  whose  duties  bring  them into 
a  knowledge  of  what  is  going  on  in  the 
trade,  which  is  of  incalculable  value  to 
those  whom 
is  intended  to  interest 
Through  this  matter  intelligence  is  con 
veyed  to  the  dealer  which  sooner or 
later  almost  compels  him  to  seek  the 
advertising  pages.

it 

Another  advantage 

For  instance,  a  cut  is  shown  of  a  win 
dow  display,  of  exceptional merit,  made 
by  some  dealer.  A  casual  reader  of  the 
journal  becomes  interested  in  some  fix 
ture,  sufficiently  to  warrant  him  in  cov 
eting  one 
like  that  shown  in  the  cut. 
He  searches  the  advertising  pages  for 
the  advertisement  of some  display  fix 
ture  concern,  sends  in  an  order  for one, 
and  yet  maybe  several  representatives 
of  fixture  houses  have  tried  to  interest 
him  in  just  such  a  fixture  many  a  time 
in  buying  from 
trade  paper  advertisements  is  that  in 
in  stock 
many  cases  goods  are  carried 
by  the  advertiser.  This 
is  especially 
true  of  manufacturers  who depend some 
what  on  their advertisements  for  busi 
ness,  and  if  they  manufacture  and  ad 
vertise  a  specialty or  leader,  it  is always 
true  of  jobbers  and  findings  houses.
In  ordering  goods  from  stock 

the 
dealer  is  relieved  of  the  necessity  of 
carrying  such  a 
line,  as  he  can 
order as  he  wishes,  whereas  he  sees  the 
traveling  salesman  who  travels  for  a 
house  distant  from  his  town  or  city  but 
twice  or  thrice  a  year,  and  feels  obli­
gated  to  place  orders for extensive quan- 
tities.

large 

It 

All  advertisers  who  seek  paying  re- 
suits  from  their  advertisements  should 
see  that  their  advertising  matter 
is 
vividly  explicit. 
is  not  necessary 
that  an  extended  correspondence  or 
samples  should  pass  between  an  adver­
tiser  and  a  prospective  buyer  if  the 
matter  contained 
in  an  advertisement 
clear and  to  the  point.  Every  feature 
the  advertised  article  should  be 
brought  out,  especially  those  features 
that  the  advertiser deems  superior in his 
goods  to  those  made  by  his competitors.
The  advantage  of buying shoes  from 
dvertisements 
is 
based  on  the  advantages  offered  by 
manufacturers  and 
jobbers  who  adver­
tise 
in  trade  papers.  All  advertisers 
will  put  their  “ best  foot  forward’ ’  in 
their advertisements,naming  their  lead­
ers 
in  quality,  style  and  price  as  a 
bait,  and  from  such  may  be  gained 
everything  of  advantage  to  the  wide­
awake  dealer—the  “ hustler”   who  con­
templates  a  successful  business  through 
a  well-organized  store  and  stock.— 
Nathan  D.  Dodge,  Jr.,  in  Boots  and 
Shoes  Weekly.

in  trade  papers'* 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Big Cut in  Rubbers 

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Get  in  Line 

Lycomings from  Feb.  i  to Mar.  31,  1901....................35.10 per cent. 
Keystones from  Feb.  1  to Mar.  31,  1901................... 35-10-10 per cent. 
Woonsockets from  Feb.  1  to Mar. 31,  1901...............35-10 5  per cent. 
Rhode  Islands...............................................................35-10-10-5  per  cent. 

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ness, but our agent will call on you in  time with  samples  of  the  above  |1| 
brands.  Lycomings contain  more  pure  gum  than  any  other  rubbers  ms 
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CEO.  H. REEDER  &  CO., 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

Mail  Orders

Use our catalogue in  sending  mail 
orders.  Orders  for  staple  boots 
and  shoes filled  the  same day as re­
ceived.  Full  stock  on  hand  of 
Goodyear Glove  and Federal Rub­
bers.  Send us your orders.

Bradley & Metcalf Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

m The  Illustrated  Boot  and  Shoe 

Price  List

of the

Grand  Rapids  Felt  Boot  Co.,

will be out in  10 days and  our price list  on  Knit,  Felt  Boot  and  Sock 
Combinations  is now ready and our discount on  Candee,  first  q uality^  
ce° t-;,  s®cond  quality,  10  per  cent,  better;  tie   Grand 
Rapids Felt Boot Co. s first quality is 40 and 5  per  cent,  and  their  sec­
ond quality  10 per cent, better.  Get your orders in  now  and  write  for 
price lists,  etc., if you are interested.

STUDLEY  &  BARCLAY,

4  MONROE  STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Wholesale Dealers in  Rubber Boots and Shoes-Socks, Gloves  and  Mit­

tens are among our specialties.

F o r  S p rin g  W e a r

Glove  Brand  Rubbers

Boots— Duck,  Gum.  Dis. 35 and 10 

Petite and  Romeo

HIRTH, KRAUSE £  CO., Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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recent 

Jim   L eavitt’s  Boots Sent by  Freight.
Into  the  bootblacking  emporium  of  a 
Portland  hotel  one 
evening 
strayed  a  mountainous  specimen  of 
Maine’s  ozone  nurtured  ¡humanity,  a 
man  who  would  have  made  Rufe  Fes­
senden,  Boston’s  Maine  graduated  6 
feet  7  inches  police  sergeant,  seem  like 
a  very  ordinary  sized 
individual.  He 
into  the  room,  stooping  grace­
loomed 
fully  as  he  came  through 
its  door, 
hugely  proportioned  but  fairly  symmet­
rical.  Bystanders  unanimously  agreed 
in  a  subsequent  caucus  that  it  was  a  ten 
to  one  shot  no  department  store 
in  the 
country  would  be  apt  to  carry  an  article 
of  clothing  from  hat  to  shoes big enough 
to  give  the  giant  a  fair  show.

But  the  shoes  most  interested  the  col­
leather,  and  as  the 
ored  burnisher  of 
giant  sat  down 
in  his  chair with  the 
careless  nonchalance  of  one  who did  not 
grow  yesterday  and  was  quite  accus­
tomed  to  being  an  object  of  public  in­
terest,  the  darkey’s  face  assumed  a  dis­
tinctly  purple  tinge  and  his  hands 
trembled.  But  after  a  moment’s  irreso­
lution  concerning  the  section  he  should 
attack  first,  he  solemnly fell  to  work  and 
labored  diligently  for  full  twenty  min­
utes, while  they  who  had  nothing  else  to 
do  held  watches  and  speculated  on  the 
time  it  would  take  him  to  complete  the 
job.  Gravely  the  great  one  handed  over 
a  dime  and  departed  taking  with  him 
boots  which  would  well  answer  for  full 
length  mirrors  with  the  ordinary  sized 
mortal.

“ That  is  the  biggest  pair of  feet  that 
in  New  England,’ ’  gravely 

ever  stood 
remarked  an  oracle.

in 

“ Excepting  Jim  Leavitt’s,  always 
excepting  Jim’s, ”   another  man  gently 
interposed  and  then 
response  to 
numerous 
incredulous  sniffs  he  pro­
ceeded.

“ You  fellows  don’t  know  Jim,  or 
rather  you  didn’t  know  him.  He’s  been 
dead  these  twenty  years,  poor  Jim,  died 
of  mortification  on  account  of  poison­
ing,  the  doctors  said.  But  the  boys  all 
knew  it  was  mortification  for the  size 
of  his  feet.  They  were  the  blot  on  his 
otherwise  sunny 
life  and  a  year  before 
‘ they  carried  him  off’  he  retired  to  the 
wilds  of  Wells  where  he  thought  no  one 
could  spy  his  infirmity.

in  bootmaker’s 

“  I  wish  I  could  convey  to  you,  boys, 
a  good  idea  of  Jim’s  feet,  but  language 
fails  me.  They  were  beyond  numerical 
computation 
lore  and 
could  be  most  aptly  compared  to  a  pair 
of  water  pails.  Otherwise  Jim  wasn’t 
so  big,  six  feet  or  so,  maybe.  He  was 
a  brakeman  on  the  B.  &  M.  and  a  good 
one,  too,  on  the  Eastern  division.

“ There  was  an  old  shoemaker 

in 
Portsmouth  who  had  a  pretty  fair  idea 
of  Jim’s  pedal  extremities  and  he  al­
ways  patronized  him,  particularly,  he 
said,  to  save  a  new  man  from  the  shock 
of  inspection. 
It  was  through  this  that 
the  boys  played  a  sad  joke  on  him.  He 
had  ordered  a  pair of  high  legged  boots 
which  were  to  be  ready  on  a  Friday 
night,  but 
like  the  rest  of  his  kind  the 
shoemaker  shied  him  a  day  and  Jim, 
being  especially  anxious  to  have  them 
on  Sunday,  asked  some  of  the  boys  who 
went  through  Strawberry  Bank  on  Sat­
urday  night  to  bring  them  along.  They 
promised 
in  good  faith  and  got  the 
shoes  to the  station  all  right,  intending 
to  take  them  through  to  Wells  on  a 
freight.  Reaching 
the  station  they 
found  a  couple  of  unloaded  fiat  cars 
about to  be  shackled  on.

“ In  an  unholy  inspiration  one  fellow 
conceived  the  idea  of  sending  the  boots 
by  freight  and  the  others,  including  the

reight  agent,  coincided.  One  shoe 
was  fastened in the  middle  of  a car  with 
his  address  conspicuously  affixed  and 
sent  on  while  the  second  shoe  and  sec­
ond  car  waited  for  a  similar trip  on 
Sunday  morning.  When  Jim  met  the 
train  at  Wells  and  was  referred  to  the 
car  with  its  one  boot  he  was  the  mad­
dest  man  I  ever  saw  and  one  poor 
brakeman  who didn't  succeed in  getting 
out  of  sight  could  have  told  the  size  of 
his  right  foot  for  a  week  afterward. 
Some  of  the  farmers  living  hard  by  got 
a  tip  on  the  Sunday  morning  cargo  and 
were  on  hand  when  it  arrived.

“ Jim  was  obdurate  to  all  overtures  of 
peace  for  weeks  and  some  of  the  crowd 
had  not  been  forgiven  when  he  died  six 
months 
It  was  rather  a  tough 
joke— I’ll  venture  to  say  the  only  time 
a  pair of  boots,  duly  billed,  ever  occu­
pied  two  cars  on  the  B.  &.  M.  line.”

later. 

Portland  Express.

Memory of Faces  P a rt  of  the  Salesman’s 

Trade.
From the New York  Sun.

“ Ah,  Mr.  Flammerton,  how  is  every­
thing  in  Boise  City?”   and  the  salesman 
shook  hands  with  the  customer  who  had 
just  entered,  who  seemed  a  trifle  sur­
prised  at  the  greeting.

“ That,”   said  the  business  man  who 
witnessed  the  incident,  “ was  no  bunco 
man’s  greeting,  but  the  howdy  of  a 
salesman  who  recognized  his  customer 
although  he  had  not  seen  him  for a 
year,  and  had  never  seen  him  but  once.
It  was  just  a  little  straight  feat  of  mem­
ory  on  the  part  of  a  man  who  makes 
it 
his  business  to  remember  people.

“ Not  all  salesmen  develop  this  fac­
ulty  in  an  equally  high  degree,  but  they 
all  cultivate 
it.  Such  a  memory  is  a 
good  thing  to  have,  for  it  pleases people 
to  be  remembered.

“ And  so the  man  selling  goods makes 
it  a  part  of  his  business  to  remember 
his  customers,and  greet  them  when  they 
come 
in,  whether  he  sees  them  often 
or  once  a  year,  or  more  seldom  still. 
The  man  who  remembered  wth  absolute 
certainly  Mr.  Flammerton,  of  Boise 
City,  has  friends  all  over.  He  may 
shake  hands  next  with  a  customer  from 
Texas,  or one  from  Kansas,  or  South 
Carolina,  and  he  will  remember them 
all  and  with  no  kind  of  doubt  or  uncer­
tainty  about  his  recognitions,  no  matter 
how  rarely  he  may  see  them.  This 
salesman 
little  more 
than  a  salesman.  He 
is  a  personal 
friend  and  acquaintance ;  and  his  cus­
tomers  are  very 
likely  just  as  pleased 
to  see  him  when  they  come  to New York 
as  he  is  to  see  them.

therefore  a 

is 

“ But  salesmen  are  not the only people 
who  remember  folks  and  make  a  busi 
ness  of  it.  All  clergymen  do  the  same 
thing.  Among  my  Western  customers 
1  had  a  friend  who  was  a  churchgoe 
and  who  used  occasionally,  when  he was 
here  over  Sunday,  to  go to  my  church, 
with  me.  The  first  time  I  ever  took  him 
there  I  introduced  him  to  our  minister.
“ Our  minister  was  a  man  who  used 
to  come  down  from  the  pulpit  after the 
service  and  shake  hands  with  people  he 
met.  The  first  time  I  ever  took  my 
Western  friend  to  church  I  introduced 
him  in  that  way  to  the  minister.

“ The  next  time  I  took  my  friend  to 
church  was  months afterward. 
I  reckon 
nearly  a  year.  We  waited  this  time 
too,  to  speak  to  the  minister  when  he 
came  down  from  the  pulpit.  And  when 
the  minister  got  along  to  where we stood 
he  put  out  his  hand  to  my  friend,  a per­
fect  stranger,  you  understand,  whom  he 
had  seen  just  once  before,  and  that  a 
year  ago,  and  said :

do? 

friend 

“   ‘ Why,  Mr.  So-and-So,  how  do  you 
I  am  glad  to  see  you, ’  and  so  on.
“ He  had  him  right  to  a  dot  exactly. 
from  the  West 
And  was  my 
pleased  to  be  greeted 
in  that  way  by 
this  minister?  You  can  bet  your  life 
he  was,  he  was  greatly  pleased  by  it. 
I 
don’t  doubt  for a  minute  if  he  came  to 
this  town to  live  he’d  go to  that  man’s 
church,  drawn  by  that  recognition.

“ Well,  now,  you  know,  I  was  younger 
then  than  I  am  now,  and  I  was  tempted

to  ask  the  minister  some  time  when  1 
got  a  chance  if  he’d  ever  sold  goods,  he 
was  so  pat  on  remembering  folks;  but 
of  course  I  never  did,  and  then  I  dis­
in  due  time  that  remembering 
covered 
people  and  their  names 
is  a  common 
thing  for  a  minister  to  do,  as  it  is  of 
course  for  the  politician.’

Turned  into  Leather  in  Three  Days.
United  States  Vice-Consul  Voorwin- 
den,  at  Rotterdam,  transmits  the  fol­
lowing  for  the  information  of  American 
tanners:

P.  A.  Bloys  van  Treslong  Prins,  of 
No.  88  Laan  Copes,  The  Hague,  called 
at  this  consulate  a  few  days  ago  and 
showed  me  some  samples  of 
leather 
ready  for  saddler’s  use and  seemingly of 
a  very  good  quality.  He  stated  that 
it

into 

had  been  prepared  by  a  new  process,  by 
means  of  machinery,  of  which  he  alone 
knows the  construction,  and  that  by  us­
ing  this  system  a  moist  hide  can  be 
leather  ready  for  saddler's 
turned 
and  shoemaker’s  use 
in  from  two  to 
three  days,  while  by following  the  usual 
method  of  preparation  it  takes about  six 
months.

He  also  stated  that,  previous  to  mak­
ing  application  for  patents  on  the  ma­
chinery,  he  would 
like  to  correspond 
with  American  tanners  in  regard  to  his 
process  for  making  leather  with  a  view 
to  introducing  it  in  the United States.

He  Had  F elt the  Knife.

Briggs—1  hear  you  have  been  operat­

ing  in  Wall  Street.

operated  upon.

Griggs—A  great  mistake. 

I’ve  been 

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follows:
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great  care  as  to  style  and  fin­
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market  today for  the  money; 
thoroughly  up-to  date.  Made 
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Note  the  price,  $1  SO  n et.
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D ry  G o o d s

W eekly  M arket  Review  of  th e  P rincipal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons— The  primary  market 

it 

in 
itself  is  firm,  hut  the  jobbers  a 
quoting  various  prices  in  order  to  di- 
pose  of goods.  The  stocks  are  getting 
lower  and 
is  to  be  hoped  that  they 
will  soon  be  gone  altogether,  for their 
hurtful  effect  on  the  market  can  not  be 
estimated.  The  sooner  they  are  out  . 
the  way,  the  better  it  will  be,  for a. 
though  agents  refuse  to  make  any  con 
cessions,  they  can  not  keep  up  prices 
and  do  business  too  while  others  are 
cutting  under them.  We  feel,  however, 
that  this  is  of  very  short  duration,  and 
the  stocks  will  soon  be  cleared  off  that 
are  now  menacing  the  market.

Linings—Current  business  is  consid 
erably  below  what 
it  was  a  year ago, 
but  this  means  that  it  is  ahead  of  what 
might  be  considered  an  average  year. 
Last  year  was  quite  exceptional  and 
this  might  fall  considerably 
lower,  and 
still  be  fairly  good.  The  clothing  trade 
has  bought  in  reasonable  quantities, 
Cotton  twills,  Italians,  etc.,  have showi 
some  increase  at  previous  prices.  Mo 
hair  serges,  alpacas  and  cotton  warp 
Italians  are  a  little  irregular and  in  fa­
vor  of  buyers.  Kid  finished  cambrics 
show  no  changes  from  our  last  report, 
although  buyers  are  using  every  means 
to  bear 
jeans, 
sateens,  jaconets  and  the  general  run  of 
stiff cotton  linings  are  very  quiet.

the  market.  Corset 

tracts  for  fancies  for  the  spring.  For 
the  fall,  however,  fancies  are  slow,  be­
cause  no  one  in  the  market  is  prepared 
to  say  whether  they  will  be  good  for 
that  time  or  not.  We  feel  positive, 
however,  that  there  will  be  a  fair  share 
at  least  of  these  goods  wanted  for  some 
time  to  come,  particularly  in  very  neat 
and  quiet  patterns.  We  have  seen  some 
new  imported  goods  in  very  fine  stripes 
and  beautiful  soft  colorings  that  appear 
to  be 
just  the  things  to  continue  the 
fancy  business  for  some  little  time  to 
come.  However,  it  matters  not  which 
way  the  market  turns  now  for the spring 
the  business  already  accom­
season, 
plished 
is  enough  to  keep  it  on  a  most 
satisfactory  footing.

Carpets— Ingrain  manufacturers,  who 
were  unwilling  to  accept  orders  at  the 
lowest  cut  prices  early  in  the  season, 
and  as  a  result  have  now  only  a  por­
tion  of  their  capacity  on  the  cheaper 
grades,  are  anxiously 
looking  forward 
to  the  time  when  the  deliveries  com­
mence,  as  they  expect  the  buyers  who 
placed  light  initial  orders,  and  in  some 
'nstances  (where  they  had  a  stock  on 
hand)  no  new  business,  to  place  or 
ders,  knowing  that  the  tendency 
is  to­
ward  higher  prices. 
This  has  been 
shown  by  some  manufacturers  marking 
up  their  values.  Buyers  know  that  this 
means  that  the  lowest  prices  have  been 
reached  and  there  is  no occasion now (if 
they  need  the  goods)  to  hold  off  any 
longer.

Dress  Goods—The  dress  goods market 
is  not  a  scene  of  much  interest  at  this 
time.  Orders  coming  forward  to  the 
initial  market  are  of  small  importance, 
being  confined  to  a  few  staple  fabrics, 
skirtings  and  some  sheer  wool  and 
worsted  fabrics. 
Jobbers  are  selling 
some  fair  bills  of  wool  and  worsted 
goods,  but  in  comparison  with  the  sales 
of  wash  fabrics  this  business 
looks 
small.  Dress  goods  manufacturers  are 
naturally  turning  their attention  toward 
the  new  season,  which  promises  to  be 
late  in  opening.  The  probable  course 
of  the  demand  on  heavyweights  is  a 
difficult  matter  to  foresee,  as  there  is 
little  to  guide  one 
in  making  con­
clusions.  The  weight  of  opinion  ap­
pears  to  favor  plain  goods.  Heavy 
skirtings,  it is  believed, will hold  a  good 
place  in  the  market,  but  just  the  nature 
of  the  fabric  and  the  colorings it is diffi­
cult  to  foresee.  There  are  those  who 
expect  small,  neat  check  effects  to  find 
favor  in  such  lines,  while  others  expect 
that  double 
in  plain 
shades  will  meet  with  the  best  recep­
tion.  Just  what  the  standing  of  the 
novelty  and  plain  goods  designs  will  be 
is  problematical.  Plain  fabrics,  suit­
able  for  tailor-made  suits,  are  given-  a 
place  among  the  promising  lines.

fabrics 

faced 

Hosiery— Hosiery  has  continued 

to 
move  along  in  a  very  satisfactory  man- 
ner.  There  has  been  but  very  little 
change  in  the  style  of  the  demand  for 
either  fancies  or  solid  colors.  There 
has  possibly  been  a 
little  leaning  to­
wards  fast  blacks  on  account  of the  cpld 
weather  in  place  of  fancies,  but  it  is 
not  very  marked.  There  has,  however, 
been  an 
in  the  demand  for 
fleece-lined  hosiery  at  previous  prices. 
Jobbers  are  looking  ahead  to  their  new 
supplies,  and  have  been  making  some 
attractive  offers  to  the  retailers  in  order 
try  to  clear  off  their  present  stocks. 
Some  of  them  in  fact  have  managed  to 
clear their shelves  pretty  thoroughly  al­
ready,  and 
the  buyers  have  already 
placed  a  considerable  number of con­

increase 

Smyrna  Rugs— Trade  has  been  very 
good  and  dealers  speak  more  encoura­
gingly  on  this  line.  The  styles  are  an 
improvement  over  last  season. 
Less 
animal  designs  seem  to  be  called  for 
this  year than  in  the  past.  Some  man­
ufacturers  have  placed  quite  a  few  or 
ders  on  these  goods  and  claim  the  out­
look  is  very  bright.

Curtains—Activity  is  apparent  among 
the  lace  curtain  importing  houses  and, 
while  reports  are not altogether uniform,’ 
the  majority  are  favorable.  We  should 
say  that  indications  point  to an  unusu 
lly  good  lace-curtain  trade  throughout 
the  spring,  and 
it  is  believed  that  the 
progressive  houses,  with  a  proper as 
sortment  of  fresh,  new  goods,  are  des 
tined  to  see  gratifying  monetary  retu  ns 
from  this  year’s  business.

Some  P eculiarities  of P aten t  Kid.

A  Buffalo  correspondent  writes :  “  I 
interesting  chat; 
recently  had  a  very 
with  a  prominent  shoe  manufacturer  on I 
the  future  of  patent  kid.  I  asked  him  if 
he  thought 
it  likely  that  this  material | 
would  in  time  supersede  patent  calf  en­
tirely.  He  replied  most  emphatically, 
'No,  sir.  Patent  kid  is  and  will  be  a 
very  popular  stock,  but  patent  kid  will 
never  become  so  popular as  to eliminate 
entirely  the  demand  for  patent  calf. 
Shoe  retailers  themselves  will  be  in  thè I 
main  responsible  for this,  as  a  peculiar 
thing  about  this  stock  is  that, while  it  isj 
much  lighter and  softer  than  the  calf, 
it  makes  up  much  better  in  the  heavier 
soles.  Take  a  turn  sole,  for  instance. 
Let  it  lie  in  stock  for a  while ;  try  it on 
once  or  twice  and  it  assumes  a  rather 
uninviting  appearance ;  its  creases  are 
larger  and  it  shows the  wear  much  more 
quickly 
Another 
thing.  You  will  find,  as  a  rule,  that 
high-grade  patent  calf gives satisfactory I 
wear,  but  that  it  is  the  cheaper  grade 
that  causes  the  most  trouble.  So  it  will I 
be  with  patent  kid.  They  will  get  into 
the  cheaper  grades  and  then  aiscover 
that  patent  stock  that  is  cheap  is  unre-  i 
liable,  whether  it  be  patent  kid  or 
P®Ìfn*  ca^-  No,  my  boy,  patent  calf 
will  be  used  when  you  and  I  are  gone 
to  the  ‘ Great  D ivide,’  were  his  parting 
words  and  there  is  a  great  deal  of  logic
in  w hat  h i  sairf  "  

than  patent  calf. 

“ 

8

Send distance 1 to 2 or height,
2 to 3 or projection.
3 to 4 or width.

( S E E   C U T )

and  we  will  send  samples  and  bottom  prices. 

CHAS.  A.  COYE

No more wet sawdust or sprinkling.

Clean, Quick, Easy Sweeping. 

W IE N S   S A N IT A R Y  A N D  D U S T L E S S  

F L O O R   B R U S H .

i  Pearl  Street 

WIENS BRUSH C O ..  M ILWAUKEE. W IS.

Qrand Rapids, Mich.

WE  IM PORT

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.,

W holesale  Dry  Goods,
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

C O L L A R   B U T T O N S

One

A M E R I C A N   J E W E L R Y   C O . .

TOW ER  B LO CK . 

GRAND  R A PID S.  MICH.

IA Big Drive

We have  in  stock  a good assortment 
of  Red  and  Fancy  Standard  Prints 
at 4 cents  the yard.
Also  a  big line of all  the  best  makes 
Prints,  such  as  Simpsons,  Amer-

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IB 
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ili  Steketee  &  Sons

icans,  Hamiltons,  Merrimacks,  etc.

Wholesale  Dry Goods 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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C lo th in g

is  an 

There 

Reaction  From   the  Cheap  Goods  of  Last 

Season.
impression  prevailing 
that  for  fall  clothing  will  be  cheaper.  It 
is  not  easy  to  figure  this  up  and  prove 
it.  The  very  best  that  it  is  possible  to 
show  is  that  a  suit  may  be  made  for  25 
to  40 cents  less  than  last  year. 
If,  how­
ever,  the  present  indications  are carried 
it  will  not  be  any  cheaper— unless 
out 
poorer. 
It  will  be  the  same  price  and 
better.  The  reason  for this  is  the  popu­
lar  revulsion  against  the  cheap  fabrics 
and  flimsy  making,  which  have  both 
been foisted on  the  trade  the  last  year  to 
a  greater  degree  than  ever  before  in  the 
history  of  the 
industry.  '  Wool  was  so 
high  that  the 
incentive  was  stronger 
than  ever to  put  out  manipulated  fab­
rics.  One fake fabric succeeded  another, 
until,  as  worsteds,  the  mills  were  sell­
ing  pure  fancy  cotton  fabrics.

Clothing  manufacturers  who  bought 
them  were  so  disgusted  with  them  be­
fore  the  season  really  commenced  that 
they  made  them  up  as  cheap  as  pos­
sible.  They  looked  bright  to  the retail­
ers  and  were  very  cheap.  The  shrewd­
est  salesmen  and  the  sharpest  retailers 
argued:  “ Well,  it  is  going  to  be  an  era 
of  these  cheap  goods,  and  while  they 
have  no  merit,we will  be  forced  through 
competition  to  handle  them,  for  if  we 
don’t  the  wearer  will  go where  he  can 
get  them,  for  as  a 
‘ picture’  they  are 
great.  While  our trade  which  buys  them 
will  kick  and  we  will  lose  some  of 
them,yet  we  will  gain  the  customers  we 
lose  from  our  competitors,  and  so  it 
will  be  a  balance.”   Thus  it  went,  the 
best  retailers  and  the  best  traveling 
salesmen  were  forced  to  handle  them. 
It  was  the  rare  concern  which  did  not— 
one  in  five  hundred.

But  the  best  merchants  frankly  told 
the  customers  who  bought  them  that 
they  would  not  give  satisfaction.  They 
warned  everyone  against  them ;  yet,  as 
we  said  before,  nearly  everyone  bought. 
They  seemed  to  be  what  they  were  not. 
All  took  the  chance.  Thus  it  has  come 
about  from  experience,  the  best  teacher, 
that  there  is a justified  prejudice against 
cotton  worsteds.  Although  when  of  the 
better  grades  of  cotton  worsteds  they 
gave  satisfaction,  yet  comparatively  few 
of  these  were  sold,  and  they,  with  even 
pure  worsted,  are  suffering  to-day  from 
the  effect  of  the  abuse  of  the  trade  by 
the  flood  of  cheap,  poorly  made,  even 
manipulated  cotton  worsteds.

Now,  with  the  decline 

in  wool  and 
the  aversion  to  cotton  fabrics,  it  is  the 
effort  of  every  clothing  manufacturer  to 
buy  all-wool  goods  for  fall.  This  he 
can  do  at  almost  the  same  prices  that 
prevailed  before  for  the  manipulated 
fabrics. 
It  is  this  reason  that  will  pre­
vent  clothing  being  any  cheaper.  The 
manufacturer  will  try  his  best  to  give 
his  customers  more  honest  fabrics  and 
better  made  goods,  to  retail  at $7.50, 
$10,  $12.50  and  $15.  He  will  try  and 
make  a  meritorious 
line,  at  least  the 
legitimate  houses  with  established  rep­
utations  are  now  planning  their  fall 
campaign  along  these  lines.  And  it  is 
good  business.

There  will,  of  course,  be  made  fake 
fabrics  and  flimsily  made  clothing,  for 
it  is  too .much  to  expect  everyone  to  see 
“ honesty  is  the  best  policy,”   and  yet 
it  is  almost  safe  to  say  that  it  has  been 
so  forcibly  borne  in  upon  the  trade  that 
the  tactics  pursued  last  year are  wrong, 
that  even  firms  and  mills  who  have  no 
scruples  about  it  are  strong  in  advocat­

ing  as  good  business  honest  fabrics  and 
well-made  garments.  Thus  far the  buy­
ing  by  clothing  manufacturers  of  fall 
piece  goods  substantiates  the  foregoing 
view.— Apparel  Gazette.

No  Use  For Cotton  W orsteds.

The  majority  of  the  clothing  manu­
facturers  in  the  Chicago  market  express 
themselves  as  strongly  opposed  to cotton 
worsteds,  and  several  go  so  far  as  to 
say  that  they  have  not  and  will  not  buy 
a  yard  of  them  for  fall.  The  experience 
the  retailers  have  had  with  manipulated 
fabrics  has  soured  them  against  such 
goods,  and,  with  the  ability  to  buy  a 
well-made,  pure  worsted  suit  for,  say 
$10,  when  they  have  paid  $12  for  a  cot­
ton  mixed  worsted  that  has  given  poor 
satisfaction,  and, 
in  fact,  done  them 
more  harm  than  good,  it  is  not  likely 
that  the  better  element 
in  the  retail 
trade  will  bother  with  the  poorer goods.
Most  of  the  houses  state  that  while 
there  will,  of  course,  be  some  cotton 
worsteds  sold,  they  will  do  all  they  can 
to  discourage  them,  take  advantage  of 
the  general  revulsion  of  feeling 
in  the 
trade  against  them,  and  that  the  sales­
men  will  be  instructed  to  push  the  bet­
ter  fabrics.
A  salesman  for one  of  the large houses 
said:  “ Cotton  worsteds  are  dead. 
I 
do  not  think  that  the  average  retailer 
with  an  established  trade  can  be  made 
to  touch  them  another season,  no  matter 
how  attractive  the  patterns.  The 
long 
and  short  of  it  is,  they  have  all  on  their 
hands  they  can  dispose  of  at  any  old 
price. 
I  have  been  trying  to  close  out 
some  that  we  have  on  hand,  but  have 
The  dealers  simply 
failed  signally. 
hold  up  their  hands  and  say, 
‘ No, 
thank  you ’   we  have  had  experience 
enough  with  that  class  of  goods  for  the 
present.  You  had  hard  work  getting  us 
to  take  hold  of  them  in  the  first  place, 
and  we  would  have  not  done  so  had  not 
our  hands  been  forced. ’  ’ ’

That  the  entire  better element  of  the 
wholesale  trade  want  to  see  the elimina­
tion  of  the  cotton  worsteds,  there  can  be 
no  question. 
They  want  to  see  the 
business  done  this  fall  on  a  basis  of 
honest  values  and  intrinsic  merit.  The 
effort  will  be  to  induce  the  trade  to  pay 
the  same  prices  as  last  fall  for  better 
goods,  rather than  lower  prices  for  the 
same  or  inferior qualities.

That the  effort  will  be  entirely  suc­
cessful 
is  perhaps  too  much  to  expect, 
but  the  ideal  is  worth  working  for.  As 
one  manufacturer  said: 
“ If  all  the 
good  clothing  manufacturers  will  have 
the  courage  of  their convictions  and  re­
fuse  to  make  up  cotton  worsteds,  no 
matter  what  others  may  do,  they  will 
win  the  confidence  of the  trade  and  lose 
nothing.  Some  of  the  cheaper  trade 
may  want  cotion  wortseds,  if  they  can 
get  them  in  nobby  enough patterns.  Let 
them  get  them  where  they  may.  The 
manufacturers  really  can  not  afford  to 
lend  their encouragement  to the  further 
production  of  such  fabrics.”

Who  B rought the  Lilac  to  'This Country ?
From Vick’s Floral Guide.

There 

is  a  tradition  that  the  lilac 
was  first  brought to this  country  by  Dr. 
John  Durand,  a  Huguenot  who  came  to 
America  from  La  Rochelle,  France,  in 
1690.  Dr.  Durand  came  first  to  New 
Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  but  afterwards  settled 
in  Derby,  Connecticut,  where  he  died 
in  1727.  Some  of  his  descendants  still 
live  in  Derby.
How  much  we  owe  to the  French phy­
sician  for his  gracious  act  done  to  keep 
in  remembrance  the  fatherland.  Peace 
to  his  ashes!  We  could  wish  that  these 
had  mingled  with  the  earth  under  the 
lilac  bushes  in  Highland  Park,  or that 
his  spirit  might  hover  over  that  en­
chanted  spot and  breathe  the  fragrance 
of  the  flower he  loved  so  well.
But  the  evolution  of  the  lilac—the 
countless  varieties,  each  exhaling 
its 
own  sweet  perfume—the  wide  range  of 
color,the  perfection  of  form,  what  a  de­
light  they  might  be  to  the  spirit  of  the 
dear  old  Doctor  who  had  such  tender 
love  for this  flower that,  in  that  far-off 
time  when  a  sea  voyage  meant so much, 
he  brought  with  him  his  lilac  bush!

We  can  imagine  how  he  cherished  it

and  watched 
its  growth,  but  how  little 
he  dreamed  of  the  perfection  by  culti­
vation,  that  should  be  attained  by  the 
plant  which  he  first  brought  to  us  from 
the  home  land.  Blessings  on  his  mem­
ory!  We  hope  the  flowers  of  Paradise 
yield  him  as  balmy  odors  as  his  own 
loved  lilac  gave  to  us  in  Highland  Park 
on  a  recent  visit  there.

Dr.  Durand  was  a  great  great  great 
grandfather  of  A.  D.  Baker,  traveling 
representative  for Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.

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business  in  the  future,  which has  proved 
very  satisfactory and profitable ;  not only 
have  we  retained  him  as  a  constant cus 
tomer.but  through  his  influence  havese 
cured  as  customers  several  other patrons 
of catalogue  houses.

In  our sporting  goods  department  we 
were  not  satisfied  with  the  number  of 
guns  sold.  Every  few  days  some  one 
would  ask  the  price  of  the  Winchester 
repeating  shotgun,and naming  the  price 
$22,  they  would  invariably  quote  Mont 
gomery  Ward’s  price  of  $19.34.  Not 
feeling  that  we  could  meet  the  price 
they  were  allowed  to  walk  out.  As  the 
Winchester  was  the  only  gun  we  heard 
quoted  we  decided  next  season  to  meet 
his  price  and  marked  the  gun  at  $20, 
adding  the  66  cents  for express,  with 
the  result  that  we  sold  only  a  few  Win 
chesters,  but  finding  our  prices  right  on 
that gun  the  customers decided that  they 
were  on  the  other  makes  not quoted 
and  our  sales  were  increased  about  400 
per  cent.,  and  at  better  profits  than  we 
had  asked  before,  except  on  the  Win 
Chester.

Many  times  the  purchaser  is  not  hon 
est  in  his  quotations.  Only  last  Decern 
ber  I  had  a  hunter  call for a  certain  gun 
cleaner,  which  was  marked  to  sell  for 
$1.  This  seemed  to  take  most  of  his 
breath ;  he  retained enough,  however,  to 
tell  me  he  could  buy  the  article  for  25 
cents,  and  went  out.  T o  satisfy  myself 
as  to  the  price  I consulted the  catalogue 
from  which  he  quoted,  finding  the  price 
70 cents  instead  of  25  cents,  and  no  ex 
tra  pads 
included  with  the  set,  which 
ours  had.  He  returned  for a set  the  fol 
lowing  day,  but  made  no  further objec 
tion  to  the  price.

In  the  art  of  deception  certainly  the 
photographer  has  reached  perfection. 
He  will  take  photographs  of  two  refrig­
erators,  one  worth  $30,  the  other  $15, 
place  the  two  pictures  side  by  side,  and 
t  is  a  question  with  me  whether the 
average  dealer could  tell  which  was  the 
better;  but  place  the  two  refrigerators 
side  by  side,  and  there  is  no  compari 
son  except  in  name.

1 6

H a rd w a re

How  to  Meet Catalogue  House  Competl 

tion.

facilities 

The  wider distribution  of  the  news 
paper  and  other  mediums  of  advertis 
ing  has 
informed  the  people  of  the  ex 
istence  of  the  catalogue  house.  The  in 
creased 
for  transportation, 
whereby  every  rural  district  is  brought 
more  closely 
in  touch  with  the  cities, 
together  with  the  reduced  expense  of 
transportation  and  postage,  have  made 
possible  the  success  of  the  catalogue 
house,  and  with  the  proposed  Pettigrew 
Parcels  Post  Bill  a  law,  catalogue house 
competition  will  be  more  keenly  felt
is  not  the  amount  of  goods  sold  on 
our  respective  territories  which  antag 
onizes  the  dealer  so  much  as  the  meth 
ods  used  in  securing  business.

It 

Their  catalogues  distributed  over  the 
country,  naming  prices  at  or  below  cost 
on  certain  brands  that  we  have  made 
standard  by  constant  advertising  and 
pushing, 
lead  the  average  citizen  to 
consider  our  prices  exorbitant,  not 
knowing  of  the  many  staples  we  are 
selling  at or  below  actual cost, wholly for 
his  accommodation.

By  explaining  these  facts  to  the  cus­
tomer  he  will  give  them  some  thought; 
take  the  price  he  quoted  on  the  article, 
add  express,  postage,  cost  of  money  or­
der  or  draft,  his  extra  trip  to  the  city 
for  the  goods  when  they  arrive,  and 
you  will  have  a  fair  profit  and  almost 
invariably  make  the  sale.

It  is  acknowledged  by  every  hardware 
dealer that  the  prices  we  quote  are  not 
low  as  those  of  catalogue  houses,  for 
so 
several  reasons:  They  quote  on 
the 
standard  brands  (which  constitute  only 
a  very  small  portion  of  any  hardware 
stock  and  on  which  the  customer  is  best 
informed)  at  ridiculously  low  prices,  in 
fact,  many times,  our cost  unless  we are 
careful  to  get  the very last  2% per  cent., 
to 
impress  the  customer  with  the  idea 
that  they  will  sell  goods  very  low,  and 
on  the  balance  of  the  stock  the  prices 
are as  high  or higher than our  regular on 
the  same  quality,  except  that  I  hope 
none  in  this  convention  consider it  good 
business to  sell  the  stuff,  if  you  pe rmit 
the  expression,  that  is  put  on  the  mar­
ket  by  the  class  of  people  especially 
in 
the  stove  line.

Admitting  the  above  to  be  facts,  then 
we  should  do  as  has  been done in neigh­
boring  states,  refuse  as  nearly  as  pos­
sible  to  patronize  the  factory  that insists 
on  reaching  the  consumer  through  this 
illegitimate  channel.

Under  existing  conditions,  we  can  do 
no  other,  when  prices  are  quoted  on 
standard  brands,  than  acknowledge  and 
meet them,  but  go  after the  quality  of 
the  other  items. 
It  requires  but  a  short 
discussion  with  the  average  customer  to 
convince  him  that the  stove  in  reality  is 
not  what  it  seems  on  paper,  has  rough 
castings,  poor  mounting,  small  flues, 
cheap  nickel-plating,  etc.

The  writer  had  occasion  to  compete 
with  one  of  the  largest  catalogue  houses 
in  Chicago  on  a  blacksmith’s  outfit. 
We 
invited  the  prospective  purchaser 
to  bring  his  list  of  goods  and  catalogue 
and  allow  us  to  make  him  a  price  be­
fore  sending  away.  He  did  so,  and 
in 
going  over  the  list,  we  were  able to sub­
stitute  a  number  of  articles  which  cost 
less,  but  being  able  to  show  the  goods, 
they  were  satisfactory,  and  we  made  the 
sale,  the  bill  amounting  to $152,  giving 
us  a  profit  of $16.  We  realize  that  this 
was  not  enough  profit  for  the  kind  of 
in  mind  bis
goods,  but  we  also  bad 

Again, 

look  at  your  catalogue  of 
hatchets,  you  find  the  well-known  brand 
‘ Underhill”   quoted  at  $7.50  per  dozen 
Turn  a  page  further,  you  find  scarcely 
any  difference  in  the  picture,  the  brand 
Cheap  hatchet  $2  per  dozen.  The  hard 
ware  man’s  knowledge  of  hatchets  tells 
him  at  once  that  the  latter  is  practical­
ly  a  toy.  Now,  this  is  not  the  case  with 
the  man  who  patronizes  the  catalogue 
house.  He  sees  the  Underhill  hatchet 
quoted  at 75  cents; just below the picture 
of  another  hatchet,  probably  the  same 
picture,  called  Good  hatchet,  same  size 
as  above,  priced  at  55  cents.  He  figures 
in  the  former  that  he  is  paying  for  the 
reputation  of  the  goods,  and  decides 
that  the  latter  will  answer his every pur­
pose.  Now,  when  the  goods  arrive,  the 
hatchet  does  not  look  so  well  as  ex­
pected,  but  he  decides  that  the  price  is 
only  a  little  higher than  he  would  have 
to  pay  at  home,  so  he  keeps  the  hatchet 
and  forgets  all  about  this  deal  before  he 
sends  again.

Let  us  take  advantage  of every oppor­
tunity  to  become  familiar with  the  cata­
logue  house  methods  of  doing  business 
and  when  visiting  the  cities  remain  a 
day  longer and  spend  the  time  in 
look­
ing  through  their  stocks,  noting  the 
grades  of  goods  for a  comparison  with 
our  own  stocks,  also  the  qualities,  in 
order to  satisfy  ourselves  as  to  the  lines 
on  which  they  make  their  profits.  This 
will  enable  us  to  talk  more  intelligently 
to  our customers,  regarding  the  quality 
of  goods,  and  make  our arguments more 
convincing,having seen the  competitors’ 
lines. 

J.  w.  Shidler.

Sporting  Goods,  Ammunition,  Stoves, 
Window  Glass,  Bar  Iron,  Shelf  H ard­
ware, etc.,  etc.

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

31.  33»  35»  37» 39  Louis S t. 

10  &   »   Monroe S t.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Quick mkal

At  One-Half  Cost

QUICK MtAt.¿¡h

Two  Morley  Shelf  Ladders,  seventy-four  feet  Track, 

eighteen Brackets— good as new.  Enquire of

D.  E.  Vanderveen,

State  Agent  Quick  Meal  Stoves,

525  Michigan  Trust  Building,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

The  A llied  Interests  of  M anufacturers 

All  people 

and  Dealers.*
in  highly  civilized  coun­
tries  depend  on  manufacturers  and deal­
ers  to  supply  not  only  necessities,  but 
luxuries,  such as  make  our grand system 
of  modern  life  so  much  better  than  the 
primitive  manner  in  which  the  ancients 
existed.  You,  as  dealers,  are  naturally 
allies  of  manufacturers,  as  they  need 
you  to  distribute  their  output.  Very 
few  of  the  factories  in  this  or  any  other 
country  would  grow  to  gigantic  propor­
tions  if  they  attempted  to  sell  their 
goods  direct  to  the  user,  although  cer­
tain  classes  of  machinery  are  sold  di­
rect,  owing  to  the  peculiar conditions 
that  make  this  necessary.  Many  ma­
chines  and  large  tools  must  be  sold  by 
experts  who  can  explain  the  technical 
constructions  of their  wares  and  furnish 
tools  that  will  perform  work  under vary­
ing  conditions, which  the  ordinary  deal­
er  would  not be  prepared  to understand. 
Excepting  this  class  of  work,  the  dealer 
can  market  all  other  articles  in  more 
economical  manner than  would  be  pos­
sible 
if  our  system  of  distribution  of 
goods  were  different.

In  ancient  times  the  manufacturer  of 
to-day  did  not  exist.  The  factory  was 
then  a  very  primitive  affair,  and  the 
artisan  not  only  made  his  articles,  but 
also  had  to  sell  and  deliver  them.  Un­
der  these  conditions  the  market  was 
very  limited.  He  was  no  doubt  shrewd 
and  inventive,  but  his  environments 
were  such  that  he  could  not  expand  and 
sell  his  wares  to  far distant  customers. 
His  shop  and  tools  were  primitive,  but 
history  shows  us  that  long  before  the 
era  of  civilization  utensils  and  articles 
now  sold  by  you  were in use.

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Tools,  cooking  utensils  and  many 
other articles  then  made  in a crude  style 
by  laborious  processes  were  bartered  by 
artisans  for  other  articles  of  value,  to 
people  of  their own  tribe.  Later  more 
daring  and  venturesome  traders  carried 
their  wares  on  boats  and  by  other means 
to  distant  settlements  and  traded  their 
goods  to  customers  in  friendly  tribes. 
They  were  the  pioneers  of  commerce 
and  a 
in  the  onward  march  of 
progress  which,  by  gradual  evolution 
century  after  century,  has  given  to  us 
our  present  perfected  commerce.

Still  later sailing  boats  were  built  by 
the  early traders,  and  articles  made 
in 
one  locality  were  carried  to  still  more 
distant  marts,  and  as  transportation  fa­
cilities  improved all kinds of  goods were 
manufactured  on  a  larger  scale  and  dis­
tributed  through  different  channels,  un­
til  now  with  our vast  system  of  railways 
and  ocean  greyhounds  distance and time 
have  been  annihilated  and  goods  are 
manufactured  in  one  place  and  trans­
ported  to the  most  remote comers  of  the 
earth.

Civilization  has, 

indeed,  wrought 
wonderful  changes,  but  in  nothing  has 
its  influence  been  shown  more  than  in 
our  magnificent  system of commerce and 
business.  Manufacturers  and  dealers 
are  both  necessary  in  our  present  state 
of  high  development  as  they  are  an 
in­
tegral  element  of our  vast  social system.
The  manufacturer  seeks  the  hidden 
treasures  of  the  earth  and  with  brains, 
ingenuity  and  labor,  changes  the  useless 
to  the  useful.  He  digs  down  into the 
soil,  extracting  that  which  nature  has  so 
bountifully  provided  for  us,and  by  end­
less  processes  of  labor,  with  the  assist­
ance  of  machinery,  makes  articles  that 
are  necessary  for  our comfort.  Every 
article  finished  by  a  factory  means  em­
ployment  of  labor.  The  crude  material 
must  be  obtained  by  work  and  knowl­
edge. 
It  must  be  transported  by  some 
method  so  that  from  the  raw  material  to 
the  finished  product,  an  endless  variety 
of  work 
is  employed  that  escapes  our 
observation.  The  men  thus  employed 
must  be  fed,  clothed,  etc.,  and  other 
laborers  must  supply  their  necessities 
and 
luxuries  so  that the  beneficial  re­
sults  of  factories are  far-reaching.  Ad­
mitting  he  is,  however,  only  one  part 
of  our  vast  commercial  organization. 
His  wares  must  be  sold  to the  user,  and 
you  are  as  necessary  for  his  prosperity 
as  he  is to  you.  Without  you  he  would
•Address by E. W. Clark before  annual  conven­
tion Indiana BetaU  Hardware  Dealers’  Asso­
ciation.

be  like  the  ancient  selling  his  wares  in 
limited  quantities.  He  needs  you  as 
much  as  he  requires  transportation com­
panies,  or  I  might  say  even  more.  He 
could  not  explain  the  merits  of  his 
goods  to  every  consumer  in  this  great 
land  of  ours.  You  do  this  for him  and 
are  naturally  his  great  ally. 
If  an  ar­
ticle  possesses  merits  you  explain  its 
value  to  your customer,  as  you  can  not 
afford  in  these  days  of  competition  to 
sell  him  articles  that  are  out  of  date  or 
inferior  in  quality.  Your  business  is 
built  on  a  firm  foundation  as  your  cus­
tomers  have  confidence  in  you,  but  you 
can  only  retain  this  confidence  and 
trade  by  showing  that  you  are  alive  to 
all  progress,  hence,  you  are  a  powerful 
factor  that  the  manufacturer  must  pro­
tect  so  that  vou  can  obtain  your  just 
compensation  for  your  efforts  in market­
ing  his  production.

You  can  readily  see  by  close  analysis 
of  existing  conditions  that  we are all  in ­
terdependent  one  on  another  and  con­
sequently  should  strive 
to  m ake  our 
trade  relations  as  p leasant  and  profit­
If  abuses  and  other 
able  as  possible. 
disagreeable  features  creep 
into  your 
business  you  can  overcom e  them   by  us­
ing  broad  and  liberal  m ethods  to correct 
the  evils,  and  as  m anufacturers  we  will 
always  be  glad  to render  you such assist­
ance  as  lies  in  our  power.

By 

Your association  can  raise  your  busi­
ness  to  even  a  higher standard  than 
it 
is  at  present,  although  I  do  not  know 
any  business  that  seems  to  be  on  a 
higher  plane.  Organization  seems  to  be 
the  key-note  of  commercial  success. 
Everything  tends 
in  that  direction. 
Look  at  the  events  of  the past few years. 
Trade  is  organized,  labor  is  organized. 
On  the  whole  this  has  greatly  improved 
economic 
gradual 
changes  I  believe  trade  will  bz  freed 
from  its  cares  and  trials,  as  antiquated 
methods  are  constantly  giving  place  to 
new  and  modern  systems  that  greatly 
improve  the  manner of  conducting busi­
ness.  You  are  a  representative  set  of 
merchants,  and  I  know  will  cope  with 
any  situation  that  arises  and  you  will 
overcome  all  troubles  that  exist. 
In 
this  you  can  count  on  our  hearty  co­
operation.

conditions. 

I  wish  to  reiterate  all  that  I  said  at 
your  last  meeting,  by  stating  that  we 
will  continue  to  refuse  to  sell  depart­
ment  stores  and  catalogue  houses,  and 
will  at  all  times  protect  you  as  far  as 
we  can.  We  feel  that  your  prosperity  is 
so  closely  woven  into our own  that  our 
efforts  will  always  be  directed  to  pro­
moting  better  conditions 
in  our trade 
relations.  We  know  you  will  fully  ap­
preciate  whatever  we  do  in  this  direc­
tion,  as  you  should  and  do  patronize 
those  manufacturers  who  strive  to  make 
your  business  profitable.

Mr.  Sm ith’s  L ittle  Mistake.

The  next  time  Mrs.  Smith  needs  any­
thing  she'll  have  to  buy  it  herself.  So 
Smith  says  and  he  vows  he  means  it. 
That  comes  from  Mrs.  Smith  saying she 
needed  a  pair  of  silver  curling  tongs 
and  Smith  remembering 
it  when  he 
wandered 
into  a  silversmith’s  and  saw 
on  the  counter a  tray  of  silver  handled 
articles  that  opened  like  hair curlers.

“ That’s  just  what  I  want  for  my 
wife,”   remarked  Smith  as  he  chose  a 
pair. 

“ Send  ’em  home.”

Mrs.  Smith 

looked  pleased  but  puz­
zled  when  Smith  reached  home,  but  she 
kissed  Smith  and  he  assumed  an  air  of 
deserving  it.
“ They’re 

lovely,  dear,”   said  Mrs. 
Smith,  exhibiting  the  present,  “ but  I 
have  glove  stretchers already.  Why  did 
you  buy  them?”

“ Glove  stretchers!”   shrieked  Smith 
and  then  he  foolishly  owned  up  to  bis 
mistake.  Mrs.  Smith has  the other thing 
as  well  now.

The  members  of  the  Utah Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives  are  furnished 
with  pocket  knives  and  fountain  pens 
at  the  expense  of  the  State.  In  Connec­
ticut  and  several  other states—occasion­
ally  in  Pennsylvania—such  articles  are 
furnished  under  the  head  of  “ station­
ery,”   and  there  have  been  times 
in 
Connecticut  when  that  term  embraced 
dictionaries,  sets of  Dickens  and  gold­
headed  canes.

Hardware  Price Current

A m m unition

Caps

6 . D., full count, per m......................  
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m.................. 
Musket, per m..................................... 
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 260,  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

Drs. of
Powder

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

oz.of
Shot
1M
1%
1M
1M
1%
1M>
1
1
1%
1%
1M
Discount 40 per cent.

4
4
4
4
4M
4M
3
3
3M
3M
3M
Paper Shells—Not Loaded
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 

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

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

Gunpowder

Kegs, 25 lbs., per  keg......................... 
M kegs, 12*4 lbs., per  M  keg.............. 
M kegs, 614 lbs., per M  keg...............  

In sacks containing 25 lbs.
Drop, all sizes smaller than B........... 
Snell’s .................................................  
Jennings  genuine............................... 
Jennings’ Imitation.............................  

A ugurs  and  Bits

Shot

Axes

40
80
78
60
26
300
495
580

l  20
1  20

60
70
80

Per
100
$2 90
2 90
2 90
2 90
2 95
3 00
2 50
2 60
2 66
2 70
2 70

72
64

4 oo
2 25
l  25

l 40
60
26
60

First Quality, 8. B. Bronze................. 
First Quality, D. B. Bronze.....................  
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel...............  
First Quality,  D. B. Steel........................  
Railroad.................................................... 
Garden................................................net 
Stove...................................... 
 
Carriage, new 11«*  .............................. 
Plow ........... 

Barrow s

Bolts

 

 

 

7 00
7 76

li 50
13 00
15 00

30 00

60
65&10
50

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

$4 00

Buckets

B utts,  Cast

Chain

M in. 

5-16 in. % in.
Com..............   7  c.  ...  6  c.  ... 5  C.  .
BB................   8M 
BBB..............  8M 
Cast Steel, per lb..........................

...  7M 
...  7* 
Crowbars

... 6M  ■ .  6
... 6K 

Hin.
.  4i£c.
. ..  6M

6

65
65
65
65

65
1  25
40&10

40
25
70&10
70
70

28
17

60&10

85&
85&
80&20

Chisels

Socket Firm er.............................
Socket Framing............................
Socket Comer...............................
Socket Slicks................................

Elbows

Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz...........
...net
Corrugated, per doz......................
Adjustable..................................... ...dls
Expansive  Bits
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26........
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30..............
Files—New  List
New American.............................
Nicholson’s...................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................
Galvanized  Iron
Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 26; 27,
List  12 
16.

14 

13 

Discount,  70

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........

15
Gauges

Glass

Hinges

H am m ers

Single Strength, by box............... ....dis
Double Strength, by box.............. ....dls
By the Light......................... ....dls
Maydole & Co.’s, new list.............
....dls
Yerkes & Plumb’s.........................
....dls
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............... 30C list
Gate, Clark’s 1,2,3.......................
Hollow  W are
Pots...........................................
Kettles.........................................
Spiders..........................................
Au Sable.......................................
Stamped Tinware, new list...........
Japanned Tinware.........................
Bar Iron........................................
Light Band...................................
Knobs—New  List
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings__
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings...
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz................
Warren,Galvanized  F ount.....,,

33 M
40&10
70
60&10
50&10
50&10
50&10
40&10
70
20&10
...225  crates
...  3 crates
76
86
5 00
00

House  F urnishing Goods

Horse  Nails

Lanterns

Iron

17

70

Levels

Mattocks

Metals—Zinc

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

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

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

7H
8

Miscellaneous

Bird Cages.........................................  
40
Pumps, Cistern................................... 
75
Screws, New List............................... 
80
Casters, Bed and Plate.......................  50&10&10
Dampers, American...........................  
60

Molasses  Gates

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

6O&10
30

Pans

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

“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.

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

Planes

Nails

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

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

Ropes

Sisal, H inch and larger............................. 
Manilla...................................................... 

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

Sand  P aper

Sash  W eights

Sheet Iro n

60
60
60
ft

2 65
2 65

Base
8
10
20
30
46
70
50
15
25
35
25
35
45
85

50
45

6 60
7 60
13 00

6 60
6 60
11 00

13 00

8
12

80

25 00

com. smooth,  com.
$3 20
3 20
3 30

Nos. 10 to 14  ................................. 
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.

3 40
3 50
3 60
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

Shovels  and  Spades

First Grade,  Doz................................ 
Second Grad?, Doz............................. 

8 00
7 50

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

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

10x14 IC, Charcoal............................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal.....................................  
20x14IX,Charcoal.........................:... 

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

Tin—Allaw ay Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

W ire

Traps

B oiler Size  Tin  P late
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, >  DOund
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, J per pouna" 
Steel,  Game........................................
Oneida Community,  Newhouse’s.......
Oneida  Community ,  Hawley  &  Nor­
ton’s.................................................
Mouse,  choker  per doz......................
Mouse, delusion, pe.' doz....................
Bright Market.....................................
Annealed  Market...............................
Coppered Market................................
Tinned  Market...................................
ed Fence, Galvanized.................
Barbed Fence, Fainted.......................
Bright..................................................
Screw Eyes.........................................
Hooks..................................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........................
Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled..........  
Coe’s Genuine..................................... 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, ¡Wrought.. 70&10

a ered Spring Steel.......................

W ire  Goods

W renches

65

$860
9 75

8 60

 

7 00
7 00
8 50
8 60

10

75
40&10
65 
15 
1  25
60
60
60&10 
50&10 
40 
3 30 
3 00
80
80
80
80

30
80

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

65
60

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

1 8

Village  Improvement

Oneness o f Purpose  in T illage Life. 

Written for tbe Tradesman.

When  the  man  who  at  first  refused  to 
clean  his  snowy  sidewalk  at  last  re­
lented  he  did  it  unhandsomely  and  with 
It  was  an  interference with  his 
protest. 
rights  and  privileges. 
It  forced  upon 
him  an  expense  he  did  not  want  to  in­
cur  and 
it  was  an  assumption  on  the 
part  of  the  Improvement  Society  which 
was  as  unjustifiable  as  it  was  meddle­
some.  This  was  no  city,  with  laws  and 
by-laws  to  be  observed  or  violated  un­
der  punishment  or  fine.  The  delight 
of  living  in  the  country  and  in  a village 
was  in  being  free  from  these  exactions 
that  interfered  with  his  wants 
and 
wishes  and  he  for  one  intended  to  resist 
the_whole  thing  with  might and main.

It  would  have  been  an  easy  thing  for 
the  Society  to  assert  itself,  but  it  was 
satisfied  when  the  snow  was  cleared 
from  the  walk  and  it  trusted  to luck  and 
a  kind  Providence  to  help  it  over  other 
and  similar  emergencies.  The  one  idea 
which  the  man’s  opposition  had  awak­
ened was  that the walk  was  his, to  all  in­
tents  and  purposes  the  snow  was  his, 
his  snow  shovel  was  his  own  and  in  a 
country  priding  itself  on  its  freedom  of 
speech  and  action  he  did  not  feel bound 
to  spend  muscle  and  time  in  making  a 
path  for the  public  to  walk  in.  Certain­
ly  there  was  no  justice  in  compelling 
him  to  do this.  There  was  a  principle 
involved  and  he  was  determined  to  de­
fend  that  principle.

It  was  found,  too,  as  time  went  by, 
that  this  man  had  sympathizers  “ and 
there  was  a  division  among  them.”   On 
all  accounts,  however,  the  Fabian  pol­
icy  seemed  the  best  to  follow.  The 
President  and  the  two  ministers  called 
in  the  storekeeper,  known  to  have  the 
longest  head  in  the  community,  and  it 
was  the  opinion  of  all  of  them  that  the 
village  as  a  whole  would  know  how  to 
meet  the  man’s  argument  and,  tipping 
it  with  ridicule,  turn  it  against himself. 
The  idea  that  his  selfishness was  simply 
determined  to  make  the  whole  village 
suffer  on  his  account  had  not  seemed  to 
occur  to  him  and  the  Society  decided  to 
turn  public  opinion  towards  that  one 
point  and  drive  home  on  every  possible 
occasion  the  truth  that  the  life  of  every 
community  depends  upon  a  singleness 
of  purpose  which  the  community  only 
as  a  whole  can  carry out.

There 

is  no  good  reason  why  every 
village  should  not  be  made  convenient, 
healthful  and  beautiful.  These  attri­
butes  are  certainly  worth  striving  for 
and  they  can  not  be  obtained  unless 
“ all  hands  take  hold”  and  turn  the  pos­
sible  into  a  fact.  Taken  singly  or as  a 
whole,  they  are  on  every  account  much 
to  be  desired.  Convenience  has  about 
it  too  much  of  the  practical  to  be  ig­
nored.  Time  is money  in  the  village  as 
in  the  town  and  conveniences 
well  as 
that  save 
it  soon  pay  for themselves. 
Health  is  its  own  defense, the  supremest 
selfishness  not  yet  wanting to  know what 
health 
is  good  for anyway.  Beauty  is 
oftentimes  looked  upon  as  a  luxury,  but 
the  difference  in  the  value  of  building 
lots  improved  and  unimproved  tells  its 
own  unmistakable  story  and  will  con­
tinue  to  be  a  strong  lever  in  the  hands 
of  the  Improvement  Society  to  help 
along  its  purpose.  This  is  not  theory, 
it  is  practice,  and  the  outcome,  as 
stated,  has  passed  into  experience.

For  a  number  of  years  the  country 
has  been  rushing  into  the  city.  From 
the  village,  as  well  as  from  the  farm,

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Inconvenience 

boys  and  girls  are  alike  eager to  live 
in  town.  Sometimes  fortune takes  them 
from  the  farm  and  the  village  to  high 
school  and  college  and,  once  there,  once 
in  the  city,  they  never  return.  The  rea­
son  is  not  hard  to  find :  The  country  is 
continually 
ignoring  the  esthetic  side 
of  life.  The  farm  children,  the  villag­
ers,  have  cravings  which  are  not  satis­
fied. 
is  the  country’s 
first 
law.  Not  one  country  man  in  a 
thousand  understands,  or  wants  to  un­
derstand,  that  there 
is  more  genuine 
education  in  a  bathroom  than there is  in 
a  full  year’s  study  at  the  common  coun­
try  school.  Disorder  exists  everywhere, 
outside  of  the  farm  house  and  in. 
If  a 
thing  can  be  lived  with  it  “ will  do.”  
Niceness and tidiness  are  ever  wanting. 
The  farm  and  all  that  belongs  to  it  is  a 
second-class  place  to  earn  the  scantiest 
living  in  the  hardest  possible  way.  The 
Vandals,  in  the  olden  time,  took  vio­
lent  possession  of  the  Southern  culture 
when  their  Northern  barbarism  became 
irksome,  and  modern  vandalism  retains 
the  old-time  characteristics— it  goes 
where  its  wants  will  be  satisfied.  Home 
is  not  home  where  the  beautiful 
is  not 
recognized  as  a  need. 
A  beautiful 
picture  is  as  much  of  a  necessity  as  a 
cook  stove;  musical  instruments  are  as 
restful  as  the  farm  tools  are  wearisome, 
and  a  window  curtain  can  attract  or 
repel.  Now  the  young  people  are  cer­
tainly  influenced  by  these  things.  They 
like  the  lovely side  of life  and  they  hate 
the  hard  and  repulsive.  The  city  sup­
plies  these  wants,no  matter how  poorly, 
and  they  are  satisfied  and  so  stay. 
They  hate  to  go back  and  take  up  the 
old  life  that  has  so  little  about  it that  is 
pleasing  and  when  the  school  and  the 
college  are  over they  choose  their  place 
of  life  and  labor  as  far  from  the  old 
home  as  possible  and  the  city-settled 
farm  boy  is  perfectly  satisfied  with  the 
change  which  has  bettered  his  condi­
tion.

Its  aim  is  the 

Now  the  village  can  and  ought  to  fur­
nish  everything  but  the  crowd.  The 
Improvement  Society  is  distinctly  an 
agency  for  culture. 
in­
crease  and  the spread  of  refinement.  We 
have  seen  what  the  object  of  the 
land­
scape  gardener  is  and  what  it  has  al­
ready  done  for village  life. 
Its  theory, 
pushed  home,  will  materialize  into  finer 
and  more  convenient  dwellings.  The 
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interest.  There  will  be  a  library  after 
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

19

WORSE THAN  STEALING.

Perjury  Resorted  To  by  Some  to  Evade 

Taxes.

Is 

it  as  reprehensible  a  thing  to  lie 
and  steal  about  the  amount  of  business 
you  are  doing  and  your taxes  as  it  is  to 
lie  and  steal  about  ordinary  things?

I  ask  the  question  because  a  good 

many  men  seem  to think  it  is  not.

An 

illustration : 

I  know  a  man  who 
does  business 
in  one  of  the  principal 
towns  of  Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  mem­
ber  of  a  church,  an  upright  citizen,  a 
good  husband and  father,  and  a  square, 
honest  man.

This  year  this  man’s  business 

in­
creased  several  thousand  dollars,  and 
his  mercantile  tax  was  increased— not 
much,  but  a  small  sum.

The  tax  was  just,  under  the  present 
tax 
laws;  there’s  no  doubt  about  that, 
because  as  I  say  the  business  had  in­
creased.

But  what  did  this  honest  man  and 
good  citizen  do?  Did  he  pay  it,  as  he 
would  pay  any  other  debt?  He  did not. 
He  swore  off  the  increase,  which  meant 
what?  It  meant  that he had to lie,to per­
jure  and  to  steal  from  the  Government.
Isn't  it  almost  incredible  that  a  man 
so  upright  in  all  things  else  could  bring 
himself  to  descend  so  low  about  his 
taxes?

And  yet  he  is  but  one  of  many,  many 

gcod  citizens  who  do  the  same  thing.

I  asked  him  how  he  could  do  it.
“ Hasn't  your business  increased  that 

much?’ ’  1  asked.

“ Yes,  it  has,’ ’  he  replied;  “ it  has 
increased  more,  but  I  ain’t  going  to pay 
any  more  tax. 
I  give  these  devils  at 
Harrisburg  enough  to  steal,  as  it  is!”

And  that’s  the  attitude  of hundreds  of 
last 
merchants,  particularly  since  the 
law  was  passed.  The 
mercantile  tax 
retail  dealer thinks  that  every  tax 
im­
posed  on  him  simply  goes  not  to  sup­
port  the  Government,  but  to  buy  a  new 
horse  for  some 
inside  politician.  So 
he  does  not  hesitate  to  put  himself  in 
the  same  class  with  the  aforesaid  poli 
tician  by  cutting  down  his  tax  by  fair 
means  or  foul.

I  can  understand  how  a  taxpayer  can 
feel  that  way,  and  feel  so  sincerely. 
God  knows  we  have  an  awful  lot  of 
leeches  at  the  head  of  our  Government 
— I  wish  I  was  among  ’em ;  I  need  a 
new  pair of  pulsewarmers  this  minute— 
and  there's  no  doubt  that  a  good  deal 
of  the  money  that  the  retail  dealer  pays 
as  taxes  finds  its  way  into  unholy  pock­
ets  that  are  always  open.

Still,  does  that  excuse  the  man  who 
descends  to  falsehood  and  perjury  to 
escape his  taxes?  We’ll  leave  the  steal­
ing  end  of  it out of the discussion.  We'll 
admit  that  the  money  goes  to  the  poli­
ticians,  and  that  it  therefore  isn’t  steal­
ing  to  withhold 
it.  Let’s  say  a  man 
simply  lies  and  swears  falsely  when  he 
does  as  the  man  I  have referred to did— 
is  he  justified  in  doing  that?  Is  he  jus­
it  even  if  he  knew,  as 
tified 
surely  as  he  knows  a  judgment  day 
is 
coming,  that  his  money  would  have 
been  stolen  the  minute  it  reached  Har­
risburg?

in  doing 

I  don’t  think  he  is,  gentlemen.  Be 
an  honest  man,  I  say,  even  if  you’re 
the  only  one  and  hopelessly  unfashion­
able.

I  have  never  stolen  even  a  pin  in  my 
life—when  I  thought  I  could  be  found 
out.

A  tax  is  a  tax.  Every  man  with prop­
erty  owes  it.  He  sends  men  to  the  State 
capital  to  make  tax  laws  for  him,  and 
when  they  make  the  laws  he  ought  to 
stand  by  ’em.

What  is  a  man  who  defaults  on  a debt 
to  his  neighbor?  He  is  a  shyster,  isn’t 
he?  What  is  he,  then,  when  be  defaults 
on  a  debt  to  his  Government? 
Isn't  he 
a  shyster  just  the  same?

There  are  unjust  taxes  at  present  im­
posed  upon  Pennsylvania  retail  grocers, 
and  the  laws  that authorized them should 
never  have  been  passed.  But  the  way 
to  escape  those  taxes  is  not  to  lie  out  of 
paying  them.  It  is  to  have  the  laws  re­
pealed.  Hard? 
It  may  be,  but  it  is 
honest.

I’m  not  much  given  to  sermonizing, 
but  let  me  ask  you  this  one  question: 
Let  me  ask  it  straight  of  the  man  who 
believes  it  excusable  to  falsify  about his 
taxes.  You  are  an  honest  man,  per­
haps.  You  pay  your debts;  you  go  to 
church ;  you  tell  no  lies,  and  make  no 
false  affidavits—except  those  told  and 
made  to  get  your  taxes  reduced.  Do 
you  suppose  the  Creator  of  all  things 
will  excuse  that  black  spot  in  your 
white  life  when  you  tell  him  that  you 
did  those  things to  keep  the  politicians 
of  Pennsylvania 
from  getting  some 
money?

Not  on  your  life !— Stroller  in  Grocery 

World.
P eculiar  Business  Creed  of  an  Indiana 

M erchant.

Grocer A.  T.  Norton,  of Marion,  Ind., 
who  keeps  store  in  a  peculiar  fashion, 
has  received  the  honor  of  a  full  page 
write-up  in  the  Marion  Journal.  An 
interior  view  of  his  store  and  his  own 
portrait  accompany  the  descriptive mat­
ter.  Mr.  Norton’s  business  creed  may 
be  summed  up  as  follows:
I  believe  the  average  man  is  to  be 
trusted,  and  that  is  why  I  allow  my cus­
tomers to  wait  on  themselves.

my  own  family  would  not  eat.

I  will  not  sell  to  others  an  article  that 
I  will  not  sell  drugs,  whisky  or to­

bacco.

I  will  not  deliver  goods,  because  the 
extra  expense  would  come  out  of  the 
pockets  of  my  customers.

I  buy  all  my  goods  for spot cash and I 

do all  my  business  on  the  cash  basis.

I  pay  my  clerks  every  night;  the 
money  is  theirs;  they  have  earned  it.  I 
have  no  right  to  keep  it  until  Saturday 
night.

I  carry  no  insurance;  don't believe  in 
insurance,  because  it  encourages  a  man 
to  be  careless  about  his  fires.

It  is  said  that  there  is  a  curse  on  the 
rich ;  I  don't  want  to  be  one  of  the  ac­
cursed.

It  appears  that  Mr.  Norton  always 
has  shown  originality  as  an  advertiser. 
We  quote  from  the  Journal:

In  reply  to  a  question  as  to  where  he 
had  been  in  business  before  he  came  to 
Marion,  Mr.  Norton  said:  “ For  years 
I  ran  a  store  in  Fairmount,  Ind.,  called 
‘ Norton’s  Fair.’ 
This  store  was  in  a 
building  which  I  built  after  my  own 
notion.  There  were  five  rooms,  and  we 
used  to  advertise  that  we  sold  every­
thing,  which  was  hardly  true.  But  we 
did  deal  in  nearly  everything,  with  the 
exception  of  drugs  and  liquors. 
In  the 
rear of  the  store  I  built  a sort of museum 
and 
it  I  had  every  kind  of  animal 
known  in  this  part  of  the  country,  from 
deer to  rabbits,and  people  from  all  over 
the  country  came  to  Fairmount  to  see 
that  collection  of  animals. 
I  had  the 
place  so  arranged  that  there  was  an  en­
trance  through  the  store-room  and  I  had 
men  there  who  would  sell  them  goods 
when  they  came  out.  I  did  a  good  busi­
ness  there,  but had  to  give  it  up  on  ac­
count  of  bad  health. 
I  have  been  in 
business  in  Marion  for about  one  year, 
and  I  have  been  very  successful.”

in 

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W o m a n ’s  W o rld
No Sadder Sight Than th e  Misuse of Books.
The  trustees  of  one  of  the largest pub­
lic  libraries  in  the  country  are consider­
ing  the  plan  of  disinfecting  each  book 
as  it  is  returned  by  a  subscriber,  as  a 
means  of  preventing  the  spread  of  con­
tagious  diseases.  Nothing  could  seem 
a  wiser  precaution.  Probably  nobody 
with  the  fear of  the  deadly  microbe  be­
fore  his  eyes  ever  picks  up  a  well- 
thumbed  volume  which  has  gone  the 
rounds  of  the  more  or  less  unwashed 
without  wondering  what  particular kind 
of  suicide  he 
is  committing,  but  the 
mere  suggestion  of  submitting  popular 
books  to  an  antiseptic  bath  sets  one  to 
wishing  that  there  was  some  way  in 
which  the  thoughts  on  the  pages  might 
be  as  easily  sterilized  as  the  pages 
themselves,  and  that  it  was  as  possible 
to  kill  the  moral  bacilli  as  it  is  the 
physical.

To  a  thoughtful  person  there  is  no 
sadder  sight  than  the  misuse  we  make 
of  books,  and  the  way  in  which  we  turn 
one  of  the  greatest  blessings  of  life  into 
something  that  comes  pretty  nearly  be­
ing  one  of  its  greatest  curses.  The  great 
majority  of  people  have  an  unsophisti­
cated  idea  that  there  is  some  virtue 
in 
reading,  no  matter  how  worthless  or 
vile  the  thing  they  read,  and  they  ac­
count  it  unto  themselves  for  culture 
when  they  race  through  a  large  number 
of  books,  whether  they  carry  away  a 
single  idea  with  them  or  not.

it 

To  sustain  a  reputation  for  being  lit­
erary  nowadays 
it  is  only  necessary  to 
have  skimmed  the  plot  of  the  last  forty- 
seven  popular  novels,  although the proc­
ess  is  enough  to  give  one  acute  mental 
dyspepsia  for the  balance  of  one’s  life. 
This 
is  particularly  true  of  women,  for 
when  a  man  has  either  time  or  inclina­
tion  for  more  than  the  daily  papers  and 
the  magazines,  he  is  apt  to  read  some­
thing  solid  and  with  substance  to  it. 
With  women  reading  almost 
invariably 
means  the  unlimited  consumption  of 
novels,  and  even  then 
is  quite  as 
much  a  matter  of  quantity  as  quality 
that  counts.  A  mother told  me  the  other 
day  that  her  13-year-old  daughter  was 
literary  because  she  had  read  thirty 
novels  since  Christmas,  although  inves­
tigation  showed  that  they  were  nothing 
but  the  veriest  trash.  When  anybody 
announces  that  Miss  So-and-So  is  such 
a  cultured  woman,  we  know  at  once 
that  she  is  the  kind  of  a  person  who  is 
an animated  catalogue  of  novels  that are 
still  hot  from  the  press,and  who  regards 
us  with  undisguised  pity  and  contempt 
if  in  the  exigencies  of  making  a  living 
or  minding  our  children  we  have  not 
devoured  the 
idyl  or 
thrilled  over the  newest  colonial  histor­
ical  abortion.  Many  a  woman  poses  as 
a  leader  of  thought  and  a  literary 
light 
in  her  community  on  the  strength  of 
having  always  read  Marie  Corelli  or 
Edna  Lyall’s  latest  inanity.

latest  farmhand 

No one  would  be  unreasonable enough 
to  condemn  novel  reading,  of  course. 
Some  of  our best  iiterature  comes  to  us 
in  that  delightful  guise,  and  we  are  in­
debted  for  many  of  our  highest  inspira­
tions  and  noblest  thoughts  to  good 
stories,  but  there  is  another  side  to  the 
question.  There 
is  the  bad  novel,  the 
story  of  evil  suggestion,  the  story  that 
reeks  with 
lawless  passion  and  repre­
sents  sin  in  its  most  alluring  guise,  and 
to-day  there 
is  no  other  influence  so 
potent  for  harm  confronting  the  world 
as 
is  no  quarantine 
against  bad  books,  and  the  greatest

There 

it 

is. 

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

danger  of  all 
is  that  women,  who  are 
trying  to  guard  their families  against 
every  other  evil  on  earth,  seem  never 
to  suspect  the  harm  that  comes  from 
vicious  books.  A  woman  would  be 
frantic  with  horror  if  she  saw  her 
little 
son  learning  to  be  a  drunkard  under her 
very  eyes  or her  little  girl  getting  to  be 
a  dope  fiend,  but  she  lets  them  acquire 
the  bad  novel  habit,  which 
is  just  as 
bad  for  them,  morally  and  physically, 
and  thinks  they  are  being  “ literary.”  
God  save  the  mark !

Just  think  for  a  moment  of  the  in­
consistency  of  mothers  on  this point and 
the  ignorance  and  criminal  negligence 
they  display.  A  woman  will  watch  her 
children  like  a  hawk  t.o  keep  them  from 
playing  with  bad  children  on  the  cor­
ner,  but  she  will  sit  up  at  night  in  self- 
satisfied  complacency,  sure  Johnny 
is 
safe  because  he  is  quietly reading.  Yet, 
very  likely,  just  across  the  library  table 
Johnny 
is  consorting  with  thieves  and 
thugs  and  criminals  and  feeding  his 
quick  imagination  with  pictures  of  the 
lowest  haunts  of  vice.  The  worst  boy 
in  the  city  would  not  be  so  dangerous 
a  companion  as  the  books 
in  which

brutality  is glorified,  murder represented 
as  heroic  and  crimes  for which  the 
law 
prescribes  penitentiary stripes presented 
as  alluring  adventures.  What  we  read 
—the  things  that  fire  our fancies,  and 
thrill  our senses—are  the  stuff  of  which 
character  is  woven,  and  it  is  rank  folly 
for any  mother  to  waste  her time  trying 
to  inculcate  gentle  manners  and  courte­
ous  speech  and  high  aspirations  in  her 
son  so  long  as  she  lets  his  reading  give 
the  lie  to  her  teachings.

Or,  perhaps,  it  is  the  case  of  Mar­
gery.  Her  mother  prides herself  on  be­
ing  so  careful  with  her  innocent  young 
daughter  and  would  shield  her  from 
contact  with  a  wicked  woman  as  she 
would  from  the  pestilence,  but  she 
doesn’t  concern  herself  with  the  fact 
that  Margery  devours  one  erotic  novel 
after  another  and  is  forming  her  ideals 
of  life  on  stories  of  white-hot  sizzling 
passion  and  being  familiarized  with 
the  details  of  the  careers  of  the  kind  of 
people  she  would  never  meet  in  decent 
society. 
is  a  cold  fact  that  mothers 
would  do  well  to  bear  in  mind  that  a 
declassee  woman  is  no  more  desirable 
a  companion 
in  a  novel  for a  young

It 

life. 
In 
girl  than  she  would  be  in  real 
life  sur­
the  book  the  girl  sees  the 
lime  light  of  alluring 
rounded  by  the 
romance. 
In  real  life  she  would  see  the 
painted  faces,  the  haggard  eyes,  the 
sordidness  and  shame,  and  there  would 
be  nothing  but  what  disgusted  and  hor­
rified  her.

Aside  from  the  stories  that  are actual­
ly  immoral  and  vulgar,  there  is  a  vast 
array  of  those  that  are  merely  namby- 
pamby,  but  if 
questionable  if they  do 
not  do  as  much  harm  in  the  world  as 
the  wicked  ones,  they  are  responsible 
for  so  many  of  the  false 
ideals  and 
idiotic  performances  of  women.  What 
makes 
little  Susie  Jones  turn  up  hei 
nose  at  the  honest  young  carpenter  who 
wants  to  marry  her and  who  would  work 
all  his  days  to  make  her  a  good  home? 
Simply  because  she  has  stuffed  her  silly 
little  noggin  with  nonsense  about  dark- 
browed  heroes,  with 
curling  black 
mustaches  and  soft  white  hands,  who 
will  talk  about  soul  mates  and  quote 
poetry  to  her,  instead  of  talking  about 
building  her  a  little  home.  That's  her 
ideal,  and  by  and  by  he  will  come 
along,  or  she  will  think  he  will,  and

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To

H E ^ N R Y   B . O O H )   your 

attorneys,  ager.j
s a l e s m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  «•laiming  01 
holding  through  or  under  you,

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

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

ENOCH  MORGAN'S  SONS  COMPANY,

Complainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  designation  “ SAPOLIO”  as  a  trade-mark  for  scouring  soapt

Hon), ^ c rc fo re , we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you 
u n d er^ h ep ain ^ an ^ jen a ltie^ ^ h icl^ ^ a ^ J F all^ g o i^ jo u ^ n d ^ ach o fyo u   in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

B y  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

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

that  which  is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  rad  from  in  ray  way  using  the  word 
false  or  misleading  manner.

SAPOLIO”  in  any

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ROWLAND  COX.

Cen&ktinanfs  Solicitor

The  honorable  Melville  W.  Fuller,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
in  said  District  of  New 
Jersey,  this  16th  day  of  December, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

fSIGNXOl

&   IX  OUPHANT,

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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We  Make  Gasoline  Lamps

Specially adapted for stores of all  kinds,  one  of  which  is  equal  to  ten  or  a  dozen 

kesosene lamps or five electric bulbs.  They can be used anywhere and  run for

20 cents  a  month

It will  pay to light  up your store  with these lamps.  The brilliant and sparkling effect 
on stock attracts attention and  draws trade, and no other light will do it as well as the

B rillian t

Self

Generating G as  L am ps

Over 90,000 have been sold during  the last  three  and  a  half  years.  They  are  safe, 

simple, and  every lamp is guaranteed.  This  is what one dealer says:
“Last  November  I  bought one of your two-light  lamps, and  I  write  you  to  let 
It has  burned  every  night  and  has  not 
you know bow well  pleased  I  am with  it. 
given me any trouble at all. 
It costs me about  10 cents  per week  to run  it,  where  I 
paid 60 cents for coal  oil.  This saving will amount to a nice  little  sum  in  a  run  of 
a year,  saying nothing of the light.  You can refer to me and  I  will  give  the  ‘Bril­
liant’ a good send off.”
We have hundreds of other unsolicited letters  equally  strong.  The  agency  for  this 

lamp  is valuable;  write for it without delay.

Brilliant  Gas  Lamp  Co.

w   GEORGE  BOHNER,  Prop.

42  State  Street,  Chicago,  111.

GAS  READING  LAMPS

No  wick,  no  oil,  no  trouble—always 
ready.  A  Gas  Reading  Lamp  is  the 
most satisfactory kind to  use.

A complete lamp including tubing and 
genuine  Welsbach  Mantles  and  Wels- 
bach lamps as low as $3.

Suitable for offices and  stores  as  well.
GRAND  RAPIDS GAS  LIGHT CO., 

P earl  and  Ottaw a Sts.

Borden &Selleck Co.,

48*50  Lake  St.,  CHICAGO,  ILL.

Swell  Front  Roll  Top  Refrig­
erators and Butter Boxes.

H OW E  &  FRO EM N ER 
Agate Bearing Scales.

STAR  C O FFE E   M ILLS,
For  granulating  and  pul­
verizing.

Outfits for retail  grocery  stores. 

Correspondence  Solicited.

Mlohlgan Tradesman,  Grand Rapids:

I take pleasure in informing you that I  can heartily reoommend 
your publication to any one who wishes  to dispose  of his  stock of merchan­

dise.  After advertising in several dailies and all other trade papers,  with­
out result,  I was recommended to try the Tradesman.  One insertion did the 
business,  bringing satisfactory results in the shape of a oash purchaser 

for my drug stook.

Yours truly,

What 

she  will  run  off with  a  man  she  never 
saw  until  week  before  last,  and  there 
will  be  another  victim  added  to  the 
long  list  of  those  who  have  picked  out 
their affinities  by  the  advice  of  novels.
is  it  that  makes  so  many  girls 
who  have  good  homes  with  parents will­
ing  to  support  them  crazy  to  break away 
from  their  families  and  friends  and  go 
to  some  city  to  pursue  a  career?  Noth­
ing  on  earth  but  the  misleading  stories 
of  free  and  fascinating  girl  bachelor 
life,  in  which  the  heroine is  represented 
as  having  become 
instantaneously  fa­
mous,  and  spending  her time  thereafter 
in  perpetually  waving  a  latch  key  and 
lobster  Newburg  and  opening 
mating 
etters  containing  checks. 
Just  how 
many  misguided  women  have  vainly 
tried  to  realize  one  of  these  pipe  dream 
novels  and  have  turned  back  home,  dis­
appointed  and  heart-broken,  nobody 
knows,  but  they  have  added  in  no  small 
measure  to  the  misery  of  the  world. 
The  girl  with  a  career craze  in  a  family 
is  about  as  much  trouble  as  the  boy who 
drinks,  and  both  cause  the  parents  to 
shed  barrels  of tears.

As  for those  popular  novels  in  which 
the  noble  Lord  Reginald  St.  Clair 
observes  the  beauteous  but humble Mary 
Ann  scrubbing  down  the  front  steps, 
and  stops  to  ask  her  to  be  his  wife  and 
share  his  exalted  state,  they  count  their 
victims  by  the  million.  These  stories 
are  the  bane  of  the  working  girl,  and  it 
is  because  she  is  always  expecting  to be 
snatched  from  her  counter or  typewriter 
and  translated  to  the  haunts  of  fashion 
and  society,  as  per  her  favorite  novel, 
that  many  a  girl  never settles  down  to 
learn  her  business  and  do  good  work.

When  a  married  woman  gets  to  be  a 
novel  fiend  she  is  worse  off  still.  The 
most  frequent  victims  are  women  who 
board,  and with  many  of  them  it  gets  to 
be  simply  a  case  of  emotional  debauch­
ery.  There  are  women  who  literally 
spend  their  lives  lying  on  a  couch  de­
vouring  one  high-spiced  story  after  an­
other.  They  breathe  nothing  but  an  air 
of  intrigue  and  adventure  that  is  full  of 
the  deadliest  mental  miasma.  Nothing 
else  coujd  be  so  unhealthy,  and  in  a 
little  while 
it  begins  to  show  itself  in 
discontent  and  little  flirtations  and  ro­
mantic  longings.  No  woman  can  spend 
her  time  dreaming  about  fascinators 
without  wanting  to  be  one,  and  any 
man  whose  wife  is  acquiring  the  novel 
habit  owes  it  to  her  and  himself  to  di­
vert  her  mind  by  a  course  in  cooking 
and  dishwashing.

it 

in  moderation 

It  is  time  for  women  to  look  the ques­
tion  of  novel  reading  squarely  in  the 
face.  Taken 
is  a 
pleasure  that  cheers  many  an  hour,  that 
stimulates  and  benefits. 
Immoderately, 
it'is  the  worst  sort  of  a  vice.  Books  are 
voices  that  speak  to  us 
in  our silent 
hours,  and  what  they  teach  us  we  do 
not  forget. 
It  is,  therefore,  important 
that  they  should  only  say  to  us  that 
which  makes  us  better, 
truer  and 
If  they  inspire  us  with  false 
stronger. 
ideals  and  untrue  theories  of 
living, 
they  are  not  our  friends.  They  are  our 
enemies.  For  life 
is  not  a  romance, 
Dorothy  Dix.  *
it  is  a  plain  fact. 

A  Greek  barber  has  opened  a  New 
York shop to popularize a new way of cut­
ting  hair.  He  uses  shears  for trimming 
the  hair  over  the  ears and  at  the  back 
of  the  neck.  For  cutting  the  hair  he 
uses  a  sharp  razor.  He  runs the  hair 
through  a  fine  comb,  and  slices  it  off  to 
the  right 
length.  He  says  that  this 
method not  only  makes  it  easy to cut the 
hair evenly,  but  also  removes  all  dead 
hairs.  Moreover,  he  alleges  that ¡it  is 
twice  as quick  as  the  old  way.

2 2

Butter  and  Eggs

How  Bad  Railw ay  Service  Can  Be  Cor­

rected.

1  was  at  a  railroad  junction  a  short 
time  ago  where  a  branch  of  the  same 
railroad  terminated  and  it  happened  to 
be  shipping  day  for  the  dairy  products. 
As  I  was  waiting  for a  passenger  train 
and  had  plenty  of  time  1  walked  to  the 
depot  with  a  merchant  who  had  some 
eggs  and  dairy  butter  to go out.

long  before 

We  did  not  wait 

the 
branch  train  was  in  and  in  a  short  time 
the  main 
line  train  came  up  and  one 
train  was  on  one  side  of  the  depot  and 
the  other  on  the  other.  After the  freight 
was  loaded  on  the  platform  the  refriger­
ator  cars  on  each  train were pulled down 
opposite  each  other  where  the  cars stood 
close  to  each  other with  doors  opposite 
and  a  plank  put  from  one  car to  the 
other  for  transferring  from  the  branch 
car  to  that  of  the  main  line.  But  the 
sight  was  anything  but  pleasant.  Butter 
tubs,  boxes,  kegs  and  baskets  were 
piled  up  on  end,  sides  and  all  shapes, 
while  eggs  were  scattered  in  and  out  of 
cases  and  broken,  having  run  all  over 
the  butter  packages,  and  one  basket  of 
nice  print  butter  was  very  badly  de­
moralized,  being  scattered  over 
the 
floor;  in  fact,  several  other  packages 
were  somewhat 
injured  and  taking  it 
all  in  all  the  car  was  in  very  bad shape, 
so  much  so  that  I  asked  if  the  car  had 
been  in  a  wreck  ,but  was 
informed  by 
the  conductor  that  the  goods  were  piled 
up  and  had  slipped  down,to  use  his  ex­
pression.  My  friend  said  that  the  car 
was  in  good  shape  that  day  compared 
to  some  days.

I  remarked  to  the  agent  and  con­
ductor,  “ It  is  a  good  thing  I  am  not  a 
shipper  on  this  road  for  I  certainly 
would  report  such  a  way  of  handling 
things.”   The  conductor  replied 
in  a 
sort  of  sneering  way,  “ Who  would  you 
report to,  and  what  the  h—1  good  would 
it  do  you?”  
1  told  him  I  would at once 
notify  the  agent  that  I  should  claim 
damages  and  at  once  report  the  facts  to 
the  division  superintendent  and  if  I did 
not  get  any  satisfaction  I  would  go  to 
the  general  superintendent  if  I  had  to 
make  a  written  complaint  to  the  head­
quarters  at  Chicago.

If  properly  followed  up  you  can  bet 
that  you  will  get  satisfaction. 
I  once 
called  down  the  agent  and  a  conductor 
in  Kansas  at  a  certain  station  for  roll­
ing  my  butter  tubs  on  their side  and 
kicking  them  along  with  their  muddy 
feet  and  another time  for  loading  hides 
in  the  refrigerator  car  with  my  butter.
I  started  after them  at  the  division  su­
perintendent  at  Fort  Scott  and  he  wrote 
me  a  very  unsatisfactory  letter;  I  then 
wrote  to  the  Kansas  City  office,  and 
was  still  not  satisfied  and  they  each 
went  to  the  crew  and  tried  to  make  me 
believe  they  were  doing  the  best  they 
could  as  the  dairy  product  was  simply 
handled  to  accommodate  the  shippers. 
Still  I  was  not  satisfied. 
I  wrote  to  the 
general  superintendent  at  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  and  you  bet  I  stirred  up  a  hor­
net’s  nest  at  that  office.  He  sent  a  let­
ter to the  traffic  manager and  the  divi­
sion  superintendent  and  then  to  the 
agent  and  trainmen. 
I  got  wind  of  it 
being  at  the  depot  with  the  agent  and 
in  about  four  days  I  had  my  own  letter 
with  about  six  others  requesting  me  to 
give  full  facts  in  regard  to  my  butter 
and  the  dates  if  possible  of  the  ship­
ments  and  to  get  a  witness  if  I  could  to 
what  transpired  between  the  agent,crew 
and  myself.  This  I  at  once  did  and

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

load 

bad  the  drayman  and  several others sign 
my 
letter  setting  forth  my  grievances. 
In  a  very  short  time  the  agent  had  my 
other  letter,  in  fact,  the  stack  of  letters 
was  some  twelve  or  fifteen  now,  and 
gave  the  agent  and  crew  particular  in­
structions  to  handle  all  dairy  products 
with  care  and 
in  clean  cars  and 
free  from  all  offensive  odors. 
In  a  few 
days  I  got  a  fine  letter  and  with  it a cir­
cular  letter of  instructions  to all  agents 
and  trainmen  with  explicit  instructions 
about  the  care  of  dairy  products.  After 
that  my  goods  were  handled  very nicely 
and  the  agent  told  me  several  times  I 
had  done 
just  right,  as  he  was  fully 
convinced  after  studying  over the  mat­
ter.  Now  boys  when  you  do  not  get 
your  rights  go  after them  and  follow  it 
up;  you  will  get  them 
in  the  end.— 
Josh Bunting  in  N.  Y.  Produce  Review.
Grand Traverse  Potatoes  Being  Crowded 
L. P. Perkett in Traverse City Record.

Out o f M arket.

local  buyers 

For the  benefit  of  all  Grand  Traverse 
potato  growers  and 
of 
same,  I  wish  to  again  call  their  atten­
tion  to the  importance  of  better grading 
of  our  potatoes  if  we  wish  to  keep  pace 
with  other  producing  sections  and  hold 
our  share  of  the  trade.  Having  just  re­
turned  from  an  extended 
trip  of  a 
month  through  the  South  and  East, 
visiting  the  principal  cities  which  have 
always  been  largely  our  markets,  I  find 
the  trade  everywhere  have  soured on our 
stock,  principally  on  account  of  poor 
sorting,  being 
loaded  big  and  small, 
ill  shaped,  cut  and  scabby  stuff  all  to­
gether,  while  from  other  sections  stock 
was  much  better  graded,  so  that  the 
trade  simply 
left  ours  alone  even  at  a 
sacrifice  of  5  cents  per  bushel.

The  trade  would  say,  “ We  are  not 
hungry  enough  to  eat  Northern  Michi­
gan potatoes.  We  can  get  better stuff.”
I  found  cars  from  Northern  Michigan 
turned  down  in  every  market  I  visited, 
while  potatoes  coming  from  Greenville 
and  Howard  City,  where  good  grading 
is  being  done,  gave  good  satisfaction. 
The  Greenville  and  Howard  City  pota­
toes,  or  those  from  other  sections,  did 
not  cook  better  than  ours,  but  on  the 
contrary  only  a  few  cooking  as  good, 
but  they  were  graded  and  more  attrac­
tive  than  ours,  and  that 
is  what the 
trade  wants  every  year,  hence  the  abso­
lute  necessity  of  proper care  in  growing 
and  marketing  our  potatoes  to  keep 
pace  with  other  progressive  producing 
sections  in  markets  where  we  come  in 
competition  with  them.

We  can  not afford  to  be  careless  in  se­
lecting  and  grading  our  stock,  either 
as  growers  or  shippers,  our  interests 
being  identical.  Growers  must  select 
good  seed  and  use  their best  efforts  to 
grow  good  goods,  and  shippers  must  be 
more  careful  and  ship  only  stock  prop­
erly  sorted. 
In  short,  we  must  keep  all 
small,  ill  shaped,  cut  and  scabby  pota­
toes  at  home,  if  we  wish  to  create  a  de­
mand  and  get  good  prices  for our  pota­
toes.  No  other  section  is  better adapted 
to  grow  good,  merchantable  potatoes, 
and  the  Grand  Traverse  region  can  suc­
cessfully  compete  with  them  all,  but  we 
must  keep  abreast  of  the  times  and  do 
our work  right  to  accomplish  this  end.

The  Sicilian  A lm ond  M arket.

The  almond  crop  in  Sicily  for  1900  is 
estimated  at  about  25,000  bales,whereas 
in  1899  it  was  about  75,000  bales.  At 
Bari  the  crop  will  be  15,000  bales,  as 
against  100,000  during  the  preceding 
year.  A  large  part  of  the  almonds  were 
hollow,  so  that  about  10  per  cent,  will 
have  to  be  deducted  from  the  crop. 
Prices,  therefore,  continue  high.  The 
arrival  in  Europe  of 500 bales from Mor­
occo caused  a  temporary weakening, but 
the  market  rallied  and  there  is  no  pros­
pect  of  any  appreciable  reduction  of 
prices.

W here  the  Bock  Was.

Judge—And  you  say  he had murder  in 

his  eye?

Victim— No,  sor,  I  think  it  wuz in his 
bond.  That’s  where  he  hild  the  rock.

A L L   G R O C E R S

Who desire to give their customers the best vinegar on the market  will 
give them RED STAR  BRAND  Cider Vinegar.  These  goods  stand 
for PU RITY and are the best on the  market.  We  give  a  Guarantee 
Bond to every customer.  Your order solicited.

, 

THE  LEROUX  CIDER  &  VINEGAR  CO.,

TO LED O ,  OHIO.

Alfred  J.  Brown  Seed  Co.

Seed Growers and  Merchants

We  are  always  in  the  market  to  buy  or  sell  Clover,  Timothy,  Alsyke, Beans, 

Popcorn.  Buckwheat,  Etc.

GARDEN  SEEDS  IN  BULK

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

ALFRED J.  BROWN SEED CO., Grand Rapid«,  Michigan

can  be  afforded.

Highest Market  Prices  Paid.  Regular Shipments Solicited.

98  South  Division  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Geo.  N.  H u ff &   Co.,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

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

COOLERS AND COLD  STORAGE ATTACHED.

Consignments  Solicited. 

74 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich.

*  We  Are  Direct  Carload  Receivers

of California and Florida OBANGES and jobbers of the best of everything 
In seasonable fruits, nuts, figs, dates, etc., for holiday trade..

Your mail orders will receive careful attention.
Wanted—Beans,  Onions,  Apples,  Potatoes,  Honey.  Write  us  what 

you have to offer.

•  
1

Vinkemulder  Company,

14 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Mich.

L.  J.  SM IT H   &   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.

BEANS— SEEDS 

POTATOES

MOSELEY  BROS.

Jobbers  of  Fruits,  Seeds,  Beans  and  Potatoes

26,28,30,32  Ottawa Street 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

m i  i  h e  demi Trt r c r

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

23

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.

L a m b e r t s  

Salted  Peanuts

New  P ro c e s s

been  arriving  are really late fall ducks. ”

♦   *  *

There  seem  to  have  been  more  black 
bears  received  by  the  game  dealers  this 
winter  than  usual.  One  receiver who 
has  had  his  store  decorated  with 
them 
most  of  the  winter  has  received  82, 
weighing  from  30 to  300  pounds  each. 
The  stock  has  come  mostly  from  Chi­
cago  and  has  sold 
largely  at  25c  per 
pound.

*  *  *

“ We  have  been  up  to  our neck  in 
rabbits, ”   said  a  poultry  receiver  last 
week.  I  told  him  that  almost  everybody 
had  them  to  burn,  whereupon  he  said : 
“ Well,  we  cleaned  up  most  of  our  ac­
cumulations  to-day,  but  we  had  to  take 
a  very  low  price.  We  sold  several 
thousand  pairs  at  10c,  and  they  were 
fine,  too.”   When  we  consider  that  one 
house  handles  them  in  such  quantities 
and  everybody  has  more  or  less.it  gives 
some  idea  of  the  enormous  quantity  on 
the  market.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.

H um an N ature In  Ellinwood.

From the Kansas City World.

Ellinwood 

is  only  human.  A  mad­
dened  bull  chased  through that town  and 
the  men  fled  to  stairways  for safety, 
leaving  the  women  on  the  streets  ex­
posed  to  danger.  The  next  day  a  jack 
rabbit  loped  over the  same  route and the 
male  population  turned  out  and  chased 
it  for  four  miles  while  the  women  fled 
for  safety.

The  dentist  should  be  a  howling  suc­

cess.

You ought to sell

LILY  WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

V A LLEY   C IT Y   MILLING  C O ..

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

B u c k w h e a t  F lo u r

Made by

J.  H;  Prout &  Co.,

Howard City,  Mich.

Has that genuine  old-fash­

ioned taste and  is 

V

The New York Market
Special F eatures  of the Grocery and P rod­
Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

New  York,  March  2.— Coffee 

is 
stronger.  Whether  there  is  good  cause 
for  the  advance  or  not  remains  to  be 
seen;  but  the  fact  remains  that  the  tone 
of  the  market  for  some  time  past  has 
been  very  firm.  At  the  close  Rio  No.  7 
is  quotable  at 7%@7}&c.  Buyers  do  not 
seem  to  be  at  all  eager to  make  pur­
chases  and  simply  let  matters  take  their 
own  course.  Arrivals  at  primary points 
continue  fairly 
large.  The  amount  of 
Brazil  coffee  in  store  and  afloat  now  ag­
gregates 1,245,824 bags,against  1,354,847 
bags  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
In 
mild  coffees  we  have  prices  well  sus­
tained,  but  the  actual  volume  of  busi­
ness 
light  and  neither  jobbers  nor 
is 
roasters  seem  to  take  much  interest. 
This 
is  true  of  both  West  and  East 
India  coffees.

The  sugar  market  has  been  about  as 
quiet  as  could  be.  There  has  been  prac­
tically  nothing  doing 
in  new  business 
and  very 
little  under  old  contracts. 
Quotations  are  practically  unchanged.
There  is  a  fairly  satisfactory  volume 
of  trade  in  tea  and  quotations  are pretty 
well  sustained. 
Sellers  are  not  over 
anxious  to  dispose  of  their  holdings, 
seeming  to  have  a  good  deal  of  faith  in 
the  future.  Those  who  are  regarded  as 
good  authority 
think  there  will  be 
“ money  in  tea”   before  long.

Offerings  of  rice  are  rather  light  and 
the  general  market  is  fairly satisfactory. 
Orders  are  mostly  from  out  of  town 
dealers  and  in  no  case are large amounts 
taken,  but  the  aggregate 
is  quite  as 
much  as  could  be  expected  at  this  sea­
son.

Precious  little  is  doing  in  spices  and 
the  outlook  is  for a  quiet  spring  trade. 
There  is  no observable  change 
in  quo­
tations  and  altogether  the  situation  is 
summed  up  as  unchanged.

The  activity  of the  winter  season  in 
molasses  is  over  and  from  now  on  very 
lively  trade  can  haidly  be  looked  for. 
Good  to  prime  centrifugal,  17326c. 
Syrups  are  quiet,  but  prices  are  well 
held.  Good  to  prime,  i9@22c.

in  futures 

Some  heavy  sales  have  been  reported 
of  Alaska  salmon,  but  aside  from  this 
the  canned  goods  market  is  very  quiet 
indeed.  Trading 
is  very 
light  and,  in  fact,  it  may  be  said  that 
nothing  has  been  done.  Tomatoes  are 
especially  quiet,  with  Maryland  rang­
ing  at  about 70c  for standard 3s.  Canned 
fruits  are  doing  fairly  well,  but  there  is 
room  for  improvement,  although 
it  is 
doubtful  if  we  see  great  activity.  Re­
ports  from  California  indicate a bumper 
crop  of everything.

Dried  fruits  show  no  change.  Quota­
tions  are  as  previously  noted  and  buy­
ers  are  showing  little  interest  in  the  sit­
uation.

Lemons  are  “  more  in  evidence”   and 
the  market 
is  more  interesting  in  this 
article  than  almost  anything  else.  E x­
tra  choice  Sicily  are  worth  $3.50  for 
360s.  Oranges  arrive  as  freely  as  they 
can  be  shipped,  there  being  a  great 
dearth  of  cars  reported  from  California. 
Fancy  navels,  $233*25;  Jamaicas,  $3.50 
@4  per  bbl.  Floridas,  $2.5033.50  per 
box.  Bananas  are  quiet  and  without 
change,being  quotable  at  90c@$i.25  per 
buncn  for firsts.

Best  Western  creamery 

is  steady  at 
2 3^ c;  seconds  to  firsts,  2o@23c;  June 
make,  20c;  Western imitation creamery, 
14315c  up  to  19c  for  very  desirable 
goods;  Western  factory,  14315c.  The 
quality  of  butter  coming  to  hand 
is 
averaging  good  and  the  market  is  in  fa­
vorable 
it. 
Choice  rolls  are  worth  about  15c.

for  absorbing 

condition 

is  a  fairly  satisfactory  move­
ment 
in  cheese  and  the  outlook  is  for 
well-sustained  prices  for  some  time  to

There 

V   V

f

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v

is 

come.  Large  size,  State,  full  cream 
worth  I2j£c.

Reports  of  ample  supplies  of  eggs  on 
the  way'  hither  have  had  the  effect  of 
weakening  the  market  somewhat  and 
best  Western  will  not  fetch  over  17c, 
with  16c  or  even  15c  more  frequently 
the  rate.
Status of the P oultry M arket in New York.
“ I  do  not  think  there  has  been  much 
done  in  frozen  poultry  for  actual  use,”  
said  a  receiver. 
“ The  stock  bought 
has  been  mainly  for  future  needs,  but 
choice  fresh  young  turkeys  are  getting 
pretty  scarce  and  I  think  the  trade  will 
have  to  turn  to  frozen  very  soon.”   An­
other  receiver  drew  my  attention  to  the 
sale  of  eleven  carloads  of  frozen  to  a 
local  poultry  house,  four cars  of  which 
were  paid  for  and  ordered  here  from 
the  West—arriving 
last  week—and  the 
balance  will  likely  be  ordered  here  as 
wanted.

*  *  *

roasters. 

“ Have  you  heard  anything  about  the 
frozen  showing  up  poor?”   asked  a  re­
ceiver. 
I  informed  him  that  I  had  not, 
whereupon  he  told  me  that  such  was 
the  case  and  said:  “ I  sold  a  good  sized 
lot  of  frozen  the  other  day,  including 
turkeys,  broilers  and 
The 
fellow  paid  us  and  we  made  returns  for 
the  stock.  Now  the  dealer comes  down 
and  claims  the  stock  was  out  of  condi­
tion,  about  every  third  box  opening  up 
poorly,  and  insists  on  our  making  him 
an  allowance. 
I  don’t  know  what  we 
can  do  about  it. 
I  would  like  to  help 
the  buyer out,  as  I  do  not  want  to  lose 
him,  but  do  not  see  my  way  clear to  do 
so.  This  is  not  the  only  stock  which  is
poor,  as  I  understand  all  o f -----’s  stock
is opening  up poorly  and showing effects 
of  the  warm  weather  last  fall.”   1  left 
him  and  hunted  up  the  house  which 
handled  most  of  the  poultry  of  the  ship­
per  with  whose  poultry  this receiver had 
said  he  had  poor  luck.  They  informed 
me  there  was  no  truth  in  the  statement 
as  Mr.  — ’s  poultry  was  fine.  To  further 
satisfv  myself  1  spoke  to  a  large retailer 
who  had  been  handling  this  stock  and 
he  said  it  could  not  be  better.  Further 
enquiry  among  other  holders  of  frozen 
poultry  tended  to  show  that  the  quality 
is  very  fine  and  fully  equal  to  former 
seasons,  so  that  it  is  probable  this  first 
fellow  had  no grounds  for  his  claim that 
the  stock  of  many  packers  was  poor.

♦   *  *

The  Hebrew  spring  holidays  will 
doubtless  attract  the  usual 
increased 
supplies  of  live  poultry,  and  as  there 
are  large  quantities  of  poultry  in  the 
West,  prices  may  not average  as  high  as 
usual.  Shippers  should  operate  cau­
tiously  and  keep  paying  prices  in  the 
country  low  enough  to  make  a  profit  on 
their  investment.  A  good  house  should 
be  picked  out to  handle  your  poultry  as 
this  is  one  of  the  most  important  parts 
of  the  shipping  business.

Hoehn  &  Meyer,  the  largest  receivers 
of  Long  Island  ducks,  say that  while  the 
few  ducks  now  arriving  bring  full 
prices, it would only  take  a  comparative­
ly  small  increase  in  the  supply  to break 
the  market.  “ This  is  not  likely  to  hap­
pen  right  away,”   said  Mr.  Hoehn. 
“ Our  shippers  say  that  there  will  be 
no  heavy  shipments  until  about  April 
10,  which  is  the  time  the  season  usual­
ly  opens.  The  few  ducks  which  have

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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. 
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C lerk s’  C orn er.

One’s  Own  Scales  Should Give No G round 

for Grievance.

Written for the Tradesman.

Ridgeway  was  a  little  village  about 
five  miles  from  Springborough  and,  to 
the  surprise  and  delight  of the  proprie­
tor  and  the  clerk  of the  latter village 
“ emporium,”   one  of  the  natives  of 
Ridgeway  came  to  Springborough  to 
trade.  Old  Man  Means  and  clerk  Carl 
saw  them  drive  up  and  both  wondered 
what  was  the  matter.  Country  people, 
as  a  general  thing,  do  not  care  to  in­
convenience  themselves  for  trifles  and 
the  coming  of  Dick  Johnston  to  Spring­
borough  to  trade,  on  the  bare  face  of  it, 
meant  a  good  deal.

“ Well,  I’ll  be  everlastingly  kicked,”  
exclaimed  the  youthful  and  impulsive 
Carl,  “ if— ”

if ,”   broke 

“ No,  without  the 

in  the 
Old  Man;  “ and  I’ll  see  that  the  job  is 
a  good  one.  We  don’t  want  to  know 
anything  about  it.  For good  and  suffi­
cient  reasons,  as  Johnston  looks  at  it,  he 
has  made  up  his  mind  to  come  over 
here  to  do  his  trading.  We  want  to 
treat  him  the  best  we  know  how.  Give 
him  the  benefit  of  the  odd  cent;  spray 
into  the  scales  an  extra  sprinkling  of 
sugar;  if  you  get  into the  coffee  a  grain 
or  two  overweight  let  it  go,  and  if  you 
do  any  measuring  with  the  yardstick 
you’d  better  not  stretch  the  goods  to 
make  them  go  as  far as  they  can. 
I 
guess  you’d  better  forget  all  I  said  to 
you  the  other day  about  remnants  and 
things.  This  is  one  of  those  cases  that 
circumstances  alter and  if  we  make  the 
most  of  this  one  and  turn  a  chance  cus­
tomer  into  a  permanent one  so  much  the 
better.  My!  but ain’t  the  girl  a  peach! 
Ought  to  be  a  dress  pattern 
in  her 
hands  when  she  goes  home—Mr.  Johns­
ton,  how  do  you  do?  Good  morning, 
Mrs.  Johnston— Miss Johnston.  Spring­
borough  doesn't  have  the  pleasure  of 
seeing  you  any  too  often.  Take  these 
seats  by  the  fire.  A  five  mile, drive  in 
the  face  of  the  wind  at  this  time  of year 
makes  one  chilly,  if  he  does  ride  after 
the  fastest  nag  in  the  country.  How’s 
Ridgeway?”

“ F a ir t’  middlin',  I  guess,”   was  the 
answer  as  a  much  used  and  long  un­
washed  faded  silk handkerchief removed 
an 
icy  pendant  from  Mr.  Johnston’s 
nose. 
“ Ridgeway  ain’t  any  place  for 
sick  folks.  Measles  and  such  like  can’t 
git  a  foothold  in  Ridgeway,  but  we  do 
break  out  every  once  in  a while with  the 
toughest  cases  of  underweight  and  short 
measure  you  ever  heard  of.  Nobody 
seems  to  know  where 
it  comes  from. 
Nobody’s  been  exposed  and  yit  every 
once  in  a  while  there’ll  be the dumbdest 
case  right  there  in  the  store  that ye  ever 
went anywhere."

“ Now, 

father!”  

interrupted  Mrs. 
Johnston,  with  reproof  and  caution  in 
her  voice,  “ you  said  you wouldn’t.  Mr. 
Means,  Luella  saw  a  dress  that  Mary 
Sumner  bought  here  about  a  month  ago 
and  the  girls  have  taken  a  notion  to 
have  gowns  alike.  Do you  s’pose you've 
got  enough  left  for a  dress? 
It’s  a  dark 
maroon. 
I  guess  we’ve  got  thawed  out 
enough  to  tell  wool  from  calico.  We 
c ’n  move  our chairs  right  over  by  the 
counter,  can’t  we?”

“ That’s  what 

I’m  here  for,  Mrs. 
Johnston,”   said  Carl,  taking  the  chairs 
as  he  spoke. 
“ There  you  are.  Now 
I ’ve  an  idea  that  these  are  the  goods 
you  were  taking  about,  and  there’s 
like  a  half  a  yard— just  half 
something 
a  yard—over.  We’ll  make  believe 
it’s

just  a  pattern. 
in  mind?”

Isn’t  this  what  you  had 

like 

The  sample  she had brought confirmed 
the  fact  and  while  Carl  was  showing 
linings  and  the  et  cetera  a  dress pattern 
calls  for he  began  to  talk  of  some  new 
goods  lately  arrived.  “ No  harm  to  look 
at 
’em,  you  know.  There!  See  what 
a  graceful  fall  to  those  soft  goods;  and 
for just  that  quiet  shade  of  brown  there 
isn’t  anything 
it  in  the  county. 
Harmonizes  well  with  your  hat,  Mrs. 
Johnston;  doesn’t 
it,  Miss  Johnston?”
While  the  dry  goods  counter  was  thus 
pleasantly  and  profitably  looked  after, 
for  it  may  as  well  be  stated  here  as any­
where  that  the  goods  with  “ the  quiet 
shade  of  brown”   went  home 
in  com­
pany  with  the  dark  maroon,  the  Old 
Man  and  the  veritable  old  man  were 
having  a  visit  part  of  the  time  at  the 
grocery  counter and then, after the  store­
keeper  saw  that  their talk  was  distract­
ing  Mrs.  Johnston’s  attention  from  the 
purchase  of  dress  patterns,  they  went 
into  the  back  store.

in  gittin’  even  with 

“ Blind  to  his  own  interest.  Of course 
he  is.  A  man  can’t  cut  off  his  own  nose 
without  disfiguring  himself  and he don’t 
seem  to  know  that  a  thing  like  that  has 
got  to  bring  up  ag’inst  sompthin’.  Now 
just  for  the  fun  of  the  thing  you  weigh 
them  nails  on  your  scales. 
I’ll  bet 
they’re  a  couple  of  ounces  short.  How 
much  is  it?  Two  ounces?  That’s  what 
I  said  t’  my  wife.  ‘ If  them  nails,’  says 
I,  ‘ ain’t  two  ounces  short,  I’ll  eat  ’em. ’ 
How’d  I  ketch  ’im?  That’s  easy.  The 
fun  was 
’im. 
’ Long  ’bout  Christmas  time  I bargained 
with  him  for  my  turkeys  for cash. 
I 
weighed 
’em  with  my  steelyards  and 
then  misplaced  m’  steelyards  and  goes 
down  to  store 
innercent’s  a  lamb  and 
says  I  4 Getchell,  I  shall  hev  to  use 
your  scales  this  time. 
I ’ve  mislaid 
mine,’  says  I,  and  with  that  I  walks 
over  and  puts  the  poultry  on  the  very 
scales  he  weighs  with  when  he  sells. 
‘ No  man  ought  to  complain,’  says  I 
jokin’  like  ‘ at  being  weighed  on  his 
own  scales.’  Ye ought  t o ’ve  heard  ’em 
all 
laugh  when  I  said  that,  for  they 
knew  what  I  was  up  to.  He  tried  to 
stop  me  once  or twice  by  telling  me  to 
take  the  turkeys  into  the  back  store  and 
weigh  ’em  on  the  big  scales  and  so  do 
it  quicker;  but  I  told  him  I  had  all  the 
time  there  was,  and  wa’n’t  in  no  hurry 
anyway.  Well,  the  upshot  of  it  all  was 
that  he  bought  turkeys  fur once  in  his 
life  by  the  same  weight  he  sold  ’em  at.
“ About  the  time  I  got  on  to  the 
weight  racket  m’  wife  begun  to com­
plain  about  his  skimp  measurin’.  She 
measured  after  him  and,  sure  enough, 
he’d  pieced  out  each  yard with  that  first 
thumb  j ’ int  o’  his’n.  He  cheated  her 
out  of  nigh  onto  half a  yard,  b ’  gosh! 
‘ Say  nuthin’  ’bout  it,  mother,’  says  I, 
‘ we’ll  git  even  with  him  y it.’  A  while 
after that  she  finished  weavin’  some  rag 
carpet  for  Mrs.  Getchell  and  when  she 
got  it  done  I  took  it  over to  the  store 
with  her. 
it  on  my 
shoulder,  throws  the  roll  down  on  the 
counter and  picks up  the  short  yardstick 
and  says  I,  ‘ A  man  can’t  find  any  fault 
with  being  measured  by  his  own  yard­
stick. ’  You  ought  to have seen him color 
up. 
I  thought  he  was  going  to  bluster 
at  fust,  but  he  didn’t,  and  he  didn’t 
measure  over  again.  So  he  paid  mother 
full  measure,  if  he  never does  again; 
and  I  guess,  by  the  way  that  young 
clerk 
is  managing  things  out  there, 
that  she’s  swapped  her  carpet  money 
for a  new  gown.  Beats  all  how  women 
like  to  buy  things,  don’t  it?  Well,  after 
we  got  home  I  says  to  my  wife,  says  I,

in  with 

I  goes 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

‘ Now  that’s  the  last  of  Getchell..  He’s 
cheated  me  all  he’s  ever  going  to  in 
weight  and  yardsticks  and  he’s  seen  the 
last  cent  he’s  ever going  to  get  out  of 
me. 
I'm  going  to  do  my  tradin’  to 
Springborough ;’  and  here  I  be.  Now, 
Means,  I  ain’t  hoggish,  and  I  ain’t 
farmin’  on  ’t  for  the  sake  of finding  out 
how  much  backache  I  can  get  out  of 
hoein’,  but  I  do  want  my  dues  and  if  1 
’em  in  Ridgeway  I’m  going 
can’t  get 
to try  Springborough. 
I  wants  what’s 
rightfully  mine,  and  I  don’t  want  any 
more,  and  if  I  can  git  it  here,  well  and 
good,  and 
if  I  can’t,  well  and  good. 
Now,  if  you’ll  put  up  what  I’ve got here 
on  this  list,  I  guess  the  women  folks  'll 
be  skinned  of  what  little  money  they 
had.  Can’t git  ’em  away  until  they  be, 
anyhow,  and 
it  might’s  well  be  here  as 
in  Ridgeway,  and  a  dumbed 
sight 
weller!”

So,  with  his  story  told  and  his  griev­
ances  thoroughly  aired,  the  thrifty  old 
farmer  that  was  known  for his  sterling 
honesty  the  county  over  repaired  to  the 
front  store,  in  time  to  hear  Mrs.  Johns­
ton  say,  “ Well,  Luella,  we  may  as  well 
be  getting  our  purchases  together. 
I 
haven’t  money  enough  to  buy  a  stick  of 
candy, 
if  I  wanted  one,  and  so  that 
part’s  taken  care  of.  Come, 
father, 
we’re  ready  and  waiting  and  might  as 
well  take  advantage  of  what  little  sun 
there  is. ”

A  little  later they  were  on  their  way 
to  Ridgeway,  with  every  assurance  that 
they  would  come  again.

“ What  was 

“ I 
heard  the  old  chap  chinning  away  like 
a  coffee  m ill.”

it?”   asked  Carl. 

“ The  same  old  yam,  with  local  col­
oring,  with  the  same  result.  That  fool 
of a  Getchell  is  trying  to  cheat  his  way 
into  prosperity  and,  as  old  Willetts

says,  'has  got  his  dinner trod  on.’  Let’s 
see—how  was 
it  Johnston  put  it?  I 
thought  I’d  remember  it  and  say  it  just 
as  he  did.  Oh,  pshaw!  Well,  any­
way,  the 
idea  was  that  no  man  should 
complain  of  being  weighed  on  his  own 
scales  or of  being  measured  by  his  own 
yardstick.  The  old  fellow  had  a  quaint 
way  of  putting  it,  but  the  idea  is  worth 
remembering.  Funny how these  old  fel­
lows  boil  down  their  English  when  they 
get  in  earnest— I  noticed  you  did  your 
part. ”

“ You  bet.  They  both  took  a  dress 
pattern.  The  girl—say,  you  were  right 
about  the  peach  business.  She  asked 
me  to  come  over to  Ridgeway  to  supper 
sometime,  and  I’m  going.  Well,  she 
got  a 
lot  of  things,  and  there  wasn’t  a 
fool  article  among  ’em.  Why  can’t  all 
girls  be  as  sensible  as  that  one?”

Old  Man  Means  may  have  heard,  but 
he  didn’t  heed.  He  went  squinting  to­
wards  the  desk  and  all  Carl  heard  was 
“ weighed  on  his  own  scales  and  meas­
ured  by  his  own  yardstick. 
I  don’t  be­
lieve  Carl  is  the  only  one  that  had  bet­
ter  remember that.”

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

N um bering Thread.

it  No.  1. 

When  840  yards  of  thread  weigh  7,000 
grains,  a  pound,  the  thread  manufac­
turer  marks 
If  1,680  yards 
weigh  a  pound  it is  marked  No.  2.  For 
No.  50  thread 
it  would  take  50 multi­
plied  by  489  to  weigh  a  pound.  There 
are  2,000 kinds  of  thread,  and each  kind 
goes  through  hundreds  of  different proc­
esses  before  it  is  ready  for  use.

If  a  woman  catches  cold  wearing  a 
thin  dress  at  a  reception,  her  husband 
escapes  public  censure,  but 
if  she 
catches 
it  hanging  out  clothes,  all  but 
his  dearest  friends  stop  speaking  to 
him.

A  MODERN  WONDER

Approved  by the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters;  can  therefore 
be  used  in  any insured  building  without  additional  cost  for  insurance.

The finest  artificial  light  in  the  world.  Hang or  stand them anywhere 
One  lamp  lights  ordinary  store;  two ample  for room  25x100  feet  No 
smoke,  no  odor;  very  simple  to  operate.  Burns  ordinary  gasoline 
Absolutely non-explosive.  Eight hundred  candle-power light  at  a   cost 
of 5  cents for  10 hours.

B rass Manufacturing &  Supply Co.

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CommercialTravelers

Michigan  Knights  of the  Grip

President,  Gao. F. Ow en,  Grand  Rapids;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  St it t,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
John W. Sch ram, Detroit.

President,  A.  Marymont,  Detroit;  Secretary 

Michigan  Commercial  Trawler*’  Association 
and Treasurer, Geo.  W. Hil l, Detroit.
United  Commercial  Tranlen  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J.  E.  Moore,  Jackson; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K en d all,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Me st, Jackson.

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

Senior Counselor,  W  R.  Com pton;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan  Commercial  T ranlen  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J. Boyd  Pa n tlin d,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Ow e n, 
Grand Rapids.__________________________
Q uarterly  M eeting of the Board of D irect­

ors.

Jackson,  March  5—At 

the  regular 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  held 
at  Detroit  March  2,  all  the  members  of 
the  Board  were  present  except  Director 
Koster.

The  Secretary  reported  the  addition 
of  forty-six  new  members  and  three 
deaths— F.  S.  Benedict,  of  Cleveland  ; 
£.  C.  Stone,  of  Detroit  and  £.  H. 
Chase,  of  Toledo.  The  receipts  since
the  last  Board  meeting  have  been  as
follows:
General  fund................................. $172.00
Death  fund....................................   144.00
Deposit  fund.................................  93.00
time, remittances  have
been  made  to  Treasurer Schram,  as  fol­
lows :
General  fund.................................$260.93
Death  fund........................... ...... .  167.79
Deposit  fund.................................  93.00
Tennant  fund................................   32.24
The  report  of  the  Treasurer  tallied 
with  that  of  the  Secretary  and  both were 
approved  by  the  Finance  Committee.

During  this 

communication  was 

received 
from  E.  P.  Waldron,  chairman  of  the 
Railroad  Committee.  This  communi­
cation  was  published  in  the  Tradesman 
of  Feb.  27.

John  A.  Weston  moved that  the  Board 
of  Directors  heartily  approve of  the  able 
work  done  by Mr.  Waldron,  and  that  the 
Board  extend  their  heartfelt  thanks  to 
Mr.  Waldron,  which  was  adopted.

The  following  resolution,  offered  by 

A 

Mr.  Howam,  was  adopted :

Whereas—We  have  been  informed  by 
our  worthy  Chairman  of  the  Railroad 
Committee,  Bro.  E.  P.  Waldron,  of  the 
efforts  of  Senator  High,  of  Ovid, 
in 
pushing  forward  a  bill  in  the  Legisla­
ture 
looking  for  the  relief of  travelers 
in  making  more  direct  connections  at 
junction  points;  therefore

Resolved—That  this Board most heart­
ily  endorse  the  efforts of  Senator  High 
to overcome  the  obnoxious  rule  of  some 
roads in pulling  out  their trains  at  junc­
tion  points  in  many  instances  when  an­
other train  is  in  sight.

Charles  Smith,  of  Saginaw,  preferred 
charges  against  D.  Le  Bueff,  livery  and 
stageman  at  Harrisville  and  West  Har- 
risville,  for exorbitant  charges,  having 
held  him  up  for $5.50  for  driving  forty- 
two  miles.  This  resolution  was  referred 
to  the  Bus  and  Baggage  Committee, 
with  the  request  that  they  thoroughly 
investigate  it.
The  busman  at  Pinconning  was  also 
reported  for  over  charging.  Referred 
to  the  same  committee.

The  following  death  claims  were  ap­
proved :  F.  S.  Benedict,  Cleveland, 
Ohio;  Edwin C.  Stone,  Detroit;  Edward
H.  Chase,  Toledo.
An  order  was  directed  to  be  drawn 
upon  the  Treasurer  in  favor  of  the  Sec­
retary  for $50  for  stamps.

The  following  bills  were  allowed:

Hunt  Printing  Co.,  printing.......$66.20
Tradesman  Company,  certificates  7.75
David  Forbes,  grip  tags..............  45.00
A.  W.  Stitt,  express and  supplies, 
1.80
A.  W.  Stitt,  salary........................  50.20
O.  C.  Gould,  salary......................  2.50
Geo.  F.  Owen,  attending  Board

meeting.....................................  8.62

J.  A.  Weston,  attending  Board

Geo.  H.  Randall,  attending Board

meeting'....................................   5,52
m e e t in g .................................................  7.26

Hudson  Gazette:  Charles  A.  Steger 
sold  the  Palace  meat  market 
last  week 
to  his  brothers,  George  and  Adam,  and 
has  accepted  a  position  as  traveling 
salesman  with  Armour  &  Co.,  of  Chi­
cago.  Mr.  Steger’s  route  will  be  from 
Sturgis  to  Monroe  on  the  Lake  Shore 
road  and 
it  gives  him  one  day  each 
week  to  spend  with  his  Hudson  friends.
Commissioner  Donald,  of  the  Central 
Passenger Association,  is  of  the  opin­
ion  that  an  appeal  will  be  taken  to  a 
higher  court  from  the  decision  of  the 
Indiana  court  that  the  mileage  books  of 
the  Association  must  be  honored  on 
trains  without  exchanging  mileage  for a 
traveling  coupon  at  a  ticket  office. 
If 
this  judicial  ruling 
is  sustained,  Mr. 
Donald  says  that  the  sale  of  the  books 
might  as  well  be  discontinued.

Colon  Express:  The  representatives 
of  the  Lamb  Knit  Goods  Co.  are  about 
all  located  in their respective territories.
O.  M.  Clement  is 
in  Wisconsin,  A.  N. 
Lampman  left  for  Northern  Michigan, 
H.  R.  Hulbert  is  in  Southern  Michigan 
this week,and  E.  T.  Parker,of  Chicago, 
has  accepted  the  New  England  States, 
instead  of  Mrs.  Belle  Pulver,  who  can­
vassed  that  territory 
last  year.  Mrs. 
Pulver  will  not  travel  for this  company 
this  year.

F.  E.  Bushman,  manager of  the cigar 
department  of  Phelps,  Brace  &  Co., 
was  at  Flint,  Durand  and  Owosso  last 
week  to  show  his  men  the  “ secrets  of 
the  order.”   He  was  so  tall  and  his 
men  so  short  that  they  could  not  keep 
pace  with  him  or keep  in  sight—even 
with  steam  or  electric  car.  On  their 
return  they  found him  in  his  office,  cov­
ered  with  letters,  orders  and  unfinished 
business  and  time  only  to say,  “ Boys, 
that's  the  way  to  do  it.”   All  were 
agreed,  but  none  were  tall  enough.  A. 
S.  Davis,  the “ Old Reliable, ”  took  sec­
ond  money  in  the  race  with  bis  mana­
ger,

C.  W. Hurd,  attending  Board

meeting....................................  4.95

C.  H. Smith, attending  Board

meeting....................................  6.38

A.  W. Stitt,  attending  Board

meeting....................................  5.04
On  motion  of  Mr.  Smith,  a  vote  of 
thanks  was  tendered  the  proprietors  of 
the  Griswold  House  for the  courtesies 
shown  the  Board  of  Directors  during 
their stay  in  Detroit.

On  motion  of  Mr.  Smith,  a  vote  of 
thanks  was  tendered  Messrs.  Schram 
and  Howarn  for  their  very  hospitable 
entertainment  during  our  stay 
in  the 
city.

On  motion  of  Mr.  Charles  W.  Hurd, 
it  was  decided  to  hold  the  regular  June 
Board  meeting  in  Flint.

The  meeting  then  adjourned.

A.  W.  Stitt,  Sec’y.

Gripsack  Brigade.

When  Grand Rapids  Council  No.  131, 
U.  C.  T .,  was  organized  on  Oct.  13, 
1898,  there  were  thirteen  members;  on 
March  3,  1900,  the  number  had 
in­
creased  to  fifty-three,  and  on  March  4, 
of  this  year,  the  membership  amounted 
to  107—a  very  remarkable  growth.

Dowagiac  Republican:  Frank C.  Col­
lins,  late  traveling  salesman  for the Mc- 
Sherry  Manufacturing Co.,  of Mansfield, 
Ohio,  manufacturer  of  grain  drills,  has 
accepted  a  similar  position  with  the 
Bickford  &  Huffman  Co.,  of  Macedon,
N.  Y.,  manufacturer  of grain drills.  He 
will  have  the  State  of  Michigan.

H.  A.  Boesger  &  Co.,  cigar  manu­
facturers  at  6 and  8  Franklin  street,  and 
the  Standard  Cigar Co.,  282  and  284  St. 
Clair  street,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  have  con­
solidated  and  will  occupy  the  Standard 
building.  They  have  retained  Aaron
B.  Gates,  of  Detroit,  as  advertiser  for 
their  Night  Hawk  cigars  in  the  interest 
of  Phelps,  Brace  &  Co.

T hirteen  Additions  to  the  Banks  of  the 

U.  C. T.

for 

forth 

Grand  Rapids,  March  5—One  of  the 
largest  and  most  enthusiastic  meetings 
ever  held  by  Grand  Rapids  Council 
No.  131  occurred  Saturday 
evening, 
March  2,  at  their  hall  at  the  corner  of 
Lyon  and  Campau  streets,  the  occasion 
being  the  annual  election  and  installa­
tion  of  officers.  A  very  unique  and orig­
inal  announcement  was  sent  out  some 
time  ago  by  Secretary  L.  F.  Baker,  set­
ting 
in  a  very  forcible  manner 
“ what  would  happen”   to each and every 
member  who  failed  with  his  presence 
at  this  particular  meeting,and that  there 
would  be  fun  galore.  Thirteen  “ hobos 
from  the  jungles,"  seeking 
the 
bright  and  sunny  pathway  leading to the 
inner  realm  of  the  U.  C.  T.,  were initi­
ated,  as  follows:

Wm.  E.  Van  Ness  (Cooper,  Wells  & 
Co.),  Franklin  Pierce  (Standard  Oil 
Co.),  Henry  Raymond  (V.  C.  Milling 
Co.),  L.  D.  Mosher  (Voigt  Milling 
Co.),  L.  C.  Stevenson  (Wm.  R.  Warner 
&  Co.),  W.  H.  Canfield  (Strong,  Lee 
&  Co.),  Henry  J.  Heystek  fHeystek  & 
Canfield  Co.),  Wm.  H.  Brown (Fletcher 
Hardware  Co.),  Alfred  D.  Otis,  Jr., 
(Cappon  &  Bertsch  Leather Co.),  D. 
M.  Bodwell  (Putnam  Candy  Co.),  Nor­
man  C.  Lyon  (A.  E.  Brooks  &  Co.), 
A.  J.  Launiere  (G.  R.  Bicycle  Grip 
Co.),  John  C.  Ballard  (Herold-Bertsch 
Shoe  Co.).
At  the  regular time  for the  opening  of 
the  meeting,  Senior  Counselor  John  G. 
Kolb  assumed  his  official  capacity  as 
presiding  officer  for  the  last  time  of 
his  official  year,  realizing  that,  when 
he  would  pass  the  gavel  on  to  the  hands 
of  the  newly-elected  Senior  Counselor, 
he  could  look  back  over  the  past  year’s 
work  with  a  great  deal  of  gratification, 
for  when  he  took  the  chair  as  presiding 
officer  in  March,  1900,  No.  131  had  a 
membership  of  53,  while  at  the  close  of 
the  present  meeting  there  was 
in  good 
standing  a  membership  of  107.  Hurrah, 
brothers  of  the  U.  C.  T.  in  Michigan! 
How 
increase— pretty 
nearly  a  Dutchman’s  1  per cent.  !  And, 
think  of  i t !—thirteen good  and  true—all 
going  over the  mountains  at  the  same 
time  and  under  the  guidance  of  the 
same good  and  worthy  brother—Conduc­
tor  W.  S.  Bums—who  did  himself 
proud,  at  least  every  member  of  the 
Council  was proud  of  his  work,  and  well 
they  might  be,  too,  as  some  very  im­
portant  business  was  transacted.

is  that  for  an 

Page  F.  H.  Spurrier  was  not  able  to 
attend  to  his  official  duties  and  the 
Senior  Counselor  appointed  Past  Coun­
selor John  D.  Martin  as  acting  Page  for 
the  evening.  Before  retiring  from  the 
chair,  it  was  the  pleasant  duty of Senior 
Counselor  John  G.  Kolb  to  present  to
C.  P.  Reynolds  a  U.  C.  T.  charm  for 
bringing  in  the  largest  number of  mem­
bers  during  the  year. 
is  a 
hustler  and  when  he  begins  to  talk  all 
about  United  Commercial  Travelers  to 
those  who  are  not  within  the  fold,  they 
immediately  get  folded  in.  Let_ others 
do  as  good  work  as  Charles  is doing and 
before  many  moons  Grand  Rapids  will 
have  the  largest  council  in  Michigan.
The  officers  elected  for  the  ensuing 

Charles 

year  are  as  follows :

Senior  Counselor—W.  R.  Compton.
Junior  Counselor—W.  S.  Burns.
Past  Counselor—John  G.  Kolb.
Secretary-Treasurer— L.  F.  Baker.
Conductor—W.  B.  Holden.
Page— F.  H.  Simmons.
Sentinel—A.  T.  Driggs.
Executive  Committee—Clarence  U. 
Clark  and  Chas.  P.  Reynolds.
Past  Counselor J.  C.  Emery,  under  a 
dispensation  from  Grand  Counselor  W. 
J.  Moon,  acted  as  installing  officer  and 
that  it  was  “ well  done’ ’ goes  without 
saying.  The  new  officers  were  all  in 
their  respective  places.  Senior  Coun­
selor W.  R.  Compton  declared  Grand 
Rapids  Council  No.  131  duly closed  and 
all  repaired  to the  dining  room,  where 
the  table  was  spread  for the  “ stag  ban­
quet,”   which  occurs  but  once  a  year. 
At  the  head  of  the  table  was  seated 
Toastmaster  Harry  C.  Wagner,  while 
at  his  right  and 
left  were  seated  the 
newly-elected  officers,  each  in  turn  be­
ing  introduced  by  toastmaster  Wagner. 
Talk  about  natural  orators!  It  was  gen­

erally  conceded  that  Brothers  Burns and 
Baker  both  have  a  brilliant  future,  if 
only  opportunity  presents  itself.  After 
all  had  partaken  freely  of  all  the  good 
things  passed  to them  by  the  very  effi­
cient  waiters—and,  by  the  way,  they 
were  not  girl  waiters—Past  Counselor 
John  G.  Kolb,  in  behalf  of  the  Council, 
presented  to  Sentinel  A.  T.  Driggs  a 
U.  C.  T.  charm  as a  token  of  apprecia­
tion  of  his  faithful  services  and  many 
things  he  is  always  guilty  of  doing  for 
the  good  of  the  Council.  He  cautioned 
him,  however,  not  to  give  the  charm 
away  and  that  he  positively  could  not 
give it  back  to the  Council.  As  Brother 
Kolb  resumed  his  seat,  he  was  again 
taken  in  hand  by  the  toastmaster,  who 
in  as  neat  and  pretty  a  speech  as  ever 
emanated  from  his  vocabulary— unless 
it  might  be  when  extolling  the  many 
bright  things  “ our  baby  at  home”   does 
— presented  to  our worthy Past Counselor 
a  beautiful  silver  loving  cup  as  a  token 
of  friendship  and  esteem  from  his many 
friends 
in  Grand  Rapids  Council  No. 
131.  As his  hands  reached  out  to receive 
the  tribute  and  his  eyes  rested  on 
its 
beauty  for  a  moment,  words  for  a  reply 
failed  him  and  there  seemed  to  leap  in­
to  existence  a  spring  of  water  that  was 
seeking  for  an  outlet  not  more  than  a 
thousand  miles  away;  but  never  mind, 
Brother John,  everyone  present  knew  it 
was  appreciated.  Just  at  this  happy 
ending  of  one  of  the  most  pleasant 
evenings  ever  spent  by  the  Council, 
there was  an  alarm  sounded  at  the  door 
and  the  word  was  passed  in  that  Geo. 
C.  Newell  and  Miss  Fisher  would  en­
tertain  with  music  on  violin  and  piano, 
at  the  conclusion  of  which  everybody 
“ jined  in "  and  sang  Auld  Lang  Syne, 
and  then,  with  three  rousing  cheers  for 
Professor  Newell  and  their  chorus(?) 
and  a  tiger  for  Miss  Fisher,  all  de­
parted  for their homes,  more  firmly  con­
vinced  than  ever  that  not  to  be  a  mem­
ber of the United Commercial Travelers, 
and  especially  of  Grand  Rapids  Coun­
cil  No.  131,  is  to miss much.  Ja  Dee.
No  Longer  Captains—Breveted  Colonels.
Grand  Rapids,  March  6— In  behalf  of 
the  members  of  the  Michigan  Knights 
of  the  Grip,  I  wish  to  extend  my  most 
sincere  thanks  to  the  members  of  Post 
F,  of  Saginaw, 
for  the  very  efficient 
work  done  in securing  new  members  for 
our association.  Since  our  Board  meet­
ing,  Jan.  19,  they  have  secured  nearly 
or quite  sixty  new  names.  To  the  Cap­
tains  of  the  two  teams—Chas.  H.  Smith 
and  O.  C.  Gould— I  wish  to  personally 
express  my  thanks,  and  shall  to-day 
brevet  them  Colonels  for their  valiant 
work.  Let  the  good  work  go  on!

Now,  let  Detroit,  Grand  Rapids  and 
It’s  a 

Jackson  try  this  new  feature. 
winner! 

Geo.  F.  Owen,  President.

In  the United  States  there  is  no  social 
or  political  aristocracy,  or  class  super­
iority.  There  should  be  none  in  the 
military  and  naval  service.  Some  of 
the  greatest  field  marshals  and  some  of 
the  most  eminent  and  successful  naval 
warriors  never  graduated 
in  military 
technics,  or  naval  theoretics;  but  they 
knew  war; 
they  knew  how  to  beat 
enemies  and  to  gain  victories,  and  how 
to  do  honor to  their  country,  whether  in 
war  or  peace.

Probably  a  woman  could  never  tell 
whether  she  dresses  most  to  tickle  the 
men  or to  make  the  other  women  mad.

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M ichigan  State  Board of P harm acy

Term expires
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Re yn o ld s,  St.  Joseph 
He n r y  He im , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
- 
Dec. 31,1903
Wir t   P.  Do t y, Detroit - 
A. C. Sch um ach er, Ann Arbor  •  Dec. 31,1904 
J ohn D. Mu ir , Grand Rapids 
Dec. 31,1905
President, A.  C.  Sch um ach er, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, He n r y   He im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.

Exam ination  Sessions.

Star Island, June 17 and 18.
Sault  Ste.  Marie. August 28 and 29. 
Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  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.

How  to  Cure  a Cold.

Conditions  that  predispose to  the  con­
traction  of  colds  are  abnormalities  or 
diseases  of  the  nose  and  throat.  These 
generally  require  the  attention  of  a 
physician, 
in  order  to  effect  a  cure. 
Sometimes  when  the  patient  suffers 
from  “ catarrh, ”  the  systematic use of an 
antiseptic  and  cleansing 
spray  will 
greatly  modify  the  condition  and  pre­
its  being  “ lighted  up”   into an 
vent 
acute  cold  at  the  first  exposure. 
It  is 
an  excellent  plan  to  use  such  a  spray  at 
the  beginning  of  every  attack,  as  it  aids 
materially  in  the abortive treatment.  An 
old  prescription  but  a  valuable  one  is 
Dobell's  solution. 
It  should  be  applied 
to  the  nose  with  an  atomizer.

How  shall  we  cure  a  cold,  when  con­
tracted?  This 
is  not  always  easy,  but 
if  vigorous  treatment  is  commenced  be­
fore  the  cold  is  thoroughly  established, 
it  may  usually  be  checked  at  its  very 
beginning.  Remembering  that  chilling 
the  skin  sends  an  oversupply of blood  to 
the  sensitive  mucous  membranes,  our 
first  effort  should  be  to  relieve  this  con­
gestion  by  making  work  for  the  blood 
elsewhere.  We  therefore  stimulate  the 
excretions  by  suitable  remedies.  Lax­
atives  should  be  given  if  there 
is  the 
slightest  constipation.  Castor  oil 
is 
suitable  for children,  and  a  bottle  of  the 
effervescing  solution  of  the  citrate  of 
magnesia,  taken 
in  one  or two  doses, 
acts  nicely  in  adults.

To  produce  free  perspiration  the  pa­
tient  should  be  given  a  hot  foot-bath 
and well dosed with hot lemonade or  gin­
ger  tea.  He  should  then  be  put  into  a 
warm  bed  and  well  covered  with  woolen 
blankets.

If  the  patient 

is  a  child  the  chest 
should  be  thoroughly  rubbed  with  hot 
camphorated  oil  and  enclosed  in a warm 
woolen  jacket  or covered  with  layers  of 
heated  flannel.  Adults  require  some­
thing  more  stimulating,  as

Oil  of turpentine,  i  ounce.
Camphorated  oil,  2  ounces.
A  big  mustard  draft  ora  linseed  meal 
poultice  applied  to  the  chest  is  still 
more  effective.

These  measures  often  suffice,  but 
are  made  more  certain  in  their  results 
by  suitable  internal  remedies. 
In  chil­
dren  who  are  feverish  and  restless  a 
simple  fever  mixture  is  best:
Tincture of  aconite,  2  drops.
Citrate  of  potash,  i  drachm.
Sweet  spirit  of  niter,  2  drachms.
Syrup  of  ipecac,  iyi  drachms, 

u  Syrup  of  orange,  to  make  2  ounces.

Mix.  Give  one 

teaspoonful  every 
hour  for  four  doses  to  child  two  years 
old,  then  every  two  hours  for  several 
doses  or  until  better.  Children  of other 
ages  in  the  same  proportion.

Remember that  this  preparation  con­
tains  aconite,  which 
is  a  poison,  and 
should  be  used  with  caution  and only  in 
the  doses  prescribed.

To  “ break  up  a  cold”   in  an  adult, 
quinine  and  Dovers’  powder are  prob­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ably  the  most  popular  remedies.  Either 
of  these  may  be  used 
in  connection 
with  the  preliminary  measures  already 
described  in  a  single  five-grain  dose  at 
bedtime.  They  may  often  be combined 
with  profit,  as  in  the  following:

Extract  of  belladonna,  %  grain.
Powdered  camphor,  i  grain.
Sulphate  of  quinine,  i  grain.
Dover’s  powder,  2  grains.
A  capsule  containing  the above should 

be  taken  every  three  hours.

When  a  cold  is  already  established we 
depend  for  relief  from  the  symptoms, 
of  which  the  cough  is  the  most  trouble­
some,  upon  expectorant  mixtures.  For 
general  use  we  know  of  nothing  more 
satisfactory  than  white  pine  expectorant 
(syrup  of  white  pine compound,  N.  F .). 
It  is  pleasant  to  take,  effective,  and 
may  be  used  by  adults  or  children,  al­
though  for the  latter  it  should  be  made 
without  morphine.  The  dose  for  an 
adult  is  a  teaspoonful  every  two  or three 
hours. 
If  there  is  considerable  secre­
tion  which  is  raised  with  difficulty,  the 
addition  to  it  of  a  little  chloride  of  am­
monium  increases  is  efficiency. 
It  may 
be  given  as  follows:

Ammonium  chloride,  i  drachm.
Syrup  ipecac,  i  ounce.
White  pine  expectorant,  to  make  4 

ounces.

Dose:  One  teaspoonful  for  an  adult 

every two  or three  hours.

Children  may  take this  in doses suited 
to their age,  omitting  the  morphine  for 
infants  and  young  children.

Shorter  H ours  and Sunday  Closing:.
As  business  men,  why  should  we 
keep  our  stores  open  from  7  a.  m.  until 
12  p.  m. ?  Does  the  public  demand  it? 
Certainly  not,  but  on  the  other  hand  we 
are  looked  upon  as  slaves  to  our  busi­
ness. 
I  believe  if  every  druggist  would 
express  an  honest  opinion  he  would 
say,  reduce  the hours  from  7  a.  m.  to  10 
p.  m.  in  summer  and  from  7  a.  m.  to 
9  p.  m.  in  winter.  Now,  if  we  can  not 
do  business  enough  in  fifteen  hours  per 
day,  we  ought  to  be  willing  to  retire. 
That  is  seven  hours  more  than  ordinary 
laborers  and  four  hours  more  than  any 
other  business,  except  a  few cigar stores 
and  peanut  stands.

Now  I  ask  in  all  seriousness,  is  it  not 
time  that  we  take  this  matter  up,  and 
discuss  it  from  a  practical  standpoint? 
I  know  what  some  of  you  will  say;  it  is 
not  possible  to  do 
it,  as  people  will 
want  to get  in  and  have  their  prescrip­
tions  filled  after nine  o’clock.  The  de­
partment  stores  do  not  have  to keep 
their  places  of  business  open.  They 
all  fill  prescriptions,  yet  I  have  it  from 
good  authority,  and  from  a  man  who 
used  to  be 
in  my  employ,  that  in  the 
department  of  which  he  has  charge  they 
put  up  from thirty-five  to forty  prescrip­
tions  per  day,  and  yet  they  open  their 
stores  at  8  a.  m.  and  close  them  at 6  p. 
m.,  and  the  public  are  satisfied,  and 
the  clerks  who  work  for  them  are  satis­
fied.  We  work  seven  hours  per  day 
longer  and  have  practically  nothing  to 
show  for  it  except  weariness.

For  more  than  five  years  the  firm  I 
represent  has  kept  an  account  of  all 
money  taken  from  9  p.  m.  to  12  p.  m. 
You  would  be  astonished  if  I  told  you 
the  amount.  Not  enough  to  pay  for 
keeping  open,  and  we  consider  that  our 
location  is  as  good  as  any  in  the  city.

I  consider  the  time  spent  in  the  store 
from  9 to  12  p.  m.  as  unnecessary,  un­
profitable,  and  unhealthy.  We  have  only 
one  life  to  live,  and  a  short  one  at  that, 
although  some  druggists  do  not  ever ex­
pect to  die.  I  believe  some  of  them  ex­
pect  to  keep  open  always.  When  I  look 
over our own city, I  see  the  changes.that

have  taken  place  among  the  druggists 
during  the  past  fifteen  years;  the  old 
ones  have  either  died  or  gone  out  of 
business.  Some  of  those  who  are  left 
are  weary  and  worn,  and  have  almost 
forgotten  that they  are  on  the  earth  for 
anything  except  to  keep  open  evenings.
I  am  thoroughly  convinced  that  the 
closing  of  our stores  at 10  p.  m.  in  sum­
mer and  9  p.  m. 
in  winter  would  be 
money  in  our  pockets  at  the  end  of  the 
year.  We  would  save  on  light  and  heat 
and  get  along  with  less  help.  Those 
who  would  be  employed  would  be  in 
better  shape  to  serve  the  public  next 
d ay;  more  would  be  accomplished  by 
each  one  who  was  employed.  The  em­
ployer  can  not  always  be  in  the  store, 
and  no  one  can  run  your  business  as 
you  would  yourself.  You  do  not  know 
what  transpires  in  your  absence  even­
ings ;  you  may  think  everything  is  all 
right,  but  it  is  sometimes  far  from 
it, 
and  by  being  open  you  are  the  loser. 
The  public  will  respect you  more,  while 
now  you  are  looked  upon  as  a  slave.

Now 

in  regard  to  Sunday  closing,  I 
would  strongly  recommend  that  all  drug 
stores  open  on  Sunday  from  12  noon  to
1.30  p.  m.,  and  from  6  p.  m.  to  7 p.  m. 
For  that  matter  there  is  absolutely  no 
need  of  keeping  open  on  Sunday,  as 
very  little  medicine  is  sold  on  that  day. 
If  the  law  was  enforced,  compelling 
druggists  to  sell  only  drugs  and  pre­
scriptions,  you  would  see  how  quickly 
every  one  would be  anxious  to close.  As 
it 
is,  we  are  open,  and  we  will  sell 
what  is  called  for,  except  those  articles 
which  in  our  judgment it is  better  to  re­
fuse.  That  has  been  my  experience  for 
more  than  twenty-three  years.

Stewart  Gamble.

To  Destroy the  Odor of Kerosene.

There  is  no  simple  method of destroy­
ing  the  objectionable  odor of  kerosene. 
The  smell  may  be  covered  by  the  addi­
tion  of  1  per  cent,  of  amylacetate,  or 
disguised  by  the  addition  of  a  small 
percentage  of  oil  of  cassia.  The  last 
named  oil  is  used  in  the  preparation  of 
a  kerosene  compound  which  is  widely 
advertised  as  a  mosquito  exterminator. 
But  the  mere  addition  of  an  odorous 
substance 
is  never  satisfactory.  The 
best  method  is  to  attack  the  smell  in  a 
chemical  way.  The  following treatment 
has  been  recommended  as  providing 
a  means  of  rendering  the  oil  both  color­
less  and  odorless:  To  a  mixture  of  one- 
liter  of  sulphuric  acid  and  one 
fourth 
and  three-fourths 
is 
added,  after cooling,  thirty  grammes  of 
potassium  permanganate,  followed  by 
mixing  with  four and  five-tenths  liters 
of  kerosene,  the  whole  to  stand 
for 
twenty-four hours  with  occasional  shak­
ing.  After  this  period  the  kerosene  is 
drawn  off  and  agitated  for several  hours 
with  a  solution  of  seven  and  five-tenths 
grammes  of  potassium  permanganate 
and  fifteen  grammes  of  sodium  carbon­
ate  in  one  litre  of water.  The mixture  is 
then  allowed  to  stand  for  some  time, 
when  the  kerosene  is  drawn  off  in  an 
odorless  and  colorless  condition.

liters  of  water 

Selling Stationery.

An  ingenious  way  of  advertising  sta­
tionery  and  wall  paper,  said  S.  R. 
Crabtree  before  the  Maine  Pharmaceu­
tical  Association,  is  to  make  up  a  quan­
tity  of  envelopes  from  wall  paper and 
have  a  neat,  catchy  advertisement 
printed  on  wall  paper or  some  special 
brand  of stationery  you  wish  to  call  at­
tention  to,  and  mail  to  your  customers. 
A  mailed  circular  will  receive  careful 
attention  where  an  “ under-the-dcor”  
variety  is  never noticed.

The  D rag  M arket.

Opium— Is  quiet  and  easier. 

It  is 
stated  that  the  weather  is more favorable 
to  the  growing  crop,  and  on  that  ac­
count  still  lower  prices  are 
looked  for.
Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine— Foreigns  brand  and  New 
York  have  been  advanced  to  an equality 
with  P.  &  W.  On  account  of  higher 
prices  for  bark  at  the  last  sale,  the  Lon­
don  market 
is  higher than  ours.  An­
other advance  is  probable.

Citric  Acid— The  advance  looked  for 
for some  time  took  place  on Friday last, 
2c  per  pound,  with  an  upward  tend­
ency.  This  affects  all  citrates.

Cocoa  Butter— Is  easy  at  unchanged 
prices.  New  style  of  packing  in  fingers, 
which  is  more  convenient  for  the  retail­
er,  is  in  good  demand.

Ichthyol— Has  declined  $1.75 

per 

pound.

Menthol—On  account of  light  demand 
and  receipt  of  small  stocks  from  the 
primary  markets 
is  easier  for the  mo­
ment,  but  higher  prices  are  looked  for 
as  stocks  are  very  small.

Cyanide  Potash—Manufacturers  have 
further  reduced  their  price.  The  market 
is  easy.

Balsam  Copaiba— Is  scarce  and  very 

firm.

Essential  Oils— Cassia  and  anise  are 
firm  and  tending  higher.  Lemon  and 
orange  have  advanced  5c  per  pound  on 
account  of  higher  prices 
in  primary 
markets.  Clove  is  very  firm.  Present 
price  is  said  to  be  below  cost  of  manu­
facture.  As  cloves  have  advanced,  the 
oil  will  no  doubt  follow.

Buchu  Leaves— Have  again  advanced 
on  account  of  higher  prices  obtained  at 
the  last  London  auction.  The  supply 
is  small,  and  still  higher prices will rule 
for  prime  green.

Ipecac  Root— Has again advanced  ow­

ing  to  higher  prices  abroad.

Je lly   of W hite Violets.

Glycerin  16  ozs.
Tragacanth,  powd.  (or  q.  s.  to  thick­

en),  4  drs.

Extract  cassie,  4  drs.
Borax,  powdered,  4  drs.
Florentine  orris  root,  powd.,  1  oz.
Extract  jasmine,  1  dr.
Mix  the  extracts  with  the  powdered 
orris  root;  dissolve  the  borax 
in  the 
glycerin  and  mix  with  the  tragacanth, 
adding  the  extracts  and  orris  root  with 
thorough  trituration.  Put in  collapsible 
tubes  or  wide  mouth  vials.  This  has 
been  recommended  as  an  especially 
serviceable  preparation  "for  healing 
roughened  surfaces 
from  sunburn  or 
other causes,  wind,  exposure  to  reflected 
light,  etc.

Eau  De Q uinine.

Brandy  2,000  parts.
Cologne,  Alcohol, 

each,  250  parts.

(95  percent.)  of 

Tincture  soap,  100  parts.
Tincture  cinchona,  50  parts.
Balsam  peru,  20  parts.
Oil  bergamot,  10  parts.
Oil  sweet orange, j o   parts.
Oil  geranium,  3  parts.
Tincture  cantharides,  25  parts.
Tincture  cochineal,  q.  s.

FISHING  TACKLE

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

FRED   BRDNDAGE,  MUSKEGON,  MICH. 

W holesale D rugs 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.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2 7

LE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT
i Leaves, Ipecac Boot, Quinine.

Scillae  Co.................  @ 
so
Tolutan...................   @  50
Prunus  virg............   @  50

60

Tinctures
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
Arnica....................  
Assafoetlda.............. 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Auranti Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma................... 
Cantharides............  
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
Cardamon Co........... 
Castor...................... 
Catechu’................... 
Cinchona................. 
Cinchona Co............  
Columba.................  
Cubebae.................... 
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
Digitalis................... 
Ergot.......................  
Ferri  Chloridum__  
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co.............. 
Gulaca...................... 
Gulaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............ 
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless...... 
K ino.......................  
Lobelia...................  
Myrrh.....................  
Nux Vomica............  
Opii.......................... 
Opil, comphorated.. 
Opii, deodorized...... 
Quassia................... 
Rhatamy................... 
Rhei......................... 
Sanguinaria........... 
Serpentaria............  
Stramonium............  
Tolutan................... 
Valerian................. 
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Zingiber..................  

60
so
60
60
so
so
60
50
60
50
so
75
50
75
75
1  0o
so
50
60
so
5o
so
So
So
60
35
So
60
5o
60
5o
7s
7s
So
So
5o
So
75
5o
1  5o
5o
5o
So
5¿
So
60
60
5o
5o
2j>

Miscellaneous 

¿Ether, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  35
¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2M@ 
3
4
3® 
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
Annatto...................   40®  50
Antimoni, po........... 
4® 
5
Antimoni et Potass T  40®  50
Antipyrin................  @  25
Antifebrin  ..............  @  20
Argenti Nitras, oz...  @  51
Arsenicum.............. 
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
38®  40
Bismuth S. N...........  1  90® 2 00
9
Calcium Chlor., is...  @ 
Calcium Chlor., Ms..  @  10
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms..  @ 
12
Cantharides, Rus.po  @  80
Capsid Fructus, a t..  @ 
16
Capsid  Fructus, po.  @  15
Capsici Fructus B, po  @  15
Caryophyllus. .po. 15  12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba................  50®  55
Cera  Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus.................... 
©  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  35
Centrarla.................  @  10
Getaceum................. 
©  45
Chloroform............   55®  60
Chloroform,  squibbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  40®  1  65
Chondrus................   20®  25
Cinchonidine,P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   5 55® 5 75
70
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
Creosotum...............   @  35
Creta............bbl. 75  @ 
2
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, precip........... 
9® 
11
Greta, Rubra......... .  @ 
8
Crocus....................  30®  35
Gudbear..................   @  24
Cupri Sulph............   6M@ 
8
7®  10
Dextrine................. 
Ether Sulph............   75®  90
Emery, all numbers.  @ 
8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
E rgota......... po. 90  85®  90
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla.......................   @  23
Gambler................. 
8® 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French...... 
35®  60
Glassware,  flint, box 
75 &  5
Less than box......  
70
Glue, brown............   11®  13
Glue,  white............  
15®  25
Glycerina.................  17M® 
'¿5
Grana Paradlsi........  @  25
Humulus.................  25®  55
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite  @  1 00 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor..  @  90 
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m.  @  1  10 
Hydrarg Ammoniati  @ l  20 
HydrargU nguentum  50®  60
Hydrargyrum.........  @  85
IchthyoDolla, Am...  65®  70
Indigo.....................   75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubl........  3 85® 4 00
Iodoform.................  3 85® 4 00
LupuUn....................  @  50
Lycopodium............   80®  85
M ad s......................  65®  75
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod..............  @  25
LlquorPotassArslnlt  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
3
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl  @  1M 
Mamila, &  F...........  60®  60

2® 

Menthol..................
Morphia, S„ P.& W. 
Morphia, S.,N. Y. Q.
&C. Co.................
Moschus  Canton__
Myrlstica, No. l ......
Nux Vomica...po. 15
Os Sepia..................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co....................
Plcis Liq. N.N.M gal.
doz.......................
Plcis Liq., quarts__
Plcis Liq.,  pints......
Pll Hydrarg. ..po..80 
Piper  Nigra., .po. 22
Piper  Alba__po. 35
Piix Burgun............
Plumb! Acet............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassias..................
Quinia, S. P. &  W... 
Quinta, S.  German..
Quinia, N. Y............
Rubla Tlnctorum.... 
Saccharum Lactis pv
Salacin....................<
Sanguis  Draconls...
Sapo, W...................
Sapo M....................
Sapo G....................

@ 5 50 Seidlltz Mixture......
20® 22 Linseed, pure raw...
68
71
35® 2 60 Sinapis....................
72
® 18 Linseed, boiled.......
69
Sinapis,  opt............
54
60
@ 30 Neatsfoot, winter str
25® 2 50 Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Spirits  Turpentine..
46
25
® 40 V oes....................
@ 41
65® 80 Snuff,Scotch.De Vo’s
@ 41
Paints
B B L .
L B .
@ 10 Soda, Boras.............
9® 11
9® 11 Red  Venetian.........
35® »7 Soda,  Boras, po......
1M  2 @8
23® 25 Ochre, yellow  Mars. 15¿  2 @4
Soda et Potass Tart.
@ 1 00 Soda,  Carb.............. 1M@ 2 Ochre, yellow Ber... 1M  2 @3
3® 5 Putty,  commercial.. 2M  2M@3
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
3M@ 4 Putty, strictly  pure. 2M  2M@3
@ 2 00 Soda, Ash...............
@ 2 Vermilion,  P rim e
@ 1 00 Soda, Sulphas.........
@ 2 60 American............
13® 15
@ 85 Spts. Cologne...........
70® 75
50® 55 Vermilion, English..
@ 50 Spts. Ether  Co........
14® 18
@ 2 00 Green,  Paris...........
@ 18 Spts. Myrcia Dom...
13® 16
Green, Peninsular...
@ 30 Spts. Vini Rect.  bbl.
@
Lead,red................
@ 7 Spts. Vini Rect. Mbbl
6M@ 6M
©
Lead,  white............
10® 12 Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal
6M@ 6M
@
Whiting, white Span
@ 85
30® 1 50 Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal
@
80® 1  05 Whiting, gilders’__
@ 90
Strychnia, Crystal...
2M@ 4 White, Paris, Amer.
@ 1  25
@ 76 Sulphur,  Subl.........
26® 30 Sulphur, RoU........... 2M@ 3M Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff.......................
@ 1  40
8® 10 Tamarinds..............
8® 10
28® 30 Universal Prepared. 1  10® 1  20
3?® 42 Terebenth Venice...
32® 42 Theobromae.............
60® 65
32® 42 Vanilla.................... 9 00®16 00
12® 14 Zlnci Sulph............
7® 8
18® 20
Ollfi
50® 4 75
40® 50
12® 14 Whale, winter.........
10® 12 Lard, extra..............
® 15 Lard, No. 1..............

No. 1 Turp  Coach... 1  10® 1  20
Extra Turp.............. 1  60® 1  70
B B L .  G A L . Coach  Body............ 2 75® 3 00
70 No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1  00® 1  10
70 Extra Turk Damar.. 1  55® 1  60
50 Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp
70® 75

Tarnishes

70
60
45

Drugs

We  are  Importers  and  Jobbers  of 

Drugs,  Chemicals  and  Patent  Medicines.

W e  are  dealers  in  Paints,  Oils  and 

Varnishes.

We  have  a  full  line  of  Staple  Drug­

gists’  Sundries.

We  are  the  sole  proprietors  of  Weath­

erly’ s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

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

Wé  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

Conlum Mac............  50®  60
Copaiba...................  1  15® 1  25
Cubebae...................  l  20®  l  25
Exechthltos............  l  oo®  l  io
Erigeron.................  l  10®  1  20
Gaultheria..............  1  85®  1 90
Geranium, ounce....  @  75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1 40®  1  60
Junipera.................  i  50® 2 00
Lavendula  .............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis...................  l  50®  1 60
Mentha Piper.........   1 40®  2 00
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1 60
Morrhuae, £ al.........   1  10®  1 20
Myrcia....................  4 00®  4 
Ouve.......................  75® 3 00
Plcis Liquida........... 
10®  12
Picls Liquida,  gal...  @ 3 5
Blcina.....................   l 00®  1 08
Bosmarinl................ 
® 1 00
Rosae, ounce............   6 00® 6 50
Succlnl....................  40®  45
Sabina....................  90®  l oo
Santal.....................   2 75® 7 oo
Sassafras.................  48®  63
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
®  65
Tiglli.......................  1 60®  1 60
Thyme.....................   40®  50
Thyme, opt.............. 
®  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bi-Carb.................... 
16®  18
Bichromate............   13®  15
52®  57
Bromide................. 
C arb.......................  
12®  15
Chlorate.. ,po. 17® 19 
16® 
18
Cyanide................... 
34®  38
Iodide......................  2 60® 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
is 
® 
Potassa, Bitart, com. 
7®  10
Potass Nitras, opt... 
Potass  Nitras.........  
6® 
8
Prussiate................. 
23®  26
Sulphate  po............  
15®  18

Radix

Aconitum.................  20®  25
Althae...................... 
30®  33
Anchusa................. 
io®  12
Arum  po......... . 
®  25
20®  40
Calamus..................  
Gentiana........ po.  15 
12®  15
16®  18
Glychrrhiza.. .pv.  15 
®  75
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
®  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  15
Inula,  po................. 
is®  20
Ipecac, po...............   3 60® 3 75
Iris plox...po.35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  Ms...........  @  35
Podophyllum,  po... 
22®  25
Rhei.........................  76®  l  00
Rhei,  cut.................  @  1  26
Rhei, pv..................   75®  1  35
Spigella..................  
35®  38
Sanguinaria.. .po.  16 
®  18
Serpentaria............  
40®  45
Senega....................  60®  65
Smilax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smllax, M................  @  25
Scillae..............po. 35  10®  12
Symplocarpus.Foetl-
dus,  po.................  @  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30  @  25 
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j .................  25®  27
Semen

Anisum...........po.  15  @  12
Apium (graveleons).  13®  15
Bird, is.................... 
4® 
6
Carul...............po.  18 
12®  13
Cardamon...............   l  25® 1  75
Coriandrum.............  
8®  10
Cannabis Satlva......   4M®  5
Cydonium...............   76®  1 00
Cnenopodium.........  
io® 
12
Dipterlx Odorate....  I 00®  1  10
Foeniculum..............  @ 
10
9
7® 
Ffenugreek, po........ 
L ini......................... 
4© 
6
Lini, grd...... bbl. 4 
4M® 
5
Lobelia....................  35®  40
5
Pharlaris Canarian..  4M® 
R apa.......................  4M© 
5
Sinapis  Alba........... 
9@  10
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spiritus 

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00®  2 50
Frumenti,  ü . F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti................   1  25®  1  60
Juniperis Co. O. T...  1 65® 2 00
Juniperis  Co...........  1  75® 3  50
Saacnarum  N. E __  1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Gall!.........  1  75® 6  50
Vlni Oporto............   1  25® 2  00
Vini Alba................   1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage................   2 50® 2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1 50
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @125
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............   @100
Hard, for slate use..  @  75
Yellow  R e e f,  for
slate use............. 
  @ 1 40
Syrups
Acacia....................   @  50
Aurantl Cortex........  @  50
Zingiber..................   @  50
Ipecac......................  @  60
Ferrilod.................  @  50
Rhei Arom..............  @  50
Smilax  Officinalis...  60®  60
Senega....................  @  50
Scillae...................... 
a   50

8
75
17
42
50
5
1014
15
55
5
l  20
40

6
8
15
14

! 25

L 0050I 00

24
8
30

60
.  85
60
50

18
1218
30
20
12
1215
15

25
30
12
14
15
17

15
:  25
76
40
15
2
80
7

18
25
35

36
25
30
20
10

65
45
35
28
65
14
1230
60
50
55
13
14
16
73
40
0070
30
75
60
40
75
35
45
90

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

60
20
20
20

00
65
25
20
30
00
85
85
90
75
4040 I

28

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

G R O C E R Y   P R IC E   C U R R E N T

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.

ADVANCED

Lion  Package  Coffee 
T rout

DECLINED

Condensed  M ilk

Index to  Markets

By Columns

Akron  Stoneware.
Alabastine...........
Ammonia..............
Axle urease.........
B
Baking Powder.
Bath  Brick......
Bluing..............
Brooms............
Brushes............
Butter Color___
Candies....................
Candles....................
Canned Goods.........
Catsup.....................
Carbon Oils.............
Cheese......................
Chewing Gum.........
Chicory....................
Chocolate.................
Clothes Lines...........
Cocoa.......................
Cocoa Shells............
Coffee......................
Condensed Milk......
Coupon Books.........
Crackers .................
Cream T artar.........
Dried  Fruits...........

Farinaceous  Goods.
Fish and Oysters__
Flavoring Extracts..
Fly  Paper...............
Fresh Meats............
Fruits......................

D
F

G

H

Grains and Flour ...
H erbs......................
Hides and Pelts......
Indigo. 
Jelly..
Lamp Burners—  
Lamp Chimneys..
Lanterns.............
Lantern  Globes..
Licorice..............
Lye......................
M
Matches..............
Meat Extracts  ...
Molasses..............
Mustard..............
N
Nuts....................
O
OH Cans..............
Olives.................
Oyster Pails........
P
Paper Bags.........
Pans  Green........
Pickles.................
Pipes..................
Potash................
Provisions...........
R
Rice....................
Saleratus........
Sal Soda.........
Salt.................
Salt  Fish........
Sauerkraut—
Seeds..............
Shoe Blacking.
Snuff..............
Soap...............
Soda................
Spioes..............
Starch............
Stove Polish...
Sugar..............
Syrups............
Table Sauce.
Tea..............
Tobacco......
Twine.........
Vinegar ..............
w
Washing Powder.
Wicklng..............
Wood en ware......
Wrapping Paper.
V
Yeast Cake.........

ALABASTINE

White In drums................... 
9
Colors in drums...................  10
White In packages..............  10
Colors in packages..............  11

Less 40 per cent discount. 

AMMONIA

Per Doz.
Arctic 12 oz. ovals...............   86
Arctic pints, round..............1  20

.......... 

A XLE  GREASE
doz.  gross
Aurora 
..66 
Castor  Oil....................oo 
Diamond..................... 60 
Frazer’s .......................76 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 76 

6 00
7 co
* 26
9 00
9 00

Mica, tin boxes.........76 
Paragon.....................66 

BAKING  POW DER 

9 00
6 00

Acme

14 lb. cans 3 doz.................   46
Hi lb. cans 3 doz.................   76
t 
lb. cans l  doz..................100
Bulk.....................................   10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers.............  90

A rctic
Egg

I S ;   W l

14 lb. cans,  4 doz. case...... 3 76
14 lb. cans,  2 doz. case...... 3 75
l lb. cans, 
l doz. case...... 3 75
5 lb. cans, 14 doz. case.........8 00

Queen  Flake

14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
H lb. cans. 4 doz. case........  85
l 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........ 160
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  l  35 
6 oz. cans,  l  90 
14 lb. cans  2  60 
4  lb.  cans 3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4 80 
3 lb. cans.13 oo 
51b. cans.21 60

BATH  BRICK

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

BLUING

CONDoem

Small 3 doz..........................   40
Largs. 2 doz.........................  76
Arctic, 4 oz. per gross......... 4 00
Arctic, 8 oz, per gross..........6 00
Arctic, pints, per  gross___ 9 00

BROOMS

No. l Carpet..............................2 75
No. 2 Carpet............................. 2 50
No. 3 Carpet..............................2 26
No. 4 Carpet.............................. 1 75
i  Parlor  Gem.:...........................2 50
Common Whisk...................  90
Fancy Whisk.............................1 20
Warehouse............................... 3 40

85

100
1  50

85
I  15
75
85
96

BRUSHES

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 in..................   45
Solid Back, 11 in .................   95
Pointed Ends.......................  85

No. 8...  ................................1 00
N0.7.................................... 1  30
No. 4.................................... 1  70
No. 3.................................... 1 90

Shoe

Stove

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

BUTTER  COLOR
W„ R. & Co.’s, 15c size__  1 25
W., R. & Co.’s, 25c size—  

2 00

CANDLES

Electric Light, 8s.................12
Electric Light, 16s............... 124
Paraffine, 6s ........................ 104
Paraffine  12s.......................11
................n
Wicklng 

CANNED  GOODS 

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

B lackberries

standards................ 

80
2 30

75

Beans

Baked......................  l  oo@i  30
75®  85
Red  Kidney............  
String...................... 
80
Wax......................... 
85

Blueberries
Standard.................... 
Brook  T rout

2 lb. cans, Spiced..............  1  90

Clams.
Little Neck. 1 lb...... 
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 

Clam  Bouillon

Burnham's. 4  pint........... 
l  92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20

Cherries

Red  Standards........... 
White.........................  
Fair..........................  
Good........................ 
Fancy................... 

Corn

French  Peas

 

Gooseberries

22
19
15
11
90
85
186
3 40
2 35
1  75
2  80
l  75
2 80
175
2 80
18® 20
22@25
95@i  00
1  80
1 10

Sur Extra Fine................. 
Extra  Fine.......................  
Fine................................... 
Moyen............... 
 
 
Standard................. 
H om iny
Standard. ................ 
Lobster
Star, *4 lb............... 
Star, 1  lb.................  
Picnic Tails.............. 
M ackerel
Mustard, 1 lb........... 
Mustard, 2lb........... 
Soused, lib .............. 
Soused, 2 lb............  
Tomato, lib ............. 
Tomato, 2 lb............. 
Mushrooms
Hotels....................... 
Buttons....................  
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb.................  
Cove, 21b................. 
Cove, 1 lb  Oval...... -. 
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow....................   1  65@1 85
Pears
Standard.................  
70
80
Fancy....................... 
Marrowfat.............. 
1  00
Early June.............. 
1  00
Early June  Sifted.. 
1 60
Pineapple
Grated.....................  1  25@2 75
sliced.......................   1  35@2 56
P um pkin
F air.........................  
70
Good....................... 
75
Fancy...................... 
85
R aspberries
Standard................ 
90
Russian  Cavler

Peas

14 lb. cans..........................  3 75
14 lb, cans..........................  7 00
1 lb. can...........................   12 00

 

 

60
50
55
45
56

Salmon
Columbia River........  2 00@2  15
Red Alaska.............. 
l 40
Pink Alaska............ 
l  10
Shrim ps
1  50
Standard................. 
Sardines
Domestic, 14s........... 
414
Domestic, 4 s .........  
8
Domestic,  Mustard. 
8
California, 4 s .........  
17
French, His.............. 
22
French, 14s.............. 
28
Standard.................  
85
ra u u j........................ 
1 25
a  m)
Succotash
90
Fair............................
1  00
Good..........................
Fancy......................
1 20
Tomatoes
90
F air.........................
Good.......................
95
1  15
Fancy......................
2 50
Gallons....................
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints.........
...2  00
Columbia, 4  pints......
...1  25

Straw berries

CARBON  OILS

B arrels
Eocene ....................... @11
@10
Perfection.................
Diamond White.........
@ 9
D. S. Gasoline............. @11
Deodorized Naphtha.. @10
Cylinder....................... 29 @34
Engine............................19 @22
Black, winter............... @104
CHEESE
Acme..........................
@124
Amboy......................
@124
Elsie...........................
@13
Emblem....................
@13
Gem...........................
@
@12
Gold Medal...............
@12
Ideal........................
@12
Jersey........................
Riverside..................
@
14@15 
Brick........
Edam.......
@90 
Leiden......
@17 
Limburger. 
13@14 
Pineapple. 
50@75
19®'20
Sap  Sago..

ago.................  
CHEWING  GUM
American Flag Spruce__ 
Beeman’s Pepsin................. 
Black Jack..........................  
55
Largest Gum  Made.........  
Sen S en ............................... 
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1  00
Sugar  Loaf..........................  
Yucatan...............................  

50

CHICORY

Bulk....................................  5
Red........................................7
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s .............................   614
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...........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft. per doz......... 1 40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz...........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz.......... 1 80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jnte. 72 ft. per doz.............     96

CLOTHES  LINES

COCOA

Ambrosia, 14 lb. tin cans....  42
Ambrosia, 4  lb. tin cans__  44
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, 14s  .......................   35
Colonial, 48.........................  33
Epps.....................................  42
Huyler.................................  45
Van Houten, 4 s ..................   12
Van Houten, 14s..................   20
Van Houten, 4 s ..................   38
Van Houten,  is..................   70
Webb................................  
30
Wilbur, 4 s ...........................  41
Wilbur. 4 s ...........................  42

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

24
3
4

COFFEE
Roasted

¿ O ’
'CrNKMCRADC
Coffees

Special Combination........... 15
French Breakfast................ 174
Lenox, Mocha & Java........ 21
Old Gov't Java and Mocha. .24 
Private Estate. Java & Moc 26 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27

Rio

Common.............................. 104
F a ir.....................................11
Choice..................................13
Fancy.................................. 15

4

6

Santos

Mexican

Maracaibo

...11
Common.
...14
F a ir......
...15
Choice...
...17
Fancy...
...13
Peaberry.
...12
F air......
...16
Choice...
...16
Choice...
...17
Fancy....
...16
Choice...
African..
...124
Fancy African................ ...17
...25
O. G.......
...29
P. G.......
..  21
Arabian..

Guatem ala

Ja v a

Mocha
Package 

Newton.............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers............  
8
Oatmeal Wafers...............   12
Orange Crisp....................   9
8
Orange Gem...................... 
Penny Cake...................... 
8
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
74
Pretzelettes, hand made..  8
Pretzels, hand  made........  8
Scotch Cookies.................   9
Sears’ Lunch.................... 
74
Sugar Cake..,...................  8
Sugar Cream, XXX.........   8
Sugar Squares..................   8
Sultanas............................  13
Tutti Fruttl.......................  16
Vanilla Wafers................. 
ie
Vienna Crimp...................  8
CREAM TARTAR

5 and 10 lb. wooden  boxes..... 30
Bulk in sacks......................... 29

D RIED   FRUITS

Apples

New York Basis.

Arbnckle.................................12 50
Dllworth................................. 12 50
Jersey..................................... 12 50
H on........................................ 12 50
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin &
Co., Chicago.
Valley City 4   gross............   75
Felix 4  gross...................... 115
Hummel’s foil 4  gross........  85
Hummel’s tin 4  gross........1  43
Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake
12 packages, 4  case............l  75
24 packages,  1 c a s e ..........3 50

Substitutes

E xtract

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz In case.

Sundried.........................  @44
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @54 

California F ru its

74

Apricots.....................  8@io
Blackberries..............
Nectarines.................
Peaches......................8  @11
Pears..........................
Pitted Cherries........... 
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries....... .
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 44
80-9026lb. boxes........  @ 6
70-8026lb. boxes........  @ 54
60-70 26 lb. boxes........  @ 6
50 - 60 28 lb. boxes........  @ 64
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........  @ 7
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........ 
84
4  emit less In 50 lb. cases 

California Prunes

COUPON  BOOKS

Gall Borden Eagle............. 8 25
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy...................................5 75
Champion...........................4 50
Magnolia............................ 4 25
Challenge...........................3 76
Dime............   .................... 3 36
Leader................................3 80
50 books, any  denom...  1 50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  11  50 
1,000 books, any  denom...  20 00
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  50
100  books.......................   2 50
500  books.......................  ll  50
1,000  books.......................   20 00
500, any one denom........  2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch...................... 
75
The National Biscuit Co. quotes 

Credit Checks 

CRACKERS

as follows:

B utter

Soda

108

Oyster

16
9
10
1018
1016
8
10
11*
12

Seymour............................  6
6
New York......................... 
Family.............................  
6
Salted................................ 
6
Wolverine......................... 
64
Soda  XXX.......................  64
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........  12
Zephyrette... 
.................  10
F au st............................... 
74
Farina..............................   6
Extra Farina....................  64
Saltlne Oyster..................   6
Sweet  Goods —Boxes
10
Animals............................
Assorted  Cake.................
Belle Rose....................
Bent’s Water....................
Cinnamon Bar...................
Coffee Cake,  Iced............
Coffee Cake. Java............
Cocoanut Macaroons.......
Cocoanut Taffy.................
Cracknells.........................
Creams, Iced....................
Cream Crisp.....................
Cubans.............................
Currant  Fruit..................
Frosted Honey.................
Frosted Cream.................
Ginger Gems, l'rge or sin'll
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C__
Gladiator..........................
Grandma Cakes...............
Graham Crackers............
Graham  Wafers...............
Grand Rapids  Tea...........
Honey Fingers.................
Iced Honey Crumpets......
Imperials..........................
Jumbles, Honey...............
Lady Fingers....................
Lemon Snaps....................
Marshmallow...................
Marshmallow Creams......
Marshmallow Walnuts.  ..
Mary Ann.........................
Mixed Picnic....................
Milk Biscuit....................
Molasses  Cake.................
Molasses Bar...................
Moss Jelly Bar.................

10
9 
8 
12 16 
12
10 
8
12
12
12
16
16
16
16
8
U *
7*
89
124

12988

Citron

Peel

Beans

Raisins

C urrants

Leghorn...................................u
Corsican..................................12
California, 1 lb.  package.... 114
Imported, 1 lb package........12
Imported, bulk.....................114
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 104 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 104 
London Layers 2 Crown.
2  15
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............
64
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
7 4
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
8
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb........ 
94
L. M., Seeded, 4   lb__   8  @
Sultanas, b u lk ................... 104
Sultanas, package............. 12
FARINACEOUS GOODS
....  7 
2 10

Dried Lima.....................
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland...............
Cream of Cereal............ .....  90
Graln-O, small............... ...1 35
Graln-O, large............... ....2  26
Grape Nuts..................
....1 35
Postum Cereal, small__ ...1  35
Postum Cereal, large........  2 25
241 lb. packages............
....1  50 
Bulk, per 100 Tbs..............
....3 00
36  2 lb. packages................. 3 00
Flake, 60 lb. sack...............  80
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl.................2 40
Pearl, 100 lb. sack............... 1  17
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............  60
Imported, 25 lb. box...........  2 SO
Common......................... ...2 60
Chester............................ ...3 00
Empire............................ ....8 50

H askell’s W heat Flakes

P earl  B arley

H om iny

Cereals

F arin a

Walsh-De Roo Co.’s Brand.

G rits

Peas

Rolled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages.............. ...2 00
100 *>. kegs...................... ...3 00
200 lb. barrels................. ...6 70
100 lb. bags...................... ...2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu__ ...1 30
Green. Scotch, bu........... ...1 40
Spilt,  lb...........................
3
Rolled Avena, bbl........... ...3 85
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks... .  2 00
Monarch, bbl.................... ...3 50
Monarch, 4  bbl............... ...1 90
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks__ ...1 70
Quaker, cases................. ...3 20
East India...........................   24
German, sacks.................... 34
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  110 lb. sacks.............44
Pearl, ISO lb. sacks..............  34
Pearl, 341 lb.  packages......  6

Tapioca

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

8

9

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29

II

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I*  ^

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6
w  Vi pat

Cracked, bulk......................  3H
24 2 t>. packages.................2 GO
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

FOOTE A JE N E S’

JAXON

^ l g h e s ^ G r a d e E x t ™ ^

Vanilla 

Lemon

1 oz full m . 1  20  1 oz full  m.  80
2 oz full m.2  10  2 oz full m .l  25 
No.3fan’y,3  15  No.3fan’y.l  75

Vanilla 

Lemon

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

Jennings’

A rctic

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

B ig   Value

Standard

Reg. 2 oz. D. C. Lemon.......  75
No. 4 Taper D. C. Lemon.. .1 52
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
N orthrop  Brand
Lem.  Van. 
2 oz. Taper Panel....  76 
l 20
2 oz. Oval.................  75 
l 20
3 oz. Taper Panel.... 1 35  2 00
4 oz. Taper Panel__1 60 
2 25
Van.  Lem. 
doz. 
doz. 
XXX, 2 oz. obert.... 1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2 25 
1  25
XX, 2 oz. obert........l 00
No. 2,2 oz. obert__  75
2 25
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 
XXX DDptchr,4oz 
1  75
2  25
K. P. pitcher. 6 oz...
Tanglefoot, per doz.............   35
Tanglefoot, per case...........3 20

FLY  PA PER

Perrlgo’s

FRESH  MEATS 

lquai

P ork

Carcass....................   6  @  8
Forequarters.........  
5M@  6
Hindquarters
Loins No. 3..............  9  @14
Ribs.........................  9  @12
Rounds.................... 
6M@  7
Chucks.................... 
5M@ 6
Plates......................  4  @5
Dressed................... 
@7
Loins....................... 
@  8M
Boston Butts........... 
@ 7
@ "H
Shoulders................ 
@ 8
Leaf Lard................ 
M utton
Carcass...................  
7M@ 8
Spring Lambs.........   9  @ 9H
Carcass....................  8  @9
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

Veal

Beef

W heat

 

76

W heat.......................  
Local Brands

W inter W heat F lour 

Spring W heat F lour 

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents.............................  4 50
Second Patent...................  3 85
Straight.............................  3 65
Clear................................  3 25
Graham............................  3 30
Buckwheat.......................  4 50
Rye...................................   3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond Ms......................  3 76
Diamond 14s.....................  3 76
Diamond 46s.....................   3 75
Quaker Ms.........................  3 90
Quaker Ms........................   3 90
Quaker Ms........................   3 90
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best Hs......... •  4 60
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4 50
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4 40
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4 40 
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4 40 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 40
Duluth  Imperial Ma.........  4 30
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 20
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  Ms.................... 
4 60
Wingold  Ms....................   4 40
Wlngold  Mo....................   4 30
Cerosota Ms......................  4 65
vunmiHk 5%»......................
* OO
Ceresota Ms......................
4 45
Laurel  Ms......................... 4 60
Laurel  Ms......................... 4  50
Laurel  Ms...................
4 40
Laurel Ms and Ms paper.. 4 40

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Olney & Judson’s Brand 

Washbum-Crosby  Co.’s  Brand.

l a p ’ll

WSRBDMCROSaron,

COLD MEOM.

Prices  a lw a ys  right. 
W rite  or  w ire  M ussel- 
man  Grocer  Co. 
for 
special  quotations.

Meal

Hay

Corn
Oats

Feed  and  MUlstuflh

Bolted................................   2 00
Granulated.........................  2 10
St. Car Feed, screened__ 16 50
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........  16 00
Unbolted Corn  Meal........  16 50
Winter Wheat Bran.........  15 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  16 00
Screenings.......................  15 00
Corn, car  lots...................  41H
Car  lots.............................  30
Car lots, clipped...............   32M
Less than car lots............
No. 1 Timothy car lots....  11  00
No. 1 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
51b. pails.per doz...........  185
151b. pails........................  
  35
30 lb. palls............................  62
Pure....................................   30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily....................................  14
Root.....................................   10
Condensed. 2 doz......................l 20
Condensed. 4 doz......................2 25

LICORICE

INDIGO

HERBS

JELLY

LYE

MATCHES

40
35
26
22

No. zoo Lookout, 144  bx...... 1  25
No. 500 Select Society, 144...4 00
No. 200 Williams Perfect, 144.1  35
No.  2 Lily, 144 boxes...........l 15
No. 100 Park, 432 boxes........ 2 85
No.  80 Poetry, 720 boxes... .4 00
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur....................... 1 66
Anchor Parlor......................l 50
No. 2 Home........... -............ 1 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-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

OLIVES

PA PER   BAGS

Horse Radish, 1 doz............. 1 75
Horse Radish, 2 doz.............3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz............ 1 75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............   1  25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............  
l  10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............   1  00
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.....................   2 35
Queen, 19  o z ....................   4 50
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz...................... 
l  45
Stuffed. 10 oz....................  2 30
OY8TER  PAILS
Victor, pints........................10 00
Victor, quarts..................... 15 00
Victor, 2 quarts..................20 00
Continental  Paper  Bag  Co.
Glory  Mayflower
Satchel &~Pacific
Bottom
Square
GO
M........ ...........  28
60
M........ ...........  34
l ........ ...........  44
80
2........ ...........  54
1 00
3........ ...........  66
1  25
4........ ...........  76
1  45
5........ ...........  90
1  70
2 00
6........ ...........1  06
8........ ...........1  28
2 40
10........ ...........1  38
2 60
12........ ...........1 60
3  15
14....... ...........2 24
4  15
4 50
16........ ...........2 34
20........ ...........2 62
5 00
25........
5 50
Sugar

Ask your Jobber for them.

Red..
Gray.

PARIS GREEN

Bulk.....................................14
Packages, M lb., each.........18
Packages, M lb., each.........17
Packages,  lib.,each.........16

PICKLES
Medium

Small

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

PIPES

48 cans in case.

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

POTASH 

PROVISIONS 
B arreled  Pork

D ry Salt Meats

Smoked  Meats 

Lards—In Tierces

Mess.........................  @
Back....................... 
@14 50
Clear back...............  
@14 50
@14 00
Short cut................. 
P ig..........................   @15 76
Bean.........................  @
Family Mess............  
@14 GO
8M
Bellies...................... 
8%
Briskets..................  
7%
Extra shorts............  
Hams, 12 lb. average.  @  ion
Hams, 141b. average.  @  10M
Hams, I61b.average.  @  iom
Hams, 20lb.average.  @  9%
Ham dried  beef......   @  um
Shoulders (N.Y. cut)  @  7 a
Bacon, clear.............  10  @ 104
California hams......   @  7m
Boneless hams........  @  11
Boiled Hams.......... 
@15
Picnic Boiled Hams 
@  iom
Berlin  Hams.........  
@  8H
Mince Hams.........  
@  9
Compound...............  
sm
Kettle......................  
8M
6
Vegetole................ 
H
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
M
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
M
60 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
jJ
%
10 lb. Palls.. advance 
5 lb. Palls.. advance 
3 lb. Palls.. advance 
Sausages
Bologna................-.. 
Liver....................... 
Frankfort................ 
P o rk .......................  
Blood.......................  
Tongue.................... 
Headcheese.............  
Extra Mess...................  
Boneless........................ 
Rump...........................  
Pigs’  Feet
M bbls., 40 lbs.........  
M bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Kits, 15  lbs.............. 
M bbls., 40 lbs.........  
M bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Casings
P o rk .......................  
Beef rounds............  
Beef middles........... 
Sheep....................... 
B utterlne
Solid, dairy..............  11  @13
Rolls, dally..............  UM@13M
Rolls, creamery......  
14M
!4
Solid, creamery......  
Corned beef, 2 lb__  
2  76
Corned beef, 14 lb... 
17 60
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
2 76
Potted ham,  Ms......  
GO
Potted ham,  Ms......  
90
50
Deviled ham, Ms__  
90
Deviled ham, Ms.... 
Potted tongue,  Ms.. 
GO
Potted tongue.  Ms.. 
90
RICE 
Domestic

160
3 75
70
1  25
2 25
21
3
10
60

1
1
5M
6
7M
7M
6M
9
6

Canned  Meats

Tripe

Beef

Carolina head..'....................7
Carolina No. 1 ......................5M
Carolina No. 2 ................     ,4k
Broken....................  
4k
Im ported.
Japan,  No.  l ................5M@6
Japan,  No. 2................4M@5
Java, fancy head..........5  @5M
Java, No. l ................... 5  @
Table............ ....................  @

* 

 

10 75
11 50
11 go

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3 15
Deland’s...............................3 00
Dwight’s Cow......................3  15
Emblem...............................2  10
i L.  P .....................................3 00
Sodlo................................... 3 00
Wyandotte, 100 Ms..............3 00
Granulated, bbls.................  80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__  90
Lump, bbls.........................  75
Lump, 146 lb. kegs...............   80

SAL  SODA

SALT 
’ Buckeye

100  31b. bags......................300
50  61b. bags..................... 3 00
2214 lb. bags......................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count and one case 24 3 lb. boxes 
free.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1 40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 66 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bags.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   67

Diam ond Crystal 

Common  Grades

100 3 lb. sacks............................2 25
60 51b. sacks............................ 2 15
2810 lb. sacks.......................... 2 05
56 lb. sacks.......................   40
28 lb. sacks.......................   22
56 lb. dairy in drill bags......   30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags......   15

W arsaw

Ashton

H iggins

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 

Solar  Rock

56 lb. sacks..........................   30

Common

Granulated  Fine..................1 20
Medium Fine........................1 26

SALT  FISH 

Cod

Georges cured............   @6
Georges genuine........  @ 6H
Georges selected........  @ 7
Grand Bank...............   @ 5
Strips or  bricks.........   6  @ 9
Pollock.......................   @ 3H
Strips.......................................10
Chunks.................................... 12

H alibut.

H erring

M ackerel

Holland white hoops, bbl.  11  00 
Holland white hoops Mbbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
80 
Holland white hoop mens. 
85
Norwegian.......................
Round too lbs....................  3  00
Round 40 lbs......................  1  50
Scaled.............................. 
16
Bloaters.............................  1  60
Mess 100 lbs......................   12 25
Mess  40 lbs......................   5 ?0
Mess  10 lbs......................   1  33
Mess  8 lbs......................   1  13
No. 1100 lbs......................   10  go
No. 1 
  450
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 
No. 2 
81

10 lbs...................  
8 lbs...................  

40 lbs...............  

T rout

No. 1100 lbs......................   5 75
No. 1  40 lbs......................   2 60
No. 1 
76
No. 1 
61

10 lbs...................  
8 lbs...................  
W hite fish

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

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
7 00  2 75
3  10  1  40
43
37

85 
71 
SAUERKRAUT

Barrels...............................  4 50
Half barrels......................   2 75

SEEDS

Anise.................................... 9
Canary, Smyrna.................... 4
Caraway............................... 8
Cardamon, Malabar............60
Celery.................................. 12
Hemp, Russian......................4M
Mixed Bird..........................   4M
Mustard, white....................  9
Poppy...................................ior
Rape...................................   4M
Cuttle Bone..........................10

SHOE  BLACKING

Handy Box, large............   2 50
Handy Box, small............   1  25
Bixby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish...... 
85

SNUFF

Scotch, in bladders..............  37
Maccabov, In Jars................  35
French Rappee, in Jars......   43

SOAP

J A X O N

Lautz Bros, brands—

N. K. Fairbanks brands—

Proctor & Gamble brands—

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  95
Queen Anne..................... 3  15
Big Bargain..............—   1 76
Umpire...........................  2  16
German Family..............  2  45
Good Cheer....................  3 80
Old Country....................  3 20
Silver King  ....................  3 60
Calumet Family............... 2  70
Scotch Family................   2  50
Out)A 
•••  ••••  •••>»•••  2 40 
Oak Leaf........................   3 25
Oak Leaf, big6................. 4 00

Gowans & Sons brands—

Johnson Soap Co. brands—

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

A. B. Wrisley brands—

Beaver Soap Co. brands—

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 & Co. brand—
B. T. Babbit brand—
Pels brand—

Scouring

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

SODA

Boxes...................................  5M
Kegs, English......................  4X

No.  8................................   4 75
No.  9................................  4 70
No. 10................................   4 65
No. 11................................   4 60
No. 12................................  4 55
No. 13................................   4 55
No. 14................................  4 50
No. 15................................  4 GO
No. 16................................  4 50

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels.................................18
Half bbls.............................20
1 doz. 1 gallon cans..............3  00
1 doz. M gallon cans............ 1  70
2 doz. M gallon cans............   90
F air.......................................  16
Good.....................................   20
Choice..................................   25

P ure  Cane

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice............................  
Cassia, China in mats...... 
Cassia, Batavia, in bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken__  
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls__ 
Cloves, Amboyna.............. 
Cloves, Zanzibar...............  
Mace.................................... 
Nutmegs,  76-80....................  
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

36
18
28
20

16

66
50
40

28
48
17

25
66

20
20

16
18

18
20
28

Klngsford’s  Corn

40 l-lb. packages...............   6M
20 l-lb. packages...............  6M
6 lb. packages...............  
7M
K lngsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages...............   7
6 lb. boxes.......................  7M
20 l-lb.  packages.............. 
4M
40 l-lb.  packages..............  4M

Common Corn

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages..................   4M
3-lb. packages...................  4M
6-lb. packages..................   6
40 and 60-lb. boxes............   3K
barrels................................ 
3M
STOVE  POLISH

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  the  Invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the weight  of the 
barrel.
Domino.............................  600
Cut Loaf............................  6 00
Crushed............................  6 00
Cubes................................  5 75
Powdered.........................  5 60
Coarse  Powdered.  .........   6 60
XXXX Powdered............   5 65
Standard  Granulated......   5 50
Fine Granulated................  5 60
Coarse Granulated...........  5 60
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 60
Coni.  Granulated.............  5 75
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 65
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  6 65
Mould A............................  6 85
Diamond  A.......................  550
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 05
No.  5, Empire A.............  5 00
No.  6...............................  4 95
NO.  7...............................   4 85

TABLE  SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

The Original and 
Genuine 
W orcesters hire.

Lea & Perrin’s, large........  3 75
Lea & Perrin’s, small......   2  go
Halford, large...................  3 76
Halford, small..................   2 26
Salad Dressing, large......   4 66
Salad Dressing, small......   2 76

TEA
Jap an

Sundried, medium..............28
Sundried, choice.................30
Sundried, fancy.................. 40
Regular, medium................ 28
Regular, choice.................. 30
Regular, fancy....................40
Basket-fired, medium..........28
Basket-fired, choice.............36
Basket-fired, fancy..............40
Nibs..................................... 27
Siftings...........................19@21
Fannings........................20@22
Moyune, medium............... 26
Moyune, choice..................35
Moyune, fancy....................50
Pingsuey,  medium............. 25
Pingsuey,  choice................ 30
Pingsuey, fancy..................40

Gunpowder

Young  Hyson

Choice.................................. 30
Fancy...................................36

Oolong

English B reakfast

Formosa, fancy....................42
Amoy, medium....................25
Amoy, choice....................... 32
Medium................................27
Choice.................................. 34
Fancy...................................42
Ceylon, choice..................... 32
Fancy...................................42

India

TOBACCO

Cigars

American Cigar Factory brands

*S® f

A. Bomers’ brand.

w
Elk’s Heart................55@ 70 00
W  S.  W.................................. 35 00
Bald Head  .........................36 00
Plalndealer............................ 36 00
Fortune Teller......................  35 00
Our Manager........................   36 00
Quintette...............................  35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

W*

S. C. W..............................  35 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
26
Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.
B. L...................................$33 00
Gold Star..........................  35 00
Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Royal  Tigers..............56@ 80 00
Royal Tigerettes..............  35 00
Book Filled Tigerettes__  35 00
Female  Tigerettes...........  36 00
Night Hawk, concha.......   35 00
Night Hawk,  navel.........  36 00
Vincente Portuondo ..35@ 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co............25@ 70 00
Hilson  Co...................35@110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co.........35@  70 00
McCoy & Co............... 35®  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  & Co....... 66@125  00
Fulton  Cigar Co....... 10@  35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co....35@l75 00 
E. M. Schwarz & Co... 36@110 00

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

Stick Candy

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..

bbls. palls
© 754 
@ 754 ® 8 
® 9 
cases 
@ 754 
®1054 
®I0 
®  8
®  6 
@  7 
® ty* 
® 854 
® 854 
0   9 
@ 854 
® 9 
® 9 
® 9 
@  9 @10 
®10
01554
0 1 3

Fancy—In  B alk 

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
20 lb. palls............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls.................
Pine Apple Ice........
Maroons..................
Golden Waffles........

012 
©  954 
®10 
01154 
01354
0 1 4
015 
@ 5 
0  954 
010 
010 
012
012
014
01254
012
0 1 2
Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes
055
060
065
085
01  OO 
030 
075 
055 
060 
060 
060
055
056 
090
065
065
©60

Lemon  Sours.........  
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate  Drops.... 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice  Drops........
Lozenges,  plain......
Lozenges, printed...
imperials.................
Mottoes...................
Cream  Bar........
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams.
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Rock.............
W intergreen Berries 
Caram els 
No. i wrapped,  3  lb.
boxes....................
Penny Goods...........
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Russett......
Florida  Bright........
Fancy  Navels.........
Extra Choice...........
Late Valencias........
Seedlings.................
Medt. Sweets..........
jam aicas.................
Rodi......................
Lemons
Messina. 300s ..........   3 £003 75
Messina. 360s...........  3  75 eu 00
California 360s.........  3 5003 75
California 300S.........  3 5003 75
Medium bunches__  
l  5U©1  75
Large bunches........

2  7503 25
2 5003 00 

0 o  
0 
0 0

050
55060

00

Mop  Sticks

Tubs

Toothpicks

W ash  Boards
 

Trojan spring.................   85
Eclipse patent spring........   86
No 1 common..................   76
No. 2 patent brush holder..  80
12 fi>. cotton mop heads.... l  26
Pails
hoop Standard..1 40
2- 
hoop Standard..l 60
3- 
2- 
wire,  Cable...... 1 80
3- wlre,  Cable........................1 70
Cedar, all red, brass  bound. 1  26
Paper,  Eureka....................2 25
Fibre................................... 2 40
Hardwood........................... 2 75
Softwood.............................2 75
Banquet................................1  40
Ideal.................:.................1  40
20-lnch, Standard, No. 1...... 6 oo
18-lneh, Standard, No. 2......5 00
16-lnoh, Standard, No. 3...... 4 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l............ 7  00
i8-lnch, Cable,  No. 2............ 6 00
!6-lnch, Cable,  No. 3............ 6 00
No. 1 Fibre...........................9 45
No. 2 Fibre...........................7 96
No. 3 Fibre...........................7  20
Bronze Globe............................ 2 50
Dewey................. 
Double Acme............................ 2 75
Single Acme..............................2 26
Double  Peerless....................... 8 20
Single  Peerless.........................2 50
Northern Queen......................2 50
Double Duplex......................... 3 00
Good Luck................................2 75
Universal.................................. 2 25
li In. Butter.........................  75
is In. Butter.......................... l 00
16 In. Butter.......................... l 76
17 In. Butter..........................2 50
19 In. Butter..........................S 00
Assorted 13-15-17..  ..............1  75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................2  50
1*
Common straw .................
Piper Manila, white  ........
4*
Fiber Manila, colored....
No.  l  Manila....................
Cream  Manila..................
Butcher's Manila.............
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count....  2J
Wax Butter,  rolls............   15
Magic, 3 doz......................... l  oo
Sunlight, 3 doz......................l oo
Sunlight. 154  doz.................  50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz..............1  00
Yeast Foam. 3  doz..............l  00
Yeast Foam. 1H  doz...........  50

W RAPPING  PA PER

TKAST  CAKE

W ood  Bowls

1  75

FISH  AND  OYSTERS 

Fresh  Fish

Per lb.
White fish...................  O  9
Trout..........................   ©  9
Black  Bass..................n©   12
Halibut.......................  ©  16
Ciscoes or Herring....  ©  4
Rluetlsh......................  ©  10
Live  Lobster..............  @  20
Boiled  Lobster...........  ©  18
Cod...................... 
  ©  10
Haddock....................  ©  7
No. l Pickerel.............  ©   8
Pike............................  A   7
Perch....................  
  ©   4
Smoked  White...........  ©
Red  Snapper..............  ©  ll
Col River  Salmon......   ©
16
Mackerel....................  ©
Oysters  in  B alk.
Per gal.
Counts..............................  
l  75
Ext.  Selects...................... 
l  60
Selects.............................  
l  35
Standards............................l  15
Anchor Standards...........  1  20
F. H. Counts........... 
F. J. D. Selects...... . 
Selects....................  
F. J. D. Standards.. 
Anchors................... 
Standards................ 
Favorite................... 
Shell Goods.
Clams, per 100.............
Oyster«, hm 1SB

Oysters In Cans.

Flug

Fine  Cut.

H. Van Tongeren's Brand.

Ban Telmo.................. 35® 70 00
Havana Cigar Co........18® 35 00
C. Costello & Co......... 35® 70 00
LaGora-Fee Co...........36® 70 00
8. I. Davis & Co......... 350186 00
Hene & Co.................. 36® 90 00
Benedict & Co......... 7.50® 70 00
Hemmeter Cigar Co 
.35® 70 00 
G .J. Johnson Cigar Co.35® 70 00
Maurice Sanborn  __ 60® 175 oo
Bock & Co................... 660300 00
Manuel  Garcia...........800375 00
Neuva Mundo.............86®175 00
Henry Clay..................850560 oo
La Carolina................. 960200 00
Standard T. & C. Co 
.35® 70 00 
Star G reen....................35  OO
Uncle Daniel.......................W*
Ojlbwa................................38
Forest  Giant........................38
Sweet Spray.........................•'*
Cadillac................................ 37
Sweet  Loina......................... 38
Golden Top.......................... ‘-’7
Hiawatha............................. 58
Telegram..............................~8
Fay C ar................................33
Fralrle Kose......................... 50
Protection............................ 38
Sweet Burley........................<0
Sweet Luma......................... 38
T lr « ...........- 
39
Flat  Iron..............................36
Creme de Meuttie................60
Stronghold..........................  to
Sole.......................................35
Sweet Chunk....................... 37
Forge....................................33
Red Cross............................. 24
Palo......................................36
Kvlo......................................36
Hiawatha............................. 41
Battle A xe.........................  37
American Eagle...................34
Standard Navy.....................38
Spear Head. 16 oz................43
Spear Head.  8oz................45
Nobby Twist........................49
Jolly T a r..............................39
Old  Honesty......................... 45
Toddy....................................34
J. T ......................................38
Piper Heidsiek............ ; ....64
Boot Jack............................. 81
Jelly Cake............................ 36
Plumb  Bob...........................XI
Hand  Pressed...................... 46
Double  Cross...................... 37
Sweet Core...........................40
Flat Car  ..............................37
Great Navy.......................... 37
W arpath..............................27
Bamboo,  8 oz...................... 29
Bamboo. 16 oz...................... 27
I X  L.  61b...........................28
1 X L.30lb...........................32
Honey IV w ......................... 37
Gold  Block...........................37
Flagman..............................40
Chips....................................35
Kiln Dried...........................23
Duke's Mixture...................40
Duke’s Cameo......................40
Houey Dtp Twist................. 39
Myrtle Navy........................40
Turn Yum, IS oz..................39
Yum Yum. 1 ib. pails...........37
Cream...................................37
Corn Cake. 2* oz.................25
Corn Cake, lib .....................23
Plow Boy. IS oz...................37
Plow Boy. 3S oz...................35
Peerless, SS oz.....................34
Peerless. IS oz....................36
Indicator, i s  oz...................28
Indicator, i lb. pails........... 31
Col. Choice. iVi oz................21
Col. Choice. 8 oz..................ill
Cotton, 3 ply.........................17
Cotton. 4 ply.........................18
Jute. 2 ply.............................12
Hemp. 3 ply 
Flax, medium.
Wool, l lb. halls..................   8
Malt White Wine. 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine. 80 grain. , ll
Pure Oder. Bed Star........... 12
Pure Cider. Robinson  ........ll
Pure Oder. Silver................ll
WASHING  POWDER
Gold Dust, regular 
........... 4 5
Gold Dust, 5c....................... 4 0
Pearltne  ..............................2 90
Seourine....................................3 50
No. •». per gross.................... 38
No. «. per gross.................... 35
No. 2, per gross.................... 35
No. 3. per cross.................... 55

WTCKING

VINEGAR

Smoking

TW INE

Figs

Dates

HIDES  AND  PELTS 

35
30
Foreign D ried F ruits 
2£
22
20
Califomlas.  Fancy.. 
©
18
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
0
16
Extra  Choice.  10  lb.
boxes,................... 
© 9
1 00 
Fancy. 12 lb. boxes.. 
(§12
I  00
Pulled. 6 lb. boxes... 
©
Naturals, in bags  ... 
©
The Csppon & Bertseh Leather 
Co.. 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  ss 
Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
©
follows:
F vds tn 60 lb. cases. 
©
Hides
HUlowL................... 
5 » 5 *
0 6 
Green  No. l ............
©
lb.  cases, new....... 
0  5 
Green No. 2.............
Sairs. 60 lb. cases—   454  © 5 
0 7v 0 6s* 
Cured  No. 1............
Cured  No. 2............
Almonds. Tarragona 
018
0 9H9  8 010* 
Calf skins .green No. l 
Almonds,  IvVca......  
©
Calfskins .green No. a 
.Vimanas. California,
Calfskins.cured No. l 
soft s ie’Jed........... 
Calfskins.cured No. 2 
Brazils..................... 
Pelts
Filberts 
................ 
Bushels  .............................1 10
[ Pelts,  each..............
Walnuts  Grenoble«. 
Bushels, whle  band  ..........l  20
Lamb.  ....................
Walnut-. soft shelled 
M arket................................  30
Tallow
A  41.  I  California No. l . .. 
Splint, large.............................4 00
No. 1........................
S  
Table  Nuts,  fancy... 
Splint, medium 
No. 2........................Wool
u  H  j Table  Nuts, choice.. 
S 50
Spai 
Feeaxs.  Med. 
willow Clothes, large......... 7 00
18030
I Washed, fine...........
Pecans. Ex. Large... 
__  ___
Willow Cloches, medium...  6 a  
23034
Washed,  medium...
Pecans. Jumbos......  
Willow Clothes, small......... 5 »  j r'nwaèhèd. 'fine
13014
Hickory Nuts pet bn.
| Vnwashed, med
medium.
16018
No. l Oval. 2» to crate........  Ä ,  u « 5 bw, iw«
Ohio,  new............
F urs
, Cocoanuts. full sacks 
No. 2 Oval. 250 In crate.......  50
Beaver....................   1 « S 3  00 i J*
10^   ¡0 i Chestnuts, per b o ._ 
No. 3 v>val. 250 In crate... 
Wild C at....
No. 5 vital. 250 In crate.  . 
lAg.  2S > 
Peanuts
House Cat...
Red Fox......
Humpty Dumpty...........
10«  75 < Fancy.  H.  P.,  Suns
Grey Fox__
No. 1. complete..............
1002 00 1  Roasted................
Lynx...........
No. 2. complete..............
20  8 i Choice. H. P.. Extras
Muskrat......
2502 *0 1 Choice, H. P-, Extras
Clothes  Plats 
Mink...........
100 80  Roasted....... 
*
Round head. 5 gross box. 
Raccoon......
1501 to ■ Span. ShQd No. m*w  65*0 754
Round bead, cartons......

3501  50 j  Fancy. H. P-. Suns..

17019
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©1354
014
014
©14 
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©ll
012
0
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WOODEN W ARE 

B utter  Plates 

5*§
6 *0
©

Egg Crates

ttUnt, small

52 i Skunk.

Baskets

5001  10 j

2  35 
30

NUTS

0  9

MO

.

AKRON  STONEWARE 

B utters
54 gal., per  doz.
2 to 6 gal., per  gal.................
8 gal. each.............................
10 gal. each.............................
12 gal. each.............................
16 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
¡4 ga.  f»zt or rd. hot, per doz.. 
1 gal. nat or rd. bot„ each......

Fine  Glazed  M ilkpans
54 gal  flat or rd. bot., per doz............
l gal. flat or rd. bot., each.................

Stewpans

54 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz...........
1 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz...........

Jugs

54 gal. per doz...................................
54 gal. per doz...................................
l to 5 gal., per gal.............................

Sealing  Wax

5 lbs. in package, per lb...................
LAMP  BURNERS
No. 0 Sun..........................................
No. 1 Sun..........................................
No. 2 Sun..........................................
No. 3 Sun..........................................
Tubular............................................
Nutmeg............................................

LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds
....................... 
No. 0 Sun.............................................
........ 
No. 1 Sim.............................................
...................... 
No. 2 Sun............................................

Per box of 6 doz
1  50
1 66
2 36

F irst Q uality

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

XXX  F lint

No. 1 Sun, crimp top. wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top. wrapped &  lab.
No. 2 Sun. binge, 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  Bastle

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 (66c doz)..........................
No. 2 Lime (70c doz)..........................
No. 2 Flint (80c d o z )" " ....................

Electric

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

OIL  CANS

l gal. tin cans with spout, per doz —
1 gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz..
2 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz..
3 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz..
5 gal. Tilting cans................................
5 gal. galv. Iron  Nacefas....................
5 gal. Rapid steady stream.................
5 gal. Eureka, non-overflow...............
3 gal. Home Rule................................
5 gal. Home Rule................................
5 gal. Pirate King...............................

Pum p  Cans

LANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift.....................
No.  l B Tubular................................
No. 15 Tubular, dash..........................
No.  l Tubular, glass fountain............
No. 12 Tubular, side  lamp..................
No.  3 Street lamp, each....................
LANTERN  GLOBES 
j No. 0 Tub., cases l doz. each, box. 10c 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each. box. 15c 
l No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
j No. 0 Tub.. Bull's eye.cases 1 doz- each

Earthenware Meat Tubs

j  15.30.25.30 gal.  All sizes In stock.  We can ship 
i promptly.  Prices are right  Send us your order.

G r a n d   Ra p id s ,  Mic h .

W. S. & J. E. Graham
M A N T L E S

G A S  AND G A S O L IN E

Glovers’  Gems.  Satisfaction,  and  Perfection 

are the best.

GLOVER’S WHOLESALE  MDSE.  CO..

\ Manufacturers, Importers, and  Jobbers  of  Gas 

and Gasoline Sundries.

Grand  Ra pid s,  Mich.

62 
654 
56 
70 
84 
1  20 
1  60 
2 25 
2 70

52
654

85 
1  10

6045
754

36 
45 
65 
1  10
50

2 00
2  15
3  15

2 75
3 75
4 00

4 00:
5 00 
5  10

90 
1  15 
1  35 
1 60

3 50
3 75
4 70

3 75
4 40
1 40 1 68
2 78
3 75
4 85 
4 25 
4 96
7  25 
9 00
8 50
10 50
9 96
11  28 
9 50

4 85 
7  40 
7 50 
7 50 
13 50 
3 60

45 
45 
2  00 
1  25

I h e N U L I T E

750  Candle  Power  A R C   ILLU M IN A T O R S  
Produce the finest  artificial  light  In  the  world.

C H IC A G O  SO LA R  L IG H T  C O .,

xhey darkness Into daylight turn,
And air Instead of money burn.

Superior to electricity or gas„cheaper than kero­
sene oil.  A 20th century revelation In the  art of
Ugh 
No smoke,  no  odor,  no  noise,  absolutely  safe. 
They are portable, bang or stand them anywhere.
We  also  mrnufacture  Table  Lamps,  W all 
Lamps,  Pendants,  Chandeliers,  Street 
Lamps, etc.  The best and only really  success­
ful Incandescent Vapor Gas Lamps made.  They 
sell at sight-  Good  agents  wanted.  Write  for 
catalogue and prices.

Propipt-

81  L.  Fifth Ave. 

Chicago,  HI.

pcss

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.

j; Sim ple
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0 
1  A ccount  File

Simplest  and 
Most  Economical 
Method of  Keeping 
Petit  Accounts
File and  i,ooo printed blank

File and  i,ooo specially 

bill heads.......................   $2  75  I
t
printed bill heads.........   3  00  ♦
X

Printed blank bill heads, 

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

I  *5 

-

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Or* ad  Rapids.

The  Meat M arket

Proposed  Legislation  Asked  by  M ichigan 

Meat  Dealers.

The  Michigan  Butchers’  Protective 
Association  has  caused  two  bills  to  be 
introduced  in  the  Legislature—one  pro­
viding  for the  examination  and 
licens­
ing  of  butchers  and  the  other  prohibit­
ing  the  purchase  or  sale  of  meats  on 
Sunday.  The  first  measure,  which 
is 
known  as  House  bill  No.  626,  is  as  fol­
lows :

Section  1.  That  the  Governor  shall, 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  October, 
A.  D.,  1901,  appoint  as  nearly  as  may 
be  equally  from  both  political  parties, 
five  practical  butchers,  who  shall  be  cit­
izens  of  this  State,  and  who  shall  have 
been  engaged  in  the  business  as  whole­
sale  or  retail  butchers  for a  period  of 
at  least  twenty  years,  one  of  whom  shall 
be  appointed  for one  year,  one  for two 
years,  one  for three  years,  one  for  four 
years  and  one  for  five  years,  who  with 
their successors  to  be  appointed  annual­
ly  thereafter and  to  serve  for the term  of 
five,  years  each  shall  constitute  a  board 
for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this 
Act.

Sec.  2.  Said  board 

shall  within 
thirty  days  after  its  appointment  meet 
and  organize  by  the  election  of a  Presi­
dent,  a  Secretary  and  a  Treasurer, 
from 
its  own  members,  who  shall  be 
elected  for  the  term  of  one  year and 
shall  perform  the  duties  prescribed  by 
the  board.
Sec.  3.  The  Treasurer  of  said  board 
shall  before  entering  upon  his  duties 
give  to  the  people  of  the  State  of  Mich­
igan  a  bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  six 
thousand  dollars,  to  be  approved  and 
filed  with  the  Secretary  of  State,  condi­
tioned  for the  faithful  receipt,  disburse­
ment  and  accounting  for  all  moneys 
that  may  come  into  his  hands  as  such 
Treasurer.
Sec.  4.  The  members  of  said  board 
shall  receive  the  amount  of  their  trav­
eling  expenses  incurred  in  the  perform­
ance  of  their  official  duties,  and  a  per 
diem  salary  of  three dollars when actual­
ly  engaged  in  the  business  of the board : 
Provided,  however,  that  the  Secretary 
and  the  Treasurer  may  receive  such 
further  and  additional  compensation  as 
may  be  allowed  by  the  said  board.  All 
moneys  received  by  said  board 
in  ex­
cess  of  said  per  diem  allowance  and 
other  expenses  above  provided 
for, 
shall  be  paid  into  the  State  Treasury  at 
the  end  of  each  year.  The  board  shall 
make  an  annual  report  and  render an 
account  to the  Board  of  State  Auditors 
of  all  moneys  received  and disbursed  by 
it  according  to  the  provisions  of this
ACta
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
board  to  examine  all  applications  for 
registration  submitted 
in  the  proper 
form;  to  grant  certificates  of  registra­
tion  to  such  persons  as  shall  be  entitled 
to  the  same  under the  provisions  of  this 
A ct;  to  report  annually  to  the Governor, 
which  report  shall  contain  a  record  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  board  for the 
year,  and  also  the  names  of  all  persons 
who  have  been  registered  during  the 
year;  and  to  keep  a  book  in which shall 
be  entered  the  names  and  places  of 
business  of  all  persons  registered  under 
this  Act.  The  board  shall  make  by-laws 
for the  proper fulfillment  of 
its  duties 
under  this  Act.  The  board  shall  hold 
meetings  for the  examination  of  appli 
cants  for  registration  or  for  the  transac 
tion  of  such  other  business  as  shall  per 
tain  to  its  duties,  at  least  once  in  three 
months  or oftener  if  deemed  necessary 
by  said  board,  at  such  places  as  they 
shall  designate,  and  shall  give  notice  of 
their  meetings  in  at  least  two  of  the 
newspapers  of  the  State,  at  least  thirty 
days  prior  to the  time  of  meeting.  The 
records  of  said  board,or a  copy  of  them, 
or  any  part  thereof,  certified  by  the 
Secretary  to be  a  true  copy,  and attested 
by  the  seal  of  the  board,  shall  be  ac­
cepted  as  competent  evidence 
in  all 
courts  of  the  State.  Any  three  mem­
bers  of  this  board  shall  constitute  a 
quorum  for the  transaction  of  business
Sec.  6.  Each  person applying to said

Sec.  5. 

board  for  a  certificate,  except  appren­
tices  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall  pay 
to  the  Treasurer  thereof  the  sum  of  five 
dollars,  which  shall  entitle  him  to  an 
examination  at  the  next  meeting  of  the 
board  and  to  a  certificate  if  found  qual­
ified :  Provided,  That  any  person  now 
engaged  in  the  business  of  a  butcher  in 
this  State  and  who  has  been  so  engaged 
for a  period  of  three  years  prior  to  the 
time  this  Act  shall  take  effect,  shall 
within  ninety  days  thereafter  file  with 
the  Secretary  of  said  board  a  statement, 
verified  by  his  oath,  showing  his  name, 
place  of  business  and  postoffice address, 
the 
length  of  time  he  has  served  as  a 
butcher,  and  pay  to  said  Secretary  the 
sum  of  five  dollars  and  receive  and  be 
entitled  to  receive  from  said  board  a 
certificate  as  a  butcher,  which certificate 
shall  give  him  the  right  to  engage  in 
the  business  of  a  butcher.  All  certifi­
cates  issued  by  said  board  shall give the 
holder thereof  the  right  to engage  in  the 
business  of  a  butcher  for one  year  from 
the  date  the  certificate  is  issued,  and 
such  certificate  may  be  renewed  annual­
ly  thereafter  by  a  payment  of  one  dollar 
made  within  thirty  days  after  the  expi­
ration  of  the  said  certificate.

Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  be  entitled 
to  register under  this  Act  except  as pro­
vided 
in  Sec.  6,  unless  such  person 
shall  be  a  citizen  of  this  State,  of  the 
age  of  twenty  years,  of good  moral  char­
acter,  shall  have  been  engaged 
in  the 
business  of  a  butcher  for a  period  of 
three  years,  and  shall  have  passed  a  sat­
isfactory  examination  before  the  board, 
touching  his  competency  to  slaughter 
or  kill  cattle,  calves,  hogs,  and  sheep, 
to  prepare  fresh,  salt  and  smoked  meats 
and  the  products  of  meat  for human 
food;  to  kill  and  prepare  poultry  for 
market;  to  make  sausage;  to  detect 
disease 
in  animals  on  foot  or  dressed, 
and  diseases  of  poultry,  either alive  or 
when  dressed  for  market:  Provided, 
however,  that  the  board  may  in  its  dis­
cretion  grant  to any  person  not  able  to 
pass  an  examination  in  all  branches  of 
the  work  a  certificate  giving  such  per­
son  the  privilege  of  carrying  on  busi­
ness  in  any  branch  of  the  work in which 
he  is  able  to  pass  a  satisfactory  exami­
nation :  Provided, 
further,  that  any 
person  wishing  to  learn  the  business  of 
a  butcher  may  apply  to the  board  and 
upon  payment  of  one  dollar,  receive  a 
certificate  which  will  give him  the  right 
to  engage 
in  the  business  of  a  butcher 
as  an  apprentice  and under the  supervi­
sion  of  a  master  butcher.

Sec.  8.  No  person shall  be  allowed to 
carry  on  the  business  of  a  butcher or to 
sell  or  offer  for sale  either  fresh,  salt, 
or  dried  meats  or the  products  of  meats 
unless  he  shall  have  a  certificate 
issued 
by  said  board  and  unless  said certificate 
shall  be  displayed 
in  a  conspicuous 
place 
in  the  shop,  store  or  place  of 
business  where  the  business  of a butcher 
is  carried  on:  Provided,  however,  that 
the  provisions  of this  Act  shall  not  ap­
ply  to  meats  or  the  products  of  meat 
sold  in  sealed  cans.

Sec.  9.  Any  person  who  shall  attempt 
to  carry  on  business  under  a  certificate 
fraudulently  obtained  or who  shall  em­
ploy  persons  as  butchers  who  have  not 
received  a  certificate  as  herein  pro­
vided,  or who  shall  prepare  for  sale  or 
offer  for  sale,  meats  or the  products  of 
meat  without  conforming  to  the  provi 
sions  of  this  Act,  shall,  upon conviction 
be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
ten,  or  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
and  any  convicted  person  who  shall  re 
fuse  or neglect  to  pay  such  fine,  may  be 
imprisoned  in  the  county jail  until  such 
fine 
is  paid,  not  exceeding,  however, 
thirty  days.

The  Sunday  closing  measure,  which 
is  known  as  House  bill  No.  676,  is  as 
follows:

Section  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for any  person  or  persons  to  buy  or  sell 
meats  or  the  products  of  meats,  or to 
engage 
in  the  business  or  trade  of  a 
butcher  either  at  wholesale  or  retail,  on 
first  day  of  the  week,  commonly 
the 
called  Sunday.
Sec.  2.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  or  persons  to  keep  open 
their shops  or  places  of  business  for the 
purposes  mentioned  in  Section  x  of  this

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Provided,  however, 

Act 
that  during 
the  months  of  June,  July,  August  and 
September  of  each  year  it  shall  be  law­
ful  to  keep  open  shops  and  places  of 
business  and  to  carry  on  the  business 
mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this  Act  until 
the  hour of  nine  o’clock  in the forenoon, 
and  Provided,  further,  that 
it  shall  be 
lawful  at  all  times  to  sell  meats  and 
provisions  to  ships  or  vessels  actually 
engaged 
in  the  carrying  trade  on  the 
lakes  and  which  may  be  in  any  of  the 
ports  of  this  State  on  the  first  day  of 
the  week.

Sec.  3.  That  each  butcher  shop  or 
place  of  business  where  the  business  of 
a  butcher  is  carried  on,  shall  have  the 
interior  of  said  place  of  business  ex­
posed  to  view  so  that  it  can  be  plainly 
seen  from  the  street  during  all  of  the 
first  day  of  the  week,  commonly  called 
Sunday.

Sec.  4.  Every  person  who  shall  vio­
late  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall, 
upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by 
a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than

31

fifty  dollars  for  each  offense,  or  be 
im­
prisoned  in  the  county  jail  for  not  more 
than  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and 
imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  court.

T heir  B ales  Coincided.

‘ See  here,  sir,”   exclaimed  the  suc­
cessful  manufacturer  to  his  dilatory 
book-keeper,  ‘ ‘ you  are  not  as  attentive 
to  business  as  you  might  be. 
It  has 
been  my  rule  through  life  to  be  at  my 
desk  early  and  late,  and— ”

‘ ‘ Me,  too,”   replied  he. 

‘ ‘ Sometimes 
I  get  there  early  and  sometimes  late.”

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The  Grain  M arket.

Wheat  seems  to  be  neglected.  The 
news  for  both  sides—that 
is,  the  bull 
and  bear  sides— is about evenly divided. 
There  is  a  fair quantity of  winter  wheat 
being  delivered,  as  there  is exceptional­
ly  good  sleighing— better  than 
it  has 
been  for  many  years—the  last  three  or 
four  weeks.  Mills  have  been  fairly 
stocked.  Country  elevators  have  a  little 
more  than  they  had  a  month  ago. 
It  i s 
generally  thought  that  about  80 to  85 
per  cent,  of  the  last  crop  has  been  mar­
keted  in  the  winter  wheat  section. 
In 
the  spring  wheat  states, 
the  amount 
marketed  has  been  as  usual  of  late, 
about  one-half  to  two-thirds  as  much
as 
it  was  last  season.  Our  exports  are 
not  decreasing  and  the  visible  melts 
away  slowly.  The  visible  showed  a  de­
crease  of  302,000  bushels,  against an  in­
crease  of  639,000  bushels  for the  corres­
ponding  week  last  year.  The  visible  is 
about  3,000,000  bushels  larger than 
last 
year,  but  when  we  count  only  contract 
grade,  there  is  about  20,000,000  bushels 
less.  The  price  for  May  option  sagged 
about  %c  during  the  week,  while  cash, 
for  both  winter  and  spring,  remained 
stationary.

Com,  contrary  to  all  expectations,  in­
creased  another  1,500,000  bushels during 
the  week,  leaving  the  amount  in  sight 
19,764,000  bushels— about  as 
large  as 
it  was  last  year,  when  prices  were  con­
siderably 
the 
large  increase,  prices  have  gained  about 
i^ cper bushel since last writing and this 
advance  can  not  be  accounted  for unless 
it  is  the  small  amount  of  contract  grade 
that  is  being  received.

less.  Notwithstanding 

Oats  are  very  steady,  as  receipts  are 
absorbed  as  fast  as  offered,  and  there 
are  not  enough  coming  in  to  more  than 
meet  the  demand. 
Prices  have  not 
changed.

In  rye,  there  is  nothing  doing,  while 

quotations  are  the  same.

Flour  is 

in  better demand,  as  stocks 
have  been  diminished.  The  trade  have 
also  come  to  the  conclusion  that  flour  is 
as  cheap  an  article  as  there  is  for  food.
Mill  stuff  is  as  strong  and  as  scarce 
as  ever and  the  mills  are  sold  ahead  for 
some  time.

Receipts  of  grain  for the  week  have 
been  of  the usual amount,  being :  wheat, 
57  cars;  com,  12  cars;  oats,  15  cars; 
rye,  1  car;  flour,  3  cars;  beans,  6  cars; 
hay,  2  cars;  potatoes,  8  cars.

For  the  month  of  February  the  re­
ceipts  were  as  follows:  wheat,  207  cars; 
com,  94  cars;  oats,  41  cars;  rye,2  cars; 
flour,  16 cars;  beans,  15  cars;  hay,  8 
cars;  straw,  6  cars;  potatoes,  31  cars.

Millers  continue  to  pay  75c  for  No.  2 

red  wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.
Passing  o f the  Old-Tim e  Drum m er.
The  old-time  drummer  seems  to  be 
getting  out  of  business,  said  a merchant 
recently  to  the  writer.  Well,  if  this  is 
the  truth,  times  certainly  have  changed, 
and  a  store  must  seem  strange  without 
the  long  and  seemingly  endless  proces­
sion  of  salesmen  that  used  to  commence 
on  Monday  morning  and  continue  un­
til  Saturday  night.

We  hope  the  drummer  is  not  going 
out  of  business, for  what  would  the  mer­
chant  do  without  him?  Who  would  keep 
him  supplied  with  the 
latest  informa­
tion  about  the  trade,  his  neighbors or 
the  markets?  Whatever  else  has  to  be 
taken  away  from  us  in  these  changing 
times  let  us  hope  that  we  may  still  have 
the  drummer.

For  we  can  not  spare  him ;  he  is  and 
has  been  too  valuable  to  be  dispensed 
with.  His  cheery  talk,  his  bustling

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

eagerness  to  sell  goods,  his  willingness 
to  share  our  joys  and  troubles  have  en­
deared  him  to  us,  and  he  would  be  sad­
ly  missed.

Many  a  merchant  owes  a  large  meas­
ure  of  his  success  to  the  encouragement 
and  good  advice  of  some  drummer  who 
became  more  than a drummer—a  friend.
Many  a  merchant’s  credit  has  been 
preserved  by  the  kindly  word  of  the 
drummer,  who,  knowing  all  the circum­
stances,  has  put  in  the  kindly  word  that 
meant  so  much  at  that  time.

Many a merchant  would  be out of busi­
ness  to-day 
if  it  had  not  been  for the 
opportune  assistance  of  the  drummer. 
Of  the  drummer as  a  class  we  can speak
only  good;  we  have  grumbled  at  him 
and  kicked  him  many  a  time  and  oft, 
but  deep  down 
in  our  heart  we  have 
ever  loved  him.  May  his  shadow  never 
grow  less.
Grand  Rapids  R etail Grocers' Association
At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  Tuesday  evening,  March  5,  Presi­
dent  Dyk  presided.

John  R.  Dykstra,  10  Prescott  avenue, 
and  John  Braun,  126  North  Front  street, 
were  admitted  to  membership 
in  the 
Association.

The  report  of  the  committee  on  the 
so-called  special  agent  bill  and  its  final 
action  were  deferred  until  the  next  reg­
ular  meeting.

An  informal  discussion  took  place  in 
reference  to  the  sale  of  Lily  White  and 
Crescent  flour.  A  great  deal  of  fault 
was  found  because  many  of  the  mer­
chants  were  cutting  the  card  price  on 
same. 
It  terminated  by  instructing  the 
Secretary  to  confer  with  the  Committee 
on  Trade  Interests,  with  the  under­
standing  that  they  would  do  all  that 
could  be  done  to  adjust  the  matter  be­
tween  the  Association  and  the  mills.

A  pleasing  feature  of  the  evening  was 
the  singing  of  Arthur  Midwinter  and 
Garret  Johnson.

J.  B.  Greenway  was  to  have  appeared 
before  the  Association  to  make explana­
tions  relative  to  the  attitude  of  the 
trades  and 
toward  the 
labor  council 
proposed  new  garnishee 
law,  but  he 
failed  to  put  in  an  appearance.

Twelve  pails  of  Cottolene,  donated  by 
the  N.  K.  Fairbank  Co.,  was  raffled, 
Homer  Klap  and  H.  M.  Mull  drawing 
the  lucky  numbers.

There  being  no  further business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Homer  Klap,  Sec’y.

Hide«.  Pelt«,  Furs,  T allow   and  W ool.
The  hide  market  remains  weak  at  the 
late  decline.  The  kick 
is  out  of the 
trade  and  offerings  are  light.  The  de­
mand  seems  to  be  fair,  but  not  from 
anxious  buyers.  With  all  the  depres­
sion,  prices  seem  to  have  hit  bottom.

Pelts  have  accumulated  and  are  now 
being  offered  freely.  Sales  are  few  and 
small  in  volume.  Values  are  uncertain 
and  in  buyers'  favor.

Furs  have  weakened  and  the  demand 
is  light.  Prices  have  gone  off  and  the 
quality 

is  poorer.

Tallow slow, sluggish ; while prices have 
not  changed,  the  demand  is  light,  with 
ample  offerings.

Wools  are  selling  more  freely  on 

low 
prices.  Holders  see  no  advance  of  price 
in  the  near  future  and  one  after another 
lets  go,  taking  the  loss  that  seemed 
in­
evitable  when  the  purchase  was  made. 
It  is  only  by  concession  of  price  that 
any  stock  can  be  moved.  The  new  clip 
will  come 
in  on  a  depressed  market, 
judging  by  all  appearances.

Wm.  T.  Hess.

No  Notes  for  Her.

“ Is  your  daughter  learning  to  play 

the  piano  by  note?”

“ Certainly  not,”  

severely,  “ we 

answered  Mrs. 
always  pay 

Cumrox 
cash. ”

How  to  K eep  on  Good  Terms.

“ I  am  sure  we  shall  be  on  good 
just 
into  the  neighborhood  to  the 

terms,”   said  the  man  who  had 
moved 
grocer  at  the  corner.

“ No  doubt  of  it,  sir.  Especially,”  
he  added,  as  an  afterthought,  “ if  the 
terms  are  cash.”

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as new.  Will  sell  cheap  if  taken  at  once. 
J. 
Call or address C. A. Mitts,  care  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.___________________724
Fo r sa l e—c ig a r  s t o r e,  w it h   sm a ll
stock;  good  location;  good  reason  for  sell­
ing.  Address M. A.  C.,  care  Michigan  Trades­
725
man. 
ijH)R  RENT—A  GOOD BRICK STORE WELL 
1  located In  a  good  business  town.  Address 
Mrs. A. M. Colwell, Lake Odessa, Mich. 
722
TOOR SALE—DRUG AND GROCERY STOCK, 
X;  Invoicing about $1,300;  doing good  business; 
expenses very light;  best of reasons  for  selling. 
Wfll sell for cash  only.  Address  No.  721,  care 
Michigan Tradesman.__________________ 721
|X )R   SALE CHEAP—ONE 4x6x10  FT.  HIGH 
I*  Brecht patent cooler and No. 0 Buffalo chop­
per.  For particulars write A. R. Hensler‘Battle 
Creek, Mich. 
726
TO  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
facturing  plants  that  they  wish  to  sell  or  ex­
change  correspond  with  the  Derby  &  Choate 
709
Real Estate Co.. Flint,  Mich. 
CANNING  FACTORY  FOR  SALE.  AD- 
dress  Grand  Ledge  Canning  Co.,  Grand 
Ledge, Mich._______________________   716
1X)R  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
Fo r  s a l e—b a za a r  sto ck  in   m a n u - 
facturlng  town  of  2,000  in  Southwestern 
Michigan;  good location;  good reasons  for  sell­
ing.  Address  No.  712,  care  Michigan  Trades­
712
man. 
F'OR SALE—HARDWARE  STOCK, INVOIC- 
ing $2,800;  terms,  part  cash,  balance  time: 
will sell or rent buildings.  Owner is going out of 
business.  Address S. J.  Doty,  Harrletta,  Mich.
7il
Dr u g  sto ck f o r  sa l e in  a  g o o d l iv e  
Western Michigan town, invoicing  between 
$3,000 and  $4,000.  Address  Hazeltine  and  Per­
717
kins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Dr u g  sto ck f o r  s a l e,  a  g o o d c le a n
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
Tim b e r  a n d   f a r m   l a n d s—h e m l o c k , 
hardwood and cedar timber for sale in large 
or small tracts, cheap farm lands, hardwood and
itine stump land».  Don’t ask  what  I  have,  but 
ell  me  what  you  want.  E.  T.  Merrill,  Reed 
City. 
696
MAND M. AND U. 3. ARC LAMPS.  ONE 

•  live  agent  wanted  in  every  town.  Sell 
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 67 W. Washington St., Chicago. 

17«OR SALE—BUSINESS  PROPERTY  IN P E  

toskey, half block from postofflce.  Address 
700

. 
Chas. Neif, Petoskey, Mich. 

706

669

Big   r e t u r n s  f o r   sm a ll  c a p it a l—
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  off 
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. 
fHOR  SALE  CHEAP — $2,000  GENERAL 
J?  stock and  building.  Address  No.  240,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
ANTED-ENERGETIC  COUNTRY 
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 neea apply who  does  not  conform  to  re­
quirements,  which  are  ironclad.  Zenla,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
631
WANTED — MERCHANTS  TO  CORRE 
spond with us who wish to sell their entire 
stocks  for  spot  cash.  Enteiprise  Purchasing 
686
Co., 163 Market St., Chicago, lit 
fpOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GROCERIES,  DRY 

1  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,  Dalance  on  time.  Address  No.  692, 
care Michigan Tradesman.  __ 

692

240

I TOR  SALE — GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 

1  stock,  invoicing  about  $7,000;  stock  in  Al 
shape;  selling about  $26,000  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 
and fixtures for sale or exchange for good Grand 
Rapids residence property  on  East  Side;  must 
be free  from  debt  and  title  perfect.  Address 
No. 620, care Michigan  Tradesman. 
Fo r  s a l e- d r u g   sto ck 
in v o ic in g  
$2,000, In good comer store in the  best  town 
in Western Michigan.  The  best  of  reasons  for 
selling.  Address No. 683, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
683
Fo r  r e n t—a   g o o d  b r ic k   s t o r e  in  
good  business  town  on  Michigan  Central 
Railroad: good living rooms above; good storage 
below;  city  water  and  electric  light.  Address 
Box 298, Decatur, Mich.________________ 688

620

MISCELLANEOUS

\* T  ANTED — CLERK 
IN  DRY  GOODS, 
Yv  men's  furnishing  and  shoe  department; 
prefer man who speaks  French.  Salary  $60 per 
month to start on  Must  be  strictly  temperate 
and furnish good  references.  Address  No.  736, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

736

It  doesn't  cost  you as 

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We  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. 
Manufactured  and  sold  only  by  us.

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This case is much lower priced than you would  imagine from  its handsome appear­
ance.  Standard size 42 inches high, 26 inches wide end  made  in  any  length.  We 
manufacture a complete line of fine up-to-date  show  cases.  Send  for  our  48-page 
catalogue containing description and  prices of the goods we manufacture.
T H E  BRYAN  SHOW  C A S E   W ORKS.  BRYAN,  O.

S i m p l e  
A c c o u n t   F i l e

A  quick  and  easy  method  of 
keeping  your  accounts. 
E s­
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  the  regular 
ledger. 
By  using  this  file  or  ledger  for 
charging  accounts,  it  will  save 

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.

TRADESM AN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Travelers’ Time  Tables.

Michigan  Retail  Grocers’ Association 

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

Grand Rapids Retail Grocers' Association 

President, F r a n k   J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  H o m e r 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. G e o r g e  Le h m a n

Detroit Retail Grocers’  Protective Association 

President,  E.  Ma r k s ;  Secretaries,  N.  L.
K o e n ig   and  F .  H.  Co z z e n s;  Treasurer,  C. 
H.  F r i n k .

Kalamazoo  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  E.  L.  Ha r r i s ;  Secretary,  Gh a s. 

Hy m a n . 

______

Baj Cities Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

L i t t l e . 

______

Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

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

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

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

President,  A .  C.  Cl a r k  ¡S e c re ta ry ,  E.  F. 

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

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’ Association 

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

P h e r s o n ;  Treasurer, R. A. Ho r r .

Traverse Citj  Business Men’s Association 
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer,  C.  A .  Ham m o n d.

President,  Xhos  T.  Ba t e s :  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso Business Men’s Association 

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

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

Pt.  durons Merchants’ and Manufacturers’  Association 

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

P e r c iv a l .

Alpena Business Men’s  Association 

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

Pa r t r id g e . 

______

Calumet Business Men’s Association 

President,  J.  D.  Cu d d i h y ;  Secretary  W.  H. 

H o s k in g . 

______

-St Johns Business Men’s Association 

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

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

Perry Business Men’s Association 

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

He d d l e . 

______

Grand Baien Retail Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D. Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W  Ver-

Ho e k s . 

______

Yale Business Men’s Association 

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

P u t n e y . 

______

P ERE  M ARQUETTE
R ailroad an d   S team sh ip   L ines.

Fast trains  are  operated  from  Grand  Rapids 
to Chicago,  Detroit,  Toledo,  Saginaw, Bay  City, 
Petoskey, Ludington, Manistee, Muskegon, Trav­
erse City,  Alma,  Lansing, 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  12:06  noon, each 
week  day,  arriving  at  Detroit  4:05  p.  m.  and 
Chicago 5:00 p. m.

H.  F.  Mo e l l e r ,  G.  P.  A.,

W. E. W o l f e n d e n , D. P. A.

GRAND Rapidi  &  indiana  Railway

Dec.  a,  1900.

inuk 1 n 

Except  Except  Except 
Sunday  Sunday  Sunday
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 35am
Ar. Mackinaw City ...  4  15pm  10  35pm  6 56am
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,  10:46 
a m, 5:15 p m and 10:15 p m daily except Sunday

SOUTH

Lv. G’d Rapids.  7 10a  12 30p  1 50p  6 50p  11 30p 
Ar.  Kalamazoo  8 50a  145p  3 22p  8 35p  1 00a
Ar. Ft. Wayne.  12 lOp  ......  6 50pll45a 
......
Ar. Cincinnati.  6 25p 
......
.................   7 15a 
6:60pm 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  6:45 am   and 
9:10am daily, 2:00pm, 9:45pm and 10:15pm except 
Sunday.
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  exeept  Sunday  and  6:50pm 
Sunday only.

Mii^KPnniM 
MUSKEGON 

C H IC A G O   T R A IN S

G.  R.  &  I  and  Michigan  Central.
TO CHICAGO 

Sunday  Dally

Lv. G’d Rapids (Union depot 1  12 30pm  11 30pm 
Ar. Chicago  (12th St. Station)  5 25pm 
6 55am 
12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago  with  Pull­
man buffet parlor car attached.
ll:30pm train has through coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car.

FROM  CHICAGO 

Sunday  Da,ly

Lv. Chicago (12th St.  Station)  5  15pm  11  30pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  10  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.

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’  Association 

President,  J o h n  G.  Eb l e ;  Secretary,  L.  J. 
K a t z ;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hu f f o r d .

W rite  fo r S am p les a n d  P ric e s on

Street  Car  and  Fine 

Feed  Stuffs

DARRAH  BROS.  CO.,  Big  Rapids,  Mich.

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.

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance Co.

Organized iSSi.

Detroit,  Michigan.

Cash  Capital.  $400.000. 

Net Surplus, $200,000.

Cash A ssets. $800.000.

D. W h it n e y, Jr ., Pres.

D.  M. F e r r y , Vice Pres.

F. H. W h it n e y, Secretary.
M .  W .  O ’ B r ie n , Treas.

E. 

J. B ooth, A sst Sec’y.

D ir e c to r s.

D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. Ferry, F .J. Hecker, 
M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack, 
Allan Sheldon, Simon J.  Murphy,  Wm.  L. 
Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James  Edgar,  H. 
Kirke  White,  H.  P.  Baldwin,  Hugo 
Scherer,  F.  A.  Schulte,  Wm.  V.  Brace, 
James  McMillan,  F.  E.  Drlggs,  Henry 
Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S. 
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stlnchfield,  Francis  F. 
Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey,  David  C.  W hit­
ney, Dr. J. B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas.
F.  Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C.

CATCHES  THE  GERM  AS  WELL  AS  THE  FLY. 

Sanitary.  Used the world over.  Good profit to sellers. 

, 

Order iron» Jobbers.

B u c k e y e   P a i n t   &   V a r n i s h   Co.

Paint,  Color and  Varnish  Makers.

Mixed  Paint,  White  Lead,  Shingle  Stains,  Wood  Fillers.

Sole  Manufacturers  CRYSTAL  ROCK  FINISH  for  Interior and Exterior Use. 

Corner  15th  and  Lucas Streets,  Toledo,  Ohio.

Daudt

Glass  &  Crockery Co.

WHOLESALE

Earthenware,  China & Glassware 

TOLEDO,  OHIO

K in n ey  &   L e v a n

Importers and Jobbers of 

Crockery,  Glass,  Lamps,  House 

Furnishing  Goods
CLEVELAN D,  OHIO

W ORLD'S  B E S T

5 C .  CIG A R.  A LL  JO B B E R S   AND

<3.J JOHNSON CIG A R CO

G RA N D   R A P ID S ;  M ICH.

b a r g a i n   d a y   l e a d e r s

deserving of the name are often hard  to  find. 
If  you  are 
looking  for  some  we  would  suggest  that  you  try  our

20000 Cords H em lock  B a rk  W anted
We  pay cash.  Write  us  for 
quotations.

i i S p e c ia l”   A sso rtm e n t 

E a rth e rn   C u sp id o res

They are trade winners at  15c, but  would  create  a  sensation  when  offered  at  10c 
eacn.  uur extremely low price will enable you to  do  so.  They  are  not  the  small 
! ‘ZiLU,SUa^yJ°ffered’Jbu.t  verY  lar£e.  handsomely  painted  in  beautifully  blending
00  s and decorated  with large hand-painted flowers and  leaves on  body  and  rim.
1  ne package contains 3 dozen assorted  colors  and  decorations  and  is  offered  at

i  $2.70 

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H.  Leonard  &  Sons,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Michigan 
Bark  & 
Lumber  Co.

527  and 528 Widdicomb Bid., 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

C.  U.  CLAR K ,

President.

W.  D.  W ADE,

F.  N.  CLAR K ,

Vice-President. 

Sec’y  &  Treas.

T H E   BIG  B R ID G E  
O V E R   N I A G A R A

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- 
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 

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO..

DAYTON,  OHIO

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