Eighteenth  Year

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JULY  17,1901.

Number 930

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GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY  17,  1901.

Number 930

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

Page.

M orning  Market.
G etting  the  People. 
Arotlnd  the  State.
Grand  Rapids  Gossip. 
Representative  Retailer. 
Romance  of Camphor. 
EditoriaL 
E ditorial.
Clothing.
D ry Goods.
Shoes  and  Rubbers.
The  Usual  Result.
The  Meat M arket.
Village Im provem ent. 
Hardw are.
W om an’s W orld.
B a tter and  Eggs.
The  New  York  M arket. 
Window  Dressing. 
Commercial  Travelers. 
D rags and  Chemicals. 
D rag  Price  Current. 
Grocery  Price  Current. 
Grocery  Price  Current. 
Grocery  Price  Current. 
T heir T hird  Picnic. 
H ardw are  Price  Current. 
Goes  Up  H igher.

THE  DAT  OF  LITTLE  THINGS.

One  of  the  curious  features  of  the 
financial  economics  of  the  present 
is 
that,  while  no  time  in  the  world’s  his­
tory  has  ever seen  the  gigantic  combi­
nations  of  capital  and  the  vast  aggrega­
tions  of  industry  now  being  organized 
or  that  have  recently  comesinto  opera­
tion,  the  great  majority  of  enterprises 
in  which  money 
is  made  rapidly  to­
day  are  those  which  receive  their  trib­
utes  in  the  smallest  divisions.

It 

is  natural  that  the  seeker  after 
wealth  should  devote  his  attention  to 
that  which  will  be  likely  to  bring  re­
turns 
in  the  greatest  quantities.  The 
dealer  strives  for  trade  that  involves 
large  transactions.  The  inventor builds 
a  machine  which  proposes  to  work  a 
revolution  in  some  great industry.  Thé 
promoter  undertakes  to  build  up  enter­
prises  which shall  deal  with  the  greatest 
industrial  problems.  Now  and  again, 
in  the  multitude  thus  striving  for  finan­
cial  success,  circumstances  permit  a 
winning  to  be  scored,  but  the  way  is 
strewn  by  the  wrecks  of  the  thousands 
who  have  met  with  failure.

Enterprises 

involving  transactions  of 
but  a  few  cents  are  not  attractive  to 
the  average  imagination. 
It  is  difficult 
to  see  the  possibility  of  a  fortune  from 
transactions 
involving  the  use  of  a  few 
cents  only.  The  fact  is  overlooked  that 
many  of  the  most  gigantic  enterprises 
of  modern 
industry,  those  which  have 
proved  most  profitable,  are  those  like 
the  Standard  Oil  Company  and  the 
companies, 
great  municipal  traction 
which  make  their  final  transactions 
in 
the  smallest  sums.  Take  even  the  great 
and 
iron 
steel  corporations,  whose 
plants 
involve  the  greatest  mechanical 
undertakings  except  the  railways,  and 
their  support 
in  recent  years  has  de­
pended 
largely  on  enterprises  like  the 
urban  and  suburban  traffic  lines  for  the 
collection  of  fares  in  nickels.  Even  the 
industry  of  the  country, 
vast  railway 
which  was  built  up  on  transactions 
in­
volving  large  sums,  is  coming  to  find 
the  most  profit  in  suburban  or  similar 
trade,  where  the  fares  are  the  smallest 
and  the  greatest  in  number.

invested 

Among  the  greatest  of  more  modern 
In 
enterprises  is  the  electric  railway. 
in  the  country  great 
every  large  city 
sums  of  money  have  been 
in 
equipment  which  at  first  glance  it would 
seem  that  a  lifetime  would  be  required 
to  pay  for  in nickels.  But  the  projectors 
of  these  enterprises  are  working  for  the 
is  no  question  but  that 
present.  There 
the  assurance  of  success 
in  the  great 
network  of  suburban  electric  lines  ex­
tending  over  the  country  lies  in  the  fre­
quency  of  small  cash  transactions.
A  suggestive  incident  along  this 

line 
is  the  controversy  now  going  on  in  New 
York  over  the  use  of  chairs  in  the  pub­
lic  parks. 
.An  enterprising  speculator 
who  had  studied  the  subject  of  small 
things  to  some  purpose  conceived  the 
idea  of  furnishing  6,000 chairs  for  the 
use  of  the  tired  loiterers,  at  a  charge  of 
3  cents  for  those  without  arms  and  a 
nickel  for  the  more  comfortable  seat. 
The  trial  of  an  injunction  against  the 
contract  with  the  park  commissioner 
brings  out  that,  with  an  investment  of 
$20,000  in  the  chairs,  the  projector 
counted  on  obtaining  gross  receipts  of 
$300  per  day  or  upwards  of  $100,000  per 
year.

The  quick  profits  in  the  world  of  in­
dustry  to-day  are  in  the  smallest  trans­
actions.  The  stick  of  gum  for  a  cent 
quickly  makes  the  millionaire 
if  he 
sells 
it.  The  advertiser  of  a  specialty 
is  coming  to  learn  that  the  smaller  the 
significance  of  the  article  and  the  less 
the  price  the  greater  the  probability  of 
success.

Women  have  at  last obtained complete 
equality  with  the  men  in  Colorado.  The 
courts  of  the  State  have  declared  that 
women  have  the  same  privileges  as 
men,  of  entering  wine  rooms  and  res­
taurants  and  calling  for  any  kind  of 
drink  they  wish.  The  courts  say  that 
“ any  enactment  relative  to  the  sale  of 
liquor  whereby  a  woman  is  prohibited 
from  purchasing  liquors  under the  same 
circumstances  that  a  man  is,  is  in  vio­
lation  of  her  rights  under  the  equal 
suffrage  constitutional  provision,  and  is 
in  violation  to  the  right  given  a  saloon 
keeper  to  sell  to  a  woman  as  well  as  to 
a  man.  By  that 
last  act,’ ’  the  court 
wisely  declares,  “ the  last  vestige  of  in­
equalities  between  man  and  woman  un­
der  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Colorado 
was  swept  away. ”

A  drug  clerk,  suspecting  that  a  man 
contemplated  suicide,  sold  him  a  harm­
less  dose  of  quinine 
instead  of  the 
strychnine  he asked  for.  After  the  man 
had  written  his 
last  farewell  he  laid 
down  and  composed  himself  for death. 
After  lying  for  about  thirty-six  hours 
with  his  hands  crossed  on  his  bosom  he 
went  out  and  got  drunk and whipped the 
drug  clerk.

Emperor  William 

says  the  noblest 
weapon  is the  sword ;  but  the  kerosene 
can  still  gets  there  much  more  unani­
mously.

Carnegie  is  afraid  that  if  he  were  to 
wait  to  dispose  of  his  money  by  will  it 
would  be  a  dead  give  away.

OENERAL  TRADE  REVIEW .

With  all 

industries 

in  a  state  of  in­
creasing  activity  and  prices  of  products 
kept  at  the  highest,  it  is  curious  to  wit­
ness  a  greater  reaction 
in  the  Wall 
Street  market  than  has  taken  place  in 
many  months.  The  causes  of  this  re­
action,  however,  are  not  far  to  seek.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  decline  there  was 
uneasiness  on  account  of  some  exten­
sive  bank  failures.  Then  came  the  in­
tense  heat  and  drouth  which  began  to 
threaten  the  corn  crop 
in  the  South­
western  States.  While  a  threat  of  fail­
ure 
in  the  wheat  crop  might  serve  as  a 
greater  pretext  for grain  gambling,  the 
possibility  of  a 
lessening  of  the  corn 
crop  is  really  of  much more importance. 
Not  many  realize  that  the  cash  value  of 
the  corn  crop 
is  about  double  that  of 
wheat  and  the  number of  bushels  to  be 
transported  by  the  railroads  would  be 
four  times  as  great  were 
it  not that 
more  of  the  yellow  cereal  is  fed  at  the 
place  of  raising. 
Its  products;  how­
ever,  must  be  carried.  Sensational  re­
ports  of  the  suffering  of  this  grain  car­
ried  the  market  downward  for  several 
days.  At  the  close  of  the  week  there 
was  a  slight  recovery  on  account  of  the 
general  strength  of  the  situation.  Rain 
in  the  threatened  region  gives  reassur­
ance  as  to  the  corn  crop,  but  now  come 
the 
The  downward 
movement  is  again  the  feature this week 
and  in  the  light  of  the  labor  contest  the 
movement  seems  likely  to  be  consider­
able  before  another  recovery.  There 
are,  however,  no  panicy 
tendencies 
manifest  and  the  natural  operation  of  so 
much  liquidation 
liberation  of 
ready  money  until  rates  are  less  than 
for  many  weeks  past.

troubles. 

is  the 

steel 

Naturally  the  feature  of  most  promi­
nence  in  the  industrial  held  is  the  steel 
strike.

This  finds  the  tide  of  production 
scarcely  affected  by  the  usual  midsum­
mer dulness  and  shutdowns.  There  has 
been  some  stimulation 
in  the  already 
tremendous  demand  on  account  of  the 
threat  of 
interference  with  supplies  on 
account  of  the  strikes.  Demand  is  es­
pecially  heavy  in  materials  for  agricul­
tural implements  and  many  other  prod­
ucts  show  the  greatest  activity.

It  is  an  unusual  condition  to  report 
many  woolen  mills  working  day  and 
night  to  meet  the  demands  for  their 
products.  The  price  of  the  raw  staple 
is  at  the  lowest  for  years,  but  this  seems 
to  be  a  healthy  condition  for  the  manu­
facturer.  The  market  for  cotton  goods 
is  quiet,  but  retailers  report satisfactory 
trade  except  that there  is too much tend­
ency  to  cut  prices  rather  than  carry over 
the  season.  Cotton declined  to  8^ c, with 
a  heavier  export  trade  than  at  the  same 
time  last  year.  Leather  and  hides  are 
reported  exceptionally  firm  and  shoe 
factories  are  well  employed,  many  hav­
ing  orders  for  months  to  come.

A  bad  boy  seldom  gets  his  badness 
from  his  father.  The  old  man  usually 
hangs  on  to  all  he  has.

The  man  who  is  rushing  the  growler 

is  not  necessarily  chasing  a  mad  dog.

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HORNING  MARKET.

Some  Changes  W hich  a  Few  Tears  Have 

W rought.

is  offered 

A  contrast  that  impresses  one  who has 
been  familiar  with  the 
local  produce 
market  for  a  number  of  years  is  the 
difference 
in  the  average  of  prices  and 
the  freedom  with  which  the  products 
sell,  as  compared  to  the  years  succeed­
ing  the  panic.  Then,  with  many  in­
dustries  idle  and  little  money  in  circu­
lation,  the  offerings  went  begging  at 
what  would  now  be  considered  ridicu­
lous  prices.  For  instance,  with  potatoes 
selling  at  85  cents  per  bushel,  some 
growers  bring 
in  the  cuils  and  offer 
them  at  nominal  prices.  One asking  25 
cents 
15  cents.  He  turns 
away  with  a  contemptuous  expression 
that  they  are  not  worth  bringing  at  that 
price.  Yet  a  few  years  ago  such figures 
were  considered  pretty good  for the  reg­
ular  crop.  And  so  with  other  vege­
tables, the growers  were  thankful  to  take 
what  would  now  be  considered  poor 
compensation  for  the  marketing,  thus 
practically  giving  the  work  of  raising 
the  products.  It  was  necessary  for  them 
to  raise  the  money  for  taxes  and  the 
other  pressing  needs,  so the  work  must 
be  done,  even  if  for nothing.  The  con­
trast  in  the  difference  in  prices  is  car­
ried  out  in  the 
improved  conditions 
shown  by  the  growers  and  their  outfits. 
A  few  years  ago  many  of  these  were 
pitiable  spectacles.  Now  it  is  a  pleas­
ure  to  see  the  evident  prosperity  on 
every  hand.  Occasionally  one  is  found 
who 
is  not  a  model  of  thrift,  but  such 
may  be  readily  classed  as  of  constitu­
tionally  lazy  tendencies.  One  good  fea­
ture  of  the  change  in  the  conditions 
is 
that  less  of  the  marketing  is  now  being 
done  by  women,  owing  to  the  fact  that 
it  is  a  matter  well  worth  the  attention 
of  the  stronger  sex.

There 

is  another  reason,  aside  from 
the  increase  of  the  general  prosperity  of 
the  city,  for  the  growth  of  and profitable 
returns  from  the  market  business.  This 
is  to  be  found 
in  the  increasing  im­
portance  of  this  center  as  a  distributing 
point  for  less  favored  regions.  Year by 
year  this  change  is  going  on  at  a  rapid 
rate,  but so  gradual  as  to  scarcely  excite 
comment.  A  few  years  ago  the  trans­
portation.  companies  would  be  rushed 
during  the  peach  harvest,  but  now  the 
business  extends  the  season  through and 
its  demands  are  such  as  to  require  and 
warrant  the  most  extensive  provisions 
on  the  part  of  the  transportation  com­
panies.  A  factor  of  no  mean importance 
in  the  new  conditions  is  the  extension 
of  good  roads,  which  makes  the market­
ing  so  easy. 
is  cheaper  to  raise 
products  twenty  miles  away,  market 
them  here  and  deliver  by  express  in 
Big  Rapids,  Cadillac  or Manistee  than 
to  bring  them  on  the  average  road  the 
same  distance  to  those  cities. 
In  the 
early 
in  good  roads  by 
this  city  the  projectors  were  building 
better  than  they  knew,  for  none  thought 
that  the  variable  soils  tributary  to  their 
enterprises  would  produce  the  support 
of  many  other cities  slower  in  the  work 
of  road  extension.

interest  taken 

The  course  of  the  market  has  been 
rather  even  and  uneventful.  Offerings 
have  generally  been 
liberal  and  sales 
good 
in  all  products.  Cherries  are 
pretty  well  over.  Berries  are  still  plen­
tiful  and  sell  well,  but  blackcaps  are 
getting  soft.  Potatoes  are 
increasing 
in  receipts  and 
improving  in  quality 
and  size.

It 

Too  G reat a Risk.

“ I ’m  going  to give  up  the  business,’ ’ 
insurance  agent  with  a

said  the 

life 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

sigh.  “ I  don’t  care  whether they  meant 
it  for  a 
It's  a  hard  life, 
and  people  have  no  business  trying  to 
be  funny  at  my  expense.

joke  or  not. 

“ I  have  always  prided  myself  upon 
my  ability  to  land  a  man  when  once  1 
succeeded  in  getting  his  attention.  But 
I  had  a  new  experience  the  other day.
I  was  working  hard  to  convince  a  party 
that  it  was  his  duty  to  take  out  some  of 
our  insurance  upon  his  life  for  the  pro­
tection  of  his  family,  and  I  saw  that  I 
had  him  wavering,  when  1  had  to  pause 
for  breath,  and  he  broke  in  w ith:
carry  on  your  life?’

“   ‘ By  the  way,  how  much  do  you 

It  didn't 

“ While  I,  taken  unaware  by 

the 
abruptness  of  the  question,  was  stam­
mering  a  reply,  he  escaped.  The  in­
cident  set  me  to  thinking. 
I  had  in­
duced  hundreds  of  men  to  insure  their 
lives  for  the  benefit  of  their  families, 
and  yet  I  had  never thought  far  enough 
insurance  upon  my  own 
to  carry  any 
look  consistent,  now 
life. 
that  I  had  come  to  consider  the  ques­
tion,  and  I  resolved  to  remedy 
it  at 
once.  To  think  is  to  act  with  me,  and 
I  sat  down  and  filled  out  an  application 
at  once  for a  good  round  sum.
“ I  got  the  application  back  to-day 
marked,  ‘ Refused—occupation  too  dan­
gerous!’  The  next  paper  they  get  from 
me  will  be  my  resignation1”
Plea F or tbe  E stablishm ent  of  a  Public 
S. J. Dunkley in Kalamazoo Gazette-News.

M arket.

I 

do  not  know  of  anything  that  would 

contribute  so  much  to  the  welfare  of  the 
city  of  Kalamazoo  and  surrounding 
country  as  a  public  market  place  with 
suitable  laws  regulating  the  peddling  of 
fruit  in  our  city  between  certain  hours.
Kalamazoo  is  situated  in  a  fine  coun­
try 
for  fruit  growing,  and  such  a  mar­
ket  would  rapidly  make  it  a  large  fruit 
center.  I  think  tbe  method  followed  by 
the  city  of  Grand  Rapids  is  a  good one. 
The  market  place  is  divided  into  plots 
or stalls,  a  number  of  these  are  rented 
to  the  different  fruit  growers  and  mar­
ket  gardeners  at  from  $10  to $20  per 
year and  different  sections  of  the  mar­
ket  are  separated  for the  display  of  cer­
tain  kinds  of  products.  For  instance, 
one  number  being  divided  into  wood, 
another  to  hay,  berries  in  another  sec­
tion,  peaches  in  another.  By  this  sys­
tem  everyone  knows  just  where  to  go  to 
buy  such  products,  and  it  also  attracts 
a  buyer  from  other  places,  as  for  in­
stance,  we  send  our  buyer  to  Grand 
Rapids  to  pick  up  what  stuff  we  want.
The  regulations  require  all  growers  of 
produce  to  come  to  the*market  in  the 
morning  and  remain  there  until  about  8 
o’clock,  after which  time  any  one  who 
has  failed  to  dispose  of  his  load  in  the 
market  is  free to  peddle  it  out  about  tbe 
city  if  be  so chooses.  The  lent  from  the 
stalls  is  a  source  of  revenue  to  the  city 
and  makes  the  market  practically  self- 
sustaining.

Growers  of  produce  come  into  Grand 
Rapids  for  twenty  and  thirty  miles 
around  and  are  on  the  market  as  early 
as  4  or  5  o’ clock  in  the  morning.  Buy­
ers  of  produce  from  out of  the  city  go 
there  to  get  stuff as  they  know  it  will  be 
there  on  sale.  The  grocers  of  the  city 
also  have  their  men  there  to  secure 
their stock.  Thus  it  is  an  advantage  in 
more  ways  than  one. 
It attracts  outside 
buyers  and  is  an  aid  to  home dealers  by 
keeping  peddlers  off  the  streets  to  a 
very  great  extent.

is  also  a  help  to the  small  growers 
of  produce,  as  by  this  plan  they  are  not 
required  to  peddle  out  their  products 
but  can  dispose  of  them  on  tbe  market 
early  in  tbe  day  and  are  not  required  to 
spend  half  a  day  in  peddling  about  the 
city.

It 

Observation  Parties.

Mrs.  Nebb—I  am  going  to  an  obser­

vation  party  this  afternoon,  dear.

Husband-----An  observation  party?

What  sort  of  a  party  is  that?

Mrs.  Nebb—Mrs.  Quizzer’ s  next  door 
neighbor  is  moving  and  Mrs.  Quizzer 
has 
friends  to  watch 
through  the  windows  and  see  what  they 
have.

invited  a 

few 

It's  no  trouble  for a  real  estate  dealer 

to  make  mountains  out  of  molehills.

Our

“Black Cat”

Plow  Shoe  will  stand 
all sorts  of  hard  wear.

C.  M.  Henderson  &  Go.
“ Western Shoe Builders ” 

Chicago, 111.

You ought to sell

LILY WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use"

VALLEY  CITY  MILLING  CO..

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

The  Imperial  Gas  Lamp

Is an absolutely safe lamp.  It  burns 
without  odor  or  smoke.  Common 
stove gaso.ine is  used.  It  Is  an  eco­
nomical light.  Attractive  prlcrs  are 
offered.  Write  at  once  for  Agency.

The Im perial Gas Lamp Co. 

132 and 134 Lake St. E.,  Chicago

B. B. B.

M r.  W .  H .  R ansom ,  of  C larion,  says: 

“ L a s t  season  m y 
resort  trade  all  used  30  to  35  cent  coffee  w ith  only  fair  sa tis­
faction.  T h is  season  I  am  sellin g  them  ‘B o st o n   B r e a k f a s t 
B l e n d e d ’  at  20  cents  and  everybod y  pleased— in cluding  m y­
se lf.”   D elicious  coffee,  pleased  custom ers,  good  m argin—  
is  there  anything  more  you  w ant?

O LN EY   &   JU D SO N   GROCER  CO.

ROASTERS

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

P e l o u z e   S c a l e   &   M 'f ’ g   C o ..
Or  HOUSEHOLD, 

C O U N T E R
m a r  K t  T,
CANDY 
P   O S T A L  
S C A L E S  
SPRING BALANC15 

ETC

Fans for 
Warm Weather

Nothing  is  more  appre­
ciated on a  hot  day  than 
a substantial fan.  Espe­
cially is this true of coun­
try  customers  who  come 
to  town  without  provid­
ing  themselves  with  this 
necessary adjunct to com­
fort.  We  have  a  large 
line  of  these  goods  in 
fancy shapes  and  unique 
designs,  which  we  fur­
nish printed and handled 
as follows:
100.........................$  3  00
200.........................  4  50
300....................  
  5  75
400.........................  7  00
500  .......................   8  00
1000...........................  15 00

We  can  fill  orders  on  five  hours’ notice  if  necessary, but  don’t ask us 
to fill an order on  such short notice if you can avoid it.

Tradesman  Company

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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> 

,

Getting the People

Value  of Reading  Notices  vs.  Display ^Ad­

vertising.

There  is  a  contention  on  the  part  of 
some  that  the  same  investment  in  read­
ing-  notices  will  yield  greater  returns 
than  the  conventional  display.  There 
is  a  plausibility  for this  contention  in 
that 
in  certain  cases  tests  made  of  the 
two  methods  have  seemed  to  make  the 
showing  in  favor of  the  reading notices.
There  is  a  certain  class  of advertising 
in  which  there  is  no  doubt  of the greater 
effectiveness  of  the  notices.  Take  many 
of  the  proprietary  remedies  and  in  most 
communities  the  display  advertisement 
is  found  of  little  worth.  The  display  is 
seen  and  possibly  strikes  the  attention 
as  making  a  good  showing,  but 
it 
doesn't  seem  to  strike  the  attention  as 
describing  something  to  be  desired. 
But  similar  matter appearing  as  a  can­
did  statement 
in  the  reading  matter 
seems  to  hit  the  mark.

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V  

«*

It 

It  does  not  follow,  however,  that  such 
notices  will  be  relatively  effective  in 
selling  all  kinds  of  goods.  The  read­
ing  notice  conveys  the  information  that 
a  certain  specific—usually  the  character 
is  indicated  in  the  name—is 
just  what 
is  needed  for the  real  or  imaginary  ail­
is  really  the  ailment  or sup­
ment. 
posed  ailment 
The 
sufferer keeps  the  name  of  the  specific 
in  mind  or  clips  or  copies  the  notice 
and  hies  himself to  the  drug  store.  Let 
the  grocer  or  hardwareman  make  his 
announcements  in  similar  manner  and 
there would  be  some  who  might  stumble 
upon  them,  but  many  more  would  be 
impressed  by  a  generous  display.

that  advertises. 

Reiteration 

in  a  size  of 

is  the  key  to  success  in 
advertising 
for  general  commodities. 
The  fact  is  well  recognized  that  there 
must  be  enough  of  the  display  of  a  firm 
name  to  get  it  thoroughly  in  mind.  Ap­
pearing 
in  the  reading  matter  with  no 
distinction  it  is  of  some  value, but  more 
when 
letter to  both  con­
sciously  and  unconsciously  impress  the 
eye  and  memory. 
Iteration  and  reitera­
tion,  again  and  again,  until  it  becomes 
a  part  of  the  consciousness  of  every 
mind  to  be  reached.  And  not  the  firm 
name  alone—the  constant 
iteration  of 
this  with  the  business  is  essential  until 
the  name  comes  to  suggest  the  rest. 
The  longer  a  dealer  remains in the same 
location  the  more  he  comes  to  appre­
ciate  the  value  of  an  old  established 
firm  name.  They  are  the  inexperienced 
and  thoughtless  who  lightly change their 
business  designation.

It  is  fortunate  that there  is  this  dis­
tinction  between  the  methods of  adver­
tising  as  applied  to  remedies  and  the 
business  of  the  general  merchant. 
It 
would  make  a  curious  jumble  if  the  ad­
vertisements were all distributed through 
the  reading  matter.  Often  one  comes 
across  periodicals  admitting  so  much  of 
the  medicine  liners  that  the  reading 
tedious  and  unpleasant  and  the  paper 
is  greatly 
injured  or  ruined  for  both 
reading  and  advertising.

Medicine  liners  undoubtedly  pay,  for 
they  usually  produce  a  real,  or  imag 
inary,  emergency.  There  may  be  oc­
casions  when  they  will  pay,  judiciously 
and  sparingly  used,  in  the  general  deal­
ers'  work.  But  it  will  not  pay  to  sup­
ersede  the  display  by  such  methods.

*   *   *

Morse  &  Deuel  make  a  strong  an­
nouncement of  their discount  sale which 
has  fallen  into the  hands  of  a  judicious 
printer,  but 
it  is  an  exceptional  adver­
tisement  that  can  not  be  found  fault

1> 

■*

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

One  Price  Clothiers.

We  beg to announce our 

. 

.

Fourth  Annual  Discount  Sale!

This sale wi l continue until July 27, 1901, inclusive.
Only twice each year  do  we  make  these  SWEEPING  RE­
DUCTIONS, to reduce  our  stock  prior  to  inventory.  This  year 
there  are  many  attractive  values, especially  to  those  who  have 
delayed  purchasing  their  warm  weather Clothing.

The  regular  price  tickets  are  not  changed  hut  wdss  a n  
made  from  a  schedule  of  reductions,  which  positively  guana* 
tees  you  an  actual  saving.

MORSE &  DEUEL,

The One Price Clothiers.

« m i c e   a i H R e .

Conic in and sec our  new  imported  White Ware,  just  re 

«•ived,  nothing like it  in town.  Made in Germany.

We still  have a few  fllue Flame Oil  Stoves left,  also some 

good Steel  Ranges.

Wc have some good bargains in Screen  Doors  and  Win­

dow Screens

sSpraker  &   Cam pbtll.

BARGAIN COUNTER

On our bargain counter yon will find  aomething  that  will  intereat

BOY'8 ÄND MEN'S SUITS-

8. 

$4  AND  $5  SUITS  TOR  $2.00  AND  $2.50.
«* 
$5.  “  '  $5.50 “ 
S h o e s  A N d S l i p p e r s

4.
3.50.

“ 
** 

$2  Bicycle Shoes for 
$1.26 
75c Canvass  Slippers for  50c 

$1  and  1.26 Walking Slippers for 60c 

They will not stay long on the counter at  these prices so come quick

SUN  BONNETS  AT  IOC  EACH.

Other Bargains to numerous to mention.

SlfOOK *   s o r t , 

C oral

JYbbbi/Shoes Jar  Ladies

Natty  l‘aleni  leathern with 
in Lave limits and <Kf.ir.la

The (Best Mhke o f /fids

wliirit  :«r»*  alwayn  in  sty lo, 
from  ah  okl 
ladies  low  hm.:«• I In-' »  U» the  tasty  French 
heel o f the op-lo-tlau*.

Children's  anel  M isses  Slates 

in  ¿limndance.

Slices that will h o h l- Shot* that  will  wva*—Sfcn*t  UiAt  an- 

guarantee«!  ami tuo  Uu k talk if not :is  ivpri-si-tiktr

G EO . W.  N O B LE

A A   w w w v w c

¡ P l y   T im e  H a s C om e

and with-it a finm^lete line of F I, Net, 
both  leather »*«  cord,  from  $2.00  to 
$4.00  p-r  set.. ' A good set of cord team 
Nets, 3  bars njiu  30 c- rds. full aita  for 
$3.00.  A  fall stock  of  Harnes.  Goods 
always  ou 
Axle  Grease  a 
s|AClaltj.

likml. 

________W .  H.  LaBatt. 

OUR 

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.  Strictly 
Pure  .  . 
P a r is .. 
Green  .

does not fail to kill the bugs 
anil costs  no  more than  the 
inferior grader.  Once  a  cus­
tomer  on.  our  Paris Green, 
always a  customer.

One  Pound  Package, 

2 8   C esls.

Wilcox  &  Godding,

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B Jrits

CONTAIN  THE

[¡leart  of the 
EJheat....

W ith the addition of sugar and 
milk  (or  cream),  or,  sugar  and 
butter,  they  are  an 
ideal  and 
complete  food.  No better Cereal 
Pood  can  be  produced  and  the 
price is less than  asked  for other 
and less desirable cereals.
Easily Cooked,  Delirious to Eat.

Easy to Digest  Easy to Buy. 

(Hk pcrl-fc. package.)

JJJalsh-gJeRoo

MILLING CO.

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That is what you  want  this  O 
0  weather, rain  or  shine.  Bnt  n

Summer  Underwear ,

Hosiery. Work  Pants and 
Skirts and  Fine Skirts. 

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and  Breakfast  Foods. 

^   Fine line of T ea s, Coffeea, 
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W. A. GARDNER. 

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it. 

with.  The  quantity  of  wording  is  about 
right,  but  all  the  type 
is  too  large. 
Smaller  body  letter and  smaller  display 
to  correspond  would  permit  more  room 
inside  the  border. 
The  question  of 
good  policy 
in  making  such  discount 
sales  as  each  summer  and  winter  pro­
gresses  is  probably  one  this  firm  has 
found  profitable  or  they  would  not  prac­
tice 
It  would  seem  to  an  outsider 
as  though  the  strong  advertising  of  such 
sales  as  a  regular  feature  of  business 
would  have  the  effect  of  educating  a 
considerable  class  to  wait  for  the  reduc­
tions  and  so  injure  the  more  profitable 
custom. 
I note an  apparent  incongruity 
in  the  description  of  the  sales  as  semi­
annual  while  the  display  is  annual.

Spraker  &  Campbell  make  as  simple 
an  announcement  of  a  few  specialties 
as  could  well  be  made.  Unless  the  ad­
vertisement 
is  for  a  German  patronage 
I  don’t  see  that  the  statement  “ made  in 
Germany’ ’  would  have  special  value. 
The  proportion  of  the  display  is  very 
good,  but  the 
the 
main  line  is  about  as  poor as  could  be 
found  and  the  flourish  before  the  Arm 
name  is  too  pronounced.

letter  selected 

for 

Shook  &  Son  present  an exceptionally 
well-written  list  of  specialties,  in  which 
the  price  is  made  an  effective  feature. 
The  work  of  the  printer  could have been 
improved  by  using  a  plain  line—not  too 
heavy—to  form  the  panel  for  “ bargain 
counter.”   Then  the  styles  of 
type 
should  not  vary  so  much  and  the  table 
of  prices 
in  the  center  should  have 
been  brought  together  so  as  not  to  pre­
sent  so  scattered  an  appearance.  The 
expression  “ too  numerous  to  mention”  
is  too  hackneyed  to  be  of  value  and 
“ too”   should  have  two  o’s  in  it.

Geo.  W.  Noble  has  a  crisp  shoe  an­
nouncement  which 
is  well  written  and 
well  proportioned  to  the  space.  His 
printer  succeeds 
an 
atrocious  border,  especially  for  the  pe­
culiar  display  selected,  which  would 
not  be  bad  with  a  light,  plain  rule  or 
simple  pattern.

in  giving  him 

W.  H.  LaBatt  writes a good announce­
ment  of  fly  goods  for  his  harness  trade 
and  the  printer  has  handled  it  well,  in­
cluding  the  specimen  flies. 
'A  lighter, 
plainer  border  would  make  this  a  good 
advertisement.

Wilcox  &  Godding  write  an  excep­
tionally  good  Paris  green  advertisement 
—just  enough  for  the  space—and  the 
printer  has  done  his  work  well.  The 
price  feature 
is  valuable  and  is  well 
brought  out.

Another  good  one 

is  that  of  the 
Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co.  The  style 
is  dignified  and  convincing  and  just 
enough  to  be  readable.  The  use  of  the 
initials  gives  an  odd  display,  but  the 
result  is  attractive. 
It  would  have  been 
better 
if  the  last  line  could  have  been 
in  Devinne  the  same  as  the  rest.

W.  A.  Gardner  gives  us  a  .ittle  too 
much  variety  for  his  space.  He  has 
the  material  for  three  separate  adver­
tisements  by  expanding  a 
it 
could  well  be  spread  over  three  weeks. 
Too  much  change  of  topics  is  at  the 
sacrifice  of  strength.

little 

Sensitive  F lour Again.

The  Supply  World  tells  of  a  New  Jer­
sey  baker  who  was  having  his  place 
kalsomined, when  it  occurred to him that 
a  strong  solution  of  carbolic  acid  and 
lime  would  effectually  de­
chloride  of 
stroy  any  bacilli  which  might 
lurk 
there.  Meantime  the  day’s  baking— 
large—was  made  up  and  put  in 
extra 
the  ovens.  Later  the 
loaves  were  de­
livered.  But  those  who  buttered  slices 
of  the  fresh,  inviting  looking  bread,  at 
the  evening  meal,  found  that 
things 
were  not always  what  they  seemed.  The 
bread  tasted  like  a  combination  of  hos­
pital  and  mortar  bed.

4

Around the State

M ovements  of M erchants.

Lockwood—Chas.  Carroll  has  sold  his 

general  stock  to  D.  M.  Carroll.

Manton—Morris  Kent  &  Co.  succeed 

J.  H.  Jones  in  the  produce  business.

Harrison—Chas.  Stahl  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  C.  J.  Richardson.
Hillsdale—C.  S.  Wolcott  has  discon­
tinued  his  branch  music  store  at  Read­
ing.

Farnsworth—S.  D.  Casler  &  Co.  suc­
ceed  S.  D.  Casler  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Iron  Mountain—Em il  Thorelius  has 
sold  his  grocery  stock  to  Chas.  Kull- 
gren.

Monroe—M.  Slayman  is  succeeded  in 
the  fruit  business  by  Donquette  & 
Pellis.

Constantine—Geo.  Ketcham  has  pur­
chased  the  meat  market  of  Kellogg  & 
Gager.

Detroit—James  H.  Hooker  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  J.  Carl 
Johnson.

Frankfort—F.  O.  Wickham  has  sold 
his  hardware  stock  and  tin  shop  to  Col­
lier  Bros.

Petoskey—B.  F.  Donovan  announces 
intention  of  retiring  from  the  gro­

his 
cery  business.

Detroit—Valentine Lutomski  succeeds 
in  the  grocery  busi­

August  Neumann 
ness  at  1295  Dubois  street.

Addison—S.  W.  Butler,  who  con­
ducted  a  clothing  store  attbispalce,  has 
removed  to  Bridgewater,  Pa.

Port  Huron—Emory  Doe  and  L.  Cady 
have  opened  a  grocery  store  at  the  cor­
ner of  River and  Erie  streets.

Sterling—M.  A.  Vogel  continues  the 
general  merchandise  business  of  M.  A. 
Vogel  &  Co.  in  his  own  name.

Edmore—Frank  Dreese,  dealer  in  dry 
goods,  furnishing  goods  and  boots  and 
shoes,  has  removed  to  Onaway.

Port  Huron—S.  Richardson  &  Son 
succeed  W.  D.  Smith  &  Son  in  the 
grocery  and  vessel  supply  business.

Saginaw—Schwartz  Bros,  is  the  style 
of  the  firm  which  succeeds  Crowley  & 
Schwartz  in  the wholesale fruit business.
Bellevue—C.  D.  Kimberly  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the 
dry  goods  and  grocery  firm  of  Kimber­
ly  &  Vaughn.

Coldwater—Randolph  Bros, 

the 
style  of  the  new  firm  organized  to  suc­
ceed  G.  A.  Randolph  in  the  flour  and 
feed  business.

Ludington—Mrs.  M.  Gustafson  has 
sold  her  interest  in  the  millinery  estab­
lishment  of  Gustafson-Travis  to  her 
partner,  W.  Travis.

Muskegon—The  grocery  firm ofWalda 
&  Klont  has  been  dissolved.  The busi­
ness  will  be  continued  under the  style 
of  J.  D.  Klont  &  Co.

is 

Petoskey—S.  S.  Shilling  has  sold  his 
flour  and 
feed  stock  to  A.  Meyers  of 
Caledonia,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  old  stand.

Fairgrove—Chas.  H.  Gaylord  has 
taken  a  partner  in  the  bicycle  and  sta­
tionery  business,  the  style  of  the  new 
firm  being  Gaylord  &  McLuney.

Port  Huron—M.  J.  Bourke,  the  Ward 
street  grocer,  will  close  his  store  for  a 
time  and,  in  company  with  his  family, 
will  take  a  trip  in  search  of  health.

Bay  City—The  grocers  of  Bay  City 
doing  business  between  Third  and 
Twelfth  streets  have  signed  an  agree­
ment  to  close  their  stores  every  Thurs­
day  afternoon  during  the  heated  spell.« 
Some  of  the  dry  goods  houses  close  F ri­
day  afternoons.

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

Ishpeming—S.  Johnson  has  purchased 
interest  of  his  partner,  J.  L.  Carl­
the 
son,  in  the  mercantile  firm  of  S.  John­
son  &  Co.,  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  in  his  own  name.

Petoskey—The  Clark 

Shoe  Co., 
Limited,  has  purchased  the  shoe  stock 
of  W.  S.  Spencer,  whose  health  requires 
a  rest  from  active  business.  The  stock 
will  be  closed  out  at  once.

Ann  Arhor—H.  L.  Perkins,  former 
junior  member of  the  general  merchan­
dise  firm  of  Perkins  &  Son,  of  Hudson, 
has  engaged 
in  the  men’s  furnishing 
goods  business  on  East  Liberty street.

Marion—E .  G.  Hanson,  who  recently 
resigned  his  position  in  the  drug  store 
of  George  D.  VanVranken,  at  Cadillac, 
has  become  the  proprietor of  the  phar­
macy 
formerly  belonging  to  Dr.  F. 
Willett.

Vermontville—E.  A.  Phillips, 

for­
merly  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
here,  who  left  for  the  West  some  time 
ago,  has  purchased  a  general  store  at 
Anacortes,  Washington,  and  will  make 
that  place  bis  future  home.

Ironwood—Oscar  A.  Hellberg,  mana­
ger  of  the  drug  store  of  A.  E.  Ander­
son,  announces  that  the  stock  will be re­
moved  to  Minneapolis  in  a  few  days 
and  that  Mr.  Anderson  will  engage 
in 
the  drug  business  in  the  Flour City.

Farnsworth—L.  G.  VanValkenburg, 
for  the  past  three  years  clerk  in  the 
mercantile  establishment  of  D.  Mills,at 
Gladwin,  has  purchased  the  merchan­
dise  stock  of  Spurgeon  Casler,  at  this 
place,  and  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.

Lowell—Dwight  F.  Butts  and  Delos 
H.  Owen,  of  the  shoe  firm  of  Butts  & 
Owen,  have  dissolved  partnership.  Mr. 
Butts  will  continue  the  business  in  his 
own  name  and  Mr.  Owen  has  taken 
charge  of  the  Citizens  Telephone  ex­
change  at  this  place.

Plainwell—The  Star  drug  store  has 
changed  hands,  Dr.  A  P.  Burroughs, 
of  Galesburg,  and  R.  F.  Graves,  o f this 
place,  purchasing 
it  of  Mrs.  A.  P. 
Burroughs.  The  business  will  continue 
under  the  firm  name  of  the  Star  Drug 
Co.  and  will  be  managed  by  R.  F. 
Graves,  who  has  so  successfully  con­
ducted  it  for  several  years  past.

Benton  Harbor—Dr.  P.  E.  Wither­
spoon  has  purchased  the  interest  of  his 
partner,  V.  A.  Lowe,  in  the  drug  firm 
of  Lowe  &  Witherspoon.  Mr.  Lowe  re­
tires  from  the  business  after 
twelve 
years  of  active  work  and  will  take  a 
long-needed  rest  before  engaging 
in 
business  again.

Kalamazoo—J.  W.  Rose  has  resigned 
his  position  as  manager  of  the  Kala­
mazoo  branch  of  the  Standard  Oil  Co. 
Mr.  Rose  has  been  with  the  Standard 
the  past  twenty  years,  starting 
in  as  a 
traveling  salesman,  and  twelve  years 
ago  became  manager of  the  Kalamazoo 
house  on  its  establishment.

Muskegon—N.  P.  and  W.  P.  Harris, 
who  compose  the  drug  firm  of  Harris 
Bros.,have  purchased  the  Mulder block, 
at  the  corner  of  Pine  and  Myrtle streets, 
of  the  Mulder  estate,  the  consideration 
being  $4,000.  The  corner  store  is  oc­
cupied  by  Harris  Bros.,  and  the  re­
maining  portion  of  the  first  floor  is 
leased  to  Mrs.  A.  Slaghuis,  dealer  in 
dry  goods  and  millinery.

Cadillac—E.  I.  Bowen  and  Rutledge 
H.  Hecox,  after  four  years’  partnership 
in  the  merchant  tailoring  business  un­
der  the  style  of  Bowen  &  Hecox,  have 
dissolved  business  relations.  The  busi­
ness  will  be  continued  by  Mr.  Bowen. 
Mr.  Hecox  has  accepted  a  position  as 
traveling  salesman  for a wholesale cloth­

ing  house  in  Minneapolis,  bis  territory 
comprising  the  Western  States.

M anufacturing M atters.

Dundee—The  Dundee  Canning  Co. 
continues  the  fruit  canning  business  of 
Henry  C.  Spaulding.

Detroit—Notice  has  been  filed  with 
the  county  clerk  that  the  Lee  Injector 
Manufacturing  Co.  was  dissolved by de­
cree  of  the  Wayne  Circuit  Court  on 
May  14.

Detroit—The  Pioneer  Buffalo  Coat 
Co.  has  been  incorporated  with  a  capi­
tal  of  $20,000,  of  which  $10,000  is  paid 
in. 
Louis 
Abramsohn.  400 shares;  Conrad  Speck, 
Jr.,  Otto  H.  Dandell  and  Hyman  Ab­
ramsohn,  200  shares  each.

stockholders  a re : 

The 

Osseo—Burnett  & Co.,  dealers  in  gen­
eral  merchandise  and  manufacturers  of 
hosiery,  have  sold  their  merchandise 
stock  to  A.  Perrin  and  removed  the  hos­
iery  plant  to  Owosso,  where  the  busi­
ness  will  be  conducted  under  the  style 
of  the  Burnett  Knitting  Co.

Belding—At  the  sale  of  the  Belding 
Shoe  Co.’s  effects 
last  Friday,  the 
manufactured  stock  was  bid  in  by  E.
R.  Spencer  for $i,ooo.  All  other goods, 
aside  from  real  estate  and  machinery, 
were  purchased  by  Geo.  Nichols 
for 
$500.  The  real  estate  and  machinery 
are  to  be  disposed  of  later.

Marshall—The  Michigan  Cement Post 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of incorporation  in 
the  sum  of  $10,000.  There  are  one 
thousand  shares  of $10 each.  The  com­
pany  will  start  a 
factory  here  for the 
purpose  of  manufacturing  and  selling  a 
cement  post  recently  patented  by  John 
Martin,  of  Marengo.  All  the  stock­
holders  are  residents  of  this  city.

including 

Kalamazoo—Articles  of  incorporation 
were  filed  with  the  county  clerk  for  the 
Kalamazoo  Stove  Company,  organized 
to  do  a  general  foundry  business  and 
metal  manufacturing 
the 
manufacture  of  metal  stoves  and  appli­
ances.  The  capital  stock  is  placed  at 
$65,000,  of  which  10  per  cent, 
is  paid 
incorporators  are  Edward 
in. 
Woodbury,  Dr. 
J.  M.  Snook,  Charles 
A.  Dewing,  James  H.  Dewing  and  W.
S.  Dewing,  of  this  city;  George  E. 
Bardeen,  of  Otsego;  William  Thomp­
son,  of  Oak  Park,  111.,  and  Albert  H. 
Dane,  of  Detroit.

The 

New  Location  and  New  President.

The  Bradley  Cigar  Co.,  which  has 
recently  removed  from  Greenville  to 
this  city,  where  it  has  located  at 
119 
Canal  street,  has  purchased  the  interest 
of  Wm.  H.  Bradley  in  the  corporation, 
which  has  necessitated  his  retirement 
from  the  office  of President.  The officers 
of  the  corporation  are  now  as  follows:

President—L.  W.  Hyde.
Vice-President—H.  F.  Sigler.
Secretary  and  Treasurer—C.  C.  Hyde.
Most  of  the  employes  of  the  company 
have  removed  to this  city  and  taken  up 
their  duties  at  the  new  location.  The 
remainder  will  do  so  during  the  course 
of the  present  week.

The  Boys  B ehind th e Counter.

Saginaw—Charles  Jewell,  prescription 
clerk  at  Parkinson  &  Parkinson’s  for 
some  months,  has  gone  to  Detroit,where 
he  has  engaged  with  the  Seeley  Phar­
maceutical  Co.  Jas.  Winterborn.of  East 
Tawas.will  fill  the  place  made  vacant at 
Parkinson  &  Parkinson’s.

Adrian—Will  Young  has 

taken  a 
clerkship  in  J.  V.  DeFoe  &  Son’s store.
Fife  Lake—F.  W.  Wagner  has  taken 
a  position  as  clerk 
in  the  dry  goods 
store  of  J.  W.  Mi Hi ken,  at  Traverse 
City.

Petoskey—W.  A.  Jones,  formerly  head 
prescription  clerk  for  White  &  White, 
of  Grand  Rapids,  will  have  charge  of 
the  prescription  department  of  the  Cen­
tral  Drug  Store.

Adrian^-Miss  Mabel  Remmele  has 
resigned  her  position 
in  the  Cash  dry 
goods  store  and  after  Sept.  1  will  be 
found  at  A.  B.  Park’s.

St.  Joseph—The  reform  movement 

is 
growing  with  surprising  rapidity  in  St. 
Joseph.  Following  closely  on  Mayor 
R ice’s  edict  against  trapeze  perform­
ances  on  Sunday  is  an  agitation  for  the 
closing  of  the  dry  goods  and  men’s 
clothing  stores  on  the  Sabbath  day.  A 
petition  for  the  inauguration  of  this  re­
form  has  been  signed  by  the  clerks 
in 
the  various  stores  and  is  now  up  to  the 
proprietors.  As  it  is  now  the  dry goods 
stores  with  every  other kind  of  stores 
run  full  blast  on  Sunday  morning.

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

The  hide  market  has  received  a  set­
back  in  prices.  Tanners  would  not  take 
them  on  the  outlook  at  advance;  nor  do 
they  talk  encouragingly  for  near  future 
or  until  the  disturbing  elements  of 
manufacturing  are  obviated.

Tallow  advanced  slightly,  but  the 
weather 
is  too  hot  for  shipping  and 
trade  is quiet,  with  firm  prices.  Stocks 
are  light.

Pelts  are  not  quotably  higher  and  few 

offering.  The  demand  is  limited.

Wools  have  moved  off  freely  from  the 
State  at 
low  prices.  Fine  grades  are 
in  better  demand,  but  not  quotably 
higher.  The 
1901  clip  is  well  sold  out 
at  fair  margins  to  dealers.

Wm.  T.  Hess.

Prosperous Table  Factory.

Owosso,  July  15—At  the  annual  meet­
ing  of  the  Robbins  Table  Co.  the  fol­
lowing  officers  were  elected:

President  and  Treasurer—J.  H.  Rob­

bins.

ling.

Vice-President—Mrs.  Emma  R.  Jop- 

Secretary—Mrs.  Cbarlena  R.  Letts.
The  capital  stock  was  increased  from 
$25,000  to  $30,000  and  the  usual  5  per 
cent,  semi-annual  dividend  was  de­
clared.  Prospects  for  the  coming  year 
are  of  the  brightest.  The  factory  has 
grown  entirely  away  from  the  cheaper 
line  of  tables,  and  now  manufactures  a 
standard  medium  grade,for  which  there 
is_a^steady  demand.

The  turtle  may  be  slow,  but  he  usual 

ly  gets  there  in  time  for the  soup.

GRAND  RAPIDS  SU P P LY   CO. 
and  Well  Supplies.  W e want your business.

General  Mill  Supplies,  Iron  Pipe,  Pumps,  W ell  Points 

ASK  FOR  PRICES 

2 0  PEARL STREET.  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

M. O. BAKER & CO.

TO LEDO .  OHIO

Have fancy  trade at  top  prices for  all  Northern  Michigan  cherries  car 

get.  Let  us have your  shipments.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The Grocery  M arket.

Sugars—The  raw  sugar  market 

is 
slightly  weaker, 96  deg.  test  centrifugals 
showing  a  decline  of  1-32C  making  the 
present  price  4  3-16C.  Offerings  were 
small  and  refiners  were  still  backward 
about  operating  on  a  large  scale.  The 
world’s  visible  supply  of  raw  sugar  is 
1,900,000 tons  against 1,370,000 tons  last 
year.  Owing  to  the  weaker  raw  sugar 
market  the  refined  market  is quiet  but 
unchanged.  New  business  was  light,but 
the  ordering  out  on  contracts  made  be­
fore  the 
last  advance  was  very  good. 
Most  refiners  are  at  least  a  week  behind 
on  orders.  The  general  belief  is  that 
prices  will  go  still  higher  this  month.

Canned  Goods—The  canned  goods 
market 
is  rather  quiet  on  most  lines, 
but tomatoes and  corn  show  consider­
able  activity  and  Baltimore  packers  are 
.closely  watching  developments.  There 
has  been  a  very  good  demand  for  toma­
toes  from  the  West  where  the  stocks  are 
practically  cleaned  up  and  the  pros­
pects  for the  new  crop  are  very  poor. 
All  this  tends  to  make  the  market 
stronger  and  prices  show  a  slight  ad­
vance. 
If  the  heavy  buying  continues 
we  think  that  prices  will  soon  show  a 
further advance.  Of course  there  are  the 
usual  number  of  complaints  about  the 
destruction  of  crops  but  tomatoes  will 
grow  almost  anywhere  and  we  do  not 
think  there  will  be  any  great  scarcity  of 
this  article.  Corn  is  scarce  with  very 
good  demand.  Prices  are  very 
firm 
with  an  upward  tendency.  The  new 
pea  outlook 
is  quiet  and  practically 
without  change. 
Buyers  are  anxiously 
waiting  reports  from  the  West  and  New 
York  State  The  few  reports  that  Come 
to  hand  from those  sections  are  not  very 
favorable  for  a  good  pack  and  there 
is 
considerable  nervousness  over the  situ­
ation  both  on  the  part  of  sellers  and 
buyers.  The  Baltimore  packing  season 
has  ended.  Stocks  of  strictly 
fancy 
quality  peas  there  are  reported  compar­
atively  light,  with  supplies  of  ordinary 
quality  ample,  but  not  in  excess  of  the 
normal  demand. 
few  Western 
packers  show  any  disposition  to  do 
further  business,  some  of  the  largest 
packers  having  entirely withdrawn  from 
the  market.  Everything  points  to  a 
fair  crop  of  excellent  quality  peaches. 
While  the  crop  may  not  be  so  very 
large  there  will  be  canned  this  year 
peaches  of  far  superior quality  to  the 
best  that were  packed  last  year.  Gallon 
apples  are  very  firm  indeed.  There  is 
a  very  good  demand  but  in  many  cases 
the  orders  have  to  be  turned  down  for 
lack  of  stock  to  fill  them  with.  The 
packing  of  new  pineapples  in Baltimore 
still  continues,  although 
it  has  been  a 
very  difficult  matter  to  secure  the  very 
finest  grades  from  the  stock  now  arriv­
ing.  Two  or three  cargoes  arrived  this 
week,  but  the  extreme  warm  weather 
heated  them  and  caused  a  good  many 
to  rot.  The  fruit is  small  and  it  is  very 
difficult  to  get  fruit  large  enough  for the 
finest  grades.  String  beans  are  selling 
well  at  good  prices  and  we  think  will 
soon  show  an  advance,  if  the  present 
rate  of  buying  continues.  There  is  a 
very  good  demand  for  Alaska  salmon  at 
unchanged  prices.  Columbia  River 
salmon 
is  rather  quiet  in  spite  of the 
scarcity  of  new  fish.  Most  of the  more 
popular  brands  of  the  1900  pack  are  re­
ported  entirely  sold  out  of  first  hands. 
Other  grades  of  which  there  is  said  to 
be  a  fair supply  are  little  wanted.  The 
situation  of  the River is still unchanged,

But 

the  run  of  fish  being  reported poor.  The 
run  of  the  sardine  fish  is  also  very  light 
and  prices  continue  very  firm.

is  very 

is  noted 

little  activity 

Dried  Fruits—There  is  more  enquiry 
in  the  .dried  fruit  market  for  a  number 
of  lines  of  spot  goods  but  sellers  do  not 
appear  at  all  sanguine  that  any material, 
increase  in  actual  business  will  result. 
A 
in  currants 
and  prunes.  Spot  prunes  are  going  out 
for  the  season  of  the  year. 
very  well 
The  size  most  wanted 
is  60-705,  but 
40-50S.  50-60S  and  90-ioos  are  also  meet­
ing  with  some  sale 
in  a  small  way. 
There 
little  business  in  loose 
muscatel  raisins,  but this  is  natural  at 
this  time  of  the  year.  There  is  a  con­
tinued  good  demand  for  seeded,  how­
ever,  which  keeps  the  market  in a fairly 
good  shape.  Advices  from  California 
state  that  he  weather  has  been  favor­
able  for  the  development  of  the  growing 
crop,  which  looks  well.  There  are  some 
signs  of  the  trade  waking  up  on  new 
crop  apricots,  the  prices  at  which  goods 
are  now  offered  being  more  nearly 
in 
accord  with  buyers’  ideas  than  those 
which  have  been  asked  heretofore.  The 
demand  for  spot  goods  seems  to  be 
mostly  for  the  fancy  grades.  TJiere 
is 
a  fair  business  also  in  fancy  grades  of 
peaches..  A  shipper  of  figs  at  Smyrna 
estimates  the  coming  crop  at  about 
80,000 camel  loads,  against  about  65,000 
loads  last  season.  There  is  practically 
no  demand  for spot  figs  or dates,  what 
little  stock  there 
is  on  hand  being  in 
cold  storage.  Evaporated  apples  are  in 
good  demand  at  unchanged  prices,  but 
a  great  many  orders  are  obliged  to  be 
turned  down  through 
lack  of  stock. 
Stocks  of  these  goods,  both  locally  and 
throughout  the  State,  are  almost  entirely 
cleaned  up. 

*

Rice—There  is  a greatly improved de­
mand  for  rice,  the  call  being  mostly  for 
medium  grades  of  domestic  at 
full 
prices.  Buyers  found  some  difficulty in 
duplicating  orders  of  certain  styles,  ow­
ing  to  dealers  not having  a wide  variety 
on  hand.  Supplies  continue  moderate 
and 
in  the  event  of  an  improved  de­
mand,  stocks  would  be  readily  absorbed 
within  a  few  weeks.  This  heavy  de­
is  rather 
mand  at  this  time  of the  year 
unusual  and  in  the  aggregate  is  far 
in 
excess  of  that  during  the  same  period of 
several  years  past.  Reports  vary  from 
various  sections  concerning  the  new 
crop. 
In  Louisiana  the  outlook  is  more 
encouraging,  there  having  been  showers 
throughout  that  section.  The  Mississ­
ippi  district  is  full  of  promise  and  the 
outturn  is  reported  likely  to  be  consid­
erably 
in  excess  of  any  recent  crop. 
From  other districts  reports  are conflict­
ing  and  note  that  a  great  deal  of  rain  is 
wanted  to  save  crops.

immediate  future. 

Tea—The  distributing  business  con­
tinues  discouraging  and  indications  do 
not  promise  any  change  for  the  better 
in  the 
In  spite  of 
the  prolonged  dulness  importers  showed 
no  disposition  to  make  concessions  of 
importance  in  prices.  Green  teas  con­
tinued  steady,  while  the  lower  descrip­
tions  of  black  sorts  were  reported  nomi­
nal  and 
irregular.  Some  business  has 
been  done  in  new  crop  teas  on  about 
the  same  basis  as  last  year’s  for  ship­
ment  from  the  East.

Molasses—General  market  conditions 
present  the  usual  quiet.  Mixed  domes­
tic  grocery  grades  are  firmer  and  show 
an  advance  of  ic  per gallon,  owing  to 
the  higher  market  for glucose,  due  to 
a  strong  advancing  tendency  of  price 
for corn.  This,  however,  did  not  stim­
ulate  buying,  as  the  trade  generally 
does  not  care  to  take  the  risk  in  carry­

Want  of  principle 

is  the  principal 

want  of  a  great  many  people.

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

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

the 

through 

ing  supplies 
summer 
months. 
Supplies  continue  moderate 
on  the  spot  and  only  about  sufficient  to 
cover the  wants  of  the  consuming  trade 
until  arrival  of  new  crop.

Fish—The  market  on  mackerel 

is 
slightly  firmer,  with  good  demand.  The 
catch  is  fair and  the  goods are marketed 
as  fast  as  they  come  along.  We  do  not 
anticipate  any  radical  change 
in  the 
market  and  think  buyers  are  perfectly 
safe 
in  making  purchases  at  present 
prices.

Rolled  Oats—The  rolled  oats  market 
is  very  strong,  with  a  very  heavy  de­
mand.  A number  of  carloads  were  sold 
just  before  the  recent  advance,  which 
was  40c  per  barrel,  25c  per  case,  with 
the  exception  of  Banner  oats,  which 
were  advanced  only  15c  per  case.
Pickles—The  pickle  market 

is  very 
firm,  prices  showing  an  advance  of  50c 
per  barrel,  with  demand  good  at  the ad­
vance.

Nuts—The  demand  for  nuts,as  a  rule, 
is  light.  There  is,  however,  a  fair  de­
mand 
for  peanuts  at  previous  prices. 
The  market  for  filberts  is  reported  eas­
ier.  Mail  advices  state  that  the  new 
crop  looks  well  and  that  the  out-turn 
is 
expected  to  exceed  that  of  1900.

At  a  joint  meeting  of  the  representa­
tives  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association  and  the  Grand  Rapids 
Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Association,  held 
last  Thursday  evening,  it was  found  im­
possible  to  come  to  any  agreement  on 
a  uniform  date  for  the  picnic  and  ar­
rangements  have  therefore  gone  forward 
for  two  picnics,  the  grocers’  picnic  on 
July  25  and  the  butchers’  picnic  on 
Aug.  8.  While  the  conflict  in  dates 
is 
greatly  to  be  deplored,  there  is  no  rea­
son  why  there  should  be  any  ill 
feeling 
in  the  matter,  and  the  Tradesman  sin­
cerely  hopes  that  both  classes  will  con­
duct  their  plans  with  due  regard  for the 
rights  and 
interests  of  the  other  side 
and  not  attempt  to  infringe  on  the  per­
sonal  liberty  of  either.  One  result  of the 
conflict 
is  that  many  of  the  Monroe 
street  merchants  will  not  close  at  all. 
This  applies  particularly  to  those  mer­
chants  who  handle  both  groceries  ard 
meats,  but  is  not  confined  altogether  to 
that  class.  The  grocers  have  made  ex­
tensive  preparations  for  the  entertain­
ment  of  their  members  and  guests  next 
Thursday  and  every  indication points to 
a 
large  attendance  from  this  and  sur­
rounding  cities.

W.  A.  Baker,  Michigan  representative 
for  the  Wells-Whitehead  Tobacco  Co., 
of  Wilson,  N.  C.,  has  resigned  to  ac­
cept  the  Secretaryship  of  the Sebewaing 
Sugar  Co.,  which  has  begun  the  con­
struction  of  a  $600,000  plant  at  Sebewa­
ing.  Mr.  Baker 
is  a  young  man  of 
energy  and  richly deserves  the  good  for­
tune  which  has  come  bis  way.

Ionia—F. 

J.  Shaffer  &  Co.,  of  De­
troit,  have  opened  a  branch  store  in 
this  city  for  the  purchase  of  poultry, 
butter,  eggs,  berries  and  every  sort  of 
farmers’  produce.  They  will  also  whole­
sale  bananas,  oranges,  etc.,  to  the  trade 
only.  The  store  will  be  a  valuable  ad­
dition  to  the  business  interests  of  this 
city.

J.  Geo.  Lehman,  Treasurer  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion,  has  returned  from  a  week’s  respite 
from  business  cares  at  Buffalo  and  N i­
agara  Falls.  He  was  accompanied  by 
his  wife  and  daughter.

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples—Home  grown  are  in  limited 
supply  at  $1  per  bu.  The  quality  is 
poor.  Southern  fetch  65c  per  A   bu- 
box.

Bananas—Prices  range  from  $ 1.2 5 ®  
size. 

1.75  per  bunch,  according  to 
Jumbos,  $2.25.

Beets—15c  per doz.
Blackberries—$2  per  16 qts.
Butter—Factory  creamery  has  ad­
vanced  to  19c  for  choice  and  20c  for 
fancy.  Dairy  grades  suffer  in  quality 
by  reason  of  the  fearfully  hot  weather 
which  has  prevailed  for the  past  there 
weeks.  The  price  ranges  from  12c  for 
packing  stock  to 
14c  for  choice  goods 
in  crocks.

Cabbage—$1.25  per 3  bu.  barrel.
Carrots—12c  per  doz.  bunches.
Celery—16c  per  doz.
Cherries—Sweet  are  about  out  of  mar­
ket.  Sour  are  also  scarce  and  have’ ad- 
vanced  to  $2.75  per  bu.

Corn—15c  per  doz.  ears.
Cucumbers—30@35c  per  doz.
Currants—Cherry,  $1.10   per  16 qts. 

Common,  90c  per  16 qts.

Eggs—Local  dealers  pay  10c  per  doz, 
case  count,  to  such  shippers  as  can  be 
prevailed  upon  to  make  shipments  reg­
ularly  twice  a  week,  holding  candled 
stock  at  12c.

Frogs’  Legs—Large  bulls,  45@5oc; 
medium  bulls,  25c;  large  frogs, i5@ 2oc; 
small  frogs,  5@ioc.
16  qt. 

Gooseberries—8o@95c 

per 

crate.  Very  scarce.

Grapes—Recent  letters  from  the grape 
belt  of  Western  New  York  promise  an 
abundant  yield.  So  far  nothing  has  oc­
curred  to  materially  injure  the  fruit  and 
the  yield  is  likely  to  be  heavier than 
it 
was 
It  is 
not  probable  that  this  statement  will 
bold  good  for  all.

last  year  in  some  localities. 

and  marrowfats.

Green  Onions—10c  for  Silverskins.
Green  Peas—75@95c  for  telephones 
Honey—White  stock  is  in 
light  sup­
13c 
is  in  moderate  demand  at 

ply  at  14c.  Amber  is  slow  sale  at 
and  dark 
I1 @ 1 2 C .

Lemons—Messinas  have  advanced  to 
Lettuce—Garden,  50c  per  bu.  ;  head, 

$5  for  choice  and  $5.50  for  fancy.
60c  per  bu.

basket.

Maple  Syrup—$1  per gal.  for  fancy.
Musk  Melons—Gems command  $1  per 
Onions—$1  per  bu.  for  home  grown ; 

7o@8oc  for  Southern.
Oranges—Valencia 

lates  are  about 
the  only  variety  now  to  be  had  and  they 
are  only  to  be  had  in  the  large  sizes— 
$4.25  for  150s  and  $4.50  for  126s.

Parsley—30c  per  doz.
Peaches—Elbertas  from  Texas  com­
mand  $1.50  per  crate  of  about  20  lbs. 
Elbertas  from  Georgia  will  not  be  here 
until  the  latter  part  of  the  week  and  the 
crop  there  is  short. 
In  Northern  Texas 
the  hot  spell  has  cut  the  peach  crop 
down  probably  25  per  cent.

Pie  Plant—60c  per  50  lb.  box.
Pineapples—Florida, 
doz.,  according  to  size.

$i.5o@2  per 

Plums—Californias  command 
$1.40 
per  4  basket  crate.
Potatoes—Receipts  of  home  grown 
are  now  ample  to  meet  both  consump­
tive  and  shipping  demands.  The  price 
ranges  about  90c,  but  will  gradually  re­
cede  from  now  on.

Poultry—Receipts  are  so 

light  that 
dealers  are  unable  to  fill  their orders  a 
portion  of  the  time.  Live  hens  com­
mand  7@8c;  spring  broilers,  I3@ 15c ; 
turkey  hens,  8@gc ;  gobblers,  8c;  spring 
ducks,  I2@t4c.  Pigeons  are  in  moder­
ate  demand  at  75c  per  doz.  and  squabs 
are  taken  readily  at  $ i.25@ i .5o.
Radishes—12c  for  China  Rose;  10c 
for  Chartiers.
Raspberries—$1.50  per 
for 

16  qts. 

black;  $1.50  per  12  qts.  for  red.

Seeds—Hungarian,  75@85c ;  common 
millet,  70@75c ;  German millet,  8o@85c.

String  Beans—$1.25  per  bu.
Summer  Squash—ic  per  lb.
Tomatoes—$1.50  pet  4  basket  crate.
Watermelons—25c  for  Georgias.
Whortleberries—$3  per  bu.  Receipts 

are  increasing.

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REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

H.  B.  Smith,  President  Muskegon  Retail 

Grocers’  Association.

Henry  B.  Smith  was  born  in  Gronin­
gen,  Holland,  Oct. 
14,  1850,  his  par­
ents  being  the  descendants  of  Welsh 
people  who  emigrated  to  Holland  sev­
eral  generations  ago.  When  Mr.  Smith 
was  6  years  of  age,  his family emigrated 
to this  country,  settling  in  New  Jersey. 
At  the  age  of  9  years,  he  went  to  work 
in  a  cotton  factory  at  Godwinville, 
where  he  remained  five  years.  At  the 
age  of 
14  he  went  to  work  for  Uncle 
Sam,  making  blankets  in  a  woolen  mill 
at  the  same  place.  A  year  later  he  en­
listed  in  the  158th  New  York Volunteers 
and  got  as  far as  Washington,  where  he 
was  rejected  on  account  of  his  youth. 
From  this  time  until  1879  he  followed 
the  trade  of  painter,  having  removed 
in  the  meantime  to  Muskegon.  In 
1879 
he  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  at 
his  present  location,  146  Ottawa  street, 
where  he  has  built  up  a  constantly  in-

creasing  patronage  and  during  which 
time  he  has  accumulated  a large amount 
of  real  estate.

in 

Mr.  Smith  was  married 

1869  to 
Miss  Gertrude  Wierengo  and  has  raised 
a  family  of  five  children—four  sons  and 
one  daughter.  The  daughter 
is  now 
Mrs.  S.  J.  Anderson, of  Benton  Harbor. 
The  oldest  son,  Wm.  G.  Smith,  is  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business  on  Ter­
race  street;  another  travels  for  the Mus­
kegon  Milling  Co.  ;  the  third 
is  asso­
ciated  with  his  father  in  the  store  and 
the  fourth 
in  charge  of  the  men's 
furnishing  goods  department  of  Wm.  D. 
Hardy  &  Co.
Mr.  Smith 

is  a  prominent  Odd  Fel­
low,  being  a  P.  G.  of Muskegon Lodge, 
No.  92;  P.  C.  P.,  of  Davis  Encamp­
ment,  No.  47;  Ex-Captain  of  the  staff 
of  Rebekah  Lodge,  No.  124,  and  Major 
of  the  first  Battalion  Second  Regular of 
the  P.  M .,  I.  O.  O.  F.

is 

Mr.  Smith  attributes  his  success  to 
the  fact  that  be  has  attended  strictly  to 
business  and  has  never  let  his  outside 
interests  inferfere  with  his  work  behind 
the  counter.  Although  he  has  been 
in 
the  grocery  business  twenty-two  years, 
he  numbers  among  his  customers  many 
who  were  his  patrons  when  he  first 
opened  the  store. 
“ Once  a  customer, 
always  a  customer,”   has 
been  his 
motto,  and  to  his  ability  to  make  and 
hold  friends  is  due 
in  great  part  the 
success  he  has  achieved  in  the  business 
world.

Mr.  Smith  was  the  second  President 
of  the  Muskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­
ciation  and,  when  his  term  expired,  be

was  re-elected  a  second  time,  showing 
the  esteem  with  which  be  is  regarded 
by  his  brothers  in  trade.
T rials  and  Troubles  of the  Soda  Fountain 

Clerk.

Consider  now  the  meek  and  humble 

soda  fountain  clerk,

Who  draweth  off  the  moistened  air 

with  nimble  turn  and  jerk.

His  garb 

is  always  spotless  white 

when  first  he  puts  it  on,

But,  lo,  before  an  hour  hath  passed 

its  spotlessness  bath  gone.

For  then  he  hath  vanila  on  the  bosom 
of  his  vest,  and  streaks  of  red  raspberry 
make  his  trousers  seem  a  jest.

While  chocolate  and  ginger  give  a 
tiger-like  effect  to  the  balance  of  the 
garments  in  which he is proudly decked.
is 

His  hair  is  limp  and  languid,  and 

parted  square  and  true 

Above  the  very  center  of  his  nose, 

which  turneth  blue,

Because  he  hath  to  linger  in  the  acid 
ice,  to  fix  up  funny  mixtures 

and  the 
for  the  one  that  hath  the  price.

He  maketh  strange  concoctions  in  the 
line  of  fancy  drinks,  and  all  the  while 
be  watcheth  for  persuasive  sorts  of 
winks.

From  early  morn  he  twisteth  at  the 
soda  water  spout,  and  turneth  the  ice 
crusher till  the  ice  hath  given  out.

He  diggeth  in  the  ice  cream  and  he 
rusheth  with  the  glass,  while  his  deadly 
hated  rival  buys  the  soda  for  the  lass.

Yea,  verily,  the  soda  clerk,  he  bath  a 
sorry  time,  for he  must  know  the  way  to 
get  nine  cents  out of  each  dime.

And  he  must  be  a  hustler,  that  there 
will  not  be  a  loss  of  ice  or gas  or  water, 
or he’ll  tremble  at  the  boss.

How  often,  oh,  how  often,  hath  the 
soda  jerker  grinned  at  the  one  who pay- 
eth  nickels  for  a  penny’s  worth of wind ;
How  often,  ob,  how  often,  doth  a 
calm  and  peaceful  smile  go flitting  o’er 
his  visage  when  a  drink  goes  out  of 
style.

The 

But,  ah,  alas,  my  son,  sometimes  he 
feeleth  very  bad,  and  then  is  when  the 
ladies  come  with  garments  rich  and 
glad.

ladies  fill  the  rockers  and  the 
doorways  and  the  stools  and  insist  upon 
a  liquid  that  both  elevates  and  cools.

And  one  declaretb  that  she’d 

like 
some  chocolate  with  cream,  and,  when 
it,  straightway  “ Oh,  no!”  
he  draweth 
the  maid  doth  scream.

And  then  she  voweth  that  she  bath  al­
ready  changed  her  mind,  and  wanteth 
just  a  phosphate  with  a  piece  of 
lemon 
rind.

And,  yet,  again  the  other  maids  de­
clare  they  do  not  know  just  what  they 
wish—and  on  and  on  their  mild  objec­
tions  flow.

The  weary  soda  fountain  clerk  sug- 
gesteth  this  and  that,  from  plain  old 
lemon  phosphate  to  a  dose  of  anti-fat.
And  finally  the  ladies  fair  with  one 
consent  conclude  that  chocolate  and 
cream  shall  be  their  soda  fountain  food.
Now,  when  he  draweth  all  the  drinks, 

his  troubles  are  not  done—

Nay,  verily,  my  trusting  child,  they 

are  but  half  begun ;

For each and  every maiden  there  doth 

straightway  rise  and  say :

“ Now,  girls,  I ’ ll  think  it’s  awful 

if 

you  do  not  let  me  pay!”

And  all  protest,  and  all  object,  and 

all  their  plans  defend,

And  not  a  one  takes  out her  purse  her 

lovely  cash  to  spend.

Now,  finally,  the soda clerk  suggesteth 
that  each  maid  shall  pay  for what  she 
drank—and  then  beginneth  the tirade,
For all  the  ladies  vow  in  wrath—yea, 
yea,  they  almost  sob—that  they  will  his 
employer  see  and  take  from  him  his 
job.

And  then  they  take  their  parasols 
and  sternly  go away,  and  not  a  cent  of 
all  that  bill  do  they  take  steps  to  pay.

in  a  daze  and 

The  gentle  soda  fountain  clerk,  he 
leaneth  on  the 
falleth 
vichy  tube  and  wicked  things  he  says.
Is  this  not true,  just  as  we  have  com­
posed  it  with  much  work?

It  surely  is—and  if  you  doubt  go  ask 

the  soda  clerk.

Children  cry  for the  moon;  when  they 

grow  up  they  want  the  earth.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

it 

The 

The  New  Traveling  Bag«.
latest  help  toward  madame’s 
comfort  when  she  goes  traveling  is  a 
handy  bag  that  seems  to  possess  a  score 
of  openings.  Who  has  not  felt  the  sud­
den  need  of  a  handkerchief  and  hunted 
for 
in  the  bag  only  to  find  that  they 
were  packed  on  the  very  bottom,  and 
one  must  needs  tumble  everything  else 
out  before  being  able  to  secure  one?

With  this  new-fangled  bag  such  a 
state  of  circumstances is  impossible,  for 
it  has  an  opening  on  each  side,  one  on 
the  top  and  one  on  the  bottom,  allowing 
every  portion  of the  receptacle  to  be  as 
easy  of  access  as  the  top.  The  favored 
color  now  for  leather  traveling  bags 
and  suit  cases  is  a  dark,  rich  green, 
trimmings  of 
with 
lacquered  brass. 
The 
initials  on  these  are  put  on  in 
brass,  instead  of  being  painted  on  the 
end,  as  was  formerly  the  fashion.

U.  S. Steel  Earnings.

At  the  time  of the  organization  of  the 
last 
United  States  Steel  Corporation 
February, 
it  was  estimated  that  the 
earnings  of  the  constituent  companies 
aggregated  $108,000,000,  and  when  the 
stocks  were  listed  on  the  exchange  the 
amounts  of  stock  issued  were  stated  to 
be $508,486,300  preferred  and  $506,473,- 
400  common.  Assuming  these  to  be  the 
amounts  to  participate 
in  the  current 
dividends, 
approximately  $14,000,000 
will  be  required,  or  at  the  rate  of 
$56,000,000  for  a  full  year,  indicating 
that  fully  $50,000,000 of  earnings  would 
be  left  over to  cover  charges  for  interest 
on  bonds  and  the  amount  necessary  for 
depreciation  and  other  disbursements.

W herein  He  M ight  Fail.

“ Young  man,”   said  the  stern  parent, 
“ do  you  think  you  will  be  able  to  sup­
port  my  daughter  in  the  style  to  which 
she  has  been  accustomed?”

Now,  this  young  man  might  have 
taken  advantage  of  a  glorious  oppor­
tunity  to  ring  a  chestnut  bell,  but he 
didn’t. 
Instead  he« thought  for a  mo­
ment,  and  then  replied :

“ Well—er—I  think  so,  with  one  ex­

“ Aha!  And  what  may  the  exception 

ception.”
be,  sir?”

“ I  don’t  think  I could be so infernally 

stingy  with  the  gas.”

The  busy  little  boot-black  never  fails 

to  improve  each  shining  hour.

G eo.  H .  R eif sn id er  &  Co.

Commission  Merchants

and Wholesale Dealers in

Fancy Creamery Butter, Eggs,  Cheese

321 Greenwich Street, New York 

References:  Irving National Bank of New York 

and Michigan Tradesman.

Are you not in need of

N ew   S h elf  Boxes

We  make  them.
KALAMAZOO PAPER  BOX CO. 

Kalamazoo,  Michigan

117  MILES

IN  5  HOURS  AND  40  MINUTES 

OVER  COUNTRY  ROADS

The last 50 miles was ridden  at  the  rate 
of 2:14 ^   to the mile  (the  extra  17  miles 
was due to losing the way).

In  the  New  York  Journal  century  run 
of June 15th the Auto-B.es were the motor 
bicycles that “ survived ”  the run.

A half dozen Thomas machines, ridden 
by  their  owners,  entered  the  race  and 
finished,  all  of  them  under  six  hours 
running  time.

A year  ago only two  manufacturers  id 
the  United  States  were  building  motor 
cycles. 
To-day  there  are  fifteen  or 
more makers.  A year  ago  not  a  motor 
cycle was in use or had been  seen  in  the 
State.  During  the 
few  months 
Thomas Motor Cycles have  been  sold  to 
up-to-date  dealers  at  Detroit,  Pontiac, 
Flint,  Lansing,  Jackson,  Battle  Creek, 
Kalamazoo,  Holland, Traverse  City  and 
several other  points  in  Michigan,  which 
forcibly illustrates the  great  advance the 
Motor  Bicycle  has  made  in  the  short 
space of one year.

Motor  Cycles  are  surely  coming  and 

last 

can not be stopped.

ADAMS A  H ART

Michigan  Sales  Agents

We  also  handle  the  larger  Automo­

biles—steam, electric,  gasoline.

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Organized 1SS1.

Insurance Co.
Detroit, Michigan.
Cash  Assets, #800,000.
D.  M. F erry, Vice Pres.

Cash  Capital, #400,000.  Nit 8urplus, #200,000.
D. Whitney, J r., Pres.

F. H. W hitney, Secretary.
M. W. O’Brien, Treas.

E. 

J. Booth, Asst Sec’y. 

Directors.

D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. Ferry, F.J. Hecker, 
M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack, 
Allan Sheldon, Simon J.  Murphy,  Wm.  I*. 
Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James  Edgar,  H. 
Kirke  White,  H.  P.  Baldwin,  Hugo 
Scherer,  F.  A.  Schulte,  Wm.  V.  Brace, 
S   James  McMillan,  F.  E.  Driggs,  Henry 
*   Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S. 
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stlnchtield,  Francis  F. 
Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey,  David  C.  Whit­
ney, Dr. J. B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas.
F.  Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C. Jenks.

i   New  Coffee  Roasting  Plant

We  have put  in  the  most  completely 
equipped  coffee roasting  plant  in Mich­
igan  and  solicit  an  opportunity 
to 
submit  samples  and  quote  prices  on 
anything you  may need  in the coffee line

FREEMAN  MERCANTILE  CO.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

be  produced  this  year  would  not  exceed 
40,000  piculs  (5,320,000  pounds).  As 
Japan  does  not  intend  that  the  market 
shall  be  oversupplied,  there  seems  to 
be  no  prospect  of  any  large  fluctuation 
in  future  prices.

It 

The  world  will  profit  at  least  by  the 
efforts  of  Japan  to  preserve  an 
industry 
which,  a  few  years  ago,  seemed  threat­
ened  with  ultimate  extinction. 
is 
necessary  to  kill  the  tree  in  order  to  get 
the  gum. 
Contrary  to  all  previous 
practice,  a  tree  is  now  planted  for  every 
one  that is killed.  Japan  requires  this  to 
be  done,  and,  moreover,  is  establishing 
plantations  of  camphor  trees  so  that 
Formosa,  it  is  expected,  will  in  a  few 
years  yield  both  wild  and  cultivated 
camphor.—N.  Y.  Sun.
Cheaper to  Pay  Doctor Than  U ndertaker.
Dr.  C.  P.  Brown,  the  Spring  Lake 
physician  and  all  round  good  fellow, 
tells  a  good  story  about  an  old  practi­
tioner  who,  because  of 
advancing 
years,  had  relinquished  all  of  bis out-of- 
town  practice  to  his  young  assistant. 
One  night  the  older  physician  was 
called  on  by  two  men  in  a  buggy,  one 
of  whom  wanted  the  doctor to  come  to 
his  house,  eight  miles  away,  and  attend 
his  wife,  who  was  very  ill. 
“ She  will 
have  no  one  but  you,  Doctor,"  said  the 
man.

“ Well,  I ’ll  go  for $10,  and  not  a  cent 

less,"  said  the  doctor.

A  whispered  consultation  went  on 

in 
the  carriage,  and  finally  the  physician 
heard  a  voice  say :  “ Better  pay  the  ten. 
It’s  a  good  deal  cheaper  than  burying 
her."

And  the  doctor  got  his  money.

A  Deadlock.

Maude—When  are  they  to be married?
Ethel—Never.
Maude—Never?  And  why  so?
Ethel—She  will  not  marry  him  until 
he  has  paid  his  debts,  and  he  can  not 
pay  his  debts  until  she  marries  him.

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

for

The  L a w   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:
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20  M............
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Perfection  Peaniii  caninel  and  w a n

The  No.  1  Perfection  Peanut  Cabinet  and  Warmer  is 
perfect. 
It will double your sales  and  treble  your  pro­
fit, as you can buy more at a time for less money without 
It puts them  before  the  public  in  a 
loss on stale nuts. 
It  warms  only  such  quantity 
well  finished  glass  case. 
as  you  wish; 
100 
pounds of peanuts will  make  you  more  money  than  5 
barrels of sugar. 
It costs  1  cent per  day  to  run  it  and 
it is perfectly safe 
It is warranted not to smell or smoke. 
If not satisfied after  10  days’  trial  we  will  refund  the 
money.  Price $5.50   F . O.  B.  Detroit.

it  warms  them  loose  or  in  sacks. 

vxv-— 

G ILLETT  NO VELTY  CO.

12  AND  14  W E ST  ATW ATER STREET,  DETROIT,  MICH.

ROMANCE  OF  CAMPHOR.

Soldiers  G uarding  Collectors  in the W ilds 

of Formosa.

The 

finest  teas 

large  island  of  Formosa,  off  the 
east  coast  of  China,  fell  to  Japan  a  few 
years  ago  as  one  of  the  prizes  of  war, 
The 
island  is  famous  for two  products 
The  hill  slopes  of  the  west  grow  some 
of  the 
in  the  world,  the 
Oolongs  and  other  Formosan  teas  being 
highly  esteemed  in  this  country,  where 
nearly  the  entire  crop  is consumed.  The 
tree-clad  mountains  of  the  East  contain 
the  largest  camphor  forests  in the world 
Most  of  the  camphor  kept  in  our  drug 
stores comes  from  Formosa. 
Japan  now 
produces  only  about  300,000 pounds  a 
year;  the  yield  in  China  has  never  ex 
ceeded  220,000  pounds  a  year;  but 
7,000,000  pounds  of  camphor  were taken 
from  the  forests  of  Formosa  in  1895  and 
in  the  past  four  years  the  annual  yield 
has  averaged  over  6,000,000  pounds 
Formosa  controls  the  camphor market  of 
the  world  and  will  probably  always  be 
the  great  source  of  this  valuable  gum 
For  some  time  past  the  purchasers  of 
camphor  have  bqpn  compelled  to  pay 
for  it  than  formerly.  The  two 
more 
principal  reasons  for  the 
increase  in 
price  will  be  mentioned  here;  one  of 
is  specially  interesting,  for  it  il 
them 
lustrates 
the  difficulties  and  dangers 
that  environ  the  camphor  industry.

The  mountains  of  East  Formosa  are 
inhabited  by  savage  tribes  who  are  the 
bane  of  the  island.  Nearly  half of  For­
mosa  is  still  occupied  by  these  murder 
ous  men  of  the  forests  whose  weapons 
are  turned  against  all  strangers.  The 
fertile  plains  of  the  West,  filled  with 
peaceful  Chinese  tillers  of  the  soil,  pre 
sent  a  very  different  aspect.  For  many 
years 
it  was  almost  certain  death  for 
sailors  to  be  wrecked  on  the  east  coast 
of  the  island. 
If  they  escaped  the  sea 
they  were  murdered  by  the  savages  who 
were  always  on  the  lookout  for  loot from 
vessels  driven  upon  the  rocks  of  their 
inhospitable  coast.  Explorers  have  not 
dared  to  venture 
into  some  parts  of 
these  mountains  which  are  still  among 
the 
least  known  portions  of  the  world. 
The  savages  are  full  of  cunning  and 
treachery.  They  are  armed  with  bows 
and  arrows,  knives  and  swords.  They 
are  very  dark  and  muscular  and  go 
about  quite  naked  except  for  a  scanty 
strip  of  blue  cloth  about  the  waist. 
In 
recent  years  many  of  them  have  ac­
quired  matchlocks  and 
learned  to  use 
them.

One  day,  a  few  years  ago,  a  party  of 
English  officers  from  a  man-of-war went 
up 
into the  mountains  and  met  a  party 
of  natives  armed  with  matchlocks. 
They challenged  the  natives  to  a  trial  of 
skill  in  shooting.  A  target  was  affixed 
to  a  tree  about  300  feet  distant  and  the 
Englishmen  made  what  they  considered 
pretty  fair  practice.  The  natives  looked 
on  without  any  apparent  astonishment 
at  the  skill  of  their  rivals.  When  it 
came  their  turn  to  fire  every  man  of 
them  disappeared  in  the  jungle.  Then 
crawled  on  their  stomachs  to  within 
about  nine  feet  of  the  target  and  they 
blazed  away.  Of  course  they  all  hit  the 
target 
in  the  center.  When  the  Eng­
lishmen  protested  that  this  method  of 
conducting a  shooting  match  was  hardly 
fair,  the  natives  replied:

“ We  do  not  understand  what  you 
mean  by  fair,  but  anyhow,  that  is  the 
way  we  shoot  Chinamen."

The  men  who  collect  most  of  the 
camphor  of  the  world  have  to  work 
among  these  treacherous  devils.  They 
are  sent  up,  into  the  mountains,  pitch 
their camps in  the camphor forests  and

Although 

incidents. 

depend  upon  their  guns  and  their  vigi 
lance  to  protect  themselves  from  savage 
enemies.  But  although  their  wits  are 
sharpened  by  the  ever  present  dange 
whole  parties  of  them  are  sometimes 
slaughtered.  The  history  of  the camphor 
industry  in  Formosa  has  many  of  these 
tragical 
armed 
guards  stand  over  the  men  while  they 
are  felling  the  trees  and  extracting  the 
gum  they  may  be  attacked  at  any  mo 
rnent  unless  the  savages  consider  the 
force  before  them  to  be  too  strong  for 
them  to  overcome.  Great 
is  the  joy 
when  they  clean  out  a  camphor  camp 
All  the  camp  equipment  and  the  food 
supplies  are  the  legitimate  spoils  of 
war;  so  there  is  profit  as  well  as  glory 
in  the  murderous  business.  The  work 
of  getting  the  camphor  down  into  the 
is  even  more  dangerous  than 
plains 
collecting 
it.  The  paths  are  narrow 
and  the  carriers,  walking  in  long  single 
file,  can  present  no  strong  front  to  the 
natives  concealed  along  the  way.  A 
strong  escort  front and  rear,  beating  the 
bushes  and  scrub  for  the  foe  who  may 
be  lurking  there,  is  always  necessary  to 
insure  safety.

When  the  Japanese  became  fairly  set­
tled  in  the  island  last  year  they  deter 
mined  to  put  an  end,  if  possible,  to  the 
dangers  that  beset  the  camphor  indus 
try.  As  a  preliminary  step  they  de 
tailed 
1,500  soldiers  to  guard  the  cam 
phor camps  and  convoy  the  parties  that 
carry  the  gum  out  of  the  forests. 
In 
these  camps,  scattered  north  and  south 
among  the  mountains  for  a  distance  of 
140  miles,  the  men  are  working  to-day 
guarded  by  a  part  of the Japanese army. 
Thus  war  and 
industry  are  curiously 
combined  in  the  island  of  Formosa.  As 
a  rule,  when  armed  men  are  around 
looking  for  somebody  to  shoot  there  can 
be  no  such  thing  as  industry  in  their 
neighborhood.  Peaceful  labor  and  the 
exploits  of  war  are  not  congenial  com­
panions.  But among  the  forests  of  For­
mosa  the  soldier  is  becoming  the  valu­
able  adjunct  of  industry,  and  it  could 
not  thrive  very  well  without  him.  The 
Japanese  government  proposes  to  use 
any  force  that  may  be  required  to  place 
the  great  camphor  business  on  a  safe 
basis;  but  the  cost  of  protecting  the 
camphor  gatherers  is  added  to  the  cost 
of  the  commodity  and  there  seems  to 
be  no  reason  to  complain  that  this  is 
not  fair  to  all  concerned.

Japan, 

This  is  the  principal  reason  why  the 
price  of  camphor  has  advanced.  There 
s  another  reason  for  it  also,  and  it  may 
be  said  that  the  price  is  likely  to  con­
tinue  at  a  good  figure. 
like 
France  and  Spain,  is  desirous  to  ob­
tain  a  monopoly 
in  one  or  more  com­
modities  that  will  bring  a  large  revenue 
nto  the  government  treasury.  How 
could  a  monopoly  be  more  easily  estab­
lished  than 
in  the  article  of  camphor, 
the  whole  supply  of  which  is  practically 
confined  to  one  Japanese 
island?  So 
the  authorities  declared  a  while  ago that 
thenceforth  the  camphor  industry should 
be  a  government  monopoly.

Any  one  may  collect  camphor  to-day 
who  can  secure  a  permit  to  do  so  and 
permits  are  not  difficult  to  obtain.  But 
not  a  pound  of  the  product  can  be  sold 
to  any  one  but  the  government  which 
fixes  the  price  to  be  paid.  The  price 
is  said  fully  to  compensate  the  collect­
ors,  but  a  limitation  upon  the  amount 
of  the  product  will  prevent  too  many 
collectors  from  crowding  into  the  field. 
The  government  names  the  maximum 
amount  to  be  produced  and  will  not 
buy  a  pound  in  excess  of  the  limit. 
It 
was  said  a  while  ago  that  the  amount  to

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County  of  Kent 

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows:

I 

am  pressman 

in  the  office  of the 

Tradesman  Company  and  have  charge 
of  the  presses  and  folding  machine  m 
that  establishment. 
folded  7,000  copies  of the  issue 
July 
mailed 
further deponent  saith  not.

of
saw  the  edition 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 

I  printed  and

1901,  and 

io, 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
in  and  for  said  county, 

notary  public 
this  thirteenth  day  of  July,  1901.

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

ders  and  the  employers  concede  60,000.
There  is  illustrated  in  this  strike  one 
of  the  gravest  dangers  attending  the 
into  trusts. 
vast  aggregation  of  capital 
in  the  hands 
While  the 
industry  was 
of  several  competing  managements 
it 
was  difficult  for  the  men  to  reach  all 
their  antagonists.  This  they  essayed  to 
do,  and  claimed  the  right  to  do,  through 
the  sympathetic  strike.,  but  it  was  hard 
to  convince  the  public  that  their  power 
should  extend  to  the  coercion  of  out­
side  parties  and 
interests;  but  when 
these  are  united  under one  management 
their  opportunity  comes  and  no time 
is 
lost  to  test  the  utmost  of  their  power. 
They  afe  ready  to  accept  the  corpora­
tion  as  a  monopoly  and  only  demand 
that,  so  far  as 
it 
shall  give  them  unlimited  monopolistic 
control  of  all  its  employes.  They  are 
ready  to  accept  the  centralization  of 
capital 
if  it  only  gives  them  a  chance 
to  make  their own  monopoly  absolute.

influence  goes, 

its 

The  progress  of  the  present  strike will 
be  watched  with  greater  interest  than 
has  attended  any  previous  struggle.  At 
this  time  a  prolonged  struggle  can hard­
ly  fail  to  work  disaster  to  many  outside 
interests.  The  magnitude  of  the  indus­
try 
is  owing  to  its  direct  and  indirect 
access  to  the  markets  of  the  world  and 
any  material  advance  in  prices  on  ac­
count  of  stopping  production  will  soon 
cut  off  that  support.  Then  the  tributary 
interests 
in  other  fields  of  industry  in 
this  country  will  quickly  suffer  from  the 
interference  of  an  extended  struggle.

.  Mich.

THE  STEER  STRIKE.

The  matter  of  greatest current  interest 
in  the  industrial  and  financial  world 
is 
the  strike  of  the  employes  of  the  com­
panies  under  the  control  of  the  United 
States  Steel  Corporation. 
In  some  re­
gards  the  conditions  are  unique  and  the 
contest  promises  to  have  more  signifi­
in  the  settlement  of  labor  ques­
cance 
tions  than  any  preceding  one. 
It  is,  of 
course,  the  greatest  strike  which  has 
ever  been  made  against  a  single  corpo­
ration,  as  no  other  industrial  organiza­
tion  has  ever approached  it  in  size.

The  strike  is  unusual  in  that  there 

is 
no question  of  wages  or  bouts  at  stake. 
The  President  of  the  Amalgamated  As­
sociation  claims  that  it  is  purely a ques­
tion  of  principle. 
It  seems  to  be  the 
taking  advantage  of  the  fact  that a great 
division  of  the  country’s  industry  is 
in 
the  control  of  a  single  corporation  to 
determine  whether  the  unions  shall  con­
in  every  part  of 
trol  that  organization 
its  operations, 
including  those  mills 
where  it  has  no  organization.  President 
Shaffer  contends  that  it  is  a  question of 
self-preservation,  and  no  doubt  he  is 
correct  as  to  the  distinctive  features  of 
modern  unionism.

It  is  the  claim  of  the  management  of 
the  corporation  that  it  has  no  right  to 
its  employes  to  subject  them - 
compel 
selves  to  union 
rules  against  their 
wishes. 
It  expresses  its  willingness  to 
sign  the  scale  for  all  mills  now  under 
union  control.  The  union  simply  pro­
poses  to  determine  whether  it  can  con­
trol  all  their employes  and  their  entire 
business,  because  they  are  able  to  reach 
it  in  the  single  organization.

The  strike  opens  with  unfavorable  in­
dications  for  the  companies.  For  some 
time  delegates  have_  been  secretly  at 
work 
in  several  of  the  mills  and  these 
have  surprised  the  employers by  joining 
the  strikers.  The  Amalgamated  Asso­
ciation  claims  that  70,000  men  are  al­
idle  on  account  of  the  strike  or-
ready 

The  ups  and  downs  of  business  life 
find  an  apt  illustration  in  the  career  of 
Frank  B.  Thurber.  For  years  he  was 
reckoned as  one  of  the  merchant  princes 
of  New  York  and  the  firm  of  H.  K.  & 
F.  B.  Thurber  was  among  the leaders in 
the  wholesale  grocery  business.  Change 
in  rank  from  affluence  to  poverty  came 
because  of  his  efforts  to  save  the  Thur- 
ber-Whyland  Company, which succeeded 
the  grocery  house  with  which  he  was 
connected.  He  accepted  the  situation 
bravely,  worked  hard  to  support  himself 
and  family,  spent  bis  nights 
in  study­
law  and  some  three  years  ago  was 
ing 
admitted  to  the  bar,  at  the  age  of  57. 
His  friends  have  been  glad  to second 
his  efforts 
in  his  own  behalf  and  bis 
ambition  is  to  make  money  enough  to 
pay  his  creditors.  All  this  is  brought 
to  mind  by  the  announcement  that  he 
has  filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy.  It  is 
explained  that  this  course  was necessary 
because  one  creditor  was  determined  to 
harass  him  and 
legal 
proceedings  which  would  be  not  only 
annoying  but  calculated  to  prevent  him 
from  achieving  another  success.  He 
declares  that  discharge 
in  bankruptcy 
will  not  be  regarded  by  him  as  a  dis­
charge  of  his  debts  and  that  his  most 
earnest  efforts  will  be  directed  to  mak­
ing  good  bis  losses.  Mr.  Thurber  was 
reckoned  a  philanthropist  when  he  had 
the  means  and  is  to  be  comipended 
for 
the  earnest  struggle  he  is  so  cheerfully 
making.  All  who  know  him  hope  that 
his  ambitions  will  be  realized

involve  him 

in 

Rev.  T.  DeWitt  Talmage  says  that 
‘  a  newspaper  whose  columns  overflow 
with  the  advertisements  of  business men 
has  more  influence  in  attracting  atten­
tion  to  and  building  up  a  city  or town 
than  any  other agency  that  can  be  em­
ployed.  People  go  where  there  is  busi­
ness.  Capital  and labor will locate where 
there  is  an  enterprising  community.  No 
power  on  earth  is  so  strong  to  build  up 
a  town  as  newspapers  well  patronized, 
and  this  power  should  be appreciated.”

A  »O D E R  INSTANCE.

The  pessimist  bewailing  the tardiness 
of 
justice  has  had  a  violent  setback. 
Nebraska  with  commendable  pride  has 
just  been  giving  her  sister  states  a note­
worthy  object 
lesson.  Thtee  days  ago 
the  Treasurer  of  Kearney  county  on 
Tuesday  confessed 
to  a  shortage  of 
$10,000and  an  attempt  to  hide  his  guilt 
by  shot-bagging  himself over the  head 
and  then  setting  fire  to  his  office  in  the 
court  house  and,  announcing  that  he 
had  been  assaulted and  robbed, he  asked 
for  a  special  session  of  court  that  he 
might  plead  guilty  and  receive  his  sen­
tence.  He  so  pleaded  on  Wednesday 
and  was  taken  on  Friday  to  the  peni­
tentiary  where  the  prisoner's  greatest 
anxiety  seemed  to  be  to  get  into  a  cell 
and  have  the  matter over with.

in 

Admitting  all  that  the  pessimist  will 
insist  upon—that  this  instance 
is  only 
the  exception  that  confirms  the  rule; 
that  the  prisoner  was  a  novice  with  a 
peculiar  and  so  unusual  make-up;  the 
undoubted  victim  of  circumstances;  the 
official  of  an  agricultural  state,  the  fact 
remains  unchallenged  that 
three 
days  an  acknowledged  criminal  has  by 
a  regular  process  of 
law  been 
brought  to  justice  and  is  already  work­
ing  out  his  sentence  of  six  years  in  the 
penitentiary;  and  with  so  much  to  start 
with  the  optimist 
is  already  asking  if 
this  turn  in  the  long  lane  of  legal  dila­
toriness  is  not  the beginning of  a change 
and  a  much  needed  one  in  the  criminal 
If  it  be  so  the 
affairs  of  the  country. 
instance  which 
this  Middle  Western 
State  has  furnished  may  well  be  termed 
a  ‘ ‘ model”   one.

the 

to  be  followed  and  that  course  is  taken. 
It  may  be  the  exception  that  confirms 
the  rule,  but  coming  as 
it  does  in  a 
commonwealth  of  educated  farmers  it  is 
that  what  was 
more  than  suggestive 
once  considered 
impossible  has  been 
found  a  fact;  that  what  state  has  done 
state  may  do,and that other communities 
may  be  incited  to strenuous exertion and 
reach  similar  results  by  closely  follow­
ing 
in  the  footsteps  of  this  model  in­
stance.

any 

apparent 

Every  one  whose  attention  has  ever 
it  realizes  what  an  im­
been  called  to 
is 
mense  amount  of  public  printing 
is  no  real  and 
done  for  which  there 
scarcely 
justification. 
Both  at  the  national  and  state  capitals 
many  books  are  made  which  never 
would  be  missed.  Within  recent  years 
some  of  the  authors  or editors  of  these 
publications  have  thought it  would  add 
to  their  attractiveness  to  illustrate them, 
and  considerable  money  has  gone  in 
that  direction.  Secretary  Root  is just 
now  setting  quite  an  example  of  what 
ought  to  be  done  in  this  regard.  He 
has  caused a  good  mhny  of  the  War  De­
partment  documents  to  be condensed be­
fore  going  to  the  printer,  and  has  re­
fused  to  approve  elaborate 
illustration. 
He  can  see  no  compensating  value  in 
the  pictures. 
If  all  the  other  heads  of 
departments  thought  as  be  does  and 
lived  up  to  it,  hundreds  of thousands  of 
dollars  would  be  saved  annually.  The 
amount  of  public  printing  done  at 
Washington  which  is  useless  is  scarcely 
appreciated.  Millions  could 
literally 
be  saved 
in  this  department  without 
detriment  to  the  public  service.

limited  for 

The  fact  that  Nebraska  is  an  agricul­
tural  State  of  the  Middle  West  is  cer­
tainly  in  its  favor.  That  central  part  of 
the  public  domain,  “ taken  up”   years 
ago  by  the  enterprising  brain and brawn 
that  found  the  densely-populated  East 
too 
its  best  endeavor,  be­
came  the  territory  for  the  development 
is  best  in  Yankee  wit  and 
of  all  that 
effort  and,  untrammeled  by 
its  often­
times  hide-bound  ancestry,  it  struck  out 
new  and  better  ways  for 
itself  and  so 
made  possible  a  wider and  richer  de­
velopment  which  tradition  and  prece­
dent  would  hardly countenance along the 
'Eastern  seaboard.  The  Western  plains, 
like  the  New  England  bills,  built  side 
by  side  the  church  and  the school house, 
but the  indwelling  soul  of  both 
institu­
tions  had  a  wider  range  with  a  more 
clearly  defined  purpose and  unlike  their 
New  England  ancestry  did  not build 
better  than  they  knew. 
The  school 
house,strong  in  itself,  was  strengthened 
by  the  establishment  of  high  school  and 
university  and  the  boy  and  girl  who 
would,  after  school  life  began,  ended  it 
by  enriching  the  farm  house  with  the 
more strenuous life  which  the  university 
bad  blessed  and  sent  back  to  it.  So 
Nebraska 
is  to-day  a  State  made  up  of 
farms,  but  these  farms  are  tilled  by 
trained 
their  broad 
acres  are  populated  by  men  and  women 
brought  up  in  the  fear of  the  Lord  with 
a  wholesome  respect for the  school  mas­
ter.

intelligence  and 

farm  which 

So  brought  up,  they  have  put  by  their 
diploma  and  taken  up  the  duties  of  cit­
izenship.  On  the 
they 
have  made  better  by  their  learning,  in 
business  brightened  and 
increased  by 
an  acuteness  made  possible  by  scholar­
ship,  not  a  life  calling  is  found  within 
the  State  borders  which  education  does 
not  giace.  Like  the  rain  it  falls  upon 
just  and  unjust  and  when  the  unjust 
proves  recreant  to  his  trust 
in  a  com­
munity  like  that  there  is  but one  course

field 

Those  who  are  always  glad  to  fix 
some  mysterious  meaning  on, the  work 
of  the  elements  are  afforded  an  excel­
lent 
for  speculation  by  what 
lightning  has  done  in  Cleveland.  Some­
thing 
like  nine  years  ago  John  D. 
the  multi-millionaire, 
Rockefeller, 
erected  a  Baptist  church 
in  that  city 
and  since  then  it  has  been  three  times 
destroyed  by lightning,  the  last  occasion 
being  only  a  few  days  since.  To  make 
it  more  effective  the 
last  time  it  was 
struck  twice,  once  on  the  steeple  and 
once in  the  rear,  almost  simultaneously. 
This  must  be  an  exception  to  the  rule 
that  lightning  never  strikes twice  in  the 
same  place,  for  this  building  has  been 
struck  on  three  occasions, with  a  total  of 
four hits.  Somebody  may  suggest  that 
the  Lord  takes  this  means  of  expressing 
disapproval  of  investing  money  earned 
by  trusts  in  houses  of  worship,  and per­
haps  Mr.  Rockefeller  himself  wili  get 
discouraged  and  cease  building  Baptist 
churches.

The  system  of  workmen’s  insurance 
in  Germany 
is  a  huge  piece  of  state 
machinery.  The  magnitude  of  the  sys­
tem  may  be  estimated  by  the  fact that it 
pays  out,  in  one  way  or another,  about 
1,000;000  marks  a  day.  The  sick  work­
man  has  no  longer  to  trouble  himself  as 
to  how  he  shall  obtain  money  to  pay  for 
medical  treatment,  and  wbat  will  be­
come  of  his  family  should  he  himself be 
rendered  unfit  for  work.  The  workman 
whose  earning  power  is  reduced  by  an 
accident  connected  with his employment 
now  obtains  just  compensation,  and  the 
aged  poor have  the satisfaction  of know­
ing  that,  although  they  can  no  longer 
work,  they can  still,  owing  to  the  insur­
ance  system,  contribute  their  share  to­
ward  the  expenses  of  the  household, and 
are  not obliged  to depend  on  the  earn­
ings  of  their  children  or on  ordinary 
public  charity.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

SOME  NOTIONS ABOUT THE MOON.
The  recent  announcement  by  Prof. 
Pickering,  of  Harvard  University  As­
tronomical  Observatory,  that  snow  bad 
been  observed  on  the  surface  of  the 
moon,  has  directed  renewed  attention to 
our  earth’s  nearest  neighbor  in  the  sky.
The  astronomers  long  ago  reached  the 
conclusion  that  the  moon 
is  a  dead 
planetary  body,  wrecked  by  volcanoes, 
deprived  of  all  water  and,  therefore, 
absolutely  unable  to  support  either  ani­
mal  or  vegetable  life,  and  is  simply  a 
rocky  desert,  diversified  by  lofty  peaks, 
each  showing  the  crater  of  an  extinct 
volcano,  while  deep,  black  chasms  and 
lava-covered  plains  make  up  the  re­
mainder of  its  surface.  Having  become 
satisfied  on  this  score,  the  moon  had 
ceased  to  be  of  any  special 
interest  to 
the  astronomers  until  Prof.  Pickering 
announced  the  discovery  of  snow  on  its 
surface.

If  there 

is  snow  on  the  moon,  then 
is  water,  and  since  this  water 
there 
must  be  converted 
into  moisture  and 
float  in  the  moon’s  atmosphere  before  it 
can  be  condensed  and  fall  in  the  form 
of  snow,  it  follows  that  the  moon  is 
supplied  with  water;  it  has  an  atmos­
phere ;  this  atmosphere 
is  capable  of 
carrying  clouds  charged  with  moisture, 
and  these  clouds  discharge  their  moist­
ure  upon  the  moon  in  the  form  of  snow, 
and,  if  there  be  snow,  there  may  also 
be  rain,  and  from  all  this  may  be  in­
ferred  the  existence  of  conditions which 
are  capable  of  sustaining  vegetable  and 
animal  and  even  human  life.

Europe  and  Africa,  on  one  side,  were 
jammed  against  North  and  South Amer­
ica  on  the  other.  Brazil  fitted  into  the 
concavity  of  the  Gulf  of  Guinea,  while 
the  bulging  mass  of  West  Africa  was 
crowded  against  the  Atlantic  States  of 
this  Union.  When  the  mass  that  went 
to  make  the  moon  was  torn  away,  it  so 
deranged  the  framework  of  the  globe 
that  the  Western  Hemisphere  fell  away 
from  the  Eastern,  and  left  the  vast  gash 
which  is  now  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  while 
the  enormous  cavity  made  by  the  dis­
placement  of  so  immense  a  portion  of 
the  earth's  mass  became  the  Pacific. 
The  inference  is,  also,  that  considerable 
masses  of 
land  were  submerged  in  the 
Atlantic  waters  at  the  moment  of  the 
general  displacement  of  land  and  sea. 
It  is  held  by  some  that  the 
land  mass 
of  the  globe  was  once  all contiguous and 
consolidated  or  separated  by  narrow 
seas,  making  easy  the  migrations  of 
races,  of  which  the  most  conclusive  but 
inexplicable  evidences  are 
found  to­
day.

it 

Without  undertaking  to  theorize  as "to 
the  causes  and  occasion  which 
tore 
from  our  earth  so  vast  a  part  of  its  sub­
stance  and  hurled 
into  space  to  so 
great  a  distance,.it  is  at  least  probable 
that  there  was  some  tremendous  convul­
sion,  which,  however,  did  not  destroy 
all  the  living  things  on  what  remained 
of  our  earth. 
It  is  also  to  be  inferred 
that  some  of  these  creatures,  including 
human  beings,  were  carried  away  on 
the  big  fragment  which  is  now  known 
as  the  moon,  and,  if  the  proper  condi­
tions  of  climate  exist  there,  that  they 
were  able  to  survive.

Prof.  Pickering 

is  one  of  the  fore­
most  astronomers  of  the  present  day 
and,  being  supplied  with  all  the  mod­
ern  apparatus  for  the  study  of  the  heav­
enly  bodies,  his  announcements  con­
cerning  the  earth’s  satellite  can  not  be 
regarded  with 
indifference,  while  the 
interesting  photographs  with  which  his 
statements  are  backed  up  furnish  evi­
dence  which  can  not  be  gainsaid.  Pho­
tography  is  making  remarkable  revela­
tions  concerning  the  heavenly  bodies, 
since  the  telescope  is  able  to  convey  to 
a  sensitized  photographic  plate  impres­
sions  which  are  not  even  received  by 
the  eye.

Another  distinguished  astronomer, 
Prof.  Garrett  P.  Serviss,  has  taken  up 
Prof.  Pickering’s  discoveries  and  treats 
them  with  entire  seriousness,  and he ex­
presses  the  opinion  that  the  moon  is 
again  to  be  an  object  of  careful  atten­
tion  to  the  star-gazers  everywhere.

According  to  the  generally  accepted 
theories,  the  moon  is  a  fragment  of  our 
globe,  thrown  out 
into  space  at  some 
period  far  in  the  past,  but,  failing  to 
pass  beyond  the  influence  of the  earth’s 
attractive  power,  the  outcast  began  to 
revolve  around  its  mother earth,  and  so 
became  a  satellite.  It  is  proper  to  men­
tion  that  the  moon  is  about  2,000  miles 
in  diameter,  while  the  earth  is  about
8,000.  The  mean  distance of the satellite 
from  the  earth  is  about  240,000  miles.
If  the  moon  was  ever  a  part  of  our 
globe,  it  may  be  taken  for granted  that 
it 
is  made  up  of the  same  material  as 
the  earth,  and,  if  the  proper  conditions 
of  climate  and  atmosphere  exist  there, 
it  may  be  assumed  that  the  same  sorts 
of  living  creatures,  animal  and  vege­
table,  could  live  there.

Some  of  the  wild  dreamers  about  the 
way 
in  ¿yhich  worlds  were  built  have 
surmised  that  when  the  moon  was  torn, 
like our Mother Eve from Father Adam’s 
body,  the  big  chunk  that  constituted 
it 
was  taken  out  of  the  continent that filled 
up  the  vast  watery  waste  now  occupied 
time
by  the  Pacific  Ocean.  At  that 

The  fact  remains  that  nobody  on  our 
earth  ever  sees  but  one  side  of  the 
moon,  and  that  side  is  the  volcanic des­
ert,  which  seems,  as  far  as  we  have 
gained  any  knowledge  of  it,  to  be  unfit 
for  human  habitation,  although,  since 
even  that  desert 
is  not  destitute  of 
water,  according  to  recent  discoveries, 
it  is possible  that  some  human  creatures 
may  still  live  there.  But  the  other side 
of  the  moon,  which 
is  never  seen, 
may  be  of  a  very  different  character.  It 
may  possess  seas  and continents watered 
by  rain  and  snow,  with  rivers  and  other 
streams  diversifying  its  fertile  hills  and 
fruitful  plains. 
in  the 
moon  who, 
looking  upon  the  earth, 
should  be  able  to  see  only  the  great 
deserts  of  Sahara,  in  Africa,  or  Gobi, 
in  Asia,  would  gain  but  a  poor opinion 
of  our globe,  and  that  is  precisely  what 
we  are  doing  with  regard  to  the  moon. 
We  see  only  its  desert side, while  it  may 
have  broad  regions  as  fertile  and  as 
beautiful  as  the  Valleys  of  the  Mississ­
ippi,  the  Nile  and  the  Amazon.

The  dweller 

Just  why  we  never  see  but  one  and 
the  same  side  of  the  moon  is  an  un­
solved  problem—unsolved  because there 
are  theories  to  be  maintained,  facts  or 
no  facts..  Some  speculators  have 
in­
vented  extremely  complicated  move­
ments  to  explain  the  mystery,  but  all 
efforts  to  construct  a machine possessing 
such  movements  that  will  produce  the 
required  phenomena  have  failed,  and 
the  fact  remains  that,  while the  volcanic 
desert  on  the  moon  is  the  only  side  of 
it  that  the  people  of  this  earth  ever  see, 
it  will  not  do,  in  the  light  of  recent  dis­
coveries,  to  declare  that  the  other side, 
which 
is  always  hidden,  is  also  a  vol­
canic  waste.

If  the  moon  is  actually  endowed  with 
a  climate,  an  atmosphere  and  condi­
tions  favorable  to  human  life,  and  if, 
as  may  be  fairly  assumed,  the  moon  is 
populated,  it  must  have  for  its 
inhabi­
tants  the  same  sort  of  people  as  exist

it 

upon  this  earth,  and 
is,  therefore, 
possible  that  they  have  developed a civ­
ilization,  and  have  built  cities  and  or­
ganized  states  and 
institutions  some­
what  in  line  with  ours.

The  earth,  as  seen  from  the  moon, 
must  be  a  gorgeous  spectacle  indeed, 
four  times  as  big  as  the  moon  appears 
to  us.  But  this  grand  spectacle 
is  not 
visible  from  the  hidden  side  of  the  sat­
ellite,  and 
it  may  be  well  imagined 
that  the  people  in  the  moon,  in  order  to 
witness  this  magnificent  earth 
its 
fully  illuminated  periods, would  run  ex­
cursion  trains  out to  the  mountains  on 
the  edge  of  the  desert,  from  which  they 
can  enjoy  the  sight  and  light  and poetic 
and  amatory  influences  of  a  moon  four 
times  as  big  as  the  one  we  see.  It  must 
be  truly  grand.

in 

STANDING  BOOM  O N IT. 

Something 

less  than  a  century  ago, 
Thomas  Robert  Malthus,  a  British 
writer  on  political  economy,  gained  a 
jgreat  deal  of  notoriety  by  a  treatise  in 
which  he  set  forth  that  the  increase  of 
population  upon  the  earth  would 
in 
time,  by  exhausting  the  fertility  of  the 
land,  cut  short  the  food  crops,  so  that 
the  great  majority  of  men  and  domestic 
animals  would  die  the  latter  from  being 
consumed  for  food  and  the  people  from 
starvation.

At  that  time  the  magic  power  of 
chemistry  to  create  feitilizers  and  reno­
vate  the  worn-out  lands  had  not  been 
discovered.  To-day  so  complete  is  the 
confidence  in  the ability  of  the  earth  to 
provide  food  for  all  the  creatures  which 
dwell  upon 
it  that  the  forebodings  of 
Malthus  and  other such  pessimists  are 
no  longer  regarded.

Another  writer,  this  time  in  the  Cos­
mopolitan  Magazine  for  July,  has  un­
dertaken  to  show  that  the  time  is  com­
ing  when  the  population  of  the  earth 
will  be  so  dense  that 
it  will  hold  no 
more,  and  signs  will  have  to  be  put  up 
announcing  standing  room  only.  This 
writer  holds  that  wars  are  becoming less 
frequent  and  much  less  destructive  than 
formerly  and  that  the  sanitary  condi­
tion  of  mankind  is  constantly 
improv­
ing,  so  that  the  terrible  pestilences 
which 
in  earlier  ages  decimated  the 
population  of  cities  and  nations  are now 
things  of  the  past.  The  result 
is  that 
the  population  of  our globe 
is  steadily 
and  even  rapidly  increasing.

The  increase  of  the  population  of  the 
world  from  1810  to  1886 was  as  follows: 
WIO................................................... 
682,000,000
1828 ................................................... 
847,000,000
1845...................................................  1,009,000,000
1874...................................................  1.391.000.000

It  is  estimated  from  these  figures  that 
the  rates  of  increase  have  been  as  fol 
lows:  During  1810  to  1828,  twelve  per 
thousand  per  year;  during  1828  to  1845, 
ten  per  thousand  per  year;  during  1845 
to  1874,  eleven  per thousand  per  year; 
during 
1874  to  1886,  six  per  thousand 
per year.  From  these  figures  it  is  held 
that  the  rate  of  increase  for  the  nine­
teenth  century  was  ten  per  thousand  per 
year.

The  density  of  population—the  num­
ber  of  persons  to  one  square  mile  of 
land—in  the  several  principal  countries 
is  thus  given:
1.  Russia....................................................  
15
2.  United States......................................... 
21
3.  China......................................................  95
4.  Spain............... 
96
5.  France....................................................   186
6.  Germany...............................................   263
7.  Italy........................................................  289
8.  United  Kingdom...................................   339
9.  Holland...................................................  411
10.  Belgium..................................................   572
The  three  great  countries  at  the  head 
of  this  list  have  plenty  of  room  left  for 
the  future  expansion  of  theif  respective

 

populations;  but  when  we 
look  at  the 
end  of  the  list,  we  see  that  the  United 
Kingdom,  Holland  and  Belgium  are 
already 
showing  signs  of  becoming 
filled—especially  Holland  and  Belgium. 
The  Dutch,  by  their  indomitable  perse­
verance  and  engineering  skill,  have  lit­
erally  taken  their country  out  of  the  en­
croaching  sea  and  now  they  have 
in 
hand  a  vast  scheme  to  reclaim  many 
square  miles  from  the  menacing  Zuyder 
Zee  by  filling  up  the  sea  and  so  turn­
ing  the  part  reclaimed  into  habitable 
land.  The  pressure  of  population  must 
certainly  be  felt  both  in  Holland  and  in 
Belgium.

crowded 

The  people  of  Belgium,  with  more 
than  500 to  the  square  mile  of  territory, 
are  entirely  comfortable and prosperous ; 
but  how  would  it  be  with  double  that 
population 
same 
space?  The writer  mentioned  considers 
that  the world  will  be  completely  filled 
with  population  when  there  shall  be  one 
thousand  persons  to  each  square  mile  of 
country,  and  the  time  required  to  reach 
that  condition  is  arrived  at  thus:

into  the 

At  the  rate  of  1,000  persons  to  every 
square  mile  of  land  on  the  earth,  the 
space  for  each  person  would  be,  on  the 
average,  less  than  two-thirds  of  an  acre 
apiece,  or a  square-shaped 
land  space 
each  side  of  which  measures  only  55^ 
yards.  This  average 
land  space  for 
each  person 
living  in  the  world  would 
have  to  suffice  for all  purposes—agri­
culture,  mining,  roads,  houses,  parks, 
railways, 
factories,  etc.—and  thus  an 
average  density  of  world population that 
1,000  persons  per  mile  of 
is  equal  to 
land  may  be  regarded,  not 
inappropri­
ately,  as  equivalent  to  the  world’s  being 
full.

Applying  to  the  future  growth  of  the 
world’s  population  the  rate  of 
increase 
that  has  obtained  during  the  nineteenth 
century—one  person  per  hundred  per 
year—the  population  and  number  of 
persons  per  square  mile  will  be  as  fol­
lows :
1900..................  1,600,000,000  or..................  31
2000 .................  4,328,000,000  Or...................  83
2100..................11,706,000,000  or...................   225
2200..................31,662,00',000  or...................  609
2250..................52,073,000,000  o r....................1,001
A  century  from  now  the  world  will 
not  be  uncomfortably  crowded,  so  that 
there  need  be  no  immediate  anxiety; 
but  to  have  to 
live  on  a  globe  where 
i.ooo  people  to  the  square 
there  were 
mile  would  not  be  pleasant. 
There 
would  be  serious 
lack  of  elbow  room. 
The  entire  country  would  not  be  filled 
up  with  population,  since  there  would 
be  vast  cities  with  millions  of 
inhabit­
ants 
in  bouses  twenty  stories 
high,  leaving  land  for  cultivation.  But 
since,  according  to  the  estimate,  there 
would  be  on  our  globe,  instead  of  the 
estimated 
1,600,000,000  of  the  present 
day,  the  enormous  number  of  52,000,- 
000,000,  the  situation  would  be  unbear­
able.

living 

industry 

Unless  such  swarms  of  people  should 
have  arrived  at  such  a  high  state  of 
peacefulness  and 
that  no­
body  quarreled  and  everyone  who  was 
able  worked,  it  would  be  impossible  to 
maintain  such  a  crowded  condition  of 
humanity.  Earthquakes,  deluges,  vast 
conflagrations  caused  by  the  burning  of 
all  the  coal  beds  and  oil  fields,  would 
in  all  probability  intervene  to  kill  off 
the  superfluous  population,  since  nature 
provides  for  every  contingency. 
It  is  a 
matter  for. much  congratulation  that  the 
necessity  for such  a  thinning  out  of  the 
population  is  extremely  remote  as  yet.

Andrew  Carnegie  says  he  would  give 
his  whole  fortune  for  his  lost  youth.  He 
can  search  us  if  he  thinks  we’ve  got  it.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

C lo t h in g

Things  W hich  Render  Panam a  Straw 

H ats  Expensive.

The  Panama  hat  is  floating  gayly  on 
a  mighty  wave  of  popularity.  Twenty 
years  ago  it  was  a  familiar  sight  on 
New  York  streets,  but 
it  was 
pushed  aside  by  various  European  and 
Asiatic  rivals  and  not  in  those  twenty 
years  has  Panama  straw  been  in  such 
demand  as  now.

later 

One  or two of  the  hatmakers  who are 
arbiters  of  masculine 
fashion  are  re* 
sponsible  for  the  resurrection,  and  pre­
sumably  South  American  straw  weavers 
are  rising  up  and  calling  those  auto­
cratic  gentlemen  blessed.  The  supply 
of  finer grades  of  the  straw 
is  already 
practically  exhausted,  and  although  the 
cheap  straw  can  be  woven  to  order  rap­
idly  the  finer  quality  of  Panama  can 
not  be  produced  in  a  hurry,  no  matter 
what  the  urgency  of  the  demand  may 
be.  An  expert  can  not  make  a  hat  of 
the  very  best  quality  in  less  than  seven 
or  eight  months  and  even  the  hats  that 
are  not  so fine  are  a  matter  of  months.
Women  do  the  weaving,  the  men 
never  having  been  able  to  master the 
art 
its  perfection,  although  some 
native  men  do  plait  straw  after  a  fash­
ion.  The 
in  al­
most  all  the  South  American  countries, 
but  the  lion's  share  of  the  best  Panama 
straw  comes  from  Venezuela.

is  common 

industry 

in 

The  straw 

is  woven  from  a  marsh 
grass,  and  the  quality  of  the  finished 
product  depends  as  much  upon  the 
quality  of  the  grass  as  upon  the  work.

For the  best  straw,  the  grass  is  care­
fully  sorted  and  selected,  only  the  finest 
stalks  being  chosen.  Then  the  woman 
who 
is  to  weave  it  squats  herself  down 
beside  a  big  earthenware  jar  of  water, 
takes  a  handful  of grass  and  begins  her 
work,  under  the  surface  of  the  water. 
Every  inch  of  the  hat 
is  woven  under 
water,  this  care  being  necessary  in  or­
der  to  keep  the  grass  moist  and  prevent 
its  splitting  and  breaking  during  the 
plaiting.

Day  after day,  and month after month, 
jar,  work­
the  woman  sits  by  the  water 
ing  with 
infinite  care;  and,  in  seven, 
eight,  or  more  probably  nine  months, 
a  hat  is  ready  for  the  American  or Eng­
lishman  who  has  money  to  burn.  Few 
Panama  hats  of  fine  quality  are  worn  in 
South  America.  To  be  sure,  little  of 
anything  is  worn  by  a  large  part  of  the 
population,  but  even  the  hat  wearing 
element  can  not  afford  the  luxury  of 
fine  Panama.

In  fact,  few  of  the  best  hats  ever  find 
their way  into  the general market.  They 
are  picked  up  by  individuals.  English 
and  American  travelers,officers  on  trad­
ing  ships  or  men-of-war,  foreign  Con­
suls  or  traders,  buy  the  hats  for  them­
selves  or  for  friends  at  home,  and,  of 
course,  the  output 
is  comparatively 
small. 
It  has  been  smaller  than  ever 
within  recent  years,  for  the  demand  has 
not  been  great  enough  to  encourage  the 
industry,  and it  has  been  with  the  South 
American  straw  weavers  as  with  our  In­
dian  basket  weavers.  The 
younger 
generation  has  not  taken  to  the  art  so 
kindly  as 
its  forbears  did,  and  there 
are  few  of  the  young  women  who  can 
compete  with  their  grandmothers 
in 
weaving  skill.

Even  on  its  native  heath  a  good  Pan­
ama  bat  is  expensive,  one  of  good qual­
ity  bringing  about  $40  in  American 
money  and  often  more,  although  loosely 
woven 
inferior straw  hats  may  be  had 
for almost  any  price,  even  as  little  as

a  few  cents  in  our  coin. 
In  New  York 
shops  the  price  of  a  genuine  Panama 
straw  hat  ranges  from  $12  to  $150;  but 
there  are  few  of  the  latter  in  stock,  and 
the  $40 or $50 hats  are  about  the 
limit 
of  the  New  York  man’s  extravagance.

indulge 

Many  a  wife  is  rejoicing  over the  ad­
vent  of  the  Panama,  and  it  is  a  brave 
man  who  dares  to  tell  his  wife  that  he 
paid  $40  for  his  straw  hat.  Never  again 
can  he 
in  the  scathing  satire 
anent  women’s  bonnets  that  is  so  dear 
to  the  average  husband.  Never  can  he 
point  with  modest  pride  to  the  $5  straw 
hat  that  has 
lasted  two  seasons,  and 
demonstrate,  gently  but  firmly,  to  bis 
wife  that  woman’s extravagance  in  mil­
linery  is  what  is  making  man  bald  and 
wrinkled  and  careworn.  He  has  put  a 
weapon 
into  his  enemy’s  hand,  and 
she’s  no  sort  of  woman 
if  she  doesn’t 
use  it.

“ Well,  it’s a love of  a toque,  John.  Of 
course,  $30  does  seem  a  good  deal  to 
pay  for  one  rose  and  a  fold  of  chiffon, 
but  then,  you  know,  one  pays  for  style. 
You  remember, the summer that Panama 
hats  were  the  rage,  you  gave  $40  for  a 
perfectly  plain  one,  not  even an egret on 
it, ’ ’  she  will  say.

Oh,  the  men  who  buy  Panamas  are 
laying  up  trouble  for  themselves!  Still, 
they  buy  the  hats  and  they  retreat  be­
hind  the  excuse  of  durability.  A  man 
doesn’t  buy  a  hat  because  it  is  the  fash­
ion, even  although  it  is  a  bit  of  mad  ex- 
travagance.  Perish  the  thought!  He 
invests  in  Panama  straw  at  $40  per  be­
cause  the  bat  will  wear  forever. 
In  all 
human  probability,  never  again,  in  the 
course  of  his  natural  lifetime,  will  he 
need  to  buy  a  straw  hat.  Say  he 
lives 
twenty  years.  One  $5  straw  hat  a  sea­
son  for twenty  years  means  $100.  That 
is  two  and  one-half  times  the  $40 ex­
pended  on  the 
imperishable  Panama. 
The  number of  men  who are  doing  that 
sum,  to  convince  themselves  and  their 
better-halves  that  a  Panama  hat  at  $40 
is  the  cheapest  thing  they  can  buy,  is 
legion.  Of  course  they  don’t  believe  it, 
but  it  salves  their  consciences  to  think 
they  do.

There  are  men  who  buy  $150  Panama 
hats  without  a  quiver  and  are  un­
ashamed,  but  they  are  the  men  who 
have  unlimited  money,  or  unlimited 
credit,  which 
is  much  the  same  thing.
The  finest  Panama  hat  ever seen  in 
this  country,  and  probably  as  fine  a 
specimen  of  the work  as  was  ever turned 
out,  belonged  to  Gen.  Grant. 
It  was 
given  to  him  during  his  first  term  and 
was  worth  $500.

they 

Panama  hats  are  bought  by  the  New 
importers  in  the  ordinary  native 
York 
flat  crown  and  a 
shape,  with  broad, 
In  the  hat 
wide  rim  slightly  rolled. 
factories  here 
bleached, 
are 
cleaned  and  shaped  to  suit  the  prevail­
ing  styles,  the  Alpine  shape  being  the 
superlatively  correct  thing  this  summer.
The  cheap  Panama  bat,  so  called, 
worn  by  nine  out  of  every  ten  men  on 
the  street,  is  a  poor  imitation  of  the 
genuine  article.  Many  of  these  hats 
are  not  made  of  anything  approaching 
Panama  straw.  The  rest  are  of  French 
Panama  straw.  Great  quantities  of 
Panama  grass  are  exported  from  South 
America  to  France,  where  the  grass  is 
split  and  woven 
into  French  or  split 
Panama.  Even  in  South  America  some 
split  Panama  straw  is  used.  The  grass 
is  split  so  carefully  that  often  no  one 
save  a  connoisseur could tell the finished 
straw  from  genuine  whole  grass  Pan­
ama,  but  it  is  far  inferior  in  durability 
and  texture  and 
is  not  worth  one-fifth 
the  value  of  the genuine  Panama.—N. 
Y.  Sun.

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Dry Goods

W eekly  M arket  Review  of  the  Principal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—Heavy  brown  sheet­
ings  and  drills  have  found  a  limited 
business,  but  as  stocks  are 
low  and  a 
number  of  mills  working  under  orders, 
this  division  can  afford  to  rest  on orders 
for  awhile.  The  tone  of  the  market 
continues  firm.  Bleached  cottons  are 
also  firm,  and 
in  some  quarters  sellers 
are  reserved  at  even  present  prices. 
Wide  sheetings,  cotton 
flannels  and 
blankets  show  no  new  feature  worthy 
of  mention.  Coarse  colored  cottons  are 
in  excellent  condition  as  far  as  the  sell 
ers  are  concerned,  and  in  the  face  of 
, 
moderate  request,  they  are  very  firm.

Prints and Ginghams—Stocks of stapl 
indigoes,  mournings,  turkeys,  etc.,  have 
been  reduced  at  first  hands  and  a  good 
many  fair-sized  orders  have  been  ac 
cepted  for  future  delivery.  Fancy  prints 
are  also  in  excellent  condition,  and 
with  a  strong  print  cloth  market,  the 
condition  of  printed  cottons 
is  very 
good. 
In  some  quarters  we  hear  strong 
talk  in  regard  to  advancing  prices soon 
although  no  open  changes  have  been 
In  fine  printed  cottons  a  fai 
made. 
for  next  spring  has  been 
business 
booked, 
chiefly 
in  confined  styles, 
Napped  fabrics  show  no  change,  and 
the  demand 
is  moderate.  Staple  and 
fancy  ginghams  are  well  situated  and 
the  market  shows  no  change.

Dress  Goods—These  goods  now  are 
receiving  about  the  same  attention  that 
the  heavyweight  suitings  felt  when  they 
were 
first  opened,  namely,  a  small 
amount  of  buying,  and  these  small 
in 
itial  orders.  Whether  the  buying  wiH 
pick  up,  as  did  the  other,  is  partly  a 
conundrum,  but  as  the  general  belief  is 
that  nowhere  near  the  needed  amount  of 
goods  has  been  ordered,  there 
is  every 
indication  of  a  large  amount  of  buying 
in  the  near  future  before  the  jobbers 
will  have  a  sufficient  stock  of  goods  to 
supply  their customers.  Duplicate  or­
ders  are  few,  which  shows  plainly  that 
the  goods  already  out  have  not  been 
tried,  for as  soon  as  the  popular  lines 
are  discovered,  then  will  good  sized 
duplicate  orders  be  billed.  At  this 
writing  it  is  impossible  to  tell  on  which 
lines  the  demand will fall,  i.  e.,  whether 
it  will  be  a  season  conspicuous  for  its 
plain  or  fancy  goods  or whether  it  will 
be  well  distributed, favoring  neither  one 
nor  the  other.  At  present  the  greater 
portion  of  the  business  done  has  been 
in  plain  one  colored  goods,  but  this  in 
no  way  proves  that  solid  colors  will  be 
the  reigning  thing,  as  manufacturers 
have  not  had  a  chance  as  yet  to  find  out 
just  what  will  be  acceptable  to  their 
trade.

It 

Woolen  Goods—The American Woolen 
its  spring 
Company  did  not  open 
staple 
lines  on  July  8,  as  it  was  pre­
viously  reported,  this  opening  having 
been  indefinitely  postponed. 
is  re­
ported  that  the  sales  of  the  company  for 
June  amounted  to  2,500,000  yards  of 
goods,  representing  $3,000,000  worth  of 
business  or thereabouts.  A 
large  per­
centage  of this  was  in  the  form  of  dup­
licate  orders,  on  which  the  profit  was 
good. 
is  said  that  this  company's 
large  buying  of  wool,  which  they  now 
have  on  hand,  at  a  low  market  price, 
was  one  of  the  things  which  helped  to 
turn  the  market.

It 

Underwear—In  the  fleeced  end 

for 
fall,  there  is  more  interest  than  in  other 
lines.  The  activity  which  was  so 
marked  ¡ b  our  last  report  has  fallen  off

again,  presumably  because  the  buye 
have  been  given  a  longer time  in  which 
to  do their  buying  before  prices  are  ad 
vanced  by  the  Association.  The  jobbe 
has  disposed  of good  quantities,  yet  not 
enough  to  make  him  feel  that  he  wi 
need  to  replenish  his  stock 
immediate 
ly.  This  makes  the  duplicate  business 
with  the  mills  slow,  and  very  few  or 
ders  are  being  received.  The 
jobbers, 
according  to  what  they  say  themselves, 
feel  that  they  are  practically  through 
with  fleeces,  except  in  the  way  of  re 
plenishing  retailers’  stocks  as  they  may 
become  depleted 
in  the  fall  and  early 
winter,  and  they  think  as  a  rule  that 
they  have  stocks  enough  to*take  care  of 
any  amount  of  business  that  may  accrue 
from  that  cause.  One  result  of  this 
the  curtailment  of  production  on  the 
part  of  many  mills.

Ribbed  underwear  is  even  less  fortu 
nately  situated.  Agents  are  expecting 
a  hard  season,  strong  competition  and 
cut  prices,  similar  to  what  existed  in 
the  fleeced  end  until  the  Association 
took  hold  of  it.

In  some 

Carpets—Carpet  manufacturers  con 
tinue  to  receive  a  fair amount of  new 
business  each  week,  although,  ai 
rule,  the  orders  are  not  as  large  as  they 
should  be. 
instances,  how 
ever,  some  manufacturers  report  thei 
products  sold  up  for  several  months  to 
come. 
In  fact,  one  manufacturer  of 
high-grade  carpets  is  quoted  as  saying 
that  his  production  of  certain  lines 
taken  up  to  May  1,  1902.  These  are 
rare  cases,  however.  While  the  bulk  of 
the  business  is  being  done  with  the 
cheaper  grades,  such  as  the  4-4  goods, 
it  is  noticeable  that  as  the  season  ad 
vances  the  3-4  goods  are  becoming 
more  in  favor  with  the  buying  public. 
The  cheap  and  medium 
tapestries, 
while  in  a  moderate  demand,  are  not 
likely  to  have  as  much  call  later  as  the 
better  grades  of tapestries.  The  wiltons 
axminsters  and  velvets  are  beginning  to 
show  some  improvement  in  the  way  of 
orders  and  a  good  business 
in  these 
lines 
looked  for  very  shortly.  The 
extremely  hot  weather  experienced  the 
past  week  or two  has  caused  a  number 
of the  large  Philadelphia  mills  to  cur­
tail  their  production  quite  extensively, 
and  their  efforts  to  secure  additional 
business  have  not  been  as  persistent  as 
they  would  have  been  had  climatic  con­
ditions  been  normal. 
The  cut-order 
trade  report  the  usual  summer  dulness 
in  business  as  about  commencing.  This 
season,  while  ending  later  in  the  year 
than  usual,  has  been  in  reality  shorter 
than  previous  seasons,  as  business  to 
any  extent  did  not  commence  until later 
than  customary,  owing  to the  prolonged 
wet  weather  which  occurred  in  April 
and  May.  A good  business  is  expected 
in  the  fall,  as  it  is  believed  that  the un­
favorable  weather 
in  the  spring  has 
caused  many  to  put  off  purchasing  car­
pets  until  the  fall  season.

is 

Rugs—Smyrna  rug  mills  are  work­
ing  full  and  have  orders  ahead  for  some 
me.  The  carpet-sized  rugs  seem  to 
be  in  most  demand,  although  the  me­
dium  sizes  sell  exceedingly  well.  The 
retail  trade 
in  rugs  has  shown  some 
falling  off,  but  this  is  expected  at  this 
season  of  the  year.  Manufacturers, 
however,  are  not  alarmed  at  this  oc­
currence  and  feel  confident  that  buying 
will  be  resumed  as  the  cooler  weather 
sets 
in.  Wilton  rugs  are  in  moderate 
request.

T it  F or Tat.

A  drummer  who  travels  for a  Boston 
grocery  concern  says  that  he  sees  __ 
Maine  some  of  the  sharpest  tricks  that 
are  practiced  anywhere  on  his  route 
He  gives  the  following  specimen :

A  farmer’s  wife  hustled  into  a  store 
in  Washington  county  the other day  and 
went  for the  proprietor with :

“ Mr.  B—,  I  bought  six  pounds  of 
sugar  here  last  week,  and  when  I  got  it 
home  I  found  a  stone  weighing  two 
pounds  in  the  package.”

“ Yes,  ma’am .”
‘ ‘ Can  you  explain  the  swindle,  sir?”  
“ I  think  1  can,”   was the  proprietor’s 
placid  reply. 
“ When  I  weighed  your 
eight  pounds  of  butter week  before  last,
I  found  a  two-pound  pebble  in  the 
jar 
and  when  I  weighed  your  sugar  the 
stone  must  have  slipped  into  the  scales 
somehow.  We  are  both  growing  old, 
ma’am,  and  I  am  sorry  to  say  that  our 
eyesight  isn’t  to  be  trusted.  What  can 
I do  for you  to-day,  ma’am?”

For a  moment  the  woman  gazed at the 
merchant  over  her  brass-bound  spec­
tacles.  Then  she  recollected  herself  and 
remarked  that  she  had  a  dozen  eggs 
which  she  wished  to  exchange  for  hooks 
and  eyes.

The 

late  Joseph  Cook  very  pithily 
said  that  the  five  greatest  things  of  the 
age  begin with  the letter  P—politics,the 
police,  the  press,  the  parlor  and  the 
pulpit.  With  usual  perversity 
in  such 
practical  matters  the worthy and  deserv­
ing  divine  overlooked  the  sixth  and 
most 
is  the 
plunks.

important  of  all,  which 

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KNOW

Of  a  dozen 
good  reasons 
why you 
ought  to  look 
over our 
Fall line  of 
Dry  Goods 
and 
Men’ s
F  urnishings. 
Our  salesmen 
will  tell 
you.

Ask to see Samples of

Pan-American 
Guaranteed  Clothing

Makers

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

Voigt,  herpolsheimer 
& Co.,

Wholesale  Dry  Goods, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

GOODS FOR FALL

The  following are  a  few  of  our  many lines  of goods 
for fall  and  winter wear. 
It  will  be  wise  for you  to 
place your order  early  to  insure  a  complete  as­
sortment:
Duck  Coats,  Mackinaws,  Lumberman’s  Socks, 
Woolen  Socks,  Gents,  Ladies  and  Children’s 
wool  and  fleece  lined  Underwear,  Kersey  Pants,
Wool  and  Cotton  Bed  Blankets.

P.  S T E K E T E E   &  SO N S,

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

This  space  belongs  to

G.  H.  Gales  &  Co.

D etroit,  Mich.

It  is  better 
than  never  to 
better  for  the 
the  messenger 
the  lawyers.

lost 
to  have  loved  and 
have  loved  at  all. 
It  is 
jeweler,  the florist,  and 
boy—and  sometimes  for

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Shoes and  Rubbers

Some  Facts  A bout  Polishes  and  Laces.
There  are  a  great  many  different 
kinds  of  polishes  on  the  market  to-day, 
each  one  claimed  by  the  manufacturer 
to  be  the  “ best.”   Some  of  them  aré 
very  good  and  some  are  “ awfully bad.”  
If  you  have  experimented  until you  dis­
covered  the  right  polish,  stick  to  it.

it 

is  buying  any 

True  it  is that  there  are  a  lot  of  new 
things  brought  out  that  will.bear  inves­
tigation  and  prove  worthy  of  a  place  in 
But  the 
your  findings  department. 
thing  to  avoid 
large 
quantity  of  a  thing  until  you  know  how 
good 
is.  A  small  trial  order  will 
demonstrate  the  worth  of  any  article  if 
the  manufacturer  is  reliable.  Trial  or­
ders  are  sometimes  "  baited”   and  the 
goods  are  selected  with  an  eye  to  get­
ting  a  big  order  on  the  strength  of  the 
“ bait.”   'N o  reputable  dealer,  however, 
will  descend  to  such  means.  Choose 
your  dealer  as  well  as  the  goods.  A 
well-known  house,  a  house  that  has  a 
reputation,  is the  safest  always.

Polishes  are  one  of  the most important 
of  all  in  the  findings  department.  The 
right  kind  preserve  the  shoes  and  make 
friends  for  you.  The  wrong  kind  will 
prove  a  boomerang.  Get  the  right  kind 
and  keep them.

Another  thing.  Work  out  your  old 
stock  by  keeping 
it  to the  front.  Put 
the  new  stock  in  the  background  until 
the  old  stuff  is  cleared  out.  Give  your 
customers  the  best  you  have,  always  en­
deavoring  to  keep  the  stock  fresh  and 
getting  the  older  polishes  sold  up  well. 
Better  order often,  in  small  lots,  than  to 
have  an  accumulation  of  stale  goods.

Most  pastes  and  dressings  require  a 
cool  place  away  from  the  light  to  pre­
serve  them  properly. 
It  is  not a  good 
idea  to  pile  a  window  full  of  dressings 
in  bottles. 
If  you  want  to  make  a  win­
dow  display  use  the  empty  paper  boxes 
with  a  few  bottles  through  the  show  to 
give  life.  Pastes  are  nearly  always  put 
up 
in  tin  boxes,  which  preserve  them 
well  if  kept  out of  the  sunshine.

A'shoe  dealer had  a  pyramid of dress­
ings  in  bottles  in  his  window  not  long 
ago,  and  had  built  a  foundation  of the 
tin  paste boxes.  He  neglected  the  win­
dow  and  allowed  it to  stand  too  long. 
The  result  was  he  had  a  lot of  damaged 
goods  on  his  hands.  The  sun  shone  on 
his  window  nearly  all  day,  and,  as  he 
had  no  awning,  the  goods  dried  up.

Next  time  he  will  know  better.  Show 
cases  should  be  secured  for  shoe  dress­
ings,  and  a  nice  display  kept  in  view 
but  the  best  place  for stock  in  bulk  is 
in  a  drawer  or  on  a  shelf  where  heat 
and  light  will  not  penetrate.

Shoe  laces,  long  neglected,  are  com­
ing  to  the  front.  Time  was  when  most 
any  old  lace  would  do,  but  to-day  there 
is  as  much  style  in  laces  as  in  shoes. 
The  colored  laces  have  had  a  great  run 
and  are  gaining 
in  popularity  every 
day. 
It  seems  now  as  if  the  cheap, 
“ given  away”   kind  were  to  be  rele­
gated  to  their deserved  position  in  the 
rear  rank.  The  fine  silk  lace  will  have 
its  innings. 
It  has  been  deserved,  too. 
The  cheap  one  has  cause d  the  retailer 
endless  trouble.  A  little  firmness,  a  lit­
tle  nerve,  and  diplomacy  will  overcome 
the  evil  of  presenting 
laces to  every­
body.  Here’8  how  one  shoe  store 
handles  that  probem.  A  large  card 
is 
placed  in  the  window  with  this  inscrip­
tion :

No  shoes  delivered.  No  shoes  sent 
C.  O.  D.  No  shoes  charged.  No  extra 
laces  given  away.  Your  money  back  for

the  asking.  For the  accommodation  of 
those  who  do  not  wish  to  carry  their 
packages  we  have  made  arrangements 
with  a  local  express  company,  who will 
deliver  packages  upon  payment  of  io 
cents  each.  We  have  put  up  in  separate 
envelopes  two  pairs  of  extra  quality 
laces.  Price,  5  cents.

is 

You  see  this  store  does  not  flinch 
from  the 
idea  that  “ selling  laces  will 
ruin  my  business.”   They  make a plain, 
straightforward  proposition  and  stick 
to  it.  And  that  store  is  doing  a  splen­
did  business.  Nothing  is  more  ruinous 
to  a  business  than  to  lapse 
into the 
habit  of  allowing  the  customer to  dic­
tate  to  the  “ boss.”  
If  the  boss has  the 
nerve  to  invest  bis  money  in  the  busi­
ness  he  ought  to  run  it  to  suit  himself.
If  he  allows  Mr.  Jones  to  come  in  and 
say,  “ I  want  a  couple  of  pairs  of  shoe 
laces,”  and be meekly  hands  them  over, 
he 
laying  the  foundation  for a  bad 
ending.  Mr. J.  will  continue  to  impose 
upon  good  nature  until  he  will  finally 
demand  a  pair of  baby  shoes or a  pair 
of  slippers  gratis,because  he  has  “ been 
trading  with  the  store 
for  so  many 
years. ”

The  time  to  put  a  check  upon  this 
very  bad  practice  is  right  now.  When 
the  demanding  customer comes  in  and 
asks  for  laces,  show  him  the  free  kind 
and  selling  kind.  Tell  him  there  is 
nothing  in  the  cheap  kind  for either  of 
you,  and  ten  to  one  he  will  pay  five 
cents  for the  better  grade.  Say  to  your 
trade: 
“ Five  cents  may  seem  a  very 
small  amount,  but  twenty  nickels  make 
I  am  giving  you  the  benefit 
a  dollar. 
low  prices  and  can  not 
of  extremely 
afford  to  lose  even  a  copper  cent. 
If  I 
give  you  the  lace3  I must necessarily get 
even  somewhere  else.”

Be  firm 

in  your  position.  Don’t  let 
your trade  get  in  the  habit  of  running 
your  business.  Do  you  go  out to the 
farm  of  one  of  your  customers  and  ask 
for  a  cabbage  or  a  bunch  of  lettuce 
simply  because  you  are  an  old  friend? 
You  buy  them  and  fork  over  the  cash, 
don't  you?  Well,  it’s  as  broad  as  it’s 
long.—Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette.

Incessant A ttendance the Price of Success.
To  paraphrase  the  old aphorism,  “ In­
cessant  attendance  is  the  price  of  suc­
cess, ”   in  the  retailer’s  domain  as  well 
as  in  all  others,  and  the  man  who  ex­
pects  to  make  a  success  of  the  shoe 
business  must buckle  right  down  to  the 
in  his 
fact  that  his  continual  presence 
store  during  business  hours 
is  abso­
lutely  necessary  to  it.  Of  course,  I  do 
not  mean  that  a  merchant  should  never 
take  a  vacation  during  the  summer 
months  when  business 
is  dullest;  in 
very  many  ways  it 
just  an  abso­
is 
lute  necessity  and  a  mighty  good  in­
vestment.  In  fact,  I ’ve  preached  on  the 
subject  of  “ goin*  a-fishin’  ”   before, 
and  at  that  time  I  intimated that  no 
man  could  expect  to  make  a  success  of 
his  business  unless  he  did  go  a-fisbing 
once  in  a  while.

So  I  might qualify  this  week’s text  of 
continual  presence  by-saying  it  is  nec­
essary  except  when 
it  is  time  to go 
fishing.

And,  with  the  exception  of  an  occa­
sional  vacation,  it  is  almost  a  funda­
mental  condition  of  success  that  the  re­
tailer  sticks  close  to  his  store,  and  is 
always  on  hand  when  he  is  wanted,  for 
nothing  so  destroys  confidence  among 
his  customers  as  that  repeated  disap­
pointment  they  feel  when  they  ask  for 
him 
in  the  place  he  ought always  be 
found.  Customers  are  queer  creatures, 
sometimes,  and  many  a  man,  dealing 
as  a  regular  thing  at  one  particular

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p n r r n r n r Y T Y T Y Y Y T ^

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Wholesale

Boots  and  Shoes

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

J L O J L O J U L O . J L O J U L O J U U U U L O .

Of Interest to Shoe  Dosiers

Q.  Who made GRAND RAPIDS famous for shoes?
A.  RINDGE,  KALMBACH,  LOGIE  &  CO.
Q.  What are some of the lines made by them that others Imitate?
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.

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Wear

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store,  likes  to  have  the  personal  ele­
ment  in  evidence  and  prefers  to  be 
waited  upon  by  the  proprietor  rather 
than  one  of  the  clerks.

Of  course,  a  man  doing  any  kind  of 
business  couldn’t  begin  to wait  upon  all 
bis  customers. 
If  he  could,  or  had  to, 
he  would  have  no  need  to employ assist­
ants;  but  I’ll  venture  to  say  that  in  al­
most  every  retailer’s  experience  he 
knows  enough  customers  who  prefer 
dealing  directly  with  him  to  keep  him 
fairly  busy  every  day.

Too  many  storekeepers  get 

into  the 
habit  of  running  out at  all  hours  of  the 
day—sometimes  down  to  the 
“ drug 
store  to  get  a  soda”   or around  the  cor­
ner  to get  a  cigar—so  that  they  are  not 
actually 
in  their  stores  one-half  of the 
time,  and  their  business  suffers  in  con­
sequence  in  such  a  way  that  it  is  hard 
to  determine  just what causes  the  suffer­
ing.

This  continual  presence  should  apply 
to  the clerks  and  assistants  with  every 
bit  as  much  force  as  it  does  to  the  pro­
prietor.  Too  many  of  them  get  into  the 
way  of  running  out  upon  the  slightest 
pretext,  and  the  store  suffers  not only 
by  actual  loss  of  business  by  reason  of 
no  one  to  attend  to  it,  but  in  reputa­
tion.

A  writer  in  one  of  the  trade  papers 
coming  to  my  desk,  in  taking  up  this 
same  subject  recently,said:

I have  seen  this  ‘ ‘ running-off'”   tend­
ency  affect  an  entire  store  force ;  and 
certainly  nothing  could  be  more  de­
moralizing.  When  one  man  starts  it 
another  catches 
it,  he  passes  it  to the 
next,  and  he  to  the  next  until  the  whole 
force  has  the  infection.  Small  stores  in 
little  towns  seem  to  be  the  must  suscep­
tible.  The  boss  will  stroll  down to  the 
“ corner”   with  a  friend,  then  the  book­
keeper  will  embrace  the  opportunity  to 
slip  out  the  back  door on  a similar jour­
ney,  then  a  clerk  will  slip  out  a  side- 
door,  and  another  will  slip  out  of  some 
other door,until  finally  there  is  hardly  a 
corporal’s  guard  left  on  duty.  This  is 
not  an  exaggeration;  cases  of  the  sort 
have  come  under  my  personal  observa­
tion. 
I  recently  went  into  a store  in  the 
middle  of  the  day  and  found  only  three 
men  on  duty.  At  the  time,  nine  men 
were  employed—the  other six  were  out. 
Of  course,  this  was  a  dull day,  and there 
were  no  customers  in  the  store  when 
they  left  it,  but  that  was  no  indication 
that  there  would  never  be  any  custom­
ers  there.
Nothing  on  earth  is  so exasperating to 
a  woman  as  to  come  into  a  store  and 
ask  for  the  proprietor only  to  find  him 
out.  She  generally  has  some  particular 
business  to transact  when  she  asks  for 
him,  and  she  does not  relish  the  idea  of 
being  compelled  to  wait  until  he  comes 
back.  His  business  is  there  within  the 
store  anyway.

The  greatest  encouragement  a  mer­
chant  can  give  his  assistants  is  to set 
them  a  good  example  by  sticking  to  his 
store  and  being  on  hand  when  he  is 
asked  for,.—Shoe  and  Leather  Facts.

It 

The  Extrem es  A re Too  Heavy.
is  very  doubtful 

if  the  extreme 
mannish  shoe  for  women  will  ever  have 
a  very  extended  call.

The  shoe,  as  it  is made,  is  too heavy, 
and  a  woman  seriously  objects  to  place 
upon  her  feet  such  a  cumbersome  arti­
cle  of  footgear  as  tires  the  feet  in  walk­
ing.
The  good,  roomy,  thick-soled  shoe, 
moderately  mannish,  will  always  be 
popular,  and 
in  style 
are,  as  usual,  a  passing  fad  which  is 
bound  to  crop  up  so that  the  salesman 
can  say  he  is  showing  something  new.

the  extremes 

Definite  Instructions.

Lady  (to  clerk  in  clothing  store)—I 
want  a  pair of  trousers  for my  husband. 

Clerk—What size,  madam?
Lady—I  don’t  know  the  size,  but  be 

wears  a  fifteen collar.

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of  its  convenience  and get-at-it-iveness. 
They  trade  there  because  it  saves  a  trip 
to the  city.  There  are  plenty  of  people 
who  prefer  to  buy  their  own  and  their 
children’s  shoes  near  home  to  save  car 
fares  and  time.  Possibly  they  would 
not  trade  there  under any  circumstances 
it  were  as  convenient  to  get  their 
if 
shoes  in  the  city. 
If  this  is  the  reason 
that  they  do  it,  what  is  the  use  of  giv­
ing  them  an  extra  quarter  or  a  half 
dollar  on  a  pair  of  shoes and  thereby 
cutting  the  profit  down  25  to  75  per 
cent? 
In  doing  this  it  is  not only  the 
retailer  that  suffers,  for  if  a  jobber’s 
customers  are  not  making  money  he 
will 
in  the  end  have  his  full  share  in 
the  misfortunes  of  those  customers.

Here  is  a  chance  for  the 

jobber,  and 
the 
jobber’s  credit  man  to  do  a  little 
qui et  missionary  work  which  ought  to 
bring  a  good  harvest.—Boot  and  Shoe 
Recorder.

A  Wise  Husband.

Mrs.  Shoperround—They  had  a  bar­
gain  in  gloves  at  Abargain  &  Loseller's 
department  store  to-day—but  I  didn't 
need  any  gloves.
Mr.  Shoperround  (apprehensively)— 
Indeed?  Er—how  how  many  pairs  did 
you  buy.  dear?

A  shoe 

How  the  Jobber Can  B etter  His  Custom­

ers  and  Himself.
jobber  told  me  the  other day 
that  one  of  the  worse  features  of  his 
business  was  his  trade  with  a  certain 
class  of  suburban  customers.  All  around 
his  city  within  a  radius  of  ten  or twenty 
miles  there  were  small  villages in which 
were  situated  stores  devoted  to  the  sale 
of  a  mixed  stock—dry  goods,  millinery, 
small  wares,  and  a  few  other things, 
and  with  them  a  larger or  smaller  vari­
ety  of  shoes.  These  suburban  mer­
chants,  as  well  as  others  who keep stores 
devoted  entirely  to  the  shoe  business, 
were,  many  of  them,  his  customers,  and 
he  found  that  a  large proportion of  them 
were  poor  pay,  and  that  some  of  them 
had  asked  him  to  accept  a  greater  or 
less  number  of  cents  on  a  dollar because 
of  their  inability  to  carry  on  business at 
a  profit.

This  has  led  to  an  investigation  on 
jobber  of  the  way  in 
the  part  of  the 
which  business  is  done  in  these  subur­
ban  stores.  He  has  come  to  the  con­
clusion  that  in  bis  line,  and  possibly  in 
every  line,  these  merchants  have  a  very 
erroneous 
idea  of  the  way  to  carry  on 
business.  The  dealers  in  this  class 
seem  to  have  made  up  their  minds  that 
they  must  compete  with  the  department 
stores 
in  the  great  city.  They  argue 
that  if  they  do  not  they  will  not  be  able 
to  get  trade,  because  people  will  go  into 
the  city  to  purchase  unless  they  can buy 
cheaper  at  home.

On  this  account  the  suburban  mer­
chant  buys  a  good  quality  of  shoes  and 
sells  them  at  a  very  considerable  dis­
count  from  the  price  charged  by  the 
city  retailers.  Now  this 
is  all  wrong, 
and 
jobbers  will  do  their  customers  a 
lasting  favor,  and  perhaps  at  the  same 
time  better  their chances  of  getting  ioo 
cents  on  the  dollar,  if  they  will  ad­
vise  their  customers  to  charge  as  much 
for  their goods  as  do  the  city  retailers. 
Arguments  are  in  favot of such a course. 
The  average  retail  buyer  is  more  apt  to 
go  to  the  city  to  buy  his  goods  than  he 
is  to  buy  them  of  the  smaller  suburban 
meichants,  not  because  he  can  get  bet­
ter  prices,  but because  he  thinks that  he 
can  get  a  larger  variety  from  which  to 
select.

The  city  retailer  must  have  a  good 
profit  because  his  expenses  are  large. 
If  the  suburban’s  current  expenses  are 
smaller so  much  the  better  for  him. 
If 
he  is  selling  a  good  quality  of  shoes  at 
the  same  price  as  the  city  competitor 
he  can  make  a  larger  profit  because  his 
cost  of  doing  business  is  less.

There 

is  no  valid  reason  why  he 
shouldn’t take  advantage  of  his  more 
fortunate  position  as  regards  proportion 
of  expenses  to  receipts.

This  may  be  thought  to  be  the  retail­
jobber’s. 
er’s  business  and  not  the 
However,  I  consider  it  very  much  the 
jobber’s.  There  are  plenty  of  retailers 
who  rely  on  the  merchants  from  whom 
they  buy,  for advice  and  guidance,  and 
certainly  every  retailer  values  the  good 
opinion  of  the  credit  man  of  the.  house 
with  whom  he  deals.  The  credit  man 
can  save  himself  from  some  bad  quar- 
ters-of-an-hour  if  he gives  this  good  ad­
vice 
in  a  plain  and  direct  manner to 
each  of  his  suburban  customers.

Let  him  find  out  the  price  at  which 
bis  customer  is  selling  the  goods  he 
is  making 
buys  and  see  whether  he 
enough  profit. 
is  all  nonsense  for 
the  suburban  retailer  to  think  that  he 
can  not sell  goods  at  city  prices.  Peo­
ple  do  not trade  at  his  store  because  he 
sells  at 
less  prices  than  bis  city  com­
petitor.  They  trade  at  his  store  because

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TH E  USUAL,  RESULT.

D eath  F or the  C utter and D em oralization 

F or th e  Others.

During  the  past  year  or so  a  revoiu 
tion  has  occurred  in  the  grocery  busi 
in  a  certain  town  in  Ohio.  The 
ness 
cause  of  it  is  a  remarkably  good 
ilius 
tration  of  the  hardship  that attends com 
petition—the  moral 
embodied 
in  the  idea  that  a  merchant 
has  a  perfect  right  to  do  what he pleases 
with  his  own  goods  and  his  own  busi­
ness,  regardless  of  the  harm  he  does  his 
competitor.

injustice  that 

The  town  1  refer  to  is  a  very  conser 
vative  place.  There  is  plenty  of  money 
in  it  and,  if  I  remember,  about  a  dozen 
grocers.  There  isn’t  a  single  new  store 
among  this  dozen.  Every  one  has  been 
established  for  a  good  many  years  and 
has  been  handed  down  from  father  to 
son  in direct  succession.

Every  grocer  in  business  in  this  town 
fixed. 
has  made  money  and 
Two  or  three  are  extremely  well  to  do 
and  the  rest  have  all  they  want  and 
little  more.

is  well 

So  far  as  my  experience  goes  this 
condition  hasn’t  a  parallel  in  the  whole 
United  States.

Clerking  in  one of  these grocery stores 
when  I  lived  in  this  place  was  a  callow 
in  the  expressive 
youth  who  rejoiced 
nickname  of 
‘ ‘ Slickey, ”   which  he  got 
on  account  of  the  very  slick  way  he 
combed  his  hair. 
“ Slickey”   had  a 
head  of  oily  hair  and  he  thought  it  the 
essence  of  good  form  to  soap  it  down 
on  top  of  his  flat  little  forehead  like  a 
smear of  black  paint.

After  denting  a  while,  “ Slickey’ 
got  ambitious,  and  went  to  New  York. 
He  had  some  relatives  of 
influence 
there,  and  they  got  him  in  one  of  the 
biggest  branch  stores  operated by  James 
Butler. 
In  some  way  or other  he  rose 
to  be  a  sort  of  branch  manager and  thi: 
he  remained  until  about  a  year ago, 
when  I  saw  him  one  day  on  the  Jersey 
City  ferry.

“ Hear  about  my  good 

asked  with  a  broad  smile.

luck?”   he 

“ No,”   I  said,  “ what  was  it?”
“ My  uncle  just  died  and  left  me  over 

$3,000,”   he  said,  proudly.

I  congratulated  him  both  on  the  death 
of  the  uncle  and  the  acquisition  of  the 
three  thousand  simoleons.

“ What  are  you  going  to  do  with  it?”

I  asked.

“ Well,”   he  replied,  “ I ’ll  tell  you. 
I ’m  going  out  home  to  show those  old 
fellows  how  to  run  a  grocery  store. 
They don’t  know—there  ain’t a  man  in 
——  that  knows  how  to  run  a  grocery 
I ’m  going  to  put  a  New 
business. 
York  cut  store 
in  six 
months  I ’ll  be  doing  the  business  of the 
town. ’ ’

in  there,  and 

“ God  pity  ’em !”   I  ejaculated,  sym­
“ Slickey”   alone  would 
pathetically. 
be  bad 
but 
“ Slicky”   and  a  cut  store  together— 
Heaven  attend!

thought, 

enough, 

I 

“ You  bet your life !”  said  “ Slickey,”  
re­
’em 

enthusiastically, 
mark  as  compliment. 
sing  all  right,  won’t  I,  eh?

interpreting  my 
“ I ’ll  make 

“ Oh,  there’s  a  splendid  field  out 
for  a  cut  store,”   he  went  on. 
is—you’ ve  been 
like 

there 
“ You  know  what 
there.  Why,  the  scheme’ll  go 
wildfire!”

it 

“ Well,”   I  replied,  “ you  may  suc­
ceed  yourself,  but  you’ll  ruin  the  busi-| 
ness  of  every  other grocer there. ’ ’

What  i n -----do  I  care?”   was

“  Slickey’s”   retort.

Well,  “ Slickey”   opened  bis  store,

and  I  have  followed  his  career  with 
good  deal  of  interest.  He  spent  a  big 
slice  of  his  $3,000  in  fitting  and  stock 
ing  up.  He  got  a  good  place  on  the 
main  street,  next  door to  a  corner,  and 
bought  his  fixtures  with  a  lavish  hand 
He  certainly  had  a  fine  store—a  little 
flashy  but  -glittering  with  glass  and 
nickel  and  handsome  as  grocery  stores 
go.

“ Slickey”   started  the  ball  rolling  as 
if  he  had  a  mint  back  of  him  instead 
of the  little  end  of  $3,000.  He  bought 
big  spaces  in  the  two  local  newspape 
and  waded 
in  to  do  a  typical  city  cut 
price  business.

The  result  of  “ Slickey’s”   scheme,  to 
make  a  long  story  short,  shows  the  bale 
ful  influence  of  a  cut  price.  “ Slickey’ 
came 
into  a  market  where  the  peopl 
had  been  accustomed  to  pay  the  grocers 
a  fair  profit—an  old-fashioned  grocery 
profit—and  the  older  fellows  who  read 
this  know  what  that was.  Naturally,  he 
could  afford  to  sell  a  good  deal  cheape 
and  make  a  profit  that  has  come  to  be 
considered  fair  in outside markets where 
competition  and  the  hand  of  the  cutter 
have  pushed  cost  and  selling  price  too 
close  together.

And  that 

is  exactly  what  “ Slickey’ 
did,  but  the  result  of  the  move  was  not 
what  he  expected.  As  I  stated,  the  town 
n  question  is  inordinately  conservative 
-people  as  well  as  merchants.  When 
the  people  there  sized  up  the “ Slickey’ 
store—be personally  had  never cut  much 
ice  when  he  was  a  clerk  in  the  town— 
they  didn’t  flock  there 
in  the  crowds 
that  “ Slickey”   thought  they  would 
They  took  “ Slickey’s”   prices,  though, 
and  went  to  their  old  grocers  with 
them. 
In  a  word,  they  stuck  to  thei 
old  grocers,  but  they  expected  to  be 
paid  for  doing  it.

found 

When 

“ Slickey”  

that  his 
scheme  wasn’t  working,  he  got  a  little 
'ight-headed—cut  his  prices  deeper 
This  worked  exactly  like  it  bad  before 
The  people  took  the 
low  prices  and 
used  them  to  beat  down  their  own  gro 
cers’  prices. 
In  six  months  from  the 
time  “ Slickey”   entered  the  town,  the 
range  of  grocery  profits  was  fully  10 
per  cent,  lower than  it  was  before. 
In 
place  of  the  calm,  even,  easy-going, 
assured  existence  which  the  grocers  led 
before,  they  were  in  a  turmoil.  Thei. 
profits  were  cut,  every  hour  brought 
daily  wrangles  with  their customers— 
accusations  of  over-charge—and  they 
could  have  choked  “ Slickey”   to death 
with  infinite  pleasure.

“ Slickey”   lasted  just  eleven  months 
Then  he  went  all  to  pieces  and  was 
sold  out.  He  did  not  succeed  himself, 
but he  had  the  satisfaction  if  it  is  a  sat- 
sfaction,  of  knowing 
that  he  had 
plunged  the  grocery  business  of  that 
little  Ohio  town  into  a  hullabulloo  that 
will  last  it  for twenty-five  years.

It 

There  is  the  injustice  of  it.  An  in­
competent,  hair-brained 
chump  has 
gone  into  this  Ohio  town  and  deliber- 
itely  bored  a  hole  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness  boat. 
isn’t  sinking  quite,  but 
is  by  no  means  riding  as  high  as  it  was 
before.  The  safe  calm  of  the  business 
destroyed,  profits  are  cut,  incomes 
curtailed,and  all  because  a callow  thing 
called  “ Slickey”   wanted  to  show  the 
grocers  of  his  town  howto  run a  grocery 
business.

Can  anybody  imagine  the  grocers  of 
that  town  getting  their  prices  back  to 
where  they  were  before?

It  is  tough 

luck,  but  what  are  you 
going  to  do  about  it?—Stroller  in  Gro­
cery  World.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Shorts  in  a Corner.

it 

“ Y es,”   said  young  Mr.  Bashful to his 
best  girl,  “ the  stock  market  has  been 
through  considerable 
excitement  of 
late.’

“ Oh,  yes,”   the  girl  responded,  eager 
to  take  part  in  conversation  on  a  topic 
which  interested  her Adolphus,  “ I  have 
read  a 
in  the  paper—all 
about  those  dreadful  bulls  and tears and 
things. ”

lot  about 

“ Y es,”   Adolphus  went  on: 

“ they 
got the  shorts  in  a  corner and  effectual­
ly  squeezed  them.”

“ Did  they?”
“ Y es.”
“ I  think,”   the  demure  maid  added 
after a  few  minutes’  meditation,  ’ ’ that 
if  ever  I  become  a  speculator  I  shall  be 
a  short. ”
.  A  few  minutes  later she  found  it  was 
not  necessary  to  speculate  in  stock  in 
order  to  be  treated  as  a  short.

Empty  compliments  and 
abuse  are  on  an  equal  footing.

senseless 

William  Reid

Importer  and  Jobber  of  Polished 
Plate,  Window  and  Ornamental

Glass

Paint, Oil, White Lead, Var­

A 

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nishes and  Brushes

GRAND   R A PID S,  MICH.

W. FRENCH,
Resident Manager.

N e w - 1901 - T e a s

The  advance  shipment of our  High  Grade

» '  t

Quakeress
and
Queen

Brands
New

►

Has  Just  Arrived  from  Japan

Nothing  finer  in  the  tea  line  ever  came  to  this  market. 
We  talk  Q uality;  THAT builds  up  your Tea  trade.

Give  us an  order.  W e’ll do  the  rest.
WORDEN  GROCER  CO.,  Importers

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

Cheese  Announcement 

to  the  Retailers

If you  w an t  a  rich,  mild,  soft  cutting,  F ull  Cream 
Cheese,  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.

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65-79 Wert Maumee S t 

Adrian, Michigan

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 5

The Meat Market

lúcrense  in  the  Sale  of  Horse  Meat  in 

Paris.

It  seems  curious  indeed  that  a  nation 
is  of 
supposed  to  represent  much  that 
the  higher quality  in  life  should,  at  the 
same  time,  manifest  such 
peculiar 
tastes 
in  so  many  ways  as  do  these 
French  people.  Wander around  in  the 
Latin  Quarter  of  the  city of Paris, which 
has  so 
long  been  the  home  of the  art 
students—although in  reality  very  much 
more  than  art  has  its  home  there—and 
you  will  be  surprised  and  puzzled  at  the 
number  of  golden  horse  heads  above  the 
shops  of  tradesmen.  When  you  have 
investigated  a 
little  the  explanation 
comes,  for  you 
learn  that  there  is  an 
unwritten  law  that these  yellow  heads, 
aglitter  in  the  sun  when  the  sun  does 
shine  in  Paris,  must  appear  above  the 
places  where  horse  meat  is  sold.  So  you 
may  be  sure  that  at  every  shop  where 
these  odd  signs  are  seen  horse  meat 
and  mule  meat  and  donkey  meat  are  for 
sale.  One  can  not  help  wondering  how 
it  happens  that  such  a  nation  should 
countenance  such  a  traffic,  for,  after  all 
has  been  said  that  can  be  said,  there  is 
something  inherently  obnoxious  in  the 
use  of  this  noble  animal  for  food.  Talk 
with  a  dealer,  perhaps  along  the  Rue 
Mouffetard  in  one  of the  most  congested 
quarters  of  Paris,  where  the  poor  peo­
ple  are  crowded  together  in  unwhole­
some  masses,  and  he  will  tell  you  that 
the  meat  he  sells  is  of  a  fine  quality, 
that  it  is  wholesome,  that  it  is  cheap— 
what  more  benevolent  thing  could a man 
do  for  the  poor than  to  offer them  such 
food?

There  is  no question  as  to  the  matter 
of  cheapness,  oras  to  the  desirability  of 
having  lower-priced  meats  for  the  poor, 
for  in  point  of  fact  the  price  of ordinary 
meat  in  Paris  is  practically  prohibitive 
to  the  poor,  who  must go  meatless  all 
their  days  when  a  roast  sells  at  thirty 
cents  per  pound  and  is  very  ordinary 
meat  at that.  But  I  can  not  see  that  the 
dealer's  argument  holds 
good  any 
further  than  this.  And  yet  there 
is 
much  horse  and  mule meat sold in Paris. 
By  the  figures  given  me  at  the  office  of 
the  supervisor  of  foods,  under  whose 
inspection  of 
jurisdiction  comes  the 
meats,  there  were  killed 
last  year  for 
consumption 
in  Paris  fifteen  thousand 
and  ten  horses.  Any  one  who  is  at  all 
familiar  with  the  extent  of  the  traffic 
will  tell  you  that  these  figures  fall  very 
short of the  actual  amount  consumed. 
Without  any  question  the  authorities, 
and  very  naturally,  wish  to  minimize 
the  extent  of  the  traffic,  although  why 
in  the  name  of  all  that  is  Christian  they 
it  altogether  is  some­
do  not  prohibit 
thing  no  American  can  understand. 
I 
think,  from  what  1  have  seen  and  heard 
in  Paris,  that  the  above  number  would 
have  to  be  multiplied  several  times  to 
reach  the  amount  actually  eaten.

One  of the  officials  at  the  government 
headquarters, whet)  asked  as  to  the  char­
acter of  the  meat  sold,  said  that  it  was, 
of course,  all  inspected  in  order  to  see 
that  it  was  wholesome.  Then  in  answer 
to  another question,  he  frankly  admitted 
that  the  butchers  could  not afford to  buy 
the  best  horses  for  killing  because  they 
were  so expensive. 
It  was  a  little  diffi­
cult  for  one  to  harmonize  these  state­
ments,  and  it  paved  the  way  easily  to  a 
belief  that the  stories  of  the  slaughter­
ing  of  injured  horses,  and  the  use of 
those  which  may  have  died  from  dis­
ease,  might  not  be  so  very  far out of 
the  way  after all.  Naturally  enough  the

reputable  sellers  of ordinary  meats  are 
quick  to  denounce  the  sale  of  horse 
flesh,  but  the  dealers 
in  the  latter  are 
never  at  a  loss  for a  word  in  its  favor; 
so  we  may  leave  them  to  their  contro­
versy.

I  wanted  to  make  a  photograph  of one 
of  the  best  known  shops  on  the  Rue 
Mouffetards  but the  camera had a deeper 
meaning  than  I  thought  to  the  woman 
in  charge  and  she  would  not  under  any 
consideration  allow  the  picture  to  be 
taken;  and  when  a  lively French woman 
of  the  shop-keeping  class  sets  out  to 
spoil  the  photographic  prospect  she  can 
succeed  to  the  queen’s  taste.  Not  far 
away 
in  the  Rue  Broca,  however,  I 
found  a  dealer  who  was  not  unwilling 
to  be  photographed;  in  fact  he  was 
willing  to  leave  his  customers  to  shift 
for  themselves  that  he  might  appear  in 
the  picture  alongside  his  big  side  of 
in  front  of  his 
mule  meat  suspended 
neat  shop.  Along  the  sides  of 
the 
room  were  the  white  cloths  which  are 
found 
in  all  the  better shops  encasing 
the  wood  or  iron  work  in  such  a  way 
that  neither  the  sides  of  the  shop  nor 
the  meat 
itself  shall  become  the  least 
contaminated.  You  will  find  scarcely 
a  shop,  even 
for  the  sale  of  the  horse 
is  not  kept  in  a  very  neat 
meat,  which 
and  attractive  manner. 
It  is  hard  to 
understand  how  they  manage  to  pre­
serve  their  meat  as  well  as  they  do  in 
any  of  the  shops  as  they  fight  shy  of  the 
use  of 
ice  on  account  of  its  very  high 
price.  Many  of  the  markets  have  long 
heavy  iron  bars  in  front  of  their  shops 
which  can  be  so  adjusted  at  night  that 
the  air  may  freely  circulate  around  the 
sides  of  meat  while  thieves  may  not.

it 

is. 

The  laws  are  stringent on  the  subject 
of  labeling.  No  piece  of  horse,  donkey, 
or mule  meat  may  be  exposed 
for  sale 
without  a  large  oval  brass  tag  about  ten 
inches  in  length  upon  it  plainly  telling 
what 
I  suppose  there  may  be 
those  who  would  evade  the  law,  but  I 
fancy  they  must  be  in  the  minority,  for 
no  reputable  dealer  would  feel  like  tak­
ing  the  chances,  not only  of  arrest  and 
punishment  but  of  serious  damage  to 
his  business  bound  to  follow  an  evasion 
of  the  law.  Horse  and  mule  meat  sell 
at  about  the  same  price  for  correspond­
ing  cuts.  The  cheapest  cuts  will  bring 
about  four cents  per  pound  while  the 
best  roasts  will  fetch  as  high  as  twenty- 
two  cents  per  pound.  Donkey  meat 
will  average  about  sixteen  cents  per 
pound,  although  donkey  sausage  is  con­
sidered  by  many  one  of the  delicacies 
of  the  Paris  dietary  and  sells at  a  hand­
some  figure.

The  greater  number  of  the  horses 
eaten  in  Paris  are  killed  in  the  regular 
abattoirs,  where  there 
is  close  govern­
ment  supervision,  but  some  are  killed 
on  the  premises  of  the  butchers.  One 
of  the  best  known  of. the  abattoirs  is  lo­
cated  on  the  Boulevard  1’Hopital.

The  entrance  to  the  abattoir  is  an  at­
tractive  one,  big  trees  on  either  hand, 
large  iron  gates,  a  lodge  or  house  of  the 
guard  in  the  center  of the 
interior  and 
the  slaughtering  places  around  at  vari­
ous  points  in  the  enclosure. 
I  started 
out  to  get  a  permit  to  go  over  the  ab­
attoir,  see  the  killing  of  the  horses,  and 
perhaps  make  some  photographs  of  the 
interior,  but  too  much  red  tape  was 
wound  around  the  application  to  secure 
a  permit  within  an  average 
lifetime 
and  I  did  not  go.  I  was  heartily glad  of 
it,  too,  for,  say  what  they  will,  argue 
as  the  French  people  will  as  to 
its  aid 
to  the  poor,  prepare  all  the  attractive 
information  they  may  showing  how 
wholesome- and  edible  the  food 
is,  yet

when  all  is  said  and  done  there is some­
thing  too  fine  and  noble  and,  if  you 
will,  beautiful,  about  this 
splendid 
friend  of  man,  too  insistent  an  intelli­
gence-more  nearly  human  than  the  in­
telligence  of  almost  any  other domestic 
animal—for  one  to  look  with  equanim­
ity,  and  how  much  less  with  favor,  upon 
such  scenes.  The  horseless  carriage 
is 
coming  in  every  large  city,  the  electric 
cars  are  going  more  and  more  to  dis­
place  the  horses,  the  trucking  of  the 
great  business  marts  will  be  done  with 
steam  or  electricity,  even  the  work  of 
the  farm  will  eventually  be  done  by 
electrically  driven  plows  and  mowers 
and  threshers—the  horse  is falling  out of 
the  race  and  therefore  there  is  nothing 
left  for  him  but  the  shambles.

Ah,  well,  let  those  who  so argue  take 
what  comfort  out  of  it  they  can;  for  my 
part,  I  would  rather  every  gentle,  soft- 
eyed,  big-hearted horse  on  the  continent 
should  die  of  old  age  and  not  leave  colt 
or  kin  behind  him  than  that  any  of  his 
noble  race  should  be  bred  for  an 
igno­
minious  death  at  the  hands  of  a  mer­
cenary  butcher. 
I  do  not  think  I  shall 
ever  forget  the  feeling  of  disgust,  cha­
grin,  perhaps,  and  in  a  certain  sense 
indignation,  too,  that  came  over  me 
several  years  ago  on  a  former  visit  to 
Paris,  when  I  sat  at  one  of  the  open  air 
tables  alongside  one  of  the  boulevard 
restaurants  in  the  dusk  of  an  autumn 
evening  before  the  street 
lights  were 
out.  and  ate  two  or three  mouthfuls  of  a 
peculiar,  yet  not 
ill-tasting,  piece  of 
steak  with  which  I  had  been  served  by 
the obliging  waiter.  While  there  might 
be  something  provocative  of  laughter  in 
the  fact  that,  without  question,  1  had 
been  taken 
in,  yet  there  was  more  to 
make  one  pity  the  race  that  would  per­
mit  such  a  thing  than  there  was to make 
one  laugh  at  the  clever  deception. 
It 
was  my  first,  and  last, mouthful  of  horse 
meat. 

W.  S.  Harwood.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Village  Improvement

The  H ealth  of the  People  the  B eginning 

of Happiness.

This 

is  the 

inscription  over the  en­
trance  to  the  Brookline,  Mass.,  public 
baths,  the  first  municipal  baths  built  in 
America.  They  were  constructed  only 
after  careful  study  of  the  best  models 
in  England  and  Germany,  as  well  as 
those  of  our  own  West  Point  and  An­
napolis.  The  cost,  when  finished  and 
fully  equipped,  was  $43,000. 
The 
main  part  of  the  building  contains  the 
natatorium,  spectators’  gallery,  running 
track  and  dressing  rooms,  and  is  well 
lighted,  well  ventilated  and  commodi­
ous.  The main  tank  is  80 feet  long  and 
26  feet  wide,  and  has  an  average  of 
feet  of  water.  The  bottom  of  the  tank 
slopes  gradually,  and  is  four  feet  deep 
at  one  end  and  seven  feet  at  the  other. 
Around  the  swimming  hall  are forty-two 
dressing  rooms,  with  a  passageway  on 
either  side.  At  one  end  of  the  swim­
ming  hall  are  three  rain  baths,  at  the 
other, two ;  these are for the  preliminary 
cleansing  bath  required  of  all  before en­
tering  the  swimming  tank.

On  the  right  of  the  entrance  is  the  in­
struction  room,  containing  a  small  tank 
22  by  10  feet,  with  water of  an  average 
depth  of  3 ^   feet;  six  large  (double) 
dressing  rooms  and  a  rain  bath.  On  the 
left  of  the  entrance  is  a  large  room  con­
taining  six  rain  and 
footbaths,  and 
three  bath  tubs  with  an  overhead  rain- 
bath  attachment,  and  nine  dressing 
rooms.  The  two  swimming  tanks  are 
lined  with  white  glazed  brick,  and  the 
floors  of  the  tanks  are  covered with light 
adamantine  mosaic. 
in 
these  tanks,  taken  from  the  public 
drinking  supply, is  constantly changing, 
and  the  standard  temperature,  from  75 
to  80  degrees  Fahrenheit, 
is  easily 
maintained. 
Impurities,  if  present,  are 
constantly  swept  from  the  surface  of 
the  water  by  a  superficial  current  from 
a  large  copper  gargoyle.

The  water 

The  water  is  entirely  drawn  off,  the 
tank  washed  out,  and  refilled  at  least 
every  other  day.  Nearly  twenty  million 
gallons  of  water  was  used  in  1900.

A  ladies’  hair  drying  room  is  on  the 
second  floor;  laundry  and  lockers  in  the 
basement.  All  towels  and  bathing  suits 
are  sterilized  before  using.  The  floors 
are  of  granolithic  and  are  heated  by  a 
system  of  steam  coils underneath,  which 
keeps  them  warm  and  dry.  Nearly  six 
thousand  non-residents  availed  them­
selves  of  the  privileges  of  these  baths 
in 
1900.  Numbers  of  students  from 
from 
Wellesley  College,  and  classes 
other  schools  received  swimming 
in­
structions.

The  school  children  are  obliged  to 
take  swimming  lessons  as  a  part of their 
regular  course  of  study,  being  graded 
for  proficiency  and  receiving  diplomas 
the  same  as  in  other classes.  The police 
are  obliged  to  learn  to  swim  and  are 
instructions  in  saving  persons 
given 
and 
lives 
have  already  been  saved  by  this  knowl­
edge  on  the  part  of  pupils  and  the  po­
lice.

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One  of  the  most  notable  muni­
cipal  playgrounds 
in  America  com­
prises  twelve  and  six-tenth  acres  of 
ground 
in  the  most  densely  populated 
part  of  Cambridge,  Mass.  The  field 
house  is  of  brick. 
It  provides  lavator­
ies,  matron’s  and  janitor's  rooms,  and 
room  for  the  sale  of  refreshments.  The 
broad  hall 
in 
stormy  weather.  The  basement  provides 
storage  room  for  bicycles  and  a  place

is  a  gathering  place 

including 

the 
for  the  change  of  clothing  by 
athletes.  On  either  side  of  the  field 
house  are  hedge-enclosed  playgrounds 
for  small  girls  and  babies.  The  sand 
courts  are  also  here,  under  the  matron's 
eye.  The  greatest  space  is  given  up  to 
the  gravel  playground  that  in  winter  is 
flooded  for  a  skating  pond.  The  cost  of 
this  playground, 
land  and 
construction,  was  $194,733,  or about  37 
cents  per  square  foot. 
In  1893  the  as­
sessed  value  of  the  property  within  the 
area  of 
influence  was  $936,100;  inside 
of  five  years  the  value  had  increased  to 
$1,661,600,  making  a  net gain  of  $725,- 
500—nearly  enough  to  pay  for the  inter­
est  and  sinking  fund. 
The  cost  of 
maintenance  including  salaries  of  ma­
janitor,  is  nearly  $6,300  per 
tron  and 
year. 
“ From  the  moment  a  child  en­
ters  the  ground  an  endeavor  is  made  to 
surround  him  with  habits  of  clean  con­
versation,  respect  for  authority,  regard 
for the  rights  of  the  weak,  fair  play  to­
wards  his  equals,  personal  cleanliness 
and  many  more  of the virtues  that  make 
a  good  citizen.’ ’ 
In 1896 the  Northwest 
University  of  Chicago  established  a 
playground  roomy  enough  for three  or 
four thousand  children.  In  an  interview 
with  Lieutenant  Knoll  of  the  police 
force  of  the  district  embracing 
this 
playground,he  said: 
“ Young  boys  un­
der  sixteen  who  are  not  occupied  loaf 
around  street  corners,  they  have  no 
place  to  go,  they  get  into  saloons,  they 
annoy  passers-by  and 
crowds. 
They  resent  the  interference  of  the  po­
lice,  and  finally  they  are  arrested.  We 
hate  to  do  this  as  it  is  the  first  step  to­
wards  pushing  a  boy  downward  into  the 
criminal  class.  Since  this  playground 
is opened  they  come  in  here,  they  give 
us  no  trouble  whatever,  and 
juvenile 
arrests 
in  this  vicinity  have  decreased 
fully  33)4  per cent.”   It was  also  proved 
that  juvenile  crime  in  July  and  August 
in  one  crowded  ward  was 60  per cent, 
greater  than  during  the  other ten months 
of the  year.  Is further argument  needed, 
think  you?

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It  has  been  said  that  bill-boards  and 
the  hideous  disfigurement  of  natural 
scenery  by  advertising  signs  are  the  re­
sult  of  the  modern  spirit  of  commer­
cialism,  and  that  soap,  saloon,  cigar 
and  chewing  gum  signs  follow  the  flag 
of  civilization.  People  who  but  lately 
were  classed  as  cannibals  and  barbar­
ians  do  not so disfigure their landscapes. 
In  Bermuda  public  sentiment  makes  it 
so  unprofitable  for a  man  to  paint  signs 
on  fences  and  rocks  that  special  legisla­
tion  is  unnecessary.  H awaii’s  laws  for­
bid  a  man  from  bringing  his  fences 
within 
150  feet  of  the  roadside.  That 
space  must  be  left  for  natural  growth. 
The  trees,  shrubs,  vines  and  flowers 
growing  in  these  spaces  are  looked after 
and  carefully  tended,  while  advertise-

ments  on  rocks  and  other conspicuous 
places  are  prohibited  by  law.  The  ad­
mission  of  Hawaii  to the  Union  may  be 
the  unexpected  means  of  elevating  the 
public taste  of  our country.  Eight  years 
ago  in  England  was  formed  the  society 
called  “ Scapa,”   whose  object 
is  to 
“ Check  the  Abuses  of  Public  Advertis­
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than  one  thousand  members.  Among 
them  are  Millais, 
James 
Bryce,  Sir  Charles  Dilke,  and  many 
others  equally  distinguished.  A  strong 
contingent  are  members  of  Parliament. 
“ Scapa”   has  driven  the  flashlight  ad­
vertisements  out  of London  by  decree  of 
the  Town  Council,  while  that  body  vol­
untarily  removed  all 
advertisements

the  artist, 

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Westminster,  and  other  owners  of  large 
estates  have  forbidden  the  placing  of 
any  signs  thereon.  The  German  attache 
in  London  drew  the  attention  of  his 
home  government  to  the  good  work  of 
“ Scapa”   and  the  result  was  a  law  reg­
ulating  the  size  of  sign-boards  and  the 
localities  where  they  might  be  placed. 
A  license  for  the  privilege  must  also  be 
paid.  France 
is  taxing  them  out  of 
existence.  Rome  licenses  them  under 
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Quincy,  Illinois,  have  recently  passed 
the  most  stringent  laws  yet  offered  ior 
the  abatement  of  this  nuisance 
in 
America.  Many  towns  have  attempted 
to  regulate  this  nuisance,  but  the  at­
tempts  were  both  feeble  and  futile.  Let 
us  make  it  a  national  matter.  The  gov­
ernor  of  New  Hampshire,  outraged  at 
the  advertising  signs  painted  on  the 
rocks  through  Crawford’s  Notch,  de­
clared  he  would  have  a  bill  put  through 
the  Legislature  that  would  drive all such 
signs  from  the  State. 
It  was  this  same 
feeling  of  outrage  on  the  part  of  the 
citizens  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  which 
caused  a  mob  in  that  city  to  threaten 
the  destruction  of  a  firm  which  threw 
its  gaudy 
flashlight  advertisements 
against  the  almost  sacred  Castle  Rock 
Advertising  audacity  and  genius  are 
places 
proper  enough,  but  there  are 
where  ohe 
in 
truded 
dignation  against  such  firms  very  harm 
interest.  The  educations 
ful  to  their 
in  our  publi 
value  of  good  pictures 
schools  is  well  understood. 
Is  not 
lack  of  scenic  pride  a  distinct  loss  to 
our  patriotism?  A  municipal  art  soci 
ety 
in  Belgium  offered  prizes  for the 
most  beautiful  signs.  The  result  was 
satisfactory,  in  that  it  proved  that  the 
handsomest  signs  have  attracted  and 
held  permanent  attention.

finds  advertisements 
in  a  way  which  arouses  an 

Jessie  M.  Good.
The  Storekeeper’s  Wife  Gives  a  Roll 

F or an  Oliver.

Written for the Tradesman.

lips. 

creeper, 

Airy  and  cool  under  elm  shade  and 
wind-swayed  Virginia 
the 
white-painted,  green-blinded  cottage  of 
George  Van  Arsden  had  settled  down 
that  summer afternoon  to  keep  as  com 
fortable  as  possible  during  the 
intense 
heat  which  was  making  June  that  year 
as  disagreeable  as  the  hottest August 
weather;  and  little  dainty,  black-haired 
and  black-eyed  Mrs.  Van  Arsden,  in 
white  with  pale  pink  ribbon  at  neck 
and  waist,  was  out  on  her  broad  ver 
andah  with  her  pretty  embroidery  as 
cool  and  comfortable  as  the  wind  that 
kissed  her  sweet 
“ Singing  she 
wrought”   and  so  interested  was  she  in 
the  delicate  blossom  she  was  fastening 
with  her  needle  to  the 
in  her 
hands  that  she  did  not  hear  the  gate 
latch  click  behind  her  husband  nor  his 
foot  on  the  walk  as  he  came  up  with 
letter  in  his hand.  Not  until  it  fell  over 
her  head  upon  her  lap  was  she  aware  of 
his  approach  and  then,  with  an  “ Oh! 
George!  How  you  do  like  to  startle 
m e!”   she  picked  up  the  letter  and 
looked  at  the  address  and  the  postmark. 
George  had  thrown  himself 
into  his 
’  wicker  easy  chair  on  the  other  side  of 
the  willow  work  table  and  with  a  sar­
donic  grin  of  expectation  waited  for  the 
opening  of  the  letter. 

It  ran  thus:

linen 

My  own  dear  Lu cy:  Tom and  I  hav# 
about  made  up  our minds  that  we  can’t 
let  the  summer go  by  without  spending 
another  August  with  you  and  George. 
We  don’t  know  of  any  “ little  cottage 
with  a  creeping  vine”   half  so  delight­
ful  as  yours  and  last  year  when  we  got 
back  from  Sweetwater  we  were  so rested 
and  brightened  up  that  our 
friends 
hardly  knew  us.  Naturally  we  want  to 
try 
it  again.  We  want  some  more  of 
your  fresh  milk  and  vegetables and  your 
dainty  cooking,  and  we  write  early  so 
as  to  antedate  other friends  who  may  be 
looking  forward  to  the  same  delights. 
Do  write  soon  and  say  that  we  may 
come.  Tom  sends  oceans  of  regards, 
and  so do  I—to  you  both.

between  them  settled  for  support  upon 
the  high  chairback.  Mrs.  Van  Arsden 
folded  the 
it  carefully  into 
its  envelope,  looked  at  her  husband  and 
laughed.

letter,  put 

The  Van  Arsdens  were  young  people, 
five  years. 
who  had  been  married 
come  to  Sweetwater  a 
George  had 
stripling,  had  served  his  time 
in  the 
village  store  and  ended  by  buying  out 
the  proprietor,  married  and  here  he 
was,  thrifty  and  fairly  well  to  do,  with 
a  good  store  of  goods,  a  cozy  home  all 
his  own  and  was  looked  upon  as  one  of 
the  enterprising  men  in  the  village.

A  year  ago  the  Leighs  had  asked  to 
spend  Angust  with  them  and  Mrs.  Van 
Arsden,  glad  of  the  opportunity 
to 
brighten  an  old  schoolmate's  not very 
prosperous  life,  had  opened  her  house 
and  her  heart  to  her  early  friend,  who 
effusively  accepted  the  invitation  and 
just  as  effusively  made  her  friend’s 
house  her  home;  and  during  the  whole 
of  that  burning  August  weather  she 
never 
lifted  her  finger  to  do  a  stroke  of 
work  during  her  entire  stay,  although 
Mrs.  Van  Arsden  had  no  maid  and  was 
not  the  skillful  housekeeper that  she  be­
came 
later.  The  visitor  did  not  even 
take  care  of  her own  room  and,  not  be­
ing  an  early  riser,  the  second  breakfast 
and  the  delayed  work  made  such  in 
roads  on  the  good  hostess’  health  that 
months  passed  before  she  fully  recov 
ered  from  her  summer's  experience. 
It 
had  been  simply  taking  summer  board 
ers  without  the  weekly 
formality  of 
board-paying  and  when  the  trunks  of 
the  Leighs—Tom  had  come  on  for  the 
last  fortnight—started  on  the home  jour 
ney  the 
indignant  George  said  to  his 
wife,  “ There,  Lucy,  we’ re  to  have  no 
more  of  that;”   and  he  meant  it.

So,after  Mrs.  Van  Arsden  got through 
laughing  now,  the 
indignant  husband 
wanted  to  know  what  she  was  going  to 
“ You  know,my  dear,  that 
do  about  it. 
that  thing 
is  never  going  to  happen 
again.  She  came  here  and  turned every­
thing  topsy-turvy.  Nothing was sacred. 
My  chair was  hers,  my  paper  was  hers, 
my—but  never  mind,  it’s  over  with  and 
we’re  to  have  no  more  of  it.  Hadn’t  I 
better answer the  letter and  have  it done 
with?’

“ I’ ll  answer  it,  dear,”   and,  with  the 
sweetest  smile  imaginable,  she  went  on 
with  her  blossom  making  and  George 
went  back  to  the  store.  During  the 
afternoon  this  was  the 
letter  she  com­
posed  and  she  read  it  to  her  husband 
when  he  came  home  to  dinner:

My  dearest  Elizabeth:  Your  sweet 
letter came  a  few  hours  ago  and  I  has­
ten  to  reply.  I  read  it  to  George  to  hear 
what  he  thought  about 
it  and,  man 
fashion,  he  said  “ No,”   in  the  largest 
kind  of  capitals;  but,  like  most of  these 
big  fellows  with  a perfectly savage bark, 
his  bite  doesn't  amount  to anything. 
The  only  thing  he  insists  on  is  that  he 
simply  will  not  give  up  his  room  to 
anybody  else.  At  first  I  rebelled  and 
nsisted  that 
it  was  not  hospitable  to 
give  you  the  small  room  we  used  last 
summer;  but  George  silenced  me  by 
saying  that  you  didn’t  give  up  your big 
room  to  us  when  we  came  to  see  >ou 
last  winter.  So  I  guess  we  shall  have 
consider  the  room  question  settled. 
We  didn’t  find  it  so  very  warm 
last 
summer,  except  in  the hottest  weather, 
and  then  with  only  yourself  in  the  room 
will  not  be  as  uncomfortable  as  we 
leave  it  that 

it.  So  we’ ll 

two  found 
way.

Affectionately,

In  thinking  over  the  work  and  ex­
pense  part—I ’ve  been  helping  in  the 
store  considerably  during  the  year  and 
have  got  to  be quite  a  financier,  George 
says—I  couldn’t  do  the  work  for  both 
Two  masculine  legs  became  suddenly
families  as  I  did  last  summer,  I  grew 
limp,  two  masculine  arms  fell  hope­
thin  on  i t ;  but  1  think  it  will  be  rather
lessly  from  their shoulders  and  the  head | nice  for  us  to take  turns  doing the work,

Elizabeth  Sherwood  Leigh. 

you  doing  it  one  week  and  I  the  next. 
Then  we’ll  keep  a  careful  account  of 
the  expenses  and  at  the  end  of  each 
week  we’ll  settle  up.

I  haven’t  done  my  washing  and  iron­
ing  for  nearly  a  year,  but  I  can  make 
arrangements  with  my  washwoman  for 
you  and  so  prevent  the  annoyance  you 
suffered  last  summer  in  having  me  as­
sume  responsibility  for  your  washing. 
You  feel  just  as  I  do;  but,  as  each  pays 
for  her  own  washing,  we  sha’n’t  be 
troubled  about  that. 
I  have  just  heard 
of  one  good  thing:  Both  the  IVfowry 
girls  are  at  home  and  they  have  con­
sented  to  come  over  and  help  any  time 
we  want  them. 
“ A  dollar  a  day  and 
found,”   George  says,  “ is  pretty  steep 
for country  prices;”   but  he  says  he’d 
rather  pay  that  than  have  me  work  as  I 
did 
It  won’t  be  so very 
expensive,  however,  as  each  will  hire 
her  own  help  and 
it  will  come  only 
every  other week.

last  summer. 

I  must  add  that  this  arrangement  can 

be  made  for August  only,  as  July  is  too

early  and  September too  late  for  us. 
If 
these  conditions  suit  you  we  shall  be 
glad  to  have  you  come.  The  cottage 
and  the  vine  are  here  and  the  fresh 
milk  and  vegetables  are  begging  to  be 
eaten.  All  you  have  to  do  is  to  pack 
your  coolest  things  and  start  the  first of 
August.

Lovingly  yours,

Lucy  Fen wood  Van  Arsden.

A  few  days  later  Elizabeth  Sherwood 
Leigh  wrote  to  her dear  friend,  Lucy 
Fenwood  Van  Arsden,  saying 
that 
“ Tom  had  decided  to  spend  their  va­
cation  at  the  seaside;”   and  the  store­
keeper and  his  wife  laughed  again.

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

_ Tommy  Smith—This  is  the night your 
sister’s  best  feller comes,  ain’t  it?
tryin’  to  shake  him.

Willie  Jones—Yes,  but  I  guess  she’s 
Tommy  Smith—How  d’yer  know?
Willie  Jones—She  eat  onions  for sup­

per to-night.

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Hardware

Steel  Range Is  B etter  Than  Cast  Range.
Two  or three  years  ago  1  should  have 
been  very  glad  to  have given  a  few  sug­
gestions,  or  even  been  pleased,  had  I 
only  known  how to reach  the  stove  man­
ufacturing  companies,  but  the  troubles 
of  two  or  more  years  ago  have  mostly 
been  remedied  and,  as  1  glance  at  the 
steel  range  and  cook  of  to-day,  it  seems 
to  me  as  if  there  is  little  or  no  room  for 
criticism,  and  as  all  stove  companies 
have  men  lying  awake  nights  compos­
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own  goods  I  do  not consider  it worth my 
time  to  say  much  in  that  line. 
I  think 
the  steel  range  is  a  better  construction 
by  far  than  the  cast  range.  First,  by 
appearance  only,  I  consider  it  so  far  in 
advance  that  it  leaves  the cast  range  out 
of  sight.

Ninety-nine  and  one-half  per  cent, 
of the  housewives  will  tell  the  hardware 
dealer  that  there 
is  less  than  one-half 
the  work  to  keep  the  steel  range  clean 
from  dust  and  dirt.

And  the  most  precious  about  the  steel 
range  is  the  almost  dust  and  ash-proof 
oven,  which  all  neat women  admire.  As 
there  is  no  oven,  top  or  fire-back  to 
crack,  there 
is  no  chance  for the  ashes 
and  dust  to  leak  down  onto  the  custard 
pies  as 
is  the  case  with  cast  stoves  of 
all  kinds.  Let  the  admirers  of  cast 
goods  say 
in  praise  what  they  will  of 
their goods,  I  do  not  hesitate  in  saying 
that  to  find  a  cast  range  or  cook  which 
has  been  in  service  for a  few  years  with 
a  tight  oven  is  a  curiosity  indeed  and 
should  be  placed  upon  exhibition.

And  to  further  this  statement,  I  beg 
Jeave  to  relate  a  little  experience  of  my 
own  which  took  place  the  latter  part  of 
my  experience  in  hardware.  As  I  was 
showing  up  the  good  points  of  our 
ranges  to  a  newly-married  hired  girl,  1 
called  her attention  to  the  steel  and  al­
most  air-tight  oven.  She  examined  it 
more  closely  than  any  tinner  ever  does 
an  oil  tank  and  asked  a  hundred  and 
forty-eleven  questions,  such  as  only 
women  can  ask  concerning  a  stove  and, 
after  I  had  answered  them  all  favor­
ably,  she  said  that  was  the  range  she 
wanted,  as  she  bad  worked  “ out”   ever 
since  she  was  fifteen  years  of  age  and 
now  she  was  thirty-five;  had  worked  in 
New  York,  Chicago,  Omaha  and  at  a 
hundred  or  more  different  places,  and 
she  had  always  considered  her  place 
learned  as  soon  as  she  had  found  all  the 
“ cracks  in  the  oven,”   and  knew  where 
to  set  the  pies,  cakes,  etc.,  where  they 
would  be  liable  to catch  the  least  ashes 
while  baking.

This  woman  was  a  splendid  cook  and 
knew  what  she  was  talking  about,  al­
though  it  may  be a  bitter  dose  for  some 
to  swallow;  hut  if  there  are  any  dealers 
who  think  I  am  outrageous  in  my  state­
ment,  if  they  will  take  the  trouble  to 
enquire  of  their customers,  What  is  the 
matter  with  their  stove?  the  answer  will 
be,  My  stove  is  O.  K.  only  the  oven  is 
cracked  and  the  woman gets  wild  some­
times  when  she  has  her  baking  spoiled 
by  the  ashes  falling  through.

The  first  steel  range  that  I  ever sold 
was  to  an  old  couple  from  the  rocky 
coast  of  Norway.  They  came  to  the 
State  of  Iowa  about  thirty  years  ago. 
Had  bought  one  of  ye  old  time  cook 
in  Milwaukee  when  they  first 
stoves 
landed  and 
it  had  served  them  every 
day  up  to  the  time  I  sold  them  the 
range,  and 
it  was  with  tears  in  their 
eyes  that  they  stated  their wants,as their
Id  stove  had  fallen  to  pieces  in spite  of

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their  hopes  that  it  would  have  lasted  as 
long  as  they  did.  They  asked  to  see  the 
best  stove  we had  in the  store  and  I  sold 
them  the  steel  range,  cautioning  them 
not  to  use  as  much  fire  or time  to  bake 
as  they  did  with  the  old  stove. 
I  was 
almost  sorry  for  this  statement,  as  the 
old  lady  took  it  as  much  to  heart  as  if  I 
had  insulted  an  old  friend  and,  looking 
me  in  the  eyes  said,  “ Young man,  when 
you  and  your new  stove  have  baked  as 
much*  as  my  old  stove  and  me  with  as 
little  and  cheap  fuel,  it  will  be  all  right 
for  you  to  tell  me  how  much  coal  to 
use.”  
1  said  no  more  at  the  time,  and 
not  until  two  days  later  did  I  think  of 
the  range  or  old  woman,  when 
she 
stepped  into  the  store  and  informed  me 
she  would  not  keep  the  range  as  she 
could  not  make  it  bake;  that  it  burned 
everything  to  “ black  ashes.”   I  knew 
there  was  something  wrong  and  thought 
I  smelled  too  much  fire  and  finally  per­
suaded  her  to  go  home  and  try  less  fire, 
and  she  did.  Two weeks  later  I saw  her 
again  and  asked  about  the  range  and 
was  informed  that  while  she  liked  it 
ever  so  much  better  than  she  had,  she 
still 
longed  for  her  old  stove,  as the 
steel  range  would  burn  the  bread  before 
it  was  baked, 
I  told  her  to  use  still 
less  fire  and  she  only  laughed  at  me  as 
she  said  she  was  using  so  little  file  al­
ready  that 
it  was  contrary  to  all  her 
rules  and  all  she  knew  about  cooking 
to  use  less,  as  she  bad  never  seen  the 
stove  that  would  bake  with  as  little  fire 
as  you  could  cook  with  and  that  was  the 
rule  she  kept  house  by. 
I  told  her there 
was  only  one  out  of  two things  for  her 
to  do—she  would  have  to  use  less  fire 
and  break  her  rules  or  else  we  wanted 
her to  return  the  steel  range  as  we  did 
it  if  it  was  not 
not  want  her  to  keep 
giving  satisfaction. 
1  did  not  see  or 
hear  from  them  again  for two  weeks, 
when  they  both  came  into  the  store  all 
smiles,and  I  asked  them  if  they brought 
back  the  range,  and  the  old  lady  held 
one  hand  up  to  me  (warningly)  and 
said,  “ You  young  tinner  man  won’t 
get  that  stove  back  for $ioo.  I  can  bake 
as  nice  bread  as  you  ever ate  with  three 
corn  cobs  and  a  wad  of  bay.”   The  old 
gentleman  smiled  and  said  the  luckiest 
event  of  his  life  was  when  the  old  stove 
fell  to  pieces,  as  he  could  save  enough 
in  fuel  every  year to  buy  a  new range  if 
need  be.

I  know  I  am  going  to  extremes,  but  I 
think  this  statement  will 
illustrate  the 
difference  between  the  old  castiron  cook 
of  thirty  years  ago  and  the  steel  range 
of to-day.

As  to  improvements,  I  have  this  to 
say,  that  many  companies  are  too  sav­
ing  of  asbestos lining or packing.  While 
the  steel  range  will  work  without  any 
asbestos  lining,  still  those  with  asbestos 
lining  have  only  to  be  seen  and  tried  to 
be  appreciated  by  any  one  who  consid­
ers  economy,  and  I  have  yet  to  see  my 
first  range  or oven  which  I  would  con­
demn  on  account  of  too  much  lining. 
Another  and  the  greatest,  drawback  that 
I  know  of  about  steel  ranges  is the enor­
mous  amount  of  poor nickel-plate  used 
as  trimmings  and  ornaments.
Nickel-plate,  I  suppose,  is 

intended 
to  make  the  range  attractive  and  pleas­
ing  to  the  eye  while  it  is  in  the  store, 
provided 
it  don't  have  to  be  carried 
over thirty  days,  but  in  case  it  must  be 
carried  from  one  season  to  the  other, 
there  is  hardly  anything  more  trying  on 
the  merchant  than  to  find  that,  instead 
of  the  white  nickel,  there  is  rust  and  he 
is  often  required  to give  a  greater  dis­
count  than 
is  his  profit  on  account  of 
poor  nickel-plate.  Were  this  all  we

could  gladly  forgive  and  forget ;  but  no 
less  is  the  disappointment  of  the  house­
wife  who  receives  a  bright  and  beauti­
ful  steel  range,  either  as  a  necessity  or 
a  remembrance  of  some  noted  time,  and 
in  spite  of  her  best  care  she  will  find 
within six  months  after  receiving it  that 
the  nickel  has  turned  to  black  and  rusty 
iron.  Now,  this  is  something  worth  at­
tention  of  stove  builders,  as  the  average 
woman  has  only  from  one to two chances
in  a  lifetime  to  buy  a  stove.  It  is  some­
thing  which  they  must  stand  around  or 
over  every  day  of  the  year,  and  if  they 
make  the mistake of  buying  one  covered 
with  nickel  in  the  first  place,  I  can  de­
scribe  what  you  will  see  in  its  place 
six  months  later,  and  you  can  imagine 
what  comfort 
it  must  be  to  the  house­
wife  to  be  thus  disappointed in what she 
once  took  such  pride.  As  1  glance  at  a 
muchly-nickeled  steel  range 
it  makes 
me  feel 
like  asking  if  stove  manufac­
turers  have  a  motto  different  from  ours, 
as 
it  seems  by  the  poor nickel-plate 
which  most  of  them  use  that their  motto 
is  to  “ deceive”   instead  of  “ please.”

I  have  found  it  a  hard  matter  some­
times  to  persuade women  that  what  they 
ask  for  in  a  range 
is  just  what  they 
don’t  want,  as  over  50  per  cent,  of 
women  would  prefer  a  range  entirely 
covered  with  nickel,  never  stopping  to 
ask  if  it  is  durable. 
If  nickel  on  steel 
ranges  is  indispensable  I  would  ask  for 
better work  in  that  line  than  we  have  in 
the  stove  trade  to-day.

Another  defect  of  the  ranges  some 
years  ago—before  so  many  were  made 
of  planished  steel,  or  were  made  of 
enameled  steel—was  a  place  in  the  end 
of  range  on  a  level  with  the  gate  where 
the  enamel  would  always  burn  off,  thus 
giving  the  range  an  ugly,  untidy 
look, 
in  many  of  the  steel  cooks  and
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they  will  usually  declare  that they  never 
have  as  hot  a  fire as  their neighbor,  and 
his  stove  never gets  out  of  shape.

If  people  could  be  educated  as  a 
whole  on  some  of  the  simplest  matters 
it  would  be  made  easier  for  those  who 
endeavor  to  supply  their wants,  but  as 
they  can’t,  stove  manufacturers  will 
have  to  try  to  build  stoves  which  can’t 
be  clogged  with  ashes,  otherwise  the 
grate  can  never stand  the  racket  which 
some  people  give 
it,  both  in  cast  and 
steel  goods  alike.  The  construction  of 
the  stove 
is  the  only  thing  which  can 
save  the  grate,  since  we  burn  coal,  and 
manufacture stoves that will draw ; unless 
the  ashes  is  kept  cleared  from under  the 
grate  this  trouble  will  continue.—B.  E. 
Anderson 

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Guessing  Contests  to  A ttract Trade.
If  you  are  going  to  hold  a  guessing 
contest  this  fall,  surround  it  with  a  cer 
tain  amount  of  dignity,  and  make  it at­
tractive  from  start  to 
finish.  Have 
everyone 
in  the  neighborhood  talking 
about  you  and  speculating  as  to  the  re 
suit  of  the  contest.  Above  all,  make 
the  contest  worth  while.  If  you  think 
there  will  be  enough 
interest  in  it  to 
pay  you,  give  half  a  dozen  good  prizes, 
to  first,  second,  third,  fourth,  fifth  and 
sixth  winners.  Start  out  with a  prize  of 
considerable  value  that  will  attract  at­
tention,  and  will  be  desired by everyone 
who  sees  it.  If  you  think  you  can  afford 
it give  a  silver  set  as  first  prize.  Such 
an  article  can  be  purchased  from  your 
jobber  at  a  very  small  figure.  Then 
offer as  the  next  prize  a  plated  piece  of 
silverware  of  value,  and  so  on  down 
through  the  list.

Have  a 

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winners. 
If  you  are  on  good  terms  with 
the  country  editor  he  will  be  glad  to 
help  you.  Possibly  the  minister  may  be 
induced  to  aid  you  in  reaching  a  de 
cision  or  the  mayor,  or  some  other  good 
citizen,  whose  name  in  connection  with 
the  contest  will  be  an  assurance  that 
everything  is  done  fairly  and  honestly.
the 
guesses  as  they  come  in  and  be  care­
ful  that  they are recorded  plainly  and  so 
that  there  can  be  no  future  question  as 
to  them. 
It  may  be  advisable  to  give 
each  customer a  slip,  in  addition  to  re 
cording  the  guess  in  this  book,  the  slip 
to  contain  the  guess  made,  and  the 
number  of  the  guess  on  the  book,  so 
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Do  not  have  the  guessing  contest  at 
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middle  of  August  as  possible,  so  that  i. 
will  not  interfere  with  your  regular  fall 
trade  that  comes 
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The  Passenger  Department  of  the  Grand 
Rapids &  Indiana  Railway  has  issued  a  36- 
page  booklet,  entitled  “ Michigan  in  Sum­
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Northern Michigan.  Interesting information 
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Petoskey 
Bay  View 
H arbor  Springs 
H arbor P oint 
W equetonsing 
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Em m et  Beach 
W alloon  Lake
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houses in Northern Michigan, with their rates 
by the day  and  week,  and  passenger  fares 
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Mackinac  Island 
Traverse  City 
Neahtaw anta 
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G ra n d   R a p id s  &   In d ian a  R a ilw a y

ranges  of to-day  I  notice  this  particular 
place  being  made  of castiron  or else  a 
draft  or  something  to  take  the  place  of 
that  once  ugly  spot.  While some seem to 
have  profited  by  experience,  still  there 
are  those  who  still  turn  out  what 1 would 
call  an  enameled  firebox.  This  is  not 
noticed  so  much  where  wood  is  burned 
as  where  coal 
is  used,  coal  making  a 
much  hotter  fire,  if  it  takes  a  notion  to 
run  away  from the cook,  than wood does, 
and  where  I  held  my  last  position  it 
was  nothing  extraordinary  to  see  the 
whole  firebox  of the  range  get  red-hot. 
Although  this  is  against  all  rules  of 
stove  manufacturers,  it  is  no  more  than 
any  and  all  ranges  are  treated  to,  and 
it  is  their duty  to  build  their  goods  so 
as  to  come  out  at  the  end  of the  year 
as  presentable  in  appearance  as  is  pos­
sible.

Just  one  more  kick—before  I  close 

about  the  base  of  steel  ranges,  and  that 
is  because  they  fit  the  floor  entirely 
broom  and  mop  proof,  but  scrubbing 
water  and  other  things  which  are  oc 
casionally  spilled  on  the  kitchen  floor 
will  manage  to  get  under,  and  all  the 
efforts  of  the  housewife can  not  get  at  it 
to  wipe 
it  up,  consequently  when  for 
some  reason  the  range  is  to  be  moved 
there  is  found  a  rotten  floor and  a  mess 
of  custards,  pumpkin  pies  and  slop 
water to  a  thickness  of  one-half an  inch 
or  more  under the  range.  While  I  am 
going  to  extremes,  it  is  nothing  more 
than  I  have  seen  with  my  own  eyes, 
and  I  think  others  have  seen  si milar 
cases.  Although  I  do  not  state  these 
things  to  find  fault  with  the  steel  range, 
because,  as  I  stated  in  the  beginning,  I 
consider the  steel  range  so  far  in  ad 
vance,  taken  as  a  whole, 
that  cast 
ranges  and  cooks  are  out  of  sight  so  far 
as  satisfaction  and  economy  are  con­
cerned,  and  these  are  the  only  two 
points  I  look  after  in  stoves,  still  I  have 
said  enough  to  let  any  one  know  that  1 
do  not  consider steel  ranges  perfect.

I  know  nothing  from  actual  facts  as 
to  how  steel  goods  compare  with  cast 
goods,  only  I  have  been  told  by  custom­
ers  who  have  tried  them  both  that  steel 
less  fuel  to  do 
ranges  and  cooks  take 
baking  with than  do  cast  goods. 
I  have 
already  stated  my  experience  with  the 
steel  oven,  and  so far  I  have  to  hear 
my  first  dissatisfied  customer  who  has 
bought  a  steel  range,  while  with  cast 
ranges  and  stoves 
is  so common  to 
hear that  the  oven  and  other  parts  are 
cracked.  One  thing  of advantage  is  the 
oven  door  of  steel  goods;  hinged  at  the 
bottom  to  open  down  it  makes  a  rest 
to  turn  or examine  the  baking on  before 
putting 
in  or  taking  from  oven,  while 
with  all  cast  goods  I  have  seen,  when 
the  oven  door  is  open  it  is  only  in  some 
one’s  way.

it 

liable 

The  parts  most 

to  become 
damaged 
in  any  stove  or  heater  is  the 
“ grates,”   either on account of ignorance 
or  lack  of  knowledge,  but  very  few  peo­
ple  know  how  grates  become  damaged, 
and  if  they  are  told  that  it  is  on account 
of  too  much  ashes  accumulating  under 
the  grate  and  shutting  off  the  air they 
will  hardly  believe  you,  that a  small  fire 
on  the  grate  with  it  full  of  ashes  under 
is  more  destructive  to  a  grate  than  a 
roaring  fire  on  top  and  clear  under. 
And  it  is  only  when  stove  manufactur­
ers  can  build  stoves  which  can  not  be 
clogged  that  this  can  be  remedied,  as 
only  a  very  few  people  will  give  this 
little  matter  attention,  and  will  blame 
the  manufacturers  of  the  stove  when 
they  find  the  grate melted and  wrung out 
if  the  dealer ventures  to 
of  shape,  and 
tell  parties  that 
it  is  their own  fault

You  have  decided  on  your  prizes, 
what  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose  of 
making  the  guesses  on?  Look  through 
your  community  obtain  something  that 
has  already  attracted  attention  and  at 
the  same  time  something  that  will  pro­
vide  a  wide  range  for  the  guesses  and 
that  can  be  displayed 
in  your  store 
window.  Don’t  put  your guessing  con­
test  on  the  extent  of  your  sales,  or  the 
number of  people  that  will  visit  your 
store.  These  ideas  are  old  and  are  worn 
threadbare.  Try  and  be  original 
in 
your guessing  contest  this  year,  if  it  is 
the  only  original  thing  that  you  have 
done  since  the  first  of January. 
In  the 
large  cities  a  guess  on  the  total  wheat 
crop  might  not  be  a  bad  idea,  giving 
prizes  to  those  who  come  nearest  to  the 
figures  given  out  by  the  Government. 
However,  this  will  not  apply  in  the 
smaller  towns,  for  it  would  require  too 
iong  a  time  before  the  figures  were 
available  to  decide  the  contest  and 
people  would  become  tired  of  waiting. 
Better  take  some  local  event,  or  choose 
some  subject  for  the  guessing  contest, 
such  as  the  largest  melon  produced  in 
the  county,  or  some  other  agricultural 
product.

it. 

After having  decided  on  the  guessing 
it  in 
contest,  advertise 
it.  Advertise 
your  home  newspapers  in  type  so 
large 
that  it  will  be  seen,  advertise  it  in  any 
circular  matter  you  may  send  out—but 
advertise 
In  all  your  advertising 
matter  set  forth  the  rules  governing  the 
contest. 
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

W o m a n ’ s   W o r l d
The  In terru p ted   Career  of  Mary  E llen.
The  other day  I  received,  through  the 
same  mail,  two  letters,  which  seemed  to 
me  to  be  deeply  significant  of  a  phase 
of  evolution  through  which  my  sex  is 
passing.

One  of  the 

letters  was  from  a  man, 

and  in  it  he  sa id :

My  wife  is  a  young  and  pretty woman 
who has  become  stage-struck.  She  has 
had  some  success  playing  in  amateur 
theatricals,  and  the  indiscreet  and 
in- 
discriminating  praises  of  her  friends 
have  caused  her to believe herself a Julia 
Marlowe  or  a  Maude  Adams. 
If  she 
were  a  genius,  I  would  be  willing  to 
sacrifice  myself to  her  ambition,  but  I 
am  sure  that  she  has  nothing  but  a  very 
ordinary  talent,  of  the  kind  with  which 
the  stage  is  over-run,  and  that  meets 
with scant  pay  and no  fame.  Neverthe­
less,  my  wife’s  belief  that  she  is  a  star 
that  is  being  hidden  under  the domestic 
bushel  is  spoiling  all  the  sweetness  of 
our  life.  What  course  do  you  think 
is 
wisest  for  me  to  pursue  in  regard  to  the 
matter—for  her  as  well  as  for  myself?

The  other  letter  is  from  a mother,  and 

its  plaint  is  virtually  the  same:

I  have  only  this  one  child,  and  she  is 
an  unusually  bright  and  attractive  girl. 
For  four  years  her  father  and  I  have 
denied  ourselves  the  pleasure  of  her  so­
ciety  in  order that  she  might  have  the 
benefits  of  the  best  education  a  famous 
Eastern  college  could  give  her.  All  of 
that  time  we  have 
looked  forward  to 
her  return,  when  we  would  have  the 
sunshine  of  her  presence  about  us,  and 
the 
loving  care  of  a  daughter to  bless 
us,  and  when  she  would  fill  our  dull  old 
house  with  the  laughter  and  gayety  of 
youth. 
just  graduated  and 
come  home,  but  she  tells  us  she  could 
not  think  of  wasting  her  life  merely  go­
intends  to 
ing 
into  society;  that  she 
study  some  profession  and 
follow  a 
career  that  will  rob  us  of  her  forever. 
So  far  as  money  is  concerned,  we  are 
amply  able  to  give  her  everything  she 
is  no  question  of  her 
desires,  so  there 
necessity  to  work.  Her  happiness 
is, 
of  course,  ours,  but  it  is  so  hard  to  give 
her  up.  What  shall  we  do?

She  has 

finicky  way 

The  career craze  among  women  is one 
of  the  problems  that  is  a  comedy  or a 
tragedy,  according  to  the  way  you  look 
It  is  funny  when  you  see  the  fu­
at  it. 
in  which  most 
tile  and 
women  set  about  doing  things,  as 
if 
fame  were  an  apple  that  grew  on  every 
tree  and  all  that  one  had  to  do  was to go 
out and  gather  it  some  day,  when  they 
were  not  too  busy  going  to  parties  or 
marked-down  bargain  sales.  It  is  heart­
breaking  when  you  think  how  universal 
is  the  desire  of  women  to  do  something 
outside  of  the  home.

To  anyone  who  looks  only  on  the  out 
side  of  things  it  seems  the  most  contra 
dictory  thing  on  earth  that  a  woman 
should  be  willing,  not  to  say  anxious, 
to 
leave  her  home  and  go  out  into  the 
world  to  make  the  hard,  grinding  strug­
gle  for  bread  unless  she  was  forced  to 
it  by  the  direst  necessity.  Yet  there  is 
no  working  woman  who  has  achieved 
even  the  most  moderate  success  who 
does'  not  daily  have 
some  woman 
clothed  in  purple  and  fine  linen  openly 
envy  her and  the  working  woman knows 
that  it  is  the  lifting  of  the  curtain  that 
bides  the  familiar  domestic  tragedy— 
that  it  is  the  heart  cry  for  freedom,  the 
rattling  of  the  shackles,  that  are  still 
shackles,  no  matter how  much  they  are 
gilded.

For  hundreds  of  years  we  women 
have  been  taught  that  we  must  make 
home  pleasant  if  we  wanted  to  keep  our 
men  in  it. 
It  is  time  that  men  should 
wake  up  to  the  fact  that  they  have  got 
to  do their  part  at  making  home  pleas­
ant  if  they  want  to  keep  their wives

and  daughters  in  it.  I  do  not blame  any 
woman  who  has  got  health  and  sense 
enough  to  earn  her own  living  for refus­
ing  to  have  her  car  fare  doled  out to 
her  and  her  bills  grumbled  over.  No 
man  who  had  a  grain  of  self-respect 
would  be  willing  to  be  the  dependent 
on  a  person  who  indicated  in  every pos­
sible  way  that  they  considered  him  a 
is  no  reason  for a 
burden,  and  there 
woman  standing  it,  either. 
If  a  girl’s 
is  not  able  to  support  her,  she 
father 
certainly  ought  to  get  out  and hustle  for 
herself. 
is  not  willing  to  do  it, 
surely  her  own  womanhood  demands 
that  she  should  refuse  to  receive  grudg­
ing  alms.

If  he 

I  believe  that  a  wife  should  be,  in  the 
fullest  possible  sense,  her  husband's 
partner,  and  that,  when  it  is  necessary, 
there  is  no  limit  to the  work,  the  econo­
mies  and  the  self-sacrifices  she  ought  to 
share  with  him,  but  when she  has  done 
it,  she 
is  entitled  to  a  fair  share  in  the 
perquisites.

Whenever  women  are  granted  inde­
pendence—when  the  wife  and  daughter 
have  their own  bank  account,  no  matter 
how  small,  and 
liberty  to  spend  it  as 
they  please—we  shall  hear  no  more  of 
the  unrest  of  womankind  and  of  discon 
tent  with  the  domestic  sphere.  There 
is  no  other  work  so  easy  as  housekeep 
ing,  and  women  are  not  fools.  They 
know  a  good  thing  when  they  see  it 
but  no  job  that  merely  pays  board  and 
clothes,  and 
involves  a  fight  over the 
clothes,  is  attractive.  No  man  would 
take  it,  even  if the  clothes  were  as  gor 
geous  as  General  M iles’  full  dress  uni 
form,  and  he  had  a  seven-course  dinner 
every  night,  and 
is  folly  to  expect 
women  to  be  satisfied  with  it.

it 

That  is  one  side  of  the  question.  No 
one  can  deny,  however,  that  there  are 
plenty  of  women,  like  those  referred  to 
in  the  letters  1  have  quoted,  who  have 
been  bitten  by  the prevalent career craze 
and  who  are  anxious  to  leave  the  home 
nest  and  try  their  foolish  wings  in  the 
great  world.  My  advice,  every  time 
would  be  to 
let  them  do  it.  There  is 
nothing  else  on  earth  so  wholesome,  and 
so  chastening,  and  so  convincing,  as 
bumping  right  hard  into  the  actualities 
of  life.

Every  stage-struck  girl  in  the  world 
believes  that  when  managers  see  her 
they  will  fall  over  each  other  in  thei 
efforts  to  secure  her  to  play 
Juliet 
Every  girl  who  w’ants  to write  for  the 
newspapers  thinks  she  will  receive 
check  for a  thousand  dollars  by  return 
mail  for  her  poem  on  spring.  Every 
callow  maiden  who  paints  an  object 
that  her  friends  recognize,  without  be 
ing  told,  as  a  cow,  expects  to  have  her 
picture  hung  on  the 
line  in  the  salon 
the  first  year.

rot”   and  cast 

Let  her go  and  try  her  strength.  Let 
the  stage  manager  call  her  a  dummy 
and  tell  her  she  does  not  know  enough 
to  walk  across  the  stage.  Let  a  cruel 
city  editor  call  her cherished  effusion 
it  in  the  waste  basket 
Let  the  art  teacher  inform  her  that she 
does  not  know  the  first  thing  about even 
how  to  see  things,  let alone  draw  them 
and  my  word  for  it,  if  she  has  a  good 
home,  she  will  take  the  first  train  for  it 
and  you  will  never hear anything  more 
about  careers  from  her.

And  that  reminds  me  of  a 

little 

romance  in  which  I  have  bad  the  plea 
ure  of  assisting,  in  a  way.  In  a  certain 
Michigan  city  there  is  a  certain  worthy 
gentleman,  whom  we  will  call  Mr. 
Blank,  and  who  possesses  a  charming 
and  lovely  young  daughter.  Mr.  Blank 
has  thriven 

in  thel  trrocerv  line.

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like  a  good  American  parent,  he  lav­
ished  his  substance  on  his  daughter. 
He  sent  her—her  name  is  Mary  Ellen— 
to  a  big  Eastern  school,  where  she  ac­
quired,  among  other  things,  the  belief 
that  she  was  destined  to  be  a  second 
Rosa  Bonheur.

Last  year  Mary  Ellen  graduated  and 
went  back  home,  but,  to  her  father's 
consternation,  she  announced  that  she 
proposed  devoting  her 
life  to  that  art 
that  spells  itself  with  a  big  A  and  that 
in  the  fall  she  intended  going  to  New 
York,  where  she  would  study  for a  few 
years  before  going  abroad  to  the French 
studios.

Mr.  Blank  pished  and  pshawed. 

It 
wasn’t at  all  what  he  had  planned.  He 
wanted  to  enjoy  his  pretty 
young 
daughter  and  in  the  end  he  hoped  she 
would  marry  Tom  Graham,  who  had 
grown  up  in  his  business  and  was  now 
junior partner  and  who-bad  been in love 
with  Mary  El'en  all  his  honest  young 
life.  So  Mr.  Blank  argued,  and  Tom 
pleaded  his  cause,  but  all  to  no  avail. 
Mary  Ellen  affirmed  her  decision  that 
she  was  wedded  to  art  and  that  she  had 
espoused  a  career,  and  quite  turned  up 
her  superior  nose  at  the  girls  who  only 
cared  for  parties  and  beaux.

Now,  Mr.  Blank  knew  this  world 
pretty  well,  and  so  one  day  he  called 
Tom 
into_  his  private  office  and  held  a 
long  consultation  with  him,  closing 
with  the  remark : 
"Sh e  wants  a career. 
Well,  I ’m  going  to  let  her go  up  against 
it  good  and  hard,  and  see  if  it  won't 
knock  some  sense  in  her."

That  night  he  astonished  Mary  Ellen 
by  telling  her  that  he  had  been  think­
ing  it  over,  and  he  had  decided  that 
if 
she  was  sure  she  wanted  to  leave  home 
and  devote  her  life  to  art  he  would raise 
no  further  objections,  but  that  he  would 
only  make  her  a  very  small  allowance. 
This  amazed  Mary  Ellen,  but  as  she 
had loudly  proclaimed  that  the  vanities 
and  luxuries  of  life  were  nothing to her, 
she  was  too  proud  to  ask 
for  more 
money.

Still  more 

to  her  surprise,  Tom 
seemed  to  coincide  with  her  father,  and 
told  her  that  he  perceived  that  she  was 
right  and  that,  while  he  could  never 
love  anyone  else  but  her,  he  didn’t  feel 
that  he  had  any  right  to  stand  in-the 
way  of  her  happiness  and  success  in  the 
career  she  had  chosen.

It  wasn’t  exactly  what  Mary  Ellen 
had  expected,  and  when  she  left  home, 
with  the  smallest  check  in  her  pocket 
she  had  ever  had,  and  Tom’s  cheerful 
good-bye  ringing 
in  her  ears,  she  be­
gan  to  doubt  if  an  artistic  career  was 
all  that  she  had  fondly  imagined,  and 
in  the  succeding  months that impression 
gained  force.

She  ascertained  that  real  artists  held 
quite  different  standards  of  criticism 
from  the  teachers  at  her  school  and  that 
they  did  not  seem  very  enthusiastic 
about  her gifts.  She  also made acquaint­
ance  with  New  York  hall  bedrooms  and 
cheap 
table  d'hote  restaurants  and 
ready-made  clothes  and  she  forgot  how 
theater  tickets  and  long-stemmed  roses 
and  all  the  little  indulgencies  she  had 
been  used  to  seemed.  Neither did  it 
raise  her  spirits  to  hear  that  Tom  was 
going  about  a  deal  with  that  pretty 
Gray  girl.  Finally  Mary  Ellen  sat down 
and  took  counsel  with  herself. 
It  was 
the  day  the  art  critic  told  her that  in 
about  six  years’  more  study  he  thought 
she  would  know  enough  to  teach  begin­
ners,  and  the  end  of  her meditations 
was  the  following  wire  to  her  father:

" l a m   sick  of  art.  Send  me  enough 

money  to come  home  on.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

21

Tom  answered  the 

telegram.  He 
found  her  a  homesick  little  bundle  of 
nerves,  in  a  dingy  back  room  she  called 
a  studio,  and  he  gathered  her  into  his 
arms  and  she  sobbed  out the  story  of 
her troubles  on  his  breast.

That  night  1  went  around  to  the  hotel 

to  say  good-bye  to  her.

"When  you  resume  your  career—’ ’  I 

began.

"C areer!”   she  cried  scornfully;  " I  
have 
just  found  the  greatest  career on 
earth,  and  I  am  going  to  freeze  to  it.”  

Dorothy  Dix.

We 

Terse  Expressions  of  Ju d y   of  Jndyville.
look  backward  regretting  or  for­
ward  hoping,  while  the  present  stands 
offering  us flowers.

Show  me  a  man  who  has  never  made 
a  mistake,  and  I  will  show  you  one 
who  has  never tried  anything.

It  is  a  mistake  to  eat  all  you  can, 
spend  all  you  have,  tell  all  you  know  or 
show  all  you  feel.

A  bad  pup  often  makes  a  good  dog ; 
and  I  would  rather  undertake  to  reverse 
the  force  of  a  bad  man  than  loan  my 
money  to  a  weak  one.

Many  people 

labor  like  an  ox  or a 
mule,  and  have  to  be  pressed  or  they 
will  not  earn  their  feed.

Don’t  tell  me  what  you  have  of 
beauty,  strength,  education,  money,  or 
genius.  The  only  thing  I  care  to  con­
sider  is  what  you  are  doing  with  it.

things 

If  we  could  get  a  shield  from  the  fear 
of 
that  never  happen,  our 
troubles  would  be  reduced  go  per  cent.
Many  practice  humanity  to  get  the 

upper hold.

You can't escape criticism ;  for,  if you 
save  your  money,  you  are  a  miser and 
a  hog;  and  if  you  spend 
it,  you  are  a 
spendthrift  and  a  dog.

If  you  don’t  know  where  success  lies, 
perhaps  you  know  where  it  is  not,  and 
that  will  show  yon  what  to  avoid.

Set  your stake,  and,  before  you  reach 

it,  set  it  further ahead.

Some  people  kick  at  everything  they 

don’t  understand.
I  would  rather 

fail  and  know  the 
cause,  than  succeed  and  not  know  why.
He  that  opposes  us  sharpens  our  wits 

and  becomes  our  helper.

I  can  tolerate  a  man  who  fails  to  ac­
quire  an  education,  or  one  who  never 
gets  a  dollar  ahead,  but  I  soon  grow 
tired  of  a  person  who  does  not  have 
sense  enough  to  have  a  good  time.

Geo.  W.  Stevens.

Demand  For  Character.

It 

for 

righteous 

I  do  not  know  whether  it  is  true  that 
is  the  architect  of  his  own 
every  man 
fortunes,  but  surely  every  man 
is  the 
architect  of  his own  character,  and  he  is 
the  builder of  his  own  character. 
is 
what  he  makes  it,  and  it  is  growing  all 
the  time  easier  to  do  right  and  to be 
right.  With  our  churches,  our  Young 
Men’s  Christian  Associations,  our  va­
rious  church  societies,  every  assistance 
is  given 
living  and 
righteous  doing.  It  is  no  longer  a  draw­
back  to  the  progress  of  a  young  man  to 
be  a  member  of a  Christian  church. 
It 
is  no  embarrassment;  it  is  an  encour­
agement. 
is  no  hindrance;  it  is  a 
help.  There  never  was  in  all  the  past 
such  a  demand  as  now  for  incorruptible 
character  strong  enough  to  resist  every 
temptation  to  do  wrong.  We  need  it  in 
every  relation  of  life,  in  the  home,  in 
the  store,  the  bank,  and 
in  the  great 
business  affairs  of  the  country.  We 
need 
in  the  discharge  of  the  new 
duties  that  have  come  to  the  Govern­
ment. 
is  needed  everywhere,  never 
more  than  at  this  hour.

It 

It 

it 

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Butter  and  Eggs

Observations  by  a  Gotham  Egg  Man.
The  recent  period  of  excessive  heat 
prevailing 
in  nearly  all  parts  of  the 
country  has  given  us  an  egg  situation 
that  is  hard  to  describe  in  all  of  its  dis­
astrous  features.  The  arrivals  have,  as 
a  rule,  fallen  so  low 
in  quality  that 
previous  reputation  of  brands  has 
counted  for  naught,  and  every  lot  arriv­
ing  has  had  to  be  sold  according  to sep­
arate  negotiations.  As  a  rule  the  better 
class  of  trade  have  taken  samples,  ex­
amined  them  in  their  candling  rooms, 
and  accepted  or  refused  them  accord­
ing  to  the  quality  there  shown. 
In  a 
great  many  cases  marks  that  were  for­
merly  running  of  good  quality and  com­
manding  full  quotations  have 
been 
turned  down  by  their  previous  custom­
ers  and 
thrown  back  on  receivers’ 
hands,  only  to  be  finally  forced  out  to 
cheap  trade  at  extremely 
low  prices. 
A  few  examples  of  this  kind  ill  serve  to 
illustrate  what  has  been  experienced  by 
almost  every  receiver  in  the  market. 
A  car  of  Missouri  stock  received  last 
week  showed  scarcely  five  dozen  good 
eggs  to  the  case  and  sold  at  q%c  at 
mark ;  the  previous  consignment  from 
same  point  brought  I2%c.  Many of  the 
marks  from  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois  and 
Iowa  that  were  selling  at  I2@ i2j£c  at 
mark  prior  to  the  heated  term  have 
lately  contained  so  many  badly  heated 
and  hatched  eggs  that  receivers  have 
been  unable  to  sell  them  above  9@ioc. 
Some  instances  of  very  excessive  losses 
are  reported;  in  one 
lot  an  ordinary 
inspection  showed  no  less  than  twenty- 
four  dozen 
in­
stances  where  losses  have  run  up  to  12 
@16  dozen  have  been  very  frequent.

loss  to  the  case,  and 

*  *  *

With  stock  running  so  irregular  in 
quality  and  condition,  and  averaging 
so  very  poor,  and  with  qualities  deteri­
orating  so  rapidly  when  goods  were  not 
promptly  sold,  receivers  have  been  dis­
posed  to  accept  any  reasonable  bids and 
there  has  been  considerable  variation 
in  the  prices  obtained  for  equal  quali­
ties.  Where  holders  have  hesitated  to 
accept  a  prompt  selling price on arrival, 
owing  to  the  great  difference  between 
the  rates  offered  and  those  obtained  for 
prior  shipments,  they  have  often  re­
gretted  it afterward,  for  when  the  stock 
has  stood  around  the  store  day  after day 
it  has  gone  down  so  rapidly  that  last 
offers  were  generally  the  worst.  Some­
times  the  goods  have  been  so  badly 
“ burnt” —heated  and  partially  hatched 
—that  extremely  low  prices  have  had  to 
be  accepted. 
In  one  instance  we  heard 
of  106 cases  selling  for $200,  and  many 
other  instances  have  been 
reported 
where  even  rates  have  had  to  be  ac­
cepted,  some  lots  ranging  down  to $1.25 
per case.

*  *  *

Under these  circumstances  receivers 
have  made  little  effort  to  draw egg ship­
ments,  and  those  who  have  a  nigh  repu­
tation  as  selling  agents  have  generally 
considered  themselves  the  most  fortu­
nate  when  they  have  had  the  least  stock 
to  handle. 
It  has  been  impossible  to 
give  any  very  satisfactory  service  to 
shippers  whose  goods  were  formerly  of 
good  quality  but  are now  salable  only  to

We solicit your shipments 
of  Fresh  Eggs  and  Dairy 
Butter.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

cheap  buyers  at  extremely  low  prices, 
and  there  are  few  bouses  who  would  not 
gladly  shut  up  their  egg  department  for 
a  few  weeks  if  they  could  do  so.

♦  *  *

But  here  is  the  best  hot  weather  egg 
story  that  has  yet  come  to  my  attention 
and  1  can  vouch  for  its  truth.  Besides 
indicating  forcibly  the  wretched  con­
dition  of  general  egg  receipts  it  may  be 
taken  as  a  proof  of  the  bad  “ refrigera­
tor”   service  furnished  by  some  of  the 
lines  who  charge  for  cold  transportation 
and  furnish 
incubators.  H.  T.  Ponde, 
one  of  our  local  egg  receivers,  got  in  a 
shipment  of  twenty  cases  of  eggs  on 
Monday 
in  a  B.  &  O.  “ refrigerator”  
car.  After  the  goods  had  been  placed 
on  the  store  floor one  of  the  egg  sales­
men  heard  a  peculiar 
“ peep”   and 
after  some  search  for  the  source  located 
it  in  one  of  these  egg  cases.  Opening 
the  case  he  found  seven live chickens  in 
the case  apparently one or  two  days  old. 
One  of  the 
little  chicks  died  about  as 
soon  as  the  case  was  opened,  but  the 
others  were 
lively  as  crickets.  These 
eggs  had  been  about  five  days  in  transit 
in  a  B.  &  O.  “ refrigerator”   car,  and 
the  question 
is  bow  did  the  batching 
process,  begun  before  the  goods  were 
loaded,  go  on  to  completion  while  the 
eggs  were  in  transit?  Probably  this  in­
stance  may  serve  toaccount for hundreds 
of other cases  where  goods  are  found  to 
be  in  much  worse  shape  on  arrival  here 
than  when 
leave  the  shipping 
station  in  the  West.

they 

*  *  *

1. 

There  has  been  considerable  specula­
tion  as  to  the  quantity  of  eggs  in  New 
York  refrigerators  on  July 
In  the 
absence  of  definite  reports  from  the  re­
frigerator  companies  it  is,  of  course, 
impossible  to  obtain  very  accurate  fig­
ures,  but  a  fair  estimate  may  be  made 
from 
information  picked  up  here  and 
there.  Last  year  the quantity  held 
in 
New  York  on  July  1  was  generally  esti­
mated  at  about  225,000  cases.  There has 
since  been  increased  capacity 
installed 
in  New  York  borough  for  about  35,000 
cases,  a  new  house  built  in  Brooklyn 
and  another 
in  Jersey  City.  The  de­
mands  upon  the  storage  houses  for  egg 
room  have  been  very  great  this  season 
and  some  of  the  room  that  was  last  year 
reserved  for  other articles  has  been  de­
voted  to  eggs.  The  New  York  houses 
are  now  about  full  as  far  as  the  room 
available  for  eggs  is  concerned,  and  it 
would  be  a  very  conservative  estimate 
to  place  the  excess  over  last  year  at
75.000  cases  for  New  York  C ity;  this 
would  make  the  quantity  held  within 
city  limits  about  300,000 cases,  in  addi­
tion  to  which  we  must  figure  on  about
52.000 cases  held across  the  river  in  Jer­
sey  City  where  there  were  none  last 
year. 
reports  212,830  cases 
Boston 
149.349  cases  same  time  [last 
against 
year  and  indications  point  to  at  least  35 
per  cent,  increase  in  the  holdings  at  in­
terior  warehouses  in  New  England  and 
New  York  State. 
Estimates  of  the 
Chicago  holdings  vary  widely,  but  the 
more  reliable  figures  place  the quantity 
there  at  from  600,000  to  650,000  cases. 
—N.  Y.  Produce  Review.

Discovered  an  Unexpected  W ay  to  E arn 

Money.
From tbe New York Tribune.

it 

There  are  many  ways  of  earning  a 
is  said,  if  one  only  keeps 
living, 
one’s  eye  open,  and  there  are 
two 
women  who  deal  in  coal  and  wood  and 
keep  stores  opposite  each  other in Ham­
ilton  street  who  have  “ skinned  their 
optics”   to  some  purpose.

Stable  G  of  the  Street  Cleaning  De­
partment 
in  the  same  street,  which 
is  only  one  block  long.  There  are  about 
one  hundred  drivers  employed. 
It  is 
required  that  each  driver  furnish  his 
own  shovel  and  broom,and  neither  must 
be  left  at  tbe  stable  after working hours. 
One  of the  women,  who 
is  an  Italian, 
seeing  the  disadvantage  of  the  men 
carrying home their shovels  and  brooms, 
made  an  agreement  with  them  to  care

is 

for them  for  10 cents  a  week  from  each 
man.  The  Italian  woman  has  been  do­
ing 
the  whole  trade  until  recently, 
when  tbe  Irish  woman  on  the  other  side 
of  the  street  began  competition.  About 
half  of  the  drivers  are  Italians,  and nat­
urally  they  patronize  the Italian woman, 
while  the  other  half  leave  their  shovels 
with  the  Irish  woman.

Both  women  can  be  seen  at their posts 
every  night  and  morning  when  the  men 
come  to  and  from  their  work.

The  N ature  of the  Beast. 

Customer—Waiter,  it 

is  nearly  half 
an  hour  since  I  ordered  that  turtle soup.
Waiter—Sorry,  sir;  but you  know  how 

slow  turtles  are,  sir.

Don’t  mistake  contrariness  for  strong 

mindedness.

WM.  K.  MUNSON

Grower  and  Shipper  of

BERRIES,  PLUMS,  PEACHES,  PEARS  AND 

GRAPES

Give me a trial or standing order and we will  try  to  please  you.  Give  plain  ship­

ping  directions.  No  fruit  shipped  on  commission.

Wm.  K.  Munson,  Proprietor Vine Croft, Grand Rapids,  Mich.

J.  B.  HAMMER & CO.

WHOLE8ALE

FRUIT  AND  PR O D U CE  D E A LE R S

Specialties:  Potatoes,  Apples,  Onions, Cabbage,

Melons, Oranges in car lots.  Write or wire for prices.

119  E.  FRONT  S T ., 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO

Butter  and  Eggs  Wanted

Write  for  Cash  Prices  to

R.  Hirt,  Jr.,

34  and  36  Market  Street,  Detroit,  Mich.

References:  City Savings Bank and Commercial Agencies.

F.  P.  REYNOLDS  &  CO.

Dealers in  Foreign and  Domestic

FRUITS

Berries, Early Vegetables, Cranberries, Sweet  Potatoes,  etc.  Send  for  quotations. 

12-14-16 -18  Woodbridge  Street  W est,  40-42  Griswold  Street, 

DETROIT,  MICH.

Phones  504.

Established  1876.

H.  F.  ROSE  &  CO.,

Fruits  and  Produce  on  Commission

24  Woodbridge  Street  West,  Detroit,  Mich.

Members  Detroit Produce  Exchange and  National  League Commission  Merchants.

Correspondence  solicited.  Reliable  quotations  furnished.  Quick  sales  and

prompt  returns.

D.  O.  W ILEY  &  CO.

20  Woodbridge  St.  West,  Corner  Griswold,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Commission  Merchants

AND—....

Wholesale  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Country  Produce 

He  who  gives  cheerfully  is  liable  to 

be  asked  to  give  twice.

We  solicit  consignments  of  Fruits,  Butter,  Eggs and all Country  Produce. 

References:  Preston’s National Bank, Mercantile Agencies.

Reference,  Home Savings Bank, Detroit.

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

TRADESMAN

The New York Market

Special  F eatures of th e Grocery and Prod* 

Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

New  York,  July  13—Coffee  is  certain­
ly  one  of  the  most  depressing  staples 
just  now 
in  the  whole  range  of  gro­
ceries.  The  supplies  have  been 
so 
enormous  that  quotations  have  heen 
forced  down  until  a  point  has  been 
reached  that  seems  disastrous,  and  still 
come  reports  of  overwhelming  crons 
that  must,  it  is  thought,  send prices  still 
lower.  The  only  salvation  would  seem 
to  be  a  series  of crop  failures  or a  giv­
ing  up  of  plantations.  The  week’s 
business  has  been  moderate  and  alto­
gether the  market  has  hardly  been  up 
to  the  average.  Rio  No.  7  closes  at 
SHC- 
In  store  and  afloat  the  amount 
aggregates  1,117,146  bags,  against  698,- 
903  bags  at  the  same  time  last  y e a r- 
figures  that  indicate  the  difference  with 
telling  force. 
In  mild  coffees  the  de­
mand  has  been  of  a  moderate  character, 
with  Good  Cucuta  on  a  basis  of  8c. 
East  Indias  are  slow.

latter, 

Not  only  has  the  supply  of  coffee 
been  so  large  as  to  demoralize  the  mar­
ket  for that  article,  but  it  has  been  so 
tremendous  that  low  prices  have  in­
creased  consumption  at  the  expense  of 
tea,  and  the 
if  possible,  is  in 
worse  shape  than  coffee.  Your  corres­
pondent  has  made it a  point  to  see  some 
of  the  larger  dealers  and  the  one  word 
as  to  the  condition  of the  market  was 
“ Disastrous.”   The  one  exception  was 
the  head  of  a  large  Japanese  company 
who  said that  Japan  had nothing  to com­
plain  of. 
The  consumption  of  other 
sorts  may  fall  off,  but  Japan  continues 
to  send  about  so  much  all  the  time  and 
the  condition,  upon  the  whole  is  satis­
factory.  Ceylon  and  India  have  had  a 
hard  row  to  hoe.  And  no  one  can  see 
any  relief  for  a  good  while.

The  sugar  refiners  are  behind  in  fill­
ing  orders  and  yet  trade  is  said  to  be 
flat,  stale  and  unprofitable.  This  is  es­
pecially  true  as  to  new  business,  al­
though  withdrawals  on  outstanding  con­
tracts  have  been  fairly  satisfactory.

There  is  a  steady  volume  of  small  or­
ders  for  rice  coming  in  and  the  aggre­
gate 
is  quite  satisfactory.  Quotations 
are  quite  firmly  maintained  and  the  fu­
ture  seems  to  be  quite  encouraging. 
Prime 
to  choice  Southern,  5@5?£c. 
Foreign  sorts  are  quiet,  with  Parna 
and  Japan  both  about  4^c.
The  spice  market  is  fairly  firm,  espe­
cially  for nutmegs.  Altogether the  situ­
ation  among  the  jobbing  trade  is  quite 
satisfactory.  Prices  show  no  appreci­
able  change  from  last  week.
For  the  season  of  the  year the  mo­
lasses  trade 
is,  perhaps,  all  that  could 
be  expected,  and  this 
is  not  saying 
much,  to  be  sure.  The  tone  of the mar­
ket 
is  fairly  satisfactory  and,  as  com­
pared  with  tea  and  coffee,  the  market  is 
show  no  change. 
booming. 
Syrups  show 
increasing  supplies  and, 
while  prices  are  fairly  steady,  the  out­
look  is  hardly  as  favorable  as  a  week  or 
so ago.  Prime  to  fancy,  2o@2jc.
reigns. 
Packers  are  busy  and  the  market  is 
fairly  steady,  with  few,  if  any,  changes 
being  apparent.  Gallon  apples  are  firm 
at  about $2.15  here  and some  quite  good 
sales  have  been  made.  The  pack  of 
peas  promises  to  be  short  iu  New  York 
and  prices  are  well  held.  Nothing  is 
doing  in  the  market  for  corn,  although 
prices  are  pretty  well  sustained.

In  canned  goods  quietude 

Prices 

There  is  a  fair  jobbing  trade  in  rais­
ins  and  currants  show  some  improve­
ment,  but,  as  a  rule,  the  market  pre­
sents  few  features  of 
interest  and  all 
hands  seem  to  be  waiting  for something 
to  turn  up.

Lemons  have  continued  in  active  de­
mand  and  fancy  Sicily  fruit  runs  up  as

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lemons 
high  as $5  per  box.  California 
are  in  moderate  supply  and  full  prices 
are  obtained.  Bananas  are  steady  at 
unchanged  rates.

The  market  for  best  Western creamery 
is  firm  at  the  old  rate  of  ig%c.  The 
supply  of  really  desirable  stock  is  not 
over-abundant,  but  the  price  shows  no 
advance.  Seconds  to  firsts, 
I7@ i9c; 
imitation  creamery, 
I5@ i7c;  Western 
factory,  I4@i5c.

Little,  if  any,  change 

is  observable 
in  cheese.  White,  full  cream  is  worth 
at  the  outside,  g@g%c.  Large  size  col­
ored,  fancy,  9c.

There 

is  a  decided  scarcity  of  the 
better grades  of  eggs  and  almost  all  ar­
rivals  show  the  effect  of  the  recent  hot 
spell.  Goods  from  Michigan  and  In­
diana  which  will  stand  the  test  will 
fetch  15c  without  any  trouble  and  av­
erage  packs  are  worth  I4@i5c.

False  P arts  and  Divorce.

it  until  afterward. 

“ You  were  telling  me,”   said  a  local 
philosopher,  “ about  So-and-so,  whose 
wooden  leg  was  so  natural  looking  that 
the  girl  he  married  last  year  didn't  get 
on  to 
I  see  she’s 
been  trying  to  get  a  divorce  from  him 
on  account  of  it  since  then.  She  told 
the  Judge  he  had  deceived  her.  The 
Judge,  though,  wouldn’t  grant  her  the 
divorce,  and  I  think  he  did  right not to. 
For,  hang 
it,  isn’t  every  marriage a 
case  of  deceit  on  both  sides? 
If  every 
man  and  every  woman  made  known 
frankly  to  each  other  the  worst  about 
themselves  wouldn't  they  all  draw  hack 
from  any  thought  of  marriage?  Besides, 
a  divorce  on  account  of  a  wooden  leg 
being  granted,  why  wouldn’t  one  on 
account  of  false  teeth,  or a  wig,  be  in 
order?  My  wife  had  false  teeth,  and 
after  our  wedding  I  felt  pretty  sore 
about  it,  but  I  didn’t  make  any  holler 
about  a  divorce.  Look,  too,  at  these 
young  fellows  with  padded  coats.  Many 
a  girl  marries  one  of  them  on  account 
of  his  figure,  on  account  of  his  big, 
broad  shoulders,  but  she  doesn’t  drag 
him  into the  divorce  court  because 
it 
turns  out  that  bis  shoulders  come  off 
with  his  coat. 
I'm  glad  a  wooden  leg 
is  not  cause  for divorce  and  at  the  same 
time  not  sorry  that  in  my  household  the 
limbs  are  all  of  flesh  and  bone. 
In 
these  matters  we  should all be very  care­
ful  and  circumspect  beforehand.”

5

Established 1876  

Charles 

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Manfrs. & Traders  Bank,  Buffalo,  N.  mCj 
responsible  Commercial  Wu 
Y.  Any 
Agency,  or  make  enquiry  at  your  WÇj 
nearest bankers. 
Mu
Long D ist, ’Phone  158  A,  158  D  £

Buffalo, N. Y. 

We are making a specialty at present on fancy

Messina  Lemons

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

wire for quotations.

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

9  North  Ionia  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

SEASONABLE!

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MILLETS. 

FODDER  CORN. 
BUCKWHEAT. 
DWARF  ESSEX 
TURNIP  SE E D .

ROPE.

Prices as low as any house in the trade consistent w ith quality.  Orders filled prom ptly.

ALFRED J .  BROWN  SEED CO.,  & X * l L ” 1ch££T"-

ALL  GROCERS

Who desire to give their customers the best vinegar on the market  will 
give them R E D  ST A R   BRAND  Cider Vinegar.  These  goods  stand 
for P U R IT Y  and are the best on the  market.  We  give  a  Guarantee 
Bond to every customer.  Your order solicited.

THE  LEROUX  CIDER  &  VINEGAR  CO.,

TOLEDO,  OHIO.

NEW  SOUTHERN  POTATOES

FIELD  SEEDS 

NEW  SOUTHERN  ONIONS
M O SELEY  BROS.

LEMONS

Jobbers  of  Fruits,  Seeds,  Beans  and  Potatoes

Grand  Rapids,  Minhigan

26,28.30.32 Ottawa  Street 

Geo.  N.  Huff & Co.

Butter,  Eggs,  Cheese,  Pigeons,  Squabs,  Poultry 

and  Game

Wanted at all times.  Guaranteed  highest markets on all  shipments. 

Send for quotations.

55  Cadillac  Square,  Detroit,  Michigan

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Our  specialties  for  this  week.  Our  stock  is  com­
plete  and  prices  low.  Send  your orders  to
THE  VINKEMULDER  COMPANY,

14-16 OTTAWA STREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Highest  Market  Prices Paid.  Regular Shipments Solicited.

98  South  Division  Street 

Grand  Rapids,  flichigan

L .O .S N E D E C O R   E gg  R eceiver

36  Harrison  Street,  New  York

Start in  with  us  now.
You will find a friend you can stick to 
during hot weather.

All sales case count.

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W indow  Dressing

Use  of Fans  and  Price  Cards—Protection 

From   Flies.

“ Whew !’ * we have  all been  saying,  as 
we  mopped  our  foreheads,“ will  it  ever 
be  cool  again?"  for  the  hot  weather  has 
come  with  a  vengeance  and  we  are  too 
much  exhausted  to  do  more  than  seek  a 
place  that  is  cool.  So 
just  remember 
to keep  coolness  in  mind  as  you  make 
your  trims.  Look  over  the  interior  of 
the  store  and  see  that  ledge  decorations 
are  removed 
if  they  interfere  with  the 
free  passage  of  air.  Remember  that 
dark  goods 
in  the  window  and  in  the 
trims  generally  have  a  hot  look,  and 
avoid  using  them  as  much  as  possible 
until  cool  days  come.  Avoid  reds  for 
the  same  reason.  Seek out  the  cold  and 
neutral  colors  for  your effects  and  give 
everything  as  breezy  and  cool  a  look  as 
possible.  People  can  not  fail  to  be  at­
tracted  by  a  store  of  cool  and restful ap­
pearance.

*  

*  

*

A  trimmer  some  time  ago  noticed  in 
a  restaurant  a  large  cake  of  ice  on  ex­
hibition,  in  the  interior  of  which  a  va­
riety  of  green  stuff  and  shell  fish  had 
been  frozen. 
It  gave  him  an  idea,  so 
he  had  a  large  cake  of  ice  made,  in  the 
interior of  which  he  placed  a  negligee 
shirt,  with  collar,  belt  and  washable 
necktie. 
The  odd  exhibit  attracted 
considerable  attention  and  made  a  hit, 
as  it  was  shown  on  a  broiling  hot  day.

*  *  *

Another  trimmer  had  noticed  on  a hot 
day  that  everyone  was  carrying  fans, 
and  the  idea  occurred  to  him  to  use 
them  as  a  background  for  a  display  of 
summer  clothing.  So  he  draped  the 
background  of  his  clothing  window  in 
dark  green  cloth  in  plain  folds  and 
festoons  and  set  artificial  palms  at  in­
tervals  along  the  window  back  and 
through  the  window.  He  then  sketched 
on  the  middle  of  the  background  of  the 
window  a  rough  outline  of  a  very 
large 
palmleaf  fan  and  filled  it  in  by  tacking 
upon  it  palm  leaf  fans  overlapping each 
other.  He  then  painted  on  it  in  large 
green  figures  the  price  per  suit  of the 
in  the  window. 
summer  goods  shown 
Fans 
green  with  “ hot 
weather"  phrases  were  also  used  in  the 
window  to  call  attention  to  the  goods. 
The  display  attracted  much  attention.

lettered 

in 

*  *  *

An 

idea  for  the  display  of  clothing 
and  furnishing  goods  that  is  particular­
ly  adaptable  to  a  very  large  and  deep 
window  is  to  display  all  articles  in  the 
window  on  poles  or  posts.  The  floor  of 
the  window 
is  divided  up  into  large 
diamond-shaped  spaces, ~ and  at  each 
corner  of  these  spaces  a  slender  pole 
(which  may  be  as  richly  carved  or orna­
is  desired)  is  firmly  set  by 
mented  as 
screwing 
it  to  the  floor.  Brackets  of 
metal  are  screwed  to  these  poles,  and 
from  these  brackets  or arms  attached  to 
them  various  articles  of  clothing  are 
hung.  If  straw  hats  are  shown  the  poles 
are 
sometimes  bound  with  straw. 
Sometimes,  too,  the  poles  are  bound 
with  strips  of  ribbon  of  various  colors. 
Bars  can  be  suspended  on  the  poles 
when  desired,  and  in  this  way  a  consid­
erable  variety  of  effect  can  be  secured.

*  

*  

*

Some  card  writers,  in  their anxiety  to 
make  their cards  tell,  make  the  mistake 
of  imitating  the  sensational  methods  of 
certain  advertising  men,  and  so  use 
such  extravagant  terms  as  “ slaught­
ered,"   “ butchered"  or  similar  sensa­
tional  words  and  phrases  on  their  price 
cards.  Tricking  a  man  into  reading  a

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

sensational  piece  of  news  that  winds  up 
with  an  ordinary  business  announce­
ment 
is  not  profitable,  because  it  is  a 
plain  cheat.  Putting  such  yellow  jour­
nal  phrases  on  your  window  cards  is 
bad  sense  and  bad  taste.  An  epigram­
matic,  terse,  snappy  card  can  never  be 
made  up  in  this  manner. 
It  is  a  good 
idea  to  take  some  paper or  book  and  go 
through  it,  copying  odd  and  suggestive 
phrases  for  use  on  your  cards. 
If  you 
lack  a  faculty  for  odd  or  imaginative 
turns  of  thought,  a  well-written  book  or 
news  item  will  often  be  of  assistance  in 
supplying  helpful  phrases.

*  *  *

An  enterprising  window  trimmer  is 
pretty  sure  to  make  a  point  of  securing 
the  latest 
issues  of  the  catalogues  of 
window  fixture  makers.  Even  although 
he  may  be  unable  to  purchase  many  of 
the  latest  fixtures,  be  finds  in  the  new 
designs  set  forth  helpful  suggestions 
for  fixtures  that  he  can  contrive himself, 
to  be  made  up  in  inexpensive  material, 
that  will  serve  a  temporary  purpose. 
The  art  of  fixturemaking  has  now  ad­
vanced  to  such  a  point  that  it  is  almost 
inexpert  trim­
impossible  for the  most 
mer  to  fail 
in  securing  a  presentable 
window  with  some  fixtures.  The  “ T ”  
stand  has  been 
improved  by  altering 
the  shape  of  one  or  both  arms  of  the 
cross  piece,  making  them  separately 
adjustable  and  removable  and  adding 
an  attachable  coat  hook  to the  upper 
end.  The  various  forms  of  wooden  fix­
tures  have  been  copied  in  metal  with 
excellent  results.  Rings  and  diamond- 
shape  ends  have  been  devised  for  at­
tachment  to  the  ends  of  haberdashers’ 
stands,  so  that  by  their  use  various  new 
and  improved  ways  of  showing  ties 
in 
connection  with  shirt  and  other  dis- 
pays  are  possible.  The  advantage  of 
adjustability  that  the  half  circle  gives 
over  the  straight  rod  has  been  appre­
ciated  at 
its  proper  value,  and  stand­
ards  with  semi-circular  arms  are  now 
to be  had  in  great  variety.  These stands 
are  on  the  whole  inexpensive,  and,  with 
their  adjustable  and  removable  parts, 
are  very 
ingenious  and  well  worthy  of 
study.  Even  if  a  trimmer  is  not able  to 
purchase  the  latest  fixtures,  he  will  do 
well  to  keep  constantly  posted  on  the 
latest  improvements,  for the  sake  of  the 
suggestiveness  that  they  will  have  in 
his  own  work.

*  *  *

It  is  said  that  flies  can  be  driven  out 
of  a  window  by  placing  in  the  window 
a  hot  piece  of  metal  or  crockery,  on 
which  a  small  quantity  of  ammonia 
is 
let  fall.  The  heat  vaporizes  the  am­
monia  and  the  flies  seek  a 
less  stimu­
lating  atmosphere.  Fly  specks  can  be- 
removed  from  metal  fixtures  by  washing 
them 
in  a  solution  of  ammonia  and 
water  or  alcohol.  It  is  sometimes  well 
to  cover elaborate  fixtures  and  window 
mirrors  with  mosquito  netting,  or,  bet­
ter  still,  a  light  and  pretty gauze.  This 
gauze  can  be  hung  over the  mirrors  cur- 
tainwise,  or  stretched  tightly  over the 
glass.  A  very  pretty  effect  is  secured 
by  using  thin  curtains  of  blue  or  pink 
silk,  over  which  the  gauze  is  draped,  in 
addition  to  stretching  it  smoothly  over 
the  surface  of  the  mirror.  Netting  can 
be  stretched  over  the  mirror  in  an  al­
ternating  surface  of  plain  material  and 
wide  box  pleats  or  folds.  Between  the 
folds  fine  artificial  vines  can  be  tacked 
to  the  netting  with  artificial  flowers. 
The  temporary  covering  is  thus  given 
a  touch  of  ornamentation  which  greatly 
improves  its  appearance.  A pretty effect 
is  produced  if  the  netting  is  caught  to­
gether  in  a  loose  bunch  at the  center  of

the  mirror,  and  between  the  wrinkles 
radiating  to  the  edges  fine  vines  are  at­
tached  with  their  ends  spreading  out 
like  rays.  A  large  rose  or  bunch of roses 
is  attached  to  the  center of the  netting. 
A  window,  all  of  whose  fixtures  and 
mirrors  are  covered  with  netting  or 
gauze,  is  apt  to  have  a  makeshift  look, 
and  so any  device  for ornamenting  the 
coverings  is  useful.  When  netting  or 
gauze  is  not  used  tinfoil  will  commend 
itself 
It  can  be 
wrapped  about  the  parts  of  the  fixtures, 
and  while  a  protection,  has  some  orna­
mental  value  of  its  own 
if  skillfully 
used.  It  is  very  useful  when  the  fixtures 
are  of 
lacquered  brass,  which  it  is  de­
sired  to  subject  to  as  little  scrubbing  as 
possible.—Apparel  Gazette.

for  some  purposes. 

Six  women  can  talk  at  once  and  get 
along  all  right—but  no  two  men  can 
do  it.

Ills of Civilization.

The  civilized  man  has  softened  bis 
feet,  crushed  their  bones  together  and 
diminished  their  efficiency  by  com­
pressing  them 
in  tight,  hot  shoes,  has 
weakened  his  ankles  by  placing  around 
them  bandages  of  thick 
leather,  tightly 
drawn  with  laces  strong  enough  to  hang 
him.  We  owe  to  the  shoemaker,  there­
fore,  our  sprained  ankles,  our 
ingrown 
nails,  our  corns  and  bunions,  our  bills 
for  salves  and  plasters.  The  savage 
knows  nothing  of  these  things.  They 
are  the heritage  of  civilization.  So  far 
as  athletic  sports  are  concerned,  how­
ever,  it  is  probably  true  that,  in  con­
tests  of  strength  and  endurance, 
the 
is  the  equal,  perhaps 
civilized  athlete 
the  superior,  of  the  savage,  but  this  is 
not  due  to  his  civilization  but  to  the 
fact  that,  in  a  sense,  he  combines  the 
best  and  most  healthful  features  of  both 
savage  and  civilized  life.

Better  be  stupidly  silent  than  volubly 

insincere.

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  houi 
and  can  climb  any sand  hill  with  rapidity. 
It  will  visit  every  town  it 
Michigan—and  probably  other  states  later—carrying  the  name  anc 
fame  of the justly celebrated  S.  C.  W.

G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

AMERICAN  CIGAR  FACTORY

Benton  Harbor,  Michigan 
M.  A.  PRICE  &  CO.,  Proprietors

r_  • - 
Tf

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

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Commercial Travelers

Dichisran  b ir h ti  of the  Or»

President,  Geo. F. Owen,  Grand  Rapids ;  Sec­
retary,  A.  W.  Stitt,  Jackson:  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Schkam, Detroit.

Diited  Commercial  Travelers  of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Bartlett,  Flint; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  Ken d a ll,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Ed elm an, Saginaw.

Grami  Rapids  Coutil  No.  131,  D.  C.  T.

Senior Counselor,  W  E.  Com pton ;  Secretary- 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Iie h im   Commercial  Traielers’  Mutual  Accident  Association 
President, J .  Boyd  Pa n t lin d,  Grand  Eaplds; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Ow e n, 
Grand Eaplds.

Second  Picnic of the  IT.  C. T.

Grand  Rapids  Council,  No.  131,  will 
hold  a  second  picnic  at  North  Park  on 
Saturday,  July  27,  under  the  direction 
of  D.  M.  Bodwell,  H.  E.  Skillman  and 
F. 
J.  Davenport,  who  constitute  the 
Committee  on  Picnic.  The  programme 
prepared  for the  event  is  as  follows:

2  o’clock.  Base  ball  match,  5 innings, 
Capt.  Chas.  P.  Reynolds  vs.  Capt. 
Franklin  Pierce.  Prize—League  ball, 
by  Studley  &  Barclay.

3:3op .  m.  Smoking  contest.  First 
prize—Box  cigars  hy  B.  J.  Reynolds. 
Second  prize—Case  smoking  tobacco  by 
B.  J.  Reynolds.

4 :oo  p.-  m.  Fat  men’s  race.  First 
prize—One  barrel  salt  pork  by  Olney  & 
Judson  Grocer  Co. 
Second  prize— 
One  barrel  salt  pork  by  Worden  Grocer 
Co.

4 :30  p.  m.  Lean  men’s  race.  First 
prize—One  barrel  molasses  by  Mussel- 
man  Grocer  Co. 
Second  prize—One 
case  fine  boots  by  Rindge,  Kalmbacb, 
Logie  &  Co.

5 :oo  p.  m.  Three  legged  race.  First 
prize—One  barrel  crackers  by  Sears' 
Bakery.  Second  prize—One  case  coffee 
by  Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.

5 ¡30  p.  m.  Ladies'  race.  First  prize 
—One  barrel  gum  drops  by  Putnam 
Candy  Co. 
Second  prize—One  case 
asafoetida  by  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.

6:00  p.  m.  Supper  in  Pavilion.
7 :oo  p.  m.  Dancing  for  those  who 

wish.

Judges—W.  R.  Compton,  B.  J.  Lau- 

nier  and  W.  B.  Holden.

On  arrival  on  the  grounds  leave  lunch 
baskets  with  manager  of  Pavilion,  who 
will  superintend  the setting  of bis  tables 
with  his  own  help  and  serve  coffee  and 
ice  cream 
in  connection  with  the  sup­
per.  This  arrangement  will  relieve  the 
ladies  of  the  unpleasant  features  of  a 
picnic  and  we  believe  will  be  appre­
ciated.

Gripsack  Brigade.

H.  C.  Horrator,  Michigan  represen­
tative  for  the  Continental  Paper  Bag 
Co.,  has  opened  an  office  in  this  city, 
locating  at  545  Michigan  Trust  build­
ing.

M.  Keller,  Michigan  and  Northern 
Ohio  traveling  representative  for  the 
Egg  Baking  Powder  Co.,  of  New  York, 
is 
in  town  for a  couple  of  weeks.  He 
is  a  guest  at  the  Plaza.

The  wife  of  the  late  Jesse  Sargent, 
who  held  a  $5,000  accident  policy  in 
the  T.  P.  A.  of  St.  Louis,  has  placed 
her  claim 
in  the  hands  of  Ex-Judge 
Haggerty  for  collection.

Kalamazoo  Telegraph:  A  traveling 
man's  picnic  is  the  latest.  Members  of 
the  U.  C.  T.  are  discussing  the  propo­
sition  and  have  talked  over  Lake  Cora 
and  Gull  Lake  as  possible  sites  for a 
day’s  outing.  The  strong 
long  arms 
which  swing . grips  throughout  the  sea­
son  will  be  just  the thing  to  tote 
lunch 
baskets  with,  thank  you.

Lester  D.  Califf,  traveling  representa­
tive  for the  Automatic  Wringer  Co.,  of 
Muskegon,  left  Sunday  for  the  East. 
His  territory  comprises  Ohio,  West  V ir­
ginia,  Delaware.  Maryland  and  New 
Jersey.  Frank  A.  Califf,  who  represents 
the  same  company 
in  Pennsylvania, 
also  left  at  the  same  time  to  resume 
work  in  his  new territory.

increase 

On  account  of  the 

is  made  and  worn 

in  the 
wholesale  trade  of  Wm.  Connor,  he  will 
remove  early  in  August  from  his  rooms 
at  Sweet’s  Hotel  to  more  commodious 
quarters  in  the  Wm.  Alden Smith block, 
on  Jonia  street,  and  will  add  a  large 
line  of  samples,  including  everything 
that 
in  men’s, 
youths’,  boys’ and children’s ready made 
clothing,  at  all  prices.  He  will employ 
a  competent  staff  of  salesmen  and  the 
salesrooms  will  be  open  daily.  Mr. 
Connor  is  a  veteran  in the clothing busi­
ness  and, judging  by  the enviable  record 
he  has  made  in  the  past,  his  judicious 
management  and  his  wide  circle  of 
friends,  the  venture  will  surely  meet 
with  success.

lodge  of  Masons 

James  W.  Church,  who  died  at  his 
home 
in  Detroit  last  Monday,  was  the 
best  known  cigar  salesman  in  Michigan 
and  Indiana.  He  was  born  in Norham, 
Ont.,  45  years  ago  and  removed  to  De­
troit  about  1880.  For  a  time  be  was  in 
the  drug  business  and  fifteen  years  ago 
he  went  on  the  road  for  Berdan  &  Co,, 
of  Toledo,  whose  cigars  he  has  been 
handling  ever  since.  Mr.  Church,  or 
“ Jim ,”   as  he  was  universally  called, 
belonged  to  Saginaw  lodge  of  Elks,  and 
Oriental 
in  Detroit. 
He  was  single,  and  greatly  attached  to 
his  father,  Hiram  T.  Church,  and  his 
sister,  Mrs.  Frances  McCreery,  with 
whom  he  lived.  About  five  weeks  ago 
he  was  taken  down  with diabetes,  which 
proved  fatal.
Au  A pproxim ation  to K aspberry Vinegar.
“ The  next  time  you  are  at  a  soda 
water  fountain  and  are  in  doubt  what to 
take,”   said  a  rotund  authority  on  sum­
juice  and 
mer  beverages,  “ order  lime 
in  a  tall,  thin  glass 
raspberry  syrup 
with  plenty  of  fizz. 
It’s  the  nearest  ap­
proach  to  that  good old-fashioned drink, 
raspberry  vinegar,  which  they  used  to 
have 
in  the  country  when  I  was  a  boy, 
of  anything  you  can  find  in  this  trolley- 
automobile-neurasthenic  age.  On  a  hot 
day  it  will  make  you  think  of  the  shady 
woods,  their  cool  brooks  and  the  old 
swimming  pool,  the  one  you  liked  so 
well. ”

Am erican  E nergy  Not  Ham pered.

Wealth  has  been  accumulated  in  the 
United  States  with astonishing rapidity, 
not  so  much  because  Americans  have 
devoted  themselves  exclusively  to  gain, 
but  because  they  have  been  freed  from 
so  many  burdens  on  production  which 
Europeans  groan  under. 
It  has  always 
been  an  American 
ideal  to  make  life 
freer,  broader  and  more  comfortable 
here  for  the  mass  of  humanity  than  it  is 
elsewhere.  Ability  to  earn  money  is  a 
means  to  that  end.  Men  earn  more 
here  than  they  do  abroad,  and  they 
spend  their  earnings  more  freely,  but 
not  for  unworthy  purposes.

The  Responsibility  of W ealth.

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  re­
is  more 
sponsibility  of  great  wealth 
acutely  felt 
in  this  country  than  ever 
in  a 
before.  Larger  gifts  are  made 
larger  way,  as  fortunes  increase  in  size 
and  number.  And  we  are  glad  to think 
that  it  is  not  pressure  from  without  so 
much  as  humane  impulse  from  within 
which  stimulates  to  generosity.  Wealth 
sees  poverty  and  need  and  stunted  lives 
and  unrelieved  misery  about  it,  and 
yearns  to  be  a  rescuer,  a  creator of  op­
portunity,  and  by  voluntary  distribution 
to  undo  excess.

Kissing  a  fashionable  young  lady  on 

the  cheek  is  one  way  to  remove paint.

GONE  BEVONO.

Death  of Stephen  T.  Bowen,  the  Veteran 

Salesman.

Stephen  T.  Bowen,  the  well-known 
clothing  salesman,  died  at  his  home  in 
Hyde  Park,  111.,  last  Wednesday,  after 
an 
illness  of  three  weeks.  The  imme­
diate  cause  of  death  was  a  breaking 
down  of  the  kidneys.  The  last  three 
days  of  his  illness  he  was  unconscious. 
He  died  very  quietly  and  without  a 
struggle.  The funeral  was  held  Friday, 
July  12,  the 
interment  being  made  in 
Oakwoods  cemetery.

Mr.  Bowen  was  born  Oct.  20,  1849,  at 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  where  his  father  was 
professor of  the  musical  and  grammar 
departments  of  the  State Normal School. 
His  antecedents  were  Yankee  on  both 
sides.  His  father  was  of  Welsh  extrac­
tion.  When  he  was  6  years  of  age,  the 
family  removed  to  Hopkinton, 
la., 
in  general 
where  his  father  engaged 
trade.  Two  years 
later the  family  re­
moved  to  Sand  Springs,  la.,  where  his

years  of  age  to  Miss  Mary  Pope,  of 
Sand  Springs—who  survives  him.  He 
also  leaves  four children,  two  sons  and 
two  daughters.  The  sons—Frederic  F. 
and  Stephen  T.  Bowen,  Jr.,—are  en­
gaged  in  the  musical  merchandise  busi­
ness  at  Chicago  under the  style  of  the 
Bowen  Bros.  Co.

Mr.  Bowen  attributed  his  success  as  a 
salesman  to  pluck,  energy,  perseverance 
and  hard  work,  and  those  who  knew 
him  well  and  were  familiar  with  the 
manner  in  which  he  suffered  from  ill 
health  during  recent  years  realize  how 
hard  it  was  for  him  to  keep  up  and  put 
his  best  foot  forward  and  meet  his 
friends  with  a  smile  and  his  customers 
with  a  hearty  handshake  when  he  felt 
more 
like  taking  to  bis  bed  than  con­
tinuing  the  tireless  battle  for trade.  The 
writer  was  frequently  summoned  to  his 
room  at  Sweet’s  Hotel  to  find  him 
suffering the  agonies  of the damned from 
his  old  enemy,  rheumatism,  but  he  bore 
his  affliction  calmly  and  invariably  in­
sisted  that  he  would  be  better  soon ;  in 
fact,  hopefulness  was  one  of  his  most 
marked  characteristics  and  this  faculty 
must  have  contributed  greatly  to  dissi­
pate  the  clouds  of  ill  health  which 
hung  over  him  during  the  closing  years 
of  his  career.

in 

A  New  York  lawyer  is  earnestly  be­
ginning  an  agitation  which  he  hopes 
will  result 
legislation  this  winter 
calculated  to 
lessen  the  law’s  delays. 
He  urges  that  the  opportunities  which 
the  present  practice  gives  to  occasion 
postponement  is  not  only  vexatious  but 
brings  the  profession  into  disrepute. 
It 
is  possible  to  keep  the  day  of  judgment 
distant  from  the  date  when  action  was 
commenced  and  this  often  amounts  to 
a  hindrance  of  substantial  justice.  A 
defendant  who  really  has  no  defense can 
keep  the  complainant  out  of  his  money 
for  a  couple  of  years  anyhow.  Unques­
tionably  there  is  room  for  improvement 
in  this  respect  and  while  it  might  not 
be  very  profitable  to  the  attorneys  it 
would  be  an  acceptable  change  to  liti­
gants. 
It  will  be  well  for  the  promoter 
of  this  plan  not  to  insist  upon  too  radi­
cal  reforms  at  the  outset,  since  most  of 
the 
lawyers,  and  self- 
preservation  is  heaven’s  first  law.

legislators  are 

Not  only 

is  the  growing  of  the  finest 
grade  of  Sumatra  tobacco  under cloth  in 
progress  in  Connecticut,  but  in  Decatur 
county,  Ga.,  much  is being  done  along 
that 
line,  and  very  successfully.  The 
State  Commissioner  of  Agriculture, 
Mr.  Stevens,  of  Atlanta,  has  been  look­
ing  at  the  crop  in  Decatur  county.  He 
finds  1,500  qcres  of  tobacco  on  one 
farm,  500  of  this  given  up  to  Sumatra 
under  cloth  at  a  cost  of $30,000.  That 
farm  sold  more  than  451,000  pounds  of 
tobacco  last  year at  prices  ranging  from 
20 cents  to $1  a  pound.

It  is  not  cohsistent  for a  man  to  tell  a 
girl  before  marriage  that  he 
is  willing 
to  die  for  her,  and  then  refuse  to  eat the 
biscuits  she  makes  after  becoming  his 
wife.

Whiskey,  Morphine  and 

Tobacco  Habits

Positively  Cured

Full  particulars  and  prices  for  the asking. 

Patterson  Home  Sanitarium, 316  E.  Bridge St. 

Phone  1291 

Grand Kapids, 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.

attended 

father  re-engaged  in  trade.  During  this 
time  Stephen 
the  district 
school  of  the  place,  supplementing  his 
work 
in  the  local  school  by  a  couple  of 
terms  at  the  Chicago  University,  at  the 
end  of  which  time  he  was  compelled  to 
return  home  on  account  of 
failing 
health.  At  the  age  of  18  years  he  em­
barked  in  general  trade  at  Sand Springs 
in  partnership  with  his  cousin  under 
the  style  of  Bowen  &  Tuttle.  Three 
years 
later  he  sold  his  interest  to  his 
partner  and  concluded  to  engage  in  ag­
ricultural  pursuits.  After  remaining  on 
a  farm  eighteen  months,  he  accepted  a 
position  as 
for 
Clement,  Morton  &  Co.—afterwards 
Clement,  Bane  &  Co.—with  whom  he 
remained  twenty-three  years.  He  then 
cast  his  fortunes  with  John  G.  Miller  & 
Co.,  of  Chicago,  subsequently  changing 
to  Whitney,  Christenson  &  Bullock  and 
more  recently  to  a  Utica  house.  During 
the  time  he  traveled  for  Clement,  Bane 
&  Co.,  he  conducted  retail  clothing 
stores  at  Battle  Creek,  Paw  Paw  and 
Hartford.

salesman 

clothing 

Mr.  Bowen  was  a  member of  the  Illi­
nois  Commercial  Traveling Men’s Asso­
ciation,  a  charter  member  of  the  North­
western  Traveling  Men’s  Association 
and  belonged  to  the  Iowa  Traveling 
Men’s  Association  and  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip.  He  was  a  mem­
ber  of  Hyde  Park  Baptist  church,  of 
Chicago,  and  resided  at  5406  Kimbark 
avenue,  Hyde  Park.

Mr.  Bowen  was  married  when  22

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Drugs—Chem icals

M ichigan  State  Board of Pharm acy

Term expires
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L. E.  R ey n o ld s,  St.  Joseph 
H u n k y  H e i m , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
• 
-  Dec. 31,1903
W i b t   P.  D o t y , Detroit- 
- 
A. C. Sc h u m a c h e r , Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1904 
J o h n  D. M u i r , Grand Rapids 
Dec. 31,1906 

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

Exam ination  Sessions.

Sault  Ste.  Marie, August 28 and 29. 
Lansing, Not. 6 and 6.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association. 

President—C h a s .  F .  M a n n , Detroit. 
Secretary—J .  W.  S e e l e y ,  Detroit 
Treasurer—W.  K.  Sch m id t, Grand Rapids.

Methods  to  Be  Avoided  in  A dvertising 

D rag  Stores.

Much  has  been  said,  both  pro  and 
con,  in  relation  to  the  druggist  who  ad­
vertises. 
1  shall  not  attempt  to  discuss 
the  ethics  of  the  question,  for  I  do  not 
believe  there  are  any  ethics  to  the  ad­
vertising  side  of  the  subject. 
I  main­
tain  that  every  druggist  advertises,  in 
one  way  or  another,  for  good  or for bad, 
little  or  much. 
If  that  assumption  shall' 
stand,  the  most  natural  question  which 
one  would  then  ask  i s :  When  or  what 
shall  a  druggist  do  to  bring  bis  voca­
tion,  profession,  business,  or  by  what­
ever term  you  are  pleased  to  call  it,  to­
gether  with  his  merchandise  before  the 
public  or  community?

The  advertisement  smiths  would  ad­
vise  to  entrust  them  with  the  problem, 
by  sending  them  from  time  to  time  a 
list  of  such  things  as  you  wish  to  men­
tion,  and 
letting  them  word  a  catchy 
advertisement  for  your  local  paper.  The 
specialty  man  would  advocate  placing 
your  advertisement  at  the  top  of  the 
hotel  register;  maybe  he  would  display 
a  glass  sign  for  the  reading  room  or 
draw  forth  a  card  bearing  the  rules  of 
the  house  and  ask  for  your advertise­
ment  with  which  to  make  a  border. 
The  medicine man would  contend  that  a 
house-to-house  distribution  of  books 
with  your  nakne  on  is  the  best  method. 
Some 
job  printers  think  that flaming 
red  circulars  are  most  noticeable.  The 
sidewalk  artist  says  that  people  who 
look  where  they  step  will  always  see his 
work.  The  street  car  publisher  may 
tell  you  that  by  his  scheme  Aunt  Jem i­
ma's  Pancake  Flour  was 
introduced. 
The  bill-board  proprietor  claims  that 
California  syrup  of  figs  secured its large 
sale  by  bis  route.  The  opera  house 
manager  naturally  thinks  that  his  pro­
grammes  are  the  only  sure  means  of 
getting  your  name  and  remedies  before 
the  public.  Mile  posts  may  tell  you 
that  Adam,  Eve  &  Co. 's  Garden  of 
Eden  perfume  is  sold  only  at  their  store 
in  Paradise,  Mo.  The  cutter  thinks  that 
satfron-hued  bulletins  bearing  the  price 
of  %-lb.  of  sulphur,  etc.,  for  15  cents 
draw  trade.

In  large  cities  it  is  no  doubt  true  that 
a  good  location  secures much patronage. 
But  pure  goods,  reliable  methods,  and 
clean  stores  add  much  to  one's prestige. 
Neat  and  well-placed  signs  play  a  con­
spicuous  part 
in  securing  customers. 
Next  to  the  best  advertisement  that  one 
can  possess 
is  a  large,  clean  window, 
containing  a  tastefully  arranged  dis-. 
it  embodies  an 
play,  particularly 
original 
If 
such  a  course  can  be  pursued  it  will 
soon  be  seen  how  quickly  the  feature  is 
observed  by  the  passers-by;  the  word 
is  soon  passed  from  one to another  that 
this  is  the  day  that Blank  &  Co.  change 
their  windows,  so  let  us  go that  way and 
take  a  look.  Probably  there  is  no  sort 
of  advertising  that  shows  such  immedi­
large  or  small,  as
ate  results,  be  they 

idea  well  demonstrated. 

if 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

good,  well-placed  window  displays. 
It 
is  the  belief  of  the  writer,  however,  that 
added  to  the  few  features  mentioned  in 
the  foregoing,  nothing  can  compare  for 
the  large  city  pharmacist,  as  well  as  for 
the  druggist 
in  the  smaller cities  and 
towns,  with  clean,  wholesome,  well- 
worded  newspaper advertising  frequent­
ly  changed.

A  very  good  and  cheap  way  for one 
to  advertise 
is  to  be  gentlemanly  and 
accommodating.  One  can  make  his 
place  have  an  air  akin  to  welcome,  so 
that  people  will  drop 
in  frequently—
i.  e.,  make  bis  store  a  meeting  place, 
although  not  a  loafing  rendezvous.  Such 
a  course  will  cause  him  to  be  spoken  of 
pleasantly,  and  such  mention  counts  for 
much  good.  The  confinement  incident 
to  our  profession  tends  to  make  us  nar­
row  and  pessimistic,  often  blind,  to  our 
own  interests.

Here 

let  me  say  that  the  man  who 
does  not  stock  or  try  to  procure  salable 
things  for  his  patrons  advertises  well 
the  fact  that  he  is  either  short  of  capi­
tal  or  a  poor  business  man.  He 
is 
bound  to 
lose  business,  and  finally  to 
degenerate  into  a  little  druggist.
It  is  claimed  that  advertising 

influ­
ences  sales  to  the  amount  of  $10,000,- 
000,000,  and  that  on  an  average  basis  of 
5 per  cent. $500,000,000  is  spent  annual­
ly  for  advertising  in  the  United  States. 
Nearly  two-thirds  of  the  large  general 
advertisers  are  found  in  New  England, 
with  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsyl­
vania, 
and  Delaware  added,  about 
one-third  of  them  being  in  New  York.

is  that 

One  great  fault  with  much  of  the 
present-day  advertising 
it  is 
much  overdrawn—the  statements  are  so 
large  that  people  discount  them  nearly 
one-half.  Wouldn’t 
it  be  far  better al­
ways  to  tell  the  truth,  and  thus  secure 
the  full  benefit  of  all  that  is  said? 
If 
one  makes  a  statement 
in  public,  he 
generally  does  or  should  prepare  him­
self  so  that  be  can  prove  all  his  state­
ments,  else  his  remarks 
lack  force. 
How  much  more  important  then,  when 
wording  an  advertisement  which  we 
hope  will  be  read  by  thousands  of  peo­
ple,  that  we  adhere  strictly  to  facts,  and 
thereby  gain  a  reputation  for  being 
honest  in  all  w ays!

levity,  writes 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  person  who 
avoids 
forceful 
sentences,  casts  no  insinuations  upon 
his  competitors,  is  the  one  whose  ad­
vertisements  will  be  read  and  appre­
ciated :

short, 

1.  Because  they  will  be  true.
2.  Because  they  will  be  refreshing.
3.  Because  they  tell  just  what  peo­

ple  desire  to  know.

4.  Because  they  attack  no  one.
5.  Because  people  admire  fair  play.
Let  me  give  you  an  illustration :

JU ST  STO CKED

A  very  large  line  of  Hair  Brushes. 

Possibly  the  best  assortment  in  the city.

All  shapes,  colors  and  prices. 

Leastwise,  sufficiently  large  from  which

to  make  a  satisfactory  selection  at 

PUSH,  H ARD  &  CO.'S.

This,  it  will  be  seen,  intimates  that 
you  believe  it  the  best* line  in  town  and 
yet  that 
is  possible  you  are  mis­
taken,  and  you  admit  that  such  may  be 
the  case.  SuGh  a  way  of  starting  it  is 
better than:

it 

H AIR  BRU SH ES  TO  BURN. 

Positively  the  Largest  Line  Ever  Seen

in  the  City.  Everything  as  Repre­

sented.  Prices  the  Lowest.

Nobody  would  credit  that  for  how  do 
they  know  it?  And  you  yourself  can  not 
swear  to 
Such  an  advertisement 
loses  force,  prestige,  and  money. 

it. 

It  has  always  seemed  strange  to  me 
that some  druggists will  pay so  much  for 
space,  and  so seldom  change  the  adver­
tisement.  Better  have  a  small  space 
with  frequent  changes  than  large  space 
containing  stale  matter.  Good  adver­
is  legitimate  and  does  not,  I  be­
tising 
lieve,  belittle  the  profession. 
It  is  an 
honorable  means  for  securing  trade,  and 
the  man  who  does  the  right  sort 
is  the 
man  who  gets  along,  all  other things 
being  equal.  The  poorer  the 
location, 
the  greater  the  need  of advertising.  The 
better  the  business,  the  more  need  of 
such  “ lubrication.”   The  slower  the 
trade,  the  more  imperative  the  demand 
to  start  it  up.

Learn  to  write  your  own  advertise­
ments.  Think  them  over  carefully;  re­
write  them  if  necessary.  Change  them 
at 
least  once  a  week,  preferably  Satur­
day,  so  that  the  new  one  will  be  seen 
when  the  paper  is  most  carefully  read— 
on  Sunday.  Choose  an  attractive  head­
ing  and  attend  to the  work as punctually 
as  you  open  your  store,  and  watch  the 
results.  Clothe 
your  advertisements 
with  well  chosen  words.  Don’t  say  too 
much,  but  yet  make  them 
interesting ; 
try  to  tell  people  something  that  they 
don’t  already  know  so  that  they  will 
look  for  your  advertisements  and  read 
them.  Such  methods,  if  carefully  pur­
sued,  will  prove  valuable.

investment 

The  above,  added  to  courteous  treat­
ment, reliable  goods,  careful dispensing, 
a  clean  store,  and  a  proper arrange­
ment,  fortifies  one  against  the  ravages 
of  the  cutter,  competitor and  adversary 
alike. 

Judson  B.  Todd.
Take  Time  to  Bead  the  Trade  Paper.
The  reading  of  journals  takes  time  as 
well  as  the  money  required for subscrip­
tion  to such  periodicals,  but  any  busi­
ness  man  could  well  afford  the 
invest­
ment  of  the  few  dollars  required  yearly 
for the  necessary  books  and  papers,  and 
one  or  two  hours’  systematic  reading 
each  day  will  be  sufficient  to  keep  one 
in  all  matters 
thoroughly  well  posted 
pertaining  to  his  business. 
Rightly 
considered,  it  is  not  an  expense  or a 
waste  of  time,  but  an 
in 
1  have  heard  men 
business  education. 
declare  that  it  would  be 
impossible  to 
find  the  time  for  reading  or study,  as 
the  requirements  of  their  business  were 
so  exacting  that  every minute  of  the day 
was  fully  occupied. 
In  such  cases  I 
have  usually  found  that  their time  was 
chiefly  occupied 
in  doing  the  petty 
routine  work  of  their  establishments, 
which,  had  they  been  more  able  busi­
ness  men,  would  bave  been  performed 
by  a  clerk.  To  the  head  of  a  business 
who  pleads  “ no  time”  for study or read­
ing  I  would  say,  take  time—hire  an­
other clerk  if  necessary. 
If  your  brains 
can  not make  you  more  money than your 
hands,  you  of  a  certainty  need  more 
business  knowledge.  Satisfactory  help 
can  easily  be  hired  to  perform  the  rou­
tine  work  of  the  drug  store,  but  you  can 
not  hire  a  man  to  do  your  thinking  and 
planning  and  the  driving  of  your  busi­
ness,  at  least  not  for any  salary that  you 
can  afford  to  pay.—W.  A.  Dawson  in 
the  American  Druggist.

Cam phor Pomade.

Oil  bitter almonds,  1  dr.
Oil  cloves,  20 dps.
Camphor,  1%  ozs.
White  wax,  4  ozs.
Lard,  prepared,  1  lb.
Melt the  wax  and  lard  together,  then 
add  the  camphor  in  saturated  solution 
in  spirit ;  put 
in  the  oils  when  nearly 
cold.

When  a  man  disputes  with  a  fool,  the 

fooj  is  doing  the  same  thing.

I

The  D rug  M arket.

Opium—Is  very  firm  and  shows  a 
fractional  advance.  Reports  from  pri­
mary  markets  are  conflicting.

Morphine—Is  unchanged.
Quinine—Is  steady.
Cantharides—Chinese  are 

in  better 
supply  and  have  declined.  There  is  no 
change  in  Russian.

Menthol—Is  firm  at  the  decline.
Sugar  of  Milk—Is  firm,  on  account  of 
It  is  thought  that 

the  scarcity  of  milk. 
prices  will  be  higher  later  on.

Balsam  Copaiba—On  account  of  large 

stocks  and  competition,  has  declined.

Oil  Cassia—Is 

in  better  supply  and 

lower.

Oil  Peppermint—Is 

in  a  very  strong 
position.  This  year’s  crop,  it  is  stated, 
will  not  be  over  half  of  last  year.

Oil  Neroli—The  crop  is  practically  a 
failure.  The  oil  has  advanced  $5 per  oz.
Oil  Sassafras—Has  advanced  and  is 
tending  higher,  on  account  of  scarcity.

It  may  be  more  blessed  to  give  than 
to  receive,  but  we  are  always  willing 
to 
let  the  other fellow  have  the  bless­
ings.

CO N SU LTATIO N
EXAMINATION

You are under no  obligation  to  continue  treat­
ment.  Dr. Rankin  has  been  established  In  the 
same office ten years and his practice is sufficient 
evidence of his skill.

Catarrh,  Head and  Throat

Is the voice husky?
Do you ache all over?
Is the nose stopped up?
Do  you  snore  at  night?
Does the nose bleed easily?
Is  this  worse  toward  night?
Does  the  nose  itch  and  burn?
Is  there  pain  in  front  of  head?
Is  there  pain  across  the  eyes?
Is  your sense  of  smell  leaving?
Is the throat  dry  in  the  morning?
Are you losing your  sense  of  taste?
Do  you  sleep  with  the  mouth  open?
Have you a  pain  behind  breast  bone?
Does  the  nose  stop  up  toward  night?

Go or write to '

DR.  C.  E .  RANKIN,

Powers'  Opera  House  Block

Grand  Repins,  Michigan 

Graduate of University of  Michigan and  Illinois 

School of Electro-Therapeutics 

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well known and highly  efficient.  Send  for  free 

symptom blank.

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W holesale  D ruggist

32 and  31  Western  Avenue 

Muskegon,  Micb.

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and

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($  travelers.  You will not be  disappointed.

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Send us your  orders.  Large stock  on 
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Grand Rapids, Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

27

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—OH Sassafras.
Declined—Balsam Copaiba, Oil Cassia

Acidnm
Acetlcum  ............... $
Benzolcum, German.
Boracic....................
Carbolicum.............
Citrloum..................   47i
Hy drochlor.-..........
Nftrocum...............
OxaUcum............>.. 
12®
Pbospborium,  dll... 
i
Salley 11 cum  ...: ......   52
Sulphuricum...........
Tannlcum................  1 io@  l 20
Tartarlcum.... 
40

38® 
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg.... 
4® 
Aqua, 20 deg.... 
6® 
Carbonas.........  13® 
Chloridum....... 
12® 

Aniline

6
8
15
14

Black......................... 2  00® 2 25
Brown.............   80® 
1  00
Bed.................   45® 
50
Yellow.....................   2  50® 3 00

Baccse

45@ 

56
6   1  86
556  60
50

Cubebae............ po,25  226  24
Jimlperus........  
8
Xanthoxylum.........   1  706  1 75

66 
Balsamum
Copaiba...........  506 
Peru  .......................  
Terabln,  Canada.... 
Tolutan............ 
Cortex
Abies, Canadian...... 
Cassiae...................... 
Cinchona  Flava......  
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrlca Cerlfera, po. 
Prunus  Virgini........ 
QuiUala, gr’d ........... 
Sassafras....... po. 20 
Ulmus.. .po.  15, gr’d 
E xtractum
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra. 
.25
246 
Glycyrrhlza,  po......  286  30
Haematox, 15 lb. box 
116   12
Haematox, is ........... 
136  14
Haematox, Vis.........  
146  15
Haematox, Vis......... 
166  17

18
42
18
30
20
12
12
15
15

F erru

Carbonate  Precip... 
Citrate and  Qulnla.. 
Citrate Soluble........ 
Ferrocyanldum Sol.. 
Solut. Chloride........ 
Sulphate,  com’l......  
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt.........  
Sulphate,  pure........ 

F lora

15
2  25
75
40
15
2
80
7

Arnica..................... 
156  18
Authemls.................  226  25
Matricaria...............  
306  35

Folia

86

Barosma..................  456  48
Cassia Acutlfol, Tin-
nevefiy................. 
206
Cassia, Acutlfol, A lx.  256
Salvia officinalis,  Vis
and Vis................. 
126
Ova Ursi...................... 
Gam m i 
Acacia, 1st picked...
Acacia,2d  picked...
Acacia,3d  picked...
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia, po...............
Aloe, Barb, po.18620 
Aloe, Cape....po. 16.
Aloe,  Socotri..po. 40
Ammoniac...............
Assaf cetida.... po. 40
Benzolnum..............
Catechu, is ..............
Catechu, Vis............
Catechu, V4s............
Campnorse..............  
„
Eupnorbium... po. 35  @  40
Gaibanum...............  
®  1  00
Gamboge.............po  65®  70
Gualacum...... po. 25 
®  30
Kino...........po. $0.76 
®  75
Mastic  ....................   @  60
Myrrh............po. 45  @ 4 0
Opll__po. 4.90@5.00 3 40® 3 50
Shellac.................... 
25®  35
Shellac, bleached.... 
40®  45
Tragacanth.............   60®  90
H erba

25
20
25
28
23
26
39
22
•  25

Absinthium. .oz. pkg 
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Malorum__oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip.. oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr..oz. pkg 
Rue.............. oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V.. .oz. pkg 
Magnesia
Calcined, P at...........  55®  60
Carbonate, P at........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

Olenm

Absinthium............   6 60® 7 00
Amygdalm,  Dulc....  38®  65
Amygdalae, Amarae.  8 00® 8 25
Anlsf...'..................  1  85® 2 00
Aurantl Cortex........2  10® 2 20
Bergamll...................2  61
Cajlputl...................  8)
Caryophylll.............  
71
Cedar......................  81
ChenopadU..............
Clnnamonil............ 1  H
Cltronella.............  
  8)

Conium Mac............   50®  60
Copaiba..................   1  15® 1  25
Cubebae...................  1  50®  l 60
Exechthitos............   1  00® 1  10
Erlgeron.................  1  io@ 1  20
Gaultherla..............  1  86®  1 90
Geranium, ounce....  @  75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1  60®  1  76
Junipera.................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendula  ..............  90® 2 00
Llmonis.....  ...........  1  30®  1  40
Mentha Piper.........   1  60® 2 00
Mentha Verid..........  1  50®  1 60
Morrhuae, |gal.
Myrcia...........
Olive
Plcls Liqulda...........
Piets Liqulda,  gal...
Rlcina....................
Rosmarlnl...............
Rosae, ounce.............. 6 1
Succini....................   40®
Sabina....................  90®  1  00
Santal........................2 75® 7 00
Sassafras.................  65®  60
Slnapis,  ess., ounce. 
®  65
TigUl........................  1  so®  1 60
Thyme............ ........  40®  50
Thyme, opt.............. 
®  1  60
Theobromas  ........... 
15®  20
Potassium
15® 
Bl-Carb....................  
18
Bichromate......... 
is
13® 
52®  57
Bromide................. 
12® 
C arb....................... 
15
Chlorate., .po. 17®19 
16® 
18
Cyanide..................  
34®  38
Iodide......................   2 30® 2 40
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com. 
@ 
15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
7® 
10
Potass  Nitras.........  
6® 
8
Prussiate.................  23®  26
Sulphate po............  
15®  18

Radix

a

Aconltum...
Althae.........
___  _
Anchusa  ...._____  
Arum  po.................  @  26
Calamus..................  
20®  40
12®  15
Gentlana.........po. 15 
Glychrrhiza.. .pv.  15 
16®  18
®  75
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
Hydrastis Can., po..  @ 8 0
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  15
Inula,  po................. 
18®  22
Ipecac, po................. 3 eo® 3 75
Iris  plOX...po. 35@38 
35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............  
25®  30
Maranta,  Vis...........  @  35
22®  25
Podophyllum,  po... 
Rhei.........................  75® 1  00
Rhei, cut...........;... 
@ 12 5
Rhei, pv..................   75®  1  35
Spigella................... 
35®  38
Sanguinarla.. .po.  15 
@  18
Serpentaria............  
40®  45
Senega....................  60®  65
Smilax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smllax, M...............   @  26
Scillse..............no.  35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................  @  26
Yalerlana,Eng.po.30 
@  25
15®  20
Valerfana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber]................. 
25®  27
Semen

Anlsum...........po.  16  @  12
13®  15
Apium (graveleons). 
Bird, is.................... 
6
4® 
10@  11
Carul................po.  15 
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  76
Coriandrum.............  
8® 
10
Cannabis Satlva......   4Vi®  6
Cydonium................  75®  1  00
Cnenopodium.........  
is®  16
Dipterix Odorate.... 1  00®  1  10
Foenlculum..............  @ 
10
7® 
Fcenugreek, po........ 
9
L tnl............ ...........  
4® 
6
Lini, grd...... bbl. 4 
4Vi®  5
Lobelia....................  45®  60
Pharlaris Canarian.. 
4Vi®  5
R apa.......................  4 Vi® 
5
Slnapis  Alba........... 
9®  10
Slnapis  Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spiritus
Frumentl, W. D. Co.  2 00®  2 50 
Frumenti.  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumentl................   1  25®  1  60
Juniperls Co. O. T...  1 65® 2 00
Junlperls  Co...........  1 76® 3 50
Saacnarum  N. E __   1  90® 2  10
Sot. Vini Galli.........  1
Vml  Oporto.............  1
Vini Alba.................  1
Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 50® 2  75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage................   2 so® 2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......
1  50 
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......
1  26
Grass  sheepsr  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.................
Rhei Arom..............
Smllax  Officinalis...
Senega ....................
Scillae...  .................

Scillae  Co............
Tolutan...............
Prunus  vlrg........

Tinctures
Aconltum Napellis R 
Aconltum Napellis F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and M yrrh.... 
A rnica....................  
Assaf cetida.............. 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma..................  
Cantharides............  
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
Cardamon Co..........  
Castor...................... 
Catechu]................... 
Cinchona................  
Cinchona Co............  
Columba................. 
Cubebae.................... 
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
Digitalis..................  
Ergot.......................  
Ferri  Chloridum.... 
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co.............. 
Gulaca.....................  
Gulaea ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............ 
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless......  
K ino....................... 
Lobelia...................  
Myrrh...... ............... 
Nux Vomica............  
Opll.......................... 
Opll, comphorated.. 
Opll, deodorized...... 
Quassia.......................... 
Rhatany................... 
Rhei......................... 
Sanguinarla...........  
Serpentaria............  
Stramonium............  
Tolutan................... 
Valerian................. 
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Zingiber..................  

Miscellaneous 

®  50
@  50
®  50

60
60
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
50
75
75
1 00
so
so
60
so
so
so
5o
50
50
35
so
60
so
60
So
75
75
so
60
Bo
Bo
75
So
i  5o
Bo
So
So
So
Bo
60
60
Sq
So
20

® 
® 

.Fther, Spts. Nit.? F  30®  35
.¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2V4@ 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto...................   40®  B0
Antimonl, po........... 
4® 
5
Antlmoni et Potass T  40®  50
Antipyrln...............   @  26
®  20
Antifebrin.............. 
®  51
Argent! Nitras, oz... 
Arsenicum.............. 
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
38®  40
Bismuth S. N...........  1  80®  1  85
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
9
Calcium Chlor., vis.. 
10 
Calcium Chlor.,  Vis..  @  12
Cantharides, Rus .po  @  80
Capsid Fructus, af.. 
® 
i5 
Capsid  Fructus, po.  @ 1 5
Capsid Fructus B, po  @  15
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba.............. 
so®  55
Cera  Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  36
Centraria.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum.................  @  45
Chloroform......... .'. 
56®  60
Chloroform,  squibbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  40®  1  65
Chondrus..................... 20®  25
Cinchonidine.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   6 56® 6 75
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
70
Creosotum...............   @  35
Creta............bbl. 75  @  2
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, precip........... 
ll
9® 
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
s
Crocus....................  25®  30
Cudbear..................   @  24
Cupri  Sulph...........  6V4@ 
8
Dextrine................. 
7® 
10
Ether Sulph............  78®  92
Emery, all numbe.a.  @ 
8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
Ergota......... po. 90  85®  90
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla.......................   @  23
Gambler................. 
8® 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @  60
35®  60
Gelatin, French......  
75 &  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
Glue, brown............  
ll®
Glue,  white...........
Glycerina.................  17 Vi
Grana Paradis!........
Humulus.................
Hydrarg Chlor  Mite 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor..
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m.
Hydrarg  Ammonlatl 
Hydra rgU n guen turn
Hydrargyrum.........
IchthyoDolla,  Am.
Indigo.....................
Iodine,  Resubl........3
Iodoform.................  3
Lupulin^.................

Liquor Arsen et Hy­
drarg Iod..............
LlquorPotassArslnlt 
Magnesia,  Sulph....
Magnesl  Sulph, bbl

Menthol..................   @ 4  25
Morphia, S., P.& W.  2  15®  2  40 
Morphia, 8..N. Y. Q.  2 05<a 2 30
Morphia, Mai...........2 05® 2 30
Moschus  Canton__   @  40
Myristlca, No. l ......   65®  80
Nux Vomica...po. 15  @ 
10
Os Sepia..................  
35®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co....................  @  1  00
Plcls Llq. N.N.yi gal.
doz....................... 
@200
Plcls Liq., quarts__   @100
Plcls Llq.,  pints......   @  85
PllHydrarg...po. 80  @  50
Piper  Nigra...po. 22  @ 
18
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 36  @  30
PHx Burgun............   @ 
7
Plumbl Acet............  
10® 
12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opll  1  30®  1  50 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @  75
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
25®  30
8® 
Quassias..................  
10
36®  46
Quinta, 8. P. &  W... 
36®  46
Qulnla, S.  German.. 
Qulnla, N. Y............  
36®  46
RubiaTinctorum.... 
12®  14 
Saccharum Lactls pv  18®  20
Salacln....................  4 so® 4 75
40®  50
Sanguis  Draconls... 
Sapo, W................... 
12® 
14
SapoM.................... 
10® 
12
Sapo G....................  @ 
15

20® 22
@ 18
© 30
@ 41
® 41
9® n
9® 11
23® 25
lVi® 2
5
3 Vi® 4
@ 2
@ 2 60
56
2 00

Seldlltz Mixture......
Slnapis....................
Slnapis,  opt............
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes....................
Snuff .Scotch, De Vo’s
Soda, Boras.............
Soda,  Boras, po......
Soda et Potass Tart.
Soda,  Carb..............
Soda,  Bi-Carb........,
Soda, Ash...............
Soda, Sulphas.........
Spts. Cologne...........
Spts. Ether  Co........
Spts. Myrcia Dom...
Spts. Vini Rect.  bbl.  @ 
Spts. Vini Rect. vibbl  @ 
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal 
®
Spts.  v ini Rect. 5 gal
©
Strychnia, Crystal...
80® 1  05
Sulphur,  Subl.........
2Vi@ 4
Sulphur, Roll........... 2&@ 3V4
Tamarinds..............
10
8®
Terebenth  Venice...
28® 30
Theobromae.............
60® 65
Vanilla.................... 9 00@16 00
Zinc! Sulph............
7® 8
Oils

whale, winter.........
Lard, extra..............
Lard, No. 1 ..............

BBL.  GAL.
70
70
50

70
60
45

Linseed, pure raw...
Linseed, boiled.......
Neatsfoot, winter str
Spirits  Turpentine..

82
83
60
46
Paints BBL. LB.

54
41

IK   2
1%  2
IK   2
2Vi  2Vi@3
2Vi  2K® 3
13®
15
70® 75
14®
18
13®
16
6V4® 7
6 Vi® 7

Red  Venetian...... .
Ochre, yeUow  Mars.
Ochre, yellow Ber...
Putty,  commercial..
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............
Vermilion, English..
Green,  Paris...........
Green, Peninsular...
Lead,red................
Lead,  white............
Whiting, white Span 
@
90
Whiting, gilders’__
95
@
White, Paris, Amer. 
@ 1  25
Whiting. Paris. F.ng.
cliff.......................
®   1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  10® 1  20 

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turò..............  l 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.iTurp  70®  75

HO LIDAY

GOODS

W e wish  to  assure  our  customers  that 

we shall  this  season  show  an  even  more 

complete  line  of  Holiday  Goods  than  last 

year.  Our  Mr.  Dudley  will  call  and  dis- 

play samples as  soon  as  the  new  lines  are 

complete.  Our  customers  can  place  their 

entire  orders  with  us  this  season  at  one 

time 

if  they  wish,  saving  the  time  and 

trouble  of  looking  over  several  smaller 

lines.

H azeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.,

G r a n d   R a p i d s ,   M i c h i g a n

28

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

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

DECLINED

Mexican

Straw berries

90

85

l 25

Guatem ala

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

Standard................. 
Fancy............................  
Succotash
Fair.......................... 
Good.............................. 
Fancy............................  
Tomatoes
African...... .........................12V4
F air.........................  
Fancy African....................17
Good.......................  
O. G....................................25
Fancy............................  
1 00
P. G ...................................29
Gallons........................... 
2 40
Columbia,  pints........................2 00
Columbia, Vi pints.....................l 25

Choice..................................16

Arabian.........................  

CATSUP

Package 

Mocha

Ja v a

l 00
l 20

85
90

21

CARBON  OILS 

B arrels

Eocene.......................   @10V4
Perfection..................   @ 9VV
Diamond White.........   @ 8Vi
D. S. Gasoline............  @12*4
Deodorized Naphtha..  @i0Vi
Cylinder..................... 29  @34
Engine........................19  @22
Black, winter..............  @10K

310

®lo
@1«
@10
@i0Vi
@10
@  9Vi
@io
@io
@ 9 Vi
14@15
@90
@17

CHEESE
Acme.......................  
Amboy......................... 
Carson City................... 
Elsie.............................  
Emblem................... 
Gem.............................. 
Gold Medal.............. 
Ideal............................ 
Jersey........................... 
Riverside................. 
Brick.......................  
Edam...........................  
Leiden......................... 
Llmburger...............  
Pineapple................ 
Sap  Sago................. 
CHEWING  GUM 
American Flag Spruce—  
Beeman’s Fepsin........  
60
55
Black Jack.................. 
Largest Gum  Made......... 
60
65
Sen Sen  ,..................... 
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1  00
Sugar Loaf..................  
55
Yucatan....................... 
56
Bulk....................................  5
Red........................................7
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s .............................   6Vi
Schener’s .............................  6

13@14
50@75
19@20

CHICORY

55

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

Runkel Bros.

CLOTHES  LINES

German Sweet....................   23
Premium.............................   31
Breakfast Cocoa..................   46
Vienna Sweet....................
Vanilla................................   28
Premium......................  —   31
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz...........l  00
Cotton, 50 ft.  per doz...........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz...........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz...........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz.......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute, 72 ft. per doz............   95
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, V4s  .......................   36
Colonial. Vis.........................  33
Epps.....................................  42
Huyler.................................  45
Van Houten, Vis..................  12
Van Houten, Vis..................  20
Van Houten, Vis..................  38
Van Houten,  is..................  70
Webb................................ 
30
Wilbur, Vis..........................   41
Wilbur. J4s..........................   42
COCOA  SHELLS
20 lb. bags...................... 
2 Vi
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound packages............  
4

COCOA

COFFEE
Roasted

1 4 0 *
HIGH GRADE.
Co ffees

Special Combination...........15
French Breakfast................17 Vi
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-ls.. 
. .21Vi
Excelsior M. & J., 30-26....... 20Vi
Royal Java............................. 26 Vi
Royal Java & Mocha........... 26 V£
Arabian  Mocha  ................. 28 vi
AdenMoch...........................22 Vi
Mocha & Java Blend__....23
Fancy Marlcaibo..................18 Vi
Javo Blend...........................17V4
Golden Santos...................... 17
Ja-Mo-Ka.............................15Vi
Excelsior Blend....................i4Vi
No. 55 Blend......................... 14
Common...............................10%
F a ir..................................... 11
Choice...................................13
Fancy................................... 15
Common...............................11
F hlr......... ........................... 14
Choice...................................16
Fancy...................................17
Peaberry...............................13
F air......................................12
Choloe...... ............ ,,.,„ ....1 6

Maracaibo

Santos

Bio

New York Basis.

Arbuckle...........................llvi
Dllworth........................... HVi
Jersey................................UVi
Lion.................................. ll Vi
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin & 
Co., Chicago.

Extract

Valley City V4  gross............   75
Felix Vi gross......................1  15
Hummers foil Vi gross........  85
Hummel’s tin Vi gross........1  43

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz In case.

 

Gail Borden Eagle.............. 6  40
Crown.................................. 6  25
Daisy....................................5 75
Champion............................4 50
Magnolia............................. 4  25
Challenge............................ 3 76
Dime............  
3 36
Leader.................................3 80
COUPON  BOOKS 
l 50 
60 books, any  denom... 
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 cially  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

8
9

Soda

B utter

Oyster

CRACKERS

Credit Checks 

Coupon  Pass  Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
50  books.......................  
l  60
100  books.......................   2  50
500  books.......................   ll  so
1.000  books.......................   20 00
500, any one denom........  2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  6 00
Steel  punch...................... 
75
National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour..............................  
6
New York..:....................... 
6
Family................................  6
6
Salted..................................  
Wolverine...........................  
6V4
Soda  XXX.......................  
6Vi
Seda, City...........................  
8
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette........................  13
F a u st.................................  
7 Vi
Farina................................. 
6
Extra Farina..................... 
6Vi
Sal tine Oyster.....................  6
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals............................  10
Assorted  Cake.................  10
Belle Bose...........................  
Bent’s Water....................  16
Cinnamon Bar..................... 
Coffee Cake,  Iced............   10
Coffee Cake, Java............   10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Cracknells.........................  16
Creams, Iced....................... 
Cream Crisp.......................  
Cubans...............................  
Currant Fruit..................   12
Frosted Honey.................  12
Frosted Cream...................  
9
Ginger Gems, 1’rge or snail  8 
Ginger  Snaps, N.B.C —  
6
Gladiator..........................  
lOVi
Grandma Cakes.................. 
9
Graham Crackers............  
8
Graham  Wafers.................   12
Grand Rapids  Tea...........  16
Honey Fingers.................  12
Iced Honey Crumpets......  10
Imperials............................  
8
Jumbles, Honey.................   12
Lady Fingers......................  12
Lemon Snaps......................  12
Lemon Wafers................... 
16
Marshmallow.....................   16
Marshmallow Creams......   16
Marshmallow Walnuts.  ..  16
Mary Ann...........................  
8
llVi
Mixed Picnic__________ 
M'.’.k Biscuit.......................  7 V4
8
Molasses  Cake.................... 
Molasses Bar....................... 
9
Moss Jelly Bar................. 
l2Vi
Newton...............................  12
Oatmeal Crackers...............   8
Oatmeal Wafers.................  12
Orange Crisp.......................  9
9
Orange Gem........................  
Penny Cake........................  
8
7Vi
Pilot Bread, XXX............ 
8
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
Pretzels, hand  made.......  
8
 
Scotch Cookies.................. 
  9
Sears’ Lunch............... 
 
7Vi
Sugar Cake.......................... 
8
Sugar Cream, XXX.........  
8

8
io*i
liVi

Sugar Squares...................  8
Sultanas............................   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

California F ru its

Sundrled.........................  @4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @5 
Apricots.....................  9@ 9Vi
Blackberries..............
Nectarines...................7
Peaches........................6  @20
Pears.........................   7 Vi
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries..............
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @  3Vi
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @4
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4Vi
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........  @  \ \
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  @5*4
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  @  5Vi
40 - 60 25 lb. boxes........  @
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........ 
8
34 cent less in 50 lb. cases 

California Prunes

Citron

Peel

C nrrants 

Leghorn...................................ll
Corsican..................................12
California, l lb.  package—
imported, 1 lb package.......12V4
Imported, bulk.....................11%
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx..l0V4 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10 V4 
London Layers 2 Crown. 
1 75
London Layers 3 Crown.
Cluster 4 Crown............
6'
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
6
7
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb........ 
8
L. M., Seeded, 34  lb__   7  @
Sultanas, b u lk ....................
Sultanas, package..............

Raisins

2 OO

Beans

Cereals

FARINACEOUS GOODS 
Dried Lima..........................  7
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland..............
Cream of Cereal............
...  90
Graln-O, sm all..............
...1  35
Graln-O, large...............
...2  25
...1  35
Grape Nuts....................
Postum Cereal, small...
...1  35
Postum Cereal, large....
.  2 25
241 lb. packages...........
...1  60 
...3 00
Bulk, per 100 Tbs............
Flake, 50 lb. sack..........
80
Pearl,  2001b. bbl...........
...2 40
Pearl, 1001b. sack.........
...1  17
Macearoni  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

Walsh-DeBoo Co.’s Brand.

Grits

Peas

Rolled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages............. ...2 00
loo lb. kegs...................... ...3 00
200 lb. barrels................. ...6 70
100 lb. bags...................... ...2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu__ ...1  30
Green, Scotch, bu........... ...1  40
Spilt,  lb........................... ... 
3
Rolled Avena, bbl........... ...4 65
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks... .  2  25
Monarch, bbl.................. ...4  40
Monarch, Vi bbl.............. ...2  36
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks...*.. . . 2   10
Quaker, cases................. ...8 20
East India....................... ...  254
German, sacks................ ...334
German, broken package..  4
Flake,  HO lb. sacks........ ...  4M
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks......... ...  3%
Pearl. 24 1 lb.  packages.. ...  6
Cracked, bulk................. ...  334
24 2 3>. packages............. ...2 60
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Tapioca

W heat

Sago

FOOTE A JENKS’

JAXON

Highest  Grade Extracts
Vanilla 

Lemon

1 oz full m. 120  1 oz full  m.  80
2 oz full m.2°l0  2 oz full m .l  25 
No.3fan’y.3  15  No.Sfan’y .l 75

ADVANCED
Rolled  Oats
Corn  Syrup
Cheese
Pickles
Sal  Soda|

Index to  Markets

By Columns

D
F

G

A

Col.
Akron  Stoneware.................  15
Alabastlne............................ 
i
Ammonia..............................  
l
Axle Grease..........................   1

B

c

Baking Powder......................  1
Bath  Brick............................  1
Bluing...................................   1
Brooms..................................   1
Brushes................................. 
l
Butter Color..........................   2
Candles..................................  14
Candles..................................  2
Canned Goods.......................  2
Catsup.................................   3
Carbon Oils..........................   3
Cheese....................................  8
Chewing Gum.......................   3
Chicory..................................   3
Chocolate...............................  *
Clothes Lines.........................  3
Cocoa.....................................  3
Cocoa Shells..........................  3
Coffee.........................-........   3
Condensed Milk....................   4
Coupon Books.......................  4
Crackers...............................  4
Cream T artar.......................   »
Dried  Fruits...........................  5

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

P

H

M

N
O

I
J
L

Grains and Flour...................  6
Herbs.....................................   8
Hides and Pelts...................  13
Indigo.....................................   6
Jelly.......................................   8
Lamp Burners.......................  l’
Lamp Chimneys...................   15
Lanterns...............................   15
Tati tern  Globes....................   15
Licorice..................................   7
Lye..........................................  7
Matches..................................   7
Meat Extracts........................   7
Molasses.................................   7
Mustard..................................   7
Nuts......................................   H
Oil Cans................................   15
Olives.....................................   7
Oyster Palls............................  7
Paper Bags............................  7
Paris  Green............................  7
Pickles...................................  7
Pipes.....................................   7
Potash...................................  7
Provisions.............................   7
Bice.......................................  8
Saleratus............ j................   8
Sal Soda.................................  8
Salt........................................   8
Salt  Fish...............................  8
Sauerkraut............................  8
Seeds.................... -...............  8
Shoe Blacking.......................   8
Snuff.....................................   8
Soap........................ 
8
Soda.......................................  8
Spices........................ : ........   9
Starch.....................................  10
Stove Polish...........................  10
Sugar......................................  10
Syrups..................................   9
Table  Sauce...........................   12
Tea.........................................   u
Tobacco..................................  ll
Twine.....................................  12
Vinegar..................................  12
Washing Powder....................  12
Wlcktng..................................  13
Woodenware..........................  13
Wrapping Paper....................  13
Yeast Cake.............................  13

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ALABASTINK

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

Less 40 per cent discount.

doz.  gross

AXLE GREASE
Aurora 
...................66 
Castor  Oil....................60 
Diamond.....................50 
Frazer’s ...................... 75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 

6 00
7 00
4 25
9 00
9 00

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

9 00
6 00

BAKING POWDER 

Egg

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

!% lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
t 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1  60

Queen  Flake

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

Royal

a

10c size__  90
V4 lb. cans  1  35
  6 oz. cans.  1  90
Vi  lb. cans 2 so
lb.  cans 3 75
1 lb.  cans.  4 80
3 
5 lb. cans. 21 50

lb. cans  13 00

BATH  BRICK

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

BLUING

Small size, per doz..............  40
Large size, per doz..............  75

BROOMS

No. l Carpet..........................2 50
No. 2 Carpet..........................2 15
No. 3 Carpet..........................l 85
No. 4 Carpet..........................1 60
Parlor  Gem..........................2 40
Common Whisk...................  86
Fancy Whisk........................ 1 10
Warehouse........................... 3 26

BRUSHES

Solid Back,  8 in..................   45
Solid Back, 11 In .................  95
Pointed Ends.......................  86

Shoe

Stove

No. 8.................................... 1 00
No. 7.................................... 1  30
No. 4.................................... 1  70
No. 3.....................................l  90
NO. 3.....................................  76
No. 2.....................................1  10
No. 1.................................... 1 75
W., B. & Co.’s, 15c size....  1  25 
W„ K. & Co.’s, 25c size—   2 00 
Electric Light, 8s................ 12
Electric Light, 16s........... ...12Vi
Paraffine, 6s........................ 10Vi
Paraffine, 12s.......................11
kicking 
................29

BUTTER  COLOR 

CANDLES

Beans

Blackberries

Clam  Bouillon

CANNED  GOODS 
Apples
75 
lb. Standards....
3 
2  25
Gallons, standards..
76
standards...............
Baked......................  l  oo@i  so
75®  85
Red  Kidney............  
String...................... 
80
Wax......................... 
85
B laeberries
Standard.................... 
85
Brook  T ront
lb. cans, Spiced..........  1  90
2 
Clams.
Little Neck, l lb...... 
too
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 
1 50
Burnham's, Vi pint...........  1 92
Burnham’s, pints................3  60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20
Cherries
Bed  Standards...........
White.........................
Corn
Fair..........................
Good.......................
Fancy......................
F rench  Peas
Sur Extra Flue............
Extra  Fine...................
Fine...............................
Moyen..........................
Gooseberries
Standard................
H om iny
Standard.
Lobster
Star, Vi lb.
Star, l  lb.................
Picnic Tails..............
Mackerel
Mustard, lib ...........
Mustard, 2 lb...........
Soused, 1 lb..............
Soused, 2 lb............
Tomato, l lb.............
Tomato, 2 lb.............
Hotels.......................
Buttons.
Oysters
Cove, l lb.................  
Cove, 2 lb.................
Cove, l lb  Oval........
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow....................   1 
Pears
Standard.................
Fancy.................... .
Marrowfat..............
Early June..............
Early June  Sifted..
Pineapple
Grated....................   1 
Sliced.......................   1 
Pumpkin
F air.............. ..........
Good.......................
Fancy......................
Raspberries
Standard..................
Russian  Cavier
14 lb. cans.................. ......   3 75
Vi lb, cans.................. ......   7 00
1 lb. can..................j ......   12 00
Salmon
@1  85
Columbia River, tails
@1  95
Columbia River, flats
Bed Alaska.............. 1  20@1  40
1  00@1  10
Pink Alaska............
Shrim ps
Standard.................
Sardines
Domestic, its...........
Domestic, 54s.........
Domestic,  Mustard.
California, 14«.........
California Vis...........
French, Vis..............
French, Via..............

86
1 85 
3 40
2 35
1  75
2 80
1 75
2 80
1 75
2 80
18@20
22@25

U@14
17@24
7@14
18@28

Mushrooms

Peas

85

66®1 85

70
80
1  00 
1  00 
1 60
25@2 75
35@2 55

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

29

W hite fish

100  lbs........... 7  50 
40 lbs........... 3 30 
10 lbs...........  90 
8  lbs...........  75 
SEEDS

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
2 75
1  40
43
37

Anise............................. ......9
Canary, Smyrna..................   4
Caraway.............................   g
Cardamon, Malabar............60
Celery.................................. 12
Hemp, Russian....................   44
Mixed Bird..........................   44
Mustard, white....................  9
Poppy.................................. 10
Rape...................................   44
Cuttle Bone....................... 
15
SHOE  BLACKING
Handy Box, large............  2 50
Handy Box, small............  
1  25
21
Blxby’s Royal Polish.......  
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish......
60
Scotch, In bladders..............  37
Maccabov, In jars................  35
French Rappee, In jars......   43
B. T. Babbit brand—

Babbit’s Best..................  4 00

SNUFF

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

1 0

II

Pure  Cane

F air.....................................  16
Good...................................   20
Choice................................   25

STARCH

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

 

 

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Japan

Sundried, medium..............28
Sundrled, choice................. 30
Sundried, fancy...................40
Regular, medium.................28
Regular, choice...................30
Regular, fancy.................... 40
Basket-fired, medium..........23
Basket-fired, choice......... 35
Basket-fired, fancy..............40
Nibs..................................... 27
Siftings...........................19@21
Fannings........................20@22

Gunpowder

Moyune, medium................26
Moyune, choice...................35
Moyune, fancy.................... 60
Pingsuey,  medium.............. 25
Plngsuey, choice................. 30
Pingsuey, fancy...................40

Kingsford’s  Corn

401-lb. packages...............   64
20 l-lb. packages...............  64
6 lb. packages...............  
74
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss
7

40 l-lb. packages...............  

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages...................  44
  4M
3-lb. packages............ 
6-lb. packages...................  &4
40 ana 60-lb. boxes............  
34
Barrels.............................  
34

 

8

Beef

Tripe

Sausages
Bologna...!............. 
L iver....:................ 
Frankfort................ 
P o rk .......................  
Blood.......................  
Tongue....................  
Headche  so ............  
Extra Mess.............. 
Boneless................... 
Rump...................... 
Pigs’  Feet
4  bbls., 40 lbs.........  
4  bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Kits, 15  lbs.............. 
4  bbls., 40 lbs.........  
4  bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Casings
P o rk ...............................  
Beef rounds............  
Beef middles........... 
Sheep............................... 
B utterlne
Solid, dairy.............. 
11  @
Bolls, dairy..............  114@
Rolls, creamery....... 
Solid, creamery......  
Corned beef, 2 lb__  
Corned beef, 14 lb... 
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
Potted ham,  4 s ......  
Potted ham,  4 s ......  
Deviled ham, Ms.... 
Deviled ham, 4 s __ 
Potted tongue,  4 s.. 
Potted tongue,  4 s .. 
RICE 
Domestic

Canned  Meats

54
4
74
74
64
*
6

10  75
11  50
11  50
165
3 50
70
1  25
225

3
10

144
14
2  76
17 50
2  75
50
90
50
90
50
90

Carolina head.......................7
Carolina No. 1 ......................54
Carolina No. 2 ...................... 44
Broken..................................44
Japan,  No.  l ................ 54@6
Japan,  No. 2................ 44@5
Java, fancy head..........5  @54
Java. No. 1................... 5  @
Table...............................  @

Im ported.

SALERATUS 

Packed 60 lbs. in box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  15
Deland’s....................................3 00
Dwight’s  Cow...........................3 15
Emblem....................................2 10
L.  P.......................................... 3 00
Wyandotte, 100 4 s ...................3 00
Granulated,  bbls...................  90
Granulated, 100 lb. cases...  1  < 0
Lump, bbls.........................  8"
Lump. 145 lb. kegs.................  85

SAL  SODA

SALT
Buckeye

Common  Grades

Diamond Crystal 

100  31b. bags...........................3 00
50  61b. bags...........................3 00
22 14 lb. bags...........................2 75
in 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count and one case 24 3 lb. boxes 
free.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 oo 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 66 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bag8.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs............   67
100 3 lb. sacks.......................2 25
60 51b. sacks.......................2  15
2810 lb. sacks.....................2 05
56 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 
66 lb. sacks..........................   25
Granulated  Fine.................  95
Medium Fine........................ 1 00

Solar Rock
Common

Ashton
Higgins

W arsaw

i  

s

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

50 cakes, large size................. 3 25
100 cakes, large size.............6 50
50 cates, small size............ 1  95
100 cakes, small size............ 3 85
Bell & Bogart brands—
Coal Oil Johnny.............   3 90
Peekin.............................   4 00
Queen Anne..................... 3  15
Big Bargain......................1  75
Umpire............................   2 15
German  Family...............  2 45
Dingman..........................  3 85
Santa Claus.....................  3 25
Brown...............................2 40
Fairy................................  4 00
Naptha.............................  4 00
Oak Leaf..........................  3 25
Oak Leaf, big 5.................4 00

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

Fels brand —
Go wans & Sons brands—

Single box........................... 3 uo
5 box lots, delivered.......... 2 95
10 box lots, delivered.......... 2 90
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Silver King  ....................  3 60
Calumet Family...............  2 70
Scotch Family.................   2 50
Cuba.................................  2 40
50 cakes.....................  1 95
Ricker’s Magnetic..........   3 90
Lautz Bros, brands—
•  Big Acme........... :..........   4 00
Acme 5c...........................   3 25
Marseilles........................   4 00
Master............................. 3 70
Lenox.............................  3 00
Ivory, 6oz......................•.  4 00
Ivory, 10 oz.....................  6 75
sta r.......:........................3 00
Good Cheer....................  3 80
Old Country....................  3 20
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz....... 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz............2 40
Boxes....................................  54
Kegs, English......................  44

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

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Scouring

SODA

6

V anilla

Lemon

2 ozpanel..1  20  2 ozpanel.  75 
3 oz taper. .2 00  4 oz taper.. i  50

GMNOIMPfDS. MICH.

1». C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2 OZ......... 
75  2 OZ.........  1  24
3 oz.........  1  00  3 oz.........  1  60
6 OZ.........   2  00  4 OZ.........  2  00
No. 4T 
.1 5 2   No  3 T...  2 08
O ur Tropical.

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75c.

2 oz. full measure. Lemon.. 
75
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  1  50 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  1  80
2 oz. Panel Vanilla Tonka..  70
2 oz. Panel Lemon............. 
60
Tanglefoot, per box.............   35
Tanglefoot', per case...........3 20

FLY  PA PER

Standard.

FRESH  HEATS 

Reef

P ork

Carcass....................   64®  8
54®  6
Forequarters.........  
Hindquarters......... 
8s®   «4
Loins No. 3.............. 
124@16
Bibs.........................  9  @124
*4®  9
Bounds.................... 
C'hucKs.................... 
5  @ 54
4  @ 54
Plates.................... . 
@7
Dressed................... 
Loins....................... 
@10
Boston Butts........... 
@ 84
Shoulders................ 
@ 84
Leaf Lard................ 
@  8
M utton
Carcass...................  
74@ 94
Lambs......................  94@10
Carcass...................  
8  @9
GRAINS AND  FLOUR

Veal

W heat

W beat.............................  .  65

W inter W heat  F lour 

Local Brands

Spring W heat F lour 

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents.............................  4  10
Second Patent..................   3  no
Straight..................  ........  3  40
Clear................................   3 oo
Graham............................  3 00
Buckwheat.......................  4 oo
Bye...................................   3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond 4 s......................  3 76
Diamond 4 s .....................  3 76
Diamond 4 s.....................   3 75
Quaker 4 s.........................  3 60
Quaker 4 s........................  3 60
Quaker 4 s........................  3 60
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
PUlsbury’s  Best 4 s .........   4  15
Pillsbury’s  Best 4 s .........   4 05
PUlsbury’s  Best 4 s .........  3  95
PUlsbury’s Best 4s paper.  3 95 
Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper.  3 95 
Ball-Barn hart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial 4 s.........  4 25
Duluth  Imperial 4 s.........  4  15
Duluth  Imperial 4 s.........  4 05
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wingold  4 s ....................... 
4 20
Wingold  ms....................... 
4 10
Wingold  4 s ......................  
4 00
Olney & Judson’s Brand
Ceresota 4 s .......................   4 20
Ceresota 4 s .......................   4 10
Ceresota 4 s .......................   4 00
Laurel  4 s ...........................  4 10
Laurel  4 s ...........................  4 oo
Laurel  4>..........................   3 90
Laurel 4s and 4s paper..  3 90 
Bolted...............................  2  00
Granulated.......................  2  10
Car  lots.............................  37
Car lots, clipped.................  4o
Less than car lots..................
Feed  and  MiUstuffk 

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Meal

Oats

St. Car Feed, screened....  18 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats........17  80
Unbolted Cora  Meal........  17 00
Winter Wheat Bran.........  15 50
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  16 60
Screenings........................   16 oo
Corn, car  lots......... ........  494

Corn
Hay

No. l Timothy car lots....  10 oo
No. l Timothy ton lots__ li 00
Sage........................................15
Hops.......................................15
Laurel Leaves......................... 15
25
Senna Leaves................. 

HERBS

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LICORICE

Madras, 5 lb. boxes ...............55
S. F., 2.3 and 5 lb. boxes....... 50
6 lb. palls, per doz.:........  185
15 lb. palls........... 
35
30 lb. palls............................  62
Pure....................................   30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily....................................  14
Boot..................................... 
10
Condensed, 2 doz................l  20
Condensed, 4 doz................ 2 25

LYE

MATCHES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur.....................1  65
Anchor Parlor................... l  50
No. 2 Home........................l  3C
Export Parlor.....................4 oo
Wolverine...........................l  50

MEAT EXTRACTS
Armour & Co.’s, 4 oz........ 
Liebig's,2  oz................... 

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

 
Half-barrels 3a extra 
MUSTARD

45
75

40
35
26
22

OLIVES

PA PER  BAGS

Horse Radish. 1 doz........... l 75
Horse Radish, 2 doz.:........a 50
Bayle’s Celery, l doz..........l  75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............  
l  25
l  10
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............  
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............  
l  00
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.....................   2 35
Queen. 19  o z ....................  4 50
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz......................  145
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2 30
Continental Paper Bag Co.
Ask your Jobber for them.
Glory  Mayflower 
Satchel  & Pacific
50
60
80
1  00
1  25
1  45
1  70
2 00
2 40
2 60
3  15
4  15
4 50
5 00
5 50
41
43

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

PARIS  GREEN

Bulk........
...14
Packages, 4  lb., each__ ...18
Packages, 4  lb., each__ ...17
Packages, 1 lb., each__ .. .16

PICKLES
M edium

Small

Barrels, 1,200 count........ ...4 7
Half bbls, 600 count........ . . . 2   8
Barrels, 2,400 count........ ...6 2
Half bbls, 1,200 count__ ...3 6
Clay, No. 216.................... ...1 7
Clay, T. D., full count__ ...  6
Cob, No. 3
i

PIPES

.. 

POTASH

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s .
...4 0
Penna Salt Co.’s.............. ...3 0

PROVISIONS
B arreled P ork

Mess.........................  @15 50
Back.......................  @15 75
Clear back............... 
@16 oo
Short cut.................   @15 50
P ig..........................   @18 50
Bean......................... 
@12  25
Family Mess............   @15 so

D ry Salt Meats

94
94
84

Bellies...................... 
Briskets................... 
Extra shorts............  

Smoked  Meats 

Hams, 12 lb. average.  @  12
Hams, Mlb.average.  @  114
Hams, mlb.average.  @  11*»
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @  114
Ham dried  beef......   @  13
Shoulders (N.Y. cut)  @  74
Bacon, clear............   10M@  11
California hams......   @  94
@17
Boiled Hams.......... 
@  124
Picnic Boiled Hams 
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d. 
@  84
Mince Hams.........  
@  9

- 

Lards—In Tierces

Compound...............  
Pure.........................  
Vegetole................ 
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
801b. Tubs., advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Palls.. advance 
51b. Palls., advance 
81b. Palls..advance  a  

74
94
7%
•  4
4
4
%
\

1
1

Best Gloss Starch, 50 lb......
Best Gloss Starch, 40 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  6 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  3 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  lib ......
Works:  Venice, I1L 
Geneva, 111.

Best Cora Starch.................  0
Neutral Pearl Starch in bbl. 
Neutral Powdered Starch in bbl. 
Best Confect’rs In bbl.,thin boil. 
Best Laundry In bbl.,  thin boll. 
Chas. Pope Glucose Co.,
Chicago, 111.

Common Corn

20 l-lb.  packages.............. 
fi
40 l-lb.  packages..............  44

STOVE POLISH

2KSÏÇH

CHAS. POPE GLUCOSE CO.

CHICAGO.

Young Hyson

Oolong

Choice.................................. 30
Fancy...................................36
Formosa, fancy....................42
Amoy, medium....................25
Amoy, choice.......................32
Medium................................27
Choice.................................. 34
Fancy...................................42
Ceylon, choice......................32
Fancy...................................42

English Breakfast

India

TOBACCO

Cigars

American Cigar Factory brands

A. Bomers’ brand.

WEB*
Elk’s Heart......................66@70
W. S.  W...............................35 00
Bald Head...........................35 00
Plalndealer........................ 35 00
Columbian Cigar Co.’s brands.
Little Columbian.................36 00
Columbian...........................35 00
Columbian Extra................ 56 00
Columbian Special..............65 00
Columbian Invincible.........90 00
Fortune Teller.................  35 00
Our Manager....................  35 00
Quintette..........................  35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

H. 61P. Drug Co.’s brands.

«^r

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

SALT  FISH 

Cod

T rout

H erring

H alibut.

Georges cured............   @6
Georges genuine........  @ 64
Georges selected........  @7
Grand Bank...............   @ 6
Strips or  bricks......... 64@104
Pollock.......................   @ 34
Strips.......................................10
Chunks....................................12
No. 1100 lbs......................   6  DO
No. 1  40 lbs......................   2 70
No. 1  10 lbs..................... 
75
i No. 1  8 lbs......................  
63
Holland white hoops, bbl.  11  25 
Holland white hoops4bbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
82 
87
Holland white hoop mchs. 
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................  3 oo
Bound 40 lbs.....................  
l  50
Scaled.............................  
19
Bloaters..................  
160
 
Mackerel
Mess 100 lbs........   ...........  12  25
Mess  40 lbs......................   5  20
Mess  10 lbs......................   1  38
Mess  8 lbs...................... 
l  13
No. 1100 lbs......................  10 50
NO. 1  40 lbs......................  4  50
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1 20
No. 1  8 lbs.................. 
100
No. 2100 lbs......................   7 00
NO. 2  40 lbs......................   3 10
NO. 2  10 lbs......................  
85
71
No. 2  81ba......................  

 

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice............................ - 
Cassia, China in mats......  
Cassia, Batavia, In bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken__  
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls__  
Cloves, Amboyna.............. 
Cloves, Zanzibar...............  
Mace................................. 
Nutmegs,  75-80................ 
 
Nutmegs,  105-10................ 
Nutmegs, 115-20...................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot...................... 
P u re G round in B ulk
Allspice............................. 
Cassia, Batavia....................  
Cassia, Saigon................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar...............  
Ginger, African...............  
Ginger, Cochin................. 
Ginger,  Jamaica.............. 
Mace..................................... 
Mustard............................ 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne.............. 
Sage.....................................  

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels................................. 21
Half bbls............................. 23
l doz. l gallon cans.............. 3 26
1 doz. 4  gallon cans.............l  86
2 doz. 4  gallon cans............   98

SUGAR

12
12
28
38
55
17
14
66
  50
40
36
18
28
20
16
48
17
15
18
25
18
20
28
20

No. 4, 3 doz In case, gross  4 50 
No. 6,3 doz In case, gross  7 20 
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New York  to your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  tne  invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  In  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  including 
20 pounds for the weight  of the 
barrel.
Domino.............................  6 00
Cut Loaf...........................   6 00
Crushed............................  6 00
Cubes................................  5 75
Powdered.........................  5 60
Coarse  Powdered...........   6 «0
XXXX Powdered............   5 65
Standard  Granulated......   5 50
Fine Granulated................  5 60
Coarse Granulated...........  5 60
Extra Fine Granulated....  6 60
Coni.  Granulated.............  5 75
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 65
5 lb. bags Flnq Gran........  5 65
Mould A............................  6 85
Diamond A ......................  560
Confectioner’s A..............  5 30
No.  1, Columbia A...........  5 15
No.  2, Windsor A............   6  10
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  5  10
No.  4, Phoenix  A............   5 05
No.  5, Empire A..............  5 OO
NO.  6................................  4 96
NO.  7................................   «85

66

20

28

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30

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Flat  irrgt, 
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Creme 4«  Whitt*; 
.........V>
Btrongpjmm 
................ 4ft
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BeSo 
SVwset (Tints*..................... 37
Forge 
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Red Croat. 
. ............. 2«
Fab».................................  m
. . . ..........................Sfi
V. jVs 
...................44
fuawafba 
BattteAxe 
....  27
American  F-agie.............. 
Si
standard J*avy.................... 3fc
Spear  Head, K6Z  ...............42
kpear Head.  * W................«
Nobby 7 wist.......................46
.¡‘A tf I M ........ 
....................39
CM Honesty.........................46
Toddy..................... 
36
J  f  .......... 
»
Flp«r IletdSlck.................... 64
Bor* Jar*.............................3»
M y  (Mm  .............. 
 
36
Fin ml»  fifth. 
.. .28
Smnklng
11 and  Pressed. 
........46
IHttttriA CroM 
................  37
Bweet Core.................... .  40
Flat CM  ..............................37
Great Navy...........................37
Wafpatti  .......................... 27
Bamboo,  3 07..............  
  29
Bamboo, 16 0* ......... 
27
I X  1«,  6 Hi...........................26
1  X  I.. 30 Hi....... ...................32
1100*7 Dew  ....................... 37
(told  Block...........................37
Flagman......................... ...40
Chip*...... ..........................36
Klin I>rfs*1..........................24
Duke’* MU torn...................40
Iwk6'« Cameo......................40
Iloney Dip Twist................. 3»
Myrtle Navy........................40
Yum  Yum, IN ok....... .........39
Yum  Yum, I lb. pall*...........37
Cream.................................. »7
Corn cake. 244 oz................. 26
Cora 4 lake, 1 lb.................... 23
Plow Boy, IN 0*...................39
Mow Boy, 344 ft*..................87
Peerless, 344 oz.................... 34
I'eerie**, IN O*....................36
Indicator, 244 oz.................. 26
Indicator, I lb. |iall*........... 81
Col. Choice, 2vi  ok................21
Co). Choice. 8 ok.................. 21

 

TAHI.K  HAVCKH
LEA  & 
P E R R IN S ’ 
SA U C E

T W lk K

VINEGAR

The Original and 
(»•multi*
W nrc**t*r*hlr*.
13m ft Forcin'«, largo........  3 7ft
l*oa ft Forrtn'*, small.....  2 60
Halford, largo..................   87»
Halford, «mall..................   2 2»
Baled  Dressing, largo......   4 ftft
Halad ifroMtng. *maU......   2 7ft
Cotton, 3 ply........................te
Cotton, 4 ply....................... 16
Jute. 2 ply............................12
Homp, 6 nly...........  ...........12
Flax, medium..................... 20
Wool, l lb. hall*..................   7*
Malt White wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, ho grain.. 11 
Pure Cider, ll. ft h. brand. 
11
Pure Cider, Hod Htar..........12
Pure Cider, Robinson.........10
Pure Cider,  (Stiver............... 11
WASH I NO  I'OWIIKK
Cold  Dust, regular............. 4 00
(fold  Dust, fto.......................4 00
W u foi
Hub-No More......................8 80
Pearllne.............................. 2 90
Boourtne.............................. 8 Bo
No. 0, pergroM................... 20
No. », pergroM ............ ...26
No. 7, per gram....................86
No. 8  nor fro«*................... oo

W1CK1NU

' WOOUBMWAKK 
 

Haekota
Bushels................ 
  06
Bushels, wide  band............1  16
Market................................  80
Hpltnt, targe........................4 00
Bplint, medium......... ........ a 60
splint,sm all....................... o oo
willow Clothe*, large......... 020
Willow Clothes, medium...  •  76 
Willow Clothes, small.........6 to

 

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B *tt«r  Piste*

No. f (m i, tm ;n «rato....
No, 2 (m i, 2»  to «rate....
No. t  (m í, 2M to «rate,  ..
No. i  (m l, 28ft to «rate.  . 

Falls

Tabs

Mtrp  mUih»

Tooth plefcs

kmc Cratte*
H iiW fA f fS H K t f.............
No, i, eemptet* ....... 
..
No. 2, «ampíete...... 
....
Cl*4kw   Flu* 
ftoomf head, S gross box..
fcft.;nd  r.ead. -¡artor,*.......
Trojan spring............ —
Eclipse patent spring......
No I «ftmsson..................
No. 2 patent bruak holder 
f* *  ******* mop head*  ..
Meat No. 7 — ...............
2-feoop .standard..  ...........
.1  4ft
ft-boof, standard....................1 06
2- 
wire,  (A ide..,,.1 tt
3- wtre,  (Mt>..................     I  7ft
Cedar, all red, brass  bound.!  26
Paper,  Koreka 
................. 2 26
Fibre.  .................................2 4ft
Hardwood.............  .  __  2 5*
Softwood............................ 2 76
Banquet...............................I  to
Ideal  ..................................1  fto
2b-toeb, standard, No. l ......6 00
tft-lneb, Btandard, No. 2......5 »
Id-Inch, Btandard, No. 3......4 00
»-Inch. (Able,  No. 1............6 to
18-toeb, Cable,  No. 2............6 ft*
16-Inch, (Able,  No. 3............6 Oft
No. 1 Fibre..........................ft 46
No. 2 Fibre..........................7 26
No. 3 Fibre......................... 7 20
Bronze (»lobe........................2 10
I*ewey................................I  76
Double Acme......................2 7ft
fttngte Acme...................   22»
Double  Peerless................  3 23
Htngle Feerles*.....................2 60
Northern Queer*......... 
..2  so
Irouble Ihxplex...............  .  3 00
(food  Buck.......................  2 76
Universal............................ 2 26
Wood  Howls
11 In. Butter,..  ..........  
7»
I3to. Butter...... ..................1  00
1ft In. Butter...... ................. l  76
17 In. Butter.........................2 to
19 In. Butter.........................3 oo
Assorted  13-16-17..................1  7ft
Assorted  15-17-1«  ............... 2 60

Wash  Hoards

W ftAFFINO  PA PER
Common Ktraw................. 
I'd
Fiber Manila, whit«  ........  3Ñ
Fiber Manila, colored......   4V4
No,  I  Manila.. 
4
.............. 
Cream  Manila.................. 
3
Butcher’s Manila..............  2%
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13
Wax Butter, full count__  2»
Wax Butter,  rolls............  
ift

 

YKANT  CAKE

Magic, 8 doz.........................l  to
Hiuillgbt, 8 doz.....................1 to
Hunllght, 1*4  dOK................  80
Yeast Cream, 3 doz............. l  00
Yeast Foam, 8  doz..............l to
to
Yeast Foam. 144  doz........... 
Per lb.

PKEHH  PIHH

ioj

White flab  ...
Trout............
Black  Basr......... . 
Halibut......................
Ciscoes or Herring....
Blueflsb................
Live  Lobster..............
Boiled  Lobster.........
Cod.............................
Haddock...................
No, 1 Pickerel............
Pike............................
Perob..........................
Htnoked  White...........
Red  Bnapper.............
Col River  Balmon......
Mackerel....................

IfII)KB AND  PKLTS 

The Cappon ft Berteoh Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Btreet,  quotes  as 
follow*:
Bides
Oreen  No. I............
Oreen  No. 2............
Cured  N o .l.........
Cured  No. 2......... .
Calfskins,green No. 1 
Calfskins,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. l 
Calfsklns^iured No. 2 
Pelts, each.............. 
Lamb.............................
Tallow
No. 1.............................  
No. 2.............................  
I6Q16
Washed, O ne........ 
Washed,  medium...  M&20
Unwashed,  flue......  
liá is
Unwashed, medium, 
tsoift
CAN 1)1 KN 
Stick Cand

60Q1  00

Wool

Poll«

’Sbi.

a  <%
a  844

Standard........
Standard H. H .. 
Standard  Twist. 
Out Loaf............
Jumbo, 82 lb,....
Kxtra II. H .........
Boston Cream... 
Beet Roto..........

f u t e r - I *  Foils 

14

SfaMdCmdr

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

1 Orasw .  
l 
f (.«Baer»« «............ . 
I to f k   ...................... 
I Kibbou....................  
kttAmxi................. 
Cut Leaf................... 
1  F&giiak Reek.......... 
'  Kindergarten  ........ 
>  k m  Tee  Cream  . . .  
j Freaefe Creaa*......... 
i  Dandy Fas..............
i  Hand  Made  Cream
j  mixed.............. .
l Crystal Cream adz..
f Champ. Crya Onaa. 
i  Puny  Hearts........... 
i  Fairy Cream Squares 
j Fudge Nrisare*........ 
t  Peanut Squares  . . .  
;  Fruit Tab., as., wrap 
j ixigared  Peanut* 
f SaU*4  Peas ¡its  ___ 
bta/iigbt Kisses...... 
Ban Baa Goodies.... 
'  Lozenge*, plain....... 
j Lozenges, printed.,.
j Cboe. Drops.............
Eclipse Chocolates.  .
I Choc.  MotiiJisentais.
Victoria Cboeoiatc.
(*nm Drops..............
Moss  Drops.............
Lemon Honrs 
......
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream Opera...
Hal. Cream Bonbons
2* lb. palls............  
Molasses  Chews,  ift
j 
lb. palls.............  
j Ootden Waffles........ 

 

Dk. No. 12........

®i2
fin
Q12
Fancy—l a  6 Ik. Boxes
QU
f i n
f ig
&88

Lemon  Hours_____  
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops.... 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Gum Drops..............
Licorice  Drops........
Lozenges,  plain......
Lozenge«, printed,..
Imperials.................
Mottoes...................
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar........... 
&s6
Hand Made Creams.  80  quo 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt........~  . 
f i n
f i g
Hiring Rock............. 
Wlntergreen Berries 
mao
Caramels
f i t
Clipper, 20 lb. palls.. 
HUndard, 20 lb. palls 
&10
&12M
Perfection, z0 lb.  pis 
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
&15
Kosker 2 for lepr bx 
&BS
Big 8,8 for ic pr bx.. 
&66
Dukes, 2 for ic pr bx 
#60
#60
Favorite, 4 for ic, bx 
AA Cream Car’ls 81b  @60
FRO ITS 
Oranges
Florida Bus sett....... 
Florida  Blight........ 
Fancy  Navels.........  
Extra Choice........... 
Late Valencias...... 
Beedllngs.................  
Medt. Hweets........... 
Jamaica*................  
Rod!...................... 
Lemons

@
fi
@
fi
@6 to
@
a
a
@

Messina, 300s ..........  e so@6  bo
Messina, 360«...........  ft 60@6  00
California 800s.........  4 76@B  00
California 800s.........  4 76@6  60
Bananas
Medium bunches.... 
l  60@2 to
Large  bunches........

Figs

Dates

NUTS

Foreign D ried F ruits 
California«,  Fancy.. 
&
Cal. pkg, to lb. boxes  @
Kxtra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes,................... 
@9%
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
@12
a
Pulled, 61b. boxes... 
A
Naturals, In bags.,.. 
A
Fards hi to lb. boxes 
a
Fards In 00 lb. oases. 
II sllowl.................... 
6 A Big
A
lb,  oases, new......  
Bairs,00lb.cases....  4ft  o  ft 
Almonds, Tarragona 
A 17
Almonds, Ivtoa......  
A
Almonas, California,
soft snelled........... 
16318
Brazil*,.................... 
A n
Fiiberts 
................. 
@1244
Walnuts  Grenobles. 
A1844
Walnut*., soft shelled 
California No. l . .. 
@1344
Table Nuts, fancy... 
% u
Table  Nuts, choice.. 
Ais
Focal*,  Bled........... 
A 10
Pecans, Rx. Large... 
A ll
Pecans, Jumbos...... 
@12
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new............  
a
Coooanuts, full sacks 
08 80
Chestnut«, per b u ...  @
Peanuts
Fancy, H. P„ Buns..  644® 
Fancy.  H.  P„  Suns
Roasted................  0440 7
Chotoe, H. P„ Extras 
Choloe.H. P., Extras
Roasted................ 
Span  Hhlld No. in ’w  7  0  8

A
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AKRON  STONEWARE 

15
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pet &2£.........................
1 S» í i {pJL  pet ffkT...............  -
ft gaá-«asa.!-.
IS gal. earn a ...
£2 g?iL <SfcC&~..........  
.............
is ga.. ateas-taá». «a>.a  ..  .......
MgsL aseat-iafeL razb...........
..... 
to gaL aseas-tafia, raza............. . ...... 

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“Summer  Light”

Light  your  Hotels, Cottages and 
Camps with the

“ NULITE**

ft”
is
12
12
2
12
1044
12
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12 to4 gaL. per gai___  _______ ____
¡  N a n  Insolen» per Am ....................

X i l k f S M

144 ga.  t i l  or rd. bot, pee d o x ____ ...
i gai. z m  or r t  bet- each,...................
F i n e   C l a u d   W iT h g a n s
44 gal  fiat or rd. hot.. pee d o t.............
l gaL Sat or rd. S et, eack...................

Stewpaas

44 gal. fireproof, ban. p>* doz.............
t gaL fireproof- bail. p*-r doz..............

J a g s

44 gaL per doz........................................
44 gaL per doz.........................................
l to 5 gaL, per gal..................................

BeaUUig W ax

ft lbs. to package, ,<er lb  ......................

L A M P  UURNEBB

No. •  Son.................................................
No. 1 Bun........................  ......................
No. 2 Bun.................................................
No. 3 Bun.................................................
Tubular....................................................
Nutmeg...................................................

LAMP CHIMNEYS—Second*

Per box of 6 doz.
l 56
1 78
2 48

No. 0 Sun. 
No. 1 Bun. 
No. 2 Ben.

First Quality

No. o Bun, crimp top, wrapped ft lab. 
No. l Bun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped ft lab.

XXX  Flint

No. l Sun, crimp top, wrapped ft lab. 
No. 2 Bun, crimp top, wrapped ft  lab. 
No. 2 Bun, hinge, wrapped ft lab........

Pearl Top

No. l Bun, wrapped and labeled........
No. 2 Bun, wrapped and labeled........
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled......
No. 2 Bun, “Bmau  Bulb,”  for  Globe 
Lamps........................................

La  Bastfe

No. 1 Bun, plain bulb, per doz...........
No. 2 Bun, plain bulb, per doz...........
No. 1 Crimp, per doz..........................
No, 2 Crimp, per doz..........................
No. l Lime (SBC doz)
No. 2 Lime <
No. 2 Flint i

i (etc doz)......
i (70c doz)......
;(80c doz)” " .

Rochester 

Electric
*)..........................
No. 2 FUnt (80c doz)..........................

__ 

. 

OIL CANS

l gal. tin cans with spout, per doz__
1 gaL galv. Iron with spout, per doz..
2 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 
8 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
6 gaL galv. Iron with spout, per doz..
3 gaL galv. Iron with faucet, per doz..
5 gaL galv. Iron with faucet, per doz.
6 gal. Tilting cans...........
6 gal. galv. Iron  Nacefas

LANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift.....................
No.  IB  Tubular................................
No. is Tubular, dash..........................
No.  l Tubular, glass fountain............
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp..................
No.  3 Street lamp, eaeh..................
LANTERN GLOBES 
No. 0 Tub., cases l doz. each, box, 10c 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 16c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 6 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye,oases l doz. each
MASON  FRUIT JARS.

Pints.
Quarts 
Hialf  Gallons......................
Caps and  Rubbers............
Rubbers.............................

2 00
2  15
3 16

2 75
3 75
4 00

4 00-
5 00 
5 10
80

8 od 
400 
4 70

4 00 
4 70

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

6 26 
6 60 
9 00 2 10 
26 ft 36

Qlover’s Gem Mantles

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are superior to all others
for Gas or Gasoline.

Glover’s Wholesale Merchandise Co. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

' Manufacturers  Importers and Jobbers of 

GAS and GABOLINK 8UNDRIE8

Office Statijnjrii
RADESMAV
C O M P A N Y .

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S T A T E M E N T S ,  
E N V E L O P E S . 
COUNTER  BILLS.

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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 
Lamps,  100  candle  powfer.  Chandeliers,  Pen­
dants. Street  Lamps, etc.  Average  cost  l  cent 
for  7  hours.  Nothing  like  them.  They  sell  at 
sight.  GOOD  AGENTS  WANTED.  Send  for 
catalogue and prices.

CHICAGO SOLAR LIGHT CO.. 

Dept.  L 
Chicago, 111.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mf»0HW M <66»»O6O6
jj Nets 
l and 
Robes

We  have  entire  confidence  in 
our abilily to please you in fly nets, 
horse covers and lap  robes.

There was never a better assort­
ment of these goods  shown  in  this 
State by any one.

If you are at  a  point  where  you 
must  have  a  fresh  supply  quick 
telephone us and  you  will get  the 
goods at once.

B ro w n  &  S e h le r
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

PARIS 

GREEN 

LABELS

The Paris Green  season  is  at 
hand  and  those  dealers  who 
break  bulk  must  label  their 
packages  according  to  law. 
We  are  prepared  to  furnish 
labels which meet the require­
ments of the  law,  as  follows:

lOO labels, 25 cents 
200 labels, 40 cents 
500 labels, 75 cents 
lOOO-labels, fil.00

Labels with  merchant’s  name
8tinted  thereon,  $2  per  iooo 
rders  can  be  sent  through 
any jobbing house at the Grand 
Rapids market

TRADESMAN 
C O M P A N Y ,

GRAND  RAPID5,  MICH.

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THEIR THIRD PICNIC.

Huabegon  Grocers and Batchers Working 

in  Harmony.

The  annual  picnic  of  the  Muskegon 
Retail  Grocers’  Association  and 
the 
Muskegon  Retail  Butchers' Association 
which  will  be  held  at  Mona  Lake  on 
August  8,  promises  to  be  the  most  sue 
cessful  event  of  the  kind  that  has  ever 
been  undertaken  by  the  enterprising 
merchants  of  the  Sawdust  City.  The 
first  picnic  was  held  at  Grand  Rapid 
two  years  ago,  in  conjunction  with  the 
annual  picnic  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Re 
tail  Grocers’  Association.  The  second 
picnic  was  held  last  year  at  Lake  Mich 
igan  Park.  The  third  picnic  this  year, 
held  under the  joint  auspices  of  the  two 
associations  above named,  will  virtually 
dedicate  the  new  resort  at  the  east  end 
of  Mona  Lake,  which  is  evidently  des 
tined  to  take  rank  among  the  leading 
places  of  resort  on  the  Lake  Michigan 
shore. 
It  is  reached  by  the  Pere  Mar 
quette  Railroad  and the  new  interurban 
line  between  Grand  Rapids  and  Mus 
kegon  and  also  by  the  street  railway 
system  of  Muskegon,  which  has 
lately 
extended 
its  line  to  Mona  Lake  and 
has  new  cars  and  equipment  on  hand 
ready  to  begin  operations  about  Aug.  i 
When  the  matter  was  first  taken  up by 
the  two  associations,  it  was  decided  to 
place  the  management  of  the  affair  i 
the  hand  of  an  Executive  Committee 
composed  of  six  members,  as  follows 
Grocers—D.  A.  BoeJJdns,  John  Smith 

and  August  Riedel.

Butchers—Wm.  Castenholz, 
Schoenberg  and  C.-  D.  Richards.

Chas 

At  the  first  meeting  of  this  Commit 
tee,  Wm.  Castenholz  was  elected  Chair 
man  and  August  Riedel  Secretary,  and 
the  amount  of  work  undertaken  by  this 
Committee  will  be  plainly  manifest  on 
the  day  of  the  picnic.  Two  local bands 
have  been  secured—the  Woodman band, 
the  Beerman’s  band—and the latter band 
will  remain  in  town  until  n   o’clock  for 
the  purpose  of  welcoming  the  members 
of  the  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Deal­
ers’  Association  and  their  guests  when 
they  arrive  by  boat  and  also  the  delega­
tions  who  are  expected  from  Fremont, 
Shelby,  Hart,  Pentwater,  Holton,  Grand 
Haven,  Whitehall,  Montague,  Slocum’s 
Grove  and  Ravenna.

Dinner will  be  called  at  Mona  Lake 
i  o’clock  the  set 
at  12  o’clock  and  at 
programme  of  the  day  will  begin  by  a 
few  short  speeches  from  the 
judges’ 
stand,  under the  direction  of  Hon.  Wm. 
E .  Moore,  Mayor  of  Muskegon,  who 
will  act  as  presiding  officer.  The 
list 
of  speakers  is  not  yet  completed,  but 
Colonel  Bennett,  who  is  on  the  staff  of 
Food  Commissioner  Snow,  will  deliver 
an  address,  in  which  he  will  undertake 
to  set  forth  the  relations  of  the  food  de­
partment  and  the  retail  grocery  trade. 
The  judges’  stand  will  be  ample  to  ac­
commodate  the  speakers  of  the  day,  the 
presidents  of  each  association, 
the 
Mayor and  Common  Council  of  Muske­
gon  and  representatives  of  the  press.

The  first  event  under  the  head  of 
sports  will  be  a  molasses  novelty  race 
contest  between  twenty  boys,  who  will 
stand  with  bands  tied,  before  twenty 
pans, in  each  of  which  have  been  placed 
three  pints  of  molasses  and  a  25  cent 
piece.  The  boy  who  succeeds  in lifting 
the  money  with  his  teeth  first  will  re­
ceive  a  prize  of $1.  The  next  success­
ful  contestant  will  receive  50  cents  and 
the  third  25  cents.  Each  boy  who en­
ters  the  race  wiil  be  given  the  25  cents 
he  raises  from  the  bottom  of  the  pan.

2.  High  dive.
3.  Slide  for  life.

Swimming  race  for  men.
Tub  race  for  men.
Walking  greased  pole.
Log  rolling  contest.
Exhibition  Mayo  life  saving boat. 

9.  High  dive.
10.  Slide  for  life.
11.  Race  in  the  clouds  between  lady 
and  gentleman  balloonists,  who  will  de 
scend  to  earth  in  parachutes.
12.  Dinner.
13- 
ascension 
and  elaborate  display  of  fireworks  from 
a  balloon  anchored  500  feet  in  the air,
14.  Dancing  to  the  music  of  an  1 
cbestra  for all  who  desire.

Illuminated  balloon 

Muskegon  has  seventy  retail  grocers 
and  thirty-three  retail  meat  dealers 
most  of  whom  are  members  of  their 
spective  associations,  which  are  offic 
ered  as  follows:

Retail  Grocers’  Association—Presi 
dent,  H.  B.  Sm ith;  Secretary,  D.  A 
Boelkins;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Caskadon.

Retail  Butchers’  Association—Presi 
dent,  Martin  Birch;  Secretary,  C.  D 
Richards;  Treasurer,  Wm.  Smith 

Both  Associations  are working  in  per 
feet  harmony  and  confidently 
look  for 
ward  to  their  third  picnic  as  an  event 
of  more  than  ordinary  interest  and  en 
joyment.

Too  Much  Hot Air.

Many  a  salesman  talks  too  much,  es 
pecially  the  novice.  He  uses  what  he 
thinks 
is  a  maxim—usually  a  bunch  of 
firecrackers—and  shoots  away  without  a 
stop  until  all  his  ammunition  is  gone 
Vacating  himself 
in  that  way,  he 
wearies  the  merchant  with  his  verbal 
deluge  and  leaves  himself  no  argument 
or  fact  for  a  deciding  effect  when  the 
prospective  buyer 
is  betwixt  and  be 
tween  I  will  and  I  won’t.

As  much  as  possible  of  a  salesman's 
stock  of  persuasion,  argument,  and  fact 
should  be  held 
in  reserve  for  an  im 
pressive  drop  on  the  scale  when  some 
thing  at  the  critical  moment  is  needed 
to  force  a  favorable  decision. 
The 
weightiest  argument,  the  most  convinc- 
ng  fact,  should  be  the  reserve  corps. 
Don’t  plunge  your  reserve  into  the  fight 
until  it  is  needed.  Then  let  the  impact 
be  made  with  all  there  is  in  you  behind 
it. 
If  that  does  not  fetch  him  nothing 
will. 

Sage  Barrett

A m m u n itio n

Saps

G. D., full count, per m......................
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m......
Musket, perm.............................. " "
Ely’s Waterproof, per m...... 11! HII I!
_  
No. 22 short, per m...........................
No. 2 2 long, per m..................... ..
No. 32 short, per m.............................
No. 32 long, per m........................ II.'

Cartridges

No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 260,  per m.......
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 260, per  m...

Primers

Gun Wads

Black edge. Nos. It  and 1 2 U. M. C...
Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10. per m.......
Black edge, No. 7, per m ....................

Loaded  Shells 

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

New Rival—For Shotguns

Drs. of
Powder

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

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

oz. of
Shot
IX
IX
IX
IX
IX
IX
1
1
IX
IX
IX
Discount 40 per cent.

4
4
4
4
* X
4X
3
3
3J4
3X
3X
Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 10 0..
Gunpowder
Kegs, 26 lbs., per  keg...............
X kegs, 12X lbs., per  X  keg..............
X  kegs, 6X lbs., per x   keg...............

Shot

Axes

A ugurs  and  Bits

In sacks containing 25 lbs.
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B...........
Snell’s .................................................
Jennings  genuine.........III!III!!!".".!'
Jennings’ imitation...............11 H I II11
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze__
First Quality. D. B.  Brouze..........
'
First Quality. 8. B. 8.  Steel.........  
First Quality,  D. B. Steel................. I
Railroad..........................................  *
Garden.....................III." II HI! I. net
Bolts
Stove ...................................................
Carriage, new  lt«t 
...........
..............I HI! II
Plow ........... 
Backets
Well, plain.........

Barrows

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

6-16 in.
X In.
.  6 c . . . •  6 c . .
.. .  6X 
.. .  6*

X In.
7  C.  .
8X 
8X 

Com.
BB...
•..  7X 
BBB.
...  7 ii 
Cast Steel, per lb. Crowbars
Socket Firmer  .. 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Comer... 
Socket Slicks__

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

72
64

4 00 
2 25 
1  25

6  00
9  00 
6 60 
10 50

12  00 
29 00
60
50

65

»1  00

X In
..  43iC
...  6
-■  ex

Scarcity of Platinum.

The  scarcity  of  platinum  is beginning 
to  cause  some  concern  among  the  elec­
trical  manufacturers  of the  country.  For 
about  five  years  the  price  of  this  valu­
able  metal  has  steadily  risen,  until 
to-day  it  is  listed  at  a  higher  price  than 
ever  since  its  discovery,  and  every 
in­
dication  points  to  still  higher  prices. 
Platinum 
is  now  quoted  at  about $36 
an  ounce,  about  twice  the  quotation  of 
gold,  while  five  years  ago  it  sold  as  low 
$5  an  ounce.  Since  the  flooding  of 
the  platinum  mines  in  the  Transvaal, 
hich  occurred  after  the  breaking  out 
of  the  Boer  war,  manufacturers have had 
to  rely  on  Siberia  for their supply  of 
the  valuable  metal.  Some 
little  hope 
was  held  out  that  platinum  would  be 
found 
in  Alaska  and  other  Northern 
mining  countries,  but  no  such  discov­
eries  have  been  made.

A  Yorkshire  miller,  noted 

for  his 
keenness  in  financial  matters,  was  once 
in  a  boat  trying  his  best  to  get  across 
the  stream  which  drove  his  mill.  The 
stream  was  flooded,  and  he  was  taken 
aast  the  point  at  which  he  wanted  to 
and,  while  further  on  misfortune  again 
overtook  him,to the  extent  that  the  boat 
was  upset.  His  wife,realizing  the  dan­
ger  he  was  in,  ran  frantically  along  the 
side  of  the  stream,  crying  for help  in  a 
pitiful  voice,  when,  to  her sheer amaze­
ment,  she  was  suddenly  brought  to  a 
standstill  by  her  husband  yelling  out: 
“ If  I ’m  drowned,  Molly,  do  not  forget 
that  flour’s gone up two shillin’ a sack!”

Elbows

Expansive Bits 

Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz................net
Corrugated, per doz..........................
Adjustable........................................7.7.". dls
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26...
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $ 3 0 ...............I .”
Files—New  List
New American..................................
Nicholson’s..................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps..............".'.’.'.HI!
Nos. 16 to 20;  2 2 and 24;  26 and 26;  27, 
List  12 
16.

Galvanized  Iron 

14 

13 

Discount,  66

66 
1  26 
40&10

40
26
70&10
70
70
28
17

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

1 6 
Ganges

Glass

80&20
80&20
80&20
33X
40&10
70
cnftio
50&10
eo&io
40&10

Single Strength, by box...................  dls
Double Strength, by box.................   dls
By the L ight....;...................... .dls

Hammers

Hinges

Horse Nails

Hollow  Ware 

Maydole & Co.’s, new list.................. dls 
Yerkes & Plumb’s ..............................dls 
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...............30c list 
Gate, Clark’s l, 2,3.............................dls 
£0ts - " ...................................... *........  
Spiders................................................  
Au Sable.............................................dls 
House Furnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list.................  
70
Japanned Tinware..............................  
2 0 & 10
B jw lroa-:..........................................2 25  orates
Light Band.........................................  
3 c rates
Knobs—New List
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...
Door, porcelain,
i, jap. trimmings. 
Lanterns
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz.. 
Warren, Galvanized Fount.

Iron

6 00 
6 00

Hardware  Price Current

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

Levels

Mattocks

Adze Eye................................ $ 1 7  0 0..dls
Metals—Zinc
Per pound..................................HI! I!
600 pound casks.........................
Bird Cages.........................................
Pumps, Cistern...................................
Screws, New List.......................IHH 
Casters, Hed and Plate...............  I HI 
Dampers, American........................... 

Miscellaneous

70

70—10

75&10 
_
86
60&16 & 10
60

Molasses Gates

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

@0<
°*g
Fry, Acme...........................................  60&10&10
Common,  polished.........................  
70 & 8

Pans

 

Patent  Planished  Iron 

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

Broken packages xc per pound extra.

Planes

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

60
so
60
so

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Nails

Steel nails, base
Wire nails, base....................
20 to 60 advance....................
10 to 16 advance....................
8 advance......... ...................
6 advance........................... .'
4 advance.............................
3 advance.............................
2 advance.............................
Fine 3  advance......................
Casing 10 advance.................
Casing 8 advance.... 
.........
Casing 6 advance..................
Finish 10 advance.................
Finish 8 advance...................
Finish 6 advance.................
Barrel  % advance.................
Rivets
Iron  and  Tinned...................
Copper Rivets and  Burs......

2 65 
2 65 
Base 5 
10 20 
30 
46 
70 
60 
16 
25 
36 
25 
35 
46 
85

6 60 
7 66 
13 00 
6 60 
6 60 
11  00 
13 00

Roofing Plates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean....................
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean....................
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Dean....................
14x20 1C, Charcoal, Allaway  Grade... 
14x20IX,Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Alla way  Grade...

Sisal, X Inch and larger.....................
M an illa......................... .  .............................

Ropes

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

Sand Paper 

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

Sash Weights

Sheet Iron

com. smooth.

com. 
$3  20 
8  20 
3 30 
3 40 
3 60 
___
3 60
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14..............
Nos. 16 to 17................
Nos. 18 to 2 1 ..................................
Nos. 22 to 24 ..................................  3   60
Nos. 25 to 26..................................3  70
No. 27.............................................  3 80 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels and  Spades

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

8  00 
7  60
X@X................................................... 
19
The prlce8-of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

Solder

Steel and Iron.

Squares

Tin—Melyn  Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1 .2 5.

Tin—Allaway Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal..............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.60

Boiler Size Tin  Plate 

ton’s.........

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,)
14X86IX, for No. 9 Boilers, f P°r P°und- 
Traps
Steel,  Game........................................
Oneida Community,  Newhouse’s.......
Oneida  Community.  Hawley  &  Nor­
Mouse,  choker  per doz__________
Mouse, delusion, per doz....................
Bright Market....................................
Annealed  Market...............................
Coppered Market................................
Tinned  Market..
Coppered Spring Steel. 
Barbed Fence, Ga
alvanlzed.......
Barbed Fence, Painted............
Wire Goods
Bright........................................
Screw Eyes................................
Hooks........................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes

Wire

Wrenches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled..........
Coe’s Genuine.....................................
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, [Wrought..70&io

70

$ 8 60 
8 60 
9 76

7 00
7  00
8 60 
8 60

75
40&10
66
16
1  26
60
60
60&10 
50&10 
40 
3 26 
2 96
80
80
80
80

INTENTIONAL 2ND EXPOSURE

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3 2

GOES  UP  HIGHER.

D.  C.  Oakes  Takes  Cashiership  of Bank at 

Grand  Haven.

D.  C.  Oakes,  who  enjoys  an  excellent 
in­
reputation  as  a  banker,  has  sold  an 
terest 
in  his  banking  establishment  at 
Coopersville  to  Chas.  M,  Moore,  in  or­
der  that  he  may  be  relieved  from  the 
detail  so  that  he  can  accept  the  position 
of  Cashier  of  the  National  Bank  of 
Grand  Haven,  recently  tendered  him by 
the  directors  of  that  institution.  Mr. 
Oakes  will  reside  in  Coopersville  until 
fall  and  spend  his  evenings  at  home  so 
as  to  keep  in  touch with  the  business  he 
established  there  and  in  which  he  will 
retain  an  interest.

Mr.  Oakes  was  born  at  Centerville, 
Mich.,  June  18,  1S53.  His  father,  who 
was  Captain  of  Company  A,  Eleventh 
Michigan  Infantry,  died  after  the  battle 
of  Murfreesboro  from  an  attack  of  ty­
phoid  fever,  and  when  he  was  11  years 
of  age  he  lost  his  mother,  when  he  was 
taken  care  of  by  S.  W.  Cade,  a  farmer 
living  one  mile  north  of  Sturgis,  who

law 

studying 

liking  for 

was  appointed  his guardian.  He worked 
on  the  Cade  farm  until  he  was  16  years 
of  age,  when  be  took  up  the  scientific 
course  at  the  Agricultural  College, 
teaching  school  winters  and  attending 
college  summers.  On  graduating  from 
the 
institution,  he  took  the  principal- 
ship  of  the  Muir  school  for a  year.  He 
then  bought  a 
farm  south  of  Lyons, 
which  he  conducted  for  five  years.  On 
selling  the  farm  he  removed  to  Ionia, 
where  he  took  the  position  of  Deputy 
County  Clerk, 
in  the 
in  the  office  of  H.  C.  Ses­
meantime 
sions.  Conceiving  a 
the 
banking  business,  he  entered  the  bank­
ing  house  of  Webber,  Just  &  Co.,  at 
Muir,  subsequently  forming  a  copart­
nership  with  W.  H.  Churchill  and  S. 
W.  Webber  and  engaging  in  the  bank­
ing  business  at  Shelby  under  the  style 
of  Churchill,  Oakes  &  Co.  This  co­
partnership  lasted  eight  years,  when  be 
sold  his  third  interest  in  the  firm to  Mr. 
Churchill  and  purchased  the 
fixtures 
and  good  will  of  D.  O.  Watson  &  Co., 
at  Coopersville,  where  he  opened  his 
present  bank Jan.  1,  1891.  The  venture 
has  been  a  success  from  the  start,  as 
would  be  expected  from  the  character 
and  antecedents  of  the  man  in  charge. 
While 
Ionia 
county  Mr.  Oakes  served  Lyons  town­
ship  two  years  in  the  capacity  of Super­
visor  and  a  similar  period  as  Superin­
tendent  of  Schools.  While 
living  in 
Shelby  he  was  elected  village  President 
and,  since  residing  in  Coopersville,  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Common 
is  also  a  Justice  of  the
Council.  He 

living  on  his  farm 

in 

Peace,  all  of  which  goes  to  show  the  es­
teem 
in  which  he  is  held  by  the  people 
in  the  localities  in  which  he  has  lived. 
He  has  also  been  Treasurer  of 
the 
Coopersville  Creamery Co.,  and manager 
of  the  Mutual  Telephone  Co.,  which 
constructed  a  line  from  Coopersville  to 
Allendale  and  Grand  Haven  in  the  face 
of  bitter  opposition  at  the  bands  of  the 
Bell  company,  which  predicted  the fail­
ure  of  the  enterprise,  and,  as  usual, 
made  a  mistake.  Mr.  Oakes 
is  also 
identified 
in  a  financial  way  with  the 
State  Bank  of  Hammond,  Louisiana, 
and  is  also  a  stockholder  and  officer  in 
the  Grand  Rapids  Bark  &  Lumber  Co.
Mr.  Oakes  was  married  on  Christmas, 
1876,  to  Miss  Nora  Kelley,  of  Lyons. 
Two  children  grace  the  family  circle— 
Ruby,  aged 
19,  and  Archie,  aged  17. 
He  attends  the  Methodist  church  and  is 
a  member of 1.  O.  O.  F.  Lodge,  No.  376.
Mr.  Oakes  attributes  his  success  to 
his  faculty  to  keep  pounding  every day. 
His  theory  is  that  a  man  is  better  off  to 
be  busy  and  have  cares  than  not  to  be 
busy  and  have  cares  and  the  success  of 
his  banking  business  and  the  other lines 
of  business  to  which  he  has  given  his 
best  thought  and  advice  plainly 
indi­
cates  the  practicability  of  his  theory. 
He  is  public  spirited  to  a  marked  de­
gree  and  has  always  cast  the  weight  of 
his  influence  with  every  movement  hav- 
ng  for  its  object  the  moral and material 
mprovement  of  the  town  with  which  he 
s  identified.

The  G rain  M arket.

Wheat  has  had  an  upward  tendency 
during  the  week,  partially  owing  to  the 
strength 
in  corn  and  oats  and  the  fact 
that  exports  have  been  heavy.  Foreign 
crop  reports  also  show  much  deteriora­
tion,especially in  Germany  and  France. 
Owing  to  the  extreme  heat,  fears for  our 
spring  wheat  crop  are  entertained,  as 
with  even  the  fair  outlook  it  may  still 
be  cut  short.  Our  winter  wheat  is  a 
large 
crop,  estimated  at  420,000,000 
bushels,  and  should  nothing  happen  to 
spring  wheat,  the  United  States  will 
have  the  largest  crop  ever  harvested. 
It 
will  all  be  wanted,  as,owing  to the  high 
price  of  other cereals,  the  farmers  will 
be 
feeding  wheat  to  their  cattle  and 
hogs.  Our  visible  and  the  amount  held 
in­
by  farmers,  or  what  is  termed  the 
visible,  are  the  smallest 
in  probably 
fifteen  years,  so  our  new  crop  will  go 
into  comsumption  at  once.  Prices  for 
both  cash  and  options  are  about  2c  a 
bushel  higher  than  last  week,  and  they 
may  be  pressed  down  a  few  points,  but 
wheat  is  low  enough.

Corn  has  been  very excited.  Septem­
ber  sold  as  high  as  54^0  on  account  of 
the  extreme  heat  in  Kansas,  Nebraska 
and  other corn  states.  Some  claim  that 
Kansas  will  only  raise  50,000,000  bush­
els,  while  she  has  raised  as  high  as 
250,000,000  bushels.  The  estimate  on I 
corn 
is  way  below  our  usual  average,  j 
and  as  iast  year's  corn  crop  was  below 
the  average,  we  believe  that  prices  will 
go  higher eventually,  especially  if  rain 
holds  off  a  few  days  longer  and  the  heat 
continues,  and  corn  will  be  the  smallest 
crop  in  many  years.

As  stated  before,  oats  is  a  short  crop.  I 
The  visible  decrease  was  large,  being 
1,770,000  bushels.  Prices  have  ad­
vanced  about  3c  since 
last  writing 
which,  taking  the  number  of  pounds 
into consideration,  is  higher  than  wheat 
to-day.  Oats  seem  to  be  wanted.  We I 
might  add  that  the  visible  supply  r>f 
wheat 
27,moo,'/ / ,   bushel.*  I 
against  46,000,000  bushels  for  the  cor­
responding  week  last  year.
Rye  has  also  been  very  irr'-gidar  Ini 
-r.  per  bushel  S 
price  and  has  varied  2
However,  it  closed  a  trifle  hover  than! 
last  week.

is  below 

Mill 

Beans  have  held  their  own.
Flour is  held  up  in  price,  as  the  deal­
ers  are  stocking  up  somewhat  with  old 
wheat  flour,but  prices  are  certainly low.
feed  remains  steady,  owing  to 
the  short  hay,  corn  and  oats  crops.  We 
read  of  hay  being  sold  for $20  person 
in  Kansas.  We  may  look  for  stiff  prices 
right  along  in  mill  feed.
Receipts  of  grain  have  been  rather 
small  during  the  week,  being  as  fol­
lows:  wheat,  42  cars;  corn,  2  cars 
oats,  8  cars;  flour,  5  cars;  hay, 
1  car 
potatoes,  4  cars.
day. 

Millers  are  paying  65c  for  wheat  to­

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

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insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for each 
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BUSINESS  CHANCES.

 

»44

943

945

9*7

950

956

Ba r g a in ,  d r u g 

^   SMALL UP-TO-DATE DRUG STOltE  FOR 
sale:  corner  bui ding;  low  rent;  farming 
community;  summer resort.  Reason for selling, 
ill health.  Must get out of  doors  f»r  a  year  or 
two.  Address  No.  957,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
U'OR SALE—SMALL CAPACITY  SAWMILL 
.F  in good repair;  one-half million  feet  of  logs 
ready  to  be  manufactured  aud  more  in  sight. 
Reason for seiling, owner  has  no  knowledge  of 
manufacturing.  Address  Box  64,  Boon,  P.  O , 
Wexford Co..  Mich 
UHLR  SALE—PINE  CLEAN  STOCK  GEN- 
J   eral merchandise.  Good reasons for selling. 
Address No. 948, care Michigan  Tradesman.  948 
U'OR  SALE-DRUG  STORE  IN  A  THRIV- 
P   ing Northern  Michigan  resort  town.  Stock 
invoices about $1,500.  Best of reasons for selling. 
Bright new stock, good trade.  Address  Bower's
Drug store, Indian River. Mich._________ 947
U'OR  SALE—SIOCK  CrC.AEKAL MhuCuAA* 
I  dise, invoicing from {',500 to  $2,809,  in  good 
farming district at one of the best  trading points 
between Grand Rapids and Cadillac.  Good  rea­
sons for selling.  Address No. 9iG, care Michigan 
Tradesman.__________
tWR  SALE,  CHEAP—$1,600  STOCK  GEN- 
eral  merchandise.  Address  No.  945,  care 
Michigan  tradesman. 
\ \ T ANTED-MERCHANDISE  FOR  13 
tt  acres grape land near Lawton.  Pair build­
ing, small lakes, will  sacrifice.  Address  No. 944, 
care Mlcalgan Tradesman. 
PpOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—A  STOCK  OF 
dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., In  the  best 
town iu Central M ichigan.  Address No. 943, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
1»7ANTED—A  SECONDHAND  NATIONAL 
vv  cash  register.  C.  Cohn  Co.,  Constantine, 
Mich.________  
RUG  STORE  WITH  BRIGHT  FUTURE, 
well located,  cheap  rent,  best  town  of  its 
size In State, will be sofd cheap  for  cash;  or will 
consider deal for  real  estate  (improved).  Rea­
son  other  business.  Address  No.  933,  care 
Michigan Tradesman.  ________________ 9 53
st o c k,  b u il d in g  
and lot, invoicing  $1,76«.  Must  be  sold  be­
fore  Sept.  1,  1901.  Write  for  particulars.  Ad- 
dress No. 952. care Michigan Tradesman. 
'Y'OO MUCH BUSINESS  FOR  THE  SIZE  OP 
A.  the man.  The one chance of  your  life  time 
to buy a good clean stock of groceries.  The best 
location In the  city  of  Petoskey,  and  my  store 
for  rent.  For  particulars  write  or  inquire  of 
B. P.  Donovan, C. O. D.  Store,  320  Howard  St.. 
Petoskey. Mich. 
:,x»i
U'OR  SALE  FOR  CASH-GENERAL  MER- 
1   chandlse  stock,  inventorying  about  $1 2,000; 
town about 6,000  inhabitants;  liveliest  town  in 
Northern Michigan;  electric street  cars  mu  by 
th« door;  building lias plate glass front;  electric 
ligiits:  water  works;  only  one  other  larger 
ntoek Iri city.  Address  No.  941,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
b  
MHignt new last year;  will sell part  or  whole  of 
stock;  located in small town In Michigan;  splen­
did country trade and town is growing.  Address
M .care i f ichigan  Tradesman! 
U'OR  SALK  ON  EASY  TERMS—A  GOOD 
1   clean stock of  general  merchandise,  invoic­
ing about  $8,000;  sales  In  1900  were  $36,5*2 25- 
«111 reach $40,000 this year;  good  farming  com! 
munity;  no better point In the  United  States  to 
make money ,  will sell on easy terms, small  pay­
ment down,  balance on long time,  with  good  se- 
cority;  do not need  cash;  reason  for  selling, ln- 
ter»d  to  retire;  no  competition  to  speak  of;  a 
bonanza for the right man.  Address  P.  O  Box 
2, Kansas, Ohio. 
\ A f  ANTED  GOOD  HARDWARE  ANTOM- 
v v  ptement store to locate In one  of  the  best 
towns in  Michigan;  extra Inducements  to  right 
person  Address  Hardware,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
f »ROPf.E TlffNK  WHEN  A  MAN  OFFERS 
to sell a business It is not paying;  come  and 
1 
my store  ti >00 general stock  and dwelling. 
I win ezwrvlf ce any man  that  1  have  a  money 
ir.*x,t,g toeatlon or pay espouse of  investigating. 
1  bare other business  A.  M.  lientley, Rhodes,
931
L'dr  Sa LWTtU  ExYTiangk  a  g e n er a l
*  *toe* of merchandise |n  Southern  Michigan, 
nzentory.ng about 
Will sell  or  tratie  all
»r part tor good timbered  land or summer  resort 
property  Address  No.  929,  care  Michigan
ifiw W W Ift, 

9 3.,

9 32 

929

9 33

9 51

9 41

934

933

922

936

930

923

939

U'OR  SALE—AN  A1  STOCK  OF* GENERAL 
r   merchandise,  Invoicing $20,000, doing a good 
healthy,  strictly cash  business.  Best  store  in 
town  of  800;  have  big  farmers’  trade  and  tret 
good  profits.  Double  store  room,  brick,  trood 
basement, solid plate glass front,  gas and  steam 
heat.  Will  sell  or  rent  building.  Am  retiring 
from mercantile  business,  have  other  Interests 
that require  my  attention.  No  trades  consid- 
ered-aud don't write unless you  mean  business. 
W. W. Mitchell. Wood River, Neb. 
U'OR  SALE  CHEAP—A  GOOD  STOCK  OP 
P   dry goods, notions and  shoes,  worth  *2 500 
make offer part  cash  and  trad«;  great  bargain 
If  taken  Immediately.  Address  Lock  Box  42 
Alma. Mich. 
t?O R   SALE-BEST  MONEY-MAKING  GRO- 
P   eery in the State, all sales spot  cash;  old es­
tablished  stand,  40x80;  low  rent;  stock  about 
$5,000;  can reduce  to  suit;  no  unsalable  goods 
making  over  $3,000 net per annum.  The  Phila­
delphia Chemical Co. is building a plant near my 
store.  It appropriated  nine  million  dollars  for 
this;  our ship yards  built  the  famous  Erie and 
Tashmo.  and  are  building  two  vessels  to  cost 
over  half  a  million  each:  have  two  large soda 
and many other plants;  this is the second largest 
shipping point in the State;  our  postoffice  rates 
second;  reason  for  selling,  wish  to  take an in­
terest in  a  wholesale  grocery  in  Detroit.  Carl 
Dice, Wyandotte, Mich. 
f i'O R  SA LE-TW O   GOOD  BUSINESS 
chances; best small stock groceries in South­
ern Michigan,  and  one-half  interest  In  general 
stock.  Oceana  county;  best  location  In  the 
towns: ill health only cause for selling.  Address 
Lock Box 418, Hudson, Mich. 
IVO R SALK OR SENT—fWO BRICK STORKS 
connected  with  arch,  22x80  each;  suitable 
for  department  or  general  store,  of  which  we 
have need here:  will  rent  one  or  both.  Write 
P. O. Box 556. Mendon, Mich. 
STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
for sale.  Box 108, Rathbone, Mich. 
ROMEYN-PAHSONS  PAYS  CASH  FOR 
stocks  of  merchandise  (not  a  trader  or 
broker).  Grand Ledge, Mich. 
920
OR  SALE-STOCK  CP  GENERAL'MER- 
P   chandlse. invoicing about $74500;  live  village 
in  Central  Michigan;  business  established  20 
years;  has  made  money  from  the  start;  tine 
farming section;  will rent  store  building;  rear­
ing from  business  on  account  of  1 oor  health. 
Address No. 9 9, care Michigan Tradesman.  919
PAN-AMERICAN  ACCOMMUDATIONS  AT 
private  house,  conveniently  located.  Lodg­
ing, one  dollar  each  Address  LeKoy  S.  Oat- 
man. Sec’y. Buffalo Produce Exchange. 
917
F'OK  SALE—STOCK  OP  GENERAL  MER- 
chandi-e  situated  twelve  miles  from  Lake 
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 
bustler;  satisfactory reason for selling.  Address
(J. T., care Michigan Tradesman.________ 909
U'OR  SAbE—AN  UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE 
P   and  implement  stock,  invoicing  $3,000;  lo­
cated in Northern Michigan;  doing a  good  busi­
ness.  Address No.  913,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
•OR  SALE—WHOLE  OR  PART INTEREST 
In  a  general  hardware,  tlnsmlthing  and 
plumbing stock. Invoicing about $3,500, in a good 
factory  town  in  Southern  Michigan.  Address 
No. 824  care Michigan Tradesman. 
824
ipORo  SALE—A  NICE,  CLEAN  GENERAL 
stock,  Inventorying  about  $1,800,  in  good 
farming community.  Reason  for  selling,  other 
business.  Address  No.  860,  care  Michigan 
860
Tradesman. 
U'OR SALE—THE  BEST  STOCK  OF  GRO- 
r   eeries, having the best  trade  in  one  of  the 
best towns and in one of  the  best  fmit and  po­
tato sections  of  Michigan;  doing  a  prosperous 
bustness;  also have a  fine  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. 
U'OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
r   chandlse  and  fixtures,  invoicing  $3,000  to 
$3,500;  cash  discount;  best  farming  district  in 
Northern  Indiana;  good  reasons  for  selling. 
Address No. 810, care Michigan Tradesman.  810 
T P  GOING  OUT OF  BUSINESS  OR  IF  YOU 
a   have a bankrupt stock of clothing,  dry goods, 
or  shoes,  communicate  with  The  New  York 
Store, Traverse City. Mich.
I »ARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF  GOODS  OF 
any kind,  farm  or  city  property  or  manu­
facturing  plants  that  they  wish  to  sell  or  ex-
change  “correspond  with "the  Derby  &  Choate
709

856

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W A N T E D   SITUATION—REGISTERED 

pharmacist,  29  years  of  age,  married, 
twelve years’ experience,  capable  o'  managing. 
Will be at liberty after July  25.  Address  F.  S. 
T.. 30i Jefferson St.. Grand Rapids, Mich.  949

ing salesman in any of  these  lines:  Dry  goods, 

ITOUNGMAN.  22  YEARS  OF  AGE,  NEAT 

in appearance, wishes a position as a travel­
clothing or shoes.  Has  had  about  ten  years  of 
experience in the above lines.  Was In the  retail 
business for the last two years and  has  traveled 
all through this State.  Is  well  acquainted  with 
the retail trade.  Address No. 954, care Michigan 
Tradesman._________________________ 954
W ANTED—DOCTOR.  FIRST-CLASS OPEN- 
ing for good  physician  and  surgeon;  good 
town;  no doctor.  Address  at  once,  the  Foun­
WANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
tain Pharmacy, Fountain, Mich.___________ 956 .
Address  No.  940,  care  Michigan  Trades­
WANTED—BY  AN  EXPERIENCED  MAN, 

position  as  clerk  and stock-keeper in  dry 
goods, clothing or general store.  Best  of  refer- 
euces.  Address No. 937, care  Michigan  Trades-
man.____ ■______________   ___________937
ANTED—SITUATION BY  YOUNG  MAN 
In general  store:  has  had  several  years 
experience.  Can furnish  good  references.  Ad­
dress No. 916, care Michigan Tradesman.  916

man^__________________ __ __________ 940

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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 
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MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Retail Grocers’ 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.  ______

Gr&od  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President, F r a n k  J. Dy k  ;  Secretary,  Ho h er 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J. Geo r g e  L eh m an

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Protestile  Association 

President,  E.  Ma r k s ;  Secretaries,  N.  L.
K o en ig and  F.  H.  Co zzen s;  Treasurer,  C. 
H.  F r in k .

Kalamazoo  Grocers’  and  Meat  Dealers' Association 

President. E.  P.  Cr o ss;  Secretary.  He n r y   J  
Sc h a b e r g ;  Treasurer,  H  E. V an Bochove.

Baj  Cities  Retail Grocers’  Association 

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

L it t l e .

Muskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  S m it h ;  Secretary,  D.  A 

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

President,  J ,   F r a n k  He l m e r ;  Secretary,  W 

Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
H, Po r t e r ;  Treasurer, L.  Pelto n.

Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  A.  C.  Cl a r k :  Secretary,  E.  F 

Cl e v e l a n d ; Treasurer, Wm. C. K oehn

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’  Association 

President, M. W. Ta n n e r ;  Secretary,E.  H. Me 

P h e r so n;  Treasurer, R. A. Ho r r.

Traiene Citj  Business  Men’s  Association 
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer,  C. A. H ammond.

President,  thos  T.  Ba t e s:  Secretary,  ju.  B 

Owosso  Business  Men’s Association 

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

Ca m p b e l l ;  Treasurer, W.  E. Co llin s.

PL  Hmoas  Merchants’  and  Manufacturers’  Association 
Pe r c iv a l .

President, Ch a s.  We l l m a n ;  Secretary,  J.  T 

Alpena  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, F. W. Gil c h r is t ;  Secretary,  c.  L 
Pa r t r id g e.

Calumet  Business  Men’s Association 

President,  J.  D.  Cu d d ih y;  Secretary  W.  H 

Ho skin g.

SL  Johns Bnsimess  Men’s  Association 

President, Thos. Br o m l e y;  Secretary,  F r a n k  

A.  Pe r c y ; Treasurer, Cl a r k  A. Putt.

Pin}  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  H.  W.  Wallace;  Secretary,  T.  E. 

He d d le. 

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Grand  Bonn  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D. Vos;  Secretary,  J.  W  Ver- 

Ho bk s.

Tale  Easiness  Men’s  Association 

President,  Ch a s.  R ounds;  Secretary,  F r a n k 

Pu t n e y.

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Association 

President, 
K a t z ;  Treasurer,  S. J .  Hu ffo r d.

J ohn  G.  E b l e ;  Secretary,  L.  J . 

Travelers’ Time  Tables.
P e r e   M a r q u e t t e
R ailroad   and  S te a m s h ip   L in e s.

Fast trains  are  operated  from  Grand  Rapids 
to Chicago,  Detroit,  Toledo, Saginaw, Bay  City, 
Petoskey, Ludlngton, Manistee, Muskegon, Trav­
erse City,  Alma,  Lansing, Belding, Benton  Har­
bor, St Joseph, and intermediate points,  making 
close connections at Chicago with trains  for  the 
south  and  west,  at  Detroit  and  Toledo  with 
trains east and southbound.. Try  the  “Mid-Day 
Flyers,” leaving  Grand  Rapids  12:05  and  12:10 
noon, each  week  day,  arriving  at  Detroit  4:05 
p. m. and Chicago 5:00 p. m.

H.  F.  Mo e l l e r ,  G.  P.  A.,

W .  E .   W O L F E N D E N , D. P. A.

GRAND 

4  Indiana Railway

Going North.

daily  ex Su  ex Su  ex Su
7 45a 2 00pl0 45p
LvGd Rapids...........  4 05p 
Ar.  Cadillac..............  6 45a  1125»  4 40p  2 10a
Ar.  Traverse City....  8 30a 
I30p  6 50p 
...
Ar. Petoskey............   9 30a 
2 50p  7 35p  5 35a
Ar. Mackinaw City... 1 1 20a  415p 
......   6 5 5a
Train leaves for Cadillac 5:20pm, ar’g at 9:00pm.
Trains arrive from the north at 6:00 a m,  11:30 
a m, 12:20 p in, 5:15 p in and 9:20 p m.

Going South.
ex Su  ex Su  Daily  ex Su  Daily 
1 50p 6 00p  12 30p  9 35p
Lv. G’d Rapids.  7 10a 
5 5p
3 2 2p 7 45p 145pl0 
Ar. Kalamazoo.  8 50a 
6 50p To Cnlcago 
1 45a
Ar. Ft. Wayne..12 lOp 
Ar. Cincinnati.  6 25p 
...................  6 55a
Trains arrive from the  south  at  3:55 a m  and 
7:20am dally, 1:50pm. 9:35pm and 10:05pm except 
Sunday.
Pullman sleeping or parlor  cars  on  all  through 
trains  4:05am "Northland Express” has dining 
car  Grand  Rapids  to  Mackinaw  City.  2:»opm 
train  going  north  has  buffet  car  to  Harbor 
Springs.  9:35pm train going south  has  through 
sleeping cars to Cincinnati,  St.  Louis,  Indianap­
olis and Louisville daily.
Except  Except  Except 
Sunday  Sunday  Sunday 
Lv. Grand Rapids....  7 35am  1  53pm  5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon........  9 00am  3  10pm  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  8:00pm 
Sunday only.

MU5KEQ0N 

CHICAGO  TRAINS 

O.  R.  &  I  and  Michigan  Central.
TO  CHICAGO 

Sunday  Dal*

Lv. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  12 30pm  9 35pm 
Ar. Chicago  (12th St. Station)  5 25pm 
6 56am 
12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago  with  Pull­
man buffet parlor car attached.
9:30pm  train has through coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car.

FROM  CHICAGO 

fiSday  Dal1*

Lv. Chicago (12th St.  Station 1  5  15pm  1130pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  10  05pm  7 23am 
5:15pm train runs solid to  Grand  Rapids  with 
Pullman buffet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train  has through coach and  sleeping 
car.
Take G.  R.  &  I. to Chicago

50 cents to Muskegon 

and  Return  Every Sunday

Mu Kegon Retail Bntcheis’  Association 
R ic h a r d s;  Treasurer, W m. Sm ith.

President.  Ma r t in   B ir c h ;  Secretary,  C.  D. 

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Tradesm an Company

Is carried  by  the  merchant when  he 
undertakes to handle the credit trans­
actions of his establishment by means 
of pass  books  or  other  equally  anti­
quated methods.  The strain is Imme­
diately  lessened,  however,  when  he 
adopts the Coupon  Book  System  and 
places  bis  credit  transactions  on  a 
cash basis.  We  make  four  kinds  of 
Coupon  Books  and  cheerfully  send 
samples free on application.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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Base Balls..................................38c and
Butter Plates, wire end.........................
Baskets,  bushel.....................................
Baskets,  handled...................................
Bags, paper, see  Catalogue..................
Brooms..........................$2 25, $2 00 and
Burners, No. I.....................................
Candy Jars. 2 quart...............................
Clothes Baskets, 30 in............................
Chimneys, No. 1, box.............................
Dressing Combs, rubber.......................
Envelopes, 260 In box.............................
Grocers Pass  Book............ ..................
Galvanized Iron Tubs, No.  1 .  ..............
Galvanized Iron Pails, 10 quart............
Hammocks, “ Palmer,” each.................
Hair Brushes, per doz............................
Harmonicas...........................................
Ink, Thomas’, 3 doz.  case......................
Ice Cream Freezers, each.....................
Jellies, per bbl., doz...............................

Lead Pencils,  gro..................................
Lemon Squeezers, glass,  doz................
Lawn Mowers, 14 in., each....................
Milk Jars, Paper Cap,  gro................. *
Mantles, Gasoline, doz..........................
Playing Cards........................................
Plates.  Breakfast..................................
Stone Butter Jars, l gal., each..............
Stone Milk Pans, l gal.,  each...............
Shelf Paper, gro. sheets.........................
Silver Plated  Knives  and  Forks,  Rog­
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Silver Plated Teaspoons, Rogers’,doz..
Silver Plated Teaspoons, Com, doz......
Telescope Valises, each.........................
Tumblers, % pint, by bbl., doz..............
Tea Cups and Saucers, doz....................
Tanglefoot Fly Paper, 50  sheets...........
Thread, Clark’s M. E., doz....................
Thread, Merrick’s, doz..........................
Thread, Cromwell’s, 'doz.......................

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