Eighteenth Year

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26,1901.

Number 927

There’s  room  for  argument  here,  but  there’s  none 
when  the  c h e a p e s t   i s   a l s o   t h e   b e s t .

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THE  BEACON  FALLS  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

BEACON  FALLS  are  the  b e s t   first  quality 
rubbers on  the  market and  the  c h e a p e s t .

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Made  in  all  styles.  Write for catalogue.

BEACON  FALLS,  CONN.

ASTORE DO YOU 

RUN  ONE?

If so,  and  you  are endeavoring to  get  along  without -using our  improved  Coupon  Book  System,  you  are  mak­
ing a  most serious  mistake.  W e were the originators  of the  Coupon  Book  plan  and  are the  largest  manufac­
turers  of  these  books  in  the  country,  having special  machinery  for  every  branch of the  business.  Samples 
free.  Correspondence  solicited.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

Grocers  Will  Please Commit  to  Memory

R O A S TED   XÏ5L  P A C K E D   B Y
DWINELL-WRIGHT CP
PRINCIPAL  COFFEE  ROASTERS
BOSTON MASS..U.S.A.

The  most  reliable  Coffees— those  best  developed— the  most  excellent  Coffees— are  roasted  and  packed  by  Dwinell-W right  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  a  few  brands— as  do  many  of  its  contemporaries— but  offers  a  choice  from  Over  Forty  Different  Coffees— from  which  the 
grocer  can  pick  those  best  adapted  to  his  peculiar  needs;  quite  an  advantage,  isn’t  it?  Dwinell-W right  Co.,  it  must  be remem­
bered,  has  done  more  to  promote  the  sale  of  good  coffees  than  any  other  firm  in  the  world,  and  its  business  reputation  and  the 
completeness  of  its  modern  facilities  far  exceed  those  of  its  competitors.  Certainly  a  plausible  reason  why  it  can  serve  the 
trade  at  competitive figures and with  dependable coffees.  Your next duty  obviously  will  be  to  buy  Dwinell-W right  C o.’s  Coffees.

The  following  houses  are  exclusive  agents  for  Dwinell-W right  C o.’s  Boston  Roasted  in  the  State  of  Michigan:

OLNEY  &  JUDSON  GRO.  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  rtich. 
C.  ELLIOTT  &  CO.,  Detroit,  nich. 
B.  DESENBERG  &  CO.,  Kalamazoo,  nich.

SYHONS  BROS.  &  CO.,  Saginaw,  nich.
JACKSON  GROCER  CO.,  Jackson,  nich.
nEISEL  &   GOESCHEL,  Bay  City, nich.

EGG 
Baking 
Powder1

Nearly  every  dealer  who  has 
corresponded  with  us  has  bought 
from  us  and  every  dealer  who 
nas  bought  is  satisfied  and  so 
are  his customers.

EGG

BAKING  PO W D ER

Home  Office, 80 West  street,  New  York. 

Western Office,
Branch Offices:

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

Detroit
Fort Wayne
Columbus

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Fine Cut and Plug

THE  BEST.Ask for it

HADE BY THE NEW SCOTTEN TOBACCO CO. 'HtSSStf—

AGAINST  THE  TRUST.  See  Quotations  in  Price  Current.

WHEAT  GRIT5

Contain the  Heart of the Wheat

With the addition of sugar  and  milk  (or  cream)  or  sugar and  butter, they are  an 
ideal and complete  food.  No better Cereal  Food can  be  produced  and the price is 
less than that asked for other  and  less  desirable  cereals.  Easily cooked, delicious 
to eat,  easy to digest, easy to buy ($2.00 per case of 24 2-lb. packages).

Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co.,  Holland,  Mich.

PLAIN  TALK

We warrant Bay Shore Standard  Urne to  be  not  only  equal  to,  but  better 
than any other lime on the market.  Better  for stone work, better for brick 
work and better for plastering.

We warrant Bay Shore Standard Lime to be free from stone or other waste.
We warrant  Bay Shore  Standard Lime to  make  more  mortar  (per  barrel) 

than can be made with any other lime.

We warrant Bay Shore Standard Lime to slack out as white as the whitest.
We warrant  Bay Shore Standard Lime not to “pop” in the wall  if properly 

used. 

(Let it stand a few days after slacking.)

This will be the dealer’s authority to settle  any  “kick”  (and  charge  to 

us) where Bay Shore Standard Lime does not fulfill all claims made by us.
BAY SHORE LIME COMPANY,

Bay Shore, Mich., June  1,  1901. 

HOMER SLY, Secretary,  5

Volume XVIII,

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26,1901.

Number 927

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Wholesale Ready Made Clothing

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

•   who  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand
•   Rapids,  July  8 to 15,  and  you  will  see 
T   a  large  line  of  samples  to  select  from.
X  Customers’ expenses allowed.  Or  If you
•   prefer,  write  him,  care  Sweet’s  Hotel,
▼  and he will call on you.  He pays prompt
•   attention to mall orders. 

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A.  BOMERS,

..Commercial Broker..

And  Dealer In

Cigars and Tobaccos,

157  E. Pulton St. 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
Aluminum Money

Will Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective. 

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

44  S.  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  111.

ASSOCIATE  OFFICES  IN  ALL  PRINCIPAL

CITIES

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

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established 1841.

R.  a .  DUN  &  CO.

Wlddlcomb  Bld’g,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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

C.  E.  McCRONE,  manager.

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T.W.Champun, Pres.  W. Fbsd McBain, Sec.

Prompt, Conservative, Safe. 

Late State  Food Commissioner 

ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR
Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
133a riajestic  Building,  Detroit,  filch.

Tradesman Coupons

IMPORTANT  FEATURES. 

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Page. 
2.  Getting: the  People.
3.  Chewing:  Gum  Time.
4.  A round  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  The  Meat  M arket.
7.  N um ber  27.
8.  E ditorial.
9.  The  Grocer’s  Boy.
10.  D ry Goods.
11.  Clothing.
12.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
14.  W indow  Dressing.
15.  The  Cash  Register.
16.  Village  Im provem ent.
18.  H ardw are.
19.  Irreg u lar Advertising.
20.  W oman’s W orld.
22.  B utter and  Eggs.
23.  The  New  York  M arket.
24.  Clerks’  Corner.
25.  Commercial  Travelers.
26.  D rags and  Chemicals.
27.  D rag  Price  Current.
28.  Grocery  Price  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  M orning  M arket.
32.  G erm any’s  Aggressive  Policy.

H ardw are  Price  Current.

MADE  FROM  GOD’S  BOUNTY.

In  the  course  of  one  of  his  several 
addresses  to  the  students  of  the  Chicago 
University 
last  week,  John  D.  Rocke­
feller  remarked:

So  much  has  been  said  of  late  on  the 
subject  of  success  that  I  forbear making 
particular  suggestions.  The  chances  for 
success  are  better  to-day  than  ever  be­
fore.  Success  is  attained  by 
industry, 
perseverance  and  pluck,  coupled  with 
any  amount  of  hard  work,  and  you  need 
not  expect  to  achieve 
it  in  any  other 
way.

It  is  supposed  that  the  great  capital­
ist,  in  characterizing  the  requisites  of 
“ success,”   meant  success 
in  securing 
Industry,  perseverance  and 
wealth. 
pluck  manifested 
in  bard  work  have 
long  been  considered  important  to every 
man  who  has  any  duties  and  cherishes 
any  ambitions;  but there  is  another  ele­
ment  of  Mr.  Rockefeller's  success  that 
he  did  not  think  proper  to  mention. 
He  got  early  in  the  Pennsylvania  oil 
fields  as  a  laborer.  He made  some  small 
investments  which  happened  to  turn  out 
well..  He  made  some  fortunate  strikes 
in  sinking  wells.  After  this,  bis  great 
talent  for  organizing  business  combi­
nations  carried  him  up  to  the  head  of 
the  vast  interests  over  which  he  pre­
sides.

There  were  other  men  of  industry, 
perseverance  and  pluck 
in  the  oil  re­
gions  at  the  same  time  with  Mr.  Rock­
efeller.  They  worked  hard;  they  in­
vested  their  little  savings,  and  possibly 
they  sunk  a  well  or two,  but  only  struck 
¡‘ ‘ dusters.”   They  failed  from  no  fault 
of  their  own,  but  simply  because  they 
did  not  happen  to  find  fortune.  No 
man  knows  what  is  hidden  in  the  earth, 
and  while  one  man,  by  accident  or 
good  fortune,  "strikes 
it  rich,”   the 
others,  with  )ust  as  much  merit,  fail  to 
find  anything.

There  is  the  multimillionaire  Senator 
of  Montana.  Many  thousands  of  men 
spent  their  labor,  money  and  health 
mining 
in  that  territory  before  it  was 
a  State.  He  got  possession,  before  its 
value  was  known,  of  one  of  the  richest 
mines  in  the  world.  The  gold  in  it

pays  all  expenses  of  working,  while  the 
copper— for  it  is  a  copper  mine— is  all 
profit.  Industrial  electricity  has  created 
an  unlimited  demand  for  copper.  Of 
all  the  men  who  mined  in  Montana, 
Senator Clark  has  had  the  greatest  suc­
cess.

When  such  men  as  Rockefeller and 
Clark,  whose  millions  were  made  out  of 
the  illimitable  bounty  which  God  had 
placed  in  the  earth  and  put  exclusively 
in  their  possession,  talk  about  their  in­
dustry  and  perseverance  and  pluck  as 
the  causes  of  their  unexampled  wealth, 
does  it  not  seem  that  they  are  keeping 
back  a  part,  and  the  greatest part,  of  the 
truth?  Let  every  man  who  has  given 
the  best  years  of  his 
life  to  honest, 
faithful,  courageous  and  intelligent  ex­
ertion,  to  do  his  duty  and  secure  an 
honorable  subsistence  for  himself  and 
family,  answer,  if  those  special  sharers 
of  God’s  bounty  have  not  failed  to  give 
thanks  where  thanks  are  due.

THE  OFFICIAL  LANGUAGE.

There 

is  discussion  just  now  in  offi­
cial  circles  in  the  Philippines  whether 
English  or  Spanish  shall  be  made  the 
recognized  language  for  formal  docu­
ments  and  proceedings in  the  archipela­
go.  The  argument  in  favor of Spanish of 
course 
is  that  the  natives  know  that 
tongue  and  most  of  them  know  no other. 
As  a  matter  of  convenience  and  expe­
diency  Spanish  has  much  to  commend 
it.  On  the  other  hand,  however,  the 
Spaniards  have  had  little  to  say  about 
the  Philippines  since  that  fine  May 
morning  when  Mr.  Dewey  created  some 
commotion 
in  Manila  harbor.  Since 
then,  by  solemn  treaty,  the  islands  have 
been  turned  over  to  the  United  States 
and  of  necessity  the  military  and  civil 
authorities  sent  from  this  country  are 
proficient 
in  any 
other tongue. 
If  English  is  made  the 
legal  language,  the  Filipinos  will  have 
to  learn  it  and  that  will  be  a  good  thing 
for  them.

in  English  and  not 

It  is  entirely  in  keeping  that 

insular 
possessions  should  recognize  and  speak 
the  language  of  the  possessors.  Cuba 
and  Puerto  Rico  when  under  Spain 
spoke  Spanish,  while  a  few  miles  away, 
in  Barbadoes  and  Trinidad,  English 
possessions,  the  English  language 
is 
spoken  by  rich  and  poor  alike.  The 
time  will  surely  come  when  in  Cuba, 
Puerto  Rico  and  throughout  the  Philip­
pines  English  will  be  the  prevailing 
language,  not  alone  of  commerce  and 
business  but  of  all  the  people.  Of  ne­
cessity  the  change  will  he  slow,  slower 
in  the  Philippines  than 
in  Cuba  and 
Puerto  Rico  because  farther  removed 
from the  United States.  The  adoption  of 
English  as  the  official  language  in  the 
Philippines  will  hasten  the  day  when 
all  the  natives  will  speak  it  fluently. 
Although  the  Cubans  are  to  have  a  gov­
ernment  of  their  own,  in  time  Spanish 
will  be  discarded  in  favor  of  English. 
There  is  every  reason  why  in  American 
possessions  the  American  tongue  should 
be  made  official  and  its  prevalence  pro­
moted  as  rapidly  as  possible.

GENERAL TRADE  REVIEW.

The 

in  dividends  and 

last  weeks  of  June  are  usually 
waiting  ones,  pending  the  semi-annual 
interest 
settlement 
payments.  Dining  the  week 
stock 
movement  has  been  quiet,  but  price 
changes  have  generally  been  upward, 
showing  that  the  situatioa  is  strong. 
That  this  should  be  the  case  is  remark­
able  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  aver­
age  of  stock  prices  is  maintained  at  a 
higher  level  than  for  many  years  past. 
The  estimate  of  from  §125,000,000  to 
§150,000,000  for  the  semi-annual  settle­
ments  exceeds  those  for  any  other  July 
on  record.  While  the  week  is  accounted 
dull 
interesting  to  note  that  the 
number of  shares  changing  hands—400, - 
000—exceeds  that  of  last  year  by  over 
100  per cent.  The  railway 
list  estab­
lished  another  new  record  of  103.98, 
from  which  there  is  now  a  slight  reces­
sion.  Earnings  continue  phenomenal 
for the season ;  in fact midsummer prom­
ises  to  bring  no  reduction.

is 

it 

A  favorable  feature  of  the  general  sit­
uation  is  the  good  crop  reports  from  all 
parts  of  the  country.  While  temporar­
ily  affecting  the  price  of  the  staple 
grains  slightly,  there  is  such  an  assur­
ance  of  a  good  domestic  and  foreign 
demand  as  makes  a  continuation  of  the 
present  activity  inevitable.

inevitable.  Exportation 

in  cotton  goods,  many 

Owing  to  the  revival  in  cotton  manu­
facture,  that  staple  makes  again  of  %c. 
Advances  have  come  sooner  than  ex­
pected 
lines 
hardening  perceptibly  under  the  ex­
panding demand.  Restricting output has 
had  a  beneficial  effect  at  Fall  River 
print  cloth  mills,  while 
seasonable 
weather  all  along  the  Atlantic  coast 
stimulated  trade  in  dry  goods  and cloth­
ing  to  such  an  extent  that some response 
in  the  partially  manufactured  product 
was 
is  also  a 
sustaining  factor,  although  this  buying 
is  confined  to  a 
few  of  the  cheaper 
grades.  Heavy  textiles  also  find  a  mar­
ket  and  reports  from  woolen  mills  indi­
cate  much  greater  activity.  Reorders 
from  the  clothing  trade  have  become 
frequent  and  the  industry  is  attaining 
a  more  satisfactory  position. 
It  is  a 
new  and  gratifying  condition  at  mills 
that  makes  it  possible  for  some  manu­
facturers  to  refuse  new  orders  on  the 
ground  that  their  capacity  is  sold  far 
ahead.

is 

little  fear  of 

Finished  steel  moves  freely  on  old 
contracts  and  there  is  an  especial  rush 
at  the mills  just now.  Some of  the  larger 
plants  report  their  full capacity engaged 
for  the  third  quarter  of  the  year,  but 
others  are  taking  all  business  offered 
where  delivery  is  not  asked  before  July 
1.  There 
inactivity 
among  producers,  who 
look  for  a  big 
autumn  trade.  Shipbuilding  was  never 
more  vigorously  pushed,  and  plates  are 
not  likely  to  accumulate  at  mills,  while 
steel  bars  are  readily  taken  at 
full 
prices.  Builders'  hardware  and  all 
forms  of  structural  material  are 
in  re­
quest.  Consumption  of  pig 
iron  con­
tinues  sufficiently  heavy  to  prevent  any 
softness  in  prices.

What  an  awful  change  it  must  be  for 

the  ice  man  when  be  dies.

If  you  eat  well  you  will  feel  well  and 

act  well.

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Petting the People

Tem ptation  to  Relax  A dvertising  D aring 

H eated  Term .

There  is  a  great  temptation  to  relax­
ation  in  the  work  of  advertising  at  the 
approach  of  the  heated  term. 
It  is 
argued  that  many  buyers  and  consumers 
are  away  and  that  business  is  so  much 
broken  up  that  it  is  well  to  join  in  the 
summer  rest.

This 

is  a  mistaken  policy.  While  a 
few  days  may  be  too  hot  for  trade,  tak­
ing  the  summer through, there  is  scarce­
ly  more  interruption  on  this  account 
than  is  caused  by the  vicissitudes  oi  the 
weather  during  the  remainder  of  the 
year.  People  eat  and  dress  during  the 
summer months  and  the  average of trade 
for the  long  quiet  days  is  not  so  low  as 
the  dealer  is  apt  to  think  it.

Summer  leisure  is  not  inimical  to  the 
inteiests  of  the  advertiser.  A  most 
serious  difficulty,  as  all  know,  is  to 
reach  the  attention  of  busy  people  dur­
ing  the 
rushing  seasons.  The  great 
study  at  such  times  is  to  so  write  and 
print  that  he  who  runs  may  read—the 
most  prominent  display  and  the  short­
est,  crispest  and  most  easily  compre­
hended  sentences.

Summer  leisure  enables  the  advertiser 
to  reach  the  attention  of  his  clientage 
by  easier  means.  The  newspaper  is 
read  at  greater  length.  The  advertise­
ments  gain  a  correspondingly  greater 
attention. 
It  will  answer at  such  times 
to elaborate  more  in  the  writing  in  the 
conviction  that  it  is  all  read  and  often 
re-read.

But  it  is  argued  that  people  go  from 
home.  What  of  that?  As  a  rule,  the 
interest 
in  home  matters  is  even  the 
greater  for that.  The  paper  is  usually 
forwarded  and, 
in  direct  proportion  to 
the  distance,  becomes of the  more  inter­
est. 
It  is  read  and  re-read,  advertise­
ments  and  all,  to  an  extent  that  can 
never be  gained  at  the  home.

But  people  can’t  buy  when  they  are 
away.  True,  but  they  buy  when  they 
return. 
It  is  a  mistaken  idea  in  adver­
tising  that  every  line  of  work  must  be 
in  reference  to  the immediate  purchase. 
The  value  of  advertising 
is  cumula­
tive.  Every  time  the  firm  name  and 
business  are  associated 
in  the  mind  of 
customers,  or  possible  customers,  there 
is  an  addition  to  the  advertising  assets. 
Every  returning  resorter  brings  such  an 
addition  to the  work  of  publicity 
if  he 
has been  furnished  with  that  which  will 
interest  and  gain  attention.

Do  not  stop  advertising  during  the 
summer  months.  Keep  your  space  full 
of  fresh  interesting  matter.  Change 
it 
as  often  as  though  your customers  were 
It  may  appear  to  signify 
all  at  home. 
but 
from  day  to  day,  but  it  is 
bread  cast  upon  the  waters  and  will  re­
turn  even  after  many  days.

little 

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Chidester  &  Burton  make  the  kind  of 
display  most  calculated  to  gain  the  at­
tention,  the  goods  and  price.  They 
probably  know  whether the  cheap  idea 
is  necessary  to  make  sales  to  their  cus­
tomers  and  would  not  use  it  unless  ex­
perience  had  taught  them  its  utility; 
There  are  those,  however,  who  use  it 
from  a  mistaken  idea  of  its  utility.  As 
a  genera]  rule,  straight  goods  at  fair 
prices  are  most  inviting  to  best  custom. 
The  compositor  has  done  well  to  use  as 
much  white  as  possible,  but  the  display 
and  border  are  both  too  heavy.

Kennedy’s  Drug  Store  writes  an  ad­
vertisement  calculated  to gain  attention 
from  a  certain  class  and  one  which  has

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Shirts at 31c  I

Are fast  sellers  when  you  get 
them 
in  the  SI.00  patterns, 
but  we  still  have  a  few  left.
Some 75c shirts  among them.

Pants at $3.50

Are fast  sellers  also  when  you 
get the  $5.00  kind  and  that’s 
what we have.  They are  pants 
we bought a few  days  ago  and 
are  all  new  patterns.  We 
bought  them -  cheap  and  will
sell  them  cheap.  Come  while
we can fit  you.

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Your  House  Needs 

Painting

Now is the  time.  Don’t  put  it  off.  Yon 
can  paint  it  now  with  three-fourths  of  the 
paint  it  will  require  in  a year or  two.

W e carry the  well  known  Boydell  Bros. 
Paints, as good  a paint  as  any  made. 
Come 
in and  let  us  talk  to  you  about  Paints,  Colors 
and  Prices.  W e  are  sure  we  can  interest  you.

ALLEN  B.  WAY.

DRUGGIST.

Groceries ««

You  will find  the most complete line 
ofStapie  an d   Fancy  Groceries  in 
Nashville, such as: full cream cheese, 
pure  lard,  corn  starch,  coco,  oat 
meal crackers,  fancy  canned  corn, 
peaches,  etc. 
In fact  it  is an  up-to- 
date Grocery  and  Provision  house 
A il  goods sold  at  the  lowest  prices 
— every  day  a  bargain  day.  We 
extend  you  a cordial  invitation  and 
promise  you  courteous  treatment.

Yours  for  busines».

6. B Xownscnd $ Co. Ì

A re 
You  In 
Dead 
Earnest....

In meaning  to  bny  all 
goods at the place where 
the  dollars 
the 
largest  vainest 
If  ao 
you  will  consider  6eri. 
ouely the  prices  quoted 
below.

have 

4 Ball Croquet sets  at 
6  « 
“ 
8  “  « 

«
’  «

50°
75c
85c

for 

1901  Bicycle,  double 
tube tire, guarnteed  for 
the  season  1901 at $20. 
Unguarnteed  Bicycle,  a
the  money 
good 
wheel,  at  $12.95. 
10
second  hand  wheels, at 
from  $6  to  $12.  Full 
aize  Hammocks  with 
valance  and  pillow  at 
$1 .00 and a smaller  one 
at 75 eenta.  Onr $3.50 
Hammocks  as  good  as 
the average  $5.00  ones.
We set the prices on  all 
goods  and  if  the other 
fellows  meet  it  its  be­
cause they have to.

A.  H.  WEBBER'S

Pharmacist.

CiDQiLiC,  MICH.

A B O U T   A   N E W  
M E A T   M A R K E T

We are new  in  Central 
Lake,-but  old  in  busi­
ness  Handling meats 
is our trade.  We know 
something  about  t h e 
quality of meat, as well 
as about  cutting  ft  up 
On'  purpose  is  to  give 
ilit.  people  of  Central 
Lake the benefit of  our 
experience  and  shall 
conduct  a  first  class 
market at all times.

E.  J.  PO T TE R

At  Beckman’s old stand 
We buy as well  as  sell.

a  general  advertising  value. 
.The  com­
positor  makes  the  mistake  of-using  too 
large  body  letter and  thus  crowding  the 
display 
it  a 
generally  scattered 
look.  Where  the 
border  and  display  are of about the same 
degree  cf  blackness  they  must  be  well 
separated.

into  the  border,  giving 

Allen  B.  Way  writes  a  good  paint 
advertisement  which  is  well  handled  by 
his  printer.  The  border  is  pretty  heavy, 
but  the  use  of  plenty  of  white  makes 
the  display  effective.

E.  B.  Townsend  &  Co.  write  a  good 
advertisement,  but  put  in  one  sentence 
too  much—so  general  an  invitation  is 
weakening  to  an  advertisement.  The 
display 
is  too  heavy  and  black  for the 
space.

An  advertisement which  seems  to  rep­
resent  much  thought  and  care 
is  that 
of  A.  H.  Webber.  The  general  plan  is 
not  bad,  but  there  is  a  carelessness  in 
writing  and  printing  which  does  not  ac­
cord  with  the  evident  care. 
"Guaran­
in  succes­
teed”  
is  misspelled  twice 
sion.  Then,  there 
is  no  reason  for the 
space dividing  a  sentence  in  the  middle 
paragraph.  Pronoun “ it"  in the last sen­
tence  is  not  correct 
in  number  and  the 
next  " its ”   lacks  the  sign  of the elipsis. 
The  signature 
is  “ A.  H.  Webber’s 
Pharmacist”   evidently  meaning  "phar­
macy.”   The  price  table  is  a  good  fea­
ture  and  the  general  writing  is  good, 
but  more  care  should  be  given  to  de­
tails. 
I  note  that  this  is  the  first  in  the 
list  shown  to  break  unity  of  style  by 
the 
faces  of 
type.

introduction  of  various 

A  well-written  and  handsomely-com­
posed  advertisement  is  that  of  E.  J. 
Potter.  This  is  a  model  in  its  way  in 
printing  and  is  exceptionally  good 
in 
writing. 
last  sen­
tence  needs  a  subject.

I  only  note  that  the 

H.  C.  Maentz  &  Sons  write'a  simple 
and  effective  fish  advertisement.  The 
border  is  pretty  heavy,  but  the  white 
helps  out  some.

issued  a  statement 

Domestic  Sugar  Production  Increasing.
The  United  States  Agricultural  De­
partment  has 
in 
which  it  is  stated  that  the  United  States 
imported  in  1900 only  1,558,266  tons  of 
sugar,  against  2,219,847  tons 
in  1899, 
although  the  consumption  of  sugar  in 
the  United  States  rose  from  2,078,068 
tons  in  1899  to  2,219,847  tons  in  1900; 
and  the  whole  stock  at  the  end  of  last 
year  amounted  to  only  69,000  tons  as 
against  208,472  tons 
in  the  previous 
year.  This  shows  that  our  production 
of  sugar  is 
increasing  gradually,  and 
indeed  the  syndicates'  who  manipulate 
the  market  in  Europe  believe  that  the 
time  is  not  very  far off  when  the United 
States  will  produce  ail  the  sugar 
it 
needs,  and  they  are 
seeking  other 
markets  and  considering  the  possibility 
of  a  greater  consumption  of  sugar  by 
the  other nations.

The  A m erican  Tobacco  Crop.

There  are  in  the  United  States  700,- 
000 acres  of  land  devoted  to  tobacco,  of 
which  11,000 acres  are  in  New  England. 
The  annual  yield  of  all  kinds  in  the 
country  is  500,000,000  pounds,  of  which 
New  England  raises  about  19,000,000. 
The  average  yield  per  acre  throughout 
is  700  pounds,  but  in  New 
the  country 
England 
it 
is  1,700  pounds. 
It  is  in­
teresting  that  all  the  tobacco  raised  in 
the  country  belongs  to  two  or three  bo­
tanical  species,  yet  there  are  more  than 
sixty  varieties  grown  commercially—all 
of  them  quite  distinct  in  shape,  color 
and  quality  of  leaf.  The  raising  and 
curing  of  each  class  and  type  of tobacco 
is  a  business  by  itself,  in  its  methods 
of  culture,  harvesting  and -curing  as 
distinct  from  the  others as  the  business 
of a  creamery  is  distinct  from  that  of  a 
cheese  factory.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3

GUM  CHEWING TIME.

Skies Enorm ously Increased D aring W arm  

W eather.

Tbe  chewing  gum  season  has  begun 
and  the  sales  of  the  various  chewing 
gum  companies  have  bounded  upward. 
Holiday  makers 
include  chewing  gum 
in  their  festive  equipment.  Bicyclists 
are  abroad  in  the  summer  land  and  the 
bicyclist  is  your  gum  chewer  extraordi­
nary.  Then,  too,  there  is  a  serious  and 
scientific  justification  for gum  chewing 
in  warm  weather,  although 
it  is  to  be 
doubted  whether  many  mortals  chew  in 
order to  fulfil  a  duty  toward  their  phys­
ical  mechanism.  The  chewing  of  gum 
in  hot  weather  excites  the  saliva,  moist­
ens  the  throat  and  relieves  thirst.  Na­
tives  of  tropical  countries  know  this 
and  often  chew  pure  chicle,  which 
is 
the  basis  of  all  good  chewing  gum,  or 
even  rubber,  while  working  in  the  heat. 
Chewing  gum  is  often  recommended  for 
soldiers’  use  on  long  marches,  and 
last 
summer officers  in  the  Philippines  re­
ported  that  the  gum  habit  was  of  great 
benefit  to  the  men,  because  it  lessened 
their drinking  and  enabled  them  to  go 
without  water  longer  than  possible  un­
der other circumstances.

So  hot  weather  and  chewing  gum  are 
affinities.  Nevertheless  the  sales  of 
gum  at  any  time  of  the  year are tremen­
dous.  Even  a  statement  of  them  is 
enough •  to  appeal  to the  imagination  of 
the 
individual  chewer  and  make  his 
jaws  ache.  Within  recent  years  a  num­
ber of  the  most  successful  chewing  gum 
companies  have  consolidated  and  now 
most  of  the  best  brands  of  gum  are 
manufactured  and  controlled  by  one 
large  company. 
This  one  company 
sells  on  an  average  135,000,000  pack­
ages of  chewing  gum  every  year and  the 
sales  are  constantly  increasing.

When  to these  135,000,000  packages of 
good  gum  one  adds  the  tremendous 
quantity  of cheap  and  inferior  gum that 
is  in  the  market,  the  sum  total  wakens 
a  feeling  of  awe  in  the  breast  of  the  in­
vestigator.  About  2,600,000  pounds  of 
chicle  is  imported  by  the  United  States 
yearly  and  although  chicle  is  the  funda­
mental  principle  of chewing  gum,  it  is 
mixed  in  manufacture  with  many  times 
its  weight  of  sugar,  paste,  essential 
oils,  etc.,  so  that  the  2,600,000  pounds 
is  but  a  small  fraction  of the  weight  of 
the  chewing  gum  manufactured 
in  the 
United  States  each  year.

This  tremendous  demand  has  grown 
up  within  comparatively few years.  Tbe 
chewing  gum  industry  did  not  begin  to 
assume  much 
importance  until  about 
fifteen  years  ago,  hut  after  it  got  a  start 
it  struck  a  surprising  pace.  Its  first  im­
petus  came  with  the  discovery  of  the 
possibilities  of  chicle  as  a  basis  for the 
gum.  Before  that  chewing  gum  was 
made,  but  it  was  poor and  unsatisfac­
tory  in  quality,  the  old-fashioned  spruce 
gum  being  perhaps  the  best  of-the  as­
sortment.

A  New  York  man  with  an  eye  to good 
things  went  down  to  Mexico  and  met 
some  other  men  who  dreamed about  get­
ting  rich  in  quick  fashion.  Later these 
friends  heard  of  chicle  gum  and  be­
lieved  that  they  had  dreamed  true—not 
that  they  had  a  nightmare  vision  of 
135,000,000  packages  of chewing  gum. 
They  were  not  really  dreamers  of  the 
first  magnitude.  That  was  reserved  for 
the  New  York  man.  But  the  men  in 
Mexico  believed  that  chicle  at  a  few 
cents  a  pound  could  be  profitably  used 
for the  adulteration  of  rubber.

They  sent  a  consignment  of chicle  to 
their  New  York  friend.  He  wished  they 
bad  not.  He  tried  the  rubber  idea  and

found  nothing  doing.  Just  as  he  had 
about  decided  to throw  away  the  rest  of 
the  stuff  he  had  an  inspiration.  The 
very qualities  that  spoiled  chicle  for 
rubber  might  fit  it  for  gum.  He  boiled 
some  of  the  chicle,  cut  it  into  sticks 
and  originated  the  old-time  New  York 
It  was  pure 
snapping  gum. 
chicle 
with  no  sweetening  and  no 
flavor. 
Chewing  it  was  a  good  deal  like  being 
condemned  to  hard  labor  but  it sold like 
hot  cakes.  The  demand  ran  far  in  ad­
vance  of  the  supply,and  from  that  small 
beginning  the  present  great 
industry 
was  evolved.

Chicle  was  used  for  various  things 
long before  its  chewing  gum  apotheosis. 
It  is  said  that  mention  was  made  of 
it 
in  New  World  reports  in  the  time  of 
Ferdinand  and  Isabella.  However,  its 
use  was  purely  local,  and  the  American 
demand  for  it  has  fairly  revolutionized 
the  districts  from  which 
it  comes.  So 
far,  it  has  been  found  only  in  Yucatan, 
and  the  entire  supply  is  shipped  from 
the  various  ports  along  the  Yucatan 
coasts. 
is  Mexican  for the 
Achras  sapole,  the  tree  from  which  it  is 
procured.

Its  name 

These  trees  are  found  only  in  the 

in­
terior,  and  the  work  of  obtaining  the 
gum  and  transporting  it  to  the  nearest 
shipping  point  has always  been  trouble­
some,  although  it  has  been  much  sim­
plified  in  recent  years.  There  are  many 
exporting  firms 
in  the  Yucatan  coast 
towns,  many of  them  under  the  manage­
ment of  Northern  men.  Mexican  peons 
are  taken  into  the  interior  and  work  for 
a  five  months’  season,  at  wages  ridicu­
lously  small.  The  pay 
is,  however, 
fairly  well  proportioned  to  the  quality 
of the  work,  and  the  wear  and  tear  of 
handling  the  workmen  who  are  as  hope­
less  a  proposition  as  any manager might 
expect  to  meet.  Strikes  and  rows  of  all 
kinds  are  a  regular  thing,  and  murder 
is  common  enough  to 
lose  its  pictur- 
esquencss;  so the  peaceful  and  tranquil- 
izing  chewing  gum  has 
its  birth  in 
storm  and  stress.

The 

largest  chewing  gum  company 
in  America  has  recently  acquired  two 
and  a  half  million  acres  of  land  in 
Yucatan  and  is  working  it  as  a  source 
of chicle  supply.  Tjje  company’s  man­
agers  take  the  workmen  in  from  Vera 
Cruz,  and  the  reports  of  those  managers 
are  enough  to  move  the  obelisk  to 
tears.  Troubles  of  their  own?  They 
haven’t  anything  but  trouble,  and  their 
opinion  of  the  Mexican  peon isn’t fit  for 
publication.  Still,  the  experiment  is 
proving  successful  and  insures  a  steady 
supply  at  a  rational  price,  although  the 
company  does  not  expect  to  obtain from 
its  own  land  enough  chicle  to  fill  its  re­
quirements.

The  quality  of  chicle  varies according 
to  the  district  from  which  it  comes,  the 
geological formation of  the  soil  affecting 
the  elasticity  and  purity  of  the  gum. 
According  to  the  quality  used,  the  care 
expended  upon  purifying  it,  and  the 
proportion  of  it  used,  chewing  gum 
is 
good  or  bad.  The  cheap  grades  are 
necessarily  inferior;  for,  although  good 
gum  could  be  made  cheaply 
in  earlier 
times,  that  is  impossible  now.  The  cost 
of  chicle  has  risen  from  2  or  3  cents  to 
30  cents  and  there 
is  a  10 cent  duty 
upon  it.

The  best  chewing  gum  manufacturers 
test  all  chicle  carefully  and  reject  all 
that  is  not of  the  best quality.  They em­
ploy  expert  chemists,  and,  under their 
is  refined  again, 
supervision  the  gum 
until 
from  all  impurities. 
The  best  gum  when  chewed  may  be 
pulled  out  into  very  fine  threads  before

is  free 

it 

it  will  break. 
If  it  will  not  do  that,  or 
if there  is  a  rubber-like  recoil  when  the 
tension 
lessened  the  gum  is  of  in­
ferior quality.

is 

Paste,  sugar  and  essential  oils  are 
added  to  the chicle  in the  making  of  the 
chewing  gum.  The  different  manufac­
turers  have  their  own 
formulas  and 
processes,  which  are  jealously  guarded. 
The  one  company  referred  to  has  facto­
ries  in  several  cities  and  pays out $3,000 
a  week  to  its  employes.

By  far the  largest  proportion  of  chew­
ing  gum  made  is  for home consumption. 
America  is  the  land  of  the  gum  chewer, 
but  the  export  trade  is  growing  and  the 
gum  habit 
is  invading  Europe,  Asia, 
Africa,  Australia  and  the  South  Sea  Is­
lands.  Only  last  month  a  London  jour­
nal  bewailed  the  rise  of  the  pernicious 
habit  among  Britain’s  sons  and  daugh­
ters ;  but  tbe  manufacturers  say  that  the 
English  trade  is  not  yet  big  enough  to 
justify  the 
lamentation  or to  be  taken 
seriously.

The  increasing  use  of chewing gum  in 
England,  just  at  present,  is  due  to  tbe 
adoption  of  the  habit  by  the  English 
soldiers  in  South  Africa.  South  Africa 
has  for  years  been  one  of the  best  for­
eign  markets  for  chewing  gum,  and 
probably  more  of  the  article  is  used 
in 
Johannesburg  than  in  any  other  foreign 
town.  The  English  soldiers, having  ex­
perimented  with  the  chewing  gum, 
found 
it  a  good  thing  for  nerves  and 
thirst  and  they  are  taking  the  acquired 
taste  home  with  them.

chew  a  great  deal  of  gum.  Samoa  calls 
for  a  large  supply.

in 

The  older countries  are  more  conser­
vative;  and 
them  chewing  gum 
makes  headway  very  slowly,  although  a 
trade  has  sprung  up 
in  China,  Japan 
and  India,  and  considerable  consign­
ments  go  to  France  and  Scandinavia. 
Western  Canada,  beyond  Winnipeg,  is a 
great  chewing  gum  district,  and  it  is 
rather  interesting  to  note  that  the  new 
country  points  at  which  nervous  energy 
is  booming  progress  are 
identical  with 
the  points  where  chewing  gum  finds  its 
ready  sale.  The  man  on  a nervous strain 
seems  to  find  a  relief  in  the  mechanical 
action  of  his 
It  may  be  added 
that,  after  soldiers  and  bicyclists,  the 
habitual  visitors  to  race  tracks  are  said 
to  be  the  most  confirmed  gum  chewers 
in  the  world.— N.  Y.  Sun.

jaws. 

W hom  Does  She  Dress to  Please?

Have  you  ever asked  a  woman  whom 
she  dresses  to  please?  She  will  invari­
ably  answer  herself,  but  the  statement 
is  mendacious 
in  every  instance,  save 
in  those  of  the  dress  reformer—and  that 
means  the  woman  without  hope !

In  the  palmy  days  of  Greece  three 
philosophers  sat  against  the  sunny  side 
of  the  temple  discussing  the infinite and 
the  branches  thereof.

“ A  woman,”   said  one,  ‘ ‘ dresses  to 

please  the  men."

‘ ‘ A  woman,”   said  another  assertive­
ly,  ‘ ‘ dresses  to  worry the other women. ”
The  discussion  waxed  acrimonious, 
until  both  appealed  to  the  third,  who 
belonged  to  the  school  of  the  trimmers.
‘ ‘ dresses  to 
please  the  men,  and  thereby  worry  the 
other  women.”

“ A  woman,”   said  he, 

The  American  soldiers  are,  perhaps, 
the  chewing  gum  manufacturers'  best 
customers  and  during  the  war with Cuba 
the  sales  of  gum  were  enormous.  Man­
ila  is  now  becoming  a  good  gum  mar­
ket.  Honolulu  is  another.  Australians

The  making  of  a  heroine  is  in  the 
woman  who  never  talks  about her neigh­
bors.

DON’T y o u  

a
margin  nor build  up  trade.  Life  is  short  and  it 
will  be over before you  have  made enough to  pay 
funeral  expenses.

S E L L   f  
g 00 d s  I 
that  nei-  | 
ther pay  *

Sell  B.  B.  B. Coffee because it pays you a margin  f 

and  pleases your customers.  W e guarantee both.

Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

The  Putnam  Candy  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Our A.  A.  line  of  Fine  Package  Choco­
lates is a trade winner.  Ask  the  boys  to 
show you samples.  Call  and  inspect  our 
line and  establishment  when  in  the  city.

B.  W.  PUTNAn,  President 

R.  R.  BEAN,  Secretary

4

Around the State

Movements of M erchants.

Black  River—Geo.  E.  Crannell,  drug­

gist,  has  removed  to  Flomaton,  Ala.

Fostoria—C.  E.  Gale,  furniture  deal­

er,  has  sold  out  to J.  M.  Smith  &  Co.

Fennville—Geo.  Huff  has  purchased 
the  meat  market  of  Claude  Hutchinson.
Cedar— Weigand  &  Hinshaw  have 
purchased  the  meat  business  of  Rufie  & 
Hinshaw.

Bath— Frank  E.  Davis  has  purchased 
the  dry  goods  and  grocery  stock  of  Wm. 
S.  Barrett.

Battle  Creek—Erwin  &  Van  Haaften 
will  establish  a  branch  drug  store  at 
Bedford  July  i.

Clinton— Richter  &  Hittle  have  pur­
chased  the  drug  and  grocery  stock  of 
F.  E.  Sherwood.

Breckenridge—James  Redman,  gen­
eral  merchandise  dealer,  has  sold  out 
to  Judson  C.  Holiday.

Pioneer—Jos.  E.  King  has  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business.  He  purchased 
the  stock  of H.  E.  Saunders.

Bangor—John  Crippen  has  opened  a 
new  drug  store.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished  by  the  Fuller  &  Fuller Co.

Battle  Creek— Geo.  C.  Haigh has pur­
chased  the  fuel  and  feed  business  of 
Thomas  Mack,  at  70 Jefferson  avenue, 
south.
•  Thompsonville— S.  A.  Hathaway  has 
purchased  the  stock  of  the  Western 
Hardware  Co.  ;  also  the  building  occu­
pied  by  same.

Benton  Harbor—The  firm  of  Lundy 
Bros,  succeed  that  of  Loscher  &  Lundy 
in  the  Territorial  street  grocery,  Gus 
Loscher  retiring.

East  Jordan—Gus  Muma  has  pur­
chased  the  outfit  of  Richards  &  Co. 
and,  with  Bert  Scott  as  meat  cutter,  has 
re-opened  that market.

New  Haven—A  new  concern  has  been 
organized  at  this  place  under  the  style 
of  the  New  Haven  Lumber  &  Coal  Co. 
The  capital  stock  is  $5,000.

Lansing— The  dry 

Saginaw— E.  M.  Floss,  formerly  en­
gaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  at 
Caro,  will  open  a  shoe  store  at  213  Gen­
esee  avenue  about  the  middle of August.
goods  business 
heretofore  conducted  under  the  style  of 
L.  H.  Kennedy  &  Co.  will  hereafter be 
known  as  the  Lansing  Dry  Goods  Co.
Fennville— C.  L.  Fosdick  has  pur­
chased  a  stock  of  groceries  and  opened 
a  grocery  store  in  the  building  former­
ly  occupied  by  the  millinery  stock  of 
Mrs.  Kate  Billings.

Owosso— Fred  Simpson,  who  has  been 
manager  of  the  general  stock  of  C.  S. 
Simpson,  at  Estey,  for  several  years, 
will  open  a general merchandise  store  at 
this  place  July  1  at  1013  West  Main 
street.

Summit  City—A.  Hyde  has  sold  his 
general  stock  at  Summit  City  to  A.  A. 
Pulver,  who  has  had  charge  of  the  busi­
ness  for the  past  ten  years.  Mr.  Hyde 
is  engaged 
lumber,  coal  and 
lime  business  at  860  Madison  avenue, 
Grand  Rapids.

the 

in 

Benton  Harbor—C.  A.  Brown  has  re­
tired  from  the  dairy  and  produce  firm 
of  Brown  & .Sietz.  Mr.  Seitz  has  formed 
a  partnership  with  J.  J.  Milier  and  E. 
Roninger,  of  Chicago,  under  the  style 
of  Miller,  Seitz  &  Co.  The  new  firm 
will  conduct  the  meat  business  formerly 
owned  by  Mr.  Miller,  in  connection 
with  the  wholesale  and  retail  produce 
and  provision- business.

M anufacturing M atters.

Manistee— The  Manistee  Flouring 
Mill  Co.  has  been  organized  with  a 
capital  stock  of $12,200.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Saginaw— The  Herzog  Art  Furniture 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorporation, 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $20,000.
Creek— The  Stony 

Creek 
Woolen  Mills  Co.  has  been  organized 
with  a  capital  stock  of $25,000.

Stony 

Wacousta— E.  M.  Everts  has 

suc­
ceeded  in  organizing  a  creamery  com­
pany  here.  The  building  is  now  under 
construction.

Henderson-----The  New  Henderson
Creamery  Co. 
is  meeting  with  the 
hearty  co-operation  of  the  farmers  in 
this  vicinity.

Gobleville—The  Gobleville  canning 
is  now  running  day  and  night 
force  of  seventy-five  hands. 
is  talk  of  enlarging  the  factory 

factory 
with  a 
There 
another  year.

West  Branch— W.  W.  Vaughn 

is 
building  a  dam  here  for  the  electric 
light  plant  which,  when  completed,  will 
be  one  of  the  largest  in  the  State. 
It 
will  be  460  feet  in  length and  have a fall 
of  nineteen  feet.

Mt.  Pleasant— The  Union  cheese  fac­
tory  started  up  June  5  with  a  capacity 
of  twelve  cheese  per  day.  The  receipts 
of  milk  were  so  much  greater than  were 
expected  that  the  capacity  of  the  fac­
tory  will  be  doubled.  Pending  the  en­
largement,  the  surplus  milk  will  be 
converted  into  butter.

Owosso—The  Owosso  Carriage  Co. 
has  increased  its  capital  stock  to  $100,- 
000 and  the  board  of  directors  to  five, 
composed  of  the  following:  A.  M. 
Bentley,  M.  L.  Stewart,  C.  D.  Stewart, 
J.  C.  Shattuck  and  J.  H.  Robbins.  S.
B.  Pratt,  who  has  been  a  most  efficient 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  company 
since  its  former  re-organization,  has  re­
tired.

Sebewaing— The  new  sugar  beet  fac­
tory  which  has  been  in  prospect  here  is 
now  an  assured  fact.  A  meeting  of  the 
stockholders  will  be  held  in  a  few  days 
for  the  purpose  of  perfecting  the  organ­
ization. 
It  has  been  decided  to  erect  a 
600 ton  factory,  a  duplicate  of  the  one 
being  erected  in  Saginaw.  Many  Sag­
inaw  capitalists  are  stockholders  in  the 
new  factory.  The  estimated  cost  of  the 
plant  is  $600,000.

Ganges—The  new  canning  factory  is 
now 
in  course  of  construction.  Some 
opposition  has  been  made  by  property 
owners  to the  proposed- plan  of  draining 
the  factory  water  into  the  creek  and 
some  bad  blood  has  been  exhibited over 
the  choice  of  location.  A  large  part  of 
the  canning  machinery 
is  for  use  in 
canning  tomatoes,  so  that  whenever  the 
fruit  crop 
is  short  the  growers  can  go 
into  the  business  of  raising  tomatoes 
between  their  trees  and  thus  make 
money.

Detroit— The  Improved  Match  Co. 
has  closed  down  its  factory  on  Bellevue 
avenue.  The  shops  have  been  sold  to 
the  Sun  Vapor Stove  Co.  This  is  the 
second  or  third  match  factory  in  De­
troit  which  began  competing  with  the 
trust,  but  whose  proprietors  afterwards 
found  that  the  business  did  not  pay. 
It 
is  a  popular  report  that  one  man  in  De­
troit,  a  pioneer  in  trust  fighting,  has 
beep  drawing  a  salary  of $5,000 a  year 
from  the  trust,  merely to  keep  out  of the 
business.

Wyandotte— The  J.  H.  Bishop  Co. 
is  enlarging  its  factory  and  tannery.  In 
the  past  skins  from  China  could  only 
be  obtained  after  they  had  been  tanned 
and  built 
into  rugs.  Mr.  Bishop  has 
made  arrangements  whereby  he  can  get 
the  skins  as  they  come  from  the  ani­
mals,  and  the  entire  process  of  fitting 
them  for use  will  be  done  in Wyandotte. 
For  this  reason  there  are  two  additions

being  made  to  the  factory.  One  of  the 
buildings  facing  the  river  bank 
is  72 
feet  long,  and  another  running  east  and 
west  is  141  feet  long.  The  firm  is  also 
building  a  new  iron  warehouse  60x100 
feet.  The  company  in  future will  make 
fur-lined  overcoats.

Celery  City  Grocers and  B atchers  to  Pic­

From the Kalamazoo Gazette-News.

nic  J a ly   23.

The  Kalamazoo  Butchers’  and  Gro­
cers’  Association  met  Monday  evening 
in  the  Auditorium  lodge  room  to  con­
sider  several  matters  of  business  which 
were  necessary  to dispose  of.

The  matter  of  the  annual  picnic  was 
discussed,  but  no  definite  destination 
was  arrived  at.  Ottawa  Beach,  South 
Haven,  Grand  Rapids  and  Gull  Lake 
were  proposed,  but  the  matter  was  left 
in  the  hands  of  the Transportation Com­
mittee.  The  date  will  be  July  23.

A  committee  consisting  of  W.  W. 
Peck.W.  C.  Hipp  and  H.  W.  Moredyke 
was  appointed  to  wait  on  the  merchants 
of  Kalamazoo  and  invite  them to  join in 
the  excursion.

A  committee  was  also  appointed  to 
confer  with  a  committee  from  the  Coun­
cil  regarding  the  establishing  of  a  city- 
market  for  hucksters.  The  members  are 
E.  H.  Priddy,  A.  W.  Walsh  and  W.  C. 
Hipp.

Communications  were  read  from  the 
J ackson  and  Grand  Rapids  associations 
in  response  to  invitations  extended  to 
them  to  join  the  excursion.  As  soon  as 
the  Transportation  committee  can  ar­
range  with  the  railroads,  the  place  for 
the  picnic  will  be  announced.

The  Boys  Behind  th e Counter*

Bay  Shore—Cbas.  L.  Moody  has 
taken  a  position  in  the  mercantile  de­
partment  of  the  Bay  Shore  Lime  Co.

Kalamazoo— Bert  Boyle,  who  recently 
resigned  his  position  in  Buckhout’s gro­
cery  store,  has  taken  the  position  of 
fruit  buyer  for the  Dunkley  Celery  and 
Preserving  Co.

Allegan— Harry  Lutts  has  succeeded 
Roy  St.  Germain  as  clerk  in  the  Sher­
wood  &  Griswold  store,  and  Mr.  Ger­
main  has  taken  a  position  with  F.  P. 
Potter  &  Co.,  taking  the place  of  Harry 
Foucb,  who  resigned  his  place  there.

Thompsonville— Geo.  Haverly,  who 
has  been  behind  the  counter  for  the 
Western  Hardware  Co.,  will  remain 
with  S.  A.  Hathaway,  the  successor  of 
the  business,  in  the  same  capacity.

East  Jordan—W.  A.  Stone  has  taken 
a  position  as  book-keeper  in  the  hard­
ware  store  of  W.  A.  Loveday  &  Co.

Rockford— Frank  Norton  is the assist­
ant  in  C.  C.  Potter’s  drug  store,  having 
succeeded  Herbert  Taber, who has  taken 
a position as brakeman  on the G.  R.  &  I.

Denies  the  A llegations  of  W m.  Fisher’s 

Creditors.

in 

Scottville,  June  24— I  desire  to  ex­
plain  some  things  relating  to  the  bank­
ruptcy  matter  of  Wm.  Fisher,  of  this 
place,  in  view  of  the  allegations  made 
nv  the  attorneys  of  the  creditors  of  Mr. 
Fisher,  published 
the  Michigan 
Tradesman  of  April  3.  The  Fisher 
stock  was  assigned  to  me  and,  pending 
the  action  of  the  creditors 
in  throwing 
Mr.  Fisher  into  bankruptcy,  I  held  pos­
session  of  the  stock,  rendering  a  bill 
therefor  for  $1511.01,  which  Referee 
Blair  allowed 
I  held  no  un­
recorded  mortgage  against  the  property 
for six  months  prior  to  the  failure;  nor 
did  I  send  out  any  notices  offering  35 
cents  on  the  dollar;  nor  did  I undertake 
to  assist, 
influence  or  control  a  com­
promise  in  the  interest of said bankrupt, 
further  than  to  offer to  loan  Mr.  Fisher 
money  on  good  and  proper security.

in  full. 

C.  W.  McPbail.

In  allowing  the  claim of Mr.  McPhail, 
Referee  Blair  made  the  following  vol­
untary  statement:

In  regard  to  this  matter,  tjie  item  of 
80 cents  for filing  inventory  at  Luding- 
ton  and  the  item  of  $3  for  stamps,  en­
velopes  and printing notices to creditors, 
judgment  are,  perhaps,  not 
in  my 
strictly  within  the 
limits  of  a  proper 
charge  against  this  estate,  although  I 
confess  that  I  should  disallow  them with 
some  reluctance,  because  I  think  that 
this  bill  which  has  been  presented  is 
one  of  the  most  satisfactory  bills  and 
one  that  it  has  given  me  the  most  satis­
faction  to  allow  of  any  bill  that has been 
presented  since  I  was  referee  in  bank­
ruptcy,  and  I  will  take  my  chances  of 
being  over-ruled  by  allowing  the 
items 
referred  to  and  will  allow  the  bill  at 
$151.91. 
I  wish  some  more  estates 
might  come  into  Mr.  McPhail’s  hands 
for handling  in  these  preliminary  mat­
ters. 
in 
every  respect,  and  I  have  no  doubt 
whatever that  the  services  were  honor­
ably  rendered  and  were  of  the  highest 
utility  to  the  estate. 
I  will  enter  an  or­
der to  that  effect.

I  think  it  is  a  reasonable  bill 

A  New  York  carriage  builder  has  in 
his  employ  a  man  whose  sole  occupa­
tion  is  to  paint  the  crests  on  the  equip­
ages  of  customers.  Recently  his sphere 
of  activity  has  been  enlarged.  He  says 
that  many  a  man  or  woman  who  has 
just  bought  a 
landau  or  victoria  con­
fesses  that a  copy  of  his  or her  crest  can 
not  be  had  “ at present.”   So  the  painter 
“ It's  a  good  thing 
invents  a  crest. 
all  around,”   he  remarked. 
“ A  man's 
new  crest  on  his  carriage  doesn't  meet 
with  the  criticism  that  it  might  if  he 
suddenly  sprung 
it  on  his  note  paper. 
People  think  they  have  always seen  the 
crest  on  the  carriage,  and  it  is  easy  for 
him  to copy  it  on  his  stationery.”

Cause  o f Death.

Aripy  surgeons  declare  that  the  ex­
pression  on  the  faces  of  soldiers  killed 
m  battle  reveals  the  cause  of  death. 
Those  who  have  perished  from  wounds 
have  a  look  of  repose,  while  there  is  an 
expression  of  pain  on  the  faces  of  those 
slain  by  bullets.

Many  a  woman  who  looks  as  though 
is 

she  were  fighting  some  secret  sorrow 
only  suffering  from  a  soft  com.

No  man's  life is truly poverty-stricken 
it  is  given  over  wholly  to  the 

until 
making  of  money.

It  is  a  queer  house  that  has  not  at 
that  was  not 

least  one  sofa  cushion 
made  to  be  used.

When  the  dead  tree  stands  naked 

in 
the  spring  there  will  come  a  vine  to 
lend  it  raiment.

M.  O.  BAKER  Su  CO.

TO LED O ,  OHIO

N E W  

P O T A T O E S   wire  for prices.

Prepared  to  fill  orders  carlots  or  less.  W rite  or

Grand  Rapids  Supply  Company,

Jobbers of

MILL  SUPPLIES

Iron  Pipe  Fittings,  Valves,^  Boiler  and  Engine  Trimmings,  Belting, 

Hose  Packing,  etc.  Write, for  prices.

ao Pearl Street 

arend  Rapids,  Michigan

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5

Grand  Rapids  Oossip

C.  L.  Fosdick  has  engaged  in the gro­
cery  business  at  Fennville.  The  Mus- 
selman  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.
The  Detroit  Tribune  recently  pub­
lished  what  purported  to  be  the  market 
value  of  the  stock 
in  the  different 
Grand  Rapids  banks,  State  Bank  of 
Michigan  stock  being  quoted  at  102. 
The  publication  was  brought  to  the  at­
tention  of  President  McCoy,  who  wrote 
the  Tribune  a  letter,  offering  to  pay  120 
for all  offerings.

The  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers* 
Association  will  hold  its fifteenth annual 
picnic  at  Reed’s  Lake,  Thursday, 
Aug.  8. 
It  goes  without  saying that  the 
affair will  be  a  very  enjoyable  one  and 
that the  attendance  will  be  all that could 
be  desired.  Several  novel  features  will 
be 
in  the  programme,  which 
is  now  in  the  hands  of  the  printers  and 
will  be 
in  the  course  of  a  few 
days.

included 

issued 

The  Fred  Macey  Co.,  Limited,  an­
nounces  that 
its  plans  are  so  far  per­
fected  that  they  will  be  open  for inspec­
tion  and  bids  in  the  course  of a  couple 
of  weeks.  The  Smith  tract,  comprising 
twelve  acres,  running  from  South  D ivi­
sion  street  to  South  Lafayette street,  has 
been  secured  by  the  company.  The 
factory  and  office  will  front  South  D ivi­
sion  street,  comprising  three  wings. 
The  office  portion  will  have  a  frontage 
of  65  feet  and  a  depth  of  300  feet,  back 
of  which  will  be  two  wings  each  65x450 
feet  in  dimensions,  four  stories  high  on 
one  side  and  three  stories  on  the  other.
Ransom  C.  Luce,  President  of  the 
Luce  Furniture  Co.,  is  authority  for the 
statement  that  Greg.  M.  Luce  will  re­
turn  to  Grand  Rapids  and  take  the  ac­
tive  management  of  the  furniture  plant. 
Mr.  Luce  has  been  engaged  in  the  lum­
bering  business  in  Mississippi  for about 
ten  years  and  has  made  his  mark  as  a 
business  man  and  moneymaker.  Be­
sides  being  manager  of  the  extensive 
lumbering  enterprise  owned  by  him­
self  and  father,  he  has  found  time  to 
plat  and  exploit  a  new  town  and  act  as 
director  of  a  hank  at  Scranton.  His 
friends  will  welcome  bis 
to 
Grand  Rapids  and  the  senior  Luce  will 
find  him  a  tower  of  strength  in dividing 
the  exacting  duties  of  the  management 
of  a  large  furniture  plant.

return 

In  the  meantime,  an 

The  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Deal­
ers’  Association  had  decided  to  hold  its 
annual  picnic  at  Saginaw  this  year,  in 
conjunction  with  the  grocers  and  meat 
dealers  of  that  city,  but  on  taking  up 
the  matter  of  transportation  with  the 
Pere  Marquette  and  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railways,  it  was  found 
impossible  to 
obtain  a  round  trip  rate  better  than 
$2.30,  which  was  considered  prohibi­
large  attendance  is 
tive,  so  far  as  a 
concerned. 
invi­
tation  was  received  from  the  grocers 
and  butchers  of  Muskegon  to  join  with 
them 
in  celebrating  the  day  at  Mona 
Lake,  and  tins  invitation  has  been  ac­
cepted  and  arrangements  made  with  the 
Pere  Marquette  Railway  for  round  trip 
tickets  at  $1.  The  train  will  leave  the 
Union  station  at  7  o’clock  for  Ottawa 
Beach,  where  the  excursionists  will 
board  one  or  more  of the Pere Marquette 
steamers,  reaching  Muskegon  about  11 
o’clock.  Returning, 
the  party  will 
leave  Muskegon  at  7  o’clock,  arriving 
at  Ottawa  Beach  about  9 o’clock  and 
arriving  home  about  10  o’clock. 
is 
thought  that  a  four  or five  hour  ride  on

It 

Lake  Michigan  will  have  more  attrac­
tions  for  the  average  butcher and  his 
friends  than  any  other  route  that  could 
it  is  confidently  ex­
be  selected,  and 
pected  that  a 
large  number  will  avail 
themselves  of this  opportunity.  Messrs. 
Katz,  Eble,  Hufford,  Larson  and  Van 
Zoeren  will  visit  Muskegon  Sunday  for 
the  purpose  of  making  the  preliminary 
arrangements  for the  reception  and  en­
tertainment  qf  the  excursionists. 
Inas­
much  as  the  picnic  is  to  be  held  out  of 
the  city  this  year,  the  Association  will 
issue  no  programme.

The G rain  M arket.

Still 

from 

last  year. 

the  week, 

cash  wheat 

Wheat  futures  have  dropped  3@4c 
closing  at  66X 
during 
for  July  and  66)i@ 66%c 
for  Sep­
sells 
tember. 
i^@ 3c  over  July 
all  the  way 
price.  The  overestimate  of  the  crop 
is 
the  cause  of  this  decline.  The  bear  ar­
gument  is  that  a  large  crop  is  to  be har­
vested, estimated  at  750,000,000 bushels. 
Kansas  now  claims  its  crop  is  about  the 
same  as 
last  year  and  Texas 6,000,000 
bushels,  against  20,000,000  bushels  har­
vested 
In  the  spring  wheat 
section,  while  the  outlook  is  good,  the 
acreage  is  below  the  usual  amount.  We 
will  undoubtedly  have  a  fair crop,  but 
far  less  than  above  stated.  Again,  the 
claim  is  that  there  is  no export demand, 
while  there  is  4,000,000  bushels  going 
out  every  week.  Our  visible  decreased 
over  2,227,000  bushels,  while  last  year 
the  increase  was  1,348,000 bushels,  leav­
ing  our  visible  to-day  at  32,903,000 
bushels,  against  45,524,000  bushels 
last 
year,  or  a  difference  of  over  12,000,000 
bushels  less  this  year than  last  year.  As 
stated  before,  all  cereals  are  higher,  as 
well  as  all  other  commodities.  Wheat 
alone  has  no  friends  and  stands  at  the 
bottom.  How  long  the  main  food  prod­
uct  will  remain  thus  low  the  future  only 
can  determine.

Com  is  rather  irregular when it  varies 
3c  in  one  day,  as  September  sold  one 
day  at  4i# c  and  within  a  few  minutes 
climbed  to  43^c-  The  weather  has 
everything  to  do  with it.  While  a  large 
area  was  planted,  the  season  is  about 
two  or three  weeks  late.  The  stand  also 
is  not  as  good  as  usual.  The  trade  ex­
pect  prices  to  remain  at  the  present 
level. 
If  not,  better  prices  may  rule 
later.  Although  the  visible  is  large,  the 
outlook  for  oats 
is  not  rosy,  so  prices 
remain  very  strong,  with  a  strong  un­
dercurrent  for  better  prices.

Rye  has  sagged  off  ic  per  bushel,  as 
the  trade  is  waiting  for  new  rye to make 
its  appearance  soon  and  a  large  crop  is 
looked  for,

Beans  are  not  as  strong  as  they  were 
last  week,  showing  a  decline  of  5c  in 
futures  as  well  as  in  cash.

Receipts  of  wheat  have  been  large, 
while  other grains  are  merely  nominal, 
being  as  follows:  wheat,  69  cars;  com,
4  cars;  oats,  7  cars; 
flour,  7  cars; 
beans,  2  cars;  castor  beans,  5  cars; 
hay,  3  cars;  straw,  1  car.

Millers  are  paying  60c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

A  constitutional  amendment  has  been 
approved  by  the  California  Legislature, 
and  is  to  be  submitted  to the  electors  at 
the  next  election,  which  would  substi­
tute  a  state  commission  for  the  railroad 
commission,  a  bank  commission  and the 
insurance  commission.  The  new  body 
would  fix  telegraph  and  telephone  rates, 
as  also  rates  on  gas,  water and  electric­
ity;  would  supervise  railroad  and sleep­
ing  car  companies,  banks  and  insurance 
companies  and  in  general  would  control 
all  quasi-public  institutions  and 
all 
public utilities.

The Grocery M arket.

Sugar—The  most  important  develop­
ment  in  the  sugar  market  for  some  time 
past  came  to  the  surface  Monday,  when 
the  American  Sugar  Refining  Company 
announced  a  reduction  of  10  points  on 
all  grades  of  refined  sugar.  The  Na­
tional  Sugar  Refinery  and  Arbuckle 
Brothers  sold  sugar  on  the  same  basis. 
The  tendency  of  prices  was  expected 
by  the  trade,  in  fact,  it  was  given  out 
officially  that  the  decline  was  a  tempor­
ary  affair,  made  for the  purpose  of 
in­
fluencing  orders,  preparatory  to 
the 
usual  upward  tendency  incident  to  the 
fruit  season.  Another  feature  of  interest 
in  sugar circles  was  the  putting  on  the 
market  by  the  American  Sugar Refining 
Company  of  a  new  style  of  package, 
containing  twenty-five  pounds  of  fine 
granulated  sugar,  these  packages  being 
packed  fourteen  in  a  barrel.

light. 

is  absorbing 

Canned  Goods—The  canned  goods 
market 
is  very  quiet,  as  is  quite  often 
the  case  at  this  season  of  the  year.  The 
pea  situation 
interest 
everywhere,especially  since  Baltimore’s 
pack  of  early  peas  has  turned  out  very 
short,  necessitating  the  naming  of  high 
prices  by  the  packers.  The  packing  of 
early  June  peas  in  Baltimore  is  practic­
ally  at  an  end.  The  packers  have  fin­
ished  packing  the  best  quailty,  and 
from  now  on  the  few  that  will be worked 
will  be  seconds.  The  sale  of  Baltimore 
peas  this  year  has  been 
It  is 
difficult  to  assign  the  cause  of  this,  but 
we  do  know  that  there  is  plenty  of  room 
for an  improvement  in  the  demand,  not 
only  for  peas,  but  all  kinds  of  canned 
goods.  The  appearance  of  the  pea  fly 
in  Wisconsin  is  reported,  while  as  yet 
there  are  no  complaints  of  its  ravages. 
However,  the  situation 
in  this  respect 
will  have  crystallized  by  another  week 
or ten  days. 
If  the  early  pea  crop  in 
Wisconsin  escapes  the  green  fly,  the 
pack  of  that  State,  taking  into  consider­
ation  the  new  factories  which  will  pack 
peas,  will  be  of  good  size,  which  will 
be  added  to  by  the  pack  of  New  York 
State,  where  the  pea  acreage  has  been 
increased  40  per cent,  or  more each year 
for two  years,  while  there  are  no reports 
to  indicate  that  the  fly  has  been  seen 
inside 
the  State  this  season.  Again 
there  is  a  noticeable  strengthening  of 
It  is coming  slowly 
the  tomato  market. 
but  surely.  There 
is  a  good  demand 
for goods  for  future  delivery  and  brok­
ers  are  holding  orders,  being  unable  to 
get  packers  to  accept  any  more  at  pres­
ent.  Many  packers  who  have  been  free 
sellers  are  entirely  closed  out  of  spot 
goods;  the  constant  taking  from  their 
holdings  has  reduced  their  stocks  to 
practically  nothing. 
In  view  of  the 
heavy  demand  and  the  light  stocks  in 
first  hands,  we  should  not  be  surprised 
to  see  an  advance  in  the  tomato  market 
very  soon.  Corn  shows  some  activity, 
both  of  spot  and  future  delivery.  The 
receipts  of  pineapples  during  the  past 
week  were  the 
largest  of  the  season. 
They  were  just  the  proper  thing  for 
canning.  The  Baltimore  packers  have 
certainly  secured  some  excellent  fruit 
this  season  and  they  have  been  meeting 
with  a  good  demand.  There  will  prob- 
bly  not  be  any  change  in  the  prices  of 
pineapples  for  a  while,  but,  if  the  pres­
ent  active  buying  continues,  then  it  is 
more  than 
likely  that  there  will  be  an 
improvement.  There is  one  thing  sure, 
and  that 
is  that  the  present  quotations 
will  prove  to  be  the  lowest.  Spot  Red 
Alaska  salmon continues firm at previous 
prices  and  there 
is  a  fair  demand  for 
these  goods.  The  Columbia  River  fu­
is  somewhat  stronger.
ture  situation 

The  run  of  fish  in  the  Columbia  River 
is  reported  as  still  very  light.

Dried  Fruits—There 

is  a  fair con­
sumptive  demand  for  dried 
fruits,  but 
general  conditions  are  quiet  and  fea­
tureless.  California  prunes  are  in  quite 
good  demand  from  the  regular trade  for 
the  season,  90-ioos going  out  particular­
ly  well.  Oregons  of  all  sizes  are  be­
coming  scarce  and  are  selling 
right 
along 
in  a  small  way.  There  is  some 
demand  for  loose  muscatel  raisins.  The 
orders  are  mostly  for small  lots,  but  ag­
gregate  quite  a  fair  business.  Dealers 
do  not  want  to  carry  stocks  through  the 
warm  weather  and  so  are  buying  only 
for  immediate  wants.  The  demand  for 
seeded  raisins  keeps  up  well,some  large 
orders  having  been  placed  within  the 
last  week.  Apricots  and  peaches  are 
both 
light  demand.  Currants  are 
firm  and  selling  quite  freely,  the  orders 
for the  most  part  being  for  good  sized 
lots.  There  are  many  estimates  regard­
ing  the  new  crop  of  currants  and  the 
one  given  by  the  London  Grocer  of 
130,000 tons  is  generally  held  by dealers 
to  be  premature,  as  it  is  declared  to  be 
very  much  too  early  to  gain  any 
idea 
of  the  yield.  Figs  are  higher  and  are 
moving  out  quite  well.

in 

The 

to  expectations. 

Rice— Business  was  confined  to  small 
lots,  the  total  of  which  was  fair,  but  not 
up 
favorable 
weather  apparently  has  not  as  yet 
created  the  improved  demand expected, 
buyers  still  refusing  to  accumulate  sup­
plies.  Holders,  however,  are  confident 
and,  as  a  rule,  absolutely  refused 
to 
shade  prices,  and  fancy  styles  com­
manded  a  premium.  The  demand  is 
chiefly  for  domestic  Japan  styles  they 
being  relatively  cheaper  than  other 
styles  of  domestic  growth.

Teas— Green  teas  are  firmly  held,  ow­
ing  to 
limited  quantities  available  on 
the  spot,  and  prices  rule  about  steady. 
Black  sorts  show  a  somewhat  weaken­
ing  tendency  and  the  lower  descriptions 
irregular,  quotations 
continue  to  rule 
being  entirely  nominal. 
Complaints 
are  prevalent  regarding  the  dull and un­
satisfactory  market  conditions.

Molasses—The  usual  slow  demand 
was  experienced  and  the  market  pre­
sented  no  features  of  interest.  Prices 
continued  to  be  fully  maintained and,as 
supplies  were  not  pressed  on  the  mar­
ket,  a  steady  tone  prevailed.

continue 

Nuts—Brazil  nuts 

very 
strong,  with 
light  supplies  and  some­
what  higher  prices.  The  crop  turns  out 
somewhat 
less  than  expected  and  may 
cause  an  advance  in  price  soon.  Sicily 
filberts  are  easy  and  in 
light  demand. 
in  excellent  demand  at 
Peanuts  are 
previous  prices.

Hides,  Felts, Tallow  and  Wool.

The  hide  market  is  firm  at  a  strong 
advance.  Large  sales  to  the  American 
Leather  Co.  practically  cleaned  up  the 
market.  Receipts  are  small  and asking 
prices  above  tanners’  views.

Pelts  are  neglected.  Sales  are  small 

at  extremely  low  values.

Tallow  has  a  slight  advance and  large 
sales.  The  demand  is  beyond  the  sup­
ply.  Packers  are  holding  %c  higher.

in  prices 

Wool  is  as  dormant  as  ever,  so  far  as 
the  advance 
is  concerned. 
The  coarser  wools  are  ic  lower,  while 
fine  is  in  demand  at  opening  price.  An 
advance  is  looked  for  on  fine  from  the 
small  supply.  The  clip 
is  about  all 
marketed  and  at  prices  that  show  small 
profit  to the  purchaser.  Wm.  T.  Hess.

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

and .prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

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The Meat Market

inspected 

Process  of Packing  and  Curing  Hams.
Starting  with  the  hams  at  the  chill 
room,  before  they  pass  to  the  cellar  for 
pickling  they  are  taken  to  the  testing 
table  where  they  are 
for 
bruises  and  blood  spots at the bone.  The 
interior  inspection  is  done  by  means  of 
a  small  instrument,  resembling  in  out­
ward  appearance  a  carpenter’s  gimlet. 
In  reality 
it  consists  of  a  rod  of  steel 
about  three-sixteenths  of  an 
inch  in 
diameter,  with  small  grooves  cut  around 
the  end  about  an  eighth  of an inch apart 
and  a  thirty-second  of  an  inch  deep. 
Over  this  rod  a  sheath  made  of  a  thin 
steel  pipe,  large  enough  to  slide  with 
ease  over  the  surface,  is  placed;  this 
tube,  being  as  thin  as  it  can  be  made, 
presents  a  knife  edge  to  cut  its way into 
It  covers  the  rod  for all  its 
the  ham. 
distance  with  the  exception  of  an 
inch 
at  the  end.  After  the  rod  has  been 
shoved 
is 
shoved  over,  and  confines  in  the  rings 
cut  in  the  rod  any  appearance  of  blood 
or  bruise.  When  the  hams  are  all  right 
they  are  passed  along  to  the  pumping 
bench.

into  the  bone  the  sheath 

Every  boy  has  probably  watched  his 
father  put  a  goose  quill  under  the  skin 
of  the  goose  and  blow  the  goose  up  un­
til  it  looked  at  least  one-quarter  larger 
than  it  was  before  the  operation.  While 
the  result  of  pumping  a  ham  to  all  ap­
pearances  is  the  same,  there  is  a  result 
which 
is  beneficial,  but  not  apparent, 
and  that  is  the  depositing  of  the  brine 
at  the  bone  and  through  the  fatty  parts 
of  the  flesh.  The  small  hand  pumps 
used  for  this  purpose  are  operated  by 
the  attendant,  a  short  piece  of  strong 
hose  being  attached  to  pump,  and  a 
needle  end  of  steel  about  one-quarter 
inch  in  diameter,  with  openings  on  the 
point—needle  point  being  about  eight 
inches 
long.  A  workman  places  the 
hams on  a  bench,  skin  down,  and as  fast 
as  one  receives  the 
injection,  he  re­
moves  it  and  a  second  ham  takes  its 
place.  From  there  the  bams  go  to  the 
pickling  tanks.  Sometimes  these  con­
sist  of  cement  vats,  formed  on  the  cel­
lar  floors;  again,  of  tanks  built 
of 
wood,  square,  with  open  tops;  again  we 
find  molasses  hogsheads  used, 
and 
many  times  the  hams  are  placed  in 
tierces. 
It  becomes  necessary  during 
this  process  of  curing  that  the  hams  be 
moved  quite 
in  order  to 
change  the  surfaces  where  they  join  or 
lie  together.  When  the  hams  are  placed 
in  vats,  hogsheads  or  tanks,  it  becomes 
necessary  to  throw  them  from  one  re­
ceptacle  to  another  in  order to  change 
the  positions. 
is  not  done  the 
is  not  even.  When  the  hams 
pickling 
are  being  placed 
in  tierces  they  are 
never  packed  tight— at  least  four  inches 
is  left  in  the  end  of  the  tierces.  When 
it 
is  necessary  to  “ break  up”   the  sur­
face  it  is  accomplished  by  rolling  the 
tierces  from  one  side  of  the  store  room 
to  the  other,  the  loose  space  being at  all 
times  sufficient  to  permit  the  hams  to 
be  separated  from  their neighbors.

frequently 

If  this 

Again,  should  the  time  for  curing  the 
hams  be  accomplished,  the  process  of 
pickling  can  be  arrested  by  boring  a 
bole  in  the  bead  of  the  tierces  and  per­
mitting  the  brine  to  run  out,  leaving 
the  hams  dry,  and  by  placing  the  hams 
into  a  freezing  temperature,  they can  be 
kept  for an  indefinite  period.  The  ex­
pediency  of  holding  hams  is  resorted  to 
only  when  the  market  is  off  in  price.

We  will  now  return  to  our bruised 
hams.  By  the  use  of our  little  friend—

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

the  testing  gimlet— we  have  been  en­
abled  to  keep  out  all  bruised  hams. 
These  hams,  before  the  introduction  of 
the  bruise  detector, 
invariably  went 
with  the good  hams,  and  passed  through 
the  pickling  and  smoking  departments, 
and  were  not  detected  until  they  came 
home  to  the  purchaser  and  were  put  on 
the  table  for  eating.  When  cut  open 
and  found  defective  they  were 
invari­
ably  returned  to  the  market  accom­
panied  by  uncomplimentary  remarks, 
and  a  good  ham  would  have  to  be  sup­
plied  in  its  place.  The  bruised  places 
were  cut  out  of  the  hams  and  the  un­
affected  parts  sold  for what  they  would 
bring,  often  at  a  price  equal  to  the  cost 
to  the  packing  house  owner  when  it  was 
on  foot.

indicator,  the  ham 

After the  bruise  has  been  located  by 
the 
is  taken  to  a 
table,  the  bone  taken  out,  the  bruise 
carefully  cut  away,  the  ham  rolled  up 
and  tied  with  string,  and  then  passed 
through  the  ordinary  process  of  pick­
ling,  with  the  exception  that  it  does  not 
in  the  pickle  as  the  good 
stay  so  long 
hams. 
In  due  time  these  are  taken 
from  the  pickle,  soaked,  smoked  and 
boiled,  and  then  placed  on  the  market 
as  the  fine  boneless  boiled  ham,  at  a 
good  round  price,  and  become  delicious 
eating;  thus  they  become  a  source  of 
profit  to  the  packing  house  owner,  in­
stead  of  a  perpetual  annoyance  and 
loss,  both of  customers  and  of  money.

Returning  to  our  ham  which  was  un­
injured,  we  left  it  in  the  tierces  ready 
for final  disposal.  Where  bams  are  re­
quired  for  foreign  shipment  they  are 
emptied  on  the  floor,  and  the  brine  is 
permitted  to partially  dry  off;  then  they 
are  taken  to  the  box  and  receive  a 
lib­
eral  coating  of  pulverized  borax.  The 
process  of  applying  the  borax  is to  have 
a  box  about  thirty  inches  across,  and 
five,  six  or  seven  feet  long  (length  de­
pends  on  bow  many  men  are  desired  to 
have  working  on  the  box),  the  depth 
being  from  sixteen  to  twenty  inches. 
The  borax  is  placed  in  the  box,  and  the 
hams  are  rolled  around 
in  the  borax. 
The  bam  is  then  taken  to  a  table,  where 
it  is  examined  to  see  that  all  parts  are 
covered  with  borax.  They  are  then 
packed  tightly 
in  a  box  holding  from 
300  to  400  pounds;  the  cover  is  forced 
down  by  a  press,  or the  bams  are  forced 
into  a  box  driven  by  a  wooden  maul.

The  object  of  covering  the  surface  of 
the  bams  with  borax  is  to  protect  them 
during  transportation.  Whether there  is 
any  material  benefit  in  this  is  a  ques­
tion  of  contention  among  packing  bouse 
men;  and  the  covering  of  borax 
is  not 
applied  by  all  shippers  of hams.— Fran­
cis  H.  Boyer  in  Ice  and  Refrigeration.

W hy  P o rk   Shrinks  in  W eight.

This  meat 

“ I  would  like  you  to  tell  me  why  my 
meat  shrinks  up  so. 
It  was  killed 
November  28,  weighed 
150  pounds 
dressed,  nice  and  plump,  but  now  it  is 
not as  thick  as  a  person’s  band. 
It  was 
salted  well  and  kept  in  a  dark  room.”
is  assumed  to  be  pork. 
That  it  “ shrinks”  
is  the  only  fact  in 
sight.  If  we  knew  bow  the  pig  had been 
fed  we  might  be  able  to  say  it  was  not 
properly  matured  or  fattened  before 
killing.  A  pig  may  be  made  to  look 
“ nice  and  plump”   on  sloppy  or  succu­
lent  feed  and  not  be  in  good  condition 
to kill  for  meat.  Such  meat  will  shrink 
at  least  25  per  cent,  in  curing  or  hang­
ing 
in  a  dry  room  for  two  or  three 
months.  Such  meat  will  shrink  in  the 
pot  more  than  that  from  a  pig  properly 
finished  on  sound  grain.  Grass  fed  or 
alfalfa  fed  pigs 
lack  the  firmness  re­
quired  for first-class  pork.  Yet  if  pigs

that  have  bad  all  the  green  feed  or slops 
they  will  eat  are  put  upon  a  grain  ra­
tion  for  six  weeks  before  killing,  their 
meat  will  be  more  firm  and  will  lose 
less  by  evaporation  and  have  a  richer, 
sweeter  flavor.  Salt  does  not lessen  the 
loss  but  starts  the  flow  of  the 
juices,  so 
that  when  the  meat  is  smoked  and  hung 
in  a  dry  place  the  evaporation  is  more 
rapid.  Some  curers  have  the  surface  of 
their  meat  coated  with  a  thick  mixture 
of  sugar  or  treacle  to  lessen  evapora­
tion  and  improve  flavor  of  meat.

How  to  prevent  shrinkage  of  cured 
meats  is  something  that  has  had  much 
thought  from  packers.  Their  loss  on  a 
carload  of  meat  between  the  dates  of 
leaving  the  pickle  and 
arrival  at  the  market  will  range  from 
10  to  16  per  cent.  ;  but  the  shrinkage 
goes  on  after the  meat  goes  to  the  gro­
cer  or  butcher.  To  save  themselves
they  weigh  canvased  hams  and  bacon 
on  arrival  and  mark  weight  on  the  ar­
ticle  and  sell  to  the  consumer  by  this 
weight  and  not  at  the  actual  weight  at 
the  time  the  consumer gets  it.

The  packer can  not  confine  his killing 
to  the  increasing  moon,as  can  the  farm­
ers,  who  only  kill  when  the  sign 
is 
in  signs  get 
right.  These  believers 
great  comfort  from  their special  knowl­
edge. 
If the  man  had  told  the  time  of 
the  moon  his  pigs  were  killed  some  one 
better  versed 
lore  than  we 
would  find  no  trouble  in  telling why that 
meat  shrinks  so.  For the  comfort  of  the 
enquirer  we  suggest  that  the  food  value 
of  his  meat 
is  all  there  yet,  but  with 
less  water  than  originally.— Breeders’ 
Gazette.

in  moon 

How Jo h n   F ell  From   Grace.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

Chinese  servant  stories  are  epidemic. 

Here's  one,  and  it  is  true :

A  West  Side  woman  a  few  days  ago 
was  boasting  to  a  caller  of  the  virtues 
of  her  Mongolian  cook,  and  she  em­
phasized  the  latter’s  systematic  methods 
as  his  strong  point.

“ John  finishes  his  work  at  precisely 
the  same  minute  every  evening» ’ ’  said 
she  promptly. 
“ I  always  know  exactly 
where  he  is  and  what  he  is  doing  at any 
time  of the  day. ”

“ Well,  what  is  he  doing  now?”   was 

asked.

“ Let  me  see. 

It  is  7  o’clock.  Well, 
be  has  just  finished  putting  the  dishes 
away,  and  at  this  moment  is  sweeping 
the  kitchen.  Come, 
let’s  go  out  ana 
see  if  I’m  not  right.”

They  started  through  the dining room, 
in  its  place,  as 
and  found  everything 
phophesied. 
In  the  pantry  the  dishes 
were  neatly  arranged  in  their customary 
place.  Then  they  opened  the  kitchen 
door.

There  in  the  center  of  the  room  was 
John  and  be  was—complacently washing 
his  feet  in  the  disbpan!

The  embarrassed  mistress  and  her 
convulsed  guest  retired  in  haste.  And 
the  servant  problem  was  dropped.

Some  people, 

like  clocks,  tell  what 
kind  of a  time  they  are  having  by  their 
faces.

Talk No.  11

The Proper Time of Year

There is a right  time  of  year  for  everything; 
to sow wheat, plant corn,  to  harvest  and  make 
hay.  There  is  a  right  time  to  treat  Catarrhal 
troubles, when nature  Is  kindly  and  the  steady 
warm  days  help  effect  a  cure.  One  month’s 
treatment now is worth  two In the  winter  time. 
Remember,  catarrhal  diseases  doesn’t  mean 
simply the nose and  throat,  but  the  ears, lungs, 
stomach,  liver,  bowels,  etc.  We  don’t  try  to 
cure them all by medicines alone,  but  use  elec­
trical  treatments  in  a  large  number.  We  use 
the X-ray when necessary.

Go or write to 

DR.  C.  E.  RANKIN

Powers’  Opera  House  Block 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

Graduate of University of  Michigan  and Illinois 

School  of  Electro-Therapeutics

M all  T reatm ent

Dr. Rankin’s  system  of  “Home  Treatment”  is 
well known and  highly efficient.  Send  for  free 

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We  are  prepared  to  furnish 
labels which meet the  require­
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800 labels, 40 cents 
500 labels, 75 cents 
1000 labels, $1.00

Labels  sent  postage  prepaid 
where  cash  accompanies  or­
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NUMBER  ¡87

Obtained  Revenge  on 

the  Man  Who 

W ronged  Him .

A  boom  had  struck  Silver  Crown. 
The  veteran  prospector,-  Tom  Lenox, 
who  for  twelve 
long  years  had  pinned 
his  faith  to a  tunnel  in  the  hillside,  had 
at  last  struck  pay  dirt.  The  news spread 
rapidly  and  in  less  than  a  week  miners 
and  prospectors  from  all  parts  of the 
West  began  to  arrive.  Each  brought  his 
tent  with  him,  which  he  pitched  in  the 
first  available  spot,  and  at  once  pro­
ceeded  to  stake  a  claim.  Like  a  mush­
room  this  impromptu  city  grew  and 
busy,  active 
life  took  the  place  of  bar­
renness  and  solitude.

if  they 

these  came 

These  men  were  not  the  elite  of  the 
earth.  They  were  sturdy,  determined, 
fearless  fellows,  who, 
failed 
here,  would  move  on  to the  next  camp, 
hope  ever  buoyant  and  gold  their  lode­
star.  Along  with 
the 
gambler  and  divekeeper,  human  vul­
tures  who  make  the  reputation  of  all 
such  camps.  A  mining  camp  has  been 
aptly  described  as  “ hell  just  before  the 
fires  were  started.”   Such  was  Silver 
Crown  two  weeks  after the  boom  began.
Jack  Welch,  prospector,  gambler  and 
divekeeper,  was  one  of  the  first  men  on 
the  ground.  He  opened  a  saloon  in  a 
log  cabin,  once  the  home  of  a 
deserted 
former  prospector. 
It  served  the  pur­
pose  until  another  lucky  strike  or  two 
had  been  made,  when  a  gambling  den 
and  dancehall  were  added.  The  com­
pletion  of  the  dancehall  marked  the  ad­
vent  of  women  in  Silver  Crown.  Like 
the  men,  they  belonged  to  the  under 
crust  and  gold  was  their aim.

The  day  following  the  opening  of  the 
dancehall  saw  the  beginning  of  a grave­
yard  at  the  camp.  A  hilltop  convenient 
to  the  saloon  was  chosen  and  called 
Boot  Hill.  The  first  man  buried  there 
was  a  tenderfoot.  He  died  with  his 
boots  on  because  he  bad  objected  to the 
interest  which  an  old-timer  showed 
in 
one  of  Welch’s  women.  Had  he  been 
more  experienced  in, mining  camp  eti­
quette  he  would  have  killed  the  old- 
timer 
first  and  made  his  objections 
afterwards.  Welch’s  place  had  a  repu­
tation  to  make  and  this  was  a  begin­
ning.  Other  victims  were  not  lacking 
and  Boot  Hill  soon  contained  seven 
nameless  victims.

in 

It  was  during  this  stage 

Men  with  capital  bought  up  the  best 
mines  and  the  place  began  to  assume  a 
more  permanent  aspect.  Rude  dugouts 
and  log  shanties,  more  or  less  respect­
able,  replaced  the  tattered  tents.  They 
did  not 
improve  appearances,  but 
promised  greater  security  and  warmth.
the 
camp’s  development  that  an  event  took 
place  which  was  destined  to  play  an 
important  part  in  its  history.  This  was 
the  escape  of  convict  No.  27  from  the 
penitentiary  of  a  neighboring state.  No. 
27  was  serving  a  life  sentence  for  mur­
der.  For  fourteen  years  he  had  been 
known  by  this  number,  and  during  all 
this  time  his  conduct  had  been  most ex­
emplary.  He  had  at  last  grown  to  be 
regarded  by  the  prison  officials  as  “ a 
trusty.” -  Patiently,  faithfully,  day  after 
day,  year  after  year,  be  had  striven  to 
reach  that  point,  one  object  ever  before 
him,  liberty.  Oh,  if  it  might  only be his 
again!  Just  for  long  enough  to  be  re­
venged.  He  would  come  back  and 
serve  out  the  balance  of  his  life  will­
ingly.

No.  27's heart  beat  almost  to  bursting 
the  first  time  that  he  saw  prison  disci­
pline  relaxed  toward  him ;  but  his 
stolid,  hopeless  face  gave  no  sign  of the 
tumult  within.  He  went  about  his  daily

tasks  just  as  if  conditions  were  un- 
changed.  But  O  the  joy  of  the  hope 
inspired.  A  chance  to  escape  would— 
must  come.  Innocent,  he had  been  made 
to  suffer  through  the  perjured  testimony 
of  a  man  whom  he  had  trusted;  who 
had  been  his  prospecting  partner  for 
years.  He  had  been  made  a 
life  con­
vict  in  order that this man might possess 
the  one  thing  in  all  the  world  which  he 
prized  the  most,  his  wife,  whom  he 
loved  as  only  a  strong,  fierce  nature  can 
love.  Had  she  been  a  party  in  this 
atrocious  scheme?  He  did  not  know. 
He  only  knew  that  she  was  living  with 
his  enemy.  Yes,  by  all  the  power  of 
God  and  man,  his  chance  must  come.

valleys 

The  escape  of  No.  27  was  published 
far  and  wide.  Descriptions  of  him  were 
sent  to  police  and  detectives  in all  parts 
of  the  country ;  but  he  eluded  them  all.
Winter  settled  down  upon  the  land. 
Snowdrifts,  mountain  high,  filled  the 
gulches  and 
around  Silver 
Crown  and  work  on  the  various  shafts 
and  tunnels  was  at  a  standstill.  A bliz­
zard  of  unusual  severity  was  sweeping 
over  the  country  and  as  night  fell  it 
seemed  to 
increase  rather  than  dim­
inish.  Trade  at  Welch’s dive  had  been 
slim  during  the  day,  but  when  darkness 
settled  down  the  evil  den  took  on  new 
life.  Sounds  of  music  and dancing could 
be  heard  between  the  shrieks  of  the 
wind  as 
it  tore  at  roof  and  corner. 
Rough  men  and wretched women danced 
in  this  foul  place  as  if  it  were  a  pleas­
ure  and  when  the  music  stopped  all 
rushed  to  the  bar.  When  it  began  again 
other  men,  anxious  to  find  favor  in  the 
eyes  of  the  poor outcasts,  led  them  back 
to the  dance.

During  one  of  the  lulls  at  the  bar  a 
stranger  opened  the  outer  door  and 
walked  in.  He  appeared  to  be  almost 
frozen,  but  his  eyes  burned  with  a fierce 
light.  _  He  shook  the  snow  from  his  hat 
and  with  the  hat  brushed  as  much  of 
it 
from  his  boots  and  clothing  as  he could. 
Then,  walking  up  to  the  bar,  he ordered 
whisky.  This  he  drank  alone,  although 
several 
seated 
around  the  stove,  made  audible  remarks 
upon  the  same.

hangers-on, 

regular 

Jack  Welch  eyed  the  stranger sharply; 
but  he  failed  to  recognize  in  him  tine 
escaped  convict,  No.  27.  The  man 
within  the  bar and  the  man  without  had 
in  search  of  that 
toiled  side  by  side 
elusive  will-o’-the-wisp,  gold. 
They 
had  shared  the  same  bed  and  met  the 
same  dangers;  yet  fourteen  years  of 
penal  servitude  had  done  their  work  so 
well  that  the  man  inside  the  bar  failed 
to  recognize the  one  man  on  earth  whom 
he  feared  to  meet.

Schooled 

in  self-control,  the  stranger 
gave  no  sign.  Paying  for  his  drink,  be 
turned  to  the  stove  and  dropped  into  a 
vacant  chair  in  the  comer  behind  it, 
from  which  vantage  he  could  view  the 
entire  room.  He  spread  out  his  arms 
and  legs  to  take  in  the  grateful warmth. 
The  frozen  snow  upon  his  boots  melted 
and  formed  dark  pools  upon  the  floor, 
while  the  moisture  on  his 
clothing 
changed  to  steam  and  floated  upward 
into  the  teeming  atmosphere  of  smoke 
and  liquor.  He  sat  in  rigid  silence,ap­
parently  taking  no  notice  of  any  one; 
yet  not  a  move  of  the  man  behind  the 
bar  escaped  him.  He  had  planned  and 
waited,  hoped  and  craved—aye,  even 
prayed—that  this  moment  might  come. 
Outwardly  he  was  a  calm,  indifferent 
man  enjoying  the  bodily  comfort  of 
warmth  and  shelter  from  the  pelting 
blizzard. 
Inwardly  there  raged  a  storm 
of  hate  and  a  lust  for  revenge  that  con­
sumed  him.  Presently  he  arose  and  re­
moved  his  overcoat,  disclosing  the  fact 
that  he  was  heavily  armed.  This  caused 
no  comment,  however,  as  every  one 
in 
the  region  carried  a  gun.

The  music  in  the  dancehall  ceased 
and  men  and  women  trooped  in  to  the 
bar,  joined  by  the  hangers-on  around 
the  stove.  Glasses  clinked,  snatches  of 
ribald  songs  were  sung,  lewd  jests  were 
flung,  profanity  seasoned  every  utter­
ance.  No.  27  fixed  his  glittering  eyes 
upon  a  woman  in  the  throng.  Yes,  it 
was  she,  his  wife!  He  could  not  be 
mistaken. 
Years  of  debauchery  had 
wrought  terrible  havoc  in  this  once  fair 
woman,  leaving  her a  shadow  of  what 
she  once  had  been.

When  the  music  struck  up  again,  all 
except  the  woman  whom  the  stranger 
had  been  furtively  watching  hurried  to 
the  dancehall.  Had  she  recognized  him 
and  would  she  warn  the  man  behind the 
bar?  She  walked  unsteadily  around  be­
hind  the  bar  and  put  her  hand  on 
Welch’s  shoulder.  With  a brutal  oath  he 
pushed  her away ;  but  she  was  not  to be 
put  off.  A  sickening 
fear  gave  her 
courage.  She  approached  the  man again 
and  was  about  to  speak.
But  she  was  too  late. 

In  front  of  the 
bar  stood  No.  27,  a  revolver  in  each 
hand. 
face 
took  on  the  color  of  death,  while 
Welch’s  jaw  dropped  and  his  limbs 
shook  as  he  recognized  the  stranger. 
The  convict’s  chance  had  come  at  last. 
He  stood  before  them  like  an  avenging 
spirit,  his  face  distorted  with  hatred 
and  fiendish  satisfaction.  For  almost  a 
minute  he  stood 
looking  at  them,  bis 
eyes  burning  into  their shriveled  souls. 
The  scraping  music  of  the  dancehall 
violin  floated  to  their  ears.  When  he 
spoke  his  voice  was  calm  and  clear and 
his  words  few :

The  woman's  shrunken 

“ I  need  not  tell  you  what  brings  me 
is  enough  to  say  I  have  come 

here. 
to  kill  you  both. ”

It 

Two  shots  rang  out  as  one  and  No. 
27  was  revenged.  Placing the  revolvers 
upon  the  bar,  he  disappeared  into  the 
night  and  the  storm.  The music stopped 
in  the  middle  of  a  waltz  and  the  drunk­
en  revelers  rushed  in.  Even  they  were 
appalled  for  a  moment,  for  the  killing 
of  a  woman  was  not  a  common  thing 
even  in  Silver Crown.

The  next  day  there  was  an increase  of 

two  in  Boot  H ill’s  population.

Winter  reluctantly  gave way to spring. 
The  snow  from  the  gulches  and  hills 
slowly  disappeared and work  in  the  tun­
nels  and  mines  at  Silver  Crown  began 
afresh.  At  the  foot  of  a  crag  in  Jaw 
Bone  Gulch  the  body  of  a  man  was 
found.  Convict  No.  27  had  made  swift 
expiation.

“ Vengeance 

said  the  Lord.”  

is  mine,  I  will  repay, 

Mac  Allan.

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UNIONS AND  THE  BIGHT.

One  of  the  strangest  moral phenomena 
of  modern  civilization  is  the  fact  that 
an  organization  may  be  governed  by 
precepts  which  in  other  bodies  or  indi­
viduals  would  be  accounted  unfair  and 
dishonest,  without  incurring  condemna­
tion.  Contracts  and  agreements  may  be 
entered  upon  with  all  the 
form  and 
earnestness,  the  apparent  sincerity,  of 
other contracting  parties  and  then  repu­
diated  without  bringing  censure  except 
from  the  ones  suffering  from  the 
law­
less  irresponsibility;  and  usually  these 
dare  not  express  their  sense  of  injury 
and  wrong.  And  so  in  other  matters  of 
business  rights  and  ethics  there  seem 
to  be  one  code  for  society  and  another 
for  these  organizations.  Thus  they  are 
accorded  the  privilege  of  infringing  the 
plain  rights  of  the  employer  in the man­
agement  of  his  business  to  a  degree 
which  would  not  be  tolerated in another. 
He  must  run  his  factory  in  accordance 
with  unjust  regulations which work harm 
both  to  the  business  and 
its  employes, 
at  the  arbitrary  behest  of  this  body. 
If 
a  man  is  earning  too  much,  for  example 
his  work  must  be  reduced  to put  him  on 
a 
level  with  the  rest,  a  flagrant  viola­
tion  of  personal  rights  which  would  not 
be  tolerated  for  a  moment  in  any  other 
field  of  human  effort.  Why 
it  is  that 
such  deviations  from  the  most  manifest 
principles  of  correct  business  ethics 
should  be  tolerated  even  in  the  name  of 
labor  passes  comprehension.

One  of  the  possible  results  of  present 
disturbances  in  mechanical industries  is 
a  more  correct  appreciation  of  the  prin­
ciples  of  right  and  wrong  as  applied  in 
the  field  of  labor.  Little  has  been  said 
about  the  moral  features  of  the violation 
of  contracts  in  the  strikes,  but  it  is  sig­
nificant  that  employers  have  agreed 
upon the  simplest  principles  of  business 
responsibility  and  control  to  an  extent 
never  before  attempted.  This  move­
ment  is  not going  to  end  here.  There

is  bound  to  be  a  consideration  of  the 
principles  of  right  and  wrong  which 
will  eventually  place  every  business  on 
a  more  independent  basis.

In  the  present  series  of  strikes  the 
Tradesman  has  been  a  most  interested 
observer of  the  controversy  in  the  fac­
tory  of  the  National  Cash Register Com­
pany  at  Dayton,  Ohio. 
It  has  had  oc­
casion  before  this  to comment  at  length 
on  the  departure  of  the  management  of 
that  institution  in  the  way  of  providing 
for  the  welfare  and  pleasure  of  its work­
ing  people,  a  movement  which  has 
gained  worldwide  attention  in  the  field 
of  industry.  That  such  a  labor  Utopia 
should  be  subjected  to  a  common  union 
strike  is  naturally  a  matter of  great  as­
tonishment.  Various  reasons  have  been 
given  by  commentators  to  explain  the 
situation,  some  laying  the  trouble  to too 
much  paternalism,  infringing  the 
in­
dependence  of  the  workingman,  others 
more  consistently  laying  it  to  the  dis­
turbing  features  of  unionism,  but  ail 
seeming  to  miss  the  point  that  it  is  on 
account  of  the  toleration  of  a  set  of 
principles  for  its  organized  employes 
that  would  not  be  allowed  in  any  other 
field  of  human  intercourse.

J.  H.  Patterson,  President  and  one  of 
the  principal  owners  of  the  National 
Company,  has  conducted 
its  affairs  as 
manager  for  many  years.  Recognizing 
the  utility  and  economy of providing  for 
the  best  physical  and  moral  welfare  of 
his  workmen,  he  has 
instituted  and 
carried  out  a  system  of  improvements 
in  these 
said,  has 
brought  the  company  worldwide  celeb­
rity.  This  has  been  done,  Mr.  Patter­
son  states,  from  motives  of  good  busi­
ness  policy  simply  and  not  from  the  in­
tention  to  pose  as  a philanthropist.

lines  which,  as 

Conceding  the  right  of  his  employes 
to  unite  for  their own  interests,Mr.  Pat­
terson  seems  to  have  rather  welcomed 
the  organizer,  who  found  a-promising 
field  for  his  efforts. 
It  was  not  long  be­
fore  the  thousands  of  workmen  were 
united 
into  various  unions  according 
to  the  character  of  the  work.  Soon  there 
seem  to  have  followed  a  series  of  con­
ferences  and  negotiations  between  the 
various  committees  and  the  manage­
ment,  which  are  suggestive  as  to  valu­
able  time  occupied,  with  nothing  to 
show  for the  benefit  of  any  of  the  inter­
ests.

But  in  Mr.  Patterson’s  statement  of 
the  present  difficulties  there  is  the.  be­
trayal  of  a  departure  from  the  clearcut 
business  principles  and  policy  which 
seem  to  have  controlled  his  other ad­
ministration.  This  was  no  doubt  the 
result  of  a  good  natured  tolerance,  un­
conscious  largely,  for the  working  peo­
ple  which  led  him,  as  it  does  so  many 
others,  to  accept  that  which  would  not 
be  considered  in  any  other business  re­
lation.  One  of  the  early  controversies 
seems  to  have  been  over  the  use  of 
springs  on  some  of the  doors  in  the  fac­
tory  which  had  come  from a concern  not 
in  favor  with  the  union.  Mr.  Patterson 
appers  to  have  treated  this  as  a  great 
joke— forgetting  that  unions  never  joke. 
He  told  the  boys  if they  did  not  like 
the  springs  they  could 
let  the  doors 
slam,  and  so  the  springs  were  taken off. 
Aside  from  the  palliation  of  thought­
lessness,  this  acceding  to  the  request  of 
the  union  was  reprehensible  and  would 
have  been  considered  so  in  any  other 
relation  than  dealing  with  a  union.  The 
demand  was  nothing  less  than  that  the 
National  Company  should 
join  in  the 
boycott  against  the  offending  firm  that 
had  made  these  springs. 
Instead  of 
being  treated  as  a  joke,  the  committee

should  have  been  made  the recipients  of 
rebuke  and  if  they  wanted  to  strike  on 
that  account  the  subject  would  have 
been  just  as  good  a  one  to  have the fight 
upon  as  any. 
In  other words,  the  union 
had  no  more  right  than  any  other  indi­
vidual  or  body  to  make  such  a  demand. 
Had  it  come  from  any  one  else  it  would 
have  been  resented  as  an  insult. 
It was 
a  mistake  to  accede  to  it.

The  statement  of  the  differences  lead­
ing  up  to  the  present  strike  is  amusing 
for the  long  series  of  ridiculous  claims 
on  the  part  of  the  unions  and  as  ridic­
ulous  compliance  on  the  part  of  the 
management.  The  discovery  was  made 
that  tbe  towels  furnished  by  the  gener­
osity  of the  company  were  laundered by 
non-union 
labor.  This  had  to  be  cor­
rected.  Here  again  the  management 
accepted  that  from  the  committee  of  the 
union  which  would  not  be  considered  a 
moment  from  another  source. 
It  was  a 
wrong  to  the  non-union  workers  and  an 
insult  to  the  factory  management  which 
should  not  have  been  tolerated.  Then 
follows  a  long  statement  of  conferences 
and  threatened  strikes  on  account  of  the 
union  classification  of  the  various trades 
—matters  which  a  management  should 
leave  to  the  individuals  interested  and 
the  rules  of  business.  Next  came  com­
plications  on  account  of  changes  made 
in  the  manufacture,  etc.,  etc., 
etc. 
These  were  all  cases  which  should  have 
been  passed  upon  by  the  management 
and  the  ones  doing  the  work— union 
committees  had  no  right  to  meddle 
with  them.

The  lesson  is  not  for  Dayton  alone. 
In  the  hundreds  of  shops  in  which  the 
machinery 
industry  stands  paralyzed 
throughout  the  country  there  is  the  ex­
ample  of  broken  contracts  and  an  inva­
sion  of  rights.  Because  they  are unions 
they  can  do this.  But  the  time  is  com­
ing  when  the  principles  of  right  and 
wrong  will  have  force  among  organized 
workingmen  as  elsewhere.

The  brewers  of  Indiana  have  gotten  a 
fit  of  economy  of  late.  This  fit  may 
lessen  the  number  of  saloons 
in  the 
State,  but 
it  is  open  to question  as  to 
whether tbe  consumption  of  beer will  be 
in  any  ways  diminished.  They  have 
agreed  that  after  July  1  they  will  cease 
the  practice  of  starting  men 
in  the 
saloon  business,  furnishing  fixtures  and 
licenses,  on  consideration  that 
the 
saloon  thus  established  should  sell  only 
the  beer  brewed  by  the  promoter. 
It  is 
an  expensive  way  of  doing  business 
and  the  brewers  have  decided  that  it 
will  be  wiser  to  let  the  trade  follow 
its 
natural  course. 
It  was  also  agreed  to 
discontinue  the  practice  of  giving  away 
costly  calendars,  knives,  and 
other 
presents  for  the  purpose  of  advertising 
certain  brands  of  beer.  This  practice, 
it  is  said,  has  cost  the  brewers  large 
sums  annually,  and 
it  is  probable  that 
it  will  not  only  be  done  away  with  in 
Indiana,  but  in  other  states,  as  it  is  un­
derstood  that 
it  was  discussed  at  the 
meeting  of  the  National  Brewers’  Asso­
ciation  at  Buffalo  recently.

Afterward  a  union  foreman  was  dis­
charged  for  cause  from  one  of  the  de­
partments  and  a  man  put  in  his  place 
who  was  not  a  member  of  a  union.  He 
seems  to  have  maintained  his  place, 
but  at  the  expense  of  a  contest  which 
must  have  cost  the  Company  heavily. 
Had 
it  not  been  under  cover  of  the 
union  peremptory discharges would have 
settled  that  difficulty.  Later,  through 
the  coercion  of  tbe international officers, 
tbe  management  paid  wages  to two  dis­
charged  workmen  for  several  weeks—a 
wrong  to  the  Company  that  would  not 
be  possible 
in  any  way  than  through  a 
union,  but  no  less  a  wrong.  The  last 
few  months  of  the  experience  of  the 
management  in  dealing  with  tbe  unions 
is  too  tedious  to  recount.  Conferences 
with  committees  of 
local  unions  and 
with  international  officers  follow  which 
must  have  cost  many  thousands  in  the 
aggregate.

Another  interesting  feature  of  the 
statement  is  the  effect  of  the union  rules 
on  some  of  the  workmen.  Before  their 
interference  some  of  the  moulders  bad 
become  so  expert  that  they  could  earn 
six  and  even  eight  dollars  per  day. 
This  the  union  prohibited.  The  limit 
was  fixed  at  $4.50  and,  as  the  union 
rules  compelled  the  workmen  to  remain 
the  full  hours,  the  foundry  became  an 
afternoon 
lounging  and  smoking  room 
for those  who  had  finished  their  allow­
ance.  This  is  a  most  flagrant 
invasion 
of  personal  rights  and  of  the  rights  of 
the  Company  which  should  not  have 
been  allowed  for an  instant.

Had  tbe - management  of  the  Dayton 
factory  been  governed  in  their  dealings 
with the  union by  the same  rules  as  con­
trol 
in  other  things  there  would  have 
been  no  strike.  A  firm  ‘ ‘ Thus  far  and 
no  farther"  on  every  question  involving 
personal  or Company  rights  would  have 
prevented  tbe  perfection  of  an  organ­
ization  and  power  which  has  threatened 
tbe  destruction  of one  of  the  finest 
in­
dustrial  undertakings  the  world  has ever 
seeij.

Interest 

in  a  famous  old  fake  is  re­
vived  by  the  incorporation  of  the  Car­
diff  Giant  Company,  which  proposes  to 
exhibit  the  monumental  imposition  that 
made  a 
lot  of  money  for  its  original 
proprietors. 
Perhaps  Mr.  Sherlock’s 
story,  which  evoked  considerable  atten­
tion  to  the  rise  and  fall  of  this  enter­
prise  that  more  than  thirty  years  ago 
threatened  to  become  the  world’s  eighth 
it  again 
wonder,  has  helped  to  bring 
into  prominence. 
there 
will  be  room  found  on  the  Midway  at 
tbe  Pan-American  and  it.will  return  to 
the  moneymaking  business  after a  long 
and  well  earned  vacation.  Tbe  Cardiff 
giant  is  just  as  good  to  look  at  now  as 
it  was  in  1869  and  1870,  and  while  it  is 
scarcely  old  enough  yet  to  be  called 
pre-historic,  it  has  the  greater  dignity 
which  age  can  give,  and  in  that  respect 
is  better off than  it  was  when  first  dis­
closed.

Presumably 

the 

The  annual  crop  of  young lawyers will 
be  interested  in  the  announcement  be­
ing  widely  circulated  that  there  are 
forty  counties 
in  the  State  of  Texas 
utterly  without  a  legal  luminary.  When­
ever  there  is  a  lawsuit  or  an  occasion  to 
consult  an  attorney, 
inhabitants 
have  to  go to  some  other  county.  Just 
now  Texas  is  booming  and  its  popula­
tion  is  increasing  faster than  that of any 
other  state.  New  members  of  the  bar 
should  take  this  section 
into  account 
when  they  are  thinking  of  locating  and 
putting  out  a  shingle.  Tbe  Southwest 
is  enjoying  unusual  activity,  and  activ­
ity  in  a  business  way,  with  the  pros­
pect  that  the  boom  will  be  followed  by 
a  collapse,  is  very  helpful  to  the 
legal 
fraternity._____________

An  Indiana  judge  holds  "borrowing”  
an  umbrella  without the  consent  of  the 
owner,  in  the  emergency  of  a  sudden 
thunder  storm,  to  be  no  less  than  a 
crime,  and  sentences  tbe  "well-known 
young  man"  who  did  the  trick  to  a 
in 
term 
jail  and  disfranchisement  for 
five  years.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN 

6

THE  GROCER’S  BOY.

How  He  Interferred  W ith  th e  T rial  Bal­

ance.
Written for  the Tradesman.

The  grocer  was  working  on  his  trial 

balance.

This  grocer  is  one  who  regards  his 
trial  balance  seriously— as  something  to 
be  done  religiously  and  regularly  and 
by  no  means  to  be  treated  lightly  or 
evaded.

The  set  of  books  this  grocer  keeps 
would  reecive  but  small  consideration 
from  the  average  book-keeper,  for  there 
are  only  thirty  or  forty  accounts  therein 
and  five  figures  is  the  lim it;  but  when 
one  has  frequently  to  drop  his  work  in 
order to  measure gingham,  weigh  sugar, 
scale  tanbark  and  count  eggs,  or  to 
in­
spect  a  more  or  less  doubtful  specimen 
of  country  butter,  errors  will  sometimes 
creep 
in,  and  the  trial  balance  is  the 
screen  that  sifts  them  out.

The  grocer  was 

in  the  midst  of  a 
problem.  His  balance  was  off  just 93 
cents.  •  He  had 
looked  all  through  the 
entries  of  the  previous  month  for this 
amount,  for  twice  the amount,  and would 
have 
looked  for  half of  it  only  for the 
fact  that  he  does  not  use  half  cents  in 
his  business.  So  at 
length  he  had 
reached  the  point  of  hunting  for a trans­
position—the  difference  being  divisible 
by  three— and  was  deep  in  the  midst  of 
his  research.

And  then he  heard  the  clatter  of  small 
feet,  the  sound  of  a  familiar  voice,  the 
door  opened  and  shut  with  a  sounding 
crash  and  his  little  son  appeared.  The 
cherub  had  brought  with  him  a  large 
slice  of  buttered  bread  and  a  cheerful, 
although  somewhat  besmeared,  counte­
nance.

“ Well,  papa!" 

It  was  the  joyous ac­
cents  of  the  grocer’s  cherub,  but  the 
grocer  answered  not.

“ Good  morning,  papa. 

I’m  here. 
Do you  know  how  long I  can stay?  Shall 
I  tell  you  how  long  I  can  stay,  papa? 
Shall  I  papa?”

“ Huh,”   replied  the  grocer,  and  went 

on  turning  the  leaves  of  his  ledger.

“ Mamma  said  I  could  stay—how long 
do  you  think?  Shall  I  tell  you  how 
long  mamma  said  I  could  stay?  Papa, 
papa!"  and  the  infant,  with  the  aid  of 
a  convenient  chair,  began to  climb  upon 
the  grocer’s  desk.

“ Mamma  said,  if I’d  be  good,  I could 
stay  a  whole  half an  hour and  make  a 
kite,  so  maybe  I  w ill.”   And  the  boy, 
having  reached  the  coveted  location, 
seated  himself  alongside the  ledger  and, 
with  a  contented  sigh  gently, patted  the 
grocer’s  hand. 
“ Aren’t  you  glad  I 
came,  papa?  Will  you  give  me  a  piece 
of  candy  if  I’ll  stay?  Will  you,  papa? 
Say,  papa,  can  I  have  a  piece  of 
candy?”

The  grocer,  with  threatening  brow, 
“ No,”   said  he, 
turned  to  the  child. 
“ You  can’t.  You 
calmly,  but  firmly. 
can’t  have  anything. 
I’m  very  busy. 
Now  you  go away  and  let  me  alone,  I 
can’t  be  bothered  with  you.”

“ All  right,  papa,  I  won’t  bother  you 
at  all.  Mamma  said  I  couldn’t  come 
until  I  promised  I  wouldn't  make  you 
any  trouble  or  talk  to  you  or  anything  if 
you  were  busy,  so  I  won’t.  Don’t  you 
think  I’m  good  not  to  do  that?  Say, 
papa,  I  don’t  want  to  eat  all  this  bread.
I  don’t  hafto,  do  I?  Can’t  I  have  a  lit­
tle  weenty,  teenty  piece  of  candy,  just 
about  so  big,  and  then  I’ll  go  and  make 
my  kite?  Can’t  I,  papa?”

The  request  was  hesitatingly  granted, 
and  the  small  boy,  with  the  sweetest 
imaginable  “ Thank  you,  papa,”  started

for the  back  yard,  leaving  bis bread  and 
butter  on  the  desk.  Presently  he  re­
turned.

Papa, please let me  take your  kni fe. ’ ’ 
The  grocer seemed annoyed.  “ Where’s 
the  knife  Aunt  Annie  gave  you?”   he 
asked.

“ Oh,  I  traded  it  off  to  Billy  Jones.”  
it  off!”   exclaimed  the  gro­
“ Traded 

cer  in  amazement.

“ Yes,  papa.”
“ What  in  the  world  did  you  do  that 

for?”

“ For  a  ball  and  two  fish  hooks  and  a 
lead  pencil  and  a  piece  of  glass  you 
can  see  through  and 
it  makes  every­
thing  look  green.  Don’t  you  think  I 
made  a  pretty  good  trade  for  such  a  lit­
tle  boy?”
“ No, 

I  shouldn’t  think  you  had. 
say 

What  do  you  suppose  Auntie’ll 
about  it?”

“ It  wasn’t  her  knife  any  more.”  
“ Yes,  but  she  gave 
it  to  you. 

It 
was  a  present  and  people  don’t  trade  off 
presents.”

“ Oh,  don’t  they?"  was  the  cheerful 
response. 
“ Well,  I’m  going  trout  fish­
ing  pretty  soon,  and  I’ve  got  the  hooks 
now,  and  all  I  have  to  get  is  a  line  and 
pole  and  bobber  and  sinker. 
Say, 
papa,  they’ve  got  some  poles  over at 
Swasey’s  hardware  store  that  all  come 
to  pieces,  and  they  only  cost  50  cents. 
Can  I  have  one?”

“ No,  I  don’t  think  you  can.”
“ Yes,  papa,  please  let  me  have  one. 
That's  awful  cheap  for a  pole  that  all 
comes  to  pieces,  don't  you  think  so? 
Say,  can  I,  papa?”

“ You’d  trade 
that  came along. 
you  anything  like  that.”

it  off  to  the  first  boy 
It  doesn’t  pay  to  get 

“ No,  I  wouldn’t,  papa.  S-u-r-e  I 
wouldn’t. 
I’d  take  very  good  care  of 
it  and  I’d  catch  all the  fish  we  could  eat 
all  summer.  Oh,  papa,  look  at  that Eng­
lish  sparrow  out  there! 
If  I  only  had 
my  bownarrow  here  I’d  shoot  it.  Wait 
until  I  get  a  stone,”   and  out  he  rushed.
Bang!  The  stone  was  thrown,  and 
must  have  missed  the  sparrow  by  some­
thing  like  three  rods.  The  boy returned, 
disappointed  but  hopeful.

“ No,  I  didn’t  hit  him  that  time,  but 
I  guess  Billy  Jones  could  of.  He  can 
throw  awful  far.  Next  time  I’ll  have 
my  bownarrow  along  and  he  won't  get 
away  so  easy.  Say,  papa,  will  you?”  
“ Will  I  what?”   snapped  the  grocer. 
“ Get  me  that  fish  pole?”

♦   *  *

While  the 

lamenations  were  subsid­
ing,  the  small  boy  sat  on  the  counter 
and  swung  his  legs  over  its  edge.  The 
grocer  was  again  getting  into  line  with 
his  work,  while  the  clerks  busily  and 
intelligently  attended  to  the  require­
ments  of  trade.  At  length :

“ Papa,  is  Lincoln  an  angel?”
“ Of course."
“ Washington  is,  too,  isn’t  he?”
“ Yes,  I  suppose  so.  Now  keep  still.” 
“ But  he  is  surely,  isn’t  he?”
“ Yes,  yes,”   impatiently.
“ People  who 

smoke  can’t  go  to 

heaven,  can  they?”

The  grocer  dropped  his  pen  and,  with 
reproach  burning  on  his  lips,  turned  to 
the  child ;  but  something  in  the  sweet 
face  and  fearless  eyes  that  met  his  gaze 
so quietly  and  confidently  softened  his 
answer.

“ Why,  perhaps,”   said  he,  “ that 

is, 

“ George  Washington  wouldn’t smoke, 

some  of  them. ”

would  he?”

“ Oh,  no.”
“ Not  even 

he?”

if  he  wanted  to,  would 

“ No,  son,  but  then  of  course  he 
wouldn’t  want  to.  Nobody  smokes  in 
heaven.  The  smoking’s  all  done  in  the 
other  place. ’ ’

“ In  what  other  place,  papa?”
“ Why, 

in— in— in  Bellaire. 
know  they  have  a  fire  there  every 
while."

You 
little 

“ Does  everybody  in Beilaire smoke?” 
‘ ‘ No,  of  course  not. ’ ’
“ Why  don’t  they?”
“ I’m  sure  I  don’t  know.”
“ You  would  if  you  lived  in  Bellaire, 

wouldn't  you,  papa?”

“ Probably. ”
‘ ‘ Is  Bellaire  anywhere  near  heaven?”  
“ No,  my  son. ”
| 
“ In  heaven  is  only  Washington  and 
Lincoln  and  Jesus  and  God.  Say,  papa, 
God  can  do  anything,  can’t  he?”

“ Of  course.”
“ He  could 

he?”

lift  our  house,  couldn’t 

“ Yes.”
“ And  the  Methodist  church,  too.  He 
if  he  wanted  to. 

could 
Say,  papa,  how  strong  is  God?”

lift  anything 

The  grocer  was  fast  losing  his  mental 
balance.  He  was  over  his  depth  in  a 
theological  discussion  and  beginning  to 
flounder.  At  this  moment  the  phone 
called  him  from  his  desk,  and  he  ac­
cepted  the  incident  as  a  special 
inter­
position  of  Providence  in  his  behalf.

Mrs.  Grocer  was  at  the  other  end  of 

the  wire.  Said  she :

“ Aren’t  you  ever going to send  Johnny 
home  with  the  yeast? 
I  told  him  to 
come  back  with  it  in  just  half  an  hour 
and  the  time  was  up  long  ago.”

Geo.  L.  Thurston.

The  D rum m er’s  F aults  From   a Victim ’s 

Standpoint.
just 

A  drummer  had 

left  one  of  the 
most  widely  sought  furnishing  goods 
buyers  in  Chicago  when  the  writer  hap­
pened  in.  “ There's  a  good  fellow  when 
you  know  him,”   remarked  the  buyer, 
“ but  he  has a  whole  lot  of  bad  habits.”  
This  remark  seemed  to  be  the  key­
note  to  account  for the  failure  of  some 
drummers  to  make  successes  of  them­
selves  and  the  victim  of  so  many 
drummers  was  asked  for  a  list  of  faults 
that  a  drummer  is  most  likely  to  fall 
into.

Here  is  his  list:
Leave  your  cigar  outside.  The  buy­
it, 
in­

er  may  be  a  smoker,  and  not  mind 
but  it  does  not  look  well  and  may 
fringe  rules.

Chew  tobacco,  if  you  must,  in  your 
room  at  the  hotel  or on  the street—never 
in  a  customer’s  store.  Same  applies  to 
gum.

Don’t  call  a  buyer  by  his given name. 
It  may  sound  friendly,  but  it  drops  the 
buyer  a  few  notches  in  the  estimation of 
his  clerks.

Don’t  be  friendly  with  clerks.  Treat 
let  it  get 

them  courteously,  but  don’t 
beyond  necessary  civility.

Above  all  things,  do  not  seek  to  con­
verse  with  the  lady  cashier  or  clerk,  if 
there  is  one.

The  drummer who  slyly  seeks  to  post 
himself  on  the  conditions  of  stock  by 
pumping  a  clerk  is  the man who  has  the 
fewest  friends  among  the  buyers.  They 
invariably  find  him  out.

Another  equally  bad  habit  is  to 

look 
over the  shelves  and  remark  about  there 
being  a  competitor’s  goods  in  the stock. 
This  never  accomplishes  any  good  with 
any  sort  of  a  buyer.  It  is  a  boomerang.
Think  twice  before  you  tell  a  buyer 
that  you  came  out  of  your  way  to  see 
him. 
It  does  not  add  to  your  impor­
tance  nor strengthen  his  friendship  for 
you.  Lies  seldom  do good.

In  showing  samples  do  not  try  to  im­
press  a  buyer that  you  know  more  than 
line  that  you 
he  does  and  sort  out  the 
know  (?)  his  trade  wants. 
Let  the 
buyer  know  a  little—if he  doesn’t and is 
the  right  kind  of  a  buyer  he  will  ask 
your advice.

in  the  next  town. 

Don’t  open  out  your  order  book  and 
boast  of  having  sold  John  Jones  and 
William  Smith 
It 
does  not  add  to  your  importance  or  im­
press  him  with  your ability  as  a  sales­
man.  Give  the  buyer  credit  for  know­
ing  that  it  was  the  price  that  really  sold 
the  goods.

The  drummer  who  shows  his  temper 
when  a  buyer  tells  him  that  he  can  not 
use  any  of  his  goods  had  better cross 
that  buyer off  of  his  memorandum  book 
— he  will  not  get  a  second  chance  to 
show  his  samples.

A  countermand  may  result  from  ac­

cepting  a  small  order  sneeringly.

Verbal  promises  should  never  be 
given—unless  you  do  not  mean  to  keep 
them.  Everything  should  be  down  in 
writing  on  the  order  blank—the  sales­
man, may  not  be  at  home  when  a  verbal 
promise 
is  quoted  to  the  house  and  the 
loss  of a  customer  may  result.

Disparaging  remarks  made  to  one 
buyer about  another  are  like  bad  money 
— they  are  sure  to get  back  to  the  pass­
er,  especially 
if  they  amount  to  any­
thing.

It  is  not  even  all  right  to  ask  the 
proprietor  out  to  dinner. 
It  is  only  a 
covert  method  of  seeking  favors.  Ask­
ing  a  buyer  out  to  dinner  is  nothing 
more  nor  less  than  a  proffered  bribe.

“ Please”   and  “ thank  you”   do  not 
cost  anything,  and  a  prodigal  use  of 
them  can  not  but  revert  to  the  drum­
mer’s  good.

It 

is  presumption  to  wait  until  you 
have  secured  your order and  then  bring 
in  another  drummer to  introduce  him  to 
the  buyer. 
It  is  a  bad  habit  to  do  it  at 
any  time.  These  are  the  faults  pointed 
out  by  this  popular  buyer.  While  on the 
subject  it  will  not  be  out  of  place  to 
say:

That  no  firm  is  benefited  or  elevated 
by  the  drummer  who  stands  outside  of 
the  hotel  in  a  small  town  and  displays 
his  “ city  freshness”   for  the  benefit  of 
the  town  folks,  especially  directing  it  to 
the  girls  who  pass.

We  D rink  Oceans of Coffee.

One-half  of  the  world’s  production  of 
coffee  berries  is  brought  to  the  United 
States.  Americans  are  the  greatest 
coffee  drinkers  on  the  face  of  the  globe 
now,  and  every  year  the  consumption 
of  coffee  is  increasing  here.

Last  year  it  was  more  than  800,000,- 
000  pounds  for  the  whole  country,  or 
more  than  10%  pounds  a  head  of  the 
population.  Germany  and  France  to­
gether  only  consumed  half  as  much 
less  than  6%  pounds 
coffee,  Germany 
a  head  and  France  only  4^  pounds  per 
capita.  The  United  Kingdom  used  lit­
tle  more  than  half  a  pound  of  the  ber­
ries  per  head  of  the  population,  but 
over there  they  made  up  for  it by drink­
ing  more  tea  than  any  other  nation.

More  than  a  million  dollars  is  sent 
out  of  the  United  States  every  week 
in 
payment  for coffee.  South  and  Central 
American  countries,  which  supply  us 
with  more  than  600,000,000  pounds  of 
coffee  a  year,  get  most  of  the  money. 
Puerto  Rico,  Java  and  the  Philippines 
get  almost  all  the  rest,  but  a  little  goes 
to  Hawaii,  where  they  produce  a  very 
superior  brand  of  coffee  berry.

Last  year  the  total  value  or  the  coffee 
imported 
into  the  United  States  was 
about  $60,000,000,  and  that  was  less 
than  for several  years,  because  the 
im­
port  price  of  coffee has  fallen about one- 
half.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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Dry Goods

W eekly  M arket  Review  of  the  P rincipal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons— Ducks  and  brown  os- 
naburgs  show  no  practical  change.  Any 
thought  on  the  part  of  buyers  of 
bleached  cottons  in  regard  to  reductions 
in  prices  should  be  given  up  now,  for 
it  is  very  unlikely  that  any  will  be 
made.  The  present  quotations  will  un­
doubtedly  be  maintained,  and  advances 
are  not  at  all  improbable.  An  increase 
in  the  business  is  now  looked  for on 
this  account  as  soon  as  buyers  under­
stand 
it.  The  demand  for  wide  sheet­
ings  has  been  quiet,  and  cotton  flannels 
and  blankets  show  no  change.  Coarse 
colored  cottons  are  steady  at  previous 
quotations.

Prints  and  Ginghams— In  nearly  all 
directions  the  business  in  printed  cot­
ton  goods  has  been  very  satisfactory. 
There  is  no  doubt  that  the  prices  made 
on  fall  goods  are  acceptable  to  the  buy­
ers,  for  they  have  taken  hold  in  a  very 
satisfactory  manner.  The  amount  of 
business  transacted  shows  an  increase 
almost  every  day.  Most of  this  has  been 
on  the  more  staple  styles,  but  fancies 
have  shown  up  to  a  moderate  extent. 
Indigo  blues  have  been  selling  with 
some  freedom  and  are  still  in  good  re­
quest.  Mournings,  Turkey  reds,  shirt­
ings,  etc.,  show  a  business  considerably 
above  the  recent  average.  There  has 
been  no  change  in  the  market  in  per­
cales  or  in  napped  fabrics  of  any  kind. 
A  good  business  has  been  transacted  in 
the  leading  lines,  but  outside  of  that 
it 
has  been  quieter.  Ginghams  of  all 
kinds  are  steady.

Dress  Gdbds—The  dress  goods  mar­
ket  continues 
in  a  quiet  position,  the 
duplicate  orders  being  few  and  far  be­
tween.  The  jobber  has  not  yet  secured 
any  sizable  volume  of  orders  on  fall 
fabrics,  and 
is  not  ready  therefore  to 
place  any  duplicate  orders  of  moment. 
The  suitmaker  is  not  much  of  a  factor 
in  the  situation,  as  he  has  completed 
his  first  purchases,  but  has  not  yet  had 
an  opportunity  of  testing  his  trade,  not 
having  completed  his  lines.  The  pres­
ent  dull  condition  of  the  dress  goods 
market  will  continue  until  jobbers  and 
garment  manufacturers  find  their  trade 
ready  to  operate.  There  is  still  some 
complaint  from  garmentmakers  regard­
ing  delayed  deliveries.  The  skirting 
business  is of modest proportions.  There 
is  a  modest 
influx  of  orders  on  such 
goods  as  thibets,  beavers  and  mixtures. 
The  plaid  back  does  not  go,  despite  all 
the  expectant  talk  one  has  heard  during 
the  past  several  weeks.  The  buyer  has 
shown  the  greatest  preference  for  plain 
materials.  The  cloaking  trade  shows 
little  interest  in  the  fabric  market,aside 
from  an  occasional  order on  tan  or  cas­
tor  kerseys.

Cloakings— The  cloaking  business 

is 
subject  to so  many  vagaries  and  uncer­
tainties  that  there 
is  always  an  air  of 
mystery  and  doubt  in  the  future.  Dame 
Fashion 
is  so  changeable  in  her  ideas 
and  whims  that  the  cloakmaker,  after 
his  enthusiasm  regarding  a  certain  fab­
ric  wears  off  a 
little,  is  apt  to  see  a 
menace  whete  none  exists.  The  cloak- 
maker  is  in  a  maze  of  uncertainty  re­
garding  the 
length  and  cut  of  the  fall 
garments.  The  long  garment,  it  is  gen­
erally  predicted,  will  dominate 
the 
market  again  the  coming  season,  but 
there  are  those  who  express the  opinion 
that  short  jackets  will  come  more  into 
favor  than  was  the  case  last  year.

Underwear— The  warm  weather  has

It 

resulted  in  clearing  off  some  of  the  job­
bers’  lightweight  stocks  and  they  are 
now  in  good  shape.  During  the week  a 
large  number  of  small  orders  came  to 
hand  which  made  an  excellent  aggre­
gate  business. 
It  is  evident  that the 
retailers  have  secured  a  good  business 
since  the  weather  became  seasonable, 
but  so  much  cold  weather  has  prevailed 
that  in  spite  of  the  quick  reduction  of 
stocks,  they  do  not  feel confident  enough 
to  order  what  would  naturally  be needed 
to  carry  them  through  the  season.  This 
is  shown  very  clearly  by  the  erratic 
way  in  which  the  ordering  is  done.  A 
very  hot  day  will  give  the  retailers good 
business,  and  the  following  day  will 
mean  larger  orders  placed  with  the  job­
bers.  A  cool  day  will  diminish  the  re­
tailers’  business,  and  the  orders  placed 
with  the  jobbers  will  show a correspond­
ing  decrease. 
is  almost  a  hand-to- 
mouth  way  of  doing  business,  yet  per­
haps  under  the  conditions,  and  with 
stocks  as  they  are,  it  is  the  safer  way. 
Balbriggans  continue  to  be  the 
leading 
style  of  lightweight  underwear  for  men, 
while  for  women,  ribbed  goods  at  $4.50 
per  dozen  and  below,  if  they  can  be  de­
immediately,  are 
livered 
in  good  de­
mand. 
In  these  goods  it  looks  now  as 
though  the  buyers  considerably  under­
estimated  their  needs.  Bleached  goods 
are  in naturally the  greatest demand,  but 
there 
is  also  a  fair  request  for  pinks, 
blues,  lavenders  and  some  blacks.

Carpets— Manufacturers  of 

ingrains 
are  now  fairly  busy  on  all  grades  of 
goods.  Some  have  been  fortunate  in 
obtaining  enough  orders  to  last them  for 
the  remainder  of  the  season,  while 
in­
stances  have  also  been  found  where  the 
manufacturers  have  only  orders  enough 
to  last  for one  or  two  months.  As  a  re­
sult,  the 
latter  are  purchasing  yarn  in 
only  limited  quantities  to  cover  orders 
in  hand.  There  is  very  little  disposi­
tion  to  speculate 
in  advance  of  future 
requirements.

Between  the  great  things  that  we  can 
not  do,  and  the  small  things  we will  not 
do,  the  danger  is  that  we  shall  do  noth-  j 
ing.

S u m m e r

R e s o r t s
G.  R. &  I

OK  THE

“  The  Fishing  Une ”

The  Passenger  Department  of  the  Grand 
Rapids &  Indiana  Railway  has  issued  a  36- 
page  booklet,  entitled  “ Michigan  in  Sum­
mer,’’ that contains 260 pictures  of resorts in 
Northern Michigan.  Interesting information 
is given about these popular resorts:
Petoskey 
Bay  View 
H arbor  Springs 
H arbor P oint 
W equetonsing 
R oaring Brook 
Em m et Beach 
'Walloon  Lake
It  contains  a  list  of  hotels  and  boarding 
houses in Northern Michigan, with their rates 
by the day  and  week,  and  passenger  fares 
from the principal points in the Middle West.

M ackinac  Island
Traverse  City
N eahtaw anta
Ornena
N ortbport
N orthport  P oint
Kdgewood
and  o ther  points

This booklet w ill be  sent  free

upon request  to  C.  L.  I o c k  w o o d,  General 
Passenger and Ticket Agent,  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan.

The summer train schedule goes Into effect 
June 30.  Time  cards  and  full  Information 
regarding connections,  the  “ Northland  Ex­
press ’’ with  cafe  car  service,  will  be  sent, 
and  assistance given  to  plan  a  comfortable 
trip via the
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway

Several  Lots

of soft shirts at $4 50 per dozen just 
received.  They  are  pretty  pat­
terns  and  have  detached  collars 
and cuffs.  If your  line  of  sizes  is 
broken  send orders by mail.  They 
will  receive prompt attention.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer &  Co.

Wholesale Dry Goods, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Organdies 

Dimities 

Lawns

Percales 

Ginghams'

Prices have  been  reduced to close them out.

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WHOLESALE  DRY GOODS, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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his  stock  of goods  or  his  clerks.  The 
moral  influence  that  his  establishment 
has  on  the  minds  of  his customers  is one 
of  his  most  valuable  assets,  although 
i 
is  only  partially  transferable.

Then  what  kind  of  business  sense  i 
it  to  use  a  ten  thousand  dollar  influence 
to  sell  goods  that  can  be  disposed  of  by 
the  efforts  of  a  ten-cent  man?  Clearly 
it  is  as  foolish  as  to  use  a  razor to  split 
cordwood. 
is  as  extravagant  and 
wasteful  as  it  is  to  use  all  the  power  of 
an  elecrtic  light  plant  to  run  a  merry 
go-round. 
It  is  sheer  unqualified  waste 
of  time  and  means  and  energy,  and  that 
always  spells  failure  in  the  long  run.

It 

A  large  establishment  simply  can  not 
afford  to  cheapen  its  methods  of  mer 
chandising.  In  the  long run it must raise 
its  standards  or go  to  the  wall. 
It  can 
not  ‘ afford,  except  in  occasional  and 
transitory  circumstances,  to  depart  from 
the  policy  of  elevating  the  tone  of  its 
business.  If  it does,  it  is  as  surely  wast 
its  energy  and  dissipating  its  re 
ing 
sources  as 
if  its  stock  of goods  were 
thrown  into  the  street.

These 

should 

considerations 

be 
enough  to  lead  any  man  to  fight  shy  of 
catering  to  the  public  with cheap goods 
If  he  does  sell  them  he  should  have 
i 
clearly  understood  that  they  are  on  sale 
against  his  will,  his  judgment  and  his 
advice.

This  matter has a  moral  side  as  well 
A  scamp  can  and  will  calculate  on  the 
profit  and  power  that  he  can  gain  by 
mere  appearances.  He  can  be  depended 
upon  to  conduct  his  business  upon  as 
impressive  a  scale  as  possible,  for he 
knows  that  such  a  method  of  doing 
things  makes  his  swindle  all  the  more 
easy  of operation.  He  can  and  will  en 
deavor to get  as  much  good-will  as  pos 
sible  to  facilitate  the  fleecing  of  his 
victims ;  but  his  operations  are  neces 
sarily  confined  to  a  short  space  of  time. 
Soon  he  is  found  out  and  clears  out.

With  the  regular  merchant  endeavor 
ing  to do  an  honest  business  it  is differ 
ent.  He  can  not  afford  to  let  his  influ­
ence  in  the  community  be  unworthily 
exerted.  It  means  ruin,  sooner or  later. 
On  moral  grounds  as  well  as  on  sordid

f rounds  of  self-interest  he  is  forced  to 

ght  continually  against  lowering  the 
standard  of  his  business.  Trading  up 
is  as  necessary  to  his  business  life  and 
health  as  the  upward  growth  of  a  tree  is 
necessary  if  it  is  ever  to bear  fruit  and 
escape  barrenness  and  death.—Apparel 
Gazette.

Values

W hen  placing  your  or­
der  for  Fall  1901  the  ques­
tion  of  V A L U E   should en­
ter  into  consideration.

Our  salesmen  will  start 
in  a  few  days  to  show  you 
the  best  V A L U E S   ever 
placed  before  you.

Our  C L O T H IN G  

la­
beled  with  the accompany­
ing  trade  mark  stands  to­
day  the  acknowledged  un­
excelled  clothing  for  tail­
oring,  designing,  style  and 
smartness.

Should  our  salesmen  not 
call  to  explain  the  impor­
tant  facts about  our  cloth­
ing,  write  for  sample  gar­
ments.

M.  Wile  &  Co.

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

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You are  all  right  when 
you  buy right goods  right.

Sterling  Overalls

Are right.  The prices are right and  our 
shipments  are  right.  You  better write

Ask to see Samples of

Pan-American 
Guaranteed  Clothing

Makers

Wile Bros.  & Weill, Buffalo, N. Y.

Overalls, Shirts,
Coats,  Etc.

Morris  W.  Montgomery
Lansing,  Michigan

Clothing

'   Avoid  Catering to  the  Public W ith Cheap 

Goods.

Many  people  purchase  cheap  goods 
because  they  are influenced by surround 
ings. 
If they  see  a  suit  marked  down 
from  twelve  to  six  dollars  in  a  cheap 
shop 
in  a  cheap  district,  and  directly 
after  a  four  dollar  suit  behind  plate 
glass  in  a  leading  store  in  a  first-class 
district,  the  latter  bargain  will  appeal 
more  strongly  to them  and  the sutround 
ings  will  sell  the  goods.

It  is,  of  course,  easy  to  see  why 

as 

cheap  suit  exposed  before  the  door  of 
a  cheap  store  in  a  cheap  district,  with 
the  glaring  light  of  day  upon  it  to  show 
all  its  defects,  should  not  appeal  to  an 
intending  purchaser  as  much 
cheaper  suit  artistically  displayed  in 
surroundings  that 
it  quality  and 
style  and  that  gloss  over  its  defects 
And  it  is  easy  to  see  why  a  man  would 
prefer  to  buy  a  cheap  suit  at  a  first 
class  establishment  rather than  at  a  lit 
tie  obscure  place 
is 
ashamed  to  be  seen.  Natural  love  of 
beauty  and 
ingrained  pride  or  vanity 
are  sufficient  to  explain  the  preference

in  which  he 

lend 

But  the  real  reason  lies  deeper  than 
this.  Esthetic  sense  and  pride  or  van 
ity  are  not  sufficient  causes  to  explain 
why  a  large  number  of  people  will  buy 
cheap  clothing  under  circumstances  as 
stated  above.

A 

large  establishment,  just  because 
of  its  size,  has  a  certain  standing 
in  a 
community  that  a  smaller  establishment 
can  not  hope  to  have. 
Its  position  in 
the  favored  business  district  of a  town 
or  city,  its  elegant  appointments, 
its 
large  force  of  salesmen,  and  its  com 
mercial  importance  as  a  leading  estab 
lishment  of  the  place  give  it  a  peculiar 
moral 
influence  over  the  people  who 
pass  its  doors.  They reason:  “ Here  is 
a  merchant  who  is  a  power  in  the  com 
munity.  He  requires  a  large  capital  to 
conduct  such  an  establishment.  He has 
large  interests  at  stake.  He  is  depend­
ent  on  the  good  will  of  the  community 
to  a  greater  extent  than  the  small  man 
around  the  corner  who  would  drop  out 
of  sight  without  anybody  taking  notice. 
Naturally,  therefore,  it  is  to  this  deal­
er’s  interest  to guard  his  steps  far  more 
cautiously  than  his  small  fellow  trades­
man  does.  He  can  not  afford  to  do 
things  that  his  small  competitor  may 
do.  He  has  a  standing  in  the  commu­
nity  and  an  interest  in  the  well  being of 
his  customers  that  the  smaller  man  can 
not  be  expected  to  have.  Naturally  he 
will  weigh  considerations more carefully 
and  his 
judgments  will  have  more 
weight.  And  when  the  passerby  sees 
a  four-dollar  suit 
latter  mer­
chant’s  window  he  is  more  impressed 
by 
it  than  by  the  six-dollar one  in  the 
other  man’s  window,  because  he  feels 
that  the  judgment  of  the  one  man 
is 
worth  more  than  the  difference  between 
the  two  suits.  He  feels  safer  in  buying 
the  four-dollar  suit  than  the  six-dollar 
suit,  and  so  he  buys  it.

in  this 

Individual  customers do not conscious­
ly  go  through  such  a  process  of  reason­
ing,  but  this  is  the  process  of  reason­
ing  that  influences  them  unconsciously. 
The  real  factor  that  determines  the  sale 
of  the  goods 
influence 
exerted  on  the  customer  by  the  prestige 
of  the  establishment.

is  the  moral 

Is  it 
Is  this  prestige  worth  money? 
Is  it 
a  thing  to  be  gained  in  a  night? 
a  thing  to  be  wasted  and  squandered? 
A  good  business  man  expects  his  pres­
tige  to  make  money  for  him  as  much  a s!

Get  our  prices  and  try 
our  work  when you need

Rubber and 
Steel  Stamps 
Seals, etc.

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Shoes  and  Rubbers
Large  Prices  for  M aking  Shoes  F or  De­

formed  Feet.

“  I  will  give  $1,000 to  the  man  who 
has  a  pair  of  feet  that  I  can’t  make 
walk;”   says  Matthew  Hilgert,  shoe­
maker,  the  only  man  in  New  York  who 
ever  got  $5,000  for  a  pair  of  shoes.

“ I  never  make  a  price  on  a  pair  of 
shoes  for  a  rich  man,”   says  the  little 
shoemaker. 
“ I  simply  contrive  a  pair 
of  shoes  for  him.  He  walks,  he  jumps 
on  and  off  cars,  he  plays  golf.  Then 
he  makes out  a  check,  usually  for a  big­
ger  sum  than  1  would  have  had  the 
nerve  to  ask.

‘ ‘ With  the  poor  it’s  different. 

I  tell 
them,  if  I  can,  exactly  what  the  shoes 
are  going  to  cost.  Sometimes  it  isn’t 
anything.  But  my  gracious,  don’t  you 
put  that  in.  There  are  300,000 crippled 
people 
I ’m  only  one 
shoemaker. ”

in  New  York. 

Judge  Stiner,  in  the  Eighth  District 
Court,  recently  allowed  Hilgert  a  bill 
of $310  for  one  pair  of  shoes.  The  way 
of  it  was  this:  The  shoemaker  made 
the  shoes  for  Charles  Carpenter.  Car­
penter  is  said  to  have  one  of  the  oddest 
pair of  feet  a  man  was  ever  bom  with. 
George  K.  Carpenter,  brother  of  the 
crippled  man,  heard  of  Hilgert  and  or­
dered  a  pair  of  shoes  for  Chas.  Carpen­
ter.  The  cripple  put  them  on  and 
walked  about 
like  any  other  man. 
When  the  bill  came  for  the  shoes  it  was 
$310.  Brother  Carpenter  went  to  law.

‘ ‘ M’m,  $310  for one  pair  of  shoes!”  

gasped  the  Judge.
•  ‘ ‘ Your  Honor,  it  took  me  eight  weeks 
to  make  those  shoes,’ ’ said  the  shoe­
maker.

“ Your  Honor,  I  paid  Hilgert $250  for 
one  pair of  shoes. 
I  would  pay  $1,000 
rather  than  be  without  them,”   testified 
William  D.  Brooks,  glass  manufacturer 
at  44  Barclay  street.

Brooks’  joints  were  terribly  anchlosed 
from  disease.  He  couldn't  walk  and 
the  shoemaker  set  him  on  his  feet.  To 
the  surprise  of  Hilgert,  when  the  trial 
came  off  the  wealthy  manufacturer  ap­
peared  to  testify  for  him.
After  examining  the 

the 
shoes  of  Carpenter  and  Brooks  Judge 
Stiner  said,  ‘ ‘ $310  and  costs. 
I  think a 
like  that  is  worth  more 
pair  of  shoes 
than  trade  prices.”   Hilgert 
is  the 
highest-priced  shoemaker  in  the  world. 
He  says  that  he  is  the  most  remarkable 
— being a  surgeon and  a shoemaker both. 
He  has  1,900  customers.

feet  and 

He  has  a  collection  of  over  2,000 plas­

ter  casts  of  queer  feet.

He  holds  mortgages  on  hundreds  of 
shoes  that  he  has  made.  The  wearers 
are  paying  for  them 
in  installments. 
“ All  these  are  mortgages  on  shoes,”  
said  Hilgert  as  he  took  a  thick roll from 
his  desk  and  read  a  few  samples.

He  is  the  son  of  John  Peter  Hilgert, 
a  famous  surgeon-shoemaker  in  Berlin, 
Germany.  Matthew Hilgert  himself  was 
country—Galena,  111., 
born 
“ General  Grant's 
says 
proudly.

town,”   he 

this 

in 

He  took  to  making  shoes for deformed 
feet  as  a  duck  takes  to  water.  Two 
years  ago  he  came to  New  York.  Since 
then  he  has  made  shoes  for  many  rich 
cripples.

“ To  tell  the  truth,”   says  Hilgert,  “ I 
owe  something  to  the  fact  that most peo­
ple  take  me  for  a  foreigner.  They 
prefer  to  think  that  they  are  getting 
their  shoes  made  by  a  scientific French­
man,  instead  of  a  scientific  American. 
Ha,  ha!

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

“ Look  at  these,”   he  said, 
down  two  ghastly  plaster  clubs.

taking 

They  were  duplicates  of  the  feet  of  a 
New  York  millionaire  who  paid  the  lit­
tle  shoemaker  $5,000  for  one  pair  of 
is  a  stockbroker  on  Wall 
shoes.  He 
lives  on  Riverside  Drive. 
Street.  He 
He 
is  forty-one  years  old,  and  has  a 
wife  and  children.  He  has  always  been 
a  cripple.  One  day,  driving  by,  he saw 
the  plaster  casts 
in  Hilgert’s  window 
and  went  in.

“ Give  me  three  months  and  I’ll  set 

you  up,”   said  Hilgert.

When  the  shoes  were  done  the  broker 

handed  Hilgert  $5,000.

“ That  wasn't  my  fee,”   explains  the 
“ I  wouldn’t  charge  that 

It  was  simply  a  present.”

shoemaker. 
much. 

While  the  reporter  waited  in Hilgert’s 
office  the  other  day  the  millionaire  was 
getting  fitted  with  a  second  pair  of 
shoes.  He  wears  one  pair  nearly  two 
years.  The  shoe  and  the  patent  on  it 
belong  to  the  customer,  and he  can  have 
it  made  by  any  shoemaker.

The  surgeon-shoemaker  has 

every 
patient  with  deformed  feet  stand  up 
straight  or  be  propped  up  in  a  normal 
attitude.  Thus  he  discovers  what  weak 
point  prevents  an  equilibrium.  Then 
he  studies  out  a  plan  to  mend  the  de­
fect.  His  second 
idea  is  to  distribute 
weight  away  from  tender  spots.  If  there 
is  a  protuberance  on  the  foot  he  makes 
a  cushioned  socket  to  meet  it. 
If  there 
is  an  unnatural  hollow  he  fashions  a 
soft  bump  to  fill  it.

“ Then  after the  inside  is  comfortable 
I  cater  to  fashion,”   smiles  the  little 
“ I  build  up  on  that  queer 
shoemaker. 
inside  a  shoe  that 
follows  whatever 
style  suits  the  fancy.  Never  mind  how 
many  queer  turns  on  the  inside,  we’ll 
make  the  outside  trim.”

Before  beginning  a  shoe  Mr.  Hilgert 
makes  a  plaster  impression  of  the  foot 
and  also  a  cast.  First  he  examines  a 
foot  with  microscopic  care.  He  goes 
over  the  entire  foot,  touching  it  lightly 
here  and  there.  He  covers  the  whole 
foot  with  markings  in  India 
In 
the  center  of  each  marking  be  places  a 
hieroglyphic  which  means 
“ sore,”  
“ callous,”   or  whatever  it  may  be. 
When  the  entire  foot  is  thus  marked  he 
has  the  patient  set  it  down 
in  a  soft 
plaster  mould.  When  the  mould  is  re­
moved  the  ink  markings  are  printed 
in 
plaster.  From  these  moulds  and  from 
a  plaster  cast  he  works  as  he  would  on 
the  foot  itself.

ink. 

“ ‘ Put  yourself 

in  bis  place,  is  my 
motto, ”   says  Hilgert.  He  experiments 
with  nearly  every  shoe  on  his  own  foot. 
He  tries  to 
imagine  himself  with  the 
deformity,  twists  his  ankles,  crooks  his 
knees  and  hobbles  about  in  the  shoes  he 
is  fitting.

He  carries  this  notion  to  great length. 
“ You 
“ Notice  my  cards,”   he  said. 
observe  they  say,  ‘ Yours  for  comfort— 
M.  Hilgert. ’  That’s  to  make  folks  feel 
that  they  aren’t  crippled.  Only 
just 
sensible  enough  to  wear  comfortable 
shoes.

“ Any  person  with 

locomotor  ataxia 
can  walk,”   says  Mr.  Hilgert.  He  holds 
that  nine  cases  out  of  ten  of that disease 
are  brought  on  by  the  chafing  of  ill- 
fitting  shoes.— N.  Y.  World.

Henderson’s 

Red  School  House 

Shoes

Will build up your  business.
Write for information.

C.  M.  HENDERSON  &  CO.

“ Western Shoe Builders ” 

Chicago,  111.

Q.  Who made Grand  Rapids famous for shoes?
A.  Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &  Co.
Q.  What are some of the lines  made by them  th a t  o t h e r s  im it a t e ?
A.  The Hard  Pan, Oregon Calf,  Keystone and Star Lines.
Q.  How may their goods be distinguished from all others?
A.  By having the name  Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &  Co.  stamped  on  the 

sole and lining of every  shoe they make.

If interested drop a postal to the house  and  one  of  our  traveling  men 

will be pleased to call on you.

Our own  make of shoes  are  made to fit, 
will  therefore  give  the  longest  wear.

Makers of Shoes 
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.

If not

W hy  not

Buy  Bradley  &  Metcalf  C o.’s  Shoes  and  you 
buy  the  Best.  They  will  make  you  friends.

Bradley  &  Metcalf Co.

Milwaukee,  Wis.

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(Beware  of the Imitation W aterproof L eg ­
ging  offered  )  Our price  on

Men’ s  W aterproof  Legging,  Tan
or  Black,  per  dozen...............
Same  in  B oys’,  above knee..........

Send  us  your  advance  order  early  before 
the  rush  is  on.  Send  for  Catalogue.

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M A N U FA C T U R ER S  

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

M M M M f l t M M H M M M H M M N M

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

13

Modern  Suggestion«  F or Up-to-Date  Shoe 

Iiealers.

We  recently  heard a retailer complain 
ing  of  the  great  number  of  traveling 
representatives  he  was  obliged  to  give 
audience  nowadays.  He  said  he  grew 
tired  of 
looking  at  samples  and  was 
heartily  glad  when  the  between  seasons 
gave  him  a  breathing  spell. 
It  has 
been  the  writer’s  experience  that  the 
merchant  who  feels  and  talks  this  way 
can  generally  be  spotted  without the  aid 
of  this  declaration  by  the  appearance 
and  conditions  of  his  stock  and  h 
business.

The  traveling  salesmen  with  their  va 
rieties  of  leathers,  styles  and  ideas  are 
outside  the  trade  papers,  the  best  me 
dium  of  education  the  retailer  has.  The 
live,  wide-awake  and  successful  mer 
chant  is always  willing  and  glad to have 
the  opportunity,  without  expenses  to 
himself,  of  comparing  qualities,  prices, 
styles and  the  ideas  of  the  manufactur 
ers  from  the  different  sections  of  the 
country. 
It  keeps  him  posted  and  en 
ables  him  to  recognize  a  good  thing 
when 
it  comes  along.  As  the  retail 
business  seems  to  be  drifting  toward 
the  general  store  idea,  the  lack  of  shoe 
knowledge  becomes  more  apparent 

Traveling  men  say  they  find  a  great 
many  general  store  dealers  know  less  of 
shoe  values  than  they  do of  any  other 
part  of  their  business;  they  may  be  ex 
perts  on  dry  goods  and  furnishings,  but 
when  it  comes  to  shoes  they  are 
lame, 
very  lame.  A salesman  recently  told  us 
of  an  experience  he  had  with  severa 
general  merchants.  He  suspected  that 
their  knowledge  of  shoe  values  was 
limited,  although  they  pretended  to 
know  all  about 
it,  so  he  quoted  them 
prices,  first  a  io  per  cent,  less,  then  in 
creased  it  up  to  33^  per  cent,  less  than 
actual  value,  but  they  never  for  a  mo 
mcnt  realized  it.

In  these  days  of  stiff competition  a 
merchant  needs all  the  education  he  can 
get  and  certainly  should  not  complain 
of  the  advantages  that  are  offered  him, 
the  products  of  the  skill  and  labor of 
manufacturers  from  all  over the  United 
States  brought  to  his  door and  offered 
for  his  inspection  at  his  own  choice  of 
time  and  all  without  one  cent  cost  to 
him.  The  brightest  and  most  success­
ful  merchants  we  meet  are  those  who 
always  find  time  to  inspect  a  line  of 
samples  and  to  read  their  trade  papers 
as  between  the  manufacturer  and  the re 
tailer the  benefit 
is  mutual,  how  can 
the  manufacturer know  of  his  mistakes 
and  correct  them  if  he  does  not  receive 
the  intelligent  criticisms  of  the  dealer?
It  might  not  be  amiss  to  relate  a story 
told  us  by  a  retailer who  keeps  strictly 
up  to  date  on  everything  pertaining  to 
his  business.  One  day  another  dealer, 
with  whom  he  was  on  friendly  terms, 
came  to  him  and  said,  “ Say,  I  have 
made  a  deal  with  the  members  of  the 
graduating  class  for a  certain  number of 
pairs  of  patent  leather shoes  and  I  am 
short  sizes  and  widths  on  five  or  six 
pairs.  Now 
let  me  have 
these  I  will  divide  the  profit  with you.’ ’
In  looking  over  his  stock  it  was  found 
that  in  the  style  necessary  he  was  also 
short  the  sizes  and  widths  wanted.  He 
asked  the  other  dealer  how  soon  he 
must  have  them.  “ Oh,  any  time  inside 
of  a  week  will  do,’ ’  he  said,  “ but  no­
body  can  make  them  up  for me  that 
soon.”   “ Well,  if that’s  the  case,”   said 
the  other,  “ we  are  all  right,  for  I  will 
have  a  bunch  of  the  very  things  in  day 
after  to-morrow.”   “ All  right,”   said 
the  other,  “ that  will  do." 
“ Now,”  
said  the  story  teller,  “ I  just  suspected

if  you  will 

he  didn’t  know  the  very 
styles  he 
wanted  then  carried  in  stock  in  widths 
by  several  houses  so  I  just  sat  down and 
ordered  them.  They  came  all  right 
and  I  got  my  share  of  the  profit  on  five 
pairs.  Now 
if  he  had  only  taken  the 
trouble  to  keep  posted  he  would  have 
known  that  these  shoes  were  carried 
in 
stock  and  he  could  have  ordered  them 
just  as  well  as  I  and  saved  this  75  cents 
a  pair  profit  he  paid-me.  He  carries 
twice  the  stock  necessary  for  the  busi­
ness  he  does  because  he  doesn’t  keep 
posted.”  
Ignorance  generally  comes 
high.

We  were  asked  the  other  day  by  a  re­
tailer  where  he  could  get  a  certain 
price  ladies’  shoe  and  he  described  al­
most  exactly  a  certain  fixed  price,  very 
much  advertised  shoe.  We  mentioned 
this  shoe  to  him,  saying  that  we thought 
it  would  about  fill the  bill.  To  our  sur­
prise  he  had  never heard  of  the  line  al­
though 
is  extensively  advertised  in 
all  trade  papers  and  he  certainly  must 
have  hid  an  opportunity  at  some  time 
to  inspect  the  line.  When  described  in 
detail  to  him  he  said :  “ That’s  just  the 
shoe  I  have  been  looking  for.”   The 
trouble  was  he  didn’t  look  in  the  right 
place.

it 

it 

We  are  frequently  asked  by  dealers  if 
it  isn’t  a  good  plan  to  discourage  cus­
tomers  in  ordering  single  pairs.  They 
say  there  is  always  more or less dissatis­
faction  about  special  orders  for  single 
pairs.  Of  course 
is  always  best  to 
if  pos­
satisfy  a  customer  out  of  stock 
sible  and  no  stone  should  be 
left  un­
turned 
to  do  so,  but  rather than  lose  a 
sale  and  perhaps  a  customer,  the  spe­
cial  order  should  be  made  by  all means. 
This  special  order  business 
is  not  so 
bad  if  the  dealer only  goes  at  it  in  the 
right  way.  Unless  a  foot  is  terribly  de­
formed  no  measure  should  be  taken  as 
it  is  possible  to  fit  most  any  foot  if  you 
have  the  right  size  and  width,  so  if  you 
have  not  the  style  the  customer  must 
have,  try  on  other  styles  until  you  get 
the  size  and  width  necessary  and  order 
accordingly. 
In  this  way  you  are  most 
always  assured  of  a  fit,  while  taking  the 
measure  and  having  them  made  specia 
is  very  uncertain.— Shoe  and  Leather 
Gazette.

Patent 

P atent  L eather  Sweat».
leather  does  not  have  to  be 
very  old  before  it  will  begin  to  sweat, 
even 
if  cotton  wadding  or tissue  paper 
is  put  between,  and  it  is  no  uncommon 
thing  to  notice  the 
impression  of  the 
heel  across  the  vamp  of  one  shoe,  and 
the  imprint  of  the  toe  across  the  quarter 
of  the  other  shoe.  Of  course,  in  the 
cheap  grades  of  patent  leather  it  is  im­
possible  to  secure  oil  paper,  which,  by 
the  way, is  the  only  thing  that  should  be 
placed  between  patent 
leather  shoes; 
but  the  least  a  retailer  can  do,  no  mat­
ter  how  cheap  the  goods,  is  to  separate 
them  with  a  piece  of  tissue  paper.  This 
in  the  long  run  will  save  you  many  dol- 
- rs.

Courtesy  in  Selling Shoes.

“ I  set  my  clerks  an  example  in  cour­
tesy  by  being  polite  in  my  treatment 
of  them, ”   remarked  a  shoe  dealer the 
other  day.  “ It  costs  nothing  to  be  cour­
it  always  pays,  and  it  never 
teous,  but 
drives  away  business. 
I  would  not  tol­
erate  an  impolite  clerk  in  my  store,  and 
not  lone  ago  I  discharged  one  because 
of  his  unbecoming  conduct  in  dealing 
with  a  customer.  We  endeavor  to  treat 
11,  rich  and  poor,-alike,  and  the  poor 
widow  with  a  shawl  over  her head  re­
ceives  as  cordial  a  welcome  from  my­
self  or  my  clerks  as  the  fashionable 
matron  in  her silks  and  satins.  A  clerk 
should  not  be  patronizing,  but  it  is 
proper and  best  to be  polite  always,  in 
1 justness  or out  of  it. ”

■

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Geo. H. Reeder & Co.

Wholesale

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14

Window  Dressing

Trim s  A ppropriate  F or  tb e  F o u rth   of 

Ju ly .

The  tastes  of  store  proprietors  in  the 
matter  of  Fourth  of  July  trims  are 
many  and  varied. 
Some  merchants 
wish  as  elaborate  and  picturesque  a 
window  setting  for the  day  as  it  is  pos­
sible  to  make.  Others  wish  to  avoid 
anything  that  more  than  hints  at  the 
holiday.  Both  styles  of  trimming  have 
their  advantages,  to  be  determined  by 
local  circumstances,  but 
in  general  it 
may  be  said  that  the  simpler  trims  are 
the  better.  Failures  of  effect  in  them 
are  not  so  ridiculous  and  disappoint­
ments  are  not  so  great  in  consequence. 
If  a  merchant  wishes  an  elaborate  pic­
ture  setting  the  trimmer  will  find  sug­
in  symbolic  pictures  and  de­
gestions 
signs of  a  patriotic  natuie. 
In  all  such 
trims  an  elaborate  use  of  the  national 
fact,  in  all 
colors 
Fourth  of  July  trims  the  one 
indispen­
sable  feature 
is  the  introduction  of the 
red,  white  and  blue.

is  made.  And,  in 

A  good  idea  for a  Fourth  of  July  win­
dow  involves  the  use  of various forms  of 
fireworks  and  is  as  follows:  The  back 
of  the  window  is  covered with red, white 
and  blue  cheesecloth  tacked  on  in  plain 
folds  and  edged  with  a  broad  border of 
in  tbe  same  colors,  the  center 
puffing 
is  occupied  by  a 
of  the  window  back 
large  circle,  the 
interior  of  which  is 
covered  with 
light  blue  or  white  cloth 
tacked  on  smoothly.  Against  this  back­
ground 
is  sketched  a  large  eagle,  such 
as  appears  on  the  great  seal  of  the 
United  States.  The  same  design  can 
be  seen  on a  silver  fifty-cent  piece.  The 
sketch  can  be  filled  out  in  colors  if  an 
artist  is  available,  or  instead  it  might 
be 
in  with  small  firecrackers 
tacked  along  the  outlines  of  the  figure. 
The  circle  is  covered  with  laurel  leaves 
cut  from  pasteboard  and  colored  green. 
Over the  remainder of  the  background 
various  kinds  of  fireworks  are  tacked  in 
different  figures  and  along  the  top  of 
the  background  are  the  letters  worked 
out  in  firecrackers,  “ The  Day  We  Cele­
brate. * ’

filled 

Another  scheme  for a  Fourth  of  July 
window  involves  the  use  of  a  figure  of 
the  Goddess  of  Liberty.  A  semicircle 
cut  from  wood  is  mounted  in  the  win­
dow  on  stout  wooden  posts  at  a  height 
of  about  six  feet  from  tbe  floor.  A n­
other  semicircle  is  then  mounted  on  the 
ends  of  the  first  parallel  and  near  to  the 
window  pane.  Strips  of  poplar  are  bent 
and  tacked  from  the  one  semicircle  to 
the  other,  and  the  entire  framework  is 
covered  with  puffing 
in  the  national 
colors.  Between  the  strips  of  poplar  a 
network  of  tape  is  made.  Bunting  in 
red,  white  and  blue  is  draped  in  heavy 
folds,  curtain-wise,  between  tbe  pillars. 
Against  this  background 
is  placed  a 
platform  with  one  or  two  steps,  on  the 
top  of  which  is  a  large  chair.  Platform 
and  chair are covered with an abundance 
of  drapery  in the  national  colors,  and  in 
the  chair  is  seated  the  Goddess  of  Lib­
erty  holding  in  her  hand  a  staff  with  a 
liberty  cap  on  its  end.  Leaning  against 
one  side  of  the  chair  is  a  large  shield 
bearing  the  national  arms.  On 
the 
other  comer  of  the  platform  an  eagle 
might  be  placed.  The 
lower  step  of 
the  platform  and  the  space  in  the  fore­
ground are  occupied  by  a  number of  ar­
ticles  emblematical  of  American  genius 
and  enterprise,  such  as  a  cog  wheel  and 
hammer to  suggest  American  mechan­
ical 
ingenuity  and  enterprise;  type­
in­
writer,  books  and  pens,  to  suggest 

tellectual  achivements  and  a  piece  of 
farming  machinery  to  suggest  agricul­
ture.  The  goddess  is  dressed  in  a  loose 
white  drapery  or  in  such  a  costume  as 
can  be  procured  from  a  costumer. 
In 
the  place  of  a  woman’s  figure  there 
might  be  used  the  figure  of  a  man  in 
colonial  costume,  made  up  to  represent 
General  Washington.  The  floor  of  the 
window 
is  covered  with  the  national 
colors  loosely  puffed.

In  this  connection  we  would  again 
call  the  attention  of  our  readers  to  the 
many  uses  of  silk  ribbon  in  window 
trims. 
It  may  not  be  desirable  to  at­
tempt  any  elaborate  Fourth  of  July 
effects  in  the  windows,  and  in  that  case 
a  plain  trim  can  be  given  a  patriotic 
touch  by  decorating  the  varied  window 
standards  with  knots  of  red,  white  and 
blue  ribbon.  Articles  can  be  fastened 
to  the  window  standards  with  strips  of 
ribbon,  or  as  they  bang  on  the  window 
standards  strips  of  ribbon  can  be  inter­
laced  among  them 
in  different  ways. 
With  the  national  flag  used  as  a  back­
ground  for  the  window  and  strips of 
ribbon  used  in  connection  with  a  plain 
trim,  a  window  can  be  given  a  holiday 
and  patriotic  appearance  in  short  time 
and  at  slight  expense.

A  plan  that  will  commend  itself to 
many  window  men  is  still  simpler  than 
this. 
It  involves  the  use  of  no  window 
accessories  out  of  the  ordinary  and  no 
change  in  the  customary methods  of dis­
play.  Care 
is  simply  taken  to select 
for  window  display  on  the  Fourth  of 
July  articles  in  red,  white  and  blue,  as 
near the  shade  of  the  national  colors  as 
possible,  and  to  use  articles  of  no  other 
color 
in  the  window  display.  Very 
pretty  window  trims  can  be  put  in  with 
white  negligee  shirts,  solid  color  neck­
ties  in  red  and  blue  or hosiery or under­
wear  in  the  same  colors.  Sometimes  a 
suggestion  of a  patriotic  nature  by  the 
selection  of colors  used  in  a  plain  trim 
is  quite  as  satisfactory  as  a more elabor­
ate  display.

If  no  other  plan  of  decoration  com­
mends  itself,an  appropirate  and  attract­
ive  window  can  always  be  made  by  the 
use  of  shields  bearing  the  national 
colors,  stands  of  arms,  and  portraits  or 
statues  of  men  famous  in  the  country’s 
history.— Apparel  Gazette.

Good  Lines  F or  W indow  Cards.

A  good  shoe  is the  foundation  of good 

dress.

in  savings.

Who  invests  here  draws  large  interest 

Plain  prices  are  practical  preaching.
Whatever  cash  discounts  we  get  we 

them.

give  you  for cash.

Not  everything  we  offer for  sale  is  a 
bargain,  but  anything  we  offer to  sell 
is  worth  the  price  asked  for  it.

In  selling  to  people  we  do  not  “ sell”  

We  are  ahead  of tbe  clean-up  season 

with  a  fresh  stock  in  all  lines.

Fashion’s  fancies  for  tbe fastidious.
You  notice  we  don’t  advertise  the 
“ cheapest  shoes  in  town.”   That  kind 
are  always  the costliest.

A  man  is  often  judged  by  his  shoes. 
We  know  the  judgment  if  you  buy  your 
shoes  here.

We  combine  the  “ ease  of  an  old 
shoe"  and  style  and  fit in our new  ones.

Sensible  Rules  F or M erchants.

Push 

in  busy  season;  in  dull,  still 

push.

Have  a  place  for  everything,  and 

everything  in  its  place.

Be  careful  and  explicit  in  bargains; 

put  everything  in  writing.

Never  misrepresent  goods  nor allow it 

Let  the  other man  sell  at  a  loss.  You 

to  be  done.

sell  at  a  profit.

Be  industrious;  know  your  own  busi­
ness ;  spend less than^you earn ;_succeed.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

TBe

Symbol  of  Supremacy 
in  Baking  is  the  trade 
mark on  our  In=er=seal 
Patent  Package.

N A T I O N A L   B IS C U IT  
C O M P A N Y .

Bour’s
Cabinet

In pounds,  halves  and 

quarters.

JAPAN 

B.  F. JAPAN 

YOUNG  HYSON 
GUNPOWDER 

ENG.  B R E A K FA ST 

CEYLON 
OOLONG 
BLEND

$1  per lb.

Retailed at 50c,  75c,  and 

The best business  propo­
sition  ever  offered  the 
grocer.  Absolutely  the 
choicest teas grown. 

Write for particulars.
The J.M.BOURCO.,

Toledo, Ohio.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

15

THE  CASH  REGISTER

Started  the  Old  M erchant  on  the  Down 

Grade.

I  ran  across  a  curious  and  interesting 

bit  of  life  last  week.

In  a  small  store  in  a  town  of  maybe 

2,000,  in  Southeastern  Pennsylvania, 
an  old  man  who  acts  as  the  sole  clerk 
1  go  in  there  every  once  in  a  while,  and 
he 
is  always  pottering  around,  doing 
whatever  he  can.  Maybe  he  gets $5 
week— it  is  only  a  little  store.

This  old  man  is  always  rather grumpy 
and  sullen. 
I  always  pass  the  time  of 
day  with  him  when  I  go  in  there,  but 
beyond  a  grudging 
or 
“ aft’ rnoon,”   I  have  never  been  able  to 
get  anything  out  of  the  old  fellow.

“ mornin’, ”  

The  other day  I  went  in  this  store  as 
usual. 
It  was  raining  and  in  the  lull  of 
trade  the  old  clerk  had  been  painting 
the  counter. 
Industry  like  this  hits  me 
I  do  like  to  see  a  grocer  or  his  clerk 
finding  something  like  this  to do  when 
there  are  no customers  to  wait  on.  So 
decided  to  get  real  jolly  with  the  old 
man.

“ Hello,  uncle,”   I  observed,  in  the 
cheerful,  hail-fellow-well-met  voice  that 
I  can  assume  when  away  from  home 
“ that’s  good  work you’re doing.  Bright 
ens  the  store  right  u p !  I  suppose  you’ll 
be  putting  in  a  cash  register  next.”  

Well,  sir,  never  in  my  life  have  I  re 
ceived  a  more  venemous  look  than  the 
old  fellow  gave  me  when 1  mentioned  a 
cash  register.  It  was  so  unexpected  and 
so  needless  that  it  made  me  hot,  and 
went  on  back  to  hunt  up  the  boss, 
found  him  at  the  back of  the  store.

“ See  here,”   I  said;  “ what  in  thun 
der  ails  that  old  doty  you’ve  got  out 
there  as  clerk?  He’s  always  a  surly  old 
dog,  but  to-day  he’s  outrageous. ”

The  grocer  wanted  to  know  what  the 
matter was,  and  I  repeated  the  remark 
I  had  made  about  the  painting  and  the 
cash  register.  When  I  mentioned  “ cash 
register”   he  nodded  knowingly.

“ Oh,  I  see,”   he  observed.
“ Well,  I  don’t ,”   I  replied,  “ but  I 

would  very  much  like  to.”

“ The  reason  old  Joe  glared  at  you 
when  you  mentioned  a  cash  register,”  
he  said,  “ was  because  all  of  his  trouble 
began  with  a  cash register.  He wouldn’t 
have  been  a  poor  old  clerk  to-day 
if  it 
hadn’t  been  for  one,  and  naturally  he 
doesn't  like  to  hear  the  subject  men­
tioned.”

I  was  interested. 

“ How  was  it?”   I 

asked.

“ Joe  used  to  have  a  store,”   be  said, 
“ over  here  in  — ford. 
It  wasn’t  very 
much  of  a  place,  but  he  was  making  a 
good  living  out  of  it,  and  I  guess  he’d 
put  a  little  by.  It  was  just  a  small  gen­
eral  store,  you  know.  One  day  a  sales­
man  came  along  and  talked  old  Joe  into 
buying  a  cash  register.  Had  a  fine, 
nickel-plated  sample  with  him,  and  he 
set 
it  up  on  the  old  man’s  counter! 
Well.it shone out so  and  looked  so  smart 
that  the  old  fellow  couldn’t  resist  it, 
and  he  bought  it.  Before  that  he  just 
had  one  of  those  old-fashioned  money 
drawers.

“ Up  to  this  point  old  Joe  was  all 
right.  A  cash  register  is  a  good  thing 
for any  store,  and  if  he’d  a-been  satis­
fied  with  that  he’d  a-been  all  right; 
but  the  cash  register  made  the  rest  of 
the  store  seem  dull  and  old-fashioned.
It  used  to  stand  on  the  front  counter, 
and  it  was  sort  of showy,  and,  as  a  mat­
ter  of  fact,  it  did  seem  to show  up  the 
old  store  kind  of  shabby,  like  a  new- 
painted  sign  on  an  old  tumble-down 
building.

“ Well,  old  Joe  noticed  it  before  long,

and 
it  made  him  dissatisfied  with  the 
rest  of his  place.  The  upshot  of  it  was 
that  nothing  would  do  but that  he should 
put  in  new  fixtures.  He spent  more  than 
he  expected  to.  When  he  once  got  into 
it  he  found  he  couldn’t  get  anything  up 
to  date  without  spending  money  for  it. 
and  he  ended  up  with  a  whole  outfit  of 
new  stuff.  He  had  a  lot  of  tea  caddies 
with  looking  glasses in  front of ’em,  and 
new  counters.

“ By  the  time  the  new  things  came 
and  were  put  up  in  place,  old  Joe began 
to  see  that  he  had  only  just  begun, 
went  over  there  one  day  and  found  him 
all  tore  out,  because  the  new  caddies 
made  the  old  shelves  look  so  shabby 
So  they  did,  too.  He  went  and  had  the 
shelves  painted,  and  while  he  was  at  i 
the  walls  and  ceiling  had  to  be  painted 
and  fixed  up,  too.  Old  Joe  must  have 
spent  a  lot  of  money.

“ Just  about  this time,”   continued  the 
grocer,  “ when  the  old  fellow  was  be 
ginning  to  get  over  his  flurry,  another 
salesman  came  along  with  a  nice  pol 
isbed  model  of  a  new  counter— these 
folding  affairs  that  have  glass front  bins 
in  front.  The  salesman  sized  old  Joe 
up  just  about  right.  He  told  the  old 
man  he  was  surprised  that  in  that  fine 
store,  new  fixtures  and  cash  register 
and  all,  he  could  ever  content  himself 
with  an  old  style  counter.  He  said  the 
store  absolutely  needed  a  folding  coun 
ter,  and  if  it  had  that,  it  would  be  one 
of  the  finest  stores  in  the  county.

“ Well,  that  upset  the  old  man  again 
it, 
He  looked  at  the  model  and  worked 
in 
and  then  he  read  the  catalogue,  and 
the  end  he  bought  one. 
It  never  was 
shipped,because  when  the  manufacturer 
went  to  look  up  old  Joe’s  rating,  he 
found  that  the  old  man  had  been  letting 
his  jobber go and  spending  his  money 
to  fix  up  his  store.  He  was  several 
months  behind  with  his  jobber  and 
in 
really  a  bad  way  when  he  ordered  the 
counter.  But  although  it  didn’t  come, 
the  old  man  was  in  tough  shape,  and  a 
few  weeks  after  that  the 
jobber  shut 
him  up.  He  was  too  old  to  take  up  the 
burden  of  a  lot  of  debts,  so  he  simply 
¡?ave  up.  Since  that  he’s  been  here, 
but  he  ain’t  much  good—he’s 
lost 
heart. ”

I  had  no  more  resentment  for old  Joe 
as  I  went  out—only  pity.  As  I  passed 
out  of  the  store,  the  old  fellow  stood  by 
the  window 
looking  moodily  out  into 
the  rain.— Stroller  in  Grocery  World.

Died a t the  Critical  Point.

The  Doctor— Here  I  carried  that  pa­
tient  through  a  desperate  sickness,  only 
to—

His  Wife— Have  him  object  to  your 

“ No;  drop  dead  when  he  saw  my 

fee?

b ill!”

Wholesale 

Akron and  Louisville Cement 

Petoskey Lime 
Sheboygan  Lime 

GRAND RAPIDS, HICH. 
35 CANAL STREET, 

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

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Granite Wall Plaster, Plasticon, 

Sewer Pipe 
Fire Brick 
Flue Lining 

Michigan Portland Cement 

Atlas Portland Cement 

Cheese  Announcement 

to  the  Retailers

If you  want  a  rich,  mild,  soft  cutting,  F ull  C ream 
C heese,  please  ask  your  jobber  for  our

RIVERSIDE  BRAND

If  he  does  not  handle  it  let  us  send  you  a  sample  ship­
ment  direct,  which  will  tell  the  story  as  to  quality  and 
price. 
Ask  us  any questions  you  wish,  but  do  not  for­
get  to  try  the  goods.

Riverside  Company

65-79 West Maumee St. 

Adrian, Michigan

Jersey Cheese

Michigan  Pull  Cream

Tickles the palate  and  gives  gentle 

nature a  boost.

One of our specialties.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

WE  GUARANTEE

O ut Vinegar to be an A B S O LU TE L Y  PU R E A PPLE  JUICE V IN ­
EGAR*  T o  anyone  who  will  analyze  it  and  find any deleterious 
acids» or anything that is not produced from the apple* we will forfeit

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

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j . robinson. Manager. 

Benton  Harbor, Michigan

V I N E G A R

Use our goods and avoid prosecution by Food  Inspectors.

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.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

and  interested  friend  of  the  association 
has  offered  eight  prizes  of $5  each  to  go 
to  a  boy  and  girl  in  each  of  the  four 
quarters  of  the  city,  as  divided  by  the 
association,  who  can  show  the  best 
flowet  bed  planted  and  cared  for  by 
himself  or  herself.  The  boy  or  girl 
must  not  be  over  sixteen  years  of  age.
The  offer of these prizes was published 
several  times  in  each  of  the  city papers. 
Neat  circulars  were  printed  and  dis­
tributed  to  the  pupils  of  the  various 
schools  until  the  offers  were  thoroughly 
understood.  All  applicants  must  file  the 
notification  of  their entrance  in  the  con­
test by the 15th of June,  and  as  soon  after 
as  possible  the  awarding  committee 
visit  the  premises  of  all  contestants  and 
examine  them  from  gutter to  alley.  An­
other  visit  is  paid  in  August  and  an­
other  in  September,  after  which  the 
committee  announce  the  winners.  No 
one  knows  the  days  the 
committee 
choose  for  their  visits  and  the  prizes 
are  awarded  strictly  on  the merits  of  the 
premises  as  found.

Another  work  this  association  has  un­
dertaken  may  be  of  interest  to  you. 
They  take  photographs  of  some  of  the 
worst  streets  and  alleys  in  town,  when 
they  are  littered  with  paper  and  heaps 
of  ashes  and  rubbish.  Lantern  slides 
are  made  of  them  and  on  Saturday 
night,  when  thousands  of  people  are 
thronging  the  market,  a  screen  is placed 
on  the  wall  of  some  building  and  the 
pictures  are  thrown  upon  it.  Untidy 
backyards  with  their  weeds  and  rubbish 
receive  full  attention,  while  in  contrast 
are  shown  tidy,  well-shaded 
streets, 
clean  alleys 
lawns  and 
porches.  No  names  are  given  but  the 
lessons  are  bearing 
fruit,  while  the 
shouts  of  the  multitude  and  the  com-

and  pretty 

B

T h e  A l a b a st in e  Com­
pa 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:B Plasticon
S N.  P.  Brand of Stucco

The  long  established wall 
plaster  formerly  manufac-
tured and  marketed  by  the 
American  Mortar Company 
(Sold with or without  sand.)

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.

16
Village  Improvement

How  to  Raise  Funds—Suggested  Lines  of 

W ork.

Usually  the  first  question  arising  in  a 
new  village  improvement  association  is 
that  of  adequate  funds to  cover  the  work 
desired  to  be  accomplished.  This  diffi­
culty  is  met  in  several  ways.  First,  of 
course,  by  membership  dues. 
Then 
by  subscription  or  donation.  Third, 
by  some form of entertainment.  There is 
a  wider  latitude  in  entertainments  for 
civic  than  for  church  work.  One  asso­
ciation  I  know  of  netted  more  than  $300 
by  giving  a  steamboat  excursion.  We 
can  not  all 
live  by  river or  lake,  but 
every  town  has  some  favorite  pleasure 
resort.  Musicales, 
lawn 
fetes,  picnics,  are  all  popular.

theatricals, 

Many  places  have  fond  it  to  their ad­
vantage  to  have  depositories  in  promi­
nent stores,  banks,  etc., for the accommo­
dation  of  those  who  favor  the  organiza­
tion  but  have  not  time  to  attend  meet­
ings  or assume  the  duties  of  committee 
work.  Strangers,  charmed  by  the  town’s 
beauty  and  cleanliness,  often  put  money 
in  these  depositories,  which  should  he 
neat  and  plainly  labeled  with  a  brief 
statement  of  the  objects  of  the  associa­
tion.  There 
is  a  growing  tendency 
among  old-established  improvement  as­
sociations  to  send  out  collectors.  Those 
collectors  may  be  paid  by  the  day  or 
with  a  percentage  of  their collections. 
There  are,  also,  art  associations  which 
loan  or  rent  pictures  for  exhibitions. 
An  art  loan,  if  properly  advertised 
in 
the  towns  around  you,  with  excursions 
from  certain  points  on  each  day,  ought 
to  pay  well 
if  properly  managed.  A 
flower show,  to  which  an  entrance  fee  is 
charged,  is  an  appropriate  means  of 
raising  funds  for civic  improvement.  A 
rose  show  is  the  thing  for  June,  a  chry­
santhemum  show  for autumn.  Prepara­
tion  for  the 
latter  must  begin  in  the 
spring  and  will  be  found  an  excellent 
thing  to  keep  alive  the  interest  of  your 
association.  Of  course,  I  would  have 
plants  and  cut  flowers  of  other  varieties 
for sale,  but  the  roses  and  chrysanthe­
mums  must  be  the  main  feature.  The 
sale  of  the  plants  and  cut  flowers  never 
fails  to  bring  into  the  treasury  a  hand­
some  sum.  Another  means  suitable  for 
raising  money 
is  to  have  a  sale  of 
potted  plants  in  the  spring  and  of  bulbs 
in  the  fall.  The 
local  florists  will  be 
glad  to  have  you  sell on  commission.  In 
this  way  you  are  at  no  expense  for  your 
stock  and  will  have  nothing  left  on your 
bands.  An  auction  sale  of  palms  has 
been  made  a  handsome  and  successful 
show.  These  are  a  few  of  the  ways  of 
raising  money  used  successfully  by  as­
sociations,  and  passed  along  to  you. 
is  nothing  new  or  original  in 
There 
these 
ideas,  but  they  have  been  suc­
cessful.

As  to  the  application  of  the  money, 
you  will,  as  usual,  find  you  never  have 
money  enough  for the  work  you  desire 
to  do.  I  advise  new  associations  to con­
centrate  the  little  they  have 
in  putting 
in  order  the  most  unsightly  and  offen­
sive  place  or  places 
in  town—alleys, 
sidewalks,  gutters,  the  railway  station, 
the  public  square,  the  church  or  school 
yards,  or the  cemetery  grounds.  Which­
ever  it  may  be,  put  it  in  order and  keep 
it  so.  Make  it  so  clean  or  so  pretty  that 
it  is  noticeable:  A  new  and small asso­
ciation  composed  entirely  of 
ladies 
wrote  me  last  fail  they  bad  raised  about 
twenty-five  dollars,  which  they  wished 
to  offer the  next  spring  as  prizes  for the 
prettiest  lawns,  and  asked  me  for  sug-

gestions. 
I  answered  that  as  it  would 
be  six  months  before  it  would  be  time 
to  make  their  offer of  prizes  it  might  be 
well  to  use  this  money  to  advertise  the 
association  and  to  show  the  workings  of 
such  societies  by  putting  in  order  some 
notoriously  offensive  street  or  alley  in 
the  heart  of  town.  This  they  decided 
to  do;  an  alley  in  the  business  district 
was  scraped,  graveled  and  rolled  with 
a  steam  roller,  they  repaired  the  cross­
ing  and  then  put  up  a  sign,  “ This  alley 
aud  crossing  put  in  order  by the Ladies’
Improvement  League  of-----. ”   The
business  men  were  so  amused  and  de­
lighted  that  a  sum  of  money  much 
larger  than  that  spent  was  raised  for 
them.  The  public  opinion  aroused  by 
this  work  caused  the  streets  all  over  the 
town  to  be  put 
in  order,  and  made  a 
demand  for  a  better  water works system, 
while  nearly  every  family  in  this  town 
of  twelve  hundred  inhabitants  is  plan­
ning  to  improve 
its  premises  in  some 
manner.  Flowers  and  fresh  paint  will 
be  rampant  in  this  little  town next  sum­
mer.

Do whatever  most  needs  doing,and  do 
it  so  systematically  and  thoroughly  tha t 
no  adverse  criticism  can  be  made;  do 
it  tactfully,  make  no  enemies.  Let  the 
city  officials  know  that  you  intend  to 
work  in  harmony  with  them  and  to  sup­
port  them 
in  all  efforts  for  the  public 
welfare.  As  the  secretary  of  one  asso­
ciation  wrote  me,  “ We  do  the  things 
that  are  outside  the  province  of  an 
alderman’s  duties,  while,  by  arousing 
public  opinion  and  a  general  civic 
pride,  we  really make  it  easier  for them 
(the  city  officials)  to  make  laws  tend­
ing  to  the  town’s  improvement.”

Two  dollars 

There  has  been  much  curiosity  re­
garding  the  management  of  the  prizes 
offered  by 
improvement  associations. 
One  association,  after  some  experience 
in  this  work,  has  divided  its  city  into 
four  districts,  through  the  middle  each 
way  as  nearly  even  as  possible  and  to 
each  district  offers  the  following  prizes: 
Ten  dollars  for  the  best  lawn  (this  in­
cludes  front  and  backyards,  shrubbery, 
flowers  and  general  neatness  of  alleys 
and  gutters).  Five  dollars  for  the  sec­
ond  best  premises.  Ten  dollars  for  the 
best  kept  school  yard.  Five  dollars  for 
the  second  best  (money  to  go  to  the 
janitors,  or  whoever  does  the  work). 
Ten  dollars  for the  best  kept  lawn about 
a  public  building  other  than  a  school 
house.  Five  for  second  best.  This  last 
prize  will  include  the postoffice,  library, 
court  bouse,  church  yards,  etc.  Three 
dollars  for  the  best  window  or  porch 
box. 
for  second  best. 
Five  dollars  for  the  best  grown  vines 
that  cover  fences,  porches,  or  windows. 
These  vines  to  be  the  tender annuals, 
not  the  hardy  vines  that  require  but  lit­
tle  care  from  year to  year.  Ten  dollars 
to the  neatest  and  most  improved  prem­
ises  (front  and  back) along  any  railroad 
within  the  city  limits.  Five  dollars  to 
the  second  best.  The  improvement  to 
be  judged  by  comparison  with  the  con­
dition  of  the  property  the  previous year.
A  special  prize  of  $10  is  offered  for 
the  best  kept  premises  of  a  man  or 
living 
woman 
in  rented  property,  and 
income  does  not  exceed  twelve 
whose 
hundred  dollars  a  year. 
I  should  have 
stated  earlier  perhaps  that  all  these 
prizes  were  limited  to  applicants  whose 
incomes  do  not  exceed  the  above  sum. 
The  aim  is  to  arouse  interest  in  beauti­
ful  surroundings  among  people  whose 
income  obliges  them  to  take  care  of 
their own 
lawns.  This  prize  gave  pos­
sibly  the  most  satisfactory results  of  any 
offered  the  previous  year.  A   member

Thirty  Miles  an  Hour

This  beautiful  auto,  which  was  designed  with  especial  reference 
to  its  adaptation  to  the  cigar  business,  has  started  out  on  a  tour  of  the 
State  under  the  supervision  of  Abe  Peck,  formerly  of  Lowell.  The 
motive  power  is  steam,  which  is  generated  by  gasoline,  only  5  gallons 
per day  being  required.  The  auto  can  easily  make  30  miles  an  hour 
and  can climb  any  sand  hill  with  rapidity. 
It  will  visit  every  town  in 
Michigan— and  probably  other  states  later— carrying  the  name  and 
fame  of the  justly  celebrated  S.  C.  W .

0.  J.  Johnson  Cigar  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

ments  beard  show  the  appreciation  of 
this  practical  form  of  teaching  civics 
When  the  flower-adorned  school  yards 
and  the  bleak,  barren  ones  are  thrown 
on  the  screen  the  children  of  the 
latter 
are  sometimes  seen  in  tears.  Mortifica 
tion  because  their  school  is  so  far  be 
hind  others  is  very  manifest,  and  ex 
pressions  of  determination  to  have  as 
pretty  a  yard  as  anybody  next  year  are 
heard.  The  moral  of  such 
lessons  i 
obvious. 

Jessie  M.  Good.

How  a Clerk  May  Advance  His  Own  In 

terests.

interested 

What  should  I  do  to  advance  my  own 
interests?  Do  my  best  to  study  the  in 
terest  of  my  employer,  not  only  for 
what  I  get  per  week  or  month,  but  be 
sides  that,  which,  by  the  way,  is  a  very 
important  consideration,  if  perchance 
my  present  employer  should  not  appre 
date  my  worth,  that my  value  as  a  clerk 
may  be  so  plainly  shown  that  some  one 
else  will  be  on  the  lookout  to  hire  me 
By  considering  my  own  interest  then 
should  know  enough to  make  the  change 
from  an  employer  who  can  not  see  my 
worth  to  one  who  can  and  will.  Keep 
posted  on  all things  relating  to the  lines 
I  am 
in  and  any  other  kin 
dred  line  so  that  1  may  be  able  to  move 
up  the 
ladder  round  by  round;  study 
how  to  please  customers  but  not  bow  to 
“ toady”   to them;  consider  all  sides  of 
the  customers’  taste,  advantage  or dis 
advantage,  what  they  can  or  can  not 
afford ;  whether  they  are  accustomed  to 
good  things;  or  if  they  never  have 
in 
dulged  themselves  in  good  things,  try to 
raise  their  ideas  higher—not  all  at  a 
jump,  but  from  time  to  time,  showing 
them  grades  a  little  higher  than  those 
which  they  have  always  bought;  keep 
notes  of things  called  for  and  not  in 
stock  and  show  these  to  the  buyer  or 
proprietor  with  a  request  that  he  get 
them  if  the  demand  has  been  enough  to 
warrant  it.

I  had  an  experience  in  a  store  recent 
ly  where  the  buyer  bought  to  suit  him 
self  regardless  of  the  wants  of  the  peo 
pie.  The  salespeople  became  discour 
aged  because  when  they  would 
say 
“ such  or  such  a  thing  is  called  for,’ 
he  would  say,  “ Do  they  ever  want  what 
we  have?”   using  the  worn  out,  old  fogy 
argument  that  anyone  can  sell  what  is 
wanted,  but  it  is  a  good  salesman  who 
can  sell  what 
is  not  wanted.  Here  I 
differ  from  most  merchants,  for  they 
seem  to  have  bad  that  one  idea  burned 
so  deeply  in  their  minds  that  they  have 
never  dug 
idea  is  that  a 
good  salesman  never  sells  a  thing  not 
wanted,  but  first  creates  a  desire  for  the 
thing that  the  person  thought  be  did  not 
want.  After  that 
is  done  the  sale  is 
made  and  the  buyer feels  that the choice 
is  his,  not  that  the  goods  were  forced 
upon  him.

it  out.  My 

A  salesman  must  also  find  out  what 
kind  of  customer  he  has  to  deal  with, 
for there  are  those  who  must  be  coaxed 
while  others  must  be  driven  (to  a  cer­
tain  extent),  yet  bis  duty  is  to  do  the 
coaxing  or  driving  without  making  the 
customer  the  wiser  as  to  which  way  he 
is  being  treated.

He  should,  when  asked,  give  his  can­
did  opinion 
in  regard  to  matters,  al­
though  some  people  argue  it  is  neces­
sary  to  lie  a  little  in  business,  but  you 
may  rest  assured  that the  man  who  ex­
pects  you  to  lie  for him  in  business  also 
expects  you  will  lie  to  him 
if  the  oc­
casion  should  suit  you.  So  when  he 
knows  you  will  not  lie  for him  he  has 
confidence  in  your  word  when  you  give 
him  an  answer.  There  are  customers <

whom  I  have  found  take  a  very  long 
time  to  decide,  and  frequently  leaving 
them  to  wait  upon  another hastens  the 
first  customer  to  decide,  because,  for 
selfish  reasons,  he  wants  to  be  waited 
on  first.  Try  this  plan  sometimes  on 
lingering,  can’t-decide  kind  of  cus 
tomer.  Then  there  is  the  kind  who  need 
to  be  called  down,  not 
impudently,  for 
it  never  does  to  get  angry,  but  never 
theless  there  are  such  customers;  yet 
takes  a  student  of  character  to  know 
where.whenandhow  to  use  this  method 
Don’t  try  it  if  you  don’t  know  how;  yi 
it  works  well  when  properly  used.

it? 

Most  “ preachers”   on  salesmanshi1 
ask  a  salesman  to  do  impossibilities 
such  as  to  be  pleasant  under all  circum 
stances.  Have  they  ever  been  behind 
the  counter  and  tried 
If  so,  my 
opinion  is  they  must  be  grinning  idiots 
to  stand  and  look  pleasant  while  some 
unreasonable  and  unreasoning  person 
treats  them  to  a  tongue  lashing  such  as 
only  some  who  have  been  behind  the 
counter can  easily  recall.  However, 
s  advisable  to  remain  calm  and  not 
lose  one’s  temper,  but  still  let  the  per 
son  know  that  you  do  not  have  to,  and 
what  is  more,  will  not  stand  such  treat 
ment.

Be  neat 

in  appearance,  not  over 
dressed,  attentive  to  duty  and  to  a 
customers.  Know  what  is  going  on 
i 
all  parts  of  the  store,  so  that  when  you 
have  finished  with  a  customer  you  may 
refer  him  or  her  to  another department, 
is  a  store  where  you  can  not  go 
if  it 
about  with  the  customer. 
In  this  way 
you  make  the  house  profit  by  your serv 
ices  even  although  they  may  not  find 
it 
immediately.  Some  employers  are 
out 
watching  for  such  a  man  and  you  will 
get  your  turn  either for  promotion  or a 
chance  to  go  to  a  better  establishment 
If  there  are  trade  papers  taken  by  your 
house,  read  them,  for  a  well  informed 
clerk  is  worth three who are uninformed, 
and,  besides,  do  not  consider  because 
you  know  the  stock  in  your  own  store 
you  know  the  business.  Fit  yourself  to 
take  a  position  in  any  part  of  the  coun 
try  by  being  informed  on  the  business 
methods  of  all  sections  of 
is 
the  question  how  to  advance  one’s  in 
terest  answered.— Carlon  Brakestreet 
n  American  Grocer.

it.  Thus 

Rales  For  the  Guidance  of Clerks.
Keep  your  eyes  on  the  front  door, 
Customers  should  be  waited  on  prompt 
ly  and  pleasantly.

Salesmen  when  disengaged  will  take 
positions  near the  front  door  instead  of 
the  back.  Customers  do  not  come  in  at 
the  rear.

Don’t  stand  outside  the  front  door 
when  at  leisure. 
It  is  an  excellent  no­
tice  to  competitors  and  customers  that 
trade  is  dull.

If  you  know  of  an  improvement  of 
any  kind,  suggest  it  at  once  to  the  man­
ager;  it  will  be  impartially  considered.
Employes  are  requested  to  wear their 
coats  when  in  the  store.  It  is  not  pleas­
lady  to  have  a  gentleman 
ant  for  a 
waiting  on  het 
in  his  shirt  sleeves  or 
with  his  hat  on.

Clerks  .when  on  jury  duty  have  the 
privilege  of  turning 
in  their  fees  or 
laving  the  time  absent  deducted  from 
their  wages.  Drawing  salary  for  their 
services,  the  company 
is  entitled  to 
their time  or  its  equivalent.

Keep  mum  about  your  business.  Al­
ways  have  a  good  word  to  say  for  it 
and  never  say 
is  dull.  Keep  your 
eyes  and  ears  open  about  your competi­
tors.

it 

The  man  with  the  handsome  silk 
handkerchief  is  the  one  who  is  most 
afraid  of  a  sore  throat.

The  well-dressed  woman  always 
spends  a  lot  of  time  selecting  her  hats.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17
Grand Rapids Fixtures 60.

Shipped

new

elegant
design

combination

Cigar
Case

This Is the finest Cigar Case that we have ever made.  It Is an elegant piece of store  furniture  and 

would add greatly to the appearance of any store.

e o r n e r  B a r tle tt  a n d   S o u th   Io n ia   S tre e ts .  G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ich.

No.  36  Cigar Cage.

A   Trade  Maker

Fanny  Davenport

5c  Cigar

Trade  Supplied  By:

B. J.  Reynolds,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 
Phipps,  Penoyer  &   Co.,  Saginaw,  Michigan. 
Moreland  Bros.  &   Crane,  Adrian,  Michigan.

A M E R I C A N   C I G A R   F A C T O R Y

Benton  Harbor,  Michigan 

M.  A.  PRICE  &  CO.,  Proprietors

SUS

Oh!  where  have  I  seen  that  face  before? 
In  Nearly  AH  the  Leading  Stores.

Awnings, Tents, Flans

Order your Awnings before  it gets hot.

T E N T S   TO  R EN T

Stack  binder and thresher  cov­
ers,  horse  and  wagon  covers.
We  make  everything  made  of 
canvas.

T H E  M.  I.

WILCOX  CO.

2 1 0   T O   2 1 6   W A T E R   S T E E T .  T O L E D O ,  O H IO

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Hardware

A nnual  Meeting;  M ichigan  R etail  H ard­

w are  D ealers’  Association.

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan 
Retail  Hardware  Dealers'  Association 
will  be  held  at  Detroit  Wednesday  and 
Thursday,  Aug.  14  and  15.

The  first  session  of  the  convention 
will  be  held  at  the  Hotel  Cadillac,  on 
Wednesday,  where  the  headquarters  of 
the  convention  will  be.  Another  session 
will  be  held  at  the  same  place  in  the 
afternoon.

It  is  planned  to  hold  the  second  day’s 
session  at  Rushmere  Club  at  the  Flats, 
the  party  leaving  Detroit  on  the steamer 
Tashmoo  at  9  o’clock  in  the  morning, 
reaching  Rushmere  Club  at  noon,  hold­
ing  the  afternoon  session  there,  and  re­
turning  at  7  o'clock  in  the  evening  and 
reaching  Detroit  at  about  9  o’clock. 
It 
is  thought  that  this  will  provide  recrea­
tion  and  at  the  same  time  give  ample 
opportunity  for  the  transaction  of  un­
finished  business 
from  Wednesday's 
afternoon  session.

At  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Com­
mittee,  held  at  Detroit  last  Wednesday, 
the  Secretary  was  instructed  to  arrange 
a  program  with  the  following  speakers: 
W.  P.  Lewis,  of  New  Albany,  Ind., 
President  of  the  National  Association 
of  Retail  Hardware  Dealers,  on  the 
subject  of 
Association 
Work;”   R.  G.  Chandler,  of  Coldwater, 
Mich.,  on  “ The  Best  Methods  of  Run­
ning a  Hardware  Store;”   H.  C.  Weber, 
of  Detroit,  on  “ Store  Window  Dress­
ing and Keeping Stock in  Good  Order;”  
“ The  Collection  of  Accounts,”   by  L. 
J.  Cleland,  attorney  of  the  Commercial 
Credit  Company,  of  Detroit.

“ National 

The  Secretary’s financial  report  shows 
receipts  of  $979.62  and  disbursements 
of  $662.12,  leaving  a  balance  on  hand of 
$3*7- 50.

Twenty-six  new  members  have  been 
taken 
in  since  the  last  convention,  and 
it  is  expected  that  between  fifty  and  100 
more  will  join  at  the  next  meeting.

An  unusually  large  attendance  is  an­
ticipated,  as  the  meeting was  postponed 
from  July  until  August  on  purpose  to 
meet  the  needs  of  the  country  dealer, 
who  finds  it  difficult  to  get away in July.
The  Twine Situation—Advance in Wagons.
The  twine  situation  is  causing  some 
comment  at  the  present  time,on  account 
of  the  lack  of  interest  in  it.  All  the  lo­
cal  dealers  agree  that  there  is  very  little 
enquiry  for  twine  and  that  the  season 
was  never  so  dull  at  this  time  of  the 
year as  it  is  at  present.  Prices  are  on 
about  the  same  basis  as  they  have  been 
the  past  six  weeks,  and  the  market 
is 
characterized  by  little  or no irregularity. 
In  other  words  the  asking  price  for 
twine  represents  its  value  on  the  basis 
of  the  cost  of  the  raw  material  and  the 
labor  required  in  manufacture  and  the 
market  is  on  a  good,  substantial  basis, 
so  that  retailers  should  feel  no hesitancy 
about  purchasing.

The  surplus  of  prison  twine,  amount­
ing,  it  is  claimed,  to  3,000,000  pounds, 
has  been  thrown  on  the  market  to  be 
sold  to  retailers,  but  it  is  said  this 
is 
causing  very  little  interest,  and  that  re­
tailers  are  as  apathetic  concerning  it  as 
they  are  concerning  the  twine  being 
sold  by  regular  handlers  and  jobbers.

One  explanation  for  the  lack  of  inter­
est 
is  that  farmers  last  season  over­
bought  in  anticipation  of  a  heavy  har­
vest.  When  the  crop  partially  failed 
they  had  a  surplus  on  hand  and  having 
this  surplus  now  they  are  not  large  pur­
chasers  and  are  taking  very  little  inter­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

How’sYour
Stock?

How is your  lap  robe  and  fly  net 
stock? 
If  you  want  some  more 
robes—nice ones, which  it  pays  to 
handle—or  some  fly  nets,  at  all 
kinds of prices, write  or  telephone 
us and they  will  be  off  to  you  on 
the first train.
They say our stock  in  these goods 
is  the  best  selected  in  Michigan. 
A  descriptive  price 
list  will  be 
mailed you if you  want  it.
Brown  &  Sehler

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

To ruin your stock.

INO  MORE  DUST
INO  M O R E   M IC R O B E S
To inhalo at ovary breath whilo sweeping.
INO  MORE  WET  SAW DUST
To leave unsightly blotches on your floor.

Your «tally sweeping of Its unpleasant features 

ROB
by the use of a

W I  E  IN S ’

Sanitary and Dustiess Floor  Brush

CHEAPEST— BECAUSE  BEST

Manufactured  by

WIENS  BRUSH  CO.

122-124  Sycamore St.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.

Reliable
Economical
Durable

GRAND  RAPIDS  PLASTER  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Manufacturers  of

fiTPSUm WILL PLUSIEB It  has 
A.  B.  KNOWLSON,

Cement, etc.  Write us for booklet and prices.

no 
equal

We make a specialty of mixed cars  of  Land,  Calcined  and  Wall  Plaster,  Portland 

Portland  Cement,  Lime,  Land  Plaster,  Stucco,  Fire  Brick,

— Wholesale—

AND  A LL  KINDS  OF  BUILDING  MATERIAL.

W rite  for delivered  prices.

O F F IC E :  CO R .  P EA R L  AND  M ONROE. 

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

est 
in  the  situation.  From  a  reliable 
authority  it  is  learned  that  demand  will 
undoubtedly  show  improvement  the  lat­
ter  part  of  the  month  and  the  early  part 
of  July.  Farmers  will  then  be  better 
able  to  judge  as  to  their  requirements 
and  not  anticipating  any  advance  in 
price  they  are  waiting  to  ascertain  ex­
actly  what  their  requirements  will  be 
before  purchasing.

The  National  Association  of  Wagon 
Manufacturers,  at  a  recent  meeting 
in 
Chicago,  have  decided  upon  an  advance 
in  price  to  go  into  effect  July  ^amount­
ing  to  5  per  cent. 
It  was  also  recom­
mended  at  this  meeting  that  wagons  be 
sold  on  shorter  time,  since'  credit  fa­
vors  on  material  purchases  have  been 
curtailed  and  discounts  reduced.  The 
manufacturers  find  that  all  material  re­
in  wagon  manufacture  has  ad­
quired 
vanced 
in  price,  and  they  find 
it  no 
longer  profitable  to  sell  their  product  at 
former  figures.  At  this  meeting  the re 
were  thirty-three  wagon  manufacturers 
present,  including  some  of  the 
largest 
and  most  prominent  firms  engaged  in 
this  industry.

Although  most  of  the  options  on  plow 
plants  for  the  new  plow  combination 
expired  June  1,  and  were  not  taken  up 
at  that  time,  those  on  the  inside  of  the 
deal  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  combi­
nation  will  be  consummated 
just  the 
same.  It  is  stated  from  an  authoritative 
source  that  the  deal  has  now  gone  so 
far  it  would  be  folly  to  abandon  the 
project,  and that most  of the  plow  manu­
facturers  included  will  grant  extensions 
on  options  to  July  1,  when  annual  in­
ventories  of  stock,  etc.,  will  be  taken,  if 
they  are  urged  to  do  so. 
It  is  claimed, 
however,  that  the  capitalists  back  of 
the  project  will  not  wait  to  extend  these 
options.  They  are  in  favor of  organiz­
ing  at  once,  taking  the  inventories  of  a 
year  ago  as  the  basis  on  which  valua­
tions  would  be  adjusted  on  the  different 
plants. 
In  this  way,  it  is  reported,  the 
organization  of  the  combination  could 
be  completed  in  a  few  weeks,  and  at 
the  end  of  three  or  four weeks  the  com­
bination  would  be  conducting  the  busi­
ness  of  the  several  companies.

A  G reat  Scheme.

Inkstein— Say,  Goldstein,  vot 

you 
t’ ink,  I  bought  a  biano  fur  three  dollars 
down  and  five  dollars  pro  monad.  Ven 
the  first  five  was  due  I  didn't  pay  it and 
they  took  the  biano  back.

Goldstein— Vat,  you  fool!  you  pay 
three  dollars  down  and  then  let  them 
take  the  piano?

Inkstein—Yes,  but  I  made  five  dol­

Goldstein— How  did  you  do  it?
Inkstein—The 

expressman  charged 

them  eight  dollars  and  he  is  my  son.

lars.

Importer  and  Jobber  of  Polished  2
Plate,  Window  and  Ornamental  £

William  Reid 

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Glass  1■

nishes and Brushes 

Paint, Oil, White Lead, Var-  5
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

W. FRENCH, 
Resident Manager. 

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dh  Sporting  Goods,  Ammunition,  Stoves,  d& 
<$  Window Glass,  Bar  Iron,  Shelf  Hard- {  
J
J  ware, etc., etc. 

Foster, $tevens & Co.,

31, 33» 35* 37. 39  Louis St. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

10 &  12 Monroe St.

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H I  1  H I  D U Tradesman Company 

Grand Rapids.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

IRREGULAR ADVERTISING.

W rapping  Paper,  C irculars  and  Church 

Program s.

In  many  well-regulated  stores 

the 
wrapping  paper and  the  paper  bags  are 
used  for advertising  purposes.  This  is 
an  inexpensive  plan  of  advertising,  as 
in  most  instances  paper  houses  will  se­
cure  the  proper  printing  on  wrapping 
paper  for  their  customers  at  a  small 
additional  cost. 
If  the  wholesale  paper 
house  with  whom  you  deal  is  not  in  a 
position  to do  this,  in  all  probabilitv 
your  home  printer  will  be  glad  of  the 
opportunity,  and  will  do  the  work 
quickly  and  cheaply  for  you.

What  should  be  used  in  advertising 
of  this  kind?  Most  dealers,  it  is  true, 
have  a  plate  made  which  gives  their 
name,  location,  and  the  class  of  goods 
they  sell,  and  they  use  this  year after 
year  without  change. 
It  seems  to  me 
that  some  change  in  the  advertising  on 
the  wrapping  paper  is  almost  as  neces­
sary  as  in  the  newspaper.  For  instance, 
if  you  have  had  a  plate  made  and  do 
not  want  to  give  up  the  use  of  it,  or  it 
is  in  the  form  of  a  distinctive  trade 
mark,  in  addition  have  the  printer  add 
a 
line  or  two  in  different  type  calling 
attention  to  some  line  or  some  pait  of 
your  business  policy  that  will  interest 
the  consumer.  This  advertisement  may 
go to the  transient  customer  who  has 
into  your  store  to  make  a  pur­
stepped 
chase  because 
it  was  convenient,  and 
becoming 
in  the  advertise­
ment  on  your  wrapping  paper  or the 
paper  sack  he 
is  induced  to  try  you 
again.  Store  news  just  as  valuable  and 
just  as  important,  may  be  disseminated 
in  this  way  as through  the  newspapers, 
and  you  are  sure  that  it  will  be  read  in 
nearly  every  case  where  the  wrapping 
paper goes  out.  If  this  plan  is  followed 
systematically 
it  will  cost  little  more 
than  the  old  plan  of  using  the  same 
wording  year  after  year.

interested 

The  matter  of  printing  the  advertis­
ing  on  your  wrapping  paper  in  colors  is 
also  important. 
If  you  use  a  whitish 
manila  paper  a  red  color,  or  blue,  or 
brown,  or green  will  take  nearly  as  well 
as  a  plain  black  and  these  bright  colors 
are  almost  certain  to  attract  attention 
where  the  black  would  not.  The cost  of 
having  the  advertisement  printed 
in 
colors  is  a  trifle  more  than  to  have  it 
printed  in  black,  but 
it  is  that  much 
more  money  put  into advertising  where 
it  will  pay  a  good  profit.

Circulars  are  used  largely  by  retailers 
for  advertising  purposes  and  in  many 
If  the  dealer 
instances  are  profitable. 
is  conducting  a  first-class  store  and 
is­
sues  circulars  from  time  to  time  he 
should  bear  in  mind  one  or  two  im­

portant  points.  Unless  a  very 
large 
number  of  circulars  are  being  printed 
the  most  important  expense  is 
in  con­
nection  with  setting  the  type  and  print­
ing  them.  The  paper  used  is  a  com­
paratively  small 
Then  use  a 
neat,  fairly  heavy  paper,  not  the  cheap­
est  that  can  be  obtained.

item. 

Another  point  to  remember  is to  make 
your circular attract  attention  from  the 
persons  to  whom  it  will go.  If  it  is  con­
ventional 
force  or 
point,  it  will  not  secure  attention.

form,  without 

in 

Make 

it  say  what  you  would  to the 

customer  to  attract  his  attention.

After  you  have  composed  the  matter 
for  your circular  read  it  over  and  study 
it  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
if  it 
would  attract  your  attention  if  you  were 
the  consumer.  Let  one  or two  of  your 
clerks  or  your  friends  study  it,  and  see 
what  effect  it  has  on  them,  whether  or 
not  they  are  interested  or  merely  read  it 
through  to  please  you. 
If  they  take  an 
interest  in  it  and  comment  on  the  facts 
set  forth  you  can  rest  assured  that  it 
will  create  an  interest  in  others.  Study 
to  make  the  three  dollars,  or  four  dol­
lars,  or  five  dollars  spent  in  circular ad­
vertising  bring  you  the  biggest  returns 
you  can  obtain. 
It  is  better to  devote  a 
little  time,  which  is  the  same  thing  as 
money,  to  the  work  in  hand  and  do  it 
properly,  than  to  waste  a  small  amount 
of  time  and  the  money  you  pay  for 
printing  the  circulars.

in  all  others. 

The  question  of  advertising  in  church 
programs,  programs  for  social  entertain­
ments,  dramatic  entertainments,  pic­
nics,  is  a  problem  with  which  all retail­
ers  must  wrestle  to  a  more  or  less  ex­
tent,  and  the  best  course  seems  to  be  to 
advertise  to  some  extent  in  these  pro­
grams.
Use 

judgment  in  this  advertising,  as 
you  would 
If  the  rates 
demanded  are  entirely  exorbitant,  make 
the  solicitor an  offer of  so  much  for  the 
space  in  the  program,  and  if  he  accepts 
your offer  give  him  »be  advertisement. 
If  the  rates  are  within  reason  it will pay 
you  to  do  more  or  less  business  with 
those  promoting  programs 
your 
neighborhood,  not  from  the  direct  bene­
fits  you  will  derive  from  the  advertise­
ment,  but  because 
it  will  keep  your 
name  before  the  classes  and  societies 
in  your  home  town  and  the  indirect 
benefits  will  be  much  larger  than  would 
be  supposed.  There  is  in  this  city  one 
retail  firm  that  will  take  an  advetise- 
ment  in  almost  every  program  pub­
lished.  When  called  upon  by  the  solic­
itor  the  bead  of  this firm  will  usually 
offer 
just  half  of  the  amount  asked  for 
the  advertising  and  in  nine  cases  out  of 
ten  his  offer  will  be  accepted.  Retail­

in 

ers  who desire  to  retain  the  good  will  of 
the  organizations,  church  societies,  etc., 
might  find  this  policy  a  good  one  to 
follow,  as  well  as  an  economical  one.— 
Commercial  Bulletin.

Cannon  Made  of Leather.

It 

is,  perhaps,  not  very  well  known 
that  leather cannon  have  been  actually 
used  on  the  battlefield,  and,  what  is 
more,  turned  the  tide  of  one  of  the 
greatest  battles  in  our  history.  The  in­
ventor  of  leather  artillery  was  a  canny 
Scotchman 
in  the  service  of  Charles  I. 
The  military  science  of  that  day  was 
exceedingly  crude ;  weapons  of  warfare 
were  cumbrous  and  difficult  of  use.  The 
fiejd  pieces  particularly  were  great  ma­
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Scot  set  to  work  to  solve  the  problem  of 
making  guns  portable,  and  yet  without 
loss  of  projectile  force,  and  came  to  the 
conclusion  that,  for the  purpose  he  had 
in  view,  there  was  nothing  like  leather. 
Of  hardened  leather,  therefore,  he  con­
structed  guns,  and  experimentally  tried 
them.  The  result  was  that  they  were 
pronounced  by  experts  superior  to  guns 
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W oman’s World

Some of the  P erils  of  th e  M other-in-law .
Those  of  us  who  do  not  possess  a 
mother-in-law  are  in  the  way  of  think­
ing  of  her  as  an  invention  of  the  comic 
papers  and  a  perennial  source  of  humor 
without  which  many 
industrious  joke- 
makers  would  be  deprived  of  their 
bread  and  butter. 
It  seems,  however, 
that  this  light-hearted  view  of  the  situ­
ation  is  merely  the  swagger  and  brag­
gadocio  of  those  who  undervalue  a  dan­
ger  because 
it  does  not  threaten  them 
personally,  as  the  man  who  sits  safe 
and  peacefully  by  his  own  fireside  can 
point  out  how  charges  ought  to  have 
been  made  and  victories  won  on  some 
far-off  battlefield.

looks  as 

Inasmuch  as  Adam and Eve are  pretty 
nearly  the  only  married  couple 
that 
never  had  to  face  the  mother-in-law 
question,  it 
if  the  combined 
wisdom  and  experience  of  humanity 
for  some  thousands  of  years  ought  to 
have  been  enough  to  discover  some  so­
lution  for  the  problem.  Somebody ought 
to  have  found  a  way  of  effectually 
squelching  the  old  lady  or  else  of  get­
ting  along  with  her  in  peace,  or,  one 
would  think,  the  mother-in-law  herself 
would  have  risen  to  the  sublime  heights 
of  self-abnegation  of  keeping  her  finger 
out  of  her  son  or  daughter-in-law’s  pie 
and 
in  their own 
way.  Apparently,  none  of  these  desir­
able  things  have  happened,  and  so  far 
from 
the  mother-in-law  trouble  being 
settled  it  grows  worse  all  the  time.

let  them  be  happy 

The  matter  ceases  to  be  a  joke  and 
proposition 
becomes  a  very  serious 
when  you  think  that  the  interference  of 
the  mother-in-law  causes  more  divorces 
than drink,  infidelity and all other causes 
combined.  A  distinguished  divorce 
lawyer  has  been  compiling  some  statis­
tics  on  this  subject,  and  he  declares that 
mothers-in-law  cause  two-thirds  of  the 
divorces. 
In  seventeen  of  the  Middle 
Western  States,  since  last  January,  457 
divorce  suits  have  been  filed 
in  which 
the  husband  accuses  his  mother-in  law 
of  having 
induced  his  wife  to  leave 
In  these  same  States  forty-seven 
him. 
the 
suicides  have  been  caused  by 
interest 
mother-in-law  taking  too  much 
in  her  children-in-law’s  households. 
In 
fpur  of  the  Eastern  States  wives  are 
suing  their  motbers-in-law  for  alienat­
ing  their husband’s  affections  and  sep­
arating  them  from  the  man  who  swore 
to  leave  father  and  mother  and  cleave 
only  to  them.

This  state  of  affairs  is  explained  by 
the  growing  custom  of  young  couples 
going,  as  soon  as  they  are  married,  to 
live  with  the  parents  of  the  man  or  the 
girl.  Young  people  marry  before  they 
are  able  to  set  up  a  home  of their  own 
and  they  settle  down  to  live  on  the  old 
people  with  an  inevitable  sequence  of 
bickering  and  strife  that  spoils  all  the 
sweetness  of  life,  even if  it  does  not  end 
in  divorce.

Nor  need  anybody  wonder  at  this. 
The  only  surprise  to  a  rational  being  is 
that  anybody  is  so  foolhardy  and  values 
their happiness  so  little  as  to  be  willing 
to  risk  being  dropped 
into  a  strange 
family  to  whose  ways  they  must  con­
form,  whose  cooking  they  must  eat, 
whose  prejudices  and  religion  and  pol­
itics  they  must  adopt  under  penalty  of 
It  has  all  the 
everlasting  argument. 
restraints  of  a  penitentiary  and 
its  in­
evitable  result  is  to  make  the  man  or 
woman  so  placed feel like a criminal and 
yearn  to  commit  a  few  murders.

The  first  year  of  married  life  is  a

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

hazardous  one,  because  it  sets  the  key 
for  all  the  years  that  áre  to  follow. 
If 
it  is  hard  for  a  man  and  woman,  raised 
with  different 
ideals  and  beliefs  and 
habits,  to adjust themselves to each other 
even  with  all  the 
love  they  bring  to 
soften  each  others'  angles  of  character, 
how 
infinitely  difficult,  how  well  nigh 
impossible  the  matter  becomes  when 
the  unfortunate  man  or  woman  must 
adapt  themselves  to  a  whole  family  who 
looking  on  with  coldly  critical 
stand 
eyes,  always  ready  to  find  fault. 
If  ail 
brides  who  go  to  live  with  their hus­
band’s  people  were  a  happy  combina? 
tion  of  the  meekness of Griselda and  the 
patience  of  Job  and were blessed besides 
with  being  deaf  and  speechless;  if  all 
the  bridegrooms  who  take  up  their  resi­
dence  at  the  home  of  the  bride’s  mother 
were  models  of  wisdom  and  tact  and 
discretion and gallantry and,  had besides 
this  a  complete  knowledge  of  the art  of 
adroit  flattery,  the experiment  might  not 
be  a  foreordained  disaster.  As  it  is,  in 
imperfect  state  of  human 
the  present 
nature,  it 
is  an  act  of  criminal  folly 
that  nobody  in  their  sense  ought  to  con­
template  for  a  single  instant.

The 

theory  of 

in  romance,  but 

acquiring  a  new 
daughter  or  a  new  son  is  a  charming 
it  doesn't  hold 
one 
good  in  real  life. 
It  is  a  cold  fact  that 
one’s  mother-in-law  always  regards  one 
with  suspicion.  Every  mother  is  on  the 
watchout  for  her  daughter-in-law to  im­
pose  on  her  son.  Every  mother  is  de­
termined  to  protect  her  daughter  from 
her  son-in-law.  The  things  that  Mary 
Jane  may  do 
is  her  daughter, 
Mary  Jane  may  not  do  if  she  is  her 
daughter-in-law. 
If  Tom  stays  out of 
nights  and  Tom  is  her  son,  she  thinks 
he 
if  his  wife

is  unduly  persecuted 

if  she 

meets  him  with  a  curtain  lecture,  but 
she  is  ready  to  call  time  every  night  at 
7  o'clock  on  her  son-in-law.  Women 
simply  can  not  be  just  in  these  matters, 
and  there 
is  no  use  in  their assuming 
that  they  can.  Every  mother  on  earth 
thinks  her  daughter-in-law  ought  to  do 
her  own  sewing  and  economize  and  that 
her  daughter’s  husband  ought  to  hire  a 
seamstress  and  send  his  wife  off  for  the 
summer.

Tradition  has  pictured  man  as  the 
chief  sufferer  from  the  mother-in-law. 
This  is  because  in  voicing  complaints 
men  have  had  the  floor and because  they 
are  less  patient  under  affliction  than 
women.  What 
the  husband  endures 
from  the  mother-in-law  who  attempts  to 
run  his  house  is  nothing  to  the  agonies 
the  woman  goes  through 
from  her 
mother-in-law  who  polices  her  every 
action  and  criticises  her  every  word. 
Women  are  much  more  apt  to  like  their 
sons-in-law,  anyway,  than  they  are  their 
daughters-in-law,  and,  besides,  a  son- 
in-law,  if  he 
is  at  all  eligible,  is  al­
ways  a  welcome  addition  to  a  family, 
whereas  the  daughter-in-law  rarely  is 
regarded  as  anything  but  an  intruder. 
A  mother  can  always  enter  into  her 
daughter's  feeling  to  a  certain  extent 
about  falling 
love  with  a  man,  but 
she  never  understands  what  on  earth 
could  have  induced  her  son  to  fancy  the 
girl  he  marries  and,  in  her  secret  soul, 
she  always  believes  him  to  have  been 
taken  in.

in 

One  of  the  pathetic  features  of  the 
mother-in-law  evil 
is  that  the  women 
who  wreck  so much happiness do  it  with 
the  best  intentions  in  the  world. 
is 
always  hard,  probably,  for  a  profes­
sional  to  stand  silently  by  and  see  an 
amateur bungle  the  game,  and  one  can

It 

understand  how  a  woman  who  is  an  ex­
perienced  housekeeper  and  who  has 
raised  a  large  family  of  children  must 
be  tempted  to  interfere  and  run  things 
herself  when  she  sees  an  incompetent 
young  wife  wasting  and  mismanaging 
Tom’s  hard-earned  money. 
It  seems 
actually  criminal  to  Tom’s  mother,  but, 
if  she  has  sense  enough  to  know 
it, 
there  is  something  more  important  than 
a  few  dollars  at  stake.  There is personal 
liberty  and  the  right  to  the  pursuit  of 
happiness  and  the  privilege  of  running 
her house  in  her own  way  that  is the  in­
alienable  birthright  of  every  woman. 
If  Tom’s  mother  has  the 
justice  to 
grant  his  wife  this  she  will  make  an 
adoring  daughter  of  her.  If  she  refuses, 
she  has  an  implacable  foe  who,, sooner 
or  later,  will  alienate  Tom’s  affection 
from  the  mother  who bore him.  This  is 
worth  remembering.  The  loss  of  a  son's 
love 
is  a  pretty  high  price  to  pay  for 
the  privilege  of  criticising  your  daugh­
ter-in-law.

It is  a  natural  vanity  for every mother 
to  suppose  that  her  way  of  doing  things 
and  her theories  will  be  a  lamp  to guide 
her  daughter’s  feet  when  she  goes  to 
housekeeping,  but  she  forgets  that  in 
making  a  home  her  daughter’s  husband 
has  the  'privilege,  as  the  one  who  pays 
the  bills,  of  at  least  an  equal  share 
in 
determining  its  tone,  and  introducing 
ideals  to  which  he  has 
the  habits  and 
been  accustomed. 
I  have  in  mind  one 
home  that  was  broken  up  by  the  intem­
perate  temperance  opinions  of a mother- 
in-law.  The  woman  in  question  was  a 
rabid  prohibitionist  and  anti-tobacco 
and  anti-everytbing  else  sort  of  a  per­
son.  Her  daughter  was  a  charming  and 
amiable  young  girl  who married  a  jolly, 
good-natured 
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The  wife  of  President  Wilson  now 

makes  this  statement:

“ It  is  true  my  husband  has  not  kissed 
me  in  five  years,  but  I  did  not  want  it 
known. 
I  am  ashamed  to  have  him  act 
so,  but  I  do  not  believe,  however,  that 
he  does  not  love  me. 
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for  action 
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the  woman  of  his  affection,  we  have, 
after  due  deliberation,  arrived  at  the 
following  agreement:

That  henceforth  we  will  not  kiss  our 
own  wives  or any  other  woman,  but  that 
we  will  still  hold  the  same  deep  affec 
tion  for  our  wives  and  retain  our ad 
miration  for the  feminine beautiful.  We 
do  not  believe  that  kissing 
is  right, 
and,  therefore,  we  agree  not  to  practice 
it.  Any  member  of  the  organization 
who  is  found  guilty of  disobeying  the 
order  will  be  dismissed  at  once.

When  these  resolutions  were  handed 
out  to the  women  a  great  sensation  was 
created,  and  the  wife  of  the  President 
threatened  to  leave  her  husband at once. 
The  thirteen  wives  of  the  thirteen mem­
bers  at  once  held  a  meeting and decided 
that  they  would 
leave  their  husbands 
within  one  month  if  they  did  not  break 
up  the  club.  But  after  two  weeks  had 
passed  and  the  club  still  retained  all  of 
its  original  members,  the  women  agreed 
not  to  leave  their  husbands,but  to  await 
developments.  Some  of  them  say  they 
will  sue  for divorce.

In  speaking  of  the  purposes  of  the 

club,  President  Wilson  said :

“ I  do  not  see  anything  so  extraordi­
nary  about  our club.  We  are  only  fol­
lowing  the  lines  laid  out  long  ago.  We 
have  believed  this  for  a  long  time,  but 
some  of  the  members  did  not  like  to 
form  an  organization  to  carry  it  out. 
But  some  of  us  who  believed  thus  were 
continually  violating  the  principles  of 
our  belief,  and  we  agreed  that  the  best 
way  to  keep  from  falling  by  the  way- 
side  was  to  form  a  club,  and  then  one 
member  could  support  another.

“ I  will  use  all  my  influence  to  get 
other  young  men,  and  old  men  too,  for 
that  matter,  to  join  us,  for  I  think  our 
principles  are  right.  I  am  now  51  years 
old,  and  I  have  never kissed  my  wife 
or  any  other  woman  more  than  a  dozen 
times  in  all  my  life.

“ I  will  tell  you  why: 

I  think  it  is  a 
dirty  and  filthy  habit—one  that  is  apt  to 
spread  disease  and  against  the  true 
principles  of  love.  One  does  not  need 
to  kiss  to  show  their  affection.  The 
grasp  of  a  hand  is  sufficient  to  do  that, 
and  as  for  loving,  I  think  one’s  actions 
speak  for that,  and  not  by  the  number 
of  times  you  kiss  your  wife. 
I  have 
not  kissed  my  wife  for five  years,  and  I 
do  not  intend  to,  but  1  love  her  just  as 
strongly  as  I  ever  did.”

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reared 
in  a  somewhat  Bohemian  fash 
ion.  He  had  lived  in  a  bachelor  apart 
ment  where  he  smoked  all  over  the 
place,  where  friends  were  welcome 
every  hour,  and 
even  occurred  to  him  that  a  glass 
wine  or  beer  could  be  regarded  in  the 
light  of  dissipation.

it  had  probably  never 

When  he  married  he  established  a  de 
lightfully  arranged  home  and  prepared 
to  spend  the  balance  of  his  life  in  hap 
piness  with  his  beautiful  young  wife, 
when  the  mother-in-law  descended  on 
them.  She  scolded  her  daughter  unti 
she  wept  about  departing  from  the  stern 
ideals  in  which  she  had  been  bred.  She 
raised  a  rumpus  about  the 
tobacco 
smoke.  She 
froze  out  all  of  the  old 
friends  and  went  into  hysterics  over  the 
wine  at  dinner  and  literally  drove  the 
husband  to  his  club,  where  he  could  en 
joy  himself  in  peace.  The  end  of  that 
household  was  divorce  and  alimony 
in  establishing 
The  mother  succeeded 
her  daughter’s  home  on  the 
lines  of 
individually  approved,  but 
which  she 
the  price 
it  cost  was  the  happiness  of 
two  innocent  people.

to 

live 

Of  course,  there  are  a  few  cases  where 
mothers-in-law  are  angels  in  disguise 
and  where  they  only  enter  a  home  to 
bless  it,  but  such  instances  are  so  rare 
as  not  to  affect  the  general  proposition 
that  the  man  or woman who  deliberately 
elects 
in  the  house  with  a 
mother-in-law  takes  their  happiness  in 
their  hands  and  makes  a  plunge  into  a 
sea  of  trouble  in  which they stand preci 
ous  little  chance  of  surviving.  No  man 
has  a  right  to  ask  a  woman  to  run  thi 
risk  or to  propose  marriage  to  her  until 
he  can  afford  a  home,  however  humble, 
in  which  they  can  be  alone,  and  fight 
out  their differences  of  opinion  without 
any  member  of  his  family  or  hers  to 
referee  the  quarrel.

In  the  cases  where  the  fatal  step  has 
already  been  taken  it  is  surely  not  too 
much  to  ask  that  the  mother-in-law  will 
take  counsel  of  good  sense,  and  make 
the  sacrifice,  if  need  be,  of  letting  the 
young  couple,  whose  well  being  after 
all 
is  dear  to  her,  work  out  their  own 
salvation  in  their own  way.  Above  the 
door  of  every  man  and  woman’s  happi 
ness  there  is  a  No Trespassing sign,  and 
a  mother-in-law  enters  in  and  inter­
meddles  at  the  peril  of  the  peace  of  all 
concerned. 

Dorothy  Dix.

They  Don’t  Kitts T heir Wives.

It 

There  were  thirteen  married  men 

Married  men  who  never  kiss  their 
wives!  And  yet  they  claim  to  love 
them!  Such 
is  the  state  of affairs  at 
Mount  Hope,a small  town  near  Wichita, 
Kan.  The  wives  are  all  mad,  of  course, 
and  some  of  them  theaten  to  sue  for di­
vorce. 
is  a  pretty  mess,  and  it  all 
came  about  by  forming  the  club  habit.
in 
there 
Mount  Hqpe,  who  emigrated 
from  Chicago  some  years  ago.  They 
came  at  different  times,  and  when  they 
met  on  the  soil  of  Kansas  they  formed 
an  everlasting  friendship.  These  men 
read  about  the  Chicago  professor  who 
claims  never  to  have  kissed  a  woman, 
and 
inspired  them.  They  believed 
like  him,  and  in  consequence  the Mount 
Hope  Married  Men’s  Anti-Kissing 
League  was  formed. 
It  is  rather a  long 
title,  but  the  men  pondered  a  great  deal 
before  they  completed  it.

it 

Their  first  meeting  was  held  some 
three  weeks  ago.  No  reporters  were  al­
lowed 
in  the  hall,  of  course,  but  they 
later  gave  out  a  declaration  something 
like  this,  only  much  longer:

Believing  that  true  love 'never  runs 
smooth  when  a  man  continually  kisses

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Butter  and  Eggs
Observations  by  a Gotham   Egg H an.
Some  receivers  have  been  bothered  a 
good  deal  by  the  quotations  of  late  and 
have 
inclined  to  criticise  the  egg  man 
pretty  severely  for  making  a  quotation 
“ at  mark"  as  high  as 
is  made  “ loss 
off.”   They  refer  to  the  fact  that  there 
are  no  eggs  coming  from  the  West  that 
do  not  show  some  loss  and  hold  that  the 
loss  off  quotation  ought  always  to  be 
higher  than  the  highest  at  mark  quota­
tion.

If  I  shall  attempt  to  justify  the  quo­
tations  here 
it  is  merely  that  shippers 
may  be  better  informed  as  to  the  basis 
upon  which  they  are  made  and  be  able 
to  gain  clearer  information  from  them 
as  to  the  various  values  for the gradings 
specified.

In  the  first  place  the  egg  quotations 
are  not  decided  upon  arbitrarily ;  they 
are  based  upon  actual  sales  of  stock 
and  there  is  no  attempt  made  to  keep 
the  various  quotations  in  any  particular 
relation  to  each  other.  So  if  a  certain 
grade  of  eggs  is  salable  at  I3>£catmark 
there  is  no  hesitation  in  making  such  a 
quotation  because  another grade  of  eggs 
is  only  salable  at  13KC  loss  off.

In  the  next  place  it  is  well to consider 
how  the  terms  of  egg  sales  vary;  prac­
tically  the  only  kind  of  eggs  selling  full 
buyers'  loss  off  comprise  those  regular 
packings  of  ungraded  or  only  slightly 
assorted  Northern  eggs  in which the  loss 
is  irregular  but  which  contain  enough 
fine  eggs  to  induce  a  good  class  of  trade 
to take  them  out.  Even  on  these  losses 
are  often  agreed  to  when  sale  is  made— 
which  is  equivalent  to  a  sale  at  mark.

The  only  quotation  made  loss  off  is 
for  eggs  that  are  sold  on  these  terms; 
while  all  grades  of  eggs  that  are  sold  at 
mark  are  quoted  at  mark.

I  submit  that  no  other  method  of 
quoting  the  market  is  reasonable.  The 
fancy  selected  and  candled  eggs  arriv­
ing  from  a  few  Northern  packers always 
sell  at  mark  and  are  so  quoted;  the  reg­
ular  packings  of  ungraded  or  only 
slightly  assorted  eggs  are  sold  both  at 
mark  and  loss  off and  are  quoted  both 
ways;  the  defective  eggs  are  nearly  al­
ways  sold  at  mark  and  are  quoted  so.

When  the  highest  at  mark quotation is 
the  same  as  the  loss  off  quotation  the 
trouble  comes  from  two  sources':  deal­
ers  who  buy  the  highest  quality  at  mark 
complain  that  their  customers  kick  at  a 
fair  relative  price  because  the 
loss  off 
quotation  is  relatively  lower,  and  argue 
that  no  eggs  ought  to  be  worth  as  much 
“ at  mark”   as  “ loss  off;”   and receivers 
say  that  shippers  do  not  appreciate  the 
differences  in  quality—all  regard  their 
own  eggs  as  “ the  best”   and  are  dissat­
isfied  with  sales  of  general  stock,  even 
at  full  value,  because  there  is  a  higher 
quotation.

This  is,  perhaps,  unfortunate,  but  I 
have  yet  to  learn  to  make  quotations 
that  do  not  cover  the  farts  to  the  best  of 
my  ability  because  of somebody’s ignor­
ance.  The  effort  is  made  to  describe 
and  explain  the  quotations  so  that  any 
intelligent  man  who  reads  shall  be 
in­
formed  and  not  deceived  nor  misled.

Some  have  claimed  that  the 

loss  off 
quotation  should  be  based  upon  the case

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

fancy 

count  value  of  those 
candled 
marks  that  are  covered  by  he  highest 
at  mark  quotation ;  they  say  that if these 
goods  bring  say 13*^0 at mark,and  lose  a 
dozen  to  the  case,  the  market  ought  to 
have  a  quotation  at  14c  loss  off.  But 
this  class  of  stock 
is  not  sold  loss  off 
and  no  one  knows  exactly  what  the  loss 
off  value  is  without  knowing the amount 
of  the  loss  in  each  instance—it  may  be 
six  eggs  or a  dozen ;  furthermore  such 
a  quotation  would  be  unobtainable  for 
the  eggs  that  are  sold  loss  off  and would 
be  misleading  and  unfounded.  It  is  not 
at  all  strange  that  these  fancy  candled 
eggs  should  bring  as  much  at  mark  as 
others  bring  loss  off;  the loss  on  them  is 
insignificant,  their  quality 
is  uniform 
and  reliable  and  the  labor  of  handling 
them  very  much  less.

But  shippers  of  regular  packings 
should  not  be  misled  by  the  quotation 
for  a  higher  grade  of  eggs  than  they 
themselves 
send  to  market.— N.  Y. 
Produce  Review.

Date  Palm s  Can  Be  Grown  Here.

The  date  palm  may  solve  the  problem 
of  what  to  do  with  the  arid  and  alkali 
lands  of  Arizona,  California  and  other 
Western  States.  Experiments  have  been 
made 
in  the  past  by  the  Agricultural 
Department  and experiment stations,but 
renewed  interest  is  being  taken  by  the 
Section  of  Plant  Introduction  of the  De­
partment  of  Agriculture,  and  Prof.  D. 
G.  Fairchild,  agricultural  explorer  for 
the  department,  now traveling in  Africa, 
has  procured  a  number  of  suckers,  or 
off-shoots, 
from  the  delta  of  the  Nile 
which  he  has  shipped to the department, 
and  which  will  be  distributed  in  the 
southwestern  part  of this  country.

In  the  United  States  the  date  is  an ar­
ticle  of  luxury,  but  in  its  native country 
it  is  a  most  important  food,  many  re­
gions 
in  Arabia  and  the  Sahara  being 
uninhabitable  but  for  the  date  palm. 
The  United  States  annually 
imports 
nearly  a  million  dollars’  worth  of  dates, 
but  it  is  possible,  the  Department  be­
lieves,  to  raise  all  the  dates  needed 
in 
this  country.  The  date  palm,  although 
grown  profitably  only  in  arid  and  semi- 
arid  regions,  is  not  in  the  proper  sense 
of  the  word  a  desert  plant. 
It  requires 
a  fairly  abundant,  and  above  all,  a  con­
stant  supply  of  water  at  the  roots  and 
at  the  same  time  it  delights  in  a  per­
fectly  dry  and  very  hot  climate.  The 
date  palm  is  able  to  stand  much  more 
cold  than  an  orange  tree,  but  not  so 
much  as  a  peach  tree.— New  York  Sun.

Mean  T rick  to  P lay  on  a  Husband.
“ William,”   she  said  gently  and  yet 
in  accents  of  reproof,  “ you  remember 
that  I  gave  you  several 
letters  to  post 
last  week,  don’t  you?”

“ Y —es,  I  remember  it.”
“ But  this  is  the  first  time  you  have 
it  since  I  gave  them  to 

remembered 
you,  isn’t  it?”

“  I—I  must  confess  that 

it  is.  How 

do  you  know?”

‘ * I  put  a  postal  card  addressed  to my­
self among  the  lot,  and  it  hasn’t reached 
me.  It  only  costs  a  cent,  and  I  find  that 
it  is  a  very effective  way  of  keeping  a 
check  on  the  rest  of  my correspondence. 
Now,  dear,  if  you  will  hand  me  the  let­
ters  I’ll  run out  and  post  them myself.”

Almost  every  man  who  shaves  off  his 
moustache  imagines  he  looks  like Byron 
or  Napoleon.

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give them  RED STAR  BRAND  Cider Vinegar.  These  goods  stand 
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Pineapples,  New  Garden  Truck  and  fancy  long-keeping 
Messina  Lemons at the most favorable prices.
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  VINKEMULDER  COMPANY,

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.

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Successor  to  C.  N.  Rapp  ft  Co.

9  North  Ionia  Street,  Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

Butter  and  Eggs  Wanted

W rite  for  Cash  Prices  to

R.  Hirt,  Jr.,

34  and  36  Market  Street,  Detroit,  Mich.

References:  City Savings Bank and Commercial Agencies.

WANTED

l.WO Live Pigeons.  Will pay  ioc each delivered Detroit;  also Butter, Eggs 
and  Poultry.  Will buy or handle for shippers’  account.  Cold Storage and 
Coolers in building.

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C. H. Libby

I  will pay spot cash  on  receipt of goods  for 
all grades of butter, including packing stock.

98 South  Division Street 

Qrand Rapids, Mich.

We solicit your shipments 
of  Fresh  Eggs  and  Dairy 
Butter.

Reference,  Home Savings Bank, Detroit.

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The New York Market
Special  Feature»  of the Grocery and P rod­
Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

New  York,  June  22— There  is  a  little 
better  tone  to"  the  coffee  market  than 
was  observable  last  week.  The  reason 
seems  to  be  purely  speculative,  how­
ever,  and  there 
is  certainly  no  legiti­
mate  cause  why  there  should  be  any 
firmer  feeling  whatever.  At  the  close 
No.  7  was quotable,  in  an  invoice  way, 
at  6  i - j6c. 
In  store  and  afloat  the 
amount  of  Brazil  coffee  aggregates 
1.185,035  bags.  For  mild  grades  there 
is  very 
little  call  and  what  demand 
there  is  is  for the  better  roasting  sorts. 
Good  Cucuta,  7 ^ c.

The  sugar  market 

is  not  especially 
active,  although  a  good  deal  of  canning 
must  be  going  on.  Stocks generally  are 
thought  to  be 
light  and  what  orders 
come  are  with  the  injunction  to  hurry. 
From  these  signs 
it  is  thought  stocks 
are  light  and  that  refiners  will soon have 
all  they  can  attend  to.

is 

There 

little  movement 

in  teas. 
Some  few  parcels  of  blacks  have 
changed  hands  at  former  quotations; 
but, 
generally, 
quietude  prevails  everywhere  and  sales 
made  are  of  small 
lots  to  make  good 
broken  assortments.

the  market 

taking 

There  are  two  opposing  views  of  the 
rice  market.  One  says  that  trade  is 
fairly  active  and  another that  it 
is  de­
cidedly  dull.  The  truth is  probably  be­
tween.  There 
is  an  average  trade  and 
prices  are  well  adhered  to.

Pepper shows  a  good  degree  of  firm­
ness,  as  the 
loss  of  570 tons  of  pepper 
on  a  steamer the  other  day  is  quite  an 
important  factor.  Singapore  black  is 
very  firm  at  I2^c.

The  cheese  market  is  strong  and 

in 
better  shape  than  for  some  time.  Ex 
porters  have  been  quite  active  traders. 
Large  size,  full  cream,  9@9%c;  fancy 
white,  qJ^c.

In  eggs  desirable  stock  is  scarce  and 
the  demand  keeps  the  market  closely 
sold  up.  Best  Michigan  and  Northern 
Indiana,  I3@i3j^c,  and  from  this  the 
descent  is  rapid.
To  W iden  the  P opularity  of  California 

Jam »  and Jellies.

The  California  Canners'  Association 
has  issued  a  statement  concerning  their 
object  in  making  a  considerable  reduc­
tion 
in  the  prices  of  jams  and  jellies 
for the  coming  season.  Their  explan­
ation  is  to  the  effect  that  they  have  de­
sired  to  place  them  at  prices  such  that 
they  can  be  shipped  all  over  the  United 
States,  instead  of  being  sold  only  local­
ly  as  hitherto,  and  that  the  price  to  the 
consumer  should  be  20  cents  per  16- 
ounce  jar,  low  enough,  everything  con­
sidered,  to  divert  the  trade  to  the  gro­
cer to  a  large  extent  and  to  take  away 
the 
inducement  to  the  housekeeper  in 
many  cases  to  do  her  own  preserving. 
For  the  same  object  they  have  also 
studied  to  improve  the  quality  of  these 
goods  as  far  as  possible.  To  attain 
these  ends  they  have  arranged  to  con­
duct  this  department  of  their business 
on  a  much  enlarged  scale,  and  have 
purchased  the  jars  in  enormous quantity 
on  very  much  reduced  terms.  These 
jars  are  vacuum 
jars,  which  are  air­
tight  and  preserve  the  contents  as  well 
as  hermetically-sealed  cans, 
the  only 
change  that  age  can  thus  effect  in  the 
goods  being  perhaps  some  tendency  to 
candy.  These  goods  will  also  be  put  up 
in  32-ounce  jars.  The  majority  of  the 
goods  is  still  of  the  last  pack,  but  they 
already  have  new  strawberry  preserves 
and  orange  marmalade.

Molasses 

Canned  Goods—A 

is  dull  and  unchanged. 
What  call  exists  is  for the  better  grades 
of  grocery  stock,  supplies  of  which  are 
not  large.  Stocks  of  molasses  in  deal­
ers’  hands  seem  to  be  light,  but  this  is 
the  general  condition  at  this  season. 
Syrups  remain 
practically  without 
change  and  stocks are not overabundant 
lot  of  California 
fruit— peaches  and  apricots—has  been 
received  here  from  England  and  finds 
ready  sale. 
These  goods  have  been 
returned,  owing  to the  high  duty  placed 
upon  the  same  by  the  British  govern­
ment—one  of  the  effects  of  the  African 
war.  This  duty  amounts  to  about  is. 
5d.  per  dozen—about  34  cents. 
It  is 
thought  that  large  blocks  of  goods  will 
be  brought  hither  from  Great  Britain. 
The  market  here  for  canned  goods  gen­
erally  is  in  pretty  good  shape  and  deal­
ers  seem  to  be  very  well  content.  Once 
in  a  while  an  item  is  brought  out  that 
is  not  altogether  pleasing,  as,  for  in­
stance,  that  the  entire  output  of  last 
year of  a  big  cannery  up-State  remains 
unsold.  Still,  there  may  be  good  rea­
sons  for this.  Quotations  are  practical­
ly  without  change.

Lemons,  as  compared  with  last  year, 
are  selling  on  a  lower  basis.  Notwith­
standing  this,  there  is  little  animation. 
The  weather  is to  blame.  Sicily  lemons 
are  worth  $2.7503.75.  Some  business 
is  being  done  in  the  orange  trade,  but 
sales  are  generally  of  small  lots.  Quo­
tations  for California  oranges,  $3@4.50, 
the  latter  for  very  fancy  fruit.  Bananas 
are  plenty  and  the  market  shows  some 
little  decline.

Dried  fruits  are  dull  and  one  can  go 
through  the  whole  list  without  finding 
any  special  change  from  a  week  ago. 
Currants  maintain  a  firm  position,  but 
prices  have  made  no  further advance.

legal  ground 

The  following  allegation  in  a  bill  for 
divorce  against  a  wife  was  held  by  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Washington  not  to 
state  any 
for  divorce. 
“ She  was  quarrelsome,  vicious  in  dis­
position,  murderous 
in  threats  against 
the  plaintiff and  his  parents,  hysterical 
and  ungovernable 
in  temper,  crazy  in 
her  actions,  and  by  her causeless  and 
unprovoked  boisterousness,  screaming, 
hallooing  and  other  wild  conduct,  by 
day  and  night,  an  intolerable  nuisance 
to  all  her  neighbors.”

A  new 

industry  has  developed  for 
young  men  with  smooth  shaven  faces 
and  control  over the  twitching  of  mus­
cles—posing  as 
lay  figures  in  clothing 
store  windows.

France 

consumes  more  wine  than 
Germany,  the  United  States  and  the 
United  Kingdom  put  together.

W rite  us  for  prices  for

Butter 
and Eggs

is  worth 

W e  pay  prompt  cash.  Our 
some­
guarantee 
thing.  W e  have  been 
in 
business  in  Detroit  for  over 
forty  years.

Best  Western  creamery  butter  is  still 
quoted  at  ig^c.  There  is  a fair demand 
for  stock  that  will  come  up  to  the  re-
inspection;  in 
act,  low  grades  are  not  wanted.  West­
ern 
imitation  creamery,  15@ 17c ;  fac­
tory,  I3M@I4>£c.

PETER  SMITH  &   SONS

Siuirements  of  a  rigid 
L .O .SN E D E C O R   Egg  Receiver

DETROIT,  MICH.

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Cold  Storage  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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We  do  a  general  storage,  and  solicit 

your patronage.

Season  Rate on Eggs to Jan.  1,  1901:
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600 case lots, per doz........................ i%c

.  1000 case lots  and  over,  special  rate  on  -w 
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For  a  Quick  Sale  and  Money 
Promptly  ship  us  your

Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry

and  all  Farm  Products.  We 
are in a  position  to  take  care 
of  your  goods  on  arrival  and 
get you top prices.

M a r k  Your  S h ipm e n t s

B U SH   &  W A IT E

Commission Merchants,  353  Russell  Street 

Detroit,  Mich.

References, Home Savings Bank, Com ! Agencies

For a number of years we have  shipped  fruit 
to  grocerymen  on  orders  by  mail  and  it  has 
proved satisfactory to the buyer  and  to  ravself. 
The fruit is raised on the  high  ground  just  out­
side the  city  limits.  I  have  a  large  and  con­
venient packing house and good-shipping  facili­
ties, long distance  telephone  and  mail  delivery 
at 8:30 o’clock every week day morning by  rural 
route  No.  4.  My  orders  are  always  shipped 
complete  Id the afternoon of  the  day  received, 
which will forward  the  fruit  twenty-four  hours 
quicker than if  bought on  the  city  market  the 
next morning.  I can  give  prompt  service  and 
good  stock  put  in  full  sized  packages.  I  can 
furnish  of  my  own  raising  strawberries,  rasp­
berries. gooseberries, currants,  cherries,  plums 
and red, white and blue grapes—by the thousand 
baskets, ton or car load.  Peaches  and  pears  I 
can obtain of nearby neighbors.
Give me a trial or standing order and  we  will 
try to please you.
Give plain shipping directions.
No fruit shipped on commission.
WM. K.  MUNSON,

P roprietor Vine  Graft,

Grand  ltapids,  Mich.

Established 1876
Charles 

Richardson

Commission  Merchant

Wholesale 

Fruits

Carlots  a  Specialty

58-60  W.  Market  St.  and 

121-123 Michigan St. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

References—City  National  Bank,
Y.  Any 
responsible  Commercial 
Agency,  or  make  enquiry  at  your 
nearest bankers.

tManfrs. & Traders  Bank,  Buffalo,  N.

lo n g   Dist.  ’Phone  158  A,  158  D  r

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.

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Fruits,  Produce  and  Commission

Wholesale

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Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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reached  that  conclusion  he  happened  to 
come  on  an  errand  to  the  store.

Babes  was  on  hand  to  wait  on  him.
“ What  is  it  to-day,  Mr.  Morgan?”
“ My  wife  wants  two  or three  pounds 
of  butter;  and  by  the  way,  Babes,  the 
last butter  we  had  wasn’t  worth  what  we 
paid  for  it,  and  it  wasn't  a  high  price 
for  butter  either. ”

The  young  fellow  gave  a  glance  about 
him  to  see  that  nobody  was  within hear­
ing  and  then,  with  a  commonplace  “ Is 
that  so?"  and  looking  the  minister  full 
in  the  face,  went  on :  “ Then  you  know 
a  little  something  about  how  the  rest  of 
us  feel  about  your  sermons— we  don’t 
pay  a  high  price  for  ’em,  but  they  ain’t 
worth  what  we  pay.”

The  flush  that  spread  over  the  minis­
ter’s  face  balanced  the  old  account  on 
Babes’  memorandum  and  he  went  on : 
“ I  know,  as  you  do,  that  it’s a bad time 
for good  butter  between  hay  and  grass, 
but  now’s  the  time  to  piece  out  with  an 
occasional  dip 
into  the  meal  chest. 
This  new  man  over  at  the  other  church 
doesn’t  know  what  a  good  sermon  is 
and  he  couldn’t  half  preach  one  of  his 
own  if  he  did. 
I  was  over  there  the 
other  Sunday  and  I  know.  He  can 
hustle,  and  for a  time  he’s  going  to  get 
his  salary  paid  and  a  lot  of  other  things 
the  church  doesn’t  want.  Our  church 
hasn't  anything  to  do  with  that.  What 
we  do  want  is  a  sermon  that's  worth 
what  we  pay  for  it;  and  you’re  just  the 
man  to  give  it  to  us.  Change  your  feed 
for a  week  or  two,  Mr.  Morgan.  Husks 
and  straw  have  no  nourishment  in  them 
and  they  get  mouldy  without  -your 
knowing  it.  Why  not  let  the  patriarchs 
and  prophets  rest  and  come  down  to  our 
day  and  generation?  Take  a  seat  here 
in  the  store  some  Wednesday  morning 
and  see  Mrs.  Dinsbury  from  over  in 
South  Crawford  try  to  cheat  me  in  bar­
tering  some  more  of  that  same  butter 
you  have  been  complaining  of.  She’s 
been  at  it  now  for three  good  years  and 
hasn't  found  out  yet  that  she  can’t! 
In 
a  week  in  here  I  can  give  you  texts and 
illustrations  for  sermons  that,  with  your 
way  of  working  up,  if  you  do  your  best, 
will  pack  the  old  meeting  house  from 
door  to  pulpit;  and  yet  you  insist  on 
feeding  on  Jeremiah  and  doling  out  lit­
tle  pale  dabs  of  butter  that  smell  as  old 
as  he  does!  Don’t  do 
it  any  more. 
Come  next  Sunday  with  a  new  churn­
ing.  Have 
it  fresh  and  sweet,  with

every  bit  of  the  buttermilk  worked  out. 
I’ll  tell  you  what  you  do:  Have  that 
sermon  a  week  from  Sunday  and  next 
Sunday  give  that  one  on  “ babes  and 
sucklings”   you  had  the  first  Sunday 
you  were  here!  Promise  to  do  that  and 
I’ll  see  if  I can't  do  something  with  the 
choir.  Will  you  do  it?”

into 

It  was  a  bargain.  The  old  sermon, 
yellow  with  age,  was  preached.  The 
choir,  awakened 
life  by  Babes 
Brightwood,  made  the  arches  of  the  old 
church  resound.  Life  came  back 
into 
the  dead  society  and  when  the  next 
Sunday  the  sermon,  fresh  and  sweet, 
“ with  the  buttermilk  all  out  of  it,”   was 
given  to  the  congregation  there  wasn't 
a  member  who  could  believe  his  senses. 
The  Sunday  evening  sermon  was  better 
than  that  of  the  morning  and  when 
it 
was  found  that  that  sort  of  work  was  the 
settled  thing 
fact  that  the 
church  was  full  from  the  door to  the 
pulpit.  That  state  of  things  went  on 
all  winter  and  ended  in  the  grandest  re­
vival  that  Riverdale  had  ever  had.

it  was  a 

“ It  only  shows,”   said  one  of  the 
white-haired  deacons,  one  Sunday even­
ing  at  the  close  of  service,  to  the  min­
ister and  Babes,  who  often  walked  home 
together,  “ what  a  clerk  in  a  store  can 
do  if  he  will. ”

" Y e s ,”   replied  the  minister  as  he 
put  an  arm  around  the  young  man’s 
shoulders,  “ and  it  shows,  too,  that  out 
of  the  mouth  of  Babes  and  sucklings 
hast  thou  ordained  strength!”

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

A  Connecticut  judge  holds  a  Sunday 
shave  to  be  a  “ necessity,”   and  dis­
charges  a  barber  arrested  for  keeping 
his  shop  open  Sunday.  The  judge  says: 
“ We  have  come  to  an  age  when  these 
matters  must  be  considered  with  judg­
ment  and  with  common  sense.  People 
as  a  rule  are  extremely  busy  during  the 
week,  and  when  they  go  into  a  barber’s 
shop 
in  an  orderly  manner  to  prepare 
themselves  for  the  proper  observance  of 
the  day,  I  do  not  believe  that 
it  could 
be  considered  a  criminal  offense.”

It 

is  foolish  to  charge  your  memory 
with  too  many  objects  or  subjects  at 
one  time. 
something 
must  suffer.

Somebody  or 

If  people  didn’t  worry  about  troubles 
beforehand  some  of  them  wouldn’t  have 
a  chance  to  worry  at  all.

improved 
lengthened  and  widened  and 
in  every  way. 
Instead  of  one  church 
there  were  now  two;  and  there  was 
where  trouble  began.  The  new  church 
and  the  new  society  and  the  new  minis­
ter  created  a  stir  and,  what  was  worse, 
kept  it  up.  There  was  a  new  organ, 
there  was  a  new  choir;  but  what  caused 
more  anxiety  than  arytbing  else  was 
the  new  minister.  He  was  awake  and 
he  kept  his  church  awake.  He  was  an 
organizer and  he  “ got  around  amongst 
folks.”   He  remembered  names  and 
faces  and,  what  is  a  rare  quality 
in  a 
minister,  he always  gave  the  right  name 
to  the  right  face;  and so there  was  pros­
perity  within  the  walls  of  the  new Zion.
In  the  meantime  the  old  church  and 
the  old  society  were  running  down  at 
the  heel.  There  were  dissensions  in 
both,  and  the  only  point  upon  which  all 
agreed  was  that  the  minister  had  out­
lived  his  usefulness  and  the  only  hope 
for  all  concerned  was  his  resignation. 
Babes  Brightwood  sniffed  the  trouble 
afar  off  and  rejoiced.  At  last  the  time 
had  come  when  he  could  watch  the  dis­
comfiture  of  the  minister and—no,  not 
rejoice  and,  come  to  think  of  it,  he 
doubted  considerably  about  wanting  to 
see  the  discomfiture. 
This  minister 
wasn’t  a  bad  man  at  all.  He  had 
worked  for  the  good  of  all  concerned. 
He  wasn’t  afraid  to  speak  his  mind 
when  there  was  need and,  what  was  best 
of  all,  he  didn’t  let  it  make  any  differ­
ence  who  the  offender  was,  he  freed  his 
mind  to  him  just  the  same.  That  made 
him  Babes’  'man  first,  last  and  all  the 
time  and  when  the  clouds  began  to 
gather  he  dropped  his  old  dislike  and 
planted  himself  squarely  at  the  minis­
ter’s  side  and  studied  the situation from 
that  point  of  view.

He  soon  saw  the  trouble  and  just  as 
soon  made  up  his  mind  to  remove  it. 
He  had 
long  ago  concluded  that,  man 
for  man,  his  minister  could  discount 
the  one 
in  the  new  church  ten  to one, 
and  with  a  feeling  for the  under  dog  in 
the  fight,  he  tried  to  see  what  could  be 
turned  in  his  favor.  The  greatest  diffi­
culty  to overcome  was  the  minister him­
self.  He  was  discouraged.  He  felt  that 
he  was  losing  the  confidence  of  his  peo­
ple  and  he  gave  way  to  it.  This affected 
his  sermons  and  this  in  turn made a bad 
matter  worse.  Utterly  disheartend  he 
thought  only  of  getting  out of the trouble 
by  resigning.  When  he  had  about

24

Clerks’  Corner.

The  Country  Store  a t  R iverdale  and  the 
Revival.
Written for the Tradesman.

Babington  Brightwood, 

something 
over  22,  had  been  clerking  for  four or 
five  years  at  the  store  in  the  village  of 
Riverdale,  where  he  was  bom  and 
brought  up.  He  was  spry,  quickwitted 
and  handsome  and,  with  a  heart  big 
enough  for two  hearts,  he  was  and  al­
ways  had  been  a  general  favorite  in  the 
place.  So  far  as  was  known  his  young 
life  had  been  blighted  by  a  single  sor­
row—the  name  his  sponsors  had  given 
him 
in  baptism.  Thomas  Babington 
Macaulay  had  been  the  unabridged  de­
sign  of  his  fond  father,  with  whom  the 
distinguished  Englishman  was  consid­
ered  humanity’s  crowning  glory.  The 
love  of  an  equally  fond  mother,  believ­
ing  there  could  be  in  names  too  much 
of  a  good  thing,  would  have  no  Thomas 
in  her  family  and,  Babington  Macaulay 
Brightwood  striking  pleasantly upon her 
ear,  the  name  met  with  favor and  he 
was  so  baptized.  Anglo-Saxon  dislike 
for  long  names,  coupled  with  maternal 
tenderness,  soon  contracted  the  Babing­
ton  to  Bab  and  then  to  Babe  and,  as 
there  was  so  much  more  to  him  than  to 
the  average  baby,  his  mother,  believing 
that  she  was 
in  making  the 
sound  agree  with  the  sense,  called  him 
Babes;  and  Babes  Brightwood  he  be­
came  and  so  remains to  this  day.

justified 

it,  later  on 

Ten  years  ago,  when  the  present  in­
cumbent  of  the  one  church  at  River­
dale  had  accepted  an unanimous call,  he 
preached  for  his  first  sermon  after his 
installation  from  the  text,  “ Out  of  the 
mouth  of  babes  and  sucklings  hast  thou 
ordained  strength." 
It  was  a  good  ser­
mon  from  first  to  last  and  the  young 
clergyman,  when  he  bad  finished  the 
writing  of  it,  was  satisfied  with  it,  as  he 
had  a  perfect  right  to  be.  For  some 
reason,  however,  which  he  could  not 
fathom,  powerful  as 
it  was  and  well 
delivered  as  it  was,  it  utterly  failed  to 
make  the  expected  impression.  In  look­
ing  over  his  congregation  during  the 
“ voluntary”   his  eyes  had 
fallen  on 
Babes'  handsome  face  and,  seemingly 
impressed  by 
in  the  an­
nouncement  of  his  text  be  had  uncon­
sciously 
looked  straight  at  the  boy,  to 
his  great  consternation  at  bearing  his 
name  thus  pronounced  with  the  minis­
terial  eyes  turned  almost  sternly  upon 
him.  The  result  was  a  boy’s  scared 
face,  a  churchful  of  people  trying  to 
keep  their  faces  straight  and  a  minister 
perplexed  at  a  condition  of things which 
he  could  not  understand. 
It  spoiled  his 
sermon, 
it  desecrated  the  sanctuary 
and,almost  disheartened,  he  pronounced 
the  benediction  only  to  see  members  of 
his  flock  give  way  to  the  smiles  they 
were  unable  to  repress.
After some  time  the 

incident  almost 
from  people’s  minds— from 
passed 
everybody’s  but  Babes'. 
In  vain  was 
the  matter  presented  in  every  light  and 
the  boy’s  good  sense  compelled  him  to 
admit  that  the  minister’s 
ignorance  of 
his  name  was  proof  enough  that  he  was 
wholly 
innocent  of  any  design ;  but  the 
boy  bad  been  laughed at  and  in  his  soul 
be  resented 
it  and  he  fervently  hoped 
that  some  day  things  would  shape them­
selves  so  that  he  and  the  minister would 
change  places.

That  happened  ten  years  ago.  River­
dale  had  prospered.  A  railroad  had 
found 
it  and  blessed  it.  A  long-neg­
lected  mill  privilege  had  been  turned 
to  practical account  and  the  village  had

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prises,  and  yet  most  generally  found 
faithful 
in  ail,  to  what  can  we  ascribe 
thè  high  moral  state  of  the  modern trav­
eling  man?  The  answer  to  my  mind  is 
a  simple one :  The  demands  of  the pres 
ent  commercial  era  are  first  for  the 
highest  type  of  moral  manhood  to  fill 
positions  of trust.  Second,  only  bright, 
active,  intelligent  minds  can  cope  with 
the  great  commercial  problem  of  to-day 
in  every 
where  competition  bristles 
quarter.  And 
last,  but  not 
least,  the 
great  spirit  of  love  that  finds its inspira­
tion  in  the  Great  Creator, and  permeates 
the  atmosphere  of  every  life  that  bows 
in  submission  to  God— ’tis this love  that 
makes  man  nobler,  better  and  stronger. 
And  it  is  the  pride  of  our  order  that  we 
demand  of  every  applicant  for  member­
ship  a  fixed  faith  in  the  omnipotence, 
omniscience  and  omnipresence  of  God.
From the mother’s breast to the  sexton’s  spade 
If the soul when the flesh In the tomb Is laid, 
Like a flame mimed out, must forever fade.

1 here are tears and toll and sin.

It had better not have been.

I see God’s love In the fragrant rose.
His strength In each wheeling sphere,
I feel his touch when the zephyr blows,
His mercy for all line a river flows,
And my soul has ceased to fear.
With  these  principles  constantly  be­
fore  us—the  fatherhood  of  God  and  the 
brotherhood  of  man— it'is  but  natural  to 
expect  a  very  elevated  and  moral  man­
hood.

its  other  self—one 

To  the  gentler  sex  whose  responsibil­
ities  have  not  passed  beyond  the  kin­
dergarten  age  of  single  blessedness  1 
must  cordialiy  commend  the  traveling 
man,  and  ask  for  him  your  sympathies 
and  love.  There  will  come  a  time 
vhen  your soul  will  yearn 
a  companion ;  realizing  its  incompli 
ness  it  will  await  the  coming  ol 
¡deal, 
into  wh 
hands  you  can  place  your  own  and 
proudly  say,  not  my  lord,  but  my  love.
Then  think  of  the  domestic  happiness 
of  a  traveling  man’s  wife. 
Twelve 
honeymoons  every  year,  and  three  „. 
four  holidays  thrown  in,  an  annual  trip 
to  the  Northern  resorts  —and  if  this  be 
not  inducement  enough,  we  will  take 
you  into  copartnership  with  us,  furnish 
you  with  a  line  of  samples,  put  you  on 
the  road  and 
let  vou  pump  hot  air to 
your heart’s  content."  W.  T.  Jackson,

T hird  Game of th e  Grand  Rapids  Travel 

lng  Men.

in 

Grand  Rapids,  June  24— Two  picked 
nines  from  the  Grand  Rapids  traveling 
men  met 
in  a  fiercely-contested  bal, 
game  on  the  grounds  at  the  end  of  the 
Division  street  car  line  Saturday  after 
noon.  The  game  was  a  hot  one  from 
start  to  finish,  as  it  was  the  last  one  be 
fore  the  “ big  game”  that is to  be played 
Saturday  afternoon,  June  2q,  at  the  ball 
park  at  Reed’s  Lake.  The  game  on 
Saturday  brought  out  some  new  players 
who  have  not  been  at  the  former games, 
Special  mention  might  be  made  of  the 
good  work  done  by  Herrick  as  pitche., 
Carlyle  as  catcher  and  Kolb  in  center 
field.  A.  T.  Driggs 
left  field  also 
did  very  fine  work.  Baker  did  good 
work  as  short,  but  the  distance  between 
long  that  Ray  always 
the  bases  is  so 
gets  a  kink 
leg  and  the  same 
thing  troubles  Martin.  The  game  next 
week  at  Reed’s  Lake  promises  some 
rare  sport  and  will be called at 3 o’clock 
An  invitation is extended to all the mem 
bers  of  the  United  Commercial travelers 
and  their  friends  to  come  to the  ball 
game,  accompanied  by  their  families. 
If  you  have  no  family,  bring  along  your 
best  girl  and  a  well-filled  lunch  basket 
for  as  soon  as  the  game  is  over  every 
body  will  go  to  the  steamer,  Major 
Watson,  and  have  supper  and  music  on 
the  boat,  riding  around  the  lake  until 
all  are  ready  to  leave  for home.  The 
steamer  has  been  chartered  by 
the 
traveling  men  for  the  entire  evening 
and  they  look  for a  good  big  crowd  and 
a  good 
jolly  time,  so  don’t  forget  the 
date,  boys—Saturday,  June  29—game 
called  at  3,  supper  and  music  on  the 
Major  Watson  after the  ball  game.

in  his 

The  score  was  as  follows:
Carly le’s Team AB R I «
Herrick, p
Carlyle, c
Dykema,  1 b

O A E

1
0

2 i  0
1  5
1  6 3 I  1
0 I  6
1  4
»
1  7 I 2 1  0
3
1  3 | 0
4
2
1  6 i 1 !  2
0
0
1  4
2
3
I  3  ! 6
0
5
!  38  ! 16 13 Í6

0
2

1
0

1
0
1
0
0
0
_5
0
0
1
2 1  1
4
10

Keyes, 2 b
Martin, 3 b
Baker, s s
Driggs, 1 f
Holden, r f
Haskins, c f
Totals,

CommercialTravelers
Micfaitr&n Kairiti of the Grip 
JÏO. F. Owbk,  Gil
President,  Grò. F. Ow en,  Grand  Rapids;  Sec­
re ta ry ,A.  W.  St it t ,  Jackson;  Treasurer
----- , ,  
W.  St it t ,  Jacl
J ohn W. Schram, Detroit.

Ciitod Commercial Trawlers of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Bartlett,  Flint 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  Ke n d a ll,  Hillsdale 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Edelm an, Saginaw.

Ami Rapidi Coutil Ha 131, D. C. T.

Senior Counselor, W   B.  Com pton ;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

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■¡chini Commercial Trankn’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J .  Boyd  Pa n t l in d,  Grand  Rapids 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Ge o.  F.  Ow en 
Grand Baplds.

The  Commercial  T raveler  From   a Profes 

slonal Standpoint.

The  best  definition  that  1  can  give  of 
our craft  is :  Occupying  the  position  of 
connecting  link  between  the  represent 
atives  of  the  great  commercial  world 
upon  the  one  side  and  the  still  greater 
producing  and  consuming  world  upon 
the  other,  they  have  a  better  opportun! 
ty  of  forming  an  intelligent  opinion  as 
to  the  effect  of  existing  conditions  upon 
the  general  prosperity  of  the  country 
than  any  other  class  of  men  in  exist 
ence.  They  are,  as 
it  were,  the  very 
arteries  through  which  the  commerce 
of  the  world  must  travel  before 
it  can 
return  to  make  glad  the  strong  arm 
that  produced  it,  or the  quick  brain  that 
directed  the  channels  through  which 
it 
must  pass  before  it  can  be  distributed 
and  utilized.

The  thousand  white  wings  that  skim 
the  seas  of  commerce,  the  mad  rushing 
trains  that  climb  the  mountain  passes 
and  rush  on  to  the Occident bear witness 
to  the  tireless  energy  of  the  commercia 
traveler.

The  green  fields  and  peaceful  homes 
of  the  sons  of  agriculture  are  not Strang 
era  to  him,* the  busy  marts,  throbbing 
with  the  energy  of  a  thousand  indus 
tries,  only  testify  to  the  thoroughness  of 
his  work.

Where  life  is,  where  energy  is,  where 
growth  is,  where  development  is,  there 
the  commercial  traveler  is.

The  commercial  traveler  of  to-day  is 
the  index  to trade,  the  thermômeter  of 
business  conditions.  When  prosperity 
follows  in  his  wake,  the  nation  is  pros­
perous,  when  hard  times  drive  him 
home  again  it  is  a  sure  sign  of  poverty 
among  the  masses.

“ This  is  unquestionably  a  commer­
cial  era  and  the  demands  of  trade  have 
drawn 
into  its  channels  some  of  the 
brightest  minds  and  most  glorious 
spirits  that  our  nation  has  ever  pro­
duced.  Only  a  few  years  ago  we  were 
infants  in  the  great  world  of  commerce, 
and  to-day  the  products  of  our fields, 
our  mines  and  our  factories  are  sold 
in 
all  the  great  marts  of  the  world.  The 
ensigns  of  our great  army of commercial 
travelers  already  float  upon  the  walls  of 
every  civilized  nation  on  the  face  of 
the  globe  and  we  are  rapidly  going  into 
lands  whose 
inhabitants  have  not  yet 
felt  the  civilizing  influence  of  the  fast 
express  train,  or  the  gentle  buzzing  of 
the  drummer's  persuasive  voice.

“ When  the  bright  light  of  civilization 
shall  shine  upon  every  face  in  every 
quarter  of  the  globe  and  white-winged 
peace  shall  spread  her  benedictions  up­
on  the  world,  millennium’s  dawn  will 
then  be  near,  and  the  traveling  man 
will  feel  that  his  work  has  been  well 
done.

A  few  suggestions  as  to  the  moral 
side  of  a  traveling  man’s  life :  Often 
tempted,  frequently  surrounded  by 
in­
invite  moral  depravity, 
fluences  that 
in  many  high  and  critical  enter-
tried 

T  I

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►

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A  U

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Decadence of Colored  Shoes.

A  well-informed  dealer  in  finished 
calfskins,  in  conversation  regarding  the 
apparent  decadence  in  the  demand  and 
use  of  colored  shoes,  said:  “ I  do  not 
consider  for  a  moment  that  the  falling 
off  in  popularity  of  russet,  tan,  brown 
and  chocolate  shoes  is  because  they 
have not  proved  desirable  or have  failed 
to give  satisfactory  service. 
I  consider 
that  the  colored  shoe  has  for  the  time 
being  lost some of its  former  prestige  on 
account  of  the  introduction  of  the  pat­
ent  and  enameled  shoe.  There  will  be 
more  of  such  worn  during  the  coming 
season  than  ever  before,  simply  because 
it  is  the  fashion,  but  I  am  assured  that 
the  colored  shoe  will  be  worn  as  gener- 
lly 
I 
say  this  because  you  can  not  produce 
the  man,  woman  or  child  who  have 
ever  worn  a  colored  shoe  who did  not 
think 
it  the  most  comfortable  summer 
shoe  they  ever  wore.  Again,  people 
ke  a  change ;  they do  not  want  to  wear 
black  shoe  summer and  winter,  and 
nothing  can  fill  the  bill  except  colors. 
The  largest  manufacturers  whom  I  have 
enrolled  as  my  customers  have  assured 
me  that  they  look  for a return of  the  col­
ored  shoe  to  its  former  prestige.’ ’

in  the  summer of  1902  as  ever. 

The  merchant  who  handles  agricul­
tural 
implements  should  always  be  on 
the  lookout,  not  only  for  the  best,  but 
for those  that  will  satisfy  his  customers.
If he  can  not  procure  the  kinds  desired 
by  his  customers, he should  make  known 
to  some  manufacturer  just  what  may  be 
needed,  and  he  will  get  them  if he  can 
offer  sufficient  trade  For  the manufacture 
o f special  implements.

4

0

6

2

6
4

R eynolds’ Team |a b | R H O A E
Rysdaie, c
1  5 I 0
1
3
Reynolds, s s
1  6  1 1
3 I 4 0 1
Snitsler, 1 b
0
1  7 1 3
2
—
Burleson, 2 b
1  6 I 0
3
0
Sledrlgbt, 3 b
1  7 I 4
6  I 1 8 | 7  i 3
Spo fiord, p
1  4  ! 0
■i 3  1 6
2
Kolb, c f
«1 3 | 7  1 1 0
! 6 1 4
—
Rouse, 1 f
1  4 1 0
3  ! 6  1
0
Bosma, r f
M ‘ 1 2 1 ’ 1 6  1 1
M 13 21  I 143  138  ! 10
2  3 4 5  6 7 8  9

Innings.................
Reynolds’.............   4  3  7  2  3  0  1  2  1—23
Carlyle’s...............   2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0   3-14
Earned runs—Reynolds’, 11.  Two  base  hits— 
Keyes,  Baker.  Three  base  hits—Driggs,  Sled- 
rlght.  Home  runs—Keyes,  Snitzler.  Stolen 
bases—Burleson,  Rouse.  Holden,  Martin.  Lelt 
on  bases—Reynolds’,  11;  Carlyle’s,  6.  Hit  by 
pitched  balls—Bosma,  Rysdale.Dykema,  Her­
rick.  Umpires—Rockwell, Martin.

Totals,

JaDee.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Alma  Record:  Walter  Mosher  has 
taken  a  position  as  traveling  salesman 
for  the  American  Cigar Co.,  of  Benton 
Harbor.

Kalamazoo  Gazette-News:  John  How­
ard  is  the  guest  of  his  parents,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  W.  G.  Howard.  He  is  traveling 
salesman  for  the  Beckwith  Stove  Co., 
of  Dowagiac,

Wallace  Franklin,  Michigan  traveling 
representative  for Westinghouse,Church, 
Kerr  &  Co.,  has-gone  to  Buffalo to  take 
charge  of  the  exhibit  made  by his house 
at  the  Pan-American  fair.

Kalamazoo  Telegraph:  A.  C.  Jick- 
ling,  who  has been  with  Dewing  &  Sons 
as  yard  manager  for  fifteen  years,  has 
resigned  to  accept  a  position  as  travel­
ing  salesman  for a 
lumber  com­
pany  at  Saginaw.

large 

The  Hotel  Whitcomb,  at  St.  Joseph, 
has  been  completely  refurnished.  The 
halls  and  rooms  have  been  repapered, 
steel  ceiling  and  side  walls  have  been 
put  in  the  office  and  four  large  sample 
rooms  have  been  completed  at  an  ex­
pense  of S4,ooo.

H.  E.  Hodges,  of Cleveland,  a  travel­
ing  salesman 
in  the  employ  of  Ems- 
heimer  &  Co.,  of  Cleveland,  is  miss- 
ng,  and  his  wife  and  the  members  of 
the  firm  are  trying  to  locate  him. 
Hodges  left  the  Hotel  Cadillac,  Detroit, 
June  18,  and 
it  was  believed  that  he 
went  to  Mt.  Clemens.  Since  then  he 
has  not  been  seen  or heard  from  by  his 
friends.

Hudson  Post:  N.  W.  Flaisig,  travel­
ing  salesman  for  W.  C.  Rowley,  needle 
manufacturer  at  Redditch,  Eng.,  was 
registered  at  the Hudson House Wednes­
day.  Mr.  Flaisig,  during  his  travels  for 
the  firm,  has  visited  every  civilized 
country  on  earth,  making  the  circuit  of 
the  globe  six  times.  He 
is  68  years 
old,  and  has  been  in  the  employ  of  the 
same  company  fifty-one  of  them.  He 
leaves  for  England  shortly  to  start  on 
another  tour of  the  world.

B.  S.  Davenport  (Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co.)  is  taking  a  week  off  this 
week  for  the  purpose  of  displaying  his 
piscatorial  skill  along  the  banks  of  the 
Manistee,  near  High  Bridge.  He  is  ac­
companied  by  his  wife  and  several  of 
his  customers  and 
their  wives.  The 
traveling  men  and  Byron’s  customers 
are  getting  squared  around  to  hear the 
big  stories  he  will  have  at  his  tongue’s 
end  as  the  result  of  his  week’s  experi­
ence. 
It  is  understood  that  he  has  pre­
pared  to  fortify  his  statements by photo­
graphic  reproductions  of  the  fish  he 
lands,  having  provided  himself  with  a

No.  131.

Grand  Rapids,  June 24— The  ball

;d’s  Lake.  After  the  game  a  boat 
-  and  supper  on  the  Major  Watson 
l  be  participated  in.  Bring  the  fam- 
ly  and  a  well-filled  lunch  basket.  Also 
ear your U.  C.  T.  hat (blue,  white  and 
old). 

____   JaDee.

_ 

Doll  M akers  Not  Pious. 

“ Mamma,  I  don’t  think  the  people

“ Why  not,  my  child?"
“ Because  you  can  never  make  them 
kneel. 
lay  my  doll 
down  on  her stomach  to  say  her  pray­
ers. ’ ’

I  have  always  to 

Whiskey,  Morphine  and 

Tobacco Habits

Positively  Cured

Full  particulars  and  prices  for  the asking. 

Patterson  Home Sanitarium, 316  E.  Bridge St. 

Phone  1391 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central  location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel­

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

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Drugs--Chemicals

M ichigan  State  Board of Pharm acy

L. E.  Reynolds,  St. Joseph 
H en ry  H e im , Saginaw 
Wir t   P.  Doty, Detroit •
A. 0. Sch u m acher, Ann Arbor 
J o h n D. Mu ir , Grand Rapids 

Term expires
Dec. 31,1901 
Dec. 31,1902 
Deo. 31,1903 
Deo. 31,1904 
Dec. 31,1905
President, A.  0.  Sc h u m a c h er, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, He n r y   H e im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit

E xam ination  Sessions.

Sault  Ste.  Marie, August 28 and 29. 
Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association. 

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

Form ulas  for the  P reparation  of  Concen­

trated  F ru it  Syrups.

Pineapple.  The  best  kind  for  ices  is 
the  dark,  orange-colored ;  indeed,  much 
better than  the  sugar  loaf,  which  is  bet­
ter  adapted  for  preserving  whole  for 
confectiones’  use,  while  the  bird’s-eye 
and  others  are  more  juicy  and  of  better 
flavor.  Pare  and  cut  them 
into  slices, 
cut  out  the  core,  which  is  hard  and  of 
very 
little  flavor,  grind  or  pound  the 
pulp  in  a  stone  mortar,  and  after strain­
ing  use  it  right  away,  as  the  most  of the 
fruit  will  darken  or change  color  some­
how  or another.

Strawberry  and  Raspberry.  In  select­
ing  strawberries  the  opinions  differ  a 
great  deal  as  to  which  berry  to  use. 
While  some  prefer  a  large  berry,  others 
again  say  that  the  small  berries  contain 
more  juice  and  flavor.  From  our  own 
experience,  however,  we  will  state  that 
a  dark-red,  medium  sized,  pointed-on- 
top  berry  gave  the  most  satisfaction  for 
color  as  well  as  for  flavor  and  juice, 
while  the  extra  large  berries  are  more 
for  the  eye  and  well  adapted for  dessert 
or fruit  stand.  Mash  the  berries  with  a 
wooden  masher—never  use  iron  or  cop­
per,  as  this  will  discolor  the  fruit;  then 
mix  the  sugar,  and  bottle  for  use  im­
mediately.  As  the  strawberry  has  not 
much  acid 
is  best  to  add  a  little 
lemon  juice,  as  it  will  heighten  the  fla­
vor  and  color  as  well.  For  raspberries 
follow  the  same . rules.  Use  the  dark 
berries,  pick  them  and  mash  them,  and 
finish  as  quickly  as  possible;  never  let 
any  juice  stand  over  night  unless  you 
have  sqme  sugar  mixed  with  it,  and  set 
it  in  a  porcelain-lined  bowl  in  the  re­
frigerator.

it 

Cherry.  As  the  variety  of  good  cher­
ries  is  not  as  abundant  as  in  some  other 
countries,  unless  you  choose  the  Cali­
fornia large red  or  white  kind,  which  do 
not  come  to  us  in  a  ripe  enough  state  to 
be  used  for  ices,  it  is  best  to  use  as  far 
as  possible  the  black  varieties,  which 
are  of  fine  flavor  and  good  color.  Stone 
the  cherries,  pound  about  one-tenth  of 
he  stones  to  a  paste,  mash  and  mix 
well  together,  let  stand  for a  short  time, 
stirring  it  occasionally,  and  strain.

Grape.  Any  good  grape,  either  white, 
red  or  dark,  will  do  for  water  ice;  the 
only  thing  to  be  looked  for  is  that  they 
are  well  ripe  and  sound.  Pick  them  off 
the  stems,  mash,  strain,  and  mix  with 
your  sugar  or syrup.

Currant.  Use  the  dark-red  currant, 
or  if  a 
light  ice  is  wanted  take  all 
white,  well  ripe.  Strip  the  little  berries 
from  the  stems  with  a  fork,  mash  them, 
and  follow  instructions  as  for strawberry 
j uice.

Apple  and  Pear.  Apple  as  well  as 
pear water  ices  are  not  frequently  asked 
for,  but  when  so,  use  the  maiden  blush 
yellow  bellflower  for apples,  and  the 
Muscat  pears  for  other  ice.  Cut  and 
slice  them  without  paring,  and  throw 
in  cold  water  immediately,  to  prevent

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

discoloring;  mash  and  strain  as  quick­
ly  as  possible,  and  mix  at  once  with 
the  sugar  or  syrup.

Plum.  Use  the  dark  blue  or green 
gage,  take  out  the  stones,  pound  part  of 
the  kernels,  mash  the  plums,  mix  in  the 
kernel  paste,  let  stand  to draw  a  short 
while,  strain  and  use.

Peach.  The  white  or 

flesh-colored 
freestones  are  the  best  for  ices;  they are 
of  good  flavor  and  do  not  contain  so 
much  acid  as  different  other  varieties. 
They  have  to  be  worked  up  as  quickly 
as  possible  as  the  flavor  of  peaches  is 
very  delicate,  and  exposure  to the  air 
only  for  a  short  while  will  not  only  dis­
color  the  pulp,  but  will  also  destroy  the 
best  part  of  the  flavor.  When  used  for 
cream  the  peaches  should  be  pared  and 
dropped  into  the  cream,  but  for  water 
ice  the  fruit  needs  only  to  be  brushed, 
mashed,  strained,  and  mixed  with  the 
necessary  amount  of  sugar,  to  which 
may  be  added  a  few  peach  kernels  to 
heighten  the  flavor.

Apricot.  This  fruit 

is  one  of  the 
easist  to  keep,  and  does  not  discolor  as 
quickly  as  other fruit,  but  as  most  apri­
cots  have  to  be  shipped  from  a  great 
distance, 
is  preferable  to  use  the 
French  or  California  pulp,  which  al­
ways  gives  general  satisfaction.

it 

There  are  other  fruits  to  be  used 

in 
cream  and  water  ices,  such  as  bananas, 
melons,  nectarines,  and  others,  but 
those  to  which  we  have referred are used 
the  most.  For  most  of  the  berries  the 
addition  of  a 
juice  is  a 
gieat  improvement.

lemon 

little 

Twenty  Pharm acies  Owned  by  W omen In 
From the New York  Sun.

G otham .

“ In  an  experience  of  twenty-seven 
years 
in  connection  with  a  school  of 
pharmacy,”   said  an  employe  of  a  drug 
store,  ” 1  have  never  known  a  woman 
graduate  of  pharmacy  to get  a  place.”  
“ Why,’ ’said  the  reporter,  “ I  thought 
so  many  more  women  bad  been  gradu­
ating  lately.”

“ There  has  been  an  increase 

in  the 
number of  graduates.  One  of  the  big­
gest  schools  in  pharmacy  in  New  York 
or  the  country  has  been  in  existence 
seventy-two  years,  and  has  graduated 
only  thirty  women 
in  all  that  time. 
Most  of  those  have  been  within  a  very 
few  years  past.  Dr.  Mary  Putnam 
Jacobi  began  the  trouble  back  in  ’58. 
For  forty-five  years  there  was  not  an­
other  woman  graduate.”

“ What  do  they  graduate  now  for,  if 

they  can’t  get  employment?”

Every  woman  who  has  ever  yet  ob­
tained  a  license  from  a  Board  of  Phar­
macy  has  probably  had  some  relative  in 
the  business,  either a  father,  brother or 
husband,  who  has  given  her  the  neces­
sary  four  years’  apprenticeship.  The 
law  provides  that  a  pharmacy  shall  not 
be  left  in  the  charge  of  any  person  not 
a 
licensed  druggist._  So  after  a  while 
it  becomes  convenient  to  send  the 
daughter  or  wife  to college  and have her 
get  a  license  to  save  the  expense  of  em­
ploying  another  man.”

“ But  if  the  women  can  get  a  license, 

why  can’t  they  get a  job?”

“ For  the  same  reason  that  they  can’t 
get  taken  on  as  apprentices.  A  man 
doesn’t  like  to  tell  a  young  girl  to  clean 
the  bottles  or wash up  the  graduates  and 
mortars;  or  send  her on  all  sorts  of  er­
rands.  So,  not  feeling 
like  using  her 
as  hard  as  he  would  a  boy,  he  doesn't 
want  her  around.  With  a  clerk  there  is 
lifting  to  be  done  and 
ladders  to  be 
climbed.  A  man  doesn’t  want  to  sit 
still  and  see  a  woman  do  that  sort  of 
thing,  and  yet  that’s  what  he  wants a 
clerk  for.  Some  of the  big  drug  stores 
are  putting 
in  a  woman  clerk  now  to 
wait  on  the  women  customers;  but  she 
is  simply  a  saleswoman,  not  a  graduate 
of  pharmacy.”

“ Then  all  these  women  graduates  are 
simply  saving  the  cost  of  another  man 
in^their  respective family pharmacies?”  
“ No,  some  of  them  have^gone  into

is  one  woman 

That’s  the 
business  for  themselves. 
queer  part  of 
it.  While,  so  far  as  I 
know,  not  a  single  woman  graduate  has 
ever  secured  employment, 
there  are 
successful  pharmacies 
about  twenty 
owned  by  women 
in  Manhattan  bor­
ough.  Then  they  are  multiplying  in 
the  smaller towns.  Women  seem  to  do 
as  well  as  men 
in  the  same  class  of 
stores. ’ ’
There 

in  New  York 
who  has  conducted  a  pharmacy  almost 
alone  for three  years. 
It  is  a  little  cor­
ner store  in  a  quiet  residence  neighbor­
hood ;  but  out  of  it  she  has  supported 
herself  and  child  and  paid  a  debt  of 
several  thousands  of  dollars.  Her  hus­
band  died,  leaving  her  with  a  baby,  a 
drug  store  and  a  debt  more  than  equal 
to the  value  of  the  store.  She bad helped 
her  husband  more  or  less  in  the  store 
during  their  married 
life.  Upon  his 
death  she  got  a  coach  and  in  the  time 
between  August  and  February  prepared 
herself  sufficiently  to  pass  the  examina­
tions  before  the  State  Board  of  Phar­
macy.

” 1  have  customers  now,”   said  she, 
“ who  have  told  me  that  it  was  six 
months  or a  year after  I  started here  be­
fore  they  would  trust  me  to  put  up  a 
prescription  for them.  The  first  year  it 
was  a  question  whether  I  would  sink  or 
swim.  But  I  have  supported  myself  and 
my  child  for three  years  and  got  so  far 
through  my  debt  that  I  can  see  the  end 
of  it.  Ana  my  store  is  20  per  cent,  bet­
ter  stocked  now  than  when  I  began.

“ There 

is  no  profession  in  which  I 
could  have  done  what  I  have  in  this 
store,  in  the  first  three  years.  Of course, 
I  practically  never  step  out  of the store.
I  am  in  it  from  7  in  the  morning  until
II  at  night.  1  live  in  the  room  behind, 
and  I  never  eat  a  meal  without jumping 
I  never  make  a  visit 
up  to  come  front. 
or  go  on  an  excursion. 
I  have  had 
neither  relaxation  nor  amusement  for 
three  years  and  I  never can  have  until 
I  am  able  to  employ  a  clerk.”

F ifty-E ight Out  of Ninety-Two.

is  a 

Saginaw,  June  22—The  Michigan 
Board  of  Pharmacy  held  a  meeting  at 
Star  Island  June  17  and  18,  1901.  There 
were  ninety-two  applicants  present  for 
examination,  fifty-eight  for  registered 
pharmacist  certificates  and  thirty-four 
for  assistant  papers.  Thirty-four  ap- 
plants  received  registered  pharmacist 
papers  and  twenty-four assistant papers. 
Following 
list  of  those  receiving 
certificates:

Registered  pharmacists—P.  M.  Ben­
nett,  Detroit;  H.  E.  Brunner,  Bay City ; 
C.  C.  Chapin,  Linden;  Geo.  N.  Cox, 
Hart;  W.  J.  Cook,  Armada;  M.  F. 
Conway,  Chelsea ;  Ed.  N.  Cote,  Baraga ; 
E.  D.  De  La  Maler,  Ann  Arbor;  T.  H. 
Dissosway,  Ann  Arbor;  R.  C.  Eaton, 
Otsego;  H.  H.  Eatough,  Gladstone; 
P.  B.  Edmonds,  Bangor;  Wm.  Frank, 
Detroit;  C.  J.  Gelenius,  Detroit;  H.  J. 
Hemesey,  Y ale;  E.  S.  Hauenstein, 
Ann  Arbor;  Ed.  Harrison,  Sault  Ste. 
Marie;  F.  M.  Leslie,  Ann  Arbor;  An­
thony  I.oeher,  St.  Johns;  E.  T.  Mans­
field,  Otsego;  F.  V.  Masilko,  Fond  du 
Lac,  Wis.  ;  Carl  F.  Mayer,  Ann  Arbor; 
C.  W.  Parker,  Napoleon;  Wm.  A. 
Rose,  Jr.,  Detroit;  M.  J.  Ryan,  Clif­
ford;  G.  G.  Stillwell,  Ann  Arbor;  H. 
I.  Sanford,  Chicago;  F.  E.  Tbomp- 
kins,  Fostoria;  S.  M.  Wesoloski,  De­
troit ;  D.  L.  Watson,  Detroit;  W.  D. 
Whitehead,  Imlay  C ity;  R.  A.  Wood­
ward,  Lapeer;  A.  L.  Weekes,  Detroit; 
Parke  Whitmore,  Allegan.

Assistant  pharmacists— H.  L.  Becker, 
Jr.,  Detroit;  W.  J.  Braidwood,  Almont; 
Mary  L.  Brown,  St.  Joseph;  R.  J.  Col- 
grove,  Detroit;  Chas.  H.  Dawson, 
Hastings;  Frank  G.  Farrall,  Big  Rap­
ids;  W.  T.  Fowley,  West  Bay  City;  F. 
E.  Hutchins,  Grand  Rapids;  Hanley 
R.  Hart,  Detroit;  L.  J.  Janacek,  De­
troit;  J.  J.  Kelly,  Big  Rapids;  Otbmar 
Lyons,  Detroit;  Bertha  B.  Mann, 
Pinckney;  D.  J.  McDonald,  Detroit; 
Wm.  Michaels.  Y a le ;  Archie  Peasley, 
Port  Huron;  E.  W.  Pollard,  Merrill; 
E.  A.  Ryan,  Newberry;  G.  H.  Tres- 
tain,  Detroit;  Marie  Von  Borries, 
Louisville,  Ry.  ;  S.  R.  Von  Zellen, 
Skance;  A.  A.  Wheeler,  Detroit;  C.  H. 
Warner,  Marlette;  Alf.  G.  Walker,  Ann 
Arbor,

All  members  of  the  Board  were  pres­
ent  at  the  meeting,  except  L.  E.  Rey­
nolds.

The  old  officers  were  re-elected,  as 

President—A.  C.  Schumacher,  Ann 

follows :

Arbor.

Secretary— Henry  Heim,  Saginaw.
Treasurer—W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.
The  next  meeting  of  the  Board  will 

be  held  at  Marquette,  August  28-29.

Henry  Heim,  Sec’y.

The  D rug M arket.

Opium—The  demand 

is  about  as 
usual  at  unchanged  prices.  Higher 
prices  are  advised  from  Turkey,  but 
there  has  been  no  change  here.

Morphine— Is 

firm  at 

unchanged 

prices.

Quinine—The  demand  is  light  at  this 
season  of  the  year  and  prices  remain 
unchanged.

Wood  Alcohol— Is  very  firm.  Manu­
facturers will  not  accept orders for future 
delivery.  An  advance  is  likely.

Salicylic  Acid—As  the  season  draws 
near  for  consumption  the price is firmer.
Cocoa  Butter— Has  advanced,  in  sym­
pathy  with  the  foreign  markets.  Higher 
prices  are  looked  for.

Cod  Liver Oil— First-class  brands  are 
held  at  different  prices  by  different  im­
porters.  Although  the  market  is  dull  at 
present,  higher  prices  are 
looked  for 
later on..

Grains  of  Paradise— Stocks  are  small 
and  prices  have  been  advanced,  both 
here  and  abroad.

Naphthaline  Balls---- Declined 

last
week,  but  have  again  advanced  and  are 
getting  firmer.

Lobelia  Seed— Is  scarce  and  has  ad­

vanced.

Linseed  Oil—Since  our  last  issue  has 
advanced  9c  per gallon,  and  is  tending 
higher.

Caraway  Seed— Is  weak  and  lower.

There  never  was  a  surer way  to  get 
behind  the  bars  than  to  stand  too  much 
in  front  of  them.

When  liquor  goes  to  a  man’s  head  it 
usually  finds  itself  in  a  lonesome  place.

FOURTH
OF
JULY
GOODS

Fireworks, Flags, Etc.
Net trade price list to dealers only. 
Celebration  displays  supplied  on 
short  notice.  Quick  shipments, 
low prices, complete stock.

Fred  Brundage,

Wholesale Draggist,  Muskegon, Mich.

© i m m n f V Y r n n n

Yiir  k ir n   foi  Special  Size 

VIIB0«   SP1BES

Will  have  the  best  of  attention  here. 
Orders  filled  within  24  hours  after  re­
ceipt.  We  use  Hartshorn’s  best  rollers 
in our work and guarantee satisfaction  in 
every instance.  Send us a trial order.
Price List and Samples upon application.

Heystek & Canfield Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—Linseed Oil, Lobelia Seed. 
Declined—Carra way Seed.

Acidnm

Aceticum................$  6®$  8
Benzoicum, German.  70®  76
Boraclc.................... 
®  17
Carbolicum.............   30®  42
Citricum..................   47®  80
Hydrochlor.............. 
3® 
6
8®  10
Nltrocum................  
Oxalicum.................  18®  14
®  16
Phosphorium,  dll... 
Sallcyllcum  .............  62®  66
Sulphuricum...........  IX® 
6
Tannlcum................1  10®  l  20
Tartarloum  ............

A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............
Aqua, 20 deg............
Carbonas.................
Chloridum...............  
A niline

12®

6® 

Black.......................   2 00® 2 26
Brown......................  80®  1 00
Bed..........................  46®  60
Yellow......................  2 50® 3 00

Baccee
Cubebae..........po,25  22®  24
Junlperus................  
8
Xanfhoxylum.........   l  70©  l  75
Balsam um
Copaiba...................  65®  60
Peru  .......................  
6   l  86
Terabln,  Canada....  66®  60
Tolutan......... .......... 
45®  60
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......  
Cassia....................  
Cinchona Flava......  
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrlca Cerlfera, po. 
Prunus Virgin!........ 
Qulllala, g rd ........... 
Sassafras....... po. 20 
Ulmus.. .po.  16, gr’d 
Extractuin
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra. 
24|
Glycyrrhlza,  po......  284
Haematox, 16 lb. box 
ill 
Haematox, is........... 
184
Haematox, Mia. 
Haematox, 14s.

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
16

F erro
Carbonate  Prectp... 
Citrate and  Quinta..
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanldum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure........
Flora
Arnica.....................
An the mis.................
Matricaria...............
Folia
Barosma..................
Cassia Acutlfol, Tin-
uevelly.................

15§
22«
30l

18
26
36

46® 48

30
20
10

Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx. a 26
Salvia officinalis,  Xs xii

and )4s..........  —
UvaUrsi...... ...........
Gomml 
Acacia, 1st picked...
Acacia, 2d  picked...
Acacia,3d  picked...
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia, po............ .
Aloe, Barb. po.i8@20
Aloe, Cape__po. 15.
Aloe,  Socotrl.. po. 40
Ammoniac...............
Assafoetlda__po. 40
Benzoinum..............
Catechu, is .........
Catechu, fts............
Catechu, Xs............
Caropnorae..............
Eupnorbium... po. 35
Gamboge............ po
Gualacum......po. 25
Kino...........po. 30.76
Mastic  ....................
Myrrh............po. 48
Opii....po.  4.90O6.00 3 40®  3 60
Shellac......................   26®  “
Shellac, bleached—   40®
Tragacanth................  60®

H erba
Absinthium. .oz. pkg 
Bupatorlum. .oz. Pkg
Lobelia........oz. pkg
Majorum ....oz. pkg 
Mentha Plp.  oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr..oz. pkg
Bue.............. oz. pkg
TanacetumV oz. Pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
Magnesia
Calcined, P at........... 
66®
Carbonate, P at........ 
18®
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®
'arbonate, Jennings  18® 

Oleum
Absinthium...............6
Amygdalae,  Dulc__
Amygdalae, Amarae.  8 i
Anisf.......................   1
Aurantl Cortex........2  10
Bergamll................... 2
Cajlputl...................
Cary ophy 111.............
Cedar ................
Chenopadll......... .
Clnnamonll...............1
Cltronella........... .

oo®  l 76
so® 2 oo
30®  l 40

16®

60®

16®
1  m
1
11

Conlum Mac.
Copaiba. ....
Cubebae......
Exechthltos 
Erigeron 
Gaultherla 
Geranium, ounce....
Gosslppii, Sem. gal..  ___  „
Hedeoma.................  l 
Junlpera.................  l 
Lavendula..............  oo® 2 oo
Llmonls.................  
i 
Mentha Piper
Mentha Verld__
Morrhuae, |gal__
Olive..................
Plds Llqulda......
Plcls Llqulda,  gal 
Bicina.?..
Kosmarlnl...... 1.......
Bosae, ounce............ 6
Sucdnl....................
Sabina....................
Santal....................... 2
Sassafras.................
Sinapis,  ess., ounce.
Tlglfl........................  1
Thyme.....................
Thyme, opt..............
Theobromas........... 
Potassium
Bi-Carb.................... 
Bichromate............  
Bromide
C arb....................... 
Chlorate.. .po. 17®19 
Cyanide...................
Iodide......................   2
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart, com.
Potass Nltras, opt...
Potass  Nltras.........   -
PruBsiate.................
Sulphate po............
Radix
Aconltum.................
Althae......................
Anchusa.................
Arum  po.................
Calamus..................
Gentlana........po. 15
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  16 
Hydrastis  Canaden.
Hydrastis Can., po..
Hellebore, Alba. po.
Inula,  po................. 
Ipecac, po...............   3
Iris  plOX.. .po.  35®38  36®  40
Jalapa, pr........  26® 
30
@  35
Maranta,  Xs......... 
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  26
Rbel.................   76® 
1 00
Bhel,  cut.........   @ 
1 26
Bhel, pv..................
Splgeua...................
Sanguinaria.. .po.  15
Serpentaria........... 
Senega ....................
Smilax, officinalis H.
Smllax, M...............
Scillae..................po. 36
Symplocarpus.Foeti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana,ling. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German.
Zingiber a ...............
Zingiber j.................
Semen
Anlsum..........po.  16
Aplum (graveleons).
Bird, is....................  
Carui................... po. 15
Cardamon................
Coriandrum.......
Cannabis Satlva......   4)4
Cydonium.................. 
71
Cnenopodlum.........  
11
Dipterix Odorate
Foenlculum.........
Foenugreek, po........ 
71
L lnl........... ..........
Llnl, grd...... bbl. 4 
4)4
46®
Lobelia.................... 
Pharlaris Canarian..  414®
R apa.......................  414®
Sinapis  Alba........... 
9®
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11®
Spirt tns

12®
16®

12®
i!

40®

4®

3

Frumentl, W. D. Co.  2 00®  2 60 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 26
Frumentl................   1  26®  1  60
Junlperls Co. O. T...  1 66® 2 00
Juniperls  Co...........  1 78® 3 60
Saacnarum  N. E __ 1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galll.........  1  76® 6 80
Vlnl  Oporto.............  1  26® 2 00
Vini Alba.................  1 26® 2  00

Sponges.
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 60® 2  76
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 eo® 2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......
1  60 
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......
1  26
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
. carriage...............
® 1 00 
Hard, for slate use..
®  75
Yellow  R e e f,  for
slate use...............
®  1  40
Syrups
Acacia....................
Aurantl Cortex........
Zingiber..................
Ipecac......................
Ferri Iod.................
Bhel  Arom..............
Smilax  Officinalis...
Senega ....................
Sell! SB............ .........

SclllSB CO.................  @  60
Tolutan...................  
®  eo
Prunus  virg............  
®  50
Tinctures
Aconltum Napellls R 
Aconltum Napellls F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
Arnica....................  
Assafoetlda.............. 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma..................  
Cantharldes............  
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
Cardamon Co........... 
Castor.....................  
Catechuj................... 
Cinchona................. 
Cinchona Co............  
Columba................. 
Cubebae.................... 
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
Digitalis..................  
Ergot....................... 
Ferri  Chloridum.... 
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co.............. 
Guinea..................... 
Guiaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............  
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless......  
K ino....................... 
Lobelia...................  
Myrrh...... .............. 
Nux Vomica............  
Opli.......................... 
Opil, comphorated.. 
Opii, deodorized...... 
Quassia................... 
Bhatany................... 
Rhei......................... 
Sanguinaria...........  
Serpentaria............  
Stramonium............  
Tolutan................... 
Valerian  ................. 
Veratrum  Veride... 
Zingiber.................. 

60
60
60
60
60
so
60
so
60
so
60
76
so
75
75
1  00
60
50
60
eo
60
so
so
so
eo
35
so
60
60
60
60
75
75
so
so
60
60
76
60
1  So
So
So
60
&o
5¡¡
60
60
60
So
2o

Miscellaneous 

® 
<& 

dither, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  35
dither, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen................. ,  2)4® 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
9® 
Annatto...................   40®  60
Antlmoni, po........... 
4® 
5
Antimon! et Potass T  40®  60
Antipyrin................  @  25
Antlfebrtn.............. 
®  20
®  61
Argent! Nltras, oz... 
10® 
Arsenicum.............. 
12
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
Bismuth S. N...........  1  80®  1  85
Calcium Chlor., is... 
9
Calcium Chlor., Hs.. 
10 
Calcium Chlor.,  14s.. 
Cantharldes, Rus.po 
Capslci Fructus, at..
Capsicl  Fructus, po.
Capslci Fructus B, po 
Caryophyllus. .po. 15
Carmine, No. 40......
Cera Alba..............
Cera Flava..............
Coccus  .....................
Cassia Fructus........
Centrarla.................  @
Cetaceum.................  @
Chloroform............   56®
Chloroform,  squlbbs 
® 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  40®  1  65
Chondrus................   20®  25
Clnchonidine.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonldlne, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   6  86® 6 75
Corks, list, dls. pr. ct. 
70
Creosotum...............  
®  35
®
C reta............bbT. 75 
Creta, prep..............  @
Creta, precip........... 
9®
Creta, Rubra........... 
®
Crocus....................  26®
Cudbear..................   @
Cupri  Sulph............  6)4®
Dextrine................. 
7®
Ether Sulph............   78®
Emery, all numbers. 
®
Emery, po................ 
®
E rgota......... po. 90  86®
Flake  White........... 
12®
Galla.......................  
®
g®
Gambler.................  
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @
Gelatin, French......  
36®
76 S
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......
lii
Glue, brown............  
Glue,  white............  
15
Glycerina................   17*
Grana Paradlsl........
Hum ulus.................
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m.
Hydrarg Ammonlatl 
HydrargU nguen turn
Hydrargyrum.........
Ichthyobolla, Am...
Indigo.....................   75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubl........  3 
Iodoform.................  3 1
Lupulin....................
Lycopodium............  
1
acts...................... 
1
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod..............
LiquorPotass A rslnlt  1
Magnesia,  Sulph....
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
Mannla.B. F ..* ..... 

~

1

Menthol..................  
® 4 25
Morphia, S., P.& W.  2 26® 2 60 
Morphia, S.. N. Y. Q. 2  is® 2 40
Morphia, Mai..........2   15® 2 40
Moschus  Canton__  
®  40
Myristlca, No. l ......   66®  80
Nux Vomica...po. 15 
® 
10
Os Sepia..................   36®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co....................  @  1  00
Plcls Liq. N.N.V4 gal.
doz.......................  @200
Plcls Liq., quarts__  @  1  00
Plcls Liq.,  pints......   @  86
Pll Hydrarg. ,.po. 80  @  60
Piper  Nigra...po. 22  @ 
18
Piper  Alba__po. 36  @  30
Pllx Burgun......... . .  @ 
7
Plumbl Acet............  
10® 
12
Pulvls Ipecac et Opii  1  30®  1  60 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @  76
Pyrethrum,  pv........  26®  30
8® 
Quassias..................  
10
Qulnia, 8. P. &  W... 
36®  46
36®  46
Qulnia, 8.  German.. 
Quinla, N. Y............   36®  46
Rubla Tlnctorum.... 
12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv  18®  20
Salacln....................  4 60® 4 75
Sanguis  Draconls...  40®  60
Sapo, W................... 
12® 
14
SapoM.................;. 
10® 
12
Sapo  G....................  @ 
16

Seldlltz Mixture......  20®  22
Sinapis....................  @ 
is
Sinapis,  opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes....................   @  41
®  41
Snulf, Scotch, DeVo’s 
9® 
Soda, Boras............. 
11
Soda,  Boras, po...... 
9® 
11
23® 25
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1)4® 
2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda,  Ash...............   3)4® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2  60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  56
Spts. Myrcla Dom...  @ 2 00
Spts. Vini Rect.  bbl. 
®
Spts. Vlnl Rect. 54bbl  @
Spts. Vlnl Rect. lOgal  @
Spts. Vlnl Rect. 5 gal  @
Strychnia, Crystal... 
80®  1 06
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2*4® 
4
Sulphur, Roll........... 
3)4
Tamarinds.............. 
8® 
10
Terebenth  Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromae.............  60®  66
Vanilla....................9 oo@i6 00
Zinc! Sulph............. 
8

7® 

Oils

__ 
Whale, winter.........  7o 
Lard, extra..............  60 
Lard, No. 1..............  45 

BBL.  GAL.
70
70
so

27

Linseed, pure raw...  70 
Linseed, boiled.......  
71 
Neatsfoot, winter str  64 
Spirits  Turpentine..  41 

73
74
60
46
Paints  BBL.  LB.
Red  Venetian.........  
IX  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars. 
\ \   2  @4 
IX  2  @3 
Ochre,yellowBer... 
Putty,  commercial..  2J4  2)4@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2)4  2X@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............  
13® 
15
76
Vermilion, English..  70® 
Green,  Paris........... 
14®  18
Green, Peninsular...  13® 
is
Lead, red................   6)4®  7
Lead,  white............   6)4®  7
Whiting, white Span  @  90
Whiting, gilders’__  @  95
White, Paris, Amer.  @  1  26 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff.......................  @  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1  20

Tarnishes

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

Stationery

Our stationery  department  is  now  com­

plete  with  new  fall  styles of

Tablets  and 

Box  Papers

Selected  from the leading manufacturers.

We also  have a  full  line of

Blank  Books,  Memorandums, 

Pocket  Books,

Crepe  Papers,  Tissue  Papers, 

Pen-holders,  Pencils, 

Inks,  Etc.

We shall  have  the  best  line  of  H o l i d a y  

G o o d s   ever shown  in  Michigan.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

i& f i*

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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.

Mexican

Straw berries

G uatem ala

86
l  25
90
100

Standard.................  
Fancy...................... 
Succotash
Fair.......................... 
Good........................ 
Fancy............................  
Tomatoes
F air.........................  
Good........................ 
1 00
Fancy............................  
Gallons........................... 
2 40
Columbia, pints........................2 00
Columbia, ft pints.....................1 25

Choice...................................16
Fancy....................................17
Choice...................................16
l 20
African................................ 12ft
Fancy African.....................17
O. G...................................... 25
P. G ..................................... 29
Arabian....................... 
...  21
New York Basis.

Mocha
Package 

CATSUP

Ja v a

85
90

DECLINED

W in ter  W heat  F lo u r
Spring  W heat  F lo u r
Refined  Sugars

ADVANCED
Com pound  Lard
W h ole  A llsp ice
T rou t
W hitefish

Index to  Markets

By Columns

B

A

Col.
Akron  Stoneware..................   15
Alabastine..............................  1
Ammonia................................  
l
Axle G rease..........................  
l

C

l
Baking Powder........................ 
l
Bath Brick.............................. 
l
Bluing...................................... 
Brooms....................................  1
Brushes..................................  
l
Butter Color............................   2
Candles...................................  14
Candles......................-..........  2
Canned Goods.......................  2
Catsup...................................   3
Carbon O ils..........................   3
Cheese....................................  3
Chewing Gum— .................   3
Chicory..................................   3
Chocolate...............................  3
Clothes Lines.........................  3
Cocoa.....................................  3
Cocoa Shells..........................  3
Coffee....................................  3
Condensed Milk....................   4
Coupon Books.......................   4
Crackers...............................  4
Cream T artar.......................   5
Dried  Fruits.........................  5
Farinaceous  Goods..............  5
Fish and Oysters....................  13
Flavoring
Fly  Paper.................. 
6
Fresh Meats..........................  6
Fruits..............-....................  14

Extracts

D

F

 

G

 

P

H

M

N
O

I
J
L

Grains and Flour.................  6
H erbs....................................  8
Hides and Pelts....................   13
Indigo....................................  6
Je lly ......................................  6
Lamp Burners.......................  is
Lamp Chimneys....................  15
Lanterns...............................   15
Lantern  Globes....................   15
licorice.................................  7
Lye........................................   7
Matches...... >........................   7
Meat Extracts.......................  7
Molasses................................  7
Mustard................................   7
Nuts.......................................  14
OU Cans.....................  
  15
Olives....................................  7
Oyster Pails..........................   7
Paper Bags............................  7
P u ls Green..........................  7
Pickles...................................  7
Pipes.....................................   7
Potash..................................  7
Provisions.............................   7
Bice.......................................  8
Saleratus...............................  8
Sal Soda.................................  8
Salt........................................   8
Salt  Fish...............................  8
Sauerkraut............................  9
Seeds.....................................   9
Shoe Blacking.......................   9
Snuff.....................................   9
Soap.......................................  9
Soda.......................................  9
Spices...............   
9
Search....................................  10
Stove Polish..........................  10
Sugar.....................................  10
Syrups...................................  9
Table Sauce..........................   12
Tea.............  
11
Tobacco.................................  li
Tw fte.......................... ,........  12
v
Vinegar...........................  
  12
W
Washing Powder...................  12
Wlcklng.............  
13
Woodenware.........................  13
Wrapping P aper.................  13
Yeast Cake............................  13

R
S

Y

T

 

 

 

A L A B A S T IN E

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

Less 40 per cent discount.

.........

A A L E   G R E A S E
doz. gross
6 00
..56
Aurora 
Castor  Oil.................. 60
7 00
4 25
Diamond................... 60
9 00
Frazer’s ...................... 75
9 00
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75

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

9 00
6 00

H lb. cans,  4 doz. case.......3 75
ft lb. cans,  2 doz. case.......3 75
1 lb. cans,  1 doz. case.......3 75
5 lb. cans,  ft doz. case.......8 00

14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case......  45
ft lb. cans, 4 doz. case......  85
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........l 60
l 

Queen  F lak e

3  oz., 6 doz. case.............. 2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case.................. 3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case.................. 4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case.................. 4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case...................9 00

R oyal

10c size__  90
ft lb. cans  1  35
6 oz- cans  1  90
14  lb. cans 2  50
X lb.  cans 3  75
1 lb.  cans.  4  80
3 lb. cans  13 00
5 lb. cans. 21  50

B A T H   B R IC K

American...........................  70
English..............................   80
Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per gross R 00 
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9 00

B L U IN G

Small size, per doz..............  40
Large size, per doz..............  76

B R O O M S

No. 1 Carpet........................2  50
No. 2 Carpet........................2  15
No. 3 Carpet........................1  85
No. 4 Carpet........................l  60
Parlor  Gem...................... 2  40
Common Whisk...................  85
Fancy Whisk......................1  10
Warehouse......................... 3  25

B R U SH ES

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 In..................   45
Solid Back, H In .................  96
Pointed Ends.......................  86

Shoe

Stove

No. 8.......... ......................... 1 00
No. 7.................................... 1  30
No. 4.................................... 1  70
No. 3.................................... 1 90
No.3........................... 75
No. 2.....................................1  10
No. 1....................................1 75
W„ B. & Co.’s, 15c size....  1  25
W., B. & Co.’s, 25c size—   2 00
Electric Light, 8s................ 12
Electric Light, 16s...............12ft
Paraffine, 6s........................loft
Paraffine  12s...................... 11
Kicking 
................29

BUTTER  COLOR 

CANDLES

CANNED  GOODS 

Blackberries

Clam  Bouillon

wi
85
1  85
3 40
2 35
1  75
2 80
1 76
2 80
1 75
2 80
18@20
22@ 25

Apples
70 
3 
lb. Standards....
Gallons, standards..
2  00
75
standards...............
Beans
Baked......................  l  oo@i  so
Bed Kidney............  
75®  85
String...................... 
80
Wax......................... 
85
Blueberries
Standard.................... 
85
Brook  T rout
lb. cans, Spiced..........  1 90
2 
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
100
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 
1 50
Burnham’s, ft pint...........  1 92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20
Cherries
Bed  Standards...........
White.........................
Corn
Fair..........................
Good.......................
Fancy......................
French  Peas
Sur Extra Fine.............
Extra  Fine...................
Fine...............................
Moyen..........................
Gooseberries
Bi&naaru................  
Hominy
Standard..................
Lobster
Star, ft lb.................
Star, 1  lb.................
Picnic Tails.............
Mackerel
Mustard, lib ...........
Mustard, 2 lb...........
Soused, l lb............ .
Soused, 2 lb............
Tomato, 1 lb............
Tomato. 2 lb............
Hotels.......................
Buttons....................
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb.................
Cove, 21b.................
Cove. 1 lb  Oval.......
Peaches 
Pie..........................
1  65@1  86
Yellow....................
Pears
70
Standard.................
80
Fancy.......................
1  00
Marrowfat..............
1  00
Early June..............
1  60
Early June  Sifted..
Pineapple
Grated....................
1  26@2 75
1  38@2 56
Sliced.......................
Pum pkin
70
F air.........................
75
Good.......................
85
Fancy......................
Standard............ .
90
14 lb. cans..........................   3 75
ft lb, cans..........................   7 00
l lb. can............................  12 00
@1 85
Columbia River, tails 
Columbia River, flats 
cal 95
Bed Alaska.............. 
l 20@i 40
Pink Alaska............ 
i 00@l  10
Shrim ps
Standard................. 
1 50
Sardines
Domestic, Ms..____
Domestic, X s..........
Domestic,  Mustard.
California, MR.........  
California fts........... 
French, Ms.................... 
French, Ms

Raspberries
Russian  C avier

M ushrooms

U@14
17@24

Salmon

1  65
95

Peas

88

CARBON OILS 

B arrels

CHEESE

Eocene.......................   @i0ft
Perfection......................  @ 
Diamond White.........   @ 8ft
D.  S. Gasoline...........   @12
Deodorized Naphtha..  @iOft
Cylinder.....................29  @34
Engine....................... 19  @22
Black, winter..............  @10M
Acme............................  
@ 
Amboy......................... 
@ 9ft
@9
Carson City................... 
Elsie.............................  
@10
Emblem..................  
@ 9ft
@10
Gem.............................. 
@ 
Gold Medal................... 
@ 
Ideal............................ 
tt  
Jersey;......................... 
Riverside...................... 
@ 
Brick.......................  
14@15
Edam...........................  
@90
Leiden......................... 
@17
Llmburger...............  
Pineapple................ 
Sap  Sago................. 
CHEWING GUM 
56
American Flag Spruce—  
.60
Beeman’s Pepsin.............  
Black Jack..........................  
Largest Gum  Made.........  
60
Sen Sen  ,.............................. 
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1  00
Sugar Loaf........................... 
Yucatan...............................  
Bulk....................................  6
Red......................................  7
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s .............................   6ft
Schener’s .............................  6

13@14
60075
19@20

'  CHICORY

55
66
55
56

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

Runkel Bros.

CLOTHES  LINES

German  Sweet......................  23
Premium.............................   31
Breakfast Cocoa....................  46
Vienna Sweet....................  21
Vanilla................................   28
Premium.............................   31
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz.......... 1  00
Cotton, soft,  per doz.......... l  20
Cotton, 60 ft. per doz..........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz.......... 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz..........l  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz.-............  80
Jute, 72 ft. per doz.............  95
Cleveland.............................  41
Colonial, Ms  .......................   36
Colonial. Ms.........................  33
Epps.....................................  42
Huyler.................................  45
Van Houten, fts..................   12
Van Houten, Ms..................   20
Van Houten, fts..................   38
Van Houten,  is ..................   70
Webb................................ 
30
Wilbur, Ms..........................   41
Wilbur, ms..........................   42
COCOA  SHELLS
20 1b. bags.......................... 
Less quantity................. 
Pound packages............  

COCOA

8
4

2ft

COFFEE

Roasted/L|C~
Coffees

HIGH GRADE

Special Combination..........15
French Breakfast...............17ft
Lenox, Mocha & Java........21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24 
Private Estate, Java & Moc 26 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 
Dwlnell-Wright  Co.’s Brands.
White House, 60-ls............ 29
White House, 30-2s.............28
Excelsior M. & J., 60-is.. 
. .2lft
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2s...... 20*4
Royal Java......................... 26V4
Royal Java & Mocha..........26ft
Arabian  Mocha..................28ft
AdenMoch......................... 22ft
Mocha & Java Blend..........23
Fancy Marlcalbo................18ft
Javo Blend......................... 17ft
Golden Santos.....................17
Ja-Mo-Ka...........................15ft
Excelsior Blend.................. 14ft
No. 55 Blend........................14
Common............................. 10ft
F air....................................li
Choice.................................13
Fancy.............................. ...15
Common............................. ll
F a ir....................................14
Choice................................. 15
Fancy.................................17
Feaberry............................. 13
F air.................................... 12
Choice,. 
...................16

Maracaibo

Santos

Rio

76614

9ft

Arbuokle............................ lift
DUworth.............................lift
Jersey.................................lift
Lion.................................... lift
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to W.  F.  McLaughlin & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City ft  gross............   75
Felix ft gross.......................1 15
Hummers foil ft gross........  85
Hummel’s tin ft gross........1 43

E xtract

»H

Substitutes

4 doz In case.

12 packages, ft case............ l  76
24 packages,  1 case 
.......3 50

Crushed Cereal Coffee Cake
9ft
9
CONDENSED  M ILK 
9ft
9 ¡4

Gall Borden Eagle.............. 6 40
Crown.................................. 6 25
Daisy....................................5 75
Champion............................4 50
Magnolia........................» ..4 25
Challenge............................ 3 75
Dime....................................3 35
Leader.................................3 80
50books,any  denom...  1 50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 50 
500books,any  denom...  ll 50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00 
Above quotations are for either
Tradesman, Superior, Economic 
or  Universal  grades.  Where
1.000 books are ordered at a time 
customer receives  sp e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

COUPON  BOOKS 

Soda

Oyster

B u tter

CRACKERS

Credit Checks 

Coupon  Pass  Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
50  books.......................   1  50
100  books.......................   2  50
500  books.......................   ll  50
1.000  books......................... 20 oo
500, any (me denom........  2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch...................... 
75
National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour............................ 
6
New York......................... 
6
6
Family.............................  
Salted................................ 
6
Wolverine......................... 
6ft
Soda  XXX.......................  
6ft
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette........................  13
F a u st............................... 
7ft
Farina................................. 
6
Extra Farina.................... 
6ft
Saltlne Oyster.....................  6
Sweet  Goods —Boxes
Animals............................  10
Assorted  Cake.................  10
Belle Bose...........................  
8
Bent’s Water....................  16
Cinnamon Bar.....................  9
Coffee Cake,  Iced............   10
Coffee Cake. Java............   10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Cracknells...........................  16
8
Creams, Iced....................... 
Cream Crisp......................  10ft
Cubans.............................  
lift
Currant Fruit....................   12
Frosted Honey...................  12
Frosted Cream...................  
9
Ginger Gems.l’rgeorsm il  8
Ginger  Snaps, N .B .C __ 
6
Gladiator..........................   10ft
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
8
Mary Ann...........................  
Mixed Picnic....................  
lift
7ft
MKk Biscuit...................... 
Molasses Cake.................... 
8
Molasses Bar....................... 
9
Moss Jelly Bar.................  12ft
Newton...............................  12
Oatmeal Crackers............  
8
Oatmeal Wafers.................   12
Orange Crisp....................... 
9
Orange Gem........................  9
Penny Cake........................   8
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
7ft
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8
8
Pretzels,hand  made....... 
Scotch Cookies....................  9
Sears’Lunch.................... 
7ft
 
Sugar Cake..................... 
Sugar Cream, XXX.........  
8

6

Sugar Squares..................  
8
tuftSultanas............................  13
Tuttl Fruttl.......................... 16
Vanilla Wafers.................  16
Vienna Crimp................... 
8
E. 

J. Kruce & Co.’s baked goods 

Standard Crackers.
Blue Ribbon Squares.
Write for  complete  price  list 

with interesting discounts. 
CREAM TARTAR

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

D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples

Sundried...................... 
  @4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @5 
California F ru its
Apricots..................... 
9@ 9ft
Blackberries..............
Nectarines................. 7
Peaches......................6  @20
Pears...........................7ft
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries..............
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @ 3ft
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @4
80-90 26lb. boxes........  @ 4ft
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........  @ 6ft
60-7025lb. boxes........  @  5X
50-60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 6ft
40-5025 lb. boxes........  @ 7X
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........ 
8ft

California Prunes

M cent less In 60 lb. cases 

Citron

Peel

C urrants

Leghorn...................................11
Corsican..................................12
California, 1 lb.  package....lift
Imported, 1 lb package........12
Imported, bulk...................lift
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 10ft 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10ft 
London Layers 2 Crown. 
1  75
London Layers 3 Crown.
Cluster 4 Crown............
6!
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
6
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
7
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb........ 
8
L. M., Seeded, X  lb__  7  @
Sultanas, b u lk ....................
Sultanas, package..............

Raisins

2 00

Beans

Cereals

FARINACEOUS GOODS 
..  7

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

P earl  B arley

Hominy

F arina

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Peas

Rolled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages............. . . . 2 00
100 lb.  kegs........................ ...3 00
200 lb. barrels................... . ..5 70
100 lb. bags........................ ...2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu __ ...l 30
Green, Scotch, bu............ . . . 1 40
3
Split,  lb .............................
Rolled Avena, bbl............ ...4 20
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks... .  2 25
Monarch, bbl.................... ...3 90
Monarch, ft b b l............... ...2 05
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks — . . . 1 90
Quaker, cases................. ...3 20
East India...........................   2X
German, sacks.....................  3X
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  110 lb. sacks............   4M
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks..............  3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages......6
Cracked, bulk......................  3M
24 2 lb. packages.................2 60
F L A V O R IN G   E X T R A C T S

T apioca

w h e a t

Sago

F O O T E   &  J E N K S ’

JAXON

HGrtjesjMBradj^xtract^
Vanilla 

Lemon

lozfullm  .l  20  1 oz full  m.  80 
8
2 oz full m.2  10  2 oz full m, 1  25 
No.3fan*y.3 16  No.sfan’y.l 57

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P u re  Cane

STARCH

Iff
..  20
..  26

Fam F air__
1 60 Good  ...
1  30 
Choice  .
40 
36

Klngsford’s  Corn

40 l-lb. packages...............   6H
20 l-lb. packages...............-  6H
6 lb. packages...............  
7H
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages...............  
7
61b. boxes....................... 
7H

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages...................  4H
3-lb. packages...................  4H
6-lb. packages................... 
su
40 ana 60-lb. boxes............   3K
Barrels.............................   3H

II

No.  8................................   4  70
No.  9................................   4
No. 10................................   4
No. 11................................   4
No. 12................................   4
No. 13................................   4
No. 14................................  4 46
No. 16.. ............................  4  46
No. 16................................   4 46

8
S
8
S
S

TEA
Japan

Sundrted, medium.............. 26
Sundrled, choice..................30
Sundrled, fancy...................40
Regular, medium.................28
Regular, choice...................30
Regular, fancy.................... 40
Basket-nred, medium..........23
Basket-fired, choice.............36
Basket-fired, fancy..............40
Nibs...................  
27
Siftings...........................19@21
Fannings........................20@22

 

Gunpowder

Moyune, medium................26
Moyune, choice................... 36
Moyune, fancy.....................60
Plngsuey,  medium.............. 26
Pingsuey, choice..................30
Plngsuey, fancy...................40

8

e

, 

9
g

Beef

Tripe

11  50
11  50
1  50
3 50
70
1  25
2  26

Sausages
Bologna.......................... 
Liver.......................  
Frankfort....................... 
P o rk ..............................  
Blood..............................  
Tongue.................... 
Headcheese............. 
_  
Extra Mess.................... 
Boneless..................  
Rump...................... 
Pigs’  Feet
H bbls., 40 lbs.........  
H bbls., 80 lbs.........  
_  
Kits, 16 lbs.............. 
H bbls., 40 lbs.........  
H bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Casings
P o rk ...............................  
Beef rounds............  
Beef middles........... 
Sheep................ 
B utterine
Solid, dairy........,...  11  @13
Bolls, dairy..............  HH@i3H
Rolls, creamery......
Solid, creamery......  
14
2 76
Corned beef, 2 lb .... 
17 50
Corned beef, 14 lb ... 
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
2 75
Potted ham,  Hs......  
60
Potted ham,  Hs......  
90
Deviled ham, H*__  
60
Deviled ham, H s.... 
90
Potted tongue,  Hs.. 
50
Potted tongue,  Hs.. 
90
RICE 
Domestic

Canned  Meats 

a
10
oo

Carolina head................. 
7
Carolina No. 1 .....................‘514
Carolina No. 2 ...................... 4*
Broken.............................. ‘ I4J4
Japan,  No. l ................5H@6
Japan,  No.  2................4H@6
Java, fancy head..........5  @5H
Java, No. 1................... 5  @
Table.................................  @

Im ported.

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  16
Deland’s...............................3 00
Dwight’s Cow.................... 3  15
Emblem.....................  
2  10
l .  p ...................................;3  00
Wyandotte, 100 Hs..............3 00
Granulated,  bbls.................  so
Granulated, 100 lb. cases...  90
Lump, bbls......................... 
7t
Lump, 146 lb. kegs...............   no

SAL SODA

SALT

Buckeye

Common  Grades

Diam ond Crystal 

100  31b. bags..................... 300
60  61b. bags..................... 3 00
2214 lb. bags......................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count and one case 24 3 lb. boxes 
free.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 1003 lb. bags.3  00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 76 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 66 
Butter, barrel8,20141b.bags.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs...........  27
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs............   67
100 3 lb. sacks......................2 26
60 5 lb. sacks......................2  16
28101b. sacks.................... 2 06
66 lb. sacks.......................   40
281b. sacks.......................   22
66 lb. dairy In drill bags......   30
28 lb. dairy In drill bags......   15
66 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...
60 
86 lb. sacks............................  25
Granulated  Fine...................  95
Medium Fine...................... 1 00

. 
Solar Bock
Common

Ashton
Higgins

W arsaw

SALT  FISH 

Cod

10 75

W hite fish

SEEDS

No. 1  No. 2

514
100 lbs...........7  50
7H
40 lbs...........3 30
7H
10 lbs...........  90
8  lbs...........  76
bh
Anise..................................... 9
Canary, Smyrna.................... 4
Caraway............................... g
Cardamon, Malabar.............60
Celery.................................   12
Hemp, Russian...................  414
Mixed Bird.........................  4%
Mustard, white............... 
9
Poppy....................................
Rape............ ......................  414
Cuttle Bone...........................15
Handy Box, large............   2 60
Handy Box, small............   125
21
Blxby’s Royal Polish........ 
86
Miller’s Crown  Polish..... 
85
Scotch, In bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, In jars.........  
35
French Rappee, In jars......   43
B. T. Babbit brand—

SHOE  BLACKING

Babbit’s Best..................  4 00

SNUFF

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

J ondel
K ElB fH

60 cakes, large size.............3 95
100 cakes, large size.............6 50
60 cat es, small size............ 1  95
100 cakes, small size.................3 86
Bell & Bogart brands—

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

Fels brand—
Gowans & Sons brands—

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

Coal  Oil Johnny............   3 90
Peekln............................   4  00
Queen Anne...................   3  15
Big Bargain..............—   1  75
Umpire...........................   2  15
German  Kamilv..............  2  45
Dfngman.........................  3  85
Santa Claus....................  3  26
Brown..........................  2  40
Fairy...............................  4 00
Naptha............................  4  00
Oak Leaf.........................  3  25
Oak Leaf, blge...............   4  on
J A X O N
Single box............................ 3 uu
5 box lots, delivered........... 2 96
10 box lots, delivered........... 2 90
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Sliver King.....................   3  oo
Calumet Family..................  2 70
Scotch Family.....................  2 80
Cuba............................    2  40
60 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
Star...................................3 00
Good Cheer..................    3 80
Old Country....................  3 20
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz........ 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz................. 2 40
Boxes...................................  bh
Kegs, English..............- __ 4H

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

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Lautz Bros, brands—

Scouring

SODA

rs?  ''f

+> 

*

-4 

►

<  Ü

6

Vanilla

2 oz panel..1  20
3 oz taiaper..2 00  4 ozi

2 oz panel. 76
per..i  60

Lemon 

l>. C  Lemon 
i>. C. Vanilla
2 oz......... 
76  2 oz..........  i  24
3 OZ.........  1 00  3 OZ..........  1  60
6 OZ.........   2 00  4 OZ.........   2  00
No. 4T 
.  1 52  No. 3T ...  2  08
O ur Tropical.

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 76c. 

2 oz. full measure, Lemon.. 
76
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  1  60 
■ 2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90
4 oz. full measure. Vanilla..  1  80 
2 oz. Panel Vanilla Tonka..  70
2 oz. Panel Lemon............. 
60

Standard.

FLY  PA PER

Tanglefoot, per box.............   36
Tanglefoot, per case...........3 20

FRESH  HEATS 

Beef

6
4

P ork

Carcass....................   64@  8
Forequarters.........  
5V2@  6
Hindquarters......... 
9  @10
Loins No. 3..............  12tt@16
Ribs.........................  12  @14
Rounds....................
@  8* 
ChucKs.................... 
@ 6V4 @ 6
Plates...................... 
Dressed...................
@  7 
O 9Q 
Loins.......................
Boston  Butts...........
@ 8Ü 
Shoulders................
@  8 
Leaf  Lard................
O 8
H utton
Carcass.................... 
8K@ 9
Lambs......................  9tt@io
Carcass....................  7!4@ 8
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

Veal

W heat

66

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

W inter W heat  F lour 

 

 

Local Brands
Patents.............................  4  10
Second Patent............. 
  3 6»
Straight.............................  3  40
Clear................................   3  oo
Graham............................  3  00
Buckwheat.......................  4 oo
Rye..................... 
3  26
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 26c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond Ha......................  3 76
Diamond Xs.....................   3 78
Diamond £ s.....................   3 76
Quaker Ha.........................  3  70
Quaker Ms........................  3 70
Quaker Hs........................   3 70

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Spring W heat F lour 

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Pillsbury’s  Best Ha.........   4 40
Plllsbury’s  Best 14s.........   4  30
Pillsbury’s  Best Hs.........   4 20
Plllsbury’s Best Hs paper.  4  20 
Pillsbury’s Best Hs paper.  4 20 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial Hs.........  4 30
Duluth  Imperial Hs.........  4 20
Duluth  Imperial Hs.........  4  10
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  Hs....................  4 30
Wlngold  h s.................... 
4 20
Wlngold  Hs....................  
4  10
Ceresota Hs......................  4 20
Ceresota Hs......................  4  10
Ceresota Hs......................  4 00
Laurel  Hs.........................  4  30
Laurel  Hs.........................  4  20
Laurel  Hs.........................  4  10
Laurel Hs and Hs paper..  4  10
Bolted...............................  2 00
Granulated.......................  2  10
Car  lots.............................  31H
Car lots, clipped...............   3iH
Less than car lots.............

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

H eal

Oats

Feed and M llU tuA  

St. Car Feed,screened....  18 00
No. l Com and  Oats........17  60
Unbolted Corn  Meal........  17 00
Winter Wheat Bran.........  15 60
Winter Wheat Middlings.  16 60 
Screenings.......................   16 00
Corn, ear  lots...................  43H

Corn
H ay

No. 1 Timothy car lots__ 11 00
No. 1 Timothy ton lots__ 12 00
Sage.........................................18
Hops............... 
16
Laurel Leaves......................... 16
Senna Leaves.................... ¿...26

HERBS

 

INDIGO

J E L L Y

Madras, 6 lb. boxes................66
S. F., 2,8 and 6 lb. boxes....... 60
8 lb. palls.per doz...........  1  86
161b. palls............................  se
30lb. palls............................  62
LICORICE
Pure....................................   30
Calabria....................... 
23
Sicily..........................  
H
Root.....................................  10
Condensed, 2 doz............... 1  20
Condensed, 4 doz................2 26
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur....................   x  66
Anchor Parlor...................1 50
No. 2 Home........................  1  30
Export Parlor...................  400
Wolverine.......................... j  00
HEAT EXTRACTS
Armour & Co.’s, 4 oz........ 
45
Liebig’s, 2  oz....................  
75

LYE

Hf j|

MOLASSES 
New Orleans

Fancy Open Kettle..........  
40
Choice..............................  
35
S J r - ....................................  26

OLIVES

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

PA PER   BAGS

Ask your Jobber for them.

„  
Horse Radish, 1 doz........... 1  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz........... 3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz......... 1  75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............   1  25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............   1  10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............   1  00
Manzanilla, 7 oz.............. 
so
Queen, pints.....................   2 36
Queen, 19  o z ...................  4 50
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7 00
Stuffed, 6 oz................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz......................  1  45
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2 30
Continental  Paper Bag  Co.
Glory Mayflower
Satchel & Pacific
Bottom
Square
X........ ...........  28
60
H...................   34
60
1......... .........   44
80
2...................   54
1  00
3......... .........   66
1  26
4...................   76
1  46
6......... .........   90
1  70
6......... ......... 1  06
2 00
8......... ...........1  28
2 40
10......... ......... 1  38
2 60
12......... ......... 1  60
3  16
14......... ......... 2 24
4  15
16......... ......... 2 34
4 60
20......... ......... 2 52
5 00
26.........
5 60
Sugar
Red......
Gray.

4K

PARIS  GREEN

Bulk....................
.14
Packages, H lb., each. i.'.."i8
Packages, H lb., each........ 17
Packages,  1 lb., each........ 16

PICKLES
M edium

Barrels, 1,200 count........... 4 50
Half bbls, 600 count........... 2 76

Barrels, 2,400 count...........6 60
Half bbls, 1,200 count.........3 30

Small

PIPES

Clay, No. 216........................1  70
Clay, T. D., full count.........   66
Cob, No. 3............................  85

POTASH 

48 cans in case.

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

PROVISIONS, 
B arreled P ork

@16 50
Mess.................. . 
Back.......................  
@15 50
Clear back...............  
@15 50
Short cut.................  @ie 00
Pig..........................   @18 60
Bean.........................  @12 26
Family Mess............  
@16 60
Rump Butts Beef....  @1160

D ry Salt H eats

9H
9J4
8H

Smoked  H eats 

Bellies...................... 
Briskets..................  
Extra shorts............  
Hams, 121b. average,
Hams, I4lb.average.  @  11
Hams, 161b. average.  @  10K
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @10 4
Ham dried beef......   @  12%
Shoulders(N.Y.out)  @  7H
Bacon, dear............   10H@  tl
California hams
_  8* 
Boneless hams......
@   11 @   16 
Boiled Hams..........
Picnic Boiled Hams
@   12
Berlin Hams.........
1   m
Mince Hams.........  
1
Lards—In Tierces
Compound...............
Kettle............. .........
Vegetole................
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs..advance 
60 lb. Hn8.. .advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Palls.. advance 
61b. Palls., advance 
81b, Falls., advance

Best Gloss Starch, 50 lb......
Best Gloss Starch, 40 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  6 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  31b......
Best Gloss Starch,  1 lb......
W orks:  Venice, I1L 
Geneva, 111.

Common Corn

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

5
4H

CHAS. POPE  GLUCOSE CO.

CHICAGO.

Best Corn Starch.................  0
Neutral Pearl Starch In bbl. 
Neutral Powdered Starch In bbl. 
Best Confect'rs In bbl.,thin boll. 
Best Laundry In  bbl.,  thin  boll. 
Chas. Pope Glucose Co.,
Chicago, 111.

Yonng  Hyson

Oolong

Choice.................................. 30
Fancy...................................36
Formosa, fancy....................42
Amoy, medium.................. ,26
Amoy, choice....................... 32
Medium................................27
Choice.................................. 34
Fancy.................................. ..
Ceylon, choice......................32
Fancy.................................. ..

English B reakfast

In dia

TOBACCO

Cigars

American Cigar Factory brands

A. Bomers’ brand.

Elk’s Heart......................66@70
W. S.  W.................................. 36 00
Bald Head...............................35 00
Plalndealer............................ 38 00
Columbian Cigar Co.’s brands.
Little Columbian.................... 36 00
Columbian...............................36 00
Columbian Extra.....................56 00
Columbian Special............. 66 00
Columbian Invincible....... 90 00
Fortune Teller.................  36 00
Our Manager....................  36 00
Quintette..........................  36 00
G. J . Johnson Cigar Co,’« brand.

H. & F. Drug Co.’s brands.

8. C. W..............................  86 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
26

Georges cured............   @  6
Georges genuine........  @ 6H
Georges selected........  @ 7
Grand Bank...................  @6
Strips or  bricks......... 6H@10H
Pollock..........................   @ 3H
Strips...................................... 10
Chunks...... ............................ 12
No. 1100 lbs......................  6  30
No. 1  40 lbs........................  2 70
No. 1  10 lbs.......................... 
@  11H ! No. 1  8 lbs.........................  

H alibut.

T rout

H erring

75
63
Holland white hoops,  bbl.  11  26 
Holland white hoops Hbbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop,  keg.. 
82
Holland white hoop mens. 
87
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs......................  3 00
Round 40 lbs.......................  1 50
Scaled.................................  
Bloaters..............................   1 60
Mess 100 lbs........ . ............  12 26
Mess  40 lbs....................  6 20
Mess 
10 lbs....................  1  38
8 lbs....................  1  13
Mess 
No. 1100 lbs......................  10 60
40 lbs....................  4  60
No. 1 
No. 1 
10 lbs....................  1  20
No. 1 
8 lbs...................   1  00
No. 2 100 lbs.....................   700
No. 2  40 lbs........................  8 10
86 I
No. 2  10 lbs......................  
No. 2  8 lba......................  
71

Mackerel

SPICES 

'Whole Spices

Allspice............................  
Cassia, China In mats......  
Cassia, Batavia, In bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken__ 
Cassia, Saigon, In rolls__  
Cloves, Amboyna..............
Cloves, Zanzibar............
Maoe............ ...................
Nutmegs,  76-80.................
Nutmegs,  106-10................
Nutmegs, 116-20................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white.
Pepper, shot.
tire G round In B ulk
Allspice.............................
Cassia, Batavia.................
Cassia, Saigon...................
Cloves, Zanzibar...............
Ginger, African...............
Ginger, Cochin.................
19
Ginger,  Jamaica..............
Mace.................................
Mustard............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne.............
Sage.........   ......................

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels.......................... ...... 20
Half bbls......................
....22
l doz. l gallon cans......
...  3  20
l doz. H gallon cans__ ....1  80
2 doz. M gallon cans__ ....  92

12
12
28
38
66

SUGAR

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross 
No. 6,3 doz In case, gross 

4 60 
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  the Invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  In  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point.  Including 
20 pounds for the  weight of the 
barrel.
Domino............................   5 95
Cut Loaf...........................   5 95
Crushed............................  5 95
Cubes................................  5 70
Powdered.........................  5 65
Coarse  Powdered...........   6 55
XXXX Powdered............   6 69
Standard  Granulated......   5 46
Fine Granulated...............   6 49
Coarse Granulated...........  6 66
Extra Fine Granulated....  6 56
Conf.  Granulated.............  5 70
2 lb.  bags Fine  Gran........  5 60
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 60
Mould A......................;...  5 80
Diamond A ......................  646
Confectioner’s A..............  626
No.  l, Columbia A...........  5  10
No.  2, Windsor A............   5 06
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  6 06
No.  4, Phoenix  A............   5 00
No.  6, Empire A ..............  4 96
- o.  6................................  4 90
- 0.  7................................   4  80

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

13

14

16

Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.

P lug

Fine  Cut

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

...9 0 0   UU
Jo,  L i................................................
Gold Star...................................
. . .   35   00
Star G reen ............................ . . 3 5   0 0
Uncle Daniel......................... ..........58
Ojlbwa........................................ .......... 38
Forest  Giant......................... .......... 38
Sweet Spray........................... .......... 35
Cadillac....................................... ..........57
Sweet  Loma............................ ..........38
Golden Top.............................
..........2 8
Hiawatha.................................. ..........58
Telegram................................... ..........28
Pay C ar...................................... ..........34
Prairie Rose........................... ..........50
Protection................................ .......... 38
Sweet Burley......................... ..........40
Sweet Loma...........................
..........38
Tiger............................................. .......... 39
Flat Iron ................................... .......... 36
Creme de Menthe............
.......... 60
Stronghold............................... .......... 40
Solo........................,....................... .......... 35
Sweet Chunk......................... ..........37
Forge.............. ............................. .......... 33
Red Cross.................................. .......... 24
Palo...............................................
..........36
Kylo...............................................
..........36
Hiawatha.................................. ..........41
Battle A xe .............................. . . . .   37
American Eagle.................. ..........2>4
Standard Navy.................... ..........38
Spear Head, 16 oz............. ...........43
Spear Head,  8 oz............ ......45
..........49
Nobby Twist.........................
Jolly T ar ................................... ..........39
Old Honesty................. ...... 45
Toddy.,......................... ...... 35
J. T............................... ......38
Piper Heldslck............ .......64
Root Jack..................... ...... 81
Jelly Cake.................... ...... 36
..........32
Plumb  Bob...........................
Smoking
Hand Pressed....................... ..........46
..........37
Double  Cross......................
Sweet Core.............................. ..........40
Great Navy.............................. ..........37
W arpath................................... ..........27
Bamboo,  8oz....................... ..........29
..........27
Bamboo, 16 oz......................
IX L .  61b.............................. ..........28
I XL. 30 lb .............................. ..........32
Honey Dew ............................ ..........37
Gold  Block.............................. ..........37
Flagman................................... ..........40
Chips............................................. ..........35
...... 24
Kiln Dried..................+ . . .
Duke’s Mixture........... ......40
Duke’s Cameo.............. ...... 40
Honey Dip Twist......... ...... 39
Myrtle Navy................ ......40
Yum Yum, 1H oz......... ......39
Yum Yum, 1 lb. palls... ......37
Cream........................... ......37
Corn Cake, 2* oz......... ......25
Corn Cake, l lb............ ......23
Plow Boy, l% oz........... ...... 39
Plow Boy, 3* oz........... ......37
Peerless, 3* oz............ ......34
Peerless, 1% oz............ ......36
Indicator, 2* oz........... ......28
Indicator, 1 lb. palls ... ...... 31
Col. Choice, 2* oz........ ......21
Col. Choice. 8 oz........... ......21

TABLE SAUCES
L E A   &
PERRINS’
S A U C E

TW INE

The Original and 
Genuine 
W orcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large........  3 76
Lea & Perrin’s, small......   2 80
Halford, large...................  3 76
HAlford, small...................  2 26
Salad Dressing, large......   4 56
Salad Dressing. small......   2 76
Cotton, 3 ply........................ 16
Cotton, 4 ply........................16
Jute, 2 ply........................... 12
Hemp, 6 ply........................ 12
Flax, medium..................... 20
Wool, 1 lb. balls.....'...........  7*
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..ll 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  . ll
Pure Cider, Bed Star.......... 12
Pure Cider, Robinson.........10
Pure Cider, Silver...............ll
W A S H IN G   P O W D E R
Gold Dust, regular..............4 50
Gold Dust, 5c.......................4 00

VINEGAR

Rub-No-More.....................3 50
Pear line.............................. 2 90
Scourine.................. ............3 50
No. 0, per gross.................. 20
No. i, per gross.................. 26
No.?, per gross.................. 86
No.3  oerarroM...... .............SB

WICKING

WOODENWARE

Baskets

B u tte r  P lates

Palls

Mop  Sticks

Toothpicks

No. 1 Oval, 250In orate........   45
No. 2 Oval, 260 In crate.,......  50
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate. ......  56
No. 5 Oval, 250 In crate. ......  65
Egg Crates
......2 25
Humpty Dumpty.........
......  30
No. 1, complete...........
No. 2, complete........... ......  25
Clothes  Pins
Round head, 5 gross box....  45
Round head, cartons__......  62
Trojan spring.............. .......   90
Eclipse patent spring.. ....  86
No 1 common............... ......   76
No. 2 patent brush holder..  85
1? ih. cotton mop heads ......1  2ft
Ideal No. 7 ................... ......  90
2-hoop Standard.................. 1  40
3-hoop Standard........... ...... 1  60
2-wlre,  Cable....................... 1  BO
3-wire.  Cable................ ...... 1  70
Cedar, all red, brass  bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka............. ...... 2 25
Fibre............................ ...... 2 40
Hardwood................... ...... 2 50
Softwood...................... ......2 75
...... 1  to
___1  60
Ideal.............................
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. 1__ ......6 60
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2__ ...... 6 00
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3.... ......6 00
No. 1 Fibre................... ...... 9 45
No. 2 Fibre................... ...... 7 95
No. 3 Fibre................... ...... 7 20
Bronze Globe............... ...... 2 50
Dewey......................... ___1  76
Double Acme............... ...... 2 76
Single Acme....................  2 26
Double Peerless........... ...  3 25
Single Peerless............ ...... 2 60
Northern Queeu................2 50
Double Duplex............ ....... 3 00
Good Luck................... ....  2 76
Universal..................... ...... 2 26
11 In. Butter................. ......   76
13 In. Butter................. ...... 1  00
15 In. Butter................. ..  ..1  76
17 In. Butter........................ 2 60
19 In. Butter................. ...... 3 00
Assorted 13-16-17.................1  75
Assorted 15-17-19  ...............2 60

W ash  Boards

Wood  Bowls

Tubs

W RAPPING  PA PER
Common Straw............ .... 
1*
Fiber Manila, white---- ...  3%
Fiber Manila, colored..,...  4*
No.  1  Manila............... ... 
4
Cream  Manila............. ... 
3
Butcher’s Manila......... ...  2K
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13
Wax Butter, full count. ...  2j
Wax Butter,  rolls........ ...  15
YEAST  CAKE
...... I 00
Magic, 3 doz..................
....1 00
Sunlight, 3 doz..............
Sunlight, 1*  doz......... ......  50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz...... ....... 1 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz....... ......1  00
Yeast Foam. 1*  doz..........  60
Per lb.
White fish................... ©  8
Trout...:.................... ©  8
Black Bass.................10a   11
Halibut....................... ©  15
Ciscoes or Herring— ©  4
Blueflsh...................... @  12*
Live  Lobster.............. ©  20
Boiled  Lobster........... ©  20
Cod............................. ©  10
Haddock.................... ©  7
No. 1 Pickerel............ ©  8
Pike............................ ©  6
Perch.......................... 01  4
Smoked  White........... ©  10*
Red  Snapper.............. @  11
Col River  Salmon...... ©  12
Mackerel.................... ©  15

FRESH  FISH

HIDES AND  PELTS

© 6 *
© 6*
©  8*
©  7/4
© 9
© 7*
©10*
©  9

Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as
follows:
Hides
Green  No. l ............
Green  No. 2............
Cured  No. I ............
Cured  No. 2............
Calf skins,green No. 1
Calfskins .green No. 2
Calfskins,cured No. 1
Calfskins,cured No. 2
Pelts
Pelts,  each..............
Lamb............................ .
Tallow
No. 1.........................
No. 2.........................
Wool
Washed, fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine......
Unwashed, medium.
CANDIES
Stick Candv

© 4*
© 3*
15@16
18@20
11@12
14© If)

50@1  00

Bushels...............................   95
Bushels, wide  band............1  15
M arket................................  30
Splint, large........................4 00
Splint, medium..................3 50
Splint, small.......................3 00
Willow Clothes, large.........6 25
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 76 
Willow Clothes, small........5 26

Standard.................
Standard H. H ........
Standard  Twist......
Cut Loaf..................
Jumbo, 32 Ih...........
Extra H. H ..............
Boston Cream.........
Beet Root................

bbls. pails
© 7*
© 7*
© 8
© 9
cases
© 7*
@10*
©10
© 8

© 6
© 7
© 7  K
© 8*
© 8*
© 9
© 8*
© 9
© 9
© 9
© 9
@10
@10
©15*
©13
8. J15
12
12
9
12
10*
12
10 
012 
© 9* 
©10 
©UK 
©13* 
©14 
©15 

M ixed Candy

Grocers....................
Competition............
Special.....................
Conserve..................
Royal......................
Ribbon....................
Broken....................
Gut Loaf...................
English Rock...........
Kindergarten.........
Bon Ton  Cream......
French Cream.........
Dandy Pan..............
Hand  Made  Cream
mixed...................
Crystal Cream mix..

Fancy—In  Pails

© 10 
©10 

©14
©12

© 5 © 9* 
©12©12
Boxes©55©60

Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pony  Hearts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Fruit Tab., as., wrap 
Sugared Peanuts....
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops.............
Eclipse Chocolates... 
Choc. Monumentals. 
Victoria Chocolate..
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream Opera... 
Ital. Cream Bonbons
201b. palls............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls.................
Golden Waffles........
Fancy—In  5 lb.
Lemon  Sours.........
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate  Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Dk. No. 12............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice  Drops........
Lozenges,  plain......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials.................
Mottoes...................
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Rock.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
Caram els 
Clipper, 201b. pails.. 
Standard, 20 lb. pails 
Perfection, 20 lb.  pis 
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
Kosker 2 for lc pr bx 
Big 3,3 for lc pr bx.. 
Dukes, 2 for lc pr bx 
Favorite, 4 for lc, bx 
A A Cream Car’ls 31b 
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Russett.......
Florida Bright........
Fancy  Navels.........
Extra Choice...........
Late Valencias........
Seedlings.................
Medt. Sweets..........
Jamalcas.................
Rodl......................
Lemons
Messina, 300s..........
3 50@4 50
Messina, 360s........... 3 60@4 00
California 360s......... 3 2S©3 50
California 300s......... 3 25©3 50
Medium bunches__ 1  50@2 00
Large bunches.

M
©85
© 1  00 
©30 
©75 
©55 
©60 
©60 
©60 
©56 
@55 
80  ©90
©65
©66©60
© 9 
@10 
@ 12*  
@15 
@65 
@65 
@60 
@60 
@60

©
©
©
©
@4 00
©3 50
3 60©4 00
©
©

Bananas

Foreign D ried F ru its

Californias,  Fancy.. 
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes 
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes.....................
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, in bags.,..
Dates
Fards in 10 lb. boxes 
Fards in 60 lb. cases.
Hallowi....................
lb.  cases, new.......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivlca.......
Vlmonas, California,
soft s uelled...........
Brazils......................
.................
Fiiberts 
Walnuts  Grenobles. 
Walnuti, soft shelled 
California No. 1... 
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table  Nuts, choice..
Pecsos,  Med..........
Pecans, Ex. large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns
Roasted................
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras
Roasted................
Span. Shlld No. l n’w

@  9* 

© 2
©

16 #18 
©11 @12* 
@13*
©13*
@14
@13
@10
©11
@12
©
@8 60

©6*@

6*@ 7 

©
©
7  0  8

AKRON  STONEWARE 

B utters

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

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

Churns

M llkpans

*  g&.  hat or rd. hot, per doz............
l gal. nat or rd. hot,, tach.................
Fine Glazed  M llkpans
*  gal  flat or rd. hot., per doz............
l gal. flat or rd. hot., each.................

Stew pans

Ja g s

*  gal. fireproof, ball, pur doz:...........
l gal. fireproof, ball, pur doz............

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

Sealing Wax

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

LAMP BURNERS

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

48 6 
52 
65 
84 
1  20 
1 60 
2 25 
2 70

6*
84

48
6

60
6

85 
1  10

60
45
7*

2

35 
45 
65 
1  10 
45 
50

L A M P   C H IM N E Y S—Seconds

Per box of 6 doz.

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

156
1 78
2 48

F irst Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

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

P earl Top

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

La  Bustle

No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz........... 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No. l Crimp, per doz..........................  
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........................  
No. 1 Lime (66c 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

LANTERNS

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 gal. galv. Iron  Nacefas.................... 
No.  0 Tubular, side lift...................... 
No.  IB  Tubular................................. 
No. 15 Tubular, dash..........................  
No.  l Tubular, glass fountain............ 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp..................  
No.  3 Street lamp, each....................  
LANTERN GLORES 
No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c 
No. o Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases l doz. each 
MASON  FRUIT JARS.
Pints................................................... 
Quarts................. ...............................  
Half  Gallons....................................... 
Caps and  Rubbers.............................  
Rubbers...............................................  

2  00
2  15
3  15

2  75
3  75
4 00

4 00 n
5 00
5 10
80

1 00
1 25
l 35
l 60
3 50
4 00
4 70

4 00
4  70

1 40
1  58
2  78
3  76
4  86
4  26
4  95
7 25
9 00
4 86
7  40
7 50
7 60
13 50
3 60

45
45
2 oo
l 25

6 25
6 50
900
2 to
25 A  35

Glover’s Gem Mantles

are superior to all others 
for Gas or Gasoline.

G lover’s  W holesale  M erchandise  Co.

Grand R apids, M ich. 

GAS and GASOLINE SUNDRIES

Manufacturers  Importers and Jobbers of 
O A   A  MONTH
la all it costs far the 
CAS  LIGHT
VERY  BBST
equal to  10 or 13  eoal oil lampa 
anywhere if yon will get the
X ÎÂ T  Brilliant Gat Lamp.
Brillai^ Gas Lamp Co« 42 SUI», Chicago

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance Co.
Detroit, Michigan.

Organized 1881.

Ca.A  Capital,  t400.000. 
D. W h i t n k y ,  J r., Pres.

Caah k u i i ,  9800,000.

D.  M.  F e r r y ,  Vice Pres.

Hat Surplut,  9200,000.

F . H . W h it n e y, Secretary.
M. W . O ’B r ie n , Treas.

£ . J. B oo th, A ss t Sec’y. 

D ir e c t o r s.

D. W hitney, Jr., D.  M. Ferry, F . J. Hecker, 
M. W . O’Brien, Hoyt P o s t Christian Mack, 
Allan Sheldon, Simon J.  M urphy,  Wm.  L. 
Smith, A. H . W ilkinson, James  Edgar.  H. 
Kirke  W hite,  H.  P .  Baldwin,  Hugo 
Scherer,  F .  A.  Schulte,  W m.  V.  Brace, 
James  McMillan,  F .  E.  D riggs,  Henry 
H ayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standlsh, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
A lex   Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H .  Barbour,  S. 
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stinchfield,  Francis  F. 
Palms, W in. C. Yawkey,  David  C.  W hit­
ney, Dr. J.  B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. 
F.  Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C. Jenks.

THE  MOTOR  DOES  THE 

WORK

Has become an important factor  in  the  sales  of 
many Bicycle Dealers, and especially  those deal­
ers who are wide-awake and  progressive.  It has 
now reached a stage where it is  an  object  of  In­
terest to every dealer who gives  any  thought  to 
his business.

Bight now, write us tor Catalogue and Agency.

A D A M S   A   H A R T ,  Grand R apids

^ im n n m n n rin riT n ^ ^

L abels
Qas ol i ne  
D e a l e r s

for

The  Law of  1889.

Every druggist, grocer or other 
person who shall sell  and  de­
liver  at  retail  any  gasoline, 
benzine  or  naphtha  without 
having the true  name  thereof 
and the words “explosive when 
mixed with air" plainly printed 
upon a label securely attached 
to the can,  bottle or other ves­
sel containing  the  same  shall 
be punished by a fine  not  ex­
ceeding one  hundred  dollars.

We are prepared to furnish labels  which 
enable dealers to comply with this law, on 
the following basis:

•  M ....................7  s c
5  M......................50c per M
10  M......................40c per M
so M............ ...35c per M
50  M......................30c per M

T r a d e s m a n
C o m p a n y ,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
LRRJULOJULRJLaJLgJUtJlRJUUULRJ

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

31

Hardware  Price Current

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

Levels

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

.. 

8"

40
75&10
85
.  60&10&10 
60

M attocks

Metals—Zinc 

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

M i see 11 an eo us

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

Molasses  Gates
Stebblns’ Pattern__
Enterprise, self-measuring.......

Fry, Acme....................
Common,  polished......

Pans

2 60
3 00
4 95
5 80

1  20 
1  20

60&10
30

70&6

ho
go
so
*§

2  66 
2  66 
Base 
6

P atent  Planished  Iron 

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 76 
"B  Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 78

Broken packages 54c per pound extra.

Advance over base, on both Steel and  Wire.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................... 
Sciota Bench................................   "  * 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy.........  
Benoh. first i^ualltr........................... 

Planes

Nails

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

Steel nails, base
Wire nails, base............7  .7.. ......7 !.
20 to 60 advance...........................
10 to 16 advance...............................
8 advance.......... ............................. 7!"
6 advance.....  
4 advance...................................
3 advance..............................................
2 advance.....................................7 !!!!
F in e3  advance............................. 77.7.
Casing 10 advance..........................77!
Casing 8 advance...................................
Casing 6 advance..................................[
Finish 10 advance.................. 
!
Finish 8 advance........................ . . . 7 7
Finish 6 advance...................................
Barrel  X  advance..................................

 

Per
Gauge
100
1Ö $2 90
10
2 90
10
2 90
10
2 90
10
2 95
10
3 00
12
2 60
12
2 60
12
2 66
12
2 70
12
2 70

A m m unition

Caps

6 . D., full count, per m...................
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m................7
Musket, perm .................................’
Ely’s Waterproof, per
_  
No. 22 short, per m ....................
No. 22 long, per m........7 7777
No. 32 short, per m......... 7777
No. 32 long, per m.....................777.’
No. 2 U.  M. C., boxes 280,  per m ........
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per  m...

Cartridges

Primers

Gun Wads

4

No. 
120 

Drs. of 
Powder 

New Rival—For Shotguns 

Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U.  M. C ... 
Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10. per m. 
Black edge, No. 7, per m ....................
Loaded  Shells 
oz.of
Shot
l%
154
154
154
154
154
1
1
154
154
154
cent.

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

Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
Kegs, 26 lbs., per keg.................
54 kegs, 1254 lbs., per  %  keg......... 7.
54 kegs, 654 lbs., per 54  keg...............

Gunpowder

Shot

A ugurs and  Bits

_ 
_  .In sacks containing 25 lbs.
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B...........
Snell’s....
Jennings  genuine..
Jennings’ Imitation.
Axes
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..
First Quality, D. B. Bronze....  ........
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel.... 
......
First Quality,  D. B. Steel.............."
_  „ 
Railroad.......................
Garden...... .......... .777777 7 net
Bolts
Stove............................
Carriage,new H«» 
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Plow .........................* 
Well, plain.

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Barrows

Buckets

B u tts,  Cast
Cast Loose Pin, figured.........
Wrought Narrow...................

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It  would  excite  the  people  if  a  mer 
I chant  offered  a  prize  to  the  most  fantas
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store,  or  a  prize  to  the  boy 

or  paper  “ dinner”   plates  provided 
I the  leading  merchant.  The  thoughtful 
ness  of  the  merchant  would  be  appreci 
ated  and  his  gift  would  probably 
preserved.

M“ 1“   Private,  they  . i l l   be  ,11  the  merrier be
Aside  from  the  usual  offering  of  veg-  “ “ *? f *   att” ctiv,e  F° urth  of Ju,y  fa“ s 
etables,  with  which  the  morning  market t e ? . 1“   ” 
° r  Japanese
of  Grand  Rapids  begins,  the  subject  o{l paraso,s*  or  PaPer  napkins,  or wooden
interest  during  the  month  of June  is  the 
opening  of  the  small  fruit  season  with 
strawberries. 
It  is  to  be  noted  that  this 
feature 
is  assuming  more  importance 
year by  year on  account  of  the  steadily 
increasing  local  demand,  as  well  as  the 
requirements  of 
less  favored
less  tavored  regions I 
ic^uiicmems  oi 
depending  on  Grand  Rapids shipments. 
A  natural  result  of  this  increase  in  de- 
is  a  more  reliahle  and  steady 
mand 
market. 
is  not  so  frequent  now  that 
the  best  offerings  have  the  effect  of  de-  k  f-  “ f Dy  people  I,ke  no»se  on  cele 
moralizing  the  trade,  destroying 
profits  for  both  producers  and  dealers 
While  Tuesday  of  last  week  marked  the  ® 
height  of  the  strawberry  market,  the Ia  great  crowd  *°  be 
trade  was  not  so  satisfactory  as  the 
same  day  this  week,  for the  reason  that 
the  market  was  not  equal  to  the  offer­
ings  and  prices  were  badly  broken,  as 
was  usual  in  the  old  days.  The  market 
this  week  takes  all  offered  at  prices  fa­
vorable  to  producers  and  dealers,  al­
though  the  offerings  are  heavy.

e  18  a  c®IeDrat,on  a  great
°°  th*  par*  ° f .the  merchant  finds
interested.  Where
there  is  no  general  celebration  a  small 
effort  goes  a  great  deal  farther. 
merchant  for  two  weeks  previous  to  the 
Fourth  gave  a  ticket  for  a  bunch  of fire 
crackers  with  every  purchase  and  re 
deemed  these  tickets  on  the  morning 
the  Fourth,  it  would  keep  most  of  the 
crowd  about  his  place  all  the  day.  Why 
not  have  a 
lecturer  or  a  few  of  them
It  is  significant  of the  improved  con-  who  would  tell  about  a  stock  of  goods
U,t  <:ulture  and  intersperse  his  talk  with  patriotic

firecrack
T V u   8 .no,se‘ but

is  little  demand.  As  a  con-  other  fellow. “ -Advertising  World 

,h  T h a  M 
that  the  M on^y  morning  market 
small  and  the  fruit  offered  perishable. 
It  pays  to do  anything  to  excite  pop 
When  times  were  harder Sunday was the L ia r interest,  to  show  the  storekeepei  ?  
opportunity  for  picking  berries  and  anxious  to  provide  for the  amusement 
getting  ready  for  the  Monday  market.  L f   his  customers  and  friends. 
It  is  bet 
Now  the  berries  are  picked  on  Satur-  ter  to  get  at  it  early,  planning  for the 
day  and  the  offerings  are  so  perishable  Fourth,  in  order  to  get  ahead  of  “ the 
that  there 
sequence,  the  market  on  that  day 4s  rel- f 
atively  smaller  as times  keep 
ing.

improv- \ Fourteen  Thousand  A cres  o f Peach Trees,
1,  A,bany.  Ga.,  June  24— Perhaps  the
Cherries  are  beginning  to  cut  consid-1 largest  peach-growing  district  on  the 
erable  figure  in  the  offerings  and  meet|Siobe  **  that  around  Fort  Valley  and 
with  ready  sale.  These  promise  to  fill I e*te“ d‘ng  to this  point.  The  peach  or 
in  well  between  the  strawberry  a n d l u u -  
cove^ .more  than  14,000  acres 
" ,tb,n  a  rad,us  of  ten  miles  of  Fort
rasoberrv  season 
raspDerry  season. 
I Valley,  and  in  this  area  there  are  some-
The  magnitude  of  the  vegetable  m ar-1 thing  like  1,900,000  peach  trees,  20,000 
impresses I pf ar  trees,  70,000  grape  vines,  9,000
ket  thus  early  in  the  season 
one  as  another evidence  of  the  substan-1 P  jtm- trf^,s’  an<? iM °° aPP,e  trees.
.•  n 
It  is  impossible  for one  who hss npvpr
It  was  for-  visited  this  region  to  realize  what  im 
tially 
tunate  that  the  Common  Council  madelmense  proportions  the  fruit-growing  in 
provision  for the  huckster  trade,  taking I dustry  has  reached.  The  railroads  are 
them  out  of  the  regular  market  where|t?xed  at  tbe  height  of  the  season  to  get 
they  were  badly  in  the  way.  Even  with Itbe  .croPs  to  markets.  Each  fruit  ca 
. 
• 
I carries  an  average  of  about  400 ca^pq
this  provision  the  market  promises  to  and  this  vear’s  rrrm  I n
******
•_- 
. . .   I ?•na  lDIS  year  s  crop  will  require  not
be  inadequate  for the  rush  in  the  height I fewer than  2,000 cars  to  move  it.  At $1 
la  crate—a  very  low  estimate—the  crop
of  the  season. 
around  Fort  Valley  will  bring  in  some 
thing  like  $620,000.

• 
increasing  demand. 

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Every  business  man  has 

H ow   to  Blake  Fou rth   o f  J u ly   a  Success.
It  can  readily  be  realized  from  these 
it  in  his 
figures  what  the  fruit  industry  brings  to 
power  to  do  a  great  deal  to  make  the 
Georgia.  There  are  a  dozen  or  more 
Fourth  of  July  a  success  in  his  own 
lo­
fruit.companies  formed-in  Ohio,  which
cality.  And  the  same  suggestions  that I ?wn  nearly  10,000 acres  of  peach  lands 
would  helo  the  merchant  and  the  cele-1'n  Houston  county,  on  which  there  are 
tbai7  700,000  trees.  The  capital
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bration  of  the  Fourth  of 
United  States  would  also  help  the  mer* j more  than  $400,000. 
*
chant  and  the  celebration  of  Dominion 
Year by  year the  peach-raising  com 
Day  in  Canada.
panics  are  spreading  out  and  getting 
,°ew  te.rr’ tory*.  The  part  of  South
the
I'jeorgia  line  is  coming  to  the  front  as  a
_____■__ 
procession  could  be  provided  by  the j peach-growing  country,  and  the  yield 
firm,  and,  while  not  directly  advertising I there  this  year  will  be  large.  Oldfields 
that  firm,  the  indirect  advertising  would I which  have  for  years  scarcely  been  re- 
be  valuable. 
Igarded  as  worth  paying  taxes  on,  are

If the  firm  is  a  large  one  and  there  is I 
local  celebration,  the  best  band  in  the  GeoriSTlin T S  ™minJ 

in  the I 
in  thei,.*_1 

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July 
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If there  has  been  no  general  celebra-  being  861  ° ut  5n  orchards- 

,

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them  can  make  a  very | 

B lessing  the  Crop*.
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tion  projected,an  enteiprising  merchant 
or  a  number  of 
curious  old custom  has  been  re-
J 
enthusiastic  demonstration  by offering  a  vived  at  the  village  of  Castleacre,  in 
series  of  prizes 
for  bands  and  rural I Norfolk,  England—that  of  blessing  the 
sports.  Few  towns  in  the  country  would I crops.  The  parishioners  gathered  at 
fail  to  appreciate  the  efforts  of those I fbe  ,cbu.rcb. and  formed  in  procession,
who  provided  entertainment in this way.  I naradinp^he^niaoe  .1"^  choir-  After 
. 1  I parading  tne  village  they  proceeded  to
a 
A  number  of balloons  sent  up  during  vjsjt  the  fields  of  growing  corn,  at  one 
the  day,  each  having  a  tag  attached  of  which  a  service  was  held,  hymns 
a  prize  to  the  person  who I sung and  a  blessing  pronounced  by  the
offering 
it  back,  would  make  it  inter-1 v*car  on  the  crops of  the  parish.  The
brought 
esting.  This  is  not  a  new  idea  but  it 
*b®“; ret“ r?ed  to  tbe  church,
{_  _  “ 
. __  
singing  recessional  hymns  by  the  way,
an<f dispersed  after  receiving  benedic-
is  a  good  one. 

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If  there  are  picnics,  either  public  or | tion,

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

R iv ets

6  00 
9  00 
6 50 
10 60
12  00 
29 00

R oo fin g  P la te s

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

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

R opes

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

Sand  P a p e r 

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

Sash  W eig h ts

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

Sh eet  Iro n

com. smooth.

com. 
$8  20 
3  20 
3 30 
3 40 
3 60 
_
3 60
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

NOS. 10 to 14  ...t ........
NOS. 16 to 17................
Nos. 18 to 21..................................
Nos. 22 to 24..................................3 60
Nos. 26 to 26............................ 
370
NO. 27...................................... ....  3 80 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

~

66 
1  26

Shovels  and  Spades

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

8 00
7 30

Solder

V4@54................................................... 
10
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
1 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
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $iao

B oiler Size  Tin  Plate 

14x66 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,)
14x66 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, f P®r P0™*-- 
Traps
Steel,  Game........................................ 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... 
Oneida Community,  Hawley  ft  Nor­
ton’s.................................................
Mouse,  choker  per doz..............
Mouse, delusion, pe.- doz....................
Blight Market.....................................
Annealed  Market...............................
Coppered Market................................
Tinned  Market..................................
Coppered Spring Steel.......................
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.................
Barbed Fence, Painted.......................
Bright....«........................................
Screw Eyes.........................................
Hooks...............................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........................

W ire Goods

W ire

W renches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled...........
Coe’s Genuine........... .........................
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, (Wrought.. 70ftu

70ftl0
70
70

60&10

80&20
80&20
80&20
33%
40&10
70
eoftio
50&10
eoftio
eoftio
40&10
70
20&10
rates

75
85
■ m
6 00

70

$ 8 50 
8 60 
9 75

7 00
7 00
8 60 
8 60

16
70
78
snftvi

60
eoftio
50&1040 
8 25 
2 96

80

54 In.
54 In
7  0.  . -  6 c . . . •  5 C . . ..  4ItC
85* 
8X 
654

6-16 In. % In.
.. .  654 
.. -  6X

...  6

. -   7Î4 
. -   73£ 
BBB.
Cast Steel, per lb. Crowbars
Socket Firmer  ... Chisels
Socket Framing.. 
Socket Corner....
Socket Slicks................ 

Elbows

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz
Corrugated. Der doz.........
Adjustable....................

........ 

— net 

Expansive  Bits 

Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26...
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30..............7 7
Files—New  List
_  
New American..........................
Nicholson’s.......................
Heller’s Horse Rasps.....". .'.*.".7.7.""
Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 26*  27 
Lift  12 
16

Galvanized  Iron 

14 

13 

16 

Discount,  66

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.........

Gauges

Glass

Ham m ers

Single Strength, by box...............  
Double Strength, by box.........  

dls
"  "dls
By the Light......................... ’.’.".'.dls
Maydole ft Co.’s, new list.............  
dls
Yerkes ft Plumb’s........................... 7  dls
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..................... 30c list
Gate, Clark’s 1,2,3............................. dls
Pots......................................
Kettles................................ ...............
Spiders......................................77.7

Hollow  W are

Hinges

H o n e   Nails

Sable............................................. dls

House  F urnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list.........
Japanned Tinware..............................J

Iro n

fff. 
Light Band...................................................  3  c rates

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

Knobs—New  List

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

Lanterns

32

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

G E R M A N Y ’S  A G G R E S S IV E   P O L IC Y .
There  can  be  no  denying  the  fact  that 
Germany  has  made  more  rapid  progress 
as  a  world  power  in  recent  years  than 
any  of  the  other  great  nations.  A l­
though  possessing  an  inferior  navy  in 
point  of  number of  ships,  Germany,  by 
a  judicious  use  of  her  force,  has  played 
inter­
a  conspicuous  part  in  all  recent 
national  affairs,  and  there 
is  no  doubt 
at  all  that  she 
is  now  preparing  to 
greatly 
increase  her  sea  power  with  a 
view  to  actively  disputing  the command 
of  the  sea  and  colonial  power  with  all 
comers.

Notwithstanding  his 

peculiarites, 
Emperor  William  has  fully  gauged  the 
possibilities  held  out  to  his  country  in 
the  present  policy  of  colonial  and  com- 
meicial  expansion.  To  Emperor  Wil­
liam  himself,  more  than  to  any  other 
single  influence,  is  much  of  Germany's 
success 
international  affairs  due. 
With  an  energy  which  challenges  ad­
miration  he  has  overcome  a  most  per­
sistent  opposition  at  home  to  naval 
in­
crease,  and  has  secured  authority  to 
build  additions  to  the  fleet  which  will 
do  much  towards  placing  his  country  in 
the  front  rank  of  maritime  powers.  Not 
content  with  what  has  already  been  ac­
complished,  the  Emperor  is  constantly 
laboring  to  impress  upon  his  people  the 
advisability  of  still  further  naval  in­
crease.  He  also  advises  them  to  invest 
in  merchant  tonnage  and  to  indulge  in 
yachting.

in 

it 

Although 

is  but  of  recent  origin, 
Germany's  colonial  ambition  is  almost 
boundless.  She  possesses  vast  tracts  in 
Africa, has  established  herself  in  China, 
and  proposes  to  extend  her  influence 
there  by  establishing  a  garrison  at 
Shanghai,  at  the  gateway  to  the  rich 
Yangtsi  valley,  hitherto  considered  the 
exclusive  sphere  of  influence  of  Great 
Britain. 
In  the  Far  Pacific,  Germany 
has  established  herself  in  Samoa,  which 
is  scarcely  a profitable  possession,  while 
her  designs  on  Southern  Brazil  are  but 
poorly  concealed.

While  Americans  can  not  fail  to  ad­
mire  this  business  aggression,  they  do 
not  at  the  same  time  overlook  the  fact 
that 
in  many  ways  German  expansion 
and  commercial  activity  are directly an­
tagonistic 
interests. 
Wherever  Germany  secures  control there 
all  outside  trade  is  promptly  excluded. 
It  would,  therefore,  be  bad  for  this 
country  to  have  German 
in­
creased  in  China.  Even  Russian  domi­
nation  would  be 
to 
American  trade.

less  prejudicial 

American 

influence 

to 

Even  more  dangerous  to  our  interests 
is  Germany’s  ill-concealed  ambition 
in 
South  America.  Any  design  on  the  part 
of  a  European  nation  against  any  por­
tion  of  the  American  continent  is  a  vio­
lation  of  the  Monroe  doctrine.  This 
country  can  never  permit  Germany,  or 
any  other  European  country,  to  secure 
the 
least  political  control  in  Southern 
Brazil  or  anywhere  else  in  South  Amer­
ica.  Any  attempt  on  her  part  to  secure 
a  foothold  there  would  bring  about  at 
once  a  serious  misunderstanding  with 
this  country.  It  would  be  useless  to  dis­
guise  that  fact,  and,  although  there 
in  the  United  States  a  most 
exists 
friendly  feeling 
is 
equally  certain  that  any attempt  to over­
ride  the  Monroe  doctrine, 
that  most 
cherished  of  American  foreign  policies, 
would  bring  that  friendship  to  a  sudden 
end.

for  Germany, 

it 

Such  an  outcome  would  be  a  great 
misfortune  and 
is  to  be  avoided  at  all 
hazards.  A   quarrel  between  two  such 
progressive  countries  as  Germany  and

the  United  States  would be  a  great blow 
to  civilization  and  a  setback  to  com­
merce.  Statesmen  of  the  two  countries 
would,  therefore,  do  well  to cultivate  a 
friendly  understanding  on  all  points  on 
which  the 
interests  of  their  respective 
nations  are  likely  to  clash,  with  a  view 
to  avoiding  by  graceful  mutual  conces­
sions  disagreements  which  might  be 
dangerous  to  all  interests.  The  world  is 
wide  enough  for  all  energetic  commer­
cial  nations  to  engage  in  friendly  riv­
alry  without  clashing.

T h e  P rodace  M arket.
Asparagus—35@40c  per  doz.
Bananas— Prices  range  from  $1.25® 

1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size.

Beets— 20c  per doz.
Butter—Factory 

creamery 

which 
grades  as  extra  has  advanced  to  i8y@  
i8^c,  owing  to  the  activity  of  Chicago 
buyers  in  picking up everything in sight 
among  Michigan  creameries,  especially 
located 
those 
in  the  Holland  colony. 
There 
is  a  larger  quantity  of  creamery 
butter  in  the  coolers  in  Chicago  to-day 
than  was  ever  known  at  this  time  of  the 
year.  It  is  believed  that  more  than  half 
the  total  that  will  be  carried  this  year 
is  put  away.  The  estimate 
is  about
7,000,000  pounds  now  stored.  Most  of 
this  is  extra  creameries.  The  next 
in 
order  come  firsts.  Not  so  many  seconds 
have  gone  in  as  usual,  and the storing of 
ladles  has  been  rather  slow.  The  total 
storage  of  butter this  year  will  probably 
reach  above  12,000,000  pounds.  Dairy 
grades  are  naturally  stronger,  in  sympa­
thy  with  the  upward  trend  of  the cream­
ery  market.  Fancy  commands  I4@ 15c, 
choice  fetches  I3@i4c,  while  packing 
stock 
It 
is  estimated  the  total  packing  stock 
purchased by  Chicago  buyers  within  the 
last  fifteen  days  has  been  above  6,000,- 
000  pounds.  There 
is  a  market  for 
process  goods  abroad.  July  1  the  new 
law  to  force  process  men  to  stamp  their 
butter  "renovated”   will  go  into  effect 
in  Illinois.  The  enforcement  of  the  law 
is  in  the  hands  of  the  Pure  Food  Com­
missioner. 
It  is  barely  possible  he  will 
make  no  great  fight  on  the  process  men.
is  in  ample 
supply,  and  strong  demand  at  6o@70c 
per  doz.

is  eagerly  sought  at  12313c. 

Cabbage— Home  grown 

Celery— Receipts  are  increasing  and 
the  size  and  quality  are improving.  The 
price  has  dropped  to  20c  per  bunch.

Cherries—$2.25  per  bu.  for  sour  and 
$2.75  per  bu.  for  sweet.  The  crop  is 
not 
large  and  the  season  will  be  short. 
High  prices  will  necessarily  prevail, 
owing  to  the  amount  of  stock  contracted 
for  by  shippers  and  canners.

Cucumbers— Home  grown  command 

3°@35c  per  doz.

Currants—$1.25  per  crate  of  16 qts.
Eggs—The  market  is  flat,  owing  to 
the  extreme  heat  and  the  large  percent­
age  of  loss,  which  ranges  from  y2  doz. 
to  5  doz.  to  the  case  and  probably  aver­
ages  2  doz.  Local  dealers  pay  10c 
loss 
off.

Gooseberries—6s@75c  per  16 qt.  case.
Green  Onions— I2j£c  for  Silverskins.
Green  Peas—70@8oc  for common ;  $1 

@1.10  for  marrowfats.

Honey— White  stock 

is  in  light  sup­
ply  at  14 c.  Amber  is  slow  sale  at  13c 
and  dark  is  in  moderate  demand  at  11 
@I2C.

Lemons—Californias  command  $3.25 
for  300s  and  250s  per  box.  Messinas 
fetch  $4  for  choice  and  $4.50  for  fancy.
Lettuce—Garden  50c  per  bu.  ;  head, 
60c  per  bu.

Maple  Sugar— io@ io^c  for  genuine 

and  9c  for  imitation.

Maple  Syrup—Si  per  gal.  for  fancy.
Onions— Bermudas 

command  Si. 50 
in 

fetch  $2.75 

per  crate.  Egyptians 
112  lb.  sacks.

encias  range  from  $3.5034.

Oranges— St.  Michaels  and  Late  Val­
Parsley— 40c  per  doz.
Peaches—The  Tennessee  peach  crop 
around  Chattanooga 
is  in  good  condi­
tion.  Agents  of  prominent  buyers  have 
been  over  the  orchards  and  have  made 
propositions  which  are  understood  to 
have  been 
the 
growers.  Owing  to  the  comparative 
failure  of  part  of  the  Georgia  crop  there

fairly  satisfactory  to 

is  likely  to  be  more  Tennessee  fruit  in 
Northern  markets  than  usual  this  sea­
son.

Pie  Plant—60c  for  50  lb.  box.
Pineapples---- Havanas,  $1.5031.75.

from 

Florida,  $1.6032  per  doz.
“  Plants—Cabbage,  75c;  sweet  potato, 
90c.

Potatoes— Early  varieties 

the 
South  are  selling  at  $1  per  bu.  There 
is  going  to  be  a  scarcity  of  potatoes 
everywhere.  Old  potatoes  are  about 
gone.  Discouraging  crop  reports  come 
from  the  Kaw  Valley  and  American 
Bottoms,  the  great  sections  where  the 
early  Ohio  potatoes  are  produced.

Poultry— The  market 

is  strong  and 
active.  Dealers  pay  as  follows  for live': 
Chickens,  839c;  medium  and  small 
hens,  7@8c ;  large  hens,  6 3 7 c ;  young 
turkeys,  9@ioc;  old  turkeys,  7@8c; 
young  ducks,  12313c;  pigeons,  60c, per 
doz.  ;  squabs,  $1.25  per  doz.  ;  broilers, 
i6@ i8c  per  lb.

Radishes— 12c  for  China  Rose;  10c 

for  Chartiers.

for 

Raspberries—$1.25  per  16  qts. 

black;  $1.25  per  12  qts.  for  red.

Seeds— Hungarian,  75385c;  common 
millet,  7o@75c;  German  millet,  80 
@85c .

Spinach—35c  per  bu.
Strawberries— The  price  ranges  from 
60385c  per  case  of  16 qts.  The  flush 
of  the  season  is  over,  but  local  receipts 
will  continue 
for  a  week  yet,  after 
which  receipts  from  Northern  points 
will  continue  a  week  or ten  days longer.

String  Beans—$1.60  per  bu.
Summer  Squash— 2c  per  lb.
Tomatoes—$1.50  per  4  basket  crate.
Water Cress—40c  per  doz.
Watermelons—Reports  from  Western 
Texas  show  that  there  has  been  no  rain 
in  that  section  for  several  weeks,  and 
this  has  much  injured  the  watermelon 
crop.  Dealers  have  figured  on  1,200 
cars  to  come  from  the  Arkansas  Pass 
Railroad  section.  Only  three  cars  have 
been  shipped  from  there  and,  while  the 
melons  are  sweet,  they  are  inferior  in 
size.  These  three  cars  will  make  the 
owners  about  $25  a  car.  The  word  now 
comes  that  instead  of  1,200 cars  coming 
from  the  Arkansas  Pass  section  there 
will  not  be  over  400.  Georgia  will  not 
have  more  than  half  a  crop.
Wax  Beans—$1.60  per  bu.

The  heart  of  the  fool  is  in  his  mouth, 
but  the  mouth  of  the  wise  man  is  in  bis 
heart.

Happiness  is  the  greatest  of  all  beau- 

tifiers.

Advertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under 
this  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.  A dyance 
paym ents.

BU SIN ESS  C H A N C E S.

|7»OR SALE QK KENT—TWO-STORY FRAME 
A   building—living rooms attached—good  horse 
barn;  also small stock of agricultural  tools, with 
building for tools;  also set hay  and  stock scales; 
situated on railroad,  about  eighteen  miles from 
Grand Rapids, in best  farming  and fruit district 
in Michigan.  Address all correspondence  to K., 
care Michigan Tradesman.______________ 891

909
an entirely new stock of clothing, furnishing 

goods,  shoes,  hats  and  fixtures.  Will  invoice 
about $15,000.  Very best  location  in  city,  and a 
moneymaking proposition.  Satisfactory reasons 
for  selling.  Address  P.  O.  Box  383,  Cripple 
Creek, Col. 

c hand be  situated  twelve  miles  from  iAke 
Michigan  in  best  fruit  section  of  the  State 
Stock will inventory  about  $4,200;  doing  a  busi­
ness  of  $15,000  per  annum;  good  location  for 
hustler;  satisfactory reason for selling.  Address 
Q. T., care Michigan Tradesman. 

ifOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
Ii'OR  SALE—IN  CRIPPLE  CREEK,  COLT, 
I i'OR  SALE—AN  UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE 
I i'OR  SALE—A  STOCK  OF  SHOES  OF 

sales, $7,500 per  year;  rent,  $20  per  month; Al 
opening  for  a  man  to  go  into  shoe  business; 
stock  located  in  Dowagiac.  Mich.  Reason  for 
selling, too much  other business.  Address J. F.
Multley, Kalamazoo, Mich.___________ 
1 4 / AN 1 ED—TO  BUY  A  STOCK  OF  HARD- 
» *  ware for  cash  in  a  good  Michigan  town. 
Address full  particulars  504  Cass  Ave.,  Grand 
Rapids. 

cated in Northern Michigan;  doing a  good  busi­
ness.  Address No.  913,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man._____________  _________________ 913
about- $2,¿00;  doing a  good  retail  business; 

9:4
and  implement  stock,  invoicing  $3,000;  lo­

910

912

904

882

824

898

tain;  easy  terms.  Also  two  cigar  and  to­

ery;  also  fine  corner  brick  store,  newly 

FOR  SALE  OR  RENT—DESIRABLE  RESI- 
dence and barn at 24 Kellogg  street,  Grand 
Rapids.  Large lot.  All modern  improvements. 
907
E. A. Stowe. New Blodgett Building. 

bacco store  signs—Scotch  girl  and  Uncle  Sam; 
one ten-ball parlor pool table.  Charles  A. Jack- 
son. Benton Harbor, Mich. 

Mo n e y  in   c e m e n t  sto ck—t h e  t w e n -

Me r c h a n t  t a il o r in g   sto ck  f o r

'  stock,  inventorying  about  $1,800,  in  good 
farming community.  Reason  for  selling,  other 
business.  Address  No.  860,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

crockery stock, invoicing about $1,200;  in one 
of the best  growing  towns  in  Northern  Michi­
gan  Address  A.  P.,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

906
Sale.  Stock consists of a fine line  of  cassi- 
meres for suits and  pants  patterns.  Enquire  of 
L. C. Cronkhite, Edmore. Mich. 

860
S A L E - M Y   ENTIRE  STOCK  OF 
hardware,  paints,  stoves,  etc.,  Including 
good will of business and lease of  building;  loca­
tion best In  town.  M.  A.  Randall,  Cheboygan, 
Mich. 

903
tieth Century Portland Cement Co.,  of Fen­
ton, Mich., incorporated under the  State  law  of 
Michigan,  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing 
Portland  cement  and  its  accessories,  offer  in­
ducements to investors in  cement  stocks.  Only 
capital stock of the company  Is  offered  for  sale. 
Full Information will be furnished by  addressing 
C. L. Corrigan, Bec’y, Fenton, Mich. 
y O R   SALE—WHOLE  OR  PART INTEREST 
X1 
in  a  general  hardware,  tinsmlthing  and 
plumbing stock, invoicing about $3,500, in a good 
factory  town  in  Southern  Michigan.  Address 
No. 824. care Michigan Tradesman. 

painted and papered;  new  sidewalks;  goods are 
ail new  and  up-to-date.  Store—stock  and  fix­
tures $3,000 If taken in thirty days.  Address No. 
899, care Michigan Tradesman. 
809
Fo r  sa l e—r e t ir in g   f r o m   m e r c a n -
tile  business,  “ The  Busy  Big  Store,”  gen­
eral stock about$i2,000;  sales last year, $33,391.68; 
sales last month,  $2,600;  In very  best  condition; 
healthy  and  growing.  Located  at  Bellevue, 
Mich.;  elegant  farming  trade.  We  enjoy  the 
trade of the town in  groceries,  dry  goods,  boots 
and shoes, crockery, carpets  and  working cloth­
ing.  Good discount to  cash  buyer  Reference, 
Bellevue Bank.  Address C.  D.  Kimberly, Belle­
vue, Mich. 

ijMNE  STOCK  OF  BAZAAR  AND  MILLIN- 
F'OR  SALE—SECOND  HAND  SODA  FOUN- 
I i'O R   SALE—CL EAN  GROCERY  AND 
IpORo  SALE—A  NICE,  CLEAN  GENERAL 
I i'OR SALE-JOB  PRINTING  OUTFIT:  7x11 
I i'OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
I  WILL  SELL  HALF  INTEREST  IN  MY 
I/«OR  SALE—A  GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 

$3,500;  cash  discount;  best  farming  district  in 
Northern  Indiana;  good  reasons  for  selling. 
Address No. 810, care Michigan Tradesman.  810
furniture  business.  The  goods  are  all  new 
and up-to-date;  located In  a  town  of  7,000;  has 
been a furniture store for thirty years;  only two 
furniture stores In  the  town.  Address  all  cor­
respondence to No.  813,  care  Michigan  Trades- 
man.______________  
813
'  groceries,  crockery,  glassware,  lamps  and 
china,  Inventorying  about  $3,300.  Will  accept 
$3,000 cash If taken soon:  location, the  best  and 
central In a hustling business town of 1,500 popu­
lation, fifty miles from Grand  Rapids;  this  is  a 
bargain for some one;  best of reasons for selling. 
Address B, care Michigan Tradesman 
777
T F GOING  OUT  OF  BUSINESS  OR  IF  YOU 
X  have a bankrupt stock of clothing,  dry goods, 
or  shoes,  communicate  with  The  New  York 
Store, Traverse City, Mich. 
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  fit  Choate 
Real Estate Co.. Flint,  Mich. 
709
W ANTED — MERCHANTS  TO  COHRW- 
spond with us who wish to sell  their entire 
stocks  for  spot  cash.  Enterprise  Purchasing 
$86
Co., 153 Market St.. Chicago, HL 
y O R   SALE-DRUG  STOCK 
INVOICING 
I   $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.___________  

tures, etc.;  Invoices $200;  just tne thing for mer­
chant to do his own printing.  Will take $100 spot 
cash.  Address No  893,  care  Michigan  Trades­
893
man. 
y O R  SALE—THE  BEST  STOCK  OF  GRO- 
T   cerles, having the best  trade  in  one  of  the 
best towns and in one of  the  best  fruit and  po­
tato sections  of  Michigan;  doing  a  prosperous 
business;  also have a  line  shipping  business  in 
fruit and  potatoes;  also  a  warehouse  which  I 
will dispose  of.  Object  of  selling,  have  other 
business elsewhere  that  will  require  all  of  my 
attention.  Address  No.  856,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

chandise  and  fixtures,  invoicing  $3,000  to 

press;  26 fonts  type;  complete  line  of  fix­

856

583

¿96

728

M ISC E L L A N E O U S

915

W f  ANTED—POSITION  AS  SALESMAN  BY 
vv  a hustling young man of good habits;  have 
had about six years’  experience;  can  furnish A1 
references.  Address  C.  V.,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
PHARMACIST—WANTED IMMEDIATELY. 
Apply to R. W, Harrold.Fennvllle, Mich. 911
PHARMACIST,  SITUATION  WANTED. 
Box 99, Grattan, Mich. 
WANTED-A BLACKSMITH:  good location 
for right  man;  good  references  required. 
Address N elson Toland, Stanley, Mich. 
handle our Air Rifle as a side line on  com­
mission.  Rapid  Rifle  Co.,  Limited,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich. 
892
REGISTERED  PHARMACIST,  MIDDLE 
aged, experienced and capable desires  situ­
ation.  References.  Address  “ Toke,”  120  E. 
867
Mirre S t, Alpena, Mich. 

889WANTED—TRAVELING  SALESMAN  TO 

900

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MICA 

AXLE

V  Hr

has Decome 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.

ILL U M IN A T IN G   A N D  
L U B R IC A T IN G   O IL S

P E R F E C T IO N   O IL  IS  T H E  STA N D A RD  

TH E  W O RLD   O V E R

H IB H B 8 T  PRIOB  PAID  FO R   EM PTY  OARBON  AND  G A SO LIN E  B A R R ELS

STA N D A R D   O IL  C O .

Are you going 

to the

Pan-American 

Exposition?

The

Michigan Central

is the short and direct route.

For particulars see  M. C. Agents or 

write to

O. W .Ruggles, a. P. &T. A.. Chicago 

J. S. Hall. D. P. A.,

Detroit

1  ENGPMPS B Y   A L L   TH E 

LEADING  PROCESSES
HALF-TONE 
ZINC-ETCHING 
WOOD ENGRAVING

TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  PAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Travelers’ Time  Tables.

Michigan Retail Grocer*' Association 

President, C. E. Wa l k e r ,  Bay City;  Vice-Pres­
ident,  J.  H.  Ho p k in s,  Ypsllanti;  Secretary, 
E. A. Stow e, Grand Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
Tatm an, Clare.  _

President, Fra n k  J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

Grind Rapids Retail Grocers’ Allocution 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. George  Lehman
Detroit Retail Grocers’  Protettile Association 

President,  E.  Ma r k s ;  Secretaries,  N.  L.
K oenig  and  F.  H.  Cozzens;  Treasurer.  C. 
H.  Fr in k .

Kalamazoo  Retail Grocers’ issociatioa 
President,  E.  L.  Ha r r is;  Secretary, 

i ’ h a s . 

Baj Cities Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

Hym a n.

Littl e.

Masksgon Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm ith ;  Secretary,  1>.  A. 

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

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

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 
H. Po r te r;  Treasurer, L.  Pelton.
Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  A.  C.  Cl a r k ;  Secretary,  K.  F 

Cl e v e l a n d ; Treasurer,  Wm. C. Koehn

Saginaw Retail Merchants’ Association 

President, M.  W. Ta n n e r ;  Secretary, E.  11. Me 

P h erson;  Treasurer, R. A. Hokh.
Trarene Citj Bnsineei Men’s Association 
Ho l l y;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  Hammond.

President,  thos  T.  Ba t e s;  Secretary,  ni.  B 

Owosso Business Men’s Association 

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

Ca m p b e l l;  Treasurer,  W.  E. Co llin s.

Pt.  Hurons  Merchants’  and  Manufacturers’  Association

President, Gh as.  We llm a n;  Secretary,  J.  T 

Pe r c iv a l.

Alpena Business Mea’i  Association 

President, F. W. Gilc h r ist;  Secretary,  C.  L 

Pa r tr id g e.

Calnmet Business Men’s Association 

President,  J.  D.  Cu d d ih y;  Secretary  W.  H 

Hoskin g.

St. Johns Business Men’s iesociation 

President, T hos. Br o m le y;  Secretary,  Frank 

A.  Pe r c y; Treasurer, Cl a r k A.  Pott.

Perry Business Men’s Association 

President,  H,  W.  Wa l l a c e;  Secretary,  T.  E 

Heddle.

Grand Uaien Retail Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  1).  Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W  V er 

Hoek s.

Tale Bniinesi Men’s Association 

President,  Ch as.  Rounds;  Secretary,  Frank 

Pu tn e y.

Graad Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’  Association 

President.  John  G.  Eb l e ;  Secretary,  L.  J. 
K a t z;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hu fford.

“Summer  Light”

Light  your  Hotels,  Cottages  and 
Camps with the

" N U L IT E ”

H  O

Incandescent  Vapor  Gas  Lamps.  Superior  to 
electricity or carbon gas.  Cheaper than  coal  oil 
lamps.  No smoke, no odor,  no  wicks,  no  trou­
ble.  Absolutely  safe.  A  20th  century  revolu­
tion in the art of lighting.  Arc  Lamps, 750  can­
dle  power,  for  indoor  or  outdoor  use.  Table 
'amps,  100  candle  power.  Chandeliers,  Pen­
dants, Street  Lamps,  etc.  Average  cost  I  cent 
for  7  hours.  Nothing  like  them.  They  sell  at 
sight.  GOOD  AGENTS  WANTED.  Send  for 
catalogue and prices.

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

Chicago, 111.

Dept.  L. 

PERE  M ARQUETTE
Railroad and Steamship Lines.

Fast trains  are  operated  from  Grand  Raplda 
to Chicago,  Detroit,  Toledo,  Saginaw, Bay  City, 
Petoskey, Ludlngton, Manistee, Muskegon, Trav­
erse City,  Alma,  Lansing, Beldlng, Benton  Har­
bor, St Joseph, and intermediate points,  making 
close connections at Chicago with trains  for  the 
south  and  west,  at  Detroit  and  Toledo  with 
trains east and southbound.  Try  the  “Mid-Day 
Flyers,” leaving Grand Rapids  12:05  noon, each 
week  day,  arriving  at  Detroit  4:05  p.  m.  and 
Chicago 5:00 p. m.

H.  F.  Moeller.  G.  P.  a .,

W. E. WOLFENDEN, D. P. A.
(IP A IVTÌ  Rap,d*  4  indiana Railway
V l l V r i l l l #  

March  so,  1901.

Going North.

ex Su 
5 20p 
9 00p

Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a  m,  ii:30 

ex Su  ex Su  ex Su 
Lv Gd Rapids...........7 i5a
2 lOp  10 45p
Ar.  Cadillac.............. 1120a
6 40p  210*
Ar.  Traverse City__  130p
7 50p  4 15a
9isp  6 ana
Ar. Petoskey............  2 60p
Ar. Mackinaw City...  4 I 5 p ___ r ___
10 36p  6 55a
a m, 5:15 p m and 10:15 p m.
Going South.
, 
ex Su  ex Su Daily  ex Su Daily
Lv. G’d Rapids.  7 10a 
1 50p  6 50p  12 S0p 11 aop
i45p  100a
Ar. Kalamazoo  8 50a  3 22p  8  35p 
Ar. Ft. Wayne.,12 lOp  6 50p 11  45p To Cnlcago
Ar. Cincinnati.  6 25p 
......  716a 
...............
Trains arrive from the  south  at  6:45 am   and 
9:10am daily, 2:00pm. 9:45pm and 10:15pm exoapt 
Sunday.
Except  Except  Except
Sunday  Sunday  Sunday
Lv. Grand Rapids  ...  7 35am  2 06pm  5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon..........   9 00am  3 20pm  7 00pm
Sunday train  leave Grand  Rapids  at  9:15am. 
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:00pm. 
Arrives at Muskegon 8:25pm.
Trains arrive from Muskegon at  9:30am  dally, 
1:30pm and 5:20pm  except  Sunday  and  6:00pm 
Sunday only.

MUSKBonN 
mudKBUUiN 

C HI CA GO  TRAI NS 

G.  R.  &  l  and  Michigan  Central.
TO  CHICAGO 

3

  Dal*

Lv. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  12 30pm  11 30pm 
Ar. Chicago  (12th St. Station)  5 25pm 
6 55am 
12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago  with  Poll- 
man buffet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train has through  coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car.

FROM  CHICAGO 

Simday

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

50 cents to Muskegon 

and  Return  Every Sunday

You ought to sell

LILY  WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

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Price  list  Staple  Crockery,  Glassware,  Notions  and  House  Fur­
“ The  Commercial  T raveler”  

nishing  Goods.  Send  for  Catalogue. 
sent  to  Merchants  only  on  request— 175  pages  at

MAIL  ORDER  PRICES

Base  Balls.................................. 38c and  $  68
Butter Plates, wire end  ....................... 
42
Baskets,  bushel.....................................  
90
Baskets,  bandied................................... 
30
Bags, paper, see  Catalogue..................
Brooms..........................$2  26, $2 00 and  175
Burners, No. 1........................................ 
40
Candy Jars. 2 quart...............................  2 00
Clothes Baskets, 30 in............................  3 75
Chimneys, No. 1, box.............................  1  78
39
Dressing Combs, rubber....................... 
Envelopes, 250 In box.............................  
19
Grocer’s Pass Book............................... 
05
Galvanized Iron Tubs, No. 1.................  495
Galvanized Iron Pails, 10 quart............   1  65
Hammocks, “ Palmer,” each................. 
48
Hair Brushes, per doz...........................  
78
Harmonicas...........................................  
36
Ink, Thomas’, 3 doz.  case...................... 
82
Ice Cream Freezers, each.....................   1  25
Jellies, per bbL, doz...................................   19

Lead Pencils,  gro..................................  
so
Lemon Squeezers, glass,  doz................  
40
Lawn Mowers, 14 in., each....................  2  15
Milk Jars, Paper Cap, gro....................  5.00
go
Mantles, Gasoline, doz..........................  
Playing Cards........................................  
90
Plates,  Breakfast..................................  
71
Stone Butter Jars, l g al. each.............. 
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Shelf Paper, gro. sheets......................... 
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Silver Plated  Knives  and  Forks,  Rog­
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Telescope Valises, each......................... 
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Tumblers, % pint, by bbl., doz.............. 
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Tea Cups and Saucers, doz......   ........... 
67
Tanglefoot Fly Paper, 50 sheets........... 
36
Thread, Clark’s M. E., doz.................... 
50
46
Thread, Merrick’s, doz..........................  
Thread, Cromwell’s, doz.......................  
17

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