Eighteenth  Year

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JULY  24,  1901.

Number 931

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

B E A C O N   F A L L S   are  the  best  first  quality 
rubbers  on  the  market  and  the  cheapest.

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Made  in  all  styles.  Write  for  catalogue.

THE  BEACON  FALLS  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

BEACON  FALLS,  CONN.

YOU
ONE?

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

TR A D ES M A N   CO M PAN Y

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

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Baking 

Powder'

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

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B A K IN G   P O W D E R

II

WHEAT  GRITS

Contain  the  Heart of the  W heat

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

Walsh=DeRoo  Milling  Co.,  Holland,  Mich.

¡B ay  Shore  Standard  Lime

Mi

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is  the  leader  because  it  sells  easier, 
slacks  quicker  and  does  more  work
than  any  other  lime  on  the  market.
Better send  for prices and  further  in­
formation.

BAY  SHORE  LIME  CO.,  Bay  Shore,  Mich, j

Home  Office. 80 West  street,  New  York.

Western Office.
Branch Offices:

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

Detroit 
Fort Wayne
Columbus

Cadillac Fins Cut and Plug
TH E  B E S T .Ask for it

HUE BY TIE NEW SCCTTEN TOBACCO CO. 'tSSSSf"*

AGAINST THE TRUST.  See  Quotations  in  Price  Current.

Grocers  Will  Please  Commit  to  Memory

ROASTED 

P A C K E D   B Y

DWINELL-WRIGHT C9
PRINCIPAL  COFFEE  ROASTERS
BOSTON MASS  U S A.

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

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

.OLNEY  &   JUDSON  GRO.  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  riich. 
C.  ELLIOTT  &   CO.,  Detroit,  n ich . 
B.  DESENBERO  &   CO.,  Kalamazoo,  n ich.

SYnO N S  BROS.  &   CO.,  Sagin aw ,  n ich .
JACKSON  GROCER  CO.,  Jackson,  n ich .
HEISEL  &  GOESCHEL,  B ay  C ity,  n ich .

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  24,  1901.

Number  931

Volume  XVIII.

A5âOCIATB  OFFICES  IN  ALL  PRINCIPAL 

CITIES

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

T h e  M e r c a n t il e  A g ency

Established 1841.

R.  a .   DUN  &  CO.

Widdicomb  Bld’g,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Books arranged w ith trade classification  o f  names. 
Collections made everywhere.  W rite for particulars.

C.  E.  McCRONE,  flanager.

IMPORTANT  FEATURES.

Representative  Retailer.

Page.
2.  G etting  the  People.
3.  M aking  Matches.
4.  A round  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  Clerks’ Corner.
7.  D anger Signals.
8.  E ditorial.
9.  E ditorial.
10.  Clothing.
11.  D ry  Goods.
12.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
14.  Village  Im provem ent.
17.  The  Meat  M arket.
18.  W iles of the Traveler.
20.  W oman’s  W orld.
22.  B u tter and  Eggs.
23.  The  New  York  M arket.
24.  Window  Dressing.
25.  Commercial Travelers.
26.  Drugs and  Chemicals.
27.  D rug Price  Current.
28.  Grocery  Price  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  D ried  F ru it.
32.  The  Produce  M arket.

H ardw are  Price  Current.

millionaire  a  hundred  times  over  had 
he  followed  the  example  of  other  in­
ventors  and  demanded  a  patent  on  even 
a  tithe  of  the  secrets  he  has  given  his 
countrymen.

From  some  of  his discoveries he  could 
have  amassed  the  millions  of  Carnegie, 
but  instead  he  handed  his  work  over  to 
his  country. 
Truth,  as  Renan  once 
wrote  of  him,  is  his  ideal  of  riches,  and 
he  has  disdained  pre-empting  his  tax 
on  humanity  and  turned  over  to  the 
worldly  the  gathering  of  wealth. 
It 
in­
would  be  a  long  tale  to  go  over  the 
finite  number  of  things  that  Berthelot’s 
skill  and  insight  discovered  to  the  use 
industries,  from  dyes  rivaling  the 
of 
ancient  Tyrian  colors 
to  medicines 
which  have  revolutionized  the  pharma­
copoeia,  yet  because  he  chose  to  give 
the  race  the  benefit  of  his  researches 
without  exacting  a  portion  of  its  pos­
sessions  in  return  he  lingers  in  compar­
ative  oblivion  in  contrast  with  the  mere 
gatherer  in  of  shekels who has succeeded 
beyond  the  most  extravagant  of  expec­
tations  in  the  accumulation  of  the  me­
dium of  exchange.

But  as  there  is  unquestionably  more 
satisfaction  in  life  for  Berthelot 
in  his 
present  condition  than  he  could  extract 
out  of  it  were  he  the  possessor of  wealth 
rivaling  that  of  Carnegie,  there  is  no 
occasion  to  grieve  over the  limited  ex­
tent  of  his  fame;  still  he  is  too  promi­
nent  an  example  of  the  discrimination 
of  which  men  are  guilty  in  distinguish­
ing  between  wealth  and  worth  to  be 
overlooked.

Among  the  American  exports  to  the 
Philippines  which 
left  San  Francisco 
yesterday  were  600 school teachers.  That 
is  about  as  useful  and  wise  a  contribu­
tion  as  the  people  of  the  United  States 
can  make  to  the  Filipinos.  The  number 
looks  large  and  still  it  is  not  enough  to 
satisfy  the  demand  and  probably  more 
will  be  sent  as  soon  as  arrangements 
can  be  perfected.  The  Filipinos  are 
anxious  to 
learn,  particularly  desirous 
of  mastering  the  English language.  The 
teacher  follows  the  soldier  very  quickly 
and  the  second  could  not  go  before  the 
first.  The  army  with  guns  has  done  its 
work  preparing  the  way  for  the  army 
with  school  books.  Nothing  will  more 
rapidly  hasten  the  substantial  welfare of 
the  Philippines  and  their  inhabitants 
than  such  work  as  can  be  most  success­
fully  accomplished  by  American  teach­
ers. 
It 

is  estimated  that  over  half  the 
American  people 
indulge  in  vacations 
during  the  months  of  July  and  August. 
To  begin  with  there  are 
17,000,000 
school  children  and  teachers. 
Then 
come  the  ministers  and  actors,  college 
students  and  the  families  of  the  wealthy 
and 
leisure  classes.  Clerks,  salesmen 
and  office  workers  all  manage  to  get 
away  for  a  time  during  the  summer. 
The  army  of  recreation  is  indeed  a  big 
one.  No  other country  has  so  many peo­
ple who  can  afford  to  leave  their  homes.

_____________

If  the  sun  had  nothing  else  to  do  but 
shine  on  the  righteous,  it  wouldn’t  have 
to  rise  so  early  in  the  morning.

GENERAL  TRADE  REVIEW .

The  dominating  factor  in  the  Wall 
Street  market  is  the  weather  condition. 
Reports  of  injury  on  account  of  the heat 
in  the  corn  producing  sections  enhance 
the  price  of  that  cereal,  and  through 
sympathy  wheat,  while  the  stocks  of 
the  grain  carrying  roads  suffer  accord­
ingly.  Then  when  there  are  reports  of 
broken  drouths  there 
is  the  opposite 
effect—grain  is  lower  and  stocks  regain 
their  losses.  At  the  latest  the  last  con­
dition  seems  to  have  control,  stocks  re­
covering  the  sharp  decline  of  the  open­
ing  days  of  the  week.  There  seems  to 
be  less  effect  on  the  industrial  stocks  on 
account  of  the  steel  strike  than  was  ex­
pected.  The  effect  in  this  direction  is 
a  serious  disappointment  to  the  strik­
ers,  who  reckoned  that  the  stockholders 
would  cry  for  mercy  as  soon  as  their 
holdings  began  to  suffer. 
Instead  the 
sentiment  seems  to  be  nearly unanimous 
to  fight 
it  out  and  the  shares  are 
strengthened  accordingly,  regaining  a 
large  share  of  the  decline  attending  the 
first  outbreak.  The  ease  in  the  money 
market  caused  by  the  heavy  selling  of 
securities  a  week  ago  has  continued and 
there 
is  a  heavy  increase  in  the  bank 
reserves  and  a  corresponding  decrease 
in  loans.  Wall  Street  trading  continues 
heavy,last  week’s  shares  transferred  ex­
ceeding  5,000,000.

The  iron  situation  continues  the  gen­
eral  activity  and  heavy  demand,  with  a 
hardening  in  prices  in  the  lines  affected 
by  the  strike.  Building  operations  all 
over  the  country  are  making  heavy  de­
mands.  Some  of  the  Steel  rail  mills  re­
port  sales  made  for  delivery  in  1902.

Textile  lines  appear  to  have  reversed 
the  positions  held  earlier  in  the  season. 
Instead  of  activity  in  the  cotton  goods 
division  there  is  now comparative quiet, 
while  at  woolen  mills  an  idle  wheel  is 
the  exception.  Revival  in  this  manu­
facture  was  especially  tardy  on  account 
of  the  heavy  supplies  of  cheap goods 
made  of  shoddy,  low  grade 
imported 
wool  and  substitutes,  but  with  general 
prosperity  there  has  come  increasing 
demand  for  better  qualities.  This  is 
evidenced  by  efforts  of  mills  to  secure 
first-class  wool,  and  the  general  depres­
sion 
in  the  raw  material  has  made  it 
possible  to  get  the  best  at  reasonable 
terms.  Aside  from  an advance  in  indigo 
flannels, 
finished  products  remain  un­
changed  in  prices.  The  lightweight sea­
son  will  open  below  last  year’s  prices, 
owing  to  the  decline  in  all  branches  of 
industry  and  the  fall  of  11%  per 
the 
cent,  in  the  average  price  of  wool.

European  governments  consider  the 
possibility  of  war  in  relation  to  every 
project.  They  will  not  permit  electric­
ity  to  be  employed  for traction  purposes 
on  their  main  railroad 
lines,  for  the 
reason  that  the  service  could  be  more 
easily 
if  steam  loco­
motives  were  used.

interrupted  than 

A  woman  can  throw  a  stone  with  a 
curve  that  would  make  the  fortune  of  a 
professional  base  hall  pitcher.

The  girl  who  poses  for  artists  always 

leads  a  model  life.

WEALTH  AND  WORTH.

Few  mortals,  no  matter  what  their 
vocation,  have  during  their  lifetime  ac­
quired  fame  to  a  greater  degree  than 
Andrew  Carnegie.  To  begin  with,  as 
an  expert  in  the  art  of  moneymaking, 
his  name  has  been  re-echoed  from  the 
four corners  of  the  globe.  Now,  as  the 
distributer  for  the  endowment  of  educa­
tional  and  other  institutions  of  probably 
the  greatest  individual  fortune  ever  ac­
quired  by a  human  being,  he  is  furnish­
ing  food  for  comment  throughout  the 
world.

Yet,  great  as  is  this  thrifty  Scotch­
man’s  faculty  for  making  the  most  of 
an  opportunity, 
it  may  be  doubted 
whether his  name  would  ever  have  be­
come  familiar  in  every  clime  had  not 
money  in  well  nigh  inconceivable quan­
tities  come  to  him  as  the  result  of  his 
success  in  the  management  of  prudently 
developed  and  shrewdly  promoted  man­
ufacturing  enterprises. 
True,  he  has 
done  wonderful  things  with  his  money, 
the  limit  of  his  achievements  in  this  re­
spect  not  having  yet  been  reached,  but 
its  possession  in  the  first  place  was  the 
foundation  of  his  renown  and  essential 
in  the  exercise  of  that  generosity  which 
is  dictating 
its  distribution  in  aid  of 
public  libraries  and  to  open  the  doors 
of  universities  to  the 
lean  of  purse. 
He  has  become  celebrated  more  because 
of  his  extraordinary  fortune  than 
for 
any  particular  trait  of  character  distin­
guishing  him  from  the  common  herd. 
Mark  the  difference  in  the  conspicuous­
ness  he  has  attained  and  the  renown 
achieved  by  Berthelot,  that  French  vet­
eran  of 
intellectual  prodigies,  who  in 
his  work  combines  the  insight,  industry 
and  daring  of  Edison  and  the 
intuitive 
processes  of  Huxley.  King  of  chemis­
try,  sagacious  statesman  and  charming 
literary  specialist  that  he  is,  Berthelot 
attracts  but 
limited  attention  beyond 
the  boundaries  of  his  own  country. 
During  fifty  of  the  seventy-five  years  of 
his  life  he  has  either  discovered  or 
pointed  out  the  secret  of  some  vital 
in­
terpretation  in  the  laws  of  nature  whose 
application  has  been  a  beneficence  to 
the  human  race.  He  could  have  been  a

Late  State  Food  Commissioner 

ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR
Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
1233 flajestic  Building,  Detroit,  rtich.

Wholesale Ready Made Clothiag

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

who  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  until  Aug.  3,  and  you  will  see 
a  large  line  of  samples  to  select  from. 
Customers’ expenses allowed.  Or If you 
prefer,  write  him,  care  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
and he will call on you.  He pays prompt 
attention to mall orders.

A.  BOMERS,

..Commercial Broker..

And  Dealer  in

Cigars and  Tobaccos,

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

Will Increase Your Business.

Cheap and Effective. 

Send for samples and  prices.

C.  H.  HANSON,

44  S.  Clark  St.,  Cbicago,  III.

Tradesman Coupons

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Petting the People

W hy  the  Newspaper Is  the  Best  Medium.
There  is  a  constant  reiteration  in  the 
advertising  press  of  the  admonition  to 
use  the  newspapers  for  publicity  until 
some  are  coming  to  shrewdly  guess  that 
the  agents  are  interested  in  the  use  of 
the  press  to  the  exclusion  of  other 
means  of  reaching  the  people. 
I  will 
not  pretend  to  claim  that  there  is  no 
self-interest 
in  the  adherence  to  this 
text,  but  whatever  the  motive  there  is 
sound  logic  in  the  preaching.

Few  people  realize  the  extent  that 
printing,  and  especially  the  regular 
press,  holds  upon  the  credulity  of  the 
people.  The  fact  that anything  appears 
in  the  newspaper  is  more  convincing 
of 
its  truth  than  any  amount  of  argu­
ment  to  sustain  it.  This  fact  is  made 
the  basis  of  the  work  of  the  politician, 
who  cares  more  for  the  assertion  in  the 
press  which 
is  not  likely  to  meet  with 
denial  than  for  any  amount  of  stump 
oratory.

There  is  a  reason  for  the  hold  which 
the  press  maintains  on  popolar  belief 
to  be  found  in  the  history  of  the  print­
ing  art.  Attending  the  awakening  from 
the  long  night  of  the  dark  ages the press 
was  the  herald  of  a  better  life  for the 
people.  The  earliest  printing 
in  the 
Western  world  of  that  day  was  essen­
tially  religious.  For  long  centuries  be­
fore  that  time  the  written  preservation 
of  human  knowledge  in  the  cloisters  of 
the  monks  was  a  most  wonderful  thing 
to  the  common  mind.  The  man  who 
spent  his  life  making  books  was  looked 
up  to  as  a  superior  being  and  the  pro­
ductions  of  his  pen  were  objects  of  the 
greatest  veneration.  With 
long 
hereditary  reverence  for  literature  as  a 
preparation,  the  opening  of  the  world 
of 
letters  to  the  popular  mind  brought 
the  religious  conviction  which  we  know 
as  the  Reformation.  This  seemed  to 
intensify  the  hold  upon  the  popular  be­
lief  until  the  printed  page,  however ab­
surd  or  contradictory,  was  law  and  gos­
pel  to  the  readers.  On  this  account  the 
politician  who  aspired  to  lead  the  peo­
ple  a  couple  of  centuries  ago  depended 
upon  his  pamphlet. 
If  he  could  only 
command  the  machinery  to  get his lucu­
brations  into  the  hands  of  his  clientage 
he  could  gain  almost  any  end  provided 
his  opponent  had  not  equal  facilities.

this 

As  the  modem  newspaper  became  es­
tablished  much  of  the  spirit  of  credence 
was  transferred  to the  new  medium  for 
disseminating  literature.  The periodical 
press  has  never  obtained  the  hold  over 
the  popular  mind  possessed  by  books ; 
but  enough  of  the  popular  reverence 
was  transferred  to  make  its  power tre­
mendous,  and,  of  course,  its  develop­
ment  made  it  the  means  of  reaching  the 
popular  mind.  Those  who  are  accus­
tomed  to  reading  the  papers  on  various 
and  contradictory  sides  of  public  ques­
tions  wonder  that  there  is  not  produced 
a  spirit  of  newspaper  skepticism,  but  as 
a  matter of  fact  there  are  comparatively 
few  who  actually  read  more  than  their 
accepted  beliefs.

The  argument  then  is  that  through  its 
hereditary prestige  the newspaper brings 
the  most  effective  means  of  reaching 
popular  conviction.  Few  analyze  the 
reasons  for  their  belief  in  matters  that 
reach  them  through  the  press—it 
is 
easier  to  accept  them  because  they  are 
“ in  the  paper.”   This  acceptance  is  a 
matter of course.

It  follows  that  the  advertiser  should 
have  a  regard  for  this  quality  in  his 
If  he  does
most  valuable  medium. 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

W e  L e a d  T h e   Pr ocession.

O U R  BIG 
MID-SUMmER
«SALE  Is  A   W in ner.

Great crowds of buyers  are taking advantage 
of the low  prices we  are  giving.

A r e   You  in  th e  Procession? 
G ettin g  Your  S h o re? 
4?

The  people  tell  us  that  never  before  in the

history of Cass City have  they  attended  a  more genuine sale  than  this, our Annual 

Mid-Summer Sale,  which  will  continue  during the entire month of July.  This gives 

you all plenty of time to secure a liberal share of the great bargains offered.  Sale will 

last until July 31st.  Come where the  crowd is.

F a i r w e a t H e r   B r o s .

.  Butter and Eggs as good as cash.

It’s Like this’

,

You take your 
choice 
of suits in this closing 
sale—
Give us about 
two-thirds the regular 
price.
and put the rest 
in your pocket for a 
rainy day.
If it’s a sixteen 
dollar suit 
you get it for ten 
dollars and fifty Cents. 
You’ve saved 
$ 5 .5 0 .
Gall and examine for 
yourselves.

$8.5(1,  $12.00,  $16.00  SUITS 
going at i5 ,50, $7.50, $10.50.
HAMILTON-  

CLOTHING CO
Better* Bread

V
Bread with a sweet flavor and  tender 
fibre  is  what  all  housewives  want. 
This is the  kind  we  all  want.  The 
kind children  want  and  the kind we 
can all  have  if  we  use  : : : : : : : :

W h ite   L i l y l F l o u i

-from the

Cass  City  Roller  Mills,

C.  W. Heller.

J7 tIT  IS  RIGHT

That  you  should  love, 
cherish  and  protect  a 
dear one while  life  re­
mains, but when the sil­
ver cord  is  loosed,  you 
owe it to their memory 
to  give  them  suitable 
burial.  My line of
Funeral  Supplies
is always complete and 
strictly  up-to-aate  in 
every  respect.  Three 
hearses always in read­
iness, and branch office 
both at Gagetown  and 
.Argyle,  with  capable 
managers.  Telephone 
home office,  22--1  ring, 
and  be sure  of  prompt 
Service.
a. a. McKen z ie. |

C.SS  CITY

PURE  PARIS 
GREEN  at 
the right price 
also

INSECT  POWDER 

HELEBORE  . 
POISON  and 
STICKY  FLY 
PAPER
and other  articles 
used in 
destroying 
insect life at 
BOND’S  DRUG 
STORE.

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Good Timothy Hay 
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Good Mixed. Hay 
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Fair Mixed Hay 
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OOMB  AMD  MI  US.

neiNMI  M0MCE  COMMIT
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a Good 
Cigar

it lasts longer, is healthier, 
does n6t  leave  that  muddy 
taste  in your mouth  and  is 
more satisfactory  in  every 
w ay—smoke

44GATE 

POST’

a straight  10c cigar and e 
joy they comforts that hun­
dreds of other smokers  do. 
A.W.Jatiraus. M fg.a

W I H I I H f t ?

this  every  statement  will  bear  the  im­
press  of  candor.  Thus  it  is  not  only  an 
injury  to  his  own  means  of  publicity 
when  be  abuses  the  public  confidence, 
but  is  also  an  injury  to  the  work  of ages 
which  has  given  the  press 
its  moral 
hold.

*  *  *

Fairweatber  Bros,  show  a  carefully 
written  and  printed  announcement  of 
their  mid-summer  sale  which  is  digni­
fied  and  well  bandied  in  both  regards. 
The  printer  has  done  well  to  adhere  to 
a  single  series  of  type. 
I  shouid  only 
suggest  that  a  little  less  spacing  out  of 
the  body  letter  would  leave  more  room 
to  the  display  and  prevent  its  coming 
too  close  to  the  border.

is  suggested 

An  exceptionally  well  written  adver­
tisement  is  that  of  the  Hamilton  Cloth­
ing  Co.  The  manner  in  which  the  prop­
osition 
is  attractive  and 
convincing  and  the definite price feature 
If the  two  main  dis­
is  a  valuable  one. 
play 
few  points 
smaller,  giving  a 
little  more  space  in­
side  the  border,  the  effect  would  have 
been  better.  Less  styles  of  type  would 
also  have  added  to  the  artistic  effect.

lines  had  been  a 

C.  W.  Heller says  just  enough  for bis 
space  and  says  it  well  and  has  no  com­
plaint  to  make  of  his  printer.  Perhaps 
a 
little  smaller  display  or  less  spacing 
would  have  given  a  little  more  white 
space 
inside  the  border,  but  the  effect 
is  good  as  it  is.

A.  A.  McKenzie  writes  a  suggestive 
undertaker’s advertisement which should 
be  an  aid  to  bis  business.  In composing 
it  I  wo.uld  have  used  a  size  or two 
smaller  type  for tbe  body,  so  as  to  get 
more  space,  making  the  paragraphs 
more  readable.

is 

Another  good  display 

that  of 
Bond’s  Drug  Store.  This,  however,  il­
lustrates  the  tendency  to  dispense  with 
pauses  to an  extent  liable  to  cause  con­
fusion. 
It  is  not  the  intention  to  say 
that  these  articles  are  being  used  to 
destroy  insect  life  at Bond's Drug Store, 
although  that  may  be  tbe  fact.  They are 
for sale  there,  as  would  have  been 
in­
dicated  by  a  comma  after  " life .”

Tbe  Michigan  Produce  Company  has 
a  spontaneity  in  its  way  of  announcing 
hay  prices  which 
is  good  work.  Tbe 
printer has  handled  it  as  judiciously  as  * 
tbe  space  will  admit.

A.  W.  Jahraus  writes  a  good  cigar 
advertisement  and  the  printer  has  done 
bis  part  well.except  that  he has crowded 
his  border  too  much  in  bis  display,  and 
a  typographic  error  confuses  the  last 
sentence.

She  H ad  Forgotten  Something.

A  dignified  young  woman  came  down 
in  the  elevator  at the  Morton  House  the 
other day  and  started  across  the  office, 
which  was  filled  with  furniture  buyers 
and  salesmen,  to  leave  her key  with  tbe 
clerk.  To  the  unobservant  eye  of  tbe 
elevator  boy  she  was  correctly  attired  in 
blue  as  to  waist  and  white  as  to  skirt. 
White  skirts  worn  with colored waists do 
not  form  a  dress  combination  often  seen 
at  this  hotel,  but 
it’s  not  tbe  elevator 
boy’s  place  to  reason  wby,  so  be  let  ber 
go  without  remonstrance,  even  although 
two  long  pieces  of  tape  floated  from  her 
waistband.

But  just  as  tbe  girl  neared  a  group  of 
men 
in  tbe  corridor  an  elderly  woman 
placed  a  detaining  hand  on  her  arm. 
"M y  dear,”   she  said. 
“ My  dear, 
haven’t  you  left  off  a  piece  of  your  ap­
parel?”

Tbe  girl  gave  a  startled  glace  down­
ward ;  then  she 
looked  around  and 
caught  tbe  commiserating  glance  of  tbe 
elevator  boy  as  he  went  skyward,  and 
then  she  made  a  dash  for  the  stairs  and 
went  up  them  two  at  a  time,  exactly  as 
she  had  been taught in  ber childhood she 
must not  do.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3

MAKING  MATCHES.

Results of Ingenious M achinery In Cheap­

ening the  Product.

It  was  found  a  few  years  ago that each 
of  the  inhabitants  of  Great  Britain  con­
sumed,  on  an  average,  eight  matches  a 
day.  The  consumption  in  this  country 
per  capita 
is  considerably  larger,  al­
though  exact  statistics  can  not  be  given 
because  the  Treasury  returns  of  the  im­
ports  of  matches  convey  no  idea  of  the 
number  brought  into  the  country,  which 
is  certainly  large.  The  foreign  matches 
are  not  so  cheap  as ours  but  for  one  rea­
son  or  another  there  is  a  considerable 
demand  for them.

consumption 

If  we  figure  on  the  British  basis  of 
eight  matches  per  capita  a  day  the 
home 
is  610,427,096 
matches  a  day.  This  enormous  figure 
may  be  accepted  as  approximately  the 
consumption  of  home  made 
home 
matches  in  addition  to  the 
foreign 
matches  that  are  found 
in  all  of  our 
markets;  but  it  by  no  means  represents 
our  total  output, 
considerable 
quantity  of  American  matches  are  sold 
in  European  and  other countries.

for  a 

in  trade. 

Success  in  matchmaking,  at  the  pres­
is  largely  a  question  of  ma­
ent  time, 
chinery.  Matches  are  sold  at  a  price  so 
exceedingly  small  that  the  manufactur­
ers  controlling  the  best  machinery  for 
eliminating  hand 
labor  and  producing 
excellent  matches  at  a  minimum  cost 
have  a  great  advantage 
It  is 
next  to  impossible  for  one  match  fac­
its 
tory  to  compete  with  another  unless 
machinery  is  equally  efficient. 
It  can 
not  buy  the  machinery  used  in rival fac­
tories,  for  it  is  almost 
invariably  the 
case  that  a  manufacturing  concern abso­
lutely  controls  the  patents  it  has thought 
it  advantageous  to  employ. 
In  order to 
compete  successfully  in  the  match  in­
dustry,  nowadays,  it  is  practically  es­
sential  to own  machinery  that  is  at  least 
as  perfect  as  any  used  by  rival  estab­
lishments.

American  matchmaking  machines  are 
the  best  in  the  world,  which  accounts 
for the  success  of  the  American  concern 
in  England  the  other day  in  absorbing 
the  plant  and  business  of  the  largest 
British  establishment. 
In  the  meeting 
held  for the  purpose  of  voting  upon  the 
proposal  to  amalgamate  the  two  con­
cerns,  the  President  of  the  American 
company,  addressing the  shareholders  of 
the  British  company,  told  them  plainly 
that  although  the  American  enterprise 
had  occupied  the  British  field  only  a 
few  years  it  was  competing  successfully 
with  their  own 
industry  on  their own 
ground, 
the  reason  that 
for 
largely 
American  machinery  was  superior  to 
that  of  British  invention.

Our  public  is  paying  for  matches  to­
day  less  than  half  what  it  paid  twenty 
years  ago,  although  they  were  then  re­
garded  as  very  cheap.  Elderly  persons 
can  remember  the  time  when  matches 
were  husbanded  with  considerable  care, 
for  it  did  not  take  very  many  of them  to 
represent  the  value  of  a  cent.  But now, 
thanks  to  machinery  and 
improved 
processes,  nobody  cares  very  much  how 
many  matches  he  wastes  trying  to  light 
his  pipe  on  a  windy  day. 
In  fact, 
matches  are  so  cheap  that  the  cost  of 
supplying  a  great  country  with  all  the 
matches  it  wants  does  not  reach  an 
im­
pressive  figure.  The  total  product  of  all 
our  match  factories  is  sold  for  less  than 
$10,000,000  a  year,  which  cuts  a  very 
small  figure  when  it  is  remembered  that 
the  value  of  the  machines  of  all  kinds 
that  are  produced  in  this  country  every 
year  is  alone  about  $400,000,000.  Match

manufacturing  is  a  small  industry  after 
all.

Not  many  establishments are  required 
to  turn  out  the  matches  this  country 
needs.  Over  in  New  Jersey,  only  a  few 
miles  from  this  city,  there  are  two  fac­
tories  with  a  capacity  together of  90,- 
000,000  matches  a  day.  The 
largest 
factory 
in  the  country,  at  Barberton, 
Ohio,  can  turn  out  100,000,000  matches 
a  day,  probably  a  seventh  of  the  entire 
consumption.

This  country  has  a  great  advantage in 
the  abundance  of  aspen,  which  tree  is 
superior to  all  other timber  for  match­
making  on  account  of  its  natural  quali­
ties  and  the  ease  with  which 
it  is 
worked. 
It  is  light,  spongy  and  splints 
easily,  and  although  pine,  linden,  birch 
and  other  woods  are  also  used  in  this 
and  other  countries,  aspeh  is  preferred 
to  them  all.  European  match  manufac­
turers  have  been  engaged  in  a  scramble 
for  years  past  to  secure  a  sufficient 
quantity  of aspen.  Germany  is  import­
ing  from  Russia  every year about 3,500,- 
000 cubic  feet  of  aspen  to  supplement 
her own  supplies.

A  while  ago the  German  manufactur­
ers  petitioned  the  Minister  of  Agricul­
ture  and  Forestry  to  cause  the  foresters 
in  the  districts  where  match  factories 
are  situated  to  give  more  attention  to 
raising  the  aspen.  A  similar  appeal 
has  been  made  to their  government  by 
the  matchmakers  of  France.  Russian 
manufacturers  have  been  opposed  to  the 
wholesale  depletion  of  their  forests  by 
foreign  matchmakers  and  have  not  been 
slow  to  appeal  to  their  government  to 
stop  the  exportation  of  aspen.  Fortu­
nately  for  our matchmakers,  the  home 
supply  of  aspen 
is  very  large  and  the 
wood  is  little  used  for other manufactur­
ing  purposes.— N.  Y.  Sun.

The  Experienced Traveler.

People  who  travel  very  little  do  not 
realize  how  different  an  old  traveler ap­
pears  in  numberless  little  details  to  one 
who  seldom  goes  far  from  home.  Dress, 
wraps  and 
impedimenta  of  all  kinds 
have  a  different  strap  upon  them.  The 
way  people  enter a  Pullman  and  settle 
themselves  for  a  journey  shows  to  an 
observant  person  whether  they  are  in 
the  habit  of  going  only  short  distances 
or  whether traveling  has  become  second 
nature.  The  various  belongings  of  an 
old  traveler  may  be,  and  generally  are, 
very  smart,  but  never  look  new.  They 
bear  the  cherished  marks  of  use,  and 
>the 
labels  on  a  much  traveled  valise  or 
trunk  are  never  removed  with  the  con­
sent  of  the  owner,  who  values  these 
baggage  stamps  of  far  off  lands  as much 
as  an  Alpine  climber does  the  notches 
and  the  names  of  famous  climbs  on  his 
mountain  staff.  Woe  betide  the  unfor­
tunate  maid or valet  who  is  over-zealous 
enough  to  clean  and  polish  up  the  sole- 
leather  bags  that have rare  custom  house 
marks  upon  them I  A  young  woman 
about  to  go  abroad  for  the  first  time was 
interrupted  by  a  friend  while  busy  oil­
ing  her  new 
leather  trunk  with  a  rag 
which  she  dipped  from  time  to  time 
“ What  am  I 
into  a  plate  of  road  dust. 
doing?”   she  answered 
in  reply  to  the 
‘ ‘ Why,  taking  the  new­
latter’s query. 
ness  off,  of  course. 
I  would  not  travel 
with  a  spick  and  span  trunk  for any­
thing. ”

Crystallized  M int  Leave«.

From the Philadelphia Record.

in  summer 

The  crystallized  mint  leaf  is  the latest 
novelty 
confections  dis­
played  in  a  Chestnut  street  shop.  The 
lover  of  mint,  whether  in  the  form  of 
candy  or  julep, will find them deliciously 
refreshing.  The  sprays  of  fresh  leaves 
are  treated  apparently  much 
in  the 
same  way  as  candied  fruits  are  pro­
duced,  only  the  mint  retains  all 
its 
original  flavor.  Crystallized  mint  leaves 
are  rather expensive,  selling  at  15  cents 
an  ounce,  but  they  are  well  worth  the 
price.

New  “Ohio”  Monarch 
Self  Feed  Ensilage  Cutter

With  Direct  Blast  Blower  Elevator

1901  Ensilage Cutter has traveling table  10 feet  long.  Self  feed  Increases  capac­

ity more than  33  1-3 per cent,  and  saves  more than  75 

per cent,  time  and  labor feeding.

Present requirements of parties filling silos have outgrown most machines man­
ufactured prior to  this  time,  and  the  N ew   “O h io ”  M on a rch  S e l f   F e e d   E n­
sil a g e  Cu t t e r ,  which is  larger,  stronger and has  greater  capacity,  is  offered  to 
meet the new conditions.  The  blower elevator has  ample  capacity  to  elevate  the 
ensilage into the silo and  will do it to the satisfaction of all.

We invite correspondence and  can  quote  interesting  prices  to  hardware  and 
implement dealers who are interested  in the  sale  of  a  first-class  line  of  feed  and 
ensilage cutters.

ADAMS  &  HART,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

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

4

Around  the State

M ovements of M erchants.

Mt.  Clemens—The  Moxon  Pharmacy 

has  sold  out  to  J.  H.  Joyce.

Casnovia— Hatch  &  Cook  will  take 

possession  of  their  grist  mill  July  28.

Grand  Haven—C.  S.  Buhl  succeeds 

Gerrit  Zaagman  in  the  coal  business.

Bancroft— F.  B.  Parker  has  purchased 
the  meat  market  of  Bryant  &  Rowley.
Ovid— John Robson  has  sold  his  hard­
ware  stock  to  W.  B.  Cox,  of  Colchester, 
111.

St.  Johns— Frink  &  Colkelman  have 
purchased  the  stock  of  the  Tromp  Shoe 
Co.

La  Porte—John  Chamberlain  &  Son 
have  sold  their  grocery  stock  to  E.  W. 
Pierce.

East Jordan— The  State  Bank  of  East 
Jordan  has  been  established,with  a  cap­
ital  of $20,000.

Caseville—C.  A.  Stockmeyer succeeds 
McKinley  &  Stockmeyer  in  the  mer­
cantile  business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—T.  M.  O’ Laughlin 
succeeds  Henson  &  O’Laughlin  in  the 
grocery  business.

Detroit—The  Fletcher  Hardware  Co. 
its  capital  stock  from 

has  increased 
$159,000  to $200,000.

Brooklyn—C.  B.  Farnham  has  pur­
chased  the  clothing,  hat  and  cap  stock 
of  Frank  North  &  Co.

Stanton—The  State  Savings  Bank 
succeeds  C.  W.  French  &  Co.  in  the 
banking  business  Sept.  3.

Hillsdale— H.  P.  Mead  & Co.,  dealers 
in  house  furnishing  goods, have  changed 
their  style  to  the  H.  P.  Mead  Co.

Hartford—Wm.  and  Ollie  Bridges, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Bridges  Bros., 
have  engaged  in  the  grocery  business.

Yuma—C.  E.  Cartwright  has  pur­
chased  the  Miner  grocery  stock  and  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  same 
loca­
tion.

West  Branch—Sailing,  Hanson &  Co., 
of  Grayling,  have  purchased  the  Crump 
box  factory  at  Roscommon.  They  will 
take  possession  at  once.

Detroit— Skae  &  Alward,  wholesale 
and  retail  coal  dealers,  have  merged 
their  business  into  a  limited  copartner­
ship  under  the  same  style.

Lake  Linden—Samuel  Blumentbal 
has  leased  a  store  in  the  Therrien  block 
and  will  display  therein  a  line  of  dry 
goods  and  men's  furnishing  goods.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— Frederick Niebur & 
Son,  of  Hurley,  Wis.,  have  opened  a 
hardware  store 
in  the  Everett  block. 
The  firm  will  carry  a  $15,000  stock.

Bush  P.  O.— E.  M.  (Mrs.  A.)  Gould, 
general  merchandise  dealer,  has  re­
moved  to  Stearns  and  purchased  the 
general  stock  of  J.  H.  Brimmer  &  Son.
Holland—Will  Botsford  has  bought 
the  confectionery  and  bakery  business 
of  Gerrit  Steketee  and  took  charge  of  it 
yesterday.  He  will  add a  line  of fruits.
in 
the  buggy  and  harness  business 
in  the 
Heilway  building.  Mr.  Kay  formerly 
conducted  a  similar  business  in  Olivet.
Kalamazoo—The  grocery  stock  of  P. 
L.  Burdick,  on  Oak  street,  has  been 
purchased  by  Homer  Kidney,  clerk  in 
the  store  of Jos.  Speyer  for  the  past  two 
years.

Charlotte—John  Kay  has  engaged 

Jackson— The Jackson  Retail  Grocers’ 
Association  has  decided  to  give  its  an­
nual  excursion  via  the  Grand  Trunk  to 
Detroit  on  August  7.  The  excursion* 
will  include  a  side  trip  to  Port  Huron 
from  Detroit  on  the  Tashmoo.  All  gro­
cery  stores  here  will  be  closed  on  the 
day  of  the  excursion,  which  will  carry 
fully  2,500  people.

Holland—James  E.  Lewis,  formerly 
engaged  in  general  trade  at  New  Rich­
mond,  has  purchased  the  Smeenge  gro­
cery  stock  here  and  will  continue  the 
business.

Ann  Arbor— The  Ann  Arbor  Music 
Co.  will  take  possession  of  the  building 
now  occupied  by  the  Moore  Hardware 
Co.  Aug.  1.  The  latter  company  is  clos­
ing  out  its  stock.

Hastings—S.  A.  Crowell  and  Mort 
Christie  have  engaged  in  the cigar busi­
ness  at  the  former’s  place  of  business 
on  Jefferson  street  under  the  style  of 
Crowell  &  Christie.

Tawas  City—The  grocery,  provision 
and  feed  firm  of  Murphy  &  Kulaszaski 
has  been  dissolved  and the  business will 
be  continued  by  M.  Murphy  &*  Co.  at 
the  old  Koeing  stand.

Grand  Ledge—A.  O.  Halstead,  the 
druggist,  has  purchased  the  Youngs 
brick  store,  two  doors  south  of his  pres­
ent 
location,  and  will  move  his  drug 
stock  into  same  about  Aug.  1.

Quincy— M.  D.  Greening  has  sold  his 
drug,  paint  and  oil  and  grocery  stock  to 
Clinton  Joseph,  taking  in  part  payment 
Mr.  Joseph’s  drug  stock  at  Horton, 
which  he  will  close  out  at  once.

Conklin— Norman  Harris,  the  veteran 
merchant,  has  sold  his  stock  and  store 
building,  with  fixtures,  to  Dr.  E.  Cil- 
ley,  of  Coopersville.  Dr.  Cilley  intends 
to  put  in  a  complete  stock  of  drugs.

Houghton— The  old  Hill  grocery  has 
again  changed  hands  and  will  hereafter 
be  conducted  under  the  style  of  J. 
Phillips  &  Co.,  the  new  concern  having 
purchased  the  stock  of  Bryce  &  Cor- 
beille.

Thompsonville—The Standard Oil  Co. 
has  established  a  distributing  station 
here  and  erected  tanks  and  an  office 
building.  O.  L.  Lovejoy  has  secured 
the  contract for  running  the  distributing 
wagon.

Ypsilanti— The  Ypsilanti  grocers  will 
give  an  excursion  to  Put-in-Bay  Aug. 
14,  and  they  will  make  a. determined 
effort  to  induce  ail  the  merchants  of  the 
city  to  close  their  places  of  business 
during  the  entire  day.

North  Lansing— Gardner  &  Robert­
son,  whose  drug  stock  and  store  build­
ing  were  badly  damaged  by  fire  recent­
ly,  are refinishing  their  store  with  a new 
plate  glass  front  and  steel  ceiling;  they 
will  otherwise  improve  the  interior.

Red  Jacket— Richard  D.  Dudley,  for 
the  past  eleven  years  with  the  grocery 
firm  of  Holman  &  Lewis,  and  Charles 
W.  Koppelmann,  cigar  manufacturer at 
this  place,  have  formed  a  copartnership 
and  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in 
the  Hermann  block.

Negaunee—John  Shea  wi 11 erect a two- 
story  brick  block  on  Iron  street  directly 
east  of  his  present  dry  goods  store.  The 
building  will  be  93  feet  deep  and  will 
have  a  frontage  of  35  feet.  Mr.  Shea 
expects  to  be  located  in  his  new  quar­
ters  by  the  latter  part  of  October.

Eaton  Rapids—A.  L.  Bradford  has 
purchased  the  general merchandise stock 
at  Marcellus  of C.  P.  Beebe and  will  re­
move 
it  to  this  place  as  soon  as  the 
store  building  at  the  corner  of  Main and 
Hamlin  streets  can  be  equipped  with 
new  furniture  and  fixtures.  He  will 
continue  his  wholesale  cigar  business  as 
before.

South  Haven—The  courts  will  prob­
ably  be  called  upon  to  decide  as  to  who 
is  the  owner  of  the  South  Haven  drug 
store  on  Phoenix  street.  Last  spring 
N.  R.  Goodrode  purchased  the  stock  of 
E.  E.  Napier.  Last  week  Mr.  Goodrode 
sold  the  stock  to  Chas.  H.  Rogers.  Mr. 
Rogers  paid  $500,  and  the  balance,

about  $4,000,  was  to  be  paid  between 
that  time  and  the  following  Tuesday. 
Mr.  Rogers  took  possession  of the  stock 
Thursday,  but  before  the  day  was  over, 
Mrs.  Goodrode  called  at  the  store  and 
demanded  possession,  claiming  that  the 
store  was  hers,  and  did  not  belong  to 
her  husband.

Bay  City— Isaac  Van  Dusen,  owner 
of  the  grocery  store  and  meat  market  at 
Madison  avenue  and  Third  street,  was 
recently  arrested,  charged  with  keeping 
his  place  open  Sunday,  July  7.  The 
complaint  was  made  by  Henry  Cornell. 
Mr.  Van  Dusen  denies  the  charge.  He 
says  his  arrest 
to  a  crusade 
started  by  the  Grocers  and  Butchers’ 
Association.

is  due 

Kalamazoo—Joseph  Speyer,  proprie­
tor  of  the  oldest  retail  establishment 
in 
Kalamazoo,  died  Sunday,  aged  63. 
Speyer  came  to  Kalamazoo  direct  from 
in 
Germany 
i860,  became  associated 
with  M. 
Israel,  a  pioneer  dry  goods 
merchant,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
was  sole  proprietor  of  the  largest  dry 
goods  stock  in  the  city.  He  was  prom­
inent 
in  business,  masonic  and  Jewish 
circles.

Hillsdale— The  merchants  and  several 
hundred  citizens  of  Albion,  with  their 
wives  and  children,  picniced  at  Baw 
Beese  Lake  last  Tuesday,  coming  here 
by  special  train.  All  business  was  sus­
pended  by  Hillsdale  merchants,  who 
joined  with  the  Albionites  in  making  a 
good  time.  A  fine  programme  of  sports 
was  carried out  and  with  music,dancing 
and  boating,  the  occasion  was  a  most 
enjoyable  one. 
It  will  be  made  an  an­
nual  affair  by  the  two  cities.

Ithaca—A.  L.  Hardy,  of  Middleton, 
has  made  a  demand  on  Fulton  township 
for  $150  as  the  price  of  his  grocery 
stock.  Last  spring  when  the  smallpox 
scare  was  on  in  dead  earnest  at  Middle- 
ton,  he  had  a  small  grocery  stock  in  the 
building  where  the  cases  occurred  and, 
as  the  building  was  turned  into  a  kind 
of  pest  house  and  Mr.  Hardy’s  stock 
was  made  unsalable,  he  thinks  that  he 
should  have  pay  for  the  same,  from  the 
township.  The  matter  was  argued  be­
fore  the  town  board 
last  Monday.  No 
decision  was  reached.

M anufacturing M atters.

Crystal  Falls—The  Chester  Iron  Co. 
has  been  formed  at  this  place,  with  a 
capital  stock  of $10,000.

Galesburg— The  Galesburg  Canning 
&  Packing  Co.  has  been  organized  with 
a  capital  stock  of  $7,300.

Gobleville— The  Gobleville  Milling 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorporation. 
The  capital  stock  is $10,000.

Lansing— The  capital  stock  of  the 
in­

Lansing  Wheelbarrow  Co.  has  been 
creased  from  $200,000  to $250,000.

for 

Vernon— B.  H.  Chadwick, 

the 
past  six  years  station  agent  at  this place 
for the  D.  &  M.  Railroad,  has  resigned 
his  position  and  engaged  in  the flouring 
mill  business,  having  purchased 
the 
Garrison  grist  mill.

Thompsonville—The  Thompsonville 
Woodenware  Co.  has  filed  articles  of  in­
corporation. 
is 
$10,000.

capital 

stock 

The 

Lake  Linden—The  Lake  Linden  Co­
operative  Society  .is  the  style  of  a  new 
enterprise  established  at  this  place. 
The  capital  stock  is $20,000.

Perry— Colby  &  Co.,  the  well-known 
hay  and  grain  shippers  of  Shiawassee 
county,  are  erecting  a  new  three-story 
elevator.  They  already  have  two  large 
elevators  here.

Mt.  Clemens—The  Macomb  Sugar 
Co.  has  let  contract  for  erecting  a  sugar 
plant  here  to  Kirby  &  Co.,  of  Cleve­
land,  for $567,000.  The factory  is  to  be 
completed  by  Sept.  1,  1902.

Detroit—The  Detroit  River  Sugar 
Co.,  capital  $450,000, 
filed  articles  of 
association  July  23.  The  incorporators 
are  John  A.  Russell,  H.  E.  Emmons, 
Joseph  C.  Dumont  and  J.  Emmett  Sul­
livan,  trustee,  all  of  Detroit.  The  com­
pany  propose  to  manufacture  both  beet 
and  cane  sugar.

Battle  Creek—The  Michigan  Cereal 
Co.,  Limited,  has  been  formed,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $100,000,  of  which 
$4,020  is  paid  in. 
Barak  L.  Hoge,  of 
St.  Louis, 
is  Chairman  and  J.  L. 
Hooper,  of  this  place,  and  Marcus  L. 
Heald,  of  Yellow  Springs,  Idaho,  are 
the  other  stockholders.

Whitedale—A.  B.  McArthur  and  Rod 
Lyman  have  formed  a copartnership  un­
der the  style  of  McArthur  &  Lyman  and 
purchased  the  Whitedale  lumber proper­
ties,  including  the  sawmill.  They  will 
engage 
in  the  manufacture  of  pine  and 
hardwood  lumber and  will  also  conduct 
a  general  store  in  connection.

Detroit— The  Morin-Matheson  Manu­
facturing  Co.  has  filed  articles  of  asso­
ciation  with  the  county  clerk  and  pre­
pares  to  manufacture  cheese  and  deal 
in  other  commodities.  The  company 
is  capitalized  at  $20,000 and  the  organ­
izers  are:  Andrew  Morin,  John  R. 
Matheson,  James  A.  Matheson  and  Wil­
liam  W.  Bush,  all  of  Detroit.

Flint— The  Flint  papers  say  that  the 
Flint  Cigar  Co.,  the  Holmes  Cigar  Co. 
and  the  Iroquois  Cigar  Co.  may  move 
their  plants  to  Detroit.  The  manufac­
turers  claim  that  it  is  absolutely  impos­
sible  to  grant  the  dollar  increase  de­
manded  by  the  union  men,  as  90  per 
cent,  of  the  cigars  made  by  the  three 
concerns  mentioned  are  sold  outside  of 
the  city 
in  direct  competition  with  the 
goods produced by the big non-union fac­
tories  in  Detroit.  They  claim  that  the 
old  scale  of  wages  gave  the  local  cigar- 
makers  more  money  than  members  of 
the  craft  earned 
in  most  cities  of  the 
State.  Under  the  old  scale  cigars  cost 
the 
local  manufacturers  $3  to  $5  per 
thousand  more  than  the  cost  of  the  large 
Detroit  manufacturers  who  employ  non­
union  men,  and  from  $1  to $2  more than 
the  cost 
in  the  union  shops  of  other 
cities  throughout  the  State.

It  is  easy  to  bear  the  aches  of  another 

man’s  corns.

M.  O.  BAKER  &  CO.

TO LED O .  OHIO

H ave  fancy  trade  at  top  prices  for  all  Northern  Michigan  cherries  can 

get.  L et  us  have  your  shipments.

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

General  Mill  Supplies,  Iron  Pipe,  Pumps,  W ell  Point« 

A SK  FO R  P R IC E S

2 0  P E A R L   8 T R E E T .  G R A N D   R APID 8f  MICH.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  M arket.

Sugar— Raw  sugar  is  somewhat  weak­
er,  96  deg.  test  centrifugals  having  de­
clined  1-32C,  making  the  present  price 
4  5-32C.  At  the  reduction  some  sales 
took  place  and  as  refiners  are  in  want 
looked 
of  supplies  a  marked  activity  is 
for.  The  general 
impression 
is  that 
spot  stocks  are  somewhat  over-esti­
mated.  The  receipts  of  raw  sugar  will 
soon  begin  to  fall  off  and,  with  no  ar­
rivals of  cane  sugar  before  the  middle of 
August,  no  considerable  declines 
in 
values  are  warranted 
in  the  immediate 
future.  The  visible  supply  is  720,000 
tons,  compared  with  1,180,000  tons  at 
the  same  time  last  year.  Conditions  in 
the  refined  market  remain  practically 
unchanged.

completely. 

Canned  Goods—The  canned  goods 
market  has  at 
last  taken  on  one  of  its 
old-time  “ booms’ ’  and  the  good  feeling 
arising  from  the  activity 
in  tomatoes, 
corn,  small fruits  and  peaches  is  felt  all 
along  the 
line.  So  great  has  been  the 
momentum  that  there  is  now  but  little 
to  keep  back  the  pressure  on  all lines  of 
canned  goods,  no  matter  where  located, 
and  from  this  time  on  we  may  look  for­
ward  to  a  healthy  market  for  every­
thing,  especially  the  staple  lines.  The 
weather  is  the  all-powerful  influence 
in 
the  canned  goods  situation,  which  it  has 
changed 
The  heat  and 
drought  have  been  so  severe  that  crops 
of  every  description  have  felt  the effects 
and  prices  are  either firmer or  higher 
all  around,  while  the  reports  of  damage 
to  crops  have  aroused  buyers  to  a  rec­
ognition  of  the  true  state  of  affairs, 
with  the  result  that  business  in  all  the 
large  canned  goods  markets  of  the coun­
try  has  suddenly  become  active.  En­
quiries,  especially 
for  tomatoes,  new 
peas  and  the  small  fruits,  in  many  in­
stances  fail  to  find  any  offerings  and 
actual  orders  are  being  turned  down. 
Everywhere  the  packs  of  small  fruits 
are  light,  considerably  below  last  year, 
while  packers  who  have  spot  tomatoes 
to  sell  or  who  will  enter  more  orders  for 
futures  also  are  scarce.  Tomatoes  con­
tinue  to  advance  and,  on  account  of  the 
alarming  condition  of  the  crop  and 
prospects  of  a  shortage of tin plate, many 
packers  have  entirely  withdrawn  from 
the  market.  The  situation  everywhere 
is  undoubtedly  one  of  great  strength. 
The  acreage  this  year 
is  reduced  and 
the  vines  are  reported  very  backward  in 
most  of  the  large  growing districts.  The 
market  for  com,  in  sympathy  with  to­
matoes,  is  also  very  firm  and  goods  that 
a  few  weeks  ago  were  going  a  begging 
for  buyers  at  very  low  prices  have  all 
been  sold.  There  is  also  a  good buying 
movement  in  futures.  There are reports 
of  great  damage  to  the corn crop in some 
considerably 
sections,  which  have 
strengthened 
conditions. 
Peas  show  a  little  movement  but  most 
packers  are  still  proceeding  very  cau­
tiously  in  the  matter  of offerings.  Pack­
ing 
in  New  York  State  is  now  going 
full  blast,  with  reported  prospects  of  a 
much 
lighter  pack  than  was  expected 
early  in  the  season.  Gallon  apples  are 
in  great  demand  at  high  prices.  Many 
orders  are  received  which  have  to  be 
turned  down,  on  account  of  the  scarcity 
of  stock  with  which  to  fill  them.  The 
reports  from  the  peach  districts agree 
with  reports  previously  given  and  that 
is  that  there  is  going  to  be  a  good  crop 
of  fine  peaches  from  which  very  few 
cheap  seconds  or  pies  will  be  culled 
This  news  has,  of  course,  reached  every

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buyer  of  peaches  in  the  country  and  the 
result  has  been  a  very  heavy  demand 
for  both grades.  Both  lines  have  drawn 
strength  from  these  conditions  and  have 
advanced  5c  per  dozen.  There  will  be  a 
still  further  improvement 
in  both  of 
them.  String  beans  have  at  last  shown 
some  strength.  During  the  past  six 
months  they  have  been  very  dull,  but 
have  at  last  awakened.  The  market  is 
very  strong  and  some  grades  are  very 
difficult  to  obtain.  The  salmon  situa­
tion  is unchanged.  The  demand  is  fair 
but  there  is  no  large  movement  in  this 
line.  This  is  almost  the  only  article  in 
the  canned  goods 
line  that  does  not 
show  unusual  activity  at  this  time. 
Reports  from  the  Columbia  River  are 
to  the  effect  that  the  fish  situation  is 
rather  better  for  the  past  few  days  and 
the  cold  storage  plants  are  working 
extra  hands  to  care  for the  catches.  The 
fear  that  there  would  be  no  fish this year 
has  been  dissipated  and 
is  now 
thought  that  the  later  runs  will  compen­
sate  for  the  scarcity  at  the  opening  of 
is  reported  that  there 
the  season. 
are  few  mustard  sardines 
in  the  bands 
of  the  Maine  packers  and  that  practic­
ally  no  fish  suitable 
for  mustards  are 
running.  There  is  some  talk  of  an  ad­
vance  all  around  on  domestic  sardines, 
owing  to  the  tin  outlook.  Advices  from 
the  French  as  well  as  Portuguese fishing 
grounds  represent  the  season's  catches 
of  sardines  so  far as  rather  poor,  and 
unless  they  improve  shortly  prospects 
for  packers  will,  it  is  thought,  be  some­
what  gloomy.

It 

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little 

Dried  Fruits—There  was  a ’little  more 
activity 
in  the  dried  fruit  market  last 
week,  orders  ranging  a 
larger, 
causing  a  more  hopeful  feeling  on  the 
part  of  the  holders.  Prunes  continue  in 
quite  good  request,  with  stocks  rather 
light.  The  poor  berry  crop 
in  some 
sections  it  is believed caused dried fruits 
to  receive  more  attention.  Prices  are 
firmer and  on  some  sizes  higher.  Stocks 
of  40-50S,  60-70S  and  90-ioos  are  espe­
cially  scarce  and  wanted  and  these three 
sizes  are  being  firmly  held  by  most 
holders.  Raisins  of  all  grades  are  very 
quiet.  What  few  are  sold are  for  imme­
diate  use,as  dealers  do  not  want  to carry 
any  stocks  through  the  warm  weather. 
The  consumptive  demand  for  peaches 
shows  considerable 
improvement,  ow­
ing,  possibly,  to  the  damage  to  vege­
table  crops.  This,  with  the  realization 
that  supplies  here  are  unusually 
light, 
created  a  good  demand.  Advices  from 
the  coast  state  that  the  quantity  of  apri­
cots  to  be  dried  this  year  will  be 
larger 
than  was  anticipated  owing  to  the  warm 
weather,  and  to  the  fact  that  the  canners 
have  not  bought  heavily  this  season  as 
quite  a  number  of  canned  apricots  were 
carried  over.  Growers  at  present  are 
very  firm  in  their  ideas,  but  we  expect 
to  see  the  market  settle  during  the  next 
thirty  days.  The  evaporated  apple  situ­
ation 
is  very  strong  both  for  spot  and 
futures.  Spot  goods,  however,  are  prac­
tically  out  of  the  market.

Rice— The  rice  market  is  very  firm, 
with  excellent  demand;  in 
fact,  the 
amount  going  into  consumption  is  said 
to  exceed  that  of  a  year  ago.  Stocks 
of  all  grades  in  local  hands  are  running 
light  and  supplies  from  primary  mar 
kets  are  small  and  some  of  the  mills 
have  entirely  shut  down  for  lack of stock 
to  work  on  and  will  remain  closed  until 
about  August  15. 
In view  of  these  facts 
and  the  strong  statistical  position,  hold­
ers  are  very  firm 
in  their  views  and 
prices  are  well  maintained.  The general 
opinion  among  dealers  is  that  there  will

be  no  decline  during  the  balance  of  this 
season.

Tea—The  demand  is  limited to neces­
sities  and  dealers  are  still  waiting  for 
the  long  delayed  change  for  the  better. 
Prices  are  unchanged,  but 
there 
should  be  a  decline  it  would  not  come 
as  a  surprise.  Dealers  are  well  supplied 
and  encouraging  reports  from  the  India 
and  Ceylon  markets  are  not  sufficiently 
strong  to  induce  them  to  buy  stocks 
in 
advance  of  immediate  wants.

if 

Molasses  and  Syrups—The dulness  al­
ways  experienced  during  the  summer 
was  very  marked  during  the  past  week, 
no  business  beyond  the  usual  every  day 
transactions  being  recorded.  Grocers’ 
wants  are  small  at  this  season  and  the 
majority  of  them  are  only  buying  in  a 
hand-to-mouth  way. 
In  anticipation  of 
a  good  demand  later  on,  when  the  fall 
trade  opens,  holders  of  stocks  are  not 
forcing  business,  but  are  satisfied  to 
await  developments.  There 
is  a  very 
strong  tendency  of  prices,  showing  an 
advance  of 
ic  per  gallon  on  domestic 
mixed  grocery  grades,  influenced  by  the 
firmer  and  higher  market  for glucose. 
Other  grades  remained  unchanged  and 
quiet.  Stocks  continue  light  in  hands 
of  dealers  and  no  speculative  dealings 
were  noted.  Corn  syrup,  in  sympathy 
with  the  higher  market  for  glucose,  has 
advanced  ic  per  gallon  and  6c  per  case, 
with  the  probability  of  still  higher 
prices  shortly.

Fish—Another  advance 

in  mackerel 
has  taken  place,  with  the  market  very 
firm  and  with  good  demand.  The catch 
this  year  so  far  is  somewhat  in  excess 
of 
last  year’s  catch.  That  of  codfish, 
however,  is  a  little 
last 
year’s  catch. 
Prices  on  codfish  are 
practically  unchanged.

lighter  than 

Nuts—The  demand  for  nuts  is  light, 
as  is  usually  the  case  at  this  time  of 
year.  Advices  from  Brazil  indicate  that 
the  crop  of  Brazil  nuts  is about finished. 
Receipts  up  to  the  present  are  said  to 
be  about  the  same  as  last  year.  Filberts 
are  slightly  easier.  The  new  crop,  it is 
stated,  is  looking  well  and  is  expected 
to be  25  per cent,  larger  than  last  year. 
The  weather  is  reported  very  favorable 
for  the  growing  crop.  Pecans  are  very 
strong  and  show  an  advance  of  i^ c   per 
pound.  Peanuts  are  a  little  easier  and 
have  declined  %c.

Pickles— Pickles  are  very  firm  at  pre­
vious  prices,  with  the  probability  of  a 
further  advance  soon.

Rolled  Oats—The  rolled  oats  market 
has  developed  very  unusual  strength, 
prices  now  being  so  high  as  to  be  al­
most  prohibitive,  and  no  positive  sales 
are  made  at  these  prices,  everything  be­
ing  subject  to  confirmation.  Advances 
are  as  follows:  rolled  oats 
in  barrels, 
$1.10;  cases,  45c;  Banner  oats,  40c; 
barley,  40c.  These  are  the  largest  ad­
vances 
in  prices  of  cereals  during  one 
week  for  a  long  time.

in  this  city,  placing 

The  Pillsbury-Washburn  Flour  Mills 
Co.  has  established  a  branch  office  for 
Michigan 
in 
charge  of  its  veteran  traveling  represen­
tative,  J.  P.  McGaughey.  The  office  is 
located 
in  the  Michigan  Trust  Co. 
building.

it 

Geo.  M.  Tuttie  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Stittsville.  The  Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman  Co. 
furnished  the  stock.  He 
will  add  a  line  of  shoes  and  dry  goods 
this  fall.

Comstock  &  Weed  have opened  a  gro­
cery  store  at  Petoskey.  The  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

The  G rain  M arket.

Wheat  at  last  has  shown  a  steady  ad­
vance  during  the  week.  Exports  have 
been  large.  The  excessive  heat  in  Kan­
sas  and  other  corn  states  had  the  effect 
of  advancing 
coarse  grains,  which 
helped  to  lift  wheat  out  of  the  old  rut. 
The  bear  element  also  got  scared  at  the 
short  wheat  crop  on  the  continent  and 
ran  to  cover,  which  had  a  tendency  to 
elevate  the  price  of  cash  and  futures. 
September  sold  a  week  ago  at  66c, 
while  it  closed  to-day  at  7o^c— an  ad­
vance  of  \y%c.  While  cash  was  68Xc 
at  last  writing,  it  closed  to-day  at  7i^ c 
—a  difference  of  3^0.  Winter  wheat  is 
all  secured,while  spring  is  having  some 
setbacks. 
localities  there  is 
too  much  wet  weather,  while  in  other 
sections  there 
is  burning  hot  weather. 
However,  there  will  be  a  fair  crop,  but 
by  no  means  a  bumper  crop.  The  con­
servative  element  thinks  the  price 
low 
yet.

In  some 

Corn  has  made  a  phenomenal advance 
of  6^c  within  the 
last  week.  Some 
predict  70c  for corn,  owing  to  the  three- 
quarter  crop.  Still,  should  seasonable 
weather  come  soon,  it  may  be  some  bet­
ter  than  present  expectations,  but 
it 
looks  at  present  as 
if  corn  would  sell 
higher.
Oats 

likewise  have  advanced  6c  per 
bushel,  owing  to  the  short  crop  and  the 
large  decrease  of  over  1,000,000  bushels 
during  the  week.

Rye  has  advanced  4c  per  bushel.
Beans,  owing  to  the  continued  dry 
weather,  have  advanced  fully  5c  per 
bushel.

Flour  is  very  strong,  and,  with  the 
in  wheat,  prices  are  fully  20c 

advance 
per  barrel  higher.

Mill  feed  has  also  made  an  advance 
of $2  per  ton  and  there  is  more  demand 
than  can  be  filled  at  present.

Conditions  have  changed  wonderfully 
in  one  week.  Where  languid  markets 
were  ruling,  brisk  trading  and  a  broad 
market  have  taken  their  place.

Receipts  during  the  week  have  been 
as  follows:  wheat,  48  cars;  corn,  10 
cars;  oats,  12  cars;  flour,  4  cars;  beans, 
2  cars;  hay,  2  cars;  potatoes,  3  cars
Millers  are  paying  66c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Every  preliminary  arrangement  for 
the  Grocers’  picnic  to-morrow  has  been 
completed  and  nothing  but 
stormy 
weather  stands  in  the  way  of  a  success­
ful  affair. 
It  is  expected  that  200  will 
come  from  Lansing,  about  the  same 
number  from  Battle  Creek  and  from 
1,500 to  2,000  from  Kalamazoo,  besides 
delegations  from  other  cities,  swelling 
the  total  number  from  outside  to  from 
3,000  to  4,000.  Complete  arrangements 
have  been  made  for  the  reception  of  the 
visitors  as  they  arrive  at  the  various 
depots  and  ample  street  car  service  has 
been  arranged  for. 
In  behalf  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  merchants,  the  Trades­
man  extends  a  cordial  welcome  to  their 
visiting  guests,  and  trusts  that  their 
stay  here  will  be  so  pleasant  that  they 
will  have  cause  to  remember  the  event 
for  a  long  time  to  come.

The  Reed  City  Clarion  is  exhibiting 
considerable  enterprise 
in  publishing 
portraits  and  biographical  sketches  of 
its 
those 
who  have  lately  entered  upon  the  sea  of 
matrimony.

leading  citizens,  especially 

Geo.  K.  Root  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Frederic.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished  by  the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.
For  Gillies’  N.  Y. tea,all kinds,grades 

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

A lbert Towl,  the V eteran  Grocer o f  Mus­

kegon.

A.  Towl  was  bom  in  Ravenna,  Ohio, 
Feb.  3,  1842.  His  father  was  of  Scotch 
descent.  His  mother’s  antecedents were 
English.  When he  was quite young,  his 
parents  removed  to  Evansport,  Ohio, 
subsequently  removing 
to  Cleveland 
and  Bryan.  Mr.  Towl  attended  school 
until  1863,  when  he  enlisted 
in  Com­
pany  E,  86th  Ohio  Infantry.  He  was 
discharged  in  February,  1864,  and  went 
to  Nashville,  Tenn.,  where  he  served  a

Obedience 

in  business  as  well  as  in 
an  army  is  essential  to  its  welfare.  The 
clerk  must  ever  be  on  watch  for  sugges­
tions  and  orders  from  his  superiors  and 
carry  them  out  faithfully.  The  saying is 
that  one  must  know  how  to  obey  before 
he  can  command.

The  aim  of  a  clerk  should  be  to  see 
that  every  piece  of  work  assigned  to 
him  for the  day  be  finished,  not  leaving 
it  for to-morrow. 
It  is  far better  to  do 
more  than 
is  required  of  one  than  to 
leave  work  unfinished.

Many  of  our  brightest  business  men 
were  clerks  at  one  period  of  their  life 
and  every  day  clerks  are  being  ad­
vanced 
into  the  ranks  of  salesmen, 
managers  and  other  more  remunerative 
positions.  These  changes  do  not  come 
by  chance, or  luck, but by  hard  labor and 
close  application  to  business and studies 
that  they  may  fit  themself  for  better 
work.

Once  a  clerk  always  a  clerk,  should 
not  be  the  feeling  of one to whom better­
ment  has  not  come  as  soon  as  expected. 
Patience 
is  a  virtue  as  well  as  a  good 
qualification  and  he  should  keep  on 
striving,  for  honest  endeavor  and  hard 
work,  backed  up  by  a  sturdy  will,  gen­
erally  bring  the  long  sought  for  results.
illustration  of the  brightness  and 
activity  of  the  clerks  is  in  the - forming 
of  associations  collectively  they  are  a 
mighty  class  and  are  securing  reforms 
and  new  conditions  not  within the scope 
of  the  individuals.

An 

As  all  men  and  chances  are  equal  the 
clerk  stands  as  good  a  show  as  any  one 
to  become  a  successful  business  man, 
therefore  it  is  incumbent  upon  the  clerk 
to  use  his  best  efforts  and  thoughts  in 
business,  looking  forward  to  success 
in 
higher  lines.  He  must  try  to  make  his 
services  indispensable  to  his  employer, 
thus  strengthening  his  show 
for  ad­
vancement  when  the  occasion  arises.

No  one  person  can  possess  all  the 
good  qualifications  in  the  category  for 
absolute  perfection  is  rarely  attained  in 
this  world,  but  one  should  study  himself 
and  endeavor  to  attain  as  best  he  can 
those  in  which  he  is deficient.— Geo.  H. 
Filbert  in  Commercial  Bulletin.

6

Clerks’  Corner.

The  Necessary  Qualifications  F or  a  Good 

Clerk.

The  competition  of  business  at  pres­
ent  demands  that  the  clerk possess many 
general  qualifications  as  well  as  specific 
ones,  that  is  those  as  applied to  the  dis­
tinctive  business 
in  which  he  is  en­
gaged.

By  general  qualifications 

is  meant 
those  which  are  invaluable  to  the  suc­
cess  of any  young  man.  He should  first 
of  all  be  strictly  honest  and  truthful. 
The  world  is  strewn  with  the  wrecks  of 
young  men  who  could  not  withstand 
temptation  when 
imposed 
upon  them  and  following  this  comes  the 
untruthfulness 
in  evading  the  charge. 
This  always  makes  matters  worse  and  it 
leads  to the  utter  disgrace  of  the  young 
man.

trust  was 

As  a  business 

training  the  clerk 
should  make  all  he  can  out  of  his  posi­
tion,  paying  close  attention  to  correct­
ness,  quickness,  true  business  methods 
and  apply  himself  to  the  details  of  the 
business.

The  calling  of  clerk does not necessar­
ily  mean  to  a  young  man  that  be  be  a 
machine,  paid  to  do  just  so  much work. 
This  seems  to  be  the  big  mistake  with 
a  great  many,  who  go  through  their 
work  listlessly,  awaiting  only  the  clos­
ing  time.

The  business  man 

to-day  requires 
men  who  use  their  brains  in  their  work 
to the  advantage  of  his  business.  This 
class  of  clerks  are  the  ones  who  get 
there  when the  opportunity  for advance­
ment  presents  itself.

A  clerk  must  possess  many  personal 
good  qualifications.  These  do  not  cost 
him  anything  beyond  his 
personal 
efforts.  He  should  be  clean  and  neat 
and  keep  everything 
likewise.  He 
should  strive  to  be  polite  and  attentive 
to  his  customers,  who  always  appreciate 
the  fact  that  they  are  dealing  with  a 
gentleman.

In  his  work  he  should  be 

industrious 
letting  no  obstacle 
in  the  way  that can  be  removed 

and  persevering, 
stand 
by  dint  of  unfailing  effort.

By  specific  qualifications  are  meant 
those  that  a  young  man  must  possess  ib 
the  particular  line  in  which  he  is  en­
gaged.  Thus  a  clerk  may  be  good  in 
one  line  and  not  in  another.  He  must 
acquire  those  qualifications  peculiar  to 
his  business,  also  study  to 
improve 
himself  in  a  general  business  sense.

In  his actions  at  work  a clerk general­
ly  betrays  the  trend  of his thoughts;  one 
who  transacts  his  business  in  an  expe­
ditious,  clean  and 
intelligent  manner 
shows  that  his  mind  is  on  business,  not 
afar off  in  bygone  or anticipated  pleas­
ures.

One  of  the  causes  that  lead  to  inapti­
tude,  carelessness  and  temptation  is  in­
temperate  habits  The  aim  of  every 
clerk  should  be  to  put  his  best  efforts  in 
his  worx  and  it  is  impossible  for one  to 
do  so  whose  strength  of  mind  is  being 
weakened  by  intemperance  and  loss  of 
sleep. 
is  the  bright,  wide  awake 
young  man  whose  pleasant  words  and 
attention  to  business  please  and  hold 
trade,  not the slow,  lack-luster,  indiffer­
ent  fellow  with  his  mind  still  on  the 
night  before.

It 

A  clerk  is  generally  required  to  be  at 
business  at  a  regular hour,  as  punctual­
ity  is  regarded  as  necessary  to  the  suc­
cess  of  any  one,  he  must  observe  this 
point. 
It  is  just  as  vital  for a  clerk  to 
be  punctual  in  his  hours  and  appoint­
ments  as  it  is  for the  richest  and  most 
successful  business  man.

only  $1,000  insurance.  The  loss  on  the 
building— which  was  worth  $2,000— was 
total,  the  high  insurance  rate  then  ex­
acted  by  the  companies—$70  per  $1,000 
— making  insurance  practically  prohib­
itive.  He  has  conducted  business  at 
11,  21  and  87  East  Western  avenue  and 
is  now 
latter  number, 
where  he  has  one  of  the  best  equipped 
and  most  successfully  conducted  gro­
cery  stores  in  the  Sawdust  City.

located  at  the 

Mr.  Towl  was  married  Feb.  14,  1871, 
to  Miss  Rachel  Thistlethwaite,  of  Van 
Kleek  Hill,  Ont.  Four  children  have 
been  born  and  three  daughters  are  still 
alive.  The  only  son  died  about  five 
years  ago,  at  the  age  of  25  years

Mr.  Towl 

is  a  man  of conservative 
ideas  and  never  speaks  or arcts  hastily, 
no  matter what  the  provocation.  He  is 
widely  known  to  all  classes  of  business 
men  and  consumers  and 
is  universally 
respected  by  all  who  enjoy  the  pleasure 
of  his  acquaintance.  When  the  Retail 
Grocers’  Association  was 
formed  at 
little  over  two  years  ago, 
Muskegon,  a 
he  was  elected 
its  first  President,  and 
would  probably  have  been re-elected but 
for the  fact  that  he  positively  refused 
to  serve  a  second  time.

W hy  She  W anted  to  Know.

“ Is  this  Eighth  street?”   asked  a 
young  woman 
in  one  of the  back  seats 
of  a  Scribner  street  car,  who  was  carry­
ing  a  diminutive  pug  dog  under  her 
arm.

“ No,  madam,”   said  the  conductor. 

“ I  will  tell  you  when  we  come  to it.”

“ This 

Later  on  she  repeated  the  question 
and  the  conductor answered  with  some 
show  of  impatience. 
Finally  when 
Eighth  street  was  reached  he  rang,  and 
the  car  came  to  a  stop. 
is 
Eighth  street,”   said  the  conductor.

“ Ob,  I  don't  want  to  get  off  at  that 
it 

street— I  only  wanted  to  know  where 
was;  I  go to the  end  of  the  line."

Then  as  the  car  started  again  she 
looked  down  at  the  pug  and  said  in 
tones  of  extreme  affection: 
“ There, 
dearie,  there’s  where 
your  muddy 
lives!”

A  m an ’s  C hristianity  has  to  stand  a 
pretty  severe  strain   when  he  steps  on  a 
banana  skin.

year  and  a  half  as  Government  em­
ploye 
in  the  quartermaster’s  depart­
ment.  -In  1866,  be  returned  to  Bryan 
and  attended  school  a  year. 
In  1867 
he  was  attracted  to  Muskegon  by  the 
growing  importance  of  the  lumber busi­
ness  and  opened  a  grocery  store  in  the 
back  end  of Jos.  Beechler's  ¿ry  goods 
store.  He  subsequently  formed  a  co­
partnership  with  Thomas  Whittaker and 
carried  on  the  grocery  business  until 
April  1,  1871,  under  the  style  of  Whit­
In  1874,  he  was  burned 
taker  &  Towl. 
out,  sustaining  a 
loss  of  $4,000,  with

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

7

DANGER  SIGNALS.

W arnings  W hich  Enable  Credit  H en  to 

Avoid  Loss.

lax  they  are 

It  is  remarkable  how  some  customers 
pay  their  accounts  with  one  firm  and 
how 
in  settlements  with 
others.  A  few  days  ago  an  order was 
received  from  a  dealer  in  New  York 
State  who  gave  two  references.  One 
stated  that  the  party 
in  question  had 
been  dealing  with  them  for  five years  or 
more,  was  satisfactory  in  his  accounts, 
and  that  they  extended  him  a  liberal 
line  of  credit  and  considered  him  good 
for  his  wants,  was  conservative  and 
used  good 
judgment  in  buying.  The 
other  party  referred  to  stated  almost  the 
opposite,  by  saying  that  although  the 
applicant  bad  been  a  customer  for some 
little  time  he  was  invariably slow,  owed 
them  for an  account  many  months  past 
due,  which  they  were  trying  to  get  set­
tled,  but  believed  him  responsible  for a 
small  amount.  Now,  then,  when  infor­
mation  of  this  kind  comes to hand  about 
the  only  thing  you  can  do  is  to try  to 
guess  which  will  strike  your  case,  and 
if  the  mercantile  agencies  can  give  you 
a  little  better  information  than  the  last 
reference,  undoubtedly  you  will  giant 
the  credit.  Then  you  will  watch  that 
account  for  a  long  time,  and  if  he  or­
ders  any  more  goods  you  will  become 
suspicious  of  him,  and  when  his  ac­
count  becomes  due  and  he  does  not  pay 
it  and  fails,  you  will  say,  "Just  as  1 
thought  it  w as."

It  also  appears  that  where  a  customer 
has  been  dealing  with  a  house  for  many 
years  and  has  received  various  accom­
modations 
in  the  way  of  renewal  on 
notes,  he  frequently  becomes  careless, 
and  thinks  that  the  money  which  should 
go  to  pay  his maturity  paper can  be  ap­
plied  to  other  sources  without  asking 
the  consent  of  his  creditor,  and  takes  it 
as  a  matter of  course.  This  method  of 
juggling  with  money  belonging  to  the 
creditor  should  be  stopped  in  its  incip- 
iency,  as,  if  it  is  allowed  to  continue, 
the  creditor  will  always  be  the  loser.  In 
this  respect  it  may  be  wise  to quote  an 
actual  experience  regarding  a  customer 
who  at  maturity  of  his  account  gave 
notes.  At  maturity  some  of  the  paper 
was  paid,  other  in  part,  and  some  re­
newed  in  whole. 
It  so  happened  that  a 
note  which  was  renewed  in  part,through 
some  error  of  the  bank,  was  presented 
at  the  debtor’s  bank  for  payment  and 
was  paid;  after  a  week  bad  passed  it 
was  brought  to the  notice  of  the  debtor, 
who  knew  nothing  of  the  payment  until 
notified ;  then,  of  course,,  followed  de­
mands  for an  explanation,  which  natur­
ally  appeared  rather  lame.  At  any  rate, 
it  made  a  customer  who  will  not  ask  for 
unnecessary  accommodations.

it  will  prove  costly. 

The  debtor  who  is  accustomed  to  the 
drinking  habit  is  the  one  who  must  be 
looked  after  quickly,  as 
it  is  an  un­
doubted  axiom  that  he  will  neglect  his 
business  affairs,  and  when  such  knowl­
edge  comes  to  the  creditor  it  is  im­
portant  that  credit  be  withdrawn  and 
the  account  closed  as  quickly  as  possi­
ble,  otherwise 
In 
this  connection  it  may  be  related  that  a 
few  weeks  ago,  having  sent  a new  sales­
man  over  a  portion  of  territory in  which 
was 
located  a  customer  who  formerly 
had  met  his  obligations  as  promptly  as 
could  be  expected,  the  salesman learned 
that  the  debtor  was  accustomed  of 
late 
to  frequent  the hotel  bar and  neglect  his 
affairs,  the  result  of  which  was  the  bank 
from  which  he  had  a  small  loan,  refused 
to  renew  it  because  of  his  habits,  which 
were  becoming  very  loose.  The  result 
was  that  an  assignment  took  place  and

a  few  creditors  are  mourning  for  the 
payment  of  their  accounts 
that  will 
never come  to  pass.

So that,  in  conclusion,  it  will  be  ob­
served  that  the  debtor  who  uses  the 
money  or goods  belonging  in  whole  or 
in  part  to  another  in  any  but  a  legiti­
mate  way  is  very 
liable  to  undermine 
his  reputation,  and  the  result  will  be 
financial  disaster.

Chas.  D.  Wettach.

In  this  period  of  our  civilization, 
where  trade  is  the  result  of  close  mar­
gins  of  profit,  more  the  result  of opposi­
tion  than  competition,  the  qualities  of< 
integrity  and  stability  are  those  which 
make  a  good,  substantial  and  profitable 
customer. 
H igh  Prices  Cut the  Profits of the Dealer.
" Y e s ,"  replied  a  prominent  buyer  for 
large  commission  house,  "the  task 
a 
of  educating  our  customers  and 
the 
consumers  to  the  high  prices  is  a  diffi­
cult  one.  At  the  best  the  larger  relative 
portion  of  the  profit  goes  to the  pro­
ducer. 
Instead of  asking  an  advance  of 
a  certain  percentage  on  the  cost  of  the 
goods,  we  are  obliged  to  ask  a  certain 
amount  for  the  service  of  its  distribu­
tion.  So  we  do  not  do  as  well  in  the 
rates  of  profit  to  the  aggregate  of  the 
business,  considering  the  increased  risk 
and  liability  to  damage,  as  when  prices 
were  lower.  If  claims  are  made  against 
the  goods  they  are  a  certain  portion  of 
the  gross  price,  the  same as  when  prices 
are 
lower,  and  so  such  claims  more 
quickly  wipe  out  the  profits.

“ Of  course,  there  is  a  difference 

in 
the  general  conditions  of  trade  which 
goes  far  to  help  us  out  and  lessen  the 
disadvantage  of  the  decreased  ratio  of 
profits.  Dealers  and  their  customers 
have  the  money  to  pay  for  what  they 
buy  and  we  can  make  the  fact  of  the 
small  margin  a  reason  for  promptness. 
It  would  be  well  if  we  could  keep  the 
ratio  of  profit  in  proportion  to  the trans­
actions,  but  then  there  would  be  the 
usual  rush  into  the  field  and,  while  we 
have  to  work  a  little  harder  and  watch 
things  more  closely,  we  are  pretty  well 
satisfied  as  it  is."

A  noticeable  feature,  as  the  season 
advances, 
is  the  diminishing  of  the 
Monday  morning  market.  Last  Monday 
there  was  practically  nothing  here  ex­
cept  the  usual  routine  of  vegetables  to 
meet  the  needs  of  the  local  dealers. 
There  must  necessarily  be  some  Sunday 
work  in  purveying  to  a  city  like  this, 
but,  as  the  people  come  to  feel  the  ben­
efits  of  increased  prosperity,  they  find 
it  better  to  give  an increased observance 
of  the  day.

Berries  are  still  in  considerable  quan­
tities,  both  red  and  black  caps,  but  are 
about  at  the  close.  Prices  are  steadily 
maintained,  with  little  increase  at  the 
end  of  the  season.  Cherries  are  still  in 
evidence  and  are  in  good demand.  Cur­
rants  are  in  large  quantities  and  excel­
lent quality  and  command  good  prices. 
Apples  are  beginning  to  put  in  an  ap­
pearance,  but  it  will  be  some  time  yet 
before  they  will  cut  much  figure.

The  vegetable  market  is  a  sight  to 
see.  The  standard  of  quality  is  better 
than  has  ever  been  seen  on  this  market. 
There  is also  a  notable  difference  in  the 
putting  up  and  handling  of  the  goods— 
one  would  think  much  of  the  display 
was  prepared  for  a  position  on  the 
shelves  of a  fair.  And  the  beauty  of  it 
is  they  all  sell.  Corn 
is  just  now  in 
special  abundance,  load  after  load  all 
over  the  market,  and  it  all  goes  at  good 
prices.  Potatoes  are  also  good  goods, 
although  not 
in  so  great 
abundance.  Prices  are  kept  up  and  the 
producer  can  have  no cause to complain.

relatively 

Novel  Business  Venture  Inaugurated  by 

a Boy.

Charles  McKenna,  aged  9  years,  is  in 
business  for  himself.  He  entered  the 
New  Orleans  commercial  world  three  or 
four  months  ago  and  he  has  prospered. 
So  far  no  competiiton  has  entered  the 
field  and  no  trust  has  offered  him  a  flat­
tering  option  on  his  stock—he  owns  the 
town  so  far as  his business is concerned, 
and  he  is  now  watching  the  "F or  lent”  
column  to  secure  suitable  office  rooms 
cheap.

"Can  I  empty  your  cigar clipper?"
"Em pty  it?”
"Yes,  sir;  can I  take  the  tip-ends  out 
of  the  receiver?  I  see  it  is  over half 
ful and  they  need  removing.”

"A ll  right,  son,  take  ’em  and  get  out 

of  here. ”

The  first  party  to  this  dialogue  was 
none  other than  Charles  McKenna,  mer­
chant  and  dealer  in  cigar  " tip s.”   The 
second  party  to  the  conversation  was  a 
cigar  dealer  on  one  of  the  prominent 
downtown  street  corners.  You  can  hear 
the  talk 
in  any  of  the  cigar  stores,  for 
Charley  calls  at  them  all.

Charley  carries  a  box  under  his  arm. 
When  he  gets  richer  he  is  going  to  have 
a  special  receptacle  for  the  purpose; 
one  that  can  be  held  with  greater  com­
fort  than  the  square-cornered  box  and 
one  that  will  look  nicer.  For the  pres­
ent,  at 
least,  until  he  gets  his  office 
fitted  up,  the  box  will  serve.  Other 
expenses  must  be  met  first.

"How  much  have  you  there?”   asked 
a  bystander  of  the  youthful  business 
man  as  he  clapped  the  top  back  on  the 
cigar  nipper.

"W ell,”   he 

replied,  pleased  that 
some  one  should  be  interested,  “ I've 
got  about  three  pounds  in  there  to-day. 
Been  a  little  slow.  You  know  this  over- 
the-lake  business  knocks  me.  Men  rush 
into  the  corner  stores  and  shout: 
‘ Give 
me  a  half’s  worth  of  those— you  know, 
the  kind  I  get  here,’  or  ‘ three  of  those 
threefers, ’  or some  other  kind,  and  they 
are  put  in  a  sack  and  carried  off  on  the 
coast  train.  The  man  bites  the  end  off 
and  robs  me  of  that  much.  But  I  have 
to  put  up  with  it,  and  while  the summer 
resorts  on  the  gulf  and  over  the  lake 
thrive,  I  get  the  worst  of  it.  But  wait 
until  next  winter,  when  the  crowds  get 
in  and  the  race  horses  come  again,  and 
the  sports  stand  about  the  clipper  and 
do  nothing  else  but  watch  the  boards 
and  nip  ends  off  cigars  by  poking  them 
little  holes  and  turning  the 
into  these 
knob—then 
is  when  I’ll  get  fat.  This 
town  will  give  up  seven  or eight pounds 
a  day,  and  dead  easy.”

Charley  was  asked  where  his  profit 

came  in.

’em. 

"Sell 

’em,  kid,  sell 

I  know 
lots  of  gentlemen  who  would  rather 
smoke  a  pipe  filled  with  these  cuts  than 
with  any  other  kind  of  tobacco.  All 
kinds,  you  know;  all  mixed  up;  that  is 
what  they  like.  Gives  them  a  fine  fla­
vor,  like  a  mixed  drink.  My  father  put 
me  on  to  it.  He  likes  to  smoke  them, 
and  I  thought  of  the  scheme. 
If  he 
in  a  pipe,  wouldn't  other 
liked  them 
folks?  They  do. 
I  have  eleven  regular 
customers  now,  and  I’m  going  to  get 
some  more.  Two  gentlemen  told  me  to­
day,  just  as  soon  as  they  get  back  from 
the  seashore  they  are  going  to  put  their 
I  take  a  man 
names  down  on  my  list. 
on  one  week’s  trial. 
like 
the  smoke  at  the  end  of  that  time,  he 
don’t  have  to  take  any  more.  No,  I 
never  had  one  to  quit.  They  all  say, 
‘ Charley,  come 
in  again,’  and  you  bet 
I  go.

If  he  don’t 

1  made 

"What  do  I  get?  Now,  that’s  office 
business. 
it  a  rule  when  I 
started 
in  business  never  to  give  away 
my  secrets. ” — New  Orleans  Picayune.
Charity  often  consists  of  a  generous 
impulse  to  give  away  something  we 
have  no  further  use  for.

William  Reid

Importer  and  Jobber  of  Polished 
Plate,  Window  and  Ornamental

Glass

Paint, Oil, White Lead, Var­

nishes  and  Brushes

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W. FRENCH,
Resident Manager.

You ought to sell

LILY  WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

V A LLEY   C IT Y   MILLING  C O ..

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

A J A X

Dynamite  Works

Bay  City,  Michigan 

Dynamite, Caps,  Fuse,  Battery Supplies 

for Rock Work and Stump Blasting.

ROOFING  PITCH

Established  1868.

State  Agents

Coal  Tar,  Tarred  Felt, 

Asphalt Paints,  '
Eave  Troughing,

3  and  3  ply  and  Torpedo  Gravel 

Ready  Roofing,  Sky  Lights, 

Galvanized Iron Cornice 
Sheet  rtetal  Workers 
Contracting  Roofers

Ruberoid  Roofing,  Building,  Sheathing and 

- C / s t EB®

Insulating  Papers and  Paints.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &

SON,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

L I CIGAR
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BEAT.

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County of  Kent 

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John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows:

I  am  pressman  in  the  office  of  the 
Tradesman  Company  and  have  charge 
of  the  presses  and  folding  machine  in 
that  establishment. 
and 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the 
issue  of 
July  17, 
saw  the  edition 
mailed 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 
further  deponent  saith  not.

I  printed 

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John  DeBoer.

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

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Mich.

COLLEGE  HONORS.

If  there  is  one  idea  above  all  others 
that  permeates  and  dominates  human 
life  in  the  present  day,  it  is  an  exalted 
estimate  of  the  power  of  money  and  of 
the  resulting  necessity  for getting  it.

Out  of  this  idea  has  grown  a  demand 
for  the  shortening  of  the  school  period, 
and  particularly  the  college  course.

There 

long  prevailed  a  notion  that, 
from  the  time  of  entering  the  lowest 
class  in  the  college  curriculum,  four 
years  would  be  required  for graduation; 
but  for  young  men  who  propose  to  go 
into  commercial  or  professional 
life, 
four  years  are  too  many  to  be  spared  in 
the  mere  matter  of  gaining  a  miscellan­
eous  education,  particularly  as  those 
destined  for  professions  must  study  sev­
eral  years  in  their  technical  schools.

Nevertheless,  it  is  desirable  to  have 
the  college  diploma,  and  so  comes  the 
demand  for graduation  in  a  lesser  time. 
Of  course,  if  a  college  of  high  reputa­
tion  should  advertise  to  graduate  its 
pupils  in  three  years,  it  would  doubt­
in  popularity;  but  can  any 
less  grow 
such 
institution  honestly  propose  such 
a  rule?

There  are  students  who  can  do  in  two 
years  what  the  average  of  the  young 
men  could  not  accomplish  in  double  the 
time,  and,  therefore,  facilities  should 
be  available  for  the  benefit  of  such  ex­
ceptional  men.  They  should  not  be 
held  back  by  the  slow  and  dull  boys, 
but  should  have  the  benefit  of  their  ex­
traordinary  abilities  in  every  way  the 
college  could  give  it.

It  is  much  to  be  doubted  if  the  aver­
age  course  can  be  shortened  without 
weakening 
it  and  decreasing  its  bene­
fits.  President  Charles  F.  Thwing,  of 
Western  Reserve  University,  at  Cleve­
land,  in  the  July  Forum,  expresses  the 
belief  that  the  course  could  be shortened 
for several  sorts  of  students.  Of  these 
are  those  who  use  a  college  education 
as  a  means  of  fitting  themselves  for pro­

fessional  study  and  practice,who  should 
be  content  with  the  shorter  time. 
In 
particular,  those  students  who  purpose 
to  become  physicians  should  complete 
their  college  work  in  three  years.  To 
the  student  who  is  to  become  a  physi­
cian  the  questi on  of  time  is  a  serious 
consideration.

That is sound enough,but  it  is  not  easy 
to  see  the  significance  of  what  follows. 
Says  this  distinguished  educator:  “ The 
student  who  goes  to  college  in  order  to 
secure  training  for professional  purposes 
not  infrequently  finds  that  in three years 
he  has  received  all  the  training of which 
he 
is  naturally  capable.”   Does  this 
mean  that  such  a  student  should  be  de­
clared  a  graduate  without  regard to what 
he  has  learned?  Again  says  the  learned 
President:  “ Most  college  men  are  not, 
despite  the  too  common  contrary  opin­
ion,  to  be  charged  with 
laziness.  But, 
of  course,  there  are  college  men who  are 
lazy,  and,  of  course,  too,  they  are  more 
numerous  than  they  ought  to  be.  The 1 
best  method  of  dealing  with  such  men 
consists  in  simply  obliging 
them  to 
work  hard—to  work  ten  hours  a  day  for 
six  days  a  week  and  for  more  than  four 
weeks  of  every  month.  For  men  of this 
type  the  shorter course 
is  undoubtedly 
the  better. ”

Thus  a  distinguished  college  presi­
dent  recommends  graduation 
in  three 
years  for  boys  who  are  incapable  of  a 
high  degree  of  training  and  also  for 
lazy  boys.  But  will  the  diplomas  so 
gained  mean  anything?  The  term  grad­
uate  applied  to  one  who  holds  a  col­
lege  title  means  that  be  has  devoted 
himself  to  a  prescribed  course  of  study 
and  has  proved  his  mastery  of  the  sub­
jects  to  which  his  studies  have  been 
addressed,  and 
is  de­
clared  by  his  diploma  to  have  reached 
the  same  standard  of  excellence 
in 
knowledge  attained  by  all  the  other 
graduates  of  the  same  degree.

in  that  respect 

If,  however,  graduation  means  the 
attainment  of  no  such  excellence,  but  if 
in  the  same  college,  there  are  standards 
by  which  deficient  men  and  lazy  men 
can  gain  the  same  titles  and  honors  as 
are  won  by  students  of  real  merit,  then 
the  diploma  is  a  deception  and  the  col­
lege  honors  are  merely  for show.  A  col­
lege  of  respectability  can  not  afford  to 
cheapen  its  degrees  or to lower its stand­
ard.  Let  it  require  every  man  to  pass 
certain  examinations  without  regard  to 
the  time  spent  in  the  institution. 
If  a 
student  by  passing  the  examinations 
can  take  all  the  honors  in  one  year,  let 
him  have  them  and  the  glory  of  i t ;  but, 
if  he  can  not  pass  the  examinations 
after  decades  of  study,  he  must  take  the 
consequences.  If  necessary,  have  classes 
for  lazy  boys,  or  any  other  boys;  but, 
for the  sake  of  American  scholarship, 
let  there  be  no  lowering  of the standard.

The  suggestion  that  Dewey  command 
the  squadron  of  United  States  warships 
which  will  assemble  to  form  part  of  the 
pageant  incident  to  the  coronation  of 
King  Edward  VII.  next  June  will  meet 
with  general  favor  both here and abroad. 
No  other  American  sailor  is  more  wide­
ly  known  and  honored  than  Admiral 
Dewey.  What  he  did  at  Manila  very 
early  one  morning 
in  May  astonished 
the  world  and  he  would  be  the  greatest 
personal 
feature  among  the  distin­
guished  guests  which  such  a  function 
will  draw  from  the  civilized  nations  of 
the  globe.  At  that  time  the  United 
States  will  be  able  to  make  a  splendid 
showing  of  naval  equipment,  and  it  is 
manifestly  fitting  that  the country’s most 
renowned  sailor should  be  in  command.

TH E  COMING CRISIS.

There  is  an  industrial  depression  pre­
vailing  in  Germany  at  this  time  and 
all  branches  of  manufactures  are  suffer­
ing  there.

It  was  expected  that  the  export  duty 
placed  by  the  British  government  on 
coal  would  work  wonders  for  the  Ger­
man  miners  and  give  them  control  of 
the  foreign  coal  trade.  This  expecta­
tion  has  been  a  complete  disappoint­
ment.  There 
little  foreign  de­
mand  for  German  coal  and  the  stocks 
»re  increasing  to  an  alarming  degree.

is  but 

In  the  iron  manufacture  the  situation 
is  very  bad.  The  same  condition  pre­
vails  with  the  manufacturers  of  ma­
chinery,  many  of  whom  have  been 
obliged  to  discharge  their  men,  while 
others have had to reduce the time of run­
ning  the  works.  The  German  iron  and 
steelmakers  and  the  coal  miners  would 
rejoice  over  a  general  strike  in the  steel 
and  iron  mills  of  the  United  States,  for 
it  would  operate  as  a  special providence 
for  them.

industry, 

In  the  manufacture  of  textiles  of  all 
sorts,  the  conditions  are  unfavorable 
and  the  prospects  gloomy.  This  situa­
tion  prevails  in  all  branches  of  the  tex­
tile 
including  the  knitting 
mills. 
In  some  manufacturing  towns  of 
Saxony,  which  had  been  kept  very  busy 
for the  past  ten  years,  one-fourth  of  the 
looms  and  other  machinery  are  now 
idle. 
In  some  factories  for  lace  cur­
tains,  the  men  work  on  half  time  only, 
at  lower  wages.

be  greatly  multiplied.  The  struggle  to 
secure  the  world’s  markets  will  be  all 
the  more  active  and  determined-.  The 
American  people,  who  are  foremost  in 
mechanical  ingenuity,  will  continue  so. 
If they  should  be  lacking  in  cheap 
la­
bor,  they  will  admit  the  Chinese  and  so 
secure  the  cheapest  and  most 
indus­
trious  labor  in  the  world. 
It  will  fol­
low  that  those  manufacturing  nations 
which  can  not  successfully  compete  will 
have  to  take  the  consequences,  which 
means  that  they  will  fall  behind  in  the 
march  of  industrial  supremacy.  Doubt­
less  those  nations  that  are  reckoned 
among  the  great  powers,  when  they  find 
themselves  outstripped  at  home,  will 
seek  to  save  themselves  by  establishing 
in  other  lands  colonies, which are  to  fur­
nish  the  required  markets.

For  such  colonies,  Africa  and  South 
America  alone  remain.  Asia  is  popu­
lated  for  the  most  part  by  industrious 
races,  capable  of  learning  and  turning 
to  account  the  white  man’s  knowledge. 
It  will  not  be  long  before  China  will  be 
manufacturing  everything 
its  people 
use,  as  Japan  is  already  doing,  so  that 
Asiatic  countries  will  not  much  longer 
furnish  markets 
for  the  products  of 
Western  industry.  The  day  is  not  dis­
tant  when  China  and  Japan  will  be 
wholly  self-supporting.  Then  the  great 
struggle  will  come  between  the  conti­
nental  countries  of Europe,Great Britain 
and  the  United  States.  To  what  extent 
the  conflict  will  be  carried  can  not  be 
stated,  but 
it  may  be  to  the  extent  of 
war.

The  great  German  industry  in  chem­
icals,  which  for  years  was  exceedingly 
prosperous,  is  now  beginning  to  com­
plain  of  lack  of  orders  and  poor  prices. 
The  same  is  true  of  the  large  electrical 
enterprises, which considered  themselves 
beyond  the  reach  of  hard  times.  Busi­
ness 
in  the  building  trades  is  so  poor 
that  many  mechanics  are  entirely  out  of 
employment.

Industrial  pursuits,  as 

It  is  pretty  generally  acknowledged 
industrial  crisis  was 
that  the  present 
in 
caused  mainly  by  overproduction 
in  other  manufacturing 
Germany  and 
is 
countries. 
well  known,  are  dependent  one  upon 
the  other,  and  if there  is  a  check  in  one 
branch  it  is  felt  elsewhere.  Thus,  when 
the  textile  mills  for  spinning  cotton 
and  woolen  yarns  are  run  on  short 
time,  but 
for  such 
mills  will  be  in  demand;  when  no  ma­
chinery 
iron  works  shut 
down;  and  when  no  iron  is  ordered,  the 
coal  mines  are 
idle.  As  soon  as  one 
part  of  the  industrial  body  becomes  dis­
eased,  the  entire  system  must  suffer.

little  machinery 

is  built,  the 

To  aggravate  the  situation,  the  Ger­
man  farmers  have the poorest  crops  they 
have  gathered  for  many  years,  and  food 
must  be  imported  from  abroad.  While 
conditions  are  probably  worse  in  Ger­
many  than  elsewhere,  the  fact  is  coming 
to  be  recognized  that,  with  the  constant 
multiplication  of  industrial  production 
by  means  of  machinery,  there 
is  com­
ing  to  be  a  lack  of  markets  for  the  su­
perabundant  products.  Not  many  years 
ago,  Great  Britain  was  the  chief  manu­
facturing  country,  while  France,  Ger­
many  and  Belgium  came  “ tailing”   in 
behind.  Now  the  American  Republic 
has  come  to  be  one  of  the  great 
indus­
trial  countries,  competing  with  all  the 
others  and  sending 
its  products  to  all 
countries.

As  competition  among  the  chief  in­
dustrial  nations  grows  more  strenuous, 
the  uses  of  machinery  will  be  increased 
and  scientific  discovery  will  more  than 
ever  be  called  into  requisition,  so  that 
every  sort  of  industrial  production  will

The  ultimatum  of  the  United  States 
Steel  Corporation,  given  out  from  the 
Morgan  office,  says:  “ The  company 
stands  willing  to  agree  to  the  demands 
of  the  men  as  to  wages  and  hours,”   and 
adds  that  if  there  is  any  other  question 
involved  it  is  merely  a  sentimental  one 
raised  by  the Amalgamated Association.
It  would  certainly  seem  that  where  the 
employer  is  willing  to  meet  every  de­
mand  as  to  time  of  work  and  pay  there­
is  not  very  great  reason  for 
for,  there 
refusing  to  accept  such  terms. 
In  this 
case  the  employers  decline peremptorily 
to  compel  their  men  in  any  mill  to  be­
come  members  of  any  particular  organi­
zation,  just  as  they  would  and  do de­
cline  to  compel  their employes to refrain 
from  being  members  of  any  particular 
organization.  The  corporation  takes  the 
attitude  that  it  will  not  coerce 
its  men 
one  way  or the  other,  giving  them  ab­
solute  freedom  in  such  matters.  It treats 
with  the  union  where  there  is  one,  and 
with  the  men  individually  where  there 
is  no  organization.  Should  this  strike 
fail  of  success—and  it  is  clearly doomed 
to  failure,  because  it  is  based  on  unten­
able  grounds— President  Shaffer  could 
not  escape  criticism  for  having  done 
unnecessary  harm  to  the  cause  of or­
ganized  labor  which  be  claims  to  repre­
sent  and  advocate.________

is 

The  Tradesman 

in  receipt  of  the 
following  letter  from  D.  B.  Strickler,  of 
Cleveland,  correcting  a  statement  made 
in  these  columns  last  week  relative  to 
the  alleged  misfortune  attending 
the 
Rockefeller church  in  that  city :

The  Tradesman  just  received  and  I 
am  somewhat  surprised  at  the  article 
about  John  D.  Rockefeller’s  Baptist 
church  on  Euclid  avenue  being  de­
stroyed  by  lightning  three  or  four times. 
Evidently  you  got  your  dates  mixed. 
So  far  as  we  know  the  Rockefeller 
church  has  never  been  struck  by 
light­
ning,  although 
there  was  a  Baptist 
church  four  or  five  blocks  away  which 
was  struck  a  few  days  ago.  This  is  not 
in  defense  of  Mr.  Rockefeller,  but  only 
to  let  you  know that  your  information 
was  a  little  out of  line  with  the  facts.'

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

M R   CARNEGIE  AND  HIS  MONET.
Embarrassment  of  riches  is  a  phrase 
often  used,  more  frequently  in a  figura­
tive  than  in  a  literal  sense.  There  are 
people 
in  the  world  who  have  more 
money  than  they  know  what  to  do  with, 
but  few  or  any  of  them  are  concerned 
about  it  just  as  Andrew  Carnegie  is. 
He  has  declared  that  to  die  rich  is  to 
die  disgraced.  He  finds  himself  well 
advanced 
in  years,  and  a  perplexing 
problem  which  presents  itself  to  him  is 
how  to  dispose  of  something  like  $275,- 
000,000  in  a  way  which  will  do  the most 
good.  He  has  thus  far succeeded  in  dis­
posing  of  nearly  $50,000,000  in  a  way 
prefectly  satisfactory  to  its  recipients, 
but  his  wealth  insists  upon  multiplying 
itself  at  the  rate  of  something 
like 
$15,000,000  a  year  and  what  is  repre­
sented  as  bothering  him  most 
is  the 
duty  of  distributing 
it.  For his  con­
scientious  thoughtfulness  in  the  matter 
he  is  to  be  commended,  and  he  is  cer­
tainly  entitled  to  high  rank  in  the list of 
the  world’s  benefactors.

Mr.  Carnegie  stoutly  declares  that  the 
danger  in  donation  is  that  it  may  have 
a  tendency  to  pauperize  the  beneficiary. 
It  looks  much  easier  than  it  really  is  to 
give  away  a  couple  hundred  million 
dollars  in  the  directions  that  will  prove 
wisest.  Thus  far  the  Carnegie  specialty 
has  been  libraries,  and  usually  his  gifts 
have  been  accompanied  by  some  condi­
tions  which  required  others  to  exert 
themselves  either  to  raise  funds  at  the 
outset  or  for  annual  maintenance.  He 
believes  in  likening  himself to  the  Lord 
in  his  willingness  to  help  those  who 
help  themselves.  Educational  institu­
tions  are  what  would  naturally  seem 
most 
likely  to  appeal  successfully  to 
Mr.  Carnegie’s  ideas.  He  appreciates 
the  advantages  of  higher education  at 
their  full  value,  as  was  instanced  by  his 
recent  Scottish  donation.  The  colleges 
of  the  country  are  constantly  in  need 
of  funds.  The  receipts  from  tuition 
never  have  and  never can  pay  the  bills. 
Colleges and  universities  must  of  neces­
sity  be  endowed,  and  the  ticher the  en­
dowment  the  greater the  facilities  they 
can  afford.  This  does  not  necessarily 
mean  free  tuition,  certainly  not  to those 
who  can  afford  to  pay  for what  they 
It  does  mean  that  the  buildings, 
get. 
the  apparatus,  the  libraries  and  the 
in­
structors  shall  be  the  best  which  can  be 
provided.  There  is  to-day  in  this  coun­
try  no  better  place  for  men  of  means  to 
give  money  than  to  those  institutions 
which  provide  higher education.  There 
the  funds  bestowed  will  annually  and 
continually  yield  an  income  perpetuat­
ing  high  grades  of  instruction and  mak­
ing  it  available  for American  boys  and 
girls,  for  whom  nothing  better  can  be 
done  than  to  afford  them  just  such  op­
portunities.

TH E  WAR  ON TH E  MOSQUITO.

One  of  the  worst 

insect  pests  which 
is  the 
infests  this  part  of  the  world 
mosquito. 
There  are  other  insects 
which  are  disagreeable,  but  none  which 
cause  so  much  discomfort  and  distress. 
Since  it  has been  demonstrated  that  the 
mosquito  is  not  only  an  annoyance  but 
an  agency  for  the  dissemination  of  the 
germs  of  disease,  there  is  general  inter­
est  in  efforts  for  its  extermination.  The 
use  of  petroleum 
it  has  been  found  is 
an  effective  means  of  driving  out  the 
pest.  Experiments  made  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  and  at  Orange,  N.  J.,  have  been 
attended  by  encouraging  results.  Oil 
has  been  sprinkled  over  low,  marshy 
areas  where  the  mosquito  breeds.  The 
oily  film  on  the  surface  destroys  all

mosquito  larvae  in  process  of  growth, 
and  if  repeated  for  several  seasons gives 
comparative  freedom  from  the  insects 
in  the  regions  roundabout.  The  cost  of 
the  oil  is  so  small  that  the  experiment 
can  be  tried  everywhere  without  impos­
ing  any  burden.

Health  officials  are  becoming 

inter­
ested  and  before  long  a  general  crusade 
against  the  mosquito  may  be  looked 
for. 
It  is  believed  by  some  medical 
men  that  the  mosquito  not  only  spreads 
yellow  fever  and  malaria,  but  smallpox. 
Here  are  diseases  which  all  mankind 
dreads,  and 
if  their  ravages  can  be 
checked  by  any  ordinary  measures,  they 
should  be  speedily  put 
into  operation. 
The  use  of  oil  alone  may  not  be  suffi­
cient  to  end  the  mosquito  plague,  but 
the  testimony  is  strong  that  it  affords  at 
least  temporary  relief  and  that is enough 
to  commend  it.  The  State  Entomologist 
of  New  Jersey,  where  the  mosquito 
reaches  a  stage  of  culture  unsurpassed 
elsewhere,  after  a  study  of  the  subject, 
has  reached  the  conclusion  that  the  pest 
can  never  be  wholly  eradicated,  but  he 
is  convinced  that 
it  may  be  greatly 
mitigated.  The  oil  remedy  he  endorses 
as  a  palliative,  but  the  most  good  he 
thinks 
is  accomplished  by  draining 
those  localities  where  the  insects  breed. 
Mosquitoes  frequent  salt  water and  run­
ning  streams  where  oil  can  not  be  ap­
plied,  but  there  are  many  other  spots 
from  which  they  can  be  driven,  to  the 
immense  relief  of  the  neighboring  pop­
ulation.  So  the  war  against  the  mos­
quito  should  go  on  and  be  carried 
into 
every  corner of  the  land.

The  women  of  Kentucky  are  evincing 
much  interest  in  the  good  roads  move­
ment.  Fully  one-half of  the  2,000  per­
sons  present  at  a convention at Hopkins­
ville  to  advocate  road  improvement  the 
other  day  were  women.  And  the  fact 
that  a  great  many  farmers,  too,  were 
there,  in  spite  of  this  being  their  most 
busy  season,  was  very  encouraging  to 
the  projectors  of  the  assemblage.  F if­
teen  counties  were  represented  by  store­
keepers,  manufacturers,  professional 
and  public  men,  as  well  as  the  agricul­
turists.  Governor  Beckham  spoke  and 
said  he  thought  much  more  of  good 
roads  than  he  did  of  building  political 
fences,  and  that  be  is  more  interested 
in  building  up  Kentucky  industrially 
than  he  is  in  the  making  of  any  politi­
cal  slate.  _____________

Statistics  are  published  which  show 
that  850,000  tons  of  tobacco  are  pro­
duced  and  presumably  consumed  an­
nually.  Most  of 
it  goes  up  in  smoke. 
Tobacco  is  used  to-day  by  the  men  of 
nearly  every  country.  Despite  all  the 
statements  concerning  its baneful  effects 
its  popularity is undiminished.  Tobacco 
is  an  American  product. 
It  was  un­
known  prior  to  the  discovery  of  this 
country.  Modern  man  can  not  imagine 
how  the  ancients  got  on  without  it.  But 
they  did.  _____________

Those  who  keep  track  of  the  move­
ments  of  money  claim  that  not  less  than 
$15,000,000  has  been  withdrawn  from 
the  banks  to  enable  the  summer girl and 
the  summer  man  to  enjoy  their  annual 
frolic  at  the  watering  places.  It  is  won­
derful  how  much  capital  it  requires  to 
procure  an  adequate  repertoire  of  shirt 
waists. 

_____________

Italy's  assigned  reason  for  advancing 
the  duties  upon  American  plows  is  that 
they  are  “ works  of  art.”  
If  Italy  only 
learned  to  appreciate  these  works  there 
would  be  hope  for  her  improvement  in 
the  art  of  living.

OPEN  DOOR TO  CHINESE  LABOR.
The  termination  by  limitation  of  the 
Chinese  exclusion  act  will  take  place 
at  an  early  date,  and  the  question  of 
its  re-enactment  must  come  up 
in  the 
next  Congress.

in 

is  doing  all 

Just  at  this  time,  when  the  United 
States  commerce 
its 
power to  secure  an  open  door  in  China, 
there  will  necessarily  be  a  demand  for 
some  sort  of  reciprocity,  and  it  has  al­
ready  been 
intimated  that  it  will  take 
the  form  of  a  request  for  an  open  door 
to  Chinese  labor.

It  is  to  be  taken  as  a  matter of  course 
that  American 
labor  will  oppose  with 
all  its  might  the  wholesale  immigration 
of  Chinese  workers,  because 
those 
Asiatics  are,  perhaps,  distinguished 
above  or  below  all  other  peoples  for 
their  extreme 
industry  and  for  their 
ability  to  live  cheaply.  They  are  be­
yond  all  competition 
in  these  matters 
and  neither the  white  nor  black laborers 
can  work  under  conditions  that  seem  all 
right  to  a  Chinaman.  The  demand  for 
the  cheapest  labor  will  weigh  strongly 
with  many  interests  and  without  doubt 
the  matter  will  be  discussed  with  great 
activity  in  the  next  session  at  Washing- 
tion.

The  effective  Chinese  exclusion  legis­
lation  was  enacted  after  the  census  of 
1890. 
In  that  year  the  Chinese  popula­
tion  of  the  United  States  was  106,688. 
The  Chinese  were  nearly  all  (95,477) 
in  the  Pacific  States  and 
living  then 
territories. 
The  exclusion  acts  were 
passed  to  meet  the  conditions  which 
were  more  apparent  in  the Pacific States 
than  elsewhere,  but  they  were  favored 
by  sympathetic  labor  interests  through­
out  the  country  as  necessary  measures. 
Were  the  bars  to  be  taken  down  now the 
Chinese  would  flock  here  as  to  a  prom­
ised 
land  from  which  they  had  long 
been  excluded.  The  erection  of  the 
anti-Chinese  barriers  has  of  itself  mag­
nified  in  the  Chinese  mind  the  attrac­
tions  of  the  Republic.

legislation 

Aside  from  treaty  stipulations  regu­
lating  the  subject,  Congress  has  the 
power  to  exclude  aliens  altogether  from 
the  United  States  or  to  impose  condi­
tions  upon  which  they  may be admitted. 
It  is  a  question  of  expediency. 
Immi­
gration 
discriminating 
against  particular  countries  and  peoples 
is  rarely  resorted  to.  The  Chinese  ex­
clusion  acts  were  extraordinary  in  char­
acter,  but  the  exigency  to  be  met  was 
extraordinary.  When  the  Philippines 
came  under  the  control  of  the  United 
States,  a  military order  was  issued  stop­
ping  the  immigration  that  had  been  go­
ing  on  there  for  years.  These questions 
.will  all  come  up  in  Congress  next  win­
ter  and  they  will  arouse 
interest 
on  the  part  of  those  who  favor  Chinese 
immigration,  as  well  as  those  who  op­
pose  it.  _____________

large 

It  is  frequently  said  that  there  is  a 
disposition  on  the  part  of  Americans  to 
get  into  the  larger  places  and  that  the 
little  villages  and  the  distinctively rural 
districts  are  being  depopulated.  The 
last  decade  has  seen  great  growth  in  the 
United  States,  and  that  growth  has  cer­
tainly  been  greater  in  the  cities  than  in 
last  census  shows 
the  country.  The 
that  28,411,698  of  our  people 
live  in 
cities  and  towns  of  over  4,000  popula­
tion.  This  is  over  37  per  cent,  of  the 
entire  population  of  the  country.  The 
villages  and  cities  have  grown  remark­
ably.  There  are  now  1,158  places  of 
over  4,000,  as  against  889  in  1890. 
It 
does  not  follow  that  the  population  of 
the  small  villages  and the  rural  districts

9

has  fallen  off  in  the  same  proportion. 
Some  of  them  have  held  their own  or 
nearly  so,  but  the 
larger  places  have 
practically  monopolized  the  growth. 
There  must  always  be  a  great  deal  to do 
in  the  agricultural  sections  which  can 
not  be  done  anywhere  else.  The  more 
people  there  are  in  the  cities,  the  more 
potatoes  and  wheat  must  be  grown  to 
feed  them. 
is  generally  conceded 
that  farming  pays  just  now  better  than 
it  did  a  few  years  ago,  and  the  condi­
tions  are 
liable  to  grow  better  rather 
than  worse.

It 

Only  two  women  in  the  United  States 
may  use  the  mails  without  paying  for 
the  privilege.  These  women  are  widows 
of  former  Presidents.  They  are  Mrs. 
Julia  D.  Grant  and  Mrs.  Lucretia  A. 
Garfield.  A  franked  letter goes  through 
the  mails  without  postage,  bearing their 
signature,  either  stamped  or  written, 
upon  the  envelopes.  A ll  mail  matter 
sent  by  Mrs.  Garfield  and  Mrs.  Grant 
under their  respective  written autograph 
signatures,  and  all  mail  matter  sent  to 
these  two  ladies  will  be  carried  free 
during  their  lives.  No  signature  or 
marks  are  necessary  to  the  free  carriage 
of  mail  matter to  either  of  these  ladies,' 
the  address  being  sufficient.  Mrs.  Gar­
field  has  enjoyed  the  privilege  since 
1881,  and  Mrs.  Grant  since  1886.

The  sudden  and  remarkable 

increase 
in  the  number  of  female  factory  hands 
in  Germany  has  become  a  social  ques­
tion 
in  the  German  government  and  a 
special  parliamentary  investigation  has 
been  made  which  will  attempt  to  show 
the  number of  married  women 
in  such 
positions  and  what 
is  the  effect  upon 
their  health  and  character.  Five  years 
ago  there  were  740,000  women employed 
in  German  factories  and  last  year  the 
number  increased  to  900,000,  or  at  the 
rate  of  over 20  per  cent,  in  four  years. 
At  that  rate  the number would quadruple 
in  a  generation.

in  a 

In  the  rural  districts  of  France  every 
pupil,  boy  or  girl,  takes  to  school  in  the 
morning  a  handful  of  vegetables  and 
puts  them 
large  pan  of  water. 
They  are  washed  by  one  of  the  older 
pupils,  who  take  turns  at  performing 
this  duty.  Then  the  vegetables  are 
placed 
in  a  kettle  with  water  and  a 
piece  of  pork,  and  are  cooked  while  the 
lessons  are  going  on.  At  11  130 o’clock 
each  member of  the  co-operative  asso­
ciation  has  a  bowl  of  soup.  To  cover 
the  cost  of  fuel  and  meat  those  pupils 
who  can  afford  it  pay  two  to  four  sous  a 
month. 

_____________

It 

is  a  remarkable  fact,  sustained  by 
statistics,  that  while  Americans  are  to 
be  found 
in  every  quarter  of  the  globe 
the  number  of  them  who  become  resi­
dents  of  other countries  is  smaller  than 
that  of  any  other  nationality.  Other 
people  love  the  lands  of  their  birth,  but 
they  find  more  reasons  to  induce  them 
to  seek  new  homes.  The  average  Amer­
ican  has  positive  faith  that  where’er  he 
many  wander  “ there’s  no  place  like 
home.”   _____________

American  patronage keeps  many  Lon­
don  shopkeepers  going,  but  some  of 
them  fail  to  understand  that  they  should 
indulge  the  American  practice  of  shop­
ping  for  amusement.  One  Oxford  street 
shopkeeper  recently  displayed  a  sign 
bearing  this  legend :  “ Americans  will 
please  take  notice  that  this 
is  not  a 
museum. 

It  is  a  shop.”

One  coat of  tar and  feathers  will last  a 

man  a  lifetime.

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Clothing

Facts  and  Fancies  P eculiar  to  the  Trade 

in  Gotham.

If  the  question  was  not previously  set­
tled,  the  hot  weather  has,  I  think,  per­
manently  settled  the  shirtwaist  question 
for  New  Yorkers.  During  the  hottest 
hours  of  the  day  many  men  were  seen 
on  the  streets  carrying  their  coats  on 
their  arms,  but  no  disposition  was 
shown 
to  abandon  them  altogether. 
Negligee  shirts  were  the  rule  without 
exception,  and  while  much 
freedom 
was  shown 
in  removing  the  coat  the 
shirtwaist  man  was  conspicuous  by  his 
absence.

The  temporary 

coatlessness  makes 

more  prominent  to  the  eye  what  is 
characteristic  of  this  season’s  styles, 
is  the  preference  for  plai 
and  that 
whites  and  black  hairline  stripes 
in 
negligee  shirts.  Plain  pleats  are  more 
popular  than  box  pleats  in  the  shirts, 
and  are  usually  of  medium  width.  Very 
fine  pleats  are  not 
I  have, 
however,  seen  a  shirt  of  plain  white 
French 
forty-eight 
pleats  to  the  bosom,  each  about  an 
eighth  of  an 
inch  wide.  Each  pleat 
was  finished  in  a  single  line  of  fine  red 
or  blue  stitching,  extending  the  full 
length  of  the  bosom.  As  a  novelty  the 
shirt 
is  worthy  of  mention.  It  sells  for 
a  moderate  price,  I  understand.

lawn  which  had 

favored. 

As the  heat  advances  collars  get 

low 
er.  Some  of  the  high band  collars  worn 
approximate  to  the  old-fashioned  turn 
down  collars,  as  they  have  just  enough 
height  to  make  them  highbanders.  One 
house  has  brought  out  a  highhanded 
collar  which  looks  like  a  modification 
of that  turndown  collar,  with  very  long, 
sharp  points,  which  was  worn  thirty 
years  ago. 
1  do  not  see  any  excuse  for 
such  a  style,  especially  in  the  present 
weather.

in  scarfs. 

It will be interesting  to  see  what  effect 
the  styles  of  collars  worn  this  fall  have 
on  the  shapes 
If  the  high 
turndown  collar  loses  ground  as  is  ex 
pected,  many  haberdashers  will do thei 
best  to  push  large  shapes.  At  the  pres 
ent  time  well-dressed  people  stick close 
ly  to  small  shapes,  the  pointed  and 
square  end  batwing  and  the  derby tie 
principally.  Even  the  ordinary  citizen 
does  not  seem  to  take  enthusiastically 
to  the  flowing  end  tie.  The  hot weather 
should  have  developed  such  a  taste  if 
one  existed,  but  it  appears  to  be  lack­
ing.  Some  of  the  neatest  ties  which  I 
have  seen  in  both  derbies  and  batwings 
have  been  made  of  a  very  rich,  fine, 
meshed  grenadine,  of  black  or blue with 
small  figures  in  a  contrasting  color. 
Rumchunda  ties  in  dark  blue  and  white 
patterns  are  this  year,  as  in  previous 
years,  in  good  taste.

Naturally  there 

is  now  an  exodus  to 
the  beaches  and  the  shops  are  making  a 
lavish  display  of  bathing  suits.  I  see  in 
all  grades  a  liberal  display  of  two  piece 
suits,  the  shirt  of  which  is 
in  broad 
stripes  of  contrasting  color,  black  and 
white,  blue  and  white,  red  and  blue 
or  purple,  and  so  on.  There  are  plain 
suits  with  a  broad  band  of  color about 
the  bottom  of  the  shirt  and  a  stripe 
down  each  side  of  the  trunks.  With  all 
two-piece  suits  a  broad  knitted  band  of 
wool  fastened  with  a  buckle  is  worn.

I  have  often  wondered  that  no  place 
has  been  found  in  our  present  day econ­
omy  of  dress  for the  old  fashioned  dus­
ter  which  was  such  a  favorite  with  our 
grandparents  when  going  on  a  journey. 
Now  I  see  that  an  enterprising  individ­
it  for  use  in  auto-
ual  has  resurrected 

is  cut 

It  buttons  high 

mobiling.  The garment  is made  of  cloth 
of  a  drab  tone  and 
single- 
breasted,  with  military  collar and  patch 
pockets. 
in  the  neck 
with  bone  buttons  and  has  adjustable 
straps  on  the  cuffs  to  close  them  against 
the  dust. 
If  one  is  looking  for a  light 
cap  to  correspond  with  the  coat  he  will 
find  it  in  a  full-crowned  yachting  cap 
of  a  drab  tone,  which 
is  made,  crown, 
visor,  band  and  all,  of the  one  color  and 
material.

The  alpine-shaped  straw  hat  has  en­
joyed  a  tremendous  sale  here,  but  the 
best-dressed  men, unless  they  have  been 
able  to  purchase  a  genuine  Panama 
have  stuck  to  the  sailor hat,  with  nar 
row  heavy  brim  and  band  of  one  color. 
Some  of  the  shops  have  shown  striped 
bands  in  colors,  but  they  have  not  taken 
with  the  best  dressers. 
It  is  good  taste 
for  a  college  boy  to  wear  a  hat  band 
i 
his  college  colors,  but  for  the  general 
public  the  style  is a  little  too  academic 
Mesh  hat  bands  in  silk  and  cotton  i 
various  colors  have  also  been  shown 
in 
the  shops,  but  they  have  not  taken. 
They  are  of  the  ordinary  width  and 
buckle  at  the  side  of  the  hat  with  a 
small  harness  buckle  in  oxidized  silver 
or gold. 
If  one  wishes  a  hat  rather 
bizarre  in  effect  for  wear  in  the  moun 
tains  or  at  the  seashore  the  broad 
brimmed  Madagascar  grass  hat  of  al 
pine-shape  will  meet  the  need.  These 
hats  are  made  of  Madagascar  grass 
closely  woven  like  the  Panama.  They 
come  in  a 
light  tan  shade  and  have  a 
broad  folded  band  of grass  cloth,  which 
is  ornamented  with  a  broad  broken 
stripe 
in  rich  colors.  They  have  a  de 
cidedly  odd  look  and  will  appeal  to  the 
man  who  likes  to  show  a  touch  of  odd 
ness  in  his  dress.  Another  hat  which 
should  be  mentioned  for  wear  in  the 
woods  and  fields  owes  its  oddity  to the 
very  purpose  which 
is  designed  to 
serve.  Golfers  and  mountain  climbers 
are  continually  annoyed  by  the  glare  of 
the  sun  and  hats  with  ordinary  sized 
brims  afford 
little  protection  to their 
eyes  when  looking  loiig  distances.  The 
is  designed  to  mitigate  this 
hat  which 
annoyance 
is  an  alpine-shape  of  soft 
felt,  which  has  an  unusually  broad 
In  the  back  the  brim  is  curled 
brim. 
is 
up  tightly  but  in  the  front  the  curl 
less  marked,  the  broad  brim 
in  front 
thus  protects  the  eys  amply,  while  the 
close  roll 
in  the  back  makes  the  hat 
more  easy  on  the  head. 
It  is  an  odd 
shape,  but  an  ingenious  one.—Apparel 
Gazette.

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O aring the  H eated  Term.

“ And  now  can  any  little  boy  tell  me 
why  it  was  that  they  killed  and  ate  the 
fatted  calf?  Eh?  Can’t  anybody  tell? 
The  prodigal  had  just  returned  home, 
you  know,  and  his  father had run  to him 
and  fallen  on  bis  neck  and  embraced 
him.  And  then  they  killed  and  ate  the 
fatted  calf.  Now,  why  did  they  kill 
and  eat  the  fatted  calf?  Ah,  Willie 
knows.  Speak  up,  W illie.’ ’

“ If  you  please,  sir,  I guess they  killed 
and  eted  the  fatted  calf  ’cause  it  was  so 
hot  they  didn’t  think  it  would keep over 
Sunday!”

U nappreciative.

advantage  in  dairying,  I  presume?”  

“ You  find  spring  water a  very  great 
“ Oh,  I  don’t  know, ”   said  the  milk­
man;  “ the  average  person  buying  milk 
doesn’t  know  the  difference  between 
spring  water and  any  other kind.”

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Dry Goods

W eekly  M arket  Review  of  the  P rincipal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons— Ducks  and  brown  os- 
naburgs  are  quiet  and  show  no change 
whatever  either  in  the  character  of  the 
business  coming  forward  or  the  price. 
Bleached  cottons  are  firm  in  all  grades, 
but  prices  remain  as  previously  quoted. 
Wide  sheetings  and  cotton  flannels  and 
blankets  are  quiet  and  without  change 
of  note.  Denims  are  strong  in  the  face 
of  a  limited  business,  and  other  coarse 
colored  cottons  are  quiet  but  well  con­
ditioned.

Prints  and  Ginghams—The  print  end 
of  the  market  has  shared  the  quiet  spot 
business  of  the general market, with  only 
a  very  moderate  business  coming  to 
hand  otherwise.  The  little  business  that 
has  been  moving  has been in staple lines 
mainly,  principally 
indigo  blues,  tur­
key  reds,  mournings,  etc.,  and  the lead­
ing  makes  of  these  lines  are  well  situ­
ated.  The  price  range  on  these  cottons 
is  too 
low  for  the  present  cost  of  pro­
duction.  This  has  induced  buyers  to 
take  advantage  of  the  situation  to  some 
extent  and  the  transactions  went  ahead 
of  the  business  noted  for  the  last  initial 
season.  Fancy  prints  show  no  increase 
in  business,  but  as  the  production  has 
been  curtailed  considerably  stocks  have 
not  accumulated.  Calicoes  are  steady 
in  price.  Percales  and  napped  fabrics 
show  no  change  in  prices  or  in  the  na­
ture  or  amount  of  business  coming  for­
ward.  Staple  and  fine  dress  ginghams 
are in  a  strong  position,  but  there  is  lit­
tle  business  under  way.

Linings—The  lining market continues 
steady  in  tone  all  along  the  line,  but 
with  a  moderate  business.

Dress  Goods— The  quietness  that  has 
been  characteristic  of  the  dress  goods 
market  for  some  time  past  has  received 
during  the  past  week  no  jar,  the  whole 
business  not  being  of  such  a 
large 
amount  as  to  excite  comment;  in  fact, 
the  trade  was  very  dull,  and  the  orders 
few  and  far  between.  The  business  that 
has  been  reported 
is  generally  on  the 
plain  goods  and  staples.  Orders  for 
Venetians,  homespuns,  broadcloths  and 
cheviots  were  the  rule,  the  fancies  be- 
' ing  in  the  background,  and  as  the  sea­
son 
in  all 
probability  continue  to  be  its  place  un­
til  after  the  present 
lines  are  with­
drawn.  Next  season’s  fabrics  are  not 
much  sought  after as  yet  by  the  buyers, 
so  the  market  continues  slack,  and  with 
very  little  interest  shown  in 
its  course 
for the  next  week  or two.

is  near  its  end,  that  will 

Underwear— Fall  goods are interesting 
the  retailers  more  than  at  any  time  pre­
viously,  and  they  are  perhaps  taking 
hold  with  more 
interest  on  account  of 
the  advances  which  are  promised  on 
fleeced  goods  August  I,  which  will  un­
doubtedly  affect  prices  at  second  bands 
also,  and  it  is  said  that  other  lines  are 
likely  to  follow  suit  then  or soon  after. 
The  advances  on  fleeced  goods  by  the 
manufacturers  will  be  I2^c.  The man­
ufacturers  are  now  showing  their  initial 
lines  of  underwear  for  the  spring  of 
1902.  Fancies  seem  to  predominate, 
and  the  general  tendency  seems  to  be 
toward  stripes,  many  of  the  lines  in­
cluding  mercerized 
balmoral 
stripes.  There  are,  - of  course,  many 
lines  of  solid  colors,  generally  soft, 
pleasing  tones,  and  very  few  of  the 
loud,  glaring  effects  that  have  been 
noticed 
There  are 
more  of  the  mesh  lines  for next  summer 
shown,  made  by  various  manufacturers. 
The  demand  has  grown  largely  on  ac­

in  past  seasons. 

and 

count  of  the  extensive  adverising  by  a 
number  of  the 
leading  makers,  which 
has  created  a  market,  and  others  will 
take  advantage  of  the * conditions 
to 
make  some  of  the  money.  With  the ad­
vance  on  fleeced  goods  there  will  still 
remain  a  demand  for goods  at  a  price, 
and  they  will  have to  be  made.  There 
is  a  healthy,  growing  tendency  to  cur­
tail  production  rather  than  make  up 
goods  for stock,  and  in  order  to  prevent 
accumulation,  some 
that  have  never 
run  on  anything  but  heavyweights  are 
now  making 
lightweight  goods  to fill 
the  interval.

Hosiery—Manufacturers  are  showing 
spring  samples,  which  contain  a  large 
percentage  of  fancies.  The  jobbers  are 
busy  filling  in  the  retailers’ present  sea­
son  stock  and  are  beginning  well  with 
fall  goods.  The  department  store  buy­
ers  are  taking  hold  well  with  the  latter. 
Open  work 
lines  seem  to  promise  well 
for  the  early  fall  all  over the  country, 
and  for  most  of  the  season  in  the  warm 
section. 
is  expected  that  advances 
will  be  made  on  fall  hosiery  in  the  near 
future.

It 

Carpets—While  new  business  is  being 
received  in  fairly  good-sized  orders,  it 
can  be  stated 
in  general  that  so  far  it 
has  been  very  unevenly  divided.  Some 
manufacturers  report  that  they  are  well 
sold  up  and  are  running  full,  while 
others  are  quoted  as  saying  that  busi­
ness  is  dull  for  this  season  of  the  year. 
It  is  noticeable,  however,  that  the  large 
New  England  mills  are  receiving  their 
share  of  the  new  orders  and  are general­
ly  very  busy.  While most  of  the  mills in 
the  vicinity  of  Philadelphia  are  run­
ning  full  they  could  take  a  good  many 
more  orders  if they  were  offered  them. 
While  general  business  conditions  have 
a  very  encouraging  tone,  the  outlook  is 
no  better  than 
it  has  been  for  some 
time.  Manufacturers  have  hardly  got 
back  to the  condition  where  they  were 
before  the  holiday  and  the  extreme  hot 
weather,  but,  should the present  climatic 
conditions  exist  for any  length  of  time 
it  will  no  doubt  help  matters  materially 
and  promote  a  better feeling on  the  part 
of  the  buyers.  At  this time  of  the  year, 
when  every  one 
in  general  is  looking 
forward  to  a  vacation,  it  can  not  be  ex­
pected  that  buying  should  be  as  active 
as  at  other times.  The  demand  as  the 
season  advances  is  pointing  towards  the 
finer  carpets.  The  velvets  and  brussels 
are  beginning to  show  up  as  well  as  any 
of  the  grades  and  we  should  not  be  sur­
prised  to 
in  the  future  that  the 
bulk  of  the  business  done  in  the  finer 
grades  would  be  centered  on  these  spe­
cialties. 
The  tapestries  are  moving 
well  towards  the  front  and  mills running 
on  these  kinds  of  carpets  are  fairly 
busy.  The  ingrains  are  in  only  moder­
ate  request,  although  some  of  the  larger 
mills  report  business  good.  The  cut- 
order  trade  are  beginning  to  feel  the 
effects  of  the  usual  summer  dulness, 
and  are  beginning  to  make  ready  for 
their  fall  trade.  They  report  that  the 
past  season  has  been  a  fairly  satisfac­
tory  one,  although  business  has  been 
much  better  in  previous  seasons.  At 
this  time  of  the  year  the  retail  trade, 
especially  the  department  stores,  have 
their  semi-annual  carpet  and  matting 
sale.  All  pieces  that  have  been  cut  in­
to  are  usually  offered  at  a  great sacrifice 
in  order to  sell  them  and  not  carry them 
over  to  another  season  at  a  still  larger 
loss.  Many  people  defer  buying  their 
in  the  spring  and  wait  until 
carpets 
July 
in  order  to  get  them  at  a  much 
cheaper  price.  These  large  department 
store  sales  affect  the  small  dealer great­

learn 

ly,  and  very 
little  business  is  done  by 
him  while  these  widely  advertised  sales 
are  in  progress.

Smyrna  Rugs— Smyrna  rug  mills  are 
running  full  and  the  prospects  are  that 
they  will  do  so  for  some  time  to  come. 
While  the  demand  from  the  buying 
public  as  fallen  off  greatly  in  the  past 
month,  the  jobbing  and  retail  trades  are 
placing  orders  to  replenish  their  stocks. 
The  large  and  medium-sized  rugs  have 
received  the  bulk  of  the  business  and  it 
is  reasonable  to  believe  that  the  mills 
will  put  the  bulk  of  their  machinery  on 
these  sizes.  Wilton  rugs  are  in  fair  re­
quest.

The  Main  A ttraction.

“ What  sort  of  place  have  you  found 

in  the  country?  Good  beds?”

“ Worst  I  ever tried.”
“ Good  table?”
‘Abominable.”
“ Prices  low?”
“ Ridiculously  high.”
“ Then  why  do  you  stay  there?”  
“ Because  they’ve  got  the  best  golf 

links  in  the  country!”

Ju m p in g  a t  Conclusions.

“ John,  dear,  hadn't  vou  been  drink­

ing  when-you  came  in  last  night?”  

“ That’s  like  a  woman.  Just  because 
I  had  some  difficulty  in  getting 
in,  be 
cause  I  couldn't  pronounce  a  few words, 
because  I  took  off  my  clothes  in  the 
drawing  room  and  wore  my  silk  hat  to 
bed,  why  you  rush  off to  the  conclusion 
that  I  had  been  drinking.”

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W E  K N O W

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.

The  other  day  a  small  box  covered 
with  gauze  and  labeled  “ four hundred 
mosquitoes”   was  shipped  from  a  small 
station 
in  South  Carolina  to  the  Acad­
emy  of  Natural  Science,  at Washington. 
The  insects  were  quite  lively  when  they 
arrived,  and  were  apparently  in as  good 
health  as  when  they  started  on  their 
journey.  The  mosquitoes  are,  of  course, 
to  be  used  in  scientific investigations.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer 
& Co.,

Wholesale  Dry  Goods, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

BAGS

Starks A,  16 oz.

Shermans,  i6oz.

Americans,  16 oz.

Hermitage,  14 oz.

Powhatan,  12 oz.

Now is the time to buy bags;  there will soon  be  a  good  demand  for  them. 
Our prices are right.

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W H O LESA LE  DRY  G O O D S,  GRAND  RA PID S,  MICH.

New  Coffee  Roasting  Plant

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Shoes  and  Rubbers

P reparations  for the  Demand  for  School 

Shoes.

The  busiest  season  of  the  year  for 
misses’  and  children’s,boys  and  youths' 
school  shoes  is  from  the  ist  to  the  15th 
is  the  time  when 
of  September.  That 
children  are  being  prepared 
for  the 
winter  school  term  and  in  order to  be 
ready  to  meet  the  demand 
it  will  be 
necessary  for  you  to  take  up  this  matter 
immediately.  Perhaps  there  is  no  bet­
ter manner of  advertising,  or  no  better 
way  of  making  your  store  popular  with 
the  whole  family,  than  by  putting  out  a 
line  of  school  shoes.

This 

is,  beyond  a  doubt,  a  great 
source  of  trouble  in  every  family— se­
curing  a  style  of  shoes  which  is  both 
dressy  and  serviceable  for  school  chil­
dren. 
If  you  are  in  the  habit  of buying 
your  regular  line  of  school  shoes  from 
the  jobbing  houses,  it  would  not  be  a 
bad  idea  for  you  to  go  immediately  in­
to  the  market  and,  while  there  is  a 
lot 
of  time,  look  over  the  various  shoes 
which  are  being  shown.  Choose  with 
a  great  amount  of  care  the  line  which 
you  anticipate  running  and  if  you  are 
not  very  positive  of  their  value,  per­
haps 
it  would  be  well  to  buy  a  dozen 
pairs  at  the  present  moment  in  order  to 
test  the  value  of  the  shoes.

jobbing  houses,  why, 

If  you  are  not  in  the  habit  of  buying 
from  the 
look 
over the  lines  that  the  various  specialty 
makers  are  offering.  Do  not  be  satis­
fied  with  one  man’s  line,  even  although 
be  has  been  catering  to  your wants in 
the  past,  but  follow  up  the  example  set 
up  by  many  of  the  large  merchants  who 
insist  upon  having  submitted  to them 
samples  of  three  and  four  dealers  before 
they  make  their final  selection.  Every 
year  the  styles  of  shoes  are  changing, 
and  you  are  bound  to  find  more  attract­
ive  lines  than  you  did  last. 
It  is,  con­
sequently,  to  your advantage  not  to  be 
too  hasty 
in  your  selection  of  school 
shoes.

Do  not  be  misdirected  in  the  matter 
of  toes.  You  are  bound  to  find  this  fall 
large  demand  for  the  orthopedic or 
a 
foot-form 
last.  Perhaps  you  are  in  a* 
neighborhood  where  the  demand  is  not 
for the  extreme  toes,  but  in  any  case  it 
would  be  unwise  for  you  to  tie  yourself 
up  to  the  old  narrow  toes  that  some 
dealers,  in  their  efforts  to  rid  them­
selves  of  unsalable  stock  will  attempt  to 
foist  on  you.  They  are  a  bad  invest­
ment  at  the  best,  for  the  moment  you  fit 
shoes  which  hurt  the  children  you  are 
immediately  in  disfavor  with  the  whole 
family.

As  for  heels, 

it  would  be  well  to 
choose  lines  of  spring  heels,  with  soles 
of  at  least  10-iron  gauge. 
It  is  also 
well,  if  you  can  find  a  shoe  that  does 
look  too  clumsy,  to  carry  an  exten­
not 
sion  heel  seat 
in  order to  protect  the 
quarter.  Have  the  extension  on  your 
shoe  at  least  three-eighths  wide,  as  this 
also  will  add  to  the  wearing  qualities. 
leather  tips  will  sell  stronger 
Patent 
than  ever,  and,  I  believe  especially 
in 
children’s  shoes,  they  are  much  better 
wearers. 
little  gents’,  boys’  and 
youths’,  velours,  box  calf,  heavy  kid 
and  Russia  will  be  in  large  demand.

In 

It  would  be  well  to  arrange some  style 
of a  novelty  contest  in  order  to  center 
the  interest  of  the  people  in  your  vicin­
ity  on  the  sheos  which  you  are  going  to 
offer.  Of  course,  this  would  be  in  con­
junction  with  your  regular  advertising; 
but,  for  instance,  there  could  be  a  con­
test opened  for the  lines of school shoes,  |

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

r r r r r r i r r r r r n n n r

■ . Reeder & Co.
Wholesalea Boots  and  Shoes

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

J U U L O JU U U U U U U U l

In  the  Stores!
In  the  Factories!
On  the  Farms!

In  the highways and  byways of this part of  our 

country you will  find  that

Progressive  Busy  People

W ho are neither  footsore  nor weary  are  wear­

ers of the
RINDGE,  KALMBACH,  LOGIE  &  CO.’S

GRAND  RAPIDS  HADE  SHOES

Shoes  must

Fit
to
Wear

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

Makers of Shoes 
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.

making 
it  of  local  interest  by  having  a 
certain  number  of  names  or  words 
formed  from  your  own  name,  or another 
novel  scheme  which  would  be  liable  to 
interest  the  children  in  your  vicinity.

You  could  make  an  offer of  a  base 
ball  outfit  to  the  boys  of  any  individual 
school  who  would  present  to  you  the 
greatest  number  of  coupons  for  shoes 
purchased  at  your  store.  You  could 
also  make  a  similar offer  of  a  croquet 
set  or  some  other game,  which  would 
be  applicable  to  the  girls  of  any  indi­
vidual  school,  the  outfit  being  the  prop­
interesting  the 
erty  of  the  school,  thus 
pupils 
in  the  contest  and 
creating  a  lively  rivalry  which  would, 
at the  same  time,  give  you  a  lot  of  free 
advertising.

in  general 

in  your 

local  paper. 

It  would  be  necessary  to  do  a  little 
advertising 
It 
would  also  be  advisable  to  send  out 
coupons  to  the  principal  of  each  school, 
with  a  note  requesting  him  to  interest 
his  pupils  in  the  contest.— Shoe  Re­
tailer.

Nicely  A rranged  By  Providence.

It  was  at  a  recent  reunion  banquet, 
where  everybody  was  joyous  and  felici­
ties  of  the  glad-to-see-you-all  order 
were  many,  that  the  following  story  was 
told  as  appropriate  to  the  occasion : 

There  had  been  a  reunion  of  the  fam­
ily  at  the  house,  the  speaker  said,  and 
after  it  was  all  over the  young  hopeful, 
who  had  been  much 
impressed  by  the 
talk  of  old  times  that  she  had  beard 
during  the  evening,  began  to  question 
her  parents.

“ Mamma,”   she  began,  “ where  were 

you  born?”

“ I  was  born  in  New  York.”
“ And  where  was  papa  born?”
“ Why,he  was  born  in  Philadelphia.”  
“ And  where  was  I  born?”
“ You  were  born  right  here  in  Bos­

ton. * ’

“ Is  that  so?  Well,”   she  added,  after 
a  pause,  “ wasn’t  it  nice  of  the  Lord  to 
bring  us  all  together?”

K eeping a  L ist o f Sizes.

It 

A  great  help  to  the  dealer  who  is 
seeking  to  build  up  a  trade  in  good 
shoes  is  the  system  of  keeping  a  list  of 
the  size  and  width  worn  by  each  cus­
tomer.  We  know  a  man  who  uses  this 
system  and  he  says there  is  nothing  like 
it. 
is  easy  and  not  the  least  bit  of 
trouble.  This  dealer  uses  an  old  index 
account  book  and  when  be  fits  a  man 
or  woman  with  a  pair of  shoes  he enters 
the  size  and  width  with  any  remarks  as 
to  style  preferred or any  peculiarity  of 
the  customer's  foot  he  may  think  neces­
sary  to  mention  in  this  book,  which  he 
keeps  on  the  wrapping  counter.  The 
entry 
is  made  before  the  shoes  are 
wrapped  up  to  avoid  mistakes.

Shirtw aists  a  Boon  to  M illionaires.
There 

is  not  so  much  fun  in  being 
rich  or  great  or  proud  unless  one  can 
also  be  comfortable  and  many  a  mil­
lionaire  has  envied  the  barefoot youngs­
ter  whose  single  suspender  was  his 
main  annoyance.  Now  the  shirtwaist 
enables  the  millionaire  to  be  almost  as 
cool  as  the  urchin. 
It  may  be  another 
illustration  of  the  tendency  of  these 
modern  days.  The  rich  are  getting  al­
most  everything—even  the  comforts  of 
the  poor.

Different K ind of Settling.

Father— Come,  young  man,  get  your 

jacket  off and  come  with  me.
me,  are  you,  dad?

Tommy— You’re  not  going  to 

Father—Certainly;  didn’t  I  tell  you 
this  morning  that  1  should  settle  with 
you  for  your  bad  behavior?

Tommy—Y e s;  but  I  thought 

it  was 
only  a  joke,  like  when  you  told  the  gro­
cer  you  was  going  to  settle  with  him.

lick 

A  boy  loses  faith  in  his  mother’s  ver­
acity  when  she  tells  him  that  it  hurts 
her  more  than  it  does  him  to  whip 
him.

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F ittin g  the  Feet No  Easy Jo b   at  Best.
The  shoe  clerk  immediately  assumed 
an  air  of  interest  when  asked if  he liked 
his  business.

“ Fitting  shoes  is  a  hard  job,  and  one 
meets  with  many  queer  experiences  in 
dressing  feet. 
I  can  not  say  that  I  am 
especially  fond  of  the  business,although 
I  extract  a  great  deal  of  pleasure  in 
studying  the  different  characters  who 
form  a  part  of  my  daily  business  life. 
People  have  the  impression that because 
a  woman  is  naturally  fussy  and  particu­
lar  she  is  necessarily  the  most  diffi­
cult  to  please  when  it  comes  to  shoes. 
But  this 
is  not  the  case,  for  there  are 
men,  and  a  number  of  men,  too,  who 
are  the  most  fastidious  creatures  one 
can 
footwear. 
Every  one  admires  a  pretty  foot  on  a 
woman,  and  we  have  naturally  come  to 
expect  them  to  wear  a  size  or  two 
smaller  than  their  foot  really  requires, 
sacrificing  comfort,  style  and 
looks. 
But,  bless  you,  this  is  not  confined  to 
the  women,  for there  are  just  as  many 
men  just  as  foolish.

in  selecting 

imagine 

“ And  while  1  am  talking  about  small 
shoes  and  such,  do  you  know  that  the 
manufacturers  have  absolutely  found 
it 
necessary  to  mark  their shoes  with  se­
cret  marks,  based  on  a  well  thought  out 
system  of  figures,  which,  taken  in  com­
bination,  give  the  key  to  the  size.  This 
became  necessary  because  customers 
would  not  even  deign  to  try  on  a  shoe 
that  was  one-half  size  larger  than  they 
were  accustomed  to  wearing,  and  if  we 
did  not  have  that  exact  size  they  would 
go  somewhere  else,  when  really  they 
required  a  larger  size.  I  know of  no  less 
than  five  different  marks  which  none 
but  the 
initiated  can  read,  and  now 
when  a  customer  comes  in  and  wants  a 
pair  of  shoes  we  simply  turn  down  the 
upper  of  the  shoe  they  have  been  wear­
ing,  see  the  cipher  mark,  and,  paying 
no  attention  to  what  they  say  as  to  size, 
go  off  and  get  a  shoe  of  corresponding 
size  and  width. 
Invariably  they  call 
for  a  size  from  one-half  to  two and  a 
half  smaller  than  the  one  they  are  al­
ready  wearing.  The  customer  never 
forgets  to  look  at  the  size  as  marked  in 
the  shoe,  but  the  system  uses  as  the 
guiding  figure  one  exactly  a  size  less 
than  is  needed,  and  this  compliments 
the  purchaser to  such  an  extent  that  no 
question 
in  raised.  Now  our  system, 
If  we  desire 
as  an  illustration,  -is  this: 
to  express  size 
we  put  in  the  shoe 
5— i.  The  clerk  simply  adds  the  sec­
ond  figure  to  the  first  and  adds  the 
dash,  which  means  one-half.  The  cus­
tomer thinks  he  is  wearing  either  a  5  or 
at the  most  a  5^.  And  it  is  not  only 
in  the  size  of  the  shoe  that  people  are 
peculiar,  but  in  the  width,  and  there 
are  more 
toe  nails  and 
crooked  toes  with  callous  adornments 
due  to  this  pinching  process  than  one 
has  any  idea  of.  But  we  must  live  and 
let  live  and  the  chiropodists  would  be 
put  out  of  business  if  it  were  not  for 
these  tight  shoes  and  foolish  people. 
You  notice  those  low  mirrors  we  have 
close  to  the  floor.  Well,  they  are  for  the 
purpose  of  showing  the  buyer  how  his 
or  her  foot  looks  when  dressed  in  one  of 
our  shoes. 
It  was  a  good  suggestion 
that  put  a  mirror  in  that  out-of-the-way 
place,  because  the  majority  of  our  cus­
tomers  are  very  proud  of  their pedal  ex­
tremities.

ingrowing 

“ The  shoe  business  is  not  what  it 
used  to  be,”   continued  the  clerk,  retro- 
specting. 
“  I  remember the  time  when 
it  was  an  easy  thing  to  get  $6  and  $8 
for  a  pair  of  ladies’  shoes.  Now  you 
are  lucky  if  you  get $3  for a pair.  Com­

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petition  has  done  the  business  and  now 
you  wouid  be  surprised  at  the  excellent 
shoe  you  can  get  for $2  or $3.  And, 
then,  the  shoe  men  are  all  putting  in 
bootblack  stands  and  shining  your shoes 
gratis,  and  you  would  be  astonished  at 
the  number  of  people  who  buy  shoes 
just 
for  this  free  shine  attachment. 
Twenty  shines  means  a  dollar  for  a 
black  pair  of  shoes  and  $2  for  tan  or 
patent  leather.  This 
is  exorbitant,  I 
know,  but  the  bootblacks  get  it.  Each 
of  our  bootblacks  is  fitted  up  with  all 
kinds  of  dressing,  and  our  shiners  are 
not  permitted  to  accept  tips.  Then  we 
keep  you  in  shoestrings,  or  repair  your 
shoes  gratis  if they  wear out  before they 
really  should. 
It  is  strange  how  many 
people  persist  in  buying  patent  leather 
shoes,  and 
if  they  crack  come  in  and 
raise  a  fuss  about  it,  when  we  distinct­
ly  tell  the  purchasers  that  we  do  not 
warrant  patent  leather  and  they  must 
take  their  chances  on  it. 
If  there  ever 
was  an  invention  that  provoked  man  to 
the  use  of  expletives  it  is  this  same 
patent  leather.  Sometimes  you  get  a 
pair  of  shoes  which  will  last  for  weeks 
and  weeks  and  retain  their shape  and 
brilliant  finish 
in  spite  of  rain  and 
storm  and  wear  and  tear.  And,  then, 
again,this  same  patent  leather  has  been 
known  to  go  to  pieces  in  a  day’s  wear. 
I  do  not  think  the  tan  shoes  are  as  pop­
ular this  year  as  they  were  last,although 
we  have  sold  a  large  quantity  of  them, 
and  the  white  canvas  shoe  is  getting  in 
bad  favor  every  day. 
It  is  a  pretty 
piece  of  footgear,  but,  oh!  how  deli­
cate!  We  had  a  customer  some  time 
ago,  who,  after  being  fitted  with  a  pair 
of  these  white  canvas  shoes,  remarked, 
as  he  surveyed  the  rest  of  his  spotless 
attire,  from  white  hose  to  white  hat, 
that  he  imagined  he  looked  like  a  plate 
of  ice  cream.  Bicycle  shoes,  those  fel­
lows  with  the 
long  tops,  are  not  worn 
by the  ladies  any  more.  1  guess  because 
they  are  so  hot  and  hard  to  lace,  and 
the  ankle  does  not  get  a  free  movement.
ladies  will  protest 
against  what I  am  going  to  tell  you,  but 
it  is  nevertheless  a  fact:  Their  feet  are 
positively  getting  larger  year  by  year. 
This  has  party  been  due  to  the  new 
style  of  heavy  English  walking  shoes 
which  the  ladies  are  wearing,  and  I 
want  to  say  that  it  is  a  most  commend­
able  style. 
It  not  only  gives  the  foot 
the  freedom  that  it  should  have,  but  it 
permits  circulation  and  is  altogether a 
healthy  attachment  to  the  wardrobe. 
There  is  a  young  lady  in  Rochester,  of 
Southern  extraction,  who  has  the  daint­
iest  foot  I  ever  saw. 
I  understand  that 
we  clerks  are  not  supposed  to  notice 
these  things,  but  when  this  young 
lady 
comes  in  I  can  not  help  it.  She  wears 
a  No.  1  shoe  on  an  A  last,  and  has  an 
instep  that  rises  as  proudly as her dainty 
little  head. 
It  is  very  seldom  we  have 
a  pair  of  shoes  to  fit  her,  for our  popu­
lar sizes  are  threes  and  fours  for  ladies, 
and  we  count  a No.  2 a .very small foot. ’ ’
Just  then  a  customer  came  in  and  the 

“ I  know 

the 

clerk  left.— Rochester  Herald.

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14
Village Improvement

Side  L ight  on  th e  W ork  Accom plished a t 

Dayton.

That  corporations  are  not always lack­
ing  in  soul  is  proved  by  the  work  of  the 
National  Cash  Register  Co.,  of  Dayton, 
Ohio.  About  five  years  ago  Mr.  J.  H. 
Patterson  began  putting 
into  practice 
an  idea  of  his  own  for  making  the  shop 
premises  more  attractive.  When  this 
company  organized  it  bought  a  quantity 
of  land  upon  which  to  build  shops,  in  a 
locality  near  Dayton,  known  as  Slider- 
town. 
locality  hard  as  the 
name  it  bore,  famous  for fights,  and  the 
home,  it  seemed,  of  all  the  bad  boys  of 
Dayton.

It  was  a 

After the  success  of  the  company  was 
assured  and  the  managers  had  time  to 
look  about  a  little,  they  began  noticing 
things.  One  thing  noted  was  the  fact 
that  in  spite  of  the  many  pretty,  mod­
ern  cottages  built  for the  workmen,  few 
live  in  them,  the  men 
of  them  would 
often 
the 
shops.  Enquiry  developed  the  fact  that 
men  did  not  care  to  live  in  such  a  no­
torious 
locality  as  Slidertown,  and  cer­
tainly  did  not  care  to  raise  families 
there.

living  several  miles 

from 

While  this  was  true,  yet  it  was  bad 
both  for  employers  and  men.  Men 
were  often  late,  and a  system  of  docking 
for  lost  time  is  irritating  alike  to  em­
ployer  and  force.  Then,  too,  men  are 
tired  before  the  day’s  work  begins  and 
their  services  are  not  so  valuable.  Such 
circumstances  make 
it  difficult  for  a 
firm  to  get  or  keep  high-grade  work­
men.  The  men  composing  the  National 
Cash  Register  Co.  are  not  the  sort  of 
men  to  be  beaten  by  circumstances.

Mr.  Patterson,  a  man  of  broad  culture 
and  kindly 
impulses,  a  man  who  be­
lieves  the  truest  philanthropy  is  teach­
ing  people  to  help  themselves,  with  his 
managerial  force  set  their  wits  to  work 
to  overcome  the  disadvantages  sur­
rounding  the  homes  of  their  workmen 
and  their  own  shops. 
The  manage­
ment  had  a  desk  placed  at  a  convenient 
point  in  the  shops  and  all  employes 
were  invited  to  state  their  complaints, 
grievances  and  wishes  for  their com­
fort,  with  suggestions  for  improvement 
in  work  and  machinery  for  the  shop.

I  wish  1  might  tell  you  of  the  beauti­
ful  results which have  sprung  from  these 
confidences  between  employer  and  em­
ployed ;  of  the  large,  cleanly  toilet  and 
bath  rooms  for  both  men  and  women 
employes;  of  the  top  floor  of  one  build­
ing  put  in  fine  order as  a  lunch  room 
for  the  several  hundred  women  em­
in  the  shops ;  tables  and  all  the 
ployed 
room 
in  snowy-white  paint,  while  the 
great  white  pillars  supporting  the  roof 
are  twined  with  growing  vines ;  of  the 
lunches  at  cost ;  of  the  rest  rooms 
hot 
for  those  taken  suddenly 
ill,  and  of 
many  other  things  which  make  this  es­
tablishment  the  most altruistic manufac­
tory, I  believe,  in  the  world.  But  I  can 
not  do  this,  for  this  article  is  devoted 
to  the  village  improvement  work  inaug­
urated  by  Mr.  Patterson.

About  five  years  ago the  company  or­
dered  all  the  old  boxes,  barrels  and 
rubbish  cleared  away  from  around  the 
factory  and  all 
its  departments,  and 
sowed  all  the  ground 
in  grass  and 
planted  shrubbery,  trees  and  flowers. 
Finally  it  was  decided  to  employ  scien­
tific  help,  and  John  Olmstead,  of  the 
well-known  firm  of  landscape gardeners, 
was  induced  to  come  to  lay  out  the  fac­
tory  grounds  and  the  yards  of  some  cot­
tages  owned  by  officers  of  the  company.

fine 

year 

stereopticon 

improvement 

Mr.  Patterson  says:  “ By  the  follow­
ing 
such  a  change  had  been 
wrought  that  we  thought  it  would  be  a 
good  thing  if  all  the  people  o f ‘ Slider- 
ton’  (now  called  South  Park)  only  knew 
how  simply  and  cheaply  this  work could 
be  done.  Mr.  Olmstead  showed  us  by 
precept  and  example  how  to  d o it.”  
An 
association  was 
formed,  and  Mr.  Patterson  secured  an 
exceptionally 
and 
showed  by  practical 
illustration  the 
right  and  wrong  way  of  planting a lawn. 
Photographs  were  secured  from  Miss 
Gould,  Mr.  Olmstead,  the Vanderbilt es­
tate, and  from  the  best  home  and foreign 
sources,  made  into  slides,  until  now  the 
company  owns  about  2,500 
.colored 
views,  many  of  them  as  beautiful  as 
In  addition  to 
water  color  paintings. 
these  beautiful  views  are  others 
in­
tended  as  object  lessons,  slides  in  plain 
lettering  which  set  forth  the  first  prin­
ciples  of  landscape  gardening,  and  so 
thoroughly  drilled  are  old  and  young  in 
these  principles  that  Mr.  Patterson  tells 
us  even  very  young  children  in  South 
Park  can  tell  you  that  the  first  principle 
is,  “ Preserve  open  lawn  centers;”   the 
second,  “ Plant in masses,  not isolated ;" 
the  third,  “ Avoid  straight  lines.”

Then  the  audiences  are  shown,  by  the 
use  of  slides, 
the  style  of  planting 
called  nursery  style,  where  trees  and 
shrubbery  are  dotted  evenly  all  over  the 
ground;  then  the  contrast  is 
shown 
where  the  flowers  and  shrubbery  are 
massed  along  the  sides  in  curving lines, 
leaving  a  clear  space  in  the  center  of 
lawn  for  play,  work  and  grass.

its  extended 

ideal  garden 

Other  slides  illustrate  the  way  to  set 
young  plants 
in  the  ground,  when 
planted  too  shallow,  too  deep,  when  the 
roots  are  all  knotted,  and  then  a  plant 
is  shown  which 
is  set  in  the  ground 
just  right.  Slides  are  made  of  quota­
tions  from  great  writers  which  help  to 
impress  certain  rules  on  the mind  of  the 
reader,  such  as  “ The 
is 
one  where  there  is  something  in  bloom 
from  the  snowdrop  of  earliest  spring  to 
the  chrysanthemum  the  latest  autumn.”  
— La  Mance. 
“ Never cut  a  tree.  The 
nurseryman  must  trim  and  prune  to 
make  a  trunk;  but  when  once  set  in 
our  lawns,  the  beauty  of  a  tree  lies  in 
the  grace  of 
limbs  and 
top.  Chop  off  the  tail  of  your  dog,  if 
you  must,  and  shear  his  ears,  if  you 
will,  but  never  cut  a  tree. 
A.  A. 
Thomas.  Such  quotations  as  these,  and 
many  others,  are  freely  used  and  have 
their  effect. 
In  addition  to  showing 
these  slides  at  the  clubs,  Sunday schools 
and  wherever  opportunity  offered,  Mr. 
Patterson  and  his  aides  talked  of  the 
work  constantly,  until  the  people  of 
South  Park  thoroughly  understood  what 
was  wanted  of them.  A  most  enthusi­
astic 
association  was 
formed.  Mr.  Patterson  offered  cash 
prizes  for  the  best  kept  lawn,  the  best 
alley,  the  prettiest  backyard,  and  made 
arrangements  with 
florists,  seedsmen 
and  nurserymen  to  furnish  their  stock 
to this  organization  at  greatly  reduced 
prices.  The  first  year’s  work  of the  As­
sociation  worked  such  changes  in  South 
Park  that  the  prize  offers  were  renewed 
with  additional  prizes,  which  were  con­
tended  for  by  hundreds.  To-day  prac­
tically  all  South  Park  is  organized  to 
fight  dirt  and  disease  and  beautify  the 
entire  town  as  well  as individual homes. 
Street  vies  with  street,  square  with 
square,  yard  with  yard,  as  to  which 
shall  claim  the  honor of  being  the  most 
beautiful  in  South  Park.

improvement 

But  the  Association  had  not  all  easy 
There  were  plenty  of those

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Roasters,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Balancing the Account.

" Y e s ,”   she  said,  "m y  husband  in­
sisted  that  I  should  keep  a  household 
cashbook,  and  I  am  glad  to  say  that  I 
am  always  able  to make the  account bal­
ance. ”

"E ven  to  the  penny?”   enquired  the 

neighbor  incredulously.

"E ven  to  the  penny,”   was  the  reply.
"W ell,  I  don’t  see  how  you  do  it.”
"Oh,  it’s  very  easy.  When  it  doesn’t 
come  out  right  I  say,  ‘ Oh,  dear,  I'm  a 
dollar  and  fifteen  cents  out  of  the  way.’ 
Then  in  a  minute  or  two  I  ask: 
‘ John, 
what 
in  the  world  do  you  think  I  did 
with  that  money?’  I  grumble  and  scold 
for  ten  or  fifteen  minutes  and  make  him 
add  up  the  figures  for  me,  and finally  he 
says: 
‘ My dear,  I  believe  you  gave  me 
$1.15  for  something  this  morning  when 
I  was  going  downtown.’  So  he  pays  it 
to  me  and  everything  balances 
just 
right.”

"B ut  does  he  always  do  it?”
"Always.  You  see,  he  can't  read  his 
paper  in  peace  until  my  cash  account 
comes  out  even,and  it  serves  him  right, 
too,  for  making  me  keep  it.”

When  a  man  nearly  breaks  his neck in 
getting  out  of  the  way  of  a  lightning- 
bug,  supposing 
it  to  be  the  light  of  a 
locomotive,  it 
is  time  for  him  to  sign 
the  pledge.

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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obstinate  people  who  are  pleased  to  call 
themselves  conservative.  There  were 
plenty  of  indolent  ones  who  objected  to 
the  labor  of  cutting  lawns  and  cleaning 
alleys.  For  such  the  camera  and  stere- 
opticon  did  the  work.  A  blacksmith 
who  owned  a  vacant  lot  beside his shop, 
which  bore  the  accumulations  of  years 
of  ashes,  old  iron,  broken  vehicles,  bar­
rels  by  the  hundred,  and  weeds  as  high 
as  the  shop,  was  a  particularly  hard 
customer  to  handle.  His  sole  answer 
to  all  committees  was,  " I f   they  wanted 
that  lot  cleaned  they  could  do  it  them­
selves,  he  never  would.”   One  week 
after  a  photograph  of  the  lot  bad  been 
made 
into  a  slide  and  shown  to the 
public  that  lot  was  in  fine  order.  So 
with 
lots  owned  by  non-residents  who 
permitted  lots  to  be  used  as  a  dumping 
ground ;  photographs  sent  them  usually 
brought  them  to  terms.  Great  difficulty, 
too,  was  had  with  a  street  occupied 
largely  by  washerwomen  and  char­
women.  Their  answer  was  they  were 
too  busy  with  their  work  and  washing 
to  attend  to  their  yards  and  alleys;  il 
Mr.  Patterson  wanted  them  cleaned  and 
made  pretty  he  could  do  it  himself,they 
wouldn't.

Mr.  Patterson  invited  about  two  hun­
dred  of  the  most  difficult  women  of  this 
street  to  an  entertainment  in  the  hall  of 
the  National  Cash  Register  Co.  pro­
vided  for  South  Park  gatherings.  They 
were  not  told  the  nature  of  the  meeting 
when  invited,  but  may  have  had  their 
suspicions.  However,  they  were  enter­
tained  by  Mr.  Patterson  and  his  ftiends 
with  the  most  winning  courtesy.  Music, 
an  exquisitely  appointed  dinner,  served 
in  courses,  and  after  dinner  the  stere- 
opticon  was  brought  out  and  did  its 
work.  The  contrasts  of  light  and  shade 
were  too  much  for them.  To  a  woman 
they  joined  the  Association.

There  are  yet  a  few  places  in  South 
Park  that  are  eyesores  to  the  residents, 
but  this  year  a  strong  effort  is  being 
made  to  remove  the  worst  of  them.

remove  are  requested  to 

Persons  who  have  high  board  fences 
which  they  will  not,  or  feel  they  can 
not, 
cover 
them  with  vines,  and  nearly  all  do  so. 
This  is  not  only  beautiful,  but  most 
effectually  shuts  out  the  bill  poster,  who 
would  be  severely  punished  if  caught 
tearing  them  down.  There 
is  not  a 
lamp-post  or  telephone  pole  in  South 
Park  but  that  is  wreathed  with  vines. 
On  miles  of  streets there  are  no  fences 
to  be  seen. 
In  the  older  parts  of  the 
town  many  fences  still  remain,  but  they 
are  usually  made  of  wire  netting  and 
used  as  a  place  to  hang  vines  upon  and 
as  a  means  of  additional  adornment. 
The  beauty  of  some  of  these  streets  is 
is  pronounced 
entrancing.  One  street 
by  Mr.  Olmstead  the  most  beautiful 
in 
the  wor'd,  size  and  cost  of  houses  con­
sidered.

One  point  dwelt  upon  by this Associa­
tion  in  this  flower  work  is  that  the  best 
and  finest  effects  are  to  be  obtained 
from  our  hardy  annuals,  such  as  morn­
ing  glories,  sweet  peas,  nasturtiums, 
zinnias,  chrysanthemums,  phlox,  pet­
unias,  ricinus,  while  in  bedding  plants, 
cannas,  caladiums,  geraniums  and  such 
plants  as  can  be  depended  upon  in  our 
climate  to  give  good  results.

The  good  work  done  by  this  Associa­
is  not  confined  to  the  lawns  and 
tion 
streets. 
It  has  a  crematory  for  garbage 
and  a  unique  arrangement  in  which  to 
collect  garbage.  First  in  the  yard  is 
sunk  a  tile,  such  as  is  used  for  sewers. 
It  is  eighteen  inches  in  diameter  and 
twenty-eight  inches  deep,  the  top  of  the 
large  end  of  the  tile  projects 
three

inches  above  the  soil.  The  bucket  to 
fit  in  this  tile  is  of  galvanized  iron,  has 
a  lid  and  strong  bail  for  convenience  in 
It  also  has  a 
lifting  and  carrying  it. 
conical  bottom,  which  precludes 
its 
standing 
in  any  but  its  proper  place. 
This  is  both  convenient  and  cheap,  as 
well  as  serviceable.

" Y e s ;”  

Has  it  paid,  you  ask,  this  outlay  by 
Its  answer  is  a  de­
this  corporation? 
in  comfort,  health, 
cided 
beauty  and  good  citizenship. 
It  has 
been  enabled to  get  and  keep  a  superior 
class  of  workmen. 
It  has  raised  the 
value  of  property.  Now  it  is,  the  nearer 
the  shops,  the  higher  the  rent. 
It  has 
set  manufacturers  and  social  economists 
in  this  country  and  Europe  to  studying 
and  to  copying.  Yes,  it  has  paid,  and 
paid  well. 

Jessie  M.  Good.

The  Snccess  of a F arm er’s  Boy.

From Harper’s Weekly.

landscape. 

A  banker,  a 

lawyer  and  a  preacher 
sat  in  a  parlor  car  on  the  Hudson  River 
Railroad  enjoying  the  beauty  of  a  Cen­
tral  New  York 
"O n  that 
farm,”   said  the  banker,  pointing  out  of 
the  car  window,  "fourteen  years  ago 
Dr.  James  F.  McKernon,  then  a  farm­
er's  boy,  tended  a  sick  sheep.  He  was 
skillful,  gentle  and  patient;  the  suffer­
ing  animal  got  well.  There were  vague 
dreams  of  another  life,  of  study  and 
struggle,  on  his  mind,  and  the  young 
man  borrowed  some  money  the  follow­
ing  autumn  and  came  to  New  York. 
Eleven  years  ago  he  was  graduated  at 
the  Columbia  Medical  College— after 
three  years  of  work  and  recitation  from 
7  a.  m.  until  u   p.  m.,  study  until  i 
a.  m.,  and  as  scant  time  for  eating  as 
for  sleeping. 
In  six  weeks  after  gradu­
ation  he  was  supporting  himself,  exam­
ining  applicants  for  insurance  in  an  in­
dustrial  company. 
five  years  he 
was  able  to  study  a  specialty  in  the 
treatment  of  the  throat  and  ear.  He  is 
making  $25,000 a  year  now,  and  works 
just  as  hard  as  he  ever  did.  He  is  one 
instance  of the  farmer’s  boy  who  comes 
to  the  city  and  conquers  fame  and  for­
tune,  but  there  are  not  so  many  now  as 
there  used  to  be.”

And  there  seems  to  be  considerable 
food  for  reflection 
in  this  last  state­
ment.  Perhaps  one  hears  less  of  these 
ambitious  country  lads  than  in  the  old 
days.

In 

W histling  in  Public.

From the Philadelphia Record.

"Nowhere  but 

in  the  United  States 
and  England  do  men  and  boys  whistle 
in  public  without  shame,”   said  a  trav­
eler  the  other  night  who  is  on  his  way 
around  the  world  for  the  third  time. 
"In   France  I  have  heard  men  hum  on 
the  streets,  and  in  Germany  and  Russia 
I  have  even  heard  them  sing,  but not 
intoxicated  will 
even  when  they  are 
these  foreigners  whistle  as  we  do. 
It  is 
odd  that  we  should  have  this  habit.  It 
is  common  to  the  wealthy  and  high bom 
among  us,  as  well  as  to the  poor  and 
lowly.  Only  this  afternoon  I  saw  a 
young  man,  who  aims  at  exclusiveness 
and  has  a  valet,  whisting  ‘ Dolly  Gray’ 
on  Chestnut  street  as  loudly  as  he could. 
Here  and  there  some  one  smiled  lightly 
at  him,  but  he  attracted  no  undue  atten­
tion,  whereas,  had  he  been  in  Paris  or 
in  St.  Petersburg,  they  would  probably 
have  locked  him  up  for  a  lunatic.  The 
Japanese  and  Chinese  never  whistle. 
All  those  whom  I  have  met  do  not  know 
how  and  they  can  not  learn. 
I  have 
been  informed,  as  a  matter of  fact,  that 
neither  the  Japanese  nor  the  Chinese 
language  has  a  word  for  whistling.”

I t  W ould  Pay  Some  One.

"There 

is  no  doubt  that  this  scheme 

will  pay,”   said  the  promoter.

" Y e s ,”   answered  the  purchaser  of 
" I   suppose  so.  But  who  is  to 

stock. 
get  the  money?”

About  the  best  plan  to  stop  the  sale 

of  liquor  is  to  give  it  away.

Smoking 

is  undoubtedly  injurious— 

to  the  tobacco.

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Beechwood,  10  cents 
Richmond,  10 cents 
Spiced  Sugar Tops,  8  cents

All  have  the  crowning  flavor  found  only  in  goods  made 

by  Sears.

Commence  at  Once

Order  a  box  or  can  of  each.  Now  is  the  time  to  take  ad­
vantage  of  summer  requirements.  Your  customers  are  look­
ing  for  “ S e a r s  R ea d y  t o   S e r v e  G o o d s”   to  avoid  the  incon­
venience,  worry  and  heat  of  home  baking.

Frequent  Changes

in  the  varieties  of  cakes  you  handle  m a k e  y o u r  t r a d e  in ­
c r e a s e .  W e  are  presenting  something  new  continually. 
Samples  for  asking.
SEARS BAKERY, Grand Rapids, Mich.

(Remember “ Rube Sears”)

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The  M eat M arket

Rem arkable  D evelopm ent of the  Dressed 

• 

Beef Industry.

Twenty-five  years  ago  consumers  of 
fresh  meat  depended  entirely upon  local 
slaughter  for  their supply.  Each  town 
had 
its  own  slaughter  house,  and  the 
animals  slaughtered  were  home-grown 
almost  entirely.  Rural 
communities 
were  supplied  by  home  killing  when 
weather  conditions  would 
insure  safe 
keeping  of  the  product.  The  use  of 
fresh  meat,  except  in  cities  and  towns, 
was 
irregular  and  the  staple  of  fiesh 
food  was  salted  or  smoked  meats.  The 
quality  of  beef  used 
in  different  sec­
tions  under  this  old  order of  things  var­
ied  widely,  each  community  being 
its  own  re­
largely  dependent  upon 
sources  of  production. 
In  some  of the 
larger  centers  of  population  there  was  a 
growing  trade  in  animals  shipped  on 
the  hoof  to  points  of  local  slaughter, 
but  most  communities  depended  upon 
animals  reared  at  home.  There  was 
little  uniformity 
in  the  quality  of  the 
meat  supply  of  the  different  sections, 
ranging  from  the  tough,  stringy  product 
of  the  Spanish  long-horns  of  the  South 
to  the  superannuated  milch  cow  and 
aged  oxen  that  in  New  England  went to 
the  block,  after  a  lifetime  of  usefulness 
in  their  especial  fields,  up  to the  early 
representatives  of  the  present  beef 
breeds  that  found  pasturage  in  the  Cen­
tral  West.  Prior  to  1870  what  may  be 
designated  as  commercial  killing of cat­
tle  as  distinguished  from  slaughter  for 
immediate  use 
in  the  locality  where 
killed  was  confined  to  the  manufacture 
of  smoked  and  salted  beef, barreled  beef 
and  beef  hams.  To  make  these  prod­
ucts  required  neither  large  capital  nor 
especial  skill,  and  as  a  consequence 
there  was  no  great  reason  for concentra­
tion  in  given  localities.  Up to this  stage 
in  our  meat-producing  history  natural 
conditions  favored  the small butcher and 
local  slaughterer.  He  alone  could  sup­
ply his  community  with  fresh  meat,  and 
the  wholesale  slaughterer  had  no  advan­
tage  over  him  in  the  production  of  salt 
or  smoked  product.  To  illustrate  the 
supremacy  of  the  1 ocal  butcher  at  this 
date,  Chicago,  the  only 
import  or 
slaughter  point  for other than  local  con­
sumption,  killed  but  108,385  cattle,  or 
about  1.4  pounds  of  meat  per  capita  for 
the  38,000,000  population  of the country. 
In  1900,  with  the  population  of  the 
country  reaching  75,000,000,  Chicago 
killed  1,794,000  cattle,  or  enough  to 
make  nearly  twelve  pounds  of  meat  per 
capita,  while  three  other  points 
in  the 
West  furnished  a  supply  equal  to  an 
additional 
fifteen  pounds  per  capita.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

is 

large  business, 

story  of the  relative  cheapness  of  con­
ducting  a 
the  small 
economies  being  more  than  enough  to 
turn  the  scale.  The  complete  utiliza­
tion  of the  by-products  which  the  Chi­
cago  packer  practices  and  which  in  the 
nature  of  things 
impossible  to  the 
small  butcher  is  the  secret  of the  transi­
tion  from  a  local  meat  supply  to  a  de­
pendence  upon  a  few  packing  centers. 
These  economies  of  management,  and 
the  creation  of a  money  value  for  prod­
ucts  formerly  waste,  represent  not  only 
an  excuse,  but  the  reason  for  the  exist­
ence  of  the  great  packing  firms  of  to­
day.  Where  the  old  butcher slaughtered 
in  order to  sell  the  meat  and  threw  or 
gave  away  the entrails, blood  and refuse, 
in  a  modern  establishment  if  the  blood 
alone  were  allowed  to  go  to  waste  it 
would  carry  into the sewer all  the  profits 
of  the  business.  Every  part  of  the  ani­
mal  is  utilized,  and»even  the  undigested 
contents  of  the  stomach  are  washed, 
dried  and  given  a  market  value.

from 

The  utilization  of  products  goes  even 
further.  Where  the  carcass  furnished  ,a 
raw  product  the  packer  secures  a  man­
ufacturer’s  profit  by  converting  it  into 
the  finished  material.  The  profit  which 
the  packer  secures 
this  careful 
utilization  makes  it  impossible  for the 
small  butcher  to  produce  his  meat  at  a 
competing  price,  and  his  passing  away 
was  therefore  simply  another  illustra­
tion  of  the 
inexorable  law  of  the  sur­
vival  of  the  fittest.  To  give  a  concrete 
example  of  the  effect  of  this  utilization 
upon  the  selling  price  of  meat  the  fol­
lowing  facts  are  taken  from  the  busi­
ness  records  of  a  Kansas  City  packer: 
Forty  native  cattle,  bought  in  Kansas 
City  at  $4.55  per cwt.,  weighed  on  the 
hoof  an  average  of  1,285  pounds.  They

Nowhere  else  in  our  industrial  history 
is  there  another case  of  so  sudden  and 
complete  a  transition  from  small  indus­
trial  establishments  to  gigantic  concen­
trations  of  capital  as  in  the  slaughter­
ing  business.

importance 

Beginning  with  the  local  butcher fully- 
controlling  the  production  of  meat  in 
1870,  before  the  close  of  the  decade  he 
was  practically  eliminated.  Such  sud­
den  revolution  is  necessarily  the  result 
of  some  radical  change  in  trade  condi­
tions. 
In  1869  G.  H.  Hammond,  of 
Chicago,  conceived the  plan  of  shipping 
fresh  beef  during  the  very  cold  weather 
to  points  within  easy  reach.  The  car­
cass  was  hung  in  an  ordinary  box  car 
and  routed  to  points  which  might  be 
reached  before  any  change  in  weather 
should  cause 
loss.  The  venture  was 
profitable  and  when  the  weather  became 
warmer  the  burying  of  the  meat  in  ice 
during  its  shipment  was but  a  short  step 
forward.  From  this  point  the  develop­
ment  of  artificial  cooling  plants  and  in­
troduction  of  refrigerator  transportation 
were  a  natural  sequence,  and  within five 
years  was  firmly  established  the  begin­
ning  of  the  present  dressed  meat  trade.
For  some  years  the  business  struggled 
with  the  prejudice  against  “ Chicago 
meat’ ’  which 
local  butchers  naturally 
cultivated,  and it  was  not  until  the  early 
'80s  that  the  business  began  to  develop 
the  overshadowing 
in  the 
country's  meat  trade  which  it  now  pos­
sesses.  While  the  sudden  growth  of 
this  business  has  been  remarkable,  the 
concentration  of 
it  in  a  comparatively 
small  number  of  establishments  is  not 
less  so.  As  soon  as  the  problem of trans­
porting  fresh  meat  was  solved  it  wid­
ened  the  field  of the butchers' operations 
from  the  neighborhood  to  the  world, 
but  successfully  to'  take  advantage  of 
the  new  conditions  required  the  use  of 
enormous  capital.  Both  capital  and 
experience  had  been  acquired  in  Chi­
cago  in  prosecuting  the  business  along 
the  old  lines,  the  manufacture  of  salted 
product,  and  on  this  account  that  city 
was 
in  a  position  immediately  to  oc­
cupy  the  field.  It  was  already  the  great 
cattle  market;  it  was  tributary  to  the 
great  cattle  pastures;  its  operations  in 
hog  slaughter  had  brought  its  packers 
into  business  relations  with  all  parts  of 
the  country  and  it  was  but  natural  that 
it  should  assume  first  place  in  the  new 
business.  At  this  point,  however,  the 
Chicago  packer  was  still  nominally  at a 
disadvantage 
in  any  contest  with  the 
local  butcher  for  his  home  market,  be­
cause  the  local  man  bad  in  his favor  the 
cost  of  refrigeration  and  transportation 
from  Chicago  to  his  locality:  The solv­
ing  of  this  problem  was  simply  the  old

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99 Griswold  St. 

Detroit, Mich

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance Co.

Organized 1881.

Cash Capital, $400,000.  Nat Surplus, $200,000.
D. Whitney, Jr., Pres.

Detroit, Michigaa.
Cook Assets, $800,000.
D. M. F erry, Vice 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.  L. 
Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James  Edgar,  H. 
Kirke  White,  H.  P.  Baldwin,  Hugo 
Scherer,  F.  A.  Schulte,  Wm.  V.  Brace, 
James  McMillan,  F.  E.  Driggs,  Henry 
Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S. 
G.  Gaskey,  Chas.  Stinchfield,  Francis  F. 
Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey,  David  C.  Whit­
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F. Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C. Jenks.

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capacity.  Has  measured  carbide  feed, 
automatic residuum discharge  and  fresh 
water  supply.  30,  50,  75,  100,  200,  350, 
500,  1,000 light and town plants in opera­
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Agents  protected.  Write  for  territory 

and terms to the trade.

Call at our exhibit at Buffalo, Acetylene 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

W hat Cold  Storage  Has  Done.

Speaking  about  the  progress  made  in 
cold  storage  and  its  effect upon  the sum­
mer  life  of  a  metropolitan  city,  a  cold 
storage  man  of  Philadelphia  says:

the 

With 

increase  of  refrigeration 
plants  there  seems  to  be  no  end  to  the 
possibilities  of  cold  storage  processes. 
Butchers  and  produce  dealers  are  no 
longer  afraid  to  take  advantage  of  the 
market  for  fear of  having  a  iarge  stock 
spoil  on  their hands.  They  have  only 
to  put  it  in  cold  storage  and  await  a de­
mand  which  is  sure  to  come  sooner  or 
later.  Meat  and  fruit  are  sold  in  Phil­
adelphia  to-day  that  were  put  away  six 
months  ago.  There  is  no  deterioration 
in  the  quality  of the  meat,  and  it  is  a 
fact  that  poultry  improves  by  the refrig­
erating  process.

Coal  Oil  Meat  Inspection  in  Denver. 
The  meat  inspector  of  Denver,  Col., 
has  a  system  of  disposing  of  the  meat 
he  condemns  that  is  all  his  own  idea,

17

he  says.  He  visits  the  retail  markets 
and  looks  at  all  the  meat  in  the  ice  box 
and  on  the  racks. 
If  he  finds  a  piece 
which  has  become  tainted  he  pours  coal 
oil  over all  the  condemned  meat. 
In  a 
very  short  time  the  meat  is  saturated 
and  useless  to  the  butcher.  The  meat 
inspector  declares  that  his  plan  is  the 
most  effective  and  at  the  same  time  the 
simplest  ever  tried.  We  take  his  word 
for  it  that  the  method  is  simple,  but 
venture  to  say  that  the  butchers  of  this 
part  of  the  country  would  not  submit  to 
such  a  method-  Because  a  quarter  of 
beef  happens  to  be  tainted  on  one  spot 
does  not  make  the  whole  quarter  unfit 
for  food.  A  little  trimming  would  save 
it.  The  coal  oil  spoils  the  whole piece. 
Denver  butchers  are  reputed  to  be  great 
fighters  for their  rights,  but  the  reputa­
tion  does  not  seem  deserved  when  it 
is 
known  they  “ stand  for”   the  coal  oil 
process  of  inspection.

If  Delaware’s  peach  crop  is  really  a 

failure  it  won’t  be  because  of  a  frost.

dressed  out  58.8  per cent,  of  meat,  or 
756  pounds  per  carcass.

The  actual  cost  of  this  fresh  beef 
dressed,  after  deducting  the  market 
value  of  the  hides  and  fat,  was $6.55 
per  cwt.  The  cost  delivered  at  New 
York,  where  the  meat  was  sold,  was: 
Cost  at  Kansas  City  per  cwt., 
Freight  per  cwt.,  * 
Icing  and  re-icing  per  cwt., 
Shrinkage  1 yi  per  cent., 

-  $6.55 
.68^
.09^ 
.11

- 

- 

Total,  $7.44
This  beef  was  sold  in  New  York  at 
an  average  price  of  $7.37  per  cwt.  Ap­
parently  this 
is  less  than  cost,  but  the 
packer  had  cleaned  the  entrails  and 
used  them  for sausage  casing,  made  fer­
tilizer  from  the  blood,  pickled the  tripe, 
made  glue  from  the  head  and  sinews, 
sold  the  livers,  hearts,  tails  and  brains, 
canned  the  tongues,  used  hoofs  and 
horns,  and  in  spite  of  the  apparent  loss 
in  the  transaction  had  really  secured  a 
fair  profit.  As  a  matter  of  fact  packers 
consider  10  per cent,  of  the  value  of  the 
offal  a  fair standard  for their  profit.

B.  W.  Snow.

Cow-Killing and  H eat-D ressing  Contest. 
From the Detroit Free Press.

Arrangements  are  being  completed 
by  a  committee  of  the  Michigan  Butch­
ers’  Protective  Association  for  a  big 
public  beef-killing  and  dressing  contest 
and  barbecue  to  be  given  at  Highland 
Park  August  27.  This  is  the  first  ven- 
ture.of  the  kind  ever  undertaken  by  the 
Association,  and  probably  the  first  of 
the  kind  ever  given  in  this  part  of  the 
country.

The  prominent  feature  of the barbecue 
will  be  the  contests  in  beef  and  sheep 
killing  and  dressing.

J.  A.  Reichenbach,  Secretary  of  the 
Association,  says  that  an  effort  will  be 
made  to  get  the  women  to  attend,  as  the 
gruesome  features  of  death  and  the after 
effects  will  be  entirely  done  away  with. 
The  work  will  be  done  on  platforms 
erected  for the  purpose.

Secretary  Reichenbach  says  that  the 
brutal  method  of  bitting  a  cow  on  the 
head  with  an  ax  wili  not  be  used,  but 
that  the  animal  will  be  shot  instead. 
Shooting,  he  says,  is  the  most  humane 
way  death  can  be  dealt  out  to  cattle.

The  plan  as  outlined  yesterday  after­
noon  is  as  follows:  A  large  bullock  will 
be  led  up  to  the  platform,  on  which  the 
dressers  will  stand.  The  animal  will 
be  shot,  and  with  a  dexterous  move­
ment  the  beast’s  throat  will  be  cut.  The 
platform  will  be  so  arranged  that  the 
blood  will  scarcely  be  visible,  so  that 
women  who  fear  the  sight  of  the  fluid 
of  life  will  think  they  are  at  a  foot  ball 
game  or a  pink  tea,  so neatly will every­
thing  be  done.  The most  offensive  por­
tion  of  the  work,  that  of  removing  the 
entrails,  will  be  done  as  slick  as  a fakir 
works  the  shell  game.  A  trap  in  the 
platform  will 
lead  directly  into  a  cov­
ered  wagon.  As  soon  as  the  head  is 
removed  the  body  will  be  slit,  and  the 
entrails  will  be  shoved  from  sigh,  with 
one  rapid  movement.  The  clean  car­
cass  will  then  be  ready  for  dressing.

Experts  from  all  parts  of  the  country 
are  expected  to  be  here  to  show  their 
skill.  There  will  be  several  contests  in 
the  various  grades  of  sheep  dressing, 
and  prizes  will  be  awarded  on  the  per­
centage  plan. 
In  other  words,  if one 
man  dresses  a  carcass  in  five  and  a  half 
minutes  and  another  in  six  minutes,  but 
the  first  dresser  marks  the  meat and slits 
the  hide  in  one  or  two  places,  each 
blemish  will  add  so  many  seconds  to 
his  time.  Thus  the  six-minute  man,  if 
the  carcass  he  dresses  is  perfect,  will 
be  awarded  the  prize.
All  the  meat,  and 

it  will  be  of  the 
best,  according  to  Secretary  Reichen­
bach,  will  be  roasted  and  an  old-fash­
ioned  barbecue  will  follow. 
In  addi­
tion  there  will  be  an  automobile  race,  a 
horse  race  or  two  and  several  other 
sports. 

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Tender T ribute to tb e Cow.

At the  opening of the  great  Wornall- 
Robbins Shorthorn  sale  recently,held  at

Kansas  City,  Col.  Woods,  the  auction­
eer,  paid  the  following  beautiful  tribute 
to  the  cow:

Grand  and  noble  brute;  of  all  God’s 
animal  gifts  to  man,  she  is  the  great­
est.  To her  we  owe  the  most.  Examine 
into  all  the  different  ramifications  and 
channels  of  our  commerce  into  which 
she  enters,  and  note  the  result  should 
she  be  blotted  out.  A  Sunday  stillness 
would  then  pervade  the  great  stockyard 
industries  of  our  large  cities,  and  grass 
would grow  in  the  streets.  Seventy-five 
per  cent,  of  the  great  freight  trains  that 
plow  the  continent  from  ocean  to  ocean 
would  sidetrack, 
for  there  would  be 
nothing  for  them  to  do.  Fully  50  per 
cent,  of  tbe  laborers  of  America  would 
draw  no  pay  on  Saturday  night,  and  our 
tables  would  be  bare  of  the greatest  lux­
uries  with  which  they  are  loaded.  The 
great  Western  plains  that  she  has  made 
to  blossom  (financially) 
like  the  rose, 
would  revert  to  the Indian,  whence  they 
came,  and  millions  of  prosperous  homes 
would  be  destroyed.

None  other  like  the  cow;  there  is  not 
a  thing 
in  her  make-up,  from  nose  to 
tail,  but  what  is  utilized  for the  use  of 
man.  We  use  her  horns  to  comb  our 
hair;  her  hair keeps  the  plaster on  our 
walls;  her  skin 
is  on  all  our  feet  and 
our  horses’  backs ;  her hoofs  are  made 
into  glue;  her  tail  makes  soup;  she 
gives  our  milk,  our  cream,  our  cheese, 
our  butter,  and  her  flesh 
is  tbe  great 
meat  of  all  nations.  Her  blood  is  used 
to  make  our sugar  white  and  her  bones, 
when  ground,  make  the  greatest  fertil­
izer,  and  even  her  paunch  she  herself 
has  put  through  tbe  first 
chemical 
process  for the  manufacture  of  the  best 
white  board  paper,  and  it  has  been  dis­
covered  that  that  paper  is  tbe  most  last­
ing  material  for  the  manufacture  of 
false  teeth.  No  other animal  works  for 
man  both  day  and  night;  by  day  she 
gathers  the  food,  and  when  we  are 
asleep  at  night,  she  brings  it  back  to 
re-chew  and  manufacture 
into  all  tbe 
things  of  which  I  speak.  She  has  gone 
with  the  man  from  Plymouth  Rock  to 
the  setting  sun;  it  was  her  sons  that 
broke  the  first  sod  in  the  settler’s  clear­
ing ;  it  was  her  sons  that  drew  the 
prairie  schooner  for tbe sturdy pioneers, 
as  inch  by 
inch  they  fought  to  prove 
that:  “ Westward  the  star  of  empire 
takes  its  way,’ ’  and  the  old  cow  grazed 
along  behind;  and  when  the  day’s 
march  was  done  she  came  and  gave  the 
milk  to  fill  tbe  mother’s  breast  to  feed 
the  suckling  babe  that  was,  perchance, 
to  become  the  future  ruler  of  his  coun­
try.

Who says  that  what  we  are  we  do  not 
owe  to  man’s  best  friend,  the  cow? 
Treat  her  kindly,  gently, 
for  without 
her,  words  fail  me  to  describe  the  con­
dition  of  the  human  race  in  this  coun­
try. 

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Nut  Sausages.

Vegetarians  have  been  attending  the 
annual  congress  of  the  Federal  Union 
at  Memorial  Hall,  Farrington  street, 
London,  and  hoping  fervently  for  the 
reclamation  of  the  carnivorous  millions 
outside.
In  accordance  with  the custom at these 
annual  gatherings,  there  was  an  exhibi­
tion  of  preparations  from  which  every 
vestige  of  the  hateful  meat  was  rigor­
ously  excluded,  and  the  popular  light 
luncheon  was  the  rollicking  lentil  sand­
wich,  with  hop  ale  “ on  the  side.”
A  hardened  unbeliever  who  visited 
tbe  exhibition  was  a  little  astonished 
to  discover  at  one  of  the  stalls  a  plate 
of  what looked  like  cutlets.  It  was  reas­
suring,  however,  to  learn  that  they  were 
absolutely 
innocent  of  meat,  and  that, 
like  the  rissoles  on  another  dish,  they 
might  be  eaten  without  a  blush  by  the 
truest  disciple  of turnip.

Nut  foods,  molded  to  counterfeit  the 
shameless  sausage;  countless  extracts 
and  preparations  warranted  to  impart 
more  bone,  brain,  blood and muscle  than 
an  entire  herd  of  prize  cattle,  and  in­
numerable  tabloids,  powders,  syrups, 
desiccated  foods,  breads,  oils,  biscuits 
and  soups,  all  suggestively  named  and 
attractively  put  up,  were  on  show  for 
the  delectation  of  the  faithful  and  the 
conversion  of those  who  wander  in  the 
darkness  of unbelief.

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thorough satisfaction to your patrons,  the  sale  of 
but one dozen per day of

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Our Vinegar to he an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VIN­
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adds, or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit

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

J . ROBINSON, Manager.

Benton  Harbor,Michigan.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

“ Big 

in  pitater  planters.  Only 

would  git  out,”   remarked  Bill. 
bargains 
apiece.  Bakin'  powders  at  cost.  Last 
of  the 
lot  goin’  at  4q cents  a  pound 
New  style  of  dress  gingum.  Can’t  git 
it  nowheres  else.  Seventeen  cents  cash 
in  advance.  Jones’s  new 
’intment  fer 
the  jimjams  $2  a  bottle.  Come  up, 
gents,  come  up.  Your  fer  hard  times, 
Jonesey.’  ”

A  chorus  of  approving  yells  told  Billy 
that  he  had  made  a  hit.  But  the  mer 
chant  was  used  to  these  sallies,  and 
looked  on  with  a  forbearing  grin  until 
the 
laughter  had  subsided.  He  then 
offered  to  either  throw  Bill  out  of  doors 
or  to  set  up  the  cigars  as  seemed best  to 
the  crowd.

A satisfactory  adjustment  of  the  affair 
having  been  effected  the  business  of 
buying  and  selling  was  again  resumed 

“ How’s  flour?”   asked  Mr.  Jones. 
“ Four  twenty  for  Gold  Label,”   was 

the  reply.

“ Couldn’t  make  it  even  four?”
“ Great  Scott!  no.  The  house  says 
flour’s  going  fluking  in  a  week  or  two, 
and  not  to  push  it  at  any  price,  but  of 
course  with  old  customers  I  always 
make  my  own  figures.”

“ All  right,  then.  Give  me  five  bar­

rels  at  $4.”

won’t  allow  it.”

“ But  I  tell  you  I  can’t  do  it.  House 

“ You 

just  said  you  made  your  own 

prices,  didn’t  he,  boys?”

That  s  what  he  did,”   answered 
Billy  so  promptly  that  no  one  could 
truthfully  accuse  him  of  inattention.

“ Course  he  said 

it,”   assented  the 

Weather  Prophet  looking  wise.

“ Yes,  Mr.  Jones.  I  don’t  know  but  I 
id,  but  if  I  did,  I  didn’t  mean  it  that 
way.  You  know  what  I  mean.  I  meant 
that— ”

“ Don’t  you  buy  a  cent’s  worth  of 
if  he  backs  an’  fills  aroun’  like 

him 
that,”   insisted  the  Oldest  Inhabitant.

“ I  would  like  to  buy  some  flour,  but 
I  expect  to  get  it  as  cheap  from  him  as 
I  can  from  Bruce’s  man,”   said  the 
merchant  addressing  the  gathering.

“ What  kind  o’  blamed  canned  goods 
is  this?”   asked  Billy  Simms,  suddenly. 
Billy  had  been 
investigating  the  con­
tents  of  the  drummer’s  open  grip,  and 
was  examining  a  round  nickel  plated 
box  with  considerable  curiosity.

‘ ‘ That  hain’t 

canned  goods,  yo’ 
blamed  lunatic,  that’s  terbacker,”   said 
the  Weather  Prophet. 
“ Don’t  yo’ 
know  nothin’ ?”

“ Le’mme  see  it,”   demanded the Old­
est  Inhabitant. 
looks  like  one  o’ 
them  rigs  that  fellers  that  used  to  come 
her’  a  fishin’  afore  the railroad was built 
kep’  their  reels  into.”

“ It 

“ You’re  mistaken,  boys,”   said  the 
drummer,  “ it’s  only  a  collar  box.  Now 
about  that  flour,  Mr.  Jones,  you  know 
what  kind  of  stuff  Bruce  sells.  You 
wouldn’t  put  it  on  your  table  and  you 
couldn’t  eat  it  on  a  bet.  What  you  want 
s  good  stuff  and  that’s  what  we  give 
you  in  Gold  Label.  Always  handle  the 
best  and  there  will  be  no  complaints.”  
“ Yes,  I  know  Gold  Label  is  all  right, 
but  Bruce’s  flour  is  good,  too. 
I ’ve  got 
lots  of  trade  that  likes  Bruce’s  goods 
better’n  yours. 
I  ain’t  very  particular 
which  kind  I  buy.”

“ I  might  shade  the  price  on  a  round 
shipment.  Could  you  use  twenty-five 
barrels?”

“ How  much  cheaper  would  it  be?”  
it  $4.10 seeing 
“ Oh,  I  might  make 
you’re  an  old  customer.”

“ Call  it  $4,  and  I’ll  take  five.”
“ Sav  ten  and  I’ll  send  in  the  nr#w

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WILKS  OF TH E  TRAVELER.

Grocer,  Yielding  to  H is  Im portunities 

Buys  W hat  He  Doesn’t  W ant.

Mr.  Jones,  the  grocer,  looked  up  from 

his  desk  and  nodded  with  a  smile 
welcome.  Bill  Simms  and  the  Weather 
Prophet  stopped  quarreling  over  the  la 
bor question,  and  the  Oldest  Inhabitant 
slid  off  the  salt  barrel  in  such  haste  that 
he tore  his  overalls  on  a  projecting nai 

“ Blamed  nice  place’ ’  he  growled, 
running  his  thumb  thoughtfully  through 
the  rent. 
“ That’s  what  I  call  criminal 
carelessness.  A  feller  what’ll  leave 
spike  a  mile  long  stickin’  out of a bar’ 
a  purpost  to spile  folkses’  trowsers— 
feller  what’ll  do that,  b’gum,  he  orter 
be  ducked,  dum  if  he  hadn’t .”

But  nobody  noticed  the  Oldest,  for 
Dave  Collins,  the  grocery  drummer  bad 
entered  and  was  shaking  hands.  And 
this  was  the  way  he  went  about  i t : 

“ Glad  to  see  you,  Uncle.  Hope 
you’re  well.  Rheumatism  bother  you 
much  this  winter?  Hello,  Billy,  you 
here?  Thought  you’d  be  off  to  the 
woods  before  this.  A  little  lazy,  Billy 
or  is  it  a  girl?  And  here’s  Daddy,  too, 
Chickens  don’t  trouble  the  garden  now 
adays,  I  erckon,  eh,  Daddy?  Well 
Mose,  how  are  you?  Got  the  cal 
weaned  yet?  Baby  ain’t  through  teeth 
ing,  I  suppose?  Here’s  a  new  thing  in 
a  rubber doll  I  picked up down  the  road 
and  brought  along.  Hand  it  over  with 
my  compliments,  please,  and  say 
it’_ 
from  her  Uncle  David.  You  see  I  have 
a  soft  spot  for  the  girls— I  love  ’em 
a ll,”   and  the  grocery  drummer  winked 
slyly  at  the  crowd,  which  responded 
with  a  generous  laugh.

I  got 

its  equal. 

“ And  now,boys, ”   he  continued,  with 
the  kind  permission  of  Mr.  Jones,  I ’m 
going  to  give  you  each  a  sample  of  my 
new  brand  of  plug.  No objections,  eh. 
All  right.  Well,  this  is  a  special  brand 
of  my  own. 
it  up  just  to  suit 
Michigan  trade,  named it  ‘ Dave’s  Own 
after  myself,  and  I’ll  guarantee  you 
never saw 
It’s  made  from 
the  very  finest  Burley  leaf that  money’ll 
buy,  and  the  casing  is  my  own  pet  for­
mula— no  copperas,  not  too  sweet,  just 
right. 
It  is  soft  and  cheesy,  bites  free, 
is  always  a  pleasant  and  lasty  chew, 
never  makes  the  mouth  sore,  prevents 
baldness,  loss  of sleep,  nervousness  and 
hypochondria,  and  cures  warts,  corns 
and  toothache. 
it  up 
against  the  so-called  standard  brands  of 
the  tobacco  trust,  and it’s  knocking  ’em 
out  just  as  fast  as  it  comes  to  ’em.  Try 
a  chew  of  this  new  and  wonderful  to­
bacco  but  please  remember that it swells 
in  the  mouth,  and  that  you  only  need 
half  as  much  of  this  as  of  any  other 
brand.”

I ’m  putting 

The  pleasantry  and  the  tobacco  were 
well  received,  and  while  the  plug  was 
making  the  rounds,  Billy  Simms,  who 
had  made  the  first  assault  upon  the 
weed,  could  not  let  so  good  an  oppor­
tunity  for  a 
little  pleasant  banter slip 
idly  by.

Careful  there,”   said  he  wamingly 
to the  Oldest  Inhabitant  who,  with  his 
toothless  gums, was  having  some  trouble 
to  remove  a  respectable portion,  “ Don’t 
swaller the  plug.  Terbacker’ll  be  ter- 
’cordin’  to  mv 
backer  in  the  spring 
tell.”  
7
“ Don’t  fret,”   mumbled  the  Oldest, 
who  had  finally  managed  to  tear off  a 
liberal  allowance, 
swaller 
nothin’  I  can’t  digest. 
You  needn’t 
say  nothin’.  You  sot  there  an’  e’t  plug 
like  t  d  be  n  a  chunk  o’  pound  cake, 
when  you  had  it,  an’  cus  you  couldn’t 
bog  the  hull  business  you  git  mad  at  a

“ I  never 

feller what is satisfied with a gen'leman 
chaw.”

“ Say,  that  air’s  goodchew’n ,”   vol 
unteered  the  Weather  Prophet,  from  h 
perch  on  the  counter.

“ Un  huh!”   assented  the  Oldest. 
“ Jest  like  some we ustergit in Kentucky 
durin’  the  army. ”

“ That’s  the  kind  yo’  want  to  buy 

yo’  expect  to  hold  my  trade, ”   added 
Mr.  Simms.  Billy was usually  on  the  off 
side,  but  he  thought  he  saw  a  certa  _ 
advantage 
in  currying  favor  with  the 
traveling  man.

“ She’s  t’  pesht  plaig  tebaccy  I  shall 

lang,  lang  whiles, 

haf  taistet  for  a 
assented  Angus  McPherson.  “ I  shall 
buy  it  if  it  is  no  too  high  in  t’  price.
“ I’ve  see  a  sight  wuss  plug  ’n  tb_ 
thoughtfully, 

’ere,”   observed  Mose, 
“ You  better  buy  some,Jones. 
good  thing  to  treat  your  customers  with 
when  they  come  to  town. 
help  to  draw  trade.”

I  bet  it’ 

It’d  be 

Mr.  Jones  and  Dave  Collins  were 
leaning  over  the  desk,  but  it  was  the 
siren  voice  of  the  drummer  which  was 
heard.

“ I  shouldn't  think  ten  butts  would  be 
much  for  you  to  handle.  You  see  I  had 
you  in  mind  all  the  while.  You’ll  need 
to  re-order  before  I  get  here  again.”  

“ How  much  is sugar now?”   asked the 

grocer.

“ Sixty-seven  for  Eastern.  That’sthe 

only  kind  to  handle,  it— ”

“ Sixty-seven  cents  a  hundred?  Gosh 
that’s  cheap !”   volunteered the Prophet, 
who  had  sneaked  up  to  within  hearing 
distance. 
“ Take  all  he’s  got,  Jones 
you’ll  never get  a  better  deal.”  
a  ton 

is  the 
price, ’ ’ replied the drummer facetiously, 
and  the  Prophet,  who  realized  that  he 
was  being  made  game  of,  lapsed  into 
brief  silence.

“ Sixty-seven 

cents 

intended 

“ Five  sixty-seven,  you  know,”   said 
the  drummer  in  a  subdued  tone.  The 
statement  was  only 
for  the 
merchant,  but  Billy  Simms,  interested 
n  the  affair,  had  strayed  over  to  a 
convenient  position  and  he  caught  the 
figures. 
In  some  unaccountable  way 
he  either  knew  or  guessed  what  was 
meant,  and  exclaimed  with  an  air of 

isgust:

Holy  Jeehosaphat!  no  wonder  you 
can  afford  to  buy  new  buggies  and  have 
er  house  painted! 
I  alters  knowed 
the  was  a  good  profit  on  sugar,  but 
didn  t  s  pose  a  feller c ’d  make  more’n 
double  on  it.”

The  discussion  soon  became  general. 
“ Put  me  down  for  a  barrel  of  granu­

lated,”   said  the  merchant.

“ All  right,  if  you  say  so,  but  hadn’t 
better  make  it  two?  The  house  says 
sugar  is  bound  to  raise  soon,  and  you 
might  as  well  make  the  advance  as any­
body. ”

But  Mr.  Jones  thought  differently. 
One  will  do  for  the  present,”   said  he. 
“ Take  two,  Jones,  take  two!”   urged 
the  Weather  Prophet. 
“ You  know  you 
Hers  buy  yer  stuff  when  it’s  high,  an' 
git  such  little  dabs  of  it  an’  then charge 
such  all  fired  prices  that  it  keeps  us 
fellers  poor.  Now  I  kin  save  lots  o’ 
money  buy in’  from  Montgomery  Ward. 
He  sells  cheap  down  to  Checaggo. ”  

" Y e s ,”   answered  the  merchant,  “ but 
he  won  t  trust.  You  have  to  pay  cash  in 
advance  for  what  you  get  from  him.”  

“ Course,”   replied  the  Prophet.'  “ But 
then  a  feller  don’t  mind  payin’  fer  his 
stuff  if  he  gits  it  cheap.  What  you 
wanter  do  is  to  build  a  bigger  store  an’ 
then  git  out  a  catalogue.”

It’d  be  a  funny  catalogue  that Jones

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to  do  a  little  special  work.  All  big  con­
cerns  send  out  salesmen  this  way  every 
once  in  a  while.  The  agent  treated 
him  sociably  and  set  him  to  work.

After  a  few  weeks  had  passed,  the 
agent, who even  then  had  never  received 
any  complaints  about  his  work,  was 
suddenly  and  curtly  informed  that  the 
salesman  had  been  appointed  his  suc­
cessor  and 
that  his  services  were  no 
longer  required.

Cold-blooded?  Well, 

seldom 
seen  anything  more  so.  How  many  in­
dividual  employers  would  treat  an  em­
ploye  like  that?

I’ve 

Another case  I  can  cite  is  even  more 
is  on  another  meat 

It 

cold-blooded. 
house,  too.

Another  of  these  packing  bouses, 
which  had  never  had  any  trade  to speak 
of  in  this  section,  sent  a  man  here.  He 
opened  an  office  and,  against apparently 
overwhelming  odds,  he  has  built  up 
in 
two  years  and  a  half  a  splendid  trade— 
a  business  so  big,  in  fact,  that  the  con­
cern  has  had  to  move  out  of  its  original 
little  office  and  take  an  entire  building.
It  was  an  uphill  job  and  the  salesman 
who  represented 
these  people  over­
worked.  He  was  so  anxious  to  succeed 
that  he  abused  his  strength,  and  for 
three  months  past  has  been  decidedly 
below  par,  although  keeping  up  the 
work  just  the  same.

Some  time  ago  this  salesman  began 
to  realize  that  be  had  to  let  up  or  lose 
his  health,  so  he  applied  to  the  man­
ager  of  agencies  for  an  easier  position 
until  his  strength  came  back.  This  was 
promised  at  once.

letter. 

Last  Monday  morning  a  stranger  en­
tered  this  salesman's office  and  handed 
him  a 
It  was  short,  curt,  busi­
nesslike. 
It  directed  the  recipient  to 
turn  over  the  office  and  its  effects  to  the 
stranger,  who  “ would  hereafter  repre­
sent  them  in this territory. ”   Coldly  and 
unfeelingly  the  old  salesman's  services 
were  said  to  be  “ no  longer  required.”  
This  is  the  sort  of  concern  into  whose 
service  my  young  corresepondent  de­
sires  to  enter. 
I  had  a  darned  sight 
rather  go  into  politics,  for even  there 
you  are  surer of  your  job. 
In  politics 
the  higb-mucky-mucks  will  stick  by 
you  as  long  as  you  are  useful  to  them;

in  the  service  of  the  big  corporations 
even  usefulness  does  not  count.

All  these  big  concerns  are  alike. 
Take  the  second  case  I  cite  a*s  a  sam­
ple.  Here  was  a  fellow  who  wore  him­
self  out  in  the  service  of  this  company 
—he  succeeded,  too.  They  kept  him 
on  the  pay  roll,  I  suppose,  until  the 
last  remnant  of  his  waning  strength  had 
been  squeezed  out,  then  out  he  goes  to 
make  room  for  another  man,  who  will 
be  thrown  out  in  the  same  way  when  he 
has  been  used  up.

No  matter  how  hard  the  individual 
employer  is,  he  is  better than  the  aver­
age  big  corporation.  An  employer  who 
sees  you  every  day  has  a  chance  to  get 
acquainted  with  you.  He  sizes  you  up 
— if  you  are  doing  good  work  he  knows 
it.  He  gets  to  be  your  friend  if  you are 
decent— maybe  he  visits  your  house  and 
you  visit  his.

It  is  different  with  a  corporation. 
The  head  of 
it,  who  does  not  know  1 
per cent,  of  his  men  by  sight,  gets  a  re­
port  handed  to  him  some  day  showing 
that  such  and  such  a  department  is cost­
ing  so  much  to  run.  At  once  he  gives 
an  order  to  reduce  the  force  in  that  de­
partment,  and  out  go  twenty  or  twenty- 
five  men  with  families,  like  sheep  with­
out  a  sheepfold.  What  does  the  giver 
of  that  order care? 
Is he  moved  by  any 
consideration  for  their  families?  Not 
much ;  he does  not  even  know  they  have 
families,  and  he  cares  nothing  about 
it 
anyway.  His  clerks  represent  to  him 
so  many  automatons  who  cost  the  com­
pany  so  much  a  month.

The  definition  1  cited  a  while  back  is 
a  mighty  good  one  for a  big  corpora­
tion—“ an  artificial  person.”   I’d  rather 
work  for  a  natural  person  with  some 
blood  in  his  veins,  that  I  could  borrow 
a  chew  from  occasionally.— Stroller  in 
Grocery  World.

A  drunkard 

is  a  man  who  commits 

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I  guess 
tobacco  market  I’d  be  here? 
not. 
I’d  have  a  summer  cottage,  a 
yacht  and  a  stable  and  a  red  auto­
I'd  spend  the  Fourth  inSpitz- 
mobile. 
bergen  and  Christmas 
in  Honolulu. 
You  bet  I  wouldn’t  chase  around  North­
ern  Michigan  with  my  shoes  full  of 
sand  in  the  summer and  my  hair  and 
beard  frozen  stiff  before  Thanksgiving. 
I’m  a  missionary,  I  am. 
I  go  about 
doing  good  to  others. 
If  I  can’t  get 
rich  myself,  I  take  it  that  the  next  best 
is  to  make  others  wealthy,  and 
thing 
I’m  doing 
it  every  day  of  my  life  i 
my  poor,  weak  and  humble  way,  ac 
cording  to  the  best  lights  I  have.  At 
present  my  principle  and  mastering 
ambition  is  to  make  ten  thousand  mer 
chants  rich  and  happy  by  selling  them 
one  hundred  thousand  butts  of 
‘ Dave’ 
Own’  between  now  and  the  first  of  Sep' 
tember.  But  I  can’t  do  it  without  thei 
help.  Shall  I  make  it  ten,  Mr.  Jones?’ 

And  Mr.  Jones  said  “ yes.”

Geo.  L.  Thurston.

K ather  W ork  for an  Individual  Than  for 

a Corporation.
I  recently  received  a 

grocery  clerk 
from  which  I  quote  the  following:

letter  from  : 
in  a  neighboring  city, 

As  you  seem  to travel  a  good  deal,  ] 
liberty  of asking  you  a  ques 
take  the 
tion. 
I  am  a  young  man  of  28,  em­
ployed  by  a  grocer  with  two  other 
clerks  besides  myself.  There  does  not 
seem  to  be  much  future  here  for  me,  so 
I  would 
in  the  service  of 
some  large  corporation,  such  as  the  big 
meat  firms,  like  Armour  and  Swift,  of 
Chicago.  Will  you  kindly  tell  me  how 
to  go  about  applying  for a  position  in 
such  a  company?

like  to  get 

Will  I  help  this  correspondent  to  get 
a  job  with  a  big  corporation?  No,  but 
I  will  do,  or try  to  do,  something  better 
for  him— I  will  endeavor  to  show  him 
and  any  other  young  men  of  a  like  state 
of  mind  that 
it  would  be  a  great  mis­
take  to  leave  the  service  of  an 
individ­
ual  employer  for that  of  a  big  corpora­
tion.

I  would  rather a  mighty  sight  be  an 
employe  of  a  man,  even  although  a 
small  man,  than  of  the  average  corpora­
tion.  And  I  have  been  an  employe  of 
both,  so  I  know  something  of  what  I  am 
talking  about.

Every  corporation  is  as  cold-blooded 
as  a  fish.  A  corporation  in  law 
is  de­
fined  as  “ an  artificial  person”   and  that 
s  exactly  what  it  is,  too. 
It  is  just  as 
warm-hearted  as  a  wooden  image.

Tlfis  is  especially  the  case  with  the 
big  Chicago  meat  houses. 
Several 
months  ago  a  certain  Chicago bouse  had 
an  agent  in  Philadelphia.  So  far  as  he 
knew,  he  was  doing  satisfactory  work ; 
in  fact,  certain  of  the  officers  had  given 
him  to  understand  that  he  was  pleasing 
the  corporation  perfectly.

One  day a  salesman  presented himself 
to  the  agent.  He  had  come,  he  said,

but  I  won’t  guarantee  that 
shipped  at  that  price.”

it’ll  be 

“ No,  I  don’t  want  but  five.  Put  me 

down  for five  at  $4,  and  it’s  a  go.”  

“ All  right,”   said  Dave,  “ I’ll  put  it 
down  on  account  of  your being  the  old­
est  customer  I’ve  got  here,  if  you’ll 
give  me  a  nice  order  for  that  plug. 
I 
tell  you,  Jones,  you  don’t  want  to  pass 
that  up.  That’s  going to  be  the  biggest 
seller  this  year.  It’s  just— ”

“ You  mean  it’ll  sell  better this year’n 
it  will  nex’, ”   suggested  Billy  Simms. 

The  drummer  ignored  the  joke.

I  mean  that  it will  sell  this  year and 
It’s  not 
It— 

next  year  and  the  year  after. 
only  a  seller,  but  it’s  a  stayer. 

“ Stay  on  the  shelf,  hay?”  

inter 

polated  Mr.  Simms.

“ It’ll  be  a  success  and  a  repeater, 

continued  the  drummer,  “ and 
don’t  go  with  you  it  will  be because you 
keep  it  in  the  back  room  and  tack  a  rat 
poison  label  on  the  box.”

if 

“ How  much  does  it  cost?”
“ Well,  you  know  what  Spear  Head  i 
worth  to-day,  and  the  price  goes  u 
again  the  first  of  the  month.  This  is 
better  piece  of  goods  and  worth  more 
money.  We  ought  to get  forty-five  for 
it,  but  to  introduce  it,  we  will  bill  you 
out  ten  butts  at  even  money  and  give 
you  a  pound  free  in  ten.  That  puts 
down  to  you  at  a  figure  that  gives  you 
about  50  per cent,  margin,  and  it  ought 
to  satisfy  most  anybody. 
Is  it  a  go?”  
“ Oh,  by  the  way,  I  forgot  to  order 
any  package  coffee,”   said  Jones,  com 
ing  to  himself. 
“ What’s  the  best  price 
on  that?”

“ I  don't  see  how  I  can  use  any  of 
that  tobacco  at  present,”   said  the  mer 
chant  wearily  wiping  his  face. 
“ I’ve 
got  just  lots  of  plug  on  hand  now,  and 
don’t  want  to  load  up  any  more. 
It 
just  keeps  me  a  humping  to  pay  the 
bills  for  what  I  do  need. 
I  guess  I’ll 
let  it  go  this  time. ”

“ But  I  want  you  to  have  it.  Tell  you 
what  I’ll  do.  Give  me  an  order  for ten 
butts  and  you  can  have  the  exclusive 
sale  for  this  town.  That  ought  to  be 
some  inducement.”

“ No,  I  don’t  want  it.  Got  plenty.”  
“ But  you  haven’t  this  brand.  Say 
ten,  and  I’ll  prepay  the  freight  on  the 
shipment. ”
“ Oh,  I’d 

like  to  accommodate  you, 
I ’ll 

but  1  don’t  need  the  goods  to-day. 
talk  with  you  next  trip.”

“ I  want  you  to  have  it  in  and  half 
sold  before  my  next  trip.  Ten  butts  of 
‘ Dave's  Own’  wouldn’t  last  as  long  as 
a  snowball  in  the  other world.  Besides 
that,  if  it'll  help  out  any,  I’ll  give  you 
thirty  days  extra  on  the  bill.  You 
needn’t  ever  accuse  me  of  not  giving 
you  all  there 
is  in  a  deal.  Just  think 
of  it.  Fifty  per  cent,  profit;  freight 
prepaid ;  thirty  days  extra  dating  and 
the  biggest  seller  on  the  American  mar­
ket  to-day.  Besides  that  it  looks  now 
as  though  we  couldn’t  get  the  goods fast 
enough  to  fill  our orders,  and  tobacco, 
plug  especially,  will  be  worth  more 
money 
It’s  a 
cinch,  Mr.  Jones.  A  positive  cinch. 
Shall  we  make  it  ten?”

inside  of  two  weeks. 

“ If  it’s  that  good,  he  ought to take 
some  his  own  self,”   suggested  the  Old­
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smile.

“ I’d  like  to. 

“ I  ought,  indeed,”   said  Dave,  in  a 
mournful  tone. 
I  know 
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but  I'm  poor. 
I  haven't  a  dollar  in  the 
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at  it.  Do  you  suppose  for  a  minute 
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Scrutinizing  F aults  and  F railties  Before 

M arriage.

stubborn,  and 

Last  week  a  pretty  New  Jersey  girl 
went  out  driving  with  the  young  man  to 
whom  she  was  betrothed.  On  the  way 
the  horse  became 
the 
man,  flying  into  a  violent  passion,  be­
gan  to  lash  it  cruelly.  When  they  re 
turned  home  the  girl  promptly broke  the 
engagement,  saying  that,  when  a  man 
could  so  easily  lose  his  temper  and  so 
brutally  flog  a  horse,  the  woman  marry­
ing  him  would  take  the  same  chances 
of 
ill-treatment,  and  she  declined  the 
risk.

It  seems  to  me  that  the  pith  of  all  the 
wise  advice,  from  Solomon  down  to  the 
present  day,  on  how  to  be  happy,  al­
though  married,  is  comprised 
in  that 
little  story. 
It  throws  a  sidelight  and 
a  searchlight  on  the  importance  of  look­
into  the  abyss  of 
ing  before  you 
matrimony. 
It  emphasizes  the  neces­
sity  of  assuring  yourself  that  you  are 
getting  a  diamond  of  the  first  water,  in­
stead  of  a  rhinestone,  before  you  invest 
your  all  in  it. 
It is  applying  downright 
hard,  irrefutable  common  sense  to  the 
place 
life  where  it  is  needed  most 
and  where  it  is  scarcest.

leap 

in 

No  engineer  on  earth  would  be  fool 
enough  to  dash  on  with  his  train  in  the 
face  of  a  red  signal  of  danger.  No 
pilot  would  fail  to  heed  the  hoarse  cry 
of  the  bell  buoy  when  danger  was  evi 
dent;  but  the  average  man  and  woman, 
more  reckless  than  they,  rush  heedlessly 
on  into  unsuitable  marriages  that  wreck 
their  happiness,  in spite  of  the  fact  that 
every  inch  of  the  way  is  placarded  with 
warnings  of  disaster.

little 

purblind 

instead  of 

traits  of  character, 

It  is  our  way  to  speak  of  domestic  in 
felicity  as  if  it  were  an  unavoidable  ac 
cident, 
folly. 
Ninety-nine  times  out  of  a  hundred  the 
people  who  come  to  us  with  their  tale 
of  woe  are  simply  reaping  the  reward 
of  having  defied  reason  and  logic.  The 
theory  is  that  the  victim  in  an  unhappy 
marriage  has  been  deceived.  To  ad 
mit  that 
is  to  admit  oneself  an  idiot 
There  are  always  plenty  of  opportuni 
ties  before  marriage  to  find  out  what 
sort  of  person  you  are  marrying.  There 
are 
little 
meannesses  of  disposition,  little  uncon 
genialities  of  disposition  that  are  like 
red  danger signals  by  a  railroad  track 
flashing  warnings  in  letters  of  fire. 
If 
we  do  not  choose  to  heed  them  it  is  our 
own  fault,  but  nature  sets  the  signals 
and  there  is  plenty  of time  to  stop  and 
side  track 
if  we  will  only  do  it.  The 
lives  of  millions  of  women  are  made 
miserable,  for  instance,  by  *the  cruelty 
of  their  husbands. 
I  do  not  mean, 
either,  that  stratum  of  society  in  which 
a  brute  comes  home  drunk  at  night  and 
physically  beats  and  bruises  his  wife.  I 
mean  the  man  who  outwardly  conforms 
to  all  the  conventions  of  a  gentleman 
and  who  would  never  dream  of  striking 
a  woman,  yet  who  sneers  at  his  wife’s 
opinions,  who derides  her  judgment  and 
holds  her  weaknesses  up  to  ridicule.  A 
word  can  cut  deeper  than  a  blow  and 
many  a  woman  in  society  would  gladly 
change  her  wounded  heart  for the black­
ened  eye  of  her sister  in  the  slums  and 
feel  herself the  gainer.

But  can  any  woman,  in  such  a  plight, 
looking  back,  honestly  say  she  had  no 
warning?  Did  she  ever  see  the  man 
overbearing  and 
insolent  to  servants? 
Did  she  notice  that  his  dog  cowered 
away  from  him  and  came  fawning  and 
trembling  and  with  drooping  tail  at  his

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call?  Was  he  impatient  with  children 
and  satirical  at  old  people’s  expense? 
Be  sure  that  many  a  woman  sees  that 
in  the  man  she  is  going  to  marry.  It  is 
her  fate  shouting  warning  to  her  with  a 
voice  like  a  megaphone,  and  yet  in  the 
face  of  it  all  she  goes  on  and  admires 
him,  only  to  find  herself  ill-treated  and 
abused  the  moment»  she  ceases  to  be  a 
novelty  and  a  plaything.

in  his  power. 

Among  all  the  millions  of  her  sex  the 
New  Jersey  woman  alone  seems  to  have 
had  foresight  enough  to  realize  that  the 
man  who  would  be  brutal  to  a  horse 
would  be  brutal  to  a  woman  the  minute 
she  got 
The  savage 
cruelty  was  there  that  delights  in  tor­
ment,  the  brutality  was  there,  for  all 
the  outward  polish  and civilization,  and 
in  any  stress  it  was  bound  to  come  out 
and  vent  itself  on  the  nearest  helpless 
thing—and 
life  that  is  al­
ways  the  wife.

in  married 

As  for  those  other cases  in  which  a 
girl  marries  a  dissipated  man,  believ­
ing  she  can  reform  him,  or  a  lazy, 
good-for-nothing,  thinking  he  will  work 
for her  sake  when  he  never  has  for  his 
own,  nothing  need  be  said. 
If a  person 
hasn’t  enough  sense  to  keep  out  of  the 
fire  nothing  short  of  being  put  in  a 
straight  jacket  can  prevent  them  from 
being  burned. 
I  suppose  every  woman 
has  a  right  to  wreck  her  life  if  she 
wants  to,  but  when  she  does  she  ought 
to  have  courage  enough  to  keep  her 
troubles  to  herself  and  not  burden  the 
rest  of  the  world  with  lamentations  be­
cause  everything  has  turned  out  just  ex­
actly  as  she  was  warned  it  would.

I  never  knew  but  one  consistent  wom­
an  in  this  respect.  She  married  a hand­
some  and  dissipated  young  fellow  to  re­
form  him.  He  did  not  reform,of  course, 
but  she  never  uttered  one  moan  to  her

family  or  friends  nor one  reproach  to 
him.  When  he  went  off  on  long  de­
bauches  or was  brought home  staggering 
drunk  she  was  tender,  cheerful,  loving, 
as  if  he  bad  been  all  that  the  most  crit­
ical  could  ask  in  a  husband. 
" I   knew 
what  I  was  doing  when  I  married  Char­
ley,”   she  said,  “ and  I  have  nothing  to 
complain  of. 

I  took  the  chances.”

If  women  refuse  to  heed  the  warnings 
they  get  before  marriage  men  are  even 
more  averse  to  taking  a  tip  from  fate. 
Every  man  cherishes  in  his  secret  soul 
the  illusion  that  he  can  form  his  wife’s 
character  and  that  being  married  to 
him  is  going  to  work  a  revolution  of  all 
her tastes  and  beliefs.  It  is  a  charming 
theory—the  pity  of  it  is  that  there is not 
one  grain  of  truth  in  it.  What  a  woman 
is  before  she  is  married  she  is  going  to 
be  after  the  wedding  and  down  to  the 
grave.  Women  change  much 
less  in 
character  than  men.  A  man  is  broad­
ened  by  going  out  into  the  world,  where 
he  realizes  that  he  must  meet  new  ways 
of  doing  things,  new  points  of  v ie w - 
change  with  the  changing  times  or  else 
be  left  hopelessly  behind.  A  woman’s 
life 
is  generally  shut  within  her  own 
home,  where  everything  tends  to  narrow 
her  down  and  conform  her  in  her  pre­
judices  and  opinions.

A  wife  with  a  shrewish  tongue  can 
make  a  home  a  purgatory.  One  who 
is  extravagant  and  thriftless  and  waste­
ful  will  keep  her  husband’s  nose  to  the 
grindstone  all  his  days  and  balk  his 
every  ambition.  One  who  is  narrow  and 
envious  and  prejudiced  can  rob  his  life 
of  all  sweetness  and  companionship. 
No  man  of  ordinary  intelligence  can  be 
engaged  to  a  girl  without  finding  out 
whether  she  possesses  these  traits  of 
character or not;  but  did you  ever know 
of  a  man  being  wise  enough  to  be

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light*

The  rnchine 

put  in tqy house  in February m e t.  every requirement 

so  fa r,  for  cooking,  grates  as  well  as  lighting.

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in  time  and  refusing  to  marry 
warned 
a  woman  because  he  discovered  faults 
that  would  be  obliged  to cause  him  fu­
ture  misery?  Never.

Yet  how  would  it  be  possible  to  erect 
a  more  potent  danger  signal  before 
him?  How  can  any  man  in  his  senses 
fail  to  remember that  a  husband 
is  al­
ways  the  scapegoat  for  a  high-tempered 
woman's  spleen?  When  he  sees  Maude 
dressing  far  beyond  her  means  and  her 
poor old  father  bent  and  worn  with  try­
ing  to  pay  her  bills,  can  he  doubt  for  a 
moment  that  the  man  who  marries  her 
will  have  to  toil  like  a  slave  to  support 
her  extravagance?  When  he  finds  that 
he  can  not  argue  or  make  Janet  see  rea 
son  on  the  simplest  subject  does  it  need 
a  prophet  to  tell  him  how  exasperating 
such  a  pig-headed  dunce  will  be  to  deal 
with  through  the  many  problems  of  do 
mestic  life?

To  me  one  of  the  most  pathetic sights 
in  life— and  it  is  very  common— is  the 
broad,  intelligent,  cultivated  man  mar 
ried  to  the  doll  baby  woman  whom 
has  hopelessly  outgrown. 
Sometimes 
she  still  has  the  pretty  face  that  is  the 
visible  excuse  for his  folly.  Sometimes 
she  is  getting  old  and  has 
lost  even 
that;  but  always  there  is  the  tragedy 
utter  unsuitability  and  lack  of  compan 
ionship.  She  does  not  understand—she 
never  can  understand—the  things  that 
mean  most  to  him  and  between  them 
a  gulf  deeper than  the  grave  and  wider 
than  eternity.

Why,  why,  why,  we  ask  ourselves, 
such  a  marriage?  How  could  he  ever 
have  dreamed  she  would  suit  him 
What  made  him  do  it?  The  answer  al 
ways  is  the  same—he  refused  to give 
heed  to  warning.  He  was  bound  to  see 
that  she  did  not  know  the  things he did. 
he  couldn’t  help  seeing  that  she  was 
silly  and  childish,  pleased  with  child 
ish  toys  and  gewgaws;  but  he  was 
charmed  with  the  pretty  face  and  he 
thought  he  could  breathe  a  soul  into  hi 
sawdust  doll  and  when  he  found  out  his 
mistake  it  was  forever  too  late.

We  can  lay  no  more 

important  truth 
to  heart  than  this.  Marriage  works  no 
miracles.  We  do  not  acquire  a  new  set 
of  angelic  virtues  with  our  trousseaux 
When  we  marry  a  person  we marry thei 
bad  qualities  as  well  as  their  good  and 
it  is  a  wise  man  or  woman  who  scrutin 
izes  the  faults  of  the  future  partner  be^ 
fore  marriage  and  is blind to them after 
wards. 

Dorothy  Dix.

by  women  who  have  acquired  by  prac­
tice  some  knowledge  and  experience. 
What  chance  has  she 
in  entering  the 
lists  with  those  who  have  been  working 
all  their  lives  at  a  trade  or business,and 
even  then  find  it  hard  enough  to  make 
both  ends  meet?  The  number  of  women 
obliged  to  earn  their  living  is  increas­
ing, whether  because  they  can  not  marry 
from  the  increased  cost  of  living  or  the 
unnatural  instinct  of  so  many  women  in 
these  days  against  the  married  state. 
It  is  difficult'to  say.  They  are  not  rich 
enough  to  live  on  their  little  fortunes. 
On  every  side  these  women  now  tell  us 
that  the  difficulty  at  finding  some  new 
means  of  employment 
is 
becoming 
greater  and  greater  and  that  the  old 
professions  are  overcrowded.

Is  there  any  work  which  has  not  been 
thought  of  or devised  which  will  open 
up  a  field  of  labor  for  them?  Emigra­
tion  is  not  popular,  and  although  when 
peace  is  re-established  in  South  Africa, 
there  will  be  an  unlimited  field  as  yet 
unappropriated,  we  doubt much  whether 
many Englishwomen  will  have  common 
sense  enough  to 
leave  the  old  country 
and  start  in  the  new  land,  which,  never­
theless,  is  so  full  of  promise  and  possi­
bility.

There  is  no  doubt  that  for  women  of 
capacity  there  is  no  dearth  of  work. 
Any  woman  who  is  worth  anything  can 
always  find  work  to  put  her  hand  to, 
which  will  not  only  give  her  employ­
ment,  but  an 
income,  so  that  it  is  not 
for  such  that  we  are  anxious  or  fearful 
of  the  future.  Such  are  not  the  women 
of  whom  we  write,  but  of  the  amateurs 
who  are  quite  unfit  to  fight  the  battle^of 
life.  They  have  to  contend  not  only 
with  the  capable  women  who  can  stand 
alone,  but  with  another class  of  women, 
who,  while  having  some  means,  often 
an  independence,  are  infected  with  the 
passionate  desire  of  their  sex  nowa­
days  to  do  something,  and  find  that 
something  all  the  more  desirable  and 
attractive  if  it  can  produce some remun­
eration.  One  is  not  thinking  of  the 
women  who  long  ago  possessed  special 
gifts,  but_  were  debarred  by  prejudice 
and  fashion  from  using  them,  but  of 
those  who  undoubtedly  might  have done 
so  had  they  wished,  but  who  preferred 
the  personal  pleasure  they  derived  from 
their  acquisition  to  the  applause  of  the 
public.

It  is  women  like  these  who  are  over­
stocking  the  market  and  making  exist­
ence  so  hard  for their sisters  who  want 
to  work  and  make  their  living. 
It  is 
hard,  and,  indeed,  an impossibility,  to 
prevent  people  who  have  the  power  and 
opportunity  from  using 
it,  but  it  in­
creases  the  problem  and  makes  the  dis­
covery  of  new  fields  of  work  for  women 
‘mperative.

The  patience  and  perseverance  with 
is  one

which  women  endow  their  work 

of  the  secrets  of  their  success.  A  girl 
throws  all  her  heart  and  soul  into  what 
she  undertakes;  a  boy  may  do.his  best, 
but  in  a  much  less  earnest  manner. 
It 
is  for  women  such  as  those,  who  are 
driven  to  work,  but  who,  from  want  of 
a  high  standard  of  capacity,  are  obliged 
to  work  at  an  ever-increasing  pressure 
and  to  expend  so  much  more  energy 
and  industry  than  more  capable  women, 
that  one  would  like  to  find  new  fields. 
They  are  a  somewhat  difficult  class  to 
assist,  for  they  are  not  of  the  people, 
and  by  birth  and  association  are  un­
fitted  for  domestic  service  or  factory 
work.  They  can  not  be  milliners,  dress­
makers,  copyists, 
typewriters  nor  can

they  earn  a  living  by  making  cakes  and 
sweets,  by  being  manicures  or  face 
beautifiers,  but  they  are 
increasing  in 
number  every  year,  and  we  see  no  in­
dication  of  any  novel  and  practical  em­
ployed  opening  to  them.  The  growing 
difficulty  for these  women  to  marry  and 
the  fact  that  the  most  highly-educated 
and  successful  women  have  the  first 
chance  of  fulfilling  that  natural  career 
make  their  positions  still  more  hope­
less  and  fill  the  minds  of  those  who  are 
interested 
in  their  future  with  anxiety 
deep  and  a  keen  desire  to  endeavor  to 
indicate  and  inaugurate  new schemes  of 
work  and  employment 
in  which  they 
will  find  an  untrodden  world to conquer.

MICA

AXLE
GREASE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  Oil  R

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New  Fields  F or Women.

Lady  Jeune,  who,  as  wife  of  one  of 
the  most  distinguished  jurists  in  Great 
Britain,  occupies  a  prominent  position 
in  London  society,  has  interested  her 
self  recently  in  the  working  woman  and 
he.r  problems.  Lady  Jeune  hasTnade 
the 
interesting  discovery  that  the  un 
trained  woman  who  is  suddenly  called 
on  to  earn  her  own  bread  has  a  hard 
time  getting  work.  The  same  remark 
appears  to  apply  with  equal  force  to 
men;  but  Lady  Jeune  does  not  waste 
any  time  on  the  masculine  sex—she  is 
thinking  only  of  women.  She  writes:

I  wish  some  of  the  many  good  and 
practical  women  who  have  the 
interest 
of  women’s  lives  and  future  at  heart 
would  give  us  some  idea  of the  great 
need  of  new  fields  for  women  workers. 
The  question  is  one  of capacity,  for, 
although  there  is  no  difficulty 
in  find­
ing  plenty  of  work  for capable and well- 
educated  women, 
is  the  average 
woman  who  finds  the  market  more  and 
more  crowded  year  by  year.  Take  the 
case  of a  woman  of  the  upper  classes 
with  no  particular  intelligence  or  train­
ing,  who  from  unexpected  reverses  is 
obliged  to  earn  her  living,but  who  finds 
all  ordinary  fields  of  work  overcrowded

it 

T X hey  all  say ~ 

—  

J

“It’s as good as  Sapolio,” when  they  try  to sell you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that they  are  only  trying to get you  to  aid  their ^  
new article. 

^

W ho  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

Is  it not  the Z 3  
public?  The  manufacturers,  by constant and judi-  —3  
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose —3  
very presence creates  a  demand  for other articles.

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SEA SO N A BLE]

2 2

B utter  and  Eggs

Observations  by  a  Gotham   Egg H an.
The  chief  topic 

in  the  egg  market 
during  the  past  week  has  been  the 
wretched  condition  of  most  of  the  stock 
arriving  and  the  demoralized  values  for 
the  undergrade  goods.  We  have  had 
many  times  before  during  hot  weather 
serious  trouhle  with  heated,  hatched and 
rotten  eggs,  but  the  recent  experience 
has  seemed  to  about  cap  the  climax. 
The  public  refrigerators  here  were near­
ly  all  filled  up  so  far  as  room  available 
for  eggs 
is  concerned,  and  it  has  been 
difficult  to  find  a  place  for  any  more. 
Naturally  the  demoralized  condition  of 
the  market  for under grade eggs has been 
tempting  to  speculative  buyers  among 
the  cheaper  class  of trade,  but  except 
where  room  has  been  previously  en­
gaged  and  held  in  reserve  it  has  been 
difficult  to  find  refrigerator  accommoda­
tions.  As  a  rule,  therefore,consumptive 
outlets  have  had  to  be  forced  wider  by 
the  encouragement  of  extremely 
low 
prices.

*  *  *

later  still 

Almost  every  succeeding  day  last 
week  brought  stories  of  sales  at  lower 
and  lower  prices.  At  the  beginning  of 
the  week  $2  per case  seemed  to be about 
bottom,  but  there  were  many  goods  of 
poor  quality  that  could  find  no  outlet 
and 
lower  prices  were  fre­
quently  accepted.  Finally  a  good  many 
hundred  cases  of  badly  hatched  and 
heated  eggs,  showing 
ranging 
from  20 to  26  dozen  to  the  case,  sold  at 
$i@i.5o  per  case  and  we  heard  of  in­
stances  where  stock  had  been  received 
in  such  rotten  condition  as  to  be  entire­
ly  worthless.

losses 

*  *  *

Many  of  the  egg  stores  have  smelled 
aloud  during  the  past  week  and  some 
Jots  have  been  condemned  by  the  health 
authorities. 
instance  noted  last 
week  of  live  chickens  being  taken  from 
a  case  of  eggs  has  been  followed by sev­
eral  others  in  which  dead  chicks  have 
been  found;  these  were  probably  killed 
by  a  better  refrigerator  service.

The 

*  *  *

There  has  been  a  good  deal  of  specu­
lation  as  to  the  effect  of  the  recent  ex­
cessive  waste  upon  the  situation of  stor­
age  accumulations,  but  while  it  is  gen­
erally  considered  that  the  storage  situa­
tion  is  somewhat  improved  by the heavy 
shrinkage 
in  current  production,  there 
are  many  who  think  the  future  can  not 
be  saved  by  it.  Of course  the  generally 
bad  condition  of  current  arrivals  has 
made  a  shortage  of  good eggs and forced 
dealers  to  go  to  the  refrigerators  for 
some  of  the  reserve  stock,  and  such  of 
these  as  have  been  used  have  shown  a 
profit  on  their original  cost.  But  it  is 
quite  certain  that  all  the  good  eggs 
taken  out  have  been  replaced  by  cheap 
heated  eggs  going  in  and  this  exchange 
of good  eggs  for  poor  by  the  refrigera­
tors  is  likely  to go  on  as  long  as  pres­
ent  conditions  last,  unless  prices  should 
continue  so  low  as  to  materially  curtail 
the  quantity  of  eggs  marketed.

*  *  *

The  cold  storage  eggs  used  here  up 
to  this  time  have  been  chiefly  such  as 
were  put  away  by  dealers  themselves 
during  May  and  June  for  a  short  hold

We solicit your shipments 
of  Fresh  Eggs  and  Dairy 
Butter.

and  at  monthly  storage  rates.  These 
goods  cost  about  I3@i3>£c  when  put 
away  and  have  one  to two  months'  stor 
age  charges  accrued.  They  can  conse 
quently  be  used  with  a  slight  profit  in 
range  of  I4@i5c  now  and  a  good  many 
of  them  have  been  taken  out  in  order to 
get  cool  stock,  free  from  hot  weather 
defects.  Some  dealers  who  have  no such 
reserve  to  draw  on  have  bought  refrig 
erator * eggs  of  about  the  same  character 
from  receivers  who  stored  them  and 
have  paid  I4>£@i5c,  but  the  quantity  of 
desirable  storage eggs  available  at  those 
prices  is  not  large  because  most  of  the 
eggs  put  away  are  on  full  season's 
storage  rates  and  can  not  be  profitably 
sold  under 
few  in 
stances  these  prices  have  been  paid  for 
something 
important 
business  can  be  expected  at  the  higher 
level  until  the  short  storage  eggs  are 
more  closely  worked  out.— N.  Y.  Prod 
uce  Review.

choice,  but  no 

i5J£@i6c. 

In  a 

it 

Review  of the  Storage  Egg Situation. 
As  the  season  for  putting  eggs  in 
storage  is  over  and  the  time  for  dispos­
ing  of  the  stock  has  not  arrived,  it  is 
rather  early  to  predict  the  future  for the 
holder  of  storage  eggs.  This  country 
s  large,  and,  with  storage  houses  scat­
tered  over  it  and  new  houses  added 
every  year,  it 
is  difficult  to  get  at  the 
volume  of  stock  in  store  at  the  present 
early  pack  was  heavy. 
time.  The 
There 
is  scarcely  any  room  to  doubt 
that,  but 
is  generally  believed  that 
few  of  the  inferior quality  of  late  eggs 
have  gone  into  the  coolers,  and,  if  this 
is  correct,  the  stock  will  be  generally 
high-grade.  To  keep  up  a  good  fall 
consumption  is  half  the  battle.  The  ex­
treme  heat  which  has  prevailed  during 
June  from  the  Rocky  Mountains  to  the 
Atlantic  coast  has  destroyed  thousands 
of  cases  of  eggs  in  the  hands  of  farmers 
and  country  storekeepers  who  have  no 
places  fit  to  keep  eggs  during the heated 
term. 
In  some  sections  the  candling 
losses  for  the  first  week  in  July  broke 
all  previous  records, and  that  means  less 
eggs  to  go  into  consumption  and  great 
difficulty  to  satisfy  particular  trade  in 
quality.  Present  receipts  are  far  infer­
ior  in  quality  to  fine  April  stock  now  in 
storage,  and  there  may  be  an  oppor­
tunity  to draw  out  some  April  eggs  to 
satisfy  the  most  exacting  buyers,  who 
experience  great  difficulty 
in  finding 
the  quality  they  want 
in  current  re­
ceipts.  This  will  brighten  the  outlook 
for storage  eggs  this  fall. 
It  is  known, 
however,  that  very  few  receivers  are  at 
all  anxious  to  take  first-class  stock  from 
the  coolers.— Egg  Reporter.

P oultry  Shippers  W arned.

particularly 

Special  notice  is  issued  by  the  Illi­
nois  Humane  Society  to  shippers  of 
poultry  that  unless  reforms  are  effected 
prosecutions  will  follow.  The  Humane 
Society  more 
protests 
against  the  shipping  of  chickens  and 
turkeys 
in  the  same  crates,  the  result 
being  that  the  larger  birds  maltreat  the 
smaller.  Chickens  often  arrive  at  the 
end  of  the  journey 
lacerated  from  the 
attacks  of  the  turkeys  and  are  thus  ren­
dered  unmarketable,  and  the  shipper  is 
the  loser.  As  a  pure  question  of  econ­
omy,  therefore,  animals  of  one  species 
and  size  should  as  nearly  as  possible  be 
shipped  by  themselves.  The  Humane 
Society  announces  that  in  the  future 
it 
will  prosecute  the responsible  parties  in 
such  cases.

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ALL  GROCERS

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give them RED STAR BRAND Cider Vinegar.  These  goods  stand 
for PURITY 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

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LEMONS

Jobbers  of  Fruits,  Seeds,  Beans  and  Potatoes 

26,28,30,32 Ottawa Street 

Grand  Baplds,  Michigan

Qeo.  N.  Huff & Co.

Butter,  Eggs,  Cheese,  Pigeons, Squabs,  Poultry 

and  Game

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

Send for quotations.

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Highest  Market  Prices Paid. 

98  South  Division  Street

Regular Shipments Solicited.

Grand  Rapids,  flichigan

We are making a specialty at present on fancy

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

Messina  Lemons

wire for quotations.

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

9  North  Ionia  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Reference,  Home Ravings Bank, Detroit.

1HB LEADING PRODUCE  HOUSE ON THB  EASTERN  MARKET

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

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Special  Features  of th e Grocery and Prod 

Special Correspondence.

nee Trades.

New  York,  July  20—If  anybody  is 
doing  more  than  the  smallest  possible 
in  coffee,  he  has  escaped  at­
business 
tention. 
It  simply  makes  a  man  mad 
to  ask  him  how  business  is,  for  there  is 
almost  a  complete  cessation everywhere. 
The  receipts  at  primary  points  continue 
large,  51,000  bags  arriving  at  Rio  and 
bantos  Thursday,  against  16,000  bags  at 
the  same  time 
last  vear.  Roasters  as 
well  as  jobbers  tell  of'light  demand  and 
no  change  is  looked  for  in  the  near  fu­
ture.  Rio  No.  7 
is  quotable  at  5%c 
and  possibly  this  is  i-i6c  too  much  for 
some  invoices. 
In  store  and  afloat  the 
amount  aggregates 
1.183,907  bags, 
against  689,894  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  Mild  sorts  are  quiet,  roast­
ers  making  only  small  orders.  Good 
Cucuta 
is  worth  about  7^c.  East  In- 
dias  share  the  common  lot  and  are  dull.
Old  crop  teas  are  not  sought  for  and 
new  crop  are  not  especially  active,  al­
though,  as 
is  generally  the  case  at  the 
beginning  of  the  sedson,  some  enquiry 
is  shown  for Formosas.  New  Japans  are 
steady  and  range  from  ijyic.

Aside  from  some  little  disturbance  in 
quotations  the  sugar  market  has  moved 
on  without  any  practical  change  from  a 
week  ago.  The amount of  new  business 
is  comparatively  small  and  most  of  the 
transactions  consist  of  withdrawals  un­
der old  contracts.

Rice  shows  daily  improvement.  The 
hot  weather  seems  to have  improved  the 
prospects  and  dealers  are 
generally 
pretty  well  satisfied  with  the  outlook 
Domestic,  choice  to  head,  5^@6j<c. 
Foreign  sorts  show  little  animation  and 
yet  matters  might  be  worse.  Japans  are 
worth  about  4&c.

Save  for  increased  strength  reported 
from  abroad  for  cloves,  which  feeling  is 
reflected  here,  the  spice  situation 
is 
about  unchanged  and  dulness  character 
izes  the  market  generally.

Absolutely  nothing 

is  being  done  in 
grocery  grades  of  molasses.  Very  small 
stocks  seem  to  be  carried  and,  with 
cooler  weather,  dealers  are  looking  for 
very  decided 
improvement.  Good  to 
prime,  i7@3oc.

The  canned  goods  market  begins  to 
take  on  an  appearance  of  life  after  a 
long  period  of  stagnation.  Whether the 
drouthy  conditions  in  the  West  or the 
big  consumptive  demand  have  done 
most  to  create  activity  is  a  question,but 
it  seems  quite  clear  that  there 
is  more 
enquiry  for  future  goods.  Peas  are  in 
good  request  and,  in  fact,  the  whole 
line  of  goods,  both 
in  New  York  and 
Baltimore,shows improvement,  the latter 
city  especially  reporting  an  activity  not 
seen  before  for  many  a  month.

Lemons  and  oranges—in 

fact,  the 
whole  line  of  foreign  green  fruits—have 
sold  extremely  well  and  lemons,  espe­
cially,  have  been  sought  for  at  prices 
“ way  up.”   Extra 
fancy  Sicily  are 
worth  as  high  as  $6  and  it  is  hard  to 
find  any  amount  of  desirable  fruit  for 
less  than  $4.75.
fruits 

if  any, 
change.  Currants 
are  off  a  trifle. 
Prunes  seem  to  be  rather  better  and  yet 
the  situation  is  not  especially  cheerful 
for  our  California  friends.

Dried 

little, 

show 

The  demand  for  best  Western  cream­
ery  butter  is  good,  but  the  price  hangs 
at  the  old  figure  of  lg^c,  with  seconds 
to 
imitation 
creamery,  I5@i7c,  the  latter  for  fancy; 
factory,  14© 15c.

firsts  I7@i9c;  Western 

Cheese 

is  demoralized.  The  quality 
of  a  large  part  of the  arrivals  shows  the 
effect  of  heat  and  altogether  the  situa­
tion  is  unsatisfactory  all  around.  Full 
cream  colored 
is  worth  9#c  for  fancy 
stock.

Nothing 

is  more  certain  to  be  ” un 
certain”   than  the  average  egg  these 
days  and,  while  the  supply  of  really 
good  stock 
is  not  large  enough  to  go 
around,  there  is  an  abundance  of  “ aw­
ful”   goods. 
If  the  best  Western  will 
stand  the  test  it  will  fetch  16c  for  prime 
goods,  but  a 
large  part  of  the  arrivals 
will  not  bring  over  10c  if that.

Beans  are  quiet  and  the  market  shows 
few,  if  any,  changes.  Choice  marrows, 
$2.55 ;  choice  pea,  $2.10.

N utrim ent  in  Quail  Eggs.

From the New Orleans  Times-Democrat.

“ Few  persons  are  aware  of  the  fact,”  
said  a  well-known  physician  yesterday, 
“ but 
it  is  true,  nevertheless,  that  the 
egg  of  the  partridge  is  one  of  the  most 
nutritious  things  in  the  world.  They 
are  not  used  for eating  purposes  except 
in  very  rare  cases,  and  then  it  generally 
happens  in  remote  rural  districts. 
I 
have  known  negro  families  in  the  State 
of  Louisiana  during  the  laying  season 
to  live  on  the  eggs  of  partridges.  And 
they  would  flourish  handsomely  and 
grow  fat  on  account  of  the  rich  proper­
ties  of  the  eggs.  These  eggs,  of  course, 
never  find  their  way into the market,  be­
cause  they  are  never  taken  from  their 
nest  except  by  such  persons  as  I  have 
mentioned,  and  they  rob  the  nests,  I 
suppose,  because  their  principal  food 
supply  comes  from  this  source.  Quail 
meat  comes  pretty  high  in  the  market 
at  all  times  and  the  average  man  will 
find  it  more  profitable  to  spare  the  eggs 
and  wait  for  the  birds  when  the  hunt­
ing  season  roils  around.  These  men 
would  pass  a  hundred  nests  in  one  day 
without  disturbing  an  egg.  The  sport  of 
hunting  the  birds  is  an  additional  in­
centive.

“ The  average  negro  does  not  care  so 
much  about  this  aspect  of  the  case.  He 
figures  that  the  white  man,  having  the 
best  gun  and  the  best  dog,  will  beat 
him  to  the  bird.  So  he  goes  after  the 
egg.  One  partridge  will  lay  anywhere 
from  a  dozen  to  twenty  eggs,  and  a  nest 
is_  a  good  find. 
I  know  of  many  fam­
ilies  in  rural  sections  who  feast  on these 
eggs  in  tthe  laying  season.  I  have  tried 
the  egg  myself  as  an  experiment.  I 
found  it  peculiarly  rich. 
It  has  a  good 
flavor,  is  very  palatable,  and,  in  fact, 
is  altogether  a  very  fine  thing  to  eat. 
Really,  I  believe  that  the  egg  has  more 
nutrition 
in  it  than  the  fully  developed 
bird,  but,  of  course,  as  one  of  the  men 
fond  of  the  game  in  the  field,  I  would 
like  to  discouiage  the  robbery  of  the 
nests. ’ ’

Using the  O ther Man’s  Cry.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The  residents  of  Lawnview  avenue 
were  visited  by  two  hucksters  a  few 
mornings  ago.  Each  of  the  hucksters 
had  a  wagon  of  ‘ ‘garden  sass”  and  each 
wagon  was  drawn  by  a  horse  that  had 
seen  better  days.

The  first  huckster  was  a  man of strong 
vocal  attainments.  He  bellowed  forth 
the  nature  of  his  goods  in  a  voice  that 
penetrated  between  the  pickets  of  the 
side  gates  and  meandered  clear  around 
to  the  back  doors.

It  was  a  large,  robust  voice  that 

left 
nobody 
in  doubt  as  to  the  freshness 
of  his  vegetables  and  the  ripeness  of his 
berries.

The  second  huckster, who followed  the 
first  at  a  discreet  distance,  was  not 
gifted  vocally.  His  mild  voice,  how­
ever,  was  far  reaching.

” Po-ta-toze,  kebbages,  onions,  straw- 
currants,”  

brees, 
ripe 
shouted  the  first  huckster.

rawsbrees, 

” Ve  haf  de  same  on  dis  vaggin,”  

cried  the  second  huckster.

And  so  they  passed  down  the  street, 

the  first  huckster  fiercely  yelling: 

” Po-ta-toze,  kebbages,  onions,  straw- 

brees,  rawsbrees,  ripe  currants!”

The  second  huckster  mildly  adding: 
” Ve  haf  de  same  on  dis  vaggin.”

Equal  to  the  Occasion.

i t ;  that 

Colonel, 

she  said  when  they  were 
alone  on  the  stairway,  “ father  tells  me 
you  are  a  man  who  never  fails.  He  says 
when  you  undertake  to  carry  a  point 
you  carry 
if  you  are  sent  to 
raise  a  siege,  you  raise  it,  and  he  says 
he  believes  if  you  were  sent  out  to  find 
the  North  Pole  you  would  hoist  the  flae 
on  it. ”  
6
ti  “ Yes,”   the  bluff  old  soldier  replied, 
“ that’s  me,  and  when  I  want  to get  out 
of  a  corner  I  escape.  Excuse  me,  over 
there’s  a  friend  of  mine  that  I  want  to 
see  on  particular  business.”

.  A m erican  Egg Exports.

Taking  into  account  the  five  years  up 
including  1898,  61  per cent,  of 
to  and 
the eggs  exported from  the United States 
were  sent  to  Cuba,  20  per cent,  to  Can­
ada  and  11  per cent,  to  Great  Britain. 
During  the  same  period  96  per  cent,  of 
the  eggs  imported  came  from  Canada, 
3  per cent,  from  China,and  the  remain­
der  from  various  other countries.

Geo.  H.  Reifsnider  &  Co.

Commission  Merchants

and Wholesale Dealers in

Fancy Creamery Butter, Eggs,  Cheese

311 Greenwich Street, New York 

References :  Irving National Bank of New York 

and Michigan Tradesman.

Established 1876

Charles 
Richardson
Commission  Merchant

Wholesale 

Fruits

f Carlots  a  Specialty

121-123 Michigan  St.

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

58-60  W.  Market  St.  and 

^5 

References—City  National  Bank. 
Manfrs. & Traders  Bank,  Buffalo,  N. 
responsible  Commercial 
Y.  Any 
Agency,  or  make  enquiry  at  your 
nearest bankers.
Long »1st.  ’Phone  158  A,  158  »

Butter  and  Eggs  Wanted

W rite  for  Cash  Prices  to

R.  Hirt,  Jr.,

34  and  36  Market  Street,  Detroit,  Mich.

References:  City Savings Bank and Commercial Agencies.

F.  P.  REYN O LD S  &  CO.

Dealers in  Foreign and  Domestic

FR U ITS

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

12-14-16-18  Wood bridge  Street  West,  40-42  Griswold  Street, 

DETROIT,  MICH.

Established  1876.

H.  F.  ROSE  &  CO.,

Phones  504.

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.  WILEY  &  CO.

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

Commission  Merchants

EANDz

Wholesale  Dealers  in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Country  Produce 

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

_______________ References:  Preston’s National Bank, Mercantile Agencies.

J.  B.  HAMMER  & CO.

FRUIT AND  PRODUCE  DEALERS

W H O L E S A L E

Specialties:  Potatoes,  Apples,  Onions,  Cabbage,

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

119  E .  FRO N T S T .. 

CIN CIN N ATI,  OHIO

4 * l . o . s n e d e c o r   Egg  Receiver

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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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Window  Dressing

A dvantage  of H aving  P lenty  o f Extrinsic 

A ttractions.

People  soon  get 

Good  window  work  will  not,  of 
course,  fail  to  attract  the  attention  of 
people  to  a  store.  But  there  are  places 
where  all  windows  are  trimmed  about 
equally  well  or  where  the  style  of  trim­
ming  is  of  the  same  general  character 
in  all  the  shops  handling  the  same  class 
of  goods.  So  it  is  sometimes  desirable 
that  the  merchant  shall  attract  the atten­
tion  of  people  by  extrinsic  aids  to  busi­
ness  that  shall  insure  special  attention 
to  his  windows.  Some  merchants  in  our 
large  cities  accomplish  this  by  having 
on  the  outside  of  their store  a  bulletin 
board  on  which  they  record  the  changes 
in  the  weather. 
into 
the  habit  of  stopping  to get  the  latest 
weather  news,  and,  of  course,  give  a 
passing  glance  at  the  windows.  Thus 
the  habit  is  formed  of  watching  the 
changes  made  in  the  window  displays. 
Another  good  plan 
is  to  have  a  large 
thermometer  attached  to  the  front  of  the 
building.  If  combined  with  a  barometer 
(and  an  explanation  of  their  method  of 
working),  the two together  make  a  much 
appreciated  addition  to  the  sources  of 
interest  of  the  community.  Farmers  are 
always  interested 
in  the  weather,  and 
would  appreciate  barometric indications 
is  always  a  consid­
especially.  There 
erable  portion  of  the  community 
inter­
ested 
in  athletic  sports.  A  bulletin 
board,  giving  the  result  of  the  ball 
games  will  draw  a  large  crowd  and  will 
prove  a  special  source  of attraction. 
In 
the  large  cities  some  merchants  make  a 
practice  of  buying  the  latest  editions  of 
the  papers  and  pasting  the  front  sheet 
on  a  portion  of  the  window  pane.  Any 
matter  of  general  interest  is  treated  in 
this  way,  and  people  who  have  not  time 
to  read  a  paper  are  very  glad  to  get  a 
latest 
passing  glance  at  the 
item  of 
news.  The  same  plan 
is  followed  by 
others  with  the  comic  papers.  A  -sheet 
or  two  from  the 
issues  of  the 
comic  weeklies  is  pasted  to  the  window 
pane  or to  the  panes  or  an  outside  show 
case,  and  people  will  be  attracted  to get 
the  latest  joke  and  laugh  over  the  latest 
witticism. 
It  pays  to  put  people  in  a 
good  humor,  and  the  man  who  on  his 
way  down  town  gets  into  the  habit  of 
stopping  for  the 
latest  joke  will  have 
pleasant  recollections  of  the  store,  and 
is  apt  to  become  a  purchaser.  Sidewalk 
clocks  are  nothing  new,but  it  is  curious 
that  so  many  merchants  are  not  con­
scious  of  the  value  to  business of  a  good 
timepiece 
In 
many  a  town  there  is  no  public  time­
piece  conveniently  and  conspicuously 
placed,  and  much  discomfort  is  caused 
thereby.  A  good 
large  clock  which  is 
kept  absolutely  accurate  is  a  great  con­
venience  and  people will  go  out  of  their 
way  to  see  what  time  of  day 
it  is. 
These  devices  are  valuable  to  bring 
people  to  the  front  of  the  store. 
If, 
after  having  brought  them  there,  the 
windows  are  dressed  with  articles  that 
are  useful  and  attractive  to  the  people 
gathered  together, 
there  can  be  no 
doubt  that  attention  will  be  paid  to 
the  goods  on  display  and  that  sales  will 
sooner  or  later  be  made.  Of course, 
these  extrinsic  attractions  do  not  and 
can  not  take  the  place  of  the  regular 
window  displays.  Pasting  up  the  front 
of a  window  with  clippings  or cuts  is  a 
shabby  and  wretched  practice  if  it  is 
done  to  atone  for  the  lack  of  window 
effect.  But,  used 
judiciously  in  con­
nection  with  regular  methods  of  attract­

in  front  of  their  store. 

latest 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ing  trade,  these  things  are  valuable  and 
useful.  Every  store  should  have  some­
where  about  it  a  timepiece  situated  in 
sight  of  everyone.  People  often  have  a 
spare  half  hour  in  which  they  would 
like  to  do  a  little  purchasing,  but they 
feel  that  they  must  keep  an  eye  on  the 
clock.  They  dislike  to  keep  asking  a 
salesman  for  the  time,  and  a  clock 
plainly  visible 
is  a  convenience  to 
It  would  not  be  a  bad  idea  for 
them. 
a  merchant  to  keep 
in  his  window  a 
good  chronometer,  so  that  people  will 
get  into  the  habit  of  setting 
their 
watches  by  it.  A  furnishing  goods  or 
clothing  store  will  make  its  windows at­
tractive  and  valuable  to  the  male  por­
tion  of  the  community  in  this  way,  and 
men  are  not  likely  to  avail  themselves 
habitually  of  the  use  of  your  chronom­
eter  without  reciprocating  by  the  pur­
chase  of  your  goods.  Another  extrinsic 
attraction  which  is  especially  valuable 
at  this  time  of  the  year  is a  good  drink­
ing  fountain. 
In  a  town  where  there  is 
no  public  drinking  place  some  mer­
chant  during 
these  hot  days  could 
profitably  keep  a  tank  of  ice  cold  water 
before  his  store  for the  accommodation 
of  all  comers.  The  cost  is  small,  the 
benefit  conferred  on  the  thirsty 
is  con­
siderable,  and  people  are  not  apt  to 
forget  the  man  who  does  the  thing. 
It  does  not  butt  to have  a  few  fans  on 
the  counters  of  the  store  for the  con­
venience  of  customers. 
If  electric  fans 
can  be  had  they  should  be  put  about 
the  store  so  that  customers  will  enjoy 
their  cooling 
influence.  These  things 
are  trifles,  but  they  do  much  to  make  a 
store  tolerable  on-a  hot  day.

*  *  *

A  window  trimmer  must  consider  the 
effect  of  light 
in  fading  goods,  and 
when  his  windows  have  a  sunny  outlook 
must  be  prepared  to  shade  them  as 
much  as  possible  from  the  sunlight. 
When  the  store  awning  does  not  suffice 
for  this  purpose  it  is  well  to  make  an 
additional  screen  of  a  broad  strip  of 
unbleached  muslin.  On  the  corners  of 
the  strip  rings  are  sewed,  so  thaf  it  can 
be  stretched  across  the  front  of  the  win­
dow  pane  outside  the  store  and  fixed  in 
place  by  hooks  set  in  the  casing.  When 
is  on  a  dusty  corner,  where 
a  store 
every  shower 
in 
splashing  the  glass  with  mud  stains, 
such  a  strip  of  cloth  will  make  much 
window  cleaning unnecessary.—Apparel 
Gazette.

likely  to  result 

is 

D ruggists  Suffer  From   Blackm ail.

Druggists 

in  Brooklyn  are  on  guard 
nowadays  against  the  operations  of  a 
gang  of  swindlers  who  are  working  a 
bold  blackmailing  game.  The  scheme 
is  to  have  a  simple  prescription  filled 
and  paid  for,  and  then  to  have  the  pur­
chaser  return  with  the  medicine, 
to 
which  he  has  added  poison,  declare that 
it  contains  poison  and  has  made  his 
wife  dangerously  ill,  and  threaten  to 
sue  the  druggist for his  alleged  blunder. 
If  the  druggist  becomes  frightened  at 
the  idea  of  a  suit  for  damages,  and 
thinks  it  may  be  possible  that a mistake 
has  been  made,  he  may  accept  the  sug­
gestion  of  the  blackmailer to  settle  the 
case  out  of  court.  The  amount  of  settle­
ment  is  said  to  vary  from  $50  to $200.

Seven  Sundays  in  a  W eek.

The  first  day  of  the  week,  as  every 
one  knows,  is  the  Christian  Sunday; 
Monday 
is  the  day  kept  sacred  by  the 
Greeks;  Tuesday  is the  Persian  day  of 
rest;  on  Wednesday  the  Assyrians  wor­
ship ;  Thursday  is  a  holy  day  among 
the  Egyptians;  the  Turks  keep  Friday, 
and  the  Jews  Saturday,  as  their  Sab­
bath.

It  is  easy  for  a  youth  to  paddle  his 
own  canoe  when  his  parents  buy  the 
canoe  and  paddle  for him.

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

Benton  Harbor,  Michigan 

M.  A.  PRICE  &   CO.,  Proprietors

Oh!  where  have  I  seen  that  face  before? 
In  N early  A ll  the  Leading  Stores.

A Trade Maker

Fanny  Davenport

5c  Cigar

Trade  Supplied  By:

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

Grand Rapids Fixtures 60.

A
new

elegant
design

in
a

combination

Cigar
Case

Shipped

knocked

down.

Takes

first

class

freight

rate.

This Is the finest Cigar Case1 that we have ever made.  It is an elegant piece of store furniture and 

would add greatly to the appearance of any store.

No.  36  Cigar Cate.

Corner Bartlett and South  Ionia Streets,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Ik h ijc u   Knitrhti  of the  Grip
President,  Guo. F. Ow en,  Grand  Baplds;  8ec- 
w -  St it t,  Jackson;  Treasurer, 

John W. Sch bam, Detroit.

United  Commercial  Trawlers  of M iehigu

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Bartlett,  Flint 
«rao*}  Secretary,  A.  K en d all,  Hillsdale 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Ed elm an, Saginaw

Grand  Eapidt  Council  No.  131,  U.  C.  T.

8en|or Counselor,  W  R.  Compton;  Secretary 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Michigan  Commercial  Trarebn’  Mutual  Accident  Association
President, J.  Boyd  Pa n tlin d,  Grand  Rapids 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Geo.  F.  Owen 
Grand Rapids.

W hy  So  Many  Traveling  Men  Rem ain 

Single.

There  are  to-day  quite  a  number 

bachelor  drummers,  quite  too  many 
There  are  some  who  assert  that  a  drum 
mer  has  not  the  right  to  marry,  that  he 
is  absent  from  home  so  much  that  he 
really  better  off  without  a  wife.  Thi 
may  seem  correct in  some  cases,  but  not 
always. 
I  was  talking  on  this  subject 
not  long  ago  to  a  lady—a  drummer 
wife—and  expressed  these  same  doubts 
to  her,  when  she  enquired  why  I  was 
still  single. 
“ You  are  foolish,”   said 
she. 
“ On  the  contrary,  there  are  no 
wives  who  think  more of their husbands 
no  marriages  which  are  happier,  as 
whole,  than  those  of  the  traveling  men 
The  most  of  them  can  arrange  to  come 
home  quite  often,  and  there  is  always  _ 
hearty  welcome  for  the  tired  drummer 
when  he  comes  home  from  a  trip.  Why, 
were  they  so  inclined,  they  have  no 
chance  to  get  tired  of  each  other;  they 
have  a  right  to  marry ;  they  should  get 
married,  and  it  is  a  shame  that  so  many 
bachelors  roam  through  the  country. 
Thus  spoke  the  little  lady,  and  she  was 
quite  sincere ;  but  there  is  another  side 
to  the  question :  Is  it  altogether  through 
the  fault  of  the  men  that  there  are  so 
many  bachelors?  Is  it  not  often self-sac 
rifice  which  prompts  us  to  walk  through 
life  single  and  alone?  A 
couple  of 
weeks  ago  I  called  on  some young ladies 
and,  as  usual,  this  favorite  theme  was 
discussed.  They  asked  me  that  pointed 
question,  why  I  did  not  follow  the  ex 
ample  of  some  of  my  more  fortunate 
friends  who  had  taken  out  marriage 
licenses 
I  regretted  to  have  to 
answer the  question  as  1  did,  but  it  be 
hooved  me  to  tell  them  that  I  could  not 
well  afford  it,  to  take  unto  myself  a 
wife,  simply  for  the  reason  that  I  was  a 
drummer  with  a  limited income  and  not 
able  to  provide  one  witn  the 
luxuries 
which  she  had  been  used  to  in  “ her 
happy  home.”   Although  making  a 
fair  salary  I  surmised  that  it  would take 
more  than  I  am  making  to  give  the  girl 
I  loved  all  the  comforts  and  pleasures 
she  had  received  from  her  parents.  At 
the  same  time,  not  having  any  experi­
ence  in  that  particular  line,  I  made  en­
quiry 
from  the  young  ladies  what  in­
come  they  deemed  necessary  to  support 
either  of  them.  One  said  $2,500,  the 
other thought  it  would  require $3,000 per 
year.  At  a  glance  my  chances  were 
gone,  my  fondest  hopes  buried, 
for, 
really,  at  times  I  have  entertained  aspi­
rations.  Being  well  acquainted  with  the 
young 
ladies,  however,  I  undertook  to 
get  a  fellow  for  each  of  them,  but  up  to 
date  I  have  made  a  dismal  failure  of  i t ; 
for  I  found  out  every  time  when  I  tried 
to  interest  a  really  nice  man  that  he 
would  never  do  because  he  fell  short  of 
the 
limit  stipulated.  Now,  those  girls 
are  not  hunting  husbands,  for  they  have 
a  happy  home  and  everything 
they 
want. 
I  simply  desire  to  illustrate  how 
hard  it  is  for a  poor traveling  man  who

lately. 

income 

happens  to  meet  with  a  girl  whom  he 
might  love,  when  he  must  discover  that 
his 
is  too  limited  to  have  the 
love  reciprocated.  O h!  what  an  evi. 
thing  money  is,  and  what  tortures  the 
drummer  must  go  through ! 
It  seems  to 
me  that,  according  to  a  man's  income, 
he  must  gauge  bis  affections  and  not 
entertain  for  a  moment  the  affections  of 
a  girl  who  happens  to  live  in  affluence. 
Better  the  love  of a  poor girl  than  that 
of  a  rich  one  if  you  can  not  support  her 
in  the  manner she  has always  been  used 
to,  for  that  love  might  die  a  rapid  gait.

S .  H .

Gripsack  Brigade.

Traverse  City  Eagle;  W.  G.  Ben­
jamin,  formerly  with  the  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Co.,  has  accepted  a  position 
as  traveling  salesman  for  the  Kimball 
Piano  Co.

Muir  Tribune:  Frank  Gillio  has  se­
cured  a  position  with  E.  Bement’s 
Sons,  of  Lansing,  as  their traveling  rep­
resentative 
in  Alabama,  Georgia  and 
Tennessee.

Lansing  Republican:  Charles Christ- 
ler,  of  Detroit,  formerly  of  this city,  has 
taken  a  position with  E.  Bement’s Sons, 
and  will  travel  in  the  northern  part  of 
New  York  State.

Lansing  Republican:  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
T.  E.  Reynolds  will  soon  move  to  Sag- 
naw.  Mr.  Reynolds,  who  has  been  a 
traveling  salesman  for  Morley  Brothers, 
will  take  a  position  at  the  headquarters 
of  the  firm.

Holland  Tim es:  E.  C.  Richards,  who 
has  had  charge  of  the  order  department 
at  the  West  Michigan  Furniture  Co. 
for  several  years  past,  will  go  on  the 
road  as  salesman  on  Aug.  1.  He  wi__ 
cover  the  Southern  and  Southwestern 
States.

Carry  the  word  along  that  Coopers 
ville  needs  a  hotel  and  is  determined  to 
have  it.  The  location  is  a  good  one  for 
man  of  moderate  means  and  will  con 
tinue  to  improve  with  the  advent  of  the 
nterurban  road  between  Grand  Rapids 
and  Muskegon.

A.  R.  Thayer,  one  of  the  oldest  drug 
travelers  in  Michigan,  died  of  Bright’ 
disease  at  his  home  in  Saginaw  Mon 
day.  He was for  several  years  in  the  re 
tail  drug  business  in  Lansing,then  went 
with  Swift  &  Dodds, 
later  John  J 
Dodds  &  Co.,  and  Michigan  Drug  Co 
ind  for  the  past  four  years  has  repre 
sented  Morrison,  Plummer  &  Co.,  Chi 
cago,  in  Eastern  Michigan.  He  was  a 
stockholder  and  officer  in  the  Valiev 
Drug  Co.

Referring  to  the  election  of A.  H. 
Dane  as  Secretary  of  the  newly-organ- 
zed  Kalamazoo  Stove  Co.,  the  Lansing 
Republican  remarks:  “ Dell,”   as  he  is 
best  known,  was  formerly  manager of 
the  Western  Union  telegraph  office  in 
iis  city.  He  afterward  traveled  two 
years  for  E.  Bement’s  Sons, 
seven 
years  for the  Detroit  Stove  Works,  and 
nine  years  for the  Michigan  Stove  Co., 
gaining 
in  all  eighteen  years’  experi­
ence  in  the  stove  business.  He  was, 
without  doubt,  the  best  known  travel- 
ng  salesman  in  Michigan.  His  many 
friends  here  are  gratified  to  learn  of  his 
success.

Up-to-Date  in  Every  Respect.

Grand  Rapids,  July  17— Kindly  no­
tice  the  new  train  from  Detroit  at  12 35 
p.  m.— with  which  our train from Grand 
Rapids  at  7  a.  m.  connects—which  ar­
rives  at  Buffalo  at  7 :io p.  m.,  making 
the  run  by  daylight.  This  new  train  is 
"3-to-date  in  every  respect  and  com- 

etes  the  service  to  Buffalo.

J.  S.  Hawkins,  Ticket  Agent.

Folly  o f  Unnecessarily  A ntagonizing  the 

Traveling Salesman.

He  must  be  a  very  dull  merchant  who 
does  not  treat  his  customers  with  cour­
tesy.  Any  man  who  has  even  a  spark 
of  the  trading  instinct  feels  intuitively 
that  it  is  impossible  to  establish  profit­
able  commercial  relations  with  anyone 
by  treating  him  simply  as  a  purchas­
ing  machine.  Every  man  has  his  own 
ideas,  tastes,  prejudices  and,  above  all, 
feelings.  He  may  become  accustomed 
to  differences  of  opinion,  he  may  dis­
trust  his  own  tastes,  he  may be  ashamed 
of  his  prejudices,  but  the  man  who 
tramples  on  his  feelings  arouses  in  him 
a  deep  although 
latent  antagonism. 
If  there 
is  any  fool  in  this  world  it  is 
the  fool  who  plays  wantonly  on  other 
people’s  passions.  Sooner or  later  he 
pays  the  penalty  of  his  folly.

It  is  a  curious  thing  that  there  are  so 
many  retailers  and  retail  buyers  who, 
while  painfully  careful  of  the  feelings 
and 
interests  of  their  customers,  are 
utterly  oblivious  to  the  feelings  and  in­
terests  of the  commercial  travelers  with 
whom  they  come  in  contact.  Let  a  man 
approach  them  as  a  purchaser and  they 
are  all  smiles  and  suavity.  Let  him 
approach  them  as  a  seller  and  they  do 
not  even  treat  him  with  common  de­
cency.  They  seem  to  feel  an  ignoble 
pleasure 
in  visiting  upon  the  head  of 
the  wholesaler’s  agent  all  the  snubs, 
meannesses  and  contemptible tricks that 
they  suffer  from  their  customers.  Like 
the  man  who,  when  whipped  on  the 
street  corner,  went  home  and  beat  hi, 
wife,  they  seem  to  feel  that  it  is  safe  to 
disregard  the  feelings  of  the  commer 
cial  traveler.  As  a  consequence  there  is 
many  a  merchant  doing  business  with 
traveling  men  who,  while  booking  bis 
orders,  curse  him 
in  their  hearts,  not 
because  he 
is  a  close  or  shrewd  buye 
that  they  can  not  over-reach,  but  be 
cause  to  get  his  order  it  is  necessary  to 
put  up  with  an  amount  of  indignity 
and  humiliation  that  stirs  their deep  re­
sentment.

Business 

is  business  and  a  commer 
cial  traveler  or  any  other solicitor  for 
patronage  expects  to  put  up  with  dis­
comfort  and  annoyance,  but  no  one  has 
the  right  to  ask  him  to  patiently  endure 
unnecessary  humiliation.  He  who  does 
shows  an  amount  of  conceit,  an  ignor­
ance  of  the  world  and  a  capacity  for 
making  enemies  that  sufficiently  prove 
his  own  insignificance  as  a  man  and  a 
merchant.

25

information  from 

methods,  that 
it  is  useful  to  get  at  in  a 
friendly  way.  The  traveling  man  can 
give  many  valuable  hints  and  sugges­
tions  to  his  friends.  He  can,  while 
booking  their  orders,  withhold  much 
valuable 
customers 
who  have  antagonized  him,  and  he  can 
do  both  without  any  violation  of  confi­
dence.  A  traveling  man  said  not  long 
ago:  “ There’s  C—,  of  Blankville. 
I 
never  sold  him  a  bill  of goods and never 
expect  to,  but  I  never  visit  the  place 
without  calling  on  him. 
I  sell  his  rival 
in  the  town,  but  C—  is  my  friend.  The 
other  man  1  do  my  duty  by.  C—  always 
treats  me  pleasantly;  the  other  man 
rarely  does. 
I  have  given  C—  many 
valuable  hints.  He  appreciates  them 
and  I  have  been  of  material  service  to 
him  with  other  traveling  men.  He’s  a 
good  fellow  and  popular  with  the  men 
on  the  road. ’ ’

If  a  merchant  can  not  see  the  advan­
tage  of  having  the  good  will  of  the 
traveling  fraternity,  let  him  remember 
that  credit  and  the  amount  of  consider­
ation  shown  the  retailer  by  the  whole­
sale  house  are  often  materially  affected 
by  the  traveling  man’s  favorable  or  un­
favorable  attitude  toward  him. 
It’s  a 
hard  thing  to  be  hard  on  a  man  whom 
you  like,  and  the  reputation  of  being  a 
nice  man  to  do  business  with  is  a  val­
uable  moral  asset.  Again,  it  is  a  good 
thing  to  have  the  good  will  of  the  men 
from  whom  you  never  have  bought  and 
never  expect  to  buy  goods.  The  time 
may  come  when  they  can  speak  a  word 
for  or  against  you.  The  prestige  for 
good or evil  built  up  about  us  by  the  in­
voluntary  estimates  or  actions  of  other 
people  has  its  fruit  as  much  as  our  di­
rect  efforts.
A  buyer  in  an  Eastern  city  who  was 
well  known  for  his  lack  of  considera­
tion  to  wholesale  houses  lost  his  posi­
tion.  For  a  long  time  he  was  unable  to 
get  another. 
In  speaking  of  the  matter 
an  acquaintance  said,  “ Half  a  dozen 
men  of  less  ability  than  he have stepped 
into  positions  that  he  might  have  had, 
but  he  antagonized  all  the  people  who 
otherwise  would  have  been  glad  to  help 
him,  and  so  he  has  been  left  out  in  the 
cold. ”

One  can  never tell  in  this  world  when 
or  how  he  will  reap  the  fruits  of  his 
courtesy  or  discourtesy  toward others.  A 
merchant  is  a  fool  if  he  wantonly  sub­
jects  any  class  of  men  with  whom  be 
comes  in  contact  to treatment that rouses 
their  antagonism.  He  should  and  will 
suffer  somehow  for  his  folly.—Apparel 
Gazette.

There  are  men  on  the  road  as  else­
where  who  can  not  be  too 
severely 
treated,  but  they  are  exceptions.  The 
average  traveling  man  has  an  excep­
tional  knowledge  of  the  world,  excep­
tional  powers  of observation  and  insight 
nto  character  and  conditions,  and  an 
inside  knowledge  of  goods  and  men that 
makes  him  a  mine  of  information,  a 
traveling  storehouse, 
for  the  people 
with  whom  he  comes  in  contact.  With 
his  access  to  the  credit  men  cf  great 
wholesale  houses,  his  acquaintance  with 
other  traveling  men,  and  his  many  re­
lations  in  the  great  markets  of the coun­
try,  he  is  a  commercial  factor  whose 
’nfluence  it  is  hard  to  overvalue.

What  folly 

it  is  to  excite  without 
provocation  the  ill-will  of  such  a  man. 
What  stupidity  it  is  to  irritate  him  and 
antagonize  him  unnecessarily?

If  merchants  could  hear the  estimates 
and  criticisms  that  commercial travelers 
pass  on  them  among  themselves  they 
would  often  be  amazed  and  astounded 
at  the  things  said. 
It  is  just  that  kind 
of  keen, 
incisive  criticism,  gathered 
from  a  wide  comparison  of  men  and

Reserved for the Boys

In view  of  the  congested  condi-  . 
tlon of the Petoskey hotels during 
the summer season, I have added 
thirty-live rooms to the

Imperial  Hotel

which  I  have  set  apart  for  the 
use of the commercial trade at $2 
per  day,  although  my  regular 
transient rate Is $¿50 to $4.  I  be­
lieve  this  arrangement  will meet
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P/oprietor Imperial Hotel.

Thé Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel­

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

Whiskey,  Morphine  and 

Tobacco  Habits

Positively  Cured

Full  particulars  and  prices  for  the asking. 

Patterson  Home  Sanitarium, 316  E.  Bridge St. 

Phone  1391 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Drugs—Chemicals

M ichigan  State B oard o f Pharm acy

Term expires
•  Dec. 31,1901 
L.  E.  Re yn o ld s,  St. Joseph 
Hi n b y   He im , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
• 
Dec. 31,1903
Wik t   P.  Do ty, Detroit - 
A  G. Sch um ach er, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,190« 
J ohn D. Mu ib, Grand Rapids 
Dec. 31,1906 

President, A   C.  Sch um ach er, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary, He n r y  He im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit.

E xam ination  Sessions.

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

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association. 

President—Ch a s.  F.  Ma n n , Detroit. 
Secretary—J.  W.  Se e l e y ,  Detroit 
Treasurer—W.  K.  Sch m id t, (¿rand Rapids.

Suggestions  of  Value  to  D ruggists  and 

Clerks.

The  writer  has  tested  many  sugges­
tions  for  removing  silver  nitrate  stains 
from  the hands,  and  has  discarded  many 
of them  as  indifferent  in  action  and  im­
practical. 
Sodium  hyposulphite  de­
mands  too  much  persistency  to  be  com­
mended ;  a  solution  of  potassium  iodide 
without  supplementary  treatment  does 
not  accomplish  what  has  beep, claimed 
for  i t ;  ammonia  water alone is a tedious 
expedient  to  use;  oxalic acid  is  not  sat­
isfactory.  The  most  satisfactory  method 
for  effacing  these  discolorations  is  to 
first  freely  apply  tincture  of  iodine  to 
the  stain,  rubbing 
it  well  over  the 
darkened  spot,  then  making  a  plentiful 
application  of  diluted  ammonia  water. 
Two  or  three  such  “ double  doses”   may 
be  necessary 
if  the  color  be  very  de­
cided.  We  seldom  fail  by  this  method 
to  pretty  thoroughly  efface  all  evidence 
of  having  handled  silver nitrate.  Stains 
twenty-four  hours  old  have  been  dfssi- 
pated  by  this  process.  Sometimes  a 
rubefacient  action  will 
leave  the  skin 
pink  in  places,  but  this  color  soon  dis­
appears ;  and  even  while  it  lasts  it  is 
far to  be  preferred,  we  think,  to  a  deep 
brown  stain.

An 

it  practiced 

iron  mortar  should  be  kept  in  a 
dry  atmosphere,  not  in  a  damp  cellar. 
If  left  to  rest  for a  time  where  rust  may 
form,  it  will  be  found  unfit  for  use when 
wanted,  until  some  measures  have  been 
taken  to  rid 
it  of  the  effects  of  damp­
ness.  The  pharmacy  of  to-day  as  we 
find 
in  the  average  drug 
store  does  not  call  the  iron  mortar  into 
requisition  so 
frequently  as  did  the 
pharmacy  of  our  fathers;  therefore  it  is 
but  natural 
it  should  accumulate  cob­
webs  and  dust— but  not  rust.  Keep  the 
iron  mortar  remote  from dampness.  You 
use  it sometimes,and  it  is  not  an  agree­
able  task  to  free  it  of  a  deep  deposit  of 
rust.  -Emery-paper will  accomplish  the 
aim  possibly  better  than  any  other  ex­
pedient.  A  piece  of  it  may  be  tied  to 
the  end  of  the  pestle  or a  padded  stick 
and  the  device  rotated  and  moved  about 
in  the  bottom  of  the  mortar,  exerting  a 
suitable  degree  of  pressure;  possibly  a 
piece  in  the  fingers  will  suffice.

Indeed,  as  cleaning  and  polishing 
agents,  sand  and  emery-paper  are  very 
useful  about  a  pharmacy.  There  will 
accumulate  upon  pots,  pans,  and  metal 
vessels  indurated  matter  that  will  not 
yield  kindly  to  the  polishing  treatments 
commonly  prescribed.  On  metal  con­
tainers  used  on  an  oil  stove  or  range, 
incrustations  will  form  that  can  not  be 
as  readily  and  effectually  removed  by 
any  other  agent  as  with  sand  or  emery 
paper.  With  either  of  these  mediums 
we  have  seen  copper  and  tin  vessels,the 
identity  of  which  had  been  lost  beneath 
a  coating  of  incrusted  matter,  made 
clean,  bright,  and  new-looking.  A  fine 
sand  or  emery-paper should be employed 
for  polishing,  particularly  such  surfaces 
as  it  is desired  should  present  a  pleas­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Even 

ing  appearance.  The  attrition  of  coarse 
sand-paper  is  too  severe,  leaving  on  the 
metal  decided  scratches. 
fine
sand-paper  will  often  scratch  too  deep­
ly.  Fine  emery-paper  is  usually  prefer­
able  to  sand-paper;  it  is  slow,  but  sure; 
the  results  fully  compensate  for the  ad­
ditional  expenditure  of  time  upon  the 
undertaking.  An  emery-paper  known 
as  “ OO”   is  applicable  for the  purpose 
in  view.  Crocus  cloth  is  a  finer  polish 
medium  appropriate  for  use  on  the  sur­
faces  of  the  better  vessels.

A  graduate  brush  at  the  sink  to  clean 
the  interiors  of  graduates 
is  an  indis­
pensable  requisite  to  cleanliness.  The 
fingers  can  not  effect  as  perfect  an elim­
ination  of  foreign  matter,  even  when 
the  graduate 
is  shallow  enough  to  per­
mit  of  the  tips  touching  the  bottom.  A 
brush  of  proper  shape  and  a  liberal  use 
of  sand  soap  is  one  of  the  best  methods 
of  keeping  graduates  truly clean.  They 
should  be  cleaned  inside  and  out  with 
sand  soap  and  brush  daily.

Metal  screw  caps  on  stock  cans  of  tin 
sometimes  stick  persistently.  This  may 
very  often  be  overcome  by  the  applica­
tion  of  a  little  petrolatum  around  the 
thread  of  the  screw  or the  neck 
it  cov­
ers.

When  in  the  habit  of  measuring  tur­
pentine, 
linseed  oil,  etc.,  in  a  metal 
measure,  bear  in  mind  that  the  capac­
ity  of  a  dented  measure  is  less  than that 
of  one  perfectly  symmetrical. 
Your 
volumetric  calculations  will  be  some­
what 
in  error  if allowance  is  not  made 
for each  and  every  indention  in  the  sur­
face  of  the  measure.

Joseph  Hostelley.

invention 

A  recent  European 

Form ula For  M aking  A rtificial  Sponges.
is  a 
process  for  making  artificial  sponges. 
The  method  is  based  on  the  action  of 
zinc  choride  on  cellulose,  by  which 
spongy  compounds  similar to  starch  are 
produced.  These  products  when  placed 
in  an  atmosphere 
in  water  swell,  and 
sufficiently  dry 
soon  become  hard 
again.  The  formula  for  making  the 
sponges  is  given  as  follows:

to  which 

One  hundred  grammes  of  cellulose 

is 
treated  with  four  kilogrammes  of  a  con­
centrated  solution  of  zinc  and  sodium 
cblcride.  This  results  in  a  plastic mass, 
slightly  viscous, 
is  added 
about  a  kilogramme  of  coarse  bay  salt. 
The  substance  is  then  placed  in  "a  spe­
cially constructed  mill  and  pierced  with 
two  or  three  hundred  holes,  to  form 
canals,  and  is  then  placed  in  a  bath  of 
alcohol  and  water  for  twenty-four hours. 
These  sponges  can  be  produced  quite 
cheaply  and  possess  great  durability, 
although  they  are  said to  be  harder  than 
the  natural  substance.

investigated 

Mr.  Gilmour  has 

Preservation  of  S pirit of  Nitrons  E ther.
the 
keeping  qualities  of  spirit  of nitrous 
ether  with  a  view  of  determining  the 
conditions  most  favorable  for  stocking 
and  preserving,  and  comes  to the  con­
clusion  that  the  direction  given  in  the 
Pharmacopoeia 
is  a  safe  guide,  viz.  : 
‘ ‘ Preserve  the  spirit  of  nitrous  ether  in 
well  closed  vessels,  preferably  in  dark 
bottles,  and  in  small  bottles.”   The  fa­
vorable  conditions,  according  to  Mr. 
Gilmour,  are  a  cool  underground  cellar 
with 
little  daylight.  The  unfavorable 
conditions  giving  rise  to  rapid  deterio­
ration  are  a  bright  shop,  too  many  win­
dows,  too  much  sunlight,  and  keeping 
in  too  large  containers.

To  Dissolve Iodine  R apidly  In  Oils.
Prof.  Schmidt  says  iodine  is  quickly 
dissolved  in  oils  by  first  rubbing  up  the 
iodine  with  one-fourth  of  its  weight  of 
pot.  iodide  and  a  few  drops  of  glycer­
ine,  then  adding  a  little  oil,  and  rub­
bing  up.  The  addition  of  the  resultant 
liquid  to  the  rest  of  the  oil  and  a  sharp 
agitation  finishes  the  process.

Some T ried  and  Tested  V eterinary  F or­

m ulas.

For colic  in  horses:

Spirit  nitrous  ether,  28  gms. 
Tincture  opium,  28  gms.
Tincture  aconite,  1.18  gms.

To  be  given 

in  half a  liter of  water 
and  repeated  if  necessary  in  half an 
hour.
For worms  in  horses:

Powdered  areca  nut,  60 gms. 
Powdered  gentian  root,  60 gms.
Iron  filings,  30 gms.

Divide  into  twelve  powders.  A  pow­
der  is  to  be  followed  by  an  emulsion  of 
oil  of  turpentine,  56 grams;  soap  solu­
tion  q.s.  to  make  an  emulsion.
Tonic  condition  powder  for horses: 

Powdered  nux  vomica,
Powd.  ferr.  sulph.,  of  each  30 gms. 
Gentian  root,  45  gms.
Aromatic  powder,  15  gms.
Divide  into  twelve  powders.

For  harness  or  saddle  galls  and  bruises: 

Diuretic  powder  for horses :

Resin,  90 gms.
Potassium  nitrate,  90 gms.
Buchu  leaves,  45  gms.

Divide  into  twelve  powders.

Tannin,  12  gms.
Alcohol,  q.  s.  to  dissolve.
Boric  acid,  90 gms.
Glycerin,  q.  s.  to  dissolve.
Water to  produce  168  gms.

To  be  applied  twice  daily.

For  fistulae:

Zinc  chloride,  30.
Distilled  water,  28.

Two  days  after  the  application  of 
should  be 

this  solution, 
syringed  with  the  following:

the  fistula 

Creolin,  7.
Distilled  water,  448.

For cracked  heels:
Zinc  oxide,  3.
Carbolic  acid,  0.60.
Lard,  30.

W hy  W e  Feel  H ungry.

The  sensation  of  hunger  has  not  been 
easy  to  explain.  The  new  theory  of  a 
German  physician 
is  that  it  is  due  to 
emptiness  of  the  blood  vessels  of the 
stomach,  and  it  is  pointed  out  that hun­
ger  is  appeased  with  the  rush  of  blood 
to  the  stomach  following  the  taking  of 
food  and  beginning  of  digestion. 
In 
many  anemic  patients,  who  have  no 
appetite  when  the  stomach  is empty,  the 
blood  vessels  of  the  stomach  are  really 
congested  instead  of  being empty.  Lack 
of  blood  in  the  stomach  in  health  acts 
on  a  special  nerve,  which  is  a  branch 
of the  same  nerve-trunk  as  the  nerves of 
the  mouth  and  tongue.  A  stimulus  ap­
plied  to the  tongue,  as  by  a  spice,  thus 
increases  appetite,  while  disease  affect­
ing  the  nerves  of  the  tongue  may  pro­
duce 
loss  of  appetite,  even  when  the 
stomach  is  empty.
D isplaying Tooth-brushes and Dentifrices.
An  effective  way  of  displaying  tooth­
brushes  and  dentifrices  is  shown  by  a 
down-town  druggist  in  New  York.  He 
had  constructed 
in  one  of  his  windows 
an  expensive  and  showy  shelved  rack. 
Below  each  of  the  four or  five  shelves 
are  places  to  hang  the  brushes.  The 
liquid  paste  and  powder  preparations 
for the  teeth  occupy  the  shelves.  Below 
each  bottle  or tube  is  hung  a  brush,  the 
whole  making  a  very  pretty  display. 
Another  druggist  piles  several  hundred 
brushes  in  his  window,  and  on  the  top 
of  the  heap  puts  this  sign :  “ 25c  worth 
for  ioc.  That’s all.  At  the  druggist’s in 
Skedunk  25c.  Here  10c. ”

Lemonade  for  Diabetics.

The  following  is  said  to  be  useful  for 

assuaging  the  thirst  of diabetics:

Citric acid,  1  gm.
Glycerine,  50  gms.
Cognac,  50 gms.
Distilled  water,  500 gms.

It  is  the  early  fish  that  catches  the 

worm— hook  and  all.

The  D rug M arket.

Opium— Is  easier,  but  not  quotably 

Morphine— Has  declined 

ioc  per 

lower.

ounce.

Quinine— At  the  bark  sale  at  Amster­
dam  last  Thursday  bark  was  sold  for 
about  10  per  cent,  lower than  the  pre­
vious  sale.  Manufacturers  have  not  as 
yet  reduced  their  price.

Castile  Soap— Is  very  firm,  in  sym­

pathy  with  prices  abroad.

Thymol— Has  again  declined  and  is 

tending  lower.

Oil 

Pennyroyal— Peppermint 

and 
sassafras  are  very  strong  and  tending 
higher.

Novelty  In  th e  Confectionery  Line.
The  candy  counter  in  a  drug  store 

is 
looked  upon  as  indispensable  by  some 
druggists,  and  they  are  always  looking 
for  novelties  to  catch  trade.  To  these 
is  offered  the  “ Toasted  Marshmallow.”  
It  is  the  regulation  marshmallow  coated 
with  shredded  cocoanut  and  then  baked 
until  brown.  The  druggist  who  origin­
ated 
it  makes  his  own  candy,  and  it 
finds  a  ready  sale  at  25  cents  for  a 
pound  package.  His  stock  consists  of 
old-fashioned  chocolate,  chocolate  and 
toasted  marshmallows,  fig  wafers,  and 
assorted  chocolates.

Window  Shade
Headquarters

Send us your  orders.  Large  stock  on 
hand.  Special  sized  shades  our  spec­
ialty.  Orders filled same day received. 
Write for Price List and Samples.

Heystek  &  Canfield  Co. 
Grand Rapids, Mich

Fred  Brundage 

Muskegon,  Mich. 

32 and  34  Western  Avenue 

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Stationery 

and 

“ Charity  Covers  a  Multitude  of  Sius”
So  does  “ Catarrh.”  The  time  has  gone  by 
when  “ Catarrh”  is  passed  by  by  physicians 
with a joking  remark  and  a  suggestion  to  use 
salt and  water.  Up-to-date  physicians  realize 
the complications that  follow  and  prescribe  ac­
cordingly.  If they are not prepared  to treat tne 
case  themselves—and  few  of  them  are—they 
recommend a specialist.  We gave you the symp­
toms of  Nasal  Catarrh;  now  append  the  most 
common symptoms of

Catarrh of the  Bronchial  Tubes.

Have you a cough?
Are you losing flesh?
Do you cough at night?
Have  you pain  in side?
Do you  take  cold  easily?
Is  your  appetite  variable?
Have  you  stitches  In  side?
Are you low spirited at times?
Do you cough on going  to bed?
Do you  cough  in  the  morning?
Is your cough short and hacking?
Have you a disgust for fatty foods?
Is th  re a tickling behind the palate?
Do you feel you are growing weaker?
Is there a burning pain  in  the  throat?
Do you cough worse night and morning?
Do you have to sit up sit night to get breath?

Go or write to 

D R .  C .  E .  R A N K IN ,

Powers*  Opera  House  Block

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 

Graduate of University of Michigan and  Illinois 

School of Electro-Therapeutics 

M all T reatm ent

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

symptom blank.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Menthol..................  
®  4 25
Morphia, S., P. ft W.  2 05® 2 30 
Morphia, S..N. Y. Q.  1  95® 2 20
Morphia, MaL......... 1  95® 2 20
Moschus  Canton__   @  40
Myristlca, No. 1......   65®  80
Nux Vomica...po. 15  @ 
10
Os Sepia..................  
35®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. ft P.
D  Co....................  @  1 00
Picis Llq. N.N.V4 gal.
doz.......................  @200
Picis Llq.,quarts....  @ 100
Picis Llq.,  pints......   @  85
PilHydrarg. ..po. 80  @  50
Piper  Nigra...po. 22  @ 
18
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 35  @  30
PilxBurgun............   @ 
7
Plumbl Acet............  
10® 
12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  30®  1  60 
Pyrethrom, boxes H. 
ft P. D. Co., doz...  @  75
Pyrethrom,  pv........ 
25®  30
8® 
Quassl»..-................ 
10
Quinta, S. P. ft  W... 
36®  46
36®  46
Quinia, S.  German.. 
Quinia, N .Y ............  36®  46
Rubia Tlnctorum.... 
12® 
14
Saccharum Lactls pv 
18®  20
Saladn....................  4 so® 4 75
Sanguis  Draconls...  40®  50
Sapo, W................... 
12® 
14
SapoM.................... 
10® 
12
Sapo G....................  @ 
15

Seidlitz Mixture......  20®  22
Sinapis....................  @ 
ig
Sinapis,  opt............   @ 
so
Snun, Maccaboy, De
Voes....................  @  41
Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s  @  41
Soda, Boras............. 
9® 
11
Soda,  Boras, po......  
9® 
11
Soda et Potass Tart. 
23®  25
Soda,  Carb.............. 
i)i@ 
2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3Vi@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........  50®  56
Spts. Myrcia Dom...  @ 2 00
Spts. Vini Rect.  bbl.  @
Spts. Vini Rect. Vibbl  @
Spts. Vini Rect. logal  @
Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal  @ 
Strychnia, Crystal... 
80®  1  05
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2Vi® 
4
Sulphur, Roll...........  2)4®  3<4
Tamarinds.............. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromae.............   60®  65
Vanilla....................  9 00®i6 00
Zinci Sulph.............. 
8

7® 

Oils

___ 
Whale, winter......... 
70 
Lard, extra..............  60 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
45 

BBL.  GAL.
70
70
50

27

82
83
54
60
41
46
BBL. LB.
IK  2 @8
IK  2 @4
IK  2 OS
2)4 2Vi@3
2Vi  2K@3
13® 15
70® 75
14® 18
13® 16
6)4® 7
6)4® 7

@ 90
@ 95
@ 1  25
O 1  40
1  10® 1  20

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

Red Venetian...... ■..
Ochre, yellow  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
Whiting, gilders’__
White, Paris, Amer. 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff....................7.
Universal Prepared.
Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra Turp..............  1  60®  l  70
Coach  Body............  2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Furo...... 1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1 56®  1  60 
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  76

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced— 
Declined—Morphia

8
6@$
70® 76
@ 17
30® 42
47® 50
3® 6
8® 10
12® 14
@ 15
52® 56
6
IK®
ft  JLUMÖ  ft  Af
38®  40

Acetlcum  ............... $
Benzoicum, German.
Boraclc....................
Carbollcum.............
Citrlcum..................
Hydrochlor............
Nitrocum................
Oxalicum.................
Phosphorium,  dll...
Saltcylicum............
Sulphurlcum...........
laimiuiuu................
Tartarlcum............
Am m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............
Aqua, 20 deg............
Carbonas.................
Chloridum...............
A niline
Black....................... 2 00® 2 25
80®  1  00
Brown......................
45®  50
Red..........................
Yellow..................... 2 50® 3 00
Race»
22«  24
Cubebae...........po, 25
6« 
8
Juniperos................
1  70«  1  75
Xanthoxylum.........

4® 
6
6® 
8
13®  15
12®  14

50«  56
«   1  86
65«  60
45«  50

18
12

24@
28a
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13«
14g
16«

Balsam um
Copaiba...................
Peru  .......................
Terabln,  Canada....
Tolutan....................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......
Cassi».....................
Cinchona  Flava......
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Quillala, gr’d ...........
Sassafras....... po. 20
Ulmus...po.  15, gr’d 
E xtractom
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza,  po...... 
H»matox, 15 lb. box 
Hsematox, is ........... 
Haematox, Via.........  
Haematox, 14s.........  

F e r r u
Carbonate  Precip...
Citrate and  Quinia..
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut. Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure........
Flora

Arnica..................... 
156
Anthemis................   22«
Matricaria...............  30«

Folia

Barosma..................   46«
Cassia Acutlfol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
206
Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx.  25« 
Salvia officinalis,  Ks
and V4s.................  
126
CvaUrsl................... 
86
Gnmmi
Acacia, 1st picked... 
6  
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
6
Acacia,3d  picked... 
6  
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
6
Acacia, po......... . 
456
Aloe, Barb. po.i8@20 
126
Aloe, Cape__po. 16. 
6
Aloe,  SocotrL.po. 40 
6
Ammoniac...............   65«
Assafoptida— po. 40  406
Benzolnum.............. 
50«
Catechu, is .............. 
6
Catechu, Vis............  
6
Catechu, 14s............. 
6
C aropnorae.........  
69®
Eupnorbium.. .po. 35  @
Gafbanum............... 
Gamboge............po
Gualacum......po. 25
Kino...........po. 10.75
Mastic  ....................
Myrrh............po. 45
Opli__po. 4.9066.00 3 40®  3 50
Shellac.................... 
26®  35
Shellac, bleached....  40®  45
Tragacanth.............   60®  90

6   1

®

H erba

25
20
26
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 
Lobelia....... oz. pkg 
Majorum__oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vfr. .oz. pkg 
Rue..............oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
Magnesia
Calcined, F at..!......   65®  60
Carbonate, Fat........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. ft M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

Oleum

Absinthium............   6  60® 7 00
Amygdalae, Dulc....  38®  66
Amygdalae, Amarae.  8 00® 8 26
Anlsf.......................  l  85® 2 00
Auranti Cortex........2 
10® 2 20
Bergamll.................  2  65® 2 86
Cajlputl...................  80®  85
Caryophylll.............  
75®  80
Cedar...................... 
80® 1  10
Chenopadli..............  @ 2 76
Cinnamonll  .............115® 1 25
Cltronella................  36®  40

00® 4 50

so®  60

Conlum Mac............  
Copaiba...................  1 
is®  1 26
Cubebae..................   1 
50®  l 60
Exechthtt08.............  1 oo@  1  10
10®  1 20
Erigeron.................  1 
Gaultherla..............  1  go®  1  90
®  75
Geranium, ounce.... 
Gossippli, Sem. gal., 
so®  60
Hedeoma.................  1 
60®  l 76
Junipera.................  1 
60® 2 00
Lavenduia  ..............  90® 2 00
Llmonls...................  1 
do®  1 40
Mentha Piper.........   1 60® 2 00
Mentha Verld.........   1  60®  1  60
Morrhuae, ¡gal......... 1 
io@  1  20
Myrcia......................4 
Olive.......................  
78® 3 00
PldsLiquida........... 
10® 
12
Picis Llqulda,  gal...  @  35
Ricina.....................   90®  l  02
Rosmarlni...............  
® 1 00
Rosae, ounce.............  6 00® 6  so
Sucdnl....................  40®  45
Sabina....................  90® 1  00
Santal...................... 2  75®  7 00
Sassafras.................  55®  60
®  65
Sinapis,  ess., ounce. 
Tiglfl........................   1 50®  1 60
40®  50
Thyme.....................  
Thyme, opt.............. 
®  1 60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb....................  
15® 
18
13® 
Bichromate............. 
15
Bromide................. 
62®  57
i2@ 
C arb....................... 
is
Chlorate... po. 17@19  16®  18
Cyanide................... 
34®  38
Iodide.......................  2 30®  2 40
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30 
® 
Potassa, Bitart, com. 
15
7® 
Potass Nltras, opt... 
10
Potass  Nltras.........  
6® 
8
Prussiate............... 
23®  26
Sulphate po............  
15®  18
Radix

Scillae Co................. 
Tolutan...................  
Prunus  virg............  
Tinctures
Aconltum Napellis R 
Aconltum Napellis F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh__  
A rnica__ ;.............. 
Assafoettda.............. 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Auranti Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma..................  
Cantharides............  
Capsicum................  
Cardamon...............  
Cardamon Co..........  
Castor.....................  
Catechu}................... 
Cinchona................. 
Cinchona Co............  
Columba.................  
Cubebae....................  
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
Digitalis................... 
Ergot.......................  
Ferrl  Chloridum__  
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co.............. 
Guiaca.....................  
Gulaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............  
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless...... 
K ino.......................  
Lobelia...................  
Myrrh...................... 
Nux Vomica............  
Opii.......................... 
Opli, comphorated.. 
Opii, deodorized...... 
Quassia................... 
Khatany................... 
Rhei........................ 
Sanguinarla...........  
Serpentarla...... .... 
Stromonium............  
Tolutan................... 
Valerian................. 
Veratrum  Veride... 
Zingiber..................  

®  50
®  50
®  50

60
50
60
60
50
so
60
50
60
so
50
75
50
75
75
1 00
So
60
60
So
50
so
60
so
so
35
so
60
so
60
Bo
75
75
So
So
So
60
75
So
1 5o
So
So
So
5o
5o
60
60
5q
So
2©

Aconltum.................  20®  25
Althse...................... 
so®  33
Anchusa................. 
10® 
12
Arum  po.................  @  26
Calamus..................   20®  40
Gentiana........po. 15 
12® 
15
16® 
Glychrrhiza...pv.  16 
18 
®  75 
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
®  80
12® 
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
is
Inula,  po................. 
is®  22
Ipecac, po................. 3 60®  3 76
Iris  plox...po. 35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............  
25®  30
Maranta,  Vis...........  @  35
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  25
Rhei.........................  76® 1 00
Rhel, cut.................  @  1  26
Rhei, pv..................   76® 1  35
Splgelia...................  35®  38
Sanguinaria...po.  15 
18
Serpentarla............   40®  45
Senega....................  60®  65
Smilax, officinalis H. 
®  40
Smllax, M...............  
®  25
Scillae...........po.  35  10®  12
Sy m plocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po................. 
®  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
®  25 
Valeriana,  German. 
15®  20
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j .................  26®  27
Semen

® 

Anlsum........po.  15  ®  12
Apium (graveleons).  13® 
15
Bird, Is.................... 
6
4® 
Carol.............po.  15 
10®  11
Cardamon................  1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum.............  
g® 
10
Cannabis Satlva......   44@  5
Cydonium...............  
76®  1  00
Chenopodium.........  
15®  16
DfptenxOdorate....  1  00®  1  10
Foenlculum..............  @ 
10
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
9
L inl......................... 
4® 
5
Lint, grd. ....bbl. 4 
4)i@ 
5
Lobelia....................  46®  50
Pharlaris Canarian..  4Vi® 
5
R apa.......................  4 vi@ 
5
Sinapis  Alba........... 
g® 
10
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spiritus

Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti.  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti................   1  25®  1  50
Juniperts Co. O. T...  1  66® 2 00
Junlperts  Co...........  1 76® 3 50
Saacharum  N. E __   1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli.........   1  75® 6 50
Vini Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
Vini Alba................   1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................  2 60® 2 75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage.................. 2 50® 2 76
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
®  1  60
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
®  l  25
Grass  sheepsr  wool,
carriage................  @  1  00
Hard, for slate use.. 
®  75
Yellow  R e e f,  for
® 140
slate use...............  
Syrups
Acacia....................  
®  60
Auranti Cortex........ 
@ 5 0
Zingiber..................  
®  50
Ipecac......................  @  60
Ferrl Iod.................   @  50
®  50
Rhei Arom.............. 
Smilax  Officinalis...  50®  60
Senega....................  
®  60
Solll»..................  a  bo

Miscellaneous 

.(Ether, Spts.Nit.? F  30®  35
dither, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2)4® 
3
4
3® 
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
Annatto...................   40®  50
Antlmonl, po........... 
4® 
5
Antimoniet Potass T  40®  50
®  25
Antipyrin................ 
Antiiebrln..............  @  20
Argentl Nltras, oz... 
®  51
Arsenicum.............. 
10® 
12
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
Bismuth S. N...........  1  80®  1  86
Calcium Chlor., is... 
® 
9
®  10
Calcium Chlor., vis.. 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ks..  @  12
®  80
Cantharides, Rus.po 
®  16
Capsid Froctus, a t.. 
Capsid  Froctus, po. 
®  15
Capsid Froctus 6, po 
®  15
Caryophylius.. po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba.............. 
SO®  66
Cera  Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @ 4 0
Cassia Froctus____  @  35
Centrarla.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum.................  @  45
Chloroform............   SB®  60
Chloroform,  squibbs  @ 1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst..,.  1  40®  1  65
Chondros................   20®  25
Cinchonidlne.P. & W  38®  48
Clnchonldine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   6 56® 6 75
Corks, llst.dls.pr.ct
70 
Creosotum...............  
©
35 
Creta............ bbl. 75  @
25 
Creta, prep..............  @
Creta, precip........... 
9®
11
®
Creta, Rubra........ 
8 
Crocus....................   28®
30 
Cudbear..................  
®
24 
Cuprl  Sulph............   6 Vi®
8 
Dextrine................. 
7®
10 
Ether Sulph............   78®
Ether Sulph............
92 
Emery, all numbers.
8
@
Emery, po................
®85®
6 90 
Ergota...........po. 90
Flake  White........... 
12®
15 
....   @
Galla
23
Gambler.................
9 
Gelatin, Cooper......
60 
®
Gelatin, French......
60 
Glassware,  flint, box
75 ft  5 
Less than box......
70
11®  13
Glue, brown............  
Glue,  white............  
is®  25
Glycerina.................  17 Vi®  25
®  25
Grana Paradisi........ 
Hum ulus.................  25®  55
® 1 00 
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
®  90
Hydrarg Chlor Cor.. 
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m. 
® 1  10 
Hydrarg  Ammoniatl 
® 1  20 
HydrargU nguentum  50®  60
Hydrargyrum......... 
®  86
Icnthyobolla, Am ...  65®  70
Indigo.....................  
75®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubi........  3 40® 3  60
Iodoform.................  3 60® 3  86
Lupulin................... 
so
Lycopodium............   80®  85
M ads......................  66®  75
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drargIod.............. 
®  25
LiquorPotassArslnlt 
10® 
12
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
2® 
8
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl  @  1)4 
Manilla, 8. F ..M__   SO®  eo

® 

H O LID A Y

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 a z e ltin e   &   Perkin s 

D r u g   Co.,

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

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

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

ADVANCED

DECLINED

Boiled  Oats, Flour, Corn  Syrup 

Common  Starch 
Dried Apples 
Canned  Apples 
Domestic  Cheese

Straw berries

Standard.................
Fancy......................
Succotash
Fair..........................
Good.......................
Fancy......................
Tomatoes
F air.........................
Good.......................
90
Fancy......................
1  00
Gallons....................
2 40
CATSUP
Columbia,  pints.................. 2 00
Columbia, % pints............... l  25

CABBON  OILS 

B arrels

@10Vi @  9 y: 
@  8 Vi 
@12W 
@10Vi 
@34 
@22 
@ 10*

@10
@10Vi
@10
@10Vi
@10Vi
@11
@10
@10
®10Vi
@iovi
14@15
@90
@17
13@14
50@75
19@20

Eocene .......................
Perfection..................
Diamond White.........
D. S. Gasoline............
Deodorized Naphtha..
Cylinder.....................29
Engine........................19
Black, winter..............
CHEESE
Acme.......................
Amboy....................
Carson City..............
Elsie.........................
Emblem..................
Gem.........................
Gold Medal..............
Ideal......................
Jersey......................
Riverside.,
Brick........
Edam.......
Leiden__
Ltmburger.
Pineapple.
Sap  Sago..
CHEWING GUM
American Flag Spruce__
Beeman’s Pepsin.............
Black Jack.......................
Largest Gum  Made.........
Sen Sen  , . .........................
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..
Sugar  Loaf.......................
Yucatan..........................
Bulk....................................  6
Bed......................................7
Eagle...................................   4
Franck’s .............................   6 Vi
Schener’s .............................  6

66 
60 
66 60 
66 
1  00
55
56

CHICORY

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

COCOA

Runkel Bros.

CLOTHES  LINES

German  Sweet....................   23
Premium.............................   31
Breakfast Cocoa..................   46
Vienna Sweet....................  21
Vanilla................................   28
Premium..............................  31
Cotton, 40 ft.  per doz...........l  00
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz...........l 20
Cotton, 60 ft.  per doz...........1 40
Cotton, 70 ft.  per doz...........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz.......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz..............  80
Jute. 72 ft. per doz.............  96
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, Vis  .......................   35
Colonial, Vis.........................  33
Epps.............. 
42
Huyler.................................  46
Van Houten, Vis..................  12
Van Houten, Vis..................   20
Van Houten, Vis
Van Houten,  is ..................  70
Webb...............  
30
Wilbur, Vis.................... •....  41
Wilbur. Vis...........................  42
20 lb. bags
Less quantity.............
Pound packages........
COFFEE 
Boasted
j k t C
1%»
HIGH GRADE.
C o f f e e s

COCOA  SHELLS 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Combination.........16
French Breakfast..............i7Vi
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-is............29
White House, 30-2s............ 28
Excelsior M. & J„ 60-ls.. 
.. 21V4
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2s.......20Vi
Royal Java.........................26Vi
Royal Java & Mocha......... 26Vi
Arabian  Mocha.................28 vi
AdenMoch.........................22Vi
Mocha & Java Blend......... 23
Fancy Maricaibo................i8Vi
Javo Blend.........................i7Vi
Golden Santos.................... 17
Ja-Mo-Ka...........................i5Vi
Excelsior Blend.................. i4y.
No. 66 Blend........................14
Common............................. iovi
F a ir....................................u
Choice................................. 13
Fancy..................................15
Common..............................11
F air.................................... u
Choice................................. 16
Fancy................................. 17
Peaberry.............................. .
F air.....................................12
Choice......................W

Maracaibo

Santos

Bio

Mexican

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

G uatem ala

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

Ja v a

African................................I2vi
Fancy African................... 17
O. G.....................................26
P. G ....................................29

Arabian.............................  21

Mocha

Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuokle............................lift
DUworth............................ 11 h
Jersey................................ 11 vi
Lion................................... 11 vi
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin 
Co., Chicago.

E xtract

Valley City Vi  gross............   76
Felix Vi gross..................    ..1  16
Hummefs foil Vi gross........  86
Hummel’s tin Vi gross........l  43

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz In case.

Gall Borden Eagle.............. 6 40
Crown.................................. e  26
Daisy....................................5 76
Champion............................4  60
Magnolia............................. 4 26
Challenge............................ 3 76
Dime....................................3 36
Leader.................................3 80

COUPON  BOOKS 

60 books, any  denom...  1 60 
100 books, any  denom...  2 60 
600books, any  denom...  11  60
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00 
Above quotations are for either
Tradesman, Superior, Economic 
or  Universal  grades.  Where
1.000 books are ordered at a time 
customer receives  sp e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Soda

Oyster

B u tter

CBACKERS

Credit Checks 

Coupon  Pass  Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down.
60  books............................  1 60
100  books............................  2 60
600  books.......................  11  60
1.000  books.......................   20 00
600, any one denom........  2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  6 00
Steel  punch...................... 
76
National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour....................... ... 
6
New York.................... ... 
6
Family......................... ... 
6
Salted........................... ... 
6
Wolverine.................... ... 
6Vi
Soda  X X X ...................
6Vi
Soda, City.................... ... 
8
Long Island  Wafers....
..  13
Zephyrette.................... ...  13
F a u st........................... ... 
7 Vi
Farina.......................... ... 
6
Extra Farina................
6 Vi
Sal tine Oyster.............. ... 
6
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals.......................
..  10
Assorted  Cake.............
..  10
Belle Rose....................
8
Bent’s Water................
..  16
Cinnamon Bar..............
9
Coffee Cake,  Iced........
..  10
Coffee Cake. Java........
..  10
Cocoanut Macaroons... ..  18
Cocoanut Taffy............
..  10
Cracknells...........................  16
Creams, Iced....................... 
8
Cream Crisp.......................  
iovi
Cubans...............................  
livi
Currant  Fruit....................   12
Frosted Honey...................  12
Frosted Cream....................  9
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sm’ll  8 
Ginger  Snaps, N .B .C .... 
6
Gladiator............................  10 vi
Grandma Cakes..................   9
Graham Crackers............  
8
Graham  Wafers.................   12
Grand Rapids  Tea...........  16
Honey Fingers...................  12
Iced Honey Crumpets......  10
Imperials............................  
8
Jumbles, Honey.................   12
Lady Fingers......................  12
Lemon Snaps......................  12
Lemon Wafers...................  16
Marshmallow.....................   16
Marshmallow Creams......   16
Marshmallow Walnuts....  16
Mary Ann...........................  
8
Mixed Picnic......................   uvi
Milk Biscuit........................  
7Vi
Molasses  Cake.................... 
8
Molasses Bar.......................  9
Moss Jelly Bar...................  12*4
Newton...............................  12
Oatmeal Crackers............. 
8
Oatmeal Wafers.................   12
Orange Crisp.......................  9
Orange Gem.......................   9
Penny Cake........................   8
Pilot Bread, XXX............ 
7Vi
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8
Pretzels, hand  made.......  
8
Scotch Cookies....................  9
Sears’ Lunch....................... 
Sugar Cake..........................  8
Sugar Cream, XXX.........  
8

7Vi

Sugar Squares...................  8
Sultanas............................   13
Tutti 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. 
CBEAM  TARTAR

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

D RIED   FRUITS 

Apples

Sundried....................  @554
Evaporated, 60 lb. boxes.  @8

California F ru its

^ ..................  9@9Vt

Blackberries..............
Nectarines.................  7
Peaches......................6  @20
Pears.......................... 7*4
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries...............
California Prunes
100-120 26 lb. boxes........  @ 3Vi
90-100 26 lb. boxes....  @ 4
80 - 90 26 lb. boxes........  @  4Vi
70 - 80 26 lb. boxes........  @ 4K
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  @ 544
60 - 60 26 lb. boxes........  @ 5V4
40 - 60 26 lb. boxes........  @
30 - 40 26 lb. boxes......... 
Vi cent less in 60 lb. cases 

8

Citron

Peel

C urrants

Leghorn...................................n
Corsican..................................12
California, 1 lb.  package....
Imported, 1 lb package.......1234
Imported, bulk.................... 11 v
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx..iovi 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. 10 Vi 
London Layers 2 Crown.
1  76
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............
6Vi
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
6
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb........ 
8
L. M., Seeded, 54  lb__   7  @
Sultanas, b u lk ....................
Sultanas, package..............

Raisins

2  10

Beans

Cereals

FARINACEOUS  GOODS 
Dried Lima..........................  7
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland....................
Cream of Cereal...................  90
Grain-O, sm all......................... 1 35
Graln-O, large.......................... 2 26
Grape Nuts............................... 1 35
Postum Cereal, small.......... 1  36
Postum Cereal, large........  2 26
241 lb. packages...................... 1 60
Bulk, per 100 Tbs....................... 3 00
Flake, 60 lb. sack...............  80
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl...................... 2 40
Pearl, 100 lb. sack.....................1 17
Maccaroni  and Verm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 26 lb. box............2  60
Common...................................2 40
Chester......................................2 90
Empire......................................3 40

P earl  B arley

H om iny

F arin a

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Peas

...2
...3

Rolled  Oats

24 2 lb. packages.............
00
100 1». kegs......................
00
200 lb. barrels................. ...5 70
100 lb. bags...................... ...2 90
Sreen, Wisconsin, bu.... ...1 30
Glreen, Scotch, bu........... ...1 40
Spilt,  lb......   ..................
3
Rolled A vena, bbl........... ...5 66
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks__   2 62
Monarch, bbl......................6  40
Monarch, Vi bbl..................2  86
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks.........2  go
Quaker, cases..................... 3  20
_ 
East India...........................   254
German, sacks...................... 354
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  110 lb. sacks.............  454
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks..............  3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages......  6
Cracked, bulk......................  3V4
24 2 lb. packages................ 2  60
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Tapioca

Wheat

Sago

FOOTE ft JENES’

JAXON

Highest Grade Extracts
Vanilla 

Lemon

oz full m . 1  20  1 oz full m.  80 
oz full m . 2  10  2 oz full m  l  26 
No.Sfan’y.3  16  No.Sfan’y.l 75

Index to  Markets

B y  Columns

B

A

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

C

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

D
F

G

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

I

J

P

L

H

M

N
o

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

B
8

V

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ALABASTINE

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

Less 40 per cent discount. 

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

doz.  gr<
6
7
*
9
9

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

J4 lb. cans,  4 doz. case...... 3 76
Vi lb. cans,  2 doz. case...... 3 75
1 lb. cans, 
1 doz. case...... 3 76
5 lb. cans,  Vi doz. case...... 8 00

J A X O N

Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
Vi lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  86
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1  60

Queen  Flake

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

Royal

10c size__  90
V4 lb. cans  1  35 
6 oz. cans,  l  90 
Vi  lb. cans 2 50 
54 lb.  cans  3 76 
1 lb.  cans.  4 80 
3 lb. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21  50

BATH  BBICK

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

BLUING

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

BBOOMS

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

BBUSHES

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 In..................   45
Solid Back, 11 In .................   96
Pointed Ends

Shoe

Stove

CANDLES

B lackberries

No. 8.................................... 1  00
No. 7.................................... 1  30
No. 4............................. .....1
No, 3.....................................1 90
No. 3.....................................  75
No. 2.....................................1  10
No. 1.....................................1 75
W., B. & Co.’s, 16c size__  1  26
W., B. & Co.’s, 25c size__   2 00
Electric Light, 8s.................12
Electric Light, 16s...............12Vi
Paraffine, 6s.........................iovi
Paraffine, 12s....................... 11
Wlcklng 
................2#

BUTTER  COLOB

Clam  Bouillon

CANNED  GOODS 

...  . 
Apples
3 lb. Standards........
80 
Gallons, standards..
2 60
Standards ...............
75
Beans
Baked......................  1  oo@i  30
75®  85
Bed  Kidney............  
String...................... 
80
Wax......................... 
86
Blueberries
Standard.................... 
86
Brook  T rout
2 lb. cans, Spiced..............  1 90
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
1  00
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 
1 so
Burnham’s, V4 pint...........  1 92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20
Cherries
Bed  Standards...........
86 
White.........................
1  16
Corn
Fair..........................
Good.......................
Fancy......................
French  Peas
Sur Extra Fine.............
Extra  Fine...................
Fine...............................
Moyen..........................
Gooseberries
Standard................
H om iny
Standard.
Lobster
Star, Vi lb.
Star, l  lb.................
Picnic Tails.............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ...........
Mustard, 21b...........
Soused, 1 lb..............
Soused, 2 lb............
Tomato, 1 lb............
Tomato, 2 lb............
Hotels.......................
Buttons.
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb.................
Cove, 21b.................
Cove, l lb  Oval........
Peaches
P ie..........................
Yellow....................   1  65®l  86
Pears
Standard ..............
Fancy....................
Peas
Marrowfat............
Early June............
Early June  Sifted.
Pineapple
Grated....................
1  26@2 75
Sliced....................... 1  35@2 66
P um pkin
F air.........................
70
Good.......................
76
Fancy......................
86
Standard..................
90
Vi lb. cans................... ....  3 75
Vi lb, cans................... ....  7 00
1 lb. can..................... ....  12 00
Salmon
Columbia River, tails
@1  86
Columbia River, flats
@1  95
Red Alaska.............. 1 20@1 40
Pink Alaska............
1 00@1  10
Shrim ps
Standard.
Sardines
Domestic, Vis....__
Domestic, K s..........
Domestic,  Mustard.
California, vis.........
California Vis..........
French, Vis..............
French, vis.

86
1  86 
3 40 
2 36
1  76
2 80
1 76
2 80
1 76
2 80
18@20
22®26

Raspberries
Russian  Cavier

M ushrooms

86

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2ozpanel..i  20 
2 oz panel.  75 
3 oz taper. .2 oo  4 oz taper.. l  so

Lemon
ta

Vanilla
: ta

GMNOMPtDS. MICH.

D. C. Lemon
2 oz......... 
75
3 OZ...........  1  00
6 OZ...........  2  00
No. 4 T 
.  1  52

1». C. Vanilla
2 oz.........  i  24
3 oz......... 1  60
4 OZ...........  2  00
No. 3 X...  2 08

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75c. 

Oar Tropical.

2 oz. full measure, Lemon..  75
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  l  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

Standard.

FLY PAPER

Tanglefoot, per box.............   35
Tanglefocc, per case...........3 20

FRESH MEATS 

Reef

Carcass....................  6M@ 8
Forequarters.........   5M@  6
Hindquarters......... 
8s@  9M
Loins No. 3..............  12H&16
Ribs.........................  9  @1214
Rounds.................... 
8H@  9
Chucks.................... 
5  @ 5M
X UtkCO ...............
Pork
Dressed...................
Loins.......................
Boston Butts...........
Shoulders...............
Leaf  Lard...............
M utton
Carcass...................
Lambs.....................
Veal
Carcass...................

7M@ 9M
9M@10
8  @ 9
GRAINS AND FLOUR

@ 7
@  9M
@ 8H
@ 8M
@  8

W heat

W heat.................... ........ 
W inter W heat F lour

67

Local Brands

Patents................... ........  4  10
Second Patent......... ____  3 60
Straight..................
........  3 40
Clear ....................... ........  3 00
Graham................... ........  3 00
Buckwheat.............. ........  4 00
Rye.......................... ........  3 1»
Subject  to  usual cash  dis-
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad- 
dltlonal.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond 14s.....................   3  75
Diamond Its......................  3 75
Diamond Ms.....................   3 75
Quaker Ms.........................   3 65
Quaker Ms........................   3  65
Quaker Ms........................   3  66

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Spring W heat F lour 

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4  15
PUlsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4  06
PUlsbury’s  Best Ms.........   3  95
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  3 95
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  3 95
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 25
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4  15
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4  05
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  Ms.................... 
4  20
Wlngold  Ms.................... 
4  10
Wlngold  Ms.................... 
4  00
Ceresota Ms..........................   4 40
Ceresota Ms.......................  4 30
Ceresota Ms..........................   4 20
Laurel  Ms...............................  4 30
Laurel  Ms...............................  4 20
Laurel  Ms.............................   4 10
Laurel Ms and Ms paper..  4  10
Bolted...................................   2 00
Granulated.............................  2 10
Car  lots............................. 
iOM
Car lots, clipped................   42M
Less than car lots.............
Feed and Millstuffl»

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Meal

Oats

St. Car Feed, screened__ 26 oo
No. l Corn and  Oats........  24 60
Unbolted Corn Meal.........  25 00
Winter Wheat Bran.........  16 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  17 00
Screenings..........................16 00
Corn, car  lots...................  49M

Corn
Hay

No. l Timothy car lots....  10 oo
No. l Timothy ton lots....  11 00
Sage........................................ 15
Hop«.......................................15
Laurel Leaves......................... 15
Senna Leaves..........................25

HERRS

INDICK»

JELLY

Madras, 5 lb. boxes................55
8. F., 2,3 and  5 lb. boxes.......so
61b. palls, per doz...........  185
151b. palls............................  35
so lb. palls............................  67
Pure....................................   30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily....................................  14
Root..................................... 
io
Condensed, 2 doz............... i  20
Condensed, 4 doz............... 2 25

LICORICE

LYE

MATCHES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur.................... 1 65
Anchor ra rlo r...................1  50
No. 2 Home........................1  30
Export Parlor.................... 4 00
Wolverine.......................... 1 50

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

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

46
75

40
36
26
22

OLIVES

PA PER   RAGS

Ask your Jobber for them.

Horse Radish, 1 doz...........1  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz...........3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz..........1  75
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............   1  25
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............   1  10
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............   1  00
Manzanllla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.....................   2 35
Queen, 19  o z ....................  450
Queen. 28  oz.....................   7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz.....................   1  45
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2 30
Continental  Paper Bag  Co.
Glory Mayflower
Satchel & Pacific
Bottom
Square
M.......... .........   28
50
M.........
........  34
60
1.........
........  44
80
2......... .........  54
1  00
3.........
........  66
1 25
4......... .........   76
1  45
5.........
........  90
1  70
6.........
........1  06
2 00
8.........
........1  28
2 40
10.........
....... 1  38
2 60
12.........
........1 60
3 15
14.........
........2  24
4  15
16.........
........2 34
4 50
20.........
........2 52
5 00
25.........
5 50
Sugar
Red......
Gray__

...... 
....... 
PARIS GREEN

4M
4M

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

PICKLES
M edium

Barrels, 1,200 count............4 75
Half bbls, 600 count............2 88

Small

PIPES

Barrels, 2,400 count........... 6  25
Half bbls, 1,200 count.........3 63

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

POTASH 

48 cans In case.

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

PROVISIONS, 
B arreled Pork

@15 50
Mess......................... 
Back.......................  
@16 75
Clear back...............  
@16 00
Short cut.................  @ie  50
P ig..........................   @18 50
Bean.........................  @13 00
Family Mess............  
@15 50

D ry  Salt Meats

9M
9M
8M

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

Smoked  Meats 

Hams, 121b. average.  @ 11% 
Hams, !4lb.average.  @  11%
Hams, 161b.average.  @  um
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @  UM
Ham dried  beef......   @ 13
Shoulders(N.Y.cut)  @  7M
Bacon, clear............   10K@  UM
California hams......   @  9M
Boiled Hams.......... 
@  17M
Picnic Boiled Hams 
@ 12M
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d. 
@  8M
Mince Hams

9

Lards—In Tierces

Compound...............
Pure.........................
Vegetole................
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs..advance 
50 lb. Tins... ad vance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Palls., advance 
5 lb. Palls., advance 
8 lb. Palls., ad vanoe

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Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver.......................
Frankfort................
P o rk .......................
Blood.......................
Tongue....................
Headcheese............
Beef
Extra Mess..............
Boneless..................
Rump......................
Pigs’  Feet
M bbls., 40 lbs.........
M bbls., 80 lbs.........
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs..............  
M bbls., 40 lbs.........  
M bbls., 80 lbs.........  
Casings
P o rk .......................  
Beef rounds............  
Beef middles........... 
Sheep....................... 
B utterine
Solid, dairy..............  11  @
Rolls, dally..............  11 m@
Rolls, creamery......  
Solid, creamery....... 
Corned beef, 2 lb .... 
Corned beef, 14 lb ... 
Roast beef, 2 lb........ 
Potted ham,  Ms......  
Potted ham,  Ms......  
Deviled ham, Ms__  
Deviled ham, Ms.... 
Potted tongue,  Ms.. 
Potted tongue,  Ms.. 
RICE 
Domestic

Canned  Meats 

5M

6

10 75
11 50 
11  50
1  55 
3 50
70
125
2  25
21
a
10
60

um
14
2 75
17 50
2 75
60
90
50
90
50
90

Carolina head......................7
Carolina No. 1 ...................... 5%
Carolina No. 2 ...................... 434
Broken..................................4M
Japan,  No.  1................5M@6
Japan,  No. 2................4M@5
Java, fancy head..........5  @5M
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 .v ..................................... 3 00
Wyandotte, 100 Ms...................3 00
Granulated,  bbls.................  90
Granulated, 100 lb. cases.... 1  (0
Lump, bbls.........................
Lump, 146 lb. kegs.................  85

SAL  SODA

SALT
Buckeye

Common  Grades

Diamond Crystal 

100  3 lb. bags...........................3 00
50  61b. bags...........................3 00
2214 lb. bags...........................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count and one case 24 3 lb. boxes 
free.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. l  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280lb. bulk.2 66 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bag8.2 85
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   67
100 31b. sacks............................2 25
60 51b. sacks............................2 15
2810 lb. sacks.......................... 2 05
561b. sacks.......................   40
281b. sacks.......................   22
56 lb. dairy In drill bags......   30
28 lb. dairy In drill bags......  
is
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60 
561b.  sacks..........................   26
Granulated  Fine.................  95
Medium Fine....................... 1  00

Solar Rock
Common

Ashton
Higgins

W arsaw

W bite fish

100  lbs...........7  50 
40 lbs........... 3 30 
10 lbs...........  90 
8 lbs...........  76 
SEEDS

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
2 75
1  40
43
37
Anise...................................   9
Canary, Smyrna..................   4
Caraway............................. 8
Cardamon, Malabar...........60
Celery....................................
Hemp, Russian.................   "  4%
Mixed Bird..........................   4«
Mustard, white....................  9
Poppy....................................
Rape...................................   4U
Cuttle Bone......................... 15
Handy Box, large............   2 50
Handy Box, small............   1  26
Bixby’s Royal Polish.......  
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish...... 
85
Scotch, In bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, In jars................  35
French Rappee, In jars......   43
B. T. Babbit brand—

SHOE  BLACKING

Babbit's Best..................  400

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

UJfJf

Jj&NDEL

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

50 cakes, large size............. 3 25
100 cakes, large size............. 6 50
50 cakes, small size............. 1 95
100 cakes, small size.............3 85
Bell & Bogart brands—
Coal Oil Johnny...............3 go
Peekin............................   4  00
Queen Anne...................   3  15
Big Bargain...................... 1  75
Umpire...........................  2  15
German Family..............  2 45
Dingman........................   3  85
Santa Claus....................  3  26
Brown..........................  2 40
Fairy...................  
4  00
Naptha............................  4  00
Oak Leaf.........................  3 25
Oak Leaf. blg5...............   4 00

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

Fels brand—
Gowans & Sons brands—

 

JA X O N

Lautz Bros, 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  60
Cuba................................. 2  40
50 cakes....................  1  95
Ricker’s Magnetic.........  3 90
Big Acme........................  4 00
Acme 6c..........................   3  25
Marseilles.......................  4  00
Master............................   3  70
Lenox.............................  3 00
Ivory, 6oz......................... 4 00
Ivory, 10 oz.....................  6  75
Star...................................3 00
Good Cheer...................  3 80
Old Country....................  3 20
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz........ 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz.............2 40
Boxes....................................  5M
Kegs, English........................4K

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

Proctor & Gamble brands

Scouring

SODA

29

10

II

Pure Cane

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

STARCH

No.  8................................   4 65
No.  9................................  4 60
No. 10................................  4  55
No. 11................................  4  50
No. 12.................. 
4 50
No. 13................................  4 40
No. 14................................  4 40
No. 15................................  4  40
No. 16................................   4  40

 

 

TEA
Japan

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

Gunpowder

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

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

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

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages..................   5
3-lb. packages...................  4M
6-lb. packages..................   SM
40 and 50-lb. boxes............  3 v%
Barrels.............................  
sm

r ap a
m iß;

CHAS. POPE  GLUCOSE CO.

CHICAGO.

Best Gloss Starch, 50 lb......
Best Gloss Starch, 40 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  6 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  3 lb......
Best Gloss Starch,  1 lb......
Works:  Venice, I1L 
Geneva, 111.

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

Common Corn

20 1-lb.  packages.............. 
40 l-lb.  packages..............  4

6M

STOVE POLISH

Young Hyson

Oolong

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

English Breakfast

India

TOBACCO

Cigar:,

American Cigar Factory brands

SALT  FISH 

Cod

T rout

H erring

H alibut.

Georges cured............   @ 6
Georges  genuine........  @ 6M
Georges selected........  @ 7
Grand Bank...............   @6
Strips or  bricks.........   6M@10M
Pollock.......................   @ 3M
Strips.......................................10
Chunks....................................12
No. 1 100 lbs......................  6  DO
No. 1  40 lbs. ....................   2  70
No. 1  10 lbs......................  
75
No. I  8 lbs......................  
63
Holland white hoops, bbl.  11  26 
Holland white hoopsMbbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
82 
Holland white hoop mchs. 
87
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................  3 00
Round 40 lbs.....................   1  00
Scaled.............................  
19
Bloaters..................  
1  60
 
M ackerel
Mess 100 lbs......................   12 25
Mess  40lbs......................   520
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  38
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  13
No. 1100 lbs......................  10 50
No. 1  40 lbs......................  4 50
No. 1  10 lbs......................  
l  20
No. l  8 lbs...................... 
l  00
No. 2 100 lbs......................   7  00
NO. 2  40 lbs......................  8  10
85
No. 2  loibo..................... 
NO. 2  8 lbs......................  
71

 

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 ure 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
1 doz. 1 gallon cans....... ......3 20
1 doz. M gallon cans............1  85
2 doz. M gallon cans......___  92

12
28
38
55
17
14

18
28

48

56
00
40
35

SUGAR

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

^ Ing point, giving you credit 

4 50 
7  20
12
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the local 
freight from New York  to your
e  Invoice  for  tne  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  In  which  he  purchases 
to his  shipping  point,  Including 
20 pounds for the weight  of the 
barrel.
Domino.............................  5 95
Cut Loaf...........................   5 95
20
Crushed............................  5 95
Cubes................................  6 70
16
Powdered.........................  5 55
28
Coarse  Powdered............   5  55
XXXX Powdered............   5 60
17
Standard  Granulated......   5 45
Fine Granulated................  5 45
Coarse Granulated...........  6 65
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 55
Conf.  Granulated.............   5 70
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 60
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 60
Mould A............................  6 80
Diamond  A.......................  5 45
Confectioner’s A..............  5  25
No. 
l, Columbia A..........  5  10
No.  2, Windsor A...........   6 05
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  5 06
No.  4, Phoenix  A...........   5 00
No.  5, Empire A.............  4  96
No.  6...............................  4 85
No.  7...............................  4 75

A. Somers’ brand.

Elk’s Heart......................56@70
W. S.  W.................................. 35 00
Bald Head...............................35 00
Plaindealer............................ 35 00
Columbian Cigar Co.’s brands.
Little Columbian.................... 36 00
Columbian.........................35 00
Columbian Extra.................... 55 00
Columbian Special______ 65 00
Columbian Invincible........ 90 00
Fortune Teller.................  35  00
Our Manager....................  35  00
Quintette..........................  35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

H. A P. Drug co.’s brands.

8.0. W..............................  35 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
36

80

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

12

13

14

Mixed Candy

P ing

F ine  Cnt

Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.
B. L ...................................$36 00
Gold Star..........................   36
H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.
S tar G reen.................... 35  OO
Uncle Daniel......................68
Ojlbwa............................... 38
Forest  Giant......................38
8weet Spray..,...................35
Cadillac...............................67
Sweet  Loma........................38
Golden Top..........................2i
Hiawatha............................68
Telegram............................ 28
Pay C ar..............................31
Prairie Rose....................... 60
Protection...........................38
Sweet Burley.......................40
Sweet Loma.........................38
Tiger.................................. 3»
Flat Iron............................ 36
Creme de Men the.............. 60
Stronghold..........................40
Solo..................................... 35
Sweet Chunk......................37
Forge..................................33
Red Cross............................24
Palo....................................36
Kvlo....................................36
Hiawatha............................41
Battle A xe......................... 37
American Eagle..................b*
Standard Navy................... 38
Spear Head, 16 oz..............43
Spear Head,  8 oz..............46
Nobby Twist...................... 49
JollyTar.............................39
Old Honesty........................46
Toddy.,................................36
J. T..................................... 38
Piper Heldsick................... 64
Boot Jack...........................81
Jelly Cake.......................... 36
Plumb Bob..........................32
Hand Pressed....................46
Double  Cross....................37
Sweet Core.........................40
Flat Car............................. 37
Great Navy..........................37
W arpath............................27
Bamboo,  8oz.................... 29
Bamboo, 16 oz.................... 27
I XL,  61b.........................28
I X L. 30 lb.........................32
Honey Dew....................... 37
Gold  Block.........................37
Flagman............................ 40
Chips.................................. 36
Klin Dried.........................24
Duke’s Mixture.................. 40
Duke’s Cameo..................... 40
Honey Dip Twist.................39
Myrtle Navy.......................40
Yum Turn, IK oz................39
Turn Yum, l lb. pails......... 37
Cream................................. 37
Corn Cake, 2K oz................25
Com Cake, l lb................... 23
Plow Boy, IK oz..................39
Plow Boy, 3K oz..................37
Peerless, 3K oz................... 34
Peerless, IK oz...................36
Indicator, 2% oz..................28
Indicator, 1 lb. palls..........31
Col. Choice, 2% oz...............21
Col. Choice. 8 oz................. 21

Smoking

TABLE SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

TW INE

The Original and 
Genuine 
Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large........  8 76
Lea & Perrin’s, small......   2 GO
Halford, large...................  3 76
Halford, small..................   2 26
Salad Dressing, large......   4 66
Salad Dressing, small......   2 76
Cotton, 3 ply.........................16
Cotton, 4 ply........................ 16
Jute, 2ply............................12
Hemp, 6 ply.........................12
Flax, medium......................20
Wool, 1 lb. balls...................  7K
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..ll 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  .11
Pure Cider, Red Star...........12
Pure Cider, Robinson........ 10
Pure Cider, Silver............... 11
WASHING POW DER
GU>ld Dust, regular............. 4 60
Gold Dust, 6c...................... 4 00

VINEGAR

Rub-No-More.....................3 60
Pearline.............................. 2 90
Scourlne.............................. 3 60
No. 0, per gross................... 20
No. t, per gross................... 26
No. 9, per gross....................36
No. 8. per gross....................66

W ICKING

WOODENWABB

Baskets

Bushels................................  96
Bushels, wide  band............ 1  15
M arket................................  30
Splint, huge........................ 4 00
Splint, medium.................. 3 60
Splint, small....................... 3 00
Willow Clothes, large......... 6 26
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 76 
Willow Clothes, swisii.........5 gg

Fancy—In  P alls 

B u tter Plates

No. 1 Oval, 260 In crate........  46
No. 2 Oval, 260 In crate........  60
No. 3 Oval, 260 In crate........  66
No. 6 Oval, 260 In crate........  66

Egg Crates

Tubs

Mop  Sticks

Toothpicks

Clothes  Pins

Humpty Dumpty................2 26
No. l, complete...................  30
No. 2, complete...................  26
Round head, 6 gross box....  46
Round head, cartons...........  62
Trojan spring......................  90
Eclipse patent spring........  86
No 1 common.......................  76
No. 2 patent brush holder..  86
i* *• cotton mop heads......1  2«
Ideal No. 7 ..........................   90
Palls
2- 
hoop Standard...............1 
3- 
hoop Standard.1  60
2- wlre,  Cable.......................1  80
3- wire,  Cable.......................1 70
Cedar, ail red, brass  bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka....................2 25
Fibre................................... 2 40
Hardwood......................... 2 60
Softwood...........................2 75
Banquet............................. 1 60
Ideal.................................. 1 60
20-lnch, Standard, No. 1.....6 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2.... 5 00
16-lnch, Standard, No. 8.....4 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. 1.......... 6 80
18-lnch, Cable, No. 2......... 6 00
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3..........6 00
No. l Fibre.........................9 46
No. 2 Fibre.........................7 96
No. 3 Fibre.........................7 20
Bronze Globe......................2 60
Dewey............................... .1 76
Double Acme......................2 76
Single Acme....................   2 28
Double Peerless...............   3 25
Single Peerless...................2 60
Northern Queen................2 60
Double Duplex...................3 00
Good Luck......................... 2 76
Universal............................2 26
11 In. Butter.........................  76
13 In. Butter........................1 00
16 In. Butter........................1 76
17 In. Butter........................2 go
19 In. Butter........................3 00
Assorted 13-16-17................ 1  76
Assorted 16-17-19  ................2 GO
W RAPPING  PA PER
Common Straw.................  
154
Fiber Manila, white.........   3K
Fiber Manila, colored......   4*4
No.  1  Manila....................  4
Cream  Manila.................. 
3
Butcher’s Manila..............  2 K
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13
Wax Butter, full count__  20
Wax Butter,  rolls............   16

W ash  Boards

Wood  Bowls

40

Grocers.................... 
Competition............. 
Special..................... 
Conserve.................. 
g o /a l...................... 
Ribbon....................  
Broken.................... 
Cut Loaf................... 
English Rock..........  
Kindergarten.........  
Bon Ton  Cream......  
French Cream.........  
Dandy Pan..............  
Hand  Made  Cream
mixed................... 
Crystal Cream mix.. 
Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pouy  Hearts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Fruit Tab., as., wrap
Sugared Peanuts__
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops
Eclipse Chocolates... 
Choc.  Monumentals. 
Victoria Chocolate..
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials. 
ItaLCCream Opera... 
I tal. Cream Bonbons
20 lb. palls...:......
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls.................
Golden Waffles.......
Lemon  Soars.........
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops.... 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Dk. No. 12............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice Drops.
Lozenges,  plain......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials.................
Mottoes...................
Cream  Bar.............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams.
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Rock.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
Caram els 
Clipper, 201b. pails..
Standard, 20 lb. pails 
Perfection, zO lb.  pis 
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
Kosker 2 for lc pr bx 
Big 3,3 for lc pr bx..
Dukes, 2 for ic pr bx 
Favorite, 4 for lc, bx 
AA Cream Car’ls 31b 
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Bus sett.......
Florida Bright........
Fancy Navels.........
Extra Choice...........
Late Valencias........
Seedlings.................
Medt. Sweets...........
Jamaica«.................
Rodl......................
Lemons

© 12
©14
© 12
Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes
©66©60
©66

YEAST  CAKE 

KlC, 3 dOZ........................1 00
Sunlight, 3doz.....................1 00
Sunlight, IK  doz.................  GO
Yeast Cream, 3 doz..............l 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz..............l 00
Yeast Foam, IK  doz...........  GO

FRESH  FISH

> 

Per lb,
White flah...................  ©  6
Trout..........................   a   9
Black Bass................. io@  11
Halibut...........'...........  ©  15
Ciscoes or Herring....  a   4
Bluefish......................  a   12K
Live Lobster..............  a   20
Boiled  Lobster...........  ©  20
Cod.............................   a   10
Haddock....................  a   7
No. 1 Pickerel.............  ©  8
Pike............................  ©  7
Perch..........................  a   5
Smoked White...........  ©  iok
Red  Snapper.............     a   U
Col River  Salmon......   a   12
Mackerel....................  a   >6

H IDES AND  PELTS 

Hides

© 9
©iok
© 9
go©i 00

The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as 
follows:
Green No. 1.................  
© 
Green No. 2...................... © 6
Cured  No. 1.................  
© 8K
© 7K
Cured  No. 2.................  
Calfskins,green No. 1 
Calfskins,green No. 2 
© 7K
Calfskins,cured No. l 
Calfskins, cured No. 2 
Pelts,  each.................  
Lamb............................
Tallow
No. 1......................... 
No. 2.............................. 
Washed, fine........... 
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed,  fine....... 
Unwashed, medium. 
CANDIES 
Stick Cand7

1G©16
18©20
n©i3
14©16

Pelts

©4*4

@ 354

Wool

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

_____ 

bbls. palls
a  7*4
a  7K 
© 8 
© 9
cases
©7K
©iok
©10
©g

Messina, 300s..........   6 or ©6 so
Messina, 360s...........  5 50® 6 00
California 360s.........  4 7S©6 60
California 30os.........  4 7&©6 so
Bananas 
Medium bunches....  1 50@2 00
Large bunches........

7

Figs

•  Dates

Foreign D ried F ru its 
@
©
@ ok
@12
5
2
a
2
5 @5K 

California«,  Fancy.. 
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes 
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes,................... 
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
Pulled, 61b. boxes... 
Naturals, In bags.... 
Fards in 10 lb. boxes 
Fards In 00 lb. easea. 
Hallow!....................
lb.  cases, new......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
4K  @ 6
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona 
©1
Almonds, Ivlca....... 
§
Mmonas, California,
soft suelled........... 
i6@i
Brazils,....................  
2 ]
Kiiberts  .................  
©1
Walnuts  Grenobles. 
@1
Walnut«., soft shelled 
California No. I... 
©1
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Table  Nuts, choice.. 
S i
Pecais,  Med.........  
S i
Pecans, Ex. Large... 
©1
Pecans, Jumbos...... 
©1
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new..........  
©
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
©3
Chestnuts, per b u ... 
@
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P„ Suns.. 
6K@ 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Sons
Boasted................  6K©
Choice, H.P., Extras 
(¡5
Choice, H. P., Extras
a
Span.BhlldNfr'in’w  7  0 1

SoM nd........  

©1 00
©30
©76

©60
©60
©66
©66
©90
©66
©65
960
© 9 
©10 
@12K 
@16 
@66 
@ 66 @60 
@60 
@60

©GOO
@
@
a

© 6
© 7
© 714
© 8K
© 8K
© 9
© 8K
© 9
© 9
© 9
© 9
©10
©to
©15K
©13

15

AKRON STONEWARE

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

2 to 6 gal., pergal.... 
...........
’’burn Dashers, per doz..........
Milkpans
K ga-  fiat or rd. hot, per doz.. 
1 gal. nat or rd. bot„ inch......

Fine Glazed Milkpans
K gal  flat or rd. hot-, per doz............
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each.................

S te w p a n s

K gal. fireproof, ball, p».r doz............
l gal. fireproof, ball, p<*r doz............

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

6K
84

85
l  10

60
4P
7K

Jugs

K gal. per doz..................................
H gal. per doz...................................
1 to 5 gal., per gal......  
................. .

Sealing Wax

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

LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds

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

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

First Quality

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

XXX  Flint

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

Pearl Top

No. 1 Sim, wrapped and  labeled........
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled.
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled 
No. 2 Sun,  “Small  Bulb,"

for  Globe

Lamps.

La  Bastie 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz.
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.................
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.................
Rochester
No. 1 Lime (68c doz)................
No. 2 Lime (70c doz).................
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)— ...........

E lectric

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

OIL  CANS

LANTERNS

gal. tin cans with spout, per doz__
gal. galv. iron with  spout, per doz..
2 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz..
3 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
6 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
“ gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz..
gal. galv. lnm with faucet, per doz..
gal. Tilting cans............ ..................
gal. galv. Iron Nacefas....................
No.  0 Tubular, side lift......................
No.  1 B Tubular.................................
No. 16 Tubular, dash..........................
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain............
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp...................
No.  3 Street lamp, each....................
LANTERN  GLOBES 
No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 16c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 6 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 aoz. each
MASON  FRUIT JARS.
Pints...................................................
Quarts..................................................
Half  Gallons.......................................
Caps and  Rubbers.
Rubbers...............................................  

IDI

2 00
2  15
3  15

2 75
3 75
4 00

4 00'
5 00
6  10

1  00 
1  26 
1  36 
1 60
3 60
4 00 
4 70

4 00 
4 70

1  40 
1  68
2 78
3 75
4 85 
4 26 
4 96 
7 26 
9 00
4 86 
7 40 
7 60 
7 60 
13 GO 
3 60

46 
46 
2  00 
1  25

6 26 
6 50 
9 00
2  ro
26 &  36

Glover’s Gem Mantles

are superior to all others 
for Gas or «-asollne.

Glover’s Wholesale  Merchandise Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Manufacturers  Importers  and  Jobbers of 

GAS and  GASOLINE SUNDRIES

Office Statijnerii

l ^ T T L R M 0 T É   ^ b i l l h e a d s

e; c¡ eLope¡sT ra d e sm ^
COUNTER  BILLS.  I  COMPANY.

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Light  your  Hotels,  Cottages and 
Camps with the

“ NULITE"

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, 760  can­
dle  power,  for  indoor  or  outdoor  use.  Table 
Lamps,  100  candle  power.  Chandelier«,  Pen­
dants. Street  Lamps, etc.  Average  cost  1  cent 
for  7  hours.  Nothing  like  them.  They  sell  at 
sight.  GOOD  AGENTS  WANTED.  Send  for 
catalogue and prices.

C H IC A G O   S O L A R   L IG H T   C O .. 

Chicago, 111.

Dept.  L. 

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1 Nets 
and 
Robes

We  have  entire  confidence  in 
our ability 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.

Brown  &  Sehler
Grand  Rapids.  M ich .

---------------

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:

IOO labels, 25 cents 
200 labels, 40 cents 
500 labels, 75 cents 
IOOO labels, $1.00

Labels  with  merchant's  name 
printed  thereon,  $2  per  1000 
Orders  can  be  sent  through 
any jobbing house at the Grand 

Rapids marketK^

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O M P A N Y ,  

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1 

DRIED FRUIT.

Proper Care  in  Summer  Involves  Close 

Attention*

The  proper  care  of  dried  fruit in sum 
mer  involves  close  attention  upon  the 
part  of  the  retail  dealer  and  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  how  to  prevent  or get  rid 
of  the 
insects  and  worms  which  make 
the  dried 
camping
ground.

fruit  box 

their 

Prunes  would  also  be  placed  in  cold 
storage  if  there  was  sufficient  profit  on 
them  to  the  wholesaler  to  pay  the  cost 
of such  storage.  Profit,  however,  for  the 
wholesale  dealer  is  lighter  than  it  is  for 
the  retailer,  and  the  cost  of  cold  storage 
is  too  great  in  this  instance.  Most 
prunes  are  renovated  before  they  are 
sold  by  the  wholesaler,  and  if  they  are 
properly  renovated,  it  will  require  sev­
eral  weeks  before  animal  life  will  again 
appear,  all  the  existing  animal 
life 
having  been  killed  at  the  time  they 
were  renovated.  This  renovating  proc­
ess  also  prevents  them  from  candying, 
and  makes them appear  clean  and bright 
without  taking  away  any  of  their  good 
qualities.

None  of  the  dried  fruit  stock  should 
be  kept  in  the  main  salesroom  of  the re­
tail  store  after  May  i,  as  the  loss  will 
be 
larger  than  the  profits  in  most  in­
stances.  Many  retail  stores  are  now 
fitted  with  small  display  cases  along  the 
counter,  in  which  a  few  pounds  of  each 
ine  of  fruit  carried 
in  stock  is  dis­
played.  This  will  suffice  as  a  sample, 
if  the  store  is  not  equipped  with 
such  display  cases  a  number of  trays 
can  be  arranged  in  which  a  few  pounds 
of  each 
line  can  be  displayed  as  sam 
pies.  As  soon  as  a  customer  purchases 
dried  fruit,  the  order  should  be  filled 
from  the  stock  kept in the cellar or  other 
cool  place.  While  this  will  cause  more 
trouble  than  keeping  the  stock  in  the 
main  salesroom  of  the  store.it  will  have 
many  advantages.  The  customer  will 
always,  or  most  always, obtain  fruit  free 
from  worms  or  other  insects,  the  fruit 
will  be  fresh 
in  appearance,  and  will 
have  lost  none  of  its  good  qualities.

in  preparing 

If  fruit  becomes  wormy  it  should  be 
closed  out  as  soon  as  possible  at  cut 
prices.  By  care 
it  for 
use,  the  housewife  may  be  able  to  use 
part  of  it,  and it  will  not  be  a  total  loss. 
Worms  multiply  rapidly,  and  during 
hot  weather  even  the  fruit  kept  in  the 
basement  or  in  a  cool  place  should  re 
ceive  watchful  care.

Pears  are  the  most  difficult  line  of 
dried  fruits  to  handle.  This  retailer  in 
discussing  the  dried  fruit  situation  said 
that  he  usually  closed  out his evaporated 
pears  May  i,  and  took  no  new  stock 
'nto  his  store  until  cold  weather  in  the 
fall.  This  is  a  good  policy  to  follow, 
and  will avoid loss.—Commercial  Bulle­
tin.

Two Passengers’ Dislikes.

A 

lady  of  a  truly  masculine  spirit, 
accompanied  by  a  small  poodle,  is  said 
to  have  failed  sadly  the  other day  in  an 
attempted  reformatory  movement.  She 
entered  the  smoking  car of  a  suburban 
train  and  sternly  refused,  when  ap­
proached  by  the  conductor,  to  go  into 
another car,  observing  that  her  presence 
would  keep  the  other  occupants  from 
smoking.

One  thick-skinned  wretch,  however, 
ostensible  to  the  claims  of  refinement 
nd  reform,  began  to  enjoy  bis  accus­
tomed 
suddenly 
snatched  from  his  lips  with  the  remark 
in  a  high  treble:

cigar,  which  was 

“ If  there  is  anything  I  do  hate  it  is 

tobacco  smoking 1“

For  a  time  the  offender  was  motion­
less, 
then,  gravely  rising,  amid  the 
curiosity  of  the  assembled  smokers,  he 
took  that  little  poodle  out  of  the  lady's 
lap  and  gently  threw  him  through  the 
window,  s|ghing:  “ If  there  is  anything 

do  hate  it  is  a  poodle.”

Asked Him to Change  Conditions. 

business  man,  shortly.

“ Harry,”   she  said,  thoughtfully.
“  What  is  it?”   responded  the  worried 
“ I  wish  you  would  rearrange  your 
“ How?”
“ So as  to be  a  bear  on  the  stock  ex­

business  a  little  bit.”

change  instead  of  at  home.”

The  merchant  seeking 

information 
propounded several questions.  He  stated 
that  his  dried  fruit  boxes  had  been  the 
haunt  of  moth  millers  during  the  early 
part  of  the  season,  and  that  soon  afte 
these  millers  had  appeared  prunes  and 
peaches  became  wormy  with  a  sma 
white  worm.  He  asked 
if  the  mille 
had  any  connection  with  the  worm  or 
if  the  latter  was  not  in  the  fruit  when  i 
was  shipped  from  the  curer to the whole 
sale  grocer.  Both  of  these  questions  are 
difficult  to  answer.  At  one  of  the  whole 
sale  houses  where  the  same  question 
was  asked  this  week,  no  definite 
infor 
mation  could  be  obtained.  That  there 
is  some  connection  between  the  miller 
and  the  worm  is  probable,  but  to  what 
extent  it  is  impossible  to  say  in  the  ab 
sence  of  technical  information  on  this 
point.

This  grocer  said  that  he  had  used  a 
candle  to  attract  the  millers  in  the  hope 
that  this  would  rid  his  dried  fruit of  the 
worms.  He  thought  that  it  had  to  a  cer 
tain  extent,  but  not  entirely.  The flame 
of  the  candle  attracted  the  millers,  and 
fewer of  them  were  to  be  seen  after  the 
experiment  had  been  tried.

Another  insect  of  which  this  retailer 
complained  was  a  small  grayish  louse 
found 
in  evaporated  apples  after they 
became  slightly  sour.  He  wanted 
plan  by  which, apples  could  be  gotten 
rid  of  this  louse,  after  it  had  once  ap 
peared.  Both  evaporated  apples  and 
currants  are  infested  with  these  lice  un 
der  certain  conditions,  and 
it  is  pos 
sibie  that  some  means  of  getting  rid  of 
them  can  be  found.  A  plan  suggested 
by  the  manager of  the  fruit  department 
of  a  local  wholesale  house  was  to  take 
either  the  currants  or  the  apples  and 
spread  them  out  in  the  sun,  where  the 
heat  and 
light  would  permeate  every 
part  of  the  fruit.  This,  he  said,  would 
in  all  probability  result  in killing them, 
and  the  fruit  would  not  be  damaged  to 
any  extent.  The  only 
loss  would  be 
through 
the  slight  shrinkage  which 
would  come  from  the  extra  drying  it  re­
ceived.  He  said  he  had  noted  these 
learned  that  they  were 
lice,  and  had 
usually  to  be  found 
in  fruit  that  was 
slightly  damp.  They,  in  fact,  were  to 
be  found 
in  many  other  damp  places 
than  in  fruit.  Place  the  fruit  in  the  sun 
where  it  will  receive  an  airing  for all 
day,  and  they  can  not  exist.

In  regard  to  the  worms^found 

in 
prunes  and  peaches,  the  best  way  is to 
avoid  these  worms  by  keeping  the  fruit 
in  a  cool  dry  place  during  the  hot 
weather.  After they  once  invade  fruit  it 
is  almost  impossible  to get  rid  of  them 
except  by  renovating  the  fruit,  and  the 
ordinary  retailer  does  not  have facilities 
for  properly  undertaking  the  renovating 
process.

Dried  fruit  should  be  purchased  in 
lots  during  the  summer  months.
small 
in  stock  only  to 
It  should  be  placed 
meet  immediate  requirements of  the  re­
tailer.  After  it  is  placed 
in  stock  it 
should  be  kept  in  a  cool  dry  place, 
closely  covered  up. 
It  is  not  generally 
known,  but  during  the  summer  most  of 
the 
large  wholesale  grocery  establish­
ments  keep  all  their dried  fruit,  with 
the  exception of  prunes,  in cold  storage.

SU

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4ÌZ

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Hardware Price Current

A m m unition

Caps

G. D., full count, per m......................
Hicks’ Waterproof, perm ..................
Musket, per m.....................................
Ely’s Waterproof, per m......
„  
Cartridges
No. 22 short, per m .............................
No. 22 long, per m ..........................
No. 32 short, per m..................
No. 32 long, per m.............................

Primers

Gun Wads

No. 2 U. M. C„ boxes 280,  per m........
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per m ...

Black edge, Nos. li and 12 U. M. C...
Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, per m.......
Black edge, No. 7, per m ....................

Loaded  Shells 

New Rival—For Shotguns 

No. 
120 
129 
128 
128 
135 
164 
200 
208 
236 
265 
264 

Drs. of 
Powder 
4
4
4
4
4V
4«
3
3
3>4
3«
3«

oz.of
Shot
1H
1«
1«
1H
1«
1«
1
1
1«
1H
1H
Discount 40 per cent.

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

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

Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
Kegs, 26 lbs., per keg..................
kegs, 12*4 lbs., per  %  keg..............
X kegs, 6}< lbs., per «   keg...............

Gunpowder

Shot

In sacks containing 25 lbs. 
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B...........
A ugurs and  Bits
Snell’s ...........................................
Jennings  genuine......... .....................
Jennings’ Imitation......................
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...........
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel............
First Quality,  D. B. Steel....................
_  
Railroad............................
Garden................................. ..." " [ .n e t
Bolts
Stove...............................; ..........
Carriage, new H«t  ............ ‘...............
Plow ........................................
_ 
Buckets
Well, plain..........................................

Barrows

B utts,  Cast
Cast Loose Pin, figured............
Wrought Narrow........................." "

31

70

70—10

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

Levels

Adze Eye................................ $17 00..dls

Mattocks

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

Metals—Zinc

Miscellaneous

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

Molasses Gates

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

60&10
30

2 60
3 00
4 95
5 80

1  20 
1  20

Pans

Fry, Acme...........................................  60&10&10
Common,  polished.............................  
70&5
Patent Planished Iron 
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 
I  ■   ___________
‘B” 
.  _ 
...... fo o d ’s patent planished, Nos. 26 to 27
Broken packages *«c per pound extra,

10 76 
9 76

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Per 
100 
$2 90 
2 90 
2 90 
2 90
2 96
3 00 
2 50 
2 50 
2 65 
2 70 
2 70

4 00 
2 25 
1  25

5 00 
9  00
6 50 
10 50

12  00 
29 00

$4  00

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

Planes

Nails

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

 

Rivets

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

Roofing Plates

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

Ropes

Sisal, H Inch and larger.....................  
Manilla................................................ 

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

Sand  P aper

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

Sash  W eights

Sheet Iron

so
go
50
so

2 66
2 66
Base
5
10
20
30
45
70
go
15
28
3s
25
35
45
85

50
45

6 60
7 50
13 00
6 so
6 50
11  00
13 00

8
n

60

26 00

Com.
BB...
BBB.

% In.
7  O.  .
8«  
8ÎÎ 

5-16 In. % In.
«  In
. 6 c ... . 6 0 . . ..  4lie
.. .  6«  
...  6
.. .  6 X
..  6«

. ..  7« 
. ..  7X 
Crowbars

Cast Steel, per lb.

Chisels
Socket Firm er...............................
Socket Framing....................
Socket Corner......................
Socket Slicks............................

Elbows
Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz................net
Corrugated, per doz..............
Adjustable......... :.....................Vdls

Expansive  Bits 

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

Files—New  List

Galvanised  Iro n  

Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  25 and 26;  27,
List  12 
16.

14 

15 

13 

Discount,  65

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

Gauges

Glass

Single Strength, by box................ 
dig
Double Strength, by box................  ‘dls
By the Light...............................dls

H am m ers

Hinges

Maydole & Co.’s, new list....................dls
Yerkes & Plumb’s............................... dls
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...............30c list
Gate, Clark’s 1, 2,3 ............................. dls
Pots...........................................•__
Kettles........................................... .
Spiders................................................
Au Sable............................................. dls
House  F urnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list..............
Japanned Tinware..............................

Hollow  W are

Horse  Nails

66 
1  25 
40&10

70&10
70
70

60&10

80&20
80&20
80&20

33«
40&10
70
60&10
5O&10
50&10
50&10

40&10
70
20&10

Iron

Knobs—New  List

........................... . 25 0
Light Band..........................................   3 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........... 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings......... 
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz.................. . 
Warren, Galvanized Fount................ 

Lanterns

75
86
5 00
$ 00

c rates

com. smooth. com. 
$3 20 
3 20 
3 30 
3 40 
3 GO 
___
3 60
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14  ..............
Nos. 16 to 17................
Nos. 18 to 21..................................
Nos. 22 to 24 ..................................  3 60
NOS. 25 to 26 ..................................  3 70
No. 27.............................................  3 80 
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels and  Spades

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

8 00
7 50

Solder

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

19
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market Indicated by private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
Steel and Iron.

Squares

70

$ 8 60
8  50
9 75

7 00
7 00
8 50 
8 60

76
40&10

60
60
00&10 
G0&10 
40 
3 25 
2 96

Tin—Melyn  Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal............................
20x14 IX, Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.26.

Tin—Allaway  Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50

B oiler Size  Tin  Plate 
A

14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, ) 
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, j P*r Pound" 
Traps
Steel,  Game......... ..............................
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s.......
Oneida  Community ,  Hawley  &  Nor­
ton’s.................................................
Mouse, choker  per doz......................
Mouse, delusion, pe>  doz....................
Bright Market.....................................
Annealed  Market...............................
Coppered Market................................
Tinned  Market...................................
Coppered Spring Steel..:...................
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.................
Barbed Fence, Painted.......................
Bright.................................................
Screw Eyes.........................................
Hooks..................................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........................

W ire  Goods

W ire

W renches

Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled..........
Coe’s Genuine.....................................
Coe’s Patent Agricultural,|Wrought..706il0

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* The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Astricans  command  $i  per 
bu.  and  Duchess  fetch  $1.25.  Receipts 
are  not  good  and  the  crop  is  light.

Bananas— Prices  range  from  $1.25© 
size. 

1.75  per  bunch,  according  to 
Jumbos,  $2.25.

Beets— 15c  per  doz.
Blackberries—$2  per  16 qts.
Butter— Fancy  creamery 

is  strong  at 
20c,  due  to  the  lessened  receipts  result­
ing  from  the  curtailment  of  pasturage. 
Dairy  grades  are  in  good  demand,  but 
the  receipts  come  in  in  bad  condition 
except  where  shippers  have  cold  storage 
and 
for 
handling  stock.  The  price  ranges  from 
12c  for  packing  stock  to  14c  for  choice 
and  16c  for  fancy.

refrigerator  car 

facilities 

Cabbage—$1.35  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Carrots— 12c  per  doz.  bunches.
Celery— 16c  per  doz.
Cherries—Sour  command  Si. 50  per  16 

qts.  Sweet  are  entirely  exhausted.

Corn— io@i2c  per  doz.  ears.
Cucumbers—3o@35c  per  doz.
Currants—Cherry,  $1.20  per  16  qts. 

Common,  $1  per  10 qts.

Eggs— Local  dealers  continue  to  pay 
ioc  per  doz.,  case  count,  to  such  ship­
pers  as  can  be  prevailed  upon  to  make 
shipments  regularly  twice  a  week,  hold­
ing  candled  stock  at  12c.  The  loss  oS 
ranges  from  2  to  5  doz.  to  the  case.  Un­
less  all  indications  fail  the  storage  egg 
proposition 
is  going  to  be  one  of  the 
best  this year  that  was  ever  known.  The 
continued  hot  weather  and  bad  condi­
tion  of  the  eggs  coming  to the  market 
have  given  storage  stock  a  new  lease 
and 
it  would  surprise  no  one  to  see 
April  eggs  touch  the  20c  mark  before 
next  January.  Dealers  are  forced  to  go 
to  the  coolers  to  supply  their trade.  The 
eggs  which  went  in  during  May  and 
June  are  coming  out  first,  but  they  will 
soon  be  exhausted,  and  this  will  force 
the  trade  to  the  fancy  April  eggs  early 
in  September.

Frogs’  Legs— Large  bulls,  45@5oc; 
medium  bulls,  25c;  large  frogs,  15® 
20c;  small  frogs,  5@ioc.

Gooseberries—$1  per  16  qt.  crate. 

Very  scarce.

Green  Onions— ioc  for  Silverskins.
Green  Peas—$¡@1.25  for  telephones 

and  marrowfats.

Honey—White  stock  is  in 

light  sup­
ply  at  14c.  Amber  is  slow  sale  at  13c 
and  dark 
is  in  moderate  demand  at  11 
@I2C.

Lemons— Messinas  have  advanced  to 

$6  for choice  and  $6.50  for  fancy.

Lettuce—Garden,  50c  per  bu.  ;  head, 

60c  per  bu.

Maple  Syrup—$1  per  gal.  for  fancy.
Musk  Melons—Gems  command $1  per 
basket.  Cantaloupes  fetch  $2  per  crate.
Onions—Home  grown  have  declined 
to  75c  per  bu..  which  places  them  on 
the  same  basis  as  Southern  grown.

Oranges—Supplies  are  light  and  very 
few  are  coming  from  the  coast.  Five 
dollars  is  asked  for 96s  and  112s.  The 
smaller sizes  command  $5.50.

Parsley—30c  per  doz.
Peaches—St.  Johns  from  California 
command  $1.50  per  box.  Home  grown 
clings  will  begin  to  come  in  soon,  but 
if the  present  weather  continues  it  will 
be  next  to  impossible  to  ship  stock  any 
distance.

Pie  Plant—60c  per  50  lb.  box.
Pineapples— Florida,  $i.5o@2 

per 

doz.,  according  to  size.

Plums—California  command  $1.40 per 

4  basket  crate.
Potatoes— Receipts  of  home  grown are 
not  ample  to  meet  market  requirements 
and  dealers  are  unable  to  obtain  enough 
stock  to  fill  their  orders.  The  price 
ranges  around  80c.
Poultry— Chickens  are  in  ample  sup­
ply,  but  fowls  are  scarce  and  dealers 
are  compelled  to  draw  on  Chicago  for 
cold  storage  stock.  Live  hens  command 
7@8c;  spring  broilers,  I2j^@i4c;  tur­
key  hens,  8@9C;  gobblers,  8c;  spring 
ducks,  I2@i4c.  Pigeons  are  in  moder­
ate  demand  at  75c  per  doz.  and  squabs 
are  taken  readily  at $i.25@i.50.

Radishes— 12c  for  China  Rose;  ioc 

for  Chartiers.

Raspberries—$1.50  per  16  qts. 

for 
black ;  $1.50  per  12  qts.  for  red.  Very 
scarce.

Seeds— Hungarian,  75@85c;  common

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

millet,  7o@75c;  German millet,  8o@85c. 

String  Beans—$1  per  bu.
Summer  Squash—3c  per  lb.
Tomatoes—$1.40  per  4  basket  crate. 
Watermelons—2o@25c  for  Georgias. 
Whortleberries—$3.75  per  bu.  Re­

ceipts  are  small.  -

The  Muskegon  Picnic  To  Be  a  General 

Holiday.

Muskegon,  July  23—We  are  now  able 
to  give  you  the  names of our speakers on 
picnic  day— August 8.  They  are Jerome 
E.  Turner,  who  will  talk  on  “ Grocers 
and  Butchers,”   and  Lieutenant  Colonel 
J.  R.  Bennett,  who  will  discuss  “ Pure 
Food  Law  of  Michigan.”   We  have ap­
pointed  five  judges,  as  follows:  Capt. 
H.  J.  Woods,  Francis  Jiroch,  W.  H. 
Barney,  Hon.  Lincoln  Rodgers,  E.  L. 
McDonell.  The  Reception  Committee 
is  composed  of  the  following:

Butchers—Jos.  Castenholz,  Nels  Nel­
son,  Alfred  Davidson,  William  Smith, 
John  Alberts,  Hans  Rasmusson,  Joseph 
Grevey,  Chas.  Donaldson,  Joseph Pelon, 
John  DeHaas  and  W.  J.  Konkle.

Grocers—E.  E.  Kraai,  John  Snyder, 
M.  E.  Aamodt,  Frank  Groleau,  Wm. 
Schallmo,  G.  W.  Griffin,  Geo.  Bach­
man,  Ole  Peterson,  W.  J.  Carl,  J. 
Roach,  W.  G.  Smith,  James  E.  Balk- 
ema  and  John  Jirocb.

The  Executive  Committee  has  made 
a  personal  canvass  of  our  merchants and 
the  result  is  that  all  jobbers, feed  stores, 
jeweleis  and  bakers  will  close  all  day. 
Dry  goods,  hardware,  boots  and  shoes, 
clothing  stores,  harness  shops,  millinery 
stores,  furniture  stores,  bazaars,  depart­
ment  stores,  men’s  furnishing  goods, 
bicycle  stores,  merchants' 
tailoring, 
undertakers,  art  stores  and  barber  shops 
will  close  at  noon.  Drug  stores  will 
close  from  12:30  until  7  p.  m.  We  be­
lieve  the  bankers  will  also  close  at  12 
o’clock,  so  it will virtually be  a business 
man’s  holiday.

We have selected  the  Occidental  Hotel 
for  the  headquarters  of  the  Reception 
Committee.  The  Reception  Committee 
selected  are  not  only  prominent  mer­
chants,  but  men  who  have  the  ability  to 
properly receive all  of  our  guests  on  that 
day.

Part  of  the  Executive  Committee  is 
going 
to  Milwaukee  to-night.  Mr. 
Boelkens  will  look  after  matters  during 
our  absence.  Upon  our  return  we  will 
issue  an  official  programme  and  will 
send  you  some  matter  immediately.

August  Riedel, 

Sec’y  Executive  Committee.

Hides, Pelts, Tallow  and Wool.

The  hide  market 

is  weak  in  price, 
with  a  demand  for  the  small  receipts 
and  offerings.  Sales  are  made  at  less 
money.  Tanners  want  the  hides,  but 
are  wary  of  the  future.

Pelts  are  in  better demand,  as  sales  of 
pulled  wool  have  stimulated  pullers  to 
do  something.  This  piling  up  of  wool 
on  an  uncertain  future  stopped  their 
works.  Their  selling  prices  of  wool 
were  low,  but  gave  them  heart  to  work 
again.

Tallow 

is  quite  draggy,  with 

little 
doing  during  the  extreme  heat.  Prices 
are  unchanged.

Wool  does  not  change  in  value,  but 
the  demand  is  good.  Large  quantities 
are  being  taken.  Mills  are  at  work 
night  and  day.  Lots  at  country  points 
gradually  disappear  and  the  future  is 
bright  on  low  values.  Wm.  T.  Hess.

The  Boys Behind the Counter.

Lansing— F.  G.  Randall  has  resigned 
in  fu­
his  place  with  J.  S.  Bennet  and 
ture  will  attend  to  the  management  of 
Alsdorf's  drug  store,  335  Washington 
avenue,  south.

Gladwin—James  Naylor  is  Lou  Van’s 
successor  clerking  in  D.  Mills'  general 
store.

Cadillac—J.  J.  Nehardt.of  Fife  Lake, 
has  taken  a  position  in  George  D.  Van 
Vranken’s  drug  store.

J.  H.  Henderson,  formerly  with  the

grocery  firm  of  Pierce  Bros.,of  Belding, 
has  accepted  a  position  in  the  general 
merchandise  establishment  of  the  Haak 
Lumber  Co.,  of  Wolverine.

The  city  of  Chicago  is  on  the verge  of 
bankruptcy.  All  the  public  departments 
have  been  called  upon  to  reduce  ex­
penses.  The  streets  must  go  uncleaned 
and  many 
functions  must  be 
stopped.  Bad  municipal  management 
is  at  the  bottom  of  this  unpleasant  situ­
ation.  Chicago  is  the  most  boastful  city 
in  the  country,  while  its  government  is 
among  the  worst.

city 

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under 
tbis  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  85  cents.  Advance 
payments.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

Fo e  s a l e—a   f ir s t -c la ss  s h in g l e
and tie mill in very best repair; center crank 
engine, 12xi6;  plenty boiler room;  Perkins shin­
gle mill;  bolter cut oil, drag and knot  saws;  ele­
vator;  endless  log chains;  gummer;  belting  all 
in first-class shape;  mill now turning out 40 to 60 
M. shingles per day.  Any  one  wanting  such  a 
mill will do well  to  investigate.  Will  trade for 
stock of groceries.  Address  A.  R.  Morehouse. 
Big Rapids, Mich._____________________ 970
CHATTEL  MORTGAGE  SALE—A  GOOD 
opening for the right party;  business  estab­
lished twenty-seven years.  Stock consists  prin­
cipally of books, stationery, wall paper,  window 
shades, picture  mouldings,  fancy  goods,  china, 
etc.  Is in first-class condition and will be sold at 
once for cash to satisfy claim.  For full informa­
tion andjparticulars  address  A.  Hahn,  Deputy 
Sheriff, Three Rivers, Mk-h. 
¡.'OR  SALE— AN  OLD-ESLABlIsHKD  GEN* 
r   eral store business located in a town of  1,200 
people In central part  of  Michigan.  Stock  con­
sists of clothing, hats, dry goods, shoes  and  gro­
ceries.  Sells over $40,000  a  year  for  spot  cash. 
Kent,  <600  a  year.  Good  reasons  for  selling 
Stock Invoices now $18,000.  Can be considerably 
reduced In thirty days.  WHl sell for 70  cents  on 
the  dollar  cost  price—no  less,  and  must  be  a 
nearly cash deal.  Write M. J. Rogan, care Wile 
Bros. & Weill, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Ij'OR  SALE—DEPARTMENT  STORE 
IN 
town of  1,200;  stock  about  $20,000;  annual 
cash  sales  $45,00<i;  good  reasons  for  selling;  a 
bargain for cash;  no  trades.  Address  Lucius, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
Ij'OR  SALE—COUNTRY  STORE  DOING 
X?  good  business.  For  particulars  address  J. 
B. Adams, Frost, Mich. 
LIOR  SALE—IN  THRIVING  CITY  OF  4,00r, 
J-  confectionery,  Ice  cream  soda,  cigars  and 
tobacco;  business good;  cash trade.  Enquire at 
382 Canal St., Grand KapMs. 

965

968

966

969

967

964

964

MANCELONA, J.  L.  FARNHAM  WISHES 

a buyer for  his  stock  of  goods,  consisting 
principally of groceries and shoes.  He  will  sen 

his store building or rent same. 
Ij'OR  RENT—BOOT  AND  SHOE  STORE, 
J ’  established trade of  five  years,  will  be  for 
rent Sept. 1,1901;  only one shoe  stock  in city of 
2.200—one  of  the  best  towns  for  trade  in  the 
State:  a growing town with  lots  of  factories;  a 
grand  opportunity  for  a  boot  and  shoe  firm. 
Geo. H. Sheets. Grand Ledge,  Mich. 
LWR  SALE—MODERN  COUNTRY  STORE 
A  and dwelling combined ;  good  farming  com­
munity;  big opening for general stock;  b â t  rea­
sons for selling;  a  bargain  sure.  Address  Box 
30, Algansee, Mich. 

F'OR  RENT OR SALE—HOTEL.  WITH LIV- 

habitants;  quite a number of  furnished  rooms; 
could  give  Immediate  possession  of  hotel;  the 

ery barns—the only hotel in  town  iff  800 in­

barns are rented at good price and  doing  profit 
able business;  location  central;  rent  very  rea 
sonable.  For further particulars  address M. A. 
Hance, Agent, Olivet, Mich. 
960
FOR  SALE—WHOLESALE  PRODUCE COM- 
mission business;  good city;  good  territory; 
good business:  best of  reasons  for  selling.  Ad­
dress No. 958, care Michigan Tradesman.  958
■   SMALL UP-TO-DATE DRUG STORE FOR 
ffK)R SALE—SMALL CAPACITY  SAWMILL 

sale;  corner  bui'ding;  low  rent:  farming 
community;  summer resort.  Reason for selling, 
ill health.  Must get out of  doors  fur  a  year  or 
two.  Address  No.  957,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

ready to  be  manufactured  and  more  in  sight. 
Reason for selling, owner  has  no  knowledge  of 

in good repair;  one-half million feet  of  logs 

963

957

950

manufacturing.  Address  Box  64,  Boon,  P.  O , 
Wexford Co., Mich 
Ij'O R  SALE—DRUG  STORE  IN  A  THRIV- 
P   lng 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. 
Ij'OR SALE—STOCK  GENERAL MEKCUAN* 
X1  dise, invoicing from $9,500 to  $2,800,  in  good 
farming district at one of the best  trading points 
between Grand Rapids and Cadillac.  Good  rea­
sons for selling.  Address No. 946, care Michigan 
Tradesman. 
94s
Fo r  s a l e,  c h e a p- * iaoo  sto ck  g e n -
eral  merchandise.  Address  No.  945,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
Fo r  s a l e o r  e x c h a n g e—a   sto ck  o f
dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., in  the  best 
town in Central Michigan.  Address No. 943, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

947

943

945

Ba r g a in ,  d r u g  
st o c k,  b u il d in g
and lot, invoicing  $1,750.  Must  be  sold  be­
fore  Sept.  1,  1901.  Write  for  particulars.  Ad­
dress No. 952, care Michigan Tradesman.  952
Ij'OR  SALE—8TOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS, 
'  shoes  and  groceries:  invoice  $4,000;  goods 
bought 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 Michigan Tradesman.__________ 984
W ANTED—GOOD  HARDWARE  AND  IM- 
plement store to locate in one  of  the  best 
towns in Michigan;  extra Inducements  to  right
?erson.  Address  Hardware,  care  Michigan 
radesman. 
932
Ij'OR  SALE OR  EXCHANGE—A  GENERAL 

’  stock of merchandise in Southern Michigan, 
inventorying about $5,000.  Will sell or  trade  all 
or part for good timbered land or summer  resort 

929

property.  Address  No.  929,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.
¡.'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  get 
good  profits.  Double  store  room,  brick,  good 
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. and don’t write unless you  mean  business. 
W. W. Mitchell. Wood River, Neb. 
928
Ij'OR  SALE—BEST MONEY-MAKING  GRO- 
1  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  postolfice  rates 
second;  reason  for  selling,  wish  to  take an in­
terest in a  wholesale  grocery  in  Detroit.  Carl 
Dice, Wyandotte, Mich. 
Fo r  
s a l e —t w o  g o o d  b u s in e s s 
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 4(8, Hudson, Mich. 

939

938

Ij'OR SALE OR RENT—TWO BRICK STORKS 

'  connected  with  arch,  2zx80  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. 
936
TOOK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
s
for sale.  Box 108, Rathbone, Mich. 
922
Ro m e y n-pa r s o n s  p a y s  c a sh   f o r
stocks  of  merchandise  (not  a  trader  or 
920
broker).  Grand Ledge, Mich. 
liO R   SALE—STOCK  CF  GENERAL  MER- 
X  chandlse, invoicing about $7,500;  live village 
in  Central  Michigan;  business  established  20 
years;  has  made  money  from  the  start;  fine 
farming section;  will rent  store  building:  rear­
ing from  business  on  account  of  poor  health. 
Address No. 9 9, care M ichigan Tradesman.  919
PAN-AMERICAN  ACCOMMODATIONS  AT 
private house,  conveniently  located.  Lodg­
ing, one  dollar  each  Address  LeRoy  S.  Oat- 
man. Sec’y, Buffalo Produce Exchange. 
917
L'OR SAlE—AN  UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE 
X   and  implement  stock,  invoicing  $3,000;  lo­
cated in Northern Michigan;  doing a  good  busi­
ness.  Address No. 913,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
L'OR  SALE—A  NICE,  CLEAN  GENERAL 
X  stock,  inventorying  about  $1,800,  in  good 
farming community.  Reason  for  selling,  other 
business.  Address  No.  860,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

913

860

best towns and in one of  the  best  fruit and  po­

F'OR SALE—THE  BEST  STOCK  OF  GRO- 

ceries, having the best  trade  in  one  of  the 
tato sections of  Michigan;  doing  a  prosperous 
business;  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. 
Ij'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
IF GOING OUT OF  BUSINESS  OR  IF  YOU 
have a bankrupt stock of clothing,  dry goods, 
or  shoes,  communicate  with  The  New  York 
Store, Traverse City, Mich. 
728
PARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF  GOODS OF 
any kind,  farm  or  city  property  or  manu­
facturing  plants  that  they  wish  to  sell  or  ex­
change  correspond  with  the  Derby  &  Choate 
709
Real Estate Co., Flint,  Mich. 

856

MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED—MEN  TO  WORK  IN  LUMBER 
yard, saw mill and woods;  also blacksmith 
and  carpenters.  Address  Haak  Lumber  Co., 
961
Wolverine, Mich. 
W ANTED—WOMAN  COOK,  GIRLS  AND 
chore  boy  for  boarding  bouse.  Address 
962
Haak Lumber Co., Wolverine, Mich. 
W A N T ED —SITUATION  YOUNG  MAN, 
position  in  clothing,  hardware,  general 
or  bazaar  store;  Ai  references.  Address  No. 
959
969, care Michigan Tradesman. 
W A N T E D   SITUATION—REGISTERED 
pharmacist,  29  years  of  age,  married, 
twelve years’ experience, capable  of  managing. 
Will be at liberty after July  25.  Address  F.  S. 
T., 30i Jefferson St.. Grand Rapids, Mich.  949
WANTED—DOCTOR.  FIRST-CLASS OPKN- 
ing for good  physician and  surgeon:  good 
town:  no doctor.  Address  at  once,  the  Foun­
tain Pharmacy, Fountain, Mich._________ 966
WANTED—SITUATION  BY  YOUNG MAN 

in general  store:  has  had  several  years’ 
experience.  Gan furnish good  references.  Ad­

dress No. 916, care Michigan Tradesman.  916

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Royal
Gardon

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In pounds,  halves  and 

quarters.

JAPAN 

B.  F. JAPAN 

YOUNG  HYSON 
GUNPOWDER 

ENG.  BREAK FAST 

CEYLON 
OOLONG 
BLEND

$1  peF lb.

Retailed at 50c,  75c,  and 

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

Write for particulars.

T heJ. M.BOURCO.,

Toledo, Ohio.

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N A T I O N A L   B I S C U I T   C O M P A N Y

MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, C. E. Wa l k e r ,  Bay City;  Vlce-Pres 
ident,  J.  H.  H o p k in s ,  Ypsilanti;  Secretar; 
E. A. St o w e , Grand Rapids;  Treasurer, J. 
Tatman, Clare.  ______

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President, F r a n k   J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  Ho m e r 

K liAp ;  Treasurer, J. Ge o r g e   L e h m a n

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Protect ire  Association 

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

Kalanatoo  Grocers’  and  Heat  Dealers’ Association 
President, E.  P.  Cross;  Secretary,  Hen r y 
Sc h a b e r g;  Treasurer, H. R. Va n Bochove.

Baj  Cities  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  C.  E.  W a l k e r ;  Secretary,  E. 

L it t l e .

Muskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm it h ;  Secretary,  I).  A 

Bo e l k in s ;  Treasurer, J.  W.  Ca s k a d o n

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

Jackson  Retail  Grocen’  Association 
H. P o r t e r ;  Treasurer, L.  P e l t o n .

Adrian  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

President,  A.  C.  Cl a r k ;  Secretary,  E. 
Cl e v e l a n d ; Treasurer, W m. C. K o e h n

Saginaw  Retail Merchants’  Association 

President, M. W. Ta n n e r ;  Secretary,E.  H. Mo 

P h e r s o n ;  Treasurer, R. A . Ho r r .

Traierse  City  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  t h o s  T.  Ba t e s :  Secretary,  m .  B 

Ho l l y ;  Treasurer,  C.  A.  Ham m o n d.

Ovosso  Business  Men’s Association 

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

Campbell;  Treasurer,  W.  E. Collins,

P i  Hurons  Merchants’  and  Manufacturers’  Association 

President, Ch a s .  W e l l m a n ;  Secretary,  J.  T, 

Pe r c iv a l .

Alpona  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 i h y ;  Secretary  W.  H 

H o s k i n g .

President, Th o s. Br o m l e y ;  Secretary, F r a n k  

S i  Johns Business  Men’s  Association  * 
A .  P e r c y ; Treasurer, Cl a r k  A . P u t t.

Pony  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  H.  W.  Wa l l a c e ;  Secretary,  T.  E 

He d d l e . 

______

Grand  Haien  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D.  Vos;  Secretary,  J.  w   Vbb- 

Ho e k s . 

______

Travelers’ Time  Tables.
P e r e   M a r q u e t t e
Railroad and Steamship Lines.

Fast trains  are  operated  from  Grand  Rapids 
to Chicago,  Detroit,  Toledo, Saginaw, Bay  City, 
Petoskey, Ludlngton, Manistee, MuskegOD, 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.  Moe lle r,  G.  P.  A.,

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

GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana Railway

Going North.

daily
ex Su  ex Su  ex Su 
2 oop  10 45p
Lv Gd Rapids...........4 05p
7 45a 
Ar.  Cadillac..............  6 45a
11 25 4  4 40p  2 10a
Ar.  Traverse City__  8 30a
.......
1 30p  6 S0p 
Ar. Petoskey............  9 30a
2 50p  7 35p  5 35a
Ar. Mackinaw City... it 20a  __ 
__
......   6 55a
4 15p 
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 m and 9:20 p m.

Going South.
ex Su  ex Su  Daily  ex Su  Daily 
Lv. G’d Rapids.  7 10a  1 50p  6 00p  12 30p  9 35p
1 45p 10 55p
Ar. Kalamazoo.  8 50a  3 22p  7 45p 
Ar. Ft. Wayne..12 lOp  6 50p To Cnlcago 
1 45a
Ar. Cincinnati.  6 25p 
............................   6 55a
Trains arrive from the  south  at  3:55 am   and 
7:20am daily, l:5opm, 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.  2:00pm 
train  going  north  has  buffet  car  to  Harbor 
Springs.  9:?5pm 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.

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

Daily
Sunday
Lv. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  12 30pm
9 35pm 
Ar. Chicago  (12th St. Station)  5 2 5 p m ____
6 55am
12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago  with  Pull­
man buffet parlor car attached.
9:30pm  train has through coach  and  Pullman 
sleepiug car.

FROM  CHICAOO 

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Lv. Chicago (12th St.  Station!  5  15pm  11  30pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  10  05pm  7  23am 
5:15pm train runs solid to Grand  Rapids  wit* 
Pullman buffet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train  has through coach and  sleeping
Take G.  R. &  I. to Chicago

Yale  Buiness  Men’s  Association 

President,  Ch a s.  R o u n d s;  Secretary,  F r a n k  
P u t n e y .

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Moat  Dealers’  Association 

President,  J o h n  G.  E b l e ;  Secretary,  L.  J. 
K a t z ;  Treasurer,  S. J. Hu f f o r d .

President,  Ma r t i n   B ir c h ;  Secretary,  C.  D. 

Muskegon  Retail  Butchers’  Association 
R ic h a r d s ;  Treasurer, Wm. S m it h .

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SOLD  MEDAL, PARIS,  1900
Walter Baker & Co.
COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES

PURE,  HIGH-GRADE

Their preparations are  pot op 
in conformity to  the  Pnr^Food 
Laws of all the  States.

Under the decisions of the  U. 
S.  Courts no other chocolate or 
cocoa is  entitled to  be  labelled 
or sold as  “ Baker's Chocolate ” 
or “ Baker’s Cocoa.”

Grocers  will  And  them  In 
the long run the most profit­
able  to  handle,  as  they  are 
absolutely pure  and  ot  uni­
form  quality.

TR A D C-M A R K .

In writing your order specify Walter 
Baker & Co.’s goods.  If other goods 
are  substituted please  let  us  know.

WALTER BAKER & CO. Limited,

DORCHESTER, MASS.

Established 1780.

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■elsbach  Lights 

els ba ch  Mantles

Incandescent Gas Light and Gasoline Lamp Supplies 

of all  kinds.

Authorized  Michigan  Supply  Depot for the genuine goods.

Write for illustrated catalogue and wholesale prices to

A.  T.  KNOWLSON, 

Detroit.  Michigan

233-235  Griswold Street.

H.  Leonard  &  Sons,  Grand  Rapids

Price  list  Staple  Crockery,  Glassware,  Notions  and  House  Fur­
“ The  Commercial  Traveler” 

nishing  Goods.  Send  for  Catalogue. 
sent  to  Merchants  only  on  request— 175  pages  at

MAIL  ORDER  PRICES

Base  Bans..................................38c and  $  68
Butter Plates, wire end......................... 
42
Baskets,  bushel.....................................  
90
Baskets,  handled...................................  
30
Bags, paper, see  Catalogue..................
Brooms..........................$2 26, $2 00 and  1  75
Burners, No. 1........................................  
40
Candy Jars. 2 quart...............................  2 00
Clothes Baskets, 30 in............................  3 75
Chimneys, No. X, box.............................   1  78
39
Dressing Combs, rubber.......................  
Envelopes, 250 in box.............................  
19
Grocer’s Pass  Book............................... 
05
Galvanized Iron Tubs, No. 1.................  495
Galvanized Iron Pails, 10 quart............   1  60
Hammocks,  ‘Palmer,” each................. 
48
78
Hair Brushes, per doz...........................  
Harmonicas...........................................  
35
Ink, Thomas’, 3 doz.  case...................... 
82
Ice Cream Freezers, each.....................   1  25
Jellies, per bbl., doz..............................  
19

Lead Pencils,  gro..................................  
50
Lemon Squeezers, glass,  doz................  
40
Lawn Mowers, 14 in., eactf....................  2  15
Milk Jars, Paper Cap,  gro....................  5200
80
Mantles. Gasoline, doz..........................  
Playing Cards........................................  
90
71
Plates,  Breakfast..................................  
Stone Butter Jars, 1 gal. each.............. 
06
Stone Milk Pans, l gal.,  each...............  
06
Shelf Paper, gro. sheets......................... 
09
Silver Plated  Knives  and  Forks,  Rog­
ers’, doz...........................................   2 50
92
Silver Plated Teaspoons, Rogers’, doz.. 
Silver Plated Teaspoons, Coin, doz...... 
35
Telescope Valises, each......................... 
23
Tumblers, % pint, by bbl., doz.............. 
19
67
Tea Cups and Saucers, doz.................... 
Tanglefoot Fly Paper, 50 sheets........... 
36
Thread, Clark’s M. E., doz.................... 
50
Thread, Merrick’s, doz..........................  
46
Thread, Cromwell’s, doz.......................  
17

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are  sold  on  easy  monthly 
payments.
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