Eighteenth  Vear 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,1901 

Number  915

If you  want  to  handle  a  reliable  brand  of  Rubbers,  some- 
thing that you  can  unhesitatingly  recommend  to  your  trade

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tuïïr  unequalled  for style  and  quality.

Beacon  Falls

They are  sold  direct from  manufacturer  to  retailer  and  are 

at at

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Beacon  Palls  Rubber  Shoe  (So.,

207  and  209  Monroe Street,  Chicago,  111.

S e n d   f o r   S a m p l e   o f   L e a t h e r   T o p s .

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Stop  Right  Where  You  Are!

Give this your consideration:

Our  Cigars  Make  Money  for  You

They increase your business and  not your expenses,  therefore you  should  always use

Royal  Tiger  ioc

Tigerettes 5c

A  Smoker’s  Smoke

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PHELPS,  BRACE  &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

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||  The  Largest  Cigar  Dealers  in  the  Middle  West. 

Carolina  Brights  Cigarettes  “ Not  Made  by  a  Trust.”  ^

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F.  E.  BUSHMAN,  Manager  Cigar  Department. 

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MICA

AXLE

20000 Cords Hemlock  Bark Wanted

We pay cash.  Write  us  for 
quotations.

Michigan 
Bark  & 
Lumber Co.

527  an d  528  W idd'com b B id., 

G rand  R apids,  M ich.

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 IO H E8T  P R IC E  PAID  FO R   EM PTY  CARBO N   AND  QA BO UN B  B A R R ELS

STANDARD  OIL  CO .

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C.  U.  C L A R K ,

President.

W .  D.  W A D E ,

F.  N.  C L A R K ,

V  ice-President. 

Sec’y  &  Treas.

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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.

Powder

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T H E   G O R E D   OX  B E LL O W S. 
How fiercely our jealous competitors 
have  been  attacking  E g g   B a k i n g  
P o w d e r   in  the  local  papers  lately. 

They  wouldn’t  try  to  bother  us  unless 
they  saw  their  trade  going—going—al­
most gone in this  State!

There  is

N O   A L U M

in  E gg  Baking  Powder. 
It is 
like the beaten whites  of eggs.

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

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

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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Volume XVIII.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,1901.

Number 915

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

Page. 
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2.  G etting  the  People.
4.  A round  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  Clerk’s Corner.
7.  The  Senior  P artner.
8.  E ditorial.
9.  E ditorial.
10.  Dry  Goods.
11.  Window  Dressing.
12.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
15.  A lum   Powders  Prohibited.
16.  B u tter and  Eggs.
17.  The  Meat  M arket.
18.  H ardw are.
19.  H ardw are  Quotations.
20.  W om an’s  W orld.
22.  F ru its and  Produce.
23.  The  New  f o r k   M arket.
24.  Clothing.
25.  Comm ercial Travelers.
26.  D rugs  and  Chemicals.
27.  D rug Price  Current.
28.  Grocery  Price  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  C urrent.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  How  O ther W omen  Earn  a  Living.
32.  D am aging Disclosures.

DESPOTIC  MARRIAGE  LAW.

The  American  people,  who  are  nat­
urally  of  all  others  the  most  impatient 
of  restraint  and  control,  are  constantly 
desiring  to tyrannize over others.  Every­
one  wants  to  have  the 
laws  enforced 
upon  others,  but  each  is  ready  to  rebel 
at  a 
law  that  affects  his  own  supposed 
rights.

As  a  result,  all  sorts  of  laws  are  pro­
posed  to  control  people  in  the  matter  of 
their  personal 
liberty,  and  an  example 
of  this 
is  a  bill  which  has  just  passed 
the  Minnesota  Senate,  and  is  reasonably 
certain  to  be  put  through  the  House. 
It 
is  a  bill  to  prevent 
in  that  State  the 
marriage  of  persons  who  are  supposed 
to  be  unsound  in  mind  or body. 

%

shall 

hereafter 

is  epileptic, 

The  bill  specifies  that  no  man  or 
woman  who 
imbecile, 
feeble-minded  or afflicted  with  chronic 
insanity 
intermarry 
within  that  State  when  the  woman  is 
under the  age  of  45  years,  and  any  man 
or  woman,  however  sound  or  sane,  in­
termarrying  with  any  person  of  the  pro­
hibited  classes,  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  more  than  $1,000,  or  by  im­
prisonment 
in  the  State  Prison  for not 
more  than  five  years,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment.

The 

idea  in  enacting  such  a  law  was 
special 
to  prevent  the  marriage  of 
classes,  but 
it  necessarily  affects  every 
individual  in  the  State,  since  it  special­
ly  provides  that  no  officer  shall  there­
after  issue  a  marriage 
license  to  any 
person  applying  therefor  until,  in  addi­
tion  to  the  condition  now  required  by 
law,  he  shall  be  furnished  with  a certifi­
cate  from  a  reputable  physician  or 
physicians  of  the  county 
in  which  the 
parties  reside,  stating  that  he  has exam­
ined  such  person  as  to  his  or  her health 
or  mental  condition,  and  has  made  a 
careful  enquiry  respecting  the  family 
history  of  such  person,  and  that  neither 
such  Derson  nor  the 
father,  mother, 
grandfather,  grandmother or  any brother 
or  sister  of  such  person  was  afflicted 
with  chronic 
insanity. 
Every  such  certificate  shall  be  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  official  issuing  a  mar­
riage  license.  Any  violation  of  the  act 
shall  be  punishable  by  a  fine  of not more

imbecility  or 

than  $1,000  or  imprisonment in the peni­
tentiary  for  not  more  than  three  years.
Under  such  a  law,  no  marriage  can  be 
celebrated 
in  Minnesota  until  not  only 
the  mental  conditions  of  the  candidates 
for  matrimony  shall have been examined 
and  reported  upon,  but  in  addition,  the 
mental  history  of  all  the  candidates’  rel­
atives  must  be  enquired  into,  down  to 
and  including  grandparents  and  collat­
eral  representatives.  Since 
there  are 
few  families  that  have  not  at  some  time 
or  other  included  persons  of  unsound 
minds,  it  will  be  found  very  difficult  to 
discover  people  who,  under  such  a  law, 
are  competent  to  enter the  matrimonial 
relations.
Such  a 

law  would  keep  the  medical 
men  busy  looking  up  family  records,  in 
order to qualify  themselves  to  give  per­
mits  and  certificates  of  fitness  to  marry, 
and  for  this  service  they  would  doubt­
less  charge  a  good  fee;  but  it  is  aston­
ishing  that  the  people  of  any  State 
would  subject  themselves  to  such  a  des­
potic  interference  with  their private  and 
family  affairs,  and,  should  the  bill  be­
come  a 
law,  the  people  whose  object 
was  to  exercise  control  over  the personal 
rights  and 
liberties  of  others  will  find 
that  it  will  react  powerfully  upon  them­
selves.

Another  proposed  law  of  this  sort  has 
been  heard  of  in  the  State  of  Indiana, 
it  passed  the  Senate  on  the  4th 
where 
of  March. 
It  provides  for  the  appoint­
ment  by  the  Governor  of  a  commission 
to  be  composed  of  two  women  who  are 
mothers,  two  physicians  and  one  attor­
ney  to  make  rules  for  issuing  marriage 
licenses,  to  the  end  that  examinations 
shall  be  made  of  all  applicants  for  li­
censes,  and  that  no  marriages  shall  take 
place  in  the  State  unless  the  candidates 
can  give  satisfactory  accounts  of  them­
selves.

to  determine 

An  Indianapolis  dispatch says  that  the 
idea  back  of  the  bill  is  to  require physi­
cal  examinations  and  an  enquiry  into 
the  parentage  of  the  applicants,  so  that 
the  union  of  the  unfit  may  he  discour­
aged.  Whether  the  men  and  women  of 
that  State  will  submit  to  a  physical  ex­
if  they  are 
amination 
proper  subjects  for  marriage 
is  doubt­
ful.  But  there  are  men  in  all  the  States 
who  would  like  to  be  vested  with  the 
power  to  declare  who  may  and  who  may 
not  be  permitted  to  marry.  Such  a 
public  dictatorship  in  private  and  per­
sonal  affairs,  once  started,  can  be  ex­
tended  to  include  every  condition  and 
circumstance  of  human  life.

CASH  CUSTOMER  AT  A  DISCOUNT.
Old  Ben  Franklin,  who  was  once  the 
highest  authority  on  this  side  of  the  sea 
on  domestic  economy,  was  the  author 
of  this  maxim:  “ A  nimble  sixpence 
is  better than  a  slow  shilling.”

Dr.  Franklin  meant  to  express  the 
doctrine  that  in  business  cash  customers 
were  better than  credit  sales,  and  as  he 
wrote 
in  a  time  when  the  American 
States  were  British  colonies,  and  Eng­
lish  money  was  then 
in  vogue,  he  ex­
pressed  his  maxim  in  terms  of  shillings 
and  pence.

Times  have  changed  since  the  days  of 
“ Poor  Richard,”   which  was  the  name

over  which  Dr.  Franklin's  homely  wis­
dom  was given to  the  public,  and  appar­
ently  in  the  great  retail  stores  in  cities 
the  cash  buyers  are  not  particularly  es­
teemed. 
In  an  article  on  Shopping  in 
New  York,  in  the  March  Century  Mag­
azine,  by  Lillie  Hamilton  French,  the 
writer  says:

Shopkeepers  sometimes  say  that  the 
“ cash  customer”  
is  the  profitable  one, 
but  fashion  has  already  deserted  those 
stores  where  cash  payments  are  the rule. 
My  corner  grocer  tells  me  that  if  each 
one  of  his  customers  should  insist  on 
paying  cash  he  would  have  to  employ 
two  extra  men  just  to  make  the  change. 
Certainly  many  of  us  could  ill  afford the 
time  to  wait  for  it. 
In  the  great  retail 
stores  women  are  sometimes  detained 
twenty  minutes  until  half  as  many  cents 
in  change  can  find  a  way  back  to  them. 
There 
large  cities, 
where  time  has  a  value  not  attached  to 
it 
for 
credits,  for  having  bills  and  accounts, 
and  a  certain  quixotic  sense  character­
izes  the  conduct  of  those  who  declaim 
against  the  custom  of  accounts.

in  smaller  places,  a  necessity 

therefore, 

is, 

in 

This  statement  seems  to  be true every­
where  in  cities.  The  cash  customer  re­
ceives no  favors  or  special  consideration 
when  shopping  and 
is  always  looked 
upon  as  a  stranger  who  will  probably 
never  be  seen  again 
in  the  establish­
ment,  while  the  shopper  whose  name 
goes  on  the  books  is  well  known  and 
is 
an  object  of  interest.

There  is  an  old  story  to  the  effect  that 
once  a  boat  capsized  in  the  river,  throw­
ing  three  persons 
into  the  water.  A 
man  on  shore  cried  out 
in  the  most 
agonizing  manner,  begging  the  people 
to  rescue  the  man  with  the  red  head. 
With  difficulty  the  red-headed  man  was 
fished  out  of  the  water,  while  the  other 
two  drowned.  On  being  asked  the  cause 
of  his  intense  interest  in the party whose 
life  was  saved,  the 
information  was 
elicited  that  the  red-headed  man  owed 
the  other $11,  and  if  he  drowned,  leav­
ing  no  estate  behind,  his  death  would 
make  the  debt  a  total  loss. 
In  this  case 
the  two  cash  customers  were  allowed  to 
drown,  while  the  man  whose  name  was 
on  the  books  saved  his  own  life  by  be­
ing  in  debt.

Another  disadvantage  suffered  by  the 
cash  customer  is  that  he  has  less  chance 
than  anybody  else  of  getting  credit.  A 
person  who  had  bought 
in  the  same 
place  for  twenty  years  and  always  paid 
money  down  was,  on  one  occasion  when 
the  purse  had  been  accidentally  left  be­
hind,  refused  credit  for  a  trifling  sum 
and  was  denied  the  benefit  of  a C.  O.  D. 
package,  because  the  amount  was  too 
small  for the  trouble.  Nevertheless,  the 
buying  for  cash  has  one  advantage  to 
the  buyer:  It  saves  peace  of  mind.  By 
it  the  housekeeper  escapes  the  sword  of 
Damocles  in  the  shape  of  debts  hanging 
over  her.

In  the  wholesale  business,  however, 
the  cash  buyer gets  his 
inning.  There 
is  for  him  a  premium  on  his  cash,  a 
discount  which  the  credit  buyer  does 
not  get.  Here  he  is  appreciated,  and  he 
is  always  the  recipient  of  particular  at­
tention  at  the  hands  of  the  traveling 
salesman  and  his  employer.  Cash  in 
the  wholesale  business  has  not  lost  its 
attractions.

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.  Q.  DUN  &   CO.

Widdicomb  Bld’g,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

R o o k s  a r r a n g e d   w i t h   tr a d e   c la s s ific a tio n   o f   n a m e s . 
C o lle c t io n s  m a d e  e v e r y w h e r e .  W r it e  f o r  p a r tic u la r s .

L.  P.  WITZLEBEN,  Manager.

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Prompt, Conservative, Safe. 

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Nearly  all  kinds,  for  all  seasons,  for 
Men, Boys and Children.  Meet 
W ILU A M   CONNOR

who  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  April  9  to  14,  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 
attention to mail orders.

A .  B O M E R S ,

..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.

Supreme  Com m ander in  Chief.

13  ONLY

13  Genuine  Bargains

If you use a  Cost  Book  you  will  never 
get another such bargain as we  are offer­
ing—13  books  only  are  left.  When 
they are gone you will pay four times our 
present price if you  get  one.  Write  for 
sample leaf and  particulars.

BARLOW  BROS.

Grand  Rapids.  Michigan

Tradesman Coupons

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Petting the People

The  Use and A base of Signs and  Emblem s.
The  sign  should  be  proportioned  to 
the  distance  from  which  it  will  be  seen. 
If  the  sign  is  to  be  placed  on  the  top  of 
a  building  to  be  seen  from  a 
long  dis­
tance,  of  course  the  lettering  should  be 
large.  But  if  it  is  to  be  seen  only  from 
the  width  of  a  narrow  street,  or  less,  the 
large  letters  become 
inappropriate  and 
ineffective.  One  of  the  most  common 
mistakes  is  the making  of signs too large 
for  the  distance  they  will  usually  be 
read.

is  too 

There  is  a  value  in 

individuality  in 
the  appearance  of  a  place  of  business 
which 
little  appreciated.  The 
merchant  would  be  sorry  to  be  constant­
ly  changing  his  personal  appearance,  so 
that  he  would  be  always  appearing  to 
his  customers  as  a  stranger,  but he  gives 
no thought  to  the  preservation  of  indi­
viduality  in  other things. 
In  the  spirit 
of  improvement  he  must  frequently  re­
paint  his  front,  using  various  new  and 
striking  effects  and  combinations  of 
color.  Frequently  in  the  renovation  the 
signs  must  be  replaced  by  something 
newer  and  more  striking.  The  conse­
quence 
is  that  the  customer  finds  him­
self  feeling  like  the  proverbial  cat  in  a 
strange  garret. 
I  would  not  deprecate 
the  spirit  of  improvement—the  dingy, 
dilapidated  front  and  rusty  sign  are 
trade  killers—but  improvement  need not 
always  be  destructive  of  individuality.

The  ultra  stylish 

in  sign  designing 
tends  to  introduce  that  which 
is  trans­
ient  or temporary  in  ornament.  There 
is  nothing  so  quickly  tires  as  some  of 
the  new  conceits  in  decoration  when  in­
troduced  into  places  requiring  perma­
nence. 
is  for  this  reason  that  I  am 
prompted  to  urge  simplicity  and  the 
most  universally  accepted  forms  and  of 
course  the  best  and  richest  materials 
available.

It 

it 

With  this  principle  of  permanence 
sufficiently  considered 
is  not  neces­
sary  to sacrifice  all  individuality  on  the 
altar  of  improvement.  The  old  sign 
may  be  renewed  possibly  in  richer  ma­
terials,  but 
in  the  same  style  of  design 
and  to  occupy  the  same  place.  The 
new treatment  of  the  building  may  meet 
etfery  need  without  changing  so  as  to 
lose  identity.

In  the  early  days  of  modern  trade 
much  more  importance  was  attached  to 
the  use  of  emblematic  signs  than  is  the 
case  to-day.  This  was  partly  owing  to 
a  survival  of  the  heralding  spirit  of  the 
earlier  period  and  partly  to  the  fact 
that  in  the  greater  prevalence  of  illiter­
acy  pictorial  signs  had  relatively  more 
advertising  value.  At the  present  it 
is 
not  necessary  to  consider  those  who 
is  some  un­
can't  read.  Unless  there 
usual  appropriateness  or  pertinence 
in 
the  use  of  an  emblematic  sign  or  trade­
mark  which  gives  it  dignity  and 
force 
its  use  is  not  an  advantage.

The  tobacconist’s  Indian  is  so  uni­
versal  that  it  would  be  difficult  to  con­
vince  many  that  it  could  be  dispensed 
with.  Yet  I  am  confidently  of  the  opin­
ion  that  his  inartistic  and  ugly  visage, 
his  dust  catching  angularities  and  his 
obtrusive  interference  with  the  conven­
ience  of  the  passerby  fully  offset  any 
advertising  value  attaching  to  his  time- 
honored  use.  The  same  expense  in  a 
letter­
suitable  sign  with  plain  English 
ing  serves  the  purpose  better,  is 
in  no 
one’s  way  and  requires  but  a  small  part 
of  attention  to  keep  in  order.  How­
ever, I  presume  he  will  be  slower  in  dis­
appearing  from  this  field  of  inactivity

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Buys 

will be Boys,

so you  h a d  better get the  stout­

est H ose  you can fin d  fo r  them 
life.

an d  to  let  them  enjoy 

O u r lin e  of.....

IRON  CLAD ^ j

....Is the Kind to Oet.

He can play on his  knees,
He can climb all the trees.
And holes in his stockings 

Will never be seen.

He can hop, skip and jump, 
He can skin up a stump. 
I f  he wears Improved 
“Iron Clad" No.  19.

&& L.  E.  Stauffer,
Satisfactory

Trouble  in  Venezuela
T .1^«: STATIONERY,

Boynton’s Pharmacy P,

Ithn’s and Bop's
12m Spring Suits

Hrt lure.  Wt  show  some  unusually  good 
values, and the  styles  are'sun  to  please  you.  Step in 
and look  over  a  few  of  them.  We  are  always  glad  to 
•show the new things.

.....Steinberg’s

Reliable  Dry Roods,  Carpet and Clothing Bouse.

O N   T R IA L  !

We  shall  be  very  glad  to  have  you  open  an 
account with us on trial,  subject  to  termination 
at your pleasure.

We pay 3 per cent interest on .savings  deposits, 
interest  compounded  semi-annually,  principal 
payable on demand.

Hastings  National  Bank.

IThe New York Racket Store!

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Is   now   o fferin g b igge r  and  better  bargains  than  ever 
before. 
T h e  reasons  are  know ing  w here  to  bu y, 
b u y in g   in  car  load  lots,  p a yin g  cash  and then  selling 
a t the  m erest fraction above cost,  b u t sellin g  on ly fo r 
cash. 
Y o u   g e t  the  advantage  o f  the  low   rate  at 
w hich  w e b u y  and  yo u  do not  have to   help  p a y   fo r 
th e  goods w hich  som e other fe llo w  gets “ trusted  fo r .” 
Y o u   p a y  o n ly fo r  w h at yo u   g e t  
O a r   sto ck  includes

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and  STATIONERY.  BOOTS  and  SHOES, 

HARDWARE and HARNESS GOODS 

and arc m a tin g  the L o w est Prices ever heard o f in this county. 

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¡New  York  Racket  Store,!

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121  East  Main. St . 

Clothing

That's the Kind  I Make.

Satisfactory in that they look well,' 
fit well, wear well  and  are  obtainable 
for  less  money  than  elsewhere.  Oar 
patterns  for  this  spring  and summer 
wear, are particularly stylish.  I Tcarry 
the genteel and also tliee* warm” effects. 
1  have  them  to  suit  all  tastes and 
purses.'  Absolute  satistaction  guar« 
anteed in erery instance.

O.  E.  P R IC E

Tailoring  Company.

“Sometimes her  narrow,  kitchen  walls 

Stretched away into stately halls.”
This happened to Maud 
Muller, but our prices on 

Wall Paper

make it possible to  happen 
to anybody.  Wall Paper 
that used to cost so much 
that it could only be hung 
in stately halls is now  so 
cheap that the kitchen 
walls can be made really 
attractive.  Come in and 
see our new designs for 
i9oi.  Prices from 2c per 
roll up.

J.  T.
Good Bread

Is  necessary  for  the 
completeness  of a  meal. 
A   great  many  ladies  are 
having  the  best of suc-i 
*  cess with  our  flour—wej 
hear so from  them quite 
frequently.  Don’t  youjj 
If not now using it, next! 
time  you buy flour try

M i  ||

“Ezcelaor" Floor

and you will be satisfied 
Tons of it used  in Grand 
Rapids and not a kick.

Also we would like to supply 
the people of Rockford and v£ 
cinity  with  Baled  Hay  anq 
Straw,  Bolted  Meal,  Ground 
-Feed, Middlings, C<>rn, Oats.
Highest Market Price Paid for ; ? £ £ £
Custom grinding attended to promptly

JOHN C. SMITH t  SOIL

than  from  his  more  aggressive  occupa­
tion  of  wilder  localities.

The  barber’s  pole  has  elements  of 
merit  not  shared 
in  by  the  red  man. 
There  is  nothing  about  the  dingy  form 
and  coloring  of  the  latter  to  catch  the 
distant  eye,  while  nothing  can  be  more 
conspicuous  than  the  stripes  of  the  for­
mer.  The  availability  of  the  barber’s 
emblem,  its  simplicity,  and  the  uni­
versality  of  its  use makes  it  of  value. 
I 
know  of  no  other device  that  competes 
with  it  in  merit.

*  *  *

L.  E/Stauffer  has  prepared  an  effect­
ive  advertisement  and  the  printer  has 
studied  suitability  and  unity  of  design 
in  its  composition.  The  oblique  ar­
rangement  of  lines  is  difficult  and  it  is 
almost  impossible  to  avoid  such  inac­
curacies  as  the  displaced  “ t’ ’  in  stout­
1  can  not  say  that  I  like  the  type 
est. 
employed  for  this  and  the  effect 
is 
marred  by  the  use  of  broken  letters  in 
the  first  and  last  lines.  The  writing  of 
the  advertisement  would  be 
improved 
by  making  the  first  line  a  complete  sen 
tence,  leaving  out  the  word  “ so”   anc 
then  beginning  a  new  sentence.  The 
advertisement  is  a  good  one  but  might 
be  improved  in  detail.

There  is  a  sort  of  April  fool  spirit 
about  the  stationery  sign  of  Boynton’s 
Pharmacy  which 
is  not  generally  good 
in  advertising.  “ The Latest Stationery”  
would  have  made  a  better main  display 
line  and  nothing  would  be  more  apt  to 
catch 
for 
striking  effects 
in  this  class  of  adver­
tising  is  not  generally  successful.  The 
printer’s  work  is  well  done.

interested  eyes. 

Striving 

Julius  Steinberg 

studies  a  candid 
simplicity in his announcement of spring 
suits  which  is  dignified  and  effective. 
His  writing  is  well  proportioned  to  the 
space  and  he  is  well  seconded  by  his 
printer  in  the  judicious  use  of  Bradley 
Italic.  The  advertisement  is  an  excep­
tionally  good  one  in  every  regard.

Another well-written  announcement  is 
that  of  the  Hastings  National  Bank 
and  the  printer  has  done  well  except 
that  the  main  display  line  is  too  heavy.
I  can  not  say that  I  like  tbe  style  of  let­
ter  for this  purpose  and  I  would  not  use 
the  “ astonisher.”   The  direct,  com­
plete  statement  of  the  matters  referred 
to  in  the  writing,  in  few  words,  is  es­
pecially  good.

The  New  York  Racket  Store  has  an 
advertisement  which  for comprehensive­
ness  seems  to  suggest  the  appropriate­
ness  of  the  name. 
It  is  written  in  an 
argumentative  style  that  may  be  of 
value,  but  the'  sentence  containing 
it 
looks rather solid  and  formidable.  There 
is  material  enough 
in  the  advertise­
ment  to  make  two  more  effective  ones 
even  for  a  racket  store.

O.  E.  Price  uses  pretty  strong  terms, 
I  do 
which  his  printer  treats  simply. 
like  the  change  of  number 
not  quite 
from  singular  in  the  first  lines  to  plural 
in  the  paragraph.

J.  T.  Perham  calls  in  the  sentimental 
in  his  wall  paper announcement  and  the 
result  is  not  bad.  The  printer  would 
have  done  better to  use  a 
little  smaller 
type  for  the  signature  and  put  more 
space  between  paragraphs,  thus  break­
ing  up  the  sameness.

John  C.  Smith  &  Son  write  an  effect­
the 
ive  milling  announcement  and 
printer  has  given  a  display  that  will 
gain  attention. 
It  would  be  improved 
by  the  use  of  smaller  body  type  in  some 
of  the  paragraphs  so  as  to give  more 
white  space. 
I  would  not  write  what  I 
“ would  like”   to  do,  as  in  the  last para­
graph,  but  what  I  am  doing.

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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.

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  of 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  of the  best, the  highest 

grade,  the  most  reliable  goods.

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

Mic h ig a n   tr a d esm a n

MEN  OF  MARK.

W illiam   J ,  H arper,  P roprietor of Colum­

bian  Cigar  Co.

The  1st  day  of  April,  1871,  William
J.  Harper was  born  atColdwater,  Mich. 
He  was  the  oldest  of  six  children.  He 
attended  the  Coldwater  public  schools 
until  he  was  16  years  of  age  and  then 
entered  the  employ  of  the  American 
Cigar Co.,  of  that  place,  as  an  appren­
tice  to  learn  the  cigar  manufacturing 
business.  For  several years  he  remained 
in  the  employ  of  this  firm  and  then  re­
signed  to  accept  a  position  with  Bush­
man  &  Bibbins,  cigar  manufacturers  of 
Benton  Harbor.  After  remaining  with 
them  one  year,  he  resigned  to engage  in 
the  «igar  manufacturing  business 
for 
himself.  Later,  he  formed  a  copartner­
ship  with  M.  A.  Price  and  P.  E.  With­
erspoon  under  the  firm  name  of  the  Co­
lumbian  Cigar Co.  and  became  its man­
ager.  Aug.  1,  1900,  Mr  Harper  and  Mr. 
Witherspoon  bought  the  interest  of  Mr.

4

Around  the State

M ovements of M erchants.

Blissfield—Collins &  Lane  succeed  H.

N.  Collins  in  the  grocery  business.

Hudson— Martin  &  Ball,  grocers, 

have  sold  their stock  to  Ves  Kenyon.

Owosso— Ed.  Allingham  has  sold  his 

meat  market  to  P.  J.  &  James  Dean.

Waldron—W.  E.  Cockin has purchased 

the  general  stock  of  Masters  &  Spray.

Detroit—Sisson  &  Langridge  succeed 
in  the  produce  busi­

Geo.  A.  Sisson 
ness.

Nicholson— H.  O.  Bushnell  &  Co., 
general  dealers,  have  removed  to  Six 
Corners.

Three  Rivers—Clyde  Turnbull  has en­
gaged  in  the  grocery,  cigar  and  tobacco 
business.

Vicksburg—Jasper Cady,  of  Charlotte, 
has  engaged  in  the  hardware  business 
at  this  place.

Battle  Creek—Sterling  &  Co.  have 
sold  their shoe  stock  to  Miles  &  Horton, 
of  Milford,  Ind.

Woodland—John  Gilson, 

of  Lake 
Odessa,  has  established  a  branch  imple­
ment  store  here.

Hartford—The  Hartford  Cheese  Co. 
has  incorporated  its  business  under  the 
same  style  as  before.

Muskegon— N.  H.  Newell, 

formerly 
of  New  Era,  has  opened  a  meat  market 
at  45  West  Ionia  street.

Tekonsha—W.  N.  Guy  has  engaged 
in  the  harness  business,  purchasing  his 
stock  of  Frank  Pritchard.

Reading— Mrs.  C.  M.  Curtis  has  sold 
and  undertaking 

her  furniture  stock 
business  to  Briggs  &  Wise.

Elsie— L.  J.  Page  has  purchased  the 
in  the  meat 

interest  of  Mr.  Cortwright 
firm  of  Cortwright  &  Swan.

Stoddard— F.  N.  Smith  has  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business,  purchasing 
the  stock  owned  by  Marcus  Brooks.

Grand  Haven—G.  Van  Den  Bosch  & j 
Son  will  shortly  retire  from  the  dry 
goods,  carpet  and  crockery  business.

Bay  City— Frantz  &  Richardson, 
druggists,  have  merged  their  business 
into  a  corporation  under the  same  style.
Oakley— It  is  rumored  that  Arthur 
Prieur,  of  Henderson,  has  purchased  the 
general  merchandise  stock  of  Pearce  & 
Bunting.

Lansing—The  Post  &  Bristol  Music 
Co.  has  dissolved 
its  articles  of  incor­
poration,  and will  hereafter  be  known  as 
the  Post  Music  Co.

Otsego— Mrs.  R.  Monteith,  who  has 
been  engaged  in  the  millinery  business 
here  for  years,  has  decided  to  close  out 
her  stock  and  retire  from  trade.

Otsego— M.  Gamble,  formerly  of  the 
clothing  firm  of  Allen  &  Gamble,  of 
Portland,  has  opened  a  clothing  and 
men’s  furnishing  goods  store  here.

Holland—W.  H.  Van  Der  Lei  has 
purchased  the  interest  of  Will  Botsford 
in  the  grocery  stock  of  Will  Botsford  & 
Co.  and  will  continue  the  business.

Fremont—The  Barnhard  Mercantile 
Co.,  of  White  Cloud,  has  established  a 
branch  store  here,  placing  Edwy  K. 
Shaw,  of  Grand  Rapids, 
in  charge 
thereof.

Big  Rapids—Charles  Rosenthal,  who 
owns  the  Boston  store  at  Traverse  City, 
has  purchased  the  bankrupt  stock  of  the 
Fair and  will  combine  it  with  his  stock 
at that  place

Zeeland— Peter Ossewaarde  will  open 
a  hardware  store  here  in  the  building 
recently  vacated  by  M.  C.  VerHage. 
Mr.  Ossewaarde  was  formerly  engaged 
in  the  hardware  business  with  his broth­
er at  the  same  location.

Lake  Linden—The  Lake  Linden  Co­
operative  Society  has  purchased 
the 
stock  of  the  Poull  Mercantile  Co., 
owned  by  Joseph  Poull,  and  will remove 
to  that  location.

Midland—C.  C.  Anderson  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the 
harness  and  implement  firm  of Anderson 
&  Anderson  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  in  his  own  name.

Albion— Earl  M.  Norton,  proprietor 
of  the  Blue  Front  hardware,  will  close 
out  his  stock  and  return  to  Lansing, 
where  he  will  associate  himself  in  the 
same  line  of  business  with  his  father.

Kalamazoo— F.  W.  Hinricks,  for  the 
past  year 
in  the  employ  of  Pyl  & 
Wykkel,  jewelers,  has  severed  his  con­
nection  with  that  firm  and  will  embark 
in  the 
jewelry  business  at  114  South 
Burdick  street.

Kalamazoo— F.  N.  Maus  has  opened 
a  drug  store  in  the  location  recently  va­
cated  by  M.  Sternfield.  The  lease  of  his 
present  store  building  will  not  expire 
for  nearly  a  year,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  will  decide  as  to the  feasibility 
of  continuing  at  both  locations.

Holton— H.  S.  Henderson  &  Co., 
dealers  in  general  merchandise  and 
farm  produce,  have  sold  their  stock  to 
H.  A.  and H.  R.  O’Connor, of this place, 
who  took  possession  April  1.  No  change 
will  be  made  in  the  firm  name.

Whitehall— L.  T.  Covell  and  Charles 
in  Grand 
Chick  have  purchased  a  site 
lots  on 
Rapids,  consisting  of 
six 
Lafayette  street,  where  they  will  estab­
lish  a  lumber  yard  and  conduct  a  retail 
lumber  business.  L.  T.  Covell  will  re­
tain  his 
lumber  and  shingle  business 
here.  The  style  of  the  new  firm  has  not 
yet  been  decided  upon.

Petoskey— The  Winston  Grocery  Co. 
is  the  style  of  a  newly-organized  firm 
which  will  be  ready  for  business  in  the 
new  Davis  block  about  May  1.  R.  M. 
Winston,  of  St.  Johns,  at  present  and 
for the  past  thirteen  years  School  Com­
missioner  in  Clinton  county,  is  Presi­
dent,  J.  A.  Lake  is  Vice-President,  and 
Lewis  A.  Smith,  foimerly  principal  of 
the  Indian  River  schools,  is  Secretary 
and  Treasurer.

M anufacturing  M atters.

Fairfield—B.  E.  Peebles  is  succeeded 
in  the  cheese  manufacturing business  by 
Geo.  B.  Horton.

Covert— The  Covert  Canning  &  Pack­
ing  Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  cap­
ital  stock  of $6,950.

Port  Huron—The  Port  Huron  Auto­
matic  Sweeper  Co.  has  filed  articles  of 
association.  The  capital stock is $60,000.
Ann  Arbor—The  firm  of  Mack  &  Co., 
in  this  city,  has  rented  the  third  floor 
of  a  block  adjoining  its  stores,  and 
will  put  in  suitable  machinery  to  manu­
facture  dress  skirts.

Alpena— G.  A.  Shannon  has  sold  his 
furniture  and  undertaking  stock  to  W. 
E.  Williams,  of Flint.  Mr.  Shannon will 
devote  his  attention  to  his  various  man­
ufacturing  enterprises.

Detroit—A 

limited  partnership  of 
three  years’  duration,  to  he  known  as 
William  Liebig  &  Co.,  has  been formed 
by  William  Liebig,  Charles  Manzel- 
mann,  Charles  J.  Daske  and  John  C. 
Petz,  all  of  this  city.  The  firm  will  en­
gage  in  the  general  machinery  business.
Alpena—The  Alpena  Portland Cement 
Co. 
is  turning  out  a  high  grade  of 
cement,  and  the  stockholders,  who  are 
among  the  wealthy  citizens  of  Alpena, 
expect  a  speedy  and  substantial  return 
on  their  investment.  The factory  is  one 
of  the  most  complete 
in  the  United 
States.

hind  the  counter  for  H.  Pimstein  for 
several  years,  has  secured  a  position  as 
clerk 
in  Woodward  &  Son’s  dry  goods 
store  at  Coldwater.

Mt.  Pleasant— Frank  Case  has  re­
signed  his  position  at  Ward  &  Taylor’s 
and 
in  Morrison  & 
Dains’  grocery.

is  now  at  work 

Kalkaska— Chas.  Prevost  has  taken  a 
position  in  the  hardware  store  of  Carl 
Stohel  at  Central  Lake.

Cheboygan— Robt.  E.  N.  Bell, 

the 
well-known  pharmacist,  who  for  years 
had  been  a  resident  of  our city,  em­
ployed  in  the  drug  store  of  the 
late  R. 
B.  Small  and  since  with  Sangster  & 
Riggs,  has  gone  to  Fort  Brady,  having 
been  enlisted  and  accepted  as  a hospital 
steward  in  the  U.  S.  Army.  He  is  suc­
ceeded  by  Geo.  V.  Coffman.

Lansing—John  Sindlinger, 

formerly 
with  the  Sabin  &  Creyts  hardware store, 
has  taken  a  position  with  Jacob  Stahl  & 
Son.

Cheboygan— Fred  Rauhut  has  been 
engaged  by  N.  Howard  as  manager  of 
his  grocery  store.  Mr.  Rauhut  has  been 
in  the  employ  of  J.  M.  Meyer  and  the 
W.  &  A.  McArthur  Co.,  Ltd.
Relic  of E arly  Days.

Calumet,  April  1— Peter  J.  Nappa, 
who  has  conducted  a  general  store  on 
Fifth  street  for a  good  many  years  and 
who  was  one  of  the  first  Finns  to  come 
to  this  country  and  engage  in  business, 
has  retired.  His  store  is to  be remodeled 
and  occupied  by  the  Workmen’s  Mer­
cantile  Co.,  which  will  remove  its  stock 
from  its  present  location  on  Pine  street.
Peter  Nappa’s  old  store was character­
istic  of  the  town  in  its  early  days  as  a 
mining  camp.  The  front  was  of  an  ob­
solete  pattern  and  the  windows  were  so 
dirty  that  one  had  to  wear  magnifying 
glasses  to  see  the  dingy  oil  lamp  which 
burned  by  nighttime  in  the  front  dis­
play  window.  However,  Mr.  Nappa 
kept  right  on  doing  business  at  the  old 
stand  until 
the 
younger  generation  became  so  strong 
that  he  decided  to  get  out  of  the  field 
and 
leave  it  to  others.  The  old  stand 
will  be  turned  over  as  speedily  as  pos­
sible  and  the  store  will  be  made as mod­
ern  as 
In  the  early 
days  of  the  town Peter Nappa’s store was 
the  headquarters  of  the  Finnish  popula­
tion,  which  was  then  small. 
It  was  the 
place  where  they  sat  on  the  cracker  and 
herring  boxes  and  discussed  politics. 
The  same  old  cracker  boxes  were  there 
last  week  when  the  store  was  vacated  by 
Mr.  Nappa.

the  competition  of 

it  can  be  at  once. 

The  Workmen’s  Mecantile Co.  intends 
to  make  the  store  a  thoroughly  up-to- 
date  business  establishment 
in  every 
particular.

The  American  Window  Glass  Co.  and 
the  Independent  Window  Glass  Co., 
controlling  nearly  the  entire  window 
glass  output  of  the  United  States,  have 
announced  that  they  will  shut  down  for 
the  summer on  May  1,  instead  of  May 
18,  as  usual. 
It  is  said  this  means  an 
early  resumption  next  fall,  as  the  stocks 
in  the  warehouses  are  very  small.

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

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

A  GREAT  OPPORTUNITY.

Having engaged In manufacturing business  re­
quiring  my  whole  time  and  capital,  I offer my 
wholesale grocery business,  with  an  established 
trade  of  27  years,  at cost;  no bonus;  sold 38,000 
pounds of tobacco last year;  will  require  about 
$15,000 to run the business.  This is a chance of a 
lifetime to the right man;  act  quick  if you want 
to secure  this  business;  come  and  see and in­
vestigate.  J. W. BENEDICT, Port Huron, Mich.

1901,  Mr.
Price  and,  on  March  16, 
interest  to  Mr. 
Witherspoon  sold  his 
Harper,  who 
is  now  sole  proprietor. 
The  Columbian  Cigar  Co.,  which  was 
organized  only  three  years  ago,  has  had 
a  steady  and  substantial  growth. 
Its 
traveling  men  have  gradually  extended 
their territory,  until  they  cover  the  en­
tire  State  of  Michigan.  The  output  of 
the  factory  last  year  was nearly 1,200,000 
cigars.

Dec.  7,  1891,  Mr.  Harper  was  mar­
ried  to  Miss  Ida  Shirtz,  of  Coldwater, 
and  they  have  one  son,  who  is  now  7 
years  old.

Mr.  Harper  is  a  member  of  B.  P.  O. 

E.,  No.  544,  of  Benton  Harbor.

As  said,  at  16  he  decided  to 

learn 
the  cigarmakers’  trade  and  from  that 
time  to  this  he  has  endeavored  to  ac­
quire  a  thorough  and  practical  knowl­
edge  of  the  business.  The  success which 
has  attended  his  efforts  speaks  well  for 
the 
thoroughness  with  which  he  ac­
complished  the  task.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Benton  Harbor— Peter  Dukesherer, 
salesman 
in  the  Enders  &  Young  Co. ’s 
store, has  resigned  his  position  to  take  a 
position  at  the  head  of  the  clothing  de­
partment  in  the  new  Enders  &  Moore 
store  in  St.  Joseph.  He  has  been  em­
ployed 
in  the  firm  and  by  Mr.  Enders 
for  ten  years.

Quincy—Geo.  Day,  who  has  been  be­

M.  O.  BA KER  &  CO.

COMMISSION  M ERCH AN TS,  TO LED O ,  OHIO 

W A N T E D — Poultry,  Butter  and  Eggs

Correspond with us before selling.  Ref:—First National Bank, Toledo, Commercial Agencies.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples—Apples  are  steady  at previous 
prices.  Trade  for  fancy  stock  is  fairly 
active.  Under grades  require  some  urg­
ing.  Russets,  Baldwins  and  Ben  Davis 
command  $3-5o@4  per  bbl.

Bananas— Prices  range  from 
1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size.

Beans—The  market 

is  gradually  re­
covering  from 
its  previous  dull  state, 
but  trade  can  not  be  reported  brisk,  or 
of  satisfactory  volume  to  sellers.  Sup­
plies  are  still 
liberal,  and  with  heavy 
holdings  of  imported  beans,  prices  have 
shown  no  improvement.

Beets—$ 1  per  bbl.
Butter—Creamery 

is  slow  sale  at  21c. 
Dairy  grades  are  coming  in  very  freely, 
but  receipts  are  kept  cleaned  up  in good 
shape.  Choice  roll  fetch  13® 15c  and 
packing  stock  finds  an  outlet  on  the 
io @ i i c .  One  of  the  most  ex­
basis  of 
perienced  and 
largest  buttermakers  of 
Wisconsin  wrote  to  a  commission  mer­
chant 
in  Chicago  that  within  two  years 
there  will  be  only  two  grades  of  butter, 
extra  and  process.  The  progress  of proc­
ess  butter  has  been  menacing  to  all  un­
der  grades.  Ladles,  seconds,  thirds  and 
imitations  will  be  few this season.  They 
will  grow 
less  and  less,  as  the  process 
men  are  willing  to  pay  good  prices  for 
packing  and  roll,  and  they  can  make  a 
fine  grade  of  process  butter. 
It  was 
hoped  the  oleo  bill  would  become  a  law 
and  would  help  the  price  of  butter  this 
spring,  but  as  this  is  not  so,  it  is  diffi­
cult  to  say  just  what  price  will  rule  dur­
ing  the  heavy  pack.

Cabbage— Home  grown 

is  steady  at 

$i.qo@2  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Carrots—$1  per bbl.
Celery— California  white  plume  has 

declined  to 65c  per  doz.  bunches.

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

Cranberries—Jerseys  are  steady  at 
Eggs—Buyers  of  eggs  in  the  country 
are  forced  to  pay  the  farmers  10c,  and 
the  general  stores  in  the  smaller  towns 
are  selling  at  io%@nc 
f.  o.  b.,  sta­
tion.  Local  handlers  are  holding  eggs 
at  13c,  as  against  10c  one  year ago to­
day.  The  pace  set  in  Chicago  for  stor­
age  eggs  has  been  set  at  such  a  high 
price  that  it  has  put  the  carlot  shippers 
at  a  great  disadvantage.  They  claim 
they  have  to  pay  farmers  so  much  they 
can  not  afford  to  deliver  eggs in Chicago 
for  less  than  13c.  Buyers,  unless  they 
are  wild  speculators,  will  not  cheerfully 
give  up  13c,  and,  as  a  consequence,  a 
large  number  of  carlot  shippers  will 
store  for their own  account.  With  eggs 
going  into  the  coolers  here  at  13c  they 
must  come  out  next  fall  at  i4j£ctomake 
even.  That  is  considered  a  high  price 
for  storage  eggs;  still  last  year  none 
were  sold 
in  Chicago  under  that  price ; 
in  fact,  they  went  as  high  as  I9^c, 
making  good  money  for all  holders.  At 
the  present  time  fully  20,000  cases  have 
been  placed  in  storage  because  owners 
could  not  get  their  price.

is 

in 

Green  Onions— 12c  per  doz.
Honey—Fancy  white  is  practically out 
of  market.  Choice  white 
large 
supply  at  I4@ i5c.  Amber goes  at  I3@ 
14c  and  dark  buckwheat  is  slow  sale  at 
IO @ I2C.
Lemons— Messina  command  $3.25  for 
all  sizes.  California  fetch  $3  for  300s 
and  360s.
is  in  good 
demand,  commanding  12c  per  lb.  for 
leaf.
Onions—The  market  is  steady  at $1.50 
per  bu.  for home grown.  Bermudas com­
mand  $3.25  per  crate.

Lettuce— Hothouse  stock 

Oranges—Californias  are  stronger  and 
higher, being  held  at $2.40  for the  larger 
sizes  and  $2.75  for  the  smaller.  There 
is  a  steadier  feeling  and  there  are  indi­
cations  that  a  further  advance  will  be 
made  shortly.  The  supply  is  not  as 
large  and  the  better quality  causes  buy­
ers  to  take  hold  more  freely.  Accord­
ing  to  some  receivers,  it  is  possible  to 
ship  out  a  larger  proportion  without  re­
packing,  something 
impossible  for  a 
good  while.  Orange  handlers  in  this 
market  are  watching  the  progress  of  the 
orange  shipment  via  Seattle. 
They 
think  that  the  fruit  will  scarcely  stand 
the  numerous  handlings  required,  al­

though  they  admit  that  there  is  prospect 
of  success.  The 
improvement  in  time 
might  compensate  for some  of  the  stock 
lost  en  route.

Parsley—40c  per  doz.
Parsnips—$1  per  bbl.
Pieplant—8c  per  lb.
Potatoes—The  market  is  in  an  unsat­
isfactory  condition,  due  to the  scarcity 
of  cars  and  the  inability  of  shippers  to 
move  their  stocks  promptly.  A  local 
shipper  from  a  town  in  Central  Michi­
gan  informed  the  Tradesman  that  his 
losses  from  this  cause  aggregate  $1,000. 
New  York  shippers  claim  that  they have 
enough  stock  on  hand  and  in  sight  to 
supply  Pennsylvania  and  the  Eastern 
States,  so  that  Michigan  shippers  will 
be  compelled  to  seek  an  outlet  in  the 
South  and  at  home.

chickens, 

Poultry—Receipts are small and  prices 
are  strong.  Local  dealers  pay  as  follows 
for  dressed:  Spring  turkeys,  n@ i2c; 
ioy@ 
old,  8@9c ;  spring 
io @ i i c ;  spring  ducks, 
i i ^ c ; 
n y @ i2c—old  not  wanted  at  any  price; 
spring  geese,  9@ioc—old  not  wanted. 
For  live  poultry  local  dealers  pay as  fol­
lows :  Chickens,  8@gc;  medium  and 
small  hens,  7@8c;  large  hens,  6^@ 7c; 
young  turkeys,  g@ioc;  old  turkeys,  8@ 
9c;  young  ducks,  g^@ io^c.

fowls, 

Radishes—30c  per  doz.  bunches 

for 

hothouse  stock.
Seeds— Blue  grass,  $ 1 .2 5 ^ 1 .5 0 ;  or­
chard  grass,  $ i .4 0 @ i .6 o ;  red  top,  75C@ 
$ 1.5 0 ;  timothy,  $ 2 .2 5;  medium  clover, 
$6@6.50; mammoth, $6.25@6.50; alsyke, 
$7 @7- 50.

Squash—2c  per  lb.  for  Hubba rd.
Strawberries—35@40c  per quart.  Ar­
kansas  growers  report  a  greatly  reduced 
acreage,  because  of  the  unsatisfactory 
methods  of  picking,  packing  and  mar­
keting.  They  have  not  paid  expenses 
on  many  fields  for  the  past  two  years. 
There  is  a  movement  under  considera­
tion  to  form  organizations  which  will 
see  that  the  work  is  properly  done.

Sweet  Potatoes— Kiln  dried  Jerseys 

command  $3.25.

Turnips—$1  per  bbl.
Vegetable  Oysters—20c  per doz.
Fixed  the  Date Five  M onths  Ahead.
Houghton,  April  1— The  Houghton 
and  Hancock  butchers  have  made  ar­
rangements  for their  regular annual  pic­
nic  to  be  held  this  year at  Hancock  on 
Wednesday,  August  21.  The  Houghton 
county  butchers  were  entertained  at Cal­
umet  last  year  and  a  good  time  was  had 
at  the  largely  attended  picnic,  hut  this 
year  the  Portage  Lake  butchers  want  to 
do  even  better  in  the  entertainment  line 
and  also  draw  a  bigger  crowd. 
It  is 
thought  that  the  driving  park  will be se­
cured  by  them  for the  purpose  of accom­
modating  the  large  crowd present.  Com­
mittees  were  appointed  at  the  last  meet­
ing  to  push  the  affair through  success- 
fufiy.

Barlow  Bros,  have  an  advertisement 
in  this 
issue  on  page  1  which  offers  a 
bona  fide  bargain.  They  made  up  a 
number  of  grocers’  Cost  Books  some 
time  ago  in  which  are  proper  rulings for 
keeping  full  record  of  goods  bought, 
firm  bought  of,  date  of  bill,  weight, 
cost,  etc.,  etc.  The  books  are  made 
from  the  best  heavy  linen  paper and  are 
bound 
in  strong  and  handsome  style. 
There are just  13 books left—assorted 300, 
400 and  500  pages.  Barlow  Bros,  want 
to  close  them  out  and  have  put  a  ridicu­
lously 
low  price  on  them.  You  will 
miss  it  if  you  do  not  secure  one.

The 

infamy  of  trades  unionism  and 
the  true  inwardness  of  the  walking  del­
egate  are  graphically  set  forth  in  “ The 
Union  and  Billy  Bell”  
in  Scribner’s 
Magazine  for  April.  Any  one  whose 
knowledge  of  unionism  is  so  meager  as 
to  imagine  that  any  good  can  come from 
the  most  infamous  blackmailing  system 
ever  devised  will  see  the  subject  in  a 
new  light  after  reading  this  article.

D.  B.  Austin,  proprietor of  the  Hill 
Domestic  Bakery,  at  235  East  Bridge 
street,  has  sold  out  to  A.  D,  Wilmink, 
of  Newport  News,  Va.

The  Grocery  M arket.

i-32@ 4 

Sugar— The  raw  sugar  market  is  prac­
tically  the  same  as  at  last  reports,  96 
deg.  test  centrifugals  being  quoted  at 
i - i 6c.  Refiners  are  ready 
4 
buyers  at  4  1-32C,  but  most  holders  are 
firm  and  are  asking  1-32C  more.  List 
prices  for  refined  remain  unchanged and 
firm,  reflecting  the  firm  tendency  of 
prices  for  raw  sugar.  Although  the  an­
in  prices  has  as  yet 
ticipated  advance 
not  materialized,  there 
is  still  general 
in  trade  circles  and,  with 
confidence 
prospects  rather  promising  for  higher 
prices  for  raw  sugar,  an  advance  of  10 
is  expected  at  any  moment. 
points 
There 
is  a  good  steady  demand  for  all 
grades.

It 

in  any 

Canned  Goods—The  general  canned 
goods  market 
is  decidedly  firmer  and 
the  drooping  spirits  of  the  packers  have 
been  revived  considerably,  although  up 
to  the  present  there  are  no  changes  of 
importance  to  report 
line  of 
canned  goods.  We*  believe  that,  as  a 
rule,  canned  goods  are  a  good  safe  in­
indicates  that 
vestment,  as  everything 
present  prices  are  bottom. 
is  an 
old  saying  and  a  true  one  that  when 
goods  can  be  purchased  at  or below  the 
cost  of  production,  they  are  always  a 
safe  investment.  With  the  exception  of 
two  or three  unimportant  lines  every  ar­
ticle  of  canned  goods  sold  by  the  Balti­
more  packers  shows  them  an  actual loss. 
They  are  now  beginning  to  take  the 
position  that  with  four  of  the  largest 
consumptive  months 
in  the  year  for 
canned  goods  before  them  they  had  bet­
ter  not  push  the  sales  of  spot  goods,  but 
await  further developments  in  the  mar­
ket,  and  take  advantage  of  any  advance 
in  values.  We  think 
it  would  be  ad­
visable  to  keep  stocks  of  all  lines  of 
canned  goods  in  good  shape.  Tomatoes 
developed  real  activity 
last  week  and 
the  market 
is  beginning  to  show  the 
effect  of  the  constant  drain  upon  the 
stocks.  There  seems  to  be  a  growing 
feeling  that  they  have  at  last  touched 
bottom.  There  are  no  futures  offered, 
nor does  the  trade  show  any 
inclination 
to  buy  them. 
It  is  well  known  that 
many  packers  have  not  purchased  their 
cans  for  delivery  during  the coming sea­
son,  and  the  result  will  be  that,  when 
the  time  comes  to  pack  the  goods,  they 
will  find  the  cost  of  producing  them 
will  be  so  high  that  they  will  drop  out 
of  the  game  altogether.  Corn  is  firmly 
held  and  is  meeting  with  a  good  de­
mand.  Cheap  corn  is  in  especially  good 
demand  from  the  small  trade.  String 
and 
lima  beans  are  quiet  and  un­
changed,  with  very  little  demand.  All 
kinds  of  reports  are  in  circulation  re­
garding  the  coming  pea  crop,  but  it  is 
something  that  no  one  can  tell  anything 
about  yet.  The  packing  of  new  pine­
apples  will  commence  about  April  20. 
Spot  stocks  are  almost  entirely  cleaned 
up  and,  as  soon  as  prices  on  the  new 
pack  are  named,  a  large  business  is  ex­
pected. 
continually 
growing 
is  evidenced  by 
the  large sales of  this  article  made  every 
year. 
It  is  expected  that  prices  will  be 
named  in  about  two  weeks.  There  is  a 
good  demand  for  %  mustard  sardines, 
but  oils  are  rather quiet  now,  most  of 
the  trade  having  filled  up  on  this  article 
just  previous  to  the  recent  advance. 
Columbia  River  salmon  is  exceedingly 
quiet, but  there  is  a  good  trade in Alaska 
fish  at  unchanged  prices.

Pineapples  are 
in  favor,  as 

Dried  Fruits—With  the  demand  for 
prunes  eliminated,  the  dried  fruit  mar­
ket  would  be  about  as  dull  and  unprofit­
able  as  it  has  been  at  any  time  in 
months.  Prunes,  however,  continue  to

go  out  quite  freely  in  small  lots  and 
stocks  are  still  very 
light.  The  spot 
market  at  present  is  firm  on  practically 
all  sizes.  The  greatest  scarcity  is  on 
50-60S  and,  in  view  of  the  small  avail­
able  quantities  of  the  above  size,  there 
is  more  demand  for  60-70S,  which  show 
increased  firmness.  The  raisin  market 
is  quiet  and  what  few  sales  are  made 
are  for  small  quantities  for  immediate 
use.  Most  jobbers’  stocks  are  light  and 
they  are  endeavoring  not  to get  any  ac­
cumulations  on  hand  to  carry  through 
the  warm  weather.  There  is  some  little 
demand  for  apricots  at  the  prevailing 
low  prices,  but  sales,  as  a  rule,  are  of 
lots  and  prices  show  no  signs  of 
small 
for  the  present  at  least. 
improvement 
Peaches  are 
in  small  demand.  Prices 
are  a  trifle  lower,  but  buying  is  of  very 
small  proportions.  Currants  are  easy 
and 
little  request.  Dates  and 
figs  are  quiet,  with  prices  unchanged. 
There 
is  some  demand  for evaporated 
apples,  both  in  1  lb.  packages  and in  50 
lb.  boxes.  Stocks  are  light  and  prices 
are  firmly  maintained.

in  very 

Rice—The  rice  market  is  practically 
unchanged.  Buyers  continue  to  adopt 
the  hand-to-mouth  policy 
in  making 
purchases  and  the  trade,  as  a  whole,  is 
slow.  Prices  continue  nominally  steady 
for  most  grades  and  no  further reduction 
is  expected  in  prices.  Holders  remain 
sanguine,  despite  the  absence  of  specu­
lative 
Foreign  grades  aré 
strong  and  prices  show  a slight advance. 
The  continued  demand  for the  domestic 
low  grades  for  export,  it  is  believed, 
will  soon  begin  to  have  some  effect  on 
prices  of  all  grades  and,  with  the spring 
demand  at  hand,  improved  conditions 
are  looked  for.

interest. 

Tea— Trade  conditions  show  no  im­
provement,  the  ruling  feature  still  be­
ing  the  marked  dulness.  All  indica­
tions  point  to  a  waiting  market.  No 
large  sales  were  reported,  buyers  nam­
ing  prices  too 
low  to  interest  sellers. 
Spot  stocks  continue  large  in first hands, 
but,  despite  this  fact,  holders  do  not 
appear  anxious  to  trade  at  lower  prices, 
as  current  quotations  are  generally  con­
sidered  rock  bottom.  Stocks  are  light 
throughout  the  country.  Prices  remain 
nominally  steady  for  all  grades—being 
at  the  lowest  point  in  years—and  it  is 
generally  believed  that,  in  the  event  of 
any  animation,  the  trend  will  be  up­
ward.  The  patience  of  importers  has 
been  severely  tested  for  some  time,  but 
there  has  as  yet  been  no  decided  pres­
sure  shown  to  urge  sales.

Molasses  and  Syrups—The  molasses 
market 
is  strong  and  all  grades  are 
meeting  with  a  good  demand.  The  de­
mand  at  present  is  chiefly  for the  goods 
in  cans,  upon  which  the  trade is  rapidly 
increasing.  On  account  of  the  continued 
strength  of  the  corn  market,  corn  syrup 
is  very  strong,  showing  an  advance  of 
yic  per  gallon. 
If  the  corn  market  con­
tinues  to  show  the  strength it  has  during 
the  last  few  days,  there  will  be  another 
advance  on  corn  syrup  very  soon.

Nuts—Jordan  and  Valencia  shelled  al­
monds  are  firmer,  some  holders  asking 
an  advance  of  y2c.  The  market  is  prac­
tically  bare  of  Naples  walnuts.  Spot 
stocks  of  Grenobles  are  also  light  and 
there  is  a  good  demand  for these  goods. 
Shelled  walnuts  are 
supply 
and  prices  are  now  at  about  the  lowest 
price  on  record.  Filberts  are  easy  with 
small  demand.  Peanuts  are  in  good de­
mand  at  unchanged  prices.

large 

in 

Rolled  Oats—Owing  to  the  strength 
of  the  grain  markets,  the  rolled  oats 
market  is  excited and  some  millers  have 
withdrawn  all  prices  on  oat  goods.

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Clerks’  Corner.

Books  vs.  th e  T heater  as  a  Means  o f 

Written for the Tradesman.

A m usem ent.

Russell  Sage,  whom  ambitious  mer­
cantile  youths  are 
inclined  to  look  up 
to  in  things  commercial,  lays  it  down, 
as  a  matter to  be  no  more discussed, that 
the  upward-climbing  clerk,  when  the 
toils  of the  day  are  over,  will  find  it  to 
his  commercial  and  mental  and  moral 
advantage  if  he  sits  down  when  he  gets 
home  at  night  and  spends  his  evenings 
with  books.  Books,  in  the  first  place, 
are  better,  ten  to  one,  than  the  theater 
and  a  great  deal  cheaper.  Russell  Sage 
is  a  successful  business  man  and  he 
knows  whereof  he  affirms.  There 
it 
stands:  Books  are  better  than  theaters 
for  young  men.

For some  years  past  the  name  of  An­
drew  Carnegie  has  appeared 
in  the 
commercial  columns  of  the  business 
world. 
If  reports  are  to  be  believed  the 
fortune of  which  he  is  the  architect  goes 
up  pretty  well 
into  the  millions  and  a 
great  many  people,  young  and  old,  are 
much  inclined  to  believe  what  he  says 
in  regard  to  the  amusements  of  young 
men.  Chance  and  circumstance  brought 
him 
into  a  Baptist  Sunday  school  the 
other  day  and,  being  called  upon  for  an 
address,  this  is  one  of  several  ideas  he 
expressed:  “ I  attach  great  importance 
to  the  theater as  a  means  of amusement. 
There  are,  of  course, 
in  these  days, 
many  bad  plays;  but  there  are  also 
many  good  ones. 
I  shall  never forget 
when  for  the  first  time  I  heard  the 
strange,  mysterious  rhythm  of  the  lan­
guage  of  Shakespeare.”

There  we  have 

it.  These  LL.D. *s 
of finance  have  committed themselves  to 
writing,both  having  rigid  ideas  of  right 
and  wrong  and  both  honestly  believing 
the  position  taken  to  be  the  right  one. 
What  shall  be  said  about  it?

must  decide  for  himself.  One  man’s 
meat  is  another’s  man  poison  and  it  by 
no  means  follows  that  these  extremists 
should  exchange  poisons  and  so  end 
the  matter.  More  than  one  young  fellow 
who  has  longed  for the  drama  ever since 
he  first  heard  of  it  is  doubtless  wasting 
his  substance  in  excessive  theater-going 
and  across  the  hall  in the  same  room­
ing  house  is  a  reader  so  devoted  to  his 
books  that  he  revels  in  them  night  after 
night  long  after  his  brother clerk  has 
got  home  from  the  Dlay-house ;  and both 
are 
in  no  good  condition  to  undertake 
the  work  of  the  next  day.  They  are 
both  common  instances.  Both  are  ex­
tremists  and,  while  both  come  within 
the  province  of  the  experts,  it  may  well 
be  doubted  whether  they  are  to  be  re­
garded  as  desirable  instances.

should  be  moderation 

There  can  be  put  one  conclusion : 
There 
in  all 
things.  Each  man,woman  and  child  has 
their own  needs— peculiarly  their  own. 
To  one  man  book* are  a  never ending 
delight,  let  him 
in  moderation  enjoy 
them.  To  another a  theater ticket  is  a 
passport  to  an  evening  in  Paradise. 
In 
Heaven’s  name  let  him  have  his  ticket 
and  go  in,  remembering  that  too  much 
Paradise  unfits  humanity  for the  stem, 
prosy  duty  of  earning  the  bread  and 
butter. 
“ All  work  and  no  play  makes 
Jack  a  dull  boy;”   but  it  is  equally  true 
that  all  play  and  no  work  will  land  him 
with  a  thud— rather  sooner  than 
later— 
into  the  bands  of  the  criminal  official. 
The  fact 
is  each  man  must  play  the 
cards  that  Fate  has  dealt  him.  He  may 
groan  as  he  arranges  them  and  he  may 
be  obliged  to  play  a  losing  game,  but 
he  must  play  according  to  the  hand  he 
bolds.  The  experts  may  do  a  little  by 
previous  teaching ;  but  not much.  There 
are  the  cards— play. 
It  never  will  be 
the  play  of  the  expert ;  but  if  the  player 
plays  his  best  he  will  get  out  of the 
game  all  there  is  in  it,  and  the  expert 
can  do  no  more.

It  is  not  the  only  instance  on  record 
where  experts  in  their  calling  have  not 
agreed  and, while the  question  applies to 
more  persons  than  are  apt  to  be  influ­
enced  by  such  decisions,  this  will  take 
its  place  with  the  others  and  receive  a 
similar  verdict.  The  reader  will  still 
cling  to  his  book  and  the  play-lover to 
the  theater.  A  compromise  is  suggested 
by  the  friends  of  each.  Excess  in  any 
case  should  be  shunned  and  if  the  book 
fiend  can  be  induced  to  “ average  up”  
with  the  play-going  fiend  the  result  may 
be  an  advantage  to  both.  No  one  ques­
tions  for a  moment  the  wholesome  com­
panionship  of  books.  From  Bacon  down 
the  centuries  have  sung  their  praises 
and  yet,  with  the  man  who  has  deter­
mined  to  make  a  modest  fortune,  it  is 
doubtful  if too  great  a devotion  to  books 
will  aid  him  in  the  accomplishment  of 
his  purpose.  The  statement  that  books 
are  the  cheaper  enjoyment depends upon 
the  taste  of  the  buyer,  exactly  as  the 
taste  of  the  theater-goer  decides  the 
question  of  seats. 
If  the  gallery  god’s 
perch 
is  all  that  need  be  desired  to 
witness  a  commendable  rendering  of 
Shakespeare’s  best,  and  a  15  cent  copy 
of  the  same  play  is  made  to  do  service 
for  an  evening  at  home,  it  is  merely  a 
matter  of  a  few  nickels  in  either  case, 
and  the  question  of  cost  may  be  elimi­
nated  from  the  discussion.

The  rest  the  experts  have  decided— 
for  themselves.  Whether,  now,  the  book 
or  the  theater  is  the  better  amusement— 
and  by  that  is  evidently  meant  which 
better  prepares  the  person  for  his  mor­
row’s  work— is  the  matter to  be  settled 
and  this,  it  is  candidly  submitted,  each

W hy  the  Sale  o f  Stogies  Is  Not  Pushed.
“ We  don’t  make  the  stogies  conspic­
uous  and 
invite  business  in  them, ”   a 
cigar dealer said,  in  response  to a  ques­
tion  from  a  customer  who  had 
just 
bought  some,  “ because  if our trade  was 
confined  to  stogies  we  couldn’t  pay  our 
rent.

“ Stogies  are  sold  at  a  low  price  and 
the  profit  on  them  is  small.  And  so  we 
give  the  stogies  only  a  modest  place 
and 
let  the  higher-priced  cigars  have 
the  room,  displaying  them  to  catch  the 
eye.

But  some  people  want  stogies  and 
come  expressly  to  buy  them,  and,  of 
course,  we  are  very  glad  to  sell  them  to 
those  who  want 
Everything 
counts,  and  we  would  much  rather have 
that  small  profit  on  the  stogies  than  not. 
And  for that  matter,  there  are  men  that 
buy  stogies  enough  to  count.

them. 

“ For  instance,  I  have  one  customer 
who  buys  daily  eighteen  stogies  of  the 
same  brand  and  shade,and  on  Saturdays 
he  buys  enough  to  last  over  Sunday. 
You  see  I  sell  that  customer  pretty near­
ly  7,000  stogies  a year.  Some men smoke 
more  than  that.

“ Stogies  are  now  made  in  great  vari­
ety.  Some  men  like  one  make  and  some 
another;  and  you  can  buy  them  in  any 
shade  and  get  a  strong  or a  mild smoke.
I  imagine  that  the  principal  motive  for 
buying  stogies  is  economy;  but  it 
isn’t 
always  so.  My  customer  that  buys 
eighteen  a  day  could  as  easily  pay  for 
eighteen  cigars  if  he  wanted  to.”

A  cat  may 

look  at  a  king,  but  it 

would  rather have  its  eye  on  a  mouse.

American  Jewelry  Co ,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Jewelry  and  Novelties

45  and  46 Tower  Block,
Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

You ought to sell

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Cornice,  Conductor  Pipe,

Sky  Lights,

Sheet  Metal  Workers  and  Con­

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Ruberold  Roofing,  Building,  Sheathing and 

Insulating  Papers and  Paints.

CHEESE

W e carry a  full  line of  Michigan  Full  Cream  and 

Fancy Cheeses.

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Grand  Rapids  Office,  29 Crescent  Ave. 

Awnings,  Tents,  Flags

Order  your  Awnings  be­
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Tents  to Rent

Stack binder and thresh­
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wagon  covers.  W e make 
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

7

TH E  SENIOR  PARTNER.

How  He  W as  Checkmated  by  H is  Fore­
woman.
Written for the Tradesman.

Mr.  Cline,  the  senior  partner  in  the 
prosperous  firm  of  Cline  &  Clemons, 
was  an  old  bachelor.  His  principal 
pleasure  seemed  to  be  derived  from 
bullying  his  clerks. 
It  must  also  be 
said  that  it  gave  him  equal  pleasure  to 
find  an  occasional  clerk  whom  he  could 
not  frighten.  Such  a  one  was  sure  to 
come 
later  for  a  large  share  of  his 
favor  and  good  opinion.

in 

To  the  majority  of  his  employes  the 
senior  member  was  an  object  of  terror. 
He  enjoyed  driving  them.  To  come 
suddenly  upon  a  group  of  salespeople 
talking  together  was  one  of  his  special 
delights.  It  gave  him  a  chance  to  speak 
in  those  well-measured tones of authority 
he  loved  to  indulge  in.  He  rolled  every 
word  upon  his  tongue  as  if  ’twere  a  de­
lightful  morsel.  His  attitude  in  regard 
to  gossiping  among  the  salespeople  dur­
ing  business  hours  kept  that  particular 
evil  well  down.  Few  customers  of  Cline 
&  Clemons  ever  complained  of  having 
to  wait  to  be  served  until  the  clerks  fin­
ished  their  visit.

the 

Another  bad  habit  for  which  he  was 
constantly  on 
lookout  was  gum 
chewing.  Woe  betide  the  man  or  wom­
an  behind  the  counter  whom  he  caught 
indulging 
in  this  disgusting  practice. 
To  be  sure,  there  were  employes  in  the 
store  who  did  so ;  but  sooner or  later 
their ears  tingled  under the  senior mem­
ber’s  scathing  denunciation. 
It  always 
provoked  him  to  a  display  of  anger 
when  he  caught  any  one  breaking  this 
rule. 
If  the  offender  was  a  man  he  was 
sure  to  hear  some  of  the  old  man’s 
choicest  profanity.  He  never  waited 
until  the  coast  was  clear,  but  sailed 
right  in  and  called  the  person  down  no 
matter  who chanced  to  be  about.

It  must  be  said  to  his credit,  however, 
that  he  never  discharged  an  employe 
without  just  cause. 
I  remember,  short­
ly  after  I  entered  their  employ  as  head 
of  the  linen  department,  I  incurred  the 
senior  member’s  displeasure  over  the 
marking  of  an 
invoice  of  goods.  He 
spoke  to  me  about  it  in  such  a  way  that 
I  turned  my  back  upon  him  and,  taking 
my  hat,  walked  out  of  the  store.  The 
next  day  I  received  a  note  from  him 
making  an  apology  and  requesting  me 
to  return.  We  afterwards  became  firm 
friends  and  I  seldom  visit  that town now 
without  giving  him  a  call.

I 

shail  never  forget  how  cheap  he 

made  me  feel  upon  a  certain  occasion 
when  he  was  viewing  a  drummer’s 
samples  in  the  flannel  department.  He 
had  taken  samples  of  some  stuffs  to  the 
office  to  consult  his  partner about  them 
and  during  his  brief  absence  I  chanced 
to  pass  the  flannel  counter.  Sandy  Alex­
ander,  the  head  of  that  department, 
stopped  me  and  asked  what  I  thought  of 
the  line,  handing  me  a  book  of  French 
flannels  to  examine. 
I  glanced  them 
over  and  remarked,  as  I  put  the  book 
down,  that  they  were  very  handsome. 
Mr.  Cline,  at  this  moment,  returned 
and  heard  my  remark.  He  came  to  the 
instant  conclusion  that  I  was  interfer­
ing  in  his  affairs  and  in the most cutting 
manner  informed  me  that  he  had not  yet 
decided  to  consult  me  upon  the  buying 
of  flannels  and  that  he  would,  therefore, 
thank  me  to  keep  my  opinion- until  it 
was  asked  for.

It  was  a  severe  and  undeserved  snub; 
besides.it  was  given  me  in  the  presence 
of  a  drummer  whom  I  knew,  and  made 
me  feel  not  only very small  but  extreme­
ly  angry. 
I  replied  that  I  was  well

EG G S  W A N T E D

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Butter consignments solicited.

Oranges,  Lemons,  Bananas and  Early Vegetables always on hand.
RETTING  &  EVANS,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Reference— Peoples Savings  Bank. 

Mention  Michigan  Tradesman.

I   C IG A R
REU*b X ) L L . . A  lvVAv-5
•  ■ i t   BEST.
Roast Your Own Coffee

and  make  more  profit  than  those 
who  buy  it  roasted.  That’s  one 
reason  why  you  should  own  a

Perfection 

Coffee  Roaster

W ill  you  let  us  tell  you  some  more 
good  reasons?  A  postal  card  will 
bring  them.
Milwaukee Gas  Stove 

and  Roaster  Co.

Milwaukee, Wis.

FO R   A  F E W   DAYS  ONLY

W e  are  selling  very  fine  Semi  Porcelain  100  piece Dinner Sets for

$ 4 . 8 0

Remember 

for  a 

few 

days  only.

Four  different  decora­
tions,  one  of  each 
in 
package,  $19.20. 

Latest  shapes.  See  cut. 

W rite  for  catalogue.

Importers  and  Manufacturers’  Agents for Crockery,  Glassware and  Lamps 

DEYOUNG  &  SCHAAFSMA
112  Monroe  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

aware  of  that  fact  and  that  I  was  not 
giving  my  opinion  to  him  but to  Mr. 
Alexander,  who  was  a  gentleman.  He 
saw  that  he  had  hurt  me  deeply,  which 
was  what  he  wanted ;  but  he  made  in­
stant  amends  for  his  rudeness  by  saying 
to  the  drummer  that  he  considered  me 
the  best  authority  on  linens  in  the  city. 
Had  I  permitted  this  humiliation  to 
pass  unnoticed  he  would  have  been  dis­
appointed  and  would  have  bullied  me 
unmercifully  ever  after.  As  I  said,  he 
liked  only  those  among  his  employes 
who  would  not take  his  abuse.

Miss  McKenzie,  the  head  of  the  cloak 
department,  won  her  way 
into  the  old 
man’s  good  graces  by  a  display of cheek 
and  wit that  took  his  breath  away.  The 
occurrence  was  one  which  he  afterwards 
delighted  to  tell  as  a  good  joke  upon 
himself :

Although 

long  past  60  years  of  age 
the  senior  member was  extremely  vain 
and  never  failed  to  stop  and  take  a  look 
at  his  reflection  in  the  full-length  mir­
rors  of  the  cloak  department.  He  had 
a  trick  of  pretending  that  there  was 
something 
in  his  eye  whenever  he 
chanced  to  be  in  the  vicinity  of  a  look­
ing-glass.  It  was  generally  noticed  that 
he  did  more  or  less  primping  on  these 
occasions.  A  subscription  was  being 
circulated  around  the  store  for  the  pur­
pose  of  raising  money  to  buy  a  wedding 
present  for one  of  the  employes who  was 
soon  to  be  married.  This  subscription 
list  had  reached  Miss  McKenzie and she 
was  standing  with 
it  in  her  hand  near 
one  of  the  big  mirrors  when  the  senior 
member  came  along.  As  usual  some 
dust  opportunely  flew  into  his  eye  and 
he  stopped  before  the  glass  to  gaze  at 
himself.  The  stock  boy  had  neglected 
to  polish  this  particular  mirror  and 
there  was  a  generous  coating  of  dust 
upon  it.  The  old  chap  put  out  his  fin­
ger  and  made  several  strokes  upon  the 
glass,  then,  turning  to  the  forewoman, 
exclaimed  angrily,” Why,  Miss  McKen­
zie,  I  can  write  my  name  in  the  dust  on 
this  glass!”   Without  a  moment’s  hesi­
tation  Miss  McKenzie  replied,  “ Ob, 
never  mind  writing  your  name  on  the 
glass,  Mr.  Cline,  write  it  on  this  sub­
scription 
list,”   and  she  held  out  the 
paper.  Too  much  surprised  to  do  other­
wise,  the  senior  member  took  the  paper 
and  read  its  purport.  When  he  realized 
how  neatly  he  had  been  tricked  he  was 
greatly  amused.  Taking  a  pencil  from 
his  pocket  he  put  his name  down  for ten 
dollars.  He  also  cornered  his  partner 
and  got  his  signature  for  a  like  amount.

Mac  Allan.

Always  a Sure  W inner.

They  are  not  exactly  bad  boys—these 
two  in  a  certain  Kalamhzoo  family—but 
they  are  invariably  quarreling and  fight­
ing  with  one  another.  Probably 
it  was 
the  fact  of  frequent parental intervention 
that  caused  the  few  pauses in hostilities. 
At  any  rate,  they  are  famous  in  their 
neighborhood.

One  day  not  long  since  one  of  the 
neighbors,  fond  of  contests  of  any  kind, 
asked :

“ Edwin,  when  you  and  your brother 

fight  so  much,  who  generally  whips?”

Edwin  gave  a  little  wriggle  as  if  in 
sympathy  with  memories  of  recent  oc­
currences, 
resignedly: 
‘ ‘ Mother. ”

said, 

and 

 

£

A   M O N T H
to all it costa for the
VERY  BEST

CAS  LIGHT

equal  to  10 o r 12  ooal oil lamps 
anywhere If yon will get the
forriAKin?y“   Brilliant 6a* Lamp.
BrilKant Gas Lamp Co., 42 Stats, Chicago

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GAFÍmADESMAN

Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men
Published  a t th e  New  Blodgett  Building, 

G rand  Rapids, by the

T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y

One  Dollar a  Tear,  Payable  in  Advance.

A dvertising Rates on  A pplication.

Communications invited from practical  business 
men.  Correspondents  must  give  tbeir  full 
names and addresses, not necessarily for pub­
lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. 
Subscribers  may  have  the  mailing  address  of 
their papers changed as often as desired.
No paper discontinued, except  at  the  option  of 
the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. 
Sample copies sent free to any address.

Entered at the Grand  Rapids  Post  Office as 

Second Class mall  matter.

W hen  w ritin g  to  an]  of  ou r  Advertisers, 
please  say  th a t  yoi  saw  the  advertise­
m ent  in  th e  M ichigan Tradesm an.
K.  A.  STOW E,  E d ito r. 

WEDNESDAY,  -  -  APRIL  3,1901.

STA TE   OF  MICHIGAN >
\

County  of  Kent 

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows:

I 

am  pressman  in  the  office  of  the 

Tradesman  Company  and  have  charge 
of  the  presses  and  folding  machine  in 
and 
that  establishment. 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the 
issue  of 
March  27,  1901,  and 
saw  the  edition 
mailed 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 
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  March,  1901.

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

months.  Demand  for  railway  supplies 
still  keeps  up,  the  combination  move­
influence.
ment  exerting  a  stimulating 
industry  in  the  procession 
The  slow 
of  activity 
is  the  textile.  Cotton  has 
fallen  to  a  point—8.06 cents— lower than 
at  any  time  this  season.  Mills  are 
suffering  from  the  effect  of  stocks  made 
from  the  high  priced staple.  The woolen 
industry 
is  suffering  from  too  heavy 
production  and  many  mills  are  idle,  but 
speculation  in  the  raw  staple 
indicates 
confidence  on  the  part  of  traders.

Although  prices  of  footwear  do  not 
advance,  the  activity  of  this  industry  is 
only  second  to  that  of  iron  and  steel. 
At  the  West  and  South  more  factories 
have  sprung  up  and  are  working  over­
time  at  many  points  where  other  manu­
facturing 
is  comparatively  quiet.  New 
England  concerns  have  contracts  that 
will  take  months  to  fill  and  a  definite 
is  only  available 
measure  of  business 
through  statistics  of  shipments 
from 
Boston,  which  were  92,975  cases  last 
week,  against  88,365  a  year ago,  while 
for the  year thus  far the  movement  ex­
ceeds  every other  on  record  except  1900, 
is  only  98,952  cases  behind  that. 
and 
This 
increase,  in  the  face  of  domestic 
competition,  is  only  to  be  explained  by 
the  growth  of  exports.  It  is  also  noticed 
that  the  foreign  demand  is  mainly  for 
the  higher  grades.  As  the  season  ad­
vances  the  quality  of  hides  offered  at 
Chicago  should  improve,and  the  decline 
in  prices  may  be  checked.

The  New  York  Railroad  Gazette,  hav­
ing  heard  of  a  speed  of  over  100  miles 
an  hour,  made  recently  on  an  American 
railroad,enquired  into  it  and  found  that 
on  Friday,  March  1,  a  mail  train,  con­
sisting  of  engine,  mail  car,  baggage car 
and  sleeping  car,  was  run  over  the 
Savannah,  Florida  and  Western  from 
twenty-four  miles  south  of 
Fleming, 
Savannah, 
to  Jacksonville,  Fla., 
149 
miles,  in  130  minutes,  or  at  the  rate  of 
68.8 miles  an  hour.  This  time  includes 
one  stop,  and  there  were  two  other 
places  where  speed  had  to  be slackened. 
Furthermore,from  the  sixth-ninth  to  the 
seventy-fourth  mile  post,  the  time  was 
two  minutes  thirty  seconds,  equal  to 
120  miles  an  hour.  This  is  declared  to 
be  an  unparalleled  rate  of  speed,  but 
the  facts  are  substantiated.  The  train 
was  one  which  was  run  regularly  for a 
week  or two  to  carry  the  through  mails, 
pending  a  rearrangement  of  the  time 
table,  to  meet  the  wishes  of  the  post- 
office  department  or  connecting  rail­
roads,  and  the  speed  on  this  trip  was 
increased  on  account  of  a  delay  north  of 
Fleming.  There  were  no  steep  grades, 
the  way  being  nearly  level.

A  “ dangerous  counterfeit  of  the  ten- 
dollar  silver certificate’ ’  is  said  to  have 
been  discovered  by Treasury officials.  It 
bears  the  portrait  of the  late Vice-Presi­
dent  Hendricks.  There  are  no glaring 
discrepancies  about  the  counterfeit,  and 
it  can  best  be  detected  by  the  general 
effect  of  engraving  and  coloring.  The 
vignette  of  Hendricks  is  well  done  and 
an  excellent  imitation,  but  a  close study 
reveals  that  the  same  degree  of  skill  of 
the  genuine  is  not  manifest.  The  chief 
difference,  however,  is  to  be  noted 
in 
the  expression  of  the  portrait,  and while 
this 
is  apparent  to  professional  money 
handlers,  few,  if  any,  others  are  able  to 
carry  inspection  to  such  detail.  The 
seal 
It  lacks  the 
clear carmine  tint  of  the  genuine,  hav­
ing  more  of  a  brick-red  hue.

little  off  color. 

is  a 

Work  doesn’t  kill— it’s worry  that  cuts 

Short  men’s  lives,

PROSPERITY’S  PRESENT  STATUS.
When  Prosperity  looked  with  smiling 
face  on  this  country  in  1896,  she  found 
it  pretty  well  down  at  the  heel.  There 
were  chimneys,  to  be  sure,  but  no 
smoke;  forges  and  factories,  but  they 
were  id le;  fields  were  lying  fallow  and 
the  country  from 
land’s  end  to  land’s 
end  was  crowded  with  needy  men  and 
In 
women  asking  for  something  to  do. 
that  year  came  a  change.  As 
if  by 
magic the  forges  and  the  wheels  and  the 
spindles  were  set  in  motion  and the hum 
of  profitable  industry  took  the  place  of 
the  dead  silence  that  had  brooded  over 
the  valleys  and  hung  like  a  pall  upon 
the  hills.

Up  to  that  time  this  country  was  real­
izing  the  hope  of  the  Old  World.  Her 
the  earth’s 
broad  acres  poured  into 
granaries  her 
limitless  breadstuffs. 
American  meat  satisfied  the  universal 
hunger.  Her  cotton  and  oil  fields  fur­
nished  much  of  the  world’s  cloth  and 
light  and  there  seemed  to be  the  limit 
of  our articles  of  export.  The  activity 
which  set  in  in  1896  ignored  that  limit. 
The  United  States  was  something  more 
than  a  big  farm. 
long  been 
studying  and  putting  into  practice  the 
art  of  making  things  and  the  foreign 
population  we  were  feeding  began  to 
wear what  we  had  made  and  to use  what 
machines  our  wit  had  conceived  and 
made  available,  especially 
in  all  that 
pertained  to  steel  and  iron.

It  had 

The  result  was 

instantaneous  and 
startling: 
In  1897  the  imports  were  ex­
ceeded  by  the  exports $286,000,000;  in
1898  the  excess  was  $615,000,000; 
in
1899  $529,000,000,  and 
in  1900  $544,- 
000,000.  During  the  last  five  years  this 
country  has 
something  in  the 
neighborhood  of  $2,000,000,000  more 
than  it  has  bought.

sold 

It 

There 

is  no  fault  to  find  with  these 
figures,  much  less  with  the  fact  they 
represent, but  there  is  a  limit somewhere 
and  experience  shows that  this  can  not 
go  on  forever. 
is  pleasing  to  state 
that  our  heavy  exports  of  manufactured 
goods  are,  for  the  best  reasons 
in  the 
world,  displacing  the  European-made 
goods  and  crippling  foreign  industries. 
We  like  to contemplate  the  fact  that  our 
lively  brains  and  deft  fingers  are  prov­
ing  too  much  for the  foreign  workshop 
and  every  foreign  order  is  testimony  of 
our superiority,  but  in  the  moment  of 
exultant  success  comes  the  thought  that 
there  are  difficulties  ahead.  We  may 
crowd  out  the 
inferior  machines  of 
European  manufacture,  as  we  shall  be 
sure  to  do  if our  export  trade  continues 
to  increase,  but,carried beyond  a  certain 
limit,  the  Old  World  employment  of  la­
bor  will  be  interfered  with  and  its  pur­
chasing  power,  so  reduced,  will  be  felt 
in  all  the  markets  of  the  world—a  sort 
of financial  boomerang  which  this  coun­
try  has  no  intention  of  hurling.

The  European  manufacturer  is  by  no 
indifferent  to  this  condition  of 
means 
the 
industrial  world  and,  to counteract 
the  inroads  made  by  the  American trade 
upon  the  home  market,  is  seriously  con­
sidering  the  idea  of  boycotting  Ameri­
can  advertisers  in  European  trade  jour­
nals. 
In  Germany  the  proprietors  have 
been  forced  by  threats  of  the  withdrawal 
of the  advertisements  of  German  manu­
facturers  and  merchants  into  declining 
those  of  Americans;  and  it  is  easy  to 
believe  that  the  rest  of  the  continent 
stands  ready  to adopt  the  same  measure 
if  it  offers  even  the  slightest  promise  of 
success.

The  one  hope  which  promises  at  least 
a  postponement  of  threatening  evil  is 
the  finding  of  new  markets.  The  eyes

of  the  commercial  world  have  been 
turned  too 
long  and  too  longingly  to­
wards  China  not  to  mention  that country 
first. 
It  is  by  far the  greatest  market 
in  the  world  and  the  earliest  settlement 
of  existing  troubles  in  that  mighty  em­
pire  is  of  the  greatest  importance  to  the 
United  States.  The  close  of  the  war  in 
South  Africa  and  the  further develop­
ment  of  the  Dark  Continent  tend  to  the 
same  result.  In  these  markets  the  ques­
tion  of  export  will  depend  upon  the  su­
periority  of  commodity  and  method, fea­
tures  wherein  the  American  easily  ex­
cels;  but  the  time 
is  only  postponed 
when  the  same  old  conditions  must  be 
met  and  settled.

What seem  to be  needed  are  such trade 
conditions  as  will  keep  in  motion  the 
money  currents  of the  world.  The  pres­
ent  rampage  of  Grand  River  is  a  lively 
hint  of  our financial  future.  This  coun­
try  can  not  go  on  with  the  rising  flood 
of  exports  without  danger. 
If  the  coun­
try  can  not  sell  what  it  produces  there 
will  come  a  time  sooner  or  later  when 
it  can  not  buy.  A  lack  of outlet  or an 
outlet  not  large  enough  results  in  disas­
ter  and  unless  some  method  can  be 
found  for the  trade  currents  to  circulate 
freely  and  constantly  the  commercial 
world  will  continue  to  suffer from freshet 
and  flood. 
is 
the  evil  thereof,”   and  in  the  meantime 
it  remains  to  be  seen  whether  human 
genius,  learning  from  wind  and  sea  the 
lesson  of  equilibrium,  can  so  apply 
it 
to  the  conditions  of  trade  as  to  avert  the 
threatened  disaster,  as  sure  to  come  as 
that  which  follows  a  disturbance  of  the 
equilibrium  of  air and  wave.

“ Sufficient  unto the  day 

As  predicted  by  the  Tradesman  last 
week,  the  Judiciary  Committee  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  has  reported 
out  the  garnishment  bill,  thus  demon­
strating  the  correctness  of  the  Trades­
man’s  position  that  it  was  not  necessary 
to  “ lubricate  the  Committee”   in  order 
to  obtain 
justice  at  their  hands.  Two 
years  ago  the  editor  of  Detroit  Trade 
collected  $1,262.69  from  the  merchants 
of  Michigan  for the  avowed  purpose  of 
securing  the  enactment  of  a  garnish­
ment  bill,  in  the  face  of  the  Trades­
man’s  positive  assurance  that  such  a 
measure  could  not  be  enacted,  on  ac­
count  of  the  strenuous  opposition  of 
Governor  Pingree.  The  outspoken  po­
sition  of -the  Tradesman  this  year  pre­
vented  the  raising  of a  legislative  fund, 
on  which  the  merchants  of  Michigan 
may  well  congratulate  themselves.

Men  play  the  game  of  politics  nowa­
days  for  the  sake  of the personal distinc­
tion,  the  gratification  of  ambition  to  be 
prominent.  Few  of  the  men  who  are 
most  active  in  affairs  have  -any  exalted 
conception  of  the  duties  of  the  public 
man  to the  public.  They  do  not  stop 
to  think  that  they  are  the  trustees  of  the 
public,commissioned  to  serve  the  whole 
public.  Public  office 
is  regarded as  a 
private  snap,  a  personal  perquisite,  not 
an  opportunity  of  public  service.

The  Postoffice  Department  has  issued 
an  order  prohibiting  the  use  of  any 
other key,  except  the  one  issued  by  the 
postmaster,  in  opening  lock  boxes  and 
drawers,  and  all  persons  and  firms  are 
enjoined  from  making  same,  except 
those  who  are  authorized  by  the  depart­
ment  to  furnish  keys  for the department. 
If  a  box  renter  wants  duplicate  keys  he 
can  not  have  them  made  from  his  origi­
nal  key,  but  must  buy  them  of  bis  post­
master. 

____________ .

Be  sure  you  are  right—then  pause  3

moment  for reflection,

UENERAL TRADE  REVIEW .

There 

is  getting  to  be  something  of 
monotony,  albeit  not  unpleasant,  in  re­
porting  from  day  to  day  constantly  in­
tensifying  conditions  of  activity  and 
advancing  prices  in  the  great  industries 
and  in  speculative  centers.  Stock  ex­
change  transactions  are breaking records 
for  volume  and  in  transportation  shares 
the  average  of  advancing  values  is  mov 
ing  upward 
notwithstanding 
former 
records  have  been  long  passed.

in  circulation 

Trading  in  the  Wall  Street  Exchange 
Monday  reached  the  enormous  total  of 
1,858,800  shares  per  day,  but  later  re­
ports  are  reactionary.  With  such  won­
derful  activity  there  is'  necessarily  a 
tremendous  demand  for  money,  but  the 
fact  that  money 
and 
Treasury  holdings  both  far  exceed  all 
records  prevents  any  anxiety  as  to  pos­
sible  stringency.  There  is  some  outgo 
of  the  precious  metal,  but  it  has  no  dis­
turbing 
oc­
casional  advances 
in  money  rates,  as 
there  must  be  with  such  activity,  but  no 
more  than  are  needed  to keep  that  com­
modity  in  healthful  demand.

importance.  There  are 

The  lead  in  activity  is  taken by trans­
portation  stocks.  The  continued  heavy 
earnings  are  of  course  the  sustaining 
factor,  but  much 
the 
constant  negotiations  for  combination. 
Among  rumors  of  new  deals  is  one  in­
volving  the  Mexican  Central,  and  Bur­
lington  relations  to  the  Northern  Pacific 
are  matters  of  comment.

interest  attends 

Among  the 

industries  iron  and  steel 
are  still  well  in  the  lead.  The  pressure 
of  demand 
in  structural  steel  has  re­
sulted 
in  an  advance  of  $2  to $4  a  ton 
and  billets  are  quoted  at  $24.  But, 
while  many  other  prices  are  nominally 
unchanged,  a  premium  of about $2  over 
list  amounts  to  the  same  as  an  ad­
vance.  Manufacturers  are  advising  the 
prompt  placing  of  orders  in  structural 
lines  to secure  delivery  as  soon  as  nine

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

H.  D.  Harvey,  the  Bangor  D ruggist  and 

P epperm int  Oil  Grower.

Dr.  Henry  D.  Harvey  was  born  in 
McDonald 
township,  Hardin  county, 
Ohio,  April  21,  1851.  His  father  was  a 
clergyman  of  the  Christa in  church  and, 
four  years  after  Henry  was  born  he 
moved  with  his  family 
to  Bangor 
Mich.,  which  was  then  a  backwoods 
settlement  with  but  one  store  building, 
combining 
farming  with  preaching. 
All  the  education  Mr.  Harvey  had  was 
in  the  schools  of  Bangor and 
obtained 
his  school  work  was  very  seriously 
in­
terrupted  by  a  severe  attack  of  deafness 
which  came  upon  him  as  the  result  of  a 
scrofulous  attack.  His  first  work  was 
as  assistant  to  his  father  in  the  post 
office,  where  he  remained  two  years. 
He  then  .purchased  a  third  interest  in 
the  drug  and  grocery  stock  of  G.  W. 
Rowe,  subsequently  increasing  his  in­
terest  to  a  half  and  continuing  the  busi­
ness  under the  style  of  Rowe  &  Harvey.

PUBLIC  POPULARITY.

The  revolutionary  proceedings  now 
some 

occurring 
rather  peculiar  reflections.

in  Russia 

suggest 

Although  several  of  the  Russian  Czars 
were  murdered  as  the  result  of  palace 
intrigues  and  disputes  over  the  succes­
sion  of  the  throne,  Alexander  II.  was 
the  only one  of  the  Czars  who was  assas­
sinated  by  his  dissatisfied  subjects,  and 
he  was  the  one  ruler  who  had  done more 
to  give  them  liberty  and  to  elevate  their 
condition  than  had  ever been done prob­
ably  by  all  the  other  Russian  rulers  to­
gether.

The  earlier  Czars  and  all,  even  down 
to  the  time  of  Alexander  II.,  had  prac­
ticed  upon  the  people  the  most  despotic 
oppression.  The  great  masses  of  the 
people  were 
in  a  state  of  slavery  and 
were  commonly  subjected  to the  most 
arbitrary  severity  and  often  inhuman 
cruelty.  In  1855  he  ascended  the  throne. 
The  Crimean  war  was  in  progress,  but 
at  its  close  he  commenced  a  most  im­
portant  systepn  of  government  reforms. 
In  1861  he  decreed  the  emancipation  of 
20,000,000  Russian  serfs,  and  in  1864  he 
emancipated  the  Polish  serfs.  This  was 
followed  by  the  establishing  of  repre­
in  the  provinces, 
sentative  assemblies 
elected  by  the  people. 
This  was  an 
astonishing  progress  towards  free  gov­
ernment  to  be  attained  in  the  reign  of 
one  Czar,  all  being  given  upon  his  own 
motion,  without  any  action  in  their own 
behalf  by  the  people.

cipator  of  probably  25,000,000  slaves 
was  most  atrociously  assassinated. 
In 
this  connection,  the  following  story  is 
told  by  Prof.  James  B.  Angell,  who 
had  some  experience 
in  negotiating 
treaties  between  the  United  States  and 
China. 
in  the  Atlantic 
Monthly  for  October,  1900,  thus :

It  appears 

In  1881  the  ablest  Chinese  general, 
Tso  Tsung  Tang,  who  had  fought  suc­
cessfully  with  the  Russians  in  Kuldja, 
and had  put  down  a  formidable Moham­
medan  rebellion  in  the  Province of Kan- 
suh,  came  to  Pekin  and  was  appointed 
a  member  of 
the  Tsung-li-Yamen. 
When  he  heard  of  the  assassination  of 
the  Russian  Emperor,  Alexander II.,  he 
asked  one  of  the  European  diplomats 
how  the  event  happened.  He  was  told 
that  the  Emperor  was  killed  by  Nihil­
ists,  “ Who  are  the  Nihilists?”   he  en­
quired.  The  European minister  replied, 
“ They  are  a  secret  society,  who  aim  to 
kill  sovereigns.”  
“ Secret  society?”  
said  Tso;  “ they  ought  to  be  able  to 
dispose  of  them  in  Russia. 
I  had  some 
experience  with  secret  societies  once, 
and  soon  took  care  of  them.  Down  in 
the  Province  of  Fubkien  they  became 
widespread.  Villages  filled  with  them 
actually  made  war  on  one  another. 
1 
was  sent  down  to  restore  order.  And  in 
about  six  weeks  I  had  perfect  order  and 
peace  down  there.”   “ Indeed,”   said 
the  diplomat,  “ how  did  you  succeed 
so  quickly?”   “ O h,”   calmly  replied 
the  general,  “ in  six  weeks  I  cut  off  the 
heads  of  about  fourteen  hundred  of 
them,  and 
tranquil 
after  that.”   He  did  not  speak  boast­
fully  of  his  achievement,  but  with  no 
more  emotion  than  one  might  show  in 
speaking  of  killing  so  many  flies.

it  was  perfectly 

Instead  of  warming  the  snake  of  rev­
olution  in  his  bosom,  as  did  Alexander
II., 
the  Czar  of  all  the  Russias,  the 
Chinaman  lost  no opportunity  to destroy 
him  at  the  very  first  moment. 
It  is  ex­
ceedingly  dangerous  to  be  a  great  pub­
lic  benefactor.  It  is  almost  equally  fatal 
to  be  a  great  popular  favorite.  The 
Czar  Nicholas  to-day  is  suffering  from 
the  benefactions  of  his  uncle.

9

usual  amount  of  brains  with  his  work 
and  that  his  success  is  only  a  logical re­
sult  of  such  an  admixture.  Back  of  it 
all,  however, 
is  the  undeniable  fact 
that  he  has  a  pleasing  personality  and 
thus  makes  friends  easily  and  holds 
them  steadfastly.

REFORMS  IN  TH E  SCHOOL  ROOM.
The  announcement  that  so  eminent  a 
university  as  Princeton 
is  to  cut  the 
master of  arts  course  down  from  four  to 
three  years  appears  to  be  a  concession 
to  a  very  large  number of  very  practical 
and  successful  people  who  have  long 
contended  that  too  much  time  is  spent 
in  the  school  room.

This  is  one  of  the  questions  of the day 
that  must  he  solved  by  the  educators 
and  scholars  of  the  country.  In  discuss­
ing  it  the  New  York  World  says:

No  human  being  has  any  time  to 
waste,  and  no  time 
is  more  precious 
than  the  years  of  young  manhood.  The 
fact  is  that  within  a  generation  there 
has  been  a  vast  improvement  in  the 
training  of  the  mind.  Both  formal  edu­
cation  and 
informal  education—news­
papers,  magazines,  private  and  public 
ibraries—have  been  at  work  upon  the 
minds  of  our  young  people,  making  our 
children  of 9 and  10  years  more  alert, 
better  informed,  more  capable  of  re­
ceiving  and  assimilating  knowledge 
than  were  young  people  of  15  and  16 
two  decades  ago.

There  can  be  no  doubt  about the ques­
tion  that  reform  should  be  applied  both 
to  the  common  and  higher school curric- 
ulums.  As  they  are  arranged  at  present 
the  pupil 
is  put  into  the  kindergarten 
when  he  or  she  is  scarcely  able  to  artic­
ulate  plainly  in  the  most  ordinary  con­
is  put  through  a  course 
versation,  and 
of  cramming  from  that 
infantile  age 
until  the  prime  of  life  shall  have  been 
reached,  and,  as has  often  been  the  case 
where  there  are  frail  physical  constitu­
tions,  passed.

It  takes  three  or  four  years  to  get  out 
of  the  grammar  school  in  most  of  the 
commonwealths  of  this  country,  three 
or four to  finish  the  high  school  and four 
or five  years  more  are  required  to  finish 
up  in  the college course.  Presuming that 
the  pupil  shall  be  12  years  of  age  when 
the  grammar  school 
is  entered,  it  can 
readily  be  seen  that  the  average  youth 
will  have  reached  the  age  of  22  years 
prior  to  leaving  the  college  with  his  di­
ploma.

As  the  average  young  man  must  seek 
employment  at  the  age  of  18,  or,  as  is 
too  often  the  case,  prior  to  having  at­
tained  even  that  number of  years,  it  is 
plainly  evident  that  he  must  quit  school 
long  before  he  has  completed  the  course 
as  it 
is  prescribed  at  present.  Many 
eminent  educators  are  of  the  opinion 
that  the  curriculum  of  all  the  schools 
could  be  made  much  more  succinct than 
it  now 
is,  that  much  useless  rubbish 
could  be  eliminated  without  marring the 
efficiency  of  the  course.

This  would  indeed  be  a  reform  bene­
ficial  to  the  youth  of  the  country,  since 
is  more  valuable  to  a  person 
no  time 
than 
is  that  period  where  youth  and 
manhood  meet.  The  transition  from  a 
course,  at  least  with  the  average  pupil, 
of  petrified  Greek  roots  and  mouldering 
heaps  of  Latin  to  one  of  German, 
French, Spanish  and  a  splendid  English 
education  would  seem  to  some  of  the 
old  school  of  instructors  to  be  a  radical 
departure,  but  who  doubts  that  it  would 
transform  that  great  army  of  “ educated 
incompetents,”   now  so  much 
in  evi­
dence  throughout  the  country,  into  a 
brigade  of 
independent, 
self-supporting  people?  And  some  of 
the  greatest  educators  of  the  world  are 
becoming  aware  of  this  fact,  too.

industrious, 

A  taste  of 

liberty,  however,  to  the 
Russian  people  appears  to  have  affected 
them  like  the  tiger’s  first  taste of human 
blood.  They  could  not  be  satisfied. 
Government  reform,  which  had  hitherto 
been  unknown  in  Russia,  rapidly  as  it 
was  then  progressing,  did  not  move  fast 
enough  to  suit  the  impatient  people  and 
so  they  murdered  him.  The  greatest 
of  all  the  Czars  was  assassinated  by  be­
ing  blown  up  by  dynamite  while  return­
ing  from  church  on  Sunday,  March  13, 
1881.  Such 
It  is 
It  makes  the 
like  public  popularity. 
victim  upon  whom 
it  is  lavished  the 
slave  of  those  who  have  enjoyed  his 
benefactions  or  have  profited  by  his 
bounty.

is  public  gratitude. 

than 

intense  public  popularity 

Probably  there  is  no  more characteris­
tic  case  of  the  slavery  to  which  the  vic­
tim  of 
is 
is  that  of  Admiral 
subjected 
Dewey.  His  victory 
in  the  war  with 
Spain  was  one  of the  most distinguished 
events  in  the  history  of  naval  warfare. 
In  a  moment  the  Admiral  rose  to the 
topmost  heights  of  popular favor.  Every 
possible  evidence  of  popular admiration 
and  gratitude  was  heaped  upon  him. 
Coming,  as  be  did,  into  the  full  blaze 
of  popular  observation  and  attention,  he 
became,  without  knowing  it,  a  slave  to 
every  whim  of  the  people.  They  ex­
pected  him  to  act  at  every  moment  in 
response  to  their demand,  and,  as  soon 
as  he  failed  to  do  so  and  began  to  con­
duct  himself  as  an  independent  being, 
he  fell  almost  in  a  single  day  from  the 
pinnacle  of  public  admiration  to  the 
abyss  of  popular  neglect.  Never  was 
there  a  man  in  this  Great  Republic  who 
filled  more  of  the  public  eye  than  did 
the  great  Admiral.  To-day,  probably, 
there 
is  no  public  man  in  its  vast  do­
main  who  can  claim  so  small  a  share  of 
public  attention.

As  to the  Czar  Alexander  II.  of  Rus­
sia,  it  is  more  than  probable  that,  if  he 
had  gone  on  like  his  predecessors in  the 
usual  round  of  despotic  exaction  and 
had  permitted  the  serfs  to  remain  in 
slavery,  he  would  have  died  in  his  bed, 
surrounded  by  his fam ily;  but the eman­

It  is  pretty  well  understood  that  the 
average  jury  will  decide  against  a  rail­
road  corporation 
in  suits  for  damages, 
it  was  probably  some  such  notion 
and 
that  stimulated  the  bringing  of  suits 
in 
the  cases  mentioned.  Recently  a  trav­
eler  sued  a  road  on  account  of  mental 
anguish  suffered  because  his  trousers, 
having  been  stolen  from  the  car  at 
night,  he  was  obliged  in  the  morning, 
clad  in  a  blanket,  to  furnish  amusement 
to  frivolous-minded  fellow-passengers. 
Subsequently, a  drummer has begun  suit 
against  the  Northwestern  because  the 
clock 
its  Green  Bay  station  caused 
him  to  miss  a  train,  said  clock  having 
suspended  operations  by  reason  of  the 
cold  weather.  The  drummer alleges  that 
he  arrived  at  the  station  at  8 -.40 by  the 
clock,  and,  seeing  that  he  had  plenty  of 
time,  “ went  to  a  lunchroom  and  ate  a 
hearty  breakfast” — menu  and  price  not 
stated—and  that,  returning  to  the  sta­
tion,  he  found  to  his  horror that  it  was 
still  8 140  by  the  clock,  and  also  that  the 
train  had  not  waited  for  him.

in 

The  census  report  on  the  silk  industry 
in  the  United  States  will  show  increase, 
despite  the  setbacks  in  1900.  In  the  cen­
sus  year  thirty-nine  new  plants  and 
firms  were  organized.  The  value  of 
production  is  given  thus:  Broad  silks, 
yards,  86,000,000;  value,  $52,000,000; 
velvets  and  plushes,  yards,  9,500,000; 
value,  $5,000,000;  upholstery 
silks, 
value,  $400,000;  ribbons,  $17,500,000; 
machine  twist  and  sewing silks,  $9,000,- 
000,  and  $1,000,000  for  laces,  nets  and 
veilings.

The  ribbon  of  the  stock  ticker  might 
be  appropriately  termed  “ read  tape.”

Mr.  Rowe  afterwards  sold  his  interest to 
Ward  Taylor,  and  the  firm  name  was 
changed  to  Harvey  &  Taylor.  He  af­
terwards  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr. 
Taylor  and  continued  the  business  in 
his  own  name  until  1888,  when  he  sold 
out  to  Geo.  W.  Stephenson.  He  did  not 
re-engage  in  active  business  until  1893, 
when  he  purchased  the  drug  stock  of 
Monroe  &  DeHaven, which  he  has  since 
continued  under  his  own  name.  The 
deafness  which  proved  so  much  of  an 
impediment  in  early  life  gradually 
left 
him  and,  at  38  years  of  age,  he  began 
smoking,  to  which  he  largely  attributes 
his  entire  recovery  from  the  trouble.

interested 

Mr.  Harvey  has  not  only  won  success 
as  a  merchant,  but  he  possesses  some­
thing  more  than  a  local  reputation  as  a 
farmer,  being  the  owner  of  280  acres  of 
land  east  of  Bangor,  about  two-thirds 
of  which 
is  under  cultivation.  He  is 
largely 
in  the  production  of 
peppermint  oil,  planting  from  thirty  to 
forty  acres  to  peppermint  each  year  and 
producing  about  1,000  pounds  annually.
.  Mr.  Harvey  was  married 
in  1876 to 
Miss  Florence  Meabon,  of  Bangor, 
whose  death  from  consumption  occurred 
the  following  year. 
In  1878,  he married 
Miss  Martha  Meabon,  sister  of  the  de­
ceased,  and  the  family  has  since  been 
increased  to  six—three  girls  and  one 
boy.

Mr.  Harvey 

is  a  member  of  the  A. 
O.  U.  W.  No.  142  and  B.  P.  O.  E.  No. 
544.  He  attributes  his  success  to  close 
attention  to  business  and  to  the fact  that 
he  has  always  worked  as  hard  as  he 
knew  how.  Those  who  know  him  best 
insist  that  he  has  mixed  more  than  the

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Dry Poods

W eekly  M arket Review  of  the  P rincipal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons— Heavy  brown  sheet­
ings,  either  for export  or for home  con­
sumption,  show  little  life,  nor  are  there 
just  now  any  enquiries  for  large  quan­
tities  for the  future.  Denims  are  slow 
in  all  grades  and  other  coarse  colored 
cottons  are  quiet,  but  with  no  quotable 
change  in  prices.

Prints  and  Ginghams— Staple  prints 
are  in  steady  request  for moderate quan­
tities.  Ginghams  show  no  change  from 
our  last  report,  both  staple  and  fancies 
being  in  quiet  request.

Dress  Goods— It  would  be  wide  of  the 
truth  to  say  that  all  was  satisfactory 
in 
the  dress  goods  market  at  this time,  and 
it  would  be  equally  false  to  intimate 
that  a  good  business  is  not  being  done 
in  certain  quarters.  The  business  is  of 
an  uneven  character,  and  while  some 
manufacturers  can  boast  of  but  indiffer­
ent  success,  others  can  take  pleasure 
in 
the  knowledge  that  their  mills  are  sold 
ahead  for  some  months— practically  in 
velvet.  The  market 
is  anything  but  a 
broad  one,  and  consequently  the  busi­
ness  doing  by one  manufacturer does  not 
give  any  intimation  of  that  being  done 
by  others.  There  is  a  sizable  business 
coming  forward  within  certain 
limits, 
but  outside  of  comparatively  few classes 
of  goods  the  business 
is  unsatisfactory 
and  uncertain.  The  season  is  not  pro­
gressing  as  rapidly  as  manufacturers 
could  wish,  and  although  the  majority 
of  plain  goods  lines  have  been  open  for 
some  weeks,  certain  salesmen  have  only 
started  out  the  present  week  to  visit 
their trade.  The  progress  of  the  season 
has  been  interfered  with  by  an  apparent 
uncertainty  on  the  part  of  buyers  as  to 
just  what  they  desire.  There  has  there­
fore  been  a  tendency  on  the  part  of  cer­
tain  manufacturers to delay placing their 
lines  before  the  buyers  until  they  could 
get  a  better  idea  as  to  their require­
ments.  As  the  buyer  was  in  doubt  as  to 
what  he  wanted,  the  manufacturer  has 
been  in  doubt  what  to  show  him.  The 
general  run  of  buyers  show  no  anxiety 
to  cover  their  fall  needs  promptly,  and 
therefore  manufacturers  do  not  see  any 
necessity  of  hurrying  the  placing  of 
their  lines  before  buyers.  They  see  no 
wisdom 
in  trying  to  force  buyers’  de­
cisions.

Woolens—The opportunity for bringing 
out  new  lines  from  now  on  is  limited, 
owing  to  the  fact  that  it  is  getting  too 
late.  The  present  week,  it  is  believed, 
will  mark  the  last  attempts  at  bringing 
out  new  fabrics.  There is  a  date  beyond 
which  buyers  will  not  accept  sample 
It  seems  odd  that  the 
piece  deliveries. 
opening  of  new  heavyweight 
lines 
should  extend  over  a  period  of  three 
months,  but  that  has  been  the  case  this 
season,  and  it  gives  rise  to the  question 
as  to  whether  the  goods  manufacturer 
does  not  seek  his  business  too  far  in  ad­
vance  of  the  time  when the buyer actual­
ly  needs  the  goods. 
If  the  clothier  can 
place  his  orders  in  March,  and  get  his 
sample  pieces  in  time  to  suit his  needs, 
why  is  it  that  the  average  manufacturer 
should  be  so  anxious to open up his lines 
in  January?

Underwear— Balbriggans  are 

in  the 
lead,  of  course,  as  good  sellers.  On  the 
whole,  the  goods  turned  out  in  this  line 
are  not  of  a  higher  quality  than  last 
year’s.  There 
is  every  indication  that 
mercerized  knit  goods  will  have  a  good 
season,  every  bit  as  good  as  last  year’s. 
A  knitter,  we  are 
informed,  recently

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

bought  20,000  pounds  of  mercerized 
yarn.  Mesh  underwear  has  also  attained 
a  high  degree  of  popularity.  Of  late 
years,  this  branch  of  the  knit  goods 
in­
dustry  has  become  more  marked,  and 
last  year,  it  is  said,  there  was  more  sold 
than  for  many  past  seasons.

Hosiery— Wool  hosiery  is  still  in  poor 
demand,  while  cotton  hosiery  for  the 
spring  is  finding  much  favor,  especially 
in  the  fancy  lines.

Carpets—The  carpet  business  in  gen­
eral  is  picking  up  all  over  the  country, 
look  a  great  deal  brighter, 
and  things 
especially  in  the  West.  Business 
is  a 
great  deal  better  in  a  great  many  other 
lines,  and  the  people  in  general  are  in  a 
position  where  they  can  buy carpets  and 
a  great  deal  more  of  them.  All  jobbers 
claim  an  increase  in  business during the 
past  two  months,  more  so  than  they  had 
really  looked  for,  a  great  many  experi­
encing  quite  a  decrease  in  their  stocks. 
Some  manufacturers  claim  large  orders 
from  their Western  salesmen.

Rugs—There  is  considerable  doing  in 
in  Smyrna  rugs, 
this  line,  especially 
large  demand  for  these 
there  being  a 
goods  on  account  of  the  prevailing 
low 
prices.  The  mills  are  very  active  in 
filling  orders,  and  from  all  appearances 
there  will  be  a  large  increase  in  trade. 
In  jute  rugs  there  is  a  good  deal of busi­
ness,  and  there  seems  to  be  more  doing 
in  this  line  than  ever  before.

Good  Clothes  as  a  Business  Proposition.
The  well-dressed  man  always  has  the 
advantage  where  other things  are  equal; 
even  the  brilliant  fellow  is  handicapped 
in  the  presence  of  a  well-dressed  fool. 
That  may  seem  a  strong  statement,  but 
it 
is  the  truth  that  the  first  appeal  a 
stranger  makes  is  through  the  dress  that 
he  wears,  and  the  appearance  of  famil­
iar  people  is  more  effective  when  they 
are  wearing  better  habiliments  than 
those  in  which  they  are  wont  to  be seen. 
The  most  familiar  figure  of  town  or 
village  immediately  awakens  new  inter­
est  and  favorable  comment  the  moment 
he  appears  in  a  new  suit,  and,  pooh  at 
the  proposition  as  much  as  we  will, 
there  is  no  denying  that  the  public  esti­
mation  of  such  a  figure  at  once  rises. 
The  well-groomed  stranger  attracts  and 
holds  attention  long  after  the  ordinary 
person  has  been  forgotten,  and  the 
im­
pressions  of  a  new  acquaintance  binge 
very  greatly  on  the  manner  in  which  he 
is  dressed.

it  that 

Such  sentiments  may  not  be  of  the 
Franklin  or  Jeffersonian  kind,  but  they 
are  true  in  the  everyday  happenings  of 
the  human  race,  especially  the  portion 
of 
inhabits  the  United  States. 
Every  one  who  reads  this will remember 
where  and  when  some  one has impressed" 
him  by  the  manner  of  good  apparel, 
and  can  follow  that  reasoning  to  his  in­
dividual  position.

By  this  is  not  meant  the  dandy  or the 
dude,  for  neither  of  them  can  be  called 
well  dressed—they  are  usually  over 
dressed— but  the  people  who  have  care 
about  their clothing  and  wear  it  as  gen­
tlemen  and 
ladies.  Well  dressed  does 
not  mean  silk  and  broadcloth  continu­
ously ;  it  means  the  conservative  use  of 
common  sense  in  buying  and  wearing 
that  which  is  becoming  and  modest,that 
which 
is  unobtrustive  and  yet  distinc­
tive.

To  no  class  of  people  can  this  doc­
trine  be  preached  for a  better  purpose 
than  to  the  merchants  and  clerks  behind 
the  counters  of  the  stores  all  over  the 
country. 
These  people  are  not  now 
ragamuffins  and  slouches,  but  there  are 
too  many  of  them  who  neglect  some

part  of their dress  which  if  made  more 
pleasing  would  serve  as  one of the levers 
that  could  tip  business  their  way.

It is  true that  goods  and  prices  are  the 
great  magnets  which  draw  trade,  but  it 
is  also true  that  back  of them  are  many 
conditions  of  the  store  and  the  people 
who  are  there  employed,  either  as  own­
ers  or  salesmen,  that  help  forward  saies, 
serve  to  bring  in  strangers  and  give  an 
air  of  greater  respectability  and  confi­
dence  to  the  whole  place.  Each  one 
can  take 
it  home  to  himself.  Which 
would  he  prefer—to  be  waited  on  by  a 
young  man  wearing  a  coat  with  greasy 
collar,a  dirty  shirt  and  a  pair  of  muddy 
shoes,  or  a  young  man  whose  clothes 
are  clean  and  look  as  though  they  had 
been  pressed  sometime  and whose  shoes 
have  been  recently  polished? 
It  costs 
little  to  be  clean,  it  costs  little  to  wrear 
clothes  that  make  the wearer presentable 
before  anybody.  And  as  a  pure  business 
proposition,  it  pays  every  time.
Depend for Employes on a Central B ureau.
A  number  of  St.  Paul  firms  have 
signed  an  agreement  pledging  them­
selves  to  employ  no  person  except  those 
recommended  by 
a  central  bureau 
created  for  that  purpose  and  now  in 
operation.  The  promoters  of  the  plan 
are  confident  that  through  its  operations 
the members subscribing to its conditions 
can  be  supplied  immediately  with  com­
petent,  safe  and 
employes. 
Nearly  all  trades  are  represented.  Of 
course,  the  manager  of  the  bureau  gets 
his  commission.  An  applicant furnished 
fee  of  $2. 
with  employment  pays  a 
Should  a  young  man  apply  directly  to  a 
firm  he 
is  turned  over  to the  bureau. 
The  applicant’s  standing  and ability are 
investigated  by  a  confidential  afgent, 
and  if  the  applicant  is  approved  he 
is 
accepted  by  the  firm,  and  the  young 
man  pays  his  fee.

careful 

Don’t
buy
an
Awning 
until 
you get 
our 
prices.

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

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and  we  will  send  samples  and  bottom  prices. 

CHAS.  A.  COYE

11  Pearl  S treet' 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

NO  MORE  DUST!

No more wet sawdust or sprinkling.

Clean, Quick, Easy Sweeping. 

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W e  are  ready  to  show  you  thtough  this  department.  Our 
Spring  line  is  complete.  Ask  our  salesmen  all  about  the 
It  is  something  extra  good  for  little  money. 
“ Ami ”   Silk. 

Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. 

Wholesale Dry Goods,  Grand  gapids,  Mich. 

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Easter  Novelties 

in  Petticoats

Black  Mercerized  Petticoats  made  of  fast  black  imported  mer­
cerized  sateen,  with  plaited  and  ruffled  flounces  full  width  and 
newest  shaped  top.  Sizes  from  38  to  42  inches  long.

Prices  from  $9  00  to  $36.00  per  dozen.
Write  for  sample  skirts.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS

Wholesale  Dry  Goods 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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W indow  Dressing

Seasonable  Suggestions  Relative  to  W in­

dow  Trims.

Keen  merchants  are  well  aware  that  it 
is  highly  unadvisable  to  trim  windows 
during the  daytime  unless  it  is absolute­
ly  necessary.  All  window  trimming 
should  be  done  at  night  or  early  in  the 
morning  before  people  are  about.  Now 
it  stands  to  reason  that,  if  the  trimmer 
must  work  late  at  night,  he  should  have 
that  fact  considered  in allotting his work 
during  the  day.  A  fair  man  who  is 
generous  with  his  help  will  not  expect  a 
trimmer  to  work  late  at  night  and  then 
work  as  hard  during  the  day  as  his  fel­
lows  who  do  not  work  over  hours. 
If 
you  wonder  why  your  clerks  do  not  care 
to  trim  windows,  ask  yourself  whether 
you  do  not  give  them  cause  to  complain 
in  this  respect.  Generous  treatment  of 
your  trimmer  or  trimmers  is  the  only 
way  to  get  the  best  work  from  them.

*  *  *

Now  that  you  are  beginning  to  plan 
your  Easter trim,  make  it  a  point  as  far 
as  possible  to  use  new  units  of  display. 
You  are  going  to  put 
in  windows  of 
new  goods.  You  want  to  produce  an 
entirely  new, 
fresh,  clean,  original 
effect,  not  only  with  the  goods  you  show 
but  in  your  window  design  and  by  the 
method 
in  which  you  show  the  goods. 
Therefore  study  up  some  of  the  units 
of  display  which  you  have  often  seen 
but  have  never  used.  Let  every  single 
piece  of  goods  that  you  show  be  ar­
ranged 
in  an  original  manner.  Some 
men  show  new  neckwear,  for  instance, 
always  displayed  in  the  same  old forms. 
It  detracts 
from  the  newness  of  the 
goods.  Avoid  this  mistake  by  making 
sure  that  you  have  not  fallen  into  a  rut.

Perhaps  you  have  fixed  habits  to  an 
extent  that  will  surprise  you  when  you 
come  to  consider  the  matter.

*  *  *

it 

You  are  soon  going  to  use  flowers 

in 
your  windows.  Did  you  ever  stop  to 
consider  that 
is  not  every  man  who 
has  the  faculty  for  arranging  flowers  so 
that  they  are  attractive  to  the  eye? 
If 
you  are  not  certain  of  your  powers  in 
this  respect,  pay  a  visit  to  the  florist 
and  find  out  by  question  and  observa­
tion  of  his  methods  of  work  how  to  ar­
range  flowers  so  that  their  full  beauty 
will  be  seen.  And  when  you  come  to 
put 
in  your  window,  especially  if  you 
are  unaccustomed  to  this  kind  of  work, 
get  the  criticism  and  assistance  of  some 
florist  on  the  arrangement  of  your  flow­
ers.  Perhaps  you  have  some  lady  friend 
who  will  be  able  to  give  those  few  deft 
touches  that  are  required.  This  is  a 
small  matter.  But  unless  you  are  up  to 
doing 
it  properly  your  entire  window 
may  be  spoiled.

*  *  *

it 

Sometimes 

is  not  desired  to  dress 
the  window  in  any  other way  than  that 
known  as  a  plain  trim  and  yet  some 
further ornamentation  is  desired.  This 
can  be  easily  secured  by  building  an 
arch  close  to  the  glass  of  the  window. 
Thin  strips  of  poplar  are  covered  with 
cloth  and  bent  from  the  sides  of  the 
window 
in  the  curve  required.  From 
these  strips  of  wood  to  the  top  of  the 
window  frame  strips  of  wide  tape  or 
cloth  are  tacked.  White  and  green 
cloth  can  be  used 
in  this  interlacing 
lattice  work  effect  and  they  give  a  very 
finished 
look  to  the  upper  part  of the 
window,  which  is  usually  bare  of  deco­
ration.  For  an  accessory  to  a  plain 
Easter trim  of  this  sort  eggs can he  used 
in  this  way.  The  eggs  are  blown  and

after  having  been  thoroughly  dried  are 
strung  on  narrow  strips  of  ribbon,which 
are  tied  in  a  knot  at the lower end of  the 
egg.  The  eggs  thus  strung  are attached 
to  the  arch  at  short  intervals,  thus  form­
ing  a  kind  of  pendant  fringe  to  the 
arch.  Eggs  thus  mounted  can  be  col­
ored and  attached  to  the various window 
fixtures  or hung  from  the  ceiling  of  the 
window.

♦  *  *

it 

When  different  articles  o f  the  same 
general 
line  are  being  shown  together 
in  a  window  it  is  sometimes  a  problem 
how  to  impress  on  customers  the  differ­
ence  in  values  and  prices  between  arti­
cles  that  at  a  hasty  glance  seem  alike. 
One  of  the  best  ways  to  do  it  is  to  use 
different  colored  price  cards  or  ribbons 
for  the  different  lines  of  goods.  For  in­
stance,  suppose that you are showing  two 
lines  of  black  cheviot  suits  in  the  win­
dow,  one  line  worth  twelve  dollars  and 
the  other  eighteen.  Behind  the  plate 
glass  both 
look  alike  to  the  customer 
and  the  difference  between  the  suits  is 
not  impressed  on  his  mind. 
In  such  a 
case 
is  well  to  attach  to  all  twelve- 
dollar suits  a  knot  of  blue  ribbon.  To 
all  eighteen-dollar  suits  attach  a  knot  of 
yellow  ribbon.  Then  put  a  card  in  the 
window  which  says,  “ All  blue  ribbon 
suits  are  twelve  dollars.  All yellow  rib­
bon  suits  are  eighteen  dollars.’ ’  By  this 
means  the  difference  between  the  two 
grades  is  fixed  on  the  mind  of  the  spec­
tator and  he  carries  away  no  false  ideas 
about  the  goods  and  their  respective 
prices.  As  a  usual  thing  it  is  bad  pol­
icy  to  show  such  lines  as  the  above  to­
gether,  as  the  customer  does  not  distin­
guish  the  difference  readily,  but  by  this 
method  there 
is  even  an  advantage  in 
showing  together  goods  of  different 
values,  but  of  an  apparent  similarity.

It 

A  drapery  material  that  is  very  popu­
is  made  of  different  colored 
lar  now 
pieces  of  silk  sewed  together  just  as 
rags  used  to  be  sewed  together  for  rag 
carpet  and  woven  in  the  same  manner. 
Sometimes  strips  of  tinsel  braid  are  in­
terspersed  among  the  strips  of  silk  and 
the  warp  is  many  colored.  The  fabric 
gives a  very  rich  and  novel  effect  and  it 
would  undoubtedly  commend 
itself  to 
the  trimmer  wishing  something  strange 
and  novel  for a  background. 
is  re­
markable  how  brilliantly  a  single  piece 
of  richly  colored  stuff  will  show  up 
against  a  background  of  perfectly  plain 
color. 
Some  clothing  windows,  with 
their  dull,  dark-colored  goods,  need  just 
this  sort  of  lighting  up  that  comes  from 
the  use  of  a  little  rich,  brilliant  colored 
drapery.  For  spring  trims  vines  are 
exceedingly  appropriate. 
After  you 
have  put  in  your  spring  trim,  having 
the  floor and  back  of  the  window draped 
with  white  and  light  green  cloth,  spread 
vines  loosely  about  among  the  articles 
that  you  are  displaying.  This  is  the 
sole  touch  of  ornamentation  that  your 
window  will  need.  Or,  if  you  have  used 
vines  often  before,  treat  your  window 
in  the  same  manner  with  bunches  of 
violets  or  single  violets,  natural  or ar­
tificial. 
It  requires  no  particular  art  to 
strew  a  few  bright  flowers  about  among 
your  units  of  display,  and  they  are  an 
immense  help 
in  giving  thé  window 
that  desirable  spring-like  freshness.— 
Apparel  Gazette.

For  Use  in  tbe  Futnre.

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you  need  never  expect  me  to  come  to 
see  you.
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Daughter—Just 

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Mrs.  Henpeck—What  for?
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Shoes  and  Rubbers

How  to Condnct a  Shoe  D epartm ent.
One  must  be  in  touch  with  the  class 
of  trade  his  store  does  business  with.  If 
you  are 
in  a  store  where  they  do  a 
charge  business  you  naturally  will  sell 
more  fine  shoes  and  novelties.

The  one  who  bandies  medium  price 
that 
goods  and  staples 
is  the  man 
makes  the  money.  My  advice 
is  let 
the  other  man  carry  these  specialties. 
You  will  find  it  is  always  the  high price 
shoes  and  specialties  that  you  have  to 
reduce  and  lose  money  on. 
In  medium 
price  goods,  even  if  circumstances  are 
against  you,  you  can  always  get  your 
money  back.  But 
it  is  never the  case 
with  high  price  shoes.

Selling  shoes 

in  a  department  store 
and  selling  shoes  in  a  regular shoe  store 
are  as  much  difference  as  there  is  be­
tween  day  and  night.

I  have  had  fifteen  years’  experience 
in  one  of the  largest  shoe  stores  east  of 
New  York  and  at  present  am  in  the 
largest  department  store  west  of  New 
York. 
In  every  city  business  is  differ­
ent  in  some  respects  from  others.  Some 
cities  form  department  stores,  others  do 
not,

The  average  person  looks  to  the  de­
partment  store  to  sell  shoes cheaper than 
the  regular  shoe  store,  or to  give  them 
better  values.  A  department  buyer,  if 
he  is  of  the  right  kind,  can  do  this.  A 
man  need  not  be  above  the  average  to 
do  this.  All  it  requires  is  a  man  with 
a  little  common  sense  and  good 
judg­
ment.

The  advantages  of  a  shoe  department 
over  a  regular  shoe  store  are  many. 
For  instance,  the  advertising.  Some 
departments  will  have  an  advertisement 
in  the  paper  one  day,  and  other de­
partments  next  day.  All  these  bring 
people  to  the  store.

If  you  have  shoes  on  tables  or  in  bins 
in  a  conspicuous  place  where 
these 
customers  see  them  and  they  are  cheap, 
they  may  not  buy  a  pair  then,  but  they 
will  remember  it  and  when  they  want  a 
pair of  shoes  they  will  look  you  up.  A 
department  store  can  not  get along with­
out  tables  or  bins.  These  tables  will 
sell  as  much  for  you  as  any  salesman 
you  have,  not  only  that  but  will  get  rid 
of  any  old  stock  you  may  have  on hand.
The  theory  I  go  by  is,  what  a  custom­
er can’t  see  she  won’t  buy.  The  aver­
age  salesman  will  always  show  new 
goods,  the  old  ones  stay  on  the  shelves. 
If  you  put  your  odd  lots  in  your bins 
they  will  be  sold.  People 
look  upon 
those  in  bins  as  bargains. 
I  have  seen 
many  a  woman  who  would  not  buy  a 
pair  unless  they  came  off  the table.  The 
way  to  give  the  public  bargains  is to 
go  to  the  market  three  or  four times  a 
year and  buy  floor goods  from  the  man­
ufacturers.  One  can  buy  floor goods  35 
per  cent,  cheaper  than  regular  goods.

A  buyer of  a  shoe  department  must 
know  his  stock  thoroughly.  He  can  not 
know  it  too  well.  He  must  work  in 
it, 
see  what  sells  and  what  does  not,  must 
be  familiar  with  it,  and  when  a  job  is 
offered  him  he  must  know  if  he  can  use 
it  or  not.

A  department  buyer  can  not  walk  the 
floor  and 
look  wise  and  never sell  any 
shoes  and  then  buy  shoes  intelligently 
any  more  than  a  man  can  run  his  busi­
ness  without  keeping  track  of  his  bank 
account.

The  public 

looks  to  a  department 
store  to  give  them  something  better  for 
the  same  money  than  a  regular  shoe 
store,  and  one  must  do  it  if  he  wants

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

his  department  to  be  successful.  One 
may  ask,  ‘ ‘ How  am  I  to  offer the  public 
better  values  than  my  neighbor?”

Easy  enough !  Buy  jobs  and  buy  all 
you  can  get.  But,  mind  you,  buy  them 
cheap  and  only  what  sizes  and  widths 
you  can  use.  A  job  is  never  cheap  un­
less  you  can  use  the  sizes  to  advantage. 
I  would  not  buy  one  pair of  shoes  at  10 
the  dollar  if  I  have  not  a 
cents  on 
place  for  it. 
In  other  words  shoes  are 
never  cheap  unless  you  have  a  place  for 
them.

When  you  buy  regular  goods  always 
size  up  with  your  job  goods. 
In  that 
way  you  never  will  accumulate too many 
of  one  size.  It  is  a  buyer’s  duty  to  keep 
his stock in such shape that be can always 
handle  a  job  to  advantage.  He  wants  to 
keep  his  stock  in  such  a  shape  that  he 
can  always  turn  his  stock  over  at  least 
once  every  two  months,  or  six  times  a 
year.

The  way  to  keep  your stock  low  is 
never  bite  off  more  than  you  can  chew. 
If  you  get  the  money  you  will  never 
find  any  trouble  getting  goods.  Never 
think  that  the  price  is  going  to  rise  and 
it  is  a  bargain.  As  I  said  before,  noth­
ing  is  a  bargain  except  what you actual­
ly  need.  Order  small  and  often,  never 
order  by  case  lots  or  dozens,  but  size  up 
from  your  stock.  Beware  of  small  sizes. 
The  way  to  figure  is,  say  you  are  doing 
$100,000  business  a  year,  your  stock 
ought  never  be  over  $18,000 and  ought 
to  average  about  $16,000,  some  months 
more  and  some  months  less.

To  keep  it  this  way  you  can  not  order 
six  months  ahead  of  time  as  is  the  cus­
tom  with  a  good  many  buyers.  But  or­
der only  when  you  are  in  need  of goods. 
You  can  not  tell  when  something  might 
come  up  to  block  trade.  Then  you  are 
found  with  lots  of  goods  on  hand you  do 
not  need.

You  may  figure  ahead  this  w ay:  Say 
you  did  a  business  of $8,000  last year  in 
March  and  this  March  you  intend  to 
make 
it  $8,500.  Then,  as  your  stock 
must  not  be  over $16,000,  if  your  stock 
the  first  of  March  stands  you  $12,000 
you  know  you  can  only  have  $4,000 
worth  of  goods  come  in  during  March. 
Should  you  run  $9,000 during  the  month 
so  much  the  better for you.

Have  your  shoes all  marked  in French 
sizes  so  you  can  fit  your  customers’  feet 
and  not  their heads.  Have  every  pair 
of  shoes  in  your  department  marked  on 
the  bottom  with  size  and  mate  number. 
For example,  a  3^  C  at  the  toe  of  each 
shoe  353-100,  a  4  B  402-100;  thus  you 
will  avoid  selling  mismates  and  when 
putting  shoes 
in  stock  after  showing 
them  you  will  not  have  to  look  inside  of 
shoe  for the  size  but  will  have  it  before 
you.

Another  advantage 

is,  when  you  re­
ceive  the  shoes  from  the factory,making 
them  give  you  an  opportunity  of  exam­
ining  each  shoe  before  selling  them.

Adopt  a 

certain  carton 

for  your 
Shelves  to  your  own 
liking  and  when 
you  order  your shoes  send  a  sample  to 
your  manufacturer  and  he  will  send  you 
cartons  just  like  those  you  have  and 
they  will  all  be  uniform.  Then  when 
your shoes  come  in  all  you  have  to do  is 
to  mark  them  and  put  them  on  your 
shelves.

Have  your  own  name  put  on  all  your 
shoes.  Allow  no  manufacturer’s  name 
to  appear  as  you  want  to  advertise  your 
own  shoes  and  not  some  one  else’s.

Arrange  your stock  on  shelves  so  your 
salesmen  can  find  just  what  is  wanted 
and  not  have  it  happen  that  when  a cus­
tomer  comes  into  the  store  the  salesman 
has  to  look  around  and  ask  someone

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Duck and Waterproof Leggins, Lumbermen’s Socks, Leather 
tops,  all  heights,  etc.,  etc.  Send  for  our  Shoe  Catalogue 
for spring. 
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W ait  and  see  our  agents  before  placing  your order  for  fall.
They  will  call  on  you  in  time  for  you  to  take  advantage  of 
the  lowest  price.  Ask  them  about  new  things  for  fall.

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No.  7705.  Men’s  Vtct. 

$2.00.

Order  a  dozen  of  this  shoe 
and  if  not  just  as  represented 
we  will  pay  the  freight  both 
ways.  No  risk  in  that, 
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EDWARDS-STANWOOD  SHOE  CO.,

Monroe  and  Franklin  Streets,  Chicago,  III.

Whirlwind

of a shoe

Our  Men’s  Vici  Shoes 
made  in  our  own  fac­
tory  will  blow  a  gale 
of  business  your  way. 
Try them.  Price $1.60.
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Shoe 6o„
Makers of Shoes,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

where  a  certain  shoe  is.  When  he  does 
he  loses  the  confidence  of  the  customer 
and  has  a  hard  time  selling  her.

The  arrangement  of  your  stock  de­
pends  entirely  on  the  room  you  have. 
One  may  begin  with 
ladies’  shoes  in 
highest  price,  and  smallest  size  on  the 
bottom  shelf,  sizes  running  up  on  the 
tier  of  shelves.  Then  the  next  price, 
and  so  on  until  the  shoes  run  out,  hav­
ing  the  cheapest  shoes  out  of  reach  of 
salesmen, 
and  highest  priced  shoes 
where  they  can  get  them  easy.  Do  like­
wise  with  men’s,  children’s,  boys’,  etc.
Have  your  boxes  marked  with  num­
in  place  of  description  on  boxes. 
bers 
For'example : 
It  is  easier to  mark  box 
“ No.  ioo"  than  write  “ Ladies’  patent 
leather,  Oxford,  Louis  XIV.  heel.”

If  you  find  a  customer  is  hard  to 
please  have  the  salesman  turn  her  over 
to  an  older salesman  in  the  department. 
The  head  of  the  department 
should 
know  at  all  times  why  a  customer did 
not  buy.

It  pays  to  have  a  good  salesman,  one 
that  knows  how  to  fit  shoes.  A  man 
may  be  capable  of  suiting  a  customer 
and  not  fit  her.  He  may  sell  her  a  shoe 
once  and  never again.  That  is  child’s 
play.  Salesmen  must  know  how  to  fit 
different  feet  if  they  expect  to  make 
good  salesmen.  Never  allow a customer 
to  come 
into  your  department  and  sit 
down  without  speaking  to  her,  no  mat­
ter  how  busy  you  are.. 
If  you  do  not, 
ninety-nine  cases  out  of  a  hundred  she 
will  walk  out  and  never  enter  your  de­
partment  again.

If  at  any  time  a  customer gets  a  pair 
of  shoes  she  did  not  think  wore  her  sat­
isfactorily,  by  all  means  satisfy  her 
some  way.  Do  not  let  her  go  away 
dissatisfied.  If  you  do  she  may  not  only 
not buy  shoes in your store but may never 
buy  anything  else.

have  to  go to  another  part  of  the  store.
Use  system  in  advertising  during  dull 
months.  Do  not  advertise  high  price 
shoes  and  in  busy  months  vice  versa.

In  short,  there  must  be  a  system  from 
end  to end.  And  with  a  system,  be 
it 
ever  so  poor,  with  good  honest  work, 
and  faithfulness  to  business,  success 
is 
stamped  on  the  manager’s  brow.  Give 
all  your time  to  your  department.  Don’t 
bother  about  your  neighbor’s.  With  a 
little  common  sense  along  with  good 
judgment  your  department  will  be  a 
success.—W.  T.  Moore 
in  Boot  and 
Shoe  Recorder.

Opening of the Spring and Sum m er Season.
There  are  few  dealers  or  managers 
who  have  not  complained  of  this  win­
ter’s  trade.  The  demand  for  shoes  has 
not  been  as  strong  as  had  been  antici­
pated.  The  result  is  that  retailers  look 
for a  very  early  spring  trade,  and  there 
are  many  signs  of  an  early  spring 
throughout  the  country.

Easter  is  one  week  earlier this  year 
than  it  was  last.  This  will  naturally 
give the  impetus  to  the  trade  that  is  de­
sired.  People  have  not  bought  shoes 
during  the  past  winter  with  their  usual 
freedom  and  they  must  certainly,  by 
this  time,  have almost  reached  the  limit 
of  the  wear  of  the  shoes  they  have  on 
hand. 
It  will  be  a  positive  necessity 
for  them  to  supply  themselves  with 
shoes  at  Easter time, unless they  wish  to 
go  around  absolutely  “ upon  their  up­
pers.”   A  good  shoe  season  naturally 
follows  a  poor  one,  especially  when 
business  is  good  in  all  other  branches. 
If  people  have  money  they  are  bound  to 
spend  it,  and  men  and  women  alike  pay 
attention  to  the  footwear  each  spring 
season. 
It  is  now  “ up  to  the  retailers”  
to  prepare  themselves  properly  for  the 
trade  which  is  bound  to come.

I  am  a  thorough  believer  in  advertis­
ing,  but  in  daily  papers  only.  By  all 
means  do  not  advertise  anything  you 
have  not  got,  or  advertise 
in  such  a 
way  as  to  lead  a  customer to think  you 
have  one  thing  when  you  have  another. 
As  the  old  saying  goes,  “ You  can  fool 
some  of  the  people  all  the  time  and  all 
the  people  part  of  the  time,  but  you 
can’t  fool  all  the  people  all  the  tim e.”  
Have  a  special  sale  once  a  month  and 
give  values  that  will  be  talked  about. 
There  is  no  better advertisement for you 
than  to  sell  a  customer  a  pair  of  shoes 
she 
is  satisfied  with  and  which  are  a 
bargain.  She  tells  her  neighbor  and  her 
neighbor  tells  her  neighbor  and  so  you 
get  the  public  talking  about  you  and 
your  sales  and  they  will  wait  for  them.
Do  not  have  a  sale  every  week.  Once 
a  month  is  often  enough. 
If  you  have 
them  too  often  people  will  lose  confi­
dence 
in  them.  When  you  have  a  sale 
be  sure  and  give  them  good  values. 
That  is  where  the  jobs  I  spoke  of  above 
will  come  in  to  advantage.

Never  allow  a  salesman  to  take  down 
a  carton  and  let  it  lie  on  the  counter. 
When  a  salesman  takes  a  shoe  out  of the 
carton  he  must  put  it  back  where  he  got 
it.  There  must  be  a  system  in  running 
a  shoe  department.  Without 
it  your 
chances  for  success  are  very  slim.  You 
might  as  well  try  to  run  a  steamboat 
without  a  pilot.

There  must  be  a  system  from  end  to 
If  you  do 
end  in  a  shoe  department. 
not  have  it  be  sure  and  adopt  one. 
It 
will  save  you  labor  and  expense.  There 
must  be  a  system  in  running  your  shoes 
on  your  shelves  so  when  your  salesmen 
look  for a  4  B,  $2.50 shoe  at  one  place 
and  go  for  another  pair  the  same  price 
and  kind,  different  make,  they  won’t

The 

ink  will  hardly  be  dry  on  this 
sheet  when  an  increase  will  assert  itself 
in  your business.  Do  not  hold  off  too 
long  with  your spring  buying.  Remem­
ber  that  you  must  have  the  shoes,  and 
this  being  the  case,  you  might  better 
have  them  a  week  in  advance  than  not 
have  them  when  the  demand  is  upon 
you.

If  you 

You  will  find  an  extra  strong  demand 
for  patent  kid  and  patent  calf,  both  in 
high  boots  and  oxford  ties.  Do  not 
push  this  style  of  leather  in  turn  soles. 
The  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  have 
come  out  flatfooted  and  declared  that 
they  will  not  guarantee  patent  calf  or 
patent  kid. 
intend  to  protect 
yourselves  sell  these  shoes  with  welted 
soles,  and  then  be  sure  you  have  fitted 
your  customers  perfectly  before 
they 
leave  the  store.  Get  them  to  understand 
that  you  are  not  responsible  for those 
shoes  and  impress  upon  them  the  neces­
sity  of  keeping  some  kind  of  a  form 
in 
the  shoes  when  they  are  off  the  feet.  A 
little  point  of this kind  very often  mate­
rially  assists  you  in  your  business  and 
prevents  the  necessity  of  an  adjustment 
later.

In  kid  shoes  the  demand  will  be 
strongest  for those  with  patent  tips,  toes 
slightly  narrower than  those  which  were 
fashionable  last  year, heels  a  little  high­
er and  soles  two  or  three 
irons  lighter. 
This  grade  of  shoe  is  profitable  to  you 
and  their  sale  should  be  promoted  at 
all  times.  You  will  also  find  a  combi­
nation  of  mat  kid  tops  and  kid  vamps 
popular this  season,  more  so  among  the 
turn  soles. 
In  oxford  ties  the  demand 
will  contrast  very  much  with  that  for 
high  shoes,  although  there  will  be  an 
increased  demand  for  patent 
leather 
It  is  doubtful  if the  re­
over  last  year. 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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tailer will  sell  as  many  kid  oxford  ties 
as 
last  season,  although  the  rule  bolds 
good  with  these,  as  with  the  high  boot. 
They  are  a  “ bread  and  butter  shoe,”  
and  the  style  from  which  you  will  have 
the  least  complaint.

Wax  calf  oxfords  will  he  in  increased 
demand,  particularly for golfing.  Do  not 
fight  shy  of  your tan  oxford  ties.  One 
hot  spell  will  be  sufficient  to  remind 
the  customer  of  the  comfort  of the shoes 
in  past  seasons.  Patent 
leather  will 
then  be  cast  aside,  and  during  June, 
July  and  August, tan Russia  calf  and  tan 
kid  ties  will  be  worn  almost  to  the  ex­
clusion  of  all  others.

We  write  this  market  from  past  ex­
perience  and  from  the  demands  upon 
the  retailer  so  far  that  this  season  in­
dicates.

Customers  going  to  the  summer  re­
sorts  are  bound  to  carry  tan  shoes  with 
them.  Children’s  and  misses’,  boys' 
and  youths’  tan  shoes  have  been ordered 
in  quantities  this  year  by  the  retailer 
far  in  excess  of  last.  Tennis  oxfords 
will  be  used  for  morning  shoes  by  the 
“ little  brothers  of  the  rich.”   Good 
“ sneakers”   are  always  in  demand,  and 
is  surprising  how  few  dealers  have 
it 
placed  them 
in  stock  when  they  know 
that  an  active  call  is  just  ahead of them. 
More  special  orders  are  taken  during 
the  summer season  for this  class  of  shoe 
than  for any  other.  It  is  about time  the 
retailer  woke  up  and  laid 
in  sufficient 
stock  to  meet  the  wants  of  his  custom­

ers.  The  outlay 
turn  over  is  very  satisfactory.

is  very  small  and  the 

Yachting  oxfords  will  be  sold  this 
year  in  goodly  numbers,  as  an 
im­
portant  meet  of  any  character  always 
gives  an  impetus  to that branch of  sport. 
Accordingly,  the  international  yachting 
race  will  cause  a  more  active  season 
than  we  have  seen  since  the  last  Colum­
bia  and  Shamrock  races.

While  golfing  is  not  less  popular  than 
it  was  a  year ago,the  real  golf  shoe  will 
not  be  sold  with  the  same  freedom. 
There  are  many  double  sole  shoes  worn 
now  which  can  be  converted,  by  the 
aid  of  a few  nails,  into golf  shoes.  They 
take  the  place  of  golf  boots,  the  rubber 
disks  of  which  are  continually  falling 
out,  allowing  water to  enter.

Almost  any  double-sole  boot  is  prac­
tically  waterproof,  which 
is  one  of  the 
most  essential  features  to  the  person 
traversing  the  golf  links.

Lawn  tennis  has  already  taken  a  new 
lease  of  life,  as  is  shown  by  the  games 
being  played,  both  in  the  South  and 
in 
England. 
It  is  also  less  expensive  and 
much  less  trying  than  golf, which  causes 
it  to appeal  to  many  people.

The  visit  of  the  international  cham­
pions  to  this  country  this  season  will 
also  encourage  this  sport.  Therefore, 
tennis  shoes,  no  doubt,  will  sell  with 
something 
like  the  same  freedom  they 
did  four  years  ago.—Shoe  Retailer.

Tricksters 

fools.

in  trade  are  simply  smart 

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Our  Prices are  lower. 
Our Quality is higher.
Our  Styles are the  latest.
It will pay you to wait.

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Jo  W e  sell  Goodyear  Glove  35  &   10  per  cent.
So  and Old Colony Rubbers 35-10-10 & 5 per cent.
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TH E  W ASAM AKER  SYSTEM.

M ethods  o f One  o f  A m erica's  Most  Suc­

cessful  M erchants.

The  past  decade  has  witnessed  a  re­
markable  development  of  all  branches 
of  mercantile  pursuits.  Crude  and  un­
organized  methods  have  gradually  dis­
appeared  and  the  management  of  mod­
ern  stores  has  been  reduced  to  an  exact 
science.  The  progress  in  shoe  buying 
and  shoe  selling  has  kept  step  with  the 
forward  march  of  other  pursuits.  Years 
ago,  in  the  days  of  our  fathers,  the  shoe 
business  was,  as  a  rule,  unsystematic. 
The various  details  were  looked  after  by 
the  more  or  less  competent  proprietor or 
by  some  indifferent  clerk.  Advertising 
a  retail  store  through  newspapers  and 
attractive  window  displays  was  a  prac­
tice  not  much  indulged  in  even  by  the 
most  progressive  merchants  of  the  day.
The  times  have  changed.  Fogy  meth­
ods  of  store  management,  antiquated 
ideas  of  advertising,  poorly  ventilated 
shops  and  slovenly  shop-keepers  have 
all  given  way  to  a  higher  and  better 
plan  of  action.  The  shoe  store  of  to-day 
stands  out  in  sharp  contrast  to  the dingy 
establishment  of  years  ago.  The  buy­
ing  and  selling  of  stock  are  distinct 
features  of  the  modern  store,  the  com­
fort  and  convenience  of  customers  care­
fully  considered,  advertising  is  deemed 
indispensable,  and  the  building  up  of  a 
profitable  trade  forms  an 
important 
study.

Typically  the  2otb  centurv  store  em­
bodying  all  the  essentials  of  successful 
shoe  selling  is  the Wanamaker establish­
ment.

The  Wanamaker  concern  gains  its 
tremendous  purchasing  powers  in  the 
shoe  world  through  having  important 
establishments 
in  Philadelphia  and 
New  York.  The  New  York  store  is  a 
mighty  power  in 
itself,  consisting  of 
three  distinct  shoe  stores.  The  regular 
store  is  located  on  the  main  floor  and 
occupies  a great area.  High-grade men’s 
and  women’ s  shoes  and  slippers  and  a 
complete  assortment  of  boys’,  youths’, 
misses’  and  children’s  goods  are  car­
in  the  better  grades.  The  base­
ried 
ment  store 
is  a  favorite  resort  for  bar­
gain  seekers.  Here  are  gathered  all 
sorts  of  women’s  and  children’s  good 
shoes,  all  marked  at  reduced  figures. 
This  department  was  established  as  an 
outlet  to  the  regular  store  and  seeks  to 
dispose  of  slow-moving  lines  and  odds 
and  ends.

The  auxiliary  store,  recently  opened 
at  the  southwest  comer  of  4th  avenue 
and  9th  street,  directly  opposite  the 
Wanamaker  building,  is  devoted  to  the 
sale  of  bargain  shoes  for  men  and  boys. 
The  opening  of  this  store  created  a  tre­
mendous  sensation  among  the  shoe trade 
of  New  York,  and  was  a  signal  for great 
crowds  to  congregate  as  if  by  magic. 
From  the  opening  day,  Sept.  22,  1900, 
this  store  has  been  a  scene  of  almost 
constant  activity.

As  will  readily  be  seen,  these  three 
stores  consume  an  enormous  amount  of 
stock  annually,  and  create  a  mighty 
purchasing  power,  equaled  by  none.

The  name  of  Wanamaker  is  an  open 
sesame  in  the  most  important  shoe  mar­
kets  of  the 
land,  and  concessions  de­
nied  to  others  are  readily  obtained.

Andrew  C.  McGawin,  the  buyer  for 
the  combined  stores,  possesses  remark­
able  advantage  for  buying  goods  at  a 
close  figure, 
it  is  not  unusual  for  him 
to  buy  50,000  or  100,000  pairs  of  shoes 
at  one  time  and  he  often  moves  great 
quantities  of  goods 
from  the  Boston, 
Lynn  and  New  York  markets.

Two  systems  are 

in  vogue  at  Wana- 
maker’s :  The  first  is  to  buy  quantities 
of  shoes  at  as  low  figures  as  possible, 
and  sell  them  accordingly  at  a  margin 
above  cost.  This  is  the  method  pursued 
with  all  regularly  jobbed  goods.

The  other  system  consists  of fixing  a 
popular  price  and  seeing  how much shoe 
value  can  be  gotten  for  it.

The  first  method  reacts  on  the  small 
retailer to a  great  extent,  as  he  can  not 
buy  in  limited  lots  to  such  good  advan­
tage. 
In  this  case,  the  jobber or  man­
ufacturer also  feels  the  influence,  for he 
can  not  convert  his  big  lot  of  stock  into 
cash  unless  hs  shades  the  price.  More 
is  willing  to  sell  his  goods  in
often  be 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

a  big  lot  at  cost  or even  less  than  cost, 
for  he  is  always  sure  of  a  prompt  remit­
tance.

lasting  and 

Frank  Beamish,  who  with  M.  J.  Cros- 
son  has  charge  of  the  New  York  shoe 
interests,  explained  his  methods  of  se­
lecting  styles  for  the  main  floor shoe 
store :  “ We  confine  ourselves  to as  few 
accounts  as  possible,’ ’  said  Mr.  Beam­
ish. 
“ We  feel  our  way  very  carefully 
on  novelties  and  insist  on  absolute  per­
fection  of 
fitting  on  all 
goods,  staple  and  otherwise.  We  often 
remodel  a  new  shoe;  that  is,  we  change 
last 
the  style  of  toe  or tip,  improve  the 
and  make  other  alterations,  until 
it 
reaches  our  requirements.  Then  if  we 
find  a  ready  sale,  we  duplicate  heavily. 
We  watch  the  movement  of  stocks  care­
fully,and  judge  from  one  season’s  sales, 
what  will  be  popular  the  next.  We 
don’t  touch  freaks.  Experiments  and 
experience  tell  us  which  way  the  wind 
blows,  and we  regulate  ourselves  accord­
ingly.”
of  shoes  at  Wanamaker’s :

Several  elements  enter  into  the selling 

advertising 

is  naturally  the 
strongest  feature  to  draw  the  trade.  But 
advertising 
itself  is  insufficient  to 
maintain  a  colossal  business.

Wanamaker  pleases  the  masses :
Because  the  convenience  of  patrons  is 

The 

in 

well  looked  after.

Because  every  announcement is  truth­

ful.

Because  “ dead  rabbits”   are  not  per­
mitted  to  remain  on  the  shelf;  goods 
must  be  fresh.

Because  of  the  great  variety of season­

able  goods.

Because  customers  meet  with  unvary­

ing  good  treatment  from  clerks.

Because  the  Wanamaker  store  is  al­
ways  a  safe  place  to  buy,  both  regard­
ing  quality  and  price.

Because  shrewd  and  experienced  buy­
ers  are  constantly  in  touch  with the mer­
chandise  producing  centers  and 
the 
choice  of  the  newest  creations  come  to 
Wanamaker’s  without  various  profits.

All  articles  are  returnable  within  a 
reasonable  time  and  cheerful  reimburse­
ment  is  made  if  not  injured.

There 

is  absolutely  no  urging  on  the 
lib­

part  of  salespeople;  visitors  are  at 
erty  to  come  and  go  as  they  please.

The  Wanamaker customer  is  a  friend 
of  the  place.  He  feels  under  no  obliga­
tions  to  buy.

The  restraint,  the  uncongenial  atmos­
phere  so  characteristic  of  other  stores, is 
entirely  eliminated.  The  good  will  of 
the  public  is  carefully  cultivated. 
It  is 
this  liberal  policy  which  has  done  so 
much  to  create  the  friendly  attitude,  so 
essential  to  lasting  success.

Woman’s  vanity  contributes 

in  no 
small  way  to the  growing  patronage  of 
the  Wanamaker  store.  The  many  con­
veniences, 
the  pleasant  surroundings, 
the  unrestricted  liberties,  all  combine  to 
ideal  meeting  place  for 
make  this  an 
friends,  and 
it 
is  natural  for a  woman 
to  put  on  her  best  garments  for the  pur­
pose.  The  next  step  then  is  for milady 
to  array  herself  in  her  most regal charms 
and 
join  the  crowds  at  Wanamaker’s 
just  to  see  and  to  be  seen.  Very  often 
the  aisles  of  this  famous  establishment 
are  fairly  radiant  with  beautiful  cos­
tumes.  The  art  gallery  and  the  musi­
cales  also  tend  to  attract  a  select  crowd 
of  fashionable  dresses.

It 

The Wanamaker advertising is unique. 
It  is  not  only  distinctive,  but,  what  is 
most  important,  it  appeals  to  the  read­
is  clearly  sincere  and  creates  a 
er: 
pleasant  impression. 
It  is  logical  at  all 
times,  no  extravagant  claims  are  made, 
no  vain  boasts,  and  a  satisfying  reason 
is  advanced  for every  reduction.  The 
Wanamaker advertising is typographical- 
lycorrect,  because  the  preparation  is  in 
the  hands  of  an  expert,  who  from  ap­
pearances  knows  his  business;  the  orig­
inal  advertisement 
is  printed  right  in 
the  building ;  after  close  inspection  by 
the  expert and  the  beads  of  the  depart­
ments,  the  copy  is  forwarded  to  the  va­
rious  newspapers. 
Additional  me­
diums  for  publicity  are  catalogues  and 
occasionally the monthly magazines.  Out- 
of-town  trade  is  appealed  to  by  the  fre­
quent  use  of  suburban  papers.  Differ­
ent  nationalities  are  reached  through

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j  Rubbers Still  Lower

•  New prices  on  Bostons 35-10 and 5 per cent.
2  Bay  State 35-10-10 and 5 per cent.
■   All  orders taken  for fall  will  be  billed  at  above
■   prices.  Prices guaranteed  until  December  1st. 
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If you  have  not  already placed your  order  wait
for our  salesman and  ask  to  see  the  new kinds
• 
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for this  season.

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Price guaranteed  until  Dec.  1,  1901.

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16-18  South  lollu St. 

(HAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Showing; the finest  and  most complete line 
of Combination Show Cases on the  market

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in  foreign  lan­

ALUM  POWDERS  PROHIBITED.

newspapers  published 
guages.

likewise 

The  Wanamaker  system  already  ex­
ercises  a  marked  influence  on the whole­
saler, the  retailer  and  the consumer.  The 
wholesaler  can  not  safely  ignore  this 
new  power  in  the  retail  world,  and 
is 
forced  to  recognize  the  importance  of 
the  Wanamaker  concern 
in  the  supply 
markets.  Concessions  heretofore  readily 
granted  to  jobbers  only  are  now  to  be 
obtained  only  upon  diligent search.  The 
effect  of  the  Wanamaker  store  upon 
small  retailers  reacts 
upon 
wholesalers.  The  retailer  must  recon­
struct  his  business  to  meet  the  new  con­
ditions  of  affairs.  Old-time  methods 
have 
lost  their  power  and  new  ideas 
must  be  generated.  Redoubled  efforts 
are  necessary  to  retain  the  weakened 
grasp  upon  the  consumer.  The  con­
sumer  is  most  beneficially  affected  by 
the  Wanamaker  system.  Concentration 
of  stocks  and  capital  results  ip  reduced 
prices  on  all 
commodities,  and  the 
wage-earner  is  thus  enabled  to  save 
money  on  all  necessities.  This  permits 
him  to  dress  better,  to  live  better and  to 
educate  his  children  better.  The  Wana­
maker  system  undoubtedly  exercises  a 
powerful  influence  on  the  welfare  of  the 
masses.
The  Wanamaker  system  is  eminently 
progressive.  It  does  not  follow  in  a  rut; 
it  worships  no  ideals  of  the  past;  it  is 
of  the  times  and  with the times ;  it seeks 
constantly  to  advance,  to  improve;  to 
give  broad-minded  service;  and  in  this 
light  the  Wanamaker  system  stands  as  a 
model  to  all  the  mercantile  world.

Bogus  Indigo  the  Latest  Modern  Im ­

provem ent.

The  manufacture  of  artificial  indigo 
is  now  being  carried  on  in  Germany 
with  great  success,  and  German  mer­
chants  are  freely  predicting  that  their 
country  will  soon  be  able  to  supply  the 
whole  world.  An  immense  factory  for 
this  purpose  was  recently  opened  at 
Ludwigshafen,  in  Baden,  at  a  cost  of 
more  than  $4,000,000, 
and  statistics 
show  that  it  will be  able  to  produce each 
year  as  much 
indigo  as  can  be  grown 
on  several  thousand  acres  in  India,  this 
being  the  country  from  which  the  nat­
ural  indigo  is mainly imported.  Experts 
assert  that  artificial  indigo  is 
in  many 
respects  superior to the  natural  product. 
is,  they  say,  absolutely  pure  and  its 
It 
composition 
is  uniform,  and  further, 
more  it  can  be  used  with  greater  facil­
ity.  This  artificial  product  is  made  ac­
cording  to  what  is  known  as  the  Heu- 
mann  process,  of  which  the  basis  is 
naphthaline.

A  Dong  Look  Ahead.

“ Dr.  Fourthly,  do  you  think  people 
in  the  next  world  will  follow  the  same 
occupation  they  do  in  this?’ ’

“ I  think  it  not  unlikely,  if  the  occu­
pations  are  useful  ones,  and 
if  they 
have  enjoyed  them  on  this  earth.  Why 
dc  you  ask?”

“ Because  I  was  just  wondering  how 
lace  my  wife  would 
if  she  had  nothing  else  to  do 

much  Battenburg 
turn  out 
for  a  million  years

Scathing Legislative Report A gainst T heir 

Sale  or Use.

A  statute 

The  contest  in  the  Missouri  Legisla­
ture  over the  alum  baking  powders  has 
been  watched  with  great  interest,  by 
both  the  consumers  of  baking  powders 
and  the  manufacturers  of  the  alum 
brands,  in  every  section  of  the  country.
in  that  State  had  been 
adopted  prohibiting  the  manufacture  or 
sale  of  alum  powders.  The  makers  of 
such  powders  contested  the 
law  in  the 
courts,  but  it  was  sustained.  They  then 
sought  to  have  it  repealed,  but  the  good 
sense  and integrity of the members of the 
Assembly  came  to the  rescue  of  the  ad­
vocates  of  pure  food  and  defeated  the 
efforts  of  the  most  powerful lobby known 
in  Missouri  for  years.  The  prohibitive 
law  remains.

The  statement  is  made  by  the  legisla­
tive  committee  to  which  the  bill  was  re­
ferred  that  the  manufacturers  of  alum 
powders  have  combined  in  a  trust  and 
annually  pay  into  a 
legislative  fund  a 
large  amount  of  money  to procure action 
in  their  interests,  and  to  prevent  the 
passage  of  pure  food  laws.  The  follow­
ing  extracts  from  the  report  of  this com­
mittee  against  the  repeal  of  the  alum 
law  are  quoted  from  the  St.  Louis Inter- 
State  Grocer:

In  the  opinion  of 

The  purpose  of  this  bill  is  to  repeal 
so  much  of  the  present  statute  as  makes 
it  unlawful  to  use  alum  in  food and food 
compounds. 
this 
committee  that  should  not  be  done. 
If 
we  are  to  place  any  faith  whatever  in 
the  unanimous  testimony  of  all  the lead­
ing  chemists  of  the  Union,  including 
those  in  the  public  services  of  the  Gov­
ernment,  as  well  as those employed  in 
all  the  principal  colleges  and  universi­
ties  of  the  country,  there  can  be  no 
doubt  that  alum 
is  a  poison,  and  that 
its  use  in  food  is  hurtful  to  health  and 
dangerous  to  life,  especially  in  the  case 
of  children  and  young  girls  and  deli­
cate  women.  The  voluminous  and  over­
whelming  testimony  which  has  been 
given  by  scientific  experts  upon  this 
subject 
is  corroborated  by  the  testi­
mony  of  hundreds  of eminent physicians 
in  active  practice,  including  the  medi­
cal  heads  of  both  the  army  and  navy  of 
the  United  States,  and  including,  also, 
some  five  hundred  physicians  of  this 
State,  all  testifying,  with  remarkable 
unanimity,  to the  same  effect,  that  alum 
is  a  poison,  and  that  its  use  as  a  food 
ingredient  should  be  prohibited. 
In 
addition  to  that  it  is  a  fact  that  the  use 
of  alum  in  food  and  compounds that  are 
used  in  the  preparation  of  food  has been 
long  prohibited  by 
in  England, 
France,  Germany  and  other  European 
countries,  and  the 
laws  are  rigidly  en­
forced.

Against  this  great  mass  of  concurrent 
testimony,  in  which  science,  experience 
in  condemning 
and 
alum  as  a  food 
is

law  all  combine 

ingredient, 

there 

law 

scarcely  a  protest from any source worthy 
to  be  treated  as  an  authority. 
It  is 
true  that  certain  chemists,  employed  by 
the  American  (Alum)  Baking  Powder 
Association  or  Trust, 
the  General 
Chemical  Company  and  the  Pennsyl­
vania  Salt  Company,  two  corporations 
organized  in  New  Jersey,  and  the  great­
est  manufacturers  of  alum  in  the  coun­
try,  have  expressed  the  opinion  that 
alum,  when  used 
in  making  bread, 
loses  its  poisonous  quality  by  some 
means 
in  the  process  of  cooking;  but 
this  interested testimony is contradicted, 
and,  in  the  opinion  of  this  committee, 
overwhelmingly  refuted,  by  large  num­
bers  of  the  most  famous  scientists  of the 
country,  who  have  shown  by  repeated 
and  conclusive  experiments  with  alum 
baking  powders  that  a  poisonous  resid­
uum 
left  in  bread  after  baking, 
which 
is  extremely  harmful  to  health 
and  dangerous  to life.  Many serious  and 
fatal  ills  in  given  cases have been traced 
directly  to  this  cause.
The  people  of  the  State  are  entitled to 
im­
be  protected  against  frauds  which 
lives,  and  this 
peril  their  health  and 
is  unwilling  to  repeal  a  law 
committee 
having  that  end 
in  view,  merely  to 
oblige  those  who  would  make  pecuniary 
profit  by 
imposing  upon  a  confiding 
public.
The  clap-trap  about  this  bill  being 
opposed  by  a  so-called  trust  engaged  in

is 

It  should  not  matter, 

manufacturing  baking  powders  without 
the  use  of  alum  scarcely  deserves  to  be 
noticed. 
it 
were  true.  Even  if  some  trust  should 
perchance  declare  that  poison  is  a  bad 
thing  in  human  food,  should  we  there­
fore  begin  at  once  to  feed  poison  to  the 
people?  That  would  be  carrying  trust 
opposition  to  the  pmnt  of  criminal  stu­
pidity.

if 

That  there  is  a  rich  and  powerful  as­
sociation  or  trust  interested  in  the  man­
ufacture  and  sale  of  alum  baking  pow­
ders  does  not  admit  of  doubt,  and  that 
that  trust  has  been  back  of  this  move­
ment  to  repeal  this  law  is  almost  equal­
ly  certain.  This  alum  trust  or  associa­
tion 
is  made  up  of  sixty-seven  alum 
baking  powder  manufacturing  com­
panies  and  two  great  chemical  com­
panies  (the  two  New  Jersey corporations 
above  mentioned  as  engaged  in  making 
alum).  The  members  of  this  associa­
tion  contribute  annually  to  a  legislative 
fund,  to be  expended  in preventing  pure 
food  legislation  which  has  for  its  object 
the  prohibiting  of  the  use  of  alum  as  a 
food  adulterant,  and  it  is  believed  that 
not 
less  than  $100,000  is  annually  ex­
pended  in  that  direction.

Lots  of  people  seem  to  think  it  bad 

form  to  be  polite  in  public.

He  that  abideth  low  can  not  fall hard.

Your stock  is  not  complete  without  you 

have the

Star Cream  Separators

Best  advertisement  you  can  use.  Each 
one  sold  makes you  a friend.  Great labor 
saver.  Complete  separation  of  cream 
from  milk.  Write  to-day  for  prices  and 
territory.

Lawrence  Manufacturing  Co.

TOLEDO,  OHIO

Patented 

August 15,1899

THE  PUTNHM  (SANDY  60.,

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

Stale chocolates drive  away trade.

W E   G U A R A N T E E  

ours  always pure and  fresh.

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

B. W.  PUTNAM,  President 

R.  R. BEAN, Secretary

SCOTTEN-DILLON  COMPANY
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

TOBACCO  MANUFACTURERS 

INDEPENDENT FACTORY 

OUR  LEADIN G  BRAN DS.  K E E P  THEM   IN  MIND.

F IN E   C U T

UNCLE  DANIEL. 

OJIBWA.

FOREST GIANT. 

SW E E T SPRAY.

SM O K IN G

HAND  PRESSED.  Flake Cut. 
DOUBLE CROSS.  Long Cut. 
SW EET CORE.  Plug Cut. 
F L A T C A R .  Granulated.

PLU G

CREM E  DE  MENTHE. 

STRONG  HOLD. 
FLA T   IRON. 

SO-LO.

The  above  brands  are manufactured  from  the  finest  selected  Leaf  Tobacco  that  money  can

price  current.

See  quotations  in

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

trous  results  two  years  ago. 
It  is  hard 
to  see  upon  what  business  principle  the 
outcome  can  be  expected  to  be  more 
favorable  now  than  then.— N.  Y.  Prod­
uce  Review.

Status  of  the  Begat  Manufacturing:  Co.

Litigation.

1 6

Butter  and  Eggs

It 

Observations  by  a Gotham   Egg Man.
Cold  storage  operations  occupy  the 
most  prominent  place  in  the  egg  mind 
at  present.  The  movement  to  ware­
houses  has  begun  early  and  all  advices 
from  the  interior  indicate  large  specu­
lative  outlets. 
Some  of  the  current 
packings  have  been  going  in  on  early 
contracts,  but  there  were  not  a  great 
many  of  these  this  season  and  the  bulk 
of  the  stock  going  to  the  warehouses 
is  probably  on  current  purchase. 
is 
the  speculative  demand  that  is  now  fix­
ing  the  bottom  of  egg  values  and  while 
buyers  do  not  seem  willing  to  go  in 
freely  at  the  highest  rates  anticipated 
last  winter  they  are  bidding  relatively 
full  figures.  There  seem  to  be  a  large 
number  of  egg  buyers  willing  to  buy 
storage  eggs  on  the  basis  of  i2%c  net 
in  Chicago  and  i3J^c  net  at 
laid  down 
Eastern 
large 
buyers  who  were  inclined  to  hold  off  on 
that  basis  last  week  are  now  bidding the 
price  freely  and  it  looks  as  though  there 
were  now  rather  more  demand  at  the 
above  prices  than  can  be  immediately 
supplied.

storage  points. 

Some 

*  *  *

At  this  writing  the  ability  to  sell  stor­
age  packings  very  freely  from  country 
points  on  a  basis  of  I3^c  net  at  East­
ern  storage  points,and  i2>¿c  net  at  Chi­
cago,  puts  a  very  strong  undertone  to 
the  market.  As  these  prices  represent 
the  cost  of  the  goods  laid  down it  is evi­
dent  that  still  higher  prices  would  have 
to  be  realized  to  afford  any  profit.  The 
effect  of  these  conditions  is  naturally 
strengthening  to the  market  for  the  re­
ceipts  of  regular  packings.  These  have 
recently  accumulated  here  to  a  consid­
erable  extent,but  holders  have been will­
ing  to  hold  the  stock  over  in  the  belief 
that the  free  withdrawal  of  current  stor­
age  packings  will  soon  give  opportun­
ity  to  clear out  all recent accumulations. 
It  is  also  considered  probable  that the 
quality  of  egg  receipts  not  packed  es­
pecially  for  storage  will  soon  average 
poorer  and  make 
it  necessary  for the 
better  class  of  dealers  to  take  some  of 
the  storage  selections 
in  competition 
with  speculators.  This  will  be  likely 
to  raise  the  cost  somewhat  in  consumpT 
tive  channels.

*  *  *

But  while  there  is  a  very  strong  un­
dertone  at  present  owing  to  the  abun­
dance  of  speculators  ready  to  go  in 
early  at  high  prices  we  find  a  consider­
able  number of  egg  men  who  regard  the 
speculative  outlook  as  unfavorable  on, 
the  present  basis  of  value.  They  point 
to  the  enormous  current  production  be­
fore  the  Northwest  has  fairly  opened  up 
as  indicating  a  phenomenal  egg  yield, 
and  with  the  early  occurrence  of  large 
surplus  they  consider  it  likely  that  the 
more  voracious  buyers  will  get  all  they 
want  before  the  season  of April  quality 
is  past. 
If  the  Southwest,  they  say, 
holds  its  present  scale  of  production 
during  April  and  egg  laying  reaches  its 
height  in  Iowa,  Minnesota  and 
the 
Northwest,  as  well  as  in  Illinois,  Indi­
ana,  Ohio  and  Michigan  at  the  same 
time  there  may  be  an  opportunity  dur­
ing  the  last  half  of  April  to  get  storage 
eggs  on  a 
little  safer  basis.  Further­
more  many  of  them  say  that  if  this 
should  ‘ not  be  realized  they  will  stay 
out  altogether. 
In  fact,  to the  disinter­
ested  observer  it  does  look  like  a  bad 
business  proposition  to  stack  up  eggs 
this  spring  with  every  indication  of  the 
largest  production  on  record,  at  nearly 
the  same  prices  that  led  to  such  disas-

Marion,  Ind.,  April 

i— In  answer to 
yours  of  late  date  asking  how  we  are 
progressing  with  our action  against  the 
Regal  Manufacturing  Co.,  wherein  we 
seek  to  have  contract  cancelled  and  a 
receiver appointed  to  take  charge  of  the 
photographs  collected  for  us  and  an 
in­
junction  restraining  the  defendants from 
disposing  of  or  injuring the photographs 
and  from  bringing  or  prosecuting  any 
suit  at  law  against  us,  we  make  the  fol­
lowing  answer:

injunction  and 

A  receiver  was  appointed  and  quali­
fied  and  an 
injunction  ordered  and* 
served,  and  the  matter came  to  a  hear­
ing  upon  the  motion  on  our  part for  an 
order  against  the  defendants  to  show 
cause  why  they  did  not  deliver the  pho­
tographs  to  the  receiver or  be  punished 
for contempt,  and  also  on  a  motion  on 
their  part  to  dissolve  the  injunction  and 
to  discharge  the  receiver.  Before  these 
motions  came  up  for  hearing,  we  gave 
notice  that  we  would  amend  our  bill  of 
complaint.  The  court—on  an  ex  parte 
hearing,  however—dissolved  the  injunc­
tion  and  discharged  the  receiver on  the 
original  bill  of  complaint,  and  we  im­
mediately  filed  an  amended  bill  and 
again  asked  for an  injunction  and  a  re­
ceiver;  and,  as  a  compromise  of  this 
matter,  we  secured  a  stipulation  and 
agreement  from  the  defendants  instead 
of  such 
receivership, 
whereby  the  photographs  and pictures of 
whatever  kind  and  nature,  obtained 
from  citizens  of, Marion  and  which  are 
involved 
in  this litigation,  were  deliv­
ered  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
Safety  Deposit  Vaults,  of  Chicago,  as 
trustee,  to  be  held  during  the  pendency 
of this  suit,  and  then  to  be  delivered  to 
the  party  or  parties  who  shall  be  de­
creed  to  be  entitled  to  the  possession 
thereof,  unless  some  other  stipulation 
should  be  made  between  the  parties  to 
this  suit  in  relation  thereto.  Said  stip­
ulation  also  provides  that  neither  of the 
parties  to  the  suit  shall  bring  action  to 
replevin  or otherwise  take  possession  of 
these  pictures  during  this  tim e;  also 
that  the  suit  heretofore  attempted  to  be 
commenced  against  us  in  Chicago  shall 
remain 
in  statu  quo  until  twenty  days 
after the  determination  of this  suit,  and 
also that  the  defendants  will  not  start  or 
prosecute  any  suit  at  law  for  damages 
against  us  for any  act  committed  prior 
to  the  date  of  said  agreement,  which 
was  March  15,  1901.  The  original  suit 
for the  cancellation  of  the  contract  re­
mains  and  will  be  prosecuted  to  final 
determination  on  said  amended  bill  of 
complaint.  Our  attorneys  hold  the  re­
ceipt  from  the  deposit  company  for  the 
pictures.
Thus 

it  will  'be  seen  that  we  have 
made  a  substantial  gain  in  our  matters, 
and  are  now  in  a position  to  present  our 
proofs  and  be  heard  on  the  main 
issues 
in  the  case. 

Miller  &  Bailey.

Credit a  Priceless  Possession.

Credit  is  the  most  precious  possession 
a  business  man  can  have. 
It  is  ac­
quired,  maintained  and  preserved  by 
certain  qualities  that  seem  to  be 
inher­
ent  in  the  man.  Credit  is  like  a  deli­
cate  piece  of  porcelain.  You  may  break 
it  together  again,  and  for 
it  and  put 
purposes  of  utility 
it  may  possibly  be 
just  as  good  as  it  ever  was,  but  the 
cracks  are  there  and  you  can  see  where 
it  was  broken.  And  so  it  is  with  the 
man  whose  credit  is  once  impaired.  He 
may  be  able  to  buy  goods  again,  his 
standing  among  mercantile  houses  may 
be  very  fair,  but  it  can  never  be  re­
stored  to  the  superb  condition  in  which 
it  once  was.  And  so  all  merchants, 
young  and  old,  should  regard  credit  as 
a  priceless  possession.  Do  not  let  it  be 
trifled  with,  and  allow  nothing  to  im­
pair  it  or  injure  it.

Better  go  to  bed  supperless  than  rise 

in  debt.— Franklin.

ORANGES  LEMONS

Apples, Onions, Cabbage, Parsnips, Celery, Honey,  Beans.  Will bill at lowest

Direct from CALIFORN IA in car lots.

market price.

E.  E.  HEWITT,
Successor  to  C.  N.  Rapp  A  Co.

9  North  Ionia  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

ALL  GROCERS

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.,

TOLEDO,  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

can  be  afforded.

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

ALFRED J.  BROWN SEED CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

POTATOES

CAR  LOTS  ONLY

State quantity, variety and quality. 
and number of car—station loaded or to be loaded.
ci_iv ie :rc 

i v i u ö t L t r   ou  C O .,  g r a n d   r a p i d s .

If have car  on  track,  give  initial 

C L A R K   B U IL D IN G ,  O P P O S I T E   U N IO N   S T A T IO N .

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

Offers especially attractive prices on

I The  Vinkemulder  Company
T 
z 
X 
X 
♦   14  Ottawa  S t.,  Grand  Rapids. 

Navel  Oranges
Particularly the larger sizes. 

Headquarters for

Apples,  Onions,  Cabbage

Write for prices.

Geo.  N. Huff & Co.,

WHOLESALE  OF. A LETCH IN

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

COOLERS AND COLD STORAGE ATTACHED.

Consignments  Solicited. 

74 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich.

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17

The  Meat Market

The  Question  of Drawn  or Undrawn P oul­

try.

In  a  year  the 

The  bill  that  has  been  introduced 

in 
the  Legislature  of  New  York  State  mak­
ing  it  a  misdemeanor  to  sell  or  offer  for 
sale  undrawn  poultry  will  not,  we  be­
lieve,  ever  become  a 
law.  We  have 
failed  to  find  any  one  who  favors  such 
a  law.  The  poultry  raiser  does  not  want 
• it, 
the  wholesale  poultry  dealer  is 
against  it,  and  the  retail  butcher  is  op­
posed  to  it.  The  New  York  City  author­
ities  made  a  decision  about  the  draw­
ing  of  poultry  for  this  market  a  long 
time  ago.  When  there  was  a  stirring 
up  of  this  same  question  some  fifteen 
years  ago  the  city  looked  into  it,  and 
then  gave  it  as  the  judgment  of food ex­
perts  that  poultry  should  not  be  drawn 
on  the  farms. 
It  was  recognized  then 
that 
it  was  a  matter of  the  utmost  im­
portance  to  the  public  health.  About 
125,000,000  pounds  of  dressed  poultry 
comes 
into  New  York  in  a  year.  The 
fowls  come  from  the  farms  of  the  West 
and  South  almost  exclusively. 
The 
Health  Department’s  rigorous  care  for 
the  public  health  results  in  the  seizure 
every  week  of  thousands  of  pounds  of 
poultry  which  does  not  come  up  to  the 
inspector’s  standards. 
In  Thanksgiv­
ing  week,  for  instance,  the  authorities 
condemned  12,350  pounds in the markets 
and  destroyed  it.  Last  week  over  4,000 
pounds  was  seized. 
in­
spector’s  seizures  amount  to  250,000 
pounds  of  dressed  poultry,  but  large  as 
this  seems  it  is  only  one  pound  in  500, 
two  fowls  in  1,000.  One  of  the  experts 
who  took  part 
in  the  poultry  enquiry 
fifteen  years  ago  was  the  late  Dr.  Ed­
ward,  W.  Martin.  Dr.  Marti?  was  a 
Massachusetts  man,  and  when  he  came 
over  from  Boston,  years  ago,  he  had  a 
prejudice  against  undrawn  poultry. 
“ Before  we  made  the  poultry  investi­
gation,”   said  Dr.  Martin,  “ we  thought 
that  perhaps  Boston  was  right  in  allow­
ing  only  drawn  poultry  to  be  sold,  and 
all  our  butchers  and  market  men  and 
food 
inspectors  were  wrong.  But  we 
went  to  work  experimenting.  One  thing 
we  did  was  to  hang  up  drawn  and  un­
drawn  dressed  poultry  and  watch  its  de­
composition.  To  the surprise  of  some 
of  us,  we  saw  that  the  drawn  fowl  de­
teriorated  much  faster  than  the  un­
drawn,  but  this  was  just  what  the  prac­
tical  marketmen  had  told  us  would 
happen.  They  said  they  couldn't  keep 
drawn  fowls,  because  they  wouldn’t  stay 
sweet 
long.  They  couldn’t  tell  us  why 
this  was  so,  but  they  knew  it  as  a  mat­
ter  of  business  and  since  then  the  mil­
lions  of  dressed  fowls  sent  to  this  mar­
ket  have  all  been  undrawn.”   The scien­
tific  explanation  of  the  superiority  of 
undrawn  poultry  is  probably  that,  when 
the  inside  of  a  fowl  is  not  opened  to  the 
air,  the  bacteria  of  decomposition  do 
not  have  a  chance  to  get  at  it  so  easily 
as  when  the  viscera  are  removed.  For 
purposes  of  experiment  we  advise  those 
who  favor  the  new  law  proposed  to  put 
two  dressed  turkeys,  one  drawn  and  the 
other  not,  on  top  of  the  highest  moun 
tain  or  down  in  the  deepest  mine. 
It 
will  be  found  that  the  germs  are  even 
there,  and  the  undrawn  turkey  will 
keep  longer.

In  one  of the  Western  poultry  papers 
this  question  has  been  discussed  very 
recently  by  a  Minnesota  correspondent, 
who  says:

Some  of  our  larger  marketmen  want 
chickens and  turkeys  undrawn  and  with 
their  heads  on.  This  is  fine  for the 
for  it  saves  work,  and  he  gets
seller, 

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stuff  that 

pay  for  from  half  a  pound  to  one  and 
one-quarter  pounds  of 
is 
actually  worth 
less  than  nothing.  To 
the  dealer  it  makes  no difference,  for 
he  buys  and  sells  and  certainly  tries  to 
sell  all  be  buys, and  the  more  and  often- 
er the  better  for  him.  But  now  we  come 
to  the  consumer;  the  housewife  wants 
nice  five-pound  chicken  for dinner. 
Is  it  not  a  robbery  to  charge  her  12% 
cents 
for  intestines  and  a  chicken's 
head,  both  of  which  are  worth  less  than 
nothing  to  her?  And  it  is  no  more  prac­
tical  or  honest  to  expect  the  consumer 
to  pay  I2>£  cents  for  intestines  and 
head  than 
it  would  be  to  buy  four  or 
five  pounds  of  beef at  the  market  and 
have  the  butcher add  one  pound  of  beef 
ntestines  and  part  of  ahead—thusmak- 
ng  the  consumer  pay  for  one-fifth  of 
stuff that  is  really  a nuisance.  Keeping 
qualities  will  apply  the  same  way.  Who 
on  earth  would  think  of  eating  a  steer 
(even  the  finest  Polled  Angus),  a  pig  or 
sheep  which  had  been  killed  and  the 
intestines  not  removed  for a  week or two 
after  being  killed?  Now,  stop  to think. 
Would  you  prefer  your  poultry  to  go  to 
the  market  that  way,  hang  around  for  a 
week  and  then  be  used  for  food  on  your 
table? 
If  chickens  are  conditioned, 
nicely  fattened,neatly  cleaned  (dressed, 
as  we  commonly  say),  I  will  venture  to 
say  that  they  will  have  preference  in 
markets  every  time,  and  bring  the  long 
price.

This  writer  has  evidently  put  his 
words  on  paper  without  having  given 
them  much  thought.  Cost  does  not  fig­
ure  in  the  matter at  all,  and  if  it  did  it 
would  be  in  favor of  the  undrawn  poul­
try. 
It  is  obvious  that  if  chickens  and 
turkeys  were  drawn  before  sold,  they 
would  weigh  less  than  if  they  had  not 
been  drawn,  and  as  the  same  amount 
of  money  would  have  to  be  obtained  in 
either  event,  poultry  would  cost  more 
per  pound,  and  that  fact  would  tend  to 
decrease  their  sale.  He  says  it  is  fine 
for  the  seller  to  have  poultry  sold  un­
drawn,  because 
it  saves  him  work. 
Does  the  Minnesota  gentleman  suppose 
that  the  work  of  drawing  the  poultry 
would  not  be  charged  for?  And  does 
he  suppose  the  greater  per  cent,  of 
poultry  that  would  go  bad  would  not  be 
added  to the  selling  price  of  those  that 
remained  good?  For  it  has  been  proven 
that  undrawn  poultry  retain  their  fresh 
ness  longer.  The  comparison  of  poul­
try  with  sheep  and  so  on  is  not  fair,  for 
the  viscera  of  poultry  are  comparative 
ly  dry  and  do  not  contain  matter readily 
decomposable.  The  reverse  is  the  case 
in  sheep  and  hogs  and  cattle.  The pas­
sage  of  a  law  prohibiting  the  sale  of un­
drawn  poultry  in  the  State  of  New  York 
would  do  nq  one  any  good,  and  would 
mean  a  big  loss  to  every  one  who  han­
dles  it.— Butchers’  Advocate.
Not  For  Quitters.

If there  is  one  enterprise  on  this earth 
that  a  “ quitter”   should  leave  severely 
alone,  it  is  advertising.  To  make a  suc­
cess  of  advertising,  one  must  be  pre­
pared  to  stick  to  it  like  a  barnacle  to  a 
boat’s  bottom.  He  should  know,  before 
he  begins  it,  that  he  must  spend  money 
—lots  of  it.  Somebcdy  should  tell  him, 
also,  that  he  can  not  hope  to  reap  re­
sults  commensurate  with  his  expendi­
ture  early  in  the  game.  It  is the  man 
who  has  money  to invest profitably;  who 
believes  the 
investment  will  pay,  and 
then,  beginning  to  spend  money,  stays 
in  the  game  to  the  finish,  who  makes  a 
success  of 
Advertising 
doesn’t  jerk. 
It  begins  very 
gently  at  first.  So  gently,  in  fact,  that 
you  would  hardly  notice 
it.  But  the 
pull 
increases  day  by 
day,  and  year  by  year,  until  it  finally 
exerts  an  irresistible  power. 
It  may  be 
likened  to  a  team  trying  to  start  a 
heavy 
load.  A  thousand  spasmodic, 
jerky  pulls  will  not  budge  the  load, 
in 
while  one-half  the  power  exerted 
steady  effort  will  start  and  keep 
it 
moving.

advertising. 

is  steady. 

It  pulls. 

It 

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be  used  in  any  insured  building  without  additional  cost  for  insurance.

A FLOOD 
OF LIGHT
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The  finest  artificial  light  in  the  world.  Hang  or  stand  them anywhere. 
One  lamp  lights  ordinary  store;  tw oam ple  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.

Brass Manufacturing  &  Supply  Co.

Ask lor Catalogue. 

192-194  Michigan Street, Chicago, III.

O U R   F A N C Y   C IG A R   C A S E   N O .  2 4 4

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  4°*PaS® 
catalogue containing description and  prices of the goods we manufacture.
T H E  BRYAN  SHOW  C A S E   W ORKS,  BRYAN.  O.

elsbach  Mantles

welsbach  Lights 
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Incandescent Gas Light and Gasoline Lamp Supplies 

A.  T.  KNOWLSON, 

Detroit.  Michigan.

Authorized  Michigan  Supply Depot for the genuine goods.

Write for illustrated catalogue and wholesale prices to

of all kinds.

233-235 Griswold Street.

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th e  Healer.*

You  can 

in  no  sense  not  detrimental 
to  your  own  best  interest  isolate yourself 
from  association  work,  bringing  you,  as 
it  does  all,  into  close  touch  with  your 
hardware  friends,  as  well  as  into  intel­
ligent  co-operation  with  the  representa­
tive  dealers  of  your  State.  You certain­
ly  can  not  hope  to  be  benefited  unless 
you  are  interested,  and  you  will  be 
in­
terested 
in  this  work  just  in  proportion 
as  you  take  upon  yourself  some  degree 
of  responsibility.  You  should  not  be 
willing  to  accept gratuitously  the  labor 
of  others  whose  efforts  are  solely  di­
rected  to  lighten  some  business  burden 
you  are  called  upon  to  bear.  You  should 
be  a  responsible  individual  unit  in  the 
framework  of  your Association,  as  you 
have  everything  to  gain  and  nothing  to 
lose  thereby—the  time  is  not  far  distant 
when 
it  will  be  the  exception  rather 
than  the  rule  not  to  be  associated  with 
us,  as 
it  is  only  through  united  effort 
that  the  best  results  are  obtainable,  and 
is  the  only  manner  in  which  we  can 
hope  to  arrive  at  any  harmonious  ad­
justment  of  the  trade  difficulties through 
which  we  are  now  passing.  The  annual 
meetings  of  our Association  should  al­
ways  be  attended.  In  and  through  them 
you  can  at  all  times  more  readily  voice 
the  results  of  your  deliberations,  and 
have  the  co-operation  of all towards such 
action  as  you  may  deem  expedient  and 
beneficial  to  your business requirements. 
It 
is  your duty  to  be  loyal  and  helpful 
to  the  officers  of  your  Association  and 
to  at  all  times  assist  them  in  the  dis­
charge  of  their  duties.  The  place  for 
you  to  kick  and  find  fault  with  them 
is 
right  here,  and  now.  Up  in  Minnesota, 
we  have  found  the  best  kickers  to be the 
poorest  pullers— and  chronic  grumblers 
usually  have  an 
in  their 
speech  when  we  meet  them  face  to  face.
individual 
members  of  our  Association  appreciate 
fully  the  relation  they  bear to  our  work. 
When  you  joined  with  us  you  agreed  on 
your  part  to  do  certain  things,  else  we 
never  would  have  taken  you  in,  and  if 
you  are  negligent  or  not  willing to  do  as 
you  agreed  you  are  no  help  to  us.  You 
should  aim  at  all  times  to  be  a  living 
exponent  of  what  you  profess,  as  it  mat­
ters  very 
little  what  you  preach  if  you 
do  not  carry  out  in  practice  the  prin­
ciples  for  which  you  stand.  We tell  our 
boys 
if  their  faith  has  become  so  cold 
that  they  can  not  be  loyal  to  us, we  want 
them  to  take  out  a  30-day  “ traveling 
card"  and  have  it  expire  by  limitation. 
We  had  very  much  rather  have  a  good 
lively  kicker for  a  member  than  one  of 
those  somnambulistic  fellows  that  you 
have  to  “ put  a  tag  on”   to  steer  him  to 
an  annual  meeting.  We want  you  to  re­
member  that  the  growth  and  life  of  your 
Association  depends  absolutely  up­
on  the  loyalty  of  each  individual  mem­
ber  thereto.

We  do  not  believe  the 

impediment 

Your  officers  and  executive  members 
are  working  without  pay  and  with  very 
little  help  from  you  along  educational 
lines  to  benefit  the  retail  dealer and  to 
give  him  a  chance  through  organized 
effort  to improve  his  own  condition.  We 
want  you  to  realize  this,  and  to  impress 
upon  each 
individual  member  the  ne­
cessity  of  putting  his  shoulder to  the 
wheel  during  the  coming year,  that  your 
Association  may  grow  in  numbers  and 
in  usefulness  and,  by  unity  of  action
»Paper read by John McCracken  before  annual
convention Wisconsin  Retail  Hardware  Deal­
ers’ Association.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

with  similar associations  throughout  the 
land,  become  an  irresistible  power.  We 
are  all  more  or  less  creatures  of  habit, 
and  good  habits  as  well  as  bad  habits 
are  not  changed  without  effort,  nor  can 
we  hope  to  at  once  divert  trade  which 
for  some  time  has  been  flowing  into 
other  channels 
into  what  we  deem  the 
proper  ones. 
It  will  be,  as  a  matter of 
course, a slow process and  much  patience 
and  good 
judgment  are  necessary  as 
well  as  forbearance  toward  your  neigh­
bors.

In  formulating  your  list  of  such  par­
ties* as  you  deem  unfavorable  mediums 
for  the  distribution  of  hardware,  and 
whom  you  ask  the  jobber  and  manufac­
turer to  refrain  from  selling,  be sure you 
are  on the  safe  side  for  the  time  being, 
rather  than  do 
injury  to  some  of  your 
business  neighbors  by  placing  them  un­
justly  on  this  list.  Let  every  member 
weigh  well  his  action  in  reporting  can­
didates  for this  list,  and  not  allow  busi­
ness  or 
jealousies  to  warp  bis 
judgment.

local 

Because  a  competitor  is  wide  awake 
and  by  judicious,  honest  advertising  is 
showing  the  public  that  he  not  only 
keeps  hardware,  but  sells 
it,  do  not 
“ sulk 
in  your  tent”   and  allow  him  to 
get  all  the  ‘ ‘ persimmons,”   but  get  out 
of  your  Rip  Van  Winkle  habiliments 
and  secure  some  for  yourself.

Our  association  seeks  to  embrace  the 
many  and  not  the  few,  and wherever  you 
are 
located  and  however  small  your 
stock,  you  are  the  one  altogether  lovely 
in  our  eye,  and  we  would  gather  you in, 
even  as  a  hen  gathereth  her chickens 
under  her  wing.  We  have  no  grips, 
signs,  passwords,  or  tokens,  which  be­
come  the  open  sesame  to  our  delibera­
tions,  but  say  to every  hardware  dealer, 
whosoeverwill  may 
come,  and  have 
his  name  recorded  as  one  of  our  mem­
bers.

These  associations  embody the  earnest 
conviction  of  broad-minded  men  based 
upon  sound  and  enduring  principles  of 
business  equity,  banded  together  for the 
laudable  purpose  of  endeavoring 
to 
correct  the  many  abusés  that  have  grad­
ually  crept 
into  our  business  life,  and 
will  surely  serve  to  benefit  every  retail 
dealer  and  to  foster  his  interest.

It 

is  a  serious  assemblage  of  serious 
men,  for  the  consideration  of  serious 
problems ;  the  consensus  of  business 
opinion  to-day  is  in  favor  of associating 
together  and  working  to  the  best  inter­
est  of  all ;  where  the  individual fails,or­
ganization  succeeds ;  associated,  we  be­
come  an 
irresistible  power;  obstacles 
but  incite  renewed  effort;  difficulties 
develop  hidden  strength ;  we are  becom­
ing  strong,  you  can  make  us  stronger.
Whatever  may  have  been  your opinion 
heretofore  as  to  association  work,  it  re­
mains  an  undisputed  fact  that  we  are 
growing 
in  numbers  and  usefulness 
not  only  in  our  own  State,  but  through­
out the  land.  The  principles  which  un­
derlie  all  associations  of  this  character 
are  right  and 
just,  and  in  associating 
yourself  with  us,  you  are  by  no  means 
taking  any  backward  step,  but  rather 
stand  out  upon  a  higher  plane of  action, 
immeasurably  benefiting  yourself,  and 
joining  hands  with  those  who  have  and 
are  laboring  for  your  commercial  ad­
vancement.

Our  commercial 

interests  have  ad­
vanced  more  rapidly  during  the  past 
thirty  years  than  they  did  in  the 
lapse 
of  two  hundred  years  before,  and  we  are 
passing  now  from  the  long  time  credit 
prices  of  the  past  on  to  the  new  cash 
basis  of  the  future 
in  all  lines  of  trade, 
just  as  fast  as  the  wheels  of  time  can

carry  us,  and  it  is  well  to  note  that  the 
imaginary  ruinous  competition  of  the 
department  store  trade  about  which  you 
complain  so  much  is,  in  a  very  great 
measure,  but  the 
legitimate  difference 
between  cash  and  credit  prices.  The 
hot  roasted  chestnut  vender  on  the  cor­
ner of  your  streets  who  sells  you a  thim­
ble  full  of  chestnuts  for  five  cents,  deals 
in  the  same  fruit  that  we  used  to  buy  at 
35  cents  a  bushel,  and  roast  them  our­
selves.  The  taffy  on  a  stick  man  who 
lures  you  on  to  buy  at  one  cent  a  gob, 
with  a 
little  tissue  paper  wrapped 
around  to  make  it  presentable,  uses  the 
same  old  N.  O.  molasses  we  used  to buy 
at  17  cents  a  gallon,  and  cook  it  our­
selves  in  the  stove  kettle.  The  vintage 
in  either  case  is  just  the  same,  but  the 
marketing  thereof  vastly  different  and 
more  highly  profitable.

The  coming  successful  merchant  is 
the  one  who  will  give  his  attention  to 
some  special 
line  and  stick  to  it,  and 
by  special  line  we  mean  hardware,  gro­
ceries,  boots  and  shoes,  bats  and  caps 
or  some  other  well  defined  branch  of 
merchandise,  that  a  jack  of  all  trades  is 
master of  none,  obtains  in  our  business

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you have sold  paint  for  his  £
house  finds  that  you  have
not  quite  enough  to  finish
the  job  it  will  be  a  nice  5 ?  
thing to be able  to  say  “go  JG 
right  along,  I  will  have  it 
for  you  in  a  day  or  two;”  £  
and  you  can  say  it  if  you  • £  
carry  our  line,  for  we  are  5 ^ 
quick shippers.  Better write  £
to us about it;  we  save  you  5 G
time and money.

Callaghan  &  Richardson,  ^

Manufacturers’ Agents,
Reed City, Mich. 

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OlflCK M1AL

Secure the agency of the

“ Quick  Meal”  Gasoline  Blue  Flame  Oil 

Stoves  and  Steel  Ranges

They have no competitors.  Write at once to 

quick MtAk

D. E. VANDERVEEN, State Agent,

525 M ichigan T rust B uilding, G rand Rapids, Mich. 

Citizens Phone 1350.

No  Long Story  Here

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

Galvanized  Pipe  and  Tabular W ell  Supplies.

ADAMS &  BART, Local  Agents a t G rand  Rapids.

W ind  M ill  Co.,  KALAMAZOO, MICH.

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

31, 33* 35* 37* 39 Louis 5 t. 

io &  »  Monroe 5t.

Foster, Stevens &  Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Tradesman Compaoy 

Grand Rapids.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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

Size
Shot  Gauge
10
10
9
10
10
8
10
6
10
5
4
10
10
12
8
12
6
12
5
12
4
12

oz. of
Shot
1%
1H
1%
1%
1V6
lVé
1
1
1%
1%
1%
Discount 40 per cent.

4
4
4
4
4 H
4V4
3
3
3%
3V4
3V4
Paper Shells- 
-Not Loaded
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 
100, per 100..
No. 12, pasteboard boxes
100, per 100..
Kegs, 26 lbs., per  keg......................... 
V4 kegs, 12V4 lbs., per  %  keg.............. 
H kegs, 6J4 lbs., per H  keg...............  

Gunpowder

Shot

Axes

A ugurs  and  Bits

In sacks containing 25 lbs.
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B........... 
Snell’s .................................................  
Jennings  genuine............................... 
Jennings’ imitation.............................  
First Quality, S. B. Bronze................. 
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...............  
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel................ 
First Quality,  D. B. Steel................... 
Railroad..............................................  
Garden................................................net 
Bolts
Stove................................................... 
Carriage, new Hot 
............................ 
 
Plow ........... 
 
Buckets

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

Barrow s

 

B utts,  Cast

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

Chain

19

70

7%
8

Levels

Mattocks

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

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

Metals—Zinc

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

Miscellaneous

40
Bird Cages.......................................... 
Pumps, Cistern................................... 
75&10
Screws, New List............................... 
86
Casters, Bed and Plate.......................  50&10&10
Dampers, American...........................  
60

Molasses  Gates

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

60&10
30

Pans

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

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 76 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 26 to 27  9 75

Broken packages Me per pound extra.

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

2 66
2 66

Planes

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

Nails 

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

Rivets

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

Roofing Plates
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean............ 
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean............ 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 

Sisal, V4 inch and larger...................... 
Manilla......................................... 

Ropes

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

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

Sand  P aper

Sash  W eights

Sheet Iron

60
60
60
so

Base
5
10
20
30
46
70
60
15
26
36
26
36
46
88

60
46

6 60
7 60

13 00
6 60
6 60
11  00
13 00

12

8Vi

60

26 00

40
80
75
60
280
300
495
580

1  20
1  20

60
70
80

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

72
64
4 00
2 25
1  25

1  40
60
26
60
6 60
10 00
7 00
11  50
15 00
30 00
60
65&10
50

$4  00

66
60

65
66
66
66

66
128
40&10

40
26
70&10
70
70

28
17

60&10

as  well  as  in  our  daily avocations.  Take 
the  confectionery  stores 
in  your  own 
city,  occupying,  as  they  do,  the  most 
desirable  locations.  The average amount 
of  each  sale  is  small  and  yet  the  aggre­
gate  profit  each  day  is  enormous ;  they 
invariably  succeed  because  they  sell  for 
cash  and  understand  to  a  nicety  the  re­
quirements  of  their  business.  So,  too, 
in  every  other  line— you  can  not  be  a 
successful  hardware  dealer  in  any  other 
way  than  by  a  thorough  understanding 
of  the  details  of  your  business;  with 
these  acquired  and  the  application  of 
the  cash  basis 
in  so  far  as  possible  to 
your  business  you  will  succeed,  and  will 
then  have  given  the  solar  plexus  blow to 
the  bogie  men  of  your  imagination,  the 
racket  store,  the  department  store,  the 
supply  house  and  the  catalogue  house.
Trade  is  a  most  wonderful  thing. 

It 
is  very  sensitive  to  change,  easily  influ­
enced,  very  aggressive  and  waits  not  on 
man’s  opportunity.  You  very  frequent­
ly  have  it  when  you  do  not  want  it,  but 
oftener  want  it  when  you  do  not  have it. 
It  is  as  coy  and  artless  as  the  summer 
maiden  and  will  remain  with  you  just 
so  long  as  you  are  appreciative  of  her 
charms  and  up-to-date  in  your  business 
methods.  You  should  always  remember 
that  someone  somewhere  has  something 
to  buy,  and  someone  somewhere  will 
sell  it  to  him  if tie  has  to  cross  a  sea  in 
an  open  boat  to  do  so.

If  you  are  not  willing  to  get  in  line 
with  the  new  order of  things  and  look 
after  the  trade 
in  your  own  town  and 
county,  you  may  rest  assured  some  one 
else  will,  and  then  the  Secretary  will 
hear  from  you  again  about  some  wide­
awake,  progressive  fellow  coming  into 
your town  with  two  or  three  wheelbar­
rows  full  of  odds  and  ends  and  starting 
another  department  store.

Don’t 

let  this  occur,  but  wake  up  to 
the  possibilities  of  your trade,  and  firm­
ly  resolve  when  you  return  home  from 
this  annual  meeting  to  pull  yourself  to­
gether  and  become,  if  you  are  not  now, 
a  representative  dealer  in  the  hardware 
ine. 

____

_ 

A re You  a M ummy  o r a  D eader?

The  world  of  this  day  is  full  of  peo­
ple  who  do  not  want  to  go  ahead  and 
who  kick  against  the  forward  steps  that 
are  being  taken  by  others.  These  peo­
ple 
like  to  stand  still.  They  could  not 
be  made  to  run  by  a  charge  from  a 
Gatling  gun,  simply  because  their  men­
tal  and  physical  energy  are  not  equal  to 
the  emergency.  They  would  prefer  a 
shot 
in  the  back— you  know  that  such 
people  never  face  anything— rather than 
get  a  little  action  on  themselves.  They 
like  to  be  dead because it is  much  easier 
than  living. 

It  also  lasts  longer.

When  gas  was  first 

introduced  into 
this  country  the  dealers  rose  in  their 
wrath  and  protested  against  its  use, 
saying  it  was  dangerous  and  would  kill 
it.  Of  course  it 
anyone  who  inhaled 
would  and  will,  but  gas  is  not  used 
for 
breathing  purposes,  and  it  was  not  very 
long  before  the  dealers  began  to  use  gas 
on  their own  account. 
It  is  a  pity  that 
some  of  them  did  not  take  it  by  inhala­
tion.  The  railways  were  opposed  on 
the  ground  that  they  . would  do  away 
with  horses,  while  the  telegraph  was 
resisted  because  the  use  of  electricity 
was  equivalent  to  stealing 
lightning 
from  heaven.  One  objector  said  the 
wires  might  carry  messages,  but  would 
not  be  equal  to the  job  of carrying pack­
ages,  so the  town  meeting  in  opposition 
to  wires  “ resolved”  to that  effect.

And  so  it  goes  with  almost  every  new 
idea  or  innovation.  The  world  moves

in  a  fixed  orbit,  and  the  great  majority 
of  its  inhabitants  think  that  they  move 
the  same  way,  which  means  that  they 
stand  still. 
“ What  was  good  enough 
for  father  is  good  enough  for  me,”   is  a 
common  expression.  On  that 
idea  we 
could  go  back  to  Adam  and  get  along 
without  clothes.  But  the  dealers  do  not 
seem  to  realize  that  there  are  a  few  live 
people  on  earth,  and  that  it  is necessary 
to  move 
in  order  to  keep  up  with  the 
procession.

Are  you  awake?  Do  you  realize  that 
iqoo  was  a  great  big  business  year,  and 
that  1901,  which 
is  the  beginning  of  a 
new  century,  is  alive  with  opportunities 
for those  who  realize  that  it  pays  to  be 
active?  Do  you  keep  your  goods  in  or­
der?  Are  the  goods  arranged  so that 
they  will  please  your  customers?  How 
about  the  goods  themselves?  Are  they 
bought  for  to-day’s  uses  and  not  for 
1800?  The  hatchet  with  which  the 
im­
mortal  George  cut  down  the  cherry  tree 
would  be  valuable  as  a  relic,  but  could 
you  sell  it  now  because  it  is  one  of  the 
latest  makes?— Stoves and Hardware Re­
porter.

A ccum ulation  of Old  Stock.

One  of  the  sources  of  loss  that  a  hard­
ware  store  can  suffer  from  is  the  accum­
ulation  of  old  stock,  which,  through age, 
has  been  unsalable,  or  at  least  has  lost a 
portion  of 
its  value.  There  are  some 
goods,  of  course,  which  are  staple  al­
most  all  the  year  around,  and  will  be 
staple  next  season  as  much  as  they  are 
now,  but  the  majority  of  goods  will  lose 
something  of  their value  by  being  here 
next  year,  and  even  the  most  staple 
goods  lose  something  from  age.

New  goods  generally  command  a  bet­
ter  price  and  are  certainly  easier to  sell 
than  goods  which  have  been  in  stock 
for  any 
length  of  time.  Would  it  not 
be  well  to  mark  your stock  in some way, 
so  you  would  know  just  when  it  was  re­
ceived,  and  see  that  your salesmen  got 
rid  of  the  old  goods  first?  This  could 
easily  be  done  by  placing  some  kind  of 
a  secret  figure  or  letter upon  each  arti­
cle  or  package  of  goods  as  it  is  re­
for  instance,  goods  re­
ceived.  Say, 
1901,  might  be 
ceived 
marked  “ A ,”  
1901, 
“ B, ”   and  so  on  each  month  until  the 
entire  alphabet  is  exhausted.  Certainly, 
long  before  the  last  letter  in  the  alpha­
bet  is  reached  every  article  in  the  store 
ought  to  have  turned  itself  into  money.
It  is  well,  if  possihle,  never  to  allow 
goods  to  remain  in  the  store through two 
inventories.  This  rule  of  keeping  goods 
as  short  a  time  as  possible  will  work  to 
advantage  in  keeping  the  stock  clean.

and  February, 

in  January, 

A  store  that  watches  these  points care­
fully  can  very  often  avoid serious losses. 
Mark  your goods  so that  you  may  know 
when  they  came  in,  and  then  study  to 
make  their  departure  as  speedy  as  pos­
sible.

Tbe  Bundle of Sticks.

The  sole  object 

in  advertising  is  to 
get  paying  returns.  The  only  way  to 
do  this 
is  to  adopt  the  best  known 
means,  of  which  there  are  three  prin­
cipal  classes:  Magazine  and  newspaper 
advertising,  circular  advertising,  and 
traveling  representatives.  Some  adver­
tisers  adopt  the  first  of the above classes, 
some  adopt  tbe  second,  while  others  de­
pend  on  the  third;  but  we  think  most 
will  agree  with  us  that  no  one  of  these 
classes  will  produce  the  results  that  can 
be  obtained  from  a  combination  of 
them;  “ In  union  there 
is  strength.”  
Like  the  old  example  of  a  bundle  of 
sticks:  One  stick—so  easy  to  break ; 
many  sticks  together— can’t  be  broken. 
One  reinforces  the  other,  and  the  result 
is—well,  results.

Satisfaction  in  Defeat.

Brown—So  you  lost  your  lawsuit  with 

Smith?

M In. 

6-16 in.  Vi in.  Vi In.
Com..............   7  c.  ...  6  c . ...  5  c.  ...  4Kc.
BB................   8Vi 
... 6J< 
...6
BBB..............  8* 
...  6Vi 
...  6V4
Cast Steel, per lb................................. 

6

...  7V4 
...  7Vi 
Crowbars
Chisels

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

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

Nos. 10 to 14  ................................. 
Nos. 15 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 60
3 60
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Shovels  and  Spades

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

8 00
7  60

Elbows

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

Expansive  Bits

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

Files—New  List

Galvanized  Iron

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

14 

13 

15 

Discount,  66

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

Gauges

Glass

Single  Strength, by box................. ....dis  85&
Double Strength, by box..................... dis  85&

By the Light................................dis  80&20

H am m ers

Hinges

Hollow  W are

Maydole & Co.’s, new list.................... dis 
33Vi
Yerkes & Plumb’s................................dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............... 30c list 
70
Gate, Clark’s l, 2,3...............................dis  6O&10
Pots...........................................•........  
50&10
Kettles................................................ 
50&10
Spiders................................................ 
50&10
Au Sable.............................................. dis  40&10
House  F urnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list................. 
70
Japanned Tinware............................... 
20&10
Bar Iron..............................................2 26  c rates
Light Band.........................................   3 c rates

Horse  Nalls

Iro n

Solder

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

Squares

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

Tin—Melyn  Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal............................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal.....................................  
20x14 IX, 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, $1.60

B oiler Size  Tin  Plate 
14x66 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
Dound 
14x66 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, f P®r P0«“«- 
Traps
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...................................  
Coppered Spring Steel....................... 
Barbed Fence, Galvanized................. 
Barbed Fence, Fainted....................... 
Bright................................................  
Screw Eyes.......................................... 
Hooks............................. 
Gate Hooks and Eyes......................... 

W ire Goods

W ire

 

 

W renches

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

70

$860

8 60
9 76

7 00
7 00
8 80
8 60

10
10
76
40&10
66
15
1  25
60
60
50&10
60&10
40
3 30
3  00
80
80
80
80

30
30

Jones— Y es;  but  it’s  a  satisfaction  to 
know  that  Smith  didn’t  win  anything.
“ But  didn’t  you  have  to  pay  him 

$1,000 damages?”

“ Yes;  but  his  lawyer got  that,”

Knobs—New  List

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

L anterns

76
86
6 00
00

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

man  never  knows  until  he 
is  married 
that  it  is  economy  to  do  without  cigars 
in  order to  put  the money in bric-a-brac. 
If  you  will  notice,  a  woman’s  burnt 
offerings  are  generally  made  of  some­
body  else's  killings,  not  her  own.

Another  vivid  example  of  woman’s 
proneness  to  let  somebody  else  be  good 
for  her  is  shown 
in  the  matter of  re­
form.  When  a  man  thinks  about  being 
good  he  is  apt  to  begin  on  himself.  He 
stops  drinking  or  swearing  or  playing 
poker  or  whatever  was  the  particular 
vice  that  was  his  besetting  sin.  When 
a  woman  decides on  leading  the  higher 
life  she  turns  the  batteries  of  her  good 
resolutions  on 
She 
doesn’t  even  contemplate  such  a  thing 
as  giving  up  gossiping  or  playing  pro­
gressive  euchre  or  being  irritable  and 
cross  with  her  own  household.  She  de­
votes  herself  to  trying  to  make  her  hus­
band  quit  smoking  or  having  a  modest 
glass  of  beer  with  his  dinner,  and  she 
counts  it  unto  herself  for  righteousness 
when  she  can  persuade  him  to  resign 
from  his  club.

somebody  else. 

All  of  the  great  reforms  inaugurated 
by  women  have  the  suppression  of  the

vices  of  men  for thei/  object.  No  wom­
an  reformer  has  ever had  the  nerve  to 
tackle  the  vices  of  her own  sex. 
It  is 
altruistic  and  unselfish  in  us  of  course, 
but  isn’t  it  a  trifle  absurd  to  devote  all 
of  our time  to trying  to  pluck  the  beam 
out  of  our  brothers’  eyes,  when  there 
are  so  many  motes  in  our own?  Between 
the  crime  of  drink  and  the  crime of gos­
siping  there  is  precious  little  to  choose. 
Both  ruin 
lives  and  wreck  homes  and 
break  hearts,  yet  there  are  thousands  of 
women  banded  together  to  stop  men 
from  drinking  and  to  prohibit  the  in­
temperate  use  of  liquor,  but  there  is  no 
organized  movement  to  stop  women 
from  talking  scandal  and  to  prohibit the 
intemperate  use  of  the  tongue. 
It  is  a 
lot  more  comfortable  to  reform  some­
body  else’s  faults  than  it  is  your  own, 
but  it  is  not  so  profitable  to  your  own 
soul.

Whether  a  woman  is  going  to  be  held 
responsible  for  her  husband’s  getting 
drunk  and  playing  poker,  I  don’t  know, 
but  I  do  know  she  is  going  to  be  held 
to  account  for  cheating  at  progressive 
euchre  and  for a  mismanaged  house and 
for  raising  her children  up  on the streets

with  no  idea  of  duty  or obedience  to 
God  or man. 
It  is  about  time  we  quit 
policing  men’s  vices  so  much 
and 
turned  our attention  a  little  to  our  own, 
and  I  shall  have  greater  hopes  of  re­
forms  reforming  when  I  see  women with 
a  bunch  of  ribbon  pinned  on  their 
breast  that  indicates  they  belong  to  the 
Christian  Womeu’s Temperance Talking 
Union  or  the  Amalgamated  Mothers’ 
Spanking  Association  and  are 
looking 
after  their  own  moral  fences  and  not 
those  belonging  to 
their  masculine 
neighbors.

One  of  the  most  outrageous  features 
of  the  feminine  idea  of  being  good  by 
proxy  is  the  habit  so  many  women  have 
of  making  somebody  else  foot  the  bills 
for their charities. 
In  every  city  in  the 
is  a  coterie  of  women  who 
land  there 
outdo  the  scriptural 
injunction  not  to 
let  the  right  hand  know  what  the  left 
hand  gives,  for their  pocketbooks  never 
know  it  at  all.  They  sustain  a  flourish­
ing  reputation  for  philanthropy  and  are 
conspicuous  on  orphan  asylum  and  hos­
pital  boards.  They  are  the  head  and 
front  of  every  church  fair and  charity 
bazar  and  missionary  tea,  and  are  sup-

2 0

W om an’s World

little 

W omen  Prone  to  Being  Good  by  Proxy.
One  of  the  pretty  fictions  of  the  world 
is  that  which  represents  woman as being 
only  a 
less  angelic  than  the  an­
gels.  Tradition  has  made  her  the  cus­
todian  and  regulator of our  morals  and 
the  official  exponent  of  all  the  virtues, 
and 
in  a  general  way  she  is  supposed 
to  have  cornered  the  whole  visible  sup­
ply  of  goodness.  This  point  of  view  is 
too  flattering  for  women  not  to  have 
adopted 
it,  but  an  amusing  and  some­
what  cynical  comment  is  offered  on  the 
situation  by  the  frequency  with  which 
the  sex  shunts  the  burden  of  its  right­
eousness  and  right  doing  on  to  other 
people’s  shouders,  for  it  is  woman,  and 
not  man,  who  has  hit  upon  the  happy 
idea  of  doing  one’s  duty vicariously and 
being  good  by  proxy.

Every  woman  who  is  married  to  a 
man  who  lets  her  henpeck  him  speaks 
of  herself  as  being  a  good  wife.  The 
feminine  ideal  of  wifely  duty  is  getting 
along  smoothly  with  a  man  who  is  a 
good  provider,  and  who  never  interferes 
in  the  housekeeping.  His  humble  at­
titude  of  acquiescence  never counts  at 
all  when  she  sums  up  her  virtues,  al­
though  as  a  matter of  fact  she  may  only 
be  amiable  because  she  is never crossed.
Likewise  a  woman  invariably  takes 
credit  to  herself  for  being  a good mother 
when  her  children  happen  to  he  bom 
with  healthy  constitutions  and  are  lucky 
enough  not  to take  the  measles ;  while  a 
good  friend,as  we  all  know,  is  a  woman 
who  will 
lend  us  her  new  skirt  pattern 
before  she  has  used  it  herself  and  who 
lets  us  dictate  to  her about  what  clubs 
she  shall 
join,  and  control  her  vote  at 
the  election  of  officers.  We  frequently 
admire  our own  dispositions  because  we 
get  along  harmoniously  with  people 
who  give  in  to  us and  adjust  themselves 
to  our  peculiarities.

Self-sacrifice  has  always  been  re­
garded  as  woman's  star  virtue,  and  the 
in  which  she  shone  unrivaled  by 
one 
man,  but  even 
in  this  she  generally 
manages  to  offer  up  somebody  else,  in­
stead  of  herself. 
It  is  the  same  spirit 
that  prompted  Artemus  Ward,  during 
the  fervor  of  his  patriotism,  to  declare 
that  he  was  willing  to  sacrifice  all  of 
his  wife’s  relations,  if  need  be,  to  put 
down  the  rebellion.  Women are  not  con­
scious  of  doing  this,  of  course,  but  all 
the  same  they  do  it.  When  a  woman 
tells  you  that  she  believes  in  plain 
liv­
ing  and  high  thinking  and  that  she  sets 
her  face  sternly  against  the  pleasures  of 
the  table,  you  can  be  utterly  sure  that 
she  is  dyspeptic  and  can’t  eat  anything 
but  health  food  abominations,  anyway.
When  the  time  comes  to  economize  it 
is  somebody  else’s  extravagances  that 
have  to  be  lopped  off  first.  A  woman 
once,  in  exploiting  her  own  achieve­
ments, 
in  saying  to  me,  exclaimed: 
“ Why,  I  made  my  husband  wear the 
same  suit  of  clothes for three years!” 
But  that  very  woman  continued  to go  to 
the  highest-priced  dressmaker  in  town 
for  her  own  frocks.  However,  she  ex­
plained  this  on  the  ground  of  its  al 
ways  being  economy  for a  woman  to get 
something  expensive,  and  she  probably 
knew  what  she  was  talking  about.  At 
any  rate,  she  cut  off  every  one  of  her 
husband’s  indulgences,  and  they  got 
rich,  and to  this  day  when  people  speak 
of their  prosperity  they  always  attribute 
it to his  having  been  blessed  with  such 
an  economical  wife.  Thus  was  virtue 
rewarded,  while  She  never denied  her­
self  anything  she  personally  wanted.  A

A  I m i t a i

^ o f   tl)t  Ifoitrir  P iatta  of  A m erica,

xRKSnNGl

To

H E N R Y   K O C H ,   your  o l e r b j M ,   attorneys,  ager.j 
fltA l.e A l3ca.exx.  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  of 
bolding  through  or  under  you,

tl% rc a s,

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

ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,

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

lloni, <£l)crcfort, 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, 
imderth^painsan^^^enaltie^^vhic^^maj^^all^igoi^jroi^an^^each^ofyou  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  dc 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

By  word  of mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

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

that  which  is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from  in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO"  in  any 
false  or  misleading  manner.

W i t n e s s  f   The  honorable  Melville  W.  F uller,  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.

[sicked]

S.  a   OLIPHANT,

C kr*

[seal] 
1 

ROWLAND  COX,

Complainants  Solicitar

posed  by  people  on  the  outside  to  be 
prodigally  generous,  yet  they  never give 
a  cent  of  their own  money.

Let  a  case  of  destitution  in  a  neigh­
borhood  be  known,  and  such  a  woman 
claps  on  her  bonnet  and  is  out  collect­
ing  food  and  clothes  for the  sufferers, 
but  it  never  occurs  to  her  to  supply 
them  from  her  own  pantry  and  ward­
robe.  Let  a  church  bazar  be  organized, 
and  she  gives  herself  nervous  prostra­
tion  rushing  around  begging  contribu­
tions  from  merchants,  but  you  never 
hear  of  her  personally  donating  any­
thing  on  her  own  account.  Her  generos­
ity,  which  is  lauded  in  the  papers  and 
celebrated  throughout  the  community, 
is  entirely  vicarious  and  consists 
in 
holding  up  other  people  and  making 
them  give.

Perhaps  it  is  because  giving  by proxy 
is  so  cheap  and  yet  at  the  same  time  so 
soothing  to  one's  conscience  that women 
are  so  addicted  to  it. 
I  have  a  suspi­
cion  that  there  would  be  about  a  mil­
if  women  had  to 
lion  fewer  “ causes”  
give  to  them  themselves, 
instead  of 
making  others  do  the  contributing.  As 
it  is,  every  woman  you  know  has  two  or 
three  pet  charities  that  she  depends  on 
supporting  by  holding  up  her  friends. 
When  the  time  comes  for  making  her 
annual  contribution  she  never thinks  of 
going  down  into  her  own  pocket.  She 
puts  her  hand  into  theirs. 
It  is  nothing 
short  of  highway  robbery,  with  no 
chance  of  appealing  to the  police.

listening 

Of  course,  it  is  done  decently  and 
under the  guise  of  a  lecture  or  reading 
or  amateur  concert,  as  if  anybody  ever 
went  to  such  things  of  their own accord. 
That  cuts  no  figure  with  the  woman, 
however.  She  feels  that  you  ought  to 
be  willing  to  suffer  in  a  good  cause, 
and  a  self-righteous  glow  pervades  her 
whole  being  as  she  pictures  you  being 
spiritually  purified  by 
to 
something  that  bores  you  to  death,  and 
being  forced  to  contribute  to  a  cause  to 
which  you  have  no  desire  whatever to 
give. 
In  her  heart  she  is  saying,  “ I 
will  be  the  humble  instrument  to  save 
that  person  from  his  own selfish indiffer­
ence  to the  noble  “ Pug  Dog  Hospital  or 
the  Home  for  Superannuated Cats, “  and 
thereupon  she  sits  down  and  sends  you 
a  lot  of  tickets  to  the  entertainment  for 
the  benefit  of  this  worthy  charity,  with 
a  note  saying  she  will  take  it  as  a  per­
sonal  compliment  if  you  will  make  a 
subscription.

Indeed, 

Of  course,  men  are  the  worst  suffer­
ers.  Women  don’t  mind  declining  so 
much,  and,  anyway,  as  they  do  other 
people  the  same  way,  it 
is  a  case  of 
diamond  cut  diamond,  but  it  is  not  easy 
for  a  young  man  to  refuse  if the  tickets 
come  from  a  woman  who has entertained 
him  during  the  winter. 
it 
amounts  almost  to  a  civil  dun  for  din­
ners  and  dances,  and 
if  he  refuses  to 
make  good,his  welcome  is  a  cold  one  in 
future  when  he  goes  to  call  on  Mrs. 
Proxy  G.  Samaritan. 
If  there  was  only 
one  ticket  it  would  be a small  matter, 
but  when  they  come  in  shoals,  as  they 
do  during  the  season,  they  send  the  av­
erage  young  man  to  the free-lunch coun­
ter  for  food  and  he  says  things  about 
this  particular  form  of  blackmail  that  it 
would  do  the  vicariously  charitable  sis­
ter  good  to  hear.

The  ticket-sending  nuisance  should 
be  suppressed. 
It  may  safely  be  taken 
for granted  that  every  single  one  of  us 
have  just  as  many  claims on our pocket- 
books  as  they  will  stand. 
It  is  humili­
ating  and  embarrassing  to  be  expected 
to  support  other  people’s  charities,  and 
no  woman  has  a  right  to demand  it  of

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thought  too  good  a  thing  for  family con­
sumption?

to  our 

So  with  our  children.  Suppose  our 
own  good  manners  never  failed?  Sup­
pose,  instead  of  teaching  and  preaching 
gentleness  and  kindness  and  considera­
tion  and  unselfishness 
little 
Johnny  and  Susie  they  beheld  an  ani­
mated  object  lesson  every  day  of  their 
lives  in  us,  shouldn’t we  get  very  differ­
ent  results?  There  are  no  critics  so 
keen  as  children  and  they  are  relentless 
in  measuring  us  up  against  our  stand­
ards.  They  imitate  our  examples,  and 
not  our  precepts,  and  there  would  be  no 
hoodlums  if  all  children  were  raised  up 
in  an  atmosphere  of  perpetual  good 
manners.

Good  manners  are  the  flower  of  a 
good  heart.  Women  owe  it  to the  world 
to  keep 
it  fragrant  and  beautiful  with 
them. 

Cora  Stowell.

The  Union  Iron  Works  of  San  Fran­
cisco  has  decided  to  substitute  oil  for 
coal  fuel  throughout  its  great  plant. 
It 
is  estimated  that  100,000  barrels  of  oil 
will  be  required  annually.  The  Call 
says:  “ The  decision  of  the  Union  Iron 
Works management  to  use  oil  for  fuel  is 
not  a  sudden  impulse,  but  the  result  of 
a  thorough  investigation  into  the  merits 
of  the  new  fuel. 
It  was  found  that  it 
was  not  only  superior to  coal  in  cleanli­
ness,  heat-producing  qualities  and econ­
omy  of  labor,  but  possessed  other  great 
advantages  that  would  actually  mean  a 
saving  of  at  least  $75,000  a  year  in  the 
cost  of  power.  This  action  on  the  part 
of  the  Union  Iron  Works  is  regarded  as 
important  by  the  oil  men. 
It  means 
furthermore  that  the  - bondage' of  Cali­
fornia  to  tbe  coal  dictators  of  Canada 
has  ended  forever.”

_ 

Dorothy  Dix.

her  friends.  Let  her give  what  she  can 
herself  and 
in  a  still  wider  charity  re­
frain  from  asking  others. 
The  best 
sort  of  goodness  is  individual  goodness, 
that  does  not  do  its  good  works  by 
proxy. 
Good Manners tbe Flow er of a Good H eart.
In  these  later  Lenten  days  almost 
every  woman,  without  regard  to  creed, 
has  her  thought  turned  more  or  less  to 
is  honestly  trying 
serious  matters  and 
to  be  a  little  better than  ordinary. 
It  is 
a  kind  of  annual  spiritual  house-clean­
ing  time,  when  we  take  account  of  the 
virtues  we  have  worn  to  rags  and  tatters 
and  the  commandments  we have broken, 
and  try  to  administer  a  coat  of  white­
wash  to  our consciences.

One  of  the  reasons  that  women  are  no 
better  is  because  they  are  so  good. 
If 
they  committed  big  sins  they  would  re­
pent  them  in  sackcloth  and  ashes  and 
reform,  but  their  faults  are  so  much  of 
the  tarradiddle  and  white-fib  order,  it 
never  seems  worth  while  being  sorry  for 
them,  or to  leave  off  doing  them.  But 
however  long  women  may  be  on  virtue, 
it  must  be  confessed  that  they  are  short 
on  manners,  and  no  other  Lenten  ob­
servance  would  have  more  real  meaning 
than  for  women  to  celebrate  the  peni­
tential  season  by  exhibiting  to  their 
fellow-creatures  that  combination  of 
consideration  and  forbearance  and  cour­
tesy  that  we  call  good  manners.

it 

This  has  no  reference  whatever to  the 
matter of  leaving  cards  or  the  art  of  us­
ing  the  proper  fork  with  the  proper 
course  at  dinner.  A  woman  may  have 
the  etiquette  of  fashionable  society  at 
her  finger  tips  and  still  be  brutally  rude 
and  ill-mannered.  We  see  it  in  the  way 
insolently  orders  a  shop 
in  which  she 
girl  about.  We  see 
it  in  the  way  in 
which  she  selfishly  spreads  herself  out 
over  a  street  car  while  other  people 
stand.  We  see 
in  the  manner  in 
which  she 
lets  her  eyes  travel  slowly 
and  cruelly  all  over  a  poor  woman’s 
costume,  taking 
in  and  commenting  on 
every  detail  in  a  way  that  is  none  the 
less  perceptible  because  it  is  inaudible.
Manners  and  morals  are  the  Siamese 
twins  of  virtue,  and  nobody  has  ever 
successfully  separated  them. 
is  a 
common  thing  for  people  to  excuse  the 
ill  manners  of  some  one  by  saying  that 
under a  rough exterior  they  have  a  heart 
of  gold. 
It  may  possibly  be  true,  but 
very  few  of  us  are  in  the  mining  busi­
ness.  We  must  take  people  as  they 
come  to  us,  and  if  they  wound  and  hurt 
and  offend  us  it 
immaterial  to  us 
whether they  did  it  because  of  thought­
lessness  or malice.  The  result  is  all  that 
we  are  concerned  with.

is 

It 

Sometimes  one 

is  tempted  to  think 
that  the  possession  of  good  manners  is 
the  philosopher’s  stone  that  would  en­
able  women  to  solve  most  of  the  prob­
lems  by  which  they  are  confronted. 
Think  of  the  impossibility,for  instance, 
of  domestic  rows  occurring  in  a  home 
presided  over by a  woman  whose  man­
ners  never  gave  away  under any  of  the 
exigencies of family  life.  With what  tact 
she  would  guide  the  conversation  away 
from dangerous topics; with what suavity 
she  would  listen  to  the  opposite  side  of 
every  question,  with  what  seeming  def­
erence  and  with  what  charming  compli­
ments  she  would  apparently  yield  to 
her  husband’s  superior  judgment,  even 
when  she  meant  to  do her own  way  in 
tbe  end.  No  man  would  quarrel  with 
such  a  wife.  No  man  would  want to. 
We  show  this  kind  of  politeness  and 
consideration  to the  veriest  stranger that 
enters  our  gates.  Why  should 
it  be

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Fruits  and  Produce.

Use  of Common  Sense  in  H andling  Vege­

tables.

This  is  the  season  of  the  year  when 
green  vegetables  should  be  pushed  to 
the  front  in  the  grocery  department  of 
the  store.  Are  you  displaying  your 
vegetables  properly?  As  a  matter  of 
fact haven’t  you  placed  your  lettuce 
in 
a  basket  with  wet  brown  paper  in  the 
bottom  and  stuck  the  basket  alongside 
of  the  counter on  the  floor  in  the darkest 
and  dirtiest  part  of  the  store?  Have  you 
placed  the  rhubarb  on  the  counter or  in 
another  basket  where  it  will  wilt  and 
look  as  if  it  was  seven  days  old  after  it 
has  been  displayed  a  couple  of  hours? 
And  the  bunches  of  radishes  and  the 
California  celery,  where  are  they?  The 
clerks  are  obliged  to  hunt  ten  minutes 
to  find  them.  And  yet  you  call  this 
storekeeping  and  wonder why  the  man 
across  the  street  has  all  the  green  vege­
table  trade.

Use  a  little  common  sense in handling 
vegetables,  just  as  you  do  in  buying 
your  goods. 
If  you  are  going  to  handle 
them  at  all,  handle  them  for  profit  and 
place  them  where  they  will  be  seen,  and 
where  they  will  be  fresh  and  bright  ' 
appearance.  How  can  you  do  this? 
It 
is  just  as  easy  as  falling  off a log.  Prob 
ably  you  have  never bought  a  vegetable 
display  rack. 
If you  haven’t  go  to  your 
tinner at  once  and  get  him  to  make  you 
one  as  cheaply  as  possible,  but  durable 
You  can  have  him  make  you  several 
different  kinds.  Choose  the  kinds  you 
think  best  adapted  to  your store arrange 
ment.  A  pyramid  vegetable  display 
rack  is  as  good  as  any  in  the  majority 
of  cases.  Tell  the  tinner to  take  a  half 
inch  pipe  and  solder three  circular  pans 
to  it  at  equal distances apart.  The  lower 
pan  should  be  the  largest,  say  three  or 
four  feet 
in  diameter;  the  middle  pan 
six 
inches  smaller  in  diameter  and  the 
top  pan,  the  smallest,  six  inches smaller 
than  the  middle  pan.  At  the  top  of  the 
pipe  have  the  tinner  insert  a  small 
sprayer  and  attach  the  pipe  to  your 
water  connections  with  a  small  rubber 
hose, or  direct.  Then arrange  the  vege­
tables  tastefully  on  it,  turn  on  the  water 
and  there  you  are  with  a  vegetable  dis­
play  stand,  cheaply  bought,  well  ar­
ranged,  and  inviting  to  the  trade.

•  the  sidewalk. 

Some  dealers  follow  still another plan : 
In  front  of  their store  they  have  a  vege­
table  display  stand,  lined  wiih  tin  or 
zinc,  with  a  fountain  in  the  center  and 
they  arrange  their vegetables  on  this  on 
It  is  preferable,  how­
ever,  to  display  them  in  the  store  win­
dow  or  in  the  center of  the  store  room, 
as  prominently  as  possible,  as  the  vege­
tables  are  then  kept  clean  and  free  from 
the  dust  and  the  manure  of  the  street 
that 
is  stirred  up  on  every  windy  day. 
At  the  best,  owing  to  their  perishable 
nature,  vegetables  are  not  profitable 
then,  you  should  use  every  means  of 
making  them  pay  as  good  returns  as 
possible,and  because  they  are  not profit 
able  you  should  not  neglect  them  and 
make  the 
loss  all  the  greater.—Com­
mercial  Bulletin.

Tea Growing in  Louisiana.

New  Orleans,  April  1— Experiments 
in  progress  show  that  tea  can  be 

now 
grown 
likely  to  become  a  standard  one 

in  Louisiana,  and  the  crop 

in  the

State  if  the  labor  necessary  for handling 
the  tea  can  be  obtained.  The  experi­
ments  have  been  conducted  at the Audu­
bon  Experiment  Station  in  this  city  by 
Prof.  W.  C.  Stubbs.

Dr.  Stubbs  imported  a  number  of  the 
best varieties  of  tea  plants  and  now  has 
650 growing  on  the  farm.  He  has  met 
with  complete  success  with  them  and 
has  demonstrated  their  adaptability  to 
the  soil  and  climate  of  Louisiana.

‘ Here  in  Louisiana  we  are  in a better 
condition  successfully  to  cultivate  tea,”  
he  says,  “ than  in  South  Carolina,  where 
tea  culture 
is  a  practical  and  financial 
success. * *
There  are  a  number  of  tea  plants,  or 
rather  tea  shrubs,  growing  in  Lafayette 
Square  and  other  public  parks 
in  New 
Orleans,  some  of  them  ten  years  old  and 
all 
in  a  thoroughly  healthy  condition. 
They  have  been  grown  only  for orna­
ments.  The  shrubs  grown  at  the  Audu­
bon  Experiment  Station  for commercial 
purposes  are  all  equally  healthy.^ and 
they  will  produce  this  year  a  consider­
able  crop  of tea,  if  it  is  gathered.  Dr. 
Stubbs  will  be  able  in  a  very  short  time 
to  determine  the  cost  of  production  and 
the  profit  likely’to  be  returned  from  the 
cultivation  of  tea  in  Louisiana.

Taking  the  expenses  and  returns  of 
the  Shepherd  experiment  at  Summer­
ville,  S.  C.,  Dr.  Stubbs 
is  convinced 
that  tea  will  prove  a  far  better and more 
profitable  crop  for  Southern  Louisiana 
than  cotton,  more  certain  and  less liable 
to  injury  from  unfavorable  atmospheric 
conditions.
The  cost  of  raising  the  tea  plant is in 
finitesimai.  The  great  expense 
is  ii 
the  picking  and  preparing  of the leaves 
and  this,  Dr.  Stubbs  confesses,  is  a  se­
rious  problem.
In  South  Carolina  the  work  is done  by 
negro  labor,  but  the  negroes  have  to  be 
long  time  in  order to  do 
trained  for  a 
the  work  properly. 
It  is  possible  that 
cotton  pickers  may,  with  a  little  train­
ing,  be  converted 
into  good  tea-leaf 
pickers.  The  negro  is  the  best  cotton 
picker  known,  and  acquires 
the 
course  of  time  the  greatest  dexterity 
taking  the  cotton  from  the  bolls.  The 
tea  picking  is  somewhat  different,  re­
quiring  greater delicacy.  Still  the  ex­
perience  of  the  negro  in  the  cotton fields 
will  naturally  fit  him  for  the  tea  planta- 
tion.
At the  same  time  Dr.  Stubbs  believes 
that  it  would  be  better  to  have  some 
other  kind  of  labor than  the  negroes.  It 
is  possible  that  the  Chinese  or  Manila 
men  (Filipinos),  so  numerous  in  Louis- 
ana,  might  serve.
The  doctor  will  be  able  to  give  some 
definite  figures  as  to the  care  of  picking 
and  preparing  the  tea  leaves  for  market 
in  a  few  months.  His  present  estimate 
is  that  the  tea  can  be  cultivated  and 
fully  cured  and  prepared  for  market  at 
27  cents  a  pound,  at  which  figure  it  will 
return  a  handsome  profit  at  the  present 
price.

in 

Tea  Raising  in  South  Carolina.

During  the  past  few  days  a  company 
has  been  organized  under  the  laws  of 
South  Carolina  for the  purpose  of  mak­
ing  the  experiment  of  raising  tea in that 
State,  and  a  tract  of  6,000  acres  has 
been  purchased near Charleston on which 
to begin  the  industry  this  season.

Only  about  1,000 acres  will  be  put im­
mediately  under  cultivation,  but the  re­
mainder  will  be  enriched,  ready  for 
planting  by  next  spring.  Tea  requires 
an  exceedingly  rich  soil, but there  seems 
to  be  no  reason  to  doubt  that  the  condi­
tions  necessary  to  produce  an  excellent 
quality  of  the 
leaf  can  be  supplied  by 
proper attention.

If  the  experiment  proves  successful, 
the  company  will  raise  as  much  as  300,- 
000  pounds  of  tea  per  annum,  and  so 
confident  are  they  of  satisfactory  results 
that  they  are  already  negotiating  for  the 
purchase  of  additional  lands.

To  Prev ent  F raud  in  Salmon Labels.
A  dispatch  from  Victoria  states  that 
the  British  Columbia  Legislature  prom­
ises  to  take  action  restricting  or  pro­
hibiting  the  canning  and  sale  of  dog 
salmon  for  high-grade  salmpn 
in  that 
province. 
It  has  been  ascertained  that 
large  shipments  of  dog  salmon,  labeled 
with  brands  of  high-grade  salmon,  have 
been  sent  to  England  and  sold  at  high 
figures  to  green  buyers.  The 
largest 
packers 
in  British  Columbia,  who  have 
no  hand  in  the  swindle,  are  anxious  to 
have  a  stringent 
law  passed  immedi­
ately.

W hat  Is  Missed.

The  man  who  advertises  only  once  in 
a  while  does  not get  the  full  value  of his 
advertising.  Neither  he  nor  his  busi­
ness  ever  benefits  from  the  cumulative 
value  of  publicity.  His each  announce­
ment  may  bear  some  fruit  in  proportion 
to  its  individual  value,  but  one  absorbs 
nothing  of  the  good  wrought  by  the 
other.  His  firm  name  is  not  kept  con­
stantly  before  the  people. 
It  is  not  un­
remittingly  impressed  upon  consumers. 
Hence  he  is  in  a  measure  a  new  adver­
tiser every  time  he  advertises.

Be  careful  of  the  man  whose  mouth  is 

an  oil  tank.

F I E L D

F I E L D

Butter 
and  Eggs

40  yearn of experience  in 
handling;  B u tter and  Eggs 
should  be  a  sufficient  guar­

antee  of  onr  reliableness.
We Pay Spot Cash.

Send  us  your  shipments;  we  will 
guarantee  settlement  of  all  Con­
signments within  10  days  of  day  of 
shipment.

Peter Smith  &  Sons

Detroit,  Mich.

EGG S— n ^ c   per doz.
Will  pay  this  price  for  one  week  for  any 
quantity of fresh eggs from any point.  Cash 
will be remitted on or before Monday follow­
ing  shipment.  Cases  will  be  returned 

promptly.S E E D S
Grass Seeds.P E A S

All kinds Clover and Grass Seeds.

We buy and sell  Eggs,  Beans, Clover Seed,  Potatoes, Apples.

MOSELEY BROS.

Jobbers  of  Fruits,  Seeds,  Beans  and  Potatoes

26,28,30,32  Ottawa Street 

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N E W   PO T A T O E S

Will be early and plentiful this year.  Therefore move  your

O LD   PO T A T O E S

immediately.  We are selling  potatoes  e^ery  day  and  can 
sell  yours.  What have you?

M ILLER   &  T E A S D A LE   CO .,  ST.  LO UIS,  MO.

L.  J.  SM ITH   &  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.

Highest  Market Prices  Paid. 

98  South  Division  Street,

Regular Shipments Solicited.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

We solicit your shipments 
of  Fresh  Eggs  and  Dairy 

Butter.

Reference,  Home Sayings Bank, Detroit.

In e   LEAOlNU  FKOUUCE IHHjSD ON  I ME  EASTERN  MARKET.

We  make  a  specialty  of 
poultry and dressed calves. 
Write for our weekly price 
list.

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Coffee 

New  York,  March  30—Business  keeps 
up  fairly . well,  yet  there  seems  to  be 
considerable  complaint  that 
is  not 
all  it  might  be  in  point  of  activity. 
It 
may  be  that  retailers  are  pretty  well 
stocked  up  and  will  now  wait  for a  re­
duction  in  the  quantity  of goods on hand 
before  making  further  purchases.

is  not  meeting  with  any  spe­
cial  enquiry,  although  quotations  are 
quite  firmly  adhered  to,  owing  to  firmer 
cable  reports  from  Europe  and  rather 
supplies  at  primary 
smaller  daily 
in  coffee  has  been 
points.  Speculating 
of  light  proportions. 
In store  and  afloat 
the  amount  aggregates  1,393,526 bags, 
against  1,205,990  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  Very  little  has  been  done 
in 
the  milder  sorts,  Good  Cucuta  being 
nominally  8|^c.  East  India  growths 
are  dull.

A 

little  business  has  been  done  in 
Pingsuey  teas,  but  as  a  general  rule 
the  situation -is  very  quiet  and  sales  are 
of  the  smallest  quantities—simply  to 
patch  up  broken  assortments.  Prices 
are  variable  and  almost  all  “ lengths  of 
purse’ ’  can  be  satisfied.

While  jobbers  generally  report  a quiet 
distributive  movement,  they  think  there 
is  a  better  tone  to  the  sugar  market and, 
with  a  breath  of  spring,  we  shall  see  a 
good  degree  of  activity.  Some  of  the 
jobbers  are  carrying  good  stocks and lit­
tle  if  any  delay  will  be  experienced 
in 
filling  orders  for some  time  to  come.

If  figures  don’t  lie  the  position  of rice 
_is  very  strong  and  we  should  have  a  ris­
ing  market.  Actual  sales  are  of  small 
lots  and  there 
is  not  a  single  item  of 
interest  to  be  picked  up.  Quotations 
are  practically  without change.  Foreign 
grades  of  rice  have  been  in  quiet  move­
ment,  but  quotations  are  well  sustained.
Jobbers  are  doing  a  hand-to-mouth 
business  in  spices  and the  whole  market 
is  absolutely  featureless.  Quotations are 
nominal  and  both  seller  and  buyer  ap­
pear  to  be  waiting  for  something  to turn 
up.  Singapore  pepper,  i3@ i3X c;  Zan­
zibar  cloves,  9/4 @gMc>  in  an  invoice 
way.

the 

canner. 

Grocery  grades  of  New  Orleans  mo­
lasses  are 
in  moderate  movement,  but 
the  market  as  a  whole  is decidedly inac­
tive.  Offerings  are  not  very  large  and 
prices  are  quite  firmly  adhered  to. 
In 
the  syrup  market  exporters  have  done 
about  all  the  buisness,  and  that  has  not 
been  very  much.  Prime  to  fancy,  21 @ 
27c  in  round  lots.

Canned  goods  jobbers  report  a  light 
trade  and  the  business  in  futures  is 
about  nil.  The  opinion  prevails  that  the 
Trust  will  eliminate  a  good  many 
irre­
sponsible  packers  and  the  whole  situa­
tion  thus  be  strengthened.  From  all 
points  come  encouraging  reports of large 
expected  crops  and  the  prospects  are 
better,  perhaps,  for  the  consumer  than 
for 
reports 
quietude  and  dealers  living  on  hopes  of 
something  better  further  on.

Baltimore 

A moderate demand prevails  in lemons 
and  oranges  and  prices  are  pretty  well 
sustained.  Sicily 
lemons  are  quotable 
at  $2.15@3-  California  oranges,  $1.75 
@3.50,  as  to  size  and  quality.  Some 
fancy  brights  Fioridas  have  brought  as 
high  as $4@4.50.  A  fair trade  has  been 
done  in  bananas,  orders  coming  from 
many  interior  points.

Prunes  are  generally  pretty  firm,  but 
aside  from  this  one  article  the  dried 
fruit  market  is  in  a  languishing  condi­
tion  and  buyers  seem  to  be  few  and  far 
between.  Prices  are  without  practical 
change.

The  butter  situation 

is  about  un­
changed,  although  possibly  the  market 
is  hardly  as  strong  as  last  week.  While 
22c  has  been  paid  for  best  Western

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

creamery, 

creamery,  this  is  top,  and  some  good 
stock  has  changed  hands  at  less.  Sec­
imi­
onds  to  firsts,  ig@ 2i^c;  Western 
tation 
factory, 
I3K@ I4c.
The  demand  for  cheese  for the  past 
few  days  has  been  better  and  the  gen­
eral  situation  is  rather  encouraging  for 
sellers.  Quotations  are  practically  with­
out change.

i6@i8j£c; 

Eggs  are  firm,  owing,  perhaps,  as 
much  to  speculation  as  to any legitimate 
demand.  After  Easter,  look  out!  Best 
Western  stock,  14c,  with  the  general  run 
about  I2@i3c.
California  Orange  Industry  G reatly  De­

moralized.

Los  Angeles,  March 28—The condition 
of  the  orange  industry  is  most  deplor­
able,  nor  is  it  by  any  means  certain  that 
there  will  be  a  complete  restoration  of 
good  conditions  during  the  present  sea­
son,  which  will  close  on  Oct.  31.  The 
Commercial’s  correspondent  has  been 
making  a  tour  of  investigation  through 
the  citrus  fruit  districts  of  Southern Cal­
ifornia,  has  talked  with  many  growers, 
inspected  many  orchards  and  conferred 
with  practically  all  of  the  leading  fruit 
shippers.
There 

is  a  wonderful  amount  of  or­
anges 
in  Southern  California  for this 
time  of  year.  It  seems  certain  that  there 
was  no  exaggeration  in  the  earliest  es­
timates  of  a  crop  of 
from  22,000  to
25,000  carloads,  and  of  that  amount 
practically  11,000  carloads  have  been 
shipped,  leaving  somewhere  from 11,000 
to  14,000  carloads  still  on  the  trees, 
counting  both  oranges  and  lemons.

The  fruit  ripened  earlier than  usual 
long  rains  were  followed  by  hot 
and 
weather,  and  most  growers  think  that  in 
the  changing  weather  is  to  be  found  the 
cause  of  the  failure  of  the  oranges  to 
stand  up  well.

Added  to  the  lack  of  keeping  power 
there  has  been  and 
is  a  most  serious 
menace  to  the  fruit  in  the  fact  that  the 
average  time  in  transit,  according  to  the 
statements  of  twenty-five  shippers  inter­
viewed,  is  fully  double  that  of any  pre­
vious  year. 
In  previous  years  fruit  has 
gone  from  Southern  California  through 
to  Atlantic  coast  points  in  less  than  two 
weeks  as  a  regular  thing,  while  this 
year  it  is  on  the  road  all  the  way  from 
sixteen  to  thirty-seven  days,  and  it  is 
charged  that  the  railroads  have  per­
mitted  cars  loaded  with  oranges  to stand 
days  at  a  time  on  side  tracks.

During  the 

last  few  days  there  has 
been  a  number  of  checks  received  in 
payment  for carloads  of  oranges.  One  of 
these  was  for  $3.28,  and  covered  the 
remainder  after  paying  freight  on  364 
boxes  of  oranges  sold  in  Little  Rock, 
Ark.,  the  fruit  having  been  on  the  road 
thirteen  days.  The  shipper  paid  $364 
for  the  fruit  and  then  packed  it  and 
loaded  it,  being  out  of  pocket  over  §500 
on  that  one  carload.

Still  another  point  which  has  worked 
against  the  orange 
industry  has  been 
the  shortage  of  cars.  Since  Jan.  1  ship­
ments  have  averaged  107  cars  of oranges 
and 
lemons.  This  seems  like  a  large 
amount  of  fruit,  but  the  growers  and 
shippers  have 
insisted  on  having  cars 
for  200  loads  a  day,  and  they  have 
claimed  that  if  that  amount  of  fruit 
could  have  been  handled  promptly  it 
would  have reached  the  markets  in  good 
condition,  and  the  markets  would  have 
taken  care  of  it.

The  various  packers  have  kept  fruit 
packed  up  waiting  for  cars,  and  in  a 
number  of instances,  after  the  fruit  has 
stood  for  days,  waiting  for cars,  it  has 
been  evident  that  it  would  not  stand 
shipment,  and  the  fruit  has  been  un­
packed  and  taken  out  and  dumped.

It  is  contended  that  one  of  the  reasons 
why  there  is  so  great  delay  in  the move­
ment  of  fruit 
is  that  there  is  now  no 
competition  among  Eastern  roads  to  se­
cure  the  business.  It  is  stated  that  there

is  a  percentage  distribution  of  the  busi­
ness  among  all  the  Eastern  roads, 
whereas  in  former  years  there  has  been 
a  scramble  for  the  business.  Finding 
themselves  in  possession  of  a  portion  of 
the  business  regardless  of  the  wishes  of 
shippers  since  the 
initial  roads  have 
taken  the  routing  out  of  the  hands  of 
shippers,  it 
is  claimed  that  those  East­
ern  roads  have  ceased  to  take  any  in­
terest  in  maintaining  fast  time,and  that 
they  have  also quit  giving  any  attention 
to the  matter  of  ventilating  cars  while 
passing  over  their  lines.

Nine  thousand  carloads  of oranges and 
lemons  should  be  marketed  from  now 
last  of  May,  and  then  an  un­
until  the 
measured  but  large  crop  of 
lemons 
should  begin  to  move  freely,  which, 
with  late  oranges,  is  likely  to  add  1,000 
carloads  a  month  to  the  sum  total  dur­
ing  the  next  five  months.
Germ any’s  D iscrim ination  Has  H u rt  H er 

Own  Meat Trade.

Henry  W.  Diederich,  United  States 
Consul  at  Bremen,  Germany,  writes  to 
the  State  Department  that  the  new  meat 
inspection  law,  which  was  passed  about 
a  year  ago  by  the  German  government, 
which  absolutely  prohibits  the  importa­
tion  of  American  corned  beef,  sausages, 
etc.,  has  had  one  year’s  trial,  but  has 
made  no  friends.  While  the  govern­
ment  had  declared  that  the  passage  of 
the 
law  was  required  in  the  interest  of 
public  health,  nothing  suffered  more 
from  the  passage  of  said  law  than  did 
the  public  health  of  this  nation,  for  the 
prevailing  high  prices  of  meat necessar­
ily  lessened  its  consumption,  while  .the 
health  of  the  nation  demanded  an  in­
crease.  That  the  prices  of  meat 
in 
Germany  have  risen  materially since the 
passage  of  the 
law  is  well  known  to 
every one  who  uses  meat.  The  Consul 
uses  as  an  illustration  a  report  from  one 
of  the  largest  factories  of  textiles  in Sil­
esia.  This  factory  employs  from  1,500 
to  1,600  men.  Like  many  other  large 
industrial  establishments,  it  has  a  store 
(consumanstalt)  of  its  own,  where  the 
workingmen  may  get  all  their  groceries 
and  other  food  supplies  at  almost  cost 
price.  Formerly,  the 
leading  kind  of 
meat  supplied  to  the  people  was  Ameri­
can  corned  beef,  and  every  family  fig­
ured  on  using  about  a  pound  of  it a day, 
the  cost  being  14  cents  per pound.  Now, 
there  is  no  more  American  corned  beef 
to  be  had,  and  fresh  meat  of  home  pro­
duction  has  taken  its  place.  The  mana­
ger  of  the  factory  has  investigated  the 
increase  of  expense  to  the  people  for 
meat  since  the  passage  of  the  law,  and 
has  come  to  the  conclusion  that  every 
consumer at  his  factory  must  pay  20  per 
cent,  more  than  he  formerly  did,  as 
every  buyer  of  fresh  meat  must  take  a 
certain  proportion  of  bone  and 
fat, 
thereby 
lessening  the  amount  of  solid 
meat.  According  to  his  estimate,  3 
cents  has  been  added  to  the  price  of 
each  pound  of  meat  sold  at  the  factory. 
To  men  with  scant  earnings,  an increase 
of  over 21  cents  in  their  weekly  house­
hold  expenses  for  meat  alone  is no small 
item.  The  trade  in  American  canned 
meats 
from 
$6,000,000 to  $10,000,000  per  annum.

amounted 

formerly 

to 

Combine  In Packing Southern Oysters.
A  conference  was  held  at  New  Or­
leans,  La.,  last  week  of  representatives 
of  the  oyster  and  shrimp  canneries  of 
New  Orleans,  Mobile,  Biloxi,  Pass 
Christian,  Bay  St.  Louis  and  other 
places  on  the  Gulf  Coast  from  the  Flor­
ida  to  the  Texas  line,  at  which  it  was 
decided  to  form  a  big  concern 
that 
would  be  conducted  under a  combina­
tion  management  beneficial  to  all  the 
companies. 
is  understood  that  an 
agreement  was  reached  to  organize  a 
packers’  trust  that  would  control  and 
market  the  entire  output  of  the  Gulf 
Coast  in  oysters,  shrimps  and  other  fish 
products.

It 

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J. W.  Keys

General Produce and Commission 

Merchant,

Detroit,  Mich.

I  want  your  consignments  of

Butter,  Eggs, 

Poultry.

Correspondence  solicited.  Please 

investigate.

References:  City Savings Bank,

Commercial Agencies.

BanoD  Baskets  fire  Best

Is  conceded.  Uncle  Sam  knows  it  and 

uses them by the thousand.

We make all kinds.

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

Send for catalogue.

BALLOU BASKET WORKS, Belding, Mich.

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.

Detroit Rubber Stamp  Co.

99  Griswold St., Detroit,  Mich.

Specialties We  Manufacture

STENCILS TO  ORDER 

Changeable Brass Letters and Figures, all  sizes.

Stencil Inks and Brushes.

STEEL  AND  BRASS  STAMPS 

Baggage Checks and  Straps,  Door  Plates, Burn­
ing  Brands,  Carriage  Plates,  Check  Protect­

ors, etc., etc.
BADGES 

Metal and Ribbon.

PRICE  MARKERS 

Inks and Pads.

RUBBER  HAND  STAMPS 

Self-Inking and Dating  Stamps,  Ribbon  Daters, 
Printing Wheels, Dates (all  sizes), Metal Bodied 
and Solid Rubber Type, Tnks, Pads, Ribbons, etc.

All the Latest Novelties.

SEALS

Corporation, Notary and Wax.

We  can  use  your 
S M A L L   S H I P ­
M E N T S   as  well 
as the  larger ones.

L.O.SNEDECOR  Egg  Receiver

36  Harrison  Street,  New  York

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Fresh  Eggs

Wanted 

Special trade 
for Seconds

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Clothing

Fads  and  Fashions  in  Spring and Sum m er 

Clothing.

It  is  the  weather and  not  the  calendar 
that  makes  the  season.  The  weather 
has  not  been  spring-like  exactly,  but  it 
has  been  mild,  and  it  would  take  very 
little  rise 
in  the  mercury  to  make  it 
seem  like  the  beginning  of  the  spring 
season.  The  men’s  outfitting  estab­
lishments,  the  clothing  and  haberdash­
ery  shops  are  without, exception  show­
ing  their  spring  goods,  almost  to  the 
exclusion  of  all  other  kinds,  and  the 
papers  are  simply  teeming  with  adver­
tisements,  and  all  of  them  telling  about 
spring  goods.  As  yet  the  consumer  has 
largely  of  his  spring  ward­
not  bought 
robe. 
It  is  the  same  with  every  season. 
Most  men  are  so  full  of  business  that 
they  do  not  buy  their  fall  or  summer 
outfit  until  the  cold  or  warm  weather re­
minds  them  that  it  is  high  time  for 
them  to  begin. 
It  is  always  somewhat 
hazardous  to  predict  what  the  well- 
dressed  man  will  wear.  He  has  an  in­
considerate  way  at  times  of  doing  just 
the  opposite  of  what  he  should  in  that 
regard.  So  the  only  thing  possible to 
do  is  to consult the  prominent  retailers 
and  manufacturers,  and  get  their opin­
ion  as  to  what  the  proper  wear  will  be. 
If  they  succeed 
in  pushing  those  arti­
cles  of  apparel,  and  the  consumer  takes 
them,  well  and  good;  if  not,  you  have 
the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  you  are 
not  as  badly  off  as  the  dealer.  The  only 
thing  that  is  hurt  in  the  former case  is 
your  pride  at  being  a  false  prophet, 
while  in  the  second  case,  it  is  the  deal­
e r’s  pocket  that  is  hurt.  The  retailer 
proposes  and  the  consumer  disposes.

its  double-breasted  brother. 

First,  let  us  dispose  of  the  single- 
breasted  frock  coat,  if  fashion  has  not 
already  disposed  of  it,  for a time,  at  any 
rate.  That  is  a  question  that  is  not  de­
cided  as  yet.  The  fact  that  it  has  not 
attained  any  great  degree  of  popularity 
so  far  is  no  proof  that  it  will  not  do  so. 
It  has  not  bad  a  fair chance  and  must 
not  be  condemned. 
It  first  became 
known  in  this  country  late  last  summer, 
about  August,  too  late  for  it  to  be  taken 
up  for  that  season  any  more. 
It  was 
plain  that  it  would  not'do  for  the  win­
ter.  The  double-breasted  frock  is  essen­
tially  a  winter  coat, when  it  can be  worn 
fitting  tight  and  snug  over  the  chest, 
with  one  side  buttoned  over  the  other. 
The  single-breasted  frock  is  a  summer 
garment,  and  is  made  to  be  worn  loose­
is  certainly  somewhat  cooler 
ly,  and 
than 
It 
looks  as  well  in  every  particular,  and  as 
is  concerned,  it 
far  as  practicability 
seems  to  me  that 
it  has  as  many  ad­
vantages.  However,  that  does  not  say 
that  it  will  make  it  popular  among  the 
well-dressed  men,  because 
it  has  to 
fight  against  the  love  of  conventionality 
in  evening  and  afternoon  or  Sunday  at­
tire,  that 
is  inherent  to  most  men,  and 
therefore  they  are  very  chary  of  taking 
up  any  innovation  however  good,  even 
if  sanctioned by the  ex-Prince  of  Wales. 
So  in  this  regard  I  would  say  that  the 
single-breasted  frock  coat 
is  by  no 
means  dead,  but  is  simply  the  unknown 
quantity,  that  time  alone  can  show 
if  it  will  materialize.  This  convention­
ality 
in  the  attire  above  mentioned 
shows  itself  from  year  to  year by  the 
lack  of  change  in  any  excepting  a  few 
of  the  unimpo  tant  details.  The  same 
holds  good  this  year,  and  the  spring 
frock  worn  the  coming  spring  and  sum­
mer  will  be  about  the  same 
in  cut, 
shape  and  material  as  that  of  last  year.

The  best  materials  used  are  black  and 
Oxford  gray  vicunas,  thibets  and  black 
diagonal  worsted.  Perhaps  the  swellest 
are  the  dark  grays,  because  they  are 
less  common  than  the  blacks.  They 
have  good,  square  shoulders,  full  skirts, 
and  the  best  kinds  are  silk  faced  to  the 
buttonholes.

The  trousers  worn  with  the  frock  coat 
are  made  from  fancy  Scotch  cheviots, 
cassimeres  and  worsteds.  The  hand­
somest  patterns  are  of the striped effects, 
not  overbold,  but  still  with  sufficient 
individuality  to  distinguish  them  from 
an  ordinary  pair of trousers.

lead  all  the  others. 

The  cutaway  is worn during the spring 
and  summer  chiefly  for  semi-formal  oc­
casions.  They  are  made  from  vicuna, 
thibet  and  Oxford  gray,  black  dressed 
and  undressed  worsteds,  or  in  about  the 
same  fabrics  from  which  the  frock  coat 
is  manufactured.  The  same  trouserings 
are  also  used.  The  business  cutaway 
may  also  have  a  certain  degree  of popu­
larity.  These  are  made 
in  other  fab­
rics,  the  same  kind  that  are  used  for 
sack  suits,  such  as  tweeds,  cassimeres, 
etc.,  in  plaid or  pepper  and  salt  effects. 
There 
is  a  tendency  to  cut  the  coat  a 
wee  bit  shorter,  and  to  have  the  collar  a 
trifle  higher than  usual.  The  sack  suit 
will  again  lead  all  others  in  popularity 
among  all  classes. 
It  goes  without  say­
ing  that  the  serge,  blue  and  black,  will 
again 
It  is  very 
dear  to  the  heart  of  the  American,  and 
meets  with  his  unbounded  favor  from 
year  to  year  with  unfailing  regularity. 
There  is  good  reason  for this,  as  it  is  a 
cool  suit,  looks  well,  and  a  really  good 
serge  will  keep  its  shape  and  wear  sec­
ond  to  none.  They  are  not  worn  very 
extensively  by  the  exclusive dressers be­
cause  they  are  very  common,  and  worn 
by  every  Tom,  Dick  and  Harry,  but 
there  are  serges  and  serges,  and  there  is 
much  difference  between  the  common 
serge  that  will  get  out  of  shape  iu  no 
time,  and  will  have  a  shiny  appearance 
after  a  few  wearings,  and  the  really 
first-class  article.  The  flannel  suits  bid 
fair to  have  a  season  that  will  rival  the 
very  successful  one  of  last  year.  They 
are  not 
likely  to  become  overpopular 
among  the  swell  dressers,  for  the  same 
reason  that  they  may  taboo  the  serge. 
The  patterns  will  be  very  much  like 
last  summer,  dark  blues  and  grays,  with 
faint  lines  of  red,  green  or brown.  The 
trousers  have  the  bottoms  turned  up. 
The 
trouble  with  most  ready-made 
tailors  is  that  they  do  not  make  enough 
allowance  for  this  turning  up  of  the 
trousers,  and  when  the  wearer  wants  to 
do  so,  they  appear  too  short.  A  good 
custom  tailor  will  obviate  this  difficulty 
by  making  allowance  for  their  turning 
up  by  making  them  a  trifle  longer  than 
the  ordinary  trousers.  Some  of  the  bet­
ter  class  of  ready-to-wear  tailors  have 
done  away  with  this  difficulty  by  mak­
ing  the  flannel  trousers  with  a  perma­
nent  “ turn-up”   at  the  bottoms.  The 
white  and  gray  flannel  trousers  will  be 
worn  extensively  for  sports  such  as  ten­
nis  and  golf.  It  is  freely  predicted  that 
the  Norfolk  jacket  with  double  yokes  in 
back  and  front  and  a  permanent  belt 
will  be  very  popular  for seashore  and 
outing,  and  will  find  great  favor  among 
a  number  of  the  better  dressers. 
It  is  a 
good  coat  to  wear  for  yachting,  walk­
ing,  wheeling,  etc.,  with  golf  stockings 
and  knickers.  A  flannel  shirt  is  just  the 
thing  with  that  costume,  and  is  more 
correct  than  even  a  negligee  or  fancy 
stiff  bosomed  affair.  The  slate  or  pearl 
colored  soft  alpine 
is  a  becoming  hat 
with  that  costume.  The  regular sack 
suit  will be  very  much  in  abundance,  in

spite  of  the  inroads  made  upon  it by the 
above  mentioned  favorites.  By  the  reg­
ular sack  suits,  I  mean  those  made  from 
soft  and  hard-surfaced  worsteds,  fancy 
patterned  cassimeres  and  Scotch  plaid 
cheviots.  The  patterns  will  be  very 
varied,  and  unusually  rich 
in  design, 
although  they  will  not  be  unduly  “ talk­
ative.”   The  pepper  and  salt  effects  will 
consist  of  mixtures  of  grays,  browns, 
blues,  reds,  greens  and  orange,  with 
maybe 
line  running 
through,  in  contrasting  colors.  Large 
plaids  do  not  figure  very  prominently 
during  the  spring  and  summer  months, 
excepting  in some  of  the  English  walk­
ing  suits.  When  we  come  to  the  cut  of 
the  sack  suit  for  the  spring,  there  is 
very  little  change  to  note  from that worn 
during  the  winter.  The  shoulders,  if 
anything,  are made  a  little  more  square, 
but  the  coat  is  a  little  longer than  that

faint  plaid 

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of  the  winter.  The  trousers  are  also 
about  the  same  in  shape  as  during  the 
winter,  as  they  are  made  peg-top  or 
wide  at the  top,  and  then  tapering  until 
they  get  rather  narrow  at  the  bottom.

Pride  is  seldom  neighbor to  generous 

deed.

“Correct  Clothes”

We've still all sizes  in  Men’s 
Clothes  and  Overcoats  for 
spring  which  we  will  ship 
immediately  on  order.  No 
matter  how  good  your  line 
may  be,  ours  will  give  ad­
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W e  are  offering  500  Ladies  and  Gentlemen’s  M ack­
intoshes  at  prices  never  heard  of  before.  They 
will  keep  you  warm  and  dry.  Prices  are  cut  right 
in  the  middle.  W e  have  all  color  and  styles.  Give 
length  of  arm  from  shoulder  to  wrist,  size  of  bust  and 
length  from  shoulders  to  shoes,  and  we  can  fit  you. 
Just  think,  $5  for  a  nice  spring  overcoat  that  will 
keep  out  the  water  and  wind.  W e  have  them  at 
$1  each.

Studley  &  Barclay,

4 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Michigan  Kniehts  of the Grip

President,  G e o . F. O w e n ,  Grand Rapids;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  S t i t t ,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
J o h n  W. S c h b a m ,  Detroit.

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

Michigan  Commercial Trailers’  Association 
and Treasurer, G e o .  W .  H i l l ,  Detroit.
Doited  Commercial Travelers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  J.  E.  M o o r e ,  Jackson; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K e n d a l l ,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, W .   S.  M e s t , Jackson.

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

Senior  Counselor,  W   R .  C o m p t o n ;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan Commercial Travelers  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J.  B o y d   P a n t l i n d ,  Grand  Rapids;
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  G e o .  F.  O w e n ,
Grand Rapids.__________________________

Gripsack  Brigade.

Chas.  D.  Coon,  formerly  of  Manis- 
tique,  but  now  of  Berlin,  Wis.,  is  now 
traveling  for  the  Henry  Luther  Co., 
broom  manufacturer,  and  M.  Safford, 
wholesale  dealer  in  produce,  both  Ber­
lin  concerns.

Howard  W.  Peak: 

I  would  not  go 
through  life  fanning  the  flame  of  indig­
nation 
in  my  bosom,  as  I  see  some  of 
the  boys  do.  Prejudice  is  a  curse  of 
mankind  and  blessed 
is  he  who  can 
throw  aside 
its  withering  impress  and 
smile  in  a higher atmosphere when he 
meets  a  fellow  traveler  who  he  feels 
has  wronged  him.

John  D.  Mangum,  formerly  on  the 
in  the  Lower  Peninsula  for  S.  A. 
road 
Welling,  when  the latter was  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  notion  business 
in  this 
city,  and  afterwards  Upper  Peninsular 
representative  for  Stanton  &  Morey,  of 
Detroit,  but  for  the  past  half  dozen 
years  engaged 
in  the  clothing  business 
at  Marquette,  was  elected  Mayor  of  that 
city  at  the  municipal  election  Monday. 
He  headed  the  citizens’  ticket  and  re­
ceived  1,315  out  of  a  total  of  1,786  votes 
cast.  John's  many  friends  in  all  parts 
of  the  State  will  join  the  Tradesman 
in 
extending  hearty  congratulations  and 
also  in  expressing  the belief  that  he  will 
prove  to  be  the  best  mayor  Marquette 
has  ever  had.

Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette :  Retailers 
when  they  are  visited  by  salesmen 
should  make 
it  a  point  to  give  the 
knights  of  the  grip  a  hearing  with  the 
least  delay  possible.  While  salesmen 
are  at  all  times  willing  to  abide  the 
time  of  the  retailer  when  he  will  look 
over  samples,  nevertheless  the  retailer 
should  bear  in  mind  that  the  salesmen 
have  to  arrange  their  time  to  the  best 
advantage,  and  unnecessary  delay  on 
the  part  of  the  retailer  means  much  to 
the  salesman.  If  a  dealer  does  not  wish 
to  look  at  samples  then  tell  the salesmen 
in  as  few  words  as  possible.  If  you  look 
at  samples  do  so  without  taking  up  too 
much  time,  as  time 
is  money  to  the 
salesman.  There  are  some  dealers  who 
will  not  tell  a  salesman  that  they  do  not 
want  to  look  at  samples,  but  will  keep 
him  waiting  around  for  hours,  and  at 
last  condescend  to  see  him,  and 
inform 
him  that  they  do  not  care  to  see  the 
goods.  Now  this  is  not  business  and  is 
certainly  no  gentlemanly  way  in  which 
to .treat  a  knight  of  the  grip.  They  are 
entitled  to  be  treated  with  courtesy,  for 
if  it  were  not  for salesmen  many  deal­
ers  would  not  be 
in  business  to-day. 
They  are  earning  a  livelihood,  and  are 
a  necessary  adjunct  to  the  successful 
carrying  on  of  business.

The G rain  M arket.

Wheat,  owing  to  the  fine  seasonable 
weather and  the  small  visible  decrease, 
closed  fully 
ij£c  lower  for  May  option 
than  last week.  Notwithstanding  that  a

It 

is 

year ago  we  had  an  increase  in  the  vis­
ible  and  this  year  we  only  had  a  small 
decrease,  there  seems  to  be  no  life  in 
the  market. 
in  a  sluggish  tone, 
very  tiresome  for  the  longs,  and  some 
have  sold  out.  It  may  also  be  noted  that 
the  growing  crop  is  by  no  means  made 
yet,  as 
it  has  not  commenced  to  grow, 
and  we  can  not  say  what  damage  the 
fly  has  done.  Still,  it  will  not  be  many 
days  before  all  this  damage,  if  any,  will 
show  up.

Corn 

strong. 

Prices  have  ad­
vanced  about  2c  during  the  week.  The 
is  broad,  and  while  the  visible 
market 
made  a  good 
increase  of  over  500,000 
bushels,  it  affected  the  price  for  May 
corn  only  about  %c.  There  seem  to  be 
more  buyers  than  sellers  in  com.  The 
bulls  had  things  their own way,so  prices 
were  advanced  to 44 #c.  However,  they 
settled  back  to  43%c.  Many  traders 
are  predicting  still  higher  prices.

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Oats  are  likewise  strong,  with  fully  ic 
advance,  and  appear  to  be  wanted. 
While  they  seem  to  be  high  they  may 
go  still  higher.

Rye,  not  to  be  behind,  also  recorded 
an  advance  of 
ic  during  the  week. 
The  fact  is,  all  cereals  made  a  good  ad­
vance  except  wheat.  That  alone  sold 
off,  and  apparently without any  reason, 
for  conditions  seem  to  be  as  strong  as 
ever.  Our  exports  keep  up  and  receipts 
certainly  do  not  show  any  increase. 
It 
is  unaccountable  that  wheat  only showed 
a  small  decrease  in  the  visible  of  35,000 
bushels,  where  the  receipts  were  about 
200,000  bushels  more  than  the  previous 
week  and  the  shipments  1,400,000  bush­
els  in  excess  of  what  they  were  the  pre­
vious  week.  We  should  have  had  a 
good  liberal  decrease  instead  of  a  small 
decrease,  but  probably  some  private  ele­
vators  were  counted  as  regulars.

Flour  trade  remains  very  steady,  with 
demand  fair.  The  stocks 
in  dealers’ 
hands  are  being  worked  off  and  the 
trade 
is  in  a  healthy  condition.  No 
change  in  millstuffs.  However,  as  pas­
turage 
is  coming  along  fast  now,  a  de­
cline  will  be  in  order  before  long.

Receipts  for  the  month  of  March,  in 
Grand  Rapids,  were:  212  cars  of  wheat, 
63  cars  of  corn,  23  cars  of  oats, 16 cars of 
flour,  1  car  of  rye,  2  cars  of  beans,  1  car 
of  bran,  11  cars  of  hay,  2  cars  of  straw, 
46 cars  of  potatoes.  During  the  week : 
73  cars  of  wheat,  15  cars  of  com,  6 cars 
of  oats,  6  cars  of  flour,  1  car  of  bran,  9 
cars  of  hay,  1  car  of  straw,  23  cars  of 
potatoes.

Millers  are  paying  73c  for  No.  2  red 

wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Proposes  to  B ale o r  R ain.

in 

The  United  States  Rubber  Company 
its j 
announced  a  further  reduction 
list  Monday  of  5  per  cent.  The 
price 
list,  in  comparison  with 
annual  price 
the  price 
list  of  April  1,  1900,  shows  a 
total  reduction  of  28  per  cent.,  as  cuts 
amounting  to  23  percent,  were previous­
ly  made  from  the  1900  list.

The  reduction  in  prices  applies  to  all 
goods  on  hand  in  the  stores  of  the  job­
bers  Feb.  1  and  all  shipments  since 
then.  A  director  of  the  United  States 
Rubber  Company  says:

We  have  thrown  down  the  gauntlet  to 
our  competitors.  We  are  going  to  sell 
pur goods  and  retain  our business  inde­
pendent  of  the  action  of  any  of  the  out­
side  concerns.

It  is  figured  in  the  trade  that  the  ad­
ditional  5  per  cent,  cut  in  prices  means 
a  loss  of $2,000,000 to  the  United  States 
Rubber  Company  on  its  rebates  and  or­
ders  on  hand.

Watches  and  rivers  seldom  run  long

without winding.

AT  DEATH'S  DOOR.

W alter J .  Gould,  the  V eteran  W holesale 

Grocer of D etroit.

The  wholesale  and  retail  grocery trade 
of  the  State  will 
learn  with  regret  of 
the  probably  fatal illness of  W.  J.  Gould, 
who  has  been  confined  to  his  bed  for  the 
past  two  weeks  with  a  relapse  of  the 
grip.  He  was  so 
low  Sunday  that  his 
life  was  despaired  of,  but  he  has  since 
rallied  slightly,but  not  enough  to  justify 
his  physician  or  friends  in  entertaining 
hopes  of  his  recovery.

Walter  J.  Gould  was  born  in  Glaston­
bury,  England  (famous  for  its  Abbey), 
on  Christmas  day,  1830.  Shortly  after 
this  event  his  parents  bade  farewell  to 
England  and  sailed 
for  the  United 
States,  settling  in  Detroit  in  1836.  Mr. 
Gould’s  early  education  was  begun  in 
the  old  log  schoolhouse,  then  located  on 
the  comer  of  Lamed  and  Bates  streets, 
under the  guidance  of  Mr.  O’ Brien,  and 
was  completed  under  the  tutorship  of 
Mr.  Robbins,  in  the  academy  building 
on  Congress  street,  east,  opposite  the 
present  site  of  Hotel Normandie.  After 
school  hours,  and  during  vacations,  he

was  employed  in  his  grandfather’s  gro­
cery  store,  situated  on  the  corner  of 
Woodbridge  and  Griswold  streets,  where 
he  acquired  his  first  knowledge  of  the 
grocery  business.

At  the  age  of  19  he  obtained  a  posi­
tion  on  the  steamer  Mayflower,  running 
between  Buffalo  and  Detroit,  where  he 
remained  for  a  period  of  six  years. 
About  this  time  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Ward 
line  of  steamers,  sailing 
first  on  the  Sam  Ward,  then  on  the 
Cleveland, 
later  on  the  Forrester,  as 
steward,  and  finally  on  the  Planet,  at 
that  time  the 
largest  steamer  on  the 
lakes.  There  were  many  hardships  for 
the  sailors  to  endure  in  those  days  and 
about  the  only  recreation  they  enjoyed 
was  an  occasional  free  fight  in  which 
there  was  more  “ sand"  than  science 
exhibited.  Whenever  necessary,  Mr. 
Gould  was  in 
it,  and,  the  fact  is,  be 
was  regarded  as  a  man  of  remarkable 
nerve,  a  quality  that  still  clings  to  him.
During  the  season  of 1862-3 be brought 
into  play  his  knowledge  of  the  grocery 
business  by  establishing  a  trade  with 
the  large  mines  on  the  shores  of  Lake 
Superior  and  accumulated  the  capital 
that  started  him  on  his  career  as  a  lead­
ing  representative  of  the  wholesale  gro­
cery  trade.

In 1864  a  partnership  was  formed  with 
Morgan  S.  Fellers  under  the  style  of 
Gould  &  Fellers  at  22  Woodward 
avenue,  with  a  capital  of  $7,000,  of 
which  Mr.  Gould  contributed  $3,500.

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He  became  at  once'buyer and  salesman, 
going  to  New  York  to  purchase  the 
stock,  and,  on  his  return, 
traveling 
through  the  eastern  and  northern  por­
tion  of  the  State  selling  it.  His  trips 
were  mostly  made  by  team. 
It  took 
him 
longer  to  cover  the  territory  than 
it  does  the  present  traveling  man,  but 
he  “ got  there"  just  the  same,  and  kept 
adding  to  his  capital,  as  well  as  to  his 
business.

His  strong  personality  made  him 
many  friends  and  did  more  to  build 
up  his  trade  than  anything  else. 
In 
1873  he  bought  Mr.  Fellers’ 
interest 
and  put  up  his  sign  at  84  Jefferson 
avenue.  Here,  as  before,  he  bent  every 
energy  toward  the  goal  of  success.  His 
trade  grew  rapidly.  Year  after  year  the 
books  showed  a  gratifying  increase  and 
although  the  profits  were small, his strict 
economy  enabled  him  to  keep  the  busi­
ness  growing.

it 

In  the  years  1873,  ’74  and  ’75  his  re­
markable  nerve  and  ability  carried  the 
business  through  a  critical  period  and 
won  the  day  where  men  with  less  of 
those  qualities  would  have  gone  down. 
The  business  had  grown  to  such  propor­
tions  that 
in  1879  he  took  into  partner­
ship  three  of  his  employes— Edward 
Telfer,  David  D.  Cady and  Lewis  F. 
Thompson—and  increased  his  room  by 
adding  two  stores,  the  numbers  being 
then  80,  82  and  84  Jefferson  avenue. 
Under  his  fostering  care  the  business 
had  attained  such  proportions  that  in 
1882  new  quarters  were  required.  These 
were  found  at  61  and  63  Jefferson  ave­
nue. 
In  1890 the  business  necessitated 
additional  room,  which  was  secured  by 
adding  the  adjoining  store,  No.  59.  The 
house  subsequently  removed  across  the 
street,  where 
is  now  located.  Two 
years  ago  Mr.  Gould  retired from the ac­
tive  management  of  the  business  and 
spent  nearly  a  year  in  recovering  his 
shattered  health.  On  his  return  to  De­
troit  he  found  it  impossible  to  keep  out 
of  active  business  and  engaged  in  the 
tea  and  coffee  trade  under the  style  of 
Gould  &  Gehlert  at  59 Jefferson  avenue.
is  eminently  a  self-made 
man—broad  gauged  in  his ideas and far- 
lib­
reaching  in  his  methods,  while  his 
erality  is  proverbial.  He  has  been 
in­
identified  with  many  move­
timately 
ments 
looking  toward  the  commercial 
advancement  of  Detroit  and  has  always 
made  his  personality 
felt—and  some­
times  feared—in  any  direction  in  which 
he  threw  the  weight  of  his  influence. 
in  his  opinions,  and  perhaps 
Positive 
somewhat  stubborn  sometimes 
in  his 
manner of  enforcing  them,  he  has  met 
rather  more  than  the  usual  number of 
rebuffs  and  disappointments,which  have 
deprived  his  closing  years  of  the  peace 
and  harmony  which  should  mark  the 
end  of  an  intensely  active  career.

Mr.  Gould 

Marry  a  woman  who  will  be  of  some 
assistance  to  you;  in  other  words,  get  a 
piece  of  calico  that  will  wash.

Morphine  &  Liquor  Habits

A  Specialty.  Morphine habit cured without sick­
ness  or  suffering.  Liquor habit  cured  with  only 
one week detention from business;  mild cases none. 
B o o k let  fre e, g iv in g   particulars.  C itiz e n s   P h o n e   119 1.
C.  E.  PATTERSON,  M.  D„  Mgr.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Drugs—Chemicals

M ichigan  State  Board of Pharm acy

Term expires
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  R e y n o l d s ,  St.  Joseph 
H e n r y   H e i m , Saginaw 
•  Dec. 31,1902
- 
Dec. 31,1903
W i r t   P.  D o t y , Detroit - 
A. C. S c h u m a c h e r , Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,190« 
J o h n  D. M u i r ,  Grand Rapids 
Dec. 31,1905 

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

E xam ination  Sessions.

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

Mich.  State  P harm aceutical  Association. 

President—Chas. F.  Mann, Detroit. 
Secretary—J.  W.  Seeley,  Detroit 
Treasurer—W.  K.  Schmidt, Grand Rapids.

How  Volatile  Oils  Are  Obtained  and 

Prepared.

Volatile  or  essential  oils  usually  con­
stitute  the  odorous  principles  of  plants 
or are  formed  through  destructive distil­
lation,  or  produced  by  the  action  of 
water  on  certain  constituents  of  the 
plant.  Some  are  obtained  from  the ani­
mal  kingdom,  while 
far  the  greater 
number  have  a  vegetable  origin.  They 
may  be  divided  into  four  classes:  Ter- 
penes,  or  those  of  the  turpentine  type, 
being  hydrocarbons,  most  of  which  have 
the  formula  C10H16;  oxygenated  oils, 
which  are  hydrocarbons  containing  oxy­
gen,  such  as  oil  cloves,  cassia,  e tc.; 
sulphurated  oils—these,  as  the  term  im­
plies,  contain  sulphur,  oil  of  mustard, 
for  example;  nitrogenated  oils,  contain­
ing  hydrocyanic  acid,  as  oil  bitter  al­
mond.  Proximately  essential  oils  are 
composed  of  two  principles,  one  more 
or  less  solid,  the  other  liquid;  the  for­
mer  is  denominated  stereopten,  the 
lat­
ter  eleopten.  These  two  principles  are 
decidedly  different  bodies,  having  dis­
similar  properties  and 
composition. 
The  stereopten  frequently  deposits  in 
the  oil,  especially  through  influence  of 
low  temperature.  The  eleopten  may  be 
removed  by  filtration,  pressure,  cold,  or 
complex  chemical  processes. 
In  many 
instances  it  contains  all,  or  nearly  all, 
of  the  odoriferous  principle.  The  chem­
ical  condition  of  these  bodies  is  varied; 
sometimes  nearly  that  of  the  oil  of 
which 
is  part;  sometimes  they  are 
oxides,  hydrates,  or  aldehydes.  The 
color  of  volatile  oils  varies,  but  nearly 
all  can  be  made  colorless  by  repeated 
distillation.  Light,  air,  and  the  change 
of  temperature  injures  and  impairs  the 
fragrance  of  the  oils  and  causes  them 
to  acquire  various  hues.  The  taste  of 
the  oils  varies  and  bears  considerable 
relationship  to the  odor of the plant from 
which  it  is  derived,  some  being  sweet, 
some  acrid,  some  mild,  and  others  pun­
gent.  With  these  variances in  chemical 
and  physical  character,  naturally  the 
qualities 
in  these  terms,  as 
density,  boiling  and  congealing  points, 
are  quite  as  different.  Thus,  the  den­
sity  ranges  from  0.847  to  1.17.  With 
some  of  the  acids  several  act  with  ex­
plosive  violence,  while  with  alkalies 
some  of  them,  as  oil  wintergreen,  form 
chemical  compounds.  Essential  oils  are 
soluble  only  to  a  very  limited  extent 
in 
water,  alcohol,  chloroform,  benzol  and 
glacial  acetic  acid  being  the  principal 
solvents.  The  oils  dissolve  fixed  oils, 
resins,  camphor, 
fats,  sulphur,  phos­
phorus,  and  similar bodies.

included 

it 

Volatile  oils  are  generally  obtained 
by  distillation,  mechanical  means,  or 
solution.  Distillation  consists 
in  add­
ing  water to the  substance  from  which 
the  oil  is  to be  distilled,  and  then  pro­
ceeding  in  the  customary  method  of dis­
tillation,  the  water  and  oil  coming  over 
together,  when  the  oil 
is  separated  by 
siphon,  decantation,  or  other  suitable

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

method,  and  filtered  to  separate 
the 
water.  The  particular  oil  that  is  sub­
jected  to  distillation  requires  treatment 
according  to  the  nature  of  the  substance 
from  which 
it  is  to  be  obtained,  and 
also  in  accordance  with  the  nature  of 
If  from  a  dried  substance,  it 
the  oil. 
must  be  macerated  before  subjecting 
it 
to  distillation. 
If  the  oil  volatilizes  at 
a  lower temperature  than  water,  precau­
tions  are  necessary  to  prevent  an  excess 
of  heat.  This  is  accomplished  by  sev­
eral  methods:  One  is  to  place  the| sub­
stance 
in  a  basket  within  the  still,  so 
that  the  steam  passing  through  it  will 
carry  along  the  o il;  another  by  the  use 
of  the  vacuum  pan. 
If  the  oil  has  a 
higher  vaporizing  point,  then  salt  is 
added  to  the  water,  which  raises  the 
boiling  point 
In 
some 
is  necessary  to  sub­
instances 
ject  the  substance  itself,  without  water, 
to  the  process  of  distillation,  as  is  the 
case  with  copaiba,  etc.

several  degrees. 
it 

Mechanical  means :  The  citrine  oils, 
orange,  lemon,  and  bergamot,  are  best 
obtained  by  pricking  the  skin  and  thus 
liberating  the  oil  contained  in  the  oil 
cells.  This  is usually  done  by means  of 
the  ecuelle,  which  consists  of  a  large 
number  of  sharp-pointed  spikes,  ar­
ranged 
in  a  shallow  disk  or cup.  The 
fruit  is  rotated  over these  points,thereby 
rupturing  the  oil  cells and liberating  the 
oil,  which 
is  collected  in  the  ecuelle. 
Oils  are  also  obtained  by  grinding  and 
expressing,  subsequently  separating  the 
oil  from  foreign  matters.

Solution :  Some  of  the  oils  are  pres­
ent 
in  so  minute  a  quantity  or affected 
by  heat  so  readily  that  they  must  be  ob­
tained  by 
solution.  This  is  accom­
plished  either  by  maceration,  digestion, 
or  percolation.  The  process  of  macera­
tion  consists  in  placing  the  part  of  the 
plant  furnishing  the  oil  in  a  bland  oil, 
and  after  a  certain  length  of  time strain­
ing.  The  process  of  digestion  differs 
only  in  the  application  of  a  certain  de­
gree  of  heat  to  facilitate  the  extraction. 
Percolation  is  accomplished  by  the  or­
dinary  method  of  percolating.  Bisul­
phide  of  carbon 
is  used  as  the  mens­
truum,  and  when  the  exhaustion  is com­
plete,  the  percolate  is  subjected  to  dis­
tillation, 
the  bisulphide  coming  over 
and  the  oil  remaining  in  the  still,which 
is  then  purified.

There  are  two  other  methods  of  ob­
taining  the  oils  and  absorbing  them  in 
fats:  One 
is  known  by  the  term  of en- 
fleurage,  the  other  by  pneumatic  proc­
ess.  The  former  consists  in  spreading 
layer  of  purified  inodorous  fat 
a  thin 
upon  glass 
frames;  the  flowers  are 
sprinkled  on  the  fat  and  a  series  of 
frames  piled  in  a  stack.  In  this  manner 
the  fat  absorbs  the  odorous  principle 
by  long  contact,  and  the  products  are 
known  under the  name  of  pomades.  To 
strengthen  these  pomades  the  layers  of 
flowers  are  renewed,  and  thus  constitute 
the  pomades  of  various  strength,  known 
on  the  market  as  Nos.  6,  12,  18  and  24. 
To  obtain  the  perfume  for  use,  these 
pomades  are  washed  with  alcohol.

The  pneumatic  process  consists 

in 
forcing  a  current  of  air  into a  vessel 
containing  flowers  and  conducting  the 
perfumed  air  into  a  vessel  containing 
melted  fat.  Circular  plates  half  im­
mersed  are  caused  to  revolve  in  the  fat, 
and  these,  when  coated,  absorb  the  odor 
from  the  pferfumed  air.

Naturally  there  are  various  grades  of 
essential  oils  on  the  market,  the  quality 
depending 
largely  on  the  care  used  in 
their  manufacture  and  also  on  their 
purity,  the  cost  of the  oils  tempting  the 
cupidity  of  those  who  make  a  practice

of  adulterating.  Volatile  oils  do  not 
leave  a  stain;  therefore  a  general  test 
for  fixed  oil  as  an  adulterant  would  be 
to  drop  some  of  the  suspected  oil  on 
filtering-paper,  warming  to  vaporize  the 
oil,  when  no oily  stain  should  remain. 
The  admixture  of  alcohol  may  be  de­
tected  by  shaking  the  suspected  oil with 
water. 
If  thus  mixed,  the  quantity  of 
oil  will  be  materially  reduced,  the  water 
dissolving  out  part  of  the  alcohol,  For 
admixture  of  another essential  oil  or  in­
ferior oil  of  same  kind  the  use of  the  ol­
factories  must  be  applied  and  necessar­
ily  requires  more  or  less  experience. 
The  specific  rotary  power,  the  index  of 
retraction, 
iodine  ab­
sorbed,  the  saponification  number,  and 
numerous  delicate  methods  and  appli­
ances  are  used  by  the 
larger dealers 
and  consumers  in  determining  the  pur­
ity  of  the  oil.
Incom patibilities  of  H eroin  and  H eroin 

the  amount  of 

H ydrochloride.

Heroin  and  heroin  hydrochloride  form 
an  essential  part  of  so  many  formulas 
for  the  relief  of  cough,  dyspnea,  and 
pains  in  the  treatment  of  respiratory 
affections  that  it  is  important  to  deter­
mine 
in  what  combination  they  will 
prove  most  effective,  and  what  are  their 
incompatibilities.  Owing  to  the  insolu­
bility  of  heroin  in  watery  solutions  it  is 
necessary  to  add  a  few  drops  of  some 
acid,  acetic  or  hydrolchloric,  in  order 
to  effect  its  solution.  This  can  be  en­
tirely  obviated  by  using  the  hydrochlor­
ide,  which  is  freely  soluble.  The  only 
incompatibilities  of  heroin  and  the  hy­
drochloride  worthy  of  special  mention 
are  the  alkalies,  such  as  bicarbonate  of 
sodium and carbonate of ammonium.  On 
the  other hand,  salts  of  neutral  reaction, 
such  as  iodide  of  potassium  or  chloride 
of ammonium,  may  be  used  in  the  same 
mixture,  and  this  also  applies  to  acid 
salts,such  as  the  hypophosphites  or acid 
phosphates. 
The  vegetable  expector­
ants,  as  ipecac,  senega,  squill,  and san- 
guinaria,  are  entirely  compatible  with 
heroin  and  its  hydrochloride.
The  D rag M arket.

Opium— Is  very  dull  and has declined. 

Crop  report  are  very  favorable.

Morphine— Is  as  yet  unchanged.
Quinine— P.  &  W.  have  advanced 
their  price  2c  per ounce.  Other  brands 
are  firm  at  the  late  advance.  Agents  of 
foreign  manufacturers  have  withdrawn 
quotations  and  await  advice  from  home 
offices.  Bark  at. auction  at  Amsterdam 
on  the  28th  was  sold  at  an  advance.

Citric  Acid—Continues  very 

firm, 

with  an  upward  tendency.

Cocoa  Butter— Is  very  firm  and  shows 

an  advance  of  ic  per  pound.

Cubeb  Berries— Prime  goods  are  very 

firm  and  have  advanced.

Essential  Oils—Clove  has  declined 
on  account  of  lower  prices  for spice. 
Peppermint  is  firmer.

Buchu  Leaves—Are  also  firmer,with  a 

higher tendency.

Linseed  Oil— Is  weak  and  has  de­

camphor, 

clined.
D ispensing  Hygroscopic Salts in Capsules.
Professor  Ruddiman  mentions  a  case 
in  which  capsules  containing  sodium 
bromide, 
caffeine  citrate, 
antipyrin,  and  tincture  of  aconite  were 
dispensed.  The  next  day  the  patient 
brought  back  the  box,  in  which  the cap­
sules  bad  liquefied.  The  chief  trouble 
here  was  due to the  sodium  bromide  be­
ing  hygroscopic.  It had absorbed enough 
of  water to  liquefy  or  make  a  mass  with 
the  other ingredients  and  the  capsules. 
The  prescription  was  later  dispensed  by 
using  considerable  drying  powder  and 
sending  the  capsules  in  a  bottle.

Alcohol  as a D isinfectant.

Drs.  Salzwedel  and  Eisner  assert  that 
alcohol  has  a  marked  disinfecting  ac­
tion,  which  is  best  exerted  in  strengths 
of  50 to  55  per cent.  Stronger  spirit  has 
more  coagulative  power,  and  hence  may 
fail  to  get  at  the  microbes.  Much  weak­
er solutions  delay  the  growth  of  disease 
germs  in  the  same  way  as  that  of  yeast. 
The  authors  hold  that  their  experiments 
show  that  alcohol  is  of  use  in  preparing 
the  bands  of  a  doctor for  operations,  not 
merely  because  of  its  hardening  effect 
on  the  skin,  but  also  as  an  active  anti­
septic.  They  assign  to  this  disinfectant, 
says  the  British  Medical  Journal,  a  po­
tency  intermediate  between  that  of  car­
bolic  acid  and  corrosive  sublimate,  al­
though  it is,  of course, much  less  poison­
ous  than  either  and  usually  more handy.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—Citric Acid, Quinine Fow.
Declined—Oil Bergamont, Oil Cloves, Linseed Oil, Opium.

Scillae  Co.................  @  50
Tolutan...................   @  50
Primus  vtrg............   @  50

8
Acetlcum  ............... $  6@$
70® 76
Beuzolcum, German.
@ 17
Boracic....................
30® 42
Carbollcum.............
49® 61
Citricum..................
3® 5
Hydrochlor............
8® 10
Nitrocum................
12® 14
Oxallcum.................
@ 15
Phosphorium,  dll...
50® 55
Salicylleum  ............
ik@ 5
Sulphurlcum...........
Tannicum................ 1  10®  1 20
38® 40
Tartaricum............

16 
2 26 
76 
40 
16

24«  26
30
11@
13@

A m m onia
4® 6
Aqua, 16 deg............
6® 8
Aqua, 20 deg............
13® 15
Carbonas.................
12® 14
Chloridum...............
A niline
Black....................... 2 00® 2 26
80®  1  00
Brown......................
46® 60
Red..........................
Yellow..................... 2 60® 3 00
Bacete
22@ 24
Cubebæ...........po,25
8
6«
Juniperus................
Xaníhoxylum......... 1  26«  1 80
66@ 60
@  1 85
60
55«
60
45«

Baisam um
Copalha...................
Peru  .......................
Terabin,  Canada....
Tolutan....................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......
Cassife......................
Cinchona  Flava......
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Quillala, grrd ..........
Sassafras....... po. 20
Ulmus...po.  16, gr’d
Extractuin
Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza,  po..... 
Hsematox, 15 lb. box
Haematox, is ...........
R  natox, V4s.........
H:  jiatox,  k s .........
F erru
Carbonate  Precip... 
Citrate and  Quinia.. 
Citrate Soluble......
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bol, per  cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure........
Flora
Arnica.....................
Anthemls................
Matricaria.
Folia
Barosma..................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.................
Cassia, Acutifol, Alx.
Salvia officinalis,  ks
and k s ......... . —
UvaUrsl...................
Gum m l 
Acacia, 1st picked...
46 
Acacia,2d  picked...
35 
Acacia, 3d  picked...
28 
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia, po...............
12«
66 14 
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20 
Aloe, Cape— po. 16.
12 
®  30
Aloe,  SocotrL.po. 40
55«  60
Ammoniac...............
46«  60
Assafcetida— po. 45
50«  66
Benzolnum..............
«   13
Catechu, is ..............
Catechu, k s ............
§   14 
«   16 
Catechu, k s ............
69®  73
Campnor*..............
@  40@  1 00 
Eupnorbium.. .po. 36
Galbanum...............
66®  70
Gamboge............ po
@  30
Guaiacum...... po. 26
@  76
Kino...........po. $0.76
@  60 
Mastic  ....................
@  40
Myrrh............ po. 46
Opii__po. 6.0005.20 3 40® 3 50
Sheliac.................... 
26®  35
Shellac, bleached—  
40®  45
Tragacanth.............
60®  90
H erba 
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium. .oz. pkg
Lobelia____oz. pkg
Majorum__oz. pkg
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vfr..oz. pkg
Rue.............. oz. pkg
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V...oz.pkg
Magnesia
Calcined, F at...........
Carbonate, P at........
Carbonate, K. & M..
'arbonate, Jennings 
Oleum

26
20
26
28
23
26
39
2226
65®  60
18®  20 
18®  20 
18®  20

15@
22C30«  36
38«  40
20«  26 
25«  30

66 

Absinthium............   6  60® 
Amygdalae,  Dulc__  38®  66
Amygdalae, Amarae.  8 00® 8 25
Anisi.........................2  10® 
Aurantl Cortex........  2  30® 2 35
Bergamil.................  2  75® 
80®  85
Callputl__ , ............ 
Caryophylll............  
76®  80
Cedar......................  66®  90
Chenopadli..............  @ 2 75
Cinnamonll...............l  30® 
Cltronella................  36®  40

7 00

2 20
3 00

l 40

10® 

Conium Mac............  60®  60
Copaiba..................   l  16®  l  26
Cubebae...................  l  40®  l  50
Exechthltos............  l  00®  1  10
Erigeron.................  l  10®  1  20
Gaultherla..............  l  86®  i  90
Geranium, ounce.... 
®  75 
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
60®  60
Hedeoma.................  l 40®  1  50
Junipera.................  l  60® 2 00
Lavendula  .............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis.................   1  60®  1 70
Mentha Piper.........  l 40®  2 00
Mentha Verid.........   l  60®  1 60
Morrhuae, £ al.........   1  10®  1 20
Myrcia....................  4 00®  4 80
Oflve.......................  78® 3 00
Plcis Liquida.........  
12
@  36
Picis Liquida,  gal... 
Ricina.....................   l oo@  l 08
Rosmarinl...............  
®  l  oo
Rosae, ounce............  6 00® 6 60
Succlni....................  40®  46
Sabina....................  90®  1  00
Santal.....................   2 78® 7 00
Sassafras.................  48®  63
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
®  66
Tiglil.......................  l  60®  1 60
Thyme.....................   40®  60
Thyme, opt.............. 
®  1  60
Theobromas  ........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bi-Carb....................  
16®  18
13®  16
Bichromate............  
Bromide................. 
62®  67
C arb....................... 
12®  15
Chlorate., .po. 17@19 
16©  18
Cyanide..................  
34®  38
Iodide.....................   2 60® 2 66
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com. 
®  16
■ 7®  10
Potass Nltras. opt... 
Potass  Nitras.........  
6® 
8
Prussiate................. 
23®  26
Sulphate po............  
16®  18
Aconitum.................  20®  26
Althae...................... 
30®  33
Anchusa................. 
10®  12
Arum  po................. 
®  26
Calamus..................  
20®  40
12®  16
Gentiana.........po.  16 
Glychrrhlza.. ,pv.  15 
16©  18
@  76
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
Hydrastis Can., po..  @ 8 0
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  15
Inula,  po................. 
16®  20
Ipecac, po...............   3 60® 3 75
Iris  plOX...po. 36@38 
36®  40
Jalapa, p r...............  
26®  30
Maranta,  k s ...........  @  36
22®  25
Podophyllum,  po... 
Rhei.........................  76®  1  00
Rhei, cut................. 
©  1 26
75©  1  35
Rhei, pv..................  
Spigelia..................  
35®  38
Sanguinaria.. .po.  15 
@  18
Serpentaria............  
40©  46
Senega.................... 
60®  66
Smilax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............   @  26
Scillae..............po. 36 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................  @  26
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
@  25
Valeriana,  German. 
16®  20
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j.................  26®  27
Semen

Radix

Anlsum...........po. 16  @  12
13®  16
Apium (graveleons). 
Bird, Is.................... 
6
4® 
12®  13
Carui............... po.  18 
Cardamon...............   l 26®  l  75
Coriandrum............. 
8®  10
Cannabis Sativa......   4k©  6
Cydonium...............  
76®  1 00
Cnenopodium.........  
10®  12
Dipterlx Odorate__  l  00®  l  10
Fceniculum..............  @ 
10
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
9
Lini......................... 
4® 
6
Lini, grd...... bbl. 4 
4k@  6
Lobelia....................  36®  40
Pharlaris Canarian..  4k@  5
5
R apa.......................  4k@ 
Sinapis  Alba........... 
9®  10
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11®  12
Spiritus

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00®  2 60 
Frumenti,  D. F. R ..  2 00® 2 26
Frumenti................   l  26®  1  60
Juniperis Co. O. T...  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis  Co...........  1  76® 3 60
Saacnarum  N. E __  1 90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Ualli.........  1  76® 6  50
Vml Oporto............   1  26® 2 00
Vini Alba................   l  26® 2 00
Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 60® 2 76
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage................   2 60® 2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1  60
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1  26
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............   @100
Hard, for slate use..  @  76
Yellow  R e ef,  for
slate use...............   @140
Syrups

Acacia....................   @  60
Auranti Cortex........  @  60
Zingiber..................   @  50
Ipecac......................  @  60
Ferri Iod.................  @  50
Rhei Arom..............  @  60
60®  60
Smilax  Officinalis... 
Senega....................   @  60
Soillm...................... 
f t   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 Acutifol........ 
Cassia Acutifol Co... 
Digitalis................... 
Ergot.......................  
Ferri  Chloridum.... 
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co.............. 
Guiaca...................... 
Guinea ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............ 
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless...... 
K ino....................... 
Lobelia...................  
Myrrh...................... 
Nux Vomica............  
Opii.......................... 
Opil, comphorated.. 
Opii, deodorized...... 
Quassia................... 
Rhatany................... 
Rhei......................... 
Sanguinaria...........  
Serpentaria............  
Stramonium............  
Tolutan................... 
Valerian................. 
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Zingiber..................  

60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
50
75
75
1  00
so
50
6o
60
6o
So
so
so
6o
3s
5o
6o
6o
60
5o
7e
7s
6o
5o
5o
6o
76
5o
l  5o
5o
So
5o
So
5o
6o
6o
6q
5o
2jj

Miscellaneous 

iEther, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  35
Aether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2k@ 
3
4
3® 
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
Annatto...................   40®  50
Antimoni, po........... 
4® 
5
Antimon! et Potass T  40®  50
Antipyrin...............   @  25
Antirebrin  .............   @  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., ks..  @ 
10
12
Calcium Chlor.,  k s..  @ 
Cantharides, Rus.po  @ 
80
Capsici Fructus. a t..  @ 
16
Capsid  Fructus, po.  @ 1 5
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........  @ 3 6
Centraria.................  @  10
Cetaceum.................  @  45
Chloroform............  
55®  60
Chloroform,  squibbs  @  l  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst..,.  1  40®  1  65
Chondrus................  
20®  26
Cinchonidine.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38@  48
Cocaine  ..................   5 65® 5 75
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
70
Creosotum...............   @  35
Creta............ bbl. 75  @  2
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, precip........... 
9®  11
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
8
Crocus....................  26®  30
Cudbear..................   @  24
Cupri  Sulph............   6k@ 
8
Dextrine................. 
7®  10
Ether Sulph............   75®  90
Emery, alt 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
75 &  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
70
Less than box...... 
Glue, brown............  
11®  13
Giue,  white............  
15®  25
Glycerina.................  1754®  26
Grana Paradis!........  @  26
Humulus................. 
26®  65
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite  @  1 00 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..  @  90
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m.  @  1  10 
Hydrarg  Ammoniati  @  1  20 
Hydrarg Unguentum  60®  60
Hydrargyrum.........  @  86
Ichthyobolla,  Am...  66®  70
Indigo.....................  
75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................  3 86® 4 00
Lupulin....................  @  60
Lycopodium............   80®  86
M ads...................... 
66®  76
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod..............  @  26
LlquorPotassArslnlt  10®  12
2® 
Magnesia,  Sulph__  
3
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl  @  lk  
Mannla, 8.  F ........... 
60®  30

s s s s s s s s s s s ss  u

S
S
S
S
S
S
S

ÍSssssssss

Menthol..................   @  5 25 Seldlltz Mixture......
20® 22
Morphia, S., P.& W.  2 35® 2 60 Sinapis....................
@ 18
Morphia, S.,N. Y. Q.
Sinapis,  opt............
@ 30
& C. Co.................  2 25® 2  60 Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Moschus  Canton__  @ 40 Voes....................
@ 41
Myristlca, No. 1...... 
66® 80 Snuff .Scotch, De Vo’s
© 41
Nux Vomica...po. 16  @ 10 Soda, Boras.............
9® 11
Os Sepia.................. 
36® 37 Soda,  Boras, po......
9® 11
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
Soda et Potass Tart.
23® 25
D  Co....................  @  1  00 Soda,  Carb..............
2
lk®
Plcis Liq. N.N.k gal.
3® 5
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
doz.......................  @200 Soda, Ash...............
3k@ 4
Picis Liq., quarts__  @  1  00 Soda, Sulphas.........
@ 2
Picis Liq.,  pints...... 
<& 85 Spts. Cologne..........
© 2 60
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80  @ 60 Spts. Ether  Co........
50® 56
Piper  Nigra... po. 22  @ 18 Spts. Myrcia Dom...
® 2  00
Piper  Alba.... po. 35  @ 30 Spts. Vmi Rect.  bbl.
@
Piix Burgun............   @ 7 Spts. Vini Rect. kbbl
@
Plumbi Acet............ 
10® 12 Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal
@
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  30®  1 60 Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal
©
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
Strychnia, Crystal...
80© 1  06
&P. D.Co., doz...  @ 76 Sulphur,  Subl.........
4
2 k ®
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
25@ 30 Sulphur, Roll...........
2 k © 3k
10 Tamarinds..............
8© 10
8®
Q uassia*........................ 
36® 46 Terebenth  Venice...
Quinta, S. P. &  W... 
28® 30
31® 44 Theobromae.............
Quinta, S.  German.. 
60®
66
Quinta, N. Y............ 
34® 44 Vanilla.................... 9 00© 16 00
12® 14 Zinci Sulph.............
Rubia Tinctorum__ 
7® 8
Saccharum Lactls pv  18® 20
Uilf*
Saladn....................  4  50@ 4 75
40® 60
Sanguis  Draconls... 
Sapo, W..................  
12® 14 Whale, winter.........
Sapo M.................... 
10® 12 Lard, extra..............
Sapo  G....................  @ 16 Lard, No. 1..............

BBL.  GAL.
70
70
60

70
60
46

27

60 
Linseed, pure raw... 
61 
Linseed, boiled.......  
Neatsfoot, winter str  64 
Spirits Turpentine..  44 

63
62
60
60
Paints  BBL.  LB.
Red  Venetian.........  
Ik   2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars, 
lk   2  @4 
lk   2  @3 
Ochre, yellow Ber... 
Putty,  commercial..  2k  2k@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2k  2k@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............  
13®  16
Vermilion, English..  70®  75
Green,  Paris........... 
14®  18
Green, Peninsular... 
13®  16
Lead, red................   6k@  6k
Lead,  white............   6k©  6k
Whiting, white Span  @  86
Whiting, gilders’__  @  90
White, Paris, Amer.  @  1  26 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff.......................  @140
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1  20

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  l  10®  1  20
Extra Turp..............  1  60®  1  70
Coach  Body............  2 76® 3 oo
No. 1 Turp Furn......  1 00® 1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1 66® 1  60 
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  76

D r u g s

W e  are 

Importers  and  Jobbers  of 

Drugs,  Chemicals  and  Patent  Medicines.

W e  are  dealers  in  Paints,  Oils  and 

Varnishes.

W e  have  a  full  line  of  Staple  Drug­

gists’  Sundries.

W e  are  the  sole  proprietors  of  W eath­

erly’ s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

<•***&•>

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

WK'lfcfe

W e  give  our  personal  attention  to 

mail  orders  and  guarantee  satisfaction.

All  orders  shipped  and  invoiced  the 

same  day  received.  Send  a  trial  order.

i  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
i 
S

Drug  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

28

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

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

ADVANCED

L im burger Cheese
B rick  Cheese
Oranges

Index to  Markets

By Columns

A

Col.
Akron  Stoneware.................   15
Alabastine..............................  1
Ammonia................................   1
Axle Urease............................  
l

B

c

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

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

D
F

G

P

H

M

N
O

I
J
L

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

v
w

R
S

V

T

 

Straw berries

85
Standard.................  
Fancy...................... 
t  25
Succotash
Fair.......................... 
90
1  00
Good.......................  
Fancy...................... 
i  20
Tomatoes
90
F air.........................  
95
Good........................ 
Fancy...................... 
1  15
Gallons....................  
2 50
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints...................2 00
Columbia, *4 pints................l 25

CARBON  OILS 

B arrels

DECLINED
Cove  Oysters
G rain  Bags
Straw  P aper
H ake

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...............   85
Arctic pints, round..............1  20
doz. gross
6 00
CO
4 25
9 00
9 00

A XLE GREASE
..............56
...
Aurora 
..............60
Castor  Oil..
..............50
Diamond...
Frazer’s __ ..............75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75

Shoe

Stove

Scrub

BRUSHES

Eocene.......................   @11
Perfection...................  @10
Diamond White.........   @9
D. S. Gasoline............  @11
Deodorized Naphtha..  @10
Cylinder..................... 29  @34
Engine........................19  @22
Black, winter..............  @1014
Solid Back,  8 In..................   45
Solid Back, ll i n .................  95
CHEESE
Pointed Ends.......................  85
@12*4
Acme.......................  
Amboy....................  
@1254
NO. 8..........................................1 00
@13
Elsie......................... 
1 30
No. 7..............................  
@13
Emblem................... 
No. 4.......................................... 1 70
Gem.........................  
@
No. 3..........................................1 90
@12
Gold Medal.............. 
Ideal...................... 
@12
No. 3.....................................  75
Jersey...................... 
@12
No. 2..........................................1 10
Riverside................. 
@
No. 1................................ 
1 75
14@15
Brick.......................  
BUTTER  COLOR 
@90
Edam....................... 
W., R. & Co.’S, 15c Size....  1  25
Leiden....................  
@17
W., R. & Co.’s, 25c size__  2 oo
Limburger...............  
13@14
Pineapple................ 
50@75
Electric Light, 8s................ 12
Sap  Sago................. 
19@20
Electric Light, 16s...............12*4
CHEWING GUM
Paraffine, 6s........................ 10*4
American Flag Spruce__ 
50
Paraffine, 12s.......................ll
60
Beeman’s Pepsin.............  
................39
Kicking 
50
Black Jack....................... 
Largest Gum  Made...................  55
56
Sen S en ............................ 
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1  00
Sugar  Loaf.......................  
45
Yucatan............................ 
55
Bulk....................................  5
Red......................................  7
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s .............................   6*4
Schener’s .............................  6

CANNED  GOODS 

B lackberries

CANDLES

CHICORY

Beans

 

Corn

9 00
6 00

Acme

Cherries

French  Peas

Gooseberries

Queen  Flake

A rctic
Egg

Clam  Bouillon

BAKING  POW DER 

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

X lb. cans,  4 doz. case.......3 75
H lb. cans,  2 doz. case.......3 75
l lb. cans, 
l doz. case...... 3 75
5 lb. cans,  *4 doz. case........8 00

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

Apples
3 lb. Standards........ 
80
2 30
Gallons, standards.. 
Standards................ 
75
Baked......................  l  oo@i  30
Red  Kidney............. 
75@  85
String......................  
80
Wax......................... 
85
B lueberries
Standard.................... 
85
Brook  T rout
doz.  45
% lb. cans  3 
lb. cans. Spiced..........  1 90
2 
*4 lb. cans  3 doz.................   75
Clams.
l 
lb. cans  l 
doz.100
Little Neck, l lb...... 
too
Bulk.....................................   10
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 
l  50
oz. Eng. Tumblers........   90
6 
Burnham’s, *4 pint...........  1  92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20
86
Red  Standards...........  
l  16
White.......................... 
Fair..........................  
75
86
Good........................ 
Fancy................... 
95
22
Sur Extra Fine................. 
Extra  Fine.......................
15
Fine...................................  
Moyen............................... 
11
Standard................. 
90
Hom iny
Standard.................. 
86
Lobster
Star, *4 lb....................... 
Star, l  lb........................ 
Picnic Tails.................... 
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ........... 
Mustard, 2 lb........... 
Soused, l lb....................  
Soused, 2 1b...................  
Tomato, l lb................... 
Tomato, 2 lb................... 
Mushrooms
Hotels.......................  
Buttons....................  
Oysters
Cove, l lb.................  
85
Cove, 21b........................ 
Cove, l lb  Oval........ 
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow....................  
l  65@i 85
Pears
70
Standard.................  
Fancy..................... 
so
i  oo
Marrowfat..............  
Early June.............. 
i  oo
l 60
Early June  Sifted.. 
Pineapple
Grated....................  
l  25@2 75
Sliced.......................   1  35@2 56
P um pkin
F air.........................  
70
Good........................ 
75
Fancy...................... 
85
Raspberries
Standard..................  
90
Russian  Cavier
14 lb. cans..........................  3 75
*4 lb, cans..........................  7 00
l lb. can...........................   12 00
Salmon
Columbia River........  2 00@2  15
Red Alaska.............. 
1  40
Pink Alaska............  
1  10
Shrim ps
Standard................. 
1  50
Sardines
Domestic, >48........... 
4*4
Domestic, % s.........  
8
Domestic,  Mustard. 
8
California, *4s.......... 
17
French, 14s.............. 
22
French, *4s.............. 
28

No. 1 Carpet........................2 60
No. 2 Carpet........................2  15
No. 3 Carpet........................1  85
No. 4 Carpet........................l 60
Parlor  Gem........................2 40
Common Whisk...................  85
Fancy Whisk......................l  10
Warehouse......................... 3 26

Small 3 doz..........................   40
Large, 2 doz.........................  75
Arctic, 4 oz, per gross.........4 00
Arctic, 8 oz, per gross........ 6 00
Arctic, pints, per  gross__ 9 00

10c size__  90
14 lb.  cans  1  35 
6 oz. cans,  l  90 
<4 lb.  cans 2 50 
% lb.  cans 3 75 
l lb.  cans.  4 80 
3 lb. cans.13 00 
51b. cans.21  50

CONDENSO)

& L u i m i

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

BATH  BRICK

BROOMS

BLUING

18@20
22@25

Royal

l  75
2  80

Peas

96

10

 

CHOCOLATE

Ambrosia

Waiter Baker & Co.’s.

Ambrosia Sweet..................   21
Household Sweet.................  19
Ambrosia Premium............   32
Yankee  Premium................  31
German  Sweet....................   22
Premium.............................   34
Breakfast Cocoa..................   46
Vienna Sweet....................  21
Vanilla................................   28
Premium..............................  31

Runkel Bros.

CLOTHES  LINES

Cotton, 40 ft. per doz...........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft.  per doz...........l 20
Cotton, 60 ft. per doz...........l 40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz...........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft.  per doz.......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute. 72 ft. per doz.............  96

COCOA

l 85
3 40
2 35

Ambrosia, >4 lb. tin cans__   42
Ambrosia, X lb. tin cans__  44
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, Ms  .......................   35
Colonial. Ms.........................  33
Epps.....................................  42
Huyler.................................  46
Van Houten, Ms..................  12
Van Houten, Ms..................   20
l 75
Van Houten, Ms..................  38
2 80
Van Houten,  is ..................   70
l 75
so
Webb................................  
2 80
Wilbur, Ms..........................   41
Wilbur. Ms...........................  42
COCOA  SHELLS
201b. bags.......................... 
Less quantity.................  
Pound packages...........t 

3
4

1 55

2M

COFFEE
Roasted

J b fC * »
J F ^ high grade.
Co ffees

Special Combination.......... 15
French Breakfast...............17 M
Lenox, MOcha & Java........21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24 
Private Estate, Java & Moc 26 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 
Dwinell-Wright  Co.’s Brands.
White House, 60-ls.............29
White House, 30-2s.............28
Excelsior M. & J„  60-ls.. 
. .21M
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2S...... 20*4
Royal Java..........................26 M
Royal Java & Mocha..........26M
Arabian  Mocha  .................28M
Aden Mooh......................... 22M
Mocha & Java Blend..........23
Fancy Marlcaibo................18M
Javo Blend......................... 17M
Golden Santos.....................17
Ja-Mo-Ka...........................15M
Excelsior Blend...................14*4
No. 55 Blend........................14
Common..............................10M
F a ir.................................... 11
Choice................................. 13
Fancy,,............................... 15

Rio

Santos

Mexican

Maracaibo

Common............................. ll
F air....................................14
Choice.................................15  .
Fancy.................................17
Peaberry.............................13
F air.....................................12
Choice..................................16
Choice................................. 16
Fancy.................................. 17
Choice................................. 16
African................................12M
Fancy African................... 17
O. G..................................... 25
P. G..................................... 29
Arabian.............................. 21

G uatem ala

Ja v a

Mocha
Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuckle........................... 12 50
Dilworth............................12 50
Jersey................................ 12 50
Lion................................... 12 50
M cLaughlin’s X X IX  
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City M gross............   75
Felix M gross....................... 1  15
Hummers foil M gross........  85
Hummel’s tin *4 gross........1  43

E xtract

Substitutes

Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake

12 packages, M case.............l  75
24 packages,  1 c a se ...........3  50

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz In case.

 

Gall Borden Eagle..............6  40
Crown.................................. 6  25
Daisy................................... 5  75
Champion........................... 4  50
Magnolia.............................4  25
Challenge............................3  76
Dime........................  
Leader................................ 3  80
COUPON  BOOKS 
l 50 
50books,any  denom... 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500 books, any  denom...  ll 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......................... 
The National Biscuit Co. quotes 

Credit Checks 

CRACKERS

as follows:

75

B u tter

Soda

7M
6M

Oyster

6M
6M

Seymour............................  6
6
New York......................... 
Family.............................. 
6
Salted................................ 
6
Wolverine...........................  
Soda  XXX.......................... 
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   12
Zephyrette........................   10
F a u st.................................  
Farina..............................  
6
Extra Farina....................... 
Sal tine Oyster...................  6
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals............................  10
Assorted  Cake.................  10
Belle Rose......................... 
8
Bent’s Water....................  16
Cinnamon Bar...................  9
Coffee Cake,  Iced............   10
Coffee Cake. Java............   10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Cracknells.........................  16
Creams, Iced....................   8
Cream Crisp......................  10
Cubans...............................   11M
Currant  Fruit...................  12
Frosted Honey.................   12
Frosted Cream................. 
9
Ginger Gems.l’rge or sm’ll  8
Ginger  Snaps, Nl B. C__ 
8
Gladiator.............  
10
 
Grandma Cakes............... 
9
Graham Crackers............  
8
Graham  Wafers...............   12
Grand Rapids  Tea...........  16
Honey Fingers.................  12
Iced Honey Crumpets......  10
Imperials..........................  8
Jumbles, Honey...............   12
Lady Fingers....................  12
Lemon Snaps....................   12
Lemon Wafers.................  16
Marshmallow...................   16
Marshmallow Creams......   16
Marshmallow Walnuts__   16
Mary Ann......................... 
8
Mixed Picnic......................  UM
M’.'.k Biscuit...................... 
7M
Molasses Cake.................  
8
Molasses Bar.................... 
9
Moss Jelly Bar...................  12M

 

Newton.............................
12
Oatmeal Crackers............
8
Oatmeal Wafers...............
12
Orange Crisp....................
9
Orange Gem......................
8
Penny Cake......................
8
Pilot Bread, XXX............
7*4
Pretzelettes, hand made..
8
Pretzels, hand  made........
8
Scotch Cookies.................
9
Sears’ Lunch....................
7*4
Sugar Cake.......................
8
Sugar Cream, X X X .........
8
Sugar Squares..................
8
Sultanas............................
13
Tutti Frutti......................
16
Vanilla Wafers.................
16
Vienna Crimp..................
8
CREAM  TARTAR
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk in sacks...........................29

D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples

California F ru its

Sundried.........................  @4M
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @5M 
Apricots.....................  8@10
Blackberries..............
Nectarines.................
Peaches......................8  @11
Pears..........................
Pitted Cherries........... 
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries..............
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @ 3M
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4
80 - 90 25lb.boxes ......  @ 4M
70-80 25 lb. boxes........  @ 5M
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  @ 53£
50-60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 6M
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes...... .  @ 7K
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........ 
8M

California Prunes

M cent less In 60 lb. cases 

7M

Citron

Peel

Beans

Raisins

C urrants

Leghorn...................................11
Corsican..................................12
California, 1 lb.  package__ 11\
Imported, 1 lb package........12
Imported, bulk.................... 11M
3 35
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 10M 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10M 
London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown.
2  16
Cluster 4 Crown............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
6H
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
7*
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown
8
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb........
914
L. M„ Seeded. K  lb__  8
Sultanas, b u lk ................... 1054
Sultanas, package............. 12
FARINACEOUS GOODS 
Dried Lima..........................  7
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland..............
Cream of Cereal............
...  90
Graln-O, small..............
...1 35
Grain-O, large...............
. .. 2   25
Grape Nuts..................
...1  36
Posfum Cereal, small...
...1  36
Postum Cereal, large....
.  2 25
241 lb. packages...........
. ..1  50
Bulk, per 100 lbs............
...3 00
Flake, 50 lb. sack..........
.. 
80
Pearl,  2001b. bbl...........
...2 40
Pearl, 100 lb. sack.........
...1  17
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 25 lb. box...........2  50
Common.............................. 2 40
Chester................... 
2  90
Empire..................................3 40
G rits

Pearl  B arley

H om iny

Cereals

F arina

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

1  90

 

Peas

Rolled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages.................2   00
200 lb. barrels................. . ..6 70

100 lb. kegs...................... ...3 00
100 lb. bags...................... ...2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu__ ...1  30
Green, Scotch, bu........... . ..1  40
Split,  lb...... .................... ... 
3
Rolled Avena, bbl........... ...4 00
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks... .  2  10
Monarch, bbl.................. ...3 70
Monarch, *4 bbl............... ...2 00
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks__ ...1  80
Quaker, cases................... ...3 20
East India....................... ...  254
German, sacks................. .. .  354
German, broken package..  4
Flake,  110 lb. sacks......... ...  4*
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks......... ...  3%
...  6
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages.
Cracked, bulk.................
...  3*4

Tapioca

W heat

Sago

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS

FOOTE & JE N E S ’

JAXON

H ighest  Grade  Extracts
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.l  20 
2 oz. oval Vanilla Tonka__  75
2 oz. oval Pure Lemon........  75

Big  Valne

7

Feed and  MUlstolfb

HERBS

Corn
Hay

St. Car Feed, screened__  17 00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........16 60
Unbolted Com  Meal........  13 00
Winter Wheat Bran.........  17 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  17 50
Screenings.......................   16  00
Com, car  lots..................   45
No. l Timothy car lots....  ll  00 
No. 1 Timothy ton lots....  12 00 
Sage.........................................16
Hops....................................... is
Laurel Leaves......................... 15
Senna Leaves..........................25
Madras, 5 lb. boxes................55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes....... 50
6 lb. palls. per doz........... 
l  85
151b. palls............................  35
301b. palls............................  62
Pure................................  
  30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily....................................  H
Root.....................................  10
Condensed. 2 doz................ 1  20
Condensed, 4 doz.................2 25

LICORICE

INDIGO

JELLY

LYE

MATCHES

Flavoring extra« ^

Standard

N orthrop  Brand

2 oz. Taper Panel_  75 
2 oz. Oval.............  75 
3 oz. Taper Panel.... 1  35 
4 oz. Taper Panel___1 60 

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
Lem.  Van. 
l 20
l 20
2 00
2 25
Van.  Lem. 
doz.
doz. 
XXX, 2 oz. obert__1  25 
75
XXX, 4 oz. taper__ 2 25 
1  25
XX, 2 oz. obert........1 00
No. 2,2 oz. obert__  75
2 25
XXX D D ptchr, 6 OZ 
1  75
XXX D D ptchr, 4 oz 
K.  P. pitcher, 6 oz... 
2 25
FLY  PA PER
Tanglefoot, per doz.............   35
Tanglefoot, per case...........3 20

Perrigo’s

FRESH  MEATS 

Beef

W heat

P ork

Carcass....................  6  @ 8
6M@  6
Forequarters.........  
Hindquarters.........   7  @0
Loins No. 3.............. 
9  @14
Ribs.........................  9  @12
Rounds....................  6M@ 7
Chucas.................... 
5M@ 6
Plates...................... 
4  @5
Dressed................... 
@7
@10M
Loins....................... 
Boston Butts........... 
@ 9
Shoulders................ 
@8
Leaf Lard................ 
@ 8
M utton
Carcass...................   7K@ 8
Spring Lambs.........   9  @io
Carcass....................  8  @9
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

Veal

76

W heat.............................. 

W inter W heat  F lour 

Spring W heat F lour 

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Local Brands
Patents.............................  4 35
Second Patent............ . 
3 85
Straight.............................  3 65
Clear................................   3  26
Graham............................  3  26
Buckwheat.......................  4 40
Bye...................................   3 26
Subject to  usual  cash 
dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond Ms......................  3 75
Diamond Ms.....................   3 76
Diamond Ms.....................   3 75
Quaker Ms.........................  3 90
Quaker Ms........................   3 90
Quaker Ms........................   3 90
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   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 Ms.........  4 30
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 20
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wingold  Ms.................... 
4 50
Wlngold  Ms....................  
4 40
Wingold  Ms.................... 
4 30
Ceresota Ms......................  4 65
Ceresota Ms......................  4 55
Ceresota Ms......................  4 45
Laurel  Ms.........................  4 60
Laurel  Ms.........................  4  50
Laurel  Ms.........................  4 40
Laurel Ms and  Ms paper..  4 40 
Bolted,.............................   2 00
Granulated.......................  2  10
Car  lots.............................  30M
Car lots, clipped...............   32M
Less than car lots.............

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Meal

Oats

No. 200 Lookout, 144 bx...... 1  25
No. 500 Select Society, 144...4 00 
No. 200 Williams Perfect, 144.1  35
No.  2 Lily, 144 boxes.........1  15
No. 106 Park, 432 boxes.......2 85
No.  80 Poetry, 720 boxes... .4 00 
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur......................l  65
Anchor IMrlor.................... l  50
No. 2 Home......................... 1  30
Export Parlor......................4 00
Wolverine............................ l  60
MEAT  EXTRACTS
45
Armour & Co.’s, 4 oz........ 
Liebig’s, 2  oz.................... 
75

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

40
35
26
22

OLIVES

Horse Radish, l doz............l  76
Horse Radish, 2 doz............3 50
Bayle’s Celery, i doz...........l  75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............   1  25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............   1  10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............  
l  00
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.....................   2 35
Queen, 19 o z ....................  4  so
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7  oo
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz..................... 
l  45
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2 30
OYSTER PAILS
Victor, pints........................... 10 oo
Victor, quarts......................... 15 00
Victor, 2 quarts......................20 00
Continental  Paper  Bag  Co.

PA PER   BAGS

Ask your Jobber for them.

......   28
......  34
......  44
......   54
......  66
......   76
......  90
......1  06
...... 1  28
......1 38
......1  60
...... 2 24
......2 34
...... 2 62
Sugar

Glory  Mayflower 
Satchel  & Pacific 
Square
Bottom 
‘ 60
M...........
60
M...........
1...........
80
2...........
1  00
3...........
1  25
4...........
1  45
5...........
1  70
6...........
2 00
8...........
2 40
10...........
2 60
12...........
3  15
14...........
4  15
16...........
4 50
20...........
5 00
25...........
6 50
Red.......
41
43
Gray................................
PARIS GREEN
Bulk......
...14
Packages M lb., each__ ...18
Packages M lb., each__ ...17
Packages 1 lb., each__
. .16

PICKLES
M edium

Small

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

PIPE S

48 cans In case.

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

POTASH 

PROVISIONS 
B arreled P ork

Mess.........................  @16  50
Back.......................   @16 50
Clear back...............   @15 50
Short cut.................  @15 60
Pig..........................   @19 00
Bean......................... 
@12  26
Family Mess............   @14 60
Rump Butts Beef....  @n so
Bellies...................... 
Briskets..................  
Extra shorts............  

D ry Salt Meats

9
8M
8

8

Smoked  Meats 

1
1

Beef

6M
9M
sM
M
M
M
£
%

e
7M
yu
6M
9
g

Lards—In Tierces

lb. Palls.. advance 
lb. Pails.. advance 

Hams, 12 lb. average.  @ 10K
Hams, 14 lb. average.  @ 10M
Hams, 16 lb. average.  @ 10M
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @ 10M
Ham dried beef......   @  hm
Shoulders(N.Y.cut) 
@  7M
Bacon, clear.............  to  @  to 4
California hams......   @  7%
Boneless hams........  @  h
Boiled Hams.......... 
@  16
@ ll
Picnic Boiled Hams 
Berlin  Hams.........  
@  8M
Mince Hams.........  
@  9
Compound...............  
Kettle....................... 
Vegetole................ 
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Pails.. advance 
5 
3 
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 ntterine
Solid, dairy..............  11  @13
Rolls, dairy..............  11M@13M
14M
Rolls, creamery......  
Solid, creamery......  
*4
Corned beef, 2 lb .... 
Corned beef, 14 lb... 
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
Potted ham,  Ms......  
Potted ham,  Ms....... 
Deviled ham,  Ms__  
Deviled ham,  Ms__  
Potted tongue,  Ms.. 
Potted tongue.  Ms.. 
RICE 
Domestic

10 75
11  50
11  50
150
350

Canned  Meats 

Carolina head....................... 7
Carolina No. l ...................... om
Carolina No. 2 ...................... 4M
Broken..................................4M
Japan,  No.  1................ 5M@6
Japan,  No.  2................ 4M@5
Java, fancy head.......... 5  @5M
Java, No. 1 ................... 5  @
Table...............................  @

Im ported.

1  25
2  25

Tripe

3
10

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
L.  P ..................................3 00
Sodlo................................... 3 00
Wyandotte, 100 Ms..............3 00
Granulated, bbls.................  so
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__   90
Lump, bbls.........................  
76
Lump, 145 lb. kegs...............   so

SAL  SODA

SALT
Buckeye

2 75
17 50
2 75
sc
90
50
90
50
90

Common  Grades

Diam ond Crystal 

100  3lb. bags......................300
50  61b. bags..................... 3 00
2214 lb. bags......................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count and one case 2431b. boxes 
free.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. l 40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 65 
Butter, barrels, 2014lb.bags.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks. 66 lbs............   67
100 3 lb. sacks............................2 25
60 5 lb. sacks............................2 15
28101b. sacks.......................... 2 05
56 lb. sacks.......................   40
28 lb. sacks.......................  
22
56 lb. dairy In drill bags......   30
28 lb. dairy In drill bags......   16
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
66 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 
66 lb. sacks..........................   30
Granulated  Fine......................l 20
Medium Fine.......................1  26

Solar Bock
Common

Ashton
Higgins

W arsaw

SALT  FISH 

Cod

Georges cured............   @6
Georges genuine........  @ 6M
Georges selected........  @ 7
Grand Bank...............   @6
Strips or  bricks.........   6  @ 9
Pollock.......................   @ 3M
Strips.......................................10
Chunks....................................12
No. 1100 lbs......................   5 75
No. 1  40 lbs......................   2 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  
75
No. 1  8 lbs......................  
61

H alibut.

T rout

9

H erring

M ackerel

Holland white hoops, bbl.  ll  25 
Holland white hoopsMbbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
82 
Holland white hoop mens. 
87
Norwegian.. 
Round 100 lbs....................  3 00
Round 40 lbs. ...................  1  50
Scaled.........
19
Bloaters.......
...................  1  60
Mess 100 lbs.
...................  12 25
Mess  40 lbs.
...................  5 20
Mess  10 lbs. ....................  1  38
Mess  8 lbs.
...................  1  13
No. 1100 lbs. ....................  10 60
No. 1  40 lbs.
...................  4 50
No. l  10 lbs.
..................   1  20
No. l  8 lbs. ....................  1 00
No. 2 100 lbs.
..................   8 25
No. 2  40 lbs.
...................  3 60
No. 2  10 lbs.
..................  
98
No. 2  8 lbs.
..................  
81
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
3 00
1  60
45
39

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

7 00 
3  10 
85 
71 

W hitefish

SEEDS

Anise.................................... 9
Canary, Smyrna..................   4
Caraway.............................   8
Cardamon, Malabar.............60
Celery................................... 12
Hemp, Russian....................  4M
Mixed Bird..........................   4M
Mustard, white....................  9
Poppy................................... 10
Rape....................................  4M
Cuttle Bone...........................15
70
Handy Box, large............   2 50
Handy Box, small............   125
Bixby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
21
Miller’s Crown  Polish...... 
85
go
Scotch, In bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, In jars................  36
French Rappee, In jars.......  43

SHOE  BLACKING

SNUFF

SOAP

Single box.................................3 uo
5 box lots, delivered........... 2 95
10 box lots, delivered........... 2 90
Bell & Bogart brands—

Lautz Bros, brands—

A. B. Wrlsley brands—

Gowans & Sons brands—

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

N. K. Fairbanks brands—

Proctor & Gamble 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 26
Brown....................................2 40
Fairy................................  4 00
Queen Anne..................... 3  15
Big Bargain..............••••  1  76
Umpire............................   2 15
German Family...............  2 45
Good Cheer.....................  3 80
Old Country.....................  3 20
Oak Leaf..........................  3 25
Oak Leaf. big5................. 4 00
Grandpa Wonder,  large.  3 25 
Grandpa Wonder, small.  3 85 
Grandpa Wonder,  small, 
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Silver King......................   3 60
Calumet Family..............   2 70
Scotch Family.................. 2 50
Cuba.......................... 
50 cakes.....................  1 95
Ricker’s Magnetic.........   3 90
Dingman..........................  3 85
sta r...................................3 00
Babbit’s Best....................4  00
Naptha.............................  4 00
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz........2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz..................2 40

Dlngman Soap Co. brand—
Schultz & Co. brand- 
B. T. Babbit brand—
Fels brand—

Beaver SoapCo. brands— 

Scouring

 

 

SODA

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

STOVE POLISH

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross..  4 60 
No. 6,3 doz In case, gross  .  7 20 

SYRUPS 

Corn

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

P u re Cane

1 U

-   4

V

y *

4M
4M

4M
4M6
3M
3M

12
12
28
38
56
17
14
56
50
40
36
18
28
20

16
28
48
17
15
18
25
65
18
20
28
20
20

5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 40
Mould A...........................   5 60
Diamond A.......................  5 25
Confectioner’s  A..............  505
No.  1, Columbia A...........  4 95
No.  2, Windsor A............   4 86
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  4 85
No.  4, Phoenix  A............   4 80
No.  5, Empire A..............  4 75
No.  6................................   4 70
No.  7................................   4 60
No.  8................................  4 50
No.  9................................   4 45
No. 10................................  4 40
No. 11........................... 
4 35
No. 12................................  4 30
No. 13................................  4 30
No. 14................................  4 25
No. 15................................  4  25
No. 16................................  4 25

TEA
Japan

Sundrled, medium............. 28
Sundrled, choice................ 30
Sundrled, fancy..................40
Regular, medium................28
Regular, choice..................30
Regular, fancy................... 40
Basket-fired, medium. ......28
Basket-fired, choice............35
Basket-fired, fancy.............40
Nibs.................................... 27

Best Corn Starch.................
Neutral Pearl Starch in bbl. 
Neutral Powdered Starch in bbl. 
Best Confect’rs In bbl.,thin boll. 
Best Laundry In bbl.,  thin boil. 
Chas. Pope Glucose Co.,
Chicago, 111.

Gunpowder

Young  Hyson

Siftings.......................... 19@21
Fannings....................... 20@22
Moyune, medium...............26
Moyune, choice..................35
Moyune, fancy.............. ....50
Plngsuey,  medium....... ....25
Pingsuey, choice.................30
Plngsuey,fancy............ ....40
Choice........................... ....30
Fancy............................ ....36
Formosa, fancy............. __ 42
Amoy, medium............. ----25
Amoy, choice................ ....32
Medium......................... ....27
Choice............................----34
Fancy............................ ....42
Ceylon, choice............... ....32
Fancy............................ ....42

English B reakfast

Oolong

In dia

TOBACCO 

Cigars

A. Bomers’ brand.

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

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

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..........  35 00
Night Hawk, concha.......  35 00
Night Hawk,  navel.........  35 00
VincentePortuondo ..35© 70 00

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

Common Corn

201-lb.  packages..............
40 l-lb.  packages..............
Common Gloss
l-lb. packages..................
3-lb. packages..................
40 anS 60-lb. boxes............
Barrels.............................

Best Gloss Starch, 50 lb......
Best Gloss Starch, 40 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  6 lb.......
Best Gloss Starch,  3 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  1 lb.......
W orks:  Venice, 111.
Geneva, 111.

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,  75-80................. 
2 40
Nutmegs,  105-10................ 
Nutmegs, 116-20................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot...................... 
P a re  G round 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.................................. 

SUGAR

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the local 
freight from New York  to your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  tne  invoice  for  tne  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  In  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point,  including 
20 pounds for the weight of the 
barrel.
Domino.............................  5 75
Cut Loaf...........................   6  75
Crushed.».......................   5 75
Cubes................................  5 50
Powdered.........................  5 35
Coarse  Powdered............   5  35
XXXX Powdered.............  5 40
Standard  Granulated......   5 25
Fine Granulated................  5 25
Coarse Granulated...........  5 35
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 35
Conf.  Granulated.............  5 60
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 40

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

15

AKRON  STONEWARE 

B u tte rs

 

 

*  gal., per doz.............  
2 to 6 gal., per gal.............................. 
8 gal. each.......................................... 
10 gal. each.......................................... 
12 gal. each.......................................... 
15 gal. meat-tubs, each....................... 
20 gal. meat-tubs, each....................... 
25 gal- meat-tubs, each.......................  
30 gal. meat-tubs, each.......................  

2 to 6 gal., per gal............................... 
■’burn Dashers, per doz..................... 

Chnrns

M ilkpans

*  ga.  f.Lt or rd. hot., per doz............ 
l gal. nat or rd. bot„ each................. 
Fine  Glazed  M ilkpans
*  gal  flat or rd. bot-, per doz............ 
1 gal. flat or rd  bot., each................. 

*  gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............  
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............  

Stewpans

Ju g s

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

Sealing Wax

6 lbs. In package, per lb...................... 

LAMP  BURNERS

No. 0 Sun............................................. 
No. 1 Sun............................................. 
No. 2 Sun............................................. 
No. 3 Sun............................................. 
Tubular...................................................... 
Nutmeg...................................................... 
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

48
6
52
66
84
l  20
1  60
2 25
2 70

6*
84

48
6

60
6

85
1  10

60
45
7*

2

35
46
65
1  10

Pj-opipt-
pess

The 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.

BROWN  &  SEHLER.

Grand Rapids,
Michigan.

45
50

H ü  N U LIT E

750  Candle  Power  A R C   IL L U M IN A T O R S  
Produce the  finest  artificial  light  in  the  world.

30

12

 

P in g

Fine  Cut

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

Ruhe Bros. Co............ 25@ 70 00
Hllson  Co................... 35@no 00
T. J. Dünn & Co......... 35@ 70 00
McCoy & Co................35® 70 00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10@ 35 00
Brown  Bros................15® 70 00
Bernard Stahl Co.. ....35® 90 00
Banner Cigar  Co........io@  35 00
Seidenberg  & Co........56@126 so
Fulton  Cigar  Co........10®  35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co....35©175 00 
E. M. Schwarz & Co... 35®110 oo
San Telmo...................35®  70 oo
Havana Cigar Co........18®  35 00
C. Costello & Co......... 35®  70 oo
LaGora-Fee Co...........35®  70 00
S. I. Davis & Co......... 35@185 oo
Hene & Co.................. 36® 90 00
Benedict & Co.........7.50® 70 oo
Hemmeter Cigar Co.  .35® 70 00 
G .J. Johnson Cigar Co.35@ 70 00 
Maurice Sanborn  —  50@175 00
Bock & Co................... 65@300 00
Manuel  Garcia...........80®375 00
Neuva Mundo.............85®175 00
Henry Clay..................85@560 00
La Carolina................. 96@200 oo
Standard T. & C. Co.. .35® 70 00 
Star G reen....................35  OO
Uncle Daniel.......................58
Ojibwa.................................38
Forest  Giant........................38
Sweet Spray..,.................... 35
Cadillac................................ 57
Sweet  Loma......................... 38
Golden Top.......................... 27
Hiawatha............................. 58
Telegram..............................28
Pay C ar........... ........  
33
Prairie Rose......................... 50
Protection............................ 38
Sweet Burley........................40
Sweet Loma......................... 38
Tiger....................................39
Flat Iron..............................36
Creme de Menthe................60
Stronghold........................... 40
Solo...................................... 35
Sweet Chunk........................37
Forge....................................33
Red Cross............................. 24
Palo......................................36
Kylo......... ...........................36
Hiawatha............................. 41
Battle A xe.........................  37
American Eagle...................34
Standard Navy.....................38
Spear Head, 16 oz................43
Spear Head,  8oz................45
Nobby Twist........................49
Jolly T ar..............................39
Old Honesty.........................45
Toddy.,.............................. ..34
J. T ..............................  
  38
Piper Heidsiek.....................64
BootJack............................. 81
Jelly Cake............................ 36
Plumb Bob...........................32
Hand Pressed...................... 46
Double  Cross...................... 37
Sweet Core................ 
40
Flat Car............................... 37
Great Navy...........................37
W arpath..............................27
Bamboo,  8oz...................... 29
Bamboo, 16 oz...................... 27
I XL,  61b...........................28
I XL, 30 lb...........................32
Honey Dew......................... 37
Gold  Block...........................37
Flagman..............................40
Chips....................................35
Kiln Dried...........................23
Duke's Mixture...................40
Duke’s Cameo..................... 40
Honey Dip Twist................. 39
Myrtle Navy........................40
Turn Yum, 1% oz................. 39
Yum Yum, 1 lb. pails...........37
Cream...................................37
Corn Cake, 2* oz................. 25
Com Cake, 1 lb.....................23
Plow Boy, 1% oz...................37
Plow Boy, 3* oz...................35
Peerless, 3* oz.....................34
Peerless, 1& oz....................36
Indicator, 2* oz...................28
Indicator, 1 lb. pails........... 31
Col. Choice, 2* oz................21
Col. Choice, 8 oz...................21
TABLE SAUCES
PI LEA &
III PERRINS’
SAUCE

Smoking

 

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TW INE

The Original anc 
Genuine
Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large........  3 75
Lea & Perrin’s, small......   2 60
Halford, large...................  3 76
Halford, small...................  2 25
Salad Dressing, large......   4 66
Salad Dressing, small......   2 76
Cotton, 3 ply........................ 20
Cotton, 4 ply........................20
Jute, 2 ply........................... 12
Hemp, 6 ply........................ 12
Flax, medium..................... 20
Wool, 1 lb. balls..................   8
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11
Pure Cider, Bed Star...........12
Pure Cider, Robinson......... 11
Pure Cider, Silver................11
WASHING POW DER
Gold Dust, regular.............. 4 50
Gold Dust, 5c........................4 00
Pearline............................ ».2 90
Scourlne............................... 3 50

VINEGAR

W ICKING

No. o, per gross.....................20
N o . p e r  gross.................... 25
No. 9, per gross.....................35
No. 3. per gross.................... 56

WOODENWARE

Baskets

Egg Crates

Mop  Sticks

Bushels............................. ..1  10
Bushels, wide  band.......... ..1  20
Market............................. ..  30
Splint, large..................... ..4 00
. .3 75
Splint, medium...............
..3 50 
Splint, small....................
..7 00
Willow Clothes, large......
Willow Clothes, medium.. .  6 25
Willow Clothes, small...... ..5 50
B u tter Plates
No. 1 Oval, 260'in crate...
..  46
No. 2 Oval, 250 In crate...
..  50
No. 3 Oval, 260 In crate... ..  56
No. 5 Oval. 250 in crate__ ..  66
Humpty Dumpty............ ..2 25
No. 1, complete................ ..  30
..  25
No. 2, complete..............
Clothes  Pins 
Round head, 5 gross box —   45
Round head, cartons...........  62
Trojan spring......................  85
Eclipse patent spring........  86
No 1 common.......................  75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  80
12 B>. cotton mop heads...... 1  26
Pails
hoop Standard..l 40
2- 
hoop Standard..1 60
3- 
2- wire,  Cable.........................l 60
3- wlre,  Cable............................ 1 70
Cedar, all red, brass  bound. 1 25
Paper,  Eureka......................... 2 25
Fibre.........................................2 40
Hardwood................................ 2 75
Softwood..................................2 75
Banquet.................................... l 40
Ideal......................................... 1 40
20-inch, Standard, No. l ...... 6 oo
18-inch, Standard, No. 2.......5 00
16-lnch, Standard, No. 3.......4 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l............ 7  00
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2.................6 oo
16-inch. Cable,  No. 3.................5 00
No. 1 Fibre................................9 45
No. 2 Fibre............................... 7 95
No. 3 Fibre................................7 20
Bronze Globe............................ 2 50
Dewey....................................  l 76
Double Acme............................ 2 76
Single Acme....................  
Double Peerless...............  
Single Peerless......................... 2 50
Northern Queen......................2 60
Double Duplex......................... 3 00
Good Luck............................... 2 76
Universal.................................. 2 26
11 in. Butter.........................  76
13 In. Butter.............................. 1 00
15 In. Butter.............................. 1 76
17 in. Butter................t....... 2 60
19 in. Butter..............................3 00
Assorted 13-15-17.......................1 75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................2  50

W ash  Boards

Wood  Bowls

Toothpicks

2  26
0

Tubs

YEAST  CAKE

W RAPPING  PA PER
Common Straw.................  
1*
Fiber Manila, white.........  
'¿K
Fiber Manila, colored......  
4/s
No.  l  Manila.
Cream  Manila..................  
3
Butcher’s Manila.............. 
2%
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count—   2j
Wax Butter,  rolls............   15
Magic, 3 doz.........................l oo
Sunlight, 3doz..................... l 00
Sunlight, 1*  doz.................  50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz..............1 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz..............l 00
Yeast Foam, m   doz...........  60
Per lb.
White fish...................  ®  9
Trout..........................   ®  0
Black Bass................. li®   12
Halibut.......................  ®  15
Ciscoes or Herring—   ®  4
Blueflsh......................  @  10
Live  Lobster..............  @  20
Boiled Lobster...........  ®  20
Cod..............................  ®  ll
Haddock....................   ®  7
No. l Pickerel.............  ®  9
Pike............................  ®  7
Perch..........................  @  4
Smoked White...........  ®  9
Red  Snapper..............  @ 
ll
Col River  Salmon......   ®  12
Mackerel....................   ®  16

FRESH  FISH

HIDES AND  PELTS 

® 6 
® 7* 
® 6Ü 
® 9 
@ 7* 

® 6 
@ 10 ®  8*

The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
Hides
Green  No. 1............
Green No. 2.............
Cured  No. 1.............
Cured  No. 2.............
Calf skins,green No. 1 
Calf sklns,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. l 
Calfskins,cured No. 2 
Pelts
Pelts,  each..............
Lamb.......................
Tallow
No. 1.........................
No. 2.........................W ool
Washed, fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine......
Unwashed, medium.

@ *H 
@ 314
18@20 
22@24 
12®14 
10® 18

50@1  10

CANDIES 
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.  palli-
® 7* 
® 7* 
@ 8 
@ 9 
cases 
® 7* @10* 
@ 10 @ 8
@ 6 
@  7 
@ 7yA 
@ 8* 
®  8* 
@ 9 
@ 8* 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@ 10 
@10
@15*
@13

Fancy—In  B nlk 

San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops.............
Eclipse Chocolates... 
Choc.  Monumentals. 
Victoria Chocolate..
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops............
Lemon Sours...........
Ital. Cream Opera...
Ital. Cream Bonbons
201b. palls........... .
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls.................
Pine Apple Ice........
Maroons..................
Golden Waffles........

@12 
@ 9* 
@ 10 
@11* 
@13* 
@14 
@15 
@ 5 
@ 9* 
@10 
@10 
@12
@12
@14
@12*
@12
@12
Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

Lemon  Sours.........  
@55
Peppermint Drops.. 
@60
Chocolate  Drops__  
@65
@85
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12............  
@1 oo
Gum Drops............. 
@30
@75
Licorice Drops........ 
Lozenges,  plain......  
@66
@60
Lozenges, printed... 
Imperials...................... 
@60
Mottoes................... 
Cream  Bar.............. 
@55
@56
Molasses Bar........... 
Hand Made Creams.  80  @90 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
@65
String Rock.............
@65
WIntergreen Berries 
Caramels 
No. 1 wrapped,  8  lb.
boxes....................
Penny Goods...........
FRUITS
Oranges
Florida Russett.......  
Florida Bright........ 
Fancy  Navels.........   2  76@3 25
Extra Choice...........  2 50@3 oo
Late Valencias
Seedlings.................  
Medt. Sweets__.... 
Jamaicas................. 
Rod!...................... 
L e m o n s

@50
56@60

@
@
@
@

@
@

@60

Messina, 300s............  3 25@3 60
Messina, 360S..............  3 OU.a.4 50
California 360s..........   3 25@3 50
California 300s...........  3 oo@3 25
Bananas
Medium bunches__   1  50@1  75
Large bunches........

Foreign D ried F ru its
@
@
@ 9
@12
»
@
®
®
®

Califomias,  Fancy..
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes.....................
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes..
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, In bags....
Dates
Fards In 10 lb. boxes
Far (is in 60 lb. cases.
Hallowi....................
5 ® 5*
lb.  cases, new......
Sairs, 601b. cases.... 4*  @ 6
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
@18
Almonds,  Ivtca......
@
Almonas, California,
soft snelled...........
Brazils,....................
Fiiberts 
.................
Walnuts  Grenobles.
Walnut«., soft shelled
California No. 1...
Table Nuts, fancy...
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pec&is,  Med 
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P.. Suns..
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns
Roasted......... «... 
Choice, H.P., Extras 
Choice, H. P„ Extras 
Span. Shlld No. l n’w  6 * 0  7*

17@19
@12
@13*
@14
@14
©14
@13
@10
@11
@12
®
@3  76

6*@
6*@ 7

Roasted

@

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

1 56
1 78
2 48

Per box of 6 doz.

F irst  Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

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

P earl Top

No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........ 
No. 2 Sim, wrapped and labeled........ 
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled...... 
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe

Lamps..............................................  

2  00
2  15
3  15

2  75
3  75
4 00

4 00 n
6 00
5 10

80

La  Bastie

No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No, 1 Crimp, per doz.......................... 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........................  
No. 1 Lime (65c  doz)..........................  
No. 2 Lime (70c doz)..........................  
No. 2 Flint (80c doz) — ....................  

R o c h e s te r

E lectric

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

OIL  CANS

1 gal. tin cans with spout, per doz__ 
1 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
2 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. gaiv. 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.  IB  Tubular................................. 
No. 15 Tubular, dash..........................  
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain............ 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp..................  
No.  3 Street lamp, each....................  
LANTERN  GLOBES 
No. 0 Tub., cases l doz. each, box, 10c 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 6 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases l aoz. each 

1 00
1 25
1 35
1 60
3  80
4 00
4 70

4  oo
4  70

1  40
l 68
2 78
3 76
4 85
4 26
4 96
7 26
9 00
8 50
10 eo
9 96
11  28
9 60

4 86
7 40
7  60
7 50
13 50
3 60

45
45
2 00
125

G A S  A N D  G A S O L IN E

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Talk  No.  1

It  Is  a  Well  Known  Fact
That you accomplish the most results 
when  you  are  interested  in  your 
work.  That is Dr.  Rankin’s  reason 
for  advertising.  He  prefers  office 
practice to general  practice;  has  fit­
ted himself for that  work  and  wants 
people  to  know  it.  There  is  not 
time or space to  say  much  this  time, 
but more  will  follow.  Dr.  Rankin’s 
practice  is  confined  to  Chronic  dis­
eases.  At  this  season  of  the  year 
people who  have  struggled  through 
the winter  with  more  or  less  colds 
want  to  know  where  they  can  get 
cured of the  C atarrh  that  has  fas­
tened itself  on  their  nose  or  throat 
or ear or lungs.  Go or write to
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Powers’  Opera  House  Block

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 

Graduate of University  of  Michigan  and 
Illinois  School  of. Electro-Therapeutics.

Mail  T reatm ent 

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B icy cle  D ea lers

who are in the game to make money  and 
to have as little trouble as possible should 
buy well  known and  reliable goods.

How  O ther Women  E arn  a  Living.
The  ways  in  which  New  York  women 
who  are  dependent  upon 
their  own 
efforts  make  both  ends  meet  are  varied. 
A  woman  who  has  been  forced  to  look 
for  work  made  memorandums  of  what 
she  found  others  doing.  She  did  not  try 
for  ordinary  clerical  work,  or  stenog­
raphy, 
typewriting  or  employment  in 
stores.
“ I 

found  one  woman,”   she  said, 
“ who  is  making  a  comfortable  living 
for  herself  and  supporting  an  invalid 
husband  by  selling  gloves  which  have 
been  thrown  aside  at  the  glove  counters 
for  apparently  trivial  reasons.  For  ex­
ample,  in  fitting  a  glove  the saleswoman 
may  break  off  a  button  or  rip  a  seam  or 
soil  it  so  as  to  spoil  a  sale.  This  woman 
has  a  contract  with several  stores  to take 
all  such  gloves  at  a  reduced  figure.

“ She  skillfully  repairs  whatever  dam­
age  has  been  done  and  sells  the  gloves, 
at  less,  of.course,  than  the  store  price. 
I  do  not  know  what  she  pays  for the 
damaged  goods.  That  depends,  I  fancy, 
upon  the  extent  of the  damage.  But  I 
do  know  that  in  some  cases  she  sells  a 
pair  of  $1.50 gloves  for $1,  maybe  less, 
and  so  on. 
I  know  she  has  built  up 
quite  a  business  in  this  way.  A  num­
ber  of  her  patrons  now  have  orders  with 
her  frequently  in  advance  for  from  one 
to  a  half  dozen  pairs.  The  saving  of  50 
or  75  cents  on  a  pair of  gloves  is  quite 
an  item.

“ Another  woman  who  had  tried  in 
vain  to  make  a  living  at  millinery,  in 
which  she  is  an  expert,  calls  at  a  num­
ber  of  houses  in  her  neighborhood  and 
takes  her  daily  market  orders.  She  is 
paid  for  this,  of  course,  and  I  am  pretty 
sure  she  is  smart  enough  to  get  a  com­
mission  Desides  from  the  butcher and 
the  grocer.

“ Sometimes  when  the  mistress  of  the 
house  wants  something  extra  for  a  spe­
cial  luncheon  or  dinner  the  order-taker 
makes  more.  On one  occasion  a  woman 
who  had  lived 
in  Washington  wanted 
some  Lynnhaven  oysters.  Now  it  is  a 
fact  that  you  can’t  find  a  Lynnhaven 
oyster  in  New  York  such  as  you  can  get 
in  Washington.

“ This  order-taker  knew  exactly  how 
to  get  the  Washington  Lynnhavens  at  a 
reduced  price,  and  how  to  have  them 
shipped,  and  she  made  a  handsome 
profit  on  her  order.  She  told  me  she 
would  not  exchange  her  work  for  a place 
in  the  biggest  millinery  foundry,  as  she 
called  it,  in  New  York.

“ Another  woman  buys  all  the  theater 
tickets  for a  colony  away  uptown.  Her 
patrons  call  her  up  on  the  ’phone  and 
name  the  date  and  play,  and  she  does 
the  rest.

“ I  found  another  who,  in  addition  to 
some  other  little  jobs,  furnishes  several 
churches  with  communion  bread.  Then 
there  is  another  who sends  out  samples 
of  new  goods  to  customers  in  the  coun­
try.  She 
is  not  exactly  a  purchasing 
agent,  for  there  are  many  such;  she 
simply  sends  out  the  samples,  naming 
the  house  where  the  goods  may  be  ob­
tained.  The  name  and  the  address  of 
each  person  receiving  the  samples  are 
furnished  to  the  house  sending  out  the 
samples,  and  in  case  of  a  sale  the  wom­
an  is  notified  by  the  house,  which  pays 
her  a  commission.

“ This  sort  of  business,  she  told  me, 
pays  better  than  a  direct  purchase  by 
an  agent,  if  the  woman  who  sends  the 
samples  has  a  good  list  of  customers, for 
the  reason  that  many  customers  in  the 
country  rather  like  the  idea  of  dealing 
with  the  house  direct  in  purchases.  The 
stores,  she  added,  are  not  so apt  to  send

samples  as  a  woman  who  makes  a  busi­
ness  of  it.

“ I  found  a  woman  in  a  drug  store 

in 
a  fashionable  part  of  the  city  who  is  a 
graduate 
in  pharmacy.  She  fills  only 
such  prescriptions  as  are  brought  in  by 
women.  She  receives  a  salary,  but  she 
gets  a  commission  on  all  the  trade  she 
secures  from  women.
“ And  so  it  goes 

in  this  great  city 
where  so  many  women  have  to  make 
If  a  woman  can  only 
their own  living. 
find 
find 
plenty  of  people  to  help  her out. ” — N. 
Y.  Sun.

something  novel  she  will 

Get  Out  of T hat  Rut.

Ruts,  when  well  worn,  are  mighty 
comfortable  things.  Many  a  good  man 
has  enjoyed  the  comfort  of  his  rut  until 
he  found  it  brought  up  in the  mud  when 
the  spring  thaw  came,  while  the  poor 
fellows  who  had  been  pounding  along 
over  the  cobbles  came  out  high  and dry.
If  you  are  in  a  rut— and  you  probably 
is  the  time  to get  out.  Just 
are—now 
long  you  have 
stop  and  consider  how 
been  doing  the  same  thing 
in  the  same 
way.  Probably  you  are  doing  it  in  the 
same  way  someone  did  before  you.  You 
wonder  why  you  don’t  get  on. 
It’s  your 
own  fault. 
If  you  want  to  succeed  do 
something  different.  Make  people  know 
you  are  about.  Have  somebody  asking 
who  that  fellow  is.  As  long  as  you  are 
willing  to  be  a  cog  in  the  wheel  of  your 
company’s  business  you  will  never get 
anywhere;  you  will 
in  a 
circle. 
If  you  can’t  get  noticed  any 
other  way,  better  break  off.  You  may 
give  them  a  slight  jolt  that  way.

just  revolve 

But  why  not  be  a  whole  wheel?  That 
rut  stands  in  the  way.  You  think  there 
is  no  other  place  for  the  width  of  your 
little  go-cart 
in  the  whole  highway  on 
which  you  are  traveling.  Better get out 
the  map.  Locate  some  of  the  points 
which  you  would 
like  to  reach.  Now 
see  the  shortest  way  to  reach  them. 
Study  your  right  of  way.  You  will  find 
it  fifty  times  as  wide  as  any  rut.

It’s  worth  trying.  Try  it  to-morrow. 

— H.  B.  Osgood.

Reflections  of a Bachelor.

You  can  never  drown  sorrow;  it  can 

swim  longer than  your  head  can.

A  man  can  generally  gauge  his  re­
ligion  at  any  certain  time  by  the  way 
things  taste  to  him.

The  average  woman’s  mouth 

is too 
large  because  she  stretches  it  smiling  at 
women  she  dislikes.

In  every  love  affair there  is  one  wom­
an  that  a  man  is trying  to  get  and  an­
other that  he  is  trying  to get  away from.
When  a  girl  refuses  a  man  she  gen­
erally  goes  to  the  window  when  he 
leaves  expecting  to  see  him  fall  up 
against  the  nearest  tree  and  sob.

A  woman  that  talks  politics 

is  about 
as  attractive  as  a  man  who  knows  the 
names  of  all  the  different  crochet 
stitches.

A  man  can  always  get  on  with  the 
women  if  he  can  make  his  voice  trem­
ble  whenever he  wants  to.

A  woman  who  loves  too  much  some­
times  loses,  but  a  woman  who  loves  too 
little  never gains  anything  worth losing.
A  man  judges  a  woman’s  heart  by  her 
face;  a  woman  judges  a  man’s  face  by 
his  heart.

The  microbe  had  a  mother’s  meeting 
the  other  day  and  voted  that  the  short 
walking  skirt  was  immoral.

Good  counsel 

army.

is  better  than  a  great 

Late State  Pood Commissioner 

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Advisory Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
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DAMAGING  DISCLOSURES.

Ju d g e  W anty  Refuses  to  Confirm  F isher 

Composition.

Judge  Wanty,  of  the  United  States 
District  Court,  refused  to  confirm  the 
composition  of  35  cents  on  the  dollar 
offered  by  Wm.  Fisher,  the  Scottville 
general  dealer,  on  the  showing  made  by 
Hon.  Peter  Doran  and  Hatch  &  Wilson 
in  behalf  of  twelve  of  their  clients  who 
are  interested  in  the  matter as  creditors 
and  in  behalf  of  seventeen  other  credit­
ors  who  were  opposed  to  the  com­
promise.  The  allegations  made  by  the 
attorneys  named  are  probably  the  most 
damaging  ever  filed  in  the  local  bank­
ruptcy  court,  being  as  follows :

1.  That  the  said  composition  is  not 
for the  best  interests  of the creditors,  for 
the  reason  that  the  stock  of  merchandise 
according  to  the  testimony  of  the  bank­
rupt,  is  worth  at  cost  price,  $9,000,  ac­
counts  at  face  value  $850 and  an  equity 
in  real  estate  of  three  or  four  hundred 
dollars,  and  that  the  debts  due  the  said 
creditors  of  said  bankrupt  amount  to 
$13,890,  and  that  said  estate  would  pay 
more  than  35  cents  on  the  dollar  in 
bankruptcy.

showing 

2.  That  the  said  bankrupt  induced  a 
number  of  his  creditors  who  signed 
said  composition  to  do  so,  by  reason  of 
his 
that  according  to  bis 
schedules  filed  and  sworn  to  in  this 
case,  there  was  only  $7,444.79  stock  in 
trade;  whereas  upon  his  examination  he 
testified  that  the  stock  was  worth  $9,000 
at  cost  price,  and  there 
is  upwards  of 
$4,000  in  money  or  property  that he does 
not  account  for,  but  conceals  from  his 
creditors.
3.  As  a  further  objection  to  said 
composition,  we  object  for  the  reason 
that  thirteen  creditors,  whose  claims  ag­
gregate  $3,359.51,  who  voted  for  said 
composition  under a  misapprehension of 
the  facts  in  the  case,  and  since  the  com­
pletion  of  the  examination  of  said bank­
rupt  have  written  letters  to  the trustee in 
bankruptcy,  stating 
that  they  are  op­
posed  to  said  composition,  and  do  not 
wish  the  same  to  be confirmed or passed, 
and  by  their  opposition  there  would  not 
be  enough 
in  number  and  value  left  to 
confirm  said 
in  other 
words  at  the  present  time  there  is  not  a 
majority 
in  number  and  value  of  the 
creditors  who  have  proven  their  claims 
in  favor of  said  composition.

composition; 

4.  That  as  a  further  objection  to  said 
compromise,  your  objecting  creditors 
are 
informed  and  believe  the  same  to 
be  true,  that  the  money  that  has  been 
put  up  for  said  compromise  in this case, 
has  been  the  money  of  said  bankrupt, 
for  one  John  Hein,  a  person  who  has 
been 
long  acquainted  with  said  bank­
rupt, testified  before  the  referee  in  bank­
ruptcy 
in  this  case,  that  said  bankrupt 
stated  to  him,  on  or about  a  year  and  a 
half  ago,  that  he  was  going  to  prepare 
to  make  a  failure  in  about  a  year and  a 
half,  and  that  he  was  going  to  get  all 
the  stock  of  goods  he  could,  probably 
eight  or  ten  thousand  dollars,  and  that 
he  was  going  to  fail,  that  he  did  not 
know  whether  he  could  make 
it  last 
winter,  that 
is  the  winter  of  1899  and 
1900,  or  not,  but  then  he  would  make  it 
this  winter.  That  he  again  saw  him  in 
the  month  of  February  last,  in  this  city, 
and  that  the  first  thing  the  bankrupt 
said  was  that,  that  thing  had  come 
about,  that  be  had 
failed  as  he  had 
talked  about,  and  be  said  that  he 
guessed  everything was coming all  right, 
and  that  he  would  make  seven  or  eight 
thousand  dollars  out  of  it,  that  he  had 
shipped  some  goods  before  the  failure, 
and  had  quite  a  little money.  He  said 
he  had  enough  to  pay  all  the  creditors 
35  cents  on  the  dollar,  and  he  stated 
that  a  man  by  the  name  of Lubetsky was 
going  to  settle  for  him.  That  Mr.  Lu­
betsky  had  part  of  his  money,  to  settle 
with  the  creditors,  and  that  he  had 
placed  Lubetsky  down  as  a  creditor  for 
$450  and  he  did  not  owe  him  anything.

5. 

The  bankrupt,  through  his  agent, 

C.  W.  McPhail,  who  was  the  common 
law  assignee  of  said  bankrupt,  and  who 
held  an  unrecorded  mortgage  for  some 
time  against  said  bankrupt’s  stock  of 
goods,  and  as  the  agent of  said  bank­

rupt,  and  who  is  a  preferred  creditor, 
has  been  sending  notices  out  to  credit­
ors  offering  35  cents  on  the  dollar,  for 
the  purpose  of  influencing,  assisting and 
controlling  said  compromise  in  the 
in­
terest  of  said  bankrupt.

6.  And  that  the  bankrupt  has  com­
mitted  certain  acts  and  failed  to  per­
form  certain  duties,  which  would  be  a 
bar  to  his  discharge 
in  that  the  said 
bankrupt  knowingly  and 
fraudulently 
has  concealed  from  his  trustee  in  bank­
ruptcy,  property  to  the  amount  of  $4,000 
or thereabouts,  for  in  his  examination 
before  the  referee  in  bankruptcy  in  this 
case,  he  stated  that  about  two  years  ago 
he  dissolved  with  one  Caplin,  of  Grant, 
Michigan,and  then  had  a  stock  at  Scott­
ville,  of  $3,500,  and  at  the  time  of  the 
dissolution  he  assumed  the  indebtedness 
of  said  firm,  which  amounted  to  the 
sum  of  $2,000,  which  was  all  the  debts 
that  said  firm  was  then  owing ;  that  at 
the  present  time  and  according  to  his 
sworn  schedules  in  the  bankruptcy  pro­
ceedings,  he  owes  $13,690  of  unsecured 
debts,  and  his  stock  according  to  his 
statement  sworn  to  in  his  bankruptcy 
schedules  is  worth  $7,444.17,  and  the 
open  accounts  due  him,  the  sum  of  $850 
at  face  value,  leaving  a  deficiency  of 
upwards  of  $4,000,  which  he  neglects 
and  refuses  to  turn  over  to  his  trustee  in 
bankruptcy  and  refuses  to  account  for 
and  explain  what  has  become  of  same.
7.  That  the  said bankrupt with fraud­
ulent 
intent  to  conceal  his  true  condi­
tion,  and 
in  contemplation  of  bank­
ruptcy  has  failed  to  keep  proper  books 
of  account  or  records  from  which  his 
true  condition  might  be  ascertained. 
The  only  book  that  the  trustee  in  bank­
ruptcy  in  this  case  has  been  able  to  ob­
tain  from  said  bankrupt  is  a  bank  book, 
which  purports  to  show  his  business 
with  the  First  National  Bank of Luding- 
ton, 
from  July  17,  1900,  to  December 
10,  1900,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that 
he  carried  on  business  at  Scottville  two 
years  previous  to  the  filing  of  the  peti­
tion 
in  this  case,  and 
that  he  continued  store  business  at  the 
same  place,  up  to  about  the  time  that 
the  petition  in  bankruptcy  was  filed  in 
this  case,  against  him,  on  December  26, 
1900.

in  bankruptcy 

in  bankruptcy, 

8.  That  the  said  bankrupt  knowing­
ly  and  fraudulently  has  sworn  falsely  to 
his  schedules 
in  not 
scheduling  upwards  of $4,000  in  prop­
erty,  which  his  schedules  of 
indebted­
ness  in  bankruptcy,  proofs  of  debt  and 
examination  show,  ought  to  belong  to 
his  estate,  and  be  the  property  of  the 
trustee 
in  bankruptcy,  but  which  he 
conceals  from  the  said  trustee  in  bank­
ruptcy.

9.  That  said  Wm.  Fisher,  bankrupt, 
purchased  within  the  four  months  pre­
ceding  the  filing  of  the  petition 
in 
bankruptcy  and  had  delivered  to  him 
about  $10,000  worth  of  goods,  of  what  is 
called  fall  and  winter  goods,  according 
to  the  proofs  of  debt  on  file  in  this  case, 
and  from  bis  schedules  filed in this case. 
That  during  the  above  mentioned  four 
months,  be  has  paid  out  to  merchandise 
creditors,  according  to  his  testimony, 
the  sum  of $670.32,  and  the  goods  in  the 
hands  of  the  trustee,  he  swore  to  in  his 
schedules  as  being  worth  $7,444.17.  His 
store  expenses  he  stated  were  $100  per 
month,making  $400  for the  four  months, 
and  his  household  expenses  were  $100 
per  month,  making  $400  for  the  four 
months. 
In  other  words  his  statement 
is  as  follows:  At  beginning  of  the  four 
months’  period  he  had  an  average  stock 
of  $3,500.  He  received  during  that 
period  $10,000,  a  total  of  $13,500.  Dur­
ing  this  time  he  paid  to  merchandise 
creditors,  $670.30;  goods 
in  hands  of 
trustee,$7,444.17; store expenses,$100 per 
month,  $400;  household  expenses,  $100 
per  month,  $400,  a  total  of  $8,914.49 
unaccounted  for,  leaving  a  balance  of 
$4,585.51,  which  he  has  knowingly  and 
fraudulently 
concealed  between  such 
dates,  and  still  so  conceals  from  his 
trustee  in  bankruptcy.

10.  That  said  bankrupt  with  fraudu­
intent  conceals  his  true  financial 
lent 
condition,  and 
in  contemplation  of 
bankruptcy  between  July  1,  1900,  and 
December 26,  1900,the  time  the  petition 
in  bankruptcy  was  filed,  failed  to  keep 
books  of  account  or  records,  from  which

his  true  condition  might  be  ascertained, 
except  a  bank  book  which  has  been 
heretofore  referred  to.  And  that  prior 
to  July  17,  from  Jan  1,  1899,  to  July  17, 
1900,  he  has  furnished  the  trustee  in 
bankruptcy  no  bank  book,  and  the 
last 
entry  that  appears  on  the  bank  book 
with  the  First  National  Bank of Luding- 
ton,  appears  a  deposit  of  $3.88  Decem­
ber  10 and  a  notice  of  checks  upon  de­
livery  to  him,  and  including  Dec.  10, 
there  being  no  book  or  memorandum  of 
any  kind  showing  what  he  has  taken 
in 
or  how  he  paid  it  out  from  Dec.  10,  to 
Dec.  26,  1900,  the  time  this  petition 
in 
bankruptcy  was  filed.
the  said  bankrupt,  Wm. 
Fisher,  has  knowingly  and  fraudulently 
sworn  falsely  to  his  schedules  in  bank­
ruptcy,  in  swearing  that  he  is 
indebted 
to  Lubetsky  Bros.,  in  the  sum  of  $300 
for  merchandise.  Said  indebtedness,  as 
he  states,  having  been  contracted  Nov. 
21,  1900.

11.  That 

Hides.  Pelt«,  Furs,  Tallow  and  Wool.
Hides  are  in  good  demand  at  the  pre­
vailing  low  prices.  There  is  no  accum­
ulation  and  trading  is  not  in large quan­
tities.

Pelts  are  low  in  value,  with  large  ac­
cumulations.  Holders  do  not  like  to  let 
go  at  any  price  offering  and  pullers  are 
not  anxious.
Furs  are 

light  demand  and  offer­

in 
ings  are  small.

Tallow  is  in  fair demand  at  a  slight 
advance  for  prime  stock.  Soapers’  stock 
is  in  fair demand  at  no  advance.

freely  at  a 

Wools  are  selling 

low 
value,  as  compared  with  the  purchase 
price  throughout  Michigan  during  the 
season  of  1900.  Wools  costing  22c  and 
over  last  year are  not  wanted  at  over  18c 
at  present  by  Eastern  buyers,  who  claim 
that  the  price  must  be  lowered  to  tempt 
their  entering  the  market.  There  are 
millions  of  pounds  in  South  America 
being  offered  at  extremely  low  values 
and  are  liable  to  come  on  our  market  at 
any  time.  While  prices  in  London  show 
a  strong  advance  on  Australia,  our  mills 
are  not  anxious  buyers,  although,  at 
the  low  prices,  they  use  more  wool  and 
less  cotton.  The  future  is  uncertain  as 
to  prices  and  the  present  values  are 
down  to  free  trade. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

F.  Q.  Williams  has  purchased  the 
grocery  stock  of  Rudolph  P.  Burdick  at 
22  West  Bridge  street.

Toasts  are  often  drunk,  yet  they  are 

never  intoxicated.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  nnder 
this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  w ord  for each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisem ents 
taken  for  less  th an   25  cents.  Advance 
paym ents.  _________________________________

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

782

in  thriving  country  town  of  1,000  people. 

FOR SALE—GOOD BUSINESS PLACE; NEW 
building.  John Acbterhof, New Era, Mich.
784
VI7ANTED—YOUNG  OR  MIDDLE  AGED 
Vv  doctor to locate in good town of 10.000 pop­
ulation.  W. B  Minthorn, Hancock, Mich.  783 
I/O R  SALE-SUBURBAN GROCERY STOCK, 
f   with fixtures  and  rigs;  $8,000 business  last 
year.  Satisfactory reasons for selling.  Address 
O. S., 328 Lake Ave., Battle Creek, Mich. 

GHOODOPENINGFOR CLOTHING  STORE 

Excellent 
location  available  in  corner  brick 
store if  taken  at  once.  Address  No.  781,  care 
Michigan Tradesman 
781
FOR  SALE—FURNITURE STOCK  AND UN- 
dertaking fixtures and  building.  Reason for 
selling, old  age.  Address  Lock  Box 364,  Sherl- 
dan, Mich.______________________  
779
F o r  sa l e—$10,000 sto ck  o f d r y g o o d s,
shoes  and  men’s  furnishings;  population, 
3,000;  second largest beet sugar  plant  in  Michi­
gan;  over  30  buildings  contracted  for  besides 
large business houses to be built this  summer;  a 
rare  chance  if  taken  soon.  Address  No.  780, 
care Michigan Tradesman.______________ 780
Fo r  s a l e,  c h e a p ,  in   k a la m a zo o,
Mich.—Meat market and new  stock  of  gro-- 
ceries;  good  location.  For  particulars  address 
769
Y. K., care Michigan Tradesman. 

771

stock in one of the best  towns  of  3,000  pop­

f'OR  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  DRY  GOODS 

ulation  in  Southern  Michigan;  stock  invoices 
between $7,000  and $8,000;  doing  a  business  of 
$20,000 a year;  can reduce  stock  to  about  *6,000 
if  necessary; good reasons for selling.  Address 
No. 775, care Michigan Tradesman. 
775
RUG STOCK AND FIXTURES FOR SALE; 
good business in city  of  5,000.  Address  W. 
H. Thorp, Dowaglac, Mich,_____________776
Fo r  sa l e- a   g o o d  c l e a n   sto ck  o f
groceries,  crockery,  glassware,  lamps  and 
china,  inventorying  about  $3,300.  Will  accept 
$3,000 cash if taken soon;  location, the  best  and 
central in a hustling business town of 1,500 popu­
lation, fifty miles from Grand  Rapids;  this  is  a 
bargain for some one;  best of reasons for selling. 
Address B, care Michigan Tradesman____ 777
T   WILL  SELL  HALF  INTEREST  IN  MY 
A   furniture  business.  The  goods  are  all  new 
and up-to-date;  located in  a  town  of  7,000;  has 
been a furniture store for thirty years;  only  two 
furniture stores in the  town.  Address  all  cor­
respondence to No.  773,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. _______________________________ 773

IpOR RENT, CHEAP-BRICK STORE; GOOD 

'  business opening;  best  town  in  the  State. 
Address A. J. Prindle, Howell. Mich,______772
■/OR  SALE  OR  TO  RENT—TWO  BRICK 
P   store rooms,  22x80  each,  with  archway  be­
tween. suitable for good large  general  store,  for 
which  there  is  a  good  demand  at  this  place. 
Write P. O. Box 566, Mendon, Mich. 
I/O R  SALE OR RENT—TWO-STORY FRAME 
F   store building, with living rooms attached, in 
the village of Hanietta;  possession  given May I. 
For ¡particulars  address  J   C.  Benbow,  Yuma,
MichT_______ 
770
l/O R   SALE—PARTY  WITH  $1,600  OR  $2 000 
r   can pick  that  amount  from  $8,000  stock  of 
dry goods and clothing;  can  have  possession  at 
once of good building;  cheap rent and insurance; 
good  town;  terms,  cash  or  good  paper;  sales 
average $60  a  day.  Address  Jas.  S.  Bicknell, 
Shepherd, Mich. 
r p o   RENT—APRIL  15  A  LARGE  CORNER 
JL  store, with good basement, on  a  good  busi­
ness  street  in  Grand  Rapids;  very  convenient 
for the farmers’  trade;  agricultural  Implement 
business or harness and  wagon  store  would  do 
well.  Write  or  apply  to  Wm.  H.  Gilbert,  67 
Pearl St.. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

S- TORE  FOR  RENT—BEST  STAND  FOR 

dry goods in town  of  8,000  people;  always  a 
successful store.  Address  No.  767,  care  Michi-
gan Tradesman._______________________ 767
l/O K   SALE—A  FINE  CHANCE  TO  GO  IN- 
r   to  a  well-established  business  if  taken  at 
once  Stock consists of dry goods,  shoes,  cloth­
ing, furnishing goods and  groceries;  located  in 
good mill and factory  town  of  1,200  population; 
stock  invoices  $6,000;  sales  last  year,  $22,000; 
must sell on account of health.  Enquire  of  No. 
766, care Michigan Tradesman. 
'T'WO  CHOICE  EMMET  COUNTY  FARMS, 
X  40 and 80 acres, to exchange for merchandise. 
Lock Box 280, Cedar Springs, Mich. 
761
IF  YOU  HAVE $5,100  YOU  CAN  BUY  THE 
best paying manufacturing business in Grand 
Rapids,  capital  Invested  considered. 
If  you 
have  more  capital  to  use  in  the  business,  so 
much  the  betler.  It  is* a  business  with  great 
possibilities.  Better look  this  up  at  once.  The 
successful man grasps an opportunity when it is 
presented.  Address  No.  743,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
743
Fo r  sa l e—sto ck  d r y   «.o o d s,  g r o c e-
ries, shoes, hardware,  furniture,  hay, feed, 
etc.;  invoices$5,500;  doing  a  cash  business  of 
$26,000 annually;  making a  net  profit  of  10  per 
cent,  above expenses; good school and churches, 
lumbering  ana  farming  country.  For  further 
particulars  address  M.  X.,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman._________________________ 763
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 
pine stump lands.  Don’t ask  what  I  have,  but 
tell  me  what  you  want.  E.  T.  Merrill,  Reed 
City.________________________________696_

739

766

747

________  

for  stocks  of  merchandise,  Grand  Ledge, 
Mich. 
785
.  of business, No  116  North  Mitchell  street, 
the other No. 312 North Mitchell street, Cadillac. 
Address Dr. John Leeson. 
738
have a bankrupt stock of clothing,  dry goods, 
or  shoes,  communicate  with  The  New  York 
728
Store, Traverse City,  Mich. 
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. 
J  dress  Grand  Ledge  Canning  Co.,  Grand 
Ledge, Mich. 
716
stock and building.  Address  No.  240,  care 
Michigan Tradesman.__________________ 240

■HE ROMEYN  PARSONS CO.  PAYS CASH 
1VWO STORES TO RENT—ONE  IN  CENTER 
IF GOING  OUT  OF  BUSINESS  OR  IF  f  OU 
PARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF  GOODS OF 
(BANNING  FACTORY  FOR  SALE.  AD- 
FOR  SALE  CHEAP — $2,000  GENERAL 
WANTED — MERCHANTS  TO  CORRE- 
FOR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK 

spond with us who wish to sell their entire 
stocks  for  spot  cash.  Enterprise  Purchasing 
Co., 153 Market St., Chicago. Hi._________ 685
in v o ic in g  
$2,000, in good corner store in the  best  town 
in Western Michigan.  The  best  of  reasons  for 
selling.  Address No. 583, care Michigan Trades­
man. 

MISCELLANEOUS

___________ 583

LERK WANTS SITUATION IN  GENERAL 
store.  Good  druggist  (not  registered)  and 
experienced  soda  dispenser  (fancy  drinks). 
References  furnished.  Address  Box  129,  Na­
poleon, Mich. 
774
WANTED — BY  EXPERIENCED  MAN, 
position  as  bookkeeper  or  clerk  and 
stock-keeper in  dry goods,  clothing  or  general 
store.  Al references.  Oscar E. Ons,  Hastings, 
762
Mich. 

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Retailed at 50c,  75c,  and 

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The best business  propo­
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grocer.  Absolutely  the 
choicest teas grown. 

Write for particulars.
The J. M. BOUR CO.,

Toledo, Ohio.

Simple 
Account  File

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 
ledger. 
B y  using  this  file  or  ledger  for 
charging  accounts,  it  will  save 

the  regular 

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.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Travelers’"Time  Tables.

P e r e   M a r q u e t t e
Railroad and Steamship Lines.

Fast trains  are  operated  from  Grand  Rapids 
to Chicago,  Detroit,  Toledo, Saginaw, Bay  City, 
Petoskey, Ludington, Manistee,Muskegon, Trav­
erse City,  Alma,  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  12:05  noon, each 
week  day,  arriving  at  Detroit  4:05  p.  m.  and 
Chicago 5:00 p. m.

H. F.  M o e l l e r ,  G.  P.  A.,

W. E. WOLFENDEN, D. P. A.

GRAND Rapids  ft  Indiana Railway

March  io,  ipoi.

Going North.

daily  daily  ex Su  ex Su
Lv Gd Rapids...........  7 45a  2 lOp  10 45p  5 20p
Ar.  Cadillac..............li 20a  5 40p  2 10a  9 00p
......
Ar.  Traverse City 
  130p  7 50p  4 15a 
Ar. Petoskey............   2 50p  9i5p  5 35a 
....
Ar. Mackinaw City...  4l5p  10 35p  6 66a 
......
Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a m,  11:30 
a m, 5:15 p m and 10:15 p m.

Going South.
ex Su  ex Su  Daily  ex Su  Daily 
Lv. G’d Rapids.  7 10a  1 50p  6 50p  12 30p  11 30p 
Ar. Kalamazoo.  8 50a  3 22p  8 35p  145p  100a
Ar. Ft. Wayne..12 lOp  6 50p  11 45p  To Cnicago
Ar. Cincinnati.  6 25p 
..................
Trains arrive from the  south  at  6:46am  and 
9:10am daily, 2:00pm, 9:45pm and 10:15pm except 
Sunday.
f S g   Sunday  fi®  
Lv. Grand Kapids....  7 35am  2 05pm  5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon..........   9 00am  3 20pm  7 00pm
Sunday train  leave  Grand  Rapids  at  9:15am. 
Trains  arrive  from  Muskegon  at  9:30am, 
1:30pm and 5:20pm  except  Sunday  and  6:60pm 
Sunday only.

MUSKEGON 

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C H I C A G O   T R A IN S  

G.  R.  &  I  and  Michigan  Central.
TO  CHICAao 

Sunday  DaUy

Lv. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  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.
11:30pm train has through coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car.

FROM  CHICAQO  . 

fuSday  Da,ly

Lv. Chicago (Pith St.  Station)  5  15pm  1130pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  to  15pm  6 55am 
5:15pm train runs solid to Grand  Rapids  with 
Pullman buffet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train  has through coach and  sleeping 
car.

Take G.  R.  I.

TO

Chicago

We  want you

to write  us for any kind of boxes 
you need.

Kalamazoo  Paper  Box Co.,

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, C. E. Walker,  Bay City;  Vice-Pres­
ident,  J.  H.  Ho p k in s,  Ypsllantl;  Secretary, 
E. A. Sto w e, Grand Kapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
Tatm an. Clare.  ______

President, F rank  J.  1)v k ;  Secretary,  Hom er 

Grand Kapids Retail Grocers’ Association 
Kl a p;  Treasurer, J. Georoe  Lehm an
Detroit Retail Grocers’ Protective Association 

President,  E.  Ma r k s ;  Secretaries,  N.  L.
K o e n i g   and  F .  H.  C o z z e n s ;  Treasurer,  C. 
H .  F r i n k .

Kalamazoo  Retail Grocers' Association • 

President,  E.  L.  Ha r r is ;  Secretary,  Chas. 

H ym an. 

_______

Bay Citim Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  C.  E.  Wa l k e r ;  Secretary,  E.  C 

Lit t l e. 

_______

Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

Bo e l k in s;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Caskadon.

President,  J.  F ran k  He l m e r ;  Secretary,  W 

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

President,  A.  C.  Clark ;  Secretary,  E.  F. 

Cl ev e l a n d ; Treasurer,  w m . C, Koehn

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.
Traierse City Business Men’s Association 
Holly;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  Hammond.

President,  lhos  T.  Ba t es;  Secretary,  m .  B. 

Owosso Business Men’s Association 

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

Ca m pb e l l;  Treasurer, W.  E. Co l lin s.
Ft. Hurons Merchants’ and Mannfactnrers’ Association 
Pe r c iv a l.

President, Ch a s.  Well m a n;  Secretary,  J.  T. 

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

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

Pa r t r id g e. 

_______

Calumet Business Men’s Association 

President,  J.  D.  Cu d d ih y ;  Secretary  W.  H. 

Ho s k in g . 

______

St. Johns Business Men’s Association 

President, Th os. Br o m ley;  Secretary,  F ran k 

A.  Pe r c y; Treasurer, Cla rk A. Putt.

Perry Business Men’s Association 

H o eks.

President,  H.  W.  Walla c e;  Secretary,  T.  E. 

H ed d le. 

_______

Grand Baien Retail Merchants’  Association 

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

Tale Business Men’s Association 

President,  Ch as.  Rounds;  Secretary,  F rank 

P utney. 

_______

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’  Association 

President,  J ohn  G.  Eb l e ;  Secretary,  L.  J. 
K atz;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hu ffo r d.

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Insurance Co.
Detroit, Michigan.

Organized  1SS1.

®   Cash  Capital. $400.000. 

Nat Surplus,  $200,000.

Cash Assets,  $800,000.

D. W h i t n e y , Jr.,  Pres.

T .  M.  F e r r y ,  Vice Pres.

F.  H.  W h i t n e y ,  Secretary.
M.  W.  O’Brien, Treas.

E. J.  B o o t h ,  A sst  Sec’y.

D ir e c t o 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.  Driggs,  Henry  ® 
Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S.
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stinchfield,  Francis  F. 
Palms, Wm.  C. Yawkey,  David  C.  Whit­
ney, Dr.J.  B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas.
F.  Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C. Jenks.

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Jobbers of Crockery, House Furnishings and General  Merchandise

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Some of the goods on which  we save you money:

Refrigerators 
Children’s Carriages 
Lamps,  Wicks 
Chimneys, Burners 
Glassware
China and  Porcelain 
Dinnerware 
Croquet Sets 
Marbles
Base Balls and  Bats 
Hammocks 
Lakeside Novelties 
Stoneware 
Flower Pots 
Brooms, Combs

Notions, Laces
Embroideries
Buttons
Pins, Needles, Thread
Brushes
Stationei y
Perfumery
Handkerchiefs
Hosiery
Trunks, Valises 
Telescopes 
Enameled  Ironware 
Tinware
Hardware Sundries 
Shoe Findings

Table Cutlery 
Pocket Cutlery 
Forks,  Hoes 
Shovels,  Rakes 
Stoves 
Wood ware 
Chairs, Tables 
Upholstered  Goods 
Desks,  Beds 
Springs,  Matresses 
Iron  Beds 
Lace Curtains 
Carpets 
Mattings 
Lantern Globes

Mail us your orders.  Visit us when in the city.

B uckeye  P a in t  &  V a rn ish   Co.

Paint, Color and Varnish Makers.

Mixed  Paint,  W hite  Lead,  Shingle  Staind,  W ood  Fillers.

Sole  Manufacturers  CRYSTAL ROCK FINISH  for  Interior  and Exterior Use. 

Corner  15th and  Lucas Streets, Toledo, Ohio.

Michigan’s  Famous  Cigars

COLUMBIAN  CIGAR  COMPANY,  Bentoo  Harbor  Mich.

Manufactured by

Glass  &  Crockery Co.

Earthenware, China &  Glassware 

Daudt

WHOLESALE

TOLEDO,  OHIO

K in n ey  &  L evan

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

G. J  JOH NSON C IG A R  CO.

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

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Please put  me  in  communication  with  The  Computing

Must adopt it here.

M a r s .

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