Nineteenth  Year

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  7,1902

Number 972

IMPORTANT  FEATURES. 

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Page. 
2.  Men  of M ark.
4.  A round  the  State.
5.  G rand  Rapids  Gossip.
6.  G etting the  People.
8.  Editorial.
10.  Clothing.
12.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
14.  D ry Goods.
16.  P ractical Joke.
18.  B a tte r and  Eggs.
20.  W om an’s  W orld.
22.  The  New  York  M arket.
23.  The  M eat  M arket.
24.  Village  Im provem ent.
25.  Com m ercial Travelers.
26.  D rags  and Chemicals.
27.  D rag Price  C urrent.
28.  G rocery  Price  Current.
29.  Grocery  Price  C urrent.
30.  Grocery  P rice  Current.
31.  Grocery  Price  Current. 
H ardw are  P rice  Current.
32.  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

THE  SIN  OF THE  EMPEROR.

Emperor William  has  furnished  many 
surprises  since  he  ascended  the  throne, 
but  the  greatest,  perhaps,  of  all  is  his 
display  of  democracy.  The  house  of 
Hohenzollern  and  also  that  of  the Haps- 
burgs  has  always  been  imperialistic. 
Prussian  and  Austrian 
rulers  have 
affected  a  contempt  for  trade  and  those 
following  commercial  enterprises.  So 
rigid 
is  the  rule  that  only  members  of 
the  nobility  could  be  admitted  into  the 
army  as  officers,  and  there  is  not  want­
ing  evidence  to  prove  that  Emperor 
William  did  not  frown  upon  duels  when 
the  aggressor  was  of  noble  birth  and  the 
unfortunate  opponent  came  from 
the 
ranks  of  the  people.

The  system  whereby  all  that  was 
worth  having  belonged  to  the  privileged 
class  seemed  part  and  parcel  of  the  fab­
ric  of  the  German  empire,  even  to  the 
friendship  of the  Kaiser.  But  the  recent 
conduct  of  the  Emperor  in  admitting  to 
the  sacred  circle  of  his  friendship  gen­
tlemen  of  commerce 
is  certainly  a 
distinct  and  broad  venture  into  the  new 
sociology.  The  strangest  thing  attach­
ing  to  this  is  the  hostility  of  the  Ger­
man  press  and  the  reference  to  this 
country.

The  Fourth  Estate  is  generally  sup­
posed  to  represent  the  advance  guard  of 
public  opinion,  but  here  is  to  be  seen  a 
press  obstinately  clinging  to  the  tradi­
tions  of  a  feudatory  age.

Germany 

looms  up  as  formidable  in 
the  comity  of  nations  through  the  enter­
prise  of  her  merchants.  The  smile  of 
an  Emperor  is  after  all  a  small  return 
for  placing  the  empire  in  the  first  rank 
of manufacturers  and putting  her  marine 
in  a  position  to  command  the  respect 
of  two  “ sea  powers”   like  the  United 
States  and  England.

The  ranks  of  the  English  nobility 
have  been 
largely  recruited  from  com­
merce.  Brewers  have  become  peers, 
linen  drapers  have  been  transformed 
into  earls,  and  the  owner  of  a  circula­
ting  library  was  made  a  lord  of  the  ad­
miralty.  The  banking  house  of  Baring 
Bros,  gave  a  viceroy  to  India,  and  the 
present  Lord  Curzon  has affiliations with 
a  bank.  Will  Emperor  William  follow 
the  example  of  England?

The  sin  of  the  Emperor,  according  to 
the  German  newspapers,  is that  he  takes 
advice  from  merchants,  shopowners  and

financiers. 
The  Pierpont  Morgans, 
A.  J.  Drexels  and  Russell  Sages  of Ger­
many  seem  certainly  fitter  men to advise 
the  Emperor  as  to  the  best  means  to  de­
velop  the  home  and  foreign  resources  of 
the  empire  than  the  poor,  hut  noble 
scions  of  old  families.  The  intelligence 
of  a  nation  is  thought  to  be  reflected  by 
its  press.
.  Singular  indeed  is  the  opposition  of 
the  German  newspapers  toward  an  evi­
dent  intention  on  the  part  of  the  Em­
peror to  break  away  from  the  thrall  of 
ancient  prejudice. 
This  opposition 
shows  that  the  alleged  molders  of  pub­
lic  opinion  are  themselves  in  need  of 
remolding._____________

INCREASE  IN  FATALITIES.

Frank  H.  Spearman,  writing 

in  the 
Saturday  Evening  Post  on  the  rapid  in­
crease 
in  fatal  railroad  accidents  in 
connection  with  the  consolidation  of 
railroad  lines,takes note of  the  emphasis 
that  has  been  laid  on  the  fact  that  the 
work  of  the  roads  under  the  consolida­
tion  can  be  done  by  fewer  officials  and 
smaller  forces,  and  says  that  the  result 
has  been  the  discharge  of  many  em­
ployes  and  the  overworking  of  those 
who remain.  Says the  writer  mentioned .
In  the  wake  of  every  new  financing  of 
railway  systems  comes  a  stress  on  the 
overworked  railroad  manager  not  only 
to  maintain,  but  forever  to  increase  his 
freight  earnings;  not  merely  to  keep 
abreast  of  his  high  record,  but  always  to 
surpass  it.  Never  has  this  stress  been 
so  fierce  as  it  is  to-day.  Here  the  stren­
uous  principle  clutches 
like  an  air­
brake.  All  that  American  brains  can 
suggest,  all  that  American 
ingenuity 
can  devise,  is  concentrated  on  this  sin­
in­
gle  problem,  because  on  greatly 
creased 
fabulous
prices  paid  for the  controlling  at  times, 
of  the  traffic  of  half  a  continent— a 
stream  of  earnings  must  be  sent  con­
stantly  into  the  vaults  of  two  or  three  of 
the  great  banking  houses  of  New  York 
City.
is  the  truth  lying  behind  many 
late  railroad  wrecks  that,  under  the  new 
conditions  of  traffic  railroading,  freight 
crews  are  worked  to  death  and  railroad 
owners  have 
tonnage  crazy. 
When  you step  into  a  sleeping  car,  your 
dangers  are  not  very  much  in  the  train 
that  speeds  you  on  your  journey.  The 
wheels  under  you,  the  rails  that  bear 
the  wheels,  all  the  complicated  mechan­
ism  that  contributes  to  your  comfort and 
speed,  are  to-day,  on  good  lines,  prac­
tically  flawless.  The  danger  is  outside 
your  train  and  your  track;  it  is  in  the 
train  ahead  of  you  or  behind  you  or 
steaming  beside  you  on  the  passing 
track.  Every  division  that  your  flyer 
covers  so  swiftly 
is  alive  with  freight 
trains  that  must  keep  out  of  your  w ay; 
if  they  fail,  it  means  a  wreck,  and  the 
wreck  of  a  passenger train  means  muti­
lation,  conflagration,  horror,  death.

capitalization---- on 

grown 

This 

This  is  a  terrible  indictment,  but  it  is 
the  truth.  Dividends  must  be  made  on 
stock  that  has  been  watered  out  of  all 
reason,  and  the  money  must  be  forth­
coming  at  every  risk  to  the  lives of  pas­
sengers-  and  crews.  But  nobody  cares 
outside  the  circle  of  family  and  friends 
of  the  victims.  People  are  so  full  of 
their  own  concerns  that  they  have  no 
time  for  sympathy  for  or  indignation  at 
the  sufferings  and  wrongs  of  others. 
People  are  all  right  when  they  stop  to 
think,  but  they  have  not  the  time  to 
stop.

L. J.  Stevenson, Manager 

Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids.

Don. E. Minor and  W. J.  Glllett,  Attorneys. 

Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit.

R. H. Lane, Attorneys.

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Our Direct Demand Letters bring in the “good 
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members against worthless accounts  and  collect 
all others.

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GENERAL TRADE  REVIEW .

The  occurrence  of  serious  reactions 
in  a  number  of  the  more  speculative 
Wall  Street  stocks  and  heavy stock brok­
failures,  with  the  industrial  field 
ers' 
threatened  by  serious 
strikes,  would 
seem  to  be  sufficient  to  test  the  strength 
of  the  general  situation.  There  was  a 
decidedly  panicy  feeling  and  money 
rates  were  sharply  advanced  as  a  result 
of  the  failures,  but  this  was  only  tem­
porary  and  the  course  of  trading 
is 
quickly  resuming  its  normal  status,with 
the  same  story  of  advancing  values  in 
the  standard  list. 
It  is  impossible  that 
there  should  be  such  an  era  of  advanc­
ing  values  without  some  wildcat  spec­
ulation  and  it  is  fortunate  that  this  can 
be  eliminated  without  bringing  disaster 
to  legitimate  business.  Such  failures  as 
those  which  begin  the  week  are  the 
necessary  clearing  of  the  business  at­
is  the 
mosphere  and  their  appearance 
assurance  of  longer  continued 
increase 
in  values.

long  continued  struggle. 

There  is  naturally  some  misgiving  as 
to  the  outcome  of  the  labor  agitation, 
but  it  is  not  probable  that  there  will  be 
any 
There 
has  been  such  a  disposition  on  the  part 
of manufacturers to anticipate reasonable 
demands  that  it  would  seem  as  though 
labor  leaders  would  hesitate  to  pecip- 
itate  trouble.  The  aim  of  the  manufac­
turers  has  been  to  keep  prices  of  iron 
products  at  a  parity  in  the  world's  mar­
kets  as  necessary  to  continued  activity, 
but  this  would  be  impossible  of  course 
should  wage  scales  be  unduly  inflated. 
This is  so  simple  a  proposition,  and  the 
example  of 
inflation  so  recent,  that  it 
seems  as  though  the demonstration could 
be  made  clear  to  the  ones  who  would 
suffer  most  from  the  suicidal  policy.

There 

industry 

is  yet  no  interruption  of  the 
general  industrial  activity  and  in  most 
manufacturers  orders  are  still  ahead.  In 
the  iron 
immediate  delivery 
still  commands  high  premium  and  the 
prudent  buyers  are  those  who  have 
looked  far  ahead.  The  pressure  of  de­
mand  has  made 
it  necessary  to  begin 
the 
importation  of  partially  manufac­
tured  structural  forms  for  immediate 
needs.

Domestic  demand  for  cotton  is  well 
maintained,  particularly 
in  view  of  the 
fact  that  there  has  been  no  effort  to  ad­
vance  prices  in  proportion  to  the  rising 
raw  material. 
In  the  wool  market  it  is 
between  seasons,  most  manufacturers 
having  sufficient  of  the  old  clip  to  carry 
them  through until  new wool arrives.  On 
the  ranches  there  is  a  stubborn  belief  in 
firm  prices,  despite the  loss  of  consump­
tion  at  mills  closed  by  the  strike.  Do­
mestic  quotations  will  be  influenced  to 
a 
large  extent  by  the  coming  sale  at 
London,where  brisk  bidding  and  steady 
prices  are  anticipated.  Shoe  shops  have 
gained  3 
little  on  the  whole,  although 
shipments  from  the  East  are  still  con­
siderably  under  last  year's. 
Instead  of 
the  concessions  hoped  for  in  materials, 
leather  and  hides  are  still  firm.

When  unseasoned 

affectionate  companionship 
quite  durable.

love  develops  into 
it  becomes 

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

MEN OF  MARK.

Robert. D.  G raham ,  President  F ifth   Na­

tional  Bank.

Hon.  Robert  D.  Graham,  President 
of  the  Fifth  National  Bank,  ex-Repre- 
sentative,  ex-Senator,  fruit  grower,  etc., 
is,  as  be 
is  proud  to  acknowledge,  a 
farmer.  Not  a  farmer  in  the  sense  that 
he  is,  at  present,  an  actual  tiller  of  the 
soil,  but  a  farmer  in  that  he  owns  large 
farms  which  he  personally  looks  after 
and  upon  the  sale  of  the  produce  of 
which  he  depends  for  his  livelihood. 
Like  many  another  farmer’s  boy,  he has 
attained  his  present  position  of  promi­
nence 
in  business,  politics  and  society 
by  digging—actual  digging—first  in  tbe 
soil,  then 
into  books—until  his  ambi­
tion  was  aroused,  not  alone  to  make  tbe 
most  of  his  opportunities,  but  to  create 
opportunities  for  his  advancement 
in 
life.  Looking  at  his  early  surroundings 
and  struggles,  we  may  see  how  success­
fully  he  worked  his  way  ahead.

Born  at  Union,  Ontario,  Nov. 

11, 
1855,  he  passed  the  first  year  of  his  life 
there,  at  the  end  of  which  time  his  fam­
ily  moved  to  Minnesota,  on  tbe  extreme 
frontier,  to  engage 
in  farming.  They 
were  frequently  molested  by  the  hostile 
Sioux  Indians  and  were  obliged  more 
than  once  to  flee  to  the  settlements  for 
shelter.

Farming,  combined  with  Indian  fight­
ing,  proving  more  exciting  than  profit­
able,  the  Grahams,  in  1866,  moved  to 
Michigan,  taking  up  their  residence  in 
Grand  Rapids.  The  first  two  years  they 
lived  in  the  old  brown  house  known  as 
the  Shepard  house, which  stood  where  is 
now  the  Fountain  street  entrance  to  the 
Auditorium.

Their  next  move  was  to  buy  a  farm 
near  town  and  engage 
in  the  garden 
truck  business.  Every  morning  Robert 
carried  the  produce  to  market  in  his 
market  wagon,  rising  at  3  o’clock  so  as 
to  get  an  early  start.  During  the  winter 
months  he  attended  school  in  the  city 
and  finally  left  school  to  study  law  with
E.  A.  Maher,  devoting  the  summer 
months  to  the  work  of  the  farm.  April 
17,  1879,  he  passed  examination  and 
was  admitted  to  tbe  bar.  He  was  then 
twenty-four  years  of  age.

His  father's  financial  affairs  at  this 
time  were  such  as  to call  for  Robert’s 
help.  Accordingly  he  gave  up  for the 
present  his  hope  of  practicing  law  and 
returned  to  the  farm  and market garden­
ing.  He  devoted  all  his  energy  to  re­
trieving  bis  father's  fortunes  and,  be­
fore 
long,  his  father  and  he  purchased 
an  adjoining  farm,  borrowing  $4,500 at 
10  per  cent,  interest  for tbe purpose.  By 
industry  and  diligence  they  succeeded 
in  paying  off  this  debt  in  three  years.

Gradually  they  enlarged  their  busi­
ness  of  market  gardening  and  became, 
in  addition,  fruit  growers.  Robert  still 
kept  his  place  on  tbe  market  wagon,  at­
tending  personally  to  tbe  disposal  and 
shipment  of  the  output  of  the  farm.  At 
present  Mr.  Graham  and  his  brother are 
in  partnership,  the  firm  being  known  as 
Graham  Bros.,  fruit  growers.  They  own 
and  control  three  large  farms  within  a 
short  distance  of  each  other. 
In  spite 
of  the  many  duties  which  now  claim 
Mr.  Graham’s  attention 
in  town  and 
elsewhere,  he  still  gives  much  of  his 
time  and 
interest  to his  fruit  growing 
industry.

In  politics  Mr.  Graham  has  always 
been  a  prominent  Republican.  He  was 
eleced  Supervisor  of  Walker  township 
in  1885—the  first  Republican,  by  the 
way,  who  had  been  elected 
that 
township  in  thirty-two  years.  He  was

in 

made  a  member  of  tbe  Committee  on 
Claims  and  Accounts  and,  by  his  in­
telligence  and  unswerving 
integrity 
made  bis  mark,  not  only  on  this  Com­
mittee,  but  also  in  the  discussion  of 
questions  before  the  Board.

In  1884  Mr.  Graham  was  elected Rep­
resentative  in  the  Legislature  from  the 
third  Representative  District  of  Kent 
county.  Early 
in  the  session  he  took  a 
prominent  place,  serving  on  several 
committees  and  having much to do in re­
gard  to  local  measures  affecting 
the 
cities  of  the  State.  He  was  re-elected 
in  1896,  and  became  a  candidate  for the 
position  of  Speaker  of  the  House.  He 
was  defeated  by  Speaker  Gordon,  but 
was  placed  on  some  very 
important 
committees,  among 
them  being  the 
Judiciary,  Educational  and  Liquor 
Traffic  Committees.

In  1898  Mr.  Graham  was  elected  to 
the  Senate,  where  his  four  years’  ex­
perience  in  the  House  gave  him  de­
served  prominence.  At  once  he assumed 
a  leading  position  and  throughout  the

session  he  was  one  of  the  most  influen­
tial  members  of  that  body.

During  his  political  career  Mr.  Gra­
ham  never  lost  interest  in  farm  industry 
and  whatever  tended  to  make  farming 
a  success.  He  has  been for  years  a  lead­
ing  member  of  the  horticultural  and  ag­
ricultural  societies  of  the  county  and 
State,  and  especially  of  the  fruit  grow­
ers’  associations.

In  this  city  Mr.  Graham  is  a  director 
of  the  West  Side  Building  and Loan As­
sociation  and  since  1899  be  has  bèen 
President  of  the  Fifth  National  Bank, 
to  which  office  he  gives  much  of  his 
time.  When  it  was  proposed  to  move 
the  Bank  from  its  original  home  on  the 
West  Side,  Mr.  Graham  was  one  of 
those  who  strongly  opposed  its  removal. 
However,  when  a  vacancy  in  the  office 
of  President  occurred,  Mr.  Graham  was 
chosen  to  fill  the  place.

Besides  the  offices  already  mentioned 
is  a  director  of  the  Citi­
Mr.  Graham 
zens  Telephone  Co.,  director  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  and  President  of  the

Lincoln  Club. 
In  fraternal  societies  he 
ranks  high,  being  a  member  of  Scottish 
Rites, 
Templar,  Mystic 
Shriners,  and  B.  P.  O.  E.

Knights 

Mr.  Graham  was  married  at  Rockford 
in  1880,  to  Anna,  daughter of  Wendall 
Gross  of  that  town.  They  have  one 
child.  Mr.  Graham’s parents  are  living 
and  reside  on  Sunset  avenue.  They  ar<* 
both  of  Quaker  descent.  He  has  one 
brother,  Thomas,  his partner  in  the  fruit 
business,  and  two  sisters— Mrs.  Hoga- 
done,  living 
in  Walker  township  and 
Mrs.  Michaelades,  of  Liverpool.  Tbe 
latter  is  married  to  a  Greek  cotton 
broker  doing  business  in  Liverpool, 
Bombay  and  New  York.  They  have  a 
brilliant  son,  and  Mr.  Graham  is  justly 
proud  of  his  nephew.  Although  only  18 
years old,  he  has  recently won  a  scholar­
ship 
in  King’s  College  in  a  competi­
tive  examination  open  to  all  England.
Mr.  Graham  insists  that  he  has  not 
made  much  of  his  life  as  yet,  but  in­
tends  to  keep  right  on  “ digging.”  
In 
politics  he  is  looked  upon  by  his  con­

stituents  as  a  man  well-equipped,  broad 
and  statesmanlike  in  his  views  of  pub­
lic  affairs;  his  business  associates  rely 
upon  his  good  judgment  and  honesty; 
all  who  know  him  regard  him  as  a  man 
true  to  his  convictions,  sincere  in  all 
his  actions ' and 
in  every  respect  of  a 
thoroughly  upright  character.

A  P oint on  Carpentry.

Senator  Platt  of  Connecticut  was 
building  a  house.  He  had  occasion  to 
hire  a  carpenter,  who  was  a  plain,  un­
varnished  son  of  New  England.

“ You  know 

all  about 
work?”   asked  Senator  Platt.
“ Yes,  sir,”   was  the  reply.
“ You  can  make  windows,  doors  and 

carpenter 

blinds?”

“ Oh,  yes,  sir.”
“ How  would  you  make  a  Venetian 

blind?”

The  man  thought  steadily  for  several 
minutes.  “ I  think,”   he  remarked  final­
ly,  “ that  I  would  punch  him 
in  the 
eye.”

K eep  an  Bye  on  th e  Store  Boy.

Most  general  stores  can  utilize  the 
services  of  a  boy  ranging  in  age  from 
10 to  15  years  and  can  make  a  profit  out 
of  his  work,  at  the  same  time  giving 
him  an  opportunity  to  acquire  the  abil­
ity  of  salesmanship.

The  amount  of  salary  that  should  be 
paid  the  boy 
in  the  store  is  a  matter 
largely  that  should  be  settled by the pro­
prietors  dependent  on the capability and 
smartness  of  the  lad.

The  boy 

in  the  store  should  have  a 
multitude  of  minor  duties  to  perform, 
such  as  looking  after  the  lighting,  keep­
ing  the 
lamps  and  the  globes  clean, 
sweeping  up,  ridding  the  store  of  boxes 
and  packages as soon as they are emptied 
and  keeping  the  back  room  or  the  base­
ment tidy.

In  addition  he  should  be  so  drilled 
that  during  a  rush  he  can  take  hold  and 
wrap  up  packages  for  the  clerks.  In  the 
general  store,  business 
is  intermittent 
and  a  bundle  boy  can  not  be  given  em­
ployment  all  the  time,  but  on  Saturdays 
and  on  special  occasions  he  can  be  of 
great  assistance  in  this  direction.  He 
should  be  instructed  to  wrap  a  neat  and 
compact  bundle  and  the merchant should 
take  him 
in  hand  until  he  is  fully 
capable  of  doing  this.

If  the  store  boy  is  wide  awake  and 
gives  every  evidence  of  making  a  good 
business  man  his  responsibility  may  be 
increased  from  time  to  time.  Give  him 
a  department  to  look  after  and have  him 
take  care  of  it  all  the  time.  Such  a  de­
partment  need  not  be  an  important  one, 
but  should  give  him  an  opportunity  to 
learn  the  business  of  salesmanship  and 
might  include  shoe  findings,  shoe  pol­
ishes,  green  fruits  and  vegetables, 
if 
they  are  carried,  notions,  the  seven-cent 
counter  or  some  one  of  the  minor 
branches  of  the  business.—Commercial 
Bulletin.  ____ _ 
Some Good  Advice  on  K eeping Positions.
You  can  hold  your  position  if  you  fit 
yourself  to  its  mold  so  as  to  fill  every 
crevice.  Be  like  a  cake.  At  first  it  is  a 
soft,  spongy  dough,  and  is  poured 
into 
a  mold  which 
it  but  half  fills.  As  it 
bakes,  it  rises,  and  crowds  every  dent 
in  the  mold.  Not  contented,  it  bulges 
over  the  top;  it  makes  a  cake  larger 
than  the  mold  will  hold.  So,  young 
man  and  young  woman,  be  larger  than 
your  mold.  After  you  have  filled  every 
crease  and  crevice  of  your  position  to 
advantage,  work  out  at  the  top. 
It  is 
the 
largest  cake  that  brings  tbe  most 
money.

____

Always  keep  your  promises.  Your 
employer  will  never  ask  you  to  do  more 
than 
is  possible.  Remember  that  an 
unfulfilled  promise  is  as  bad  as  a  down­
right  untruth.  Live  within  your means. 
Never  let  a  month  pass  that  you  do  not 
put  something  in  the  bank.  Saving 
is 
the  first  great  basic  principle 
in  tbe 
foundation  of  success.  Dress  neatly  and 
plainly,  for  an  employer  marks  a  man 
as  a  fool  who  apparels  himself  with  ex­
travagance  and  glaring  colors.  Never 
try  to  win  the  favor  of  your  employer 
by 
your  elbow  workers. 
Slander  always  sticks.  Show  kindness 
to  your  fellow  employes,  but  do  not 
let 
it  be  forced  kindness,  for  that  deserves 
no  thanks.  Resolve  slowly,  and  act 
quickly.  Remember,  it 
is  better  to  be 
alone  than 
in  bad  company;  that  you 
can  not  give  your  employer  or  yourself 
full  value 
if  you  try  to  work  after  a 
night  of  dissipation;  that  silence,  like 
cleanliness,  is  akin  to  godliness,  and 
that  a  clear  conscience gives sound sleep 
and  good  digestion,  and  clothes  one 
in 
an  impregnable  coat  of  mail.

slandering 

James J.  Hill.

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Grocers  should  remember  that  Royal 
Baking  Powder  is  never  peddled.  Con­
sumers  are  supplied  only  through  retail 
dealers.

It  is  the  honest  advertising  which  the 
Royal  Baking  Powder  Company  does 
that  aids  and  protects  grocers  more  than 
they sometimes  remember. 
It  trains  the 
housewife to buy standard goods at reliable 
stores  and  to  not  patronize  peddlers. 
Peddlers  are  the  bane  of  honest  grocers.
Grocers  should  keep  a  full,  live  stock 
of  Royal  Baking  Powder,  remembering 
that  every  sale  of  it  is  a  blow  at  the 
peddler  and  a  strike  for  honest  dealing 
in  high-class  goods.

ROYAL  BAKING  POWDER  CO.,  NEW  YORK.

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

Around  the State

Movements of M erchants.

Detroit—Jos.  Zott  has  purchased  the 

grocery  stock  of  Chas.  Darbe.

Oakley— Mrs.  Nora  Munger  has  en­

gaged  in  the  grocery  business.

Big  Rapids—Geo.  W.  Russ  has  sold 

his  grocery  stock  to J.  A.  Gale.

Oakley— B.  Findley  has  purchased 

the  grocery  stock  of  D.  Hegler.

Hartford—Geo.  Carpp  has  purchased 

the  meat  market  of  Goodrode  &  Son.

Jackson— Edward  J.  Smith  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  to  Fuller  &  Kirtland.
Bay  City— Buck  &  Myers  succeed 
in  the  grocery  busi­

Whiting  &  Myers 
ness.

Britton— Chas.  Maynard  has  pur­
chased  the  drug  stock  of  E.  E.  Hender- 
shott.

Henderson—W.  S.  Lusk,  of  Owosso, 
in  general  trade  at  this 

has  engaged 
place.

Tustin— A.  R.  Bentley  &  Co.  succeed 
in  the  mercantile 

Bentley  &  Swanson 
business.

Decatur— Frank  M.  Thomas  succeeds 
S.  N.  Thomas  &  Son  in  the  hardware 
business.

Reed  City—Sam  Johnson  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of Wilbur J. 
Patterson.

Kalamazoo—Homer  Kidney  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  and  meat  market  to 
Jacob  Ball.

Charlotte—Giacomo  Spaniola,  confec­
tioner  and  fruit  dealer,  has  sold  out  to 
V.  Stanilio.

Orion—Stanaback  &  Smalley,  dealers 
lumber  and  coal,  have  sold  out  to 

in 
Wm.  Winter.

Detroit—James  Lamb  has  purchased 
the  grocery  and  meat  business  of  Her­
bert  P.  Cook.

Wheeler—Geo.  E.  Brown  has  pur­
chased  the  general  merchandise  stock  of 
Oliver  Darlington.

Bay  City—J.  E.  Robertson  &  Co.  are 
closing  out  their grocery  stock  and  will 
retire  from  business.

Breckenridge—A.  A.  Root  is 

suc­
ceeded  in  the  grocery and crockery busi­
ness  by  Wm.  B.  Fox.

Lansing—O.  N.  Stone  &  Co.  are 
in  the  grocery  business  by 

succeeded 
the  Milne  Grocery  Co.

Bay  City—W.  G.  Kabat has purchased 
the  boot  and  shoe  stock  of  Nettie  A. 
(Mrs.  Peter)  Niedzielski.

Kalamazoo—Larned  &  Shandrew  con­
tinue  the  hardware,  stove  and  furnace 
business  of  Geo.  F.  Larned.

Hillsdale— F.  C.  Garvey,  dealer  in 
implements,  has  taken  a  partner  under 
the  style  of  Hinkle  &  Garvey.

Saginaw—W.  H.  Dalke  &  Co.,  gro­
cers,  have  dissolved  partnership.  W.  H. 
Dalke  continues  the  business.

Schoolcraft— C.  H.  Dibble,  who 
opened  a  meat  market  here  last  Decem­
ber,  has  discontinued  business.

Kalamazoo—C.  Zantenga  has  pur­
chased  the  meat  business  of  Abe  Mas- 
siIlia,  at  607  North  Park  street.

Flowerfield— Kline  &  Sampsel  is  the 
style  of  the  new  firm  which  succeeds  R. 
J.  Kline  in  the  grocery  business

Grant— Hudson  &  Smith  have  en­
gaged in  the  meat  business,  having  pur­
chased  the  market  of  O.  Colligan.

Bay  City— Howard  Allor has  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business.  He  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  Edward  C.  Little.
Kalamazoo—W.  G.  Duffield  has  re­
signed  his  position  in  the  grocery  store 
of  E.  T.  Duffield  and  has  purchased 
the  dry  goods  and  grocery  stock  of  the 
Ebens  Sisters,  on  South  Burdick  street.

Harbor  Springs— M.  J.  Erwin  &  Co. 
are  succeeded  in  the  furniture  and  un­
dertaking  business  by  the  Babcock  Fur­
niture  Co.

Alpena-----W.  H.  Campbell, 

the
plumber, 
has  purchased  the  Alpena 
block  and  will  move  his  stock  from  its 
present  location.

Laingsburg—Wm.  Risdale  &  Byam 
is  the  style  of  the  new  firm  which  suc­
ceeds  Wm.  Risdale 
in  the  agricultural 
implement  business.

Mt.  Pleasant— S.  T.  Coverstone & Co. 
is  the  style  of  the  new  firm  which  suc­
ceeds  Coverstone  &  Son  in  the  harness 
and  tinware  business.

Wayland— Lee  Deuel  has  shipped  the 
remainder  of  his  Kalamazoo  grocery 
stock  to  this  place,  which  will  be  closed 
out  in  lots  at  wholesale.

Sparta— E.  W.  Murray,  of  Lake  Ann, 
has  purchased  George  E.  Rowe's  gro­
cery  stock  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

Houghton—The  wholesale 

grocery 
firm  of  the  Carpenter-Cook  Co.,  of 
Menominee,  will  shortly  establish  a 
branch  house  at  this  place.

Saginaw—Mills  &  Arnold,  dealers 

in 
books,  stationery  and  wall  paper,  have 
dissolved  partnership.  The  business  is 
continued  by  James  C.  Mills.

Mt.  Pleasant— T.  Bergy  &  Son  have 
disposed  of their stock  of  general  mer-. 
cbandise  and  will  devote their  entire  at­
tention  to  the  picture  and  frame  busi­
ness.

Green  Oak— L.  H.  Cogswell  has  sold 
bis  elevator  business  to J.  D.  McLauren 
&  Co.,  of  Plymouth,  who  also  conduct 
elevators  at  Plymouth,  South  Lyon  and 
Novi.

Onondaga—Wolf & Clark  have  opened 
a 
line  of  furnishings,  dry  goods  and 
shoes  at  this  place.  Frank  Shaffer,  of 
Tekonsha,  will  have  charge  of 
the 
business.

Bowen’s  Mills—Chas.  W.  Armstrong 
&  Son,  who  for  many  years  have  con­
ducted  a  general  merchandise 
store 
here,  have  sold  their  stock to Goodspeed 
&  Hoard.

Alpena—Thomas  Sandham,  in  com­
pany  with  several  other  capitalists,  will 
put  up  a  brick  block  five  stories  high 
and  start  a  department  store  in  the  Can­
adian  Soo.

West  Hancock— Herman  Druan 

is 
erecting  a  store  building,  two  stories 
high  and  costing  about $1,000.  He  ex­
pects  to  occupy  same  with  a  stock  of 
groceries  June  1.

Kalamazoo—John  A.  Walton  and  Will 
H.  Peck  have  formed  a  partnership  to 
engage 
in  the  wholesale  bakery  busi­
ness.  A  plant 
is  being  built  on  Axtel 
street  and  will  be  in  operation  in  about 
three  weeks.

West  Sebewa— Frank  N.  Cornell,  who 
established  a  general  store  here  two 
years  ago  as  a  branch  of  his  Sebewa  es­
tablishment,  has  sold  the  stock  to  Frank 
Mapes,  who  has  managed  the  business 
with  marked  success  from  the  start.

Otsego— Frank  A.  Williams,  of  Char­
lotte,  has  purchased  an  interest  in  the 
clothing  business  of  M.  R.  Gamble  and 
the  new  firm  will  be  known  as  Gamble 
&  Williams.  They have  also  purchased 
the  boot  and  shoe  stock  of  H.  C.  Tra- 
bert.

Kalamazoo—Jacob  C.  Ball  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  H.  J.  K id­
ney,  at  425  Oak  street,  and  will  con­
tinue  the  business 
in  connection  with 
his  meat  market,  which  occupies  a  part 
of  the  store  building.  Mr.  Kidney  will 
enter  the  U.  of  M.  for  a  five  years' 
course  in  medicine.

Hillsdale— L.  D.  Woodworth,  travel­
ing  representative  for  the  Worthing  & 
Alger  Co.,  has  sold  his  interest  in  the 
C.  E.  Lawrence  Hardware  Co.  to  C.  E. 
Lawrence,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  under  the  same  style  in  company 
with  H.  W.  Aulsbro.

Dowagiac—The  shoe  stock  of  Garrett 
Bros.,  who  have  conducted  the  shoe 
business  here  under  the  style  of the New 
York  Shoe  Store  for 
few 
months,  has  been  shipped  to  South 
Bend.  Amsden  &  Morse  will  occupy 
the  building  with  their  new  grocery 
stock.

the  past 

Houghton— The  Common  Council  has 
passed  an  ordinance  to  tax  all  transient 
traders,  peddlers  and  representatives  of 
outside  business  houses  who  sell  goods 
in  Houghton,  in  the  hope  of  keeping 
them  out  of  the  village.  Their opera­
tions  had  grown  so  extensive  that  the 
local  merchants  began  to  feel  the  effects 
and  they  put  up  a  strong  kick.  The 
rates  imposed 
in  the  ordinance  are  $1 
per  day  for  peddlers  and  $3  per  day  for 
all  others.

Battle  Creek— Horace  G.  Parker,  the 
hat,  cap  and  fur  merchant,  died 
last 
week,  aged  70  years.  He  was  a  native 
of  Alabama,  N.  Y.  He  came  to  Ann 
Arbor  when  19  years  of  age and engaged 
in  business  and  was  subsequently  in 
business 
in  Jackson,  Albion,  South 
Bend,  Kalamazoo,  Three  Rivers,  Gales­
burg  and  Battle  Creek.  At  one  time  he 
was 
landlord  of  the  Potter  House,  this 
city,  and  afterwards  of  the  Frazier 
House, 
in  Bay  City.  For  the  past 
twenty  years  he  has  been  located  in  this 
city.  He  was  an  expert  fur  buyer.

M anufacturing M atters.

Alma—The  capital  stock  of  the Union 
Telephone  Co.  has  been  increased  from 
$250,000  to  $400,000.

Jackson— Foote  &  Jenks,  manufactur­
increased  their 

ers  of  perfumery,  have 
capital  stock  from  $32,000  to $50,000.

Detroit—C.  A.  Dunbar,  manager  of 
the  Automatic  Glass  Machine  Co.,  has 
invented  a  ball-bearing  device  for  bug­
gies.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Churn  &  Sepa­
rator  Co.  has  begun  the  manufacture  of 
its  machines  at  Grand  River  and  Mc- 
Graw.

Jackson—The  Jackson  Glass  Works 
has  begun  the  erection  of  a  new  factory 
building,  66x100 
feet  in  dimensions 
and  costing  about  $5,000.

Menominee—The  Richardson  Shoe 
Co.  is  erecting  an  addition  to  its  fac­
tory  building,  27x75  feet  in  dimensions, 
which  will  be  used  as  a  repository  for 
stock.

Big  Rapids—John  Hanchett  &  Bro., 
machinists  and  manufacturers  of  saw 
swages,  have  dissolved 
partnership. 
Volney  H.  Hanchett  continues  the  busi­
ness  in  his  own  name.

Chelsea—The  Glazier  Stove  Co.  has 
begun  the  erection  of  a  brass  foundry, 
25x30 feet  in  dimensions,  containing  six 
furnaces,  each with  an  independent  flue.
Battle  Creek—The  Battle  Creek  Iron 
Works,  moved  here  from  Hastings,  has 
completed  plans  for  its  new  building 
to  cost  $20,000.  The  contract  has  been 
let  to  M.  M.  Lewis  &  Sons.

Sturgis—Negotiations  are  being  car­
ried  on  with  the  B.  F.  Freeland  & 
Sons’  Co.,  of  Middlebury,  Indiana, 
makers  of the  Star galvanized steel  tank, 
which  it  is  hoped  will  result  in  the  re­
moval  of  the  company  to  this  place.

Bay  City—The  Aurora  Shade  Cloth 
Co.  will  be  organized  here  and  will 
build  a  large  factory  to  fight  the window 
shade  trust.  The  new  company  is  com­
posed  of  the  Michigan  Shade  Roller 
Co.,  of  Bay  City,  and  of  large  manufac­
turers  of  cotton  in  the  East.

Hudson—The  D.  H.  Hoffman  Can­
ning  Co.,  of  Indianapolis,  will  estab­
lish  a  branch  factory  at  this  place.  The 
company  has  contracted  with  the  farm­
ers  for  200  acres  of  cucumbers  and  a 
large  acreage  of  cabbage.  Sauerkraut 
and  pickles  will  be  the  product  of  the 
factory.

Menominee---- The  Edward  Hines
Lumber  Co.  has  sold  half  the  season’s 
cut  of  H.  Witheck  Co.  to  W.  H.  Sawyer 
Co.,  of  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 
It  will 
amount  to  about  15,000,000 or 16,000,000 
feet.  All  basswood  on  Menominee River 
is  now  sold  to  different  parties,  and  no 
more  is  to  be  had  at  present.

Battle  Creek—The  Cap  Sheaf  Manu­
facturing  Co.,  Ltd.,  has  been  organized 
for  the  manufacture  of  the  Cap  Sheaf 
acetylene  gas  generators.  The  officers 
are:  Chairman,  Allen  Havens;  Treas­
urer,  A.  J.  Sawyer;  Secretary,  W.  J. 
Holden;  Directors,  Alfred  Fielder,  J. 
W.  Kellogg  and  Clarence  Sellers.

Detroit— Larned,  Carter  &  Co.  have 
purchased  a  site  for  a  new  pants  and 
overall  factory  at  the  corner  of  Eighth 
and  Abbott  streets.  The  building  will 
be  three  stories  high,  and  will  permit 
the  employment  of  400  girls  instead  of 
the  present  force  of  200.  Starting  four 
firm  has  had  a  rapid 
years  ago,  this 
growth.  Only  eight  girls  were  employed 
in  the  beginning  in  the  small  building 
on  Twenty-fourth  street. 
It  is  expected 
that  the  factory  will  be  completed  by 
Oct.  1.

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

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The Produce  market.

Apples—Baldwins  command  $4.50© 
4.75;  Ben  Davis  and  Russets  are  taken 
readily  at  $4.50.

Asparagus—50c  per  doz.
Bananas— Prices  range  from  $1.25© 

1.75  per bunch,  according  to  size.

Beans— Local  dealers  offer  $1.25  for 
all  offerings  of  beans  from  growers,  but 
receipts  are  very  meager,  owing  to  the 
farmers  holding  for $1.4031.50  per  bu. 
Indications  point  to  the  largest  acreage 
ever  planted  in  this  State.

Beeswax— Dealers  pay  25c  for  prime 

yellow  stock.

doz.  for  new.

Beets—$2  per  bbl. 

for  old;  50c  per 

Butter—The  downward  condition  con­
tinues, factory  creamery  having  dropped 
to  23c  for  fancy  and  22c  for  choice. 
Dairy  grades  have  dropped  to  i8@igc 
for  fancy, i6@ 17c for  choice  and  14315c 
for  packing  stock.  Receipts  are  heavy.
Cabbage—Old  stock  has  advanced  to 
$1.20  per  doz.  Florida,  $3.25  per  crate.

Carrots—$i.£o  per  bbl.
Celery—California  Jumbo  commands 

80c  per  doz.

Cod.

house.

Cranberries—$2.50  per crate  for  Cape 

Cucumbers—80c  per  doz. 

for  hot­

Eggs— Receipts  are  heavy  and  are 
taken  readily  on  the  basis  of  I4@i4^c 
for case  count  and  I53*5^ c for candled.
crown  Turkey  com­

Figs---- Five 

mand  14c.

Green  Onions— 10c  for Evergreens and 

15c  for  Silver  Skins.

Green  Peas—$1.25  per  bu.  box.
Honey—White  stock  is  in  ample  sup­
ply  at  I 5 @ i6 c .   Amber  is  in  active  de­
mand  at  I3@I4C  and  dark  is  in  moder­
ate  demand  at  io@ ii c .

$3.6033.75.

Lemons—Californias $3.50,  Messinas 
Lettuce— ioc  per  lb.  for  hothouse.
Mapie  Sugar— ioj^c  per  lb.
Maple  Syrup—$1  per gal.  for  fancy.
Onions—Bermudas,  $2.75  per  crate; 
Egyptian,  $3.50  per  sack;  Louisiana, 
$4  per  bbl.  of  3  bu.

Onion  Sets— Top,  $1.25  per  bu.  ;  yel- 

l<Jw,  $1.75;  red,  $2;  white,  $3.

Oranges—California  navels  fetch  $4 
per  box  for  fancy.  St.  Michaels  and 
Fancy  Mediterranean  Sweets  command
$3- 5°@3- 75-

Parsley—35c  per  doz.
Parsnips—$2  per  bbl.
Pieplant—2c  per  lb.
Pineapples—$3.75  per  crate  for  Flor- 

idas.
Poultry—The  market  is  strong  and 
io@ ii c , 
steady.  Dressed  hens  fetch 
chickens  command  I2@i3c,  turkey  hens 
fetch 
i3@ 14c ;  gobblers  command  I2 @  
13c;  ducks  fetch  I3@I4C.  Live  pigeons 
are  in  moderate  demand  at  5o375c  and 
squabs  at $1.2032.  Live  poultry  meets 
with  active  demand  at  the  following 
prices:  Spring  broilers,  2o@22c;  chick­
ens,  9@ioc;  hens,  8@9c;  turkey  hens, 
ioK @ uj£ c;  gobblers,  9310c.

Potatoes—The  market  is  quiet  and 
about  5c  lower than  a  week  ag6.  Many 
markets  are  dull,  owing  to  the  large 
amount  of  stock  on  track.  This  is  par­
ticularly  true  of  Pittsburg,  which  re­
ports  200  cars  of  New  York  stock  on 
track.

R adishes—25c  per  doz.
Spinach—65c  per  bu.
Straw berries—$3.50  for  24  quarts.
T om atoes—$2.50  for  6  basket  crate.
Vegetable  Oysters—20c  per  doz.
Wax  Beans—$2.50  per  bu.  box.

The G rain  M arket.

Wheat  has  remained  very  steady  dur­
ing  the  week.  Futures  declined  yic  for 
July,  while  cash  winter  wheat  advanced 
fully 
ic.  Exports  exceeded  5,000,000 
bushels,  while  the  visible  decrease  was 
2,121,000 bushels.  Receipts in the South­
west  as  well  as  in  the  Northwest  are  ex­
ceedingly  small—much  smaller than  last 
year.  Elevators  are  drawn  on  by  mil­
lers.  The  exportable  surplus  appears to 
be  held 
in  Duluth  and  Chicago.  Re­
ceipts  in  this  State  are  so  small  that

millers  are  compelled  to  go  outside  of 
the  State  for  supplies.  The  outlook  for 
a 
large  harvest  is  not  very  brilliant. 
Kansas will  probably  not bavé more than 
a  half  crop,  compared  with  last  year, 
while 
in  spring  wheat  sections  the  wet 
weather  prevents  the  usual  amount  of 
seeding— probably  20  per  cent,  in  acre­
age.  With  the  small  amount 
in  farm­
ers’  hands,  we  will  not  have  such  an 
overabundance  as  was  looked  for  early 
in  the  season.  This fíne growing weather 
is  helping  the  plant,  but  where  the 
wheat  has  been  damaged  by  the  high 
winds  and  drouth,  it  will  be  hard  to 
make  the  wheat  grow  where  there  is 
none.

Corn  also  showed  a  small  decline  of 
ic  per  bushel  on  account  of  cattle  being 
a  drug  on  the  market.  At  present  there 
is  less  consumed  in  feeding and  packers 
in  Chicago,  Omaha,  Kansas  City  and 
other  places  telegraphed  their  agents 
not  to  ship  any,  as  the  sales—owing  to 
the  universal  curtailing  of  consumption 
on  account  of the high price—have fallen 
off  materially,  mote  than  one-half,  so 
the  beef  trust  has  met  its  match  by  the 
people  using  less,  and  this  in  time  will 
have  the  effect  of  lowering  prices.

Oats  receded 

in  price  fully  ij£c  and 
are  weak,  as the demand  is  hardly  equal 
to  the  supply.  Besides,  the  outlook  for 
a  large  harvest  is  having 
its  effect  on 
prices,  especially  as  heavy  rains  were 
reported 
in  Kansas,  Nebraska  and 
Oklahoma  in  the  last  two  days.  Oats are 
in  good  shape  and  promise  a  very  large 
harvest.

Rye  is  also  weaker,  the  demand  hav­
ing  fallen  off.  As  there 
is  no  call, 
holders  will  be  offering  at a lower  price. 
Germany  has  a  good  rye  harvest 
in 
view.

Beans  have  advanced  3c  per  bushel, 
but  this  will  not  last,  as  there  is  quite 
an  amount  yet  to  come  forward.

Flour  is  firmly beld,  as  wheat  is  not 

abundant  and  is  hard  to  get.

Mill  feed,  likewise,  is  held  firm,  with 
no  shading  of  prices—$21  for  bran  and 
$22  for  middlings.

Receipts  of  grain  have  been  small,  as 
usual,  being  as  follows :  wheat,  49  cars ; 
corn,  i  car ;  oats,  4  cars ;  rye,  1  car ; 
malt,  i car ;  hay,  1 car ;  potatoes,  11 cars.

Millers  are  paying  83c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Local  meat  dealers  are  considering 
the  adoption  of  drastic  measures 
to 
bring  Nelson  Morris  &  Co.  to  time  on 
the  subject  of  selling  meats  to  consum­
ers.  This  policy  has  tended  to  ren­
der  the  management  of 
the  Grand 
Rapids  branch  so  unpopular  that  few 
meat  dealers  will  patronize  the  estab­
lishment,  in  consequence  of  which  the 
trade  of  hotels,  restaurants  and  private 
families  is  solicited  and  catered  to. 
Numerous  promises  have  been  made  by 
the  management  to  reform  the  present 
methods  and  curtail  the  sale  of  meats  to 
consumers,  but  the  promises  appear  to 
be  made  only  to  be  broken  as  soon  as 
the  backs  of  butchers  are  turned.  The 
situation  is  a  serious  one,  especially 
in 
view  of  the  fact  that  meats  are  sold  to 
consumers  at  the same  prices  the  butch­
ers  are  asked  to  pay.

The  Whiteside  Wheel  Co.  has  been 
organized  with  a  capital 
stock  of 
$300,000—$65,000  preferred  and  $235,000 
common—to  engage  in  the  manufacture 
of  a  newly  invented  metal  wheel.

H.  M.  Gillett  will  open  a  cigar  and 
confectionery  store  at  523  South  D ivi­
sion  street  about  May  15.

The  Grocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  raw  sugar  market  is  very 
firm,  showing  an  advance  of  3*i 6c  on 
96  deg.  test  centrifugals  during  the  past 
week.  Holders  are  very  firm  and  but 
little  sugar  was  offered.  The  world's 
visible  supply  of  raw  sugar  is  3,440,000 
tons,  showing  an  increase  of  40,000 tons 
over  April  24,  1902,  and  840,000  tons 
over  the  corresponding  time  last  year. 
The  strong  market  for  raw  sugar and the 
favorable  warm  weather,  causing  an  in­
crease  in  consumption  of  refined,  led  to 
a  somewhat  better  feeling  among  buy­
ers  and  a  slight  improvement  in  the  de­
mand  for  refined  was  noted.  The  gen­
eral  tone  of  the  market  is  firmer  and  in­
dications  point  strongly  to  an  advance 
in  price  almost  any  moment.

in  this 

in  tomatoes 

Canned  Goods— The 

canned  goods 
market  is  practically  unchanged.  Each 
article  received  more  or  less  attention 
in  a  small  way,  but  no  material  change 
in  prices  has  occurred.  The  compara­
tive  quiet 
line  will  be  a  good 
thing  for  the  future  of  the  market,  as  it 
gives  jobbers  an  opportunity  to  dispose 
of  their  stocks  and  many  lines  will  be 
entirely  cleaned  up before  the new goods 
are  ready  for  use,  which  will  put  the 
market  in  a  healthy  condition  for  the 
fall  trade.  The consumption  of  canned 
goods  goes  steadily  on  and  from  all 
sources  comes  the  report  that  consump­
tion  is  considerably  larger  than 
it  was 
during  the  spring  of  1901.  The  situa­
tion 
is  unchanged.  Spot 
goods  continue  firm  and 
in  good  re­
quest,  with  the  tendency  toward  higher 
prices.  Stocks  of  these  goods  are  ex­
ceedingly  light.  Futures  are  quiet  and 
selling  only 
in  a  small  way.  Corn 
continues  quiet,  with  only  moderate  de­
mand  for  spot  goods  and  futures  are 
neglected.  There  is  but  a  very  small 
demand  for  peas  and  prices  are  a  little 
easier,  although  there 
is  no  quotable 
change  in  price.  There  is  a  very  good 
demand  for  gallon  apples  at  previous 
prices  and  the  market  is  considerably 
stronger,  although  not  quotably  higher. 
There  is  some  little demand for peaches, 
especially  for  the  medium  grades,  for 
which  full  prices  are  obtained.  The 
salmon  market  is  quite active and prices 
on  all  grades show considerable strength. 
There  is  quite  a  large  consumptive  de­
mand,  caused 
largely  by (the  present 
high  prices  of  all  kinds  of  meat.  Sar­
dines  are  doing  better,  there  being  a 
good  demand  for  them  and  prices  are 
firmly  held.

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
is  rather  quiet  in  most  lines,  although 
there  is  some  activity  noted  in  currants 
and  peaches. 
Somewhat  more  interest 
is  noted  in  prunes,  there  being  a  daily 
lots  for  immediate 
demand  for  small 
use.  The  call 
is  principally  for  the 
large  sizes,  which  are  not  in  very  large 
supply  and  are  very  firmly  held.  Prices 
remain  unchanged.  Raisins  are  very 
quiet,  with  but 
little  demand  and  the 
tendency  of  the  market  is  toward  lower 
prices.  Currants  are  very  strong  and  in 
active  demand,  prices  showing  an  ad­
vance  of  %c,  partly  caused  by  the  re­
port  that  the  coming  crop  may  be 
lighter  than  was  at  first  anticipated. 
Apricots  are  strong  and  are  moving  out 
well.  Peaches  are  meeting  with  good 
demand.  Stocks  are  greatly  reduced 
and  prices  show decided strength.  Dates 
are  firm  at  somewhat  higher  prices  and 
are  meeting  good  demand.  Figs  are 
steady  and  in  fair  request.  The  evap­
orated  apple  market  is exceedingly firm, 
and  stocks  are  practically  exhausted.
Rice— There  was  no  improvement 

in 
the  demand  for  rice  and  dealers  report

but  a  small  run  of  orders.  Notwith­
standing  the  spirit  of  conservatism  on 
the  part  of  the  trade,  which 
is  rather 
disappointing,  dealers  refuse  to  shade 
prices,  anticipating  a  better  demand  in 
the  near  future.  Trade,  as  a  whole,  is 
nearly  up  to  the  average  required  to  ab­
sorb  the  crop  before  the  new  crop  ar­
rives  in  any  large  quantities.

in  this 

Teas—No  new  developments  were 
noted  in  the  tea  market  and general dul- 
ness  was  experienced 
line. 
Despite  the  general  unfavorable  condi­
tion  of  the  trade,  holders  showed  no 
signs  of  weakening  and  buyers  found  it 
necessary  to  pay  full  prices.  The  statis­
tical  position  of  the  market  was  strong, 
particularly  for  the  low  grades  of  green 
teas,  which  are 
light  supply  and 
wanted.  Spot  stocks  of  other  grades  are 
fair,  but  not  excessive.  At  the  present 
moment,  indications  do  not  point  to  a 
renewed  activity  soon.  Lower  prices, 
however,  are  not  expected.

in 

Molasses—A  general  quiet  prevailed 
in  the  molasses  market,  as  is  usual  at 
this  time  of  the  year,  but  prices  for  all 
grades  were  steady  at  no  quotable 
change.  Trading,  however,  was  re­
ported  by  dealers  as  satisfactory,  with 
transactions 
larger  than  those  of  last 
year.  The  spot  supply  of  all  grades  is 
moderate  and  firmly  held.  No  change 
in  price 
is 
looked  for  and  the  general 
impression 
is  that  the  market  will  re­
main  stationary  for  the  balance  of  the 
season.

Fish—The  usual  spring  quiet  on  this 
line  is  being  experienced.  Mackerel  is 
in  light  supply  and  very  strong,  but  the 
demand  is  very  light  at  present.

Rolled  Oats— Rolled  oats  are  weaker 
and  prices  show  a  decline  of  15c  per 
barrel  and  ioc  per  case  on  competitive 
cases.

INTO THE  NEW.

The  H.  Schneider Co.  Has  Removed to  39 

Monroe  St.

This  company  is  perhaps  one  of  the 
best  known  retailers  and  wholesalers 
of  tobacco,  snuffs  and  cigar manufactur­
ers  in  the  State.  Have  been 
in  active 
business  in  Grand  Rapids  for  nearly 
fifty  years—twenty-five  of  which  they 
occupied  the  store,  No.  21  Monroe  St.

The  present  manager,  H.  A.  Schnei­
der,  succeeds  his  father,  Hugo  Schnei­
der,  who  started  with  the  business  in 
1856  and  by 
conservative  business 
methods  and  honest  dealings  made  it 
possible  for  the  industry  to  grow  to  its 
present  proportion.  Mr.  Hugo Schneider 
was  actively  engaged 
in  the  business 
until  the  time  of  his  death,  Nov.  29, 
1900.  They  have  spared  no  expense  in 
fitting  up  their  new  retail  department, 
which  will  occupy  the  first  floor.  The 
handsome  fixtures  and  show  cases  are 
all  of  home  production  and  of  the  latest 
pattern.  The  shipping  department  will 
be  located  in  the  rear  of  the  first  floor. 
The  fourth  floor  of  62  and  64  Pearl 
street  will be  turned  into  a  model  up-to- 
date  cigar  factory,and will be  remodeled 
to accommodate  the  army  of  cigarmak- 
ers  now  in  their  employ.

The  well-known  salesman,  Charles  D. 
Richardson,  will  represent  them  on  the 
road  throughout  the  State,  and  A.  C. 
Schneider,  who  has  been  identified  with 
the  company  for  twenty  years,  will  be 
employed  as  city  salesman.

Eight  years  ago  the  company  was  in­
corporated  and  the  present  officers are as 
follows:  B.  Schneider,  President;  John 
Alt,  Vice-President,  and  H.  A.  Schnei­
der,  Secretary  and  Treasurer.

The  H.  Schneider  Company  has  made 
every  possible  arrangement  for  the  com­
fort  and  convenience  of  their  many  pa­
trons  and  will  be  pleased  to  see  them  at 
their  new  quarters  at  any  time.

C.  L.  Rebentisch  has  purchased  the 
hardware  stock  of  August  C.  Fisher  at 
200 West  Fulton  street.

6

Petting the  People

P ractical  Advantages  of  Using  Prices  in 

A dvertising.

Stanton,  May  2—Thank  you  for  the 
complimentary  notice  of  our  business, 
contained  in  the  Tradesman  of April 30. 
Your  criticism 
is  well  warranted  and 
just  and  I  shall  profit  thereby.

Permit  me,  as  a  subscriber,  to  say  a 
word  regarding  advertising. 
In  your 
review  of  the  advertisement  of  Merrell's 
Furniture  Store,  you  overlooked,  in  my 
judgment,  one  important  point  that  is 
entirely  lacking  in  that  advertisement— 
the  all-essential  price-marks.

In  an 

reproduced 

advertising 

experience  of 
twenty-six years  I  have  reached  the  con­
clusion  that  no  advertisement, 
for  a 
dealer  who  is  working  direct  for cus­
tomers  to  come  to  his  store,  is  worth 
what  it  costs—even  although 
it  costs 
nothing  but  the  effort  to  write  it— unless 
it  states  plainly  the  price  he  is  willing 
to  take  for  the  wares  mentioned 
in  his 
space. 
I  have  made  all  sorts  of  tests 
and  I  thoroughly  believe  that,  without 
prices  to  “  catch’ f  the  buyer,  you  do  not 
catch  the  thing  you  fish  for. 
In  the  ad­
vertisement  you 
in  the 
Tradesman,  the  price  of onion  seed  at 
$1  per  pound  appealed  to  the  man  who 
had  seen 
it  on  sale  at  other  stores  at 
$1.25  per  pound,  and  he  would  come  to 
me  for that  article  when,  had  the  price 
not  been  stated,  it  would,  in  a  large 
number of cases,  have  produced no  pay­
ing  result  to  the  man  who  paid  for  the 
space  it  took  tP  print the announcement.
I  have  frequently  placed an  advertise­
ment  without  prices  in  one  local  paper, 
and  at  the  same  time  an  advertisement 
with  prices  in  another  local  paper,  both 
calling  attention  to  the  same  wares, 
and  then  taken  pains  to  enquire  of 
customers  for  any  of  the  advertised 
goods  as  to  which  paper they  had  read, 
and  almost  invariably  the  customer  was 
the  one  who  had  seen  the  paper  which 
contained  the  price  advertisement.

I  can  not  see,  in  this  age  of  close  and 
strong  competition,  bow  an  advertise­
ment  without  prices  is  effective  or  how 
it  can  accomplish  that  which  the  mer­
chant  expects  when  he  pays  for  the 
space  in  his  weekly  or  daily  paper. 
In 
support  of  my  argument  I  refer  you  to 
the  large  advertisements  of  John  Wan- 
amaker,  Siegel,  Cooper  &  Co.  and 
others. 
I  do  not  now  recall  ever  seeing 
one  of  their  advertisements  which  did 
not  contain  prices  on  the  goods  de­
scribed.  With  the  small  country  mer­
chant,  who  does  not  use  electrotypes  so 
freely,  it  seems  all  the  more 
important 
that  he  should  use  prices  all  the  time.

Were  I  a  customer  for  wall  paper,  I 
certainly  should  be  led  to  go  after  it  to 
the  store  whose  prices  I  had  seen  in 
print,  even  although  I  finally  purchased 
0^  a  merchant  who  had  quoted  no 
prices.  The  price-advertiser  would  have 
first  chance  with  me  anyway.

Time  and  time  again  I  hear  people 
say  as  they  come  in  my  store,  “ Where’s 
those  garden  hoes  you  advertised  for  25 
centsr”   or  “ I  want  some  of  those  fish 
hooks you  offered  at  10 cents  a  box,”   or 
“ I  see  you  advertised  clothes  pounders 
at  10 cents;  let  me  see  them. ’ ’
Further,  I  have  sold  clean  out  of  cer­
tain  poor  sellers by  the  price  advertise­
ment  when  I  had  utterly  failed  with 
simply  announcing  that  I  would  sell 
such  and  such  things  at  greatly  reduced 
prices.

A  man  goes  trout  fishing  and  puts  a 
worm  on  his  hook,  or  a  fly,  and  expects 
to  bring  home  trout.  A  merchant  fish­
ing  for  trade  uses  an  empty  hook  and 
expects  to  land  a  whole  lot  of  good  cus­
tomers  the  first  thing.  Well,  sometimes 
be  gets  left,  and  after  a  while  he  begins 
like  the  merchant  I  knew  who 
to'  talk 
failed, 
that  newspaper 
advertising 
doesn’t  amount  to  anything,  and  he 
therefore  takes  his  advertisement  out.

I  know  a  grocer  who  increased  his 
business  30  per  cent,  by  adopting  the 
price  advertisement  system. 
People 
have  already  begun  to  believe  that  the 
merchant  who  states  his  prices  in  print­
er’s  ink  must  be  retailing  merchandise 
very  reasonably,  and  that  the  one  who 
doesn’t  is  ashamed  to  make  known  his 
high  prices.  Most  of  my  success  I  owe

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

o

me
Highest
Patent

Flour

NEW

SILVER.

LEAF

Guaranteed 
a lw a y s uniform 
a n d  the 
Best Mu.de.

Miskeoofei  MMIiiq Co.

P K M
GROCER  I

When  in  need  of  Groceries 
don’t  forget  the  above address. 

We  have  this  week:

Strawberries,

Asparagus,

Lettuce,

Radishes,

Green Onions,

Pine Apples.

Cocoanuts,  &c. 

-------ALSO --------

Hew Potatoes,

Hew Onions, 
Oranges,

. _ 

Lemons, 

v. 
And Bananas.
A  Full  Line  of  Canned 

Goods

At  H— own«  Prices.

MOTES’ OIL, PAPBB,  FUSES, 

AMD SQUIBS. 

 

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“ 

Look over the following lief and aee  if 

there is not something yon will need.
U. & Flour, per sack..............fl.10
Gold Model Flour, per sack........ fl.10
Pillebury’a Beet, per oeek.......... $1.25
Flake Rios, per pkge ...................5c
..................5c
*  Beene 
................. 5c
■  *“>"• 
Apple Butter, per jer................ 26c
Preeat iue (all kinds) per jar......_10e
per jer..........5o-10c-and 16c
Condensed Milk, per can............ 10c
Onooe, per can.......... 10c, 15 and 25c
Cere oysters per can________ iQr
Sweet Cube fine cut Tobacco per lb. 40c
.....10c
Ketchup, per bottle.. 
I2e
Beaded Raisins, per lb.........  
Borax, per lb. /........................20c
Oloride of lime, per can................fa
Canned flour Kraut, per  cun....._10e
Kidney Beene, per can..............„ 10c
Ors/ifee (Med. Hweeta).............. 30c
Gen corn, 3 cane................... ..25c
Beane, Heinz s with Tomato Heuoe  .  15c
25c
JEfia, 2 doc............... 
Butter, dairy........... ..............jfa
"  creamery____ .......
Baking powder, 1 lb can.........
Bhoe brushes__ ______
Blows brushes....................
flerub brushSS- _........
Sweet pickles, per bottle.........
■ our pieklee per bottle..........
Mustard pick lee per bottle ...........10©
Farina per lb.......................... io©
Shoe polish per bottle............... JQ©
  10©
Jello (all flavor*) pkgo.........  
Prepared pudding,  pkge..............10©
Geietine per pkge.................... 15©
Witch Haael per bottle...............25©
Alabama Mineral Water per bottle .. .75 
Amonia per bottle.................... 10c

 

WOLFARTH’S 
and

SCHUST’S

BREAD AND CAKES
ARMSTRONGS  PIES,

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ALW AYS  ON  HAND 

All  kinds  of  U.  S.  Baking 
Coe.  Sweet Goode and  Cracken, 
Soar Pickles. Sweet Pieklee and 
Gherkins

C A L L   A M D   S E E   U S .

8 2 2   G r a t i o t   A v e . ,   W .  S .

n#w it iik m e !
Farm  and  Garden Seeds,

To Get what yon  want  in

...SPRING  SUITS...

FO R   M E N .  BO YS  A N D   C H IL D R E N

Ladies Shirt  Waists, 

Crash and Straw Hats.

I  h ave  a  full  and  handsom e  assort­

m ent of above  articles of apparel.

Also  Shoes  '"“Ä en

ildren

th at are  unexcelled  in  the County .for dur­
ability  and  appearance.

A  full  Line  of  all  General  flerchandise.

E. 60HEEN, Lincoln,

Mich...

“Zf)t Lucky 
Clave**

This is the  best Fountain Pen 
made.  A written guarantee je 
given with every pen sold.

Jt Good 
Tornitila Pen

Is a  great  convenience.  The 
PARKER fills the hill exactly. > 
Sold at

Hastàlfs

JEWELRY STORE.

G.  E.  HAMMOND

A  full  line of  .  .  .
Furniture

At bottom Prices

Carpets 
Wall Paper. 
Shade Goods 
Trunks &  Bags 
Picture Frames
And *  present  of  a 
Boas  R o a s t* . —the 
best cooking  dish of 
its kind yet  made.

G.  E.  HAMMOND

to a liberal  use  of  printer’s  ink  in all the 
local  papers.  Were'  there  double  the 
number  of  papers  in  my  town  I  would 
patronize  every  one  of  them.

I  do  not  think  kindly  of  dodgers  or 
handbills.  A  good  country  weekly 
stays  by  the  people  long  after  the  hand­
bill  has  been  crumpled  up  and  thrown 
aside.  One  finds  the  newspaper,  adver­
tisement  up, under  the  carpet  that  comes 
up  in  the  spring ;  on  the pantry  shelves, 
advertisement  out;  on  the  dressmaker’s 
table  in  the  shape  of  a  pattern;  around 
bundles  here  and  there,until  he  is  ready 
to  say,  “ O  Invincible  and  omnipresent 
newspaper,  thy  name  is  legion.”

P.  T.  H.  Pierson.

*  *  *

My  Stanton  critic  is  entirely  correct 
in  his  suggestion  regarding  the  use  of 
prices  in  retail  advertising. 
I  have 
hammered  away  on  this  hobby  so  long 
and  so  persistently  that I sometimes fear 
the  readers  of  the  Tradesman  will  con­
clude  I  am  a  monomaniac  on  the  sub­
ject. 
It  affords  me  much  satisfaction  to 
have  this  theory  supported  by  the actual 
experience of  a  merchant  like  Mr.  Pier­
son.

*  *  *

Duncan  McKellar  gives  an  example 
of  careful  grocery  advertising  which  has 
many  good  features,  not  the 
least  of 
which  is  the  unusually  long  price  list. 
This  has  evidently  been  prepared  with 
considerable  care  to  give  such  articles 
as  will  remind  the  housekeeper  of  sea­
sonable  needs  and  so 
induce  a  call. 
The  column  of  displayed  articles  is  also 
a  good  idea  and  the  general plan  is  well 
carried  out.  The  only  criticism  I  should 
make  of  this  feature  is  the  putting  of. 
miners'  supplies  among  the  eatables. 
This  is  a  little  incongruous, 
i  would 
separate  these  distinctly,  putting  them 
at  the  bottom  with  a  strong  dash.  The 
writer  of  this  advertisement  has  rare 
insight  as  to the  value  and  use  of  space 
to  make  bis  work  effective.

E.  Goheen  writes  a  good  seasonable 
advertisement,  but  there  is  the  mistake 
in  the  arrangement  of  trying  to  give  too 
many  lines  equal  prominence. 
I should 
give  more  space  and  stronger  display  to 
one 
line,  as  seeds,  and  treat 
the  others  subordinate  to  that.  Then, 
for a  change,  even  with  the  same  word­
ing,  take  up  another  line,  say  suits,  and 
so  on.  There  is  now  too  much  division 
of  attention.

leading 

The  Muskegon  Milling  Co.  shows  a 
good  model  of 
flour  advertisement 
which 
leaves  nothing  to  be  desired  in 
the  wording.  Fewer  styles  in  the  type 
would  take  away  the  irregular,  ragged 
look.

Fred  Brundage  writes 

in  a  way  to 
show  appreciation  of  the  value  of  space 
and  his  printer seconds  him  with  pains­
taking  care—an  excellent  example  of 
paint  advertising 
in  spite  of  being 
crowded. 
I  have  noted  Mr.  Brundage's 
advertising methods for several years and 
am  willing  to  stake  my  reputation  on 
the  statement  that  he  would  reap  much 
greater  rewards 
if  he  occupied  larger 
spaces  so  as  to  permit  his  printer  to  in­
dulge 
in  more  striking  display.  Mr. 
Brundage  is  a successful merchant—both 
wholesale  and  retail—but  he  could 
in­
crease  the  volume  of  his  business  and 
his  ratio  of  profits  by  pursuing  a  more 
generous  policy 
in  his  advertising 
methods.

R.  W.  Rastall  shows  a good sample  of 
Bradley  display  and 
in 
giving  room  for  white  space— a  good 
advertisement.

is  judicious 

A  simple  and  well-treated  furniture 
display  is  that  of  C.  E.  Hammond. 
I 
would  have  used  smaller  type  for  the 
display  in  the  center— say  Brevier  full 
face— and  also  left  more  white  space.

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GRAIN  INSTEAD  OF  FLOCK.

Everybody  knows  that  most  of  tbe 
European 
countries  do  not  produce 
enough  of  breadstuffs  for  the subsistence 
of  their  own  people.  This  is  the  case 
with  Great  Britain,  France  and  Ger­
many.  Russia 
large  producer  of 
wheat,  but  too  often  tbe  crop  fails  and 
the  people  suffer  to  the  extreme  of 
starvation.

is  a 

The  United  States, 

the  Argentine 
Republic  and  some  other  countries  are 
large  furnishers  of  bread  to  Europe, 
but  the  greatest  amount  is  derived  from 
the  United  States.  It  might be  supposed 
that,  since 
it  is  generally  cheaper  to 
transport  manufactured  articles  than 
raw  material,  economy  would  be  found 
in  shipping  flour  instead  of  wheat,  but 
the  fact  remains  that  comparatively  lit­
tle  flour  is  exported,  while  tbe  grain 
goes  out  in  enormous  quantities.

Charles  Cranston  Bovey,  in  the  May 
Review  of  Reviews, 
insists  that  the 
American  people  suffer  a  great  loss  in 
the  shipping  of  grain  instead  of  flour. 
He  presents  some  figures  to  show  it.

in 

The  annual  wheat crop  of  the  United 
States  is  from  600,000,000 to  700,000,000 
bushels.  Every  state 
the  Union 
raises  wheat  and  manufactures  flour  to  a 
greater  or  less  extent,  although  tbe  chief 
grain-growing  and  flour-milling  States 
are  Minnesota,  Illinois,  Missouri,  Wis­
consin,  Ohio,  New  York, 
Indiana, 
Michigan,  Kansas,  Pennsylvania  and 
Iowa.  The  monetary  value  of  tbe  aver­
age  wheat  crop 
is  $420,000,000.  The 
daily  capacity  of  tbe  flour  mills  is  852,- 
900  barrels,  and if  they ran  continuously 
they  would  grind  during the 300 working 
days  1,151,415,000  bushels.  The  amount 
in  these  mills  is  $218,714,000, 
invested 
exclusive  of  working  capital. 
is 
hardly  necessary  to  further multiply fig­
ures  showing  the 
importance  of  this 
great  industry.

The  apparent  reason  why  wheat  is  ex­
instead  of  flour  is  because  tbe

ported 

It 

former  can  be  carried  without  the  ex­
pense  of  packing 
and  multiplied 
handling.

Wheat  for  export  is  carried  in  bulk, 
and  flour  for export  is  carried  in  strong 
bags. 
If  one  could  follow  a  carload  of 
wheat  and  a  carload  of  flour  from  Min­
nesota  to  London,  it  would  be  apparent 
that  the  grain  was  handled  from  the  car 
into  the  ship  loading  at the  Atlantic  or 
Gulf  port,  and  again  from  the  ship  to 
tbe  dock  at  London,  more  easily  than 
the  flour.  Being 
is  dis­
charged  by  steam  shovels  from  the  car 
to the  elevator at  the  seaport,  and  then, 
when  the  ship  is  ready  to 
load,  gravity 
sends  it  from  tbe  elevator  into tbe ship’s 
hold.  On  tbe  arrival  at  London,  an 
automatic  device  takes  it  from  the  ship 
and  discharges 
into  the  elevator 
again.  All  these  devices  are  modern 
and  most  efficient.

in  bulk 

it 

it 

On  tbe  other  band,  flour,  which  is 

in 
sacks,  is  not  bandied  with  the  same  de­
vices.  The  car  arrives  at  tbe  dock,  and 
men  with  hand  trucks  carry  it 
into  the 
warehouse  upon  the  dock,  and  thence 
by  trucks  up  gang  planks  to  the  deck  of 
a  steamer,  where,  by  means  of the ship’s 
tackle,  it  is  lowered  into  the  vessel.  To 
tbe  ease  with  which  wheat  is  handled 
is  due,  so  the  transportation  companies 
assert,  the  discrimination 
in  rates  of 
freight  against  flour  in  favor  of  wheat.
The  writer  mentioned  above  thinks 
that  if  equal  facilities  for  the  transpor­
tation  of  flour  existed,  American  flour 
would  be  preferred  to  wheat,  but  this 
is  much  to  be  doubted. 
If  there  had 
been  a  corresponding  demand  from  for­
eign  countries  for  our  flour,  mechanical 
devices 
the  more  advantageous 
transportation  of  flour  would  have  been 
invented  and  put 
in  operation,  but! 
foreign  peoples  prefer  the  raw  mateiial 
so  that  they  can  have  the  opportunity 
and  profit  of  manufacturing  it.  That  is 
the  reason  that  all  manufacturing  na­
tions  take  our  raw  cotton  instead  of  our 
manufactured  cotton  fabrics.

for 

Of  course,  our  millers  suffer  because 
they  can  not  ship  their  flour  instead  of 
wheat,  but  tbe  farmer  loses  nothing  by 
the  operation,  for  even  the  offal  from 
tbe  ground  grain,  which  would  be  ex­
tremely  valuable  for  cattle food be would 
have  to  buy  back  from  tbe  mills.

The  European  countries  must  em­
ploy  their  work  people,  hence  they  im­
port  raw  material  rather  than  manufac­
tured  articles.  We  nominally  protect 
our  working  classes  by  a  tariff on  for­
eign  manufactures,  but  foreigners  do 
not  need  any  tariff.  Their uniform  pol­
icy 
is  to  furnish  all  the  employment 
possible  for  the  masses  of  their  people, 
or  else  they  would  suffer  from  industrial 
depressions,  which  might  bring  on  a 
revolution.

Apropos of the new notion  of  “ psychic 
foods,”   whereby  the  special  talents  of 
tbe  consumer  are  said  to  be  developed 
in  a  remarkable  fashion,  an  English 
journal  recalls  Mark  Twain’s  famous 
story  of  fish  as  a food  for  brain  workers. 
The  story  goes  that  a  youthful  aspirant 
to  literary  honors  once  wrote  to  the 
humorist  asking  whether  he  recom­
mended  a  fish  diet  as  food  for the brain. 
“ Certainly,”   wrote  back  Mr.  Clemens. 
“ But  don’t  overdo  it. 
In  your  case  a 
couple  of  small  whales  a  day  would  be 
sufficient—to  begin  with.”

Emperor  William  of  Germany 

is 
quoted  as  saying  to Ambassador  White, 
“ I  have  no  intention  of  acquiring  even 
the 
in  the  Western 
Hemisphere.”   William  is  a  wise  man 
not  to  court  trouble.

smallest 

island 

G ERH A TTS GREAT PROBLEM.

There  are  over three  million  persons 
in  the  United  States  who  were  born 
in 
Germany.  They  are  for the  most  part 
honest,  industrious  and  thrifty,  and  not 
a  few  are  very  wealthy,  identified  in 
every  way  with  the best  interests of their 
adopted  country.  Of  these  people  per­
haps 90  per  cent,  have  become  citizens 
of  the  United  States.

The  Germans  are  greatly  attached  to 
their  fatherland,  and  it  has  been  ques­
tioned  whether,  in  case  of  a  war  be­
tween  the  two  countries,  they  would 
fight  against  the  land  of  their  birth. 
The  Tradesman,  however,  does  not 
share  in  any  doubts  on  tbe  subject. 
The  German  immigrants  who  have been 
here  long  enough  to  become  fully 
iden­
tified  with  the  interests  of  their  adopted 
country  are  too  thoroughly  American  to 
hesitate  were  there  an  urgent  call  to 
duty  in  the  premises.

Any  speculation  on  this  subject  may 
well  be  considered  entirely 
idle  and 
useless  at  this  time.  Nevertheless,  a 
war  with  Germany  is  foreshadowed  by 
events  that  have  for  some  time  been 
creating  conditions  of  strenuous  com­
petition  in  trade  and  industrialism  that 
have  already  aroused  no  little  ill  feel­
ing,  and  may  go  finally  to  serious  ex­
tremes.

It  is  known that the German Reichstag 
is  engaged  in  framing  a  tariff  bill  that 
discriminates  heavily  against  the  prod­
ucts  of  the  United  States.  Germany 
does  not  produce  enough  food  to  meet 
tbe  requirements  of  its  people,  and  a 
very  considerable  quantity of breadstuffs 
and  meats  has  been  going  there  from 
the  United  States.

large 
land  owners  in  Germany, 
The 
known 
in  politics  there  as  the  Agrar­
ians,  have  never ceased  to  condemn  the 
btinging  of  foodstuffs  from  abroad,  and 
particularly  from  America,  and  they, 
being  very  influential  in  their  national 
politics,  have  constantly  agitated  for  a 
tariff  to  protect  themselves  from  the 
competition  of  foreign  growers  of  grain 
and  meats. 
It  is  this  interest  that  has 
in  creating  a  strong  feeling 
succeeded 
in  Germany  against  the  people  of  the 
United  States.

Wolf  Von  Schierbrand.for  many  years 
correspondent  of  the  Associated  Press 
in  Berlin,  writes  for  the  May  World’s 
Work  an  article  on  “ America’s  Future 
Relations  with  Germany,’ ’  and  for  the 
May  Atlantic  Monthly,  “ Conversations 
with  Four  German  Chancellors.”   This 
writer,  remarking  upon  the  effect  of  the 
growth  of  the  trade  of  the  United  States 
in  Germany  upon  tbe  feelings  of  tbe 
German  people,  says  that  it  is  this 
trade  development  in  a  brief  period 
which  inspires  in  the  German  manufac­
turer  and  merchant  a  fear of  the  over­
powering  strength  of  American  compe­
tition. 
It  has  become  plain  to  him  that 
a  country  which  twenty  years  ago  ex­
ported  $40,000,000 worth  of  goods,  or 5.8 
per  cent,  of  the  total,  to  Germany,  and 
now  sends $250,000,000  worth,  or  17  per 
cent,  of  the  total,  while  taking  practic­
ally  no  more  of  German  goods  than  it 
did  ten  or  fifteen  years  ago,  is  a country 
with  which 
trade  relations  urgently 
need  adjusting.

This  trade, which  was  largely  in  grain 
and  meats,  hit  hard  some  of  the  eastern 
provinces  of  Prussia,  where  there  are 
thousands  of 
large  entailed  estates, 
whose  owners  could  not  adjust  them­
selves  to  the  new  conditions,  and,  un­
able to  compete  with  the  cheaper  grain, 
cattle,  etc.,  of  the  treaty  states, 
lost 
much  money,  or,  in  some  cases,  saw

their  mortgages  foreclosed  and  them­
selves  beggared.

More  than  all  this,  the  manufacturers 
of 
the  United  States,  aided  by  their 
wonderful  machinery,  are  invading  all 
other  countries  and  are  taking  posses­
sion  of  markets  which  were  once  vir­
tually  owned  by  the  Germans.

Germany  must  preserve  her  markets 
at  any  cost,  and  must  constantly 
in­
crease  them  to  meet  the  growth  of  her 
industries. 
In  order  to  do  this,  foreign 
countries  that  are  but  slightly developed 
must  be  seized  on  and  German  coknies 
established,  wherever  this 
is  possible. 
Therefore,  Germany  is  seen  actively  op­
erating  in  China  and  Africa,  and  is said 
to  cast  eager  eyes  towards  South  Amer­
ica.

The  Government  of  the  United States, 
which  has  already  given  notice 
to 
European  nations  that  an  open  com­
mercial  door  must  be  kept  in  China  at 
any  cost,  is  pledged  by  tbe  Monroe 
Doctrine  against  any  European  en­
croachment  upon  the  American  Hemi­
sphere.  Mr.  Schierbrand.in  an  interest­
ing  account  of  an  interview bad  by  him 
with  Prince  Bismarck  a  few  months  be­
fore  the  death  of  the  wonderful  man  of 
blood  and 
iron,  wonderful  even  in  bis 
old  age 
in  tbe  midst  of  his  retirement 
from  pubiic  life,  recounts  the  venerable 
Chancellor's  denunciation  of  the  United 
States  for  making  war  on  Spain, 
in 
that  connection,  said  Bismarck,  with 
blazing  eye  and  wrathful  mien:

The  Monroe  Doctrine  is  a  species  of 
arrogance  particularly  American  and 
inexcusable.  You  in  the  United  States 
are  like  the  English  in  that respect: you 
have  profited  for  ages  from  dissensions 
and  ambitions  on 
the  continent  of 
Europe.  That 
insolent  dogma,  which 
no  single  European  power  has  ever 
sanctioned,  has  flourished  on them.  And 
it?  And  against 
how  will  you  enforce 
whom?  The  powers  most 
interested, 
now  that  Spain  is  out  of  the  way,  are 
England  and  France,  the  two  leading 
naval^  powers.  Will  you  drive  them  off 
American  waters  with  your pigmy navy? 
The  Monroe  Doctrine  is  a  specter  that 
would  vanish  in  plain  daylight.

Mr.  Schierbrand  believes  that 

the 
German  Emperor  wishes  to  keep  on 
friendly  terms  with  the  Great  Republic, 
but  nobody  can  tell  what  the  urgencies 
of 
industrial  competition  and  the  need 
for  German  expansion  into  colonies  will 
force  upon  this  Government.  Germany 
is  already  suffering  from  industrial  de­
pression.  Any  long  continuance  of  such 
conditions  might  cause  a  political  revo­
lution  in  the  Empire.

It  is  one  of  the  most  imperious  de­
mands  of  statesmanship  to  keep  the 
people  of  a  country  employed  and  pros­
perous.  How  to  do  it  is  a  great  prob­
is  pressing  on  tbe 
lem  and  one  that 
German  empire. 
In  this  case,  it  nearly 
concerns  the  United  States.  The  stren­
uousness  of  competition  might  even  re­
sult  in  war.

The  cipher  code  of  one  of  the Chicago 
concerns  alleged  to  belong  to  the  beef 
trust  has  been  brought  to 
light  and 
shows  a  great variety of  terms  that  could 
be  of  no  use  unless  a  combination  ex­
isted.  Here  are  some  of  the words in the 
code  and  their  meaning:  Uroscope, 
you  must  observe  schedule;  tendering, 
get  into  line;  tenderly,  get  in  line  with 
other  houses;  southerner,  all  agree  to 
co-operate ;  southly,  make  combination 
prices ;  southward,  what  is  combination 
price?  The  trust  may  be  nothing  more 
than  a  gentlemen's  agreement,  but  it  is 
evidently  a  very  comprehensive  and 
effective  one.

The  man  who  is  ashamed  of  his  re­

ligion  hasn’t  much  to  be  ashamed  of.

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9

2 9   YEARS  SELLING  DIRECT

W e are  the  largest  manufacturers  of  vehicles  and  harness in  the  world  selling  to 

consumers,  and  we  have  been  doing  business  in  this  way  for  2g  years.

W E  H A V E   NO  A G E N T S .

but  ship  anywhere  for  examination,  guaranteeing  safe 
delivery.  You  are  out  nothing  if  not  satisfied.  W e 
make  195  styles  of  vehicles  and  65  styles  of  harness. 
Our prices represent  the  cost  of  material  and  making, 
plus one  profit.  Our  large  free  catalogue  shows  com­
plete  line.  Ask  for it.

. No. 964.  Three Spring  Carriage. 

Price, $110.  As good as sells for $50 more.

ELKHART  CARRIAGE  &  HARNESS  MFC.  CO.,  Elkhart,  Indiana.

No.  246.  Delivery Wagon, with shafts.  Price, $60; same as 

sells for $25 more.

SC O TTEN -D ILLO N   COM PANY

TO B A C C O   M A N U F A C T U R E R S  

IN D E P E N D E N T   F A C T O R Y  

D E T R O IT ,  M IC H IG A N

FINE  CUT

O U R   L E A D IN G   B R A N D S .  K E E P   T H E M   IN  M IN D .

SMOKING

PLUG

UNCLE  DANIEL. 

OJIBWA.

FOREST GIANT. 

CREM E  DE  MENTHE. 

STRONG  HOLD. 
FLA T  IRON. 

SO-LO.
The above  brands  are  manufactured  from  the  finest  selected  Leaf  Tobacco  that  money  can  buy.

SW E E T  SPRAY.

See  quotations  in

HAND  PRESSED.  Flake Cut. 
DOUBLE CROSS.  Long Cut. 
SW E E T CORE.  Plug Cut. 
FLA T  CAR.  Granulated.

price current.

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■ You  will  have  enquiries  for:

HAND

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It  w ill  sell  because  w e 
are  now  determined  to  push  it.  Perhaps  your  first  custom er  w ill 
tak e  a  dollar’s  worth.  You  w ill  have  no trouble  in disposing  of  a 
box.  S am e  cost  as  Sapolio.

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

Clothing

Fads  and  Fashions  Observed  a t  the  New 

York  M arket.

One  of  the  fads  that  has  touched  this 
country  may  be  called  the  three-piece 
suits.  These  suits  consist  of  trousers, 
body  coat  and  overcoat  made  from  the 
same  cloth.  Conspicuous  shades  of  dark 
gray  or  brown  mixtures  were  the  first  to 
make  their  appearance  in  this  stylish 
garment;  later  some  men  bad  their top 
coats  made  of  lighter  colored  material, 
although  otherwise  matching  the  suits. 
These  top  coats  to  match  have  an  un­
fulness  from  the  shoulders,  and 
usual 
there 
is  a  prefemce  for  gray  cloth  with 
a  rather  strong  greenish  tone.

let 

The  new  cutaway  frock  coats  are more 
in  evidence  now,  but  they  do  not  meet 
the  extreme  cutaway, which  was  brought 
over, by  the  way,  from  England  by John 
Hare,  which  verged  on  the  sharply  con­
spicuous,  so  that  the  Americans 
it 
rather  severely  alone ;  but  they  promise 
to  take  kindly  to  the  new  coat  shape, 
that  remains  to  be  suitably  christened. 
This  coat  has  rather  long  skirts  with 
considerable  fulness  and  the  corners  are 
rounded  off  in  front.  There  is  nothing 
flashy  or  very  conspicuous  about  this 
coat. 
Its  curves  are  gentle,  its  aspect 
that  of  modish  compromise  between  the 
true  cutaway  and  the  genuine  frock 
coat,  and 
is  in  good  form  for  after­
noon  calls,  spring  weddings,  etc.  With 
this  coat  trousers  of  the  same  material 
must  be  worn;  to  some  it  will  appeal, 
from  the  fact  that  in  this  dress  they  can 
attend  a  morning  wedding,  and  then  go 
directly  to  business  without  feeling  ex­
cessively  overdressed.

it 

interest 

A  part  of  the  man’s  wardrobe,  if  he 
in  being  right  up  to 
takes  an 
date  or  a 
little  ahead  of  it,  as  far  as 
his  apparel  goes,  is  the  waistcoat.  Most 
men  of  this  class  possess  half  a  score 
or  more  of  them,  yet  they  are  continual­
ly  adding  to  this  store  and  just  now  the 
demand  is  for  colored  wash  styles,  and 
the  colored  cotton  groundwork  for  the 
spring  waistcoat 
is  variegated  with 
polka  dots  or  small  figures.  Plaids  are 
no 
longer  in  it;  brown,  buff  and  gray 
and,  with  the  younger  element,  robin's 
egg  blue,  are  all  colors  in  good  social 
standing. 
small  smoked-pearl 
buttons  on  each  side  of  the  double- 
breasted  waistcoat  front 
is  the  proper 
number,  and  to  hold  the 
lapels  quite 
flat  and  firm,  they  are  held  down  by 
other  buttons,  matching  those  that  ap­
pear  on  the  front  of  the  vest.

Four 

The  smartest  material  for  the  spring 
shirt  is  mercerized  cheviot,  and  the  ma­
jority  of  the  patterns  are  stripes  run­
ning  up  and  down.  There  are,  of

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are  well  worth  the  price  asked  for them, 
and  they  may  enjoy  something  more 
than  being  a  mere  fad.  Gray  and  pur­
ple  at  present  hold  the  lead  for  colors. 
Less  costly  and  almost  as  durable  are 
the  ties  knitted  of  cotton  in  which  there 
is  just  a  twist  of  silk  to  give  the  extra 
strength  and  gloss.

Just  speaking  of  coloring 

in  your 
clothes,  it 
is  on  this  very  point  that  so 
many  expensive  dressers  make  mis­
takes ;  they  do  not  have  good  taste 
in 
the  color  lin e;  they  may  buy  a  fancy 
vest  that  is  a  beauty  in  itself;  a  pair  of 
trousers  to  wear  with  their  frock  coat 
that  are  handsome  and  modest  and  a 
cravat that  is  perfection  in  itself,  and  if 
they  are  put  on  at  the  same  time  the 
effect  may  be  something  fearful.  One 
must  not  think  of  the  individual 
items 
of  his  dress  alone  but  of  the  effect  of 
the  whole. 
In  fact,  some  men  are  con­
sidered  excellent  dressers  in  New  York 
City  because  they  know  how  to  secure 
the  effect  when  they  are  all  dressed,  but 
if  the  individual  items  of  their  ward­
robes  are  examined  much  fault  could  be 
found  with  them  from  almost  any  point 
of  view.  The  man  who  is  capable  of 
selecting  perfect  articles 
individually 
and  at  the  same  time  blending  them  as 
a  whole  is  a  rarity. 
It  is  astonishing 
to  see  how  so  many  men  will  fail  on 
some  one  point  or  another;  one  man 
will  be  perfect  in  everything except hos­
iery,  another  will  fail  on  cravats,  while 
fancy  vests  are  the  stumbling-blocks  of 
others.

Low  shoes  will  be  worn  for  both  busi­
ness  and  pleasure  this  summer  and  they 
may  be  either black  calf  or  tan;  the  lat­
ter,  while  not  quite  as  popular  last  sea­
son,promise to  regain  their  position  this 
year.  Large  heels,  not  very  high,  and 
broad  soles  are  the  most  important  fea­
tures.

light 

For  some  time  past  the  cane  as  an 
accessory  to  dress  has  not  been  held  in 
high  favor. 
It  seems  to  be  returning, 
however,  and  we  may  expect  to  see 
many  novelties 
in  sticks  this  season. 
The  proper  cane  just  now  is  the  dia­
mond  shaped  malacca,  heavy 
in  ap­
pearance,  but 
It  is 
in  weight. 
made  in  two fashionable styles,the  crook 
and  the  crotch.  The  younger men  will 
prefer  the  latter.  It  has  a  band  of  sterl­
ing  silver  in  an  appliqued  floral  effect. 
These  malacca  canes  show  very  simple 
treatment  so  far as  the  decorations  are 
concerned. 
lower  priced  cane 
ash  and  partridge  wood  still  reign.  To 
convey  some 
idea  of  the  difference  be­
tween  these  two  classes  of  canes,  it  may 
be  interesting  to  note  that  at  retail,  the 
diamond  malacca  star costs  from  $8  to 
iio ,  according  to  where  you  buy.  it,

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We  have  never  tried  to  mislead  our  customers. 
One  inch  of  facts  goes  farther  than  a  yard  of  false­
hoods  or  misrepresentations.  When  we  say  to  you 
that our line  for  the  coming  fall  season  will  surpass 
all  our  previous efforts

W e  Mean  Just  W h at 

W e  Say

Our 

line  of  Pants,  consisting  of  fine  Cassimeres, 
Worsteds,  Unions  and  Kerseys  in  Men’s,  Youths’ 
and  Boys’  could  positively  be  sold  as  merchant  tailor 
make.  Sizes,  fit  and  make  perfect.

The  Peerless  Shirts  are  too  well  and  extensively 
known  to  need  any  comments.  The  same  also  ap­
plies  to  our  Mackinaws,  Triplex  and  Duck  Coats; 
in  fact,  to  all  of  our  own  make  Peerless  brand  of 
goods.  An  endless  assortment of Shirts and Drawers, 
Sweaters,  Hosiery,  Gloves  and  Mitts.

If in  Grand  Rapids  call  at  our  office,  28  S.  Ionia 
St.,  and  inspect  our line.  Otherwise  please  wait  for 
our  representative,  who  will  call  upon  you  soon.

The  Peerless  Manufacturing  Co.

D etroit,  M ich igan  

Summer Clothing

of every kind  for  a^few  days  longer,  then  every  sample  must 

be returned  to  make way for

Fall  Goods

Some  great bargains in small  lots.  Kindly  pay  me  a  visit. 

Customers’  expenses  allowed.

William  Connor

W h o le sa le  R ead y  M ade  C lothier,  28  an d   30  S .  Ionia  S t. 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

N.  B  — I show everything direct from  the  factory—ten  lines in a l l-  

no jobbers’ prices.

;n’s Suits 
and

Overcoats 
$3-75 to 
15.00

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$7-5°
88  50 

lines are 
extra swell

Is a sure thing for all  the time.

It has a  record—six seasons of phe­
nomenal success—the greatest  selling 
and money  making  line  of  clothing 
in the American market.

You don’t have to  worry  about  be­
ing "caught with the goods” when you 
have  Pan - American  Guaranteed 
Clothing.

Salesman  or  samples— which  will 

we  send ?

course,  many  neat  figures  to  be  seen. 
Blues  are  by  far  the  most  popular  this 
season,  as  last;  probably  two  to  one  of 
any  other  one  shade.  Strong  pinks  are 
avoided,  and  black  and  white  effects 
in  shirtings  are  used  somewhat  less than 
a  year  ago.  Lavender  is  worn  by  those 
who  can  stand  this  color,  but  one  is  of 
course  limited  to  black  cravats  with  the 
lavender  shirt.

One  of  the  new  fads  is  to  have  the 
shirts  and  hosiery  of  the  same  shades, 
and  robin’s  egg  blue  is  one  of  the popu­
lar  colors  for  this  fad.

Another  fad 

is  the  English  knit  silk 
tie,  which  has  been  introduced  from  old 
England  and  found  a  warm  welcome 
among  a  certain  class  here.  These  ties 
are  hand-knit,  of  the  same  silk  used 
in 
making  the  best  silk  dress  hose  and 
their colors  are  fast  and  can  stand  the 
laundry.  They  are an expensive novelty, 
but  as  far  as  utility  is  concerned  they 
whether  on  Fifth  avenue  or  Broadway, 
while  a  very  excellent  ash  stick  may  be 
purchased  for $2.

While  speaking  of  canes  it  may  not 
be  amiss  to mention  umbrellas.  Perhaps 
you  have  not  given  the  matter  a  thought 
or  considered  the  fact  that  there  are 
fashions  in  umbrellas. 
The  swellest 
haberdashers  will  not  show  their  cus­
tomers, at  least  those who purchase really 
good  umbrellas,  anything  with  a  steel 
rod.  The  best  umbrellas  are  made  with 
wooden  sticks;  they  are  delicate,  how­
ever,  but  very  strong,  and  the  silk cover, 
is  so  thin  that  it  will  roll  very  closely. 
For  the  popular trade,  however,  the steel 
rod  umbrella  still  rules.  The  handle 
that 
is  the  rage  is  the 
dead  black whanghee, which  is  a  species 
of  bamboo.

just  at  present 

I  want  to  refer  to  gloves  once  more  on 
account  of  the  vast  variety  that  was seen 
on  Easter.  Certainly  for  a  semi-dress 
glove  there  is  nothing  that  is 
in  better 
taste  or  in  better  form  than  the  gray 
suede,  fastened  with  a  large  pearl  but­
ton,  but  the  gray  glace  gloves,  with 
Paris  point  backs,  are  the  newest.  Tan 
suede  gloves  are  also  seen  and  the  tan 
that  shows  a  moderate  golden  hue  will 
be  one  of  the  best  styles. 
In  addition 
to  this  you  will  have  presented  to  you 
canary  and  beige. 
There  are  also 
mochas  with  pearl  button  and  black  and 
white  stitching,  and, 
in  fact,  almost 
any  shade  that  the  fastidious  dresser 
would  select.

Recent  Changes  Am ong  Indiana  Mer­

chants.

Boonville—A.  W.  Garwood  succeeds 
the  commission  produce  firm  of  Gar­
wood  &  Lipnight.

Boonville-----Pelzer  &  Weyerbacher
have  sold  their agricultural  implement 
stock  to  Thornburg  Bros.

Burns  City—J.  G.  Courtney  ha«  pur­
chased  the  general  merchandise  stock  of 
Henry  Woodruff.

Evansville— Dixon  &  Griffey,  dealers 
in  men’s  furnishing  goods,  have  dis­
solved  partnership. 
is 
continued  by  W.  V.  Dixon.

The  business 

Indianapolis—The  Lansberry  Manu­
facturing  Co.  is  succeeded  by  the  In­
dianapolis  Wire  &  Manufacturing  Co. 
in  the  hardware  specialty  business.

Kirklin—J.  W.  Bradford,  dealer  in 

flour,  has  discontinued  business.

Kokomo—The  boot  and  shoe  firm  of 
Walter  H.  Davis  &  Co.  has  been  dis­
solved  and  the  business  discontinued.

Loogootee—J.  P.  Arvin  has purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the grocery 
and  poultry  firm  of  Arvin  &  McGovern.
Marion—O.  H.  Keller  is  succeeded 
by  the  Keller  Chair  Factory in  the  man­
ufacturing  business.

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Do  you  use  PETOSKEY  Lime—that 
old and reliable brand which is guaran­
teed  to  lay  more  work  than  any  lime 
burnt in  Michigan?  If  not, then  place 
your order with the

M ICH IGAN   LIM E   CO.,

Successors  to  H.  0 . Rose

PETOSKEY,  MICH.

Martinsville-----Bunch  &  Anderson,
hardware  dealers,  have  closed  out  their 
stock  and  retired  from  trade.

Montgomery—Brown  &  Son 

is  the 
style  of  the  new  firm  which  succeeds 
Enkoff  &  Brown 
in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Pierceton— D.  Balliett  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the  flour­
ing  mill  business  of  Balliett  &  Strause.
Roann— Baber  &  Halderman  succeed 

L.  A.  Baber  &  Co.  in  general  trade.

Rushville— Samuel  Abercrombie,  of 
the  dry  goods  firm  of  Winship  &  Aber­
crombie,  is  dead.

South  Bend— H.  Stegmann  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Gard  Bros.

There  are  never  any  divorces  in  the 
families  where  the  husbands  praise  the 
meals.

We’ll  Give  You  Fits

this  season  and  also  increase 
your  glove trade if you will pur­
chase the celebrated glove line of

MASON,  CAMPBELL  &  CO.,

JOHNSTOWN,  N.  Y.

If our salesmen do not call on  you,  drop 

them a line at  Lansing,  Mich.

C.  H.  BALL,

P.  D. ROGERS,

Central and  Northern Michigan. 

Northern  Ohio and  Indiana  and 
Southern  Michigan.

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It,  remit  list  price,  less  ex­
press, and  become  our  agent 
In your town.  If not just send 
the  brush  back  at  our  ex­
pense.  That’s fair, isn’t It?

MILWAUKEE  DUSTLESS 

BRUSH  CO.

121 SYCAMORE S T ,
MILWAUKEE,  WIS.

Cash  Register  Paper

Of all kinds.  Quality best.  Prices guaranteed.  Send 
for price list. 
If in need  of  a  Cash  Register  address

Standard Gash  Register G o .,  Wabash, Ind.

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IN S ID E   A R C   L IG H T  
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P E R   H O U R

Sa fe t y   G a sl ig h t  Co.,  Ch ic a g o,  III.

Gentlemen— It  affords  us  great  pleasure to recommend your Safety Gaslight 
Plant after a test of 30 days without a hitch;  have not even  broken a mantle.  We 
have  the  best  lighted  Store  Room  in  Beloit  at a cost of a trifle less than you  fig­
ured it.  Month  of  Dec.  cost of electric  lights $32 00, month of  Jan.  cost of Safety 
Gaslight $7.25.  We are now getting double the light we got  from  electric lights. 
Hoping that our brother grocers will take advantage of this great saving and have 
the  “ best light," we remain 

Yours respectfully,

M cGAVOCK  BROS., Beloit, Wis.

SAFETY  GASLIGHT  CO.” 72  La  Salle  Avenue,  Chicago,  111.

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

Shoes  and  Rubbers

K eeping in  the  Swim  on  Sum m er  Shoes.
If  you  have  not  already  made  up  your 
minds  what  you  want  for  this  summer, 
these  few  suggestions  may  be  of  some 
benefit  to  you.  From  a  canvass  of  the 
large  retail  stores,  as  well  as  the  facto­
ries,  it  is  quite  apparent  that  summer 
goods  will  have  a  heavy  run.  Of  course, 
in  the  summer  novelties  nothing  will 
hold  that  position  of  prominence  which 
Colonial  slippers  have  attained.  At  the 
same  time, for seaside  wear not  only  will 
tan  Oxford  ties  be  noted  in  quantities, 
but  there  will  be  an  appreciative  in­
crease  in  the  number  of  white  canvas, 
white  duck  and  Persian  calf  slippers 
and  Oxfords.

stockings.  Among 

The  stores  which  are  catering  to  the 
ultra  trade  are  beginning  to  make  up 
quantities  of  slippers  to  be  worn  with 
openwork 
those 
which  are  popular  thus  far  are  slippers 
with  pyrographic  work  on  vamp  and 
quarter.  The  sandal  slipper  is  being 
placed  in  the  stock  of  almost every lead­
ing  shoe  store.  It  will  be  found  later  in 
the  summer  that  this  slipper  will  be 
worn  not  only  on  the  board  walks  of  our 
watering  resorts, but  it  will  also  be  worn 
as  a  bathing  shoe.

Speaking  of  bathing  shoes,  one  con­
cern  this  year  is  introducing  a  bathing 
slipper  made  of  imitation elkskin, which 
has  all  the  earmarks  of  success. 
It  is 
true  that  this  elkskin 
leather  may 
harden  slightly,  but 
it  will  never  have 
the  same  hard  feeling  after  having  been 
once  worn  in  the  water  which  character­
izes  the  soles  of  belting  leather  bathing 
slippers.  There  is  only  one  thing  to  be 
guarded  against 
in  selling  these  slip­
pers :  They  are  liable  to  shrink  a  little 
after  being  worn  in  the  water.  There­
fore  it  would  be  advisable  for  retailers 
who  place  them  in  stock  to  impress  up­
on  their  customers  the  necessity  of  buy­
ing a size larger than they are accustomed 
to  wear.

Sandal  slippers  will  be  worn  by  chil­
dren  very  extensively  in  all  parts  of  the 
country  this  season,  and  owing  to  their 
practicability,  merchants  need  have  no 
fear  of  their going  out  the  first year  they 
introduced.  They  are  here  to  stay 
are 
for'  at 
least  a  couple  of  years,  and  they 
are  a  gopd  article  with  which  to  tone 
up  your  stock  of  summer  shoes.

S peaking  of  c h ild re n ,it would  be  well 
to  rem ind  shoe  m en  that  tennis  shoes 
will  have 
run  during  the 
sum m er  m onths.

th e ir  usual 

In  conversation  with  a 

large  retail 
last  year carried 
merchant,  who  up  to 
line  of  these  slippers,  or 
an  extensive 
“ sneakers”   as  they  are 
sometimes 
called,  he  claimed  that  he  lost  hundreds 
of  dollars  by  not  placing  his  orders 
in 
1901  in  time  to  receive  his  goods  before 
influx  of  his  trade  to  the  country 
the 
began. 
“ And,”   he  said,  “ they  will 
never catch  me  napping  again.”   This 
man's  experience  should  be  good  capi­
tal  for any  shoeman,  and  it  should  teach 
a  much-needed  lesson  to  those  who  are 
only  too  willing  to  put  off  buying  until 
the 
“ Procrastination  is 
the  thief  of  tim e,”   and  this  was  never 
so  clearly  proved  as  in  the  case  of  shoe- 
men  who  are  addicted  to  this  very  un­
businesslike  habit.  Order  in  time  and 
you  will  not  be  kept  waiting  for  your 
goods.  Do  not  forget  that  shoes  such  as 
are  here  described  are  summer commod­
ities,  and  manufacturers  are  not  very 
anxious  to  pile  stock  ou  their shelves 
and  take  chances  of  selling  it  after  the 
season  commences.

last  moment. 

The  genuine  elkskin  tennis  oxford 
will  also  have  a  good  run  this  year. 
Tennis  is  returning to  popular favor,and 
patrons  of  the  game  who  heretofore have 
been  willing  to  make  their  regular  sum­
mer  shoes  answer  every  purpose,  but 
who  have  taken  up  indoor gymnastics 
during  the  winter  months,  buy  the  light 
tennis  slippers,  which  can  be  used  for 
both  purposes.  So  if  the  shoemen  cater­
ing  to  the  better  trade  use  a  little  judg­
ment  in  assorting  their  sizes,  they  will 
be  able  to  make  quite  a  good  showing 
with  this'style  of  slipper.

Many  of  the  slippers  which  have  been 
spoken  of  here  are  carried  in  stock,  but 
to  make  assurance  doubly  sure,  it  would 
be  well  for  shoe  men  to get  a move  on  at 
once  and  place  their  orders  for  summer 
goods.

A  slipper  which,  to  all  appearances, 
is  going  to  make  inroads  on  the  market 
previously held by rubber-sole tennis  and 
“ sneakers”   is  the  moccasin,  made  from 
glove  leathers,  with  sole  stock,  tanned 
especially  to  secure  wear  and flexibility. 
Years  ago  the  moccasin  slipper,  molded 
from  one  piece  of  sole  leather,  was  put 
on  the  market,  and  had  a  phenomenal 
run  for  a  short  time,  but  it  blistered  and 
burned  the  feet  so  badly  that  it  died  a 
very  quick  death.

The  new  slipper  which is  being shown 
has  all  the  advantages  and  none  of  the 
disadvantages  of  the  old  slipper,  and  to 
those  who  are  accustomed  to  wearing  a 
low  slipper  without^  heel,  or  with but a 
slight  heel,  during  the  summer  months, 
the  introduction  of  the  moccasin  slipper 
will  be  a  boon.  They  can  be  worn  for 
outdoor  wear,  and  in  some  of  the  East­
ern  hotels  they  have  been  introduced 
into  the  servants’  quarters,  and  in  many 
instances  they  have  entirely  taken  the 
place  of  the  waiters’  bal.  which  has 
been  so  popular  in  the  past  for  wearing 
on  oiled  floors.  The  price  of  these  moc­
casin  slippers  makes  them  within  the 
reach  of  all,  and  we  believe  that  they 
will  have  a  good  run  this  next  sum­
mer.— Shoe  Retailer.
B uying  E arly—The  Sample  Q uestio n - 

Hosiery  D epartm ent.

I  believe 

in  buying 

large  stocks  in 
advance  of  season  if  one  can,  because 
one  is  more  liable  to  make  a  sale  when 
one  has  the  stuff  than  when  one  has not. 
When  people  want  to  buy  they  want  to 
buy  right  away.  They  may  spare  a  few 
hours  to  look  around  but  they  will  buy 
the  same  day,  if  not  here,  some  place 
else,  and 
if  one  has  the  goods  they  are 
more  apt  to  sell  them  than  not.  But 
ordering  by  mail  takes  too  long.  One 
might  read  in  an  advertisement  “ will 
ship  goods  same  day  as  ordered,”   but 
it 
It  .takes  about  five  or 
six  days  to  get  goods,  especially  in  a 
small  town  where  the  service  of  rail­
roads  is  limited.  Another  thing  I  have 
learned,  is  that  you  have  to  show  three 
or  four  kinds  of  shoes  to  sell  one  pair, 
especially  to  ladies.

is  not  true. 

I  am  stuck  right  there. 

I  don’t  know 
what  to  say  or  how  to  begin  to  talk 
about  it.  I  would  say  that  a  shoe  is  like 
a  person.  After  he 
is  dead  they  tell 
what  kind  of  a  man  he  was  (he  was  so 
good  and  kind).

let  me  see 

I  believe  that  is  the  way  with  shoes. 
is  worn  out  you  can  tell 
When  a  shoe 
what  kind  of  a  shoe  it  has  been. 
I  be­
lieve  that  would  be  very  poor judgment. 
But 
if  I  can  not  tell  some 
other  way  to  judge a shoe.  For instance : 
You  take  a  shoe,  look  at  it,  feel  it  and 
if  you  feel  the  stock  is  very  soft,  feels 
like  a  glove,  you  might  know  it  is  very 
fine  stock.

Then  you  look  at  the  workmanship;

We carry the finest fitting rubbers made. 

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W e  also carry French  Heel  Rubbers. 

Boots  in light  and  heavy weight.

Send  us your mail order. 

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Although  the  leather  is 
quite 
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if you  buy it  it will sure­
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Price,  wholesale,  $ 1.50.

The  Western Shoe Co.,

Toledo,  Ohio

Men’s Work Shoes

Snedicor  &  
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Line

N°-  743. 

Kangaroo  Calf. 
Bal.  Bellow’s Tongue.  %  D. 
S.  Standard Screw.  $1.75. 

Carried in sizes 6 to  12.

Geo.  H. Reeder & Co.

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look  at  the  sole  that 

you  see  the  stitches  are  very  close  to­
gether and  even.  Look  at  the  heel  and 
see  that  it  is  solid,  no  pieced  heel. 
Then 
it  is  one 
piece.  Examine  the 
inside  that  it  is 
nicely  finished.  Try  the  counter  and 
bend 
it  to  see  that  it  is  a  good  leather 
counter.  Then  you  might  know  that  it 
is  a  pretty  fair  shoe.  But  1  could  not 
tell  the  difference  of  value  between  a 
$2.75  and  $3  or $3  and  S3.25  shoe.

little  too  hard  to  say. 

Do  shoes generally come up to sample?
I  could  answer  that  in  very  few  words 
nine  out  of  ten  do  not,  but  that  would 
be  a 
I  think  in 
many  cases  a  sample  does  look  better 
than  the  shoes  because 
it  is  bandied 
more  and  consequently  it  gets  soft  and 
feels  finer  and  when  you  put in a last the 
shoe  looks  much  better  than  without.

Catalogues  are  no  advantage  to  me 
and  I  think  there  are  a  good  many 
like 
me.  When  people  want  to  buy  they 
want  to  see  the  goods  and  know  what 
they  are  buying.  The  only  thing  that  1 
would  buy  from  catalogue 
is  a  shoe 
which 
lot  number  of  and 
which  I  had  bought  before  and  knew 
was  good. 
I  would  never  select  a  stock 
from  a  catalogue.  But  it  might  be  an 
advantage  to  some  dealers.

l  knew  the 

it 

I  do  not  see  why  shoes  and  hosiery 
I 
would  not  work  together  very  nicely. 
think 
is  a  very  good  idea  to  handle 
hosiery with  shoes.  Some  people  object 
to  hosiery  because 
customers 
might  ask  you  to  throw  in  hose  with 
shoes.

some 

In  the  first  place  that  would  be  no 
reason  that  you  would  have 
to  give 
them.  And  another  thing,  there  are  a 
in  this  world  who  always 
few  people 
1  never 
want  something 
pay  any  attention  to  those  people. 
I 
tell  them  that  I  buy  the hose from differ­
ent  people  and  have  different  bills  for 
them  and  that  these  bills  have  to  be 
paid  as  well  as  shoe  bills.

for  nothing. 

I  think 

Why  wouldn't  it  be  as  good  reason  as 
for  clothing people  to  handle  shirts,  col­
lars  and  ties? 
it  would  be  a 
better  combination  than  for  a  dry  goods 
man  to  handle  sugar,  coffee,  coal  oil 
and  salt.  When  a  dry  goods  man  sells 
a  dress  pattern  it  is  no  reason  that  he 
has  to  sell  sugar  and  salt.

Another  reason  is,  you  have  to  have 
hose  to  try  on  shoes  with.  When  a  cus­
tomer  comes  in  the  store,  either  in  sum­
mer  or  winter,  nine  times  out  of  ten,  his 
hose  are  damp  and  sometimes  torn. 
You  never  can  fit  a  shoe  exactly  right 
on  a  hose  like  that,  but  when  he  puts  on 
a  nice,  dry,  clean  hose  the  shoe  goes  on 
better  and  feels  better.

Consequently the  hose  will  make  more 
sales.  But  when  you  have  not  got  them 
your  customer  will  have  to  take  two  or 
three  pairs  home  and  next  morning  you 
will  have  one  or  two  boxes  smashed  and 
not  fit  to  put  on  the  shelf  and your stock 
will  soon  look  shabby.  Therefore  I  am 
very  much  in  favor of  a  line  of  hosiery. 
It  has  many  good  points.— M.  F.ppen- 
stein  in  Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette.

Things W orth W atching in the Shoe Store.
One  of  the  great  problems  of  the man­
ager  of  a 
large  modern  shoe  store  is 
keeping  the  stock  in  good  shape  and  an 
eye  on  the  insurance.  The  latter  is  a 
vitally 
important  feature  of  the  busi­
ness,  as  during  the  night  a  fire  might 
occur  that  would  ruin  the  store  stock, 
and  a  temporary 
insurance 
might  seriously  cripple  the  business  re­
sources  of the  firm.  A  large  metropol­
itan  shoe  store  can  greatly  deplete  its 
stock 
in  the  busy  season,  within  two  or 
three  days,  and  aside  from  w atching

lapse  of 

and  noting  the  amount  and  kind  of 
stock  necessary  to  replenish  the  store  at 
once,  is  this  problem  of  insurance.  Do 
not  overlook  the  importance  of this.  Of 
course,  if  your  stock 
is  running  low, 
certain 
lines  must  be  quickly  replaced 
to  meet  the  demand,and  a  careful watch 
should  be  had  at  all  times  on  the  entire 
stock.  This  puts  you  in  touch  with  the 
business  of  the  firm.  You  can  tell  every 
just  bow  the  stock  stands,  what  is 
day 
needed  and  that  of  which  there 
is 
ample.  With  this  knowledge  at  your 
disposal  daily,  it  is  then  easy  to  regu­
late  your  insurance.

in 

the  shoes  you  sell. 

Do  not  get.the  free-gift  habit.  Nine 
times  out  of  ten  you  work  yourself  an 
injury  and  all  the  profit  you  make  as  a 
result  of  that  policy  would  not  begin  to 
pay  for  the  gifts.  In  small  communities 
there  may  be  some  excuse,at  Christmas, 
when  it  is  so  universally  the  custom  to 
make  presents,  but 
large  cities,  at 
Easter  or  other  times,  it  is  a  silly  ex­
penditure  of  money  and  patience. 
Aside  from  the  fact  that  first-class  deal­
ers  do  not  follow  the  practice  you  are 
merely 
gratuitously  “ sand-bagging”  
yourself  and  there are the annoyance and 
worry  of  the  impositions  that  are  usu­
ally  practiced.  A  mother  with  a  brood 
of  five  comes  in  and  buys  a  pair of 
shoes  for  perhaps  two  of  them,  but  ex­
pects  that  you  will  remember  the  other 
three  as  well.  So  it  goes.  You  do  not 
make  enough  profit  to  justify  giving 
presents  to the whole family.  If you have 
money  to  distribute,  put  it  in  the  value 
of 
People  will 
sooner or  later  realize  it  and  come  back 
to  you.  Do  not  get  “ held  up”   because 
some  weak-kneed  competitor  down  the 
street  has  fallen  from  grace.  The  pub­
lic  are  more  discriminating  every  sea­
son,  and  are  fast  becoming  educated 
enough  to  know  that  shoe  dealers  are 
not  in  business  for  their  health.  Busi­
ness 
is  business  and  they  are  learning 
that  they  pay 
in  one  way  or  the  other 
for  everything  they  get.  Do  not  start  a 
charity  store;  all the  trade  that  comes  to 
you  from that feature could be easily lost.
for  window 
dressing  which  has  only  recently  come 
in  use  is  the  metal  ladder,  now  much 
in  up-to-date  shoe  windows.  The 
seen 
usual  size 
is  made  of  heavy  steel  or 
brass  wire  about  the  weight  of  telegraph 
wire,  the  ladder  being some  six  or  eight' 
inches  wide,by  eight  or  ten  in  length  of 
sections.  Where  the  rungs  cross  the 
perpendicular  sides of the ladder the sec­
tions  hook  on,  similar  to  the  way  the 
chain  of  a  bicycle  fastens 
links. 
This  makes 
it  possible  to  use  as  many 
links  or  rungs  as  desired,  and  being 
easily  taken  apart  can  be  adjusted  to 
any  length.  Another  feature  of  the  lad­
der  for  window  displays  is  fbe  fact  that 
it  can  be  fastened  near  the  front  of  the 
top  of  the  window,  thus  allowing 
it  to 
bang  well  forward,  and  permit  a  closer 
inspection  of  the  shoes  by  outsiders. 
link  or  rung  making  a  separate 
Each 
square 
in  the  chain,  sample  shoes  are 
attached  by  hooks  to  the  rungs  and bang 
individually  in  their  own  section  of  the 
ladder.

A  very  handy  article 

its 

The  Late P .  D.  A rm our’s  W ay.

The  late  Philip  D.  Armour  once  told 
me  that  he  did  not  give  his  sons  a  dol­
in  his  immense 
lar’s  worth  of  stock 
business  until  they  had  satisfied  him 
that  they  could  “ make  sausage.”   This 
was  the  great  packer’s  homely  way  of 
saying  that  he  did not  take  his  sons  into 
the  firm  until  they  had  shown  business 
capacity  and 
industry.  But  not  many 
rich  men  in  this  country  follow  the  ex­
ample  set  by  the  founder  of  the  great 
house  of  Armour.  The  young  man  with 
nothing  but  brains  has  nothing  to 
lose. 
What  to  do  with  a  patrimony  of  $100,- 
000  does  not  bother  him  or  keep  him 
aw ake  at  night.

Wearing  Points  are  the 
Best  Selling  Points

Five important  points of wear are the  Insole,  out- 
sole,  counter, upperleather and workmanship.
Our trade-mark on the sole of a shoe is a guarantee to your patrons of 
the-best, and nothing but the best, In these particulars.

Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &  Co.,  Ltd.
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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prices  in  spot  cash  and  measure  bark  when 
loaded.  Correspondence  solicited.

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D ry  Goods

W eekly  M arket  Review  o f  the  P rincipal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—The  staple  end  of  the 
cotton  goods  market  seems  to  be  very 
nearly  at  a  standstill.  It actuallyis not at 
a  standstill  by  any  means,  for  there  is  a 
quiet,  steady  business  in  progress  and 
prices  are  firm  all  along  the  line;  this 
refers  to  both  home  trade  and  export 
account.  Heavy  brown  sheetings  and 
drills  for  export  continue  in  the  same 
firm  condition  as  previously  reported. 
Four  yard  sheetings  and  lighter  weights 
are  against  the  buyers.  Ducks  and 
printed  osnaburgs  and  all leading makes 
of  bleached  cottons  are  very  firm  in 
price,  and  all  outside  lines  are  reported 
as  very  steady.  Wide  sheetings,  cotton 
flannels  and  blankets  are  quiet,and show 
no  new  features.  Sales  of  denims  are 
moderate  in  volume  at previously quoted 
prices.  Ticks,  checks,  plaids,  stripes, 
etc.,  are  rather  quiet,  although  orders 
of  small  size  come to  hand with  fair  reg­
ularity.

business 

Cotton  Dress  Goods— There  has  been 
a  moderate  amount  of 
in 
printed  fabrics  placed  this  week,  cover­
ing  practically  all  lines  of  these  goods. 
Spot  trade  has  ruled  slow  and  the  prin­
cipal  business  has  been  placed  for  de 
livery  in  the  near  future  and  some  for 
fall.  Both fancy  and  staple  calicoes  are 
very  firm  and  during  the  week  several 
offers  to  take  good  sized  quantities  at 
small  shadings  of  prices  have  been  de­
clined  and  all  offers  of  this  kind  have 
been  refused.  There  is  little  change  to 
be  noted 
in  napped 
goods  since  our  last  report,  and  percales 
continue  quiet  in  both  light  and  dark 
goods.  Ginghams  and  domets  retain 
the  same  quiet  position  that  they  have 
held  for some  time.

in  the  business 

Dress  Goods—Developments  in  the 
initial  dress  goods  market  during  the 
past  week  have  been  of  an  unimportant 
initial  ordering  period 
character.  The 
is  over  and 
the  season  has  not  de­
veloped  sufficiently  to  bring forward any 
considerable  amount  of  duplicate  fall 
business  from 
jobbers  or  cutters  up. 
There  is  a  modest  demand from jobbers, 
etc.,  for  spring  goods  in  the  line  of 
staples,  etc.  Jobbers  are  seeking orders 
for  fall 
in  an  industrious  manner,  and 
while  up  to  the  present  time  the  retail 
trade  shows  no  tendency  toward  making 
a  full  and  general  provision  for 
its 
needs,  jobbers  are  able  to  report  some 
very  fair  orders  on  such  goods  as  broad­
cloths,  cheviots,  waistings  and  sheer 
dress  goods  fabrics.  During  the  past 
two  or three  weeks  the  weather  has been 
more  favorable  to  spring  retailing  and 
this  fact  explains  the  greater  readiness 
shown  by  retailers  to  place  orders  for 
fall.  Mohair  fabrics  in  close  sheared 
effects  are  reported  by  jobbers  to  have 
made  fair  headway  with  the  high  class 
trade.  The  cutting  up  trade 
is  not 
sending  forward  a  very  large  volume  of 
orders  for  fall  fabrics.  There 
is  some 
fair  business  doing  right  along  on skirt­
ing  fabrics  and  also  on  such  fabrics  as 
serges, 
thibets,  cheviots,  broadcloths, 
etc.,  for  tailor-made  suits.  The  cutter 
up,  however,  may  be  expected  to  steer 
clear  of  placing  much  further  business 
until  after  his  men  have  been  out  and 
relieved  the  uncertainty  that  exists  in 
his  mind  as  to  his  requirements..

Linings—The  lining  market continues 
steady  with  the  demand  kept  down  al­
most  entirely  to  present  requirements. 
There  seems  little  disposition  as  yet  to 
do  business  for  next  season  as  far as  the 
clothing  trade  is  concerned, and the  job­

bing  trade  is  purchasing  in  verymoder 
ate  quantities.  Percalines  are  steady 
far  as  the  general  grade  of  fastblacks 
and  colors  is  concerned.  The  market 
has  shown  no change  for  highly  finished 
in  either  plain  or  fancy  goods, 
lines 
Full  mercerized 
in  fair  de 
mand  and  steady,  but  other  lines  are  in 
irregular  demand.

lines  are 

initial  season. 

Underwear— There  is  some  duplicate 
business  coming  to  hand  for  fall  under 
wear  but  not  yet  enough  to  enable  us  to 
say  that  the  duplicate  season  is  really 
“ on." 
It  is  just  showing  signs  of  life 
and  that  is  all.  The  prospects,  accord 
ing  to  what  the  agents  say,  are  very 
bright  and  prices  are  on  a  higher  plane 
than  during  the 
It  is 
generally  understood  by  buyers  that  thi 
is  the  situation,  and  they  expect  to  pay 
from  5@io  per  cent.  more.  There  are 
already  rumors  of  impending  shortages 
in  certain  lines,  for  it  is  well  know  that 
several  mills  are  already  sold  up  for  the 
entire  season  on  fleece-lined  goods, 
This  will  mean  a  scramble  for  heavy 
weights later  qn.  How much  trouble  this 
will  cause  can  not  yet  be  calculated, 
for,  on  account  of  the  manner  in  which 
buyers  placed  their  orders,  scattering 
them  widely,  it  can  not  be  estimated 
what  part  of  their  season's  requirements 
they have  already secured.  Some  deliv­
eries  of  heavyweights  have  been  made, 
but  the  recipients  are  saying  little  in 
regard  to  the  satisfaction  they  have  re­
ceived. 
is  a  point  that  buyers  are 
watching  for  these  goods  with  some 
eagerness,  for  many  of  them  expect  the 
goods  to  be  below  samples  on  account 
of  the  prices  at  which  they  took  them.
If  the  goods  do  fall  below  the  standard 
they  will  put  in  a  claim  for  rebate  and 
sell  the  goods  at  a  lower  figure  to  meet 
the  keen  competition.  Failing  to  get 
the  rebate,  they  may  return  the  goods  if 
they  feel  they  have  enough  without 
them,  but  if  they  have  not,  they  will  be 
obliged  to  swallow  their  pride  and  keep 
what  they  have  because  it  will  be  im­
possible  to  replace  them.  The  buyers 
who  felt  hurt  at  having  to  pay  higher 
prices  may  be  better  off  in  the  end,  for 
they  are  more  likely  to  get  goods  up  to 
sample  than  those  who  bought  lower and 
the  latter  run  the  chances  of  not  getting 
the  goods  at  all.

It 

Hosiery— There  has  been  a  decided 
leaning  toward  higher  prices  for  some 
little  time  in  the  cotton goods and prices 
to-day  are  generally  on  a  higher  plane 
than  three  weeks  ago.  Buyers  are  de­
manding  deliveries  as  fast  as  possible, 
even  considerably earlier than  they  were 
originally  contracted  for.  This  is  due, 
of  course,to  the  quick  disposal  of  stocks 
in  the  hands  of  the  retailers  and has had 
considerable  effect  in  strengthening  the 
primary market.  Many of the  mills  have 
all  the  orders  they  care  for  irrespective 
of  price.  Buyers  have  really  been  oper­
ating  conservatively  in  their  buying 
in 
spite  of  the  amount  accom plished  and 
this  gives  rise  to  the  belief  that  there  is 
considerable  business  to  be  done 
in  the 
way  of  d uplicate  orders.

Carpets— The  mills  are  very  actively 
engaged  and  they  promise  to  be  so  up 
to  the  very  day  the  new  season  com­
mences,  which  is  not over  two  weeks  off 
at  the  most.  The  old  orders,  as  a  gen­
eral  thing,  have  been  pretty  well  filled 
and,  after the  next  two  weeks’  produc­
tion 
is  taken  into  consideration,  it  can 
be  very  well  assumed  that  the  new  sea­
son  will  start  off  with  but  very  little  un­
filled  or 
left-over  business  on  hand. 
Manufacturers’  attention  is  now  being 
given  to  the  subject  of  prices.  Whether 
the  hopes  which  are  being  entertained

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Perfect and snug fit.  Curves over 
the  hips.  Gives  the drop  effect. 
Prevents sagging of skirts. 
Specially  adapted  for  the  new 
style of waists now  in  vogue.  In 
all  the  popular  leathers  and  fa­
brics.  Popular prices.  Send  for 
samples.

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Grain
Bags

We  are  ready  to  quote 
you on Bean Bags  for  deliv­
ery up to July  ist.

Bean  Bags

i Powhatten .... . . 1 2  oz
H erm itag e...,  . . 1 4 oz
J  American . . . .
..  16  oz
1  S tark ................ . . I 6  oz

P.  Steketec  &  Sons

Wholesale  Dry  Goods 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A W N IN O S  AN D   T E N T S

We carry the latest patterns  in  awning 
stripes.  We rent tents of all descriptions.

O il  C lo th in g   an d   F la g s  

Horse  an d   W a g o n   C o vers

Harrison  Bros.  &  Co.'s  Paints  and 

Varnishes are the best.

M ill  Su pplies

THE  M.  I.  WILCOX  COMPANY

aio   to  216  W ater  S t.,  Toledo,  Ohio

The  “ Imperial”

100  CANDLE  POWER 
GRAVITY  GASOLINE 

LIGHT

CLEAR,  POWERFUL,  WHITE, 

SMOKELESS

At a cost of 

Two=tenths of a cent 

per  hour.

We  also Manufacture 

a full  line of 

Pressure System Lamps.

From  Lowest  Grade  of  Gasoline

Send  for  Catalogue.

The  Imperial  Gas  Lamp  Co.

132-134 East Lake St., Chicago,  111.

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Real  Proof

T hat  we  are  selling 
the  best 
value in ladies’  ribbed vests  and 
pants  at  $2.25  per  dozen  is  our 
large 
list  of  posted  buyers. 
Shrewd  buyers  never  let  price 
and  weight  carry  them  away— 
size always  “ cuts  a  figure”  and 
th at’s  where  we  are  strong. 
W hen  we sell  a  size  six  it  is  a 
six and  not three.  Buy  now for 
fall  delivery  or  you  may  be 
disappointed 
If  interested  in 
union  suits,  remember  we  are 
headquarters  and  can  furnish 
any size on  short notice.

Grand  Rapids  Dry Goods Co.

Exclusively  Wholesale 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Formerly Voigt,  Herpolsheimer &  Co.

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

regarding 

of  higher  prices  will  be  realized  re­
mains  for  the  next  fortnight  to  deter­
mine.  The  present  situation,  neverthe­
less,  should  warrant  better  values  than 
those  now  in  vogue ;  but  from  past  ex­
perience  it  is  realized  that  that  which  is 
warranted  does  not  necessarily  mean 
that  it  must  be  fulfilled.  Last  season, 
just  at  this  time,  conditions  were  nearly 
the  same  as  they  are  to-day.  The  price 
of  raw  material  was  high  and  with  a 
tendency  to  become higher as the limited 
supply  became  smaller,  and  yet,  when 
the  new  prices  were  made for the  spring 
season,  instead  of  an  advance  all  around 
as  was  expected  by  the  trade  in  gen­
era),  a  reduction 
in  prices  was  made 
averaging  from  5  to  10  per  cent.  A 
greater  surprise  the  trade  never  experi­
enced,  and  to-day  they  say  that  they are 
prepared  for  almost  anything.  Opinions 
are  seldom  expressed 
the 
feasibility  of  asking  higher  prices,  for 
the  reason  that  conditions  are  as healthy 
now  as  then,  and  yet  prices  showed  a 
falling  off,  when  they  really  should  have 
advanced.  Their story  now  is  that  they 
hope  for  better  prices;  nothing  stronger 
than  hope  is  expressed.  The  prospects 
for  better  prices  for  ingrain  carpets  just 
now  are  more  promising  than  those  for 
the  4-4  goods. 
Ingrains  for  the  best 
part  of  the  present  season  have  sold  on 
a  very  low  basis,  considering  the  prices 
that  have  been  paid  for  the  yarns  and 
raw  materials,  and  only  until  recently 
have  the  weavers  been  able  to  procure 
an  advance  of  2^c  over schedule prices. 
The  better  prices  probably  would  never 
have  been  received,  had  not  the  demand 
been  of  such  proportions  as  to  put  the 
weaver  in  a  position  where  he  could 
show  some 
independence  in  the  matter 
by  refusing  the  much-needed  orders 
at  old  rates.  To-day the  demand  shows 
no  tendency  to  decline, and  from  the  po­
sition  Western  jobbers  are  taking  in  the 
matter,  there  promises  to  be  a  healthy 
demand  for  ingrains  for  some  months  to 
come.  At  the  present  time  the  Phila­
delphia  ingrain  weavers  are  extremely 
busy  on  old  business,  which  they  are  in 
a  hurry  to  fulfill,  in  order  that they  can 
be  in  a  position  to  take  future  business 
at  the  better  rates  they  hope  for  when 
the  new  season  is  ushered  in.  The  re­
tail  business  in  the  carpet  line  is  at  its 
greatest  height  at  the  present  time,  and 
from  reports  received  from  that  end  of 
the  carpet  business  there  is  no  cause  for 
any  complaint.  The  demand  is  healthy, 
with  all 
lines  of  carpets  receiving  the 
public's  favor,  more  particularly  the 
medium  and  cheaper  grades  of  goods. 
The  designs  shown  in  the  %  lines  are 
very  attractive  this  season,  making  the 
same  a  very  good  selling  article. 
In­
grains  are  also  shown  in  very  attractive 
designs,  and  are 
coming  more  and 
more  in  favor  with  the  common  people. 
Wilton  and  body  Brussels  carpet-sized 
rugs  are  still  very  strong  selling  cards, 
as  are  also  the  smaller  sized  Smyrnas.

O utw itting  a Trade Union.

From the Hartford Courant.

Certificates  of  incorporation  of 

the 
firm  of  C.  W.  Holmes  &  Co.  of  New 
Britain  were  filed  in  the  Secretary  of 
State’s  office  yesterday.  The  company 
is  composed  of  Mr.  Holmes  and  five 
men,  and  back  of  its  organization 
is  a 
story  of  unionism  vs.  non-unionism  and 
an 
ingenious  scheme  to  get  ahead  of 
the  unions.
Mr.  Holmes,  under  a  general  con­
tract,  is  building  a  house  in  New  Brit­
ain.  He  has  had  five  non-union men  in 
his  employ,  and  when  the  Building 
Trades  Council  of  New  Britain  found 
it  out  it  ordered  five  union  masons,  em­
ployed  by  a  sub-contractor  at  work  on 
the  house, 
quit,  and  they  did  so  Mon­

t

day, as  Mr.  Holmes  refused  to  discharge 
his  men.

Now  Mr.  Holmes  and  his  five  men, 
objectionable  to  the  Building  Trades 
Council  because  they  were  not  union 
men,  have  formed  the  company  in  ques 
tion  and  technically  the  non-union  men 
are  now  employers  and  no  longer  em­
ployes.  The  new  company  has  notified 
the  council  that 
it  will  employ  only 
union  men  (if  it  employs  anybody, 
supposedly).

Resented  the  Question.

Representative  Williams  of  Mississ­

ippi  has  a  new  negro  story.

“ Are  you  the  defendant?”   asked  a 
man  in  the  court  room,  speaking  to  an 
old  negro.

“ No,  boss,”   was  the  reply. 

“ 1  ain’t 
done  nothing  to  be  called  names  like 
that. 
I’se  got  a  lawyer  here  who  does 
the  defensing.”

“ Then  who  are  you?”
“ 1’se  the  gentleman  what  stole  the 

chicken, s”

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F o r   s t o r e s   a n d   H o u s e s

TENTS,  FLAGS  AND  COVERS.

We can save you  money  on  your  awnings as 
we  carry  a  large  stock  of  Cotton  Ducks  and 
Awning Stripes.

Directions for  Measuring.

Measure 7% feet from  sidewalk—this is  where 
frame  fastens  to  building—then  send  distance 
1 to 2,2 to 3,3  to 4  (see  cut.)  Upon  receipt  of 
same we.will send samples and bottom prices.

C H A S .  A.  C O Y E ,

II  and  9  Pearl  St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A  Postal  Card

Will  get you  prices  on  the 

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B R Y A N   P L O W   CO .,  B r y a n ,  Ohio 

Manufacturers

Rugs from Old Carpets
Retailer of  Fine  Rugs and  Carpets. 

Absolute cleanliness is our hobby as well 
as  our  endeavor  to  make  rugs  better, 
closer woven, more durable  than  others. 
We cater to first class  trade  and  if  you 
write for our 16  page  Illustrated  booklet 
It will make  you  better  acquainted with 
oar methods and new process.  We have 
no agents.  We pay the freight.  Largest 
looms in United States.
Petoskey  Rug  Mfg.  &  Carpet  Co.,

Lim ited

455*457 Mitchell  St., 

Petoskey, Mich.

~   THE  FRANK  B.  TAYLOR  COMPANY

IMPORTERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS

135  JEFFERSON  AVENUE

DETROIT, Mich.,

May 7,  1902#

MR. MERCHANT,
Dear Sir:

"Decoration Day" will 
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your order in early#

soon
Get

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Full number of stars.  Best quality, fast and bright oil colors, will stand  rain.

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These flags are made from the best quality of bunting,  and  finished  In  the 
very best manner.  8tripes and seams double sewed.  Muslin stars sewed on both 
sides.  Strong canvas headings, double corners and with nickel plated  grommets, 
in slies up to 10x15 feet, and the larger sizes with Manila rope.
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PRACTICAL, JO K E

Played  on  a  W ayback  Grocer  by  an  Old 
Written for the Tradesman.

In h ab itan t.

The  excitement  incident  to  the  open­
ing  of  Si  Green’s  new  store  was  still 
running  high  at  Wayback,  but  a  part  of 
Briggs'  customers  had  begun  to  work 
back  to  the  old  stand,  and  most  of  them 
offered  some  sort  of  an  apology  for  hav­
ing  even  entered  the  premises  of  the 
new  merchant.  One  man  was  invited 
in  to  have  a  cigar,  another  went  “ to  see 
a  man’ ’  and  still  another  said  he 
wouldn’t  have  gone  there  only  he  had 
heard  that  Green  said  he  wanted  to  buy 
some  fence  posts  and  he  had  hoped  to 
be  able  to  sell  enough  of  them  for  cash 
to  enable  him  to  pay  Mr.  Briggs  the 
rest  of  that  little  bill.

All  these  remarks  pleased  Briggs  im­
mensely,  for  he  thought  he  could  read 
the  signs  correctly  enough  to  see  that 
before  long  things  would  be  coming  his 
way  again.

It  was  evening  and  Fuzzy  Flatley  and 
Tug  Anderson  were  discussing  matters 
of  immense  importance  to themselves.

“ Yer  orter  a  see  them  air  bays  of 
Mullin’s  when  they  come  in  from  Char­
levoix  t’other  day.  They  was  hot  an’ 
sweaty  an’  all  g ’anted  up  till  they 
looked 
like  drownded  rats,  the  two  of 
’em. 

It  was  jest  shameful!”

gin 

“ Speakin’ 

the  blamenationest 

’bout  rats,”   volunteered 
Anderson,  “ ’minds  me  of  the  fun  1  had 
yesterday  with  a  blamenation  cat. 
I 
was  a  cornin’  along  the  road  goin’ down 
to  the  mill  to  see  about  gittin’  a  load  o’ 
lumber,  an’  right  by  the  road,  a  settin’ 
on  a  log,  sot  the  blamenationist  biggest 
yaller cat  I  ever  see. 
I  didn’t  mean  ter 
hit  the  blamenation  cat,  but  1  wanted 
ter  scare  her  good,  so  I  picks  me  up  a 
stun  an’  throws  it  at  the blamenation cat 
an’  hits  the  log  right  alongside  o’  her. 
She 
jump 
straight  up  in  the  air  that you ever  see— 
about  four  foot—an’  come  down  ag’ in 
right  where  she  was  in  the  fust  place. 
Then  she  looks  all  around, but  I  was  hid 
behind  the  foot-bridge  and  she  couldn’t 
see  nothin’  o’  me.  So  I  picks  up  some 
more  stun  an’  throws  ’em,  one to a  time, 
an’  when  I  lets Sicker  with  the third one 
she  seen  it  a  cornin’  an’  she  gin  a  jump 
an’  heeled  her  fer  the  house,  an’ the last 
I  see  of  her  she  was  agoin’  around  the 
corner  like  the’  was  a  blamenation  hip- 
popot-t-a-mus  er  suthin'  arter  her.  That 
was  the  mos’  fun  I a’most  ever had  with 
a  blamenation  cat.”

Just  then  entered  Limping  Mose Tur­
ner  announceing 
that  it  was  darker 
outside  than  a  flock  of  black  crows  and 
beginning  to  rain.  He  further volun­
teered  the  information  that  he  wouldn’t 
have  ventured  out  of  doors  such  a  night 
only  that  he  was  strapped  of  chewin’, 
and  of  course  the  necessities  of  life 
must  be  procured  at  whatever  cost. 
Once  upon  a  time  Mose  had read a  little 
law  and  he  is  known  around  Wayback 
as  an  habitual,  although  proverbially 
unsuccessful,  candidate  for the  office  of 
justice  of  the  peace.

“ Say,  who’s  going  to  have  an  auc­
tion  sale?”   he  enquired,  while  Uncle 
Danny  was  weighing  out  the  flnecut.

“ No  one  as  I  know  o f,”   replied  the 

merchant. 

“ Why?”

“ When  I  opened  the  door  I  see  some 
kind  of  a  handbill  stuck  on  the  outside 
of  it. 
I  didn't  look  to  see  what  it  was, 
but  I  thought  it  was  an advertisement  of 
somebody’s  auction  sale  er  suthin'.’ ’ 
“ The’  hain’t  no  bill  on  the  door,”  

said  Uncle  Danny  in  a  decided  way.

“ Mebbe  ye  think  I’m  blind!”  replied 
somewhat  nettled.

Mose,  apparently 

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

¡2 fiement's Sons

f a r is in g  

/M i c h i g a n -

“ Guess  I  can  see  a  leetle  ef  I be lame.”
“ Yaas,  ye  kin  see,”   retorted  the  mer­
chant  with  a  grin. 
“ That’s  the  trouble 
with  you.  Ye  kin  see  too  good.  Prob- 
’ly  ye  kin  see  d-o-u-b-l-e 
fer  all  I 
know."  And  then  the  Wizard  of  Way- 
back  looked  about  the  store  and  winked 
at  the  loafers,  who  were  not  slow  to  take 
a  laugh  at the expense  of  Mose,  who,  on 
account  of  some  differences  in 
local 
politics,  was  none  too  popular  with  a 
majority  of  his  neighbors.

Mose  seemed  to  ignore  the  laugh,  for 
he  coolly  replied :  “ Betcher  a  ten  dol­
lar  bill  I’m  right.”

At the  mention  of  so  great a sum there 
was  a  sudden  pricking  up  of ears among 
the  crowd.  Bets in  Wayback  are  usually 
settled  on  the  basis  of  cigars  or  smok­
ing  tobacco  and 
is  so  seldom  that 
money  of  any  denomination  is  used  in 
Wayback  wagers  that  even  Uncle Danny 
rather  gasped  at  the  proposition.  Still 
he  hardly  took  it  seriously,  and  smiled 
derisively  as  he  replied :

it 

“ Oh,  bet  yer  small  change  fust— I 

don't  want  to  rob  ye  anyhow. ’ ’

“ Waal,  what  do  ye  want  to  bet?”  

queried  Mose,  impatiently.

“   'Slief  bet  ten  as  anything,"  replied 

the  Wizard.

BEMENT
P E E R LE SS

CULTIVATOR

Narrow  enough  for  beans  and wide enough 

for corn.

Spring  teeth  may  be  taken  off  and  replaced 

by shovels.

With  the  center  section  in  place  it  makes 

a  perfect  riding  harrow.

We  make  a  full  line  of  tilling  tools.  Send 

for price  list.

Rement Plows
TURN  TUI  FAr t h .

“ All  right,  put  up  yer  money,”   said 

Mose  in  a  businesslike  manner.

Uncle  Danny  still  grinned  incredu- 
luosly.  He  thought  Mose  was  trying  to 
get  a  “ rig”   on  him,  so  be  fought  shy 
until  some  chance  remark  might  give 
him  an  inkling  of  what  it  was  to  be.

“ Ye  hain’t  got that  much  money  to 
put  up,”   said  the  merchant,  when  be 
saw  that  Mose  was  waiting  for  him  to 
make  the  next  move.

“ Don’t  ye  fool  yerself  on  that,”   said 
Mose,  pulling  out  a  well-worn  wallet 
and  producing  a  roll  of bills. 
“ I bain’t 
much  of  a  band  to  flash  my  coin,  but  if 
the's  any  occasion  fer  a show-down  ye’ll 
alters  find  yer  Uncle  Isaac  with  a  few 
cases  to  exhibit.  Now  come  on  with 
yer  dough!”

Mr.  Briggs  hadn't  the  faintest  idea  of 
betting  ten  dollars,  bis  cupidity  was  not 
of  that  order.  He  preferred  to  play 
safely  and 
if  he  did  make  a  bet  any 
time  and 
lost,  which  was  unusual,  the 
amount  was  never  more  than  the  price 
of  a  dinner  at  a  cheap  hotel,  and  when 
he  won,  which  was  the  rule,  the  sum 
was  of an equally insignificant character. 
So  he  began  to  hedge,  and  the  loafers 
laughed  and  Mose  tried  to  hold  him  to 
the  original  amount,  but  at  length  the 
wager  was  fixed  at  the  cigars  for  the 
crowd.  Then  Mose  went  and  pulled  off 
a  small  handbill  that  had  been  tacked 
on  the  outside  of  the  front  door and  ex­
hibited 
it  triumphantly  to  the  assem­
blage.

Grudgingly  and  sullenly  Uncle  Danny 
set  out  a  box  of  stogies,  and  those  pres­
ent  helped  themselyes  cheerfully  to  the 
contents.  Then  somebody  enquired  as 
to  the  nature  of  the  bill.

“ I  most  forgot  to  look,”   said  Mose, 
pulling 
it  from  his  overcoat  pocket, 
where  it  had  been  thrust  in  the  excite­
ment  incident  to  the  distribution  of  the 
cigars.  As  his  eyes  fell  on  the  first  of 
the  printed 
lines  an  expression  of 
amusement  overspread  his  face  and  he 
turned  to  Uncle  Danny  and  said:

“ This  is  seditious  an’  incendiary  lit­
erature.  How 
it  came  to  be  on  your 
door  is  bard  to  say,  but,  being  as  pos­
session  is  nine  points  o’  the law,  I guess 
yer  holden  fer  it. ”

Uncle  Danny  looked  alarmed.  “ What 
is  it?”   he  asked. 
“ Hain’t  none  o’ 
them  air  amikist  c;dockyments  ner

nothin’ 
anxiously.

like  that,  be  it?”   he  enquired 

“ No,  not  exactly,"”   replied  Mose, 
puffing  away  at  his  cigar. 
“ Guess  it 
ain’t  nothin'  the  Government'll get after 
yer  for. 
It  seems  to  be  an  advertise* 
ment  for  Si  Green’s  store.”

“ Lemme  see  it,”   demanded  the  mer­
chant,  reaching  out  his  hand  for  the 
paper.

“ Don’t  be 

in  so  much  of  a  hurry,”  
said  Mose,  backing  off. 
“ Beauty  afore 
age,  yer  know,  an’  I hain’t  bad  a  chance 
If  you  don’t 
to  peruse 
mind,  though,  I  can  read 
it  out  loud. 
That’ll  save  time,  cus  then  we  won’t 
every  one  of  us  haf  ter  go  over  it  sep’- 
rate. ”

it  myself  yet. 

Uncle  Danny 

looked  rather  doubtful 
at  this  proposition,  but  it  seemed  to  be 
about  the  only  thing  to  be  done  without 
attracting  unpleasant  attention  and 
comment  upon  himself,  and  that,  at  this 
stage  of  the  mercantile  game  in  Way- 
back,  he  did  not  feel  that  he  could  well 
afford  to  do.  So  Mose  after  clearing  his 
throat  several  times  and  taking  a  few 
preliminary  puffs  at  his  cheroot,  began 
as  follows,  reading  out  in  his  very  best 
style:

“   ‘ Good  news  to  a ll!
”   ‘ Come,  all  ye  brave  North  Michi­

gan  lads,

And  listen  to  my  song— ’  ”
‘ ‘ Why,  it’s  a  sahng!”   broke  in  Fuzzy 
“ I  thought  it  was  goin’ 

in  amazement. 
to  be  a  advertisement  or  suthin’. ”  

“ Course 

it’s  a  song,”   assented  An­
derson,  “ an’  a  Coma Ilya  at  that.  Go 
on  with  yer  rat  killin',  Mose.”

It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  explain 
here  that,  to  the  boys  who  have  worked 
in  the  lumber  woods  of  Northern  Mich­
igan,  anything  partaking  of  the  nature 
of  verse,  no  matter  how  crude  the  at­
tempt,  is  termed  a  “ song,”   and,  as 
many  of  the 
favorite  ballads  of  the 
North  woods  begin  with 
the  words, 
“ Come  all  ye,”   it  has  become  custom­
ary  to  designate  poems  of  this  class  as 
“ Comallyas, ”   to  distinguish  them  from 
those  that  commence  in  some  other way.
inter­

Mose  seemed  annoyed  at  the 

ruption.

“ What  do  yer  want  to  break  into  a 
feller  like  that  fer?”   he  enquired.  “ Yer 
needn't  think  yer  the  hull push here. 
If 
yer  want  to  hear  me  read  this  thing 
you’ ve  got  to  keep  still,  for  there’s  sen­
timents  yer  won’t  understand  unless  yer 
pay  attention  to  every  word.  Now  just 
wait tell  I  get  through,  will  ye?
“   ‘ Come,  all  ye  brave  North  Michi­

gan  lads,

And  listen  to  my  song;

’Tis  all  about  the  new store  in Wayback 

And  it  won’t  take  very  long.
’Tis  all  about  a  bran  new  store 

Who  has  just  started  up  across  the  road 

Of  one  bold  Silas  Green,
In  a  new  store  spick  and  clean.
I’ve  got  good  tobacco  for to  sell, 

And  cigars  and  candy  and  peanuts 

Chewing  and  smoking,  too,
And  sugar  and  soap  and  blue.

I’ve  got  raisins  and  flour  and  yeast,

The  very  best  kind—

It  will make your bread light and sweet— 

And  pork  with an  extra  thin  rind,

And  vinegar sour  enough 
To  make  a  pig  squeal,

And  nice  thick  syrup  for your pancakes, 

And  tea  and  corn  meal.

So  come  and  see  me,  all  ye  Michigan 

lads,

And  I  will  quickly  show 

You  that  my  goods  are  the very  best 

And  my  prices  awful  low.

Chorus.

Oh,  it's  if  you  don’t  want  to  get 
cheated by  him  that’s  stingy  and  mean,

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

17'

Then  come  to  the  bran  new  store  of 

Silas  Green. ’  ”

“ Good  sahng,  good 

ex­
claimed  Fuzzy,  when  the  reading  had 
been  finished.

sahng!”  

“ You  bet!”   assented  Anderson  with a 

wise  nod.

Uncle  Danny,  save  for an  occasional 
snort  of  disapproval,  had  listened quiet­
ly  to  the  reading,  but,  now  that 
it  was 
over,  he  remarked  in  a  voice  indicative 
of  extreme  disgust:

“ That  bain’t  no  good  song  nuther— 
it’s  rotten.”   (But  then  Uncle  Danny 
had  never  worked  in  the lumber woods.)
“ Wonder  if  Si  wrote  that  off  his  own- 

self,”   remarked  Fuzzy.

“ Dunno.  Wouldn’t  wonder  if  he  had 
help  on 
it,  though— he  bain’t  no  hand 
to  get  up  songs  as  I  ever  heerd  on,”   re­
plied  Anderson.  “ That  there  chorus  o’ 
bis’n  must  a  raunched  him  some  if  he 
did  write  it,”   observed  Briggs.  “ Why, 
that’s  a'most  the  scan’alousest  piece  1 
ever  heerd in  all  my  life.”
“ Yes,’ ’  assented  Mose,  “ it’s  like  the 
other  feller  1  heard  of.  He  said:  ‘ Don't 
go  to  the  other  stores  to  get  robbed— 
come  to  mine. ’  ”

“ An’  then  look  at  the  gall  of  him !”  
pursued  Uncle  Danny. 
“ Think  of  the 
feller  a  writin’  of  a  piece  like  that,  an’ 
then  a  puttin’  of  it  o-n  m-y  d-o-o-r!”  

“ Does  look  a  little  nervy,  fer a  fact,”  

agreed  Mose.

it 

“ He  meant  that  fer  a  special  drive  at 

me,”   pursued  the  merchant.

“ Wouldn’t  wonder.”
“ Plays  me  dirt  fust  an’  then  rubs 

in,”   continued  Uncle  Danny.

“ Seems  that  way.”
“ Waal,  by  Gum ! 

“ I’ll 

I  know  what  I’ll 
do  to  him ,”   said  the  merchant  with 
contracted  brows. 
just  kill  his 
trade. ”

Uncle  Danny  walked  quickly  to  the 
back  end  of  his  store  and  returned  pres­
ently,  carrying  a  board  and  a  piece  of 
charcoal.  Then he  slowly  and  painfully 
scrawled  upon  the  smooth  wood  the 
“ Tobacker  Marked  Down,”  
words, 
and  without  waiting 
for  comments 
nailed  it  up  in  the  place  recently  occu­
pied  by  the  opposition  handbill.

“ Guess  that’ll  give  him  suthin’  to 
think  about!”   remarked  Mr.  Briggs. 
“ And  now,”   he  continued,  “ if  you 
fellers  have  got  all  you  want  I  think  I’ll 
lock  up,  fer  I’m  awful  tired  to-night 
some  way  or  ’nother. ”

So  the  boys  gathered  up  their  small 
purchases  and  filed  out.  The  weather 
had  cleared  a  little  and  the  moon  shone 
dimly 
in  the  flying 
clouds.

through  a  rift 

“ Mose,”   said  Anderson  to  the  lame 
jurist,  “ Mose,  I’ll  bet  a  chaw  terbacker 
that  you  made  up  that  air song yerself. ”  
“ What  makes  yer  say  that?”   asked 

Mose,  guardedly.

“ Waal,  in  the  fust  place  the’  hain’t 
no  one  elst  in  these  parts  but  you  that’s 
l ’arnin’  enough  to  do  it,  an’ 
got  book 
if  you  hadn’t  a  done  it  ye 
then  ag’ in 
couldn't  a  read 
it  off  so  blamenation 
handy  the  fust  time  atryin’. ”

“ Oh,  you’re  just  a  tryin’  ter  cod 
me,”   replied  Mose;  but  his  face  wore  a 
gratified  look  and  a  moment  later,  when 
Anderson  resumed  the  subject  with  the 
remark,  “ and  I  believe  it  was  you  that 
put  that  bill  on  the  old  man’s  door  fer a 
joke,”   Mose  laughed  aloud.

“ You’re  too  cute  by  half,”   said  he. 
“ Guess  ye’d  better  go  home  an'  take  a 
good  sleep. 
I’ve  got  business  up  this 
way;”   and  without  further  parley  he 
moved  off  toward  Si  Green’s  store, 
through  the  window  of  which  could  be 
seen the light  from  a  dimly  burning ker­
osene 
lamp.  Mose  lifted  the  latch  and 
walked  in.  What  took  place  between 
him  and  the  new  merchant  may  never 
be  known,  but 
it  was  after  midnight 
when  Mose  finally  emerged  from  the 
building  and  trudged  away  through  the 
darkness.

*  * 

¡¡c

When  Uncle  Danny  Briggs 

looked 
through  his  observation  window the next 
morning  he  made  a  discovery.  A  pla­
card  had  been  tacked  on  the  front  door 
of  the  opposition  store  and  there  were 
words  upon  it,  but,  strain  his  eyes  as  he 
would,  he  could  not  tell,  at  that  dis­

tance,  what  they  were.  Uneasily  and 
impatiently  he  paced  back  and  forth 
the  length  of  his  contracted  realm  and 
tore  himself  to  pieces  mentally 
in  a 
vain  attempt  to  conjecture  the  import of 
the  sign.  After  an  hour of  this  state  of 
mind  he  put  on  his  hat,  locked  his  door 
and  started  up  the  road  to  see  how  his 
flock  of  sheep  were  getting  along.

Of  course,  he  had  no  intention  of 
playing  spy,  but  his  way  led  right  by  Si 
Green’s  door  and when  directly  opposite 
be  involuntarily  turned  his  head.  Right 
before  his  eyes  was  the  placard  and 
upon  it  the  words :  “  Jinger  28  Sense A 
Lb. ”

Just  then  he  heard  sounds  of  sup­
pressed  laughter  and  he  started  guiltily 
and  quickened  his  pace.

“ Ginger 

twenty-eight  cents!”  
muttered  the  merchant. 
“ Here  I’ve 
be’n  a  gittin’  half  a  dollar  fer  it  for  the 
past  ten  year  an’  nobody  kicked.  What 
a  dum  fool  that  feller  is!”

Long  strides  rapidly  widened  the  dis­
tance  between  himself  and  the  opposi­

fer 

tion  store,  but  as  he  reached  the  gate  of 
the  sheep  pasture  an  old  refrain  was 
borne  to  his  ear.  Looking  back  up  the 
road  for  its  cause,  he  saw,  sitting  on  Si 
Green’s  fence,  a  row  of  boys  and  girls— 
some  of  the  “ small  fry”   of  his  compet­
itor.  They  were  straining  their  throats 
with  song  and,  as  Uncle  Danny  caught 
the  words  and  realized  their  import,  his 
face  turned  crimson  with  rage  and  be 
walked  quickly  into  his  pasture  lot  and 
called  loudly  to  the  sheep  in  an  attempt 
to  drown  the  youthful  voices.  But  ever 
and  anon,  as  he  stopped  for  breath, 
there  floated  down  upon  the  morning 
breeze,  in  a  high  treble :
"There's  a  heap  ob  trubble  on  the  old 

man’s  mind— ”

and  Mr.  Briggs  finally  climbed his back 
fence  and  went  home  hurriedly  by  an 
unusual  and  roundabout  way  through 
the  open  fields.  George  L.  Thurston.

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counterfeiting.

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

Butter  and  Eggs

F a ll  Text  of  th e  Oleo  B ill  Passed  by

Congress.
AN  ACT.

Be 

To  make  oleomargarine  and  other  im­
itation  dairy  products  subject  to  the 
laws  of  any  State,  or  territory  or  the 
District  of  Columbia 
into  which  they 
are  transported,  and  to  change  the  tax 
on  oleomargarine,  and  to  impose  a  tax, 
provide  for  the  inspection,  and  regulate 
the manufacture ana sale of certain  dairy 
products,  and  to  amend  an  act  entitled 
“ An  Act defining butter,also imposing  a 
tax  upon  and  regulating  the  manufac­
ture,  sale,  importation,  and  exportation 
of  oleomargarine,”   approved  August 
second,eighteen hundred and  eighty-six.
it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America 
in  Congress  as­
sembled  that  all  articles  known  as  oleo­
margarine,  butterine, 
imitation,  proc­
ess,  renovated  or  adulterated  butter,  or 
imitation  cheese,  or  any  substance  in 
the  semblance  of  butter  or  cheese  not 
the  usual  product  of  the  dairy  and  not 
made  exclusively  of  pure  and  unadul­
terated  milk  or cream,  transported 
into 
any  state  or  territory'or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  and  remaining  therein  for 
use,  consumption,  sale  or  storage  there­
in,  shall,  upon  the  arrival  within  the 
limits  of  such  state  or  territory  or  in  the 
District  of  Columbia,  be  subject  to  the 
operation  and  effect  of the  laws  of  such 
state  and  territory  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  enacted 
in  the  exercise  of 
its  police  powers  to  the  same  extent 
and  in  the  same  manner  as  though  such 
articles  or  substances  had  been  pro­
duced 
in  such  state  or territory  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,  and  shall  not  be 
exempt  therefrom  by  reason  of  being 
introduced  therein  in  original  packages 
or  otherwise.

Sec.  2.  That  the  first  clause  of  sec­
tion  three  of  an  act  entitled,  “ An  Act 
defining  butter,  also 
imposing  a  tax 
upon  and  regulating  the  manufacture, 
sale, 
importation  and  exportation  of 
oleomargarine, ”   approved  August  sec­
ond,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-six, 
be  amended  by  adding  thereto  after  the 
word  “ oleomargarine,”   at  the  end  of 
said  clause,  the  following  words:

“ And  any  person  that  sells,  vends  or 
furnishes  oleomargarine  for the  use  and 
consumption  of  others,  except to his  own 
family  table  without  compensation,  who 
shall  add  to  or  mix  with  such  oleomar­
garine  any  artificial 
that 
causes  it to  look  like  butter of any shade 
of  yellow  shall  also  be held  to be  a  man­
ufacturer  of  oleomargarine  within  the 
meaning  of  said  act,  and  subject  to  the 
provisions  thereof. ”

coloration 

Section  three  of  said  Act  is  hereby 
amended  by  adding  thereto  the  follow­
ing :  “ Provided  further,  That  whole­
sale  dealers  who  vend  no  other  oleo­
margarine  or  butterine  except  that  upon 
which  a  tax  of  one-fourth  of  one  cent 
per  pound 
is  imposed  by  this  Act,  as 
amended,  shall  pay  two  hundred  dol­
lars;  and  such  retail  dealers  as  vend  no 
other  oleomargarine  or  butterine  except 
that  upon  which 
imposed  by  this 
Act,  as  amended,  a  tax  of  one-fourth  of 
one  cent  per  pound  shali  pay  six  dol­
lars.

Sec.  3.  That  section  eight  of  an  Act 
entitled  “ An  Act  defining  butter,  also 
imposing  a  tax  upon  and  regulating  the 
manufacture,  sale,  importation  and  ex­
portation  of  oleomargarine,”   approved 
August  second,  eighteen  hundred  and 
eighty-six,  be,  and  the  same 
is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:

Sec.  8.  That  upon  oleomargarine 
which  shall  be  manufactured  and  sold, 
or  removed 
for  consumption  or  use, 
there  shall  be  assessed  and  collected  a 
tax  of  ten  cents  per  pound,  to  be  paid 
by  the  manufacturer  thereof;  and  any 
fractional  part  of  a  pound  in  a  package 
shall  be  taxed  as  a  pound:  “ Provided, 
When  oleomargarine  is  free  from  artifi­
cial  coloration  that  causes  it  to look like 
butter  of  any  shade  of  yellow  said  tax 
shall  be  one-fourth  of  one  cent  per 
pound.  The  tax  levied  by  this  section 
shall  {be  represented  by  coupon  stamps; 
and  the  provisions  of  existing 
laws 
governing  the  engraving,  issue,  sale,

is 

accountability,  effacement  and  destruc­
tion  of  stamps  relating  to  tobacco  and 
snuff,  as  far  as  applicable,  are  hereby 
made  to  apply  to  stamps  provided  for 
by  this  section. ”

Sec.  4.  That  for  the  purpose  of  this 
Act  “ butter”   is  hereby  defined  to  mean 
an  article  of  food  as  defined  in  “ An 
act  defining  butter,  also  imposing  a  tax 
upon  and  regulating  the  manufacture, 
sale, 
importation  and  exportation  of 
oleomargarine,"  approved  August  sec­
ond,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-six; 
that  “ adulterated  butter”   is  hereby  de­
fined  to  mean  a  grade of butter produced 
by  mixing,  re-working,  re-churning 
in 
milk  or  cream,  refining  or  in  any  way 
producing  a  uniform,  purified,  or  im­
proved  product  from  different 
lots  or 
parcels  of  melted  or  unmelted  butter  or 
butterfat, 
in  which  any  acid,  alkali, 
chemical  or any  substance  whatever  is 
introduced  or  used  for  the  purpose  or 
with  the  effect  of  deodorizing  or  remov­
ing  therefrom  rancidity,  or  any  butter 
or  butterfat  with  which  there  is  mixed 
any  substance  foreign  to  butter  as  here­
in  defined,  with 
intent  or  effect  of 
cheapening  in  cost  the  product,  or  any 
butter  in  the  manufacture  or  manipula­
tion  of  which  any  process  or  material  is 
used  with  intent  or  effect  of  causing  the 
absorption  of  abnormal  quantities  of 
water,  milk  or  cream;  that  “ process 
butter”   or  “ renovated  butter” .is  here­
by  defined  to  mean  butter  which  has 
been  subjected  to  any  process  by  which 
it 
is  melted,  clarified  or  refined  and 
made  to  resemble  genuine butter,always 
excepting  “ adulterated  butter”   as  de­
fined  by  this  Act.

That  special  taxes  are  imposed  as fol­
lows :  Manufacturers  of  process  or  ren­
ovated  butter  shall  pay  fifty  dollars  per 
year  and  manufacturers  of  adulterated 
butter  shall  pay  six  hundred  dollars  per 
year.  Every  person  who  engages  in  the 
production  of  process  or  renovated  but* 
ter  or  adulterated  butter as  a  business 
shall  be considered to  be  a  manufacturer 
thereof.

Wholesale  dealers  in  adulterated  but­
ter  shall  pay  a  tax  of  four  hundred  and 
eighty  dollars  per  annum,  and  retail 
dealers  in  adulterated  butter  shall  pay 
a  tax  of  forty-eight  dollars  per  annum. 
Every  person  who  sells  adulterated  Jbut- 
ter  in  less  quantities  than  ten  pounds  at 
one  time  shall  be  regarded  as  a  retail 
dealer  in  adulterated  butter.

Every  person  who  sells  adulterated 
butter  shall  be  regarded  as  a  dealer  in 
adulterated  butter.  And  sections  thirty- 
two  hundred  and  thirty-two,  thirty-two 
thirty-three,  [thirty-two 
hundred 
and 
hundred  and 
thirty-four, 
thirty-two 
hundred  and  thirty-five,  thirty-two  hun­
dred  and  thirty-six,  thirty-two  hundred 
and  thirty-seven, 
thirty-two  hundred 
and  thirty-eight, 
thirty-two  hundred 
and  thirty-nine,  thirty-two  hundred  and 
forty,  thirty-two  hundred  and  forty-one, 
and  thirty-two  hundred  and  forty-three 
of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United 
States  are,  so  far  as  applicable,  made  to 
extend  to  and  include  and  apply  to  the 
special  taxes 
imposed  by  this  section 
and  to  the  person  upon  whom  they  are 
imposed.

That  every  person  who  carries  on  the 
business  of  a  manufacturer  of  process 
or  renovated  butter  or  adulterated butter 
without  having  paid  the  special  tax 
therefor,  as  required  by 
law,  shall,  be­
sides  being  liable  to  the  payment  of  the 
tax,  be  fined  not  less  than  one  thousand 
and  not  more  than  five  thousand dollars; 
and  every  person  who  carries  on  the 
business  of  a  dealer  in  adulterated  but­
ter  without  having  paid  the  special  tax 
therefor,  as  required  by  law,  shall,  be­
sides  being 
liable  to  the  payment  of 
the  tax,  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense.

That  every  manufacturer of  process  or 
renovated  butter  or  adulterated  butter 
shall  file  with  the  collector  of  internal 
revenue  of  the  district  in  which  his 
manufactory  is  located  such  notices,  in­
ventories,  and  bonds,  shall  keep  such 
books  and  render  such  returns  of  mate­
rial  and  products,  shall  put  up  such 
signs  and  affix  such  number  of  his  fac­
tory,  and  conduct  his  business  under 
such  surveillance  of  officers  and  agents 
as  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Rev-

Boston is the best market for

Butter,  Eggs  and  Beans

and  Fowlc,  Hibbard  &  Co.

is the house that can get 
the highest market price.

We  Want 
Butter  and  Eggs

We will take care of  your  consignments,  large  or  small,  in  a 
way  which  will  be  entirely  satisfactory  to  you.  We  have 
been  in business thirty-nine years and  have  the  largest  out­
lets of any firm  in  this  section.  We  have  a  reputation  for 
fair play and refer you to  any  bank  anywhere,  the  commer­
cial agencies, or this paper,

Hilton & Aldrich  Co.,

39 South  Market Street,  Boston,  Mass.

Be sure and mention  Michigan Tradesman.

Smith,  McFarland  Co.,  j
1
Boston is the  best market  for  Michigan  and  Indiana  eggs.  W e  3 
want  carlots  or less.  Liberal  advances,  highest  prices,  prom pt  * 
returns.  All eggs sold case  count.

Produce  Commission  Merchants 

\

69 and  71  Clinton  St.,
Boston,  Mass.

R e f e r e n c e s :  Fourth  National  Bank  and  Commercial  Agencies.

C.  N.  RAPP  &  CO.

..Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry..

56  W est  Market  and  135  Michigan  Sts.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.

Immediate sales and prompt returns.  Highest 
market price guaranteed.

WANTED

10, 000,000 Bozen  Fresh  April  Eggs.  Guarantee  top  market 

and prom pt returns.

W rite or wire for further information.

OEO.  N.  HUFF  &   CO.,

55  C A D IL L A C   S Q U A R E ,  D E T R O IT ,  M IC H .

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enue,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secre­
tary  of  the  Treasury,  may  by  regula­
tion  require.  But  the  bond  required 
of  such  manufacturer shall  be  with  sur­
eties  satisfactory  to  the  collector  of 
in­
ternal  revenue,  and  in  a  penal  sum  of 
not  iess  than  five  hundred  dollars ;  and 
the  sum  of  said  bond  may  be 
increased 
from  time to time and additional sureties 
required  at  the  discretion  of  the  collec­
tor  or  under  instructions  of  the Commis­
sioner  of  Internal  Revenue.

That  all  adulterated  butter  shall  be 
packed  by  the  manufacturer 
thereof 
in  firkins,  tubs,  or  other  wooden  pack­
ages  not  before  used  for that  purpose, 
less 
each 
containing  not 
io 
pounds,  and  marked, 
stamped,  and 
branded  as  the Commissioner of Internal 
Revenue,  with  the  approval  of  the  Sec­
retary  of  the  Treasury,  shall  prescribe; 
and  all  sales  made  by  manufacturers  of 
adulterated  butter  shall  be  in  original 
stamped  packages.

than 

Dealers  in  adulterated  butter must sell 
only  original  or  from  original  stamped 
packages,  and  when 
such  original 
stamped  packages  are  broken  the  adul­
terated  butter  sold  from  same  shall  be 
placed 
in  suitable  wooden  or  paper 
packages,  which  shall  be  marked  and 
branded  as  the  Commissioner  of  Inter­
nal  Revenue,  with  the  approval  of  the 
Secretary  o£  the  Treasury,  shall  pre­
scribe.  Every  person  who  knowingly 
sells  or  offers  for  sale,  or  delivers  or 
offers  to  deliver,  any  adulterated  butter 
in  any  other  form  than  in  new  wooden 
or  paper  packages  as  above  described, 
or  who  packs  in  any  package  any  adul­
terated  butter  in  any  manner  contrary 
to  law,  or  who  falsely  brands  any  pack­
age  or  affixes  a  stamp  on  any  package 
denoting  a  less  amount  of  tax  than  that 
required  by  law,  shall  be  fined  for  each 
offense  not  more  than  $1,000 and  be  im­
prisoned  not  more  than  two  years.

That  every  manufacturer  of  adulter­
ated  butter  shall  securely  affix,by  past­
ing,on  each  package  containing adulter­
ated  butter  manufactured  by  him,  a 
label  on  which  shall  be  printed,  besides 
the  number  of  the  manufactory  and  the 
district  and  state 
in  which  it  is  situ­
ated,  these  words:  “ Notice— That  the 
manufacturer  of  the  adulterated  butter 
herein  contained  has  complied  with  all 
the  requirements  of  law.  Every  person 
is  cautioned  not  to  use  either  this  pack­
age  again  or  the  stamp  thereon,  nor  to 
remove  the  contents  of  this  package 
without  destroying  said  stamp,  under 
the  penalty  provided  by 
law  in  such 
cases.’ ’  Every  manufacturer  of  adul­
terated  butter  who  neglects  to  affix  such 
label  to  any  package  containing adulter­
ated  butter  made  by  him,  or  sold  or 
offered  for  sale  for  or  by  him,  and  every 
person  who  removes  any  such  label  so 
affixed  from  any  such  package  shall  be 
fined  fifty  dollars  for  each  package  in 
respect  to  which  such  offense 
is  com­
mitted.
That  upon  adulterated  butter,  when 
manufactured  or  sold  or  removed  for 
consumption  or  use,  there  shall  be  as­
sessed  and  collected  a  tax  of  io cents 
per  pound,  to  be  paid  by  the  manufac­
turer  thereof,  and  any  fractional  part  of 
a  pound  shall  be  taxed  as  a  pound,  and 
that  upon  process  or  renovated  butter, 
when  manufactured  or  sold  or  removed 
for  consumption  or  use,  there  shall  be 
assessed  and  collected  a  tax  of  one- 
fourth  of  one  ‘ cent  per  pound,  to  be 
paid  by  the  manufacturer  thereof,  and 
any  fractional  part  of  a  pound  shall  be 
taxed  as  a  pound.  The  tax  to  be  levied 
by  this  section  shall  be  represented  by 
coupon  stamps,  and  the  provisions  of 
existing 
laws  governing  engraving,  is­
suing,  sale,  accountability,  effacement, 
and  destruction  of  stamps  relating  to 
tobacco  and  snuff,  as  far  as  applicable, 
are  hereby  made  to  apply  to  the  stamps 
provided  by  this  section.

That  the  provisions  of  sections  nine, 
fourteen, 
ten,  eleven,  twelve,  thirteen, 
eighteen, 
fifteen,  sixteen,  seventeen, 
nineteen,  twenty,  and 
twenty-one  of 
“ An  Act  defining  butter,  also  imposing 
a  tax  upon  and  regulating  the  manu­
facture,  sale,  importation,  and  exporta­
tion  of  oleomargarine,”   approved  Au­
gust 
second,  eighteen  hundred  and 
eighty-six,  shall  apply  to  manufacturers 
of  “ adulterated  butter"  to  an  extent

to 

enforce  the  marking, 
necessary 
branding,  identification,  and  regulation 
of  the  exportation  and  importation  of 
adulterated  butter.

approved  August 

Sec.  5.  All  parts  of  an  Act providing 
for  an  inspection  of  meats  for  exporta­
tion, 
thirtieth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  and  of  an 
Act  to  provide  for  the 
inspection  of 
live  cattle,  hogs,  and  the  carcasses  and 
products  thereof  which  are  the  subjects 
of  interstate  commerce  approved  March 
third,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-one, 
and  of  amendment  thereto  approved 
March  second,  eighteen  hundred  and 
ninety-five,  which  are  applicable  to  the 
subjects  and  purposes  described  in  this 
section  shall  apply  to  process  or  reno­
vated  butter.  And  the  Secretary  of  Ag­
riculture  is  hereby  authorized  and  re­
quired  to  cause  a  rigid  sanitary  inspec­
tion  to  be  made  at  such  times  as  be 
may  deem  proper  or  necessary,  of  all 
factories  and  store-houses  where  process 
or  renovated  butter 
is  manufactured, 
packed  or  prepared  for  market,  and  of 
the  products  thereof  and  materials  go­
ing  into  the  manufacture  of  same.  All 
process  or  renovated  butter  and  the 
packages  containing  the  same  shall  be 
marked  with  the words “  Renovated But­
ter"  or “ Process  Butter”   and  by  such 
other  marks, labels  or brands and  in  such 
manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and  no  process 
or  renovated  butter  shall  be  shipped  or 
transported  from  its  place  of  manufac­
ture  into  any  other  state  or  territory  or 
the  District  of  Columbia,  or  to  any 
foreign country,until  it  has  been marked 
as  provided  in  this  section.  The  Sec­
retary  of  Agriculture  shall  make  all 
needful  regulations  for  carrying 
this 
section  into  effect,  and  shall  cause  to  be 
ascertained  and  reported  from  time  to 
time  the  quantity  and  quality  of process 
or  renovated  butter  manufactured,  and 
the  character  and  the  condition  of  the 
material  from  which  it  is  made.  And 
he  shall  also  have  power  to  ascertain 
whether  or  not  materials  used  in  the 
manufacture  of  said  process or renovated 
butter  are  deleterious  to  health  or  un­
wholesome  in  the  finished  product,  and 
in  case  such  deleterious  or  unwhole­
some  materials  are  found  to  be  used  in 
intended 
product 
for  exportation  or 
shipment 
into  other  states  or  in  course 
of  exportation  or  shipment  he shall  have 
power  to  confiscate  the 
same.  Any 
person,  firm,  or  corporation  violating 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall be  deemed  guilty of a misdemeanor 
and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  pun­
ished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dol­
lars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars 
or  bv 
imprisonment  not  less  than  one 
month  nor  more  than  six  months,  or  by 
both  said  punishments,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  court.

shall  keep 

Sec.  6.  That  wholesale  dealers 

in 
oleomargarine,  process,  renovated,  or 
adulterated  butter 
such 
books  and  render  such  returns  in  rela­
tion  thereto  as  the  Commissioner  of  In­
ternal  Revenue,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  may,  by 
such  books 
regulation,  require;  and 
shall  be  open  at  all  times  to  the 
in­
spection  of  any  internal  revenue  officer 
or  agent.  And  any  person who willfully 
violates  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  for  each  such  offense  be 
fined  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  and  not 
exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  and  im­
prisoned  not 
less  than  thirty  days  nor 
more  than  six  months.

Sec.  7.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  on 
the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred 
and  two.

Afore  Im p o rtan t Than  th e  Preaching.
Dorcas— If  the  new  minister’s  trial 
sermon  was  satisfactory,  why  didn’t  you 
engage  him  on  the  spot?

Mrs.  Dorcas—We  had  to take  him  out 
links  first  to  see  how  he  played 

to  the 
golf.

ESTABLISHED  51  YEABS

SOLD ON  COMMISSION 

Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry
Correspondence and  consignments  solicited. 
Reasonable  advances  made.  References: 
Faneuil  Hall  National  Bank,  Boston,  and 
any commercial agency.
L a m  so n   &  Co.,  13  B la c k s to n e   St.,  B o s to n

I  Want  Large  Quantities  of

Eggs,

Butter, Potatoes

I  want  Eggs.  No  quantity  too  large  or  too 
small  to  receive  my  prompt  attention. 
I  am  in  the 
market  the  year  around  for  Spot  Cash  or  to  place 
for  your  account.

Whenever you have  any  to sell,  consign  or  store 
I  am  at  your  command,  but  kindly  re­
I  want  nothing 
in  the  egg  line  except 

wire  me. 
member 
fancy  goods.

I  am  in  touch  with  buyers  all  over  the  East  and 
can place goods to advantage;  no shipments  too large.

Liberal  Advances
when  requested,  on  consignments. 
Ship  me  your 
butter  and eggs.  Write  or  wire  me  and  I  will  give 
you  full  particulars. 
I  handle  more  eggs  than  any 
other  man  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania.

C.  B.  C L A R K

P ro d u ce  a n d   C o m m is sio n   B r o k e r,  S e c o n d   N a t’l  B a n k   B ld g . 

P IT T S B U R G ,  P E N N .

References by  permission:  Diamond  Nat’l  Bank,  U.  S.  Nat'l  Bank,  Second 

Nat’l Bank, Bank of Pittsburg, Liberty Nat’l Bank, Pittsburg.

JOHN  H.  HOLSTEN,

Com m ission  rierchant

75  Warren  Street, 

New  York  City

Specialties:  EGGS  AND  BUTTER.

Special attention given to small shipm ents of eggs.  Quick sales.  Prom pt 
returns.  Consignments  solicited.  Stencils  furnished  on  application.

References:  N. Y. National Ex. Bank, Irving National Bank, N.  Y„  N.  Y.

Produce Review and American Creamery.

JACOB  HOEHN,  J k.

Established  1864

MAX  MAYER

HOEHN  &   M A Y ER  

Produce  Com m ission  M erchants

295  Washington  Street  and  15  Bloomfield  Street  (op.  West Washington  Market),  New  York

SPECIALTIES:

DRESSED  POULTRY,  GAME  AND  EGGS

Stencils  Furnished  Upon  Application 

Correspondence  Solicited

References—Irving National Bank, New York County National Bank.

Ship  your

Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry

to

Fred  Unger,

175*177  Perry  Street, 
BUFFALO,  N.  Y.
We  can  handle  them  in  any  quantity  and  will  guarantee  prompt  returns  and 

highest market prices.

References:  Buffalo Commercial  Bank,  Fidelity  Trust  Co.,  Erie  County  Savings 

Bank,  Dun and  Bradstreet, and any of our  shippers.

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

W om an ’s  W orld
New A ttitude  of the  New  Man  to th e New 

W oman.

The  other  day  a  woman  asked  what  I 
considered  the  noblest  work  of  God, 
and  1  answered  without  hesitation, 
“ The  new  man.”

“ The  new  man!”   she  exclaimed.
“ Certainly,”   I  replied,  “ are  you  so 
poor  an  observer  that  you  have  not  no­
ticed  that  we  have  a  new  man  as well  as 
a  new  woman?  The  old  man,”   I  went 
on,  “ was  a  pretty  good  fellow,  but  the 
is  the  edition  de  luxe  of  bis 
new  man 
kind,  the  flower  of  civilization, 
the 
crowning  triumph  of evolution,  as  much 
superior  to  the  old  Adam  as  a  rubber- 
tired  automobile  is  superior  to  the  old 
creaking  ox  wagon.  Women have  made 
the  journey  of  life  with  both,  but  with 
one  it  is  a  prolonged  luxury,  while  with 
the  other  it  is  a  series  of  jolts.”

The  woman  laughed  and  then  asked: 
“ In  what  respects  does  the  new  man 
differ  from  the  old?”

“ First,  in  gallantry,"  I  answered.
The  woman  stared.
“ Oh,”   1  said,  “ I  know  that  it  is  the 
custom  to  say  that  gallantry  has  gone 
out  of  fashion,  but  that  is  the  rankest 
nonsense  that  was  ever  uttered.  This 
is  the  first  really  chivalrous  age  the 
world  has  ever  known,  because  it  is  the 
first  age  that  has  ever  recognized  wom­
an’s  right  to  a  share,  not  only  in  the 
perquisites  of  life,  but  to  the  neces­
saries.  It  is  mighty  easy  to  be  generous 
and  mighty  hard  to  be  just.  The  old 
man,  when  be  had  it  to  give,  and  after 
he  had  had  all  that  he  wanted,  would 
throw  out  a  dole  in  the  way  of  food  and 
clothes  and  education  to  women  and 
say,  ‘ Take  this  by  my  grace  and  be 
properly  grateful  for  it. ’  The  new  man 
says,  ‘ Come  up,  my  sister,  and  share  in 
all  the  good  things  of  the  world,  co­
heir  of  all  the  ages  with  me. ’

“ Talk  about  your  Sir  Lancelots  and 
Sir  Galahads,  who  went  about  rescuing 
distressed  damsels  and  protecting  help­
less  innocence!  What  is  that  to  the 
chivalry  that  makes  it  possible  for  any 
decent, 
self-respecting,  well-behaved 
woman  to  go  from  one  end  of  the  coun­
try  to  the  other  as  absolutely  safe  as 
if 
she  had  a  whole  battalion  of  armored 
knights  clanking  around  her?  There 
was  a  time,  and 
it  has  not  been  long 
ago,  either,  when  a 
lone  woman  could 
not travel  without  being  subjected to  an­
noyance,  when  a  woman  going  to  a 
hotel  by  herself  was  looked  at  askance 
if  she  was  not  refused  admittance  out­
right,  and  when  no  woman  would  have 
dared  board  a  trolley  car  and  go  alone 
to  the  theater.

“ Now 

fully  half  the  travelers  are 
women.  When  a  woman  arrives  and 
marches  up  to  the  hotel  desk  to  regis­
ter,  nobody  even  looks  at  her,  and  the 
lone  woman  at  the  theater  makes  up  a 
good  part  of  the  audience  and  nobody 
dreams  of  offering  her  insult  because 
she  has  not  a  strong  man  to  protect  her. 
This  is  a  chivalry  of  which  the  age  of 
chivalry  never even  dreamed.

it 

“ It  may  be  true—although  I  do  not 
believe 
is—that  the  old  man  used  to 
pay  us  more  compliments,  but  the  new 
man  gives  us  work,and  between  a  sugar 
plum  and  a  good,  thick  slice  of  bread 
and  butter give  me  the  bread  and  butter 
every  time.  It  has  been  my  lot  to  work, 
side  by  side  and  shoulder  to  shoulder, 
with  men  for  many  years  now,  and  their 
generosity  to  women,  their  helpfulness, 
their  consideration  and  patience  have 
seemed  to  me  at  times  absolutely  god­
like. 
I  have  never  known  any  woman

who  was  at  all  competent  and  who 
showed  even  a  fair  amount  of  reason 
and  good  temper  who  did  not  find  that 
the  men  who  were  her  co-workers  would 
go  out  of  their  way  to  help  her  and  do 
things  for  her  that  they  would  not  have 
troubled  to  have  done  for a  man.

“ Fifty  years  ago,  when  a  woman  was 
left  poor or  born  poor,  there was nothing 
for her  to  do  but  to  endure the bittemes 
of  her  lot.  She  was  forced  to  eat  the 
bread  of  dependence,  and  only  too  often 
she  grew  narrow  and  sour  and  cross  and 
mischiefmaking,  because  her  whole  na­
ture  was  warped  by  envying  those  who 
had  the  good  things  of 
life  that  she 
craved,  and  her  active  brain,  lacking 
wholesome  employment  and 
interest, 
vented  itself  in  spleen.  To-day  women 
and  men  stand  absolutely  upon  the same 
plane  so  far  as  the  ability  to  make  a 
good 
is  concerned,  and  there  is 
no  woman  who  need  want  the  things 
that  money  buys  unless  she  is  too  lazy 
or  too  ignorant  or  too  proud  to  work.

living 

independence 

“ Thisgreat  and  glorious  opportunity, 
that  is  as  much  better than  being  sup­
ported  as 
is  better  than 
charity,we  owe  to the  new  man.  He  has 
flung  open  the  gates  of  trade  and  the 
professions,  and  so  far  from  resenting 
our  intrusions 
in  them,  he  gives  us 
everywhere  a  helping  and  a  welcoming 
hand.

“ Another  place  where  the  new  man 
is  in 
is  a  vast  improvement  on  the  old 
the  domestic  relations.  When  the  old 
man  got  married  he  had  one  single  idea 
and  that  was  that  he  was  going  to  be 
the  head  of  the  house,  and  he  honestly 
believed  that  all  any  woman  could  pos­
sibly  ask  or expect  was  the  felicity  of 
being  his  wife  and  waiting  upon  him 
hand  and  foot  as  long  as  she  lived.  He 
did  not  mean  to  be  unkind.  Ob,  no, 
far  from  it.  Only  that  was  just  how  he 
thought  she  would  enjoy  herself  most. 
He  treated  her  like  a combination slave, 
child  and  plaything.

“ The  new  man  marries  for  just  one 
thing—to  get  a  partner.  He  does  not 
desire  slavish  obedience.  He  does  not 
want  childish  whims  and  unreason  and 
caprice.  He 
is  not  looking  for  a  toy. 
What  he  wants  in  a  wife  is  a  woman 
who  has  intelligence  enough  to  compre­
hend  him  and  judgment  enough  to  ad­
vise  him  and  love  enough  to  make 
life 
sweet  and  beautiful.

“ If  he  marries  a  woman  of  talent  he 
does  not  put  her to  scrubbing  floors  and 
making  beds  and  doing  the  work  of a  $2 
hired  girl  because  the  old  popular  ideal 
of  domesticity  required  that  of  the wife. 
He  leaves  her  free  to  develop  her  own 
genius  and 
live  her  own  untrammeled 
spiritual  and  mental  life,  secure  always 
that  her  heart  returns  to  him  as  the 
homing  pigeon  to  its  nest.

“ The  other  day  I  was  dining  with  a 
woman  who,  to  my  mind,  is  the  greatest 
American  woman  novelist  and  who  is 
certainly  one  of  the  most  successful  and 
best  known.  The  conversation  turned 
on  this  very  topic  and  the  husband 
laughed  and  said:

“   ‘ Before  we  were  married,  a  friend 
came  to  me  and  strongly  advised  me 
not to  do  it. 
“ W hy,"  he  said,  “ if  you 
marry  her  you  will  be  merely  Mrs.  B.'s 
husband.”

“   ‘  “  Well, ’ ’ I replied,  “  I think that  is 

honor  enough  for  any  man.”

“   ‘  “ But you will surely make her give 
up  her  name  after  you  are  married,  and 
take  yours,”   my  friend  urged.

“   *  “ Indeed,  I  will  not,”   I  replied. 
“ She  has  worked  for  years  making  her 
name  famous,  and  any  woman  who  has 
that  much  in  her deserves  all  that  she

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in  food  when  much 

or closets.  He  indulged  in  this  extrav­
agance 
less  ex­
pensive  food  materials,such as  regularly 
come  upon  the  tables  of  men  of  wealth, 
would  have  been  just  as  nutritious,  just 
as  wholesome  and  in  every  way  just  as 
good,  save  in  their gratification  to pride 
and  palate.  He  was  committing an  im­
mense  economic  blunder.  Like  thou­
sands of  others,he  did  so  without  under­
standing  at  all  that  it  was  a  blunder.”
In  view  of  such  mistakes  as  the  one 
cited  above,  a  more  general  knowledge 
¡of  the  nutritive  value  of  the  different 
food  materials  seems  to  be  urgently 
needed.  Most  of  us  have 
learned,  per­
haps  mechanically,  that  the  principal 
life-giving 
ingredients  in  food  are  pro­
tein, 
fats,  carbohydrates  and  mineral 
matter,  and  we  go  on  buying  whatever 
pleases  our  fancy,  neglecting  to  put  our 
knowledge  to  practical  use. ,  Instead  of 
depending  upon  dried  peas,  beans, 
oatmeal  and  the  different  preparations 
of  wheat  to  furnish the necessary amount 
of  protein  and  fat,  we  prefer  to  take 
them  in  the  shape  of  meats,  which  sup­
ply  them  in  the  smallest  measure and  in 
the  costliest  form.  Some  meats  we  must 
have,  for  the  claims  of  the  appetite  can 
not  be  ignored;  but  we  can  at  least  use 
judgment  in  their  purchase.  There 
is 
no  more  nourishment  in  the  tenderloin 
is  in  the  round  or 
of  beef  than  there 
shoulder;  it 
is  even 
less  valuable  as 
food,  but  we  like  it  because  it  is  more 
delicate.  A  person  well  skilled  in  buy­
ing  will  purchase  the  cheaper  cuts  at 
least  a  part  of  the  time,  and  depend 
upon  careful  cooking  and  tasteful  serv­
ing  to  make  them  palatable.  Eggs  and 
fish  are  abundant  at  this  season  and 
afford  a  most  agreeable  change  from 
meat.  Cod,  haddock,  halibut,  winter 
pickerel  and  even  herring  can  be  used 
to  advantage  as  spring  comes  on.

Cora  Stowell.

Many  a  deluded  man  who  thinks  he 
is  marrying  a  woman  discovers  later  on 
that  the  woman  married  him.

T h in gs  W e  Sell

Iron pipe, brass rod, steam fittings, 
electric  fixtures,  lead  pipe,  brass 
wire,  steam  boilers,  gas  fixtures, 
brass  pipe,  brass  tubing,  water 
heaters,  mantels,  nickeled  pipe, 
brass  in  sheet,  hot  air  furnaces, 
fire place goods.

Weatherly & Pulte

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

New  Model  Eagle  Generator

it  is 
can  get,  and  I  shall  feel  that 
enough  for  her  to  add  my  name  to  the 
one  that  she  has  made  celebrated.”   ’

‘ ‘ Nor  is  this  the  only  way  in  which 
the  new  man  shows  his  broadness  in 
appreciating  woman’s  point  of  view. 
Financial  matters,  so  long  the  rock  on 
which  so  much  family  happiness  was 
wrecked,  are  adjusted  with  more  fair­
ness. 
It  is  a  common  thing  for  men  to 
allow  their  wives  a  separate  bank  ac­
count  or,  at  least,  make  the  woman  of 
the  family  an  allowance  of  her own  that 
keeps  her  from  the  mortifying  necessity 
of  asking  for  every  penny.  Men  are 
finding  out  that  you  can  only  make 
women  trustworthy  by  trusting  them. 
The  most  cruel  thing  a  man  can  do  is 
to  keep  his  wife  in  absolute  ignorance 
of  all  business  matters,  and,  perchance, 
die  and  leave  her  either  penniless  and 
helpless  or  else  the  prey of every sharper 
that  comes  along,  and  men  are  begin­
ning  to  realize  that  and  try  to guard 
against  it.

‘ ‘ Indeed,  nothing  is  more  pronounced 
in  every  phase  of  domestic  relationship 
than  this  new  attitude  of  the  new  man 
It  is  one  of  broad 
to  the  new  woman. 
comradeship.  They  have  the  same 
in­
terests,  the 
same  studies,  the  same 
plans,  the  same  aspirations,  and  nobody 
can  doubt  that  they  will  go  forward 
hand 
in  hand  to  a  happiness  of  which 
old  Adam  and  Eve  never  dreamed.”

‘ ‘ Why  does  he  not  give  woman 
suffrage,  then?”   asked  the  woman  a 
trifle  maliciously.

‘ ‘ He  w ill,”   I  answered,  ‘ ‘ as  soon  as 
there  are  enough  of  him.  As  soon  as 
man  recognizes  woman  as  a  human  be­
ing,  with  a 
just  right  to  share  in  the 
work  and  the  rewards  of  the  labor of  the 
world,  be  is  bound  to  accord  her  a  right 
to  help  make  the  laws  that  govern  her. 
It  is  only  because  the  old  man  thought 
that  we  were  dolls, stuffed  with  sawdust, 
that  he  withheld  the  franchise  from  us. 
Of  course,  the  declaration  of  independ­
ence  did  not  apply  to  dolls,  but  with 
live  women 
it  is  different.  The  new 
man  has  waked  up  to that  important 
fact,  and  he  will  present  us  the  ballot 
on  a  silver  salver. 
See  if  he  doesn't.”  

Dorothy  Dix.

The  L av   of Compensation.

“ Just 

Bridget  and  Pat  were  sitting  in  an 
armchair  reading  an  article  on  “ The 
Law  of  Compensation.”

fancy,”   exclaimed  Bridget; 
‘ ‘ accordin’  to  this,  whin  a  mon  loses 
wan  av 
'is  sinses  another  gits  more 
developed.  For  instance,  a  bloind  mon 
gits  more  sinse  av  bearin'  an’  touch, 
an'—

“ Shure,  ain’t  it’s  quite  thrue,”   an­

‘ ‘ O i’ve  noticed 

swered  Pat.
it  meself.  Whin  a 
mon  has  wan  leg  shorter  than  the  other, 
begorra  the  other’s  longer.”

Use  of Common  Sense  in  M arketing.
Women  are  generally  willing  to  admit 
that  it  takes  brains  to  run  a house  prop­
erly.  It  is  quite  true  that,  except  in  the 
case  of  the  very  poor,  a  woman’s  work 
in  the  house  is  less  laborious  and  exact­
ing  than  a  man's. 
It  is  for that  very 
reason  that  she  should  perform  it  com­
petently  and  scientifically.  And  no­
where  do  thought  and  skill  show  better 
results  than  in  marketing.  Marketing, 
for  the  wealthy,  is  a  simple  matter.  But 
for  a  family  in  moderate  circumstances, 
the  art  of  going  to  market  is  suscep­
tible  of  infinite  development. 
It  can  be 
taken  up  seriously— may  be  studied  as 
a  profession—and  certainly  can  be made 
a  most  delightful  occupation.

A  thoughtful  writer,  Mrs.  W.  A.  G il­
bert,  recently  urged  these  very  consider­
ations  with  a  good  deal  of  point.  Mrs. 
Gilbert,  evidently  speaking  from  wide 
experience,  advised  women  to  do  their 
own  marketing,  instead  of  relegating 
this 
important  feature  of  the  domestic 
administration  to  a  servant.  Her  rea­
son  was  that  in  this  way  a woman  learns 
the 
the 
state  of  the  market,  the  quality  of 
goods,  and is  thus  able  not  only  to  make 
a  wise  selection  for  the  day,  but  to  ac­
quire  a  knowledge  which  stands  her  in 
good  stead  ever  after.

ins  and  outs  of  purchasing, 

less 

As  a  general  thing  a  woman  prefers 
to  give  her  personal  supervision  to  the 
d  tails  of  the  adornments  of  dress;  is  it 
any 
important  then  to  look  well  to 
the  kind  of  food  necessary  to  build  up 
the  body  that  is  to  be  adorned? 
It  is 
not  uncommon  to  meet  women  who  are 
expert  shoppers 
in  the  dry  goods  line 
who  are  woefully 
ignorant  or careless 
when  it  comes  to  the  question  of  buying 
provisions.  Often  a  housekeeper  who 
would  indignantly  refuse  the  offer  of  a 
soiled  yard  of  ribbon  or  a  damaged 
length  of  dress  goods  will  meekly  ac­
cept  articles  in  the  meat  or  grocery  line 
which  are  almost,  if  not  quite,  unfit  for 
food.  Unscrupulous  dealers  soon  come 
to  know'these  customers  and  get  rid  of 
a  vast  amount  of  questionable  merchan­
dise  with  their  help.  On  the  other hand, 
an  honest  dealer  respects  a  careful  buy­
er  and  is  always  willing  to  give  her  the 
benefit  of  any  genuine  bargain  he  may 
have  in  the  store.

In  marketing  start  out  with  this  idea: 
That  you  will  be  a  just  steward  of  your 
husband’s  money,  or  of  your own,  if  you 
have  no  husband.  Make  up  your  mind 
that  as  nearly  as  you  can  you  are  going 
to  get  the  value  of  the  sums  expended. 
Keep  in  view  the  principle  that  the 
money  you  hand  out 
is  good  money; 
that  there  is  nothing  the  matter  with  i t ; 
that  the  merchant  to  whom  you  pay 
it

can  take  it and  claim  its  equivalent  in 
any  commodity  he  may  wish  to  pur­
chase.  Therefore,  he  has  no  right to 
give  you 
inferior  goods  for  it.  Re­
member  that  this  disposition  to  obtain 
the  worth  of  your  money  is  not  “ kick­
ing,”   although  often  called  so by second 
class  dealers.  A  tactful  woman  will 
never  lose  her  temper  and  make  a  spec­
tacle  of  herself  in  a  provision  store  any 
more  than  she  will 
in  an  art  gallery. 
If  not  met  with  courtesy  and  fair  treat­
ment,  she  will  quietly  go  elsewhere,  for 
if  she  pays  cash,  which  it  is  supposed 
she  will,  she  is  altogether  independent 
and  may  give  her  trade  to  whom  she 
pleases.

Do  not  be  led  away  by  the  advice  of 
people  who  are  not  well  up  in  their sub­
ject  and  who  always  advocate  a  certain 
standard  of  quantity  to  be  purchased, 
regardless  of  the  size  of  the  family to  be 
provided  for.  Goods  that  come  into  the 
house  by  the  wholesale  soon  lose  the 
charm  of  novelty;  just  the  knowledge 
that  there  are  such  vast  stores  to  draw 
upon  will  tend  to  detract  from  the desir­
ableness  of  the  commodity,  whatever  it 
is,  and  the  housekeeper  finds  herself be­
coming  worried  and  tormented 
lest  a 
part  of  what  she  has  bought  will  go  to 
waste.  Many  kinds  of  provisions  lose 
in  quality  and  value  through  long  keep­
ing  and  prove  an  expensive 
investment 
in  the  long  run,  no  matter  how  cheaply 
obtained  at  first.  Of  late  years  the  sale 
and  the  bargain  counter  may  be  found 
even  at  grocery  stores,  and  women  flock 
to  purchase  goods  that  afterwards  are 
stored  aloft  and  forgotten  and  sold  for  a 
song  or  given  away  when  the  next 
house-cleaning 
comes  around. 
Such  mistaken  economy  has  helped  to 
ruin  many  a  man.

time 

The  maxim  that  “ the  best  is  the 
cheapest”  only partially applies  to  food, 
because  there  are  many  kinds  which  are 
cheap  and  at  the  same  time  thoroughly 
adapted  to  the  needs  of  a  healthy  per­
son. 
Inexperienced  buyers  are  pretty 
certain  to  think  that  the  food  which  has 
the  finest  flavor  and  the  most  attractive 
appearance,  and  is  of  course  sold  at  the 
highest  price,  must  be  the  best  food  to 
buy.  That  this  is  a  mistake  is  well  il­
lustrated  by  the  following  case:

“ A  coal 

laborer  paid  $156  a  year  for 
the  nicest  cuts  of  meat,  which  his  wife 
had  to  cook  before  6  in  the  morning  or 
after  6 at  night  because  she  worked  all 
day  in  the  factory.  When  excellent but­
ter  was  selling  at  25  cents  a  pound  he 
paid  29 cents  for an  extra  quality.  He 
spent  $108  a  year  for  clothing  for  his 
family  of  nine,  and  only  $72  a  year  for 
rent  in  a  close  tenement  house  where 
they  slept 
in  rooms  without  windows

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eat  meat  by  so  many  is having the effect 
of  raising  the  price  of  beans.  They  are 
strong  and  tend  upward  right  along 
Choice  marrows,  $2.20;  choice medium, 
$1.75 ;  choice  pea,  £i.82J£@i.85 ;  choice 
red  kidney,  $2.20.

The  demand  for  butter appears  to  be 
sufficiently  active  to  keep  the  market 
closely  sold  up,  even  although  supplies 
are  quite 
liberal.  The  market  for the 
better  sorts  is (especially  firm  and  best 
Western se'lls  readily  at  23c.  Possibly  a 
fraction  more  might  be  obtained  but 
dealers  are  desirous  of  keeping  stocks 
down,  so  that  future  arrivals  can  be 
taken  care  of.  Seconds  to  firsts,  21^ 
i9@2ij^c, 
22j^c;  imitation  creamery, 
Western  factory,  I9@2oJ£c, 
latter  for 
fancy  stock;  renovated,  I9@ 2ic.

The  week  has  passed  with  the  usual 
amount  of  trading  in  cheese  and,  natur­
ally  the  stocks  are  becoming  decidedly 
small—that  is,  old  cheese.  Quotations 
are  practically  without  change,  the  bet 
ter  grades  of  full  cream  selling  at  131 
13XC  for old  and  iiX @ u j£ c  for  new.

retains  all 

egg  market 

its 
strength.  Storage  sections  of  Western 
stock  will  bring  17&C  without  trouble 
regular  pack,  io^@ iyc;  fair  to  good 
i6@i6j£c.

The 

Am erican  Apples  in  Germ any.

Butter

I  a lw a y s  
w a n t  it.

E. F. Dudley

O wosso,  Mich.

<a>

The New York Marke

Special  Features  of th e Grocery and Prod 

nee Trades.

Special Correspondence.

New  York,  May  3— Receipts  of  coffee 
at  primary  points  continue  large and  we 
can  only  repeat  the  same  old  story  of 
an  average  trade.  Sales  are  of  small 
lots  and  buyers  are  certainly  not  over 
anxious  to  buy ahead.  At  the  close  Rio 
No.  7  was quotable  in  an 
invoice  way 
at  5>44@6c. 
In  Rio  and  Santos  the  re 
ceipts  since  July  1  have  aggregated 
13,981,000  bags,  against  9,906,000  bag 
during  the  same  time  last  year.  In  store 
and  afloat  there  are  2,341,909  bags, 
against  1,239,831  bags  at  the  same  time 
a  year  ago.  Mild  grades  move  slowly 
and  the  week  has,  in  fact,  hardly  been 
up  to  the  average.  Good  Cucuta 
worth  about  8#c.  East 
Indias-  are 
steady,  but  the  volume  of  business 
somewhat  limited.  Prices  are  without 
change.

The  supply  of  country  green  and 
Pingsuey  teas 
is  becoming  lighter all 
the  time and  the  market  is characterized 
by  greater  firmness  than  has  been shown 
for a  long  time.  Blacks  are  dragging 
but,  upon  the  whole,  the  situation  is  fa 
vorable  in  the  tea  market  for  the  seller,
While  sales  of  sugar  as  yet  are  not 
large  in  any  particular  case,  orders  are 
becoming  more  numerous  and  there 
every 
indication  that  the  season  is  so 
well  advanced  that  a  more  active  suga 
trade  must  ensue.  Raws  have  gained 
strength 
in  a  pronounced  manner  and 
refined  seem  to  be  in  sympathy  there 
with.

The  supply  of  really  desirable  domes 
tic  grades of  rice  is  not  very  large  and, 
with  a  pretty  good  demand,  the  market 
closes  with  a  fairly  strong  undertone, 
Choice  to  head,  5^@6j^c.

Notwithstanding  efforts  made  to  bull 
the  market  the  general  situation 
in 
spices  is  certainly  flat.  Pimento  seems 
to  be  a  little  better  in  tone,  but  no  spe 
cial  advance  has  taken  place. 
Sales 
generally  are  of  small  lots  and  buyers 
are  not  inclined  to  purchase  ahead.

The  molases  market  is  in  a  fairly  sat­
isfactory  condition.  Orders  are  arriving 
as  often  as  might  be  expected  at  this 
time  of  year  and,  as  sellers  are  firm 
in 
their  views,  buyers  are  not  seeking  for 
“ bargains.”   They  realize  that  it  will 
be  time  wasted.  Good  to  prime,  I7@ 
27c.  Centrifugals  of  the  better  sort  are 
held 
in  few  hands  and,  of  course,  are 
firm.  Syrups  are  in  light  sale,  neither 
exporters  nor the  home  trade doing more 
than  a  small  business.

call 

Quietude  prevails  in  canned  goods 
everywhere.  The 
is  mostly  for 
small  lots  of  cheap  vegetables,  but  does 
not  reach  ..the  proportions  of  activity. 
A  good  deal  of  new  stuff  is  arriving 
and  this  accounts  largely  for the  falling 
off  in  canned  stuff.  The  best  that  can 
be  said  is  that  prices  are well sustained, 
unless  we  make  an  exception  in the case 
of  peas,  of  which  there  seems  to  be  too 
large  a  supply  and,  perhaps,  in  some 
cases  a  little  concession  would  be  made 
to  effect  sales.  Spot  tomatoes  sell  well, 
but  there  is  little  doing  in futures.  De­
sirable  New  Jersey  goods,  3s,  on  the 
spot,  are  worth  $1.37^  and  possibly 
some  have  sold  at  $1.40,  but  not  enough 
to  establish  the  rate  at  that  figure.  New 
Jersey  futures,  go@92^c.  There  has 
been  a 
little  break  in  the  price  of  sal­
mon.  The  article  started  a  week  or  so 
ago  at $1.50.  This  was  regarded  as  too 
high  by  good  authorities,  but  there  was 
no  reduction  until  the  firm  of  F.  M. 
Warren  cut  under  this  rate  10c  per  doz. 
Buyers  are  not  especially  enthusiastic, 
however.

Lemons  and  oranges  are  selling  more 
freely  than  last  week  and  quotations  are 
well  sustained. 
lemons,  $2.45 
@3.80;  Californias,  $2.5o@3.25.  Cali­
fornia  oranges,  $2.75@5.  The  stock  of 
Florida  oranges  is  becoming  decidedly 
small.

Sicily 

There  is  a  stronger  market  for  dried 
currants  and  the  market 
is  about  as 
close  to  5c  as  it  can  be  without  actually 
touching  that  figure.  In other lines  there 
is  nothing  doing  and  the situation seems 
to  be  a  waiting  one  with  sellers  as  well 
as  with  buyers.  Possibly  the  refusal  to

Vice-Consul  B.  F.  Liefeld,  stationed 
at  Freiburg,  Germany,  writes  that  in  a 
recent  interview  with  a  prominent  fruit 
and  produce  dealer  in  the  Grand  Duchy 
of  Baden  he  was  told  that  a  large  de 
mand  for  American  apples  and  apple 
products  could  be  created  in  Germany, 
f  a  little  more  care  were  taken  by  the 
producers  and  exporters.  He  informed 
the  Consul  that  the  dried  apples  arrive 
'n  fair  condition,  but  that  the  evapo­
rated  apples  do  not;  nor  can  they  be 
kept  in  the  market  for  any  length  of 
time,  for  they  soon  become  mouldy  or 
decay.  This  dealer  suggests  that  the 
pples  should  be  more  thoroughly  evap­
orated  and  then  properly  packed  for  the 
export  trade.  He  says  there  is  a  great 
demand  for  American  evaporated  ap 
pies,  and  if  they  can  be  received  in bet 
ter  condition  there  are  prospects  of  a 
still  further  increase  of  trade.  He  also 
referred  to  the  unsatisfactory  condition 
n  which  raw  apples  are  often  received, 
and  suggested  that  the  same  care  should 
be  taken  in  handling  and  packing  ap­
is  used  with  oranges;  if  they 
ples  as 
were  packed 
in  paper  or  in  layers  of 
straw  it  might be  a  guaranty  of  their  ar­
rival 
these 
points  are  taken  into  consideration,  this 
gentleman  claims .that  the  market  for 
American  apples  and  products  thereof 
will  be  enormously  enlarged.

sound  condition. 

in 

If 

In  a  case  of  emergency  it  is  some 
times  advisable  to  reward  the  man  who 
helped  you  to  emerge.

Do  You  W ant

The services of a  prompt,  reliable  EGG 
HOUSE  during the  spring  and  summer 
to handle your large  or  small  shipments 
for you?

Ship  now to

0. Snedecor & Son,

Egg  Receivers,
36  Harrison  Street,  N.  Y.

Est.  1865. 

Reference  N. Y. Nat.  Ex.  Bank.

If  You  W ant

intelligent activity in your  be­
half,  ship  your  Butter,  Eggs 
and  Cheese  to

Stephen  Underhill,

Commission  Merchant,
7 and  9  Harrison  Street, 
New  York  City.

Ship me your Fresh Butter and Eggs.  Old  es­
tablished; thoroughly reliable; strong financially. 
Reference :  Any Bank or Commercial Agency.

¡E G G S

We are the largest receivers  of  eggs
in this section.  We have a large and
growing demand  for  Michigan  eggs
and  can  handle  all  you  can  send.
We  guarantee  prompt  returns  and
full  market  value  on  all  consign-
ments.  We  have  been  established
35  years  and  have  a  reputation  for
honesty and  fair  dealing.  We  refer  i
you to  the  Third  National  Bank  of  !
Baltimore or the Mercantile Agencies.

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BALTIMORE,  Md.

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GARDEN  SEEDS

Our stocks  are complete,  quality  the  best,  prices  the lowest.
A L F R E D  J. BROW N S E E D  CO.

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POTATOES

Wanted  in carlots only.  We pay highest  market  price. 

In  writing  state  variety

and  quality.

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23

The  Meat  Market

Iro n   Clad  Credit A greem ent of  tlie  Beef 

T rust.

The  full  text  of  the  iron  clad  credit 
agreement  of  the  members  of  the  beef 
trust  is  as  follows:

1.  The  undersigned  agree  that  on 
and  after  Aug.  7,  1899,  all  dealers  in 
fresh  meats  may  have  the  privilege  of 
paying  their  bills  of  the  previous  week 
on  or  before  the  Monday  following  date 
of  sale.  All fresh  meats must  be  weighed 
and  charged  to  customers  on  day  of 
sale.  Should,  however,  any  dealer  in 
fresh  meats  be  delinquent  on  any  ac­
count  contracted  after  the  above  date 
he  shall  be  sold  for  cash  or  check  only 
until  such  account  is  paid  in  full. 
It  is 
further  understood  and  agreed  that  this 
agreement  does  not  apply  to  sales  of 
provisions,  but  does  cover  all  sales  of 
fresh  meats,  the  term  "fresh  meat" 
meaning  all  beef,  pork,  veal  or  mutton 
in  carcass,  or  any  portion  of  the  same 
which  has  not  been  cured,  pickled, 
smoked  or  canned;  also  all  dressed 
poultry  and  game.

2.  All  dealers  in  fresh  meats  entitled 
to  credit  shall  have  the  privilege of pay­
ing  their  bills  by  check,  checks,  how­
ever,  to  be  deposited  not  later than  the 
day  following  their  receipt,  and  no  post 
dated  checks  to  be  accepted.  No  check 
(unless  certified)  to  be  taken  from  any. 
dealer  whose  check  has  been  twice  re­
fused  at  the  bank  during  three  months. 
If  payment 
is  refused  by  the  bank  on 
any  check  received  by  a  party  to  this 
agreement  he  shall  make  immediate  re­
port  of  the  matter  to  the  arbitrator,  and 
the  dealer  from  whom  check  is  received 
shall  be  sold  only  for  cash  or check  un­
til  the  dishonored  check  is  paid.  Dis­
honored  checks  returned  to  members  in 
cases  where  the  maker  of  the  check 
is 
not  the  party  from  whom  it  is  received 
shall  first  be  presented  for  redemption 
to  the  party  from  whom  it  is  received, 
and 
if  not  redeemed  at  once  by  him  he 
shall  be  immediately  reported  to  the  ar­
bitrator  as  a  delinquent.
3.  We  hereby  appoint  Arthur  Colby 
arbitrator  under  this  agreement  at a  sal­
ary  of  $3,000  per  annum,  to  be  paid  by 
us  pro  rata,  with  full  power  to  examine 
our  books,  papers  and  accounts,  and  to 
impose  and  collect  a  fine  of  not  more 
than  fifty  ($50)  dollars  for  each  viola­
tion  of  this  agreement  that  may  be 
proved  to  his  satisfaction,  and  from  his 
decision  no  appeal  Shall  lie.  This  ap­
pointment  to  terminate  by  thirty  (30) 
days’  notice  in  writing  on  either side.

4. 

If  any  party  to  this  agreement 
shall  disclose  to  anyone  (outside dealers 
and  others)  information  as  to  the  delin­
quency  of  any  customer  in  the  payment 
of  his  account  whereby  his  credit  may 
be 
in  any  wise  affected,  a  fine  of  fifty 
($50)  dollars  shall  be  imposed  for  each 
and  every  offense.
5.  We  each  agree  to  keep  on  deposit 
with  the  arbitrator  the  sum  of  one  hun­
dred  ($100)  dollars  to  secure  payment of 
such  fines,  and'all  fines  shall  be  applied 
toward  the  expense  of  conducting  this 
agreement.  These  deposits,  or  the  bal­
ance  thereof,  shall  be  returned  to  us  by 
the  arbitrator  should  we  ever  withdraw 
from  this  agreement  or this  agreement 
cease.
6.  We  each  agree  to  have  our  repre­
sentatives  meet  with  the  arbitrator  at  2 
o’clock  p.  m.  on  Tuesday  of  each  week 
and  then  and  there  furnish  the  arbitra­
tor  with  the  names  of  all  parties  delin­
quent  and  with  the  amount  of  their  de­
linquency.
We  also  agree  to  notify  the  arbitrator 
promptly  of  the  payment  of  delinquent 
accounts.
In  case  the  amount  for  which  any cus­
tomer  is  delinquent  at  any  time  con­
sists  of  a  disputed  balance,  such  cus­
tomer  shall  not  be  reported  as  delin­
quent,  but  his  name  and  the  circum­
stances  shall  be  stated  in  open  meeting, 
and  it  shall  depend  upon  the unanimous 
vote  of  the  representatives  present—or, 
in  the  event  of  a  disagreement,  upon the 
decision  of  the  arbitrator—whether  such 
customer  shall  be  sold  for  cash  or  check 
only  until  the  dispute  is  adjusted.
7.  No account shall be paid  by  note 
for  the  purpose of extending  credit,  or

q. 

by  loan  from  any  of  the  parties  to  the 
agreement,  or  from  any  of  their  em­
ployes,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  nor 
shall  any  of  the  parties  to  this  agree­
ment  or  any  of  their  employes  in  any 
way  assist  a  customer  to  pay  his  ac­
count.

8.  We  further agree  that  should  any 
of  us  acquire  any  special  security  from 
any  party  for  an  account contracted sub­
sequent  to  the  date  of  this  agreement, 
we  will  promptly  notify  the  arbitrator, 
who  shall  inform  the  other parties hereto 
fully  in  the  premises.

In  case  of  country  trade it  shall be 
considered  that  a  delivery  of  goods  to 
an  express  company  C.  O.  D.  for  a 
party  who  is  on  the  delinquent  list  con­
stitutes  full  compliance  with  this  agree­
ment.

10.  This  agreement  may  be dissolved 
or  any  of  the  parties  hereto  in  good 
standing  may  withdraw  upon 
thirty 
days’  notice  in  writing  to  the  arbitrator 
to that  effect.

The  refused  check  of  a  C.  O.  D.  cus­
tomer  must  be  reported  the  same  as  any 
other.
All  straight  purchases  of  $5  or  less 
shall  not  be  furnished  to  the  arbitrator, 
but  all  accounts  of  $5  or  less  which  are 
in  the  nature  of  a  dispute  or  error  shall 
be  sent  to  the  arbitrator,  who  shall  keep 
the  same  on  file for purpose  of reference.
The  item  of  burlaps  shall  not  enter  as 
a  factor  to  cause  or  continue  a  delin­
quency  of  a  dealer.

It  is  upon  this  alleged  agreement  the 
Government  has  laid  the  foundation  for 
its  suit.

How  to  H u rt  the  Beef Trust.

Professor  H.  W.  Wiley,  Chief  Chemist 
of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  in  a 
discussion  last  week  called  forth  by  the 
present  prevailing  high  price  of  beef, 
earnestly  advocated  the  more  general 
use  of  cereals  as  food.  Professor  Wiley 
said  that,  without going into the question 
of  price,  Indian  corn,  wheat,  oats,  rye 
and  rice  contained,  so  far  as  actual 
nourishment  was  concerned,  everything 
necessary to  supply the  waste  of the body 
and  give  the  necessary  heat  and  energy 
to  the  system,  and  said  it  was  very  well 
known  that  men  nourished  very  exten­
sively  on  cereals  were  capable  of  the 
hardest  and  most  enduring  manual 
la­
bor.  Meats  were  quickly  digested  and 
furnished  an  abundance  of  energy  soon 
after  consumption,  but were  not  retained 
in  the  digestive  organism 
long  enough 
to  sustain  permanent  muscular exertion. 
On  the  other  hand,  cereal  foods  were 
more 
furnished  the 
energy  necessary  to  digestion  and  the 
vital  functions  in  a  more  uniform  man­
ner,  and  were  thus  better  suited  to  sus­
tain  hard  manual  labor  for  a long period 
of  time.  The  working  men  or 
the 
country,  Professor  Wiley  said,  should 
consider  this  point  and  accustom  them­
selves  more  and  more  to  the  use  of  cer­
eals  as  their  foods.  When  properly 
prepared  and  served, 
they  were,  he 
said,  palatable  as  well  as  nutritious,  and 
their  judicious  use  would tend  to dimin­
ish  the  craving  for  meats,  which,  how­
ever,  it  was  not  advisable  to  exclude 
entirely  from  the  diet.  Professor  Wiley 
said 
it  seemed  probable  that  the  prices 
of  meat,  now  abnormally  high,  would 
never  again  descend  to  as  low  a  point 
as  was  reached  a  few  years  ago,  and 
that  the  condition  which  now confronted 
the  American  people  was,  therefore,  one 
of  considerable  permanency  and  should 
be  met  and  considered  as  such.

slowly  digested, 

S E N T   ON  A P P R O V A L !
■THE  STS1R  PE A X  UT 
VENDING  MACHINE
For  automatically  sel li ng 
salted shelled peanuts.  Op­
erates with a cent and is per­
fectly  legitimate.  •  It  is  at­
tractive  and  lucrative — not 
an  experiment,  but  act ual  
f a c ts   from  actual  results. 
Handsomely  finished,  an d  
will  increase  your  sales  at 
large profit.  Try It;  th a t’s 
> the test!  My circular gives
full  description  and  brings

price and terms.  Shall I send it to you ?

_ 

M anufactured  by

W.  0.  HENSHAW,  Kalamazoo.  Mich.

WE  GUARANTEE

Our Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VIN­
EGAR.  To anyone  who  will  analyze  it  and  find any deleterious 
acids, or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit

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

j . r o b in s o n . Manager.____________ Benton ttarbor,Mtchigan,.

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for all kinds of

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Truit  Packages 

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Bushels,  Half  Bushels  and  Covers;  Berry  Crates  and  Boxes; 
Climax Grape  and  Peach  Baskets. 
Write us for prices on carlots or less.

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Strawberries===New  Garden  Truck

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We pay the highest market price for Onions, Potatoes and Eggs. 

14 and  16  Ottawa  Street, Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

The  Vinkemulder  Company, 

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C L O V E R ,  T IM O T H Y ,  F IE L D   P E A S

Send us your orders for seeds.  Fill promptly.

MOSELEY  BROS.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
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SEND  YOUR

BUTTER  AND  EGGS

TO

G R A N D   R APID S

And receive highest prices and quick returns.

C.  D.  CRITTENDEN,  98  South  Division  Street

Successor  to  C.  H.  Libby

Both  Phones  1300

EGGS  WANTED

We want several thousand cases eggs for storage, and  when  you  have  any  to  offer 

write for prices or call us up by phone if we fail to quote you.

Butter

Scarce and wanted also.

WHEELOCK  PRODUCE  CO.

106  SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Citizens Phone 3232.

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

Village  Improvement
The  Influence  of  Prize  Money  in  Land 

scape  A dornm ent.

The  other  evening  when  the  Improve 
ment  Society  was  discussing  the  ways 
and  means  and  objects  for  the  opening 
year  an  enthusiastic  member  “ won 
dered”   how  it  would  work  to  offer 
prize  for  the  garden  or  yard,  front  or 
back,  that  shows  the  most  improvement 
at  the  end  of  the  season.  That  set  the 
ball  rolling  and  when  the  question 
came,  short  and  sharp,  “ Where’s  your 
prize  money  coming  from?”   the  answer 
just  as  short  and  sharp,  “ It’s  in 
came 
my  pocket. 
It  isn't  large  enough  to 
build  a  Carnegie 
do  for  a  starter  in  a  town  like  ours,  and 
as  long  as  the  purpose  is  to  awaken 
in 
terest  in  the  bettering  of  the  town, 
believe 
ways. ’ *

it  can  be  made  to  go  a  good 

library,  but $25  wi 

“ I  don’t  want  to  dampen  anybody’ 
ardor,”   was  the  prompt  rejoinder,  “ but 
in  my  candid  opinion  I  don’t  think  it 
good  policy  to  make  a  man  a  present 
and  then  give  him  five  dollars  to  induce 
him  to  accept  it.  We  are  all  living 
in 
this  town  and  we  want  it  to  be  a  thrifty 
one.  That  it  can’t  be  with  everything 
running  or  run  down  at  the  heel.  Take 
Smith’s  house.  He  has  the  most  cen 
tral  locality  in the village.  ‘ Time  in  the 
primer’ 
is  no  comparison  to  that  house 
and  lot.  Did  he  ever cut  a  weed?  No, 
Did  he  ever  rake  a  leaf?  Look  at  his 
sidewalk.  Look  at  his  fence.  Look  at 
his  front  gate. 
It's  a  living— I  take  i 
back;  it’s  a  dead  and  rotting— disgrace 
to  the  whole  place.  Well  now,  I  just 
don’t  like  to  have  this  society  ‘ goody 
up’  to  Smith  and  offer  him  a  prize  to 
fix  up  his  own  place.  All 
last  year  I 
tried  my  level  best  to  get  that  man  to 
cut  his  grass.  He  didn’t  in  so  many 
words  ask  me  if  ‘ that  was  some  of  my 
business,’  but  he  might  as  well  and  the 
only  improvement  he  has  made  so  far  is 
to  throw  a  lot  of  empty  tin  cans  out  of 
his  back yard into  mine;  and  I  know  he 
did 
it  for  I  caught  him  at  it!  Now  I 
may  be  all  wrong,  but  I  don’t  believe 
it’s  the  right  idea  to  pay  a  man  for  eat­
ing  a  good  dinner  or taking  a  bath !”

This  sudden  transition  from  the  gen 
eral  to  the  particular  was  diverting  but 
not  convincing,  and  with  the  twenty- 
five  dollars  as  a  starting  point  the  dis­
cussion  proceeded.  The  plan  of  giving 
prizes  for  neatness  and  for  special  effort 
in  the  care  and  beauty  of  lawns  was 
decided  on  and  reports  from  neighbor­
ing  towns  were  listened  to  with  marked 
attention.  From  these 
it  can  be  put 
down  as  a  fact  that  the  giving  of  prizes 
is  one  of  the  best  incentives  that  the 
Society  has  hit  upon.  There  is  no  dis­
crimination 
in  regard  to  contestants. 
The  prize  is  to  be  awarded  only  to  the 
plot  that  shows  the  greatest  improve­
ment.  Locality 
is  not  to  be  taken  into 
account.  The  back yard  is  as  available 
as  the  front  yard  and  Shinbone  Alley 
has  as  good  a  chance  for  a  prize  as 
Euclid  avenue.

last 

This 

idea 
is  good  to  emphasize 
especially. 
In  one  town  where  a  num­
ber of  the  wealthier portion  entered  the 
lists,  the  poorer  part,  thinking  that  they 
had  no  chance,  gave  up  as  soon  as  it 
was  known  with  whom  they  were  con­
tending—all  but  one  not  to  be  discour­
aged  hero  whose  little  home  stands  in  a 
most  forlorn  locality  in  the worst  part  of 
the  city.  The  house 
is  hardly  more 
than  a  hut and the  yard  not  much  larger 
than  the  rich  man’s  bedroom  carpet, 
but  that  enterprising  thirteen  year  old

boy  made  his  plot  a  bit  of  Paradise—all 
the  more  charming  from  the  simple 
means  made  use  of.  The  fact  that  his 
mother  was  too  busy  to  help  him  made 
this  success  the  more  a  surprise,  but 
it 
gave  the  boy  the  chance  to  realize  his 
own 
ideal—the  very  purpose  that  the 
Improvement  Society  wants  to  accom 
plish.  He  had  some  good  friends—when 
did  ambitious  childhood  ever  fail  to 
have  them—and  be  had  only  to  ask  to 
receive.  Comfort  had  suggested  to  the 
toiling  mother the  shelter furnished  by a 
curtain  of  woodbine  over the  back porch 
and  this  the  boy  bad  encouraged  and 
trained  until  the  end  of  the  little  house 
was  hidden  by  the  most  vigorous  of 
deep-green 
leaves.  Morning  gloties 
made  the  most  of  the  board  fence  on 
one  side  and  never  before  had  that 
neighborhood  seen  what  cucumber vines 
can  do 
in  the  way  of  adornment  when 
they  come  in  contact  with  a discouraged 
back  fence.  Where  the  young  one  got 
the 
in­
cluded— but  instead  of  making  the  back 
yard  one  flower  bed  he  turfed  it  and 
with  a  flowering  border  made  the  whole 
enclosure  a  bit  of  landscape  gardening 
that  drew  from  the  Prize  Committee  a 
burst  of  delighted  surprise.  The  contest 
had  been  between  prince  and  pauper 
and  the  pauper  had  it  more  than  ten  to 
one.

idea  nobody  knows—himself 

In  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  the  Improve­
ment  Society  has  already  received  this 
year  several  offers  of  money  to  be  used 
towards prizes.  A leading clothing  house 
will  give  twenty-five  dollars  for  a  spe­
cial  prize,  which  will  probably  be 
known  by  the  name  of the firm.  A  sim- 
lar  amount  has  been  offered  by  a  well- 
known  citizen  and  others  are  giving 
every  encouragement  to  the  Society’s 
efforts.  Through 
its  exertions  streets 
and  alleys  have  been  cleaned  and  viola­
tors  of  the  ordinance  prohibiting  the 
placing  of  signs  on  poles  have  been 
notified  through  the  proper  authorities; 
and  so 
in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
esthetic  side  the  capital  city  of the State 
is  looked  after.

The  reader  of  these  papers  need  not 
be  told  again  how  much  will  be  done 
by  the  merchants  of any  town  if  they re­
ceive  the  consideration  due  them.  The 
store 
is  the  center  of  commercial  life, 
be  the  community  in  which it is situated 
large  or  small.  The  men  at  the  head  of 
these  centers  are  enterprising  and  push 
ng—qualities  which  must  exist  if  there 
s  to  be  thrift— and  in  many  instances 
with  such  men’s  shoulders  to  the  wheel 
failure  is  impossible.  Little  reasoning 
is  necessary to  convince  them that  a  bad 
piece  of  road  interferes  with  their  sales 
nd  they  admit  without  argument  that 
the  best  customers  are  those  who  are 
brought  into  a  town  by  shady streets aild 
good  sidewalks  and  well  cared  for  front 
yards.  Properly  approached  they  will 
contribute  generously  towards  the  prize 
fund,  they  will  gladly  do  whatever  they 
can to forward the Society’s interests  and 
f  they  can  find  time  to  make  one  at  the 
council  board  of  the  Society any sugges­
tions  they  may  be  willing  to  offer  will 
be  found  practical  and  valuable.

R.  M.  Streeter.

Less and  Less.

gram?”

“ Have  you sent  off  your  wireless  tele­
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“ And  ordered  your  horseless  car- 
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“ And  paid  off  the  motionless  messen­
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L.  Baker  has  signed with his house 

Commercial Travelers

lic h iru  Knirhti of the 6rip

President,  J ohn  A.  Weston,  Lansing;  Sec­
retary,  M.  S.  Brow n,  Saflinaw;  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Sch bam , Detroit.

United  Commercial Tranlen of Michigan 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Ba r tle tt,  Flint; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K e n d all,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Ed elm an, Saginaw.

6rud Rapids  Council  So. 131,  D.  C.  T.

Senior  Counselor,  W.  S.  Bu r n s;  Secretary 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Frank  Keerl,  of  Marinette,  has  se­
cured  a  position  as  traveling  salesman 
for  the  Frankfurth  Hardware  Co.,  of 
Milwaukee.

If  you  must  smoke  cigarettes  smoke 
those  which  are  considered  the  most 
destructive.  Don’t  make  a  nusiance  of 
yourself  any 
longer  than  is  actually 
necessary.

All  traveling  men  are  not  qualified  to 
sell  the  same  line  of  goods.  While  some 
men  make  a  success  of  selling  prunes, 
they  might  make  a  failure  in  selling 
barbed  wire  or  baled  hay.

Owosso  Press:  Charles  Drawbolt  has 
resigned  his  position  with  Bunting  & 
Fillinger  to  take  a  traveling  position 
with  the  Rumford  Baking  Powder  Co., 
dressing  windows  with  their  goods.

W.  D.  Downey,  the  Benton  Harbor 
traveling  salesman,  has  engaged  to  rep­
resent  the  Sanitary  Food  Co.,  of  that 
city,  as  soon  as 
its  lines  of  foods  and 
coffee  are  ready  for  market.  Mr.  Dow­
ney  is  a  stockholder  and  director  of  the 
company.

for  another  year  and  is  celebrating  the 
event  by  taking  a  three  days’  fishing 
trip.  The  contract  was  executed  before 
the  house 
last  week’s 
Tradesman  that  Mr.  Baker  was  noted 
for  other things  besides  selling goods  on 
the  road.

learned  from 

W.  R.  Foster,  who  has  represented 
the  New  York  Underwriters’  Associa­
tion  for  the  past thirty-five years—fifteen 
years  as  local  agent  and  twenty  years  as 
State  agent— has  been  retired  on  full 
pay  for  life.  While  Mr.  Foster  is  not 
required  to  render  the 
company  an 
equivalent,  he  finds  his  old  habits  so 
firmly  established  that  he  is  putting  in 
about  as  much  time  as  ever,  mainly  in 
an  advisory  capacity.

John  H.  Miller  (Putnam  Candy  Co.) 
has  resumed  his  calls  on  the  trade  after 
an  enforced 
lay  off  of  two  weeks,  ren­
dered  necessary  as  the  result  of  injuries 
received  in  a  runaway  near  Clarksville. 
The  horse  was  frightened  by  a  tree  fall­
ing  during  a  severe  storm  and  in  the 
melee  which  followed  both  passenger 
and  driver  were  thrown  from  the  con­
veyance.  Mr.  Miller 
sustained  a 
sprained  wrist  and  a  very  black  eye.

Chas.  S.  Richardson,  who  was  em­
ployed  by  the  H.  Schneider  Co.  as 
traveling  representative  from 
i8qi  to 
1896,  since  which  time  he  has  been  em­
ployed  as  floor  walker  for  the Star Cloth­
ing  Co.,  has  again  engaged  to  travel 
for  the  H.  Schneider  Co.  He  will  cover 
all  their  Michigan  territory,  succeed­
ing  Albert  C.  Schneider,  who  has  been 
on  the  road  for  the  past  year  and  who 
will  hereafter  cover  the  city  trade  of  the 
house.

The  Grand  Rapids  contingent  of  the 
U.  C.  T.  will  go  to  the  Grand  Council 
meeting  at  Flint  via  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway.  That  is,  they  will  start  from 
the  dirty  little  shed  in  the  north  end  of 
the  city  which  the  Grand  Trunk  desig­
nates  as  a  depot. 
If  they  get  to  Flint 
before  the  convention  adjourns,  it  will

be  because  the  walking 
is  good  or a 
freight  train  comes  along  at  an  oppor­
tune  time  while  the  antiquated  engines 
which  pull  the  musty  old  passenger 
coaches  on  that  line  are  waiting  on  a 
side  track  for  a  new  screw  or  a  can  of 
oil.

is 

W.  A.  Van  Leuven  (Putnam  Candy 
Co.) 
laid  up  with  a  sprained  elbow 
as  the  result  of  an  encounter  with  a 
farmer  on  a  G.  R.  &  I.  train  near  Sand 
Lake  about  a  month  ago.  The  farmer 
was  so  anxious  to  get  off  the  train  that 
he  rushed  down  the  aisle  at  a  2140  gait, 
twisting  Mr.  Van  Leuven’s arm  while  it 
was  sustaining  the  weight  of  a  heavy 
sample  case.  The  elbow  has  been  grow­
ing  worse  ever  since  the  accident  oc­
curred  and  the  attending  physician  has 
given  the  patient  to  understand  that  he 
is  likely  to  be  a gentleman of  leisure  for 
the  remainder  of  this  year.  Milford  J. 
Nash, who  formerly  traveled for the cigar 
department of  Phelps,  Brace  & Co.,  has 
heen  engaged  to  fill  the  vacancy.

At  this  time  of  year  the  hotel  table  is 
indicator.  One  who 
the  best  market 
has  taken  a 
little  pains  to  read  up  on 
fruits  and  vegetables  can  tell  exactly 
how  the  market  stands.  When  Mexico 
cucumbers  are  worth  a  dime  apiece  the 
dining  room  girl  will  bring  you  three 
slices  of  cucumber on  your order.  When 
the  market  price  drops  to  a  nickel 
apiece  you  will  get  three  center  slices, 
a  but  and  tip  end.  Later  when  these 
delicacies are served  from  home  gardens 
you  receive  sufficient  cucumbers  upon 
your  order  to  require  a  dose  of  cholera 
cure  to  overcome  their  influence.  So 
with  roasting  ears.  When  they  first 
come 
into  market  a  roasting  ear,  as 
served  at  the  hotel,  is  about  two  inch« s 
long,  and  as  they  become  more  plenty 
the  cob  is  visibly  lengthened  until  be­
fore  the  end  of  the  season  it  will  be­
come  a  foot  and  a  half 
long!  Other 
fruits  and  vegetables  are  just  as  surely 
indicators  as  those  quoted  above.

When  a  young  man  makes application 
to  the  hotel  proprietor  for  a  clerkship 
he  is  not  backward  in  telling  the  land­
lord  how  well  known  be  is  among  the 
traveling  fraternity  and  other  things  be­
ing  satisfactory  this 
is  considered  a 
good  recommendation.  There  is  another 
person  employed 
in  the  hotel  whose 
acquaintance  is just  as  valuable, but  that 
person  would  not  dare  claim 
it.  That 
person  is  the  head  waitress  of  the  din­
ing  room.  That  lady  would  not  dare 
step  up  to  the  landlord  and  say,  " I   am 
well  acquainted  with  nearly  every  trav­
eling  man  who  visits  your  house.”   Yet 
she  is.  She  might  add,  " I   am  so  well 
acquainted  with  them  that  I  know  how 
they  wish  to  be  seated  at  the  table  and 
whom  they  would  prefer  to  be  seated 
next  to.”   The  head  waitress  of  a  din­
ing  room 
is  one  of  the  most  important 
personages  in  a  hotel.  She  is  expected 
to  seat  the  guests  where  they  will  be 
waited  upon  with  as  little  delay  as  pos­
sible  and  to  see  that  they  are  properly 
served. 
In  her  position  she  will  meet 
with  a  great  many  annoyances,  but  she 
is  not  expected  to  show  that  she  is  an­
noyed.  She  must  see  that  each  guest, 
whether  he  comes  early  or  late,  is  prop­
erly  cared  for  and  it  is  often  necessary 
that  she  personally  go  to  the  kitchen 
to  intercede  for  the  late  arrival.  She 
must  superintend  the  arranging  of  the 
dining  room  and  see  that  each  of  the 
waiters  are  pleasant  and  attentive  to 
their  duties,  but  the  one  fact  that  she  is 
acquainted  with  nearly  all  the  guests  of 
the  house  and  knows  their  wants  and 
whims  is  as  important  as  that  the  clerk 
should  be  able  to  name  the  guests  as 
they  step  out  of  the  omnibus.

SUCCESSFUL  SALESMEN.

F rank  W.  Judkins,  Representing; 

D w inell-W right  Co.

the 

Frank  W.  Judkins  was  born  at  Au­
burn,  Me.,  Nov.  9,  1857,  being  an  only 
child.  His  parents  were  of  English  and 
Scotch  descent.  He  was  educated  at 
the  public 
schools  of  Auburn  and 
Lewiston,  and  when  old  enough  he  left 
school  and  worked  one  year  driving  a 
milk  wagon  between  Woolich  and  Bath. 
He  then  purchased  a  steam  laundry,  in 
which  business  he  was  very  successful, 
selling  out  eight  years  later and  receiv­
large  bonus.  At  the  age  of  27 
ing  a 
years  be  took  the 
lease  of  a  hotel  at 
Fitchburg,  Mass.,  which  he  conducted 
ten  years.  The  hotel  had  not  succeeded 
under  previous  landlords,  but  Mr.  Jud­
kins  not  only  changed  the  character  of 
the  establishment  but  succeeded in  put­
ting 
it  on  a  paying  basis  inside  of  a 
year.  At  the  suggestion  of  his old school

It 

Rapids  delegation  at  the  Bryant  House, 
with  rates  of  $2  and  $2.50,  ladies  com­
plimentary.  Certificates of  membership 
can  be  gotten  from  Secretary  L.  F. 
Baker  at  any  time  and  tickets  can  be 
procured  from  the  Committee  or A.  T. 
Driggs. 
is  anticipated  that  a  very 
large  crowd  will  attend  and  all  expect 
to  have  the  good  time  that  is  always 
in  evidence  at  their  meetings.

The  committee  appointed  to  prepare 
suitable  resolutions  of  condolence  on 
the  death  of  Mrs.  Kortenhoff  has  re­
ported  the  following:

Whereas— In  view  of  the  loss  our 
brother  and  associate,  Everett  C.  Kor­
tenhoff,  has  sustained  by  the  death  of 
his  beloved  wife  and  of  the  still  heavier 
loss  sustained  by  the  motherless  child 
who  was  nearest  and  dearest  to  her; 
therefore  be  it

Resolved—That it  is  but  a  just  tribute 
to  the  memory  of  the  departed  to  say 
that  in  regretting  her  removal  from  our 
midst  we  mourn  for  one  who  was 
in 
every  way  worthy  of  our  respect  and 
regard.

Resolved—That  we  sincerely  condole 
with  the  family  of  the  deceased  on  the 
dispensation  with  which  it  has  pleased 
Divine  Providence  to  afflict  them  and 
we  commend  them  for  consolation  to 
Him  who  orders  all  things  for  the  best 
and  whose  chastisements  are  meant 
in 
mercy.
this  heartfelt  testi­
monial  of  our  sympathy  and  sorrow  be 
forwarded  to  the  family  of  our  brother, 
published 
in  the  Michigan  Tradesman 
and  spread upon our records, 

Resolved—That 

fa  Dee.

Birds  of  a  feather  occasionally  prefer 

to  flock  apart.

The  Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates %2  per day.  Central location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel 

ing men solicited.

friend,  Calvin  W.  Clark— whom  he  sub­
sequently  succeeded  as  Michigan  repre­
sentative for the Dwinell-Wright Co.— he 
went  on  the  road  for  that  house,  being 
assigned  to  the  city  trade  of  St.  Louis, 
where  the  house  had  no  business  at  that 
time.  He  succeeded 
in  building  up  a 
large  trade  at  that  market  and  was  sub­
sequently  promoted  to  take  charge  of 
Missouri,  Tennessee,  Kentucky  and Illi­
nois.  Three  years  ago  he  was  called  in 
and  given  the  State  of  Michigan  and  a 
part  of  New  York,  and  a  year  ago  he 
was  given  the  entire  State  of  Michigan, 
which  he  covers  with  the  regularity  of 
clockwork.

Mr.  Judkins  was  married  Feb.  25, 
1882,  to  Miss  Josephine  O.  Dow,  of 
Dover,  Me.  They  reside  at  31  Winder 
street,  Detroit.
Mr.  Judkins 

is  not  much  of  a  jiner, 
being  a  member of  no  fraternal  order. 
He 
is  a  regular  attendant  of  the  Unita­
rian  church.

Mr.  Judkins  attributes  his  success  to 
hard  work,  to  attending  to  his  business, 
to  telling  things 
just  as  they  are,  and 
also  to  the  fact  that  he  is  so  fortunate  as 
to  be 
in  the  employ  of  an  old  reliable 
house  whose  goods  are  above  par  and 
whose  treatment  of  the  trade  is  such  as 
to  excite  their  commendation.

W ill Start  For  F lin t  on  the Grand T runk.
Grand  Rapids,  May  5—All  arrange­
ments  are  now  made  by  Grand  Rapids 
Council,  No.  131,  U.  C.  T .,  for  trans­
portation  to  the  Grand  Council  meeting 
at  Flint  May  16  and  17.  One  fare  for 
the  round  trip  has  been  granted  by  the 
D.,  G.  H.  &  M.  and  they  will  hold  the 
early  morning  train  until  7:10  and make 
direct  connections  at  Durand,  reaching 
Flint  at  10:45.  Arrangements have  also 
been  made  for  headquarters of the Grand

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

Our
Business

in  the 

increased  fifty  per 
has 
cent, 
last  year, 
which  goes  to  show  that 
the  traveling  public  ap­
preciate  our  efforts  to 
make this house the best.

Livingston  Hotel

Grand  Rapids

Co Cigar manufacturers

Gentlemen—We  manufacture  first  class 
Cigar Boxes complete.  We are  supplying  some 
of the best Cigar Factories in this  and adjoining 
states.
We want your  trade.  Send  us  by  mail  or 
express, at our  expense,  samples  of  the  Cigar 
Boxes you are using and let us  name  you prices 
on goods to match.

We  can  not  do  you  any  harm  in  this  and 

promise to do you some good.

Yours truly,

traverse City Cigar Box Co.

traverse City, miebiaan

You ought to sell

LILY  WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

V A L L E Y   C IT Y   M IL L IN G   C O .. 

GRA ND  R A P ID S ,  MICH.

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

D rugs—Chem  icals

M ichigan State Board o f Pharm acy

Term expires
Hj n b y   Hu m , Saginaw 
-  Deo. 31,1902
Deo. si. ions
Wib t  P.  Do t y. Detroit - 
Cla r en c e B. Stoddard, Monroe  Dec. 31,1904 
John D. Mu ir , urand  ttapiaa 
Deo. 81, nwb 
A rth u r H. We b b e r , Cadillac 
Dec. 31,1906 

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President,
Secretary, Henry  He im , Saginaw.
Treasurer, W. P.  Doty,  Detroit.

E xam ination  Sessions.

Star Island, June 16 and 17.
Sault Ste* Marie, August 27 and 28. 
Lansing, November 6 and 6.

Mich.  State  P harm aceutical  Association.

President—J ohn  D.  Mu ir , Grand Rapids. 
Secretary—J.  W.  Se e l e y ,  Detroit. 
Treasurer—D. A.  Ha g e n s, Monroe.

The 

Good  Photographic  Chemical  W indow.
consumption  of  photographic 
chemicals  by  the  amateur  photographer 
is  now  actuating  the  druggist  to  bring 
these  agents  prominently  before  the 
devotee  of  the  dark  room.  There  is 
money  in  it. 
Interesting  and  profitable 
window  exhibits  can  be  designed  with 
the  chemicals  peculiar  to  the  photo­
graphic  art.  Here  is  a  description  of  a 
window  display  that  will  appeal  to  the 
possessor  of  a  camera :  Several  section 
jars,  such  as  are  seen  on  the  counter  of 
the  average  pharmacy,  are  assembled 
and  filled  with  chemicals  of  contrasting 
colors.  For example,  one  section  com­
prising  four  jars  of  chemicals  will  be 
congregated 
in  this  order:  First,  the 
emerald  green  crystals  of  ferrous  sul­
phate ;  second,  the  colorless  prisms  of 
the  ruddy  masses 
citric  acid;  third, 
of  potassium  bichromate;  fourth, 
the 
lemon-yellow  ferrous 
oxalate.  After 
carpeting  the  window  with  red  paper or 
cheesecloth,  these  receptacles  are  stood 
on  a  box  draped  in  the  same  material, 
with  a  mat  of  orange  paper  beneath 
each  jar,  and  placed  near  the  center  of 
the  window  space  in  company  with  an­
other  set  of  four  jars  presenting  the  fol­
lowing 
ferri- 
cyanide  (red),  borax  (white),  chrome 
alum (lavender),  potassium ferrocyanide 
(yellow.)  Globe 
jars,  Egyptian  jars, 
or  sample  bottles  should  be  filled  with 
such  chemicals  as  sodium  thiosulphate, 
sodium  sulphite,  sodium  and  potassium 
bromide  and  carbonate, 
iodine,  etc., 
and  set  on  pedestals  enveloped  in  red 
paper or cloth.  A  one-gallon  bottle  of 
distilled  water,  one  of  alcohol  and  one 
of  water  of  ammonia  should  occupy  a 
conspicuous  position.  Metol,  hydro- 
chinone,  “ pyro.,”  and other  developing 
agents  should  be  grouped  in  the  center 
of  the  window  space.  Red  and  yellow 
cheesecloth,  draped  gracefully  across the 
back  of  the  window  from  the  top,effects 
a  peculiarly  appropriate  and  striking 
background.  At  night  the  window 
should  be  lighted  by  dark-room  lamps 
only. 
If  the  drapery  in  the  background 
can  be  sufficiently  re-enforced  by  some 
suitable  opaque  material,  the  concen­
tration  of  the  red  rays  of  light  from  the 
lamps  will  make  a  much  more 
rnby 
effective 
if  the  window 
were more open.  Joseph  F.  Hostelley.

chemicals:  potassium 

lighting  than 

Clever A dvertising by  Boston  D rnggists.
There  is  a  firm  of  druggists  in  Boston 
that  are  continually  evolving  some  new 
idea 
in  mechanical  effects for  window 
advertising.  Lately  one  was  to  call  at­
tention  to  their  moth  preparations. 
It 
consisted  of  a  rickety  old  leather  and 
brass  bound  trunk,  carefully  lined  with 
moth-proof  paper, in  which  were  packed 
all 
sorts  of  woolen  underclothing 
sprinkled  with  moth  balls  and  crystals 
of 
firm's  manufacture.  A  sign 
above  the  trunk,  the  lid  of  which  was 
lowered  mechanically,  bore
raised  and 

the 

the  following:  “ Any  old  trunk  will 
do."

In  the  same  window was  a small ward­
robe, the  door  of  which  opened  mechan­
ically  at  the  same  time  the  trunk  cover 
was  raised.  The  opening  door  exposed 
a  closet  filled  w ith' the  worst  mess  of 
moth-eaten  garments  obtainable;  they 
were  fairly  eaten  to  rags,  and  covered 
with  cocoons.  This  represented  what 
would  happen  to  garments  not  protected 
by  the  moth-killers  of  the  firm.

The 

just  preparing 

second  advertisement  was  a 
miniature  ladder  with  a  manikin  at  the 
top,  and  another 
to 
mount.  The  rungs  of  the  ladder  were 
glass  tubes,  through  which  flowed  in  an 
apparently  endless  stream  an alternating 
red  and  white  liquid,  representing  the 
human  blood.  The  sign  above  the  top­
most  maninkin  was  the  key:  “ With 
Blank’s  blood purifier  you  can climb  the 
ladder of  health  as  I  have  done.”

Another  ingenious  one  was  a  pair  of 
mammoth  gilded  scales,  moving  up  and 
down  automatically,  with  a  16-ounce 
weight 
in  one  pan  and  a  bag  full  of 
goods  in  the  other.  The  arm  of the  bal­
ances  had  the  words :  4 4 The  honest
way 
is  Blank’s  weigh;  16  oz.,  1  lb.’ ’ 
Around  this  were  heaped  different kinds 
of  drugs  in  common  use,  but  in  their 
raw  and  less  familiar  state.
F o r  the  D ealer  in Photographic Supplies.
“ We  carry  cameras  and  kodaks,”  
says  “ Pil”   in  the  Pharmaceutical  Era, 
“ and  keep  a  dark  room  in  which  ama­
teurs  may  develop  their  pictures. 
In 
this  way  we  have  a  large  assortment  of 
views  and  groups  of  iocal  interest which 
we  keep  in  albums  on  the  showcase.  A 
great  many  people  while  waiting  for 
their purchases to  be  wrapped  look  them 
over  and  become  interested  in  photog­
raphy.  We  tell  them  who  took  the  pho­
tographs,  show  them  some  of  the  first 
pictures  amateurs  have  taken,  and  then 
some  they  have  taken  after  they  have 
had  the  cameras  for  a  while.  One  can 
not  help  but  notice  the  improvement. 
We  tell  them  how  simple  photography 
is,  give  them  a  catalogue,  and  offer to 
teach  them  to  take  pictures  free  of 
charge if they buy their camera from us.”

The  D rug  M arket.

Opium— Is  dull  and  tending  lower.
Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine— Is  steady.  There  will  be 
no  change  in  price  until  after  the  Am­
sterdam  bark  sale  on  May  15.

Insect  Powder— Is  very  firm  and  ad­

vancing.

M enthol—H as  declined.
Oil  Peppermint— Is  very  firm,  both  in 

the  market  and  with  the  distillers.

Buchu  Leaves— Have  advanced  about 

40  per  cent,  in  the  last  ten  days.

Poppy  Seed— Is getting scarce  and has 

advanced.

Linseed  Oil— Is  firm.

IT.  S.  Salyx  Co.  Denied  the  Malls.

This concern, which  recently  exploited 
“ Red  Albumin”   as  a  hen  food,  and 
were  the  originators  of  black  pepsin, 
per  algretta,  hypersamphire,  and  other 
fakes,  has  been  placed  upon  the  black 
is  no  longer  permitted  to  use 
list  and 
the  mails. 
It  appears  that  red  albumen 
contained  not  even  a  small  per  cent,  of 
stimulant,  being  nothing  more  or  less 
than  oxide  of  iron.

Infinite  Variety.

Mrs.  Crabshaw—I  made  such  a  splen­

did  bargain  to-day.

Mrs.  Crawford—What  was  it,  dear?
Mrs.  Crabshaw—By  paying  $5  to  an 
employment  bureau  they  agreed  to  send 
me  a  new  servant  every  two  weeks  for  a 
whole  year.

it  was  unjust 

Crusade  A gainst U nfair  Competition.
For  some years  the Board  of  Health  of 
the  city  of  New  York  has  been  manu­
facturing  antitoxic  serums  and  selling 
them  in  the  open  market  in  competition 
with  private  producers. 
It  has  been 
felt  on  every  hand  that  this  was  grossly 
unfair;  that 
in  the  ex­
treme  for a  government  to  compete  with 
its  own  taxpayers,  and  that  there  was 
no  more  reason  or  excuse  for  it  to  enter 
upon  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  anti- 
toxnis  than  upon  quinine,  carpets,  or 
any  other  commodity.  What,  indeed, 
would  become  of  private  enterprise  if 
our  city,  State,  and  national  govern­
ments,  with  their  tremendous  advan­
tages,  their  freedom  from  taxation  and 
the  like,  were  to  compete  with 
it  at 
every  point?  The  only  excuse  the  New 
York  Board  of  Health  has  been  able  to 
bring  forth 
its  appropriations 
have  not  been  sufficient  to  enable  it  to 
stand  the  expense  involved  in  making 
serums  and  distributing  them to the poor 
gratuitously,  and  that  it  has  been neces­
sary  to  cover  this  expense  by  profit 
realized  from  the  general  sale  of  the 
products. 
In  view  of  this  a  petition  to 
Mayor  Low,  prepared  by  the  Druggists’ 
Circular,  and  praying  that  the  Board  of 
Health  be  given  adequate  appropria­
tions  for  the  gratuitous  distribution  of 
its  products  to  the  poor,  and  that  it  be 
estopped  from  continuing  its  unfair  and 
entirely  unnecessary  competition  with 
private  enterprise,  has  been  signed  by 
nearly  all  the  prominent  manufacturing 
pharmacists  and  wholesale  druggists  of 
the  city;  and  fully  2,000  physicians and 
retail  druggists  have  signed  petitions 
and  postal  cards  to  the  same  effect.

is  that 

New  York  D ruggists  Uneasy.

The  druggists  of  New  York  City  and 
State  had  quite  a  scare  last  month, and 
indeed  are  not  quite  over  it  at  this writ­
ing.  Under  the  famous  Raines  liquor 
law  of  the  State  druggists  are 
licensed 
liquor  on  prescription  for $5  a 
to  sell 
year;  and  under  this 
license  any  sale 
not  on  prescription is  illegal.  Recently, 
however,  the  State  Excise  Commission 
began  an  investigation  of  the conditions 
and  ended  by  accusing  a  good  many 
druggists  of  violating  the  law.  On  the 
showing  of  the  Commission  a  bill  was 
introduced  in  the  Legislature  at  Albany 
increasing  the 
license  fee  from  $5  to  a 
sum  ranging  from  $15  to  $100,  accord­
ing  to  the  size  of  the  town or city.  Later 
the  druggists  were  gratified  to  find  that 
no  amendments  to  the  liquor  law  would 
after  all  be  passed  during  the  present 
session,  and  they  breathed  freely  once 
more.  But  afterward  it  became  known 
that  all  druggists  who  had  been  accused 
by  the  Excise  Commission  of  violating 
the 
law  were  in  danger of  losing  their 
pharmacists’  certificates  under a  provi­
sion  of  the liquor  law which reads  as  fol­
lows:  “ And  if  the corporation,  associa­
tion,  copartnership,  or  person  convicted 
be  a  pharmacist  holding  a  license  is­
sued  by  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  the 
said  Board  of  Pharmacy  shall,  in  addi­
tion  to  said  penalties,  immediately  re­
voke  said  license."

The  Synthesis o f Indigo.

The  chemical  world  has  recently  been 
stirred  to  the  highest  enthusiasm  by  the 
successful  commercial  synthesis  of  in­
digo.  The 
laboratory  synthesis  of  in­
digo  was  achieved  long  ago  by  Baeyer 
and  others;  but  the  transfer  of  this  lab­
oratory  process  to  the  factory  on  a  scale 
to  permit  of  competition  with  natural 
indigo  offered 
innumerable  obstacles, 
and  over  twenty  years  of  unexampled 
industry  and 
intelligence  were  neces­

sary  before  the  problem  was  solved. 
Many  a  sermon  can  be  preached  upon 
this  achievement  as  a  text;  such  as  the 
examples  set  in  patience,  in  foresight, 
in  intelligent  co-operation  of  the  scien­
tist  and  the  technologist, in the  expendi­
ture  of  enormous  sums  for  “ scientific" 
work,  etc. 
the  scientific 
side,  it  is  a  matter  of  chemical  history 
that  many  of  the  modern  problems  and 
achievements  took 
in  and 
around  the  investigations  of  indigo.

their  rise 

from 

And 

Arthur  Lachman.

Grand  Rapids

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line 

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fabulous  price  for  a  soda  apparatus 
when our

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Pittsburg,  Pa.

FIREWORKS

Flags and

Celebration  Goods for

July  4th

Public 
Displays 
a  Specialty
Our line will  be shown 

by our travelers,

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W in.  H.  Vaughan 
and, as usual, will be

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Many new and popular novelties and  all the sta­
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share of the plums.  We  solicit  your  orders  for

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Hammocks and  School  Supplies 

FRED  BRUNDAGB

Wholesale Druggist, 

Muskegon, Mich.

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

Menthol..................   @  4 60
Morphia, S., P. & W.  2  15® 2 40 
Morphia, S..N.Y. Q.  2  10® 2 35
Morphia, Mai...........2  10® 2 35
Moschus  Canton__   @  40
Myristlca, No. l ......   66®  80
Nux Vomica...po. 15  @ 
io
Os Sepia..................  
35®  37
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co....................  @  1  00
Plds Llq. N.N.X gal.
doz.......................   @200
Plds Llq.,quarts....  @100
Plds Llq.,  pints......   @  86
PilHydrarg...po. 80  @ 
so
Piper  Nigra...po. 22  @  18
Piper  Alba.. ..po. 35  @  30
Piix Burgun............   @ 
7
Plumbl Acet............  
10® 
12
Pul vis Ipecac et Opli  l  30®  l  so 
Pyrethram, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @  75
Pyrethram,  pv........ 
26®  30
Quasslae..................  
8®  10
Qulnla, S. P. &  W... 
30®  40
Quinta, S.  German..  3'@  40
Qulnla, N. Y............   30®  40
Rubla Tlnctorum.... 
12®  14
SaccharumLactls pv  20®  22
Saladn....................  4 50® 4 76
Sanguis  Draconls... 
40®  60
Sapo, W................... 
12®  14
SapoM....................   10®  12
Sapo  G....................  @  16

20®  22
Seldlltz Mixture...... 
Sinapls.................... 
®  18
Sinapls,  opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes....................   @  41
SnuS, Scotch, De Vo’s  @  41
9® ll
Soda, Boras................  
Soda,  Boras, po......  
ll
9® 
23®  25
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  IX® 
2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash................  3X@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........  50®  56
Spts. Myrcla Dom...  @ 2 oo
Spts. vlnl Rect.  bbl.  @ 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. Xbbl  @
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal  @ 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. 5 gal  @ 
Strychnia, Crystal... 80® l  05
Sulphur,  Sub!.........   2X@ 
4
Sulphur, Roll...........  2X@  3 X
Tamarinds.............. 
8® 
10
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromae.............   50®  55
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 oo
Zlnd Sulph.................  
7®  8

Oils

Whale, winter.........   7o 
Lard, extra.................  86 
Lard, No. 1................  
50 

BBL.  GAL.
70
90
55

S T

Linseed, pure raw...  66 
Linseed,  Dolled........  66 
Neatsfoot, winter str  43 
Spirits  Turpentine..  50 

68
69
70
63
P aints  BBL.  LB.
Red Venetian.........   IX  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars. 
IX  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow Ber... 
IX  2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  2X  2Vi@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2Vi  2X@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............  
13®  15
Vermilion, English..  70®  76
Green,  Paris...........  14®  18
Green, Peninsular... 
13®  16
Lead, red.................  s  @  6Vi
Lead,  white............   6  @  6Vi
Whiting, white Span  @  90
Whiting, gilders’__  @  96
White, Paris, Amer.  @  1  25 
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff.......................   @ 140
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  l  20

Varnishes

No. l Turp  Coach...  l  io®  l  20
Extra Turp..............  1 60® 1 70
Coach Body............  2 76® 3 oo
No. 1 Turp Furn......1 00® 1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  l 56® 1  60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  79

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—Buchu  Leaves. 
Declined—Menthol.

Acidnm

Acetlcum  ................$  6@$  8
Benzol cum, German.  70Q>  75
Boraclc....................   @  17
Carbollcum.............   24®  29
43®  45
Cltrlcum..................  
Hydrochlor.............. 
5
3® 
8®  10
Nltrocum................  
Oxallcum.................  12®  14
®  15
Phosphorium,  dll... 
Sallcyllcum............   50®  53
Sulphuricum...........  IX® 
6
Tannlcum................  1  10® 
1 20
Tartairtcum............  
38®  40
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............  
6
4® 
Aqua, 20 deg............  
6® 
8
Carbonas.................  13®  15
Chloridum...............  
12®  14
A niline
Black.......................   2  00® 
Brown......................  80® 1  00
Bed..........................  46®  60
Yellow......................  2  80® 

3 00

2 25

6© 

Baccse
Cubebae..........po,25  220  24
Junlperus................  
8
Xanthoxylum.........   1  70® 1  75
Balsam um
Copaiba...................  wi   o  m
® 2  oo
P e ru .......................  
Terabln,  Canada—   60®  65
Tolutan.................... 
45®  50
Cortez
Abies, Canadian...... 
18
Casslae...................... 
J2
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrlca Cerlfera, po. 
Prunus Virgini........ 
QulUala, grrd ........... 
Sassafras....... po. 15 
Ulmus...po.  18, gr’d 
E xtractum
24©  26
Glycyrrhlza Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza,  po......  28®  30
Hmmatox, 16 lb. box  11®  12
Haematox, is ...........  13®  14
Haematox, Vis.........  
14© 
}5
16®  17
Haematox, Xs.........  
16
Carbonate  Preclp... 
2  25
Citrate and  Qulnla.. 
Citrate Soluble...... 
76
Ferrocyanldum Sol.. 
40
Solut. Chloride........ 
16
2
Sulphate,  com’l......  
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt.........  
80
Sulphate,  pure........ 
7

20
18
12
12
20

F erru

© 12
© 30

F lora

Folia

Arnica..................... 
J8
46© 
Anthemls.................  22©  25
Matricaria...............  
30©  35

Barosma..................  36©  *0
Cassia Acutlfol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
20®  26
Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx.  26©  30
Salvia officinalis,  Xs
and Vis................. 
JO
8®  10
UvaUrsl................... 
Gnmmi
©  66
Acacia, 1st picked... 
Acacia,2d  picked... 
©  «
©  36
Acacia,3d  picked... 
Acacia, sifted  sorts.  @  28
Acacia, po......... . 
46©  66
Aloe, Barb. po.l8©20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape....po. 15. 
Aloe,  Socotri-.po. 40 
Ammoniac...............   66®  60
Assafoetlda.. ..po. 40  26®  40
Benzolnum..............  60©  56
Catechu, is .............. 
J3
Catechu, Mis............  
J*
Catechu, Xs............  
J®
Camphor*..............  64®  69
Eupnorblum...po. 35 
®  40
Galbanum................ 
& l  go
Gamboge............ po  80®  86
Gualacum....... po. 36  @ 3 5
Kino...........po. $0.76  @  TO
Mastic  ....................  
®  60
Myrrh.............po. 46  @ 4 0
ODU....PO.  4.20@4.30 3 20®  3 26
36®  46
Shellac.................... 
Shellac, bleached....  40®  46
Tragacanth....... 
70®  l  00

© 
© 
„©  

H erba

26
20
28
28
23
26
39
22
26

Absinthium., oz. pkg 
Eupatorlum..oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum ....oz. pkg 
Mentha Plp..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr. .oz. pkg 
Rue.............. oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
Thymus, V...OZ.pkg 
Magnesia
Calcined, P at...........  66®  80
Carbonate, P at........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

Oleum

Absinthium.............  7  00® 7 20
Amygdalae,  Dulc....  60®  60
Amygdalae, Amarae.  8 oo® 8 26
Antal.......................   1  60®  1 65
Aurantl Cortex...... .  2  io@ 2 20
Bergamll.................  2  40® 2 60
Cajlputl...................  80®  85
Cary ophy ¿11.............  
76®  80
Cedar .....................  80®  86
Chenopadll..............  @ 2 76
Cinnamon»  .............l  oo® l  10
Gltronella................  86®  40

Conlum Mac............   80®  90
Copaiba..................  l  16®  l 26
Cubebae..................  l  30®  1 35
Exechthltos....  l  oo® 
l 10
Erigeron................   l  oo®  1 10
Gaultheria.............  2  00®  2 10
Geranium, ounce.... 
®  75
Gosslppll, Sem. gal..  60®  60
Hedeoma................  l  66®  1 70
Junlpera................   l  60®  2 oo
Lavendula..............  90® 2 oo
Llmonls...................  1  16®  l 25
Mentha Piper.........   2  10®  2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  80®  2 00
Morrhuae, ;gal.........   l  20®  l 30
Myrcla....................  4 00®  4 so
Olive.......................  76® 3 oo
PidsLlqulda........... 
10®  12
PldsLlqulda,  gal...  @  35
Ridna.....................  l  oo®  l 06
Rosmarlnl...............   @  l  oo
Rosae, ounce............   6 00® 6 60
Sucdnl....................  40®  46
Sabina....................   90®  1  oo
Santal......................  2 76®  7 oo
Sassafras.................  66®  60
Sinapls,  ess., ounce.  @  66
Tlglu.......................  1  80®  1 60
40®  50
Thyme.....................  
Thyme, opt..............  @  l  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassinm
Bl-Carb....................  
15®  18
13@  16
Bichromate............  
Bromide.................  62®  67
C arb....................... 
12®  16
Chlorate., .po. 17@19  16®  18
Cyanide...................  34®  38
Iodide.....................  2  30®  2 40
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bltart, com.  @ 
is 
7® 
Potass Nltras, opt... 
io
Potass  Nltras.........  
6® 
8
Prusslate................. 
23®  26
Sulphate po............  
15®  18
Aconltum.................  20®  26
Althae...................... 
30®  33
Anchusa................. 
10®  12
Arum  po.................  @ 2 5
Calamus..................   20®  40
Gentlana........po. 15 
12®  15
Glychrrhlza.. ,pv.  15  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden.  @  75
Hydrastis Can., po..  @ 8 0
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12®  15
Inula,  po................. 
18®  22
Ipecac, po...............   3 60® 3 75
Iris plox...po. 35®38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   26®  30
Maranta,  Xs...........  @  36
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  26
Rhel.........................  76®  1  00
Rhei, cut.................  @  1  25
Rhel, pv...................  76®  1  35
Splgella...................  35®  38
Sangulnarla.. .po.  16  @  18
Serpentaria............   60®  55
Senega....................  60®  65
Smllax, officinalis H.  @ 4 0
Smllax, M................  @  26
Sdllse.............po.  35  10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foetl-
dus,  po.................  @  25
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30  @ 2 5
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j.................  26®  27
Semen

Radix

Anlsum......... po.  18  @  16
Aplum (graveleons).  13®  15
Bird, Is....................  
4® 
6
Carat.............. po.  15  10® 
ll
Cardamon...............   i  25®  1 75
Corlandrum.............  
8® 
io
Cannabis Satlva......   4X@  5
Cydonium...............   75®  1  00
Chenopodium.........  
15®  16
DlpterixOdorate....  l  oo®  l  io
Foeniculum..............  @  10
Foenugreek, po........ 
9
7® 
L lnl.........................  3X@ 
5
Linl, grd...... bbl. 4 
3X@ 
5
Lobelia....................  1  60®  1  56
Pharlarls Canarian..  4Vi@ 
6
R apa.......................  4V4® 
6
Sinapls  Alba........... 
9®  10
Sinapls  Nigra.........  
ll®  12
Spiritus
Frumentl, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 60
Frumentl,  D. F.  R.. 2 00® 2 26
Frumentl................  1  25®  1 50
Juniperis Co. O. T...<  1 65® 2 00
Juniperis  Co..  1 75® 
3 50
Saacnarum  N. E ....  l  90® 2 10
Spt. Vlnl Galll.  1  75® 
6 50
Vlnl Oporto............  1  26®  2 00
Vlnl Alba................  1  25®  2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
Nassau sheeps’ wool
Velvet extra sheeps’
Extra yeUow sheeps’
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
Hard, for slate use.. 
YeUow  R e ef,  for
Syrups

carriage...............   2  60®  2 76
carriage................  2  50®  2 76
wool, carriage......   @  l 60
wool, carriage......   @  1 26
carriage................  @  l 00
@  76
slate use...............   @140
Acacia....................   @  60
Aurantl Cortex........  @ 5 0
Zingiber...................  @  50
Ipecac......................  @  60
Ferrl Iod.................   @  50
Rhel Arom..............  @  50
Smllax  Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega....................  @ 
so
Soil!»....................... 
n   60

Sein*  co.................  @ 
so
Tolutan...................   @  oo
Prunus  vlrg............   @  50

M iscellaneous 

Tinctures
Aconltum NapelUs R 
60
50
Aconitum NapelUs F 
Aloes....................... 
60
Aloes and Myrrh__  
60
50
Arnica....................  
Assafoetlda.............. 
so
60
A trope Belladonna.. 
50
Aurantl Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
60
so
Benzoin Co.............. 
Barosma..................  
so
75
Cantharldes............  
6o
Capsicum................. 
Cardamon............. 
76
75
Cardamon Co........... 
l  oo
Castor...................... 
so
Catechu)................... 
Cinchona................. 
so
Cinchona Co........... 
6o
Columba.................  
so
so
Cubebae....................  
so
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
So
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
so
Digitalis................... 
Ergot.......................  
So
35
Ferrl  Chloridum.... 
So
Gentian................... 
6o
Gentian Co.............. 
so
Gulaca...................... 
Gulaca ammon........ 
6o
Hyoscyamus............  
Bo
75
Iodine  ....................  
7s
Iodine, colorless......  
Bo
K ino.......................  
So
LobeUa.................... 
5o
Myrrh...................... 
Nux Vomica............  
Bo
Opli.......................... 
7s
Bo
Opil, comphorated.. 
1  So
Opli, deodorized...... 
So
Quassia................... 
So
Rhatany................... 
So
Rhel......................... 
Sangulnarla...........  
5o
Serpentaria............  
So
Stramonium............  
6o
6o
Tolutan................... 
Valerian............*... 
6q
5o
Veratram  Verlde... 
Zingiber..................  
2q
.Ether, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  36
.Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2X@ 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto...................   40®  50
Antimonl, po........... 
4® 
5
Antimon! et Potass T  40®  60
Antipyrln................  @  25
Antliebrin..............  @  20
Argentl Nltras, oz...  @  45
Arsenicum..............  10®  12
Balm Gilead  Buds..  46®  50
Bismuth S. N...........  1  66®  1  70
Calcium Chlor., is...  @ 
9
Calcium Chlor., Vis..  @  10
Calcium Chlor., Xs..  @  12
Cantharldes, Rus.po  @  80
Capslcl Fractus, af..  @ 
is
Capsid  Fractus, po.  @  15
Capslcl Fractus B,po  @  15
Caryophyllus..po. 15  12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......   @ 3 00
Cera Alba..............  
56®  60
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fractus........  @  36
Centraria.................  @  10
Cetaceum.................  @  45
Chloroform............   55®  60
Chloroform,  squlbbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  35®  l  60
Chondras................  
20®  25
Cinchonidlne.P. & W  38®  48
Clnchonldine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine...................  4 55®  4 75
75
Corks, list, dls. pr. ct. 
Creosotum...............   @ 4 5
Creta.............bbl. 75  @ 
2
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, preclp........... 
9® 
ll
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
8
Crocus....................   25®  30
Cudbear..................   @  24
Cuprl Sulph.............  6X@ 
8
Dextrine................. 
7®  10
Ether Sulph............   78®  92
8
Emery, all numbers.  @ 
Emery, po................  @ 
6
E rgota...........po. 90 
85®  90
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla.......................   @  23
Gambler.................  
8® 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......   36®  60
75 &  6
Glassware,  flint, box 
70
Less than box......  
Glue, brown............  
ll®   13
Glue,  white.............  15®  25
Glycerina.................  l7Vi®  25
Grana Paradlsl........  @  25
Humulus.................   25®  55
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite  @  l  oo 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor..  @  90
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m.  @  1  10 
Hydrarg Ammonlatl  @  1  20 
HydrargU nguentum  50®  60
Hydrargyrum.........   @  85
Ichthyobolla, Am...  66®  70
Indigo......................  76®  l oo
Iodine,  Resubl........  3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................  3 60®  3 85
Lupulin....................  @  60
Lycopodium.............  65®  70
Macts......................  66®  76
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod..............  @  26
LlquorPotamArslnlt  10®  12
3
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
2® 
O  IX 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
Mannla. 8.  F ..........  
so©  oo

2 8

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

G R O C E R Y   P R IC E   C U R R E N T

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
P itted   Cherries
Com pound  Lard

DECLINED
Je lly   Tum blers
B razil  Nuts
S aurkraut

Index to Markets

By Columns

AXLE  GREASE

 

 

B

G

A

D
F

Egg

9 00
8 00

Royal

BLUING 

BATH  BRICK

BAKING POW DER

Mica, tin boxes......... 75 
Paragon..................... 65 

American.............................  70
EngUsh................................   80

doz.  gross
Aurora.........................66  600
Castor  OU..............¿...60  7  00
Diamond..................... 60  4  26
Frazer’s .......................76  9  00
IXL Golden, tin boxes 76  9  oo

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

10c size__  90
ii lb. cans  l  36 
6 oz. cans,  l  90 
H  lb. cans 2 60 
34 lb. cans 3 75 
l lb.  cans.  4 80 
3 lb. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21 50

H lb. cans,  4 doz. case.......3 76
H lb. cans,  2 doz. case.......3 75
lib.cans,  ldoz.case........3 75
5 lb. cans, H doz. case........8 00
J A X O N
H lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  46
H lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  86
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........l  60

Col.
Akron  Stoneware.................  15
Alabastlne............................  1
Ammonia..............................  
l
Axle Grease...... .................... 
l
Baking Powder...................... 
l
Bath Brick............................ 
l
Bluing....................................  1
Brooms..................................  
i
Brashes.............  
l
Batter Color..........................  
l
Candles.................................   it
Candles......... .........................   1
Canned Goods.........................  2
Catsup................................   3
Carbon Oils............................   3
Cheese.....................................   3
Chewing Gam.........................  3
Chicory....................................  3
Chocolate.................................  3
Clothes Lines...........................  3
Cocoa......................................   3
Cocoanut.................................  3
Cocoa Shells............................  3
Coffee.....................................   3
Condensed Milk......................  4
Coupon Books........................   15
Crackers.................................  4
Cream T artar.........................  5
Dried  Fruits...........................  5
Farinaceous  Goods................  6
Fish and Oysters...................   13
Fishing Tackle.......................   6
Flavoring Extracts.................   6
Fly  Psmer...............................   6
Fresh Meats..........................  6
Fruits......................................¿4
Fruit Can Wrench................  „6
Gelatine.................................  6
Grain Bags............................  7
Grains and Flour.................  7
H
Herbs.................
Hides and Pelts....................  13
I
Indigo................
J
Je lly ...................
L
Lamp Burners.......................  15
Lamp Chimneys....................  15
Lanterns...............................   15
Lantern  Globes....................   15
Licorice..............
Lye......................
M
Meat Extracts....
Molasses............
Mustard.............
N
Nuts.......................................  14
o
OH Cans................................   15
OUves.................
P
Pickles................
Pipes.................
Playing Cards....
Potash................
Provisions..........
R
Rice...................
8
Saleratus........... .
Sal Soda.............
Salt....................
Salt  Fish............
Seeds..................
Shoe Blacking...
Snuff......................................  10
Soap.
Soda.......................................   io
Spices............... 
10
Starch....................................  10
Stove PoUsh..........................  10
Sugar.....................................   ll
Syrups...................................   10
Table  Sauce..........................   12
Tea.........................................  ll
Tobacco.............................. ..........  li No. 2................................... .1  10
Twine.......................... ........  12 No. 1................................... .1 75
BUTTER  COLOR
Vinegar....................... ........12 W., R. & Co.’s, 16c size....
1  25
W., R. & Co.’s, 25c size.... 2 00
Washing Powder......... ......... 13
CANDLES
Wlcklng....................... ..........   IS Electric Light, 8s.................... .12
Woodenwar«............... ..........   13 Electric Light, 16s ..........  
.12H
..
Wrapping Paper............ ..........   13 Paraffine, 6s............................
.10H
Paraffine, 12s....................
.11
.20
Y e a s t  C a k e ....................... ...........  li Wlcklng......... ..................

Solid Back,  8 in..................   45
SoUd Back, ll i n .................   96
Pointed Ends...........'...........  86
NO. 8...................................... 1 00
No. 7...................................... 1 30
No. 4......................................1 70
No. 8...................................... 1 90

No. l Carpet..............................2 70
No. 2 Carpet..............................2 26
No. 3 Carpet..............................2 16
No. 4 Carpet..............................l 76
Parlor  Gem..............................2 40
Common Whisk...................  86
Fancy Whisk.............................l 10
Warehouse............................... 3 50

Fiber..........................1  00@3 00
Russian Bristle..........3 00@5 00
Discount, 33H%  In doz. lots. 

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

M ilwaukee  Dustless

BRUSHES 

BROOMS

Scrub

Stove

Shoe

T

w

V

Y

 

 

CANNED  GOODS 

Apples
3 lb. Standards........
Gallons, standards..

Blackberries

Standards................

l  10 
3 36

80

Beans

Baked......................  l  oo@i  so
Bed Kidney............  
76®  86
String...................... 
70
Wax.........................  
76
B laeberries
Standard.................... 
Brook  T rout

lb. cans, Spiced..............  1  90
l 00 
l  60

Clams.
Little Neck, l lb......
Little Neck. 2 lb......

90

Clam Bouillon

Burnham’s, H pint...........  1  »2
Burnham’s, pints..............  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20

Cherries
Bed  Standards...........
White.........................

Corn
Fair....................... .
Good.......................
Fancy......................

F rench  Peas
Sur Extra Fine.............
Extra  Fine...................
Fine...............................
Moyen............................... 
Gooseberries

Standard................
H om iny

86

Peas

M ushrooms

86
2  15
3 60 
2 40
1 76
2 80
1 76
2 80
1 76
2 80
18® 20 
22®26

1  66 96
86®  90
_
l 66®l  85
1 00 
1  26
1 00 
1 00 
1  60

Standard.
Lobster
Star, H lb.................
Star, l  lb.................
Picnic Tails.............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ...........
Mustard, 21b...........
Soused, lib ..............
Soused, 2 lb............
Tomato, li b ...........
Tomato, 2 lb............
Hotels.......................
Buttons....................
Oysters
Cove, l lb.................  
Cove, 2 lb.................
Cove, l lb Oval........
Peaches
P ie........................... 
Yellow....................  
Pears
Standard.................
Fancy.......................
Marrowfat..............
Early June..............
Early June  Sifted..
Plum s
85
Plums......................
Pineapple
Grated....................   1 25@2 76
Sliced.......................   1 38@2 66
P um pkin
96 
F a ir......................
1 00 
Good........................
Fancy......................
1  10
1  15
Standard..................
lb. cans..........................  3 75
% lb, cans..........................  7 00
1 lb. can............................  12 00
Columbia River, tails 
@1
@2
Columbia River, flats 
Red  Alaska..............  1  30@1
Pink Alaska............  
90@i
Shrim ps
Standard.................  
1
Sardines
Domestic, 148........... 
3X
Domestic, M s.........  
5
Domestic,  Mustard. 
6
California, <4».......... 
California Hs........... 
French, Ms.............. 
French, Hs..............  
Standard................
Fancy......................  
Succotash
Fair.......................... 
Good........................ 
Fancy........... . 

R aspberries
Russian  Cavier

Straw berries

Salmon

U@14
17@24
7©14
18@28

i  25
.  »
1 00
120

F air__
Good... 
Fancy.. 
Gallons.

Dwinell-Wright  Co.’s Brands.

1  26 
1  30 
1  36 
3 60

CARBON  OILS 

B arrels

Eocene...........................  @*l
Perfection......................  @w
Diamond White.........   @9
_8. Gasoline..'..........   @12H
Deodorized Naphtha..  @10H
Cylinder....................... 29  @34
Engine..........................19  @22
Black, winter...............  9  @10X

CATSUP

Colombia,  pints........................2 52
Colombia, H pints.....................l 26

CHEESE
Acme......................
Amboy...................
Elsie.......................
Emblem.................
Gem.......................
Gold Medal.............
Ideal......................
Jersey....................
Riverside................
Brick.......................  
Edam.......................
Leiden....................  
Llmburger...............  
Pineapple................ 
Sap  sago.................  

®13 
@13 H 
@13

@13
@
@13H313
I«®«
,
J3@14
50@76
19@20

CHEWING GUM 
American Flag Spruce.... 
Beeman’s Pepsin.............. 
B la c k ja c k ................... 
Largest Gum  Made.........  
Sen Sen............ ...............  
Sen Sen Breath Perfume., 
Sugar Loaf.......................  
Yucatan............................ 

66
60
66
60
,
l 00
j®
60

CHICORY

Bulk......................  ...........   $
Red...................................... \
Eagle....................................  4
Franck’s ..............................  *
Schener’s .............................  6

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sweet....................   23
Premium..............................  31
Breakfast Cocoa...................  46

Runkel Bros.

11

Vienna Sweet....................  21
Vanilla................................   28
Premium..............................  31

CLOTHES  LINES 

60 ft, 3 thread, extra........ 
l  00
72 ft, 3 thread,  extra........ 
l  40
90 ft, 3 thread,  extra........  1 70
60 ft, 6 thread,  extra.......   1 29
72 ft, 6 thread,  extra........

Sisal

Ju te

60 ft....................................
72 ft...................................
90 ft....................................
120 ft..................................

Cotton  Victor

50 ft....................................
6f ft....................................
70 ft.................... ..............
Cotton W indsor
59 ft....................................
60 ft....................................
70 ft....................................
80 f t ..................................
Cotton B raided
40 ft...................................
59 ft.......................  .........
o ft......r...........................
Galvanized  W ire 
No. 20, each 100 ft long....
No. 19, each 100 ft long....

COCOA

75 
90 
1  05 
1  50

80 
95 
1  10

1  20 
1  40 
1 65 
1  85

1 90
2 10

Cleveland............... •'............  41
Colonial, M*  .......................   36
Colonial, Hs.........................  33
Huyler.................................  46
Van Houten, Hs...................  12
VanHouten, Ms...................  20
Van Houten, Hs..................   40
Van Houten, 
is ................  70
Webb.................................... 
30
Wilbur, Hs.  .........................   41
Wilbur. Ms...........................  42

COCOANUT

Dunham’s Hs....................  26
Dunham’s Hs and Ms......   26H
Dunham’s  Ms...................  27
Dunham’s  Hs..................   28
Bulk..................................   13

COCOA  SHELLS
20 1b. bags..........................  
Less quantity.................  
Pound packages............  

2H

3
4

COFFEE 
Roasted 

F. M. C. brands

Mandehling......................... 30M
Purity..................................28
No 1  Hotel..........................28
Monogram................  ........26
Special Hotel...................... 23
Parkerhouse................ . 
21
Honolulu  ............................17
Fancy  Maracaibo......  ...... 16
Maracaibo...........................13
Porto Rican........................16
Marexo.............................UH

White House, 1 lb. cans......
White House, 2 lb. cans......
Excelsior, M. & J. l lb. cans 
Excelsior, M. & J. 2 lb. cans 
Tip Top, M. & J., 1 lb. cans.
Royal Java..........................
Royal Java and Mocha.......
Java and Mocha Blend.......
Boston  Combination...........
Ja-Vo Blend........................
Ja-Mo-Ka  Blend.................
Distributed by Olney & Judson 
Gro. Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  C.  El­
liott &  Co.,  Detroit,  B.  Desen- 
berg & Co., Kalamazoo, Symons 
Bros. &  Co.,  Saginaw,  Jackson 
Grocer Co.,  Jackson,  Melsel  & 
Goeschel.  Bay  City,  Flelbach 
Co., Toledo.
No.  9....................................  8M
No. 10....................................9M
No. 12....................................12
No. 14.......... 
14
No. 16....................................16
No. 18....................................18
No. 20.................................... 20
No. 22.................................... 22
NO. 24....................................24
NO. 26.................................... 26
No. 28.................................... 28
Belle Isle..........................   20
Red  Cross............................24
Colonial...............................26
Juno.....................................28
Koran...................................14

Telfer Coffee Co. brands

Delivered In 100 lb. lots.

 

Rio

Santos

Maracaibo

Common...............................  8
F a ir.....................................   9
Choice...................................10
Fancy....................................15
Common...............................  8
F a ir.....................................   9
Choice...................................10
Fancy...................................13
Peaberry...............................ll
F air......................................13
Choice.................................  16
Choice...................................13
Fancy...................................17
Choice..............................  
African................................. 12
Fancy African.....................17
O  G ..................................... 26
P. G...................................... 31

G uatem ala

Mexican

Ja v a

Mocha

  13

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

Package 

New York Basis.

Arbuckle............................ 10h
Dllworth.............................10H
Jersey................................. 10H
Lion.................................... io
M cLaughlin’s X X IX  
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City H  gross............   75
Felix H gross............................ 1 15
Hummel’s foil H gross........  86
Hummel’s tin H gross........1  43

E xtract

CONDENSED  M ILK 

4 doz In case.

B u tter

CRACKERS 

Gall Borden Eagle...................6 40
Crown....................................... 5 90
Daisy.........................................4 70
Champion.................................4 26
Magnolia..................................4 00
Challenge................................. * 10
Dime.........................................3 36
Milkmaid..............................6
Tip  Top....................................3 85
Nestles..................................... 4 25
Highland Cream................. 5
St. Charles Cream................4
Peerless Evaporated Cream.4 
National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
6M
Seymour............................ 
New York.........................  614
6M
Family.............................. 
Salted................................ 
6M
Wolverine......................... 
65£
Soda  XXX.......................  
6M
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette........................   13
F a u st...............................   7H
Farina..............................  
Extra Farina.................... 
Sal tine Oyster...................  6M
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
Animals............................  10
Assorted  Cake.................  
io

Oyster

Soda

6
6

6

Belle Rose...........................  
8
Bent’s Water......... ..........  16
Cinnamon Bar.....................   9
Coffee Cake,  Iced.............  10
Coffee Cake. Java..............   10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy.................  10
Cracknells.........................  16
Creams, Iced.......................  8
Cream Crisp......................  10H
Cubans..............................  11H
Currant Fruit.....................  12
Frosted Honey...................   12
9
Frosted Cream.................... 
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sm’ll  8 
6H
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C —  
Gladiator...........................  10H
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
7H
Milk Biscuit...................... 
Molasses  Cake.................  
8
Molasses Bar....................  
9
Moss Jelly Bar.................  12H
Newton..............................  12
Oatmeal Crackers............. 
8
Oatmeal Wafers...............   12
Orange Crisp....................   9
9
Orange Gem...................... 
Penny Cake................  
8
 
Pilot Bread, XXX............  
7H
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8H
Pretzels, hand  made........ 
8H
Scotch Cookies................     9
Sears’ Lunch....................   7H
Sugar Cake.......................  
8
S n n r nrmm. XXX.........  
s
Sugar Squares................... 
8
Sultanas............................   13
Tutti Frutti.......................  16
Vanilla Wafers.................   16
Vienna Crimp................... 
8
. J.  Kruce & Co.’s baked good 
Standard Crackers.
Blue Ribbon Squares.
Write for  complete  price  list 

with Interesting discounts.
CREAM TARTAR

and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulkin sacks...........................29

D R IED   FRUITS 

Apples

California Prunes

Sundried.........................  @6M
Evaporated, 60 lb. boxes.  @10 
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  @ 3M
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  @  4y,
80 - 90 26 lb. boxes........  @5
70 - 80 26 lb. boxes........  @ 6H
60 - 70 26lb. boxes........  @6
60-60 26 lb. boxes........  @ 7H
40 - 60 26 lb. boxes........  @ 8H
30 - 40 26 lb. boxes........ 
8M
CaUfornia F ru its

M cent less In 50 lb. oases 

Citron

C urrants

Apricots.....................  @HH
lackberrles..............
B
Nectarines.................  
8H
Peaches......................  @9H
Pears.......................... 9H
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries...............
Leghorn...................................ll
Corsican...........................  12H
California, 1 lb.  package__
Imported, l lb package.......  7H
Imported, bulk....................  7
Citron American 19 lb. bx...i3 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 13 
Orange American I01b.bx..i3 
London Layers 2 Crown. 
1  75 
Londoft Layers 3 Crown. 
l  90
Cluster 4 Crown............
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
7
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
1%
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
8<4
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb...... 9&@io
L. M., Seeded, 3£ lb .... 
8
Sultanas, b u lk .....................11
Sultanas, package...............11H
FARINACEOUS  GOODS

Raisins 

Peel

Beans

F arin a

H om iny

Dried Lima....................
...  6H
1  !>6
Medium Hand Picked
. . . 2   25
Brown Holland..............
. . . 1   13 
241 lb. packages...........
. . . 2   60
Bulk, per 100 Tbs.............
90
Flake, 60 lb. sack..........
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl........... ....6 00
Pearl, 100 lb. sack......... ....2 60
M accaroni and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 26 lb. box..................2 60
Common..............................300
Chester......................................2 75
Empire...................................... 8 66
Green, Wisconsin, bu..........1  90
Green, Scotch, bu.....................2 00
Split,  lb................................  4
Rolled Avena, bbl.....................5 40
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks........ 2 80
Monarch, bbl............................ 5 10
Monarch, H bbl........................2 70
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks..........2 46
Quaker, cases...........................3 20

P earl  B arley

Rolled  Oats

Peas

6
. Grit*

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Sago

W heat

Tapioca

FISHING  TACKLE

Cases, 24 2 lb. packages......2 30
East India........................ .-.  3X
German, sacks....................  3%
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  no lb. sacks.............. 4>4
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks................3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages........ 6>4
Cracked, bulk......................  314
24 2 lb. packages.................2 so
*4 to 1 incb...........................  6
114 to 2 Inches..  .................   7
114 to 2 inches......................  9
1% to 2 Inches.................... 
11
2 Inches...... .........................   15
3 Inches...............................  30
No. 1,10 feet.........................  5
No. 2,15 feet.........................  7
No. 3,15 fe e t.......................  
9
No. 4,15 feet........................   10
No. 5,15 feet.........................  11
No. 6,16 feet.........................  12
No. 7,15 feet.........................  15
No. 8,15 feet.........................  18
No. 9,15 feet.........................  20
Small....................................  20
Medium................................  26
L arge..................................   34
Bamboo, 14 ft., per  doz........  50
Bamboo, 16 f t . per doz........  65
Bamboo. 18 f t , per doz. 
.  80
FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Cotton  Lines

Linen  Lines

Poles

FOOTE & JEN K S’

JAXON

H ighest  Grade  Extracts
Lemon

Vanilla 

1 oz full m. 1  20  1 oz full  m.  80
2 oz full m.2  10  2 oz full m.l  26 
No. sfan’y 8  15  No.sfan’y  1  7F

OyEMAAV;ç

Vanilla 

Lemon

2 oz panel..1  20  2 oz panel.  75
3 oz taper. .2 00  4 oz taper.. 1  50

Beef

Ü. C. Lemon
2 oz......... 
75
3 0Z........  1 00
6 oz..........2 00
.  1  52
No. 4T 
O ur Tropical.

1). C. Vanilla
2 oz.......   1 24
3 oz.......   i 60
4 OZ.......   2 00
No. 3T...  2 08

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75c. 

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

FLV  PA PER

Standard.

FRESH  MEATS 

P ork

Carcass....................  
7  ©10
Forequarters.........  
6X@  7M
Hindquarters......... 
8  ©11
Loins.......................   12  ©17
9  @14
Bibs......................... 
Bounds.................... 
8  @  9
Chucks.................... 
6M@  "¡A
Plates...................... 
4  @5
Dressed...................  7  ©  7M
Loins.......................   10M@H
Boston Butts........... 
9M@ 95£
Shoulders................ 
@9
Leaf  Lard................ 
@u
M utton
Carcass...................   7  © 8M
Lambs......................  0  @11
Carcass....................  6  © 8
FRUIT  CAN  WRENCH.
Triumph, per  gross...........9 60
Knox’s  Sparkling............   1  20
Knox’s Sparkllng.pr gross  14 00
Knox’s Acidulated...........  1  20
Knox’s Acidulat’d,pr gross 14 00
Oxford..............................  
JBi
Plymouth  Bock................  1  20
Nelson’s............................  1  50
Cox’s, 2-qt size.................  1 61
Cox’s, 1-qt size..................  1  10

GELATINE

Veal

GRAIN  BAGS
Amoskeag, 100 in b ale__
Amoskeag, less than bale.

im
GRAINS  A N »  FLOUR 

W heat

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

W inter W heat  Flour 

84

Local Brands

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents...........................  4 75
Second Patent..................   4 25
Straight.............................  4 05
Second Straight...............   3 76
Clear................................   3 45
Graham............................  3 76
Buckwheat.......................  4 30
Bye...................................   3 20
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 26c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond Ms.....................   3 85
Diamond 14s.....................  3 85
Diamond vis.....................   3 85
Quaker Ms........................   4  10
Quaker Ms........................  4  10
Quaker Vis........................  4  10
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s  Brand
PUlsbury’s  Best Vis.........   4 70
Plllsbury’s  Best Ms.........   4 60
PUlsbury’s  Best Vis.........   4 50
Pilisbury’s Best Ms paper.  4  60 
Plllsbury’s Best Ms paper.  4 50 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 30
Duluth  Imperial Ms.........  4 20
Duluth  Imperial Vis.........  4  10
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  Ms.................... 
4 35
Wlngold  Ms....................  4 25
Wlngold  Ms....................  4  15

Spring W heat  Flour 

Olney & Judson’s Brand

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Ceresota Ms......................  4  60
Ceresota Ms......................  4  60
Ceresota Ms......................  4  40
Laurel  Ms................. . 
460
Laurel  Ms.........................  4 40
Laurel  Vis.........................  4 30
Laurel Ms and Ms paper..  4 30 

Meal

Feed and Millstuffk

Bolted...............................  2 70
Granulated.......................  2 90
St. Car Feed, screened__25 00
No. l Corn and  Oats........  24 60
Unbolted Com  Meal........  23 60
Winter Wheat Bran.........  20 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  21  00
Screenings.......................   19 00

Oats

Corn
Hay

Car  lots.............................  47 M
Car lots, clipped...............   eo
Less than car lots.............
Corn, car  lots..................  64
No. 1 Timothy car lots__   10 00
No. 1 Timothy ton lots__ 12 00
Sage.........................................15
Hops....................................... 15
Laurel Leaves......................... 16
Senna Leaves 
................... 26

HERBS

INDIGO

Madras, 5 lb. boxes................55
S. F„ 2,8 and 5 lb. boxes....... 50
5 lb. palls.per doz...........  1 75
15 lb. palls............................  38
301b. palls............................  72

JELLY

LICORICE

PLAYING CARDS
No. 90, Steamboat............  
90
No. 15, Rival, assorted__   1  20
No. 20, Rover, enameled..  1  60
N5. 572, Special................   175
No  98, Golf, satin finish..  2 00
No. 808, Bicycle...............   2 00
No. 632, Tournam’t Whist.  2 25 

POTASH 

48 cans In case.

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

PROVISIONS 
B arreled  Pork

Mess.........................
Back.......................
Clear back...............
Short out.................
P ig.............................
Bean.........................
Family Mess Loin...
Clear.......................

D ry  Salt  Meats

Bellies......................
S P Bellies................
Extra shorts............

@17 26 
@19 00 
@19 76 
@18 00 
20  00 @17 CO 
19  60 
@18 00

10M
11
10M

Smoked  Meats 

©11

Hams, 121b. average.
@  12M 
Hams, 14 lb. average.
©  12M 
Hams, 161b. average.
©  12M
Hams, 201b. average.
I w»mn, «nu. aioiago.  @ 12/8
Ham dried beef......   @  12H
Shoulders(N.Y.cut) 
©  9M
Bacon, clear............   HM@  12M
9* 
California hams.
Boiled Hams..........
@  18 
Picnic Boiled Hams 
ldM©  14 
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d.
9©  9 Vi 
Mince Hams.........
9@  9M
Lard
Compound...............
Pure.........................
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
60 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls. .advance 
10 lb. Palls.. advance 
5 lb. Palls.. advance 
•lb. Fail ■..advance 
Vegetole..................
Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver.......................
Frankfort................
P o rk .......................
Blood.......................
Tongue....................
nuauuueoHe............. 
Beef
Extra Mess..............
Boneless..................
Bump, New............

m  
M 
M 
M 
■  
X

10 00
10 75
11  00

6
6
8
6
o y%

@7M

Pigs’  Feet

M bbls., 40 lbs.........
I bbls.,  lbs............
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs..............
M bbls., 40 lbs.........
M bbls., 80 lbs.........
Casings
P o rk .......................
Beef rounds............
Beef middles...........
Sheep.......................
B utte rine
Solid, dairy..............
Rolls, dairy..............
Rolls,  creamery......
Solid,  creamery......

Canned  Meats

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

LYE

MEAT  EXTRACTS

Armour & Co.’s, 2 oz........  4 46
Liebig’s, 2  oz.........................  2 75

Corned beef, 2 lb__
Corned beef, 14 lb...
Roast beef, 2 lb........
Potted ham,  Vis......
Potted ham,  vis......
Deviled ham, Vis__
Deviled ham, Ms__
Potted tongue,  Ms..
Potted tongue,  Ms..
RICE

Domestic

1  70
7 60

70
1  40
2  60

24
5
12
66

@14
@14M
17
16M
2  60
17 60
2  60
50
90
50
90
50
90

Carolina head...............
--- 6M
Carolina No. 1 .....................6
Carolina No. 2 ..................... 6K
Broken ..................................

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

40
36
2b
22

Horse Badlsh, 1 doz................. 1 75
Horse Radish, 2 doz.................3 50
Bayle’s Celery. 1  doz........... 1  75

OLIVES

Bulk, 1 gal. kegs..............     1  35
l 20
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs.................... 
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs....................  1 15
Manzanula, 7 oz................ 
80
Queen, pints..........................  2 36
Queen, 19 oz..........................  4 50
Queen, 28  oz..........................  7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz...................... 
Stuffed, 8 oz..........................   1 45
Stuffed, 10 oz.........................  2 30

90

PICKLES
M edium

Barrels, 1,200 count................. 8 00
Half bbls, 600 count................. 4 50

Barrels, 2,400 count.................9 60
Half bbls, 1,200 count..........6 26

Small

PIPES

Clay, No. 216..............................1 70
Clay, T. D., full count.........   65
Cob, No. 8............................  85

Sutton’s Table Bice, 40 to the 

bale, 2M pound pockets__7M

Im ported.

Japan,  No. l .................5M@
Japan, No. 2.................5  ©
Java, fancy head...........  ©
Java, No. l ....................   ©
Table...............................  @

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

8

9

• s q

10
SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

J pMDfiL

100 cakes, large size............3 25
50 cakes, large size............6 50
100 cakes, small size............l  95
50 cakes, small size............3 85

JAXON

Lautz Bros, brands—

Jas. S. Kirk & Co. brands—

Single box............................3 35
5 box lots, delivered...........3 30
10 box lots, delivered........... 3 25
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Silver King.......................  3 65
Calumet Family.............   2  76
Scotch Family................   2  86
Cuba................................  2 35
Dusky Diamond...............  3 55
Jap Bose..........................  3 75
Savon  Imperial..............  3 55
White Russian................   3 60
Dome, oval bars..............3 55
Satinet, oval.....................  2 50
White  Cloud.................... 4  10
Big Acme.........................  4 25
Acme 5c............................ 3 65
Marseilles........................  4 00
Master.............................. 3 70
Lenox..............................   3 35
Ivory, 6oz......................... 4 oo
Ivory, 10 oz......................  6 75
Schultz & Co. brand-
sta r..................................  3 40
Search-Light Soap Co.  brand. 
Search-Llgnt, 100 twin bars  3 75 
A. B. Wrlsley brands—
Good Cheer....................  4 00
Old Country....................  3 40
Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz........2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz.............2 40
Boxes.......................  
5M
Kegs, English........................4X
SNUFF
Scotch, In bladders................  37
Maccaboy, In jars................  35
French Rappee, In jars......   43

Proctor & Gamble brands—

Scouring

SODA

 

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice............................
Cassia, China In mats......
Cassia, Batavia, in bund...
Cassia, Saigon, broken__
Cassia, Saigon, In rolls....
Cloves, Amboyna..............
Cloves, Zanzibar...............
Mace.................................
Nutmegs,  75-80.................
Nutmegs,  105-10...............
Nutmegs, 116-20................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white.
Pepper, shot......................
Allspice.............................
Cassia, Batavia.................
Cassia, Saigon...................
Cloves, Zanzibar...............
Ginger, African...............
Ginger, Cochin.................
Ginger,  Jamaica..............
Mace..................................
Mustard............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne..............
Sage..................................

P u re G round in B ulk

STARCH

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross..  4 60 
No. 6,3 doz In case, gross..  7  20 

SUGAR

Domino.............................  6 80
Cut Loaf...............................5 20
Crushed............................  5 20
Cubes................................  4 96
Powdered.........................  4 80
Coarse  Powdered............   *  80
XXXX Powdered.............  4 85
Fine Granulated................  4 70
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  4 90
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  4  85
Mould A............................  5 05
Diamond A.......................  470
Confectioner’s A..............  4  60
No.  l, Columbia A...........  4 40
No.  2, Windsor A............   4 35
No.  3, Ridgewood A........  4 35
No.  4, Phoenix  A............   4 30
No.  6, Empire A..............  4 26
No.  6................................   4 20
No.  T................................   4 10
No.  8................................   4 00
No.  9................................   3 95
NO. 10................................   3 90
NO. 11.......................... . 
3 86
NO. 12................................   3 80
NO. 13................................   8 80
NO. 14................................   3 80
NO. 15................................  3 75
No. 16................................   3 70

TEA
Jap an

Sundrled, medium........ ....28
Sundrled, choice........... ....30
Sundrled, fancy............. ....40
Regular, medium.........
....28
Regular, choice............ ....30
Regular, fancy.............
....40
....28
Basket-fired, medium..
Basket-fired, choice__ ....35
Basket-fired, fancy......
....40
Nibs.............................
....27
Siftings.......................... 19@21
Fannings...................... 20@22
Gunpowder
Moyune, medium........
....26
....36
Moyune, choice...........
....60
Moyune,  fancy............
Plngsuey,  medium......
....26
Plngsuey, choice.......
....30
Plngsuey,fancy...........
....40
Young  Hyson
Choice..........................
....30
Fancy...........................
....36
Formosa, fancy............ ......42
Amoy, medium............ ......25
Amoy, choice...............
....32

Oolong

English B reakfast

....27
Medium........................
Choice........................... ......34
Fancy...........................
....42

In dia

Ceylon, choice.............
Fancy...........................
TOBACCO

Cigars

....32
....42

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.

Fortune Teller.................  36 oo
Our Manager....................  36  00
Quintette..........................   36 00
G. 

J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

Fine  Cut

8. C. W..............................  86 00
Cigar Clippings, per lb......  
26
Uncle Daniel........................54
Ojlbwa................................ 34
Forest  Giant...................... .34
Sweet Spray..,.................... 38
Cadillac................................ 57
Sweet Loma.........................38
Golden Top.......................... 27
Hiawatha............................. 67
Telegram..............................26
Pay Car............................... 32
Prairie Bose......................... 60
Protection............................ 38
Sweet Burley....................... 40
Sweet Loma......................... 38
Tiger....................................39
™ 
Flat Iron..............................33
Creme de Menthe................60
Stronghold........................... 39
Elmo..................................... 33
Sweet Chunk........................37
Forge....................................33
Red Cross............................. so
Palo......................................36
Kylo......................................36
Hiawatha............................. 41
Battle A xe...........................37
American Eagle...................34
Standard Navy.....................37
Spear Head, 16 oz................ 42
Spear Head,  8oz................44
1 Nobby Twist........................48

P iug

K ingsford’s Corn
40 l-lb. packages..............   7M
20 l-lb. packages............... 
7X
K ingsford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages...............   7M
6 lb. packages...............  
8M
Common Gloss
l-lb. packages.....................  6
3-lb. packages...................  5M
6-lb. packages..................   6M
40 and 60-lb. boxes............... 
4
Barrels................................ 
4
20 l-lb.  packages..............  6
40i-lb.  packages.............. 

Common Corn

6M

SYRUPS

Corn

Barrels..................................26
Half bbls..............................28
10 lb. cans, M doz. In case..  1  80 
6 lb. cans, l doz. in case—   2 05 
2M lb. cans, 2 doz. In case.. .2 05 
F a ir.....................................   16
Good....................................  20
Choice.................................  25

P u re  Cane

Best  grade  Imported Japan,
3 pound pockets,  33  to  the
bale...................................6

Cost of packing In cotton  pock­
ets only Me more than bulk.
Packed 60 lbs. In box. 

SALERATUS 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3  16
Deland’s....................................3 oo
Dwight’s  Cow...........................3 15
Emblem....................................2 10
t  p  
Wyandotte, ioo Ms...................3 00
Granulated, bbls.................   96
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__ l  00
Lump, bbls.........................  80
Lump, 146 lb. kegs...............   85

..........3  00

SAL  SODA

SALT 
Buckeye

Common  Grades

Diam ond Crystal 

ioo  31b. bags...........................3 00
60  61b. bags...........................3 00
22 14 lb. bags...........................2 75
In 5 bbl. lots  5  per  cent,  dis­
count.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. l  40 
Table, barrels, ioo 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 75 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 66 
Butter, barrels, 20141b.bags.2  86
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs............   67
100 31b. sacks............................2 25
60 6 lb. sacks............................2 15
2810 lb. sacks.......................... 2 05
561b. sacks........................  40
281b. sacks........................  22
66 lb. dairy In drill bags......   40
28 lb. dairy In drill bags......   20
66 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  60
66 lb. dairy In mien sacks 
60
661b. sacks..........................   26
Granulated  Fine.................  85
Medium Fine.......................   90

Solar Rock
Common

Ashton
ns
Higgl
linei

W arsaw

SALT  FISH 

Cod

T rout

H alibut.

M ackerel

10 lbs....................  
8 lbs.................... 

Georges cured............   © 6&
Georges  genuine........  ©  6M
Georges selected........  ©  3M
Grand Bank...................  © 6X
Strips or  bricks......... 6M@10M
Pollock...........................  © 3K
Strips......................................14
Chunks.............................   15M
No. 1 100 lbs......................   6 60
No. 1  40 lbs......................   2 50
No. I 
70
No. 1 
59
Mess 100 lbs......................   11  00
Mess  40 lbs......................   4 70
Mess  10 lbs......................  
l  25
Mess  8 lbs......................   1  03
No. 1100 lbs......................   9  60
NO. 1  40 lbs......................   4  10
No. 1  10 lbs......................   1  10
No. 1 
91
No. 2 ioo lbs.......................  8 00
No. 2  40 lbs........................  8 50
No. 2  10 lbs....................  
96
V«. V  8 1»»* 
TO
.. . 
Holland white hoops, bbl.  10 26 
Holland white hoops Mbbl.  5 25 
Holland white hoop, keg.. 76©85 
Holland white hoop mchs. 
86
Norwegian.......................
Bound 100 lbs....................  3 35
Bound 40 lbs......................  165
Scaled..............................  10M
Bloaters.............................
No. 1  NO. 2

8 lbs....................  

W hite fish 

H erring

Fam 
3 40 
1  65 
49 
42

100 lbs........... 6 50
40 lbs...........3 00
10 lbs...........  80
8 lbs...........  67

SEEDS

Anise...................................   9
Canary, Smyrna..................   3M
Caraway........1......................7M
Cardamon, Malabar..................1 00
Celery....................................10
Hemp, Russian.................... 4
Mixed Bird..........................   4
Mustard, white....................  7
Poppy...................................  6
Rape.......................... ........4
Cuttle Bonn......................... .14
Handy Box, large............   2 50
Handy Box, small............   1 26
Bixby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
85
Miller’s Crown  Polish...... 

SHOE  BLACKING

30

1 2

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

13

14

 

 

Jolly T ar............................. 38
Old Honesty.........................«
Toddy...................................34
J .T 7 ...................................38
Piper Heldslck....................63
Boot Jack............................. 81
Jelly Cake............................ 36
Plumb Bob.........................32
Honey Dip Twist............. ¡.-39

Smoking
Hand Pressed......................40
Ibex..........................  
 
Sweet Core...............  ........ 36
Flat Car...............................38
Great Navy..........................37
W arpath.............................27
Bamboo,  8 oz..................... 29
Bamboo, 16 oz..................... 27
I X L,  Bib..........................27
I X L, 16oz. palls.................31
Honey Dew........................ 37
Gold Block..........................37
Flagman.............................*1
Chips...................................34
Kiln Dried..........................22
Duke’s Mixture....... - ........ 38
Duke’s Cameo.....................40
Myrtle Navy.......................40
Turn Yum, IK oz................ <0
Yum Yum, l lb. pails......... 38
Cream................................. 37
Com Cake, 214 oz................24
Com Cake, l lb................... 22
Plow Boy, IK oz..................40
Plow Boy, 3*4 oz..................39
Peerless, 3*4 oz................... 34
Peerless, IK oz...................36
Indicator, 214 oz..................28
Indicator, 1 lb. pails..........31
CoL Choice, 214 oz...............21
Col. Choice. 8 oz................. 21

TABLE  SAUCES

ft  LEA &.
B  PERRINS’ 
jgg  SAUCE
¿35^, 

TW INE

VINEGAR

The Original and
Genuine 
Worcestershire.
Lea 6  Perrin’s, large........  3 75
Lea ft Perrin’s, small......   2 BO
Halford, large...................  3 75
Halford, small...................  2 28
Salad Dressing, large......   4 55
Salad Dressing, small......   2 75
Cotton, 3 ply......................... 16
Cotton, 4 ply.........................16
Jute, 2ply............................ 12
Hemp, 6 ply......................... 12
Flax, medium...................... 20
Wool, l lb. balls.................. 7*4
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..li 
Pure cider, B. ft B. brand.  . 11
Pure Cider, Bed Star........... 12
Pure Cider, Boblnson..........12
Pure Cider, Silver................12
Diamond  Flake........................2 75
Gold  Brick...............................3 25
Gold Dust, regular...................3 95
Gold Dust, 5c............................ 3 75
Klrkoline, 24 4 lb......................3 65
Pearline....................................2 65
Soaptne..................................... 2 45
Soaplne..................................... 3 80
Babbitt’s 1776...........................  2 75
Roseine.................................. ..3 00
Armour’s.................................. 3 70
Nine O’clock.............................3 15
Wisdom....................................3 80

WASHING  POW DER

Mop  Sticks

 

 

Palls

Traps

Toothpicks

W ash  Boards

Trojan spring.......................   90
Eclipse patent spring........   85
No 1 common.......................  75
No. 2 patent brash holder..  85
12 tt>. cotton mop heads...... l  25
Ideal No. 7 ...................  
 
_hoop Standard................... 1  60
3-hoop Standard...................1  70
2- wlre,  Cable........................l  60
3- wire,  Cable........................i  70
28
Cedar, all red, brass bound.l 25
Paper,  Eureka......................... 2 25
Fibre.................................... 2 40
Hardwood................................ 2 50
Softwood............................. 2 75
Banquet................................l  50
Ideal.................................... l  80
Mouse, wood, 2  holes..........  22
Mouse, wood, 4  holes..........   45
Mouse, wood, 6  holes..........  70
Mouse, tin, 5  holes..............  65
Bat, wood.............. 
80
Bat, spring...........................   75
Tubs
20-inch, Standard, No. 1.......7 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2...... 6 00
16-inch, Standard, No. 3.......5  00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l............ 7 60
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2.................7 00
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3.................6 00
No. 1 Fibre............................... 9 45
No. 2 Fibre............................... 7 96
No. 3 Fibre............................... 7 20
Bronze Globe............................ 2 50
Dewey......................................1 76
Double Acme............................ 2 76
Single Acme.........................  2 25
Double Peerless....................  3 25
Single Peerless.........................2 60
Northern Queen......................2 60
Double Duplex.........................3 oo
Good Luck............................... 2 76
Universal..................................2 26
12 In.  ................................... 1  65
14 in...........................................1 88
16 in.......................................... 2 30
ll In. Butter.........................  75
13 In. Butter.............................. 1 00
16 In. Butter.............................. 1 75
17 In. Butter..........................;..2 60
19 In. Butter..............................3 00
Assorted 13-15-17.................. 1  75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................2  50
Common Straw....................  1*4
Fiber Manila, white.........   3M
Fiber Manila, colored......   4*4
No.  1  Manila.................... 
4
Cream  Manila.................. 
3
Butcher’s Manila..............  2*4
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count —   20
Wax Butter,  rolls............   15
Magic, 3 doz..............................l oo
Sunlight, 3doz.......................... l 00
Sunlight, 1*4  doz.................   50
Yeasf Cream, 3 doz...................1 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz................... 1 00
Yeast Foam. l%  doz...........  60
Per lb.
White fish.....................9Q  8
Trout..........................   8a  8
Black Bass................
Halibut.......................  a   16
Ciscoes or Herring....  a   5
Blueflsh.......................   a   12
Live Lobster...............   a   20
Boiled Lobster............  a   22
Cod...............................  a   10
Haddock.....................   a   10
No. l Pickerel..............  a   7
Pike.............................  a   7
Perch...........................  a   5
Smoked White............  a   1«
Bed Snapper............. 
a   10*4
ColBlver  Salmon...12*4@  13
Mackerel.....................   a   15

W RAPPING  PA PER

W indow  Cleaners

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH  FISH

Wood  Bowls

HIDES AND  PELTS 

W ICKING

Bub-No-More..................... 3 60
Scourlne...............................3  50
No. 0, per gross....................20
No. i, per gross....................25
No. 9, per gross....................35
No. 8. per gross....................55

WOODENWARE

Baskets

B u tter Plates

Bradley  B u tter Boxes

Bushels................................  85
Bushels, wide  band............ 1  15
M arket................................  30
Splint, large........................ 6 00
Splint, medium...................5  00
Splint, small....................... 4  00
Willow Clothes, large......... 5 50
Willow Clothes, medium...  5 00
Willow Clothes, small.........4 75
2 lb. size, 24 in case............  72
3 lb. size, 16 In case............   68
5 lb. size, 12 in case............  63
10 lb. size,  6 in case............  60
No. l Oral, 250 in crate........  46
No. 2 Oval, 260 In crate........  50
No. 3 Oval, 260 In crate........  56
No. 5 Oval, 260 In crate........  66
Barrel, 5 gals., each............ 2  40
Barrel, 10 gals., each...........2 55
Barrel, 15 gals., each...........2 70
Bound head, 5 gross box__   45
Bound head, cartons...........  62
Humpty Dumpty............... 2 25
No. 1, complete...................  29
No. 2, complete...................  18
Cork lined, 8 In....................   38
Cork lined, 9 in...................  65
Cork lined, 10 In...................  85
Cedar. 8 In............................  60

Clothes Pins

Egg Crates

Faucets

Churns

Oysters.
Can Oysters
F. H.  Counts........... 
F. S. D.  Selects......
Selects....................
Counts....................
Extra Selects...........
Selects......................
Standards................
Hides

Bulk Oysters

Pelts

Green  No. l ............. 
Green  No. 2............. 
Cured  No. 1............  
Cured  No. 2............  
Calfskins .green No. 1 
CaUsklns,greenNo.2 
Calf skins, curedNo.l 
Calfskins,curedNo.2 
Old Wool................. 
Lamb.......................  
Shearlings.............. 
Tallow
No. I............................  
No. 2..................... 
Washed, fine........... 
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed,  fine......  
Unwashed, medium. 
CANDIES 
Stick Candy
Standard...................... 
Standard H. H ........ 
Standard  Twist......  
Cut Loaf.......................  
Jumbo, 32 lb.................  
Extra H.H .............. 
Boston Cream.........  
1 Beet Rf»‘ 
.........  

Wool

60

a  7
@6
a  8*4
a  7*4
a  9*4
a   8
@10*4
a  9
60@1  50
16@  30
10@  25
a  

a s
@18
@21
12@14
14@16 

@ 7*4

bbls. pails
@ 7*4
a  8
@ 
cases
@ 7*4
@10*4
@10
@8

M ixed Candy

90

@ 6

@ 7 @7«
Grocers.........   ........
Dompetition.............
Conserve.................. @ 7*4
Special.....................
a 8*4
a 9
Royal......................
a 8
Ribbon....................
Broken....................
a 8*4
a 9
Dut Loaf...................
a 9
English Bock...........
a 9
Kindergarten.........
Bon Ton  Cream......
French Cream.........
Dandy Pan..............
mixed................... @14*4
Hand  Made  Cream
Crystal Cream mix..

@10
@10

@13

Fancy—In  Pails

Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

8*4
15
12
12
9
11
12
10
@12
a  9
@10
@11*4
@13*4
@12
@15
@ 5*4
@ 9*4
@ 9*4
@ 9*4
@12
@12
@13
@12

Champ. Crys. Gums. 
Pony  Hearts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Sugared Peanuts....
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Bum Goodies....
Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges, printed... 
Choc. Drops............
Eclipse Chocolates...
Quintette Choc........
Victoria Chocolate..
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream Opera... 
Ital. Cream Bonbons
20 lb. palls............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls.................
Golden Waffles........
Lemon  Sours.........
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate  Drops'__
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Dk. No. 12............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice  Drops........
Lozenges,  plain......
Lozenges, printed... 
Imperials.................
Mottoes.
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt............
String Bock...........
Wlntergreen Berries 
Caramels 
Clipper, 20 lb. pails.. 
Standard, 20 lb. palls 
Perfection, 20 lb.  pis 
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
Korker 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 Carls 31b 
FRUITS
Florida Bussett.......
@
Florida Bright........
@
Fancy Navels.........
@
Extra Choice...........
@
Late Valencias........
@
Seedlings.................
@
Medt. Sweets..........
Jamalcas................
@
Rodi......................
@
Lemons
Verdelli, ex fey 300..
a
a
Verdelli, fey 300......
a
Verdelli, ex chce 300
a
Verdelli, fey 360......
Call Lemons, 300......
@3 75
Messlnas  300s.........
3 >0@4  00
Messlnas  360s.........
3 M@3  75
Bananas
Medium bunches.... 1  50@2 00
Large bunches

@56
@60
@65
@85
@1  00
@36
@75
@55
@60
@60
@60
@55
@55@90
@65
065@60
@ 8*4 
@10 
@12*4 

@15 @56 @65 

3 6033 75

@60 
@60 
@50

Foreign D ried F ru its 

Figs

5

@

California«,  Fancy..
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
Extra Choice, Turk.,
10 lb. boxes...........
Fancy, Tkrk.,  12  lb.
boxes....................
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, In bags....
Dates
Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
Fards in 60 lb. cases.
Hallowi....................  
lb.  cases, new......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivloa.......
Almonds, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils,....................
Filberts  .................
6
Walnuts, Grenobles. 
Walnuts, soft shelled 
California No. l...
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
@3 50@
Chestnuts, per b u ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. Pa  Suns..
6  @5*4
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns
a  6*4@
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P., Extras 
«
■ 9 
Span. BhlldNo. l n’w  5X@ 6*4

Boasted................  6

Boasted

9

ÈWBÊSÊÊÊÊÈm Folding  Bath Tub Co.,

(El

Marshall,  Mich.

Manufacturers of Store  Fixtures and  Bath 

Tubs.

Grant’s

Berry  Cooler

Will pay for itself in  one  seasod  by  the  sav-
ing of decayed  and  spoiled  berries.  Keeps 
berries fresh  and  at  an  even  temperature. 
Prevents them from dust, flies and samplers, 
besides  making  an  elegant  display.  There 
is sure to be  a  wonderful  demand  for  this 
cooler.  The  fact  is,  If  you  handle  berries 
you want one, and this is an  opportune  time 
to send in your order.  Circular free.

W e  sell  more 5 and 10 cent goods than 
any  other  twenty  wholesale  houses  in 

the  country*

WHY?

Because  our  houses  are  the  recognized 

headquarters for these goods.

Because our prices are the lowest.
Because our services are the best.
Because our goods are always  exactly as 

we tell you they are.

Because we carry the  largest  assortment 

in this line in the world.

Because  our  assortment  is  always  kept 

up-to-date and free from stickers.

Because we aim to make  this  one  of  our 
chief lines and give to it our best thought and 
attention.

O ur  May  catalogue  lists  the  most complete  offer­
ings  in  this  line  in   the  world.  We shall  be  g la d   to 
send it to  any  merchant  who  w ill  ask  for  it.  Send 
for catalogue  J4 2 1.

B U T L E R   B R O T H E R S

230 to 240 Adams S t, Chicago

WHOLESALE  ON LY

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

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S T O N E W A R E

B u tters

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

........................... 48
614
........... 
........................... 48
60
........... 
............. 
72
........... 
1  12
1  60
........... 
............. 
2  12
............. 
2  58

Churns

M ilbpans

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

14 gzu. fiat or rd. bot., per doz.............. 
l gal. hat or rd. bot„ each................. 
Fine  Glazed M ilkpans
14 gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz............ 
l gal. flat or rd. bot., each.................  

Stewpans

14 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz............  
l gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............  

Ja g s

14 gal. per doz.....................................  
% gal. per doz...................................... 
l to 5 gal., per gal........  ..................... 

Sealing W ax

6 lbs. In package, per lb...................... 

CAMP  BURNERS

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

CAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

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

A nchor Carton Chimneys 

Each chimney In corrugated carton.

No. 0 Crimp...................... 
 
No. l Crimp......................................... 
No. 2 Crimp......................................... 

 

F irst Q uality

No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped 6  lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped 6  lab. 

XXX  F lin t

35
86
48
86
50
50
Per box of 6 doz.
1 38
1 54
2 24

P earl Top

No. l Sun, crimp top, wrapped 6  lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped 6   lab. 
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped & lab........ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........ 
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........ 
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled...... 
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps........................................  
No. 1 Sim, 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

La  Bastie

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

E lectric

OIL CANS

1 gal. tin cans with spout, per  doz.... 
1 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
2 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
3 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
6 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.................... 

LANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift...................... 
No.  IB  Tubular................................  
No. 16 Tubular, dash..........................  
No.  l Tubular, glass fountain............ 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp..................  
No.  3 Street lamp, each....................  

LANTERN GLOBES

No. 0 Tub., cases l doz. each, box, ioc 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 16c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 6 doz. each, per bbl.. 
No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each 

Hardware  Price  Current

A m m unition

Caps

G. D., full count, per m......................
Hicks’ Waterproof, per m..................
Musket, per m.....................................
Ely’s Waterproof, per m....................
No. 22 short, per m........................
No. 22 long, per m..............................
No. 32 short, per m .............................
No. 32 long, per m..............................
No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 260,  per m........
No. 2 Winchester, boxes 260, per  m...

Cartridges

Primers

Gun Wads 

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

Loaded  Shells 

New Rival—For Shotguns

Gauge
iff
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12

Drs. of
Powder

No.
120
129
128
126
136
154
200
208
236
265
264

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

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

4
4
4
4
*H
4H
3
3
3*
3H
m
Paper Shells—Not Loaded 
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100..
Kegs, 26 lbs., per keg.........................
% kegs, 12H lbs., per  K  keg..............
H kegs, 614 lbs., per H  keg................

Gunpowder

Shot

Axes

A ugurs and  Bits

In sacks containing 25 lbs. 
Drop, all sizes smaller than B...........
Snell’s .................................................
Jennings  genuine...............................
Jennings’ Imitation.............................
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.................
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...............
First Quality, S. B. S.  Steel...............
First Quality,  D. B. Steel...................
Railroad..............................................
Garden....................... ........................net
Stove ...................................................
Carriage, new  11«»  .............................
Plow ...................................................
Well, plain..........................................
Cast Loose Pin, figured.....................
Wrought Narrow...............................

B utts,  Cast

Barrow s

Buckets

Bolts

Chain

.
.

. ..  7* 
. ..  7* 

Kin.
5-16 In. % In.
Com........ ....  1  0.  ...  6  O.  .. . 5 0 . .
BB.........
....  8* 
.  65<
BBB........ ....  8* 
.  6*
Cast Steel, per lb.
Socket Firmer  .. 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Corner... 
Socket Slicks__

Elbows

Expansive  Bits

Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz................net
Corrugated, per doz............................
Adjustable......................................... dls
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26..............
Ives’ 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30....................
New American...................................
Nicholson’s..........................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps..........................

Files—New  List

Galvanized  Iron 

NOS. 16 to 20;  22 and 24;  26 and 26;  27,
List  12 
16.

13 

14 

15 

Discount,  65

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

Ganges

Glass

6
84

48
6

60
6

85
1  10

56
42
7

2

1  50
l 78
2 48

1  85
2 00
2 90

2 75
3 75
4 00
4 00
6  OO
5  10
80
l  00
l  26
l  36
1  60
3  50
4 00

4 00
4 60

1  60
l  80
4 30
5 76

7 oo
9 00

3 00

4 60
6 oo

4 76
7 26
7 26
7 50
13 50
3 60

45
46
2 00
1  26

COUPON  BOOKS

BEST W H ITE  COTTON WICKS 
Roll contains 32 yards in one piece.
No. 0,  96-lnch wide, per gross or roll.. 
No. 1, 
94-lnch wide, per gross or roll.. 
No. 2,1 
Inch wide, per gross or roll.. 
No. 3,114 Inch wide, per gross or roll.. 

18
24
31
63
50 books, any denomination....................   160
100 books, any denomination....................  2 50
600 books, any denomination....................  11  50
1.000 books, any denomination....................  20 00
Above  quotations  are  for  either  Tradesman,
Superior, Economic or Universal grades.  Where
1.000 books are ordered at a  time  customers  re­
ceive  specially  printed  cover  without  extra 
charge. 

_   _
Coupon  Pass  Books

from $10 down.

Can be  made  to  represent  any  denomination 
60 beeks................................ 
*  bo
100 books...................................................  2  60
600 books...................................................  ii  50
1.000 books......................................................  oo

 

 

Credit Checks

600, any one denomination.......................  2 00
1.000, any one denomination.......................   3 00
2.000, any one  denomination.......................   5 00
Steel punch................................................... 
76

Single  Strength, by box...................... dls
Double Strength, by box.....................dls
By the Light...............................dls

H am m ers

Maydole 6  Co.’s, new list....................dls
Yerkes 6  Plumb’s............................... dls
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...............30o list
Gate, Clark’s l, 2,3............................ dls
Pots...........................................*........
Kettles................................................
Spiders................................................

Hollow  W are

Hinges

Horse  Nails

Au Sable............................................dls
House  F urnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list.................
Japanned Tinware...............................
Bar Iron............................................. 2 26
Light Band..........................................  8

Iro n

Knobs—New  List

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

L anterns

70

66

1
I

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

Levels

M attocks

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

Metals—Zinc

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

Miscellaneous

40
Bird Cages.......................................... 
Pumps, Cistern................................... 
75610
Screws, New l i s t ...............................  
86620
Casters, Bed and Plate.......................  50610610
Dampers, American............................ 
60

Molasses  Gates

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

60610
30

Pans

Fry, Acme...........................................   60610610
7068
Common,  polished.............................
P atent  P lanished Iro n  

A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 80 
9  80
B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 26 to 27 
Broken packages He per pound extra.

Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

2 36 
2 36 
Base 
5

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

Planes

Nails

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

Rivets

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

Roofing  Plates

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

Sisal, V4 Inch and larger......................
Manilla................................................

Ropes

2 60 
3 oo 
6  00 
5  76
1  40 
1  40

Per
100
$2 90
2 90
2 90
2 90
2  96
8 00
2 60
2 60
2 66
2 70
2 70

4 00 
2 25 
1  26

6 60 
i  00 
6  00 
10 60
12  00 
29 00

$4 00

10K
15H

60

30 00

List aoct.  19, ’86..................................dls

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

Sand  P aper

Sash  W eights

Sheet Iron

Kin
..  4*0
..  6
..  6K

75 
1  26 
40610

com. smooth.

com, 
$3 60 
8 70 
8  90
3 90
4 00 
4  10
All Sheets No.  18 and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14  .................................
Nos. 15 to 17..................................
Nos. 18 to 21..................................
Nos. 22 to 24..................................4  10
NOS. 26 to 26 ..................................  4  20
No. 27.............................................  4 30
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels  and  Spades

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

8 50
8  oo

Solder

KQK...........................................
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
In the market indicated by private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
Steel and Iron.....................................   60—10—6

Squares

Tin—Melyn  Grade

Each additional X on this grade, $1.26.

10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
20x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
Tin—A llaw ay Grade
10x14 IG, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................
10x14 IX, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal...............................
B oiler Size Tin  Plate 
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, i 
nonnd 
14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, f per pouna"
Traps

Each additional X on this grade, $1.60

Steel,  Game........................................
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s.......
Oneida Community,  Hawley  6   Nor­
ton’s..................................................
Mouse,  choker  per doz......................
Mouse, delusion, per doz....................

W ire

Bright Market.....................................
Annealed  Market...............................
Coppered Market................................
Tinned  Market...................................
Coppered Spring Steel.......................
Barbed Fence, Galvanized.................
Barbed Fence, Painted.......................

Wire  Goods
Bright.........................................
Screw Eyes.................................
Hooks.........................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes................

Wrenches
Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled...........
Coe’s Genuine........ s h m s -s s s i
Con’s Patent Agrloultuni, (Wrought, .TS

60610

86620
85620
86620

33K
40610

60610
60610
50610
50610

40610

20610
orates
orates

I
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9 00 
9 00 
10 60 
10 60

60610
50610

W e 
Can

Convince

You
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“ D”

Crackers

Are
the
Best

M anufactured

Send us 

an order.

E .  J .  K ruce  &  C o.,

Detroit,  Mich. 

Not in  the Trust.

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L ab els
G a s o l i n e  
D e a l e r s

for

T h e  L a w   of  1889.

E very druggist, grocer or other 
person who shall sell  an d   d e­
liver  a t  retail  any  gasoline, 
benzine  or  nap h th a  without 
having the tru e  nam e  thereof 
and the w ords “explosive when 
m ixed w ith air” plainly printed 
upon  a label securely attached 
to the can,  bottle or other ves­
sel containing  the  sam e  shall 
b e punished by a fine  not  ex ­
ceeding one  hundred  dollars.

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

1  M..................75C
5  M......................50c per M
■ o  M......................40c per »1
ao  M......................35c per M
so M......................30c per M

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

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The  Boys  Behind the  Counter.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— R.  H.  Pitley, 
manager  of  the  dress  goods  department 
at  the  Blumrosen  Bros,  store,  has  re­
signed  that  position  to  enter the  employ 
of  the  William  H.  Elliott  Co.,  at  De­
troit.

Charlotte—J.  C.  Studley  has  resigned 
his  position  in  James  H.  Bryan’s  drug 
store  and  Wm.  H.  Thorp,  of  Dowagiac, 
has  been  secured  in  his  place.

Sherman— Raymond  Lake  succeeds 
Ralph  Smith  as  clerk  in  the  hardware 
store  of  G.  A.  Lake  &  Co.

Howard  City—Frank  Rasmussen,  for­
merly  employed  by  V.  Thomsen  in  his 
store  at  Trufant,  is  now  employed  as 
clerk 
in  the  general  store  of  J.  A.  Col­
lins  &  Bro.

Alpena—Theodore  Piaskowski  has 
made  a  change  from  Manon  Bros. ’  de­
partment 
store  to  Frank  Kotwicki’ s 
grocery  store.

Wayland— Lee  Smith 

is  clerking  in 

the  grocery  store  of  A.  E.  Butterfield.

Calumet— Fred  Carpenter,  who  has 
been  manager of  the  dry  goods  depart­
ment  of  the  Tamarack  Co-operative  As­
sociation  for  almost  two  years,  will  as­
sume  the  duties  of  a  similar  position 
with  the  E.  F.  Sutton  Co.,  of  Lake 
Linden,  filling  the  vacancy  caused  by 
the  resignation  of  Robert  Cowan,  who 
has  become  general  manager  of  the 
Lake  Linden  Co-operative  Society.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Jas.  Eady,  the 
well-known  grocery  salesman,  has  taken 
a  position  with  Prenzlauer  Bros.

Cadillac—Merrick  Stocking  has  re­
signed  his  position  as  book-keeper  in 
the  Mitchell  Brothers  office  in  this  city 
to  accept  a  position  as  book-keeper  and 
stenographer  with  the  Boyne City Chem­
ical  Co.

St.  Johns— Fred  R.  Struble,  who  has 
been  with  Spaulding  &  Co.  for  eight 
years,  has  resigned  his  position  to  take 
one  with  the  Duluth  Hardware  Co.  at 
an  advanced  salary.

Shelby— H.  E.  Carrick,  recently  en­
gaged  by  H.  L.  Andrus  as  salesman 
in 
his  general  store,  has  taken  a  position 
offered  by  his  former  employer  and  re­
turned  to  Cedar  Springs.

Tekonsha— Roy  Baker, 

formerly  of 
Tekonsha,  who  has  held  a  position  as 
clerk 
in  E.  R.  Clark's  drug  store  in 
Coldwater,  has  taken  a  position  as  trav­
eling  representative  for  S.  B.  Kitchell, 
advertising  Kitchell’s  Liniment.

Port  Huron—J.  D.  Blair  has  taken  a 
position  in  the  Bean  &  Brown  grocery.
Owosso—Charles  Van  Dusen,  former­
ly  clerk 
in  the  Davis  Dry  Goods  Co. 
here,  has  taken  the  management  of  the 
dry  goods  department  of  the  Tamarack 
Co-operative  Association  at  Calumet.

Alpena—Claude Napp,  of Petoskey,  is 
in  James  Malloy’s  grocery 

employed 
store.

Houghton—J.  H.  Lucas,  manager  of 
the  fruit  department  of  the  Lake  Su­
perior  &  Cold  Storage  Co.,  has  resigned 
his  position  to  take  one  with Godfrey  & 
Son,  Milwaukee  fruit  dealers,  as  mana­
ger  of  their  copper  country  business. 
The  Milwaukee  firm  has  a  branch estab­
lishment  at  Hancock.  Mr.  Lucas’  resig­
nation  takes  effect  June  r.  He  has  been 
with  the  Cold  Storage  Co.  since  its  or­
ganization  and  has  been  a  valued  em­
ploye.  He  will  be  succeeded 
in  his 
present  position  by  a  St.  Paul  man.

Hides, Pelts, Tallow  and  Wool.

In  the  hide  market  dealers  had  forced 
prices  beyond  tanners’  views  and  sales 
were  not  made  except  as  necessity  de­
manded.  Dealers  have  weakened  some­
what  and  a  few  hides  have been  sold,al­

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

It 

though  concessions  are  not  great  enough 
to  tempt  tanners.  There  are  large  or­
ders  out  at  lower  values.  The  few  hides 
that  come  in  gradually  pile  up,  making 
large. 
holdings  fairly 
is  still  an 
open  question 
for  higher  or  lower 
values,  with  lower  ahead.

Pelts  are 

in  fair  demand  for  wool 
skins  only,  with  a  good  demand  for 
shearlings  and  bag  stock.

Tallow 

is  in  good  demand  for  fancy 
stock,  with  no  winter  white  on  the  mar­
ket.  Edible  is  closely  sold,  while  stocks 
for  soapers’  use  are  slightly  easier,  with 
a  demand  for  all  offerings.

Wool 

is  dull  and  flat  at  seaboard. 
Strikes  are  far  from  being  settled.  No 
sales  of  any  amount  can  be  effected 
without  concessions,  which  holders  are 
not  inclined  to  make.  Wools  are  higher 
West,  and  buyers  seem  to  be  scrabbling 
for  them.  Factories are  busy  with  large 
orders,  running  twenty-four  hours  pei 
day.  There  is  less  wool  in  sight  than  a 
year  ago.  South  America  has  sent  us 
20,000,000  pounds,  which  helps  to  make 
a  low  market. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

Status  of the  Pittsburg  Produce  Market.
Pittsburg,  May  5— Your  favor of  the 
3d  received  and  as  requested  give  you 
the  status  of  the  market  to-day.  Our 
butter  market  holds  its  own  on  a  basis 
of  22@23c.  The  general  opinion  is that 
there  will  be  no  decline  at  Elgin,  which 
will  give  the  market  a  better  tone  for 
the  coming  week.

Potatoes  have  declined 

I4^@ i5c,  and  our  market 

in  the  past 
few  days  and  the  market  to-day  is 900© 
$1  per  bushel.  The  receipts  are  very 
heavy,  with  ho  prospects 
lor  any  ad­
vance  until  the  market  cleans  up  to  a 
certain  extent.
Eggs,  as  expected,  have  declined  all 
around.  New  York  is  i6J£@I7c ;  Chi­
cago, 
is 
i $%@i6c  for  current 
steady  to-day  at 
receipts  and  storage  packed  stock,  the 
latter  price  for  storage  packed  stock. 
The  feeling  universally  on eggs is weak, 
simply  for  the  reason  that  prices  have 
been  altogether  too  high,  but  1  do  not 
think  that  any  very  low  prices  will  be 
reached.  Storage  holders  and  purchas­
ers  are  of  the  opinion  that  they  should 
purchase  the  stock  on  a  range  from  15^ 
@i6c  to  insure  any  degree  of  safety 
out,  consequently  we  do  not  look  for 
any  decline  on  eggs  below  this  price.
C.  B.  Clark.

The  Boston  Egg;  and  Produce  Market.
Boston,  May  5— Receipts  of  eggs  for 
the  past  week  have  been  quite  heavy— 
about  6,000  cases  more  than for the same 
week 
last  year— but  there  has  been 
fairly  good  demand  for  both  consump­
tion  and  storage  and  very  little  change 
in  the  market. 
If  anything,  the  market 
has  been  rather  in  the  buyers’  favor  and 
we  quote  regular  Westerns,  17c;  fine 
Michigans  and  Indianas,  I7j£c.

Receipts  of  butter  continue  very  light 
and  the  market  has  been  firm,  with,  an 
upward  tendency.  All  stock  that  has 
come  has  been  taken  readily  and  the 
market  has  been  cleaned  up  every  day, 
leaving  no  surplus.  We  quote  finest 
Northern  creamery  at 23J^@24c. 
Imita­
tions  and  dairy  range  lrom  20@22j^c. 
There  is  a  scarcity  of 
low  grades  and 
we  hardly  ever  knew  the  range  in  price 
of  butter  to  be  so  little  as  at  present. 
There  is  nothing  in  the  market  selling 
below  20c. 

Smith,  McFarland  Co.

When  the  Government  announced 

its 
intention  of  making  war  on  the  beef 
trust,  numerous  small  fry  meat  agents 
immediately  rushed  into  print  with  the 
statement  that  there  was  no  combine 
and  no  understanding  between  the pack­
ers. 
The  developments  of  the  past 
week,  including  the  disclosure  of  the 
secret  telephone  code  used  by  the  mem­
bers  of  the  dressed  meat  combination, 
prove  conclusively  the  existence  of  one 
of  the  most 
iniquitous  combines  ever 
devised  and  maintained.

Slightly  Changed the  Sense.

A  pious  lady  of  Cape  Cod  had  a  hus­

band  who  was  a  seaman.

He  was  about  to  start  on  a  protracted 
voyage,  and  as  his  wife  was  anxious 
as  to  her  husband’s  welfare,  she  sent 
the 
following  notice  to  the  village 
preacher:

"M r.  Blank,  who  is  going  to  sea, 
his  wife  desires  the  prayers  of  the  con­
gregation."  As  the  old  lady  was  quite 
illiterate,  the  minister  read  the  follow­
ing  to  the  congregation  from  the  slip 
handed  to  him :

"M r.  Blank,  who  is  going  to  see  his 
wife,  desires  the  prayers  of  the  congre­
gation. ’ ’

Fred  L.  Heath  has  sold  his drug stock 
at  75  Canal  street to Warren & Marfilens.

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.

455

457

SHIP  YOUR  EGGS  AND  BUTTER  TO 
Lloyd I. Seaman & Go., 148  Reade  St.,  New 
459
York  City. 
IpOR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES 
1  In Kalamazoo;  fine location:  moderate rent; 
established trade;  price  right  for  cash.  B.  F. 
Parker, Real Estate  Broker,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.
440
Fo r  sa l e—f o u n d r y   a n d   m a c h in e
shop In a manufacturing district;  a splendid 
opportunity to continue  a well-established  busi­
ness.  Address P. O. Box 256, Detroit, Mich.  456
ITH)R SALE—ONE OF  THE  BEST  PAYING 
'  drug  stores  In  Iowa.  Rapidly  growing. 
Town  of  3,000  people,  nearly  all  Americans. 
Sales last year over $16,000; can  be  increased  to 
$20,000.  No  cut  prices.  Rent,  $50.  Beautiful 
room with modern  oak  fixtures.  Prospects  for 
greatly Increased business  this  year,  we court 
Investigation.  Car fare refunded If  not  as  rep­
resented.  No dead  stock.  If  you  want  to  go 
into the  drug  business,  you  can’t  beat  it  in  a 
thousand  miles  travel.  Price,  $6,000.  Address 
Lock Box 591, Iowa Falls, Iowa. 
A N TED —TO  PURCHASE  LOCATION 
suitable for conducting hardware  business 
in  Northern  Michigan.  Address  No.  455,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
L'OR SALE—PLANING  MILL,  SASH  AND 
P   door and table  factory,  In  good  town.  We 
have orders for tables to run four months  ahead 
and cypress door stock contracted at a low price, 
to last five years.  Reason for selling, other busi­
ness.  Address Wm. Laird,  Lake  Odessa, Mich.
454
I ¡'OR  SALE—GOOD  CLEAN  HARDWARE 
'  stock and buildings;  fine  location;  will  sell 
whole at a sacrifice;  this Is the chance  of  a  life­
time.  Address  S.  J.  Doty  &  Son,  Harrietta, 
451
Mich. 
W ANTED—GOOD  SECOND-HAND  FIRE 
proof safe.  Give size and name of maker. 
450
F. N. Cornell, Sebewa, Mich. 
IJ'OR  SALE—DRUG  STORE  IN  GROWING 
"  town  of  10,000  In  Northern  Michigan;  in­
voices about $1,900;  stock  new;  only  been  run 
two years;  new soda  fountain.  W ill  sell  at  in­
ventory.  Address  No.  449,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
449
I ¡'OR SALE—THE BEST EGG, BUTTER AND 
1  poultry business In  the State;  handled  over 
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars’ worth of 
produce in  1901.  Enquire  of  Tradesman  Com 
pany, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
446
F~O R SALE-HARDWARE STOCK IN  GOOD 
thriving  town.  Good  reasons  for  selling 
Address No. 447, care Michigan Tradesman.  447
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1  OPENING  FOR  A  PHYSICIAN 
 NO.
who will purchase  my  property;  price  and
who will pure
terms reasonable.  Address C.  W.  Logan,  Tus-
448
tln, Mich.
i 'OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
1  chandlse, consisting of dry  goods,  groceries 
and  men’s  furnishing  goods:  also  fixtures;  in­
voices  about  $4,000;  good  clean  stock,  mostly 
new;  in one of the best sections  of  Michigan;  a 
fine  business  chance.  Address  No.  445,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
*OR  SALE-A  FINE  STOCK  OF  GRO 
ceries and fixtures in good location  in  town 
of 1,200 in Southern Michigan;  will invoice about 
$1,500;  good reason for selling.  Address G., care 
Michigan Tradesman._________________ 439
W ANTED—TO SELL OR EXCHANGE FOR 
stock of general  merchandise  two  stores 
50 feet front, 70 feet long, at Shelby, Mich., right 
In the center of the business portion and Oceana 
fruit belt;  will give  any  one  a  bargain.  Write 
me at once.  Box 615, Shelby, Mich. 
428
17K)R  SALE—A  GOOD  OPPORTUNITY FOR 
1  a stock and dairy farm, situated eight  miles 
from  Marquette,  four  miles  from  Negaunee, 
Marquette county, Michigan, on the D.,  S.  S.  & 
A. Railway.  Good markets;  the best  of  water; 
buildings and railway  station  on  the  property. 
F. W. Read & Co., Marquette, Mich.______427
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  G E N E R A L   STOCK  IN  THE  BEST 
farming community  in  Michigan  for  sale 
no old goods;  the price  right  to  the  right  man 
for cash;  a  moneymaker.  Reason  for  selling,
?oor  health.  Address  No.  430,  care  Michigan 
radesman. 
430

445

W E  HAVE  TO  OFFER  ONE  OF  THE 
best localities for a planing  mill  in  South­
ern Michigan;  no opposition.  This will  bear in­
vestigating.  Address  Meyers  &  Deville,  Hud- 
son, Mich.______ _____________________ 432
Fo r  sa l e—a  c l e a n   sto ck  o f  s t a p l e
groceries in  a  flourishing  railroad  town of 
3,500 inhabitants;  complete  stock  and  fixtures; 
will go at a great  sacrifice.  Reason  for  selling, 
death of  proprietor.  Address  C.  H.  Hoffman, 
Executor,  715  Michigan  Trust  Building,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich.__________________ ______ 416
I7»OR  SALE-ESTABLISHED,  CLEAN,  ME- 
'  dlum-sized drug stock;  good opportunity for 
unregistered  druggist.  Address  No.  443,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
_______________ 443
OR  SALE—40  ACRE  FRUIT  FARM  IN 
Oceana county, five miles from Shelby; good 
buildings, well, etc.;  will take good  second hand 
sausage  chopper  and  gasoline  engine  as  part 
payment.  W. H. Griffin, Shelby, M ich. 
426
Fo r sa l e—s m a l l, w e l l-p a y in g  d r u g
store, $1,200;  in a good town in  Eaton  coun­
ty,  Michigan;  excellent  surrounding  country; 
very little competition.  Reason for selling, busi­
ness elsewhere.  Address No. 425, care Michigan 
Tradesman. 
__________________ 425
F OR  SA L E —GRANDFATHER  CLOCK 
(photo).  Box 309, Westerville,  Ohio.  419
F o r   s a l e —c o u n t r y   s t o r e  a n d
dwelling;  general  stock,  doing  good  busi­
1l«OR  SALE  CHEAP—TUFTS’  20  SYRUP 
420
ness.  J. B. Adams, Frost, Mich. 
1  soda fountain, with all appurtenances.  Will 
sell cheap.  Address Bradford & Co., St. Joseph, 
Mich._______________________________ 3n_
S O  RENT—FIVE  STORES  IN  A  NEW 
modern block to  be  erected  and  ready  for 
occupancy in September, in the most  central  lo­
cation in the city of Flint.  There is not a vacant 
store in the city at present.  Address F. H. Ran­
kin, 8ec’y. 
408
I,H)R  SALE—A LIVE  UP-TO-DATE  CROCK- 
1  ery and house furnishing store in  Sault  Ste. 
Marie, the  best and  busiest  city  in  the  State; 
stock  is  new,  clean,  well-bought  and  well-se­
lected;  the only  store  of  its  kind  in  the  city; 
right; in  the  heart  of  the  business  district:  a 
splendid business chance for  some  person.  W. 
K. Farsllle, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 
404
Fo r sa l e—g ood  d r u g  st o c k, in v o ic -
ing $2,800, In one of the best Southern Michi­
gan towns.  Terms on application.  Address No. 
389, care Michigan Tradesman. 
389
IpOR  SALE—FINE  YIELDING  40  ACRE 
'  farm  in  Kalamazoo  county;  buildings;  all 
under cultivation;  value,  $1,200.  Address  No. 
390
390, care Michigan Tradesman. 
I ¡'OR  SALE—MOSLER,  BAHMANN  &  CO.
1  fire  proof  safe.  Outside  measurement—36 
inches high, 27 inches  wide  and  24  Inches deep. 
Inside measurement—16)4 inches high, 14 inches 
wide and 10 inches deep.  Will sell  tor  $50  cash. 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. 
-  368
I ¡'OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES, 
1  invoicing about $2,000.  Situated in center of 
Michigan  Fruit  Belt,  one-half  mile  from  Lake 
Michigan.  Good  resort  trade.  Living  rooms 
over store;  water  inside  building.  Rent,  $12.50 
per month.  Good  reason  for  selling.  Address 
No. 334, care Michigan Tradesman. 
334
SAFE8—NEW  AND  SECOND-HAND  FIRE 
and burglar proof safes.  Geo. M. Smith Wood 
&  Brick  Building Moving  Co.,  376 South  Ionia 
St., Grand  Rapids. 
321
Pr o p o s it io n s  f o r   f a c t o r ie s  f r o m  
responsible  parties  at  Ithaca,  Mich.  Best 
agricultural county in the State.  A. McCall,  Sec­
401
retary, Ithaca, Mich. 
Fo r  sa l e—st o c k  o f  bo ots  a n d
shoes;  fine  location;  well established  busi­
ness.  For  information  address  Parker  Bros., 
248
Traverse City, Mich. 
Fo r  sa l e—a  n e w   a n d   t h e   o n l y  b a -
zaar stock in the city or county;  population, 
7,000;  population  of  county,  23,000;  the  county 
seat;  stock  invoices  $2,500;  sales,  $40  per  day; 
expenses low.  Address J. Clark,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

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MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED —REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
to work in store at  Paw  Paw  Lake;  sum­
mer resort; will be a  nice  outing;  good  salary. 
Address No. 458, care Michigan Tradesman.  458
POSITION  WANTED-BY  ENERGETIC 
young man  with  several  years’  experience 
in department  store  management,  advertising, 
accounting and correspondence;  capable of tak­
ing  full  responsibility;  extremely  systematic, 
thorough, accurate;  would take charge of branch 
store.  Address W. L. Haver, 1503 Addison Ave., 
Chicago. 
WANTED—NEAT,  CLEAN,  UP-TO-DATE 
grocery  man.  Harman’s  Department 
Store, Onaway, Mich. 
R e g i s t e r e d   p h a r m a c is t,  m id d l e 
aged  and  experienced,  desires  situation; 
references. 
452
Mich. 
W ANTED—A  FIRST  CLASS  SALESMAN 
who can handle high  grade  canned  goods 
both to the best retail and jobbing grocery trade. 
Only a first class experienced  man  need  apply. 
433
Dunkley Company, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
WANTED—SITUATION  AS  CLERK  IN  A 
grocery, hardware or general store.  Halve 
had experience  in  each  line  of  business.  Can 
furnish good references if desired.  Wish  to  se­
cure  a  permanent  position.  Address  No.  382, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

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