Eighteenth  Year

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST 7,1901.

Number 933

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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  b e s t  
rubbers  on  the  market  and  the  c h e a p e s t .

first  quality 

Made  in  all  styles.  Write  for  catalogue.

THE  BEACON  FALLS  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

BEACON  FALLS,  CONN.

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RUN  ONE?

If so, and you are endeavoring1 to get along  without  using our  improved Coupon  Book System, you are mak­
ing a most serious mistake.  We 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.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

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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 I N G   P O W D E R

Home Office, 80 West  street.  New  York.

Western Office,
Branch Offices:

42 B’ver S t, Chicago.
Detroit 
Fort Wayne
Columbus

Indianapolis 
Cincinnati 
Grand Rapids 

WHEAT  GRITS

Contain the  Heart of the Wheat

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

Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co.,  Holland,  Mich.

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is  the  leader  because  it  sells  easier,
slacks  quicker  and  does  more  work
than any  other  lime  on  the  market.
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AGAINST THE TRUST.  See  Quotations  in  Price  Current.

Grocers  Will  Please  Commit  to  Memory

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P R IN C IP A L   C O F F E E   R O A S T E R S
BOSTON MASS  . U S A

The  most  reliable  Coffees— those  best  developed— the  most  excellent  Coffees— are  roasted  and  packed  by  Dwinell-Wright  Co., 
Boston— with  Western  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-Wright  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-Wright  Co.’ s  Coffees.

■The  following  houses  are  exclusive  agents  for  Dwinell-Wright  Co.’s  Boston  Roasted  in  the  State  of  Michigan:

C.  ELLIO TT  &   CO.,  Detroit,  nich. 
B.  D ESENBERG  &  CO.,  Kalamazoo,  nich. 

OLNEY  &   JUDSON  GRO.  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  nich. 

SYHONS  BROS.  &   CO.,  Saginaw,  ilich.

JACKSON  GROCER  CO.,  Jackson,  nich.
H E ISE L  &   GOESCHEL,  Bay  City,  nich.

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Established 1841.

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Widdicomb  Bld’g,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars

C.  E.  McCRONE,  Manager.

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Late State Pood Commissioner 

ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR
Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres 
pondence  invited.
1232 Majestic  Building,  Detroit,  Mich.

W ILLIAM  CONNOR  |

W H O L E S A L E  

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Mail orders promptly  attended to. 

Customers’ expenses allowed. 

Saturday to  1  p.  m. 

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A .  B O M E R S ,

..Commercial Broker

And  Dealer In

Cigars and  Tobaccos,

157  E. Fulton  St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Cheap and Effective. 

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

44  S.  Clark  St..  Chicago.  III.

ASSOCIATE  OFFICES  IN  ALL  PRINCIPAL 

CITIES

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

TradesnanC oupsns

2.  Getting the  People.
4.  Around  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  Street  Fair  Week.
8.  Editorial.
9.  Editorial.
10.  Clothing.
11.  Dry Goods.
12.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
16.  Saw  the Town.
18.  Hardware.
19.  Window  Dressing.
20.  Woman’s World.
22.  Butter and  Eggs.
23.  The  New  York  Market.
24.  Clerks’ Corner.
25.  Commercial Travelers.
26.  Drugs  and  Chemicals.
27.  Drug Price  Current.
28.  Grocery  Price  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  Current.
30.  Grocery  Price  Current.
31.  Supplies  Not  Equal  to  Demand. 
32.  In the Toils.

Hardware  Price  Current.

MOSQUITO  LORE.

The  New  York  Board  of  Health  has 
adopted  the  theory  that  the  germ  of 
malarial  fever  can  exist  only  in  the  hu­
man  body  and  declared  war  on  the 
“ anopheles”   mosquito  which  contracts 
the  disease  by  biting  malarial  patients 
and  subsequently  communicates  it  to 
other  persons.  The  Board  has  also  de­
cided  to  ask  the  assistance of physicians 
in  spreading  knowledge  of  the 
true 
cause  of  malaria  and  of  measures  of 
prevention,  and 
in  the  collection  of 
data  which  will  aid  it  in  fighting  the 
disease.

In  this  connection  it 

is  worth  while 
to  note  that  Dr.  L.  O.  Howard,  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  who  has 
made  the  subject  one  of  deep  study,  has 
classified  the  American  mosquito  as  far 
as  recognized. 
It  appears  that  the  ano­
pheles  and  the  culex  are  the  most  com­
mon  of  the  American  mosquitoes,  and 
of  these  the  latter  are  supposed  to  ex­
in  number.  Yet  the  anopheles  is 
ceed 
the  more  dangerous,  for  this  species 
is 
supposed  to  be  the  one  which  gorges  on 
the  blood  of  malarial  persons  to  convey 
the  parasite  to  healthy  victims,  thus  in­
oculating  them.  Should  a  man  of  a 
scientific  bent  of  mind,  awakened  in 
the  stilly  watches  of  the  night,  succeed 
in  capturing  his  tormentor,  he  can  eas­
ily  determine  to  which  species  it  be­
longs.

Carefully  grasping  it  between  thumb 
and  forefinger  or  impaling 
it  upon  a 
pin, he can  see  the  antennae.  If they  are 
densely  covered  with 
long  hairs  the 
specimen  is  a  male  and  can  be  released 
with  the  assurance  that  he  has  never 
bitten  the  investigator,  nor  will  he  ever 
do  so.  On  the  other  band,  should  the 
hairs  be  short  and  spatse  it  is  a female, 
and  should  he  discover  a  yellowish 
white  spot  near  three-fourths  of  the 
length  of  the  front  margin  of  the  wing, 
or  find  that  the  palpi  is  wholly  black, 
let  him  beware,  for  be  holds  in  his 
hand  the  deadly  anophele,  the  distrib­
utor  of  malarial  germs  and  the  dis­
turber  of  peaceful  nights.

By  examining  its  legs  he  can  find 

if 
it  has  scales. 
If  it  has  he  is the  captor 
of  a  culex,  a  voracious  species.  Per­
haps 
it  has  a  straight  proboscis  and  a 
brown  or  yellow  body.  This  is  a  meg-

arbinus  and  not  of  much  account.  The 
megarhinus  is  a  blue-blooded  Southern 
mosquito  and  seldom  gets  further  North 
than  the  Distrct  of  Columbia.  Should 
its  legs  have  many  nearly  erect  scales 
and  a  yellowish  brown  body,  then  it  is 
of  the  genus  psorophera,  the  largest  of 
the  yellow  or  brown  mosquitoes.  But 
if  it  is  an  adult  and  seems  to  be  an  un­
der-sized,  insignificant looking  insect  of 
apparently  harmless  tastes,  it  is  likely 
to  be  one  of  the  genus  aedes,  the  small­
est  of  mosquitoes.

All  members  of  the  human  race  are 
strongly  advised  to  make  it  a  point  to 
kill  one  of  the  anopheles  whenever  pos­
sible,  and  the  destruction  of  the  culex 
is  recommended. 
It  is  also  well  to  an­
nihilate  the  psorophera,  megarhinus and 
aedes. 
In  case  of  a  doubt  existing  as 
to  the  species,  it  is  suggested  that  the 
victim  destroy  it  without  delay.

BRAINS AND  BEAUTY.

A  sensation  was 

lately  produced  in 
Paris  by  the  declaration  of  a  noted 
French  writer  that  the  reign  of  beauty 
is  over  and  that  the  brainy  woman  is 
gradually  assuming  the  throne  so 
long 
occupied  by  the  possessor  of 
loveliness 
of  face  and  form.  The  declaration  has 
given  rise  to  widespread  discussion  and 
has  provoked  comment  on  this  side  of 
the  Atlantic. 
It  is  considered  remark­
able  that  such  a  declaration  should  be 
made  in  Paris,  the  home  of  women  fa­
mous  for  their  exquisite  charm.  The 
brainy  woman 
is  probably  met  with 
more  often  to-day  than  ever before.  The 
advantages  which  women  have  enjoyed 
during  recent  generations  have  brought 
to  many  a  degree  of  attraction  that  they 
would  otherwise  have  lacked.  But  has 
the  brainy  woman  wrested  the  scepter 
from  the  woman  of  beauty?

influence 

in  the  circles 

The  woman  who  possesses intellectual 
attainments  is  respected  and  admired, 
but  is  she  liked  and  loved  as  her  beau­
tiful  sister  is?  Many  plain  women  have 
fascinating  qualities  and  they  exert  a 
powerful 
in 
which  they  move,  but  do  they  rule 
hearts  as  the  beauties  do?  The  brainy 
woman  is  apt  to  be  regarded  as  a  queer 
creature,  especially  if  she  has  no  abil­
ity  to  amuse,  and  is  essentially  serious 
in  her  temperament. 
The  beautiful 
woman,  it  is  true,  can  not  hold  the 
throne  unless  she  has  some  degree of  in­
telligence  or  cleverness,  but  there  is  no 
escaping  the  conclusion  that  beauty 
still  constitutes  the  chief  asset  in  a 
woman’s  fortune.  This  is  demonstrated 
by  the  conduct  of  women  themselves. 
Never 
the  world’s  history  have 
women  prized  beauty  more  than  they  do 
to-day.  Never  were  there  so  many 
methods  employed  to  develop  and  pre­
serve  beauties  of  feature  and  figure. 
The  average  woman  devotes  quite  as 
much  attention  to  the 
improvement  of 
her  looks  as  to  the  improvement  of  her 
mind*  and 
is  wise. 
Beauty  and  brains  are  both  to  be  de­
sired  and  the  truly  charming  woman  is 
apt  to  possess  a  happy  combination  of 
mental  and  physical  graces.

in  doing  so  she 

in 

It  is  no trouble  to  see  that  wealth  is  a 
curse—so  long  as  the  other fellow has  it.

GENERAL  TRADE  REVIEW.

it  easier  for  their 

The  fact  that  the  steel  strikes  came  at 
a  time  when  stock  values  were  near 
their  highest  average  for  many  years 
made 
influence  to 
affect  values  than  it  would  if  the  level 
was  lower.  It  is  not  strage  then  that  the 
progress  of  the  strike  should be attended 
by  a  considerable  decline  in  prices 
led 
by  the  steel  interests. 
It  is  impossible 
that  the  threat of  a  long  struggle  under 
such  circumstances  should  not  have  a 
marked  speculative  effect.  That  the 
decline  is  purely  the  result  of  the 
labor 
contest  is  show  by  the  fact  that  there  is 
in  business  activity  or 
no  abatement 
important  yielding 
in  prices  of  com­
modities  in  any  direction.

Continued  rains 

in  the  grain  region 
are  putting  the  yellow  cereal 
into  a 
better condition  than  was  thought  pos­
sible  a  few  days  ago.  While  there  will 
be  less  of  the  corn  crop  than  last  year, 
wheat  promises  to  exceed  expectations 
and  the  aggregate  value  of  both  grains 
will  keep  up  to  that  of  last  season  at 
least.

There  are  two  significant 

indications 
of  the  strength  of  the  general  ^situation, 
viz.,  the  continued  increase  in  railway 
earnings  and  the  unequaled  bank  clear­
ings  for  the  season.  About  every  road 
in  the  country  reports  a  steady  gain  in 
traffic,  notwithstanding  the  heat  of mid­
summer,  when  trade 
is  supposed  to  be 
quiet.  Bank  clearings  for July  were  50 
per  cent,  more  than  for  the  same  month 
last  year  and  exceeded  those  of  any 
July  on  record.

little 

In  the  woolen  trade  come  reports  that 
Eastern  manufacturers  are  all  busy  and 
that  present  prices  are  being  declined 
for  future  delivery.  Wool  is  improving 
a 
in  strength  as  the  new  clip 
comes  forward,  such  price  changes  as 
occur  being  upward.  Cotton  goods  are 
quiet  with  fair  export  movement.  Slow 
domestic  markets  and  light  foreign  de­
mand  tend  to  a  weakness  in  the  price 
of  cotton.  While  sales  of  footwear  are 
at  unchanged  prices,the  shops  are  many 
of  them  engaged  for  months  ahead  and 
refuse  contracts  for 
future  delivery. 
The  weakness 
leather  and  hides 
caused  by  the  drouth  scare  has  recov­
ered  in  the  improved  situation.

in 

There  was  a  fear  that  with  the  inter­
ruption  in  the  steel  manufacture  on  ac­
count  of the  strike  the  price  of  the  raw 
materials  would  suffer,  but  so  far  every­
is  sold  promptly  and  no  sign  of 
thing 
is  manifest.  Good  foreign 
weakness 
contracts  are  being  secured 
in  struc­
tural  shapes 
in  spite  of  British  and 
German  competition.  Since the  adjust­
ment  of  the  machinery  strikes  there 
is 
renewed  activity  and  strength  in  that 
line.

It 

is  estimated  that  the  waste  from 
in  the  United 
unintelligent  cooking 
States 
is  over  $1,000,000,000  a  year. 
This  figure  has  been  indorsed  by  Prof. 
William  Matthew  as  about  correct. 
Prof.  Marshall, 
noted  English 
economist,  estimates  that  about  half  as 
much  is  wasted  annually  by  the  work­
ing  people  of  Great  Britain  in  a  sim i­
lar  way.

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Getting the  People

The  Proper Use o f the Circular and Hand­

bill.

There  is  a  general  contention  on  the 
part  of  authorities and writers on public­
ity  that  the  best  means  of  reaching  the 
people  is  through  the  daily  or  weekly 
press.  As  a  general  proposition  this 
contention 
is  doubtlessly  correct,  but 
there  are  cases  where  the  columns  of a 
newspaper that  will reach the merchant’s 
constituency  may  not  be  available,  or  it 
may  be  desirable  to  supplement  the 
work  of  the  regular  medium.by  other 
It  is  worth  while,  then,  to  con­
means. 
sider 
the  proper  use  of  the  much 
abused  circular and  handbill.

long 

The  conventional handbill of the coun­
is  often  a  curious  produc­
try  printer 
tion. 
In  many  cases  there  is  such  a  de­
mand  for auction  bills  and  small posters 
that  a  press  and  type  are  kept  for the 
special  work.  The  paper  employed 
is 
the  cheapest  print,  the  ink  little  better 
than  tar  and  the  printing  rollers  have 
seen  so  long  service  that  all  printing 
qualities  have 
since  departed. 
The  product  of  such  apparatus  may 
meet  the  needs  of  the  auction  bill  or the 
requirements  of  the 
law  in  notices  of 
legal sales,  but they  are  poor representa­
tives  for  the  wares  of  the  progressive 
merchant.  The  use  of  such  crude  ma­
terials  may  save  a  few  cents  on the work 
but  its  principal  convenience  to  the 
in  the  fact  that  no  care  is 
printer  lies 
required  to  keep  them 
in  proper  con­
dition  for their work.  A  press  for good 
work  must  be  kept  in  perfect  order  and 
good  ink  and  rollers  rapidly  deteriorate 
in  quality  and  must  be  used  and  fre­
quently  renewed.  On  this  account  it 
is  more  difficult  for  the  merchant to get 
the  best  work  and  he  is  tempted  to  ac­
cept  the  vile  stuff  that  comes  from  slov- j 
enly  neglect.

Even  when  the  handbill  or circular  is 
the  product  of  more  care  it  is  usual  to 
make  the  mistake  of  trying  to  express 
too  much.  The  merchant 
is  too  apt  to 
think 
it  must  include  everyhing  to be 
effective  and  so he  crowds  it  with  mat­
ter  until  he  precludes  all  possibility  of 
its  being  read.

In  the  preparation  of  a  handbill  or 
circular  the  same  rules  should  apply  as 
in  preparing  advertising  for any  other 
medium. 
Instead  of  trying  to enum­
erate  all  the  articles  in  the  store  let  it 
be  confined  to a  few  leading  ones,  bet­
ter  one  or two,  that  will  serve  to  inter­
est.  Let  the  display  be  simple  and  as 
far  as  possible 
in  a  uniform style  of 
instead  of  showing  a  mixture  of 
letter, 
all  the  incongruous  faces  in  the  print­
er’s  collection.  The  difference  is that 
the  eye  is  attracted  by  artistic  suitabil­
ity,  while  a  hodge  podge  of  styles  is re­
pugnant  and  is  instinctively  avoided;

Don’t  try  to  say  too  much.  Select 
something  that  you  think  can  be  made 
to  interest  and  say  about  that  what  you 
think  will  be  interesting.  Avoid  solid 
paragraphs  and  make  your  language  as 
simple  and  candid  .in  manner as  pos­
sible.  The  object  of  the  handbill,  as  of 
any  other  advertising,  is  to  bring  the 
customer  to  the  store—it  will  not Bell 
the  goods.

But  possibly  a  still  more  difficult 
problem  than  the  production  of  the  bill 
is  its  circulation.  Too often  this  work 
is  delegated to the  small  boy whose idea 
Is to get  rid  of them  as  expeditiously as 
possible. 
If  entrusted  to the  hands  of 
distributors  it  should  be  to  those  espe­
cially  instructed  In  the  work  and  who 
have  some  judgment  as  to  placing  them 
where they  will  be of  use.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

I G R E A T

Mid-Summer 
Clearance  Sale!

For the next 30 days we will sell all  Summer  goods  at  greatly  reduced

£   prices, as it is our aim to keep nothing but a good clean  stock and  to have  the  £
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£   prices we are .making on all these goods.

  odds  and  ends  all  cleaned  up.  Be  sure and get one of our bills and see the 

i  Sale  Commences  July  17

and  Closes August 17  01  I

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D R .  E. S .  D O O D  &   S O N .

DRUGGISTS. AND BOOK  SELLERS-

BUCHANAN  MICHIGAN.

We would  respectfully  request  ail  wlio are indebted  to us In 

call and  pay their accounts

Many  arc  small,  some  are large,  we  want  both.  Wc have 
accommodated  you,  and  we  ould like  you  now  to  accommodate 
us.  We  hope th at  you  will  each  take  this ss  a  personal  matter 
and give it your attention a t your earliest convenience.

C L E A N -U P !

\V f E   arc  going  to  have  a  genuine 
•leaning  np  sale  now,  on  goods 
that are mentioned below.  Such goods 
must be got out of the way at this time 
of the year to  make  room  for  fall  and 
winter goods. ;  We might call it a rem­
nant  sale,  as  it  is* just  what is left of 
the summer goods, and they will go  at

One-Half

About
Off

Ladies’  shirt  waists,  ladies’  summer 
skirts, ladies’ fancy  underskirts,  white 
and colored dress  goods,  ladies’  gauze 
underwear,  wrappers,  summer  jackets 
and capes, silks and  satins,  towels  by 
the pair, colored table and bed  spreads, 
stock  collars  and  rosettes,  mosquito 
netting, etc  .In our other lines—boots, 
shoes, clothing and  men’s  furnishings 
—we will give great reductions.  Space 
will not permit  us  to  say  all  that  we 
wonld like, hut ask you to see us before 
you buy.  Do it as a favor to yourself, 
as we are bound to beat  competition  at 
this time of the year  regardless of cost. 
Don’t fail to see us now. 
If  you  don’t 
buy come anyway and  see  that  we'do 
just as we  advertise,  so  you  can  tell 
those who want to buy.

R.  Schom berger’s

Alain Street. Next to The Tavern.

Central Lake.  Mich.

Kee-Wah Coffee should be 
drank in 500  Hastings  homes 
and  in 500 more in  the vicin­
ity.  We  will  refund  youi 
money  if  it  does  not  please 
yon.  The  BEST  35c  Coffee 
in Hastings.

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There are  localities  where  the  papers 
do  not  cover  a  merchant’s  clientage 
effectually  or  where  he  must  pay  for 
much  circulation  that  does  him  no 
good.  This  may  be  supplemented  by 
circulars,  either for handing  out or,  what 
is  better,  for  circulating  through  the 
mails  when  the  expense  is  not too great. 
For  this  the  work  should  be  as  artistic 
as  possible.  Often  it  may  well  be  a  four 
page  folder,  printed  on  both  sides,  and 
just  adapted  to  fit a  good,  white,  regu­
lar  size  envelope.  Let  the  matter be 
small  in  quantity  on  each  page.  The 
inside  may  be  occupied  by  the  special 
object  of the  circular,  while  the  first  is 
devoted  to a  general  notice  of the  store 
and  the  last  to  attractive  reasons  for 
trading  therein.

*  *  *

Warner  &  Sackett  have  a  correct  idea 
of the  amount  of  matter for their space. 
Their announcement of  the  midsummer 
sale  is  well  worded  and  to the  point. 
I 
should  have spaced the “ clearance sale”  
further to  the  right  and  should  not have 
tried  to  make  a  full  line  of  the  name 
at  the  bottom  and  should  have  used type 
to correspond  with  the  other display.

As  a  general  rule  duns  through  the 
press  are  not  good  business  practice.  If 
it  gains  the  attention  of  the  debtor at 
all  the  impression  given  is  not  a  pleas­
ant one—it  does  not  incline  him to come 
into the  store.  Then  the  impression  is 
not  good  for those  who  do not  owe. 
If 
the  merchant  has  been  so  unfortunate 
as  to  get  too  many  on  his books  it  is  a 
matter  which  should  be  kept  from  the 
public  and  more  direct  means  should  he 
employed  to  remedy  the  trouble.  The 
design  of  Dr.  E .  S.  Dood  &  Son’s  ad­
vertisement  is  good  and  the  printer’s 
work  is  deserving  of  that  which  will  be 
of more  use  in  trade  getting.

Another  clean-up  sale,  that  of  R. 
Schomherger’s,  is  as  well  handled  by 
the  printer as  is  possible  with  so  much 
matter.  Had  the  writer  been  content 
with  about  one-half of  the  matter the  re­
sult  would  have  been  read  ten  times 
where  this  will  be  once.  There  is  ma­
terial here  for a good  advertisement,  but 
it  wants  heroic  trimming.  The  print­
er’s  display  could  not be  better.

C.  W.  .Clark  &  Co.  have  an  effective­
ly  worded  and  displayed  advertisement 
for  Kee-Wah  coffee. 
I  have  an  idea 
that  I  would  try  again  on  a  name  be­
fore  I  tried  to gain  the  public  ear;  but 
I  have  known  of successes  with  perhaps 
as  outlandish  designations  as  this.

A  taking 

little  catch 

is  that  of  the 
Miller,  Ryder  &  Winterbum  Company. 
A  uniform  style  of  type  would  per­
haps not  be  practical  here.

Wells  &  Morgan  make  a  good  turn  on 
the  traits  of  the  tramp  and  the  pen 
which  is  calculated  to amuse  and  gain 
attention.  The  printer’s  work  would 
be  improved  with  a  lighter border.

Leon  J.  Ives  has  a  well  worded butch­
er’s  announcement which is well handled 
by  the  printer. 
It  would  have  been 
better  if the  side  border  bad  extended 
all  around. 
I  am  not  in  favor  of  pub­
lishing  terms  of business  in  an  adver­
tisement  unless they  are  cash.

R.  C.  Whitehead  has  a  formal  an- 
noucement  of  his  resuming  business, 
which  is  well  bandied  by  the  printer.

Learned th e  Difference.

Mother—What!  Have  you  been  fight­
little  boys 

ing  again,  Johnnie?  Good 
don't fight.

Johnnie—Yes,  I  know  that.  I  thought 
he  was a  good  little  boy,  but  after  I hit 
him once  I  found  he  wasn’t.

Never  threaten  to kiss  a  pretty  girl— 

always beg  her pardon afterwards.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN 

3

Royal  is  the  baking  powder  o f 
highest  character  and 
reputa­
tion,  the  favorite  among  house­
keepers.  T he  cheapest  to  con­
sumers,  the  most  profitable  for 
dealers  to  handle.

T h o se  grocers  who  are most  successful  in  business— who  have 
the  greatest  trade,  highest  reputation,  the  largest  bank  ac­
counts— are  those  who  sell  the  highest  quality,  purest,  best 
known  articles.

It  is  a  discredit  to  a  grocer  to  sell  impure,  adulterated 
and  unwholesome  goods;  nor  is  the  sale  o f such  goods,  even 
though  the  profits  on  a  single  lot  may  be  larger,  as  profitable 
in  the  long  run  as  the  sale  o f  pure,  wholesome,  high-class 
articles  at  a  less  percentage.

T rad e  is won  and held  by  the  sale  o f the  best,  the  highest 

grade,  the  most  reliable  goods.

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

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

4

Around the State

Movements o f Merchants.

Addison—The M.  H.  Moore Hardware 
its  stock  to  Crandall  & 

Co.  has  sold 
Lapham.

St.  Clair—C.  E.  Spencer  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  W.  H. 
Chevalier.

Lansing—Longyear  Bros. 

succeed 
in  the  furniture  and 

Horton  Longyear 
carpet  business.

Benton  Harbor—The  Hopkins  Drug 
Co.  is  the  style  of  the  new  firm  which 
succeeds  F.  S.  Hopkins.

Ann  Arbor—Miss  A.  F.  Lovell  suc­
in  the  variety 

ceeds  Henry  R .  Lovell 
and  fancy  goods  business.

Hillsdale—Wallace  Foote  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  patrner  in  the 
grocery  firm  of  Hiller  &  Foote.

Wayland—John  C.  Yeakey  has  re­
engaged  in  the  meat  business.  He  will 
occupy  the  building  owned  by  him.

Saugatuck—John  Bright  has  sold  his 
drug  stock  to  O.  B.  Jerrells,  formerly 
prescription  clerk  for  H.  J.  Crawford, 
the  Ithaca  druggist.

Charlevoix—Luke  &  Jones  have  sold 
their  drug  stock  to  A.  B.  Fleischer,  of 
Detroit,  who  will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same  location.
Kalamazoo—The 

flour 
and  feed  firm  of  the  Miller,  Ryder  & 
Winterburn  Co.  has  merged 
its  busi­
ness  into  a  corporation  under  the  same 
style.

coal,  wood, 

Athens—A.  E.  Underwood,  who  has 
been  engaged  in  the mercantile business 
here  for  the  past  twenty-five  years,  has 
sold  bis  stock  to  C.  G.  Morris,  of  Pine 
Creek.

Leslie—L.  M.  Russell  has  sold  his 
stock  of  dry  goods  and  clothing  to  Ben­
jamin  Stern  &  Co.,  of  Croswell.  The 
business  will  be  continued  at  the  same 
location.

Nashville—Henry  Glasner  has  pur­
chased  the  general  merchandise  stock 
formerly  owned  by  Merritt  &  Messimer 
and  removed  it  to  his  building  on South 
Main  streeet.

Fennville—The  furniture  and  under­
taking  firm  of  Dickinson  &  Hutchins 
has  dissolved  partnership,  W.  W. 
Hutchins  continuing  the  business  in 
his  own  name.

Benton  Harbor—Morrow  &  Stone 
have  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of 
Krieger  &  Seel,  on  Territorial  street, 
and  ' are  moving  the  goods  to their  own 
store  on  Water  street.

Howard  City—Fred  Holt,  of  Traverse 
City,  has  purchased  the  W.  H.  Camp­
bell  &  Son  grocery  stock.  He  has  not 
yet  decided  whether or not  he  will  re­
side  here  permanently.

Custer—Sayles  &  Boughton  expect 
soon  to  close  out  their general stock here 
and  engage  in  the  same  line  of  business 
at  Greenland,  Ontonagon  county,  where 
they  found  a  good  opening.

Muskegon—R.  W.  Christie  has  en­
gaged  in  the  hardware  business,  having 
purchased  the  J.  A.  Miller  stock  for 
$3,100 
from  trustee  R.  A.  Fleming. 
The  stock  inventoried $5,350.

Port  Huron—Frank  Faulkner,  who 
has  conducted  a  butter,  egg  and  fruit 
commission  house  on  Water  street,  has 
retired  from  business.  He  has  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Port  Huron  Engine 
&  Thresher Co.

Kalamazoo—F.  N.  Maus  has  sold  his 
drug  stock  at  the  corner of  East  Main 
and  Edward  streets  to  his  nephew, 
Frank  J.  Maus,  of  Hastings,  who  wijl 
continue  the  business  at  the  present  lo­
cation  under the  style  of  the  City  drug 
store.

Williamston—Frank  P.  Van  Buren’s 
new  cold  storage  is  now  well  under con­
struction.  The  old  cold  storage  plant, 
which  was  burned 
last  spring,  was  a 
model  one,  but  this  one  will  be  about 
one-half  larger and  as  nearly  complete 
in  every  detail  as  it  can  be  made.

Menominee—The 

interest  of  the  late 
Frank  Penberthy  in  the  wholesale  gro­
cery  firm  of  Penberthy,  Cook  &  Co., 
has  been  sold  to  the  other  partners,  W. 
O.  Carpenter and  C.  I.  Cook.  The price 
is  withheld,  but  it 
is  understood  that 
the  estate  realized  a  substantial  sum. 
For the  present  the  firm  name  will  re­
main  unchanged.

Charlotte—S.  G.  Newman,  who  pur­
chased  the  stock  of  the 
late  F.  H. 
McGrath  and,  after  adding  materially 
to  it,  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
here,  having  decided  to  return  to Union 
City,  has  sold  the  stock  to  W.  N.  Har­
mon  and  Fred  Stocking,  who  have  al­
ready  taken  possession.

Saginaw—J.  J.  Friedman,  of  Michi­
gan  City,  Ind.,  has  purchased  the  stock 
of 
ladies'  suits,  cloaks,  etc.,  of  R.  C. 
Buehler  &  Co.  and  will  conduct  the 
business  hereafter  at  215  Genesee  ave­
nue.  H.  C.  Miller,  who  has  had  charge 
of  the  business  since  the  death  of  Mr. 
Buehler,  some  years  ago,  will  retire 
from  business.

Saline—This  town  boasts  of  the  sole 
and  only  acetylene  city  lighting  plant 
in  Michigan.  P.  W.  Shults,  of  Ypsi- 
lanti,  is  one  of  the  promoters  of the  en­
terprise  and  it  will  be  put  in  operation 
at  the  time  of  the  Saline  celebration, 
Aug.  14.  Delegations  will  be  present 
from  Wayne  and  other  neighboring 
places  to  see  how  the  thing  works.

Adrian—The  drug  stock  of  L.  T. 
Locbner  has  been  disposed  of  to  out­
side  parties,  Dr.  O.  E.  Pratt,  of  Ypsi- 
lanti,  and  Burt  L.  Hayden,  of  Belle­
ville,  being  the  purchasers.  Mr.  Locd- 
ner  will  continue  to  push  the  Huron 
remedies,  the  laboratories  being  located 
in  the  upper  stories  of  the  building 
in 
which  he  has  formerly  been  conducting 
business.

Ypsilanti—Only  two  Ypsilanti  busi­
ness men  have  refused  to  sign the agree­
ment  to  close  business  houses  for the 
Put-in-Bay  excursion  on  Aug.  14—one 
for the  reason  that  he  does  not  propose 
to  stop  doing  business 
for  anything 
short  of  death  and  the  other because  he 
dislikes  affixing  his  signature  to  such  a 
document,  although  he  says  he  has  no 
objection  to  closing  if  his  competitors 
will  do  the  same.

Marquette—Local  merchants  are  not 
paying  the $25  license  fee  required  by 
the  new  city  ordinance very freely.  Less 
than  half  their  number have  called  on 
the  City  Recorder  to  obtain  their  li­
censes.  This  ordinance  was  designed 
to  afford  the  business  men  protection 
and  the  city  officials  express  surprise 
that  they  do  not  hasten  to  fulfill  its  con­
ditions.  A  query  being  put  in  many 
circles  asks,  “ Is  this  but  another  of 
these  ordinances  made  mainly  that  they 
may  be  neglected?”

Manufacturing Matters.

Detroit—Adler,  Berlin  &  Co. 

suc­
ceed  the Berlin  Cap  Co.  in the manufac­
ture  of  caps.

Marshall—The  Michigan  Cement Post 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capital 
stock  of $10,000.

Detroit—The  Caille  Bros.  Co.  suc­
ceeds  the  Caille-Schiemer  Co.  in  the 
manufacture  of coin  machines.
.  Bancroft—The  Callard  Furniture  Co. 
will  remove  its  plant  from  West  Haven 
to  this  place. 
It  will  give  employment 
to about twenty  men.

Watervliet—A  new  creamery  enter­
prise  has  been  established  here  under 
the  style  of  the  Watervliet  Creamery 
Co.  The  capital  stock  is $3,500.

Adrian—The  veneering  branch  fac­
tory  of  Lesh  &  Young,  at  Romulus, 
will  be  removed  to this  city  and  joined 
to the  plant  here.  This  will  necessitate 
the  employment  of  about  twenty-five 
more  men.

Zeeland—J.  P.  DePree  &  Sons  have 
sold  their  store  building  to  the VerHage 
Milling  Co. 
for  a  consideration  of 
$2,000. 
It  is  reported  that  the  firm  will 
dispose  of  the  stock  and  discontinue 
business.

St.  James—The  shingle  mill  of  Wil­
bur  Gill  burned  last  week,  the  loss  be­
ing  estimated  at  about  $5,000.  The 
plant  was  removed  last  winter  from  In- 
terlochen.  Mr.  Gill  has  made  arrange­
ments  to  cut  his  shingle  stock  at  North- 
port.

Cedar  Springs—The  firm  of  Miller  & 
Hartman,  of  the  Cedar Springs  Milling 
Co.,  has  dissolved  partnership.  The 
business  will  be  continued  under the 
style  of  H.  Miller  &  Son.  L.  N.  Bush, 
representing  Mr.  Hartman  here,  has  re­
turned  to  Delton.

Hart—Articles  of  incorporation  of  the 
Hart  Potato  Starch  Co.  have  been  filed, 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $9,000,  divided 
into 900  shares, $6,000 having  been  paid 
in.  The  stockholders  are  C.  H.  Seager, 
300 shares ;  W.  J.  Ward,  300  shares,  and 
S.  H.  Paxton,  3  shares.

The  Boys  Behind  the Counter.

Saginaw—N.  H.  Cowles,  who  had 
charge  of  the  cloak  department  of  the 
Bay  City  Cash  Dry  Goods  Co.  for seven 
years,  will  take  the  management  of  the 
cloak  department  of  the  Metropolitan 
Dry  Goods  Co.  here  about  Sept.  1.

Petoskey—J.  J.  Fox,  of  Grand  Rap­
ids,  has  assumed  the  duties  of  salesman 
for the  Fochtman  Furniture  Company, 
Ltd.  Mr.  Fox  was  formerly  in  the  em­
ploy  of  the  Heyman  Co.

St. 

Ignace—Louis  J.  Newmark,  of 
Detroit,  has  taken  a  position  in  the  dry 
goods  department  of  the  J.  H.  Stein- 
beger store.

South  Haven—Dr.  P.  C.  Bailey,  of 
Detroit,  who  was  formerly  connected 
with  the  South  Haven  drug  store,  has 
severed  his  connection  with  that  store 
to  take  a  position  as  pharmacist  with 
Wm.  Remus  &  Co.  at  the  Red  Cross 
pharmacy.

Grand  Rapids—Corie  Dykwell,  who 
has  been  employed  by  the  Zeeland 
Cheese  Co.  as  cheesemaker  for  several 
years,  has  taken  a  clerkship  with  Otto 
Bros.

Belding—Charles  Loree  succeeds  Bert 
Beach  as  clerk  in  the  shoe  store  of  R. 
R.  Edwards.

Jennings—W.  E.  Biglow,  who  re­
cently  moved  to  Cadillac,  has  secured  a 
position  with  J.  F.  Nelson  and  will 
move  his  family  back  again.

Battle  Creek—Fred  Dowdle  has  re­
signed  his  position  as  drug  clerk  with 
Erwin  &  Van Haaften, Jefferson  avenue,

south, to accept  a more  profitable  one  as 
traveling  representative  of  a  Kalamazoo 
firm.

Big  Rapids—W.  W.  Munger,  who  has 
been  prescription  clerk  for  Geo.  F. 
Fairman  for  the  past  eight  years,  has 
gone  to  Traverse  City  to  take  charge  of 
the  drug  department  of  the  Hannah  & 
Lay  Mercantile  Co.

Slander on  Northern  Michigan.

The  Michigan  Farmer  recently  pub­
lished  a  communication  purporting  to 
come  from  Big  Rapids  condemning  the 
“ pine  and  hardwood  lumbered 
lands”  
lying  north  of  the  north  line  of  Kent 
county  as  worthless,  the  abject  poverty 
of  the  region  being  described  as  fol­
lows :

The  abandoned  homes,  the  deserted 
villages,  the  poor,  starved 
livestock, 
the  listless,  hopeless  aspect  of  the  ma­
jority  of the  people  met  through  all  the 
territory  speak  no  uncertain 
language 
and  is  a  living  evidence  of  its  being  an 
undesirable  field  for  stock  and  general 
farming.

When  the  article  appeared 

in  the 
Farmer,  it  was  supposed  that  it  was  ad­
mitted  through  an  inadvertance  on  the 
part  of  its  editor,  and  his  attention  was 
immediately  called  to  the  matter  with  a 
view  to  his  correcting,  editorially,  the 
statements  made  by  the  correspondent. 
This  has  not  been  done,  although  re­
peated  demands  have  been  made  upon 
him  to  do  so,  and  it  is  therefore  reason­
able  to  conclude  that  the  Farmer  is  de­
termined  that  the  statements  made  con­
cerning  the  northern  half  of  the  Lower 
Peninsula  are  to  stand.

Annual  Picnic  of  the  Copper  Conntry 

Batchers.

Calumet,  Aug.  5—The committees  ap­
pointed  at  the  recent  meeting  of the 
Portage  Lake  Butchers’  Association  to 
make  arrangements  for the  picnic which 
will  be  held  on  Wednesday,  August  21, 
in  the  Hancock  Grove,  are  hard  at 
work.  The  butchers  of  the  county  are 
invited  and  undoubtedly  they  will  enter 
into  the  spirit  of the  annual  event  with 
the  same  vim  and  vigor  that  made  the 
picnic  at  Calumet  last  year  such  a  suc­
cess.  No  public  advertisements  have 
yet  been  made,  but  this  work  is  to  be 
commenced  next  week.  The  committees 
on  music  and  lunch  have  their  plans  all 
laid.  The  Portage  Lake  butchers  will 
have  one  of  the  best  parades  that has 
been  witnessed  for  many  days  and  the 
other  butchers  of  the  county  will  also 
join  in  this  event.

Much  interest  is  created  in  Calumet, 
Hancock  and  Lake  Linden  as  to  who 
will  represent  these  towns  in  the  kill­
ing  contests.  Each  town  is  to  have 
its 
crack  butcher  kill  a  steer and  dress  it 
in  a  race  against  the  others.  The  steers 
will  be  brought  to  the  picnic  grounds, 
and  each  man  will  kill  his  animal  and 
dress  it.  This  contest  will  not only  be 
interesting  to  the  butchers,  but  will  be 
watched  by  numerous  others.  The  fast­
est  man  m  each  town  will  be  selected 
for  this  work.

This  picnic  has  become  an  annual 
event  which  many  look  forward  to  with 
pleasure  and 
it  will  receive  the  same 
encouragement  and  support  this  sum­
mer as  it  always  has  in  the  past.

PEACHES  W ANTED

Carlots or Less.

M.  O.  BAKER  &  CO.,  TO LEDO,  OHIO

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The  Grocery Market.

Sugars—The  raw  sugar  market 

slightly  weaker,  prices  showing  a  de 
cline  of  i -32c,  making  the  present  price 
of 96  deg.  test centrifugals  4  5-32C.  Re 
finers  are  not  in  the  market  and  there 
little  disposition  shown  to  trade 
is 
Offerings,  however,  are 
limited  and 
holders  exhibit  no  anxiety  to  market 
supplies.  The  dulness  of  the  refined 
sugar  market 
is  the  chief  depressing 
factor.  No 
is  expected 
right  away  as  new  crops  are  not  far  off 
and  Cuba  is  holding  about  100,000  tons 
of  sugar.  The  refined  market  is  dull 
and  orders  are  for  immediate  use  only 
Prices  for  all  grades  of  refined  have 
declined  10  points.

improvement 

is 

stocks  are 

is  reported  almost 

is  a  very  urgent  demand 

Canned  Goods—The  market  for  near 
ly  all  lines  of  canned  goods  continues 
very  firm  and 
in  many  cases  shows 
improvement.  The  crop  re 
marked 
ports,  as  a  rule,  are  quite  discouraging 
and  help  to  keep  the  market  very  firm 
The  apple  crop 
■, 
failure in  the  East.  The  corn pack  will 
not  exceed  50 to  70  per cent,  of  the  i q o o  
pack.  The  tomato  acreage  is  far below 
the  past  five  years  and  the  crop  is  look 
range 
ing  very  bad.  At  the  high 
reached  by  spot tomatoes  there 
less 
disposition  to  buy  and  few  large  sales 
are  reported  at  the  moment.  Futures 
have  sold  very  freely,  however,  and 
most  packers  have  entirely  withdrawn 
from  the  market.  The  unfavorable  crop 
reports  and  the  high  price  of  tin  have 
been 
largely  the  cause  of  the  recent 
heavy  buying.  Spot  stocks  of  3  pound 
tomatoes  are  exceedingly  light and  the 
trade 
is  now  thoroughly  alive  to  the 
strength  of  the  situation,  and  anything 
in  the  nature  of  a  bargain  in  any 
line 
is  snapped  up  quickly.  Standard  corn 
is  very  strong  at  2%@$c  advance 
for 
There 
these  goods,  but 
light 
Fancy  grades  are  firmer  in  sympathy, 
but at  present  little  wanted.  While  peas 
continue  to be  neglected  in  the  rush  to 
buy  corn,  tomatoes  and  fruits,  there  are 
indications  of  more 
interest,  which 
seems  the  commencement  of  better  buy 
ing  in  this  line. 
It  may  be  the  forerun 
ner  of  an  active  demand  for  peas,which 
the  short  Wisconsin  pack  makes  one  of 
the  strongest  of  all  the  strongly  situated 
lines  of canned  goods. 
If  buyers  sud­
denly  awake  to the  strength  of peas  they 
will  find  them  not so easily  obtainable. 
They  will  also  find  a  rapidly  advancing 
market.  Wisconsin’s  pack  was  hardly 
more  than  half  of  last  year’s.  Gallon 
apples  are  firmer and  very  difficult  to 
get  at  any  reasonable  price,  as  stocks 
are  so  closely  cleaned  up.  Some  hold­
ers  who have  fair stocks  are  asking  an 
advance  of  io@25c  per  dozen.  Practic­
ally  no  future  gallon  apples  are  offered, 
as  packers  do  not  feel  disposed  to  sell 
goods  until  they  have  them  actually  in 
the  cans.  Peaches  are  high  and 
in 
good  demand.  Salmon  on  the  spot  is 
quiet  and  unchanged.  There  is  a  very 
greatly 
improved  run  of  salmon  on  the 
Columbia  River  and  reports  from  the 
Puget  Sound 
indicate  that  a  record 
breaking  run  of sockeyes  is  in  progress 
there.  Reports  from  the  Coast  say  that 
the  Columbia  River  Packers’  Associa­
tion 
is  handling  3,500  cases  of  salmon 
per  day.  Other  packers  are  doing 
equally  well,  but  it  is 
impossible  to 
handle  all  the  fish  caught  during  this 
unprecedented  ran.  The  pack  to  date 
is  about  225,000  cases  and,  should  the 
supply  hold  until  August  15,  the  pack

will  reach  about  475,000 cases.  This 
pack  can  be  put  up  with  one-third  the 
present  supply,  for  gill  netters  are  not 
taking  one-sixth  of  the  fish  that  could 
be  caught,  contenting  themselves  with 
one  drift  daily

surely 

increase 

climbing. 

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
is  doing  better  and  the  demand  __ 
greatly 
increased  by  the  failure  of  the 
crops  of  many  of  the  small  fruits.  We 
are  receiving  still  further advices  in  re­
gard  to  the  evaporated  apple  crop  and 
it  looks  now  as  though  the  crop  will  not 
be  over one-quarter of  last  year’s  out 
put,  which  means  that apples  wili  prac 
tically  cease  to  be  a  factor  in  the  fruit 
market  this  season  and,  as  they  are  the 
great  leveler of  prices  for all  classes  of 
dried  fruit,  it 
is  easy  to  see  what  that 
means.  This,  in  connection  with  the 
fact  that the  whole  Eastern  fruit  crop  i_ 
short,  means  an  unprecedented  demand 
foi  California  dried  fruits.  Already 
that demand  has  started  and  prices  are 
slowly  but 
Both 
peaches  and  apricots  will  be  much 
higher.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  there 
will  be  no  cheap  apples  for  European 
shipment  this  season,  it  means  a  corres­
ponding 
in  the  demand  for 
California  fruits  and,  with  only  about 
half a  crop  of  apricots  and  two-thirds  of 
a  crop  of  peaches,  the  dried  fruit  mar­
ket  will,  undoubtedly,  go  to  extremely 
high  prices  before  winter.  The  spot 
market  for  both  loose  and seeded raisins 
s  higher  and  more active as  a  result  of 
the  sale  of  the  entire  remaining  hold­
ings  of  the  raisin  association—said  to 
be  600  cars  of 
loose—to  the  Seeded 
Raisin  Co. 
It  is  stated  that  the  entire 
quantity  purchased  is  to  be  seeded  and 
disposed  of  before  the  new  crop  comes 
in, 
firm  at 
about  %c  higher  prices than were quoted 
a  week  ago,  while  the  situation  on  the 
Coast  is  said  to  be  stronger,  the  Cured 
Fruit  Association  having  withdrawn 
quotations.  The 
large  sizes  of  prunes 
are  scarce  on  the  spot  and  in  good  re 
quest.  Sizes  70-805  and  80-905  were  lit 
tie  wanted,  but  there  is  quite  an  active 
trade  in  90-ioos.  Peaches  are 
in  fair 
demand  from  the  consuming  trade,  but 
little  is  doing  in  apricots.  Rather more 
interest  appears  to  be  taken  in  future 
apricots,  but  buyers’  views  are  still 
about  }£c  lower than  holders.  Currants 
are  in  fair demand  at unchanged prices. 
Advices  from  abroad  state  that  the  new 
crop 
is  apparently  going  on  well  and 
an  output  of  about  135,000  to  140,000 
tons  is  expected.  The  cutting  of the 
fruit  is  about  commencing  and  it  is  to 
be  hoped  that  no  rains  will  occur  while 
the  fruit 
is  on  the  ground,  thus  insur- 
'ng  a  crop  of  fine  quality.  There  are  a 
great  many  enquiries  for  evaporated 
apples,  but  stocks  are  practically  ex­
hausted.  Reports  from  the  new  crop 
are  quite  discouraging  and  the  outlook 
is  for  very  high  prices.

if  possible.  Prunes  are 

Rice—There  continues  to  be  a  gen­
eral  demand 
for  rice,  attributed  to 
shortened  supply  and  the  fact  that  the 
trade  has  been  lightly  stocked.  Prices 
remained  strong  and  all  grades  of  gen­
eral  assortments  were  well  patronized.
A  scarcity 
is  reported  in 
New  Orleans  and  prices continue  firm. 
Reports  were  received  that the  domestic 
rice  crop  would  turn  out  about  the  same 
as  last  year  in  quantity.

in  cleaned 

Teas—General  market  conditions  pre­
sent  no  change 
in  particular  and  no 
large  sales  are  reported.  Prices  con­
tinue  steady  for  most  grades and holders 
thus  far  have  refused  to  make  any  con­
cessions  in  price.  At  present  prices  are

low  for all  grades,  but  are  not  attractive 
enough  to  cause  free  buying 

Molasses  and  Corn  Syrups—The  usual 
summer  dulness  is  apparent  and  busi 
ness  is  practically  at  a  standstill  in  gro 
eery  grades  of  New  Orleans.  The  corn 
syrup  market  is  exceedingly  strong  and 
prices  have  advanced  again  yic  per gal 
Ion  and  3c  per  case.
Fish—The  mackerel  market  continues 
very  firm.  Arrivals  are  light  and  are 
being  taken  at  advanced  prices. 
If  ar 
rivals  continue 
prices  would  be  still  higher.

looks  as 

light, 

it 

Nuts—The  California  walnut  crop 
promises  to  be  considerably  larger  than 
last  year’s,  latest  estimates  placing  the 
output  at  about  700 cars. 
It  is  expected 
that  prices  will  be  considerably  lower 
than  last  season.  New  crop  filberts  are 
somewhat  lower.  Peanuts  are 
in  good 
demand  at  previous  prices 

Rolled  Oats—Rolled  oats  are  very 

firm, but  prices  remain  unchanged.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Sweet  Boughs  have  put  inai 
appearance  this  week  and  readily  com 
mand  $1.25  per bu.  They  are  large  in 
size  and  fine  in  quality.  Duchess  and 
Red  Astricans  have  been  compelled  to 
take  the  back  seat  to  Sweet  Boughs 
and  are  weaker at  $ i @ i . 10  per  bu.
Bananas—Prices  range  from  $1.25^ 
1.75  per  bunch,  according  to  size.  Jum 
bos,  $2.25.

Beets—45c  per bu.
Blackberries—$1.75  per  16 qts.
Butter—Extra  creamery 

is  strong  at 
20@2ic.  Dairy  grades  are  without  par­
ticular change,  ranging 
in  price  from 
12c  for packing  stock  to  14c  for  choice 
and  16c  for  fancy.

Cabbage—$1.75  per  3  bu.  bbl.
Carrots—12c  per doz.  bunches.
Celery—16c  per  doz.
Cheese—The  market 

is  booming 
More  cheese 
is  going  out  than  a  yea 
ago.  There  is  a  large  consumptive  de­
mand  for  all  kinds.  At  recent  factory 
sales  better  figures  have  prevailed  and 
this  has  caused  the  improvement  here. 
Speculative  feeling  runs  high  on  the 
Chicago  Cheese  Board  and  offerings and 
bids  on  1,000  lots  are  freely  made.

Common,  $1  per  16 qts.

Corn—8c  per doz.
Cucumbers—i8@20c  per  doz.
Currants—Cherry,  $1.20  per  16  qts 
Eggs—With  cooler weather the  cohdi 
tion  of  current  arrivals  of  eggs  has  im­
proved. 
It  has  been  almost  impossible 
to  make  shippers  believe  the  extent  of 
damage  their  eggs  suffered  in  transit 
during  the  extreme  hot  weather. 
It  is 
estimated  that  four  times  the  eggs  were 
destroyed  by  weather  conditions  than 
ever  before  in  the  same  length  of  time. 
One  of  the  largest  single  holders  of  cold 
storage  eggs—who  is  now  out of  busi­
ness—estimated  that  400,000  to  500,000 
cases  of  eggs  had  been  spoiled  by  the 
heat. 
io @ i i c   on 
track  and  hold  candled  at  I2@ i2c^.

Local  dealers  pay 

Frogs’  Legs—Large  bulls,  45@5oc; 
medium  bulls,  25c;  large frogs,  i5@20c; 
small  frogs,  5@ioc. 

Green  Onions—10c  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 
~nd  dark 
is  in  moderate  demand  at  11 
| I 2C.
Lemons—Messinas  have  declined  to 
for  fancy. 

$5.50  for  choice  and  $6 
Rhodis,  $6.25'

60c  per  bu.

Lettuce—Garden,  50c  per  bu. ;  head, 
Maple  Syrup—$1  per gal.  for  fancy. 
Musk  Melons—Gems  command  60c 
per  basket.  Cantaloupes  fetch  $1.25©  
^1.50 per crate.

Onions—75c  per  bu.
Oranges—Late  Valencias  from  Cali­
112s. 
fornia  are  held  at  $5  for  96s  and 
The  smaller  sizes  command 
$5.50 ® 
5.75.  The  first  of  this  season’s  Mexican 
orange  crop  arrived  at  St.  Louis  last 
Saturday.  The  present  crop 
fully 
as  good  as  last  year  but not much larger. 
The  bulk  of  it  will  come  to  the  South­

is 

west  and  a  few  may  come  to  this  mar­
ket  later.  Mexican  oranges  have  never 
sold  profitably  here,  however,  and  ship­
pers  prefer  not to try  too  many  expen­
sive  experiments.

Parsley—30c  per doz.
Peaches—Alexanders  are  now  at  their 
best,  and  found  an  outlet  at  75@95c  per 
bu.  Early  Rivers  will  begin  to  come 
in  freely _ the_  fore  part  of  next  week— 
earlier  still 
if  the  weather  should  be 
very  warm.  Peaches  are  making  a  good 
showing  in  New  York  State.  The  four­
teen  counties  reported  make  the  aver­
age  55  per  cent.  Onondaga  reports  a 
100  per  cent.  crop.  Chemung 
is  the 
lowest,  with  20  per cent.  only.

Peppers—Green  command  $1  per  bu. 
Pineapples—$2  per  doz.  for  Floridas. 

The  season  is  waning.

the 

Plums—Red  Marianas  command  $1 
per  16 qt.  crate.  Burbanks  fetch  $1.25.
Potatoes—The  scare  about  potatoes 
which  attracted  considerable  attention 
a  week  or more ago  seems  to  have  been 
unwarranted.  It is between  seasons  now, 
is  given  as  the  reason  for the 
which 
early 
comparative  shortage  and 
crop  has  suffered  seriously. 
It  is  re­
ported  that  the  late  crop,  all  through  the 
East,  is quite  as  good  as  it  has  been  in 
recent  years  and  that  there  will  be  no 
trouble  about  potatoes  as  soon  as  the 
present 
time  has 
passed.  The  price  on  the  Grand  Rap­
ids  market  has  held  up  to  8o@90c  and 
local  dealers  are  able  to  obtain  $1  for 
all  the  stock  they  can  secure.  The  tub­
ers  now  coming  to  market  are  very 
small  in  size.

between-seasons’ 

Poultry—Prices  have sustained a sharp 
decline  in  nearly  all 
lines.  Live  hens 
command  6@7c;  spring  chickens,  9 ®  
io c;  turkey  hens,  8@9C;  gobblers,  8c ; 
spring  ducks,  io@i2c.  Pigeons  are 
in 
moderate  demand  at  60c  per  doz.  and 
squabs  are  taken  readily  at  $i.2o@i.5o.
Radishes—12c  for  China  Rose;  ioc 
for  Chartiers.
String  Beans—$1  per bu.
Summer  Squash—75c  per  %  bu.  box. 
Tomatoes—$1.25  per  yz  bu.  basket 

for  home  grown.

and  Indiana  stock.

Watermelons—2o@25c 
for  Missouri 
Whortleberries—$3.75  per  bu.  R e­

ceipts  are  small.

is  the 

M.  J.  Clark  is  spending  two  months 
n  Washington,  purchasing  timber  for 
himself  and 
for  the  Clark-Nickerson 
Lumber  Co.,  of  Everett,  in  which  cor­
poration  he 
It. 
has  been  remarked  that  the  only  time 
M.  J.  is  truly  happy 
is 
in  a  forest,  surrounded  on  all  sides  by 
heavy timber and,  judging  by  the  letters 
he  has  recently  sent  his  partner,  Frank 
Jewell,  the  summer of  1901  has  been  the 
most enjoyable  he  has ever experienced.

leading  spirit. 

is  when  he 

Wm.  N.  Rowe,  President  of  the  V al­
ley  City  Milling  Co.,  will  celebrate  the 
silver  wedding  anniversary  of  his  mar­
riage  to  Miss  Cilina  G.  Pearsall  Friday 
evening.  The  celebration  will  occur  at 
the  family  residence  at  184  North  Pros­
pect  street  and  will  be  participated  in 
by  a 
large  number  of  relatives  and 
friends of  both  parties.

O.  B.  Clemens,  neighborhood  sales­
man  for  Brown  &  Sehler,  is  down  for  a 
large  sized  thrashing  at  the  hands  of  E. 
A.  Moseley,  who  took  Clemens’  direc­
tions  as  to  how  to  reach  a  certain  sec­
tion 
in  Plainfield  township,  got  lost  in 
the  woods  and  drove  around  in  despair 
until  late  at  night  in  the  effort  to  find  a 
well  traveled  road.

C.  S.  Comstock  and  Thurlow  L. 
Weed  have  formed  a  copartnership  un­
der the  style  of  Comstock  &  Weed  and 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Pe- 
toskey.  The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. 
furnished  the  stock.

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

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

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6

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

STREET  FAIR  WEEK.

How  to  Make  It  Profitable  For  the  Mer­

chant.

The  street  fair  has  come  to  be  such 
an  accepted  institution  in  most  of  the 
smaller  cities  and  towns  of  the  North­
west,  that  due  preparation  should  be 
made  for 
it  by  the  merchants  who ex­
pect  to  reap  the  benefits.  Now,  Mr. 
Merchant,  is  the  time  to  begin  your 
preparations  for  the  street  fair,  even 
it  is  not to  be  held  until  a  month  or 
if 
six  weeks 
later.  By  taking  plenty  of 
time  you  will have abundant opportunity 
to  make  all  of  the  necessary  prepara­
tions,  and  to  plan  so  that  your firm  and 
your  store  will  stand  forth  as  the  most 
enterprising 
This 
will  serve  as  an  advertisement  through­
out  the  fall  and  winter and  will  be  a 
good  investment  for the  future  as  well 
as  during  the  week  the  street  fair  is 
held.

in  your 

locality. 

One  of  the  first  considerations  is  to 
make  your  store  attractive and neat.  Ar­
range  to  have  as  much  of  your  fall  and 
winter  stock  on  your  shelves  as  you 
can  possibly  have  shipped  to  you.  The 
advantage  in  this  exists  in  the  fact  that 
it  will  make  your stock  look  much  more 
complete,  and  at  the  same  time  will 
help  you  to  sell  goods  during  the  re­
mainder of  the  season.  Shoppers  dur­
ing  street  fair  week  may  look  over  your 
line  and,  after  noting 
fall  and  winter 
what  you  have 
in  stock,  will,  later  in 
the  season,  patronize  you,  if  you  have 
goods  that  have  taken  their  attention. 
They  will  remember  this  long  after  the 
street  fair  has  been  held.

Have  the  store  bright  and  clean  when 
the  street  fair opens,  for  there  will  be 
little  time  to  clean  it  during  the  next 
few  days,  while  the  crowd  is  thronging 
it.  Make  special  preparation  for  the 
comfort  and  convenience  of  your  lady 
customers. 
If  there  is  no  rest  room  in 
your  town,  where  the  women  from  out 
of  town  can  go  to  clean  up  and  rest 
during  the  time  between  events  on  the 
programme,  fit  up  your  own  rest  room 
and  welcome  them  to  it. 
In  all  proba­
bility  you  can  find  a  niche  in  your store 
where  you  can  arrange  a  sofa  or  a 
few  chairs,  a  writing 
lounge  and  a 
desk,  and  other  conveniences. 
If  not 
on  the  main  floor  of  the  store,  you  may 
be  able  to  fit  up  a  convenient  rest  room 
upstairs  on  the  second  floor.  Clean  out 
a  little  of  the  rubbish,  and  put  curtains 
around  the  space,  then arrange  it  so that 
it  is  tidy  and  inviting,  and  extend  an 
invitation  to  out  of  town  shoppers  to 
avail  themselves  of  it.

for 

The  next  step  is  to  arrange  your  show 
windows.  Street  fair  week,  the  show 
windows  must  receive  special  attention, 
and  there  must  be  a  special  appropria­
tion, 
their  proper  arrangement. 
The  city  will  be  full  of  attractions  that 
will  absorb  the  attention  of the  people, 
and  they  will  have  little  time  to  devote 
to  the  prosaic  displays  of  goods  instore 
windows.  Devote  at 
least  one  of  the 
windows  to  some  unusual  display.  Start 
a  contest  of  your own,  if  need  be,  and 
advertise  that  you  will  offer a  special 
prize  for  the  largest  pumpkin  brought 
into  your  store  before  io o'clock  of  the 
opening  day  of  the  street  fair.  Have 
it  understood  that  the  size  of  the  pump­
kins  will  be 
judged  by  their weight, 
and  then  take  three  of  the 
largest  en­
tered  in  the  contest,  and  arrange  them 
in  the  window,  placarding  each  with 
the  name  of  the  grower,  the  weight,  the 
circumference,  and  the  prize  awarded 
for  each.  Drape  American  flags  at the 
back  of  the  window,  or colored  bunting 
that  will  give  prominence  to the  win­

dow 
itself  and  will  harmonize  with  the 
pumpkins.  You  need  not  confine  your­
self  to  pumpkins,  Mr.  Merchant,  but 
can  decide  upon  any  vegetable  or  any 
line  of  farm  produce  that  will  attract 
attention.

In  the  second  window  you  may  dis­
play  merchandise  attractively,  or, 
if 
you  do  not  care  for  the  advertisement 
which  you  can  secure  through  a  window 
display,  you  may 
fix  up  a  window 
which  will  attract  the  attention  of  the 
little  ones,  and  through  them  attention 
of  their  elders.  This  can  be  done  with 
little  expense,  if  carefully  attended  to. 
Secure  from  nearby  woods  a  quantity  of 
green  moss  and  arrange  this  in  the  win­
dow  to  represent  green  grass.  Use  glass 
for  a 
lake,  and  by  arranging  the  moss 
around  the  edges  or  in  a  circular  shape, 
a  pretty  effect  can  be  created.  The  re­
mainder of  the  scene  can  be  filled  in  to 
suit  yourself.  A  miniature  house  and 
barn  may  be  placed  in  the  center  of  the 
window,  with  toy  dolls  to  represent  the 
people,  and  the  contents  of  a  Noah’s 
ark  to  represent  farmyard  animals.  Ar­
range  paths  running  from  the  house  to 
the  front  of  the  window,  by  cutting  a 
place  in  the  moss,  and  by  covering  the 
floor  of  the  window  with 
fine  sand. 
Mounds  of  earth  can  also  be  covered 
with  moss  to  represent  hills,  and  a 
most  effective  country  scene  will  be  the 
result. 
It  does  not require  much  ingen­
uity  to  create  such  a  window  as  this, 
and  practically  no  expense,  while  the 
children  who visit  the  street fair  will  go 
wild  over 
it.  The  moss  may  be  kept 
green  for  several  weeks  by  wetting  it 
each  morning  and  night.  However,  the 
advertising  features  of  such  a  window 
will  not  bring  direct  results. 
It  will  at­
tract attention, and  advertising  is largely 
a  matter  of  attracting  attention  to  a 
store  or a  firm  offering  merchandise  for 
sale.

The  next  step 

is  to  attract  attention 
to  the  front  of  the  store.  Here 
is  the 
point  at  which  there  should  be  a  lavish 
display,  if  possible. 
is  to  be  pre­
sumed  that  most  merchants  go  in  ex-

It 

tensively  for  decorations  during  street 
fair  week.  The 
idea  is  to  give  a  gala 
appearance  to  the  entire  town  or city, 
and  this  can  only  be  accomplished 
through  proper  exterior  decoration  by 
each  individual.  Bunting  up  and  down 
the  front of  the  store  always  attracts  at­
tention  and 
is  a  very  good  means  of 
decorating,  if  the  merchant  does  not  de­
cide 
in  favor  of  an  original  design. 
Possibly  a  canopy  of  bunting  would  be 
practical,  especially 
if  the  street  fair 
was  to  be  held  at  a  season  of  the  year 
when  there  was  little  likelihood  of  rain.

This  can  be  easily  and  cheaply  ar­
ranged.  Secure  six  two  by  four  tim­
bers  and  place  them  at  intervals  along 
the  outer  edge  of  the  sidewalk,  taking 
care  that  they  are  sufficiently braced  in­
side  and  out,  so that they  will  stand  the 
strain  of  one  or  more  persons  leaning 
against  them.  On  top  of  these  two  by 
fours  place  another  running  the  entire 
length  of  the space  over  which your can­
opy  is  to  be  made.  From  this  piece  of 
timber stretch  your  bunting  to  the  store 
just  above  the  store  front,  so  that  it 
will  not  be  in  the  way  of  the  awning,

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taking care  to  have  the  store  end  of  the 
bunting  slightly  higher  than  the  outer 
edge  of  the  canopy.  The  bunting should 
be  sewed  together at  the  edges  to  pre­
vent 
it  from  flapping  up  and  down  in 
the  wind  and  should  be  stretched  as 
tightly  as  possible,  and  in  this  way  it 
will  be  made  to  shed  the  rain.  The  up­
right  posts  on  the  outer  edge of the side­
walk  may  also  be  properly  decorated. 
They  should  be  twined  round and  round 
with  bunting  of  the  same  color  as  the 
canopy,  so  that  the  upright  posts  will 
be  completely  concealed,  as  well  as  the 
two  by 
four  placed  across  the  top  of 
them.  Red,  white  and  blue  are  always 
appropriate  for  such  decorations,  but 
it  is  probable  that  this  will  be  used  so 
extensively by  others  who  decorate  thei 
stores  that  the  more  progressive  mer 
chants  will  be 
in  favor  of  some  other 
color  or  combination  of  colors.  Orange 
and  white  work  nicely  together,  as  well 
as  orange  and  black.  Orange  is  very 
appropriate for the reason  that  it  typifies 
the  harvest  season,  and 
is,  therefore, 
in  accordance  with  the  theory  of  the 
street  fair  itelf.  Yellow  and  olive  green 
or  yellow  and  a  yellow  shade  of  green 
also  make  a  good  combination;  blue 
and  bluish  green,  and  blue  and  a bluish 
yellow,  while  yellow  and  black  make 
very  striking  combination.  Any  of 
these  would  be  appropriate  for  the  ex 
terior  decoration  of  the  store.

In  the  interior,  bunting  may  also  be 
used  in  decorating  the  shelving,and  the 
ceiling. 
It  may  be  used  in  festoons 
along  the  shelving,  or  may  be  draped 
from  the  ceiling 
in  the  center of  the 
store  to  the  shelving,  forming  one  or 
more  canopies.  The 
legs  of  specia 
display  stands  in  the  center of the store, 
where  they  are  prominent,  may  also  be 
entwined  with  bunting.  By  adopting 
this  style  of  decorating,  a  gala  appear 
ance  may  be  created,  both  in  and  out of 
the  store,  and  the  merchant  will  give 
the 
impression  that  he  has  entered 
heartily  into  the  spirit  of  the  occasion.
The  next  thing  to absorb  the attention 
of  the  merchant 
is  his  advertising. 
This  should  be  done  on  a  liberal  scale. 
Double  up  your  space  in  the  daily  or 
weekly  newspaper  for  several  weeks 
before  the  street  fair  is to be  held.  Talk 
street  fair,  and  your  street  fair  plans  in 
these  advertisements,  and  nothing  else, 
so  that  people  will  understand  you  in­
tend  doing  something  special  fair  week 
and  will  be  curious  to  visit  your  store. 
You  are  aiding  the  general  committee 
on  advertising  by  this  course,  but  you 
are  aiding  yourself  a  great  deal  more 
because  you  are  making  yourself  the 
central  figure,  and  your  store  the  cen­
tral  object  in  connection with this event. 
This  is  legitimate  and  along  the 
lines 
of  good  business  principles.

But  newspaper advertising  should  not 
be  the  only  kind  that  the  merchant  who 
wants  to  create  an  impression  during 
street  fair  week  should  indulge  in.  The 
majority  of  people, no matter  what  event 
they  participate 
in,  are  delighted  to 
carry  away  a  badge,  if  one  is  given  to 
them,  and  retain 
it  in  their home  for 
months  afterward.  If  there  is  any  weak­
ness  of  which  the  American  people  as  a 
whole  can  be  declared  to  be guilty,  it  is 
that  of  wearing  badges.  Badges  are 
appropriate  at  a  picnic,at  a  convention, 
sometimes  at  church  soda’s,  at  meet­
ings  of  various  kinds,  and,  Mr.  Mer­
chant,  you  can  extract  some  advertising 
out of  the  badge  idea  in connection with 
your street  fair.  Have  several thousand 
neat  badges  printed  on  cheap  gold  or 
orange  ribbon,  stating  on  them:

“ I  attended  the  street  fair a t -----,

August  5  to  io,  1901.”

In  smaller  type  underneath  this,  on 
the  face  of  the  badge,  or  in 
large  type 
on  the  reverse  side,  have  your  firm 
name  printed  with:

“ Compliments  of  Jones  &  Co.,  Deal­

ers  in  General  Merchandise.”

The  printer  in  your  town  can  prepare 
these  badges  for  you,  and  you  can  pur­
chase  the  ribbon,  but probably  you  have 
it  in  stock.  Advertise that  you  will  give 
these  badges  away  to  all  who  attend  the 
street  fair,  and  as  soon  as  this  gets 
noised  about,  you  will  have  your,  store 
full  of  people  clamoring for them.  Some 
of  the  visitors  will  walk  half  a  mile, 
if  necessary,  to  get  one  of  these  cheap 
badges.  All  to  whom  you  give  them, 
of  course,  will  not  buy  goods,  but  they 
will  advertise  your business  for  you free 
of  cost,  and  this  is  quite  an  item,  espe 
d aily  as  the  badge  will  be  a  standing 
advertisement  as  long  as  they  retain  it 
Another  idea  that  might  be  utilized 
during  street  fair  week  is  to  purchase 
several  hundred  toy  balloons,  and  have 
the  name  of  your firm  printed  on  them 
in  white  or  black  letters. 
It  does  not 
matter  much  what  the  color  is,  just  so 
that  it  will  show.  Offer  these  balloons 
to  persons  who  purchase  a  dollar’s 
worth  of  goods  from  you  during  the 
week.  They  will  delight  the  children 
and  will  attract  the  attention  of  the 
older  people.  By  purchasing  the  bal 
loons 
lots  you  ought  to  be 
able  to  get  them  as  low  as  6  or 8  cents 
each,  and  the  advertising  feature  of 
their  distribution  will  be  worth  consid­
erably  more  than  that  to  you.

in  quantity 

The  principle  that  should  be  followed 
is  to  make  as  much  as  possible  out  of 
your advertising  street  fair  week.  Make 
such  advertising  count,  not  alone  for 
the 
immediate  present,  but  for  the  fu­
ture  as  well,  and  decide  upon  some 
unique 
idea  that  will  keep  your  name 
n  the  minds  of  the  consuming  public 
long  after  street  fair  week  has  passed 
from the memory.

Now  as  to  participation  in  street  pa­
rades  during  fair  week. 
In  most  in­
stances  very  little  direct  advertising can 
be  derived  from  this  source,  but  every 
merchant  should  make  it  a  point  to  im­
press  upon  the  public  at  large  that  he  is 
public-spirited  and  willing  to  go  to  a 
reasonable  amount  of  expense  in  pro­
moting  any  enterprise  which  is  for the 
public  good.  This  is  indirect  advertis- 
ng  which  does  not  always  bring  an  im­
mediate  return,  but  does  so  eventually.
If the  merchant  is  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness  and  is  desirous  of  preparing  a  float 
for  one  or  more  of  the  parades,  he  will 
not  find 
it  difficult  to  decide  upon  a 
motif.  There  is  the  idea  that  you  sell 
pure  foods,  which  should  be 
impressed 
upon  the  public  at large.  Purity of foods 
's  being  regarded  more  and  more  as  es­
sential  by  every  consumer,  and anything 
long  this  line  is  most  likely  to be noted 
and  will  bear good  results.

Another  idea  which  would create some 
amusement,  might  be  to  secure  a  very 
fat  man,  dress  him 
in  the  apparel  of 
Uncle  Sam,  place  him  on  a  throne,  with 
canopy  over  the  top,  and  place  at  his 
feet  a  variety  of  groceries.  On  the float 
might  be  the  following  appropriate sug­
gestion :

“ Mr.  Fatman  Always  Bought  Hjs 

Groceries  of John  Jones  &  Co. ”

Another  idea  for  the  grocery  depart­
ment  would  be  to  typify  the  old  time 
corner grocery,  with  its  smoking  kero­
sene  lamp,  its  stock  of  goods  piled 
in­
discriminately  about,  the  cat  sleeping 
in  the  prune  bag  or  in  the  coffee  sack,

and  other  ideas  worked  out  along  this 
line.  This  should  bear an  appropriate 
motto:  * ‘This  is  How  They  Conducted 
the  Grocery  Business  Fifty  Years  Ago. 
Visit  Our  Store  and  See  How  We  Con­
duct  it  in  the  Twentieth  Century. 
John 
Jones  &Co. ”

ideas  are  crude,  and  must 
necessarily  be  merely  suggestive,  for 
the  reason  that  the  character  of  the 
float  must  depend  upon  the  money  that 
is  to  be 
in  it.—Commercial 
Bulletin.

invested 

These 

Never sit  in  a  draught. 

doctor will  be  the  one  to  cash  it.

If  you  do  a 

A  Suggestion

When you attend the  Pan-American  E x­
position this fall  it  will  be  a  very  good 
idea for you to see the exhibit of Thomas 
Motor Cycles and Tricycles and Quads 
in Transportation Building.

Auto-Bi, $ 2 0 0

If you are at all  interested  and  thinking 
of taking up the  sale  of  Automobiles  or 
Motor  Cycles—or  contemplating  buying 
a machine for your own  use—we  extend 
a special  invitation  to  you  to  visit  the 
factory of the E.  R.  Thomas  Motor  Co. 
while  at  Buffalo.  The  Thomas  is  the 
cheapest  practical  line  of  Automobiles 
on the market.
ADAM S  &  HART,  Grand  Rapids

Michigan  Sales  Agents

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Samples  for  asking.
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vantage  of  summer  requirements.  Your  customers  are  look­
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

DESMAN

Devoted  to the  Best Interests of B u la ess Mes
Published  at the  New  Blodgett  Building, 

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please  say  that  you  saw  the  advertise­
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E .  A.  STOWE.  E d it o r .

WEDNESDAY,  •  •  AUGUST 7,1901.

ST A T E   OF  M ICHIGAN i „
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County  of  Kent 

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says as  follows :

I 

am  pressman 

in  the  office  of the 

Tradesman  Company  and  have  charge 
of  the  presses  and  folding  machine  m 
that  establishment. 
and 
I  printed 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the 
issue  of 
July  31, 
saw  the  edition
1901,  and 
in  the  usual  manner.  And 
mailed 
further deponent  saith  not.

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
notary  public  in  and  for  said  county, 
this  tnird  day  of  August,  1901.
Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County, 

Henry  B.  Fairchild, 

Mich.

in 

Holland  and  France  tried  commercial 
conclusions  and  “ the Grand Monarque”  
was  obliged  to  give  way  to the  com­
bined  forces  of  Holland  and  England, 
but  Holland  was  so  severely  crippled 
that  Great  Britain  succeeded  her  as  the 
commercial  center  of  the  world  and 
France  has  never  recovered  from  the 
effects  of  that  defeat.  England  has  re­
tained  her  supremacy  until  now  and 
direful  things  are  predicted  if  she  finds 
that  it  must be  given  up.  Germany  has 
been  finding  fault  with  us  for  years, 
Russia  has  been  dissatisfied  quite  as 
long,  France’s  scowl  and  shrug  have 
become  chronic  and  the  other  powers 
are  greatly  interested  in  what the  times 
foretell.  The  war cloud  is  bigger  than 
a  man’s  hand  and  is  growing  rapidly.
When  will  the  shock  come?  Never, 
in  all  probability.  Europe’s  great  de­
sire  to  form  a  combination  against  the 
United  States  is  only  surpassed  by  her 
greater  reluctance.  There  is  everything 
to  discourage  her.  This  country’s  his­
tory  has 
it  nothing  comforting  to 
those  who  wish  her  ill.  To  those  who 
study  her  there  is  much  meaning  in  her 
quaint  advice:  “ Don't  monkey  with 
the  buzz-saw!”   It  is  true  that  our army 
amounts  to  little  and  our  navy  to  hard­
ly  more ;  but  when France,  regardless  of 
the  advice,  thrust  her finger  into  M exi­
can  affairs,  it  was  not  withdrawn  soon 
enough  to  save  Maximilian.  Spain, 
with  a  monarchical  jeer,  laughed  at  the 
whirring  saw  and  lost  her  navy.  Eng­
land  was  determined  to  change  the 
boundaries  of  Venezuela  but,  wiser  than 
her  European  sisters,  she  saw  in  capi­
tals  the  first  word  of  the  fateful  advice 
and  stopped.  The  combined  gunboats 
of  the  powers  would  be  appalling,  but 
the  nation  whose  Monitor  rammed  the 
Merrimac  to  her  destruction  and  revo­
lutionized  naval  warfare 
is  equal  to 
other  emergencies  now  unknown  and 
unheard  of.  Financially,  the  combina­
tion 
is  not  promising.  We  have  too 
much  gold  and  silver  in  our coffers  and 
a  great  deal  more  in  our  mines.  Our 
mountains  are  so  many  upheavals  of 
coal  and  minerals.  We  have  too  much 
com  and  wheat.  There  are  too  many 
foundaries  and  we  are  too  skillful  in 
the  manfacture  of  iron  and  steel—mate­
rials  that  enter  into  the  make-up  of the 
buzz-saw!

Behind  all  this  there 

is  not  beset  with  uncertainty. 

is  something 
else—this  nation’s  sound common sense. 
It  understands  itself  and  its  relations  to 
other countries  and,  in  the  attainment 
of  its  purposes,  it  knows  bow  far to  go. 
It 
It 
knows 
its  wants,  but  it  knows,  too,  its 
limitations. 
In  securing  the  one  it  will 
in  its  earnestness  trespass  aggressively 
upon  the  other,  but 
it  never goes  too 
far.  The  European  growl  is  heard  and 
it  will  be  heeded ;  not  from  fear—that 
does  not  enter  into  the  American  make­
up—but  because 
it  knows  that  it  has 
gone  far enough,  is  willing  to  acknowl­
edge  the 
just  demands  made  upon  it 
and  gracefully  accedes  to  them—a  char­
acteristic  that  we  have  inherited  from 
our  English  ancestors,  as  the  careful 
reader  of  the  biography  of the  Tudor 
family  will  willingly  admit.

The  fire  which  cost  Davenport,  la.,  a 
million  dollars  a 
few  days  ago  was 
started  by  a  cigarette  which  a  freckle­
faced  boy  smoked 
in  a  lumber  yard. 
The  $80,000  fire  at  Sioux  City,  in  the 
same  State,  on  the  same  day,  had  a 
more  curious  origin.  The  heat  of  the 
sun  as  it  passed  through  the  plate  glass 
show  window  of  a  dry  goods  store  was 
so  intense  that  it  ignited  the  goods  dis­
played  therein.

A  BATTLE OF GIANTS.

Every  person  who  has  given  atten­
tion  to  the  controversy  which  has  for 
several  weeks  been  in  progress  between 
the  steel  trust  and  the  Amalgamated 
Association  has  learned  that  there  is  no 
real  grievance  at 
issue.  The  striking 
employes  have  not  been  the  victims  of 
grinding  exactions,  long  hours  of  labor 
and  starvation  wages.  On  the  contrary, 
there  is  no  dispute  either as  to  hours  or 
wages.  The  only question  at  issue  is  the 
recognition  of  the  union—which  means 
the  humiliation  of  the  employer,  the 
stultification  of  the  employe  and  the  ex­
altation  of  the  walking  delegate.

its  carbonized 

In  this  age  of the  world  the  article  of 
into  the 
steel  enters  more  generally 
uses  of  civilized 
life  than  any  other, 
and  it  is  indispensable.  The  business 
of  the  present  day  would  be  impossible 
without  iron  or 
form 
known  as  steel.  The  extraordinary  im­
portance  of steel  is  seen  at  a  glance 
in 
these  few  words  from  the  charter of  the 
trust,  setting  forth the  objects  for  which 
it  is  formed:  “ To  construct  bridges, 
ships,  boats,  engines,  cars  and  other 
equipment; 
docks,  slips, 
elevators,  water  works,  gas  works  and 
electric  works,  viaducts,  canals  and 
other  water ways,  and  any  other  means 
of  transportation,  and  to  sell  the  same 
and  otherwise  to  dispose  thereof,  or to 
maintain  and  operate  the  sam e."

railroads, 

When  the  vast  industries  controlled 
by  the  steel  trust  became  consolidated 
under one  control,  it  was  realized  that 
there  had  been  created  in  the  industrial 
world  a  power which  had  not  previously 
existed,  and  hardly  had  it  become  es­
tablished 
its  enormous 
business,  employing 
laborers  to  the 
number  of  several  hundred  thousand, 
than  an  effort  was  made  in  the 
interest 
of  organized  labor to  induce  its  army  of 
workmen  to  join  in  a  strike.

in  control  of 

The  combat  now  just  beginning  is  a 
veritable  war of  giants. 
It  is  organized 
labor against  organized  capital.  Up  to 
the  present  moment  the  struggle  has 
only  been  a  preliminary  skirmish. 
It 
has  not  grown  to  the  proportions  of  a 
tremendous  warfare.  The  strike  has 
only  extended  to  a 
few  of  the  trust 
mills,  and  there  has  been,  so  far,  no 
calling  out  to take  part  in  the  strike  of 
the  trust's  army  of  workmen.

The  hopes  that  have  been  entertained 
of  an  amicable  settlement  seem  to  have 
faded  out and  left  little  prospect  of  any 
arrangement,since  the  only  possible ad­
justment  is  in  the  surrender of  one  side 
or  the  other.  The  trust  management 
has  declared 
it  will  not  yield.  Wbat 
labor  management  will  do  in  the 
tbe 
premises  remains  to  be  seen;  but,  if,  on 
the  side  of  organized 
labor,  the  men 
shall  determine  to  rally  to  tbe  standard 
of  no  surrender,  then the two  combatants 
will 
join  issues  in  a  conflict  which,  if 
peaceably  conducted,  will  resolve  itself 
into a  contest of  endurance.

Qn  tbe  side  of  tbe  trust  there  will  be 
enormous capital,  and  the  only  question 
to  be  asked  by  its  management  is  bow 
much  of that  capital  and  of  the  trust’s 
business  it  can  afford  to  lose  before  it 
will  surrender to the  demands  of  the  la­
bor  union.  On  the  side  of  union  labor, 
it  will  have  to  be  determined  how 
long 
several  hundred  thousand  workers,  with 
a  million  of  people  dependent  on  them 
for  support,  can 
live  without  earning 
any  wages.

in  the  problem. 

There  is  also  another  element  to  be 
considered 
It  is  that 
not all  the  work  people  are  members  of 
the  labor  organizations.  That  is  the 
weak  aide  in  many  strikes.  Thereare

always  men  who  will  not  bend  their 
necks to the  union  yoke  and  bind  them­
selves  to quit  work  and  give  up  the sup­
port of their  families  at  a  word  of com­
mand, so there  has  seldom  been  a  strike 
in  which  the 
industries  effected  have 
been brought to a full  stop.  If all workers 
could  be  brought  into  the  union,  organ­
ized  labor  would  occupy  a  much  strong­
er  position  than  it  does;  but  so  long  as 
any  considerable  number  of  workers  re­
fuse  to  become  the  slaves  of  venal  and 
unscrupulous  union  labor  leaders,  agita­
tors  and  walking  delegates,  there  will 
be  a  thorn  in  the  side  of  the  strikers.

Such  a 

Should  all  hope  of  a  settlement  be­
tween  the  steel  trust  and  the  labor  trust 
be  abandoned,  then  matters  will  become 
serious.  Not  only  will  tbe  union  work­
ers  in  tbe  trust’s  various  industries  quit 
work,  but  so  vast  a  movement  may 
in­
volve  a  universal  sympathetic  strike,  so 
that  every  union  laborer  in  the  United 
States  may  stop  working  and  earning  in 
order  to  carry  on  the  great  battle  to  a 
finish. 
sympathetic  strike 
would  be  most  unwise  and  suicidal  on 
the  part  of  those  who  have  no  direct 
concern  with  the  controversy  between 
the  steel  trust  and  the  hot-headed  pres­
ident  of  the  union 
iron  workers,  and 
such  a  consummation  is  certain  not  to 
take  place,  unless  it  shall  turn  out  that 
the  present  time  and  occasion have been 
chosen  by  organized  labor to  precipitate 
a  great  struggle  with  organized  capital, 
so  that,  with  every  wheel  of  industry 
and  commerce  wholly  stopped,  the  com­
parative  endurance  of  tbe  two  contest­
ants  might  be  fully  tested.

It  is  most  unlikely  that  the  present 
has  been  chosen  for  such  a  conflict,  but 
it  is  certain  that  a  great  battle  of  A r­
mageddon  is  sooner or  later to be fought 
between 
labor  and  capital,  and,  when 
tbe  struggle  shall  come,  it  will  not  be  a 
peaceful  trial  of  the  powers  of  endur­
ance  of the  contestants,  but  it  will  de­
velop  into  a  vast, widespread and bloody 
revolution,  resulting  Anally 
in  vast 
changes  in  the  Government  and  institu­
tions  of  the  country.  Let  us  pray  that 
so  great  an  evil,  if 
it  must  come,  be 
postponed  in  the  hope  that  true  philan­
thropy  and  wise  statesmanship  may  de­
vise  some  efficient  remedy.

The  Supreme  Court  of  New  York  has 
decided  a  case  which  will  interest  those 
whose  pictures  are  published  in  defi­
ance  of  their  objections. 
A  young 
woman 
in  Rochester  entered  suit  for 
damages  against  two  companies because 
they  published  lithographs  of  her  with­
out  her  consent. 
in 
in  favor  of  the 
rendering  a  decision 
plaintiff,  held  that  the  right  of  property 
in  one’s  features  or  limbs  can  not  be 
denied  and  must  be  protected  by  the 
courts.  He cited  instances  where  a  dis­
regard  of  this  principal  might  result 
in 
considerable  financial  loss.

Judge  Ramsey, 

A  queer  will  case  has  just  been  de­
cided  by  the  courts  in  Minnesota.  The 
witnesses  to tbe  instrument  had  stepped 
through  a  doorway  into  a  room  adjoin­
ing  that  in  which  the  testator  lay  at  the 
time  of  the  signing  of  the  will  and  ha‘d 
affixed  their  signatures  at  a  table  exact­
ly  ten  feet  from tbe  testator,  but  just  out 
of  his  sight. 
It  was  testified,  however, 
that  he  was  sitting  on  the  side  of  his 
bed  at  the  time,  and  could  have  seen 
the  witnesses  by  stepping  forward  two 
or three  feet.  The  attestation  and  sub­
scription  of the  will  under these circum­
stances  were  sustained.

King  Corn  will  now take  a  drink  on 

Jupiter  Rluvius.

A  TUDOR  INHERITANCE.
facts  are  not  to  be  gainsaid. 
The 
There 
is  no  desire  to  gainsay  them. 
The  statistics  of  this  country  for the 
past  five  years  at  least  furnish  unques­
tioned  proof  that,  if 
it  be  guilt,  the 
United  States  is  guilty  of  a  prosperity 
as  wonderful  as 
it  has  been  unlooked 
for.  More  than  that,  this  prosperity 
is 
due  to  an  energy,  a  determination,  an 
aggressiveness  that 
is  unparalleled  in 
the  history  of  any  nation,  and  the  re­
wards  are  correspondingly  great.  Be­
ginning  with  the  acorn,  we have  become 
the  oak—so  high,  so  wide-spread,  so 
vigorous  that its  shadow  has  reached  the 
remotest  corners  of  the  earth. 
It  was 
expected  from  the  beginning that Amer­
ica  would  feed  the  hungry  world  and 
it 
It  was  not  expected  that  it  would 
has. 
ever  do  more  than  that  and 
It 
has  raised  the  raw  material;  it  has  in­
vented  the  machines  to  manufacture  i t ; 
it  has  done  the  work  better  than  the  rest 
of  the  world  has  been  able  to  do  i t ;  it 
has  entered  the  world’s  markets  with 
its  goods  and  the  world,  purely  human, 
has  turned  from  the  commonplace  to the 
best  and  filled 
its  warehouses  and  its 
homes  with  the  best manufactured goods 
known.  The  result  is  that 
industrial 
and  commercial  Europe 
is  finding  its 
occupation  gone  and,  if  reports  be  true, 
stands  with  clinched  fists,  threatening 
with  combined  armies  and  navies  to 
wipe  out  of  existence  its common enemy 
and  secure  by  the  force  of  arms  what  it 
has  failed  to  get  by  the gentler arts  of 
peace.

it  has! 

To  the  readers  of the  Tradesman  this 
is  no  new  idea.  Long  ago these columns 
predicted  this  very  condition  of  things. 
Then,  as  now,  it  saw  that,  if  history  re­
peats  itself,  the  time  was  coming  when 
the  old  world  would  be  arrayed  against 
the  new—hemisphere  against  hemis­
phere—with  the  advantage  on  the  side 
of the  Western  world.  So far  this  coun­
try  has  been  following  a  beaten  track.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

6

GROWING  MACARONI  WHEAT.
The  arid  region  of  the  United  States 
west  of  the  Mississippi  River and  east 
of  the  Rocky  Mountains  covers  a  broad 
belt  from  North  to  South,  embracing 
Western  Texas, 
Indian  Territory,  the 
greatest  parts  of  Kansas,  Nebraska  and 
the  Dakotas.

It  is  well  known  that  the  soil  of  this 
vast  region  is  extremely  fertile,  lacking 
only  water  to  make  it  the  richest  agri­
cultural  country  in  the  world.  But,  in 
addition to  its  other extraordinary  capa­
bilities,  the  United  States  Department 
of  Agriculture  has  just  announced  it  to 
be  an  ideal  region  for  the  production  of 
the  sort  of  wheat  from  which  macaroni 
is  made.

Macaroni,  which  is  the  staple  food  of 
a  great  body  of  population  along  the 
coast  and  islands  of  the  Mediterranean 
Sea,  is  made  from  wheat  peculiarly rich 
in  gluten,  which 
is  that  part  of  wheat 
flour corresponding  to  the  lean  or  mus­
cle  of  meat, while  the starchy constituent 
corresponds  to  the  fat.  Ordinary  wheat 
flour will  not  make  good  macaroni,  be­
cause  it  is  deficient  in  gluten.

Gluten,  as  it  is  found  in  macaroni,  is 
an  excellent  diet,  corresponding 
in 
many  respects  to  lean  meat,  and  being 
quite  as  nourishing.

Macaroni  wheats  differ  radically  from 
the  ordinary  bread  wheats,  and 
in  the 
field  look  more  like  barley  than  wheat. 
The  heads  are 
flat,  compressed  and 
bearded,  the  beard  often  being  black; 
the  chaff 
is  usually  golden  yellow,  but 
sometimes  black;  and  the  grains  are 
large,  hard,  yellowish  white,  and  clear, 
or,  in  wheats  of  the  best  quality,  some­
times  translucent.  There  are  also oc­
casionally  velvet  chaff  varieties. 
In 
Europe  they  are  known  simply  as  hard 
wheats  or durum  wheats.  The  grain  is 
so  much  harder  than  that  of  the  hardest 
bread  wheats,  and  in  the  best  varieties 
contains  an  unusual  amount of  nitrogen 
and  a  correspondingly  small  amount  of 
starch.  The  quantity  and  quality of the 
gluten  make  them  exceedingly  valuable 
for  making  macaroni.  They  are  ex­
tremely  resistant  to  drought  and  resist 
the  attacks  of  leaf  rust and  smuts  to  an 
unusual  degree.

The  macaroni  wheats  at  present in use 
in  Europe  are  chiefly  from  the  Russian 
plains  or steppes.  A  commissioner  from 
the  Department  of  Agriculture  was  sent 
to  Europe,  after  inspecting  the  corres­
ponding  region 
in  the  United  States, 
and  he  found  precisely  the  same  condi­
tions.  There 
is  declared  to  be  a  cer­
tainty  of  a  good  demand  for  all  the 
hard  wheat  that  can  be  grown,  and  the 
chief  markets  are  Marseilles,  Bordeaux, 
Genoa  and  Naples.

According  to  the  official  returns, about
15,000,000  pounds  of  foreign  macaroni 
is  imported  to  this  country  each  year, 
solely  because,  being  made 
from  true 
macaroni wheat, it  is  considered  to  be  of 
better quality  than  our  domestic  mac­
aroni,  which 
is  made  almost  entirely 
from  bread  wheats.  Moreover,  the  im­
ported  macaroni  sells  at  a  much  higher 
price.  Of  course,  all  the  cost  of  the  im­
ported  product will be saved to this coun­
try 
if  the  farmers  and  millers  will  fur­
nish  our  factories  with  the  right  kind  of 
material,  which  they  can  easily  do,  and 
the  factories are  anxious to  have the  ma­
terial.

Although  these  wheats  are  considered 
to  be  of  value  chiefly  for  making  mac­
aroni,  the 
idea  that  they  do  not  make 
good  bread  is quite  erroneous.  A  very 
large  amount  of  macaroni  wheat  is  an­
nually  employed 
in  Russia,  France, 
Italy,  Spain,  Greece  and  other  Medit­

erranean  regions  for  making  bread, 
which 
is  considered  to be  of  excellent 
quality,  as  it  is  certainly  most  valuable 
as  a  food  product.  On  account  of  its 
real  merits,  the  consumption  of 
this 
wheat,  rich  in  gluten,  can  not  be  too 
great  or general.

THE  MILITIA  PROBLEM.

first 

While  at 

consideration  there 
might  appear  to  be  but a  single  view  to 
take  of  the  agitation  now  in  progress 
over the  proposed  remodeling  of  the  na­
tional  militia  laws,  a  more  careful  ex­
amination  of  the  question  soon  leads  to 
the  conclusion  that  it  is  a  many-sided 
problem.  The  avowed  purpose  of  those 
who  desire  a  charge  in  existing  laws  is 
to  make  the  militia  force  of  the  country 
—that 
force 
known  as  the  National  Guard—prompt­
ly  available  for  service  in  time  of  war. 
In  fact,  it 
is  proposed  that the  guard 
should  be,  to  all  intents  and  purposes, 
a  reserve  force  to  the  regular army,  to 
be  called  to  the  colors  at  once  on  the 
outbreak  of  war.

is  to  say  the  organized 

Under  existing  laws,  the  President  of 
the  United  States  has  the  power  to  call 
into  the  active  service  of  the  National 
Government  all,  or  any  portion,  of  the 
militia  for  the  purpose  of  repelling  in­
vasion  or quelling  internal  insurrection. 
This  precludes  the  employment  of  the 
militia 
for  service  abroad.  The  new 
law  proposed  contemplates  making  the 
organized  militia  available  for  any class 
of  service,  whether  at  home  or  abroad.
In  most  of  the  Eastern  States  where  a 
numerous  and  well-equipped  militia 
force  is  maintained,  it is  contended  that 
the  National  Guard  is  a  state  force, pure 
and  simple,  and  enlistments 
in  it  are 
to  do  service  within  the  borders  of the 
state  only.  This  force,  it  is  held,  ought 
not  to  be  drafted  into  the  national  army 
in  war,  except  for 
limited  perijds. 
There 
is  something  in  this  contention, 
and  the  alternative  has  been  proposed 
that  a  separate  and  distinct  national 
militia  be  organized.

While  the 

idea  of  a  national  militia 
is  a 
appears  attractive  enough,  there 
in  the  way  of  such  a 
serious  obstacle 
force 
in  the  Constitution  of the  United 
States  which  reserves  to  the  states  the 
control  of  the  militia  and  the  appoint­
ment  of  the  officers.

It  is  certain  that  the  militia  contem­
plated  in  the  original  law  was  intended 
for  service  in  the  event  of  war,  and  not 
merely  for  state  duty,  although  the  con­
trol  of  the  militia  was  reserved  to  the 
states,  as  well  as  the  appointment  of  all 
the  officers.  While  the  growth  of  the 
various  states  has  developed  the  need  of 
militia  for  purely  state  purposes  and the 
maintenance 
in  nearly  every  state  of  a 
reg^jjarly  organized  force,  whose  main 
service  is  to  maintain  order and  enforce 
the  laws  within  the state’s borders,  these 
forces  are  still  parts  of  the  militia  con­
templated 
in  the  national  militia  law, 
and  can  no  more  evade  answering  a  call 
from  the  President  of  the  United  States 
than  any  other  portion  of  the  militia. 
While  there  is  room  for  discussion  as  to 
just  how  the  militia  is  to  be  organized 
and  controlled,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
whatever  that  the  entire  militia  force  is 
intended  primarily  for the military  serv­
ice  of  the  country  in  time  of  war.  Any 
change  or  improvement  in  the  existing 
laws  which  will  make  the  militia  more 
efficient  and  better  equip  it  for active 
service  in time of war is to be welcomed.

It 

'may  take  nine  tailors  to  make  a 
man,  but  ninety-nine  collectors  can’t 
make  him  settle.

MISTAKES  OF  DIET.

The  animal  and,  in  a  higher  degree, 
the  human  digestion 
is  the  most  won­
derful  system  of  chemical  action  in  the 
world.  The  meat  and  drink  put  into the 
human  body  are  decomposed  and  re­
composed 
into  an  almost  innumerable 
variety  of  compound  substances.  Out 
of  this  food,  whether  in  solid  or  fluid 
form,  are  created  by  the  chemical  and 
physiological  powers  of  the  human  sys­
tem  the  bones,  muscles,  nerves  and 
other  parts  of  the  body,  so  that  every 
organ  is  supplied  with  all  that  is  need­
ful  to  its  operation  and  maintenance.

The  material  substances  which  make 
up  the  human  organism  are  not  numer­
ous,  consisting  of  several  gases  and 
mineral  salts,  but  the  ability  of  the 
chemical  and  physiological  powers  of 
nature  to  combine  these  substances 
is 
almost  infinite,  the  resulting  compounds 
being  almost  innumerable.

It  should  follow  that  the  greatest  at­
tention  should  be  paid  to  the  quality 
and  quantity  of  the  matters  which  are 
to  be  used  for  the  nourishment  of  the 
body  and  for the  uses  of  its  wonderful 
system  of  creation  and  repair.  Diseases 
are  results  of  some  sorts  of  assaults 
upon  the  body  or  its  particular  organs. 
Some  of these  attacks  are  from  the  out-, 
side,  such  as  those  made  by  mechanical 
injuries  or extremes  of  heat  and  cold  or 
by  the  microbes  which  are  always  ly­
ing  in  wait  to  bite  us.  Then  there  are 
attacks  from  the  interior  by  those  same 
terrible  microbes  which  have come  into 
the  body  by  being  inhaled  with  the  air 
we  breathe  or  in  the  food  and  drink  we 
swallow.

However,  the  most  wholesome  food  is 
capable  of  producing  the  most  injurious 
effects  when  taken 
in  excess  or  under 
conditions  when  the  digestive  system 
needs  rest.  Then  there  are  articles  of 
food  which,  however  beneficial  to  some 
persons,  are 
injurious  to  others,  there­
fore  the  matter  of  diet  should  be  one  of 
the  leading  considerations  in  the preser­
vation  of  health.  The  medical  man  is 
not  alone  concerned  with  the  healing  of 
diseases.  He  should  be  largely  inter­
ested  in  preventing  them.  The  skilled 
mechanician  can  display  his  real  use­
fulness  vastly  more  in  maintaining  his 
machinery  in  a  state  of the highest effic­
iency  than  in  repairing  it  after  it  shall 
have  suffered  some  catastrophe.

It 

in  China,  a  country 
is  said  that 
intensely  practical, 
whose  people  are 
the  doctor 
is  paid  only  so  long  as  he 
keeps  his  patrons  in  health,  but  when 
they  become  sick  the  pay  stops.  Noth­
ing  could  be  more  intelligent  than  such 
a  course;  but  with  the  enlightened  no­
tions  of  the  Western  world  all  is  differ­
ent.  The  people  of  boasted  culture  and 
intelligence  wholly  neglect  their  med­
ical  adviser  and  his  advice  until  they 
are  stricken  down  by  disease.  Then  he 
is  sent  for 
in  a  great  hurry  and  the 
sufferer  eagerly  gulps  down  doses  of 
disagreeable  drugs;  but  when  the  pa­
tient  shall  have  been  restored  to  health, 
he  immediately  disregards  all  the  doc­
tor’s  counsel  and  particularly that  in  re­
gard  to  diet.

Few  men  will  restrain  themselves 
from  eating  and  drinking  the  articles 
forbidden  by  the  physician  when  there 
are  no  aches  in  the  big  toe  or  pains  in 
the  stomach  or head. 
It  is  only  when 
the  outraged  organs  are  punishing  the 
offender  for  his 
improper  eating  and 
drinking  that  he  remembers  that  his 
own  transgressions  were  the  cause  of 
his  troubles. 
in  eating 
does  not  differ  in  its  injurious  results 
from  excess 
in  the  use  of  intoxicating

Intemperance 

to 

The 

temptation 

liquors  or in  any  other  over-indulgence. 
There 
is  the  pleasure  of  eating  long 
after the  demands  of  nature  are satisfied 
It  is  in  the  en­
that  causes  the  trouble. 
joyment  of  a  mere 
indulgence  that 
drives  to  excess.  These matters  are  well 
set  forth  by  President  Hyde,  of  Bow- 
doin  College,  in  the July  Atlantic,  in  an 
article entitled “ The Cardinal Virtues :’ ’
intemperance 
comes  chiefly  from  a false abstraction  of 
pleasure.  Finding  that  some  function 
is  attended  with  pleasure,  we  perform 
the  function  for  the  sake  of  the  pleas­
ure ;  forgetting  to  consider  the  end  at 
which  the  function  aims,  or even  disre­
garding  the  end  altogether.  A  man 
seizes  on  one  or  another  of the  more 
sensitive  parts  of  his  nervous  system, 
and  then  contrives  ways  to  produce  con­
stant  or  frequently  recurrent  excitation. 
Thus  the  glutton  crams  his  stomach,  not 
for the  nourishment  and  vigor  food  will 
give  him,  but  for  the  sensations  of 
agreeable  taste  and  comfortable  disten­
tion.  Muscle  must  toil,  brain  must 
plan,  and  every  other  organ  do  extra 
work,simply to  give  the  palate  its  trans­
ient  titillation  and  provide  the  stomach 
its  periodic  gorge.

Of  course,  it  all  applies  to  those  who 
use 
liquors,  tobacco  or  opiates  to  ex­
cess.  They  all  sacrifice  health,  mind 
and  morals  to  the  momentary  gratifica­
tion  of  some  debauched  and  unnatural 
appetite.

indulgence  he 

But  to  go  back  to  the  “ bon  vivant,”  
there 
is  no  drunkard  or  opium  fiend 
more  blamable  than  he,  because  by 
excessive 
is  destroying 
his  capacity  to  enjoy  the  pleasures  of 
the  table.  The  drunkard  wants  ever 
more  drink  and  the  opium  fiend  is  al­
ways  ready  for  more  “  dope, ”   but  the 
man  who  lives  to  eat  soon  finds  himself 
unable  to  do  so,  because  nature  revolts 
against  the  burdens  he  puts  upon  her.

If  men  were  only  as  wise  as  they 
know  how  to  be, they  would  find  out  the 
diet  which 
is  best  for  them  and  then 
stick  to  it. 
If  it  is  best  to  become  a 
vegetarian,  let one  adopt  a  diet  of  grain 
and  roots  and  fruits;  but  let  no  man 
start  out  with  a  hobby  in  these  matters. 
He  needs  able  medical  advice,  based 
on  a  knowledge  of  his  physical  system, 
and  so  let  him  live  and  enjoy.  The man 
who  is  not  rich  needs  more  than  any 
other  his  health  and  vigor.  When  it  is 
in  his  power  to  get  the  most  out  of 
them,  he  is  a  fool  not  to  do  so.

FOOLISH  POLICY.

The  New  York  Spectator,  a  weekly 
publication  devoted  to  the  interests  of 
insurance,  takes  occasion  to  make  some 
highly  proper  remarks  upon  the  false 
and  most  foolish  policy  of  a  city  trust­
ing 
its  water  supply  to  the  control  and 
possession  of  a  private  corporation.

The  matter came  to  public  attention 
in  an  occurrence  at  Houston,  Texas, 
where  the  public  water  supply  is  owned 
by  a  private  company.  Recently  the 
city  hall 
in  that  city  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  and  the  several  companies  that 
carried  insurance  upon  it  to  the  extent 
of $40,000 have  refused  to  pay  the 
loss, 
on  the  ground that  the  water supply  was 
insufficient  and  the  pressure  inadequate 
to  enable  the  firemen  to  control  the 
flames.

The  companies 

insist  that  the  city 
shall  bring  suit  against  the  water  com­
pany  for  the  amount  of  the  loss,  hold­
ing  that the  water  supply has  been  noto­
riously  insufficient  for  a  long  time,  and 
that  the  city  has  taken  no  measures  to 
enforce  its  contract.  The  city  council 
had,  at  the 
last  reports,  refused  to  act 
in  the  matter,  and  the 
insurance  com­
panies  refuse  to  pay  the  loss.

10

C lothing

Fads  and  Fancies  Peculiar  to  New  York 

City.

lightweight. 

I  notice  on  the  streets  here  what  1 
take  to  be  a  result  of  the  shirtwaist 
agitation,  namely, 
that  people  pay 
much  attention  to  having  their garments 
of 
The  papers  of  the 
country  have  stirred  us  up to  the folly  of 
wearing  unnecessary 
thicknesses  of 
clothing  during  the  hot  weather  and 
although  we  are  not  ready  to abandon 
coats,  we  take  care  to  wear  very  light­
weight  garments.  I  believe  that the next 
two  or  three  years  will  see  decided 
changes 
in  the  material  of  hot  weather 
clothing,  very  largely,  if  not entirely,  as 
a  result  of  the  shirtwaist  agitation. 
Whether  we  will  get  an  improved  silk 
fabric  for our summer clothing ora light 
cotton  or linen  fabric,  or something  dur­
able  and  comfortable  in  woolens,  I  have 
no  idea,  but  I  believe  that  people  have 
been  roused  to  the  need  of  dressing 
comfortably  and  that  this  will  have  its 
effect  on  the  material  and  make  of 
clothing  for summer  wear  this  summer, 

a  *  *

Of  course,  a  fancy  vest  is  not 

indis­
pensable  to  a  golf  costume,  but  if  any 
is  to  be  worn  a  fancy  vest  of  French 
flannel 
is  very  pretty  for  the  purpose. 
The  vest  to  which  I  refer  is  single 
breasted,  closing  with  five  pearl  but­
tons  and  having  a  deep  notch  at  the 
bottom.  The  flannel 
is  white  with  a 
broken  stripe  design,  varying  from  a 
half  inch  to  an  inch  and  a half in width, 
in  various  soft  colors.  One  design  was 
a  stripe  in  gold,  green  and  narrow  lines 
of  red  breaking  up  the  stripe.  The 
effect  was  striking,  but  quiet.

*  *  *

There  are  times  in  the  summer  when 
an  overcoat 
is  necessary,  especially  at 
the  mountains,  where  the  nights  are 
chilly,  or  at  the  shore,  where  they  are 
If  one  is  in  evening  dress  con­
damp. 
siderations  of 
comfort  will  decide 
whether the  overcoat  be  worn,  although 
if  a  man  has  any  considerable  distance 
to  go  he  will  have  to  wear one  as  a  pro­
tection  to  his  clothing. 
1  have  seen 
men  so careless  as  to  wear  a short covert 
coat  over  their dress  coat.  The  proper 
coat  is  a  long  one,  either a  Chesterfield 
or  a  Raglan  of  lightweight,  which  prop­
erly  covers  not  only  the  body,  but the 
tails  of  the  dress  coat.  Still  some  indi­
viduals  prefer to  have peculiar garments 
of  their  own  contriving,  and  such  a  gar­
ment  was 
lately  made  by  a  prominent 
tailor  uptown  for  a  heavy  dresser  visit­
ing  summer  resorts.  The  coat  was  made 
of  unfinished  gray  worsted,  single 
breasted  and  cut 
like  a  surtout  with 
long  skirts,  waist  seam  and  three  seams 
It  was  cut  in 
in  the  back  all  welted. 
snugly  to  the 
figure  and  half  lined. 
Such  a  coat  does  well  enough  if  one 
wishes  to  attract  attention.  An  actor  or 
any  individual  to  whom  notoriety  is  the 
breath  of 
life  will  find  such  a  garment 
valuable,  but  a  gentleman  will  have  no 
use  for  such  a  contrivance.

*  *  *

it  once  was,  it  still  has 

While  the  game  of  tennis  is  not  the 
rage,  as 
its 
devotees  and,  like  the  game  of  golf,  it 
has  its  appropriate  outfit.  Duck  trous­
ers  are  quite  the  thing  to  wear  on  the 
courts,  and  with  them  either a  sweater 
light  cotton  or 
with  open  collar  or  a 
flannel  shirt. 
is  well  to  have  the 
shirt  made  with  sleeves  cut  short at  the 
elbow,as a  matter of  convenience.  Some 
good  dressers  have  the  lower half  of  the 
sleeves  made  to  button  on  at  the  elbow 
so that  they  can  be  removed  if  conven-

It 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ient.  Still  others  wear  a  garment  that 
‘is  a  combination  of  shirt  and  drawers, 
like  a  one-piece  bathing  suit.  The  legs 
of  the  garment  come  halfway  down  the 
thighs  and  the  shirt  has  an  attached 
collar  of  the  same  material  as  the  shirt. 
These  garments  are  made  up  in  light 
French  flannels,  usually  white  with  fine 
stripes  in  colors.  They  are  sometimes 
also  made  in  madras  or that  light  mate­
rial  known  as  madapollam,  a  delicate 
fabric  which  is  often  used  for  the  body 
of fine  dress  shirts.  By  the  way,  I  know 
of  no  better  way  to  have  your  dress 
shirts  made  for  summer  if  you  are  look­
ing  for comfort. 
In a  game  where  there 
is  such  constant  and  violent  stretching 
as  there 
in  tennis  and  where  the 
drawers  and  shirt  are  apt  to  work  apart 
a  garment  combining  shirt  and  drawers 
has  advantages  of  its  own.  But  if  one 
does  not  care  for such  a  garment,sleeve­
less  underwear and  light  drawers  reach­
ing  only  to  the  knee  are  better than 
full-length  underwear.  Duck  trousers 
with  a  white  madras  or  flannel  shirt 
with  fine  hair  line  stripes  in  color,  low- 
cut  tan  shoes,  socks  of  a  heather tone, 
and  either a  low  collar  with  small  bow, 
or a  stock,  make  up  a  pretty  tennis  cos­
tume.—Apparel  Gazette.

is 

Permitted  to  Speak.

“ Mabel”   he  said,  with  an  apparent 
effort  as  he  gazed  down  into  her dreamy 
eyes,  “ you’ve  always  been  a  sister  to 
me,  haven’t  you?”

long-expected  moment  had  at 
last  arrived  and  she  gazed  coyly  at  the 
floor.

“ I ’ve  tried  to,  George, ”   she  whis­

The 

pered.

“ And 

if  I  were  to say  something  to 
you  that  should  only  be  said  by  persons 
who  are  intimately  acquainted,  and  who 
thoroughly  understand  each  other,  you 
would  not  take  offense?”

She  thought  it  rather  queer that  he 
should  view  a  simple  proposal  in  this 
light,  but  she  tremblingly  assured  him 
that she  would  not.

“ Then,  M abel,”   he  continued,  low­
ering  his  voice  to  a  quaver,  “ I  apol­
ogize  for  my  boldness  in saying 
it,  but 
while  I  leaned  over to  turn  the  page  of 
your  music  I  busted  off  two of  my  sus­
pender  buttons.  Will  you  sew  them 
on?”

And  trembling  inwardly,  but  regain­
ing  her  outward  composure  with  an 
effort,  the  brave  girl  went  into  the  other 
room  and  brought  forth  the  necessary 
implements.

The  Power of Superstition.

“ I  wish 

superstitious,”  
said  a  well-known  young  man.  -  “ I ’d 
have  it  taken  off. ”

I  wasn’t 

“ Have  what  taken  off?”
“ Why  this  great  big  mole  on  my 

nose. ’ ’

“ What  are  you  afraid  of  about  it; 

bleeding  to  death?”

“ No,  no;  it's  just  bad  luck  to  have  a 
mole  taken  off. 
It’s  worse  than  having 
a  black  cat  cross  ydur  path  or even  to 
have  a  hooting  owl  light  on  the  roof.
“ I  don’t  know  why  it  is  bad  luck,but 
my  black  mammy  used  to  say,  ‘ Chile, 
don’t  yo’  nebber  let  ’em  try  to  take  dat 
mole  off’n  your nose. ’

‘ What’ ll  happen,  Aunt  Sarah,  if  I 

do?’  I  used  to ask  her.

‘ I  dunno,  chile.  Some  folks say  as 
the  place  won’t  nebber  get  well  and 
some  say  as  two  mo’ ll  come  back. 
Don’t  nebber  pester  what  de  Lord  has 
gin  yo, ’  or  He  mought  make  it  wo’se. ’ 
“ The  old  negro  woman's  doctrine was 
too  deeply  imbedded  in  my  early  edu­
cation  for me  to  outgrow  it,  even  after 
twenty  years.”

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Weekly  Market Review  of  the  Principal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—In  brown  sheetings 
and  drills  prices  are  firmly  maintained. 
The  demand  for 
lightweight  brown 
sheetings  has  been  small  but  prices  re­
main  firm.  Bleached  cottons  show  no 
change  in  price  in  any  grade,  but  busi­
ness 
low  ebb.  The  market  for 
wide  sheetings,  cotton  flannels,  blank­
ets,  etc.,  and  for  all  coarse  colored  cot­
tons,  is  steady,  but  without  any  new 
features  since  our  last  report.

is  at 

Prints  and  Ginghams—The conditions 
which  we  reported  last  week 
in  regard 
to  printed  calicoes  have  not  undergone 
any  change  during  this  week.  House 
trade  is  light,  and  mail orders  only  fair. 
The  orders  that  are  under  contract, 
however,  are  keeping  the  mills  busy, 
and  stock 
is  not  being  piled  up,  and 
nearly  all  printers  report  as  being  sold 
ahead  for a  considerable  time.  Orders 
for  fine  printed  sheer cottons  for  next 
spring  are  excellent,  and  it  is  here  that 
the  market  promises  best.  For  woven 
patterned  fabrics  the  outlook  for  next 
season 
is  also excellent.  Staple  ging­
hams  are  firm,  but quiet.

Dress  Goods—The  dress  goods  situa­
tion  is  practically  unchanged,  and  dur­
ing  the  past  week  the  lethargy  of  the 
month  past  has  not  been  disturbed  by 
any  new  developments. 
Jobbers  have 
as  yet  done  very  little  on  the  fall  lines, 
and  the  general  opinion  is  that the mid­
dle  of  August  will  be  passed  before 
much  business  is  attempted.  The  man­
ufacturers  also  have  not  been  hustling 
with  business,  and  not  until  there 
is  a 
change 
in  both  of  these  corners  of  the 
trade,  will  there  be  much  doing  on  the 
spring  goods  in  the  woolen  goods  dis­
trict.

Knit  Goods—The  effect  of  the  season 
on  the  cotton  crop,  however,  shows itself 
in  the  yarn  market,  as  the  various  cot­
ton  hosiery  and  underwear  yarns  are 
much  stronger,  and  show  a  small  ad­
vance  in  some  numbers;  this  may,  how­
ever,  be  partly  due  to  the  curtailment 
of  the  yam  production 
in  the  South. 
The  knit  goods  manufacturers’  belief 
that  the  cotton  yarn  market  will  gain 
still  more  strength,  seems  to  be  proved 
by  the  increased  amount  of  business  re­
ported  by  the  spinners  from  knit  goods 
men.  This  will  naturally  have  a  brac­
ing  effect  upon  cotton  underwear  and 
hosiery  prices  for the  spring.

Carpets—Market  conditions 

in  the 
carpet  trade  continue  favorable.  With 
the  exception  perhaps  of  a  more  pro­
nounced  demand  for  the  finer grades, 
the  tone  of  the  market  has  shown  little 
change  from  last  week.  The  orders  are 
being  received  more  freely  of 
late,  and 
in  most  instances  they  have  shown  more 
volume  individually.  The  %  goods  are 
now  beginning  to  receive  their share  of 
the  business,  much  to  the  gratitude  of 
the  manufacturer  equipped  witb  ma­
chinery  for these 
lines,  which  has  not 
in  full  operation  for  some  time. 
been 
The  velvets 
list  on  the  % 
is  con­
goods,  so 
cerned,  with  body  Brussels 
in  second 
place.  The  bulk  of the  samples  shown 
in  these 
lines  for  the  fall  season  gen­
erally  have  a  full  line  of  the  small  fig­
ured  paiterns  with  a  quiet  background, 
noticeably 
reds  and 
browns.  These  designs  are  very  well 
thought  of  by  the  jobbers  and the whole­
sale  trade,  and  many  are  placing  the 
bulk  of  their orders  for these  lines.  Of 
course,  a  good  many  carpets  of the more 
striking  patterns,  such  as  the  carpets

far  as  the  demand 

lead  the 

greens, 

in  the 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

i l

in 

last  season,  having  patterns  of a 
sold 
much  larger  magnitude  and  brighter 
colors,  will  be  made  and  sold,  but  from 
all  indications,  the  trend  of  the  buying 
is  more  towards  the  quieter  effects.  The 
ingrains  have  been  greatly  neglected  of 
late,  many  manufacturers  finding  it  im­
possible  to keep  all  of  their  machinery 
running  full  with  their  present  orders. 
At  the  commencement  of  the season now 
well  underway,  the  outlook  for  the  de­
ingrains  was  never  more 
mand  for 
promising. 
Some  good  orders  were 
taken,  and  on  the  strength  of  these  the 
anticipations  of  manufacturers  were 
very  big.  After  the  first orders  taken 
were  well  towards  fulfillment,  manufac­
turers  began  wondering  why  some  other 
new  business  did  not  come  in,  and  they 
have  been  wondering  ever  since.  Thé 
trouble,  we  believe,  lies  entirely  with 
themselves.  Up  to  a  few  years  ago  a 
good  ingrain  had  considerable  wearing 
it,  but  at  the  present  time 
qualities 
everything 
into  it  except  wool, 
and  as  the  result,  the  public  have  be­
come  disgusted.  Perhaps,  however,  the 
manufacturers  may  not  be  wholly  at 
fault 
in  doing  as  they  have  to  make  a 
carpet  to  fit the  size  of  the  pocketbook 
of  the  public,  but  we  certainly  believe 
that  had  they  refused  in the  first place to 
put  in  such  stock  as  they  have,  the 
views  of the  public  in  regard to ingrains 
might  be  more  favorable  at  the  present 
time.  Prices  on  velvets,  Brussels  and 
axminsters  hold  verv  firm,  and we would 
not  be  surprised  to  iearn  sooner or  later 
of  a  more  strengthening  tendency  than 
exists  at  present. 
In  the  tapestries,  it 
is 
intimated  that  an  advance  of  2j^c 
will  be  made  before  long.  Some  manu­
facturers  state  that  the  advancement will 
come  on  August  15,  while  others  state 
September  1  will  see  the  higher  prices. 
The  advance  is  bound  to come neverthe­
less  from  the  fact  that  the  goods are sell­
ing  on  a 
low  basis,  and  with  the 
strengthening  tendency  in  the  raw  ma­
terial,  the  manufacturer  has  got  to  pro­
tect  himself  or  lose  money.

is  put 

N O T I C E

Our  sample  line  of  goods  for  fall  delivery  is 
now in and ready for  inspection.  Call  in  and  in­
spect  our  line  before  placing  your  order.  We 
have several good numbers in the following lines:
Woolen Underwear  Woolen  Hosiery

Fleeced  Lined Underwear 

Kersey  Pants 

Mackinaw Coats 

Duck Coats

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

W H O L E S A L E   D R Y   G O O D S ,   G R A N D   R A P I D S .   M I C H .

There’s  Snap 

C!m!S■mina
■minaamnia
s :amnia
animaBimna
amniaBnmmanima

and  Go

in  this

An
Assortment

of  handkerchiefs  way  beyond 
any  we  have  ever offered (and 
that  is  saying  a  great  deal)  is 
what we call your attention  to. 
W e  have  the  embroidered 
goods  both  hemstitched  and

l y i ? ^ 3

with  scalloped  edge  from  45 
cents  to  $4.50  per  dozen; 
plain  white  hemstitched  from 
25  cents  per  dozen  up;  col­
ored  borders  12  cents  up,  and 
silks  90  cents  to  $4.50.  Our 
salesmen  will  “ show you.”

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.

Wholesale  Dry  Goods,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Business

N A T I O N A L   B I S C U I T   C O M P A N Y

W E  G U A R A N T E E !

Our Vinegar to be an A B SO L U T E L Y  P U R E  A P P L E  JU IC E  V IN ­
E G A R .  T o  anyone  who  will  analyze  it  and  find any deleterious, 
adds, or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit

ONE

6 1 *  J  n~

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

«I. ROBINSON, M an agen

Benton  Harbor,Michigan,

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Shoes and  Rubbers

in  the  commercial 

Increasing Trade in the Outlying Districts.
In  these  days  of  immense  undertak­
ings  the  problem  of  moneymaking  be­
comes  a  serious  and  vexing  question  to 
the  man  of  small  fortune  who  seeks  a 
life  of  this 
place 
great  nation. 
In  no  line  of  business  is 
the  path  to  success  from  small  begin­
nings  more  beset  with  difficulties  than 
that  of  selling  shoes.  Yet  we  believe 
that,  great  as  these  obstacles  may  be, 
there 
is  unlimited  opportunity  for the 
bright,  energetic  man  who  goes  after 
trade  with  a  full  appreciation  of the 
difficulties 
in  the  way,  and  a  determi­
nation  to  meet  and  overcome  them.

Some  of  the  largest  and  most  success­
ful  shoe  stores  in  the  country  have  been 
built  up  from  very  small  beginnings, 
and  that  in  the  face  of  obstacles  just  as 
great  as  any  which  to-day  confront  the 
beginner.

When  these  stores  were  in  their  in­
fancy,  you  say,  there  were  no  great  de­
partment stores  with  their  advantages  of 
delivery,  advertising  and  many  other 
things  beyond  the  reach  of  the  small 
dealer.  There  were  no  trolley  cars,  tak­
ing  the  people  in  a  few  minutes  to  the 
trade  center.  Business  was  more  scat­
tered  and  the  small  dealer  had  greater 
opportunity  to  build  a  local,  permanent 
trade.  Granted,  friend  retailer.

On  the  other hand,  it  is  equally  true 
that  the  small  store  as  builded  in  those 
old  days  was  in  every  way  inferior  as  a 
business  place  to  the  snug  little  shops, 
with  attractive  fronts  and  possibilities 
of  display,  that  are  to  be  had  to-day  in 
almost  every 
jobbing 
house,  as  we  know  it  to-day,  is  far  and 
away  beyond  anything  those  old  timers 
ever  dreamed  of.

locality. 

The 

If  the  trolley  car carries  many  people 
into the  trade  center,  it  just  as  certainly 
carries  very  many  of  those  who  live 
near the  trade  center to localities farther 
removed,  because  of  just  this  increased 
facility  of  transportation,  so  that  what 
might  have  been  vacant  ground  but  for 
the  trolley  is  now  thickly  populated  and 
becomes  a  promising  field  for  business 
enterprise.

We  will  meet your objection half-way, 
though,  by  admitting  this:  Whereas 
the  man  with  little  money  could,  in  the 
old  days,  locate  in  the  business  center 
and  stand  a  fair  chance  of  success,  the 
small  dealer of  to-day  must  seek  his  op­
portunity  on  the  smaller  business  street, 
depending  for  support 
largely  on  the 
people  of his  own  immediate  neighbor­
hood.

Now  we  contend  that  there  is  no  rea­
son  why  the  department  store,  the  man­
anybody  else 
ufacturing  retailer  or 
should  get  all  the  trade  from 
these 
neighborhoods.

We  know  from  personal  experience 
that  there  are  many  in every such neigh­
borhood  who  would  rather  patronize 
home  industry.  We  know  of  more  than 
one  store,  started 
in  just  such  a  place, 
in  recent  years,  that  has  had  splendid 
success,  and  where  there  has  been  fail­
ure,  the  cause  was  not  obscure  nor  such 
as  could  not  easily  have  been remedied.
We  have  in  mind  a  store,  located  over 
four  miles  from  the  business  center, 
with  not  another  store,  except  a  gro­
cery,  within  ten  blocks  of  it,  which  has 
not  only  been  successful,  but,  starting 
as  a  dry  goods  and  notion  store,  has 
developed  into  a  good-sized  department 
store,  carrying  shoes,  house furnishings, 
toys,  millinery,  hardware,  boys’  cloth­
ing,  women’ s  waists  and  wrappers  and

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groceries.  And  all  this,  too,  in  a  city 
noted  for  large  department  stores  and 
with  splendid  rapid  transit  facilities.

Personal  observation  along  this  line 
for  a  number  of  years  has  shown  us  that 
the  causes  of  success or  non-success  are 
well  defined  and  easily  traced,  and  we 
would  throw  out  these  hints  from  our 
own  experience  to  those  who  may  be, 
or  expect  to  be,  of those  whom  we  know 
as  small  dealers.

As  all  values  are  comparative,  so 
business  appearance  and  effort  will  be 
judged  largely  by  comparison with those 
around  it.  The  man  with  small  capital 
can  hardly  hope  to  compete  with  the 
larger  and  more  wealthy  establishments 
around  him  in  a  central 
locality.  The 
window  display  that  will  attract  atten­
tion  and  draw  trade  to  his  store  in  a 
smaller  location,  would  here  appear  in­
significant  by  comparison  with  those 
it.  Again,  the  battle  for trade 
around 
in  the  central 
is  much  more 
keen  and  necessitates  a  large  outlay  for 
advertising.  The  trade  is  more  exact­
is  higher,  expense  greater, 
ing,  rent 
and 
in  every  way  the  man  with  small 
capital  in  such  a  location  is  at  a  disad­
vantage.

location 

in  various 

Get  on  one  of  those  streets  that  are  to 
be  found  in  every  city,  where  from  one 
cause  or another other  men  have  opened 
up 
lines  of  business.  By 
keeping  together  you  will  be  mutually 
helpful  to  each  other.  If  you  fail  to find 
the  proper  kind  of  store  room  or  if  the 
front  is  poorly  constructed  for  business, 
better  wait  until  you  can  start  right. 
is  to  have  the  owner 
The  better  way 
build  the  front to  suit  you. 
If  you  are 
the  right  sort,  this  will  usually  not  be 
hard  to  arrange.

We  have  said,  get  into the  neighbor­
hood  of  other  stores,  in  other  lines  of 
business,  because  such  association  will 
help  you  to  draw  trade.  But  don’t  be 
simply  one  of  a  group  of  stores.  Make 
your  place  distinctive.  Spend  a  great 
deal  of  time  and  some  money,  too,  on 
your  show  window.  Shoes  are  rather 
hard  merchandise  to  show  attractively, 
but  you  can  add  greatly  to  your window 
display  by 
fresh,  clean  background 
and  floor covering.  We  would  suggest 
a 
liberal  use  of  crepe  paper  with  fre­
quent  renewal  and  change  of color  in 
preference  to  plush,  felt,  or  other  per­
manent  covering.  Then  use  every  legit­
imate  means  to  bring  your store  to  the 
notice  of  the  passerby.  Many  ways  of 
attracting  attention  will  suggest  them­
selves  if  you  make  it  a  study.

Try  putting  a  clock  in  your  window. 
it  exact  for a  month,  then  let  it 
Keep 
run  down.  You  will  be  surprised  at the 
number  of  people  who  will  come 
in  to 
it  has  stopped.  Get  a  public 
tell  you 
in  your  store;  use 
telephone  station 
every  available  means  to 
let  people 
know  who  you  are.

Before 

leaving  this  subject,  let  me 
suggest  that  you  devise  your  own  win­
dow  fittings  in  preference  to  one  large 
display  tree.  Buy  a  few  skins,  borrow 
two or  three  tabourets  from  the  neigh­
boring  furniture  man.  You  can  repay 
him  with  a  card  on  the  tabouret.  Put 
a  bicycle,  base  ball  and  bat,  golf  stick 
and  tennis  racquet  in  with  your  outing 
shoes,  borrowing  these  things  from  the 
dealer  in  that  line  and  repaying  him 
in  the  same  way.  Spend  a  little  money 
for  shoe  trees,  buying  the  adjustable 
kind,  so  they  will  fit  various  styles  of 
shoes.

When  dressing  your  window,  always 
set  your  shoes  on  something.  Don’t 
bang  them  up.  Throw  away  your  bull 
dog  hooks.  We  know  of  nothing  that  so

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

Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.

Coming!

Our salesmen will call  on  you  soon  with  a 
complete  line  of  shoes  for  fall  and  imme­
diate  use.  Your  orders  will  be  highly  ap­
preciated by us. 

Yours  truly,

Bradley  &   Metcalf Co.

Milwaukee,  Wis.

LEG G IN G S
Same  in  Boys’,  above knee.......... $6.00

Over  Gaiters  and  Lamb’ s  Wool  Soles. 
(Beware  of  the Imitation Waterproof Leg­
ging  offered.)  Our  price  on

Men’ s  Waterproof  Legging,  Tan
or  Black,  per  dozen..............

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

H I R T H ,   K R A U S E   &  CO.

MANUFACTURERS 

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN

Geo. H. Reeder & Co.

Wholesale■I  Shoes

s,  Mich.

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cheapens  a  shoe  window  as  a  back­
ground  of  shoes  swung  on  rods,  looking 
like  so  many  fish  or sausage.  We  be­
lieve  the  suggestions  here  given  are 
practical  and  will  prove 
themselves 
helpful  to  the  man  with  small  capital.— 
H.  T.  Dougherty  in  Shoe  Retailer.

The  Shoe Jobber Secure  in  His  Position.
A  questi jn  that  is  agitating  the  trade 
to  a  considerable  extent  is  “ what  will 
become  of  the  jobber  if  manufacturers 
continue  to  encroach upon his domain?" 
There  are  some  in  the  trade  who  reason 
that  the  jobber  will  be  eliminated,  but 
if  they  have  such  an  idea  in  their  mind 
they  want  to  get  rid  of  it.  The 
jobber 
is  fully  as  essential  to-day  as  a  distrib­
uter  of  shoes  as  ever  before.  Were  it 
not  for  the 
jobber  many  of  the  small 
and  growing  retail  dealers  who  are  in 
business  all  over  the  country,  would  not 
be 
in  existence.  They  owe  their sus­
tenance  to  the  fact  that  the  jobber  is  in 
business. 
In  many  cases  they  are  car­
ried  over  some  very  rough roads through 
the  assistance  rendered  by  the  jobbing 
houses  with  whom  they  do business,  and 
which  would  not  be  possible  were  they 
trading  with  the  manufacturer. 
It  has 
been  stated  that  jobbers  have  lost  con­
siderable  trade  on  account  of  so many 
manufacturers  selling  direct  to  the  re­
tailer,  but  it 
is  also  true  that  the  job­
bers  have  added  fully  as  much  new 
trade  by  the  continual  entrance  into  the 
field  of  new  shoe  stores.

jobber 

is  still 

Very  often  dealers  who  follow  out the 
policy  of  ordering  all  their goods  direct 
from  the  manufacturer,  are  mighty  glad 
that  the 
in  the  field. 
Coming  on  the  end  of  a  season  this  is 
especially  true.  When  thev  run  short  of 
sizes  and  can  not  be  accommodated  by 
the  manufacturer,  they  call  on  the 
job­
bers  to  help  them  out.  From  many 
points  of  view  the  jobber  is  with  us  to 
stay.  He  will  be  a  factor,  and  an  im­
portant  one, in  the  distributing  of  shoes, 
so  long  as  men  with  limited  capital  re­
tail  shoes.  They  are  compelled  to  rely 
upon  the  jobber  to help  them  along,  and 
such  men,  when  they  become  prosper­
ous  are  not  the  ones  to  soon  forget  a  fa­
vor,  with  the  result  that  they  continue 
to  do  business  with  the  jobber,  to  a  cer­
tain  extent,  indefinitely.

Then  again  there  are  such  a  variety 
of  styles  and  sizes  for  the  average  re­
tailer  to  carry, 
if  he  is  desirous  of 
meeting  the  demands  of customers,  that 
he  would  not  be  able  to  cater  to  his 
trade  intelligently  if  it  were  not  for  the 
jobber. 
Jobbing  houses  carry  such  im­
mense  stocks  that  they  are  at  all  times 
prepared  to  supply  all  needs,  and  deal­
ers  know  that they  can  obtain  any  size, 
style  or  design  of  shoe  that they  may 
have  a  demand  for  with  the  least  pos­
sible  delay.

The  jobber  is  not  only  a  necessity  to 
the  small  retailer,  but  in  numerous  in­
stances  be 
is  a  necessity  to  the  small 
manufacturer.  There  are  concerns  man­
ufacturing  shoes  to-day  who  would  not 
be 
in  business  were  it  not  for the  aid 
they  secure  from  the  jobbing  houses. 
There  are  concerns  who  look  to  the  job­
bers  to  meet  their  pay  rolls  each  week, 
and  they  are  never disappointed.
There  are  many  other  points 

that 
could  be  brought  forward 
in  connec­
tion  with  the  value  of  the  jobber as  a 
handler  of  shoes,  but  it  suffices to say 
that  the  jobber  is  a  benefit  to  the  retail­
er,  a  necessity  as  a  distributer of shoes, 
and  in  many 
instances  a  god-send  to 
the  manufacturer  who  is  struggling 
along  in  the  race  for  fame.  The  manu­
facturers of  specialty  shoes  have  not  in­

jobber  to  the  extent  that  is 
jured  the 
It  has  been  the 
generally  believed. 
policy  of  most 
jobbers  not  to  handle 
many  shoes  selling  to  the  dealer  above 
$2,  and,  in  fact,  of  late  years  the 
limit 
has  been  reached  at $1.75.  Consequent­
ly  the  manufacturers  of  specialties  who 
heretofore  sold  to the jobber have thrown 
out  their cheaper  grades  and  have  gone 
direct  to  the  retailer  with  a  higher 
priced  shoe.  As  a  result  they  have  not 
taken  away  the  trade  of  the  jobber  on 
the  cheaper  lines,  so  it  can  be  readily 
seen  that  the  jobber  is  as  prominent  a 
factor  in  the  business  to-day  as  ever  be­
fore.

The  expense  of  distributing  the  goods 
cannot  be  avoided,  whether  the  work  is 
done  by  the  manufacturer  himself  or  by 
the  jobber and  the  risks  of  the  accounts 
must  also  be  considered. 
It  is  a  great 
mistake,  therefore,  to  assume  that  there 
can  be  a  saving  of  the  jobbers’  profits 
in  buying  from  the  manufacturer.  The 
jobber  is  able  to  distribute  the  expense 
over  a  larger amount of  sales  and,  as  a 
rule,  for  the  average 
lines  can  give  a 
lower  price  to  the  dealers  than  would  be 
possible 
if  each  manufacturer  had  to 
hear  the  expense  and  risks  of  selling 
his  own  goods.—Boot  and  Shoe  Re­
corder.

in  making 

Competing With  the  Specialty  Store.
One  of  «the  great  features  that  has 
the  manufacturers’ 
aided 
specialty  stores  a  success  is  extensive 
is  that 
advertising.  Another  feature 
they  are  sold  from  maker to  wearer. 
It 
was the  specialty  store  that  inaugurated 
the  free-shine  system.  The  first  fea­
ture  has  led  many  dealers  to  add  spe­
cialty  lines  to  their  regular stock.  Man­
ufacturers  have  produced  named  shoes, 
placed  them  in  retail  stores,  advertised 
them 
in  magazines,  etc.;  but  their 
numbers  have  become  so great  that  out­
side  of a  very few  of  them  they  promote 
but  little  trade  for  the  dealers  selling 
them,  so  that 
if  you  desire  to  carry  a 
named  shoe  it  is  better to  select  a  name 
and  have  it  copyrighted. 
In  deciding 
on  the  name  it  is  well  to  have  a contest, 
offering  a  prize  to  the  person  submit­
ting  the  accepted  name—have  a  proviso 
that  the  name  shall  be  suggestive  of  lo­
cal  surroundings. 
If  you  do  not  have 
a  contest,  adopt  a  name  that  will  be 
suggestive  of  the  city  you  live  in.  Hav­
ing  decided  on  the  name  have  your 
shoes  made  to  your  order  with  special 
name  stamped  on  the  sole,  and  then 
have  the  firm  and  special  name  on  a 
silk  label  in  every  pair  of  shoes.  Ad­
vertise  them  extensively,  using  news­
papers,  signboards,  catalogues,  circu­
lars,  etc.  A  good  advertisement  that 
could  be  used  in  connection  with  a  spe­
cial-named  shoe  would  be  to  issue  a  lit­
tle  booklet.  Entitle  it “ Treatise  cn  the 
Feet.”   This  could  be  compiled  with 
little  expense,  and  distributed 
very 
with  other advertising  matter. 
In  such 
a  booklet  you  could,  in  treating  on  a 
bunion,  call  attention  to  the  fact  that 
your  No.  14  last  was  especially  adapted 
to  feet  so afflicted.  Use  another  number 
last  when  treating  on 
ingrowing  nails. 
Another  for corns  on  the  small  toes,  and 
instructions  on  bow the 
so  on.  Give 
feet  should  be  fitted.  Where  the  free- 
shine  system  is  in  vogue 
in  the  com­
peting  manufacturers’  stores  adopt  it for 
your  store. 

V.  A.  Plunkett.

J.  E .  King,  dealer  in  general  mer­
chandise,  Pioneer:  I have been a reader 
of  the  Michigan  Tradesman  more  or 
less  for  the  past  twelve  years  and  would 
not think  of  doing  business  without 
it.
There  are  not  as  many  men  in  the 
world  as there  are  heroes  in  the  novels.

There  is  no  disappointment  in 

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Grand  Rapids  made  shoes.

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Because  neither  money,  pains  nor  brains 

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Why  They  Are  Popular—Straight  and 

Squeaky  Shoes.

The  doubtful  propriety  of  the  low- 
neck  dress  has  frequently  been  argued 
in  and  out  of  society  circles  without 
thus  far  having  resulted  in  the  covering 
of  the  female  bust  with  more  delicacy. 
This questionable  fashion  has finally led 
to  the  inauguration  of a  social  function 
unblushingly  called  the  “ low-neck  din­
ner.  Of course,  this  subject  is  out  of 
the  province  of  the  shoe  man,  and  the 
modeste  warns  him  to  “ stick  to  his 
last. 
In  our  trade,  too,  we  have  what 
the  saicastic  shoe  reformer  terms  the 
“ low-neck”   shoe,  which,  by  reason  of 
its  location  on  the  body,  however,  is  not 
open  to  the  charge  of  contributing  to­
ward 
low 
shoe  and  slipper are  old  friends;  and, 
despite  the  warnings  of  the  doctor  and 
the  sarcasms  of  the  reformer,  they  are 
not  likely  to  be  displaced  from women’s 
toilet.  But  the  dainty 
low  shoe  can 
never 
incur  the  charge  of  being  a 
menace  to  health  on  the  street  when  re­
enforced  by  a  tasteful  and stylish  over­
gaiter,  such as  the  modern  manufacturer 
has  provided  for  my  lady’s  foot.  But, 
although  these  are  often  things of beauty 
and  health  preservers, 
fact  that 
they  in  some  measure  detract  from  the 
superior  beauty  of  the  ornate  low  shoe, 
by  concealment,  render  the  overgaiter 
less  acceptable  than  could  be  desired.

indelicate  exposure. 

The 

the 

it 

But 

is  on  hygienic  as  well  as  on 
low  shoe 
aesthetic  grounds  that  the 
wearer  rests  her  claims  to  its  use. 
In 
support  of the  practice  she  turns  upon 
the  reformer  his  own  argument 
in  fa­
vor of  less  shoe  or no  shoe  at  all, to  give 
the  abused  foot  a  chance  to  be  what  its 
it.  She  quotes  the
Creator  designed 

benefits  to  be  derived  from  the  emanci­
pation  of the  foot  from  imprisonment  in 
modern  shoes,  the  freedom  of  the  toes 
and  the  unrestricted  license  of the upper 
part  of  the  foot  gained  by  use  of  the 
primitive  sandal. 
It  may  well  be  sup­
posed  that  the  freedom  of  the  foot  rest­
ing  upon  a  'sandal  and  tied  to  it  by  a 
few  straps  would  have  all  the  liberty 
and  comfort  it  could  get.

The  devotee  of the  new  shoe  does  not 
ignore  the  fact  that  in  this  covering  the 
sandal-freedom  of  toes  is  not  attained, 
but,  loyal  to  her  favorite  footwear,  she 
pronounces  it  the  next  best  thing for the 
foot,  because 
it  has  begun  a  reform  of 
the  high  and  injurious  shoe  at  the  top, 
by  cutting  it  down.

The  modern  slipper  is  the  nearest 
pproach  now  to  the  old  sandal;  but 
even  this,  when  furnished  with  straps, 
is  provided  with  broad  easy  setting 
bands,  placed,  where  they  will  be  the 
ieast  uncomfortable,  and  yet  retain  the 
slipper  in  place.  Our  lowcut  slipper, 
without  straps  or  other  visible  means 
it  on  the  foot  would  have 
of  retaining 
astonished  the  ancient 
sandalmaker. 
He  could  not  have  constructed  a  low 
slipper  so  that  it  would  retain 
its  grip 
upon  the  foot  while  walking  without  the 
aid  of  bands  or  strings  to  keep  it  on  the 
foot.  The  secret  of  this  close  union  of 
foot  and  slipper  is  modern,  of course.
By  a  peculiar  but  simple  spring  in  the 
last,  the  slipper  sole  is  made  to  assume 
such  a  position  that  when  the  foot  is  in 
it  and  the  weight  of the  body  resting  on 
the  foot,  the  slipper  binds  itself  secure­
ly  to  the  wearer  and  keeps  in  place.

“ Should  women  wear  straight  shoes, 
or  rights  and  lefts?”   asks  the  novice; 
and  the  veteran  shoe  man  replies  by 
asking  another question,  “ Are  women’s

feet  rights  and  lefts  like  those  of  men, 
or straight?”   Time  was,  and  not  so 
very  long  ago,  either,  when  any  old 
straight  thing  was regarded  by  the  shoe­
maker  as  good  enough  for a  woman’s 
foot.  Now  this  is  changed,  and  the  ex- 
acting  feminine  foot demands its  rights, 
and  all  the  shape  it  can get  in  footwear’ 
just  like  a  man’s  or  even  more  so.

But,”   observed  the  novice,  tenta­
tively,  “ if  straights  were  all  right  for 
our  grandmothers,  why  not  for our sis­
ters  and  wives?”  
“ They  were  not  all 
nght,”  
“ A 
the  veteran. 
returned 
straight  shoe  on  a  right  or  left  foot  was 
never  right;  nor can  it  be,  until,  in  the 
process  of  evolution,  straight  feet  are 
produced.  I  remember well enough  when 
there  was  but 
little  shape  to  women’s 
shoes,  and  when,  for the  most  part,  they 
were  constructed  of coarse  and  stiff  ma­
terials. ”

Continuing,  the  gray-headed  dealer 
spoke  his  mind  thus: 
“ It  may  be  that 
the  fair  sex  were  mostly  to  blame  them­
selves  for this  lack  of discrimination  in 
their feet  and  shoes;  for,  as  a  rule,  they 
are  averse  to  the  bother of  studying  the 
patterns  of  their  shoes  for  points  of 
difference.  Of  course,  with  the  advent 
of  button  shoes,  this  matter  regulated 
itself,  and 
it  was  not  necessary  to  look 
at  the  soles.  But  when  things  did  take 
a  turn  in  the  diagrams  of  shoe  soles  for 
women’s  feet,  they  were  made,  at  first, 
with  so much  crookedness  that  the order 
of nature  at  the  foot  was  reversed;  and 
this  extreme  was  actually  worse than the 
straight  shoe.

Still,  the  old-time 

lastmaker  stuck 
resolutely  to  his  crooked 
last,  and  it 
was  as  hard  to  induce  him  to  modify 
his  lines  as  it  is  to  persuade  the  heavy 
headed  cobbler  to  mend  his  life-long

\

ways.  A  straight  last  would,  in  fact, 
have  been  better adapted to normal fem’- 
inine  feet  than  were  some  of  those  ser­
pentine  soles.”

lasts,  either  straight  or 
‘ Making 
rights  and 
lefts,  after  stereotyped  pat­
terns  and  expecting  them  to  conform  to 
the  various  topographical  surfaces  of 
human  feet  is  like  making  hats  on  va­
rious  sized  blocks  and  supposing  that 
they  will  conform  to  the  multifarious 
bumps  of  human  heads.  Modern  meth­
ods  have  changed  all  this.

“ Straight  shoes,  when  there  were  no 
left  fastenings  to guide  the 
right  and 
wearer,  were  a  boon  to  the 
indifferent 
woman  when  in  a  hurry  to  dress.  She 
could  get  up  in  the  dark  and  take either 
shoe  that  came  first  to  hand  and  thrust 
it  upon  the  most  convenient  foot  and  it 
was  sure  to  be  the  right  one.  A  man, 
however,  had  to go  by instinct  or feeling 
in  the  dark  with  his  mated  shoes,  and 
often  got  things  mixed  at  that.”

Another old  shoe  dealer  was  ungallant 
enough  to  assert  that  women  ought  to 
wear  straight  shoes  even  now,  because 
they  can  not  tell  right  from  left  except 
by  the  buttons.  To  this a woman  replies 
that  men  are  naturally  more  crooked 
than  women,  and  she  clinches  her argu­
ment  by  adding  that she never wears her 
stockings  rights  and  lefts,  and  never  ex­
pects  to,  either.

The  experienced  shoe  dealer  declares 
that  there 
is  one  sort  of  shoe  from 
which  no compensation  of  pleasure  can 
be  derived. 
It  is  the  hard,  stiff-soled 
thing,  now  but  seldom  seen.  Whether 
we  wear flexible  or  rigid  soles,  the  foot 
in  time  shapes  the  shoe  to  the  utmost  of 
its  ability  to  suit 
its  requirements. 
When  there 
is  little  or  no  pliability  in 
either  upper  or  sole,  then  the  shoe

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shapes the  foot;  and  this  is,  materially, 
the  “ destiny  that  shapes  our ends.”

Now,  old  shoes,  like  old  wine,  grow 
better  as  they  grow  older,  more  mellow 
and  companionable,  provided,  in  both 
cases,  that  they  are  composed  of  good 
materials.  This  is  an  important  argu­
ment  for  buying—of  all  things  in  cloth­
ing—good  serviceable  footwear.  Our 
feet  are  degenerating  in  direct  ratio  to 
the  worthlessness  of  our shoes.  The  old 
Greeks  and  Egyptians  did  not  have  to 
use  their  feet  for shoe  stretchers,  con­
sequently  they  were  always  sound  and 
symmetrically  shaped.

Referring  to  squeaky shoes,  less  com­
mon  now  than  formerly,  if  it  were  only 
fashionable  to  have  that  sort  of  audible 
footwear  we  should  all  try  to  get  the 
most  squeak  we  could  for  the  money  in 
our  shoe.  There  have  been  some  isola­
ted  cases  of  this  sort  before  now,  but 
that  sort  of  noise  has  never  become very 
popular.  Out 
in  the  Azores  Islands, 
where  the  ox  cart  is  still  used,  with  its 
solid  wooden  wheels,  the  driver takes 
pride 
in  having  the  proper amount  of 
squeak  go  with  his  cart.  No  farmer 
out  there  is  satisfied  without  this  harsh, 
rasping  noise;  in  fact,  the  people  once 
rebelled  against  a  law  that  was  passed 
to  prevent  creaking  carts  from  entering 
the  cities.  But  creaking  shoes  in  places 
of  amusement  never  provoked 
legal 
suppression. 
is  not  the  shoe  that 
makes  the  most  squeak  which  is  neces­
sarily  the  best  shoe  to  wear,  any  more 
than  the  shoe  dealer  who  makes  the 
greatest  noise  is  the  man  most  implic­
itly  to  be  trusted  in  fitting  our  feet  and 
making  cash  drafts  upon  our  pockets. 
People  are  a  little  shy  of  these  now.

It 

“ Prove 

injunction: 

Now  as  to  the  best  uses  to  which  we 
shall  put  our  feet  and  lower  limbs  for 
the  best  results  in  health,that  depends  a 
good  deal  upon  the  physical  conditions 
of  the  owner  of  the  members. 
In  the 
matter  of  exercise,  whether  walking, 
running,  jumping,  skating,  working  a 
machine  or  a  bicycle  or kicking  a  foot 
ball,  we  might  be  safely  guided  by  the 
scriptural 
all
things;  hold  fast  that  which  is  good.”  
The  shoe  man  is  not  deeply 
interested 
in  the  form  of  exercise  that  people  shall 
indulge,  further than  that  he  would  ad­
vise  plenty  of  good  shoe-destroying  ac­
tivity  on  the  part of  the  wearer.  The 
health  of  the 
latter  does  not  directly 
concern  the  maker or the  seller  of  foot­
wear ;  but  yet  the  best  health  promoting 
exercise,  and  that  which  is  most  largely 
resorted  to—that  of  walking  much—is 
the  best  promoter of  our trade  on a large 
scale.  More violent  exercise  is  provided 
for  by  more  indestructible  shoes,  which 
lower the  percentage  of  destruction.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

15

In  walking,  as.  has  been  remarked, 
the  heel  naturally  reaches  the  ground 
first  and  imparts  more  or  less  of  a shock 
to  the  system,  depending  upon  our  nat­
ural  elasticity  and  that of our shoes. 
In 
running  or  jumping,  the  ball  of  the  foot 
strikes  the  ground  alone,  and  the  con­
cussion 
is  not  so  great  because  of  the 
greater  elasticity  of  the  forward  part  of 
the  foot.  Men  differ  materially  in  their 
gaits;  but  between  men  and  women, 
there 
is  a  marked  contrast  in  the  walk, 
produced  in  great  degree  by  the  differ­
ence 
in  physiological  construction  of 
the  two  sexes.  They are  slightly  unlike 
in  the  constiuction  of  the  lower  limbs; 
the  dress  affects,  to  some  degree  the 
steps  of  women  and  makes them shorter. 
And,  then,  shorter  feet  in  women  tend 
to  make  shorter steps.  A  woman  with 
mannish  shoes,  even,  can  not,  unless 
she  be  an  Amazon,  attain  a  man’s  long, 
measured 
in
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It 

large  sum 

Anecdote  of  Marshall  Field’s  Boyhood.
The  annnouncement  that  Marshall 
Field  will  provide  a 
for 
building,  on  the  Lake  Front  of  Chi­
cago,  an  adequate  and  permanent  home 
for  the  museum  which  bears  his  name 
calls  renewed  attention to the personality 
of  the  greatest  merchant  prince 
the 
world  ever  saw. 
is  commonly  be­
lieved  that  Mr.  Field  has  never  experi­
enced  anything  but  flattering  recogni­
tion  of  his  business  genius,  but,  accord­
ing  to  a  story  which  is  related  by  some 
of  the  older  citizens 
of  Pittsfield, 
Mass.,  there  was  one  occasion  on  which 
the  commercial  gifts  of  the  merchant 
king  failed  to  make  themselves  appar­
ent.

When  Marshall  Field  was  in  his teens 
his  father  decided  he  would  make  a 
merchant  of  the  boy,  and  took  him  to 
Pittsfield,  where  he  was  placed  in  the 
store  of  a  family  friend.  The  father re­
turned  to  Conway,  and  several  months 
passed  before  he  again  visited  Pittsfield 
to  learn  what  progress  his  son  was  mak­
ing.  The  keeper  of  the  store  received 
the  father  of  his  apprentice  very  cor­
dially,  but  hesitated  for a  moment  when 
he  was  asked,  “ How’s  the  boy  coming 
on?”

“ Hate  to  say  it,”   was  the reply,  “ but 
I  guess  you  might  as  well  take  him 
back  with  you.  The  fact  is,  I  don’t 
think  he’s  cut  out  for a  merchant!”
This  anecdote  is  one  of  the  chief  tra­
ditions  of  Pittsfield  and  is  related  with 
great  relish  by  the  men  whose  recollec­
tions  cover  the  period  of  Mr.  Field’s 
boyhood  apprenticeship.

Mr.  Field 

is  a  plain,  reticent  man, 
without  pretensions  to  any  fads  or  spe­
cial  lines  of  philanthropic  interest,  and 
finds  his  chief  recreation  in  the  game 
of  great  affairs.

Saying  the  right  thing  at  the  right 
time 
is  equivalent  to  keeping  your 
mouth  shut  when  you  have  nothing  to 
say.

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Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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Neither succeed.

One must both think and do,

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in

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

SAW  THE  TOWN.

Why  Jim   Bought A ll [His  Goods  of  One 

House.

One  day  the  main  works  of  a  whole­
sale  house  was  jacking  up  the  private 
secretary  and  getting  ready  to  close  his 
desk for the  day  when  in  blew  a country 
customer.  The  head  of  the  concern 
would  have  given  $7  if  he  could  have 
got  out  and  caught  the  elevated  before 
the  country  customer  showed up.  How­
ever,  he  was  politic,  and  he  knew  he 
must  not  throw  down  a  buyer  who  dis­
counted  his  bills  and  was  as good  as  old 
wheat.  So  he  gave  a  correct 
imitation 
of  a  man  who  was  tickled  nearly  to 
death.  After  calling  the  country  cus­
tomer  “ Jim ,"  he  made  him  sit  down 
and  tell  him  about the  family,  and  the 
crops,  and  collections,  and  the  pros­
pects  of  duck  shooting.  Then,  select­
ing  an  opportune  moment,  he  threw  up 
both  hands.  He  said  he  had  almost 
forgotten 
the  vestry  meeting  at  five 
o’clock,  and  going  out  to  dinner at  six- 
thirty.  He  was  about  to  call  off  the  ves­
try  meeting,  the  dinner,  and  all  other 
engagements  for  a  week  to  come,  but 
Jim   would  not  listen  to  it.  As  a  com­
promise  the  head  of the  concern  said  he 
would  ask  their  Mr.  Byrd  to take charge 
of  the  country  customer.  They  could 
surely  find  some  way  of  putting  in  the 
evening.  He  said  the  Oratorio  club  was 
going  to  sing  at  Music  Hall,  and  also 
there  was  a  stereopticon  lecture  on  In­
dia.  Jim  said  he  would  prefer  the  stere­
opticon  show,  because  he  loved  to 
look 
at  pictures.

The  head  of  the  concern  said  that  the 
country  customer  would  be  sure  to  like 
their  Mr.  Byrd.  Everybody  like  Byrd. 
His  full  name  was  Mr.  Knight  Byrd.

He  pushed  on  a  few  buttons  and  blew 
into  several  snaky  tubes,  and  put  the 
jump  to  find  Mr. 
whoie  shop  on  the 
Byrd.  The 
latter  happened  to  be  in  a 
ratbskeler  not  far  away.  When  he 
heard  that  there  was  work  to  be  done  in 
his  department  he  brushed  away  the 
crumbs  and  hot  footed  up  to  see  the 
boss.

In  presenting  Mr.  Byrd  to  the  coun­
try  customer  the  head of the concern laid 
it  on  with  a  shove).  He  said  that  Jim  
here  was  his  friend,  and  the  house  con- 
siderd  it  an honor to  entertain him.  The 
country  customer 
feeling 
sheepish  and  unworthy,  but  a  good  deal 
puffed  up  just  the  same.  Then  the  bead 
of  the  firm  made  bis  escape  and  the 
country  customer  was 
in  the  hands  of 
Mr.  Byrd.

there 

sat 

Mr.  Byrd  was  known  in  the  house  as 
the  human  expense  account.  No  one 
ever  accused  him  of  being  a  quitter. 
He  was  supposed  to  be  hollow  inside. 
Whenever  a  friend  of  the  firm  showed 
up,  Mr.  Byrd  was  called  upon  to take 
charge  of  him  and  entertained  him  to  a 
standstill.  The  boss  was  troubled  with 
dyspepsia  and  conscientious  scruples 
and  a  growing  family  and  a  few  other 
items  that  prevented  him  from  going 
out at  night  with  a  visiting  trade.  He 
had 
it  arranged  to  give  each  one  of 
them  a  choice  mess  of  beautiful  lan­
guage  and  then  pass  him  along  to  Mr. 
Byrd.

Mr.  Byrd  was  a  rosy  and  red  headed 
gentleman, with  a  slight  overhang  below 
the  shirt  front.  He  breathed  like  a rusty 
valve  every  time  he  had  to  go  up  a 
stairway,but he  had  plenty  of  endurance 
of  another  kind. 
For  years  he  had 
been  playing  his  thirst  against  his  ap­
petite  and  was  still  a  safe  bet,  which­
ever  way  you  wanted  to  place  your 
money.  His  batting  average  was about 
seven  nights  in  the  week.  He  discov­

ered  that  alcohol  was  a  food  long  before 
the  medical 
journals  got  onto  it.  Mr. 
Byrd’s  chief  value to the wholesale house 
lay 
in  the  fact  that  he  could  meet  all 
customers  and  close  up  half  the  places 
in  town  and  then  show  up  next  morning 
with  a  clean  collar and  white  carnation 
and  send 
in  word  to  lead  out  another 
country  customer.

Mr.  Byrd’s  first  move  was  to  take 
Jim  to  a  retreat  that  was  full  of  statuary 
and  paintings. 
It  was  owned  by  a 
gray-haired  beau  named  Bob,  who  was 
a  ringer  for. a  United  States  Senator,  all 
except  the  white  coat.  Bob  wanted  to 
show  them  a  new  tall  one  called  Mamie 
Taylor,  and  after  they  had  sampled  a 
couple  Jim  said  it  was  all  right,  and  he 
believed  he  would  take  one.  Then  he 
told  Bob  how  much  he  had  taken  in  the 
year  before  and  what  his  fixtures  cost 
if  anybody  didn’t  think  he 
him,  and 
was  good  they  could 
look  him  up  in 
Dun,  that  was  all.  He  said  he  was  a 
gentleman,  and  that  no  cheap  skate  in 
a  plug  hat  could  tell  him  where  to  get 
off.  This  last  remark  was  intended  for 
an  inoffensive  person  who  had  slipped 
in  to  get  a  rhine  wine  and  seltzer  and 
was  pronging  about  40 cents'  worth  of 
lunch.

They  got  around  Jim   and  quieted 
him,  and  Mr.  Byrd  suggested  that  they 
go  and  eat  something  before  they  got 
too  busy.  The  country  customer  would 
not 
leave  the  art  buffet  until  Bob  had 
promised  to  come  down  and  visit  him 
some  time.  When  they  got 
into  the 
street  again  the  country  customer  no­
ticed  that  all  the  office  buildings  were 
set  on  the  bias,  and  they  were  produc­
ing  a  new  style  of  spiral  lamp-post.

They  dined  at  a  palm  garden  that had 
padding  under  the  tablecloth  and  a 
Hungarian  orchestra  in  the  corner.  Mr. 
Byrd  ordered  eleven  courses,  and  then 
asked  Jim   what  kind  of  wine  he  usually 
had  with  his  dinner.  This  is  an  awful 
question  to  pop  to  a  man  who  has  been 
on rain  water  and buttermilk  all his life. 
Jim  was  not  to  be  fazed.  He  said  he 
never  ordered  any  particular  label  for 
fear  people  might 
think  he  was  an 
agent.  That  was  the  best  thing  Jim 
said  all  the  evening.

Mr.  Byrd  told  the  waiter to stand  be­
hind  Jim  and  keep  busy.  When  Jim 
began  to  make  signs  that  he  could  not 
stand  any  more,the  entertainer told  him 
to  inhale  it  and  rub  it  in  his  hair.

Along  toward  dessert  Jim   was  talking 
in  the  tone  used  by  Mugsy  McGraw 
when  he 
is  coaching  the  man  who  is 
playing  off  from  second.  He  was  telling 
bow  much  he  loved  his  wife.  She  would 
have  been  pleased  to  hear  it.

lived.  They  fell 

Mr.  Byrd  paid  a  check  that  repre­
sented  one  month’s  board  down  where 
Jim  
into  a  horseless 
hansom  and  went  to  see  the  Hity-Tity 
variety  and  burlesque  aggregation  in  a 
new piece entitled  “ Hooray!  Hooray!”  
Jim  sat  in  a  box,  for  the  first time,  and 
wanted  to  throw  money  on  the  stage. 
The  head  usher  had  to  come  around 
once 
in  a  while  to  ask  him  not to  let 
his  feet  hang  over,  and  to  remember 
that  the  company  could  do  all  the  sing­
ing  without  any  help  from  him.  Mr. 
Byrd  sat  back 
slightly  flushed  and 
watched  the  country  customer  make  a 
show  of  himself. 
It  was  an  old  story  to 
him.  He  knew  that  the  quiet  school 
trustee  kind  of a  man  who  goes  home  at 
sundown  for 364  days  in  the  year,  with 
a  morning  steak  and  a  roll  of  reading 
matter  under  his  arm,  is  the  worst  In­
dian 
in  the  world  when  he  does  find 
himself  among  the  tall  houses,  and  gets 
it  up  his  nose.

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Teas
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Nothing  finer  in  the  tea  line  ever  came  to  this  market. 
We  talk  Q u a l it y ;  TH AT builds  up  your  Tea  trade.

Give  us  an  order.  W e'll  do  the  rest.
WORDEN  GROCER  CO.,  Iiriporters

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17

He  allowed  Jim  to  stand  and  yell 
when  the  chorus  struck  the  grand  finale, 
later  on,  when  they  had 
and  a 
little 
chartered  a 
low-necked  carriage,  and 
Jim  wanted  to  get  up  and  drive he stood 
for  it,  although  he  had  to  make  a  pretty 
talk  to  a  couple  of  policemen  before  he 
landed  Jim  at  the  hotel.

If  this  were  a  novel  there  would  be  a 

row  of  stars  inserted  here.

The  sun  was  high  in the heavens when

“ The  dog  that  you  gave  to  Bob.”  
I  re­
“ Did  we  go  back  there  again? 

member the  first  time. ”

“ Yes;  it  was  in  there  that you wanted 
to  run  a  hundred  yards  with  any  man 
present  for  chalk,  money  or  marbles.”  
“ Where  are  we  now—at  the  hotel?”  
is  smoothed 
“ Yes,  and  everything 
over.  The  night  clerk  has  agreed  not  to 
swear  out  a  warrant.”

Jim  did  not  comprehend,  but  was

J.  E.  TURNER

Who is to address the annual picnic  of the 
Muskegon  Grocers  and  Butchers  on  the 
subject of “Grocers and Butchers.”

COL. J.  R.  BENNETT 

Who is to address the annual picnic  of the 
Muskegon  Grocers  and  Butchers  on  the 
subject of “The Pure Food Laws.”

the  country  customer  opened  his  eyes 
and  tried  to  remember,  and  then  tried 
to  forget.  Some  one  was  sitting  at  his 
bedside. 
It  was  Mr.  Byrd,  the  long­
distance  entertainer,  looking  as  sweet 
and  cool  as  a  daisy.

afraid  to  ask.

“ It  may  be that  I  was  a  mite  pol­

luted,”   he  suggested.

“ You  were  a  teeny  bit  pickled  about 
2,  when  you  tried  to  upset  the  lunch 
wagon,  but  I  don’t  think  any  one  no-

ing  that  the  night  traffic  makes  so  much 
noise  on  those  hard  stone  pavements,  it 
is  almost 
impossible  to  get  the  usual 
amount  of  sleep.

The  head  of  the  concern put his  O.  K. 
on  a  voucher  for $43.60,  and  it  occurred 
to  him  that  stereopticon  lectuers seemed 
to  be  advancing,  but  he  asked  no  ques­
tions.

Ever  after  that  Jim   bought  all  his 

goods  of  this  one  house.  He  had  to.
M oral:  Scatter seeds  of  kindness.
George  Ade.

BOLD  MEDAL,  PARIS,  1900
Walter Baker & Go. w.
COCOAS AHQ CHOCOLATES

PURE,  HIGH-GRADE

Their preparations are  pot up 
in conformity to the  Pore-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  find  them  In 
the long ran the  most profit­
able  to  handle, as  they  are 
absolutely pure  and  of  nni-

TRADC-MARK*  ^

In writing your order specify Walter 
Baker & Co.’s goods.  If other goods 
are  substituted please  let  us  know.

WALTER BAKER & CO. IMed,

DORCHESTER,  MASS.

Established 1780.

Michigan  Fire  and  Marine 

Insurance Co.

Organized 1881.

Cath Capital, 9400.000.  Net Surplue, 9200,000.
D. Whitney, Jr., Pres.

Detroit, Michigan.
Caeh Amte, 9800,000.
D. M. Ferry, Vice Pres.

F. H. Whitney, 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. II. Wilkinson, James  Edgar,  H. 
Kirke  White,  H.  P.  Baldwin,  Hugo 
Scherer,  F.  A.  Schulte,  Wm.  V.  Brace, 
*   James  McMillan,  F.  E.  Drlggs,  Henry 
?   Hayden,  Collins  B.  Hubbard,  James  D. 
Standish, Theodore D.  Buhl,  M.  B.  Mills, 
Alex.  Chapoton, Jr.,  Geo.  H.  Barbour,  S. 
G.  Gas key,  Chas.  itinchfield,  Francis  F. 
Palms, Wm. C. Yawkey,  David  C.  Whit­
ney, Dr. J. B. Book, Eugene Harbeck, Chas. 
F. Peltier, Richard P. Joy,  Chas.  C. Jenks.

Get  our  prices  and  try 
our  work  when you need
Rubber  and 
Steel  Stamps 

Seals,  etc.

Send  for  Catalogue  and  see  what 

we  offer.

Detroit  Rubber Stamp Co.

99 Griswold  St. 

Detroit,  Mich

Judges  appointed  to  act  at  the  Third  Picnic  of  Muskegon  Grocers  and  Butchers.

W.  H.  Barney 

Hon.  Lincoln  Rodgers 

Francis Jlroch  '3  E

Capt.  H. J.  Woods 

E.  L.  McDonell

“ Before  I  give  you  the'photograpb 
of  myself,  which  you  requested 
last 
night,  would  you  care  for  anything  in 
the  way  of  ice  water?”   he  asked.

Jim  did  a  sincere  groan,  and  said  he 

could  use  a  barrel  of  it.

“ Did  I  request  a  photograph?”   he 
asked,  as  he  felt  for the  boundaries  of 
his  head.

“ You  did,”   replied  the  entertainer. 
“ And  you  gave  me  your  watch  as  a 
keepsake. 
I  have  brought  the  watch 
and  all the  money  you  had  left  after you 
had  bought  the  dog.”

“ What  dog?”

ticed  it,”   said  Mr.  Byrd.

“ Take  me  toThe  noon  train,”   re­
quested  the  country  customer. 
“ Tell 
the  conductor where  I  live  and  send  me 
the  bills  for all  that  I  have  broken.”

is  settled,”   responded 
“ But  why  tear  your­

“ Everything 
the  entertainer. 
self  away?”

why  tarry?”

“ I  am  through,”   replied  Jim,  “ so, 

Mr.  Byrd  took  him  to  the  train  and 
arranged  with  the  porter  of  the  parlor 
car  for a  pillow.

When  the  country  customer  arrived  at 
borne  be  accounted  for the  eyes  by  say-

MICA

AXLE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
LUBRICATING  OILS

PERFECTION  OIL  IS  THE  STANDARD 

THE  WORLD  OVER

HlflHMT  FlllOa  FAID  FOR  RMFTY  CARBON  AND  QA0OLINB  BARRILO

STANDARD  OIL  CO.

1 8

H ardw are

Advantages  and  Defects  of  the  Hot  Air 

Furnace.

The 

improvements 

in  the  warm-air 
furnace  for  the  past  twenty  years  have 
been  wonderful.  One  of  the  most  note­
worthy 
improvements  in  furnace  con­
struction  in  the  last decade  is  the  splen­
did  quality  of 
iron  used  in  their  cast- 
ings,combined  with  good  workamnship. 
Although this  class  of  manufacturers 
is 
very  few  in  the  United  States,  yet  they 
are  the  ones  that  will  win  out  in  the 
end.  Another  noted  improvement  is  in 
the  grate  construction,  and  in  propor­
tioning  the  grate  surface  to  the  radia­
ting  surface.  The  firepot  has  received 
marked  attention,  as  well  as  the  com­
bustion  chamber.

One  of  the  most  neglected  points  to­
day  in  furnace  construction is the proper 
fitting  of  joints,  door  frames,  etc.

In  the  first  place,  taking 

it  from  a 
sanitary  point  of  view,  the  steam,  or 
hot  water  heater,  with  a  direct  system, 
is  not  to  be  compared  with  the  warm 
air  furnace.  What  can  be  more  health­
ful  than  a  flow  of  pure,  fresh  air,  prop­
erly  warmed,  with  the  house  well  venti­
lated? 
In  the  second  place,  take  either 
steam  or a  hot  water  heater,  with  an  in­
direct  system,  it  will  cost  so  much  that 
comparatively few  can  afford  to  put  in  a 
plant  of  this  kind.  As  for  a  direct 
in­
direct  system,  I  do  not  consider  a  suc­
cess.  The  combination  hot  air and  hot 
water,  when  properly  constructed, 
is 
proving  a  decided  success,  and  is  grow­
ing  into  favor  very  fast.

The  principal  defects  of  furnaces  are 
there  are  too  many cheap,  worthless  fur­
naces  on  the  market.  There  are  a  few 
manufacturers  in  the  United  States  that 
take  pride  in  keeping  their  goods  up  to 
a  high  standard.  They  employ  skilled 
workmen  and  pay  them  good  wages. 
Some  of  them  have  been  manufacturing 
furnaces  for  the  past  half  century,  and 
have  built  up  a  reputation,  and  just  so 
long  as  they  keep  their  furnaces  up  to 
the  high standard they have placed them, 
just  so  long  will  they  enjoy  that  reputa­
tion.  There  are 
furnaces  on  the  mar­
ket  to-day  that  the  iron  in  the  casting 
would  hardly  be  fit  to  put  in  window 
weights,  say  nothing  about  the  sand 
holes,  warped  plates,  ragged  edges  on 
flanges  of  cup  joints,  etc.  You  may  take 
twenty  different  makes  of  furnaces,  set 
them  all  up  in  a  row  and  set  a  man  to 
putting  jackets  on  them,  and  how  many 
of  them  will  he  find  that  he  can  do  a 
satisfactory 
I  will  venture  to 
say  that  at  least in fifteen of them he will 
find  the  following  defects:  The  base 
ring  will  be  smaller  than  the  casing 
rings,  or one casing  ring  will  be  smaller 
than  the  other,  or the  crab  or  feed  door 
section  does  not  come  out  on a  line  with 
the  base  or  casing  rings,  and  when  he 
puts  the  door  frame  on  and  screws  up 
the  bolts  the  consequence is there will be 
a  flat  front  instead  of  a  true  circle,  as 
it  should  be.  The  next  one,  perhaps, 
he  will  have  to  take  file,  hammer and 
cold  chisel,  and  file  flanges  and  chisel 
the  knobs  out  of  the  cup  of  the  firepot, 
and  a hundred  and  one other little things 
that  could 
just  as  well  as  not,  and 
ought  to  be,  done  in  the  foundry.

job  on? 

One  other  defect  I  find  in  some  fur­
naces  of  to-day.  Where  they  use  a  steel 
radiator  with cast  top  and bottom,  is the 
use of  rods to  hold  the  radiator together. 
These  rods  expand very  easily,  causing 
the cement  to crack,  and  in  a very  short 
time  there  will  be  a  leakage  of  gas.

I  look  to  see  nearly  all  of  the  manu­

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

it 

facturers  of  first-class 
furnaces,  who 
have  not  already  done  so,  to adopt  the 
tubular  form  of  furnace,  for  I  think 
that  it  has  been  demonstrated  time  and- 
time  again  by our best heating engineers 
that  air can  not  be  warmed  by  radiant 
heat  alone. 
I  think  that  the  tubular 
form  of  furnace  is  the  best  furnace  on 
the  market  to-day,  when 
is  con­
structed 
in  the  proper  manner.  Next 
is the  triple  radiator  form,  but the  fur­
nace  that  has  more  cooling  surface  on 
the  outside  than  there  is heating  surface 
on  the 
I 
look  to  see  marked 
improvements  in 
the  air  blast  furnaces  in  the  near future, 
for  the  economical  burning  of  soft  coal. 
There 
is  not  at  the  present  time  more 
than  four  air-blast  furnaces  on  the  mar­
ket  that  have  their  air  supply  propor­
tioned to their  grate  surface.  This  point 
ought to  have  more  careful  attention.

inside,  will  soon  be  passed. 

that 

A  few  words  to the  manufacturer on 
the  manner 
they  market  their] 
goods. 
I  think  that  the  manufacturer 
that  cares  to  build  up  his  trade,  also; 
cares  to  uphold  his  reputation,  should 
employ  traveling  salesmen  that  -thor­
oughly  understand  the  heating  business 
in  every  detail;  one  that  can,  if  called 
on,  figure  on,  lay  out and  proportion  a 
job,  so  when  it  is  installed  it  will  be  a 
success.  There are  some  manufacturers 
that  manufacture  both  stoves  and  fur­
naces.  They,  in  some  cases,  employ  a 
first-ciass  stove  salesman.  They  also 
burden  him  with  the  furnace  branch  of 
the  business. 
In  nine  cases  out  of ten 
he  does  not  know  the  first  rudiments  of
the  heating  business  but they  give  him 
tables  and  rules,  if  he  is  out  in  a  small 
town,  and  his  customer asks him  to  go 
out  with  him  and  figure  on  a  heating 
job.  He  will  go,  look  at  the  bouse, 
then  take  out  his  little  book  of  tables 
and  rules  and  say,  I  think  that  this  fur­
nace  will  do  the  work.  Perhaps  he  will 
sell  the  job.  When  it  is  installed  it does 
not  give  satisfaction. 
It  would  have 
been  better  for  his  customer  if  be  had 
not  made  the  sale. 
It  would  also  have 
been  better  for  his  employers;  while,  on 
the  other  hand,  if they  had  a  man  there 
that  knew  the  furnace  business and  gave 
the  customer  instructions  how  to  set  his 
furnace,  locate  registers,  proportion  hot 
air  pipes,  cold  air  supply,  etc.,  the  job 
would  have  been  a  success,  and  would 
mean  more  business  for the  customer, 
as  well  as  the  manufacturer.  To  sell 
stoves 
it  takes  a  salesman  that  under­
stands  the  stove  business,  but  to  sell 
furnaces  it  takes  a  man  that  thoroughly 
understands  the  beating  business  in  all 
of 
its  branches.  Therefore,  I  say  that 
if  the  manufacturer  cares  to  uphold  his 
reputation  in  the  future  he  must  employ 
salesmen  to  sell  his  stoves  and  salesmen 
to  sell  his  furnaces.—S.  E .  McLaughlin 
in  American  Artisan.

The  Neglect Cure  for Warts.

Warts  are  curious things.  They  come 
and  go  mysteriously,  although  their go­
ing  is  frequently  marked  by  exasperat­
ing  delays,and there are  almost  as  many 
infallible  cures  as  there  are  warts,  the 
only  trouble  with  these  cures  being  that 
they  are  useless  when  applied  to  the 
particular  wart  you  happen  to  have. 
They  are  only  good  for  other  people’s.
“ In  my  opinion,"  said  a  club  man, 
who  was  discussing  the  subject  with  a 
friend  one  day,  “ a  wart  is  merely  the 
outward  correspondence  of  some  mental 
excrescence.  Get  rid  of that,and  it  goes 
away.

continued. 

“ Let  me  give  you  a  bit  of  my  own 
experience,”   he 
“ Last 
year  I  went  to  Europe.  For  about 
three  years  I  had  had  a  wart  on  my  lit­
tle  finger,  on  which  I  had  tried  every­
thing  1   could  hear  of,  but  without 
effect. 

It only  grew  larger.

“ Well,  in  the  excitement  of preparing 
for the  trip  and  of  the  journey  itself,  I 
forgot  all  about  my  wart,  and  when  I 
looked  for 
it,  about  six  weeks  later,  it 
bad  vanished,  without 
the 
slightest  mark. 
I  simply  forgot  it,  and 
it  had  no  mental  condition  to  feed  on. 
I  see  you  have  one  on  the  back  of  your 
hand.  Forget  all  about  it  for  a  few 
weeks,  and  it  will  go away  of  itself.”

leaving 

Stories  vs. the  Keal  Thing.

“ Yes,”   said  a  young  man,  “ I ’ve 
quit,  and  I  want  to  say  that  I  think 
these  stories  of  the  way  men  get  ahead 
in  the  world  are  all  fairy  tales. 
I’ ve 
tried  the  methods  and  know.  Only  a 
few  days  ago  I read  about  Tom L.  John­
son  making  his  first  big  hit  with  the 
manager of  a  street  railroad  by  pick­
ing  up  the  scrap 
iron  he  found  lying 
‘ You’re  the  kind  of a  careful 
around. 
man  I  want, ’  said  the  manager,  and  be 
promoted  him  right  away.  That  was 
enough  for  me,  so  I  began  picking  up 
things  whenever the  boss  was  near.

“   ‘ What are you doing?’  he  demanded 

yesterday.

“   ‘ There’s  no  use  letting  these  things 
go  to  waste,  sir,’  I  answered,  for that’s 
what  Tom  Johnson  said.

“   ‘ Of course  not,’  he  said,  ‘ and  we 
hire  men  for  a  dollar a  day  to  dojust 
that class  of  work.  But  we  can’ t  afford 
to  have  clerks  wasting  their  time  over 
it.  Hump  yourself  back  into  the  office 
now  or  I ’ ll  have  you  on  the  pay  roll  as 
a  day  laborer.’

“ So  I  quit.  Somehow  things  don’t 
seem to happen  in  reai  life  the  way  they 
do  in  print."

Nobody  so wise  but  has  a  little  folly 

to spare.

S u m m e r

R e s o r t s

G.  R.  &  I.

“  The  Fishing  Line ”

The Passenger  Department  of  the  Grand 
Rapids &  Indiana  Railway  has  issued  a  36- 
page  booklet,  entitled  “ Michigan  in  Sum­
mer,” that contains 250 pictures  of resorts in 
Northern Michigan.  Interesting information 
is given about these popular resorts:
Petoskey 
Mackinac  Island
Traverse  City
Bay  View 
Neahtawanta
Harbor  Springs 
Omena
Harbor  Point 
Weq ue ton sing 
North port
Northport  Point
Roaring Brook 
Emmet  Beach
Edgewood
Walloon  Lake 
and  other  points
It  contains  a  list  of  hotels  and  boarding 
houses in Northern Michigan, with their rates 
by the day  and  week,  and  passenger  fares 
from the principal points in the Middle West.

This booklet w ill be  sent  free

upon request  to  C.  L.  Lo ckw o od,  General 
Passenger and Ticket Agent,  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan.

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

Over  100,000

Brilliant

Gasoline  Gas  Lamps

Sold in the last four years and

Over 50,000  Halo  Pressure

will be sold tbis year or we’U miss our guess.  No 
trouble to do it—there are  no competitors.  Our 
lamps  are  known  world  wide  and  are wanted 
everywhere for Homes. Stores. Streets. Churches, 
Schools, Tents, Gardens, Resorts,  Mining,  Fish­
ing, etc.  We make all kinds  that  are  good  and 
permitted by the insurance companies.

Best Gas Light 20 cents a month.

100

candle power.

Brilliant Gas  Lamp Company,

George Bohner. 

42  State Street, Chicago.

Storm Lamp,

2 to 400 candle power.

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

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

3>* 33« 35» 37» 39  Louis St. 

10 &  12 Monroe St.

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

W in d o w   D ressin g

Special  Reasons Why Simple Trims Should 

Be  Attempted.

As  one  goes  about  the  streets  of  any 
large  city,  gazing  at  the  window  dis­
plays  at  this  season  of  the  year,  he  in­
voluntarily  exclaims,  “ Why  is 
it  that 
merchants  will  not  consider  the  weather 
and  dress  their  windows  less  heavily?”  
A  window  crowded  full  of  goods  is  par­
ticularly  bad,  and  if  we  repeat  that  say­
ing  a  hundred  times,  elaborating  on  it 
in  every  conceivable  way,  it  is  only  be­
cause  dealers persist  in  a  very  bad  style 
of  window  decoration. 
In  the  summer, 
of  all  times,  there  is  reason  for showing 
as  few  articles  as  possible.  People  have 
not  the  time  or the  inclination  to  stop 
in  the  broiling  sun  to  inspect  a  multi­
tude  of  articles.  They  give  a  quick 
glance  as  they  pass  and  a  few  articles 
are  enough  to  catch  their  attention. 
Some  trimmers  find  it  advisable  from 
time  to  time  to  dress  a  window  with 
only  one  article.  The  one  article 
is 
shown 
in  a  window  otherwise  without 
decoration  or  the  window  is  trimmed 
with  a  variety  of  artistic  accessories, 
such  as  drapery,  artificial palms  or flow­
ers,  and  one  handsome  shirt,  suit  of 
clothing  or  other article  of  merchandise 
is  mounted  upon  a  standard  and  put 
in 
the  window  with  a  show  card  calling 
attention  to  the 
line  and  the  price  of 
the  goods.  When  a  merchant  knows  his 
trade  well  enough  to  know that  on  a cer­
tain  day  substantially  all  his  business 
will  be  on  a  certain  line  of  goods,  he 
has  a  special  reason 
for  trying  this 
method  of  display. 
It  must  be  ad­
mitted  that 
it  is  not  possible  for  some 
dealers  to  force  business  out  of  season 
if  they  expect  to  make  any  profit  from 
the  business  they  do,  and  therefore 
elaborate  displays  all  the  year around 
are  not  necessary  for them.  At  a  time 
when  the  bulk  of  the  season’s  business 
has  been  done  and  little  more  is  to  be 
expected  there  is  a  special  reason  why 
a  very  simple  trim should  be  attempted. 
One  merchant  got  an 
idea  for such  a 
trim  from  the  sport  of  archery.  He 
prepared  a  large  bull's-eye  by  taking  a 
large  hoop  and  mounting  it  upon  legs 
like  an  easel.  This  hoop  he  covered 
with a  large  sheet  of  cardboard,  painted 
in  concentric  circles  like  a  bull’s-eye. 
To  the  center  of  the  eye  he  attached 
a  new  shape  of  tie,  which  was  stuck 
fast to  the  bull’s-eye  by  an  arrow  driven 
through  both.  The  bow  and  quiver 
were  shown  at  the  foot  of  the  easel,  and 
above  it  was  a  sign,  saying,  “ Your  eye 
can  find  no  better  mark  than  one  of 
these  ties.”

*  *  *

It 

is  not  a  bad  idea  to  have  special 
covers  made  for  sidewalk  cases,  as  well 
as  for  the  windows,  as  very  often  the 
beat  of  the  sun  or the  dust  and  dirt  will 
inflict  injury  upon  them  and  their  con­
tents.  Strips  of  canvas  awning remnants 
can  be  cut  up  either  into  plain  strips 
of  the  necessary  size  or  (better  still 
for 
the  square  showcases)  sewed  together 
into  square-topped  bags,  which  can  be 
slipped  oyer the  cases. 
It  is  advisable, 
to  have  the  name  of the  store  painted 
upon  these  coverings,  so  that  they  are 
not  entirely  useless  as  advertising  me­
diums.  A  merchant  should  calculate 
upon  using  every  bit  of  display  space 
open  to  him,  whether  it  be  in  his  win­
dows,  on  his  showcases  or  in  the  col­
umns  of  his  paper.  Sometimes  these 
temporary  coverings  can  have  attached 
to them  signs  painted  either upon paste­
board  or cloth,  which  will  attract  atten­
tion  to  the goods  in  the  store.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

19

Triangular  show  cards are useful when 
attached  to  the  window  pane  up  and 
down  the  sides  of the  window casing.  A 
row  of  them  so  placed  will  give  much 
information  without  unduly  obstructing 
the  view  of  the  contents  of  the  window. 
A  very small  triangular or wedge  shaped 
card 
is  sometimes  used,  with  the  price 
on  it  in  small  figures.  It  can  be  slipped 
into  the  knot  of  a  bow,  the  edge  of  a 
collar  or  anything  of  the  sort,  and  is 
very  useful  to  denote  the  price  of  a 
small  article  of  haberdashery  to  which 
it  is  desired  to  call  particular  attention. 
—Apparel  Gazette.
How  to  Ascertain  the  Proper  Percentage 

of Profit.

In  estimating  the  profits that  a  stock 
of  goods  should  earn,  too  little  attention 
is  sometimes  paid  to  the  cost  of  carry­
ing  on  the  business.

No  matter  how  small  or  large  a  busi­
ness  may  be,  its  success  depends  on  a 
thorough  understanding  of  the  figures. 
Invoices  must  be  compared  with  orders 
and  carefuly  kept,  a  cost  book  provided 
and  each  item  recorded,  and  every  mat­
ter  of  expense  be  thoroughly  guarded 
against  if  the  business 
is  to  be  pre­
served  against  loss. 
In  figuring  cost  so 
as  to  determine  the  rate  of  profit,  not  a 
single  known  or  ascertainable 
item 
should  be  omitted. 
It  is  generally  a 
good  plan  for  the  owner to  credit  him­
self  with  a  certain  salary  each  month 
and  to  charge  the  amount  against  ex­
pense  or  merchandise  account.  When 
a  credit  business  is  done,  a  certain  per­
centage  should  be provided  for a  loss on 
bad  bills.

In  figuring  on  the  rate  of  profit,  it  is 
a  common  mistake  to  group  all  goods 
under one  head  and  to  add  a  fixed  per­
centage  for  profit.  Under  this  system, 
all  goods-  are  expected  to  realize  the 
same  percentage  even  although some are 
necessarily  quick 
sellers  and  others 
comparatively  slow. 
If  a  certain  line  is 
in  good  demand  at  a  fair  price,  there  is 
more  money  in  moving  it  quickly  for  a 
reasonable  profit than  in  holding  it  at  a 
figure  which  the  customers  will  not  feel 
like  paying.  Slow  selling  goods  of a 
staple  character  can  stand  a  higher  per­
centage  of  profit  and  their  sale  will 
compensate  for  the  smaller advance over 
cost  made  on  others. 
In  this  way  an 
average  rate  of  profit  can  be  struck,  and 
the  result  will  be  more  satisfactory  than 
if 
it  had  been  attempted  by  fixing  a 
uniform  rate  on  each  separate  line.

Conditions  vary 

Nevertheless,  each 

line  should  be 
made  to  bear  its  proper  burden  of  ex­
pense.  This  can  be  determined  by  the 
amount  of  sales  for any  previous  period 
and  by  dividing  the  different-lines  into 
departments. 
from 
time  to  time,  and 
in  this  case  a  rule 
that  was  formerly  correct  may  not  have 
a  proper  or  profitable  application,  but 
by  comparing  them  together  and  strik­
ing  an  average,  it  will  not  be  difficult 
to  determine  the  share  of  expense which 
each 
line  should  bear,  and  where  this 
has  been  done  the  percentage  of  ptofit 
in  each  case  can  be  easily  ascertained. 
—Hardware  Hints.

GRAND  RAPIDS  PLASTER  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Manufacturers  of

Reliable
Economical

Durable BTPSDin WILL PIASTER It  has 

no 
equal

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

Cement, etc.  Write us for booklet and prices.

PeifeciiOD  Peanut caDinet  ana W a n

The  No.  1  Perfection  Peanut  Cabinet  and  Warmer  is 
perfect. 
It will double your sales  and  treble  your  pro­
fit, as you can buy more at a time for less money without 
It puts them  before  the  public  in  a 
loss on stale nuts. 
It  warms  only  such  quantity 
well finished  glass  case. 
as  you  wish; 
100 
pounds of peanuts will  make  you  more  money  than  5 
It costs  1  cent per  day  to  run  it  and 
barrels of sugar. 
it is perfectly safe. 
It is warranted not to smell or smoke. 
If not satisfied after  10  days’  trial  we  will  refund  the 
money.  Price $5-50  F . O.  B.  Detroit.

it  warms  them  loose  or  in  sacks. 

GILLETT  NOVELTY  CO.

13   AND  14  W E S T  A T W A T E R   S T R E E T ,  DETRO IT,  MICH.

1,000,000  Pounds 
Standard  Binder Twine

Nice  and  new,  which  averages  500  feet  to  the 
pound,  put  up  in  50-pound  flat  bales,  on 
hand  for  quick  orders.  W e  handle  no  twine 
that  has  been  wet,  at  any  price.
Binder  Covers  and  Thresher  Covers  for  sale. 
Tents  for  sale  and  rent.

THE  M.  I.  WILCOX CO.,

210-216 WATER STREET, TOLEDO, OHIO.

§  New  Coffee  Roasting  Plant

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

FREEMAN  MERCANTILE  CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Refused $1,500  For One  L og.

Greencastle,  Ind.,  July  27—Near  the 
southern  edge  of  this  county  is  a  walnut 
log  for  which  $1,500  was  recently  re­
fused. 
It  was  found  by  a  man  who  was 
making  an  excavation  in  the  bank  of  a 
creek,  and  who,  realizing  partially  the 
value  of  his  discovery,  went  to the own­
er  of  the 
land  and  secured  possession 
of the  piece  of  timber  for $75  He  dug 
it  out  of the  sand  and  clay,  and  a  lum­
berman  who  examined 
it  offered  the 
price 
first  mentioned. 
The  owner 
asked  $1,800.  The  timber  has  been 
covered  for  possibly  centuries,  and  the 
wood  is as  black  and  hard as mahogany,

m u m

four Kinds 01 Goupon books  1

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

TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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W o m a n ’s   W o r ld

Face  to  Face  With  the  Old,  Old Question.
The  room  was  dark,  except  for the 
dim  glow  of  a  street  light  that  shone  in 
through  the  open  window. 
It  was  that 
psychological  moment  when  women 
let 
down  their  back  hair and  get  into some­
thing  loose  and  tell  things,  because  it  is 
dusk  and  they 
feel  confidential,  that 
they  repent  in  sackcloth  and  ashes  the 
next  day  when  it  is  light.

I  could  only  see  the  girl’s  profile, 
dimly  silhouetted  against  the  back  of 
her  Morris  chair.  We  were  too  intimate 
to  feel  the  need  of  making  conversation 
with  each  other  and  there  had  been  a 
long  silence,  broken  only  by  the  faint 
tinkle  of  ice  in  our  long  glasses.  Pres­
ently  the  girl  began  speaking  in  rather 
a  hesitating  tone:

“ Jack” —she  began.
“ Yes?”   I  enquired,  with 

couragement  in  my  voice.

large  en-. 

“ Wants  me  to  marry  him ,”   she  went 

on.

“ So  I  have  perceived  any  time  these 
last  two  years, ’ ’  I  put 
in.  There  was 
another silence  that  I  broke  by  asking: 

“ Well,  what  are  you  going  to  do?”
“ I  don’t  know,”   she  answered  in 
troubled tones.  “ You  see,  it’s  like  this,
I  like  him  too  well  to  say  ‘ no,’  and  not 
quite  well  enough  to  say  ‘ yes.’ 
If  mat­
rimony  was  a 
I 
shouldn’t  mind  signing  with  him  for  it, 
but  when  it  comes  to  letting  myself 
in 
for  a  life  job  I  don’ t  feel  sure  that  my j 
affection  is  equal  to the  strain.”

four-year  contract, 

“ It  has  always  seemed  a  pity  tom e,”
I  remarked,  “ that  the  true  test  of  love 
comes  after  marriage,  when 
it’s  too 
late  to  do  you  any  good,  instead  of  be­
fore,  when  you  would  still  have  time  to 
crawfish  away  from  the  altar. 
It’s  like] 
eating  cucumbers  and  green  apples  to 
see  whether they  agree  with  you  or  not. 
The  information  you  derive  isn't  worth 
the  colic  it  costs.  If  you  can  still feel an 
affection  for a  man  who  criticises  your 
housekeeping  with  a  three-days’  beard 
on  his  face,  your  love 
is  founded  on 
the  rock  of  ages  and  nothing 
can 
shake  it.”

“ There’s  the  rub,”   replied  the  g ir l: 
“ that’s 
just  what  I  want  to  know  in 
advance.  I  like  Jack's society in homeo­
pathic  doses.  Will  a  taste  for  it  grow 
on  me,  like  a  love  of  olives,  or  will  too 
much  of 
it  pall  on  my  palate,  like  too 
much  pudding?”

“ Somebody  has  said,”   1  suggested, 
“ that  the  real  question  is  not can  I  live 
with  a  man,  but  can  I 
live  without 
him. ”

“ Oh,  that’s  nonsense,”   replied  the 
live 
girl  with  conviction,  “ one  can 
with  only  one  eye  or  one tooth,  but 
it’ s 
far  better  to  have  the  usual  number. 
I ’ve  no  notion  of  hobbling  through  iife 
without  a  husband 
just  because  I  can 
get  along  without  a  man  attached  to 
m e."

There  was  silence  for  a  moment,  and 

then  she  remarked:

“ Jack’s  a  fine  fellow.”
I  assented.
“ And  he  could  give  me  a  good 

home. ”

me”

I  assented  again.
“ And  he’s  desperately  in  love  with 

I  agreed  again.
“ And  I  am  very  fond  of  him,  but—”  
“ But  what?”   I  asked.
“ He 

isn’t  my 
ideal,”   she  went  on 
“ He 
isn’t  to  me  what  I 
desperately. 
am  to  him. 
I  like  him.  1  respect  him.
1  admire  every  one  of his  good quali­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ties,  but  he  couldn’t  thrill  me  with
3,000,000 volts  of  electricity.

“ Fond  as  I  am  of  him,  1  know  that 
when  I  am  with  him  there is still always 
something  lacking  for  which  my  heart 
thirsts  and  hungers.  There  are  heights 
in  my  nature  he  will  never  scale; 
depths  he  has  no  plummet  to  sound ; 
doors  to  which  he  has  no  key.

jealousy. 

“ If  I  marry  him  I  shall  never  know 
one  pang  of 
I  shall  neve* 
have  to  worry  over the  state  of his  affec­
tion  or grow  gray  trying  to  keep  young 
and  beautiful 
for  fear  I  shall  lose  his 
love.”

“ Life  on  a  mill  pond,”   I  remarked 
oracularly,  “ may  not  be  exciting,  but 
it  is  safe.”

“ Ye-e-s, ”   she  answered,  doubtfully, 
“ but  if  one  misses  the  rapture  of  love 
oneself—if  one  thirsts  for  champagne 
and  gets  only  cambric  tea!”

“ The  French  have  a  proverb,"  I  re­
plied,  “ that  in  love  one  kisses,  the other 
suffers  himself  to  be  kissed.  The  ques­
tion  with  you 
is,  shall  you  kiss  or be 
kissed?”

“ Y e s ,,”   she  answered,  “ Is  it  better 
it

for  a  woman  to  love  or  be  loved? 

Is 

better  to  be  somebody’s  ideal  or  marry 
your own  ideal?”

like 

“ are 

“ Ideals,”   I  said, 

the 
peaches  in  a  basket under pink mosquito 
netting.  They  look  so alluring that  you 
spend  your  last  cent  in  buying  them, 
and  then,  when  you  get  them  home, 
they  are  hard  and  knotty  and  worm- 
eaten  and  you throw  them  out  the  back 
door. ’ ’

in 

The  girl  sighed. 

“ Besides,”   I  went 
on,  “ if  you  ask  me,  I  should  say  that  a 
woman ought  never to  be  more than half 
as  much 
love  with  a  man  as  he  is 
with  her,  to  start  on.  A  man  begins 
married  life  with  a  fixed  capital  of  do­
mestic  affection,  and 
it  is  only  in  ex­
ceptional  circumstances  that  he  replen­
ishes 
it.  His  business,  his  clubs,  bis 
outside 
interests  tend  always  to  draw 
him  away  from  his  wife.  Every  lover 
knows  the  color of  his  sweetheart’s  eyes 
and  the  gown  he  likes  her  best 
in.  By 
the  time  a  man  has  been  married  ten 
years,  he  has  forgotten  whether she  has 
any  eyes  or not,  and  the  only  remarks 
he  makes  about  her  clothes  are  when 
the  bills  come  in.

“ A  woman,  on  the  contrary,  is  al­

ways  adding  to  her  stock  of  love.  Her 
world  narrows  down  to  her  husband  and 
home,  and  almost  any  man  who  treats 
his  wife  half  way  decently  can  count  on 
being 
loved  more  than  he  deserves. 
There’s  something  of  the  cat  in  everv 
woman  that  makes  her  snuggle  up  to  a 
warm  hearthstone  and  purr  under any 
hand  that  rubs  the  fur  the  right  way.

“ Of course,  the  ideal  is  perfect 

love 
on  both  sides,  but 
in  a  world  that  is 
full  of  misfit  hearts,  as  well  as  other un­
equal  things,  this 
is  seldom  attained, 
and  this  habit  women  have  of  falling  in 
love  with  anybody  who  is  good  to  them 
is  nature’s  way  of  evening  up  things.

“ A  man  should  always  marry  the 
woman he  loves  and  the  woman  the  man 
who  loves  her.  The  man  who  is  always 
trying  to  live  up  to  his  wife’s  approval 
leads 
has  a  beacon  before  his  eyes  that 
him  into  doing  the  very  best  that  is 
in 
him.  The  woman  who  is  trying  to  live 
up  to  her husband  is  the  most miserable 
creature  on  earth,tortured  by  a  thousand 
jealous  fears  and  envies.

“ Believe  me,  my  dear,  there  is  more 
peace  and  rest  in  being  the  idol  before

Im u U n t

ttyt  United  States  o f  Am erica,

S u it in g  :

To

H E N R Y   B O O H ,   your  o l e F h . a l ,   attorneys,  ageris, 
a a l e a m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 
bolding  through  or  under  you,

tUljereas,

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

ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,

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

Horn, © je re fo w , we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you, 
u n d e r^ h e ^ ain ^ ^ n d ^ e n altie ^ w h ic^ jm a^ ^ al^ u g o i^ ^ o i^ an ^ eac^ o ^ ^ o u   in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  ** SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

i i

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

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

The  honorable  Melville  W.  Fuller,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton,  in  said  District  of  New 
Jersey,  this  i6th  day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand, 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

fiw H ir l

S .  a   O L IP H A N T ,

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“ I  would  rather  be 
must  be  content.”  
a  woman  because  she  has  feeling  for 
other  people  and  men  have  just  feeling 
for themselves. ”   “ I want to be  a  woman 
so as  to  train  my  children  right.  Men 
just  hit  them  and  swear  at  them  and 
make  them  worse.”  
‘ ‘ Women  have  to 
suffer  and  be  strong  and  that  is  a  noble 
lot. ’ ’

Is  there  a  moral  to  this  story?  Does 
any  remedy  suggest  itself  for this  dis­
content  among  women?  Yes.  Admit­
ting  that  by  nature  woman  is  unequally 
handicapped 
in  the  struggle  for exist­
ence,  shall  this  be  accepted  as  a  justifi­
cation  for  increasing  this  handicap  by 
every  obstacle  which  custom  and  pre­
judice  have  been  able  to  devise?  The 
dictum  of  the  ages  to  woman  has  been 
to  this  effect:  You  are  unfitted  by  na­
ture  for  many  of  the  vocations  of  life, 
therefore 
it  is  the  duty  of  man  to  in­
crease these  disadvantages  to the  utmost 
possible  extent.  You  are  not  as  strong 
as  he  is  physically,  therefore  you  must 
have  no  opportunity  for  bodily  develop­
ment  by  rational  dress,  by  the  gymnas­
ium,  or  by  athletic  sports.  Your  brain 
is  not  equal  to  that  of  a  man,  therefore 
you  shall  not  have  a  chance  to  develop 
it  by  means  of  an  education.  You  are 
not  competent  to  follow  the manifold oc­
cupations  of  men,  therefore  you  shall 
not  be  allowed  to  prove  by  actual exper­
iment  that  perhaps  this  may  be  a  mis­
taken  estimation.  To permit  you  to  hold 
property  and  control  your  wages  would 
bring  about  social  chaos,  therefore  you 
never  shall  have  the  opportunity  to 
demonstrate  the  truth  or  falsity  of this 
belief.  You  know  nothing  whatever  of 
the  science  of  government,  therefore you 
shall  be  kept  in  ignorance  and  denied 
all  participation.

Suppose  this  precise  logic  should  be

applied  to  the  men  of  our new  posses­
sions—by nature you are densely ignorant 
and  you  have  the instincts of barbarians, 
therefore  God  intended  that  you  should 
remain 
in  that  condition  and  that  we 
should  rule  over  you.  What  chance 
would  there  be  for  the  development  of 
these  races?  On  the  contrary,  our  first 
is  to  establish  schools,  to  place 
move 
these  men 
in  subordinate  positions  of 
trust  and  responsibility  as  a  training for 
higher ones,  and  to  arouse  their  ambi­
tion  by  the  promise  of  full  power as 
soon  as  they  are  prepared  for  it.  E x ­
actly  the  opposite  method  has  been  em­
ployed  in  the  case  of  women  among  all 
of the  so-called  civilized nations.  Every 
effort  has  been  made  to  hold  them  down 
to  the  inferior  position  in  which  it  has 
been  declared  that  God  and  nature 
placed  them,  instead  of  offering  every 
possible  assistance  to  enable  them  to 
rise  above 
it.  Women  themselves  and 
the  few  brave  souls  among  men  who 
have  recognized  their obligation  to one- 
half  of  humanity  have  had  to  fight  for 
every  inch  of  ground  which  has  been 
secured.  Every  gain  made,has  proved 
the  utter  fallacy  of  the  objections  urged 
against 
it,  but  even  this  fact  does  not 
lessen  the  opposition  to  the  next  step. 
The  rignt  of  woman  to  physical  de­
velopment,  the  right  to  the  highest  edu­
cation,  to  choose  an  occupation,  to  con­
trol  wages,  to  own  property,  all at length 
have  been  conceded.  Those  contests  are 
ended.  Men  are  no 
longer  vexed  by 
the  continual  demand  for  those  privil­
eges,  and  they  are  pleased  with  them­
selves  for granting  them.  Women  have 
taken  peaceful  and  happy  possession  of 
this  much  of  the  kingdom  and  they 
have  infringed  upon  no  man's  rights  by 
so  doing.  The  battle  for  a  voice  and  a 
share  in  the  government  is  now  in prog­
ress. 
It  will  be  fought  to a  finish  and 
women  at  last  will  gain  the  victory.

What,  then,  is  the  remedy  for  this

and 

universal  discontent 
rebellion 
among  women?  There  is  but  one answer 
—remove  the  cause.  One  would  sup­
pose  that  men  would  be  sick  unto  death 
of  this  never-ending,  ever-increasing 
clamor;  that  they  would  be  anxious  to 
secure  relief  for themselves;  that for the 
good  of  the  household  and  the  commun­
ity  they  would  desire  to  stop  this  agita­
tion  and  have  women  settle  down  to  the 
peaceful  pursuits  of  life.  There  is  not 
a  man  of  intelligence  who does not know 
in  his  heart  that  this  dissatisfaction  and 
revolt  is  on  the  increase;  that  the  ranks 
of  the 
insurrectionists  are  being  con­
stantly  augmented ;  that  the  forces  are 
led  by  the  ablest  and  strongest  women, 
and  that  surrender  on  the  part  of men  is 
merely  a  question  of  time.  Women  are 
demanding  only  what  is  reasonable  and 
just  and  right—simply  fair  play. 
If 
our  advanced  civilization  stands 
for 
anything 
it  stands  for  this—fair  play 
among  nations  and  among  individuals. 
If  our  Government  means  anything  it 
means  equality  of  rights—not  merely 
between  man  and  man,  but  also between 
man  and  woman.  The  man  who  is  un­
willing  to  grant  to  every  other man,  and 
to  all  women,  the  full  liberty  which  he 
himself  enjoys  is  not  entitled  to that lib­
erty.  Women  do  not  desire  to  take  away 
from  any  man  one  single  right  which he 
possesses,  they  only  want 
individual 
freedom  for themselves.  Let  the  man 
who  denies  this  sit  down  in  solitude, 
look  himself  in  the  face  and  search  his 
soul  for  justification. 

Cora  Stowell.

All  Wanted  To  Be  Editor.
‘ ‘ Well,”   asked  the  professor, 

‘ ‘ did 
you  attend  our commencement  and  meet 
our  graduates?”
“ No,”   answered  the  editor,  ‘ ‘ Ididn't 
attend,  but  I’ve  met  them  all,  I  guess. 
How  many  young  men  did  you  gradu­
ate  this  year?”

‘ ‘ Two  hundred and twelve,”  answered 

the  professor.

‘ ‘ Then  one  of  them  must  be  ill,”  
said  the  editor. 
to  date,  two 
hundred  and  eleven  have  been around to 
strike  me  for a  job.”

“ Up 

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HAMILTON  CLO THING  CO,

t r a v e r s e   c it y,  m ich. 

J u n e   1 8 , 1 9 0 1 .

M i c h i g a n   B r i c k   &   T i l e   M a c h in e   C o . ,

M o r e n c i ,  M i c h . ,

G e n t le m e n — R e g a r d i n g   t h e   G a s   P l a n t   y o u   i n s t a l l e d   i n   n y   s t o r e  

b u i l d i n g   l a s t   J a n u a r y ,   I   w i l l   s a y   t h a t   w e   a r e   g e t t i n g   v e r y   e x c e l l e n t  

r e s u l t s   f r o m   i t ,   a n d   h a v e   n o   c a u s e   t o   r e g r e t   t h e   p u r c h a s e   w h a t e v e r .

We  h a v e   a b o u t   6 5  

l i g h t s   i n   o u r   b u i l d i n g ,   r u n n i n g   o n   a n   a v e r a g e ,  

s a y   .4 5 ,   We  a r e  

l i g h t i n g   o u r   ro o m s   w i t h   m u c h   l e s s   e x p e n s e  

w e

o o u l d   b y   e l e o t r i c i t y ;   b e s i d e s   h a v i n g   a   v e r y   iru o h   l a r g e r   v o lu m e   o f  

l i g h t .

T h e   m a c h in e   I   p u t   i n   q y   h o u s e   i n   F e b r u a r y   m e e t s   e v e r y   r e q u i r e m e n t  

s o   f a r ,   f o r   c o o k i n g ,   g r a t e s   a s   w e l l   a s   l i g h t i n g .

1   h a v e   b e e n   w e l l   s a t i s f i e d   w i t h   b o t h   p l a n t s .

whom  incense  is  burned  than  there  is in 
being  the  incense  burner.”

‘ ‘ Then,  after  all,  remarked  the  girl, 

‘ ‘ I  may  never  meet  my  ideal.”

“ And  if  you  do,  you  may  not  be  his 

ideal,”   I  suggested.

“ That  is  true,”   she  agreed,  “ and 
Jack  is  a  dear  boy,  and  I  am  very,  very 
fond  of  him ,”  and  then  she  added  a  lit­
tle  wistfully,  ‘ ‘ but  it  is  hard  to make up 
one’s  mind  to  bread  and  butter when 
one  wants  cake,  isn’t  it?”

But  I  only  laughed  as  I  held  out  my 
hand  in  the  dark  to  say  gpod-night. 
“ Cake  is  mostly  indigestible,”   I  said, 
‘ ‘ and  we  repent  having  eaten  it  when  it 
is  too  late.”  

Dorothy  Dix.

The  Universal  Discontent  and  Rebellion 

Among  Women.

While  much  of  the  so-called  ‘ ‘ child 
study”   of  the  present  day  may  be dis­
missed  as  a  fad,  yet  there  is  no  doubt 
that  if  intelligently  prosecuted  it  may 
shed  some  light  on  the  various  sociolog­
ical  problems  of  the  age.  One  of  the 
most  original  and  successful 
investiga­
tors  along  this  line  is  Prof.  Earl Barnes. 
While  at  the  head  of  the  department  of 
education 
in  Stanford  University  he 
came  very  near  producing  an 
insurrec­
tion  among  California  mothers  by  his 
striking  proof  that  most  children  are 
liars.  All  that  kept  the  walls 
natural 
of  the  university 
intact  was  that  each 
mother believed  her own  children  to  be 
the  exception  which  prove  the  rule. 
Two  years  ago  Prof.  Barnes  went  to 
Cambridge,  England,  to  do  some  spe­
cial  work  and  attracted  so  much  atten­
tion  by  his  new  theories  that he  was 
pressed 
into  service  by  the  university 
and  a  permanent  professorship  was 
offered  to  him.  Among  his 
interesting 
researches  there  he  had  the  following 
question  proposed  to the  boys  and  girls 
in  the  public  schools  who  were  about  12 
years  old:

in  the 

‘ Would  you  rather  be  a  man  or a 
woman  when  you  grow  up,  and  why?”  
Of  the  302  boys  who  returned  answers 
only  two  would  be  willing  to  be  women 
—one  because  “ women  have  much more
sense  than  men,”   and  the  other  because 
“ the  female  sex 
is  good  without  any 
trouble,  but  it  is  hard  for the  male  sex 
to  be  good. ’ '  About  35  per cent,  of the 
girls  wanted  to  be  men.  The  reasons 
given  by  both  boys  and  girls  showed  a 
pathetic  observance  of  the  way  in which 
women  are  sacrificed  in  the  home  and 
wronged 
labor  market.  Both 
agreed  that  a  man's  lot  is far easier than 
a  woman’s.  Most  of the  bovs  would hate 
to  be  a  woman  ‘ ‘ because  she  has to cook 
and  sew  and  take  care  of  babies  and 
stay 
in  the  house. ”   The  girls  want  to 
be  men  because  they  have  watched  the 
mother do  these things  and have decided 
that  the  father  has  much  the  best  of 
life. 
“ They  pay men better  for  work.”  
“ Women  are  always  cheated  out of  their 
money  when  a  relation  dies.”   “ A  man 
can  have  his  own  way  at  home  and  en­
joy  himself  when  his  work  is  done  and 
have  a  holiday  on  Saturday  afternoon 
and  Sunday.”  
“ Men  can  go  all  over 
the  world,  but  women  have  to  say  at 
home.”  
“ Men  can  talk  politics  and 
vote."  “ A  man  can  belong  to trades 
unions  and  keep  his  job,  because  no­
body  will  take  it, while plenty  of  women 
will  take  hers. 
In  fact,  there  are  too 
many  women  in  the  world.”

These  are  some  of the  answers  given 
by  those  discriminating  little  creatures. 
A  few  of  the  girls  wrote: 
“ I  would 
wish  to  be  a  woman  because  it  is  God’s 
w ill.”  
‘ ‘ I  would  choose  to  be  a  woman 
because  nature  made  me  one  and  we

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22

Butter  and  Eggs

Observations by a Gotham  Egg  Man.
There  seems  to  be  a  pretty  general 
impression  among egg  men  that the long 
period  of  excessive  waste 
in  summer 
egg  production  has  redeemed  the  egg 
situation  and  made  a  very  favorable 
outlook  for  the  future 
instead  of  the 
most  unpromising  one  formerly  indi­
cated  by  the  excessive  spring  storage  of 
high  priced  eggs.  And,  indeed,  it  must 
be  admitted  that the  situation of  affairs 
has  been  considerably 
improved.  Col­
in  many  sections  have  been 
lectors 
obliged  to  reduce  prices for  eggs to  such 
an  extremely  low  point  that  marketing 
has  been  interfered  with,farm  consump­
tion  has  undoubtedly  increased,  and  of 
the  eggs  collected  and  packed  for  gen­
eral  current  distribution  only  a  small 
proportion  has  shown  quality  ht  for  use 
in  any  good  class  of  trade. 
It  is  also 
that  these  abnormal  conditions 
true 
have  made 
it  necessary  for  Eastern 
dealers  to  go  to the  refrigerators  for fine 
eggs,  and  to  do this  current  values  had 
to  be  raised  to  the  point  at  which  re­
serve  stock  could  be  brought  out at  a 
profit,  at  an  unusually  early  date. 
Furthermore  the  strengthening  of  pop­
ular  sentiment  as  to  the  future  of the 
egg  market  has  created  more  or  less 
speculative  demand 
lines  of 
early  packed refrigerators to bold against 
later  requirements  and  considerable  lots 
have  changed  bands  at  prices that would 
have  been  out  of the  question  before  the 
hot  weather  proved  to  have  been  so dis­
astrous  to  current  qualities  and  market­
able  quantities.

for  fine 

*  *  *

It  is  quite  possible,  however,  that  the 
potency  of  present  conditions  to  fully 
save  the  season’s  operations  in  storage 
eggs  may  be  over-estimated.

It 

That  the  situation  is  improved  there 
can  be no question, but that  enough  stor­
age  eggs  will  be  absorbed  during  the 
period  when  fresh  production  is  abnor­
mally  below  consumptive  needs  is  cer­
tainly  questionable 
in  view  of  the  ex­
cessive  holdings. 
is  worthy  of  note 
that  in  Boston,  where  accurate  figures 
of  storage  holdings are  given  from  week 
to  week,  there was  no  reduction  in  stock 
up  to  July  20,  although  the  rate  of  in­
crease  during  the  earlier  part  of  the 
month  had  fallen  to  very  small  figures. 
Here  in  New  York  there  is  believed  to 
have  been  some  decrease during the past 
two  weeks,  but 
it  could  hardly  have 
amounted  to  more  than  12,000 to  15,000 
cases  considering  that  some  eggs  have 
continued  to  go  in  also. 
It  is  not  im­
probable  that  there  will  be  some  in­
crease 
in  the  supply  of  fresh  gathered 
eggs  during  August.  Country  prices 
have  been  forced  so  low  that  on  fairly 
useful  goods  there 
is  a  pretty  good 
chance  of  profit  and should  weather con­
ditions  turn  fairly  favorable  we  might 
expect  enough  fresh  stock,  attracted  by 
the  relatively  high  values 
for  prime 
lessen  the  use  of  storage 
qualities,  to 
eggs 
if  not,  for  a  time,  check  it  alto­
gether.  But  even  with  a  continued 
moderate  summer use  of reserve  stock  it 
is  probable  that  the  fall  season  will  still 
find  the  warehouses  carrying  relatively 
large  supplies,  and  as  fall  prices  must 
rule  pretty  high  to  unload  at  profitable

figures  consumptive  demand  may  be un­
favorably  affected.

*  *  *

such 

It  is  interesting  to  speculate  upon  the 
condition  of  affairs  had  we  been  free 
from 
excessively  unfavorable 
weather  conditions  this  summer.  R e­
ports  from  many  sections indicate a total 
waste  of  eggs  amounting  to  some  50  per 
cent.;  and  in  some  Southwestern  sec­
tions  the  prices  paid  for eggs  on  a  loss 
off  basis  are  said  to  net the farmers  only 
2  or 3c  per  doz.  for  the  total  quantity 
brought  in.  Such  instances  may  be  ex­
ceptional,  but  \hey 
indicate  the  enor­
mous  extent  of  the  waste  and  yet  our 
receipts  for  July  up  to  this time  have 
been  greater  than  those  of  last  year. 
This  fact,  in  view  of  considerable  use 
of  refrigerator  eggs,  might  be  consid­
ered  as  an  indication of unusual summer 
demand,but  it  must  be  remembered that 
outlet  for a  large  quantity  of  poor  stock 
has  been  forced by extremely low prices; 
there  are  no  evidences that regular trade 
in  the  better channels  is  any  better than 
usual.—N.  Y .  Produce  Review.

Adulterated  Flowers  Now.

From the  Lancet.

Many  persons  have  been 

rudely 
shocked  to find  that  a  flower  for  which 
perhaps  they  gave  a  considerable  sum 
and  which  they  took  to  be  genuine 
proved  subsequently  to  be  artificial  in 
every  particular.  Within  our  own  ex­
perience  not  long  ago  the  attention  of 
a  gentleman  sitting  at dinner  was drawn 
to  the  fact  that  his  shirt  front  and  coat 
were  gradually  being  covered  with 
streaks  of  a  brilliant  red  color.  He  was 
wearing  a  bright  carnation  in  bis  but­
tonhole  which  at  quite  a  short distance, 
as  it  appeared  subsequently,  deceived 
perfectly.  Even  the  perfume  was  ad­
mired.  The  “ flower”   had 
just  been 
watered  to  freshen 
it  and  it  was  then 
seen  that on  the  water  drops  detaching 
themselves  they  were  of a  brilliant  red 
color  while  the  “ carnation”   gradually 
assumed  a  faint  variegated  appearance 
owing  to  some  of the  coloring matter be­
ing  washed  out.  General 
incredulity 
was  expressed  that,  at  first  sight,  the 
flower  could  be  anything  but  real.  A 
laboratory  examination,  however,  soon 
brought  the  whole  truth  to  light,  and 
the  results  are  remarkable  and  certainly 
a  credit  to  the  ingenuity of the designer.
There  was  not the  vestige  of  a  carna­
tion  about  it.  The  “ flower”   consisted 
of  slices  of  turnip  neatly  cut  and  dyed 
with  acid  magenta ;  the  stems 
and 
leaves  were  of  twisted  cloth  dyed  a dark 
green  with  chromium ;  the  bloom  was  a 
very  fine  starch powder delicately dusted 
over the  stems  and  leaves ;  and  the  sup­
port  to  the  whole  clever fabric  was  a 
concealed  iron  wire.  Asynthetic  amber- 
çolored  oil  known  as  “ oeillet”   com­
pleted  the  deception 
in  giving  a  per­
fume  wonderfully  imitative  of the  gen­
uine 
carnation.  Altogether  we  can 
hardly conceive  of  a  cleverer  deceit  and 
it  is  satisfactory  to  be  able  to  add  that 
so  far as  our observations  went  it  is free 
from  positive  harm  except  to  wearing 
apparel.

On  carefully  searching  the  various 
materials  for  irritating  substances  and 
poisonous  metals  we  could  not obtain 
the  slightest  evidence  that  such  were 
present. 
is  clearly  possible,  how­
ever,  that  the  colors  used  for artificial 
flowers  may  contain substances injurious 
to  health—such  as  for example,  arsenic.

It 

Common  Purpose.

“ Young  Smiggins  was  so  troubled 
about  bis  debts  that  he  joined  a  don't 
worry  ciub. ”

“ Y es?”
“ And  he  found  its  membership  made 

up  chiefly  of the  men  he  owed.”

MOSELEY  BROS.

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The New York Market

Special  Features  of the Grocery and Prod­

Special Correspondence.

uce grades.

New  York,  Aug.  3—Receipts of coffee 
large.  At  the  primary 
continue  very 
point  of  shipment,  Rio,  the  receipts, 
combined  with  those  of  Santos,  aggre­
gated  during 
July  the  huge  total  of
1,413,000  bags,  against  722,000  bags 
for  the  same  month  last  year—almost 
double. 
In  store  and  afloat  the  amount 
now  aggregates  1,295,318  bags,  against 
o64i344. bags  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
Yet  it  is  said  the  market  is  “ stronger”  
owing  to  a  report  from  Brazil  that  a 
short  crop  might  be  expected,  as  the 
flowering  of  the  trees  is  very  light. 
Other  reports  denied  this  and  assert 
that  the  chances  are  excellent  for an­
other  good  crop.  Anyway,  the  business 
done  here  was  on  a  moderate  scale  and 
buyers  are  not  at  all  anxious  to take  on 
any  large  amounts.  At  the  close  No.  7 
was  quotable  in  an  invoice  way  at  5f^c. 
Mild  coffees  are  steady  and  the  amount 
of  business  going  forward 
is  all  that 
might  be  expected.  Good  Cucuta  closes 
at  7#c.  East  India  sorts are  quiet.

The  interest  of the  sugar  market  has 
been  concentrated  on  the  news  of  new 
the
refineries  to  be  erected.  One, 
Knickerbocker,  will  it  is  thought,  have 
Mr.  Ross,  of  the  Ross  &  Sprague  Co., 
Cleveland,  as  its  President. 
It  will 
be some  time  before  this  mill  is  turning 
out  its  1,500  barrels  per day,  but  no  one 
doubts 
its  erection  and  the  trust  will 
have  another  competitor. 
In  actual
business  there  has  been  little  doing  and 
lots, 
sales  have  generally  been  of  small 
as  purchasers  do  not  seem 
inclined  to 
buy  ahead  of  current  wants.  Quotations 
are  practically  unchanged.
It  is  said  that  new crop  Formosa  teas, 
to  arrive  via  Suez  canal,  could  be 
bought  for  iiK c   in  bond.  The  general 
market  is  dull,  the  distributing  trade 
being  very  uninteresting.
in  grocers’  hands 
appear  to  be  light  and  during  the  week 
some  very  satisfactory  orders  have come 
in,  both  by  mail  and  wire.  Head  rice 
ranges  from  6%@6%ic and  some  sales  of 
the  better sort  of  Patnas have been made 
at  5X @ 5He. 
A  fair  amount  of  business  has  been 
done  during  the  week 
in  spices  and 
prices  are  well  sustained  all  around. 
Singapore  pepper  is  worth  I2^@ i2|4'c 
in  an 
invoice  way.  West  Coast,  12 #  
@I2%C.

Supplies  of  rice 

Japan,  4 %@ 5c.

A  good  molasses  crop 

While  little  actual  business 
little 

is  being 
done  in  molasses  and 
is  being 
looked  for  this  month,  the  general  feel­
ing  among  the  trade  is  one  of  satisfac­
tion  and,  with  stocks  running 
low,  a 
good  fall  trade  is  looked  for  with  con­
fidence. 
is 
looked  for  this  year.  Good  to  prime, 
t7@3°c.  The  demand  for  syrups 
is 
fair,  supplies  light  and  prices  firm.
The  canned  goods  market  is  some­
what  irregular,  but  the  tendency  is  up­
ward  on  almost everything.  Orders  have 
been coming  in  from  the West  at  a  great 
rate.  Bids  for 
large  lots  of  corn  from 
the  West  have  been  unfilled  at  70c. 
Corn,  tomatoes  apples  and  berries  are 
all  soaring,  but  whether  the  advance 
will 
is  to  be  seen.  Apples  are 
worth ¿2.75  for  N.  Y.  State  gallons;  at 
is  the  asking  price  in  many 
least,  this 
instances. 
In  Maine  the  corn  crop  is 
good  and  the  quality  excellent—and 
Maine  will  lose  no time  in  taking  ad­
vantage  of the  fact.  Already  the  range 
is  from  8o@85c. 
Standard  peas  are 
worth  about  85c,  although  some 
lots  of 
desirable  goods  have  been quoted  at  $1. 
Tomatoes,  85c  for  No.  3  regular  New 
Jersey  packing.  Baltimore  expects  to 
see  90c  tomatoes  this  month.
Prunes  and  raisins  are  both attracting 
more and  more  attention.  The  demand

last 

has  been  fair  and  prices  appear  to  be 
well  sustained.  California  and  Oregon 
together,  it 
is  estimated,  will  produce 
110,000,000  pounds  this  year. 
This 
with  the  50,boo,000 or 60,000,000  pounds 
of  old  stock  on  hand  would  seem  to  in­
dicate  cheap  prunes  for  the  masses. 
Currants are  firm.
Fewer orders  have  come  to  hand  for 
lemons  and  prices  are  somewhat 
lower 
than  a  week  ago.  Sicily  fruit  ranges 
from  $4.5o@5.5o.  Oranges  are  steady 
for  best  grades,  California  fruit  ranging 
from  $4  through  all  fractions  to  $6. 
Bananas  are  enjoying  a  regular  boom 
and  Aspinwalls  range  from  $ i . io@ i .20 
per  bunch ;  Limons,  up  to $1.85.

There  is  a  moderate  trade 

in  butter 
and  prices  remain  firm  with  a  little 
advance  over  last  week  for  best  Western 
creamery,  which 
is  now  worth  2o%@ 
21c.  The 
latter,  however,  is  probably 
outside,  and  some  really  good  butter 
can  be  bought  for 20c.  Aside  from  the 
best  grades,  there  seems  to  be  a  very 
good  supply  of  other sorts  and  Western 
imitation  creamery  is  certainly  not  over 
I7^c.  Factory,  I4^@i5c>£.  The export 
trade,  which  was  thought  to  be  improv­
ing,  is  dull  and,  in  fac\  almost  nil.

generally 

Cheese  supplies  are  moderate  and  the 
in  pretty  good 
market 
shape.  Fancy  full  cream,  g%c.
Best  grades  of  eggs  bring  17c  for 
Western  and  the  price  is  well sustained. 
Western  refrigerator,  14© 17c.  Regular 
pack,  io@i4c.

The  bean  market  gains  in  strength 
every  day  and  Western  buyers  are  much 
in  evidence.  Choice  marrows,  $2.90© 
2.95;  choice  pea,  $2.4032.45.

is 

The  Bath  of the  Orange.

From the Los Angeles Herald.

Fresh  from  the  tree  an  orange  is  still 
very  much  alive,  with  the  oil  cells  ex­
panded  and  the  mystery  of  growth  not 
yet  suspended.  Cut  off  from  the  sap 
supply,  a  change  takes  place. 
The 
skin  draws  closer  to  the  pulp  and  gives 
off  moisture  that  would  cause  sweating 
if  the  fruit  were  packed  at  once.  But 
first  these  dust  stained  travelers  must 
have  a  bath.

By  the  bushel—if  only  this  were  the 
land  of  the  good  old  bushel  basket— 
the  newcomers  are  dumped  into  a  long, 
narrow  tank  of  water,  at  one  end  of 
which  is  a  big  wheel  with  a  tire  of  soft 
bristles.  The  wheel revolves  so that the 
lower edge  works  in connection with  an­
other  set  of  brushes  in  a  smaller tank 
below,  and  the  oranges,  after  bobbing 
about  in  the  big  tank,  pass  between  the 
wet  brushes  and  come  out  bright  and 
clean.

This  washer 

is  a  neat  machine  and 
does  away  with  the  more  primitive  yet 
picturesque  method  of  hand  washing.

At  some  of  the  smaller packing bouses 
may  still  be  seen  groups  of  women, 
sometimes  white, 
sometimes  browi 
skinned,  each  with  a  tub of  water anc 
brush,  scrubbing  busily  away  at  the 
yellow  piles  that  never  seem to grow less 
until  the  last  hour of  the  day.

After 

their  bath  the  oranges  are 
in  the  sun  to  dry  on  long, 
lower end  they 
into  boxes,  to  be  carried  away 

spread  out 
’slanting  racks.  At  the 
roll  off 
to  the  warehouse  for  their  rest.

An  orange  needs  a  deal  of  grooming, 
is  ready  for 
it  would  seem,  before 
market.  The  washing  was  not  enough. 
There  must  be  a  brushing,  too.  And 
after  the  days  of  curing,  the  oranges 
are  fed  into  a  hopper  which  drops  them 
single  file  onto a  belt  that  runs  between 
revolving  cylindrical  brushes. 
This 
for a  smooth,  shiny  look.

it 

The  Retort  Courteous.

She—Did 

it  ever  occur  to  you  wha 

poor talkers  the  men  are?

He—Did  you  ever  consider that  it  h 
the  women  who  teach  babies  to  saj 
things?

,  

Pitless  Prune  Produced.

From the San Francisco Bulletin.

Adding  to  his already  long  list  of  hor­
ticultural  triumphs,  Luther  Burbank,  of 
Santa  Rosa,  has  produced  a prune  with­
out  a  pit.  Years of  experiment,  years 
of  hard,  patient  work  on  the  part  of  the 
Santa  Rosa  wizard  were  required  to 
perfect  this  latest  marvel.  The  hybrid 
is  understood  to  be  a  cross  between  a 
plum  and  a  prune.
_ This  discovery  will  create  a  sensa­
tion  among  fruit  driers  and  fruit  pro­
ducers  the  world  over.  The  pit  of the 
ordinary  prune  has  been  a  great  draw­
back  to  the  popular  consumption  of  the 
delicious  fruit.  Burbank’s  creation  has 
no  pit,  but  a  tiny  seed  that  is  edible 
and  in  no  way  requires  removal.

The  Rub.

She—I ’m  sure,  Mr.  Goodby,  there  are 
many  girls  who  can  make  you  far  hap­
pier  than  I  could.

He  (dolefully)—That’s  the  trouble; 

they  could—but  they  won’t.
Geo.  H.  Reif snider  &  Co.

Commission  Merchants

and Wholesale Dealers in 

Fancy Creamery Butter, Eggs,  Cheese 

3 31 Greenwich Street, New York 

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and Michigan Tradesman.

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M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

24

Clerks’  Corner.

Why  Frank  Martin  Wasn’t  Taken  Into 

Written for the Tradesman.

the  Firm.

“ I  like  these  stories  where  the end-up 
is  a  partnership  in  the 
for  the  clerk 
house  employing  him. 
It  is  always  so 
true  to  life.  To  all  intents  and  purposes 
the  leading  idea  of  business  firms  is  to 
find  partners  and  after  a  year or  two  of 
close  watching  out of the  corner of  their 
eyes,  they  surprise  the  favored  clerk 
some  Saturday  night  by  telling  him that 
when  be  comes  in  the  next  Monday 
morning  he's  to  come 
into  the  office 
and  hang  his  coat  and  hat  on  the  new 
peg  he’ ll  find  waiting  for  him  and  his 
name  will  be  added  to the  firm.  There 
are  any  number of  such  cases  happen­
ing  every  day,  you  know. 
I  don’t  be­
lieve  I  should  have  come  out  of the 
heated  spell  alive  if  it  hadn't  been  with 
the  cooling  thought  that  one  of these 
days  during  the  next  twenty-five  years  I 
shall  have  Barnaby  say  to  me  in  an  un­
dertone  when  he  hands  me  my  little 
manila  envelope,  ‘ please  come  around 
into  the  office  for  a  moment,  Mr.  Mar­
tin,  I  want  to  have  a  little  talk  with 
you. ’

remark 

time  by 

“ I  go  in,  wondering  what  in  thunder! 
and  Mr.  Barnaby  will  take  me  by  the 
hand,  ask  me  to  be  seated  and  all  that, 
and  then  after  clearing  his  throat—it 
you'll  notice  they  all  have  to  clear their 
that  some 
throats—he  will 
changes  have  been  contemplated 
for 
some 
the  house  that  will 
call  for another  man  and,  after carefull) 
considering  the  matter,  they  have  come 
to  the  conclusion  unanimously  that  I am 
the  best  man  for them  and they  have de­
cided  to  offer  me  the  position.  Then  1 
shall  be  overcome  with  wonder  and  as­
tonishment  and  turn  red  and  stick  my 
shoe  toes  into  that  big  hole  in the carpet 
by  Barnaby’s  chair and  try  to  say  some­
thing  and  can’t,  I ’m  so  overwhelmed 
with  gratitude,  you  know,  and  at  last 
shall  blurt  out  that  I  thank  them  very 
much 
indeed  and  will  try  my  best  to 
make  them  glad  they  ever thought of 
me  for a  partner.  Yes,  I  say  I  like  such 
It  gives  a  ‘ feller’  a  chance  to 
stories. 
it  would  seem  to  be  appre­
fancy  how 
just  for  once  as  he  knows  he 
ciated 
ought  to  be.  Good  gracious! 
there 
comes  old  pinch  penny’s  wife  as  I'm  a 
sinner  and  steering  straight  for  me. 
She'll  make  me  mad  clear  through  ten 
times  before  she  finds  what  she  guesses 
she  wants  and  sixteen  times  afterwards; 
and  the  joke  of  it  is  she  doesn’t  know 
I ’ m  even  ruffled.  Good morning !  Good 
morning,  ^frs.  Davids!  You’ve  brought 
the  sunshine  in  with  you  to-day  surely 
enough!  Wnat  shall  I  have  the  pleasure 
of  showing  you?”
‘ ‘ 0 ,  anything. 

I ’m  not  buying  to­

day—just  shopping!”

‘ ‘ The  very  lady  I ’ve  been waiting for. 
Here’s  a  piece  of goods,  fresh  from  the 
box,  and  I  hope  you’ll  believe  me  for  I 
put  it  up  here  with  the  one  idea  of  giv­
ing  you  the  first  look  at  it.  Your friend, 
Mrs.  Roberts,  is on  the  lookout  for  just 
this  kind  of  goods,  but  I  fancied  it 
would  suit  your  style  and  complexion 
better.  There.  What  do  you  say  to 
that?”

* * Horrid !  I  should  look  like  a  guy  in 
it  and  so  would  Mrs.  Roberts.  By  all 
I  think  I ’d  pay 
means  let  her  have  it. 
for the  goods  if  she'd  wear  it. 
Is  that 
all  you  have  that’s  worth  looking at?”

That  question  young  Martin  did  not 
hear.  He  was  too  interested  in  arrang­
ing  the  sheeny  stuff  into  the  airiest,

flossiest  folds  whose  delicate  tint  «he 
knew  was  very  becoming  to  the  smart 
young  woman  opposite  him,  whose  hair, 
a  golden  brown,  needed  just  that  color 
and  just  that  material to make its wearer 
the  queen  of  the  throng  wherever  she 
was. 
right.  Mrs. 
Roberts  couldn’t  stand  that  delicate 
tint.  It  needs  a  neck  and  shoulders  like 
porcelain  and  hair  that  somebody  calls 
a  golden  mesh  to  entrap  the  hearts  of 
men ! 
in 
Denver  who  could  wear  it.”

I  don’t  know  but  one  woman 

think  you’re 

‘ ‘ I 

‘ ‘ And  who  is  she?  may  I  ask?”
‘ ‘ Mrs.  Boxby.”
A 

little  rippling,  musical  laugh,  full 
of  the  heartiest  enjoyment,  set  every­
body  laughing,  too,  within  sound  of  it, 
for  both  customer  and  clerk  knew  that 
Mrs.  Boxby  in  that  particular  piece  of 
merchandise  would  be,  if that  were  pos­
sible,  a little  more  than  ever the  dowdy. 
The  remark  had  the  intended  effect  of 
bringing  Mrs.  Davids’  attention  to  the 
beauty  of  the  goods  and  the  result  was 
that the  customer  made  the  purchase.

The  young 

fellow  gave  an  exultant 
chuckle  as  his  customer departed,  as  he 
had  a  right  to  do;  but  it  was  a  mere 
matter  of  business,  a  thing  that  hap­
pened  many  times  every  day and passed 
out  of  his  mind  as  the  talk  of the  morn­
ing  had.  The  head  of the  department, 
however,  thought  enough  of  the  matter 
to  make  a  note  of  it  and  later  in the day 
in  that  same  book  of  his  he  made  an­
other 
item  under  the  head  of  ‘ ‘ clerk 
talk.”   This  was  the  talk :

‘ ‘ You  don’t  seem  to  do  anything  the 
rest  of  us  do. 
If  I  ask  you  to  have  a 
cigar  you  stick  up your  nose.  Hot as  the 
weather  has  been  you  refuse  to  look 
upon  the  beer  when  it  is  brown  and  1 
should 
like  to  know  what the  matter  is 
with  you.”

‘ ‘ Nixy.  Smoking  makes  me  sick  and 
when  the  week  is  ended  1  have $2.10  to 
look  at  instead  of  some  cigar  ashes  and 
twenty-one  cigar stumps. 
I  don’t  like 
the  smell  of  tobacco  and  so  I’m  clear of 
that  vileness.  So  far  as  beer  is  con­
cerned  I  have  a  number of  things  to  say 
about  it. 
It’s  a  coarse,  low-down  sort 
of  drink  anyway. 
It  seems  cheap  but  it 
isn't,  and  the  hit  of  coolness  a  fellow 
gets  from  the  foam-settlings  he  can  get 
from  a  bit  of  ice  that  doesn’t  cost  any­
thing. 
It’s  only a  glass  of  beer and  it’s 
only  five  cents  but, somehow, the  amount 
that I don’t  spend  for beer,small  as it is, 
gives  me  a  good  deal  more  comfort  in 
my  pocket  than  its  equivalent  does  in 
my  stomach.  You’ ll  laugh;  but  an  oc­
casional  glass  of  buttermilk  cools  me  off 
quicker  than  so  much  beer  does;  it 
doesn’t  take  away  an  atom  of  my  self- 
respect—laugh  again !—and 
it  never 
into  questionable  surround­
takes  me 
ings. 
I ’ m  a  better  fellow  all  around  by 
letting  the  stuff  alone  and  have  a  better 
reason  to  think  well  of  myself on  ac­
I  don't  see  any  fun,  boys, 
count  of  it. 
in  earning  money 
just  for  the  sake  of 
keeping  the  saloon  and  the  cigar  stand 
agoing  and  so  I  let  ’em  alone.”

‘ ‘ Yes,  but  what  you  save  in  that  way, 
you  throw  away  in  another.  You  cheat 
your  stomach  and  put 
it  all  on  your 
back. ’ ’

“ O,  do  I !  Let’s see about that.  Law- 
ton  says  that  because  I  asked  him  if  he 
was  going  in  for  some  of  the  fine under­
wear to  be  got  now  at  cut  rates  because 
the  season  is  over.  Good  underwear  is 
the  only  kind  worth  buying.  This  is 
the  third  season  I ’ve  worn  what  I  have 
on  and  he  knows  the  stuff  be  buys  lasts 
hardly  one  and  it  gives  a  fellow  the  jim 
jams  to  put  it  on.  Now  if  I  can  get  a 
good  garment  at  a  reduced  rate  I  can

That 

I 
afford  to  do  so  and  so  can  anybody. 
have  on  a  pair  of  shoes  that  cost  me  six 
dollars.  He  has  on  a  pair  that  cost  two 
and  a  half. 
is  his'second  pair 
this  season.  This  is  the  second  season 
for  my  one  pair.  At  the  end  of  two 
seasons  my  shoe  bill  is $6  and h is$io .”  
Well,  it  so happened  after a  time  that 
Frank  Martin  went  to  the  window  for 
his  manila  envelope  and  Mr.  Barnaby 
did  say  in  an  undertone,  "Please  come 
into the  office  for  a moment,Mr.  Martin, 
I  want  a  little  talk  with  you,”   and  Mr. 
Martin,  wondering  what 
in  thunder! 
did  go  in  and  Mr.  Barnaby  in  the  name 
of  the  firm  did  ask  him  to  become  a 
partner  just  as  the  young  fellow  said  he 
would  and  when  to  that  gentleman's  as­
tonishment  the  young  man  looked  down 
a  moment  and  then  looked  up,  if  you'll 
believe  it, he politely  and  firmly  refused 
with  thanks;  and  when  the  astonished

house  begged  permission  to  ask  why, 
the  bright,  clean,  whole-souled  young 
man  they  were  all  proud  of  answered 
‘ * Because,  gentlemen,  I  am  going 
into 
business  for  myself.” -  -

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

Referred  to  tbe  Reader.

An  unidentified  exchange  perpetrates 

the  following:

Tbe  shirt  waist  man  and  the  pouch 
waist  girl  go  hand  in  hand  to-day,  and 
the  people  year  after  year  keep  on 
throwing  their  clothes  away.  The  coat 
and  vest  are  laid  aside and  where  is  the 
fleecy  shawl?  And  clothes  get  thinner 
and  fewer—what  will  be  the  end  of  it 
all?  O,  what  will  tbe  shirt  waist  man 
take  next  from  tbe  things  that  he  has  to 
wear?  And  what  will  the  net  or  pouch 
waist  girl  throw  off  from  tbe  shoulders 
now  so bare?  The  shirt  waist  man  and 
the  net  waist  girl  go  rollicking  down 
their  way.  Have  we  started  a  trend  that 
is  going  to  end  in  the  old  figleaf  some 
day?

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

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

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

Commercial Travelers

lichixu Knighti of the drip

President,  Geo. F. Owen,  Grand  Baplds;  See 
retary,  A.  W.  St it t ,  Jackson;  Treasurer 
J ohn W. Schbam, Detroit.

United  Commercial  Travelers  of lic h in s

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

Grand Rapids  Council  So. 131,  U.  C.  T.

Senior  Counselor, W  B.  Com pton;  Secretary' 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

lic h in s  Commercial  Travelers’  Mutual  Accident  Anociation 
President, J.  B o y d   P a n t l i n d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Gao.  F .   O w e n  
Grand Baplds.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Hub  Baker  (Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co, 
is  not  entering  any  foot  races  or  pedes 
trian  contests  this  week,  being  deterred 
from  doing  so  by  a  sudden  attack  of 
rheumatism  in  his  left  shank.

Franklin  Pierce  (Standard  Oil  Co. 
took  a  week  off  last  week  and  visited 
the  immense  refining  establishment 
the  Standard  Oil  Co.  at  Whiting,  Ind 
He  was  accompanied  by  his  wife,  who 
appeared  to  enjoy  the knowledge gained 
quite  as  much  as  her  husband.

“ Do  you  know  I  am  an  admirer of 

is, 

“ He 

to-day, 

in  his  own  house.  Fact 

the  commercial  traveler  of 
spoke  a-prominent  merchant  the  other 
day. 
is  the  very  essence  of  push 
and enterprise.  He  comes  to  me  with 
happy  face  and  glad  hand.  He  brings 
good  stories to  amuse  me  and  a  fund  of 
knowledge  regarding  each  and  every 
market  which 
is  not  alone  surprising 
but  interesting  and  valuable.  He  feels 
just  as  much  at  home  in  a  town  of  ioo 
people  as  he  does  in  a  city  of  20,000, 
and  that  spirit  of  cheer  and  content 
in  stock  has 
ment  which  he  carries 
drawn  me  closer  to  him. 
I  like  the 
drummer and  do  all  I  can  to  encourage 
him.  The  man  who  calls  on  me  solicit 
ing  trade  is  the  one  who  gets  the  busi 
ness.  He  has  every  shade  and  discount 
in  price  which  the  market  will  stand 
and  his  schemes  are  better than  I  could 
do 
the 
drummer fills  me  with 
ideas  of  enter 
prise  and  I  believe  that  it  is  through 
his  views  being  put  to  practical  use that 
the  country  merchant sells  thousands  of 
dollars  worth  of  goods  which  otherwise 
would  not  be  sold  on  the  market.  Let 
the  traveling  man  continue  to  be  honest 
and  worthy  and  his  confidence  will 
never  he  misplaced  among  the  mer 
chants. 
I  will  always  have  a  kind  word 
to  say  of  the  traveling  man,  for  I  like 
him,  and  if  possible,  would  encourage 
every  house  who  wishes  to  do  business 
to  extend  territory  and  place  more  men 
on  the  road.  The  man  on  the  road  al­
ways  deserves  my  orders,  and  those 
who  come  after the  business  get 
always  will  save  orders  for  the  traveling 
man  and  feel  that every merchant should 
do  likewise. 
is  a  mutual  good,  but 
the  predominance  of  benefit  is  always 
on  the  merchant’s  side,  for  we  absorb 
every idea which the  drummer gives  out 
of  his  large  business  knowledge  accum­
ulated  in  experience's  true  school."

it. 

It 

Three  New  Members—Another  Picnic  to 

Be  Held.

Grand  Rapids,  Aug.  6—Grand  Rap­
ids  Council,  No.  131,  United  Commer­
cial  Travelers,  played  ball  Saturday 
afternoon  at the  ball  grounds  at  the  end 
of  Division  street  car  line.  C.  P.  Rey­
nolds  captained  one  nine,  which  proved 
the  winners,  and  Franklin  Pierce  went 
down  in  defeat  with  the  opposing  nine, 
the  score  being  15  to  7  in  favor of  Rey­
nolds’  team.  Charlie 
is  a  pretty  hard 
man  to down,  but  Frank  says  to  watch 
close  for the  next  game,  for  something 
is going  to  drop  down  hard.

the 

Saturday  evening,  at 

regular 
meeting  of  the  Council,  the  following 
candidates  were  initiated  into  the  fold 
of  the  best  order  in  the  world:
Co.).

Milton  H.  Gunn  (Clark-Jewell-Wells 

cine  Co.).

Walter  L.  Lawton  (Dr.  Miles  Medi 
Otto A.  Krause (Hirtb, Krause & Co  .
The  picnic  at  North  Park 

in  July 
proved  such  a  very  enjoyable  family 
gathering  that 
it  was  decided  to  hold 
another  one  in  August,  and  the  follow 
ing  committee  was  appointed:  S.  H 
Simmons,  B. 
J.  Launiere  and  J.  C. 
Emery.  We  will  try  and  announce  next 
week- when  and  at  what  place  the picnic 
will  be  held. 

JaDee.

Hides,  Pelts, Tallow  and Wool.

The  hide  market  does  not fluctuate 
much,  holding  steadily  at  the  decline 
The  market  is  well  cleaned  up and there 
is  a  good  demand  for all  offerings.  The 
quality 
is  good  and  stock  is  wanted 
but  there  is  a  limit  to  price  tanners  wi 
pay.  No  advance  is  looked  for.

Pelts  are 

in  good  demand  and  there 

is  no  accumulation,  prices  are  low,  i 
sympathy  with  wool.

Tallow  moved  more  freely,  but  at  no 
advance.  Stocks  are  ample  for  present 
use.

Wool 

is  selling  at  old  prices  very 
freely.  Mills  are  running  full  and  over 
time,  consuming 
large  quantities  of 
wool,  of  which  there  is  a  supply  equal 
to  all  wants.  Prices  do  not  advance 
Margins  are  small  for handling  and  all 
are  busy.  Our  markets  are  below  the 
foreign,  just  enough  to  prevent  imports 
to  any  extent.  Foreign  supplies  are 
large,  however,  and  ready  to  come  for 
ward  on  any  advance  that  may  be  had 
above  to-day's  prices.  This has  resulted 
in  much  of  the  holdings  in  the  country 
going  forward  on  sale  or  consignment 
There  are  large  holdings  still  in  Michi 
gan  awaiting  the  future.  Time  alone 
can  solve  the question  of  profit  in  hold 
Ing.  The  wool  will  be  wanted,  and  i 
s  low  in  value. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

Making  His  Pile.
“Early and late he Is working—
Says that’s his natural style;
He wasn't cut out right for shrinking,
And they say he is making his pile.

“Married, of course,” I suggested,
’With babies to climb on his knee?"
No;  too many dollars invested—
He’s never had leisure, you see.
“No hand for sports—isn’t active;
And ask him to go to the play.
And he’ll say It’s mighty attractive—
He’d be glad to—on some other day.

“And suppose you suggest that he’s losing 
He declares your ideas are amusing 

The joys that make life worth whlie;
And asks:  * Ain’t I making my pile?

‘“ No wife to dispute my dominion,
Give me cash, in my humble opinion.

No children to go to the bad;
The best friend a man ever had.’

"If you speak of the pleasures of giving,
And remarks that ‘you’ll learn more by living. 

He puts on a cynical smile.
Poor fool—but he’s making his pile.”

—Frank Putnam.

Where  Ice  Cream  is  Not  a  Luxury.
Newport 

is  the  millionaires’  play­
ground,  the  aggregate  of  the  wealth  of 
the  summer colonists  amounting  to  over 
billion  dollars.  Thus,  in  July  and 
August,  Newport  is  the  richest  town 
in 
America.  Six  hundred  thousand  dollars 
is  spent  in  the  town  itself,  among  the 
merchants,  during  the  season,  and  the 
town  has  more  banks  than  any  other 
place  of  its  size  in  New  England.  Not 
more  than  a  thousand  persons  make  up 
the  personnel  of this  stately colony—and 
000  servants.  A  small  boy  recently 
summed  up  Newport  in  these  words: 
They  eat  ice  cream  three  times  a 
day.”

If  all  the  men  who  expect  to go to 
Heaven  do go,  it  will  be  a  mighty  de­
pressing  place  for  some  of  us  who  slip 
~ accidentally.

FAILED  TO  PAT.

Balloon  Ascension  Did  Not  Bring  In­

creased  Trade.

The 

last  issue  of  the  Nashville  News 
contained  the  following  reference  to  a 
stroke  of  enterprise  on  the  part  of  the 
merchants  of  that  town  which  culmi­
nated  last  Saturday:

The  merchants  of  the  village  have 
made  up  a  purse  and  will have a balloon 
in  the  village  on  Saturday 
ascension 
afternoon  of this  week.  The  ascension 
will  be  made  by  Prof.  B.  McClellan, 
one  of  the  most  successful  aeronauts  in 
Michigan,  and  that  it  will  be  a  success 
is  assured.  There  will  be  a  new  feature 
connected  with  the  ascension,  which 
has  never  before  been  seen here.  When 
the  balloon  has  reached  the  limit  of 
its 
flight,  the  aeronaut  will  discharge  a 
huge  torpedo,  which  he  carries  up  with 
him.  The  effect  of  the  torpedo  explo­
sion  is  to  blow  the  aeronaut  and his par­
achute  from  the  balloon,  and  the  usual 
parachute  drop  follows. 
It  will  be  a 
sight  well  worth  seeing,  and  should  at­
tract  a  large  crowd.

the 

For 

purpose  of  ascertaining 
whether  the  ends 
justified  the  means 
the  Tradesman  addressed  the  following 
letter  to  sixteen  of  the  leading  mer 
chants  of  the  town :

We  note  that  the  merchants  of  Nash 
ville  raised  a  fund 
last  week  for the 
purpose  of  securing  the  services  of  an 
aeronaut to give  a  balloon ascension and 
beg  leave  to  enquire,  for  publication,  i 
you  consider  the 
investment  a  good 
one? 
In  other  words,  did  you  receive 
enough  extra  trade  to 
justify  you  in 
contributing  to the  fund  or do  you  think 
that  the  permanent  advantage  to  Nash 
ville  is a  sufficient  compensation for  the 
investment?

The  replies  received  to  the  letter  up 
to  the  hour of  going  to  press  are  as  fol 
lows;

Roe  &  Son  (meats):  We  can  not 

O.  M.  McLaughlin  (clothing); 

In 
answer  to  yours  concerning  our  balloon 
ascension,  would  say  that  trade  was  not 
materially 
increased,  but  I  think  that 
possibly  such  events  tend to  make this  a 
popular trading  point.

Glenn  H.  Young  &  Co.  (hardware) 
in  receipt  of  yours  of Aug. 

We  are 
and,  in  answer  to  your  enquiry,  would 
say  that 
it  has  been  a  question  in  our 
minds  for some  time  as  to  whether  such 
events  pay  or  not,  for  in  our business 
we  think  that  we  do  not  have  any  bet 
ter,  if  we  do  as  good,  a  trade  on  such 
days  of  attraction  as  other days;  but, 
on  the  whole,  we  think  that  it  keeps  us 
before  the  people  and  helps  them  to 
form  the  habit  of  coming  to  Nashville 
and  perhaps  in  that  way  it  may do some 
good.
H. 

see  as  the  balloon  ascension  which  oc­
curred  here 
last  Saturday  was  of  any 
benefit  whatever  to  the  merchants,  for 
the  extra  people  who  come  into  town  on 
such  a  day  are  here  mostly  for  sightsee­
ing  and  do  not come  to trade.

W.  H.  Kleinhans  (dry  goods  and 
shoes):  In  reply,  would  say  that  I think 

did  not  pay.
Frank J.  Brattin (hardware):  Sofaras 
my  trade  was  concerned 
last  Saturday 
when  the  balloon  ascension  was  made, 
was  very  light and  I  heard  one  other 
hardware  dealer say  that  his  trade  was 
light.  There  was  a  large  crowd  in  town, 
but  what trading  was  done  seemed  to be 
ostly  groceries  and  meat. 
I  am  sure 
did  not  receive  enough  extra  trade  to 
justify  me  in  contributing  to  the  fund. 
Neither  do  I  think  it  was  any  advan­
tage  to the  town  in  any  way.

H.  C.  Glasner (general  merchandise): 
was  not  in  business  last Saturday,  but, 
judging  from  the  number  of  people 
here,  it  seems  to  me  that  it would  be  all 
I  will  begin  business  Aug-  7.

K, 

m  a  new  store  which  I  have 
pleted.

just  com­

C.  L.  Glasgow  (hardware):  Reply­
ing  to  your  favor  regarding  the  mer­
chants  here  raising  a  fund  for  a  balloon 
ascension,will  say  that the  fund  was  not 
raised  by  the  merchants  here,  but  from 
them  by  a 
lady  in  the  interests  of  the 
balloonist.  She  came  here  several  days 
previous  to  the  date  of  the  ascension 
and  secured  pledges  of  $1  from  each 
business  place  so  far as  possible. 
Just 
how  much  she  secured  I  am  unable  to 
learn,  but  she  asked  on  the  start  for $35. _ 
The  ascension,  made  by  a 
local  man 
hired  by  her,  was  a  success  and  every 
one  who  witnessed  it  seemed  pleased. 
It  took  place  at  4 130  p.  m.  and attracted 
a  fair  crowd—no  larger  than  is  here  on 
many  Saturdays—but  not  knowing  when 
the  ascension  would  take  place  came 
earlier  in  the  afternoon.  Earlier  in  the 
season  we  had  a  farmers’  picnic  and  a 
balloon  ascension  and  following  for  sev­
eral  Saturdays  entertainments  of  differ­
ent  character.  As  to  the  benefits  to  be 
derived,  it 
is  not  an  easy  question  to 
answer.  We  found  before  the  series  of 
entertainments  were  over 
that  they 
lost  their  drawing 
seemed 
power,  as  not  many 
left  their  trading 
places  to  witness  them.  As  regards  the 
results  from  the  recent  ascension  1 think 
it  would  have  been  nearly  impossible  to 
have  enthused  a  committee  of  business 
men  to  have  attempted  raising  the  fund 
and 
it  was  only  accomplished  because 
the  amount  asked  was  so  small  that 
while  each  business  man  seriously ques­
tioned  the  result  he  gave  the $1  rather 
than  be  among  the  ones  who  were  not 
willing  to  take  the  chance  of  its doing 
the  town  some  good.  We  noticed  the 
people  were  continually  on  the  move 
watching,  for  fear  they  should  not  see 
it  and  were  thus  uneasy  and  not  settled 
It  brought  few  new 
down  to  trading. 
faces  to  town. 
In  my  personal  opinion 
like  advertising  in  the  dull  sea­
it  is 
sons. 
It  pays  to  keep  before  the  pub­
lic,  even  if  you  do  not  expect  immedi­
ate  results.

to  have 

A  drapery  store  in  a  Connecticut town 
is  conducted  by  three  men  named  Eng - 
land,  Ireland  and  Scotland.  They  met 
for the  first  time  in  America.  Scotland 
married  England’s  sister  and  Ireland  is 
engaged  to  another sister.  The  son  of 
the  first  union is  called  Ireland  England 
Scotland.

Reserved for the Boys

In view  of  the  congested  condi­
tion of the Petoskey hotels during 
the summer season, I have added 
thirty-five 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 $2.50 to $4.  I be­
lieve  this  arrangement will meet 
the approval  and  hearty  patron­
age of the boys.

W.  E.  H  MARSH,  Petoskey,  Mich.

Proprietor Imperial Hotel.

The 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.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

26

Drugs—Chemicals

Michigan  State  Board o f Pharmacy 

Term expires
_ 
-  Dec. 31,1901 
L. E.  Reynolds,  St.  Joseph 
Hknhy  He im , Saginaw 
-  Dec. 31,1902
- 
Dec. 31,1903
Wib t   P.  Doty, Detroit - 
A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor  -  Dec. 31,1904 
J ohn D. Mu ib , Grand Rapids 
Dec. 31,1906 

President, A.  C.  S c h u m a c h e b ,  A nn Arbor. 
Secretary, Hen r y  He im . Saginaw.
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty,  Detroit

Examination  Sessions.

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

Mich.  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

President—Ch a s.  F.  Ma n n, Detroit. 
Secretary—J.  W.  Se e l e y ,  Detroit 
Treasurer—W.  K.  Sc h m id t, Grand Rapids.

Pwo  Kinds of Druggists and the Outcome.
These  words  are  accredited  to  an  an­
cient  ruler,  philosopher,  moralist,  and 
man  of  the  world.  He  had  a  wide  range 
of  experience,  a  profound 
insight  into 
human  character,  and  formulated  a  code 
of  ethics  which  has  not  been  equaled  in 
any  later  period.  We  are  not  unmind­
ful  of  the  fact  that there  is  a  surface 
cynicism  widely  prevalent  which  puts 
aside  sentiments  such  as  this  and  as­
sumes  that  there  is  but  one  standard  by 
which  success  may  be  measured  in  any 
sphere  of  human  effort,  and that  but  one 
object  need  be  held  before  the  mind’s 
eye 
in  order to  meet  all  the  conditions 
necessary  to  a  prosperous  career.  So 
firmly  has  this  taken  hold  upon  the 
thoughts  of  many  men  that  to  attempt 
to  controvert  it  places  one  in  the  posi­
tion  of  being  laughed  at  for  his  pains. 
It  has  grown  into  a  habit  to  make 
light 
of the  substantial;  to  say  that  the  com­
mon  things  bring  success;  that  the  peo­
ple  love  to  be humbugged and deceived ; 
that  in  order to  succeed  one’s  standards 
must  not  be  too  high;  that  you  must 
seek  to  pander to  the  selfish  interests  of 
men  if  you  would  win  their  support,  no 
matter  what  sacrifice  of  principle  must 
be  made.

In  support  of  this  theory  incidents 
are  given  of  temporary  success,  and  ex­
periences  are  related  of  how  adherence 
to the  higher  motives  has  ended  in  dis­
appointment  and  failure.  But  the  ob­
jection  to  conclusions  drawn  from  such 
experience  is  that  they  have  been  taken 
at  too  short  range.  Who  are  the  men, 
after  all,  who  have  reached  middle  life 
and  are  known  as  the  successful  men, 
those  whose  integrity  in  the  commercial 
and  social  world  is  established  and  who 
are  men  of 
influence  and  character  in 
their  respective  communities? 
Invari­
ably  they  will  be  found  to  be  those  who 
have  not  only  served  a  toilsome  appren­
ticeship  in  the  ascending  steps  of  their 
chosen  occupations,  but  whose  entire 
business  careers  have been characterized 
by  dealing  honorably  and  squarely  with 
their  fellows,  even  when  such  a  course 
has  not  at  the  time  appeared  to  be  in 
their own  interests.

Once  upon  a  time,  in  a  certain 

large 
town,  were two  drug  stores  located  with­
in  a  half  block  of  each  other on  the 
principal  business street.  Their capital 
and  financial  resources were about equal. 
For  several  years  it  was  a  “ neck  and 
neck’ ’ race  between  them  as to which 
did  the  larger  business.  One  kept  open 
all  day  Sunday  and  each  night  until  i i 
o’clock.  The  other closed from Saturday 
night  until  Monday  morning  and  each 
evening  at 9  o’clock.  The  one  was  os­
tentatious,  if  not  “ loud,’ ’the  other con­
servative,  if  not  plain.  The  motto  of 
one  was,  “ Make  money  off  your  enem­
ies  if  you  can,  off  your  friends  if  you 
must,  but  make  money;’ ’ that  of  the 
other,  “ Do  a  square  business,  keep 
only  first-class  goods,  give  every  cus­

tomer,  as  nearly  as  possible,  the  worth 
of  his  money,  sell  nothing  poor  or 
cheap,  and  get  an  honest  profit on  every 
sale.’ ’  Thirty  years  passed.  The  man 
who  was  continually  “ doing"  his  pa­
trons  when  opportunity  offered  is  long 
since  out  of  business  without  means and 
minus  the  respect  or  confidence  of  his 
associates  or  neighbors.  The  other  es­
tablishment 
is  doing  a  larger  business 
than  ever,  the  older members  having  re­
tired  with  a  competence,  and  their suc­
cessors  are  conducting  the  store  in  the 
same 
location  upon  the  same  general 
business  principles  which  characterized 
it  for  more  than  a  generation. 
“ Which 
wins?”   The  one  flourished  like  a  gourd 
vine,  the  other stands  like  an  oak  in the 
forest.
Clerk’s Views as to How Customers Should 

Be Treated.

A  clerk,  to  meet  favor  from  his  em­
ployer,  must  hold  the  old  customers of 
the  store  and  seek  to  make  as  many 
new  ones  as  possible. 
In  order  to  do 
this  he  must  treat  all  customers  with 
due  consideration  and  try  to  study  their 
different  peculiarities,  ever  being mind­
ful  of  the  fact  that  nature  does  not  en­
dow  all  persons  with  the  same qualities. 
Your  workingman  customer  of  perhaps 
little  education  must  be  treated  with the 
same  thoughtfulness  as  your  customer 
of  more  polished  manners.  Remember 
that  the  money  of  the  former  is  just  as 
good  as  that  of  the  latter.  The  work­
ingman  may  come 
into  the  store,  buy 
an  article,  and  then  discuss  one  of  his 
bobbies;  this  may  not  seem  worthy  of 
your  attention,  but  do  not snub him  and 
cut  him  short  just  because  you  have  a 
little  more  education  than  he.  Have 
patience  with  him,  converse  with  him 
pleasantly  according  to  his  ideas,  there­
by  gaining  his  favor  and  also  holding 
him  as  a  customer.

Another class  of customers  with  whom 
the  clerk  must  have  a  good  deal  of  pa­
tience  are  the  women  who  literally  have 
to  be treated  “ with kid gloves on.”   One 
of  these  comes  into  the  store,  asks  for 
an  article 
in  the  household  line,  such 
as  an  atomizer or syringe,  and  when  she 
buys  it  it  must  be  perfect.  The  writer 
recently  waited  on  one of these, who  was 
a  very  good  customer of  the  store.  She 
wanted  to  purchase  an  atomizer,  so  one 
was  shown  her,  but  she  thought  the 
stopper  did  not fit  exactly  right.  An­
other  was  shown  her,  but  according  to 
her  idea  the  bulb  did  not  seem  strong 
enough.  Several  more of  the  same  kind 
were  laid  on  the  counter  before  her  and 
she 
In 
the  meantime  three  or  four customers 
came  in,  and  each  time  the  writer  was 
told  to  wait  on  them  as  she  had  plenty 
of  time.  Finally  she  found  three  differ­
ent  good  parts  on  as  many  atomizers 
and  wanted  to  know  if these  parts  could 
be  taken  off and  put  together  to  make 
one  good  atomizer.  This  was  done  to 
her  satisfaction  and  she  left  the  store 
with  her  purchase.  Had  she  been 
treated  with  curtness  or  in  a  disagree­
able  manner  she  might  have  become 
offended  and  never  entered  the  store 
again.

inspected  them  very  closely. 

Then  there  are  the  children  customers 
of  the  store  who demand  a  part of the 
clerk’ s  attention  and  no  little  of  his 
patience.  Treat  them  with  due  courtesy 
in  the  same  manner as  you  would  their 
elders.  Should  they  do  some  little  thing 
in  the  store  not altogether to  your liking 
do  not  yell  at  them  in  a  harsh  manner 
as  though  they  were  heathens,  but  try 
to correct  them  in  a  polite  way.  A  good 
many  children  are  very  sensitive,  and 
the  impression  made  on  their  minds  by

a  clerk’s treatment  of  them  goes  a 
long 
way  toward  the  success  or  non-success 
of a  store.

There  are  a  hundred  and  one  ways  in 
which  the  patience  of the  drug  clerk 
is 
tried,  and  one  must  cope  with  them  in 
the  best  manner  possible  in  these  mod­
ern  times  of  competition  or  else  go  un­
der. 
It  pays  to  be  patient  with  all  the 
customers  of  the  store,  for  hardly  any 
person  cares  to  enter  a  second  time 
where  they  expect  to  meet  a  surly  and 
impatient  drug  clerk.  Therefore  be  pa­
tient  as  you  can  with  your  customers, 
for  he  who  possesses  a  great  amount of 
patience  has  a  good deal  to  place  on  the 
credit  side  of  his  reputation  as  a  drug 
clerk.

A  great  deai  may  be  said  as  to the 
best  methods  of  becoming  a  successful 
drug  clerk  and  pharmacist;  and  the
means  to  which  one  must  resort  to make 
his  calling  a  success  are  both  numerous 
and  varied.  But  there 
is  one  thing 
which 
is  apt  to  be  overlooked  by  the 
majority  of  druggists  and  clerks  of to­
day,  and  that 
in  dealing  with 
customers.  The  majority  of  the  success­
ful  druggists  owe  their success  almost 
entirely  to  the  wonderful  amount of  tact 
they  dsplay  in  handling  trade.  A  clerk 
must treat  all  customers  with  due  con­
sideration  and  courtesy.

¡8  tact 

A  man  who  brings  a  prescription  to  a 
drug  store  is  either  ill  himself,  or  some 
of  his  friends  are 
ill,  which  circum­
stance  renders  him  irritable  and  often 
unreasonable;  and  in  dealing  with  such 
a  person  the  clerk’s  patience  is  often 
put to  a  severe  test.  He  will  fret  and 
fume  and  hurry  the  clerk,  which  will 
tend  to  make  the  latter speak  his  mind 
too  freely,  and  words  are  apt  to  follow 
which  might  result  in  the  loss  of  that 
customer.  Not  so  with  the  careful  clerk, 
however,  who  has  made  it  his  business 
to  cultivate  tact.  He  will  at  once  see 
that  the  controversy  with  a  customer 
may  be  a  question  of  dollars  and  cents 
to  him,  and  he  will  control  himself  and 
trust  to  his  tact  to  get  him  out  of  any 
difficulty  which  may  arise.  Many  drug­
gists  might  take  an  independent  stand 
and  assert  that  they  didn't  want  such  a 
man’s  trade.  Now  that  is  a  great  mis­
take,  a  mistake  which  a  careful  person 
never makes.  The  man  who  has  made 
a  fortune  with  the  mortar and  pestle 
and  is  about  to  retire  might  be  excused 
for  airing  his  independence  in  such  a 
manner,  but  hardly  the  poor  clerk  or 
pharmacist  who  is  struggling  for  suc­
cess  in  his  calling.

No  one  engaged  in  the  drug  business 
can  afford  to  lose  a  single  customer,  for 
by  so doing  he  is  foolishly  turning trade 
over to  some  rival  druggist;  and  then, 
again,one  customer  may  be  the  cause  of 
influencing  many  others  to trade  where 
he  trades,  and  in  the  end  the  independ­
ent  druggist  who  "d id n ’t  want  that 
man’s trade”   may  become  doubly  and 
trebly  the  loser.—Albert  R.  Harrer  in 
Pharmaceutical  Era.

ounce.

Good  Diarrhea Mixture.

Tincture  of  opium  deodorized, 

1 

Tincture  of  rhubarb,  1  ounce.
Tincture  of  lavender comp.,  1  ounce.
Tincture  of  capsicum,  2  drachms.
Tincture  of  camphor,  2  drachms.
Chloroform,  2  drachms.
Oil  of cinnamon,  %£  drachm.
Oil  of  peppermint  %  drachm.
Brandy,  4  ounces.
Take  one-half  to  one  teaspoonful  at  a 
dose.  Repeat  in  two or three  hours,  if 
necessary.

This  is  an  old  formula 

somewhat 
changed,  but  it  is  one  of the  best  com­
binations  known.

The  D rug M arket.

Opium—Is  dull  and  unchanged.
Morphine—Is 
prices  are  steady.

in  good  demand  and 

Quinine—Has  declined  2c.  This  re­
duction  was  expected  on  account  of 
lower prices  for  bark  at  the  last Amster­
dam  sale.

Menthol—Is  in  good  demand  and  get­
ting  scarce.  Prices  have  consequently 
advanced.

Bay  Rum—Owing  to  the  removal  of 
the  duty,  Puerto  Rico  has  declined. 
Other  imports  are  unchanged.

Oil  Pennyroyal—The  demand 

is 
large  at  this  season  and  prices  have 
advanced.

Oil  Peppermint—There  is  a  large  de­
mand  for export  and  the  price  has  ad­
vanced  5c  per  lb.

Oil  Wormwood—Is  very  scarce  and

has  advanced.

Women  Would  Know.

Knapp—I  see  a  great  statistician  says 
that  considerably  more  than  half  the 
population  of  the  world  is  feminine.

Snapp—Ridiculous ! 

If  that  were  so 
how  would  he  account  for  the  fact  that 
“ one-half  of  the  world  doesn’t  know 
how  the  other  half  lives?”

Consultation,  Examination

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

Catarrh,  Head  and Throat

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

Go or write to 

DR.  C.  E .  RANKIN,

Powers’  Opera  House  Block 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 

Graduate of University of Michigan  and  Illinois 

School of Electro-Therapeutics 

Mall Treatment

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

symptom blank.

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  Brundageo

W holesale  D ruggist

32 and 34  Western  Avenue 

Muskegon,  Mich.

School  Supplies

and

Stationery

Complete lines now ready.  Walt  for our 
travelers.  You will not be disappointed.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced— 
Declined— Quinine.

Acidum

Acetlcum  ............... $  6®!
Benzolcum, German.  70®
Boracic....................  @
Carbolicum.............   30®
Cltrlcum..................   47®
Hydrochlor.............. 
3®
8®
Nltrocum................  
Oxalicum.................  
12®
Pbosphorlum,  dil... 
®
Sallcyltcum.............  52®
Sulpnuricum...........  114®
Tannicum................  1 10®  1  20
Tartaricum............  
38®  40
Am m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............  
6
4® 
6® 
Aqua, 20 deg............  
8
Carbonas.................  13®  15
Chloridum...............  
12®  14
Aniline

Black.......................  2 00® 2  25
Brown......................  80®  1  00
Red..........................  45®  60
Yellow.....................   2 50® 3  00

6® 

Baccse
Cubebae..........po, 25  22®  24
Junlperus................  
8
Xanthoxylum.........   1 70®  1  73
Balsam um
Copaiba................... 
so®  55
P e ru ....................... 
w  l  86
Terabln,  Canada....  55®  60
Tolutan.................... 
45®  50
Cortex
Abies, Canadian......  
Casslae...................... 
Cinchona Flava......  
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrlca Cerlfera, po. 
Prunus Virgini........ 
Qulllala, gr’d ........... 
Sassafras........po. 20 
Ulmus.. .po.  15, gr’d 
E xtractum
Glycyrrhlza Glabra. 
24®  25
Glycyrrhlza,  po......  28®  30
Haematox, 15 lb. box 
ll®  12
Haematox, is ........... 
13®  14
Haematox, V4s.........  
14®  15
Haematox, 14s.........  
16®  17

18
42
18
30
20
12
12
15
15

F erru

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

F lora

15
2  25
76
40
15
2
80
7

Arnica..................... 
16®  18
Anthemls.................  22®  25
Matricaria...............   30®  35

Folia
Barosma..................   45®  48
Cassia Acutlfol,  Tin-
neyelly................. 
20®  26
Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis,  V4s
and Vis................. 
12®  20
UvaUrsl..................  
8®  10
Gommi
Acacia, 1st picked...  @ 6 5
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
®  45
Acacia,3d  picked... 
®  35
Acacia, sifted  sorts.  @  28
Acacia, po...............   45®  65
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape... .po. 16. 
®  12
Aloe,  Socotri.. po. 40  @  30
Ammoniac...............   55®  60
Assafoetlda__po. 40 
40®  45
Benzolnum..............  50®  55
Catechu, is .............. 
®  13
Catechu, Vis............  
®  14
Catechu, 14s............   _®   46
Campnorae..............  69®  73
Eupnorbium...po. 35  @  40
Gafbanum................ 
® 100
Gamboge.............po  65®  70
Gualacum.......po. 25 
®  30
Kino...........po. $0.75 
®  75
Mastic  ....................   @  60
Myrrh.............po. 46  @ 4 0
Opil....pO. 4.90@5.00 3 40® 3 50
Shellac....................  25®  35
Shellac, bleached.... 
40®  45
Tragacanth.............   60®  90
H erba
26
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
20
Eupatorlum..oz. pkg 
25
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__oz. pkg 
28
23
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha V!r..oz. pkg 
25
Rue..............oz. pkg 
39
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
22
Thymus, V...oz. pkg 
25
Magnesia
Calcined, Pat...........  55®  60
Carbonate, P at........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

Oleum

7 00

2 oo
2 85

Absinthium.............  6  50® 
Amygdalae, Dulc....  38®  65
Amygdalae, Amarae.  8 00® 8 25
Anlsf.........................l  85® 
Aurantl Cortex........2  10® 2 20
Bergamll.................  2  65® 
Cajiputl...................  80®  85
Caryophylll.............  
75®  80
Cedar......................  80® l  10
Chenopadll..............  @ 2 75
Clnnamonll  .............1  45® 1  25
Cltronella...........  
  36®  40

10® 

Conium Mac............   50®  60
Copaiba...................  i  is® l  25
Cubebae...................  i  50®  1  60
Exechthltos............   l oo® l  io
Erigeron.................  i  io®  l  20
Gaultherla..............  l  85®  1  90
Geranium, ounce....  @  75
Gosslppil, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1 60®  l  76
Junipera.................  1 so® 2 00
Lavendula  ..............  90® 2 00
Llmonis...................  1  30®  1  40
Mentha Piper.........   1  60® 2 00
Mentha Verld.........   1  SO®  1  60
Morrhuae, &al.........   1  10®  1  20
M yrda....................4 00® 4 50
Olive.......................  76® 3 00
Plcis Liquids........... 
12
Plds Liquids,  gal...  @  35
Ridna.....................   96® 1  02
Rosmarlnl................  @ 1 00
Rosae, ounce............   6 00® 6 50
Sucdnl....................  40®  45
Sabina....................  90®  1  00
Santal....................... 2 75® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
55®  60
Sinapls,  ess., ounce.  @  65
Tlglll.......................  1  50® 1  60
40®  50
Thyme.....................  
Thyme, opt..............  @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb....................  
16®  18
13®  15
Bichromate............  
Bromide.................  62®  67
C arb....................... 
12® 
15
Chlorate... po. 17@19 
16® 
18
Cyanide...................  34®  38
Iodide......................  2 30® 2 40
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com.  @ 
is 
7®  10
Potass Nltras, opt... 
Potass  Nltras.........  
6® 
8
Prusslate................. 
23®  26
Sulphate po............  
15®  18

Radix

Aconltum................. 
20®  25
so® 
Althae...................... 
33
10®  -12
Anchusa................. 
Arum  po.................  @  25
20®  40
Calamus................... 
Gentians......po. 15 
12®  15
Glychrrh!za...pv.  15 
16® 
18 
Hydrastis  Canaden.  @  75 
Hydrastis Can., po..  @ 8 0
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12® 
15
Inula,  po................. 
is®  22
Ipecac, po................. 3 60® 3  75
Iris plox...po. 35@38  35®  40
Jalapa. pr...............   26®  30
Maranta,  V4s...........  @  35
Podophyllum,  po... 
22®  25
Rhei.........................  75®  1  00
Rhei, cut.................  @  l  26
Rhel, pv..................   75®  l  35
Spigella..................  
35®  38
Sangulnaria... po.  15  @  18
Serpentaria............   40®  45
Senega.................. 
60®  65
Smilax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smllax, M...............   @  25
Sclllae........... po.  35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Fcetl-
dus,  po.................  @  25
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30  @  25
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j .................  25®  27
Semen
Anlsum.........po.  15 
@  12
Apium (graveleons).  13® 
15
Bird, is....................  
4® 
6
Carui.............po.  15 
10®  11
Cardamon................  1  26®  1  75
Coriandrum.............  
8® 
10
Cannabis Satlva......   4Vi®  5
Cydonium...............  
75®  1  00
Cnenopodium.........  
15® 
16
Dtpterix Odorate....  1  00®  1  10
Foenlculum..............  @ 
10
7® 
Foenugreek, po........ 
9
L ini......................... 
4® 
5
Llnl, grd...... bbl. 4 
4Vi® 
5
Lobelia....................  45®  50
Pharlaris Canarian..  4Vi@ 
5
R apa.......................  4Vi@ 
5
Sinapls  Alba........... 
9® 
10
Sinapls  Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spiritus

Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00®  2 50 
Frumenti.  D. F. R..  2 oo® 2 26
Frumenti................   1  25®  1  50
Juniperls Co. O. T...  1 65® 2 00
Juniperis  Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacnarum  N. E __   1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli.........   1  75® 6 50
Vmi Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
Vini Alba.................  1  25® 2 00
Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............  2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage................   2 50® 2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’
1 50 
wool, carriage......
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......
1  25
Grass  sheepsr  wool,
carriage................
@  1 00 
Hard, for slate use..
@  75
Yellow  R e e f,  for
slate use...............   @140
Syrups
Acacia.................
Aurantl Cortex....
Zingiber...............
Ipecac...................
Ferrl Iod..............
Rhei Arom...........
Smllax  Officinalis.
Senega .................
Sclllae....... ............

60®

®

♦   a *

f   1  4

)

JU

Scillse  Co.................  @ 
s(
Tolutan...................   @  5<
Prunus  vlrg............   @  5<

Tinctures
Aconltum Napellis R 
Aconltum Napellis F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh__  
A rnica....................  
Assafoetlda.............. 
Atrope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex.......  
Benzoin........ 
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma........ 
Cantharides........... 
Capsicum...... 
Cardamon..... 
Cardamon Co.........  
Castor.....................  
Catechu’........ 
Cinchona...... 
Cinchona Co........... 
Columba....... 
Cubebae.........  
Cassia Acutlfol....... 
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
Digitalis........ 
Ergot............. 
Ferrl  Chloridum.... 
Gentian........  
Gentian Co...  
Gulaca........... 
Gulaca ammon....... 
Hyoscyamus...........  
Iodine  .................... 
Iodine, colorless..... 
K ino............. 
Lobelia......... 
M yrrh..:....... 
Nux Vomica...........  
Opii...............  
Opll, comphorated.. 
Opil, deodorized...... 
Quassia  ...:.. 
Rhatany........  
Rhei..............  
Sanguinaria............ 
Serpentaria............ 
Stramonium...........  
Tolutan........  
Valerian....... 
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Zingiber..................  

6C
5c
5c
75

so
6c
So
5o

so
60
60
60
5o

So
5o
5o
75

60
So
60

60
5q

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5t
6(
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5C
5«
6C
5«
5C
7c

75
1  00

6c

So
so

3s

60
So
75
75

60
5o
1  5o

So
So
60

So
2p

Miscellaneous 

Äther, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  35
Äther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2JA® 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto...................   40®  50
Antimoni, po........... 
4® 
5
Antlmonl et Potass T  40®  50
Antipyrln...............   @  25
Antifebrin..............  @  20
Argentl Nltras, oz...  @  51
Arsenicum.............. 
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
38®  40
Bismuth S. N...........  1  80®  1  86
®  9
Calcium Chlor., is... 
@  -10
Calcium Chlor., Vis.. 
@  12
Calcium Chlor., V4s.. 
®  80
Cantharides, Rus.po 
® 
Capsicl Fructus,at.. 
i5
®  15
Capsid  Fructus, po. 
Capsicl Fructus B, po 
®  15
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba.............. 
50®  56
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  35
Centrarla.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum.................  @  45
Chloroform............   55®  60
Chloroform, squibbs 
®  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  40®  1  65
Chondrus................   20®  25
Clnchonidine.P. & W  38®  48
Cinchonidlne, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine..................   6 55® 6 75
70
Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 
Creosotum...............  
©  35
® 
Creta............bbl. 75 
2
Creta, prep.............. 
® 
5
Creta, precip........... 
9®  11
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
3
Crocus....................  25®  30
Cudbear..................   @  24
Cuprl Sulph............   6 Vi® 
8
7®  10
Dextrine................. 
Ether Sulph............   78®  92
Emery, all numbers.  @ 
8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
E rgota.........po. 90  86®  90
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla.......................   @  23
Gambler................. 
8® 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......   35®  60
75 &  6
Glassware,  flint, box 
70
Less than box......  
Glue, brown............  
11®  13
Glue,  white............   15®  25
Glycerlna................   l7Vi@  25
Grana Paradlsl........  @  25
Humulus.................  25®  55
Hydrarg Chlor  Mite  @ 1 00 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..  @  90
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m.  @  1  10 
Hydrarg  Ammoniati  @ 1  20 
HydrargUnguentum  50®  60
Hydrargyrum.........  @  85
IchthyoDolla,  Am...  65®  70
Indigo.....................   76®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubl........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................  3 60® 3 85
Lupulin....................  @  50
Lycopodium.............  80®  85
M ads......................  65®  75
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod..............  @  25
LlquorPotassArslnlt 
10® 
12 
2® 
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
3
Magnesia. Sulph, bbl  @  íví 
Mannla, 8. F ........ 
so®  oo

Menthol......... ........  @4 40
Morphia, S., P.& W.  2  05® 2 30 
Morphia, 8..N. Y. Q.  1  95® 2 20
Morphia, Mai...........1  96® 2  20
Moschus  Canton....  @  40
Myristlca, No. 1......   66®  80
Nux Vomica...po. 16  @ 
10
Os Sepia..................   35®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co....................  @  1  00
Plcis Liq. N.N.Vi gal.
doz....................... 
® 2 00
Plds Liq., quarts.... 
® 1  00
Fids Liq.,  pints......   @  85
PilHydrarg...po. 80  @  60
Piper  Nigra., .po. 22  @ 
18
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 35  @  30
Pilx Burgun............   @ 7
Plumbl Acet............ 
12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opll  1  30®  1  50 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
®  75
& P. D. Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum,  pv__ :. 
25®  30
8® 
Quassiae..................  
10
Qulnia, S. P. &  W... 
31®  44
34®  44
Quinta, S.  German.. 
Qulnia, N. Y............   34®  41
Rubia Tlnctorum__ 
12®  14
SaccharumLactls pv 
18®  20
Saladn....................  4 50® 4 75
Sanguis  Draconls...  40®  50
Sapo, W................... 
12® 
14
SapoM.................... 
io® 
12
Sapo  G....................  @ 
15

10® 

® 

io®  22
Seidlltz Mixture...... 
is
Sinapls.................... 
Sinapls,  opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes....................  @  41
Snufl,Scotch,De Vo’s  @  41
Soda, Boras............. 
9® 
11
9® 
Soda,  Boras, po......  
11
23®  25
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb.............. 
ivi@ 
2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3Vi® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........  
® 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
so®  55
Spts. Myrcla Dom...  @ 2 00 
Spts. Vini Rect.  bbl.  @ 
® 
Spts. Vini Rect.Vibbl 
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal  @ 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. 5 gal 
® 
Strychnia, Crystal...  80® 1  05
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2Vi@ 
4
Sulphur, Roll...........  2 Vi®  3 Vi
8® 
Tamarinds.............. 
10
Terebenth  Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromae............. 
60®  66
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 00
Zincl Sulph.........-... 
7® 
8

Oils

Whale, winter......... 
70 
Lard, extra..............  60 
Lard, No. l ......... 
45 

B B L .  G A L .
70
70
so

27

Linseed, pure raw... 
Linseed,  Dolled.......  
Neatsfoot, winter str  54 
Spirits  Turpentine..  41 

82
83
60
46
Paints  B B L .  LB .
Red Venetian.........   IX  2  @8
Ochre, yellow Mars.  IX  2  @4 
Ochre,yellowBer... 
IX  2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  2*4 2Vi@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2Vi  2X@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............  
13® 
15
Vermilion, English..  70®  75
Green,  Paris........... 
14®  18
Green, Peninsular... 
ie
13® 
Lead, red................   6Vi@  7
Lead,  white............   6Vi@  7
Whiting, white Span  @  90
Whiting, gilders’__  @  95
White, Paris, Amer.  @ 1  25 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
difl.......................  @  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1  20

Varnishes

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

H O L I D A Y

G O O D S

We 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 l t i n e   &   P e r k i n s  

D r u g   C o .,

Grand  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  mailing, 
and are intended to be correct at time of going to  press.  Prices,  however,  are  lia­
ble to change at any  time,  and  country  merchants  will  have  their  orders  filled  at 
market prices at date of purchase.

ADVANCED
Canned  Apples 
Crackers
Hand  Picked  Beans 
Pickles
Family  Whitefish

DECLINED

Sugar
Package  Coffee

Straw berries

85
Standard.................  
1  25
Fancy...................... 
Succotash
Fair.......................... 
90
1  00
Good.......................  
Fancy...................... 
1  20
Tomatoes
90
F air.........................  
95
Good........................ 
Fancy...................... 
l  10
Gallons....................  
2 75
CATSUP
Columbia, pints...................2 00
Columbia, % pints................l 25

CARBON  OILS 

B arrels

Eocene.......................   @10K
Perfection..................   @ 9%
Diamond White.........   @  8 V,
D. S. Gasoline............  @12*
Deodorized Naphtha..  @10H
Cylinder.......................29  @34
Engine..........................19  @22
Black, winter...............  9  @ioX
CHEESE
Acme.......................  
®iox
7810M
Amboy....................  
@10K
Carson City.............. 
Elsie......................... 
@11
@11
Emblem................... 
Gem.........................  
@UX
Gold Medal.............. 
@10'/,
flOH
Ideal...................... 
Jersey...................... 
@11
Riverside................. 
@11
Brick.......................  
14@15
@90
Edam....................... 
@17
Leiden....................  
13@14
Llmburger...............  
Pineapple................ 
50@75
Sap  Sago.................  
19@20
CHEWING GUM 
55
American Flag Spruce.... 
60
Beeman’s Pepsin.............. 
Black Jack.......................  
55
Largest Gum  Made...................  60
55
Sen Sen  ,.......................... 
l  00
Sen Sen Breath Perfume., 
Sugar  Loaf.......................  
56
56
Yucatan............................ 
Bulk...................... 
5
 
Bed........................................7
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s .............................   0%
Schener’s.............................  6

CHICORY

 

CHOCOLATE 

Runkel Bros.

CLOTHES  LINES

Walter Baker & Co.’s.
German Sweet...........:.......   23
Premium.........................  
  31
Breakfast Cocoa...................  46
Vienna Sweet.................... 
21
Vanilla................................   28
Premium..............................  31
Cotton, 40 ft. per doz.......... 1 00
Cotton, 50 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..............
Jute. 72 ft. per doz.............    96
Cleveland.............................   41
Colonial, xs  .......................   35
Colonial, %a.........................  33
Epps................................. 
  42
Huyler.................................  45
Van Houten, Ms..................   12
Van Houten, Xs..................   20
Van Houten, Ms..................   38
Van Houten,  is..................   70
Webh................................  
30
Wilbur, Ms...........................  41
Wilbur, x s ................  
  42
 
COCOA  SHELLS
201b. bags...................... 
2M
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound packages............  
4

COCOA

COFFEE 
Roasted

oM J*HIGH GRADE
Coffees

Special Combination..........15
rench Breakfast...............17M
Lenox, Mocha ft Java........21
Old Gov’t Java and Mocha.,24 
Private Estate, Java & Moc 26 
Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 
Dwlnell-Wright  Co.’s Brands.
White House, 60-ls.............29
White House, 30-28.............  28
Excelsior M. & J„ 60-ls.. 
. .21M
Excelsior M. & J., 30-2s........20%
Royal Java..........................26%
Royal Java & Mocha.......... 26 %
Arabian  Mocha..................28 %
AdenMoch..........................22 %
Mocha & Java Blend.......... 23
Fancy Marlcaibo................ 18M
Javo Blend..........................17 %
Golden Santos.....................17
Ja-Mo-Ka........................... 16M
Excelsior Blend................... 14M
No. 55 Blend........................ 14
Common.............................. 10«
F a ir.....................................11
Choice..................................13
Fancy.................................. 15
Common........................ ......11
F air.....................................14
Choice..................................18
Fancy.................................17
Peaberry................ .............13
F air..................................... 12
Choloe.. 
............ id

Maracaibo

Santos

Rio

Mexican

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

G uatem ala

Ja v a

Choice...................................16
African................................ 12M
Fancy African.....................17
O. G...................................... 25
P. G .....................................29

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

Mocha

Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuckle.............................10%
Dllworth............................ 10 %
Jersey................................. 10M
Lion.................................... 10M
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin ft 
Co., Chicago.

E xtract

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

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz in case.

Gall Borden Eagle...................6 40
Crown....................................... 6 26
Daisy.........................................5 75
Champion................................ 4 50
Magnolia..................................4 25
Challenge.................................3 76
Dime.........................................3 35
Leader......................................3 80

COUPON  BOOKS 
50 books, any  denom... 
1 50 
100 books, any  denom...  2 60 
500books,any  denom...  11 50
1.000 books, any  denom...  20 00 
Above quotations are for either
Tradesman, Superior, Economic 
or  Universal  grades.  Where
1.000 books are ordered at a time 
customer receives  sp e c ia lly  
printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Soda

Oyster

B u tter

CRACKERS

Credit Checks 

Coupon  Pass Books 
Can be made to represent any 
denomination from $10 down,
50  books.......................  
1 50
100  books.......................   2 50
600  books.......................  11  50
1.000  books.......................   20 00
500, any one denom........  2 00
1.000, any one denom........  3 00
2.000, any one denom........  5 00
Steel  punch...................... 
75
National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour....................... • •• 
6«
New York.................... ... 
6!4
Family......................... ... 
6*
Salted............................ ... 
614
Wolverine.................... ... 
6ÌÌ
Soda  XXX...................
6*
.. 
Soda, City....................
8
.. 
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette.......................... 
13
F a u st......................... 
7M
Farina........................  
ex
Extra Farina.................... 
6 y4
Saltlne Oyster................... 
ex
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals.............................. 
10
Assorted  Cake.................. 
10
8
Belle Rose......................... 
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...................... 
10M
Cubans........................  n%
Currant Fruit................... 
12
Frosted Honey.................   12
Frosted Cream.................  9
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sm’ll  8 
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C.... 
6M
Gladiator....................  
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....................   11M
Milk Biscuit.....................   7M
8
Molasses Cake................. 
Molasses Bar....................  9
Moss Jelly Bar...............-. 
12M
Newton.............................  
12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  8
Oatmeal Wafers...............   12
Orange Crisp....................   9
Orange Gem.....................   9
Penny Cake...........   ...........  8
Pilot Bread, XXX....... 
7M
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
»%
Pretzels, hand  made.. 
8M
Scotch Cookies....................  9
Sears’ Lunch............... 
7M
Sugar Cake......................... 
8
Sugar Cream, X X X ....... 

iom

8

Sugar Squares................... 
8
Sultanas............................  
13
Tuttl Frutti.......................  16
Vanilla Wafers.................   16
Vienna Crimp................... 
8
E. J.  Kruce & Co.’s baked goods 

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

with interesting discounts. 
CREAM TARTAR

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

D RIED   FRUITS 

A pples

California F ru its 

Sundrled.........................   @6
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes.  @8 
Apricots.....................  9@ 9M
Nectarines.................
Peaches......................8  @20
Pears.......................... 7M
Fitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries...............
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @ 4M
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........  @
70 - 80 25lb. boxes........  @
60-70 25 lb. boxes........  @ 6X
50-60 25 lb. boxes........  @ 7%
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes .......  @ 8M
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........

California Prunes

M cent less in 60 lb. cases 

Citron

Peel

C urrants

Leghorn...................................11
Corsican..................................12
California, 1 lb.  package....
Imported, 1 lb package.......12
Imported, bulk.....................hm
Citron American 19 lb. bx... 13 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 10% 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.. ioy, 
London Layers 2 Crown. 
London Layers 3 Crown.
Cluster 4 Crown............
5K
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
6
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
7
L. M., Seeded, l  lb........ 
7
L. M.,Seeded, Si  lb....  5:f@
Sultanas, b u lk ....................
Sultanas, package..............

Raisins

Beans

Cereals

FARINACEOUS GOODS 
Dried Lima........................  7
2 50
Medium Hand Picked 
Brown Holland.....................2 50
Cream of Cereal.................   90
Graln-O, sm all..................... 1 35
Graln-O, large......................2 25
Grape Nuts...........................1 35
Postum Cereal, small...........1 35
Postum Cereal, large.........  2  25
241 lb. packages.................. 1 50
Bulk, per lOO lbs................... 3 00
Flake, 50 lb. sack...............  90
Pearl,  2001b.bbl.................. 3 50
Pearl, 100 lb. sack.................1 75
Maccaroni  and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 26 Ih. box..............2 50
Common.............................. 2 40
Chester..................................2 90
Empire..................................8 40

P earl  B arley

H om iny

F arin a

Grits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Peas

Rolled  Oats 

24 2 lb. packages.............
100 lb. kegs...................... ...2 00 
...3 00
200 lb. barrels................. ...5 70
100 lb. bags...................... ...2 90
Green, Wisconsin, bu__ ...1  30
Green, Scotch, bu. ’. ........ ...1  40
Split,  lb...........................
3
Rolled Avena, bbl........... ...5 39
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks....  2 60
Monarch, bbl...................... 5 00
Monarch, % bbl.................. 2 65
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks.........2 40
Quaker, cases......................3 20
_  
East India...........................   2%
German, sacks....................   3X
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  uoib. sacks.............414
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks..............  3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages...... 6
Cracked, bulk......................  354
24 2 lb. packages.................2 50
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Tapioca

Wheat

Sago

FOOTE ft JEN K S’

JAXO N

JH IghesG O rad^E xtrM t«
Lemon

Vanilla 

oz full m. 1  20  1 oz full m.  80 
oz full m.2  10  2 oz full m  l  25 
No.8fan*y.8 15  No.3fan’y.l  75

Index to  Markets

By Columns

A

-  

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

B

C

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

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

I)
F

G

P

H

M

N
O

I
J
1.

Grains and Flour...................  6
H erbs.....................................   0
Hides and Pelts.....................   13
Indigo.....................................   6
Je lly .......................................   6
Lamp Burners.......................  15
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
P u is  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................................   li
Twine....................................  12
Vinegar.................................  12
Washing Powder...................  12
Wlcklng.................................  13
Woodenware.........................  13
Wrapping Paper...................  13
Yeast Cake............................   13

V
w

B
S

Y

T

 

AXLE GREASE
doz.  gross
aurora............  
...55 
6 00
7 00
Castor  Oil....................60 
Diamond.....................50 
4 25
Frazer’s .......................75 
9 oo
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 
9 00

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

9 00
6 00

H lb. cans,  4 doz. case......3  75
% lb. cans,  2 doz. case......3 75
l lb. nans, 
l doz. case......3 75
5 lb. cans,  % doz. case.......8 00

14 lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
% lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  85
l 
lb. cans, 2 doz. case........l 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 oo
5 lb.,  1. doz. case.................. 9 00

Royal

lOcslze....  90 
x  lb. cans  l  35 
6 °z*eans  1 90 
%  lb. cans 2 50 
lb. cans  3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4 80 
3 lb. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21  50

BATH  BRICK

American.............................  70
English.................................  so

BLUING

Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per gross 6 00 
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9 oo

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

BROOMS

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

BRUSHES

Scrub

Solid Back,  8 in..................   45
Solid Back, 11 i n .................   95
Pointed Ends.......................  85
No. 8....................................1  00
No. 7.................................... 1  30
No. 4.... A ......................... 1  70
No. 3....................................1  90

Shoe

Stove

Corn

Beans

Cherries

CANDLES

F rench  Peas

Blackberries

Gooseberries

Clam  Bouillon

BUTTER  COLOR

CANNED  GOODS 

No. 3.....................................  75
No. 2................................... 1  10
No. 1....................................1 75
i W., K. & Co.’s, 15c size__   1  25
' W., R. & Co.’s, 25c size__   2 00
Electric Light, 88................12
Electric Light, 16s......... 
12ft
Paraffine, 6s........................10%
Paraffine, 128...................... 11
Wlcklng 
............................29
Apples
90
3 lb. Standards........ 
3 00
Gallons, standards.. 
Standards................ 
75
Baked......................  1  oo@i  30
75®  85
Bed  Kidney............. 
String...................... 
80
85
Wax.........................  
B lueberries
Standard.................... 
85
Brook  T rout
lb. cans, Spiced..........  1  90
2 
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 lb...... 
1  00
Little Neck. 2 lb...... 
l  50
Burnham's, % pint...........  1  92
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20
Bed  Standards........... 
85
White.........................  
1  15
Fair..........................
Good........................ 
Fancy...................... 
Sur Extra Fine................. 
Extra  Fine.......................  
Fine................................. .'. 
Moyen............................. 
Standard................. 
Hom iny
Standard.................. 
Lobster
Star, H lb............... 
Star, 1  lb.................  
Picnic Tails.............  
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ........... 
Mustard, 21b........... 
Soused, 1 lb.............. 
Soused, 2 lb............  
Tomato, 1 lb............. 
Tomato, 2 lb............. 
M ushrooms
Hotels.......................  
Buttons....................  
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb.................  
Cove, 2 lb.................  
Cove, lib  Oval........ 
Peaches
P ie...........................
Yellow....................  
1 65@1  86
Pears
Standard.................  
70
Fancy....................... 
80
1  00
Marrowfat.............. 
Early June.............. 
1  00
160
Early June Sifted.. 
Pineapple
Grated....................   1  25@2  75
Sliced.......................   1 35@2 55
P um pkin
F air.........................  
70
Good........................ 
75
Fancy......................  
85
, 
Raspberries
Standard................  
90
Russian  Cavier
14 lb. cans..............................   3 75
% lb, cans..............................   7 00
1 lb. can................................  12 00
Columbia Biver, tails 
Columbia Biver, flats 
Bed Alaska.............. 
Pink Alaska............ 
Shrim ps
Standard................. 
Sardines
Domestic, 14s........... 
Domestic, £ s .........  
Domestic,  Mustard. 
California, %a.........  
California Xs........... 
French, Xs.............. 
French, Mi...... .....

85
95
22
19
15
  11
90
85
185
3 40
-  2 35
1  75
2 80
l 75
2 80
l 75
2 80
18@20
22@25

@1 85
@1 95
l 20@i  40
1 oo@i  10
1  50
4
8
7
u@i4
17@24
74314

Salmon

166
95

Peas

85

 

 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

8

10

W hitefish

„ 

No. l  No. 2  Fam
3 25
1  65
Si
42

100 lbs...........7 50 
40 lbs...........3 30 
10 lbs...........  90 
8 lbs...........  76 
SEEDS
Anise....................•.............. 9
Canary, Smyrna......4
Caraway.............................   g
Cardamon, Malabar........ii’eo
Celery.................................   12
Hemp, Russian...... . ............  414
Mixed Bird................ 
4V4
Mustard, white.........  
poppy...........................
R&D6 .......... 
Cuttle Bone............ 16
Handy Box, large............   2 50
Handy Box, small.........  
1  26
Blxby’s Royal Polish.......  
86
Miller’s Crown  Polish...... 
85
Scotch, in bladders................  37
Maccaboy, In jars...........  
35
French Rappee, In jars__ !  43
B. T. Babbit brand—

SHOE  BLACKING

........ 9
 

Babbit’s Best..................  4 00

8NUFF

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

41Z

 

P u re  Cane

Pah-..................................  is
Good...................................   20
Choice................................   25

STARCH

Kingsford’s  Corn

40 l-lb. packages...............   6%
20 l-lb. packages...............  6M
6 lb. packages...............  
7 yt
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss
7

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

Common Gloss

l-lb. packages..................  
5
3-lb. packages...................  4%
6-lb. packages..................  
5%
40 ana 50-lb. boxes............  
3%
Barrels.............................  
314

29

II

No.  8................................   4  55
No.  9................................  4 50
No. 10................................  4 46
No. 11............................  
  4  40
No. 12.......... 
4 40
 
No. 13................................  4  30
No. 14.............................. !  4 30
No. 15................................  4  30
No. 16..............................  430

 

TEA
Japan

Sundrled, medium.............. 28
Sundrled, choice................. so
Sundrled, fancy...................40
Regular, medium.................28
Regular, choice...................so
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.................... 60
Plngsuey,  medium.............. 25
Plngsuey,  choice................. 30
Plngsuey, fancy...................40

6

Vanilla

2 oz panel..1  20
3 oz taper..2 oo

Lemon

2 oz panel.  75 
4 oz taper.. i  so

Beef

U. C. Lemon
2 oz......... 
75
3 oz.........  X 00
6 OZ.............2  00
No. 4 T 
.  1  52
Our Tropical.

L>. C. Vanilla
2 oz.........  1  24
3oz.........  1  60
4 OZ.........  2  00
No. 3 T...  2 08

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75c. 

Standard.

FLY  PAPER

FRESH  HEATS 

2 oz. full measure, Lemon..  76
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  1  50 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  1  80 
2 oz. Panel Vanilla Tonka..  70
2 oz. Panel Lemon............. 
60
Tanglefoot, per box.............   36
Tanglefoct, per case...........3 20
* 
Carcass.................... 
6  @  8
5  @6
Forequarters.........  
Hindquarters......... 
8!*@  9y,
to  @14
Loins No. 3.............. 
Ribs...........................  9 @12%
Rounds............ . 
8%@  9
@ 5% 
Chucks.................... 
5
Plates......................  4
<& 5%
Dressed...................
@  7 
@ 9% 
Loins.......................
Boston Butts...........
@ 8 
Shoulders................
@ 8% @ 8
Leaf  Lard.............. ,
M utton
7%@ 9%
Carcass...................  
9%@10
Lambs...................... 
Carcass...................  
8  @9
GRAINS AND  FLOUR 
W heat

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

P ork

Veal

66

W inter W heat  F loor 

Local Brands

Patents..............................   4 10
Second Patent....................   3 60
Straight..............................   3 40
Clear..................................   3 oo
Graham..............................  3 00
Buckwheat.........................  4 oo
Rye.....................................   3 00
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbis., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’8 Brand
Diamond %s.......................   3 76
Diamond las.......................  3 76
Diamond %s.......................   3 76
Quaker Ms..........................   3 70
Quaker £8..........................  3 70
Quaker %s..........................  3 70

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Spring W heat F lour 

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Clark-Jewell-Well8  Co.’s  Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4 40
Plllsbury’s  Best 14s...........   4 30
Plllsbury’s  Best %s.........   4  20
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4 20 
Plllsbury’s Best las paper.  4 20 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand|
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 25
Duluth  Imperial las.........  4  15
Duluth  Imperial %b.........  4  05
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  Ms....................  4 40
Wingold  ms.................... 
4 30
Wlngold  Ms.................... 
4  20
Ceresota Ms......................  4 50
Ceresota las.....................  4  40
Ceresota %s......................  4 30
Laurel  Ms...........................  4 30
Laurel  las...........................  4 20
Laurel  Ms...........................  4 10
Laurel las and las paper..  4  10
Bolted...............................  2 66
Granulated.......................   2 75
Car  lots..............................   38
Car lots, clipped...............   40
Less than car lots.............
Feed and Mlllstallk
St. Car Feed, screened.... 23 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats........ 22 50
Unbolted Corn Meal........ 22 00
Winter Wheat Bran......... 16 00
Winter Wneat  Middlings. 17 00
Screenings....................... 16 00
Corn, car  lots..................

Meal

Oats

56

Corn
Hay

No. 1 Timothy car lots.... 11 00
No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... 12 00
Sage...... .................................15
Hops....................................... 15
Laurel Leaves................  
15
Senna Leaves..........................26

HERBS

INDIGO

JELLY

Madras, 6 lb. boxes................55
8. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes....... 50
1  85
51b. palls.per doz........... 
151b. palls.T.................... 
35
301b. palls............................  67
Pure....................................   30
Calabria......................... 
23
Sicily......................... 
14
Root.........................................10
Condensed, 2 doz*............ 1  20
Condensed, 4 doz................2 26

LICORICE

MATCHES

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No.  9 sulphur.................... 1 65
Anchor ra rlo r...................  1  50
No. 2 Home........................  1 30
Export Parlor...................  400
Wolverine...........................1  50

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

45
76

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

40
so
26
22

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

Fancy Open Kettle..........  
Choice............................... 
g afr.................................. 
Good.................................  
__ 
Horse Radish, 1 doz........... 1  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz........... 3 60
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz......... !i  75
„  
1  25
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............  
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............
1  00
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............  
Manzanilla, 7 oz...............  
80
Queen, pints.....................   2 35
Queen, 19  oz.....................   4 50
Queen, 28  oz.....................   7 no
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
90
Stuffed, 8 oz.................... . 
1  45
Stuffed, 10 oz....................  2 30

OLIVES

PA PER  BAGS

Continental  Paper  Bag  Co.

Ask your Jobber for them.

Glory Mayflower
Satchel & Pacific
Bottom
Square
H.......... .........   28
50
%.........
........  34
60
I .........
........  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
26.........
6 50
Sugar
Red......
Gray....

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

4M
4^

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

PICKLES
Medium

Small

Barrels, 1,200 count........... 5 eo
Half bbis, 600 count........... 3 25
Barrels, 2,400 count........... 7 00
Half bbis, 1,200 count.........4 00
Clay, No. 216.........................   70
Clay, T. D., full count.........   65
Cob, No. 3............................  85

PIPE S

POTASH 

48 cans In case.

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

PROVISIONS, 
B arreled P ork

Mess......................
Back....................
Clear hack............
Short cut..............
P is .......................
Bean......................
Family Mess.........

@15 50 
..  @15 75
..  @16 50
@15 50 
..  @20 00
..  @13 00
@16 60
9U
9U
8%

D ry  Salt Meats

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

Smoked  Meats 

Hams, 121b. average.  @ 12
Hams, I41b.average.  @ n v
Hams, 16 lb. average.  @  u k
Hams, 20lb. average.  @  nw
Ham dried beef......   @  13
Shoulders (N.Y. out) 
@  7%
Bacon, clear.............  10K@  UR
California hams......   @  9%
@ 17%
Boiled Hams.......... 
Picnic Boiled Hams 
@  12%
Berlin  Ham pr’s’d. 
@  8%
@
Mince Hams T........ 
9

Lards—In Tierces

Compound................
Pure.........................
Vegetóle............
60 lb. Tubs..advance 
80 lb. Tnbs.. advance 
501b. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Falls., ad vanee 
5 lb. Palls..advance 
31b. Pahs..advance

5%
4
7M7%
6%»
6

10 75
11  50 
11  50
1  55 
3 50
70 
1  26
2 25
21
3
10
60

14%
14
2 60 
17 60 
2 60 
50 
90 
50 
90 50 
90

6M
s
evi

Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver.......................
Frankfort......... .
P o rk .......................
Blood.......................
Tongue....................
Headcheese............
Beef
Extra Mess..............
Boneless..................
Rump......................
Pigs’  Feet
% bbis., 40 lbs.........
% bbis., 80 lbs.........
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs..............
M bbis., 40 lbs.........
% bbis., 80 lbs.........
Casings
P o rk .............
Beef rounds............
Beef middles...........
Sheep.......................
Butterine
Solid, dairy.............. 
@
Rolls, dairy..............  n%@
Rolls, creamery......
Solid, creamery......
Corned beef, 2lb....
Corned beef, 14 lb ...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  ids......
Potted ham,  Ms......
Deviled ham, Ms....
Deviled ham, Ms....
Potted tongue,  Ms..
Potted tongue,  %a..
RICE 
Domestic

Canned  Meats 

11

Im ported.

Carolina head................. 
Carolina No. 1 ................ 
Carolina No. 2 ................ 
Broken...........................
Japan,  No.  1 ................ 5%@
Japan.  No. 2................ 4%S
Java, fancy head
Java, No. 1 ....................  <a
Table...............................  a
Packed 60 lbs. In box. 

SALERATUS 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  15
Deland’s..............................3 00
Dwight’s  Cow.................... 3  16
Emblem...............................     10
L-  P .................................... 3 00
Wyandotte, 100 Ms.............3 00
Granulated, bbis.................  90
Granulated, 100 lb. cases...  1  < 0
Lump, bbis......................... 
so
Lump, 145 lb. kegs...............   85

SAL  SODA

SALT

Buckeye

Common  Grades

Diamond Crystal 

100  31b. bags.....................300
50  61b. bags.....................3 00
2214 lb. bags.....................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5 per  cent,  dis­
count
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 1003 lb.bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 65 
Butter, barrels, 2014 lb.bags.2  86
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs...........  27
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs............   67
100 31b. sacks...................... 2 25
60 51b. sacks.......................2  15
2810 lb. sacks..................... 2 05
56 lb. sacks........................   40
281b. sacks.......................  
22
66 lb. dairy In drill bags......   40
28 lb. dairy In drill bags......   20
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  60 
56 lb. sacks..........................   25
Granulated  Fine.................  85
Medium Fine.......................  90

Solar Rock
Common

WttrB&w

Ashton

SALT  FISH 

Cod

T rout

H erring

H alibut.

Georges cured................  @6
Georges genuine........  @ 6%
Georges selected........  @  7
Grand Bank................  @ e
Strips or  bricks......... 6%@io%
Pollock.......................   @3%
Strips.......................................10
Chunks....................................12
No. 1100 lbs......................  6  DO
No. 1  40 lbs........................  2 70
No. 1  10 lbs......................  
75
i No. 1  8 lbs.................... 
63
Holland white hoops, bbl.  11  26 
Holland white hoops%bbl.  6 00 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 
82
Holland white hoop mens. 
87
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs......................  3 00
1 50
Round 40 lbs....................... 
Scaled.............................  
22
Bloaters..............................  
1 60
Mess 100 lbs.........  ...........  12 25
Mess  40 lbs......................   5 20
Mess  10 lbs......................  
1  38
Mess  8 lbs...................... 
1  13
No. 1100 lbs......................  10 50
No. 1  40 lbs......................   4 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  
1  20
No. 1  8 lbs. •.................... 
100
No. 2 100 lbs........................  7 00
No. 2  40 lbs........................  3 10
No. 2  10 lbs......................  
85
No. 2  8 lbs......................  
71

M ackerel

M,£> cakes, large size.............3 25

Detroit Soap Co. brands—

100 cakes, large size.............6 50
50 cakes, small size........... 1  95
100 cakes, small size............ 3 85
Bell & Bogart brands—
Coal Oil Johnny............   3 90
Peekln............................   4 00
Queen Anne...................   3  15
Big Bargain..............••••  1  75
Umpire..........................  2  15
German Family...........2 45
DJngman........................   3  85
Santa Claus....................  3  26
Brown....................... 
2 40

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

. . ...................::  400

Fels brand—
Gowans & Sons brands—

Naptha............................  4  oo
Oak Leaf.........................  3  25
Oak Leaf, bigs...............   4 00

JAXON

Lautz Bros, brands—

Single box............................3  00
5 box lots, delivered...........2  95
10 box lots, delivered...........2  90
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Silver King.......................  3 60
Calumet Family.............   2  70
Scotch Family.................   2 50
Cuba................................... 40
50 cakes.....................  1 95
Ricker’s Magnetic.........  3 90
Big Acme.........................  4 00
Acme 5c...........................   3 25
Marseilles.........................4 00
Master........................... 
3 70
Proctor & Gamble brands—
Lenox..............................   3 00
Ivory, 6 oz......................... 4 00
Ivory, 10 oz......................  6 75
Star...................................3 00
Good Cheer.....................  3 80
Old Country.....................  3 20
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz........ 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz.............2 40
Boxes....................................  6%
Kegs, English........................4K

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

Scouring

SODA

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

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

Common Corn

20 l-lb.  packages.............. 
40 l-lb.  packages..............  4
STOVE  POLISH

5%

Young Hyson

O olong

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

English Breakfast

In d ia

TOBACCO

Cigars

American Cigar Factory brands

A. Bomers’ brand.

Elk’s Heart..................... .65® 70
w. s. w.................... .  35 00
Bald Head....................... -.35 00
Plalndealer.................... ..35 00
Columbian Cigar Co.’s brands.
Little Columbian.................... 36 00
Columbian...............................35 00
Columbian Extra.....................55 00
Columbian Special______ 65 00
Columbian Invincible........90 00
Fortune Teller.................  35 00
Our Manager....................  36 00
Quintette..........................  36 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

S.C. W.........................  .  86 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
39

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,  106-10................... 
Nutmegs, 115-20.................... 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot.
ure Ground in Bulk
Allspice............................. 
Cassia, Batavia.................  
Cassia, Saigon................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar...............  
Ginger, African................ 
Ginger, Cochin................. 
Ginger,  Jamaica.............. 
Mace.................................  
Mustard............................ 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne.............. 
Sage......... ........ 

 

SYRUPS 

Corn

12
12
28
88
56
17
14

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

Barrels................................ 23
Half bbis.............................25
doz. 1 gallon cans............. 3 40
doz. % gallon cans............1  95
2 doz. M gallon cans............  97

66
60
40
36

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

SUGAR 

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds  the  local 
freight from New York  to your 
shipping point, giving you credit 
on  the Invoice  for  the  amount 
of freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point,  including 
20 pounds for the weight  of the 
barrel.
Domino.............................  5 85
Cut Loaf...........................   5 85
Crushed............................  5 85
Cubes................................  5 60
Powdered.........................  5 45
Coarse  Powdered............   5 45
XXXX Powdered............   5 50
Standard  Granulated......   5 35
Fine Granulated................  5 35
Coarse Granulated...........  6 45
Extra Fine Granulated....  5 45
Conf.  Granulated.............  5 60
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 50
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5 60
Mould A............................  5 70
Diamond  A.......................  5 35
Confectioner’s  A..............  5  15
No.  l, Columbia A..........  5 00
No.  2, Windsor A ...........  4 96
No.  3, Ridgewood A.......  A 95
No.  4, Phoenix  A............  4  90
No.  5, Empire A..... . 
4 85
No.  6...............................  4 76
NO.  7...............................   4 65

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1 2

13

P ing

Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.

Fine  C at

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

B. L..................................$35 00
Gold Star.........................   35 00
Star G reen..7............ ..35  OO
Uncle Daniel................ ...... 58
Ojibwa......................... ...... 38
Forest  Giant............... ...... 38
Sweet Spray..,............ ...... 35
Cadillac........................ .......57
Sweet  Loma................. ......38
Golden Top.................. ......26
Hiawatha..................... ...... 58
Telegram...................... ......28
Pay C ar....................   . ......34
Prairie Rose................. ...... 50
Protection.................... ...... 38
Sweet Burley................ ...... 40
Sweet Loma................. ...... 38
Tiger............................ ...... 39
Flat Iron..................... ...... 36
Creme de Men the........ ...... 60
Stronghold................... ...... 40
Solo.............................. ...... 35
Sweet Chunk............... ......37
Forge........................... ...... 33
Bed Cross..................... ...... 24
Palo............................. ......36
Kylo............................. ......36
Hiawatha..................... ......41
Battle A xe................... ....  37
American Eagle...........
Standard Navy............ ...... 38
Spear Head, 16 oz........ ...... 43
......45
Spear Head,  8 oz........
......49
Nobby Twist................
Jolly T ar...................... ...... 39
Old Honesty................. ...... 45
Toddy........................... ......35
J. T .............................. ......38
Piper Heidslck............ .......64
Boot Jack..................... ...... 81
Jelly Cake.................... ...... 36
...... 32
Plumb Bob.................
Smoking
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
IX L ,  61b................... ...... 28
I XL, 30 lb................... ......32
Honey Dew................. ...... 37
Gold  Block................... ......37
Flagman...................... ...... 40
Chips............................ ......35
Klin Dried.................. ...... 24
Duke’s Mixture........... ...... 40
Duke’s Cameo.............. ...... 40
Honey Dip Twist......... ...... 39
Myrtle Navy................ ......40
Yum Yum, IN oz......... ......39
Yum Yum, 1 lb. palls... ......37
Cream........................... ......37
Coro Cake, 2* oz......... ......25
Corn Cake, lib ............ ......23
Plow Boy, 1* oz........... ...... 39
Plow Boy, 3* oz........... ......37
Peerless, 3*oz............ ......34
Peerless, 1* oz............ ......36
Indicator, 2* oz........... ......28
Indicator, 1 lb. palls ... ...... 31
CoL Choice, 2* oz........ ......21
Col. Choice. 8 oz........... ......21

TABLE SAUCES
LEA &
PERRINS’
SAUCE

TW INE

The Original and
Genuine
Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large........  3 75
Lea & Perrin’s, small......   2 50
Halford, large...................  3 75
Halford, small.....................2 25
Salad Dressing, large......   4 56
Salad Dressing, small......   2 75
Cotton, 3 ply....................... 16
Cotton, 4 ply....................... 16
Jute, 2 ply...........................12
Hemp, 6 ply........................12
Flax, medium.....................20
Wool, 1 lb. balls..................   7*
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  .11
Pure Cider, Bed Star...........12
Pure Cider, Robinson......... 10
Pure Cider, Silver................11
WASHING  POW DER
Gold Dust, regular.............. 4 50
Gold Dust, 5c........................4 00

VINEGAR

Rub-No-More................. ...3 50
Pearline.......................... ...2 90
Scornine.......................... ...3 50
No. 0, per gross............... ...20
No. 1, per gross............... ...25
No. 7, per gross............... ...35
No. 8. per gross............... ...05

W ICKING

WOODENWABE

Baskets

Bushels................................  95
Bushels, wide  band............ 1  15
M arket................................  30
Splint, large........................4  00
Splint, medium..................3  60
Splint, small.......................3  00
Willow Clothes, la n e .........6  26
Willow Clothes, medium...  6 75
Willow Clothes, ««»all-.......6  26

B u tter Plates

No. l Oval, 250 In crate........  45
No. 2 Oval, 260 In crate........  50
No. 3 Oval, 250 In crate........  55
No. 6 Oval, 250 In crate........  65

Egg Crates

Toothpicks

Mop  Sticks

Clothes Plus

Humpty Dumpty.....................2 25
No. 1, complete...................  30
No. 2, complete...................  25
Bound head, 5 gross box__  45
Bound head, cartons...........  62
Trojan spring......................  90
Eclipse patent spring........  85
No l common.......................  75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  85
19 ih. cotton mop heads......l  25
Ideal No. 7 ..........................   90
Pails
2- 
hoop Standard......l 40
3- 
hoop Standard......1 60
2- wire,  Cable............................ l so
3- wire,  Cable............................ l 70
Cedar, all red, brass  bound.l 25
Paper,  Eureka.........................2 25
Fibre........................................ 2 40
Hardwood................................2 50
Softwood..................................2 75
Banquet....................................1 50
Idem.........................................l 50
20-ineh, 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 60
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2.................6 00
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3.................5 00
No. l Fibre............................... 9 45
No. 2 Fibre............................... 7 95
No. 3 Fibre................................7 20
Bronze Globe............................ 2 60
Dewey................................. 1  75
Double Acme............................ 2 75
Single Acme....................   2 26
Double Peerless...............   3 25
Single Peerless.........................2 60
Northern Queen...................... 2 50
Double Duplex......................... 3 00
Good Luck...........................2 75
Universal.................................. 2 25
li In. Butter.........................  75
13 In. Butter.............................. 1 00
15 In. Butter.............................. l 75
17 In. Butter..............................2 50
19 In. Butter..............................3 00
Assorted 13-15-17.......................1 75
Assorted 15-17-19'.......... ....2 50

W ash  Boards

W ood  Bowls

Tubs

W RAPPING PA PER
Common Straw.................  
l *
Fiber Manila, white.........   3K
4*
Fiber Manila, colored......  
4
No.  1  Manila.................... 
Cream  Manila.................. 
3
Butcher’s Manila.............. 
2K
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count —   20
Wax Butter,  rolls............   15

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

Magic, 3 doz.........................l 00
Sunlight, 3doz.....................l 00
Sunlight, 1*  doz.................  50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz..............1 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz..............l oo
Yeast Foam, l *   doz...........  60
Per lb.
White fish............... ..  © 9
Trout....................... ■ ■  @ 9
Black Bass.............. ..10@ 11
Halibut................... ..  @ 16
Ciscoes or Herring.. ■ ■  @ 5
Bluefish................... ■ ■  @ 12
Live  Lobster........... ..  @ 22
Boiled  Lobster........ ..  @ 20
Cod.......................... ..  @ 10
Haddock................. ..  © 7
No. 1 Pickerel.......... ..  @ 9
Pike......................... ..  @ 7*
Perch....................... ..  @ 5
Smoked  White........ -   @ 10*
Bed Snapper........... .  @ 11
Col River  Salmon... ■ ■  @ 12
Mackerel................. ..  @ 15

HIDES AND  PELTS

@ 6X
@ 6*
@ 8*
@ 7H
@ 9
@ 7*
@10
@  8*
50@1  00

The Cappon & Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street,  quotes  as
ioilows:
Hides
Green No. l ............
Green  No. 2.............
Cured  No. l ............
Cured  No. 2............
Calfskins,green No. l
Calf skins,green No. 2
Calfskins,cured No. 1
Calf skins,cured No. 2
Pelts
Pelts,  each..............
Lamb...........................
Tallow
No. 1.........................
No. 2........................
Wool
Washed, fine...........
Washed,  medium...
Unwashed,  fine......
Unwashed, medium.
CANDIES
Stick Gandy

@ 4*
@ 3*
15@16
18@20
11@13
14@16

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

bbls. palls
@ 7*
@ 7%
@ 8
@ 9
cases
@ 7*
@10*
aio
@ 8

Fancy-

In  5 lb. Boxes

and  Wlnt........

@55
@60
@65
@85
@1 00 
@30 
@75 
@55 
@60 
@60 
@60 
@55 
@55 
@90
@65
@65

Lemon  Sours.........
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops.... 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Dk. No. 12............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice Drops........
Lozenges,  plain__ _
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials.................
Mottoes...................
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
String Bock.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
Caram els 
Clipper, 201b. palls.. 
Standard, 20 lb. palls 
Perfection, 20 lb.  pis 
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
Kosker 2 for lc pr bx 
Big 3,3 for lc pr bx.. 
Dukes, 2 for lc pr bx 
Favorite, 4 for lc, bx 
AA Cream Car’ls 31b 
FRUITS 
Oranges
Florida Bus sett.......
Florida Bright........
Fancy  Navels.........
Extra Choice...........
Late Valencias........
Seedlings.................
Medt. Sweets..........
Jamaicas.................
Rodi......................
Lemons
Messina, 300s..........
6 or @6 60
Messina, 3608........... 5 50@6 00
California 360s......... 4  75@5 50
California 300s......... 4 75@6 50
Bananas
Medium bunches__   1 po@2 00
Large bunches........

@ 9 
@ 10 
@12*  
@15 
@65 
@55 
@60 
@60 
@50

O
@
@
@
@6 00
©
@
@
@

Figs

Foreign D ried F ru its 
Callfornlas,  Fancy.. 
@
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes  @
Extra  Choice,  10  lb.
boxes.....................
Fancy, 12 lb. boxes.. 
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Dates

Naturals, In bags.... 1

@ 9* @12

5 @ 5*
4*  @ 6

@

r

16318
@11
»12*
»13*

Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
Fards in 60 lb. oaaeo. 
Hallowi....................
lb.  cases, new......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona 
Almonds, Ivtoa......
Almonas, California,
soft auelled...........
Brazils,....................
Fiiberts  .................
Walnuts.  Grenobles. 
Walnut«., soft shelled 
California No. 1 ... 
Table Nuts, fancy... 
Table  Nuts, choice..
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new.............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns.. 
Fancy,  H.  p.,  Suns
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras
Bimniril................
Span.ShlldNo. ln ’w

Boasted........... .

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

Fancy—In  Pails 

Mixed Candy

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

Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pony H earts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Fruit Tab., as., wrap
Sugared Peanuts__
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops.............
Eclipse Chocolates... 
Choc.  Monumentals. 
Victoria Chocolate..
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream Opera...
Ital. Cream Bonbons
201b. palls............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls.................
Golden Waffles........

15

AKRON  STONEWARE 

Batters
*  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, eacn.......................  

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

Charns

M ilkpans

*  g&.  f.Lt  or rd. bot, per doz............ 
1 gal. nat  or rd. bot„ tach................. 
Fine  Glazed  M ilkpans
*  gal  flat  or rd. bot., p9r doz...........  
1 gal. flat  or rd. bot., each................. 

Stewpans

Ju g s

*  gal. fireproof, ball, p«r doz............  
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............  

*  gal. per doz.....................................  
*  gal. per doz.....................................  
1 to 5 gal., per gal...... ..................... ;.. 

Sealing W ax

5 lbs. In package, per lb  ..................... 

LAMP  BURNERS

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

® 6 
@ 7 
@7X 
®  8*  
@ 8* 
@ 9 
@ 8* 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@ 9 
@10 
@10
@15*
@13

15
12
12
9
12
10*
12
10
@12 
@ 9* 
@ 10 
@11*  @13* 
@14 
@15 
@ 5 
@ 9* 
@10 
@10 
@12
@12
@14 
@12

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

6*
84

48
6

60
6

85
1  10

60
45
7*

2

36
46
60
1  10
50
50

LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds
No. 0 Sun.................................................. 
No. 1 Sun.................................................. 
No. 2 Sim.........................................  

Per box of 6 doz.
1 36
1 54

 

F irst  Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

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

P earl Top

No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........ 
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........ 
No. 2 binge, wrapped and labeled...... 
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,’’  for  Globe

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

 

 

La  Bastie

No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........... 
No. 1 Crimp, per doz...............................  
No. 2 Crimp, per doz...............................  
No. 1 Lime (66c doz)...............................  
No. 2 Lime (70c doz)...............................  
No. 2 Flint (80c doz)— .........................  

Rochester

Electric

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

OIL CANS

LANTERNS

1 gal. tin cans with spout, per doz__  
1 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per  doz.. 
2 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per  doz.. 
3 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per  doz.. 
5 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz.. 
5 gal. Tilting cans................................ 
5 gal. galv. iron  Nacefas.................... 
No.  0 Tubular, side lift...................... 
No.  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, 15c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0Tub., Bull’s eye,cases 1 doz. each 
MASON  FRUIT JARS.
Pints................................................... 
Quarts.................................................. 
Half  Gallons....................................... 
Caps and  Rubbers.............................. 
Rubbers....................................:......... 

1  85
2 00
2 90

2 75
3 76
4  00

4 00
6 00
5  10
80

1  00
1  25

1 36
l 60
3 50
4 00
4 60

4 00
4 60

2 87
3 80
4 60

l 35
l  65

5 00
5 40
7 to
9 00
4 75
7 25
7 26
7 50
13 50
3 60

45
45
2 00
1  25

6 26
6 50
9 25
2 40
25 & 35

Glover’s Gem Mantles

are superior to all others 
for Gas or uasoline.

Glover’s Wholesale  Merchandise  Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Manufacturers  Importers and Jobbers  of 

GAS and GABO LINE SUNDRIES

5*@6*@

STATEMENTS, 
ENVELOPES. 
COUNTER  BILLS.

COMPANY.

C R A N D   R A P I D S

“Summer  Light”

Light  your  Hotels,  Cottages and 
Camps with the

"IM U LITE”

Incandescent  Vapor  Gas  Lamps, 
.-superior  to 
electricity or carbon gas.  Cheaper than coal  oil 
lamps.  No smoke, no odor,  no  wicks,  no  trou­
ble.  Absolutely  safe.  A  20th  century  revolu­
tion in the art of lighting.  Arc  Lamps, 750  can­
dle  power,  for  indoor  or  outdoor  use.  Table 
Lamps,  100  candle  power.  Chandeliers,  Pen­
dants. Street  Lan ps,  etc.  Average  cost  1  cent 
for  7  hours.  Nothing  like  them.  They  sell  at 
sight.  GOOD  AGENTS  WANTED.  Send  for 
catalogue and prices.

CHICAGO  SOLAR  LIGHT  C O .. 

Chicago. 111.

Dept.  L. 

2 24

TYTYTrTYrYTQ
3
The 
Prompt  d 
People  3

Our  customers  call  us  the 
“ prompt  people”  because  they 
can  order almost  anything  of  us 
by telephone,  telegraph  or  letter 
and get it at  once.  We  appreci­
ate a man does not want anything 
until  he  orders  lt  and  wben  he 
does order lt, he wants It  at once.
So we do our best to get it  to  him 
at once.  Do you want this service?

Brown  &  Sehler
Grand Rapids,  Mich.

j u u u u u u u u u O

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, 85 cents 
800 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 market.

TRADESMAN 
C O M P A N Y ,

GRAND  RA PID 5,  MICH.

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7H
8

so
60
so

2 66 
2  66 
Base 
6 
10 
20 30 
46 
70 
50 
16
25 
36
26 
35 
46 
86

6 60 
7 60 
13 005 50
6 60 
11  00 
13 00

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

Levels

Adze Eye................................ $17 oo..dls

Mattocks

Metals—Zinc
800 pound casks.................................
Per pound..................................
Miscellaneous

Bird Cages...............................
Pumps, Cistern.......................
Screws, New L ist.
Casters, Bed and Plate................ ...[  eo&ioftio
Dampers, American........................... 
50

Molasses  Gates

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

60ftl0
so

Pans

Fry, Acme...........................................  60&10&10
Common,  polished.............................  
70&6
P atent  Planished  Iron 

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

Broken packages He per pound extra.

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................  
Sdota Bench....................................’ 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy........... 60
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............................. .

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

Rivets

Roofing Plates

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

Ropes

Sisal, H Inch and larger.....................
Manilla.................... ?....................   "

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

Sand Paper 

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

Sash  Weights

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Supply  Nowhere  Near  Equal  to  the  De 

mand.

It  is  an 

week  has  been  between  seasons 
in  the  local  fruit  market,  as  the  late 
berry  crop  proves  disappointing  as 
quantity.  To  be  sure,  offerings  have 
been  considerable,  but  in  the  ocean 
demand 
they  have  disappeared 
quickly  as  to  seem  small.  Prices 
blackberries  continue  high  and, with  the 
exception  of  a  few  huckleberries,  they 
monopolize  the  small 
fruit  market. 
Taking  the  season  through  in  the  berry 
market  prices  have  ruled  so  high  that 
little  canning  has  been  done.  The  de 
mand  for  immediate  table  use  seems 
have  absorbed  everything.  A  factor of 
more  influence  than  ever  in 
increasing 
this  demand 
is  the  more  perfectly  or 
ganized  express  service  which  dii 
tributes  the  fruits  all  over  the  region  i 
direct  railway 
communication.  ■  The 
fruit  shipping  points  on  the  lake  shore 
are  occupied  in  supplying  the  Chicago 
and  other fan s  lake  markets,  and  so 
it 
falls  to  Grand  Rapids  to  furnish  all  the 
towns  outside  the  fruit  region  to  which 
its  railways  radiate. 
interest 
ing  question  as  to  the  extent  to  which 
this  phenomenal  demand  will  stimulate 
the  growing  of  small  fruits  in  the radius 
of  our  improved  roads. 
It  is certai_ 
that  this  industry  has  not  yet  reached 
its  climax  by  any  means.  However,  the 
same  movement  for  better  roads  is  op 
erating  the  same  here  as  in  all localities 
where  conditions  will  enable  the  local 
produce  to  take  the  place  of  outside 
shipments.  This  will  naturally  operate 
to  preserve  a  healthy  condition 
in  the 
market,  but  there  are  more  than  enough 
points  where  fruit  can  not  be  raised  to 
insure  the  keeping  up  and  increasing 
of  the  present  consumption.  With 
more  plentiful  supply  prices will resume 
the  basis  at  which  the  goods  can  be 
handled  with  more  profit  by  the  dealer 
The  feature  in  the  vegetable  market 
is  the quickness  with  which  the  abund 
ant  offerings  are  taken.  The  plentiful 
rains  are  keeping  the  produce 
in  as 
fresh,  healthy  condition  as  earlier  in 
the  season. 
It  is  within bounds to  state 
that  there  has  never  been  so  abundant 
a  market  of  the  finest  quality.  The 
rains  which  have  contributed  to  the 
growth  have  also  kept  the  roads 
in  the 
finest  condition.  There  has  been  no 
trouble  to  protect  the goods  from  dust 
and  the  cool  weather  has  contributed 
to  preserve  its  freshness  and health-giv 
ing  qualities.

creature  was  so  proud  of  me  and  of  my 
small  achievements  and,  with  the  ex­
aggeration  of  self  which  is  so  common 
with  young  people,  I  always  felt  that  I 
was  being  dragged  into  prominence  in 
the  most  ridiculous  fashion  when  she 
talked  of  me.

“ Another trait  of a boy  which  mothers 

are  apt  to  ignore  through  want of  tact 
an  intense  dislike  to  being  quoted, 
is  all  right  if  he  relates  an  incident 
criticises  a comrade  himself,  but  to hea 
his  remarks  repeated  vexes  him  ex 
cessively.  Many  a  time  have  I  seen 
school  friend  flush  up  to  the  roots  i 
his  hair  with  annoyance  when  hi 
mother  all  unwittingly  has  alluded 
something  he  has  told  her  about  the 
boys.  A  youth 
rough  and  almost  callous 
in  some 
things,  oversensitive  and  foolishly  thin 
skinned 
in  others,  and  a  mother with 
tact  will  understand  his  many  contra 
dictions  and  earn  his  gratitude  and 
confidence  by  humoring  them.”

is  a  queer creature 

Happiness  in  Work.

It 

John  Ruskin  believed  that  men  and 
women  ought  to  like  doing  good  work 
and  be  happy  in  it.  He  has  this  to  say 
n  support  of  the  theory:
It  may  be  proved  with  much  cer 
tainty  that  God  intends  no  man  to  live 
n  the  world  without  working;  but  it 
seems  to  me  not  less  evident  that  he  in 
tends  every  man  to  be  happy  in  hi 
work. 
is  written,  “ In  the  sweat  of 
thy  brow” —but  it  was  never  written 
in  the  breaking  of  thine  beart” -  
thou  shalt  eat  bread.”   And  I  find 
that  as,  on  the  one  hand,  infinite  mis­
is  caused  by  idle  people,  who  both 
ery 
fail 
in  doing  what  was  appointed  for 
them  to  do  and set  in  motion  various 
springs  of  mischief  in  matters  in  which 
they should  have  had  no  concern,  so,  on 
the  other  hand,  no  small  misery 
caused  by  overworked  and  unhappy 
people,  in  the  dark  views  which  they 
necessarily  take  upon  themselves  and 
force  upon others  of  work 
itself.  Were 
it  not  so,  I  believe  the  fact  of  their  be 
ng  unhappy  is  in  itself  a  violation  of 
divine 
law  and  a  sign  of  some  kind  of 
folly  or sin  in  their  way  of  life.  Now, 
in  order  that  people  may  be  happy  in 
their  work 
three  things  are 
needed:  They  must  be  fit  for  f t ;  they 
must  not  do  too  much  of  it,  and  they 
must  have  a  sense  of  success  in  it—not 
doubtful  sense,  such  as  needs  some 
testimony  of  other  people  for  its  confir 
mation,  but  a  sure  sense,  or  ratheL 
knowledge,  that  so  much  work  has  been 
done  well,  and  fruitfully  done,  what 
ever the  world  may  say or think about it.

these 

There  is  no  doubt  that  this  feature  in 
the  city’s  food  supply  is  a  potent  factor 
in  securing  its  freedom  from  sickness 
which  is  reported  as prevailing through 
out  the  city.

When  to Treat a  Boy  With Tact.

“ Good  mothers  show  every  estimable 
quality  but  tact  toward  their  sons,”   re­
marked  a  young  man  recently. 
“ Un­
selfishness,  devotion,  kindness  and  sym­
pathy  are  all  given  in  full  measure  and 
running  over, but  the  faculty  which  they 
take  with  them  into society  as  a  matter 
of  course,  which  divines  what  should 
and  should  not  be  said,  seems  to  be 
considered  as  superfluous  in  regard  to 
their  children.  The  kind  mother  is 
constantly,  albeit  all  unintentionally, 
offending  the  susceptibilities  of 
that 
hypersensitive  creature,  the  half  grown 
boy,  by  her  personal  allusions  and  re­
marks  when  in  company. 
I  remember 
bow  I  used  to dread  going  out  with  my 
mother  just  on  that account. 
I  never 
knew  wbat  she  would  say,  and  I  fairly 
used  to  squire)  in  anticipation  when  I 
beard  her mention  my  name.  The  dear

Difference  Between  Character and  Repu­

tation.

“ S ir,”   he  said  to  the  manager of  the 
store,  * ‘ I  want  to  warn  you  against  that 
clerk  at  the  ribbon  counter. 
I  under­
stand  he  has  a  wife  in  the  East  and  left 
her  on  account  of  his  bad  habits,  and 
l'is  character,  sir,  his  character” —
The  visitor  became  emphatic  and  ex­
cited.

“ I  beg  your  pardon,”   interrupted  the 
manager %r “  you  were  saying  something 
bout his  character.”
“ Well,  sir,  they  say” —
“ Ah,  quite  a  difference,  my  dear sir; 
quite  a  difference.  My  friend,  such 
people  as  you  may  establish  a  reputa­
tion  for  a  man,  but  you  can’t  touch  his 
character.  A man’s  character  is  what  he 
;  his  reputation  is  what  people  say  he 
.  Good-day,  sir.”
And  the  young  man  at  the  ribbon 
counter just  kept  on  working  and didn't 
feel  a  breeze.

W ood  W anted

exchange for Lime,  Hair,  Fire  Brick,  Sewer 
Pipe, stucco, Brick. Latb. Cement.  Wood.  Coal, 
Drain Tile, Flour, Feed. Grain, Hay, Straw.  Dis­
tributors of Sleepy Eye Flour.  Write for prices.

hos.  E.  Wykes,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich*

Hardware Price Current

Caps

A m m unition
G. D., full count, per m...............
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m........
Musket, per m...........................
Ely’s Waterproof, per m ." I.’."!\
„   _   .  
Cartridges
No. 22 short, per m..............
No. 22 long, per m.............."
No. 32 short, per m .................* ’ *
No. 32 long, per m.................. i.’ i,

Primers

No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 260,  per m........
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 260, per  m ...
Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 Ü. M. C.
Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10. per m........
Black edge, No. 7, per m ....................

Gun Wads

New Rival—For Shotguns 

Drs. of 
Powder 

4

*X4M3

Loaded  Shells 
oz. of
Shot
1H
1H
1H
1M
1H
1M
1
1
1M
1M
1H

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

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

3
3ii 
3 A 
3H
Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
Kegs, 26 lbs., per keg.................
X kegs, 12*4 lbs., per  M  keg........
X kegs, 654 lbs., per x   keg...............

Gunpowder

Shot

Augurs and  Bits

In sacks containing 25 lbs. 
Drop, all sizes smaller than  B...........
a 
Jennings  genuine...!!!!!][................
Jennings’ Imitation.................
First Quality, S. B. Bronze*...
First Quality, D. B. Bronze.... 
......
First Quality, 8. B. S.  Steel.........
First Quality,  D. B. Steel................. ’
„   „ 
Railroad......................
Garden.................... ...........................„
Stove....................
Carriage, new ll«t 
Plow .............
Well, plain.........

Barrows

Backets

Bolts

_ 

40
60
76
60
2 60 
3 00 
6  00 
5 75

1  20 
1  20

Per 
100 
$2 90 
2 90 
2 90 
2 90
2 96
3 00 
2 50 
2 60 
2  66 
2 70 
2 70

4 00 
2 25 
1  25

1 66

6  00 
9 00 
6 50 
10 50
12  00 
29 00
60
50 
$4 00

65

M In. M6 In. % In.
Hin
7  O.  . .  6 c . . . - 5 c . . ..  4Xc
8M 
.. •  614 
...  6
8M 
.. •  6ÎÎ 
. -   6H

Butts,  Cast 
. 

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

Com.
BB...
. -   7M 
BBB.
. -   7X 
Cast Steel, per lb. Crowbars
Chisels
Socket Firmer  .. 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Corner... 
Socket Slicks__

Elbows

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz.........  
Corrugated, per doz..........
Adjustable...............................dls
Expansive  Bits 
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26...  .
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30.............." "
„  
Files—New  List
New American.......................
Nicholson’s..........................
Heller’s Horse Rasps..........***.*.’’’***
Nos. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  26 and 26-  27 
List  12  13 
16

Galvanized  Iron 

16 

14 

Discount,  60

net

66 
1  25 
40&10

40
26
70&10
70
70
28
17

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

60&10
Single Strength, by box....................  dls  80&20
Double Strength, by box............... . . .Sis  «¡ft»
By the Light............................... dls  80&20

Glass

Gauges

H am m ers

dls

Hinges

Hollow  W are

Maydole ft Co.’s, new list................. 
33M
Yerkes ft Plumb’s..............................]dls
40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...............300 list
70
Gate, Clark’s 1, 2,3............................. dls
60&10
Pots......................................
60&10
Kettles.....................................
SOftlO
Spiders.........................................
60&10
Horse  Nalls
Au Sable............................................. dls
40&10
Stamped Tinware, new list.............
70
Japanned Tinware..........................
20&10
BarlTO“-.-..............................................  0rates
Light Band.........................................  
3 c rates

House  F urnishing Goods

Iron

Knobs—New  List 
'fat  *  ‘ 

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

Sheet Iron

com. smooth.

com. 
$3 20 
3 20 
3 30 
8 40 
3 60 
___
3 60
AU 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 60

Solder

H@H.................................................. 
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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

Tin—Melyn  Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal...........................
14x20 IC, Charcoal............................
20x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
Tin—A llaw ay  Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................

Each additional X on this grade, $1.60

Boiler  Size  Tin  Plate 

ton’s.................... 

14x56 IX, for No.8Boilers,)
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, J per P0«“»*..
Traps
Steel,  Game........... ............................
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s.......
Oneida  Community',  Hawley  ft  Nor­
.........................
Mouse, choker  per doz.....................
Mouse, delusion, per 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

Wire

W renches

$  8  50 
8 60 
9 76

7 00
7 00
8 60 
8 60

75
40&10
66
15
1  25
60
60
60&10 
50&10 
40 
8 25
2 96
80
80
80
80

80
M

■ 00 
0 00

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

32

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

IN  THE TOILS.

The  Regal  M anufacturing  Co.  Swindler 

Landed  in  «Tail.

Marion,  Ind.,  Aug.  6—Sometime  ago 
the  Tradesman  published  an  article 
in 
regard  to  the  transactions  of  the  Regal 
Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Chicago.  Later 
on  you  also  published  an  article 
in  re­
gard  to  this  same  concern  in  connection 
with  a  suit  which  we  had  commenced 
against  it  in  the  Chicago  courts.

As  there  have been some very interest­
ing  developments  within  the  past  thirty 
days  in  regard  to  the  Regal  Manufac­
turing  Co.’s  affairs,  and  as  you  ap­
peared  to  be  anxious  to  serve  the  inter­
ests  of  your  constituents  by  getting  at 
the  bottom  facts  of  the  matter,  we  take 
the  liberty  of  giving  you  the  particulars 
regarding  late developments  which  show 
that  you  were  not  far  out  of  the  way 
when  you  denounced  the  man  Reid  as  a 
swindler  and  his  scheme  one  of the most 
dangerous  ever  devised.
About  thirty  days  ago  it  was  discov­
ered  by  the  First  National  Bank that W.
J.  Reid,  the  owner  and  manager of  the 
Regal  Manufacturing  Co.,  had  been 
bringing  forged  notes  to  them  to  be 
discounted  and  secured  the  money  on  a 
great  many  of  these  notes  to  the  amount 
of  about  $14,000.  When 
the  Bank 
brought  the  matter to  his  attention  and 
threatened  him  with  arrest,  he  said  that 
he  was  entirely  innocent  in  the  matter; 
that  the  notes  had  been  brought  to  him 
by  an  advance  agent  in  his  employ  by 
the  name  of  McCoy.  He  was  given  two 
days  by  the  Bank  to  adjust  these  mat­
ters  or  be  placed  under  arrest.

In  order  to  keep  from  being  arrested 
he  went  to  a  friend,  a  well-to-do  busi­
ness  man  of  Chicago,  H.  H.  Stoddard, 
President  of  the  Smith  &  Stoddard 
Manufacturing  Co.,  who  had  been  re­
ceiver  for the  Regal  Co.  a  few years ago 
when  Reid  was  having  trouble  with  a 
partner,  and  explained  the  whole  cir­
cumstances  to  him,  saying  that  he  had 
been  a  victim  of  this  man  McCoy.  He 
further  offered  to  turn  over his  entire 
business,  representing  personal  property 
and  about  $80,000  worth  of  accounts, 
to  Stoddard,  providing  Stoddard  would 
pay  the  notes  at  the  Bank, which he  did. 
Reid  was  to  remain  in  the  employ  of 
Stoddard  and  about  a  week  later  was 
started  on  the  road  to  make  collections. 
Just  how  much  was  collected 
is  not 
known  at  this  time,  but  only  about  $209 
was  sent  in,  the  balance  being  kept  by 
Reid.

Mr.  Stoddard’s  attorney, 

realizing 
that  everything  was  not  right,  started  to 
find  Reid  and  finally 
located  him  in 
Kansas  City,  where  he  was  promptly 
arrested  on  a  charge  of  embezzlement. 
When  searched  various  checks,  men­
tioned  in  the  enclosed  newspaper  clip­
ping,  were  found  on  his  person,  and 
in 
his  grip  was  found  a  number of  valu­
able  papers  belonging  to  the  Regal 
Co.  which  he  had  sold  to  Stoddard.
jail 
Reid  is  now  in  the  Cook  county 
and,  being  unable  to  furnish  bail,  will 
probably  be  compelled  to  stay  there  un­
til  his  trial  comes  up,  when  he  will  un­
doubtedly  be  sent  to  the  penitentiary for 
a  term  of  years.

in 

instrumental 

A  representative  of  this  firm  was 

in 
Chicago  during  the  month  of  July  and 
was  partly 
securing 
R eid’s  arrest.  We  are  also  pleased  to 
say  that  our  litigation  with  the  Regal 
Co.  is  over and  that  a  satisfactory  set­
tlement  has  been  made  with  Mr.  Stod­
dard.  Mr.  Stoddard 
intends  to  run  the 
business  on  a  different  plan  from  the 
way  it  has  heretofore  been  run  by  Reid 
and  we  are  satisfied  that  those  who have 
been  having  trouble  with  the  Regal  Co. 
under  the  management  of  Reid  will 
have  no  trouble  with  Mr.  Stoddard. 
Those  of  your  readers  who  have  been 
victimized  by  Reid  would  do  well  to 
communicate  with  Mr.  Stoddard,  whose 
office  is  at  217  East  Washington  street, 
who  will  give  them  further  information 
in  regard  to  the  future  operations  of  the 
Regal  Manufacturing  Co.  and the  settle­
ment  of  all  disputed  claims  now  pend­
ing.

We  trust  the 

information  we,  have 
given  you  will  be  of  interest  to  both 
yourself  and  your  readers.

Miller  &  Barley.

The  newspaper  clipping  referred  to 
by  the  writers  of  the  above  communica­
tion  is  as  follows:

long 

in  a 

Kansas  City, 

July  28—William 

J. 
Reid,  said  to  be  a  well-known  Chicago 
merchant  and  formerly  from Iowa, where 
his  family  and  connections  are  among 
the  wealthy  and  prominent  citizens  of 
the  State,  was  arrested  in  the  lobby  of 
the  Midland  Hotel  this  afternoon  on  the 
charge  of  embezzlement.  The  warrant 
was 
issued  upon  complaint  of  W.  N. 
Gemmill,  a  Chicago  attorney  and  senior 
member of  the  law  firm  of  Gemmill  & 
Foell.  The  specific  charge  is  the  em­
bezzlement of  $400  in  money  and  prop­
erty  from  Horace  H.  Stoddard,  a  Chi­
cago  capitalist.
According  to  Attorney  Gemmill,  this 
is  only  one  item 
list  of 
charges  which  will  be  preferred  against 
Reid.  The  most  important  of  these 
is 
an  alleged  forgery  whereby  he  (Reid), 
it  is  claimed,  obtained  $14,000  from  the 
First  National  Bank  in  Chicago  about  a 
month  ago.  Reid  does  not  deny  that  he 
obtained  this  amount  from  the  Bank  on 
worthless  notes,  but  claims  that  a  clerk 
named  McCoy  turned  over the  forged 
notes  to  him  for  negotiation.  Reid,  it 
is  said,  admitted  to  Attorney  Gemmill 
having  collected  money  for  the  face  of 
the  notes  amounting  to  about  $14,000.
When  searched  $210  in  cash was found 
in  R eid’s  pockets.  Several  checks  were 
also  found.  One  was  for $215.47,  made 
by  Daube,  Cohn  &  Co.,  on  the  First 
National  Bank  at  Cameron,  Texas.  An­
other was  for $18,  made  payable  to  the 
Regent  Manufacturing  Company 
at 
Shellsburg,  Iowa,  and  still  another  for 
$17.40  was  signed  Mausbaum  &  Fehard, 
Greesbeck,  Texas,  and  payable  to  the 
Royal  Tailoring  Company.  None  of 
these  checks  had  been 
indorsed  by  the 
payees.  Several  other checks  were found 
in  his  possession,  making  an  a ggregate 
of about $1,000.

Reid  broke  down  completely  when 
locked 
in  at  police  headquarters.  He 
retired  to  a  corner of  his  cell,  and  plac­
ing  his  face  between  his  hands  wept 
bitterly.  He  is  28  years  of  age  and  un­
married. 
It  is  said  he  was  formerly  in 
the  saddlery  business  in  Chicago.  He 
consented  to  accompany  Attorney  Gem­
mill  and  a  special  detective  to  Chicago 
without  a  requisition  and  they  left  with 
him  to-night.  Reid  said  before 
leav­
ing  that  he  had  no  explanation  to  offer, 
but  he  felt  confident  he  would  be  ac­
quitted  of  the  charges  against  him.

The  Grain  Market.

Corn  has  been  the  all-absorbing topic. 
Rains  came  at 
last,  but  they  did  not 
help  the  corn  crop  in  the  corn  belt,  as 
it  came  too  late.  The  most  that  is  esti­
mated  by  the  experts  is  1,500,000,000 
bushels;  some  put 
it  at  200,000,000 
bushels 
less.  As  the  Corn  King,  Geo. 
H.  - Phillips,  transferred  his  trades  to 
another house,  so  he  could  get  his  ac­
count  in  shape  (so  he  says),  it  kept  the 
corn  trading  normal. 
To-day,  how­
ever,  the  market  did  not  sell  off,  as  ex­
pected,  but  kept  around  58>£c-for Sep­
tember.  This  is  a  large  price.  How­
ever, should  the  conditions  prove  as  bad 
as  reported,  corn  may  look  cheap  later 
on.  The  visible  made  a  fair  decrease 
of  783,000  bushels.

Wheat  has  gained  about  2c  per  bushel 
for cash  and  futures.  Our exports  have 
been  double  in  July  this  year  what  they 
were  in  July,  1900,  being  over  26,000,- 
000  bushels,  against  13,000,000  bushels 
during  the  same  time  last  year.  Wheat 
and  flour  exports  were  6,484,000  bushels 
during  the  week.  The  foreigners  seem 
to  buy 
largely,  notwithstanding  our 
large  crop,  but  we  can  easily  export 
about  that  amount  weekly  during  the 
coming  cereal  year.  Argentine will  not 
have  much  to  export  until  the  new  crop 
in  January 
is  harvested,  which  will  be 
next. 
\

Reports  from  the  Northwest—that  is, 
the  spring  wheat  crop—show damage  by

the  hot  weather  in  some sections and too 
much  rain  in  other  sections.  How  true 
this 
is  the.  future  will  show.  We  are 
rather  in  doubt  as  to  the  reports,  re­
membering  that 
last  year  the  report 
came  that  farmers  would  have  to  im­
port  seed.  We  all  know  they  seem  to 
have  had  enough  wheat  in  the  Dakotas 
and  Minnesota  and  did  not  have  to  im­
port  seed,  so  we  take  the  present  report 
with  a  large  grain  of  allowance.  The 
visible  made  an  increase  of  1,105,000 
bushels—about  usual  for  this  time  of 
the  year.  Had  our exports  not  been  of 
such  mammoth  proportions,  the  visible 
would  have  shown  much larger increase. 
While  we  have  had  a  bountiful crop,  the 
millers  do  not  find  it  very  plentiful  at 
present,  as  farmers  are  not  selling,  be­
ing  busy  with  other  work  and  the  pres­
ent  price  does  not  suit  them.  The 
Government  crop  report  will  be 
issued 
on  Aug.  10,  which  will  probably  give  a 
more  correct  estimate  of  corn and spring 
wheat.

Oats  held  their own,  on  account  of  the 
light  crop.  From  the  present outlook 
they  will  not  be  lower.

Rye  is  strong  around  present  prices— 
farmers’ 

from 

4o@42c  per  bushel 
wagons.

Beans  are  lower.  October are  quoted 

at  $1.86  in  carlots  for hand-picked.

Flour  has  had  an  upward  tendency, 

owing  to  the  advance  in  wheat.

Mill  feed 

is  as  strong  as  ever.  The 
is  urgent,  especially  from  the 

The  mills  have  all  they  can  do  at 

demand 
East.

present.

Receipts  of  grain  during  July  have 
been:  wheat,  216  cars;  corn,  34  cars; 
oats,  50  cars;  flour,  21  cars;  beans,  5 
cars;  hay,  4  cars;  potatoes,  11  cars.

During  the  week:  wheat,  46  cars; 
15  cars;  flour,  3 

corn, 
cars;  beans,  1  car;  hay,  1  car.

18  cars;  oats, 

Millers  are  paying  66c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Amos  S.  Musselman,  President  of  the 
Musselman  Grocer  Co.,  is  spending  a 
few  days  in  the  Upper  Peninsula,  the 
objective  point  being  Marquette,  where 
a 
joint  meeting  of  the  various  prison 
boards  of  the  State  will  be field.

Gilbert 

J.  Haan,  manager  of  the 
wholesale  department  of  Lyon-Kymer- 
Palmer-Go., 
is  taking  a  week’s  respite 
from  business cares and responsibilities.

Advertisements  w ill  be  Inserted  nnder 
this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
Insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for each 
subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  25  cents.  Advance 
payments.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

ii'OB  SALE-GOOD  ESTABLISHED  GRO- 

cery business In town of 6.000;  a bargain  for 
the right person.  Will not sell  except  to  good, 
reliable party.  For particulars address Grocery, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
983
FOR SALE CHEAP—ONE  ROLLING  LAD- 
der, with 70 feet of track.  Address  No.  981, 
ygi
care Michigan Tradesman. 
A   SMALL  CROCKERY  STOCK  OF  NEW 
staple stuff can be had  for  80  cents  on  the 
dollar.  Address No. 982, care Michigan  Trades­
man. 
982
XX7ANTED—DRUG  ¡STOCK,  ONE  THAT 
vt 
invoices  from  $1,000  to  $1,G00.  Address 
Edgar E. Tice, Bloominpdale, Mich. 
980
TO  EXCHANGE—GOOD  PAYING  DOWN 
town business property for farm or stock  of 
merchandise.  Chance  of  a  lifetime.  Owner
must realize at once.  C.  E.  Herlngton,  House­
man Building, Grand Rapids. 
979

FOR  SALE—IF  SOLD  BEFORE  SEPT,  f, 

one  of the  best  drug  stores  in  the  State. 
Average  daily  sales  for  July.  $39.29.  No  cut 
rates.  Do not  care  to  sell  after  Sept.  l.  Ad­
dress No. 986, care Michigan Tradesman.  986
HOICE  80  ACRE  FARM  FOR  SALE  OR 
985
trade.  Box 33, Epsilon, Mich. 

D r u g   st o c k  f o r   sa l e- t h e   sto ck
of drugs of the late  William  McDonald, 116 
South Burdick St., Kalamazoo, is for  sale by the 
executors to ctose the estate.  John  L.  Wallace, 
David  McDonald. Executors. 
9:3
«. OK  SALE—A  HARDWARE  STOCK.  IN- 
17  eluding  furniture,  fixtures  and 
tinners’ 
tools, at 62 W. Bridge St.,  In  this  city.  Hating 
bid in the same at chattel mortgage  sale,  It  will 
be sold at a bargain,  Everything in it necessary 
lor  a  person  wishing  to  commence  business. 
Apply to Peter Doran, Rooms 19-20 Tower Block, 
Grand Rapids,  Mich. 
V i EAT MARKET STOCK FOR SALE.  SHOP 
iv l  and fixtures  to  rent  Does  a  business  of 
$24,coo to $26,000  annually.  Good  chance  for  a 
good butcher.  Address No.  974,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
974
A   SPLENDID  GENERAL  STORE,  HOTEL 
and livery, a great stand for business; good 
transient  trade;  number  of  steady  boarders 
sell or exchange  for  Ai  farm.  Address  R  A. 
Butwell, Wlxom, Mich. 
976
STOCK OF GOODS.  SPLENDID  OPENING 
to put in stock general merchandise in  town 
in Northern Washington.  Agricultural and min­
ing center.  Splendid inducement offered to the 
right  party.  Inquire  of  Meachem-Cameron  & 
<jo., 40 Wall street. New York City. 

972

977

970

966

Ii'OB  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  SHINGLE 

and tie mill in very best repair; center crank 
engine, 12x16;  plenty boiler room;  Perkins shin­
gle mill;  bolter cut off, 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. 
L'OK  SALE—COUNTRY  STORE  DOING 
X1  good  business.  For  particulars  address  J. 
B. Adams, Frost, Mich. 
ilOR  SALE—IN  THRIVING  CITY  OF  4,000, 
confectionery,  ice  cream  soda,  cigars  and 
tobacco;  business good;  cash trade.  Enquire at 
382 Canal St., Grand Rapids. 
965
MANCELONA, J.  L.  FARNHAM  WISHES 
a buyer for  his  stock  of  goods,  consisting 
principally of groceries and shoes.  He  will  sell 
his store building or rent same. 
975
U'OR  RENT—BOOT  AND  SHOE  STORE, 
r   established trade of  five  years,  will  be  for 
rent Sept, l, 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. 
Ij'OR  SALE—SMALL CAPACITY  SAWMILL 
X  in good repair;  one-half million feet  of  logs 
ready  to  be  manufactured  and  more  In  sight. 
Reason for selling, owner  has  no  knowledge  of 
manufacturing.  Address  Box  64,  Boon,  P.  O , 
Wexford Co.,  Mich. 
950
IpOR SALE—DRUG  STORE  IN  A  THRIV- 
ing Northern  Michigan  resort  town.  Stock 
invoices about $1,600.  Best of reasons for selling. 
Bright new stock, good trade.  Address  Bower’s 
Drug Store, Indian River, Mich. 
947
U'OR  SALE,  CHEAP—$1,600  STOCK  GEN- 
17  eral  merchandise.  Address  No.  945,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
945
i WR  SALE—BEST  MONEY-MAKING  GRO- 
cery 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. 

939

964

Fo r s a l e o r r e n t—t w o b r ic k  st o r e s 

connected  with  arch,  22x80  each;  suitable 
for department  or  general  store,  of  which  we 
have need here:  will  rent  one  or  both.  Write 
936
P. O. Box 656, Mendon, Mich. 
s TOCK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
for sale.  Box 108, Rathbone, Mich. 
922
ROMEYN-PARSONS  PAY8  CASH  FOR 
stocks  of  merchandise  (not  a  trader  or 
broker).  Grand Ledge, Mich. 
920
IpOR SALE—AN  UP-TO-DATE HARDWARE 
and  implement  stock,  invoicing  $3,000;  lo­
cated In Northern Michigan;  doing a  good  busi­
ness.  Address No.  913,  care  Michigan  Trades­
9J3
man. 
j'OR SALE—THE  BEST  STOCK  OF  GRO- 
ceries, having the best  trade  in  one  of  the 
best towns and in one of  the  best  fruit and  po­
tato sections  of  Michigan;  doing  a  prosperous 
business;  also have a  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.  866,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
856
ipO®  SALE-STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
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
have a bankrupt stock of clothing,  dry goods, 
or  shoes,  communicate  with  The  New  York 
Store, Traverse City. Mich. 

IP GOING OUT  OF  BUSINESS  OR  IF  YOU 

728

MISCELLANEOUS

man^_________________________  

ANTED—REGÏSTEKED  PHARMACIST. 
Address  No.  984,  care  Michigan  Trades­
AN-AMERICAN  ACCOMMODATIONS  AT 
private house,  conveniently  located.  Lodg­
ing, one  dollar  each  Address  LeRoy  8.  Oat- 
man, Sec’y, Buffalo Produce Exchange. 
X \f ANTED—BY A YOUNG MARRIED MAN 
▼ ▼  a position in  a  grocery  or  general  store. 
References.  Address  L.  R.  May,  Star  City, 
Mich. 
#78  ’

984

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know  of  a  grocer  who  handles  them  but  what 
will  say  that 

Standard  Crackers 

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Bl ue  Ribbon  Squares 

are  the  best  goods  on 
not  made  by  a  trust. 
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If you want to secure more than

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In  Cash  Profits  in  1901,  and  in  addition  give 
thorough satisfaction to your patrons, the  sale  of 
but one dozen per day of

FLEISCHMANN  *   CO.’S
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will secure that result.

Grand  Rapids Office, 29 Crescent Ave.  Detroit Office,  III  W. Larned S t

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A  quick  and  easy  method  of 
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count  of  goods  let  out  on  ap­
proval,  and  f*rr  petty  accounts 
with  which  one  does  not  like  to 
encumber  the  regular 
ledger. 
By  using  this  file  or  ledger  for 
charging  accounts,  it  will  save 

one-half the  time  and  cost  of  keeping  a  set  of  books.
Charge  goods,  when 
purchased, 
directly 
on  file,  then your cus­
tomer’s  bill  is  always 
ready 
for  him,  and 
can  be  found  quickly, 
on  account  of 
the 
index.  This 
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saves  you looking over  several leaves  of  a  day  book  if  not  posted, 
when  a  customer  comes  in  to  pay  an  account  and  you  are  busy  wait­
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MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Retail Qrocers’ Association 

President, C. E. Wa l k e r,  Bay City;  Vice-Pres­
ident,  J.  H.  Hopkins,  Ypsllantl;  Secretary, 
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
Tatman, Clare.  ______

Grani  Sapidi Retail 8r«c«n’  Association 

President, F ran k J. Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

K l a p;  Treasurer, J. George Lehman

Detroit  Bétail Broten’  Protective  Association 

President,  E.  Ma r k s;  Secretaries,  N.  L 
K örnig and  F.  H.  Cozzens;  Treasurer,  C. 
H.  F r in k .

Kalanano  Grocers’  and Heat Dealers’ Association 

President, E.  P.  CRO'S;  Secretary,  Hen r y  J, 
Sch aberg;  Treasurer, H. R. Van Bochove.

Baj  Cities  Retail Grocers’  Association 

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

Lit tle.

Maskegon  Retail Brocen’  Association 

President,  H.  B.  Sm ith;  Secretary,  D.  A, 

Bo elkin s;  Treasurer, J.  W.  Cask a don.

President,  J . F rank  Hblm kr;  Secretary,  W 

Jackson  Retail  Brocen’  Ansociation 
H. Porter;  Treasurer, L.  Pelton.
Adriaa  Retail  Brocen’  Association 

President,  A.  C.  Cl a r k :  Secretary,  E,  F, 

Clevelan d; Treasurer,  Wm. C. Koehn

Saginaw  Retail Herchaata’  Association 

President, M. W. Ta n n er;  Secretary,E. H. Mc­

Pherson;  Treasurer, R. A. Horr.
Tranne  Citj  Bnsineas Hen’s Association 
Ho lly;  Treasurer,  C. A.  Hammond.

President,  thos  T.  Ba tes;  Secretary,  m.  B, 

Owoiso Business  Men’s Association 

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

Ca m pbell;  Treasurer, W.  E. Collins.
ft.  Hurons Merchants’  and lannfactnren’  Association 
Per c iv a l.

President, Chas.  Wellm an;  Secretary,  J.  T. 

Alpena  Business Hen’s  Association 

President, F, W. Gilc h r ist;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

Pa rtrid ge. 

______

Cabinet  Business  Hen’s  Association 

President,  J.  D.  Cuddihy;  Secretary  W.  H. 

Hosking. 

______

S i  Johns Business Men’s  Association 

President, Thos. Bro m ley;  Secretary,  F rank 

A.  Pe r c y; Treasurer, Cla rk A. Pott.

Pony  Business  Men’s  Association 

President,  H.  W.  Wa lla ce;  Secretary, T.  E, 

Heddle. 

______

Brand  Union  Retail  Merchants’  Association 

President,  F.  D. Vos;  Secretary,  J . w  Ver- 
Hoeks. 

______

Tale Easiness  Ion’s Association 

President,  Chas. Rounds;  Secretary,  F rank 

Putnky.

Brand  Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’  Association 

President, 
Ka tz;  Treasurer,  S. J . Hufford.

J ohn  G.  Eb l e ;  Secretary,  L.  J. 

Muskegon Retail Botchers’ Association 
Rich ards;  Treasurer, Wm. Smith.

President,  Martin  Bir c h ;  Secretary,  C.  D. 

Travelers’ Time  Tables.
p c  r e   M a r q u e t t e
Railroad and Steamship Lines.

Fast trains  are  operated  from  Grand  Rapids 
to Chicago,  Detroit,  Toledo, Saginaw, Bay  City, 
Petoskey, Ludington, Manistee, Muskegon, Trav­
erse City,  Alma,  Lansing, Belding, Benton  Har­
bor, St Joseph, and intermediate points,  making 
close connections at Chicago with trains  for  the 
south  and  west,  at  Detroit  and  Toledo  with 
trains east and southbound.  Try  the  “Mid-Day 
Flyers,” leaving  Grand  Rapids  12:06  and  12:10 
noon, each  week  day,  arriving  at  Detroit  4:06 
p. m. and Chicago 5:00 p. m.

H.  F.  Mo eller,  G.  P.  A.,

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

GRAND Rapids  ft  Indiana  Railway

Daily ex Su Daily

Going North.

.. 

., 

1 30p  6 50p 

Going South.
ex Su  ex Su 

_ 
daily  exS uex Su  exSu
LvGd Rapids............  4 05p  7 45a  2 00p  l0 45p
Ar.  Cadillac...............  6 45a  u  25a  4 40p  2 10a
Ar. Traverse City....  8 30a 
......
Ar. Petoskey.............   9 30a  2 50p  7 35p  5 35a
Ar. Mackinaw City...ll 20a  4l5p  ........  6 56a
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 m,5:15 p m and 9:20 p m.
_ 
Lv. G’d Rapids.  710a  1 50p 6 00p  12 30p  9 35d
Ar. Kalamazoo.  8 50a  3 22p 7 45p I 45p l 0 56p
Ar. Ft. Wayne..l2 lOp  6 50p To Cnicago 
1 45a
Ar. Cincinnati.  6 25p 
............................   6 55a
Trains arrive from the  south  at  3:55 a m  and 
7:20am daily, 1:50pm, 9:35pm and 10:05pm except 
Sunday.*
Pullman sleeping or parlor  cars  on  all  through 
trains  4:06am "Northland Express” has dining 
car  Grand  Rapids  to  Mackinaw  City.  2:00pm 
train  going  north  has  buffet  car  to  Harbor 
Springs.  9:35pm train going south  has  through 
sleeping cars to Cincinnati,  St.  Louis,  Indianap­
olis ana Louisville dally.
Except  Except  Except
Sunday  Sunday  Sunday
Lv. Grand Rapids  ...  7 35am  153pm  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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Lv. G’d Rapids (Union depot)  12 30pm  9 35pm 
Ar. Chicago  (12th St. Station]  5 25pm 
6 56am 
12:30pm train runs solid to Chicago  with  Pull­
man buffet parlor car attached.
9:30pm  train has through coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car.

FROM  CHICAGO 

Sunday  D»u7

Lv. Chicago (12th St.  Station!  5  15pm  11  30pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids (Union depot]  10  05pm  7  29am 
5:15pm train runs solid to Grand  Rapids  wit* 
Pullman buffet parlor car attached.
11:30pm train  has through coach and  sleeping 
car.
Take Q.  R.  &  I.  to Chicago

50 cents to Muskegon 

and  Return  Every Sunday

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Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

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dle power light, and one gallon of gasoline burns 
16 hours.  All  lamps  are  fully  guaranteed,  and 
are trimmed  complete  with  full  instructions  as 
to installing and operating the system.
We  also  manufacture  a  complete  line of  Air 
and  Gravity  Pressure  Lamps.  Write  for  illus­
trated catalogue.

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132-134   E.  Lake S t.,  Chicago,  III.,  U.  S .  A.

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Sanitary.  Used the world over.  Good profit to sellers. 

Order from Jobbers.

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
Write  for  our  Catalogue,  “  The  Commercial Traveler,” if you are thinking o 
adding to your business or of going into a new business.  We solicit a share of you 
patronage and aim to retain your trade  by  giving  full  value  at  the  lowest  prices 
Catalogue sent to merchants on request.  Don’t wait—mail us your  order.

Diamond  Fly Paper 

In  double  sheets  9x16  inches.  Patent 
wax border edges which  prevents  run­
ning or dripping.  25 double sheets  (50
single) in fancy box, per box.................$  30
Per case of 10 fancy boxes....................   2 75
In  spite  of  strong  advance  in  broom 
com  we  quote  as  follows  while  the 
stock lasts.  Our special bargains:
“Leader,” medium fine, 3 colored  sew­
ing, per  doz............................................ 
“Belle,” choice  quality,  23  lbs.,  4  col­
ored sewings, fancy lock  finish,  a  fine
carpet broom, per  doz..........................  

Brooms

1 55

1 95

W ash  Boards 

The best 25c or 30c board. 

“Concave” washboard saves  splashing, 
has more rubbing service,  keeps  water 
in  center  and  nas  ventilated  back.
Warranted a quick seller, per doz........  2  15
Three grades,  all  sizes,  see  catalogue 
for complete list.  1  lb.  bags,  per  600, 
Cream Manila,  square..........................  

Paper  Bags

32

Galvanized  Ir r  4 Tubs

No. l, best grade, per <?- 
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No. 2, best grade, per d .........................  6 0<
No. 3. best grade, per doz.....................   6 9»

Wood  Batter Dishes 
Wire  Ends, 250 in Crate.

1 lb. size, per crate................................. 
2 lb. size, per crate................................. 
3 lb. size, per crate................................ 
6 lb. size, per crate................................  
Fine White Glaze, “Macomb” Brand.
% gal. (5 lbs.), per doz..........................  
1  gal. (10lbs.), per  doz......................... 
2  gal. (20 lbs.), per doz.........................  

Stone  Butter  Crocks 

Clothes  Pins 

Best Quality,  Full  Count.

“Star,” per case, 5 gross.......................  
“Carton,” per case, 12 cartons of 5 doz.
each........................................................ 
Made of best splint, 2 in.  wide,  size  of 
basket 20x19 in. wide,  12  in.  deep,  per 
doz.........................................................

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Hottest  Weather  Ever  Known

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W on’t affect our Spring Balance scales the slight­
est.  All danger of  loss  to  yourself  and  dissatis­
faction of your customers is obviated by this  new 
invention 
It is the wonder of the century  and  is 
rightly  classed  with  the  greatest  of  them.  The  * 
old objection to spring balance scales  on  account 
of their variance in weight due  to  the  changes  in 
the weather has been completely overcome in this 
discovery  and  application  of  the  Thermostat  to 
our  Money  Weight  Automatic  Spring  Balance 
Scales.  Consider  the  saving,  the  convenience 
and the  satisfaction  to  be  had  in  a  thoroughly 
reliable scale.  Consider the easy terms  on which 
they are sold, then send us your order.

The Computing Scale Company

Dayton, Ohio

