Nineteenth  Year

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  28,1902.

Number  975

ELLIOT  O.  QROSVENOR

Late State  Pood ConunlMloner 

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

Kent  County 

Savings  Bank
Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Report to State Banking Department, 

April 30, 1902.
Resources

Loans and  discounts,  stocks,

bonds and  mortgages........  $2,012,909.27

Banking house furniture  and 
fixtures and  other  real  es­
tate.....................................  
Cash and due from  hanks... 

37,176.76
362,516.66
$2,412,602.68
Capital.................................  
50,000.00
Surplus and undivided profits 
137,788.17 
Deposits................................   2,224,814.51
$2,412,602.68

Liabilities

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Manufacturers,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Gas 

and Gasoline Sundries

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Commercial 
Credit  Co.,  Ltd

Widdicomb  Building,  Grand  Rapids 
Detroit Opera  House  Block,  Detroit
Good  but  slow  debtors  pay 
upon  receipt  of  our  direct  de­
mand 
Send  all  other 
accounts  to  our  offices  for  collec­
tion.

letters. 

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♦  WILLIAM  CONNOR  ♦

W HOLESALE 

READYMADE CLOTHING
of every kind and for all ages.

All manner of summer  goods:  Alpacas, 
Linen, Duck,  Crash  Fancy  Vests,  etc., 

direct from factory.

W illiam   A lden  Sm ith  B uilding, 

G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

Mall  orders  promptly  seen  to.  Open 
dally from 7:30 a. m.  to  6  p.  m.,  except 
Saturdays  to  1  p.  m.  Customers’  ex-
genses  allowed.  Citizens  phone,  1967.
ell phone.  Main  1282.  Western  Michi­
gan agent Vlneberg’g Patent Pants.

Collection  Department

R.  G.  DUN  &  CO.

Mich. Trust  Building,  Grand  Rapids 

Collection delinquent accounts;  cheap,  efficient, 
responsible;  direct demand system.  Collections 
made everywhere—for every trader.

C. E.  McCBONE,  Manager.

IMPORTANT  FEATURES. 

Page. 
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2.  G etting th e  People.
3.  Tall  and  Short  D rum m ers.
4.  A round  th e  State.
5.  G rand  Raplda Gossip.
6.  Men  of M ark.
7.  V oluntary  Shipm ents.
8.  Editorial.
9.  E ditorial.
10.  Clothing.
12.  Shoos  and  Rubbers.
14.  D ry Goods.
16.  B u tter and  Egg«.
17.  The  M eat  M arket.
18.  P oultry.
t9 .  The  New  York  M arket.
20.  W om an’s W orld.
22.  H ardw are.
24.  The  Value  of T ruth.
25.  Com m ercial Travelers.
26.  D rugs  and Chemicals.
27.  D rug P rice C urrent.
28.  Grocery  P rice  C urrent.
29.  Grocery  P rice  C urrent.
31.  Grocery  Price  Current.
32.  P ittsb u rg  Produce  M arket.

GENERAL TRADE  REVIEW .

The  dominant  factors 

in  the  Wall 
Street  situation  are  the  developments  of 
the  coal  strikes  and  the  approach  of  a 
triple  holiday.  The  effect  of the  strike, 
while  of  little  significance  as  to  values, 
is  to  prevent  activity  in  the  slocks 
im- 
mediatly  concerned  and,  through  sym­
pathy,  in  the  whole  list.  The  trend  of 
prices  has  been  upward,  evidently  con­
trolled  by  the general  industrial  activity 
throughout  the  country.  The  approach 
of  the  holiday  on  Friday  means  a  clos­
ing  of  the  Market  from  Thursday  until 
Monday,  which  is  sufficient  reason  for 
increased  selling  among  margin  dealers 
which 
likely  to  make  a  decline  in 
many  values.  Such  dealers  are  always 
timid  when  anything  is  likely  to  inter­
rupt  operations  more  than  a  day  or  two. 
The  universal  rush  of industries in every 
field  except  coal  production 
is  such  as 
to  prevent  any  serious  decline  in  the 
general  list  of  stocks.

is 

those  affected  by 

little  uneasiness,  for  there 

The  fact  which  is  of  most significance 
in  the  field  of  general  distribution  is 
that  the  people  have  money  to  buy. 
Unseasonable  weather  in  some  sections 
has  delayed  retail  trade,  but  this  is giv­
ing 
is  no 
doubt  of  the  capacity  for  absorption 
when  temporary  hindrances  are  over. 
The  only  sections  in  which  there  is  un­
easiness  are 
the 
strikes.  As  yet  the  miners  have  plenty 
of  money,  but  any  extended  struggle 
must  work  disaster  to  the  retail  trade  in 
the  regions  affected.  There 
is  little 
cause  to  fear  any  serious  consequences 
to  the  country  as  a  whole  even  from  an 
extended  struggle,  for the  development 
of  industrial  activity 
is  so  diversified 
and  universal  that  any  such  disturbance 
can  only  operate  to  change  methods  and 
shift  centers  of  production.  For  in­
stance,  the  country  is  full  of  rivers  with 
undeveloped  water  power  waiting  for  a 
let-up  in  the  tense  activity  and  a  lower­
ing  of  prices  for  their  improvement. 
Any  extended  interruption  in  coal  sup­
ply  or advance  in  prices  will  bring  the 
hydraulic  question  to  the  front  with  a 
rush.

Tradesman Coupons The  only  disturbing  feature 

in  the 
iron  and  steel  situation  is  the labor  con­
troversy.  Orders  are  booked  assuring

activity  well into next  year  if operatives 
are  not  so  insane  as  to  interfere  with  a 
wage  scale  and  an  assurance  of  work be­
yond  any  precedent.  Woolen  mills  are 
rapidly  assuming  their  wonted  activity, 
although  the  strike  is  still  said  to  be 
in 
effect.  Cotton  mills  are  still  busy  al­
though  the  continued  high  price  of  the 
staple  is  not  favorable.  Boots  and  shoes 
are  not  yet  comparing  with  the phenom­
enal  activity  of  last  year  and  the  con­
trast  makes  the  present  situation  appear 
unfavorable.

A  race  question  has  been  decided  in 
the  courts  of  Rochester.  An  Italian 
bootblack  refused  to  polish  a  negro’s 
shoes.  The  negro  sued  and  recovered 
$ioo 
in  Municipal  Court,  but  on  ap­
peal  the  decision  has  been  reversed,and 
in  bis  opinion  the  judge  says:  “ No 
person  of  any  race,  creed  or  color  can 
demand  as  a  right  that  the  defendant 
black  bis  boots.  An  Italian  may  refuse 
to  polish  the  shoes  of  a  colored  man, 
and  the 
latter,  if  engaged  in  the  same 
employment,  can  refuse  to  render  a  like 
service  to  a  prince.”   Thus  another 
great  question  is  judicially  determined, 
not  by  the  state’s  court  of  last  resort,  to 
be  sure,  but  by  a  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction  which  apparently  has  con­
siderably  common  sense.  If  a  bootblack 
has  not  the  privilege  of  choosing  his 
customers,  then  no  other  workman  or 
tradesman  has. 
If  recovery  could  be 
maintained 
in  this  case,  it  could  be 
where  a  man  asked  a  carpenter  to  work 
for  him  and  was  refused.  A  common 
carrier  deriving 
its  charter  from  the 
Legislature  can  be  compelled  to  carry 
all  who  pay  the  price  or  offer  to  do  so, 
but  that  doctrine  can  not  be  carried 
in 
all  directions  and  to  all  extents.  A  bar­
ber  need  not  shave  every  man  who 
comes 
in  his  shop.  There  is  plenty  of 
personal  liberty  in  this  country,  and  the 
Rochester  judgment  is  likely  to  be  sus­
tained  and  establish  a  precedent.

insurance 

Under  an 

its  bodily 

law  enacted  in 
Germany  several  years  ago  thirty  mil­
lion  people  receive  in  return  for  a  nom­
inal  sum  free  medical  attendance.  The 
theory  was 
that  suffering  humanity 
would  receive  cheap  and  effective  relief 
from 
in  practice 
there  are  many  drawbacks.  The  doctors 
hired  by  the  state  hold  that  they  are  ex­
pected  to  do  too  much  for  the  pay  they 
get. 
In  Munich  they  get  only about  $75 
per  annum. 
In  order  to  keep-down  ex­
penses  the  doctors  are  inclined  to  im­
press  upon  the  patients  that  nothing 
is 
the  trouble  with  them.

ills,  but 

That  was  an  amusing  blunders Grand 
Rapids  lumberman  made  in  leaving  the 
bulk  of  bis  fortune  to  “ indignant”   old 
women,  instead of  “ indigent”   women. 
It  can  not  be  said  that  in  any  commun­
ity  it  would  be  very  difficult  to  find  old 
women,  or  young  ones  either,  who  are 
indignant.  That  is  not  a  condition  de­
pendent  upon  age.  Young,  middle-aged 
and  old  are  likely  to  be  indignant  when 
circumstances warrant.  The home should 
be  built,  and  there  will  be  no  difficulty 
whatever  in  finding  women  willing  to 
be  indignant  enough  to  gain  admission.

HE  HAS  A  GOOD  IDEA.

King  Alphonso  XIII.,  of  Spain,  is 
credited  with  having  said  since  he  as­
cended  the  throne  that  he  regards  hull 
fighting  as  cruel  and  that  he  would  very 
much  like  to  introduce  horse  racing  as 
a  substitute.  The  young  man  shows 
good  sense in  his  preference.  It  is  quite 
possible,  however,  that  his  utterance 
is 
courageous  rather  than  discreet.  Bull 
fighting  is  a  long  established  custom  in 
it  would  simply 
Spain  and  to  attack 
arouse  very  earnest  opposition. 
It  is  a 
business  there  and  those  engaged  in  it 
and  who  derive  their  livelihood  there­
from  will  naturally  resent  interference 
and  will  make  quite  a  fuss  about  it. 
They  will  have  no  difficulty  inducing 
many  of  the  people  to  take  their  view 
of  it.  The  young  King  is  certainly  to 
be  credited  with  having  good  original 
ideas.  Spanish  fondness  for  bull  fight­
ing  has  been  one  of  the  things  which 
has  helped  to give  that  nation  an  unfa­
vorable  reputation  throughout  the  civ­
ilized  world.

in 

The  sport  is  barbarous,  cruel  and  in­
human. 
It  panders  to  low  and  debased 
tastes  and  is  the  worst  sort  of  education 
for  the  young.  Proper  outdoor  sport  is 
something  always  to  be  encouraged  and 
commended.  There  is  not  so  much  dan­
ger  in  horse  racing,but there  may  easily 
be  as  much  excitement.  The  most  civ­
indulge 
ilized  countries 
it  to  the 
greatest  extent. 
Every  nation  must 
have  some  national,  as  well  as  diversi­
fied  sports  and  by  them  to  a  consider­
able  extent  national  characteristics  are 
acquired  and  national  reputation  estab­
lished.  Bull  fighting  is  the  worst  and 
lowest  of  the 
is  degrading  in 
every  sense  and  has  nothing  to  com­
If  Alphonso  XIII.  is  deter­
mend 
it. 
mined  to 
insist  upon  this  reform  per­
haps  he  can  accomplish  it.  He  can  not 
do  it  by  a  decree,  for  what  has  stood  for 
years  can  not  be  put  out  of  existence  in 
a  day.  But  royal  favor  can  do  much  in 
idea  in  this 
the  right  direction.  His 
matter  is  sound  and  sensible. 
is 
as  wise  in  other  affairs  as  in  this,  there 
is  much hope  for  Spain in  the  reign  just 
commenced.

If  he 

lot. 

It 

Who  will  write  “ The Last  Days  of  St. 
Pierre?’ ’ 
It  will  be  a  far  easier  task 
than  the  writing  of  “ The  Last  Days  of 
Pompeii.’ ’  The  author  who  tackles  it 
is  likely  to  be  embarrassed  by  the abun­
dance  of  material  at  band.  The  news 
papers  have  given  an  immense  amount 
fo  information  and  we  have  yet  to  hear 
from  the  magazines.  The  volcanic  dis­
turbances  are  quite  certain  to  continue 
all  summer,  in  print  at  least.

Perhaps  the  most  interesting  single 
achievement  of  the  year  1901  was  the 
experimental  proof  that  light  exeits  a 
mechanical  pressure.  The  fact  had  been 
foretold  by  Clerk-Maxwell  from  pure 
It  was  verified  by  experiment, 
theory. 
both 
The 
pressure  a  square  meter  is  four-tenths 
of  a  milligram  for  absolutely  black 
bodies  and  double that  for perfect  reflec­
tors.

in  Europe  and  America. 

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Petting the  People

Each  A dvertisem ent  Should  Be  Com­

plete  In  Itself.

The  commonest  error  in  advertising, 
and  one  which  experience  seems 
to 
eliminate  with  most  difficulty,  is  that  of 
introducing  too  many  subjects.  There 
seems  to  be  an apprehension  on  the  part 
of  the  advertisement  writer  that  he  is 
not  properly  utilizing  his  space  or  get­
ting  the  full  worth  of  his  money  unless 
he  refers  to  everything  about  his  busi­
ness  that  he  wishes  made  public. 
It  is 
very  difficult  to  keep  the  mind  trained 
to the  precept  that  the  success  of  adver­
tising  depends  upon  the  definite  direc­
tion  of  the  customers’  attention.  The 
introduction  of  various  subjects  divides 
and  distracts  the  attention  and a definite 
effect  is  practically  lost.  There  may  be 
some  value  in  any  general  mention  but 
effective  advertising  contemplates  pos­
itive  results.

I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  the  adver­
tising  should  be  confined  to  one  article 
in  all  cases,  although  this  is  properly 
done  when  the  one  article  is a specialty, 
even  if  the  dealer  has  many  other  lines. 
What  1  do  mean  to  say 
is  the  subject 
should  be  treated  separately.  The  sub­
ject  may  be  one  article,  or  it  may  be  a 
single  line,  or  even  a  varied  stock. 
If 
a  single  article,  1  repeat  that  is enough.
If  a  line  of  clothing  it  is  absurd  to  say 
that  one  also  deals  in  coal.  Or  if  the 
listed  multitudes  of  articles  in  a  de­
partment  store  is  the  subject,  it  is  poor 
advertising  to  add  that  the  proprietor 
has  also  some  desirable  real  estate  at  a 
bargain.  Of  course  these  examples  are 
ridiculous,  but  the  principle  applies 
elsewhere.  Any  introduction  of  extran­
eous  subjects  is  an  injury  to  effective 
work.

Naturally  the  solution  of  the  problem 
when  publicity  of  different  lines  is  de­
sired  is  to  separate  the  space  used. 
If 
the  clothier  deals  in  coal  let  him  take  a 
separate  space  in  which  to  publish  the 
fact. 
In  this  it  should  not  appear that 
he  also  sells  wearing  apparel,  for the 
attempt  to  sell  both  at  once in an  adver­
tisement  is  as  unsuitable  as  the  attempt 
of  a  clerk  to  work  in  a  ton  of  coal  when 
he  is  selling  a  coat.

Let  each be entirely independent.  Any 
reference  to other  matters  weakens  the 
effect.  For  instance, 
in  cases  where 
there  may  be  more  than  one  space  used 
in  an  issue  it  is  not  best  to  call  atten­
tion  in  one  to  the  other.  This  observa­
tion 
is  suggested  by  an  example  of  aii 
extensive  advertiser  of  several  special 
lines  in  the 
leading  magazines.  Re­
cently  he  has  adopted  the  scheme  of 
calling  attention  to  his  other  spaces  by 
the  line,  “ See  our other  advertisements 
in  this  magazine.”   This  is  a  mistake 
in  the  first  place  because  it  diverts  the 
attention  which  the advertisement  is  in­
tended  to  secure.  Then  it  is  a  mistake 
because  in  the  search 
for  the  other 
spaces the  reader  is  sure  to  find  all  the 
competing  advertising. 
I  happened  to 
pick  up  the  last  issue  of  Munsey’s  and 
came  upon  a  column  ending  with  the 
usual  instructions  to  look  elsewhere. 
I 
spent  nearly  a  half  hour and came across 
the  advertisements  of  seven  or  eight 
direct  competitors  before I demonstrated 
the  fact  that  this  column  was  the  only 
space  the  concern  has  in Munsey's.  The 
careless  use  of  the  scheme  when there  is 
but  the  one  space  makes  every  compet­
itor’s  space  the  more  valuable.  There 
is  the  same  result  in  all  cases,  although 
it  may  not  appear quite  so  absurd  when 
there  are  several  spaces.

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

Cady Bartmar $2.$o$lw*U)omew

We have  Just  received  a new  shipment of the LADY  BART- 
MAR $2  50 Shoe«. 
In presenting the Lady  Bartmar  $2.50  Shoe 
for women we show  the latest styles for this  season’s wear, and are 
confident that the excellent workmanship aud ejected  leathers  of 
which they are made will appeal to your  good  taste  and  common 
sense.  Every woman appreciates a graceful shoe,  which  combines 
easy fitting qualities with durability and strength.

The Lady Bartmar Shoe possesses  all the  advantages o f 
the m ore expensive lines,  at a price  within  the range  o t  the 
m ost modest purse.

The Lady  Bartmar is  the  ideal  shoe  for  women  and  ONCE 
WORN—ALWAYS  WQRN.
We will be pleased to submit these shoes for  your  careful  ex­
amination,  whether  intending immediate purchase or  not
See our  “AMERICAN GENTLEMAN” $3.50 shoe,  in  “Patent 
Colt'1 leather over the new Essex last—a fine  dress  shoe  for  sum 
mer wear.

Oroceri—.  Boots Frank  He Derby sod Fsncy 

Proceri—.

AMERICAN 
GENTLEMAN 
SHOE.

SAVE  YOUR  MONEY!

Until  You  Rave  Seen  Our  Clothing  nnd Furnishings.

*

We agree to sell you Spits for Men. and  Boys  of  all  ages,  for  less  money  than  any  store 

within twentySpiles of us (quality considered) or we will refund your money.

Regular $12 00  Suits. $10 0 0  
9  00
8 00

10 00 
9 00 

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« 

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“ 

And all others ill proportion.  We  have a  complete  line of Hats and Caps  and  Furnishing 
Goods.  All of the Latest Patterns and Best Makes.  We ask only a fair Comparison of  Goods 
and Prices.-  Eggs taken in  exchange for  goods, or we  will pay-you the highest cash market 
price.

Respectfully Yours, 

p f e e p O f t   C l o t h i t t g   C O .

G R O C E R I E S

A carload has just arrived,  but we have not time to  print,  prices  this  is­
sue of  The News,  but will say that the groceries are a salvage stock from fire in 
Detroit  Mich,  May 9-10.  Stock is in fine condition and will be sold  at

O n e -fo u rth   to   O n e - h a lf  R e g u la r  P r ic e

Batter and Eggs taken at Cash  Price,  or  if  you  will  give  me  regular 
price for good’,  every article guaranteed,  I will  pay 20c  for  eggs  and  20c  for 
butter,  except on snggr.  Call and see ns.

F R E D   G .   B A K E R ,

The  first  shoe  advertisement  of  Frank 
McDerby  is  carefully  planned  in  both 
writing  and  printing,  but  is  susceptible 
to  some  changes  that  in  my opinion will 
make  it  more  effective.  In the first place 
there 
is  too  much  matter  both  for the 
subject  and  the  space.  Cut  out  from 
one-third  to  one-half  and  the  remainder 
will  tell  the  story  with  more  force  and 
clearness  and  will  be  much  more  apt  to 
be  read. 
I  would  only  refer  to  the  shoe 
by  name  in  the  upper  paragraph  once 
and  then  I  would  display  the  $2.50. 
f 
would  take  out  the  word  groceries  at  the 
beginning  of  the  lower  panel— fora shoe 
advertisement  the  dealer  should  be  a 
leader  in  shoes.  The  mention  of  gro­
ceries  at  the  last  may  be admissible  and 
as  the  paragraph  referring  to  men's 
shoes  comes  to  different  eyes  and  the 
line  is  similar  it  may  do  no  barm,  but 
less  said  outside  of  the 
as  a  rule  the 
specialty 
The  printer’s 
work  is  good,  but  less  matter  would  en­
able  the  use  of  more  generous  white
spaces.

the  better. 

The  next  specimen,  also  from  Frank 
McDerby, is  better  as  to  amount  of  mat­
ter  for  the  space,  but  the  printer  runs 
riot  in  the  use  of  border.  The  shoe  with 
its  engraved  display  is  tucked  off  as  a 
part  of  the  border  in  a  way  to  lose  its 
strength;  this  is  not  made  good  in  the 
repeated  display.  I  would  give  the  shoe 
cut  with  its  lettering  the  upper  central 
space  of  the  large  panel  with  plenty  of 
white  space  around 
I  would  put 
“ Stylish  Men,”   etc.,  in  a 
line  below 
the  cut  and  then  let  the  display  follow 
as  it  is,  supposing  I  should  use  the  ter­
rific  border.  The  plan  of  putting  the 
in  a  panel  by 
other  priced  specialties 
themselves 
let  the 
word  groceries  come  last  if  1  did  not 
omit  it.

is  good. 

I  would 

it. 

There 

indefiniteness 

There  is  a  business  ring  about  the 
clothing  announcement  of  the  Freeport 
Clothing  Co.  and  the  printer  does  his 
work  consistently. 
I  would  give  more 
white  space 
inside  border,  however. 
There  is  a  suggestion  of  incongruity  in 
the 
introduction  of  eggs  in  a  clothing 
company's  advertisement,  but  I  pre­
sume  this  is  warranted  no doubt  by  spe­
cial  conditions.
is  an 

in  the 
propositions  of  Fred  G.  Baker,  which 
I  fear  will  not  be  conducive  to  trade. 
The  proposition  to  sell  at  such  a  cut 
would  seem  to  be  inducement  enough 
in  itself.  But  the  offering  of  an  appar­
ent  reward  of  a  high  price  for  eggs  to 
pay  the  difference  between  one-fourth 
to  one-half  regular  price 
introduces  a 
complication  that  1  fear  will  mix  mat­
ters  somewhat. 
The  printer’s  work 
shows  a  care  for  unity  of  design  and 
proportioning  of  display  and  space. 
I 
would  omit  the  rule  under  the  first  line.

Changed  Conditions.

Mr.  Westside— Is  Briggs  still  paying 

attention  to  your  sister?

Eastside— Naw ;  they’ve been  married 

this  two  months!

S E N T   O N   A P P R O V A L !
T H E   S T j I R   P E A N U T
v e n d i n g   m a c h i n e
For  automatically  se llin g  
salted shelled peanuts.  Op­
erates with a cent and is per­
fectly  legitimate. 
It  is  at­
tractive  and  lucrative—not 
an  experiment,  but  a c tu a l 
fa c ts   from  actual  results. 
Handsomely  finished,  an d  
will  increase  your  sales  at 
large profit.  Try it;  th a t’s 
ithe test!  My circular gives
full  description  and  brings

price and terms.  Shall I send it to you?
W.  G.  HENSHAW,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.

M an ufactured  by

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to  a  cause  or a  commercial  house  is  less 
changeable.  They have,  moreover,  given 
bonds  for  good  behavior  in  the  persons 
of  grown  families  whose  respect  is  to 
them  dearer than  life.  They  know  the 
difficulty  of  repairing  mistakes.

Elderly  men actually  have experience. 
The  older  man  best  reads  character.  He 
is  the  wisest  to  select  agents.
To Avoid  a Mix.

Philip  was  saying  his  prayers  before

“ his  trade"  he  is  "Shorty.”   Does  he 
feel  his  lack  of  inches?  Not he!  Mr. 
Wyndham  should  met  “ Shorty,”   and 
if  the 
latter  were  so  inclined  he  could 
sell  him  a  gold  brick,  not  in  earnest, 
for  “ Shorty”   is  honest,  but  just  to  up­
set  the  British  Consul’s  theory  that  it 
takes  a  tall  man  to  sell  goods.

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It  is  the  American  commercial  travel­
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and  his 
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walks  through  life  with  his  hat  five  feet 
six  or  six 
feet  six  above  the  pave­
ment.— N.  Y.  Sun.
Recent  Changes  Am ong  In diana  M er­

chants.

going  to  bed,  and  ended  his  supplica­
tion  with,  “ Amen,  Philip  Evans.”  
“ Why,  Philip!  Why  did  you  say 

that?”   asked  his  mother.

“ Well,”   he  replied,  “ I  didn't  want 
God  to  mix  me  up  with  brother  Ed— he 
does  act  so  dreadfully !”

When  a  woman  tells  her  husband  that 
she  wants  to  have  a  plain  talk with him, 
it  means  that  she  wants  him  to  confess 
something.

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If  the  people  ask  for  it  you  will  buy  it. 

If  you  buy  it  the  people  will 

ask  for  it.  W e  create  the  demand— leave  that  to  us.

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Com parative Advantages of T all and Short 

D rum m ers.

By  way  of  London  comes  a  sheaf  of 
impressions  of  manners  and  men  col­
lected  by  Mr.  Wyndham,  British  Consul 
at  Chicago.  Of  the  American  commer­
cial  traveler  or  drummer  Mr.  Wyndham 
says  to  bis  government:  “ As  a  rule 
he  is  a  tall  man  who  impresses  people 
and  commands  their  attention  when  he 
enters  a  store,  which  a  small  man  can 
not  do,  with  his  cheerful,  genial manner 
and  marvelous  memory.’ ’  The  British 
Consul’s  deductions  are  as  loose  as  his 
language;  be  does  not  mean  to  say  that 
a  short  man  can  not  enter  a  store 
through  the  doors  of  which  a  tall  man 
may  pass  with  dignity.  To  the  tall  man 
he  attributes  a monopoly of cheerfulness, 
geniality,  memory  of  names  and  faces 
and 
impressiveness  of  manner  that  be­
guile  the  merchant  into  looking  at  his 
samples,  when  to  a  five  foot  four  drum­
mer with  a  line  of  cut-rate  bargains  just 
suited  to  his  trade  he  would  not  even 
give  the  glad  hand.

is 

We  cheerfully  take  off  our  hat  to  the 
American  drummer  as  a  good all-around 
man  whose  views  are  broad  and  whose 
clothes  are  well  cut,  but  we  object  to 
his  success  being  gauged  by  inches.  He 
is  a  peripatetic  philosopher  to  the  rural 
towns  in  bis  circuit,  and  an  exemplar 
of  metropolitan  polish.  He  brings  with 
him  the  bustle  of  the  big  city  from 
which  he  hails,  and  a  stock  of  new  stor­
ies  that  are  at  once  put  in  circulation 
with  due  credit  to  him.  There is  enough 
mystery  in  his  canvas-covered  sample 
cases,  if  he 
in  the  ribbon  or  dress 
goods  line,  to  pique  the  curiosity  of  the 
feminine  mind.  He  usually  “ takes" 
with  the  women.  He  does  not  want  to 
persuade  his  customer  to  buy  unneces­
sary  supplies,  but  he  would 
like  the 
privilege  of  showing  him  some  new 
things  that  his  house  has  put  out  this 
season,  and  once  shown  he  is  sure  of  bis 
orders.  Even  the  house  which  he  rep­
resents  refers  to  him  affectionately  in 
the  advance  postal  cards  announcing 
that  be  may  be  expected  at  a  certain 
date  as  “ our  Mr.  So-and-So.”   He  is 
everybody’s  friend,  but  he  need  not  be 
tall.

There  is  “ Shorty”   for  example,  and 
every  small  town  knows  him,  who  is 
greeted  with  glee  by  the  hotel  porter  as 
he  alights  from  the  panting  local  train. 
“ Shorty”   calls  the  hotel  clerk  by  his 
first  name  and  when  he  enters  the  coun­
try  merchant’s  store  even  the  errand 
boys  draw  nigh  to  enjoy  surreptitiously 
the  wisdom  and  humor  which  he  deals 
out.  He  may  travel  for a  Boston  house, 
for  New  York  or  for  Chicago  and  his 
own  name  may  be  hyphenated,  but  to

Anderson— The  Anderson  Hardware 

Co.  has  discontinued  business.

Anderson— Buck,  Brickley  &  Co., 
druggists,  have  dissolved  partnership. 
The  business 
is  continued  under  the 
style  of  Buck  &  Brickley.

Battle  Ground—S.  T.  Shigley  has 
purchased  the  hardware  stock  of  Breck- 
enridge  &  Bradshaw.

Bedfqrd— Byers,  Boyd  &  Co.  succeed 

Byers  &  Boyd  in  general  trade.

Brazil— The  estate  of  J.  N.  Dilley  is 

succeeded  by  Dilley’s  Pharmacy.

Elwood— The  Austell  Furniture  Co. 
succeeds  W.  L.  Austell  in  the  furniture 
business.

Fort  Wayne—The  United  Knitting 
Mills  has  been  absorbed  by  the  Wayne 
Knitting  Mills.

in 

Fremont— S.  F.  Glime,  dealer 

grain,  has  discontinued  business.

Nappanee—Coppes  Bros.  &  Zook, mil­
lers,  and  the  Nappanee  Furniture  Co., 
have  consolidated  under  the  style  of  the 
Coppes,  Zook  &  Mutschler  Co.

New  Castle—The  Cash  Hardware  Co. 
has  closed  out  its  stock  and  retired 
from  trade.

Plainville—Crosby  &  Wininger  is  the 
style  of  the  new  millinery  house  which 
succeeds  Alice  M.  Crosby.

Terre  Haute—Wm.  Meissel,  grocer, 

is  dead. 

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Wabash—Goohenour  &  Cady,  meat 

dealers,  have  discontinued  business.

The  Old  Man’s  Advantages.

A  man  past  fifty  can  do with less sleep 
than  younger  men.  He  can  endure 
greater  steady  and  prolonged  strain.  He 
can  bear  his  burden  day  after  day  with 
less  need  of  recreation.  The  young  man 
can  “ sprint,”   but  he  can  not  “ stay”  
like  the  man  with  brain  grown  iron 
and  nerves  steel  by  many years  of  train­
ing.
Elderly  men  are  less  temptable.  They 
are  of  fixed  moral  habit.  Appetite  and 
passion  are  under  control.  For  better 
or  for  worse  they  are  a  calculable  quan­
tity,  with  slight  variations  to  be  taken 
into  account.

Elderly  men  are  more  loyal  as  friends 
if  they  are  friends.  Their  attachment

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4

Around  the State

Movements  o f M erchants.

Croswell—Hunt  &  Kiefer have opened 

a  new  drug  store.

Petoskey—Wm.  Pettengill  has  opened 

a  bakery  in  the  W.  W.  Knecbt  block 

Hersey— N.  French  &  Co.  have  pur­
chased  the  meat market of Brooks  &  Co.
Benzonia—J.  W.  Bell  has  purchased 
the  boot  and  shoe  stock  of G.  C.  Hop­
kins.

Petoskey—Corbett  W.  Doherty  has 
purchased  the  meat  market  of  C.  E. 
Sullivan.

Stockbridge— DePuy &  Brown  succeed 
Casper  E.  DePuy  in  the  drug  and  gro 
eery  business.

Wakefield— The  Wakefield  Store  Co. 
from 

its  capital  stock 

has  increased 
$5,000  to $7,500.

St.  Clair—Jerome  &  Brenner  have 
closed  out  their  boot and  shoe  stock  and 
retired  from  trade.

Sanilac  Center— W.  H.  Reed  sue 
ceeds  G.  F.  Lindke  in  the  bakery  and 
confectionery  business.

Deerfield—The  Deerfield  Telephone 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  association  with 
a  capital  stock  of $2,500.

Port  Huron—The new  grocery  store  of 
George  Parker,  on  Tenth  street,  is  rap­
idly  nearing  completion.

Calumet—Stefanec  &  Chopp,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved  partnership, 
Lucia  Stefanec  succeeding.

Vermontvilie—Clyde  J.  Ayers has sold 
his  drag  stock  to  Frank  Willett,  former­
ly  engaged  in  business  at  Interlochen.
Eugene  (Alma  P.  O .)— Whitfield  De 
bar,  of  Middleton,  has  purchased  the 
dry  goods  and  grocery  stock  of  John  A. 
Brown.

South  Frankfort—S.  L.  Glarum  has 
purchased  the  interest  of his  partner  in 
the  grocery  and  meat business of Glarum 
&  Severston.

Onaway—Walton  &  Voorheis,  drug­
gists,  have  dissolved  partnership.  The 
business  is  continued  under the  style  of 
Voorheis  &  Co.

Fremont—C.  E.  Pierson,  of  Fremont, 
and  Martin  Kelley,  of  Hart,  have  pur­
chased  the  general  merchandise  stock 
of  Frank  H.  Smith.

Nashville— Glenn  H.  Young  &  Co., 
hardware  dealers,  have  dissolved  part 
nersbip.  Glenn  H.  Young will continue 
the  business  in  his  own  name.

Caro—D.  T.  Dewitt has purchased the 
Martha  A.  (Mrs.  C .)  Reece  drug  stock 
and  the  wall  paper stock  has  been  pur­
chased  by  Himelhoch  Bros.  &  Co 

Ousted—M.  P.  Wemple  has  retired 
from  the  grain  and  lumber  business  of 
Onsted  &  Wemple,  John  Onsted  con­
tinuing  the  business  in  his  own  name.
Bay  City—H.  Gagner  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  Dr.  A.  W.  Herrick in the 
Garfield  pharmacy,  at  the  corner  of 
.Twenty-first  street  and  Garfield  avenue.
Williamston—A.  J.  Edwards  has  pur 
chased  the  interest  of  O.  D.  Corwin 
in 
the  grain  business,  which  will  be  con­
tinued  under the  firm  name  of  Linn  & 
Edwards.

Montague—J.  A.  Chisholm,  of  Seney, 
has  removed  to  this  place  and  opened  a 
grocery  store  in  the  building  formerly 
occupied  by  the  grocery  stock  of  Geo. 
Springer.

Cadillac— H.  H.  Eaton,  formerly  en­
gaged 
in  the  drug  business  at  Boyne 
Falls,  has  sold  his  store  building  there 
to  John  M.  Shields  and  removed  his 
stock  to  this  city,  where  he  has  re­
engaged  in  business  under the  style  of 
the  Eaton Drag Co.  His sons,  Benjamin 
and  Carl  Eat6n,  will  be  associated  with 
him  in  the  business.

Grand  Ledge— D.  H.  Power,  Cashier 
of  the  Pontiac  Savings  Bank,  and  B. 
R.  Moore,  Cashier of  the  New  Haven 
Savings Bank,have established  a private 
bank here.

Republic— A  co-operative  enterprise 
has  been  established  at this  place  unde. 
the  style  of  the  Finnish  Co-operative 
Mercantile  Association. 
It  is  capital 
ized  at $20,000.

Detroit—The  McCart-Christy  Co.,  the 
Cleveland  wholesale  grocery  bouse,  has 
opened  an  office  at  823  Majestic  build 
ing  and  will  carry  a  stock  of  teas  and 
coffees  in  a  warehouse  here.

Saginaw— The  bicycle  and  sporting 
goods  business  of  Tierney  Bros.,  at  217 
Genesee avenue,  will be  discontinued  __ 
July,  when  the  firm  will  embark  in  the 
brokerage  and  money  loaning  business
Kalamazoo---- Miss  Minnie  Ebens,
who has  conducted  a  grocery  business 
at  152  South  Burdick  street  for  several 
years past,  has  sold  the  stock  and  rented 
her  store  to  W.  J.  Duffield,  who  wi 
continue  the  business.

Detroit— H.  T.  Phillips  writes  the 
Tradesman  that,  while  it  is  true  that  he 
will  take  no  active  part  in  the  manage 
ment  of  the  business,  he  will  continue 
as  the  senior  partner  in  the  fruit  and 
produce  house  of  H.  T.  Phillips  &  Co. 
The  management  of  the  business  now 
rests  on the junior partners,  J.  M.  Smith 
and  W.  A.  Davidson.

Grand  Haven—The  first  shipment  of 
grain  on  Lake  Michigan  was  made 
from  Grand  Haven 
in  1836,  two  years 
before  a  kernel  had  been  shipped  from 
Chicago.  The  Grand  Haven  cargo con 
sisted  of  3,000 bushels  of  wheat,  a  toler 
ably  heavy  boatload for those days.  The 
first  Chicago  shipment  consisted  of 
thirty-nine  bags  of  wheat  consigned  to 
Oswego,  N.  Y.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—W.  K.  Parsille,  who 
for  the  past  year has  conducted  a crock 
ery  and  notion  store  at  214  Ashmun 
street,  has  turned  his  stock  over  to  C 
C.  O ’Neil  &  Co.,  of  Chicago.  R.  C. 
Montgomery,  representing  the  Chicago 
firm,  has  taken  charge  of the  store  and 
will  dispose  of  the  stock  at  once  by 
auction  and  private  sale.  Mr.  Parsille 
will  make  a  tour of  the  West.

Detroit— Shippers  are  very  much  dis 
satisfied  with  the  Michigan  Central’! 
demurage  system  and  have  been  regis 
tering  their  protests  against  the  alleged 
unfair  methods  resorted  to  by  the  Mich 
igan  Central 
in  compelling  those  who 
bring  freight  over  competing  lines  to 
unload  their cars  in  forty-eight  hours  or 
pay  demurrage  charges  while 
those 
bringing  freight  over  the  Michigan 
Central  are  given  five  days  in  which  to 
unload  same.

Lansing—A  party  of  about  forty  of 
the  representative  wholesale  men  of 
Cleveland  will leave Cleveland on June  9 
for  a  trip  through  Michigan,  visiting 
the  principal  cities  along  the  line  of 
the  Michigan  Central  and  Pere  Mar­
quette  Railway.  They  will  go  from 
Cleveland  to  Detroit  by  boat  and  from 
that  city  along  the  main 
line  of  the 
Michigan  Central  to  Battle  Creek  and 
Grand  Rapids,  returning  to  Rives  Junc­
tion  and  thence  to  Mason  and  this  city. 
From  here  the  party  will  go  over  the 
Pere  Marquette  to  Ionia  and  Belding 
and  across  to  St.  Johns,  Owosso,  Bay 
City  and  Saginaw,  and  ending  the  trip 
at  Port  Huron.  As  yet  the  length  of 
time  which  the  Cleveland  men  will 
spend 
in  the  city  is  not  known.  This 
will  be  the  ninth  annual  trip  of this  na­
ture  made  by  the  Cleveland  merchants.
Sparta-----The  merchants  of  Cedar
Springs  and  vicinity,  according  to  re­

ports,  are  all  wrought  up over what they 
term  the  unfair  methods  of  certain  com 
petitors  in  their  several  lines  by  which 
the  other  fellow  gets  the  business, 
appears  that  certain  merchants  have 
operation  peddlers’  wagons  which  u 
from  house  to  house 
in  the  rural  dis 
tricts  and  furnish  the  farmers  with  the 
necessities  and  many  of  the  luxuri 
of  life,  saving  them  the  trouble  of  jour 
neying  into  town. 
It  is  claimed  these 
peddlers  take  the  produce  of  the  farm 
in  trade  and  the  storekeepers  who con 
fine  their  operations  to  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  village  are  getting  the 
small  end  of  the  born  in  a business way 
Not  long  ago  the  latter  formed  them 
selves  into  a  committee  and  communi 
cated with the  Attorney  General at Lans 
ing.  They  found  from  the  official  that 
the  peddlers  in  question  are  obliged  to 
have  a 
license,  costing  $75  or $40  for 
double  or  single  rig  respectively  an 
nually  and  also  that  the  peddlers  were 
not  equipped  with  any such  commodity 
They  were  advised  to  lay  the  matter  be 
fore  the  Prosecuting  Attorney  and  M 
Brown  was 
in  receipt  of 
letters  from  the  Committee.  He  took 
the  matter  up  with  the  men  mentioned 
in  the  Committee’s 
list  and  all  have 
promised  to  take  out  a  license  at  the 
earliest  opportunity  at  the  office  of  the 
State  Treasurer  and  to  suspend  business 
until  the  license  has  been granted  them

immediately 

M anufacturing M atters.

Union  City—J.  Martin  has  retired 
from  the  flouring  mill  business of Moore 
&  Black.

Flint—The  Home  Cigar Co.,  manu 
facturer  of  cigars,  has  removed  to  Bat 
tie  Creek.

Wolverine—The  Depew  sawmill  has 
been  purchased  by  I.  L.  Davis  and  P 
Bittenbender.

Lyons— The  Lyons  Washing  Machine 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capital 
stock  of $5,000.

Battle  Creek—The  Alvord-Allwortb 
Co.,  Ltd.,  succeeds  J.  E.  All worth 
in 
the  business  of  manufacturing  chemist.
Holland—Thè  Pneumatic  Horse  Col­
lar  Mfg.  Co.  has  been  organized  here 
ith  a  capital  stock  of $20,000,  paid  in 
The  President  is  George  W.  Browning 
Vice-President,  F.  C.  Post;  Secretary.
Visscher,  of  Holland ;  Treasurer, 
Chas.  H.  Browning,  of  Battle  Creek. 
The  company  will  occupy  the  aban 
doned  Ontario  shoe  factory  building, 
and  operations  will  start  as  soon  as  the 
machinery  can  be  placed.  The  com 
pany  has  a  contract  to  supply  100,000 
collars  a  year  for  four  years.

Dryden—The  Dryden  Co-Operative 
Creamery,  after  a  long  continued  strug­
gle  for  life,  seems  at  last  to  be  on  the 
way  to  business  success.  The  plant  was 
erected  several  years  ago  by Dr.  Hovey,
'  Vassar,  who,  not  being  supported  by 
the  milk  producers,lost  several  thousand 
dollars  in  the  enterprise  and  quit.  Then 
the institution  was  idle  for  two  or  three 
years,  when  interest  was  revived  and  an 
organization  of  fifty  or  sixty  farmers 
took  hold  of  it,  placing  the  business  on 
strictly  co-operative 
lines,  taking  all 
risks  themselves  and  practically  wav- 
ng  all  profits  in  the  business,  except 
such  as  would  come  to  all patrons  alike, 
whether stockholders  or  not.  Gradually, 
these  years  the advantages  of the  fac-

tory  system  of  production  has  dawned 
upon  the  farmers  until  now,  under  the 
management  of  George  B.  Ferry  and 
Robt.  Pogue,  the  creamery 
is  doing  a 
fine  business,  and  the  old  hand  churns 
are  climbing  the  stairs  to  join  the  e ld 
spinning  wheels  up  in  the  garret.

The  Boys  Behind  th e Counter.

Lake  Linden— H.  J.  Keils,  formerly 
with  the  Fletcher  Hardware  Co.,  of  De­
troit,  is  now  manager  of  the  Joseph 
Pearce  hardware  store  here.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—J.  Davison,  who 
came  here  two  weeks  ago  to  assume 
charge  of  the  Biumrosen  Bros,  dry 
goods  department,  has  resigned  and  re­
turned to  Detroit.

Benzonia— Herman  Ehman  has  taken 
clerkship  in  the  general  store  of  the 

Case  Mfrcantile  Co.

Port  Huron—Miss  Kate  Gibbons  will 
take  a  position  with  Mrs.  E.  G.  Biown’s 
store  at  South  Park.

Marquette—At  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Retail  Clerks*  Association,  an  invita­
tion  from  the  Ishpeming  Lodge,  asking 
that  the  Marquette  clerks  be  its  guests 
on  the  evening  of  Wednesday,  May  28, 
was  presented.  The  invitation  was  un­
animously  accepted.  The  event  at  Isb- 
peming  will  be 
in  the  nature  of  a  re­
union  of  the  clerks  of  both  Houghton 
and  Marquette  counties, and a  very  large 
attendance  is  anticipated. 
likely 
that  the  Marquette  delegation  will  go 
up  and  will  return  on  a  special  train. 
The  arranging  of the  transportation  and 
other  details  was  left  to  a  committee  of 
three,  of  which  Bert  Salter,  James  Ben­
nett  and  Silas  Patenaude  are  the  mem­
bers.

It  is 

Cedar  Springs—Fred  D.  Barnum  suc­
ceeds  Amos  L.  Merrick  as  clerk  in  the 
drug  store  of  J.  R.  Fox.

West  Bay  City—John  R.  McCall  has 
taken  a  position  at  the  C.  S.  Ford cloth­
ing  store.  A  consignment  of  goods  or­
dered  prior  to  Mr.  Ford's  death,  which 
the  manufacturers  afterward  refused  to 
countermand,  has  arrived  and  Mr.  Mc­
Neil  will  likely  remain  in  charge  until 
the  entire  stock  has  been  disposed  of.

Kalamazoo—Dry  goods  clerks,  who 
started  an  agitation  a  few  weeks  ago  for 
half  holiday,  have  won  a  complete 
ictory.  The  last  firm  in  the  dry  goods 
line  signed  an  agreement  Monday, 
granting  clerks  a  half  holiday  Fridays. 
The  movement 
is  spreading  to  other 
lines  of  business  and,  in  all  probability 
the  Friday  half  holiday  will  be  adopted 
by  the  hardware,  shoe  and  clothing 
stores.

Owosso—Orville  Angell  has  resigned 
his  position  with  Hall  Bros,  to  enter 
the  employ  of  Bunting  &  Fillinger.

With  deep  regret  the  Olney  &  Judson 
rocer Co.  announce  the  withdrawal  of 
Mr.  E.  J.  Huyge,  who  has  been  with 
the  company  for  sixteen  years  and  is  a 
director.  His  health,  however,  compels 
m  to  take  the  precaution  of an  ex­
tended  vacation  and  absolute  rest.  The 
vacancy  on  the  board  caused  by  bis  res­
ignation  will  be  filled  later.

Most  men  want  to  taste  the  fruit  of 
is 

advertising  as  soon  as  the  seed 
planted.

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

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

R E M E M B E R

We job  Iron  Pipe,  Fittings, Valves, Points  and  Tubular  Well  Supplies  at  lowest 

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Grand  Rapids  Oossip

The G rain  M arket.

Owing  to  the  fine  weather  conditions, 
wheat  has  remained  about  the  same. 
While  all  reports  are  what  is  termed 
bullish,  the  weather  conditions  were 
taken  into  consideration  more  than  any* 
thing  else.  The  final  Government  re­
port,  which  has  been  delayed  for 
months,  showed  a  yield  of  wheat  of
748.000.  000  bushels,  which  is  about  30,- 
000,000  bushels more than has  been  here­
tofore  reported.  What  does  all  this 
large  crop  amount  to  and  where  has  it 
gone,  when  we  see  how 
it  is  melting 
away?  This  week’s  decrease  was  again
000  bushels  and  exports  were  over
3.000. 
5.000.  000  bushels.  The  visible  amount 
is  30,000,000  bushels,  or  10,000,000 
bushels 
less  than  last  year.  While  the 
bears  report  there  is  no  export  demand, 
we  would  like  to  know  where  the 5,000,- 
000  bushels  are  going,  and  up  to  the 
present  time  we  have  exported  225,000,- 
000  bushels.  The  mills  are  not  bur­
dened  with  wheat  and  are  patiently 
awaiting  the  new  crop.  While  the  con­
ditions  are  favorable,  it  will  fall  way 
below  the  crop  raised  in  1901  and  with 
only  a  small  amount  in  farmers’  hands. 
What 
left  seems  to  melt  away  like 
snow  before  the  warm  sun.  Chicago 
and  Duluth  are  the  only  places  to  draw 
wheat  from  to-day.  Minneapolis  has 
not  enough  to  keep  her  mills  running. 
The  primary  receipts  were  way  below 
the  usual  amount.  They  were  only 
393,000  bushels  yesterday,  while  ship­
ments  were  730,000 bushels.

is 

Corn  was  very  strong  and  about  2c 
higher  than  one  week  ago.  The  reason 
is  the small  amount  in  sight,  being  only
4.000.  000  bushels,  against  15,000,000 
bushels 
last  year,  and  it  is  a  long  time 
before  there  will  be  any new corn  on  the 
market.  The  price  will  remain  or go 
higher.

in 

sight  against 

In  oats  the  same  conditions  prevail  as 
in  corn,  as  there  are  only  2,000,000 
bushels 
10,000,000 
bushels  last  year,  and  prices  are  held 
very  stiff.  However,  there  will  be  new 
oats  on  the  market  long before there  will 
be  any  corn.  We  look  for  lower  prices.
There  seems  to  be  a  little  more  en­
quiry  for  rye,  but  as  the  amount  from 
initial  points  is  very  small,  there  is  not 
much  trading.

Beans  have gone  up  fully  10c  for  cash 
since  the  last  report,  and  seem  to  show 
strength.  June  beans  are  5c  lower.

Flour  has  been  marked  down  about 
ioc  per cwt.,  and  both  local  and domes­
tic  demand  is  excellent.  Foreign  bids 
can  not  be  accepted,  on  account  of  the 
duty  on  the  other  side,  so  American 
flour  is  not  in  demand  for  shipping  at 
the  present  time.  There  seems  to  be 
no  change  in  mill  feed,  but  it  remains 
very  firm,  notwithstanding the  good pas­
turage,  which  condition  will  probably 
remain  for  some  time  to  come.

Receipts  of  grain have  been only nom­
inal,  being  as  follows:  wheat,  42  cars; 
corn,  3  cars;  oats,  2  cars;  flour,  4  cars; 
malt,  2  cars;  hay,  1  car;  potatoes,  4 
cars.

Millers  are  paying  80c  for  No.  2  red 

wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

The Produce M arket.

Apples— Ben  Davis  is  about the  only 
left.  Choice  stock  commands 

variety 
$4.50  per  bbl.

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

1.75  per bunch,  according  to  size.

Beeswax— Dealers  pay  25c  for  prime 

yellow  stock.

Beets—40c  per doz.  for  new.

Butter—The  market  for factory cream­
ery 
is  steady  at  22c  for  fancy  and  21c 
for  choice.  Dairy  grades  are  in  strong 
demandat  16317c  for  fancy  to  15316c 
for  choice  and  14315c  for  packing 
stock.  Receipts  are  heavy.

Cabbage— Florida,  $3.50  per  crate. 

South  Carolina,  $2.25.

Celery—California  Jumbo  commands 

80c  per  doz.

Cucumbers—65c  per  doz. 

for  hot­

Eggs—Receipts  are 

house.
liberal,  but  not 
so  heavy  as  they  were.  Local  dealers 
pay  I3@i3^c  for  case  count.
I4@I5C.
14c  for Silver  Skins.

Green  Onions— ioc  for Evergreens and 

Figs— Five  crown  Turkey  command 

Green  Peas—$1.25  per  bu.  box.
Honey—White  stock  is  in  ample  sup­
ply  at  15316c.  Amber  is  in  active  de­
mand  at  13314c  and  dark  is  in  moder­
ate  demand  at  io @ i i c .

Lemons—Californias  $3.50,  Messinas 

*3.6033.75.

Lettuce— ioc  per  lb.  for  hothouse.
Maple  Sugar— io^ c  per  lb.
Maple  Syrup—$1  per gal.  for  fancy.
Onions— Bermudas,  $2  per 

crate; 
Egyptian,  *3.75  per  sack;  Louisiana, 
$4  per  bbl.  of  3  bu.

Oranges—California  navels  fetch  $4® 
4.50  per  box  for  fancy.  St.  Michaels 
and  Fancy  Mediterranean  Sweets  com­
mand  $434.25.

Parsley—35c  per doz.
Pieplant—2c  per  lb.
Pineapples— Havanas  command  15c 
for  No.  1  and  13c  for  No.  2.  Floridas 
bring  $3.50  per  crate.

Plants—Cabbage  and  tomato,  75c  per 
box  of  200;  pepper,  90c;  sweet  pota­
toes,  85c.

Potatoes—The  market  is  steady,  due 
to  the  improvement  in  most  of  the  large 
consumptive  and  distributing  markets. 
Growers and country  buyers  are  inclined 
to  be  optimistic  in  their  views,  but  the 
approach  of  the  new  potato  season 
tends  to  make  large  handlers  cautious.
Poultry— The  market  is  strong  and 
steady.  Dressed  hens  fetch  1031 ic, 
chickens  command  12313c,  turkey  hens 
fetch  13314c;  gobblers  command  123 
13c;  ducks  fetch  13314c.  Live  pigeons 
are  in  moderate  demand  at  50375c  and 
squabs  at $1.2032.  Live  poultry  meets 
with  active  demand  at  the  following 
prices:  Spring  broilers,  20322c;  chick­
ens,  9310c;  hens,  839c;  turkey  bens, 
io^ 3 i i >£c ;  gobblers',  9310c.

Radishes— 18c  per doz.
Spinach— 50c  per  bu.
Strawberries—Tennessee  and  South­
ern  Illinois  command  $2.75  for 24  qts. 
Michigan  in  24  qt.  cases  fetch  $2.  The 
quality  is  good.
Tomatoes—$3  for 6 basket  crate.
\  Wax  Beans—$1.50  per  bu.  box.

Hides, Pelts, Tallow  and  Wool.

The  hide  market  is  still  uncertain. 
Sales  are  made  at  the  high  point,  or  a 
lower one,  as  the  one  selling  can  make 
the  other  chap  see  it.  Sales  are  reported 
on  half-cent  variation,  while stocks  vary 
that  much 
in  value.  Eastern  tanners 
hold  out  the  market  and,  if  hides  were 
more plentiful,  values would  be  lowered. 
The  market  can  be  said  to  be  easier.

Pelts  are  in  small  offerings.  Shear­
lings are  more  plentiful at higher values.
larger 
supply,  while  soapers’  stock  is  lower, 
tending  to  an  easier  market.

Tallow  is  lower.  Edible  is  in 

Wool 

is  still  dull  and  draggy  in  the 
Eastern  markets,  while  in  the  states 
and  territories  it  is  sought  for  and 
bought  above-what  can  be realized East. 
Dealers  are  anxious  buyers,  but  have 
faith 
in  the  future  and  are  not  ready 
sellers.  Eastern buyers  have  taken  quite 
a  large  amount  of  wool  at  fair  prices, 
while  the  bulk  is  held  out  for  specula­
tion. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

Peter  Godfrey  has  engaged 

in  the 
grocery  business  at  Gunn  Lake.  The 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the  stock.

The Grocery  M arket.

test  centrifugals  being 

Sugars—The  raw  sugar  market  shows 
some  increase  in  demand  and  in  price,
96  deg. 
i - i 6c 
higher.  Refiners,  however,  were  not 
particularly  anxious  to  make  purchases 
and  business  was  of  only  moderate  pro­
portions.  The world's  visible  supply  of 
raw  sugar  is  3,160,000 tons,  showing  a 
decrease  of  40,000  tons  under  May  15, 
1902,  and  an 
increase  of  910,000 tons 
over  the  corresponding  time  last  year. 
The  stronger  tendency  of  prices  for  raw 
sugar  influenced  a  better  feeling  in  the 
refined  market  and  the  general 
impres­
sion 
is  that  prices  will  hold  steady. 
The  demand  is  somewhat  improved  and 
it  is  expected  will  greatly  increase  as 
soon  as  the  active  canning  season  be­
gins.  Dealers  all  over the  country  are 
lightly  stocked  and  will  soon  be  obliged 
to  make  heavy  purchases  to  supply their 
actual  needs.

in 

Canned  Goods— Trade 

canned 
goods  is  rather quiet,  with  only  a  small 
volume  of  business  on  most lines.  Spot 
tomatoes  are  practically  cleaned  up,  it 
impossible  to  find  any 
being  almost 
large  sized  quantities,  and  what 
few 
there  are  are  held  at  very  firm  prices. 
We  still  have  before  us  sixty  of  the  best 
consumptive  days  in  the  year  for  toma­
toes,  and,  while the present asking prices 
are  high,  we  believe  stocks  will  be  en­
tirely  cleaned  up  before  the new  pack  is 
ready.  Futures  are  quiet,  with  but  lit­
tle  demand  and  nothing  new  to  report. 
Corn  is  still  dull,  both  futures  and  spot 
goods  being  neglected. 
In  peas  some 
buying  of  spot  goods  is  noted  at  slight­
ly  below  list.  Holders  show  a  disposi­
tion  to  sell  in  anticipation  of  probable 
reasonable  range  of  prices on  new  pack. 
Some  small 
lots  of  peas  have  already 
been  packed  at  Baltimore  and  packers 
expect  to  all  be  at  work  in  the  course  of 
a  week  or  ten  days. 
Indications  are  fa­
vorable  for  a  good-sized  crop  of  excel­
lent  quality  and 
it  is  expected  that 
prices  will  be  slightly  lower  than  last 
season.  There 
is  a  very  good  demand 
for  gallon  apples  at  previous  prices. 
Spot  goods  are  closely  cleaned  up  and 
the  market  is  firm.  The  receipts  of 
pineapples  are 
continually  growing 
larger  and  it  is  stated  that  it  is doubtful 
if  at  any  time in  the  history of the  pine­
apple 
islands  have  ever 
produced  such  fine  fruit  as  has  been 
brought  to  this  country  this  season. 
The  fruit  is  larger  and  cheaper  and, 
consequently,  the  season  will  probably 
be  one  of  lower  prices  and  better  qual­
ity  than  ever  before.  The  situation  on 
salmon  is  much  stronger  and  spot  goods 
are  moving  out  rapidly.  Alaska  salmon 
is  being  rapidly  cleaned  up  and 
indi­
cations  point  to  the  new  pack  coming 
on  an  entirely  bare  market.  Sardines 
are  strong  and  in  fair  request.

industry  the 

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
is  in  good  condition,  with  moderate  de­
mand  for  most  grades.  The  position  of 
the  prune  market  is  somewhat  improved 
and  there 
is  a  good  demand  at  full 
prices.  The  situation  on  raisins  is  im­
proved  considerably  and  dealers  all  re­
port  a  good  demand  for  seeded  at  full 
prices.  Loose  raisins  are  also  in  better 
demand.  Stocks  of  loose  raisins  in  Cal­
ifornia  are  nearly  all  in  possession  of 
the  Packers’  Association  and  prices 
there  rule  steady.  Apricots  are  in  good 
position, 
supplies. 
Prices  are  steady,  but  show  no  change. 
Peaches  are  also  in  good  demand  at 
firm,  unchanged  prices.  Dates  meet 
good  speculative  demand  and  prices  are 
very  strong.  Figs  are  in strong position, 
grades  used  by  manufacturers  selling

owing  to  small 

very  well.  Stocks  of  dates  and  figs  are 
both  very  light.  There  is  practically  no 
market  on  spot  evaporated  apples,  as 
there  are  none  to  be  had.  There is  some 
enquiry  for  goods  for  future  delivery, 
but  no large  sales  are reported.

Rice—The  rice  market 

is  firm,  with 
an  advance  of 
on  some  of  the
lower grades.  There  is  a  steady  demand 
for  moderate  sized  lots,  although  there 
is  no  speculative  movement.  Holders 
are  offering  sparingly,  as they anticipate 
still  higher  prices  and  do  not  feel 
like 
urging  sales.  Stocks  of  all  kinds  are 
fair,  but  are  not  considered  any  more 
than  enough  for  future  needs.

Teas—The  tea  market  continues  very 
light  demand,  and 
quiet,  with  but 
on
prices  show  a  decline  of from 
almost  all  grades.  There  is  a  continued 
conservatism  on  the  part  of  the  trade 
and  there  are  no  indications  of  any  im­
provement  in  the  immediate  future.

Molasses  and  Syrups—The  movement 
in  molasses,  as  usual  at  this  time  of  the 
year,  is  slow  and  only  such  lots  as  are 
actually  needed  are  purchased.  Sales 
were  mostly  of  the  medium  grades,  for 
which  full  quoted  prices  are  obtained. 
Supplies  are  moderate  and  no  lower 
prices  are  expected  the  balance  of  the 
season.  On  account  of  the  weaker  grain 
markets,  corn  syrup  shows  a  decline  of 
per  gallon  on  barrels  and  3c  per 

case  on  cans.

Fish—Trade  in  fish,  as  usual  at  this 
season  of  the  year,  is  light.  There  is, 
however,  some  little  business  doing 
in 
mackerel  and  codfish  at  previous prices. 
There  is  a  very  even  market  on  fish  and 
we  do  not  look  for  any  material  change 
one  way  or the  other.

Nuts—Trade  in  nuts  is  dull,  with  the 
exception  of  peanuts,  for  which  there  is 
some  little  demand  at unchanged prices. 
Filberts  show  a  slight  advance  on  ac­
count  of 
light  stocks,  but  demand  is 
very  light.

Rolled  Oats— As  a  result  of  the  weak­
er  grain  markets,  rolled  oats  have  de­
ioc  per  barrel  and  5c  per  case. 
clined 
for  bulk  goods  is  very 
The  demand 
light,  but 
is  continually  increasing  on 
case  goods  of  all  kinds.

is 

The  agitation  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
butchers  to  put  an  end  to  the  boxes 
selling  meats  to  hotels,  restaurants  and 
private  families 
likely  to  fall  flat 
through  the  disinclination  of  the  retail­
ers  to  take  a  firm  stand  and  pull  to­
gether.  The  work  thus  far  has  fallen  on 
a  few  shoulders  and  the  prospects  for 
accomplishing  tangible  results  are  ex­
cellent,  but  the  men  who  have  thus  far 
given  their  time  and  money  to  bring 
about 
improved  conditions  decline  to 
continue  the  negotiations unless  they  re­
ceive  the  co-operation  of  those  who  are 
just  as  vitally  interested  in  the  success 
of  the  movement  as  they  are.

The  deadlock between  the  grocers  and 
clothing  clerks  regarding  a  half  holiday 
during  July  and  August  ought  not  to 
result  in  the  abandonment  of  the  plan. 
The  grocers  offer  to  close  Thursday 
afternoons  during 
the  two  months 
named,  but the clothing  clerks insist that 
Wednesday  afternoon  is  the  proper time 
for  closing.  No  effort  has  yet  been 
made  to  secure  a  compromise,  but  steps 
should  be  taken  to  do  so  at  once,  or the 
closing  scheme  will  be  defeated  this 
season.

The  hotel  keeper  who  advertises  for 
the  traveling  man's  patronage  is  quite 
likely  to  try  and  retain  it  when  it  is 
once  secured,  while  the  man  who  does 
not  advertise  either  does  not  care  for  it 
or  thinks  the  traveling  man  must  stop 
with  him  anyhow.

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

achieved  distinctive  and  solid  success 
through  ability,  character,  hard  work 
and  preseverance. 
In  finanical  affairs 
he  is  active,  capable  and  progressive, 
but  conservative  and  safe,  being  disin­
clined  to  speculation  or  the  taking  of 
risks  beyond  such  as  are  reasonable  and 
necessarily  incident  to  the  safe manage­
ment  of  money  and  of  business  enter­
prises.  By  reason  of  his  ability,  in­
tegrity,  sound  judgment  and  conserva­
tism  he  commands  the  unreserved  con­
fidence  of  all  who  know  him.

He  has  always  taken  great  interest 
and  an  active  part  in  public  affairs  and 
in  formulating  local  legislation in which 
his  city  or town  was  interested.  He  has 
never  been  an  active  politician  or  an 
office  seeker  and  never  held  a  salaried 
public  office  of  any  kind.  He  was  for 
years  an  active  member  of  the  Board  of 
Education  at  Petoskey  and  was  Presi­
dent  of  that  village  during  the  last  year 
of  his  residence  there.  He  was  ap­
pointed  the  first  President  of  the  Board

MEN  OF  MARK.

Jam es  R.  W ylie,  President  N ational  City 

Bank.

James  Robert  Wylie  was  born  October 
14,  1849,  on  a  farm  in  Martin,  Allegan 
county,  of  Scotch-American  parentage. 
He  was  educated 
in  the  common  and 
high  schools  of  his  native  county,  re­
maining  upon  the  farm until he attained 
his  majority,  when  he  engaged  in  busi­
ness 
for  himself,  conducting  with 
Thomas  H.  Shepard  a  general  country 
store  at  Martin,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Wylie  &  Shepard.  This  firm  built  up 
an  extensive  trade  and  conducted  a suc­
cessful  and  prosperous  business.  After 
a  few  years  of  active  experience  in  the 
mercantile  business,  Mr.  Wylie  dis­
posed  of  his  interest therein  and  entered 
the  law  department  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  graduating  therefrom  with 
the  class  of  1878.  He 
immediately 
engaged  in  legal  practice  in  the  city  of 
Grand  Rapids,  continuing  there  for  sev­
eral  years.  In  natural  abilities,  sterling 
character,  legal 
learning  and  business 
experience,  he  was  thoroughly  equipped 
for a  legal  career and  soon  became  rec­
ognized  as  one  of  the  strong,  active  and 
capable  young  men  of  his  profession  in 
Grand  Rapids.

In  October,  1879,  he  was  married  to 
Jeannette  C.  Curtis,  of  Richland,  Mich­
igan.  Two  children  were  born  of  this 
union— Isabel,  now  at  Vassar  College, 
and  Curtis,  now  a  pupil  in  the  schools 
of  Grand  Rapids.

In  1882  he  went  with  bis  brother-in- 
law,  William  L.  Curtis,  to  the  growing 
country  of  Northern  Michigan,  and 
lo­
cated  in  Petoskey,  where  he  became  en­
gaged 
in  the  banking  business  as  a 
member  of  the  firm of Curtis,  Wachtel  & 
Co.,  and  was  also  interested  in  a  small 
banking  business  at  Kalkaska,  under 
the  name  of  Wylie,  Bleazby  &  Co. 
later  Mr.  Curtis  and  Mr. 
Some  time 
Wylie  purchased  the 
interest  of  Mr. 
Wachtel 
in  the  banking  business,  and 
until  1893  they  conducted  it  under  the 
name  of  the  Petoskey  City  Bank,  and 
also  established  and  conducted  a  bank­
ing  business  at  Harbor  Springs  under 
the  name  of  the  Harbor  Springs  Bank. 
They  rapidly  built  up  an  extensive  and 
profitable  business  in  these  places,  the 
Petoskey  City  Bank  being  succeeded  by 
the  present  First  National  Bank  of 
Petoskey. 
In  1893  Mr.  Wylie  sold  his 
banking  interests  in  Northern  Michigan 
to  his  partner and  his  partner’s  son, and 
returned  with  his  family  to  Grand  Rap-1 
ids, where  he  again  took  up  the  practice 
of 
forming  a  partnership  with 
George  Clapperton.  under the  firm name 
of Wylie  &  Clapperton.  This  firm  did 
a  general  legal  practice,  Mr.  Wylie  re­
maining  with 
it  until  he  assumed  the 
management  of  the  National  City  Bank 
of  Grand  Rapids,  taking  the  nominal 
title  of  Cashier,  but  really  acting  as 
President  as  well,  owing  to  large  out­
side  interests  of  the  late President Luce, 
who was  able  to  give the bank  very  little 
personal  attention  and  relied  implicitly 
on  the  good  judgment  and  conservatism 
of  his  associate.  On  the  death  of  Mr. 
Luce it  was  very  generally conceded that 
Mr.  Wylie  would  succeed  to  the  va­
cancy,  but  formal  action  on  the  matter 
was  not  taken  until  Monday  of  this 
week,  when  the  directors  of  the  Bank j 
unanimously  made  Mr.  Wylie  the  offi­
cial  head  of  the  institution.

law, 

Mr.  Wylie  possesses  legal  and  finan­
cial  ability  of a  high  order,  is  a  man  of 
positive  strength,  clear  judgment  and 
unquestioned 
integrity,  and  stands  in 
the  first  rank  among  the  professional 
and  business  men  of  this  city,  He  bas

of Poor  Commissioners  of  Grand Rapids 
and  during  his  term  of  office,  under  his 
active  direction,  the  entire  management 
of  that  department  was  most  thoroughly 
renovated, reformed and  organized  along 
the 
lines  of  charity  organization  prin­
ciples.  He  is  Vice-President  of  the 
Charity  Organization  Society  and  a 
trustee  of  the  Union  Benevolent  Asso­
ciation  of  Grand  Rapids,  and  a  trustee 
of  Alma  College,  Michigan,  taking  an 
active  part 
lines  of  public 
work.

in  those 

In  addition  to  his  active  management 
of  the  affairs  of  the  National  City  Bank 
he  is  a  director  of  the  Luce  Furniture 
Co.  and  the  Widdicomb  Furniture  Co., 
two  of  the  leading  institutions  of  Grand 
In  religion,he  is  a  hereditary, 
Rapids. 
active  and 
loyal  Presbyterian  and  an 
elder  in  that  church.

He  is  a  man  of attractive and winning 
personality, 
character, 
affable,  genial,  companionable,  com­
manding  the  respect and  regard  of  all

forceful 

of 

who know  him.  He is  a  distinctive  type 
of  the  active,  progressive, 
influential 
and  successful  man  of  affairs,and  a  pos 
itive  force 
in  the  business,  civic  and 
social  life  of the  city.

A m erican  Luxuries  In  England.

As  an  illustration of the  general  use  of 
American  produce  and  manufactured 
articles  abroad,  the  following  descrip 
tion,  by  George  H.  Daniels,  of  the  New 
York  Central  Railroad, 
is  amusing 
Speaking  of  an  average  English  busi 
ness  man  he  says:

He  sits  down  to  breakfast  at  a  table 
presided  over  by  an  American  wife,eats 
oranges  from  California,  cereals  manu­
factured  at  Niagara  Falls,  beef  straight 
from  Omaha,  a  slice  of  bacon  from  the 
Mohawk  Valley,  and  his  bread 
is,  of 
course,  from  wheat  ground  at  Minneap 
olis.

On  his  way  to  his  office  he  rides  in  a 
car  built 
in  New  York,  propelled  by 
electric  machinery  manufactured  at 
Schenectady,  over  railways  constructed 
by  American  engineers  and  largely  of

Bell Telephone  in  the  Grocery  Business.
When  the. Grand  Rapids  grocers  and 
meat  dealers  were  considering  the  plan 
of  throwing  out  Bell  telephones  alto­
gether  a  few  months  ago,  the  Celtic 
gentleman  who  assumes  to  manage  the 
Bell  interests  in  Western  Michigan  and 
whose  greatest  stock 
in  trade  is  bluff 
and  bluster,  arose  on  his  elevated  steed 
and  threatened  that,  if  the  retailers  in­
sisted  on  taking  such  a  course,  the  Bell 
people  would  establish  a  department 
store  in  Grand  Rapids  and  sell  goods  at 
actual  cost  until  the retailers  capitulated 
and  restored  the  Bell  phones.  No  one 
took  any  stock  in  these  threats,  because 
the  career  of  the  Michigan  Telephone 
Co.  for  the  past  six  years  has  been 
marked  by  repeated  threats  on  the  part 
of  the  unfortunate  gentlemen  who  have 
been  invested  with  the  duties  and  re­
sponsibilities  of  management,  none  of 
which  have  been  carried  into execution.
It  appears  that  there  is  one  Bell  man­
ager,  however,  whose  word  is  good  and 
whose  threats  “ go” —John  Sabin,  of  the 
Central  Union.  When  the  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association  of  Marion,  Ind.,  de­
cided  to  patronize  the  home  company 
and  discontinue  the  use  of  Bell  phones 
altogether,  John  Sabin  issued  an  edict 
that  the  grocers  recede  from  their  posi­
tion  or  suffer  the  consequences  result­
ing  from  the  establishment  of  a  store 
established  and  maintained  by  the  Bell 
people  without  regard  to  profit.

The  Central  Union’s  plan,  it  is  said, 
is  to  serve  persons  who  use  its  tele­
phones  at  practically  the  cost  of  the 
goods,  the  only  object  in  view  being  to 
retain  its  patrons  and  to  secure more  for 
the  telephone  service. 
It  says  that,  as 
the  merchants  and  grocers  refuse  to  use 
its  phones,  it  is  under a  moral  obliga­
tion  to  overcome  the  resultant  incon­
venience  to  its  patrons  as much has pos­
sible.

Mr.  Sabin  says  that  it  will  be  entire­
ly  practicable  to  run  a  grocery  store 
in 
such  a  connection,  for  all  staples  in  the 
grocery  trade  are  practically  the  same 
and  not  one  purchaser  in  a  hundred 
cares  to  inspect  such  goods  before  mak­
ing  purchases.  The  same,  he  says,  is 
true  of  meats  and  vegetables,  and  the 
Central  Union  will  be  careful  to provide 
the  best  and  at  prices  which  will  defy 
competition.

The  fight  promises  to  be  an  interest­
it  naturally  takes  on 
ing  one,  because 
the  form  of  civic  patriotism— or  lack  of 
patriotism.  Every  one  who  uses  a  Bell 
phone  or  patronizes  the  Bell  grocer  will 
be  accused  of  being  a  traitor  to  the 
town  and  disloyal  to  its  best  interests. 
Whether  there  are  enough  of  this  class 
in  any  community  to  justify  the  Bell 
people  in their attempt to ruin local mer­
chants  remains  to  be  seen.

L iquid A ir Experiment«

terminating 

The  Standard  Butter  Company,  of Os­
wego,  N.  Y.,  some  time  ago  experi­
mented  with  liquid  air  for cooling  cars, 
and,  according  to  reports  received,  the 
results  have  been  very  satisfactory.  The 
experiments  were  made  with  ordinary 
freight  cars,  which  were  supplied  with 
long  and  two-incb  wide 
a  sixty-metre 
in  a  receptacle  for 
coil, 
liquid  air,  which  was  placed 
in  the 
car.  From  this  receiver  the  liquid  air 
is  forced  into  the  coil,  which  cools  the 
air  in  the  car  to  any  degree  desired. 
According  to  the reports, the temperature 
in  the  car  was  reduced  to  about  10  deg.
C.  below  zero  (14  deg. Fahrenheit  with­
in  the  first  hour  and  remained  at  this 
point  for  the  next  three  hours.  Enough 
liquid  air  was  contained  in  the  recep­
tacle  to  maintain  this  temperature  for 
twenty-four  hours.

American  materials.  On  teaching  his 
office  and  looking  about  him  he  finds  if 
his  is  a  modern,  up-to-date  establish­
ment :

That  he  sits  on  a  Nebraska  swivel 
chair  before  a  roll-top  desk  made  in 
Buffalo.  His  letters  are  written  on  a 
Syracuse  typewriter,  and  he  signs  them 
with a  New  York  fountain  pen,and  blots 
his  letters  with  a  blotting  sheet  from 
New  England—and  his  correspondence 
is  put  away  in  files  from  Grand  Rap­
ids.

New  Salmon  Combine.

The  United  Canneries  Co.,  incorpo­
rated 
in  New  Jersey,  to-day  purchased 
the  canneries  of  British  Columbia  and 
placed  them  under  one  management. 
Some  of  the  canneries  were  bought  for 
all  cash  and  some  for  part  cash  and part 
stock.  The  company 
incorporated 
for $4,000,000. 
It  is  said  that  overtures 
will  be  made  at  once  to  combine  with 
the  Alaska  Packing  Co.  and  thus  con­
trol  the  salmon  markets  of  the  world.

is 

It  is  a  wise  advertisement  writer  who 
knows  how  the  public  will  understand 
bis  advertisements,

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

7

VOLUNTARY  SHIPMENTS.

G ratuitous  Dumping: of Surplus  Stock  on 

M erchants.

Written for the Tradesman.

On  opening  our  mail  the  other  morn­
ing,  among  other  curiosities  we  un­
earthed  a  letter  written  upon  one  of  Mr. 
Edison’s  mimeographs  in  a  bold  type­
writer band,  and  the  boy  who  attended 
to  removing 
it  from  the  machine  had 
smeared  it  over  with  his  grimy  paw.  It 
read  as  follows:

Dear  Sir—We  are  the  largest  manu­
facturers  of  organs  and  sewing machines 
in  the  West,  and  are  among  the  oldest 
houses  in  the  business.  Our  goods  bear 
a  reputation  for  accuracy,durability  and 
finish  that  places  them  in  the  very  fore­
most  of  their class.

We  find  upon  examining  our  records 
that  we  have  no  agent  at  Croquet  Cross­
ing  and,  as  your  name  has  been  handed 
us  by  a  mutual  friend  (they  forgot  to 
mention  his  name)  as  a  man  of  sterling 
worth,  of  energetic  disposition  and  en­
terprising 
in  the  extreme,  we  have  de­
cided  to  make  you  our  sole  agent  in 
your  city  for  the  sale  of  our  organs  and 
sewing  machines.
In  order  that  you  may  handle  this 
matter  intelligently  we  have  taken  the 
liberty  of  shipping  you  this  day  one 
sample  of  our  No.  1003  organ, 
fully 
equipped  with  our  patent bellows tongue 
and  India  silver thole  pin  and  one  sam­
ple  of  our  double  back  action,  self-ad­
justing,  twenty  year  case  sewing  ma­
chine.  These  you  will  please  accept 
upon  arrival  and  display  in  a prominent 
place  in  your  store.
instruments  themselves,  assisted 
by  the  handsome  advertising  matter 
which  we  furnish  all  our  agents,  will  be 
found  a  ready  seller,  ana  when  once 
placed  in  a  family,  a  great  demand  for 
more  immediately  follows.

The 

In  order  to  make  this  a  profitable  line 
for  you  and  to  encourage  you  to  work 
for  our  mutual  interests,  we  have  made 
the  enclosed  very 
low  prices  on  the 
goods,  which  are at  actual  cost  of  manu­
facture.  Of  course,  you  will understand 
that  at  these  figures  it  will  be  impos­
sible  for  us  to  allow  you  either  time  or 
discount,  and  we  have  taken  the  liberty 
of  drawing  upon  you  at  three  days  sight
through  the-----Bank  for  the  amount  of
the  bill.
Trusting  that  this  will  be  entirely 
satisfactory  to  you,  and  that  our  future 
business  relations  may  be  both  pleas­
ant  and  profitable  to  you  as  well  as  to 
us,  we  subscribe  ourselves,

Your  obedient  servants,

Bungwhaler  &  Co. 

Sten  No.  36-W.  H.  B.

Now,  just  why  Bungwhaler  &  Co.  do 
this  every  once  in  a  while  I never knew, 
but  have  an  idea  that  they  get  period­
ically  hard  up  and  fill  the  banks  full  of 
drafts  to  temporarily  bolster  up  their 
credit.

It  has  gotten  so  that  none  of  us  get 
excited  over  this  gratuitous  drawing 
upon  us,  and  we  simply  notify  our bank 
of  the  true  condition  of  affairs,  and  that 
is  the  last  we  hear  of  it,  for  the  goods, 
so  far  as  we  are  able  to  learn,  have 
never  been  shipped. 
It  is  a  strange 
performance,  but  the  man  who  will  let 
a  little  thing  like  that  more  than  tem­
porarily  disturb  his equanimity,  isn’t  fit 
to  tackle  a  retail  business  in  a  small 
town.

But  there  are  things  that  sometimes 
trouble  even  your old  uncle.  Once  upon 
a  time  the  writer  ordered  a  small  lot  of 
bed  blankets. 
It  was  rather  late  in  the 
season  and  the  stock  on  band  such  that 
no  great quantity  or  variety was needed. 
It  was  simply  a  matter  of  filling  in  on 
certain  numbers,  and  padding  out  the 
assortment  in  the  store  until  the  time 
for  selling  such  things  was  past.

When  the  goods  arrived,  there  were 
more  than  twice  as  many  as  we  had  or­
dered,  but  a 
little  note  of  explanation 
came  along  saying  that  the  blankets

had  been  packed  as  an  “ assortment" 
and,  rather  than  break  same,  the  house 
thought  best  to  send  the whole  bunch,  as 
the  prices  at  which  they  were  billed 
were  much  below  market,  and  it  looked 
as  though  “ blankets  would  be  blankets 
in  the  spring.”

All  this  ought  to  be  gratifying  to  a 
man  with  a  small  store, for  it  shows  that 
the  wholesalers  take  a  personal  interest 
in  his  welfare,  and  that  his  credit  is 
good.  And 
it  must  be  a  mean  fellow 
who  will  take  offense  at  a  thing  like 
that.  In  fact,  the  only  disagreeable  fea­
tures  connected  with  it  are  the  storage 
of  a  lot  of  goods  that  one  doesn’t  need 
and  the  fact  that  the  bill  is  sure  to come 
due  and  that  its  payment  must  be  pro­
vided  for. 
It  may  be  a  simple  matter 
for  a  small  dealer  to  discount  a  forty  or 
fifty  dollar  invoice,  but  it  may  tie  him 
up 
in  a  hard  knot  to  liquidate  one  of 
$200  at  the  end  of  sixty  or  ninety  days, 
especially  if  it  happens  to  be  for  blan­
kets  and  the  weather  turns  mild  in  the 
meantime.

So,  after  revolving  all  the  attendant 
circumstances  carefully  in  one’s  mind, 
it  seems  that  the  most  natural,  the  most 
human  thing  to  do  in  a  case  of this kind 
is to  make  a  suitable  selection  from  the 
shipment  and  then  advise  the  shippers 
that you  hold  the  balance subject to their 
order.  And  that  was  what  we  did, 
and  not  only  that,  but  we  charged  back 
the  extra  freight  and  took  it  out  of  the 
It  may  not  have  been  ex­
remittance. 
actly  the 
intention  of  the  bouse,  but  it 
was  a  good  arrangement  all  around,  for 
we  got  just  the  goods  we  wanted  and 
they  have  been  careful  not  to  repeat  the 
performance,  and  there  has  been  plenty 
of  time  for  it,  too.

In  this  connection  it  may  not  be  out 
of  place  to  mention  a  little  matter  that 
relates  solely  to  our  shoe  department. 
Eight  or ten  years  ago,  on  a  southbound 
train,  and  engaged  in  a  “ little  game,”  
I  saw  a  man  with cold,  gray,  calculating 
eyes,  thin  lips,  and  an  unsympathetic 
mouth.  Whether . he  was  playing  well 
or  not  I  don’t  know,  but  I  sat  and 
watched  him  until  I  became  numb  and 
fascinated,  and  had  reached  the  condi­
tion 
in  which  the  helpless  sparrow  re­
gards  the  quivering  cat.  A  big,  good- 
natured  traveling  man  who  happened 
into  the  car  just  then  slapped me  on  the 
back  and,  in  the  conversation  which 
ensued,  I  half  forgot  the  card  player, 
but  I  found  out  who  he  was  and  remem­
bered  him,  although  I  didn’t  suppose 
he  saw  me  at  all.

Two  years 

later  we  received  an  in­
voice  of  shoes  from  a  firm  that  had 
never  sent  a  representative  to  our  store 
and  from  which  we  had  not  had  the 
pleasure  of  buying  a  cent’s  worth  of 
goods.  There  were  several  cases  of 
them,  according  to  the 
invoice,  and 
the  whole  thing  ran  up into considerable 
money.  We 
immediately  notified  the 
parties  that  there  had  been  some  mis­
take,  as  we  had  ordered  nothing  from 
In  their  reply  they  expressed 
them. 
some  surprise  at  our 
letter  and  ex­
plained  that  they  had  received  the order 
in  the  regular  way  from  their  Mr.  — 
and  had  written  him  to  confirm the  mat­
ter.

“ Mr.— !’ *  I  exclaimed  as  I  read  the 
“ Why,  that  is  my  friend  with 

name. 
the  stony  stare!’ ’

Funny  thing,  wasn’t  it? 

I  haven’t 
seen  Mr.  —  from  that  day  to  this. 
I 
don’t  know  whether  or  not  he  is  on 
earth  yet,  but  I  would 
like  to  know 
whether  he  remembered  seeing  me  on 
the  car  that  day  and  thought  I  was  easy 
or  whether  he  just  took  our firm  name

from  Bradstreet’s  and  filled  out  a  few 
order  blanks  “ on  suspicion"  during  a 
dull  time.

They  send  us  all  sorts  of  things  in 
this  way— jewelry,  peaches, 
green 
onions,  package  coffee,  washing  ma­
chines,  Japan  tea,  prize  baking  powder, 
“ gold"  watches,  rubber  boots, 
insect 
powder,  breakfast  food  and  bicycles. 
One  party  recently  notified  us  that  he 
had  $187.50  worth  of  umbrellas  packed 
and  marked  all  ready  to  ship  if  we  said 
the  word,  but  he  was  a  homeopathic 
jigger,  and  didn’t  go  outside  of his  pre­
rogatives.

It  has  always  seemed  a  little “ nervy”  
of  a  respectable  firm  that  is  shipping 
one  goods  right  along  to  enclose  a  letter 
with  one  of  their  regular  invoices,  say­
ing  that  they  have  taken  the 
liberty  of 
adding  to  this  shipment  a  thousand  El 
Muerderos  cigars  at  $35  and  a  $65  cash 
register  and  have  made  the  specially 
low  price  of $49.50 on the lot.  The cigars 
are  such  that  they  can  be  readily  re­
tailed  at  five  cents  straight,  thus  show­
ing  a  profit  on  the  deal,  and  virtually 
making  us  a  present  of  a  fine  cash  reg­
ister.

1  say  it  seems  nervy,  for  how 

is  this

firm  to  know  but  we  have  just  laid  in 
all  the  cigaft  we  have  any  business 
with,  and  bow  do  they  know  that  we 
haven’t  a  good  cash  register of  our own, 
or  that  we  would  use  one  if  we  had? 
And  then,  again,  what  affair  is  it  of 
theirs,  anyway?
But  the  plans  of  the  fellows  who  gra­
tuitously  dump their  surplus  stock off  on 
your  Uncle  Isaac  usually  hit  the  ceil­
ing. 

George  Crandall  Lee.

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135  JEFFERSON  AVENUE

DETROIT, Mich.,

May 28,  1902.

MR. MERCHANT,
Dear Sir:

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all the orders we have taken for 
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on this Cracker.  If you must have a 
package to sell  “ Two for Five** we 
will make you a price on some 40x52s.
“ Mack* * has just wired us from 
New York that he picked up a few hun­
dred boxes of this cracker.  The packs 
are a trifle smaller than the 40x64s.
By adding extra help we have ar­
ranged to fill all late orders for 
“ Fourth of July**  goods the day we 
receive them.
Yours for prompt service and the 
RIGHT PRICE always,
THE FRANK B. TAYLOR COMPANY.

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TOO  MANY  STATISTICS.

The  present  session  of  Congress  has 
passed  a  measure  providing  for  a  per­
manent  Census  Bureau,  which  arrange­
ment  will  go  into  effect  with  the  com­
mencement  of  the  next 
fiscal  year. 
This  does  not  mean  that  there  is  to  be 
an  annual  census,  hence  it  is  to  be  sup­
posed  that  the  intent  of  the  new  law 
is 
to  place  at  the  service  of  the  Govern­
ment  a  corps  of  trained  statisticians, 
who  will  not  only  be  available  for  the 
taking  of the  census every ten  years,  but 
will  keep  up  to  date,  as  far as  possible, 
census  and  other  statistics.

is  not 

As  matters  are  now  regulated  at 
Washington,  nearly  every  department  of 
the  Government,  except  the  military  de­
partments,  maintains  bureaus  of  statis­
tics,  with  the  result  that  the  public  is 
furnished  with  a  superabundance  of  sta­
tistical  information  and 
infre­
quently  mystified  by  the  mass  of  tables, 
and  sometimes,  also,  by  the  wide  differ­
ences  which  exist 
in  the  figures  fur­
nished  by  the  different  departments  as 
to  the  same  subject. 
If  to these  already 
existing  bureaus  others  are  to  be  added 
when  the  proposed  Department  of  Com­
merce  is created,  Government  statistics, 
instead  of  being  accepted  as  authorita­
tive,  will  be  open  to  serious  question.

One  of  the  purposes  in  creating  a  De­
partment  of  Commerce 
is  to  turn  over 
to  that  department  the  task  of  gathering 
all  statistics  in  which  commerce,  trade 
and  industry  are  interested.  Under  such 
an  •  arrangement 
the  Census  Bureau 
would  no  doubt  become  a  part  of  the 
new  department,  as  would  also  other 
statistical  bureaus. 
It is  difficult  to  im­
agine,  however,  that  the  weather  and 
crop-reporting  services  of  the  Agricul­
tural  Department  would  be  separated 
from  that  department  where  they  prop­
erly  belong.  Much  of  the  publications 
now  made  by  the  Agricultural  Depart­
ment  could  very  properly  be  placed  in 
charge  of a  Department  of  ^Commerce,

and,  in  fact,  purely  statistical  publica­
tions  of  the  Government,  no  matter of 
what  branch,  should  be  uniformly  re­
vised  and  edited  by  a  regular  bureau  of 
statistics,  maintained  under  the  control 
of  the  Department  of  Commerce.

BRANCH  BANKING.

Within  the  past  few  years  there  have 
sprung  up  all  over  the  country  a  grea t 
number of  little  banks  of  small  capital, 
and,  necessarily,  of  small  resources. 
These 
little  banks  have  been  of  benefit 
to the  localities  in  which they have  been 
established,  although  their  usefulness 
in  a  business  sense  is  regulated 
largely 
by  the  character of  their  correspondents 
in  the  neighboring  money  centers  and 
their consequent  ability  to  secure assist­
ance  during  the  busy  periods  of  the 
larger  financial  help  than 
year  when 
their  own 
limited  resources  permit  is 
needed  by  the  small  country  banks.

The  good  which  the  small  country 
banks  have  done  and  the  better  facili­
ties  which  their  existence  has  furnished 
the  masses  of  the  people  naturally 
lead 
to  the  belief  that  branch  banks  estab­
lished  throughout  the  country,  where 
banking  facilities  are  now 
lacking,  or 
where  such  facilities  are  insufficient, 
would  not  only  add  to the  profits  and 
business  of  the  large  banking  institu­
tions  in  the  cities  but greatly  facilitate 
the  marketing  of  the  crops  and  insure 
more  reasonable  money  rates  in  the 
in­
terior.

is 

Although  branch  banking 

little 
practiced  in  the  United  States,  it  is  the 
general  custom  practically  everywhere 
In  the  United  Kingdom  the  great 
else. 
London  banks  have  branches 
in  every 
town  throughout  England,  Ireland  and 
Scotland.  Very  much  the  same  state  of 
things  exists  in  Canada  and  on  the  con­
tinent  of  Europe,  although  the  number 
of  branch  banks  is  possibly  not  so  large 
as 
in  England;  they  are  still  very  nu­
merous  and  the  system  followed  is  prac­
tically the  same.  The  principal  colonies 
of  Great  Britain  maintain  powerful 
banks,  which  not  only  have  branches  in 
every 
little  town,  but  also  have  great 
London  branches,  where  deposits  are 
received  and  a  regular banking  business 
is  transacted,  thus  enabling  the  colonial 
banks  to  use  in  the  colonies  the  surplus 
funds  of  depositors  in  the  mother  coun­
try.

the 

principal 

The  branch  bank  has one  great advan­
tage  over  the  average  small  bank  in 
that  it  has  the  full  benefit  of  the  credit 
and  standing,  as  well  as  the  money 
support,  of  the  parent  bank. 
It  is  sim­
ply  a  depository  for  money  belonging 
to  its  neighborhood  and  is  able  to  ex­
tend  banking  facilities  through  the  re­
sources  and  credit  of  the  parent  bank. 
advantages 
One  of 
claimed  for the  branch  bank  system 
is 
the  greater  uniformity  of  money  rates 
throughout  the  country.  Of  course,  there 
are 
legal  difficulties  in  the  way  which 
would  have  to  be  overcome,  but  these 
difficulties  do  not  apply  to  state  banks. 
Some  of  the  large  New  York  banks  are 
establishing  branch  banks 
in  various 
parts  of  New  York  City  itself,  and  it 
may  be  taken  for  granted  that  the  sys­
tem  will  gradually  be  extended  to  the 
country  towns. 
The  results  of  these 
experiments  will  be  carefully noted, and 
as  there  can  really  be  no doubt  as  to 
their  success,  it  will  not  be  long  before 
the  system 
is  generally  adopted  by  the 
larger  banks.

When  a  bride  has  been  married  about 
three  weeks,  she  begins  to  write  home 
for  the  old  clothes  she  refused  to take 
with  her.

MICROBES IN   FLOWERS.

is 

Apparently  bacteria  and bacilli choose 
residence.  Almost 
choice  places  of 
every  one 
fond  of  flowers,  but  a 
French scientist  says  that the  most beau 
tiful  blossoms  may  harbor microbes  that 
are  most  dangerous  to  man  and,  going 
further,  says  that  in  some  cases  the 
flowers  owe  their  color  and  their  per­
fume 
to  bacteria.  Another  French 
scientist,  who  has  been  making  a  study 
of grass  which  grows  abundantly  in cer­
tain  parts  of  France,  finds  it  covered  by 
a  bacillus  strikingly  like  that  of  tuber­
culosis.  A  Russian 
investigator  says 
his  researches  lead  him  to  much  the 
same  conclusion. 
In  the  course  of  long 
and  learned  articles  they  raise  the  sus­
picion  that  tuberculosis  may  be  of  veg­
etable  origin. 
It  is  known  that  cattle 
have 
it  and  it  is claimed  that  the  dis­
ease  enters  the  system  through  the  grass 
they  eat.

that  many 

If  suspicion  is  to be  cast  upon  vege­
tables,  then  much  of  the  healthful  con­
solation  which  has  been  commented  on 
because  the  high  price  of  meat  tends  to 
make  people  vegetarians 
is  not  well 
founded.  The  Frenchman  who  brings 
such  serious  charges  against  the  flowers 
likewise  casts  insinuations  which  will 
not  be  popular.  The  author  of 
this 
theory,  M.  Domingos  Freire  by  name, 
charges 
flowers,  without 
specifying  what  varieties,  are  positively 
dangerous  to  smell  of  or  handle  too 
closely.  He  cautions  people  against 
inhaling  their  perfume  and  says  the 
blossoms  should  never  be  brought  in 
contact  with  the  nose. 
This  distin­
guished  Frenchman  will  have  to  write 
more  than  one  treatise  and  prove  his 
claim more  conclusively  than  he  has  yet 
done  before  he  can  disturb  the  well-es­
tablished  popularity  of  flowers.  The 
truth  about  it  seems  to  be  that  there  are 
microbes  everywhere  and  that  whoever 
sets  out  to  keep  away  from  all  of  them 
and  run  into  no  danger of this  sort  will 
have  to  put  himself  in  a  glass  case.

TH E  CONTAGION  OF  EXAMPLE.
The  young  ladies  of  Berlin  are  averse 
to  matrimony,  and  the  government  is 
therefore  much  perturbed. 
The  fair 
damsels  of  Emperor  William's  capital 
declare  that  the  expense  of  living  is 
now  so  high  that  difficulty  is  experi­
enced 
in  maintaining  the  standard  re­
quired  by  society.  There  was  a  time 
and  not  so  very  long  ago that  Berlin  so­
ciety  conducted 
itself  on  such  frugal 
lines  that  display  of  wealth  and  even 
what  Americans  consider  comfort  was 
left  entirely  to  the  Bleichroders  and 
financiers  of  his  standing.

The  mere 

fact  that  Berlin  voung 
ladies  are  resolved  to  remain  single 
rather than  marry  and  live  poorly  shows 
the  tendency  of  the  times  and  the  broad 
spread  of  ideas.  The  bachelor  woman 
first  made  her appearance  in  the  United 
States.  She  was  the  object  of  much 
good-humored  comment. 
In  England 
her  path  toward  the  plains of  emancipa­
tion  was  followed  with  considerable  in­
terest  and  writers  on  sociology  used  up 
much  printer’s  ink  in  gravely  discuss­
ing  the  effect  her attitude  would  have 
upon  society.

Marriage,  they  declared,  was  the 
basis  on  which  society  was  founded, 
and  assuredly the  entire  fabric  would  be 
shaken  to  the  very  foundations  when 
young  women  resolutely  set  their  faces 
against  matrimony.  Society has  suffered 
no  evil  from  the  fact  that  women  are 
seeking  their own  living  without the  aid 
of  man.  There  has  been  no  deteriora­
tion  ol  the  world  at  large,  and  if  there

has  been  a  deterioration  then  the  fact 
has  been  manifested 
in  the  person  of 
the  male.  Women  are  larger  and strong­
er nowadays  than  formerly.  A  glance 
along  a  crowded  street  will  show  more 
tall  women  than  tall  men,  and the  qual­
ity  of  femininity  has  been  preserved 
despite  the  fact  that  women 
indulge 
their  tastes  for athletics  and  manly  ex­
ercises. 
In  the  old  days  a  woman  who 
could  do  nothing  useful  and  who  was 
more  or  less  a  toy  and  a  chattel  was  in­
different  to  a  blood-letting  spectacle. 
She  rather  enjoyed  the  sight  of  battle. 
The  eternal  feminine  to-day  who  can 
wield  a  small  sword  or  bat  or  golf  stick 
has  a  tenderer  heart,  although  her  mus­
cles  be  tougher  than  her  sister's  of  a 
former  age.  Self-reliance  is  the  great­
est  educator  in  the  world,  and  the  Ger­
man  woman  is  simply  following  in  the 
footsteps  of  her  American  sister  when 
she  proclaims  her 
independence  and 
prefers  the  advantages  of  singleness 
rather  than  a  yoked  poverty.

In  view  of  the  present  low  price of the 
bean  the  deliberations  of  the  Coffee 
Congress  to  be  held  in  New  York  about 
Nov.  1  will  be  followed  with  interest 
not  only  by  the  planter  but  by  the  con­
sumer.  All  the  coffee  producing  coun­
tries  will  be  represented  and  the  dele­
gates  will  be  experts  on  both production 
distribution  and  consumption  but  it  is 
hard  to  see  under  the  conflicting 
inter­
ests  of  the  different  countries  how  any 
practical measures can  be  brought  about 
either  for  limiting  the  production  or  for 
creating  new  channels  of  consumption. 
The  present  low 
level  of  prices  is  not 
due  to  any  slackening  in the demand  for 
consumption  has  materially 
increased 
during  the 
last  three  or  four  years  but 
to the  enormous  increase  in  the  produc­
tion especially in the coffee-growing  dis­
tricts  of  Brazil.  Mild  coffees  were  for­
merly  but  little  affected  by  fluctuations 
in  the  prices  for  Brazilian  grades.  Each 
variety  had  its  special  votaries  and  the 
yearly  crop  found  a  ready  market  in 
consequence.  Two  or  three  years  ago 
prices  were  on  a  high  level  and  were 
kept  so  by  artificial  means.  Holders 
were  unwilling  to  meet  the  demand  and 
in  consequence  more attention  was  paid 
to  some  of  the  milder grades  of  Brazil­
ians.  These  were  cheap  in  comparison 
and  when  once  the  taste  was  acquired 
the  producers  of  mild  coffees  found  it 
hard  to  regain  the  ground  lost.  Since 
then  the  market  has  fluctuated  in  sym­
pathy  with  Brazilians.  Can  the  produc­
ers  of  mild  coffees  induce  the  Brazilian 
planter  to  reduce  his  output  for their 
benefit?  This  course  was  pointed  out  to 
him  at  a  time  when  any  benefit  would 
have  been  entirely  his  own  and  he  did 
not  hearken  to  the  advice.  New  trees 
are  still  being  planted.  Can  he  afford 
to  let  all  this  work  go  to  rack  and  ruin 
for the  benefit  of  his  rivals?  These  are 
questions  upon  which  the  better  part 
of the  discussion  will  hinge.  They  will 
be  hard  of  solution  but  whatever  is  ad­
vocated  in  the  premises  will  be  watched 
with  interest  by  the  general  public.

It 

is  worth  while  remarking  that  in 
the  United  States  army  every  soldier 
stands  an  equal  chance.  Advancement 
depends  solely  upon  demonstrated  abil­
ity.  Six  sons of brilliant military officers 
have  failed  in  the  recent  West  Point  ex- 
aminations  and  have  gone  back 
to
business.”   During  the  same  time 
twenty-three  men  who  enlisted  as  pri- 
vates  have  passed  the  examination  and 
wi 
in  due  course  of  time  wear  the 
straps.

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industry  than  the  story  of 

TH E AMERICAN  SILK  INDUSTRY. 
There 

is  nothing  more  interesting  in 
the  history  of  the'development  of  Amer­
the 
ican 
growth  of  silk  manufacturing. 
Fifty 
years  ago  a  few  hand  looms  were  em­
ployed 
in  the  United  States,  turning 
out  ribbons  of  an  inferior quality  and 
an  occasional  piece  of  broad  s ilk ;  in 
1900  the  census  developed  the  fact  that 
there  were  36,825  power  looms  on  broad 
and  7,432  on  narrow  goods.  During  the 
period  the  annual  value  of  silk  products 
rose  from  $1,809,476  to  $107,256,258.
In  1850 the  quantity  of  raw  silk  spun  in 
this  country  was  so  insignificant  that  no 
account  was  taken  of  it;  in  1900 Ameri­
can factories  consumed  9,760,770 pounds 
of  raw  silk,  a  greater  quantity  than  is 
required  to  carry  on  the  vast  French 
silk 
industry,  which  has  hitherto  held 
first  place  in  this  line  of  production.

It  is  not  alone  the  rapid  expansion  of 
the  industry  which  challenges  attention. 
The  United  States  has  witnessed  many 
marvelous  developments  during  the  last 
half  of  the  nineteenth  century which  ap­
pear  to  have  made  a  greater  impression 
on  the  industrial  world  than  the  growth 
of  its  silk  manufactories.  The  colossal 
product  of  our  iron  and  steel  mills  has 
caused  infinitely more comment,  perhaps 
because  it  has  emphasized  in  a  remark­
able  manner  a  fact  which keen observers 
had  long  been  noting,  that  the  United 
States  has  taken  its  position  at  the head 
of 
the  manufacturing  nations  of  the 
world;  and  the  enormous  output  of  our 
coal  mines,  illustrating  as  it  does  the 
command  we  have  over  a  source  of  en­
ergy  which 
is  growing  scarcer  in  the 
Old  World,  has  had  a  similar  effect. 
Therefore,  if  there  was  merely  a  mat­
ter  of  great  output  to  speak  about,  there 
less  in  the  details  which  the 
would  be 
bulletin  regarding  silk  manufacture 
in 
the  United  States  furnishes  to  attract 
native  and  foreigner  than  there  is  in 
some  of  the  other stories of growth which 
the  Census  Bureau  relates.

The  chief  interest,  however,  is  not  in 
that  part  of  the  report  which  shows  the 
magnitude  of  the  industry,  but  in  that 
devoted  to  the  progress  we  have  made 
in  the  production  of  the  finer qualities 
of  silk  goods.  We  may  felicitate  our­
selves  over  such  expressions  as  “ more 
raw  silk 
is  sold  annually  in  New  York 
than 
is  consumed  in  France,  which  is 
the  largest  raw  silk  consuming  country 
of  Europe,”   but  our  most  solid  ground 
for 
is 
found  in  the  abundant  testimony  of  the 
bullletin  to  the  effect  that  we are rapidly 
invading  every  field  of  the  industry  and 
that  our  manufacturers  do  not  shrink 
from  attempting  the  production  of  the 
finest  fabrics.

self-gratulation 

is  that  which 

with  the  cruder kinds  of  manufactured 
goods,  but  for  the  finer  sorts—the  novel­
ties—the  artistic— we  should  be  depend­
ent,  they  said,  upon  Europe  for  an 
in­
definite  period.

The  census  bulletin  shows  that  this 
impression  was  erroneous.  The  publi­
cation  tells  us  that 
“ the  classes  of 
goods  now  principally 
imported  from 
Europe  are  high  novelties,  hand-made 
silk  velvets  and  hand-made  silk  laces, 
which  are  not  as  yet  made  to  any  ap­
extent  here,  but,  without 
preciable 
doubt,  will  be  made  in  due  tim e.”  
It 
informs  us  that 
in  the  manufacture  of 
sewing  silk  and  machine  twist  we  ap­
pear  to  be  ahead.  The  product  of  this 
country  “ is  universally  acknowledged 
as  superior  in  finish  and  purity  of  dye 
to  that  of  any  other  country,  chiefly  be­
cause  only  the  best  Japan  and  China 
filatures,  dyed  unweighted,  are  used.”  
In  broad-silk  weaving  we  have  made 
great  advances.  The  use  of  the  power 
loom  was  first resorted  to  in  this  country 
in  the  production  of  silk  taffetas,  and 
has  since  been  adopted  in  Europe. 
In 
this  line  only  a  small  proportion  of high 
class  fancies  consumed  by  us 
is  of 
French  origin,  the  great  bulk  of  con­
sumption  being  the  product  of  domestic 
mills.  The  bulletin says “ The American 
silk  industry  can  fairly  claim  to  be  un­
excelled  at  this  time  in  the  production 
of  these  goods.  At  the  present  time  in 
the  manufacture  of  piece-dyed  goods, 
both  the  manufacture  and  printing  of 
the  fabric  are  so  successfully  accom­
plished  in  the  United  States  that the do­
mestic  production  dominates  our  own 
markets 
In  the 
manufacture  of  velvets  “ there  is a grow­
ing  tendency  to  decided  improvement 
in  the  better  grades,  also  in  the  success­
ful  manipulation  of  ‘ panne’  velvets,and 
in  various  styles  of 
fancy  velvets.”  
invention  of  the  high-speed  rib­
“ The 
bon 
loom,  about  ten  years  ago,  was  a 
great  advance  over  the  so-called  ‘ Swiss’ 
and  ‘ German’  power  looms,  which  were 
used  in  this  country  up  to  1889  *  *  * 
and 
it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  the 
equipment  of  ribbon  machinery  in  the 
United  States  is  now  equal  to  any  com­
mercial  demand  that  may  be  made upon 
it  in  turning  out  all  articles  of  ribbon 
known  to  the  trade.”

in  these  specialties. ”  

This  is  a  record  of  which  any  country 
might  be  proud,  and 
it  unmistakably 
indicates  that  ift  the  very  near  future 
we  shall  not  only  exceed  all  the  rest  of 
the  world 
in  the  volume  of  our  silk 
products,  but  that  we  shall  also  excel  in 
the  manufacture  of  every  variety,  and 
that  we  shall  cease  to  be  dependent 
upon  foreigners  for  our  supplies  of  the 
finest  as  well  as  the  commonest  of  this 
class  of  goods.

Until  within  a  few  years  many  for­
eigners  seemed  unable  to  realize  the 
economic  fact  that  in  a  new  country,  in 
which  the  growth  of  population is rapid, 
the  manufacturer  is  necessarily  most 
tempted  to  meet  the  want  for the  com­
moner  kinds  of  goods.  Up  to  a  certain 
stage,capital  finds its greatest  and  swift­
est  returns  in  responding  to  the demand 
for lower grades  of goods.  That  was  the 
case 
in  the  United  States,  and,  singu­
larly  enough,  this  natural  response  was 
mistaken  by  many  for  indifference  and 
incapacity.  Pages  could  be  filled  wih 
quotations 
from  assuredly  competent 
critics  in  this  country  and  Europe  who, 
less  than  a  decade  ago,  did  not  hesitate 
to  assign  to  us  an  inferior place as  man­
ufacturers  on  this  account.  The  most 
astute  of  these  observers  seemed  to 
think  that  we  might  succeed  very  well 
In  our  attempts  to  provide  ourselves

Consternation  has  been  created 

in 
Rochester  club  circles by the  indictment 
of  a  prominent  member  of  the  Roches­
ter  Whist  Club  on  the  charge  of  gam­
bling. 
It  appears  that  it  has  been  a 
practice  in  this  club,  as  in  other  cluhs, 
for  members  to  play  games  in  which 
those  defeated  were  expected  to  pay  for 
such  refreshments  as  were  ordered  by 
those  about  the  table.  Technically  this 
is  gambling,  but  it  has  never  been  re­
garded  as  criminal  or  dangerous.  The 
indictment is  said  to have been procured 
by  a  disgruntled  member  of  the  club 
who  happened  to  be  appointed  foreman 
of  the  grand  jury.

The  stars  and  stripes  were  not  visible 
in  Madrid  on  the  occasion  of  King  Al­
fonso’s  coronation.  Yet  it  will  not be 
claimed  that the  Spanish  people  are  un­
familiar  with  the  American  flag.

K ILLIN G   BY  KINDNESS.

A  few  days  ago  Bishop  Potter,  of 
New  York,  was  scheduled  to  speak  at 
an  entertainment  in  an  orphan  asylum. 
When  it  came  time  for  him  to  begin  his 
address  it  was  found  that  he  had  gone 
to  sleep 
in  his  chair.  When  he  was 
aroused  and  began  to  speak  he  tottered 
and  fainted.  The  physicians  who  at­
tended  him  later  at  bis  home  stated  that 
he  was  suffering  from  overwork. 
It 
would  have  been nearer the  truth to  have 
said  plainly  that  the  people  were  kill­
ing  him.

This  is  only  the  latest  illustration  of 
something  that  has  been  going  on  in 
this  country  for a  good  while,  and  it  is 
high  time  we  put  a  stop  to  it.  Every 
now  and  then  we  hear  that  some  one  of 
our  public  men  is  overworked  and  we 
wonder  why  he  does  not  take  a  rest. 
The  simple,  plain  truth  of  the  matter  is 
that  the  public—that 
is,  you,  and  the 
writer,  and  the  rest  of  us— will  not  let 
him  take  a  rest.  We 
insist  that  he 
shall  do  all  sorts  of  work  for  us  that, 
generally  speaking,  is  not  worth  doing 
at  all.  There  is  a  satire  that  is  pathetic 
in  this  steady  pecking  away  on  public 
men  which  brings  them  to  their  graves 
before  the  community  is  ready  to  have 
them  die.  Many  a  man  of  power  among 
us  is  persecuted  into  his  grave,  and  the 
community  sustains  an  irreparable  loss.
The  President  of  the  United  States, 
for  instance,  is  so  pestered  and  pecked 
at  by  school  girls  wanting  autographs, 
by  reporters,  cranks, 
insane  people, 
and,  most  of  all,  by  the  American  citi­
zen  who  insists  upon shaking hands with 
him  and  talking  over  the  affairs  of  the 
postoffice  at  Podunk, 
that  every  one 
knows  that  only  a  physical  and  mental 
giant  can  take  the  job  and  live  through 
it  and  come  out  sound  and  sane.  They 
are  beginning  to  realize  this in Congress 
and  there  is  a  growing  feeling  that  the 
strength  of  the  hardest  working  public 
official  in  the  country  must  be  saved  for 
the  great  things,  and  not  be  frittered 
away  over endless  trifles  that  some  one 
else  can  attend  to  just  as  well.

Governor  Andrew,  one  of  Massachu­
setts’  greatest  and  best  men,  was  killed 
by  the  people.  Who  struck  the 
last 
blow?  We  do  not  know.  The  news­
papers  said,  without  a  single  word  of 
comment,  that  he  was  “ called  out  on 
business”   at  8  o’clock  in  the  evening, 
after  working  hard  all  day  and  every 
day.  Edward  Everett,  an  unusually 
strong  man,  as  even  his  enemies  would 
admit,  was  killed  by  the  people.  He 
must  preside  at  this  dinner  and  lay  this 
corner  stone  and  plant  this  tree.  Every 
year  there  were  three  hundred and sixty- 
five  “ musts”   of  this  sort  forced  upon 
him  by  this  or  that  penny  trumpeter  of 
the  people.  Dozens  of  people  came  to 
his  door  every  week  begging  his  auto­
graph.  He  respected 
the  people;  he 
tried  to  do  the  bidding  of  the  people. 
If  the  people  thought  it  was  his  busi­
ness  to  open  fancy  fairs,  he  would  open 
fancy  fairs.  So  such  a  man  as  that  was 
not  permitted  to  do  what  he  wanted  to 
do  and  what  he  was  best  fitted  to  do, 
simply  because  he  tried  to  do  the  duty 
that  came  next  to  hand.  Then  there 
is 
Phillips  Brooks.  We  need  not  go  into 
details:  the  story 
is  too  sad  to  tell. 
There 
is  not  a  man  who  knew  him  or 
who  knew  Boston  who  does  not  know 
how  that  magnificent  constitution  gave 
way,  how  that  voice  was  silenced  thirty 
years  before  its  time.

There  are  plenty  of  other  illustrations 
of  this  sort  of  thing  of  college  presi­
dents,  lawyers,  clergyman,  and  every 
man  whatsoever  who can  make  a  speech

There 

or  manage  a  charity  or  do  any  public 
service,  set  upon  by  otherwise  decent 
and  well-meaning  people  and  knocked 
down  and  trampled  upon. 
is 
among  us  an  utter  lack  of  conscience 
in  this  matter;  so  that,as  a  great  public 
servant  once  said,  “ Men  and  women 
who  would  not  on  any  account  commit 
a  petty 
larceny  will  set  upon  a  man 
whom  they  perfectly  well  know  to  be 
overworked  and  knock  out  whatever  lit­
tle  breath  there  may  be  left  in  his  poor 
body;  they  get 
‘ between  him  and  his 
hole,’  cutting  off  his  possible  retreat  by 
every  sort  of  social  entanglement,  mak­
ing  last  year’s  declination  a  reason  for 
this  year’s  acceptance,  surrounding  the 
poor  victim  on  every  side  until  he  is 
fain  to  surrender  and  give  up  the  last 
chance  he  has  of  getting  a  little  rest  or 
pleasure,  all  for  the  purpose  of  deliver­
ing  an  address  for  some  infernal  society 
which,  perhaps,  ought  never  to  have 
existed. ”

We  have  some  great  and  wise  men 
left.  We  are  glad  that  Bishop  Potter 
has  survived  and  is  still  among  them. 
Let  us  learn  our  lesson,  repent  our  sins 
and  let  the  remainder of  these  men live.

It 

is  always  easier  to  tear  down  than 
to  build  up,  always  easier  to  point  out 
defects  than  remedies.  There  are  so  few 
things  that  are  perfect  in  the  world  that 
is  plenty  of  opportunity  for  the 
there 
constant  critic  to  keep  himself  busy. 
It 
is  one  thing  to  find  fault  in  the  hope  of 
establishing  reform  or  applying  a  rem­
edy,  and  another  to  find  fault  for  its 
own  sake  because  to  some  it  is  an  en­
joyable  procedure.  Politically  the  outs 
are  always  criticising  the  ins  and  that 
is  in  the  hope  of  gaining  partisan  ad­
vantage  thereby.  When  Grover  Cleve­
land  was  President,  the  Republican  or­
ators  and  organs  devoted much time  and 
space  to  pointing  out this and that which 
ought  to  be  improved,  for  the  purpose 
of  prejudicing  the  Democratic  adminis­
tration 
in  the  minds  of  the  voters. 
When  the  Republicans  are  in  power at 
Washington  the  Democrats  do  likewise. 
They  eagerly  seize  upon 
everything 
which  may  be  magnified  or distorted 
into  an  argument  and  make  the  most  of 
it.  That  is  the  way  of  politics and  par­
tisanship.

Governor  Taft  is  said  to  be  returning 
to  the  Philippines  under  a  presentiment 
that  he  will  die  there.  He  recently  un­
derwent  a  surgical  operation  which 
there  was  reason  to  suppose  was  quite 
successful. 
So  conscientious  is  Gov­
ernor Taft  that he accepts  the  risk  rather 
than  forsake  the  trust  committed  to  his 
care.  The knowledge  that  he  has  gained 
of  the  conditions  in  the  Philippines 
is, 
of  course,  of  great  value  to  the  Govern­
ment,  but it  hardly  seems  necessary  that 
he  should  deliberately  sacrifice  his  life.

It  is  an  interesting  coincidence  that 
the  coronation  of  young  King  Alfonso 
of  Spain  should  happen  to  come  in  the 
same  week  with  the 
inauguration  of 
President  Palma  of  the  new  republic  of 
Cuba.  The  new  regime  in  Spain 
is 
shorn  completely  of  the  vast  colonial 
empire  which  was  added  by  the  discov­
eries  of  Columbus  and  other  voyagers. 
The  new  regime  in  Cuba  is  completely 
free  from  every  Spanish  influence  ex­
cept  tradition. 
It  is  a  new  beginning 
for  Spain  and  for  Cuba.

It  is  hard  enough  any  way  for  a  bach­
elor to  bold  a  baby,  but  it  is  simply tor­
ture  when  the  baby’s  mother  happens 
to be  the  girl  who  jilted  him  two  years 
before.

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

Clothing:

News and Gossip Relative to R etail H aber­

dashery.

One  of  the  neatest  and  most  sensible 
garments  designed  for  this  summer  is 
tbe  Norfolk  jacket,  both  from  a  utilitar 
ian  and  artistic  point  of  view. 
1  do 
not  mean  by  this  that  all  the  styles 
shown  combine  these  features,  but  many 
of them  do.  Certainly  for the well  built 
man  of  to-day  no  style  of  suit  makes  a 
finer  appearance  than  tbe  properly  de 
signed  Norfolk.  It  broadens  his  should­
ers,  deepens  his  chest,  and  generally 
“ sets  bim  up;’ ’  but  to  have  tbem  prop 
erly  built  is  the  prime  necessity.  First 
they  should  be  loose,  very  loose,  large 
,in  fact,  and  this  means  that  they  must 
set  very  well  in  order  to  look  well.  The 
yoke  may  be  either  straight  or  with  the 
curves,  but  the  former  I  believe  to  be 
preferable.  The  trousers  to  wear  with 
that  coat  should  also  be  very  large  and 
on  tbe  peg  top  order.  If  these  garments 
are  all  rightly  proportioned  they  not 
only  look  splendidly on  a  well  built man 
but  they  help  a  man  who  is  physically 
weak  to  look  better.  They  are  comfort­
able  and  might  be  used  for almost  any 
of  the  sports,  are  perfectly  proper  to 
wear to  business  and  to almost  any  open 
air  social  gatherings  that  are 
likely  to 
occur  in  warm weather.  My  preference 
in  fabrics  is  for  medium gray  cassimere 
or  cassimere  finished  cheviot  with  a 
faint,very  faint  line  running  through  it. 
Properly  the  trousers  should  be  turned 
up  at  the  bottom,  although  this  may  be 
left  to the  good  taste  of  the  wearer.  Do 
not  take  a  Norfolk  jacket  that  has  the 
belt  part  of  the  way  around,  buttoning 
in  tbe  back, for  instance;  the belt should 
be  genuine,  separate  from  the 
jacket 
and  running  through  all  the  plaits.

Big  hats  certainly  are  with  us  again, 
but  men  of  good  taste  will  not  wear  tbe 
extreme  shapes  and  sizes  that  are  being 
sold  by  all  classes  of  hatters.  One 
meets  with  these  monstrous  shapes  on 
all  sides,but  it  is  only  those  who  always 
go  to  extremes  that  wear  them.  They 
are  not  members  of  the  400  as  a  rule, 
neither  are  they  the  men  who  make  a 
shining  mark  in  the  world  of  finance  or 
business. 
It  seems  odd  to  some  per­
haps  that  these  big  hats  should  be  so 
popular, but  it  is  really  due  to  the  styles 
in  men’s  suits.  Clothes  must  be 
large 
loose  and  a  small  crown,  narrow 
and 
brim  derby  would 
look  ridiculous  in 
connection  with  a  suit  of  this  style.  On 
the  other  hand  broad  brims  would  look 
just  as  ridiculous  with  the  tight-fitting 
clothes  of  recent  years.  A  little  later in 
the  season  we  shall  see  some neat shades 
of  brown,  although  I  do  not  expect  that

these  will  be  very  plentiful.  Black  is 
really  the  correct  color.

The  question  was  asked  me  a  few 
days  ago  whether  shirt  waists  for  men 
would  be 
in  demand.  Now  I  thought 
the  shirt  waist  question,  as  far  as  men 
of  the  world  were  concerned,  was  a  mat­
ter  of  the  past. 
In  the  first  place  what 
is  a  shirt  waist  for  a  man  any  more than 
a  particularly  neat  and  well  fitted  neg 
ligee  shirt?  That  certainly  is  all  a  man 
needs  even 
if  he  wants  to  leave  off  his 
coat  and  vest  during  the  heated  term? 
If  that  is  a  shirt  waist  there  will  be 
millions  of  them  worn  this  summer. 
If 
by  shirt  waist  you  mean  some  of  the 
numerous  freak  shirts  that  have  made 
their appearance,  I  don’t  believe  many 
of  them  will  be  worn,at least around  this 
part  of  the  country.  As  to colors  for the 
negligee  shirt,  practically  every  fabric 
has  a  white  background,  but  tbe  variety 
of  colors 
in  the  stripes  is  almost  un­
limited :  blues  and  new  shades  of  gray, 
tan  or  khaki;  and  with  all  of  these, 
narrow  stripes  of black  lend  character. 
There  are  also  some  solid  colors  and 
some  of  them  with  fancy  weaves,  but 
we  see  very 
little  of  the  fantastic  in 
either  coloring  or  design.  One  of  the 
swellest,  up-town  haberdashers  of  New 
York  has  displayed  in  his  window  neg­
ligee  shirts  with  stripes  running  around 
the  body,  but  I  can  not  say  I  fancied 
them ;  I  do  not  believe they  will  be  par­
ticularly  popular,at  the  same  time  there 
are  reasons  why  they  ought  to  be  with 
certain  people;  the tall,  thin  man  would 
look  much  better  in  a  shirt  of  this  pat­
tern, while he of  the  rotund  figure  should 
never  wear  them.  But  the  chances  are 
that  the  tall,  thin  man  will  wear  the  up 
and  down  stripes  and  the  man  of  heavy 
build  will  wear  the  “ round  and  round’ ’ 
stripes.  Speaking  of  the  shirt  waist  in 
Chicago,a newspaper  writer  says:  “ The 
shirt  waist  hangs  on  a  hook  of  uncer­
tainty.  As a  rule  the Chicago  man  never 
wholly  separates  himself  from  an  over­
coat.  A  drop  of  20  degrees  of  tempera­
ture  is  as  likely  on  August  20 as  on Jan­
uary  15,  and  20  degrees  down  for tbe 
is  hard  on  the  shirt  waist 
mercury 
man." 
“ As  a  matter of  truth,’ ’  said  a 
well-known  Chicago  physician,  “ the 
shirt  waist 
is  not  adapted  to  a  man  of 
this  climate,  not  from  its  shape  and 
coloring,  but  because  of  its  lightness  of 
material.  Any  cool night  in  Chicago  in 
August  you  might  look  into  an  open  car 
and  find  men  with  their spring  over­
coats  on,  buttoned  up  to  the  chin,  while 
women  in  shirt  waists  without  wraps are 
wholly  comfortable.’ ’

Some  of  the  new  shirts  that  were 
shown  to  me  within  a  week  are  hardly 
designed  for  men  ofjmoderate  means,

to * P

KnlTtaJoTöDROl
DETROIT,  AUCH. 

-

This  is to Certify

That  these  Trousers  are  guaranteed  custom tailor 
made, perfect fitting, stylish cut, joined  In  the  seat 
by double stitching with Beldlng Bros.’ best silk and 
stayed with double linen, which Insures  against  rip­
ping no matter how great a  strain  there  may  be  on 
the seat seam.  The buttons are sewed  on  by  hand 
with  linen  thread  and  can  not  fall  oil.  The  hip 
pockets can not gap as they are stayed  and  stitched 
to the waist band seam.  These are  the only Trous­
ers In the world fitted with the celebrated

Vineberg  Patent  Safety  Pockets

which  permit  nothing  to  drop  out  and  are proof 
against pickpockets.

MANUFACTURED  BY

The Vineberg’s Patent Pocket Pants Co. 

Detroit,  Mich.

Sold  by  All First Class Clothiers.

Wfl. CONNOR,  Western riichigan Agent, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

The

*  Peerless Manufacturing 

Company.

We are now closing out our entire line of Spring and  Summer  Men’s  Fur­
nishings at reduced prices, and will show  you  at  the  same  time  the  most 
complete line for FALL and  W IN TER consisting in part of

Pants, Shirts, Covert and Mackinaw Coats, Sweaters, 
Underwear, Jersey Shirts, Hosiery, Gloves and Mitts.

Samples displayed at 28  So.  Ionia  St., Grand  Rapids  and 
31  and  33 Lamed street  East,  Detroit,  Michigan.

S u m m er 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

Wholesale  Ready  Made  Clothier,  28  and 30  S.  Ionia St.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

N.  B— I show everything  direct from  the  factory—ten  lines  in all— 

no jobbers’ prices.

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?

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1 1

I  have  been  considering  the  matter  of 
underwear  for  this  summer  and  I  do 
not  believe  that  we  will wear  veiy  much 
of  the  so-called  fancy  styles;  they  are 
getting  rather  tiresome  to  most of us and 
they  have  been  cheapened  by  the  im­
mense  quantities  of  cheap  stuff  thrown 
on  the  market.  The  latest  fad  is  to  wear 
knee  drawers  of  balbriggan;  these  are 
finished  with  the  elastic  webbing 
just 
below  the  knee,  although  some  of  the 
makes  are  very  loose  and  end  just above 
the  knee.  This seems  to be  a  very  pop­
ular  idea  for this  summer  and  I  believe 
the  best  haberdashers  will  sell 
large 
quantities  of them;  they are  particularly 
popular  with  the  young  men.
I  am  wondering  what  the  fate  of  the 
Panama  hat  will  be  this  season.  You 
can  get  Panamas,  advertised  as  gen­
uine,  from  $5  up  to  $200  or $300;  in 
fact,  you  can  pay  almost  anything  you 
like.  The  difference  between  the  gen­
uine  article  and  the  so-called  “ genuine 
Panama" 
is  that  the  former  is  made 
entirely  by  the  natives  and  made  under

it 

style 

frequently 

water;  that  is, 
the  straw  has  to  be 
handled  entirely  under  water  when  it  is 
woven,  and 
is  woven  right  into  the 
shape  of  the hat itself.  The  other kinds 
are  brought  to  this  country  in  sheets 
like  matting  and  pressed 
into  shape 
here,  naturally  a  very  much  cheaper 
process,  for  several  hundred  hats  can 
be  made  in  this  way  in  a  day  while  the 
native-made 
takes 
months  for  a  single  one,  hence  the 
higher  cost.  All of  the  hatters  will  have 
quantities of  Panamas  of  various  grades 
for  sale  this  season  and  thousands  and 
thousands  of  them  will  be  worn,  but  it 
remains  a  question  as  to  whether  the 
men  of  good  bank  accounts  will  wear 
the  real  articles  or  not on  account of this 
very  popularity. 
1  believe  they  will, 
however,  for  it  is  a  very  easy  matter to 
distinguish between them.  The  genuine 
article  looks  entirely  different  from  the 
other;  it 
is  so  flexible  that  it  can  be 
rolled  up  into  a  small  ball  and  carried 
in  the  pocket  without  the  slightest 
in­
jury.

Grand Rapids Fixtures 6o.

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elegant
design

combination

Cigar
Case

Shipped

knocked

down.

Takes

first

class

freight

rate.

in  the  cuffs 

the  prices  running  anywhere  around 
$io,  $12  and  $15. 
In  the  latter  grades 
are  shirts  of  soft  silk  crash  with  plaited 
bosom.  This  crash  has  a  coarse  weave 
and  has  a  rather  heavy  appearance,  but 
is really  of very light weight.  It is usual­
ly  made  up  in  the  solid  colors;  pearl 
gray  and 
lavender  being  the  favorites 
linen  collar  and  cuffs.  A 
with  white 
novelty 
is  that  they  turn 
back  to  match  the  turn  over collar.  A 
very  handsome  shirt  at $12  was  of 
lav­
ender  crepe  with  stiff  bosom  and  nar­
row  French  cuffs  of  embroidered  linen. 
At  $10  I  was  shown  varieties  of  corded 
linen  in  plain  pink  and  blue  principal­
ly. 
I  did  not  care  for  any  of  these; 
they  had  cuffs  contrasting  with  the  body 
of  the  shirt  as  well  as  the  collars  and 
with  many  other  little  fancy  ideas about 
them,  they  savor too  strongly  of  freak­
ishness,  and  that  I  always  try  to  avoid 
you  know.

1  noticed  in  a  recent  publication  that 
a  writer on  men’s  styles  said  "that  out 
side  of  the  golf grounds  stocks  will  be 
worn  very 
little  because  they  wilt  very 
quickly  and  give  a  man  such  an  untidy 
appearance."  This  is  certainly  news 
to  me,  for  I  always  wear  a  stock  when 
golfing,  riding  my  wheel  or  in  a  saddle 
or  enjoying  any  of  the  many  open  ail 
sports  because  they  do  not  w ilt;  that  is, 
a  stock  properly  made  of  the  proper 
material;  and  as  for  wearing  a  stock 
with  your  everyday  business  suit  or  in 
town  or  in  the  house,  of  course  none  of 
us  would  think  of  doing  it.

If  a  man  would  give  a little more time 
to  considering  the  effect  of  his  dress  a! 
a  whole  rather  than  the 
individual  ap 
pearance  of  each  article  he  would  more 
readily  get  the  reputation  of  being  well 
dressed  and 
it  would  not  be  necessary 
to  spend  half  as  much  money.  You  see 
many  a  man  whose  every  article  of  ap' 
parel  costs  the  highest  price  possible, 
in  fact,  he  might  have  $200  or  $250 
worth  on  his  back  and  yet  not  look  well 
dressed,  while  his  companion  might  not 
be wearing more than $75 worth of clothes 
and  be  by  far  the  best  dressed man,  and 
it 
latter  knows  how  to 
select  the articles that harmonize ;  there 
in  lies  the  secret  of  good  dressing.

is  because  the 

Really  the  most  aristocratic  cravat 
to-day  is  the  plain  black  silk;  it can  be 
worn  with  any  color  combination  in  the 
shirt  with  any  colored  suit,  in  fact,  with 
anything,  while  with  colored  cravats  the 
well-dressed  man  must  be  careful  in  re 
gard  to  what  he  wears  it  with.  There 
are  very  fine  things  in  the  colors  this 
spring,  beautiful  greens,  grays  and  tans 
and  to  make  up  for the  sombreness  of 
black  some  very  handsome fancy weaves 
are

Many  of  the  rumchundas  or  twills  will 
be  worn  but  the  colors  will  not  run  riot 
as  in  the  past.  There  will  be  many  of 
the  flamboyant  scrolls  and  figures,  but  I 
do  not  expect  that  many  gentlemen  will 
wear  them.

In  hosiery  we  will  see  very  little  of 
the  extreme  things  and  bright  colors. 
Blacks  and  whites  will  be  the  most 
prominent,  although  there  will  be  grays 
and  tans 
in  abundance.  Very  narrow 
stripes  of  white  on  black  are  quite  the 
thing  and  there  will  be  a  fair  share  of 
open  work  effects.

An  article  has  been  going  the  rounds 
of  the  press  in  regard to the possibilities 
of  the  coming  popularity  of  the  sandal 
similar  to  those  worn  in  ancient  days. 
This  article  suggests  the  possibility  of 
their  being  worn  in  place  of  the  shoe  in 
the  home,  on  the  street,  etc.  What  the 
writer  of  this  article  ignores  is  the  fact 
that  the  sandal  has  been  a  popular  foot 
dress  for  many  of  our  most  fashionable 
women  for  some  time,  but  only  in  the 
privacy  of  their  own  rooms.  There  it 
has  taken  the  place  of  the  slipper  and 
recently 
it  has  been  adopted  by  some 
of  the  ultra  fashionable  men,  who  wear 
it  as  a  part  of  the  negligee  costume 
in 
their  own  rooms.  Nothing  could  sug­
gest  greater comfort  than  a 
long  dress­
ing gown,  a  pipe  or  a  good cigar,  a  pair 
of  sandals  on  the  feet,  seated  before  a 
blazing,  open  fire.  We  do  not think 
that  there  is  even  the  most  remote  pos­
sibility  of  the  sandal  ever  getting  be­
yond  this  state. 
It  was  suggested  that 
they  would  be  convenient  for  the  sea­
shore  but  they  would  not  be  relished  by 
the  wearer  after  a  little  sharp  sand  got 
between  the  sole  of  the  foot  and the san­
dal,  as  it  would  most  certainly  do.  For 
my  own  part  I  think  a  sandal  is  the 
most  comfortable  and  sensible  foot  cov­
ering  for  the  house,  if  properly  made. 
It  should  have  quite  a  stiff  sole  and  a 
box  heel  similar  to  that  of  the  old- 
fashioned  strap  skate  and  a  strap should 
buckle  over  the  ankle;  another  strap 
buckles  over  the  ball  of  the  foot  and  a 
strap  on  the 
inside  turns  up  over the 
great  toe,  slips  under  the  forward  strap 
and  is  attached  to  the  ankle  strap;  this 
obviates  the  possibility  of  the  end of the 
sandal  catching  every  time  one  takes  a 
step.

While  speaking  of  comfort 

in  the 
house,  another  little  fad  or  fancy  has 
come  to  my  notice:  a  gentleman  does 
not,  when  dressed  as  mentioned  above, 
wear  a  stiff  collar,  nor  does  he  go  in  the 
negligee  of  a  shirt  band,  but  a  soft  silk 
handkerchief  of  a  color  harmonizing 
with  his  dressing  gown  or  smoking 
jacket  is  tied  about  his  neck,  a  la  cow-

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would add greatly to the appearance of any store.

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Shoes  and  Rubbers

How to  W ait  On  a  Custom er  in  a  Shoe 

Store.

To  wait  on  a  customer one  must  use 
good  sound  judgment  and  his  patience 
must  be  unlimited. 
I  find  a  shoe  clerk 
must  be  witty,  with  a  complete  knowl­
edge  of  his  business.  He  must  be  neat 
in  his  appearance  and  above  all  be  po­
lite  to  all  who  may  enter  the  store  he  is 
employed  in.

I  will  begin  at  the  most logical  place, 
and  that,  of  course, 
is  at  the  door. 
When  we  hear  the  door  open  to  let  in  a 
customer  (I  will  say  the  customer  is  a 
lady)  one  must  go  forward  to  meet  and 
greet  her  with  a  “ good  afternoon, 
lady,”   (or  whatever  time  of  the  day 
it 
might  be.)  “ Something  1  can do for you 
to-day?”   and  the  reply  may  be,  “ I 
would 
like  to  see  a  pair  of  your  latest 
shoes. ’ ’

Of  course  she  is  seated,  and while  she 
is  telling  you  what  she  wants  you  are 
taking  her  shoe  off  and  can  see  what 
size  she  has  been  wearing.  One  might 
ask  how  this  shoe  was  for  size  when 
it 
was  new,  and  the  answer  you  will  get 
five  out  of  six  times  will  be  that  it  was 
too  large,  that  a  size  smaller  is  wanted. 
Thanks  to  the  French  sizes  they  do  not 
know  what  size  they  are  wearing.

Now,  the  clerk  can  show  her  the  lat­
est  styles,  and  the  chances  are  he  shows 
her  a  heavy  sole  shoe.

“ Those  horrid,  ugly  things!”   is  gen­
erally  her  remark,  “ I  want  something 
with  a  hand  turn  sole.”

Then  show  her  your  styles  of  light 
-soles  and  she  will  say:  “ Let  me  try this 
one  on,  please.”

That  shoe  will go  on  easy  and  she  can 
not  understand  how  you  know  her  size. 
Lace  the  shoe  up  and  ask  her  to  try 
it 
on  the  carpet  or  rugs  you  have  for  that 
purpose  and  in  nine  chances  out  of  ten 
she  takes  that  shoe  if  the  price  is  not 
too  high.

One  must  be  a  good  judge  of  human 
nature  so  as  not  to  over-rate  or  under­
rate  a  customer.  A clerk  makes  a  sad 
mistake  by  over-rating  a  customer  for 
when  she  sees  a  good  shoe  she  naturally 
wants  it  and  when  she  finds  the  price  is 
too  high  for  her,  she  will  go  out  of  the 
store  and  go  somewhere  else  to  buy. 
After  you  have  made  a  sale  and  she 
hands  you  the  money  always  thank  her 
for  it  and  go  to  the  door  with  her,  open 
it  and  ask  her  to  please  call  again  and 
bidding  her  good  afternoon  or  whatever 
time  of  day  it  might  be.

is 

The  next  time  that  lady 

in  need 
of  a  pair of  shoes  she will remember  she 
was  treated  well  while  in  your  place  of 
business  and  she  will  come  back  and 
ask  for  the  clerk  who  waited  on  her  the 
last  time  she  was  in  the  store. 
If  he 
happens  to  be  busy  at  the  time  she  will 
no  doubt  be seated  and wait  until he  can 
attend  to  her,  and  she  will  tell  her 
friends  to  come  to  you  and  let  you  fit 
them  with  a  pair of  shoes.

in 

We  will  say  the  next  customer  who 
is  another  lady,  dressed  in  a 
comes 
fashion  fit  to  kill,and  she  says she wants 
to  see  your  shoes.  She  will  have  you 
take  down  a  dozen  different  styles  and 
try  half  of  them  on.  You  fit  her  foot 
perfectly  every  time,  then  she  will  say, 
“ I  don’t  believe  I  will  take  a  pair  to­
day ;  I  only  wanted  to  see  what  you  bad 
and 
if  you  could  fit  m e;  I  will  be  in 
next  week  and  get  a  pair.”   That  is  the 
time  most  clerks  lose  their  patience  and 
a  customer  is very  quick to  notice  it.  If 
offended,  she  will  never  come  back,  be­
cause  the  clerk  was  gruff  and  did  not

is  not  right. 

treat  her  right. 
I  think  and  find  out 
from  experience that  is  the  time  a  clerk 
should  have  his  patience  and  treat  her 
just  the  same  as  if  she  made a purchase.
Never over-rate your shoes ;  tell  a  cus­
tomer  just  what  the  shoe  is. 
I  have 
seen  and  heard  clerks  who  would  tell  a 
customer  anything  to  sell  a shoe.  Well, 
that 
It  pays  better  in  the 
long  run  to  always  tell  the  truth  about 
the  shoes  you  are  selling.  Do  not  sell 
a  heavy  sole  McKay  for  a  welt or a light 
sole  flexible  McKay  for  a  hand  turn.  If 
you  do  you  are  making  a  mistake,  for a 
customer  will  find  it  out  sooner  or  later, 
and 
if  he  has  been  buying  his  shoes 
from  you  for  a  number  of  years  he  will 
naturally  say,  “ That  clerk  can  not  tell 
the  truth  about  his  shoes  and  I  think  he 
has  been  doing  me  for some  time past.’ ’ 
It’s  human  nature  to  think  so.  He goes 
to  some  other  place  to  buy  his  shoes. 
You 
lose  a  good  customer  while  the 
other  fellow  gains  one,  and  you  have  no 
one  to  blame  but  yourself.

It  is  much  easier  to sell  a  high-priced 
shoe  than  it  is to sell a  cheap  one.  Some 
people  expect  a  $1.50  shoe  to  wear  as 
long  as  one  that  sells  at $3.50 or  $5. 
It 
is  best  to  tell  customers  what  the shoe  is 
and  what  they  can  expect  of  it.

Some  clerks  make  the  mistake  of  sell­
ing  a 
light  shoe  for  rough  usage,  and 
when it  does  not  give  the  wear the buyer 
expects  of  it  he  comes  back  to  you  and 
tells  you  the  last  pair  he  bought  of  you 
did  not  wear  and  that  you  have  to  throw 
off  something  on  the  next  pair.  Now, 
if  you  had  sold  a  heavier  shoe  there 
would  be  no  such  complaint  and  you 
would  not  have  to  throw  off  on  the  next 
pair.

joints,  and 

I  want  to  say  a  few  words  about  baby 
shoes  and  fitting  babies'  feet. 
I  find 
that  the  wide-toe  shoes  for  babies  are 
the  best,  as  a  baby’s  foot 
is  widest  at 
the  toes.  I always  fit them  a  little  longer 
than  what  the  mother  asks  for  and make 
it  a  rule  to  see  that  they  always  have 
width  enough.  A  short  shoe  causes  en­
larged 
if  that  happens  you 
certainly  have  the  mother after you.  She 
will  never  buy  another  pair  of  shoes 
from  you  as 
long  as  she  lives,  and  in 
most  cases  she 
leaves  the  store  and 
never  enters  it  again,  or  at  least  as  long 
as  you  are  working  there. 
If  you  fit 
them  a  trifle  long  the  shoes  will  be  sat­
isfactory.  The  mother  will  come  back 
and  ask  for  the  clerk  who  knows  how  to 
fit  a  baby’s  foot  and  wait  on  a  customer 
the  way  she  should  be  waited  on.—Wm. 
J.  Crawford  in  Boot  and  Shoe Recorder.

Every  man 

intends  to  have  his  own 
way  in  everything  when  he marries,  but 
sometimes  his  wife  relieves  his  mind of 
a  false  impression.

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Manufacturers

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again,  thereby  giving  expression  to  the  opinion 
that our shoes please them by the way they  please 
their customers.  Try a few of our own goods  and 
you will have that same pleasant experience.
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Makers o f Shoes 

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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this  season  and  you  will  be  convinced 
there  is  nothing  better  made  in  Rubber 
Footwear.  They please the wearer and 
are  trade  winners— and  money  makers 
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O pportunities  W hich  P resent Themselves 

to  th e Young  H an.

Some  wise  Solomon  has  declared  that 
the  age  of  young  men  has  passed,  and 
that  at  the  present  time  it  is  absolutely 
necessary  for  a  man  to  be  born  with 
money  in  order  to  make  a  success  in 
this  world.

What  a  fallacy!  Was  the  President  of 
the  Steel  Trust  born  with  money,  or 
was  he  a  man  working  as  a  day 
laborer 
for  the  very  institution  of  which  he  is 
now  the  chief  officer?  The  President of 
the  Metropolitan  Street  Railroad  was  at 
one  time  an  ordinary  street  car  con­
ductor.  At  the  present  time  he  com­
mands  a  salary  estimated  all  the  way 
from  $100,000 to $1,000,000  a  year.  At 
least  three  Presidents  of  great  railroads 
in  the  United  States  at  one  time  or 
other  were  in  the  positions  of  yardmen, 
conductors  or  engineers.  The  head  of 
one  of  our great  colleges  was  a  call  boy 
for  a  Western  railroad.  Senator  Clark 
and  many  other  United  States  Senators 
were  ordinary  day 
laborers,  and  still 
people 
imagine  that  this  is  not  the  age 
of  young  men.

Let  us  take  our  own  business.  No 
doubt  most  of  our  subscribers  can  re 
member  the  time  when  Alfred  J.  Cam- 
meyer  had  a 
little  shoe  store  in  lower 
New  York.  He  had  associated  with 
him  as  partner  Mr.  M.,  but  by  perse­
verance  and  a  keen 
into the 
business  he  has  raised  himself,  until  to­
day  he 
is  the  "shoe  prince"  of  the 
world,  while  the 
last  we  heard  of  his 
old  associate  he  was  selling  rubbers  on 
commission  to  the  trade.

insight 

The  buyers 

in  our  large  department 
stores—men  who  are  receiving  all  the 
way  from  $3,000  to $10,000  a  year— were 
one  time  or  other  stock  boys on the floor, 
These  men,  through  their  own 
individ 
ual  efforts,  have  come  to  the  front,  and 
are  now  considered  a  power  in  the  in 
dustry  they  represent.  A.  E.  Little 
manufacturer  of  the  Sorosis  shoe,  was  a 
traveling  salesman.  Thomas  Plant  was 
a  shoemaker,  and at  one  time  he  worked 
on  the  bench.  Many  others  could  be 
cited  who  are  now  at  the  top  of  the  lad 
der.  All  that  was  necessary  to  place 
them  there  was  an  individual  effort.

We  will  not  deny  the  fact  that  a  little 
luck  once  in  a  while  goes  a  long  way  in 
helping  a  man  to  success,  but  no  matter 
how  much  luck  a  man  may  have,  if  he 
has  not  that  individual  ability,  he 
is 
bound  to  stay 
in  the  rut  in  which  he 
started.  The  shoe  clerk  who  is  willing 
to  work  ten  hours  a  day,usually  stealing 
five  minutes  in  the  morning  and  ten  or 
fifteen  minutes  at  night,  who  never 
thinks  of  his  work  except  when 
in  the 
store,  who  never  attempts  to  make  him 
self  valuable  to  his  employer  by  going 
out  of  his  way  to  assist  in  the  better 
ment  of  the  business,  can  never  expect 
a  future.  He  is  not  a  man,  but  simply 
a  creature  which  is  put  upon  this  earth 
and  exists  for  a  certain  length  of  time 
and  then  quietly  departs.  The  man  who 
is  aggressive,  working  for  his  employe) 
and  himself—that  man’s  efforts  are  rec 
ognized.  He  receives  an  increase in  sal 
ary;  his  name  goes  from 
lip 
When  merchants  come  together  they 
discuss  the  merits  of  the  men  in  thei 
stores,  and  the  individual  who  is  always 
trying  to  do  all  in  his  power for the  bet 
terment  of  those  around  him  receives 
unlimited  praise.  That  man,  when  he 
makes  application  for  a  higher  position 
than  the  one  he  holds  at  present  in  his 
own  store,  is  the  man  whose  application 
is  considered;  that  man  is  sure  of  suc­
cess.  He  has  a  future,  and  nothing  but 
the  worst  of 
luck  can  stop  him  from

lip  to 

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

13

Look  in  your  own 

some day  reaching  the  top  of  the ladder.
immediate  neigh­
borhood.  Look  at  the  clerks  whom  you 
were  pleased  to  sneer  at  because  they 
were  anxious  to  assist  their  employers 
in  their  business.  These  same  clerks 
whom  you  despised  are  at  the  present 
time  holding  good  positions. 
They 
earned  them  for  themselves,  while  you 
who  have  been  working  in  the  one  store 
for  fourteen  or  fifteen  years  begin  to 
realize  that  if  you  work  there  all  your 
life  you  will  never  get  anything  better 
than  you  have  at  the  present  time.

Individual  efforts  ar,e  conducive  to 
success.  Without  this  your  time 
is 
wasted,  and  you  might  better  resign 
your  position  and  take  a  job  on  a  ranch 
n  some  Far Western  State  and  give  the 
man  who  is  anxious  to  prove  his  worth 
an  opportunity  to  make  a  showing.—• 
Shoe  Retailer.

Have  Changed  From   Credit to  Cash.
Laurium,  May  17—Coon  &  Rowe  an­
nounce  their  change  from  the  credit  to 
the  cash  system  in  the  following circular 
to  their trade:

May  19  will  see  an  important  change 
at  our  store.  On  and  after that  date  we 
shall  pay  spot  cash  for  everything  we 
buy.
Everybody  who  buys  anything from us 
will  be  obliged  to  pay  us  spot  cash  for 
it. 
These  words  "everybody”   and 
"everything"  mean  exactly  what  they 
say.  There  will  be  no  exceptions  made.

These  are  the  reasons  w hy:
If  we  sell  on  credit  we  must  buy  on 
If  we  buy  on  credit  we  must 
credit. 
lose  the  discount  buyers  get. 
That 
means  that  we  must  sell  the  goods  for 
a  trifle  more  than  we  ought  to.

If  we  sell  on  credit  we  are  sure to  lose 
a  certain  amount  a  year  on  bad  debts. 
That  means  we  must  sell  our  goods  for 
still  another  trifle  more  than  we  ought 
to.
Under a  credit  system  those  who  pay 
for  what  they  buy  must  help  support  a 
cumbersome  and expensive business sys­
tem,  and  help  to  pay  the  bills  of  those 
who  don’t  pay.  Under  a  credit  system 
we  can’t  snap  up  the  special  bargain 
lot  that  are  always  on  the  market.  We 
can  not  buy  the  sacrifice  stock  of  a  man 
who  must  have  money.  We  can’t  buy 
closely  and  turn  our  stock  quickly.  We 
must  buy  regular  lines  of  regular  goods 
at  regular  seasons.

immediately  seen  on 

All  these  things  will  be  different  now 
in  our  store.  The  change  for the  better 
will  be 
every 
counter.every  shelf  and  every  price  tag, 
as  all  goods  are  marked  down  from 
credit  to  cash  prices.  Call  on  us  under 
the  new  system  and  if  you  do  not  get 
satisfaction, it will  not  be  because  we  do 
not  try  to  do  our  duty.

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

mnr r r n m n Q

Now is the time 

to buy

Dusters and 

Nets

We  have  the  correct  styles 
and  our prices are very low.

Sherw ood  Hall 

Grand  Rapids, Michigan

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Dry Poods

W eekly  M arket  Review  of  the  P rincipal 

Staples.

Dress  Goods— The  primary  dress 
goods  market- continues  very  inactive, 
and  the  minds  of  agents  are  very  unde­
cided  as  regards  the  apparent  outlook 
affecting  various  fabrics  and  the  trade 
in  general.  It  is  not  that  agents believe 
that  the  fall  season  is  to  be  an  unsatis­
factory  one  all  around,  although  they 
are  not  at  all  satisfied  regarding  the  or­
ders  that  have  fallen  to  their  lot,  but 
there  is  an  apparent  hanging back  tend­
ency  on  the  part  of  buyers,  which,  to 
say  the  least,  is  not  pleasing.  Although, 
of  course,  there  are  a  good  many  mills 
which  are  sold  into  a  strong  position  on 
plain  fabrics,  mills  which  are  practical­
ly 
independent  of  the  market  so  far  as 
orders  are  concerned,  having  sufficient 
orders  in  hand  to  keep  their  machinery 
well  engaged  throughout  the  bulk  of  the 
season, 
there  are  many  more  mills 
which  have  yet  to  make  a  good  position 
for  themselves,  the  orders in  hand  being 
sufficient  to  provide  work  for  a  few 
weeks  only. 
In  view  of  the  uncertain 
position  of  these  mills,  therefore,  it  is 
small  wonder  that  the  developments  at 
second  hands,  in  connection  with  fall 
goods,  are  being  watched  with  particu­
lar  interest.  The  manufacturer's  hopes 
are  centered  on  duplicate  orders,  and 
as  the 
jobbing  trade  has  not  accom­
plished  enough  fall  business  to  make 
the  placing  of  much 
supplementary 
business  appear  consistent with wisdom, 
these  hopes  have  not  been  satisfied. 
There'has  been  some  duplicating  done, 
of  course,  but  it  has  been  of  a  modest 
and 
indecisive  character,  conveying  no 
satisfactory  evidence  of  the  possibilities 
of  the  business.  Complaints  are  heard 
in  connection  with  the  weather,  the  job­
bers’  salesmen  writing  in  that  retailers 
complain  in  many  instances  that,  owing 
to the  low  temperature,  the  retail  trade 
lightweight  goods  has  not  been  as 
in 
active  as  could  be  wished. 
It  is  the 
verdict  of  these  salesmen  that  a  couple 
of  weeks  of  warm  weather,  such  as 
would  make  the  wearing  of  outer  wraps 
a  burden,  would  accomplish  much  to­
ward  improving  business  conditions  as 
regards  both  spring  and  fall  goods,  ow­
ing  to  the  improvement  that  would  be 
manifest 
the  retailers’  position. 
Much  uncertainty exists in  the  minds  of 
Eastern  jobbers  in  particular  as  regards 
their  wants,  and  consequently  their 
in­
itial  purchases,  as  a  rule,  were  pursued 
with  unmistakable conservatism.  West­
ern  jobbers,  while  apparently  more  de­
cided  as  to  their  wants  than  their  East­
ern  contemporaries,  place  their  initial 
orders  with  reasonable  care  in  most  di­
rections.  Owing  to  the  fact,  therefore, 
that  the 
initial  orders  from  jobbers  on 
most  fabrics  were  of  modest  compass, 
dress  goods  commission  agents  feel  that 
the  supplementary business  should  be  of 
a  substantial  character,  as  the  uncer­
tainties  affecting  the  utility  of  the  var­
ious  fabrics  become  dissipated,  as  they 
must  in  time.

in 

the  demand 

Underwear—While 

for 
lightweight  goods  is  not  brisk  just  now, 
this  fact  occasions  no  uneasiness  on  the 
part  of  sellers,  for  the  reason  that  the 
stock  of  goods  available  for  quick  ship­
ment 
is  very  small  indeed.  The  bal- 
briggan  situation 
is  a 
strong  one,  and 
indications  apparently 
point  to  considerable  delay  in  the  fill­
ing  of  orders  already  on  the  books  of 
manufacturers.  Business 
ladies’ 
ribbed  vests  has  been  one  of  the  few 
features  which  have
unsatisfactory 

in  particular 

in 

lightweight  business. 

marked  the 
In 
jobbing  circles  a  fair  demand  for  light­
weight  summer  underwear  has  been  re­
ported,  the  South  being  the  principal 
buyer.  These  orders,  however,  have, 
as  a  rule,  lacked  volume,  being  prin­
cipally  of  a  filling-in  character.  Many 
of  the  Southern  buyers  have  been  in­
fluenced,  no  doubt,  by  the  disappoint­
ments  that  accompanied  the  last  cotton 
crop  and  have  been  led  to  place  their 
additional  orders  in  a  very  conservative 
w ay;  this  renewed  buying 
is  taken  to 
indicate  that  stocks  in  hand  have  been 
well  cut  down,  and  that  the  necessity  of 
buying  additional  supplies  has  been 
forced.  The  retail 
supplies 
have  been  pretty  well  depleted  and  late 
buyers  may  find  it  by  no  means  easy  to 
satisfy  their  needs.

jobbers’ 

Hosiery—The  developments 

in  con­
nection  with  the  hosiery  end  of the mar­
ket  show  very  little  change ;  the  prin­
cipal 
interest  seems  to  be  attached  to 
the  efforts  being  made  by  buyers  to  ac­
celerate  deliveries.  The  market  con­
tinues  very  strong,  owing  to  its  well- 
sold  position.

Staple  Cottons—The  developments  in 
connection  with  staple  cottons  have  not 
been  of  a  character  to  lift the  market 
from  the  quiet  conditions  which  have 
enveloped 
it  for  some  time  past.  The 
demand  from  the  home  trade  has,  as  a 
rule,  been of  a  hand-to-mouth  character, 
while  at  the  same  time  the  export  busi­
ness  has  been  rather  limited.  Condi­
tions  affecting  the  China  trade  have 
been  averse  to  developments  of  an  en­
couraging character,  and while some  few 
bids  have  been  received,  little  has  re­
sulted  therefrom.  There  has  been  some 
fair  business  done 
in  drills,  blue  and 
black,  for  export  to  the  Levant,  while 
Brazil  has  also  taken  some  fair-sized 
parcels  of  prints.  Certain  factories  are 
inclined  to  view  the  export  trade  out­
look 
favorable 
light,  as  bids  are  received  with  greater 
frequency  than  during  the  previous  few 
weeks.  The  demand  for  heavy  sheet­
ings  for  converting  purposes  has  been 
confined  to  a  modest  total.  The  brown 
goods  division  of  the  market  in  general 
inactive.  Despite  the 
has  remained 
lack  of  movement 
in  this  direction, 
however,  prices  have  been  maintained 
with  firmness. 
In  bleached  cottons 
there  has  been  no  marked  movement, 
although  buyers  have  shown  some  fair 
interest 
in  lower  grade  goods,  and  oc­
casionally  have  taken  fair-sized  parcels 
of  the  finer grades.  Medium grades have 
been  very  slow.  This  bleached  goods 
business  has  been  received  principally 
from  the  manufacturing  trade.  Prices 
here  are  maintained  on  the  previous

in  a  somewhat  more 

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Prevents sagging of skirts. 
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not already 
received  our
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No. 6

pertaining to 

Bicycles 

and  Bicycle 

Supplies 
should ask 
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request.  We 

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ADAMS &  HART

12  W.  Bridge St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

TEN TS,  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 7K feet from  sidewalk—tbls 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  8t., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

You ought to sell

LILY  WHITE

V A L L E Y   C I T Y   M I L L I N G   C O . .

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GRAND  RAPID8. MICH.

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should.  We save you enough in six months to pay the entire cost of your 
plant.  Read what others say.
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Gentlemen:—In reply to your question of “How do you like your light” I will say that  hav­
ing one in my place of business since March 17,1901,1 am able to testify lhat no other lights  are 
as safe or give such satisfaction at so small a  cost.  With  a  2  gaUon  bank  I  run  three  double 
lights and one sln^le one trom 5 j o   12  o’clock  every  night  with  20c  worth  of  gasoline.  With 
proper care the plant will last a lifetime.  All repairs  consist  of  replacing  mantles  and  In  ten 
months my outlay was about $5. 

Yours respectfully, 

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level.  Woven  specialties  for  fall  have 
been  taken  up  in  a  fair  way  and  sellers 
are  looking  forward  to  the  future  with  a 
good  deal  of  hope.  Prints  have  not 
shown  much  life,  either  on  spot  or  foi> 
ward  delivery.  The  ideas  of  the  gen­
eral  trade  are  based  on  a  5 
level  for 
fancy  calicoes,  but  there 
is  a  fear  in 
some  quarters  that  the  leading  convert­
ers  may  unsettle  things  by naming lower 
prices,  something  after  the  manner  in 
which  their  opening  was  conducted  a 
year ago. 
It  is  doubtful  whether  prices 
on  new  lines  will  be  named  openly  by 
the  average  agent  until  the  leading  con­
verters  have  shown  their  hand.  The 
bulk  of  the  business  being  taken  at  this 
time  is  on  an “ at  value”   basis,although 
an  occasional  line  of  full  standard  fan­
cies  are  offered  openly  at  the  prices 
named  above.  The  buyer  has  not  made 
up  his  mind  practically  as  yet  that  the 
5^c  price  will  hold  throughout  the  sea­
son,  and consequently  has  been  inclined 
to  move 
in  a  cautious  manner.  The 
average  printer,  however,  asserts  that 
the  figure  is  as  low  as  business  can  be 
done  at  on  a  profitable  basis.  The  gen­
eral  tone  of  the  market  as  regards staple 
lines,  such  as  mournings,  blues,  reds, 
etc.,  is  steady,  but  there  is  some 
irreg­
ularity  on  such  fancy  prints  as  remain 
in  hand.

Linings—The  movement  of 

linings 
for  the  past  week  has  not  been  particu­
larly  active,  but  has  shown  indication 
of 
improvement  in  certain  directions. 
The 
jobbers  who  have  been  sounding 
the  market  for  some  time  past  have 
shown  a  readiness  in  a  number  of  in­
stances  to  place  fair  orders.  Reports 
regarding  the  returns 
from  roadmen 
who  have  been  out  for  some  little  time 
indicate  that  they  have  enjoyed fair suc­
cess.  The  fall  season  can  hardly  be 
said  to  be  actively  under  way  in  all  d i­
rections.  Some  houses  have  apparent­
ly  made  more  progress  towards  the  ex­
ploiting  of  their  fall  lines  than  others. 
Some  agents  who  have  been quietly  tak­
ing  orders  for  some  time  past  are  not 
yet  ready  to  admit  that they have started 
operations  for  fall  in  an  active  manner. 
There  are 
instances,  how­
ever,  where  considerable  business  has 
already  been  secured,  and  in  one  or two 
instances,  at  least,  lines  have  been  sold 
up  and  withdrawn.  This 
latter  situa­
tion,  however,  is  an  unusual  one.

individual 

The  Soul  of P unctuality.

“ You  haven’t  got  this  hinge  fastened 
on  tightly,”   said  the  superintendent  of 
construction,  examining  it.
“ Noon  bell  rung  while  I  was  puttin’ 
in  the  last  screw,”   explained  the  union 
workman,  with  his  mouth  full  of  ham 
sandwich  and  apple  pie.

A  GOOD  FELLOW

Stay  Be  Too  Good  a Good  Fellow   For His 

Written for the Tradesman.

Own  Good.

Billy  Hastings  was  a  good  fellow. 
His  reputation  for  being  a  good  fellow 
was  as  unanimous  as  a  vote  to  adjourn 
at  a  fifteen  minute  session  of  the  Kent 
county  supervisors.  No  one  could  say 
anything  else  of  him.  His  fame  as  a 
good  fellow  overshadowed  every  other 
virtue— if,  indeed,  such  a  characteristic 
be  a  virtue,  which  I  very  much  doubt. 
He  was  not  only  a  good  fellow  but  a 
jolly  good  fellow,  a  rattling good  fellow, 
in  fact,  a  regular  stunner  in  good  fel­
lowship.  So  far  as  known  he  hadn’t 
an  enemy  in  the  world.  Even  his  wife 
admitted  and  brazenly  boasted  that  be 
was  “ just  as  good  as  they  make 
’em .”  
She  could  do  with  him  as  she  pleased 
without  recourse  to  pouts  and  tears,  so 
much  so  that  he  sewed  on  his  defunct 
shirt  buttons  and 
cold 
victuals  when  the  afternoons  were  pro­
pitious  for  shopping.  The  children  of 
the  neighborhood  called  him  a  “ real 
nice  man,”   and  that  is  about  as  severe 
a  test  of  amiability  as  the 
imagination 
of  man  can  conjure  up.  They  could  run 
over  his 
lawn,  pirate  the  flowers  and 
tread  the  beds,  play  ball  against  the 
side  of  his  house,  ring  his  door  bell, 
crawl 
into  his  cellar  window,  rifle  the 
canned  fruit,  play  with  the  pump  han­
dle  and  sass  the  mistress  with  all  the 
liberty  and  defiance  that  are  famous  in 
the  American  kid  and  not  a  murmur 
from  Hastings. 
If  to  be  a  good  fellow 
is  a  Christian  virtue  then  Hastings  was 
a  saint.  Of  course,  everybody 
liked 
him  except  those  who  had  no  use  for 
good  fellows,  and  even  they  liked  him 
as  a  good  fellow  when  good  fellowship 
did  not  interfere  with  business.

lunched  on 

Now 

it  is  a 

fact  that  in  the  proper 
functions  of  business  you  can’t  afford  to 
be  too  good  a  good  fellow.  There  are 
channels  where  good  has  its  uses,  and 
there  are  other  channels,  running  par­
allel,  in  which  should  flow  a  rigid  force 
that  commands  respect  and  often  roils 
the  blood  and  stings  the  nerves.  That’s 
where  Hastings  failed ;  and  that  was  his 
undoing,  the  penalty  of  being  too  good 
a  good  fellow.

Hastings  was 

ticket  agent  at  the 
Grand  Central  depot,  if  we  may  call  it 
that.  Perhaps  there  is  no  other  place 
of  business  in  which  it  is  so  necessary 
to  be  a  good  fellow,  unless 
it  be  the 
grocery.  And  that  is  what  the  ticket 
agent  is  hired  for—to answer every ques­
tion  in  tones  most  musical  and  mellow. 
It  is  at  the  ticket  office  where  you  meet 
all  sorts  and  samples  of  absurdities  and 
form,  with
eccentricities 

in  human 

now  and  then  a  monstrosity.  They  will 
ask  you  of  arrivals  and  departs  and 
meets  and  connections  and 
lay-overs 
and  how  long  the  waits  and  fares  and 
return  fares and  changes  are  in  the  most 
distant  and  foreign  parts—enough  to 
drive  a  man  to  drink  or  headache  pow­
ders—and  in  all  his  answers  the  ticket 
agent  must  be  as  smooth  as  a  politician 
and  as  suave  as  a lackey.  At  Hastings’ 
desk  and  pigeon-holed  on  the  sides  of 
the  wall  was  a  library  from  which 
in­
formation  must  be  sought,  volumes  of 
figures  and  initials  of  p.  ms.  and a.  ms., 
of  North  and  South  and  East  and  West, 
of  departs  and  arrivals,  with  stars  and 
daggers  and  footnotes  as  intricate  as the 
labyrinths  of  the  Roman  catacombs, 
and  to  solve  the  problems  propounded 
by  the  questioners  there  was  a  corps  of 
assistants  answering  phones  and  “ look­
ing  up.”

For  this  work Hastings was a prince of 
good fellows,  always  affable,  prompt  and 
painstaking,  and  this  is  the  way  it  hap­
pened :

Hastings  was  called  on  the  carpet  and 
informed  that  business  was  business; 
that  he  must  exercise  his  authority  for 
the  good  of  the  service;  that  he  must 
“ call”   his  gang  and  “ call”   ’em  bard­
let  ’em  know  he  was  bpss  and permit  no 
more  “ monkeying.”

And  Hastings  “ called”   them,  and 
this  was  the  way  he  did  it,  for  be  was  a 
good  fellow:

“ Boys,  I’m  sorry  to  have  to  say  any­
thing  that  may  hurt  your  feelings.  You 
I  hope  you  won’t 
mustn’t  blame  me. 
feel  hard  towards  me. 
I  don’t  like  to 
do  it.  I  wouldn’t,  only  that  I  have  been 
ordered  to.”   And then  he  explained  the 
trouble,  closing  with  a  humble  apology 
for  having  been  compelled  to  perform 
so  unpleasant  a  task.
But  the  underlings  knew  their  man, 
knew  that  he  was  a  good  fellow  and, 
besides,  the  chief  passenger  agent  over­
heard  the  “ painful  recital."

In  less  than  a  week  the 

contained  the  following  item :

local  papers 

Billy  Hastings, 

the  popular  and 
all-round  good  fellow  at  the  Grand  Cen­
tral  ticket  office,  has  resigned,  after 
fifteen  years  of  faithful  service.  Always 
genial  and  painstaking,  he  will  be 
missed  by  the  thousands  of  patrons  at 
this  end  of  the  road.

Complaints  came  pouring  in  at  head­
quarters  of  inattention  and  rudeness.  A 
wholesale  cigar  and  tobacco  man  was 
told  to  “ get  a  time  table.”   A  pros­
pective  tourist  to  California was advised 
that  he  “ had  better 
learn  to  read.”  
Such  expressions  as,  “ Come  off  your 
base,”   “ You’ll  be  all  right  when  grass 
comes,”   “ Give  us  a  rest,”   were  passed 
in  to  the  chief  as  coming  over the phone 
from  Hastings’  underlings,  and  for  this

“ Boys,”   said  the  new  ticket  agent  on 
assuming  authority,  “ I’m  boss  here. 
The  first  instance  of  disrespect  or  inat­
tention  to  business  means  a  summary 
dismissal.”   And  patrons  of  the  road 
have  been  overheard  to  remark  that  the 
men  under  him  are  as  gentlemanly  a  lot 
of  fellows  as  they  ever  did  business 
with,  all  of  which  proves  that  one  can 
not  afford  to  be  too  good  a  good  fellow.
Your stock  is  not  complete  without  you 

have the

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territory.

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TOLEDO,  OHIO.

Patented 

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Any grocer can sell it who thinks he  can,  and  he 
can  build  up  a  flour  business  that  can  be  held 
against all competition.

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•  Distributors  for  Western  Michigan

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Butter  and  Eggs

It  will  be  remembered 

Observations  by  a  G otham   Egg  Man.
The  principal  topic  of  discussion  in 
the  egg  trade  this  week  has  been  the 
question  of  making  a  quotation  for  eggs 
on  a  “ loss  off”   basis.  The  trade  are 
very  much  divided  in  their  views  of  the 
matter,  some  being  strongly  of  opinion 
that  a  “ loss  off”   quotation  should  be 
made,  while  others  are  as  strongly  op­
posed. 
that 
when  the  Egg  Rules  of  New  York  Mer­
cantile  Exchange  were  last  revised  the 
official  “ loss  off”   season  which  had 
formerly  been  provided  for,  and  during 
which  sales  under  the  rule  were  “ loss 
off”   unless  otherwise  specified,  was 
eliminated.  At  the  same  time  the  rules 
were 
left  applicable  to  “ loss  off”   sell­
ing  so that  members  could  make  sales 
on  those  terms  under  the  call  if  they
so  desired.

*  *  *

This  action  met  with  quite  general 
sanction  among  the  commission  trade 
and  the  larger  jobbing  houses,  although 
it  was  opposed  by  a  few.  As a  matter 
of fact  “ loss  off"  selling  has been stead­
ily  decreasing 
in  this  market  for sev­
eral  years  past  and  a  great  majority  of 
the  eggs  have  been  sold  and  returned 
for  at  mark.  The  system  is  more  satis­
factory  to  most  shippers  and  to  com­
mission  receivers  also  and  many  of  the 
large  buyers  who  used  to  think  “ loss 
off"  selling  was  necessary  to  their  in­
terests  have  fallen 
line  with  those 
who  prefer  to  buy  and  sell  all  stock  at 
mark.

in 

*  *  *

In  watching  the  development  of  the 
movement  we  have  always  argued  that 
case  count  sales  in  distributing  markets 
would  be  beneficial  to  the  egg  trade  as 
a  whole  because  they  would  make  the 
irregularity  of  net  value  more  apparent, 
increase 
for  country 
candled  eggs,  permit  careful  packers  to 
secure  the  real  value  of  their  brands, 
and  reduce  the  enormous waste  now  sus­
tained  by  the  egg  trade  which  arises 
from  the  shipment  of  poor  and worthless 
eggs  during  the  period of warm weather.

the  preference 

*  *  *

But  now  that  we  have  reached  the 
period  when  eggs  are  beginning  to show 
more  or  less  loss  and  when  it  was  for­
merly  customary  to  establish  the  “ loss 
off”   basis,  a  strong  demand  for  a  “ loss 
off”   quotation  has  come  to  the  front, 
chiefly  from  the  smaller  egg  jobbers. 
Many  of  these  jobbers  have  been  in  the 
habit  of fixing  their  selling  prices 
for 
candled  eggs  on  the  basis  of  the  highest 
wholesale  quotation,  making  definite 
agreements  to  furnish  hotels  or  retail 
dealers  with  candled  stock  at  say  i  or 
ij£c  or  2c  above the wholesale quotation. 
Of  course  such  an  arrangement  might 
be  safely  made  for  all  seasons  if  the 
wholesale  basis  was,  the  “ loss  off" 
wholesale  value  when  losses  began  to  be 
considerable;  but  if there  were  no  “ loss 
off”   quotation  it  is  evident  that  such 
agreements  become  unprofitable  as  soon 
as  the 
loss  is  sufficient  to  eat  up  the 
margin.  The  demand  for  reinstating 
the  “ loss  off"  quotation  has 
come 
chiefly  from  such  dealers  as  have  agree­
ments  of  this  kind  with  their  custom­
ers ;  it  is  supplemented  by  a  few  receiv­
ers  who  consider  “ loss  off”   sales  advis­
able,  by  a  few  more  who,  even  although 
they  sell  all  eggs  at  mark,  would  like  to 
have  a  “ loss  off”   basis  from  which  to 
judge  the  mark  value  of  their  goods, 
and  by  a  few  who  argue  that  if their 
customers  will  be  benefited  by  the  “ loss 
off”   quotation  some  benefit  will  be  re-

fleeted  to  them.  Receivers  who  are  op­
posed  to  the  “ loss  off”   quotation  argue 
that  as  business  in  the  wholesale  market 
is  now  so  generally  “ at  mark”   the quo­
tations  should  be  confined  to  this  basis; 
that  a  “ loss  off”   quotation  is  not  a 
proper guide  for establishing prices with 
hotel  and  retail  customers  because  it 
does  not,  after  all,  apply  to  any  particu­
lar  grade  of  eggs,  and  may  be  cheap 
under  one  man's  candling  and  dear  un­
der  another’s;  that  a  “ loss  off’  quota­
tion,  used  as  a  basis  of  selling,  tends 
to  make  uniformity  of  price  where  there 
is  not  uniformity  of  quality. 
They 
claim  that  dealers  could  soon  adjust 
their  method  of  selling  to  the  new  basis 
and  that 
if  a  basis  for charging  were 
demanded  the  highest  mark  quotation 
could  be  used  as  well  as  any  other  if 
the  excess  charged  were  made  a  little 
greater  in  the  summer and  fall  than  in 
the  early  spring.

*  *  *

Between  these  conflicting  opinions 
of  the  trade  most  directly  interested  the 
duty  of  those  whose  business  it  is  to 
publish  market  reports  and  quotations 
is,  after  all,  reasonably  plain;  these  re­
ports  should  represent  fairly  the  busi­
ness  transacted  in  the  wholesale  market 
and  if  sales  are  made  “ loss  off"  to  any 
considerable  extent  the  prices  obtained 
on  this  basis  should  be  quoted  as  well 
as  the  prices  obtained  at  mark,  in  order 
to  represent  the  conditions  of  the  mar­
ket  fully  as  well  as  fairly.  Up  to  this 
writing  (May  19)  there  have  been  but 
few  “ loss  off"  transactions,  but  it  has 
become  evident  that  the  old  system,  al­
its  last  legs,  is  not  dead  yet 
though  on 
and 
it  can  not  be  decently  buried  until 
it 
is.  But  even  although  a  “ loss  off" 
quotation  may  be  presumed  to  cover 
such  transactions  as  are  made  on  that 
basis,  shippers  may  rest  assured  that 
their  eggs  can  be  sold  on  this  market 
case  count  at  prices  proportionate  to 
quality.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.
Didn’t  W ant to  Sit There.
little  three-year-old  daughter  of 
one  of  the 
leading  ministers  in  Little 
Rock  resents  too  great  familiarity.  A 
few  evenings  ago,  although  she  seemed 
a  little  unwilling,  a  young  man who  was 
calling  took  her  upon  his  lap,  where­
upon  she  said  with  great  gravity :
“ I  want  to  sit  in  my  own  lap.”
It  is  needless  to  add  that  the  young 

The 

man  immediately  put  her  down.

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handle, as  they are  absolutely 
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if V inegar to be  an A B S O L U T E L Y  P U R E  A P P L E  JU IC E  V I N -  
rAR.  T o  anyone  who  w ill  analyze  it  and  find an y deleterious 
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prosecute  any person found  using  our  packages for cider  or  vinegar without  first 
removing all traces of  our  brands therefrom.

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and  quality.

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All  orders  filled  promptly day received.

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Fresh arrivals daily from the best growing and  distributing centers.  Will  have a car of 
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The  Meat Market

Six  o f One  and  H alf a  Dozen of the Other. 
Written for the Tradesman.

In  spite  of  the  good  time  we  have 
been  having  with  Prince  Henry  we  can 
not  get  over  the  idea  that  Getmany's 
finger of  scorn  is  pointed  straight  at  us, 
and  we  do not  like  it.  The  real  reason 
for  it  is  that  meat.  To  own  up  and  start 
squarely  we  have  been  treating  meat 
with  boracic  acid  and  have  found  it 
harmless  to  the  American  stomach.  Un­
der the  idea  that  the  American  store­
house  of  supply  for the  body  is  as  deli­
cate  as  anybody  else’s,  and,  therefore, 
what  nourishes  one  will  be equally nour­
ishing  for  all,  the  American  packer  has 
gone 
into  the  boracic  acid  preserving 
business  at  wholesale  and,  desirous  of 
letting  other  peoples  see  for  themselves 
what  we  have  found  good,  has  been 
satisfying 
curiosity—and  their 
subsequent  wants—at  a  profit  for,  as 
was  supposed,  the  good  of  all.

their 

That  was  a  great  mistake,  as  we  shall 
find  to  our  cost.  Boracic  acid  has  been 
found  out  to  be  a  deadly  poison—or  the 
next  thing  to  it.  The  German  importer 
of  American  meats,  suspecting  some­
thing  wrong,  subjected  a  part  of  his 
merchandise  to  the  German  chemist and 
waited  for  the  result. 
It  has  come. 
There  is  boracic  acid  in meats  imported 
from  the  United  States  of  America. 
That  was  enough.  The  next  thing  that 
followed  was  to  be  expected :  Germany 
has  excluded  American  meats  because 
of  the  bad  habit  the  American  packers 
have  contracted  of  curing  meats  with 
boracic  acid.  Hence  the  pointing  finger 
of  scorn  on  one  side  and the humiliation 
on  the  other.  Hence  the  “ Now  what  do 
you  think  of  yourself,  you  murderous 
villain!”   and  the  shame-stricken  soul 
who  is  as  sorry  as  he  can  be  for  getting 
caught  at  it.

It  is  needless to say that this announce­
ment  of  the  German  chemist  and  the 
complete  collapse  of  the  American  meat 
poisoner  has  created  consternaion  in the 
markets  of  the  world,  for  in  those  mar­
kets,  like  other American  merchandise, 
the  poison  is  found.  That  one  fact  has 
made  the  consternation  general  and  as 
usual  has  produced  conflicting  results. 
In  spite  of  the  admitted  fact  that  the 
German  chemist  acknowledges  no  su­
perior,  the  poison-eaters  that  still  live 
in  the  enjoyment  of  health  actually  as­
sert,  with  the 
impudence  of  those  who 
thrive  on  poison,that  the  German  chem­
ist  has  blundered,  that  boracic  acid 
is 
not  a  poison  and  that  meat  so  treated  is 
not  even  unwholesome.

long  ago 

This  country 

learned  the 
folly  of  going  behind  the  returns.  The 
German  chemist  declares  that  boracic 
acid 
is  poison.  That  settles  it ;  it  is. 
That  has  led  naturally  to  investigation. 
With  the  German  laboratory  to  pioneer 
the  way,  the  American  was  set  to  con­
firm  or  deny  the  existence  of  boracic 
acid  in  American  meats. 
It  was  found. 
It  is  there.  That  is  not  all  that  has 
been  found.  The  question  arose,  Who 
gave  the  guileless  Yankee  the  hint  of 
meat  poisoning  and  so to  profit  by  the 
sale  of  the  deadly  product?  At  that 
point 
the  Department  of  Agriculture 
came  to  the  front.  Through  the  Ger­
man  consuls  and  special  agents  samples 
of  a  variety  of  European  meat  products 
have  been  gathered,  analyzed  and  so  it 
is  learned  that  there  is  a  general  use  of 
borax  in  preparing  them  and  that  some 
sausages  contain  it  in  large  quantities. 
That,  from  actual  test,  is  interesting; 
and,  as 
if  to  increase  the  interest,  a 
correspondent of the  Frankfurter Zeitung

“ Chemicals  are  much  more 
affirms: 
in  Germany  than  in  the 
largely  used 
United  States  because  the  system of cold 
storage  used  in  the  latter country  is  lit­
tle  in  vogue  here.”

The  outcome  of  it  all  remains  to  be 
told :  The  Secretary,  it  is  said,  is  now 
busy  framing  a  rule  to  be  applied to im­
ports  of  things  to  eat  from Germany that 
have  been  treated  with  boracic  acid. 
The  Secretary,  in  the  absence  of  any 
American  testimony  as  to  the  harmful­
ness  of  boracic  acid, has  not  put  any  ob­
stacles  in  the  way  of  such  imports;  but, 
as  long  as  the  German  chemist  says  the 
acid  is  poison,  it  remains  for  this  coun­
try  to  protect  itself  from  the greed of  the 
villainous  German  meat  packer.  In  this 
connection 
it  may  be  well  to  say  that, 
in  a  report  of  the  Pure  Food  Commis­
sion  published  the  other  day,  it is stated 
that  a  much  larger  per  cent,  of  boracic 
acid  goods  were  found  among  imported 
meats  and  foods  than  among 
those 
packed,  canned  or  refrigerated  by  the 
American  packers—a  statement,  how­
ever,  of  little  worth  from  the  fact  that  it 
lacks  the  endorsement  of  the  German 
chemist!

in  them. 

Under  these  circumstances  it  may  be 
as  well  for “ Henry’s folks”  to take down 
that  finger  of  scorn  and  stop  talking 
about  excluding  American  meats  from 
their  markets  on  account  of  the  boracic 
If  the  American  meat 
acid 
packer  has  been 
in  a  bad 
practice,  in  this  instance  it  has  been 
found  where  he  learned  it  and  it  seems 
to  dwindle  to  a  simple  exchange  of 
poisons,  as  bad  in  one  instance  as  it  is 
in  the  other—a  fact  which  had  better be 
borne  in  mind  by  those  framing  the  law 
to  exclude  American  meat  from 
the 
German  market. 

R.  M.  Streeter.

indulging 

Contending  F or a  Principle.

line 

An  English  writer  gives  a  good  ex­
ample  of  those  quibbles  in  legal  prac­
tice  that  have  a  sort  of  fascination  for 
certain  minds.  Some  years  ago  while 
traveling  on  the  continent  he  met  the 
principal  lawyer  for  the  government  of 
one  of  the  principalities,  who  told  him 
of  a  curious  legal  question. 
It  had  ref­
erence  to  a  railway  station  at the bound­
ary  between  two  principalities.

Some  one  standing  outside  the  win­
dow  of  the  ticket  office  had  put  his 
hand  through  and  robbed  the  till inside. 
The  boundary 
lay  between  where 
the  thief  stood  and  the  till,  so  that  he 
was  actually 
in  one  territory  while  the 
crime  was  committed  in  another.  Here 
was  a  nice  nut  for the gentlemen  learned 
in  the  law  to  crack.  Which  of  the prin­
cipalities  should  undertake  the  prosecu­
tion  of the  culprit?
it  they  went  in  good  earnest,  and 
the  arguments  on  either  side  were  long 
and  vehement,  until  the  whole  case  was 
embalmed  in  many  volumes.  At last one 
side  yielded  so  far  as  to  say:

“ We  will  permit  you,  as  an  act  of 
courtesy,  to  prosecute,  while  at  the 
same  time  reserving  all  our  sovereign 
rights. ”
“ And  how  did  the  prosecution  end?”

At  this  point  of  the  recital  I  asked, 

“ Ah!  that  is  quite  another  matter,”  
said  my  friend.  “ There  was  no  prose­
cution ;  we  were  only arranging  what  we 
should  do  when  we  caught  the  robber; 
but  we  never caught  him.”

At 

He  W as  So  Slow.

“ She  felt  the  strong  arm  of  the  law,”  
he  said,  speaking  of  a  woman  who  had 
got  into  trouble.

* * How delightful!”  commented the de­

mure  young  thing.

“ What 

is  delightful?”   he  demanded, 

“ Tofeel  a  strong  arm,”  she  answered 

in  surprise.

softly.

The  most  trying  time  in  a  man’s  life 
is  when  he  introduces  his  second  wife— 
17  years  old—to  his  eldest  daughter  who 
is  past  20.

JACOB  HOEHN, J r. 

Established  1864 

MAX  MAYEB

HOEHN  &   MAYER 

Produce  Commission  Merchants

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

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Butter
I  always 
want  it.

4P

E. F. Dudley

Owosso,  Mich.

4»

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.  CLARK

Produce  and  Commission  Broker,  Second  Nat’I  Bank  Bldg. 

PITTSBURG,  PENN.

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

egg  trade  of  the  world."  The  Paris  cor­
respondent  of  the  Daily  Express  says:
M.  Louis  Parisot,  an  eminent  French 
chemist,  has  discovered  a  liquid  which 
he  asserts  to  be  capable  of  preserving 
the  freshness  of  eggs  for  a  period  of 
twelve  years.  A  year  ago  he  placed  a 
large  number  of  these  delicacies  in  the 
liquid,  getting  a  magistrate  to  witness 
his  act  and  seal  the  tank  with  his  offi­
cial  seal.  A  few  days  ago  the  tank  was 
opened  in  the  presence  of  his  worship, 
the  eggs  being  found  to  be  in  excellent 
condition.  Four eggs  were  selected  hap­
hazard  out  of  the  tank,  and  on  being 
boiled  were  eaten,  the  magistrate  pro­
nouncing  them  to  be  excellent  and  pos­
sessing  a  delicious 
Another 
triumph  for  the 
inventor  happened  the 
other day,  some  eggs  which  had  been  in 
the  liquid  for  four  months  being  suc­
cessfully  hatched,eight  out  of  the  twelve 
¡»laced  under  the  hen  proving  fertile.
M.  Parisot  states  that  he  can  preserve 
eggs  with  his  preparation  at  a  cost  of 
7#d.  per  1,000.

flavor. 

An  evening  contemporary  states  that 
“ M.  Parisot  takes  two  chemicals,  the 
nature  of which  naturally  must  remain  a 
secret,  adds  them  to  two  other  chemical 
substances,  and  to  each  pint  of  the  re­
sultant  mixture  he  adds  water  in  the 
proportion  of 
ioo  pints  to  one  pint  of 
the  mixture.  Eggs  placed  in  this  fluid 
can  be  preserved  for  practically  any 
time.  *  *  *  Ten  million  eggs  can  be 
kept  fresh  for  an  unlimited  period  by 
means  of  M.  Parisot’s preserver at a cost 
of  ^300.  A  company  has  been  formed, 
M.  Parisot  informs  me,  to  take  over  his 
invention  and  turn 
it  to  practical  ac­
It  will  be  an  English  company, 
count. 
in  the  busi­
and  all  the  prime  movers 
ness  will  be  Englishmen.”  
If,  as  is 
stated,  the  invention  is  to  be  exploited 
by  an  English  company,  members of  the 
trade  interested  will  no  doubt  soon  have 
an  opportunity  of  applying  a  practical 
test. 
In  the  meantime  they  will  prob­
ably  take  the  story  as  they  would  the 
twelve-year-old  egg— with  a heavy pinch 
of  salt.— London  Grocer.

D ressing  Live Turkeys.

The  market  on  live  turkeys  has  been 
so  dull  and  low  of  late  and  the  dressed 
turkey  market  so  high  that  some  re­
ceivers  have  had  their 
live  turkeys 
slaughtered  and  dressed.  Most  of  these 
turkeys  have  been  the  surplus  which  re­
ceivers  have  been  unable  to  sell  alive, 
and  rather  than  carry  them  along  and 
lose  the  shrinkage  they  have  had  them 
killed  and  dressed,  whereupon  they  sold 
readily. 
In  years  past  a  great  deal  of 
poultry  of  all  kinds  was  bought  here  by 
a  class  of  men  known  as  killers  who 
watched  the  dressed  and  live  markets 
closely  and  whenever  the  live  was  be­
low a  parity  of  the  dressed  market,  they 
bought  up  the  live and  bad it  killed  and 
sold  dressed.  As  the  demand  for  live 
poultry 
increased,  however,  prices  av­
eraged  as  high  and  often  higher  than 
dressed  poultry  and  one  by  one  these 
operators  gave  up  the  business  so that 
of  recent  years  it  is  unusual  for  any  of 
the  live  poultry  to  be  slaughtered  until 
after  it  has  been  disposed  of  by  the  re­
ceivers  and  market  men,  as  it  practic­
ally  all  goes  to  the  Jewish  trade  and 
is 
therefore  “ Kosher”   killed  at  regular 
appointed  slaughter  houses,  and  the  re­
tail  dealers on  the  east  side  of  town  who 
buy  from  the  jobbers  in  West  Washing­
ton  Market  are  the  ones  who  send  the 
poultry  to  the  slaughter  houses  to  be 
killed  for  them.— N.  Y.  Produce  Re­
view. 

____ _

Poultry

How  Packers  Operate  a t  a Large  P oultry 

Center.

is  divided 

That  the  territory  adjacent  to  St. 
Joseph,  Mo.,  is  one  of the  greatest  stock 
producing  sections  of  the  country  is  a 
fact  patent  to  all  who  are  familiar  with 
the 
resources  from  which  eggs  and 
pullets  and  cockerels  are  received.  The 
territory 
in  districts  and 
handled  systematically,  each  town  and 
line  of  railroad  being  thoroughly  can­
vassed  and  supplied  with  market  quo­
regularly.  Branch  gathering 
tations 
stations  are  maintained 
in  the  larger 
towns  and  buyers  remain  on  duty  there 
nearly  all  the  time.  They  keep  in  close 
touch  with  the  home  office  by  telephone 
or telegraph  and  are  prepared  to  quote 
prices  at  any  minute  in  the  day.  In  the 
smaller  towns the merchants are supplied 
with  prices  two  or three  times  a  week 
or  oftener if  occasion  demands,  and  the 
poultry  is  shipped to St.  Joseph  in  pick­
up  cars,  which  are  run  at  regular  inter­
vals.  Upon  reaching  the  packing  plant 
is  weighed,  uncooped  and 
the  stock 
transferred 
into  a  building  with  clean 
ya rds  and  plenty  of  clean  fresh  water, 
where  it  rests  for  twenty-four  hours  be­
fore  being  dressed.  The  poultry  is  then 
driven  to the  dressing  floors,  where  the 
busiest  men  in  the  employ  of  the  com­
pany  are  at  work.  The  birds  are  hung 
on 
‘ ‘ shackles”   where  the  “ sticker”  
with  a  sharp  pointed  knife  first  gives 
them  a  thrust  in  the  back  of the  mouth, 
severing  the  jtigular  veins,  then  a  thrust 
in  the  brain  which  kills  them  and  loos­
ens  the  feathers.  This  done  the  birds 
are  taken  in  charge  by  the  “ roughers, ”  
who  take  off  most  of  the  feathers.  The 
men  who  are  known  by  the  technical 
appellation  of 
“ tippers”   next  take 
hold  and  finish  the  birds,  whereupon 
they  are  passed on  to the  inspectors  who 
place  them  on  trucks  and  remove  them 
to  the  cooling  rooms,  where  they  are 
kept  for  forty-eight  hours  in  a  tempera­
ture  of  35  degrees.  After  being  thor­
oughly  chilled,  the  dressed  birds  are 
graded 
carefully  as  to  quality  and 
weights  and  packed 
into  boxes  ready 
for  shipment.  During  the  fall  months, 
when  the  receipts  of  poultry  are  very 
heavy  and  far  in  excess  of what the mar­
ket  demands  at  a  fair  price,  the  surplus 
is  frozen 
in  a  room  that  is  much  more 
of  a  reminder  of  the  north  pole  than  the 
chill  rooms,  and  in  which  the  mercury 
hovers  around  the  zero  mark with  a  deal 
of  persistency.  In  this  manner  the  stock 
is  held  until  the  following  spring  and 
summer.  There 
is  a  constant  demand 
for  better  poultry.  Too  much  of  the 
stock  received  is  of  an  inferior quality, 
and 
in  order  to  meet  the  requirements 
of their first-class  trade  the  packers  are 
forced  to  construct  large  feeding  pens 
where  the  work  which  the  farmer  and 
poultry  raisers 
left  undone  is  finished. 
Farmers  would  add  many  thousands  of 
dollars  to  their  bank  accounts  every 
year,  the  packing  house  men  say,  if 
they  would  fatten  their  stock  properly 
before  sending  it to  market.

New  Method  of Preserving:  Egg«.

Dan  Leno's  celebrated “ eggs  for  elec­
tion  purposes”  are,  it  appears,  likely  to 
become  things  of  the  past.  New  meth­
ods  of  preserving  eggs  are  constantly 
being  brought  to  our  notice.  For  in­
stance,  in 
last  week’s  Grocer  we  gave 
some  particulars  of  a  scheme  for  pre­
serving  eggs  by  cold  sterilization,  and 
we  now  learn  from  Paris  that  an  inven­
tion  has  just  been  perfected  which,  it  is 
likely  to  revolutionize  the
stated,  “ is 

Boston is the best market for

Butter,  Eggs and Beans

and  Fowlc,  Hibbard  &  Co.

is the house that can get 
the highest market price.

Smith,  McFarland  Co.,  \

Produce  Commission  Merchants

Boston  is  the  best  market  for  Michigan  and  Indiana  eggs.  W e 
want  carlots  or  less.  Liberal  advances,  highest  prices,  prompt 
returns.  All  eggs  sold  case  count.

69 and  71  Clinton St.,
Boston,  Mass*

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

E G G S !

W e  have  ample  cold  storage  facilities  in  our  building  for 
taking  care  of  large  quantities  of  eggs. 
Immediately  upon  ar­
rival  the  eggs  are  placed  in  this  cold  storage  where  they  remain 
until  sold,  consequently  do  not  deteriorate  while  awaiting  sale. 
For  this  service  we  make  no  charge  to  shippers.  Ship  us  your 
eggs  and  we  will  give  you  entire  satisfaction.

HILTON  &  ALDRICH  CO.

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B O S T O N

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The  opportunity  to  establish  satisfactory  and
profitable business connections, by shipping your

E G G S   A N D   B U T T E R

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LLOYD  I.  SEAMAN  &  CO.

Established  1850. 

148  READE  ST.,  NEW  YORK  CITY

C.  N.  RAPP  &  CO.

..Butter, Eggs and  Poultry..

The T ro th   of It.

Knicker—Jones  is  a  charitable  fellow. 
He  has  endowed  beds  in three hospitals.
Bocker—That’s not  philanthropy ;  it’s 
foresight.  He’s  just  bought  an  auto­
mobile.

56  West  Market  and  135  Michigan  Sts.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.

Immediate sales and prompt returns.  Highest 
market price guaranteed.

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

19

The New York Market

Special  F eatures  of the Grocery and P rod­

Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

New  York,  May  24— It  is  a tough time 
for  sellers  of  coSee.  The  demand  seems 
to  have  reached  absolutely  ebb  tide. 
Orders  come 
in,  but  they  are  of  the 
smallest  sort  and  no  one  is  disposed  to 
purchase  ahead  of  current  wants.  Prices 
have  not  changed  and  this  is  the  most 
satisfactory  feature  of  the  whole  situa­
tion.  A  year  ago  it  was  stated  by  those 
who  ought  to  know  that  the  crop  of 
Brazil  coffee  for  the  year  beginning 
with  July,  1901,  would  be  15,000,000 
bags.  They  were  rather  hooted  at,  but 
now  the  figures  show  that  the  receipts 
of  coffee  at  Rio  and  Santos  since  July 
1  to  May  21  have  been  14,505,000  bags, 
and  there  are  yet  five  weeks  to  come. 
Last  year  the  receipts  aggregated  10,-
187.000  bags  and  the  previous  year
8.576.000  bags.  Take  these  figures  and 
consider  that  there  has  been  quite  a 
carry-over  from 
last  year,  and  add  to 
other  sorts  of  coffee  the  mild  grades 
from  Central  America  and  the  crops  of 
the  East  Indies  and  it  will  be  seen  that 
nothing  but  cheap  coffee  is  looming  up 
ahead  of  us  for  a  long  time.  A  volcano 
that  would  cover  the  coffee 
regions 
might  set  to  work  and  affect  the  situa 
tion,  but  certainly  as  things  are  now 
only  a  succession  of  crop  failures  will 
cause  an  appreciation  of prices.  At  the 
close  No.  7 
is  worth  5J£c.  There  is  a 
better  market  for  the  mild  grades,  as 
supplies  have  run  light  and  quotations 
are  firm.  Good  Cucuta  is  held  at  8X@ 
8%c. 
In  store  and  afloat  the  amount  of 
Brazil  aggregates  2,364,249  bags,against 
1,183,040  bags  at  the  same  time  last 
year.
Every  day  the  same  report  is  heard 
business  light  and  orders  coming  in  are 
for  the  smallest  possible  lots  that  busi 
ness  can  be  done  with.  Buyers  are  not 
seemingly  anxious  to  purchase  a  single 
barrel  ahead  of  present  wants,  nor  do 
sellers  seem  eager  to  part  with  hold 
ings. 
It  is  a  waiting  situation  and  that 
is  all  that  can  be  said  of  it.
Nothing  of  interest  in  teas  has  taken 
place  during  the  week.  The  demand 
is,  perhaps,  all  that  might  be  looked 
for,  and  that  is  not  much,  to  be  sure, 
Pingsueys  seem  to  be  most  sought  for, 
Good  Formosas— in  price—are  worth 
24^@25J£c. 

Will  the  sugar  season  ever  set  in? 

Indias  are  quiet.

hich  are  fast  getting  ready  for the  on­
slaught  of  city  visitors.  For  best  West­
ern  creamery  22c  seems  to  be  about  the 
established  rate  and  seconds  to  firsts, 
2oJ^@2i^c;  Western  imitation  cream­
ery,  i8@I9@2oJ^c,  latter for fancy stock ; 
Western  factory,  i8@I9#c ;  renovated, 
8@i9@20c.
Full  cream  cheese,  small  sizes,  are 
fetching  12c,  which  is  probably  the  top 
notch.  The  supply  is rather  larger  than 
the  demand  calls  for and  the  outlook,  at 
the  moment,  is  for  lower quotations.

Fresh  gathered  Western eggs are worth 
8j£c;  regular  packing, 
i6^@ i7 # c 
and  perhaps  a  trifle  more  for  very  good 
stock.  Fair,  15 @ 15 ^  c._
The  amount  of  business  in  beans  is 
small  and  mostly  of  a jobbing character. 
Prices  are  without  material  change from 
last  report.

Theology  as  He Understood  It.

Passengers  on  a  Wealthy  avenue  car 
one  afternoon  last  week  were  very  much 
entertained  and  amused  by  a  discussion 
of  things  spiritual  by  two  colored  pas­
sengers.  As  the  debate  waxed  warmer, 
the  voices  of  the  debaters  grew  louder 
until  what  was  said  was  plainly  audible 
to  all  in  the  car.  After  each  had  made 
_  confession  of  faith  and given his views 
of  the  means  whereby  mortal  man  could 
gain  salvation,  one  of  the  pair  blurted 
out 
in  a  tone  that  implied  that  all  his 
hope  for  the  next  world  was  embodied 
n  the  words:
“ Well,  sah,  I b’lieve  dat  what’s  gwine 
to  be  is  sho’ly  gwine  to  be.”
“ Huh!”   grunted  his  companion,  con­
‘ Den  yo’  b’lieves  in  pre- 

temptuously, 
meditashun."

A  couple  of  good  prices  are  better 

than  a  ton  of  advertising  theory.

B O S T O N

WANTS

M IC H IG A N   E G G S

We have an outlet for several cars each 
week.  We can sell them  for  you  on  ar­
rival at top prices.  No other  market  ex­
ceeds  ours.  Mark  your  next  shipment 
to us.  We  will  please  you  with prompt 
sales and quick check.
W iener Bros. & Co., 46 Clinton St. 

Boston,  Mass.

Refer to Faneuil Hall National Bank.

, 

The  demand  for  rice  might  be  more 
active,  but  there 
is  still  quite  a  good 
trade  being  done  and  quotations  are 
firmly  maintained. 
Prime  to  choice 
Southern,  5@5#c;  Japan,  foreign,
@5c. 
.
The  strength  which  has  recently  been 
shown 
in  the  pepper  market  seems  to 
have  been  lost  and  the  volume  of  trade 
is  extremely  small.  Spice  prices  gen 
erally are somewhat shaky and  altogether 
is  a  good  deal  of  room  for  im 
there 
provement. 
Singapore  black  pepper, 
n^@ i2c.  Cloves,  Amboyna,  n@i2c,
Grocery  grades  of  molasses  are  very 
quiet.  Buyers  are  not  anxious  to  make 
purchases  at  all  ahead  of  current  wants, 
of  course,  and  the  volume  of  trade  with 
both  bakers  and  grocers  is  very 
light. 
Stocks  are  not  large, but  there  is  enough 
to  go  around  and  the  best  that  can  be 
said  is  that  prices  are  firmly  sustained.
in  canned  salmon  during 
the  week  has  hardly  been  as  active  as 
previously  noted,  but  there 
fair 
amount  of  business  and  prices  are  firm. 
New  pack  peas  are  interesting  a  few 
dealers,  with  marrowfats  held  at  80c  for 
standard  2s,  Marylands;  early  June 
85@goc;  sifted,  $1.  Spot  tomatoes  are 
as  firm  as  ever  and,  in  fact,  have  shown 
a  trifle  of  an  advance.  Jersey  3s  have 
sold  at  about $1.35  and  that  seems  to  be 
pretty  well  established. 
_
is  without 
change.  Prunes  are  steady,  but  the 
volume  of  business 
is  not  large  and 
neither  buyer  nor  seller  seems  to  be 
much  interested  in  the  outlook.

The  dried  fruit  situation 

The  trade 

While  the  receipts  of  butter this  week 
have  been  much 
larger  than  last,  the 
demand  has  also  been  better.  There  is 
a  good  call  from  out  of  town,  especially 
from  opening  hotels  and  summer  resorts

is  a 

If You  Want

intelligent  activity  in  your  be­
half,  ship  your  Butter,  E ggs 
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. 
Beference :  Any Bank or Commercial Agency.

Do You  Want

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

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Egg  Receivers,
36 Harrison  Street,  N. Y.

Est.  1865. 

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IF   YOUR  RETURNS  OF

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are  not  satisfactory, but  try

Lamson  &.  Co,

Blackstone St., BOSTON.

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We are the largest receivers  of  eggs  1 
in this section.  We have a large and  iS 
growing demand  for  Michigan  eggs  || 
and  can  handle  all  you  can  send,  ra 
We  guarantee  prompt  returns  and  i| 
full  market  value  on  all  consign- ffl 
ments.  We  have  been  established 
35  years  and  have  a  reputation  for  || 
honesty and  fair  dealing.  We  refer 
you to  the  Third  National  Bank  of 
Baltimore or the Mercantile Agencies.

Q. M.  Lamb &  Bro.

301  Exchange  Place, 
corner South Street,

BALTIMORE,  Md.

JOHN  H.  HOLSTEN,

Commission  flerchant

75  Warren  Street, 

New  York  City

Specialties:  EGGS  AND  BUTTER.

Special attention given to small shipments of eggs.  Quick sales.  Prompt 
returns.  Consignments  solicited.  Stencils  furnished  on  application.

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W oman’s  World
Two  Books  'W hich  A re a  W ell of K now l­

edge.

The  debutante 

is  going  off  for the 
summer,  and  when  the  man  of  the  world 
came  to  make  his  adieux  and  wish  her 
bon  voyage,  he  brought  her two  books. 
They  were  the  Bible  and  Shakespeare, 
and  the  debutante  sniffed  openly  at  his 
choice  of  reading  matter.

“ For  the  benefit of  my  mind  and  my 

morals,  I  suppose,"  she  said.

“ Not  at  all,”   he  replied,  “ I  merely 

offer them  as  matrimonial  guides. ”

The  girl 

looked  bewildered,  and  he 
went  on:  “ I  presume  you  desire  to  be 
what  is  called  a  social  success,  to  be 
admired  and  sought  after  by  men  and 
eventually  to  be  escorted  by  some  elig­
ible  youth  to the  altar.  This  is  not  as 
easy  as  it  seems.  In  playing  any  game, 
included,  you 
the  matrimonial  game 
will  find  there 
is  something  in  luck, 
more 
in  experience  and  most  of  all  in 
an  exhaustive  knowledge  of  the  propo­
sition  you  are  up  against. 
In  the  end 
success  always  goes  to  the  one  who 
plays  his  cards  best.

“ In  these  two  books  you  will  not only 
find  the  most  subtle  study  that  has  ever 
been  made  of human  nature,  but  a  com­
plete  diagram  of  how  every  sort  and 
condition  of  a  man  can  be  won  by  the 
woman  who  knows  her  business,  and 
the  unceasing  marvel  of  the  world  to 
me  is  that  your  sex  has  so  long  been 
blind  to  the  hints that  have  been  thus 
gratuitously  given  them.

“ Take,  for instance,the  story  of Ruth, 
perhaps  the  most  beautiful  love  story 
that has  ever  been  written.  What  do  you 
see 
in  that?  A  charming  romance 
Nothing  more!  And  yet  how  full  of 
practical  hints  to  the  woman  with  sense 
enough  to  take  them.

“ Ruth  was  a  widow.  That  was  an 
advantage.  She  had  had  experience  of 
domestic  life.  She  knew  men  and  how 
to  please  them.  More  than  that,  she 
knew  a  good  thing  when  she  saw  it  and 
went  after  it.

“ Boaz  had  never  seen  Ruth.  He  bad 
never  heard  of  her.  He  never  would 
have  heard  of  her  if  Ruth  had  not  mod 
estly  and  discreetly,  but  surely,  called 
herself  to  his  attention.  She  was  the 
pattern  of  all  the  domestic  virtues,  the 
very  qualities  that  would  appeal  to  a 
wealthy  old  gentleman,  as  she  raked  the 
hay  or garnered  the  grain  or  whatever 
it  was,  but the  main  point  was,  she  was 
doing  it  right  out  in  the  middle  of  the 
stage  where  Boaz  could  not  miss  seeing 
her.

“ From  this,  my  child,  derive  two  im 
portant  lessons:  First,  that  enterprise 
counts  in  matrimony,  as  in  everything 
else,  t  Second,  that,  while  you  should 
be  mamma’s 
little  helper,  you  should 
always  do  your  domestic stunts  in  pub 
lie,  where  men  may  observe  them  and 
reflect  on  what  a  hearthstone  angel  you 
would  make.  When  you  darn  stockings, 
always  do  it  in  the  parlor.

“ Turning  now 

from  Holy  Writ  to 
Shakespeare,  we  come  to  Juliet.  The 
fascinating  Miss  Capulet 
is  a  type  of 
the  woman  who  wins  out  by  the  force  of 
her  love.  She  was  a  clinging  vine  no 
man  on  earth  would  have  the  nerve  to 
shake. 
If  you  will  read  that  story 
closely  you  will  see  that  there  was  never 
at  any  time  the  slightest  chance  for 
Romeo to  have  wriggled  out  of  the  en­
gagement.

"She  simply  loved  him,  and was  will­
ing  to  play  dead  or  take  Rough  on  Rats 
or  get  married  without  a  trousseau  or

do  any  old  way  to  get  him,  and  no  man 
who  ever  gets  swamped  in  that  mushy 
kind  of  affection  ever gets  out  alive.  It 
a  sentimental  quicksand  that  swal­
lows  him  up  bodily,  and  the  more  he 
struggles  to  free  himself  the  deeper  and 
deeper  he  sinks  into  it.

All  of  us  know  clever  and  brilliant 
a  married  to  wives  who  are  so  im-
measurably  their  inferiors  we  wonder 
how  they  came  to  do  it. 
I  always  know 
the  answer  to  the  conundrum  is  Juliet. 
Somewhere,  sometime,  the  man  met  a 
silly  little  gump  of  a  girl  who  fell  wild­
ly  in  love  with  him.'  He  knew  he  ought 
not  to  marry  her—that  she  would  ruin 
his  career  and  that  she  could  never  be  a 
companion  for  him— but  she  loved  him. 
She  was  as  adhesive  as  a  porous  plas­
ter.  When  he  tried  to  break  away  she 
clung  to  him  and  wept.  No  man  can 
see  a  woman  crying  for  him  unmoved, 
and  in  the  end  he  simply lacks  the brute 
courage  to  save  himself.
“ Theoretically,  man 

is  the  pursuer 
and  woman  the  pursued,  and  we  have 
been  taught to  believe  that  man admires 
the  opposite  sex most  when  it is coy,  but 
it  is  my  observation  that  nothing  wins 
with  a  man  like  believing  that  a woman 
loves  him. 
It  makes  him  admire  her 
taste  and  respect  her  judgment,  and  all 
the  rest,  when  you  have  gotten  that  far, 
is  dead  easy.

“ Now,  Rosalind  was  the  girl  who 
knew  how  to  help  a  bashful  wooer  over 
the  fence.  You  can  depend  on 
it,  she 
would  never  have  been  one  of  the  girls 
who go  around  in  bunches and who force 
every  man  who  comes  along  to  feel  as 
if  he  is  a  Mormon  elder out  with  his 
family. 
It  takes  a  bold  man  to  invade 
a  pullet  party  and  select  one  particular 
one  from  the  crowd,  and  any  girl  who 
has  not  sense  enough  to  detach  herself 
deserves  to  live  and  die  an  old  maid.

Then  observe  the  fact  that  Rosalind 
was  clever  enough  to  realize  the value of 
environment.  She  knew  that  many 
man  feels  sentimental  and  makes  tender 
speeches  merely  because he  has  gotten  a 
pretty  girl  alone 
in  the  moonlight  or 
they  are  sitting  on  a flowery bank  in  the 
country,  and  so  she  steered  Orlando  out 
into  the  sweet  forest  of  Arden,  and 
when  she  got  him  there  she  taught  him 
how  to  make  love.

“ The  moral  of  this  story,  my  dear 
girl,  is  that  there  is  a  great  deal  more 
in  golf 
than  knocking  a  few  balls 
around  a  ten-acre  lot.  You will  observe 
that  few  men  ever get home  from  a  sum 
mer  resort  without  being  engaged.  A 
city  house,  with  portieres  at  every door 
way,  behind  any  one  of  which  papa  or 
a  curious  maiden  aunt  may be listening 
offers  no  encouragement  to  love’s  young 
is  the  place  of 
dream.  The  country 
romance  and 
if,  after  you  have gently 
and  insidiously  led  a  timid  youth  up  to 
the  proposing  point  and  he  balks  at  the 
fatal  moment.  Rosalind  will  teach  you 
bow  to  push  him  over  the  precipice  so 
deftly  and  discreetly  that  he  will  never 
know  he  did  not  take  the  plunge  of  his 
own  accord.

“ Desdemona  teaches  how  to  win 
man  by 
listening,  and  for  a  genuine 
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never  been  improved  upon.

“ She  simply 

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men  who  struggled  for  a  section  of 
dance  with  her  or tell  how  many  pro 
posáis  she  had  that  season.  Not  a  bit  of 
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him  tell  how  he  played  ball  and  man­
aged  an  automobile  and  could  always 
pick  the  winners  at  the  races,  and  you 
know 
just  as  well  as  if  you  had  been 
there  that  every  time  he  paused  to catch 
his  breath  she  murmured  ‘ How  wonder­
ful !’  or  that  she  gave a shuddering  sigh, 
as  she  exclaimed, 
‘ How  brave  and 
strong  you  are!’

‘ * From  the  story  of  Desdemona,  my 
child,  learn  the  value  of  silence.  The 
woman  who  possesses  the  power  of  lis­
tening  intelligently  has  a  chance  before 
which  beauty  fades  and  wit  becomes  as 
sounding  brass  and  tinkling  cymbals. 
The  one  subject  of  which  no  human 
being— man  or  woman—ever  wearies  is 
‘ 1. ’  Des­
discussing  the  great  eternal 
demona  always  marries.  If  she  keep  up 
the  tactics  that  won  Othello  she  holds 
him  to  the  end  of  the  chapter,  and  she 
goes  through  life  adored  by  every  man 
who  comes  within  the  sphere  of  her 
in­
fluence.

“ It  is,  of  course,  a  heroic  sacrifice  to 
listen  to  another  when  you  want  to  talk 
of  yourself,  but  every  victory  must  be 
dearly  bought,  and  occasionally  a  hus­
band  is  worth  the  price.

“ I  might  also  call  your  attention  to 
Beatrice,  who can  teach  you  every  shade 
of  coquetry;  to  Ophelia,  who  made  the 
fatal  mistake  of  not  knowing  when  to 
break  off  an  engagement;  to  Lady  Mac­
beth,  who  could  give  anybody  pointers 
how  to  manage  a  husband;  but  1  have 
said  enough  to  show  you  that  these  two 
books  are  a  well  of  knowledge  into 
which  any  woman  may  dip  her  cup with 
profit. ’ ’

“ And  to  think  I  always  considered 
in  school!"  exclaimed  the 

them  dull 
debutante,  with  awe.

“ It  is  a  pity,”   agreed  the  man,  “ that 
teachers  are  generally  so  young  they  do 
not  know  the  value  of  the  thing they  are 
trying  to  teach,  or  else  so  old  that  they 
have  forgotten 
importance.  How­
ever,  you  are  welcome  to  my  idea  of 
what  heroines  teach.”

its 

“ Thanks,  awfully,”   said  the  girl; 
“ their  tip  shall  not  be  wasted  on  m e.”  

Dorothy  Dix.

Sad  State  of A m erican  Men.

Not  so  many  young  men  are  getting 
married  nowadays,  because 
it  takes  so 
much  to  support  a  wife.  She  wants  to 
go  in  society  and  wear  fine  dresses,  and 
if  she  can  not  do  this  there  is  trouble  in 
the  family.  Women  have  much  more 
time  to  give  to  education  and  society 
than  men  have,  and  are  beginning  to 
become  dissatisfied  with  the  company 
of  their  husbands.  They  tolerate  their 
husbands  only  because  they  earn  the 
money.

American  husbands  never  know  how 
badly  they  are  treated  until  some  for­
eigner  comes  over  and  tells  them  about 
it.  The  following 
is  vouched  for  as 
having  heen  written  back  home  to  a 
friend  by  a  German  professor  in  one  of 
our  large  universities:

I  was  entertained  by  Mr.  A.  and  after 
dinner  he 
invited  me  to  take  a  walk 
with  him.  To  my  great  surprise  he  in­
vited  his  wife  also.  When  we  reached 
the  gate  she  said  she  must  go  back  for 
her  shawl  which  she  had  forgotten.  You 
can 
indignation  when  he 
said  pleasantly  that  we  would  wait  for 
her;  and  when  she  returned,  instead  of 
rebuking  her  for  her  carelessness,  he 
actually  took  her  shawl  and carried it  on 
his  arm !  1  was  speechless  from  amaze­
ment.

imagine  my 

Unfortunately  they  are  not  all  speech­
less. 
It  will  be  a  relief  when  we  can 
learn  from  the  reports  of  the  last  census 
whether  the  marriage  rate  really  is  de­
creasing.  But  on  one  point  we  do  not

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

2 1

need  any  statistics,  and  that  is  that  in 
the  modern  desire  for  the 
luxurious 
things  of  life  men  have  kept  pace  with 
women,  and  if  women  do  not  marry  un­
less  they  are  sure  of getting  these,  men 
refrain  from  marrying  lest  they  should 
be  deprived  of  them. 
In  discussing 
these  questions,  however,  the  alarmists 
always  consider  them  from  the  stand­
point  of  so-called  society—of  those  who 
are 
in  or  trying  to  get  in— and  they 
overlook  the  uncounted  thousands  who 
are  constantly  marrying  and  settling 
down  happily  and  contentedly  in  their 
little  flats  or cottages  and  are  lost  sight 
of  because  they  do  not  figure  in  the  so­
ciety  column  or the  divorce  court.

in 

The  average  happiness of married  life 
is  infinitely  greater  than  in any previous 
age,  for  while  now  the  miserable  seek  a 
dissolution  of  the  bonds, 
former 
times  they  endured  in  silence,  and  mil­
lions  of  women  who  were  not quite  so 
wretched  as  to  wish  to  dissolve  the  mar­
riage,  nevertheless  smarted  and  rebelled 
at  the  dull, restricted and dependent  con­
dition  in  which  they  were  held  by  cus­
tom  and 
law.  They  are  far  happier 
now,  and  because  this  is  so  they  make 
their  husbands  happier.  There  is  more 
congeniality,  because 
is  more 
nearly  equality,  and  instead of  husbands 
being  “ tolerated  because  they  make  the 
money,”   there  never  was  a  time  when 
all  the  women  of  the  family  were  so 
anxious  to  help  make  the  money  and 
tried  so  hard  to  lift  the  burdens  from 
the 
shoulders  of  the  husbands  and 
fathers.

there 

One  great  cause  is  that  the  majority 
of  boys  have  to  go  to  work  at  16.  Not 
so  the  girls,  who  educate  themselves 
and  become  superior.  This  would  be 
all  right 
if  they  used  their  knowledge 
to  cultivate  the  men,  but  in  their  opin­
ion  men  were  made  for  business  and 
nothing  else.

That  is  the  opinion  the  average  man 
has  of  himself,  and  there  is  nothing  he 
would  resent  so  quickly  as  any  attempt 
on  the  part  of  his  women  folks  to  “ cul­
tivate”   him.  Besides,  it  is  only  a  few 
weeks  since  the  Professor  of  Law  at 
Yale  University,  in  a  public  address, 
delivered  the  ultimatum that “ no woman 
should  feel  that  she  knows  more  than 
her  husband.”   But  unless  she  did  feel 
that  way  how  could  she  undertake  to 
“ cultivate”   him?  For  women  even  to 
attempt  to  follow  all  the  advice  which 
is  so  freely  bestowed  upon  them  would 
soon  crowd  the  capacity  of  our  insane 
asylums.  But  is  it  not  amusing  to  hear 
the  complaint  that  women  are  becoming 
better educated  than  men,  and  the  ad­
monition  that  they  should  use  some  of 
their  surplus  knowledge  for  the  benefit 
of  the  other  sex,  when  one  reflects  that 
two  generations  ago  there  was  not  a 
high  school  in  the  United  States  which 
admitted  girls,  and  that  one  genera­
tion  ago  the  first  colleges  were  just  be­
ginning  to  open  their  doors  to  women?

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love your goods to sell them.”  That’s the idea. 
The man who loves  his  goods,  not  as  a  miser, 
but as a merchant, can  sell  them.  He  can  sell 
them in  the  store  or  through  the  papers.  He 
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Hardware

Growing P opularity o f H and Im plem ents.
Those  who  have  worked  on  the  farm, 
in  days  gone  by,  when  the  hoe,  the  rake 
and  the  spade  were  invincible  in  their 
uses,  will  appreciate  the  wonderful  la­
implements  of  the  present 
bor-saving 
time.  Even  to  this  day  the  hoe  has 
its 
place  and  can  be  made  to  do  service 
of  a  beneficial  character,  but  this 
is  a 
generation  of  record  breakers,  and  slow 
methods  have 
invited  the  application 
of  implements that  will  do  the  required 
work  in  the  shortest  time  and  at  the 
least  expense.

Hand 

implements  supply  a  want  that 
has 
long  been  felt,  and  they  are  not 
only  labor  saving,  but  they  produce  the 
planting  of  a  greater  acreage.  Gardens 
that  were  but  miniature  spots  are  now 
nearly  as 
large  as  some  fields,  with 
production  greatly  incieased  by  reason 
of  better  and  more  frequent  cultivation, 
and  the  ease  and  facility  with  which 
seed  can  be  planted  and  kept  clear  of 
weeds  until  they  are  well  advanced  in 
growth.  The  field  implements  are 
in­
dispensable on  farms  where  horse-power 
is  essential,  but  there  are  thousands  of 
persons  who  now  find  the  cultivation  of 
the  garden  an  easy  matter,  compared 
with  the  laborious  methods  formerly 
in 
vogue. 
It  would,  no  doubt,  be  a  sur­
prise  to  our  ancestors  if  they could come 
back  to  earth  and  witness  the  hand  cul­
tivators,  rakes,  hoes  and  drills.  The 
little  drill  which  opens  the  row  to  any 
desired  depth,  drops  the  seed  evenly, 
surely  and  in  exact  quantity,  at  a  depth 
suitable  to  the  kind  of  seed  used,  and 
then  not  only  covers  them  nicely,  but 
leaves  the  surface  of  the  row  smooth 
and 
level,  would  appear  as  a  marvel, 
for  the  drill,  not  having  completed  its 
work  at  the  end  of  the  row,  marks  and 
aligns the  next  row,  thus  avoiding  the 
use  of  pin  and  lines  for  delineating  the 
succeeding  rows.  And  this,  too,  by 
simply  walking  along  the  tow  with  but 
l$ttle  effort.  Judge  of  the  amazement  of 
c$ir ancestors,whose  recollection  of  their 
former  lives  on  earth  would  be  asso­
ciated  with  back-breaking  hoeing  and 
digging  among  tough roots of seeds  and 
grass,  when  the  wheel  hoe  passed  be­
tween  the  rows,  cutting  everything  in 
its  path  as  clean  as  possible,  without 
disturbing  the  roots  of  the  plants  of  the 
crop,  and  leaving  the  top  soil  loose  and 
fine,  where 
it  serves  as  a  mulch  dur­
ing  times  of  drought  preventing  the 
rapid  loss of  moisture  from  the  soil,  and 
enabling  the  plants  to  secure  better 
growth  because  of  more  favorable  con­
ditions. 
little  cultivator  would 
come 
in  for  its  share  of  praise  also,  as 
well  as  the  wheel  rake,  both  making 
fearful  destruction  among  the  weeds 
and  grasses.  The  contrast  of  the  tools 
used  by  our  forefathers  and  those  of  to­
day  is  as  marked  as  between  the  pine- 
knot 
light  and  the  brightness  of  the 
electric  arc.

The 

of 
land  alone  would  be  too  tedious  and 
slow  to  enable  the  farmer to  grow  up  a 
crop  without  incurring  too  great  an  ex­
pense,  but  it  is  now  as  easy  to  put  in 
turnips  and  maize  as  the  opening  of  the 
rows,  seeding  and  covering  are  done  at 
one  operation.

The 

The  old  maxim,  “ Make  two  blades 
grow  where  only  one  was  produced,”   is 
already  being  done. 
intensive 
system  of  farming,  which  calls  for  a 
concentration  of  effort  and  the  use  of 
manure  on 
instead  of 
limited  areas, 
broadcasting 
it  over  a  wide  surface, 
permits  of  growing  more  plants  per 
acre,  the  rows  being  closer  together,  yet 
allowing  of  the  use  of  the  wheel  hoe 
and  cultivator  as  easily  as  horse  tools 
are  used  between  wider  rows.  The  ca­
pacity 
is  thus  increased  four-fold,  the 
manure  is  made  to  perform  more  effec­
tive  service  by  affording  a  larger  pro­
portion  of  plant  food,  and  the  weeds 
and  grass,  by  being  kept  down  from  the 
start,  are  soon  obliterated  from  the  soil. 
It  is  the  killing  of  the  weeds  by  the  use 
of  hand  implements  that  gives the wheel 
hoe  a  greater  value  than  has  heretofore 
been  accorded  to  it,  for  in  field  culture 
the  hoe 
is  often  a  necessity,  but  with 
the  garden  system  of  cultivating  the 
weeds  are  completely  exterminated,  as 
not  a  single  one  can  reach  maturity  and 
send  its  seeds  out  to  be  blown  away  by 
winds  as  pestilences  and  persistent  tor­
ments  of  a  future  year.

introduction  of  the 

Field  implements,  worked  by  horses, 
are  more  important  and  necessary where 
implements  are  used  than  before 
hand 
the 
latter,  as  the 
farmer  will  be  induced  to  employ  the 
best  field  implements  by  reason  of  the 
advantages  derived  from  the  use  of 
hand 
implements.  There  is  nothing  to 
prevent  the  cultivation  of  beets,turnips, 
peas,  etc.,  under  the  field  system,  with 
horse  hoes  and  cultivators,  as  the  most 
laborious  work 
is  done  by  the  drill. 
Much  work  that  has  been  avoided  in 
summer  can  now  be  performed.  The 
summer  season  has  been  but  little  used 
for  planting  seed,  as  the  weeds  in  the 
field  crops  kept  the  farmers  busy,  but 
there  are  summer  crops,  however,  which 
thrive  only 
in  that  section,  but  which 
now  are  easily  grown  and  add  profit  to 
the  farm.

The  hand 

implements  open  a  large 
avenue  to  trade  for the  dealer.  They 
need  but  an 
introduction  to  become 
popular,  and  in  some  soils  they  work  so 
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all  while  their  cost  is  but  an insignifi­
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and  benefits  they  confer  on 
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juncta,  and  greater  variety  at the  table, 
with  more  plentiful  supply, 
is  what 
may  be  attributed  to  the  hand  imple­
ments— the little labor-saving  appliances 
that  become  favorites  with  all.  Every 
year,  too  witnesses  more  improvements 
with  them,  and  the  possibilities  of  their 
future  can  not  be  estimated,  as  there 
is  no  limit  to  their field  of  usefulness.

How  to  H andle  Vehicles  Successfully.
The  dealer  who  sells  vehicles  some­
times  gives  that  part  of  his  business 
less  attention  than 
is  really  essential, 
and to that class  this article is addressed. 
There  are  several  reasons  offered  by 
dealers,  some  of  which  are:  “ I  have 
not  the  room,”   “ Only  handle  a  few,”  
“ It  don’t  pay  to  bother  with  them,”  
“ I  don’t  have  the  time,”   etc.  There 
is  always  one  sensible  advice  to  give  to 
such—“ quit.”   To  the  other,  who  does 
want  to  make  a  success  of  it,  he  should 
do  just  as  he  did  when  he  started  in  the 
implement  trade,  to-wit,  arrange  a  way 
to  carry  the  stock  so  that  it  can  be  ap­
preciated,  kept  clean,  dry  and  be 
shown  to  its  best  possible  advantage. 
Anything  that  is  worth  doing  at  all  is 
worth  doing  well.  Do  pot buy more  than 
you  want.  Do  not  buy  cheaper  goods 
than  you  can  honestly  recommend.  Do 
not  buy  quantity,  but  buy  value.  Do 
not  buy  at  all  until  you  find  out  what 
your  trade  demands,  and  then  buy  care­
fully  of  good,  well-known  and  estab­
lished  factories.  Buy  for  merit,  both  in 
design  and  quality,  something  to  please 
the  eye  as  well  as  to  please  in  wear. 
Your  stock  once  in  your  establishment, 
see  that  everything  is  in  its  place,  see 
that 
it  is  complete,  see  that  it  is  just 
what  you  bought,  see  that  the  washers 
are  with 
it,  wrench  in  its  place,  storm 
aprons,  curtains,  extras,  all  complete 
and  as  they  should  be.  Then  place  the 
goods 
in  a  position  to  show  to the  best 
advantage,  and  then  see  that  they  are 
kept  clean.  It  is  less  expensive  to  keep 
a  new  vehicle  in  good  order than it  is  to 
keep  a  dirty  one.  Do  not  set  a  harrow 
im­
up  endways  against  a  phaeton  and 
agine  that 
looks  of 
either.  Do  not  throw  a  lot  of  old  seed- 
oat  sacks  in  the  rear  seat  of  a  carriage 
because  you  have  not  time  to  put  them 
away.  Do  not  put  a  $15  pole,  or  a  pair 
of  highly-finished  shafts,  with  a  lot  of 
knocked-down 
cultivators  or  leave  a 
fine  broadcloth  cushion  on  top  of  a  pat­
ent  fanning  mill,  as 
it  will  not  help 
their  sale.

improves  the 

it 

in 

Do  just  what  any  successful  business 
man  would  do,  which  is  to  have  a  place 
for  everything  and  everything 
its 
place,  and  you  will  be  as  prosperous as 
the  successful  man.  Do  not  take  it  for 
granted  that  you  will  sell  a  carriage 
when  your  other  trade  is  dull,  but  asso­
ciate  it  with  your  machinery  line  as  the 
sale  of  the  carriage,  as  the  buyer  of  one 
is  frequently  the  purchaser  of  the  other. 
Your  profit  on  the  one  is  equal  to  the 
profit  on  the  other,  and  nowadays  econ­
omy  demands  that  several  lines  shall  be 
associated  together  to  reduce  the  ex­
penses  of  doing  the  business  and  in­
crease  the  profits.  The  room  in  which 
you  store  plows  seldom  makes  a fit place 
to  show  carriages.

A  carriage  is  a  high  order  product  of 
mechanism;  thought  and  detail  are 
given  to  its  construction,  and  its  finish 
is 
It  requires  light,  care 
and  attention.

its  beauty. 

The  implement  dealers  as  a  class  are 
a  bright,  hustling  part  of commerce. 
It 
has  often  been  wondered  why  it  was 
that  they  did  not  give  the  care  of  vehi­
cles  greater  attention,  as  many  exam-

pies  of  those  who  do  have  been  talked 
of,  praised  and  freely  advertised.  The 
industry  alone  is  one  of  which  one  may 
well  be  proud  because  the  carriage  men 
are  progressive  and  aggressive  not  only 
at  home,  but  abroad.  They  study  to 
please  to  produce  that  which  will  not 
only  give  them  profit,  but  fame,  and  in 
the  smaller  cities  and  towns  often  find
the  implement  man  their  best agent.  To 
such  a  dealer  it  may  be  remarked,  as 
a 
successful  one  once  stated,  “ Fit 
your  room  for  vehicles  and  your  vehicle 
is  half  sold.  Your home  buyer  comes 
to  see  you  in  preference  to  going  out  of 
town.  You  are  ranked  with  the  large 
repository  trade.  Your  profits  will  be 
larger,  for  your  volume  will  be  greater, 
which  will  give  you  gratification  and 
secure  you  both  reputation  and  gain. 
Your  customer  has  sought  your  advice, 
and  knowledge  of  the  business  has 
earned  for  you  a  custom  with the attend­
ant  remuneration.  Take  your  carriage 
out  of  the  shed,  place 
it  on  a  clean 
it  up  so  that  it  will  show  at 
floor,  dust 
its  best,  let  the 
light  of  day  strike  it, 
give 
it  an  honest  price,  and  an  honest 
recommendation  is  its  seasonable  guar­
antee. 
friends, 
trade  and  financial  reward.  The  facto­
looking  earnestly,  and  with 
ries  are 
extra  inducements,  to  this  class  of  deal­
ers,  and  such  will  find  the  addition  of 
the  vehicle  to  their  stock  pleasant  and 
profitable,  as the  “ other  fellow”   will  al­
ways  find 
it  unpleasant  and  unprofit­
able,  simply  because  be  does  not  treat 
the  carriage  buyer,  its  maker or himself 
properly.

thus  gain 

You  will 

Two  Old  Stoves.

The  oldest  stove  in  the  United  States 
is  now  on  exhibition  in  Minneapolis. 
It  stands  on  legs  or  end  supports,  sim­
ilar  to  those  of  a  sewing  machine,  only 
they  are  about half  as  high  and  of  much 
heavier  casting.  The  total  weight  of 
the  stove  is  five  hundred  pounds. 
It  is 
three  feet  long,  thirty-two  inches  high 
and  one  foot  wide, with a  hearth  extend­
ing 
in  front.  There  is  no  grate  in  the 
bottom,  the  fire  being  built  directly  on 
the  bottom  of  the  stove,  the  heat passing 
from  below  the  oven,  back  of 
it  and 
over  the  top  of  the  pipe.  The  outside 
has  scrolls  and  designs  and  crowns  in 
relief,  much  after  the  fashion  of  stoves 
of  to-day,  and  on  both  sides  cast  with 
the  metal  are  the  words,  “ Hereford 
Furnace,  Thomas  Maybury,  Mfr., 
1767.“   The  stove  is  well  preserved,  in 
spite  of  its  age.  The  surface  has  a 
finish  that 
is  technically  known  as 
“ pebbled.”

In'the  State  Capitol  at  Richmond, 
Va.,  there 
is  an  old  stove  of  much  the 
same  pattern,  and  one  of  the local news­
papers  there  thinks  that  it  may  be  even 
older  than  the  Minneapolis curio.  This 
Virginia  heater  also  stands  on  legs,  is 
about  seven  feet  high  and  is  handsome­
ly  ornamented. 
It  is  “ three  stories”  
high  and  of  pyramidal  shape  and  was 
made  in  1770  for the  House of  Burgesses 
at  Williamsburg,whence  it  was  removed 
to  Richmond  when  the  seat  of  Govern­
ment  was  removed thither.  The founder, 
one  Buzaglo,  whose  place  of  business 
was  in  England,  wrote  of the  “ warming 
machine"  that  “ the  elegance  of  work­
manship  does  honor  to  Great  Britain. 
It  exceeds  in  grandeur  anything  ever 
seen  of  the  kind and is a masterpiece not 
to  be  equaled  in  all  Europe.  It  has  met 
with  generous  applause  and  could  not 
be  sufficiently  admired.”

Was  a Case  of Life o r Heath.

“ I  thought  you  said  this  was  a  life  or 
death  case!"  growled  the  sleepy  drug­
gist,  who  had been  awakened  at  3  a.  m. 
by  a  man  who  wanted  a  two-cent stamp.
“ So  it  is,”   declared  the  man,  “ so  it 
is. 
I’ve  got  to  mail  this  letter  to  my 
wife  at  once,  that  she  may  get  it in time 
to  postpone  her  return home long enough 
for  me  to  have  a  new  mirror  put  in  the 
parlor and  the  ball  repapered.  Some  of 
the  boys  spent  the  evening  with  me 
to-night.”

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[ arising  Michigan.

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When you sell a Peerless  Plow  it  seems  to  be  a 
sale amounting to about  fifteen  dollars;  but  consider 
that purchaser must come back  to  your  store  several 
times a year for several years to get new  shares,  land- 
sides, mouldboards, clevises,  jointer  points  and  other 
parts that must sooner or later  wear  out.  During  this 
time he will pay you  another  fifteen  dollars,  and  you 
will sell him other goods.

Rement Plows 
Turn  The  FArth.

We make it our  business  to  see  that  our  agents 

have the exclusive sale of Peerless Plow Repairs.

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TH E VALUE OF TRUTH.

Some T hings 'Which th e A dvertiser Should 

U nderstand.

Written for the Tradesman.

In  a  previous  paper  the  writer  ex­
pressed  in  the Tradesman the  belief  that 
it  does  not  pay  to  fool  the  public  in  ad­
vertising,  no  matter how  much  attention 
is  attracted  thereby.  The  fact  is  one 
that  can  not  be  emphasized  too  much 
and  it  does  not  apply  to  the  written  ad­
vertisement  simply,  but  to  every  means 
used  to  catch  the  public  eye.  A  case 
in  point  comes  very  forcibly  to  mind 
just  now.

A  man  who  runs  a  gentleman’s  fur­
nishing  store  arranged  in  his  window  a 
device  which  was  intended  primarily  to 
attract  public  attention,  without  consid­
ering  results. 
It  was  not  a  new  device, 
but  the  dealer  in  men's  things  consid­
ered 
It  was  a  little  ma­
chine  operated  by  clockwork  and  so  ar­
ranged  that  every  two  minutes  a  small 
attachment  tapped  upon  the  inside  of 
the  show  window  so  loudly  that  the 
sound  could  be  readily  heard 
in  the 
street.

it  very  clever. 

The  effect  upon  the  passerby  was  al­
ways  the  same  and  may  be  readily 
guessed.  He  may  have  been  passing 
by  with  his  eyes  fixed  on  the  sidewalk 
or down  the  street.  Suddenly  his  atten­
tion  was  arrested  by  the  sound  of  some 
one  apparently  tapping  on  the  window 
pane.  He  would 
invariably  stop  and 
almost  at  the  same  time  would  see  that 
he  had  been  tricked.  What  he  had 
supposed  was  someone  in  the  store  tap­
ping  on  the  window  to  attract  bis  at­
tention  particularly  he  found  was  mere­
ly  a  device  intended  to  compel  him  to 
look  at  the  store  whether  or  no.

I  would 

The  result  was always  the  same.  The 
person  resumed  his  walk  irritated  and 
sore  because  his  thoughts  and  his  prog­
ress  had  been 
interrupted  by  the  ma­
chine. 
like  to  have  that  mer­
chant  figure  out  for  me  how  much  trade 
the  trick  pulled 
into  his  store,  how 
many  dollars  it  coaxed  over  his  counter 
and  how  many  permanent  customers  it 
brought  him. 
I  am  not  prepared  to  say 
that  he  would  not  be  able  to  make  some 
such  showing.  The  American  people 
are  a  good-natured  people,  as  anyone 
who  has  ever  been  in  a  crowd  of  them 
has  observed.  Did  you  ever  see  an 
American  crowd  suffering  discomfort 
without  someone  in  the  company  laugh­
ing  and  making 
light  of  his  troubles? 
It  may  be  in  a  crowded  street  car,  in  a 
passenger  train  stalled 
the  snow 
drifts,  in  some  place  of  public  assem­
blage  jammed  beyond 
its  capacity,  or 
even 
the 
American  sense  of  humor  is  so  strong 
that  it  never  deserts  an  American  crowd 
and  your  optimist  is  always  there  with 
his  jokes  to  drown  the  cries  and  sighs 
of  the  complainers.

in  a  time  of  danger,  but 

in 

This  American  quality  of  good  nature 
may  induce  a  few  to  accept  the  mer­
chant's window  tapping device as  a  joke 
and  it  may  call  attention  to  the  store 
and  result  in  a  sale.  But  good  nature  is 
a  poor  thing  to  bank  on. 
It  is  as  un­
certain  as  a  wheat-speculating  bank 
cashier  and 
liable  to  disappear  just  at 
the  wrong  moment,  just  as  he  prone  to 
do. 
If  the  merchant  will  estimate  the 
amount of  annoyance  caused  by bis win­
dow  tapping  device  he  will  relegate  it 
quickly  to  the  store  room  to  be  replaced 
by  a  window  display  so  attractive  that 
it  will  command  the  attention  of  the 
passerby  who  has  time  to  stop  and  look 
at  it  and  will  not  annoy  and  irritate  the 
man  who  has  not.

This  particular  device is spoken of be­

cause  it  is  ready  to  the  pen,  because 
it 
deserves  discussion  per  se  and  because 
it 
is  a  sample  of  numerous  devices 
which  enterprising  specialty  manufac­
turers  sometimes  urge  upon  the  mer­
chant  as  trade  pullers.  Some  very  good 
things  may  be  secured  to  augment  the 
display  of  goods  in  the  show  window, 
but  it  is  always  wise  to  select something 
that  pleases  the  public  and  does  not 
deceive  it.  After all,  everything  in  an 
advertising  way contributes  to  your  per­
sonal  reputation  for  veracity. 
If  you 
would  maintain  that,  you  must  tell  the 
truth  to  your  customer  as  well  as  to 
your  banker,  to  your  creditor  as  to  your 
in  your 
debtor,  in  your  windows  as 
office, 
in 
your  personal  conversation.  You  may 
tell  the  truth  under  all  these  conditions, 
but  if  you  fail 
in  a  single  one  it  will 
undo  all  the  good  accomplished  other-
wise.

in  your  advertisements  as 

is  giving  nothing  in  return. 

It  is  never  necessary  to  warp  the truth 
to  sell  goods.  The  public 
in  order 
in  business  for  what 
knows  you  are 
there 
is  in  it— to  make  at  least  a  living 
and  to  obtain,  if possible,  a  competence. 
The  public  is  willing  to  concede  you  a 
reasonable profit  just  as  the  public  itself 
enjoys  a  profit upon  what it sells.  Every 
in  this  world  is  a  seller  either of 
man 
goods  or 
labor  or  professional  service. 
The  man  who  is  not  a  seller  is  a  sell. 
is  giving  him  a  living  and 
The  world 
he 
If  he 
is  a  seller,  he  is  selling  what  he  has  to 
sell  at  a  profit. 
If  the  laborer sells  his 
labor  at $1.75  a  day,  he  feels  he  is  sell­
ing  it  for  more  than  he  could  make 
it 
profit  him  if  he labored for himself.  The 
lawyer  has  an  investment,  not merely  in 
law  books  and  gas  fixtures—and  I  say 
“ gas  fixtures"  with  no  intention  of  al­
luding  to  what  is  commonly supposed  to 
be  the  attorney's  stock  in  trade— but  he 
investment  of  money  and  years 
has  an 
spent 
in  preparation  and  in  acquiring 
the  knowledge  that  he  now  hopes  to  sell 
to  the  public  at  a  profit.

The  public  does  not  concede  you  this 
profit  through  any  fine  altruistic  prin­
ciples.  As  has  been  said,  it  claims  the 
same  thing  for  itself  and  is,  therefore, 
compelled  to  concede  it  to  you.  Since 
it  does  concede  it,  there  is  no  necessity 
for  either  trickery  or  false  statement. 
“ Corruption  wins  not  more  than  hon­
esty."  Apply  this  to  all  the  lines  of 
our  business  and  it  brings  us  back  to 
the  original  proposition—advertising— 
and  to  a  reiteration  of  the  rule  that  an 
advertisement  which  attracts  attention 
by  deceiving  the  public  is  not  good  ad­
vertising.

A  man  who  bad  traveled  much  once 
told  me  of  an  experience  he  claimed  to 
have  bad  repeatedly 
in  English  inns. 
The  waitress  would  ask  him :

“ Beef  or  mutton?”
“ A  little  beef,  well  done."
“ But  we  'aven’t  any  beef.”
If  you  specialize  on  any  article  any 
particular  day  you  should  be  prepared 
for  just  as  much  of  a  run  as  you  antici­
pate  unless  you  have  expressly  stated 
]ust  bow  limited  your  lot  of  this  or  that 
article  may  be.  Your  bargain-hunting 
customer  may  thus  be  saved  a  disap­
pointment  and  you  be  saved  the  loss  of 
a  bargain-hunting customer.  This  mat­
ter  is  spoken  of  in  this  connection  be­
cause  of  the  fact  that,  while  you  have 
no 
intention  of  deceiving  your  trade, 
you  will  be  given  credit  for  doing  so 
just  the  same  if  you  fail  from  any  cause 
to  fulfill  your  advertisement.

The  dealer  must  avoid  deceiving  the 
trade  of  his  store  in  his  advertising,  in 
his  show  windows  and  in  the  conduct 
of  his  business.  He  must  avoid  giving 
captious  critics  the  opportunity  to  ac­
cuse  him  of  it,  even  undeservedly.  F i­
nally,  he  must  philosophically  fortify 
himself  against  such  criticism  for  it  is 
pretty  certain  to  come  from  some  quar­
ter. 

Charles  Frederick.

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Coffee

Is the only  basis  for  a  perfect  cup 
of  coffee.  We  have  perfection  in 
roast.  Cup quality the best.

TELFER  COFFEE  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

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W e  are  making  a  fine  line  of

High  Grade  Package  Goods

as  follows:  E lk  Brand,  Viletta,  Marie,  Bermudas, 
Toasting  Marshmallows,  Mignonetta,  ioo  package, 
and  the  Famous  5c  package  Favorite  Sweets.

Straub  Bros.  &  Amiotte

Traverse  City,  Michigan

Commercial Travelers clothes  there  and  help  you  to  dress. 

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

25

Modesty  is  my  chief  reason,  but,  as  all
you  fellows  broke  your  necks  to  get 
lower  berths,  of  course  I  can’t  expect 
you  to  understand  or appreciate  it.”
A rranging  for the  A nnual Onting.
Jackson,  May  26—The  Jackson  Retail 
Grocers’  Association  has  named  the  fol­
lowing  committees  for  the  eleventh  an­
nual  excursion,  which  will  be  given 
about  the  usual  time,  the  second  week 
in  August:

Transportation  and  location—Geo.  E. 
Lewis,  J.  F.  Helmer,  P.  W.  Haefner, 
C.  G.  Hill.
Printing 

and  Advertising— H.  C. 

Eddy,  S.  Lewis,  W.  H.  Meder.

Tickets—L.  Pelton,  C.  G.  Hill,  W. 
H.  Porter,  J.  F.  Helmer,  H.  C.  Eddy, 
W.  H.  Meder,  J.  Dawson,  J.  L.  Peter- 
mann.

Badges— R.  C.  Cary,  L.  Pelton,  J. 

Dawson,

W.  H.  Meder.

Music—J.  L.  Petermann,  J.  Dawson, 

The  Committee  on  Transportation 

is 
in  correspondence  with  the  best  excur­
sion  points  within  the 
limit  of  a  one 
day  trip  and  will  try  to  find  the  greatest 
attractions  for  a  day  of  pleasure.

W.  H.  Porter,  Sec’v.

The  effect  of  the  coal  strike  is  being 
perceptibly  felt  along  other  lines  of  in­
dustry.  Naturally  it  comes  first  to  the 
railroads,  a  good  share  of  whose  busi­
ness  is  transporting  coal  from  the  mines 
and  distributing  it  in  different  sections 
of  the  country. 
If  none  is  mined,  none 
can  be  transported,  and  hence  the  roads 
must  dispense  with  the  services  of many 
train  crews  who  would  otherwise  be 
busily  employed.  The  men  thus  laid 
off  are  not  at  fault.  They  are  contented 
with  their  work  and  wages,  and  all  they 
ask  is  the  chance  to  do  one  and  get  the 
other.  The  railroads,  however,  cannot 
be  expected  to  pay  employes  in  idle­
ness. 
In  some  shops  the  forces  are  be­
ing  reduced,  and  there  will  be  more  of 
that  sort  of  thing  before  there  is  less. 
Here  again  the  burden  and  the hardship 
fall  upon  men  and  their  families  who 
are 
in  no  sense  at  fault  and  who  have 
no  complaint  except  that  arising  from 
lack  of  employment.  A  prolonged  strike 
in  the  coal  fields  is  very  far  reaching  in 
its  influence  and  results.

At  length  the  people  of  Massachusetts 
can  buy  and  eat  ice  cream  and  confec­
tionery,  can  purchase  and  drink  soda 
water  on  Sunday  without  violating  the 
statutes  of  that  State.  For  a  great  many 
years  there  have  been  in  existence  there 
what  are  called  blue  laws,  which  very 
limited  and  circumscribed  what 
much 
the  people  regarded  as  personal 
liberty 
on  Sunday.  That  the  laws  were  disre­
garded  and  more  honored  in  the  breach 
than  the  observance  did  not  affect  the 
fact  that  disobeying  them  constituted  a 
violation  of  the  statutes  subjecting  the 
offender to  punishment.  An  attempt  to 
enforce  the  law  raised  a  storm  of  pro­
its 
test  against 
in 
prompt  repeal  by  the  Legislature. 
It 
was  General  Grant  who  said  that  the 
best  way  to  secure  the  repeal  of  an  ob­
jectionable statute  is  to  enforce  it.  Now 
Bostonians  and  others  can  have  their 
candy,  their  ice  cream  and  their  soda 
water  on  Sunday  without  breaking  the 
law,  and  there  seems  to  be  general  sat­
isfaction  with  the  outlook.

it  which  resulted 

in  the  United  States 
Many  people 
have  strangely 
ideas  about 
inaccurate 
the  climate  in  the  West  Indies.  The 
New  York  committee  in  charge  of  the 
collection  and  forwarding  of  supplies  to 
Martinique  have  been  embarrassed  by  a 
number  of  kind  hearted  people  who 
have  sent  them  second  hand  overcoats, 
winter  flannels,  discarded 
furs  and 
heavy  wraps  of  various  sort.

Kehim Kniarhts of the Grip 

President,  John  A.  Weston,  Lansing;  Sec­
retary,  SI.  S.  Brown,  Safilnaw;  Treasurer, 
John W. Schram, Detroit.

Daited Commercial Travelers of Michina 

Grand  Counselor,  H.  E.  Bartlett,  Flint; 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  Kendall,  Hillsdale; 
Grand Treasurer, C. M. Edelman, Saginaw.

Bread Rapids Council Ho. 131, 0. C. T.

Senior  Counselor,  W.  S.  Burns;  Secretary 

Treasurer. L. F. Baker.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Traverse  City  Eagle :  Morgan  Paige 
has  taken  a  position  as  traveling  sales­
man  for  the  McMahon  Cracker  Co.,  of 
Chicago,  and  left  on  a  four  weeks’  trip 
yesterday.

An  accident  insurance company which 
does  not  promptly  pay  the  insured  for 
loss  of  time  caused  by  accident,  soon 
loses  the  confidence  of  its  patrons  and 
might  as  well  go  out  of  business.

Marshall  Statesman:  John  P.  Keu- 
chle,  of  Grand  Rapids,  son  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  George  Keuchle,  of  this  city,  has 
secured a position  as  traveling  represen­
tative  for  Swift  &  Co.,  of  Chicago.

Saginaw  Courier-Herald:  Alfred  J. 
Hooper  has  resigned  his position as  city 
salesman  for  the  William  Barie  Dry 
Goods  Co.  to  accept  a  similar  position 
with  Burnham,  Stoepel  &  Co.,  of  De­
troit.

improvement 

Less  variety  of  dishes  and  better 
cooks  would  be  an 
in 
many  of  the  tolerably  good  hotels  of 
this  country.  Many  a  good  piece  of 
meat  is  spoiled 
in  the  cooking  and 
many  an  ordinary  cut  is  made  palatable 
by  proper  cooking.

The  Pacific  slope  traveling  men  are 
talking  up  the  idea  of  writing  and stag­
ing  a  play  with  the  ubiquitous  com­
mercial  traveler as  the  central figure and 
hotel  clerks,  chambermaids,dining  room 
girls,  country  merchants  and  omnibus 
drivers  in  the  other  parts.  The  idea  i s ' 
a  good  one  and  needs  only  to  be  drawn 
life  to  become  a  winner  and  a 
true  to 
success. 
If  the  proper  characters  are 
selected  and  the  scenes  and  incidents 
taken  from  traveling  men’s  experiences 
there  will  be  but  little  need  for  imagi­
nation. 

_____

____  

W hy  He  Preferred  an  Upper B erth.
“ Why  do  I  prefer  an  upper  berth  to  a 
lower  in  a  sleeping  car?”   repeated  the 
drummer  as  he  counted  out  and  swal­
lowed  six  pellets  without  explaining 
whether  they  were  for  his  liver  or lungs.
“ Yes,  why?”   queried  the  man,  who 
was  felicitating  himself  on  having  se­
cured  lower  No.  7-

“ Well, 

there  are  various 

reasons. 
When  I  first  began  to  travel,  fifteen 
years  ago,  the  wheel  of  a  car  on  a  train 
flew  off  and  killed  a  man  in 
lower  No. 
5.  The  chap  over  him  never  got  a 
scratch.  Later  on  a  fellow  threw  a  stone 
at  the  car and  it  entered  the  window  of 
lower  No.  4  and  broke  the  sleeper’s 
thigh.  Man  over  him  never  woke  up.
Again,  a  car  I  was  on  ran  over  a  lot 
of  dynamite.  Man  in  lower  No.  7  was 
blown  up  with  the  floor  and  killed,  but 
the  one  over  him  didn  t  even  know  that 
anything  happened.  Once  more,  a  man 
in  a  lower  berth  can  be  easily  robbed, 
while  one 
in  an  upper  is  seldom 
troubled.  Last,  but  not  least—

“ What?”   was  asked,  as  he  paused.
“ I  always  undress,same  as  at a  hotel. 
There’s  no  telling  when  an  accident 
may  come.  In  case  the  car goes  off,  the 
upper  berth  is  apt  to  close  up  and  you 
are  thus  secure  from  the  gaze  of  the vul­
gar  public  until  the  porter  can  put  up  a 
tent  alongside  of  the  track,  get  your

SUCCESSFUL  SALESMEN.

Jo h n   C.  Em ery,  Representing;  Pow ers  & 

W alker  Casket  Co.

John  C.  Emery,  whose  ancestors 
fought  on  both  sides  in  the  Revolution, 
was  born  at  Somerville,  N.  J.,  Oct.  5, 
1866.  He  attended  the  primary  and 
high  schools  of  the  place,  graduating  at 
the  age  of  17  years.  He  then  went  to 
Buffalo  and  for  the  next  five  years  was 
in  the  employ  of  Baker,  Parrish  & 
Co.,  ship  chandlers.  Wishing  to  engage 
in  business  on  his  own  account,  he  re­
moved  to  Albion,  Neb.,  and  opened  a 
furniture  and  undertaking  establish­
ment.  After  four  years  he  sold  his  busi­
ness  and  removed  to  Detroit,  where  he 
secured  a  position  as  shipping clerk and 
city  salesman  for  the  Detroit  Metallic 
Casket  Co.,  which  position  he  resigned 
to  accept  an  offer  from  the  Powers  & 
Walker  Casket  Co.,  of  Grand Rapids,  to

self-made  man,  whose  success 
is  an 
honor  to  himself  and  a  gratification  to 
all  who  know  him.

The  time  may  be  at  hand  when  the 
building  business  will  pass  out  of  the 
hands  of 
individuals  and  into  that  of 
great  corporations  as  other  industries 
have  done.  For  instance,  it  is  reported 
that  a  construction  company  is  about  to 
be  organized  in  New  York  with  a  capi­
tal  of  $150,000,000  to  do  business  all 
over  the  country.  Such  a  concern would 
of  course  have  advantages 
in  the  pur­
chase  of  materials  and  in  being  able  to 
furnish  employes  with  work  in  all  sea­
sons.

One  phase  of  the  American  invasion 
arouses  violent  opposition  in  London. 
It  is  the  proposition  of  American  cap­
italists  to  erect  there  office  buildings  of 
the  sky-scraper  type  common  in  New 
York.  The  Londoners  say  such  struc­
tures  will  never  do,  but  it  may  be  dem­
onstrated  that  they  would  rise  above  the 
fog  that  envelops  the  British  metropo­
lis,  and  then  the  acceptance  of  the  sky­
scraper  would  be  assured.

Acme  Folding 

Basket  Holder
Brings  high  prices  for 
your  vegetables  because 
they  are  UF  out  of  the 
dirt  and  away  from  the 
dogs.
Vegetable and  fruit  dis­
play.  Made by
Hirst

Manufacturing Co.

Holly, Mich.

Sold by grocers and wood- 

enware Jobbers.

serve  in  the  capacity  of  traveling  sales­
man  in  the  territory  of  Michigan,  Ohio 
and  Indiana.  He  will  sever his connec­
tion  with  this  house  on  July  1,  1902,  to 
engage  with  the  Worden-Clarke  Co.,  25 
and  27  West Houston  Street,  New  York, 
in  the  capacity  of traveling  salesman, 
calling  on  the  casket  manufacturers  of 
Michigan-,  Ohio  and  Indiana  and  the 
entire  West,  Northwest  and  Southwest 
as  far  as  the  Missouri  and  Mississippi 
Rivers  with  a  special  line  of  dry  goods 
used  in  the  manufacture  of  caskets.

Mr.  Emery  was  married  at Plainfield,
N.  J.,  Sept.  10,  1891,  to  Miss  Mary 
Vliet  Henderson.  They  have  one  child, 
Ethel  Anna,  aged  9  years.  The  family 
resides  at  164  Southeast  street.

Mr.  Emery 

is  affiliated  with  B.  P.
O.  E.,  Masons,  Modern  Woodmen  and 
G.  R.  Council,  No.  131,  U.  C.  T .,  and 
now  holds  the  office  of  Junior  Counselor 
of  the  Grand  Rapids  Council.

Mr.  Emery  has  many  hobbies,  but  is 
not  methodical 
in  his  habit  of  riding 
them.  He  is  extremely  fond  of  all  ath­
letic  sports  and  plays  the National game 
far  better than  the  average  amateur.  He 
is  also  an  enthusiastic hunter and fisher­
man  and  displays  no  mean  ability  with 
the  gun  and  rod.  He  is  a  lover of  art 
and  books  and  has  surrounded  himself 
with  works  that  show  a  keen  literary 
taste.  He  has  a  freedom  of  expression 
and  a  ready  wit  which  make  him  an 
exceptionally  good  story-teller  and  he 
delights  in  the  pastime.

Mr.  Emery  has  a  happy  faculty  of 
impressing  his  individuality  upon  his 
friends  and  associates,  and  it  does  not 
soon  fade  out  in  forgetfulness.  What  he 
is,  he 
j?  of  himself  and  by_himself:  a

The Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel 

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

55  DOLLARS  IN  GOLD
W ill be  Paid  to Traveling  Salesmen  W ho 

Sell the  Most

“ Search-Light”  Soap

From now on up to December so, 1902, 

inclusive, as follows:

1st  Prize........................................... 25 Dollars in Gold
2nd  Prize............................................15 Dollars in Gold
3rd  Prize........................................... 10 Dollars In Gold
4th  Prize.............................................5 Dollars in Gold
For Sample Bar to carry and particulars address 

SEARCH-LIGHT  SOAP  COMPANY 

Office and W orks, D etroit, Mich. 
Search Light Soap is a Big Pure  Solid Twin 
Bar of Hygienic  Laundry,  Bath  and  Hand 

Toilet, Betails Five Cents.

We Are 

Satisfied Never

Although  now  spoken  of 
by  the  traveling  public  as 
the  best  hotel  in  the  State 
of  Michigan

The

Livingston

is constantly striving to  ob­
tain more convenience  and 
comfort for  its patrons.

Grand Rapids

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

Drugs-=Chem icals

- 

Mlnhlgm   State  Board of Pharm acy

Term expires
Henry  Hs u , Saginaw 
-  Deo. 31,1902
Deo. si, lflos
Wirt p.  Doty, Detroit - 
Clarence B. Stoddard, Monroe  Deo. 31,1904 
John It. Muir, w n u t Rapids 
Deo. 81,190b 
Arthur H. Webber, Cadillac 
Dec. 31,1906 
_ 

President, 
Secretary, He n r y   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  Pharm aceutical  Association.

Presldent-^JOHN  D.  Mu ir , «rand Baplds. 
Secretary—J .  W.  S e e l e y ,  Detroit 
Treasurer— D.  A   H a g e n s , Monroe.

The 

Artificial Mineral  Waters.
following  have  been 

recom­
mended  as  affording  suitable  artificial 
mineral  waters  for  charging  in  foun­
tains :

Vichy.

Sodium  carbonate................4250  grs.
Sodium  chloride................... no grs.
Potassium  chloride................14°  grs.
Sodium  bromide.....................10 grs.
Lithium  carbonate..................10 grs.
Calcium  chloride.................. 725  grs.
Magnesium chloride  ...........300 grs.
Water........................................ 10 gal.

Hunyadi.

Magnesium  sulphate........ 41,200  grs.
Sodium  sulphate  ............41,600  grs.
220 grs.
Potassium  sulphate................. 
Sodium  chloride......................   3.135 grs*
Sodium  bicarbonate.......   1,250 grs.
Water................................................ 10 gal.

Litfaia.

Lithum  carbonate............. 
Sodium  bicarbonate__  
Carbonated  water.............. 
For  “ still”  

120 grs.
1,100 grs.
10 gal.

lithia  water,  substitute 
lithium  citrate  for  the  carbonate  in  the 
above  formula.

High  Rock.

Sodium  carbonate_____ 4  480 grs.
Potassium  sulphate................. 15  grs.
Sodium  chloride.................2,270  grs.
Potassium  chloride........... 
85  grs.
Sodium  bromide................ 
10 grs.
Calcium  chloride................ i,o2ogrs.
Magnesium  chloride................. 
Iron  chloride.............................. 
Water.......................................... 

50 grs.
15 grs.
10 gal.

Deep  Rock.

Sodium  chloride...............  1,500  grs.
Potassium  chloride............ 1,500 grs.
Sodium  silicate...............  1,460  grs.
Sodium  carbonate........... 
520  grs.
Magnesium  chloride.......  
100  grs.
Calcium  chloride............  
200  grs.
260  grs.
Hydrochloric  acid........... 
Water................................  
10  gal.
Hair  Renewers and Preservatives.
1.  Bay  rum..........................   1  pt.
Alcohol...........................   8  ozs.
Castor  oil.......................   4  drs.
Ammonium  carbonate..  2  drs. 
Tincture  cantharides....  4  drs.
2.  Quinine  sulphate...........20  grs.
Powdered  borax............. 30  grs.
Ammonia  water.............  2  drs.
Tinct.  cinchona  comp..  4  drs. 
Bay  rum,  to  m a k e ......  4  ozs.
3.  Quinine  sulphate.......... 20 grs.
Tincture jaborandi.........   1  oz.
Glycerin...........................   1  oz.
Cologne  water....................2  ozs.
Bay  rum...........................   2  ozs.
Rose  water................................ 11 ozs.
Dissolve  the  quinine  in  the  rose water 
with  the  aid  of  20  drops  of  diluted 
sulphuric  acid,  and  add  the  glycerin 
Mix  the  tincture,  cologne  and  bay  rum 
and  add  the  rose-water  mixture.

4.  Quinine  hydrochlorate. 15  Gms.
Tartaric  acid..............   8  Gms.
Fid.  ext.  pilocarpus —  50 Cc. 
Tincture  cantharides.. 100 Cc.
G lycerin...................... 300 Cc.
Trip.  ext.  Jockey Club  100  Cc. 
Alcohol......................1,500 Cc.

Mix  and  set  aside  for  a  few  days, 

then  filter.

Quinine  sulphate............. 15  grs.
i  dr.
Borax.................................
Cologne............................. 2  ozs.
Tincture  cantharides---- 3  ozs.
i  dr.
Ammonia  water...............
G lycerin........................... 3  ozs.
Alcohol............................... 6  ozs.
Distilled  water,  to  make.. 16  ozs.
Tincture  cudbear  to  color.
Quinine  sulphate............. 25  grs.
Tincture  cantharides---- 2  drs.
Bay  rum............................ 10 ozs.
Glycerin........................... 4  ozs.
Rose  o il........................... 2  dps.
Neroli  oil......................... 5  dps.
Diluted sulphuric acid su:fficient.
Tincture  cudbear to  color.
Salicylic  Acid in  Straw berries.
Portes  and  A.  Desmoulieres  find
that  salicylic  acid  is  a  normal  constitu­
ent  of  strawberries  and  natural  straw­
berry juice  in which  it  is  probably  pres­
ent  as  methyl  salicylate. 
It occurs  both 
in  wild  and  cultivated  fruits.  They 
controvert  the  statement  of  Truchon  and 
Martin  Claude  that  the  coloration  ob­
tained  with  ferric chloride in  an ethereal 
extract  of  strawberry  juice  is  due  to  a 
tannin  and  state  that  the  method  of  re­
moving  this  advocated  by  these  author­
ities  also  removes  the  salicylic  acid. 
They  have  further succeeded in isolating 
a  crystalline  body  which  gives  the  reac­
tions  of  salicylic  acid. 
If  the  acid  be 
present  in  strawberries  it  is  quite  pos­
sible  that  it  may  be 
in  other  fruits; 
hence  great  care  will  be  necessary  in 
examinations  of  preserved  fruits lest  in­
dications  of  salicylic  acid  be  misinter-
preted.

Boot  Beer  E xtract.
I.  FI.  ext.  sarsaparilla....
FI.  ext.  calamus.............
Sassafras  o il..................
Wintergreen  o il.............
Anise  oil.........................
Alcohol.............................
Sugar color......................
Syrup  to  make..............

i  pt.
2  ozs.
4  drs.
i  dr.
i  dr.
1  pt.
2  pts.
i  gal.
2.  Essence  sassafras........... .  2  ozs.
2  OZS.
2  drs.
i  gal.

Essence  wintergreen....
FI.  extract  ginger.........
Syrup...............................
Caramel  sufficient  to  color.

The  quantities  above  given  are  pre 
sumed  to  be  sufficient  for a  io-gallon 
fountain.  This  may,  however  be  read 
ly  ascertained  by  a  trial  or  two.

A lm ond  Paste  P or the  Hands.

Blanched  almonds..................1 '/£  lbs.
Rice  powder...........................4  ozs.
Orris  powder.......................... 6  ozs.
Spermaceti.............................  
oz.
Almond  oil.............................. 2  ozs.
White  soft  soap .....................2  ozs.
Essential  almond o il............. 1 
dr.
Bergamot  oil.......................... 3  drs.
Otto  of  rose...........................   %  dr.
Beat  the  almonds  to  a  paste,  add  the 
spermaceti  oil  of  almonds and  soap  pre 
viously  melted,  then  the  powders  and 
perfumes.  The  mass  to  be  beaten  until 
quite  smooth  and  the  consistency  ad 
justed  by  adding  more  powders  or  gly 
Cerin.

Yellow  Paste  Sheep  Dip.

Yellow  arsenious  sulphide..3  parts.
Dried  sodium  carbonate__ 3  parts.
Sulphur................................... 1  part.
Soft  soap................................. 3  parts.
Make 

into  a  paste.  From  2  to  3  lbs. 
of  the  paste 
is  first  dissolved  in  a  few 
gallons  of  boiling  water,  and  then  more 
water  added  to  make  30 gals.—a  quan 
tity  which  suffices  to dip  twenty-five  to 
thirty  sheep.
Horse Colic  and  Inflam m ation? D raught,

Ether  rect.................................oz.
Tr.  opii...................................   6 drs.
Spt.  ammon. arom...................   1 oz.
y2  oz.
Tr.  asafoetidae................ 
01.  lini  ad.................................y2 pt.
Give  at  one  dose,  and  repeat  in  an 

 

hour  if  necessary.

The  G erm icidal  A ction  of  th e  Organic 

Peroxides.

Drs.  F.  G.  Novy  and  P.  C.-  Freer  of 
the  University  of  Michigan  presented 
at  the  Chicago  meeting  of  the American 
Society  of  Bacteriologists  an 
important 
paper that  has  been  extensively  but  not 
very  accurately  reported 
in  the  daily 
papers.  The  authors  stated  that  their 
nvestigation  was  begun  with  the  object 
of  finding  the  correct  explanation  of  the 
action  of  metals  and  of  sunlight  upon 
bacteria.  Certain  metals  such  as  gold 
and  copper  exert  a  marked  inhibiting 
and  even  germicidal  effect  upon  some 
bacteria  but  the  interpretation  of  the  re­
sults  has  not  been  wholly  satisfactory. 
The  fact  that  various  surfaces  such  as 
metals  and  fabrics  exert a  marked  effect 
upon  the  formation  of  benzoyl  acetyl 
peroxide  was  established  by  the  authors 
and  served  as  a  basis  for the  view  that 
metals  act  upon  bacteria  by giving  rise 
to  energetic  peroxides  which  of  neces­
sity  must  be  more  active  than  ordinary 
peroxides.  The  action  of  sunlight  has 
been  ascribed  by  different  workers  to 
hydrogen  peroxide  but  the  destructive 
is  greater  than  that 
action  observed 
which  can  be  credited  to  this  body. 
In 
order  to  substantiate  the  theory  of  the 
authors  regarding  the  action  of  metals 
and  of  sunlight  it  was  deemed  neces­
sary  to  investigate  the  action  of  a  num­
ber  of  known  organic  peroxides.  The 
results  show  that  some  of  these  bodies 
such  as  aceton  peroxide  and  dibenzoyl 
peroxide are  wholly  inert.  On  the  other 
hand  solutions  of  diacetyl  benzoyl acetyl 
and  of  benzoyl  hydrogen  peroxides  and 
of  pbthalmonoper  acid exert pronounced 
and  even  remarkable germicidal  proper 
ties.  With  reference  to  diacetyl  per 
oxides  and  benzoyl  acetyl  peroxide  (the 
latter  is  commercially  known  as  acet 
ozone  the  new  internal antiseptic)  it was 
shown  that  the  bodies  themselves  are 
chemically  and  bacterially  inert  but  on 
contact  with  water  they  undergo  by 
drolysis  and  give  rise  to  the  extremely 
energetic  acetyl  hydrogen  and  benzoyl 
hydrogen  peroxides.  A  solution  of 
these  peroxides  (1:3000)  is  capable  of 
destroying 
pathogenic  bacteria 
Cholera  .and  typhoid  germs  added  to 
tap  water  are  promptly  destroyed  by  the 
addition  of  one  part  of  peroxide  to 100, 
000  parts  of  water.  The  authors  point 
out  the  probable  value of these peroxides 
in  the  prevention  and  cure  of  these  and 
allied  diseases.  The  destruction  of  bac 
teria 
in  the  mouth  and  saliva  takes 
place  with  extraordinary  rapidity  and 
the  reagents  have  shown 
themselves 
in  diseases  of  the  mouth.  The 
useful 
powerful  effects  of  the  organic peroxides 
is  not  explainable  as  due  to  nascent 
oxygen  since  a  solution  of hydrogen per 
oxide  which  will  produce  equal  germi 
cidal  action  contains  one  or  even  two 
hundred  times  as  much  nascent  oxygen 
The  authors  incline  to  the  belief  that 
the  acetyl  and  benzoyl  ions  are  the  ac 
tive  agents

all 

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Buchu  Leaves— Are  very  firm  and  ad­
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Paris  Green— Is  very  scarce  and  ad­

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Strawberry  syrup............................ 10 ozs.
Vanilla syrup....................................to ozs.
Raspberry  syrup...........................   8 ozs.
Chocolate  syrup.............................   4 ozs-
In  serving  draw  two  fluid  ounces  of 
this  syrup  into  a  12-ounce glass,  add  one 
or  two  fluid  ounces  of  cream,  nearly  fill 
the  glass  with  the  coarse  stream  of  car­
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aged.  Whether  this 
article 
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Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine— Is  steady.
Caffeine— Has  declined  50c  per  lb.  on 

account  of  competition.

.Cod  Liver Oil— Is  still  advancing  on 

account  of  small  catch.

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

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—Menthol.
Declined—

Aeldum

Aoetlcum................$  6®$  8
Benzolcum, German.  70®  75
Boracic....................  @  17
Carbollcum.............   34®  39
Cltrlcum..................   43®  46
Hydrochlor.............. 
3® 
6
8®  10
Nltrocum................  
OxOllcum.................  13®  14.
®  16
Phosphorium,  dll... 
Sallcyllcum  ............   SO®  63
Sulphurlcum...........  IX® 
6
Tannlcum.................. 1 
Tartarlcum............  
38®  40
Am m onia
Aqua, 16 deg............  
6
4® 
6® 
Aqua, 20 deg............  
8
Carbonas....................  19®  16
Chlorldum.................. 
12®  14

10®  1 20

A niline

00® 2 26

60® 8 00

1

Black........................  2 
Brown......................  80® 1 00
Red..........................  46®  80
Yellow.....................   2 

Baccw
Cubebae..........po,26  22®  24
Junt perns................  
8
Xanthoxylum.........   1  70®  1  75
Balsam um
Copaiba.....................   60®  66
Peru  .......................  
Terabln,  Canada__   60®  66
Tolutan......................  
46®  60

6® 

Cortex
18
Abies, Canadian......  
J2
Casslse...................... 
-Cinchona Flava......  
1»
Euonymus atropurp.
20
Myrlca Ceriiera, po. 
Prunus Vlrglni........ 
1
12
Quillala, gr’d ........... 
Sassafras.......po. 16 
12
Ulmus.. .po.  18, gr’d 
20
E xtractum
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.  24®  26
Glycyrrhlza,  p o .....  28®  30
Haematox, 16 lb. box  11®  12
Haematox, is ...........  13®  14
Haematox,  V4s.........  
14®  15
16®  17
Haematox, 54s.........  
Terra
18
Carbonate  Preclp... 
Citrate and  Qulnla.. 
2  28
Citrate Soluble...... 
76
Ferrocyanldum Sol.. 
40
Solut. Chloride........ 
16
Sulphate,  com’l......  
2
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt.........  
80
Sulphate,  pure........ 
7

Flora

Folia

Arnica..................... 
16®  18
22®  26
Anthemls................. 
Matricaria...............   30©  36

Barosma..................   36©  40
Cassia Acutlfol, Tin-
nevelly.................  
20®  26
Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis,  fcs
and V4s.................  
12®  20
Ova Ursl..................  
8®  10
Gummi
8   66
Acacia, 1st picked... 
©  46
Acacia,2d  picked... 
Acacia,3d  picked... 
6   36
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
©  28
Acacia, po................  46®  66
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape... .po. 16.  @  12
Aloe,  Socotrl..po.40  @  30
Ammoniac...............   66®  60
Assafoetlda__po. 40  25®  40
Benzolnum..............  60©  86
6   13
Catechu, is .............. 
Catechu, 14s............  
©  14
© 
Catechu, 14s............. 
J*
Camphorae..............  64®  69
Eupnorblum...po. 36 
®  40
Gafbanum...............  
®  l  00
Gamboge............ po  80®  *5
Gualacum....... po. 36 
®  36
Kino...........po. $0.76 
®  76
M astic....................  
®  80
Myrrh............ po. 48  @ 4 0
Opll__ po.  4.20@4.30 3 20® 3 25
Shellac.................... 
38®  46
Shellac, bleached....  40®  45
Tragacanth.............   70®  1  00
26
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
20
Eupatorlum. .oz. pkg 
26
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__oz. pkg 
28
23
Mentha Pip.. oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr..oz. pkg 
26
Rue.............. oz. pkg 
39
Tan ace turn Y oz. pkg 
22
rhymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
26
Magnesia
Calcined, P at...........  66®  60
Carbonate, Pat........ 
18®  20
Carbonate, K. & M..  18®  20
'arbonate, Jennings  18®  20

H erba

Oleum

Absinthium.............  7  00® 7 20
Amygdalae,  Dulc....  60®  60
Amygdalae, Amarae.  8 00® 8 26
A nlsf......................  l  60® i 66
Aurantl Cortex........2  10® 2 20
Bergamll.................  2  40® 2 60
Cajiputl...................   80®  86
Caryophylll............  
76®  80
Cedar......................  80®  86
Ghenopadli.............. 
© 2 75
Clnnamonll...............l  oo@  l io
Ottronella................ 
88®  «

10® 

Conlum Mac............   SO®  90
Copaiba...................  l  16® l  26
Cubebae...................  l  30® l  36
Exechthltos............   l  00® l  10
Erlgeron.................  l oo®  l  io
Gaultheria..............  2 00® 2  10
Geranium, ounce.... 
®  76
Gosslppll, Sem. gal..  60®  60
Hedeoma.................  l 66® l  70
Junlpera.................  l 60® 2  00
Lavendula..............  90® 2 oo
Llmonls...................  1  16®  1  26
Mentha Piper.........   2  10® 2  20
Mentha Verld.........   1  80® 2 00
Morrhuae, ¡gal......... 1  20®  l  30
Myrcia...  ..............  4 00® 4 60
Olive.......................   76® 3 00
PlcisLlqulda........... 
12
®  36
Plcls Llqulda,  gal... 
Rlcina.....................   1 00® 1  06
Rosmarinl................ 
© 1 00
Rosae, ounce............ 6 00® 6 60
Succlnl....................   40®  46
Sabina....................   90® l 00
Santal....................... 2 76® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
66®  60
Slnapis,  ess., ounce. 
©  66
Tiglll.......................   1  50®  1  60
Thyme.....................   40®  60
Thyme, opt.............. 
©  1 60
Theobromas........... 
16®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb....................  
16®  18
13®  15
Bichromate............. 
Bromide................. 
62®  57
C arb....................... 
12® 
16
Chlorate... po. 17® 19  16®  18
Cyanide...................  34®  38
Iodide......................  2 30® 2  40
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com.  @  16
7® 
Potass Nltras, opt... 
10
6® 
Potass  Nltras.......... 
8
Prusslate.................  
23®  26
Sulphate po............  
15®  18

Radix

Aconltum.................  20®  26
Althae...................... 
30®  33
Anchusa............ 
10®  12
Arum  po.................  
©  26
Calamus...................  20®  40
Gentlana.........po. 16 
12®  16
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  16 
16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden.  @  75
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  80
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
12® 
15
Inula,  po.................  
18®  22
Ipecac, po...............   3 60® 3 76
Iris  plOX...po. 36®38  35®  40
Jalapa, p r................  26®  30
Maranta,  14s ...........  @  36
Podophyllum,  po...  22®  26
Rhel.........................  76®  l  00
Rhel,  cut.................  @  1  26
Rhel, pv..................    75®  1  35
Spigella...................  36®  38
Sangulnarla.. .po.  15  @  18
Serpentaria........ . 
60®  66
Senega................  
  60®  66
Smllax, officinalis H.  @  40
Smllax, M................ 
©  26
Sclllae..............po. 36 
10®  12
Symplocarpus.Foeti-
dus,  po.................  @  26
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30  @ 2 6
16®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
14®  16
Zingiber j.................  26®  27
Semen

Anlsum...........po.  18  @  16
Aplum (graveleons).  13®  15
Bird, is....................  
4® 
6
10®  11
Carol............... po.  16 
Cardamon...... .......... 1  26®  1  76
Coriandrom.............  
8®  10
Cannabis Satlva......   4H@  6
Cydonium...............  
76® 1  00
16@  16
Cnenopodlum.........  
DtpterlxOdorate....  1  00®  1  10
Foeniculum..............  @ 
10
Foenugreek, po........ 
9
7® 
L int.........................  4  @ 
6
Lini, grd...... bbl. 4 
4  @ 
6
Lobelia....... ...........  1  60®  1 65
Pharlaris Canarian..  4H@ 
5
Rapa.......................  4*4® 
6
Slnapis  Alba........... 
o® 
10
Slnapis  Nigra.........  
li® 
12
Splritus
Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 60 
Frumentl,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 26
Frumenti.....................   l  26®  l 60
Juniperls Co. O. T...  1  66® 2 00
Junlperls  Co...........  1  76® 3 60
Saacharum  N. E __  1  90®  2  10
Spt. Vlnl Galli.........   1  76® 6 60
Vlnl Oporto.................   1  25® 2 00
Vlnl Alba.....................   1  26® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage.....................   2 50® 2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......  
®  l  60
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1  26
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................  @ 100
Hard, for slate use..  @  75
Yellow  R e e f,  for
slate use...............   @ 1  40
Syrups
Acacia....................  
®  60
Aurantl Cortex........  @ 6 0
©  60
Zingiber..................  
©  60
Ipecac...................... 
Ferrllod................. 
©  60
Rhel Arom.............. 
©  60
Smllax  Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega....................   @  60
80IIISB...  .................  
n   50

Sclllse  Co....
Tolutan......
Prunus  vlrg

Tinctures
Aconltum Napellls R 
Aconltum Napellls F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh.... 
Arnica....................  
Assafoetlda..............  
A trope Belladonna.. 
Aurantl Cortex.......  
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co..............  
Barosma................... 
Cantharldes............  
Capsicum................. 
Cardamon...............  
Cardamon Co........... 
Castor...................... 
Catechu)................... 
Cinchona................. 
Cinchona Co............  
Columba.................  
Cubebae....................  
Cassia Acutlfol........ 
Cassia Acutlfol Co... 
Digitalis................... 
Ergot.......................  
Ferrl  Chlorldum.... 
Gentian................... 
Gentian Co.............. 
Guiaca...................... 
Guiaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus............  
Iodine  ....................  
Iodine, colorless...... 
K ino.......................  
Lobelia.................... 
Myrrh...................... 
Nux Vomica............. 
Opll.......................... 
Opll, comphorated.. 
Opll, deodorized..... 
Quassia................... 
Rhatany................... 
Rhel......................... 
Sangulnarla...........  
Serpentaria............. 
Stromonlum............  
Tolutan................... 
Valerian................. 
Veratrum  Verlde... 
Zingiber............ 

@  60 
@  60 
@  60

60
60
60
60
60
60
60
so
60
60
so
75
So
76
75
1 0o
60
60
60
60
60
Bo
60
60
Bo
36
So
60
60
60
So
75
76
Bo
Bo
Bo
Bo
75
Bo
1  60
&o
60
60
60
Bo
60
60
60
60
2o

M iscellaneous 

.Ether, Spts. Nit. ? F  30®  36
¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   214® 
3
Alumen,  gro’d..po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto...................   40®  60
Antlmoni, po........... 
4® 
5
Antlmoni et Potass T  40®  60
Antlpyrin................  @  26
Antifebrln..............  @  20
©  45
Argentl Nltras, oz... 
Arsenicum.............. 
10® 
12
46®  60
Balm Gilead  Buds.. 
Bismuth S. N...........  1 66®  1 70
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
@ 
9
Calcium Chlor., Ms.. 
@  10 
Calcium Chlor., 148..
@  12
Cantharides, Rus.po  @  80
@  15
Capslcl Fructus, af.. 
Capslcl  Fructus, po. 
@  15
Capslcl Fructus B, po
@  16
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
12®  14
@ 3 00 
Carmine, No. 40 
66®  60
Cera Alba
Cera Flava..............  40®  42
@  40
Coccus  ...........
@  36
Cassia Fructus
Centraria........
@  10
Cetaceum.................  @  46
Chloroform.............  66®  60
Chloroform,  squlbbs  @  1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  39®  1  60
Chondros................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne.P. & W  38®  48
Clnchonldine, Germ.  38®  48
Cocaine...................  4 65® 4 75
76
Corks, list, dls. pr. ct. 
Creosotum...............   @  46
Creta............bbl. 76 
@  2
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, preclp........... 
9® 
11
Creta, Rubra...........  @ 
8
Crocus....................   26®  30
Cudbear..................   @  24
Cuprl Sulph.............  6H@ 
8
Dextrine........... 
7®  10
Ether Sulph............   78®  92
Emery, all numbers.  @ 
8
Emery, po................  @ 
6
E rgota.........po. 90  86®  90
Flake  White........... 
12®  16
Galla.......................   @  23
Gambler.................  
8® 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper......   @  60
Gelatin, French......   36®  60
75 &  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box......  
70
Glue, brown............  
li®  
13
Glue,  white............  
is®  26
Glycerina.................  17H®  26
Grana Paradlsl........  @  26
Humulus.................   26®  66
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
l 00 
Hydrarg Chlor Cor..
@  90
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m.
@ 1 10
@ 20
Hydrarg Ammonlatl 
HydrargUnguentum
60® 60
Hydrargyrum.........
@ 86
Ich thyoibolla, Am...
66® 70
Indigo......................
76®  1 00 
Iodine,  Resubl........
40® 3 60 
Iodoform.................
60®  3 86
Lupulin....................
@ 60
Lycopodium.............  66®
66® 70
M ads.......................   66®
66® 76
Liquor Arsen et  Hy
drarglod..............
® 26
LlquorPotassArslnll 
10® 12
Magnesia,  Sulph....
2® 8
@
*0® ’#

Menthol............ .
Morphia, S., P. & W. 2 
Morphia, S..N.Y. Q.  2
Morphia, MaL......... 2
Moschus  Canton....
Myrlstlca, No. 1......
Nux Vomica...po. 15
Os Sepia..................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D  Co....................
Plcls Llq. N.N.V4 gal.
doz.......................
Plcls Llq., quarts__
Plcls Llq.,  pints......
Pll Hydrarg. ..po. 80 
Piper  Nigra...po. 22 
Piper  A lba....po.36
Pllx Burgun............
Plumbl Acet............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opll  l 
Pyrethrom, boxes H.
& P.D.Co., doz...
Pyrethrom,  pv........
Quasslae..................
Qulnla, S. P. &  W... 
Qulnla, S.  German..
Qulnla, N. Y............
Rubla Tlnctorum.... 
Saccharam Lactls pv
Salacln....................  4
Sanguis  Draoonls...
Sapo, W...................
Sapo M....................
Sapo G....................

@ 4 80 Seldlltz Mixture......
20® 22
16® 2 40 Slnapis....................
® 18
15® 2 40 Slnapis,  opt............
@ 30
15® 2 40 Snuff, Maccaboy, De
® 40
Voes....................
@ 41
66® 80 Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s
@ 41
® 10 Soda, Boras.............
9® 11
36® 37 Soda,  Boras, po......
9® 11
23® 26
Soda et Potass Tart.
@ 1 00 Soda,  Carb..............
1H@ 2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
3® 6
@ 2 00 Soda,  Ash...............
3H@ 4
® 1 00 Soda, Sulphas.........
@ 2
® 86 Spts. Cologne...........
@ 2  60
® 50 Spts. Ether  Co........ B0® 55
® 18 Spts. Myrcia Dom...
® 2 00
® 30 Spts. Vlnl Rect.  bbl.
@
@ 7 Spts. Vlnl Rect. ttbbl
@
10® 12 Spts. Vlnl Rect. lbgal
®
30® 1 50 Spts. Vlnl Rect. 6 gal
®
80® 1  06
Strychnia, Crystal... 
Sulphur,  Subl.........
4
@ 76
2*®
25® 30 Sulphur, Roll........... 2*® 3*
8® 10 Tamarinds..............
8® 10
30® 40 Terebenth Venice...
28® 30
3 ® 40 Theobromae.............
so® 66
30® 40 Vanilla.................... 9 00@16 00
12® 14 Zind Sulph..............
7® 8
22
20®
60® 4
75
40® 60
12® 14 Whale, winter.........
10® 12 Lard, éxtra..............
© 16 Lard, No. l ..............

BBL.  QAL.
70
90
66

70
86
60

Oils

37

Linseed, pure raw...  65 
Linseed,  Dolled........  66 
Neatsfoot, winter str  43 
Spirits  Turpentine..  60 

68
69
70
63
Paints  BBL.  LB.
Red Venetian...... . 
lii  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars.  IK  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow Ber... 
lit  2  @3 
Putty,  commercial..  214  2K@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2K  2K@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............  
13®  16
76
Vermilion, English..  70® 
Green,  Paris........... 
14® 
18
Green, Peninsular...  13® 
16
Lead, red.................  S  @  6H
Lead,  white............   6  @-  6J4
Whiting, white Span  @  90
Whiting, gilders’__   @  96
White, Paris, Amer.  @ 125
Whiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff.......................  @140
Universal Prepared.  1  10®  1  20

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10® 1  20
Extra Turp..............  1 60®  17 0
Coach Body............  2 76® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Fum...... 1 00®  i  10
Extra Turk Damar..  l  66®  1  60 
Jap.Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  79

D r u g s

W e  are  Importers  and  Jobbers of Drugs, 

Chemicals  and  Patent  Medicines.

W e  are  dealers  in  Paints,  Oils  and 

Varnishes.

W e  have  a  full  line  of  Staple  Druggists’

, Sundries.

W e  are  the  sole  proprietors  of  W eath­

erly’ s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e  always  have  in  stock  a  full  line  of 
W hiskies,  Brandies,  Gins,  W ines 
and  Rums 
for  medical  purposes 
only.

W e  give  our  personal  attention  to  mail 

orders  and  guarantee  satisfaction.

All  orders  shipped and invoiced the same 
day  received.  Send  a  trial  order.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

i

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

These quotations are  carefully  corrected  weekly,  within  six  hoars  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

DECLINED

IE3

F a ir.... 
Good... 
Fancy.. 
GaUons.

CARBON OILS 

B arrels

Eocene.......................
Perfection..................
Diamond White..........
D. S. Gasoline............
Deodorized Naphtha..
Cylinder...................... 29
Engine.........................19
Black, winter..............  9

CATSUP

Columbia,  pints..............
Columbia, *  pints...........

CHEESE
A cm e.................. 
Amboy....................  
Emblem................... 
Gem......................... 
Gold Medal.............. 
Ideal......................  

1  80 
1 36 
1 40 
8 60

@ 9 
@12* 
@10* 
@34 
@22 
@10*

.2 00 
.1 26

© ?3.
Sj}**
®
@  „
@13
@

Brick.......................   H@10
Edam....................... 
g*»
Leiden....................  
@}7
Llmburger...............  
13@14
60@75
Pineapple................ 
Sap  i&go.................  
19020

CHEW ING GUM 
66
American Flag Spruce.... 
Beeman’s Pepsin.............. 
60
»
Black J a c k ................... 
Largest Gum  Made.........  
bo
Sen Sen  ....... .................  
“6
l  00
Sen Sen Breath Perfume., 
Sugar Loaf.......................  ®
Yucatan............................ 
80

CHICORY

 

Bulk...................... 
J
Red........................................7
Eagle..................................   *
Franck’s ..............................  *
Schener’s .............................  *

 

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker ft Co.’s.

German  Sweet....................   23
Premium..............................  “i
Breakfast Cocoa..................   46

Eunkel Bros.

Vienna Sweet.................... 
jji
Vanilla.................................  28
Premium..............................  *i

CLOTHES  LINES 

DwineU-Wright  Co.’s Brands.

5

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......................  10*
Cubans.............................  11*
Currant Fruit...................  12
Frosted Honey..................  12
Frosted Cream............ 
9
Ginger Gems, l’rge or snail  8 
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C—  
6*
Gladiator...........................  10*
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....................  
ll*
Milk Biscuit......................  7*
Molasses Cake.................  
8
Molasses Bar.................... 
9
Moss Jelly Bar.................   12*
Newton..............................  12
Oatmeal Crackers.............  8
Oatmeal Wafers................  12
Orange Crisp....................  
9
9
Orange Gem...................... 
Penny Cake...........   ........   8
Pilot Bread, XXX............. 
7*
Pretzelettes, hand made..  8*
Pretzels, hand  made................. 8*
Scotch Cookies..................  9
Sears’ Lunch....................   7*
8
Sugar Cake........................ 
Huear Cream. XXX.........  
"
Sugar Squares................... 
8
Sultanas............................   13
Tuttl Fruttl.......................  16
Vanilla Wafers.................   16
Vienna Crimp................... 
8
E. J. Kruce ft Co.’s baked good 

Standard Crackers.
Blue Ribbon Squares. 
WrlteJor  complete  price  list 

with interesting discounts.
CREAM TARTAR

6 and 10 lb. wooden boxes...... 80
Bulk In sacks...........................29

D R IED   FRUITS 

Apples

California Prunes

Sundried.........................  ®6*
Evaporated, 60 lb. boxes.  @10 
100-120 26 lb. boxes........  @ 3*
90-100 26 lb. boxes........  0  4*
80-9026lb. boxes........  0  5
70 - 80 26 lb. boxes........  0  5*
60-70 26 lb. boxes........  @6
50 - 60 26 lb. boxes........  @ 7*
40-60 26 lb. boxes........  0  8*
30 - 40 26 lb. boxes........ 
8*
California F ru its

*  cent leas In 60 lb. oases 

Peel

Citron

Raisins

C urrants 

Apricots.....................   O il*
Blackberries..............
Nectarines.................  
8*
Peaches.................  
 
09*
Pears.......................... 9*
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles.................
Raspberries...............
Leghorn...................................ll
Corsican...........................   12*
California, l lb.  package....
Imported, 1 lb package......... 7*
Imported,bulk.............. 
7
Citron American 19 lb. bx...lS 
Lemon American 10 lb. bx..lS 
Orange American 10lb. bx.. 13 
London Layers 2 Crown. 
l 75
1  90
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown.............
7
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
7*
8*
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, 1  lb...... o*@io
L. M .,Seeded,* lb .... 
8
Sultanas, bu lk ....................11
Sultanas, package..............ll*
FARINACEOUS GOODS 
Dried Lima..........................  5*
Medium Hand Picked 
i  76
Brown Holland................... 2 25
241 lb. packages................ l  18
Bulk, per 100 Tbs..................2 60
Flake, 60 lb. sack................   90
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl................ 6 00
Pearl, 100 lb. sack.....................2 80
M accaroni and V erm icelli
Domestic, 10 lb. box............   60
Imported. 25 lb. box................. 2 80
Common...................................3 00
Chester......................................2 76
Empire......................................8 66
Green, Wisconsin, bu..........1  90
Green, Scotch, bu.....................2 00
Split,  lb...............................   4
Boiled Avena, bbl.....................6 40
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks........ 2 80
Monarch, bbl.... ......................6 00
Monarch, *  bbl........................2 62
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks..........2  40
Quaker, oases........................... 8 20

P earl B arley

R olled  Oats

H om iny

F arin a

Beans

Peas

White House, 1 lb. cans......
White House, 2 lb. cans......
Excelsior, M. ft J. 1 lb. cans 
Excelsior, M. ft J. 2 lb. cans 
Tip Top, M. ft 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  ft Judson 
Gro. Co..  Grand  Rapids,  C.  El­
liott ft  Co.,  Detroit,  B.  Desen- 
berg ft Co., Kalamazoo, Symons 
Bros, ft  Co.,  Saginaw,  Jackson 
Grocer Co.,  Jackson,  Melsel  ft 
Goeschel,  Bay  City,  Fielbach 
Co., Toledo.
No.  9...................................  8*
No. 10...................................9*
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

Teller Coffee Co. brands

Delivered In 100 lb. lots.

 

Rio

Santos

M aracaibo

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

G uatem ala

Mexican

Ja v a

Mocha

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

Package 

New York Baals.

Arbuokle.............................10*
DUworth.............................10*
Jersey................................. io*
Lion.................................... 10
M cLaughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  ail  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin ft 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City *   gross.............  76
Felix *  gross.......................1 15
Hummers fo il*  gross......  85
Hummel’s tin *  gross........l  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 oo
Challenge..................................* 10
Dime.........................................8 36
Milkmaid.................................. 6 10
Tip  Top.................................... 3 85
Nestles..................................... 4 25
Highland  Cream......................5 00
St. Charles Cream.....................4 60
Peerless Evaporated Cream.4 00 
National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour............................ 
6*
New York......................... 
8*
Family..............................  6*
Salted................................  6*
Wolverine......................... 
6K
Soda  XXX................  
  6K
Soda, City......................... 
8
Long Island Wafers.........   13
Zephyrette........................   13
F a u st............................. 
  7*
Farina............................... 
6:
Extra Farina....................  
6
Saltlne Oyster...................  6M
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
A nim als........................  10
Assorted  Cake.................   10

Oyster

Soda

 

Index to  Markets

By Columns

¡4

 

B

G

H

A

I
J

D
F

  M

Col.
..........  15
Akron  Stoneware.......
.........   1
Alabastlne..................
.........   1
Axle Grease..........................   1
.........   1
Baking Powder...........
.........  1
Bath  Brick................. .
Brooms........
Brushes.......,
Butter Color.
Candles..............................  
Candles....................................  1
Canned Goods......... t...........   2
Catsup.....................................  3
Carbon Oils............................   8
Cheese.....................................   3
Chewing Gum.........................  3
Chicory....................................  3
Chocolate.................................  3
Clothes Lines...........................  3
Cocoa......................................   3
Cocoanut.................................  3
Cocoa Shells...........................  3
Coffee.....................................   3
Condensed MUh......................  4
Coupon Boohs........................   IB
Crackers.................................  *
Cream Tartar.......................   5
Dried  Fruits.........................  B
Farinaceous  Goods..............  B
Fish and Oysters....................  13
Fishing Tackle...................       6
Flavoring Extracts...............   6
Fly  Paper.............................   8
Fresh Meats..........................  6
Fruits............................... 
 
Fruit Can Wrench................. .6
Gelatine.................................  6
Grain Bags..............................  7
Grains and Flour...................  7
Herbs....................................  7
Hides and Pelts....................  13
Indigo........-.........................   7
Jelly ......................................  7
Lamp Burners........................  IB
Lamp Chimneys.....................  15
Lanterns................................  15
Lantern  Globes....................  15
Licorice.................................  7
Lye........................................   7
Meat Extracts.......................  7
Molasses................................  7
Mustard.................................  7
Nuts........................................  14
OU Cans.................................  15
Olives....................................  7
Pickles...................................  7
Pipes.................... ;...............   7
Playing Cards.........................   8
Potash.....................................   8
Provisions...............................   8
Bice.........................................  8
Saleratus.................................  9
Sal Soda...................................  8
Salt..........................................   »
Salt  Fish...............................
Seeds......................................   9
Shoe Blacking.........................   9
Snuff.......................................  10
Soap.........................................  9
Soda.......................................
Spices..............~...................   io
Starch.....................................  JO
Stove Polish...........................  10
8ugar......................................   ll
Syrups....................................   10
Table Sauce...........................  12
Tea..........................................  11
Tobacco..................................  U
Twine.................................  
Vinegar..................................  12
Washing Powder................... 13
Wlcklng..................................  18
Woodenwar«.......................  
  13
Wrapping Paper....................  13
Teas«  Oaks............................... is

R
•  8

V
w

H
o

M

I.

T

P

v

  12

AXLE GREASE
doz.  gross
6 00
Aurora............. 
_..B6 
Castor  OU....................60 
7 00
4 26
Diamond..................... 60 
Frazer’s .......................75 
9 00
I XL Golden, tin boxes 76 
9 00

Egg

Mica, tin boxes......... 75 
Paragon..................... BB 

BAKING POW DER 

9 00
6 00

M lb. cans,  4 doz. case....... 3 76
*  lb. cans,  2 doz. case.......3 76
lib.cans,  ldoz.case........3 76
6 lb. cans, *  doz. case........8 00
J A X O N
*  lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
*  lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  86
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1  60

Royal

CANNED  GOODS 

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

B lackberries

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

i  io
3  36

80

Beans

Baked......................  i  oo@i  so
Bed  Kidney............. 
76®  86
String......................  
to
Wax.........................  
76
B lueberries
Standard.................... 
Brook  T rout

2 lb. cans, Spiced................  1 90

90

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

Clam B ouillon

l  oo
1  60

Burnham’s, *  pint...........  1  92
Burnham’s, pints................  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts...........  7 20

Cherries
Red  Standards...........
W hite........................

Corn

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

F rench Peas

Sur Extra Fine.................  
Extra  Fine.......................  
Fine...................................  
Moyen............................... 

Gooseberries

80
86 
1 00

22
J®
J®
11

lOcslze__   90
*  lb. cans  l  36 
6 oz. cans,  l 90
*   lb. cans 2 60
*  lb. cans 3 76 
l lb.  cans.  4 80 
3 lb. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21 60

BATH  BRICK

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

BLUING 

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

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

BROOMS

No. l Carpet........................2  ?0
No. 2 Carpet........................2  26
No. 3 Carpet........................2  16
No. 4 Carpet........................1  76
Parlor  Gem........................2  40
Common Whisk...................  86
Fancy Whisk...................... l  10
Warehouse......................... 3  60

BRUSHES 

M ilwaukee  Dustless

Fiber.......................... 1 00@3 00
Russian Bristle...........3 0006 00
Discount. 33* % In doz. lots. 

Scrub

Shoe

Stove

Solid Back,  8 In...................  46
Solid Back, 11 In ............ 
  96
Pointed Ends.......................  86
No. 8.................................... 1 00
No. 7.................................... 1  30
No. 4.................................... 1  70
No. 8.................................... 1  90
No. 8.....................................  76
No. 2.................................... 1  10
No. 1.................................... 1 75
W..R. ft Co.’s, 16c size....  126 
W., R. ft Co.'6, 25c size....  2 00 
Eleotrlo Light, 8s................. 12
Electric Light, 16a................12*
Paraffine, 6s.........................10*
Paraffine, 12s........................11
Wishing...............................20

BUTTER  COLOR 

CANDLES

90

86

1 60

Peas

Pears

86
2  16
3 60 
2 40
176
2 80
1 76
2 80
1 76
2 80
18020
22@25

Standard................. 
*  Hom iny
Standard. »•  ............. 
Lobster
Star, *  lb................. 
Star,l  lb.................
Picnic Tails..............
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ........... 
Mustard, 21b...........
Soused, l lb..............
Soused, 2 lb............
Tomato, lib .............
Tomato, 21b.............
M ushrooms
Hotels....................... 
Buttons....................  
Oysters
Cove, l lb.................  
1 66 
Cove, 2 lb.................
96
Cove, l lb Oval......
Peaches
P ie..........................  
86®  90
YeUOW....................   1  66©1  86
Standard.......................  
Fancy............................. 
Marrowfat..................... 
Early June..................... 
Early June  Sifted..
Plum s
Plums...................... 
86
Pineapple
Grated....................   1 25®2 76
sliced........................  1 36©2 66
P um pkin
F a ir......................... 
l 00
Good........................ 
i  io
i  16
Fancy...................... 
R aspberries
Standard.................. 
1 16
Russian  Cavier
*  lb. cans..............................   3 75
*  lb, cans...............................  7 00
1 lb. can................................  12 00
Salmon 
Columbia River, tails 
@1  86
®2 oo
Columbia River, flats 
Red  Alaska..............  1  30® 1  40
Pink Alaska............ 
90® 1  00
Shrim ps
Standard.................  
1  60
Sardines
Domestic, * s ........... 
3*
Domestic, i t s .......... 
6
Domestic,  Mustard. 
6
California, *■.......... 
California * s ........... 
French, * s.............. 
French, *8.............. 
Standard.................
Fancy...................... 
Succotash
Fair..........................  
Good........................ 
Fancy......................  

U®14
17®24
7®14
18®28

Straw berries

l  26
*
l 00
l  20

Sisal

60 ft, 3 thread,  extra.
72 ft, 3 thread,  extra.
90 ft, 3 thread,  extra.
60 ft, 6 thread,  extra.
72 ft, 6 thread,  extra.

Jute

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

Cotton  Victor

soft. 
6f ft. 
70 ft.

Cotton Windsor
59 ft...................................
60 ft....................................
70 f t ..................................
80 f t ..................................
Cotton Braided
40 ft............................•••••
59 ft...................................
l 00
70 ft...................................
l 26
Galvanized  Wire 
No. 20, each 100 ft long.... 
i oo
No. 19, each 100 ft long....
i 00

COCOA

Cleveland..........................
Colonial, * s  .....................
Colonial, * s ......................
Epps..................................
Huy le r..............................
VanHouten, * s ...............
Van Houten, Ms.........
VanHouten, * s ...............
VanHouten,  is ...............
Webb................................
Wilbur, * s ........................
Wilbur. * s .......................

COCOANUT 
Dunham’s *s.<
Dunham's * s and *8.
Dunham’s  Ms.............
Dunham’s  Ms.............
Bulk............................

COCOA SHELLS 

20 lb. bags.......................
Less quantity.
Pound packages...........

COFFEE 
Roasted 

F. M. C. brands
Mandehling...................
Purity..........................
No l  Hotel....................
Monogram.................
Special H otel...............
Parkerhouse..................
Honolulu  ......................
Fancy  Maracaibo......  .
Maracaibo......................
Porto Rican...................
Marexo.............

l 00 
l  40 
1 70 
1  29

75 
90 
1 05 
1  50

80 
95 
1 10

1 20 
1  40 
1 65 
1  85

1 90
2  10

26
26*
27
28 
13

.30*
.28
.28
.26
.23
.21
.17
.16
.13
.16
.11*

6
Grits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Sago

W heat

TnitinfUk

FISHING  TACKLE

Cases, 24 2 lb. packages...... 2 00
East India...........................   3k
German, sacks....................   3k
German, broken package..  4
Flake,  1101b. sacks............
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks..............3%
Pearl, 241 lb.  packages...... 6 <4
Cracked, bulk........................3k
24 2 lb. packages.................2 BO
Vi to 1 inch...... ....................  6
154 to 2 Inches......................  7
154 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
9
No. 3,15 feet......................... 
No. 4,15 feet........................   10
No. B, 16 feet......................... 
ll
No. 6,15 feet.........................  12
No. 7,15 feet.........................  15
No. 8,15 feet...........v............  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 & JE N E S’

JAXON

vanni» 

Lemon

1 oz full m.120  lo zfu llm .  80 
2 ozfullm  2  10  2ozfullm .l25 
No. Sfan’v 8  is  No. sfan’y  1  7t

Vanilla 

Lemon

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

D. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2 oz......... 
75^ 2 oz.........  1  24
3 OZ.........  1 0 0 3  OZ.........  1  60
6 OZ.........   2 00  4 OZ.........   2 00
.  152  NO. 3 T...  2 08
NO. 4T 
O ur Tropical.

2 oz. Assorted Flavors 75c. 

2 oz. full measure, Lemon..  76
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  l  60 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  1  80
2 oz. Panel Vanilla Tonka..  70
2 oz. Panel Lemon............. 
60
Tanglefoot, per box.............   35
Tanglefoot, per  case...........3 20

FLV  PA PER

Standard.

FRESH  MEATS 

Beef

P ork

Carcass....................  
7  @10
Forequarters.........   65k®  754
Hindquarters.........  
8  @11
Loins......................   12  @17
Bibs...........................   9 @14
8 @  9
Bounds....................... 
Chucas.................... 
65k@ 754
Plates........................  
4 @5
Dressed.....................   7 @754
Loins.......................  I05k@n
Boston Butts........... 
954®  954
Shoulders  ............. 
® 954
Leaf Lard................ 
@11
M utton
Carcass......................  
7 @854
Lambs........................  
9 @1254
Carcass....................  6  @8
FRUIT  CAN  WRENCH.
Triumph, per gross...........9 60
Knox’s  Sparkling............   1  20
Knox’s Sparkling,pr gross  14 00
Knox’s Acidulated...........  1  20
Knox’s Acidulat’d,pr gross 14 00
Oxford.............................. 
75
Plymouth Bock................  1  20
Nelson’s............................  1  50
Cox’s, 2-qt size............. .  1  61
Cox’s, l-qt size.................  1  10

GELATINE

Veal

W heat

GRAIN  BAGS

Amoskeag, 100 in b ale__  1554
Amoskeag, less than bale.  15K
GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

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

W inter W heat F lour 

80

Local Brands

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Patents.............................  4 75
Second Patent.................-.  4  25
Straight.............................  4 05
Second Straight................  3 76
Clear................................   3 46
Graham............................  3 76
Buckwheat.......................   4 30
Bye....................................  8 20
Subject  to  usual cash  dis­
count.
.  Flour In bbls., 26c per  bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond 54s......................  4 00
Diamond 54s.....................   4 00
Diamond 54s......................  4 00
Quaker 54s.........................  4  10
Quaker 54s........................   4  10
Quaker 54s........................  4  10
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best 54s.........   4 70
Plllsbury’s  Best 54s.........   4  60
Plllsbury’s  Best 54s.........   4 50
Plllsbury’s Best 54s paper.  4 60 
Plllsbury’s Best 54s paper.  4 50 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand
Duluth  Imperial 54s.........  4 40
Duluth  Imperial 54s.........  4  30
Duluth  Imperial 54s.........  4  20
Lemon & wheeler Co.’s Brand
Wlngold  54s.................... 
4 40
Wlngold  54s.................... 
4 30
Wlngold  54s....................   4  20

Spring W heat F lour 

 

Olney & Jud son’s Brand

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

Ceresota 54s..........  
4 60
Ceresota 54s......................  4 60
Ceresota 54s......................  4 40
Laurel  54s.........................  4 60
Laurel  54s.........................  4 40
Laurel  54s.........................  4  30
Laurel 54s and 54s paper..  4 30 

Meal

Feed and  Millstufffe 

Bolted...............................  2 70
Granulated.......................   2 90
St. Car Feed, screened....  25 00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats........  24 60
Unbolted Com  Meal........  23 50
Winter Wheat Bran.........  20 00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  21  00
Screenings.......................   19 00

Oats

Corn
Hay

Car  lots.............................  4654
Car lbts, clipped...............   60*
Less than car lots.............
Com, oar  lots...................  66
No. 1 Timothy car lots....  10 00 
No. l Timothy ton lots....  12 00 
Sage.........................................16
Hops....................................... 15
Laurel Leaves......................... 16
4enna Leaves......................... 26

HERBS

INDIGO

JELLY

Madras, 6 lb. boxes................66
S. F., 2,8 and 5 lb. boxes....... 60

61b. palls.per doz...........  1  76
161b. palls............................   38
30 lb. palls............................   72

LICORICE

Pure.....................................  30
Calabria...............................  23
Sicily....................................  14
Boot.....................................   10

LYE

Condensed, 2 doz......................l 20
Condensed, 4 doz...................... 2 25

MEAT EXTRACTS

Armour & Co.’s, 2 oz........  4  45
Liebig’s, 2  oz....................   2 75

MOLASSES 
New Orleans

40
36
26
22

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

Half-barrels 2c extra 
MUSTARD

Horse Badlsh, 1 doz.............l 75
Horse Badlsh, 2 doz.............8 50
Bayle’s Celery. 1 doz............1 75

OLIVES

Bulk, 1 gal. kegs...............   1  35
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs...............   1  20
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs...............   1  15
ManzanTlla, 7 oz................ 
80
Queen, pints.....................   2  36
Queen, 19 oz..................... -  4 50
Queen, 28  oz......................  7 00
Stuffed, 5 oz.....................  
90
Stuffed, 8 oz......................  1  45
Stuffed. 10 oz....................  2  30

PICKLES
M edium

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

Small

PIPE S

Barrels, 2,400 count.............9 60
Half bbls, 1,200 count...........6 25

Clay, No. 216..........................1 70
Clay, T. D., full count.........   66
Cob, No. 8............................   86

PLAYING CARDS
No. 90, Steamboat............. 
90
No. 15, Rival, assorted__   1  20
No. 20, Bover, enameled..  1  60
N6. 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 P ork

Mess.........................  @17 76
Back.......................  
@19 00
@20  00
Clear back...............  
Short out.................   @18 50
22 00
Pig...................  
@17  25
Bean......................... 
Family Mess Loin... 
i9 60
Clear.......................  
@18 26

 

D ry  Salt Meats

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

1054
1154
105*

Smoked  Meats 

Hams, 12 lb. average.  @1254 
Hams, 141b. average. 
@ 1254
Hams, 161b. average.  @ 1254
Hams, 20 lb. average.  @ 1-254
Ham dried  beef......   @  1254
Shoulders (N.Y. cut) 
@  954
Bacon, clear.............  115k®  W54
California hams......   @  954
Boiled Hams.......... 
Picnic Boiled Hams 
Berlin  Ham pr’s’d 
Mince H ams.........  
Lard

@  19
@ 14
9@  «54
954®  10

Compound................ 
Pure.........................  
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
10 lb. Palls.. advance 
6 lb. Falls., advance 
sih. p *ii*.. advanoe 
Vegetole................... 
Sausages
Bologna................... 
Liver.......................  
Frankfort....... 
P o rk .......................  
Blood.......................  
Tongue....................  
Headcheese.............  

Beef

Extra Mess.....  
Boneless.......... 
Bump, New........... 
Pigs’  Feet
54 bbls., 40 lbs........ . 
54,bbls.............. 
lbbl8.,  lbs.... 

10 
11 

3 
7 

@8

Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs..............  
54 bbls., 40 lbs........  
54 bbls., 80 lbs........  
Casings
P o rk .......................  
Beef rounds............. 
Beef middles........... 
Sheep....................... 
B utterine
Solid, dairy..... 
Bolls, dairy.............. 
Bolls, creamery......  
Solid, creamery......  
Corned beef, 2 lb .... 
Corned beef, u  lb ... 
Roast beef, 2 lb....... 
Potted ham,  54s....... 
Potted ham,  54s....... 
Deviled ham, k* __  
Deviled ham, 54s __  
Potted tongue,  54s.. 
Potted tongue,  54s.. 
RICE 
Domestic

@14

Canned  Meats 

@11

8%
54
54
54
14
\
1
«
9
6
6
854
6
«
654

00
50
12  00
1  70
50
60

70
1  40
2  60

24
6
12
65

@1454
17
1854

2 60
17 so
2  60
60
90
60
90
60
90

Carolina head........................654
Carolina No. l ......................6
Carolina No. 2 ...................... 654
Broken ..................................

Sutton’s Table Bice, 40 to the 

bale, 254 pound pockets....754

Im ported.

Japan,  No. l .................554®
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

29

STOVE  POLISH

J . L. Prescott & Co.
Manufacturers 
New York, N. Y.

IO

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

M K P f lL

8UGAR

No. 4,3 doz In case, gross..  4 50 
No. 6,8 doz In case, gross..  7 20
Domino.......................... ..  6 75
Cut Loaf......................... ....5  16
Crushed ......................... ..  5  15
Cubes............................. ..  4  90
Powdered...................... ..  4 75
Coarse  Powdered......... ..  4  75
XXXX Powdered.......... ..  4  80
Fine Granulated............ ..  4 65
2 lb. bags Fine  Gran__ ..  4  85
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran__ ..  4  80
Mould A......................... ..  6 00
Diamond  A.................... ..  4 66
Confectioner’s  A.
..  4 45
No.  l, Columbia A........ ..  4  35
No.  2, Windsor A......... ..  4 30
No.  3, Ridgewood A__ ..  4  30
No.  4, Phoenix  A.........
..  4  25
No.  6, Empire A...........
..  4 20
No.  6............................. ..  4  15
Ve*  •
..  *  06
No.  8.............................
3  95
No.  0............................. ..  3 90
No. 10............................. ..  3 85
No. 11............................. ..  3  80
No. 12............................. ..  3  76
No. 13............................. ..  3 75
No. 14............................. ..  3  75
No. 15............................. ..  8 70
No. 16............................. ..  3 65

TEA
Japan

Gunpowder

Sundrled, medium__ ........28
Sundrled, choice.................30
Sundrled, fancy......... ........40
Regular, medium................28
Regular, choice..................30
Regular, fancy...........
.........40
Basket-fired, medium,
.........28
Basket-fired, choice.. .........36
Basket-fired, fancy... .........40
Nibs.....................................27
Siftings..........................19@21
Fannings................... ...20@22
Moyune, medium...... ........26
Moyune, choice......... ........35
Moyune, fancy....................50
Plngsuey,  medium__.........25
Plngsuey,  choice....... .........30
Plngsuey, fancy..................40
12
Choice....................... ..........30
Fancy..................................36
Formosa, fancy......... .........42
Amoy, medium.......... ........25
Amoy, choice............. .........32
Medium...............................27
Choice......................... ........84
Fancy..................................42
Ceylon, choice.....................32
20
Fancy.................................. 42
16

English Breakfast

Young  Hyson

TOBACCO

Oolong

India

Cigars

H. 6  P. Drug Co.’s brands.

Fortune Teller.................  36 00
Our Manager....................  36 00
Quintette..........................   86 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

too cakes, large size................. 6 50
50 cakes, large size................. 3 25
100 cakes, small size............ 3 85
50 cakes, small size................. 1 95

Lautz Bros, brands—

Proctor & Gamble 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—
Sliver King......................  3 66
Calumet Family............... 2  76
Scotch Family................   2 86
Cuba................... 
2  IS
Dusky Diamond..............  3 55
Jap Rose.........................  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 76
Schultz & Co. brand-
sta r...................................3  40
Search-Light Soap  Co.  brand. 
“Search-Light”  Soap,  100
big, pure, solid bars.......   3 75
A. B. Wrisley brands—
Good Cheer....................  4  00
Old Country....................  3  40
Sapollo. kitchen, 3 doz........ 2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz.............2 40
Boxes...................................  554
Kegs, English......................  4k
Scotch, In bladders................  37
Maccaboy, In jars.................   36
French Rappee, In  jars......   43

Scouring

SNUFF

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,  76-80................. 
Nutmegs,  106-10................ 
Nutmegs, 116-20................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot......................... 
P u re G round in B ulk
Allspice................................ 
Cassia, Batavia.................  
Cassia, Saigon................... 
Cloves, Zanzibar...............  
Ginger, African................... 
Ginger, Cochin................. 
Ginger,  Jamaica................. 
Mace..................................... 
Mustard............................ 
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white. 
Pepper, Cayenne................. 
'tage  .... 
 

STARCH

12
28
38
56
17
u
56
50
40
36
18
28

28
48
17
18

18
17
26
 

16
26
66

20

£2

an

Fine Cut

8. C. W..............................  86 00
Cigar dinning*, ner lb...... 
20
Lubetsky Bros, brands
L,  B.........................................35 00
Daily Mail............................... 35 00
Uncle Daniel........................54
Ojlbwa.................................34
Forest  Giant........................34
Sweet Spray..,.....................38
Cadillac................................ 67
Sweet  Loma......................... 38
Golden Top.......................... 27
Hiawatha............................. 57
Telegram..............................26
Pay C ar................................32
Prairie Roan......................... M
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....................................83
»“4 Proa«............................. 39
Palo......................................36
Kylo......................................36
Hiawatha............................. 41
Battle A xe.........................  87
American Eagle...................34
Standard Navy.....................37
Spear Head, 16 oz................ 42
Spear Head,  8 oz................ 44
Nobby Twist........................48

P lug

Kings ford's  Corn
40 l-lb. packages...............   75»
7 k
20 l-lb. packages............... 
Kinggford’s Silver Gloss
40 l-lb. packages...............
7V
6 lb. packages...............
8k
Common Gloss
l-lb. packages..................
6
5*
3-lb. packages...................
6-lb. packages..................
ok
4
40 and 60-lb. boxes............
Barrels.............................
4
6
20 l-lb.  packages..............
40 l-lb.  packages..............
6k

Common Corn

SYRUPS

Corn

.26
28

Barrels..............................
Half bbls..........................
10 lb. cans, % doz. In case. 1  80
5 lb. cans, 1 doz. In case... 2 05
.2 05
254 lb. cans. 2 doz. In case.
F air..................................
.  16
Good....................................  20
Chotoe.................................  26

P u re Cane

Best  grade  Imported Japan,
3 pound pockets,  33  to  the
bale...................................6
Cost of packing In  cotton  pock­
ets only 54c more than bulk. 
Packed 60 lbs. In box. 

8ALERATUS 

Church’s Arm and Hammer. 3 15
Deland’s..............................3  00
Dwight’s Cow.....................3  15
Emblem..............................2  10
L.  P .....................................3 00
Wyandotte. 100 Vs............. 8  00
Granulated,  bbls.................   96
Granulated, 100 lb. cases__ 1  00
Lump, bbls.........................   80
Lump, 146 lb. kegs...............   85

SAL  SODA

SALT
Buckeye

Cod

Common  Grades

Diam ond Crystal 

100  3 lb. bags.....................3  00
60  6 lb. bags.....................8  00
2214 lb. bags.....................2  75
In 5 bbl. lots  5 per  cent,  dis­
count.
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. bags.2 76 
Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 66 
Butter, barrels, 20 Mlb.bags.2 86
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   27
Butter, sacks, 66 lbs............   67
100 3 lb. sacks......................2  25
60 5 lb. sacks......................2  15
2810 lb. sacks.................... 2  05
661b. 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 linen sacks...  60
661b. sacks......................  26
Granulated  Fine............   85
Medium Fine.......................  90

Ashton
Higgins 
Solar Rock
Common

Warsaw

SALT  FISH 

 

 

Trout

• H alibut.

8 lbs............  
M ackerel

Georges cured............   @554
Georges  genuine........  @654
Georges selected........  @  3k
Grand Bank................  @554
Strips or  bricks.........   6 ^@1054
Pollock.. 
@854
strips.......................................14
Chunks.............................   1554
No. 1100 lbs........................  5 50
No. 1  40 lbs......................   2 60
No. 1  10 lbs...................... 
70
No. 1 
59
Mess 100 lbs......................   9 60
Mess  40 lbs......................   4  10
Mess  10 lbs......................   1  10
Mess  8 lbs...................... 
91
No. 1100 lbs......................   8 so
No. 1  40 lbs......................   3  10
No. l  10 lbs......................   1  on
No. 1 
83
No. 2 100 lbs......................   7  26
No. 2  40 lbs......................   3 3
No. 2  10 lbs 
8
• - , » » »  
3
Holland white hoops,  bbl.  10 26 
Hollaud white hoops54bbl.  5  25 
Holland white hoop, keg.  75@t:5 
Holland white hoop mchs. 
86
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs....................  3 36
Round 40 lbs......................  165
Scaled..................... 
 
1054
Bloaters...........................
W hiteflsh

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

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

H erring

too  lbs...*...... 6  50 
40  lbs........... 3 00 
10 lbs...........  80 
8 lbs.........   BT 
SEEDS

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
3 40
1  65
49
42
Anise....................................  9
Canary, Smyrna..................   854
Caraway.... ........................   754
Cardamon, Malabar............1  00
Celery.................................   10
Hemp, Russian.....................   4
Mixed Bird...........................   4
Mustard, white.....................  7
Poppy....................................  6
Rape....................................   4
Cuttle Rnnn 
14
SHOE  BLACKING
Handy Box, large......... 
2 50
Handy Box, small............  
l  26
Blxby’s Royal Polish........ 
85
86
Miller’s Crown  Polish..... 

30

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We  sell  more  fireworks  than  any  other  ten  wholesale  houses  in  the  country- 

W hy?  An

examination  of  the  prices  on  this  page  will  answer  the  question  for  you.

W H ITE  MANDARIN  F IR E  CR A C KER S.

Every box guaranteed.

.—
......i 

without  the  use  of  clay,

We positively guaran­
tee  e v e r y   box  of  these 
crackers to give satisfac­
tion.  They are the latest 
1902 importation, manu- 
factored  by new process,
each cracker containing a 
generous  supply  of  gun 
powder,  perfectly  d ry . 
Perfect fuse, will explode
with  twice  the  noise  of
the ordinary fire  cracker.
We  a s  strongly  recom­
mend  this  cracker  as  we 
discourage  the  purchase 
of the  g o ld   ch o p  ones. 
Costing  only  a  little  more  than  the  worthless  goods, 
they are very low priced in comparison with the latter.
5 -cent  W hite  M andarin  C rackers :  The  well 
known  Gunshang  brand,  this  year's  importation.
54  loud exploding crackers in pack, 40 packs inbox.
We guarantee sure fire..........................................Box $1  10

__  

CO LD   CH O P F IR E  CR A C KER S.

:  64 crackers  in  pack,  40  packs  in  box.  We  do  not 
recommend  this  grade  of  crackers  and  cannot ac­
cept them in return under any consideration.... Box  78

Bang  Salutes.

A  small  size  cracker 
made after the style of the
regular bang cracker.  AU 

f  _  B*HE SAMITE 
fuses  are primed which is a feature of  this brand.
2)4-Inch:.10 in box, 100 boxes in case...................Case  2  50
35
As above, 1 doz,  boxes in pkg.  ................. Doz. bxs 
314-Inch:.15 in box, 50 boxes in case.....................Case  2  50
As above, 1 doz.  boxes in pkg..................... Doz- bxs, 
65
Bang Cannon C rackers—-®*«* with primed fuse.

4%-inch: 
5)4 
“
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7)4 
8)4  “
JO 
“
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12 

“ 
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.25 in box, 20 bxs. in case. Box $0 12 Case 2 30
2 30
12.
20
32.
2 30
10
5
12.
2 30
12.
2 30
3
12.
2 30
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Bang Cracker Assortm ent.

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20  “ 

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: .All the popular  sizes assorted  according  to their 
relative selling quantities as follows:
200  314-in. Bang Salutes  to  retail 2 for lc ...............
100  414  “ 
lceacb................
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40  514  “ 
2 for 5c................
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“  5c each.................
2o  714  “ 
10 814  “ 
“  10c each..............
Each assortment in case  (no charge fo r case).  Case 

1  00
“  Crackers 
1  00
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1  00
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1  00
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1  00
Bringing you a total for assortment of $5  00 

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complete,  $2.50.

CH IN ESE CANNON

Old  fashioned 

F IR E  C R A C K ER S .
loud  reports.
These extra quality goods will please 
your  trade  and  you  will  have  no 
complaints of  their "not going  off.”
They are satisfactory goods to sell.
5 -cent P ack :  Extra loud  reporting 
cannon  crackers. 2  inches  long,
% thick, 32  in pack,  40 packs m
box.......................................... Box$l  08
O ur  “ J u m b o ”   lO -c e n tp a ck :
80  CRACKERS  in  a  pack (the 
usual 10-cent pack contains only 
56  crackers), 20  packs  in  box.
The biggest package ever  offered 
for 10 cents   ........................ Box  1  37
CA P  P ISTO LS.

N 56 “D ewey” .  White metal, 
length  514-inch, 
trigger 
guard, large hammer,  reg­
ular revolver shape,  1 doz.
inbox......................... Doz. 
N52  “ N avy" .  White  metal 
regular revolver shape with
trigger guard, length 6-in.  1 doz.  in box........Doz. 

33

35

C O LO R ED   TR IA N G LE W H EELS.

We guarantee our triangle 
wheels  to  have  aW  three  of 
the  cases  loaded;  it  is  not 
uncommon for  some  brands 
to  have  thç  medium  case 
empty.  In their  revolutions 
they throw circles of dazzling 
spangles with rings  of  color­
ed fire in center,  very showy 
and  effective.
1-oz.  1 doz. in pkg.......Doz.
*  «   1  **' 
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The following sizes have colored fire pots:

1 4 -lb .  >4 doz. in  pkg.....................................................  “
X  “  X   “ 
1  “  X  “ 

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•- 
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D O U BLE TR IA N G LE W H EELS.

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1  05 
1  75

Composed  of 6  heavy cases,  each  case  as  it  bums 
changing Its  forms  and  scintillations, exhibiting at the 
same  time variegated  colored  center wheels of  change­
able colors.  Spindle for firing with each wheel.
L arg e : .With 2-colored pots, %2 doz. in pkg......... Doz.  4  75

C O LO R ED   V E R T IC A L   W H EELS.

Made of heavy revolving cases of brilliant fire and colored 
centers showing beautiful effects in  their  revolutions.  Spin­
dle attached to each wheel for  firing,
8-inch.  14 doz.  in pkg............................................Doz. 
70
1 31
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lO  “ 
12  “ 
2 50
* 

.14  “ 
.  With colored fire pot.  X  doz. in pkg: 

“ 
TO R PED O ES.

The kind that ezplode with a loud report.  We  absolutely 

guarantee that these torpedoes will give satisfaction.

Am erican Torpedoes.

Put up in attractive packages, very loud report.

P en n y  P ack  : .5 in pkg., 100 pkg.  in box.. .Box 
45 
, 3c P a c k :.25 box, 100  boxes in case............Case  1  75

NlOO
N 300

Jap an ese Torpedoes.

Perfect goods in  every respect, extra loud repbrt. 

N300, P enny P ack :.o  large torpedoes in carton, 100
cartons in  box  ..(...............................................Box
N 400, 2c P a c k :.10 in box, 100 boxes in case...... Case
N 500, 5c P a c k :.25 in box, 40 boxes in case........Case

“ S ilv er S ta r”   T o rp e d o e s.

Each torpedo covered with tin foil.  Regular cannon 
effect
N600, 5c P a c k   :. 10  torpedoes  in  box,  100  boxes  in
case...........................................................................Case
N 700f 3 fo r 25c P ack:.25 in box, 40 boxes  in case.
Case

65 
1  20 
1  15

1 80 
1  75

CO LO R ED   S K Y   R O C K ETS.
354-in., without cone, 3 doz.  in pkg — ....Gro.
“  with
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8)4  “ 
10 
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12)4  “ 
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2-oz.
3  “
4  “
6  “
8  “
l-lb .
2  “
3  “
4  “

These are  a  few  of  the 
goods  which  we  offer  in 
our  special  4th  of  J u l y  
c i r c u l a r .   We  shall  be 
glad  to  send  a  copy  of  it 
to  any merchant upon re­
quest.  A sk   for  Circular 
No.  J 2837. 
It  lists  th e  
biggest  bargains  in  fire­
works  ever  offered  to  the 
public.

FIR EW O RKS  N O V ELTIES  TO

R E T A IL AT  A  PENNY*

We carry a full line of these popular price penny nov­
elties, all well made and sure Are.
Miniature Red Torches:. Displaying  brilliant  crim-
son flames.  X  gross in box............................... ,9ros! 
Merry-Go- Round: .A great novelty.  A 
spinning wheel  to  be  placed  on  the 
side walk.  After lighting it resolves 
into a circle of golden spurs, making 
a very novel  effect.  X gross in pkg.
Gross,
Golden  Fountains:.  New and  beauti­
ful, fine counter  goods.  X  gross  in
pkg............................................. Gross,
Jack-in-the-Box — 8%-in.  long,  with 
handle.  A new and  brilliant  peuny 
novelty.  X gro. in pkg  ....  Gross,

5-Cent  N O V ELTIES.

Japanese  Acrobats  :. A  big 
surprise.  Length 11-in. with 
stick to push in  the  ground.
1 doz.  in  pkg................ Doz. 
Flying Bombs:.Starts with  an 
illumination of  spur  fire and 
then  discharges  a  brilliant 
star  which  explodes  with  a 
loud report.  1 doz. box.Doz. 
Jeweled  Fans:. The  biggest  5- 
center  ever  placed  on  the 
market.  You can  easily  get 
a dime for it.  Consists  of  5 
cases of assorted colored fires
Jew el ed Fan. 
all connected with a fuse and lighted  simultaneous­
ly.  Each assorted on wood block.  1 doz.  pieces  in 
pkg.............................................................................Doz. 

IO-Cent  N O V ELTIES.

Scorpion  N ests: .Large red 
case  with  3  smaller out­
side cases, similar  to  the 
Devil  Among the Tailors, 
mounted  on  wood block.
14 doz. in pkg............Doz. 
R a d ia to r  W heels:.A   big 
10c triangle.  3 cases.  X
doz. impkg.......  .....Doz. 
Cracker jack:. A  combina- 
Kadiator Wheels. 
tion of  a very heavy case
flanked on  2  sides with  smaller  cases,  displaying
variegated 
effects, the  whole  forming  a  beautiful
massid^ of  colored lights, ending in an explosion of
reporting saucissions.  X doz. in pkg.................Doz. 

PRIN TED   M USLIN  FLA G S.

b7

67

67

67

30

30,

30

65

65

65

Fine glazed printed flag  muslin  bright  fast  colors,

45 stars.  Will stand rain. 

Gro.
N l. 2x3 in. 1 gro. in  pkg.... $0 12
N2. 2)4x4 in. 1 gro. in  pkg ..
14)4
N3. 4x6. in. 1 gro.  in box__
24
N4. 454x7)4 in.  1 gro.  in  pkg.
33
N5. 6x10 in. 1 gro.  in pkg.  .
60
N5>4-  7x11 in.  1 gro. in  pkg.
78
N6. 8x13 in. 1 grò.  in pkg».. 1 20
N7. 12x18 in.  X gro.  in pkg. 1 92
N7*4.14x22 in.  1 doz. in pkg. $0  20 
23 
N8 A. 14x24 in.  1 doz.  in pkg. 
33
N8.  18x27 in. 
ldoz. in  pkg.. 
N9.  22x36in. 
ldoz. in pkg..........................................  
60
NIO.  26x42 in.  1 doz.  m  pkg.....................................  
83
N i l .   30xitf in. 
ldoz. in  pkg.......................................  1  10
N l l t t  35xo4 in.  X doz. in  pkg.....................................   1  32
N 12.  40x66 in.  X' doz. in  pkg.....................................   2  00

AM ERICAN   BUNTING  FLA G S.

Without staffs.

. Best  Standard  American  bunting,  strong  canvas 

3x6  1 
4x8  ‘ 
5x10 ‘ 
6x12 1

headings, full complement sewed  stars.
f t............. Each *4  95
. Each$2  35 |  7x14 
“  2 00 1  8x16 “ . . . . ..............   “  6 50
. 
“ ...... A..  “ 
9 50
“  2 95  10x20 
. 
. 
4 00 I 12)4x25  “ ................  “  13 50
DECO RATIN G  CO TTON   BUNTING.
The three best patterns put up in pieces 25-in. wide, 

about 60 yards in piece.  Sold by piece only. 

Yd.

N60.  Red, white and blue stripes
N61.  Blue field white stars with
N62. Red, white and blue stripes, 

with stars all over.............. *0  0354
1  red and white stripe..........  03)4
no stars...................................   03)4

N60, 3i£C Td.

BUTLER  BROTHERS

230 TO 240 

ADAMS  STREET, CHICAGO

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

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STONEWARE

*  gal., per doz........  .........................
1 to 6 gal., per gal.............................
8 gal. each..........................................
10 gal. each..........................................
12 gal. each..........................................
15 gal. meat-tubs, eath.......................
20 gal. meat-tubs, each.......................
25 gal. meat-tubs, each.......................
30 gal. meat-tubs, each.......................

Churns

M llkpans

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

*  gzu  fiat or rd. bot., per doz............
1 gal. nat or rd. bot„ each.................
Fine Glazed  M llkpans
*  gal  flat or rd. bot., per doz............
l gal. flat or rd. bot., each.................
*  gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz............

Stewpans

Ja g s

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

Sealing W ax

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

LAMP  BURNERS

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

Per box of 6 doz.
138
1 54
2 24

LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

No. 0 Sun........... ................................. 
No. l Sun............................................. 
No. 2 Sun............................................. 
Anchor Carto'n Chimneys 

Each chimney in corrugated carton.

No. 0 Crimp.........................................
No. 1 Crimp.........................................
No. 2 Crimp.........................................

F irst Q uality

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

XXX  F lin t

P earl Top

No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped ft lab.
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped ft lab.
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped ft lab........
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled......
No. 2  Sim,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps........................................
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz...........
No. 2 Sim, plain bulb, per  doz...........
No. 1 Crimp, per doz..........................
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........................
No. 1 Lime 165c doz)..........................
No. 2 Lime (75c  doz)..........................
No. 2 Flint (80c doz)— ....................

Rochester

La  Bastle

Electric

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

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..
5 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz..
3 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz..
5 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz..
5 gal. lilting cans................................
5 gal. galv. Iron  Nacefas....................

LANTERNS

No.  0 Tubular, side lift......................
No.  IB  Tubular.................................
No. 15 Tubular, dash..........................
No.  1 Tubular, glass fountain............
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp...................
No.  3 Street lamp, each....................
LANTERN GLOBES

No. o Tub., cases l doz. each, box, ioc 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl..
No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each

1 50
1 78
2 48

1  85
2  00 
2 90

2 76
3 75
4 00
4 00
5 00
6  10

1  00 
1  25 
1  35 
1 60
3 60
4 00 
4 60

4 00 
4 60

1  35
1  b0
2 95
3 50
4 80 
3 85
5 20 
7 00 
9 00

4 75 
7 25 
7 26 
7 50 
13 50 
3 60

45 
45 
2  00 
1  25

Fancy—In  Pails

14
Candy
Grocers....................
Competition.............
Special...................
Conserve..................
Royal......................
Ribbon....................
Broken....................
Cut Loaf...................
English Rock...........
Kindergarten.........
Bon Ton  Cream......
French Cream.........
Dandy Pan..............
Hand  Made  Cream
mixed...................
Crystal Cream mix..
Cbamp. Crys- Gums. 
Pony  Hearts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Sugared Peanuts__
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Bus Goodies....
Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges, printed...
Choc. Drops............
Eclipse Chooolates...
Quintette Choc........
Victoria Chocolate..
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream Opera... 
Ital. Cream Bonbons
201b. palls............
Molasses  Chews,  16
lb. palls.................
Golden Waffles........

© 6 
© 7 
© 7X 
© 7* 
@ 8* 
© 9 
@  8 
@ 8*  
© 9 
@ 9 
© 8* 
@ 9 
QUO
©14*
©13

8H
15
12
12
9
11
10
10
©12
© 9
©10
©11
©13*
©12
©15
© 5*
© 9
© 9
© 9
©12
©U
©13
©12

Fancy—In  5 lb. Boxes

©50
©60
©60
©85
©1 00
©35
©75
©55
©60
©60
©55
©66
©90
©66
©65

Lemon  Sours.........
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate Drops....
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt. and
Dk. No. 12............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice  Drops........
Lozenges,  plain......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials.................
Cream  Bar..............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Rock.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
Caramels 
Clipper, 201b. pails.. 
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 Car’ls 31b
FRUITS
Oranges
Florida Ru8sett.......
Florida Bright........
Fancy  Navels.........
Extra Choice...........
Late Valencias........
Seedlings.................
Medt. Sweets..........
Jamalcas................
Rodi......................
Lemons
Verdelli, ex fey 300..
©
Verdelli, fey 300......
©
Verdelli, ex chce  300
©
Verdelli, fey 360......
©
Call Lemons, 300......
©3 75
3 5<J@4 00
Messlnas  300s........
Messlnas 360s.........
3 50@3 76
Bananas 
Medium bunches....  1  50@2 00
Large bunches........

©  8*  
@12* 
©15 
@55 
@55 
@60 
@60 
©50

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©
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©
©
©
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3 75©4 00

Foreign D ried F ru its 
© 
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Figs

1 2

JollyTar..............................38
OldHonesty......................... 44
Toddy....................................34
J. T .......................................38
Piper Heldslck.....................63
Bootjack............................. 81
Jelly Cake........................ ...36
Plumb Bob...........................32
Honey Dip Twist..................39

Sm oking

Hand Pressed...................... 40
Ibex......................................28
Sweet Core...........................36
Flat Car................................38
Great Navy...........................87
W arpath..............................27
Bamboo,  8 oz...................... 29
Bamboo, 16 oz...................... 27
I XL,  Bib...........................27
I XL, 16oz. palls..................31
Honey Dew......................... 37
Gold Block......... ................ 37
Flagman..............................41
Chips....................................34
Kiln Dried...........................22
Duke’s Mixture................... 38
Duke’s Cameo......................40
Myrtle Navy........................40
Turn Turn, IX oz..................40
Yum Yum, 1 lb. palls...........38
Cream...................................37
Com Cake, 2* oz................. 24
Corn Cake, l lb.....................22
Plow Boy, IX oz...................40
Plow Boy, 3* oz...................39
Peerless, 3* oz.....................34
Peerless, IX oz.................... 36
Indicator, 2* oz................... 28
Indicator, l lb. pails........... 31
CoL Choice, 2* oz................21
Col. Choice. 8 oz...................21

TABLE  SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS’ 
SAUCE

TW INE

VINEGAR

The Original and 
Genuine 
W orcestershlre. 
Lea St Perrin’s, pints. 
...  5 00 
Lea ft Perrin’s,  *  pints...  2 7a
Halford, large...................  3 78
Halford, small...................  2 28
Salad Dressing, large......   4 65
Salad Dressing, small......   2 76
Cotton, 3 ply.........................16
Cotton, 4 ply........................16
Jute, 2 ply............................12
Hemp, 6 ply.........................12
Flax, medium..................... 20
Wool, 1 lb. balls..................   7*
Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..li 
Pure Cider, B. ft B. brand.  . ll
Pure Cider, Red Star.......... 12
Pure Cider, Robinson...... ..12
Pure Cider,  Silver............  12
WASHING  POW DER
Diamond  Flake.................. 2 76
Gold  Brick..........................3 25
Gold Dust, regular..............4 50
Gold  Dust, 5c.......................4 00
Klrkoline,  24 4 lb.................  3 90
Pearline.............................. 2 65
Soaplne................................
Soaplne................................4 00
Babbitt’s 1776.......................  3 76
Roselne................................3 00
Armour’s.............................3 70
Nine O’clock........................3 35
Wisdom...............................3 80

WICKING

Rub-No-More......   .............3 75
Scourlne................................ 3 50
No. 0, per gross.....................26
No. », per gross.................... 30
No. 9, per gross.....................40
No. 8. per gross.. 
.............56

WOODENWARE

Baskets

B u tter Plates

B radley  B u tter Boxes 

Bushels................................  85
Bushels, wide band..............1 15
M arket................................  30
Splint, large......................... 6 00
Splint, medium...................6 00
Splint, small........................ 4 00
Willow Clothes, large.......... 5 50
Willow Clothes, medium...  5 00
Willow Clothes, small..........4 76
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
..  40
No. 1 Oval, 250 In crate...
..  45
No. 2 Oval, 250 In crate...
50
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate...
No. 5 Oval, 250 In crate... ..  60
..2 40
Barrel, 5 gals., each........
..2 55
Barrel, 10 gals., each......
..2 70
Barrel, 15 gals., each......
Clothes Pins
..  60
Round head, 5 gross box.
Round head, cartons........ ..  75
..2 25
Humpty Dumpty...........
..  29
No. 1, complete..............
..  18
No. 2, complete..............
..  55
Cork lined, 8 in................
..  65
Cork lined, 9 In................
..  85
Cork lined, 10 in..............
..  66
Cedar. 8 In.......................

Egg Crates

Faucets

Churns

13
Mop  Sticks

 

2  60

Tubs

Palls

Traps

Toothpicks

Wood  Bowls

W indow  Cleaners

  2  25
................................. 1  65

Trojan spring......................  90
Eclipse patent spring........  86
No 1 common.......................  75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  85
12 1b. cotton mop heads...... l  25
ideal No. 7 ..........................   90
¡-hoop Standard........................l 60
3-hoop Standard........................l 70
2- wlre,  Cable............................ l 60
3- wire,  Cable............................ l 70
Cedar, all red, brass bound. 1 25
Paner,  Eureka......................... 2 25
Fibre.........................................2 40
Hardwood................................2 50
Softwood..................................2 75
Banquet.....................................l 60
Idem........... 
.................l  50
Mouse, wood, 2  holes..........   22
Mouse, wood, 4  holes..........   45
Mouse, wood, 6  holes..........  70
Mouse, tin, 5 holes..............  65
Rat, wood............................   80
Rat, spring...........................   75
20-inch, Standard, No. l ...... 7 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2.......6 00
16-inch, Standard, No. 3.......5 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l............ 7 50
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2.................7 00
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3.................6 oo
No. l Fibre............................... 9 46
No. 2 Fibre............................... 7 96
No. 3 Fibre............................... 7 20
W ash  Boards
Bronze Globe............. 
Dewey......................................1 76
Double Acme............................ 2 76
Single Acme....................   2 26
Double Peeriess....................  3 25
Single Peerless.........................2 60
Northern Queen......................2 60
Double Duplex.........................3 00
Good Luck............................... 2 75
Universal.................... 
12 In. 
14 In...........................................1 85
16  In...........................................2 30
11 In. Butter.........................  75
13 In. Butter.............................. l oo
15 In. Butter.............................. l 76
17 In. Butter..............................2 60
19 In. Butter..............................3 oo
Assorted 13-15-17.......................1 75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................2  50
W RAPPING  PA PER
Common Straw.................  
l K
Fiber Manila, white.........  
3X
Fiber Manila, colored......  
4*
No.  t  Manila.................... 
4
Cream  Manila..................  
3
Butcher’s Manila..............  2%
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count....  20
Wax Butter,  rolls............   15
Magic, 3 doz..............................l 00
Sunlight, 3 doz...............— l 00
Sunlight, IK  doz.................   60
Yeast Cream, 3 doz...................l 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz...................1 00
Yeast Foam. W   doz...........  50
Per lb.
9© 8
White fish.........
8® 8
Trout..........................   8®
10® 11
it
Black  Bass..................io@ 
© 16
Halibut.......................  «0  16
© 6
Ciscoes or Herring....  ©
© 12
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Live  Lobster..............  ©  20
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Haddock....................   ©
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No. l Pickerel.............  ©
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Red  Snapper..........
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Col River  Salmon..
© 15
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Oysters.
Can Oysters
F. H.  Counts...........
F. S. D.  Selects......
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Extra Selects...........
Selects......................
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Standards 
Hides
Green No. l .............
Green  No. 2............
Cured  No. 1.............
Cured  No. 2............
Calf skins,green No. l 
Calf skins,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. 1 
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Pelts
Old Wool.................
Lamb.......................
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CANDIES 
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We know  what  we  are  talking 
about  when  we  tell  you  there 
are  no  better  crackers  made 
than  D  CRACKERS.  We 
never  lose  a  customer  when 
once  he  has  sold  our  goods. 
We  can  prove  this  if  you  will 
send  us a trial order.

E.  J.  Kruce  &  Co.,

Detroit, Mich.

Wall  Papers 
of  Newest 
Designs

Make  up  our  complete 
stock.

Our  Paints  Arc 
Pure  and  Fresh

the 

W e  carry 
finest 
line of P icture  M ould­
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the  city  and 
our  Frame-makers  are 
experts.

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Material  Catalogue  for 
the  asking.

C.  L.  Harvey  &  Co.

59  Monroe Street,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Exclusively  Retail.

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Naturals, In bags....
Dates
Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
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Hallowi....................   5
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Above quotations  are  for  either  Tradesman,
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1.000 books are ordered at a  time  customers  re­
ceive  specially  printed  cover  without  extra 
charge. 

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from $10 down.

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

Status  of tiie  Pittsburg  Produce  Market.
Pittsburg,  May  26—Our  market  on  all 
products  is  in  a  healthy  condition  and 
the  most  of  the  produce  is  taken  im­
mediately  upon  its  arrival.

Potatoes  last  week  were  a  little  slow, 
but  have  cleaned  up  to  an  extent  as  to 
allow  prices  to  hold  firm  and  a  slight 
advance— 75c  carload 
lots  for  choice 
white  stock  being  the  top  at  this  writ­
ing.

Butter is  being  held  firm,  while  there 
is  no  change  of  Elgin  quotations  and 
no  change  to  note  with  our  prices. 
Strictly  fancy  creamery  ranges 
from 
22 ¿¿@230;  country  roll  and  packing 
stock  of  an  even  quality,  i 6@ I7c ;  lower 
grades  on  their  merits.

The  egg  market  during 

last  week, 
owing  to  the  few  hot  days,  became  easy 
and  prices  lower,  but  a  sudden  change 
for  the  better  occurred  on  Friday  and 
Saturday.  The  market  opened  up  Mon­
day  morning 
firm  and  strong  with 
higher  prices.  To-day  the  market  is 
firm  at  16c  for  current  receipts  of  well- 
known  brands,  while  storage 
stock 
brings  the  outside  and  can  be  quoted  at 
i6)£c,  Pittsburg.  Great  care  should  be 
taken  of  current  receipts  at  this  time 
of  the  year  and  to  bring  the  top  price 
they  should  be  candled before shipment.
in  good  demand  and  re­
ceipts  are  light.  Live  bens  I4^@ i5c; 
springers,  3o@35c:  ducks,  12c;  geese, 
i i @ I2 c.  The  tone  of  the  market  is 
healthy  with  a  tendency  to  firmness  and 
higher  prices. 

C.  B.  Clark.

Poultry  is 

The  Boston  E g g   and  Produce  Market.
Boston,  May  26—Receipts  of  eggs 
have  been  lighter  for  the  past  week  and 
the  market 
is  firm,  with  an  upward 
tendency.  Finest  Northern  stock  sold 
the  first  of  the  week  for  I7#c,  and  later 
18c  was  obtained  for  very  fine  assorted 
and  candled  Michigan’s  and  Northern 
Indiana's.  There  was  considerable  buy­
ing  for  storage  and  a  very  strong  de­
mand  for consumption.  As  the  weather 
gets  warm  there 
is  more  difference  in 
the  price  of  eggs  from  different  sections 
than  formerly,  and  all  stock  from  north­
erly  sections  meets  with  ready  sale  at 
the  quotation.

Receipts  of butter  are  increasing  and, 
were 
it  not  for the  purchases  for  stor­
age,  there  would  have  been  a  large  sur­
plus  this  week.  About  6,000  packages 
were  stored,  which  took  all  the  surplus 
over  and  above  the  demand  for  con­
sumption.  Butter  is  showing  nearly 
full  grass  and,  while  prices  are  very 
high  for  the  time  of  year,  there  seems 
to  be  plenty  of  buyers  and  we  quote  the 
market  firm  at  23c  for  finest  Northern 
creameries;  2o@22c  for dairies  and  ren­
ovated.  Low  grades  have  become  a  lit­
tle  more  plenty  and  ladles  are  selling 
mostly  at 
i8@I9C,  although  some  very 
fine  marks  have  sold  at  20c.

Smith,  McFarland  Co.

Combination  Was  Correct.

According  to  all  the  traditions  Com­
modore  Vanderbilt,  who  laid  the  foun­
dation  of  the  family  wealth  that  has  be­
come  proverbial,  was  a  man  without 
education,  knowing  little  of  the  “ three 
Rs, ”   and  lamentably  weak  on  spelling. 
He  kept  to  himself  the  word  on  which 
the  combination  of  the  office  safe  was 
based, until  suddenly  sickness  prevented 
his  appearing  one  morning  and  it  be­
came  necessary  to  transfer  the  secret,  in 
order that  the  day's  work might  be  done 
without  let  or  hindrance.  The  book­
keeper  sent  to  the  Commodore's  house 
for  the  word-key,  and  received  reply 
that  “ dog”   was  the  necessary  word. 
But  every  effort  to  release  the  bolts  on 
the  “ d-o-g"  combination  failed,  and 
it  was  necessary  to  send  again  to  the 
Vanderbilt  home  in the  fear  that  the  old 
financier  might  have  made  a thoughtless 
mistake.  But  the  messenger  was  speed­
ily 
convinced  that  the  mistake  was 
somebody  else's  when 
irascible 
Commodore  roared  at  him :  “ ‘ Dog,’ 
you  dog 1 
‘ Dog !’  Confound  you  all for 
a  lot  o f zanies 1  Go  back!—go  back  to 
the  office,  and  open  that  safe  on'dog'— 
‘ d-o-r-g-e,’  'd o g !'”

the 

How  tiie  Lord  Made Infidels.

The  late  Colonel  Ingersoll  might  not 
properly be termed  an infidel, yet  by  that

name  he  will  doubtless  be  known  for 
many  years  to  come.  When  be  first 
went  to  Washington  from  the  West,  bis 
head  filled  with  legal  lore  and  agnostic­
ism,  he  encountered  in  one  of  the  cor­
ridors  of  the  capitol  an old negro woman 
vigorously  scrubbing  the  floor  when  she 
heard  anyone  coming  and  when the foot­
steps  died  away  busily  reading  her 
Bible.

He  slipped  up  on  her very quietly one 
morning,  and  taking  her  by  surprise 
with  her  Bible,  he  said:  “ Mary,  do 
you  believe  all  you  read  there?”

“ I  sutanly  do,”   she  replied;  “ ebery 

word,  Colonel  Ingersoll.”

“ Do  you  believe  that  God  made  man 

out  of  dust?”

“ In  coase  I  does.”
“ Say  it  happened  to  rain  hard  about 
that  time  and  the  dust  was  gone  and 
there  was  nothing  but  mud?”

“ Den  de  good  Lawd  knowed  enough 
to  know  dat  it  was  time  to  make  dem 
lawyers  an’  infidels,  Colonel  Ingersoll.”  
Bob  walked  away  crestfallen and quot­
ing  Tennyson’s 
“ In  Memoriam, ”  
“ Leave  thou  thy sister when she prays.”

jeweler,  Siebald 

The  following  curious  advertisement 
recently  appeared  in  a  Spanish  journal : 
“ This morning  Heaven summoned away 
the 
lllmaga,  from  his 
shop  to  another  and  a  better world.  The 
undersigned,  his  widow,  will  weep  upon 
his  tomb,  as  will  also  bis  two  daught­
ers,  Hilda  and  Emma,  the  former  of 
whom  is  married,  and  the  latter  is  open 
to  an  offer.  The  funeral  will  take place 
to-morrow.  His  disconsolate  widow, 
Véronique 
P.  S .—This  be­
reavement  will  not  interrupt  our  em­
ployment,  which  will  be  carried  on  as 
usual ;  only  our  place  of  business  will 
be  removed  from  No.  3  Lessi  de  Lein- 
turers  to  No.  4  rue  de  Missionaire.  Our 
grasping  landlord  has  raised  the  rent.”

lllmaga. 

Advertisement«  w ill  be  Inserted  under 
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.

F Ofi  SALE—GENERAL  STOBE  IN  FIB8T- 
class  location;  no  competition:  cash  re­
ceipts,  $10,000  per  year;  expenses  low;  living 
rooms  In  connection  with  store; every conven­
ience  for  doing  business;  price,  $3,500;  terms 
cash.  Traders or sharks need not apply,  as this 
Is a first-class legitimate business.  Address  W. 
B., 376 Clinton S t, Detroit. Mich. 
495
Fo b  sa l e—o u b  st o c k  o f  g e n e b a l 
merchandise,  consisting  of  groceries,  dry 
goods, shoes, queens ware; situated in one of the 
most flourishing little  towns  in  Northern  Indi­
ana; stock mostly new; nice brick building to do 
business  in;  rent  low;  daily  sales  $30  to  $41. 
Stock will Invoice about $4,000;  can  be  reduced
to suit purchaser;  doing  a  cash  business;  nice 
class of people to deal  with;  a  genuine  money­
maker for the right person.  Beasons for selling,
wish to get  out  of  ihe  business.  Address  No. 
498, care Michigan Tradesman. 
498
■   GOOD  STOCK  OF  NEW  AND  FBESH 
drugs In elegant location  for sale.  Address 
490
No. 490, care Michigan Tradesman. 
FOB  SALE—SECOND  HAND  so d a  f o u n - 
taln;  easy terms.  Chas. A. Jackson, Benton 
489
Harbor, Mich. 
■  GENEBAL  STOCK  IN THE BEST FABM- 
ing community  In Michigan for sale;  no old 
goods;  the price right to the right  man for cash. 
Address J. w. D., care Michigan Tradesman. 488
T H R E E   V A CA N T  LOTS  IN  GRAND 
Rapids,  free  of  incumbrance,  to  exchange 
for drug, grocery or notion  stock.  Address  No. 
486
485, care Michigan Tradesman. 
FOR SALE—DRUG  FIXTURES—ELEGANT 
wall cases, counters,  show  cases,  prescrip­
tion case;  all light  oak;  will  sell  at  half  price. 
486
O. A. Fanckboner, Grand Baplds. 
ON ACCOUNT OF  POOR  HEALTH,  WILL 
sell  best  established  farming  Implement 
business  In  the  State.  Address  No.  484,  care 
484
Michigan Tradesman. 
IPOB  SALE—HARDWARE  STOKE  AND 
1  harness  business  In  town  500  inhabitants; 
new building;  only harness  shop  in  town;  best 
location in town.  Sickness cause for selling.  W. 
K. Gun solus ft Co., Petersburg, Mich. 
481
Fo b  s a l e  o b  e x c h a n g e—s t o r e  in
Central Michigan city:  would take  part  pay 
in jewelry or  bazaar  goods.  Address  No.  493, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
FOB BENT—DRY GOODS BOOM;  POPULA- 
tlon  of  town,  7,000;  large  country  trade; 
competition, two  stores;  fine  opportunity.  Ad- 
480
dress A. F. Boutson, Ex., Wooster, O. 
Fo b  sale—fu ll y  e q u ip p e d   m eat 
market,  including  team  and  wagons.  A 
bargain,  w . E. Yerks, Grand Ledge, Mich.  471

493

Fo b s a l e  o b  e x c h a n g e- h o u s e  a n d  
lot Ypsilantl,  Michigan;  centrally  located; 
rented for $16 per month;  value,  $3,500;  will  ex­
change  for  merchandise;  boots  and  shoes  or 
clothing preferred;  will  pay  difference  cash  if 
any.  Address  No.  482,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
482
F OR  SALE-GOOD  PAYING  BUSINESS;
three  bowling  alleys,  cigar  and  tobacco 
stand;  established four years. In a  city  of  over 
35.0CO;  will pay  for  itself  In  eight  months;  not 
being In a position to attend to the business  per- 
sonally, must either sell or  rent.  For  full  par­
ticulars address W. S. F., care  Michigan Trades-
483
man.
FOB  SALE—HARDWARE  STORE  AND 
harness  business  in  town  500  Inhabitants; 
new  building;  only  hardware  store  in  town; 
best location In town.  W.  K.  Gunsolus  ft  Co., 
Petersburg, Mich._____________________ 481
Fo b sa l e—f u r n it u r e  a n d  c b o c k eb y 
stock and store fixtures;  22 years’ standing; 
best location:  nothing but cash or  bankable  pa­
per;  a good thing for  the  right  man:  good  rea­
sons for selling.  R.  C.  Smith,  Petoskey,  Mich.
470
OB SALE—PLANING  MILL  AND WOOD- 
worklng machinery, with feed mill attached;
ing;  will  sell  cheap.  H.  C.  Branch,  Sunfield, 
Mich. 

Fplenty of work;  cause for selling,  eyesight  fall­
W A N T E D -S M A L L   HABDWABE  OB 

racket stock in good  town  or  information 
regarding good location for  sale.  Address  No. 
478. care Michigan Tradesman. 
fj'OB SALE—DRUG  STOCK;  GOOD  LOCA- 
tion;  ten miles from  any  other  drug  store; 
J l 
good reasons for selling.  Address  No.  477,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
477
I7»OR  8ALE—STOCK  OF  GENEBAL  MER- 
'  chandise in  hustling  town  of  700;  in  good 
farming community;  center of  fruit  belt;  stock 
invoices from  $6,000  to  $8,000;  rent  reasonable; 
best  of  reasons  for  selling.  Address  No.  476, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
476
ÏjH)B SALE—I  DESIBE  TO  SELL  MY  EN- 
tire  general  stock,  Including  fine  line  of 
shoesand  store  fixtures.  No  cleaner  stock  or 
better trade In the state.  Business  been  estab­
lished 26 years.  Reason for  selling,  other  busi­
ness.  P- L. Perkins, Merrill, Mich._______473
Fo b  s a l e  At   a   b a r g a in —t w e n t y
room hotel, sly room cottage and good barn; 
dellghtfully  located;  fine  bay  view.  Address 
472
504 Front St., Traverse City, Mich. 
STORK  FOB  SALE  AT  MCCORDS,  MICH.

Address  No.

dlum-sized drug stock;  good oppor 

F o b  s a l e—sto ck  o f  g e n e r a l   m e r -
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.__________________ 445
F OB  SALEWA  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 
439
Michigan Tradesman. 
Fo b   sa l e—a   g o o d  o p p o r t u n it y  f o b  
a stock and dairy farm, situated eight  miles 
from  Marquette,  four  miles  from  Negaunee,
Marquette county, Michigan, on the D.,  8.  S.  ft 
A. Railway.  Good markets;  the best  of  water; 
buildings and railway  station  on  the  property. 
F. W. Bead ft Co., Marquette, Mich. 
427
Fo b  sa l e—e s t a b l is h e d ,  c l e a n ,  m e- 
ortunlty for 
443,  care 
unregistered  druggist. 
443
Michigan Tradesman.
r p o   BENT—FIVE  STORES  IN  A  NEW 
1   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, Sec’y. 
_______ 408
IjMJB SALE—A LIVE  UP-TO-DATE  CBOCK- 
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. Parsllle, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 
404
FOB 3 ALE-DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES.
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.  Bent,  $12.50
Ser month.  Good  reason  for  selling.  Address 
334
To. 334. care Michigan Tradesman. 
SAFE8—NEW  AND  SECOND-HAND  FIBE 
and burglar proof safes.  Geo. M. Smith Wood 
ft  Brick  Building Moving  Co,  376 South  Ionia 
St., Grand  Baplds._________  
321
Fo b   s a l e—st o c k  o f  bo o ts  a n d
shoes;  fine  location;  well established  busi­
ness.  For  Information  address  Parker  Bros., 
248
Traverse City. Mich. 
Fo b  s a 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. 

~469

478

157

461

Excellent stand  for  grocery  or  drug  store; 
size of building 20x32;  complete, ready (or goods; 
six  room  dwelling,  well  finished  and  painted; 
well, cistern, horse barn;  two lots planted  with 
small  fruits  and  ornamental  trees;  immediate 
possession  given;  very  desirable  and  cheap; 
terms, $900, $700 down, balance any time desired; 
no trades.  Mrs.  Dora  Haskln,  McCords,  Kent 
Co.,  Mich. 
F o b   s a l e —c o u n t r y 
s t o r e  a n d
dwelling  combined;  general  merchandise 
stock, barn, custom saw mill and  feed  mill, with 
good patronage;  Citizens local and long distance 
telephones in  store:  bargain  for  cash.  Season 
for selling, must retire.  For particulars  call  on 
qraddressEli Runnels,Corning. Mich. 
474
Fo b   sa l e—t h e   l e a d in g   d r y  g o o d s 
store in a growing Northern  Michigan  town 
of 3.000 people:  stock Invoices about $9,000;  sold 
$28,000 last year;  a splendid opportunity:  best of 
reasons for selling.  Address No. 468, care Mich- 
igan Tradesman. 
468
Fo b  s a l e  c h e a p—s e c o n d h a n d   n o.  4 
Bar-Lock  typewriter.  In  good  condition. 
Specimen of work done on  machine  on  appllc i- 
tlon.  Tradesman Company, «rand Rapids. 465
SHIP  YOUR  EGGS  AND  BUTTER  TO 
Lloyd I. Seaman ft Co., 148  Beade  St.,  New 
469
York  City. 
W a n T e d - to  p u r c h a s e  lo c a tio n 
suitable for conducting hardware  business 
in  Northern  Michigan.  Address  No.  455, care 
455
Michigan Tradesman. 
i fiOR  SALK-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,  Harrletta, 
451
Mich. 
i r«OB  SALE—MOSLER,  BAHMANN  ft  CO.
fire  proof  safe.  Outside  measurement—36 
inches high, 27 inches  wide  and  24  inches  deep.
Inside measurement—16V4 inches high, 14 Inches 
wide and 10 inches deep.  Will sell  fc 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.

MISCELLANEOUS

494

500

dk400 WILL START YOU IN BUSINESS.  NOT 
qp  a “hole in the wall,” but a full rigged store of 
all new goods, with  absolutely  unlimited  possi­
bilities for growth.  If you  have  no  location  in 
mind, I will help you  find  one.  No  charge  for 
information or services.  G. S. Buck,  185 Quincy 
St.,Chicago. 
W ANTED-A  YOUNG  MAN  WHO  HAS 
had some experience in the  drug  business 
and  also  some  knowledge  of  the  soda  trade; 
good wages for the right person;  in writing give 
references.  Address  O.  B.  Jerells,  Saugatuck, 
Mich. 
PHARMACIST.  REGISTERED,  WANTS 
steady position; some knowledge of general 
stock: small town preferred.  Address  No.  496, 
care Michigan Tradesman.___ 
49a
W ANTED —AN  A1  CLOTHING  SALEb- 
man.  stockkeeper;  also  one  who  under­
stands trimming.  Apply at once at  Tee  Globe, 
497
Traverse City, Mich. 
W ANTED AT ONCE—SIX GOOD TRAVEL 
lng salesmen;  none  but  men  with  good 
recommendations  and  experience  need  apply. 
Angle Steel Sled Co„ Kalamazoo, Mich. 
499
W A N TED —C IG A B M A K E B S,  BUNCH 
breakers and rollers.  Apply  at  once.  G. 
J.  Johnson Cigar Co.. Grand Baplds,  Mich.  492
W ANTED—A  REGISTERED  PHABMA- 
clst to manage a drug store in a good town. 
Address No. 491, care Michigan Tradesman.  491
W ANTED—A  NEAT,  HONEST  MAN  TO 
run a small meat market and  help  in  gen­
eral  store.  Address  No.  487,  care  Michigan
Tradesman.
487
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.  Address  John  Jason,  Woodland, 
452
Mich. 

MILWAUKEE,WIS.U.&A. 
WE  HAVE  EVERYTHING  IN  GLOVES & MITTENS

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