Eighteenth  Year 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  17,1901. 

Number 917

Make  the  Trust  “Whack  Up

The Trust has had  a  “spasm”  of  generosity  and 
allowed  the  Jobbers handling  its  product  to  rebate 
5  per cent,  on  February and  March  deliveries,  blit
did  you  get a rebate of  18  per  cent,  on your Jan= 
uary  purchase? 
If  not,  why  not?  Ask  them.
They have  probably  forgotten  it.  We  rebated  to
our customers 18 and  5  per cent,  on January,
5 per cent,  on  February and 5  per cent,  on  March.
M ORAL:  Buy  your  rubbers  where  they  treat 
you  right.

The Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co.

207 and  209  Monroe St.,  Chicago,  111.

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T H Ä T   P O O R   e i G H Rmo SMOKE

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Royal  Tiger  ioc

A  Smoker’s  Smoke

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M  The  Largest  Cigar  Dealers  in  the  Middle  W est. 
3H 

F.  E.  BUSHMAN,  M anager  Cigar  Departm ent. 

PHELPS,  BRACE  &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

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New

Art  Catalogue
Is  Ready  to  Mail  You

Showing  the  finest  and  most  complete  line  of  Com­
bination  Show  Cases  on  the  market

In  it  you  will  find  just  the  case  you  have  been  look­
ing  for— one just  the  thing  for your  line  of  goods— at 
just  the  price  for  your  pocket  book.  W rite  us.

Grand  Rapids  Fixtures  Co.

Bartlett and  South  Ionia Streets,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Grand  Rapids  Bark and  Lumber Co.

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Dealers  in

HEMLOCK BARK. LUMBER. 

SHINGLES.  RAILROAD  TIES. 

POSTS.  WOOD

50,000 
price.  Bark measured and  paid for at loading  point. 

cords  of  Hemlock  Bark.  Will  pay  highest  market 

WANTED— 75,000 Ties on  Pere  Marquette  Railroad.  Write  for prices.
419-421  MICH.  T R U S T   BUILDIN G.  GRAND  RA PID S

EGG 
Baking 

Powder'

THE  GORED  OX  BELLOWS.
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

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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

W.  A.  Phelps,  Pres.  D. C.  Oakes,  Vlce-Pres.  C.  A.  Phelps, Sec’y and Treas.

MICA

AXLE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

P ER FEC TIO N   O IL  IS  TH E  STANDARD 

TH E  W ORLD  O V ER

H IO H kS T   PRICK  PAID  FO R   EM PTY   CARBO N   AND  QASO LIN K  B A R RBL8

STAN DARD  OIL  CO.

Ask  us  fof quotatiops

On Street Car Feed,  No.  1  Feed,  Meal,  Com,  Oats,  Gluten  Feed, 
Cotton  Seed  Meal;  any quantity, large or small.  Prompt shipment.

Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co.,  Holland,  Mich.

B E T T E R   T H A N   E V E R

S O   C I G A R

S O L D   B Y   A L L   J O B B E R S

20000 Cords Hemlock  Bark Wanted

We pay cash.  Write  us  for 
quotations.

Michigan 
Bark & 
Lumber Co.

527  and 528 Widdicomb Bid., 

Orand  Rapids,  Mich.

C.  U.  C L A R K ,

President.

W .  D.  W A D E ,

F.  N.  C L A R K ,

Vice-President. 

Sec’y   &  Treas.

Volume  XVIII,
T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established 1841.

R.  O.  DUN  &  CO.

Wlddicomb  Bld’g,  Qnuid  Rapids,  Mich. 

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

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Wholesale  Ready Made  Clothing 

Nearly  all  kinds,  for  all  seasons,  for  J  
Men, Boys and Children.  Meet 
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who  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  April  24  to 30,  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.  BOMERS,

..Commercial Broker..

And  Dealer in

Cigars and  Tobaccos,

157  E.  Fulton  St. 

QRAND  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  Commander  in  Chief.

13 ONLY

13  Genuine  Bargains

U 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,  M ichigan

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

Tridisman Coupons

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  17,1901.

Number 917

IMPORTANT  FEATURES. 

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Page. 
3.  Dry  Goods.
3.  Clothing.
4.  Around  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  The  Irish  Famine.
7.  Men  of Mark.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Editorial.
10.  Clerk’s  Corner.
11.  Laws  About  Saving.
13.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
14.  Tillage  Improvement.
16.  Poultry.
17.  Help  for  tlie  Shop  Girl.
18.  Butter  and  Eggs.
19.  The  New  York  Market.
30.  Woman’s  World.
33.  Hardware.
33.  Not  a  Stayer.

Hardware  Quotations.

34.  Window  Dressing.
35.  Commercial  Travelers.
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36.  Drugs  and  Chemicals.
37.  Drug  Price  Current.
38.  Grocery  Price  Current.
39.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  Getting  the  People.
33.  Drastic Measures.

G EN ERAL  TR A D E  REVIEW .

It 

influences,  and 

The  reaction  in  the  New  York  Stock 
Market  noted 
last  week  was  quickly 
followed  by  recovery.  This  was  the be­
ginning  of  an  unsettled  term  which  is 
not  yet  ended.  With  speculative  inter­
ests  and  conditions  of  the  money  mar­
ket,  etc.,  such  as  would  seem  to  make  a 
serious  reaction  inevitable,  there  is  an 
underlying  strength  that  quickly  neu­
tralizes  such 
every 
downward  reaction  is  quickly  followed 
by  a  recovery  which  carries  values  to  a 
higher  level.  This  tendency  upward 
prevails  in  spite  of  many  predictions  of 
an  approaching  climax  and  warnings by 
financiers  to  stand  from  under.  Perhaps 
the  most  significant  warning comes from 
Henry  Clews,  who  calls  attention  to  the 
tremendous  inflation  of  industrial  prop­
erties  in  their  organization  into  the  g i­
gantic  trusts.  He  contends  that  such 
watering  of  capital  is  bound  to  come  to 
reaction  and  that  this  will  be  so  great 
it  must  at  least  endanger  all  stock 
that 
values. 
in  order to  urge 
caution  during  boom  conditions,  for  the 
pendulum  can  not  always  swing  one 
way.  There 
in  the 
present  period  of  activity,  as  compared 
with  preceding,  that  great  conservatism 
in  the  matter of  advancing  prices  is  the 
rule 
industries. 
Railway  shares  made  a  gain  of$i.iofor 
the  week,  making  a  new  high  record 
of $97.94.

is  the  difference 

in  all  the 

is  always 

important 

Some  idea  of  the  activity  in  iron  and 
steel  manufacturing  may  be gained from 
the  fact  that,  while  production  of  pig 
iron  is now  at the  rate  of  15,427,152  tons 
annually,  furnace stocks  decreased  203,- 
656  tons  during  the 
last  six  months. 
With  an  output  so  far above  the  aver­
age  in the  two  preceding  years,  it  might 
be  expected  that  supplies  would  accum­
ulate,  but  mills  are crowded  with  orders 
for the  finished  product,  and  require  an 
abundance  of  raw  material.  The present 
great  demand  and  high  price  for  pig 
iron  gave  reason  to  expect  that  ore  pro­
ducers  would  not  reduce  quotations 
much  below  last  year’s  list,  but  a  cut  to 
$4.25  for  standard  Bessemer 
is  an­
nounced.  Conservatism  is  still  seen  in

all  branches  of  the  industry,  and  this 
reluctance  to  inflate  prices  augurs  well 
for the  future.  Coke production dropped 
back  a 
is  still  close  to  the 
record.

little,  but 

Definite  signs  of 

improvement  are 
more  and  more  manifest 
in  textiles. 
One  favorable  influence  in  prices  is  the 
extensive  curtailment  of  production  on 
account  of  the  floods  in  the  Eastern 
mill  regions.

last  week  were 

Shipments  of  boots  and  shoes  from 
Boston 
10,000  cases 
larger  than  a  year  ago.  Shops  have 
ample  orders  on  hand,  insuring  a  con­
tinuance  of  the  liberal  movement  for 
some  time.  Although  quotations  have 
been  shaded  on  a  few  lines  of  boot«, 
there  is  no  sign  of  concessions  in  shoes. 
Leather  is 
irregular,  with  few  definite 
changes,  but  these  are  downward. 
In 
the  face  of  this  tendency  there  appears 
a  general  hardening  of  hides  at  Chi­
cago.  Recent  cuts  in  rubber  footwear 
have  proved  a  stimulating  influence,  or­
ders coming forward from many sections.

Under  the  stimulus  of  competition 
among  the  cattlemen  the  rental  of  the 
grazing 
lands  of  Indian  territory  has 
gone  up.  Formerly  these  lands  yielded 
only  10  cents  per acre.  Now  there  is  a 
demand  for  them  at  30  and  40  cents  per 
acre.  Bids  recently  opened  in  Washing­
ton  for 70,000 acres  of pasture belonging 
to  the  Kaw  Indians,  for  which  only 
$6,000 a  year  was  obtained  under former 
contracts,  aggregate  now  $26,000  per 
annum  under the  offers  of  the  successful 
bidders.

Plans  have  been  deposited  with  the 
Boston  board  of  health  for the  erection 
of  a  seventeen  story  brick  building  de­
signed  exclusively  for  the  accommoda­
tion  of  horses.  The  building  is  to  be 
provided  with  suites  of  apartments  for 
three,  five  and  ten  horses,  with  living 
rooms  for grooms  and  coachmen 
if  de­
sired.  The  equine  hotel  is  the  experi­
ment  of  a  wealthy  syndicate.  Room  for 
over 400  horses  will  be  available.

In  the  new  mint  in  Philadelphia  the 
United  States  will  have  the  finest,  cost­
liest  and  most  complete  money-making 
establishment  of  its  kind  in  the  world. 
The  granite  structure  was  commenced 
two  years  ago,  and  will  cost  about 
including  the  mechanical 
$2,000,000, 
equipment, 
costing  $200,000. 
There 
will  be  twenty-four  coi ning  presses  in 
the  new  mint.

The  town  that  rests upon  its  laurels 
and  thinks  that  it  will  grow  because 
it 
has  good  surroundings  is  like  the  mer­
chant  who thinks  his  business  will 
in­
crease  whether  he  tries  to  boom  it  or 
not.  He  may  hold  his  own  for a  time, 
but  in  the  end  more  active  competitors 
will  surpass  him.  So  it  is  with  a  town.

The  garnishment  bill 

in  its  present 
form  is  so  much  worse  than  the existing 
law—from  the  standpoint  of  both  debtor 
and  creditor—that  it  is  to  be  hoped  the 
measure  will  not  be  pressed  to  a  final 
issue.  Lobbyist  Cozzens  appears 
to 
possess  the  unfortunate  faculty  of  hoo­
dooing  everything  he  touches.

W H Y   IT   CA N N O T  SU CCE ED .

From  present  indications,  the  combi­
nation  of  local  furniture  factories  will 
shortly  be  accomplished.  Instead  of  in­
cluding  all  of  the  factories,  as  original­
ly  intended,  it  has  been  decided  to  ab­
sorb  only  seven 
institutions  to  begin 
with,  in  the  confident  belief  on  the  part 
of  the  promoters  that  the  other  factories 
will  be  anxiously  knocking  at  the  door 
for  admission  within  a very few months.
No  greater  disaster  could  overtake  the 
furniture  manufacturing 
industry  of 
Grand  Rapids  than  this  proposed  com­
bination,  because  it  is  launched  on  the 
theory  of  forcing  the  other  manufactur­
ers  into  the  fold  by  coercing  the  retail 
trade  to  concentrate  their  orders  with 
those  factories  included  in  the combina­
tion.  The  retail  dealer  who  has  the 
agency  for the  Berkey  &  Gay  line,  for 
instance,  is  to  be  told  that  he  can  not 
have  the  control  of  that  line  in  his  town 
any 
longer  unless  he  will  handle  Sligh 
goods  and  New  England  goods  as  well, 
instead  of  buying  his  cheaper  furniture 
in Holland or Owosso or in  Indiana.  This 
method  of  coercion  has  never  proved  a 
winner  with  the  retail  trade,  and,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Tradesman, it  never will.
It  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  Mr. 
Flint  should  view  this  city  and  the  fur­
niture  companies  here  as  an  extremely 
favorable  field  for  exploiting  a  combine 
or  trust,  even of  its  limited  extent,  upon 
the  public. 
In  no  other  place  or  indus­
try 
in  the  United  States  are  so  nearly 
all  of  the  leading  manufacturers  to  be 
found 
in  one  city.  To  the  mind  of  a 
person  not  familiar  with  the  business, 
this  would  present  an  exceptional  op­
portunity  for  a  combine,  easily  accom­
plished  and  much  less  complicated  in 
its  management  than 
if  the  different 
interests  were  scattered  throughout  the 
country.

in 
The  weakness  of  any  combination 
in­
furniture  manufacturing  lies  in  the 
herent  peculiarities  of  the  business. 
The  diversity  and  complexity  attending 
furniture  manufacturing  are insuperable 
objectionsto a successful combine.  These 
peculiarities  would  require  a  lengthy 
explanation.  They  have  their  origin  in 
the  constant  variation  of  the  materia 1 
used,  the  designs  demanded  by the trade 
and  the  care  required  in  the  personal 
management  of  the  workmen.  There 
being  no  uniformity 
in  material,  the 
departments  of  the  different  men  and 
their  skill  can  be  worked  to  the  best  re­
sults  only  through  the  closest  personal 
contact  and  management  of  the  busi­
can  accomplish 
ness.  A 
none  of  these 
require'- 
ments.

fundamental 

combine 

industry,  but 

The  Tradesman  need  not  dwell  upon 
the  stifling  effect  such  a  combine  would 
have  upon  the  development  of  the  fur­
niture 
it  wishes  to  note 
two  serious  weaknesses  of  the  proposed 
plan—competition  will  not  be  elimi­
nated  by  the  combine,  even  although  all 
the  companies  of  Grand  Rapids  are 
consolidated 
into  one  concern,  and  the 
complexity  of  the  business  is  such  as 
positively  to  prevent  any  successful  or 
harmonious  and  consecutive  manage­
ment.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Dry Goods

W eekly  Market  Review  of  the  Principal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons— Brown  cottons  are 
firmer  and  occasionally  there  is  a  fai 
order  reported  for  brown  osnaburgs  at 
prices that are low.  There have been  fa 
sales  of  bleached 
cottons,  but  only 
enough  to  fill immediate  wants.  Stand 
ard  goods  are  held  fairly  firm,  but  un 
ticketed  goods  are  quite  irregular.

Prints  and Ginghams— There  has been 
limited  amount  of  spot  business  for 
a 
both  woven  and printed  patterned goods, 
and  the  mail  has  raised  this  to quite 
fair aggregate.  Sellers  retain  the  same 
attitude  that  they  have  for the  past  two 
weeks.  There  are  a  few  stocks  of  low 
grade  goods  on  hand,  but  not  enough  to 
cut  any  figure,  and  they  are being closed 
out  rapidly.

Dress  Goods— The  events  of  the  week 
under  review  have  not  tended  to  divest 
the  market  of  the  doubts  that  have beset 
a  good  many  manufacturers  since  the 
outset  of  the  season,  to  any  considerabl 
extent,  and  consequently  the  progress 
being  made  outside  of  a  comparatively 
few  fabrics 
is  not  as  satisfactory  as 
could  be  wished.  On  certain  fabrics 
buyers  have  taken  a 
fairly  confident 
stand,  although  not 
inclined  to  plunge 
on  anything,  with  the  result  that  not  « 
few  mills  are  very  advantageously  situ 
ated  as  to  orders.  The buyer  has  shown 
the  greater  confidence  in  such  weighty 
fabrics  as  the  domestic  mills  can  pro 
duce  to  advantage,  so  that  relatively  the 
domestic  manufacturer  has  less  to  com 
plain  of  than  the  foreigner.  Even  on 
novelty  goods  and  lustrous  effects  cer 
tain  of  the  domestic  mills  have  been 
able  to  meet the  foreign  lines  on  fairly 
even  terms.  The  market  to-day  pre­
sents  a  very  quiet  exterior.  The  bulk  of 
the 
initial  business  is  in,  and  at  pres 
ent  comparatively  few  buyers  are  seen 
in  the  district.  The  volume  of business 
coming  forward  from  the  road  men  is 
not  very  sizable.  There  are  certain  buy­
ers  yet  to  be  heard  from,  who  have 
made  little  if  any  provision  for their  re­
quirements.  They  have  held  off,  await­
ing  a  more  settled  condition  of  affairs, 
it  being  their  usual  policy  to delay their 
initial  orders  until  the  most  of their  fel­
low  buyers  have  practically  completed 
their first  purchases ;  that these late buy­
ers  will  absent  themselves  from the mar­
ket  much  longer  is  unlikely,  and  certain 
agents  hope  to  be  able  to  add  some  fair 
orders  to  those  already  secured  during 
the  next  two  or three  weeks.  There 
is 
no  evidence  of  any  change in  the  course 
of  the  demand  as  compared  with  the 
opening  of  the  season  unless  it  is  the 
growing  conviction  expressed  in  certain 
quarters  that  rough  fabrics,  including 
camel’s  hair effects,  will  come  more 
in 
evidence  as  the  season  advances.  The 
evident  popularity 
rough-faced 
fabrics  across  the  water  is  expected  to 
have  its  influence  on  the  market  on  this 
side.  The  possibilities of  the  season  as 
regard  rough  goods,  such  as  camel’s 
hair  effects,  cheviots,  homespuns,  have 
yet  to  be  demonstrated.  Some  fair  or­
ders  have  come  forward  on  black  and 
blue  cheviots,  but  the  business  has  been 
done  on  a  low  price  level.  Homespuns 
are  regarded  with  suspicion  by  most 
buyers,  but  some  merchants  have  placed 
modest  orders.  The  reversible  skirting 
appears  to  have  lost considerable ground 
as  compared  with  a  year  ago.  The 
plaid  back  is  not  attractive  to the buyer, 
but  there  are  those  who  predict  that 
this  fabric  will  come  into  favor again 
later  in  the  season.  There  is  evidenced

of 

a  confident  feeling  that  such  fabrics 
Venetians,  broadcloths,  panne  cheviots, 
unfinished  worsteds  and  prunellas  wi 
be  popular  for  skirts,  owing  to  thei 
lustrous  effect  and  the  fact  that  they 
will  harmonize  well  with  the  fancy 
waists  that  will  be  worn.  As  the  sea 
son  advances  the  position  of  the  plain 
fabrics  as  compared  with  fancies  and 
novelty  effects  looms  up  stronger.  The 
comprehensive  showing  of  waist  fabrics 
is  confusing  to  buyers,  and  the  possibil 
ity  of  demoralization  in  this  end  of  the 
market,  owing  to 
immense  number of 
lines  shown 
in  all  grades,  is  viewed 
with  more  or  less  apprehension.  The 
showing  of  waist  fabrics  extends  from 
straight  cotton  fabrics  and  cotton  warps 
up  to  the  fine  botany  yarn  effects,  and 
are  priced  almost  anywhere  from  15c 
yard  upward.  Striped  effects  are  very 
prominent  everywhere.  Persian  effects 
are  exploited  in high priced  lines.  Com 
petition  waxes  very  strong  on  the  low 
priced 
lines,  and  reductions  of  price 
are  hinted  at  in  certain  directions.

Carpets—The  carpet  season  is  rapidly 
drawing  to  a  close.  Eastern  mills  last 
season  saw  the  wool  market  receive 
setback,  and  as  a  result  some  of  the 
spinners  of  fine  worsted  yam  for  cloth 
ng  purposes,  having  surplus  wool  o 
nferior quality  on  hand,  improved  the 
opportunity  to  sell  such  stock  to the car­
pet  manufacturer  owing  to  fine  wool 
having  experienced  the  greatest  shrink 
age.  This  factor  in  the  situation  had  i 
very  damaging  effect  on  the regular car­
pet  yam  spinners.  The  trade  in  carpets 
among  retailers  is  always  slow  during 
March  and  April,  being 
largely  of  a 
piecing  out  character until the new  sam­
ples  for  the  fall  season  are  shown,  as 
the  retailer 
is  always  anxious  to  keep 
pace  with  his  competitors  and  select 
the  very 
latest  designs  with  attractive 
colorings.  Until  this  is  done,  the  man­
ufacturer  is  not  in  a  position  to  know 
what  his  requirements  will  be.  The  av­
erage  manufacturer  was  not  overbur­
dened  with  duplicate  orders  at  the  close 
of  this  season,  and  as  a  result  the  new 
goods  will  be  ready  much  earlier  (with 
some  manufacturers)  than  usual.

Smyrna  Rugs— This 

line  continues 
more  active  with  some  jobbers  than  it 
has  been  at  any  time  previous  to  this 
season.  Especially  on  certain 
large 
sizes  the  jobbers  are  sold  up.  The fol­
lowing  sizes  are  in  large  demand :  4x7 
feet,  6x9  feet,  7^x10^  feet,  and  9x12 
feet.  Prices  remain  firm,  with  a  tend­
ency  to  advance 
in  value,  should  the 
present  large  demand  continue.

Japanese  Matting—The  present  sup­
limited 
ply  of  desirable  goods  is  very 
and  quick  deliveries  are  difficult  to 
make 
in  any  quantity.  This  has  been 
n  part  due  to  the  fact  that  manufactur­
ers  in  Japan  were  willing  to give prefer­
ence  to  buyers who  paid  the  best prices. 
The  buyer  who  would  take  the 
inferior 
Chinese  matting  earlier  in  the  season 
it  was  cheap  finds  it  difficult 
because 
to-day 
to  obtain  sufficient  Japanese 
goods  to  meet  his  requirements,  his 
competitor  having  outgeneraled  him. 
The  lesson  to  some  of  the  importers  has 
cost them  many orders,  and  they  will  no 
doubt  profit  by  it.  While  the  reliable 
mporting  houses  have  increased  their 
reputation  and  popularity  with  makers 
and  buyers,  and  will  be  given  the  pref­
erence  in  the  future,  many  buyers  have 
been  disappointed 
in  deliveries  of 
goods  within  the  period  necessary  to 
make  the  distribution  among  their  cus­
tomers.

Wise  is  a  girl  who  fears  a 

than  she  does  a  mouse.

man  more

Grenadine  Bows

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and  W indsors  are  the  proper  thing  in  neck  wear 
this  spring.  W e  have  them  in  various  shapes 
and  styles.
Especially  nobby  is  the  shield  bow  for  high  turn 
down  collars. 
It  looks  neat  and  is  easy  to  put 
on.  Can  be  sold  for  a  quarter.
W e  have  “ lots  of  new  things”   in  Ties.
VOIGT,  HERPOLSHEIMER  &  CO. 

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Lace  Curtains

W e  have  a  most  desirable  line  of  Lace  Curtains  at  3 7^  c, 
50c,  65c,  75c,  $1.00,  $1.25,  $1.50,  $1.75,  $2.00,  $2.25, 
$2.50,  I3.00  per  pair.  Also  a  nice  line  of  Curtain  Swiss 
and  Curtain  Mulls.

P.  Steketee & Sons

Wholesale  Dry  Goods 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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and  Poultry

Write us before selling.  Send for weekly 
quotations  Highest  cash  prices  and 
prompt returns guaranteed.

Bush & W aite,

Commission Mercnants,

353 Russell Street, 

Detroit, Mich. 

References:  Home Savings  Bank 
and  Commercial  Agencies.

Send distance l 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.

C H A S .  A .  C O Y E

Grand  Rapids 

Cold  Storage  Co.,

Pearl  Street 

Grand Rapids, Mlcb.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 

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We  do  a  general  storage,  and  solicit 

your patronage.

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application. 

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DETROIT  RUBBER  STAMP  CO. 

99 Griswold StM Detroit, Mich.

Our Reservoir Floor Brush 

Sanitary,  Dustless,  Economical.  Guar­
Wiens  Brush  Co.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.

anteed  to give  satisfaction.

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man  of  25.  The  same  long  trousers,  the 
same military  shoulders,  etc. 
In  spring 
overcoats  the  same  holds  good, Raglans, 
top  coats,  etc.,  being  exactly  like  those 
of  the  older  brothers.  In  furnishings  the 
same  is  also  true,  and  I  noticed  a  num­
ber of  cute  little  bath  robes  that differed 
from  the 
larger  ones  only  in  size.  Of 
course,  with  hosiery 
it  is  a  different 
thing,  as  more  short  pants  suits  are 
worn,  and  a  boy  of  eight  can  not  wear 
half  hose.  I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  the 
childhood  suits  have  been  eliminated, 
such  as  the  sailor  or  Russian  blouse 
suits,  but  I  do  say  that  the  similarity 
between  the  apparel  of  the  boy  of  10 
and  the  man  of  three  times  that  age  is 
becoming  more  marked  every  year.

Ajax.

It  doesn’t  matter  much  how  a  man 
lies  when  asleep,  just  so  he sticks  to  the 
truth  when  awake.

To  a  woman,  a  secret  is  like  a  pound 
of  eighty-cent  candy—too  good  to  keep.

GRAND RAPIDS, niCH. 
as CANAL STREET, 

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Akron and  Louisville Cement 

Sheboygan  Lime 

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Atlas Portland Cement 

Michigan  Portland Cement 

Sewer Pipe 
Fire Brick 
Flue Lining
Hard Wall  Plaster 
Granite Wall Plaster, Plasticon, 

Gypsum Wall Plaster 
Stucco,  Hair, etc. 
Write for  Prices. 

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For  good  reasons  known  to  myself 
I  have  severed  my  connections  with 
Roberts-Wicks  Co.,  of  Utica, New York, 
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taking effect April 15. 
I  have  signed  to 
go with  Hefter,  Livingston  &  Co.,  Boys’, 
Youths’  and  Children’s  Clothing,  com­
mencing  April  15. 
I  have  a  splendid 
up-to-date  and  popular  line.  My  terri­
tory will  be  Michigan  and  Indiana. 
I 
will handle no  mens  clothing  hereafter. 
I leave Chicago May  1  with  my samples; 
in  the  meantime  I  will  appreciate  all 
mail orders sent to me for immediate use. 
Thanking the trade  for  past  favors  and 
asking your continued support,  I  remain

S.  T.  BOWEN

195-197  Market  St.  cor.  Quincy,  Chicago

LaDue=Tate Manufacturing  Co.

70-76  Exchange  Street,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.

Manufacturers of

Buffalo  Brand 

Pants,  Shirts  and 

Overalls

and  jobbers  of

Men’s

Furnishing  Goods

We  are  pleased  to  send  samples  on  approval, charges prepaid.  Correspondence 
solicited.  Drop us a card and our  Michigan man  will call on you.

Clothing

Fads  and  Fashions  in  Spring and Summer 

Clothing.

colors,  tan  predominating. 

New  York,  April  15—The  tan  covert 
coat,  while  still  maintaining  a  high  de­
gree  of  popularity,  will  not  be  worn  to 
as  large  an  extent  as  last spring.  There 
is  one  coat  that  is  taking  its  place  to 
some  degree.  Modifications  of  the  Rag­
lan  are  seen  in  large  profusion,  and  also 
a  certain  class  of  raincoats.  These  are 
made  to  protect  the  wearer  against  the 
rain,  and  also  look  extremely  nobby 
in 
any  sort  of  weather.  They  come  in  va­
rious 
1 
noticed  a  morning  coat  that  was  some­
thing  out  of  the  ordinary  in  the  shop 
window  of  a  Broadway 
tailor.  The 
coat,  which  is  self-faced,  hangs  straight 
down  as  far as  the  waist  line,  and  up  to 
that  point  is  without  buttons.  From 
there  it  goes  back  with  such  abruptness 
as  to  form  a  half  diamond  shape.  There 
are  two  buttons  on  each  side  of  the  coat 
at  the  edge  below  the  waist.  There  are 
some  authorities  who  say  that  the  frock 
coat  will  not  be  worn  nearly  as  exten­
sively  this  coming  season  as  in the past. 
Some  even  go  so  far as  to  say  that  it 
will  only  be  worn  by  good  dressers  at 
weddings.  A  walking  coat,  with  large, 
full  skirts,  it 
is  said,  will  be  the  sub­
stitute.

What  will  be  worn  in the  way  of neck­
wear  depends  to  an  enormous  extent 
upon  the  collar styles,  while  the  oppo­
site 
is  also  true,  although  to  a  rather 
more  limited  extent.  By  the  opposite  I 
mean  that  the  collar styles  are somewhat 
affected  by  neckwear.  One  dovetails 
into  the  other.  The  question  in  the 
collar  line  that 
is  being  discussed  at 
present  is,  will  the  wing  collar come  in­
to  vogue  again? 
If  so,  when,  and  by 
what  class  of  dressers?  The  facts  are 
these.  The  wing  collar  will  be  worn 
very  extensively  by  the  exclusive  dress­
ers  during  the  spring,  and  until  the 
very  hot  weather  begins,  .when  it  is 
likely  to  take  a  back  seat  until  the  fall. 
It  is  well  known  what  a  great  run  the 
high  banded  turnover  collar  has  had, 
and  its  popularity  will  be  greater  than 
ever during  the  summer.  The  exclusive 
dresser  wants  something  different.  He 
may  agree  that  there  is  no  more  becom­
ing  collar to  the  majority  of  men  than 
the  high  bander,  but  he  wants  some­
thing  different,  even  if  it  is  not  as  be­
is  the  chance  for the 
coming.  Here 
manufacturer  to  get  in  his 
little  work. 
A retailer,one  that  caters  to  the “ swell”  
trade',  asks  for  something  that  is  not  a 
high  turnover,  and  that  is  not  exactly  a 
standing  collar,  as  that  is  too  uncom­
fortable  for the  summer.  The  manufac­
turer,  who  prefers  to  make  a  standing 
collar  to  the  popular kind  (as  he  only 
uses  about  half  the  material  in  the  for­
mer)  here  cracks  up  the  wing  collar. 
He  says  that  it  is  something  that  is  not 
worn  very  extensively;  that  it  is  com­
fortable,as  the  points  do  not cut a  man’s 
chin;  the  retailer  tells  the  same  thing 
to  his  customer,  and  his  customer  will 
buy,  and  in  fact  has  bought,  that  style. 
The  large  wings  are  the  ones  that  I  no­
tice  the  most  with  square  ends,  being 
in  the  majority.  But  there  is  one  phase 
in  this  matter  that  has  been  overlooked, 
and  that  is  an  important  one.  The  ad­
vantage  of  the  high  turnover  collar  for 
summer wear  is  not  only  that  it  is  com­
fortable  on  account  of 
its  shape,  but 
also  because  it  does  not  wilt  nearly  as 
easily  as 
its  standing  rival.  On  a  hot 
day  the  perspiration  from  a  man’s  neck 
will  go  through  the  thickness  of  linen 
on  a  standing  collar  in  no  time,  and 
will  reduce  it  to  a  state  of limpness  that 
will  correspond  to  a  dirty  rag  around 
his  throat.  With  a  high  turnover,  it 
is 
different,  and 
it  will  not  wilt  nearly  as 
quickly,  first  because  the  double  thick­
ness  of  linen  keeps the  heat  from  strik­
ing  the  neck  in  as  short  a  time  and  sec­
ond  because  when  it  does strike the neck 
and  cause  perspiration, 
take 
some  time  for the  same  to  reach through 
the  double  layer.  This  being  the  case, 
it  is  believed  that  when  the  mercury 
starts  climbing  until  it  reaches  unwel­
come  heights,  the  standing  wing  collar, 
as  well  as  the  regular  standing  collar, 
will 
lose  a  great  deal  of  its  popularity

it  will 

even  among  the  most  exclusive dressers. 
Of  course,  there  will  still  be  some, 
martyrs  to  folly,  who  will  wear  the  high 
standing  collar  and the  wing  collar  even 
when  the  mercury  registers  100  degrees.
I  would  advise  them 
if  they  go  away 
for a  week  to  take  three  dozen  collars. 
They  will  need  them.  There  is  a  tend­
ency  to  wear  collars  a  little  lower  for 
the  spring  and  summer  coming.  This 
is  a  cause  of  congratulation  to 
the 
sufferers  of  civilization  who  are  forced 
to  wear  collars  at  all,  and  also  to  the 
manufacturers.

In  neckwear,  the  narrow  derby  is  the 
tie  that  will  be  worn  more  extensively 
than  any  other  by  all  sorts  of  dressers. 
Its  advantages  are  so  many  and  mani­
fest  that 
its  excessive  popularity  will 
not  kill  it,  even  among  the  better  class 
of  dressers.  A  number  of  Broadway 
haberdashers,  who  cater  to  the  finest 
trade,  have  been  trying  to  push  the 
large  English  square.  They  may  suc­
ceed  with  the  same  customers  who  buy 
the  standing  collars  and  wing  collars, 
for  the  English  square  is  not  adapted 
for  wear  with  the  turnover collar,  so  its 
popularity 
in  all  probability  will  de­
pend  upon  the  success  of  wing  collars. 
A  great  many  solid  colored  narrow  ties 
will  be  worn.  The  rest  of  the  patterns 
that  will  find  favor  consist  of  small  fig­
ures,  although  a  few  stripes  of  the  ver­
tical  order  look  extremely  natty,  and  go 
well  with  certain  shirt  patterns.  Sec­
ond  in  popularity  to  the  narrow  four-in- 
hand  will  be  the  bat  wing.  It  will  meet 
with  a  larger amount  of  popularity  than 
does  its  rival,  the  butterfly.  Popular 
approval  for these  two  cravats  changes 
with  great frequency,  and  at  the  present 
time  the  stamp  of  fashion’s  approval  is 
in  favor  of  the  bat-wing. 
Imperials 
and  iDe  Joinvilles  will  be  conspicuous 
by  their  absence  from  the  waidrobe  of 
the  well-dressed  man.  The  small  loop 
flowing  end  tie  that  can  be  tied  into 
three  shapes  is  a  dark  horse,  and  au­
thorities  differ  as to  whether  it  will  be 
seen  around  the  necks  of  many  of  the 
ultra.  One  authority  whom  I  have  gen­
erally  found  a  good  prophet  says  that  it 
is  only  a  temporary  fad,  and  that  its 
popularity  will  soon  die  out.  He  says 
that  it  tries  to  do  three things,  ana  does 
not  do  one  perfectly.  The  Windsor  bids 
fair  to  be  a  very  important  factor  for 
the  spring  and  summer. 
It  is  thought 
that  the  fashion  of  going  without  a 
waistcoat  may  have  something  to  do 
with  this.  This  will  also  lessen  the  sale 
of  the  ascots  and  puffs,  excepting  for 
formal  dress,  such  as  the  frock  coat.  In 
regard  to  patterns,  it  is  impossible  to 
say  which  will  find  most  favor  among 
the  well-dressed  man. 
It  is  always  a 
question  whether  stripes,  vertical  or 
across,  or figures  will  predominate,  and 
as  that  is  decided  wholly by the wearer’s 
tastes  time 
is  the  only  factor that  can 
show  which  will  be  the  winners.  This  I 
will  say,  however,  that  the  color  com­
binations  will  be  unusually  rational. 
There will be plenty of color,but the com­
binations  will  avoid  anything  that  is 
gaudy.  The  bat-wings  have  small  fig­
ures  of  neat  patterns  more  than  stripes 
or  large  figures.  Gray  is  a  color that  is 
finding a  great  deal  of  favor in  this line, 
and  I  have  seen  some  exquisite  combi­
nations  in  the  shop  windows.
In  hosiery  and  underwear  fancies  will 
predominate  among  the  best  dressers. 
Of  course, plain  balbriggan  always  com­
mands  a  very  large  sale,  but  cross 
stripes  on  blue,  brown,  white  and 
salmon  colors  are  also  to  be  seen.  Mer­
cerized  underwear  will  be  as  popular 
as  last  spring,  but  only  the  best  quality 
should  be  bought,  as  the  other grades 
wash  very  poorly. 
In  hosiery,  the 
monopoly  of  the  vertical  stripe  over  the 
cross stripe  is  at  an  end. 
It  is  believed 
that  open  work  hosiery  will be very pop­
ular,  while  solid  colors  are  always  in 
place,  and  many  will  buy  no  other 
kinds.

There  is  one  point  in the spring cloth­
ing  for  the  little  fellows  that  will  be 
very  marked.  That  is  its  similarity  to 
that  of  the  grown-ups. 
I  have  seen  a 
number  of  suits  of  flannel  in  the various 
men’s  outfitting  establishments  for  little 
fellows  of  about  eight  years  which  were 
exactly  the  same  to the  smallest  detail 
in  pattern  and  cut  as  that  worn  by  a

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Around the State

Movements of Merchants.

Flint—Wm.  G.  Graham  has  sold  his 

grocery  stock  to  P.  T.  Barnum.

Otsego—Marshall  H.  Pierce  has  sold 

his  grocery  stock  to  Frank  Ingraham 

Thompsonville— H.  H.  Saterson,  of 
Clare,  has  opened  a  grocery  store  here.
Berrien  Springs— Isaac M.  Savage has 
sold  his  grocery stock  to  Frank B.  Ford.
Conway—Van  Every  Bros,  have  pur 
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  E.  J.  Phil­
lips.

Lawton— H.  M.  Hammond  succeeds 
E.  ,J.  Kinney  &  Son  in  the bakery busi­
ness.

Pontiac— Kudner  &  Malcolm  succeed 
Walter  A.  Morris  in  the  bakery  busi 
ness.

Morenci—W.  A.  Barker  succeeds  D. 
W.  Dunbar  in  the  flour and  feed  busi­
ness.

Akron— W.  H.  Cook has purchased the 
general  merchandise  stock  of  R.  B 
Martini.

Bellevue—John  W.  Madison  has  sold 
the  Central  meat  market  to  H.  H. 
Maatsch.

Charlotte—The  Bretz  &  Ward  grocery 
stock  has  been  absorbed  by  Lamb  & 
Spencer.

Kalamazoo—M.  G.  Blake  succeeds 
Eva  E.  (Mrs.  C.  W .)  Blake  in  the  drug 
business.

Oakley— Preyer  &  Kramp  have  pur­
chased  the  general  merchandise  stock 
of  Pearce  &  Bunting.

Detroit—Alonzo 

succeeds 
Becker  &  Chavey  in  the  cider,  vinegar 
and  produce  business.

Becker 

Wayland—W.  A.  Truax  has  sold  a 
half  interest  in  his  meat  market  to 
Gust.  Gunther,  of  Dorr.

Eaton  Rapids—J.  S.  Welling  has 
purchased  the  jewelry  and  stationery 
stock  of  Arthur  A.  Carmer.

Bangor— Sherrod  &  Son, 

general 
merchandise  dealers  and  undertakers, 
have  sold  out  to J.  P.  Ryan.

Carsonville— R.  H.  Reed  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the  firm  of  Ellerthorpe  & 
Co.,  grain  dealers,  to John  Bettis.

Flint— Ella  S.  (Mrs.  John  W.)  Blake 
in  the 

is  succeeded  by  John  W.  Blake 
produce  and  cold  storage  business.

Marshall—The  meat  firm  of  Ford  & 
Greenman  has  been  dissolved.  Bentley 
Greenman  will  continue  the  business.

Burr  Oak— Hagensbaugh  &  Son  have 
engaged 
in  the  meat  business,  having 
purchased  the  market  of  Benjamin  Dry.
Romeo—Wm.  L.  Dicken,  dealer  in 
harnesses  and  men’s  and  boys’  shoes, 
has  sold  his  stock  to  Geo.  H.  Washer.
South  Rogers— Hardies  Bros,  is  the 
style  of  the  new  firm  organized  to  sue 
ceed  Gross  &  Hardies  in  general  trade.
South  Haven—S.  Edson  Combs,  deal­
er  in  musical  instruments  and  sewing 
machines,  has  removed  to  Kalamazoo.
Centerville— F.  S.  Cummings  has sold 
his  furniture  stock  to  C.  Fonsil,  who 
will  combine  it  with his hardware stock.
Sparta— S.  H.  Sweet  will  engage  in 
the  grocery  business  here,  occupying 
the  building  recently  vacated byTyroler 
Bros.

Owosso—Edward  Allingbam  has  dis 
continued  the  meat  business.  His mar­
ket  was  purchased  by  P.  J.  &  J.  F. 
Dean.

Battle  Creek— John  R.  Robertson,  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  has  purchased  the  dry 
goods  stock  of  Marr  &  Duff,  and  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  same  loca 
tion.  Mr.  Robertson  has  been  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  business  for  the  past 
eighteen  years.

Jackson— Benjamin  D.  Legg  has 
taken  a  partner  in  his  grocery  business. 
The  style  of  the  new  firm  is  Legg  & 
Coder.

Madison—Samuel E.  Tamlyn  has pur 
chased  the  interest  of  bis  partner  in  the 
general  merchandise  firm  of  Hart  & 
Tamlyn.

Lennon—Samuel  Phillips  has  pur 
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the 
general  merchandise  firm  of  Phillips  & 
Perkins.

Alpena---- Charles  Hickey,  formerly
with  the  Holmes  &  Kelsey  Co.,  has  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business  here  on 
his  own  account.

Ionia—W.  C.  Peer  &  Co.  have  leased 
the  building  now  occupied  by  G.  W. 
French  and  will  open  with  a  stock  of 
dry  goods  May  15.

Benton  Harbor— C.  A.  Wilcox  has 
sold  his  dry  goods  stock  to  F.  G.  War 
ren,  who  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.

Graafschap— Peter-  Mulder  has  sold 
his  stock  of  general  merchandise  and 
store  to  L.  E.  Brink  and  Peter  Boven, 
who  will  continue  the  business.

Rockford— Geo.  A.  Sage  &  Son  suc­
ceed  S.  Hunting  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.  Mr.  Hunting  will  continue  the 
produce  and  implement  business.

Battle  Creek— W.  G.  Murphy  has  re­
engaged  in  the  grocery business,  having 
purchased  the  stock  of  S.  C.  Moore  and 
also  the  building  occupied  by  him.

Midland—Wm.  L.  Baker,  who 

is  en 
gaged  in  the  general  merchandise  and 
grain  business,  has  sold  his  merchan 
dise  stock  to  Olmstead  &  Somerville.

Republic— P.  E.  Lloyd  has  sold  his 
interest 
in  the  mercantile  business  to 
his  partner,  John  H.  Bell.  He  retires 
from  the  firm  on  account  of  poor health.
for 
merly  superintendent  of the  car  trans­
portation  for  Swift  &  Co.  here,  has  pur­
chased  the  meat  market  of  Wm.  F. 
Summerill.

Benton  Harbor— E.  A.  Blackler, 

Whitehall— Nels  P.  Myrmel  has  sold 
his  grocery  and  stock  to  his  brother and 
former  partner,  Andrew  P.  Myrmel, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

Tekonsha—John  W.  Randall,  dealer 
in  dry  goods  and  groceries,  has  sold  his 
dry  goods  stock  to  Frank  L.  Masters,  of 
Hillsdale,  who  will  take  possession  of 
same  May  6.

Dowagiac— Cooley  &  Hamblin,  gro­
cers,  have 
leased  the  building  recently 
vacated  by  Z.  H.  Taylor and  will  oper­
ate  a  bakery 
in  connection  with  their 
grocery  business.

Plainwell— O.  B.  Granger  has  sold 
his  hardware  stock  to  A.  L.  Reese,  of 
this  village,  and  Sherwood  Bros.,  of 
Otsego.  The  new  firm  will  be  known 
as  A.  L.  Reese  &  Co.

Gaylord— F.  A.  Kramer,  dealer  in 
dry  goods,  clothing,  boots and  shoes  and 
millinery,  is  now  occupying  his  new 
store  building,  which  is  one  of  the  most 
complete  in  equipment  in  the  State.

Charlotte— The  L.  A.  Crandall  gro­
cery  stock,  which  was  recently  sold  at 
mortgage  sale  and  was  bid  in  by  the 
mortgagee,  Mrs.  Adams,  of  Bellevue, 
will  be  conducted  for  the  present  by 
Geo.  L.  Boyers.

Bloomingdale— Trim  &  Hodgman, 
who  succeeded  M.  Wiggins  &  Co.  about 
two  years  ago  in  the  general  merchan 
dise  business,  have  purchased  the  dry 
goods  and  grocery  stock  of  David  Joy 
and  added  it  to  their general  stock.

Onsted— Townsend  &  Hubbard,  who 
conduct  a  general  merchandise  business 
at  this  place,  have  dissolved  partner 
ship.  L.  F.  Townsend  has  purchased

the  interest  of  his  partner and  will  con­
tinue  the  business  in  his  own  name.

Muskegon—The  firm  of  Mann,  Wat 
son  &  Co.  was  organized  here  April  15 
to  conduct  a  wholesale  and  retail 
lum­
ber  business.  The  business  was  for 
merly  operated  by  Mr.  Mann,  who  last 
year  handled  16,000,000  feet  of  lumber. 
The  new  firm  expects  to  handle  32,000, 
000.

Port  Huron—Thos.  'Smith,  formerly 
connected  with  the  grocery  business  of 
W.  D.  Smith,  and  James  Potter,  for  the 
past  eleven  years  in the drug  store  of  R. 
G.  Burwell,  have  purchased  the  grocery 
stock  of the  late  David  Moore  and  will 
continue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Potter  &  Smith.

locate 

Marshall— E.  B.  Hughes  has  decided 
in  Joliet,  111.,  where  he  has 
to 
purchased  a  furniture  stock.  Chas.  C. 
Reed,  who  was  associated  with  him 
here  for  several  months,  has  resigned 
his  position  with  Good  &  Amstutz 
and  has  gone  to  Joliet,  where  he  will 
add  his  energies 
in  making  the  new 
business  successful.

Manufacturing  Matters. 

Gooding— B.  D.  Mossholder has taken 

charge  of  the  Gooding  creamery.

Escanaba—The  headquarters  of  the 
Metropolitan  Lumber  Co.  have  been  re­
moved  to Atkinson.

Menominee— The  ' Richardson  Shoe 
Co.  made  156,950  pairs  of  shoes  during 
the  year,an  increase  of  27 per cent,  over 
the  previous  year’s  output.

Hastings—John  Jones and Henry Mey- 
ring  have  purchased  the  cigar  factory 
formerly  owned  by  Henry  Lewek  and 
will  manufacture  a  cigar  called 
the 
“ 77- "   .

Lansing—The  Lansing  Sugar  Beet 
Co.  has  notified 
its  agents  to  close  up 
all  contracts  at  once,  the  required  num­
ber  of  acres—6,000—having  been  se­
cured.

Somerset  Center— E.  Weatherwax, 
who  is  engaged  in  the  general  merchan 
dise  and  cheese  manufacturing  business 
here  and  at  Woodstock,  has  discontin­
ued  business  at  the  latter  place.

Saginaw—The  Wilson  Cheese  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  association  with  the 
county  clerk.  It  is  capitalized  at $1,000. 
The  stockholders  are  residents  of  Clio, 
Arbela,  County  Line  and  Birch  Run.

Marine  City— The  Crystal  Flake  Salt 
Co.  commenced  operations  Monday, 
and  has  been  turning  out  200  barrels  of 
fine  salt  daily  since  that  time.  The  ca­
pacity  will  be  increased  to  600  barrels 
per day  by  July  1.

Ypsilanti— The  machines  and  equip­
ments  of  the  Bowling  dress  stay  factory 
are  being  packed  and  shipped this week 
to  their  new  location  at Hastings,  where 
the  management  expect  to  have  all  in 
operation  by  another  week 

Detroit  Edgar  G.  Frisbie,  compris­
ing  the  Frisbie  Manufacturing  Co., 
manufacturer  of  extracts  and  grocers’ 
specialties, 
in  bank 
ruptcy  in  the  United  States  court  April 
16.  He  gives  his  liabilitiesas$3,475.71, 
with  no  assets.

filed  a  petition 

Port  Huron— Notices  of dissolution  of 
the  American  Egg  Crate  Co.  and  the 
Riverside  Woodworking  Co.  have  been 
filed  with  the  county  clerk.  The  former 
concern  sold  its  patent  to  another  con-

cem  and  the  Riverside  Woodworking 
Co.  went  to the  wall.

is  now  running 

South  Lyon— During  the  last  month 
two  new  factories  have  been  landed  by 
South  Lyon,  the Variety Turning Works, 
manufacturing  dowel  pins,  and  S.  W. 
Carrington  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of 
sanitary  goods,  etc.  A  new  feed  and 
flour  mill 
in  the  old 
South  Lyon  Manufacturing  Co. ’s  plant.
Flint— M.  E.  Houran  has  purchased 
the  interest  of. his  partner,  I.  W.  White- 
head,  in  the  planing  mill  and  lumber 
business  of  Houran  &  Whitehead  and 
will  continue  the  business  in  his  own 
name.  Mr.  Whitehead  has  removed  to 
Belleville,  Ark.,  where  he  will  engage 
in  the  lumber  business  with  J.  W.  Eld- 
ridge,  formerly of  this  city.

Manistee—A  company  has  been  or­
ganized  here  for the  purpose  of  manu­
facturing  a  ready  reckoner  for the use  of 
lumbermen.  The  new  concern  will  be 
known  as  the  Ready  Reckoner  Co.  and 
is  capitalized  for  $6,000.  C.  G.  Wil­
son  and  Peter Jensen,  of  this  place,  and 
Asa  Hallock,  of  Chicago,  are  the  in­
ventors  of the  machine  and  the  princi­
pal  stockholders  in  the  company.

Benton  Harbor— The  disposal  of  the 
$300,000  sugar  beet  plant owned  here  by 
the  Wolverine  Sugar  Company 
is  yet 
unsettled.  Director  John  E.  Barnes,  of 
this  city,  accompanied  by  the  President 
of  the  company,  H.  M.  Olney,  of  Hart­
ford,  has  just  returned  from  Southern 
California  with  a  view  of  locating  the 
plant  there.  The  men  are  not  favorably 
impressed  with  that  section  and  esti­
mate  the  cost  of  moving  the  plant  at 
$250,000.

Evart— Davy  &  Co.,  shingle  mill  op­
erators  and  general  store  dealers,  have 
purchased  the 
general  merchandise 
stock  of  Mark  Ardis  and  will  remove  to 
the 
latter  location  July  1.  This  will 
afford  Davy  &  Co.  ample room  in which 
to  display  their  large  stock,  as  the 
building  comprises 
two  stories  and 
basement,  is  three  stores  widé  and  oc­
cupies  the  entire  block.  Mr.  Ardis  will 
continue  business  in  the  Bush  store 
building,  which  has  been  equipped  for 
his  use.

Van  Buren  County  Druggists  Dine Dp. 
The  druggists  of  Van  Buren  county 
met  at  South  Haven,  April  8, 
and 
formed  a  county  organization,  which  is 
a  part of  the  National  Retail  Druggists’ 
Association,  and  elected  the  following 
officers:

President— Geo.  Chamberlin,  Hart­

ford.

Paw.

Vice-President— S.  Van  Ostrand.
Secretary— Edward  Longwell,  Paw 

Treasurer— H.  D.  Harvey,  Bangor.
The  next  meeting  of  the  Association 

will  be  held  at  Hartford,  May  15.

Every  woman  can  ventufe  to  be  saucy 
if  she  pleases— but  not  if she displeases.

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 
nounds of tobacco last year;  will  require  about 
J15.000 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.

M.  O.  BAKER  &  CO.

COMMISSION  MERCHANTS«  TOLEDO«  OHIO 

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

Correspond with us before selling.  Bef ¡-F irst National Bank, Toledo, Commercial Agencies.

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

Status  of the  Proposed  Furniture Factory 

Combine.

The  promoter  of  the  proposed  furni­
ture  factory  combination  claims  to  have 
signed  options  on  the  plants  of  seven 
of  the 
local  manufacturers,  as  follows:

Berkey  &  Gay  Furniture  Co.
Nelson  &  Matter  Furniture  Co.
Grand  Rapids  Chair Co.
Oriel  Cabinet  Co.
Royal  Furniture  Co.
New  England  Furniture  Co.
Sligh  Furniture  Co.
The  option  on  the  Grand  Rapids 
Chair Co.  calls  for the  payment  in  cash 
of  $600,000,  giving  the  stockholders  two 
for one  for  their stock.  The  interest  of 
Chas.  H.  Berkey  and  relatives  in  the 
Royal  Furniture  Co.  has  already  been 
purchased  for  cash.  The  remainder of 
the  options  call  for  payment  of  the 
plants 
in  bonds  and  stock—at  values 
which  are  probably  enormously inflated. 
It  is  claimed  that  the  transfers  will take 
place  about  May  1,  but  the  conclusion 
of  the  negotiations  may  be  delayed  a 
month  or  more  beyond  the  time  set  for 
the  closing  up  of  the  deal.

this 

The  stock  issued  in  exchange  for  the 
is  to  be  pooled  for a  year,  trus­
plants 
issued  to  the 
tee’s  certificates  to  be 
owners  of  the  stock 
in  the  meantime. 
This  will  keep.the  stock  off the  market 
until  the  earning  capacity  of  the  com­
bine  has  been  demonstrated. 
Incident­
ally, 
arrangement  will  tie  the 
hands  of  the  stockholders  until  the  reac­
tion  against  trust  stocks  sets  in,  when 
such  securities  may  have  little,  if  any, 
market  value.

The  promoter  is  evidently  new 

to 
the  business,  judging  by  the  manner  in 
which  he  talks  about  “ coercing  the  re­
tailer”   to  confine  his  purchases  to  the 
factories  included 
in  the  combination. 
A  few  dealers  may  be  susceptible  to  an 
influence  of  this  kind,  but  tyrannical 
tactics  of  this  character have  never  yet 
been  permanently  successful—and  prob­
ably  the  outcome  of  this  deal  will  be  a 
surprise  and  a  disappointment  to the 
men  who  imagine  that  the  retail  dealer 
can  be  influenced  by  a  “ club  held  over 
his  head,”   as  the  wily  promoter  ex­
presses  it.

While  the  proposed  combine  will 

in­
clude  seven  good  institutions,  there  will 
still  be  a  strong  circle  of  factories  on 
the  outside,  most  of  which  have  refused 
to 
listen  to  the  siren  voice  of  the  pro­
moter  and  prefer  to  continue  in  posses­
sion  of  their own  plants  and  in  the  en­
joyment  of  their  business  independ­
ence, 
than  accept  a  basket­
ful  of  securities  of  uncertain  value  in 
exchange  for  tangible  property  and 
place  their  future  in  the  palm  of  one  of 
the  wizards  of  Wall  Street.

rather 

For the  good  of  the  city  and  the  well­
industry  the 
the 
fall

being  of  the  furniture 
Tradesman  sincerely  hopes  that 
proposed 
will 
through.  ____ _

amalgamation 

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Apples  are  steady at previous 
prices.  Russets,  Baldwins  and  Ben 
Davis  command  $3.5°@4  per  bbl.
1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size.

Bananas— Prices  range  frpm  $1,253 

Beets—$1  per  bbl.
Butter—Creamery 

is  slow  sale  at  20 
@2ic.  Receipts  of  dairy  grades  are 
heavy,  but  much  of  the  receipts 
is 
mussy  and  off  grade.  Fancy commands 
15c,  choice  ranges  from  I2@i4c  and 
packing  stock  moves  readily  on  the 
basis  of  io@ i i c .
C abbage—Old 

is  steady  at 

stock 

$1.75  per  3  bu.  bbl.

Cantaloupes—According  to  recent  re­
largest  shipments  to  be  ex­

ports  the 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

pected  from  the  South  and  Southwest 
this  year  will  be  cantaloupes.  There  is 
promise  of  a  liberal  yield.
Celery—California  white  plume  has 
advanced  -to  75@85c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cranberries—Jerseys  are  slow sale and 
weaker,  having  declined  to  $2.50  per 
bu.  box  and  $7  per bbl.
Eggs—The  market 

is  strong  on  the 
basis  of  12c  per  doz.,  case  count.  So 
closely  are  the  packers  taking  eggs  in 
the  country  that  the  commission  mer­
chants  are  getting  scarcely  enough  to 
supply  the  ordinary  grocery  trade.
Green  Onions— 15® 16c  per  doz.
Honey—Choice  white  is  in  large  sup­
ply  at  14315c.  Amber goes  at  13314c 
and  dark  buckwheat  is  slow  sale  at  10 
@ I2C.

Lemons—Messina  have  declined  to  $3 
for  choice  and  $3.25  for  fancy.  Cali- 
fornias  are  steady  at  $2.50  for  300s  and 
360s.

Lettuce— Hothouse  stock 

is  in  good 

demand,  commanding  13c  for  leaf.

Onions—The market is  steady  at  $1.50 
pet  bu. 
Bermudas 
command  $3.25  per  crate.  Egyptians 
fetch  $3.65  in  112  lb.  sacks.

for  homegrown. 

Oranges— Navels  command  $2.50  for 
the  larger  sizes  and  $3  for  the  smaller. 
Mediterranean  sweets  are  sold  on  the 
same  basis  as  Californias.  Seedlings 
are  attracting  more  attention  than  usual 
this  season  because  they  run more  to  the 
sizes  wanted  by  the  trade than to navels. 
Seedlings  seem  to  be  quite  as  solid  and 
full  of  juice  as  the  best  navels,  and  the 
trade  all  over the  country  is taking them 
in  preference  to  the  rather  poor  navels.

Parsley—40c  per doz.
Parsnips—$1  per  bbl.
Pieplant—8c  per  lb.
Potatoes—The  market  is  dull  and  un­
satisfactory,  due  to  the  absence  of  de­
mand  and  the  inability  of  shippers to 
obtain  cars  when  purchaser  can  be 
found.

are 

fowls, 

io@ i i c ; 

Poultry—Receipts 

small  and 
prices  are  strong.  Local  dealers  pay  as 
follows  for  dressed:  Spring  turkeys, 
u @ i2c;o ld ,  8@<pc;  spring  chickens, 
io>£@iij£c; 
spring 
ducks,  uj^@i2c—old  not  wanted  at  any 
price;  spring  geese,  9310c— old  not 
wanted.  For  live  poultry  local  dealers 
pay  as  follows :  Chickens,  839c ;  me­
dium  and small hens,  7@8c;  large  hens, 
6^@7c ;  young turkeys,Jg@ioc;  old tur­
keys,  8@ 9c ;  young  ducks, 
pigeons,  50375c  per  doz.  ;  squabs,  $i@
I.  25  per  doz.  ;  broilers,  I5@ i8c  per  lb.
Radishes—25c  per  doz.  bunches  for
hothouse  stock.

Seeds— Blue  grass,  $1.2531.50;  or­
chard  grass,  $ i. 40@ i .6o ;  red  top,  75c@ 
$1.50;  timothy,  $2.25;  medium  clover, 
$6.2536.75;  mammoth,  $6.5037;  al- 
syke,  $7@7-S°-

Spinach—60c  per  bu.
Strawberries—35340c  per quart.  The 
matter  of  shipping  berries,  which  has 
been  under discussion  by  the  Fruit  and 
Produce  Trade  Association,  has  been 
satisfactorily  adjusted  and  two  con- 
signes  can  ship 
in  one  car  at  carload 
rates.  This  can  be  done  only  upon 
complying  with  certain  specified  regu­
lations,  but  that  it  can  be  done  at  all  is 
a  great  saving  of  money  to  the  shipper. 
The  Association  succeeded  in  arrang­
ing  it  with  the  transportation companies 
without  creating  any  friction.

Sweet  Potatoes— Kiln  dried  Jerseys 

have  advanced  to $3.25  per  bbl.

Tomatoes—$2.25  per  4  basket  crate.
Turnips—$1  per  bbl.
Vegetable  Oysters— 20c  per doz.

Edward J.  Killean informs the Trades­
man  that  his  grocery  stock  at  28  East 
Bridge  street  has  been  purchased  by  H.
J.  Williams  and  Hon.  John  Killean, 
who  will  continue  the  business  under  a 
firm  name  to  be  decided  upon  hereafter 
— probably  the  Pioneer  Grocery  Co. 
Mr.  Killean’s  interest  in  the  business 
will  be  represented  by  Albert  J.  K il­
lean.

Salmon—While the new  pack  of  Alas­
than 
ka  will  be  very  much  cheaper 
the  present  pack,  the 
indications  are 
that  every  can  of  old  goods  will  be  con­
sumed  long  before  new  crop  arrives.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars—The 

raw  sugar  market  is 
firm,  with  good  demand. 
Importers 
have  been  asking  4J^c  for 96 test  cen­
trifugals,  but  refiners  would  not  pay 
over  4  3,-32c  and  a  number  of  sales  were 
made  at  this  price,  which  is an  advance 
of  1-32C  over  last  week’s  prices.  Hold­
ers  are  very  confident  and  a  further  ad­
vance  of  1-32C  is  expected.  The  visi­
ble  supply  of  raw  sugar  is  3,000,000 
tons,  against  2,370,000  tons  last  year. 
The  refined  market 
is  very  firm,  with 
good  demand.  The  upward  tendency 
of  prices  for  raw  sugar  sustains  confi­
dence  in  the  trade,  some  believing  that 
another  advance  of  10  points  is  prob­
able.  Stocks  are  only  moderate  and 
an  increased  demand  is  expected.

the 

improvement  in 

Canned  Goods—Consumptive  demand 
for  nearly  all  lines  of canned  goods  is 
improving  and  business  during  the  last 
two  weeks  has  been  better  than  for 
some  time.  The  strong  tomato  situation 
is  the  feature  in  canned  goods,  and  un­
questionably  the  bottom  of  the  despon­
dent  and  dull  market  on  this article  was 
touched  a  few  days  ago, just  previous  to 
the  advance  of  2>£c  per  dozen.  The 
is  firm  at  the  advance  and  a 
market 
number of  sales  have  been  made. 
It  is 
refreshing  to  be  able  to  report  a  sub- 
tomato 
santial 
market  almost  everywhere. 
From  a 
dull,  weak  market,  two  weeks  ago,  the 
situation  has  changed  to  activity,  and 
the  prices  are  hardening  all  along  the 
line,with  every  indication  of  advancing 
materially.  The  market  is  broadening 
rapidly  and  the  demand  includes  both 
spots  and  futures.  Stocks  of tomatoes 
in  the  hands  of  packers are much lighter 
than 
is  generally  supposed  and,  as  this 
fact  becomes  known,  further  advances 
are  expected.  Another  feature  of  the 
canned  goods  market  is  the  position  oc­
cupied  by  corn.  This  article  has  de­
veloped  considerable  strength  of  late 
and  a  number of  sales  have  been  made; 
Good  corn 
is  very  scarce  and  firmly 
held.  The  cheaper  grades  are  in  good 
demand  at  unchanged  prices.  The  de­
mand  for  peas  has  been  very  active. 
Cheap peas have been especially wanted, 
but  there  has  also  been  a  good  trade  in 
fancy  grades.  Stocks  are  light  and  are 
being  rapidly  reduced.  There  is  noth­
ing  new  to  say  in  reference  to the  com­
ing  pea  crop.  Advices  from  Maryland 
report  that  they  are  having  fine  weather 
for  pea  growing  and  if  it continues  they 
will  have  a  good  crop.  All  are  now 
waiting  developments  in  the  pineapple 
market.  About  May  20  the  packing 
will  be  in  full  blast.  The  crop  condi­
tions  are  excellent.  All  the  reports  from 
the  pineapple  district  are  encouraging 
and  the  Baltimore  packers  are  laying 
their  plans  to  produce  an  article  supe­
rior  to  any  packed 
in  former  years. 
During  the  last  week  there  was quite  a 
demand  for  peaches,  most  orders  being 
for  some  of  each  of  the  different grades, 
showing  that  stocks  are  light  and  that 
the  trade  will  want  peaches  for  their 
spring  business.  Peaches  are  cheap  at 
to-day’s  quotations.  The  coming  crop 
is  reported 
in  good  condition  and, 
while  a  very  large  crop  is  not  expected, 
there  will  undoubtedly  be  all  that  is 
necessary  for  1901.  Salmon  is  selling 
quite  well  to  the  consumptive  trade,  but 
no  sales  of large  lots are reported.  There 
is  but a  very  light  demand  for  sardines, 
most  of  the  trade  having 
lately  pur­
chased  heavy  supplies  previous  to  the 
recent  advance.

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
is quiet  and  dull.  The  buying  of  prunes 
is  of  a  hand-to-mouth  character  and

in 

for  this  time  of 

prices  show  a  slight  decline.  Raisins 
are  in  fair  demand.  Orders  are  small, 
in  the  aggregate  amount  to  a  fair 
but 
business 
the  year. 
Stocks  of  all  grades  are  light.  There 
has  been  a  good  demand  for  apricots, 
especially  for the  extra  choice and fancy 
goods. 
It  is  reported  that  there  has 
been  considerable  damage  done  to  the 
crop  on  the  coast  by  recent  frosts  and 
consequence,  are  slightly 
prices 
is  slow.
higher.  Trade 
in  currants 
Prices,  however,  show  no 
change.
Trade  in  figs  is  good  and  the  market  is 
slightly  firmer.  Demand  for  the  lower 
grades  is  particularly  active.  Stocks  of 
the  better grades  are  very  light.  Dates 
are 
in  good  demand  at  unchanged 
prices.  Evaporated apples  in  one  pound 
packages  are  in  fair  request  at  previous 
prices.  Stocks  are  almost  exhausted
and  what  few  goods  remain  on  hand  are 
very  firmly  held.

Rice—There  is  a  fair demand for  rice 
of  all  grades  and  prices  are  fully  main­
tained.  Dealers  remain  confident  as
is  good.  Local  stocks  are 
the  outlook 
firmly  held  and,  with 
light  supplies 
throughout  the  country,  any  quickening 
of  demand  is  likely  to  create  an  upward 
tendency  of  prices.

Teas— The tea  market  is  quiet.  Deal­
ers  carry  only  sufficient  supplies to meet 
immediate  requirements.  There  is  no 
disposition  to  accumulate  supplies,  ow­
ing  to  unfavorable  market  conditions. 
Despite  the  depressed  conditions,  im­
porters  make  no  important  concessions 
in  price.

Molasses—Owing  to  the  strong  statis­
tical  position,  prices  of  molasses  are 
firmly  maintained  for all  grades.  The 
trade 
still  remain  conservative  and 
continue  to  purchase  only  small  lines  to 
meet  urgent  wants,  dealers  realizing full 
prices.  Indications  point  to  a  continued 
strong  future  market  and,  with  supplies 
light  throughout  the  country,  no  lower 
prices  are  expected  this  season. 
It  is 
reported  that  there  is  a  great  scarcity  of 
the  low  grades  of  molasses.

Fish—The  trade  in  fish  is  at  present 
rather quiet.  Codfish  and  mackerel  are 
in  fair  request  at  previous  prices,  but 
most  orders  are  for  small  lots  for  imme­
diate  use.

in  nuts 

Nuts—Trade 

is  light,  with 
the  possible  exception  of  peanuts,  for 
which  there 
is  a  very  good  demand. 
Stocks  of  filberts  are  unusually  light. 
Up  to  date  the  new  crop  promises  well, 
according  to  advices  received 
from 
abroad.  Prices  for  the  past  two  years 
have  been  abnormally  high,  but,  with  a 
moderate  stock  of  old  nuts  carried  over 
in  Sicily,  and  the  new  crop  promising 
well,  it  may  be  that  during  the  present 
year  prices  will  eventually  get  down  to 
the  level  of  former  years.  There  is  a 
fair  request  for  walnuts,  especially  for 
Grenobles,  of  which  the  supply is  rather 
limited.

Tobacco—Several  manufacturers  an­
nounce  that  they  will  make  no  change 
in  prices,  weights  or  styles  of  packages 
on  July  1,  on  account  of  the  rebate  in 
the  revenue  tax  which  goes  into  effect 
on  that  date.  This  assurance  will  en­
able  dealers  to  keep  their  stocks  up, 
because  if  they  have  at  least  420 pounds 
on  hand  on  July  1,  they  can  obtain  the 
2  4-10  cent  rebate.  No  rebate  will  be 
paid  where  it  amounts  to  less  than  $10.
in 
mind  that  the  offer  of  the  Diamond 
Match  Co.  to  ship  one  box  free  with 
each  ten  box order  expires  April  30  and 
govern  themselves  accordingly.

Matches— Grocers 

should  bear 

Molasses—This  is  a  good  time  to  buy 
New  Orleans  goods  before  the  weather 
gets  too  warm.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

6

TH E  IRISH   FAM INE.

America’s  Generous  Response  to  Brady’s 

Appeal.
Written for the Tradesman.

Among  the  remarkable  events 

that 
come  within  the  radius  of  the  writer’s 
memory,  the  great  famine  in  Ireland  of 
1843  holds  a  prominent place.  The alien 
landlord  system  was 
in  full  force  and 
the  extortions  and  oppression  of  the 
mercenary  middleman, 
together  with 
the  abominable  system  of  tythes  for  the 
maintenance  of  the  established  church, 
had 
long  been  grinding  the  life  out  of 
the  Irish  peasantry,  socially,  physical­
ly  and  morally.  Evictions  were  of  daily 
occurrence 
in  almost  every  county  in 
Ireland. 
In  vain  were  all  appeals  for 
legislation  in  mitigation  of  their condi 
tion.  The  British  ministry  was  deaf, 
the  British  Parliament  dumb. 
Is  it  to 
be  wondered  that they were heart-broken 
and  discouraged?  Add  to  these  evils 
the  horrors  of  a  famine  in  consequence 
of  the  total  failure  of  their only  reliable 
food  crop, 
that  had  heretofore  stood 
between  them  and  starvati on,  the  Irish 
potato,  and  the  reader  can  form  some 
idea  of the  discouraging  outlook  for  the 
Irish  tenantry  in  that  eventful  year 

Regular  steamship  lines  to  cross  the 
Atlantic  were  not  established  and  the 
usual  trip  of  a  merchant  vessel  under 
sail  occupied  from  four to  six  weeks. 
The  first  sailing  vessel  to  bring  news  of 
the  famine  to  New  York  had  been  six 
weeks  on  her  passage  since  leaving  the 
Irish  coast.  The  word  pictures  of  star­
vation  and  poverty  that  she  brought 
rivaled  those  of  the  late  starving  con­
centrados 
in  Cuba  under  Spanish  rule. 
The  intelligence  spread  with  incredible 
rapidity.  The  Mayor called  a  citizens' 
meeting.  The  Irish  societies  strained 
every  effort  for the  relief  of their  starv­
The  distinguished 
ing  countrymen. 
lawyer,  James  T. 
New  York  criminal 
Brady,  was  then 
in  the  zenith  of  his 
professional  and  political  career. 
I 
shall  never  forget  the  hour that  he  held 
that  vast  audience  in  silence  as  he  por 
trayed  the  wrongs  and  sufferings  of  his 
beloved  country 
in  simple,  persuasive 
eloquence  that  must  be  imagined— it  is 
beyond  the  writer’s  power  to  describe. 
The  newspapers  characterized 
it  as 
worthy  a  place  among  the  best  forensic 
illustrious  countrymen, 
efforts  of  his 
Curran,  Grattan  or  Emmet. 
less 
than  ten  days  from  the  time  the  sad  in­
telligence  was  received  the  largest  mer­
chant  vessel  in  the  harbor  of  New  York 
was  riding  at  anchor  in  the  East  River 
ready  to  start  on  her  errand  of  mercy  to 
starving  Ireland.  Her freight list showed 
that  she  carried  12,000  bushels  of  pota 
toes,  3,000  barrels  of  flour,  besides  a 
list  of  miscellaneous  provisions.
long 
inexperienced  eye  she  seemed 
To  the 
too  deeply 
loaded  for safety and  many 
were  the  fears expressed  that  she  would 
never  reach  Ireland,  while  ship  owners 
predicted  a 
long  voyage.  These  fears 
proved  to  be  groundless  and,  instead  of 
a  voyage  of  four or  six  weeks,  she  was 
only  eighteen  days  in  making  her  port 
of  destination.  Many  regarded  the  short 
passage  as  a  special  dispensation  of 
Providence  and  the pulpit and press her­
alded  the  event  as  almost  miraculous. 
Supplies  from  all  points  continued  to 
pour  in  upon  the  Irish relief  committee, 
other  vessels  following 
in  quick  sue 
cession  until  the  call  came  across  the 
Atlantic  that  no  more  was  needed. 
Later,  when  Father Mathew  visited  this 
country  in  the  cause  of  temperance,  it 
was  the  writer’s  good  fortune  to  hear 
his  reply  to  the  Mayor’s  address  of  wel­
come  to  New  York.  He  spoke  in  glow-

In 

ing  words  of  gratitude  of  America’s) 
sympathy  for  “ starving,  bleeding  Ire­
land. ’ ’  He declared  that  the  Irish  situ­
ation  was  better  understood  and  more 
promptly  met  with  substantial  relief  in 
America  than  in  England.  To  use  his 
own  words,  “ Before  the  sympathies  of 
England  were  fairly  aroused  to  a  reali­
zation  of  the  starving  condition  of  her 
Irish  subjects  America’s  first  gallant 
ship  with  relief  was  distributing 
its 
priceless  cargo  to  the  starving  victims 
of  English  misrule  and  neglect.”

in 

in  every  newspaper 

How  changed  the  conditions  now. 
Instead  of  the  message  detailing  the 
horrors  of  that  darkest  day  in  Ireland’s 
history  being  forty  days 
in  reaching | 
sympathetic  American  ears,  less  than 
half as  many  hours  would  now  be  suffi­
cient  for  its  proclamation  at  every 
im­
portant  point  on  the American continent j 
and  the  details  of  the  New  York  meet­
ing  I  have  described  would  have  been 
printed 
the 
United  States.  The 
limit  set  on  this 
paper  precludes  any  farther  details  of) 
the  excitement  attending  that New  York 
Mayor’s  call  in  behalf  of  starving  Ire­
land. 
ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR
Advisory Counsel  to  manufacturers  and . 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres-1 
pondence invited.
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MEN  OF  M ARK.

William  E.  Scotten,  President  Scotten To­

bacco  Co.,  Detroit.

spacious  and 

Michigan,  the  Western  wilderness  to 
which  our  fathers  and  fathers’  fathers 
boldly  emigrated,  has  furnished  a  hard 
but  valuable  training  school  for  many  a 
youth  who,  in  his  later  years,  has  won 
distinction  and  success. 
In  the  little 
clearing  the  rudely-built log  cabin,  with 
its 
inviting  fireplace, 
sheltered  and  protected  from  cold  and 
harm  many  a  youngster  whose  later suc­
cesses  brought  joy  and pride to the hard­
working  parents.  All  of  us  have  heard 
with  eager  ear  from  the  very  lips  of  the 
“ old  settlers’ *  thrilling  stories  of  the 
dangers,  hardships  and 
privations 
through  which  they  passed.  These  very 
difficulties  made 
it  necessary  for  all, 
both  old  and  young,  to  possess  and  de­
strength,  perseverance, 
velop  hope, 
courage  and 
industry  to  a  unusual  de­
gree.  Those  were  not  days  of  petting 
and  pampering.  All  worked,  all  strug­
gled,  all  had  some  purpose  in  life.

the 

and 

soon 

liberty 

On  a  farm  near Coldwater,  William 
E.  Scotten  was  introduced  to  a  school 
of  this  kind  July  17,  1857.  His  father, 
Walter,  crossed  from  England  in  1834 
and 
came  to  Michigan.  His 
mother  was  an  American.  There  were 
six  children,  William  being  the  young­
est  of  the  tbreé  boys.  It  would  be  but 
natural  to  suppose  that  these  children 
would  possess  the  firm  determination 
characteristic  of  the  English,  and  the 
love  of 
independence 
which  are  the  pride  of  every  true Amer­
ican,  and  those  who  know  Mr.  Scotten 
can  readily  see  that  he  is  the  fortunate 
possessor  of  these  desirable  qualities. 
His  early  years  were  spent  on  the  farm, 
where  he 
learned  the  dignity  of  labor 
and  acquired  the  habits  of  industry, 
economy  and  thrift—three  of the  most 
necessary  requisites  to  success.  He  at­
tended 
“ deestrict" 
school  and  took  the  prescribed  course 
of  the  three  R ’s— Readin’,  Ritin'  and 
Rithmetic.  Later,  his  parents  moved 
to  Detroit,  where  he  enjoyed  the advan­
tages  of  the  graded  and  high  school. 
After  leaving  school,  he  decided  to  try 
a  business  career  and  engaged  in  the 
hardware  business,  which  he  followed 
for two  years.  He  then  went on  a  farm, 
which  he  worked  for  several  years.  His 
uncle,  Daniel  Scotten,  who had achieved 
a  national  reputation  as  founder  and 
chief  owner  of  the  mammoth  tobacco 
factory  on  West Fort  street,  then  offered 
him  a position.  Seeing a  future  for  him­
self  in  this  rapidly-growing  institution, 
he  left  the  farm  to  learn  the  tobacco 
business.  Realizing  that  he  who  would 
build  safely  and  enduringly  must  lay  a 
firm  foundation,  he  began  at  the  bottom 
and  carefully  learned  the  details  and 
processes  in  the  manufacture  of  all  the 
different  kinds  of  tobacco.

traditional 

He  then  became  a  traveling  salesman 
for  the 
institution  and  during  eight  or 
ten  years  traveled  over  a  large  part  of 
the  United  States.  Later,  he  became 
manager of the  plug tobacco  department 
and  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Daniel 
Scotten  &  Co.

Mr.  Scotten  very  interestingly  de­
scribes  some  of  the processes  as follows:
“ In  the  manufacture  of  plug  tobacco, 
we  use’the  leaf  known  as  White  Burley 
for  fillers  and  Virginia  leaf  of  choice 
selection  for  wrappers.  The  curing  is 
done  in  the  South,  as  the  atmosphere 
and  temperature  are  better adapted  to 
this  process  than  those  of  the  North. 
After  the 
leaves  are  thoroughly  cured, 
they  are  sorted,  arranged 
in  bundles, 
tied  and  sealed  and  packed  in  large

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

7

hogsheads  for shipment.  When received, 
the  bundles  are  sorted  according  to 
color.  The  leaves  are  then  treated  with 
the  sweetening,  consisting  chiefly  of 
licorice,  sugar,  salt  and  purest  glycer­
ine.  This  is  a  very  intricate  process, 
requiring  much  care  and great  skill  and 
watchfulness, and  it  would  take  too  long 
to explain  the  various  steps  and,  even 
then,  they  would  not  be  understood  un­
less  one  saw  the  actual  work  done.

is  used. 

“ In  the  manufacture of fine cut,  White 
It  is  sweetened  first 
Burley 
and  then  treated  with  the other sweeten­
ings,  which  are  the  same  as  those  used 
in  manufacturing  plug. 
Tobacco  of 
dark  color  contains  more  sweetening 
than  the  light.  After this  process,  the 
leaves  are 
stripped,  cut  and  hand 
dressed.  The  good  qualities  of  smoking 
tobaccos 
largely  of  Virginia 
leaf. ”

consist 

In  1898,  when the Daniel Scotten plant 
was  sold  to  the  trust,  he,  with  his  char-

are  Cadillac  and  Sweet  Loma  fine  cuts, 
Sweet  Chunk,  Forge  and  Great  Navy 
Plugs,  besides  all  kinds  of  smoking  to­
baccos.  Owing  to  the  excellent  training 
and  long  experience  of  Mr.  Scotten  and 
his  associates,  the  venture  has  been  at­
tended  with  marked  success  and  the 
business  has  expanded  beyond  their  ex­
pectations,  as  their goods  have  already 
become  deservedly  popular 
in  several 
states.

Mr.  Scotten  resides 

in  a  beautiful 
house  on  Fort  street,  West.  He  is  not 
a  member  of  any  fraternities  or  secret 
societies  and  finds  his  greatest  pleasure 
in  his  home  and  his  tobacco  factory.

interesting  Experiment  Undertaken  by 

Flint  Grocers  and  Millers.

Flint,  April  13—The  grocers  of Flint, 
to  the  number  of  thirty-six,  have  en­
tered  into  an  agreement  to  stand  by  the 
local  flouring  mills  and push  their  prod­
ucts  in  preference  to  the  flour  manufac­
tured  by  mills 
in  the  smaller  towns

production.

The  mills 

in  the  smaller towns  have 
been  forcing  their  flour  into the  local 
market  by  cutting  the  price,  but  the  lo­
cal  mills  have  met  the  competition  for 
months,  reducing 
the  price  of  flour 
from  time  to  time  until  it  was  sold  to 
the  grocers  at $3.40  per barrel,  a  figure 
which  means  a  loss  to the manufacturer. 
The  frequent  reductions  have  worked 
disaster  to  the  retailers  as  well  as  to  the 
mills,  since  the  price  of  flour  to  the 
consumer  has  been  only  $3.50,  giving 
the  grocer  only  10 cents  margin  on  each 
barrel.  And  when  trading  stamps  were 
given  to customers,  there  was  an  actual 
cash 
loss  on-every  barrel  of  flour  sold. 
Under the  circumstances  it  was  not  sur­
prising  that  the  retailers  were  glad  to 
join  with the  mills  to  hold  up  the  prices 
to  a  point  that  would  afford  a  living 
profit.  The  thirty-six  grocers  in  the 
city  have  signed  an  agreement  to  stand 
by  the  local  mills,  and  the  mills,  on the 
other  hand,  agree  to  keep  their  prices 
down  to  the  same  figures  at  which  flour 
is  sold 
in  Jackson,  Lansing,  Saginaw 
and  several  other  leading  cities  of  the 
State,  which  are  mentioned  in  the  doc­
ument.  As  a  result  of  the  deal,  the price 
of  flour has  been  advanced  to $3.75.

When  a  woman’s  feelings  are  worked 

up  she  should  order  a  fresh  supply.

When  it  rains  hardest  the  laundress 

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ind  F.  V.  Scotten  as  Secretary  and 
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CHANGING  M EDICAL  OPINIONS.
Within  the  past  few  years  there  has 
broken  out  among  some  classes  of  med­
ical  men  an  extraordinary  amount  of 
alarm  over  consumption.  This  alarm, 
which  amounts  to  panic,  has  arisen,  not 
from  any increased  frequency  or  fatality 
of  the  disease,  hut  from  a  change  in 
the  theory  of  its  causation.  For  a  iong 
time 
it  was  held  to  be  the  result  of  an 
hereditary  taint  brought  into  activity by 
some  undue  exposure  or  other  draft  on 
the  health.  Now  a  theory  that  consump­
tion  is  extremely  contagious  and  infec­
tious  has  been  put  forth,  requiring  that 
persons  afflicted  with  the  disease  must 
be  separated  and  excluded  from  com­
munication  with  others,  and  has  created 
the  panic.

Within  a  year or two  past  the  health 
authorities  of  California  carried  their 
alarm  to  the  extent  of  asking  their State 
Legislature  to  enact  a 
law  to  prohibit 
consumptives  from  entering  the  State 
and  to  authorize  the  inspection  of  all 
incoming  travelers  at the State frontiers. 
In  addition  to  this, 
it  was  proposed 
to  establish  hospitals into which  all  con­
sumptives  were  to  be  gathered.  Since 
it  is  the  generally  received  opinion  that 
consumption  can  not  be  cured,  the  hos­
pital  idea  can  mean  little more  than  the 
basis  of  a  system  of  segregation.

leprosy  as  a  most 

The  new  notion  about  consumption  is 
just  the  counterpart  of  the  modern 
idea 
about  leprosy.  The  ancients  universally 
regarded 
readily 
communicable disease and they  enforced 
the  most  rigid  separation  of the infected 
from  the  healthful.  The  general  idea 
to-day,  with  some  enlightened  excep­
tions,  is  that  leprosy  is  not  contagious. 
It  is  also  held  that  it  is  incurable,  and, 
therefore,  leper  hospitals  are  only  for 
purposes  of  segregation  and  seclusion.
The  varying  and  often  diametrically 
opposite  opinions  held  by  medical  men 
concerning  the  causation,  the  curability

I 

know  from  personal  observation that 

our cousins  across  the  water do  not  pre­
scribe  or  swallow  one-fourth  as  much 
medicine  as  we  do  in  our  country. 
With  but  few  exceptions,  the  entire veg­
etable  and  mineral kingdoms have given 
us  little  of  specific  value;  but  still,  up 
to the  present  day,the  bulk  of  our  books 
on  materia  medica  is  made  up  of a  de­
scription  of  many  valueless  drugs  and 
preparations. 
Is  it  not  to  be  deplored 
that  valuable  time  should  be  wasted  in 
our  student  days  by  cramming  into  our 
beads  a  lot  of  therapeutic  ballast?

It  is  somewhat  surprising 

that  a 
science  upon  whose  theories  and  usages 
there 
is  such  a  general  lack  of  agree­
ment,  and  whose  facts,  numerous  as 
they  may  be,  are  still  in  a  most  unor­
ganized  state,  shall  be  made  the  basis 
of  serious  legislation,  with  penalties  for 
disregarding  notions  which  are  founded 
on  little  more  than  conjecture.

The  most 

recent  triumph  of  the 
in­
French  postal  administration  is  an 
little  machine,  which  not  only 
genious 
automatically  weighs 
letters  and  sam­
ples,  but  records  on  an  indicator at  the 
side  the  amount  required  for  stamps. 
When  the  article  deposited  on  the  bal­
ance  exceeds  the  regulation  weight  the 
indicator  promptly  hoists  the 
sign, 
“ Too  heavy.”

Find  a  man  who  is  always  trying  to 
do  something to  build  up  others and you 
find  a  man  who  is  building  up  himself. 
Find  a  man  who  is  always  trying to tear 
down  some  one  else,  and  you  will  find 
a  man  who  is  tearing  himself  down. 
One  can  not  build  himself  up  by  tear­
ing  down  others.  Let  us  help  others  all 
we  can  and  by  so  doing  help  ourselves.

*A  special  agent  of  the  United  States 
Department  of Agriculture  reports  that 
beyond  doubt grain  can  be matured any­
where  in  Alaska.  Barley,  oats,  wheat 
and  rye  have  developed  perfectly  from 
seed  accidentally  sown  and  grown  wild. 
Flax  of  good  quality  has  also  been 
grown.

Marriage 

is  a  means  of  grace—and 
an  extravagant  wife  a  forerunner  of 
disgrace.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

and  the  methods  of  treatment  of  the 
principal  diseases  show  how  unsubstan­
tial  is  the  basis  of  the  science  they  pro­
fess.  A  distinguished  medical  author­
ity,  setting  forth  the  various  separate 
ideas  or  theories  upon  which  medical 
practice  has  been  based,  mentions  nat­
uralism,  humoralism,  solidism,  chemic- 
ism,  mechanicism,  neuropathology, 
stimulism,  phlogisticism, 
pyrexism, 
vitalism,  and latest,  of  the  present  time, 
cellular  pathology  and  ganglio-therapy. 
His  classification 
is  not  quite  up  to 
date,  since  there  have  been  many  addi­
tions to the  stock  of  theories.

There  has  been  no  feature  of  modern 
medical  progress  so  noticeable  as  the 
vast  numbers  of  curatives  placed  at  the 
service  of  the  physician.  Chemistry 
with 
lavish  skill  has  explored  the  ani­
mal,  vegetable  and  mineral  kingdoms 
for  remedies,  the  first  named  furnish­
ing  numerous  extracts  and  serums. 
In 
regard  to  the  overloaded  materia  med- 
ica,  a  physician 
in  the  April  issue  of 
the  Review  of  Reviews,  says:

We  can  not  with  good  grace  dismiss 
the  general  practitioner  and  his require­
ments  without  speaking 
in  plain  lan­
guage  in  condemnation  of the  drugging 
habit,  of  which  he  is  still  guilty  to  a  re­
markable  degree.  Cabalistic  prescrip­
tions  are  still  as  thick  as  flies  in  sum­
mer,  and  the  majority  of  our  patients 
pay  willingly  and  handsomely  for  our 
wisdom  transmitted  to them  in the shape 
of  nauseating  mixtures  from  the  time- 
honored  shelves  of  the  apothecary  shop.

TH E  VALUE  OF CHARACTER.

It  has  been  repeatedly  remarked  by 
those  who  have  had  large  opportunity 
for  observation  that there  are not enough 
honest,  capable,  reliable  men  to do  the 
world’s  work.

The  saying  is  a  true  one  and  its  truth 
exemplified  every  day.  How  common  it 
is  that  men 
in  important  positions of 
trust  and  responsibility,  whether  public 
or  private,  are  found  to  be  defaulters 
or otherwise  false  and  untrustworthy. 
How  much  more  common  is  it  that  men 
in  public  or  private  service  have  no 
other  care  than  to  draw  their salary  or 
wages  and  tp  do  as  little  for  it  as  pos­
sible.

Employers  or  persons  in  authority  al­
ways  know  the  degree  of  reliability  and 
usefulness  of  the  men  under  them  and, 
except  in  cases  where  political  or  other 
influences  which  create  discriminations 
are  concerned,  the  persons  whose  serv­
ices  are  most  willingly  dispensed  with 
are  those  who  are  least  desirable  and 
least  valuable.  Of course,  there  are  ex­
ceptions  to  this  rule  in  times  of great 
industrial  depression,  when many  estab­
lishments  are  closed  or are  working  on 
short  time;  but,  as  an  ordinary  thing, 
the  really  valuable  and  faithful  workers 
are  seldom  out  of  employment  for any 
length  of  time.  There  is  always  some­
thing  against  a  man  who  is  unable  to 
hold  a  place.

industrial  depression.  Then  great  num­
bers  who  would  otherwise  be  at  work 
are,  from  no  fault  of  their own,  con­
demned  to  enforced  idleness.  Except 
under  such  conditions,  he  holds  that 
there  is  everywhere  an  oversupply  of 
shiftless  or  inefficient  people 
in  whom 
defective  or undeveloped  personality  is 
a  conspicuous  characteristic.

For  the  services  of  people  of  this  lat­
ter  class  there  are  comparatively  few 
demands,  other  than  of  temporary  na­
ture.  Such  people  are 
replaced,  as 
speedily  as  circumstances  allow,  by 
workers  of  more  efficient  personality. 
Under  ordinary  circumstances 
is 
chiefly  persons  of  inefficient  or  unde­
veloped  personalities  who swell so large­
ly  the  ranks  of  the  unemployed.

it 

The  greatest  evil  of  poverty  is  that  it 
places  so  many  women  and  children,  by 
no  fault  of  their own,  but  through  the 
pitiful  conditions  forced  upon  them  by 
worthless  heads  of  families,  amid  sur­
roundings  that  familiarize  them  with 
vice  and  are 
likely  to  drive  them  to 
crime. 
If  they  could  be  rescued  from 
such  associations  great  good  would  be 
accomplished,  and 
is  to  this  that 
philanthropy  should  especially  address 
itself.

it 

Charity  should  be  so  organized  that 
it  would  devote 
itself  to  rescuing  the 
young  of  both  sexes  from  vicious  sur­
roundings,  so  that  they  may  be  brought 
up  in  virtue,  honesty  and  industrious 
habits.  As  for  habitual  adult  male 
idlers,  they  should  all  be  put  in  a work- 
house  and  condemned  to  hard  labor.

It  is  a  conspicuous  fact  that  many 
men  who  hold  foremost  places  in  com­
mercial,  industrial  and  financial  affairs 
in  this  country  started  out  as  poor boys, 
often  with  but  scanty  education.  But 
they  had  all  the  elements  of  character 
that  make  men  valuable  to  society. 
They  were  holiest,  industrious,  faithful 
to  every  duty  and  responsibility  com­
mitted  to them.

The  fact  that  they  had  been  faithful 
in  humble  situations  warranted  the  be­
lief  that  they  would  be  faithful  in  still 
more 
important  positions.  Combined 
with  their  honesty  and  reliability,  they 
were  industrious,  they  were  intelligent, 
they  were  alert  to  improve  themselves 
and  to  increase  their  usefulness  and  to 
promote  the  interests  of their employers. 
Their good  qualities  and  faithful  serv­
ices  met  due  recognition,  not  probably 
because  of  any  gratitude  on  the  part  of 
their  employers,  but  because  they  had 
urgent  need  of  such  men  in  their  busi­
ness.

And  the  need  for  honest,  faithful  and 
able  men  in  every  department  of  busi­
ness  is  greater than  ever before,  because 
business  combinations  and  operations 
are  on  a  vaster scale  than  ever  before. 
The  stockholders  in  the  great  trusts  and 
corporations  engaged  in  carrying  on  the 
industries,  the  commerce,  the  transpor­
tation  and  general  business  interests  of 
the  country  must  trust  the  management 
and  the  special  details  of  their enor­
mous  concerns  to  others.  These  others 
are  required  to  have  all  the  high  quali­
ties  necessary  for  such  great  responsi­
bilities.  The  men  who  start  in  the 
lowest  places  have  every  opportunity  to 
it  rests  upon 
rise  to  the  highest,  and 
them  to  do  so. 
In  attaining  success 
they  will  only  be  doing  what  others  like 
them  have  done  before.

Character  is  one  of  the  most  import­
ant qualities  required.  Let  that  fact  be 
taken  to  heart  by  every  boy  who  has  a 
worthy  ambition  to  rise  in  the  world.

Some  men  impose  on themselves when 

they  tax  their  memory.

This  subject  comes  up  in  an  article 
on  the  causes  of  poverty  in  the  Journal 
of  Ethics  for  April,  by  J.  G.  Phelps 
Stokes.  He  holds  that,  while  poverty 
is  usually  attributed  to  lack  of  employ­
ment,  vice  and  crime,  it  will  be  found 
that  lack  of  employment  is  ordinarily 
due  to  some  defect  of  character  and 
qualities  in  the  individual. 
If  persons 
are  given  to crime  and  vice,  it  is  also 
because  of  defects  in  moral  nature  and 
disposition.

Of  course,  poverty 

is  often  due  to 
misfortune  or  to circumstances  beyond 
human  control.  Undoubtedly much  pov­
erty 
is  due  to  sickness  and  death ;  but 
sickness is  most often  due to impairment 
of  tissue  vitality,  to defective  physical 
personality,  which  results  either  from 
unhealthful  occupations  or environment, 
or  from  violation  (conscious  or  uncon­
scious)  of the  recognized laws of  health.
The  poverty  that  is ascribed  to drunk­
enness  and  to  various  forms  of  vice  and 
crime  can  similarly  be  traced  to  defect­
ive  personality  as  its  cause  and  foun­
tain  head.  For drunkenness and  wrong 
doing  are  but  evidences  of  moral  weak­
ness;  are  but  manifestations  of  defec­
tive  personality.  The  shiftless, 
idle, 
drunken  father of  a  family  consigns  his 
wife  and  children  to  misery  and  want, 
and  they  are  the  innocent  and  helpless 
victims  of  his  misconduct  and  worth­
lessness.  Any charity  that  enables  such 
a  creature  to  live  without  rendering  any 
compensation  to  society  is  on  a  wrong 
basis. 
It  ought  to  be  so  arranged  as  to 
help  the  innocent  while  excluding  from 
all  benefits the  cause  of their  trouble.

If  any  system  of socialism  can  ever 
it  must  be  so 
be  made  practicable, 
organized  as  to  punish  the  persistently 
idle  and  to  provide  that  no man  shall be 
allowed  to eat  who does  not  render some 
compensatory  service.  As  matters  now 
stand,  a  vast  burden  is  placed  upon  the 
honest,  industrious  classes  by  compel­
ling  them  to  support  criminals  and  the 
habitually  idle  and  vicious  classes.

Mr.  Phelps  thinks,  that  the  outcry  of 
an  excess  of  honest,  efficient  laborers 
unable  to  secure  employment  is  seldom 
based  on  fact.  The  exception 
is  in 
times  of  extraordinary  commercial  and

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9

STANDARDS  OF  B EACTT.

Nothing  is  more  varied than standards 
of  human  beauty.  Almost  every  indi­
vidual  erects  one  for  himself  and,  when 
taken  together,  they  represent  infinite 
varieties.

in 

ideas, 

As  to  there  being  any  such  thing  as  a 
national  or  race  standard,  nothing  of the 
sort  exists.  Those  pictures  or  statues 
found  in  art  galleries  and  supposed  to 
be  special  models  are  only  the  expres­
sions  by  particular  artists  of  their  indi­
vidual 
respect  to  female 
beauty,  take  the  pictures  and  statues  of 
the  Blessed  Virgin,  which  exist  by 
thousands. 
is  a  woman  who 
should  be  a  model  of  both  physical  and 
spiritual  beauty,  it  is  Mary,  the  mother 
of  Christ;  but  the  fact  remains  that 
many  of  the  representations  of  her  from 
the  pencil  or  the  chisel  of  the  most  fa­
mous  artists  are  unlovely,  plain  and,  in 
not  a  few  cases,  positively  ugly.  Each 
artist  represented  this  sacred  personage 
according  to  his  own  notion,  and  that is 
all  the  standard  there  is.

If  there 

These  remarks  are  suggested  by  an 
article 
in  the  April  Cosmopolitan,  by 
Henry  T.  Finck,  who  discusses  the  so- 
called  Greek  models.  The  only  Greek 
women  whose  names  have  become  syn­
onyms  for  beauty  were  Helen,  who 
lived 
in  the  time  of  the  Trojan  war,  of 
which  she  was  the  cause;  Campaspe,  a 
mistress  of  Alexander the  Great, painted 
by  Apelles,  and  Phryne,  a  courtesan  of 
Athens.  These  women  are  only  known 
in  history.  No  representation  of  them 
survives.  Only  pictures  of 
statues 
long  after  they  were  dead  exist, 
made 
and  they  are  all  works  of  the 
imagina­
tion.

like  Aspasia. 

The  Greeks  regarded  only  physical 
beauty.  They  did  not  educate  their 
women,  but  kept  them  shut  up  at  home. 
A  Greek  wife  or  maiden  was  seldom, 
if  ever,  allowed  to  appear  at  the  theater 
or  the  public  games.  The  only  culti­
vated  and  educated  women whose names 
Grecian  history  has  handed  down  were 
courtesans, 
The  most 
celebrated  Greek  statues  that  have  come 
down  to  the  present  day  present  the 
women  in  a  high  state  of  physical  vigor 
and  strength.  The  Greek  boast  was  that 
their  women  were  mothers  of  heroes. 
That  was  the  only  dignity  allowed  to 
them.  They 
lacked  the  delicate  and 
spiritual  beauty  which  is  demanded  to­
day  and  they  were  rather  rustic  in  their 
style.

Mr.  Finck,  in  his  article,repeats what 
was  said  by  the celebrated critic, Winck- 
lemann,  when  he  declared  that  the 
Greek  ideal  was  masculine.  The  Venus 
di  Medici,  credited  to  Cleomenes,  has 
a  waist  and  feet  that  are  masculine  in 
their  dimensions  and  have  furnished  a 
permanent  text for  medical  men  in  after 
ages.  This 
is  the  view  taken  by  Mr. 
Finck,  who  says:

The  ancient  Greeks,  in a  word,  with 
all  their  superior  culture,  failed  to  dis­
cover  the  charms  of  true  femininity. 
They  were  as  pre-eminently  masculine 
in  their  ideas  and  ideals  as  American 
Indians.  Their  Venus 
is  a  wanton; 
their  Juno,  a  shrew;  while  Diana,  god­
dess  of  the  cruel  chase,  is  repulsively 
mannish,  the  professed  enemy  of  love; 
and  Minerva,  goddess  of  war  and  wis­
dom,  has,  in  the  words  of  Gladstone, 
“ nothing  of  sex  except  the  gender, 
nothing  of  the  woman  except the form.”  
I  have  seen  no  Greek  statue  in  which 
all  the  lines  and  curves  are so exquisite­
ly  and  unmistakably  feminine  as,  for 
instance,  in  the  “  Psyche"  of  Bougue- 
reau;  while  even  in  the  Venus  statuary, 
as  Sir  Charles  Bell  has  remarked,  there 
is  no  womanly  expression;  as  he  says, 
“ it  has  no  human  softness,  nothing  to 
love. ’ ’

Before  woman  could  become  truly

lovable,  beautiful  according 
to  our 
idea, it  was necessary that she be  touched 
by  the  refining  influences  of  Christian 
civilization,  so  that  she  should  be  some­
thing  more  than  a  symmetrically formed 
animal.  _____________

DANDER  OF  INFLATION.

The  recent  organization  of  the  gigan­
tic  steel  trust  with  enormous  capital, 
representing  many  times over the  actual 
value  of  the  properties  combined,  and 
the  many  other  big  combinations  which 
have  been  already  formed  and  are  yet 
forming,  have  given  conservative  peo­
ple  much  room  for thought.  These  great 
combinations,with  their  fabulous  wealth 
of  securities,  have  caused  tremendous 
speculation  in  Wall  Street  recently.  Of 
course,  the  money  market  has  favored 
such  speculation  and  money  seeking  in­
vestment  has  been  plentiful,  but  observ­
ing  people  can  not  but  reflect  that  these 
securities  of  the  great  combinations  do 
not  represent  actual  values.

Upon  top  of  these  great  industrial 
combinations  comes  the  effort  to  com­
bine  the  control  of  all  the  railroads, 
with  its  proposed  capitalization  to  a 
fabulous  amount  compared  with  which 
all  previous  financiering  will  appear 
ridiculously  small.  This  means  another 
ocean  of  watered 
to  be 
dumped  on  Wall  Street  for the  gullible 
public  to  absorb.  These  securities  do 
not  and  can  not  represent  actual  value. 
Such  being  the  case,  the  many  must 
eventually 
lose  their  money,  to  enrich 
the  few  sharp  promoters  back  of  these 
gigantic  enterprises.

securities 

Were  the 

loss  of  millions  of  the  peo­
ple’s  money  the  only  evil  result  of  this 
wild  speculation,  the  thing  would  be 
bad  enough,  but  there  is  worse  danger 
to  be  feared.  When  these  bubbles  col­
lapse,  as  collapse  they  must  sooner  or 
later,  the  sudden  contraction  in  values 
which  will  take  place,  the  loss  of  confi­
dence  and  sharp  rise 
in  money  rates 
which  must  ensue  may  cause  general 
financial  and  business  demoralization. 
Such 
is  the  sequel  to  all  periods  of  in­
flation  and  excessive  speculation,  and 
there  is  no  reason to  believe  that  there 
will  be  a  different  result  in  the  present 
case.-

The  promotion  of  vast  enterprises, 
which  represent  immense  capital  but 
little  actual  value,  is  not  confined  alone 
to  this  country. 
It  is  common  enough 
elsewhere,  and  particularly  in  London, 
and  the  result 
is  inevitably  the  same, 
namely,  a  period  of  shrinkage  and 
panic  following  a  season  of  inflation 
and  speculative  excitement.

legitimate 

The  worst  feature  about  this  wild  cat 
speculation  and  promotion  of  enter­
prises  with  greatly  watered  stock  is  not 
the  loss  of  money  by  the  speculators 
themselves,  hut  the  damage  and  set­
back  resulting  to general  business.  A 
panic,  no  matter  how  precipitated,  un­
settles  confidence,  makes  capital  un­
duly  timid  and  at  once  checks  enter­
prises.  During  the  period  of  ultra-con­
servatism  which  always  follows  finan­
cial  upheavals, 
industries, 
and  particularly  new  enterprises,  suffer 
and  trade  sensibly  contracts.
The  people  who  are  so  recklessly 
promoting 
immense  combinations  and 
consolidations, which are  represented  by 
great  issues  of  securities,  should  not  be 
encouraged  by  the  great  financial  insti­
tutions,  nor should  the  public  be  eager 
to  absorb  their  securities.  Some  years 
ago,  when  the  trust 
idea  took  such  a 
strong  hold  on  the  financial  market,  the 
financial  institutions  checked  the  pend­
ing  danger  by  refusing  to  accept  trust 
and 
industrial  securities  as  gilt-edged 
collateral.  This  course  soon  checked 
the  promoters  and  brought  about a  more 
healthy  state  of  affairs  in  the  security 
market.  The  same  remedy  might  with 
advantage  be  again  applied.

A R E   TH ER E  NO  REM EDIES?

The  marked  and  distinguishing  fea­
ture  of  the 
last  ten  years  has  been  the 
enormous  growth  of  monopolies  in  con­
trolling  articles  of  daily  consumption 
and  necessary  services  by  the  vast  com­
binations  of  capital  known  as  trusts.

Only  once  in  the  entire  range  of  his­
tory  has  there  been  anything  like  these 
powerful  commercial  monopolies,  and 
that  was  when  Pharaoh  and  Joseph  cor­
nered  the  entire supply  of  breadstuffs  in 
Egypt  and  held  control  of  it  for seven 
successive  years.  There 
is  every  rea­
son  to  believe  that  the  remarkable  nar­
rative  referred  to  is  no  fable,  but  a  true 
account  of  the  adoption  by  enterprise 
and  capital  of  an  opportunity which was 
foreseen  by  an 
individual  of  unusual 
sagacity,  and  which  offered  a  prospect 
of  immense  pecuniary  profits.

The  incidents  narrated  are  so  entirely 
consistent  with  the  most  plainly  estab­
lished  acts  of  human  nature  as  they  are 
illustrated  to-day 
in  the  trusts  that  the 
Egyptian  speculators  would  have  been 
considered  shamefully  derelict 
a 
plain  business  duty  if  they  had  failed 
to  do  what  they  did,  and  that  was  to 
“ corner”  the  entire  food supply  and  ex­
tort  from  a  starving  people  all they had, 
even  their  liberty.

in 

The  history  of  the  Egyptian food trust 
is  full  of instruction  and  is  worth  study, 
because  it  shows  the  extremes  of  human 
covetousness  and 
the  extraordinary 
lengths  to  which  selfishness  will  push 
men  who  have  the  opportunity  and  the 
power  to  gratify  their  desire  for gain 
and  for  power. 
It  is  not  likely  that 
there  would  be  any  effort  to  monopolize 
the  entire  grain  crop  of  the  United 
States  under  ordinary  circumstances; 
but  if  it  were  known  that  the  wheat  and 
rye  fields  of  Russia,  Hungary  and  In­
dia  had  been  at  the  same  time  greatly 
curtailed  by  an  extraordinary  drought, 
there 
is  no  reason  to  doubt  that  a 
mighty  syndicate  of  capitalists  would 
be  at  once  formed  to  monopolize  the 
grain  market  of  the  Northwest,  and  this 
combination  would  be  so  successful  that 
the  price  of  bread  to  every  human  crea­
ture  in  the  United  States  would  be  dis­
tinctly  and  seriously  increased.

There  are  fifteen  million  families  in 
the  United  States,  and  any  raise  in  the 
price  of  bread  to  the  extent  of  ten  cents 
a  day  for  each  family  would  entail  up­
on  those  families  an  additional  daily 
expense  for  food  of  $1,500,000,  or $45,- 
000,000  a month.  But  in  all  probability 
it  would  be  greater,  since  an  increase 
in  the  price  of  grain  would  correspond­
ingly  raise  the  price  of  meat  and  other 
articles,  so  that  the  cost  of  living  would 
be  greatly 
increased,  with  no  corres­
ponding  raise  in  wages.

failure  of 

food  crops 

It  is  easy  to  see  that  a  wheat  trust,  or 
a  corn  trust,  in  a  time  when  there  was 
a  general 
in 
Europe  and  India,  would  work  incon­
ceivable  evil  and  suffering  to the  Amer­
ican  people,  no  matter  how  bountiful 
might  be  their own  crops,  and  that  the 
men  and  the  money  would  be  found  to 
take  advantage  of  the  situation  is  not 
for  a  moment  to  be  doubted.  Possibly 
a  dozen  years  ago  it  would  have  been 
difficult  to  form  such  a  combination; 
but  the  efforts,  not  long  ago,  of  the 
Leiter  combination 
in  Chicago  to  cor­
ner  wheat,  and  the  present  movement 
there  by  young  Phillips  to  monopolize 
the  corn  market  and  raise  the  price  to 
the  unusual  figure  of  50 cents  a  bushel, 
show  that  already  the  ambition  and  the 
design  to  control  the  bread  market  are 
not  wanting,  and  since  the  organization 
of  the  billion-dollar  steel  trust,  and  the

more  than  hillion-dollar  railroad  trust, 
it  can  be  plainly  seen  that  when  the 
time  comes  to  monopolize  the  people’s 
bread  the  means  will  not  be  lacking.

in 

Have  the  people  any  remedy  against 
such  conditions?  Apparently  there  is 
none 
law.  There  is  no  warrant  un­
der  the  Constitution  of  the United States 
for  preventing  combinations  of  capital 
to  carry  on  commercial  and  industrial 
affairs.  The  courts  of  the  country  have 
held  that  combinations  of  capital  to  put 
up  prices  of  commodities  and  transpor­
tation  are  not  in  contravention  of  the 
law.  The  fact  that  trusts  and  monop­
olies  are  being  created  almost  daily  to 
control  commercial  and  industrial  oper­
ations  proves  how  entirely  futile  are 
hopes  of  relief  drawn  from  appeals  to 
lawmakers  and  law  dispensers.

The 

idea  has  been  expressed  that  no 
commercial  monopoly  that  is  conducted 
judg­
with  any  business  sagacity  and 
ment  will  ever  raise  prices  of 
its  com­
modities  so  that 
it  will  be  beyond  the 
ability  of  the  masses  of  the  people,  who 
are  the  consumers,  to  buy.  This is  true ; 
it  does  not  prevent  the  raising  of 
but 
prices  all  the  same. 
If  the  Standard 
Oil  Company  should  demand  one  more 
cent  a  gallon  on  all  the  petroleum 
it 
sells,  small  as  is  the  amount  on  a  single 
gallon,  the  burden 
imposed  on  each 
consumer  would  be  considerable,  while 
the  entire  profit  which  such  a  raise 
would  yield  would  be  enormous.  One 
more  cent  a  pound  to the  sugar  trust  on 
its  entire  output  would  make  a  hole  in 
the  average  workingman’s  wages 
in 
the  course  of  a  year.

It  is  not  expected  that  the  monopoliz­
ers  of  necessaries  will  ever  raise  prices 
so  that  they  will  be  prohibitory;  but, 
all  the  same,  the  consumers  are  at  their 
mercy,  so  that  there  is  no  relief  to  be 
expected  from  the 
forbearance  and 
moderation  of  the  trusts.

since 

A  writer  in  the  April Forum proposes, 
as  a  partial  remedy,  the  discovery  by 
science  and  mechanism  of  substitutes 
for  the  articles  monopolized  by 
the 
trusts;  but  there  are  limits  to  such  dis­
coveries,  and 
the  monopolies 
have  the  means  of  buying  up  all  new 
processes  that  could  benefit  or  injure 
them,  there  is  no  great  amount  of  relief 
to  be  secured  from  such  means,  and  it 
is  this  apparent  helplessness  of  the  peo­
ple  that  is  driving  them  to  the  extreme 
doctrines  of  socialism—doctrines  which 
can  not  be  put  into  successful  opera­
tion,  because  of  the  lack  of  honesty  and 
integrity  and  devotion  to  duty  on  the 
part  of  the  vast  numbers  of  officials  and 
employes  who  would  be  required  to  ad­
minister 
the  enormous  aggregate  of 
wealth  that  would  be  placed  in  their 
hands. 
To-day  public  officials  are 
treated  only  with  the  public  revenues 
that  arise  from  taxation.  Under  a  sys­
tem  of  pure  socialism  there  would be  no 
private  property.  The  entire  proceeds 
of 
labor  and  everything  that  could  be 
classed  as  wealth  would  form  a  common 
stock,  a  general  fund,  to  be  adminis­
tered  for  the  entire  population.

Under  such  a  system,  not  merely  the 
functions  of  ordinary  government,  but 
all  the  operations  of  finance,  commerce 
and  industry  would  be  matters  of  public 
administration,  and  every 
individual 
in  any  occupatioif or  pursuit 
engaged 
whatever  would be a public servant. 
In­
stead  of  a  few  hundred  thousand  public 
officials  and  employes 
in  the  United 
States,  there  would  be  forty  millions  or 
more.  Men  will  look  with  more  or  less 
vigilance  after their  own  private  prop­
erty  and  interests;  but  when  there  is  no 
private  property,  and  there  are  no  pri­
vate 
in  the  care  or  pursuit  of 
property,and  when everything  is  a  mere 
matter  of  public  concern,  where  can 
the  zeal,  the  honesty,  the  fidelity,  the 
devotion  tc  public  interests  be  found  to 
administer  such  overpowering concerns?

interests 

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Clerks’  Corner.

Proper  Way  to  Hire  and  Treat  the  Clerk.
With  most  merchants  the  proper  hir­
ing  of  clerks 
iuvolves  deep  study  and 
care, and  frequently  losses  occur  through 
the  improper  hiring  of  persons  for  this 
work.  No  ironclad  rule  can  be  laid 
down  to  be  followed  in  this  matter,  but 
there  should  be  a  proper  use  of  good 
judgment,  and 
fair  average  common 
sense  is  required.

In  the  6rst  place  be  honest  with  your­
self  in  hiring  the  new  clerk.  You  can 
not  expect  from  those  in  your  employ  a 
higher  plane  of  morality  and  honesty 
than  you  yourself  display. 
If  you  are 
tricky  in  business,  dishonest  with  those 
from  whom  you  buy  your  goods  or to 
whom  you  sell  your goods,  you  can  not 
expect  that  your  clerks  will  always  be 
honest  with  you.  They  are  sooner  or 
later  sure  to  follow  the  example  set 
them. 
In  order  to  secure  honesty  in 
clerks  you  must  first  make  them  under­
stand  you  are  honest.  And  then  it  does 
not  always  follow  that  the  clerk  will  be 
honest  with  you.  He  may  have  an  in­
herent  inclination  to  do  wrong,  which 
must  be  curbed  and  watched,  if  you 
desire  to  prevent  petty  thefts  and  mis­
cellaneous  stealing.

references, 

It  is  to  be  assumed  from  the  start that 
befoie  engaging  the  clerk  you  have 
studied  him  carefully,  you  have  looked 
up  bis 
investigated  his 
moral  character and  his  habits  andbave 
satisfied  yourself  that  as  far  as  surface 
indications  go  and  from  a  superficial 
standpoint  he 
is  honest  and  desirable. 
But  you  should  not  rest  satisfied  with 
this  investigation.  So far as  you  reason­
ably  can  without  setting  a  watch  over 
his  actions  you  should  keep  in  touch 
with  his  every  day  acts;  you  should 
know  where  he  goes 
after  working 
hours,  in  what  company  he  associates, 
and 
is  any  little  act  done  or 
anything  said  which 
is 
swerving  from  the  strict  path  of  recti­
tude,  call  him  into  the  office  and  have 
a 
little  talk  with  him  and  show  him 
wherein  he  is  wrong.  This  should  be 
done  kindly  and  honestly  in  a  heart  to 
heart  talk. 
The  clerk  soon  knows 
whether  or  not  ail  employer  is  in  touch 
with  him,  and 
if  he  feels  that  his  em­
ployer  has  a  natural  sympathy  and  an 
interest  in  his  actions  he  is  likely  to 
make  them  conform  to  higher  standards 
and  gradually  he  will  develop  into  a 
stronger character.

indicates  he 

if  there 

If  a  clerk  does  little  mean  things  to 
the  customers,  or  takes  advantage  of 
their  weakness  or  ignorance  in  selling 
them  goods,  watch  out  for him.  He 
will  take  advantage  of  his  employer 
whenever the  opportunity  offers,  and 
it 
will  come  sooner  or  later,  no  matter 
how  shrewd  or  how  keen  a  business 
man  that  employer may  be.  The  man 
who  does  a  sneaking  act  for  his  em­
ployer  and  tells  the  employer that  he 
has  done  something  “ cute"  ought  to  be 
carefully  watched.

If  you  are  satisfied  that  your  clerk  is 
honest  in  money  matters and  honest  in 
his  loyalty  to  you  and  your  legitimate 
interests,  make 
it  an  incentive  for  him 
to  remain 
in  your  employ.  There  are 
various  ways  of  accomplishing  this, 
either  through  advancing  his  salary  as 
he  increases  his  usefulness  or  increases 
his  sales  or by  offering  a  prize  for  in­
creased  usefulness.  A  plan  outlined  in 
the  Dry  Goods  Reporter  recently  seems 
to  be  a  good  one  to  follow.  An  employ­
er of  many  clerks decided  to  retain  all 
those  who  were  business  getters,  and  he

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

had  each  clerk  keep  a  record  of  his 
sales  for  the  year.  At  the  end  of  the 
year  he  figured  up  his  profits  and  then 
set  aside  a  certain  amount  of  the  profits 
to  be  given  the  clerks  as  a  reward  in 
excess  of  their  salary  for  faithful  serv­
ices.  This  reward  was  given  either  in 
the form  of  a  money  prize,  or if  the  sum 
of  money  was  not  large  was  given  in 
the  form  of  a  gift  to the  amount  due 
each  clerk.  For  instance,  if the  clerk 
was  receiving  a  salary  of  $600 a  year, 
and  the  profits  were  enough  larger to 
warrant  paying  him  $50  additional  at 
the  end  of  the  year,  this  sum  was  given 
to  him  outright  and  he  was  told  that 
his  salary  for  the  next  year  would  be 
$650,  if  he  kept  his  sales  up  to the  vol­
ume  of  the  previous  year. 
If  they  in­
creased  over  the  previous  year  another 
cash  prize  in  proportion  to  the  increase 
would  be  given  him  and  his  salary  for 
the  third  year  would  be  increased  to the 
in­
new  mark,  etc.  This  furnished  an 
centive  to the  clerk  to  increase  his 
in­
dividual  business  in  all  possible  ways, 
in  order to thereby  increase  his  salary, 
and  among  the  clerks  in  the  store  there 
was  a  most  natural  rivalry  to  sell  as 
many  goods  as  possible.  Some  mer­
chants  guarantee  their  clerks  a  stipu­
lated  salary  per  week and  if the  sales  go 
beyond  a  certain  amount  they  pay  an 
additional  commission  on  this  excess. 
This  is  legitimate  and  also  furnishes  an 
incentive  to  the  clerk  to do  his  best  as  a 
salesman.

Employers  must  be  careful  not  to 
If  they 
break  faith  with  their clerks. 
promise  a  raise 
in  salary  at  a  certain 
time,  they  must  put  the  raise  in  effect, 
honestly  and  without  equivocation. 
It 
is  far  better not  to  make  such  a promise 
than  to  make  it  and  then  break  it.  E x­
treme  care  should  be  used  in  making 
such  promises.

is  pessimistic  or  a  grumbler. 

During  store  hours  the  clerk  should 
be  kept  busy  always,  unless  the  hours 
are  unusually  long  ones.  By  keeping 
him  busy  the  employer  will  keep  him 
contented,  and  when  a  man is  contented 
he  will  render better  service  than  when 
he 
If 
in  the  store, 
there  are  no  customers 
have  him  arrange  the  stock  or  do  the 
little  odd jobs that are  always  necessary.
Do  not stamp out  the  independence  of 
the  clerk  and  make  him  a  mere  autom­
aton).  Make  him  believe  that  you  ex­
pect  him  to  think  for  himself  and  use 
his  brains  for  the  purpose  for  which 
they  were  given  him. 
If  he  has  a  good 
idea  that  will  help  your  business,  do 
not  be  so  narrow  as  to  discard  it  or 
laugh  at  it.  If  he  comes  to  you  with  an 
idea  or  a  suggestion,  give  it  the  atten­
tion  it  deserves  and  i f  you  adopt  it  and 
it  proves  successful  as  a  part  of  your 
store  management,  give  him  credit  for 
it  and  make  him  appreciate  the  fact 
that  you  are  ready  to accept  advanced 
ideas.  The  clerk  is  in  touch  with  your 
customers  personally  and  he  may  arrive 
at  some  conclusion  or  originate  some 
idea  from  this  personal  contact that will 
advance  your  interests.  The  clerk  is  a 
human  being  and  he  has  the  power of 
thought.  Make  his  mentality  count  as 
well  as  his  talking  ability  to sell  goods.
Have  some  regard  for  the  rights  of 
the  clerk. 
It  is  only  in  the  most  ex­
treme  cases  that  the  man  behind  the 
counter  has  to  be  treated  in  a  churlish 
manner  or  must  needs  be  embarrassed 
before  his  custsomers.  Remember  that 
and  only  reprove  him  sharply  in  such 
extreme  cases.

If  you  treat  your  clerks  in  all  justice 
and  fairness  and  reward  them  properly 
for their  work,  you  can  expect  in  return 
the  best  of  service  and  the  highest  de­
velopment  of  their  honor and  integrity. 
If they  fail  to  respond  to  this treatment, 
there  is  only  one  course  open  to  you : 
Discharge  them.— Commercial Bulletin.

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design  in  iron.  Fancy  dial.  A   good  time keeper.

»Tempus Fugit”

For  a limited time  only  one  clock  goes  free with 

100 Cigars  for $3.50 net.

Worden  Grocer  Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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TH E  PUTNAM  GANDY  GO.,

GRAND  R A P ID S,  M I6H .

A  customer in the Upper Peninsula writes this week:

“You people  make  a  fine  line  of

Penny  Goods

Please ship at once twenty-five boxes, assorted.”

’Nuff said!

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

B .  W .  PUTNAM ,  P resid en t 

R.  R.  B E A N .  S ecreta ry

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 1

LAWS ABOVT  SAYING.

Familiar  Landmarks  on  the  Royal  Road 

to  Wealth.

Under the  title,  “ The  Royal  Road,’ ’ 
a  Chicago  bank  issues  a  dainty  booklet 
said  to  contain  “ a  few  suggestions  re­
garding  the  possibilities  of  finding  a 
short  cut  to  wealth. 
“ People  reading it 
will  discern  that  the  “ long  but  sure 
way”   is  advocated ;  but  it makes it none 
the  less  interesting:

Some  men  are  always  expecting  to 
rise  by  means  of  a  pull,  but  while  they 
are  looking  around  for somebody  to pull 
them  up,  the  man  on  the  road  is  plod­
ding  steadily  onward  and 
generally 
reaches  the  top  while  the  other  man  is 
still  hunting  for the  pull.

When  you  start  to  do  a  thing  depend 
on  your own  efforts  and  bunch  them  all 
on  the  work  in  hand.

Some  men  no  sooner  make  a  few  dol­
lars’  profit 
in  their own  business  than 
they  want  to  grow  rich  quick  by  invest­
ing  their  profit,  through  a  promoter,  in 
the  stock  of  some  big  business  that  they 
know  nothing  about.  They  often  grow 
wiser  later.

Keep  your  own  money 

in  your  own 
business  or  sell  out  and  follow  your 
money.

Some  men  think  that  success  depends 
upon  the  amount  of  money they  make.
It  certainly  is  something  of  a  science  to 
make  money,  but it is  more  of  a  science 
to  hold  it.  A  man  should  be  willing  to 
work  hard  to  make  money,  but  should 
work  a  great  deal  harder 
to  avoid 
losses. 
It  is  the  losses  that  cause  fail­
ures.
It 

is  an  achievement  to  take  Spion 
Kop  by  storm,  but  it  is a  greater one  to 
hold  it.

Some  men  hunt  for a  short  cut to  for­
tune 
in  speculation.  Ninety-nine  out 
of  every  hundred  men  who  start  out  on 
this  trail  are  either  led  over a  precipice 
or  into  a  quagmire  by  that  ignis  fatuus, 
“ a  sure  thing.”

Stick  to  the  main  road. 

It  is  a  little 
winding  sometimes  and  dusty,  and  may 
not  always  be  picturesque;  but  you 
can’t  get  lost  on  it,  and there  is  no dan­
ger of  stepping  off the  end.

Honest  work  is the only “  sure thing. 
Some  men  never  travel  farther than 
around  the  first  bend  in  the  road  before 
they  want  to  try  some  other  road.  The 
time  and  effort  they  spend  in  climbing 
fences  and  wading  creeks between  roads 
would  take  them  to the  end  of  the  road, 
while  they  are  still  afield.

You  can’t  advance  fast  by  moving 
crossways.  Find  out  what  you  want  to 
do  and  then  stick  to  it.

Some  men 

look  for  fortune  in  social 
and  secret  orders.  They  expect their 
growing  acquaintance  to  lift  them  up, 
as  the 
incoming  tide  lifts  the  fisher­
man’s  boat  off  the  sandbar.  But  they 
generally 
so  much  time  and 
money  on  their  club  and  society  affairs 
that  their  business  suffers  more  from 
want  of  proper  attention  than  they  gain 
outside.

spend 

Very  few  men  have  ever  learned  how 

to  ride  two  horses  at  once.

Some  men  no  sooner  find  a  profitable 
market  for  the  limited  output  of their 
little  shop  than  they  want  to  form  a 
company  with  large  capital  and  capac­
ity  and  send  out  traveling  men  into 
every  state  at  once.  To  expand  their 
business  each  year with  the  last  year’s 
profit  is too  slow.  They  hate  climbing ; 
they  want  to fly.

Steady  growth  means  strength, 

in 
business  as  in  nature.  The  sturdy  oak 
grows  by  adding  one  concentric  ring  to 
its trunk  each  year.

You  can  tell 

it  by  its  way-stations: 
Honesty,  Decision,  Concentration  of 
Purpose,  Industry,  Economy,  Common 
Sense.  The  end*station  is  Success. 
In 
the  daytime  you  can  see  its  big  gilded 
dome,  and  at  night 
its  big  revolving 
light.  Push  ahead;  never  look  back­
ward;  follow  the  way-stations and you’ ll 
get  there.

In  a  booklet  called,  “ The  Royal  Re­
minder,”   a  companion  brochure 
to 
“ The  Royal  Road,”   the  following  epi­
grams 
in  regard  to  a  savings  bank  ac­
count  are  given  place  among  other  per­
haps  equally  cogent  statements:

The  prompt  payer  can  get  the  lowest 
prices,  and  the  holder of  a  savings  bank 
book  can  always  be  a  prompt  payer.

There  is  something  substantial  about 
a  man  who  has  money  in  the  bank  at 
interest;  he  has  a  feeling  of  security 
and 
independence  which  has  to  be  felt 
to  be  understood.

If  more  people  knew  how  the  first  two 
or three  entries  in  a  savings  bank  book 
help  and  stimulate  the  owner to  make 
additions,  until  the  habit  of  regular 
saving  becomes  a  thing  of  pleasure  as 
well  as  of  prudence,  less  people  would 
be  caught  out  in  the  wet  when  the  in­
evitable  “ rainy  day’ ’  comes.

Public  charity  would  be  reduced  to  a 
minimum  if  every  man  learned  the  les­
son  that  you  have  to  save  while  you  are 
earning  if  you  want  to  spend  when  you 
are  not  earning.

The  matter  of  living  within  your  in­
come,  and 
laying  by  something  at  in­
terest  for  the  future,  is  a  matter of  com­
mon  sense  and  backbone. 
If  you  have 
common  sense  enough  you  will  see  the 
point  of  providing  for the  future  while 
you  are  able,  and  not  leaving  this  pro­
vision  to the  uncertain  outcome  of  your 
future  business.  You can  do this  if  you 
jbave  backbone  enough;  and 
if  you 
haven’t  then  the  man  who  has  gets  your 
money.

increasing  savings  bank  account 
increasing  margin  of  protection 

An 
is  an 
against  any  decline  in  your  fortunes.

The  man  with  the  savings  book  is  re­
ceiving  interest  and  naturally feels more 
comfortable  and 
independent  than  the 
man  who  has  to  pay  interest.

The  savings  depositor  is  a  great  fac­
tor  in  the  development  of  a  country,  for 
it  is  his  money  that  the  banker  loans 
out  to  build  homes,  factories,  railroads, 
water  works  and  other  improvements.

If  you  happen  to  make  a  good  fee  or 
commission,  or  obtain  a  raise  in  your 
wages  or  salary,  it  isn’t  necessary  to  go 
right  out  and  buy  a  horse  and  buggy; 
or  if  you  happen  to  have  had  a  success­
ful  year  in  business  you  needn’t  put  all 
your  profits 
into  a  big  house.  Such  a 
course  may  do  for  a  man  who  is  willing 
to  trust  to  luck,  or to  a  rich  and  kind- 
hearted  father-in  law ;  but  you  should 
reflect  that  “ one  swallow  does  not  make 
a  spring” —there  may  be  some 
late 
frosts.

One  of  the  most  useful  and  difficult 
lessons  to  learn  is  always  to  keep  your 
balance.  Nothing  steadies  a  man  better 
than  a  savings  account,  growing  by  reg­
ular  weekly  deposits  and  semi-annual 
interest.

Not  Satisfactory.

“ Why, 

“ I’m  goin’  to  leave,  mum,”   an­
nounced  the  housemaid  to  her  mistress.
I’ ve  been  doing  half  your 
work  myself  in  order to  induce  you  to 
stay,”   replied  the 
“ Isn’t  that 
enough?”

lady. 

“ Yes’m ,”   answered  the  girl. 

your  half  of  it  ain’t  done to  suit me.”

“ But 

The  average  girl  finds  it  much  easier 

to  get  married  than  to  keep  bouse.

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In pounds,  halves  and 

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grocer.  Absolutely  the 
choicest teas grown. 

Write for particulars.

The J. M. BOUR CO.,

Toledo, Ohio.

Michigan  Gas Machine  and 

Mixing  Regulator

MANUFACTURED  ONLY  BY

Michigan  Brick & Tile  Machine  Co.

MORENCI,  MICH.

If you want the best and cheapest  light  on  earth write 
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

A  Bank

in  the 
interior  of  Pennsylvania  which 
employ  girls  to  fit  women’s  feet.  I  have 
asked  several  women  which  they  pre­
ferred,  men  or  girls,  and  each  one  has 
said  she  would  rather  have  the  girl 
clerk.  One  said  she  always  went  to  So- 
and-So’s  because  they  had  girl clerks.  I 
don’t  think  1  need  say  any  more.— 
Progress  in  Shoe  and  Leather  Facts.

New  Rubber  Producing:  District.

1 2

Shoes and  Rubbers

Are  Your  Clerks  Cultivated?—Women 

Salesmen.

Did  you  ever  notice  the  extent  some 
traveling  men  go  to  in  order to  culti­
vate  the  sociable  side  of  one  or  two  of 
your  clerks? 
If  so,  did  you  ever  notice 
the  faculty 
for  concentration  and  the 
tendency  for  “ push”   inherent  in  those 
one  or two  clerks,  which  is  not  the  case 
with  the  rest  of  your clerks?  Those one 
or  two  clerks,  mind  you,  are  superior 
to  all  the  rest  of  your  clerks.  And  the 
traveling  man  sees  it.  And  he  bids  for 
future  orders  by  cultivating  them..  He 
knows  that  things  change  and  buyers 
also.  He  knows  it  will  pay  him,  if  he 
desires  to  keep  his  shoes  in  that  store, 
to  look  carefully  after  the  embryo  buy­
er.  What 
is  the  result?  Well,  some 
sweet  day,  when  there’s  a  change  and 
a  clerk 
is  promoted  to  the  desirable 
position  of  buyer,  why,  then  he  stands 
in  with  the  new  buyer.  That’s  all.

I  recall  an  instance. 

In  a  large  store 
in  a  neighboring  city  there  had  been  a 
change.  The  new  buyer had  been  but  a 
clerk  the  day  before.  The  store  that 
morning  of  the  change  was  comfortably 
filled  with 
jobbers  and  manufacturers 
and  knights  of  the  grip  on  commission, 
who  had  heard  of  the  change  and 
it  a  good  season  now  to  culti­
thought 
vate  the  new  buyer. 
They  hadn't 
thought  of  cultivating  him  before— ex­
cept  one  slim  fellow,  who  w^s  selling 
on  a  salary  and  wore  glasses and  parted 
his  hair  near the  middle—just  like  the 
new  buyer.  Did  you  ever  notice  what 
an  affinity  there  seems  to  be  between 
men  whose  method  of  dress,  combing 
of  hair,  wearing  of  whiskers,  etc.,  are 
pretty  much  alike?  Well,  this  slim 
traveler  and  this  new  buyer  dressed 
much  the  same.  Furthermore,  the  slim 
traveler  had  cultivated  the  new  buyer 
ever  since  he  had  first  begun  selling 
shoes  to  that  store,  and  that  was  about 
three  and  a  half  years.  He  had  actual­
ly  made  it  a  point  on  every  visit  to  sin­
gle  out  the  present  new  buyer  from  all 
the  other  clerks  and  to  shake hands with 
him  and  tell  him  something  in  the  way 
of  a  side-splitting  chestnut.  The  result 
was  that  on  this  particular  morning  the 
half  dozen  jobbers  and  half  dozen  man­
ufacturers  and  six  ordinary  travelers 
closed  their grips  and  walked  out  with­
out  an  order and  without  the  promise  of 
one,  while  the  slim  fellow  who  had 
thought  and  seen  and  planned three  and 
a  half  years  into  the  future  pocketed  an 
order  and  was  assured  of  another  order 
on  his  next  visit.

I  suppose  you  receive  your  usual 
quota  of  visits  from  the  bright  adver­
tising  men  of  your  town. 
I  presume 
they  tell  you  so  much  about  the  best 
way  to  advertise,  until  you  think  now 
you  know  all  about  it.  Yet  you  can  not 
learn  too  much  from  them  about  adver­
tising. 
If  you  are  too  busy  with  other 
things  to  attend  to  your  advertising 
yourself,  the  more  you  learn  about  ad­
vertising  and 
its  methods  and  results 
from  these  men,  the  better  you  will  be 
able  to  judge  the  results  of  your  adver­
tising.

I  have  found  in  the  interior  of  Penn­
sylvania  that  the  shoe stores  there usual­
ly  have  a  girl  or two  to  wait  on  custom­
ers. 
I  don’t  find  this  the  case  so  much 
in  Philadelphia,  or  in  towns  a  few 
miles  outside  that  city.  And  I  have 
often  wondered  why.  Why  are  so  many 
of  the  clerks  here  men?  Surely  it  is  in 
order  for  the  retailers  hereabouts to take 
a  lesson  from  some  of  the  large  stores

In  connection  with  the  rubber  indus­
try  the  name  Para  has  become  a  syno­
nym,  so  closely  allied  has  the  city’s 
name  been  connected  with  that  feature 
of  the  world’s productions.;  but a change 
is  coming,  a  new  name  is  getting  to  be 
almost  as  well  known  as  that  of  Para, 
and  Manaos  rubber  is  fast  taking  its 
place  among  those  who  use  the  product.
There  is  considerable  rivalry  between 
the  people  of  Manaos  and  those of Para, 
and  those  of  the  former  place  entertain 
the  hope  that  it  may  ourstrip  the  latter. 
Manaos  is  situated  in  the  State  of Ama­
zonas,  Brazil,  a  territory  as  large  as  the 
New  England  and  Middle  States  com­
bined.  With  a  view  of  increasing  the 
business  of  its  principal  city,  regula­
tions  have  been  passed  requiring  all 
rubber  gathered 
in  the  State,  which  is 
the  largest  rubber-producing  district  in 
the  world,  to  be  handled  and  prepared 
for  shipment  in  Manaos.

The  growth  of  the  place 

in  recent 
years  would  put  some  of  our  own  cities 
to  shame,  for  in  the  past  eight  years 
there  has  been  an  increase  in  its  popu­
lation  from  20,000 to  53,000.  Fifty years 
ago  there  was  no  place  of  this  name, 
and  Amazonas  was  but  a  district  of 
Para,  with 
its  principal  town,  Barra, 
where  Manaos  now  stands.  At  that 
time  Barra  had  fewer  than  4,000 inhabi­
tants,  and  was  visited  by  Lieutenant 
W.  L.  Herndon,  of  the  U.  S.  Navy, 
when  he,  under the  direction  of  the  U. 
S.  Government,  made  an  exploration  of 
this  vast  territory,  but  failed  to find  any 
indication  of  rubber gathering.

The  wonderful  growth  of  the  place 
since  then  is  all  due  to  the  discovery  of 
rubber  in  quantities  sufficiently  large  to 
it  worth  while  to  ship,  and  now 
make 
that 
it  has  become  such  an  important 
item 
in  the  district’s  production,  it  is 
likely  that  future  developments  will  be 
greater than  the  past.
Heretofore, rubber gathering  in  Brazil 
has  been  conducted 
in  a  haphazard 
way,  but  of  late  there  have  been  many 
improvements  made,  not  only 
in  the 
gathering,  but in  the  preparing  for mar­
ket  and  shipment.  One  principal  fea­
ture  of  the  new  order  of  things  is  the 
placing  of  the  rubber  lands  under  pri­
vate  control,  and  a  more  systematic  and 
economical  method  of  gathering  has 
been  instituted,  with  the  result  that  in 
the  future  supplies  will  be  more  certain 
and  regular,  with  consequently 
lower 
and  more  stable  prices.

Care  of Patent  Leather.

Recently,  while the  writer  was  talking 
with  a  manager of  a  shoe  store,  he  no­
ticed  a  woman’s  patent 
leather  shoe 
which  was  damaged  on  the  toe  by  noth­
ing  else  than  some  careless  person,  who 
had  probably  a  few  days previous shown 
it  to  a  customer,  and  afterward  placed 
it  back  in  the  carton  without  taking  the 
trouble  to  see  that  a cotton or silk  paper- 
.wrapper  was  between  the  two  shoes. 
By  his  carelessness  a  pair  of  $3.50 
shoes  were  ruined  and  will  have  to  be 
sacrificed.

Shoe  men  must  remember that  pat­
ent  leather  is  a  most  delicate article and 
demands  more  attention  than  any  other 
leather.  Care  should  be  taken  to  have 
the  two  surfaces  never  meet.  A  cotton 
or  silk  paper-wrapper  should  always  be 
between  them,  as  the  enamel  is  bound 
to  paste  to  any  object  which  contains 
moisture,  and  when  taken  apart 
it  is 
sure  to  be 
Leather  houses 
where  patent  leather  is  sold  place  silk 
paper  on  the  leather  before  it  is  rolled.

injured. 

Whisky 

is  evidently  a  nonconductor. 
It  never  conducts  wealth  into  a  man's 
pocket,  happiness  into  his  home  or  re­
spectability  to  his  character.

Account
Is  a  convenient  thing  to 
h a v e   whether 
large  or 
small.  You can swell yours 
if  you  handle  o u r   shoes; 
they  are  profit  expanders.
W e  carry  rubbers  too—  
Wales-Goodyear,  Candee, 
Woonsocket,  Federal  and 
Rhode  Island.

No.  40X6

Women’s Dongola  one  strap  turned  opera 

slipper.  23i to  7.  $1.00.

EDWARDS-STANWOOD  SHOE  CO.,

Monroe  and  Franklin  Streets,  Chicago,  111.

W hirlw ind

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.
HerolcUBertsch 

Shoe Go.,
M akers o f S h o e s.
Grand  R ap id s,  M ich.

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and that  Lycomings contain more pure gum than any rubber 
on  the  market.  Ask  our  travelers  about  combinations 
Duck and Waterproof Leggins, Lumbermen’s Socks, Leather 
tops,  all  heights,  etc.,  etc.  Send  for  our  Shoe  Catalogue 
for spring. 

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Rubbers Still  Lower

New prices  on  Bostons 35-10 and 5 per cent.
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.
If you  have  not already placed your  order  wait 
for our  salesman and  ask  to  see  the  new kinds 
for this season.

fridge, Kalmbach,  Logic & Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 

M M t N H M H H M M H M M M R a M M M M M M H W M I M

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 3

to  seek  some  other  and  perhaps  more 
feminine  field  of  industry.— Geo.*E.  B. 
Putnam  in  Boot  and  Shoe Recorder.

Folly  of  Disturbing  Clerks While Making

a  Sale.

■Tennis, Yachting  and Gymnasium  Shoes-

With  Rubber  Soles

Abandoned  the  Plan  of  Hiring  Female 

Drummers.

Woman,  fair  woman,  is  invading  the 
realm  of  business,  and  it  really  seems 
as  though  we  should  have  to  look  up 
men  slaveys to  do our cooking and  wash­
ing  if  this  thing  keeps  on.  The  female 
drummer  has  ceased  to  be  a  novelty. 
From  all  accounts  I  have  not  yet  heard 
that  she  has  invaded  the  shoe  business 
to any  serious  extent,  still  it  may  come, 
alas,  any  day  when  the  old  war  horses, 
whose  faces  we  have  known  for  years 
and  who  have  visited  the  retail  trade 
spring  and  fall  every  year  for  a  decade 
or  two,  will  be  laid  upon  the  shelf  and 
their  places  taken  by  more  (or  less) 
beautiful  females  who  will  attempt  to 
induce  shoe  retailers  to  place  large  or­
ders with  them.  From what I  have  heard 
of the  invasion  of  other  trades  by  these 
petticoated  salesmen  I  should  judge that 
the  change 
is  not  exactly  agreeable  to 
many  retailers,  who,  although  they  may 
have  a  naturally  high  respect  for the 
sex,  and  who  are invariably courteous  in 
their  treatment  of  them  when  in  soci­
ety,  are 
loath  to  see  them  mingling  in 
business  matters.

It  was  only  the  other  day  that  a  mer­
chant 
in  another  line  of  business  told 
me  of  a  case  where  a  firm  had  failed  to 
sell  him  a  bill  of  goods,  the  said  retail­
er being  very  well  satisfied  to  continue 
trading  with  the  manufacturers  who  had 
served  him  well  for several  years.  For 
four  successive  trips  the  representative 
of  the  rival  house called  and  endeavored 
to  have  him  place  an  order,  but  without 
success, but  last  fall  a  change  came  over 
the  spirit  of  his  dreams  when  there 
into  his  store  a  trig  young 
marched 
woman,  dressed 
in  the  height  of  fash­
ion, 
straight  front  corsets,  L ’Aiglon 
dingle-dangles,  and  all  the  rest  of  the 
latest  ideas.  Following  her was  a  hotel 
porter  with  two  big  grips  looking  like 
sample  cases. 
It  did  not  take  long  to 
find  out  that  the  woman  represented  the 
firm  whose  drummer  of  the  male  per­
suasion  had  been  unable  to  secure  an 
order  during  the  previous  seasons,  for 
the  woman  with  the  volubility  for which 
her  sex 
is  noted  opened  fire  and  took 
the merchant’s  breath  away  with the tor­
rent  of  her  praise  of  the  goods.

The  dealer  was  at  first  courteous  and 
considerate,  but  firm 
in  his  previously 
announced  position  that  he  was  well 
satisfied  with  the  firms  with  whom  he 
was  dealing  and  did  not  wish  to  see  the 
samples.  But  that  made  no  difference, 
and  for  three  solid  hours that  woman 
talked,  wheedled  and  cajoled 
in  en­
deavoring  to  place  an  order  for those 
goods.  The  man’s  patience  had deserted 
him  and  when  the 
lady  commercial 
ventured  to  remark,  “ You  don’t  seem 
really  to  like  lady  drummers,”   he  was 
hasty  enough  to  give  her  a  most forcible 
negative,  at  the  same  time  consigning 
the  entire  tribe  of  female  salesmen  to 
the  old-fashioned  orthodox 
locality  of 
eternal  punishment. 
It  was  not  a  gen­
tlemanly  remark.  He  was  not  in  the 
habit  of  saying  such  things,  and  he  was 
naturally  courteous  to  women,  but  he 
claimed  afterwards  that  he  lost  his  tem­
per  under  the  unusual  provocation.

The  drummer  did  not  sell  the  goods 
and  this  dealer told  me  that  the  change 
in  the  policy  of  the  firm  in  hiring  fe­
male  drummers  was  abandoned  before 
the  saleswoman  had  reached  the  further 
point  of  her  outward trip,  and  long  be­
fore  the  return  route  was  entered  upon 
there  was  a  telegram  calling  her back  to 
the  factory  and  she  was  given  a 
liberal 
check  for the  remainder  of  the  term  for 
which  she had been engaged and allowed

It  is  very  annoying  to  a  clerk  to  have 
a  superior 
look  over  his  shoulder  and 
make  suggestions  as  to  the  style  of  shoe 
he  should  try  on  the  customer.  No  one 
knows  as  well  as  the  man  fitting  the 
shoes  the  desires  of  the  customer  or 
what  style  of  shoe  will  fit  the  foot  the 
best— if  the  clerk 
is  a  shoe  salesman.
If  he 
is  not  a  shoe  salesman,  take  him 
off  the  floor  and  hire  a  man  who will  at­
tend  to  your  business  properly.

A  case  came  up  recently  in  a  large 
New  York  store  where  the  manager,  in 
order  to assert  his  authority,  made  sug­
gestions  to  the  clerk  as  to  what  shoe  he 
should  try  on  the  customer’s  foot.  The 
result  was  that  the  customer  became 
very  much  embarrassed,  the  clerk  also, 
and  he  was  unable  to  do  justice  to  his 
employer,  all  because  of  this  interrup­
tion.  Happening  to  know  the  customer 
who  was  being  fitted,  she  informed  the 
writer  that  she  would  never  enter that 
store  again,  because  they  did  not  keep 
good  shoe  clerks  in  attendance  and  she 
did  not  intend  to  have  any  one  experi­
ment  with  her feet  to  learn  the  business. 
There  are  few,  if  any,  better  shoe  clerks 
in  the  city  of  New  York  than  the  man 
who  was  waiting  on  this  customer,  but 
the  interruption  of  the  manager  so  dis­
concerted  him  that  he  was  unable  to  do 
himself  justice  in  the  sale.

If  you  have  any  suggestions  to  make 
to  your  clerks,  make  them  after  the  cus­
tomer  has  left  the  store.  Observations 
are  all  right,  but  they  should  also  be 
made  from  a  distance.  You  can  never 
tell  what  will  annoy  a  customer,  and 
it 
is  necessary  for  you  at  all  times  to  take 
his  or  her  wishes  into  consideration.  If 
you  are  desirous  of  becoming  better  ac­
quainted  with  your customer  than  your 
own  personal  observation  on  the  floor 
will  permit,  ask  the  clerk  to  call  you 
forward  and  introduce you ;  then you  are 
on  a plane  of  equality.  You  may,  if  you 
desire,  with  propriety,  sit  on  the  settee, 
converse  with  the  customer  and  even 
make  suggestions  as  to  what  style  of 
shoe  should  be  worn  by  the  customer. 
This  is  most  pleasing  to  buyers. 
It 
shows  an  interest  in  the  trade  and  there 
is  no  customer  who  would  object  to  it. 
You will  find  in  future  sales  it  is  a great 
benefit.  Very often  a  customer becomes 
peevish  and  irritable,  so  that  no  matter 
how  well  acquainted  the  clerk  may  be 
with  her,  it 
is  necessary  for  her  to  be 
spoken  to  by  some  one  other than  the 
clerk  in  order to  satisfy  her.  This  will 
be  of  assistance 
in  making  future  ad­
justments,  as  a  personal  acquaintance 
with  customers,  even  although 
it  be  a 
business  one,  allows  you  to  treat  them 
with  more  freedom  than  you  otherwise 
could  expect  to.  They  will  also  have 
more  confidence  in  you.—Shoe Retailer.

Had  Heard  of One.

A 

lecturer 

dramatically:  “ Can  any  one 
room  tell  me  of  a  perfect  man?”

in  Hastings  enquired 
in  this 

There  was  a  dead  silence.
“ Has  any  one,”  he continued,  “ heard 

of  a  perfect  woman?”

Then  a  patient  looking  little  woman 
rose  up  at  the  back  of  the  room  and 
answered:
I’ve  often  heard  of 
her,  but  shels  dead  now.  She  was  my 
husband’s  first  w ife.”

“ There  was  one. 

In  Dakota.

Divorce  Lawyer—What  is  the  cause, 

Client— I  have  been  married 

two 

madam?

years.

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Price lists sent on application  Headquarters for Rubber Boots and  Shoes.

Seeing Is Believing

Look  our 
line  over  and
you will  believe  it  is  one 
of the  best  general  lines of 
shoes you  ever saw.
Our  salesmen will  call  on 
you  soon.

GoodyearGlove Rubbers 35-10-5 per cent 
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line  of  Misses  and  Childrens,  Boys,  Youths 
and  Little  Gents’  Shoes.  Over  200  samples 
to  select  from.  Also  complete  line  Womens,
Misses  and  Children’s  Slippers.  W rite  for 
salesman  to  call.

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all others—light duck  vamp,  extra  protection  over 
the toe and light weight extension sple.  The latter 
prevents cutting the side of  the hoot when  the  foot 
slips between two stones:  the toe cap prevents snag­
ging the toe,  and  the  light  weight  duck  vamp  will 
stand twice as much snagging as  a common  fishing 
hoot and has a light  weight  top.  List  price,  $6.35. 
The  common  old  style  lists  at  $6.00  but  the  new 
style is worth to wear $1.00 per pair more than the old. 
Remember  we  are  headquarters  for  mackintosh 
wading pants and hoots.  All  goods  sold  at  regular 
trade discount.  Send In your orders now.

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4  Monroe  Street,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Village  Improvement

What  One  Massachusetts  Town  Has  A c­

complished.

Changed  conditions  have  made  it  al­
most  an  imperative  business  necessity 
that  something  be  done,  and that  quick­
ly,  to  make  villages  and  village  life 
more  attractive.  For  years  social  econ­
omists  have  voiced  their  fears  that  the 
end  of  the  twentieth  century  would  see 
all  our  population  living  in  towns—that 
men  would  go  to  their  farms  in  the 
morning  as  to  an  office,  returning  to 
town  in  the  evening.  Great  things  have 
been  predicted  for  America’s  future 
when  this  should  come  to  pass.

is 

for 

The  usual  futility  of  speculating upon 
in  this 
the  far  distant  future  is  proved 
case.  Statisticians  tell  us  that  the  city­
ward  tide  is  about  at  a  standstill,  while 
a  marked  change 
in  public  sentiment 
towards  country  living is apparent.  For­
merly,  when  a man  in  a  small  town  ac- 
quired  a  competence  by  good  business 
habits,  he  grew  restless 
larger 
worlds  to  conquer,  and  would  remove  to 
larger  town  or  city.  He  knew  that 
a 
shrewdness 
recognized  the  world 
over,  and  did  not  fear  the  competition 
of  the  city.  He  knew,  too,  that  if  he 
did  not  go,  his  sons  and  daughters 
would,  just  as  fast  as  they  could.  He 
did  not  blame  them.  Educated  at  good 
schools, with  tastes  beyond  the  means  of 
the  village  to gratify,  why  should  they 
stay?  The  consequence  has  been  that 
the  best,  most  enterprising  blood  of  vil­
lage  life  has  gone  to  build  up the cities.
The  persons  who  have  thus  changed 
their  places  of  residence have gained,by 
the  removal,  music,  art,  libraries,  so­
cial 
intercourse  that  satisfies,  and  the 
self-respect  which  comes  from  living 
where 
in  an  orderly  way. 
The  grass  and  trees  are  kept  trimmed 
to  a  decorous  neatness.  The  parks  are 
gay,  the  people  who  throng  them  are 
gay,  too;  their  clothes  fit  and  are  worn 
with  the  air  which  marks  so  distinctly 
the  urban  from  the  suburban,  and  our 
former  villager  is  very  complacent  over 
his  escape  from  the  dreary,  ill-kept  vil­
lage,  where  not  one  dollar  could  be 
raised  towards  improvements  for  the 
general  good,  and  property  owners 
would  neither  keep  fences  up  nor weeds 
down.

life  moves 

What  then,  you  ask,  has  brought 
about  the  change  in  sentiment  towards 
country 
living?  There  are  numerous 
reasons  which  partly  account  for  it; 
chief  of  which  are  foreign  travel,  illus­
trated  books  of  travel,  cheap magazines, 
summer  visitors,  and  electric  railways, 
while  the  bicycle  has  done  its  full  share 
in  the  good  work.  The  annual outpour­
ing  of  Americans  to  Europe  has  been 
productive  of great  good  in  that  the  re­
turned  travelers  bring  home  a  whole­
some  discontent  with  the dreary villages 
and  bad  roads  of  their  own  country. 
When  we  contemplate  a trip to England, 
is  it  not  thoughts  of the  quaint,  well- 
kept  villages  of  song  and story  that  con­
stitute  one  of  the  allurements  of the 
journey?  Think  you  our  villagers  life is 
of a  type  to attract  the  people of Europe 
to  visit  us?  On  the  contrary,  the  visitor 
to our shores  has  never  failed  to  com­
ment  most  unpleasantly  upon  the  lack 
of beauty  and  cheerfulness  in  these  re­
spects.

The  summer visitors,  with  their mul­
tifarious  demands,  and  their  shocked 
speech  and  manner at  the  lack  of  ordi­
nary 
conveniences  and 
beauty,  have changed  hundreds  of  towns 
Indeed,  I  have  some­
for  the  better. 

household 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

where  read  that  a  sharp  remark  made 
by  a  summer  visitor  because  of the  un­
hygienic  and  unlovely  condition  of 
Stockbridge,  Mass.,  overheard  by  a  res­
ident,  was  the  primary  cause  of the  for­
mation  of the  first  village  improvement 
association  in  the  United  States.

In  1853  Mrs.  J.  Z.  Goodrich,  then 
Miss  Mary  Gross  Hopkins,  after great 
effort  succeeded  in  forming  an  associa­
tion. 
In  the  more  than  forty-five  years 
of  its  existence,  the  members  of  this  or­
ganization  have  held  to  the  high  pur­
pose  of  making  their town  beautiful and 
healthful,  and  have  kept  alive all  histor­
ical  associations  of  the  place.  Stock- 
is  an  old  village  as  ages  go  in 
bridge 
Its  original  charter,  granted 
America. 
in  1737, 
is  carefully  preserved;  but 
white  men  had  been  there  long  before, 
as  missionaries  to the  Indians.  Situated 
in  the  beautiful  Berkshire  region  of 
Massachusetts, part  of the  famous  Lenox 
neighborhood  pays  its  taxes  in  Stock- 
bridge.

shabby, 

sidewalks, 

When  the  first  village  improvement 
society  was  formed  it  had  all  the  ordi­
nary  evils  common  to  villages  to  com­
bat ;  muddy,  uneven  streets,  absence  of 
decent 
ill-kept 
fences,  weeds  and  all  the  other  abomi­
nations  with  which,  alas,  we  are  all  too 
familiar,  were  present.  Municipal 
pride  once  aroused,  rapid  progress  was 
made.  The  first year  one  thousnad  dol­
lars  was  raised  and  over four hundred 
trees  were  planted.  Gradually,  as 
means  afforded,  the  streets  were drained 
and  graded,  people  were  persuaded  to 
take  down  their fences, decent  sidewalks 
were  laid,  and  a  proper  system  of light­
ing  and  watering  the  village  was  pro­
vided.  All  of  this  work  was  aided  and 
abetted  by  the  Town  council.  The  so­
ciety  has  paid  half  the  cost  of  erecting 
a  pretty  railway  station,  and  half  the 
cost  of  adding  an  acre  and  a  half to  the 
station  grounds,  which  are  planted  in 
trees,  flowers  and  shrubbery. 
In  such 
a  place,  who  would  grumble  if the  train 
were  a  few  minutes  late?

Down  the  village  street  an  unhewn 
monolith  of  granite  was  erected  on  the 
site  of  the  old  Indian  burial  ground.  At 
the foot of the shaft  a  huge  boulder  bears 
an 
inscription  to  “ The  Friends  of our 
Fathers.”   As  early  as  1834  the  well- 
known  Sedgwick  family  gave  to  the 
trustees  a  laurel  and  oak-crowned  emi­
nence  as  a  pleasure  ground  for  the  peo­
ple.  This  ground  has  since  been  trans­
ferred  to  the  care  of  the  Laurel  Hill 
Village  Improvement  Society of  Stock- 
bridge.  Paths  have  been  made*  the 
grounds  kept  in  order,  and  it  is  on  this 
hill  the  annual  reunions  of the  associa­
tion  take  place.

Stockbridge  has  been  rich  in  eminent 
sons.  This  was  the  native  place  of  the 
famous  Field  family,  and  most  gener­
ously  have  they  remembered  their old 
home.  David  Dudley  Field  presented 
the  village  with  a  beautiful  chime  and 
clock  tower. 
In  his  will  Mr.  Field  left 
$5,000,  the  income  of  which  was  to  be 
divided  between  funds to  keep  the  cem­
etery 
in  order  and  to  pay  for  ringing 
the  chimes.  Cyrus  W.  Field  gave  $10,- 
000  for a  park,  and  just  before his death 
gave  fifty-eight  acres  of  land,  including 
a  beautiful  glen,  for  public  user

The  village  has  a  beautiful  library, 
supported  out  of the  public  funds. 
In 
front  of  the  library  is  an  antique  drink­
ing  fountain.  Within  the  building  is 
the  table  at  which  Jonathan  Edwards 
wrote  his  treatise  on  “ The  Freedom  of 
the  W ill.”   Jonathan  Edwards  was  one 
of  the  early  missionaries  sent  to the 
Stockbridge  Indians,and  was  afterwards

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The  latest,  best  and  only  perfect 
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box.  Sells  at  sight.  Send 
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jobbers.

The  Magic  Hose  Mender Co.,

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Our stock consists of thqbest  goods pro­
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59 Monroe Street.
Exclusively Retail.

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who  buy  it  roasted.  That’ s  one 
reason  why you  should  own  a

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15

a  pastor,  and  lived  there  until  his  call 
to the  presidency  of  Princeton  College. 
His  descendants  have  erected  a  fine 
monument to  his  memory.

Stockbridge  erected  the  second  sold­
iers’  monument  in  the  State  to  the 
memory  of  her  men  who  fell 
in  the 
Civil  War,  and  has  similarly  commem­
orated  her  heroes  of  the  Revolution. 
Among  the  wise  provisions  of  the  vil­
lage  is  a  casino,  where  the  social  side 
of the  town 
life  gathers,  and  it  would 
seem  that  municipal  pride  and  the  peo­
ple  have 
left  nothing  undone  to  make 
their  village  attractive.

I  wish  I  might quote  entire  a  little 
pamphlet  which  gives  the  history  of  the 
origin  of the society and  its constitution, 
but  space  forbids.  The  officers  of  the 
association  consist  of  a “ President,  four 
Vice-Presidents,  a  Secretary,  a  Treas­
urer and  an  Executive  Committee,  part 
of  which  shall  be  ladies. ”   The  Presi­
dent,  Vice-Presidents,  Treasurer  and 
Secretary  are  all  members  ex-officio  of 
the  Executive  Committee.

This  Executive  Committee  is  given 
full  power  to  hire  laborers,  make  con­
tracts,  and  expend  the  money  of  the  so­
ciety. 
It  is  empowered  to  offer  pre­
miums  for planting  and  protecting  trees 
improvements;  but  no  debt 
and  other 
contracted 
may  be 
for  beyond  the 
amount  of 
its  available  means.  The 
avowed  object of  the  association  is  “ To 
improve  and  ornament  the  streets  and 
public grounds  of  Stockbridge  by plant­
ing  and  cultivating  trees,  cleaning  and 
repairing  sidewalks,  and  doing  such 
other acts  as  shall  tend  to  improve  and 
beautify  the  village.”

Another  article  of  the  constitution 
provides  that  “ Any  person  over  four­
teen  years  of  age  who  shall have planted

or  protected  a  tree  under  the  direction 
of  the  Executive  Committee,  or  shall 
have  paid  into  the  association  one  dol­
lar  or 
its  equivalent  in  labor,  shall  be 
qualified  for  membership.”   Any  child 
under  fourteen  can  become  a  member 
by  paying  twenty-five  cents  or its equiv­
alent  in  labor.  The  payment  of  ten  dol­
lars  annually  for three  years  or  twenty- 
five  dollars  down  entitles  one  to  a  life 
membership.

Stockbridge  has  been  much  blessed 
in  having  citizens  of  a  high  order of 
culture  and 
intelligence.  These  alone 
would  have  made  the  village  famous, 
but  when  to these  virtues  is  added  the 
uncommon  beauty  of  her  village,  it  has 
resulted  in  fame  on  two continents.

Whether the  work  of  this  association 
in  beautifying  the  town  had anything  to 
do  with  the  choice  of  the  Lenox  neigh­
borhood  I  do  not  know,  but  certainly  if 
the  village  near  this  beautiful  region 
had  been  the  usual  untidy,  scrambling 
collection  of  houses,  men  of  wealth 
would  have  hesitated  before  building 
homes  palace-like  in  size  and  splendor 
in  a  neighborhood  where  they  would  be 
obliged  to  have  such  an  eyesore  con­
stantly  before  them.

If  this  be  so,  then,  aside  from  all 
personal  satisfaction  in  dwelling  in  the 
midst  of  beauty  and  order,  the  Laurel 
Hill  Village  Improvement  Society  was 
the  best  investment  of  a  small  amount 
of  money  a  village  ever  made,  for  the 
advent  of  these  millionaires  has  raised 
the  value  of  property 
I 
have  not  enumerated  half  the  charms  of 
Stockbridge  and  have  told  but  a  tithe 
of  the  work  done  by  the  society  for  im­
provement.  Much  energy  and  liberality 
are  necessary  to  make  an  association  as 
lasting  and  beneficial  as  that  of  Stock-

fabulously. 

bridge,  yet  there  is  not  a  town  and  vil­
lage  in  the  land but can  mend  its  streets 
and  walks,  make  the  fences  tidy,  keep 
down  the  weeds and plant  trees and flow­
ers.

live  more  rational  lives. 

The  grinding  crush  of  city  life  is 
sending  more  people  to the  small  towns 
to  live,  where  nerves  can  rest  and  peo­
ple 
In  a  few 
years  the  electric  railways  will  web 
every  desirable  road  in  the  country,  and 
more  and  more  people  will build  homes 
in  desirable  neighborhoods.  Will  your 
village  attract  these  people?

Jessie  M.  Good.

Clever Aphorisms  From “Her Majesty the 

King.”

Be  diligent  in keeping  your  accounts. 
It  is better to charge  an  item  twice  than 
to  forget  to  charge  it  at  all.  This  is  the 
true  principle  of  double  entry.

Boast  not  of  you r  wealth ;  but  let  hu­
mility  curb  your  tongue  when  the  as­
sessor cometh  around.

Do  not  judge  a  customer  by 

the 
clothes  he  wears;  he  may  not  have  paid 
for  them.  Be  courteous  to  all  men. 
The  humblest  of  your  neighbors  may  sit 
upon  your  jury  one  day.

Time  is  money.  Every  second  saved 
at  your  mid-day  lunch  means  so  many 
dollars  by  and  by  for  your family physi­
cian.

Be  not  angry  with  your  creditors,  if 
they  importune  you.  It  is  nobler to  for­
give  and  forget  them.

“ Three  removes  are  as  bad as a fire ;”  
but  that  depends  largely  on  how  you 
stand  with  the  underwriters.

There  are  two  ways  of  missing  the 
miseries  of  matrimony :  one 
is  by  not 
getting  married,  the  other by  not  being 
bom.  Yet  no  man  knoweth  what  true 
happiness  is  until  he  getteth  married ;

but  then  is  the  knowledge  rather  sweet 
memory  than  a  new  boon.

A  bird  on  toast  is  worth  two  on a bon­

net.

for the  hungry.

The  free  lunch  is  for  the  thirsty,  not 

The  man  who  can  invent a good work­
ing  substitute  for  honesty  has  yet  to  be 
invented  himself.

The  hardest  thing  to  find  is  an  honest 

partner  for a  swindle.

It  hath  been  said  of  the  son  of the 
desert,  “ Lo!  he  hath  sand;”   but  what 
availeth  a  whole  Sahara  and  no  sugar  to 
blend  therewith?  Or  who  that  hath  a 
river  before  his  door,  and  never a  cow 
in  his  barn,  shall  grow  rich  in  the  milk 
business?

Marry  not  any  woman  out  of  grati­
tude,  lest  perchance  she  come  in  time 
to  wonder where  the  reward  cometh  in.
Matrimony  is  a  state  into  which  none 
but  the  wise  should  enter,  and  they  do 
not. 
It  is  better to  have  loved  and  lost 
than  never to  have  lost  at  all.

Love  not  a  woman  for her riches;  but, 
learn 

having  first  the  riches,  thou  shalt 
in  time  to  love  her for their sake.

Concerning  truth :  Do  not  believe  all 
that  you  hear  or  see—not  even  in  the 
newspapers.  Advertisers  are  human 
and  liable  to  err.

Love  thyself;  so  shall  thy  affection 

be  returned.

going  for  good.

Pay  as  you  go,  but  not  if  you  intend 

In  selling  goods  by  sample,  let  the 
sample  be  at  least  as good  as  the bulk of 
the  merchandise.

It  is  very  lucky  to  find  a  horseshoe,  if 
there  be  a  horse  attached;  but  unlucky, 
if  the  owner  be  about.

James  Jeffrey  Roche.

Wedlock  often  turns  out  to  be  a  pad­

lock.

Grocers  Will  Please  Commit  to  Memory

ROASTED 
PACKED  BY
DWIHELL-WRIGHT CP
PRINCIPAL  COFFEE  ROASTERS
BOSTON MASS.  U  S. A.

The  most  reliable  C oflees-th ose  beat  d evelop ed -th e  most  excellent  C o ffees-are  roasted  and  packed  by  Dw.nell-W r.ght  Co., 
Boston—-with  W estern  offices  in  Chicago.  This  firm,  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  United  States,  does  not  confine  one s  selection 
to T fc w   taLnds— as  do  many of its  contemporaries— but  ofiers  a  choice  from  Over  Forty  Dtfferent  C o« ees-from   wh.ch  the 
g r i ' r   can  pick  those  best  adapted  to  his  peculiar  needs;  quite  an  advantage,  isn't  ,t?  D w .nell-W ngh,  Co.,  .«  must  be remem- 
S
  has  done  more  to  promote  the  sale  of  good  coflees  than  any  other  firm  in  the  world,  and  .ts  bus,ness  reputat.on  and  he 
oompleteness'of  its  modern  facilities  far  exceed  those of  its  competitors.  Certainly  a  plans,bk  reason  why  ,t  can  serve  the 
trade  at competitive figures and with  dependable coffees.  Your next duty  obviously  wiU  be  to  buy  Dwinell-W right  Co.  s  Coffees. 

T he  following  houses  are  exclusive  agents  for  Dwinell-W right  C o.’ s  Boston  Roasted  in  the  State  of  M,ch,gan:

OLNEY  &  JUDSON  GRO.  CO..  Grand  Rapids,  filch. 
i   m   M ATT  *   an  Detroit  Jlich 
B*.  DESENBERG  &   CO.,  K a la m a zo o ,  filch. 

SYHONS  BROS^ &  CO  Saginaw,  filch,
JACKSON  GROCER  CO.,  Jackson,  rtich.
UEISEL  &   GOESCHEL,  B a y   City, filch.

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______ Poultry

Peculiarities  Pertaining  to  the  Handling 

of Poultry.

“ Some  queer  things  happen  in  the 
poultry  business,”   said  a  big  receiver. 
“ The  other  day  we  sold  a  man  some 
poultry  and  the  next  day  or two he came 
in  our  store  and  said  he  couldn’t  use 
it 
because  it  was  moldy. 
I  offered  to  bet 
him  $200  to  $100  that  the  poultry  he 
bought  from  us  was  not  moldy,  but  he 
wouldn’t  bet.  You  see  he  found  he 
couldn’t  find  demand  for  the  poultry  at 
a  price  he  was  willing  to  sell  it  and 
wanted  to  throw 
it  back  onto  us.  We 
couldn’t  see  it  that  way.”

*  *  *

Another  dealer  tells  the  following 
story: 
“ About  a  year  ago  a  man
shipped  us  some  poultry  and  drew  on 
us  for  more  money  than  the  poultry 
would  bring.  We  wired  him  to  reduce 
the  amount  of  his  draft  and  we  would 
accept.  He  did  so  and  we  paid  him 
about  three-fourths  value  of  the  goods. 
He  then  wired  us  to  get  a  certain  price 
for the  stock  or store  it.  Well,  the  poul­
try  was  moldy,  evidently  having  been 
held  some  time,  and  we  knew  the  ship­
per  could  never get  the  price  he  asked 
for  it  and  if  we  put  it  in  the  freezer  we 
probably  would  not  have  gotten  enough 
out  of  the  stock  when  we  did  sell  it  to 
reimburse  us  for  money  advanced,  so 
we  sold 
it,  making  a  good  sale,  and 
sent  the  shipper  the  balance  due  him. 
He  got  mad  because  we  didn’t  hold  the 
poultry  and  made  a  claim  on  us  for  the 
difference  between  what  we  got  for  him 
and  what  he  would  have  secured had  we 
sold  at  his  figure.  We  never  paid  the 
claim. ”

*  *  *

“ The  large  quantity  of  frozen  poultry 
in  storage,  some  of  which 
is  being 
placed  on  the  market,  is  having  a  de­
preciable  effect  on  the  price  of  fresh 
stock,”   said  a  receiver the  other day. 
“ You  see  this 
lot  of  frozen  turkeys. 
Well,  they  are  of  fair quality  and  I  sold 
some  of  them  at  8c  this  morning. 
In­
cluding  storage  charges  the  owner of the 
turkeys  lost  about  $5  per  barrel.  There 
is  so  much  frozen  poultry  that  must  be 
marketed  that  I 
look  for even  a  lower 
range  of  values  than  we  have  now,  and 
we  are  lower  than  at  this  time  a  year 
ago.”  '

♦  ♦  *

always 

“ Do you know  why  the  big  steamship 
get  heavy 
companies  most 
fowls?”   asked  a  receiver. 
“ Well,  I 
will  tell  you.  They  send  us  an  order 
for  so  many  pounds  of  poultry  without, 
as  a  rule,  specifying  weight of  the  fowls 
and  we  naturally  give  them  the  heavy 
ones.  But  there 
is  no  harm  in  so  do­
ing.  The  heavy  fowls  cut  to  advantage 
where  there  are  so  many  to  serve.  You 
can  get  more  meat  from  a  7 @ 8  lb.  fowl 
two  5%  or  4  lb. 
than  you  can 
birds.”

from 
*  *  *

I  have  frequently  pointed  out  in  these 
columns  how  much  better  the  results 
would  be  if  shippers  and  packers  would 
select  their stock  more  closely  and  dis­
continue  the  practice  of  mixing  culls, 
large  and  small  fowls.  Dealers  here 
point  out  that  nine  out  of  every  ten 
shippers  would make more money if they 
would  not  send  their  shipments  here 
packed  so  indifferently.  It  may  seem  to 
some  that  this  matter of  packing  poul­
try  is  of  little  importance,  but  one day’s 
visit  on  the  New York poultry market, or 
any  large  market  for that  matter,  would 
quickly  dispel  any  such  thought.  As 
one  man  put  it,  “ close,  selected,  care­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

fully  packed  poultry  makes  a  mark, ”  
and  every  experienced  poultry  packer 
or  shipper  knows  what  that  means. 
When  a  receiver  is  obliged  to  examine 
a  lot  of  poultry  to  see  what  it  is  before 
he  dare  offer  it  for sale  he  finds  it  much 
more  difficult  to  dispose  of  such quickly 
and  to  best  advantage;  but  when  he 
receives  stock  that  is  properly  packed 
and  marked he  can  and will nearly every 
time  sell 
it  without  examining  it  very 
closely  if  at  al l ;  and  what  is  more,  the 
man  who  ships  the  poultry  establishes  a 
reputation  for his  goods  with  the  buyer 
or  buyers  and  they  look  for the  mark, 
frequently  paying  a  good  price  in  order 
I  have  heard  shippers  say 
to  secure  it. 
that  they  get 
just  as  much  money  for 
their  poultry  whether  they  mix  the stock 
or  not,  but  I  can't  believe  it.  There 
are  times,  perhaps,  when  the  difference 
in  prices  received  would  not  be  very 
marked,  but  the  average  yearly  price  on 
goods  selected  and  carefully packed  and 
marked  will  be  greater  than if they were 
mixed.

*  *  *

Pick  out  a  commission  house  you 
have  confidence 
in  and  consign  your 
poultry  to  it.  Don’t  jump  around  first 
to  one,then  to another.  It  doesn’t  pay to 
juggle  your business  in  such  a  manner. 
Give  a  house  a  fair  trial,  be  honest  in 
your  statements  to  them,  ship  your 
poultry  in  the  manner  they  instruct  you 
to  and  they  will  give  you  the  best  of 
service.  By  consigning  your stock  reg­
ularly  to  one  firm,  it works  out  in  a  reg­
ular  channel  at  full  value. 
In  other 
words  the  receiver  relies  on  your  mark 
of  goods  arriving  regularly  and  secures 
a  buyer  to  take  it  every  week,  provided 
of  course  the  stock  is  of  required  qual­
ity  and  properly  packed.— N.  Y.  Prod­
uce  Review.

out  and  we  began  to  ask  about  his 
birds.

“ I  might  just  as  well  keep  good 
ones,”   he  said,  “ as  scrubs. 
It  doesn't 
cost  any  more  to  feed  ’em,  and  they  lay 
more  eggs  and  bring  more  when  I  want 
’em.  Besides  that  I  sell  every 
to  sell 
one  that 
is  anyways  good  to  farmers 
who  want  to  improve  their stock.”

I  never  get 

“ Do  you  get  big  prices?”   we  asked.
“ No,  not  particularly,”   he  answered, 
“ if  you  count  prices  the  way  the  fancy 
breeders  do. 
less  than  a 
dollar  for a  cockerel,  and  most  of  them 
I  get  two  dollars  for.  Hens  and  pullets 
I  sell  for about  the  same  prices.  1 never 
sell  a  poor bird  for  a  breeder,  and  I  get 
two  or three  times  the  market  price  for 
all  I  sell  for that  purpose,  so  my  Rocks 
bring 
in  a  tolerably  comfortable  bit  of 
money  in  a  year. ”

That  man  did  not  call  himself  a 
fancier.  He  was  a  farmer who  liked 
chickens  because  they  made  money  for 
him.  He  had  discovered  the  way  to 
make  his  flock  most  profitable  and  still 
not  interfere  with  his  regular  work.

All  over  the  country  are  farmers  who 
get 
long  prices  for  stock  because  they 
pay  particular  attention  to their  poultry 
and  take  pride 
in  having  the  best. 
The  farmers  of  the  country  are  waking 
up  to  the  fact  that  a  “ chicken  crank”  
may  be  engaged 
in  a  fairly  profitable 
business,  and  the  better  perception  they 
have  of  this  fact  the  greater  will  be  the 
interest  in  the  standard  poultry  and  the 
greater  will  be  the  profits  of  poultry 
breeding.

An  Incurable  Complaint.

“ The  doctor  says  there’s  one  com­

plaint  he  can't  cure.”

“ What’s  that?”
“ The  one  his  patients  make  about 

their  bills. ”

J. W.  Keys

General Produce and Commission 

Merchant,

Detroit, Mich.

I  want  your  consignments  of

Butter,  Eggs, 

Poultry.

Correspondence silicited.  Please inves- 
vestigate.  Send  for weekly  quotations.

References:  City Savings Bank,

Commercial Agencies.

Bam  Baskets  Bre  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

Raising  Poor  Poultry  Poor  Policy.
“ I  raise  poultry  for  market,”   said  a 
farmer to  a  representative  of  Commer­
cial  Poultry,  “ and  don’t  have  any  use 
for  pure-bred  stock.”

That  man  was  laboring  under the very 
common  mistake  that  the  man  .  who 
breeds  poultry  for  marketing  purposes 
does  not  need  to  pay  any  attention  to 
the  kind  of  stock  he  keeps.  There  are 
several  reasons  why 
every  poultry 
breeder  should  keep  pure-bred  stock. 
The  first  one 
is  that  it  is  more  profit­
able  because 
it  has  been  bred  to  make 
the  best  use  of  the  feed  it  consumes. 
The  Asiatic  class  makes  size  as  well  as 
eggs  from  the  feed  given  them.  The 
American  class  makes  size  and eggs, be­
ing  of  medium  size  and  good  layers. 
The  non-setting  classes  do  not  make 
much  size,  but  they  make  up  for this  in 
the  number  of  eggs  they produce.  Scrub 
stock  makes  neither  size  nor  eggs 
enough  to  yield  the  best  results.

Another  reason 

is  that  the  breeder! 
who  offers  for sale  a  lot  of  poultry  uni­
form 
in  size  and  color of  skin  will  get 
a  better  price  for  it  than  he  would  for  a 
lot  of  all  sizes  and  colors,  and  to  get 
this  uniformity  he  must  have  pure-bred 
stock.

Here  comes  another  reason  that  is  not 
often  considered.  The  man  who  breeds 
good  standard  poultry,  no  matter  how 
quietly  be  does  this,  will  find  that  there 
is  a  steady  demand  for  such  stock  for 
breeding  purposes,  and  this  demand 
will  increase  as the  time  goes  on.  Two 
years  ago  we  were  passing  a  farm  not 
far  from  Topeka,  Kansas,  and  noticed 
about  the  barnyard  some  very  good 
Plymouth  Rocks.  We  stopped  and  were 
looking  at  them  when  the  owner  came

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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.

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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

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can  be  afforded.

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P O T A T O E S

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Special  low  prices  this  week  on

Fine  Long-Keeping  Stock

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

H ELP  FO B  TH E  SHOP  GIRE.

Her  Workaday  Elfe  Made  Easter  In  Sev­
From the New York Sun.

eral  Ways.

The  girl  behind  the  counter doesn’t 
languish  on  account  of  lack  of  atten­
tion.  When  she  isn’t  being  monologued 
about  she 
is  being  caricatured  in  the 
comic  weeklies.  When  she  isn’t  being 
sketched 
in  vaudeville  she 
is  being 
wept  over  by  philanthropists.

The  world  halts  between  two  opinions 
of  her.  Women,  for  instance,call  heaven 
to  witness  that  they  are  sorry  for  her. 
The  next  minute  they  are  so angry  at 
her  that  they  could  bite  nails.  They  are 
sorry  for  her  in  the  aggregate,  but  when 
it  comes  to  certain  concrete  specimens 
of  her they  would like  to  choke  her  with 
her  own  gum.

Taking  her  in  the  aggregate,however, 
everybody  will  be  glad  to  know  that  her 
workaday 
life  is  being  gradually  eased 
up  a  bit.  The  object  of  this  article  is 
to  tell  of  some  of  the  improved  condi­
tions  which  have  slowly  crept  into  the 
shop  girl’s  life.

In  most  of  the  department  stores there 
are  what  are  called  employes’  associa­
tions  to  which  every  employe  belongs, 
whether  he  chooses  to  or  not.  One  of 
these  will  serve  as  an  example  of  the 
rest,although this  one  has  been  enlarged 
and  carried  further  than  the  others. 
Here  is  a  concise  statement 
issued  by 
the  association  to  its  members  showing 
its  objects:

How  We Spend Your Money. ’ ’

“ In  payment  of  weekly  benefits  to 

sick  or  disabled  employes.

“ In  payment  of  death  claims  oi  re­
interment  of  deceased  em­

spectable 
ployes.

incon­

“ In  providing  a  physician 

stant  attendance.
given  by  this  physician.

“ In  payment  of  all  prescriptions 
“ In  providing  a 
local  ward  with 
maids  in  attendance  for  indisposed  em­
ployes.

“ In  providing  an  arrangement  with 
the  New  York  Hospital for emergencies.
“ In  defraying  expenses  of  convales­
cent  or  indisposed  employes  at  our  pri­
vate  sanitarium  near  Waldwick,  N.  J., 
open  all  the  year  round.

“ In  providing  a  fund  from  which  are 
dispensed 
innumerable  charity  dona­
tions  to  unfortunate  members,  and  from 
which,  in  cases  of  emergency,  loans  are 
made  without  interest,  being  paid  back 
in  small  weekly  installments.
desert  of  toil 
association.'  ”

‘ To  create  an  oasis  of  rest  in  the 
is  a  work  worthy  of any 

In 

this  particular  association  the 
members,  which  is  to  say,  the  employes 
of  the store,are divided into four sections 
—those  receiving  $2.50 or  less  a  week, 
those  receiving  from  $2.51  to $5 a  week, 
those  receiving  $5.01  to $9.99  and  those 
receiving  $10  and  upward.  The  first 
Section  pays  a  regular  assessment  of  10 
cents  a  month, the  second  pays  20 cents, 
the  third  30  cents  and  the  fourth  40 
cents.

Employes 

A  sick  benefit  of  $5  a  week  is  paid 
for  six  weeks 
in  a  year,  if  necessary, 
to  those  receiving  a  salary  of  $10  or 
more  a  week. 
receiving 
salaries  under  $10 a  week  get  a  benefit 
of  half  their  regular  salary  for a  period 
of  not  more  than  six  weeks  in  one  year. 
In  case  of  the  death  of  a  member of 
Section  3  or  4  the  Treasurer  pays  the 
legal  representatives  of  the deceased  the 
sum  of  $100.  On  the  death  of  a  mem­
ber of  Section  1  or  2  a  benefit  of  $50 
is 
paid  to  the  heirs.

This  association  looks  after  the  burial 
of  the  deceased  members,  the  Treasurer 
occupying  himself  personally  with  the 
matter  if  the  family  wants  him  to and 
securing  special  rates,  often  as  low  as 
one-third  of the  first  price  asked  by  the 
undertaker.

There  is  a  physician  in  attendance  in

the store during  certain  hours  of  the  day 
and  every  employe 
is  free  to  consult 
him.  He  says  he  receives  visits  from 
about  seventy  of  them  every  day.  Like 
the  three  men  who  went  on  a  vacation 
in  a  boat,  these  people  have  everything 
but  housemaids’  knee,  and  they  may 
have  even  that  by  another  name.  When 
it  is  necessary  the  doctor  prescribes  for 
them  and  the  prescription  is  filled  and 
paid  for  by  the  association.

In  cases  of  accident  or  acute  illness 
employes  are  sent  to  the  hospital  and 
In  the  store 
placed  under  special  care. 
itself  there 
is  a  room  adjoining  the 
doctor’s  office  where  couches  are  pro­
vided  and  where  any  employe  can  be 
cared  for  by  a  colored  maid  who  is  in 
constant  attendance.

The  sanitarium  at  Waldwick  is  the 
special  pride  of  the  association. 
It  is  a 
big  farm  house  where  thirty  boarders 
can  be  accommodated  at  once.  It stands 
on  top  of  Mount  Pleasant,  surrounded 
by  a  hundred  acres of fields and orchards 
all  belonging  to  the  place. 
It  is  owned 
by  a  man  and  his  wife,  who  are  pretty 
nearly  the  most  popular  persons  in  the 
country  among  the  employes  of  the 
store.

These  employes  are  sent  down  at  any 
time,  winter  or summer,  when  the  doc­
tor says  they  need  the  rest  and  change 
and  the  association  pays  the  bill.  By 
arrangement  with  the  farmer,  who  also 
has  a 
in  Waldwick,  the 
people  from  the  store  are  to  have  three 
afternoons  a  week  of  driving  wherever 
they  want  to  go.

livery  stable 

One  girl  who  spent  two  weeks  down 
there  this  winter  gained  twelve  pounds 
during  her stay  and  came  hack  to  work 
as  fit  as  a  fiddle.  The  association  paid 
for 242  weeks’  board  at  the  sanitarium 
last  year. 
In  addition  to  this  a  great 
many  of  the  employes  spent  their  vaca­
tion  there  in  the  summer,  receiving  the 
rate  which  is  made  to  the  association, 
t  Speaking  of  summer vacations,  that  is 
another  drop  of  comfort  in  the  shop 
girl’s  life.  Gradually  the  department 
stores  are  coming  into  line  and  giving 
one  or two  weeks’  vacation  with  pay  to 
all  their  employes.  One  of  the  best- 
known  stores  in  town  did  not  make  this 
concession  until 
it 
finally  yielded  to  the  demands  of  public 
sentiment,  as  it  was  manifested,  for  in­
stance, 
the  Consumers’ 
League.

last  summer,  but 

throughout 

In  one  of  the  well-known  stores  the 
salespeople  receive  a  percentage  of  all 
sales  made  in  the  month  of  December. 
These  percentages  are  paid  to  them  on 
Feb.  1,  and  even  if  a  girl  is  taken  on 
only  for  the  holidays  and  discharged 
immediately  after  Christmas,  she  can 
come  around  on  Feb.  1  and  get  her  per­
centage.  One  girl  received  $125  for the 
last  December’s  work.

The  noon  hour  has  also  become  what 
the  storekeeper calls  “ an oasis  of  rest in 
a  deseit  of  toil.”   The  law  now  requires 
a  respite  of  at  least  forty-five  minutes 
for  luncheon.  At  least  one  of  the  stores 
of  its  own  accord  gives  its  employes  an 
hour.  Most  of  the  stores  are  putting  in 
improved  lunch  rooms  for  employes, 
luncheon  at  a 
where  they  can  get  a 
nominal  cost  or  can  eat  what 
they 
bring.

Many  of  the  establishments  are  add­
ing  a  sitting  room  for the  girls  so  that 
they  may  have  some  place  to  go  when 
the  weather  is  too  bad  for them  to  go 
out  on  the  street  or  when  they  are  tired 
and  want  to  rest.  This  extra  room 
is 
necessary  because  the 
luncheon  room 
must  be  filled  over  and  over again,  one 
set  of  girls  coming  as  soon  as  another 
has  finished.

There  is  a  girls’  club  in  one  depart­
ment  store. 
It  has  250  members  and 
occupies  pleasant  club  rooms  which  are 
provided  by  the  firm.  This  firm  also 
provides  a  restaurant  and smoking  room 
for  its  salesmen  and  clerks.  The  girls’ 
club  has  classes  in  dancing,  singing and

dressmaking  and  gives  entertainments 
now  and  then,  the  firm giving  the  use  of 
its  large  public  restaurant  for these  gala 
occasions.

The  benefit  association  described 
above  does  not  pay  all  its  expenses  by 
means  of  the  assessments.  These 
in 
fact  amount  to  only  about  one-third  the 
amount  spent.  For  instance,  the  year’s 
report  showed  that  more  than  $20,000 
was  spent  for  the  members,  while  the 
assessments,  or  dues,  brought 
in  only 
about  $8,000.  The  balance  was  raised 
by  giving  a  public  entertainment,  the 
members  of  the  firm  paying  high  prices 
for  the  boxes  and 
in  other  ways  con­
tributing  money.

In  at  least  one  store,  a  third  of  the 
employes  are  allowed  to  go  home  at  4 
o’clock  in  stormy  weather.  The  man­
ager says  that  it  is  partly  generosity and 
partly  business  policy  which  makes him 
send  them  home.

“ Why  shouldn't  I  let  them  go?”   he 
isn’t  anything  for them 
said.  “ There 
to  do  here  and  they  would  a  good  deal 
better  go  home  and  rest  than  stand 
around  doing  nothing  but  getting  tired. 
They’ll  be  enough  better able  to  work 
the  next  day  to  pay  me  for the slight in­
dulgence. ”

So,  although  the  shop  girl’s  life is  not 
exactly “ one grand  sweet song”  just yet, 
nevertheless 
it  seems  to  be  losing  some 
of  its  discords  and  its  five-finger-exer­
cise  qualities.

Kept  Pace  With  Developments.

The  Old  Man—Your  love  for  my 
daughter  seems  to  have  grown  very  fast 
since  you 
found  out  I  was  worth  so 
much  money.”

The  Young  Man  (admiringly)— No 
faster,  sir,  than  the  subject  warranted.

17

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The  best  plastering  material  in  the 

world, combining
HARDNESS,  TOUGHNESS  and  DURABILITY. 
Ready for immediate use by adding water. 

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West Fulton and L. S. & M. S. B.  R.

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Calcined  Plaster,  Land  Plaster, 

Bug  Compound,  etc.

Mill  and  Warehouse:  200  South  Front  Street. 
Office:  Room  20,  Powers’  Opera  House  Block.

An  enterprising  agent  wanted  In  every  town. 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
Send for circular with references.

V I N E G A R

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LAW  PROOF.
C I D E R

The Standard of Excellence for 24 years.  For prices see price current.

Chicago. 

Kansas City. 

St.  Paul. 

So.  Haven, Mich.

WE  GUARANTEE

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

W e  also  guarantee  it  to  be  of  full  strength  as  required  by  law .  V e   w ill 
prosecute  any  person  found  using  our  packages  for  cider  or  vinegar  without  first 
removing  all  traces  of  our  brands  therefrom.

J .R O B IN S O N ,M a n a g er._______Benton Harbor,Michigan,

We solicit your shipments 
of  Fresh  Eggs  and  Dairy 
Butter.

t

Reference,  Home Savings Bank, Detroit

THE  LEADINO  PRODUCE  HOUSE ON  THE  EASTERN  MARKET.

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

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

18

Butter and Eggs

I  notice 

Observations  by  a  Gotham  Egg  Man.
A  short  time  ago  a  car of Western 
firsts,  storage  packed,  was  sold  on 
’Change  and  failed  to  pass  inspection. 
Last  week  a  car came  from  the  West  on 
a  contract  for storage  packed  eggs  that 
was  rejected  by  the  buyer and proved on 
official  inspection  decidedly  below  the 
requirements  of  the  rule. 
many  of  the  stores  eggs  coming  in  as 
“ storage  packed”   which  are  not  at  all 
up  to the  requirements  of the  rules,  and 
which  can  not  be  sold  above  the  ruling 
price  of  regular  packed  Western  firsts 
Shippers  should  clearly  understand  the 
requirements  for “ storage packed”  eggs 
and  the  state  of  our  market for these and 
for the  so-called  regular  packings  so  as 
to  avoid  misunderstandings.  The  ob 
ject  of 
instituting  a  grade  of  “ storage 
packed”   eggs  under  the rule on ’Change 
is  plain.  Buyers  who  purchase  stock  to 
put  away  in  refrigerator  must have  rea 
sonable  protection  and  a  reasonable 
standard.  No  one  wants  to  store  eggs 
for  a 
long  hold  which  have  many 
cracked  or checked  eggs  in  them,  con 
sequently  the  rule  provides  that  stor 
age  packed  firsts  can  not  contain  more 
than  18  or extras  more  than  12  checked 
eggs to  the  case.  This  seems  a  perfect 
ly  reasonable  requirement.  And to make 
assurance  doubly  sure  as  to  freedom 
from  damage 
in  transit  it  is  required 
that  storage  packed  eggs  must  be  in 
No.  1  or  medium  fillers. 
It  is  true  that 
many  eggs  are  stored  when  packed  in 
lighter  fillers,  but  it  is certainly  danger 
ous  for a  buyer  to  put  goods  away  for ; 
long  hold  when  they  have  been  shipped 
in  from  the  West  in  light  fillers  and  the 
requirement  seems  perfectly  reasonable 
It  is  also  reasonable  to  demand  that 
storage  packed  must  have  flats  top  and 
bottom,  sweet,  dry  excelsior  or  cork 
packing  and  be  in  new  white  wood  30 
doz.  cases.  As  to grading  of  the  goods 
the  rule  provides  no  difference  between 
storage  packed  firsts  or  extras  and  other 
firsts  or  extras;  firsts must be  reasonably 
clean  and  good  average  size  and  extras 
“ free  from  small  and  dirty  eggs.”   Of 
course  there  is  a  range  in  the  quality  of 
eggs  that  come  fairly  within  the  grade 
of  “ firsts.”   Scarcely  any  eggs  now  ar­
riving  would  come  up  to the  require­
ment  for  * ’ extras, ’ ’  and  yet  some  lots 
are  assorted  and  graded  much  more 
closely  than  others.  The  quotation  for 
Western  “ firsts”   has  lately  covered  the 
selling  value  of  the  great  bulk  of  the 
Western  receipts.  At  that  rate  buyers 
have  been  able  to  obtain  ample  supply 
of eggs  suitable  to the  wants  of  general 
trade.  But  buyers  wanting  stock  for 
storage  have  been  unwilling  to  store 
such  goods,  desiring  for  that  purpose 
only  well-graded  eggs,  packed  appro­
priately  as  required  by  the  rule  for stor­
age  packings.  Where  these  require­
ments  are  fully  met  it has  been  possible 
to  obtain  # @ ^ c  advance  over the price 
of  average  firsts  according  to  the  gen­
eral  condition  of the  market,  and  regu­
lar  dealers  have  taken  some  closely 
graded  marks  at  % c   advance  over  regu­
lar  packed  firsts,  even  when  the  pack­
ing  was  not  strictly  according  to the 
rule  on  storage  packings.  But  there  are 
many 
lots  of  eggs  coming  here  under 
the  name  of storage  packings that  have 
neither  the  special  packing  desired  by 
the  buyers  for  storage  nor  the  close 
grading  demanded  by  regular  trade who 
are  looking  for superlative  quality,  and 
for  such  there 
is  no  value  above  the \ 
market  rate  for  regular  packed  Western

firsts,  under 
fairly  come.

which  classification  they

The  storage  demand  at  interior points 
shows  no  sign  of  abatement. 
Some 
Eastern  operators  are  going  slow  and 
we  hear  from  Chicago that  those  who 
have  goods  to  sell  on the  open market  at 
13c  there  do  not  find  any  very  general 
buying.  But the  big  operators  are  still 
taking  goods  freely  at  interior  points  at 
prices  fully  equal  to  13c  in  Chicago  and 
until  they  get  filled  up  the  rank  and 
file  will  evidently  have  to anti  up 
stay  out  of  the  game.  The  storage  ab 
sorption  has  been  enough to  draw  prices 
in  consumptive  channels  up  to the spec 
ulative  point  and  there  are  no signs 
any  immediate  weakening  in  the  situa 
tion.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.

Utilizing

Dead  Tree  for  Advertizing 

Purposes.

Between  Whitehall  and  Roodhouse 
111.,  a  distance  of  some  four  or  five 
miles,  by  a  good  country  road  stands, 
about  midway  between  the  two  towns 
and 
in  the  middle  of  the. highway,  an 
mmense  oak  tree  which  has  been  put 
to  practical  use  by  a  merchant  of  the 
latter town.

The  dealer  in  question,  who  runs 

large  general  store,  said:  “ As  our  two 
towns  are  near  one  another  and  the 
country  between  them  is  a  rich  farming 
district,  there  has  always  been  more  or 
less  rivalry  between  the  merchants  of 
the  two  places  for  business.  Then,  as 
the  two  towns  are  easily  accessible  the 
one  to  the  other,  trade  often  fluctuates 
and  people  buy  of  the  dealer  in  eithe 
town  who  offers  the  better  inducements 
To  go  back  to the  tree. 
It  was  a  dead 
one  and  had 
long  been  of  no  use,  ex 
cepting,  perhaps,as  a  halfway  mark  be 
tween  the  two towns. 
I  conceived  the 
dea  that  the  tree  could  be  trimmed  to 
proper advantage  as  an  advertising  me 
dium,  and,  after  getting  permission 
from  the  proper  authorities to  use  the 
tree,  I  had  it  rigged  up.  I  had  the  dead 
branches  trimmed  so  as  to give  the  tree 
the  general  shape  of  a  cone.  To the 
end  of  the  branches  thus  cut  off  I  had 
nailed  circular  boards  ranging  in  di 
ameter  from  two  to  four feet,  depending 
on  the  size  of  the  limb. 
In  these  disc 
shaped  signs  I  bad  painted in red letters 
the  different  departments  I  had  in  my 
store,  with  a  phrase  or  two  calculated 
to catch  the  eye.  On  the  very  top  of the 
tree  I  had  cut  out  of  wood  an  exact  rep 
resentation  of  the  front  of  my  store 
painted  as  nearly  as  possible  like  my 
place  of  business. 
This  board  was 
painted  on  both  sides  to  represent  the 
store  front  so  that  the  meaning  of  the 
advertisement  was  at  once  evident,  no 
matter  from  which  direction  one  came. 
On  top  of  the  board  representing  the 
store  a  weather  vane  was  attached 
This, 
in  addition,  called  attention  to 
the  tree.  Phrases  like:  “ When  you’re 
up  a  tree,  go to  Brown’s.”   “ Butthere’s 
nothing  dead  about  us,”   etc.  Every 
x  months,  in  March  and  August,  I 
signs  repainted  and  new 

the 

have 
phrases  added.

This  interview  should show how easily 
little  thing  can  be  put  to good  advan­

tage.

It  pays  to  be  on  the  alert  and  grasp 
opportunities  that  other dealers  may  let 
slip.

Observed  by  a  Street  Car  Conductor.
“ There  are  lots of things  about  wom­
en  that  can’t  be  explained,  and  in  our 
business  we  can’t  help  noticing  them,”  
said 
communicative  conductor. 
“ For  instance,  nine  women  out  of ten

the 

will  invariably  take  a  seat  on  the  right 
hand  side  of  a  car,  if  the  car  is  not 
crowded.  I  have  often  wondered  at  this 
and,  at  last  I  think  I  have  the  correct 
solution.  I started  out from the bam with 
an  empty  car the  other day,  and  in  five 
blocks  I  had  picked  up  seven  women, 
and  they  all  sat  in  a  row  on  the  right 
hand  side  of  the  car. 
It  was  just  about 
the  hour  in  the  morning  when  the  wom­
en  come  downtown  to do their shopping. 
Three  men  got  on  and  they  sat  on  the 
left  hand  side.

“ A  couple  of  blocks  farther down  I 
picked  up  another  woman,  and,  instead 
of  taking  a  vacant  seat  near the  door 
on  the  side  the  other  women  were  sit­
ting,  as  I  thought  she  would  do,  she 
walked  the  entire  length  of the  car  and 
sat  down  beside  one  of  the  men.  This 
bit  of  eccentricity  puzzled  me  until  I 
went  to  collect  her  fare,  and  then  I  dis­
covered  that  she  was  left  handed.  See? 
All 
the  other  women  were  right 
handed. ’ ’

f  An  Old  Saying

“ You can lead a horse  to water,

Butter and  Eggs

C 
«  but  you can’t make him drink.”
>  We  may  be  able  to  lead  you  to 
€  ship us
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%   once, but  we  can’t  make  you  reg- 
C  ular shippers if we do  not  do what 
For  40  years  we  have 
J   is  right. 
been in business  in  this  city,  and 
our  ever-increasing 
is  a 
pretty good  indication  of  the  way 
we handle our shippers.

trade 

PROM PT  PAYM ENT.

PETER  SMITH  &  SONS

DETROIT,  MICH. 

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%

We are making a specialty at present on fancy

Messina  Lemons

Stock is fine,  in sound condition  and  good  keepers.  Price  very  low.  Write  or

wire for quotations.

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

9  North  Ionia  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

W ANTED

ONE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOZEN  E G G S  

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April gathered.  Will buy delivered  Detroit,  or  handle  shippers' accounts.  For further  4  
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5 5   C A D IL L A C   S Q U A R E ,  D E T R O IT .  M ICH. 

G EO .  N.  H U FF  & C O ., 

particulars write or wire 

EGGS  WANTED

We pay highest cash market price f.  o.  b  your station.  Write or wire us for prices. 

Butter consignments solicited.

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

Mention  Michigan  Tradesman.

Reference— Peoples Savings Bank. 

F I E L D   S E E D S
F I E L D   P E A S

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

All kinds Clover and Grass Seeds.

MOSELEY  BROS.

Jobbers  of  Fruits,  Seeds,  Beans  and  Potatoes
ivro  fitvoAt 
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26,28,30,32 Ottawa  Street

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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S a i n t   L o u i s   wants  nice  stock  now,  prices  are  good. 
Ship at once.
Have you  any  B E A N S ?  W e can sell  what you have. 

MILLER  &  TEASDALE  CO.,  Saint  Louis,  Mo.

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

TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

19

It  is  dim  to-night  and  dim­
received. 
mer to-morrow  night.  It  goes  out  in  the 
middle  of  an  entertainment.  At the  ex­
pense  of  much  annoyance,  trouble  and 
often  money  a  makeshift  is  made  and 
the  consumer—or  would-be  consumer— 
manages  to  “ get  along,’ ’ but  the  bili 
calls  for  the  full  amount  at  the  begin­
ning  of  the  month  and  is  paid  under 
protest, 
the  only  consolation  to  the 
bill-payer as  he  squares (?) the  account.
The  pessimist  will  read  of  the  prom­
ised  cloud  rift  with  a  contemptuous 
“ Pooh!  Admit  the  instantaneous  pro­
duction  of  electricity  from  coal,  where 
is  the  advantage  to  the  consumer  com­
ing  in?  Let  the  invention  be  placed on 
the  market  to-morrow  and  the  day  after 
coal  would  go  up  enough  a  ton  to  make 
the  invention  useless.  Should  that,  by 
any  possibility, 
the  papers  the 
next  morning  would  come  out  in  start­
ling  headlines  announcing  a  general 
strike  wherever  there  is  a  coal  mine. 
Some  pretty  convincing  proofs  can  be 
depended  on  to  show  that,  no  matter 
whether  miner  or  mine  owner  wins,  the 
consumer  has  to  bear  the  expense  of 
if  coal,  the  source  of 
the  strike,  and 
the  electricity, 
is  coming 
from  the 
existing  coai  mine  the  same  bills  still 
meet  the  consumer as  he  stands  at  the 
pay-window  with  rendered  bill  and 
waiting  purse.  There  ¡s  no  way  out  of 
it.  A  consumer  is  * in  it  for  all  he  is 
worth.’  ’ ’

fail, 

is  a 

While  the  views  of  the  pessimist  are 
perhaps  overdrawn,  there 
large 
majority  of  consumers  who  sympathize 
with  him.  They  are  getting  impatient 
under  the  tyranny  of  the  heat  and  light 
bills.  They  are  mostly  willing  to  turn 
over a  sixth  of  their  income  to  this pur­
pose,  but  there  they  draw  the  line.  In 
a  civilized  community  there  are  other 
wants  to  be  satisfied.  The  butcher,  the 
baker and  the  candlestick  maker—like­
wise  Mr.  Grocer— have  claims  which 
can  not  be  ignored.  Clothing  is  an  item 
which  stares  them  in  the  face.  Shelter 
must  be  provided—must  be—and, 
if 
each  of  these  necessities  had  to  be  paid |

for  in  the  same  proportion,  some  of  the 
providers  would  have  to  whistle  for 
their  pay;  the 
large 
enough  to  go  around.

income 

is  not 

Under  these  circumstances  the  prom­
ised  rift 
in  the  cloud  is  full  of  cheer, 
and  will  remain  so  as  long  as  there  is 
any  prospect  of  relief.  So  far there  has 
been  only  promise;  but  if  the  time  ever 
comes  when  electricity  can  be  made  di­
rectly  from  coal  and  the long-despairing 
householder gains  the  promised  relief, 
the  gas  meter  will  go  hurriedly  into  the 
alley  and  the  rejoicing  ruler  will  come 
to the  early  realizing  sense  of  the  fact 
that  life  is  indeed  worth  living.

Bondage.

Toast  and  Jam  Instead  of Pie.

The  most  notable  change  in  our  diet 
is  the  increased  use  of  sugar.  That 
is 
a  consequence  of  the  cheapening  of 
sugar,  and  it  is noticed  in  England,too, 
where  jam 
is  said  to  be  driving  out 
roast  beef  as  the  Briton’s dietetic  stand­
by.  The  immense  increase  in  the  sale 
of  jams,  sweetmeats  and  canned  and 
preserved  fruits  of  all  sorts  must  be  no­
ticed  by  anyone  who  will  go  into  a  gro­
cery  store  and  look  about  him.  There 
immense  sale  in  this  country  of 
is  an 
British 
jams  and  marmalades,  which 
are  surprisingly  palatable,  considering 
their  price,  but  the  big  American  con­
cerns  in  the  same  business  seem  to  be 
very  active,  and  spread  their  wares 
everywhere. 
It will  be  found  probably, 
that  the  English  habit  of  eating  toast 
and  jam  for breakfast  is  growing  in this 
country. 
is  a  pleasant  habit,  and 
seemlier  than  the  Puritan  practice  of 
furnishing  forth  the  breakfast table with 
pie.— Harper’s Weekly.

It 

Kansas  Eggs  for  California.

On  Friday  morning  a  train  composed 
of  twelve  refrigerator  cars  rolled  out  of 
Newton,  Kan.,  for California,  and  each 
car  was  laden  with  eggs  gathered  in  the 
vicinity  of  that  town  by  one  firm.  The 
twelve  cars  contained  144,000  dozen,  or 
The  train 
nearly  two  million  eggs. 
goes  as  a  special,  and  it  is  the  first 
in­
stance  of  a  train  carrying  nothing  but 
eggs  which  has  been  reported  by  any 
road  running  into  California.

L.  J.  SMITH  &  CO.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

Hinge  Locking  Fillers,  Excelsior  Nails,  etc.

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

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

The New York Market

Special  Features  of the Grocery and Prod­

Special Correspondence.

uce  Trades.

New  York,  April  13—The  coffee  mar­
ket  is  decidedly  dull  this  week  and  the 
immediate  outlook 
is  for  dulness  for 
some  little  time.  Receipts  in  Brazil 
continue  large  and  this  has 
its  certain 
effect.  Owing  to  some  freight  advan­
tages  New  Orleans  has  been  selling  No. 
7  at  a  less  rate  than  can  be  obtained 
in 
this  city.  This  naturally  benefits  the 
Mississippi  country  as  long  as  the  sup­
ply  lasts  and  may  have  an  effect on  or­
ders  naturally  coming  here.  The  spot 
market  has  been  very  quiet,  with  Rio 
No.  7  quotable  at 6% c   at  the  close. 
In 
store  and  afloat  the  amount  aggregates 
1,324,682  bags,  against 1,076,037  bags  at 
the  same  time  last  year.  For  mild  sorts 
there  is  just  about  an  average  daily  de­
mand  and  that  is  not  saying  much,  al­
though  some  jobbers  have  done  a  little 
more  business  than 
last  week.  Good 
Cucuta  is  worth  8}£c.  Packages  are  % c  
lower  and  both  the  Arbuckles  and  the 
Woolson  quote  at  ioj^c.

The  sugar  market  shows some increas­
ing  firmness,  as  might  be  expected  at 
this  season,  and  prices  are  well  sus­
tained.  The  demand  is  not  especially 
active,  but  as  orders  are  numerous,  if 
not  large,  in  many  cases,  the  aggregate 
is quite  unsatisfactory.

Prices  of  teas  are  pretty  well  sus­
tained  and  the  general  outlook  is  rather 
favorable  for the  seller.  Stocks  are light 
in  out-of-town  hands,  as  nearly  as  can 
be  judged,  and the future  seems  brighter 
than  for some  little  time  past.

About  the  only  business  in  rice  going 
is  of  a  jobbing  character and 
forward 
orders 
in  this  line  are  not  large.  The 
average,  however,  is  probably  all  that 
might  be  expected  at  this  time.  Prime 
to  choice  Southern,  5@5^c.  Foreigns 
are  selling  pretty  well  and  quotations 
are  firm.

Spices  are  dull  and  dragging  and  yet 
matters  might  be  worse.  Pepper and 
nutmegs  are  rather  better 
last 
week,  while  cloves  are  practically  with­
out  change.  Mace,  ginger and  the  other 
lines  are  about  as  usual.

than 

There 

is  a  fair volume  of trade  go­
in  molasses  and  the  mar­
ing  forward 
ket  is 
in  rather  better shape  than  for 
several  weeks.  Foreign  grades  are  al­
most  entirely  sold  out  of  this  market 
and  the  range  of  quotations  now  made 
are  on  supplies  due "in  a  very  few  days 
— fancy  Ponce,  32@36c.

Syrups  are  doing  pretty  well,owing  to 
a  better enquiry  from  exporters.  Prime 
to  fancy,  21 ©27c.

In  canned  goods,  the  week  has  been 
rather  more  favorable  than  the  previous 
one,  but  not  much  real  activity  is  to 
be  noted.  Purchasers  are  taking  only 
lots  and  not  much  attention  is 
small 
given  to 
futures.  Future  brands  of 
Maryland  tomatoes  are  quoted  at  70c 
f.  o.  b. 
for  3s  and  55c  for  2s.  New 
Jersey  brands,  3s,  80c.

Lemons  and  oranges  have  both  been 
doing  better and  orders  have  come 
in 
with  quite  a  good  degree  of  freedom 
from  many  points.  Prices  are  practical­
ly  unchanged.  Bananas  are  active  and 
prices  are  well  held.
In  dried  fruits  not  an  item  of  inter­
est  is  to  be  noted.  There  is  a  weaker 
feeling  on  seeded  raisins,  and  if  any 
article  shows  a  stronger  position  than 
for  some  time  it  is  not  observable.

The  arrivals  of  butter are  rather  freer 
and,while  quotations  remain  practically 
without  change,  there 
is  not  quite  so 
Arm  a  feeling  as  last  week.  Best  West­
ern  creamery  is  quotable  at  22c,  but  it 
must  be  top  grade  and  some  very  good 
has  been  soldat2ij£c.  Imitation cream­
ery,  i6@i8j£c;  choice  Western  factory, 
I3@i3^c.

About an  average  trade  is  going on  in

cheese,  with  the  best  State  full  cream 
stock  selling  at  I2 % @ i2 % c .

Eggs  are  dull  and  weak.  Arrivals 
have  been  rather  larger than  could  well 
be  taken  care  of  and  it  takes  very desir­
able  Western  goods  to  bring  14c.  From 
this  the  descent  is  rapid,  with  an  aver­
age  about  13c.

When  Electricity  Shall  Be  Made  Directly 
Written for the Tradesman.

from  Coal.

At  this  season  of  the  year  when  the 
householder  begins  to  indulge 
in  the 
usual—but  delusive—hope  that  he  has 
bought  his  last  ton  of  coal  for  the  win­
ter  and  the  few  bright  days  of  April 
sunshine  confirm  the  delusion,  he 
is 
gladdened  by  the  cheering 
intelligence 
that  the  first  great  revolution  predicted 
for  the  present  century  is  that  electric­
ity  is  to  be  the  direct  production  of 
coal,  a  fact  confirming  that  both 
light 
and  heat  will  be  vastly  cheapened.

It  is  evident  that  the 

invention  or 
discovery  can  not  come  a  moment  too 
soon.  A 
long  cold  winter  or  a  short 
cold  one  does  not  materially  change  the 
conditions. 
In  our  Northern  climate 
during  even  a  mild  winter  it  is  danger­
ous  to  neglect  the  furnace. 
In  earlier 
times  when  stoves  were  depended  on 
throughout  the  house  only  those  rooms 
were  heated  which  were  in  constant  use 
and  the  risk  of  passing  from  the  tem­
perature  of  summer to  that  of  winter  in 
the  occasionally  heated  room  has  been 
the  cause  of  many  a  death  not otherwise 
to  be  accounted  for.  With  the  coming 
of  the  furnace  and  the  consequent  heat­
ing  of  the  whole  house,  the  risk  was 
averted,  together  with  the  dreadful  con­
sequences;  but  while 
the  unbroken 
household  is  a  cause  of  unlimited  grati­
tude,  there  has  arisen  of  late  years  the 
question  whether the  same  risk  can  not 
be  avoided  without  a  man’s  shoveling 
all  his  income  into  the  furnace  during 
nine  months  of  the  year.  Sickness  and 
suffering  and  consequent  doctors’  bills 
have  been  averted, but  the same amount, 
with  noticeable  additions,  has  been 
transferred  to  the  coal  office  with  a  mo­
notony  as  painful  as  it  was undesirable, 
and  the  public  mind  hails,  afar  off 
though 
it  be,  the  cloud  rift  that  even 
faintly  promises  something  less  exact­
ing, if  not  a  complete  let-up.

The  coming  of the  gas  range  heralded 
a  great  saving.  The  proof  was  con­
vincing.  The  moment  the  gas  was  not 
needed  turn  the  valve  and  the  expense 
instantly  stopped.  True— very  simple 
process;  but  somehow  when  the  cook­
ing-gas  bill  amounts  to $10 and  $12  a 
month  and  the  careful  housekeeper  de­
clares  that  that  is  the  best  that  can  be 
done  it  looks  much  as  if there  is trouble 
somewhere  and  there  must  be  a  going 
back  to  the  old  methods.  Does  that, 
however,  lessen  the  expense?  The  gas 
bill  and  the  coal  bill  emanate  from  the 
same  office  and  shutting  off  the  gas 
only  adds  the  same  amount  to  the  coal 
bill  and  the  consumer  gets  from  the 
transfer  such  satisfaction  as  he  may. 
The  amount  of  money  paid  remains  the 
same  and  whatever  is  left  he  is  at  lib­
erty  to  spend  as  be  pleases—only  if  this 
bill 
is  not  paid  the  gas  is  turned  off 
until  the  desired amount is forthcoming.
The  question  of  illuminating  gas  has 
is 
It  does  not  give  value

been,  and  often  is,  a  vexed  one. 
unsatisfactory. 

It 

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Uneeda
Quartet

tion  of  falsehood  that  so  many  married 
couples  come  to  grief.  When  a  young 
man  falls  in  love  with  a  girl  and  wants 
to  marry  her,  he  never  dreams  of  go­
ing  to  her  honestly  and  telling  her  the 
exact  truth  about  his  worldly  affairs. 
For  the  time  being,  he  turns  himself 
into  a  Claude  Melnotte  and  tells  her 
fairy  stories  about  how  they  are  going 
to  live  in  a  world  of  romance  and  he  is 
going  to  protect  her from  all  the  hard­
ships  of  life  and  her  little  white  hands 
shall  never  be  soiled  by  menial  tasks 
and  all  the  rest  of  the  unveracious 
chronicles  that  every  lover  recites.

inexperienced 

He  sends  her  candy  and  takes  her  to 
the  theater  and  inundates  her  with  vio­
lets,  and  the 
little  girl 
marries  him  honestly  believing  that  she 
is  about  to  be  translated  into  an elysian 
where  chocolates  grow  on  trolley  poles 
and  new  frocks  are  to  be  had  for the 
asking. 
It  is  no  wonder that  when  she 
finds  out  about  what  she  is  up  against, 
and  realizes  that  instead  of  life  being  a 
rosy  dream 
is  a  frantic  struggle  for 
beefsteak  and  onions,  she  so  often  turns 
into  a  sour,  discontented,  disgruntled 
woman.

it 

In  a  way,  no  matter  how  unintention­
ally,  she  has  been  the  victim  of  a  con­
fidence  game  and  might  justly  turn  on 
her  husband  with  the  reproach  that  he 
has  gotten  goods  under  false  pretenses. 
A  lot  of  trouble  would  be  saved  if  every 
good  man  only  had  the  courage  to  go  to 
the  girl  he 
loves  and  say  to  her:  “ I 
am  poor. 
I  get  only  so  much  a  month.
I  love  you  and  want  to  marry  you,but  it 
will  mean  many  sacrifices  and  hard­
ships  on  your  part. 
It  will  mean  that 
you  wili  have  to  wear  turned  and  made- 
over  frocks. 
It  will  mean  that  you  will 
have  to  do  without  many  things that you 
would  like  to  have,  and  have  been  used 
to  having,  but  I  will  give  you  the 
love 
of  an  honest  heart  and  the  labor of will­
ing  hands. 
If  you  have  the  courage, 
come  to  me  and  we  will  fight  the  battle 
out  together  like  good  comrades,  shoul­
der  to  shoulder—but  it’s  going  to  be  a 
battle  and  not  a  picnic.”   That  would 
give  the  girl  a  straight  deal  and  she 
would  know  beforehand  where 
she 
stood. 
If  she  turned  back  at  the  pros­
pect,  a  man  should  get  down  on  his 
knees  and  thank  heaven  for his  miracu­
lous  escape  from  great  danger. 
If  she 
accepts,  he  has  got  a  life.partner that 
will  help  him  to  win  out  every  time. 
The  truth  has  never  been  considered  a 
good 
into  a 
courtship,  but  a  little  of  it  before  mar­
riage  would  save  a  great  many  unpleas­
ant  ones  afterwards.

ingredient  to  introduce 

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W oman’s World

Not 

long  ago  a  Chicago 

N oveltyofH earing the Truth From a Man.
justice 
granted  a  man  a  new  trial  on the ground 
that  he  was  entitled  to  a  rehearing  of 
his  case  because  he  had  been  convicted 
on  the  evidence  of  women.  The 
judge 
added,  by  way  of  softening  the  blow, 
that  he  regarded  women  as being  moral­
ly  superior  to  men,  but that  they  pos­
sessed  so  much  imagination  they  were 
constitutionally 
incapable  of  distin­
guishing  between  fact  and  fiction.

This  is  not  the  first  time  the  accusa­
tion  of  mendacity  has  been  brought 
against  women.  Solomon  declared  that 
all  men  are  liars,  but the  average  man, 
who  thinks  he .knows a great many things 
Solomon  never  found  out,  passes  the 
charge  on  to  his  sisters,  and  there  is  no 
doubt  that  there  is  a  widespread  belief 
that  the  feminine  sex  is the  sex  of  tar- 
raddidles  and  fibs.  Personally,  I  don’t 
believe  that  women  are  a  particle  less 
truthful  than  men.  The  ability  to tell  a 
plain,unvarnished tale  and  to  see  things 
exactly  as  they  happen 
is  the  rarest 
thing  in  the  world,  and  it  is  not a virtue 
of  which  man  possesses  the  monopoly 
by  any  means.  .  Saphira  was  a  married 
lady  and,  according  to  all  accounts,  was 
struck  dead for merely trying  to  back  up 
her  husband's  statement  about  their  real 
estate  returns.  Woman  may  have  orig­
inated  pink  tea  gossip  and  the  not-at- 
home  fiction,  but  it  is  truthful  man  who 
is  the  author  of  the  weather  reports  and 
the  crop  statistics  and  the  racing  tip, 
so  there  is  really  no  use  in  the  pot  call­
ing  the  kettle black.  They  are  too  much 
of  a  muchness.

As  a  matter of  fact,  if  women  are  un­
duly  given  to  falsehood  nobody  should 
be  surprised.  They  get  precious 
little 
encouragement  from  men  to  tell  any­
thing  else. 
It  takes  a  baby  girl  about 
the  space  of  her first  year  in  this  deceit­
ful  world  to  find  out  that  she  can  get 
whatever  she  wants  by  lisping  “ pitty 
papa,”   and  from  then  on, 
from  the 
cradle  to  the  grave,  she  knows  she  must 
tell  man—whether  he  is  her  father or 
beau  or  husband— what  he wants to hear, 
not  what  is,  if  she  desires  things  to  be 
made  easy  for her.  No  man ever wanted 
to  hear  the  truth  from  a  woman’s  lips, 
unless  it  was  flattering,  or  forgave  her 
for  telling  it. 
If  there  could  be  a  fem­
inine  counterpart  of  Truthful  James, you 
may  rest  assured  that “ Spinster”   would 
be  engraved  on  her  tombstone.

If  men  don’t 

like  to  hear  the  truth 
from  women,  they  are  still  more  averse 
to  telling  it  to  her.  By  some incompre­
hensible  quirk  of  reasoning  they  have 
come  to  believe  that  the  truth  is  like 
strong  drink—intended  for  men  only— 
and  that  before  it is fit  for feminine  con­
sumption  it needs  to  be  diluted  and  fla­
vored  up  and  sweetened.  Even  then 
they  only  administer  it  to  her  upon 
occasions,  as  a  kind  of  treat  and  reward 
for good  behavior.-  Oddly  enough,  too, 
they  think  women like  this,  but,little  as 
they  may  realize 
it,  when  a  man  does 
talk  right  straight,  plain  out,  and  tells a 
woman  the  unvarnished  truth,  she-in- 
variably  regards  it  as  the  very  highest 
and  most  precious  compliment  he  can 
pay  her. 
It  takes  her  at  one step  out  of 
the  ranks  of  doll  babies  and  recognizes 
her as  a  reasonable  human  being.

So  far as  I  am  concerned,  I think  that 
there 
is  no  other  thing  in  which  men 
treat  women  so  unjustly  as  in  this  very 
matter of  not  telling  them  the  truth. 
It 
is  because  the  structure  of  so  much  do- 
metic 
is  built  on  a  rotten  founda­

life 

It seems unnecessary  to  insist  on  truth 
between  a  man  and  his  wife,  but  the 
world 
is  strewn  with  tragedies  for the 
lack  of  it.  Probably  there  is  not  a  day 
of  our  lives  that  all  of  us  do  not  hear  a 
caustic  criticism  being  passed  upon  the 
extravagance  of  some  woman whose hus­
is  tottering  on  the  very  verge  of 
band 
financial  ruin.  Everybody  knows 
it. 
Everybody  talks  about  it. 
It  is a secret 
to  nobody  but  the  woman  herself.  She 
does  not  know,  and  ail  unwittingly  she 
is  driving  her husband  to  ruin. 
I  know 
people  always  blame  the  women for such 
disasters. 
They  ought  to  blame  the 
man.  Women are  afraid  of  debt.  They 
have  a  horror of  losing  their homes  and 
their positions and I don’t believe there’s 
one  in  a  million, just  on  selfish  grounds, 
who  wouldn’t  live  within  her  income 
and  retrench 
in  her  expenses  if  her 
husband  would  go to  her and  tell her the 
plain  truth  about  their finances. 
It  is 
something  every  woman  has  a  right  to 
know,  anyway,  about  the  man  on  whom

Uneeda  Graham Wafer

To
quicken 
business 
on a 
dull day 
just
announce
this
famous
four.

N a tio n a l

B is c u it   C o m p a n y .

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

why  should  they  break 
its  continuity 
and  its  purpose  by  taking  another  name 
and  adding  other  interests?  But  this 
question  opens  up  the  whole  problem  of 
woman’s  position  to-day  and  it  is  too 
large  and  momentous  to  settle  here.

It  is  highly  significant,  however,  that 
women  should  wish  to keep  their own 
names,  not  merely  because  they  do  not 
wish  to  marry,  but  because  they  have 
gained  the  vantage  ground  of the  full 
recognition  of personality.  Is Mrs.  Rog­
ers  herself,  or is she  merely  an  appendix 
to  Mr.  Rogers? 
Is  she  to  speak  in  her 
own  name,  or  must  she  always  refer  to 
“ him”   in  order to  know  what  to  think? 
Perhaps  suffrage  for  women is  not  gain­
ing  rapidly,  but  a  vast  change  has  been 
brought  about  in  the 
last  half  century 
in  the  recognition  of  the  individuality 
of  woman.  The  women  who  quote 
“ him”   are  growing  small  in  number 
and  the  women  who  have  opinions  of 
their  own  are  rapidly  increasing. 
In 
the  meantime  marriage  does  not  go  on 
quite  so  smoothly  as  formerly,  simply 
because  the  husband  is  no  longer  “ lord 
and  master,"and  two  wills  must  be 
reconciled  instead  of  one being ignored.
In  due  time,  however,  when  the  trans­
ition  has  been  made  to  the  full  recogni­
tion  of  individuality 
in  woman,  it  will 
be  found  that  marriage  has  become 
more  ideal  and  happier.  That  women 
will  ever  go  back  to  the  old  submissive 
way,  having  once  tasted  freedom,  is  not 
to  be  supposed.  Therefore,  marriage 
must  henceforth  be  a  real  partnership 
of  two  personalities  or  else  women  will 
more  and  more  refuse  to  marry.

Cora  Stowell.

A  woman  pats  a  strange baby in about 
the  same  manner a  man  pats  a  strange 
dog.

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

Plasticon

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

Bug Finish

The  effective  Potato  Bug 
Exterminator.

Land Plaster

Finely ground and  of  supe­
rior quality.

For lowest prices address 

Alabastine Company,
Plaster Sales Department

Grand Rapids, Mich.

A  MODERN  WONDER

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

of  even  the  most  individualistic  college 
graduate  of  this  opening  year of  a  new 
century.

it 

That  not  many  women  care  to  retain 
their own  name  without  taking  that  of 
their  husband  simply  shows  how  power­
ful  is  social  custom. 
It  might  be  said 
that 
indicates  that  women  are  want­
ing  in  individuality,  but  such  an  asser­
tion  can  have 
little  weight  in  view  of 
the  fact  that  a  social  tradition  reaching 
back  for thousands  of  years  practically 
settles  what  shall  be  the  form  of a  wom­
an’s  name.  Few  women  have  the  time 
or  the  energy  or  the  courage  to  battle 
with  an  established  rule  of  this  kind, 
and  the  number  of  men  can  not be much 
larger. 
If  it  were  they  would  wage  the 
battle  for  the  women,  which  they  now 
show  no  inclination  for  doing.

However,  there  are  not  wanting  indi­
cations  that women  are  gaining  in  indi­
viduality,  a  fact  that 
is  shown  by  the 
increasing  number  who  do  not  wish  to 
lose  their  maiden  names  when  they  are 
married.  Yet  there  also  seems  to  be  an 
increase 
in  the  number  of  women  who 
respect  the  conventions  of  society  and 
merge  their  names  in  those  of their hus­
bands. 
If  John  Smith  is  a  prominent 
man  in  business  or  politics  or  literature 
it  is  natural  that  his  wife  should  wish 
to  have  the  social  advantages  of  his 
popularity. 
If  she  calls  herself  Mrs. 
John  Smith  it  serves  not  only to identify 
her  in  the  minds  of  all  who  know  her 
husband,  but 
it  adds  to  her  social 
standing  and  position.  That  most  busi­
ness  men  and  politicians  would  take 
advantage  of  such  an  opportunity  ought 
to  excuse  the  women  for  so  doing.

As  women  come  to  do  things 

for 
themselves,  however,  it  is  of  advantage 
to  them  to  keep  their  own  names,  just 
as  it  would  be  to  men.  No  man  of  a 
positive  individuality  wishes  to  appear 
under the  form  of  “ Co.”   in  the  firm  to 
which  he  belongs.  He  may  submit  to 
it  because  he  has  not  money  or  experi­
ence  enough  to take  any  other  position, 
but  he  is  pleased  to  have  his  own  name 
’appear  when  that  is  possible.

Why should  a  woman  wish  to  abandon 
identi­
her  own  name,  that  has  become 
fied  with  her  personality  and  that  is 
in 
a real  sense  a  part of her individual self? 
The  fact  seems  to  be  that  as  soon  as 
women  make  a  place  for themselves  in 
the  world  they  do  not  desire  to  abandon 
their  maiden  names.  Professional  sing­
ers,  actors,  artists  and  others  refuse  to 
give  up  what  has become identified'with 
their  successes.  This 
increased  sense 
of  personality  that  identifies  itself  with 
a  name  known  to  the  public  and  that 
has  its  professional  and  business  value 
has  no  doubt  its  influence 
in  causing 
women  to  refuse  to  marry.  The  popular 
idea  of  marriage,  that  merges  the  wife 
in  the  husband  and  in  his children must 
have 
influence  on  women  who  have 
sought  to  work  out  a  career  for them­
selves.

its 

she  is  dependent  for support.  She  has 
no  way  to  safeguard  the  future  without 
it.  Of  course,  a  man  will  defend  him­
self  by  saying  that  he  is  trying  to  save 
a  woman  from  the  hardships  of  exist­
ence  by  keeping  the  brutal  truths  of  life 
from  her,  but  it  is  a  cruel  kindness  that 
has  brought  disaster  to  many  a  woman.
No  other  woman  suffers  from  man’s 
fear  of  the  truth,  as  applied  to  women, 
more  than  the  working  woman.  She 
beats  herself  up  blindly  against  it,  and 
falls  back  defeated,  without  knowing 
is  that  has  barred  the  way. 
what 
Again 
is  cruel  kindness,  as  if  one 
were  hanged  with  a  silken  cord,  insiead 
of  a  hemp  rope,  but  the  result  is  the 
same.  You  are 
just  as  dead,  and  call 
for  just  as  much  of  a  funeral  in  one 
case  as  the  other.  A  man,  for  instance, 
will  seldom  tell  a  woman  employe 
just 
what  the  faults  are  for  which  he  is  dis­
missing  her.  He  makes  some  kind  of 
roundabout  excuse  about  business  being 
bad,  or  something  of  the  kind,  and  the 
result  is  she  never gets  a  chance  to  find 
out  where  she  fails,  and  to  correct  her 
weaknesses.

it 
it 

Not 

long  ago  I  knew  of  half  a  dozen 
men  who  were  all  at  their  wits’  end  try­
ing  to  help  a  woman,  who  frustrated 
their  every  effort  by  her  silly  family 
pride. 
“ What,”   she  cried,  “ me,  a 
Smythe-Jones,  a  granddaughter  of  Gen­
eral  So-and-So,  and  the  cousin of an  ex­
cabinet  minister,  take  that  place! 
I 
wouldn’t  dream  of  it.”   Everybody  felt 
that  the  situation  was  extremely  deli­
cate  and  that  she  must  on  no  account  be 
told  the  truth,  which  was  that  they  were 
all  tired  of  supporting  her  and  felt  that, 
as  she  was  an  able-bodied  woman  and 
had  this  opportunity  offered,  she  ought 
to  take  it.  Finally,  however,  while  they 
were  all  trying  to  persuade  and  inveigle 
her  into  doing  it  and  inwardly  raving 
over  what  an  imbecile  she  was,  one  of 
the  men  got  mad  and  blurted  out  the 
whole  truth. 
In  one  minute  the  whole 
affair  was  settled.  Just  as  soon  as  the 
woman  understood  the  situation  she  was 
perfectly  reasonable  and  glad  to  do  the 
sensible  thing.  And  she  is  not  alone. 
Half  the  time  when  women  are  blamed 
for  acting  like  idiots 
it  is  because  they 
are  stumbling  along  in  the  dark  without 
one  ray  of  truth  to guide  them.

There  is  a  story  of a  diplomat  whose 
subtlety  was  such  that  all  retired  baffled 
before  him.  At length somebody plucked 
up  courage  to  enquire  into  the  secret  of 
his  marvelous  skill. 
“ I  never  speak 
anything  but  the  simple truth, ”  the wily 
old  man  answered. 
I  commend  the  ex­
ample  to  every  man  who  has  to  deal 
with  women.  Tell  them  the  truth.  The 
novelty  of  hearing 
it  from  a  man  will 
charm  them  and  its  sense  and  reason­
ableness  will  appeal  to their understand­
ing  and  convince  them.

Dorothy  Dix.

What  Shall  Be  a Married Woman’s Name.
This  is  the  question  one  of  the  wom­
en’s  papers  has  been  trying  to  answer 
for  its  readers.  Shall a  married  woman 
take  her  husband’s  name  and  drop  her 
own,  being  known  as  Mrs.  John  Smythe 
Rogers?  Or  shall  she  keep  her  maiden 
name 
in  full,  and  add  to  it  that  of  her 
husband,  writing  herself  as  Mrs.  Mary 
Jones  Rogers?  Or  shall  the  wife  and 
husband  unite  their  names  and  call 
themselves  Jones-Rogers?  Or  shall  the 
woman  keep  strictly  to  her own  name, 
discarding  entirely  that  of  her  husband 
and  call  herself  Mary  Jones  or  Mrs. 
Mary  Jones?  These  are  the  possibilities 
offered  in  the  way  of  a  woman’s  name, 
and  they  ought  to  satisfy  the  ambition

Now,  whether  we  think  women  ought 
to  be  content  with  husband  and children 
or  not,  the  fact  is  that  an  increasing 
number  of  women,  and  those  the  most 
intelligent  and  capable, refuse  to  marry. 
We  may  write  or  speak  as  we  like  in 
favor of  women  keeping  to  the  good  old 
way  of  housewifery;  we  are  wasting  our 
words  so  far as  a  very  large  class  of  the 
most  capable  young  women  are  now 
concerned.  They  have  found  a  mission 
and  no  man  can  claim  them  as  wife. 
They  have  found  that  the  world  needs 
mothering,  and  not  one  little  brood  of 
children  only,  and  they  have  set  them­
selves  to  that  work.  Having  entered 
upon  it  and  gained  some  success  in 
it,

The  finest  artificial  light  in  the  world.  Hang  or  stand  them anywhere. 
One  lamp  lights  ordinary  store;  twoample  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 for Catalogue. 

192-194  Michigan  Street,  Chicago,  111

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Hardware

Story  of a  Successful  Hardware  Business.
Fred  Thompson  and  Harry  Norton 
had  been  warm  friends  for years.  They 
had  been  chums  at  school,  where  the 
difference  in  their  manners  and  appear­
ance  had  excited  much  banter  from 
their  companions. 
Fred  was  early 
known  as  “ Pudgy,”   because  of  his 
bulkiness  and  easy-going  manner,  while 
Harry  was  nicknamed  “ Pug,”   because 
of  his  early  prowess  with  his  fists  and 
his  readiness  to  use  them.  They  had 
left  school  about  the  same  time,  both 
starting  as  messenger boys  in  stores  in 
their  home  town,  a  place  of  about  4,000 
population.  Fred went  into  a dry  goods, 
Harry  into  a  hardware  store.

The 

intimacy 

was  maintained 
throughout  the  years  during  which  they 
learned  something  of the  tiresomeness 
of  running  messages,  the  difficulties 
in 
the  pathway  of  clerks,  and  some  of  the 
intricacies  of  business.  To  the astonish­
ment  of  almost  everyone,  Fred  seemed 
to  make  a  much  better clerk  than  his 
old  chum.  His  manner with  customers, 
while  possibly  not  as  brisk  as  some  of 
the  hurried  ones  would  like, was  so  con­
tinuously  genial,  and  his  memory  of 
names  and  faces  so  thorough,  that  he 
was  a  general  favorite.  Harry,  while  a 
favorite  with  his  employers,  did  not 
“ draw”   the  trade  because  of  his  inaffa­
bility.  He was  constantly on  the  move, 
and  when  his  customer  was  served  he 
busied  himself  with  some  other  duty. 
His  knowledge  of  the  goods  he  handled 
was,  however,  much  superior  to  most 
clerks  of  his  age.

One  August  evening,  when  they  were 
both  about  22  years  of  age,  they  were 
“ up  the  river”   together.  Harry  was 
rowing.  Suddenly  he  stopped.

“ Can  you  put  up  $500?”   was  his  un­

expected  question.

“ How  far  up?”   came  the  rejoinder.
“ I ’m  not  fooling.  Could  you  raise 
$500 without  giving  a  mortgage  on  what 
you’d  invest  in  it?”

“ I’ve  got  more  than  that  of my own, ”  

answered  Fred.

“ Well,  I’ve  been  thinking  for  weeks 
that  there  is  a  fine  opening  for  another 
hardware  store  in  J—. 
I  have $450,  and 
can  easily  get  the  rest  from  my  father. 
I’d  like  you  to go  shares  with  me.”

“ But  I  don’t  know  the  hardware 

trade. ’ ’

“ No,  there  would  be  a  good  deal  for 
you  to 
learn.  But  you  get  along  with 
people  so  well  that  you’d  soon  be  able 
to  sell  more  in  a  day  than  I  would.”

Fred  was  curious,  and  it  took  Harry 
months  to  convince  him  to  make  the 
venture.  But  he  at  last  consented.  A 
good 
stand  was  secured.  This  was 
stocked  with  the  most  up-to-date  goods 
on  the  market.'  For two  weeks  before 
their  store  was  opened  to  the  public 
they  devoted  a “ double quarter column”  
space  to  invitations  to  young  and  old  to 
call  and  examine  their  stock.

For the  first  year nothing  but  regular 
hardware 
lines  were  kept.  Then  they 
accepted  an  agency  for one  of the  most 
widely  advertised  bicycles.  There  was 
no  bicycle  repair shop  in  the  town,  and 
soon  they  were  sending  parts  to Toronto 
to  be  either repaired or replaced.  “ This 
won’t  do,”   said  Harry  one  day,  “ we 
are  losing  a  good  chance  to  make  a  few 
dollars  by  not  doing  our  own  repair­
ing.”

“ Well,  I  couldn’t  learn  to  do that, 
and  you haven’t  tim e,”   answered  Fred.
“ No,  but  we  must  get  someone  who 

can  do  it  ”

“ Would  it  pay?”

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

“ If  Frank 

(a  younger  brother  of 
Harry’s  who  was  acting  as  clerk)  could 
do  that  in  his  spare  time  it  would  pay 
well.  I  was  thinking  of advising  him  to 
take  a  year  off  and  secure  a  position 
where  he  could  learn  the  business.  We 
would  get  a  mechanic  to take  his  place 
while  he 
is  away—one  who  could  help 
around  the  store  when  he  is  not  busy.”
The  matter  was  fully  discussed,  and 
it  was  finally  agreed  to  try  the  experi­
ment.  Frank  secured  a  position in Mon­
treal.  A  capable man  was  hired  to  look 
after  the  repair  shop.  The  installation 
of  this  department  was  well  advertised 
and  it  was  put  on  a  paying  basis  much 
sooner than  anticipated.

This  took  up  considerable  space,  and 
before 
long  floor  room  in  the  store  was 
congested.  As  the trade  of the  firm  had 
steadily  increased,  and  had  been  done 
on  a  fair  margin,  and  as  both  of  the 
partners  had  been  content  to  take  out 
of  it  only  enough  cash  to  pay.  necessary 
current  expenses,  there  was  some  profit 
in  the  first  year’s  business.  This,  and 
a  portion  of  the  original  capital,  was 
devoted  to  making  an  extension,  which 
gave  the  necessary  floor  space.  By  ju­
dicious  advertising,  attention  was  di­
rected  to  these  changes  in  such  a way as 
to  emphasize  the  fact  that  the .young 
firm  was  progressive.

While  Fred  devoted  his  time  to  con­
vincing  customers  of  the  comparative 
values  offered  by  Horton  &  Thompson, 
Harry  devoted  his  time  to  planning, 
scheming  and  studying;  his  partner 
called  him  a  “ modem  method”   crank. 
Many  of  his  changes  were  slight,  but 
some  were entirely radical,  necessitating 
a  complete  rearrangement  of  the  goods 
in  the  store.

In  two  years  Frank  came  back  with  a 
good  general  knowledge  of  mechanics. 
Instead  of  dismissing  the  man  who  had 
been  secured  to  look  after the  repair 
work  while  Frank  was  away,  the  firm 
agreed  that 
it  would  be  far  more  ad­
vantageous  to  branch  out  a  little  more 
and  repair ail  kinds of small machinery, 
implements,  etc.  This was found  profit­
able  from  the  first,  and  the  husiness 
done  steadily  increased  until  about  two 
years  ago,  when  a  first-class  machine 
shop  was  opened,  and  first-class  lathes, 
punches,  etc.,  installed,  and  the  man­
ufacture  of  hardware  specialties  started. 
Now  a 
jobbing  trade  extending  over 
several  counties  is  done  in  many  lines.
In  the  meantime the  trade in  the  store 
has  steadily  increased.  The  town  has 
grown  materially  during  the  past  five 
years  and  several  industries  have  been 
started.  These  have  caused  a  demand 
for  several 
lines  hitherto  not  handled. 
These 
lines  have  been  put  into  stock. 
In  the  case  of  one  line  which  is  neither 
made  in  Canada  nor  handled  by  the 
wholesale  dealers  here,  the  name  of  the 
manufacturer  in  Europe  was  secured 
and  the  stock  imported  direct.  In  addi­
tion  to  their  regular  hardware  lines they 
have  put  into  stock  a  big  range  of  both 
carriage  hardware  and  harness.  Last 
fall  a  second  extension  was  necessary. 
When  this  was  being  made,  shelf  boxes, 
bicycle  step 
ladders  and  other  modern 
devices  were  installed.

the  ability as  a  mechanic  of  the  young­
er brother,  who,  by  the  way,  has  been 
admitted 
into  partnership.— Canadian 
Hardware.

Halting’  Means  Disaster.

If  a  merchant  were  to  close  his  store 
and  suspend  husiness  every  time  trade 
lagged  he  would  rightly be  branded  as  a 
simpleton.  And  yet 
in  what  essential 
would  he  differ  from  the  advertiser from 
the  same  reason?  One  sells  goods  by 
means  of  spoken  words  and  the  other by 
means  of  the  printed;  their  object  is 
identical. 
It  should  be  plain  to  the 
crudest  understanding  that  the  time  to 
bid  most  aggressively  for trade  is  when 
trade  seems  most  elusive.  The  alert 
storekeeper,instead  of  waiting for  some­
thing  to  turn  up,  turns  up  something. 
He  changes  his  window  display  and 
showcards,  offers  particularly  tempting 
values,  and  employs  every  device  sug­
gested  by  a  nimble  wit  to  transform 
dulness  into  activity.  He  is  bold  and 
persistent  and,  therefore,  in  most 
in­
stances  wins  his  way. 
Just  as  faint­
hearted  storekeeping  means  failure,  so 
faint-hearted  advertising  spells  defeat 
and discouragement. —Clothiers’Weekly.

When  the 
Busy Season 
Conies

And the customer  to whom 
you have sold  paint  for  his 
house  finds  that  you  have 
not  quite  enough  to  finish 
the  job  it  will  be  a  nice 
thing to be able  to  say  “go 
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 
quick shippers.  Better write 
to us about it;  we  save  you 
time and money.

Callaghan & Richardson,

^  

Manufacturers’ Agents, 
Reed City, Mich. 

■ £ 
S

J   Sporting  Goods,  Ammunition,  Stoves,  40 
0  Window Glass,  Bar  Iron,  Shelf  Hard- $  
2
J   ware, etc.,  etc. 

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

3*» 33» 35» 37» 39 Louis St. 

io &  la Monroe St.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

QUICK MKAL
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Secure the agency of the

“ Quick  M eal”  Gasoline  Blue  Flame  Oil 

Stoves  and  Steel  Ranges

They have no competitors.  Write at once to 

QVKKMtAt
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OWCKMSAb.

D.  E.  VANDERVEEN,  State Agent,

525 Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Citizens Phone 1350.

No  Long Story  Here. 

for  Prices.

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

Galvanized  Pipe  and  Tubular W ell  Supplies.

The  result  is  that  while  both  partners 
are  still  young  men  they  own  a  business 
which  compares  to advantage  with  any 
similar concern  within  a  radius  of  fifty 
miles.  The  causes  which  contributed 
to  these  results  were,  in  the  writer’s 
opinion,  an  ever  watchful  desire  for 
improvement  and  a  careful  study  of 
conditions  on  the  part  of  one  member of 
the  firm,  a  wise,  genial  treatment  of 
customers  on  the  part  of the  other,  and

Üü Phelps &
Bigelow

ai/Ail&O w UAJGfc&y liUCVI

W ind  M ill  Co.,  KALAMAZOO, MICH.

Tradesman  Company 

Grand  Rapids,

NOT  A   STATER.

W hy  the  Mail-Order  Craze  Is  So  Short 

hived.

It  has  always  seemed  to  me  that  the 
fear  of  the  mail-order  grocery  houses 
was  exaggerated.  While  these  concerns 
sell  and  will  keep  on  selling  lots  of 
goods,  I  can’t  see  how  they  can  hold 
In  the  first  place,  the 
their  customers. 
in 
distance 
is  strongly 
favor  of  the 
neighborhood  grocer. 
In  the  second, 
the  average  consumer  will  mighty  soon 
get  tired  of  the  sort  of  gcods  the  mail­
order  house  sells,  and  all  of  them  are 
alike—their goods  are  all  tough.
•'  My  ideas  about  mail-order groceries 
have  been  crystallized  during  the  last 
month. 
I  get  up  through  Pennsylvania 
pretty  well,  and  when  I  reach  a  certain 
town  in  the  western  part  of  the  State  I 
usually  stop  with  an  aunt  of  my  moth­
er’s— I  save  a  board  bill  that  way  and 
my  great  uncle  only  gets  a  good  cigar 
when  I  go there.

These  good  people  took  a  little  flier 
into  mail-order  groceries.  About  a 
couple  of  months  ago  we  were all sitting 
around  the  sitting  room  table. 
I  was 
tilling  the  air  with  the  ravishing  per­
fume  from  one  of  my  special  perfectos 
and  my  great  aunt  was  reading  a  wom­
an’s  paper  published 
in  New  York. 
Finally,  she  said  to  her husband:

“ See  here,  Si,  here’s  an  advertise­
ment  that  was  put  in  by  a  big  firm  in 
Chicago.  They  sell  you  groceries  by 
mail  for the  same  price  that  an ordinary 
grocer  has  to  pay.  You  send  your order 
by  mail,  and  they  ship  the  goods  by 
freight. ”

Uncle  Si  was  fixing  up  his  building- 
association  accounts—he’s  the  secretary 
out  there— and  my  aunt  asked  me  what 
I  thought  of  it.

“ W ell,’ ’  1  said,  with  the  wise  look 
that  was  bora  on  me,  “ I  don't  think 
anything  of  it. 
It’s  probably  a  fake. 
You’d  better stick  to  your local grocer.”
“ Still,”   went  on  Aunt  Lindy,  “ if 
this  Chicago  firm  will  sell  us  at  the 
wholesale  price 
it  might  be  a  good 
thing  and  save  money.”

“ Oh,  bosh!”   I  said,  politely.  “ They 
won’t  sell  you  at  any  wholesale  price. 
Chances  are  you’d  pay  more  than  you 
do  at  home.' ’

“ I'm  not  so  sure  of  that,”   put  in 
“ Read  the  advertisement, 

Uncle  Si. 
Lindy.”

Well,  Aunt  Lindy  read  the  advertise­
ment,  and  the  dear  good  old  things 
made  up  their  minds  to  go  in  on  it. 
The  scheme  was  to  send  $10,  and  you 
were  to  get  enough  stuff  to  fill  a  store. 
You  didn't  have  to  send  the  money  in 
advance,  but 
if  you  wanted  to  do  so, 
the  firm  would  send  you,  along  with  the 
five  barrels  of  groceries,  a  magnificent 
“ silver and  glass  pitcher,”  just  to  show 
you  how  much  they  appreciated  your 
faith.  The name should have read ‘ 4glass 
and  silver  pitcher,”   as  we  found  out 
afterwards.

I  left  the  next  day  and  didn't  go back 
for  two  weeks. 
In  the  meantime  the 
old  people  had  sent  on  their  little  $io 
and  the  goods  had  come.

“ W ell,”   I  said  that  evening,  “ how 
much  money  did  you  save  on  your  mail 
order?”

“ We  ain’t  counted  it  up  yet,”   said 

Uncle  Si,  with  a  grin.

“ What  are  you  grinning  about?”   I 

asked.

“ Oh,  nothing,”   was  the  reply;  “ but 
I  guess  we’ll  stick  to  our  local  dealer 
after this.”

“ Wasn’t the  stuff  all  right?’ ’  I  asked.
“ We— 11,”   he  answered,  hesitatingly,

4 ’ not  altogether. ’ ’

Then  they  told  me.  My  Uncle  Si  is  a 
man  who  likes  his  food  very-highly sea­
soned.  He  will  cover  a  boiled  potato 
with  pepper  so thick  that  it  looks  like  a 
piece  of  coal.  A  part  of the  groceries 
he  got  for his $io  was  spices.  He  told 
me  that  he  couldn’t  make  the  pepper 
burn  his  mouth  to  save  his  life.  He 
piled  it on  and,  finally,  in  desperation, 
ladled 
it  out  in spoonfuls.  Still  there 
wasn’t  any  more  burn  or tang  to  it  than 
to  so  much  sand.

I 

My  Aunt  Lindy  is  great  on  cinnamon 
buns—even  to  write  about  them  makes 
my  mouth  water.  She  tried  some  of  the 
mail-order  cinnamon  on  a  batch,  and 
they  actually  didn't  have  the  faintest 
taste  of  cinnamon. 
looked  at  the 
I  don’t  know  much  about  such 
spices. 
things,but  I'll  bet  they  were  adulterated 
fully  95  per  cent.  No  grocer  in  Penn­
sylvania  would  dare  to  sell  such  stuff.
lot  of  coffee,  too—real 
for  which  they 
“ Mocha  and  Java,”  
It 
paid  26  cents  a  pound  by  mail. 
smelled  to  heaven  of  strong  Rio— re­
minded  me  more  of  Arbuckle’s  Ariosa 
in  smell  than  anything  else.  Uncle  Si 
had  one  cup,  I  believe,  and  he  and 
Aunt  Lindy  came  near having  an  elder­
ly  scrap  over  it.

There  was  a 

Then  there  was  some  tea—old  stale 

stuff  that  reeked  with  dirt  and  dust.

Aunt  Lindy  had  confidingly  sent  on 
her $10  in  advance  to  get  the  pitcher— 
she  needed  one,  to  serve  lemonade  in 
when  company  came,  she  said—and 
when 
it  came  Uncle  Si  wouldn’t  even 
let  her  put  it  on  the  table  when  only 
themselves  were  there. 
It  was  about 
eighteen  inches  high,  and  all  the  silver 
about  it  was  a  little  nickel-plated  rim 
around  the  top.

The  prices  paid  for these  goods would 
have  been  low  for  pure  goods,  but  for 
the  sort  of  goods  these  were  the  prices 
were  extortionate.

Now,  undoubtedly  other  people  have 
had  this  same  experience  with  mail­
order  houses,  and  that 
is  why  I  don’t 
believe  the  mail-order  house  is a stayer. 
They  may  get  a  man’s $10 once,  but 
they  won’t  be  likely  to get  it  again.  At 
least,  they  won’t  get  any  more  of  my 
Aunt  Lindy’s  money.— Stroller  in  Gro­
cery  World.

When  Stovepipes  Were  Scarce.

From the Kansas City Journal.

There  is  an  epidemic  of reminiscence 
among  the  old  settlers  of  Kansas,  and 
the  county  papers  are  filled  with  anec­
dotes  of  quaint  interest.  Frank  Seaman 
tells  of  an  incident  in  his  pioneer  days 
which  illustrates  the  scarcity  of  mate­
rials  with  which  the  early  settlers  had 
to  contend,  and  particularly  of that  very 
common  household  necessity,  pipe  for 
stoves.  After  moving  bis  family  into  a 
dugout  on  his  claim,  Mr.  Seaman  found 
that  he  did  not  have  pipe  enough  to 
reach  through  the  roof.  So  the  pipe 
was  extended through  a  window,  where 
it performed  its function  very  well,  save 
when  the  wind  was  blowing  from  the 
direction  in  which  it  was  pointed.  On 
these  occasions  the  stove  would  be 
moved  to the  other side  of the  room,and 
the  pipe  extended  through  another  win­
dow,  and  Mr.  Seaman  says  it  was  a 
common  remark 
in  his  household  all 
through  the  first  winter  to  have  some 
one  make,  “ Come,  boys,  let’s  shift  the 
stove  over. ’ ’

A  cup  of  hot  coffee  is  an  unfailing 
barometer,  if  you  allow  a  lump  of  sugar 
to  drop 
in  the  bottom  of  the  cup  and 
watch  the air  bubbles  arise  without  dis­
turbing  the  coffee. 
If the  bubbles  col­
lect 
in  the  middle,  the  weather  will  be 
fine;  if they  adhere  to  the  cup,  forming 
a  ring,  it  will  either  rain  or  snow;  and 
if  the  bubbles  separate  without  assum­
ing  any 
changeable 
‘position 
weather may  be  expected.

fixed 

Ammunition

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 280, per  m ... 

Primers

Gun Wads

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

Loaded  Shells

New Rival—For Shotguns

Dre. of
Powder

No.
120
129
128
126
136
164
200
208
236
265
264

oz.of
Shot
1%
1M
1 /8
1M
1M
1M
1
l
1M
1M
1M
Discount 40 per cent.

4
4
4
4
4M
4M
3
3
354
3%
3%
Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..

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

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

Gunpowder

Kegs, 26 lbs., per keg.........................
M kegs, 12% lbs., per  %  keg..............
H kegs, 654 lbs., per 54  keg...............

Shot

A xe s

A ugurs  and  Bits

In sacks containing 23 lbs.
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B...........
Snell’s .................................................
Jennings  genuine...............................
Jennings’ imitation.............................
First Quality, 8. 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 Hat 
Plow ...................................................
Buckets
Well, plain..........................................

Barrows

B utts,  Cast

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

40
50
75
go
2 so
300
495
5  so

1  20
l  20 

60
70
80

Per 
100 
$2 90 
2 90 
2 90 
2 90
2 96
3 00 
2 60 
2 60 
2  66 
2 70 
2 70

4 00 
2 25 
1  25

60
26
60
6 60 
10  00 
7 00 
11  60
12  00 
29 00
60
60
$4 00

66&10

6-16 In.
X In. Min.
.  6 c . . . .  5  C.  . ..  4lie.
...  6
..  6M

.. .  654 
.. .  6*

Chain

Min.
7  c.  .
854 
8* 

Com.
BB...
. ..  754 
BBB.
. ..  7* 
Cast Steel, per lb. Crowbars
Chisels
Socket Firmer  .. 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Corner... 
Socket Slicks__

Elbows

Expansive  Bits

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz.................net 
66
Corrugated, per doz............................ 
1  28
Adjustable............................................ dls  .40&10
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26.............. 
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30....................  
New American.................................... 
Nicholson’s.......................................... 
Heller’s Horse Rasps.......................... 
Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  26 and 26;  27, 
List  12 
16. 

Galvanized  Iron 

Files—New  List

70&10
70
70

28
17

40
26

14 

13 

16 

Discount,  66

Gauges

Glass

Hinges

Ham m ers

60&10
86&
86&
80&20

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .............. 
Single Strength, by box.....................dls 
Double Strength, by box................... dls 
By the fight..............................dls 
Maydole & Co.’s, new list...................dls 
3354
Yerkes & Plumb’s.............................. dls 
40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............... 30c list 
70
60&10
Gate, Clark’s l, 2,3.............................dls 
Pots-......................................... •........  
50&10
Kettles................................................ 
50&10
Spiders................................................  
50&10
Au Sable............................................ dls 
40&10
House  F urnishing Gooids
Stamped Tinware, new list................. 
70
Japanned Tinware..............................  
20&10
Bar Iron..............................................2 25  c rates
Light Band..........................................   3 c rates

Hollow  W are

Horse  Nails

Iron

Knobs—New  List

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

Lanterns

76
85
6 00
00

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Hardware  Price Current

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

Levels

23

70

Adze Eye................................ «7 00..dls  70—10

Mattocks

Metals—Zinc

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

 

7M
8

Miscellaneous

Bird Cages.........................................  
40
Pumps, Cistern................................... 
76&10
86
Screws, New List............................... 
Casters, Bed and Plate...........................fio&io&io
Dampers, American...........................  
60

Molasses  Gates

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

60&10
so

Pans

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

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

Broken packages Me per pound extra.

Planes

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy......................... 
Sclota Bench....................................... 
8andusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy................ 
Bench, first quality.............................  

60
60
60
so

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Nalls

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

Rivets

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

Roofing  Plates

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

Sisal, % Inch and larger..................
Manilla......................  ....................

Ropes

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

Sand  Paper

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

Sash  Weights

2 66
2 66
Base
6
10
20
so
46
70
so
15
as
36
26
36
46
86

60
46

6 60 
7 60 
13 00
5 60
6 60 
11  00 
13 00

m
12

60

26 00

Sheet  Iron

com. smooth,  com.
$3  20
8 20
3 30

Nos. 10 to 14  ................................  
Nos. 15 to 17.................................. 
Nos. 18 to 21.................................. 
NOS. 22 to 24..................................  3 60 
Nos. 26 to 26.................................  3 70 
NO. 27.............................................  3 80 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

3 40
3 60
3 60

Shovels  and  Spades

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

8 00
7 60

Solder

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

Steel and Iron.

Squares

Tin—Melyn  Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

Tin—Allaw ay  Grade

10x14IC, Charcoal.................................... 
14x20 IC, Charcoal..................................... 
10x14 IX, Charcoal.....................................  
14x20 IX, Charcoal..................................... 

Each additional X on this grade, $1.60

B oiler Size  Tin  P late 

'  Traps

14x66 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 1 ___
14x66 IX, for No.9 Boilers, J P®r P0™“-- 
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, IWrought..70610

70

$860

8 60
9 78

7 00
7 00
8 60
8 60

10
75
40&10
66
15
1  26
60
60
so&io
60&10
40

3 30
3 00

80
80
80
80

30
30

2 4

Window  Dressing

Price  Cards for Spring Trims—Gaudy W in­

dows.

Nothing 

is  nicer  as  a  floor covering 
for a  display  of  spring  or  summer goods 
than  a  nice  quality  of  Oriental matting. 
Matting  is  every  year  becoming  more 
and more of  a  favorite  floor  covering  for 
every  kind  of  room  or  surface,  and  it  is 
now  possible  to  procure  most  artistic 
and  beautifully  colored  mattings  at 
large  stores 
in  the  great  cities.  For a 
covering  for  window  backgrounds  this 
colored’  matting  has  many  advantages. 
But  for  floor  coverings  for  spring  trims 
it  is  unexcelled. 
It  can  be  had  at 
prices  ranging  from  twenty  cents  to  two 
dollars  a  yard,  and  thus  is  available  for 
the  uses  of  the  poor  and  the  rich  mer­
chant  alike.  A  window  floor covered 
with  closely  woven  matting  looks  clean­
er  and  can  be  kept  cleaner  than  a  win­
dow  floor  covered  with  any  other  ma­
terial  which  is  fastened  in  place. 
If  it 
is  wiped  well  with  a  damp  cloth  and 
kept  properly  dusted it will last through­
out  the  spring  and  summer  and  always 
make  a  cool,  attractive  background  for 
the  display  of  all  kinds  of  spring  and 
summer goods.  Grass  matting 
is  par­
ticularly  desirable  as  a  floor covering 
for  spring  trims. 
Its  fresh,  green  color 
is  excellent  in  effect,  and,  like  other 
kinds  of  matting,  it  can  be  advantage­
ously  used  as  a  covering  for  old window 
stands  and  pedestals  and  fixtures  which 
need  to  be  freshened  up  in  appearance. 
If  a  trimmer  has  some  old  window 
stands  and  pedestals,  let  him,  instead 
of  giving  them  a  coat  of  new  paint,  try 
the  experiment  of  covering  them  with 
matting. 
If  he  has  an  old  pyramid, 
pedestal  or  other  staple  window  fixture 
he  will  find  that  when 
it  is  covered 
neatly  with  matting,  a  totally  new  air 
is  given  to  the  window  by  it.  When 
the  number  of  window  fixtures available 
is  limited,  especial  attention  should  be 
paid  to  changing  their  appearance  from 
time  to time.  An  appearance  of  new­
ness  and  freshness  in  window  fixtures  is 
an  important  element  in  the  display  of 
trims.

*  *  *

Very  pretty  price  cards  can  be  made 
from  cardboard  of  a  very  light  shade  of 
the  dominant  color  in  the  window  trim. 
This  cardboard  is  lettered  in  plain  type 
in  the  color  used  in  the  window  trim  as 
a  dominant  color.  Some  merchants  use 
price  cards  to  which  are  attached  small 
or  large  artificial  flowers.  These  cards 
are  apt  to  have  a  very  gaudy  effect  and 
are  not  suited  to  a  fine  high-class  trim. 
Colored  window  cards  which  are  of  a 
solid  colored  pasteboard  and  of  a  shade

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which  harmonizes  with  the  color used 
in  the  window  look well,  also,  when  let­
tered  in  easily  read  script  of  a contrast­
ing  color.  Very  artistic  cards  can  be 
made  for a  clothing  window  by  cutting 
journal  advertisements  and 
from  trade 
from  fashion 
journals  figures  of  men 
dressed  in  fashionable  suits  and  mount­
ing  them  on  a  white  background  with  a 
black  or  stone  colored  border,  which 
can  be  cut  from  a  rough  surfaced paper. 
If  the  background 
in 
roughly  with  a  little  crayon  shading,  a 
picture  will  be  produced  which  will 
look 
like  an  original  sketch  in  black 
and  white  or a  wash  drawing.  Heavy 
sheets  of  pasteboard  or  thin  sheets  of 
wood  covered  with  thin  cloth  or  silk  on 
which  are  pasted  or  painted  the  price 
figures  are very  effective  in  displays  of 
special  iines  of  shirtings  and  neckwear. 

is  then  filled 

♦   *  *

Very  frequently  one sees windows  that 
have  been  evidently  trimmed  for the 
purpose  of  attracting  high-class  trade 
which  are  yet  failures  because  of  a  cer­
tain cheap  and gaudy  effect  which  char­
acterizes  them.  The  best  of  goods,  best 
of  window  fixtures,  and  the  best  and 
most  modern  accessories  have  been used 
and  yet  the  window  is  a  failure.  This 
is  due 
in  many  cases  to  the  use  of  too 
many  different  iines  of  goods  in putting 
in  the  trim. 
If  anyone  of  our  readers 
does  not  succed  in  producing  the  high- 
toned  effect  that  he  is  striving  for,  let 
him  consider  whether  he  can  not  pro­
duce  a  better  effect  by  eliminating  one 
or  more 
lines  of  goods  that  he  has  felt 
compelled  to  use  in  his  window.

Sometimes,  again,  the  fault  lies  in  a 
use  of  too  many  colors  in  the  window. 
is  necessary  to  display  many 
When 
it 
different 
lines  of  goods  together  in  the 
window,  the  trimmer  should  consider 
the  proper  balance  and  effect  of the 
different  colors.  For  general  purposes 
the  best  window  effects  are  produced 
by  a  combination  of  colors  one  quarter 
of  which  are  light,  one-quarter  dark 
and  one-half  medium.  By  massing  very 
light  colors  their  lightness  can  be  in­
creased  and  by  massing  dark  colors 
their  darkness  can  be  intensified.  A 
trimmer  should  study  the  colors 
in  the 
goods  used  for  trims  so  that  he  may  be 
able  to  decide  how  he  shall  mass  or 
separate  the different articles of  the  trim 
so  as  to  produce  a  solid  or scattering 
effect.  In  putting  in  a  window  trim  the 
color of the  background  and its effect  on 
the  general  color  effect  should  never  be 
forgotten.  The  background  can  often 
be  relied  upon  to  intensify  or  to  weak­
en  the  color  effects  produced  by  the 
goods.  This  may  seem  like  rather  ab­
stract  theory,  but  a  careful  considera­

tion  of the elements of  a  successful  win­
dow  will  make  its  value  apparent  to  the 
trimmer desirous  of  producing  success­
ful  color  effects.

*  *  *

GAS  READING  LAMPS

The  propriety  or  necessity  of  new 
window  fixtures  and  accessories  pre­
sents  itself  conspicuously  at  this  season 
It  is  a  good  time  to  put  in 
of  the  year. 
new  draperies  and  to  attend 
to  the 
painting  of  the  window  front  and  cas­
ings.  Some  merchants  seem  to think 
that  as 
long  as  their  window  draperies 
are  not  worn  out  there  is  no  reason  why 
they  should  replace  them  with  new 
ones.  This  is  a  mistake. 
It  is  a  good 
idea  to  have  a  different  color tone,so  far 
as  window  accessories  are  concerned, 
for  every  season  of  the  year.  For  the 
winter  months  red 
is  a  good  ground 
color,  but  for  the  spring  months  green 
is  more  desirable. 
It  is  a  cooler  color 
and  furnishes  a  good  background for the 
display of  all  light,  cool  fabrics.  For a 
clothing  window  a  light  green  drapery 
hung  simply  on  rings  from  poles  is 
excellent,  and  for  furnishings which  are 
lighter  in  shade  a  darker  tone  of  green 
can  be  used.  By  changing  the  draperies 
from  season  to  season  the  freshness  of 
the  window  is  emphasized,  and  the  old 
goods,  when  they  appear against  a  new 
background,  look  newer.  Not  enough 
is  paid  to  this  matter  of  re­
attention 
newing  the  freshness  of  the  window 
it­
self.  Try  this  spring  to  make  the  store 
front  itself  look  new.  A 
little  paint 
will  not  cost  much  and  the  general  tone 
of  brightness  and  newness  which  it  im­
parts  to  the  store 
is  profitable  in  the 
long  run.  Green  is a  good  color  for  use 
on  the  exterior,  especially 
if  it  is  re­
lieved  by  gold  trimmings.  Red  is  bet­
ter  suited  to  the  winter  months.  Yellow 
is  a  trifle  too  brilliant,  and  white,  with 
its  many  advantageous  qualities,  labors 
under  the  disadvantage  of  soiling  eas­
ily.  Still  all  these  colors  are  much  used 
for store  fronts  and  any  one  of  them 
is 
better than  the  use  of  none  at  all.  The 
character of  the  color  used  must  he  de­
termined  by  the  general  effect  of  the 
store  front,  the  goods  displayed 
in  the 
window  and  the  total  effect  of  the  trim 
in  place.  But a  clean,  at­
when 
tractive  store 
is  not  to  be  had 
without  the  plentiful  use  of  water and 
fresh  paint  from  time  to time.  As  a 
general  rule  it  is  better to  use  but  one 
color  for  the  window  casings.  The  use 
of  two  or  more  colors  is  apt  to  produce 
a  gaudy  effect  which  detracts  from  the 
goods  displayed  and  which  it  is  hard  to 
keep  in  good  shape.  An  excellent  neu­
tral  shade  for  use  on  buildings  which 
are  painted  white,  especially  when  the 
interior  casings  are  white,  is  a  stone 
color.  It  harmonizes  well  with  all trims, 
it  is  easy  to  keep  clean,  and  its 
initial 
cost  is  low.—Apparel  Gazette.

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is 

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

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

Suitable for offices and  stores  as  well.
O B A N P  RAPID S  GAS  LIGH T  CO., 

P w l   and  Ottawa  Sts.

Carriages  and  Harnesses

W e  carry  a  large  line  and  we  in­
vite  corresondence 
from  parties 
wishing  to  buy.

Special  prices to the livery trade. 

W rite  us.

Adams  &  Hart,

1a  West  Bridge Street, Grand Rapids

William  Reid

Importer  and  Jobber  of  Polished 
Plate,  Window  and  Ornamental

Glass

Paint, Oil, W hite Lead, Var­

nishes and  Brushes

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W. FRENCH,
Resident  Manager.

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President,  Gao. F. Ow es,  Grand  Rapids;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  Stitt,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 
John W. Schbam, Detroit.

President,  A.  Ma r ym ont,  Detroit;  Secretary 

Michigan  Commercial  Trawlers’  Association 
and Treasurer, Gao.  W. Hil l, Detroit.
Uuted  Commercial  Tranlers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  M.  J.  Moobb,  Jackson: 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  Kendall,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, W.  S.  Mbst, Jackson.

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

Senior Counselor,  W  R.  Compton;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan  Commercial  Tranlert’  Mutnal  Accident  Association 
President, J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids;
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Gao.  F.  Ow en,
Grand Rapids.__________________________

Gripsack  Brigade.

It is  reported  that  Geo.  F.  Owen  gave 
a  private  dancing  party  to  a  number  of 
friends  at  the  armory 
last  Saturday 
evening.

Stephen  T.  Bowen  has 

transferred 
himself  from  the  Roberts-Wicks  Co.,  of 
Utica, 
to  Hefter,  Livingston  &  Co., 
clothing  manufacturers  of  Chicago.

A  well-regulated  gripsack  will  always 
contain  a  supply  of  shoe  strings,  safety 
pins  and  chewing  gum  for  the  Sunday 
morning  onslaught  which  is  sure  to  be 
made  by  the  wife  and  children.

C.  R.  Russ,  local  representative  for 
the  Riverside  Yeast  Co.,  was  called  to 
Cleveland 
last  Saturday  by  the  serious 
illness  of  his  father.  He  is  expected  to 
return  to-day,  unless  his  father's  condi­
tion  should  change  for  the  worse.

for  the  past 

Fred  Beardslee, 

two 
years  head  clerk  for  E.  J.  Herrick,  the 
Monroe  street  grocer,  succeeds  S.  J. 
Thompson  as  traveling  representative 
for the  Worden  Grocer  Co.  Mr.  Thomp­
son's  retirement  is  due  to  the  ill  health 
of  his  wife.

Grand  Rapids  Council,  No.  131, 
United  Commercial  Travelers,  will  not 
hold  a  social  card  and  dancing  party 
this  month,  as  has  been  the  custom  all 
winter,  for  the  reason  that  many  are 
very  busy  making  preparations  for  the 
trip  next  month  to  the  Grand  Council 
meeting  to  be  held  at  Kalamazoo.

M. 

J.  Moore,  formerly  identified  with 

the  Jackson  branch  of  the  National 
Biscuit  Co.,  is  now  attached to the Sears 
Bakery.  He  will  continue  to  reside 
in  Jackson  and  cover  the  same  territory 
as  heretofore.  Mr.  Moore 
is  Grand 
Counselor  of  the  United  Commercial 
Travelers  of  Michigan,  which  attests 
his  popularity  among 
the  Gripsack 
Brigade.

A  Traverse  City correspondent writes: 
E.  C.  Adams,  representing  an  Indiana 
crockery  house,  and  who  is  just  enter­
ing  upon  a  career as  a  sleight-of-hand 
entertainer,  appeared  at  the  opera  house 
last  evening  under  the  auspices  of the 
ladies  of  Grace  church.  Just  before  en­
tering  upon  his  program,he was  handed 
a  telegram  announcing  the  death  of  his 
father  at  his Indiana home.  Adams went 
through  with  his  program  and  left  the 
next morning on  the  first  train  for home.

against  55,000,000  last  year.  The  bears 
are  counting  the  beautiful  scenery;  but 
that  vision  may  come  to  naught  in  a 
very  short  time  by  the  unpropitious 
weather.  We  have  three  months  yet  be­
fore  winter  wheat  will  be  harvested  and 
fully  five  months  before  spring  wheat 
will  cut  any  figure 
in  the  receipts. 
Meanwhile  the consumption  and  exports 
will  go  on,  while  receipts  will  fall  off, 
as  the  country  elevators  are  almost  en­
tirely  empty  and  the  amount  that  mill­
ers  will  need  will  have  to  be  drawn 
from  main  centers.  All  prime  wheat  is 
selling  over  May  and  lower grades  are 
being  picked  over  fast.  We  see  nothing 
very  bearish  at  present.  The  situation 
seems  strong.

Corn  is  holding  its  own  without  much 
effort  by  the  bulls,  as  receipts  are  very 
moderate 
indeed— 50,000  bushels  to  be 
shipped  by  rail  to  supply  the  demand 
in  Eastern  markets.  As  navigation 
has  now  opened,  corn  will  go  out  of 
Chicago  very  fast.  The  visible  only 
made  a  small  increase  of  29,000  bushels 
— all  of  which  goes  to  show  the  scarcity 
of  that  cereal,  especially  as  there  seem 
to  be  no  large  amounts  in  cribs,  as  is 
usually  the  case  at  this  time  of  the 
year.

Oats  remain  strong. 

If  anything,  the 
price  will  go  up,  as  oats  seem  to  be 
wanted.

Flour,  owing  to the  scarcity  of  good 
wheat,  is  strong  at  present  prices.  The 
demand 
is  good.  The  mills  are  sold 
ahead.

Millfeed  is  still  wanted  at  full  prices.
Receipts  during  the  week  were:  69 
cars  of  wheat;  15  cars of com ;  7  cars  of 
oats ;  6 cars  of  flour;  1  car  of  beans;  6 
cars  of  hay;  19 cars  of  potatoes.

Millers  are  paying  70c  for  No.  2  red 

wheat., 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Hide*.  Pelts.  Furs,  Tallow  and  Wool.
The  hide  market  is  firm,  with 

light 
offerings.  The  advance  asked  has  been 
obtained,  and  still  higher  prices  are 
looked  for.  The  supply  is  light.

Pelts  are 

in  light  demand  and  large 

offerings.  Prices  are  extremely  low.

Furs  are  coming 

in  slowly,  with  a 
The 

light  demand  for  most  kinds. 
spring  catch  is  light.

Tallow  is  in  good  demand,  at  a  round 
in  price.  The  supply  seems 
large 

there  are  no 

advance 
ample,  although 
offerings.

Wool  is  at  a  low  point,  with  light  de­
mand.  Holders  are  not  anxious  sellers, 
there  being  no  hope  for an  immediate 
advance.  The  London  market  has  im­
proved  since  the  sale  and  stocks  are 
held at a higher value.  Wm.  T.  Hess.

New  Knterpri.se  at  Hastings.

Hastings,  April  13—A  new  company 
has  been  formed  here  to  manufacture 
dress  shields.  The  promoters  have  ap­
plied  for a  patent  to  be  known  as  the 
Pan-American  shield.  They  have  sev­
eral  agents  on  the  road  and  from  the 
way  the  orders  come  in  it  is  an  assured 
success  from  the  start,  as  all  ladies  see 
the  benefit  at  once. 

Phin  Smith.

The  Grain  Market.

Wheat  has  remained  in  its  usual  dul- 
ness,  notwithstanding  that  exports  dur­
ing  the  week  have  been  the 
largest 
since  a  week  in  January,  1899,  the  ag­
gregate from both  coasts  being  6,400,000 
bushels.  Still  the  bear clique  cry  is  no 
export  demand,  while  our  Argentine 
competitors  only  shipped  half  of  what 
they  shipped  during  1900,  being  only 
15,000,000  bushels,  against  30,000,000 
a  year  ago.  The  visible  showed  a  de­
crease  of  2,017,000  bushels,  leaving  the 
visible  at  about  51,000,000  bushels*

N. 

K.  Jepson, 

formerly  engaged 
the  grocery  and  notion  business  at 
Clarksville,  has  purchased  the  meat 
and  grocery  stock  of  H.  E.  Storms,  at 
692  Cherry  street,  and  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.

Wm.  Paulson  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Amble.  The  Mussel- 
man  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

S.  H.  Sweet  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Sparta.  He  purchased  bis  stock 
of  the  Musselman  Grocer  Co.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

25

K IL L E D   BY  COZZENS.

Proposed Garnishment Amendment Badly 

Muddled.

situation  of 

The  unfortunate 

the 
garnishment  bill,  due  to  the  peculiar 
antics  of  the  inexperienced  editor  of 
the  Detroit  Trade,  has  become  a  matter 
of  common  knowledge  all  over  the  State 
and  the  Tradesman  is  in  receipt  of 
let­
ters  from  all  sections,  enquiring  what 
can  be  done  to  clear  the  atmosphere 
and  save  the  present  law,  which is much 
more  favorable  to  all  concerned  than 
the  unfortunate  compromise  passed  by 
the  House  and  amended  by  the  Senate.
The  Tradesman  sincerely deplores  the 
situation,  but  a  careful  study  of  the  cir­
cumstances  influencing  the  matter  leads 
to  the  conclusion  that  it  is  now  too  late 
to  obtain  any  satisfactory 
legislation 
along  these  lines  from  the  present  Leg­
islature,  owing  to  the  wretched  manner 
in  which  the  interests  of  the  merchants 
have  been  abused  and  betrayed  by 
Lobbyist  Cozzens.  Proof  of  this  state­
ment  is  found  in  the  reports  sent  out  to 
the  leading  newspapers  of  the  State  by 
the  Lansing  correspondents,  of  which 
the  following  are  fair examples:

The  Detroit  Tribune  of this  morning 

contains  the  following:

“ TOO  MUCH  COZZENS.”  

Committee  on  the  Garnishee  Bill  Prac­

tically  Pigeon-holed  It.

Lansing,  Mich.,  April  16— Fred  H. 
Cozzens,  of  Detroit,  who  has  been  here 
for some  time  lobbying for the garnishee 
bill,  is  persona  non  grata  with  the  Sen­
ate  Judiciary  Committee.  About  11 
o’clock  this  forenoon  Mr.  Cozzens,  ac­
companied  by  Grocer Marks,  of Detroit, 
came  out  of  an  open  meeting  of  the 
committee  and  announced  to  newspaper 
men  that it  had  been “ decided  to  report 
out  the  garnishee bill,  with amendments 
offered  by  Senator  Holmes,  giving  un­
married  men  and  women  an  exemption 
of  not  less  than  $4  nor  more  than  $15 
and  40  per  ceut.  of  the  amount  owing 
on  his  or  her wages.”

committee 

immediately 
went  into executive  session  and  recon­
sidered  the  action  to  report  out  the  bill 
as  amended.  The  bill  was  practically 
pigeon-holed,  for  a  while,  at  least.

Members  of  the  committee  say  they 

But 

the 

have  had  “ too  much  Cozzens.”

Spitzer.

The  Detroit  Free  Press  of  this  morn­
ing  makes  the  following  reference  to 
the  situation:

Setback  for  Garnishee  Measure.

In 

The  garnishee  bill  was  given  a  set­
back  by  the  Senate  Judiciary  Com­
mittee  to-day  after  an  agreement  had 
been  reached  to  report  it  out  in  an 
amended  form. 
its  present  shape 
the  measure  provides  for an  exemption 
of  80  per  cent.,  which  must  at  least 
equal  $8,  but  Senator  Murfin  had  a  pro­
viso  inserted  giving  unmarried  men  the 
benefit  of  only  half  the  exemption, 
which  amounts  to 40  per  cent.,  with  a 
minimum  of  $4.  Later the  committee 
went  into  executive  session  and decided 
to  hold  the  bill  up  for the  present.

It  seems  that  some  of  the  Senators 
have  taken  a  dislike  to  Fred  Cozzens, 
who  has  been  handling  the  bill,  as  they 
claim  to  have  heard  that  he  made  state­
ments  to  the  effect  that  if the  bill  went 
through  the  House  he  would  not  have 
any  trouble  in  the  Senate.  Gad  Smith 
objected  to  the 
impression  going  out 
in 
that  Cozzens  had  any  undue  influence 
over  him,  so the  bill  was  pigeon-holed.
It  will  probably  be  passed  before  the 
session  adjourns.

The  Grand  Rapids  Herald  this  morn­

ing  publishes  the  following:

GARNISHEE  BILL  HUNG  UP. 

Fred  Cozzens  of  Detroit  Has  Made  the 

Senators  Tired.
Special to Grand Rapids Herald.

Lansing,  Mich.,  April  16—The  Nev- 
ins  garnishee  bill  is  in  jeopardy  before 
the  Senate  Judiciary  Committee  and  it 
has  been  hung  up  to give  a  few  of  the

senators  a  hearing,  who  are'opposed  to 
it.  The 
interests  of  the  bill  have  been 
injured  by  Fred  Cozzens,  of  Detroit, 
Secretary  of  the  State  Retail  Grocers' 
Association,  who  has  been  very  persist­
ent  in  jobbying  for it.  The  members  of 
the  Judiciary  Committee  are tired  of his 
frequent  visitors  to  the  capitol  and  he 
was  here  again  this  morning,  “ button­
holing”   the  senators  to  vote  for  it.  He 
and  President  Marks  of  the  State  asso­
ciation  appeared  before  the  Committee 
and  spoke  in  favor  of  the  bill  just  as  it 
came  from  the  House.  Senator  Murfin 
offered  an  amendment  cutting  the  ex­
emptions  in  two  in  case  of  single  men 
who  have  no  exemption  under  the  bill. 
The  amendment  provided  that $4  and 
40  per  cent,  of  remainder  but  in  no 
case  above  $15,  should  be  exempt  in 
cases  of  men  who  are  not  householders. 
This  was  accepted,  but  later  in  secret 
session  the  Committee  reconsidered  the 
it  was  adopted  and  the 
vote  by  which 
bill  was  hung  up. 
It  will  be  some  time 
before  it  is  reported  out,  and  it  may  be 
amended  before  it  comes before the Sen­
ate.  Gad  Smith  and  several  other  sen­
ators  are  opposed  to  the  bill.

The  Grand  Rapids  Evening  Press  of 
yesterday  thus  chronicles  the  situation : 

HE  IS  TOO  IMPORTUNATE. 

Senate  Hangs  Up  the  Garnishee  Bill  to 

Banish  Secretary  Cozzens.

Lansing,  April  16— Special  to  The 
Evening  Press.— The  Senate  Committee 
on  Judiciary  this  morning  decided  to 
amend  the  Nevin’s  garnishee  bill  so  as 
to  give  unmarried  men  only  half  the 
exemption  or only  $4  and  not  to  exceed 
$15  at  any  one  time.  The  Committee 
then  went  into  executive  session,  recon­
sidered  the  action  and  laid  the  whole 
matter on  the  table.  This  action  was 
taken  because,  as  the  members  say 
frankly,  Secretary  Cozzens,  of the  State 
Business  Men’s  Association,  is  persona 
non  grata.  He  has  been  here  several 
weeks  making  life  a  burden  to the mem­
bers  and  the  senators  now  propose  to 
bang  the  bill  up  until  he  tires  out  and 
goes  away.

Other testimony  of  a  similar character 
could  be  produced  to  sustain  the  claim 
that  the  merchants  of  Michigan  have 
been  very  badly  served—to  put  it  mild- 
ly—by  a  man  who  claims  to  be  their 
friend.  The  sooner  the  merchants  come 
to  understand  the  situation  and  realize 
the  manner  in  which  their 
interests 
have  been  jeopardized  by  this  individ­
ual,  the  better  it  will  be  for  all  con­
cerned.

Curious  Credit  Scheme.

It 

A  wholesale  grocery  firm  in  Southern 
Minnesota  has  introduced  a  new  plan  of 
work  into  their  store  policy. 
is  a 
modified  banking  plan. 
It  is  supposed 
to  have  sufficient  merit  to  eliminate 
much  of  the  evil  of  credit.  This  store 
has  been  doing  a  cash  business.  The 
change  of  policy  is  along  this 
line: 
When  customers  are  unable  to  pay  cash 
at  the  time  of  purchasing  goods,  they 
will  take  a  short-time  note,  without 
in­
for  the  amount.  These  notes 
terest, 
In  addi­
draw  interest  after  maturity. 
tion  they  will  accept  deposits, 
issue 
drafts  and  perform  other  banking  func­
tions.  Whether  the  law  will  bar a  part 
of  this  policy  has  not  as  yet been passed 
upon.

Mistakes  are  the  milestones 

man's  life.

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Dec. 31,1903
Wir t  P.  Doty, Detroit - 
A. C. 8CHUMACHXK, Ann Arbor  -  Deo. 31,1904 
J ohn D. Mu ir , Grand Rapids 
Dec. 31,1906 

President, A.  C.  Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, Hen r y Heim , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.

Examination  Sessions.

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

Mich.  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

President—Chas.  F.  Ma n n , Detroit. 
Secretary—J.  W.  See ley,  Detroit 
Treasurer—W.  K.  Schmidt, Grand Rapids.

Examination  Questions  Mississippi  Board 

of Pharmacy.

1.  Give  common  names of the follow­
ing :  Phenol,  phenylic  alcohol,  sodium 
chloride,  hydrogen  protoxide,  hydra- 
rgyvrum  ammoniatum,  calx  chlorata, 
calcium  sulphate, 
liquor  ferri  subsul- 
phatis,  liquor  iodi  co.,  syrupi  scillaeco.
2.  Give  official  title  01  the  follow­
ing :  Glauber salts,  bluestone,  sugar  of 
lead,  citrine  ointment,  blisterine liquid, 
gray  powder,  blue  ointment,  Lugol’s 
solution,  Carron  oil,  Basham’s  mixture.
3.  Name  ten  powerful  poisons  and 
state  antidote  for each.

4.  Criticise  the  following:
Quin,  sulph.,  16 grs.
Ac.  sulph.  arom.,  q.  s.
Potass,  iod.,  20 grs.
Aqua  ad,  2  f.  ozs.

Strych  sul.,  1  gr.
Hyg.  chi.  corros.,  2  grs.
Kali  iod.,  2  drs.
Tr.  cinch  co.,  ad,  4  f.  ozs.
5.  Criticise  the  following :
Tr.  nuc.  vom.,  4  f.  drs.
Chloroform,  2  f.  drs.
Tr.  gent,  co.,  1  f.  dr.
Elix.  arom.,  q.  s.‘  4  f.  drs.
Kali  iod.,  1  dr.
Syr.  scillae,  4  f.  drs.
Sy.  aeth.  nit.,  2  f.  drs.
Aqua,  q.  s.  2  f.  ozs.

M.

M.

M.

6.  State  the  amount (in Troy weight) 
ingredient  in  each  dose  of  the 

of  each 
following  prescriptions:

Strych.  sulph.,  01
Ferri.  reduct.  4.
Acidi  arseniosi,  .0075
Quin,  sulph.,  8.
M  ft.  pil.  LXS.  one  pill  t.  i.  d.
Podophvlla,  X  gr.
Pv.  rhei,  2  grs.
Pv.  ii  ecac,  1-6 gr.
Ext.  nuc.  om.,  %   gr.
Ft.  pil.  mitte.  tales,  XII. 
7.  State  what  is  meant  by the  follow­
in  full  and 

'

ing  abbreviations.  Write 
translate:

R  ft.  ;  m.  ;  aa.  ;  ad.  ;  t.i.d.  ;  coch.  ; 

parv.  ;  mitte ;  tales;  q.  s.

8.  Give  ordinary  adult  dose  of the 
fo llo w in g F o w le r’ s  solution;  Dono­
van’s  solution;  Lugol’s  solution;  spirit- 
usminder erus;  carbolic  acid;  tr.  hyos- 
ciamus;  wine  opium;  tr.  belladonna; 
strychnine.

9.  Give  dose  and  medical  properties 
of  the  following:  Acetanilid,  sulfonal, 
phenacetine;  antifebrline,  antipyrine, 
resorcin,  gallic  acid,  tannin,  zinc  sul­
phite,  bismuth  subgallate.

10.  State  relative  doses  for children 

and  adults.

Materia  Medica.

1.  What 

is  Kino?  How  obtained? 
Principal  constituent.  Effect  of  acid 
on 
its  solution;  effect  of alkali  on  its 
solution;  effect  of  age  on  its  tincture; 
official  preparation ;  medicinal  proper­
ties ;  doses.

2.  Arnica— Botanical  name ;  part  of 
plant  used;  country  from  which  ob­
tained ;  medical  properties;  effect  of 
overdose;  official  preparations.

3.  Creasota— How  obtained?  Appear­
ance.  Form  best  for  medicinal  use; 
effect  of  acid  on  i t ;  with  what  some­
times  adulterated,  and  how  detected; 
medicinal  properties;  dose

4.  Glycerin—What  is  it?  How  pre­
pared ;  appearance;.  specify  gravity;

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some  official  preparations it  enters  into; 
medicinal  properties.

j>.  Carbolic  Acid— From  what  ob­
appearance;  melting 
tained ;  how; 
point;  does 
it  unite  with  water;  effect 
of  pure  acid  on  the  skin ;  how  distin­
guished  from  creosote ;  medical  proper­
ties ;  dose;  antidote.

6.  Tannic  Acid— From  what  ob­
tained?  How?  How  detected 
in  solu­
tion ;  effect  on  solutions  of  starch,  albu­
men  and  gelatin ;  medical  properties; 
official  preparations ;  doses  of  each.

7.  Anisum— Part  of  plant  used;  de­
scription  of  it;  principal  constituent; 
how  obtained ;  important  tincture  it  en­
into;  medical  properties;  dose.
ters 
8.  Give  mode  of  preparing  and doses 
and  strength  of  the  following  prepara­
tions :  Aqueous  ext.  opium,  tincture 
tincture  opium  deod.,  tincture 
opium, 
opium  camph.,  acetum  opii, 
vinim 
opii, morphine.  Give antidote  for opium 
poisoning.

9.  Name  several  medicinal  plants 
found 
in  M ississippi;  state  properties, 
dose  and  official  preparations  of  each.
10.  State  sources,  official  prepara­
tions  and  properties  of  each  of  the  fol­
lowing :  Cantharides,  musk,  inspissated 
galls,  pepsin,  pancreatin.
Pharmacy.

1.  What  branches  of  science  con­
stitute  a  knowledge  of 
pharmacy? 
Briefly  outline  laws  governing  the  prac­
tice  of  pharmacy  and  the  sale of poisons 
in  Mississippi.  What book is the stand­
ard  of  quality  for drugs  and  medicinal 
preparations?

2.  What  is  weight?  What  is the  rel­
ative  weight  of  substances  compared 
with  a  given  standard  termed?  What 
is  this  standard  for  liquids  and  solids? 
What  systems  of  weights  are  commonly 
used  by  druggists?  What in  filling  pre­
scriptions? 
In  buying  and  selling? 
What  is  recognized  by  the  U.  S.  P. ?

3.  How  many  grains  in  an  avoirdu­
In  one  gram?  How many 
pois  pound? 
cubic 
centimeters  in  14  fl.  ounces? 
What  is  the  supposed  capacity  of the 
following:  Teaspoonful,  dessertspoon­
tablespoonful,  wineglassful,  tea­
ful, 
cupful? 
Is  the  measuring  of  liquids  by 
drops  accurate?  State  relative  value  of 
drops  in  some  different  liquids.

4.  What  is  meant  by solution?  Name 
classes  of  official  solutions.  Name  an 
alcoholic  solution.  An  aqueous  solu­
tion.  Are  any  tinctures  simple  solu­
tions?  Name  them.
5.  Define  the  following  terms:  Tinc­
ture, 
fluid  extracts,  spirits,  aqua,  oint­
ment,  cerate,  glycerite  infusion,  decoc­
tion,  oleate.

6.  Briefly  describe 

the  following 
processes:  Percolation,  infusion,  crys­
tallization,  emulsification,  filtration.

7.  What 

is  meant  by 

solubility? 
State  the  amount  of  each  of  the  follow­
in  a  fluid  ounce  of  water: 
ing,  soluble 
Potass, 
acet.,  potass, 
iod.,  potass, 
bromid.,  potass,  chlorate.

8.  State 

ingredients  and  mode  of 
preparing  the  following:  Pulv.  creta, 
co.,  pulv.  ipecac,  co.,  pulv.  jalap  co., 
lotio nigra,  linimentum  calcis.

9.  How  is  the  measure  of  temperature 
reckoned?  What  is  the  freezing  point  of 
the Fahrenheit scale?  The boiling point? 
What 
is  the  unit  of  the  Centigrade 
scale?  The  boiling  point?

10.  Outline  process 

for  preparing 
deodorized  tincture  opium.  State  object 
of  each  procedure.  What  is  the  per­
centage  of  ppiuin  in  this  preparation? 
How  does  it  compare  in  strength  with 
tincture  opium?  Why  is  it  supposed  to 
be  superior?  *

Chemistry.

1.  Define  chemistry.  Define  an  ele­

ment.  An  atom.  A  molecule.

2.  What  are chemical symbols?  What 
do the  figures  written  before  the 
letters 
of  the  symbols  indicate?  What  the  fig­
ures  to the  right  and  below?
weight.

theory  of  atomic 

3.  Define 

the 

4.  What  is  the  definition  of  an  acid? 

What-is  an  alkali?

5.  Give  the  distinguishing difference 

between  metals  and  non-metals.

6.  What  is  nitrogen?  Give  its  prop­
erties,  source  and  the  process  for ob­
taining  i t

7.  Give  formula and process for man­

ufacture  of sulphuric  acid.

8.  Give  symbol  for arsenic.  Name 
preparations  in  common  use.  Give 
antidote  and  tests  for same.

9.  Define  the  difference  between  or­

ganic and  inorganic  compounds.
is  alcohol?  How 

10.  What 

it 
its  properties  and  its 

is 

made?  Describe 
effect  on  the  human  system.

Keep  the  Windows  Clean.

Keep  your  windows  clean  and  well 
filled.  Study  the  show  windows.  Be 
original 
if  you  can  in  dressing  them. 
Don’t  be  afraid  to  spend  time  and 
money  in  window  decoration.  Always 
display  seasonable  goods.  Advertise 
one  idea  at  a  time  and  change  the  dis­
play  at  least  once  a  week. 
I  find  it 
profitable  to  correspond with progressive 
druggists  and  exchange  ideas  on  win­
dow  displays  and  other advertising.  A l­
ways  bear  in  mind  that  psychological 
law  that  first  impressions  are  strongest 
and  most  lasting.  The  public  can  judge 
you  and  your  store  from  the  character 
of  your  window  displays.

Until  the  city  council  compelled  me 
to  remove 
it  I  used  a  blackboard  in 
front  of  the  store.  This  is  a  splendid 
thing.  Like  everything  else,  it  must 
be  a  good  one  and  well  kept.  The  one 
1  used  was  two  boards  30  inches  wide 
and  five  feet  long,  fastened  at  the  top 
with  strap  hinges.  This  was 
slated 
with  the  best  slating  and  renewed  every 
two  weeks.  On  this  board  appeared 
every  morning  by  7  o’clock  the  date, 
weather  indications  and  a  .seasonable 
advertisement. 
It  is  a  good  advertise­
ment,  and  I  advise  all  to  try  it  where 
they  will  allow  you  to  have  a  board  on 
the  sidewalk. 
It  takes  a  good  deal  of 
work  and  time  to  do  it  right,  and  do 
not  attempt 
it  unless  you  can  do  it 
right.  If  changed  every  day  people  will 
always  read  it.

Always  speak  well  of  your  competitor 
and  his  goods 
if  you  say  anything. 
Better  be  friendly.  Be  charitable  to 
him  to  the  extent  that  you  let  him  have 
the  advertising  space  on  programmes, 
hotel  registers,  city  directories  and  the 
advertisements  on  the  elephant.

Chas.  C.  Dean.

Animal  Camphor.

The  discovery  has  been  recently  an­
nounced  that  camphor,  which  has  been 
known  hitherto  only  as  a  vegetable 
product,  or  made 
synthetically  by 
chemists,  is  produced  also  by  a  small 
animal  slightly  resembling  a  worm,  al­
though  having  a  number of  feet,  and 
known  as  a  diplopod,  with  the  scientific 
name  of  polzonium  rosalbium. 
The 
animal  is  found  in  Ontario  county, "New 
York,  and,  upon  careful  examination, 
it  has  been  ascertained  that  the  sub­
stance  which  gives  the  odor of  camphor 
is  a  milky  fluid,  which  is  exuded  from 
the  dorsal  pores.  This  liquid  not  only 
smells  but  tastes  like  camphor.  The 
study  of  the  camphor  worm,  which 
forms  the  subject  of  a  paper  in  a  recent 
issue  of  Science,  presents  many  inter­
esting  chemic  and  biologic  problems.

Don’t  Let  W ell  Enough  Alone.

There  is  an  old  time-honored  proverb 
It  is 
which  has  no  place  in  your  store. 
the  one  that  says.  "L e t  well  enough 
alone.”   You  don’t  want  to 
let  well 
enough  alone,  says  an  exchange.  If  you 
are  not  doing  a  good business,  you can't 
afford  to  let  it  alone,  and  if  you  have  a 
good  business 
it’s  your  business  to 
make  it  better.  With  modern  facilities 
for  doing  things  and  with  progress  in 
all  other  lines,  you  can't  afford  to allow 
business  to  run  itself.  Push  it.  Make 
up  your  mind  to  do  more  business  than 
If obstacles  are  in 
you  did 
the  way  overcome  them. 
If  conditions 
have  changed,  rise  superior  to  these 
conditions.  Do  not 
let  well  enough 
alone.

last  year. 

The  Drug  Market.

Opium— Prices  have  advanced 

in 
sympathy  with  the  primary  markets, 
where  crop  is  reported  unfavorable.
Morphine— Is  as  yet  unchanged.
Quinine—Is  unchanged 

in  absence 

of  demand,  and  prices  are  steady.

Cocaine— Is  in  good  demand  and  on 
account  of 
increased  cost  of  leaves  is
much  firmer.  An  advance  is  probable.
Quicksilver—Shows  a  slight  advance. 

Mercurials  are  very  strong.

Prickly-Ash  Berries— Stocks  are about 

exhausted  and  very  high  prices  rule.

Cubeb  Berries— Are  firm  and  tending 

higher.

Gum  Asafoetida— Is  very  firm,  and 
there  is  very  little  of  good  quality in the 
market.

Linseed  Oil— Is  in  good  demand  at 

unchanged  prices.

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Talk  No.  3

Don’t think when anyone speakâ of hav­
ing Catarrh that all  cases  are  alike  and 
there is  only  one  kind.  There  are  any 
number of varieties, each  kind  requiring 
a different mode of treatment.  The most 
common in Michigan is the Hypertrophic, 
evidenced by a stoppage  of  the  nostrils, 
especially  when  lying  down,  hawking 
and spitting, coughing, a  full  feeling  be­
tween the eyes, “catching cold” at  every 
change of  the  weather,  etc.  This  form 
is curable  if  the  patient  will  follow  di­
rections and  be persistent.  All  cases  of 
chronic catarrh must be treated  consti­
tutionally  and  locally.  It’s  time 
and money thrown away if both methods 
aren’t used.  Next time we will  speak  of 
Atrophic Catarrh.  Go or write  to
DR.  C.  E.  RANKIN 

Powers’  Opera  House  Block 
Graduate of University  of  Michigan  and 
Illinois  School  of  Electro-Therapeutics.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 

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Dr. Rankin’s system of “Home Treat­
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20® 22 Linseed, pure raw...
62
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Morphia, S., P. & W. 2 35® 2 60 Sinapis....................
@ 18 Linseed,  Dolled.......
63
60 
Morphia, S..N.Y. Q.
Sinapis,  opt............
60
54 
@ 30 Neatsfoot, winter str
&C. Co................. 2 25® 2 60 Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Spirits  Turpentine..
45
39 
Moschus  Canton__
@ 40. V oes....................
@ 41
Myristica, No. 1......
66® 80 Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s
Paints
@ 41
B B L .  L B .
Nux Vomica...po. 16 @ 10 Soda, Boras.............
9® 11
9® 11 Bed  Venetian......... m   2  @8
Os Sepia..................
35® 37 Soda,  Boras, po......
23® 25 Ochre, yellow  Mars. 1M  2  @4
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
Soda et Potass Tart.
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Soda,  Bl-Carb.........
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doz.......................
© 2 00 Soda,  Ash...............
2 Vermilion,  P rim e
Picis Llq., quarts__
@  1 00 Soda, Sulphas.........
®
13®  16
© 2 60 American............
Plcis Llq., pints......
@ 86 Spts. Cologne..........
70®  75
50© 56 Vermilion, English..
Pil Hydrarg. ..po.  80 @ 60 Spts. Ether  Co........
14®  18
@ 2 00 Green,  Paris..........
Piper  Nigra.. .po. 22 @ 18 Spts. Myrcla Dom...
Green, Peninsular...
13®  16
Piper  Alba__po. 35
@ 30 Spts. Vinl Beet.  bbl.
@
Lead, red................
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Pilx Burgun............
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Lead,  white............
Plumbl Acet............
10© 12 Spts. Vini Beet. lOgal
@
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Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1  30©  1 60 Spts. Vini Beet. 5 gal
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@  90
80@ 1 06 Whiting, gilders’__
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
Strychnia, Crystal...
2M@ 4 White, Paris, Amer.
@  1  25
@ 76 Sulphur,  Subl.........
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26© 30 Sulphur, Boll........... 2fc@ 3M Whiting, Paris, Eng.
Pyrethrum,  pv........
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cliff.......................
Q u a s s ia » ..................
8© 10 Tamarinds..............
8® 10
28® 30 Universal Prepared. 1  10®  1  20
Quinia, S. P. &  W...
46 Terebenth  Venice...
44 Theobromae.............
Quinia, S.  German..
60© 65
Quinia, N. Y............
34® 44 Vanilla.................... 9 00@16 00
12® 14 Zlnd Sulph............
Bubia Tlnctorum__
7® 8
Saccharum Lactis pv
18® 20
Salacln.................... 4 50®  4 75
40® 50
Sanguis  Draconls...
12® 14 Whale, winter.........
Sapo, W..................
Sapo M....................
10® 12 Lard, extra..............
Sapo G....................
@ 15 Lard, No. 1..............

No.l Turp  Coach... 1  10®  1  20
Extra Turo.............. 1  60®  1  70
BBL.  GAL. Coach  Body............ 2 75® 3 00
70 No. l TurpFum ...... 1  00®  1  10
70 Extra Turk Damar.. 1  56®  1  60
50 Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp
70®  75

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70
60
45

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1 10
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Conium Mac............  60®  60
Copaiba..................   l  16® 
Cubebae...................  l 40® 
Exechthltos............   1 00© 
Erlgeron.................  l  io® 
Gaultheria..............  l  86® 
Geranium, ounce.... 
®  76
Gosslppil, Sem. gal..  60®  60
Hedeoma.................  l  40® 
Junlpera.................  l  50® 
Lavendula  .............. 
90® 2 00
Llmonls.................  1 60®  1 70
Mentha Piper.........   l 40®  2 00
Mentha Verld.........   l  60®  1 60
Morrhuse, ]gal.........   l  10®  l 20
Myrcla....................  4 00®  4 so
Olive.......................   76® 3 00
Plcis Liquida........... 
10®  12
Picis Liquida,  gal... 
®  36
Biclna.....................   1  00®  1 08
Bosmarini................  @ 1  00
Rosa», ounce............  6 00® 6 60
Sucdnl....................  40®  46
Sabina....................  90®  1 00
Santal....................... 2 78®  7 00
Sassafras................. 
48®  63
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
®  66
Tiglfl.......................  1  50® 
Thyme.....................   40®  60
Thyme, opt..............  @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
16®  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. 
®  15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
7®  10
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®  4o
Gentiana......... po. 15  12® 
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16®  18
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  15 
Hydrastis  Canaden.  @  75
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Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  16
Inula,  po................. 
16®  20
Ipecac, po...............   3 60® 3 75
Iris  plox...po. 35®38  36®  40
Jalapa. pr...............   26®  30
Maranta,  Ms........... 
®  36
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  26
Bhel.........................  76® 1  00
Bhei,  cut................. 
®  1  26
Bhei, pv..................   76®  1  35
Spigella..................  
36®  38
Sangulnaria.. .po.  15 
18
Serpentaria............   40®  46
60®  66
Senega.................... 
Smilax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smllax, M...............  
®  26
Scillae..............po.  35  10®  12
Symplocarpus.Foeti-
dus,  po................. 
®  26
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 
®  26
Valeriana,  German. 
16®  20
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j.................  26®  27
Semen

® 

Radix

Anisum...........po.  15  @  12
Apium (graveleons).  13® 
16
Bird, Is.................... 
6
4® 
Carul................po.  18  12®  13
Cardamon................  1  26® 
1 75
Coriandrum............. 
8® 
10
Cannabis Satlva......   4M®  6
Cydonium...............  
76®  1  00
Cnenopodium.........  
10® 
12
Dipterlx Odorate....  1  00®  1  10
Foeniculum.............. 
®  10
Foenugreek, po........ 
9
7® 
L ini......................... 
4® 
5
Lini, grd...... bbl. 4 
4M® 
5
Lobelia....................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian..  4M® 
6
R apa..:...................  4M® 
6
Sinapis  Alba........... 
9®  10
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spiritus 

1 60

2 00
2 00

2 76
2 76

Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00®  2 60
Frumenti,  D. F. B..  2 00® 2 26
Frumenti................   1  26® 
Juniperts Co. O. T...  1 66® 2 00
Juniperls  Co...........  1 76® 3 50
Saacbarum  N. E __  l  90®  2  10
Spt. Vinl Galli.........  1  75® 6 60
Vini  Oporto............   1  25® 
Vinl Alba.................  1  26® 

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 60® 
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage................   2 60® 
Velvet extra sheeps’
®  1  60
wool, carriage......  
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
®  1  26
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................  @  1  00
Hard, for slate use.. 
®  76
Yellow  B e e f,  for
slate use.............. 
®  1  40
Syrups

Acacia....................  @  50
Aurantl Cortex........  @  50
Zingiber..................  
®  50
Ipecac......................  @  60
Ferri Iod.................  @  60
Bhei Arom..............  @  60
Smilax  Officinalis...  60®  60
Senega....................  
®  60
Solll»....................... 
©  60

 

®  60
®  50
® 
so

M iscellaneous 

Sclll® Co.................  
Tolutan...................  
Prunus  virg............  
Tlnctnres
60
Aconitum NapeUis B 
50
Aconitum NapeUis F 
60
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
60
Arnica....................  
60
50
Assafoetlda.............. 
60
Atrope Belladonna.. 
50
Aurantl Cortex.......  
Benzoin................. 
60
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
50
Barosma..................  
Cantharides............  
75
50
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
75
75
Cardamon Co........... 
l  00
Castor.....................  
Catechu]................... 
60
Cinchona................. 
so
Cinchona Co............  
60
so
Columba.................  
Cubeb®....................  
60
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
50
5o
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
5o
Digitalis................... 
5o
Ergot.......................  
Ferri  Chloridum.... 
35
So
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co......... .. 
60
Gulaca...................... 
60
Gulaca ammon........ 
60
Hyoscyamus............  
60
Iodine  .................... 
75
Iodine, colorless...... 
75
K ino............  
 
60
Lobelia.................... 
60
Myrrh...................... 
60
Nux Vomica............  
60
OpU.......................... 
75
5o
Opii, comphorated.. 
Opii, deodorized...... 
1  5o
Quassia................... 
60
5o
Bhatany................... 
So
Bhei......................... 
Sangulnaria...........  
So
So
Serpentaria............  
Stramonium............  
6q
Tolutan................... 
60
Valerian................. 
60
5o
Veratram  Veride... 
Zingiber..................  
2<>
¿Ether, Spts.Nit.? F  30®  35
either, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2M® 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto...................   40®  50
Antlmonl, po........... 
4® 
5
Antimoni et Potass T  40®  50
Antipyrin................  @  25
®  20
Antliebrin.............. 
Argent! Nitras, oz...  @  51
Arsenicum.............. 
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
38®  40
Bismuth S. N...........  1 90® 2 00
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
® 
9
®  10
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.,  @  12
Cantharides, Bus.po 
®  80
Capsid Fructus, a t.. 
i5
® 
Capsid  Fructus, po.  @  15
Capsici Fructus B, po  @  15
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba.............. 
50®  55
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @ 3 6
Centraria.................  @  10
Cetaceum...............   @  45
Chloroform............   65®  -  60
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  40®  1  65
Chondrus................  
20®  25
Clnchonidine.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   5 66® 5  75
70
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct. 
Creosotum...............   @ 3 5
Creta............ bbl. 75  @ 
2
Creta, prep.............. 
5
© 
Creta, precip........... 
9® 
ll
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
8
Crocus....................  26®  30
Cudbear..................   @  24
Cupri  Sulph............   6M@ 
8
Dextrine................. 
7®  10
Ether Sulph............ 
75®  90
Emery, all numb6»s.  @ 
8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
E rgota...........po. 90  86®  90
Flake  White........... 
12®  16
Galla.......................   @  23
Gambler................. 
8® 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @ 6 0
35®  60
Gelatin, French......  
75 &  5 
Glassware,  flint, box 
70
Less than box'..... 
Glue, brown............  
11®  13
Glue,  white............  
15®  25
Glycerina.................  17 M@  25
Grana Paradlsl........  @  25
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hydrarg Chlor  Mite  @ 1 00 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor..  @  90
Hydrarg Ox Bub’m.  @ 1  10 
Hydrarg  Ammonlati  @ 1  20 
HydrargU nguentum  50®  60
Hydrargyrum.........  
©  86
Ichthyooolla, Am...  66®  70
Indigo.....................   76® 1  00
Iodine,  Besubl........  3 40® 3  60
Iodoform.................  3 86® 4  00
Lupulin....................  @  60
Lycopodium............   80®  86
M ads......................  68®  76
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod..............  @ 2 6
LlquorPotassArslnit  10®  12
3
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
2® 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl  @  1M
Maoni«, 8» F.......... 
(0®  60

8
76
17
42
61
6
10
14
16
66
8
20
40

6
8
15
14

26
0060
00
24
8
30

60
8660
60

18
1218
30
20
12
1215
16

26
30
12
14
16
17

16
26
76
40
16
2
80
7

18
26
36

40
26
30
20
10

66
46
36
28
66
14
12
30
60
60
65
13
14
16
73
40
00
70
30
76
60
40
56
36
46
90

26
20
26
28
23
26
39
22
26

60
20
20
20

0066

26
20
36
00
85
80
90
76
40
40

2 8

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

Galvanized  Iron  Pails 
Galvanized  Iron  Tabs 
Wire  Clothes  Lines

DECLINED
Salt  in  Barrels 
Seeded  Raisins 
Lemons 
B ulk  Starch

CATSUP

Columbia,  pints.................2  00
Columbia, 54 pints............... l  25

CARBON OILS 

Barrels

@12
@1254
@12
@13
@
@1154
@11
@1154
@1154
14@15
@90
@17
13@14
50@75
19@20

Eocene.......................   @11
Perfection..................   @10
Diamond White.........   @  9
D. S. Gasoline............   @11
Deodorized Naphtha..  @10
Cylinder..................... 29  @34
Engine........................19  @22
Black, winter..............  @1054
CHEESE
Acme.......................  
Amboy.................... 
Elsie......................... 
Emblem..................  
Gem......................... 
Gold Medal.............. 
Ideal...................... 
Jersey...................... 
Riverside................. 
Brick.......................  
Edam....................... 
Leiden....................  
Llmburger...............  
Pineapple................ 
Sap  Sago................. 
CHEWING GUM
60
American Flag Spruce__ 
Beeman’8 Pepsin.............  
60
60
Black Jack....................... 
Largest Gum  Made.........  
55
55
Sen Sen  ............................ 
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1 00
45
Sugar Loaf....................... 
Yucatan............................ 
55
Bulk....................................  6
Red......................................7
Eagle...................................   4
Franck’s ..............................   654
Schener’s .............................  6

CHICORY

CHOCOLATE

Ambrosia

Walter 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..........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz...........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz...........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz.......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute. 72 ft. per doz...............  96

COCOA

Ambrosia, 54 lb. fin cans__  42
Ambrosia, 54 lb. tin cans....  44
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, 54s  .........................  35
Colonial. 54s.........................
Epps......................................   42
Huyler..................................   46
Van Houten, 54s..................  12
Van Houten, 54s..................   20
Van Houten, 54s..................  38
Van Houten,  is..................   70
Webb...................................  
so
Wilbur, 54s............................  41
Wilbur. 548............................   42
COCOA SHELLS
20 lb. bags...................... 
254
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound packages............  
4

COFFEE
Roasted

l # C w
Carnes

high grade

Special Combination..........15
French Breakfast.............. 1754
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-is............ 29
White House, 30-2s............ 28
. .2154
Excelsior M. & J., 60-is.. 
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2s...... .2054
Royal Java......................... 2654
Royal Java & Mocha..........2654
Arabian  Mocha  ..................2854
Aden Moch................. 
  2254
Mocha & Java Blend..........23
Fancy Maricaibo................1854
Javo Blend............ - .......... 1754
Golden Santos.....................17
Ja-Mo-Ka...........................1554
Excelsior Blend...................1454
No. 55 Blend........................14
Commoir............................. 1054
F a ir.................................... 11
Choice................................. 13
Fancy.................................. 15
Common..............................11
F a ir....................................14
Choice..................................15
Fancy................................. 17
Peaberry............................. 13
F air.....................................12
Choice.................... .............16
Choice.......................... .......16
Fancy.................................. 17

M aracaibo

Mexican

Santos

Rio

Guatemala
Ja v a   *■

Choice.............................. ...16
African............................ ...1254
Fancy African................ ...17
O. G................................. ...25
P. G................................. ...29
Arabian........................  .

Mocha
Package 

New York Basis.
Arbuckle......................... ..12 5C
Dll worth.........................
.12 5C
Jersey............................. ..12 5(
Lion................................ ..12 61
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City 54  gross............   76
Felix 54 gross...................... 1 16
Hummers foil 54 gross........  85
Hummel’s tin 54 gross.......1  43
Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake
12 packages, 54 case............1  75
24 packages,  l case 
......... 3 60

Substitutes

E xtract

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz In case.

COUPON  BOOKS 

Gall Borden Eagle............. 6 40
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy...................................5 76
Champion...........................4 60
Magnolia............................ 4 26
Challenge...........................3 76
Dime.............  .................... 3 36
Leader................................3 80
60 books, any  denom...  1 60 
100 books, any  denom...  2 60 
500books,any  denom...  ll 60
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  60
100  books.......................  2  60
600  books.......................  11  60
1.000  books.........................20 00
600, any one denom........  2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch...................... 
76
The National Biscuit Co. quotes 

Credit Checks 

CRACKERS 

as follows:

B u tter

Soda

Oyster

6
Seymour............................ 
New York......................... 
6
Family.............................  
6
6
Salted...-............................ 
654
Wolverine......................... 
Soda  XXX....................... 
654
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........  13
Zephyrette..........................  13
F au st............................... 
754
Farina................................. 
6
Extra Farina.................... 
654
Saltine Oyster.....................  6
Sweet  Goods —Boxes
Animals......................... 
 
 
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......................  1054
Cubans..............................  1154
Currant Fruit............ »...  12
Frosted Honey...................  12
Frosted Cream...................   9
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sin’ll  8 
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C.... 
6
Gladiator..........................   1054
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....................   1154
Milk Biscuit...................... 
754
Molasses  Cake.................... 
8
Molasses Bar.......................  9
Moss Jelly Bar.................  1254
Newton...............................   12
Oatmeal Crackers............. 
8
Oatmeal Wafers.................   12
Orange Crisp.......................  9
Orange Gem........................   9
Penny Cake........................  
8
754
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8
Pretzels, hand  made.......  
8
Scotch Cookies.................-  9
Sears’ Lunch....................  
754
Sugar Cake.........................  8
Sugar Cream, x x x .........  
8

Apples

Sugar Squares............  
8
Sultanas..............
Tutti Fruttl..........  .........   «
Vanilla Wafers.........
Vienna Crinm...................  8
CREAM  TARTAR 
5 and 10 lb. wooden  boxes. 
30
Bulk In sacks.......................” [29
D RIED   FRUITS 

California  F ruits

Sundrled....................   @41/
Evaporated, 501b. boxes!  @544
ffiBStev"“ ::::  *®1°
Nectarines.................
Peaches.....................  s  @11
Pitted C h e n l e s . 71;
Prunnelles............... 
"
Raspberries...............
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @354
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4
80 - 90 26 lb. boxes........  @454
70-80 26 lb. boxes........  @ 5«
60-70 26 lb. boxes........  @ 6K
60-60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 6«
40-50 26 lb. boxes........  @ 7*
30 - 40 28 lb. boxes........ 
854

 
California Prunes

54 cent less in 50 lb. cases 

Citron

Peel

Raisins

C urrants

Leghorn.......................  
u
Corsican....................... ...!.!!i2
California, 1 lb.  package__ 1134
Imported, 1 lb package.......12
Imported, bulk....;  ...........
Citron American 191b. bx..  13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 1054 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 1054 
London Layers 2 Crown.
2  16
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
oy.
7*
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
8
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb........ 
914
L. M„ Seeded, 34  lb__  8  @
Sultanas, b u lk ................ 
iov
Sultanas, package.............'12
FARINACEOUS GOODS 
7

Dried Lima................. 
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland....................
Cream of Cereal...................  90
Graln-O, sm all..................... 1 35
Grain-O, large..................  
2 26
Grape Nuts...................  
!i  35
Postum Cereal, small.........  1 35
Postum Cereal, large.......   2 26
241 lb. packages.................  1 so
Bulk, per 100 Tbs....................3 00
Flake, 60 lb. sack...... 
so
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl............ !.’. 2 40
Pearl, 100 lb. sack................. 1 17
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 26 lb. box..............2 60
Common...............................2 40
Chester..................................2 90
Empire.................................. 3 40

P earl  B arley

H om iny

.......1  90

Cereals

F arin a

Beans

Grits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

10

Peas

Rolled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages...................... 2 00
100 ft. kegs.........................3  00
200 ft. barrels...........................6 70
100 lb. bags................................2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu..........l 30
Green, Scotch, bu.....................1 40
Spilt,  lb...............................   3
Rolled Avena, bbl.....................4 00
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks__   2  10
Monarch, bbl............................3 70
Monarch, 54 bbl........................2 00
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks.......... 1  80
Quaker, cases...........................3 20
East India...........................   234
German, sacks....................   334
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  110 lb. sacks.............454
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks..............  354
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages......   6
Cracked, bulk......................  354
24 2 ft. packages......... .......2 80
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Tapioca

W heat

Sago

FOOTE  ft  JE N ES’

JA XO N

Highest  Grade  Extracts
Vanilla 
Lemon

ozfullm .l  20  1 oz full  m.  81 
_ oz full m .2  10  2 oz full m .l  21 
No.3fan’y.3  16  No.Sfan’y.l 71

Index to  Markets

By Columns

A

Col.
Akron  Stoneware.................  15
l
Alabastlne........   ...................  
Ammonia............................... 
l
Axle Urease......................  
 
 

B

 

c

Baking Powder......................  1
Bath  Brick............................  
l
Bluing..................... 
 
1
Brooms..................................   1
Brushes................................. 
l
Butter Color..........................   2
Candles..................................  14
Candles..................................  2
Canned Goods.......................  2
Catsup...................................   3
Carbon Oils..........................   3
Cheese....................................  3
Chewing Ginn.......................   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.
Fly  Paper.............................   6
Fresh Meats..........................  6
Fruits....................................  14

D

P

 

 

I

J

L

P

N
O

G
Grains and Flour 
H
H erbs...................................    6
Hides and Pelts....................  13
Indigo.....................................   6
J e lly .....................................   e
Lamp Burners.......................  l
Lamp Chimneys.....................  15
Lanterns.................................  15
Lantern  Globes.....................   15
Licorice..................................   7
Lye.....................
M
Matches..............
Meat Extracts......................... 
i
Molasses.................................   7
Mustard..................................   7
Nuts.......................................  14
OU Cans................................   15
Olives.....................................   7
Oyster Palls............................   7
Paper Bags.............................   7
Paris Green............................  7
Pickles.....................................  7
Pipes.......................................  7
Potash.....................................  7
Provisions...............................   7
Klee........................................   8
Saleratus.................................  8
Sal Soda...............’................   8
Salt........................................   g
Salt  Fish...............................  s
Sauerkraut............................  9
Seeds.....................................   9
Shoe Blacking.......................   9
Snuff.....................................   9
Soap.......................................  9
Soda.......................................  9
Spices...................................  9
Starch...................................   10
Stove Polish..........................  10
Sugar.....................................  10
Syrups...................................  9
Table Sauce..........................   12
!< »........................................  11
Twine....................................  12
Vinegar................................   12
Washing Powder..................   12
Wicklng.............................    13
Woodenware.........................  13
Wrapping Paper...................  13
Yeast Cake............................  13

v
w

R
S

v

T

A LABASTINE

1

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

AMMONIA

Per Doz.
Arctic 12 oz. ovals...............   76
Arctic pints, round..............1  00

A A L E   GREASE
Aurora 
....................66 
Castor  Oil................... 60 
Diamond..................... 60 
Frazer’s .......................76 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 

doz.  gross
6 00
7 00
4 28
9 00
9 00

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

9 00
6 00

B A K IN G   POW DER 

Acme

14 lb. cans 3  doz................  46
54 lb. cans 3  doz................  76
1 
lb. cans 1  doz................ 100
Bulk.....................................   10
oz. Eng. Tumblers........   86
6 

Arctic
Egg

54 lb.  cans, 4 doz. case....... 3 76
54 lb.  cans, 2 doz. case....... 3 75
1 lb.  cans,  1 doz. case.......3 75
5 lb.  cans, 54 doz. case.......8 00
J A X O N
14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
54 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1 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.,  1 doz. case................. 9 00
American.............................  70
English.................................  80

BATH  BRICK

Queen  Flake

BLUING

Co n d u c ed
§L §j|i(5

Small 3 doz..........................   40
Lane, 2 doz.........................  75
Arctic, 4 oz, per gross....... 4 00
Arctic, 8 oz, per gross........5 00
Arctic, pints, per  gross__ 9 00

BROOMS

No. 1 Carpet........................2 60
No. 2 Carpet........................2  15
No. 3 Carpet........................1  86
No. 4 Carpet........................1  60
Parlor  Gem........................ 2  40
Common Whisk...................  86
Fancy Whisk...................... 1  10
Warehouse.........................s  26

BRUSHES

Scrub

Shoe

Solid Back,  8in..................   45
Solid Back, ll In .................   95
Pointed Ends.......................  85
No. 8.................................... 1 00
No. 7.................................... 1  30
No. 4.................................... 1  70
No. 3.....................................   go
NO. 3.................  
76
No. 2....................................    jo
No. 1.....................................   75

Stove

 

 

BUTTER  COLOR

19

W., R. & Co.’s, 15c size__  1  25
W., R. & Co.’s, 25c size 
  2 00
CANDLES
Electric Light, 8s ................ 12
Electric Light, 16s............... 1254
Paraffine, 6s........................ 1054
Paraffine, 12s....................... 11
Wicklng 
.................at

Corn

Cherries

70
2  00
76

French  Peas

Gooseberries

B lackberries

Clam  Bouillon

CANNED  GOODS 
Apples
3 
lb. Standards...  
Gallons, standards.. 
Standards................ 
Baked........1  oo@i  so
75®  86
Red Kidney............  
String...................... 
so
Wax......................... 
86
B laeberries
Standard...................  
85
Brook  T rout
l 90
2 lb. cans, Spiced.............. 
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
1 00
Little Neck. 2 lb......  
1 60
Burnham’s, 54 pint...........  1 92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20
Red  Standards........... 
86
1 16
White.......................... 
Fair.......................... 
76
Good........................ 
86
Fancy................... 
95
Sur Extra Fine................. 
22
Extra  Fine...................., 
Fine...................................  
15
Moyen............................... 
11
go
Standard................. 
H om iny
Standard.................. 
86
Lobster
Star, m b ................. 
1  86
Star, l  lb.................  
3 40
2 35
Picnic Tails............ 
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ........... 
1  75
2 80
Mustard, 2 lb........... 
Soused, l lb.............. 
1 75
Soused, 2 lb............  
2 80
Tomato, 1 lb............. 
1 75
Tomato, 2 lb............. 
2 80
M ushrooms
Hotels.......................  
18@20
Buttons................  
 
22@25
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb.................  
Cove, 2 lb................. 
Cove, 1 lb Oval........ 
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow....................   1 
Pears
Standard.................  
Fancy..................... 
Marrowfat.............. 
Early June.............. 
Early June  Sifted.. 
Pineapple
Grated....................   1 
Sliced.......................   1 
P um pkin
F air.........................  
Good........................ 
Fancy...................... 
R aspberries
Standard..................  
Russian  Cavier
54 lb. cans..............................   3 75
54 lb, cans..............................   7 00
1 lb. can................................  12 00
@1  86
Columbia River, tails 
Columbia River, flats 
<ai  95
20@i 40
Red Alaska..............  1 
Pink Alaska............  1  oo@t  10
Shrim ps
Standard................. 
1  50
Sardines
Domestic, 54s........... 
454
8
Domestic, 34s.......... 
8
Domestic,  Mustard. 
California, 54s.......... 
17
French, 54s.............. 
22
French, 54s.............. 
28
Standard.................. 
86
Fancy......................  
1  26
Succotash
Fair..........................  
90
Good........................ 
1 00
Fancy...................... 
1  20
Tomatoes
F a ir......................... 
90
Good..................... 
95
 
Fancy......................  
115
  % 50
Gallons.................... 

70
so
1 00
1  00
1  60
28@2 76
38@2 66

Straw berries

Salmon

70
75
86
90

65@i 86

1  55
95

Peas

86

 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

W h ite  fish

SEEDS

7 00 
3 10 
85 
71 

100 lbs........... 
40 lbs........... 
10 lb s..., 
 
8  lbs........... 

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
3 00
1 50
45
39
Anise...................................   9
Canary, Smyrna..................   4
Caraway.............................   8
Cardamon, Malabar.............60
Celery................................... 12
Hemp, Russian....................4Vi
Mixed Bird..........................   4 Vi
Mustard, white....................  9
Poppy...................................10
Rape......................................   4 vi
Cuttle Bone...... .................. .15
Handy Box, large..............  2 50
Handy Box, small..............   1 25
Bixby’s Royal Polish.......  
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish___  
85
Scotch, in bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, in jars................  35
French Rappee, In jars.......  43
B. T. Babbit brand—

SHOE  BLACKING

8NUFF

SOAP

Babbit’s Best.......................  4 00

Beaver Soap Co. brands

10

Pure  Cane

F air..................................... 
is
Good...................................   20
Choice................................   25

STARCH

Kingsford’s  Corn
40 l-lb. packages...............   6Vi
20 l-lb. packages............... 
6M
6 lb. packages............... 
7 Vi
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages...............  
7
7 Vi
6 lb. boxes....................... 

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages...................  4Vi
3-lb. packages................... 
4Vi
6-lb. packages..................  
5
40 ana 50-lb. boxes............  
Vi
Barrels.............................  
3V4

29

II

No.  8................................   4 60
No.  9................................   4 55
No. 10................................  4 50
No. 11................................   4 45
No. 12................................   4 40
No. 13................................  4 40
No. 14................................  4 35
No. 15................................  4 35
No. 16................................  4 35

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
Siftings...........................19@21
Fannings........................20@22

Gunpowder

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

7

LICORICE

Pure....................................   30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily....................................  14
Boot.....................................  10
Condensed, 2 doz................ 1  20
Condensed. 4 doz.................2 25

LYE

MATCHES

40
36
26
22

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. 100 Park, 432 boxes........ 2 85
No.  80 Poetnr, 720 boxes... .4 00 
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur....................... 1 65
Anchor Parlor......................1 50
No. 2 Home.......................... 1 30
Export Parlor.......................4 00
Wolverine....   .....................1  50
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

Vi®  8

OLIVES

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

OYSTER  PAILS

PA PER   BAGS

Ask your Jobber for them.

Glory  Mayflower 
Satchel  ¿Pacific 
Bottom 
Square
M......................  28 
50
60
Vi......................  34 
1 
80
...  44 
2 
1 00
...   54 
3 
1 25
...  66 
4 
1 45
...   76 
5 
...   90 
1 70
6 
...1 06 
2 00
8......................1 28 
10......................1 38 
12......................1 60 
14..................... 2 24 
16..................... 2 34 
20..................... 2 52 
25.................... 
Sugar
Red................................... 
Gray.................................  
Bulk.....................................14
Packages, M lb., each.........18
Packages, % lb., each.........17
Packages,  lib.,each.........16

PARIS  GREEN

2 40
2 60
3 15
4 15
4 50
5 00

4V4
43k

5 60

PICKLES
Medium

Small

Barrels, 1,200 count............4 50
Half bbls, 600 count............2 75
Barrels, 2,400 count........... 5 50
Half bbls, 1.200 count.........3 30
Clay, No. 216........................1  70
Clay, T. D., full count.........  65
Cob, No. 3..............................  85

PIPES

POTASH 

48 cans in case.

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

8

10 75
11  50
11  50
1  50
3 50
70
1  26
2 25
21
3
10
60

3 lb. Palls.. advance 
Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver.......................
Frankfort................
P o rk .......................
Blood.......................
Tonguengui 
Headcheese,
Beef
Extra Mess..............
Boneless..................
Rump......................
Pigs’  Feet
J4 bbls., 40 lbs.........
Vi bbls., 80 lbs.........
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs..............
M bbls., 40 lbs.........
V4 bbls., 80 lbs.........
Casings
F o rk .......................
Beef rounds............
Beef middles...........
Sheep.......................
B utterine
Solid, dairy..............
11 @13
Rolls, dairy.............. UVi@13Vi
Rolls, creamery......
14Vi
Solid, creamery......
14
Corned beef, 21b__
2 75
Corned beef. 14 lb...
17 50
Roast beef, 2 lb........
2 75
Potted ham,  Ms......
50
Potted ham,  Vis......
90
Deviled ham,  Ms__
50
Deviled ham,  vis__
90
Potted tongue,  Ms..
50
Potted tongue.  Vis..
90
RICE
Domestic
Carolina head............
Carolina No. 1 ...........
Carolina  No. 2 ...........
Broken ......................
__ Im ported.
Japan,  No.  l .................5Vi@6
Japan,  No. 2.................4Vi@5
Java, fancy head...........5  @5V4
Java, No. 1....................5  @
Table...............................  @

....7
__ 5Vi
....4M
....4M

Canned  Meats

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 3ks..............3 00
Granulated, bbls.................  80
Granulated, 100 lb. cases....  90
Lump, bbls.........................  75
Lump, 145 lb. kegs...............   so

SAL  SODA

SALT

Buckeye

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.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 1003 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bum.2 66 
Butter, barrels, 20 I41b.bag8.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   67
100 31b.sacks...........................2 25
60 5 lb. sacks............................2 15
28101b. sacks.......................... 2 05
561b. sacks.......................  40
281b. sacks.......................   22
56 lb. dairy in drill bags......   30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags......  
is
561b. dairy in linen sacks...  60 
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 
66 lb. sacks..........................   30
Granulated  Fine.................  95
Medium Fine............................ 1 00

Solar Rock
Common

Ashton
H iggins

SALT  FISH 

Cod

 

T rout

H alibut.

D ry  Salt Meats

Smoked  Meats 

PROVISIONS, 
B arreled  P ork

Mess.........................  @16 50
@16 50
B ack....................... 
Clear back...............  @15 50
Short cut................. 
@15 50
P ig..........................   @19 00
Bean.........................  @12 25
Family Mess............  
@14 so
Rump Butts Beef....  @11 50
Bellies...................... 
9
Briskets..................  
83k
Extra shorts............  
8
Hams, 121b. average.  @  11
Hams, 141b. average.  @  ll
Hams, 161b. average.  @  103k
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @  10%
Ham dried beef......  
@12
Shoulders(N.Y.cut)  @  7Vi 
Bacon, clear............   iom@  H
California hams
Boneless  hams......
@   11 
Boiled Hams..........
Picnic Boiled Hams
Berlin  Hams..........
Mince Ham s.........
Compound...............
Kettle.......................
Vegetole................
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Pails, .advance 
10 lb. Palls., advance 
51b. Palls., advance

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......................  
76
No. 1  8 lbs......................  
61
Holland white hoops, bbl.  11 25 
Holland white hoops Vibbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
82 
Holland white hoop mens. 
87
Norwegian.....................
Bound 100 lbs....................  3  00
Bound 40 lbs.....................  
l  50
Scaled.............................  
19
Bloaters.............................  1  60
8Vi Mess 100 lbs........
.........   12 25
9 Mess 40 lbs.......... ........  5 20
i 38
6M Mess 8 lbs.......... .........   1 13
........  10 50
9M No. 1 loo lbs..........
No. 1 40 lbs............ .........   4 50
% No. 1 10 lbs............ .........   1 20
8 lbs........... .........   1 00
Vi No.1
M No. 2 L00 lbs............ .........   8 25
M No. 2 40 lbs............ .........   3 60
98
X No. 2 10 lbs............
1
81
No. 2 8 lbs............

8
@  16 @  11 @
@

Mess 10 lbs.......... .......... 

Lards—In Tierces

M ackerel

H erring

@7
@10 Vi

Vanilla 

Lemon

2 oz panel..1  20  2 oz panel.  75
3 oz taper. .2 00  4 oz taper.. l  60

Jennings’

A rctic

2 oz. full mean, pure Lemon.  75 
2 oz. full meas. pure Vanilla.1 20 
2 oz. oval Vanilla Tonka....  75 
2 oz. oral Pure Lemon........  75

Big  Value

rtAVORlfvjG<fXTRA.C^

Beef

Beg. 2 oz. D. C. Lemon.......   75
No. 4 Taper D. C. Lemon... 1  52
Beg. 2 oz. D. C.  Vanilla.......l  24
No. 3 Taper D. C. Vanilla.. .2 08 
2 oz. Vanilla Tonka.............   70
2 oz. flat Pure Lemon...........  70
Tanglefoot, per doz.............   35
Tanglefoot, per case........... 3 20

FLY  PA PER

Standard

FRESH  MEATS 

P ork

Carcass.......................  6 @  8
Forequarters.........  
6Vi@  6
Hindquarters......... 
7Z,@  9
Loins no. 3..............  10  @14
Bibs.........................  10  @13
7 
Bounds....................... 
ChUCKS.................... 
5Vi@  6
Plates........................ 
4 @5
Dressed........................ 
Loins............................ 
Boston  Butts........... 
@9
Shoulders................ 
@  8Vi
Leaf Lard................ 
@  8
M utton
Carcass...................  
7V4@  8
Spring Lambs.........  
9  @10
Carcass......................   8 @9
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

Veal

W heat

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

W inter W heat  F lour 

70

Local Brands

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Spring W heat F lour 

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents.............................  4 25
Second Patent..................   3 75
Straight.............................  3 56
Clear..........................'....  3  15
Graham...... ~...................   3 25
Buckwheat.......................  440
Bye......... .........................   3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond Vis......................  3 75
Diamond las.....................  3 75
Diamond Vis.....................   3 75
Quaker Ms.........................  3 80
Quaker Ms........................  3 80
Quaker Vis........................  3 80
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best Vis.........   4 50
Pillsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4 40
Pillsbury’s  Best Vis.........   4 30
Piilsbury’s Best Vis paper.  4 30 
Pillsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4 30 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial Vis.........  4 40
Duluth  imperial Ms.........  4 30
Duluth  Imperial Vis.........  4 20
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
4 30
Wingold  Vis.................... 
Win gold  vis.................... 
4  20
Wingold  Vis.................... 
4  10
Ceresota Vis......................  4  50
Ceresota Ms......................  4 40
Ceresota Vis......................  4  30
Laurel  Vis.........................  4 40
Laurel  Ms.........................  4 30
Laurel  Vis.........................  4 20
Laurel Ms and Ms paper..  4 20 
Bolted...............................  2 00
Granulated.......................   2  10
Car  lots.............................  30Vi
Car lots, clipped...............  32Vi
Less than car lots.............
Feed and Millstuifb
St. Car Feed, screened__   18 00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats...  ..  17 50
Unbolted Com  Meal........  17 00
Winter Wheat Bran.........  17 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  17 50
Screenings........................   16 00
Corn, car  lots...................  44
No. 1 Timothy car lots__   11  50
No. l Timothy ton lots__   12 50
Sage........................................Id
Hops....................................... 15
Laurel Leaves......................... 15
Senna Leaves..........................25
Madras, 5 lb. boxes................56
S. F., 2,8 and 6 lb. boxes....... 50
51b. pails.per doz...........  185
151b. pails............................   35
80 lb. pails.................. 
  62

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Cora
Hay

INDIGO

HERBS

JELLY

Meal

Oats

 

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

Fels brand—
Gowans & Sons brands—

Dingman Soap Co. brand—
N. K. Fairbanks brands—

50 cakes, large size............. 3 25
100 cakes, large size..............6 50
50 cakes, small size............. 1 95
100 cakes, small size.............3 85
Bell & Bogart brands—
Coal Oil Johnny............   3 90
Peekin............................   4 00
Queen Anne...................   3  15
Big Bargain..............—   1  75
Umpire...........................  2  15
German Family..............  2  45
Dingman.........................  3 85
Santa Claus....................  3 25
Brown............................... 2 40
Fairy...............................  4 00
Naptha.........................     4 00
Oak Leaf.........................  3  25
Oak Leaf, bigs...............   4  00
J A X O N
Single box........................... 3 00
5 box lots, delivered.......... 2 96
10 box lots, delivered.......... 2 90
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Silver King......................  3 60
Calumet Family.............   2 70
Scotch Family................   2 50
Cuba...............................   2 40
50 cakes....................  1 95
Bicker’s Magnetic.........  3 90
Big Acme........................  4 00
Acme 5c..........................  3 25
Marseilles.......................  4 00
Master............................ 3 70
Lenox.............................  3 00
Ivory, 6 oz.......................4 00
Ivory, 10 oz.....................  6 75
jg»
Star.................................3 00
Good Cheer....................  3 80
Old Country....................  3 20
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz....... 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz............ 2 40
Boxes...................................  5 Vi
Kegs, English......................4M

Schultz & Co. brand— 
A. B. Wrisley brands—

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Lautz Bros, brands—

Scourimg

SODA

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice.............................
Cassia, China in mats......
Cassia, Batavia, in bund...
Cassia, Saigon, broken__
Cassia, Saigon, In rolls__
Cloves, Amboy na..............
Cloves, Zanzibar...............
Mace.................................
Nutmegs,  75-80.................
Nutmegs,  105-10...............
Nutmegs, 116-20................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white.
Pepper, shot......................
P u 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.........   — ................

SYRUPS

Corn

12 
'   12 28 
3865
17
14 56 
50 
40 
35
18 
28 
20
16
28*
48
17
15
18 
25
66 
18 
20 
28 
20 
20

Barrels.......................... ......18
Hilf bbls.............................20
l doz. 1 gallon cans....... ......3 00
l doz. Vi gallon cans---- ......1  70
2 doz. M gallon cans............  90

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......
Works:  Venice, 111.
Geneva, 111.

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.

Common Corn

20 l-lb.  packages.............. 
40 l-lb.  packages.............. 
STOVE  POLISH

4M
4 Vi

SUGAR

No. 4,3 doz in case, gross  .  4 50 
No. 6,3 doz In case, gross  7  20 
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  tne  invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping  point,  Including 
20 pounds for the weight of the 
barrel.
Domino.............................  5 85
Cut Loaf...........................   6  85
Crushed............................  5 86
Cubes................................  5  60
Powdered.........................  5 45
Coarse  Powdered...........   6  45
XXXX Powdered.............  6  50
Standard  Granulated......   5 35
Fine Granulated................  5  35
Coarse Granulated...........  5 45
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 45
Conf.  Granulated.............   5 60
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 50
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  6 50
Mould A............................  5 70
Diamond A.......................  5  35
Confectioner’s A..............  5  15
No.  1, Columbia A...........  5 05
No.  2, Windsor A............   4 95
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  4  95
No.  4, Phoenix  A............   4 90
a«o.  5. Empire A..............  4  85
.0 .  6................................   4 80
.  0.  7........................ 
  4 70

 

Young  Hyson

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

Oolong

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

English Breakfast

In dia

Ceylon, choice............. 
32
Fancy.................................. ..

TOBACCO

Cigars

A. Bomers’ brand. 

Plalndealer........................ 35 00
Columbian Cigar Co. ’s brands.
Little Columbian.................35 00
Columbian...........................35 00
Columbian Extra................ 55 00
Columbian Special..............65 00
Columbian Invincible.........90 00
Fortune Teller.................  35 00
Our Manager....................  35 00
Quintette..........................  35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

8. C. W.............................  35  00
Cigar Clippings, per lb...... 
26
Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.
B. L..................................$33  00
Gold Star.........................   35  00
Phelps, Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Royal  Tigers..............56@ 80 00
Royal Tigerettes.............  35  00
Book Filled Tigerettes__  35 00
Female Tigerettes..........  36 00
Night Hawk, concha.......  35 00
Night Hawk,  navel.........  35 00
Vincente Portuondo . .35® 70 00

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 2

13

1 5

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Plug

Fine  Cnt

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

Rube Bros. Go........... 26© 70 00
Hilson  Co..................36@110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co........ 35® 70  00
McCoy & Co...............36® 70  00
The Collins Cigar Co.. 10® 36 00
Brown  Bros...............15® 70  00
Bernard Stahl Co.......36® 90  00
Banner Cigar  Co.......10® 35  00
Seidenberg  & Co.......56®125  30
Fulton  Cigar Co.......10® 36  00
A. B. Ballard & Co....35@175 oo 
E. M. Schwarz & Co...35®ll0 00
San Telmo..................36® 70  00
Havana Cigar Co....... 18® 35  00
C. Costello & Co.........36®  70  00
LaGora-Fee Co..........36® 70  oo
5. I. Davis & Co......... 35®185 00
Hene & Co................. 36® 90 00
Benedict & Co......... 7.50© 70 00
Hemmeter Cigar Co...35© 70 00
6 . J. Johnson Cigar Co.36® 70 00
Maurice Sanborn__ 50@175 00
Bock & Co..................65@300 00
Manuel Garcia.......... 80@375 00
Neuva Mundo............86®175 00
Henry Clay................ 85®550 00
La Carolina................96@200 oo
Standard T. & C. Co.  .36® 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 Men the................60
Stronghold........................... 40
Solo.......................................35
Sweet Chunk........................37
Forge....................................33
Red Cross............................. 24
Palo......................................36
Kylo..............................  
36
Hiawatha............................. 41
Battle A xe.........................  37
American Eagle...................34
Standard Navy.....................38
Spear Head, 16 oz................43
Spear Head,  8 oz................45
Nobby Twist........................49
Jolly T ar..............................39
Old Honesty......................... 45
Toddy.,.................................34
J. T .......................................38
Piper Heidsick.................... 64
Boot Jack............................. 81
Jelly Cake............................ 36
Plumb Bob...........................32
Hand Pressed...................... 46
Double  Cross...................... 37
Sweet Core...........................40
Flat Car..............................37
Great Navy...........................37
W arpath..............................27
Bamboo,  8oz...................... 29
Bamboo, 16 oz...................... 27
I XL,  61b.......................... 28
I XL, 301b...........................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*4 oz................. 25
Corn Cake, 1 lb.....................23
Plow Boy, lJi oz...................37
Plow Boy, 3% oz...................35
Peerless, 3*4 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

Smoking

TABLE SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

TW INE

The Original and
Genuine
Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large___..  3 75
Lea & Perrin’s,  small... ..  2 60
Halford, large............... ..  3 76
Halford, smalL.............. ..  2 26
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
Wooi, 1 lb. balls..................  8
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..ll 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  .11
Pure Cider, Red Star.......... 12
Pure Cider, Robinson.........11
Pure Cider, Silver...............11
WASHING  POW DER
Gold Dust, regular..............4 50
Gold Dust, 5c.......................4 00

VINEGAR

W ICKING

Pearline............................
Scourine............................
No. 0, per gross.................
No. 1, per gross.................
No. ?, per gross.................
No. 3. per gross.................
WOODENWARE

.2 90
.3 50
.20
.25
.36
.55

Tabs

Egg Crates

H op  Sticks

Toothpicks

Clothes  Pins

B a tte r Plates

Baskets
Bushels....................
.1  10
Bushels, wide  band..........
.1 20
M arket................................   30
Splint, large..............................4 00
Splint, medium........................3 76
Splint, small............................ 3 50
willow Clothes, large..........7 00
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 26
Willow Clothes, small..........6 60
No. 1 Oval, 250 In crate........  46
No. 2 Oval, 250 In crate........  so
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate........  56
No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate........  66
Humpty Dumpty.....................2 25
No. 1,complete............ . 
30
No. 2, complete...................  25
Round head, 6 gross box__  46
Round head, cartons...........   62
Trojan spring......................  85
Eclipse patent spring........  86
No 1 common.......................  75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  80
12 tt>. cotton mop heads...... 1  25
Pails
2- hoop Standard........................1 40
3- 
hoop Standard......1 60
2- wire,  Cable.............................1 50
3- wire,  Cable............................ 1 70
Cedar, all red, brass  bound. 1 25
Paper,  Eureka.................... 2 26
Fibre.........................................2 40
Hardwood................................2 76
Softwood..................................2 75
Banquet.................................... 1 40
Ideal...... .•.................................1 40
20-lnch, Standard, No. l ...... 6 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2...... 5 00
16-inch, Standard, No. 3.......4 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l............ 7 00
18-lnch, Cable, No. 2................. 6 00
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3.................5 00
No. 1 Fibre............................... 9 45
No. 2 Fibre............................... 7 95
No. 3 Fibre..............................7  20
Bronze Globe............................ 2 60
Dewey......................................1 76
Double Acme............................ 2 75
Single Acme.........................  2 25
Double Peerless...............  
Single Peerless.........................2 50
Northern Queen...................... 2 60
Double Duplex......................... 3 00
Good Luck..............................   2 76
Universal..................................2 25
ll in. Butter.........................  75
13 in. Butter.............................. 1 00
16 in. Butter.............................. 1 76
17 in. Butter..............................2 60
19 in. Butter..............................3 00
Assorted 13-15-17.......................1 75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................ 2 50
W RAPPING  PA PER
Common Straw.................  
1*4
Fiber Manila, white.........  
3%
Fiber Manila, colored......   4*4
No.  1  Manila....................  4
Cream  Manila.................. 
3
Butcher’s Manila..............  2%
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13
Wax Butter, full count__  20
Wax Butter,  rolls............   10
Magic, 3 doz.........................l 00
Sunlight, 3doz..................... 1 00
Sunlight, 1*4  doz.................   50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz..............1 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz.........-...1 00
Yeast Foam. 1W,  doz...........  60
Per lb.
White fish....................  ©  9
Trout............................  ©  9
Black Bass...................11©  12
Halibut........................  ©  15
Ciscoes or Herring__   ©  4
Bluefish.......................  ®  10
Live  Lobster...............  ©  20
Boiled Lobster............  ©  20
Cod..............................   ©  11
Haddock.....................   ©  7
No. l Pickerel..............  ®  9
Pike.............................  ©  7
Perch...........................  ©  4
Smoked White............  ©  9
Red  Snapper..............  ©  11
Col River  Salmon........  ©  12
Mackerel.....................   ©  16

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

W ash  Boards

Wood  Bowls

0

HIDES AND  PELTS 

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

© 7* 
© 6Ü 
© 9 
©  7 H 
©10 
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50@i  10
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18®20
22®24
12©14
16©18

Pelts

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
Crystal Cream mix.’!

Fancy—In  B a lk  

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

©12
©14
© 12*
©12
©12
Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

©56
©60
©85

©30
©75
©65
©60
@60
@60
©66
©66
©90

Lemon  Sours.........
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate  Drops.... 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Dk. No. 12............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice Drops........
Lozenges,  plain......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials.................
Mottoes...................
Cream  Bar.............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Book.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
Caramels 
No. 1 wrapped,  3  lb.
boxes....................
Penny Goods...........
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Bus sett.......
Florida Bright........ 
Fancy Navels.........   2 76@3  26
Extra Choice...........  2 50©3  00
Late Valencias........ 
©
Seedlings.................  
©2  50
Medt. Sweets..........   3 0033  25
Jamaicas.................
Rodi......................
Lemons

©60
66@60

©66
©60

Messina. 300s..........  3 25@3  60
Messina, 360s...........  3 00® 3  50
California 360s.........  3 25©3  50
California 300s.........  3 26©3  60
Bananas
Medium bunches__   1 50@l  75
Large bunches........

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Figs

Dates

NUTS

Foreign D ried F ru its 
Callfornlas,  Fancy.. 
©
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes 
©
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes,................... 
© 9
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
@12
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
A
Naturals, in bags.... 
A
Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
©
Fards In 60 lb. cases. 
©
Hallowi.................... 
5 © 514
©
lb.  cases, new....... 
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....  4*4  © 6 
Almonds, Tarragona  @18
Almonds, Ivloa....... 
©
Aim anas, California,
soft shelled........... 
Brazils,....................  
Fiiberts  ................. 
Walnuts.  Grenobles. 
Walnut«., soft shelled 
California No. 1... 
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table  Nuts, choice.. 
Pecais,  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
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras
Boasted................ 
Span. Shlld No. ln ’w  6HO 7J$

17©19
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@13*4
@14
@14
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©13
©10
@11
@12
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©3 75
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Roasted................  6*4© 7

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B utters

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4  *4 gal., per doz...................................
i  2 to 6 gal., per  gal.............................
8 gal. each.........................................
10 gal. each..........................................
i  12 gal. each..........................................
i  15 gal. meat-tubs, each.......................
i  20 gal. meat-tubs, each.......................
25 gal. meat-tubs, each.......................
30 gal. meat-tubs, each.......................

@ 8 
® 9

©10 
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Churns

M ilkpans

2 to 6 gal., per gal...............................
’’hum Dashers, per doz.....................

*4 ga.  fiat or rd. hot, per doz............
I gal. nat or rd. bot„ each.................
Fine  Glazed  M ilkpans
*4 gal  flat or rd. bot., per doz............
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each.................

Stewpans

Ju g s

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

*4 gal. per doz.....................................
H gal. per doz.....................................
1 to 5 gal., per gal...............................

Sealing W ax

6 lbs. in package, per lb......................

LAMP  BURNERS

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

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© 9 
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©10 
©10

©13
©12 © 9* 
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©14 
©16 
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1  60
2 25
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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.

LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds 

Per box of 6 doz. 

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

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

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

P earl Top

No. I Sun, wrapped and  labeled........
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled......
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps........................................

La  Bastie

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

Rochester 

Electric

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. galv. iron with faucet, per doz..
5 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz..
5 gal. Tilting cans................................
5 kal. sralv. Iron  Nacefas....................
5 gal. Rapid steady stream.................
5 gal. Eureka, non-overflow...............
3 gal. Home Rule................................
6 gal. Home Rule................................
5 gal. Pirate King...............................

P om p  Cans

LANTERNS 

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

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Leaders.

It  seems  an  anomaly  that  a 

large 
space 
in  several  newspapers  should 
often  be  taken  to  advertise  a  specialty, 
some  trinket,  which  costs  so  little  that 
it  is  impossible  that  the  gross  sales  can 
amount  to  the  cost  of  the  advertising, 
to  say  nothing  of  meeting  the  expense 
from  the  profits.  Of  course,  it  is  read­
ily  understood  that  returns  are  looked 
for  in  the  general  advertising  value  of 
the  venture.

One  of  the  commonest  errors  of  the 
general  advertiser  is  the  idea  that  all 
leaders,  to  be  of  value,  must  be cheap— 
must  be  so  far below the  usual price  that 
this  will  engage  the  attention  as  a  great 
bargain. 
It  is  difficult  for  many  deal­
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all  customers  are  bargain  hunters  and 
that  none  can  be  interested  by  anything 
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instinct.  To  be  sure,  there  are  custom­
ers  who  are  bargain  hunters—customers 
who  must  think  they  are  getting  their 
gold  dollars  for  fifty  cents  apiece  or 
they  won’t  buy—but  the  average  mer­
chant,  if  he  be  wise,  is  not  devoting  all 
his  energies  to  getting  such  customers.
is  a  value,  no  doubt,  in  quot­
ing  an  apparently  close  price  on  well- 
known,  standard  articles;  but  I  believe 
it 
is  a  serious  mistake  to  make  the 
price  too  low,  even  for  a  leader.  When 
people  know  the  value  of  an  article 
which 
is  standard  there  is  very  apt  to 
be  a  suspicion,  at  least  an  unconscious 
suspicion—there 
is  such  a  thing—that 
something  is  wrong  with  the  article  ad­
vertised  so  that  the  dealer  is  playing  to 
cheapness.

There 

To  a  considerable  part  of  the  average 
buyers  of  the  country  the  idea  of  cheap­
ness  is  fully  as  repelling  as  it  is  attrac­
tive  to  bargain  hunters.  This  repelling 
influence  is  largely  an  unconscious  one. 
It  is  my  belief  that  a  greater  proportion 
are  kept  away  by  an  appearance  of  ex­
cessive  cheapness  than 
is  generally 
considered.

On  the  other  hand,  it  will  be  urged 
that  such  advertisements  are  effective 
and  the  natural  inference  is  that  it  is 
the  right  way.  The  mistake  is  in  at­
tributing  the  success  to excessive cheap­
ness.

the 

Of  course,  in  quoting  a  price  of  a 
standard  article,  the  price  should  ap­
pear  to  be  a  reasonable  one.  No  one  is 
favorably  impressed  by  an  unreason­
ably  high  price  for 
commonest 
staples  unless  there  is  an  ostensible  rea­
son  for  the  high  price.
is  true 

low 
prices. 
It  may  be  admissible  to  adver­
tise  some  odd  novelty  at  an  unusually 
low  price,  if  the  reason  for  its  cheap­
ness  is  made  plain,  so  as  not  to  cheap­
en  everything  else.

in  quoting 

The  same 

The  mistake  is  in  giving  the  impres­
sion  that  the  cheapness  is  a  standard 
for  everything  else.  Some,  as  I  have 
said,  will  be  repelled  by  this  cheapness 
and  others  will  be  displeased  to  find 
that  the 
is  not 
correct.

impression  conveyed 

The  value  of  a  leader  in  advertising 
is  in  mentioning  that  which  will  en­
gage  the  attention.  Every  advertiser 
knows  the'  value  of  seasonable  articles 
for this  purpose.  These  do  not  have  to 
be  offered  cheaply.  Often  the  profit  in 
is  a  nominal  amount.  The 
the  sales 
advertising  value,  however, 
is  very- 
great,  in  that 
it  gains  a  hearing  and 
interest.

The  object  of  leaders is  to  gain  atten-

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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Now its a good time  to  paint  and  we 
carry as good a line of paint  as  can  tie 
found anywhere.  The  uame  Devoe  on 
any  paint  things means the  best  made. 
We have in stock,  at  all  times,  a  fail 
lipe of Devoes mixed  paints,  floor paint, 
carriage  paint,  paint  in  oil.  varnish 
stain, ,top  dressing,  wagon  paint,  roof 
paint,  •  bridge  paint,  varnishes,  floor 
oil.  We also sell  white lead and oil.

Get our prices before you bny.

FRANK  J.  BRATTIN.
WALL PAPER! 20,000  oolls

Part of  which  slightly damaged by smoke in recent 
fire in the Mead Block.  We  are  going to close put 
the  entire1 line at  less  than  manufacturer's  price. 
Above papers are 1901  patterns.  Call be­
fore best combinations are broken.

Silver Lead Paint Co

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to give us a Grocer*  order this week

Here’s a List o f  G o o d  Things; 
W hite  R ose  F lo u r.  $ 4 .0 0  p e r bbl.
Four pounds  Dried  Prunes lor  251.
3}£  pounds of Dried  Penrs fot  25c.
Three pounds of "ood  hulk  St.ircb tor  ioc 
Twelve bars of Dion Soap for 25c 
r-pound  package Conrad Coffee for  ioc. 
Three pounds of  bulk  Coffee for 25c 
1  pound King Bolt plug Tobacco  at  40c. 
j  tt>. Thresher Navy  plug Tobacco at 
1  lb. Worth  Navy  plug Tobacco at  35c.

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SUPERNAW   BROS.
Successors to  W. I *  French

Coopersville Voller  ffßills,
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FRED  J.  YOUNG,  Proprietor.

Flour

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Bring yonr Grain.  We  da the  rest.

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THE  DRUGGIST. 

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Forehanded 
buyers of 
Wall Paper.

More and more  people  appre­
ciate  the  advantages  of  pick­
ing  wall  paper  early  Early 
choosing  gives  you  the  very 
lim it  of  assortment. 
Pick 
now;  bong  the  paper  when 
you  are  ready.  Our  stock  is 
here  and  it  is  worth  looking 
at.  The  new  colorings  and 
designs  are  magnificent.  We 
want  you  to  see  our  paper; 
the  more  of  it’ you  see  the 
better  you  will f appreciate 
what we are able to do for you 
in  assortment,  Quality,  and 
price.

THOMPSON & ORICE,

Pharmacists,
ALLEGAN,  MICHIGAN.

We iMrodie the celebrated  B u c k ­
eye  Binders.  Mowers. R a k e s and 
Corn  Bindery,  the  best  in  the-* 
world. 
’Also  Plows,  Barrow 
Drills,  Weed*' rs.  Corn  Planters, 
Potato Planters, Whips.  Wagons 
and - Buggies.  We  carry  a fu ll 
line of Repairs  for  Plows  of  all 
k in d s.  Give  us  a  call  before 
buying elsewhere  “ Low prices 
and  fair dealing” is  our  motto. 
We also bale  and  ship  hay'and 
straw  Opposite  Lillie'iy store.
S o u th fie ld /3  M eedman 
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C H U R C H IL L’ S
WALL  PAPER  STORE
HEXT  DOOR  TO  POST  OFFICE

W a l l Paper

AND

Room  Mouldings

Everything  up to date.

Wall Paper—3c per roll  and  up
Bring  as  the  measurements* 
of your rooms  and select  your 
paper.  We  do  the  rest,  and 
save yon some money, time and' 
bother

fOar Idea of  $ 

o  Business

Is that  nothing is too 
expensive  if  it  im­
proves and advertises.
. .That accounts for oar 
adding to and improv­
ing our Grocery.  It is 
business with us.  We
have just added a.__
MIST  MACHINE  in 
our window  so  as  to 
keep our vegetables.., 
CLEAN  and  FRESH. 
If you are  interested 
in  buying your goods 
in  a  clean  and  sani­
tary store you. should 
patronize us-

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Successors  to  Stirling  Craw-  J  

Company. 
ford & Company.

tion.  Simply  the  mentioning  of  the  ar­
ticle  will  do  this  to  some  extent.  The 
mentioning  of  the  article  and  price  will 
do  more,  even  if  the  price  is  not  an  ex­
cessively  low  one.

Special  sales  of  such  leaders  on  cer­
tain  days  no  doubt  aid  in  gaining  at­
tention.  Of  course,  at  special  sales 
there  must  usually  be  some  affectation 
of  advantage 
The 
most  natural  one 
is  cheapness,  but  in 
reality  it  is  more  the  special  sale  which 
brings  the  buyer  than the idea of a cheap 
sale.

in  buying 

then. 

*  *  *

Frank  J.  Brattin selects a good display 
line  and  his  printer  has  done  his  work 
well.  The  white  space  is  well  propor­
tioned. 
I  do  not  think  it  is  well,  how­
ever,  to  sacrifice  essentials  for the  sake 
of  display ;  I  consider an  address  essen­
tial.  Few are so  well  known that  an  ad­
vertisement 
is  not  likely  to  come  into 
hands  where  the  information  of  locality 
will  be  new.  The  name,  the  business 
and  the  location  can  not  be  too  often 
reiterated. 
In  the  writing  of  this  ad­
vertisement  there  is  good  material,  but 
some  pruning  could  be  done  to  advan­
tage. 
I  would  change  “ Now  is  a  good 
time”   to  “ Now  is  the  tim e,”   thus 
strengthening  the  expiession  and  avoid­
ing  an 
reiteration  of 
“ good.”   “ Paint  things”   may  be  all 
right,  but  I  think  “ things”  unnecessary 
and  it sounds  trivial.  “ Devoe’s, ”   used 
in  the  possessive,should  have  the  point. 
In  this  case  1  would  make  a  display 
line  in  the  middle  of  the  paragraph  and 
would  lessen  the  wording. 
“ We always 
carry”   could  take  the  place  of  eight 
words  and  increase  the  strength.

unpleasant 

The  Silver  Lead  Paint  Co.  makes  a 
strong  announcement  of  special  wall 
paper sale  which  is  well  handled  by  the 
printer. 
I  would  omit  the  astonisher 
in  the  first  line  and  would  move  the  ad­
dress  to  the  left  for better balance.  A 
lighter  display  would  seem  more  suit­
able  and  1  think  would  be  fully  as 
effective  if  location  is  good.

idea 

I  suppose  the  border  pattern  in  the 
wall  paper  advertisement  of  Allen  B. 
Way 
is  intended  to  suggest  the  goods 
advertised.  The 
is  an  ingenious 
one,  but  I  fear  there  are  too  few  who 
will  see  the  point  tc  make 
it  effective. 
As  it  is,  the  strength  of  the  display  is 
much  lessened  by  the  restricted  space. 
I  would  have economized  at  least  by  us­
ing  less  words  in  the  writing.

Supernaw  Bros,  go  direct  to  the  point 
and  the  printer has  made  his  display  in 
harmony  with  their  idea. 
The  best 
feature  of  the  advertisement,  however, 
is  the  list  of  prices.  The  printer  should 
not  have  crowded  his  matter  so  far  to 
one  side,  and  a  more  substantial  border 
would  be  valuable—the  character  used 
is  so  minute  that  it 
is  impossible  to 
preserve  it  in  engraving.

I  have  had  occasion  frequently  to 
criticise  the  announcements  of  the  deal­
ers  at  Coopersville,  generally  in  terms 
of  commendation,  especially  as  to  the 
display. 
In  this  case  I  must  vary  the 
order.  The  writer  of  the  advertisement 
of  the  Coopersville  Roller  Mills  has 
done  his  work  well,  but  the  printer  is 
not  so  successful.  His  type  faces  are 
badly  mixed,  and  the  ragged  Italic  is 
wholly  unsuited  for the  space.  Had  it 
been  “ white  oak”   flour the  acorn  orna­
ments  might  have  been  more  appropri­
ate.  The  border  is  too  minute  and 
weak.

Mr.  Schoonmaker  writes  a  catchy 
thermometer  advertisement  which  is  of 
more  value  than  the  thermometers  it 
will  sell.  He  makes  good  use  of the

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

silhouette  cut.  The  first  line  would  be 
better  with  a  small  “ w. ”   The  border 
is  pretty  heavy  for  the  space  and  yet  it 
seems  suitable  to  the  catchy  spirit  of 
the  whole  and  in  many  locations  would 
be  all  right.

Thompson  &  Grice  fall  into the hands 
of  a  printer  who  consults  unity  of  style 
and  good  proportion  in  display.  The 
new  faces  of  type  and  border  are  suit­
able to  the  wall  paper  trade.  The  writer 
would  have 
improved  his  work  by  a 
judicious  penning  which  would  have 
lessened  the  paragraph  by  about  one- 
third,  thus  permitting  its  being  leaded. 
The  commonest  mistake  is  too  heavy, 
solid  paragraphs.

indicate 

Southfield  &  Meerman  are  either too 
generous  in  their  wording  or  not enough 
so  with  their space.  In an advertisement 
of  this  kind  the  lines  selected  for  dis­
play  should 
in  some  way  the 
line  of  business.  Then,  with less  word­
ing  and  a  portion  of  the  list  of  goods  in 
a  heavier  face  of  type—to  break  up  the 
big  paragraph—and  a  signature  not 
quite 
ragged,  the  advertisement 
would  be  a  good  one.

so 

Churchill’s  Wall  Paper  Store  would 
have  done  well  to  mention  the  town  or 
city  of  its  location.  Plain  rules  in  place 
of  the  minute  borders  would  have 
im­
proved  the  printer’s  work.  The  word 
“ and”   should  be  smaller.

C.  W.  Clarke & Company may be situ­
ated  in  Tampa  or  Seattle,  so  far  as  any­
thing  in  their  advertisement  indicates. 
The  writing 
is  good,  but  the  printer 
used  too  heavy border  for  the  space.
The  M arine  City  Sugar  Co.  From   Two 

Points  of View.

Marine  City,  April  13—A  meeting  of 
the  stockholders  of  the  Marine  City 
Sugar  Co.  was  held  here  to-day.  The 
meeting  was  an  enthusiastic  one  and 
It  is  estimated  that  the 
well  attended. 
factory  ran  $59,000  behind 
last  year. 
New  officers  and  directors  were  elected 
as  follows:  President,  John  Mitchell, 
Cleveland ;  Vice-President,  A.  C.  Dus­
tin,  Cleveland;  Secretary-Treasurer 
and  Manager,  W.  F.  Sauber,  Marine 
City;  Directors,  John  Mitchell,  A.  C. 
Dustin  and  Frank  Barton,  Cleveland; 
T.  A.  Hutchins,  New  York;  Ben  Gou- 
tell,  Bay  City;  Fred  Whiting,  Detroit; 
W.  F.  Sauber,  James  Taylor  and  Mat­
thew  Sicken,  Marine  City.  The  factory 
had  many  difficulties  to  overcome  last 
year  and  the  stockholders  expected  that 
the  factory  would  run  behind.  At  the 
meeting  an  estimate  was  given  that  it 
would  cost  $40,000  to  place  the  factory 
in  first-class  shape  for the  coming  sea­
son’s  work.  Over  4,000 acres  of  beets 
have  been  contracted  and  prospects  for 
the  next  campaign  are  good.

Port  Huron,  April  13—The  Marine 
City  Sugar  Co.  to-day  commenced  suit 
against  Augustus  Colwell,a  heavy stock­
holder  of  the  concern,  for  $150,000,  and 
obtained  a  writ  of  attachment  against 
him  for  the  sum  out  of  the  Circuit 
Court.  Colwell  was  defendant  in  a  suit 
for  $30,000,  brought  by  Alexander  T. 
Fisher,  of  Detroit,  for  a  claimed  com­
mission  due  for  promoting  the organiza­
tion  of  the  sugar  company,  and,  after a 
trial  in  which  no  verdict  was  reached 
by  an  arrangement  with  the  two  prin­
cipals,  a  judgment  for the  full  amount 
with 
interest  was  entered  by  consent. 
In  the  action  the  sugar  company  had 
been  made  a  garnishee  defendant,  and 
after  the  recording  of  the  judgment, 
they  came 
into  court  in  an  effort  to 
have  the 
judgment  made  operative 
against  Colwell  personally  only.  The 
present  action  is  another  phase  of  the 
differences  between  Colwell  and 
the 
company.  The  attachment  covers  Col­
in  the  company.  He 
well’s 
holds  $88,000  of 
its  $350,000 capitali­
zation-.
The 

individual  who  sits  down  and 
waits  for  the  world  to  appreciate  him 
will  discover  after the  race  that  he  was 
left at  the  post.

interest 

DRASTIC  MEASURES 

Proposed  by  a  M ichigan  Shipper  to  Ob­

tain  Cars.

if  not 

Should 

immediately. 

Junctionville,  Mich.,  March  15—Your 
columns  have  so  often  taken  up  the 
cause  and  troubles  of  the merchants  and 
shippers  of  Michigan  that they naturally 
turn  to  you  for assistance.  Our  lives 
have  become  a  burden  and  our  business 
almost  ruined  by  the  service—or  lack  of 
service—the  railroads  have  given  us  the 
past  six  months.  Has  the  time  not 
come  when  united  action  should  be 
taken  to  protect  ourselves  against  their 
encroachment  on  our  rights? 
In  their 
interest  they  have  a  rule  in  force  that, 
after  a  car  is  set  in  48 hours for loading, 
a  demurrage  charge  of  $1  per day  is 
charged 
loaded,  and  the  same 
rule  applies  when  a  car  arrives  and  is 
not  unloaded  in  48  hours,  a  demurrage 
charge  of  $1  per  day  being  made  and 
collected 
the 
shippers  not  ask  their Senators and  Rep­
resentatives  to  at  once  set  about passing 
a  law  that,  after  a  car  has  been  ordered 
one  week,  $1  per  day  will  be  charged 
the  railroad  company  after  that  time 
until  the  car  is  furnished?  During  the 
past  winter  we  have  waited  six  and 
eight  weeks  for  cars  to  common  points. 
We  have  talked  to  other  shippers  who 
have  practically  had  to  quit  doing  busi­
ness  because  their  money  was  tied up in 
products  for  which  they  had  orders  at  a 
good profit, but which  they could not ship 
because  the  railroad  company  would not 
or  could  not  give  them  cars.  What  do 
you  think  of  the  unadulterated  gall  of  a 
railroad  company,  that,  after  failing  to 
furnish  a  car  for  six  weeks  for an  East­
ern  point,  should  ask  the  shipper  why 
he  did  not  load  for  Western  points! 
Every  commodity  has  suffered.  The 
lumbermen  have  had  some  of  their  best 
orders  cancelled  after  their  customers 
had  waited  six  and eight weeks for ship­
ments ;  handlers  of  straw  are  carrying 
straw  to-day 
that  might  have  been 
shipped  two  months  ago  if  cars  could 
have  been  had,  at  a  profit  of  $1  per ton, 
which  will  have  to  be  sold  at  a  loss  of 
$1  per  ton  now.  Hay  men  have  lost 
hundreds  of  dollars 
in  profits  by  de­
layed  shipments.  This  class  of  ship­
ments  has  especially  suffered  because 
the  minimum  weight  is  20,000  pounds 
and  the  railroad  companies  refuse  to 
give  them  anything  but  short  cars  in 
which 
impossible  to  get
20,000  pounds.  Potato  men  have  lost 
money  and  business  from  failure  to  get 
cars,  and  no  branch  of  the  community 
is  more  interested  in  this  subject  than 
the  farmers of  Michigan.  Many  of  them 
now  have  potatoes  rotting  in  their  cel­
lars  and  hay  and  straw 
left  on  their 
hands  for  which  they  could  have  gotten 
high  prices 
last  winter  if  cars  could 
have  been  had  to  ship.

it  is  almost 

it 

Are  we  to  sit  quietly  down  and  let 
the  railroads  squeeze  the  life  out  of  us 
as  they  are  doing?  Every  day  the  news­
papers  publish  reports  of  consolidations 
of  railroad  companies,  with 
interviews 
from  the  presidents  and  managers of  the 
companies,  stating  what  a 
splendid 
thing 
is  that  by  consolidation  they 
can  make  a  great  saving  in  their ex­
penses  and  serve  the  “ dear  public”   to 
so  much  better  advantage, 
and  the 
“ dear  public”   find  that,  whereas  once 
there  was 
courtesy  and  promptness 
shown  on  account  of  each  road  striving 
for  business,  now  they  are  practically 
told  to  go  to— .  The  railroads  divide 
the  business  among  themselves  and  the 
incentive  for  taking  care  of shippers,  as 
formerly,  has  been 
is  the 
remedy? 
If  every  town  and  every 
grange  in  the  State  would call a meeting 
of  the  shippers  and  farmers  in  their 
vicinity,  draw  up  resolutions  and  get 
the  signature  of  voters  in  their  neigh­
borhood,  asking  their  Senator  and  Rep­
resentative  to  pass  a 
law  compelling 
railroad  companies  to  furnish  cars  in 
six  days  from  receipt  of  order or  pay  $1 
per  day  after  that  time  until  they  are 
furnished—call  on  the  editor  of  their 
newspaper  and  tell  him  this  was  a  fight 
for  the  interests  of  the  people  and  they 
would  expect  him  to  show  his  colors 
through  the  columns  of  his  paper—have 
the  men  who  are  personally  acquainted 
with  the  Senator  and  Representative 
from  their  district  see  him  personally

lost.  What 

and  explain  the  situation—we  believe 
the  Senators  and  Representatives  of 
the  State  would  be  glad  to  take  action, 
for  they  have  always  shown  that  what 
the  people  really  wanted 
they  could 
have,  but  the  people  must  show  that 
they  want  it,and  show  it  vigorously  and 
actively,  not  passively.

Discouraged  Shipper.

The  Boys  Behind the  Counter.

Kalamazoo— Leonard  Van  Prooyen 
has  resigned  his  position  at  the  head  of 
the  suit  and  garment  department  of  the 
Brownson  &  Rankin  Dry  Goods  Co., 
to  take  a  position  with  L.  B.  Root  & 
Co.,  a  dry  goods  house  of  Terre  Haute, 
Ind.,  as  manager  of  the  garment  de­
partment.

Cheboygan—Webb  Horton  has  taken 
a  position  in  the  grocery  department  of 
W.  &  A.  McArthur  Co.,  Ltd.

Mancelona—John  Vaughan  has 

re­
signed  his  position  in  C.  E.  Blakely’s 
drug  store  and 
left  Monday  for Sault 
Ste.  Marie,  where  he  will  be  employed.
Allegan—Clinton  Scott,  of  Dunning- 
ville.has  taken  a  position  in  B.  Tripp’s 
new  grocery  store.

Kalamazoo— Edward  F.  Drury  has 
recently  taken  a  position  with  the Kala­
mazoo Co-operative Association.  Martin 
Reenders,  formerly  of  the  North  Rose 
street  co-operative  store,  has  also  taken 
a  position  with  the  same  firm.

Sanilac—Samuel  Kenney  has  taken  a 
in  the  general  store  of  P.  L. 

position 
Graham.  *

Sturgis—Archie  Burtch,  who  has  been 
a  salesman  in  Burdick’s  clothing  store 
for  about  two  years,  has  gone  to  Three 
Rivers,  where  he  has  taken  a  position 
in  the  clothing  store  of  John  Tripp,  Jr.
Jr.,  succeeds 
Fred  Lewis  as  clerk  in  E.  L.  Dever- 
eaux’s  grocery  store.

Owosso—John  Carr, 

Bellevue—A.  E.  Engelman  has  gone 
to  Detroit  to  take  a  position 
in  the 
clothing  department  of  the  big  Husdon 
store.

Port  Huron— Elwyn  Ski min,  formerly 
clerk 
in  the  Park  drug  store,  succeeds 
Dr.  Potter  as  clerk  in  the  Burwell  drug 
store.

What  the  world  really  needs 

is  an 
eleventh  commandment—Thou  shalt  not 
gossip.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under 
tbis  head  for  tw o  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisem ents 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents.  Advance 
paym ents.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

802

804

\  %  ACHES,  WITH  GOOD  HOUSE,  GOOD 
1 ¿ U   barn, with basement,  stable,  steel power 
13 foot windmill, feed grinder,  good  hen  house, 
18x30, hog house,  good  well  and  lots  of  spring 
water;  about  80  acres  cleared;  good  soil;  4*4 
miles from good market.  Address  No.  804, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
TXT ANTED—TO BUY SECOND HAND SODA 
i t   fountain.  Send  photograph.  Frank  E. 
Heath, Mlddleville, Mien. 

('ILEAN  STOCK  OF  HARDWARE,  TIN- 
I ¡TOR  SALE—A  GENERAL  STORE,  FINE 

J  ner’s tools, etc.  Will invoice between  $3,000 
and $3,500.  Population between  5,000 and  6,000; 
good schools, good farming country; satisfactory 
reasons  for  selling.  Earl  M.  Norton,  Albion, 
800
Mich. 
'  clean stock of groceries, flour, feed  and  dry 
goods, boots and shoes, clothing  and  hardware, 
in  a  new  lumbering  town.  An  exceptionally 
good opportunity fora man  to step right  into an 
established business, showing a good  profit.  For 
information  address  No.  799,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
TO  RIGHT  PARTY,  WITH  $3,000  CASH,  A 
profitable investment here in land and  man­
ufacturing  enterprise;  salaried  situation  and 
dividends guaranteed.  Address  G.  W.  Sharp, 
798
Thompsonville, Mich 
WANTED—PARTNER  WITH $100  TO  IN- 

vest in hand laundry (either lady  or man), 
I to furnish  the  equipage  and  experience.  Do 
you know good location?  Address, with  stamp, 
G-, care Michigan Tradesman. 
WANTED—A GOOD SECOND HAND SODA 
fountain. Address Box 43, Sparta, Mich. 796

799

797

furnishing  goods 

I ¡TOR  SA LE —CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY 
I ¡TOR  SALE-CLEAN  STOCK  CLOTHING 
I ¡TOR  SALE-1  HANSON  &  VANWINKLE 

’  goods,  notions,  etc.;  well-established  busi­
ness;  good reasons for selling.  G.  H.  Kirtland, 
1159 South Division S t, Grand Rapids. 
803
1  and 
in  manufacturing 
town 4,000 population.  Reason for  selling, other 
business.  Terms*easy.  Address G., Carrier No. 
1, Three Rivers, Mich. 
805
1  1 N-dynamo—?25 watts;  1 resistance coil;  1 
75 gal. tank;  1 voltmeter;  2 dipping jars,  30 gal. 
each;  1 30 gal. hot water kettle;  1 potash kettle; 
1  scouring  trough;  1  solution  skfmmer;  3  sus­
pending  rods  for  tank;  wires  for  connecting 
with tank;  hood to cover  hot  water  kettle  and 
carry  olf  steam.  Above  outfit  is  nearly  new. 
Behse Manufacturing Co., Coldwater, Mich.  806 
IjrOR  SALE—TWO  MACHINES  FOR  BEND- 
P   ing  bicycle  guards;  100  forms  for  bending 
bicycle  chain  guards.  Above  machine  would 
make a nice  addition  to  any  woodworking  fac­
tory.  List  of  jobbers  handling  this  line  at 
present furnished;  also name  of  resident  agent 
in New York  who  is  handling  line  at  present. 
Behse Manufacturing Co , Coldwater, Mich.  807
ing for making wooden cloak frames.  Behse 
808
Manufacturing Co., Coldwater. Mich. 
WE HAVE A LARGEQUANTITY OF  HAY 
and straw and  will  make  prices  satisfac­
tory.  Write  Michigan  Produce  Co.,  Lansing, 
809
Mich. 

tjTOR SALE—ONE  MACHINE  AND  SHAFT- 
$600 BUYS  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES,  FANCY 

goods and toilette articles  in  one  of  the  live­
liest towns in  Southern  Michigan;  brick  store; 
cheap  rent;  good  trade;  living  rooms  in  rear. 
Reason for  selling,  sickness.  Address  No.  794, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

W A N T E D—CORRESPONDENCE  WITH

794
grocers, hotel men  and  others  concerning 
refrigerators.  We have a  quantity  of  Dr.  Per­
kins’ celebrated sanitary  boxes,  in  grocers' and 
family sizes, which we are  selling  at  two-thirds 
their actual value.  These boxes  are  guaranteed 
perfect in construction  and  operation.  Address 
J. W. Hallett & Son, Carson City, Mich. 

792

790

three stories, forty rooms, steam  heat,  elec­

location in  a  hustling  business  town.  Ad­
dress Mrs. A. M. Colwell, Lake Odessa, Mich.  791
Large produce firm in  best  town
in State will  sell  grocery  stock,  for  reason 
can not give it time  They pay out thousands of 
dollars through  store  every  week;  store  doing 
$5,000 per month.  Don’t answer unless you have 
$2,000.  Clark’s  Business  Exchange,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 

I ¡TOR RENT—A GOOD BRICK STORE;  FINE 
1BOR  SALE—BRICK  HOTEL  BUILDING, 
I ¡TOR  SALE—A  GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 

tric  lights,  bar  and  livery;  rates,  $2  per  day: 
town of  2,000  population.  Address  Bars.  Fred 
Kohl, Quincy, Mich. 
785
Drug stock and fixtures for sale-
good business in city  of  5,000.  Address  W. 
H. Thorp, Dowagiac, Mich._____________ 776

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 

groceries,  crockery,  glassware,  lamps  and 

bargain for some one;  best of reasons for selling. 
Address B, care Michigan Tradesman 
IjTOR  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 656, Mendon, Mich. 
IjTOR  SALE OR RENT—TWO-STORY FRAME 
store building, with living rooms attached, in 
the village of Harrietta;  possession  given May 1. 
For  particulars  address  J   C.  Benbow,  Yuma, 
Mich. 
'TUMBER  AND  FARM  LANDS-HEMLOCK, 
X  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.__________ _____________________ 695^
The romeyn  parsons co.  pays cash
for  stocks  of  merchandise,  Grand  Ledge, 
Mich._______________________________ 735

IF GOING  OUT OF  BUSINESS  OR  IF  YOU 

have a bankrupt stock of clothing,  dry goods, 
or  shoes,  communicate  with  The  New  York 
Store, Traverse City, Mich._____________ 728
PARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF  GOODS OF 
any kind,  farm  or  city  property  or  manu­
facturing  plants  that  they  wish  to  sell  or  ex­
change  correspond  with  the  Derby  &  Choate 
Real Estate Co.. Flint,  Mich.____________ 709

777

770

771

ANTED — MERCHANTS  TO  CORRE- 
spond with us who wish to sell  their entire 
stocks  for  spot  cash.  Enterprise  Purchasing 
Co., 153 Market St., Chicago, I1L_________ 685

FOR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  INVOICING 

$2,000, in good corner store in the  best  town 
in Western Michigan.  The  best  of  reasons  for 
selling.  Address No. 583, care Michigan Trades- 
man._____________________ 
MISCELLANEOUS

583

WANTED—IN RETAIL CLOTHING STORE, 
good  window  trimmer  and  stock-keeper. 
State  experience  and  wages  wanted.  Address 
Messinger & Co., Alma, Mich___________ 801
Registered  pharmacist,  experi-
enced  and  attentive  to  business,  desires 
work.  Middle aged;  references;  fair salary;  no 
dives apply.  Address Salol, care  Green’s  Drug 
Store, Alpena, Mich.__________________795

■ GENTS ON  SALARY  OR  COMMISSION: 

The greatest  agents’  seller  ever  produced; 
every user of pen and ink buys it on sight;  200 to 
500 per cent, profit;  one agent’s  sales  amounted 
to $620 in  six  days;  another  $32  in  two  hours. 
Monroe Mfg. Co., X 54, La Crosse, Wls, 
793
CLERK WANTS SITUATION IN  GENERAL 
store.  Good  druggist  (not  registered)  and 
experienced  soda  dispenser  (fancy  drinks). 
References  furnished.  Address  Box  129,  Na­
poleon, Mich. 

774

• 

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Travelers’ Time  Tables.

P e r e   M a r q u e t t e
R ailroad  and  S tea m sh ip   L in es.

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  4:06  p.  m.  and 
Chicago 5:00 p. m.

H.  F.  Mo e l l e r ,  g .  P.  a.,

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

GRAND k  indiana  Daliway

March  io,  1901.  *

Going North.

I P  
2 10a 
415a
5 36a
6 56a

ex Su  ex Su  ex Su  ex Su 
LvGd Rapids...........  7 45a
2 lOp  10 45p  5 20p 
Ar.  Cadillac..............1120a
“
5 40p 
9 OOp
Ar.  Traverse City__  130p
7 50p 
Ar. Petoskey............   2 50p
9 15p
Ar. Mackinaw City...  4 I5p  I0 35p 
a m, 5:15 p m and 10:15 p m.

Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a m,  li:30 

Going South.
ex Su  ex Su  Daily  ex Su  Daily 
Lv. G’dRapids.  7 10a  1 50p 6 50p 
12 30p 11 30p
Ar. Kalamazoo  8 50a  3 22p 8 35p 
I45p  looa
Ar. Ft. Wayne..12 lOp  6 50p 11 45p To Cnicago
.777..
Ar. Cincinnati.  6 26p 
......  7  15a 
Trains arrive from the  south  at  6:45 am   and 
9:10am daily, 2:00pm, 9:45pm and 10:15pm except 
Sunday.

__

MUSKEGON 

EXC5P‘  Ex«»pt
Sunday  Sunday  Sunday 
Lv. Grand Rapids....  7 35am  2 05pm  5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon...........  9 00am  3 20pm  7 00pm
Sunday train  leave  Grand  Rapids  at  9:15am. 
Trains  arrive  from  Muskegon  at  9:30am, 
1:30pm and 5:20pm  except  Sunday  and  6:50pm 
Sunday only.

C H IC A G O   T R A IN S  

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

Sunday  Da«7
Lv. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  12 30pm  11 30pm 
Ar. Chicago  (12th St. Station)  5 25pm 
12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago  with  Pull­
man buuet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train has through coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car.

6 

FROM  CHICAOO

Lv. Chicago (12th St.  Station)  5  15pm  11  30pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  10  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 Q.  R.  I.

TO

Chicago*

We  want  you

to write  us for any kind of boxes 
you need.

Kalamazoo Paper Box Co.,

K alam azo o ,  M ich .

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Michigan  Retail  Qrocers’ Association 

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

H :B i

\ 5  E AL

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

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

S i m p l e  
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  f?r  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.

TRADESM AN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids

flrud  Rapids  Retail  Grocer«’  Association 

President, F r a n k   J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  Ho m e r 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. Ge o r o e  L e h m a n

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Protective  Association 
President,  E.  Ma r k s :  Secretaries,  N.
H.  F r i n k .

K ö r n ig   and  F.  H.  Co z z e n s;  Treasurer, 

Kalamazoo  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  E.  L.  Ha r r i s ;  Secretary,  Ch a s. 

Hy m a n .

Bay  Cities  Retail Grocers’  Association 

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

L it 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.  Ca s k a d o n .

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

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

Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  À.  C.  Cl a r k ;  Secretary,  E.  F. 

Cl e v e l a n d ; Treasurer,  w m . C. K o e h n

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’  Association 

President, M. W. T a n n e r ;  Secretary,E.  H. Me 

P h e r s o n ;  Treasurer, R. A. Ho r r .

Traierto  City  Basinoss  Men’s  Association 

President,  T hos  T.  Ba t e s :  Secretary,  m .  B 

H o l l y ;  Treasurer,  C.  A. H a m m o n d .

Owosso  Business  Men’s Association 

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

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

PL  Hnrons  Merchants’  and  Manufacturers’  Association 

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

P e r c iv a l .

Alpena  Business  Msn’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 i h y ;  Secretary  W.  H, 

H o s k in g .

SL  Johns Easiness  Men’s  Association 

President, Th o s. Br o m l e y ;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

A .  P e r c y ; Treasurer, Cl a r k  A . P u t t.

Pony  Business  Msn’s  Association 

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

He d d l e . 

______

Grand  linen  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D. Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W  Veb- 

H o e k s. 

______

Tale  Basinoss  Men’s  Association 

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

P u t n e y .

Grand  Rapidi  Retail  Meat  Dialer«’  Auoeiatina 

President,  J o h n  G.  Eb l e ;  Secretary,  L.  J. 
K a t z ;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hu f f o r d .

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance  Co.

Organized 1SS1.

Detroit,  Michigan.

Cash  C apital,  9400,000. 
D. W h it n e y, Jr., Pres.

Caeh  Aeeete,  9800,000.

N et S u rp lu s,  $200,000.

D.  M.  F e r r y ,  V ice  Pres.

F. H. W h it n e y, Secretary.
M. W. O ’B r ie n , Treas.

E. J.  B ooth, A sst Sec’y. 

D ir e c to r s.

D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. Ferry, F.J. Heck», 
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.  Stinchiield,  Francis  F. 
Palms, Win. 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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Buckeye  P aint  &  V arnish  Co.

Sanitary. Used the world over.  Good profit to sellers.

CATCHES  THE  GERM  AS  WELL  AS  THE  FLY.

Order from Jobbers.

Paint,  Color and  Varnish  Makers.

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

Sole  Manufacturers CRYSTAL  ROCK  FINISH  for  Interior  and Exterior Use. 

Corner  15th  and  Lucas Streets,  Toledo,  Ohio.

H.  LEONARD & SONS

Patented 

August 15,1899

Jobbers of Crockery, House Furnishings and  General  Merchandise

Daudt

Glass &  Crockery Co.

WHOLESALE

Earthenware,  China &  Glassware 

TOLEDO,  OHIO

Kinney  &  Levan
Crockery,  Glass,  Lamps,  House 

Importers and Jobbers of 

Furnishing  Goods
CLEVELAND,  OHIO

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

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
Stationery
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.  V isit us when  in the city.

Michigan's  Famous  Cigars

COLUMBIAN  CIGAR  COMPANY,  Benton  Harbor  Mich.

Manufactured  by

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Something About a 
Discovery

For  the  past  two  or  three  thousand  years  we  find  thar  merchants 
have  been  dumping  their  profit  overboard,  throwing  it  away,  giving 
it  away,  any  way you  want  to  put  it.  W e  are  satisfied  that  if  all  the 
losses  on  different  kinds  of  weighing  devices  since  their  invention 
could  be  gathered  together  in  one  big  heap  of  gold  their  combined 
weight  would  exceed  in  magnitude  the  weight  of  any  single  chain  of 
mountains  in  the  United  States.

#

This  new discovery  or  invention  of  ours  is  an  appliance  for  our 
modern  M O N E Y   W E IG H T   S C A L E S   which  practically  eliminates 
all  danger  of  giving  away  a  single  fraction  of your  merchandise.

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monthly  payments.

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